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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. < ..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. * if *. w it * % « I * a gfeL I ■ BpHm. * * " s —' ; • Wlf r ■ • 'tfA—w-'-t jMJ I V " MM wWm- H. * ,m WI W • g'" * 7 V *4i - '%■ \m.)l . Wfiy Jvvyr*i \ 4 * < mm( % • THINK MOORE 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 sion. «... - '.ML r jf\x \ 9 r"\ * jSfr , 7 if \ f /\ IfM w / i\ sj eSKInEIIr VS V \ to&sst « * iL J® jn* 4 ILfilTnhTfflßr jgL Vk • tMKA ] „■ JiJUßßjff £3m me x v Jrv .iMt 'SraiAtf 9V «T / n 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. ■ 1 1 1 1 —■ J “/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.