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ADMIRAL DEWEY
IS 77 TODAY
Secretary of Navy and Hero of
Manila Chat on Subject of
Getting Enough Sleep.
Washington.-- Admiral Dvewey waff
77 years old today. Secretary Daniels,
his aidcK and members of the navy
general hoard called on him at his
home and found him in good spirits
and health.
"I feel very proud of the fact,” said
Secretary Daniels to the admiral, "that
you were appointed to the naval
academy by a secretary of the navy
from North Carolina, Mr. Dobbins/’
"1 suppose,” returned the admiral,
”thnt*H why 1 have been a democrat
ever since.” lie added he was enjoy
ing life, hut that Henry Gassaway
Davis had told him he slept too much.
“What time do you go to bed, Mr.
Secretitfry?" asked the admiral.
“Before I came to Washington, when
led lied a morning newspaper, I used
to fret to sleep about 3 a in .” said Mr.
Daniels. ”1 have reformed.”
”1 have been retiring every night at
3 0 o’clock,’ said Admiral Dewey, ‘‘and
I am up at ft every morning, reading
the newspapers. Mr. Davis, however,
who la 92 years old. and says I’m a
mere hoy, thinks I’m missing half of
life by going to bed so early.”
The admiral took his customary
drive during the morning, then re
ceived :i number of officials and
friends.
sms colsm,
BRIBE TAKER
Mexican’s Charge Dismissed
As Absurd by Mr. Silliman in
Report. General Palafox
Wants to Hold Iturbide.
Washington.—American Consul Hil
llman at Mexico City, reported today
that General Palafox, minister of ag
riculture In the cabinet of Provisional
President Gutierrez has issued a
statement charging that he (HiUlman),
Special Agent Loon Canova and others
had accepted a bribe of 500,000 pesos
to effect the release) of Former Gov
ernor Iturbide.
Pnlnfox, a Zapata adherent, Is said
to have been eager to see Iturbide
held. The latter was commander of
the federal district during the brief
administration of Provisional Presi
dent Carbajal, hut remained after his
colleagues had fled and took an Motive
part in keeping order after the Gar
ranza forces withdrew and the Zapata
army entered
Secretary Bryan, admiring Iturhlde’s
personal courage In preferring to
maintain order in the city rather than
make his own escape, took a personal
Interest In the case and representa
tions were made to both Gutierrez and
Villa to secure hiM release Iturhldo
is on his way to the United States,
hut reports front Mexico City any
tain fox announced his intention of ar
resting him If he were caught enroute
to FI Paso.
Mr. Silliman In his report, dlsmiss
od the story of the bribe ns absurd.
PORTION CHRISTMAS
MUSIC TO BE REPEATED
Excellent Music at St. Paul to
Be Rendered Sunday A. M.
It will be of interest to the large
number who enjoyed the excellent
musical program at St. Paul's upon
the occasion of the Chrb‘tnmn exor
cise* to lean, that s portion will he
repeated at the 11 o'clock service to
morrow The fact that Mr. .1 Louis
Sayre is directing the* program is, in
itself, nn assurance of its excellency.
The attendance at the Christmas
service at Ht. Paul's was most grati
fying in view' of the inclement weath
er. The announcement that part of
the musical program will be repeated
will he most pleasing to members of
the convregalton
Live Lobsters at JANSEN’S
DEATHS
AVAI.U MR. WIKI,IAM Husband of
Mrs Etta Wall. 1004 Clark Street,
died parly this morning In the
45th year of his age Funeral
service* will be conducted tit the
R. K. Klllott Chapel tomorrow af
ternoon Ht 3 o’clock, and the In
terment will follow In the City
Cemetery. Realties Ills wife, de
ceased Is survived by two sisters,
Mrs C. A Wilson of Augusta,
nnd Mrs. Druid Prather, Dallas,
Texus
FKimiF MRS*. J. C Died carl) this
mom!ns. Funeral services will be
conducted from the residence of
her son. Mr. Frank Ferris, at 420
Reynolds street, tomorrow after
noon at 4 o'clock, Rev. Dr Whit
ne\ officiating, and the Interment
will follow In the city cemetery.
FRENCH CLAIM TO RAVE CHECKED
REPEATED ASSAULTS DF GERMANS
London. 3:30 p. m.—Although stating that further progress hit* been
mode, today's comtminU otlon from th# French war office lava chief em
phasis on the repeated attache by the German* who apparently have un
dertaken a aerlre of vigorous onslaught): In response to the allies' offen
sive movement. Home of the German attacks extended over considersht«
sections of ground. Involving large bodies of troops but the assertion Is
made that all were checked. Perceptible progress tn Alsace la claimed
by the French
Reviewing the eastern conditions, the French war office asserts that
the German* have been thrust back along the line before- Warsaw and
In the fight ng In the region of Cracow the Russian* have won tht ad
vantage.
ONLY ONE "Promo Quinine,” that it J— _
| jixative ftromo Quinine 0* on ho*. 35c.
Cures a Cold In One Day. Gnp tn 2 Day*
FRENCH, GERMAN
FRIENDLINESS
Best of Feeling Prevails When
They Are Not Fighting; Be
tween Nieuport and Belfast.
The Hague. —When a battle is not!
In progress the best of feeling ap- |
pears to exist, between the French and
German soldiers, who for two months
have faced one another on the long line
between Nieuport and Belfort.
So close arc the camps to each oth
er that It is possible for the two forces
to exchange words. They Indulge In
good natured retests such as shoot
Ing at spade targets with no intention
of hitting anyone, and competing sos
hares which run between the lines.
A French soldier writes of these
amusements:
“A target is painted on a spade and
moved through our trench in such a
way that it shows about two feet above
the ground. The Germans shoot at it
With a stick wc Indicate the results;
f their file snd when one hits the i
btiHseye he Is rewarded with the wav- i
ing of a French flag.
'There Is another sort of target
practice which in very popular. Tbs
region around us Is full of cabbage
fb Ids and the cabbage fields are full
of hares and rabbits. These bares
sometimes cross our own private mea
dow. Immediately both trenches are
all aflame. Long sounding volleys fol- j
low the poor little beast. He makes;
n graceful smmnersault, throws hlSj
ears up in the ear and falls a martyr:
to Europe’s militarism.
Divide Spoils.
"Then comes the time to divide our j
spoils, if Brer' Babbit expires on the
German half the custom of the country
prescribes that a German may leave ]
the trenches and get the prize. That j
day the German cave dwellers eat j
"haseal raten.” If the animal dies oil
our side we delegate a man to fetch
him and we eat 'Ticvre farci.” But
if lu* should file most inconsiderately I
right on the line there is trouble. We
both rush for our meal while a ter
rific fire Is opened and we run the
risk of being killed by friend as well
rh by enemy.
“The other day we did not know on
which side of the line a hare had died.
We looked out of our trenches and the
Germans fired. The Germans peeped
around the corner and we fired. Fb i
nally a court of arbitration took the !
matter in hand. A loud German voleo j
called out ‘tobacco/ Wc thought that |
the proposal was fair. One of our men
showed the Germans three packages
of cigarettes Then he climbed out of
tbe trench anti walked to the dead
hare. He deposited his cigarettes and
took the hare. Then he returned. A ;
Gorman came and took the tobacco, j
Five minutes later the Germans were
smoking and we were preparing our j
stew.
The camps frequently entertain each j
other with singing. And perhaps a
few woments later the efforts of both
sides will turn to whistling bullets
about one another's heads.
HU FORCES
ARE RETIRING
Nseo, Arizona—Governor Mavtorena,
with his Villa forcoa, began retiring
today out of range of the guns of the
Carranza garrison at Nsco, Sonora.
Official reports to Brigadier General
Bliss showed the Villa forces have
removed their machine guns, aban
doned their front trenches and are pre
paring to retire to the main Mayto
reus camp, eleven kilometres from
Niton.
This movement Is In fulfillment of.
r statement by Mnytoremt to Jlrlgadter
General Scott, negotiating for h ces
sation of Mexican warfare along tha
boundary.
AWAITING DECISION
OF JUSTICE LAMAR
Washington.—Justice Limmr of tbs
supreme court still had under consid
eration today the petition of Leo M.
Frank for an appeal from the refusal
of Federal Judge Newman at Atlanta
to release him on a habeas corpus
writ. The petition had been present
ed in Frank’s behalf by Louis Mar
shall. of his counsel. It was not
known whether Jnst ice Lamar’s di
vision would la* forthcoming late to
day or Monday.
SEEK ATLANTA ESCAPES
Atlanta. —Federal prison guards and
tin* local police today were hunting for
two convicts who escaped from the
lulled States penitentiary here last
night. The convicts are Hiram Leppe**,
sent up from Baltimore last May un
der Ift years’ sentence for counterfeit
ing. and Tom Daley, sentenced to five
v ear* from this city for postoffice rob
bery.
The men had been confined In the
tuberculosis camp of the prison and
scaled the walls by means of an im
provised ladder.
WHITMAN TAKES OATH.
Nsw York.—-I Ms t riot Attorney Chas.
8. Whitman today took the oath of of
fice ns governor of New York before
Presiding Justice Ingraham of the ap
pellate division of the supreme court.
Wounded French Soldier Receiving First Aid
Attention at a Field Hospital
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NICE SELECTION OF PLAYS
AT THE MODJESKA TODAY
"The Barrier of Flamea,” a two reel
Domino production; “Her Brave Hero”
a Majestic play; "Matty and Lctty,”
Vitagraph, and “A Gypsy Madcap,”
nn Edison production, are the features
on the after Christinas program at
the Modjeska Theater for today and
evening.
Inspired with the Christmas spirit
the management of the Modjeska is
presenting to the movie patrons of
this popular theater an unusual and
appropriate list of productions plays
that will certainly reach the hearts
of Augusta’s “reel” fans. Not only
have the class of pictures shown at
this pleasure house always pleased its
patrons in the past, but is doing so
today, and gained from good authority
| the hills will he Just a little more elab
orate, more interesting, affording the
® *‘titrn(T|iV|
-Hews Sc.Hvjcfiu
THE "PACIFIER."
(ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHTI—G ENERAL FRANCISCO VILLA AND GENERAL ANTONIO VILLAREAL:
(Balovs: GOVERNOR JOSE MARIE MAYTORENA OF SONORA AND GENERL ALVARO OBREGON.
Villa Is now the most powerful man In Mexico but his ability to ’pacify" thin unhappy country la very lit
tle He la the power behind the throne In Mexico City and Kulnllo Gutter re*, an cx-watchman set up as presi
dent. Is his puppet.
The leader who appeal* to Vmertcans most is General Antonio Villareal, d former school teacher, quiet, tactful
and accommodating toward foreigner*. lie waa j resident of the Ahuascallentts convention, which tried In
vain to create a suitable government.
General Maytoretm has been besieging the (\rfun forces of Hill r-t N’aeo. on the Arlxona border He Is a
great power In the northwest and haa the allegiance of the Indian braves.
General Obregon Is one of the crrtuixa leaders. He Is becoming prominent In the Vera Crux district. Car
ransa's refuge. While Carrwuxa Is rapidly losing the remnants of his power, Obregon Is going strength.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
spectators a better entertainment.
That hi. If possible, for it is a well
known fact that the class of plays
•shown there in the pusl have always
lived up t ■ their highest praise.
Try the Modjeska once and you will
not have to be urged to do so again.
Regular movie prices prevail, and the
doors are opened from ten-thirty in
,11)0 morning until the same time in
the evening.
REV. A. J. SMITH ON
“CHRISTMAS CHIMES”
Rev. A. J. Smith will speak at the
Curtis Baptist church on the subject
(morning). "Christmas Chimes.” At
the evening service the subject will oe
"The Sorrow in a Senator’s Home.”
The pastor urges a full attendance of
all the members at this, the last Sun
day in the old year and thus end the
year right by going to their church.
V isitors welcomed.
Leaders in Distracted Mexico
AUGUSTA COUNCIL, 312,
U. C. T., WILL ENTERTAIN
The following communication was
received from Augusta Council, 312,
of United Commercial Travelers:
“You are expected, so don’t say no,
to have a little fun with us on the
night of January 2nd, at a Christmas
tree, Spelling Bee and a Tom Thumb
Banquet. Y'ou will be more welcome
if you bring your wife, mother, sweet
heart or sister with you. We will try
to forget 1914 and welcome in 1915.
8:30 sharp at our Council Chamber.
“Fraternally yours in U. C. T.,
“L. A. DORR,
“J. H. NEIBLING,
"O. P. SCHWEITZERLET,
"J. a. SERBS,
“MACK BATES."
Live Lobsters at JANSEN’S
Luckless Mexico, Prey to Anarchy,
Looking in Vain For Strong Man'
Country is Today in More Serious Condition Than it Has
Been in the Gloomiest Day!* of Madero or Huerta. Is More
Than Ever the Prey to Petty Leaders, Subject to the Loot
of Wandering Irregular Troops, Governed Only By Men
Who Have Allegiances of a Section of Country.
Washington, D. C.—Mexico’s plight to
day is mofre serious than it has been j
in the gloomiest days of Madero, or 1
Iluerta. More than ever the prey to a ■
thousand petty leaders, subject to the
loot of wandering irregular troops, gov- \
erned only by chiefs having ttye allegi- ;
ances of a section of the country, the
intelligent mpn and women among her ;
fifteen millions can see no Vay of sun- j
shii*e, no Diaz or Juarez appearing to
restore order with a strang hand. Dis
patches from the agents of the United
States government to the officials here
are not pleasant reading for the friends
of Mexico.
If there is one man of whom the Am
ericans interested in Mexico have hope
it is Antonio Villareal. He enlisted early
in the cause of Carranza’s Constitutional
ists and was fighting steadily up to the
date of the taking of Monterey, in the
capture of which he assisted. Then he
was appointed Governor of Nueve Leon,
lie was mentioned many times for his
his part in the conference at Torreon,
which followed the first open break be
tween Carranza and Villa and later Car
ranza offered him the post of war min
ister.
Minister of Fiance.
Tie acted as president of the second or
Aguascallentes convention, it will be re
membered. Carranza, when he began
his short period of “glory" in Mexico
City, made Villareal minister of fiance,
but Villareal became disgusted with the
ineptitude of the Carranza crowd and
resigned.
Villareal is quiet and unassuming in
manner, and this means more in Mexico
than it would in the United States. He
is thirty-eight years old, well educated
and speaks good English, having been a
school teacher.
When a youth he became involved in a
dispute with a rival to a certain wom
an's affections and killed him.
H| served four years in the peniten
tiary. But with this he has the clean
est record of any man in Mexico who is
in a position of power.
Villareal once was editor of a Spanish
paper published In St. Louis. He is
daring and at the same time tactful. He
is not antagonistic towards Americans,
either and frequently goes out of his
wav to accommodate them. In his bold
frankness and hatred of shams, he is
much more like an American than any
of the other Mexican leaders.
Carranza and Villa both like Villareal
and he is the oniy man they both like.
While he hag always protected foreigners
and even forbade the publication of anti-
American articles in Monterey, he was
much hurt by the presence of American
troops in Vera Cruz. This was the one
thing which stood in the way of his ap
proval of things American.
Like Americans.
As to Villa, he has long ago become
familiar in ability and character to Am
ericans. He is a great military genius,
but no civil executive, and he knows it.
His game now is to be the power behind
the throne—to rule through the de facto
Mexico City President Eulalie Gutier
rez. If Villa ever attempts to occupy
the presidential chair he w T ill probably
travel the rest of the road of Diaz, Hu
erta, and Carranza in short order.
Before the present trouble started,
Gutierrez was a watchman employed by
the big Mazipul Copper Company at Za
catecas. This concern owns factories,
mines and railroads. It is the property
of Britishers.
Guitierrez made himself a power in the
Constitutionalist party rather by de
stroying property than by actual hard
fighting. He became dictator of the
Zncatcas district and set out to annoy
his old employer. General Manager Percy
Carr of the Mazipul Copper Company,
who. of course, had never heard of Guti
errez while the later was a humble
watchman.
The copper company was the proprie
tor of the railroad running to Zacatecas
and had arranged a special train to take
away the families of foreigners. As
soon as Gutierrez heard of thig he tele
phoned to Carr in Saltillo that Cart must
HONOR ROLL
AT ST. PATRICK’S
The following boys of St. Patrick’s
Commercial Institute have been suc
cessful in the monthly review for De
cember and are entitled to a place on
the Roll of Honor:
Post-Graduate.
Robert A. Bresnahan, Wm. L, Laird,
Walton S. Boyd.
Commercial.
Malone Bohler, Henry Mura, Wm.
Raskerville, Carl Summerau, E. Ray
mond Lyons.
Eighth Grade.
Frank J. Dorr, Wm. Dimmock, Wm.
T. Corcoran. Marston S. Bell, Chas.
Wimberly Key. Ralph Allen Augus
tine Dorr.
Seventh Grade.
Gerald O’Connor. Daniel O’Connor,
Colden Battey, Harold Laird, Warren
Stulb, James Bresnahan, G. O'Donnell,
Charles Flint, Wm. Murphy, Leonard
Powell. Aabury Drost. Chas. Chesser.
John Bennett. Harry But)h.
Sixth Grade.
Chas. deßeruff. Chas. Devtneau.
Chas. Cornell. Stewart Estill, Gerald
Ashcraft. Leonard Bush. Edward
Lyons Ed Bresnahan. Edward Calla
han, Edward Sheahen, Harry Cashin,
Lawrence Bresnahan.
Fifth Grade.
James Kerr. John Chesser, Joseph
Fontana. Edvard O'Donnell, James
Crook, Gould Barrett, Samuel Carter,
Daniei Donohue, Tobin Barrett, Henry
Erbelding, Edwin Dorr, Edgerton
Hill.
Fourth Grade.
Olfgford O'Connor. James May. Au
gustine Mulherin. Marion Collins, Wil
liam D’Anttgnao, Joseph O'Connor.
Theodore Rorhe, Ambrose Gleason,
Harry Sumner, Jefford Dorn, Lauri
Sego, Daly Bohler. John Lyons, Mon
roe Guy.
Third Grade.
John J Farrell, John Dorsey, Paul F.
Dorr, Lawrence Ward. Nell Callahan.
Ruey Rhodea, Edwin Floyd. Thomas
McCarty. Dennis Lyons, Edwin Gra
ham, John Keenan. Ferber Buckley,
James Donahue. Marion May, Robert
.Sumner. John Carroll.
Second Grade.
Philip Farrell, Edward Farrell Jos
eph Mullarky. Thomas Bresnahan.
Harmon Bredernburg, Bernard S. Mey
er, John Price. Harvey Brewer. Neil
Vaughan, Francis Hammond, Schon
hardt Buckley.
First Grads.
William Arnold. Frederick McCarthy.
Otto Pope, Julian O'Connor, Frank
O'Keefe. laiwrence O'Connor. Aloyslua
O'Shea. Vincent Callahan William
Doughty. James Delaney, Robert Ar
thur. Philip Sumner. Moses Harries,
Guy Key, Matthew Delany,
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26.
pay him $27,T00 for the privilege of run
ning this train over Carr's own railroad
or else the soldiers of the ex-watchnxaa
would not let the cars pass.
Paid Money.
“If you don’t pay and send the train
through, you know what will happen.”
said Gutierrez, and he could not have
made his meaning clearer to Carr had
he drawn his finger across his throat.
So Carr paid the money and the wom
an and children chiefly Americans,
reached the border without hurt.
Gutierrez’s specialty of ruining houses,
bridges and railroads earned for him the
title of “The Destroyer.” He never
displayed any »such military ability as
Villa. But destruction is poular with
the Mexican soldiery, it must be remem
bered.
Gutierrez plundered and robbed with
slight head to what Carranza and Villa
were doing. He seized property of
Americans and put it to his own pur
poses, while Carranza ignored protests,
despite his title of First Chief.
Last July he sent a demand to Carr
ordering him to resume all the Mazipul
industries at once. It must beremembered
that the British company had been
closed down for months. Ther was no
fuel, no cars, no railroad tracks, nor
there was no financial basis. Yet the
order from the ex-watchman read to
“start up the work, as North Mexico is
now pacified and there is no excuse for
delay.”
Impossible.
It was a physical impossibility, so
Carr went to Carranza with a final pro
test, Carranza informed Carr he could
delay resumption and for this Gutierrez
seized $.300,000 worth of ore owned by
the company and sought to sell it as ,
contraband, in which he probably sue-j
ceeded.
Carranza has degenerated into the
head of looters. The scenes accompany
ing his evacuation of Mexico City, it is
icarned, were disgraceful. The National
Treasury was robbed of al except about
*OO,OOO pesos, which must have been
overlooked. Every ounce of gold and
silver in the mint was taken. Also
thefre went printing presses, plates and
the entire stock of bank notes paper
in the government printing offices. The
public offices were stripped of fittings,
inkstands, typewriters, furniture, rugs,
carpets, and curtains. Even the huge
presidential chair in the National Pal
ace was Created and borne off. It is
estimated that automobiles valued at
three million pesos at least were taken
out of the city, many of them oommand
ered from private citizens and foreigners.
At the Buenavista station of the Mex
ican railway train after the train drew
out in the direction of Vera Cruz laden
down with every conceivable sort of
plunder—motors, furniture, horses, pia
nos, paintings and safes. Even Huerta
was put HueTtaed.
At Vera Cruz.
The now ridiculous Carranza is set up
at Vera Cruz. His cause is hopelessly
lost. Among his remaining leaders, how
ever, General Alvaro Obregon looms
large. He is undoubtedly a strong man.
He has kept General Lucio Blanco in
line for Carranza and saw that there
retreat from Mexico City was not an en
tire rout. However, Obregon is a plund
erer like the rest.
Another man who should not escape
mention is Governor Jose Maria Mayto
rena of Sonora.o whose men have been
besieging the Carranza General Hill in
Naco. In Sonora Mavtorena is supreme
and he is idolized by the Indians. He
is not friendly towards Americans and
there Is a well defined conviction among
the American army officers along the
border that Maytorena could by a word
have prevented the snipers’ bullets
which killed and wounded fifty-two per
sons from coming over the international
bounefry line at Naco. So far he has
confined himself to the northwest. If
Mavtorena ever decides to follow the
path from the north of most of Mexico s
conquerers from the time of Juarez it
may be with no mean army.
MRS. J. C. FERRIS
DIED EARLY TODAY
Beloved Augusta Lady Passed
Away at Home of Her Son.
The many friends of Mrs. J. C.
Ferris will regret to learn of her
death early this morning, at the home
of her son, Mr. Frank Ferris, 420 Rey
nolds Street.
Than Mrs. Ferris there was no bet
ter beloved woman in Augusta. Her
long life was, in Its entirety, an ex
emplication of the true Christian char
acter. Deeply attached to her chil
dren and grandchildren, her life was
one of devotion to them. Among her
friends she was known as a woman of
the most beautiful disposition, one
who could sympathize and one who,
by her presence, would bring into any
home an atmosphere of cheerfulness
and love. She will be mourned deeply
and sincerely.
The funeral services will be held at
the residence of her son, Mr. Frank
Ferris, Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock.
Rev. G. Sherwood Whitney will con
duct the exercises. The interment
will be in the City Cemetery.
The pallbearers will be, Mr. Law
rence Derr, Mr. W. W. Frye, Jr., and
the four grandsons of Mrs. Ferris,
Messrs. Harvey, Westcott, Charles and
John Ferris.
Mrs. Ferris is survived by the fol
lowing children: Mr. Charles Ferris.
Mr. Frank Ferris, Miss Josie Ferris,
Ms. Ida R. Smith, Ms. W. W. Frye,
Mrs. Taul Mustin, and Mrs. L. A.
Dorr. Her husband, the late Mr. J. C.
Ferris, died several years ago.
/THokTup.
Parson Johnson —De contribution dls
morning will be fo’ de purpose ob mak
ing up de deficiet in yo' pastor’s sal
ary! De choir will now sing, and will
continue to sing, until de full amount
am collected! —Puck.
Live Lobsters at JANSEN'S
Modjeska Today
“THE BARRIER OF FLAMES”
A Domino Production in
Two Parts.
“HER BRAVE HERO”
A Majestic Play.
“MATTIE OR LETTY"
A Vitagraph Production.
"A GYPSY MADCAP"
An Edison PlajT