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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 , i li • w —i 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