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THE WEATHER
Unstelled tonight and
Wednesday.
VOLUME XIX. No. 356.
PROHIBITION VOTE
ON IN THE HOUSE
“Ten Mortal Hours of Lively
Speechmaking” Began at 10
A. M.—Prospects of Vote By
Midnight
SIXTY CONGRESSMEN SAY
THEY’RE GOING TO TALK
Gallery Draped With Charts
and Petition Containing
Thousands of Names Urging
Adoption of Amendment
Washington.—A special rule
for consideration of the Hobson
national prohibition amendment
to the constitution was adopted
by the house today without a di
vision. Eight hours of general
debate on the amendment • was im
mediately begun.
Representative Hobson, in sup
port of the rule, said more than
J 000,000 people had petitioned
Jongress for the submission of
the prohibition amendment.
“What we seek,” he said, “is a
scientific remedy for a deep-seated
scientific organic disease.”
Washington, D. C.—Long delayed,
the hour of an aye and no vote on a
constitutional amendment for national
prohibition came today in the house.
With prospects of a vote before mid
night the house assembled at 10 o'clock
this morning and took up first, the
rule for consideration of the Hobson
resolution. More than sixty con
gressmen had announced they probably
would speak. Charts, before the speak
ers’ desk bore prohibition slogans ans
draped along the gallery was a great
strip of paper upon which were pasted
thousands of printed names of signers
of prohibition petitions urging the
adoption of the amendment. ■
The Special Rule.
When Chairman Henry called up the
special rule, Speaker Clark gave warn
ing that order must be preserved dur
ing the "ten mortal hours of lively
speech-making.” Representative Henry
explai 'f,d the rule, declaring it made
libera provision for debate and amend
ment. He said he would vote for the
rule "in order not to evade a vote on
the main question.” He announced his
Intention of voting against the Hobson
amendment.
Reads Address.
Representative Campbell, of Kansas,
ranking Republican of the rules com
mittee, argued in support of the rule
and of the Hobson resolution. He de
clared that 71 per cent of the area of
the United States and 47,000,000 peo
ple now were living under prohlblton.
■T<le read an address by the emperor of
Germany to a naval cadet class, urging
that the use of alcoholic beverages be
curtailed. Representative Bartholdt,
of Missouri, interrupted, remarking
that that was an argument for temper
ance, not prohibition.
Spent $2,500,000,000.
Representative Campbell said that in
1913 the American people spent $2,500,-
000,000 for intoxicating liquors.
Representative Cantrill of Kentucky,
argued against the rule and the amend
ment.
"I am against the intemperate use of
intoxicating liquors,” he said, "but I
am also against intemperate legisla
tion. I think this is the most intemper
ate measure that has come before this
house for years.”
Of a Local Nature.
He contended prohibition was a so
cial question of a local nature and
that the federal government should
not invade rights of the states.
“In this posttlon,” he said, "I am in
accord with the leader of my party,
President Wilson, set forth in a recent
letter written by him.”
For Personal Use.
Representative Cantrill contended
the Hobson amendment would not ac
complish prohibition because It would
not prohibit the manufacture of liquor
for personal use. The net result, he
said, would be the destruction of mil
lions of dollars worth of property and
the increase of taxes through the
e’jtnination of sums now paid as inter
nal'revenue. He told the southern demo
crats that If they supported the Hob
son resolution they would "turn over
to the federal government the rights
of the people of the various states to
control their own personal and social
habits.”
Representative Keeley, Progressive,
supported the rule and the resolution.
BOWERY XMAS GIFTS IN
MEMORY OF “BIG TIM”
New York, —ln memory of Timothy
T>. Sullivan who was known as "Big
Tim" on the Bowery where he was the
chief political leader for many years,
hundreds of homeless men will enjoy
a feast on Christmas and go away witn
a ticket for a new pair of shoes, the
gift of the dead leader’s half brother.
Patrick H. Sullivan and others of the
Sullivan political organization. In giv
ing the dinner Sullivan’s friends keep
up an annual custom started many
years ago by "Big Tim."
ALFRED HENRY LEWIS ILL.
New York, —Alfred Henry Lewis, the
wetter. Is seriously ill at hls home here.
He Is said to have developed intestinal
trouble He had been in poor health
for the last month, but hls condition
became serious last Wednesday.
UNIDENTIFIED STEAMER ASHORE
San Diego, Calif.—An unidentified
steamer Is ashore on the Cedro Islands,
?n0 miles south of here, wireless ad
vices reported early today The steamer
Arizonan of the American-Hawaiian
line reported that she was standing by.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
BY BE LONG
THE BEFORE
TUI IN N, Y,
Attorneys For Matteawan
Escape Will Probably Start
New Habeas Corpus Proceed
ings in New Hampshire. May
Get Bail When Inside the
Tombs.
New York.—William Travers Je
rome was unprepared today to say
legal machinery for the extradition of
Harry K. Thaw from New Hampshire
would be put in motion. He indi
cated he had reason to believe Thaw's
attorneys would etart new habeas cor
pus proceedings in New Hampshire
and that he feared it might be a long
time before Thaw saw the inside of the
Tombs where it is planned to keep
him pending his trial on the charge of
conspiracy to escape from Matteawan.
Might Get Bail.
It was pointed out to Mr. Jerome to
day that once removed to the Tombs,
Thaw might be admitted to bail.
"If he is admitted to bail,” said Mr.
Jerome, “the superintendent of, Mat
teawan will immediately present a de
tainer under which Thaw will be
taken to Matteawan as an insane
man to await his trial.
“If he is convicted I presume he will
serve out such sentence as is imposed
upon him, whereupon the detainer con
sisting of his original commitment to
Matteawan having been filed at his
place of impisonment, will occasion his
return to Matteawan.”
Thaw’s attorneys were silent.
Plans Closely Guarded.
Manchester, N. C. —Harry K. Thaw
soon will make another fight to estab
lish his sanity, in the opinion of sever
al acquaintances here. The oppor
tunity they confidently except, will be
afforded when Thaw is returned to
New York state to answer the in
dictment charging conspiracy.
Plans of Thaw’s counsel are closely
guarded but it was intimated today
that the efforts of the New York au
thorities to prove Thaw was compe
tent to commit an illegal act might be
forced by the defense to a point where
the evidence could be used to prove
that he was absolutely sane.
PARIS CLAIMS
GERMAN LOSING
GRIP IN FRANCE
Official Statements Say Allies
in Offensive at Many Points.
Invaders Report, on Contrary,
State Differently.
London Noon, —In the opinion of
French military authorities the Ger
mans are begining to lose their grip
on France and Belgium. An official
summary of results achieved by the
allies in their offensive movement re
counts progress at many points which
“seem to have disturbed the enemy.”
Fearful of Attacks.
It is asserted the Germans now are
fearful of attacks, and are everywhere
on the defensive. Last communications
from Berlin, however, tell of spirited
offensive movements with resulting
gains and make It appear that the
German armies are firmly holding the
conquered ground.
There Is a similar conflict of state
ments concerning the East, The Rus
sian war office challenges recent ac
counts of a great German victory in
Poland by denying "malevolent rel
ports” of the last few days. While It
Is admitted at Petrograd that the re
cent retirement of the Russian forces
to new positions was not entirely vol
untary, the claim Is made that the
armies now are In safer and stronger
positions.
VOLUNTEERED WITH FRENCH.
Amsterdam, (via London 9:04 a. m.)
—A Berlin dispatch in the Telegraaf
confirms the report that Dr. Georges
Weill, Socialist member of the Reich
stag for Metz, who was with Jean Leon
Juarez, French Socialist leader, when
the latter was shot In Paris, volun
teered for service in the French army
August sth.
The Vorwaerts, the organ of the
German socialists, strongly condemns
Dr. Weill’s action.
BURROUNDED BY POSBE.
Charleston, W. Va.— Matt Jarrell, al
leged to have ehot and killed Deputy
Sheriff Silas F. Nance and wounded
Frank Ratcliff and Josephine Wines
last night at Bskdale, on Cabin Creek,
while Nance was trying to arrest him,
was surrounded today in the moun
tains near Cane Fork by Sheriff Bon
nerhlll and a posse
He wax believed to be well armed.
Jarrell, who was serving a six months
sentence for "pistol toting” was recent
ly released on parole.
DIVIDEND INCREASED.
New York. —Directors of the Central
Leather Company declared today a three
per cert dividend on ;he common slock.
A two per cent dividend was declared
last year.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 22, 1914.
Frees Woman Whose Lions Escaped
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110 IIUI 111
Vvy mmUj]
S. P. C. A. Officer Bickett and Alice,
the lioness he killed. Below is a pic
ture of Mrs. T. B. Gehedy, who escaped
being cornered in a box by a lion by
climbing to the balcony.
New York.—Declaring that the es
cape of lions from a cage did not war
rant the criminal prosecution of
their trainer, Magistrate Balow dis
charged Mine. Marie Andre. Mme.
Andre’s six lions escaped from their
cages on the stage of the 86th Theatre,
invading the auditorium and creating
a panic among the audience. One of
the lions managed to get to the street
and was finally corqered In the hall of
a photograph studio. Three • police
men and four bystanders wore either
shot or badly trampled during the
panic caused by the lions. 1
ANTI-GUNMEN
MASSMEETING
Movement, Following Repeated
Acts of Lawlessness, Formed
to Rid New York of Gangs.
New York.—A movement to rid this
city of gunmen following repeated
acts of lawlessness such as the mur
der last month of Barnet Bass, a
wealthy poultry dealer, is to be started
at a mass meeting In Cooper Union to
morrow night. The citizens’ protec
tive league that arranged for the meet
ing has receibed assurances of support
from numerous civic and business as
sociations as well as from hundreds
of professional men. Business men of
the East Side have decided to form a
Citizens’ Police, composed of several
hundred of the East Hide business men.
This body will .co-operate with the
city administration to help suppress
gangs. ■ One member will be appointed
from each district Into which the citi
zens police will divide the East Hide,
and he will consult with the police
captain of the precinct.
$300,000,000 RY MERGER
Cleveland,O. —Consolidation of the
Lake Shore Railroad Company with
the New York Central Railway Com
pany was effected here today at a
meeting of Lake Rhore stockholders
when they ratified action taken by
New York Central stockholders July
20 last. The merger lnvolvees S3OO,
000,000.
Uncle Sam Obliged to Buy 175,000
Mail Bags For Equipment Increase
to Keep Up With Record Xmas Rush
Washington,—To handle a record volume of Ghrlstmas mall it has
been found necessary to purchase additional equipment In the open mar
ket.
The postoffice depar'ment hns been supplied with 2,060 mall hags a
day for six months, hut yesterday to provide Increased equipment partic
ularly for us In Large cities, 175,000 burlap hags wore purchased.
Additional transportation equipment ha- been placed in service and
several thousand emoijjy employes are at work.
HIRER RETAINS
TILLMAN GIRES
Supreme Court of South Car
olina Today Reaffirms Its
Order of Two Years Ago.
Columbia, 8. C. —Handing down a
Ocelslffn- rfh' the- Showing' of "MrH.’ Title?
Dugas Tillman at a hearing here Nov.
23, the supreme court declined today
to remove from her the custody of
her two little daughters, Sarah Starke
Tillman and Douschka Pickens Till
man. The court reaffirmed the order
granted nearly two years ago ’ that
gave the mother custody of the chil
dren but allowed their father, B. R.
Tillman, Jr„ possession of them for
certain definite short periods.
The mother was admonished in the
decision that she rmist obtain obed
ience from the children of the court’s
order or "It will be Incumbent upon
the court to find other agencies of
control.”
The father was by the order given
possession of the children for an ad
ditional two months during 1915.
PUBLIC DISPLAY
OF THE BODIES
Constitutionalists Meet Crush
ing Defeat at Puebla-- Dead
at Vera Cruz--Suspects
Executed.
Washington.— “It appears from late
dispatches," says a state department
statement today “that the constitu
tionalists met a rrusning defeat at
Aplzaco and Puebla. It Is reported
that on the morning of the twentieth,
nine cars of wounded and four dead
officers arrived at Vera Cruz. It is
said that mote were expected."
Further details of an Ineffectual at
tempt by General Bias Oplnal, a for
mer federal commander, to capture
Pledras Negras, I'oabuila, with a force
of twenty-five men organized In Tex
as, were received today at the depart
ment. General Oplnal was killed, 11
non-commissioned officers at Pledras
Negras garrison, suspected of Incit
ing troops to revolt, were executed
and Oplnal'a chief lieutenant, Chienulo,
also a former federal officer, was cap
tured. Two of hls men were killed
and their bodies publicly displayed at
the Pledras Negras city hall. Fifteen
of the others are In hiding at Pledras
Negras, the remainder having fled
back to Texas.
WAR MUNITIONS BILLS.
Washington, D. C.— President Wilson
had taken no stand on pending bids to
prohibit export Of war munitions to
belligerents in Europe snd told callers
he had not expressed any opinion to
congressmen.
‘PREPAREDNESS’
BN AFTER XMAS
Washington, D. C.—Agitation In con
gress of the question of preparedness
of the United States for war will go
over at least until after the holidays.
The house military affairs commtttee
had originally planned to have Repre
sentative Gardner, of Massachusetts,
testify on the subject before it today
but the hearing has been postponed un
til January 2nd
Mr. Gardner nas a resolution pending
in the house which would provide for
the creation of a commission to Inves
tigate the military preparedness of the
nation and he recently explained his
project ttefore the naval affairs com
milee.
CZAR IS GIVEN
GREATWELGOME
Russian Emperor and Empress
Arrive at Moscow. Presented
With Bread and Salt.
Moscow, via Petrograd Dec. 21—
(delayed).—Arrival nf the emperor
and empress here today was marked
by an enthusiastic reception at the
railway station. The emperor was
welcomed by the civil and military
authorities and the delegates of the
zemstov.
M. Tcheulvkoff, lord mayor of
Moscow, in presenting bread and salt
to the emperor made a speech of wel
come In which he pointed out the loy
alty of the people to the emperor and
thanked him for the benefits arising
from the abolition of the government
monopoly on vodka which was largely
due he declared to the emperor's ef
forts.
The lord mayor spoke of the brave
fight the Russian army was making
and predicted a victory and a resur
rection of Justice for ail Slavs and for
all peoples.
The emperor thanked the lord may
or for the sentiments txpressed.
THE WATERWAYS
BOARD TO IT
Washington, D. C. President Wilson
told callers today he did not think It
we a the Intention of tile present
session of congress of the New
lands hill to create a commission
for systematic eo-ordlnatlon of rivers
and harbqrs Improvements.
He snld he thought It too big s subject
to he disposer) of In n short time.
Under the Newlands bill Appropriations
for waterway Improvements would
amount to $60,000,000 annually for ten
years. It Is proposed however that an
amendment be submitted In the senate
to the rivers and harbors hill to provide
now only for erestlon of a commission
to Investigate the broad waterway
scheme outlined.
JOFFRE ORDERS
AN ADVANCE
London, 12:25 p. m. —The British
press comments today on Jen. Jof
fre’s order to advance as cabled to
Ismdon from Berlin. The papers say
that while they are unable to vouch
for the authenticity of this document,
It certainly seems to coincide with tho
pressure the allies are exerting all
along the line. It Is not believed In
London, however, that the real work
of driving the Germans out of Bel
gium will begin for some time.
Pres’t to Back Ip
His Appointments
Washington, D. C. l*rf*ldorit Wilson
In not Inclined to look upon difference*
with the senave ov#*r appointment* h* h
pAtronnae flfcht, and told today
the admlnlntmtion wrm rofverned with
l questions
Me lndl»a*ed there would he no Imme
diate new movpn In the mine* of men lie
has nominated and which the «r*n»te hns
rejected. Administration offhlftl* how'
evm\ any tho President will stand back
of hls appointments.
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY„
LITTLE CHANGE IN
WARSAW ADVANCE
EX-U. S. SENATOR
IST IS FOUND
DEAD IN BED
Successor to A. 0. Bacon
Passed Away During Night at
Valdosta Home. Apparently
Due to Apoplexy, Physicians
state.
Ga. WlllDm Stanley TVa*!,
former United States senator from Geor
gia, was found dead in bad at his home
here early today. He had retired ap
parently in good health and died some
time during the night.
Physicians stated that death appavent
]' wti dug to apoploxi
Mr. West, was appointed by Governor
Slaton to the United States senate Mar.
2, 1914, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Senator A. O. Bacon. His
termed expired last November when
Tims. W. Hardwick, then a congressman,
was elected to the senate.
Practiced Law.
Mr. West was born in Marlon county,
Georgia. August 219 rd, 1849 and was
graduated from Mercer University at
Macon In 1880. For several years lie
t ilight school and practiced law in this
city. Subsequently he became a plant
er and mill man. At the time of bis
death he was president of the Valdosta
Street Railway Uompany and was large
ly Interested In the lumber busbiess In
Florida.
Prominent Many Years.
The former senator had been promi
nent in Georgia politics for many years.
He served several terms In the state
house of representatives and in the
state senate having been president of
the senate In 1905, Ho was a deiegnte
nt-lnrgo to the Democratic National con
vention in Denver In 1908. In ISSB lie
was married to Miss Ora Lee Cranford
of Echols county. Georgia, who with a
14-year-old son, William S., Jr., survive
him.
Goodfellows
Wouldn't It be a fine Idea If the
Elks and the Eagles, the Y. M. C.
A. and all other organizations In
Augusta were to get up Ooodfel
low Flubs and auxlllarlea for
spreading cheer and Joy and hap
piness Into the hearts of all the
poor kiddles In Augusta? It Is a
fine Idea and we know that some
of them are going to do It.
In bringing the men and women
of Augusta together under the
roof tree of a Christmas Ideal:
ours Is the hope of dispensing and
diffusing not the cold glamors of
light of a winter’s dismal night,
but the light and warmth of the
sands nf the heart and the broad
prairies of humanity.
At this time of the year when
to every man and to every woman
there comes the delicate flush of
weariness and fatigue with the
rush of things and their apparent
Instability, the birth with us of a
feeling of tenderness and sym
pathy for the thousands about us,
who suffer likewise, Is the touch,
the sublime touch which makes
for the nard and ointment of good
fellowship.
We are part and parcel of this
great, wonderful, dynamic ma
chine known as the social world.
We can no more escape our ob
ligation to the men and women
who silently pass by us with
haunting eyes and empty hands
arid hungry hearts— than we can
escape the call of the stars to
lofty dreams. Ours Is not the ob
ligation to love and serve, but the
opportunity to love and serve.
GOODFELLOWB.
Husarine H. Bowen, 1219 Greene
street, Is a Ooodfellow and sends $1
to the fund.
Miss Annie D. Gardelle, 404 Telfair
street, sends $1 to the fund.
Mis. F*. K. Tinsley, 1628 Fenwick
street Is a Ooodfellow, and will look
after a family nf seven.
Mr. J. R. B. Crnlg of 1544 Craig
street, Is a (Foodfellow and adds $1
to the fund.
An unknown Ooodfellow In Blythe,
Oa„ sends a postal order for one dol
lar.
Mrs. L. A Ourdnlle sends one dol
lar to the Ooodfellow fund.
Robert E. Gerald is a Gnodfellos
and adds a dollar to the fund.
Mrs. Tom Stafford will earn for two
children for Santa Claus.
Christmas paeksges were received
from the following:
1251 Broad street.
957 Broad street,
905 Crawford avenue.
A Friend
Marlon Royal.
NEW SIO.OO COUNTERFEIT.
Washington, D. C.—Discovery of a
new counterfeit $lO note on the Na
tional F’nrk Hank of New York City
was announced today by United Rtnea
secret service operatives. According
to the official description the counter
feit hears the cheek letter ”F;" the
portrait of Wm. McKinley, charter
number 801; hank number 257321;
treasury number M-644594 and should
be readily detected.
FOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR HAUL.
Chicago.—Safe blowers hound .t
wati hman and worked five hours In
the office of a loesl theatre today be
fore they forced open the strong box.
Their booty totalled $4,000.
HOME
EDITION
Although Russian Center Has
Retired, Now Reinforced and
Holding Line—Outcome of
German Advance Problem
atical
RUSSIANS CLAIM STILL
PUSHING INTO PRUSSIA
Further Petrograd Claims Are
Whipping Austrians to South
and Defeat of Przemysl Gar
rison
Petrograd, via London, 5. m.—
The heavy German column which
has been driven across the east
Prussian frontier from Mlawa,
Russian Poland, by the Russians
is spreading out to the east and
west, according to reports receiv
ed here from the front. The pur
pose of the German movement Is
to debouch to the right of the en
trenched Mazurlake position and
to reinforce the troops In the vi
cinity of Thorn, for protection
against the continued Russian
advance.
Only at Extremities.
London, 2:27 p. m.—Only at the
northern and southern extremities of
the battle line In the east is any
marked change to be noted today.
That briefly sums up the situation to
day, so far as has been disclosed by
the official statement.
Germans Problematical.
•
The ultimate outcome of the Ger
man advance upon Warsaw remains
problematical, is a decisive conflict
has yet to he fought.
Although the Ruslan center has re
tired, It now has been reinforced and
It Is holding a line on the Bzura from
Its Junction with the Vistula.
Pushed Over Frontier.
North of the Vistula, If reports from
Petrograd may be believed the Ger
mans have been whipped and pushed
hack over the frontier until their line
now stretches behind Holdau, midway
between Lautenburg and Kledenburg,
In East Prussia.
To the south it Is contended in Rua
slan reports that the movement of the
Austrians through the Carpathian
Mountains have been defeated simul
taneously with the defeat of the gar
rison at Przemysl, which was hurled
back after an attempted sortie.
WHAT UNDERWOOD
SAID TODAY ON
PROHIBITION
Waehington.—Majority Leader Un
derwood spoke against the resolution
for a constitutional amendment tor
prohibition today.
"Tills Is not a moral Issuer" he said.
“No great progress In the world’s mor
ality was ever made at the point of
the sword or with the force of gov
ernment behind IL
Represenatlve Underwood declared
he favored "temperance In every walk
of life.”
"I believe,” he said, "a man should
be sn temperate In hls mental attitude
as In the treatment of hls body.'
"I cannot commit myself,” he said,
"to a proposal to rob the Individual
states of police powers guaranteed
them under the constitution.”
Mr. Underwood declared prohlbttnn
would cost the American people $325,-
000,000 In lost revenue.
If there was anything to be gained
by saerlflotng all that revenue, he
said, It would he one question; to sac
rifice It "for a shadow” Is another
question.
He declared that in Georgia, with
Its state-wide prohibition, there was
as much liquor consumed as In Ala
bamn.
“Bootlegging, they say is ths great
est evil of the liquor traffic," he said.
“In prohibition Georgia there were *OO
cases of bootlegging last year; in non
prohlbltlon Alabama only three hun
dred cases. Prohibition does not pro
hibit.
"There Is but one way to work out
this question and that Is by educa
tion,” Mr. Underwood added.
Representative Adamaon of Georgia
snld It might be there were more con
victions In Georgia than In Alabama
and If so. it was because Georgia
voted for prohibition and enforced the
law He said that as "between the
barrooms and damnation and prohibi
tion and salvation. I stand with the
drys and not with the weta."
THERE ARE
2
Shopping Days
Before Xmas
Road Herald ads and call
for advertised goods if you
went the pick of styles and
bargains.
When shopping In Augusta
tomorrow Bay: “I Saw It In
Ths Herald.” It will pay.
Try IL