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THE WEATHER
Generally fair tonight
and Friday.
VOLUME XIX, No. 148.
MORE WAR!
MUNITIONS
DUE SOON
FROM
JAPAN
As Prediction Made That Pro
tocol With Mexico Signed
Shortly, Large Consignment
of Arms Expected at Man
zanillo
Washington, D. C—Predictions that
a protocol would be signed by the
Niagara conference within the next
week and reports that the Hamburg-
American steamer Ypiranga had de
livered ammunition for the federals at
Puerto Mexico, were widely varying
features in the Mexican situation that
engaged the President and his advisers
today.
While it would have been impossible
to prevent delivery of munitions for
Huerta without violation of the truce,
yet the Puerto Mexico incident created
wide interest and led to speculation
as to whether or not the federal dic
tator would attempt to explain to what
use he intended to put the ammuni
tion.
Two in Two Weeks.
Official reports that Huerta had re
ceived -sh additional cargo from the
Ha mburu-American liner Bavaria
were bdrne out by statements from
Mexico City that two large shipments
of njjunitions had been received in the
last two weeks.
Word yet was to be received from
Oarranga as to his attitude on media
tion. The attitude of some consti
tutionalists was indicated by the
statement of Luis Cabrera that “with
out the constitutionalists the Niagara
conferences cannot come to a definite
solution.”
“We feel that we ought to he repre
sented.” he said, and contended that
any other man than Carranza as com
promise candidate for provisional
president would fail.
Main Stages.
Main stages of the mediation nego
tiations as reported to President Wil
son under the referendum by which
the American delegates were acting
are understood here to confirm dis
patches from Niagara Falls that a rea
sonably complete form on essentials
has been agreed upon.
The understanding here is that these
elementary propositions have been
agreed upon by a process of elimina
tion of the issues which it had at first
been impossible to compose. It by no
means follows that the points still in
dispute cannot be adjusted: the pur
pose has been in framing these sepa
rate propositions, to dear the way for
the discussion and adjustment of the
most serious differences.
Dangers Omitted.
Though this tentative protocol, if
such it may be called, consequently
omits some of the most dangerous
factors which must enter into final
settlement, it is regarded by adminis
tration officials here as most promis
ing, considering the limited period of
time the mediators have been at work.
Oloselv following the landing of
munitions of war at Puerto Mexico, a
large consignment from Japan is due
at Manzanillo or Salina Cruz on tha
west coast.
Unofficial advices have reached
Washington that the Japanese cruiser
Idzumo, which has been hovering
around Mazatlan, has gone down the
coast and it is understood will ac
company the expected merchantman
to one of the ports from which the
munitions may be transported by rail
to the Mexlxcan capital.
The Japanese arms and ammunition
were ordered by Huerta many months
ago. ■
Philadelphia Planning
$63,000,000 Subway Line
Philadelphia.—Consummation of a
tentative agreement between the city
and the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Co., in which it is proposed to con
struct a system of subway and ele
vated lines involving an investment
of approximately $G3,000,000 was
made public today.
Provision aJso is made in the
agreement for construction of a tube
under the Deiqtyar.e River between
Philadelphia and Camden, the cost of
which is estimated, at about $6,-
000,000
The proposed new system would
include elevated lines to Frankford
and I>arby to connect with the pres
ent Market Street Subway and ele
vated and a subway under Rroad
Street extending practically from end
to end.
ZYBSKO WON.
Montreal—Stanislaus Zvbsko last
right defeated Ran'il de Rouen in a
wrestling match. SSybszko was ward*
cd the first fall op a foul In 23 min
ute* lie llouen got the second in 37
minutes and Zkkyszko won the third
in 19 minutes.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
FOURTH FIELD ARTILLERY TAKING POSITION IN TEXAS.—This photograph shows a mountain battery in action, at Galveston, where the First
Division has been mobilized, ready to be transported to Vera Cruz to reinforce Funston’s forces if needed.
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WITH MEDIATION WEEK
OLD TODAY DETAILS DF
PEACE MEED ON
Every Effort Made to Maintain Secrecy Until Complete Agree-*
ment Reached, But Main Points Known Are: Naming of
Provisional President, Prompt Recognition By U. S. and
Withdrawal of American Troops
Niagara Falls, Ont.— Mediation con
ferences have been in progress only
a wek today, but already many essen
tials of a plan for pacification of
I Mexico have been agreed upon.
Details are being withheld until
there is complete agreement on all
: subjects but the main points of the
plan on which both sides at present
look favorably are the following:
Transfer of the executive power at
Mexico City from the hands of Gen
eral Huerta to a provisional president
and four cabinet ministers. These
five men would share equally the re
sponsibility of putting into operation
a program adopted at the conference
here for the conduct as soon as prac
ticable of new elections for president,
vice-president and members of con
gress. They would be neutral per
sons so far as political affiliations
are concerned but would be represen
tative men as nearly acceptable as
2ND READING
COLOMBIA PACT
Bogota, Colombia. —The Colombian
senate, by 23 votes against eight, has
approved the second reading of the
treaty between Colombia and the
United States In connection with the
Panama Canal. The third reading Is
expected today.
By the treaty the United States gov
ernment expresses sincere regret that
anything should have occurred to mar
relations of cordial friendship between
the two nations.
Colombia is given the right to free
passage through the Panama Canal of
its troops, materials of war and war
ships.
The products of the soil and indus
try of Colombia and the Colombia
malls passing through the canal are to
be exempt from any charge or duty
other than those to which similar pro
ducts and malls from the United
States are suject.
Within six months after exchange of
ratifications of the treaty the United
States agrees to pay to Colombia $23,*
040.000 In gold.
IN FATHER’S DEFENSE.
Norfolk, Va. — In defense of his fa
ther Vincent Cacace, Jr., aged 13.
killed Eugene Curry, a negro, here
today He thought the man was about
to strike Cacace, senior, with a maul,
so fired a fatal shot from a small
shotgun into bis back. He is under
arrest charged with murder.
THE ONE PAPER IN MO?T HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 28, 1914.
possible and approved also by the
American government.
Prompt Recognition.
Prompt recognition of the provis
ional government by the United
States.
Withdrawal of American troops as
soon as the new government is in
stalled.
While there may be formal declara
tion on tiie subject, the Mexican del
egates expect a tacit understanding
to be reached that the United States
will regard a legal financial trans
actions of the present Mexican con
gress.
In the protocol there will be pro
claimed principles on which a study
of the agrarian and educational prob
lems In Mexico would be based.
Maintain Secrecy.
The mediators i. -d delegates In
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Building Was to Be Mile
High and Like Corkscrew
Los Angeles.—Charged with de
frauding working people by selling
stork in an alleged fictitious amuse
ment building outside the grounds of
• lie Panama Pacific Exposition, C. H.
Knight today is in the'county Jail here.
Two stockholders testified that Knight
had shown them pictures of the pro
jected building, which was to he a mile
In height and built in the shape of a
corkscrew.
50,000 Help ‘Pull West
Virginia Out of the Mud’
Charleston, W, Vs—" Pull West Vir
ginia out of the mud” was the slogan
of fifty thousand or more men who to
day observed good roads day by work
ing ori public highways throughout the
slate. Governor Hatfield, all sUito
officers and scores of county officers
were out with pick and shovel and
one-third of torn In the state peniten
tiary at Moundsvllle were given an
opportunity to help. Auxiliary corps
Of women provided food for the work
ers and the occasion took on the spirit
of a holiday.
FOR N. Y. CENTRAL PROBE.
Washington,—A resolution calling
upon the attorney general to Inform
the senate if the railroad system of
the New York Pentral violated the
Sherman anti-trust law was Introduc
ed In the senate today by Senator
Norris of Nebraska, bn objection
by Senator Reed It went over until
tomorrow.
ORDER SIUM
TO WASHINGTON
U. S. Vine Consul Still Feeling
Effects of His Saltillo Ex
perience.
Vera Cduz. —John R. Silllman, the
American vice consul at Saltillo, who
arrived here yesterday from Mexico
City, received orders from the de
partment of state today to report to
Washington. It is probable he will
sail on the collier Jason within a
week. He Is still feeling the efTects
of his experience and says he will
welcome a few days of rest.
The battleships New York and
Texas, newest superdreadnoughtß of
the navy, left here today to carry out
maneuvers. Other units oT Rear Ad
miral Winslow’s powerful special ser
vice squadron also are going out for
practice runs on the gulf. The Ar
kansas departed last night for a simi
lar purpose.
The remaining American war ves
sels devoted today to experiments
with variations of landing drill. Ma
rines from the Wyoming and a shore
battalion of bluejackets manned their
boats in quick time and slrlngs oT
sailing launches filled to their ut
most capacity with men were rapidly
headed for the shore in tow of picket
launches.
Native Watmen hustled to cover
fearing that hostilities were about to
be renewed.
Ouimef Wins French
Golf Championship
Versailles. —.'•'ranris Ouimet, Ameri
can open golf champion, became ama
teur champion of France today by de
feating Henry J. Topping of the
Greenwich Country Club, Conn., by
four up and three to play In the final
round of 36 holes.
Most Severe Shocks Ever
Recorded in Australia
Sydney, N. 3. W.— The most severe
earthquake shocks ever registered by
Australian seismograph* were record
ed at hulf i>ast twelve this morning
by Instruments at the government ob
servatory at Rivervlew. Indications
were that the upheaval was In the
neighborhood of the Friendly Islands
In the Southern Pacific.
Gen'l Young Announces
For the U. S. Senate
Louisville, Ky.—General Bennett H.
Young, of Louisville, commander-ln
chlef of the United Confederate Vet
erans, today announced his candidacy
before the Augu*t primaries for the
Democratic nomination for the United
State* senate from Kentucky to fill
out the unexlred term of the late Sen
ator W. O. Bradley. Governor Mc-
Creary t* expected to appoint a suc
cessor to Senator Bradley to serve un
til the November election, when a
senator will be elected to serve until
March, J 916, the date of the expira
tion of Senator Bradley’s term.
POLLING PLACES FOR THE BOND
ELECTION HAVE BEEN CHOSEN
Polls Will Open at 8 A. M. and Close at 3 P. M. Monday.
Great Crowd to Be at Mass Meeting Tomorrow Night.
Merchants to Close From 12 to 4 Monday.
The polling places Tor the bond
election of next Monday have
been selected as follows:
First Ward—4Gß Broad Street,
south side just below Firth St.
Second Ward- 313 Bth Street,
west side between Ellis and
Greene.
Third Ward—9so Telfair, south
east corner of Telfair and 10th.
Fourth Ward—l34l Greene St
north side, near Margaret Wright
Host ital.
Fifth Ward—lßlo Broad Street,
just wohl of Crawford Avenue.
Sixth Ward—Police Barracks
on Walton Way, former Village of
Summerville headquarters.
Everything Is moving forward
splendidly for the bond election,
which will he held next Monday. As
will bo noted from the above the poll
ing places in all of the six wards have
been selected, while the managers
and clerks were appointed yesetrday.
The polls will open at 8 a. m. and
close at 3p. m. It Is urged that every
one vote early because the time In
which to vote is only seven hours and
a great deal must ho accomplished
in that time.
The mayor has issued a proclama
tion providing for the city offices to
tie closed and all employes be allow
ed a recess from 12 until 4 o'clock
Monday so that, each man may vote.
The proclamation ulho calls upon the
mouthers of the commercial bodies,
proprietors of stores, factory officials
and employers generally who are In
terested in the welfare of Augusta,
either to close their business places
between 12 and 4 or provide means
by which their employes may get to
the polls
Change In Managers.
On account of the inability of sev
eral of the gentlemen appointed as
clerks and managers to serve on next
Monday in the bond election several
changes are announced:
In the Firth Ward Mr. Robert
Thrift, Jr . will serve In place of Mr.
William Williamson; In the Fourth
Ward, Mr. h. H. Clinton will serve in
place o r Mr. .1. P. Wood, and In the
Third Ward, Mr H. R. ISlllott will
serve in place of Mr. If. G. Kale:
Also In the Third Ward Messrs. D. A.
Dial and 3. I). Morris, Jr., will take
the places of Messrs. J. F. Duskley
and E T. Miller.
A special meeting of the Merchants
and Manufacturers’ Association bond
committee was held yesterday and
committees were appointed to get the
merchants to cloae their store* from
12 until 4 p. m., ami to get every
member of the association, of the
more than 350, to go to the polls and
vote election day
Committee* flamed.
The following gentlemen are call
ing up the merchant-' today so get
them to close from 12 until 4 p. m.:
H K. Lester, from Seventh Street
down,
F E Ferris, Seventh to Eighth
Street.
J. A. Mullarky, Eighth to Ninth
Street..
.1 A Wood Tenth Street Up.
Each subdivided territory extends
from the river out to south boundary.
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HOKE SMITH
ANNOUNCES
FOR SENATE
Declares He Will Be Candidate
in Democratic Primary in
August to Succeed Himself in
Upper House of Congress
Washington, D. C. -In a statement
breath lug ft spirit of harmony and
good will for nil Georgians, notwith
standing past affiliations and align
ments, Senator Hoke Smith today do
dared that he would be a candidate
lo succeed himself in the United
United Stales senate, subject to (lie
democratic primary In August. The
statement follows:
"It has hardly seemed necessary for
tne to make any formal statement of
my candidacy for the nomination lo
August to succeed myself In the sen
ute.
“Friends who have supported me in
past contests, and very many who
have opposed me, have written most
cordially oxpresing their purpose to
support me for re-election and havo
seemed to regard rny candidacy as a
certainty.
Givsn the Fact*.
“The newspapers have very gener
ously given to the people the facts as
to what I have been doing In Wash
ington and the voters are already, to
a large extent, familiar with my ef
forts to serve the state.
"Ho long a* I am In the senate It will
tie my earnest desire to serve all the
people and to represent thorn all to
the extent of my ability.
"While I cannot hope that nil the
voter* will agree with me I will not
by anything I may do or say, make It
even difficult for any citizen to confer
with me, or take up with me mattera
in Washington In which lie may lie
Interested.
Former Contests.
“I have long realized with regret
that former political contests resulted,
a* they were obliged to do, in some
acute differences and even estrange
ments, hut I am encouraged by wlial
has been si Id to me by hundreds of
those who have oppoatd me In the
past, to believe that bitterness and
harshness has been forgotten by oth
ers, us It has been by me.
"The people have been very gener
ousto me and I am anxious to have
every citizen of Georgia no matter
what our past relations have been
free, perfectly free to call on me
while I am In the state whenever 1
can serve him, and do so with the full
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HOME
EDITION
IN SENATE,
TILT OVER
TARIFF;
‘OH, SIT
DOWN'
Stone, Armed With Letter of
Sec’y of Commerce, Warmly
Replies to Smoot Criticism
of Underwood Bill As Revenue
Producer
Washington, D. C.—Armed with a
letter from Secretary Kedfield of the
department of commerce, Senator
Stone today replied in Senator Smoot’a
speech of a week ago criticising the
Underwood tariff bill for showing a
balance of trade against the United
States, according to figures for the
month of April. The secretary said
that tiie business of one month could
not lie made the basis of Judging a
tariff law and Senator Smoot's state
ments were therefore amusing.
“The figures I used came from the
department of commerce," interrupted
Senator Smoot.
To “Rub It In.”
“Oh, sit down,” responded Senator
Stone. *'l know this hurts, but 1 am
going to rub it in.
"Now as a matter of fact in the
first ten months of the Payne-Aldrich-
Smoot bill ending April, 1910, the bal
ance of trade in our favor was $llOO,-
000,000 less than In the ten months of
tiie present law. And in one month
of tiie first ten under the Smoot law
the imports exceeded the exports by
nearly $19,000,000, almost twice the
difference in the month of April over
which the senator from Utah spoke
so tearfully and vociferously.”
“I Defy.”
”1 defy the secretary and the sena
tor to show I made a single, incorrect
statement,” was Senator Smoot’s re
ply. “Are the figures for May any
better than April? I have today's
treasury statement and they are not.”
Senator Simmons, joint authors of
the present tariff act declared the In
crease in imports was due to greater
importation of food products. For
ten yoars, he said the food importa
tions had been on the increase. The
decrease in exports was due to the
falling off of the exports of raw ma
terials such as cotton.
GREECE TO
BUY U. $.
WARSHIPS
Sellinq Mississippi and Idaho
For $5,832,000 and $5,894,-
000. Respectively, Just What
They Cost to Build, is Planned
Washington.—A plan for the dispo
sition of the battleships Idaho and
Mississippi to a foreign power (or
Just what the United States paid for
their construction was laid before the
senate naval affairs committee today
by Secretary Daniels.
Greece is understood to he the
I tower negotiating Tor the battleships,
although no official confirmation of
this was obtainable The Idaho and
Mississippi are 13,000 ton ships and
have been In commission since 1908.
They carry twelve and eight eight
inch guns each. TJne Mississippi cost
$5,832,000 and the Idaho $5,894,000.
To Permit Sale.
Secretary Daniels asked the com
mittee to amend the naval approba
tion hill, pnrmlttitng the sale of the
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50 Firemen Overcome
By Detroit Depot Fire
Detroit, Mich.— More than 60 fire
men were overcome by Bmoke and ten
partly conscious foreigners were drag
ged to safety from the flames which
swept the basement of the Union Sta
tion here last night and early today.
The fire was one of the most stub
born In the history of Detroit. It*
cause has not been determined but It
started In a room in the basement
where records were kept. The loss is
estimated at $30,000. The firemen
confined the flames to the basesnenL