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VOLUME XIX. No. 87.
AWAITING NEWS OF
TORREON’S FALL
Juarez Rebels Jubilant Over
Report That Federals Are
Makinq Last Stand in Defense
of West Side of Stronghold
Todav
LOSS IN WOUNDED AND
DEAD SAID ENORMOUS
Unconfirmed Rumor That Hill
of Cerro de la Cruz Has Been
Taken. Reported That Villa
Has Joined Forces With Gen-
Herrera.
Juarez, Mexico.—With expectations
that Torreou would yield to the rebel
attack today, officers in Juarez await
ed news from the battlefields. The.
last reports yesterday were that Qen.
Monelovio Herrera had cut his way
from the eastern side of Torreon
through the business quarter to the
bull ring on the north: that General
Villa had set out with more troops
from Go'mex Paiacio to join him and
take command and that the Federals
were making a final stand in the de
fense on the west side.
Midnight Rumors.
An unconfirmed rumor at midnight
stated the rebels had takpn the hill
known as Cerro de La Cruz, an im
portant defense, but verification was
lacking today.
Latest advices from both Villa and
newspaper correspondents indicated
the rebels had carried their assault
into the heart of Torreon and that the
Federals were hard pressed. General
Herrera’s 4,000 men were reported to
have, entered the town from the east
and the counter march of General
Villa from the north was expected to
throw the Federals into utter rout.
Most Desperate.
No military official in Juarez to
day doubts that the battle which Villa
has waged against Torreon and the
outlying towns has been the most
desperate of any engagement of this
or any other Mexican revolutionary
movement. General Villa went to the
front with 12,000 seasoned men well
equipped for a vigorous smashing as
sault. News dispatches indicate that
the Federals fought fiercely and that
the loss in dead and wounded on both
sides was enormous. Lack of hos
pital facilities the heat of the desert
and the four days of practically con
stant fighting were believed to have
resulted in a large casualty list.
On to Mexico City.
Everywhere in Juarez Villa’s praißes
were being sung today. Confidence
is expressed that he will push his
triumphant way with his rebel army
to the doors of the national palace in
Mexico City.
House Bill Reorganizing
Federal Courts Practice
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Washington.—The Clayton, bill de
signed to provide for a complete re
organization of the entire pleading,
procedure and practice in the inferioor
federal courts, bearing the approval
of President Wilson, former president
Taft, Attorney General Mcßeynolds,
state governors, the National Civic
Federation and large commercial or
ganizations, was today favorably re
ported to the house by Representa
tive Webb, of North Carolina.
JUMPS OVERBOARD.
Norfolk, Va.—Mrs. O. Tarkinson,
33 Tenth Street. New York, jumped
overboard from the steamer Madison
at sea early today and was drowned.
The woman was on her way to Nor
folk with her husband, three chil
dren and her mother to visit rela
tives. No one witnessed the act,
which occurred between 2 and 3 a, m.,
today north of Cape Charles. 11l
health and despondency is assigned
as the cause.
Interest in Washington in the
Dedication of Memorial to
Archie Butt in Augusta
Washington.— Numerous persons and organizations in Washington
... fn”nwimr with close interest plans for the dedication of a memorial
brfdge In' honor of the 6 1 ate Major Archibald W. Butt in Augusta, na
Anril 14th two years to a day from the time of the Titanic disaster
i°n which the Oeorgiln Ugured as a hero. Former President Taft, whom
Maior Butt served as personal aide is expected to attend the ceremo-
Temnle-Noyes Dodge, N 0.32, F. and A. M., of Washington, the So
c etv Sons of Colonial Wars and the Sons of the American Revolution
win he represented at the Augusta exercises.
The City of Augusta built the bridge while members of a memorial
association raised several thousand dollars for decorations for the
structure. .
HOW HARDWICK AIDED IN VICTORY
IN FIRST TOLLS REPEAL BRUSH
Washington, D. C.— Representative
Hardwick of Georgia, was recognized
to close* the debate in the yes
terday on the 20 hour ru e for debate
on the Sims bill to repeal the exemp
tion clause for tolls on American coast
wise ships through the canal.
Representative Hardwick, of Oeor
gia, was recognized to close debate
for its adoption.
"The gentleman from Alabama ap
peals to his Democratic colleagues to
support a Democratic platform, said
Representative Hardwick. I appeal
to you to support Democratic doctrine
as it has been since the time of Jef
ferson. and this provision which we
prorose to repeal is no more Demo
cratic doctrine than if you wrote a
high protective tariff plank into a
Democratic platform.”
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THE AUGUSTA HERALD
900 OFFICERS
RESIGNATIONS
IN HIS POCKET
British Gov’t Still in Delemma
Over Ulster Situation. Cabinet
Hopeful of Solution Before
the House of Commons Meets
Monday
Should Chief of Staff and Ad
jutant General Persist in
Their Attitude, Sec’y For War
Seely Will Leave the Cabinet.
Effort to Placate Them.
London —No solution had been found
up to a late hour tqday of the situation
caused by the resignation of Field
Marshall Sir John French and Adju
tant General Sir John Kwart from
their positions at the head of the lirit
ish army. The cabinet, however, re
mained hopeful that its difficulties
woul ‘ be overcome before it again
meets the house of commons on Mon
day.
Will Leave Cabinet
Should the chief of the general staff
and the adjutant general persist in
their attitude it is generally thaught
that Col. John Selly, secretary of state
for war, will leave the cabinet.
In case the government should be
able ta placate the field marshal and
the adjutant general, the transfer of
Col. Seely to some other field of ac
tivity probably will satisfy the liberal
and labor malcontents.
Army Opposes Coercion.
Meantime the opposition of the army
to employment in the coercion of Uls
ter is vouched for by no less an au
thority than Sir Edward Richard Rus
sell, a staunch supporter of the gov
ernment, who is a signed article in the
Liverpool Post says today:
“It is a positive fact that when he
visited the war office early this week
Field Marshal Lord Roberts had in his
pocket a list of nearly 900 officers of
the army who are ready to send in
their papers.”
Head of “Morals Police"
Suspended For Blackmail
Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany.
Commisison Schmidt, head of the po
lice department for the suppression
of vice was suspended today on
charges of blackmailng.
Investigations of charges that the
"morals police” had been secretly re
ceiving money for the protection of
disorlerly resorts have been in prog
ress in several cities for months.
Schmidt was implicated in the scan
dal by the testimony of a woman who
revealed an extensive system of black
mailing by the police.
Think House to Reject
Cotton Pooling Measure
Washington. —Assurances that the
pooling amendment in the coton fu
tures bill which passed the senate
yesterday would be rejected in the
house or in conference were given to
senators today who were insisting up
on re-consideration of the bill.
The amendment legalizes pooling of
cotton and stipulations not to sell on
an exchange dealing in futures.
Pointing his finger toward Speaker
Clark, Mr. Hardwick declared:
The distinguished gentleman from
Missouri whom we all love, joined last
night in an eleventh hour assault up
on the administration and his own
party,
“I will ask the gentleman whether
he does not know that if he tears
Woodrow Wilson down no Democrat
can stand. Doesn’t he realize that he
must support this administration or
be turned into the wilderness for
fortv years more.”
Mr. Hardwick declared that the mo
tion to recommit the bill offered am
ple opportunity to offer all suggested
amendments
As Mr. Hardwick concluded, Repre
sentative Henry moved the- previous
question.” and a roll call was ordered.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 28. 1914.
Victorious Rebel Chief and His Aide Ready For
Final Assault on Torreon
NEW PHOTOS FROM
MEXICAN WAR ZONE.
I .atest photograph of General
Pancho Villa, who yesterday di
rected the victorious rebel assault
before Torreon, above, and. below,
General Felipe Angeles, who bat
tered down Gomez Palacto and has
opened the way for the capture of
the last Federal stronghold be
tween the rebels and Mexico City.
The middle picture shows a group
of Federals with a machine gun
mounted on a high powered auto
mobile.
BRYAN AT RALEIGH.
Washington.—Secretary Bryan will
ho the principal speaker in lluleigh,
N. 0., April Sth at a Democratic mass
meeting in advocacy of state pritnu
rips.
DISMISS 29,000
ON N. fl LINES
Reduction in Employes Neces
sary Through Business Cur
tailment, Says Vice President
New York—Dismissal of 25,000 men
by the New York Central Railroad
since December Ist, said A. T. Har
din, vice-president of that road, to
day, is only a barometer of the com
pany’s business. "The reduction of
forces was not arbitrary,” he added.
“It came about gradually as traffic,
mainly freight, declined; and while I
don’t want to be a pessimist, 1 can
not see any immediate prospect that
business will pick up and these men
come back to work.’’
Mr. Hardin said this condition af
fected most of the eastern railroads.
Of the 25,000 men dismissed by the
New York Central about 15,000 were
laid off on lines east of Buffalo and
10.000 west of there. Although the
reduction affected all branches of the
service the employes of the construc
tion, the operating and the mainte
nance of way departments suffered
most.
"Compared with 1913,” said Mr.
Hardin, “the business of this year on
the New York Central suffered a re
duction of from eight to ten per cent.
The reduction of the working force
lias been on the same ratio.”
Battleships Back Under
Unexpected Work Orders
Norfolk, Va.—Under unexpected or
ders Issued the battleships Wyoming,
Georgia, Hhodo Island, Virginia and
Nebraska returned today at daylight
to the southern drill grounds off the
Virginia. Capes for further target
work. There is much speculation ns
to thr meaning The target trophy is
said to lie closely between the Rhode
Island and Wyoming.
Huerta Gets 10,000,000
Rounds of Ammunition
Liverpool.—John Wesley Dekay, of
New York, former president of the
Mexican National Ranking Company,
sailed for New York today after suc
cessfully negotiating In Europe on be
half of Provisional President Huerta
for 240 Creusot guns and 10,000,000
rounds of ammunition. "Both guns
and powder are to be dispatched to
Mexico within a week, from France,”
said Mr. Dekay.
14 RETURN WITH BRIDES.
New York. Fourteen Greek soldiers,
who had fought through the Balkan
wars, returned to New York today
with their brides whom they had met
among the enemy—-the Turks. One
Greek had wed the widow- of a Turk
ish officer. On the same steamer were
sixteen other Greek soldiers who had
married among their own people after
the war. ,
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OXFOOO DOWNED
OY CAMBRIDGE
English Universities Boat Race
Won Easily By the Light
Blue. Outclass Opponents.
London. —Cambridge University’s
crew today won easily from Oxford
in the annual eight-oared race from
Putney to Mortlake on the Thames,
The distance, 4 1-4 miles, was cov
ered in the fast time of 20 minutes,
35 seconds. Cambridge crossed the
line 4 1-2 lengths in the lead.
The Cambridge crew had been the
favorite throughout the training sea
son and justified predictions that it
would win by making the race a pro
cession from start to finish.
The light blue crew won the toss
for position and chose the Surrey
side of the river, thus obtaining the
advantage of shelter from the light
wind which was blowing.
Never in Doubt.
The oars of the Oxford crew were
the first to grip the water but the
longer stroke of the light blue imme
diately gave them the lead. After
this there was no doubt as to the re
sult of the race. When the crews
shot through Hammersmith Bridge,
the half way mark, Cambridge had a
clear lead of two lengths. Tills was
maintained until the boats approached
Barnes Bridge, Where the leaders
spurted and took another length lead.
A gallant effort was then made by
the dark blues and the gap heCVeen
the boats was momentarily lessened.
G. E. Tower, the Cambridge stroke,
made a final call on his men as they
approached the finish and the light,
blue boat crossed the line with a lead
of ofur and a half lengths.
The weather wbb Ideal.
For Criminal Libel.
Waahington. Wade It. Cooper, a lo
cal bank president,, who recently
lodged charges at the White Mouse
against Justice Daniel-T, Wright of
the District supreme court, was In
dieted today by the grand Jury on a
charge of criminal libel. The charges
were referred to the house Judiciary
committee and dismissed.
UNION VETERAN DIES
New York.—Fitzhugh Smith, a civil
war veteran, who was commended by
Abraham Lincoln for checking the re
treat of the Union army at the second
battle of Bull Bun, tiled her today, lie
was 79 years old.
RE-PASS THE
FUTURES IN
COTTON BILL
Amendment Legalizing Pooling
Stricken Out By the Senate.
Hoke Smith Offered No Ob
jection.
Washington.—After striking out the
amendment legalizing pooling, the
senate today re-passed the bill regu
lating trading in cotton futures.
Re-consideration of the hill was
hiMiight about by the stand of Senator
Kenyon, who stated last night after
the measure was passed that he did
not understand It Included the pool
ing amendment. Mr. Kenyor was an
assistant federal attorney in charge
of the prosecution against James A.
Patton arid tils associates in their cot
ton transactions of 1910.
After Senator Kenyon called up his
motion for re-consideration of the bill
today he offered to withdraw It upon
the (insurance of Senator Smith of
South Carolina, that the pooling
amendment would be eliminated In
the house. Senator Borah, however,
contended that the senate should
strike out the amendment, and Mr
Smith, declaring the pooling clause
was not pertinent to the body of the
bill, asked for reconsideration and
moved to strike out the objectionable
feature. This done, the altered meas
ure was passed by unanimous consent.
Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia,
who Introduced the amendment, of
fered no objection.
Senator Kenyon stated the amend
ment, in his opinion, legalized pooling
and legalized what the supreme court
condemned as violative o fthe Sher
man anti-trust law In the Patton case.
Final Brief is Filed in
Behalf of Harry Thaw
Concord, N. H. Tho final brief on
behalf of Harry K. Thaw, on bln pe
titlon for a writ of habeas corpus and
for admission to ball pending a. decis
ion on the matter of extradition was
filed In federal court today.
The document lays stress upon the
claim that the statute under which
Thaw was originally committed to the
insane asylum at Matteawan, N. Y„ is
unconstitutional and therefore It was
not a crime for him to escape from
custody; that an insane person cannot
commit a crime and aecordlngly ean
not be extradited on a charge of com
mitting a crime; that Thaw’s sanity
or Insanity must be decider] before II
can be determined that, there Is Juris
diction to extradite him and that he
Is not a fugitive from Justice within
Ihe meaning of the federal constitu
tion.
20 ESCAPE FROM FIRE.
Bt. Louis. Twenty men, routed from
sleep, had narrow escapes today whin
fire destroyed the Young Men's Chris
tian Association building at Alton,
Ills., near here.
$6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY.
LINE UP AGAIN IN
THE TOLLS FIGHT
SPRING FLOOD!
HU IN WEST
AND IN NORTH
The Hudson. Mohawk and
Genessec Rivers in New York
Out of Their Banks —Trov
and Albany Citizens Moving
Out Goods
Steady Downpour of Rain
During the Night With Melt
ing Snows Makes Situation
Grave in Many Localities.
Factories Under Water.
New York. Spring floods have not
in thrniiKh tho valleys of the state.
Much property damage Inis hern re
ported. Warm weather of the pant |<*w
days ha?, melted much of tho heftvy
snow which fell earlier In the month
and thin, with a steady rain through
out the night ha.s swollen all the
strains, many of which are out of their
hunks, flooding the lowlands.
At Troy the Hudson river has as
sumed flood proportions and the stater
rifling rapidly, merchants along the
the hrhlgo which spans the Mohawk
river front are removing goods to safer
places. Amsterdam reported part of
river carried away by high water and
tee, rutting off the southern section of
the city from the main part of the
town. The ('henaniro and the Sus
quehanna rivers are overflowing Into
the lowlands about Itinghampton. At
Syracuse Onondaga creek Is floodiriK
miles of territory. Ithaca and Schen
ectady also report flood conditions be
yond usual spring freshet marks.
Rising Rapidly,
New York. At Schenectady, the
Mohawk river has flooded the lower
streets. Ice Is Jimmied against the
bridge connecting Schenectady and
Scotia and It may go out before night.
There Is also a heavy ice pack against
the Erie Canal Aqueduct, four miles
east of the elty. The Bedford Bridge
has already been carried away The
river is rising rapidly.
Moving to Safety.
Albany. N. Y- —The Hudson River
Is rising rapidly here. Dwellers along
the river Trout ure moving to place*
of safety.
Steady Downpour.
Binghamton, N. Y. A steady down
pour of rain all night Increased the
gravity of the flood situation here.
Early this morning the Chenango
River broke over Its Imnks, flooding
n residential section of the city. The
Susquehanna rose to a point at day
light which Imperilled the entire cen
tral section of the city. A heavy rain
continued today.
Under Eight Feet.
Buffalo, N. Y. Towns in western
New York are threatened with a repe
tition of the disastrous flood of a
year ago when homes were washed
away and damage estimated at sev
eral hundred thousand dollars was
done. In the lowlands of the Tona
wandas, people are going to an I from
their homes In boats. At Batavia
the municipal sewerage disposal plant
Is eight feet under water.
At Corning the Chemung River Is
ten feet above normal and has flood
ed the highways west of the city. At
Clean the Allegheny River has over
flowed Its hanks and the southern
and eastern parts of the city are
under water.
In Genesee Valley.
Rochester, N. Y. Flood conditions
prevailed In the Genesee River Val
ley today. The lowlands are already
nmpaaaable, although the crest of the
flood will not. reach Rochester for 48
hours. During the past year this city
iias constructed retaining walls and
a repetition of last year’s damage Is
believed to he improbable.
Foot an Hour.
Columbus, Ohio. Willi the Great
Miami and Whitewater rivers raging,
the Scioto climbing a foot an hour
and the Muskingum anil Licking riv
ers out of their banks along the low
lands, anxiety was felt during last
night of a recurrence of the disastrous
floods of March 25-28, 1913. A cessa
tion of rainfall followed hjr colder
weather early today has checked the
rise of all The streams mentioned.
Damage so far reported has been con
fined to the southwestern section of
the state, where bridges have been
washed out.
Pittsburgh Doesn't Fear.
Pittsburg, Pa—Flood Stages were re
ported from the upper Allegheny riv
er today because of melting snows
and last night's heavy rain. At War
ren, Ra„ II was rising rapidly and much
damage hud been done. Trolley and
railroad lines were reported in trouble
and a number of factories had shut
down The local weather bureau de
clared that this water would likely he
taki/i care of In the stream further
south and only twenty feel was pre
dicted for Pittsburg, two feet under
the flood stage. There Is no flood In
the Monongahela and no Immediate
prospect of one.
14 HURT IN COLLAPBE.
London. A platform on which 150
sp ctators were standing collapsed
during the Oxford-Cambridge boat
race today and all were thrown into
Uie hold of a. barge. Fourteen persons
were badly Injured.
[|OME EQUIPS
Saturday's Contest in House
Largely An Oratorical One
With Repeal and Anti-Repeal
Preparing For Vote Early
Next Week
ADMINISTRATION FORCES
FLUSHED WITH SUCCESS
OF OPENING CONTEST
In Senate, Favorable Commit
tee Report May Come, Not
withstanding Hostility of
Chairman O'Gorman.
Washington. Itefore opening
argument on the tolls Issue Senator
James Hamilton Lewis Introduced a
bill to vitalize the resolution he In
troduced several days ago promulgat
ing the American policy of treating all
nations alike with respect to the Pana
ma ('anal.
Senator lewis’ hill would authorize
the president to suspend application
ordering collection of any tolls upon
any ship passing through the Panama
Canal "whenever in Ids opinion public
safety sh'ill so require; or whenever
lie shall deem It expedient and consist
ent with the Interests of the United
States or with the best welfare of .the
citizens of the republic.”
Gives Precedents.
In urging his idll designed to give
the president authority to suspend
payment of tolls on American ships,
iinliclputilng that tlie toll exemption
repeal would be passed, Senator Ix'wls
referred to several satutory precedents
in justification Of the measure.
Administration Hopeful.
Washinton. Fighting over repeal of
the Panama tolls exemption was re
newed in the house today where ad
ministration supporters, flushed by
their victory In the opening contest yes
terday, predicted they would win when
a vote Is taken on ttie repeal bill early
next week. The contest in the house
today was largely of an oratorical
character, although administration and
antl-admlnlstratlnn supporters contin
ued efforts to strengthen thetr forces
for the "Inal struggle.
By Large Majority.
The alignment of the contending
forces In the house remained practi
cally unchanged today. Representative
Adamson, leading the fight for the re
peal, declared the Hima bill would pass
by a large .majority. He predicted that
yesterday’s vote on the adoption of the
special rule for the consideration of
the bill to repeal the Rununia tolls ex
emption 207 to 176 — would be ma
terially Increased In favor of the repeal
forces when the bill was finally voted
upon.
Representative Underwood, the ma
jority leader, Representative Flllger
uhl, Minority Deader Mann ami other
prdfciinent members leading the fight
against the administration forces, con
tinued today to tiring every effort to
bear against the Minis bill.
Conscience Forbids It.
Representative Harrison, democrat,
of Mississippi, was one of the speak
ers when the debate was resumed. Al
though admitting his anxiety to “fol
low the president and comply with Ids
wishes,” Mr. Harrison said he could
not reconcile his conscience to the
president’s view and surrender to Great
Britain a principle of national honor
and Integrity. ”1 prefer to vote my
convictions, follow the platform of
my party and stand up for the Integ
rity and honor of my government,” he
said, explaining his stand opposing the
repeal bill.
Cotton Shipments.
Free tolls will aid tho farmers and
manufacturerss of the Mississippi Val
ley to ship tlislr products down the
Mississippi through Hie canal and to
the Pacific coast at cheaper rates than
are now charged hy the railroads,” he
said. "It would probably open up an
other market on the Pacific coast
where there are natural manufacturing
advantages for the cotton of the farm
ers of Mississippi and other southern
states.
Administration suporters In the sen
ate have increased their activity In the
tolls repeal fight They proceed on
the asumptlon thut the Kims repeal
bill 111 pass the house by Tuesday
night or early Wednesday and have
abandoned the effort to induce the In
ter-oceanic canals committee to begin
consideration of the Issue before tho
Kim. measure reaches the senate.
In Senate,
Yesterday's administration victory
in the house has given rise to expec
tations by repeal champions In the
senate that tho canals committee will
favorably report the bill notwlthstand-
Henator O'Oorman leading democratic
opponent of the president’s policy in
the senate. Senator O’Gorman will not
call the committee together until the
repeal issue has been disposed of in the
house. The fact that Senator O’Oor
man Is waiting the return of Senator
Crawford, of South Dakota, gives rise
to belief that Mr. O’Gorman expects
Senator Crawford to vote against the
repeal hill.
Simmons 111.
Senator Simmons of North Carolina
who announced he would sigiport the
repeal, Is out of town owing to 111
health, and unless he should return
before the committee acts It might be
Impossible for the administration to
get a favorable report. However
should Senator Walsh of Montana sup
port the president a favorable com
mittee report would practically be as
sured. There Is considerable specula
tion concerning the Montana sena
tor's attitude although he voted for
toll exemption originally and has said
It would lake a great deal to convince
him that he was wrong.
HIT THE LIGHT SHIP.
Norfolk, Va.—The tug Columbia in
passing out tho Virginia Capett early
today, having In tow a dredge and
hcow, collided with lightship No 4lv
and nit a bad hole in the lightship
two feet above the water line. The
lightship is in no danger of taking
water so long as the weather remain*
favorable aa at present.