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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIX. No. 29.
SHRINERS HERE
CEREMONIAL
Festivities Began Soon As “Special” Arrived Early
This Morning From Savannah, Headquarters of
Alee Temple-—“ Fresh Meat” to Furnish Fun.
RED FEZES OWN
AUGUSTA; THEY
HOLD CITY’S KEY
txand Parade This Afternoon,
California Frank in Charge,
Was Expected to Be Greatest
Public Feature of Celebration.
Something Doing Till 1 A. M.,
When Visitors Leave
The wearers of the Red Fes own
Augusta today.
The festivities, occasioned by a big
ceremonial session of Alee Temple, A.
A. O. N. M. S., at the Armory Hall
this evening, began immediately upon
arrival at 8:30 this morning, of a spe
clal train from Savannah, the head
quarters. One hundred and fourteen
came by rail from Savannah and there
were several automobile parties be
sides.
The visiting Shriners, most of whom
are from Savannah, arrived over the
Central of Georgia Railway, the train,
consisting of five electric-lighted
sleepers, day coach and baggage car,
In chaTge of Mr. Wm. B. Clements,
city passenger and ticket ngent. Sa
vannah, who will also look after the
party returning late tonlrrht.
Headed by Cutts.
The Alee delegation, headed by Im
perial Captain ol the Ouard and Past
Potentate of Alee Temple E. A. Cutts,
of Savannah, and Potentate Robert J.
Travis, the present bead of Alee, were
at once ushrred around to the Ma
sonic Hall, where a delightful barbe
cue breakfast was served the visiting
Nobles snd ladies accompanying them
and also the "fresh meat.” Immedi
ately a, t r the "fted" the entire dele
gation was assembled In front of the
Citizens and Southern Bank, Just be
low the Masonic H U, where a group
photograph was made by a special
photographer for Tbe Herald. The vis
itors were thfn free till noon, when
everybody took an automobile ride
over the city and suburbs.
Ideal Weather.
The weather was Ideal for the cele
bration and at noon everything pointed
to a fine afternoon for the grand pa
rade, scheduled to commence from
the Armory Hall at 4 p. m., California
Frank as marshal in charge.
All sorts of paraphernalia was fixed
up for this very spectacular event,
and it was expected that it would be
greeted by equally as many spectators
as usually watch a big circus parade.
"Fresh Meat.”
The "fresh meat” are furnishing the
fun. They are ‘'lt" today, and It’s
said that they will get all that's com
ing to them tonight when Alee will
confer the degrees. "Conferring tho
degrees" expresses whgt is to happen
to the candidates in the mildest terms
To be more explicit, It is declared that
they tread upon the hot sands of the
desert, take long Journeys, get mixed
up with the goat, as usual, and this
time have a camel to contend with,
too. What part the camel plays is
Indeed a deep mystery. It’s all a mys
tery and from the horrible things that
arc told the novices beforehand they
are surely made to believe that the
ceremonies are something dreadful.
Recent Candidates.
In addition to the names of the
candidates who were printed in yes
terday's Herald, the names of Messrs.
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300 DEMAND WORK.
New York. —Three hundred of the
city’s unemployed men and women,
tret in Cooper Union today and de
manded work. “Men and women go
Idle while children work" announced
one of their banners.
Your Augusta Herald “Want Ad” will
be flashed into print at aeroplane speed
through the nearest Drug Store. Why
pine for something that an Augusta
Herald “Want Ad” will supply within
a few hours? Bright people in every
walk of life in Augusta NEVER MISS
an issue of these wonder
ful HUMAN INTEREST WANTS.
Leave an Ad With Your Druggist
or Tell It to Phone 296.
ASSAILS ANNUAL
'SCIREJF WAR'
In Presenting Fortifications
Bill House Told "Unprepared
ness“ Statements All Wrong.
Waehington. —Representations of the
unpreparedness of the United States
for war and “the annual war scare"
were assailed today by Representative
Sherley of Kentucky, when he pre
sented the fortifications bill to thy
house for general debate.
Representative Sherley referred par
ticularly to Rear Admiral Vreeland's
opinion given to the naval affairs com
mittee yesterday to the effect that the
United States was not In a position
to defend the Philippines.
“I can assure he house that our for
tifications are In no such condition of
unpreparedness as to cause alarm,'
said Representative Shirley. "As to
the Philippines, the Island of Corre
gidor, commanding the entrance to
Manila Bay, has been completely and
strongly fortified and It is In a po
sition to withstand attack for six
months without assistance from the
slde.”
HUMS BODY
OFF MLINOIS
Said That Aged Former Sen
ator Had Recently Changed
His Belief Regarding Eternity
Washington.—After funeral service
at his home here the body of Former
Senator Shelby M. Cullom was sent
to
Dr. Chas. Wood, a Presbyterian
clergyman and a close friend of the
former senator,' told today how Mr.
Cullom had changed his belief as to
eternity after writing his memoirs.
The former senator concluded that
work with an expression of doubt
that he had found anything In the
scriptures to warrant belief In a hero
after.
"In the last few months his feelings
changed completely,” said Dr. Wood.
"He told me that he believed in God
and Christ and Immortality and add
ed:
“‘I want to make at the first op
portunity a statement of my simple
creed, to be inserted after the last
chapter of my recollections, to cor
rect the doubt expressed on a dar*r
day when the light was dim.’ ”
Ex-Confederate Robbed
In Mexico; Requests Aid
St. Louis—Col. Mortimer Stovall,
who during the civil war, command
ed the famous “daylight artillery,"
in Lee's army and now a refugee from
Mexico City, today appealed to Mayor
Henry W. Kiel for aid in reaching
New York. Colonel Stovall, who Is
84 years old, was accompanied by
his wife. After the war Stovall went
to Mexico with a colony of other
Confederates. To Mayor Kiel he said
he was the owner of mining property
near Cuernavaca, Mex., but was rob
bed before he was forced to flee.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. JANUARY 29. 1914.
EOR BIG
SESSION
OSBORNE CALLS
SPEER ‘CZAR
AS A JUDGE'
Savannah Attorney. As First
Witness in Congressional In
guiry Today, Says Litigants
Avoided Macon. Went to
Judge Newman at Atlanta
Credits Judge Speer With
Being a Good Lawyer, But An
Egotist. Voluminious Af
fidavit Read From Stand.
Savannah, Ga.—When the congres
sional Inquiry Into the conduct of
Judge Emory Speer was resumed this
morning, Mr. W. W. Osborne, a prom
inent Savannah attorney, was called
to the stand.
Mr. Osborne is the law partner of
Mr. A. A. Lawrence, the first witness
to appear at tho Savannah hearing,
and who deelared Judge Speer to be
a “misfit" as a judge. Mr. Osborne
stated that he was somewhat difftrent
about giving an opinion on the record
of Judge Speer because those who
had not litigants in his court or had
not practiced before hint would look
upon what he said as incredible.
A Good Lawyer.
"Judge Speer is a good lawyer,” he
said, “but he is a Czar as a Judge. He
is unfair and is possessed of a co
lossal conceit which makes him crave
the spotlight and if some one else
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JUD6E BILKS,
S7B.OOOALIMONY
Proposition to Pay Mrs. Gug
genheim-Wahl SSOO Month
Since 1901 Staggers Court.
Chicago.—A proposition to pay Mra.
Grace Guggenheiin-Wahl, $78,000
alimony or at the rate of SSOO a
month since March 20, 1901, when she
was divorced from Guggenheim, was
made In court here today by Stephen
S. Gregory, Guggenheim’s attorney.
Mrs. Guggenhelm-Wahl has been in
the courts almost continually since
the divorce, attempting to have Jt
annulled on the grounds that It was
obtained by collusion.
Judge McCoorty said that he was
not in accord with the decision of
Judge Heard, who some months ago
declined to vacate the decree and that
he was In doubt about sitting In the
case at all.
He promised a decision on the
action of the action of Attorney
Gregory later In the day.
When Constitutionalists
Triumph, Bandits to Go
Villa Says There Will Be No
Opposition to Gov’t to Be
Headed By Carranza.
Juarez, Mex.—On Huerta's resist
ing power will depend the length of
the period that independent hands of
ineurreetos will continue to destroy
property and halt business in Mextco,
declared General VIII, Constitution
alist military chief, here today. Villa
said all factions would bo conciliated,
"when the Constitutionalists triumph
ed,” and that if bandits continued
operations they would he quickly ex
terminated.
Villa asserted that he did not look
for any opposition to the "govern
ment of which General Carranza prob
ably will be the head.”
Pres't Sends Goethals
Nomination to Senate
Washington—President Wilson sent
to the senate today the nomination
of Col. Geo. W. Goethals to be gov
ernor of the Panama Canal zone after
April lsf.
The Panama Canal act fixes the
salary of the governor at SIO,OOO.
Representative Britten, of Illinois,
Introduced a bill to amend the law
to make the salary of the governor
$15,000 so long as Colonel Goethals
bolds the office.
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Left to right: William Canada, United States Consul at Vera Cruz;
John Lind, special representative of President Wilson In Mexico, ana
Nelson O'Shaugluiessy, American Charge d'Affalres. This photograph
was made outside of the United States Consulate at Vera Cruz soon
after Mr. lAnd’s return from his conference with President Wilson. It
was generally believed that Lind had concluded instructing O'Shaugh
nessy and Canada as to PresidentWllson's wishes, when they emerged
from the consulate and were snapped by the International Newß Service
.photographic correspondent.
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OF CONFUCIUS
Bill Presented By Yuan Shi
Kai Himself Passes Chinese
Administrative Council Today
Peking, China.—-A hill prescribing
the worship of Heaven and of Confu
cius by tho president of the Chinese
republic was passed today by the ad
ministrative council, which took the
plnx-e of the Chinese parliament re
cently dissolved by President Yuan
Shl-Kal. The measure was submit
ted to the council by Yuan Bhl-Kal
himself.
It Is understood that the president's
idea Is to set an example to the Chi
nese nation which he thinks needs the
moral building influence of religion.
The president will worship at the
temple of Confucius and at the temple
of Heaven annually In the same way
a* the Manchu emperors did, but with
out wearing the diadem.
Question of introduction of a state
religion has created controversy in
China, Christian missionaries of ali
sects opposing such a step. For seve
ral months a Confuclan revival move
ment has been In evidence and a
league wan formed by representatives
in China not only of Christianity but
of Mohammedanism, Taoism and
Buddhism to oppose the adoption of a
state religion.
As was contemplated when Yuan
Bhl-Kai dissolved parliament the ad
ministrative council adopts all the
measures - proposed by Yuan Bhl-Kai,
who exercises practically entire con
trol.
REFUSE WRITS OF ERROR
SENATE BRIBERY CASE
Charleston, W. Va. The state cir
cuit court of appeals today refused
writ of error In cases of five mem
bers of the West Virginia legislature
convicted of bribery In connection
with the United States senatorial
election last year. They are State
Senator Ben A. Smith, 6 1-2 years;
Delegates H. U. O. Rhodes, Rath Duff
and Hr. H. A. Asbury, each six years,
snd Delegate David Hill, five years.
BUY THE ARLINGTON'B SITE.
Washington, D. C.—A syndicate of
Richmond financiers, headed by H. D.
Klchelberger, bought for >850,000 to
day the site of the old Arlington Hotel
at Vermont avenue and H street,
northwest, on which they will erect a
hotel. The original cost of the prop
erty was *1,400,000.
BUFFET KIEFS
MACON PASTOR
Rev. G. E. Tidwell’s Revolver
Fell From Pocket As He Was
Stooping to Kiss Children
Good-Bye.
Macon, Ga.—Rev. O. E. Tidwell, pas
tor of tho Bethel Baptist church, was
almost Instantly killed at his homo in
East Macon this morning whfin a pis
tol dropped from his pocket and ex
ploded, as he was leaning down to kiss
his two-year-old baby goodViyo. Tho
minister was on tho way to seo his
widowed mother, his father having
dlod last week. He carried tho pistol
to prevent his young children playing
with it.
Tho bullet from the revolver entered
his brain and Tidwell died about an
hour after the accident.
Mercury Takes Drop of
40 to 50 Degrees Today
Chicago.—The thin edge of tho cold
wave In the Missouri Valley touched
Chicago at noon today and a drop of
50 degrees from last night's spring
like mark of 60, was officially fore
casted. Before noon tho mercury re
ceded 20 degrees.
25 in One Hour.
Kansas City, Mo. —A drop of forty
to fifty degrees below yesterday's
maximum temperatures was shown
throughout western Missouri, Kansas
and Northern Oklahoma today. A
sharp north wind blowing at some
places as high as 35 miles an hour,
accompanied the cold wave.
Tho mercury fell 25 degrees In one
hour at Topeka, Kans.
Consideration Asiatic
Exclusion Act Postponed
Washington.— Consideration of the
Raker bill to exclude Asiatic Immi
grants was again postponed today by
the house committee having It In
charge The action wag generally In
terpreted In congress as an Indica
tion of the disposition of leaders to
work Id harmony with the administra
tion on the .Japanese negotiations.
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 PER YEAR.
BRITONS CRITICIZE
PRES’T ON MEXICO
MILLIONAIRE IS
KIDNAPER; ASA
170,000 RANSOM
Letter Received Bv Wife of
Francis Lewis Clark, Sup
posed Suicide, From “The
Blackmailers.” Reply is Sent
As Directed
Instructions Given to Answer
Through Advertisement in
Paper. Demand Taken
Seriously By Mrs. Clark.
Police Acting.
Lot Angeles.—According to nn
anonymous letter received by a morn
ing paper, Francis Lewis Clark, the
Spokane millionaire, Is hold for ran
som for 175,000 by "blackmailers" in
or near this city. Clark disappeared
from Ranta Barbara January 17th,
after seeing his wife off on a train
and was thought to have committed
suicide by throwing himself into the
ocean. The letter demanding the ran
som for Clark's release was address
ed to “Chief of Police,” and dated
Los Angeles, January 27th. It said:
"We are holding Millionaire Clark
for ransom of $76,000. State In Ex
aminer If his folks will pay It or not.
Ho is well takon care of.
"Yours,
"THE BLACKMAILERS.”
“Notice: Reply Promptly.”
Across tho top of tho letter was
written: "Notice: Make prompt re
ply in the papers as ho is very anx
ious to get out.”
Those who know Clark Intimately
(Continued on Tag* Flight.)
Returning From Funeral,
Boy Turns on the Gas
Despondent When Girl Chum
Dies From Asphyxiation,
16-Year-Old Lad
Kills Self.
New Work.—Despondent booauso of
tho death of a girl school chum, 10
years old, Henry Becker, 15 years of
age, and son of a wealthy baker, com
mitted suicide by gaH last night in
the bathroom of ills home at Corona,
L. I.
The hoy had attended tho Corona
public school where Catherine Pora
kH also was a pupil. A few days ago
tho girl with three other members of
her family were accidentally killed
by illuminating gas and their funer
als took place yesterday.
Young llerkpr went to tho funeral.
At the house and church ho busied
himself carrying flowers. Returning
to his home ho started ostensibly tar
his room after bidding his father and
mother good night.
Instead ho wont to tho bathroom
and turned on the gas.
RIIIIS, THEM COOLER,
WEATHER FORECAST
Augusta’s Balmy January Days
Are About to Cease, Says
Weather Prognosticator.
The end of Augusta’s delightful
weather Is near at hand, according
to local forecaster, who says that
there’ll he rain here probably tonight
and tomorrow.
This section, as has this entire part
of the country, hns enjoyed mild,
spring-like .lays for somo time. It
has been far from what Is usually ex
pected In January. The temperature
yesterdty afternoon ran up to 71 de
grees, the maximum, and at 1 o'clock
this afternoon It wax 71 degrees in
the shade, and the time the dully
maximum temperature Is usually re.
corded was then two or three hours
off. The mercury was even expected
to exeeel the mark of the day before.
The lowesto temperature here last
night was fut 45 degrees, which Is
equal to the highest minimum record
ed this winter.
Cooler weather, says the forecaster,
will follow the expected rains. It will
ho noticeably cooler by Friday night
according to the prediction,
PROMOTE R’Y MAIL SUP'T.
Washington. Kdward P. King, bb
slstant division superintendent of the
railway mall service at Atlanta, has
been promoted to the superlntendoncy
effective February Ist.
Charge That Mr. Wilson After
Chalking Up “No Huerta”
Has Run Away. Position
Worse For Washington Gov’t
Every Day on Which Nothing
Happens
SUMMONS SENT CARDEN
FOR LONDON CONFERENCE
Controversy Between Japanese
Gov t and Washington Over
California Alien Land Legis
lation Also Figures.
London.—Relations of the United
States with Great Britain over Pan
ama f anal tolls; the controversy be
tween Washington and Toklo over
the California land ownership legis
lation and President Wilson’s Mexi
can policy are subjects of lengthy
dispatches today from British corre
sopndents In Washington but there
Is a singular lack ol editorial com
ment on these questions. The Bail
Mall Gazette Is tho only newspaper
to mention Mexico editorially. It
says;
“No Huerta;” Then Ran Away.
"President Wilson lias laid himself
open to a charge of having chalked
up "No Huerta" and then run away.
It Is a position that becomes worse
for the prestige of tho Washington
government every Jay on which
nothing happens.”
Financiers here interested In Mex
ico are becoming impatient at the
lack of action shown by President
Wilson. A meeting of the Mexican
section of tho I/ondon Chamber or
Commerce is to bo called to discuss
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VANDERBILTIN
PIRMCUE
Millionaire, in Wireless, Gives
Praise to Officers and Crews
of the Aimirante and Fruitera
Colon.—The yacht Warrior, belong
ing to Frederick W. Vanderbilt, was
In a had position today and appeared
likely to go to pieces at any moment
in the heavy breakers rolling over
her, according to a wireless message
received here. She went ashore on
Monday off tho Colombian coast.
Members of tho crew remain on
hoard but fear they will have to risk
Jumping overboard into the high seas
as tho only chance of saving them
selves. It Is believed here that the
United Fruit Company’s steamer Fru
tera la standing by but is helpless in
the storm.
S
Account by Wireless.
Colon.—Frederick W. Vanderbilt
today sent a wireless telegraphy from
the steamshtp Aimirante to the As
sociated ITess a full account of the
perilous rescue of the party oa board
hts yacht Warrior, which went ashore
on January 26th off the coast of Co
lombia. Among those on board with
him were his wife, the Duke ana
Duchess of Manchester and Lord Ar>
thur George KelthnFalconer. Mr;
Vanderbilt telegraphed:
Couldn’t Launch Boat.
"The Warrior grounded on a sand
bar at 5 o'clock on the morning ov
January 26th, being carried In shore
by a strong current. Tho United
Fruit Company's steamer Frutora
from Santa Marta arrived on the
scene of the accident at 5 o'clock in
tho evening. The sea was then too
rough for small boats to be launched
but tho Frutera stood by all nlghL
At 3 on the morning of the 27th the
steamer Aimirante arrived and both
vessels sent lifeboats to the yacht
at daylight.
Capsized.
A heavy and very rough sea was
breaking about the Warrior and a
boat from the Frutera capsized but
all hands were saved.
"A boat from the Aimirante return
ed to the yacht again at 10 o’clock In
the morning the wind and sea having
moderated. It took off all the pas
sengers from the Warrior. The of
ficers and crow of the yacht were ad
vised to leave but all of them elected
to remain on board until a wrecking
tug arrived from Kingston. The
yacht was resting easily on the sand
hank In about 12 feet of water and
there Is a good chanee of saving her.
“All praise Is due to the officers
and crews of the rescuing steamers."
3RD READING OF S. 0.
HUNTERS LICENSES BILL
Columbia, 8. C.—The house todaj
passed to third reading the bill pro
viding for the Issuance of licenses to
all who hunt wild game with guns.
The bill provides for a tax of sl.lO
per annum for a resident's license
and $5 25 per annum for a non-resi
dent's license. The administration of
the measure is left to the state gams
warden.