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Vtt-UME XIX. No. 92.
ST. AUGUSTINE IS
SWEPT BY FLAME
Five Hotels. Courthouse and
Residences Destroyed With
Loss Estimated Up to $750,-
OOC —Burned Area Covers
Block and Half in Heart of
the Citv
NO LIVES LOST: WOMAN
WILL DIE OF BROKEN
BACK FROM JUMPING
Blaze Controlled on Arrival of
Jacksonville Fire Brigade.
Priceless Relics Burned.
Ballots For Wet and Dry
Election Today Go, But
Quickly Reprinted and Voting
Proceeding.
St. Augustine, Fla,—Five hotels—
♦he Florida, Munson, Olnirmont, At
lantic and Central—several residences
and the courthouse were destroyed hy
a fire here early today that swept
through one and one-half blocks, caus
ing a loss estimated at $500,000 to
4750 000. First reports that several
persons had perished or were missing
were not verified upon investigation,
hut the majority of the guests in the
hotel escaped in night garments, los
ing most of their personal belongings.
Broke Her Back.
One woman, name not yet learned,
lenped from the third story of a build
ing and sustained a broken back. She
will die. A. Libby, guest of the
Florida House, also leaped from an
t prer window and broke a leg. and
"as badly shaken up. He will te
cover.
The area burned was two long
blocks in the heart of the city along
the bay shore In this area were four
hotels and a number of residences and
summer cottages, together with the
Uenovar Theater. All were destroyed
except the Magnolia Hotel, which was
saved hy hard work.
From Jacksonville.
The Jacksonville fire brigade arriv
ed here at 4 o'clock and soon there
after the fire was under control. Most
of the county records were saved, in
cludin'’: the ballots cast yesterday in
a rood roads bond election, when
$500,000 bonds were voted. The ballots
for a wet or dry election on today
wero burned and provisional ballots
were quickly printed this morning and
tin election is pmceeijing.
Pricel.-ss Relics.
The famous Yedder House, one of
the oldest in America, containing the
priceless relics of the St. Augustine
Historical Society, w»as destroyed with
all eontef'./
The National Guard company here
was ordered out by Adjutant General
Foster to guard the personal belong
ings of the victims, which are scat
tered about the plaza. At 9 o’clock
the two blocks are a smouldering ruin.
In Florida House.
The fire, which was first noticed
by Police Officer F. A. McCormick,
originated in the second story of the
south w ing of the Florida House,
which was a frame structure, shortly
before 1 o’clock. Heavy clouds of
■ n oke coming from a window In the
second story attracted the attention
of the policeman, who immediately
called the fire department, located only
a few steps away. The department
was on the scene quickly, but the
frame building burned so rapidly that
the flames were uncontrollable and
spread to surrounding frame building*
Firemen and others who gathered when
the alarm sounded turned their atten
tion to the rescue of guests.
Saved Lives.
It was only this prompt action that
prevented loss of life. Although no
one perished in the flames, two were
seriously injured, one of whom may
die. An unknown woman, who leaped
from the third story of the Florida
House, suffered a broken back and is
expected to die. A Libbey, a young
Iran, also jumped from an upper story
and sustained a broken leg. Others
escaped with minor injuries.
Buildings Destroyed.
The buildings destroyed follow:
Florida House, Munson House, Ciair
mont Hotel, Central Hotel, powerboat
house on bay front, Lynn two-story
brick building, Clarence Rogero’s resi
dence, courthouse, Mrs. Lizzie Smith’s
residence, Oenovar Theater building,
Sylvester blacksmith shop, Nook Cot
tage, J. D. Puller’s residence, Oould
T. Butler's residence and cottage, At
lantic House, George W. Corbett's
residence. Dr. G. W. Potter's residence,
old Vedder building, which contained
the historical collection of the His
torical Society, all of which were lost;
Joseph Fiat building, Sallas building,
Continued on Page Seven
Who Are the
Buyers of All
the New Houses?
Steady, money-saving,
home - loving -folks, with
progressive ideas in busi
ness and old-fashioned
ideas of family life — Au
gusta Herald readers, most
ly!
If you are a builder or own
er of good houses, you will
find the readiest and best
market among these people.
They have the home-own
ing instinct and the home
owning financial equip
ment.
The real estate columns of
The Augusta Herald have
character and selling pow
er to an exceptional de
gree.
The Augusta Herald
Phone 296.
THE AUGUSTA HER AT.D
Think Fighting
Continues Today
At Torreon
Juarez, Ms*.—Out of the maze of
reports ami denials concerning the ac
tivities of Gen Francisco Villa at Tor
reon last night and early today th*
assumption was drawn at rebel head
quarters that fighting continued to
day. That was based on a telegram
from General Villa to General Car
ranza last night.
interest here also centered on re
ported movemenuts of reinforcements
for the federal troops.
Lind Sails For the
U. S. Tomorrow
Washington.—President Wilson an
nounced today that John Lind, his per
sonal representative In Mexico, would
sail for the United States from Vera
Cruz tomorrow on a vacation, but
would return after he had a rest.
170,000 Miners Quit the
English Coal Pits Today
Leeds, Eng.—All the coal miners in
5 ot kah ire, numbering 170,000, had left
,he pits today when the last of the
n< tires to quit work expired. The
men demand the introduction of a min
imum wage scale.
The stocks of coal at the pit heads
nre only sufficient to last about a
v eek. After the expiration of that
period the ruilroads and steel and iron
works depending on the Yorkshire col
lieries for fuel will lie seriously ham
pered and many of the, men employed
by them may also be forced into idle
ness.
Sec'y Bryan at Capitol
Urging Tolls Repeal
Washington. Secretary Bryan
spent soma time at the capitol today
advocating support of the Panama
tolls exemption repeal bill. He called
upon Senwor Asburst, democrat of
Arizona, opposed to repeal, and dis
cussed the administration's policy In
the controversy.
After his conference with the sec
retary, Mr. Ashurst declared he still
maintained his positive opinion that
exemption was not in violation of the
Hay-Pauneefote treaty.
King Alfonso Refers to
Outrages in Mexico
Madrid, Spain.—ln his speech from
the throne to the Spanish parliament
today, King Alfonso alluded to out
rages of which Spaniards and citi
zens of other countries had been vic
tims in Mexico. The Spanish gov
ernment, his majesty said, had sought
and was continuing to seek some
method by which Spaniards and their
property could be protected. The pres
ence of Spanish warships at Vera Cruz
had, he continued, demonstrated the
solicitude of the Spanish government
for the lives and interests of Spanish
subjects.
Postpone Unveiling of
Confederate Monument
Washington—Unveiling ceremonies
for the Confederate Monument in Ar
lington National Cemetery, which
were to have taken place April 27,
have been postponed until June 4. The
program committee of the Confeder
ate Monument Association, which has
charge of the arrangements met here
today to plan details of the cere
monies. Leading memers of Confed
erate organizations and of the Grand
Army of the Republic are to be in
vited to attend.
Guilty With Hawthorne;
Out on Bail of $150,000
New York.—Albert Freemen who is
at liberty under $150,000 ball pending
the outcome of his appeal from a five
year prison sentence for using the
malls to defraud Investors In mlnlg
stocks, obtained from the federal
court today permission to leave the
country provided he could get the
consent of his bondsmen. His at
torneys explained Freeman wished to
go to Canada in connection with cer
tain mining property.
The action of the court is unusual
inasmuch as Freeman’s offense is not
extraditable. He was convicted with
Julian Hawthorne and Dr. Wm. J.
Morton, recently released from the
Atlanta penitentiary.
COMMODORE DYER DEAD.
Wintar Park, Fla. —Commodore Geo.
L. Dyer, retired, U. 8. N., died at 2;30
this morning here. He served as first
governor of Guam and was at the
Charleston navy yard for many years.
He was retired eight years ago. De
ceased leaves a widow, son, Paymaster
Geo. L. Dyer, U. 8. N., and two daugh
ters. Heart failure is given as the
cause of death.
FATAL "APRIL FOOL” CANDY
Quincy. Mae*.—“April fool candy,"
which was found to have been flavor
ed with poisonous berries, is likely to
cause the death of two children here.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES-THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES,
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 2. 1914.
New Photograph of Beautiful
French Murderess
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M’ME CAILLAUX PHOTOGRAPHED IN HER OWN HOME.
Paris.—Louis Harthou, former premier, today declared Madame Cail
laux’s testimony false when she stated that Madame former
wife of Jos. (’aillaux, had read to him letters which Madame Caillaux
feared would be published. M. Barthou was giving evidence before Ilenri
Boucard, investigating magistrate, in charge of the Inquiry Into the kill
ing of Gaston Calmette by Mme. Caillaux. The former premier said he
had met Mme. Gueydan, who lived on the same street as he did. They had
conversed about many things, but the letters were not mentioned. He said
he knew of their existence only at the time of the death of Calmette
Tried to Beat the Finger Print
Test Without Actual Mutila
tion of Digits
New York.—lnfalibillty of the finger print test hung in the balance
for two weeks, until the police today discovered a way to bring out char
acteristic whorts and loops erased from the digits of an aged criminal. The
man, who for a time seemed to have found how to heat the system with
out actually mutilating himself, *s dead and the police are still trying to
learn his method.
He was picked up in the street unconscious two weeks ago and ho
died in the hospital without revealing his Identity. In an effort to learn
who h<- was the police took an Impression of his finger tips, only to find
that they were lOnooth as paper. When chemists of the detective bureau
finally brought out faint lines upon the hitherto blank surface they com
pared them with their records and discovered that the dead man was
Patrick Walker, alias Napoleon Green, once a notorious burglar.
"Gen’l” Coxey Will Again
Lead Army to Capital
Now York.—Jacob S. Coxey, l«a (1 e r
of the army which marched oc w asn
lngton in 194, today established
headquarters here. He said he would
spend several days looking after plan*
for mobilization of the New York
wing of an army of 500,000 men which
he Intends to lead into the national
capital some time this month
The main division of the army, he
said, will leave Massillon, Ohio, on
April 16 and will be Joined outside
Washington by the eastern divis
ions.
PABBEO A GOOD NIGHT.
Cairo, Egypt. —James Gordon Ben
nett’s condition had improved this
morning, according to the physicians,
who stated that the proprietor of the
New York Herald had passed a good
night
Train Runs Into Buffalo
Herd; 20 Killed, 50 Hurt
Batavia, Java.- -Twenty natives wero
killed and fifty others injured today
by the derailment of a train while It
was crossing a bridge near Tanjong
Prlok, six miles from this city. The
accident occurred when the locomo
tive ranu Into a herd of buffalo.
A number of Europeans traveling on
the train escaped Injury, as they oc
cupied the rear cars.
BOTH DEAD; BULLETS.
Philadelphia .—Officer* who broke
Into a house in West Philadelphia to
day found Alexander Glaser, 30 years
old. and his wife, Julia, 28, dead from
bullet wounds. The couple's two sons,
e, and 8 years old, were unharmed.
Neighbors said the husband feared he
was going blind and the police believe
this affected him mind.
WOULD HAVE A
PROHIBITIVE TAX
COTTON TRADING
Representative Lever Submits
Bill For Reform in Exchanqe
Methods. Compromise For
Measure Passed Bv Senate
Would Tax Each Bale 50 Cents
on Future Contracts Where
Requirements Are Not Com
plied With. Approved by the
Dcp’t of Agriculture.
Washington, D. C.—A prohibitive
tax upon cotton futures transactions
which violate regulations promulgated
for reform of trading on cotton ex
changes was proposed In a bill which
Representative Lever, of South Caro
lina, offered today as a compromise
for the provision of a measure which
passed ttie senate denying use of the
mails to exchanges engaged in forbid
den transactions.
The bill would fix a tax of fifty
cents a hale on future contracts which
do not comply witli the following re
quirements
The Requirements.
That they shall he in writing and
show the quantity of cotton Involved
and names of both parties: that they
specify the basis of grade, price a
pound ami month in which the trade
is to lie completed: that standards of
grade fixed by the secretary of agri
culture govern; that actual commer
cial differences in grade Hhiill control
settlements instead of an arbitrary
rate fixed hy exchanges; that cotton
lower than the lowest standard grade
or of less than 7-8 or more than 1 1-8
inches length cf staple shall not be
delivered in fulfillment of the con
tract and that five days' notice lie
given buyers stating the grade of each
bule to lie delivered.
Contracts meeting the requirements
would he taxed 25 cents a bale.
Dept. Agriculture Approves.
Representative l-ever said ids hill
had been drafted a/ter conferences
with tho secretary of agriculture amt
had the approval of the department.
Mr. Lever, of the agricultural com
mittee, in intrude -Ing Ills bill explained
that its provisions fellow closely the
fhr.ith-Lever amendment to the tariff
bill, which passed the house by a sub
stantial majority, but'Was lost in con
ference.
"My hill, Mr. Lever said, "provides
complete regulation of cotton ex
changes so as to eliminate abuses
into which they have fallen and to
preserve their useful functions."
Upon all contracts which comply
with the provisions outlined, Mr. Lever
said a nominal tax of 25 cents a
bale is levied.
Strongest Weapon.
“I have introduced tills bill because
I believe the taxing power is the
strongest weapon available for dealing
with this situation,’’ said Representa
tive Lever. “There Is no question
about the right under the Constitution
to use the taxing power for such pur
poses. There is some doubt in the
minds of seme lawyers as to the use
of the commerce clause of the Con
stitution in such connection. Full con
sideration will be given tc all the bills
pending boforo the committee on the
subject and I am willing to join my
associates in reporting out any bill
which will meet the situation vigor
ously and will stand court test*
The heuse agricultural committee
today arranged for hearings on stand
ardization of grades c/f cotton and
dealing in futures on Wednesday, April
22, with four days allotted.
SPEEDING UP Bf
SUPREME COURT
Unprecedented Progress Made
in Year’s Work. Many Law
yers Caught Unprepared.
Waehington, D. C. Unprecedented
progress by the supremo court In Its
year's work has brought embarrass
ment to lawyers all over the country.
They have been caught unprepared to
present cases and have been compelled
to ask the tribunal to pass over many
of them until next year.
Chief Justice Wtdte was said to
possess ambition to clear the docket
of all oases awultlng argument except
current business. When ho became
head of the court a case waited al
most three years before being heard.
When the, court adjourns the last of
May for the summer It promises to
he considering cases filed only a year
before. Instead of hearing only the
first 300 cases on the docket, as was
the practice a few years ago, the
court this year may call cases as far
along as No. f<oo.
LAWYER TO BING SING.
New York. —Augustus M. Price for
30 years, one of the most prominent
lawyers In Brooklyn, was today
sentenced to serve from two and a
half to five years Imprisonment In
Sing Sing after pleading guilty to
forging a client’s name.
Price is a graduate of Rutgers Col
lege. His summer home Is one of the
show places of New Brunswick, N. J.
DISCONTINUE 1,000 MILEAGE
Boston —The Maine Central Railroad
today discontinued the aale of 1,000
mile mileage bonks at 2 cents a m(le.
In a letter to Governor Haines the
president of the railroad said the dls
continuance of 2 cent traffic was nec
essary If the road was to continue to
pay 6 per cent dividends.
$6.00 PER YE AR—5 CENTS PER COPY.
m, ENTIRE CREW,
DEAD OR DYING
IN CHARGE OF FIGHT
TO REPEAL TOLLS CLAUSE
SENATOR ELIHU ROOT.
New York senator who Is In charge
of the fight that is being made to re
peal the tolls clause in tho Panama
Canal act.
POWER ABUSED
BY Afl. CAILLAUX
Commission Ends Hearings.
Daughter of M'me. Caillaux
By Former Marriago Dislikes
Notoriety.
Paris. —The commission Investigat
ing the reasons for the postponement
of the trial of Henri Rochette, charg
ed with extensive swindling, finished
Its hearing toduy. Its report will tie
submitted to the chamber of deputies
tomorrow.
The report says:
"The course of M. Caillaux and the
intervention of M. Monls constitute a
most deplorable abuse of influence.
Their act, however, was not one of
corruption, since they were personally
disinterested."
Dislikes Notoriety.
Paris. Mile Genevieve Claretie, (lie
beautiful 19-year-old daughter of Mme,
Henriette Caillaux, by a former mar
riage, is bitterly Incensed against the
newspapers because of the notoriety
given her mother's crime. She has ap
pealed, It is said, to several prominent
Paris dellles to refruin from again
publishing pictures of her mother in
illustrating stories of the preliminary
hearing and trial, Whenever she sees
a news stand displaying a paper that
features her mother’s portrait the girl
buys alt such papers on the stand and
destroys them.
Airplane Races Begin
Today; Fly to Manaco
London. —A series of aeroplane rices
from seven European capltols to Mon
aco began simultaneously this morn
ing. There were four entrants for the
flight from London. Pierre Verrlcr
was the first, starter leaving Hendon
at dayheak with a mechanic ns pas
senger. After reaching Eastbourne,
on the channel, however. Verrler alum
doned his flight, owing to the dense
fog. »
The competitors starting rrom Con
don must stop at, Calais and Dijon.
Their time limit Is 15 days, to complete
the flight of 800 miles.
Murderer, Sentenced to
Hang April 24, Escapes
Cairo. 111-- Six prisoners escaped
from the county Jail early today.
Among them was W. M. Wilson, sen
tenced to he hnnged on April 24 for
the .murder of Thomas C. Logan, rail
road special officer.
Two hundred dollars reward was of
fered for the capture of Wilson, dead
or alive. Before murdering Lagoti.
Wilson escaped from the Ohio peniten
tiary, where he was serving a life sen
tence.
42,500 Cars For Citrus
Crop of California 1914
San Francisco, Cal. Railroads are
preparing to handle a record-breaking
citrus crop In California this season.
According to estimates announced to
day, 42,500 cars will he required to
carry southern California’s contribu
tion of orange* and lemons to the oast,
only 18,000 carloads were moved last
year.
fjOME EOITIOfI
Sealinq Steamer Southern
Cross Crushed and Sunk in
Ice Off Cape Race —Few Sur
vivors Adrift on Floes 48
Hours in Raqinq Blizzard
STORY OF SUFFERING
BEGGARS DESCRIPTION
Vessel Was Caught in Ice Pack
and Plates Crushed in. Biff
Load of Seal Skins Piled on
Deck Added to Difficulties.
Curling, N. F.—Reports received here
today state that the sealing steamer
New Foundland was lost off Cape
Race and the greater part of her crew
of 170 men perished. No word has
been received of tho sealer Routhern
Cross, reported In trouble In the same
vicinity Tuesday.
Rescue ships have plrkcd up fifty
bodies of the crew of the New Found
land.
Crushed in Ice.
St. John’s, N. F. The steamer New
Foundland came Into port, today with
a story of disaster to the sealing
steamer Southern Cross and her crew
of 170 men
The exact lohh of life Is not known
hut il is believed that practically the
whole crew perished ufter the South
ern Cross had been crushed and sunk
in the Ice off Cape Race.
Already Dead.
The New F.uindliind picked up fifty
of the crow, the greater number al
ready dead and others dying, from the
tossing Ice floes, to which they es
caped when their craft went down.
Those wlio survived were able to
tell only liitlo of tho wreck and the
probable Tate of their fellows. Ships
were dispatched in the hope of finding
other survivors or recovering more
bodies.
Fearful Suffering.
Sufferings of those found by the
New Foundland beggars description.
For 48 hours they w-re adrift on !cu
floes while a furious blizzard raged.
The Southern Cross had completed
an unusually large catch In rhe Gulf
of St. l-awrence Her holds w-re fill
ed with sealskins and her decks pile I
high with trophies of the cruise.
The steamer also earrlod a crew
greater hy one-third than she hud
signed for her former trips, 'is seal
ing was reported to V»e unusually stood.
This big lead added to -pr difirulty
whan she encountered the storm and
lee.
Enveloped the Steatite-.
The Southern Cross w.ts reported
off the southe-n coast on Sunday and
might to have reached 'ice last Tues
day. As near as can be learned, she
was rounding Cape Race when she
ran into an immense field of drift
Ice and about the satno time a bliz
zard enveloped the ship.
Hotm thp sealer was caught between
two Ice floes, which crushed her
plates. Tlie crew Just had time to
tumble over .he side onto tho slip
pery ice cakes, when the steamer
disappeared.
STEAMER IN DISTREBB,
Norfolk, Va. Wireless dispatches
received today at the Norfolk Navy
Yard said thut the United Htates rev
enue rotter finqndaga had found the
American steamer, Herman Frasch, re
ported yesterday tn trouble off Cape
Citterns, and Is now standing hy the
Frasch, about sixteen miles off the
Diamond Hhoals lightship.
It Is expected that the Onondaga
will take the Frasch In tow for Nor
folk or Hatterns Inlet.
The nature of the Frssrh*s distress
was not given In the wlrdiess dis
patrhes
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Jennie Brice”
Mrs. Rinehart has no
superior at weaving
plot and counterplot in
to a maze of thrilling
action and absorbing
interest. That is why
her stories make the
best newspaper serials
to he had.
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