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About The Augusta herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1914-current | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1914)
TWO AUGUSTA CLUB SECOND HALF President Kalbfleisch Thanks Those Whc Made Society Vaudeville a Suscetg—A Lit tle Story Which Show 3 What Kind of a Man BroutLers Is. The Augusta baseball team, with Berger back In the game, as he prob ably will be this afternoon, and with reinforcements for the slab depart ment, should go some from now until tho curtain falls on the last half of the pennant race. Berger received n 'iok on one of his legs while playing the last game at Columbus, when he was behind the bat subbing foe Wal lace, and ws» unable to get In the ttarne yesterday. Marked, gram! ball player that he Is, cannot he expected to star In every position, although he has played ably not only the outfield but third and second hase. Mackert did as well at first base yesterday as may be expected of any outfielder. The game was lost principally because Snyder whs hit much harder than usua 1 and Manager Brouthcrs did not snatch him out until the latter part of the frees* because hr 1 doubtless thought every minute that his star box man would stop the fusillade rtf hits before the Comers made many more runs. However, In this be was mistaken, for Harhlson'a crowd had the local slabman's measure and the best of pitchers get their bumps occa slonally. Then, too, there was a wild throw by Clark and a few other sins of omission and commission. But things wIH doubtless be better this afternoon and henceforth. The fans of Augusta do not realize what an enormous undertaking It has been to get baseball re-established here. They do not realize the great ami tint of Initial expense that was Incurred In getting back Into the league, repairing the grandstand and fence, securing players to try-out and after trying them out finding that they would not tie able to fill the bill. Presi dent Kalbfleisch and Secretary Hack etf and otb club officers and direc tors have had a Herculean task this year We have a team which has only one or two of the original crowd which started the season. With no necleus— for Augusta had no team In the league fast year—the local officials have done wonderfully well and the first season lias been devoted to whipping nn ag gregation fnto shape which : houhl make a splendid showing during the remainder of the season. With a good pitching staff there Is not a team in the league which has anything on the Brouthers aggrega tion. indeed, the Augusta club la com posed of the hardest collection of hit ter* In the entire circuit and when the Combacks’ heavy artillery gels to working many pitchers' hearts have been broken. The fans have been patient and for bearing with the management and players throughout the many reverses of the first half of the season. The attendance here has been good amt If the clubs that Augusta bad visited had drawn as yell as the home team has drawn hercVlvere would not be so ii.uch worry otter the financial eon tlltlor. President Kalbfleisch said this morning that ho wished to thank those who made; the Society Vaudeville a success. He aaid that the club re ceived material assistance from the receipts of the show which was pulled off night before Inst at tho Grand. The president of the Augusta club is deeply grateful not only to those who parttc'pated In the show without any remuneration but also to those who purchase tickets. "We are proud of the splendid sup port the fans hsve given us during the first hslf of Jhe season,” said Mr. Kalbfleisch today, "and with any kind of luck during the second half of the season, which opens on tho 18th Inst., with Ai gusta In Charleston, we are STANDARD SAMPLE SHOE STORE SOUTH’S LARGEST SHOE STORE 958-960-962-964 BROAD STREET. Wb Are Oilering Bargains in Shoes Never Before Equaled in Augusta Since the opening of out- store Thursday morning, our large salosforee has been rushed from early morning hours until closing hours. You have only to look over our bargain counters to realize what values we are giving. A Pew of the Many Bargains We Offer Por Saturday: ladies’ White Canvas Oxfords, consist of Wickert & Gardiner and Duthen liofe, on sale Saturday at 65£ An extremely large lot of ladies Colonial Pumps, new kidney and Louis heel, in Gun Metal, Pat Leathers and Velours. $4.00 and $5.00 values on sale Saturday at $2.45 Men shoes of standard brands, consisting of Stetson. Howard & Foster, and Just Wright, $5.00 and $6.00 values, on sale Saturday at $2.75 WANTED Good salesmen and salesladies. Buy Your Shoes From the South’s Largest Shoe Store and Save Money. THE STANDARD SAMPLE SHOE STORE 958-960-962-964 BROAD STREET. Store Lately Occupied By S. H. Kress & Co. WILL MAKE GREAT SHOWING IN OF THE SALLY LEAGUE SEASON going to come mighty near winning 1 ihe race and then defeat Savannah for the pennant in a post-season aeries Indeed, 1 am almost sure that with an even break in luck we will win the second half of the. season for the team la at home about two-thlrda of the time and we cloae the season with nine straight games on the home lot.” Manager Brouthers Is a hard-work ing, conscientious manager. The fans of Augusta who do not know Brouth ers personally will read with Inter ns’. the following story about him which shows that he ts an unusual type of baseball manager. Home time ago, when the. salaries of the players were due and the club was up against It flmincially. Manager Brouthers told the cluh officers not to pay him his salary If the money was needed else where and not to pay him at all any n.ore until the club was able to do so without Inconvenience. Huch a spirit won over every director and of ficer to Brouthers. He showed that he was not merely running a ball club In Augusta to get the money. A man like Brouthers deserves to win—for there are few like him. The club in sisted on his taking hts salary and the writer does not know whether Broutu irs did so or not but It is sufficient for the fans of Augusta to know that their ball club has a manager who wil make such an offer. AFTER DEADLOCK OF 3 DAYS. FIRST IMPORTANT STEP IS NO_W ACHIEVED (Continued from Preceding Page.) sion to the conference, he said, was a matter for decision by the. mediators. The American delegates looked upon the announcement from Saltillo as a distinctly encouraging sign, Indicating that all sides now recognized the value Of mediation. On the other hand the need for constitutionalist representa tion In the view of one of the media tors is daily diminishing. American Win Point. Nigara Falla, Ont Mediation today had achieved Its first Important step After nearly three weeks of parleying the mediators and the American anti Huerta delegates were ready formally to approve In full conference the method by which the executive power In Mexico t'lty shall tie transferred from the Huerta administration to a new provisional government. The constitutional form of succession, per mitting General Huerta to appoint as minister of foreign affars the man chosen here for the provisional pre ldency has been abandoned. Claims of U. 8. The United States claimed that to follow this method would be recogniz ing Huerta’s authority as constitution al. instead there will be an abrupt transfer of authority to the new pro visional president with the probability that tho oath of office will be admin istered by tho chief justice of the su preme court Mexicans Yield. There was a deadlock for three day* over the manner of transition from Huerta hut the Mexicans finally yield ed on the ground that technicalities should not Jeopardize the prospects for peace. The mediators too are deter mined to. remove every technical ob stacle. The work of the conferences now Is centered on the second point In the plan for the pacification of Mexico, which* deals with the person nel of tho new government. Names have not yet been submitted by the United Htates because there has been no communication with the constitu tionalists and It Is the party which tho American government Is aiming to satisfy so as to persude them to lay down their arms. Carothers' Trip. The trip If George C. Carothers, spe- cial representative of the State De partment from Torreon to Saltillo was Interpreted here as meaning that he will endeavor to obtain information from General Carranza directly which will aid the American delegates In handling the details of the peace plan. To Send Delegates. In the meantime the anouncement from Saltillo that Carranza has decid ed to send delegates to the mediation conference Injected a complex phase Into the situation. It had been Inti mated for several days that the con stitutionalists would announce this Intention of sending delegates but would make, no mention In his note ol the Instructions or powers of his rep resentatives, nor grant an armistice. The mediatoors have been firm In theit determination to exclude constltlon allst delegates unles an armistice previously had been declared. It re mains to be seen however, whether whether they will actually close the door against them or receive them in formal conference. The American Envoys. It is not at all improbable that the American delegates will ask the me diators to reslHt envoys or that they themselves will endeavor to obtain in formation from the new representa tives. The coming of constitutional ists representatives is bound to assist the negotiations whether they are for mally admitted or not. Probable Selection. It Is believed here that the constitu tionalist representatives will be Luis Cabrera, a former speaker of the Mex ican chamber of deputies, now in New York; Jose Vasconcelos, a young at torney prominent In tho constitution alist movement, also In New York and Igleslas Calderon, leader of the liber al party In Mexico, now at Saltillo with General Carranza. Rafael Zubanan, special representative of Gen. Car ranza In Washington, may he a dele gate, but it ts more likely that he will continue in the national capital to look after Important interests there. NICK WILBURN PAYS PENALTY ON SGAFFOLD (Continued from Preceding Page.) under circumtsances which attracted general interest throughout the South, it was at first thought that King had committed suicide or had been acci dentally killed while hunting. Later Wilburn and King’s wife were arrest ed on a charge of murder. Confessed in Court. At their trial It was brought out through Mrs. King’s confession In open court that she and Wilburn had been Intimate and It was charged by the slate that they conspired to kill King and obtain his Insurance money. Wil burn later confessed to the authorities that this was substantially true and that under the agreement, If he should be tried for th»i killing the entire amount would be used in his defense. Declined to Interfere. Wilburn, convicted of King’s mur der, appealed to the state supreme court which denied a new trial. The Georgia prison commission refused to recommend that the death sentence be commuted to life Imprisonment and yesterday Gov. John M. Slaton de clined to Interfere with the course of the law. Mrs. King, who also was tried for murder, was acquitted and later left Georgia for the West. AN ANGRY CONSTITUENT. “No; I’ll never vote for that fel low ngaln.” "Why not?” "I wrote him that I wanted a gov ernment plum and he sent me a cou ple of seedlings from the Agricultural Department.” THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. FIREMAN KILLED AND OTHERS INJURED; HEAD-ON COLLISION Two Through Freights Come Together on Georgia Railroad and Fireman R. F. Harris of This City Killed Fireman R. F. Harris was killed and several others severely injured at 1:10 o’clock Friday morning when there was a head-on collision on the Geor gia Railroad 250 yards west of the station at Robinson, 71 miles from Augusta, on the main line, between through freights, No. 210, eastbound, and No. 19, westbound. Not only was there one life lost and others injured but a tank of kerosene oil on one of the cars caught on fire and about 15 cars burned up. It Is said that the flames from the burning mass of wreckage leaped so high in the air and were fanned by a breeze to such extent that a two-story residence near the railroad tracks caught on fire also. and burned so rapidly that the in mates had to make hasty exits to es cape being cremated alive. A statement as to the wreck was obtained from the Georgia railroad of fices today. The two trains were run ning on time table rights and without special orders. No. 19 was supposed to go In the side-track at the east switch at Robinson to wait for No. 210. However, this was not done and the train ran on past Robinson, past the west switch and 250 yards from the station met No. 210, which was coming at a good rate of speed, not expecting anything to be in her way. It is said that No. 19 was running slow. Both trains had large numbers of freight cars, probably 40 being drawn by each engine. No. 210 was In charge of Conductor R. I. Burckhalter and Engineer A. V. Bcott, both of Augusta, and No. 19 was in charge of Conductor J. T. Pas chal and Engineer R. A. O’Nell, also of Augusta. The injured are: Engineer Scott, head badly bruised and other Injuries. Carried to the hospital when he was brought Into the city on the Athens train, due here at 11:15 a. m. R. I. Burckhalter, conductor, hand and face bruised. William Berrien, negro brakeman on No. 19, slightly brnised. T. G. Thompson, fireman on No. 19, of Augusta, right leg bruised. J. T. Paschal, conductor on No. 19, ear and side bruised. Nathan Neal, negro brakeman, bruised. The body of Fireman Harris was brought to the city on the Athens train and carried to the Wilson undertaking establishment. He has a brother in Swalnsboro, Ga. Minor Injuries to Flagman. There w*ere injuries of a minor na ture of Flagmen T. H. Wheeler ana G. W. Berry, Jr., both of Augusta. According to eye-witnesses to the wreck the two trains came in sight of each other only a short distance aart. As soon as the crews of the two engines saw that they were about to collide attempts were made to stop but it was too late and then all hands got ready to Jump. Engineer Scott and Fireman Harris, of No. 210, how ever, seemed to have been late In Jumping, with the result that the lat ter was killed and the former was terribly Injured. A report from the city hospital at 2 o'clock this after noon is to the effect that Mr. Scott will recover. It is said that Harris fell In a ditch and while stunned by the severe blows which he received on the head was drowned by water flowing from the tender of his engine. When the two engines came together both were de molished and the thousands of gal lons of water In the two tenders poured on the ground. An eye-wit ness Informed a Herald reporter that when he saw Harris first he was not yet dead, but appeared to be drown ing In the water which was pouring In great quantities over him. An ex amination of the body at the under taking establishment revealed the fact that there were severe bruises about the head, also bruises on the body and It appeared that at one time dur ing the wreck he was caught between Iron bars or timbers. Was Also Scalded. Scalding water from the engine boll era evidently came in contact with Harris’ body also, for there were sCalded places on his ide. To de termine the exact cause of death an autopsy will be necessary. His broth er has wired the Georgia Railroad of ficials to hold the body pending his arrival in the city from Swainsboro. Young Harris was a popular young man, had been working for the Geor gia Railroad for several years and was held In high esteem. He came to this city a number of years ago from Lincoln county, so It is under stood. He has no relatives living here. The wounded and dying were drag ged from the wreckage and vicinity before the fire gained much headway. There was a loud explosion when the kerosene oil tank exploded and the great mass of burning wreckage il luminated that section of the country for many miles around and attracted large numbers of people. The cars that remained on the tracks were not damaged by fire but all of the others were a total loss with the exception of the trucks and whatever else there was about them of Iron and steel. The engines were made almost unrecog nizable by the contact and the fire. Georgia Railroad passenger train, No. ”, which left Augusta at 2 a. m„ transferred at the scene of the wreck and thl strain was two -hours lats reaching Atlanta. Trains No. 1 and ! No. 2, west and east bound respec tively, were also late. By 12 o'clock today. Central time, a track had been ! built arpund the wreck and all of the I other trains will be on timg. There has been no official Investi gation of the cause of the wreck and no statement would be made by the I officials today placing the blame. . . Quimet Leads All the Amateurs Today Troon, Seotland.—Frances Oulmet, open golf champion for the United States, led all amateurs with an ag gregate score of 154 !« the two qual ifying rounds concluded today for the , Hrttlsii open golf championship. Oulmet was tied for the fifth place In the entire list. Edward Rar and John H. Tyler, the holder of the British open golf title, tied for first place witt aggregate scores of 150. FIGHT ON TOLLS SHIFTS TO HOUSE (Continued from Preceding Page.) concur with the senate amendment, declared the provision "should be ac ceptable to all advocates of uniform tolls.” "It may not have been necessary,” he continued, "because nothing that we could add to or bmit from the bill could enlarge or diminish the rights of the parties under the treaties. It is exceedingly appropriate that the state ment contained In the amendment should be made amd promulgated in connection with the repeal bill Itself— it is nothing but the truth and sub stantially the same declaration has been made by us on the floor of the house and elsewhere many times.” Overwhelmingly. Mr. Adamson said the amendment was not made by the advocates of ex emption, "as all of their propositions were voted down overwhelmingly and were generally of a character to in crease the difficulties of the situation.” “The advocates of the repeal,” he declared, "were taking care of the interests of the treasury and of the people against the avaricious demands of the special interests. The question of sovereignty could not be involved as sovereignty is intact and unques tioned. Sovereignty Not Involved. There has never been any sovereign ty question involved; never any prop osition to’ surrender anything to any other country nor to waive any right of this government. All these things are hobgoblins and bugaboos, conjured up and injected in to the discussion by advocates of special interests. “Congress and the government may be ‘we’ In the sense that the canal is ours but if they confuse any little handful of men conducting the great est and longest and loudest lobby ever seen on earth to get special privileges as ‘we’ they are mistaken, for they do not represent one per cent of the Amer ican people. 90,000,000. There are 90,000,000 American people who represent the treasury and those who want the special privileges want us to xlivert from the treasury on an average of $5,000 a month for each ship or $60,000 a year that belong to our constituents, and give it to a lot of fellows who do not need it, do not care for it and do no care for the flag, except when you give them special privilege. "I rejoice in the triumph of the peo ple, which has thus corrected a gre vious wrong and provided for the opening of the canal on fair, equal and honest terms that will enable the ca nal management to demonstrate its full and glorious success. Peace In Family. "There is new peace in the family, all have come back to the original proposition that we ought not to shackle the canal enterprise with the selfish claims of private Interest. We can all glorify together with peans of triumph In the completion and opera tions of this stupendous creation.” Continuation of Our Very Remarkable Sale of Women’s (t 'j Q O and Misses’ Attractive SB.OO Dresses at This special lot includes a splendid assortment of all the fashionable dress fabrics for cool summer wear, such as fine voiles in plain white figured and striped effects; dainty batiste; flowered materials; Dolly Vardens; high-grade linens and others. These Dresses are in the very latest styles: Models Illustrated giving a wide variety and an excellent choice, and you can readily find the dress that will suit your particular figure. Among them are the blousy waist effect dresses —some show vestees of net, others lace-trimmed. Quite a number have the new Gladstone high collar. All are made with kimono sleeves. The skirt models are in a wide variety, that includes the prettiest new styles. GOLDEN BROS. LADIES’ OUTFITTERS 1054 SROAD STREET Distinctively Zndividxiar j' M AI ) TURKISH BLEND WL CIGARETTES* g a distinctive 11 f V pleasure l|| (Tv 1 FELL JUST SHORT OF WAR (Continued from Preceding Page.) Greece with the object of reconquering the territory she lost in the recent war. Commence Attack. London.—An official dispatch from Mityelene, an island off the coast of Asia Minor, says that Turkish reguars with machine guns and a force of Bashi-Bazouks today commenced an attack on the town of Aivalik on the coast of the mainland. As the town is inhabited by 25,000 Greeks., a massacre is feared. Threats of another Greco-Turkish war (lid not come as a surprise to dip lomats here. It was pointed out that events in the near east during recent month had been kindling the strongest animosities between the two peoples. Wholesale Expulsion. Greece accuses Turkey of wholesale expulsion with great cruelties of Greek Christians from the province of Thrace while Turkey accuses Greece of op pressing former Turkish subjects in the region of Saloniki, taken by the Greeks in the recent Balkan war. Only recently the Greek patriarch threaten ed to remove the headquarters of the Boys’ Clothes Let the little man wear good and well tailored clothes. He will appreciate them. Visit our boys ’ department—we will give you a surprise in quality and price. MS Creary’s >• , ; ... Skirts on Sale This Week Value’, $5.75 to $7.50, Skirts on sale at $398 Made of the very best materials —Long Tunic 7ffect, wide range of colors can be found in this lot. They ara great values. Don’t miss this opportunity. They will not last long at tnese prices. More Pretty New Waists Than You Ever Saw in One Special Sale q** r\r\ Lot; on Special Sale Tomorrow .H* More than one thousand new Voile Crepe, Embroidered, Printed Crepes Organdy and solid color Waists the last moment.styles, showing all the new collars; large loose-fitting blouses made on elastic belts; our New York buyer is continually sending us new waists, and we show the new styles simultaneously with the stores of New fork. Our stock is always large, fresh and complete; Combination Crepes and Organdy Waists, Stripe Crepes, Embroidered Crepes and Colored Figured Crepes and Voile Waists are all extremely popular right now and will continue to be all summer. Over fifty distinct styles offering the greatest values ON 4 ever shown at iJpA.UU $2.50 White Hemp Hats at $1.19 A very special, and, Indeed, we may say a lucky purchase, as these promise to be Dame Fashion's preference Tor the summer. We are showing an almost endless variety of stylish and becoming shapes, Including those chic and much-wanted sailor models. $1.50 White Hemp Hats at 98c We Illustrate one model, hut there are a number of other fashionable dress shapes. Very good quality hemp. Hat* trimmed without additional charge when shapes and materials are purchased here. SI.OO and $1.25 Middy Blouses Balkan and sailor styles, made of ga latea and llnene Plain white and blue or red trim mings. Sizes for girls and women up to 44 bust measure. Tomor row for 50 r T 250 Panama Hats, Very Special, $1.98 Verified prices elsewhere are $3.50 to $4.00. Owing to the tremendous success jf last week's sale of the stylish Hats we have secured another 250 conces sions which permit us to of fer them at exceptionally at tractive prices. These shapes include the picturesque negligee effects and the smartly blocked Dress Hats of fine, pliable weave and excellent qual ity. Sizes and shapes for both misses and women. FRIDAY. JUNE IZ. ' A&yj ''ffjSkgi/Jf '^wHnH| 2Qforls* church from Constantinople. Messages from Athens today state one class of the Greek naval reserves had been called out, ostensibly to par ticipate in fleet maneuvers. Wired t& Return. Greek ship owners have telegraphed instructions to commanders of their steamers in the Black Sea to pass through the Dardanelles immediately and return to Greek waters. A conference between the Russian and Rumanian ministers has been planned to take place at Bucharst Ru mania next week to endeavor to pre vent the outbreak of war.
