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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIX. Nc. 52.
10,000 AUGUSTA PEOPLE ARE
EXPECTEO TO GO TO CHURCH
New Record For Church At
tendance in This City Will Be
Established
GO TO YOUR OWN CHURCH
OR ANY CHURCH, BUT GO
Rain or Shine, Go to Church.
Special Programs Will Be
Rendered in Various Churches
Tomorrow Is "Go to Church Day" tn
Augusta. It Is expected that, therj
will be more than 10.000 Augusta peo
ple to attend the various churches to
morrow, which will no doubt set a new
record for church attendance In this
city.
In all of the churches there will be
special programs rendered and thera
will be an effort to make the services
so attractive that those who are going,
after probably months or years of ab
sence. will get the habit and continue
to go.
Dr. Howard T. Tree, chairman of
the executive committee of the “Go T>
Church Day” movement, is enthusias
tic over the prospects. He says that
he has met with the heartiest co-oper
ation on every hand and he expects
the day to be a magnificent success
In every tyay.
The slogan Is: "Rath or shine, go to
church tobiorrow; your own church,
any church. Just so you're on hand.
An hour given to the worship of God
tomorrow is, surely, but a small return
for all that His word has done for
mankind. Ten thousand people Is tho
mark to reach."
There will be absolutely no rivalry
among the various churches, no ef
forts on the part of any one church or
set of churches to outdo the others.
The spirit of the affair is entirely gen
erous and the Idea Is. as well express
ed In the slogan, "your own church,
any church, Just so you’re on hand."
The "Go to Church Day" movement
has been thoroughly advertised. In
the newspapers and by hand bills the
people of this city have been appris
ed of the fact that they are expected
to go to church tomorrow.
The Invitations to go to church will
be<JUjßtrlbuted In the tourist hotels and
many of the cottagers on The Hill
will receive special iiivltationS.
Every person of every denomination
Is urged to go to church, whether he
be Jew, Gentile, Protestant or Cath
olic.
Hat Clue Leads to the
Arrest of a Burglar
Was a Professional Choir
r Singer and Posed As Gas
Inspector.
Nsw York.—The Initials In a hat left
behind by a burglar In a Bronx flat
led to the arrest and confession, ac
cording to police announcement today,
of George W. Acker, 23 years old. pro
fessional choir singer, whom detectves
were loath to accuse because of his
high standing In church circles.
The ariyist of Acker followed an at
tack made on Mrs. Charles Rose on
■Wednesday night by a burglar, who,
after falling to cower her at the point
of a revolver, beat her with his weap
on and escaped, leaving his hat be
hind.
The burglar had posed as a gas In
spector to gain admission to the flat
The Initials In the hat were “G. W.
A," and the space under the )>and served
as an envelope for several tracts Is
sued by an up-town church and also
for several colored cards awarded for
continuous attendance at the Sunday
school of that church.
Going to the church the detectives
got a list of every member whose name
begin with “A" and found the namo
—George W. Acker.”
WANTS $500,000 TO FIGHT
MALARIA AND TYPHOID
Washington.—Senator Ransdell of
-Louisiana today Introduced a bill to
appropriate *500,000 to fight malaria
and typhoid. Senator Ransdell said
that the government was Justified In
fighting typhoid and malaria because
( the victims of these diseases traveled
from state to state. He added that
the government could do no better
work than to show the farmer, par
ticularly. how to eradicate the condi
tions which produced these diseases.
DREADNOUGHT LAUNCHED.
Kiel, Germany— The seventeenth
dreadnought for the German Navy
was launched here today and chris
tened “Kronprlnz.”
It 1s to be the last German dread
nought to carry 12-inch guns. Future
ships will be equipped with heavier
am
Tomorrow is Go-to-Church Day in Augusta
AN ‘EXECRABLE
BINDinS TERM
Story of Benton's Execution
Told in Big Type By City of
Mexico Press. Predict Con
flict London-Washington.
Mexico City.—The story of the exe
cution of Win. S. llenton by the rebel
Villa Is displayed today under large
type headlines in all the Spanish and
Kngllsh newspapers.
El Itnparci&l labels It "The New
Assassination which has horrified
even the dupes captained by the exe
crable bandit." It declnrcs that Villa
killed Benton In cold blood and after
ward ordering a fictitious courtmar
tial in order to cover his act of mur
der.
El Pals i redicts that the affair will
provoke a conflict between the chan
cellories of I-ondon and Washington.
El Independiente refers to the
crime as having been committed
"with all the refinements of cruelty."
The leaders of the British colony
here are contemplating calling a inass
meeting of British residents to make
representations on the subject and to
demand from their government more
adequate protection for their country
men residing in rebel territory.
The affair is widely discussed In tho
Federal capital and has caused ex
pressions of Indignation on all sides.
Concocted Story to Keep
Her Husband Home Nights
CHestertown, Md. —Mrs. Jeff Hurd,
who lives near here, admitted today
that the story she told of an attack
by a negro wnlle she was alone with
her two small children recently was
a fiction concocted to keep her hus
band at home nights.
Mrs. Hurd had give-, a graphic re
cital of her struggle with her assail
ant, averring that she slashed him
with a butcher knife and drove him
Off. •
The young woman said she had be
come so exercised over being left on
the farm alone that she killed a chick
en and smeared Its blood about the
place to heighten the effect of tho
■tory.
Was “Peace Day” of the
Pythians Golden Jubilee
Washington.—Friday was * 'poac»
day” for the supreme council, Knights
of Pythias, In annual convention hen?
and celebrating the order's "Golden
Jubilee.” Thomas J. Carling, Macon.
Oa M supreme chancellor, pledged the
support of 800,000 "brothers" and 65.-
000 "sisters” to Secretary Bryan's
peace policy.
President Wilson Friday night shook
hands with 1,700 visiting knights at an
informal reception at the White House.
The convention will adjourn today.
CHARLESTONIAN NAMED
Washington.—A committee of tho
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States will prepare a nation-wide ref
erendum on the administration's trust
bills. Preparations will be made at
a meeting here, Feb. 24. These havo
been named:
R. G. Rhett, Charleston, 8. C.; Presi
dent Chas. R. Van Hise, of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin; G. E. Tripp of
the Westlnghouse Company, and W. L*
Saunders, of New York.
Keep the Household
Wheels Lubricated
Incompetent help in the
home is like Band in the
bearings of a machine —
thera is an irritating fric
tion and loss of power.
Use common-sense oil—
Augusta Herald “Want
Ads.”
No need to worry aiong
with workers who don t
know or don't care. Those
of the better kind read the
"Help Wanted Female”
columns in The Augusta
Herald. Tell them what
you want, what you’ll pay,
what service j'ou expect.
When your little ad is
ready, leave it with
Your Druggist or
Tell it to Phone 296.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FEBRUARY 21. 1914.
COURTMARTIAL
A MYTH IS IDE
BELIEF OF AIL
No One at El Paso Pretends to
Accept Villa’s Version of the
Killinq of Benton —Public
Feelinq at a Hiqh Pitch Fol-,
lowinq Additional Details
Declared “Cold Blooded and
Heartless’’ Murder at Mass
meeting—U. S. Dep't of
State Charged With Persist
ent Suppression of Facts of
Outragos.
E| Paso, Texas.—Official announce
ment that Win. S. Benton, a British
subject, had been executed by Mexi
can rebels at Juarez Tuesday night;
the adoption of resolutions at a mass
meeting here condemning the United
Stales government for Its handling of
Mexican affairs; exchange of shots
between members of tho Thirteenth
United States Cavalry and a score or
more of Mexicans, and uncertainty as
to the fate of Gustav Bauch, an Amer
ican, and two Englishmen, John ixiw
rence and a man named Curtis, were
startling Mexican developments of tho
last 24 hours. . Following In rapid suc
cession, these incidents served to bring
public feeling to a high pitch, and to
day every official agency was engaged
in bringing to light further details.
Official Report.
The official report of Benton’s death
came yesterday, through Thomas D.
Edwards, consul at Juarez. Almost
immediately General Francisco Villa
and staff hurriedly left Juarez for Chi
huahua. Consul Edwards watched
close at the station, hoping to catch
a glimpse of Benton or any American
prisoner, but saw none.
That there w-as a real courtmartlal
In Benton's case nono on this Hide of
the border pretend to believe. It was
known that Benton started for Villa *
headquarters to voice a protest against
the repeated raiding of his ranch In
Chihuahua by the Mexican rebels.
Here, at least, the killing of Renton
has wiped out whatever confidence
■waa-t&il in Villa's promises. , _
"Cold Blooded, Heartiest.”
These and other disclosures In tha
Benton case speedily crystallized pub
lic sentiment and a mass meeting of
protest took place. Former Governor
Curry of New Mexico outlined the pur
poses and resolutions were adopted
with a shout. They characterized as
"cold blooded and heartless” the assas
sination of Benton, charged that ths
state department at Washington had
"persistently suppressed facts concern
ing true conditions in Mexico,” and
declared that "at the present moment
our government Is harboring General
Inez Salazar, who has committed out
rages against our people,” as well as
Maximo Castillo, for towny months
head of a bandit band In northern
Mexico. Villa was denounced in strong
terms.
The clash between cavalrymen and
Mexicans occurred last night, short- 1
ly after Captain Harry Cootes had re
ceived word that filibusters might at
tempt to rush his barracks. After ex
changing a few shots In which two
Mexicans were wounded, the other In
truders escaped.
REBEL SIDE OE
STOfIfJS CHEN
Declare Benton Tried and
Executed According to Laws
and Usages of War.
Washington.—Announcement that
Benton met death In Juarez after a
court martial ordere.d by Villa w»«
made today by Secretary Bryan, who
said he had no further details yet.
Kdberto V’. Pesqulera, constitution
allst agent here, made public the fol
lowing telegram from constitutionalist
headquarters at Juarez:
"Benton entered Villa’s npartmenl
very unexpectedly, demanding protec
tion for his Interests and bitterly in
sulting Villa and the constitutionalist
army. Villa told him that he consid
ered him an enemy to the constitu
tionalist cause and that In order that
he might not continue to work against
It he (Villa.) was going to pay him
the value of his property (Benton's) in
the state of Chihuahua.
"Benton became very exasperated at
this and drew his revolver, intending
to kill the generaJ but the latter Im
mediately knocked him down, disarm
ed him and sent him to Jail. Benton
was afterward tried by a special mili
tary tribunal, 1 sentenced to death and
duly executed all In accordance with
the laws and usages of war."
Colorado's Richest Heiress Who
Yes/et day Became Wife of Belgian
London.—Another American beauty of weulth became the bride of a
European nobleman Friday, when Miss Gladys McMillan, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Hpenecr Penrose, and perhaps the wealthiest heiress In Colo
rado, and Count Paul Cornet, of Brussels, were married at the home of
I.ady Harrington, who is Miss McMillan’s aunt. The wedding was a very
fashionable one, and all the prominent folk of London society were In
vited. Although her home Is at Colorado .Springs, Miss McMillan has
spent most of her time during the lust five years, travelling on th« Con
tinent and studying in Paris.
ARBITRATION NOW
WITH 8 NATIONS
Senate Ratifies Pending Measures Including Those With
Great Britain and Japan. Vote Evidences Support of Pres
ident. Defeat Questions to Exempt Canal Tolls and Im
migration.
Washington.—Without uny amend
ment whatever to limit their scope
the senate by more than a two-thirds
vote today ratified general arbitra
tion treaties b*dween the United
Bt&tes and Great Britain, japan,
Italy, Spain, Norway, Hweden, Por
tugal and Switzerland.
Washington.—The senate today rat
ified the eight pending arbitration
treaties.
Will Back President.
Attempts to exempt the Panama ca
nal tolls question or question* of Itn
migration ami public education which
were related to the treaties with
Great Britain and Japan worn de
feat's) and the conventions go Into
new force In the same general terms
as existed before they expired.
The virte, while an evidence of the
senate’s support of President Wil
son’s treaty policy, was Interpreted
by those backing the president's pro
posal for a repeal of the Panama
tolls exemption as an Indication that
the presklent will have practically
the *anie support on that question.
Clears the Atmosphere.
Wsshlngton.-Ratification of the
MISS GLADYS McMILLAN.
conventions clears the diplomatic at
mosphere, so to speak, relating to the
Japanese protest against the Califor
nia anti-alien land laws and the |6o-
against Panama tolls exemp
tion. The phrase that the United
Btal.es was " 'ln a stale of isolation”
was frequently used In describing iho
situation.
The British treaty had been held
up particularly by those who were op
posed to submitting the tolls ques
tion to The Hague. President Wil
son’s plan to repeal the exemption
Included first the ratification of th«
Hlrt.lsh treaty as well as the others,
"to first rehabilitate the diplomatic
relations of the United States,” and
some administration supporters have
described It.
Technically the senate ratified
agreements to extend the treaties five
years from June 4, 1913, the date on
which they expired.
Break* World’* R*eord.
San Francisco, —One world’s record
was broken last night at the Olympic
Club's indoor meet.
I’al Donovan, Pastime Club, estah
llshed k new mark for the 56-pound
weight for height of 18 feet 11 1-4
inches. A > •
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 PER YEAR.
VILLA SAYS EXECUTION
ORDERED WHEN BENTON
THREATENED HIS LIFE
In View of Latest Report, English Government Holds
in Abeyance Any Action Pending Investigation.
Anxiety and Conjecture Follow Indignation in the
British Isles
FELIX DIAZ, ON
ARRIVAL N. V.,
IS CLAMLIKE
Rcfuqee Refuses to Talk of
His Plans or Discuss Mexican
Matters— He’s Simply
on Visit to Friends—Not
Goinq to Washinqton
Has Been in Havana Since
Flight to U. S. Warship After
Recall From Japan Mission
By Provisional President
Huerta.
New York.—Felix Diaz, who helped
bring about tho downfall of Madero
hut later had to flee from Mexico, nr
rived here today from Havana. He
dedured he had no Intention of allying
himself with Carranza and Villa and
declined to (llhciihh what plana, If any,
ho had for regaining power he once
had. Friends who inrcompanv him
said he left Havana because he feared
the hostility of the Huertistoa, who
hud already made one attempt to kill
him since he fled from Vera Cruz.
"I <imi to .viatt friends," sabl Gen.
Diaz. "I don't know how long I shall
stay. No: 1 have no plans to go to
Washington. 1 have hot arranged to
meet, any emissary- from, the- revolu
tionists or any other Mexicans, except
nty OWn personal friends."'
Fled to U. S. Warship.
Diaz Is a nephew of Porflrlo Diaz,
focniqr, president of Mexlf<k who went
Into exile In Europe when Madero
gained-control of the republic. Until
the younger Diaz resigned a few
mrtntlid ago, hd Was a bHgtidier gen
eral In the Mexican army. On the
night of October 28th, 1913 he fled
from Ida hotel in Vera <’riiz and took
refuge on a United Htntes warship A
few dayH later he sailed for Havana.
Ills next move he said today had not
been determined. There was no dele
gallon to meet him when he stepped
off the Steamer 'Morfo Castle.
A fifteen-year-old boy, a son of Mi
randa, a relative of Mrs. Diaz, took
him In charge and ns soon as tho cus
toms officials had passed his baggage,
he and his wife went to Mr Miranda's
apartment where he will make his
home during his stay In New York.
With General Diaz were his wife and
four countrymen, who, like him, fled
from Vera Cruz.
SOU’EASTER *PASSES OUT
TO SEA: NOJDAMAGE DONE
Washington. —The -February jjou
easier, which started with a flourish
off the Virginia Capes has been ig
nomlnloUHly pushed out to sea by
Mother Nature, who felt the eastern
seaboard states had suffered enough
Arctic weather for one fortnight.
Southeastern New England caught
only the edge of the gale.
REBELS ROUTED
Caps Hetien, Haiti. —Senator Davll
mar Theodore, rebel leader, and tho
members of his staff fled today from
Cape Haitian. The city was later oc
cupied by the government troops. Tho
rebel army was routed yesterday.
The streets of the city are patrolled
by American marines.
TELEGRAM READ IN SENATE SAYS
“BENTON MURDERED LIKE A DOG;
‘WATCHFUL WAITING’A FAILURE’’
Washington.— A telegram fropi R. N. Dudley, of El paso, to Senator
Fall, declaring Benton was "murdered like a dog,” was reud in the senate
today.
"I am almost certain Villa did It in person,” atuted the telegram.
It continued:
“No evidence that Benton was tho aggressor. Everything show* It
cold blooded murder. Custlllo, a guest of our government with safety
from punishment. Villa boasting of his crime. Is there no protection
anywhere? Kl Paso full of rebel officers. The business affuirs of the re
bell'on openly done here. Your thousands of friends out here want to hear
■ your voice lit senate on our behalf. 'Watchful waiting' a failure.
OFFICIAL DESPATCHES
OF AFFAIR BROUGHT TO
WHITE HOUSE TODAY
Complete Account of Killing As
Personally Explained By U. S.
Consul Edwards on the Way.
Sec'y Bryan and British Am
bassador Awaiting It.
Washington—White House officials
stated today that official reports from
General Villa and Ilia friends declared
Win 8 Benton, the Brltirh ranch
nufs,. was executed liypuse he enter
ed Villa’B ramp and threat.
<yied the life of the
commander.
in view of report there
was a at the White House
to await a full investigation befors
expressing an opinion It was stated
that Great Britain was hnldlpg In
abeyance any representation* 'endian
the completion of a report oi. the af
fair by the Amerlran government.
Personal Explanations.
Ikite official dispatches to |he state
department containing Villa's version
of tho affair were brought to the
White House, but a complete account
of the killing as personally explained
to Consul .Edwards I* ou its way by
mall.
Was Disarmed.
Official dispatches from American
Consular representatives *ay further
that Villa claims Benton came to him
armed and that during the course of
a long argument and quarrel, Renton
raised a gun to shoot but was dis
armed and a trial by a military court
followed
VIHa takes the position that a ofr
elgner who threatened the life of »
military officer Is subject to no im
munity or the rights ordinarily ex
tended to non-combatants.
Want All Information.
London.—The British government
(Continued on Page Threw) t
1,300 Men, Women and
Children Butchered By
the Bandit “White Wolf”
Peking.—Thirteen hundred men,
women and children were massacred
by tin* bandits led by “White Wolf,”
when they sacked lduan-Chow, prov
ince of Ngftn-Hwel on January 29th.
On lhai occasion they murdered Fa
ther Rich, a French Jesuit, mission
ary and captured and held two other
foreigners for ransom.
An army of 25,000 Chinese troops
Is now converging on White Wolf's
strongly entrenched position in the
vicinity of Cheng Yang-Wwan, fur
ther to the north In the same prov
ince. "White Wolf," has a force of
0,000 bandits, half of whom are arm
ed with modern rifles.
QUADRUPLE MURDERER
IS GRANTED NEW TRIAL
Springfield, Ills.—Ray PTanschmfdt,
convicted of a quadruple murder, won
In tho supreme court today when the
lower court’s findings was reversed
on a writ of error. Ho wfll have a
new trial Pfanschmldt was accused
of the murder of his father, mother,
sister and Mt»* Emma Keampen, a
school teacher who boarded in the
Pfanschmldt home.