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VOLUME XIX. No. 133.
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THAT HUERTA MUST FACE
CRISIS WITHIN FEW DAYS,
OPINION AT VERA CRUZ
Apprehension Among U. S. Army Staff of Important Develop
ments at Citv of Mexico —Dictator Strengthening Capital
Against Attack—Consul Canada Renewing Efforts to Get
Americans Out
Vera Cruz. —General Funston need
fear no trouble along his outer lines
if a letter sent into the city last night
by General Rubio Navarrete, in com
mand of the advanced position Of the
Mexicans, is a true indication of the
Mexicans attitude.
General Navarrete addressed the
editor of a local paper, Los Suceso.
regarding the reported movement by
his forces against Vera Cruz.
“I beg that you deny this news,"
said General Navarrete, ‘since in ac
cordance with orders which we have
received all offensive movements
have been stopped while the armis
tice lasts.”
No Uneasiness.
The Americans are informed re
garding the position of the Mexicans
in the vicinity of their outposts and
know reasonably well their strength.
So weak are they at present that the
staff has felt no uneasiness.
There exists here, however, a vague
apprehension of important develop
ments at the capital. This is not
traceable to any specific Information
but staff officers and many others
appear convinced that Huerta must
face a crisis within a few days
FAKjIIS ben greet players at
THE CHAUTAUQUA THIS EVEHIHG
Tomorrow and Friday to Be
Grand Music Festival. Splen
did Lecture Heard Last Night
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
ATTENDING EVERY NIGHT
This Morning’s Lecture By
Chaplain Varney on “Chain
Breaking” (The Psychology
of Habit) Heard By Many.
TONIGHT’S AND TOMORROW’S
PROGRAM
Evening.
Concert —Welch-Christensen-Baker
Company.
Drama: Shakespeare’s "Twelfth
Night"—The Ben Greet Day
ers.
THURSDAY.
GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
Morning.
I.ecture, "Ready Reference” (Mem
ory, Natural and Cultivated),
Chaplain Varney.
Afternoon.
Musical Recital —Marcus A. Kel
lerman.
Children’s Hour —Miss Gillen.
Evening.
Grand Concert The Cathedral
Choir.
At 11:00 o’clock this morning a large
and enthusiastic audience listened to
Chaplain C. E. Varney as he gave a
practical, scientific and humorous lec
ture on "Chain Breaking,” or the psy
chology of habit.
Augustans will be given a rare treat
tonight. Shakespeare's "TwrePth
Night" will be presented by the fa
mous Ben Greet Players, who will be
remembered from last year’s Chautau
qua in Augusta. Preceding this drama
a concert will be given by the Welch-
Christensen Company. The concert
begins promptly at 8:30 o’clock and
will be immediately followed by the
drama.
Chief Attraction.
One of the chief attractions of the
Chautauqua will be the appearance of
the Ben Greet Players. These players
appeared on 110 Retjpatb Chautauquaa
last setupui and everywhere met with
the greHMt enthusiasm. In fact last
year in Bbme of the towns of Michigan
people began to gather at the Chau
tauqua tent two hours before the pro
gram in order to get a seat, and by
the opening hour even standing room
was at a premium.
Percival Vivian. Grace Halsey Mills,
Charles Hanna, and other well known
Ben Greet players appear in this com
pany.
Tn alt there will be thirteen players
These players are personally coached
by Ben Greet. Never have flbakes
pearan plays been presented with
greater satisfaction than by the Ben
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Shakespeare s “Twelfth Night" at the Chautauqua Tonight
- :■- THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. =========
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
It appears improbable that the re
bels will be in a position to attack the
capital lor many days but there is a
growing feeling of unrest among ttie
residents and a few high army offi
cers stationed at -Mexico City are
said to have been manifesting signs
of unwillingness to continue support
ing a man whom they regard as al
ready defeated.
Stories that Huerta is strengthen
ing the city against attack continue
to arrive, and some are that he is for
tifying certain positions and erecting
wire entanglements. He has with
drawn to the capital more men of his
army, taking troops, it is said, even
trom the districts between the capital
and Vera Cruz.
Almost in Sight.
Mexican outposts, while mostly of
a detached character, are almost in
sight of the American lines but it is
reasonably certain that he total num
ber of Mexican troops within strik
ing distance is less than 3,000 men.
In view of the undefinable fear of
sharp developments at the capital,
Consul Canada has renewed his ef
forts to get out as many American*
us he can.
HONOR DEAD IN
BOSTON,CHICAGO
Funeral Services For the Vera
Cruz Slain. Eulogy By Jas.
Hamilton Lewis in Chicago.
Boston.—Flags were at half mast
throughout the city today in honor of
the arrival of the cruiser Montana,
hearing the bodies of three New Eng
land men killed at Vera Cruz.
Funeral services will lie held tomor
row at Cambridge for Corporal Dan A.
Haggerty of the marine corps; at
Eastham for Walter L. Watson, naval
seaman, and at Highgate, Vt., for Ru
fus E. Percy, private in the marine
corps.
At City Hall.
Chicago—Chicago today paid tribute
to Samuel Meisenberg, private of the
marine corps, who was killed at Vera
Cruz.
Cfty and county officers were closed
and the body of the marine lay in state
in the main corridor of the city hall
An escort of 500 citizens met the
body when it arrived and with a large
escort of police accompanied It to the
city hall. In the procession to Anshe
Kanasses Israel Synagogue, where the
funeral services occurred, more- than
1,000 armed forces of the U. S. partici
pated and several members of civic
societies, city, county and state offi
cials and private citizens followed In
line.
United States Senator James Ham
ilton Lewis delivered an eulogy. May
or Harrison, Judge Hugo Pam, and
others also spoke.
Glad if Mexican
Light Keepers Back
Washington.—“We should be very
glad to have the Mexican light keepers
return and take charge of the light at
Bobos Island." said Secretary Bryan
today when inquiry was made con
cerning the latest phase of the situa
tion growing out of the landing of
American forces there.
Wyoming Sails With 200
Sailors For Vera Cruz
Norfolk, Ve.—The battleship Wyo
ming, after taking on two hundred ad
ditional bluejackets, sailed at 1 j l. m.
today from Hampton ftoads for Vera
Crux.
The gunboat Sacramento !e taking
on ammunition here and expects to
brave Thursday for Vera Crux.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 13. 19H.
FIGHT ENDS
TAMPICO;
BIG LOSS
Admiral Badger Reports Ces
sation of Battle. Result Not
Known. Casualties Heavy on
Both Sides
Washington. —Reports reached the
Navy Department today that the ar
tillery duel between constitutionalists
and federals at Tampico had ceased
late yesterday hut the result of the en
gagement is not known.
The cessation of fighting was re
ported by Admiral Badger and was
based on advices to him from Admiral
Mayo, lying off Tampico, as late as 3
o’clock this morning. The report says
that the heavy firing around Tampico
stopped about 3 o’clock Tuesday af
ternoon. Admiral Mayo says further
that the constitutionalists, so far as
can be ascertained, have used only one
field gun, which was fired at long in
tervals. Apparently reliable informa
tion from the scene of fighting is to
the effect that the constitutionalists at
one time advanced their lines and
temporarily occupied some of the fed
eral trenches. Admiral Mayo says It
was reported that the casualties on
both sides were very heavy. •
SINEUS ELECT
THEIR OFFICERS
Dr. Frederick R. Smith, of
Rochester, N. Y., Chosen Im
perial Potentate. E. A. Cutts,
Savannah, Advanced Two
Grades.
Atlanta, Ga.—Dr. Frederick R.
Smith, of Damascus Temple, Roches
ter, N. Y., today was elected imperial
potentate of the imperial council,
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at its
annual conclave here. Dr. Smith suc
ceeds Wm. W. Irwin, of Wheeling, W.
Va. He was today elevated from his
previous position of deputy imperial
potentate.
Advanced Two Grades.
W. J. Matthews, New York, having
tendered his resignation as imperial
marshal, Ernest A. Cutts, of Savan
nah, Ga., was advanced two grades,
from captain of the guard to imperial
second ceremonial master. For the
same reason James S. McCandless, of
Honolulu, was promoted two grades,
from imperial outer guard to imperial
marshal.
Two offices remain to be filled —
these being imperial captain of the
guard and imperial outer guard. They
will be elected later
The selection of the 1915 place of
meeting is the next important mat
ter to come before the imperial coun
cil, There has been keen rivalry be
tween San- Francisco and Seattle for
the honor of entertaining the Shrin
ers next year, it having been agreed
that the 1915 conclave would be held
on the Pacific coast.
Georgia Boy's Body on
Way to Willacoochee
Dawson, Ga. Stonecastle Chapter,
Ttaughtcrs of the American Revolu
tion of Dawson, has sent a floral of
fering of red and white roses and mag
ollas, tied with the national colors,
and resting on a United States flag to
lie placed on the casket of Randolph
Summerlin, the Georgia boy killed at
Vera Cruzjl whose body was expected
to reach Willacoochee today.
Brought The Bodies From Vera Cruz
U. S. FUNERAL SHIP MONTANA IN NEW YORK HARBOR WITH THE 17 SAILOR DEAD ABOARD.
Photographed Sunday, when the president viewed the bodies.
PEAD BLUEJACKETS START ON HOMEWARD JO URNEY—This photograph,
taken in Vera Cruz Harbor, from the deck of the Montana, shows flag
draped coffins containing some of the seventeen dead sailor boys who lost
lives in the taking of Vera Cruz, being taken to the Montana in whaleboats
from the shore.
O'Shaughnessy Tells Pres't
Huerta Preparing To Leave
Capital For His Last Stand
Mob of 1,000 Hammered
3 Hours on Jail Doors
Shreveport, La.—Ed Hamilton, a
negro, held on the charge of assault
ing a 10-year-old white girl, was taken
from the parish jail shortly after
noon Tuesday and lynched.
For three hours a mob of 1,000 men
and boys stood in the rain outside
the jail doors, hammering away with
a heavy railroad iron at the steel
obstacle that kept them from the ne
gro. Steel saws finally were used
and entrance was gained by the mob.
A rope was placed about Hamilton’s
neck and he was dragged half a block
to a telephone pole 1 opposite the
parish courthouse am) strung up. A
knife was left sticking In the body.
U. S. Legations Raised
to Rank of Embassies
Washington.—The United States
legations In Argentina and Chile will
he raised to the rank of embassies,
under bills passed by the house to
day. The Argentine bill already had
passed the senate. The Chilean bill
now goes to the senate. Both meas
ures were advocated by the admlnls
tratlon and fathered by Representa
tive Flood, of Virginia.
Puebla, Midway Between Vera Cruz and
Mexico City, Selected As Point of Refuge
When the Rebels Get Near
Won’t Resign, But Realizes Inevitable at Hand—Desires to
Get As Much Glory As Possible Out of It —Number of His
Troops Greatly Exaggerated—Shipping Gold Abroad in
Preparation of Exile
Landed No Arms at
All For Huerta
Washington-—Admiral Badger at
Vera Cruz today assured the Navy
Department In an official report that
the German vessel Kronprlnzeamn
Cecllie had landed no arms consigned
to General Huerta at any Mexican
port. He reported that (150 tons of
general cargo on the vessel were land
ed at Vera Cruz before departing for
Havana but that the arms and am
munition were retained on board.
BUILT EAST COAST RY.j DEAD.
Baltimore, -George H. Bruce, prom
inent civil engineer and builder of the
Florida East Coast Railway, died at a
hospital here yesterday. Mr. Bruce
had been at the hospital for some time
undergoing treatment for an Injury of
the foot which occurred In Tennessee
while he was doing some engineering
work there. He was 62 years old.
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Washington.—That General Huerta,
preparing for a crisis In Ills dictator
ship, has long been planning to leave
Mexico City with his troops and make
a last stand at l’tiehla, midway be
tween Mexico City and Vera Cruz, was
understood today to have been report
ed to President, Wilson lust night by
Nelson O'Hbaoghnessy, former charge
of the American embassy In the Mexi
can capital.
For Firat Refuge.
The president, It Is said, was In
formed that Huerta had picked Puebla
for his first refuge In case rebel as
sailants get too close to Mexico City
and that late developments had caused
him already to begin fortifying and
provisioning that point.
Mr. O’Shaughnesay Is said to havo
told the president that Huerta had
no Intention of resigning, though he
realised that his regime could not
stand long.
The Inevitable.
He desires, Mr. O’Hhaughncssy be
lieves, to acquire as much glory as
possible before the Inevitable hap
pens.
Mr. O’Bhaoghnessy Is said further to
have told the president that reports
of the number of troops at Huerta’s
command are greatly exaggerated and
that as a matter of fHd they number
only 4,000 to 6,000. It Is understood
to he the former charge’s belief that
neither Zapata nor Villa would have
any great difficulty In taking Mexico
City.
Other Reports.
This Information Is along the lines
of other reports reaching the govern
ment within the last few weeks. Fur
ther Information from these sources
Is that Huerta has been shipping geld
abroad In contemplation of his ulti
mate exile.
Funnelless Derelict
in the Mid-Atlantic
Sydney, N. 8. W, The steamer Kur
il rnea, which arrived today from Lon
don brought word of nn abandoned
steamer In mid-Atlantic. The derelict
had no funnel
t’apt, Moggi suggests that the hulk
may be the burned steamer Columbian.
He states however that she would have
to drift at the rate of It knots to make
the spot where the derelict was pass
ed.
HOME
EDITION
REBELS SIT
DOWN ON
PLAN OF
ENVOYS
HARD
Proposal For Establishment of
Administrative Form of Gov’t
Not Acceptable. Huerta Must
Go, They Say—Lamar and
Lehmann at White House
Washington. As stumbling block*
in the path of mediation appeared to
bo gradually disappearing today, sug
gestions oT the mediators’ tentative
plans unofficially were revealecl.
A report that the South American
envoys tentatively were considering
a plan for possible establishment of
R form of government Including twK
administrators, to be named by the
federal*, two by the constitutionalists
and a fifth by the mediators, drew
from Carranza's agents Che declara
tion that any such proposal would not
be acceptable to their chief.
Emphatic.
They were emphatic In their decla
rations that the constitutionalists
woudl agree to nothing short of tho
elimination of Huerta and of his en
tire party. Roberto Pesquelra. Car
ranza’s confidential representative,
asserted: "We have beaten Huerta ai
every turn and why should we yield
ou r advantage when we have the re
forms for which we strive almost
within our grasp? Tl'lh has been a
fight ot 100 years for reform and we
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DID MAAS
EXECUTE
PARKS?
, r
Both Sec’y of War Garrison
and Sec’v of State Bryan Say
Future Course Depends on
Replies to Joint Inquiries
Washington.— Secretary Garrison
has directed General Funston at Vera
Cruz to ask General Maas, the Mexi
can federal commander, what has be
come of Samuel Parks, the United
States private who, while Htippozedly
Insane, rode through the Mexican
linns and has not been heard from
since. A like Inquiry has been trans
mitted by Secretary Bryan to General
Huerta through the Brazilian minis
ter in Mexico City. It hag been re
ported that Parks met death in the
Mexican lines. ,
Mr. Garrison said today that Gen
era I Funston had reported unverified
stories repeated to him to the effect
that Parks had been executed.
The secretary said his future course
would depend entirely upon the na
ture of the replies to the Inquiries
now being made jointly by the state
and war departments.
Silliman on His
Way Under Guard
Washington. -The Freeh embassy
today received advices from the French
legation In Mexico City stating that
United States Vice Consul John R.
HUH man, who had been held by fed
eral authorities in Multlllo, was on hie
way to Mexico City under guard. At
Mexico City, Hllllman will be turned
over to the Hrazlllan minister and al
lowed to proceed to Vera Cruz.
LEFT $20,000,000.
Paintavllla, Ky.— I The body of John
C. Calhoun Muyo, democratic national
committeeman from Kentucky, urrlved
at the Mayo home here today and will
be burled tomorrow. Governor Mc-
Creary and state officials will attend
the funeral In a body. It waa offl*
dally announced today that Mayo's
vast fortune, estimated at more than
$20,000,000. la to be placed In the hands
of trustees.