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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD VOLUME XIX. No. 37. BRAND NEW TRUST RETAIL DRUGGISTS Deleqation From Nat'l Ass'n Appears Before Senate Com mittee in Protest to Clause in Pendinq Measure. Small Dealers vs. Biq Corporations in Cost Requlations PATENT MEDICINE PRICE CUTTING IS CLUB USED Want New Inter-State Trade Commission to Enforce Pub lication Fixed Prices on All Articles Covered By Patent, Copyright or Trade Mark. Washington.—Small manufacturers and dealers who compete with great corporations want provision for price regulation in the new trust bills to prevent their be ins squeezed when they cannot meet quotations on larser quantities. Before the senate Interstate com merce committee today a delegation spoke asalnst the clause providing that nothing in the bill •'should prevent dis crimination In price between purchas ers of commodities on account of dif ferences in grade, quality or quantity of the commodity sold, or that makes only due allowance for difference In the cost of transportation." “Baby Trust.” The advent of a brand new baby "trust” was announced by a delegation from the National Association of Re tail Druggists. C. H. Nixon told the house commerce committee that cutting prices on pat ent medicines was the club used by n combination of drug stores and cigar stores to drive small individual re tailers out of business. Monopoly Started. “We believe a monopoly is being started with the object of controlling the retail drug trade of the entire United States," said he. The druggists proposed that the new interstate trade commission be em powered to enforce publication of fixed prices, wholesale and retail, on all ar ticles covered by patent, copyright or trade mark. , , ASK PREMIER OF JAPS TO RESIGS Delegation Also Visits Admiral Fujii and Demand That He Commit Hari Kari. Tokio, Japan —A resolution of want of confidence in the Japanese gov ernment Is to be moved in the Jap anese diet on February 1 Oth by mem bers of the opposition. This decision was reached today at a mass meeting organized by the opposition i arties and attended by 13,000 people. Delegations Call, San Francisco— Premier Yamamoto, of Japap, was invited today to resign by a delegation from the province of Fukuoka because of scandals arising out of naval contracts, according to cable advices received here by a Jap anese newspaper. The delegation next visited Rear Ad miral K. Fujii and demanded that he commit hara-kari because pf his al leged connection with the so-called graft cases. Members of the party ac cused him of having received money from the Japanese branch of the Siemens Company of Germany, which has supplied various kinds of apparat us for new battleships. At a big meeting yesterday in Tokio the same advices say a resolution was adopted Impeaching the cabinet. The speakers included prominent parlia mentary leaders. 25,000 Mourners at N.Y. Yiddish Funeral; Riot New York. —Twenty-five thousand mourners from New York's Ghetto turned out for the funeral today of Zigmund Moguleeko, famous among the Yiddish as an actor and comedian. The crowd which followed a funeral procession led by the Hebrew Actors’ club, was so unwieldy that police re serves were called out to keep order, $500,000 FOR HOG CHOLERA. Washington.— I Threatened loss of $200,000,000 worth of hogs this year from cholera led the senate yesterday to agree to a bill appropriating $500,- 000 to fight the disease. SPARTA POSTMASTER , Waahlngton. —The president today nominated Julia Fleming as postmas ter at Sparta, Ga. LEST YOU FORGET Received Tiara of Diamonds and Pearls As Wedding Gift. »• / r yfpWEa sj \ MRS. WM. HARPER. Newport, R. I.—A tiara of pearls and diambnds was the wedding gift to Miss Florence Tobin, of Denver, who was married here on Monday to William Harper, an old school mate. The wed ding was solemnized at the home of Mrs. James J. Brown, Miss Tobin’s aunt who presented the bride with the tiara, part of a famous Elizabethan collection. Two years ago in Paris, it was rumored that Miss Tobin, who is well-known socially In Hurope as well as this country, was engaged to Prince Gennaro of Taracclolo of Dal)'. MILLIAIRE TERRAZAS II WORK II FARM Income of Enormously Rich Mexican So Tied Up, Ready Cash Gene in Ransoms, Leaves El Paso Today to Seek Means of Livelihood Sees No Prospect of Peace, $590,000 Paid Out to Villa For His Son Luis, Jr. Doesn’t Mind the Labor. May Do Him Good, El Paso —His Immense Income tied up by three years of revolution, Al berto Terrazas of the family whose name In Mexico is a synonym for great wealth, has been compelled to seek a means of livelihood. This Information, as astounding In Mexico and along the border as a simi lar news of a Rockefeller or a Van derbilt would be In the United States, became known here today with his de parture for Pasadena, Cal. Terrazas expects to buy or lease a small farm where he cun make a modest living. He Is one of those who sees no pros pect of peace In hls native land, and until tranquility Is restored the Income of the vast Terrazas family fortune, estimated at $35,000,000 to $40,000,000 In gold will be tied up. Kven In the event of peace It may be lost, for the rebels have declared It confiscated. Doesn't Mind It. "I do not mind going to work; It 'insy be a good thing" he said to friends and then smiled at hls own remarks for hls prodigality with money has been a story, chapters of which have been written on two continents. The Terrazas fortune was founded by I>on bills Terrazas, now an octon genarlan refugee In this city, In land grants from Presidents Juarez and Porflrlo Diaz. These holdings have been augmented constantly until now, as train schedules are In Mexico, It would take a passenger train three days (Continued on Pago Two.) AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FEBRUARY 6. 1914. AMERICANS TAKEN BY BANDITS Great Cumbre Tunnel is in Ruins. Passenqcr Train Charred Wreck. Villa Orders All Implicated to Be Shot Juarez, Mexico—Seven America* railroad men are believed to be prison ers; the great Cumbre Railroad tun nel through the Continental Divide Is In ruins and the Mexican Northwest ern passenger train which left here Wednesday morning Is u charred wreck at the mouth of the tunnel, us the re sult of depredation of Mexlmo Castil lo's bandits. This Information was received here today at headquarters of the railroad. The Cumbre Tunnel Is the largest on the road, 3,700 feet long. The Prisoners. The named of the prisoners reported here are: M. J. Gllmartin, superintendent of the road. H. Schofield, *u|«Tlntendont of ter minals at Juarex. Ijf Williams, assistant manager of the railroad commissary. K. J, McCutcheon, engineer. J. E. Webster, conductor. H. F. Mardens, express agent. A seventh American was believed to have been on the train and Americans were also employed on the freight train which was used to fire the tun nel. Orders AM Shot. General Francisco Villa, commander of the rebel forces. Instructed Gene ral Felipe Macias, operating In the Casas Grandes district, to shoot every man who was implicated. The bandits are believed to be oper ating in two forces of about thirty men each, as Cumbre is a hard day's ride from El Valle, near Casas Grandes, where 22 of the robbers were captured and shot last Tuesday. The other-de tachment, believed to be under CM tilio himself, did the wrecking. He captured a train of stock igirs Wed, nesdsy snd ran It Into the tunnel, where it was set on .fire. That everf- Ing he passenger from Jumi was captured and sent headlong 4nt* the tunnel, which was belching flames and smoke. Castillo then destroyed two neighboring bridges, one of them constructed of steel, and ran two lo comotives over the embankment Into a deep canyon. Charge the U.S. With 'Fomenting Anarchy ' Madrid.—Provisional President Hu erta today telegraphed to the Hpari ish-American Union here, replying to its request that he bring about an armistice in Mexico, by the ‘statement that he Is Increasing the federal army. The Spanish press commented freely on the Mexican situation today. Seve ral of the leading newspa.|K>rs of the capital accused the United States gov ernment of "fomenting anarchy." Sulzer'll Tell Motives Behind His Impeachment New York.—The John Doe Inquiry Into politcaJ graft, to have been re sumed this afternoon with ex-Governor Sulzrr ns the chief witness, was put over until Monday. Sulzer has placed In Whitman's hands letters bearing upon the mo tives behind hls Impeachment and the manner in whloh It was brought about. Sulzer has Insisted he was led to un derstand from the leaders of hls tsjrty that there would he no Impeachment If he would stop hls investigations of graft. SENTENCED 3 TIMES; HANGED. Columbus, Ga. —Hill Gran berry, a negro, was hanged at Opelika, Ala., at II:JO a. rn„ today for the murder of Marla Aldridge and daughter, Arlana, two year* ago. The caae ban been In the supreme court twb-e and irfflrmed. Oranherry had been sentenced to death three times. CAN'T SET ALARM CLOCK FOR 2 A. M. AND THEN ROUT WIFE OUT OF BED. Chicago.—A man who habitual ly sets hls alarm clock for 2 a. rn. and at that hour makes hls wife get out of bed and sleep on the floor Is guilty of disorderly con dect. This ruling was given today by Municipal Judge Sullivan who fined the offender, Stanley Mollsh SSO and costs. 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 "‘VERY SPECIAL" offerings of Augusta’s leading and most progressive merchants. From a dollar and cents motive it will pay you to read the ad vertisements in today’s Herald. It’s the advertising merchant always who CAN and DO*SS sell the cheapest. : : : “Perfect American Girl 99 Now Bride of Lazvyer-Playwriglit S"V 7 •*- » _ . a I* V MRS. J. MURRAY ANDERSON. New York—Mlhs Genevieve Lyon of Chicago , who three years ago. when seventeen years of age, was selected hy sculptor Korbel as the most neatly perfect type of American girl in the Chicago schools, was married hers on Monday to J. Murray AnderHon. • lawye r and playwright. After leafing school Miss Anderson gained considerable success playing minor rolfs in several Opera companies. Northwest Comer Broad and 12th Streets Bought By Maxwell Bros. Purchased From Mrs. Bridget Gallaher, Through Mr. Crom melin Fleming, and the Price Paid Was $20,000. Bought As An Investment. Mr, Crommelln Fleming has Just negotiated a real estate deni whereby the northwest forger of Hroad and Twelfth -Streets haa been acquired by .Maxwell Brothers, the well-known dealer.! In furniture. The property was owned by Mrs. Bridget Gallaher and It has a frontage of 47 feet on Broad Street apd extends hack lo Jones. The price paid was $20,000. Mr. Bertram Maxwell stated Friday that he and hla brother had purchas ed the property as an investment. In the deal for 1284. 1280 and 1288 Broad Street, between Mr. J. S. Rey nolds and Hr. O. W. Shackleford, Against Teaching ot Sex Hygiene in N. Y. Schools Special Committee of Board of Education Hold First Meeting, New York. Sex hygiene | roAoters can expect little comfort from new special committee on hygiene of the hoard of education which held Its first meeting today. The committee li composed of Ur. Ira H- Wile, chair man; Dr. Antonio Pisanl, Dr. .1. J. McDonald, John Martin and Abra ham Flexner. Dr. Pisanl say a he does not see any necessity - for teach ing sex hygiene to children. Dr Mc- Donald has always opposed It and John Martin will not listen to argu ment* for It. Dr. Wile said: “I believe sex hy giene should be taught only to the teachers In training schools and to adults through lectures In school buildings after school hours.” GUNMAN'S BHOT FATAL. New York —Kdward Martha, a po liceman wounded last night by a gun man for whom he was searching died today. James O'Connor, a bystander, who waa wounded by the gunman, was In a i rltlcal condition. mention of which was made In The Herald several days ago, Dr. Hhaekel ford paid the equivalent of SIB,OOO to $20,000, since he gave Mr. Reynolds $10,OOt) and two houses and lots on Green Street. The deed only men tioned the SIO,OOO, and there was no way, of course, to tell by that Instru ment that there were other consider ations. The Herald, therefore, was In error when It gave the consider ation as only SIO,OOO. Hroad Htreet property Is going through the greatest period of activ ity In Its history and real estate men say that this Is only the beginning ot-even greater things. Acquitted of Murder in Black-Hand Persecution Defendant Had Been Followed a Year ; Shot at Four Times. New York. —Carmlnl Llcenzlata, on trial for murder, told a story of black hand persecution to a Jury today that resulted In his acquittal. Llcenzlata shot arid killed Luigi Giordano In Hester Htreet on November 24 last. He testified that for a year he had been followed by Giordano’s gang: that gangsters had shot, him four times and that once they hail placed a bomb In bis brother’s store. On the day of the shooting he said Gior dano accosted him on the street and demanded “the money” mentioned In a black hand letter. Other witnesses testified that Glor dona's friends removed a revolver from hls pocket after he had fallen. LIFE BENTENCEB FOR TWO. Marysville, Cel.—Kl'hii rd (Hlackle) Ford end H. D. Huhr, said to be In dustrial Workers of the World, con victed of the murder of District Attor ney Manwell of Yuba county during a riot of hop pickers, wore sentenced to life imprisonment Thursday. A dep uty sheriff and two workmen also were killed In the riot. DAILY AND SU NDAY. $6.00 PER YEAR. BITING WINTER ON THE WA Y SOUTH FAIR AND COLD WEATHER IS 10 FOLLOW RAIN Official Reports Indicate Rain Throuqh Toniqht; Tomorrow Fair and Much Colder. Tem perature This Morninq Above Normal. River Staqe Unaf fected By the Drizzling Rain **A considerable change In the weath er will be noticed by tomorrow night" stated Acting Forecaster Warren this morning Immediately upon receipt of tils telegraphic reports. Mr. Idmtgh, the forecaster, Is still confined to hts home with an injured eye. The forecast Is predicting more rain for tonight, and adds that Saturday will be fair and cold. Be Much Colder. In commenting on the forecast Mr. Warren said that tomorrow will be much colder, though hardly as low as the froo7.lng point. The change In temperature should he very notlcable because of the warm weather of the past few days. Even last night with the disagreeable condltJoiiM the lowest the mercury dropped was to 6« degrees, and this stage was not reached until fi o'clock this morning. Hlnoe that time the temperature was noticed to (Continued on Page Two.) O’Shaughnessy Says He’s Entirely O. K. Washington— < ifflctal reports today from Charge O'Hhaughnessy In Mexico City said he had experienced no danger of any kind since the lifting of the embargo on arms. He reported every thing quiet in the CApital. $5,000 Year Salary For Commissioner Blackburn Washington. —Tho house today passed the senate resolution appoint ing former Kenntor Joseph C. H. Hlack burn, of Kentucky, a Confederate vete ran, resident commissioner of the Lin coln Memorial eommisslon at u salary of $5,000 a year. For Marking of Northern Graves Confederate Dead Washington. —A resolution to con tinue in effect, for two years the law authorizing the marking of graves of Confederate soldiers In Northern soil waa passed bp the senate today. $25,000,000 For U.S.Aid in Highways Up Tonight Washington. —Under a apodal rule the house will work tonight on the Shackelford good roads hill to ap propriate $25,000,000 for federal aid to tho states for Improvement of the highways used by rural mall carriers. GEYSERS IN OIL FIELDS ARE THROWING UP SALT Bucharest, Rumania Phenomenal geysers, throwing up bolting water and steam heavily Impregnated with salt have attracted geologists to the oil rieldH at Flllpescl De Tlrgu In Pra houa. The water Is tfirowri to a great height. Around each boring made for oil a heavy crust of salt has been de posited for a radius of 500 yardH. . m.J WANTB T. R. IN 1016. Charleston, W. Va. —Harry Curtain, acting chairman of the Republican state committee, today Issued a call for an open meeting February $5, to "make party declarations." ”1 supported Theodore Roosevelt for president In I J#l2," said Curtain, ‘‘and I hope matters will so shape thernselvis ns to make hls nomination by the Re publican party for the presidency In 191 S a certainty.” TRAIN KILLB INVALID. Roanoke, Va. —Wandering from her home here early today. Miss Hlanche Goldberg, who has been an Invalid for many years, was killed by a Norfolk and Western freight train when she attempted to cross the tracks. First Severe Conditions of Sea son Appear Today—Montana Temperatures Reach 42 De qrees Below. Due in South Atlantic States Sunday A. M. NORTHERN COUNTIES OF TEXAS ARE FREEZING Trains Stalled in Blizzard. Kansas Mail Carriers Carry Torches to Thaw Out Frozen Locks in Boxes. Chicago—Four days of Intenso cold were predicted to follow the snow storm which broke hero today. Temperatures Tumble. Washington.—A severe cold wave overspread the central Southern states today and was pushing east ward with Indications that It would reach northwestern Florida and the easternmost of the Southern states Saturday'. Thunderstorms were reported In the South. In Next 24 Hours. With zero temperatures or lower as far south ns the Kansas-Oklahonia border, the weather bureau predicted today that the could wave would overspread the east gulf states, the middle Mississippi Valley and ths lower Ohio Valley In the next 21 hours and would reach the Atlantlo coast states from Florida to Maine by Sunday tnoming. Six Below. Lincoln, Neb. —Railroad traffic wag delayed In Nebraska by the blizzard (Continued on page two.) KILLS GIRL ID SELFJ AUTO Pursuing Party Finds Machine, With Engine Still Going, in Middle of Road. Greenaburg, Pa. —Love for two slx teen-year-old girls, neither of whom knew of the other’s existence, prompt ed John McFadden to kill Anna Luta and himself as they sat In an automo bile n«ar Ligonler. Pa., early today. McFadden who had taken the girl for a rido late last night, telephoned hls employer here that he would never see him again. Immediately men in high power machines were sent hurry ing over the mountains to find him. Ttiey came upon tho automobile by tho roadside Its englno still running and McFadden and the girl dead. In McFadden's pocket was a note saying that Bertha Milligan at Lam bert, Pa., dftuld tell tho caUHO of the tragedy. To Coroner MeMurray the girl said McFadden had written her i% letter yesterday telling her ho was go ing to kill “the other girl'' and himself. 4i ‘Blood Administrations’ vs. Prest’s High Ideals Comment By London Press on Mr. Wilson’s Troubles Over Mexico, r London. —While “respect for hls high character and fine Ideals.” moves The Globe to wish President Wilson well out of hls troubles In connection with Mexico, Peru anil Haiti, whoso "bloodstained adminis trations” challenges the president's policy of non-recognltlon. It considers hls position Impracticable. Tho news 'paper continues; “The expedient of sanctioning and supporting civil war In a neighbor ing state Is a declaration of war In a form which can hardly he reconcil ed with the comity of nations. The danger of the situation from the point of view of the United States Is that there Is no retreat with honor from the uncompromising ir Imprac ticable position President Wilson hs* taken up.” EX-WHITE HOUBE CHEF DEAD. Kansas City, Mo.—l.eon J. Gaston, who was head chef at the White House under Presidents Garfield and Arthur, died at hls home here last night. Gas ton wss horn in Paris 57 years ag". After leaving service at the Whits House he came west. "LOT 306.” Washington—Representative Wilson today Introduced a bill under which the government would give a quit claim to heirH of Antonio Hierro, on "lot 306" In the vld city Of Pensacola.