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Spokesmen of U. S. Leave to Meet Mexican Delegates
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonight
and Wednesday.
VOLUft' r . XIX No. 139.
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AMERICAN COMMISSION
10 PEACE CONFERENCE
OFF IN HOPEFUL MOOD
Justice Lamar and Mr. Leh
mann, as Spokesmen for the
United States. With Staff
Due at Niagara Falls at
Midnight.
Washington,—As spokesman for the
United States in the mediation confer
ence which will seek to settle the dif
ferences between this government and
General Huerta and to establish peace
in Mexico. Associate Justice Lamar,
former Solicitor General Lehman, and
H. Percival Dodge, secretary to the
commission, left Washington early to
day for Niagara Falls, Ont.
No Formalities.
The departure of the American com
missioners was without any formali
ties beyond the presence of several
officials to bid them goodbye and suc
cess to their mission. Justice Lamar
and Mr. Lehman chatted with their
friends expressing a hopeful view of
the .utlook and then boarded their pri
vate car attached to the regular Le
high Valley train due at Niagara Falls
about rnldnig„t tonight. With them
in the car is their staff of secretaries
and stenographers and several press
representatives.
In Close Touch.
Before leaving the commissioners
completed arrangements to keep in
close touch with the White House and
•state department on the various stages
of development at the conference. They
declined however, to discuss their
mision, or the instructions they had
received in their conference wdth Pres
ident Wilscn last night. With the de
parture of the American delegates all
of the various elements which will
make up the conference on the trou
bled Mexican situation either were at
Niagara Falls or en route, Minister
Suarez of Chile, one of the mediators,
leaving during the morning.
ALIENISTS AT
TIDWELL TRIAL
Cross-Examination of Defend
ant Resumed Today. Killing
Admitted. Plea of Tempor
ary Insanity.
Greenville, S. C. —Cross examination
of Geo. W. Tidwell, Sr., charged with
the murder of R. Emmett Walker, pay
master for a local milling company
was resumed when the second day of
the trial opened here this morning.
Attorneys for the defense yesterday
admitted the killing but advanced the
pleat that Tidwell at the time was
temporarily insane because he be
lieved that Walker had invaded the
sanctity of his home. Introduction of
this phase was expected to result in
the presentation of evidence by alien
ists for both prosecution and defense.
Depositors Found 400
Pennies, 40 Dimes Left
Chicago. —Police reserves were called
out yesterday to control a crowd of
depositors of the Brookline Commer
cial and Savings Bank, a private con
cern here which closed its doors Sat
urday.
This bank and the Midway Com
mercial and Savings Bank were owned
by Jos. Ts- Ashurst and Wm. B. Fos
berg. Depositors informed the police
that Ashurst was missing.
The Brookline Bank advertised re
sources of 1150,000 and deposits of
112,000. Yesterday Fosbery found 400
pennies and forty dimes in the safe.
CALLS AT WHITE HOUSE.
Washington, D. C.— Robert J Kerr,
of Chicago and Mexico City, who was
provisional governor of Vera Cru* for
a short time after the entrance of
American forces Into that city, ar
rived in Washington today and called
at the White House. He later spent
almost an hour In conference with
Secretary Gsxrisori
JAIL MILITANTB’ EDITOR.
London. —Sidney Drew, printer and
publisher of the Suffragette, the
newspaper representing the militant
section, todav was committed for
trial at the Old Bailey, charged with
Inciting members of the Women's
Serial and Political Union to com
Ait malicious damage to property.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
With Justice Lamar, Left For
Peace Conference Today
Jp jUg
FREr :mcK w. Lehman
Former Solicitor General of the state
department, who. has been chosen by
President Wilson as one of the repre
sentatives of the United States for
the mediation conferences at Niagara
Falls.
MADE HIM
PRES'T BY
PHONE
t
Former Pres’t of New Haven
Road Tells How J. P. Morgan
Selected Him. “Salary Would
Be All Right.”
Washington, D. C—Charles S. Mel
len, former president of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad
resumed his testimony today before
the inter-state commerce commission.
He was questioned regarding details
of the financial transactions of ths
New Haven and its subsidiaries. From
ids home in New Haven, Mr. Mellen
brought a large box of paper requested
by the commission in connection with
Its investigation. To these he referred
from time to time during his testi
mony. The room in which the hear
ing was held was crowded to its ca
pacity in anticination of Important
revelations by the former New Haven
head who promised to describe the
whole series of deals which the road
required its various subsidiaries, giv
ing any details the commission might
request as to persons and amounts in
volved.
Northern Pacifie.
In response to inquiries o Mr. Folk,
Mr. Mellen told how he had become
president of the Northern Pacific.
Mr Morgan (J. Pierpont Morgan), he
said was responsible for his selection
for this office.
"How long were you president of
the Northern Pacific railroad?” asked
Chief Counsel Folk for the commis
sion.
"Six years.' . .
"How did you become president?” %
"I was asked by J T Morgan to
become president" said. Mr, Mellen.
Mr. Mellen then testified that Mr.
Morgan called him on the telephone
and that the conversation was about
as follows:
‘"That you, Mr. Mellon?’
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THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 19, 1914.
URRUTIA IS
SAVED BY
FUNSTON
Huerta’s Ex-Minister of Inte
rior Forced to Face Indig
nities He So Often Subjected
Others to. Fears Assassi
nation.
Washington. Brigadier General
Funston $ a report to the war depart
ment today stated that Antonio Ri
vero de la Torre, editor of El Dicta
men and leader of a demonstration
against Dr. Urrutia probably would be
released from custody today.
For Two Reasons.
Vera Cruz. —Dr. Aureliano Urrutia,
ex-minister of the interior, declared
here today that he left the capital
because he feared assassination and
in the belief that, a revolt would short
ly occur in the City of Mexico.
“I left the capital,” he said, “for
two reasons. The first was a knowl
edge of a plot among General Huer
ta’s close political supporters to as
sassinate me, they saying I knew too
much. Second, there had been plan
ned a general revolt of the people
and the army.
“I would not he surprised to re
ceive now at any minute news of an
uprising against Huerta, whom the
people and the army are tired of and
of whom the people and the armjr are
determined to rid themselves."
Hustled Through Streets.
Twice arrested and hustled through
the streets by American soldiers ana
hissed and threatened by his coun
trymen, Urrutia was forced to face
yesterday some of the indignities to
which he subjected others while he
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'LIPS SEALED'
SIT DELEGATES
Mexican Peace Envoys Leave
New York for Niagara Falls
at 6 P. M. Tonight.
New York. —The three Mexican
peace delegates Who leave New York
for Niagara Falls this evening aban
doned their policy of strict silence
long enough today to express optim
ism as to the result of the mediation.
“We have no idea how long the
conference will last,” said Emilio Ra
basa, leader and spokesman of the
delegates. “It may take three days
or three months. We are, however
very hopeful—very conifdent of a
successful adjustment.”
Quiet at Hotels.
New York—other than to express
hopes that their mission to the media
tion conference at Niagara Falls will
result in "an honorable and satisfac
tory conclusion.” the peace delegates
from Mexico continued today to cloak
their answers to inquiries in apolo
gies for not being able to discuss so
delicate a question.
A statement Issued by Manuel Mar
tinez del Campo expressed the pleas
ure of the delegates at the courteous
manner in which they had been treated
in this country. The delegates, their
secretaries and members of their fam
ilies who accompany them will leave
for Buffalo at 6 o'clock tonight.
Won’t Accept Courtesies.
Senor Emilio Rabasa, chairman of
the delegation said that the policy be
fore they left Mexico would not be re
vealed until the conferences began at
Niagara Fails. "My lips are sealed"
was his only answer to questions as
to whether he had been given plenary
powers or was empowered to present
the resignation of Huerta If such %
course seemed necessary to solve the
problem.
The delegates continued today to re
fuse to accept any courtesies offered
by the United States government but
secret service men remained on duty
in their hotel.
Only Hot Skirmishes
So Far at Saltillo
Mexico City— Gen. Blanquet, minis
ter of war said today that no big bat
tle had ye« begun in Saltillo. So far
there have only been hot skirmishes
between the vanguards. The govern
ment is rushing wax material and sol
diers Into Saltillo. The forces of Gen,
Zozaya which had been operating on
the San Dul* Potos-Tampieo line have
been concentrated In San T,ul* Potosl.
Gen Bmlllao Camps arrived last
night from Baltllloe and reported all
well there. ,
Mexicans Representing Huetta at the Mediation Conference
Opening Tomorrow
LEFT TO RIGHT: SENOR LUIS ELGUERO, SENOR AUGUSTINE RODRIGUEZ, AND SENOR EMILIO
RABASA.
The three Huertatlsta delegntesto the Niagara Falls conference, leave New York tonight, for the confer- 1
ences with the Huerta envoy there. The date of the first, meeting with the A. H. C. mediators at Niagara
Falls, Ontario, was changed from May 18 to May 20, to suit their convenience.
ASSURANCE FLOOD PROTECTION
HAS CAUSEO INVESTORS TO PIN
THEIR FAITH TO CITYOFAUGUSTA
To Fail to Pass Bonds on June First So Levee May Be Fin
ished, Would Be Breaking Faith. Augusta Would Again be
Known Throughout Country as a City for Home Seekers
To Avoid Because it Offers Them No Security From the
High Water.
To have spent $1,000,900 and then
have the same conditions, the same
menace, the same terrible danger con
front a city as before, is Just exactly
the way the situation will stand if
Augusta doesn’t pass the $760,000 bond
issue on June 1, next.
As a business propsitlon it would
be nothing short of suicidal to fall
to pass -the bonds, according to Au
gusta business men of every class and
description, who are a unit in favor
ing the bonds. There would be about
as much sense in the city starting the
levee and not completing It as it would
be for a railroad to buy a locomotive
minus thi wheels.
Mr. Nisbet Wingfield, city engineer
and commissioner of public works, was
asked for a statement today With ref
erence to the effect of the levee being
allowed to stand In an lncompleled
stage.
“It would mean,” said Mr. Wingfield,
"that we would have expended seve
ral years of laborious work and a
ILL READY IT
NIAGARA FALLS
South American Mediators
Spend Day Quietly Waiting
Beginning of Conference.
Niagara Falls. Ont, —Gratified at ths
success which So far has attended
their efforts and confident of the ul
timate success of their peace program
the South American mediators spent
today quietly waiting for the formal
inauguration here tomorrow of their
proceedings. The Impression was
gained by those who talked with the
mediators that they expected a speedy
as well as a satisfactory settlement of
the problem before them.
The mediators have great faith In
the broad patriotism of the Mexican
delegates and feel that while they
come nominally as representatives of
the Huerta government they have at
heart the Interest of the Mexican peo
ple as a whole and will listen to any
proposals which aim to give their
country a stable government.
To Flash the News.
The hlg conference room with its
two ante rooms In the hotel here over
looking Niagara Falla ia ready. A
large squad of American, Canadian
and foreign newspaper correspondents
arrived tods/ prepared to flash the
news of the conference to all parts of
the world over a half hundred es
pecially Installed telegraph wires.
The most Important conference on
today’s conference was the arrival of
the personal representatives of the
Duke of Connaught, goverrnor general
of Canada to welcome Hie members of
the conference to Canadia nsoil.
huge sum of money in order to get
protection and would be in Just as un
protected a state as before. I do not
say that the failure to complete the
levee would mean any greater dan
ger to the city from the Savannah
river than befdre, but with Ihe dan
ger of floods such as occurred in 1888
and 1908 staring the city In the face,
there could hardly be a menace any
more dreadful. No Augustan who
witnessed either one of or both of
these great freshets wants to see a
repetition of them. The levee must
be completed or we will take a back
ward step and find ourselves Just
where we were before we ever started
the levee agitation.
Menace to Navigation.
“With the great pile of dirt along
the river bank unprotected from the
water because Its banks are not paved,
a great danger to navigation exists
and every time high water comes it
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ROCKEFELLER JR.
DOUBLES GUARDS
Can Also Flash Electric Lights
By Pushing Button on His
Bedstead.
New York—ln addition to doubling
his guards from four to eight. John
I>. Rockefeller has had Installed about
the grounds of his Pocantlco Hills es
tate a system of electric lights which
he can flash by pressing a button at
head of his bed.
Before the demonstrations by the
Industrial Workers of the World at
the downtown offices of the Standard
Oil Co., and the threats that they
would Visit his estate Mr. Rockefeller
was I'ontent with four guards. These
he, called to from an open window
when he wanted to feel aesured that
they were on duty. With the new
system In operation the flashing of
the lights is answered by the guards
who prese buttons and sound huzzors
above their employer's bed.
A similar system Is being Installed
at the home of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
President Declines to
Speak Now at Arlington
Washington.—l-est his appearance
might he construed as for political ef
fect President Wilson today declined
an Invitation to apeak at Arlington
National Cemetery on Memorial Day.
The president assured a committee of
the Grand Army of the Republic who
tendered tl.e Invitation that he desired
to speak at Arlington some time dur
ing hie term, hut expressed the opinion
that It would he hotter for him not to
do so this year.
$6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY.
NO WORD OF
SILLIMAN
OR PARKS
Long Delayed Train Arrives at
Mexico City Without Ameri
can Vice Consul. Huerta Tells
Nothing of U. S. Private.
Washington. —Reports from Mexico
City today that a long delayed train
from San Lula I’otosl had arrived
there without American Vice Consul
John R. Sllliman, re-aroused concern
among state department officials.
Secretary Bryan declared that re
peated messages have (mine from the
Huerta foreign! offioe saying that Sll
limnn, who had been held at Saltillo,
the federals had been released and
that he was en route to Mexico City
and under guard.
No Details.
Information from the Huerta gov
ernment regarding the American
private, Samuel Parks, also still is
awaited. Though unofficially satis
fied that Parks was executed outside
Vera Cruz by Mexican federals,
Huerta’s government has failed 'thus
for to communicate details of this
tragedy.
No request has been forwarded to
the state department up to this after
noon for tiie dotentlon of Dr. ITrrutia,
former minister of the Interior In
Huerta’s cabinet, who Is a refugee at
Vera Cruz.
To Protest.
It had been reported from Vera
Cruz that Mexicans had appealed to
constitutionalists representatives in
Washington to protest against Up
rutla being permitted tx> leave Mexi
can shores.
With mediation In the Mexican
crisis under way at Niagara Falls,
Ont., President Wilson and the cab
inet took up routine matters today,
but It was expected there would he
some discussion of the terms on
which this government would rest Its
case In any proposed settlement of
the dispute.
No Laity Rights,
Methodist Women
Oklahoma City.—The proposal for
laity Tights for women wan defeated
hy the general conference of the
Methodist Kplscopal Church, Month,
hero today by a vote of 171 to 105.
Thin was the feature of the day’s
session and had been made a special
order of business.
VICE PREST OFF TO N. C.
Washington.—Vice-President Mar
shall will leave Washington tonight
for Charlotte, N. C., to deliver an ad
dress V’uiorrow. w m acstom
panted liy Mrs. Marshall and on their
return trip will stop at Richmond,
Vs., returning here Friday.
On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Marshall
sill leave for Atlanta, where the vice
president will speak before Agnes
Scott College.
HOME
EDITION
PRESIDENT
HOPEFUL
IN TASK
AHEAD
OFU.S.
■] V 4,
With Departure of American
Mission to Peace Conference,
Outlines Mexican Situation
As He Views It. >
Washington.—President Wtlson is
determinedly hopeful that the Mexi
can mediation conference to begin to
morrow at Niagara Falls, will find a
satisfactory solution of the whole dis
tressing Mexican Imbroglio. To the
mem hers of the American mission,
who departed for the meeting early
today, ho outlined the Mexican equa
tlon as ho viewed it, with the empha
sis that it was the task of the United
States unselfishly to attempt to help
Mexico set up a government that
would attract world recognition
based on capacity to maintain domes
tio peace and to meet International
dutleß.
Definite Settlement.
He told the delegates that the
American government would regard
the definite settlement of Mexico'*
problems as necessary to the with
drawal of American military forces
from Vera Cruz. Instructions to the
members oT the mission were not
specific but the president reiterated
that peace in Mexico, to him appeared
to be conditioned on the elimination
of the Huerta administration and the
creation of a government that could
guarantee untrammelled elections, a
solution of the land problem and
other dissensions that have led to an
Internal strife of nearly four years.
Comprehensive settlement, the presi
dent believes, must be based on con
sideration of Zapata and Carranza as
factors, besides public Interests in
territory still controlled by Huerta.
Huerta’s Quitting.
Continued report that Huerta
would be ready to quit If that became
absolutely necessary wa* considered
a very promising circumstance While
the federal delegates are said to be
prepared to recommend retirement
of Huerta, yet it la believed they will
lnslßt upon a specific understanding
over the form of government to be
established thereafter. The proceed
ings at Niagara Falls, will originate
with the South American envoy*.
They will submit to members of the
two missions their program and It
was predicted today that when their
plans are matured to a tangible form
they will be submitted not only to
Carranza but to Mexicans In touch
with Zapata.
Into Mid-Summer.
Belief was expressed here today
that the negotiations would not con
tinue Into mid-summer. The presi
dent hopes that something definite
of concessions which Huerta Is pre
pared to make Boon will be known.
Then, If the Huerta and the United
States delegates prove mutually re
sponslve to the mediators’ sugges
tions, an attempt to attract the other
Mexican factors Into the plan of set
tlement will be made.
While today the mediators fagy
e dthe possibility that some unto
ward event In Mexico might alter the
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T. R. WILL SLEEP
IT OYSTER BUY
Wireless Says Steamer From
Brazil Will Dock Late This
Afternoon. Family on Hand.
New Roosevelt will
get home from his Mouth American
exploration trip late today. Agenta of
the steamship Aldan, on which Mr.
Roosevelt Is returning, received wire
less word today that the steamer would
reach quarantine about 3 o'clock. The
Colonel’s friend* and neighbor* will
not have a chance to greet the return
ing traveler If the plana of his family
are carried out. They have ar
ranged to have a strictly family party
meet him at quarantine with a tug
and take him to Oyster Bay. Mr*.
Theodore Roosevelt, Mr. and Mra,
Theodore Rosevelt, Jr„ and W. Km
len Roosevelt will make up the family
party.
Naw York.—The Aldan wirelessed
during the forenoon that Col. Roose
velt’s health was greatly Improved and
that within a short time he would
deliver « lecture on hi* explorations
In Brar.ll before the National Geo
graphic Society at Washington. Th*
Aldan,- It was reckoned, would reach
quarantine about i p. m.