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1,500 AMERICANS YET CAN’T GET OUT Bf MEXICO Om AFTER LAST TKAIM LEFT THE AUGUSTA HERALD VOLUME XIX. No. 121. Medlantas Mmi Ena©ip|s®s « Mdbdl jEfesd— Ask§ F §ids MejurdUkj PsToM^h® ALL EFFORTS NOW TO INCLUDE CARRANZA IN CESSATION HOSTILITIES South American Envoys Still Hopeful That Internal Mexican Issue Can Be Brought Within Scope of Deliberations If Not, to Proceed on Adjust ment of Tampico Flag In cident, Congress Justification of Wilson’s Act and Landing of U. S. Troops at Vera Cruz Washington—To wliat extent intc mediation between the United States and Huerta would be affected by a re fusal of the Carranza element to sus pend military operations against Huer ta pending mediation was the chief question confronting the South Amer ican meA' * rs when they resumed their sessifA ,f today. The midnight conference between the mediators and Secretary Bryan. lastin/\ for more than two hours had estatqjhied definitely that the united States Lnd Huerta would suspend rail itary operations, the only reservation made bv the United States being that it would be free to repel any attacks, but Carranza still held aloof from any suspension of hostilities between him. and the Mexican federal forces, o' All Efforts. All efforts therefore were directed to have the truce include the warring elements in northern Mexico as well as those of the United States and Huerta. The work of the mediators it tvas learned in authoritative quarters would proceed steadily no matter what the final attitude of Carranza was on the question of an armistice, although an adverse decision by him would neces sarily restrict the intermediation to the main issue between the United State and Huert. It was this main issue which was first undertaken by the mediators and then enlarged with the hope of taking in the entire scope of Mexican affairs Still Hopeful. The mediators still are hopeful that the entire subject, including the inter nal Mexican isssue may be brought within their deliberations. But if not, (Continued on Next Page.) DETAILS COMPLETE FOR COTTON CONFERENCE Between 100 and 150 People Expected to Be in Augusta on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Next Week to Attend TO ENTERTAIN VISITORS WITH SMOKER AND CARMICHAEL ’CUE Mr. Wm. H. Barrett to Preside As Toastmaster at Smoker on Monday Night—Business Sessions to Be Held at the Opera House. Between one hundred and one hun dred arid fifty people are expected to Kather in Augusta on Monday, Tues day and Wednesday of next week, when t tae will be held two Impor tant co". 'Jrences on the question of cotton trading. The conference called by the Augusta Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade will be convened on Monday morning at 11 o'clock at the tlrand Opera House. It will be opened with prayer by Dr. M. Ashby Jones, pastor of the Klrst Baptist church. There will also be a session in the afternoon. On Monday night the delegates will be entertained with a smoker at the Commercial Club, at which Mr. Wm. H. Barrett will be toastmaster. On Tuesday there will be business sessions morning and afternoon and on Wednesday the cotton conference railed by Presldet W. C. Uwnoti. of the Texas Cotton Association, will be convened. Mr. Lawson la calling the meeting for the purpose of forming a Southern Association of Cotton Ex changes and the majority of delegates to Augusta exchange conference will be del-gates to the confer ence m ed by Mr. La.vson. THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. “SINKING” SAID LAST WIRELESS Grave Fears That Pacific Liner Siberia Has Foundered—Bo Saloon Passengers, Including Wife of Gov. Gen’l Philippines Tokio.—Wireless calls for assist ance from the Pacific Mail steamer Si beria, heard on the Japanese coast today indicated that she was In grave peril off the coast of Formosa. The liner left San Francisco April 7th for Manila. She carries 71 saloon pas sengers including Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison, wife of the governor gen eral of the Philippines. Chinese Pirates. A dispatch from Formosa hints that Chinese pirates have had something to do with the disaster. The exact nature of the accident has not yet been determined nor have any details been received here up to a late hour tonight. An early report said the liner was “sinking” while a later message con veyed the information that she was “ashore" six miles off the southeast mainland of Formosa Island. Warship Off. • The Japanese government dispatch ed the Kanto Maru from Formosa to the succor of the Siberia as soon as the news of her trouble was re ceived. Among the passengers on the Si beria, besides Mrs. Harrison is Mrs. John B. Rentiers, wife of the new British consul at Manila. The Siberia left Yokohama April 27th and Nagasaki April 29th for Ma nila. She had a passenger list of 71 persons in the first cabin, about 50 in the second and 400 in the steerage. She is in command of Captain Zeoder and carries a crew of about 200 men. Gravest Anxiety. (Continued on Next Page.) Acceptances for the Augusta confer ence have been received from every important exchange in the district and each exchange will send three dele gates. The keynote of the conference is ex pected to be the Improvement of cot ton trading conditions for the benefit of the legitimate trader. On Wednesday afternoon the dele gates to both the Augusta conference and the conference called by Mr. Law son will be the gumts of the Augusta Cotton Exchange at a barbecue at Car michael's Club. The tickets to this barbecue will be restricted to mem bers of the Augusta Kxchange and the visiting delegates and will be differ ent from barbecues of the Augusta Kxchange held in the past, when uny on /as allowed to attend who de sired to purchase a'ticket. There will be a few invitations sent out to the smoker at the Commercial Club Monday night and each recipi ent Is expected to show his invltathm at the door. The members of the Au gusta Kxchange will wear badges, as well as the delegates to the confer ences. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 1, 1914. FUNSTON AWAITS ORDERS First Actual War Photos to Arrive From Mexico * ji& i t&k Jh jsr ■ y **®*Hj§tj <CK i#W j flilf' Sh&s 'w %FB * « IKVS VTT &v6>' 'C'BSMkFjfcy W^»iS|glK3BT^B|j^nLg^^Kffiß^^^Bwr iIIf ~ tjmKl' •t?^2#' v ai^vHt/iws^^tT< These were among the first pic tures to reach the United States showing what actually took place when the first landing parties from Admiral Badger’s fleet invaded Vera Cruz. The upper photograph shows a squad of marines operating a light field piece to cover the advance of the main body inland. This photo graph was made In the main plaza. The lower photograph was taken on the wharf and shows the first boat load setting foot on Mexican territory, >- At Top 13th Floor The Empire Building Flag Was Raised By the Steel Workers Today Augustans Watch With Trem endous Interest and Pride the Rapid Progress That is Being Made on the Magni ficent Office Buildinq The Kmpire building flag wa% un furled to the breezes between one and two o’clock today when the steel up right on the southeast corner of the building for the 13th floor was put in place by the steel workers. The 12th floor will be completed within a few days and then work on the tower will begin. The Empire presents a magnificent appearance and progress on it is watched with tremendous Interest by many hundreds of people each day. The buildin is to be 17 stories in height, including the basement, and there are to be 13 main main floors. There are now 145 people at work on the building by actual count. The brick work is up to .the third floor in rear of the building, the fillorlng us up to the fourth floor and tho plumb ing and electrical wiring has started irf earnest. The Empire will be one of the hand somest office buildings In the south when it is completed. It will be the pride of every Augustan and the peo ple of this city watch with pleasure every piece of steel that is put In place The Whitney Company of No, 1 Lib erty street. New York, is erecting the Kmpire building and its competent force of workmen are pushing forward with tremendous rapidity. Hupt. <’rane, General Foreman Pe ters, Foreman Eddje Aliodycd, of the brick work, and Foreman Bergman, of the steel workers, are working hard to get the building ready ahead of con tract time. President Names Several Postmasters For Georgia Washingtqn.—-The president today made thexe nomination!!, unions oth c*rx: Pont ma at era In Oeorftln: M. O, Mer ritt, Trion; H. T. Sewell, Lavoui*; F. U. Colson, OcilU. Urgent Telegrams Sent in Case of Dr. Ryan Washington, D. o.—The state department today exert ed every means to secure in formation as to the report that Dr. Edward Ryan, an American Red Cross official, was being held in Mexico City sentenced to be executed. Secretary of State Bryan just before a conference with President Wilson sent urgent telegrams to Consul Canada at Vera Cruz and the military au thorities there asking for im mediate reports on the Ryan incident. The secretary already |had requested the Spanish am , bassador, representing the : Huerta government here, to look out for Dr. Ryan’s safety. No official reports of the de tention of Dr. Ryan had been received up to 10:30 o'clock today. 43 Refugees From Puerto, Mexico, Safe Vsra Cruz, Msxico.—Refugees from Puerto, Mexico, who arrived last night on the Iceland steamer Dictator and on the transport Hancock, have been transferred to the steamship Monte rey, whloh will take them to new Or leans. AH of the Dictator's forty-three pas senger* were from oil fields and dis tricts about Mlnatltlan, state of Vera Cruz. The transports Htimner, Mc- Clellan, Meade and Kilpatrick, which brought Funston and big fifth brig ade to Vera Cruz, sailed at daybreuk tor Galveston. TAMPICO SITUATION GRAVE British Ambassador Confers at State Dep’f in Effort to Create Neutral Zone There Chihuahua.- Gen Carranza in deter mined to use every effort to protect the immense oil properties at Tampi co, owned by foreigner*, principally Brltieh and, he telegraphed the British ambassador at Washington to that ef fect today. Oil Overflowing. Waahington.—Gravity of the sltua tlon at Tampico growing out of the fa«t accumulation of oil from the flow ing well* In the Interior, which consti tute a great menace to the town Itself, vaet financial loss as a result of the overflowing of the tanks and finally the Interference with neutral com merce by the constitutionalists as ex hibited In the firing upon the ward line steamer Antilla at the port, prompted Hlr Hprlng-Rlce, the Brlltlsh ambassador to confer today with As sistant Secretary Osborne, at the state department In a further effort to cre ate a neutral zone in the oil field vi cinity. No Decision. The state department already 1 has been considering a proposition by the British ambassador that a neutral zone be created covering the oil fields, but so far no decision has been reached. It Is believed the constitutionalists are unwilling to enter Into any agreement that will restrict the activity of their field army In Its efforts to force the surrender of Tampico. Notwithstanding this It I* felt that by a combination between admirals (Continued on next page.) 4.00 P. ML Edition $6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY. STH ARMY BRIGADE AT VERA CRUZ AWAITING MEDIATION’S DUTCUME With City’s Occupation By American Troops An Accomplished Fact. Attention Turns to Future Policy of U. S. Govern ment —Funston Names General Provost Commission —Is Stay to Be Permanent? —• 1,500 Americans Are t Unable To Leave Washington, D. C.—Consul Canada at Vera Cruz reported to the state department today that there still are 1,500 Am ericans in Mexicb City unable to get out because of inter rupted railroad facilities. These are for the most part new ar rivals in the Mexican capital from the surrounding country. They arrived just after the departure of the last train for Vera Cruz. Consul Canada has asked the Brazilian minister and Admiral Cradock, the British commander, to exercise their efforts to restore rail road communication with the capital. “Best of Feeling Between Carranza and Myself'—Villa El Paso, Tex. —In a letter addressed to the Associated Press and signed by General Villa, received here today the latter asserts that the best of feeling exists between himself and Carranza. The letter follows: "Td the Associated Press: —It Is absolutely false as statements In the newspapers have maintained that there Is hud feeling between the su premo chief of the constitutionalists and myself. Between us there exists the greatest cordiality and good feel ing and I, for my part, will always tender the chief the respect, and sub ordination which I have always shown In all iny acts. (Signed) "FRANCISCO VILLA.” The letter Is dajed April 28th. AUGUSTA HERALD APRIL CIRCULATION Daily and Sunday Herald. The circulation of the Daily and Sunday Herald for the month of April, 1914, was as follows: April 1 10,485 April Hi 10,444 April 2 10,499 April 17 10,500 April 2 10,405 April 18 11,202 April 4.. , . .. 11,037 April 10 10,525 April 5 10,030 April 20 10,893 April 0 10,450 April 21 10,540 April 7 10,738 April 22 12,140 April 8 10,743 April 23 13,048 April 0 10,730 April 24 13,080 April 10 10,470 April 25.. .. ..12,504 April 11 11,088 April 20 11,325 April 12 10,035 April 27 12,270 April 13 10,484 April 28 11,834 April 14 10,428 April 29 11,740 April 15 10,510 April 30. 11,473 TOTAL APRIL 334,474 DAILY AVERAGE 11,149 * The Augusta Herald, Daily and 3unday, ha* a circulation In Augusta approximately twice as large as that of any other Au guita newspaper. Advertisers and agencies Invited t* test the accuracy of these figures in comparison with the ciaimt of any other Augusta newspaper, Vera Cruz, Mex.—• With the occupa tion of Vera Cruz by American sol diers under Brlgudler General Funston an accomplished fact, and the return to their vessels In the harbor of the sailors and marines who took tho port from the Mexicans, questions of the future today are beginlng to engage the attention of American refugees and Mexican business men. The fu ture policy of the Washington admin istration is being debated with much interest. Until Tranquility Back. Americans and Mexicans alike lack anything In tho nature of a deflnlto statement on this suubject and they all are trying to interpret, from the trend of events since the seizure, whether the American occupation of Vera Cruz is to tie permanent. If onco convinced that the American flag Is to float over this city until tranquility is restored throughout tho republic, it Is virtually certain that the Mexicans of Vera Cruz will give (tieir hearty support to the American civil govern ment. Today they admit frankly that they are enjoying greater freedom from apprehension, more personal liberty and a larger measure of prosperity owing to the Influx of American mon ey than they have known In many years. Many even assert that they would cheerfully subscribe to any pol icy of the United States which would Insure them a continuation of tho present conditions and the extension of these conditions to the rest of the republic. Complete Occupation. Rome careful observers among the Mexicans, however, take a pessimistic view and do not believe that anything short of complete American occupa tion of Mexico would bring about the desired results. They point out that many factions are striving for power In various sections of the republic. Tho entire state of Moreloss is con trolled by the followers of Zapata, while the state of Guerrero is under Jurisdiction of the Figueroa brothers; furthermore, northern Mexico, much of the western coast and isolated points elsewhere, such as Tampico, are controlled or hemmed in by the supporters of Carranza and Villa. In the capital Provisional President Huerta Is in the saddle but strong fac tions favoring t'arranza, Felix Diaz or some other aspirant to tho presidency ar« intriguing against Huerta and each other. Zapata and Figueroa. Zapata and the Figueroa brothers (Continued on Next Page.)