THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIX. No. 64.
TO SUSTAIN NATIONAL
HONOR, PRES’T MAKES
APPEAL TO CONGRESS
Asks That Treaty Obliga
tions of the United States
Be Upheld By Repeal of
Exemption Clause in Pa
nama Tolls to American
Ships
“THE LARGE THING IS
THE ONLY THING THAT WE
CAN AFFORD TO DO”
Should Be Voluntary With
drawal From a Position Ever
Questioned and Misunder
stood, Declares Executive.
Subject of Dispute For Two
Years With Great Britain.
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..Washington. President Wilson
personally appealed to congress, as
sembled in joint session today, to sus
tain the national honor of the United
States in upholding treaty obligations
by repealing the Panama tolls ex
emption again- 1 which (treat Britain
protests. He asked congress to do that
“in support of the foreign policy of
the administration.” and added that an
exemption for American ships not on
ly was “a mistaken economic policy.”
but was in e. ntravantion of the Ha.y-
Pauncefote treaty.
"I shill n it know how to deal with
other matters of even greater delica
cy anil nearer consequence if you do
not grant it to me in ungrudging meas
ure." said t' a president.
“The large thing to do is the only
thing wo can afford to do; a voluntary
withdrawal from a position everywhere
questioned and misunderstood. We
ought to reverse our action without
raising the question whether we were
rigbi" or wrong, and so once more de
serve our reputation for generosity
and the redemption of every obliga
tion without quibble or hesitation.”
Packed as Usual.
The house chamber and galleries
were packed as usual to hear the Pres
ident read ills address. The French
and German ambassadors and other
members of the diplomatic corps were
in spaces reserved for them. No of
ficial of the British embassy was
present. The Misses Wilson had places
in the executive "gallery UntUMrs. Wil
son for the first time was "isent. She
was not yet recovered from the shock
of a fall in the White House Beveral
days ago. • •
President Wilson reached the capital
ten minutes before the time for the
reading and waited in Speaker Clark’s
room until 12;.30 o’clock when he was
escorted into the chain)her and prompt
ly began reading his brief address as
soon as a hurst of applause had ceased.
Surprise at Briefness.
Mr. Wilson’s .message was so brief
that he had finished reading almost
Continue 1 on page six. '
BRYAN TO VISIT
MEXJGOALSO?
Great Interest Aroused in
Sec’y of State’s Forthcoming
Trip to South America
Washington.—Plans for Secretary
Bryan's trip to South America at the
time of the pan-American conference
next September were going forward
today In the pan-American l T nlon / and
the state department but officials de
clared they were yet immiature and
that no exact Itinerary now could be
made. •
Secretary Bryan’s announcement to
the pan-American Union aroused the
greatest interest among the
Arnerlcan diplomats here who recalled
the visits of Mr. Bryan’s predecessors.
Secretaries Root and Knox. Senor
Suarez, minister from Chile. etxended
the Invitation and President Wilson
readily approved the plan. While Mr.
Bryan plans to leave here in July, go
ing flown the west coast visiting na
tions there and to return on the east
coast visiting Argentina, Uruguay and
Brazil arrangements have not suffi
ciently advanced to make it certain
whether the secretary will go by the
Panama Banal route, although he
might as the waterway will be ready
for ships at that time.
i Con-dderable interest was aroused
Vver whether Mr. Bryan would touch
In Mexico during his trip but it was
no'nted out that it probably would de
pend upon conditions there at the
time.
APPEAL FOR MRS. BUFFUM.
Little Valley, N. Yc~Patrlck 8. Col
lins attorney for Mrs. Cynthia Buffum,
convicted of the murder of her hus
band and sentenced to die in the elec
tric chair at Auburn prison next montn,
todav filed a notice of appeal which
automatically stays the execution.
MRS. WILSON RECOVERING.
Washington. —Mrs Woodrow Wilson
was recovering today from the shock
of a fall on the White House floor last
Sunday. She sustained no injuries.
TO PLEAD HIS
OWN CAUSE
DIAZ GOES
Refugee Arrives in Washing
ton to Give His Views to
Foreign Relations Committee,
Mexican Situation to Be Dis
cussed in Open Senate.
Washington—Felix Diaz arrived here
today to attempt to get a hearing be
fore the senate foreign relations com
inittee and to give his views on the
Mexican situation. Pedro Del Vilar
and Ceellio Ocon, who represented
themselves as his supporters, appear
ed before the committee yesterday to
ask what attitude this government
would take toward a revolution headed
by Diaz.
Notwithstanding his assertion that
he know neither Del Vilar or Ocon.
Gen. Diaz came to Washington in re
sponse to messages they sent him last
night. They urged that he come to
plead Ills own cause. It Is probabH
that he will have a hearing, inasmuch
as the committee wishes to get all the
information possible on the Mexican
situation.
Could Win Them Over.
Diaz, it is understood, will endeavor
to convince the committee that lie has
(lie best people of Mexico behind him,
including many of the federalists, and
that as leader of a movement to es
tablish a stable government, he could
win to his side many influential citi
zens as well as officers of Huerta's
government and army.
That the Mexican situation will he
discussed in the open session of the
senate lieeahie apparent today. Sena
tor Works Is to talk tomorrow on "Ono
yiar of democratic rule,” and In that
will refer to the Mexican policy of
the administration. Senator Fall will
talk on Mexico next Monday.
VILLA SAYS
$500,000
OR DEATH
El Paso, Texas.—Luis Ter
ranzas, Jr., who for many
months has been held a pris
oner Ijy rebels at Chihuahua
pending negotiations for ran
somc, has until tomorrow to
pay $500,000 to Gen. Francis
co Villa under pain of death.
ATLANTA HAS A BOLD
DAYLIGHT HOLD-UP
Atlanta, Ga.—A daylight hold-up In
the center of Atlanta’s business sec
tion today netted a well dressed
stranger $45 of the funds of the Jef
ferson Loan Society. The robber en
tered the company’s place of business
at 69 North Forsyth street shortly be
fore noon, covered I. Steinberg, the
clerk on duty with a revolver and
forced" him to surrender the money in
the cash drawer. He then command
ed him to open the safe.
"I’ll die first," Steinberg told him.
"Oil, if you want to fight about it. I'll
go," said the stranger, hacking out of
the door. Several pedestrians pass
ing the store saw him replace his pis
tol in hia pocket and quickly disap
pear around a corner.
The Lure of the
Road and the
Humming Wheels
The first bright near-spring
flays will start thousands of
families planning for the
automobile they have so long
Intended to have. And there
are an astonishing number
of these among the readers
of the Augusta Herald.
Those who run afford a new
car will find the widest
choice, of course. In The Au
gusta Herald, which leads all
other newspapers In automo
bile advertising. And for
those who must be satisfied
with a "used" car, the of
ferings are just as good.
Rebuilt, dependable cars ol
standard make are adver
tised in large numbers, dally
and Sunday. If you have
one to sell, tell this big audi
ence.
The Augusta Herald
Phone 296.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 5. 1914.
Americans Believe To Have Been Brutally
Murdered In Mexico
CLEMENTE VERGARA
AND GUSTAV BAUCH
Clemente Vergara, Ameri
can ranchman, kidnapped
and brutally murdered by
Mexicans, and below, Gus
tav Bauch, a Gorman-Am
erican, who is known to
have been imprisoned in
Mexico And whose fate is a
mystery.
West's Credentials Are
Presented to The Senate
Washington.—Credentials of W. S.
West, appointed aH successor to the
late Senator A. O. Bacon, were pre
sented to the senate yesterday. The
committee on privilege and elections
is expected to report them favorably
Friday. Mr. West will be here to be
sworn in on that day.
FINDS “THE LAST SUPPER.”
Washington.—Charlea Henry Mart,
art critic, announced here today he had
discovered in Frederick Md., "The
Last Supper.” the masterpiece of Ous
taviis Hessetlus. the first American
painter, missing since 1773. Mr. Hart
vouched for the authenticity of the
painting and said it was in a good
state of preservation but could not at
tempt to set a value on it now.
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DISGRUNTLED
Resignation Caused By Assign
ment to Duties Usually Per
formed By Lower Officials.
Successorship Talk.
Washington, D. C.—John Bassett
Moore’s resignation was effective to
day and the state department was
without a counsellor. Mr, Moore pre
pared to take up Ids work for the Car
negie Kndowment for International
Peace and later to resume his place as
head of the department of interna
tional law at Columbia University.
Although the official correspondence
between President Wilson. Secretary
Bryan and Mr. Moore announcing the
resignation emphasized that the coun
sellor was leaving the government
service only because the term for
which he had promised to serve was
at an end, there was continued dis
cussion in official and diplomatic cir
cles of lack of harmony between Sec
retary Bryan and Counsellor Moore
and persistent stories of how Mr.
Moore became dlssatlslfled with the
arrangement of his duties In the state
department.
Huerta Recognition.
While It was admitted that Mr
Moore's views on the recognition of
the Huerta government and the ad
ministration's course In other foreign
affairs differed from those of his
chiefs, all officials took pains to say
that the counsellor had carried out ad
ministration policies when once agreed
upon. One phase of the resignation
being widely discussed was that Mr.
Moore at the end of his administration
found himself performing duties usual
ly assigned to officials far below the
rank of counsellor and at times learn
ed much regarding the administrations
policies from news dispatches. One
of such Instances being referred to to
day was when Mr. Moore first heard of
the sending of John Lind to Mexico
through the newspapers.
Names Mentioned.
Idscussion of possible successors
continued without any announcement
of a selection. Ilannls Taylor, former
minister to Spain; John Lind, now the
President's personal representative In
Mexleo and Henry White, former am
bassador to France, were .being men
tioned.
The office of solicitor of the depart
ment also is vacant, no successor hav
ing been chosen to Joseph W. Folk,
who resigned to become chief counsel
to the inter-state commerce commis
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Mexican Federal General
Says He Has Ordered
Arrest Vergara’s Captors
Austin, Texas.—Replyingvto the Tex
as requisition for the kidnapers of
Clemente Vergara, an American citi
zen, Gen. Joaquin Maas, federal gene
ral commanding the district where
Vergara was reported executed, today
wired that he has ordered the ‘‘arrest
of the pergojis named." His telegram
did not say whether, if apprehended,
they would be surrendered to Texas.
Uncle Sam's ‘Baby’ Dep't
Labor, Begins 2nd Year
Washington.—The department of la
bor, the "baby" among the executive
branches of the government service,
today entered upon the second year or
Its activities.
Secretary Wilson, In discussing pres
ent day labor problems, predicted that
the time would come when every
worker would receive the full profits
of his labor. He said that bis depart
ment would work to bring about this
condition.
President of Fleischman
Yeast Co. Is in Aiken
Aiken, 8. C.—One of the recent ar
rivals In Aiken Is Mr Julius Flelprh
man, who is occupying I>r. Stone’s cot
tage He Is president of the Fleisch
er an Yeast Co., makers of the world
famous yeast. He arrived on the first
and brought with hirn two automobiles,
one of them being one of the largest
ever seen In Aiken. Ills brother, Max
Fleischman lma been here for several
weeks and he Is vice-president of the
Flischmari Yeast Co.
The little city of Aiken Is now nllve
with winter tourists. It has not yet
reached Its zenith though for rnnany
more will come as soon as the polo
matches being to be played.
TUMULT AGAIN IN LOWER
HOUSE AUSTRIAN DIET
Vienna.—The lower house of the
Austrian parliament whose sessions
were suspended on January 30, owing
to the violent obstruction of the Czech
deputies, reassembled today but was
again brought to an abrupt stop by
Hie tumult raised by opposition mem
bers. he speaker once more suspend
ed the sessions.
The obstruction of the Czech depu
ties was brought about by the atti
tude adopted by the government In the
settlement of German and Czech dif
ferences in Bohemia, which the Czechs
regarded as unduly favoring the Ger
mans.
*25,000,000 LOAN FAILS.
London.—Underwriters of the $25,-
000, eOD Canadian government loan have
been left with 78 pur cunt of the issue
on iluslr hands.
INSTRUCTIONS
TO ELUS JURY
Case Ended in Final Demand
By Prosecutor For Death
Penalty For Leather Mer
chant.
Chicago. The case of Wm. Cheney
Kills, who has been on trial accused of
the murder of his wife In a Chicago
hotel, was given to the Jury shortly
after noon today. Hroaecutor Malato
closed Ids address with a final demand
that the death penalty he Inflicted on
Kills, who, he contended, was fully re
sponsible when he killed his wife.
Instructions to the Jury gave these
possible forms of verdict.
Guilty with the death penalty.
Guilty of murder with Imprisonment
for lire.
Guilty of murder with Imprisonment
for not less than fourteen years.
That the act was committed while
Kills was insane and that he still Is
Insane. .
That the act was committed while
Kills was insane hut that he now Is
sane
Not guilty.
N. Y. Tenderloin Resorts
Are Closed Up at 1 A. M.
New York.—All of the cases, restau
rants and cabaret resorts along Broad
way and cross streets were again
closed at 1 o’clock this morning by
the police, acting on Instructions of
Commissioner McKay, despite the
statement of Mayor Mltchel yesterday
that in; hsxl not given orders to en
force Gie early closing rule laid down
by the late Mayor Gaynor.
There was no disturbance In enforc
ing the order.
’’The lid" was put on so tight that
the restaurant district was "dry" for
the flrHt time during the present a.<lj
ministration. _____
Four Grand Opera Stars
111 By March Weather
Naw York, —Four grand opera prlma
donnas- Mme. Melba, Mary Garden,
Emmy Destinn and Mme. Matzenauer
are sick as a result of the stormy en
trance of March. Mrne. Melba, ac
cording to dispatches from Springfield,
Mass., Is prostrated th'-re by laryngitis
and has cancelled all American en
gagements. Mary Garden is similar
ly afflicted but hopes to rejoin the
l’hHadclphla-Chicago company by the
end of the week. Miss Destinn and
Mme. Matzenauer are suffering from
weather ailments that have caused
temporary cancellation of engage -
men to. „ .
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 PER YEAR.
APPARENT HALT IS
ONLY TEMPORARY
DIRKS. RAZORS.
BLACKJACKS IN
CHURCH PEWS
“Army of the Unemployed”
Ltd Awav to Jail After Raid
on Meetings us Worship. One
Man Had $750 in Roll of
Bills on Person
Youthful Leader Tannenbaum
Faces Charge of Inciting to
Riot. N Y. Police Will Permit
No Repetition of Disorders.
Hearings Late Today.
New York.—l.rn<lrrn of the InHim
trl.'il Worker** of the World withered
today at Jefferson Market court when*
Frank Tannenbaum and fifty-four of
his followers awaited afralunment in
connection with their raid on Ht. Al
photisiiH Roman ('athollc church hint
night.
'"Pile whole affair in a frame-up,”
deem red Wm. I>. Haywood, head of
the organization. "Police CommtNzton
er McKay could have rounded up any
of the employed two days ago If ho
haif wanted to hut he waited until the
mayor returned' and gave him author
ity. Now’ they are after Tatienhamn’s
blood. I can't Hep that he's done any
thing to be arrested for. It la not the
men who are on trial but the Mltche!
ndmlnlntratlon and the churches."
Ready With Bail.
.Tone Roulaton, aecretary of the
mixed locala of the I. YV., Bald ehe was
ready to furniah SI,OOO hail for Tan
nenhnum If the uuthnrltle* would re
duce h!a bond to that amount.
The moat woe-hegone of the pris
on* tn Im Hyman KlnkelMeln, who when
a Treated In the church last night had
$750 In hi* po»MPHwlon. Kinkelnteln Ha Id
he had no Idea of the nature of the
domonHtration In which he wa« pur
(('ontlnued on pagfl nix.)
RIO JANEIRO IN
STATE OF SIEGE
Racial Differences Said to be
Cause of Trouble. Censorship
of All Despatches.
Buanoa Ayrea, Argentina.—A state
of Siege was proclaimed In Ulo Ja
neiro, Brazil, today, according to dis
patches reaching here from that city.
It Is understood hero that a strict
censorship has been Imposed on de
spatches from Brazil.
Reports have been current for some
time that a revolutionary movement
was Iri existence In tho Brazilian
states of I'ernambuco, Ccara and I'ara
and that fighting was In progress be
tween local forcea and the government
authorities.
Tho causes of the disaffection were
said to have been racial differences.
In the last week of February a body
of fanatics was reported to he march
ing on Hlo Janeiro.
Tho situation In the various states
was reported as becoming worse, espe
cially In Ceara.
Business was said to be virtually
suspended In several states, chiefly
those where the negro population was
very numerous.
The state of Ceara «t the last census
had a population of about 860,000;
I’ara, 460,000, arid I’ernambuco, 1,-
200.000.
Washington,—Honor He Gama, am
bauasdor from Brazil, received a brief
dispatch from his government today
directing him to assure legations and
officers In this country "not to feel
any uneasiness because of rumors."
There were no advices to supplement
It, the ambassador said, and his only
Information of what the dispatch re
lated to was contained In the news dis
patches telling of a state of siege at
Hlo and revolutionary troubles In some
of the Brazilian states.
News that Bio was under siege and
reports of an uprising In the northern
states of i’ara, I’ernambuco and Ceara
perplexed stale department officials,
as tho Interests of the northern prov
inces and the southern districts, In
cluding Ilio, are quite distinct. The
southern provinces ure considered the
more progressive; contHln most of the
railroads and are the center of exten
sive coffee Interests.
Negroes Predominate.
In the northern provinces, such of
Giotto from which the latest outbreak
Is reported, tho negro population pre
dominates.
Karly In the year meager reports
reached the department of hostilities
then said to he confined to I’ernam
bueo and the neighboring state of
Ceara, but the cause of the uprising
was net stated.
On Coffee Exchange.
New York.—No members of the New
York coffee exchange had received any
direct Information today regarding tho
reported outbreak at Rio Janeiro.
Herman Sleleken, of a firm of coffee
brokers and bankers, said he had a
cablegram from Rio Janeiro thli* morn
ing which gave no Intimation of trou
ble In that city. "There have been
repeated exaggerated rumors of re
bellion and trouble," lie added, "which
have proved untrue.’*
Intentions of U. S. Gov’t Re
garding Mysterious Disap
pearance of Bauch and Ver
gara Are: Simply Awaiting
Reports of Carranza and
Huerta
MEXICAN COMMISSION
STARTS INVESTIGATION
OF BENTON EXECUTION
Carranza to Be Isolated For
Fortnight. Promised Full Ex
planation From Huerta Not
Yet Received.
Washington, D. C.—The
Jialt on lbs part of the UnltedHtatsa
" P im l |‘ ln * ll * Inquiry Into the Men
ton killing and Into the mysterious
disappearance of Gustav Bauch is only
temporary, according to those well In
formed of the intentions of the Wasti
ng administration. The United States
t was explained today simply la await-’
ing the outcome of the Carranza In
v c*tlgiitfnii of both rafutii.
Outwardly It was apparent that i"ar
ranzas determination to supply Infor
mation about the UeiUon case though
technically denying the United States
the right to ask It, was favorably re
ceived here.
Upon Its Rssult.
Upon results of the Investigation and
Gen. Carranza's subsequent action de
pend In large measure the American
government's policy toward the con
stitutionalists. Much evidence of a
conclusive character about Benton's
death already has been gathered
Should the Carranza eosninisslon con
trovert important points satisfactorily
proved here It is unlikely the Wash
ington government will remain silent.
There is every likelihood, too, that ts
Bauch was wantonly murdered as re
|M>rted, a satisfactory explanation and
punishment of the offenders will be
demanded.
Not For Two Wseka.
Persons familiar with the Inaccessi
bility of the territory through which
Gen. Carranza will he Isolated for the
next ten days during his overland
Journey to Juarez do not expect there
will be any report on the subject for
unother fortnight.
Though Huerta has promised a full
(Continued on page six.)
TOE IRISH HOME
RULE BIEE OF
» ■nn aa-^l
Introduced Again Today in tho
House of Commons. First
Reading Amid Cheers.
London.—The Irish home rule bid
was introduced again Into the house
of commons today by Augustine Bir
red, chief secretary for Ireland, amt
was given Its first reading umid pro
longed cheers.
The government has sueceded in
keeping secret the nature of the con
cessions to he offered on Monday
when the hill comes up for second
reading. According In reports from
quarters connected with the cabinet,
howveer, Premier Asquith will simply
propose lhat any Irish county may by
a plebiscite vote Itself out of the
operation of the hill for a period of
three years. It Is generally regarded
In parliamentary elrrlee as certain that
the unionists will reject any conces
sions Premier Asquith Is likely to
offer.
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“/Wonroe Doctrine;
Haughty Isolation;
Apprehension Japs”
London.—The policy of the United
States toward Mexico occupied a lead
ing place in editorial columns of the
Kngllsh newspapers again to^ay.
The Evening Standard discovers "a
marked change In the whole trend of
American foreign policy. Instead of
‘haughty Isolation,’ based on the strict
letter of the Monroe Doctrine the Unit
ed Htutes Is now becoming anxious to
stand well with the Kurnpean powers.
The government at Washington Is ap
prehensive lest if It become Involved
In intervention In Mexico. Japan might
seize the occasion to carry her ambi
tious designs on the Philippines and
Hawaii into effect and believes that
Europe 11 so disposed, could lay an em
bargo on Japanese ambitions."
“We Discussed All
Phases of Mexican
Situation’’—Bryan
W»*hington.—"You may say that 1
discussed all phases of the Mexican
situation," said Secretary Bryan todav
after a conference with members of
the house foreign affairs committee,
"but I cannot go Into details. There
was a phase of our conference, how -
ever, concerning which I think I shall
make a statement later."
Mr. Bryan took up with the commit
tee reports the state department had
received regarding Americans In Mexi
co and declared It would be Inadvisable
to precipitate discussion of the Mex!
can question In congress at this tlm*.
Incidentally referring to Great Brit
ain, he said the powers were
lug tho American policy.
