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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD VOLUME XIX. No. 36. LITERACY TEST IS UP TO THE SENATE Burnett Immigration Bill, Passed By the House Yester day. Most Drastic of Kind in Years. Before Upper Chamber MANY EXPECT BILL TO PASS AS IT NOW STANDS President's Attitude Unknown. Before Measure is Signed By Him. Public Hearings to Be Given As in Cases of Taft and Cleveland. Washington, D. C. —With n pro vision barring Illiterates said to he thn most drastic legislation of Its kind for nmn.v years, the Hurnett immigration till was tiefore the senate today when the final question on the literacy test will tie threshed out. It passed the house yesterday. Expect It To Paee. Many expect the senate to pass the MU as it stands, hut President Wil son's attitude is the subject of much Speculation. Some of those who claim lo be informed say the president is opposed to the literacy test. Before Mr. Wilson signs the bill, however, he will give public hearings upon it as former Presidents Taft and Cleveland did on similar bills. Opposes Plan for Pres’t Primaries Washington.—Debate on President 'Wilson's proposal lor | residential primaries came up in the senate to day with Senator Walsh’s bill a tem porary method of nominating and elect ng senators. Kfforts to reach a vote on the bill failed owing to a desire to extend debate bv Southern,senators opposed to the ilenathr Walsh's bill was brought tA by disposition of the Lee and dr-iss contests from Maryland and •Alabama. CONTRACTS LET HI THEJMPIRE Whitney-Eve Company to Do Electrical Work and E. J. Erbelding Co. the Plumbing Work in 17-Story Building. At a meeting of the building com *nlttee of the Empire Life Insurance Company held here yesterday after noon the contract for the electrical ■work in the 17-story structure now be ing erected on the 700 block of Broad Ftreet, was awarded to the Whitney- Eve Company. The contract for the plumbing and steam-heating was ciwarded to the E. J. Erbelding Com pany. The contract for the elevators lias not . et been let. There were representatives of Sev ern! elevator concerns conferring With President W. W. Held and other members of the building committee here yesterday afternoon and last night, but nothing definite was de cided This will be decided within a ehort time The Whitney Company, builders of the Empire Life Building, are on schedule time and by the first of [March will have the foundation en tirely completed if they are favored ■by anything like favorable weather •for the next three weeks. When the eteel framework starts the building •will go up with tremendous rapidity. A large number of tenants have al ready secured space in the new build ing. which will be ready for tenants on October Ist, next.. CASES TRIED IN THE SUPERIOR COURT In the superior court this morning Josh Keener was tried on the charge of assault with intent to murder. The jury has not returned a verdict. The case against L. T. Brown, charged with incestuous adultery, was begun at 1:30 p. m, CHOCTAWS VISIT PRESIDENT.. Washington. —After discussing the house legislative program with the resident today, Representative Hard wick of Georgia said the President as well as members of the house hop ed for adjournment ■>* congress by June lat. $60,000 FOR FISH CULTURE. Washington, I) C.-A bill for the ap propriation Of 0.000 for a fish cul tural station in Florida was passed by the senate today. REDUCE DISCOUNT RATE. •flertln. The rat* of discount of the xgy.prlal Bank of Germany was reduced Tvm 4 i-- to 4 P er cent todl>r ’ GUNS. RIFLES. CARTRIDGES OFF TO TREREUELS Raisinq of Arms Embargo to Mexico Stimulates the Muni tions Market. Everything Available At Once Except Field Artillery Villa Sends Thanks. Proceeds to Cart Off 1,500,000 Rounds —De la Barra Says Presi dent’s Act Not Consistent With Humanitarian Views. Pari*. —The French policy of recog nizing that the United States govern ment should have a free hand in Mexico, will not be affected by the raising of the arms embargo accord ing to the views expressed in semi-of ficial quarters here today. Notifica tion of President Wilson's action was received through the United States embassy, but the foreign office did not express any opinion as to its probable consequences. Francisco da la Barra, Mexican min ister to France, said today he could noj see how the policy of permitting such leaders as Emiliano Zapata and Frincisco Villa to arm themselves freely could be consistent with the humanitarian views of President Wil son. No Rush Reported. New York.—Manufacturers of arms and ammunition report through their representatives in New York City that the lifting of the embargo o*» exportations to Mexico had stimulat ed the market. No rush Is reported, however. All companies report ex tra inquiries and some orders from agencies but it was explained that the merchants of Texas. New Mexico, Arizona and California who have been trading with Mexico discounted the action of the president. Have Good Stock. They laid in a large supply of cartridges and guns a month or more ago. Constitutionalists will have no trouble obtaining any amount of cart ridges in this country, it Is said. Rapid fire guns, automatic and re volvers also will he available but when it comes to field artillery there will he some delay. Europe supplies the artiilery, except to the United States army, and it takes from three to six months to fill an order. Villa Sent Thank*. El Pa«o, Texas.— While the collec tor of customs in El Paso, yesterday was waiting official notification that the embargo against the shipment of arms to Mexico had been removed, representatives of arms and powder manufacturers hurried to Juarez on the Mexican side to secure orders from the rebels. General Villa sent an attorney to thank General Scott for President Wilson’s action and also to ask permission to take across the river 1,500,000 rounds of ammu nition and a consignment of rifles. Ready to Ship. New Orleans. —Dealers In war ma terial here today began to prepare supplies for shipment to rebels in Northern Mexico. Great quantities of munition have been here for months under the surveillance of government officials. Say Carranza has Captured Mazatlan Nogales, A ri*.—Mazatlan. an im portant seacoast port on the coast of Sinaloa, fell into the hands of Car ranza's forces today, according to formation received In Nogales, SigMWPff (Yom rebel sources. President Strongly For Tolls Repeal Washington, D. C.— President Wil son announced tqflay that he would use every legitimate influence at hia dis posal to have repealed the provision of the Panama Canal act exempting American coastwise vessels .from the payment of tolls. Seeking $4,000 Worth of Missing $lO Gold Notes Washington, D. C.— Four thousand dollars worth of unfinished ten dollar gold notes which disappeared from the government’s money factory here were sought today by secret service men. They cannot be circulated unless stamped and numbered. It is not known whether they were lost or stolen. AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FEBRUARY 5. 1914. Woman Who Loved "Brute" Makes Public Apology To Husband Iffy* iTf .*.; j I's ?^F? MRS. FLORENCE FOLSOM. New York.—ln n letter written from Chico, Cal., Mrs. Florence Fol som, whose career In Reno attracted much attention recently and who* declared she loved "G'fs” William i, a rancher. Because he was a "brute.” apologized to her husband for the unkind things she hud Hiild about him. She asked that the letter be made public and said that alie wished him to marry again. BARGE LINE DIRECTORS DECIOE ON THE BARGE SPECIFICATIONS Mr. Richard Clarke Wilson, • 0 Engineer, Instructed to Get Bids—Meeting of Directors Yesterday P. M. Presi dent Wallace Gives Some Interesting Figures Comparing Barges With Packet Boats. A meting of the board of directors of the Augusta Barge Line Company was held yesterday afternoon and plans and specifications for the self propelled steel barges were adopted. The plans were .submitted by Mr. Richard Clarke Wilson, consulting on-, gineer for the company. Bids will bo requested at onee from at leaat a dozen manufaeturers of steel barges and will be awarded within the next few weeks. It is expected that tho barges will be ready by the early sum mer and traffic will begin on the riv er between now' and the first of Sep tember. President Fielding Wallace was ask ed for a statement after the meeting and he said that Mr. Wilson would immediately begin to draw up plans to show what is desired in the wav of wharves and terminals, and submit these plans to Mr. Nlshet Wingfield, city engineer.. It is.believed that the wharves will he located where the old river boat wharves are now, Jus! below Fifth street. Arrangements are Would Have Capital An Entirely Slumless City Measure Eliminating All AlNtai Approved By President. Washington. Washington's slums would be wiped out in ten years under a bill from the district commissioners who urge Its enactment in the interest of public health, comfort, morals and safety. The measure has the appro val of President Wilson who has taken iHMtrttUßrnst-the movement t*>- •■WraS nate alleyM in the capital. Passage ot the bill would compel more than 15,- 000 persons to vacate present premises. The alleys are described by the com missioners as "center* of ommorality, crime and very often breeding places for disease." Fought Spectacular Fire From Midnight 'Til Dawn Pittsburg, Pa. —The stock of the Fifth Avenue store of McCrory $ Co , was destroyed and a number of near by business places were damaged by a spectacular fire that kept all the iTowdlown fire companies on duty from midnight until dawn today. Tons of water were poured into the burn ing store to prevent the spread of the flames to buildings filled with valuable merchandise. Scores of I er sons on their way home from theaters when the ftre broke out were deluged with water before the police could control the crowd. being made to have railroad tracks to connect with tho wharves. It was only nfter the most exhaus tive Investigation of the subject that the barge line directors decided on tho self-propelled steel barges nnd they are confident they have made no mis take. Wherever they have been tried they have met with success. Mr. Wallace gives some figure* tn illustrate the difference In cost of operation nnd tonnage of the barges as compared with the packet boats. Each barge will have a capacity of 400 tons ggalnst 200 tons for the lar gest boat now on the river; it will re quire 7 men to operate each barge, as compared with lfi which Is required to- operate a steamboat, and the total amount of coal consumed on a round trip by one of the barges will cost S2O as compared with sllO for the steam boat. The barges will make the trip to Savannah In 24 hours and from Havan nah to Augusta In 48 hours, which Is a much shorter time than Is required by the steamboats. HUERTA SAYS, AFTER 'EM” i fcovisional President Issues Instructions to Federal Gen erals. Active Campaign Against Rebels. Mexico City. - A circular of Instruc tions was Issued today by Provisional TTSelfcMNMNlfcpf&Li to tho chiefs of all army divisions and governors of states. It recites tliat she government has be gun a more active campaign against the rebels and urges that extreme dil igence be observed In giving all pos sible protection to non-combatants — foreign as well as native —removing them when necessary from the zones of operations. Doctors Decide to Use X-Ray on Senator Bacon Washington. Physicians will sub ject Senator Bacon of Georgia to an X-ray examination to ascertain If he is suffering from Inflammation of the rib which recently was fractured when the senator fell in a hath tub. His absence has delayed consideration of arbitration treaties In the senate. The condition of Senator Htone of Missouri, who is also confined to his home by Illness, won announced today as Improved. COSILY RADIUM TUBES COULDN'T SAVE BBFMNER Congressman Loses in His Fight With Death. Inroads of Cancer Too Great to Be Over come Bv Treatment. Op timistic to the End Even in Last Days of Suffering Insisted He Would Got Well. Elected As He Lay 111 in Bed. Warm Friend of President Wilson. Baltimore.—Robert Gunn Bremner, member of congress from the seventh New Jersey district, and editor of the Passaic Dally Herald, died today of cancer at a local santitnrliiin whero be had been undergoing radium treat ment since last December, lie had been suffering from the disease for four years. Mr. Bremner w is thirty-nine years old and married. Odds Against Him. Mr. Bremner came to n sanatarlum here to try the radium treatment after physicians in tills country and Eu rope had vainly tried to cure him. It was found that the disease had made such Inroads that the fight against death would lie made with all the odds against Bremner. He was optlmlstle, however, and tubes containing SIOO,OOO worth of radium was appli's] to the growth. Seemed to improve For a time the patient seemed to Improve and members of his family frequently expressed the belief tlial he would recover. They eiung to tida hope until a frw days ago when he was seized with a. sinking spell. From that time on Mr. Bremner grew stead ily weaker, although he several times rallied in a surprising manner aided by his strong vitality and powerful will. In his last days of suffering Mr. Bremner still fought on and Insisted that he would get well. He declared that ho wanted to go back to congress to fight a bill to have a government owned radium institute mo that Ibis mineral Could be at the disposal of the rich and poor alike. President's Warm Friend. Mr. Bremner was a warm personal friend of President Wilson, who win kept constantly advised of his condi tion and who frequently sent him messages of sympathy nnd encourage ment. Mr. Hremner’a election to congress waa accomplished while he lay in lied 111. He did not make a speech. The election was said to havo been a trrfiutu. to his pluck, w Mr. Bremner was a native of Kels*. Caithness, Scotland, when his fiunlly emigrated lo Canada when lie was a youth. Agree to Adjourn. Washington. Representative Hrem ner'H death, though not unexpected, was a shock to Ills friends in con gressional circles. It was determined not to adjourn tho house at once be cause of the great pressure of business but a resolution was agreed upon for an adjournment as Noon ns the busi ness arranged for tho duy hud been disposed of. As He Was Dying. Waehington. Mr. Bremner was Inst seen in the house tho day congress adjourned for Christinas and he chat ted freely with some of Ills colleague* with a hr*very that excited commen'. He was smiling and outwardly happy, though Buffering greatly. While he wu dying last night the house was discussing Mr. Bremner'* measure for a bureau lo investigate labor safety devices and for an exhib it and an adequate appropriation. Majorltji Leader Underwood hail ex prosed himself in favor of letting tho bill go through but Bepresenlatlve Bisson blocked action. Members of the Kentucky Legislature Vaccinated Frankfort, Ky— Numerous members of the Kentucky legislature and many residents of Frankfort are nursing sore arms today after vaccination due to a smallpox scare which developed yesterday when It was announced that Senator .1. Forrest Porter and Repre sentative A. J. Gllver were 111 of the disease. Both cases are declared by physi cians to he slight. Health officers did not consider the situation serious enough to necessitate recess of the legislature. Say Strike to Extend to 35 Chicago Restaurants Chicago. -<3ooks, waiter* and wait resses employed In a big Randolph Street restaurant, walked out today. Union official* said tho strike would extend to 36 restaurants controlled by the Restaurant Keepers Association unless the request for increased wages, shorter hours and one day off each week Is complied with. DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR. DOORS CLOSED AS BRYAN TALKS JAPS Produces Intensest Cold Known to Man KAMMERLINGH ONNE3. Leyden, Holland. Ksmmerlingh Onnee, who won the $40,000 Nobel Prize for physics in 1913, has devot ed the l*et twelve years to trying to liquify helium, the lost gas which still resisted the greatest cold at yet experimentally produced. It was the one gaseous element of our planet which refused to yield to all efforts to put it into liquid form. Will Not Put "Butch's" Statue in Hall of Fame Late “Millionaire For a Day” Spendj a Day of Disappoint ment in Bed. Washington. "Butch’’ McDnvltt, ■‘millionaire for a day,” from Wllkes ixire, who made a triumphal entry In to the capital yesterday with a statun of himself which he proposed to put in the Hall of Fume, spent moat of this day in bed at his hotel nursing dis appoint rrients. Kpeukcr Clark refused ''Butch's” re quest for permission to make a speecli from the steps of tile capital lint tho chief of police granted one for him to *peuk In the Market Place. "President Wilson Is Jealous of mo and wants to get me out of town," mourned "Butch” to his retainers. Seeking Opium Smokers, Find White Slave Depot Lo* Angela*, Calif. —While search ing a Chinese rooming house In China town last night for opium smokers, police discovered three white girls hidden between a false celling of the first floor and flooring of tho second floor. Tho girls said they were all over 20 years old. They refused to tell how they came to be In the house or to give any information against Young Ylck, a Chinese who was ar rested with them. The police believe they have found a Chinese white slave depot. Denies That He Struck Woman Election Clerk Chicago.— Joseph McDonough, po litician, charged by Miss May Walsh, an election clerk with attacking her last night while site was sanvaaslng the ward In her official rapacity sur rendered today. Miss Walsh declar ed that Mehonough struek and Injur ed her after ordering her from his house. McDonough denied that he struck her after ordering her from his house. Moikinough denied that he struck the woman. Friends of Miss Walsh believe the attack waa prompt ed by McDonough’ resentment of the entrance of women into politics. For Second Time Fate of Schmidt With Jury New York. The fate of Hans Schmidt, pseudo priest, accused of the murder of Anna Aumuller was placed In the hands of a Jury today for tho second time. At Ills former trial tho Jury disagreed. Justice Davis in de livering his second charge, held as be fore that if the Jury found that Schmidt did not realize the nature of his act he 'must be acquitted. Sec’v of State Asks House Im migration Committee to Take No Action on Raker Bill For Exclusion of Asiatics AGITATION IN CONGRESS NOW BE UNFORTUNATE Members of Committee Bound to Secrecy. Thought That Administration's Wishes Will Be Respected. Washington, D. C. Secretary Bryan Urged the house Immigration commit tee today to take no action on tlm Baker bill for exclusion of Asiatic im migrants. Diplomatic negotiations be tween tin- United States and Japan over the California-' anti-alien land laws and the whole question of the Asiatic exclusion was discussed be hind closed doors. The secretary bound republicans and democrats alike to secrecy and told them the adminis tration needed to lie free from legis lative embarrassments in dealing with the situation. It was generally understood that tho wishes of the slate department would lie respected and that no effort would lie made to press the Dill before the committee at tills time. Would Be Unfortunate. Secretary Bryan told the cnmrnlt tee thnt unless some untoward circum stances arose lie hoped for an Hinl culile adjustment of. the Japanese ques tion. An agitation In congress at this time, he declared, would lie most un fortunate. Representatives Raker and Ifaie« of California, were the only member* of the committee inclined to oppose the wish of the secretary that action m the matter he indefinitely postponed. IS VIRGIN II TO BECOME ‘DRY”? Senate ' Pisses Bill to Enable Voters to Pass on Question Statewide Prohibition. Richmond, Va. —The Virginia senate, by a vote of 2!) to 11, this afternoon passed the bill called the enabling act which was supported by the anti saloon league. This act Is designed to enable the voters, upon petition of one-fourth ot the 66,51 k who participated In the last gubernatorial election, to vote for or against recommending to the general assembly the passage of a measure making the entire state "dry," the spe cial election to bo held September ‘i'i, 1914. The bill ns amended permits manu facturers of intoxlcunts to continue their business If their entire product is shipped outside the state. The bill does not restrict the sale of Virginia imade cider. The aim ended bill goes hack to the house which first passed It, for con ference, "WET” AND "DRY” VOTE. Chicago.—Petitions calling for a "wet” and "dry” vote In Chicago at the uldermanic election on April 7th will he filed with tho hoard of elec tion commissioners today, according to a notice served on the hoard. 111 YEARS OLD; DEAD. Ponca City, Okls. While Eagle, 111 yoara old, chief of the Ponca tribe, an:l said to he the oldest Indian in tho United States died yesterday. What’s the Size Of Your Pay? Couldn't you do much bet ter —honest, couldn't you, If you tried? Well, you know what they say—and it's true— A lot easier to get another Job when you’ve got one than when you haven’t. Hut Juat remember, John Jones, no real first-class Job is going to chase around finding you out. You've got to do a bit of tall hunting yourself. Start a little Augusta Her ald "Want Ad" to work for you. Make an Investment In your self. Put 1 or 2 per cent of your present weekly salary inti these efficient little Job hunters for a few weeks. Think it over! The Augusta Herald. Augusta’s “Want Ad” Directory