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THE WEATHER
Generally fair tonight
nd Tuesday.'
VOLUME XIX, No. 188.
AWAITING
HUERTA’S
QUITTING
AFTER
VOTE
Pres’t Wilson Laughingly Re
frains From Comment on
Result of Sunday’s Election
In Mexico and “Ballot of
Confidence” in Dictator.
Washington.—When President
Wilson was asked to comment oti
yesterday's flection in Mexico he
laughed and said:
"I hardly think any comment
from me is necessary."
When asked if he knew any
thing of General Huerta's plans
for leaving Mexico, he smiled
again and said:
"1 am afraid I am not in his
confidence."
The president refused to dis
cuss mediation, saying the medi
ators were in recess at present in
the hope that the warring factions
will get together.
Only 2 Per cent Voted.
Mexico City.—The returns of yes
tenia j's portions were not obtainable
up to noon' i.oday. It was ascertained
from official quarters, however, that
only 2 per cent of the population had
voted in the states controlled by the
government.
Incouragement.
Washington.—President Wilson and
members of his cabinet were encour
aged today by indications of an early
adjustment of differences between the
constitutionalist leaders. Secretaries
of tlie parley between representatives
of Carranza and Villa declared they
expected the meeting would end to
day with satisfactory results. Witn
the promised removal of such a stum
bling block, administration officials
and some of the revolutionary agentu
in Washington saw added acuse for
hope that Carranza would send agents
to confer with Huerta’s delegates over
establishment of a provisional govern
ment.
Huerta and Blanauet.
Developments in the election about
Mexico City yesterday In which Hu
erta apparently was named for pru
dent and General Blanquet, now sec
retary of war, was elected vice presi
dent, anxiously were awaited here.
Some reports remained in circulation
to the effect that after Huerta had
obtained an almost unanimous “vote
of confidence” such as he was said
to have received, he would retire in
favor of Pedro Lascurain, who in turn
would surrender the government to
a constitutionalist.
Many Doubt It.
However, doubt that the federal dic
tator would aoopt such a course was
expressed in many circles. Details of
the election were not readily forth
.comtnfc today beyond reports that re
flection of all members of the senate
and chamber of deputies was indicated
and that the vote in the capital and
nearby towns was the lightest at, all
recent balloting.
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Championship in Tennis
Doubles Decided Today
Wimbledon, England—Norman E.
Brookes, of Australia, and Anthony
F Wilding, of New Zealand, today
won the all-comers lawn tennis dou
bles championship by defeating the
English players. H. R. Roper Barrett
and < P. Rixon. The score was 6-1,
5-7, 6-6. _ ,
Miss E Ryan, of California, and
Miss A M. Martin captured the all
comers ladies' doubles lawn tennis
championship from the holders, Mrs.
Clarcamb and Mrs. Hannam, whom
they beat by 6-1, 6-3. .
VILLA TO REMAIN IN
COMMAND; HIS ARMY
ACKNOWLEDGES'CHIEF
SALTILLO, MEXICO, Via
Laredo, Tex.—The division of
the northern Villa’s army has
agreed to acknowledge the
authority of Gen. Carranza as
•'first chief" and Gen Villa
will remain commander of the
division of the north as a re
sult of conferences in Torreon
by representatives of villa
and Carranza, according to
news received here.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
miLA’S AKMf BOWS TO .CAIIAMZA
DOCTOR'S WIFE WHO INSTALLED DICTAGRAPH
IN OFFICE, DOCTOR AND SLAIN WIPE
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ABOVE AT LEFT: MRS. LOUISE BAILEY; BELOW AT LEFT, DR. EDWIN CARMAN AND AT THE RIGHT:
MRS. EDWIN CARMAN.
The above are the principal characters in the Freeport. 1,. 1., murder mystery. On June 30th, Mrs. Louise Bai
ley, wife of a wealthy Brooklyn hat manufacturer, was in the office of lJr. Edwin Carman for medical treatment,
as she was about to leave a revolver was pushed through the window and a shot was fired, killing Mrs. Bailey. The
physician's wife has admitted that the day after the murder she tore a dictagraph which she had Installed in the
office so that she might hear what patients had to say with her husband.
SAY IT WAS A WOMAN’S SHOT.
Freeport, N. Y.—Despite assertions of Dr. Edwin Carman that several shots were fired at him last night
by a man on a bicycle near Rockville Centre, District Attorney Smith and Sheriff Stephen Pettit today de
clared they still were firm in the belief that it was a woman who shot and killed Mrs. Louise Bailey in Dr.
Carman’s office last Tuesday night. Sheriff Pettit said he expected an arrest would be made soon.
FAULTY MEMORY
IT THE IHOUEST
Box of 38 Calibre Revolver
Cartridges Exhibited in the
“Mystery Hand” Murder In
vestigation Today.
Freeport, N. Y. —The inquest ad
journed until Wednesday to allow the
district attorney to get new witnesses.
Resumed.
Freeport, N. Y. —Tue inquest into
the death of Mrs. Louise Bailey, wife
of a New York manufacturer, who
was shot and killed last Tuesday
night while in consultation with Dr.
Carman, a prominent Freeport phyui
cain, was resumed today.
Assistant District Attorney Weeks
exhibited an unopened box of its cal
ibre revolver cartridges fthich he
said he had found in the attic of the
Carman home. Dr. Carman told him,
said Weeks, that he did not know
how the cartridges came to be there.
A 38 calibre bullet killed Mrs. Bailey.
Left Dinner Table.
Celia Coleman, a negro maid in the
Carman home, testified that while at
dinner Tuesday night, Mrs. Carman
complained of a headache and said
she was going upstairs. The witness
saw her leave the room and heard
footsteps she believed were those of
Mrs. Carman on the stairs.
She admitted having talked with
George Mrs. Carman's attorney,
the morning after the murder.
“Whit Does Perjury Mean?"
"Do you know what perjury
means?” asked the district attorney.
The witness answered that she did.
The district attorney asked several
times If she had not. previously told
him a different story. The witness
did not remember.
Her memory was faulty regarding
the things !-evy had talked about but I
she was sure Mrs. Carman had never)
spoken to her about the shooting. '
The witness admitted that she had!
signed a paper for Mr. Levy without
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THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 6, 1914.
EXPLAINS DELAY
IN AUGUSTA P. 0.
Supervising Architect of the Treasury Wenderoth Says To
day the Hitch is More Apparent Than Real. Work on
Material for This City’s New Federal Bulding Progress
ing Well Elsewhere.
Washington.—Supervising Architect
Wenderoth o” the treasury department,
having charge of the construction of
all federal buildings, explained today
that the seeming delay In beginning
work on the Augusta potsofflce was
due to a slight alteration In the origi
nal plans.
"After visiting Augusta and inspect
ing the site," said Mr. Wenderoth, "I
decided that the original plans should
be changed slightly, so as to make the
new building more nearly harmonize
with the surroundings
Will Approve Change.
"The site Is elevated and under the
original plans about twenty steps
would have been required to get an
entrance to the building from the
street. The plans have been chang'd
so us to partly eliminate this climb
and I am sure the patrons of the of
fice will approve the change. The
Westinghouse Co. Opens
Offices; 10,000 Vacancies
Pittsburg.— Office* were opened
here today by agents or the Westing
house Company, whose plants are af
fected by the strike for the purpose
of filling the 10,000 or more vacan
cies In the shops. It was reported
in East Pittsburg that a determined
effort would be made this week to
break the strike. Troopers of the
state constabulary still were on duty
tn the town and scores of pickets
wstched every entrance to the fac
tories.
change In the plans naturally made
some change In the cost of the build
ing and this detail had to be worked
out. ■
Before Dirt Broken.
"However, the delay on the building
is more apparent than real. As a
mutter of fact, a great deal of work
on public buildings Is done In stone
yards, marble quarries, steel plants,
ets„ before ground on the sit Is actual
ly broken. Work of tills sort for the
Augusta building has progressed stead
ily and In a very short time opera
tions will be begun on the site and
pushed with all speed consistent with
good workmanship."
The above telegram was In response
to a telegram sent by The Herald to
Its Washington correspondent, asking
for the cause of the delay.
Heavy Firing Heard at
Guaymas; Salute U.S. Flag
On Board U. 3. 8. California, Mazat
lan <By Wiralea via Ban Diedo, Calif.
-Heavy artillery firing was reported
from Guaymas last nighl. Reports
that the constitutionalists were pre
paring to take that town have been
current recently.
As a mark of courtesy the federal
gunboat Guerrero dressed ship Hat
urday and Joined the American war
ships in firing the national salute.
|W@dk l s Fr©|irasgnsa| Wdlll ©na fc
Mukrink i©r few 0„ §□ liidlnsal
SEARCH OF
DYNAMITE
FLAT
Every Policeman and Detec
tie in N. Y. Seeking Murphy.
Public Funeral for Victims.
Ettor Disapproves of Verbal
Attacks on Rockefeller, Jr.
Now York/— Michael Murphy, 19
yearn old, the only member of tho
group of free speech advocates who
escaped with his llfo from the fatal
explosion on (Saturday morning tlmt
wrecked tho tenement nt lf>36 Lexing
ton avenue, Is being sought by every
policeman and detective In New York
today as th one person most likely ‘o
know the real story of what occurred
In the little flat. Murphy disappear
ed after being In the hands of the
police befor> they were aware of tho
identity of the victimß of the explo
sion. He visited a nearby police sta
tion, was given clothes to replace Vila
own, which were torn to bits, and then
dropped out of sight.
The Alarm Clocks.
It Is bchleved that Murphy might bo
induced to explain why alarm clocks
and other things used In the making
of bombs were kept in tiie Merger
apartments.
Ixuiisc Berger, stepsister of Carl
Hansen, one of the dead men who
lived In the flat where the explosion
occurred, remains firm in her first
story that she knew nothing about
what happened prior to the explo
sion and denied that she knew ex
plosives were kept In her rooms.
Sent by Enemy.
Miss Berger, Alexander Berkman and
other leaders of the free speech move
ment with which Caron, Hansen and
Berger, the victims of tile explosion,
were idem fled, told the police they
believed the men were killed by a
bomb sent to Baron by an enemy.
Tliey declared the three men were
martyrs to a cause ami as such they
proposed to honor them In death with
a public funeral service In Union
Squat e.
John J. Ettor, an Industrial Worker
of the World organizer, said today
that Caron had never been a member
of the I. W. W. and that that organi
za ion did not approve of hla methods
Continued on Page Seven
Clabby Cables $20,000
I Offer to French Champ
Sydney, N. 8. W.— ( ieorges Carpen -
tier, middleweight champion of France,
was cabled today an offer of 120,000
to meet Jimmy (Tabby of Hammond,
Ind., claimant of the middleweight
championship of the world. (Tabby's
latest, victory was July 4, when he
won from Eddie McGoorty of (ishkosli
on a foul.
Sec’y Daniels Reduces
Courtmartial Sentence
Norfolk, Va.— . Secretary of the Navy
Daniels, In passing upon the verdict
of the courtmartial In the ease of
Lieutenant Commander ('has. P. Ituff,
commends him for zeul In the pi »-
formance of Ids duties as United
Htates ordnance inspector at the New
port News shipyard, reduces his loss
of numbers from five to three and
rules that the publication of the court's
findings shall tie only reprimand.
Commander Huff made an attack on
J. Philip Klesieker In a hotel at New
port News, Feb. 16th. Klesieker Is
connected with the shipbuilding com
pany. An sttirnpt was made to con
nect the assault with the shipbuilding
company. An attempt was made io
connect the assault with Commander
Muffs relations as ordnance Inspector
but this was not sustained.
U. 8. CONBUL TO REBIGN.
San Francisco. -Hatnuel 8. Knaberi
shue. United States consul general at
Tientsin, China, seaport of the Chil
riese capital, who arrive;] here from
the Orient by steamer yesterday, said
today he was en route to Washington
to resign. He declined to discuss the
matter further. He was appointed to
the consulcr service In 1905.
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OFFICERS “PLUCKED”
IN THE NAVY
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CAPTAIN JOHN H. GIBBONS.
Washington, D. C Tho navy “pluck
ing: hoard," which, by law, meeta each
year to select a certain number of offi
cers for retirement, that the flow of
•promotion shall continue without rheok,
reaped fifteen officer# which will he Im
mediately transferred from the active to
the retired Hat.
To the amazement of the serviee tho
name of Captain John 11. Gibbons, com
manding the battleship Utah, Is Ht tho
top of the Hat. “Jack" Gibbons is one
of the best known officers of the navy.
He was once naval attache of tho Am
erican embassy at London and latter,
four years superintendent of tho Naval
Academy.
PRESIDENT TO
EIVDYJLERRICK
Farewell Luncheon is Given
to the Retiring U. S. Ambas
sador at Paris Today.
Parit. A farewell luncheon watt
given jointly today by the American
chamber of commerce in Paris and the
American Club to Myron T. Herrick,
the American ambassador who is ar
ranging to leave the embassy in a few
days.
President Wilson has written to the
retiring ambassador as follows:
“I cannot sign your letter of recall,
though I know you wish to be relieved
of your duties at Paris, without ex
pressing my regret that the govern
ment Is to lose your services, and my
sincere appreciation of the diligence
intelligence with which you have per
formed the very difficult and delicate
tasks of that Important embassy. I
sincerely hope that the future will
tiring you tyldltionul honor and satis
faction."
Powers Notified That
U.S. Disclaims His Words
Washington.—President Wilson lias
notified the principal European pnw
ers that ttie United Ktst-s disclaims
any rfsponslblllty for tin- statements
regarding Albania attributed to George
Fred Williams, American minister to
Greece and Montenegro. The presi
dent refused to discuss Mr. Williams'
resignation today hut It was under
stood It had not yet been received.
The Rest Cure Getting
Irksome to the Colonel
Oyster Bay. While Col. Roosevelt
Is Improving rapidly as a result of the
rest cure treatment it was plain today
that It was growing Irksome to him.
Less than one week of tip- six of rest
prescribed for him has claimed and
today he •owed signs of becoming
rebellious.
He said ttiat he would go to New
York Wednesday to confer with state
progressive leaders. At this meeting
another effort will tie made to decide
on tlie party program in this slate. Af
ter Wednesday Col. Koscvclt expects
to see ii ore visitors at home titan lie
has done recently.
HOME
EDITION
REPORT ON
MEDIATION
TO CHIEF
Vasconcelos Leaves for Saltillo
to Acquaint Carranza With U.
S. Attitude. No Comment Re
sult Mexican Election. Makes
No Difference With Rebels.
Washington —Constitutionalist lead
ers bore would no comment on tho
election further than to'way tha,t it
made no difference In the general sit
uation. They intimated however that
Huerta still might he planning to ap
point a secretary of foreign affairs to
succeed him and then retire.
Jose Vasconeelos. one of the con
tltutlnnallst Junta here will leave to
night for Haltlllo to report to General
f’arranza on mediation, the attitude of
the United States and plans for the
resumption of business in northern
Mexico.
As Viewed by U. 8.
He would not discuss his return to
Haltlllo further than to Hay that he
expected to make a full report to Gen.
Carranza on Mexican affairs as view
ed In the United States.
The agreement between the United
States and Great Britain to protect
mining properties In Mexico will be
extended to include Spanish and Swiss
properties. Mr. Rlano, the Spanish
ambassador, today asked Secretary
Bryan to admit his country as well aa
Switzerland to thf compact.
Won’t Suopk -t Claim*.
This means that "-at Britain, the
United States, S«oin and Switzerland
will not support diplomatically any
claims to Interests in mlnig proper
ties acquired by their nationals sub
sequent. to Jan. 1, 1913, which are af
fected by cancellations or confisca
tion resulting from Inability of bona
fide owners to meet obligations be
cause of military operations.
SAYS CARRANZA
MEXICO'S MOSES
New Phase of Villa—First
Chief Estrangement to be
Presented to Sec’y Bryan.
El Pa«o, Tex.—Richard H. Cole, of
Pasadena, Cal., left today for Wash
ington after completing an lnvestlg:v
tlon Into Mexican afiairs, the result
of which lie will report to Secretary
ot State Bryan. .Mr. Cole has bean
interested in Mexican affairs for
many years and is personally ac
quainted with leaders of both sides in
the present controversy. It Is un
derstood he will present to the seo
rotary an entirely new phase of th*
Carranza-Villa estrangement.
“Carranza Is the Moses of Mexi
co," he said. “I have great faith in
his ability to straighten out the Mex
ican situation. He was one of Presi
dent Madero’s most able advisers.
Villa is the greatest military genius
of Mexican history."
While here Mr. Cole has consulted
three American consuls from Mexico
and agents of both the Carranza and
Villa factions.
12,000 Men in British
Arsenal go on Strike
Woolwioh, Eng.— The entire working
staff of 1 ,000 men of the govern
ment arsenal here, which supplies most
of the guns and ammunition for the
British army, etruek today in pro
test against dismissal of an engineer
who refused to erect machinery on •
foundation constructed by non-union
laborers.
FELt AGAINBT RADIATOR; DEAD.
St. Louis. The death of Martin I.
• Tardy, vice president and general so
lleltor of • tie Missouri Paeiftc nail
road and former congressman, which
incurred last night, was caused by a
fall against a radiator, it was learned
today.
Mr. Clardy, though 77 years old, was
in comparatively good health. He was
a native of Missouri slid served us an
officer in the Confederate army.