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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. MMsiiGm Eeecggstgs Cmrmmm 3fe EMM E j Spuftn fERSEY CITY'S RICHEST HEIRESS DENIES ALLEGATIONS IN SUIT OE HER CHA UFFEUR’S WIFE sk.' ' ■4* •*- w 1" "" *‘ *’ r\ x »**Vr %■•'*’•'■ llf| i .■■'■ 's '\*%sSi| 1 \%M 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 JHH' ji I Off']} 7 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.