The Augusta herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1914-current, July 24, 1914, Home Edition, Image 1

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Camp’s Soldier Boys Settle Down To Routine Work THE WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Saturday. VOLUME XIX. No. 206. GLAM3RUUS UPROAR AT CAILLAUX MURDER TRIAL Judqe Pounds For Order at Heated Controversy Over Panegyric Pronounced By ex- Premier’s Friend —First Wife of Caillaux Again Called to Stand “PUBLISH ALL LETTERS,” SHE SAYS. IF DESIRED Defendant Presents Sorrowful Figure in Court With Look of Bewilderment and Terror in Eyes. Former Premier Bar thon Defends His Action in Making Documents Public. Pari*.—"Call Mme. Gueydan,” was the command of Judge Albanel when court opened today for the fifth day's hearing in the trial of Mme. Henrietta Caillaux for the murder of Gaston Calmette. Mme. Gueydan, former wife of the prisoner's husband, Joseph Caillaux, ard ex-premier of France, had. how ever, not arrived and Pascal Ceccaldi, the most intimate private and political friend of M. Caillaux, was called to the stand. Impassioned Defense. M. Ceccaldi addressed to the Jury an impassioned defense of the Cail laux family. He described Mme. Cal llaux’s efforts to restrain her husband from assuming political power as she was of the opinion that his keeping out of the government was the only way in which they could expect to have peace in their life. M. Caillaux, seated In the crowded court among witnesses and Journalists, followed attentively his friend's paney gyric, nodding his head in approbation and occasionally casting a glance about the court room as though meas uring the effect of the witness’ words. Sorrowful Figure. Mme. O’llaux, in the prisoner’s en closure pitsented a sorrowful figure. In her eyes was a look of bewilder ment and seeming terror. She did not speak to anyone, but she had had a long talk with her husband in the prison of the conclergerie before the hearing began. Those In court soon began to tire of M. Cecealdi’s speech, interruptions brought from the witness the heated exclamation: "I have the right to talk here because they seek to keep a woman In pris on.” Pounds for Order. This occasioned a clamorous up roar and Judge Albanel pounded for order. M, Ceccaldi proceeded with a criti cism of Former Premier Barthou’s course In reading In the chamber of deputies the documents drawn up by Victor Fabre, In connectelon with the Rochette swindle. Mr. M. Ceccaldi had spoken for an (Continued on next page.) T. R. HITS BACK AT HIM Ex-President’s Reply to Boss Barnes’ $50,000 Libel Suit is a Promise to Help Bring •it Forward, Says He’ll Continue Fight With More Aggressive ness Oyster Bay—The reply of Col. Roosevelt to the $50,000 libel suit of Wm. Barnes today was a renewed at tack on the republican state chairman and a promise to help the suit for ward. "I regard the action of Mr. Barnes us the m''st striking proof that could be glvenV said the ex-president, "that the recognize in me personally the one enemy that the type of ma tnaehine government for which they stand has to fear, and furthermore, recognize that the most dangerous menace to the present system of bi partisan [folftics in this state is con tained in the movement to elect Mr. Hinman as governor on a non-parti san ticket. “I shall continue w ith Increased ag gressiveness to attack Messrs. Barnes and Murphy and the kind of machine politics which they typify.” Discuss It in Court. New York,—William Barnes when shown the statement made today by Col. Roosevelt In Oyster Bay, said: “The question Involved In this mat ter Is only whether he tells the truth. But we are not going to discuss It hern. We will discuss it in the courts and under oath." THE AUGUSTA HERALD TO EXPIATE MADERO MURDER Carranza Assures Silliman That While Amnestry Granted to Forces Who Fought Him, Right Reserved to Punish As sassins—Peaceful Transfer Prospect at Mexico City Brighter Washington.—Hopes for the peaceful transfer of government in Mexico were strengthened today by advices from John R. Silliman, President Wil son's personal representative, that :ie had been assured by Carranza, con stitutionalist leader, that his disposi tion of the claim for amnesty for the fallen federals would not be such as to prejudice the cause of the constitu tionalists in the eyes of the United States and other foreign powers. En tire confidence could be placed in his attiude, he added, not only toward the proposition of safety guaranties, but also toward the representations grow ing out of execution of two French citizens at Zacatecas. Fop Speedy Ending. Silliman, who was with Carranza at Tampico, told of the anxiety among the constitutionalists there for the spedey ending of the revolution and establishing a new government. Car ranza’s statement was interpreted in many quarters as indicating that he would declare amnesty for the forces that fought him. Elsewhere it was suggested he might reserve the right to punish the men involved in the (■Continued on next page.) HUERTA’S MONEYBAG PROBE Investigation Ordered by Pres’t Carbajal—To Begin Negotia tions For Establishing Mexi can Gov’t at Vera Cruz Kingston, Jamaica.—General Huerta and the party of fugitives from Mexico accompanying him arrived here at noon today on board the German cruis er Dresden from Puerto Mexico. Arrangements had been made In ad vance for the former Mexican dicta tor with General Blanquet and the rest of the party to remain here for a week or more at a hotel where seve ral other Mexican refugees already, have taken up their quarters. Punishment of Guilty. Mexico City,—President Carbajal has ordered an Investigation of the financial methods of the Huerta gov ernment In reply to public rumors of possible wrong doing. The Investiga tion, It Is said, will be made by high officials of the ministry of finance and If irregularities are found those guilty of them will be punished. The government announced today that It will 1 mmedlately begin ne gotiations with the Americans at Vera Cruz for the re-estahllshrnent of a Mexican administration there. House Passes Child Labor Bill, 99-44 Atlanta, Oa.—By a vote of 99 to 44 the house this after noon passed the Sheppard child labor bill without a roll call. Mercantile establish ments, messenger boys, hotels, restaurants and bootblack stands are exempted. THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 24. 1914. IN CAMP WITH GEORGIA’S NATIONAL GUARDSMEN AT AUGUSTA ONE MORE TRY BY PRES’T If After Effort. Warburg’s Name Objectionable to Sen ate, Will Be Withdrawn As Was Jones—Hopes For Con firmation, However Wathington.—President Wilson has decided to make one more effort to Bmooth out the differences between the senate and Paul M. Warburg, his nom inee for the federal reserve board, and if he finds that impossible he will withdraw his nomination as he with drew that of Thomas D. Jones yes terday. He has been informed by sen ate leaders that Mr. Warburg can be confirmed if he will appear before the banking committee. Law Requires Two. The president, it became known to day, will wait until he finds what Mr. Warburg will do before choosing a nominee to succeed Mr. Jones. He is concerned about Mr. Warburg because If his name is withdrawn only one banker will remain on the board, while the law requires two. White House officials said today that speeches in the senate against Mr. Jones had nothing to do with the withdrawal of his nomination. They declared Mr. Wilson had already drawn up in shorthand his letter accepting Mr. Jones’ withdrawal and that no hangc in the draft was made after the attack on Mr. Jones began in the senate. THE MAINE AT GIBRALTAR. Gibraltar.—The American battleship Maine arrived here today on her way to Villefranche, where she is to take over on July 26 the crew of the bat tleship Idaho, recently purchased by Greece. $1,250,000 FAILURE. New York. Boesneck, Hroesel and Company, importers and d« alers in dry goods, made a general assignment to day for the benefit of creditors. At torneys for the firm declared that lia bilities were nproxlmately $1,250,000 and asM< f.s in excess of that sum. The alignment, according to the attorneys, was caused by the curtailment of thcc k firm’s foreign credits. —Staff PSoto bj Wlta. —Staff Photo by Winn. Beenes at Annual Encampment: Members of the stale inllltln, Including tlip Fifth regiment from Atlanta, snapped at Maneuver encampment now being held at Augusta. At top, left, Is Brigadier General Waller H. Harris, camp commandant, at the wheel of lilh cur, Brigade Htaff Officer Major Winn beside him. They are talking to Major F. M. Cochran, of the quartermaster's department. At right, top, a clerk making out the company pay roll. At the bottom, left, Major W. H. Beahy, commanding the second battalion of the hi fill, Is taking a soft drink with Lieutenant A. B, Barker. In the center at the bottom Captain Homer J. Weaver, of B Company, Is Instructing the company cook. The other picture shows Captain Asa W. Candler, Jr., of C company, inspecting food at the first fire lit at the camp.—Courtesy the Atlanta Journal. 52.11 mi BHOITS HI Robbers Force Passengers to Stand in Seats and Drop Loot Into Pockets. Lo* Angelas, Calif.—Deputy sheriffs were hunting the hills north of Dos Angeles today for bandits who board ed train Number 22 of the Southern Pacific Company, last night near Chatsworth Park, and robbed passen gers In two cars or more than $2,000. Two men did the work of robbing tlie passengers, but a third man, who appeared from the smoking car as the two boarded the train, 1s thought to have been an accomplice. The band t» dropi ed from the train as It slowed up at Hewett, a small station about ten miles north of Ijos An geles. Brakeman C. T. Oundry was stand ing on the rear platform when the robbers swung aboard. One of the masked men, armed with a shot gun, J ordered the trainman to hold up his I hHnds. The second robber drew a re- I volver and Oundry, still holding his hands above his head was forced to j walk ahead of the men as they rob bed the passengers Men In the cars were forced to stand by their seats and drop their money into the pockets of the bandits as tbey passed. Wo men passengers were allowed to re main seated but eommanded to de liver their purses promptly. Both of the men appeared to be young, but they worked coolly and quickly. GIDEONS CONVENTION. ■« Bo*ton. A prnta* and prayer ■ervlce formally opened the fifteenth annua* convention of the Gideons, the religious association of Oomerolal Travelers, to day A business session followed. THOUSANDS OF VISITORS SO OUT TO CAMP WHEELER, WHICH IS A CENTER OF ATTRACTION Boys at Camp Disappointed at Not Being Able to See Maj. General Wood at Close Range Few of the Men Were Aware of Hit Presence—Soldiers of the Fifth Regiment Plan Ball Games. (By M. L. Bryson, Private, Fifth Infantry.) The men of Camp Wneeler had the first Held work of a drill nature on Thursday morning. From the time that reveille sounded until the night which followed that day the new men had their first experience. They lis tened for the first time to “taps'' anil (f they are akin to other men, triey will forever love It. The iellows all enjoyed that per mit given the entire hunch to go Into town Wednesday night. Some of them commemorating the occasion by—well, they were all able to get by the smoke stack alright. Reveille set the bo>s stirring In their tents at. an early hour They were all prompt at mess, and ready for the In tlul drill work of the camp The mounts of t/ie generals and majors’ staff were ell on their metal, prancing among the troupe as to gether they went forward to their re spective fields of operation. In the small hours o! Wednesday right a chill seemed to settle sud denly upon the camp and the me# felt It. The fellows hadn't tnought of getting cold, but the blankets w-re certainly pressed Into service, and, even then, the men did not get com fortable. $6.00 PER YEPp—5 CENTS PER COPY. The first period of the morning drill was spent In the formation of three war strength com; aides by con solidating the companies of muTi bat talion. Special attention was paid to the duties of corporals. The second period dealt with the companies In the first stages of at tack. There were two other periods dur ing the morning, hut the two first were the only periods of dr.II. The drill fields In u few .nstances were a bit rough, and the sun uncompromis ing, which two conditions called down frequent maledictions on the f rst object seep or felt. The off I (•era In cnarga of the drill, however, expressed themselves as well pleased with the results obtained. When the men of the Fifth Regi ment fell into column of companies, at route step, on the return to < amp, they forgot the trials of the previous hours, and a chorus of male voices arose from the weary, duety soldiers In the strains of ancient and modern music. To the delight of the men In camp, shower baths have been Installed on the company streets at reasonable (Continued on next page). HOME EDITION Adjutant General Nash Expect ed Today—Event of Yester day Was the Visit of Major General Leonard Wood GENERAL WOOD PRAISED SITE OF CAMP WHEELER No Formal Review of the Troops Was Held As the General Expressly Stipulated That There Be No Gamp Ceremonies. A visit from Adjutant Oeneral Van Holt Nath, of the national guard of Georgia, is expected at Camp Wneeler some time durlug Friday or Satur day. Thr presnt movement troops the way, the Drsi to have been TTtlit except on orders emanating from the adjutant general’s office. In this Instance the brigadier general nnd h s staff planned aod exteuted the movement. There are thousands of visitors pouring In at Camp Wheeler each, day. The city authorlt os are taking' steps to prevent so much dust from afflicting those who go out to the rntnp by sprinkling the streets, while the authorities at the camp are sprinkling the streets o: the cantp. ('ami Wheeler Is bound to be a big center of attract on throughout the stav of the troops here. The event oT greatest Interest ye» (Cunt'nusd on next r~E~ t