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mUME XIX, No. 184.
'I’M PROUD OF THE WAT
TOO REPRESENTED 0, S.’
-PRES’T]OJELEGATES
Justice Lamar and Mr. Lehman Congratulated Warmly Upon
Return From Mediation Conference at Niagara Falls —Am-
erican Representatives Remain in Washington During the
Recess
Silliman Has Final Interview at White House Prior to De
parture For Mexico—Expected to Be Influential in Con
tinuance of Peace Efforts —Will Later Be Raised to Full
United States Consulship.
Washington The American dele
gates to the Niagara mediation con
ference —Justice Lamar and Frederick
W. Lehmann —returned to the capital
today and conferred with President
Wilson and Secretary Bryan. While
the Niagara conference is in recess,
awaiting Carranza's canvass of his
generals as to sending delegates to
treat with Huerta's emissaries the
American delegates will remain in
Washington. The three South Amer
ican mediators also will return here
shortly and keep in touch with the
situation, awaiting the next move
ment.
Terms of Surrender.
Iglesias Calderon, one of the con
stitutionalist leaders, expected to rep
resent Carranza if he sends delegates,
declared today he did not believe the
canvass of constitutionalist chiefs
would authorize sending delegates to
treat with Huerta unless they went
to discuss terms of surrender. He
gave it as his opinion that the pro
posal to discuss the internal affairs
of Mexico sou Id be rejected.
Altredo Breceda, Rafaeal Zubaran
and Luis Cabrera, all of the consti
tutionalist junta here, held confer
tnces but did not see the returning
American delegates.
Silliman Off.
John R. Silliman. formerly vice
consul at Saltillo, left Washington to
day for Mexico as President Wilson's
personal envoy to attempt to induce
eonstitutoinalist leaders to mediate
their differences with Huerta and to
Iring about harmony between Car
ranza and Villa.
Mr. Silliman had a final conference
with the president. While he would
not discuss his mission to Mexico, it
was suggested by officials that the
president expects him to be influen
tial in continuing the work begun at
Niagara Falls.
Its Importance.
While Carranza is canvassing his
generals on meeting the Huerta dele
gates Mr. Silliman is expected to tell
the constitutoinalists of the import
ance attached o that proposal by the
Washingon administration. Mr. Sil
liman will be raided o the full rank
of consul later, but not at this time,
because such an act might possibly
be construed as a recignition of
Huerta. The president, however, has
issued an executive order authoriz
ing the appointment and the nomina
tion will be sent to the senate when
the Mexican difficulty is solved.
Greeted Warmly.
President Wilson greeted the Amer
ican delegates warmly, When they
went to the White House this after-
I ’°Tm proud of the way you repre
sented the United States,” said he.
The conference was brief and an
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Hfo Investigate Proposed
Treaty With Nicaragua
„r» £
proposed treaty between tile United
,ten ;ind Nicaragua by the senate
Foreign relation* committee was author
ised bv a resolution adopted by the *en
today. The resolution, introduced
bv Senator Smith of Michigan gives the
committee full power to subpoena and
enforce Ihe attendance of witnesses and
the production of any documents it may
require.
THIRD ATTEMPT.
Danbury, third attempt
at train wrecking here within a few
weeks was discovered early today on
the Central vNew England Railroad.
A portion of a railroad tie was found
wedged into the frog of a switch Just
before the arrival of the Federal Ex
press from Washington to Boston. .
All New U. S. Money to Have Green Backs ,
Same Design; Must Be Stacked Right
Side Up Before Counted
Wsshirmton.— Plans for issuance of the new federal reserve bank
to the twelve reserve hanks after their establishment will be com
peted within 30 days. John Skelton Williams, comptroller of the currency,
sHid today. practically decided that notes of all denomination* will
s green back of the same design. This would make It necessary
< notes to be stacked right side up before they can be counted and
, . gfminify the work of tellers. The notes will be in denominations of
~ ', en twenty fifty and one hundred dollars. Portraits of Lincoln,
~|B ' n d Jackson. Grant and Franklin have been considered ror use on
.] arioua notes but a definite tie cimau \i»u not been reached.
Yesterday's Circulate of The Aupsta Herald Was
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
APPREHENSION
AT MEWED CUT
Germans, Arriving 1 at Vera
Cruz, Advised to Store Food
stuffs—Five American Nuns
Leave.
Vera Cruz. —Sharing the apprehension
felt by most foreigners in Mexico City
several Germans arrived at Vera Cruz
today from the capital. They said the
German minister. Admiral Paul von
Ttintze on Tuesday advised his country
men to purchase foodstuffs sufficient to
last at least eight days and to store
them in a concentration house chosen far
from the renter of the city.
In the same house there are a num
ber of Japanese whose government has
provided them with rifles and machine
guns and in case of necessity they will
join the Germans in defense Antici
pating an early disturbance of peace In
the capital, five American nuns who had
been attached to the school of the Sa
cred Heart as instructors also arrived
here today.
Only 36 Arrive.
Vera Cruz, Mex. —Twenty children,
foul teen women and two men com
posed the entire party of British sub
jects which arrived here today from
Mexico City in obedience to advice
given to Englishmen by Sir Lionel
Carden, the British minister, that
they take their families out of the
country.
It is expected that the major. / of
the members of the British colony at
the capital, of whom 800 are register
ed at the British legation will remain
in Mexico City.
Refuse to Pay the Forced
$30,000 Loan to Federals
On Board U. S. S. California, Ma
zatlan, Mex. (By wireless to San
Diego.—The cruiser South Dakota
departed last night for San Diego,
carrying two battalions of marines
for a summer encampment at Coro
nado, near San Diego. The remain
ing battalions of marines were to
leave for San Diego aboard the
cruiser West Virginia today.
Word was received today that mer
chants at Guaymas havd refused to
pay a forced loan of $30,000 to offi
cers of the federal army and It is
feared that trouble may result.
‘IMPENETRABLE MYSTERY’
SAYS W. TRAVERS JEROME
Albany, N. Y. —The case of Molcolm
Gifford, Jr., of Hudson, on trial for
the murder oT Frank .1. Clute, proba
bly will reach the Jury tonight. Wil
liam Travers Jerome summed up the
defendant’s case this morning and
District Attorney Alexander present
ed his final argument during the af
ternoon.
“An impenetrable mystery” was
the way Mr. Jerome ertbraeterized the
entire case.
Going Picnicking.
Wahaington —lndependence Day cel
ebrations will claim many of the heads
of government tomorrow.
Speaker Clark speaks at Chase City
and Farmvllle, Va„ and Representa
tive Underwood will speak In Brook
lyn.
Vice President Marshall intends 1 4
go picnicking with his family, other
members of the cabinet will spend the
day quietly at nearby resorts, at work,
or on week-end trips.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 3, 1914.
Second Largest Battleship of U. S. Navy to Be Launched
FIND BODIES
OF THREE IN
BRUSH HEAP
Corpses of Georgian and Two
Unidentified Women Discov
ered in Atlanta Suburb—All
Three Shot to Death
Indications Are That S. F. Ben
nett Slew the Women and
Then Killed Himself, Dis
charging Gun With a Twig.
Atlanta, Ga.—The bodies of S. F.
Bennett and two unidentified women
wede found in a swamp at East Point,
a suburb of Atlanta, early today.
Wounds indicated that all three had
been shot to death. The bodies of
the women were covered with brush,
while that of Bennett lay in the open
a few yards away. The coroner of
Fulton County has been summoned
to Investigate.
According to the police there were
indications that Bennett killed the
women with a shot gun and after cov
ering their bodies with brush, commit
ted suicide. The oflicers said there
were signs of a struggle, the under
brush and weeds being trampled for
a distance of several yards around the
spot where Bennett’s body was lying.
A single-barrelled shot gun was found
tied to a stump nearby. The police
believe that Bennett after killing the
women, fastened the gun to the
stump and, standing before, discnarg
ed it with a twig. The charge tore
a great hole in his chest.
While the women have not been
identified it is thought they were
Bennett's wife and mother-in-law
The face of the younger woman had
been beaten in, making identification
almost impossible. Bennett, who liv
ed in East Point, was last seen on
Thursday. He formerly lived at IjO
gansville, Ga.
Identified.
Atlanta, Ga.—The women later were
identified as Mrs. Mattie Tolbert, Ben
nett’s mother-in-law, and Mrs. Hossie
Bennett, her daughter. The latter was
17 years old. Bennett was a brother
of N. O. Bennett, member of the leg
islature from Walton county.
The police believe that Bennett kill
ed Ids wife by strangling her two days
ago and that he lured her mother to
the scene of the killing and shot her
yesterday. It also is thought that Ben
nett shot his wife after he had choked
her to death.
New Ambassador to Czar
to Take Up U. S. Treaty
Washington.—An official intimation
of the purpose of the United States
to begin negotiations with Russia for
a new treaty to replace the one abro
gated about a year and a half ago was
conveyed in a statement at the White
newly appointed ambassador to St.
House today that Geo. T. Marye, the
Petersburg, might take up that sub
ject.
Mr. Marye will receive specific in
structions before lie leaves Washing
ton, as to the intentions of the state
department which has had the bene
fit of suggestions from Curtis Guild,
the ambasasdor who has Just retired,
regarding certain points upon which
negot! itions for a new convention
might probabi/ be based with some
hope of success,
virgindTleague moguls
RECONSIDERED ACTION
Newport News, Ve. —At an adjourn
ea meeting this morning, the directors
of the Virginia League reconsidered
their action of last night and voted
to divide the season of 1914 In half.
The second half of the season began
with the games played yesterday, but
all games played until August 1 also
will apply on the team standing for
the first half of the season. The win
ners of the two half seasons will play
for the pennant during the week of
September 14.
TWO BURNED TO DEATH.
New York. —Mrs. Hannah Nlckoll,
45. and her daughter, Sarah, 17 years,
were burned to death and four other
persons were seriously injured In a
flrt early today in the five-story tene*
c ent at No. 1 cast 112th street.
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BATTLESHIP NEVADA AND MISS
ELEANOR ANN SIEBERT.
Quincy, Mass.—The battleship Ne
vada, exceeding in tonnafte and dis
placement any American warship ex
cept her sister ship the Oklahoma, will
be launched from the Fore River Ship
building Company here July 11.
Miss Eleanor Ann Slebert, aged 10,
niece of Governor T. L. Oddie of Ne
vada, will christen the giant man
o’war as shb slides down into the wa
ters of the Fore River.
The Nevada’s length over all is 583
feet, and her breadui 95 feet 2 1-2
inches, and has a tonnage of 28,400
tons She is driven liy a Curtis Tur
bine engine, with 12 Yarrow boilers,
giving a total heating surface of 48,-
000 square feet and a total maximum
horsepower of 26,500.
The Nevada will carry 55 officers
and 808 men. The price of the hull
and machinery 1« $5,895,000.
PRICELESS ART WORKS
DESTROYED BY MILITANTS
Belfast, Ireland.—Suffragettes today
burned Ballymenoch, a fine mansion
near Holywood. The house contained
many priceless art treasures, all of
which were destroyed.
Ballymenoch was the residence of
Sir Henry Dixon, Lord Mayor of Bel
fast, for many years.
EVANS’ BIG ARMY’ SPEECH
AROUSES WHITE HOUSE IRE
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BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERT K.
EVANS.
Washington. It has been anounced
that President Wilson ha* ordered an
Investigation of a speech reported to
have been made by Brigadier General
Robert K. Evans, before members of
the Sons of the American Revolution,
to the effect that United States was a
“meddlesome nation," nod la mid to
have called the Monroe, Doctrine a
"Pandora’s box," and that the counry
needed a great army.
General Evans when asked about It,
says that his speech had been misin
terpreted.
MARCH PASS
CATAFALQUES
ROYAL DEAD
Continuous Procession, Formed
at Dawn. Views Silver Coffins
Containing Bodies of Murder
ed Archduke and Wife
Chappl of the Hofburg Lit By
Tall Candlesticks in Which
Enormous Tapers Eurn —The
Church Bells of Vienna Toll.
Vienna.—Crowds of mourners today
visited the chapel of the Hofbimr,
• here the bodies of Archduke Francis
Ferdinand and the Duchess of Hohen
berf? lay in state. A continuous pro
cession marched past he catafalques.
Kmperor BYancia Joseph left the
su bur ban palace at Schoenhrunn early
today foi the HofburK. As he passed
through the streets thousands of peo
ple cheered him.
Al.hough the court chapel was not
opened until X o'clock, crowds began
to assemble outside before dawn and
the line of people soon extended for
* mii<* beyond the Hofbprg. The bodies
lay in silver coffins ornamented with
gold. That of the archduke was dec
orated with gold bands and oak leaves
while that of the duchess was cov
ered with lilies. They were on ft low
catafalque approached by two steps
and surrounded by tall candlesticks in
which enormous wax candles burned.
Lifeguards formed a guard of honor.
In front of the coffins reposed two
wreaths of small white roses on a
background of palms and large* whits
roses with red and white streamers
and hearing the simple Inscription,
“Sofle, Max, Ernest.” They were from
the archduke’s children. Other floral
offerings numbering several hundred,
were placed in apartments adjoining
the chapel. Masses were said at all
the altars of the chapel from 8 o’cock
in the morning until noon. At 10
o’clock the court choir entered and
sang the "Miserere.” From noon un
til 1 o’clock the bells of one of the
city churches tolled.
President to Sit in
Hancock's Chair, Use
Washington's Pitcher
Philadelpria. —The chair used by
John Hancock during the session of
the continental congress will he oc
cupied by President Wilson here to
morrow when he delivers his address
at the Fourth of July ceremonies a|
Independence Hal) The table upon
which lay the Declaration of Indepen
dence as the delegates came forward
to sign it will be planed lq front of
the president and a pitcher used by
George Washington will he placed on
the table filled with Ice water.
Promise South Clear Day
and Sunshine For the 4th
Washington, —Celebrants of the na
tion’s anniversary may, without fear
of having their holiday marred by rap> v
plan their excursions or make arrange
ments for participation In exercises or
sports.
The weather map today gave Indi
cation of a clear day with sunshine
over, practically the entire East and
South, from the Mississippi river to
the Atlantic coast. It will be some
what warmer Haturday In the New
England states, Eastern New York,
and the lower lake region, but else
where east of the Mississippi the tem
perature will remain moderate.
LAKE TRAFFIC DECREABE
Ssult Bte Maris, Mich.—Another
heavy decrease In Great Lakes traffic
Is shown by the statistical report of
commerce through the American and
Canadian canals at this point for the
month of June.
The total freight movement of 8.-
688,081 tons Is 3,625,532 tons below the
total for June, 1913.
Vessel passages for the month were
2,805, with a registered net tonnage
of 6,606,134 as compared with 3,41.!
vessels With 8,640,442 tonnage last
year,
FIRE AT EXTER BCHOOL.
Exeter, N. H. The Interior of the
-naln building of tin- Phillips Exeter
Academy was ruined by fire early to
day, The loss Is estimated at $50,-
000.
$6.00 PER YE AR—5 CENTS PER COPY.
WITH SOBS, TELLS
OF HIS GOLD MINE
Tearful Story Related to Committee Investigating Use of
the Senate Stationery in Promotion —Newman Says His
Brother Blew Self Into Thousand Pieces With Dynamite.
Took Oath He’d Make a Success of It, or Do Same Thing
DOCTOR'S WIFE
IS NOJJIIIIED
District Attorney Desires to
Hold Mrs. Carmen For Later
Testimony. Inquest This
Afternoon.
Freeport, N. Y. —The n -me of Hr.
Edwin Carman’s wife did not appear
on the list of witnesses summoned
tor the Inquest this afternoon into the
dentil of Mirs, I.oulho Bailey, who was
murdered in Dr. Carman's office last
Tuesday night.. Almost fvery one
else in and about the physician’s
house that night had been notified to
upposr. Tiie district attorney ex
plained that he hud an excellent rea.
son for not calling Mrs. Carman and
It was understood that he desired to
reserve her testimony for the grand
jury unimpaired by any 'premature
revelations. Among the witnesses call
ed were Archie Post, Joseph Colder
and Miss Hazel Combs, patlenls who
were waiting in Dr. Carman’s outer
olfice when Mis. Itallny was murder
ed. These three had told stories
which did not agree with the tale ot
Mrs. Carman, who declared that she
was in her bedroom when the faiai
shot was fired and for half an hour
before.
Mrs. Carman today declared she
wanted to testify at the inquest.
"I realize fully that in a measure
that I am under suspicion," she said,
"ami that at the presen moment 1 am
restrained as to my movements. No
one need fear, however, that 1 am
going to try to run away or to shirk
any ordeal that I may he put to.”
Mrs. Carman denied a story that
several weeks ago she had attacked
a woman patient in her husband's of
fice. She refloated hor declaration
that she had never seen Mrs. Bailey
until she looked upon her dead body
the the morgue yesterday afternoon.
Freeport, N. Y. Continued search to
day of III), grounds of the Carina a Home,
which extended even to an examination
of wills anil cesspimis failed to reveal
the with which Mrs Louise Hal
ley of Hempstead was murdered on
Tuesday nlgfd while preparing to leave
tiie of flee of Hr. Edwin Carman.
District Attorney Hmltli announced
that he had found two negroes who said
they saw a man run away from the win
dow through whleti the fatal shot was
fired. Hhrvlff Pettit, however, declared
that "every man in the case has been
eliminated. if there Is an arrest It will
he it. woman,” said tlie sheriff.
A “Sane Fourth” For Augusta
is Promised; Quiet Holiday
No Shooting of Fireworks Allowed in City—Be Gorgeoua
Display at Lake in Evening, However—D A R Exercises
at Court House at 0 P. M.—Cock Fight Across the River
The Colonel Starts in
His Six Weeks' Rest Cure
Oyster Bay, N. Y. Col. Roosevelt to- !
flny gave a fresh (IfnnoriHtratlon of how I
meant to observe the doctor'a decree
for a six weeks rent curt. Ah a apaclal 1
concession the former president slept a
half hour longer than iiHual. He worked
an hour with John MeOrath, hl« political
secretary, then went fee* a long horse
hnok rlda.
The fine rule which the colonal Maid
he would enforce Inflexibly for the next
Mix weeks was that of seeing few visi
tors.
< 01. Roosevelt'* conference lant night
with Mayor Mitchel of New York wan
the cause of much conjecture here today.
Guilty of Fraud in Use
Mails; Got $475,000
New York. —William 11. Cooper, for
merly head of the New York Control
Realty Company, charged will) using tho
mails to defraud some H9O Investors out
of 1475,000 was found guilty today In the
federal court. Many of ills victims
were officers and enlisted men In tint
United Hlntes army and marine corps.
Bontence was deferred.
Cooper s company after selling great
quantities of (i per cent realty bonds
went Into bankruptcy with little or no
assets. Claude J Van Hlykr, James A.
Robinson and Ernest Hharp, Cooper's as
sociates, were Indicted with 111 in . Vnn
Hlyck and Robinson pleaded guilty. Hharp
awaits trial.
THE PRAIRIE ARRIVES.
Norfolk, Vs. —The cruiser Prslrlo ar
rived today from Vera Crux Bite will
take the crew of the Mlsslsslfil, recent
ly sold to Greece to the Phllailelph it
Navy Yard. Hhe goes tlienc* to Aqtui
nolls to take the Kiaduetltig classes of
the naval ucadctny to Vera Crus.
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Washington.—W. G. Newman, pro
moter of a North Carolina gold mine,
told a senate investigating committee
a tearful story today about the use of
official letter paper of the census and
rules committees for circulation of
letter from a mining engineer praising
the property. He testified he asked
asked Senator Overman's stenograph
er to make copies of the letter and
that a clerk In the census committee
made others. Senators Overman and
Chilton, chairman of those commit
tees, knew nothing of it. he said.
Sobs Stopped Him.
While Newman was telling the story
of his struggles to Promote the prop
erty, ho wept and once sobs stopped
him.
Newman said about 35 or 40 copies
of the letter on senate paper were sent
out but that they were sent to his per
sonal friends, among the Gold Hill
stockholders. None of them was used
to "boost” the stock, he protested.
The witness said that appearance of
the letters on senate stationery sent
the stock down from 75 cents to 50
cents a share, although the mining en
gineer reported the gold hill property
worth $60,000,000.
Nobody Believed It.
“Nobody believed that statement,”
said Newman.
In a voice choked with emotion the
promoter told the committee of early
struggles of himself and his brother,
.1. J. Newman, to develop the Gold
Hill mine.
"My brother saw things going to
pieces,” he said, "and he took five
sticks of dynamite and blew himself
into ten thousand pieces. Ho left a
letter saying his life's work was gone.
He said North Carolina was the rich
est stnio In the union. When I lieafd
that I took oath I’d never let go that
property till 1 proved his statement or
went Ihe way he went.”
To John Skelton Williams.
Newman said he sent some of the
ore from the mine to John Skelton
Williams, assistant secretary of the
treasury and asked that the Charlotte,
N. C„ mint he re-oPened so that the
gold could be turned Into cash readily.
He said Mr. Williams told him he had
no authority lo open the mint but ho
had sent a treasury expert to look
over the mine.
Used President's Room.
Newman frequently used the presi
dent's room behind the senate cham
ber, in. said, for hIH conferences about
the mine, hut declared he had gone
there each time at the Invitation of
some senator. He named Senators
Overman, Chilton, Martin, Bwanaon
anil Pomerene aa those with whom he
hud talked about the projeot.
John Skelton Williams, who now la
comptroller of the currency, and Geo.
K Huberts, director of the mint, wgre
questioned at the conclusion of New
man's examination and corroborated
In effect those parts of the promoter's
story which concerned them.
Mr. Roberts said that at Mr. Wil
liams request and after conferences
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Tomorrow Is the Fourth of July—
a national holiday. Augusta will cal
ebrato, as usual.
The day In this city, as in many
others probably, has Its amusing side
as well as Its sentimental. It hae
especially the latter In Augusta, from
th« oTt stated reason tha two of tha
three Georgia signers of the Dclara
tion of Independence lie peacefully at
rest beneath a shaft on Greene Street
,n i.. r< L nt of count y court house In 1848,
which was erected to their memory.
This, one of the many monuments on
Greene Street, is one of the most sig
nificant In the city.
D. A. R. Exercises at 6 P. M.
Opposite this shaft and In the
court house yard a public celebration
will be held tomorrow afternoon at 6
o’clock tinder the auspices of the Au
gusta Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, of which Mr*.
J’ercy Uurum is president.
Following will he the program:
Song, Star Spangled Banner, the
audience standing.
(leading, Declaration of ludepend
ence, Hon. W. E Keener.
Song, America, audience standing.
Oration, Hon. Lansing Lee.
Benediction, Rev. Howard T. Cree.
The music will be led by the St.
James choir, but all are asked to
unite and make this a genuine pat
riotic celebration.
Fireworks at Lake.
In the evening the big celebration
of the dny will occur at l-ake View
Park with a grand display of fire
works. The spectacle this year, It is
said, will be more wondrous than ever
before. Some of the most magnifi
cent skyrockets on the market nave
been bought to be “set off’ tomorrow
night. That the hillsides about the
lake, on which the spectacle will take
plEce, will be covered with thousands
of people Is assured. The firework*
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