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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD VOLUME XVI, No. 104. iExicsti eon. WILL EE HELD ■ mum 'lnsurrectos State Intention of Holding Captured Agua Prieta at All Hazards. LOSS IN CONTEST EQUALLY DIVIDED ON EOTH SIDES Many Americans W atched Battle. Federal Officers and Men Flee Across Line. Washington. —With the customs house at Afrua Prieta in the hands of the Mexican revolutionists and Juarez again seriously threatened by rebels, a new situation is presented to the state department, involving the deli cate question relating to recognition of the revolutionists. No official word in regard to the battle of Agua Prieta had yet reached the state department and officials de clined to comment upon the course the United States might take in deal ing with the new phase of the situa tion. Three thousand revolutionists, outnumbering the federal defenders of the town by four to one, are within four hours' march of Juarez, accord ing to a telegram received by the state department today from American Con sul Edwards, at Juarez. • The rebels are in control of the rail road’s rolling stock and telegraph lines. The authorities of Juarez are preparing for an attack and many Mexicans are sending their families to the American side. Wood Calls for Report. General Wood, chief of staff of the army, has called upon the command er of the Department of Colorado, -who is now at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., for adetalied report on the situation at Agua Prieta and Douglas. General Wood today stated that the American soldiers patrolling the Mex ican borderh ad specified instructions inot to cross into Mexican territory. 'The action of the American officers, however, in taking messages from Mexican federals on the American side to their comrades across the line ask ing that they surrender would not be regarded as a violation of these in structions. Agua Prieta, Mexico, via Douglas, Ariz.—Revolutionists under "Red” Lo- Ipez today hold this town, which they (Continued on Page Two) TENNESSEE ABSENTEES SAY THEY’LL STAY AWAY Nashville, Tenn.— Despite rumors of conferences looking to the return of l the insurgent members of the legisla ture from Decatur, Ala., the situation remains unchanged and the absentees no far as known are as fixed in their [determination to continue the dead iJoclr as when they left the city. The house met this morning and *OOll adjourned until tomorrow morn iing. The Interesting question now Els, will the governor receive the elec tion bill, the passage of which led 34 imembers to leave the state, there (being no quorum present when the (bill wa s signed. It was rumored here this morning Wliat the runaway members would soon return, but this report cannot be con firmed. •THAWS FORMER COUNSEL SURRENDERS HIMSELF New York.—When Daniel O’Reilly, [former counsel for Harry Thaw, sur jrendered to the district attorney today ito answer to the indictment accusing itiim of receiving stolen goods, his law (O'er declared: "Mr. O’Reilly got up from a sick |bed to appear in court. We can say !that he is innocent., and that we stand (xeady to prove it." Mr. O'Reilly was indicted on a statement by Fran v,P!ass, in connec tion with the robbery of $85,000 worth of securities from Aaron Bancroft re cently. Blass has been arrested, charg ed with concern in the robbery, and •his story Involved O’Reilly. 46TH. ANNIVERSARY OF LINCOLN’S ASSASSINATION New York.—Flags are flying from lell buildings and from many office ibuildings and residents here In token ,of the 48th anniversary of Abraham 'Lincoln’s assassination, which occur red on a Good Friday. The anniver sary of the shooting has not fallen 'upon a Good Friday Elnce 1876 and it will not again until 1922. INSURRECTOS BURN 6 BRIDGES; ALL COM MU NIC A TION CUT OFF ► . Eagle Pass, Texas.—The Laredo Gateway is now the only railroad route open from the I’nited Btates to the Interior of Mexico, rebels hav ing cut off communication south of Ciudad Porflrlo Diaz by burning six railroad bridges. This is the first serious disturbance in Coahuila. El Peso. Texas. —Superintendent Rutledge, of tbe Mexico Northwest ern railway, stated last night that he had received add,. from sas Grandes reporting Mai insurrectos at Guseman, sixty mih s south vs Jua- L where the wires had been cut. m COUPS REMAINS Ilf TOE CHAMPASNE DISTRICT Authorities Hope the Rioting Has Been Quelled. Women Are Still Belligerent. Epernay, Department of Marne, France.—Calm prevailed during the night throughout the department of Marne, the scene of three days riot ous outbreak on the part of the dis contented wine grojvers and the au thorities this morning are hopeful that the rioting i a over. The vote ot the chamber of depu ties in nullifying the action of the senate with reference to the deltmlna tlon of the champagne districts which would permit wine made in any dis trict to be labelled champagne and the expressed intention of Premier Monis to refer the whole qeustlon to the council of state for settlement, served to a large extent, it is believed, in appeasing the excited populace. The army corps sent to quell the outbreak and prevent further destruc tion of property remains, however, in the disturbed area. A force of gendarmes just before daylight this morning proceeded to Ven-tueil, one of the wine depots upon which the manifestantg especially di rected their operations of destruction of the wine presses and bottles of champagne and arrested two of the ring leaders. While the gendarmes are escorting the accused men to the police station women rushed into the street and tried to tear incriminating documents from the arms of the pub lic prosecutors. Military aeroplalte played a prom inent role In the maneuvers of the troops when the rioting was at its height. STRIKING BUTTONWDRKERS GET MARTIAL LAW Muscatine, la.—Martial law was threatened by Sheriff Vanatt today as a means of preserving peace follow ing demonstrations by striking but ton workers, who objected to the pres ence of imported special officers. State troops were placed today at points about the factories and are patrolling districts where trouble seemed likely to break out. The local company of the lowa Na tional Guar£. joined by three out of town compSJiies, was ordered into ser vice to prevent rioting, though quiet prevailed this morning. The strikers and their stTnpathizers, it is said, are inclined to welcome the presence of the troops, in preference to the imported special officers who left the city today. SIO,OOO DAMAGES FOR SON KILLED IN A. C. L. WRECK Jacksonville, Fla.—Ten thousand dollars damages were awarded from the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to Chas. P. Hale for the death of his son, Carlton C. Hale, who was killed in a wreck at Inverness, Fla., while in a car, employed as a checking clerk. The elder Hale sued for $50,000. Coun sel for the railroad gave notice of a motion for a new trial LARGEST CARGO OF NAVAL STORES FROM PENSACOLA Pensacola, Fla.—What Is claimed to he the largest cargo of naval stores ever shipped from the United States to a foreign port left WCTtr today on the British steamer Berwind Moor for Bremen and London. The shipment comprises 9,000 casks, or 407,000 gal lons of spirits of turpentine and 21 r 300 barrels of naval stores, the total having a valuation of nearly eight hundred thousand dollars. The ship ment was made by the American Na val Stores Company which has about ten times this amount at its yards in this city. STREET CAR STRIKE IN CHATTANOOGA IS BEGUN CHattagoona, Tenn.—A street car strike has been ordered here to begin at 3 o’clock this afternoon. B. A. Car ter, fourth vice president of the Amal gamated Street Car Workers of De troit, has been here several days or ganizing r union and he claims he has secured 160 out of 250 employes. A proposition for recognition of the union was turned down today by the street car officials and a walkout of union men was ordered. General Manager Bolleau of the company does not think that the walk out would affect operation of the road, even should 100 men strike. “BAD MAN” FOUND DEAD. Lawtey, Fla. —John Bennett, known In this section as a "had man,” hav ing been arrested many times for shooting affairs, was found dead on a street here today. There were sev eral bullet wounds In his body and It Is supposed that he had been killed by some enemy. AUGUSTA. GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 14. 1911. GOV. WILSON ON THE “RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE” New Jersey's Governor Speaks Before Nat'l. League of Dem ocratic Clubs Jefferson Day. URGES PARTY TO CLEARLY DEFINE ITS POSITION “Democracy is an Energy of Life Dwelling in the Rank and File.’’ Indianapolis, Ind—Urging the Demo cratic party to state its creed in the concrete and define clearly the espe ciul forms of privilege it declares against in a general campaign "for the rights of the people,” Governor W oodrovv \\ ilson of Now Jersey in an address to the National Leaguo of Democratic Clubs here last night set forth the objects of the party as In* believed they exist and should be stated. Governor Wilson said in part: "We are fond of speaking of our selves as the party of Jefferson and Jackson, not because we are a party of old men, reminiscent of things gone by and in love with what has been, but because we are a party touched with the ideals which made these-men great, whose names we recall with such reverence and enthusiasm, be cause the breath of our party’s life is its utter faith in the principles of Democracy. It is its devotion to the rights of the people of whatever class or degree as against all claims of pri vilege, as ag-ainst all selfish vested in terests which seek control instoad of freely serving the life and develop ment of the nation. A Young Man’s Party. “It is so far from being a party of mere reminiscence, a party which tries to draw the country back to policies which belong to another time, to the circumstances of another age, that it is, above all others, a young man’s party, because a party of movement, of readjustment, a party that presses toward the future with unshaken faith, with unwavering confidence and ever renewed hopes and aspirations for the principles of freedom, which are none other than the principles of oppor tunity, the principles of men not made, but in the making, struggling from achievement to achievement In a free exercise of their powers. “These things are embodied in Jef ferson, the thoughtful, philosophical, penetrating thlnkor for mankind, and in the rugged Jackson, who seemed to cut his way toward the right by rough (Continued on Page Two) CAPTAIN OF ENGLISH POLO TEAM ARRIVES IN N. Y. New York.—Captain J. Hardress uloyd of the All-English polo team which is to play the American team for the International polo champion ship, arrived from England this af ternoon. "Our team this season l a better individually than the one that lost, the championship last, year,” said Captain Lloyd. The rest of the English players are expected here soon. All will go dire#t to Lakewood, N. j., where they will practice for the championship. FEAR FOUR FISHERMEN LOST IN LAKE SUPERIOR Two Harbors, Minn,—lt is feared that four fishermen, Otto Olsen, Holge Johnson, Nels Swanson and Harold Olson, have been lost on Lake Su perior. The party left Two Harbors in the thirty-foot gaffblino fishing boat ’’Flyer’’ on March 31, bound for Isle Royale. The boat was last heard of at. Grand Marais, which point it reached April 1. Under favorable conditions the trip could be made from Two Har bors to Isle Royale in four days. As the boat has not. been sighted, It ie believed to be lost. 300 POLO PONIES ARE STABLED AT LAKEWOOD Lakewood, N. J. —In preparation for the International cup polo game at “re Meadowbrook field, on May 31 to June 7, there are now more than 300 polo ponies stabled In this town. The collection is probably the most valu able aggregation of its kind ever brought together, a conservative esti mate placing the value of the animals at more than $350,000. Of the lot about. 270 are owned by Americans. BODIES RECOVERED. Green bay, W i a.—T wo mors bodies of the crew of the schooner Ottawsy, which was wrecked at Claybank yes terday, w*re recovered today. Three bodies, one of them that of Glaus We borg, were recovered yesterday. One more man Is believed to have been aboard the schooner. LA6T DAY OF BEBBION. Montgomery, Ala.—The Alabama leg islature entered this morning upon the last day of its present session. It Is expected the body will deliberate until midnight, at which time the legisla ture will adjourn sine die. THOMPSON'S ROLE IN “THE 010 HOMESTEAD" VACANT Veteran Actor Passed Away at His New Hampshire Hon>; Friday. Play Has Run 25 Years. West Swansea, N. H.—Denman Thompson, the aged actor, died at his home here today. Mr. Thompson had been ill of heart trouble and uraemia since last month. Henry Denman Thompson, who made famous "The Old Homestead,” was born In a log cabin In the ham let of Beecbwood, throe miles from Girard, Pa., on Oct. 15, 1833. At 14 Thompson went to hts father's old home at West Swanzey and for three years workeef with hts father, ('apt. Rufus Thompson, as a carpenter. When 17 he set out for Boston In search of employment and soon after joined Tyson’s Circus as a property boy and actor. The following winter he made his first singe appearance as a "stipe” under Charlotte Cushman, who was playing in Lady Macbeth at the Howard Athennenm. Two years Inter, in Lowell, he had his first speaking part and following this he went about the country playing Irish and negro sketches. While traveling Thompson was taken 111 with rheumatism and as ho lay In bed In Pittsburg he thought out the sketch called '‘Joshua Whit comb” which later developed into "The Old Homestead." At Boston theater In 188(1 "The Old Homestead" was first produced and It has had a continual run since that time. TO LEASE GOVERNOR'S MANSION FOR 09 TEARS Atlanta, Ga.—The mansion rommlt tee met today and recommended that the governor'a mansion ho leased for 99 years at a rental for the first five years of twelve thousand a year, flf teen thousand for the next ten yearg* eighteen thousand for next ten years, ami twenty-two thousand for 76 years. An offer ot $361,000 for sale of the "was* Turned down. B. M. Grant, an Atlanta real estate man, will take the lease but recommendation must first be approved by the legisla ture. WOMAN AND'CHILD" LAB 0 R CONFERENCE APRIL 25TH. Memphis, Tenn In a call made pub lic here tday, former Gov. M. Ft. Pat terson, of Tennessee, president of the H* uthem Conference on Woman and Child Labor, convokes the fourth an nual convention of that organization at Ailanta, Ga., April 26 and 2G. State lubcr bodies, womens clubs and el.le, and business organisations, as well as employers of women and children, are urged to send repi efcontatl ves. AVIATOR FLIEB 54 MILES WITH HIS THREE SISTERS Brussels, Belgium.—Aviator Leaser today flew In an aeroplane from the aviation field at Klewat to the Bel gian capital, carrying his three sisters as passengers. The distance flown was 87 kilometers (about 64 miles), which Is a new record for a cross-country aeroplane flight with four persons. COLUMBIA GETS PITCHER SANFORD AND JOHN BURKE Louisville,—Pitcher Efl Hanford and | Outfielder John Burke were released by the I/Oulsvllle Amerlrari Associa tion club today to the Columbia, H. ('., club of the South Atlantic League. Ixmlsvllle retains a string on those players. BAM LANGFORD BACK. New York.—Sa.rn Langford, the ne gro pugilist, who aspires to wrest the championship laurelß from Jack John son, returned to America on the Lusi tania today. Igmgford laughed heartily when told that Johnson had been sent to jail for speeding an automobile, VANDY VB. MICHIGAN. Nashville, Term.—The University of Michigan baseball team will play Van derbilt this afternoon. The grounds are In had shape from rain The same teams are scheduled to play to morrow. TEAMBTER PICKS UP $2,495. Boston.—Coins amt crumbled bills to the amount of 12,4115 greeted the eyes of Peter J. Pitts, a teamster, today when his horse hacked a wagon over a discarded lounge which had been thrown out into an East Boston street. No cluo to the original owner of the money baa been found. ADMIRAL BF.TBEDER HERE New York.—Bear Admiral On free Prtb.der, formerly Minister of marine for the Argentine Republic, arrived here today from Europe to superintend tjie construction of two warships now being built for his government in Ni-.v Jersey shipyards. HAB OJtNAGA FALLEN? El Paso, Texas,—A report Is current here that OJlnaga has fallen after being besieged by General Ranches for several weeks. The report emanates from operators talking over ttie wires. Marfa reports nothing known of the matter there and the storl cannot be confirmed. HILL RESIGKS AS AMBASSADOR ID GERMANY President Accepts Tender of Portfolio Which Surprises All Official Washington. WAS ORDERED HOME TO DISCUSS POTASH MATTER David Jayne Hill Has Been in Diplomatic Service For Past Twelve Years. Washington, D. C.—David Jayne Hill, of Rochester, N. Y., amhaaa&dor of the United States to Germany has resigned his post. The resignation has boon accepted by President Taft. Neither in Mr. lllll’s letter or reslg nation nor In the President's letter of acceptance | H any reason given for the ambassador's action. The President thanks Mr. Hill for his services at Merlin and says that he Is glad to know that be will remain there until July 1, when the resignation goes Into of feet. Mr. Hill’s letter to the President was dated April 12. Potash Controversy. Ambassador Hill was ordered home from Berlin several weeks ago to dls cuss, according to announcement by the state department at that time, tin* potash controversy between tin- if nit ed States and Germany, whtrh for a long time has been tin* subject of dip lomatlc Interchange In which Mr. Hill has been intimately engaged. fttnto department officials declined today to discuss the resignation. The retiring ambassador hn|< been connected with the state «l<i/rtnnnt for more than 12 years, entering the service as assistant secretary of state, Oct. 26, 1898. lie was appointed min ister to Switzerland in 1903 and two years later transf< (r#l to The Neth erlands. Since April 2, 1908, he has been ambassador to Germany. While Ambassador Hill's resignation was a great surprise to official Wash ington and to the diplomatic corps here, It was argued today that the fact that he Is to remain at his post until July I, Indicates that t Fie re w/ih nothing urgent in the ambassador's action. HARDWICK HIS BILL TO REPEAL AMENDMENT Washington.— A bill wax lnlroducod In tho house today by Roiiresentallvo Ilurdwlck of Georgia, providing for tho repeaj, of tho fourteenth amend ment to tho constitution. The meas ure seeks to prevent congress from limiting the representation of the Southern states because of the dls franchisement of the negro, which curtails tho voting population of the states. GIANTS WILL PLAY HOME GAMES AT AMERICAN PARK New Vork. — The definite announce ment was made thin afternoon that tho Nationala would play their homo games ut American League Bark, pending tho complete repair of tho Polo Groundfl. WILLIAMS DROPPED DEAD. Tallaha»*ee, Flaw—Col, K. W. Wll • llama, a well known cltixon of this Htato and Confederate veteran, dropped dead In his offleo yewterday. After the civil war ho practiced law In New Orleans arid Mletdafilppl, lat#r coming here He was attorney for the Inter national Improvement Board of thin elute and member from Florida of the national hoard of uniformity of legla lation. TO QUIT THE GAME. New York.—-Jack Monument, Amer ican champion mller, Its:', decided to retire from the track In a letter to i-awson Robertson, trainer of the Irlsh-Amerlean Athletic dub, he says he will never again don a pair of racing shoes. He says that, business prevents him from training properly. WEEMS VB. TORRENS. Macon, G»,—Macon and Columbus will play the third game of the Serbs today. Fadi dub has won one game. Weems wlil pitch for Maepn ami Tor rens for Gohtmbus. “MOTH ER’B DAY." Bpringfi©ld, lIL—Gov. Demo-n today issued a proclamation designating Sunday, May 14, as "Mother's Day," and asking that the day be properly observed In the church's. WET' GROUNDB. Cincinnati-Pittsburg game, post poned. Wet grounds. National League. RAIN AT PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia.—New York Phllsdd pbla game postponed (American l-euguet, rain. , DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.00 PER YEAR. TOORISTS TO PUT INDIANS TRIS P M. Attendance Will bo Somewhat Short Because of Good Fri day. Expect Immense Crowd Tomorrow. Savannah. Ga.—Savannah and Au gust a will play bad this afternoon at Athletic Park. The attendance will bq cut down somewhat because of Good Friday, but the game tomorrow utter noon between the same teams will he attended by an Immense crowd. Au gusta has won one game from Sa vannah during this series and the best Savannah lias been able to do is to tie her. This means that Saturday’s crowd of rooters Is going to bo large and polsy. SENATOR OWEN ASSAILS THE "LORE IF THE GOLD" Washington.— UhiirglnK that corpor ate bodies today control not only the legislature, but, the courts of the Bul led States and that law In these In stances no longer means justices. Senator Owen of Oklahoma last night, spunking at Iho Thursday dinner of tho Scottish ltlte Masons of the Dis trict of Columbia, assailed the "lure of gold." Senator Taylor, of Tennessee, also wim a speaker. Senator Taylor as serted that money madness had brought Americans to a state where "If they were to go to Heaven they worth! dig tip the golden streets of the New Jerusalem and do duty on the harps of the angels to protect Amer ican Industries." Senator Owen said It was Impos sible for the government to control trusts when the trusts already con trolled the government. A return of power to the hands of the people, he asserted, whh the only remedy for conditions that prevail today when "not only legislators are controlled by corporations, Tnit Judges are appointed that are favorable to tho Interests. THREE OOARTER MILLION SUIT OVER POTASH CASE Atlanta, Ga.—A $750,000 suit grow lug out of the German potash con trovorsy was tiled lion today by the F. N. Xtoystor Guano Oompnn yof Nor folk, Vo., against the Intormitlaiml Agricultural Corporation of Now Vork, alleging breach of contract The Norfolk concern charges that the agricultural corporation refused pi furnish It with a certain quality of potash during the years BilO end Bill which It lmd contracted for tho year previous. It Is said that the Now York concern hips Inigo potash Inler estq In Germs piv Recently tho Gorman rolchslag llppp lied ipo output of the potash rubles In Gci'inuny ami levied practically a prohibitive iis'essimuit against excess ive output, thereby greatly Increasing the prices and making American buy ers have difficulty In obtaining It. GOMES TO CONSTRUCTIVE PEACE IDEA New York.—"l huva cornu to Amer ica to preacnt a conatructlvo pe;u:o program to tho truHl-*<h of tho Cur neghi Foundation,” an Id J f<• rir 1 Lnfnn talnH, prealdeiit of tin* Permanent In ternational fVlu.'O Bureau, linrtlfl, Hwltzerland, who arrived from Kuropo today, lb- will attend the national peace conference at Baltimore, May 3-5, and the Lake Mohonk conference. ONLY ONE DAY MORE OF THIRD CONTEST PERIOD Tomorrow Ends Third Period o f Tour Contest and Candidate* Are Preparing For Final Struggle of Two Weeks. One Can didate Preparing Surprise For Her District Has Secured Many Votes This Period. Yesterday one of the con t eaten ta, who Ih way down In the lint in her district, Informed the tour manager t>iat ah< hud ain 't sly d more than twenty thouwand vot* :< In apodal ballots this period and that who waa Ktirprlned to find how easy a tank It wuh to secure them. While thin cun I VOTE BALLOT For Miss or Mrs District Town House No Street Subject to « and condition# governing Augusta Herald Kuropcun Tour Content. f Ijo not foid. Trim neutly along bord*.i for filing- NINE KILLED, 11 INJURED HILSTONES Property Loss In St. Louis Alone Estimated at from sl,- 500,000 to $2,000,000. TORRENT OF ICE BALLS OF THREE-INCH DIAMETER Enormous Damago Also Done to Growing- Crops Across Riv er in Illinois. Bt. Lend*.—Nino persona art* dnad and m\urly one hundred injured rut a remilt of tHo destructive wind and hall fftorm which paaacd over enutarn Missouri yesterday afternoon. In this city three aro dead and property val ued at between $1,600,000 and $2,000,- 000 whh destroyed. There wan a remarabl© precipitation of hall htones. Some of them* are re ported us being three Inches In dl ainetcr. Hall caused tho greatest damage. Thousands of windows In Went End roMldonccH wore broken. Greenhounea wen* domollHhod. Churches In tho path of Uu< Htorm did not escape and many, Htafncd ghiHH windows were broken. At Valles Mines, Mo, the tornado killed four persons and seriously In-* Jured a score more. At Cadet, Mo., two women are known to have been killed and 15 persona are reported injured. At Shelbyvllle, llla. f hailstones eight Inchon In circumference were report ed. At Anna, 111., growing crops were badly damaged by tho hall and wind. Tho tornado which wrought destruc tion In Gudct and Valles Mines swept over and did ooraddomble damage t<* several points In Washington, Mont gomery, St Francis, and Jefferson— the bad hi lt counties end among the towns suffering heavily were Flat Ri ver, Father and PJlvlns. In the three towns named 60 persona were Q.ore or less seriously Injured. De Soto, Mo.—Two men, John Pow ers, of Cape Girardeau, and Joseph Royers, of Deftoto, were killed while riding In an automobile In the south ern part of Jefferson county. Tic third occupant of tin* machine, which was caught In the wind, la missing. The chauffeur, who escaped, telephon ed the report here. Meagre reports tell of havoc wrought throughout Jefferson county. Farm buildings were demolished and great damage was clone to cropa. NOT TO CONSIDER THE EXHIBITION CONTENTIONS National Commission of Base ball Serves Notice to That Effect From Cincinnati. Cincinnati. —Notice was served oti all national agreement clubw by tho National nHneba.ll Commission that hereafter the commission will not con sider contentions over exhibition in, it between clubs of opposite ma jor biagues or between major and mi nor league clubs unless the orrango rncnt.w for such games shall have been inudo by the respective preeldmita of the Interested clubs or their certified agents. In caws the agent of a dub acts for It, Its preakWnt mrmt tDm with tho commission a oertlfloefce wf hIH authority to represent It. dfdute'a opponent* think «he In doing nothing and do not fear her an & cotn potltpr at all, iho baa been buay and L preparing for them the biggest kind of a surprise. Thin show a what determination and (Continued on Page Two) VOID AFTER 12 P. M.