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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIX. No. 20.
JOINT SESSION, THE
(INGRESS HEARS PRES'T
ON TROSUEGISLATION
Subject Is Considered By the Chief Executive As
the Most Vital of All Public Problems. On Laws’
Success Depends Destruction of Private Monopoly
and Elimination of Restraints of Trade in Nation.
PRES’T. PRESENTS CASE
“AS IT LIES IN THOUGHTS
OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY”
Galleries Packed at Early
Hour. Besides Suggesting
Scope of Measures, Mr. Wil
son Makes Personal Plea for
Atmosphere of Friendliness
and Co-Operation. The Seven
Chief Points Are Given.
Washington—A message of busi
ness peace and industrial freedom
was delivered by President Wilson
today to congress in the hall of the
house. Legislators and spectators sat
in silence as the president outlined
the administration's policy toward
“big business.”
“By Ticket Only.”
Admission to the house was “by
ticket only” and many were turned
away to crowd the corridors in the
hope of catching a glimpse of the
president as he read his adress.
Misses Eleanor and Margaret Wil
son with Miss Helen Woodrow
Bone were among the early arrivals.
Secretary of State Bryan occupied
his accustomed seat in the diplomatic
gallery.
Senate Announced.
The house, which met at noon and
15 minutes later the senators, headed
by Vice-President Marshall and Ser
geant-at-Arms Higgins were an
nounced. The vice-president was ap
plauded as he took his place at the
right* of the speaker.
' Gale of Applause.
Representative Underwood, Fitz
gerald and Mann and Senators Kern,
Bacon and Gallinger were appointed
to escort the president to the cham
ber from Speaker Clark's office.
When the president took his place
at the reading clerk's desk a gale of
applause swept the house.
Heard by All.
The president’s rounded sentences
carried to the furthermost corner of
the packed galleries. His declarations
that the laws against trusts should
"tear nothing up by the roots" and
that “no sweeping or novel change is
necessary,” were received in attentive
silence. The first applause, led by
Republican Leader Mann, greeted his
declaration In favor of giving the in
terstate commerce commission power
to regulate railroad finances.
Must Be Separated.
The president’s auditors were stirred
to more applause by his statement as
to railroad control with its declaration
that the “business of production must
be separated from the business of
transportation.”
His declaration 1n favor of the cre
ation of a trade commission with au
thority to direct the dissolution of in
dustrial combinations was passed in
silence, but cheers greeted his state
ment that "penalties and punishment
should fall not upon business itself
but upon the Individuals who use the
instrumentalities of business to do
things which public policy and sound
business practice condemn.”
Progress Impeded.
As the president concluded his ad
dress amid cheers of the notable ar
ray of auditors. Majority Leader Un
derwood greeted him with a hand
clasp of congratulation. Others who
hurried up, anxious to greet him, im
peded his progress out of the cham
ber. After the president's exit the
house referred that part of the mes
sage relating to regulation, of railroad
stocks and bonds and creation of an
interstate trade commission to the
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce and the remainder of the
address to the Judiciary committee.
"Big Business.”
Washington, D. C, —President Wil
son personally laid before a Joint ses
sion 81S congress today the funda
mental principles of the Democratic
administration's program for dealing
with trusts and "big business.” The
President presented the case, he said,
“as It lies in the thought of the coun
try."
"We are now about to write the ad
ditional articles of our constitution of
peace,” said the President, "the peace
that Is honor and freedom and pros
perity.”
Besides suggeitlng the scope of leg
islation, the President made a personal
appeal for an atmosphere of friendli
ness and co-operation in congress
while handling the problem.
‘”ye antagonism." he said, “between
TT? C r / 1 OJ J F C T F'l 1 SATURDAY'S AND WEDNESDAY’S are the two Big Bargain Days of the week in Augusta. The Herald of Tuesday and Friday alawys carries the
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- vertisements in today’s Herald. It’s the advertising merchant always who CAN and DOES sell the cheapest. : : : : : :
business and government is over. We
now are about to give expression to
the best judgment of America, to what
we know tb be the business conscience
and honor of the land. The govern
ment and business men are ready to
meet each other hr.lf-way in a com
mon effort to square business methods
with both public opinion and the
law."
THE CHIEF POINTS.
The chief points which the President
singled out as a basis for legislation
were:
1. —Effectual prohibition of the in
terlocking directorates of great cor
porations—banks, railroads, industrial,
commercial and public service bodies.
2. A law to confer upon the inter
state commerce commission the pow
er to superintend and regulate the fi
nancial operations by which railroads
henceforth are to be supplied with the
money they need or their proper de
velopment and improved transporta
tion facilities.
3. —Definition of “the many hurtful
restraints of trade" by explicit legisla
tion supplementary to the Sherman
law.
4. —The creation of a commission to
aid the courts and to act as a clearing
house of information in helping busi
ness to conform with the law.
5. —Provision of penalties and pun
ishments to fall upon individuals re
(Continued on page two.)
AFTER PRISON
PANDEMONIUM,
7 IN MORGUE
Quiet Restored in Oklahoma
Penitentiary When Niqht of
Terror Was Over. Besides
Dead Men, Three Wounded
in Hospital.
Rigid Investigation Regarding
Smuggling of Pistols Inside
Institution. Tremendous Ex
citement While Battle On.
McAlister, Okla.—Quiet ’ prevailed
today at tho state penitentiary where
last night, seven persona were killed
during a battle between guards and
three convicts who attempted to es
cape. Bodies of the three prison em
ployes shot down while at their posts
and tho three convicts were at the
penitentiary morgue, while in this city
the body of Judge John R. Thomas,
of
killed by a convict's bullet, awaited
final preparation for shipment to rel
atives. In tho prison hospital, suffer
ing from bullet wounds, wero Miss
Mary Foster, telephono operator at
the prison; John Martin, turnkey, and
C. L. Wood, guard.
Bodies Held.
The bodies off if. H. Drover, head
of the Rertillion department; Patrick
Oates, assistant deputy warden; and
F. C. Godfrey, a guard, will be held
for word from relatives.
Pistols, smuggled into the prison and
reaching the hands of Charles Koontz,
China Reed and Tom Lane, tho con
victs who gave up their lives in their
dash for liberty, made the tragedy
possible.
Today Warden W. R. Dick continued
Continued on Market Page.)
SCARE OVER UNVERIFIED
REPORT KAISER’S STROKE
London.— A wholly unconfirmed re
port that Emperor William hod suf
fered a paralytic stroke caused a mon
etary scare on the London Stock Ex
change today. Consols dropped half
a point but soon recovered three
elgths of the fall.
No Truth.
Berlin.—lt Is officially declared that
there Is no truth In the rumors cur
rent today of the illness of Emperor
William.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 20, 1914.
FIST FIGHT
IN HOUSE;
THEN ‘GET
mm
GUN’
Clash Between Representative
Johnson and a Washington
Att’y. Room Cleared When
Kentuckian Shouts for His
Firearm.
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Washir/gton—A tsst fight between
Representative Johnson of Kentucky,
and Jo!(:n R. Shields, a Washington
attorney! broke up a meeting today
of the \ouse committee on District
of Columbvi. After the two men had
clashed ami several blows were
struck Representative Johnson broke
away shouting "Get me my pistol.
I'll kill him.”
Knocked Down.
During the encounter Mr. Shields
was knocked down by rapid blows
from the tall Kentucky congress
man. Clerks of the District Com
mittee dashed into the arena and
with several spectators tried to quiet
the combats. Two clerks held John
son for a few moments hut he got
the better of them and broke away,
shouting for 'his revolver.
Dozen Scatter.
There were a dozen men in the
room when Johnson hurried out but
his demand for fire arms soon
emptied the office and when he re
turned there was no one in sight.
The Kentuckian addressed some
caustic remarks to the clerks who
had held him and prevented further
trouble and the incident closed.
The clash between the two- men
eatae after a hearing on a bill to
Increase the salaries of crossing po
licemen in Washington. Mr. Shields
appeared as attorney for the po
licemen.
"A Large Fee.”
After Shields had presented his
case, Johnson declared that "lie
heard that Mr. Shields had collected
a large lobbyists fee.”
While an attempt was making to
adjourn the meeting, Shields de
manded an opportunity to “reply to
false statements.” The encounter
resulted.
Rush Hour Thousands In
Subway and ‘l’’ Mishap
New York. —Wben flames broke out
In a car that jumped the track on the
Third Avenue “L” line this morning,
passengers on the train climbed down
the trestle work and picked their way
to the nearest station. A few minutes
later a subway train left the rails,
tieing up traffic for half an hour.
The accidents occurred during the rush
hour and thousands on the'r wiijt to
work were delayed. •
WANTS NORTH AUGUSTA
TO BE PROTECTED BY
LEVEE TOO
Washington, D. C. —Representative
Byrnes of South Carolina, speaking
before tho house rivers and harbors
committee today declared that if Au
gusta. Ga., was to be protected from
the Kavannah river floods by a levee,
similar work should be authorized at
North Augusta, K. C.
Gen. Orozco, Who Escaped
Ojinaga Reported Safe
Alpine, Texas —General Orozco, one
of tho Mexican federal leaders who
escaped from Ojinaga when if. was
captured by the rebels Is near San
Carios. Mexico, with a small aumber
of followers according to three
Americans who reached here today.
They claim to have talked to tho
federal leader. Orozco Is believed to
be attempting to reach the Mexican
federal garrison opposite Del Rio,
Texas.
BTRATHCONA IS DYING.
London —l>ord Strathcona and
Moun Royal, high commissioner or
Canada is dying. The physicians in
attendance reported that ho had be
come unconscious at half past four
this afternoon.
Dancer, Accused of Causing
Four Suicides, Wins $20,000 Suit
MLLE. STASIA LA NAPIERKOWSKA
Paris —Mademoiselle Stasia la NaplerkowHka, whoso stage career
has been a whirlwind of action and sensation, has just made a Naplo.o,
Italy, paper pay $20,900 for charging her with having caused t.he mil
eides of four Russians who fell i.i love with her. La NapierkowMka
has been the sensation of European capitals, from St. Petersburg to
London, and she'alleged that the libel would in all .probability ruin her
career.
IN IIISON WHO
STEPDAUGHTER,
MURDERS WIFE
Prosecution of 15 Year Old
Julia Flake for Participation
in Conspiracy May be Liqht,
But “As For Hiqqins—Well,
That’s Different.”
Countryside Stirred by Con
fessions of Girl and Man.
Letters Suggesting Killing of
Mrs. Higgins Given to the
Authorities.
Galesburg, Its. New light on the
part aleged to have been played by
15-year-old Julia Flake in the killing
of her mother was thrown on the case
today by her relatives who charged
Robert Higgins, her stepfather with a
grave offense against the girl.
According to these relatives Julia
was driven franlio-liy the lapse of time
which brought no solution to her
problem and pointed inevitably to the
day when her plight would become
known.
Also Desperate.
Higgins likewise was desperate for
his wifo too, was In a delicate condi
tion. in the confessions attributed to
Thom, Julia and Higgins admitted In
timacy since last May.
To the desperation of her situation,
the relatives attribute the apparent
ly callous appeal for the murder of her
mother which appears In two letters
said to have been written by the girl
Talk Nothing Else,
Galesburg, lll.—Prosecution of 16-
year-old Julia Flake for participation
In the conspiracy which it is charged
resulted In the murder of her mother
by Robert Higgins, the stepfather,
will not be pushed too harshly be-
Continued on Market Page.)
MOTHERS’ PENSIONS.
Washington Mothers’ pensions were
proposed today in a hill Introduced
by Representative Gorman of Illinois.
All widowed mothers hoviritf gne or
mnro children umh-r 18 years and
made dependent by death or disability
would be placed upon the roll for $lO
to sls a month.
SANITATION ON RAILWAYS.
Washington. - Supervision of sani
tary conditions on railroad trains and
railroad stations in the property of
all interstate common carriers by the
federal public health service whs pro
vided in a bill passed tgday by the
house.
The Three C’s
of a Good Room
Unconsciously all of us look
for the three C’s when we
are in search of a room—
Comfort, Cheerfulness and
Congeniality. And to find
tho three all together some
times seems difficult—
though rcJilly it is merely
a matter of knowing where
to lunk.
In The Augusta Herald
"Want Ad” Columns are
listed Augusta’s choicest
room offerings--covering ev
ery desirable locality and in
cluding a wide range of
prices.
These rids are inserted by
discriminating, home-loving
people who reed The Augus
ta Herald and who kno*v
that through it they will at
tract their own kind.
Ho if you are in search of
a room with the three CVs
you will do well to ednmilt
Tho Augusta Herald’s ‘‘Rooms
for Rent” columns. N Hhoubl
you have some special re
quirement. a "Kopms Want
ed” ad of your own might
morn quickly put you Iri
touch with what you are
seeking.
When the ad is r»*ndy leave
with
Your Druggist or
The Augusta Herald. -
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR,
FORMER ENEMY OF
SPEER NOW FRIEND
‘RAGGED ARMY'
ARRIVES WITH
1,369 REFUGEES
Six Mexican Generals Also
Seek Asylum With the 3.300
Federal Troops Who Were
Driven Out of Ojinaga by
The Rebels.
Mercado Says He Hopes the
World Will Understand.
Flight Was to Save Lives of
Women and Children. All
Would Have Been Killed.
El Pa so, Texas—The 3300 Mexican
federal soldiers, six Mexican generals
and 1,369 women and children who
sought asylum in the United States
after they were driven out of Ojin
aga, Mexico, by rebel forces arrived
In El l’aso today, and were Interned
at the Fort Bliss Military Reserva
tion where they are to he held as
prisoners of war . Their camp is
enclosed by a barbed wire fence and
guarded hv United States troops.
The first of the refugees to step
off the train from Marfa was General
Mercado.
Grateful to United States.
“I am completely dumbfounded by
the unusual position we are In,” ho
said. "It Is something unnrecelent
e<l to have a whole army division In
terned on foreign soil. We are grate
ful to the United States for the
asylum afforded us. I hope the
world will understand that our flight
was to save the lives of women and
children as well as of soldiers with
out amunitlon. The rebels would
have killed us. What is to become
of us I do not know."
1,000 Tents.
Mercado told Colonel Perkins, In
charge of the camp, that the Mexican
soldiers would do everything in their
power to show their gratitude. He
ordered the refugees to dig ditches
and help put up the 1,000 or more
tents.
None of the foreign soldiers or
their officers will ho permitted to
leave the barbed wire enclosure. They
will be guarded to prevent their es
cape to Mexico.
Arranging For Peace
Telegram to Huerta
Brussels, Belgium. —The Interna
tional Peace Union is arranging to ask
all peace societies of tlio world to send
telegrams on tho same day to Pro
visional President Huerta and to Ven
ustlano Carranza, the constitutional
ist leader in Mexico, requesting them
to agree to an armistice, "pending
which their rival claims and the real
Interests of Mexico shall bo submitted
to arbitrators."
Who's the Successor of
John Skelton Williams
Washington. —Speculation an to tho
micfoMHor of John R Williams as as
sistant secretary of the trealstiry was
heard here today after It wail an
nounced that the senate late yester
day had confirmed he nomination of
Willlurriß as comptroller of the cur
rency.
Among those whose, names have
hr f n mentioned In connection wltii
the vacancy are Byron It. Newton and
Cho*. H. Hamlin, now assistant secre
taries In tho treasury department, and
Geo. W. Norris, of Philadelphia.
DESTROYERS OFF FROM
CHARLESTON TO SAVANNAH
Charleston, 8. C. —Bound for their
annual l cruise In tho water* of tho
gulf, the destroyer* Monaghan, Kter
rett, and Fleussor eteamed from Char
leston tills morning. Other destroyers
will leave her later southward bound.
Lieutenant Commander Kvsns Com
mands the flotilla, with the Monaghan
as bis flagship. Kavunnah will be
the first port ma/10.
MIDSUMMER WEATHER IN
TEXAS BRINGB OUT THE
GRASB HOPPER 8.
Austin, Texas.— Midsummer weather
for ten days hes brought out such a
number of grasshoppers In Hamilton
county, central Texas, that the state
department of agriculture was appeal
ed to today to assist in preventing tho
insects from ruvnglrig crops.
Scope of Inquiry Indicated by
Col. Preston’s Testimony To
day of Affairs of 21 Years
Aqo. Relations of Witness
With Judqe Then Strained.
AN INTENSE MAN BUT
HIGH OBLIGATIONS OF
OFFICE NOT VIOLATED
Minter Wimberly Corrects
Representative Fitzhenry in
Use of Appellation “Mister”
For Negro in Pearson Case.
Macon, Ga.—The sub-committee of
tile house committee on judiciary re
sumed its investigation of charges of
official misconduct preferred against
Judge Emory Speer of the United
States court, southern district of
Georgia, ibis morning. The commlt
teo took up the Investigation at the
point lift off yesterday afternoon,
when witnesses were examined regard
ing the mental condition of the Jurist,
Personal Feeling.
Col. J. \V. Preston, of the Macon
bar, who on yesterday had testified
that Judge Speer bad displayed per
sonal feeling in a case tried In Ida
court in which the witness represent
ed tho defendant, was first called to
the stand.
”1 must say that in my opinion the
overpowering influence of Judge Speer
resulted in tho conviction of my cli
ent," he asserted. Ho then added, "t
do riot think that Judge Speer wil
fully and wrongfully violated the high
er obligations of his office. He is
an intense man, which was much man
ifested on that occasion."
Now Good Friends.
Uol. Preston stated that following
tire trial referred to ills personal rela
tions with Judge Speer bad bepn
somewhat strained, but that at pres
ent they were good friends.
The scope of the investigation was
Indicated by the statement of Col.
Preston that tho trial occurred twen
ty-one yetfra ago.
Minter Wimberly, former city at
torney of Macon, testified that he haj
petitioned Judge Speer to make the
imundute of the supremo court of the
United States in the Henry Jemlson
easo tire Judgment of the United
States court, southern district of Geor
gia. *
Hr stated that Judge Speer Instruct
ed him te) file tho petition with the
clerk of court, which he did. Jetnl
son, ho said, was immediately re-ar
rested. Judge Hpeer then cited Mr.
Wimberly for contempt, but the con
tempt proceedings had never been
heard. Jemlson, It was brought out
by yesterday’s Lwdlmony hud been
arrested for violation of a city
ordinance and laid been released by
Judge Speer on writ of haheus cor
pus.
Didn’t Like “Mister.”
The city of Macon appealed to tho
supreme court of the United States,
which laid sustained its contention,
that Judge Speer was without Juris
diction.
“You represented the city of Ma
con In the Mr. Pearson case, did you
not?” asked Representative Fitzhenry.
"I represented the city In the Pear
son case,” corrected Mr. Wimberly.
Pearson Is a negro, and the witness
apparently resented the use of the ap
pellation “mister.”
On cross examination, Mr. Wimber
ly stated that Jemlson had never
served out tho original sentence im
posed by the recorder of Macon. “lie
ought to be made to servo out that
sentence now unless he haH been re
lieved tiy some Judgment of the state
court of which I have no knowledge.”
he said, In answer to a question as to
the present legal status of the case.
“We Will Read All.”
While Former Congressman W. O.
Howard, leading counsel for Judge
Speer, was conducting the cross exam
ination, Chairman Webb broke Into
say: “Mr. Howard, I think it Is un
necessary to cite any decisions. Wo
will read them all. What we are try
ing to find out Is, if Judge Speer de
fied the mandate of tho supreme court
of the United States ’’
Mr. Howard, at this juncture, ex
plained what be held to be the gist of
the Jemlson case.
In effect it was as follows:
That tho night the United States
supreme court mandate came to Macon
and Jemlson was re-arrested that he
at once applied to the superior court of
Bibb county for a writ of habeas cor
pus; that Judge W. H. Felton dented
this and refused to admit him to bond;
that In doing this he put Jemlson back
to where he would have to go on serv 4
Ing this alleged illegal penal servitude
which he was fighting against.
Within Jurisdiction.
Thus, Jemlson hail contended, he
had "exhausted every remedy in tho
state courts,” as the mandate of tho
supreme court had directed, and that
when Judge Speer granted the second
writ In the federal court he was within
his Jurisdiction. In the meantime the
supreme court had ruled on the Pear
son ease, which, Mr. Howard stated,
applied on the Jemlson case.
At noon court recessed until 1 o’clock