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Butt Memorial Bridge Impressively Dedicated [|OME EDITION VOLUME XIX. No. 105. FIRST FOR PEACE, BUT IF NO SALUTE, SEIZURE TAIIAPICOANDVERA CRUZ As Battleships Preparing to Sail, President Wilson Summons Senators and Representatives to White House Conference-Desires Preparation For Any Further Step Ample Precedents to Enforce Demands —All Details of Tam pico Arrests Given —No Landing of Marines or Shelling of a Town Without Authorization of Congress—All in Ac cord with Executive’s Views —All Hope For Huerta’s Yield ing and Removal of Grave Situation Washington—While ships of the At lantic fleet were turning their prows toward Tampico today to enforce Pres ident Wilson's demand on Huerta for a public salute to the American flag, senators and representatives were summoned to the White House to be informed of all phases of the situation thnt congress might be prepared for any further steps. President Wilson told the congress men that he stood first for peace, but that if Huerta did not comply with the American demands the first step to enforce them would be the seiz ure of Tampico and Vera Cruz, for which he considers there is ample precedent. Hour’s Conference. Acting Chairman Shively, of the senate foreign relations committee; Senator Lodge, ranking republican of that committee; Chairman Flood, of the house foreign affairs committee, and Representative Cooper. ranking republican committeeman, had an hour's conference with the president at which Mr. Wilson outlined all de tails of the Tampico incident in which a Huerta commaridfer arrested Amer ican bluejackets and refused to salute the Stars and Stripes as an apology. Might Follow. Mr. Wilson impressed upon his call ers th£t while he sincerely hoped no occasion would arise for the use of force, a contingency might follow as the result of the. American demand for a salute and he wished members of congress to be prepared. All four men say the president said no steps would be taken of a “AGAINST DIGNITY UNITED STATES” Official Views of the President Issued on the Mexican Situa tion Show: Orderly With Mail For American Fleet Arrested at Vera Cruz and O’Shaughnessy’s Despatches Intercepted. Reasons For Yesterday’s Order Washington.—The arrest of an orderly who went ashore at Vera Cruz to obtain mail for the American fleet, the interception of dispatches to Charge O’Shaughnessy, the censorship over official dispatches and repeated of offense “against the rights and dignity of the United States” were given today as some of the causes of the dis patch of the Atlantic fleet to Mexico in an official state ment representing the administration views. Official Statement. Washington—The following official statement was issued today as rep resenting the views of President Wil son and the administration. "In discussions in official circles in Washington of the present Mexican situation the following points have been very much dwelt upon: "It has been pointed out that. In considering the present somewhat delicate situation in Mexico, the un pleasant incident at Tampico must not be thought of alone. For some time past the defacto government oT Mexico has seemed to think mere apologies sufficient when the rights of American citizens or the dignity of the government of the United States were involved and has apparently mode no attempt to either reparation or the effective correction of the se rious derelictions of its civil and mil itary officers. At Vera Cruz. "immediately after the incident at 'ACTUALLY TOOK U. S. JACKIES FROM BOAT AT TAMPICO AND FORCIBLY DRAGGED THEM OFF AFTER ARREST Washinaton A development of the White House conference was the disclosure that two of the United States bluejackets arrested at Tampico actually were taken from an American boat The bluejackets had gone to Tampico wharf to load gasoline. Mexi can soldiers after seizing the men on the wharf boarded the American hoSt arrested the two bluejackets there and forcibly took them Into cus tody’. "That act in itself constitutes in the opinion of experts in Interna “Tf it is not actually an act of war," said a senator today, in discuss ing the incident, "it comes very near it." Sentiment of the senate foreign relations committee was said to be in sympathy with the present attitude ot the administration. -- the ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. IT-. THE AUGUSTA HERALD serious nature such as the landing of marines or the shelling of a town without authorlxation from congress Stand by President. “Marines have been landed before," said Chairman Flood, "without au thorization and towns have been shell ed but inasmuch as congress is in session, it would be more regular to get authorization from congTess. The president gave us the history of the Tampico incident and explained just what had been (lone but future devel opments depend ■entirely on the atti tude Huerta takes. Congress. I am sure, will stand by the president." Senator Shively likewise described the conference as chfefly informative. Not As Yet. "There have been no overnight de veloments," he ■ said, " and there Is real - ly nothing Imminent as yet. We all hope that General Huerta will yield nnd remove a grave situation but if he. does not wo are- prepared to back up our demands. Before any marines are landed or any bombardment or other serious steps are taken the pres ident intends to consult congress. We obtained from him today a complete account of what has taken place and ills prrposea so far as they -have de veloped. Of course, future Steps de pend upon Mexico City.” Accord with President. Senator Lodge said he was in ac cord with what the president had done and expressed the view that the de mand for the salute and the despatch of tho fleet was in accord with prece dent. He said he supported the presi dent's action and hoped that serious steps might not be necessary. Tampico an orderly from one of the ships of the United States in the har bor of Vera Cruz who had been sent ashore to the postofTice for the ships mail and who was in uniform and who had the official mail bag on his back was arrested and put into Jail by the local authorities. He was subsequent ly released and a nominal punishment inflicted ujK>n the officer who had arrested him but it was significant that an orderly from the, fleet of the United States was pieked out from the many persons constantly ashore on various errands from the various ships in the harbor representing sev eral nations. Most Serious of All. "Most serious of all, the officials n charge of the telegraph office at Mexico City presumed to withhold an official dispatch of the government of the United States to its embassy at Mexico City until It should have been Continued on Market Pace.) AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 15. 1914. INDIGNITIES AT VERA CRUZ Ex-President Taft and His Friend Archie Butt WARSHIPS MAKING READY Lively Scenes Aboard Vessels of the Fleet in Preparation For Sea. All Abustle With Hurry Orders. Work in Night Under Searchlights’ Glare at Various Yards On Board U. S. 8. Arkansas, off the Virginia Capas.- -Hear Admiral liadger, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, sailed for Tampico from Hamp ton Roads at noon today with the su per-dreadnoughts Arkansas, Vermont, Now Hampshire and New Jersey. In a • hick fog that overhung the bay, the big ships started off under orders to make eleven and a half knots an hour. That sped would bring them to Tam pico in seven days. Rear Admiral Fiske, chief of the navy bureau of operations, who brought Admiral Badger Instructions from Washington was the last man to leave the flagship Arkansas before the squadron steamed out. . With All Haste. Norfolk, Va. —There were lively scenes to be witnessed early today on board the warships making ready In Hampton Roads and at the Norfoik navy yard to proceed to Tampico, Mexico, with all possible haste. Rear Admiral Flake, chief of navy opera tions. who came down from Washing ton last night to bear to Rear Admi ral Badger formal orders In the Mex ican naval movement, found every preparation being made for hurried departure when he stepped aboard the flagship Arkansas in Hampton Roads Immediately following his arri val at Fort Monroe from the national capital. Heavy Miat. A heavy mist hung over Hampton Roads during the, early morning hut as Incoming steamers passed between the vessels of the fleet there were signs on every ship of their n«ir [ preparedness to get away under hurry orders. Gunners were cleaning the big guns on the Arkansas, Vermont and New Jersey, while at the same time extra stores were being taken aboard the same vessels from the navy yard tugs Rocket anil Alice, which had 'come out from Norfolk at daybreak. Lively Scenes. The moving about of small cutters and launches from ship to ship and between the ships and shore cnuseil lively scenes in the roadstead during the morning. The dispatch boat Yankton, which is to accompany the ships from Ilump ton Roads to Tampico, occupied a po sition close by Admiral Badger’s flag ship, the Arkansas. The torpedo boat destroyers Parker, Cassln, Cummings and Renham were at anchor close by the battleships Vermont and New Jer sey. The New Hampshire. The battleship New Hampshire was making ready at the Norfolk navy yard. The Delaware Is also at the Norfolk navy yard, but will probably not be able to get away with the rest of the ships, which are better pre pared for an Immediate start. The New Hampshire was not expected to Continued on Market Page.) VILLA WINS AT SAN PEDRO Combined Huerta Forces De feated By Rebel General. 2,800 Killed, Wounded Among Federals; Rebel Loss 650 Killed, Wounded at Culmina tion of Battle Juarsz, Mexico. —Defeat of the com bined federal forces by the rebels at San Pedro De I,as Colonlas, Coahulla, with federal losses estimated at 2,800 killed and wounded and 700 prisoners, and a rebel loss reported at 650 killed and wounded, was regurded here as the culmination of the battle of Torreon, which was begun on March 21. Much Stronger, When Oen, Velasco, federal general in chief, evacuated Torreon on April 2, his army was practically intact and the retreat enabled him to join reinforce ments which had failed to reach him at Torreon and to that extent the evacuation was a successful maneuver. In any event Velasco, after his retreat was much stronger and more danger ous than before, for at Snn Pedro he had with him the columns of Oen. Jan vier De Moure, Benjamin Argumedo, Kmlln P. Campa, Mariano Ruiz, Carlos Oarria Hidalgo and Joanquln Maas, a total of twelve or fourteen thousand troops. While desultory fighting began almost as soon ss the federals left Tor reon. Federals Flight. Oeneral Villa gives the duration of the battle proper as six days, culmi nating with the flight ot the federal* last Monday. The federals are reported to have retired eastward In the direction of Saltillo and Monerey, having, It Is thought, repaired the railroad In that direction before the battle. The federals destroyed the market building, a hotel and the property of the late President Francisco 1 Madero before retiring. Terrific Fighting. In the face of vicious fire from the federals Oeneral Villa repeatedly hurl ed his numerically Inferior force* at the government front for 6 days of ter rific fighting That Villa’s tenacious leadership finally succeeded in driving the defeated federals from the city to which they had applied the torch be fore evacuating was paid for dearly, was gathered from r eports received here. Oeneral Villa in his official report to his chief ended with the the re mark: 500 Wounded ”My only regret Is that 500 of my troops were wounded in today's (Mon day’s) asault. I hope that the great sacrifice of human blood will be for the welfare of our country ” Toward* Mexico City, The success of Oen. Villa and his men In driving hack the forces which had reinforced the retreating Torreon garrison under command of the feder al general Velasco was regarded here as the final struggle for the complete possession of Torreon and the hewing of a way through the cannon country toward Mexico L’lty Rebel officials an sympathizers were exultant today when news of the capture of Han Pedro was apparently confirmed. 6REAT CROWD WITNESSED THE DEDICATION OF ARCHIDALD RUTT MEMORIAL BRIDGE TODAY Hon. Carter Keene Spoke on Maj. Butt As Mason and a Journalist Splendid Address Delivered By Member of Temple-Noyes Lodge of Washington, D. C., at Dedication of Archibald Butt Memorial Bridge. Hon Carter Keene, a member of Temple-Noyes l-odge of Masons, spoke at the dedication exercises tooa> on “Archibald Willingham Butt, Mason and Journalist." Mr. Keene said. “Two years have passed since Tein ple-Noyei lodge held memorial services In Washington in honor of a beloved Master Mason. It was a wonderfully pathetic and inspiring occasion. The president and his cabinet were there, justices of the supreme court, ambas sadors, senators and representatives, and scores of others high In official anil civic life The lowly were there as well. A common grief bowed and raised men to one sublime level. None was strong enough to hide Ills sor row and none was weak enough to try. I snw tears cAurse down the cheeks of men and mingle with tho tears of women. But those were tense days and the pulse of the nation was quick and unsteady and the sea was still giving up its dead. The tribute paid Major Butt then, splendid and sincere as It was, is now overshadow ed by the momentous meaning of this occasion. A hundred ships have Dr. Ashby Jones Presents Bridge in Behalf of the Memorial Ass'n Magnificent Address By Augustan at the Dedication Exer cises Today—The Lesson of Archie Butt’s Death. The address of the Rev. M. Ashby Jones at the dedication ceremonies this noon was as follows; Mr. Mayor, Our Honored Guests, Friends and Fellow Citizens ot Ar chie Uutt: "1 must confess that I am conscious of what I believe to be a pardonable pride in being the spokesman tills af ternoon of the I-ad teg in the presen tation of their memorial of Archibald Butt to the city of his nativity, and the community of hIH first love. At the same time 1 am keenly conscious of my Inability to give anything like an adequute expression of the exqulH ite sentiment out of which this beau tiful achievement waH born, nor am I the master of words which will fit tingly reveal the lofty spirit whlcii Inspired these devoted women in this ministry of love. Yet in the few words which shall be spoken it is not too much to hope that there may he given some Just interpretation of the meaning of this ministry—some Idea of the significance of this sentiment. A memorial Is an inevitable revela tion of a community's sense of values It Ib delivering Its Judgment upon what Is worth-while in the world, and by that Judgment It shall Itself he judged. Here is the subtile but cer tain expression of u people’s con science manifested in the definition which they give of the heroic. By the emi hasls which they place upon the achievements of the past we ma,V read the unerring prophesy of the 11- roetlon of their efforts In the future. Monuments are after all a communi ty’s confession of faith. In marking these memories as sacred and death less, we are doing Infinitely more than writing epitaphs to the dead. We are putting Into Imperishable form de clarations of that which we believe to be high and holy, l-et us beware lest we build thoughtlessly, flippant ly; lost we he guilty of a profanity ns hysterical as meaningless words chanted within the sacrod confines of church or cathedral For here he neat!) the bending blue of God’s own temple, we are saying with all the solemnity of which we are capable, "We believe.” And what Is more Im portant still, we are saying this to our girls and hoys. We are saying, Splendid Tribute By Mr. Taft To Maj. Butt, Friend and Aide Former President of the United States Delivers Impressive Address at Exercises Here Today in Memory of Man Whom He Honored, Esteemed and Loved, Mr. Taft si>oke on the subject "My Friend and Aide." He said: "Archibald Willingham Butt came of the best (Southern blood and he was nurtured under the best family tra ditions, He was born in 11(65. Just after the war. I.lke so many of his generation, he endured the privations of the poverty that followed the great Internecine strife. The struggles he had to make to help his widowed mother, when a boy, made strong his character. Her effort to secure him an education and the cost of striving for a degree at Bewanee gave him a due sense of proportion as to the real value of opportunity and obligation to It iprove it. "Gifted with a clear and flowing $6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY. since passeil in safety where the Ti tanic went down and the eyes and hearts of the nation have been fol lowing with vigilance the swiftly changing annals of our time Hut the silent Influence of his life ami death Roes on; his memory Is cherished still more as time uncovers the hidden beauties of his soul. The days have tempered our sorrow and Intensified cuy love Tills graceful ami enduring bridge, designed by a Master Mason and rich in the secret symbols of our craft, represents the calm verdict of Geor gia upon her Illustrious son. It rep resents the voluntary and unremlt ting labor of those who knew him best; It represents the tender and tenacious regard of Georgia woman hood for gentle, heroic manhood. Many arc the encomiums tho world has pronounced upon Archie Butt, but only Augusta could pay tills In comparable tribute After all, the greatest reward that can come to a right thinking man is the conacious (Continued on Page Four) "Here is what we believe to be of genuine worth in the world. Here |s where you should place the emphasis of jour effort, and the urge of your earnestness." Kvery monument which we build Is a challenge to future gen erations, calling upon them to follow In earnest emulation Radi memo rial In a gauntlet thrown at their feet daring them to their best Let us be sure that the dare Is to their best. Judged hy this standard, how shall we Justify the meinorlnl which we dedirate tills day? As over this arched highway, and beneath these graceful columns day after day and year after year, thousands shall pass to work or play, in Joy or sorrow, what will be the meaning of tills me morial. We dedicate this bridge to the memory of the life and death of Archibald Butt. I say life and dea(h, for now and again It Is true that we can not read the significance of a life save by the light which pours In ra diant revelation from the bearing Of the man In the hour of ills departure. Bethlehem, Nazareth, Capernaum, Gethsemanae, are all lit hy the reveal ing glory which shines from the Cross of Cavalry. And I am con conscious of no Irreverence in the suggested analogy, that no matter how familiar men and women may hHve been with dally words and acts of Archie i utt, no one will ever be able to read the real meaning of the man save as ids life shall he illum inated and interpreted by the splen dour of tliat last scene upon the deck Of the Titanic. A nation knew Archie Butt In a pleasant superficial way. Thpy watch ed him as might an audience as he moved aeross our national stage with easy grace, mingling with the great of earth with unconscious dignity, while he performed tho functions of his office with sureness and nicety. Only those who were near to him knew something of the depth of his devotions, the unerring Judgment of his services, and the true temper of his loyalty. But to the world at large he Is a courtier of gracious hearing a knight of gullant manner—withal a most fascinating figure And no (Continued en page four.) style, the young collegian began his adult life In Journalism at Louisville. Visiting that city with him after many years, it was interesting and signifi cant to me of his bearing among men, to see what a lasting personal lmpres slon he had left upon the/men of that profession from the veteran Watter son to the youthful reporters who were his daily associates In work. Trans ferred to Washington as a newspaper correspondent, he began to make that wide circle of friends which enlarged each year of his life, and which gave him a peculiar sdvantage In the Im portant and difficult duties he had subsequently to discharge. Continue! on pago six. HOME EDITION Splendid Addresses Made By Mr. Taft. Mr. Keene and Dr. M. Ashby Jones. “Nearer My God to Thee” Sung PROBABLY BETWEEN 4.000 AND 5.000 PEOPLE PRESENT Everything Passed Off With out a Hitch and the Affair Was An Impressively Mag nificent Success. In his concluding paragraph Mr. M. Ashby Jones, In presenting the Holt memorial bridge to the city. used these Words to describe Hie death of Major Archibald \V. flutt: "We arc KH.ving today in tills memo rial, we believe this Is heroism. Thus shull we iidd another tent to the creed of Augusta. And God helping us «« shall teach that creed to our children, and to our children's children. In ihis spirit do I meet my responsibility to day as I deliver to you, Mr. Mayor, on behalf of the Archibald Butt Me? mortal Aasociatlon, their portion of tills labor of love. And here msy it stand for all time, companioned by Hint monument to Dennis Cahill, an other hero-twin sentinels proclaiming to the world, all's well' with the Ideals of Augusta." As the spenksr concluded the strains of ''Nearer My God to Thee" came from the band and the concourse of people softly sang the song. There was never n more impressive moment at any time In Augusta. Visions of a great ship going down In the mid- Atlantic with n gallant American sol dier, nn Augustan, a Mason, a man standing on the deck saying to those about him "women and children first." werp seen In the mlnd'a eye of pro' - ably every person present. The Archibald Butt Memorial dedi cation today was a splendid suerss*. It was attended by large numbers of people and a crowd estimated at from 4,000 to 8.000 gathered on and In tho vlrlnlty of the bridge. The details of tho affair had been arranged with auch biialness-llkc pre elalon that there was not a hitch In tho program Promptly at 12 o’clock the Masons arrived from the Ben Air and the cornerstone of the bridge was laid by ilie Most Worshipful Master of Georgia F. A. A. M., Hon. Robert 1,, folding, of Savannah. Mayor Lin wood C. Hayne presided. The Invoca tion was delivered by Rev. G. Sher wood Whitney. Then came the address My former President William Howard Taft. Mr. Taft's address was a beautiful one. He showed the Rreat love and atten tion with which he regarded Archie Butt In the feeling manner In which he spoke of his friend and aide. A poem, written by Mr. Philander C. Johnson, “Vlvat Memorla,” was rs clted by Mr. Francis A. Behring, of Temple-Noyes Lodge. Mr. Keene's Address. "Archibald Willingham Butt, Mason and Journalist,” was the subject of Hon. Carter Keene's address and it was listened to with Hie closest atten tion. Mr. Keene paid a splendid trib ute to the late member of Temple- Noyes l/odge. He spoke of iilm with a tenderness which indicated tho great love and affection which the speaker and the other members of the lodge held him. Dr. M. Ashby Jones presented the bridge to the city *ln behalf of lha Archibald Butt Memorial Association, in a most beautiful mariner. After Dr. Jones’ address. "Nearer My God to Thee" was sung In an appropriate address Mayor Hayne then accepted the bridge for the city, after which the benediction was pronounced by Rev. William Johnaon. The visiting Musons nnd ladles of Washington then marched to their special cars, which were wulting at Fifteenth street and Walton Way to carry them to the depot. Through a long line of National Guardsmen, un der command of Major Abram Levy; Richmond Academy Cadets, Sacred Heart Cadets. Knlghta of Pythias and Hoy Scouts, the visitors marched en route home after a two-day stay In the home of Archie Hutt’a birth and boyhood. The band played patriotic airs as the Masons filed down the line from tiie bridge and the great con course of people dlsplraed In every direction. The bridge was appropriately deco rated and the Society of Colonial Wars of Washington sent a floral offering. Much credit Is due Mrs. Thomas Barrett, president of the memorial as sociation, ladies of the executive com mittee and to Mr. R. Roy Goodwin, master of corernonieu for the big suc cess of the event. The decoration of the bridge was In the competent hands of Firemen Rog ers and Sykes,
