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THE WEATHER
Generally fair tonight
and Saturday.
VOLUME XIX, No. 156.
PREST TELLS MIDDIES
'YDU ARE SAMPLES DF
AMERICANS’; REMEMBER
Nation’s Head Addresses Future Admirals of Navy at the
Graduating Exercises at Annapolis—Recollect, He Tells
Them, That Army and Navy Are Instruments of Civiliza
tion, Not of Aggression
Annapolis, Md. —President Wilson
today told 154 graduates of the Naval
Academy, many of whom leave short
ly for Mexican waters that the mis
sion of the United States is one oT
service to humanity, not of aggran
dizement or conquest. He spoke at
the annual academy graduation exer
cises and later delivered diplomas to
the young midshipmen. He declared
the duty of the United States is to
eerve the world.
Speaking of the Vera Cruz situation
the president reverently declared that
“I pray God the boys there will not
have to fight anymore.” He added
that the real good they will do will
be their impression on the Mexicans.
“They are not strutting and blus
tering,” he went on. “The people of
Vera Cruz who despised and hated
Americans will think differently of
them when our boys leave.”
The president spoke in a huge ar
mory packed with more than 5.000
officers, midshipment and relatives
and friends of the graduates. He was
enthusiastically cheered during his
address.
President Wilson said in part:
All the Time.
“It ought to be one of your thoughts
all the time that you are sample Ame
ricans, not merely sample navy men.
not merely samples; and that you
have the point of view of America with
regard to her navy and her army, that
she is using them as the Instrument
p f civilization, ijot as the instruments
aggression. The idea of America is
'V.ferve humanity and every time you
l»Jc the StarJ and Stripes free to the
wind you ought to realize that that is
in itself a message, that you are on an
errand which other navies have some
times forgotten, not an errand of con
quest, but an errand of service.
At Vera Cruz.
"What do you think Is the lasting
Impression that those boys down at
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ARMS SHIP
TO U. S.
PORT
Clearance Papers For Cargo of
Ammunition to Galveston
Cannot Be Denied As Would
Be Case For Mexican Destina
tion— Bryan Talks
Washington, D. C.—A report reached
♦he state department that another
steamer loaded with ammunition had
cleared from New York today for Gal
veston. Inasmuch as the recent order
was to refuse clearances only to am
munition ships for Mexican ports it was
stated there could be no denying; clear
ances to ships billed to an American
port.
Secretary Bryan reiterated again that
Tampico still is held as open port not
withstanding that several ships are en
route there with arms for the constitu
tional! tss.
"Will it continue as an open port
when ammunition reaches there?” he
was asked.
"I can only talk of the present, leav
ing the future to those who would spec
ulate,” returned the secretary.
Think No Blockade.
Washington, D. C.—At the request of
the state department. Acting Secretary
Roosevelt of the Navy, has ordered the
destroyer Jenkins to go from Lobos Is
land and take station off Tuxpam. For
eigners at Tuxpam said the permanent
presence of an American warship would
insure tranquility.
Officials at the state and navy de
partments do not believe Huerta intends
to enforce a blockade at Tampico. They
base their belief on Rear Admiral Badg
er's failure to report any movement of
the Mexican gunboats stationed at Alva
rado and Puerto Mexico.
MOYER'S TRIAL JULY 6TH.
Houghton, Mich.—The trial of Chas.
H. Moyer, and other leaders of the
Western Federation of Miners, on
charges growing out of the recent cop
per miners' strike today, was set for
July t.
HUERTA, REALIZING HE HAS SLIM
CHANCE OF WINNING OUT, HAS MADE
UP MIND TO PROTECT OWN FUTURE
Vsr« Cruz.—Huerta. It I* reported here today, realize* that he ha* only
l slim chance of winning: out, hist la determined not to abandon power with
>ut adequate provision* being made for the protection of hi* own future
ind for that of the men with whom he ha* surrounded himself.
The constitutionalist*. It is said, have Insisted that no act of Huerta - *
administration xhall ever be regarded a* legal, and In this case Huerta
foresee* enormous financial losses for those who Joined In the flotation of
hi* loans as well at personal risk for the members of his cabinet.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
STOOD OFF
MEXICAN
MOB
U. S. Deputy Consul and Wife
Escaped Death After Four
Days’ Siege Behind Stone
Wall —Allen Promised Wife
to Kill Her First
Oakland, Cal —A dramatic recital of
his escape from a Mexican mob was
given here today by John C. Allen,
Deputy United States Consul at Mon
terey. Allen said he and Mrs. Allen
withstood a four days’ siege behind
the stone walls of a crude Mexican
house in Monterey after the receipt
of the news of the American occupa
tion of Vera Cruz while frenzied mobs
surged outside crying “death to the
gringoes.”
"We lived a life time in those four
days,” said Allen. “My wife made
me promise to kill her and then end
my own life if they broke through
our barriers. I had no firearms, noth
ing but a butcher knife but I got it
ready, for I should never have allow
ed her to fall into their hands alive.”
At the end of the fourth day the
federal troops were driven out by the
constitutionalists and the Allens left
their "fortress” in safety.
Speer Charges Heard By
House at This Session
Washington. The impeachment
charges against Federal Judge Emory
F. Speer of Macon, Ga., will be brought
before the House and disposed of at
this session of Congress, according to
Representative Webb of North Caro
lina, chairman of the judiciary com
mittee. The sub-committee investi
gating the charges, has beep engaged
in reviewing testimony taken at Ma
con and other cities and will be assem
bled early next week to agree upon its
report to the entire judiciary committee
which expects to consider the case at
once.
Bernhardt's Positively
Last Tour at Age of 70
Now York,—Madame Sarah Bern
hardt, at he age of 70, will sail for this
city on October 10, to begin a profes
sional tour of the world during which
she will visit five continents. The tour
will extend over a period of 26 months
and 15 weeks of the time will be spent
In the United States.
Word of Mme. Bernhardt's decision
was received by cable yesterday. Tho
tour, It is stated, will close her career
on the stage.
Madame Bernhardt has made several
farewell tours. On the last one In this
country, which ended In May, 1913, the
theatrical profession In America raised
money for a gold wreath which was
later presented to her In Paris.
TO AID UNEMPLOYED.
Washington.—A delegation of social
workers today appeared before the
house labor committee in suport of the
Murdock and McDonald bills, provid
ing federal aid to the unemployed In
their search for work. The Murdock
bill would create a new government
bureau to care for unemployed and the
McDonald bill would create labor agen
cies through the machinery of the
postofflce department.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 5, 1914.
Braftkini PonMic Ar@i§ed!°°°ilL S- C@sml mi Wife Eieupe
Hero of Empress of Ireland Disaster and Little
Girl He Saved
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AT BOTTOM OF PICTURE IS SHOWN THE CREPE DRAPED DEATH SHED AT RIMONSKI,
QUEBEC, WHERE, BODIES OF THE VICTIMS WERE PLACED IN ROWS.
WARM DENIAL BY
‘DUMMY DIRECTOR’
Lewis Cass Ledyard Concludes Testimony Before Interstate
Commerce Commission —Hot Clashes With Folk—“ Was
Mr. Morqan Worried Over Grand Trunk Indictment? “Not
a Bit of It”
Washington. D. C.—Lewi* Cass Led
yard, continuing bis testimony today on
New Haven Railroad financial affairs
before the Inter-state commerce com
mission, denied that the New Haven di
rectors were “dummies” or that the late
J. P. Morgan or former President Mel
lon dominated the board. He said he
often had opposed Mr. Morgan, that the
hoard meetings were well attended and
that generally all the director* took part
In the proceedings.
The profit of John L. Blllard In the
Boston and Maine transaction Mr Left
yard said he had considered “outrage
ous." He had so told Mr. Mellen, he
declared. Under questioning by Chief
Counsel Folk for the commission Mr.
Led yard refused to testify that one of
the entries In the New Haven minutes
relating to a Blllard Company transac
tion was "false” hut said it did not rep
resent what had occurred at the meet
ing.
Mr. Ledyard's testimony was enliven
ed by a lively clash with Mr. Folk In
which the witness Insisted In answering
questions In his own way.
Mslien's Letter Read.
Washington, D. C.—Lewis Cass Led
yard concluded his statement today when
the Inter-state commer commies on re
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To Limit Legislation on
Trusts This Session
Washington-—The movement to lim
it the administration’s trust legislation
! i rogram at thi* *es»lon, to passage of
11 he Interstate trade commission bill,
! took form In the senate today when
| Senator Pomerene Introduced a reso
lution In the interstate commerce
j committee to approve only that por
tion of the pending omnibus bill. It
will he voted upon tomorrow.
Mr. Pomerene conferred with Pres
ident Wilson 'on the program two dayH
ago and his Introduction of such a
resolution was Interpreted as signifi
cant.
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AGAINST MASTER PLUMBERS.
, Des Moines, lows.—lndictments under
'he Hhernuiri law were returned here
I today age Inst thirty-*;* officials and
members of the National Association of
Master Plumbers, and officials of state
organisations In Illinois. Wisconsin,
M ehlgan. Minnesota, Missour, Nebraska
and lowa,
ROBERT W. CRELLIN, WHO,
WITH OTHERS SAVED 25.
Crellin, aged 40, a prosperous
farmer of Silverstone, British
Columbia, Florence Barber, the
8-year-old daughter of a neighbor,
whom he saved from the black wa
ters of the St. Lawrence during
the panic that followed the sink
ing of the Empress of Ireland.
Crellin and other rugged passen
gers are credited with having
saved twenty-five men, women
and children between them, pull
ing all into a collapsible boat
they succeeded in opening while
in the water. “The child was
pluckier than a stout man,” said
Crellin. “She never even whim
pered and complaint was out of
the question. Poor child! She
lost tier mother and sister, and
her lather was killed a year ago
in Silverstone. But Florence will
.ever need a friend or a home
while I am alive.”
3,000 of Westinghouse
Employes Quit Work
Pittsburg, Pa. —Approximately 11,000
men and \<omen employes of the West
inghousp Electric and Manufavturlnpr
Company at East Pittsburg refused to
go to work this morning They formed
In line and marched to the playgrounds
at Turtle CYeck. a mile away, to (Hrpuss
their grievances. Representatives of
the Allegheny Congenial Industrial T’n
lon declared the slrlko had been called
because the company had been discharg
ing men for no other reason than that
they had joined the. organization formed
early- in tile year for the purpose of se
curing “better working conditions’*
They said employes of the Westinghouse
Machine Company and the TMtfshtirg Me
ter Company also would he called upon
to strike.
Begin Investigation of
Disaster on June 16th
Montreal.— The commission to in
quire into the Empress of Ireland
wreck will open its sessions tit Que
bec on June 16th, it was officially an
nounced today.
STORM LASTED 20 HOURS.
Duluth, Minn. —Boats were again
navigating the northern reaches of
Lake Superior today after being tied
up here because of a wind and rain
storm that lasted twenty hours. All
boats which encountered the storm at
this end of the lake, have been ac
counted for.
2ND GIANT
OF SEAS
HERE
New Cunard Liner Aquitania,
Largest British Ship Afloat,
Ends Maiden Voyage to New
York—Magnificent Vessel
Can Carry 5,000 Passengers
New York.—The Aquitania docked
without mishap notwithstanding her
length.
Second to Vaterland.
New York.—The Aquitania, tho new
liner of the Cunard Company and the
largest ship afloat under the British
flag, arrived at quarantine early to
day on her maiden voyage to this port.
With her sister ships, trie Mauretania
and the Lusitania, the new vessel will
operate between Liverpool and New
York,
The Aquitania made good time down
the Long Island coast last night after
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MEDIATORS AWAITING
CARRANZA REPLY WITH
MIXTURE DOUBT, FEAR
Thought That Expected Answer of Constitutionalist Chief Will
Indicate That He is Not Ready to Unreservedly Accept Re
newed Good Offices For Peace of the South American
Envoys
Niagara Falls, Ont.—The general attitude here In regard to the expect
ed reply from General Carranza, ehlel of the constitutionalist cause in Mex
ico to the note of the South American mediators is a mixture of doubt and
hope.
Semi-official statements in regard to the attitude of Carranza toward
mediation indtrate he is not ready to accept unreservedly, the offer of
good offices practically renewed by the mediators.
No meetings between the mediators and either the American or Mex
ican delegates were scheduled for the day.
KING WAS
COOLEST
OF ALL
Miss Mary Bloomfield Was
Woman Who Created Sen
sational Scene in Bucking
ham Palace —Churches Being
Closed By the Attacks of
Suffragettes
London. Miss Mary Hlomflold,
daughter of Lady Hnra Louisa Bloni
fleld, widow of Hit- Arthur Hlomflold,
was the woman who created the sen
sational scene at ttuekingham Palgce
last night, when she threw herself on
her knees before King George and
Queen Mary.
The father oT Miss Blomfleld was
a well-known architect. Her grand
father, tile late Dr. Blomfleld, was
bishop of i/ondon.
Miss Blomfleld alone was concerned
in the incident, although her sister,
who also attended the court, was re
quested to leave the palace after the
occurrence.
Every Precaution.
Officials of the palace today were on
the verge of nervous prostration as the
result of last night’s scene and the
lord chamberlain department has taken
every precaution to circumvent any
attempt to repeat the performance to
night when another function takes
place at Buckingham palace.
I’ersons in the Immediate vicinity at
the time, declare that the whole scene
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Cruiser Off With Divers
to Work For 800 Bodies
Quebec. —The cruiser Essex was pre
pared to leave here, wimt time today
for Father Point, where her divers will
attempt an Inspection of the wreckage
of the Empress of Ireland.
The Essex has a, modern outfit for
submarine work arid her divers will be
able to penetrate the corridors of the
Kiinkekn vessel. Nearly SOO bodies are
believed to be in the hulk.
Senator Hoke Smith is
Named For Bacon's Post
Washington—--Henator Hoke Smith
of Georgia, today was a pointed to the
senate rules committee to succeed the
late Senator Hacon of that state. Hen
ator West of Georgia, was appointed to
the committee on Cuban relations.
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Not For 3 or 4 Day*.
Washington.—Carranza's statement'
that he would not reply to tho last note
of the South American envoys until
he reached Saltillo from Durango,
confirmed the belief of administration
officials today that the constitutional
ists' final attitude toward entering the
Niagara conference would not he
known for three or four days. Optim
ism expressed at Nlrgara Falls that
Carranza would decide to take part in
tiie proceedings was reflected here. His
statement of Rafael Rubaran, the con
stitutionalists chief representative In
Washington, attracted widespread at
tention.
“Getting Better.”
"Affairs arc getting hotter, ’’ he said,
when asked directly as to the likeli
hood of Carranza's participation in the
conference. He did not expect, how
ever, to receive an answer from his
chief before lat. Saturday or Sunday.
Manwhlle officials of the administra
Mon continued their conferences With
Carranza's agents, urging them to rec
ommend that a favorable reply be sent
to the mediators.
Have Made No Move.
While word was awaited officials of
the stale and navy departments were
occupied wllh plans for meeting anv
trying situation that might arise at
Tampico through efforts of Huerta to
establish a blockade to halt shipments
of arms for Carranza. It had been re
ported lhat federal gunboats had been
ordered to Tampico. Aitnerican war
vessels off Alvarado and Puerto Mexico
reported, however, that Huerta's ships
bad made no move to leave They will
continue under the surveillance of the
American men-of-war.
Ulster “Volunteers” Get
3,000 More Mauser Rifles
Belfast, —The Hrniory of the Ulster
' volunteers,” was strengthened today
by the addition of 3,000 Mauser rifle's
as the rnsult of n daring gun-running
of an Irish yachtman A portion of
the consignment was landed to tho
south of Donaghadee, It; miles fr.na
Belfast, but most, of the rifles were,
delivered straight on the quay at
Belfast, and the cases were removed
under the eyes of the police by spe
cially selected volunteers.
Two French Aviators
Meet Fearful Death
Dijon, Franco.—Two French army
aviators. Lieutenants Olronne and
Mapper-Rloux, were killed while flying
near here today. An explolslon oc
curred while their aeroplane was at an
attitude of half a mile. Their bodies
were horribly burned and iimitilated.
6,000 Gold Sovereigns
Are Deposited For Fight
London.—Mix thousand sovereigns,
the largest sum of gold ever deposited
to insure a glove light, were posted in
the offices of the Mportsman this af
ternoon for the approaching match
between "Jack" Johnson and "Ham”
Ismgford. The money represents
Johnson's share whether he wins, loos
es nr draws The light probably will
lake place in latndun In September of
(le tuber.