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Huerta Preparing to Flee; Son, Daughter Precede Him
THE WEATHER
Fair tonight and Wed
nesday.
VOLUME XIX, No- 181.
MEXICANS BALK AT
PROPOSALS OF U.S.
Statement Given Out By Act
ing Foreign Minisier at
Mexico City Says American
Delegates Plan Would Redu
Electoral Liberty to a Sham.
I
PRES’T WILSON SHOULDN’T
FORCE CARRANZA ON THEM
Election of Rebel Chief to
Presidency Through Influence
of Washington Gov’t Would
Hamper Pacificatibn of the
Country. Civil Strife Would
Continue.
Mexico City.—Roberto Esteva-
Ruiz, act!n(; foreign minister, has giv
en out a memorandum bearing on the
statement of the Mexican delegates at
the Niagara Falls mediation confer
ence, addressed to the American dele
gates and first made public from Nia
gara Falls June 17. In it he brings out
certain Passages which were not con
tained in the statement as issued at
Niagara Falls. The object of the
memorandum, it was said, was to
combat proposals sent by the Ameri
can delegates which were said to be
tantamount to reducing electoral lib
erty in Mexico to a sham, as the elec
tions would be held under pressure in
favor of Carranza.
Bad for Both.
This it was argued would be bad for
Mexico and for the United States as
well as for Carranza, as it would cause
bad feelings between the two peoples
and Carranza would always be re
garded as the nominee and subordi
nate of the American government. For
this reason, it is stated, the Mexican
delegates rejected the proposals in
question without even consulting their
own government, for they could not
countenance any arrangement en
abling the Washington government to
put in a president in Mexico.
Ask Why.
The Mexican delegates in the docu
ment ask why the government at
(Continued on Page Nine).
Formal recess of
PEACE CONFERENCE
SET FOR TOMORROW
Niagara Falls, Ont. —After a. confer
ence today between Ambassador Da
Gama of Brazil and Ministers Naon
and Suarez it was anounced that me
diation would formally recess tomor
row until such time as the constitu
tionalists delegates and Huerta repre
sentatives could confer informally on
Mexico’s internal problems.
All the mediators and their secre
taries began immediately to make
plans for departure tomorrow or
Thursday and it is expected that by
the end of the week the entire media
tion colony will have left here. No
time has been set for reconvening of
the mediation but it is not believed
they will gather again for another two
or three weeks.
May Not Reassemble.
Washington. —Tne recess of the
Niagara mediation conference was re
ceived in official circles without com
ment, where it was not unexpected
as President Wilson and .Secretary
Bryan, in constant touch with the
American delegates had been advised
of the situation.
It was varolusly interpreted in of
ficial and diplomatic circles. Those
who have been pessimistic as to the
success of mediation held the opinion
that the conference might not reas
semble, basing their view on their
belief that the constitutionalists
never had desired to panicipate, pre
ferring to prolong their military cam
paign.
EXPECT CARRANZA
ANSWER TONIGHT
Definite Reply Regarding Participation in Mediation Confer
ence Awaited After Consultation With Military Chiefs.
Additional Doubt Cast on Outcome.
Washington.—Some answer from
General Carranza as to participation
In the Niagara mediation conference
we* expected at constitutionalist
headquarter* by night. Luis Babrera,
Carranza's agent here, said the gen
eral had been conferring with hi*
chiefs as was required by the plan
of Guadaloupe and probably by this
time had learned thelt views.
The constitutionalist agents here,
meanwhile assumed an attitude of
watchful waiting. News from Mexico
City that fllr Lionel Carden had ad
vised British subjects to leave, was
Interpreted by the constitutionalists
as ioreshadowlng military develop
ments centering in the capital
* - •
Additional Doubt.
Washington.—New elements In the
Mexican situation caused by internal
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
DISAFFECTION
SPREADING AT
MEXICO CITY
Fear That Revolt Among the
Federal Troops Will Come
Within Week. Huerta’s Hold
Is Wavering. Situation at
Front Desperate.
Said That 5,000 Government
Soldiers at Zacatecas Battle
Fired on Their Own Com
rades. Dictator Orders Maas
to Remain at Capital.
Vera Cruz. —Fear that the spread of
disaffection among Mexican federals
might result in an uprising in Mexico
City caused the British residents there
to hold a meeting on Saturday night
to arrange final plans for defense of
the concentration district. British
refugees who arrived here today said
the general opinion expressed at the
meeting was that Provisional Presi
dent Huerta's hold on the situation
in the capital was wavering and many
predicted an uprising or a revolt of
the army within a week or ten days.
Fired on Own Side.
Some of the refugees declared the
federal defeat at Zacatecas to be par
tially due to the revolt of 5,000 fede
rals. These men are said to have
fired on their own comrades.
Tha situation at the front is de
clared so desperate that Huerta is said
to have ordered General Joaquin Maas,
who is a son of his brother-in-law,
to remain in the capital instead of
returning to take the command at
Queretaro, where efforts are being
mac., to face the advance of Villa’s
army.
TROOPS GUARD
THE fir PUNT
Great Crowds of the 12,000
Westinghouse Strikers As
semble. Kept bloving on
Streets.
Pittsburg.—The state constabulary
today was In complete control of the
strike district of Turtle Creek Valley
Troopers cleared the bridge leading
to the Westinghouse Electric and Ma
chine Factories of the deptuy sheriffs
that have had it for three weeks and
all persons were allowed to pars with
out question. Streets were patrolled
by mounted men. and the people kept
moving. A great crowd of strikers
assembled at the plant entrance to
see Wno would return to work and
pickets were active under the re
strictions laid down by Captain
Adams,
Strict orders wen given by the con
stabulary for the armed guards to re
main in the works and not to show
themselves on the streets with their
guns.
YACHT ASHORE.
Princetown, Mass.—The schooner
.yacht Virginia, owned by a Mrs.
Crowfoot, of Omaha, Neb., went ashore
near the Wood End Life Saving Sta
tion during a thick fog early today.
Word was sent to the revenue cutter
Gresham for assistance.
dissensions in the revolutionary ranks
today cast additional doubt over the
outcome of mediation. Adminlstra
tion leaders declined to discuss thest
developments, but hope still was ex*
pressed that a way might finallv ha
found for the establishment of a pro
viso nal government in Mexico that
would inspire ready recognition.
No Summary Action.
Secretary Bryan would not discuss
the probable length of time the me
diators would await a definition of
Carranza’s stand. It appeared how
ever, that they would take no ruiu
mary action. Satisfaction was ex
pressed in adminstratlon circles over
reports that representatives of Car
ranza were to meet Villa this week
In an effort to repair • hatever
breach has occurred between the two
leaders.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 30, 1914.
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MISS ELEANOR McGILL.
Jersey City. —Miss Eleanor McGill, former wife of William F. Carr
and one of Jersey City's,richest heiresses, is being sued for $50,000 for
stolen affection by Mrs. Mary Mayer, wife of Walter Mayer, Miss Mc-
Gill’s former chauffeur. Miss McGill, who is a striking brunette, Is the
daughter of the late Dr. John D. McGill, who was one of the most promi
nent physicians In New Jersey. Mayer, according to his wife, whs too
friendly with Miss McGill and that she allowed him to comb her tresses.
This was denied by both Miss McGill and Mayer, who say that they
were never alone together. At the close of the accusing testimony, when
Miss McGill took the stand herself, she expressed her attitude coldly:
“Mayer’s married life and his troubles are no affair of mine. Me was a
good chauffeur. I am Innocent and I know he is. I never gave Mrs.
Mayer and her child a thought.”
Rush at N. Y. Customs
House; Pay Income Tax
New York.—Clerks In the office of
Chas. W. Anderson, Internal revenue
collector at the customa house, worked
until after midnight this morning In
an effort to clear their desks in an
ticipation of the rush today of Income
tax payers. Income tax paid after 6
o’clock tonight are subject to a penalty
of 5 per cent and 1 per cent a month.
More than $8,000,000, or 30 per cent
of the whole assessment of the United
States, has been'paid to Collector An
derson. This came from the district
below 14th street, In which is located
the financial district. It Is estimated
that about 1,500 have been paying
their taxes daily for the last week.
threTTnjured in auto
WRECK AT ORANGEBURG
Orangeburg, 8. C.—Three men were
injured this morning near this city
when a big touring car belonging to
Mr J. W. Sifley was wrecked. The
injured are Simon Rich, a young at
torney; John Pike, a traveling sales
man, and Webb Bull, a railway clerk.
Mr. Rich Is perhaps fatally injured.
SIQNB THE BILL.
Washington.—President Wilson to
day signed the naval appropriation
blit which carrier a provision for two
new dreadnoughts and permits sale
of the battlesbl’s Mississippi and
Idaho to Green Negotiations now
are being conducted .or tbls sale.
Speculation on Decision
in Freight Rate Advance
Wahsington.—Prospects of a delay
of a week or more In announcing the
interstate commerce commission’s de
cision in the application of the east
ern railroads for a five per cent In
crease in freight rates hav* revived
speculation about the commission's
conclusions In the hard-fought case.
A sudden hitch In the decision—
coming Just at a time whsn It general
ly was supposed to be on the eve of
announcement, was taken to Indicate
that the commission is far from unani
mous over what it shall decide. Bo
many elements enter Into the decision
that closest observers of the commis
sion’s procedure now are predicting
that the announcement may be delay
ed until the middle of July.
TO EXTEND CURRENCY BILLS
Washington. —Democratic leader
Ultderwood asked the house today to
pass a special resolution extending nil
rurrent appropriation bills from July
1 to July 15. The fiscal year ends
Jon* SOth and under such a resolution
the same rates of expenditure would
be lawful for two weeks more. White
the motion was temporarily blocked,
leaders declared the congestion of sup
ply measures was so acute such an
expedient would have to be called In.
BARTLETT RESTING WELL.
Washingon.—Representative Bart
lett. of Georgia, operated upon at a
local hospital yesterday for an affec
tion of tn« kidneys, was reported to
day doing well.
THE JAPS ARE
CALMING
DOWN
i
While the Press Unanimously
Express Dissatisfaction With
America. More Moderate
Tone Adopted Over the
California Land Question.*
Tokio. —Takaaki Knto, the Japanese
foreign minister, today announced that
details of the treaty negotiations be
tween Japan and the United States on
the subject of the California alien land
ownershihp legislation would not be
published out of deference to a re
quest from the United States govern
ment and also because the publica
tion was deemed unnecessary.
Not to Excite Public.
The comment today of the more
moderate among the leading newspa
pers unanimously expresses dissatis
faction with America but following
the cue given by the foreign mtnlster
shows a disposition soberly to dis
cuss she subject In the hope of on
lightening Instead of exciting the pub
lic.
Fear la expressed that Japan’s case
Is hopeless and there Is evidence of
a strong feeling that the time bus ur
rived to fix the status of Japanese
subjects living abroad.
CLOSE ESCAPE,
SPEAKER’S WILL
Mrs. Champ Clark and Party
In Terrific Electrical Storm
on the Potomac.
Washington, D. C.—The fact that Mrs.
Clirmp Clark, wife of the speaker <4
the house, and a party of young people
whom she chaperoned, had a narrow es
cape from death at Fort Washington,
about 15 miles from Washington, cn
Siir.dap night during a terrific e!e»-f;vionl„
storm became known today. , During
the height of the storm they were ma
rooned In a freight house at the wharf.
The party had gone down the Potoni «c
on the United States motor launch Wll
neimlnA and had been the guests of the
ecn.nianda.nt of Fort Washington. Short
ly after the start was made on the e
luri trip the storm approached and the
party landed and took refuge In the
freight house. There they saw ibe
V» tlhelmina, from which they had Just
escaped, ship writer In such quantities
that the crew was forced to beach -her.
'1 he party consisted of Mvs. Clark and
ho." daughter, Miss Genevieve ('lark. Miss
McO umber, daughter of Senator Pfc
( umber of North Dakota; Miss Raker,
dough tei of Representative Baker of
New Jersey and Representative McKel
lar of Tennessee. They returned to
Washington on a lighthouse tender.
ZAPATA PUBLISHES
DECREE RENOUNCING
CARRANZA ALLEGIANCE
Mexico City. -News reached Mexi
co City today that Kmlllano Zapata,
the southern revolutionary leader, had
published a decree rejecting any al
legiance to Venustlano Carranza and
saying that the constitutionalist chief
had refused to accept the "plan of
Ayala," the original ax arlan procla
mation of the southern leader,
Zapata Is said to have declarer] that
he Intends to extend his operations
along the western coast of Mexico as
far as Honors and tl«t ho will fight
Carranza ’’forever.’’
SETTLE APPROPRIATIONS
U. S. EMBASSY BUILDINGS
Washington, D. C Disputed appro
priations In the diplomatic bill finally
were settled today. fine hundred ami
fifty thousand dollars for an eiWtmssy
building. In Mexico City; one hundred
thousand for one at Tnklo; one hundred
end forty thousand for a legation at
Kerne; seventy-five thousand for Am
erican participation In the conforem e of
American slates at Hantlago, Chile, In
Heptember, arid forty thousand dollars
esch for American participation In the
International congress against alcohol
ism and the Interparliamentary union
were agreed upon.
RECOVER TWO MORE MODIEB
RimOueki, Quebec—Two more bodies
have been recovered by divers from
the sunken hull of the steamship Km
press of Ireland. One was the body
of a loan aged about 50, the other of
a little girl, about 7 years old.
Both bodies will be burled here. The
Canadian Pacific Hal!road purchased
a plot of land near Father Point as a
cemetery for unidentified dead that
may hereafter be recovered.
$6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY.
Head of the Big Dry Goods
House in Financial Trouble
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JOHN CLAFLIN
New York.—Receiver?! have been ap
pointed for the H. B. Claflin Company,
a $9,000,000 corporation and one of
the forenvttt dry goods firms in the
United States, by Federal Judge Hand.
John B. Claflin, head of the H. JT.
Claflin Company, stated that the re
ceivership had become necessary be
cause the expansion of the business
had capital requirements
which the company could not meet. *
2,000 BODIES
ON ROAD; 400
IN TRENCHES
Federal Rout at Zacatecas
Was Complete. Commander
of Garrison Arrives at Aquas
Calientes With Only Four
teen Men.
Thought That Only Three
Hundred Managed to Escape
the Slaughter After Panic
Stricken Flight at Bloody
Battle.
T orreon.—Railroad men brought
the Information today that General
Medina Barron, commander of the
federal garrison, defeated last Tues
day at Zacatecas, tiad reached Aguas
Calienies, witli only 14 men. Gen
eral Barron was wounded in the thigh
they said The body of General Olca
another federal commander, has been
found on Zacatecas battlefield, ac
cording to reports to General Villa.
A son of General Barron, a major,
also was killed ami bis body found
and identified. The only group of
federal*, which left Zacatecas In any
order was one or about 200 men, it
bus been learned. All others fled
panic stricken. So far as has b.ten
possible to ascertain The federals
who managed to escape numbered not
more than 800.
About 5,000 were taken prisoners.
The extensive battleground has made
accurate figures difficult to secure.
On the Gaiidalupe road leading to the
city some two thousand federals died
wtille more than 400 bodies wer
found in redoubt* and trenches
uround the hill El Orlllo.
$1,746J384 OFBANK’S
NOTES OF “NO VALUE”
-v —
Chicago. -Official announcement of
the LaSalle Street Bank’s condition as
reported by ltuniel V. Markin, exami
ner, to the state auditor, was made
today. Notes due the bank to the ag
gregate of $1,746,084, were branded as
''desperate and no value." Notes for
$763,687 were called "slow and doubt
ful," while the "good" notes aggregate
only 1781,335. These Items alone In
dated * failure for approximately $2,-
500,000.
VILLA’S S4OO BATH TUB
SHIPPED FROM CHICAGO
Chicago. o#*n. Fradclaco Vllir» bath
tub, ■ hip pod from h#*r*» to Juiireb. M*»x.,
in rcuponM to bln cA’d»*r for the “bext
tub money rould buy,’' coat him SIOO,
It wan made known (odiy by the firm
thnt Hold it. Hhlpplr»K f’hrirffM came
to $125 more. General Villa m'dered the
tub In Kl Paso, Tex«x recently from a
representative of a Chicago firm.
HOME
EDIT 1 0 N
BODIES OF
COUPLE
AT SEA
Remains of Murdered Austrian
Archduke and Wife Taken
on Board Battleship. Church
Bells Toll and Salutes Fired.
Towns Draped in Black.
Vienna. Tho Tagblatt today says
“®, ’ale Archdttko’g life waa insured
with Dutch companies for $12,000,000 ,
and ihut of his wife [or $6,000,000.
Night Pasead Quietly.
Sarayevo, Bosnia. —The night pass
ed quietly in this city Six persons
were arrested Tor slight offenses.
Martial law still was In force today.
Scene of Tumult.
Agram, Croatia.—Denunciation by
nationalist Croatlans of a Catholic
and Servian coalition in connection
wtth the assassination of Archduke
I’ rands Ferdinand and his consort,
led to a scene of violent tumult in the
Croatian diet today and the disturb
ance became so great that the tspeake r
siiki ended the session.
Vitriolic threats filled the chamber.
The Servian delegates were taunted
with being murderers and were ask
ed If they had brought their bombs
.with them.
Bodies Leave.
Metkovioh, Herzegovina.— The bod
ies of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
and hie consort, the Duchess of IJo
henburg, arrived here on a special
train at 6 o'clock this morning from
Sarayevo, Bosnia. They were accom
panied by the members of the house
hold. The town was draped In black.
Guards of honor from the army and
navy were drawn up along the plat
form and behind them were gathered
the local authorities, the school chil
dren of the town and dense crowd of
citizens.
By Bluejacket*.
The coffins were removed from the
curs by bluejackets and after a pray
(Continued on Page Nine).
Bill AGAINST
LOCKER CLUBS
Measure Introduced This Morn
in#? to Put Them Out of Bus
iness in Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga. — A bill to put the lock
er clubs out of business In Georgia
was Introduced In the senate Tues
day morning by Senator W D. Mc-
Neill of the twenty-second district.
The bill would repeal section 933 of
the state code which legalizes the li
censing of locker clubs on payment of
a »r,OO per annum tax. It would pro
hibit the Isuance of an, further locker
club license after the passage of the
bill.
A bill to grant women votes in Geor
gia was Introduced by Henator B. 8.
Miller, of thi twenty-fourth. This
measure In the same form as that In
troduced In the house last week.
PRIVATE DESPATCHES
S/IY THE DICTATOR IS
GETTING READY TO GO
WASHINGTON—Private dee
patches received here today
from unofficial sources in
Mexico City stated that Presi
dent Huerta had sent his son
and daughter toward Puerta
Mexico and was making pre
parations for his own depart
ure on short notice. The in
formation was conveyed to the
state department.
THE COLONEL’S OFF TO
SPEAK IN PITTSBURG
Nsw York.—Theodore Roosevelt,
by Als son, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.,
und Ills secretary, left at 8:05 o’clock
this morning for Pittsburgh where to
noght he will speak at the close of the
second annual conference of the Pro
gressive League of Pennsylvania.
<’ol. Roosevelt appeared to be In excel
lent health, but expressed doubt ns to
the condition of his voice, ills speech
at Pittsburgh tonight, he said, would
serve as a test of his voice and deter
mine to some extent at leas his plga
i for the campaign.