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fjOME EOlTWjil 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 i —~~ — - 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.” 4* 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. , Mk » t 'tell*** ? „ * *» * 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.