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U. J. Insists Land Question An Issue; Huerta Men Differ
THE WEATHER
Fair tonight and Tues
day.
VOLUME XIX No. 145.
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EEBELS PLAN TO RAISE FEDERAL GUNBOAT. The Mexican gunboat Vera Cruz, sunk and abandoned in the Panuco River, by its Federal
crew after the capture of Tampico by the rebel army. The rebel engineers are now endeavoring to raise the vessel and utilize it for
transporting troops Southward along the coast.
mm EXECUTES ONE
OF HIS GENERALS IN
THF CJILOE MEXICO
Report of Killing of GeiVl Fuqenio Rascon Comes From Tor
reon. Consdiered That Carranza Representative at Nia
gara Falls Conference is Not Indispensable at This Time.
El Paso, Texas. — Unconfirmed re
ports are current here that General
Rascon had been executed at Mexico
Gity by order of General Huerta. The
rumor emanated from Torreon.
Fire at Aviators.
Washington. —After more than 24
hours of calm in the Mexican situa
tion, disturbed only by a report that
Mexican outposts had fired at Amer
ican aviators at Vera Cruz, President
Wilson and his advisers looked to Ni
agara Falls today for the unfolding of
new chapters in preliminaries of medi
ation. Much attention was directed
toward the constitutionalists' attitude
over representation at he Niagara con
ference It was known administration
SUPHEIAE COURT.
AUGUSTA FLOOD
Railway Liable for Two Cars
of Rice Burned at Hamburg
in the 1908 Flood.
Washington. A combination of
flood and fire was held by the su
preme court today to have made the
New Orleans aipl Northwestern Rail
road Co., and the Southern Railway
Company liable for two cars of rice
burned up.
It apteared that ivi unprecendented
flood occurred ou the Savannah
River in 1908. This flood reached
two cars of lime at Hamburg, S. C,
causing the lime to ignite. The fire
destroyed .wo cars of rice sitting
nearby. The court held the rail
ways were negligent in not moving
the rice away Trom the lime cars
The rice was shipped from New Or
leans to Charleston. S. C., and was
owned by the National Rice Milling
Company.
AVIATOR MISSING.
London. —No solution of the mys
tery surrounding the disappearance
of Gustave Hamel, the British avia
tor who started on Saturday morning
to cdoss the English Channel front
France, has been found, although a
thorough search oT the sea has been
made by a swarm of torpedo boat de
stroyers and extensive inquiries were
made along the coa'ts.
COMMANDER REAMY DEAD.
Washington —Commander L. L.
Reamv. retired of the navy, died here
early today of neurosis Me was re
tired in 1900 and was 65 years oid.
- -THE ONE PAPER IN MOCT HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
officials would be gratified if Car
ranza sent an agent but they do not
consider that indispensable at this
time.
Exchanges between President Wil
son and Secretary Bryan and the Am
erican mission at Niagara Falls con
tinued today but administration offi
cials declined to intimate what the
dispatches referred to.
Guadalajara Quiet.
Washington. —Through the Brazil
ian legation in Mexico City the state
department learned today that the sit
uation at Guadalajara, recently re
ported threatening for foreigners, was
tranquil and that there was no dan
ger.
CAN'T REGOVEO
TITANTIG LOSS
U. S. Supreme Court Rules on
the $13,000,000 Claims Filed
in This Country.
Washington, D. C, —Practically noth
ing may he recovered hy those who lost
relative or baggage In the sinking of the
Titanic, the supreme court decided to
day.
The court held th t toe liability of the
Oceanic Steam Navigation Co., for the
$13,000,000 clalma against It as owner of
the ill-fated Titanic Is limited In suits
in the Unted States by the Ameroan
T.mlted Liabilitv I,aw of 1851 to tho
value of toe salvage reeeovered, the
freight and passage money received on
'he Tltanle's voyage amounting In all to
$91,000.
The deelsinri in no way affects suits
brought against the owner In other eoun
tr es Justice Holmes announced tho
decision. Justice McKenna dissented.
THREE FIREMEN INJURED.
Tampa. Fla. —Three firemen and
one citizen were Injured this morn
ing by a cornice dislodged by an ex
plosion at the rear of the stage of
L ITnione Italiano Clubhouse while a
fire was being iought In that strur
ture. The three firemen were knock
ed from a ladder which they had
mounted with a line oT hose and the
other man, an Italian, was standing
at the foot of the ladder. None was
fatally injured The three firemen
were sent to a hospital.
The clubhouse was entirely de
stroved. hut adjoining structures
were saved. The loss amounts to
$50,000.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 25. 1914.
URGE T. R.
IN WILSON
ATTACK
Bull Moose Chief’s Visit to
Washington Tomorrow Takes
on Added Significance. May
Also Meet Republican Lead
ers in Anticipation of 1916.
Oyster Bay, N. Y.—Colonel Roose
velt s trip to Washington took on new
significance when it became known
today that the former president would
hold an important conference with
prominent progressives there Th‘3
conference will determine in a large
measure plans to he followed in start
mg the ball rolling for the fall cam
I aign.
Colonel Roosevelt has been urged
by manv of his supporters since his
return from South America to lose
no time in taking issue with Presi
dent Wilson without waiting for the
formal opening of the campaign. He
said a tew days ago that lie desired
to keep out of politics as much as
possible until after hie return from
Spain, but recent events have caused
him to consider the question of
jumping into thp fray at once.
Foreign Policy.
He already has expressed opposi
tion to the Wilson administration's
advocacy of the canal tolls exemption
act and to the proposal to pay $25.-
000,000 to Colombia, it is understood
he will make his severest attacks up
on the president’s foreign policy and
upon the operation of the Underwood
tariff law.
It has been suggested that by re
maining silent the colonel would per
mit the republicans to get Into the
field first with their criticism- of
the Wilson policies. This suggestion
has had considerable weight with the
former president and It Is not improb
able that before tie sails for Europe
at th- end of this week he will fire
the opening gun in what is expected
to he the hardest fight of his career.
His Candidacy.
Another possible outcome of the
Washington trip is a meeting lie
tween Colonel Roosevelt and republl
can leaders. Reports that such a
meeting might take place reached
Oyster Hay today. It was said that
at this meeting the presidential cam
paign of 1916 and the candidacy of
Colonel Roosevelt on a Joint repub
lican-progressive ticket would lie
broached. The latter suggestion was
scouted by Colonel Roosevelt. He
did not deny specifically, however,
that he might meet republican mern
hers of congress while In Washing
ton.
"To Meet the Boys."
Washington. The progressive con
lierence wa arranged after a tele
phone talk today between Represen
tative Murdock, progressive house
leader, who is in New York and Rep
resentative Hinebaiigh here. Mr
Murdock said Colonel Roosevelt
wanted to gather around the table
"with the hoys."
Britain Finally Decides
Not to Show at Frisco
London. The British government,
acting contrary to the hopes held out
by Premier Asquith to a recent depu
tation, finally decided today not to
participate in the Panama-Pacific Ex
position at San Francisco.
Congregation Marches
in Street to Services
New York— Led by a surpliced you Ili
holding aloft a golden cross. Rev. I)r.
Theodore A. Sedgwick, his two assis
tants, a vested choir and more than a
hundred members of ttie congregation
of the Calvary Episcopal church last
night marched from the church to
Union Square, where the rector ap
pealed to a crowd of several thousand
persons to return with him and at
tend the Sunday night service.
After a short service in the park
the procession reformed and marched
back to the church with about 300
recruits following. In the church the
regular cervine was conducted.
“El Mocho” Off to Start
Venezuela Revolution
Port of Spain, Trii idad.—General
Jose Manuel Hernandez, the Venezue
lan revolutionary leader who is
known as “El Mocho," disappeared
suddenly from here today and is un
derstood to have gone to Venezuela
It is assumed he took advantage or
the temporary absence of the Vene
zuelan war vessels which had been
detailed to wnteh the coast since the
discovery of the presence here of
Gen Clprlano Castro f
The avowed purpose of Hernandez
is to start a revolution against the
government controlled by Juan Vi
cente Gomez.
There was much excitement in the
Venezuelan refugee eolony here when
news of the departure of Hernandez
become known.
ONE WEEK FROM THIS P. M.
FATE BOND ISSOE BE KNOWN
Auffustans Should Lay All Business Aside and Go to the
Polls Early Monday Morning. Vote the Bonds or Capi
tal and People Headed This Way Will Turn Back.
One week from thin ;afternoon Augua
tan* w l! know the fate of the $760,000
bond laaue Hot a few more day* re
main In which to get In read Inc hh for
the election whhh will mean more to
Auguata than nil of the municipal, mate,
county and net mi ll election* til <t have
been held In n great. many year*.
The queatlon of bond* In one of hue!
neHH nrid Auguata cannot afford not to
make good next Monday What would
he the reHiilt If It ahou d go out to the
world that Auguata at uted a levee to
protect heraeif from f ood* and wan un
..t»le to fin nh It Aa a matter (,f coo Tee,
profile and capital headed thin way
would prefer to keep the r money or In -
\eat It aornewhere elae. Certainly no
one wirita to afnrt any Irtdoatry or buy
any real eatate In a auction which la
liable to overflow. Then, too, the peo
ple who have alreidy Invented money In
Auguata enterprlaea and Auguata real
eatate would feci Ik« aching out at •
loan .md leaving the town.
HOME RULE
BILL HAS
PASSED
Seething With Excitement,
House of Commons Passes
Third Reading of Measure by
Vote of 352 to 274. •
London. —The IriMii home rule bill
passed Its third rending In the house
of commons today by a majority of
severity-eight.
The vote was: For, 362; against, 274.
The house was seething with excite
ment from the moment the speaker
took the chair. Members of the vari
ous parties indulged in loud outbursts
of cheering when their reaper-title
champions entered the eharriber, while
nt the same time mocking banter was
shouted from the ooposlte benches.
Uproarious Welcome.
Mr. Ganzonl, the unionist, who Sat
urday defeated ('. F. G. Meatman,
chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In the bye-election at Ipswich, met
with such an uproarious welcome or,
his Introduction that he appeared glad
to escape from the limelight.
Speaker's Plea.
In response to the speaker’s plea,
Premier Asquith announced that the
amending hill would give effect to any
agreement wtileli the government was
still hopeful might tie reached. He said
that If at the time of the Introduc
tion of tin. Irish home rule iiiii to
the house of lords no such agreement
Pad been readied the amending hill
Continued on Market Page )
Ah haa been atated many tlmeH before,
Auguata wanta to paaM the honda. No
whrt'P can one he found who la preach
ing agalnat them, every one realize*
that they ahotlld he panned, yet they
miiMt !»#• urged to go to the poll* and mg
later their vote for tin* honda.
Many people think that the other fel
low will go to the polla and vote and
therefore their vote* are not needed.
Now f every one ahould thing thin way
there would be no one to vote.
The appeal m made to Auguatana to
do a* tin- court aul eana command*,
"lay all bualheaa nalde" and go to the
polla Monday morning the flrat thing. It
Ia unfit- Important than the day'a work
of utiy man In the city for him to go to
the poll*. It la a vital nereaalty tar puna
the honda The merehantH will clone their
atom*; the m inufactumr* will allow
their men to get off and vote arid the
city employer will trike receaa from \'l
until 1 next Monday, The bond* moat
riot full.
$6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY.
AMERICAN DELEGATES
TAKE ISSUE WITH THE
3 ENVOYS OF HUERTA
Mexicans Consider Aqragrian Problem in Republic to be In
ternal One and Foreign to Present Difficulties. U. S.
Delegates Insist Permanent Peace is Involved in Question.
Niagara Falls, Ont.—The Mexican
mediators, it is understood, are chief
ly concerned now over the part the
land question should play in the set
tlement of the Mexican problem. The
view of the Mexican delegates has
i'een that the agrarian question is a
purely Internal one and foreign to
the issues which provoked difficulties
between the United States and Mex
ico. The American delegates, it Is
understood have Insisted that perma
nent peace In Mexico—-the aim of all
concerned—cannot be a reality unless
economic questions are taken into
consideration.
111 HONOR Of
DEAD SENATOR
Senate Adjourns After Ap
pointment of Committe to
Attend Funeral. Mr, Taft a
Pallbearer.
Washington. Arrangements were
completed early today for conducting
the body oT the late Senator W. O.
Bradley, of Kentucky, to his old home
at Frankfort, Ky., for burial. With
en escort from both houses of con
gress and accompanied hy members
of the Bradley family, the Isidy was
to be borne on a. special train leav
ings here Hilh afternoon Interment
will take place at Frankfort at 3:30
o'clock Tuesday afternoon from tho
residence of Mrs. John South Inn
late senator's daughter. Among the
honorary, pallbearers will lie former
I'resident Taft, former Vice-President
Fairbanks and Governor McCreary of
Kentucky.
The senate, after a session of seven
minutes today adjourned as a mark
of respect for the late Kentucky sen
ator. Senator James formally an
nounced the death of his colleague
and moved for the appointment of
fourteen senators to accompany the
body to Frankfort. Senator Hitch
cock, president pro tern, named Sen
ators James, Oalllnger, Warren,
Smoot, Overman, Shively, Root, Kern,
Marline, Poindexter, O Gorman, Fall,
Smith of Arizona, and Hughes.
In presenting his resolution Sena
tor James briefly eulogized the dead
senator. "He ha the distinguished
honor,” said he, "of being the only
member of his parly who was ever
chosen governor ; nd senator hy his
native state. He was one of the
most gentle of men; he was a prince
of good fellows; a distinguished law
yer, a great prator He will be great
ly missed here as he will he in
Kentucky.”
BECKER WORKS
ON 019 APPEAL
Convicted Former Police Lieu
tenant Left by His Counsel to
Do Much of the Routine Work
New York. —ln the preparation of
his appeal from the veqdlct of guilty on
the charge of having instigated the
murder of Herman Rosenthal, much of
the routine work will he done hy Chou.
K. Becker. Already Becker has pre
pared notes on a mass of papers left
with him hy his counsel.
The rule forbidding prisoners in The
Tombs having Hunday visitors left
Becker uninterrupted yesterday. He
spent several hours going over legal
documents. Before next Friday when
he appears before Justice Hainuel Hea
bury for sentences, Becker expects to
have the ground work of Ids appeal
far enough advanced for his lawyers
to take tip his fight, for a third trial
without delay. He hopes to have his
ease ready for argument not later than
next October.
t4 Shoot the King”
Militants Shout
London —Shout* of "shoot the king,”
filled the hall In which a meeting of
the Women's Social and Political
Union, the militant suffrage organi
zation, wns held this afternoon, liv
ery mention of King George's name
was greeted with angry derision and
prolonged hissing.
HAL) CREW OF 14.
Glasgow, Scotland. The lightship
Halifax No. 19, which was lost with
her crew In the breakers of Liscotnh
Island, carried a complement of four
teen when she left here, according to
official announcement today.
HOME
EDITION
Felix Diaz.
The exchange of ideas on this phase
of the negotiations it was understood
was the principal subject before to
day’s conferences.
The presence here of Jose Raque
na and other intimate firends of Gen
eral Felix Diaz attracted some at
tention. Although they were not be
lieved to be seeking audiences with
the mediators, their conferences with
the Huerta delegates spread the bo
liftf that they wore seeking informa
tion as to the persons who would be
suggested for the new provisional
government that is to succeed the
Huerta regime.
1.0. TO VISIT
WHITE HOUSE
Will Be Received by Prcs’t
Wilson Tomorrow. Second
Call Since He Retired.
Washington. Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt will be received by Presi
dent Wilson at the White House to
morrow afternoon. The president In
vited tlie colonel to lunch with him,
but Mr. Roosevelt found it impossi
ble to reach Washington In time, ne
sent word, however, he would be de
lighted to call on the president dur
ing the afternoon.
Col. Roosevelt’s visit to the While
House will lie his first since 1910 and
his second since he retired from the
presidency. On his former call he did
not. see President Tuft, as tho latter
wns out of the city.
While there nro no indications that
Col. Roosevelt's visit to Washington
has any other aspect than purely a
scientific one. there is much undis
guised interest in It among all parties
in congress.
GET THE FOOD
KING'S MILLIONS
$20,000,000 Estate of C. W.
Post Goes Chiefly to Wife and
Daughter. Will Filed.
Washington. —The will of Charles
W. Post, of Battle Creek, Mich., who
died at Santa Barbara, Calif., on May
9th, filed here today for probate,
leaves the hulk of an estate estimat
ed at $20,000,000, to the widow, Mrs.
Leila Y. Post, and a daughter, Marjo
rie Post Close.
Mr. Post’s property at Rock Ridge,
Conn., one half of fils Texas estate,
several buildings in Battle Creek, 25
per cent of all the personal property
aside from holdings In eereul compa
nies and one-half the latter were left
to his daughter.
Mrs. Post Inherits all other real es
tate at Battle Creek, at Santa Barbara
and In Texas; the remainder of the
holdings In the battle creek compa
nies and 25 per cent of tho remaining
persona! property.
To two granddaughters, Adelaide
Close and Eleanor Close, Mr. Post left
ten per cent of his personal estate;
another small portion goes to various
persons, among them the executors
and tile remainder is divided equally
between the mother and daughter.
' *’■ 1 l
Thought Salute
Was Bombardment
On Board U. 8. S. California, Mszat
lan, Max., May 24 (via. wiralaaa to San
Diego, May 25).—-A twenty-one gun
salute, fired by tho American unit
Japanese warships In the harbor and
hy the federal fortifications, was mis
interpreted today by the besieging con
stitutionalists us an attack on the city
instead of a tribute to the late Dow
ager Errqiress of Japan. General Ob
regon's batteries promptly opened a
spirited fire on the city and a number
of shells and a hall of machine gun
bullets fell in the street.
CRE W WAN TS ~ MORE
PAY; MAY BE STRIKE
Naw York.—Htewurds and firemen
on the new steamship Vaterland are
threatening to strike unless their
wages are materially Increased.
In the ship's crew are 430 steward*
snd 800 firemen. The stewards re
ceive from sl2 to $14.40 a month and
demand an Increaae to $19.20 The
firemen get $19.92 and want $28.40.