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TWO JUSTICE LAMAR MAY REPRESENT U. S. Rushing Preparations For War As the Mediators Get Ready to Confer; Mexican Delegates Off Military Apparently Held in Leash to Avoid Embarrassing Negotiations-Huerta Mun itions of War to Be Returned to Germany . Brief Scare When the Militia Reported Ordered Out Justice Lamar in Conference With President Wilson at White House —Name Mentioned As Deleqate of United States to Niaqara Falls —A, B, C Envoys Leave Next Sunday Washington.—Thn opening of the Mexican mediation conference nt Niagara Falla, out., on tliu schedule date—May 18th, was assured today when word wu* received of the de parture of the Mexican delegatea from the City of Mexico for the conference. Preparations for dispatching rein orcementa to General Funaton at Vera Crux, should such a movement become necessary went forward Steadily today, work on twelve trans ports to carry troops, horses and su()- pllea being pu.hed, but no war-llke development occurred. The military apparently Is being held well In leash to avoid embarrassing the mediation negotiations. Cloocf Disappears. A threatening cloud disappeared from the diplomatic horizon, when the German steamer Kronprinzessin- Cecell#, reported to lie carrying arms and ammunition for Muerta returned to Vera Cruz, without debarking her war stores at Puerla Mexico and it was announced that the munitions on tills and a second German steamer, tlu> Havana, would be returned to Germany. The possibility either of a seizure or blockade of Puerto Mexi co. or of an act, perhaps interpretable us a violation of thn military status quo. In favor of Huerta, thereby was eliminated. Justice Lamar. No announcement regarding the do agates to the conference w*a made today, but Justice Lamar, of the United States supreme court, and Frederick W. la-human. of Ht. lamls. former solicitor-general, tnentjqned as possible delegates, conferred with President Wilson. it was thought the delegates would be named not later than Monday. Secretaries ltryan and Garrison con ferred with the president today but declined to discuss military or diplo matic developments. Secretary Daniels was on the pres idential yacht Mayflower which, with the funeral tdilp Montana, Is steaming to New York. The South American nn>dlators. it la understood, see nothing on the hor izon to prevent the beginning of for mal procedure May 18th. Huerta's delegates are expected to come to Waahlnglon from Key West or Gal veston, and arrive here shout the middle of next week. The possibili ty that they may be tendered passage on an American warship from Vera Crux, was mentioned. A. B. C. Mediators. The three South American media tors probably will leave Washington for Niagara Falls next Sunday. They held their customary sessions today end also called on Secretary ltryan. Among the suggestions sent to the mediators for the solution of the Mexican tangle Is a printed pamphlet from a prominent Mexican, reviewing the entire situation, and proposing the convocation of a congress of peace. The war department todav complet ed Its preparations for army move ments. Including the reinforcements of Genera! Fuueton at Vera tTuz, should necessity arise Twelve trims ports were arn>ng<>d for and men were working night and day to con vert the chartered merchantmen to accommodate soldiers, horses, guns and supplies Ordpra to the Fourth and Sixth Brigades at Texas City, the remainder of the second division to be ready to reinforce General Fun ction at any moment, were given but Secretary Garrison said that no or ders had been Issued for their dis patch. He declared no aggressive measures were contemplated. Brief Scare. A brief war scare at Tacoma. Wash ington. where a troop of cavalry of the state national guard was ordered out presumably for war service, fad ed quickly when It was announced that the mobilization was Independ ent of any order* from Washington and was being carried out merely as a test of efficiency. At the navy department, the steam er Ozark was ordered to Tampico A report was received today from Hear Admiral Fletcher which was re garded as confirmatory in some de gre of news '.hat hn<A reached tne war department, several days ago, that oil men were In danger of losing their property in Mexico because of suspension of oil production. If It can be shown that the lessees are be ing prevented f*v<ra operation of their well* through no fault of their own. the state department will see, in the final settlement that the concession aries are fully protected It Is known the British government already Is accumulating a formidable list of claims of this character. Gratified at News. Secretary Bryan evidently was grat ified at the news he received today from Consul ltodgcr* at Havana, of the action of the German Steamship toxupany In ordering the return of Its ships, the Bavaria and the Kron prlnzeHHin Cecelie, without unloading their war munitions for lluerta at Puerto Mexico. Inquiry failed to develop the rea sons which actuated the steamship company, but It is assumed that the cargo was taken at the shipper's risk and with a distinct understanding that it would not be landed If the company thereby be embarrassed with its relations with the United States. It was learned that these arms and ammunitions, like the car go on the Yplranga, turned back from Vera Cruz,- originally were shipped from New York or some other east ern port. Urged to Leave. * The movement of refugees from Mexico continued. Sir Lionel Car den, the British representative In the f’lty of Mexico, strongly urged his mi-, tionals to leave for the coast. Item Admiral Howard reported that Mazutlan, on Ihe Pacific coust, had not surrendered, rontrary to re ports printed here, nut that fighting continued, lie also reported that, lluerta had ordered the lights In the lighthouses on the Pacific coast ex tinguished, to emharrass navigation and that American telegrams and malls to and from Mexican Pacific ports could not be transmitted. Hop. resentat|ves Dies, In the house, today advocated the disarming of the "Ig norant murderers," of Mexico and placing In their hnn Is tile "impio nlents Of husbandry." He propheclcd that IT President Wilson ever dosed down his "seizure jaws on the Mexi can slllnatlon, it will have to thunder several times before he lets go." WAR WRITERS ARE ARRESTED Taken From Train on Arrival at Mexico City—A. P. Rep resentative and Two English men Released. V*r« Crux. —Waller f* Whiff®n, cor r.'HpondtMit of th® A»®oc|»t®<l Pr®*»; C. F* Htitton, photom*Bph®r for th® Witnhlnig toit Pop! ; OIIViY M tlucffar. €>orr®*ponct ®nt of th® Ixuulcm Kxpropp, nn<l «n F!uic -Iph corr**ppon<l«*nt navn®<l Ilourtt® wt»r# nrr«*Pted by Mrxlcnn nuthoiitl®® at th® City of Moxtoo Thumdny ®vtntnff. They hn«i Jiipl arrAv»*il from V>ra Chip nn<l th® polio® W®fr waiting with roiohrs when th® train <Prw Into th® mutton. AH w®r® tnkftn to jail under muni. and Whlffrn and Sutton wrr® h®ld for tn vratlgation Tb® two BngllPhm®n wrr® t*'l®;tß®d, and th® offlr®r who Birtutod thnn wna reprimand td. Whiff®n oarrlod onlv a hatulhag which contn'nrd u ropy of th® Mexican Hern Id. The offlrlul who ®rnßvh«*d th® hag »*•- marked: Signed by Badger, "That kind of Kngl ah do®a not go h®r®." Hutton carried a camera; which wap ronflpcatcd ll® phowed a oorrt ppon.h nfp credential®, m gned hv Admi ral liadger hut till® hud no effect lliieffer \v«nt Immcdtnteh to th® Rm* pllllttn mlnlater. who notlfletl th® Rrldih tnlnlater. l*on®l Carden, and alao call ed on th® pole** to releria® th® Americans. Th® police rephed that aom® action would la* taken »p soon B® th® ch'ef of police had Invent Ignted th® merit a of the rna®. Rmirk®, th® other Kn tilth rorreapond ent. returned her®, while llueffer r®- rnnlned In th® City of Mexico. Wont reoched N®w York City Bstnrdiv flight tliat Walter O Whlffep ofTheAa pocteted lYeea ptaff. who whs arreatiul at th® City of Metxco, h*l l»e®n releaaed by the Mexican suthorlt ®a. Told to Get Out and in a Hurry Eagle P***, Texas. Consular Agent Blocker received tnatruettona today to request nil Americans to leave Plodrza Negra* districts nt once and to s|wro no expense tn aiding them to with draw. As a result, several messenger* to night were sent to the Interior to no tify the few Americans remaining tn the zone. Mr Blocker also was Instructed to make a list of all American* who re - fused to leave Mexico and forward the name* to the Mate department P. C. MUNN A SUICIDE Greenville, S. C.—l*. C Munn member of « wealthy local contracting fvm here, •hot himself through the head at hi* tvonie Iter* today and died s *hort time later. No cauee for hie act U known, i FIRST BIG BILL FOR WAR House Gets Memorandum of $2,701,327 For Expense of Troops Now at Vera Cruz. Want it Immediately _ Washington—The first big memo randum of «xpense on account of the Mexican crisis sent to congress was sulitnltted today when the house re ceived estimates aggregat Inn $2,701,327 for pay, subsistence, supplies, horses, barracks, transportation and engineer-, Inur work for the troops now at Vera Cruz and on the Mexican border. The memorandum briefly says that "the necessity for these deficiency es timates could not have been foreseen when previous estimates were sub mitted" Congress was asked to make the appropriation Immediately. Largest Item. The largest item is $1,483,074 for transportation of the army, which Is additional to 94(1,371 estimated March 17th, This amount, the war depart ment says, is required to cover thd "expense of moving troops, of keep ing certain transports In commission, chartering vessels, purchase of coal and water and stevedoring In connec tion with chartered vessels and the purchase of additional draft and pack animals required for proper equipment of troops in the field ." For horses, for cavalry, artillery, engineers, etc,, the war department asked $405,823, RAD ROW OVER NEGROES SEATS Closing Session of Southern Sociological Congress Held in Church Instead of Theatre. Memphis, Term. —A breach between of ficials of the Southern Sociological Con gtes* and the l--r.il committee on ar rangements over the question today of seating negroes on the convention floor resulted late today In a decision to hold the closing session of the congress to night at the First Methodist church In stead t'f the tlmtre where prvioUs ses sions hint been held. According to members of the local committee, the convention olfk-tals hud agreed that If negro delegates were pcr mllted to use a section of the floor, only delegates would he allowed to occupy the sc ,|s. They claimed this agreement was d sregartled; and negroes generally were given seals and on Friday night, when the charities and corrections dele gates met with them scores of white delegates were unzbls to obtain seats The sudden action of the congress heads In changing the meeting place for tonight mine on the heels of a reso u ’llon adopted by a local commit Ire to day and submitted to the congress. In which It was urged that In future ses sions the first floor of the theatre he reserved for while people The action docs not apply to ihe natlonnl confer ence of charities and corrections, at whose sessions the colored delegates oc cupy the galleries. Will! the delegates ft the eh Titles Rnd corn Ihfia conference us they- gues s the closing meeting .of the Sociological Congress was given over to the subject of ‘Jntcr-llaciat Interests." Hightower Wins From Turner By Four Votes Atlanta. Gs.-That T. J Hightower, Jr., is elected one of the Fulton County commissioners from the coun tv at large Instead of Charles O. Tur ner. is indicated by a recount of the ballots polled In the Fifth Ward «liich wa* completed at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The recount gave Hightower four more votes than Tup ner. Tillman Will Select “Coal Trust” Probers Washington. D. C— II caring* of th* sul.-rommttiee of the smnlc tutval af tift* committee on charges that a "veal trust" tn Itmtiing. Ike shipment of coal from Southern ports, prohnblv w 11 he held during ihe summer recess, bans tor Tillman, chairman of I tie navai affair* committee will sgert memhr* who will then he able to devot* their time to the subject. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. Funston and Hughes Inspecting Vera Cruz * - / JSGSCXgrJ* LEFT TO RIGHT: GENERAL FUNSTON AND COMMANDER HUGHES. Commander C. F. Hughes, chief of Admiral Fletcher's staff, was in charge of the naval forces which captured Vera Cruz, and Admiral Fletcher left the administration of the city In his hands. When General Fun ston and his Fifth Brigade relieved the naval forces In occupying Vera Cruz, General Hughes accompanied Funston on his first tour of inspection. EARTHQUAKE’S TOLL OF DEATH HEAVY; MANY ARE n IN RUINS Larqe Part of Devastated Territory Not Yet Inspected. Num ber of Dead Known So Far is 173 With 350 Injured. Military Jake Up Work of Rescue —Pitiful Episodes Catania, Sicily.—A thousand tents were distributed unions the homeless. Several thousand more have been re quested. Those engaged in rescue work risk ed their lives on many occasions in the search for those buried beneath the ruins. Undermined walls and shaky roofa fell on them at every turn. Many of the people led by the priests formed processions and marched along pray ing aloud, numbers of the women ap peared almost Insane from terror. Affected Zone. Catania, Sioily. A great earthquake last night brought death and destruc many villages near 'Mount Etna. The number of dead up to tonight was of ficially placed at. 173, with about 360 Injured. A large part of the devas tated territory has not been Inspected. The affected gone extends from Zaf farana. the highest village on Mount Aetna, to the sea between Acl Real, on the south and Ciarrf on the north It Includes l.inera, the center of the dis turbance, Pisano and Santa Verenlna. In l.inera alone. 110 persons were killed and 300 Injured. In Rongiardo, thirteen dead and twenty-seven In jured have been taken from the ruins. At Oonstntinl, sixteen were killed and many Injured. At l’asso Palmo. two persons were killed: at Malatl. twelve: at Santa Veneri, six; Santa Tecla. two: Santa Maria Virginia, eight; Arbltti, four. These villages and many smaller plaers were levelled. The entire district today presented a spectacle of desolation, ruin and death. Many of the injured had not been taken from the debris. All train ser vice haa been abandoned owing to the collapse of bridges, broken tracks and obstructed tunnels. For centuries this section has suf fered from earthquakes owing to the activity of Mount Aetna Yet it ta thickly populated, as the land is fer tile, vineyards growing with little at tention. At the central point of the distur bance dozens of bodies were lying along the roads many so badly crush ed they were unrecognizable. The in jured lay In the open, averting assist ance. Mass of Ruins. Where Unera stood Is a mass of Ruins. Those houses which did not collapse entirely were so broken as to emphasize the completeness of the dis aster The village consisted of about 800 inhabitants Most of the people escaped because the shock occurred when the men and some of the women were working In the fields. From the vineyards they saw their houses fall ing and when they arrived, breathless, at their homes, they found only wreck age. with some of their people buried beneath It, This accounts for the fact that moat of the victims at Unera were women and children. Think Many Buried. Generals Trnbucchl and Moccagatta are tn command of the work of rescue, which Is being taken up vigorously by soldiers, firemen, policemen and Red Cross volunteers. It Is expected, however that weeks will pass before the full extent of the disaster can be ascertained; us It Is ’believed many peasants are burled underneath their hones tn the Isolated country dis tricts At Cantanta, the strongest shock lasted six seconds. Electric lights were extinguished and the street railways were put out of service. People rush ed from the houses, shops anil cases Many Jumped Into boats and other* crowded Into the square* At the hospitals patients ran to the court yards imploring help. Pitiful Episodes. Many pitiful episodes occurred. At Bongiardo, an old woman, the only survivor of a family of eighteen, re entered a half wrecked house to search for her grandchildren. She returned with a little girl alive and rushed in again. Almost immediately the house collapsed, burying her under the wreckage. At Consenting a young soldier who should ha'. r e left Thursday on his re turn to Libya, obtained a leave of ab sence for three days to witness the marriage of his sister, which was to have occurred Sunday. He is among the victims. Monsignor Vigo, bishop of Aci Reale. remained for twenty-four hours in at tendance on the injured villagers. Heaps of Debris. \ Catania. —Soldiers, firemen, sailors, priests and private individuals worked together in bringing succor. In many cases they found their way obstructed by broken bridges and ruined roads, in the village streets heaps of debris lay everywhere In the villages of Cosentini 20 bodies were recovered this morning. Several hagdets In the neighborhood Acl Renle were devas tated and a number of people killed and Injured. TRE ALABAMA CAMPJUGN ENDS Has Been Bitter Contest in Run-Off Primary For the Governorship. Montgomery, Ala—Tonight one of the most bitterly contested stale campugns In recent Alabama history closed with mass meetings In every’ debatable sec tion of the state. On Monday at a run off primary the Democrats will nomi nate a governor and other slate officers who (t <1 ont reclve majorities at the primary held on AjWil 6th. Former Oov ernor Comer nnd Charles Henderson president of the state commission are the gubernatorial candidates. Prohibition ngstnst local option has figured prominently throughout the cam. palgn. the fol ower* of Henderson mak ing their fight straight on the local op tion platform. Captain Frank S. White, of Birming ham wi'l he elected to the ehort term of United States senatorehlp Monday, he having won the Democratic nomination from Ray Rushton n the April primary- He will fill the unexplred term of the late Senatig- Johnston, which ends next March. SUNDAY, MAY 10. COMPLETE PLANS IN FINAL HONOR DEAD • Nation’s Tribute to Americans Who Fell at Vera Cruz Will Be Delivered By President. Brevity and Simplicity in Exercises New York. —Final arrangements for the honors to be paid the American dead, victims of the fighting at Vera Cruz, were completed last night with the announcement of the official pro gram. The city’s public edifices which the procession will pass have taken on a sombre appearance with black draperies enfolding their col umns and porticos, and the prelimi nary naval movements in the ceremo nial already are well under way. Down off Sandy Hook night the United States battleship Wyoming, which left the navy yard Saturday, awaits the coming of the armored cruis*r Montana, with the bodies of the seventeen dead, due to arrive at noon Sunday, accompanied by the Mayflower with Secretary Daniels aboard. The Montana, with the Wy oming as her escort, will move up the bay late Sunday. At 8 A. M. By 8 o’clock Monday morning the caskets containing the bodies will have been landed and placed on cais sons in the plaza adjoining Battery Park. Battalions from the Wyoming and Texas; from the naval militia of New York state, will be drawn up ready to commence th • march at 9 o’clock. Parked on the south side of Battery Place will be the carriages in which delegations (Jf the national government, congress, The state legis lature, the army and navy, city gov ernment, and bodies of citizens will follow the caisosns. Up Broadway, Marching up Broadway to the city hall and across the plaza ,the proces sion will pass over Manhattan bridge to the marine grounds at the Brook lyn navy yard, where the nation's tribute to the dead will be delivered by President Wilson. A halt will be made at ihe city hall plaza, where Mayor John Purroy Mitchel will place a wreath on one of the caisohons as the city’s tribute, and school children, clad in white, will sing a hymn. At the navy yard the president, who will reach here from Washington Mon day morning, will review the proces sion. Brevity and simplicity will charac terize the exercises. The caskets will be followed by the naval authorities to the next of kin of the dead. 45 WOUNDED Oil HOSPITAL SHIP Cheerful Lot, Though Minus Legs and Arms, Arrive at Key West on the Solace. Key We*t, Fla.—Forty-Tive United States sailors and marines, wounded in connection with the occupancv of Vera Cruz by the American forces, arrived here today on the hospital ship Solace. The Solace will proceed on Its way to New York tomorrow af ter taking on a supply of coal and provisions. All of the wounded are convalesc ing and exhibited unusual cheerful ness. Three lost a leg each and one an arm in the fighting. None of the others, it is thought, will be malm'id as a result of their injuries. Captain Hayden, of the local naval station, M yor Fogarty and other city and count.* oftyclals, together with the marine band stationed here, vis ited the Solace. Addresses were made by Captain * ayden and Mayor Fogarty praising t..a sailors and ma rines for their work at Vera Cruz and the marine band gave a concert Georgia Town Marshal Shot Dead By Farmer Columbus. Ga. —A splcial from But ler to The Enquirer Sun says that Jack Burke, recently elected town marshal of that place, was shot and killed, It la-alleged, by Pleas William son a farmer, while the officer was ettemptlng to ardest Williamson on a charge of disorderly conduct. Williamson has not been apprehen ded. Prest's Proclamation For Mothers’ Day Today Washington, D. C—President Wlleot today approved a Joint resolution set ting apart Sunday as Mothers' Day ant Issued a proclamation commanding thn nil flags he -1 splayed In observance o the occasion.
