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VOLUME XIX. No. 91.
NOW TO SENATE IN
THE TOLLS FIGHT
Attention Turned to Upper
Chamber of Conqress Today
Followinq Victory For Admin
istration Last Niqht in the
247 to 162 Vote in House
NO DILATORY TACTICS
WANTED IN COMMITTEE.
SAYS SENATOR OWEN
Measure Faces One of the
Most Complicated Contests.
No Final Disposition Probable
For Five or Six Weeks.
President Makes No Com
ment on Speaker Clark’s
Speech.
Washington. —The corrected count of
the vote in the house yesterday repeal
ing the exemption clause as announced
in the Congressional Record today is
247 for the repeal and 162 against it —
a majority of S 5 for the administra
tion. The count as announced last
night was 161 votes against it. The
name of Representative Dver. repub
lican of St. Louis. Mo., who voted
against the repeal, was ommitted in
the list.
Washington. Gratified over the
success of the Panama tolls exemption
repeal in the house, President Wilson
and his supporters turned their atten
tion today to the senate.
The latest poll brought to the White
House an administration senator who
canvassed his colleagues and excluded
from his count those he considered
doubtful, indicated that the president's
contention would have have a majority
of at least sixteen, republicans as well
as democrats.
Senator Owen the administration
leader in the canals committee where
the measure now is pending, was at
the White House early conferring with
Secretary Tumulty. Asked about the
procedure in the senate and length of
time for discussion the Oklahoma sen
ator said:
No Dilitary Tactics.
‘lt is natural to assume that if the
committee does not report promptly, a
motion will be made to discharge the
measure from consideration of the
committee. There is to be no effort
at forcing unnecessarily but we want
no dilatory tactics. The committee
stands. I should say, against the presi
dent xpd i think when the committee
was ( Tj.TiTzed those who were in favor
of the .oils exemption were in the ma
jority. A week in the committee would
be reasonable time for discussion.”
Has No Comment.
The president had no comment to
make on the result in the house, but let
it be known that he cherished no ill
feeling over those who, expresing their
convictions, opposed the repeal. There
was no comment made on the speech
of Speaker Clark.
Transferred to Senate.
Washington—The Panama tolls con
troversy, surpasing in interest any
problem that has absorbed the atten
tion of congress in recent years, was
transferred to the senate today from
the house where last night the Sims
bill repealing the tolls exemption was
passed 247 to 161.
The measure’s appearance was ac
cepted as the signal for the beginning
of one of the most protracted and com
plicated aontests the senate ever faced.
Senators both for and against the re
peal said they saw no hope of a final
disposition of the issue within the next
five or six weeks.
O’Gorman to Fight.
Senator O’Gorman, who wdll lead the
fight against the repeal planned today
to have the inter-oceanic canals com
mittee, of which he is chairman, begin
consideration of the measure immed
iately. The committee already has
before it various other bills, relating
to exemption. It appeared today that
the members are nearly evenly divided
on the chief issue. How a vote will
result is regarded as extremely uncer
tain now but unless there is a change
in the line up, opponents of repeal
appear to have a majority of one.
Senator Lewis’ Bill.
Senator T<ewis of Illinois, has a bill
empowering the president to suspend
tolls by proclamation. Senator Reed
has Introduced a measure which would
repeal the tolls exemption clause and
grant to foreign vessels the right to
compete with American ships now en
gaged in the coastwise trade.
Senator Owens’ bill, identical with
that passed by the house yesterday, It
wsa expected, would be replaced by the
administration's measure, its purpose
to expedite consideration in the senate
having failed. There are other meas
ures pending including a bill of Sen
ator Thomas and Senator Gallinger's
resolution expressing the sense of con
gress that it has the right to do as it
pleases with respect to regulating
shipping in the Panama canal.
From 8 to 14 Democrats.
Washington—Kstimates of the nurn-
Iher of democrats who will oppose the
•Repeal vary from 8 to 14.
S' (LVctlnued on rage twelve.)
LAD MADE TRIP FLORIDA TO
N. /., LOCKED IN FRUIT CAR;
STEEL GRATING BARRED FOOD
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Concord, N. J.—Loeked in a refrigerator car with tempting fruit that
was barred from hie reach by steel gatings, Benjamin Wickman, 14 years
old suffered from hunger for three days on a journey from Jacksonville,
Fla’ to New York He told of his experiences here today in a magis
trate's court A war ago the boy's parents moved from New York to Flor
ida He said that last week he yearned to be back in New York, so he
climbed into a loaded refrigerator car in Jacksonville just beforp its doors
were sealed and it was attached to a northbound train.
Early on the first day of the ride the boy attempted to get to the fruit
but steel gratings of the cooling departments barred the way and for
three days he went hungry and thirsty until the car was opened near here
and he was found. , .... , ,
Notified of Benjamin's adventure, his uncle, Charles Wickman, of
New York, took charge of him.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
POSTOFFIGE IS
TURNED OVER
BT MISS TYLER
Granddauqhter of Tenth Pres
ident of U. S. Surrenders
Post She Has Held For 16
Years Today. Promptly Re
sponds to Wire From Dep’t
Refused Yesterday When Suc
cessor Presented His Com
mission. Her Retention Would
Have Violated All Civil Serv
ice Regulations.
Norfolk, Va. —Miss Mattie R. Tyler,
granddaughter of John Tyler, tenth
president of the United States, today
surrendered the Courtland, Va., post
office which she had held for sixteen
years, and turned over its affairs to
B. A. Williams, appointed by Postmas
ter General Burleson frpm civil ser
vice. Mr. Williams bore the endorse
ment of Representative F>. E. Holland
of the second Virginia district. Miss
Tyler refused to surrender the office
when Mr. Williams presented tjie
commission after Miss Tyler’s return
from Washington yesterday.
Wired for Instruction*.
Mr. Williams telegraphed to Wash
ington for instructions. Miss Tyler
today received a telegram from the de
partment directing her to, turn the
Courtland office over to Mr. Williams
and this che promptly did. The post
office will be established in a building
close to the old postoffice on the main
thoroughfare in Courtland.
Miss Tyler made no effort to re
tain the Courtland office until after
a commission had been given to Mr
Williams in due course. She failed to
take the civil servise examination
along with others and made no re
quest for suspension of rules as to age
limit when the examination was an
nounced long ago.
All Rules Violated.
To have acted in Miss Tyler's case
would have caused violation of all the
civil service regulations covering the
fourtli class postoffice appointment*.
Pittsburg Police Women
to Look After Girls
Pittsburg.—Four police women who
will look after the welfare of young
girls, strangers in Pittsburg, and in
vestigate law violations in cases,
where liquor is served to women, took
up their duties today. They are at
tached to the secret service division
of the police department where their
names are known to none but the di
rector an dthe oftioer to whom they
will report. They will have nothing
to do with law violations by men. hut
will look exclusively after the welfare
of women
Gov. O’Neal, of Alabama,
Is Given a Clean Bill
Montgomery, Ala.—Governor Em
met O’Neal was completely exonerat
ed today by a grand jury that inves
tigated public charges made against
him by Theo Lacy, formerly an of
ficial of the state convict depart
ment and now under sentence for em
bezzlement of the department's funds.
The grand Jury’s report, presented to
Judge Armstead Brown, w-as as fol
lows:
"The grand jury begs to report after
investigation they are unable to find
any evidence connecting Governor
Emmet O’Neal with the Lacy defah *
tlon.”
The grand jury investigation was
made at the instance of the governor,
who vigorously denied statements
made by Lacy. Five witnesses, in
cluding Lacy, were examined.
CAN’T LIVE ON SALARY.
Cleveland, O.—Wm. L. Hay, federal
judge In the northern Ohio district,
resigned today because of the “Inade
quacy of the salary.”
“I am a young man,” said Judge
Day, who is a son of Justice Wm R.
Day] of the United States supreme
court. “I have a family and believe
I have a future,” he continued. “I
must look after it." Judge Day. who
is 37 years old, said he would be
come a member of a Clevland law
firm upon leaving the bench.
Judge Day's salary is $6,000 a year.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 1, 1914.
Won in House , Now Turn to Senate in Fight to
Repeal Tolls Clause
LEADING PRESIDENT WILSON'S FIGHT IN SENATE.
Tieft to right: U. S. Senators George Tencr Oliver of Pennsylvania,
Boise Penrose of Pennsylvania, and Winthrop Murray Crane, ex-senator
from Massachusetts. These are the men in whom President Wilson is de
pending to push tlie proposed amendment of the Panama Canal Act
through the upper house of congress.
Wants Sovereignty
of U. S. Asserted
Over the Canal
Washington—Senator O'Gornmn sai l
today he thought he would call a
meeting of the canals committee next
Tuesday to take up the repeal bill and
various amendments.
It was said to be apparent that a de
termined effort would be made to add
to the house repeal bill a clause to
assert the sovereignty of the United
States over the canal.
Some senators were said to take the
view that such an amendment could
not be considered as a compromise.
Democratic senators most active in the
fight for the repeal contend the house
bill should prevuil In the senate with
out amendment.
How far republican senators will
figure in the result of the controversy
was the subject of considerable specu
lation today.
A resolution to postpone considation
of the bill until the president com
municates to the senate —in confidence
if desired—the nature of matters of
"greater delicacy and nearer conse*
quence” mentioned in his message to
congress was Introduced today by Sen
ator Poindexter.
Last Arguments By Ry's
Asking Rates Advance
Washington.—A decision by the in
terstate commerce commisison on the
freight rate increases asked by the
eastern railroads is expected much
earlier than had been planned. It
may be handed down within a month.
Say Facing Crisis.
Washington—Concluding arguments
for the eastern railroads asking an
increase in freight rates were heard
today before the Interstate commerce
commission and will be ended tomor
row
Railroad officials continued their
testimony to show that transporta
tion system were facing a crisis which
might' be avoided by an increase in
freight rates.
Younq Teacher Murdered By
Former Pupil
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Herkimer, N. Y.—The citizens of
Herkimer are very bitter in their de
nunciation of the brutal murder of
Miss Lydia Beeaher, the 22-year-old
school teacher, who was lured to the
outskirts of the village of Poland,
Herkimer county, and beaten and stab
bed to death. Damaging admissions
have been made by Jean Clanninl, i
K-year-old French lad and a former
pupil of Miss Beecher's. Miss Beech
er aroused the enmity by frequently
speaking to him of his waywardness
and urging him to mend his ways.
These facts, the authorities say, taken
In conjunction with the claim that the
boy was developing Into a moral por
vert, provide the motive for the crime
Pieces of the boy's coat and a buttor
from the coat were found near yie
scene of the crime. ,/ '
SENATE FIGHT IN
FREE WIRE CASE
Measure to Cut Off Telegraph
Privileges Failed For Lack
Quorum. Up Again Today.
Washington.—As an outgrowth of
the fight in the senate yesterday to
cut off free telegraph privileges ac
corded Senators, which Tailed because
of lack of a quorum Senator Robin
son, of Arkansas, today introduced a
bill which would limit senatorial mall
franking privileges to f6OO in any on*
year. He sought to have an amend
ment to the eame end adopted yes
terday in connection with the attempt
to prohibit free telegraph privileges
for senators but was defeated and an
nounced he would introduce it as a
bill today.
The contest in the renate arose
over the introduction of a committee
resolution limiting the annual tele
graph expenses, of any senator to sf!u
for messages on official business.
Senator Robinson then sought to have
his amendment adopted but it was
ruled out of order. For the commit
tee’s resolution, Senator Kenyon of
fered a substitute to provide that
no senator might send messages by
wire, even on official business at pub
lic expense. The Kenyon substitute
failed of pnssago only because oT the
lack of a quorum. The vote on it
was 35 to 6, Just short of enough
votes to carry It.
50,000 MINERS
ARE IDLE TODAY
Stop Work in Ohio Soft Coal
Districts—3B,ooo in Penn
sylvania May Quit Friday.
Chicago.—Nearly 60,000 Ohio bitu
men coal miners were forced Into In
definite Idleness today and 39,000
Pennsylvania miners may be thrown
out of employment Friday because of
the failure of the recent Chicago con
ference between the operators and of
ficials of the United Mine Workers of
America to reach a new wage agree
ment to take the place of the one which
expired last midnight.
i’endlng negotiations for a new
agreement, coal miners In Indiana, Il
linois and lowa will eontlnue at work.
Most of the mines in the Ohio dis
trict suspended operations last mid
night In accordance with orders issued
by the operators. In the central Penn
sylvania district the operators anoune
cd that unless the old agreement were
renewed before Friday all of the mines
In that district would he closed and
work suspended Indefinitely.
Won't Rent to Them.
Colliers, W. Ye. IJ. H. Marshal
Smith came here today with an order
from Judge A. (i. Dayton to remove
the tent colony of striking miners from
the vicinity of the mines of the West
Virginia and Pittsburg Coal Company.
Attorneys for the strikers said that
this time there would lie no trouble and
that the court order would be obeyed.
Farmers near the mines refused to
rent houses to the srlkers, fearing that
by so doing they would be In contemt
and the poor authorities of Brooke
county were prepared today to take
care of the strikers and their families
if the plan to buy the ground on which
the tents stand should fail.
20,000 Take Holiday.
Terre Haute, Ind. Nearly 20,000
miners In the eleventh district bitumi
nous coal field observed a holiday to
day in celebration of the anniversary
of eth enactment of the eight hour day
law.
Tomorrow a committee of operators
will meet the miners to attempt ar
ranging a scale and adjusting other
working conditions and it Is not ex
pected that any trouble will ho exper
ienced In reaching an agreement.
MISS CUDAHY A NURSE.
Boston,—Miss Helen Cudahy, daugh
ter of Patrick Cudahy, a weathy Mil
waukee packer entered the training
school for nurses at the Massachusetts
general hospital today.
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OPPOSE ASQUITH
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Women to Do All They Cftn to
Defeat New War Secretary
For Election.
New York -“All the women are will
ing to die. We are fighting with our
lives." These statements marked the
defense of mtlitnnt suffrage methods
in Knglaml by Miss Dorothy Pethlck,
sister of Mrs. IVthlok-Lawrence and
follower of Mrs. Emmeline rank hurst,
at a meeting today of the Equal Fran
chise Society. In anawer to a question
as to what the British government
could do to the women whom they Im
prisoned Miss Pethlck replied, "Let
them die." She added that she was
never so happr-in her life as when she
thought she had been so reduced by
forcible feedinr that the end appeared
near. Miss Pethlck told of the first
woman who undertook a hunger strike
and resisted until the doctor said that
lie would not lie responsible an hour
longer for her life. The women are
going to oppose Mr. Asquith in ids
coming fl(jlit for election, said Mlhh
Margaret Hodges, who is visiting
America with Miss Pethlck.
Gen. Macomb Arrives to
Head Army War College
Ban Francisco. —Brig. Gen. Mont
gomery M. Macomb, until recently com
mander of the department of. Hawaii,
arrived here today from Honolulu, en
route to Washington, where lie will
assume the presidency of the army
war college.
Gen Macomb said military condi
tions In the Island, where 8,000 men
are now stationed, were excellent.
Aeroplanes, he said, could not he
used to advantage there for observa
tion purposes. Captive balloons were
much better for the work he said.
Says He Did Not Poison
Their Two Cups of Tea
New Haven, Conn. That he Is the
victim of circumstances and false ac
cusation Is the claim today of John
J. Hogan of West Haven, an Inventor
widely known as an authority on ina
rino and automobile engines who Is
awaiting a hearing on April 11, on a
charge of attempted murder.
It Is alleged that recently whlje
Miss Margaret Williams, of this city,
was taking tea at the Hogan home the
Inventor put poison In Miss Williams’
tea and that of his wife and that Its
presence was discovered as Mrs. Ho
gan began to sip the tea. Hogan’s ar
rest followed ari Investigation by 11 ■
authorities and he Is held under $6,00.0
bonds for his preliminary hearing
Hogan today Insisted that he kneyv
nothing about the allegations and his
wife denies them.
Coast Line Authorizes
$200,000,000 Bond Issue
Richmond, Va. Atlantic Coast I,lnc
stockholders In called moling here today
authorized a bond Issue of $200,000,000
at 4 1-2 per cent to retire the out
standing $110,000,000 of the 4 per cent
Issue of November 10, 1000, closing the
mortgage of that date; and for "other
purposes.
AMUNDSEN TO POSTPONE
HIS ARCTIC EXPEDITION
Ban Francisco, —Captain RnaM
Amundsen, discoverer of the Bout'.t
Pole, has postponed until 1915 the ex
pedition to the Arctic regions he ha 1
planned to mske this summer, ills
vessel, the Pram, has been delayed
on Ms Journey from Colon and ean
not reach San Francisco In time to he
fitted out for the start that was Lo
have been made In July. Henry Lund,
the Norwegian consul, however, has
received word from Captain Amund
sen, who Is in Europe, that the expe
dition will not set out until next sum
mer.
$6.00 PER YE AR—5 CENTS PER COPY.
SURRENDER OFFER
MADE TO VILLA?
NEW WAR SECT
CLEARS UP THE
ISC AATSTEB!
First Act of Premier Asquith
Was to Summon Sir Arthur
Paqet to London. Sifts Orders
tliven and Received on Ulster
Situation
Commander in Chief in Ireland
Told His Officers That Re
fusal to Do Their Duty Would
Mean Dismissal From British
Army.
London. The first act of Premier
Asquith In his new capacity ns secre
tary of state for war wus to clear up
the mystery surrounding the Instruc
tions given by the war office to Gen
eral Sir Arthur Paget, commander-tn
chief In Ireland
Sir Arthur wns summoned to Lon
don to give his chief a personal account
of the orders he had received and is
sued and ns a result of the conference
Reginald MrKi-nmi. the home secre
tary, who Is acting ns leader of the
house, whh able to inform the cotn
tnong today that:
The Only Question.
The only question General Paget
put or Intended to put to the com
manding officers in Ireland was wheth
er they were ready to put their duty
before nny other considerations. It
was not his Intention that this or nny
such question shoold lie put by the
general officers to their subordinates.
“General I’aget informed the general
officers of the promise given by the
secrelnry of war to officers whose
were In Ulster and he requested the
general officers to find out Immed
iately the number of offecra. who will
Withdraw on this account.
Would Mean Dismissal.
"The Irish commnndcr-ln-rhlef was
asked If nny officer who could not
rlalnt this exemption would he allowed
to resign and replied that result of any
refusal to do their duty could only
mean their dlsn tssnl from the army."
League to Tell How to
Sit and Stand Properly
New York. —The American Posture
League, whose object Is to make peo
ple siantl und sit properly was Incor
porated today In Albany. The leugue
in working to have proper seats put
in schools, shops and othPr places
where present seats are conducive to
ulhcalthy attitudes. Heats In the new
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
c.ars are being constructed In accord
ance with Its recommendations.
Miss Jessie 11. Bancroft, assistant
director of physical training In Now
York schools founded the league and
is Its president.
JAB. GORDON BENNETT.
Cairo, Egypt —Doctors In attend
ance on .lames Gordon Bennett, pro
prietor of the New York Herald, to
day expressed good hope of his re
covery from his Illness.
AUGUSTA HERALD
MARCH CIRCULATION
Daily and Sunday Herald.
The circulation of the Daily and Sunday
Herald for the month of March, 1914, was as
follows:
March 1 .. ..10,205 March 10 10,804.
March 2 .. ..10,279 March 17 10,479
Mar,l, 11 10,321 » 10,499
, . m •>«<> March 19 10,399
4 March 20 .. ~..10,388
March 5 10,414 March 21 10,808
March 0 10,394 March 22 10,430
March 7 10,978 March 23 10,324
March 8 10,401 March 24 10,297
March 9 10,380 March 25 10,359
March 10 10,392 March 20 10,410
March 11 10,437 March 27 10,409
March 12 10,419 March 28 11,003
March 13 10,332 March 29 10,495
March 14 11,374 March 30 10,434
March 15 10,412 March 31 10,431
TOTAL MARCH 325,421
DAILY AVERAGE 10,497
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The Augusta Herald, Dally and Bunday, has a circulation in
Augusta approximately twice as large as that of any other Au
gusta newspaper. Advertisers and agencies invited to test the
accuracy of theee figures in comparison with the claims of any
other Augusta newapaper.
f]OME EDITION
Report Forwarded By U. S.
Consul Said to State That
Truce Arranqed at Torreon
and Terms of Capitulation By
Federals Beinq Aqreed on
WHITE FLAG SENT OUT,
ARMISTICE REQUESTED
Reported That Villa at First
Demurred at Proposal Not to
Execute Federal Volunteers.
Appalling Loss of Life, It Is
Thought.
Chihuahua. —An official state
ment given out at rebel military
headquarters at 10 a. m., today
said tlie rebels occupy Gomez Po
laolo, lerdo and some of the out
skirts of Torreon. The federals
have fortified themselves in some
of the strongest buildings in the
Inst named city, the report adds.
From U. 8. Consul.
Washington. No official dispatches
reached here today about the Torreon
battle. Officials were inclined to
doubt that large federal reinforce
ments were nearing the besieged city
as was reported.
Truce Granted.
Eagle Pass, Texas-—Dispatches from
the American consul at Durango for
warded to Washington via this cttJT,
are reported today to announce that
tile federal commander at Torreon
has offered to surrender to General
Villa, that a truce lihs been granted
and that tin- federal and constitution
alist commanders have met and Hre
today arranging the terms of capltuia-
I ion
General Velasco, according to this
report, first called for a three-hour
armistice, and offered to surrender
the town If the garrison could march
out with honors of war, and If Villa
would parole the officers and guaran
tee not to kill the volunteers as he
has threatened.
Won’t Tell Contents.
William P. Blocker, American con
sul at Plftilras Negras, refused to re
veal the contents of the dispatch
from Durango, but admltttd that a
message had been received and for
warded to Secretary Bryan.
According to Information from au
thentic sources, denerul Villa had
taken the railroad station In Torreon,
and for the past two days has been
working his way from house to house
toward the center of the city. He I*
said to have taken nearly half the
town with an appalling loss of life ou
both sides.
Sent White Flag.
Last night. It Is said. General Ve
lasco sent out a while flag and asked
for three hours truce to present a
proposition for surrender. The truce
was granted and the federal comman
ders offered to turn over the city with
nil military stores If the lives of all
officers and men were guaranteed.
It Is understood that Villa at first
demurred at thin, saying that many
of the garrison Including General
Orozco who Is said to be In Torreon,
were traitors and must be executed.
It Is said that another armistice was
arranged for today, however, and
that. Villa would probably accept the
offer of the federal commander.
It Is known that a federal column
of reinforcements left Batlllo for Tor.
renn March 30t.h, but as all railroad
lines are cut It will require several
days for the relieving force to arrive
at Torreon. _