Newspaper Page Text
jjOME EDITION
VOLUME XIX. No. 93.
TORREON TAKEN,
FEDERALSFLEEING
Villa Victor in Climax of
Week’s Battle For Capture of
Stronqhold Controlling North
ern Mexico States. Rebel
Losses. 500 Dead, 1,500
Wounded: Federal Losses.
1.000 Dead. 2.500 Wounded
Among 20.000 Enqaqed on
Both Sides
SUFFERING INTENSE.
MANY PERISHED FROM
THIRST AND GREAT HEAT
But a Remnant of Huerta’s
Troops Are Being Pursued
Southward By Cavalry of
Constitutionalist General.
Torreon, Mex,-Great supplies of
f 'ii(i ammunition, artillery and stores
of eotton fell Into the rebel hands
by the capture.
After Six Days.
Torreon, Mex. (via Gomez Palacia.)
—Torreon, strewn with victims of a
six-dav battle, was occupied by Villa's
rebels' last night while the federals
lied. The capture marks the climax
of the first campaign of the revolu
tion to oust Victoriuno Huerta from
Mexico City. It gives the constitu
tionalists virtual control over the whole
northern tier of Mexican states.
The fightinfc began last Friday and
v.'&s almost continuous. At first Villa
attempted assaults on the strong fed
eral positions in daylight, but these
I roved costly, so the days were spent
In cannonading and the nights in as
taults.
1,500 Dead, 4,000 Wounded.
Positions were taken and lost time
and time again. Several night at
tacks sent the federals scurrying from
strong positions, but at daybreak the
captors would be competed to aban
don them because of the strength and
accuracy of the enemy’s artillery fire,
much of which was said to have been
directed by French and German run
ners. Losses have not been compiled,
but General Villa estimates his own
losses at 500 killed and 1.500 wounded
and the federal loss at I.UOO and 2.500
wounded, with an unknyn number of
prisoners. /
Cavalry Pursuing.
ViU' (believes the federals whom his
cavalrv'Ms pursuing to the south forms
but a' remnant of the Huerta force,
whose Joss he says probably Is close
to being total. All the subordinate
generals have not yet reported, how
ever, and until they do just how cany
were captured cannot be accurate!;
stated.
The battle line was four miles long
and the field was outlined by three
rreat hills formed like a carpenter's
square, at either end of which lay til,
(Continued on page nine.
Sends Birth Certificate
of Kermit Roosevelt
New York.—Charles Week, town
clerk of Oyster Bay, has sent to Mad
rid the birth certificate of Kermit
Roosevelt, required of resident for
eigners by Spanish law before a mar
riage can be performed. Kermit Rooso
ve!t, at present with his father In
South America, will, upon his return,
be married to Miss Belle Wyatt Wil
lard, of Virginia, daughter of the am
bassador to Spain. The certificate
states that Kermit Roosevelt wai
born October 10, 1889.
Mother and Two Children
Murdered By An Unknown
Little Bock, Ark. —Mrs. Elihu Fran
cis and her two children were mur
dered by an unknown person and her
husband and another child narrowly
escaped the same fate at their home
last night near Arkandelphia, in
Clark County, according to reports
received here today. The Francis
home was set on fire by the murderer,
the report stated.
Francis according to the report,
was awakened by his wife's death
dies and ran from the house later
returning to rescue the child
If You Need
A Gardener
If you are the owner of a
summer home and are on
the lookout for a gardener
to care for your place during
the summer, why put oft
* this important matter until
the last moment and then
take what Is left?
A Herald Want Ad run this
- month of April will give
you a selection from among
hundreds of men who are
on the lookout daily Tor
your Herald Want Ad. It
will also mean that you will
be saved worry and rush
and perhaps the possibility
of your being obliged to
take and keep an incompe
tent man rather than none
at all.
See and acquire an effic
ient gardener this month of
April through The Herald
Want Columns.
You may phone your Her
ald Want Ad to
Phones 296 and 297.
i l 111. UHL i m 1_ 1 1 111 muu I I iviiilv •■ > vhli i i-i | i_i i in mnii I imjiti i_y>. ■ .
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
LIND'S RETURN
AND POLICY RE
U. S. IN MEXICO
Emdh at i c Declarations at
Washington That There Will
be No Change. O’Shauqhnessv
to Continue in Charge of Em
bassy
Result at Torreon Yet Un
certain As it Affects the
Military and Diplomatic
, Situations Between Consti
* Nationalists and Huerta Gov’t
■ *i
Washington, D. C. —Announcement
of'the prospective departure from
Vera Gruz of John Lind, President
Wilson's personal representative, re
vixed interest today in the future
trend of the Washington government's
Mexican policy.
For several weeks officials here
nave pointed to the battle of Torreon
as likely to furnish an index of the
future, but the result, as. well as its
effects on the military or diplomatic
situation as respects the strength of
the two factions, is still a matter of
some uncertainty.
Fight Unrestrained.
While the president has said Mr.
Lind would return to Vera Cruz after
he l.ad obtained a rest, many ob
servers think he never will go back,
as there has been a disposition for
many weeks on the part of the Wash
ington government to refrain from
diplomatic activity w’hlle the contend
ing military forces struggled for su
premacy in Mexico. That this posl'-
tion will be continued indefinitely it
probable, unless Injury to foreigners
or some other unlooked-for emergency
causes emharrassment.
Satisfaction Later.
Ir. the attention that has been con
centrated on the battle at Torreon, the
Benton and Vergara cases have been
practically lost sight of. but there is
< very indication thai with the battl*
oxer and when another readjustment
of military forces ensues further in
formation will he sought from both
(Continued on Page Nine).
Predict Frosts
In North Georgia
Washington, D. C.—April frosts to
night in Virginia, the Interior of North
Carolina and the northern parts of
Georgia and South Carolina were pre
dicted today by the weather bureau.
Severe weather conditions for this
season prevail in many sections. Rains
and snows persist over the northern
districts east of the Mississippi and
below zero readings were recorded
north of Lake Superior.
‘M y Voice Cracked?’
No, Says Sec'y Bryan
Washington, D. C.—Packages load
ed with advice and ‘‘cures" are pour
ing in upon Secretary Bryan daily as
a result of the recent publication of
some wag's statement that the secre
tary’s voice had become Impaired. M-
Bryan decided today that the poke
had gone far enough and formally de
nied there was anything wrong with
his ' ocal organs.
Great Ovation As
Premier Departs
London.—Premier Asquith received
a great ovation when lie departed
from London today for his constitu
ency of Eastflft, Scotland. He is to
deliver a speech to his constituents
there tomorrow, in spite of the decis
ion of the unionists not to oppose his
election. At every train stop the pre
mier received addresses from liberal
associations expressing the wish that
“electors of Eastflft will send you
back to parliament with redoubled au
thority to maintain traditions of th •
army, authority of the crown and
power of the people.”
County Records Saved
in St. Augustine Fire
St, Augustin*, Fla.—Records of St.
Johns county taken today from the
county clerk's vault In the burned
cburt house were found to be undam
aged.
The city council will meet In special
session tonight, at the call of Mayor
Corbett, to revise the city’s fire ordi
nance.
2 DEAD, 3 MORTALLY HURT.
Westville, N. S.—Two men were
killed, three mortally wounded and
several hurt when a boiler about which
they were seated, eating, exploded to
day at the Drummond Collieries.
BENNETT MUCH BETTER.
Cairo, Egypt.—The condition of
James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of
The New York Herald, who has been
111 as a result of an attack oT bron
chitis, was said by physicians today
to be much better.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 3. 1914.
FIRST PHOTO OF WORLD FAMOUS PAINTING
—. • ■ ... I —■ —l
- .>»itaaL.- ? M i*4/M
VELASQUEZ’S ROKEBY “VENUS' SHOWING SLASHES OF KNIFE.
This photograph conveys an Idea of the damage to the world famous Rokeby "Venus" painting of Velas
quez, wrought by the militant suffragette who invaded the National Gallery of Art In London and "struck a
blow” for the cause by ruining Ibis beautiful masterpiece with n knife. Art lovers all oxer the world were
shocked by the news of the outrage and several of the famous art galleries In London closed their doors to
the public. The suffragette was sentenced to a long term In prison.
BRING DR BODIES
3D SURVIVORS
The Bellaventure Nearing Port
With Ghastly Cargo. Grave
Fears For the Southern Cross
St. Johns, N. F.—The sealer South
ern Gross, one of the vessels used In
the Shackleton Antarctic expedition,
appears to have come safely through
Tuesday's storm, in which more than
sixty members of the crew of the
sealer New Foundland perished.
Meagre advices received early toddy
indicated that the Southern Cross was
safe at Channel, N. F., near Cape
Race, and that the sealer Erick also
was there
The Bellaventure, one of the seal
ing fleet was nearing this port to
day in the midst of another storm,
bringing fifty-eight bodies and thirty
five survivors of the New Foundland's
crew, who were overwhelmed by tin?
blizzard while sealing on the ice floes.
Sixty-four men are known to have
perished. After getting out of range
of the wireless station at Gape Fogo
the Bellaventure was unable to send
further news of the disaster.
There are two distinct scaling
grounds for vessels of the New
Foundland fleet. The steamer New
Foundland was, with fourteen others,
off the east coast near the Strait of
Belle Isle. The Southern Cross, with
five other sealers, hunted on the op
posite side of the island in the Gulf
of St. Lawrence.
Ice Blocked.
St. Johns, N. F. —When ninety miles
from port the Bellaventure became
Hocked in the Ice off Cape Bona Vista
an 1 at noon her captain sent a wire
less message stating that It might be
Sunday before be could dock. Many
of ihe rescued sealers are so ill that
the death list will probably be In
creased. As the recently equipped
wireless station for the sealing steam
ers was partially wrecked in yester
day's gale communication with the
Bellaventure was established today
through the Furness Line steamer
Eagle Point.
City Stirred.
It has been many years since this
city has been so stirred over an ocean
disaster. K indreds of people roamed
the streets all night, besieging the
newspaper offices, the telegraph sta
tions, the government chamber and
the Grenfell Institute, where the sur-
(Continued on Page Nine),
“/ Know Who is the
Murderer of Mary
Phagan”—Burns
Chicago, 111. —“I know who the mur
derer of Mary Phagan Is," said Wm.
J. Burns, the detective, today, on his
return from a trip to Kansas City. ”1
can't say at this time whether It Is
I,eo M. Frank or someone else; but i
know his Identity and can prove that
he committed the murder”
Frank was superintendent of the Na
tional Pencil Company’s factory In At
lanta, Ga., and Is under sentence to
die on April 17 for the murder of
the girl.
AFFECTS 1,000.
San Bernardino, Calif. —The Sante
Fe Railroad Company put Into effect
today ending retrenchment measures
in the shops and increasing the work
ing time of one thousand mechanics,
2o per cent over the scheduled main
tained since the first of the year.
BRYAN HAS HARD COLD.
Washington, D. C. Secretary Bryan,
suffering from a hard cold, today can
celled his engagement to speak In the
congressional campaign 'at Paterson,
N. J., tonight and decided to remain
at home all day.
IBSEN’S WIDOW DEAD
Christiania, Norway. Susanna Ib
sen, widow of Henrik Ibsen, Norwe
gian dramatic poet, died here today.
RUINED BY MILITANT
MAD WITH ENTHUSIASM, JUAREZ
CELEBRATES VICTORY OF VILLA
WITH REVELRY AND SHOUTS OF JOY
Blease Pardons 15;
243 Convicts Left
Columbia, S. C.—Upon recommenda
tion of the pardon board made in
January to Governor Blease, 15 men
on county chain gangs throughout the
staje w-ere, granted freedom by the
governor last night. Approximately
a hundred petitions tor clemency afe
being const *ed by the pardon board
now In session here.
The state's prisoners now number
hut 243, of which 207 are men und
36 women.
He Won $7,500,000
In Court Today
WM. ZEIGLER, JR.
New York.—The appelate division
of the state supreme court today de
cided against Florence Louise Brandt
In her attempt to establish that sbo
Is Ihe legally adopted daughter of the
late Wrri. Zeigler. Miss Brandt claims
one-half of the fifteen million dollar
estate left by Zeigler, the bulk of
which went to Wrn. Zeigler, Jr., un
adopted son.
PREPARE
Your Sunday Want Ads
TODAY
Phone Them Tonight or
Early Saturday Morning
Phones 296 and 297
Bells of the 400 Years Old
Cathedral Ring Fast and
Furiously When News of Tor
reon’s Fall is Received
CARRANZA SERENADED
UNTIL HE'TIRES OF BAND
Populace Flocks to Cabarets
where All Are Invited to Drink
to Glory of the Insurgent
Arms.
Juarez, Mexico—With the capture of
Torreon by the rebels last night, con
stitutionalists now control an Im
mense wedge shaped portion of Mex
ico with the point resting on Torreon.
500 miles south of hen? and the top
extending along the American border
from Nogales, Arizona, to a point Just
west of Eagle Bass, Texas. At I’ledras
Negros, across from Eagle l’ass, there
is a federal garrison but It Is not men
acing. The stales subject to rebel
arms are Chihuuluui, Sonora (except
the port of Guaymas), must of Coa
hulla, Durango and Sinaloa.
Yesterduy's victory was Haid to
make the capture of Saltillo and Mon
clovia In Uoahulla and Monterey, key
to the state of Nuevo Leon, assured.
The main federal force, according to
Villa's report to Gen. Carranza, was
wiped out by death, wounds, capture
or flight at Gomez I’ulaolo and Tor
teon. Mazatlan, the federal port In
the state of Sinaloa, by the release
of the veteran rebel army at Tur
non, also Is In a precarious state.
In Less Than Year.
Thus by his successful campaign last
month, Gen. Francisco Villa has prac
tically assured rebel control of the
vast territory of the northern states
of Mexico nnd gained for himself the
reputation of being the foremost sol
dier of the country. It was only a Ut
ile more than a year ago that he start
ed ou from a village near here with
two companions, six horses, seven dol
lars In money and a meagre supply of
beans, coffee and sugar. The horses
at the time were not paid for and
Villa’s first act upon capturing Ibis
city three months ago was to repay
Ihe liveryman from whom the horses
were “borrowed."
Harassed for Months.
Gen. Rubio Gomez has harassed the
federal forces at Monclovla and Mon
terey and now that the Torreon army
Is loosed, strategists here assume that
the federals will evacute these points
(Continued on Page Nine).
BOMBS IN CHURCH
Glasgow, Scotland.—Three bombs
were exploded by suffragettes today
In an attempt to blow up Belmont
church, In this city. The explosions,
however, did only slight damage.
$6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY.
ANOTHER EIGHT ON
PRESIDENT’S HANDS
SELECT CITIES
IN UNCLE SAM'S
MONEY SYSTEM
Regional Reserve Banks Under
New Currency Law Named.
Atlanta. Richmond and Dal
las Southern Points. Formal
Notification Today
Within 30 Days Each Bank
Must Subscribe to Capital
Stock “6 Per Cent of Its Paid
Up Capital Stock and Sur
plus.”
Washington. Regional reserve
banka under the new federal ayatem,
It wan officially announced last night,
will be located in:
Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Cleveland, Richmond, Va., Atlanta,
Chicago, St. laiiils, Minneapolis, Kan
sas City, Dallas, Texas, and San Fran
cisco.
Within Throe Months.
Washington, D. C. Although va
rious steps still must be taken before
the new federal reserve bunking sys
tem begins operations, treusury offi
cials expected today that the twelve
regional reserve banks would open for
business within three months and that
tho revolutionary change In the na
tional's financial machinery would be
established within that time.
Notify 7,548.
The first work today was official
certification to Comptroller of tho
Currency Williams of the selections
an I Mr Williams began notifying
7,648 national and state banks which
have applied for membership. The
law gives nearly a year to the banks
for the payment of one-half of their
total subscriptions and It was believed
that this time would prove sufficient
In every case.
Formal Notification.
Washington.—-Formal notification
of the decision of the federal reserve
organization rommlttee, designating
cities In which reserve hanks are to
be established under the new curren
cy system and fixing the geographi
cal limits of the districts, was for
warded to each national hank and eli
gible Institution Inclosed were blank
forms of resolutions to be adopted by
(Continued on Page Nine).
Fiala Arrives;
No News of T. R.
New York.—Anthony Flnla, who
beaded a section of the Roosevelt ex
ploring and bunting expedition, lias
arrived at Mimaon, liruz.il, says dis
patches received from that city to
day.
No recent news has been heard from
Colonel Roosevelt, who la exploring tho
Duyvldu river, the dispatches state.
He Is expected at any time now, how
ever, iih he planned to reach Mamins
early In April.
M'Combs Told Collegians
to Forget "High Brows"
New York. -College men are pe
culiarly efficient In politics, Win, C.
McCombs, chairman of the national
democratic committee, told delegates
to the eighth uiinuul convention of tho
Intercollegiate civic League last
night. Mr. McCombs gave warning
however, “that the college mun must
forget or never think that lie Is
a 'high brow,’ for If he does he’s out
of politics."
The delegates transferred their ses
sion today to Washington, where they
will watch congress at work.
The convention, which begun yes
terday, was attended by representa
tives of fifty-nine colleges and univer
sities.
Georgia T. P. A. Names
Giddens and Ehrlich
Columbus, Ga.—J. M. Giddens of
Columbus was elected president and
Albert II Ehrlich of .Savannah, seere
| lary of the Georgia Travelers Protec
tive Association at Its session hern
today. A spirited fight occurred over
the secretaryship, as Ehrlich opposed
J. H. Andrews of Atlanta, who had
filled the position for the last eight
years.
Richmond Girls Be Miss
Willard's Bridesmaids
New York. —Ml"m Virginia Christian
and Miss Gay Montague, both of Rich
mond, Vh., are to be bridesmaids for
Miss Belle Willard of Hlchmond, who
will he married to Kermlt Roosevelt
at Madrid, Spain, sonic time this
spring. This became known hero to
day.
JAP EMPRESS WORSE.
Toklo. —The condition of health of
the Dowager Krnpress llarugo of Ja
pan has grown worse She Is suffer
ing from angina pectoris.
||OME EDITION
Senate in Executive Session
Considering Nomination of
Wintroo M. Daniels For the
Interstate Commerce Com
mission
SERIES OF CONFERENCES
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Mr. Wilson Standing Firm
Over Contest. Senator Hughes
Hurries From New Jersey to
Aid President.
Washington.—The fight on Wln
tlirop M. Daniels of New Jersey,
President Wilson's nominee for the
Inter Htatn commerce commission,
continued today 1n executive seasion
of the senate and caused a series of
White House conferences. Senator
Hughes hurried back from New Jer
sey to lead the right for Mr. Daniels.
Senators who Hslted the president
found him standing firm for Mr.
Daniels. When the executive ses
sion recessed last, night those oppos
ing the nomination claimed enough
votes to beat It and among the pro
posals advanced was one that the
president withdrew the nomination.
Senators who conferred with Mr.
Wilson today Ton rid no Indication of
no such u course.
Temporarily Shelved.
Washington. Big legislative issues
were .shelved by the senate today to
resume the contest over confirmation
of Wlnthrop M. Daniels, of New Jar
sey. Intimate friend of President
Wilson, nominated for Interstate
commerce commissioner.
Senators Cummins and
and others who are fighting the con
firmation have made It clear there la
nothing personal in their attack, but
they believe Mr. Daniels’ decisions as
a member of the Now Jersey public
utilities commission show he hern un
sound economic views, particularly as
they might affect future physical
valuation of railroads.
Confer With President.
Friends of Mr. Daniels, Including
Chairman Newlands and Senator
Pomeren of the Interstate commerce
committee, who conferred with Pres-
Ident Wilson were prepared to argue
with their colleogues today that what
Mr. Daniels had done In construing a
state law should not be held as In
fluencing his views or opinions In a
federal office where, they contend
the statutes and economic situation
arc different
The president wants Mr. Daniels
confirmed.
DON’T KNOW IT
IN MEXICO CITY
Papers Contain Nothing of
Fall of Torreon. Washington
Embassy Claims Victory For
Federals.
Mexico City.—General Rlanquet to
day denied to the Associated Pres*
that there was any truth In the re
port of the fall of Torreon. As late
as noon no paper had published the
news and It was doubtful whether a
dozen persons In the federal capital
were aware of the facts.
Unpublished.
Mexico City.—While a large ele
ment of the population of the fed
eral capital are believed to sympa
thize secretarly with the revolution,
and who would welcome news of rebel
successes, they are kept In doubt
over events In the north. There is
a strict ccnnsorHhlp here and also
lack of wire communication.
This being a church holiday, the
natives devoted themselves to a cele
bration In honor of Santa Anita. The
government offices were closed. Yes
terday was a government holiday and
the war office was closed.
Kept In Dark.
Mexico City.—The federal capital
was ignortant today of the fall of
Torreon. None oT the newspapers
contained any Intimation of the fed
eral defeat. On the contrary all
gave assurances that General Javier
do Moure had won a great victory
over the rebels close to Torreon.
while the constitutionalists were try
ing to prevent him and his reinforc
ing army from effecting a junction
with General Velasco, federal com
mander at Torreon.
General Velasco Is alleged by the
newspapers to have repulsed General
Villa’s rebel army which It is said
"has been retired definitely and is
attempting to reorganize in Jimlnez."
Still Claim Victory.
Washington.—The Mexican em
bassy here today still claimed vic
tory for the federal forces at Torreon.
Charge Olgaru today gave out this
statement
"An official dispatch signed by the
secretary of foreign affairs, Senor
Lopez Portillo Rojas, has Just been
received at the embassy, giving an
account of the crushing defeat of the
rebel forces under Villa at Torreon.
General Maas, who left Saltillo sev
eral days ago with large reinforce
ments, has arrived at Torreon.”
FOR GOVT’S INJURED.
Washington, D. C.—A workmen's
compensation bill agreed upon today
by the house Judiciary committee pro
poses payment of fixed compensation
to workmen injured In government
service or to families of employes kill
ed In the course of their work.