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EIGHT “HASTEN THE TRUST BILLS" Administration Leaders Send Out Word to Speed Up Things To Regulate Monopoly. Washington,—”llxst#*n% thft trust Mil*.’' In th<* unofficial uriu utlnic oon*r«t»Rlonal ooiutnltts*** 1° i limtk** of thv administration program. Contending that preliminary consid ers! lon of proposed Saw* to further rtfulftti vnom>i*olr hm tosrn administration nri* uiklhk llial it>tiimltt«'4<a spood up thrlr work. Th«* itcnalt *iil>-eommltts# hnn drcldrd to work nights to complrt* the draft of th# hill lo mate an ln t«>r*tat<> trads commission Hoiikc com* mlttrcK alao havo lin n to g«t •h* final program Into simp**. Chair man Clayton of tin* Judiciary commu te#* »ft#»r hl« conference with Creel deni Wilson yaaterday on tenlitlv* inraaureii to nupplament the Hhrrinan law, had a BUb-commlttec working to* imv rsvtslnc mtafurea to go many objection* have I*»#*n rnada on the around that they might limit rath er than exten»l operation of the exlat- In* act. It now la planned to hav** the trade commission bill ready for discussion In the hot**#* by April. $30,000 FIRE IN THE HEART Of LOUISVILLE R. L. Bostick and Louisville Drug Co., Suffer Total Loss in Early Morning Blaze. Louisville. Ga.—Fire which broke out earl) tin morning In the rear ->t the general merctianaiae »U>re of It L. Bostick on llrottii Street, In the heart of the town, caused fire and water damage to this and other Imlld Ings adjoining. and atork contained therein to the extent of about $30,000, estimated. The Imldlng In which the, blaze originated, occupied by It. Ift Bostick and the Uitilxvllle Drug Company, wait a total loss, only the litlek walla retnalnlnK atanulnp. The stock ami building half covered by iOHurance, wan valued at S2OOOO. Other stores suffering from water damage were: H. I*. Kamaev, dry good* notions *1.000; O V K W. J Clark general merchandise. $2,500; J. It Williams Company, gtocery and hard ware, $500; Reago.t and Clark, fancy groceries *SOO, and B. H. Warren, $, r itHi All water dtimsge Is fully COW ered hy insurance. Tile cause of the fire Is unknown The blase whs discovered at 3 a m , truin' and only after It Intel gained a considerable heady ay. The volun teer tire departin' nt fought like tro Jans, however, and It Is due to the yTiHrd work of these citizens that the town was t ot swept with a far more disastrous fire than occurred. The water pressure being good and the firemen fighting tirelessly the flames were confined to one building. Are Vows of Religious Orders Against Policy? Washington.—Whether vow* ol the Order of St. Benedict and other religious order*, containing tho*e <>f poverty, arc void a* against public, policy, was argued In briefs filed to day In the supreme court. On liehalf of kinsmen of the lute rather VVlrth of Springfield. Mtnn. attorney* claimed vows he took to the order are void nnd that hi* prop arty should go to them They con tended the vow surrendered till con trnl of his will to Ihe order and that the civil courtH would not enforce such an agreement. Attorneys on behalf of Ihe order pointed to It i achievements to snow It was not against pnbllr policy. Charges Against Justice Wright “Uncorroborated" Washington.—l'hnrgr* by \V, 11. Cooper, a local banker, against Justice JO. T. Wright, of the (llslrlrt supreme court, asking for hi* Impeachment, were dismissed today by the house Ju dleiury eoininlttee as "uncorroborwt •d." Justice Wright attracted national at tentlon when he sentenced Samuel Gotti pets. Frank Morrison, and John Mitchell lo Jail for contempt of court In the Itucks Stove and Range case Although t'oeper's petition eluirges the Justice with varhius aets of miscon duct on the bench and lu private life, tils action Itt the labor ease was one of the article* on which hi* Impeach ment was asked. Justice Wright maintained that Cooper's charges were actuated by ani mus growing out of private litigation between them. FRANCES HEFFERNAN DIED AT 2 A M TODAY Utile Frances Heffernan. Ihe slx weeks-old daughter of Mr. and Mis. J. J. Heffernan. died at Ihe residence on upper |lroad street at 2 o'clock thU morning. The funeral will occur from the residence at 4 o'clock this after noon and be conducted by Rev. Father Shuler The Interment will he In the city cemetery. ORDER OF FORESTERS. Port Huron. Mich.—Circuit Judge Tappan today decided (hat the Inde pendent Order of Foresters took pro per means to protect It* membership* ami was Justified In Its death benefit readjustment adopted lit the last ses sion of the executive body of the or der The opinion directly affect* thou tutds of member*. Hair Falling? Then stop H 1 Stop it now I You can do It with Ayer's Hair Vigor. Does not color the hair. Ask Your Doctor. To Reduce the Cost of Living, Eat More Salmon Washington.—"To reduca th« cost of living, cat mors salmon, espacUulj; ol the cheaper grades and less meat.' 1 hut Is the advice of Hr. Hugh M. Smith, federal commission of fisher • Ice, In a statement today. He assarts ! tli it not only Is salmon cheaper than meats but It will heap Indefinitely IT unopened, while Um latter spoil quickly In the home "The best grades of canned sal mon," says the statement, "ar* richer , than meuta In body building male rials and contain aliout the same amount of fats. I’lnk salmon which Is a cheaper grade Is heltnr than meats for making fleah and bone but has lon* fat. Hither la as digestible ns the best sirloin steak, there la no waate and nothing has to be tbfown away except the can." ALLEGED “BLIND TIGER" PUT UNDER SIOO BOND Claiming that ahe was "Jus’ keepln’ It for Homeltody,” Priscilla Scott, a negro woman of upper ll'-ynolds Ht., an alleged “blind tiger, charged with fulling to pay the Halted States revenue tax on Ihpior, waa given her preliminary hearing yesterday after noon before CommlHsloncr ('. J. Skin ner. ,lr. In the Federal-Building. The defendant was held for the next grand Jurv under hall of SIOO, The negresa waa arrested hy Dep uty u. s* Marshall Fierce last Satur day. MAY MAKE BIG IMPROVE MENTS SOON ON C. & W. C. RAILWAY. (Continued from page one ) rectors and executive officers and my views on the subject are worth little more than the views that might be ex pressed by any other man In a metis ■ ure familiar with such matters. Replace Original Bonds. “Ah I understand It such proportion of the new mortgage as indy be neces sary will be used to replace the origi nal hondi amounting to something over five millions of dollars. "It Is true lliut. continuing the pol icy that has governed the owners of our property. We havo recently bought some 15 miles of ku-pound rail which will be used to replace lighter rail now In use. , ~, "We arc also taking stops to build freight terminals at Anderson, H. C the property for which we recently purchased. "We tire also, as you know, spend ing a great deal of money at Augusta, made necessary by tlie city's levee pin ns. •| doubt whether there was ever In the history of this country such s dis play of hope anti confidence by peo ple owning a railroad as Is evidenced by the people who have owned the Charleston and Western Carolina Rail way for the past fifteen years. Surely they deserve something at the hands of the people. Will they get It V Well, 1. t's hope so. If for no other reason than to encourage others. "You ask me about the future? Un questionably there Is a disposition among the best Informed to take a more conservative view with refer ence to the rates, financing and oper ation of railroads, but the trouble Is that the uninformed are greatly in the majority and the) simply don't be lieve the records that are matters of pc Idle Information and 1 am unable to see where there Is ny Improvement In this most unfortunate condition and I sa> unfortunate, not alone for tho railroads but, what la n very much more serious matter, the prosperity of <hir country, which depends upon the ability of our railroads to properly sere e them, ts It depends upon any one thing. Further Improvement. "We also have In mind further Im provements which l am sure will he made If our owners are thoroughly Kitlsfied that we will be able to earn, net, money sufficient to pay the Inter est on bonds that would have to be sold In order to make the Improve ments As a simple business propo sition unless we can see, with reason able certainty, that we can pay the Interest charges on such money as we may be able to borrow by selllt)g the bonds, It would be suicidal to do "Therefore, the recording of the mortgage simply means that we will he In a position, If the conditions will warrant, lo secure means by which we can further Improve our property. Without favorable conditions I cer tainly would not be willing to spend the money and 1 do not believe the owners of our property would. ■'However. 1 want you to quote me os stating that our present stock holders hnve owned the property for about 15 years and during all of that time they l»«ve never gotten one sin gle dollar's interest on their Invest ment Every cent that they have ever made over and above a low rate of Interval on a portion only of our bond ed Indebtedness has been devoted to Improving the property amt putting tt In condition to serve, in a proper way, Its patrons. "Ts tt not Inconceivable that with such facts, and they arc facts on pub lic record, that there should lie. from any source, demands for the reduction of rates anil the passage of burden some laws that would even discourage the owners of the property In making further expenditures, to sny nothing shout actually confiscating the Invest ments they have already made?" HEFFERNAN, KKANCKB.—The In fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jolm J Heffernan, died this morn in* at the residence, 1214 Broad street, at 2:30 o'clock. The funeral aervlces were held this afternoon at 4 o'clock and the Interment waa In the city cemetery. BARRETT. MR. OI.ASOOCK Pled this mornln* at 4 30 o'clock, at hts residence, 403 Reynold* street The funeral tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock Rev. tl. Sherwood Whitney will officiate Interment wll he in the City cemetery, EDWARDS, WAbTRIt KIXIBON The Infant son of Mr and Mrs. O. lEdwards, died yesterday morn ink at the residence. 1915 Mil ledgeville road. The funeral was held this afternoon at 4 o’clock. The Interment was In the city cemetery. J O. irsrOs.. DEATHS DEATH LIST IF FIRE IS NOW 31 I Escapes on Missouri Club House Had Been Condemned. Playing Water on Smoulder ing Ruins. St. Louia.—Comparison of the num ber of persons known to have been In the Missouri Athletic Club Just be fore » wu destroyed by fire Hunday night and the number of guests safely accounted for today, resulted In «» death list of thirty-one, and It was said that might be slightly Increased. Seven bodies were recovered from the buildings rulnw yesterday and five were Identified, Fifty-five persons In the building when the fire alarm was given es caped with more or less serious in juries. Firemen today continued to throw streams of water Into the smoulder ing rulna and It was believed several days would elapse before the debris | could be thoroughly explored for bodies of victims. I'nttl then the exact num ber of dead connot be dtermined. The cause of the fire and the reason for Its tardy discovery remained mysteries today. Had Been Warned. Fire Chief Rwlngley said that some time ago he wurned the management of the Missouri Athletic Club that the building was not safe for sleeping quarters. “I found conditions particularly bad on the three upper floors,” said the chief. "The building was not con structed for hotel purposes but for a business house. It had been converted Into a hotel by dividing the upper floors into rooms. Janies A. Smith, former building commissioner, said that he refused to approve the southwest fire eseape be eause It ran dtreetjy across the win dows. "I held," he said, "that In case of fire, flames bursting from the win dows would cut off eseape. That I* exactly what happened." Would Ruin the Lobby. Former Building Commissioner Rmlth said that after personally In speetlng the club house he had or dered the hoard of governors to put In two fire stairways. "The governors objected,” said Smith, "saying that to do so would ruin their lobby. So 1 cited them into court. The club had good friends at court and the Judge was Inclined to compromise. After Interminable wrangling I succeeded In getting the cluli to put In a roper fire stair en closed In concrete with correct fire doors on each floor.” Often Discussed It. Ed Mornmueller, secretary of the club, said the memhera oftefl hud Jis cussed the danger of fire. "Still, we could not jump Ineo the street," he said. "We had to stay somewhere and we anticipated no such tragedy. The building was pro vided with enough fire escapes, wo thought, as well as hose reels, tire buckets and extinguishers on "'very floor." The explosions which flremeu re ported were attributed to escaping gas. MILITANT CUTS OLD $500,000 WORK OF ART (Continued from page one.) knife, making six or seven bad cuts across the canvas. She was arrested. Perpetrator of Outrage. The perpetrator of the outrage win the notnrloun militant suffragette, May Richardson, who has been sentenced to several terms of Imprisonment since beginning the milltont movement. She was arrested at Itristol on July 4 last year for dropping a scroll of paper on the knees of King George as he was driving through the city. After she had served three months’ Impris onment she was nrrestpd again In No vember for burning a house at Hamp ton but Immediately started a hunger strike nnd was released a few weeks Inter In a serious condition. Many of the public art collections such as those ut Hampton Court Pal ace and* especially galleries where val uable porcelain Is on exhibition were closed n year ago on account of mili tant outrages and have not been open ed since. The national gallery was closed after today's outrage. Picket All Stations. London. —Strong detachments of militant suffrugette* today picketed every London railway terminus at which Mr*. Emmeline Pankhurst might arrive when she reached here from Srotland. Squads of suffragettes were also stationed outside the en trances to Holloway Jail. Arrested Again. Glasgow, Scotland. —Hands of deter mined militant suffragettes watted at railway stations In Glasgow today In readiness to fight for the reseue of Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst. The mili tant lender, however, who was arrest ed last night, hatl been removed from the station house to a suburban rail way station early in the morning. Mrs Pankhurst was carried from the cell to a waiting automobile on a stretcher nnd the motor car then dash ed off nt high speed to a station on Ihe main line of the railway where she was carried on board the express train for London. It b assumed that the militant leader will be placed In Jail. Many of the policemen who assist ed In Mrs. Pankhurst’s arrest last night suffered severe scratches from the barbed wire which had been stretched across the platform from which she wus speaking. 1250.000 TERRE HAUTE FIRE. Terre Haute, |nd Fire that start ed shortly before mldrlght and broke out again after It apparently was under control did damage estimated at $250,000 to buildings and stocks of goods In the center of Terre Haute's business section. FOR WEAKNESS sNO LOSB OF APPETITE The old Standard general strength ening tonic GROVE'S TASTEI.ESS rhlll TONIC, drives out Malaria an I builds up the system. A true tonic and sure Appetiser. For adults and children. 80c. JEFFERY MOTOR CARS Reliable Auto Co. THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA. Mr. Mosquito Won't Have a Show This Year; City Orders Plenty of Oil TO KEEP DOWN MALARIA. In throe weeks from today Augusta begins her annual crusade against the mosquito. A contract'by the city for sixteen thousand gallons of crude keroslne oil to he used In the fight on the germ to keep down malaria, has Just been leL and by April Ist a con stant dally pouring of oil Into the sew er openings over the city will begin. Augusta, according to official rec ords will. In the course of u few more years, he free from malaria altogether. It Is a fact, say the Hoard of iieulth PEARL EYTIN9E DEAD. New York,—News of the death of Heart Eytlnge, formerly well-known as an actress and lecturer became public here today Hhe died In Atlantic City where for years she had lived In re tirement She first came before the public In the late KO's when she caused I proper New York to gasp by her dar ing eostume and acting In "The Cteni enceau Case,” After her conversion by Dwight L. Moody, she left the stage and gave lectures. Pilss Cured In 6 to 14 Days Druggists refund money If PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. First application gives relief. 50e. EXTRA TOBACCO DIVIDEND. New York—The Liggett A Meyers Tobacco Company, at the annual meet ing of directors today declared an extra dividend of four per cent on the com mon slock and recommended the Issue of 17.376,100 adltlona! 7 per cent cutnu latlve preferred stock. THIS NEW MEDICINE SAVES YOU MONEY We are druggist* right here In your town and make a living: out of the drug busine**, but it is because people have to have drugs and not because we like to see <people suffer—we don’t. Our duty is to fender the best service we can, and when someone is ailing, we are in terested in seeing them take the best medicine there Is for their particular trouble. We don’t recommend “cure alls.” as we don't believe there are such things. We don’t want you to spend m-ore than you have to. Fome of you g**t small wages, and when you’re sick, none at all, :nd you should get tin* most you can for your money. We recently came acVoss a new rem edy for increasing strength and building up people who are run-down and emaciated. We know that a slight trou ble sometimes grows into a serious one, and to stop it in the beginning, will save von money in the end. This new compound is called Rexall Olive Oil Kmulsion. It is the best remedy, when j you are run-down, tired out, nervous—l no matter what the cause. It doesn’t ; merely stimulate you and make you feel good for a f*-w hours, but takes hold of, the weakness and builds you up to a healthy, nos mail condition. It is a real | nerve-food tonic and builder of good' blood, strong muscle, good digestion. It contains Hypophosphites, which tone the nerves, and pure Olive Oil. which nour ishes the nerves, the blood and the en tire system. Pleasant to take. Con tains no alcohol or habit-forming drugs We promise that If you are not perfect ly satisfied with it, we’ll give hack your money as soon as you tell us. Boid onfly at the 7,000 Hexail StrSes, and In this town only by us. $l.O0 —T. O. Howard, Store No. 1, Broad and Jackson Sts.; Store No. 2, 710 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. Special Train to Washington, D.C. THE ATTjANTIO COAST UNE ex pect to operate a special train from Augusta to leave Immediately after the Ceremonies of the Un-Veiling of the Butt Memorial Bridge afternoon of Tuesday April 14th, to accommodate the Washington Masonic Organization (Temple Noyse Ivudge), and any others who may wish accommoda tions on this train, which will be made up of Pullman sleepers, and Diner. (A flrst-clas train). This train will connect with our Palmetto Limited and carry Pullman sleepers thivugh to New York Mr. T. B. Wal ker, District Passenger Agent, 829 Broad Street, will make any reserva tions desired. If You Don't Get More Answers —You'll Get Your Money Back. The Auqusta Herald guar antees to refund the money you pay for any WANT AD that does not bring more answers than the same ad in any other Auqusta news paper. ATTENTION! officers, that ever since this method of fighting the disease of malarial fever in Augusta wu* put Into opera tion the number of case* of malaria has teudlly and appreciably decreased year by year. The oil used is poriferous to an un pleasant extent and unmistakably goes after the mosquito in h fashion that Is certainly depopulating this city of hsm. The city Is doing all in its pow er to prevent the little pests from breeding and so far has been success ful. NO BURNS ON VERGARA BODY; NECK CHAFED (Commix'd from page one.) there In company with Captain Hand era of the Texas Ranger* and the body was delivered by friend* of Vergara. Texas Inquiry. Auitin, Texas.—No further Informa tion on the Identity of the party of Texans who recovered Clemente Ver gara's hody from Its Mexican grave was expected here today pending eon elusion of the offirtal Investigations now In progress by both federal and state authorities, Gov. O. B. Colquitt is out of the city on a two days' trip to Fort Worth. Henry Hutchings, state adjutant general, has begun at Laredo an investigation ordered by Gov. Colquitt. The governor did not make public what specific Instructions If nny he gave Hutchings. It Is known that the stories of torture, based on the charred condition of one of Vergara's hands, will receive close attention in this In quiry. There still Vvas no Intimation so far as known here from Captain J. J. Sanders, of the Texas Rangers, as to the identity of the person or persons who, he says. Informed hint he would find the hody on the American shore of the Rio Grande river nt 3:30 o’clock Sunday morning. MR. SHAVER CRITICALLY ILL AT HIS RESIDENCE Suffered Stroke of Paralysis While at Work; Is Gradually Growing Weaker, Doctors Say. Mr, David Shaver, the manager of the Chronicle Job department, who suffered a stroke of paralysis yester day morning, is reported to be gradual ly growing weaker, to the regret of his many friends. Mr. Shaver was at work when his left side was affected. He is at pres ent at his home on upper Greene street, and is critically ill. During the night he was unconscious. In spite of the medical attention given him. Mr. Shaver is one of the oldest men In the printing line in Augusta. His friends are In deep distress over his sudden illness. The Day of Days By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE This Live Adventure Story of a Single Day Grips and Holds the Interest From Start to Finish. Opening Chapters Will Appear Saturday. Start “The Day of Days” With the First Chapter. MORNING WITH THE RECORDER Here la a new development. Story entitled "The $ 100 Kla*. Two youug persons tat least It la presumed they were young, but when you come to think of It, It is more likely, nowuuvya, that they were old I —at any rate two amatory persona were lit ought In vnsierday for hav ing a love-scene In one ol the parks of the city. Witness said: "They were Just a-huggln' and n klssln'. * ' The reason their ug■■ Is not known Is because thew did not appear to unswrr the charge, and thereby *or feltted a hundred dollitr cash bond. No remarks. John Martin, colored, raised more or less of a row at the house of one Anna on Walker Street. Her child complaint was that he broke up till the eggs the hens laid yesterday. “He thowed 'em In de fire, and chunked 'em In de bed, and Jes messed up de whole house wld algs. The judge said eggs w-'re too algh In price to be treated in any SUCH manner, and fined John sls or 30 days. And who should then come up but Annie ware. Annie the old standby. Site had finished her s-ntelice last night. It seems scarcely possible that It could have been fifty days since we saw her. "Why Annie," said the judge, “where have you been?" "You know where I been," she re plied pleasantly. The oflleer said she was trailing down Broad Street last night between 3 and 4 o’clock. She had had two or three doses of "that Coke.” Annie hung her head with an O you-go-on sort of expression. “well, Annie," said the judge. "I'm going to give you a little holiday this time sure enough Three and costs or six days and I’ll suspend tne sen tence. Now go on home, and don't you come up here again till Satur day night.” Annie hasn't had twenty-four hours Nurse Proclaims Skin Cure Myrtle Hahn S«ys D. D. D. Prescription Is Wortfe Rockefeller's Millions to Her. "Ten years I suffered with eeoema —throe years of that time I could not appear in public. My entire t ) ° < ly was ooeered with the disease. I could not eat. I could not sleep. I could not live. I have at last found the great Prescription D. D. D. My body Is clean, smooth. If there were one bottle only of D. I>. P. In the world and I hail It Mr. Roche feller's mil lions could not buy the golden fluid. Nurse Myrtle Hahn (in care Watts’ Hospital. Durham, N. C.) How about you? If you have any skin blemish or a little rash, do not let it develop into something more serious. Remember D. P. D. Prescription baa been recog- D. D. D. Soao Keeps Your Skin Healtßy 1 TUESDAY. MARCH 10 out of the Stockade for heaven knows how long. It's even money site comes up tomorrow. * Next Julia Jenkins came up for acting In a disorders manner. She was heaping contumely on her good man in the public street, und "had a rock In 'or hand.” The good-man said: "She wasn't aiming to hit me wld de rock, .ledge " "Who was she niming to hit?' "She wasn't aimin' to I ,t nobody.” "Just carrying It around for Bal last-' USE ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE, Hi* *nt.septic |«)wdfr to he «hakcnlnt<> ibtahnet. If yon want rc«t « d comfort for tired, aching, iwollen, aerating tret,oar Allrn'aPool-Bis*. lire- Ir.ea corna amt hunlona of all pain and nrevrma Rllatera, aore and C4lt.ua .pota. Joat the thing for punning I’artlra, Patent l eather flhoce, and for Break 'ng In New Shoe*. It la the greatest comfort dtacovarvof theage. Trylt to-day. Sold ovary wharr, *»r ta., Don't accept any auhafitntr. Kor FItEK trial package, addrcoa Allan S. Olauted, La Itoy, N. Y. The Carolina Arts and Crafts 1245 BROAD ST. Are offering for sale, besides their usual supply of handy work and baskets A beautiful antique Sofa, over one hundred years old in perfect condi tion. Don't let this chance pass: All Antiques sold by us are guaranteed to be absolutely genuine. ntsed for fifteen years as the staiuMudl skin remedy. It alw .ys helps, and If used according to directions, it should cure In a short while. All druggists sell this standard remedy, but ts yon come to us, we will offer yon the first full sixe bottle with the guarantee that unless It stops th( Itch at oace we will refund the pur chase price. Ask also abont D. D. D. skin soap* containing the same healing Ingres dients. It keeps the skin always clean and healthy. ( T. G. Howard's Drug Store No, 1 Broad and Jackson Sts. Store No. 2 710 Broad.