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lyiME EQITIOfI 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 « 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 : ml : ■' iv jj' Safeagr - ; :4®m' '+JkjjM A “ i \ C’Cfffl L - '^yf/ MISS LYDIA BEECHER 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. \ 4 ml MILITANTS WILE OPPOSE ASQUITH * 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 * 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. _