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Bond Mass Meeting At Alien Park Friday Night
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonight
and Thursday.
VOLUME XIX, No. H 7.
CARRANZA TO RE-OPEN
OUSE REPRESENTATION
AT MEDIATION MEET
Jofin Lind and Legal Representative of the Constitutionalists
Take Up Subject With Secretary Bryan—Developments Are
Outcome of Negotiations That Have Been “Progressing
Satisfactorily”
Washington —Representatives of the
constitutionalists here took steps to
day to re-open the question of repre
sentation at the Niagara mediation
conference.
John Lind and C. A. Douglass, legal
representative of the constitutionaJ
ists, after what was termed a neutral
conference, went to the state depart
ment to take up the subject with Sec
retary Bryan. The secretary, however,
had gone to the capitol to confer with
senators of the foreign relations com
mittee and his callers said they would
return again later in the day.
Won’t Talk.
Neither Mr. Lind nor Mr. Douglas
would disclose under what conditions
the constitutionalists were willing to
participate but the opinion was re
vived that the powers of a Carranza
representative would be very limited,
perhaps without plenary authority and
only for the purpose of furnishing in
formation. What sudden turn in the
negotiations had brought about the
new attitude of the Carranza group
was not disclosed.
Long Wire Conference.
Today's development, undoubtedly
one direct outcome of long conferences
General Carranza has been holding
over a special telegraph, with
Kinilio Zubaran, his minister of the
interior, in charge of the constitution
alist agency here, was pointed out as
justifyins>»4he optimism of the last
day or tw{> in official circles, where it
repeatedly has been said the negotia
tions were "progressing satisfactori
ly.”
From These Three,
Jose Vasconcelos who has been
mentioned as a probable choice to rep
resent Caranza at Niagara still is in
the city; Luis Cabrera, another Car
ranza agent, came from Europe today
on the steamer Olympic, and Fernando
I. Calderon, a third constitptionalist
representative is in El Paso. It has
been said that if Gen. Carranza sent
representatives to Niagara conference,
those three men probably would be se
lected.
Whatever might be the first condi
tions upon which Carranza would send
representatives to the mediation con
ference. the fact that he may be will
ing to send them at all, is generally
regarded here as a very favorable in
dication.
Best for Interests.
Although the constitutionalists have
reiterated that they were willing to
participate in any mediation which
dealt with the relations of Mexico
with the United States but opposed to
taking part in any mediation over the
internal affairs of Mexico, it was
pointed out that the recurring pro
posal for the establishment of a pro
visional vnvernment to be selected by
the mediators, the Huerta delegates
and the American delegates, and to be
recognized by the United States may
have advanced the situation to the
point where the constitutionalists
think It best for their interests to have
representatives on the ground.
INVENTOR OF THE FIRST
INCANDESCENT LAMP DEAD
London. —Sir Joseph Wilson Swan,
inventor oT the first incandescent
electric lamp, died here today. He
was Btl years old and was born in
Sunderland. Eengland
Sir Joseph spent many years ex
perimenting with electric lamps. In
187 fl he solved the problem of pro
durlnr an incandescent light, thus
mak'.rg possible the general use of
e'ectricity for lighting purposes. He
■was the inventor of many other elec
trlial devices.
2 DIE IN MOTORCYCLE CRASH.
Chicago. —A man and a woman were
were killed and another man was prob
ably fatally hurt here early today when
two motorcycles dashed into a loaded
express wagon. The dead are Edward
Bom park and Marie Kierna.
Or. Jas. R. Littleton and Other
Prominent Men To Speak For
the Bonds on Friday Night
Mass Meeting Will Be Held in Allen Park, and Voters Will
Be Urged to Co to the Polls Next Monday—To Erect Plat
form For the Speakers.
There will be a nuu meeting held
Friday night In Allen Park In the in
terest of the bond election which will
be held next Monday. There will be
addressee made by r>r. James R lAt
tleton and other prominent Augustan*
who are earneetly In favor of the bond
issue carrying While the meeting
Friday night la expected to be com
posed largely of yotera from the fourth,
nnd fifth ward*, still people from ail
ever the city are Invited and It Is m
pelted that there whl be a great gath
ering* oi people. Tnera will «e a plat*
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THE AUGUSTA HERALD
WITHDRAWAL
OF HUERTA
‘POSSIBLE’
Action Being Delayed By
Necessity of Arrangements
For Dignified Abdication
Washington. Oficial dispatches
sent from Mexico City and received
by a diplomatic representatives here
today says the “withdrawal’’ of Huer
ta is “possible” and add that it is be
ing delayed by the necessity of ar
rangements to permit the dictator to
abdicate with dignity.
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Expected.
Washington.—Recurring published
reports of the impending abdication
of Huerta received much attention in
official circles and in the diplomatic
corps. Admittedly that is a develop
ment which is generally expected.
AMERICAN WINS
ENGLISH DERBY
Durbar 11, Owned By H. B.
Duryea, Captures Classic
Race. Were 30 Starters.
Epsom, Eng —The derby, best known
of the English classic horse races, was
won today by an American horse, Her
man B. Duryea’s Durbar XI.
The winner’s recent form in France
had been considered so poor that he
was regarded here as a rank outsider
and odds of 25 to 1 were freely laid
against him in the clubs last night.
Today he had no trouble in disposing
of a huge field of thirty horses, the
largest that has turned out for the
race sine** 1863. He won in a canter
by three lengths from two other out
siders, Hapsburg and Peter the Her
mit.
20 to 1 Against,
The betting just before the start of
the race was 20 to 1 against Durbar
11. 33 to 1 against Hapsburg and 100
to 1 against Peter the Hermit.
The public favorites never flattered
their supporters at any stage of the
race Kennvmnre, who led the betting,
behaved so badly at ihe post that he
delayed the start and when the field
was finally sent away he was left in a
had position.
The time of the race was 2 minutes,
3k seconds, a fraction of a second
quicker than the average.
Many Americans.
King George and Queen Mary were
both present as well as most of the
staff of the United States embassy,
while distributed about the course
were large numbers of Americans from
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form erected for the speakers.
The Importance oT people going out
to vote will be especially stressed by
the speakers, for a stay at home Is
equal to a vote against the bonds.
The sentiment throughout the city
Is In favor of bonds and no one needs
to be convinced on that score, hut it
will be the aim of I>r. Littleton and
the other prominent speakers to get
the voters to vote by all means, since
two-thirds of the registered vote must
be polled in favor of the bonds in
order fur them to win.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 27, 1914.
NO RATE YET
FOR HIP IN
AUGUSTA
War Dep’t Officially Notifies
S. C. Adi’t Gen’l of Selection
of This City For Joint
Maneuver Encampment
Columbia, S. C.—Oficial notification
by the war department of the selec
tion of Augusta, Ga., as the site for
the joint maneuver encampment ot
the ninth militia division to begin
about July loth and continue two
weeks was received by Adjutant Gen
eral W. VV. Moore, of South Carolina
today from Governor’s Island, N. Y.,
headquarters of the department of
the East. No definite date was set
for the beginning of the encampment.
The selection of Augusta is the re
sult if a disagreement between Gov
ernor Blease of South Carolina and
Secretary of War Garrison.
DISAPPEARANCE
OF BAUCH CASE
U. S. Consul Letcher Instructed
to Get More Information to
Close Record of Case.
Washington.—lnstructions to the
American Consul, Letcher, at Juarez,
to furnisn the state department with
additional information to complete the
record so far as possible In the case
of Gustave Bauch, the American rail
road mechanic wno was arrested by
constitutionalists authorities at Jua
rez February 18th last and who later
disappeared, was the foundation for
a report that the department is about
to re-open the case and also the Ben
ton case. The purpose was explained
today as being to close it up by pro
curing the few fragments of informa
tion still available regarding Bauch’s
disappearance from the Juarez prison.
There is no known intention of mak
ing any fresh representations at this
stage, although without doubt the
Bauch case will figure in the final ad
justment of claims to be preferred
against the Mexican government
when peace is restored.
'IF ANYBODY
DOUBTSHT.I.
The Colonel Greatly Pleased
With His Reception Before
the Nat’l Georgraphical So
ciety.
New York.—“lf anybody doubts the
existence of that river now his sin
cerity is open to question.”
This was the comment Theodore
Roosevelt made today on his return
here from Washington. He was dis
cussing the lecture he delivered there
last night before the National Oeo
graphieal Society in which he offic
ially announced the discovery of a
heretofore unknown river in Brazil.
Colonel Roosevelt planned to re
main in town all day, spending some
time at his editorial offices. He ex
pected to return to Oyster Bay to
night.
Colonel Roosevelt was highly elat
ed at the reception accorded him In
Washington and expressed pleasure
at having been able to meet again so
many friends and acquaintances.
THREE AMERICAN
PLAYERS LEFT
Ouimet, Travers and Topping
Survive in Third Round of
French Golf Championship.
Versatile*. Francis Ouimet. Wood
land Golf f'lub, Massachusetts, open
golf champion of the United States,
and Henry J. Topping, Greenwich
Country Club, Conn., were victors to
day in the semi-finals of the French
amateur championship golf tourna
ment. Ouimet eliminated the last re
maining nnn-Ameri<'an by defeating
Erie Apperley of Sydney, N. S. W,, 4
up and 3 to piny, and Topping won his
way into the final round by defeating
Jerome I) Travers, amateur ehampion
of the United States, of Montclair, N.
Y„ .1 up and 2 to play.
Three Left.
Versailles, France Three Ameri
can, golfers—Francis Ouimet, Jerome
Ihe South American Mediators at Niagara Falls
TWO OF THE ENVOYS.
Dr. Bomula 8. Naon, representing the Argentine Republic, and Eduardo Suarez, representing Chill, Iwo
of the A. 15. ('. peace mediators in the Mexican situation, photographed at Niagara Falls, Ontario, where Iho
conferences are now going on with envoys from Mexico and Ihe United States.
THE MANAGERS AND CLERKS FOR
THE BOND ELECTION NAMED
Polls Will Open at Eight A. M. and Close at Three P. M.
The Bonds Must Win—Auto Dealers With Cars to Rent
May Communicate With Mr. Pope—Special Bond Com
mittee M. & M. to Meet.
Managers and clerks for the bond
election of next Monday, June Ist,have
been selected. The polls will open at
8 a. m. and close at 3 p. m. All of
the managers and clerks are expected
to report at the poll*-some time before
the opening. The places for holding
the election in each ward will be an
nounced later.
Especial attention is called to the
advertisement which appears in The
Herald today, asking for automobile
owners who have machines for rent
to confer with Mr. F. B. Pope, chair
man of the special bond committee
of the River and Canal Commission.
In addition to the autos thut will be
rented, friends of the bond issue sill
over the city are requested to tends,
their automobiles for use on election
day.
There will be a meeting tonight at
8:15 o'clock, In the Merchants &
Manufacturers Association rooms, of
the special bond committee of which
Mr. James M. Hull, Jr., Is chairman.
This committee was appointed for the
purpose of seeing to it that every
member of tile M. Ki M. votes for the
bonds. A committee from the M. &■
M. from each ward will make it its
chief business on election day to sre
that every member of the M. & M.
who is registered goes to the polls
and votes. Mr. Hull is a tireless
worker and was appointed chairman of
the M. & M special committee be
DIXON F. KIRKLAND GEN. MGR.
GEORGIA & FLORIDA RAILWAY
Railroad Man With Wide Experience and Splendid Ability
Selected—Was Formerly Superintendent of G. & F. at
Douglas.
Mr, Dixon F Kirkland, superinten
dent of the Atlanta, Birmingham and
Atlantic Railroad, with headquarters
at Manchester Ga., has accepted the
position of general manager of the
Georgia and Florida Railway, eflect-
Ive June Ist. Mr. Kirkland will suc
ceed Mr. B. W. Duer as general man
ager. Mr. Duer will retain the vice
presidency of the road, but will have
no connection with its operations. He
returns to Middendorf-Wllllams and
Company of Baltimore as a railway
expert.
By a co-incidence Mr. Kirkland be
comes manager of the O. ami F. on
his birthday—he will be 48 years of
age on June Ist. The new general
manager of the G. and F. Is a railroad
man of wide experience and splendid
D. Travers and Henry J. Topping—
survived the third round of the
French amateur championship tourna
ment today. Oulmet defeated the
present title holder, Ixird Charles
Hope, one up; Travers eliminated
Frederick Herreshoff, another Ameri
can player, five up arid four to play,
and Topping beat J. K. Lelllann oT
Lille, one up. W. Bowers, the fifth
American to come through the sec
ond round, was beaten today by Eric
Apperley of Sydney, N. 8. W,, one up.
The feature match of the day was
that between Oulmet. and Ixird Hope.
Oulmet was stymied at the first hole
and knocked Hope’s hall In Both
flssed two foot putts at the third
Oulmet did not putt so well as yes
terday, lie got Into several bunkers
but made good recoveries. Hope for
Ills I art, sliced several long shots.
At the turn Hope was one up
In the Travers-Herresboff match
Travers at first was off his driving
and was two down at the third hole.
cause of hlssplendld ability as an or
ganizer and worker.
The sentiment all over the city fa
vors the bonds. They must pass next
Monday and the committees will work
tirelessly to that end.
The following Is u list of the clerks
and managers:
First Ward.
Managers, T. M. Philpot, 11. B. Mc-
Cowen; clerks, M. L. Newman, H. L.
Fitts, T. It. Puryear and R. J. fiacre.
Second Ward.
Managers, Martin W. Boyle, James
A. Burke; clerks, E. B. Bhcehan, J.
Frank Carswell, Turner C. Vuson, Ed
Nave.
Third Ward.
Managers. 11. G. Kale, U..J. Vaughan;
clerks, J. M. 1 ,ce, D. J. Bolster, E. T.
Miller, J. F. Buckley.
Fourth Ward.
Managers, J. P. Wood, N. T. Barnes,
R. J. Kdenfleld; G. F. Clauasen; clerks,
J. P. Kearney, R. F. Lassiter, E. D.
Costello, G. M. Young.
Fifth Ward.
Managers, J. M. Konn, Geo. C.
Sehaufeie, Robert Peebles, G. Frank
Bohler; clerks, Jos. H. Pilcher, E. <).
Cooper, Bradley Smith, William Wil
liamson.
Sixth Ward,
Managers, 11. H. Gumming, 11. Ts.
Bell; clerks, J. 8. Furr, H. I. Biisbla,
W. W. Hackett, Chas. W. Bowen.
ability. Like Mr. Duer, Ills predeces
sor, he has tbe faculty of getting the
very best out of his men at all times,
und he Is extremely popular with
them.
Ho was born In Isiwndes County,
Georgia, and began lilh railroad ca
reer In 1883. He was flagman, con
ductor! Tireman and telegraph opera
tor. He was for many years with the
Old Point System, now the Coast
Line, and became superintendent of
transportation of the Georgia, Florida
and Alabama at Balnbrfdge and was
also superintendent of the Georgia
and Florida at Douglas, from January,
1912, to April, 1913
Mr. Kirkland will bring his family
to Augusta In the near future.
He recovered later and was three up
on Herreshoff at the turn for home.
Southern Women’s Golf.
Knoxville, Tenn. Eight women
goiters entered the elimination round
In the women's Southern Oolf Tour
ney hero today In order to determine
who shall participate In the semi-fi
nals Thursday The pairings for to
day were as follows:
Mrs, It. Jones, Memphis, with Miss
llland Tomlinson, lilrmlriKliarn; Mrs.
.1. K. Meehan, Montgomery, with Miss
Kaiser, Ht Ixmls; Mrs. if. Woodward,
Knoxville, with Mrs Tom I’alne, At
lanta; Mrs K. (1, IniCleld, with Mrs.
Thompson Krar.i-r, Asheville. The
match between Mrs Jones and Miss
Tomlinson was followed by a large
gallery.
Apperley was the only non-Ameri
can left In the competition.
For the sim-finals this afternoon
Oulmet was drawn against Apperley
and Travers against Topping.
$6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY.
STRATHCONA LEFT $27,928,000.
London.—Personal property left by
the lute Baron Stratheona and Mount
Royal former high commissioner for
Canada, amounted to $23,257,000.
This was disclosed when probate was
gdnnted today.
The precise value of the real estate
was not made public but the Tact that
the duty paid amounted to $1,189,190,
Indicates that, his entire estate, real
and personal, had a value ot $27,-
928,000;
ANOTHER “HUNGER STRIKE."
London. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhursl,
militant leader today was again re'
leased from Holloway Jail suffering
from the effects of a “hunger strike.’’
She had refused to eat from the mo
ment of her arrest during last week’s
raid by the suffragettes on Bucking-
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Commander of Liner Which
Ran Away From Him in N.
Y. Harbor Yesterday.
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COMMANDER HANS RUSER,
Commander of the Hamburg Amerl-
Iran liner Vaterland, the largest ves
sel afloat, which yesterday started on
Its first Eastern voyage across the
Atlantic. Captain Ituser is called tue
commodore of the Vaterland because
his staff Includes four captains and
seven navigating officers, while the
crew totals 1,354 men and women.
HOME
EDITION
MEDIATORS
TAKE DAY
OFF; HIGH
HOPE OF
OUTCOME
All Indications Point to Early
Agreement on All Points of
Difference and Selection of
Huerta’s Successor
Toronto. —The mediators and the
United States and Mexican delegates
arrived here shortly before noon and
immediately proceeded to the King
Edward Hotel.
Late today the Duke of Connaught,
Governor General of Canada, will
give a fifteen-minute audience to the
mediators. This is to be Billowed by
a royal garden party. General Felix
Diaz, who Is in Toronto, was not in
vited to the function. There were
2,800 invitations Issued and there
have been 2,300 acceptances.
Suspend Work.
Niagara Falls, Ont. —The mediation
body, composed of the South Ameri
can envoys and the American and
Mexican delegates, suspended Its
work here today to attend a garden
party this afternoon In Toronto in
honor of the governor general of Can
ada, His Royal Highness, the Duke of
Connaught, the Duchess ami the
Princess Patricia, Sir John Gibson,
Lieutenant Governor oT Ontario, is to
lie the host. The mediation colony
arranged to leave here early and will
return tonight. Enroute they prob
ably will have some informal discus
sion about the mediation problem. No
regular conferences are contemplated.
Most Optimistic.
As the party left for Toronto it
was evident that all were 'highly op
timistic of a successful outcome of
the conferences. With the land ques
tion satisfactorily adjusted the me
diators and delegates were concen
trating their attention on the exact
manner In which a new provisional
government might bo set up. That
Huerta has formally Indicated his
willingness to abide by the program
thus far outlined here Is no longer
doubted.
In Dignified Way.
The effort now is to arrange for a
change of executives in a dignlTed
manner. The mediation conference
in all probability will not choose a
provisional president. This will
have to be done by the Mexico City
government itself. But the process
which is receiving consideration Is
the drawing up of a list of represent
ntlve Mexicans from which a certain
number might be approved by the
United States and all parties con
cerned so that there would he no
question about, recognition of the in
dividual chosen therefrom. This se
lect few, It is understood, will be sub
mitted to the constitutionalists and
on effort also will he made to obtain
the viewpoint of the Zapatista ele
ment
Early Agreement.
On these issues the mediation con
ference is pre-occupled to present but
Indications point to an early agree
ment on all points of difference ss
well as the selection of the Individual
In whom will he placed the burden
for carrying out of the plans for elec
toral and educational reforms.
No one of the official party was
here to receive the announcement
from Washington that representatives
of the constitutions lists had taken
steps to re-open the question of rep
resentation In the mediation.
Not Enthusiastic.
When rumors to similar effect were
circulated several days ago the me
diators were not at all enthusiastic
about It and It was evident that the
constitutionalists could only be re
ceived on terms originally laid down
by the mediation hoard.
Although there have been no decla
rations on the subject it Is known
that one of the primary objects of the
conferences here Is to prevent, If pos
sible, the despoiling oT the country
by a victorious constltntlonalis force.
BEIGEL RETURNS.
New York —Henry Sclgel, tinder In
dictment here Tor grand larceny and
violation of the Btate banking laws,
growing out of the failure of his priv
ate bank and department stores, re
turned to New York today on the
steamship Olympic. He made but a
brief visit to England, the district at
torney’s of'lce having Insisted that he
return within a prescribed time. He
is out on hall pending hearing of hit
case.
NEW WIRELESS RECORD.
San Francisco.—What is said to b«
a new record for daylight wirelest
communication was established b>
the Matson Liners Wllhelmina ani!
Matsonla May 9th, according to Cap
tain Peter Johnson of the Wllhelmlns
which arrived here from Honolulu to
day While the steamers were 8(1’
mil" a " I ti ey were In commjinlc*
tiou for thirty minutes.