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TWO
HARDWICK S FIRST
TALK FOR SENATE
Congressman From the Tenth
District, Aspiring For Higher
Office, Begins Campaign in
Augusta
SPOKE LAST NIGHT AT
GRAND OPERA HOUSE
Preceded Speech With Inter
esting Explanation of Mexi
can Trouble. Praises Wilson.
CongTrosmun Thymus W« Hardwick,
lust night In thin city, began hi* cam
paign for tlto United Btat«*s ’"‘nut*. ami
;f the |mpr« KMlnn he made on hi* throng
nf hearer* at th« Grand Opein Hows* In
dlCßtes the *ftn it merit of the district, the
Tenth will go mo)i<J for him.
The bonne was well filled by
o‘» lock, the appointed hour, when the.
cut-la in wro**- On the *l*K* were fifty
or more prominent Hardwick BUpporter*
Of AllgUHtft
The apenket* wan introduced by Hen
D. G. Fogarty in a hir iking brilliant and
pointed discourse Mr. Fogarty with I
einpha*!* enumerated a few of the
thing* <’ofigre**man Hardwick hue loc.e
for Augusts. ad of which showed in the
strongest term* why Mr. Hardwick i*
the high national office to Which he a •*
Hire*.
!Yc«dlnr: hi* campaign speech, ***r.
Hardwick, a* announced In advance In
yesterday afternoon's Herald, touched
briefly on the Mexican embrogliu, the
cause* and development* of the trouble,
etc., pruning In eloquent langugf tlie
stand taken by both President Tuft and
President Wilson.
“If president Taft, or President Wil
son, either,” said the speaker, "hud rec
og n 7. ed Huerta all KiWope and all the
world would have followed and thin self
same condition which exists today in
Mexico would have been rspeatod In the
South American Republics. Mr. Wilson
was doing the right thing not to become
precipitate l*ut he was Just s» right
when lie did say the time has come wlum
this thing must stop
"1 hope It will end with the blockade
of a few oft he Mexican cities, hut.
whatever the result, our people are not
the kind of people who will sunlit to
the name of this country being assailed
or to have Its honor Insulted by any
power on eatth, no mnttrfr whether that
power be great or small.
Mr. Hardwick spoke for only about ten
or fifteen minutes on the Mexican sit
uation. Ho then entered Into his cam
paign talk, which was Interesting, first
from tho fact that It Informed many
good cltlxei H present of some of the fav
ors Mr Hardwhk. as congressman, lias
done for Augusta and for which they
rightfully should feel grateful.
District's Long Support.
In beginning Ids speech, Mr Hardwick
referred with deep feeling to the loyal
support that the district had given him
through hts many years of service, and
through some of the most heated and
bitter contests for congress that have
ever been waged in Georgia or in the |
Booth. He assured ids audience that he |
could never forget the loyalty of his |
friends and the splendid support the dis
trict had always given him; he could
only s.»y that he had done Ids best to
rep.iy hts friends and the district for
their confidence and loyalty by render
ing to them the most efficient and whole
hesrtod service of which In* had been
capable. that he had endeavtSed to fur
titer ami advance their every legitimate
interest and had been uncesslng in his
efforts, through all the years of his
service to faithfully and energetically
represent thf best interests of the en*
tire district, without favor or partiality
to any section or to any eluas; that In
his votes and positions upon all public
questions, while he mtght have made
mistakes, at least he had always voted
his hpnest convictions on every question
and had stood for the right in every In
stance, as best he saw It. relying on the
Intelligence and integrity of a superb
constitutency. that had never failed to
do him justice and had never question
ed either hts motives or his sincerity.
Four Great Questions.
Mr. Hardwick contended that In the
approaching senatorial campaign thrTe
are at least four great questions that the i
people of Georgia must weigh .and de
termine; first, the fitness and qualifica
tion of each candidate for the senate;
second, the public record of each candi
date for the senate and his capacity
and training for service in the senate;
third, the services. If any, that have
been rendered by each candidate to the
Democratic party; fourth, the policy that
would be pursued, the position* (hat I
would b«» assumed and the course that j
would be followed by each of the can
didates If elected to the senate.
Regard for Opponents.
Discussing these questions In order, he 1
paid high tribute to the personal chat
arter and qualifications of each of his j
opponents saying that he bad a high
personal regard for both Governor bln- I
ton and Mr Felder; that while he should
not hesitate to nmke any attack upon
either that the record of either of them
might suggest or require, that he re
garded them Kith as able and upright
gentlemen and personally worthy of the
high office to which they, as well ns
himself, aspired,
Mr. Hardwick Insisted that the peo- j
pie of Georgia ought to weigh very i are
fully the experience that each of the i
candidates for the senate had had. which
would tend to qualify them for an ef
ficient and forceful discharge cf the
duties of the offlc*. He contended that
hts own experience of twelve years'
service in the House of Kepi t sentattve*
of the United States, his Intimate ne- i
quaintancr with the men who sre en* I
gaged In shnp ng national legislation
and his long nisi careful study of the
question* that sre involved in national i
legislation now pending or likely to be
fFopoeed gave him s right to at least ,
suggest that so far as experience nnd !
training for the representation of the
state of Georgia In the senate of the
United spates is concerned, he has had
considerable advantage over Mr Slaton
and Mr. Felder, neither of whom have
had the long and Invaluable training that
hng continued service In the congress
of the United States g\es to a member
of elthiW house In that Body
Whit# Supremacy.
He referred briefly to the fact that In
I**9 while s metubev of the legislature
of Oeorghi from Washington count v
and twenty-seven years of age. he bad
begun In the Oe« rgla legislature the
movement to amend the Constitution of
the Plate of Georgia so as to disfran
chise the negro and Insure white su
premacy in Georgia for all time and tin*
d« r all circumstances. He recounted
the details of thf nine-year I*aitle that
be bad waged f-*r title cause in Georgia,
the repeated attempts, the first of which
had bean defeated by d vote so over*
whelm ling that but three votes had I*#en
cast In favor of tt to aecuri the sub
mission of the Issue to the people of
Georgia to l*e voted upon bv them, the
hundreds of spec- he* that he had made
throughout Georgia tit support of the
cause, the bitter state campaigns Into
which he had been drawn In order to
accomplish It. and the final success of
the cause by the submission of the
amendment to the people-by the ’eg**-
biturc of 190? and the triumphs nt rat •
flcitlon qf the amendment at ’he poll*
In tbs election of November, 1909, site!'
a battle of nine years to accomplish it.
Successful Tariff.
He called attention to the Jong and
finally successful battle that he had
waged In congress for the cause of free
sifßar; a battle extending through about
five years and culminating in success In
the tariff bill recently passed by the
Democratic party. He adverted to the
fact that he had originally taken up this
cause single-handed when it had no
ether advocate in either house of con
gress and had finally pressed it to suc
cessful conclusion lie conteno.d that
fter the victory had been won for free
sugar that the fight for free wool was
thereby strengthened and finally won
and that the general effect of these
great victories was to strengthen the
cause of the low tariff men and of the
tariff reforms*h and bore splendid fruit
|in the rates and schedules of the Un
| det wood-Hlrnmons tariff bill which was
the best tariff measure that the country
j had had s.nce the Walker tariff of 1849.
Mr. Hardwick contended also that he
had assisted ftt making a vigorous light
in the I>cmoet tic caucus of the House
of Kepresentat Ives for more liberal
treatment of agricultural paper In the
new banking system ••stab -shed by the
currency bill; that this fight In the
house had borne fruit In the senate and
that because of It the length of shcAt
term agricultural loans had been In*
ere sad from ninety day* to six months
a fid of long time paper secured by land
from one year to five years, he contend
ed on the more rerent issue of the .Pana
ma Canal tolls, still pending in the sen
ate, tliat the position of iTesldcut Wil
son was rigid; that the exemption of
our roast wise vessels from the payment
of tol s was contrary both to the letter
and spfrlt of our treaties with Great
Hr.tain, and was, besides the boldest
and baldest of subsidies, Hie granting of
a special privilege or subsidy out of the
treasury of the Unit yd hitmen to a class
of our citizens.
Opponents' Records.
He paid bis respects to the other can
didates, cnqulr-ng vvhat was Governor
Hinton's record, what Mr. Felder's, and
what could cither of them offer or show
to the people of Georgiu that illustrated
either their position in regard to any
national Issue <*r anything they had ac
complished in respect to ghe great is
sues and questions with Which the sen
ate of the United States is dealing and
must deal. He referred to Governor
Hinton's announcement published in the
state press on Huuday last and said that
it was a combination of meaningless
platitudes that committed himself to
nothing, opposed milling and simply
sought to state in the most general and
Indefinite terms a few catch-penny Is
sues with which he hopes to attract
votes in tho coming primary. He paid
h h respects in no uncertain terms to
Mr. Slaton's declaration "as senator I
shall ho unalterably opposed to needless
extravagancies for tho gratification of
the whims i»f small minorities.” Mr.
Hardwick said that the fair inference
from Governor Hlaton's language was
Hint If by chance Mr. Hlaton should In
come senator he would favor needless
extravagant* e* If either u majority or a
strong minority should demand them,
that he had been puzzling his brain to
know what Mr. Hlaton’s declaration
meant but supposed it must mean that
Mr. Hinton would favor any needless ex
travagancies Hist he thought was popu
lar for the moment or that even a
strong aiul powerful minority should de
mand. He congratulated Governor Sla
ton on the fact that he was a native
Georgian, "educated In her schools,
brought up In sympathy with her people,
her interests and aspirations," and said
he supposed that probably the same
thing was true about Mr Felder and
himself. He congratulated the gover
nor on his strong stand fur the doctrine
of state's rights and assured him not
only of his sympathy with the gover
nor's declaration* hut of the fact that
through a record of long and trying ser
vice he had actually practiced what tlie
governor so glibly preaches. lie con
gratulated the governor on his declara
tion tii the effect that ‘my creed rests
in the established principles of Democ
racy," but Insisted that such generalisa
tion iih this was puerile and hardly com*
pllmrntury to the Intelligence of the
people of Georgia. What does Gover
nor Hlaton mean, exelnjmed Mr. Hard
wick. by “the established principles of
Democracy?" There are many men who
differ materially and vitally ns to what
are the established principles of De
mocracy, There are many schools of
thought both In Washington nnd
throughout the country on this very sub
ject and we knew Just us much about
the governor's position on this matter
before he published his platform ns we
know now. He said this was especially
true In view of the fact that In one and
the same paragraph of hi* announce
ment Mr. Hlaton had proclaimed himself
both a beltevrt* In progress and at the
same time Intimated that tie was ultra
conservative. He said the governor's
platform was constructed In a wonderful
manner and that It was Intended to
operated like the old man’s fish trap,
that ts. to catch the guileless voters
both coming and going, it being open at
both ends He said that Governor Sla
ton called attention with considerable
unction. In the matter of records, to the
fad that he was in the second occu
pancy of the office of governor and that
his "program” was finished As Mr.
Hardwtek recalled it. MV fUaton'a first
occupancy of the office of governor had
been for s xty days during the recess of
Hie legislature while the people of Geor
gia were chousing a successor to Gov
ernor Hoke Smith, and his principal, If
not only accomplishment during the
aforesaid first ncoupnnc) of the of flea
hud been the s cuing of salary checks
for himself and the other state house of
ficers. that If wn> other accomplish
ments signalised nnd commemorated
Governor Slaton s aforesaid first term.
It Usd escaped the attention and notice
of Mr Hardwick As to his second oc
cupancy of the off ce end the completion
of his “program.” Mr Hardwick com
mented that If Govern-V Slaton s "pro
gram" could l»e completed by the August
primary, it was demonstration c-mip etc
that he had had no program, because
the onh achievement of any Important'*
of Ids administration bad been to puss
tie new tax law. which was so con
structed ns to Just fy the suspicion that
the real object of Its enactment was to
enable the legislature to spend more
money than It otherwise could under the
const Hut tonal limit of five mills upon
taxation and to grant more libffral »p.
t roprtat on* of all sorts, without ap
pearing to raise the tux rate.
Felder's Record.
As to Mr FV dei s record, Mr llard
| wick said that he knew but little of it.
except that he readily conceded front all
that hr had observed and heard that
iMr Felder had made a most successful
I legislator in the Georgia legislator* ami
a moat competent and faithful attor*
I tt*» general As to Mi Felder's po»i*
| Hon sbout national questions hts knowl
edge of them or Ids views about them,
he was absolutely in the dark so far be
egyse Mr Felder had no record tn ref
| en nca to these matters and In his pub
lished announcement for the senate had
merely slated that he was a candidate
for the eenate l»ec-.use of the laudib>
ambition that h had attained in that di
rection ever since he hsd graduated
Ham college Mr Hardwick Insisted
that ts this alone were pin form enough
to entitle a man to be elected to the
United Htates senate that there were
| prolkatd) thousands nnd hundreds of thmt*
winds of Georgians who had equal c nuns
with Mr. Felder in that regard Mr
liardw * k Insisted that the pet pie *»f
| Grot gin ought not to bestow the \erV
READY FOR EMERGENCY;
MEXICO CITY OBJECTIVE
POINT OF 0. S. FORCES
Nc Change in Policy of American Gov’t —Advance Would Be
Into Territory Controlled By Huerta—War Deo’t Buzzing
With Excitement
Washington.—Aft/r a long confer*
cnee of the department officials early
in the day It was declared however
that there had been no change In the
policy of the government.
Should war he forced upon this
government, It was pointed out, the
ba«e of operations would be at Vera
( ruz and the plan would be to con
line the advance if possible to the
territory controlled by Huerta, with
Mexico City as the objective point
of the American forces. The move
ment was generally believed would
be extensive.
Are Prepared.
Although it still is the determine#!
pa]fey of the president to prevent
war, the army nnd navy are prepared
for any emergency and should the
word come to advance to the interior,
It is said the war department is
ready to send an army of 20,000 to
.‘*o,ooo men, and to increase the forces
highest office In their gift, the honor
able and powerful position of United I
States senator, to any tnan In the stutfe
simply and solely because he had a
worthy a*'«bltlon to hold It or because j
he was u nice gentlemen, or because he
had many personal Mends; that this
great office was one of the priceless pos
sessions of the people of Georgia and It
ought, to he given to whoever could ad
minister it most efficiently and would
most truly reflect and represent in the
senate of the United States the wishes
and desires and Interests of the peopl
of Georgia ns well as the best interests
ttf th Democratic party and of our great
republic. Mr. Hardwick Insisted that his
record In congress through many yeara
was before the people of Georgia, sub
mitted for their approval or disapproval,
that he had explained and would explain
In detail and with circumstantiality and
definiteness his position on every public
question and on every public Issue that
he was progressve to the core but not
to the point where he was prepared to
abandon the American system of gov
ernment by the substitution of public
monopoly for existing private monopoly;
that he believed In the old Jeffersonian
doctrines of Individual opportunity and
competitive conditions; that he was op
posed to subsidies and gratuities and
special privileges of nil kinds and be
lieved that all men and all Interests and
all sections should be treated equally
and Impartially both In the matter of
appropriation out of the common treas
ury and In the enactment of laws.
Slaton's "Program.“
Mr. Hardwick said that he realized
full well, ami himself urged, that above
all other consideration, the fitness, ex
pcrlenee nnd capacity of the various
• and dates for the senate should he
carefully weighed by the people of
Georgia before the verdict was render
ed. He insisted however that unlss the
people of Georgia were satisfied that
the city of Atlanta presented two candi
dates for the senate who tow wed head
and shoulders above sll the others, who
were pre-eminently fit. who had the ad
vantage in ability, In experience, in
training and In capacity for service, that
both United State* senators from Geor
gia should not be elected from Fulton
county and the city of Atlanta. He
said that while he admired, tn some re
spects. the Atlanta spirit, he failed to
appreciate r» spirit. If such existed any*
whrVe, that senatorial timber grew only
In Atlanta or tn Macon or any other city
or In any one locality In Georgia; he
fully conceded that senator lloke
Smith's distinguished services to the
Democratic party, to the state of Geor
gia and to the country entitled him Jo
unopposed election, but he did not be
lieve that Governor Hlaton's record, hi*
qualifications, hi* training, his experi
ence or any oth<v qualities that he pos
sessed gave him any pre-eminent claim
for the office of senator, but on the con
trary, Governor Hlaton's record gave no
earnest or exceptional service In the
senate because hi* administrations In
Georgia had been barren of result* nnd
hi* "program" had amounted to noth
ing. that be did not believe that the
people of Georgia, having elected Mr.
Slat- i» to be governor for two years,
were going to permit him to quit the Job
t*«-fore his work was half finished tn or
der to get another office, and that he
was confident from advices that he was
receiving from every part of Georgia,
that on the 19th day of August when
tlie verdict was rendered. It would be
found that the people of Georgia had not
elected two United Htates senators from
the city of Atlanta. He expressed him
self us full of hope and full of courage,
confident of the results, determined to
carry the issue directly to the people of
Georgia, and to stump the state from
the mountains to the sea. and from rivet*
t<» river in the prosecution of hi* cam
paign.
Give Orders For
Consuls Leaving
Washington. Secretary Hamels at
the requestor Secretary Uryan today
ordered Hoar Admiral Howard, fom
mandltig the American naval foroos
on tho Pacific ooast to (tlve a aylum
or 'nsaago on Ilia vessels to any
Amorloan consul desiring to leave
Mexico bv way oT the west roast.
I .Ike orders have boon given Hear
Admiral Padger ooncernlng consuls
who may leave through Mexican gulf
porta
TO ENCOURAGE CAPITAL
FOR POWER GENERATING
Washing'.on.—The house
commerce committee today reported
a bill amending the dam laws with a
view to encouraging private capital
for power generation purposes The
measure prohibits acquisition of dam
truct* by combinations or so-called
trust* and requires approval by the
war department of all plan* and spec-
Pieatipns It also provides in the
event state authorities fail to satis*
faetorlly regulate power rates,
charges and practices, fedtral author
Ity shall be assumed by the secretary
of war
B A B YSPICTU RE~FREE
tree photo* of Augusta lathis* tak
en all this week by the Augusta I 'ally
Herald.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
to a great degree along the Mexican
border.
Tody ( here, were appeals for more
troops front the border states and the
war department officials, while con
sidering plans for co-operating with
the militia in those states, also were
working out plans for calling into the
service tlie militia of various states,
under the terms oT the volunteer army
bill just passed.
Buzzing With Excitement.
The war department, throughout
the day, was humming with excite
ment. although no new orders were
issued. Reports that General Wood
already had been ordered to Vera
Cruz was denied.
Although there have been several
informal suggestions of diplomatic In
tervention from various Quarters, it
is declared at the state department
that no formal offers had been made,
nor were any expected.
MOBILIZATION
ANIZONAJUPS
Gov. Hunt in Communication
With Scc’y of War Garrison.
Restlessness on Border.
Washington.—Governor Hunt, of
Arizona, was in communication with
Secretary Garrison today over the
possibility of mobilizing the Arizona
militia for patrol on the Mexican bor
der in connection with the regular
troops.
A telegram Trom citizens of Arizo
na to Senator Ashurst. asking for the
Immediate dispatch of regulars to the
Arizona border was today laid before
Secretary Garrison. The telegram de
dared that there was evidence of
restlessness among Mexicans acrosM
tlie border nnd tears were expressed
for tlie safety of American citizens
unless troops were sent.
ASKS REMOVAL
OF AMERICANS
Report Confirmed That Huerta
Requested Resignations of
R’way Employes.
New York.—At the office nf tho
National Railways of Mexico the re
port from Mexico City, that Presi
dent Huerta bad asked all Americans
in the employ of the railway company
with tlu> exception of President E. N.
ltrown to resign, was confirmed. Mr.
Brown ts tn this city but It Is not
t.nown whether he will accede to the
request of the Mexican government to
continue In charge of the railway.
The local offices of the road will
continue to operate the property as
best they can from this point. Offi
cials staioned here had no direct word
from any operating offices of the
company in any part of Mexico for
the last three days.
FREE PICTURES
Have you had that free picture tak
en of your IK tie one yet If not? Why
not? The Herald will be glad to make
one for you free.
OFFER BRITISH STEAMERS
FOR TONNAGE; MEXICO
London. —In response to numerous
American inquiries received In Lon
don for tonnage In connection with
the Mexican crisis, many British
steamers have been ottered but no
business has yet resulted.
A large volume ot war Insurance
on property in El Paso has been ar
ranged Ip London.
"~FREE PICTURES
Hav* you'had that free picture tak
en of your little one yet If not? Why
not? The Herald will be glad to make
one for you free.
GEORGIAN IS ARRESTED BY
MEXICANS NEAR VERA CRUZ
Atlanta. Ga.—W. B. Wofford, who
has been arrested by Mexicans near
Vera Cruz, left Atlanta several years
ago to become overseer of the rubber
and coffee plantation of the Mexico
Kubber Company, in the state of Oax
aca. Mexico. He now Is part owner
of the plantation. He is 36 years old
and unmarried. He has a sister here.
BABY'S PICTUReTrEE
Free photos of Augusta Babies tak
en nil this week by the Augusta Dally
Herald
BAER STRICKEN.
Philadelphia.—George F. Baer, pres
ident of the Rinding Railway, wu»
stricken on the street here today with
what physicians believed tin a stroke
of paralysis. It is believed his con
dition Is serious.
NO STRINGS TO Thls OFFER
The Herald a ants a picture of ovary
baby under eight years of age In Au
gusta nnd vttfnlt) Bring your little
one in today and hav* one made free.
ONE GEORGIAN
OEM,I WOUNDED
Taking of Vera Cruz Costly to
Cracker State Inhabitants.
Willacoochee Boy Killed.
Atlanta, Ga.—Georgia has uffered in
the past 'few days of fighting in Vera
Cruz, where marines and sailors were
picked off by Mexican snipers as they
advanced through the city to drive out
the federal forces.
The first Georgian to meet death
as announced Friday was Randolph
Summerlin, private marine corps,
whose home address was given as
Willacoochee, Ga. He was the son of
Benjamin F. Summerlin.
One Georgian was seriously wound
ed In the fighting on April 22. The
official report in his case reads:
"Mitchell William Bass, seaman,
horn June 7, 1882, home address Tif
ton, Ga., next of kin, M. M. Bass,
brother, same address; on Utah.’’
Fred Nance Holmes, ordinary sea
man; born February 7, 1896; home ad
dress Laurens, S. C.; next of kin, Sa
rah Holmes, mother, Culloden, Ga.;
on South Carolina.
Only 18 Years Old.
willacoochee, Ga.—Randolph I).
Summerlin, the young marine who
was killed in the fighting at Vera
Cruz, was only 18 years of age. He
was the son of B. F. Summerlin, one
of the most highly respected citizens
of this county. He was horn here
April 6, 1896, and enlisted in the ma
rine corps in February, 1913. He em
barked on the United States battle
ship Vermont for a European cruise
immediately after his enlistment.
He spent the holidays here last
Christmas and returned home again
in February to attend the funeral of
hi ; mother. He is survived by his
father and five brothers, L. W.. Wil
liam. R, A., Frank and Jeff Summer
lin, ail of Wllaeoochee, and three sis
ters, Mrs. J. W. Hunter of Pearson,
Ga.; Mrs. M. Gaskin and Mrs. E. L.
Peterson of Willacoochee.
ASK FOIWiE
IRISH AMERICAN
Citizens and Southern Bank
Claim That Semi-Annual In
terest Charges Have Not Been
Paid By Armstrong.
A petition has been filed by attor
neys for the Citizens & Southern Bank
against the Realty Investment Com
pany and Jas. P. Armstrong and
Thomas G Philpot for a foreclosure
on a bond for title which the defend
ants are said to hold from the North
western Mutual TJfe Insurance Com
pany for $25,000. The bond for title
was given to the Realty Investment
Company, Philpot and Armstrong,
to the property which was occupied by
the Irish-American Bank and It Is
because the defendants have failed to
pay the semi-annual Interest charges
to the Northwestern that the fore
closure is asked.
The Irlsh-American borrowed $25,-
000 from the Northwestern Mutual
when the present building of the bank
was erected. It holds the deed to the
property and when the $25,000 is paid
it will give up the deed. Armstrong
is said to have mortgaged the bond for
title to get sums of money from the
Citizens & Southern Bank a short
time before the Irlsh-Amerlean failed.
The petitioner prays as follows;
“That the security deed and equity
of the grantor, the Realty Investment
Company, be foreclosed and that your
petitioner have special judgment
against the property conveyed by the
said security deed set forth In the
petition, and that property he sold to
pay petitioner's demands as secured
by the deed.
“That petitioner be declared to have
a special lien upon funds arising from
the sale of the realty, after paying all
the Indebtedness due in the bond for
$25,000, for thg payment of the In
debtedness due as evidenced by the
note of the Irish-American Bank for
$36,500, principle, interest, and attor
neys’ fees, which was secured by the
said bond to recovery.
“That your petitioner have general
Judgment against the said defendants,
and have such further relief as may
seem to this court meet and proper.”
VANGUARD OF REFUGEES.
THOUSANDS AMERICANS.
ARRIVE AT GALVESTON
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because the ports from which they
come and believed to harbor yellow
fever. Already there are messages
on file here with Major I. L. McGlas
son, state quarantine officer, urging
him to find certain individuals among
the incoming mass of refugees and to
send them "home” without delay be
cause mothers or other relatives are
believed to be dying.
400 New Cots.
Dr McGlasson has ordered 400 new
cots installed tn the hospital at the
United States immigration station at
Pelican Island, where the refugees
will be housed during detention. Ef
forts to Induce authorities to raise
or mitigate immigration restrictions
have not yet succeeded.
NO BREACH IN THE PRES'T
CABINET
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lly, but there have been natural dif
ferences of opinion as to what aggres
sive measures should be pursued. The
president himself, it ts said, has in
vited the widest range of suggestions
from his advisers and has steere.d a
middle course between those who fa
for a strictly aggressive policy and
those who think war can be best
averted by patient observation and
carefully deliberated action
Natural Differences.
Persons close to the administration
described the divergence of views a#
the product of natural differences
among those charged with responsi
bility for executive action Officials
point out for Instance, that the war
department Is naturally anxious to
take every rcßsonable ; recautlon with
Its military forces and the navy Is
bending its energies likewise to per-
Q’SHAUGHNESSY AND HIS
STAFF HAVE ARRIVED
SAFELY AT VERA CRUZ
Expected That Huerta Will Make Some Definite Move To
dav —Positive Declaration of War Would Not Be Surpris
ing
Washington, D. C.—Wtlh the complete
restoration of order in Vera Cruz, the
safe exodus of Charge O’Shaughnessy
and his staff from Mexico City and
transports carrying reinforcements of
troops ploughing swiftly through south
ern seas. President Wilson and his ad
visers today were on the alert for a
counter move by Huerta and awaiting
the development of any positive attitude
by Carranza, the constitutionalist chief.
The sporadic outbreak in Nuevo Lare
do, where evacuating federals fired
across the Rio Grande and drew a pelting
of bullest from the American border pa
trol and the reported arrest of several
Americans by Huertista authorities at
Orizaba scarcely served to alter an al
ready absorbing situation.
Strengthen Border Patrol.
Officials today awaited news of the re
ception by Carranza of a telegram sent
by constitutionalist representatives in
Washington advising him to remain
neutral. Hope that he would do so was
based on reported utterances of Villa,
the military chief under Carranza.
Meanwhile strengthening of the border
patrol continued.
Huerta, in the anti-American atmos
phere of Mexico City, marked last night
by desecration of a statue of George
Washington, might make a definite
move today, it was thought. Since he
had given the American*charge his pass
ports a positive declaration of war
would not be,surprising to officials here.
His next move, It was believed, would
develop whether it would be necessary
for the American forces now in com
plete possession of Vera CVuz to pro
ceed farther, perhaps to Huerta’s capi
tal.
While officials of the war and navy de
partments worked under stress In prepa
ration for any eventualities, Colonel
Goethals In Panama hod ordered the ca
nal zone placed on a specific war footing
and Texas troops were ordered toward
the border to help federal troops patrol
SMOULDERING RUINS ALL
THAT IS LEFT OF NEW
LAREDOJIRD BRIE
Strong Feeling of Uneasiness Left in Wake of Retreating
Federals —Night of Terror in Expectancy of Return
Laredo, Texas.—Smouldering ruins
in what was once the populous Mex
ican border town Nuevo Laredo and
hundreds of destitute refugees hud
dled in every possible shelter here,
were visible reminders today of the
desolation wrought late yesterday by
Mexican federals, who burned and dy
namited their one-time stronghold un
til driven away by the American bor
der patrol.
Excitement occasioned when the
Mexicans began firing across the in
ternational line and their sharp inter
changes with the United States troops,
died down quickly when the federals
retreated but left a strong feeling of
uneasiness In its wake. All night a
reinforced patrol, aided by citizen vol
unteers, guarded every foot of the
fecting its preparations for actual
warfare.
They say also that the state depart
ment which is directly responsible for
relations with other foreign govern
ments and which is trying through
diplomacy to prevent aggressive
movements which might aggravate
action by the constitutionalists and
the Mexican people as a whole, is
busily occupied in friendly repres
sion of the war spirit of its allied de
partments.
All the cabinet secretaries them
selves denied that there is any se
rious division and point to their close
and frequent conferences as evi
dences of their co-operation.
AMERICANS 4 KILLED BY
MOB
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upon the Huerta government and the
small guards maltalned at the foreign
legations for protection it was stated
at the state department today. There
are between sixty and one hundred
men, It was said, atached to the vari
ous foreign legations in the Mexican
capital .armed with small arms und (
machine guns, upon whom the Amer
icans might depend. These, the de
partment said, would be effective only
against sporadic mob violence- and
would be practically powerless against
any general movement or any mob
attach which the Mexican government
might ignore. It was expected that
the Americans, in the event of an at
tack, would take refuge In other for
eign legations.
Not Confirmed.
Washington.—The state department
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Richard Bennett’s
New York Company Co-Workers in
“DAMAGED GOODS”
Tho play that strips tho veil of secrecy from the
most vital sex problem of the day.
Keats now selling. Prices $2.00 to 50C
SATURDAY, APRIL 25.
districts where there was any danger of
outbreaks or raiding by marauders from
south of the Rio Grande. Congress had
Its share in the crisis by enacting the
volunteer army bill which the President
was expected to sign today. It provides
means for rasing a volunteer army in
emergencies.
Restoring Order.
Meanwhile Rear Admiral Badger with
his marines and bluejackets were re
storing order in shell-scarred Vera Cruz
The sinister cost of the first move in
the war drama was shown by official
figures that seventeen Americans per
ished and seventy-five were wounded In
the seizure of the Mexican port. That
was more than the casualties of naval
engagements of the entire Spanish-Am
erican war when 16 Americans were kill
ed and 68 wounded. Official messages
early today reported that the wounded
on the hospital ship in Vera Cruz har
bor were satisfactorily responding to
treatment.
Ten Miles Long.
Vera Cruz—Almost tranpuillity has
been restored in the city but occa
sional sniping occurred during the
night. There was, however, no gen
eral disorder, the domination ot the
city by the American forces having
been generally accepted by the resi
dents.
The order issued from the admiral’s
headquarters for the closing of ml
saloons remained in effect todav.
The restaurants are having’ diffi
culty in furnishing the usual quantity
of food owing to the impossibility of
obtaining supplies. Prices have,
therefore been advanced.
The American lines, some ten miles
in length, now completely encircle
the city. Outposts have been esta
lished covering all points from one to
five miles out.
river front anti heavy guards were
maintained at the two international
bridges.
Fear Dynamite Attempts.
It was feared that other attempts
to dynamite this communication be
tween the two countries would be
made.
Two Mexicans were shot yesterday
in attempting to destroy the bridge.
Some of the more nervous citizens
fear another visit of the federals to
attack Laredo itself, but army offi
cials, though every precaution is be
ing taken, do not believe there is any
danger.
It was definitely ascertained today
that the wild shooting of the Mexicans
had done no damage on the American
side.
said that no official dispatches con
firmed the report that four Americans
had been killed in Mexico City and
that Consul Canada at Vera Cruz,
still in communication with the de
partment, made no mention of such
an occurrence. Consul Canada has
reported nothing more serious from
Mexico City than the pulling down of
the Washington statue and stoning of
the American club.
UNCONFIRMED RUMORS
AROUSE ACTIVITY OF
• GOV’T AT WASHINGTON
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Americans 1n Mexico City. Serious
eventualities there it was pointed out,
might aggravate the present situation
and serve to arouse sentiment among
the people that would demand more
aggressive action in Mexico on the
part of this government. It was
fuurther emphasized however that
mob violence could not he construed
as any deliberate act of Gen. Huerta
and that it could be claimed for his
government that it was powerless to
.control the situation owing to tne
feeling aroused by the
seizure of Vera Cruz.
No Orders Issued.
Although no new military orders
were issued by the war department,
plans for perfecting the operations at
Vera Cruz and along the Mexican bor
der were considered by Secretary
Garrison. General Witherspoon and
Major General Wood, who has been
chosen to direct the military opera
tions in co-operation with the Cecre
tary of the Navy Daniels.