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t hink Resignation Jifter ‘Vote of Confidence,’ a Bluff 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. f ■ , 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 a o.v * w r M *■:■• At • fTTrTff"trT *•TftfllffiliMffliMW \4 *» y ‘ i *\ tmJKR’ * ■»>' ~• Mt- 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 (Continued on page seven.) 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. 56.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY. OFFICERS “PLUCKED” IN THE NAVY f# ■ ' ;; N 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.