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[|OME EDITION VOLUME XIX. No. 90. SfiLLERIES PACKED FOR CLOSING TOLLS DEBATE; VOTE COMES TONIGHT Administration Leaders More Confident Than Ever of Victory in Repeal ot Exemption Clause. Care ful Planning for Sims Bill Recommitment, While Opponents Determined to Embrace Their Single Opportunity to Amend it. SPEAKER CLARK. LEADER MANN TAKE THE FLOOR IN OPPOSITION TO MEASURE Final Attempt to Defeat Re peal Adds to Tense Situation in the House. Washington, D. C.—ln an atmos phere of tense excitement the strung lo in the house over president Wllson's proposal to repeal the Panama tolls exemption was today pressed to its last stage. A full attendance on the floor and a throng of anxious spectators such as the house hag seldom seen in the galleries waited for the eoncludi.%( verba! battle and the deciding which was expected late this after noon or early tonight. On the program for spectres were Speaker Champ Clark. Republican Leader Mann, both npi sed to the president, and Representatives Sherly and Covington, for the administra tion. Work Feverishly. Leaders op both sides worked fev erishly' on ghe floor and clonk rconis and the whips reported several changes in the line up, although they generally balanced. Administration supporters confidently claimed . the repeal bill would pass by a majority of from 6ft to 75. Cheers and applause greeted the opening of the day’s debate. W hen Representative Humphreys, repub.i can, of Washington, declared that "but for an injustice the great and patriotic speaker tnf this house would today be occupying the While House." the gal leries joined the floor in a round of applause. Early Arrivals. Washington.—A tremendous crowd —the greatest the house has seen in recent tears jammed the galleries to day to hear 'final debate over the re peal of Panama tolls exemption. Peo ples had been waiting i line for hours. . . Just after day break, when janitors were cleaning up the galleries, they were amazed to find two women and a man seated for a long wait until noon. “You’ll have to get out of here now," they said, "or we will have to lock you in until the galleries are regularly opened at 10 '’clock " “Lock Us In.” “Lack us in.” said the waiting ones and locked in they were, so kept their places of vantage. During the waiting hours the crowd made itself at home. Some brought newspapers r-fid books. One gray haired woman brought her knitting. Lunch boxes, milk bottles and pop bottles were piled on the gallery rail, an imminent danger to legislators be low, until doorkeepers forced their removal. For Final Debate. Washington.—As the hour neared for closing debate and taking the final vote upon the Sims bill for repeal of the provision oT the Panama Canal act exempting American coastwise ves sels from payment of tolls, house ad ministration leaders were more confi dent than ever ot victory. They de clared everv indication tended to show the bill would pass by a major ity of at least 75 votes. Speculation over what Speaker Clark would say when he took the (Continued on market page.) “The Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign What Augusta Starts Out to Do Tomorrow The Clean-Up and Pnlnt-Up spirit seems to be abroad In the land. It has been somewhat slow In Augusta up to the present. Put It has como at last, and the prospects are most re assuring for sueeess. The movement which has now been started, and to neglect which would be disgraceful, is apparently the most systematic and comprehensive of any so far launched. Its chief value is that it aims at permanent reform and continued ef fort The trouble with many past movements of the kind has been that they were a flash in the pan. and were gotten up to wash the face of the city but once. The town was then allowed to slip back into the more or less bed .-’Sgglfd -ondltlon. No*, however, It Is proposed to R>rm nn organization on buslnes lines, hav ing branches in as many distrlcta Kach of these districts is to conduct a Clean-Up campaign not once, but con tinuously. The chairmen of these dis trict organizations will constitute a general executive committee. They are expected to furnish the plans, th» the enthusiasm and the prod to the sub-organizations. The larger body is to become a part of the Rational Clean-Up and Paint-Up Campaign Bu reau, Bt. Iyouis. which is seeking to induct a new civic consciousness into the slothful citizens of American towns, and to build repeated bon fires under those who relapse into a condi tion of lazy contentment. There ar» to be carried on a number of lines of r THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES —THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. THE AUGUSTA HERALD Commander in Chief of British Troops in Ireland pr j SIR ARTHUR PAGET. Commander-in-chief of the Rritish troops in Ireland, who predicted that a continuation of the wholesale resig nations of army officers, who refused to fight the Ulstermen, would mean the -»nd of the English army and the British monarchy inside oT six months. It was this statement, It is said, that caused King George to in tervene in the home rule contro versy. English Mills Decide To Run Easter Week * Manchester, Eng.—General suspen sion during Easter week of mils in this district spinning American cotton decided on last week by the employers was abandoned today owing to strong objection raised by the workers. The condition of the cotton trade had led the employers to arrange a cessation of production but the Master Spinners Association has resolved to leave in dividual firms to act according to their own desires. SUGAR BEET INQUIRY. Washington.—lnvestigation of the sugar beet industry in the United States has been begun by the bureau of corporations to determine whether the industry has been injured by the new tariff. Investigators expect to finish their work In about two weeks. work all closely related to a cleaner and more beautiful city. Vacant lots and sanitation will be given attention. There will be committees to stimulate planting and sodding, to inspire per manence In the work of cleaning alleys and back yards, to Interest the Boy Hcouts, school children and all youth In the cause. In fact, the movement looks to the future as well as to the present. Prin cipals and teachers in public and parochial schools and city officials have given the proposed plan their un qualified Indorsement. It Is proposed to incite the public into a very orgy of painting and clean ing up In early spring so that by April 10th, the city will be so thoroughly transformed that no one will will care to have It revers to past conditions. This movement seems to start with the right Idea. One of Its vitally Im- i portant features Is that It looks to ward the training of the children. They . will be taught to look upon an un t leanly city as a personal disgrace. We j hope that those back o' the plan wili. figuratively speaking, arouse the city from its Indifference and will inspire | in it a new civic spirit that will out- , laat a merely occasional spasm of en- j ergy. Augusta certainly does not want I to be behind other cities In this regard, j With the unsurpased natural beauty j of our environment, we should be in- I spired to great ami continued efforts | And we should feel ashamed not to I make th«» AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 31. 1914. DEBATE IS BEGUN BN BILL FDR HDME RULE Second Readinq of Measure Starts After Week of Sensa tional Developments. Asquith Absent. Lord Morley Re considers, Won’t Resign. London.—After a week of sensa tional developments in connection with the Ulster situation, the house of com mons today started the debate on the second rending of the home rule for Ireland hill. It is expected the meas ure will occupy the house for at least three days. Bitter Complaint. The absence of Mr. Asquith, who was in charge of the bill, was bitterly complained of by the Unionists. It is reported from Dublin that I’£e mier Asquith is to be opposed In the bye-election for Kast Fife by Jamqp Larkin, who, as head of the Transport Workers’ Union, was leader of the strike in Dublin last autumn. In con nection with the strike Mr. l,arkin W'as sentaenced to seven months' lm prisonement in October for inciting to riot, but was later released. Won’t Resign. Viscount Morley, lord president of the council, today abandoned his in tention of resigning from the cabinet. Intin | led in the house of lords yes terday. The cabinet met today and the strongest pressure was brought to bear on Lord Morley not to add to the difficulties of his colleagues by giving up his office. Viscount Morley Said: Party to Irregularity. “If Colonel Seely’s first resignation had been accepted by Premier As quith mine would have followed, as I had been a party to his Irregularity in adding the two peccant paragraphs to the cabinet document.” Lord Morley contended that Colonel Seely’s second resignation wag inde pendent cf what had occurred be tween himself and the then sercetary for war and was for the purpose of disposing of all anpearnce of a bar gain with the military officers. He reiterated his belief that the spirit of the two paragraphs added to the me morandum sent to Brigadier General Gough was not at ail alien to the view of the government. Thousands Ride Free on Street Cars of Toledo Toledo.—Thousands of citizens of Toledo continued to ride free today on cars operated by the Toledo Rail ways and Light Company, the city solicitor having advised that passen gers refuse to pay a fare of more than three cents as provided by an ordi nance that recently went into effect, and the company declining to accept anything but a fnre of 6 cents. Per sons who insisted they would pay no more than the three cents fare were allowed to ride free, the company de clining to recognize the ordinance over which litigation has' been initiat ed. $20,000 THEFT FROM MAILS. Harrisburg, Pa. —Wm. R. Baum, aged 30, a mail clerk in the Harris burg postoffice, wag arrested today charged with having stolen $20,000 from the mails. It Is alleged that two packages, each containing SIO,OOO in currency were taken from the mails on July 5, 1912. The money was being sent from St. Paul to a bank in New York. GEORGIAN’S CHARGE 9. Washington. —Charges made In the house by Representative Park of Georgia, against Justice Daniel Tbew Wright, cf the District of Columbia supreme court, were considered to day by the house Judiciary committee. Mr. Park spoke in support of his res olution authorizing the committee to begin formal Investigation of the charges. Action was deferred. The Little End of the Horn That’s yours. The big end is in the “Want Ad” col umns of The Augusta Her ald. You can whisper Into your end, and what you say will reverberate in the ears of a great multitude. Could there be a more use ful device of publicity? If you have a want to be sup plied, or the means of sup plying one, state your case concisely to the army of Augusta Herald readers. Those you want to reach are there. Leave your ad with Your Druggist or Tell it to Phone 296. DISCLAIMS FIRING OF "FIRST GUN FOR NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENCY IN 101 (CRY HIS CANAL TOLLS SPEECH IX IKirsT^TWLKY wS'jjMLyjjLi Sjj g jamtm & iiTijp i JlHn r «> •'V" LATEST PHOTO OF SPEAKER CHAMP CLARK. EXHAUSTION FOR BOTH AT TORREON Rebel Officers at Chihuahua and Juarez Optimistic While Mexican Embassy at Wash ington Says: “Torreon Hasn’t Fallen.” FIGHTING NOW BEHIND ADOBE HOUSES OF CITY Constitutionalists Declare Villa Fully Realizes Hazard of Withdrawing His Troops Sub ject to Rear Attack. Say Plight of Federals More Severe One. Chihuahua, Max, —While rebel of ficers are optimistic about the outcome of the battle of Torreon, they said to day that the absence of official re ports Indicated 'General Villa was meeting with stubborn resistance. The telegraph office Is accepting telegrams addressed to Gomez l’ala clo, care of General Villa, but thus far none addressed to newspaper men has been replied to. "Torreon Hasn’t Fallen.” Waehington, D. Cr—The Mcxtcah embassy here today received the fol lowing message from the foreign of fice in Mexico City: "Torreon has not fallen and (he government Is quite confident that it will not fall, according (o the latent reports received by the government from that point. Both Bidas Exhausted. Juarez, Max, — Fighting continues nt Torreon, according to Information given by rebel officers nt Juarez to day. No details were received. Rebel leaders contend that the main ballls for supremacy was fought last w»ck at Gomez Palaelo, where soldiers of both sides fell by the hundreads l fi the desperate conflict. Losses at Gomez Palaelo were so heavy. It was said, that neither side was now capable of repeating so de termined a battle. No Charges in Open. In Torreon the fighting Is said to be from building to building, without any open charges or concentrated as saults. Gomez Palaelo was taken by storm after three sanguinary assaults, ac cording to the brief reports thus far j received. A report that reached Juarez laat night, when some corre spondents arrived from the front, In dicated that the federuls might have driven Villa’s army back in confusion (Continued on Market Page). KOETTEUSFOUND GUILTY, MURDER “Handsome Jack” Lured Mrs. Kraft to Chicago and KUled Her in Hotel. Chicago, 111. John B. Koetters to day was found guilty of murdering Mrs. Emma Kraft, of Cincinnati, and his punishment fixed at life imp'll* onrnent. Koetters killed Mrs, Kraft in a Chicago hotel with a hammer, after obtaining possession of her money. Tiie crime was committed Novem ber 14, 1912 Mrs. Kraft was 60 years old and had been a widow four years. She became Infatuated with Koetters, who was .35 J ears and sold her property in Cincinnati, for $3,000. Koetters, believing that he had failed to get ail her money by cajolery, en ticed tier to Chicago, murdered her and fled. A long search for Koetters was fruitless until he was accidental ly recognized In San Francisco, where he had tried to cheat a woman with whom he kept a lodging house. Koetters tried repeatedly to Induce the Han Francisco woman to insure her life In his favor. Who became nfpiid of him and reported it to the police. Koetters persistently denied guilt of the murder and sought to prove that he was not In Chicago with Mrs. Kraft. His attempt to prove an alibi did not Impress the Jurors who quickly voted him guilty blit spent several hours to determine the pun ishment. President Says Malone’s Views Were Not Inspired Washngton, D. C.—President Wil son was asked today If Dudley Field Malone had spoken for the adminis tration when lie expressed opposition to Governor Glynn's recent appoint ments In New York. The president replied that the only "mouth-piece" of the administration was his own tongue and that he did not Intend to reflect on Mr. Malone's utcranccs, but wished to Indicate that the views as ex pressed were Individual and not In spired BILBO TRIAL APRIL 9TH. Vicksburg. Mi»*. The trial of I,lent. Gov. Thco. G. Bilbo, charged with re reiving and soliciting bribes in con nection wltb pending legislation, toda/ ww act to begin here cm April 9th. $6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY. NO PERSONAL ISSUE SAYS SPEAKER CLARK BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND HIMSELF DISAPPEARANCE OF IRISH GUNS Mysterious Cargo of 300 Tons of Rifles Slips Away During the Night. Copenhagen, Denmark. —A mysteri ous cargo of 30ft tons of rifles ami posed to be intended for Ireland, dis appeared from the vicinity of the Dnn- Ish Island of laxngeland during last night after an embargo hail been placed on It by the authorities. The rifles were brought to Langeland from llojuhurg on board a lighter which anchored off the island. A ahort time afterward the Norwegian steamer Eanny drew up along side and proceed ed to take the arms on board Danish authorities then soiled the papers of the lighter ami the steamer whose commanders were ordered to await further instructions. Today the two vessels had vanished. MOB LINGOES NEGOO WOMAN Had Driven Knife Into Heart of Young White Man. Hanged To Pole. Muskogee, Okla.- Marin Scott, a negro woman, who killed bemeul Peace, a young white tnan Sunday hy driving a knife into his henrt was taken out of the Wagoner County Jail enrly today and bunged to a telephone pole. The mob overpowered the Jailor, throw a rope over the woman’* lieiul and dragged her out of the jail. A knock at the Jail door aroused the sleeping Jailor, alone In the office. A voice outside aald an officer was there with prisoners. The jailor opened the door and faced, twelve re volvers Ho was bound quickly and tils keys taken from hltn. The mob pulled the screaming wo man from her cell, tied a rope about her neck and dragged her to a tele phone polo, a block from the Jail. An iiottr later the sheriff cut down the dead body. The county attorney has started an Investigation of the lynching. 35 Plead Guilty Charges of Concealed Weapons New York. —Ah a warning to per sons, who, either through careless ness or wilfulness violate the law against carrying concealed weapons. Judge Koaalsky today sentenced 116 persons who had pleaded guilty to carrying revolvers, blackjacks, sling shots, stillettos or razors. The son tences ranged from fines to $5 to terms from three years and one .month to six years and six months In Sing Sing. Many of those sentenced wore Charged with having a revolver In their possession or in their place of business. This Is u violation of the law. A majority of the defendants were foreigners. FORM NEW JAP CABINET. Tokio. - Viscount Keigo Klyotira, former minister of education, today the tusk of forming a new 'cabinet to take the place of that un der the premiership of fount Yaifin inoto, which resigned office owing to the naval scandals. Ml Prudent Men Trying to Find Method of Escape From the Difficulty in Ulster Hon. J. C. White, of Belfast, Ireland, Brother of Mr. J. B. White, is in Augusta and Talks Interestingly of the Great Crisis in the United Kingdom. Hon. J. C, White, one of thej lead ing atorneys of Belfast, Ireland, and president of the Daw Society or Ire land, Is In the city and Is stopping at the Hon Air Hotel. Mr. White Is a brother of Mr. J. 11. White, Augusta’s largest property owner, and he tell* Augusta friends that his brother Is In fair health and is In Ixmdon at present, where he is planning a trip to Mediterranean points Mr. White, when seen t|f a reporter, was questioned regarding the Ulster situation and he gives a most Interest ing statement of the conditions In the United Kingdom, as they now ex Ist. “For the purpose of enabling a for eigner to understand, so far as It is possible for any one residing outside of Ireland to comprehend the exceed ingly difficult and complex political situation In that disturbed country, }{QME EDITION Resents Insinuation That He Is Trying to Disrupt the Democratic Party By Stand on The Canal Question. INSISTS HE’D BE HAPPY WITHOUT BEING EITHER PRESIDENT OR SPEAKER Declares His Opposition “Not the Opening Gun for His Fight for Nomination in 1916.’* Washington, D. C.—-Speaker Clark, closing debate against the repeal, dis appointed those who expected him to attack President Wilson. Ho dis claimed any personal Issue with the President, declared he believed Mr. Wilson was actuated hy tha highest patriotic motives and that there was no broach In the Democratic party. He argued at length against tlie Presl? dent’s contention and declared that “the amazing request of the Preoldent for a repeal, like the peace of God, pnsseth all understanding" No Personal Issue. He disclaimed any personal issue be tween the President and himself and added that If the President had rea sons “which are not utterly untenable and which compel him to make this request," he had not given them to the house. Me differed with the Presi dent’s statement that toll exemption was "a mistaken economic policy” hut admitting dispute on that point, pro posed that the exemption he suspend ed two years. He contended that the President was mistaken in his view that the exemption was repugant to the Hay-Pnuncefote treaty Would Face World. "We want war with no nation,” said the speaker, “but rather than sur render our right to complete sover eignty over every square foot of our globe encircling domain wo will cheer fully and courageously face a world in arms.” He attacked the attitude of house Democrats who have led tha President’s (Ight for the toll exemption repeal. Rdferirng to published dec larations that his opposition to the President was the "opening gun of his tight for the nomination In 191*," the speaker declared ht< had told all to whom he had spoken about the 1916 situation that If the President’s admin istration was a success Mr. Wllsnn would he re-elected, and If It was a failure “the nomination would not he worth having.” As to his own future the speaker Insisted he could be hap py without the presidency or the speakership. Uttered No Word. "There is no personal issue between the President and myself* began Speaker (’lark "I trust there never will be I have at no time uttered one word of criticism of the President. At no lime, so far as I mm lnformered or believe, has the President sold one single word of criticism of me. "I have never for one moment en tertained the opinion that Preaidant Wilson Is actuated by other than the highest patriotic motives. ”f do not believe that President Wilson has ever entertained any other opinion as to the conduct of those of ns who find It necessary to differ with him on this measure. President Wil son does not desire a breach In the Democratic party. Ido not deelre a breach In the Democratic party and there Is no breach. Would Boom It. "I would scorn to believe that Pres ident Wilson countenances for on* moment, the efforts of some of the jackal press to represent that we ar* seeking to disrupt the democratic party. With most of those who have asserted that I am seeking to disrupt (he party the wish Is father to the thought." Replying to what he railed a ‘ scur (Contlnued on market page) now, It may be roughly assumed." said Mr. White, "that there are about 4,500,000 inhabitants in the Island, of which about one-third ar English and Scotch settlers, people of the Angle-flaxon race, and consequently Protestant. The remaining two thirds of the Inhabitants of the is land are composed of the ancient Irish races, who peopled that country from time Immemorial. These racos came at a very early stage of Chris tianity under-the sway of the church of Borne, and they have since remain ed probably the most devoted adher ents In tho world of that church. There Is. therefore, presented the dif ficult position, In this comparatively small Island of ancient races who almost claim It as their heritage as opposed to a conquering race from (Continued on page • ,