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TWO n®§L Powder Preferred by Housewives, Physicians and Pastry Chefs. Indispensable in making finest cake and pastry DEAD PILED IN TIRES IN TEMPORARY MORGUE; 300 BODIES RECOVERED (Continued from Preceding Page.) flu' Ktorstad in badly damaged, hav ing a hole eome 15 feet square In her how. She in waiting for orders to Hay whether she will dock here or go to Montreal. Vivid Details. Stories of the disaster brought to Quebec by survivors give vivid details of the most terrible tragedy In the an nals of the St. Lawrence Some com pared It to the sinking of tha Titanic hut pointed out that in the case of tho Titanic there was time to prepare for death while with those who perished on the Empress there was little time for reflection or prayer. From the accounts of the saved it seems that soon after the ship was rammed she careened until her deck Mooil at right angles to tho water. She slid slowly Into tho water and it was only possible to launch five boats In the brief Interval before she finally sank Captain Kendall was on the hrldgn when the colllson occurred. When the steamer wank he was washed away, later to ho picked up by one of the boats apparently to fils great regret. Thus far he has vouchsafed no public statement except to say that he would have preferred to go down with his ship. Passengers speak In his praise ami declare he did lilh full duty. Chief Offioer Killed. Chief Officer Stood, it is stHtod, was killed by a boat falling on him while working to help tho passengers es cape. 1-aurenre Irving, author Rnd actor, and son of Kir llenry Irving, accord ing to survivors, died while trying to save his wife. Mr. and Mrs Irving were last seen on deck embracing on another as If in farewell. They wen down with the ship, locked In each others arms F. K. Abbott, of Toronto, was tho lost man to see Mr. Irving alive. "I met him first In tho passage way," he said, “and ho said calmly, ‘ls the boat going down?’ I sold It look ed like It. ‘Dearie,’ Irving then said to his wife, 'hurry. There Is not time to lose ’ "Mrs. Irving began to cry, nnd as tho actor reached for a life belt the boat suddenly lurched and he was thrown against the door of his cabin. Ills face was bloody, nnd Mrs. Irving be came frantic. ‘Keep cool,' be warned her, but she persisted In holding her arms around him. lie forced the life belt over her, pushed her out of tho door and practically carried her up stairs, 1 asked if I could help and llrving said, ‘Look after yourself first, old man, but God bless you all the same..' ’’ Kissed Wife Goodbye. Abbott got on deck nnd dived over board. He caught hold of a piece of timber and r.s he floated saw Irving on deck kissing his wife as the ship went down. M. D. A. Darling, a survivor here, was saved by a life belt that might have aaved Henry Keton Karr. "My cahlr, was opposite Sir Henry." said Varlmg today, "and when 1 open ed my door w# bumped Into each other In the passageway, lie had a life hell and he offered It to me. I refused It hut he said, ‘‘(Jo on, man take It, and 1 will get another." I told him to save himself but he got angry and actually forced the belt over mo. He then hurried tno along ths corrt <tpr to the door. Apparently be went back for another belt but a moment or two after he had left'me tho ship Went down. 1 was picked up.” ‘‘Thy Will Be Done.” Commissioner Reese of the Salvation Army, stood on (lie deck of the doom ed vessel trying to persuade the peo ple to keep cool and lending a helping hand to many. When the ship was almost under water one of his men shouted to him to Jump for hla life He replied he would stand by his wife and children nnd sunk with the words, **D God, Thy will be done" on his lips. One of the touching sights on the survivors' train wns that presented by Philip Lawler. With his wife and son he had left his home In Brantford, Ont . where they had lived for the last •even years, to visit their old home, Kelghtly. Yorkshire, Eng. The moth er went down with the ship while the father after a desperate struggle, managed to save his son Herbert and himself He was injured when the explosion occurred and with his head swathed in bandages and bowed with grief, he sat a disconsolate figure at his son’s side. Only £3 women and two children of many aboard nppeur to have been sav ed. One little girl, Helen O’Hura, swam until she whs picked up ns also did Miss Thompson from New Zealand. Mrs, Greenaway, a bride of a week, was separated from her husband and thought she had lost him hut the two had a happy reunion later at Klmona kl. Probably the chief <wuae of confue lon on the steamer after the Impact was the fact that the water rushing Into the engine room and flooding the dynamos threw the ship Into complete darkness. The struggles of the terri fied passengers to escape can be imag ined One of the first steps taken at Rim ouekl this morning was the establish ment of a regular beach patrol to pre vent looting by beach combers. With 300 Dead. Rimouekl —The government tender Hadv Evelyn, laden with more than 300 dead from tie Empress of Ire land, steamed sway from Rlinouski todiiy for Quebec, where In an Impro vised morgue the victims of the dls- Ayer’s Pills Gently Laxative. Sugar-coated. Do*e, one pill, only one. Sold lor 60 year*. A* Your Doctor, LLftTfll’ Absolutely Pure • aster will await Identification. Cap lain Kendall of the Empress, still crushed by what has occurred, was a little better this morning, lie still HiiflerH from injuries, but has not contracted pneumonia as was report ed. To friends he lamented bitterly the failure of the collier Htarstad to hold her bow in the rest she had opened in the liner’s side. It appears that It was minty but not actually foggy when the crash occurred. The Empress had passed Rlmoiiskl at 1:30 ». m., and was on her course. Cap tain Kendall was on the bridge and ordered the ship slowed down. Were Far Aoart. Then hi- made out the lights of an approaching steamer. He whistled nnd the steamer answered. The ves sels then were far apart. As they came nearer the Empress engines came to a full stop but she drifted under her momentum. Then Captain Kendall, It Is said, ordered "slow astern." The Storstad kept on her way towards the liner. One theory expressed Is that. Cap tain Anderson of the Storstad tried to cross the how of the larger boat, and she plunged into her just amidslilp at a spot whore the double hull und bulkheads were of no avail. FOR THE SAKE’OF HUMAN LIVES DR. J. R. LITTLETON PLEADED FOR THE BOND ISSUE TO BE VOTED (Continued from Preceding Page.) stroy d, or to allow (he life of a single citizen of this benutiful city to go out because of Inadequate hospital facili ties, and to beat tha Ismds next Mon day will mean that we cannot continue work on our hospitals, cannot finish the levee nnd will make us the laugh ing stock of the country. We wllljbe pointed at by Macon, Savannah, Atlan ta, Columbus and the towns of our sister slate of South Carolina with fin gers of derision and, It will be said of us that we started great developments here that we could not finish. "I pleiul with you not to let any per sonal spleen or revenge allow you to poll a vote against the bonds. Think of the fearful responsibility that the people who vote against the bonds will he shouldering. Our present hospitals are overflowing, we need the new hos pitals In order to care for the sick of Augusta adequately, nnd would you do anything which would retard the work on those hospitals n single day? I am appealing to you In the Interest of human lives. "Of course, the city will he embar rassed for funds If the bonds do not pass and the hospitals, which are now so near completion, will not he com pleted for an Indefinite period of time because the motley that would he used In finishing them would have to he used elsewhere If the bonds do hut pass. Then think of the great danger to the lives and property of your friends, your neighbors, your relatives In the down town wards, w ith the levee In Its Incomplete stag*-! 1 appeal to you to vote the bonds so we may get protection and not allow the great amount of work that has already been done t*. he wasted, for the first high river that comes along may wash away dirt that will require s£oo,ooo to replace. There are new Industries and new people knocking on the door of Augusta nnd unking to he let In he cause we have advertised lo the world that wo are offering flood protection and the good name of the city of Au gusta Is at stake In this matter. We must make good. We cannot af ford not to do so. Financial Statement. "The River and Canal Commission lias made a financial statemnt which has appeared In the newspapers of Augusta. You have all seen It. The chairman of the auditing committee Is Mr. Frederick IV Pope and you know that he has submitted an honest, fair and square statement. "The merchants on Hrond street, th„ big property owners, the doctors, the operators of largo manufacturing concerns, anil practically nil of the large tax payers of the city, are In fa vor of tho bonds, so why should you and 1 have anything to any against them?" The suggestion came from a member of the crov 1 that bonds mean higher taxes and more house rent for the la boring inan to pay. Dr. Littleton then said that every time a laboring man’s house rent was raised, he should get his wagt-e In creased, There was no question but that Dr. l.ittleton made a strong Impression on his hearers. Hon. Charles Eates mails a short address after Dr. l.ittleton. In which h* state*] that he endorsed everything the doctor hail said Mr. Estes was en th lalastlcally applauded. Mr. R. K Elliott, who wns called out of the crowd to the stand, made a short nddress flavoring the bonds, which wan also well received. Hon. William 11. Fleming brought forth great enthusasm In his address and his remarks were particularly forceful. Mr. A J. Allen, former president of the Augusta Federation of Trades, und Dr. Eugene E. Murphey, president of the hoard of health, also made good talks. Dr. Murphey was In the crowd and went on the stand after there were In sistent calls for him Mr. Allen announced that Dr. l.ittle ton would make an addrea to the union labor men of Augusta in l.abor Hall Sunday afternoon, on the bond is sue. A large crowd Is expected TO MEET HIM SINGLY, Pat wns going along a road, and wanting a match, called at tha house of a farmer. The woman who gave him the match asked Pat ts he warn ed work. The reply being In the af firmative, she brought him Into the house. ’’There Is a room full 'of files, and I want you to kill them." "flood," antd Pat, taking off his hat and coat. "Send them out one by one."—Exchange. PfIES’T ATTENDS THE USES Executive Changes Plans For Memorial Day at Arlington. Desired No Misconstruction By Absence. Washington—President Wilson to day changed his plans and decided to attend the Memorial Day exercises at Arlington National Cemetery. Secre tary Tumulty made a statement ex plaining that the President "was not willing that hla absence should be misconstrued." The statement follows: "When the Invitation was extended by the committee representing the Grand Army of the Republic of the District of Columbia, the President Informed tho committee that he diji not think tho occasion would ho oppor i tune for the delivery of an appro ! priate address and because of this felt he must decline the Invitation, agree ing, however, to attend memorial ser vices at a later date. "Evidently a false construction has been placed upon this action and therein lies the reason for the change In the program. The President was , not willing that his absence should bo I misconstrued." The ceremonies at Arlington lnclud !ed also addresses by Speaker Champ Clark and Senator Smoot of Utah. A parade along Pennsylvania avenue, participated In by the G. A. R„ mill i tary and patriotic organizations, pre- I ceded the ceremonies. Congress ad- I Journed for the day and the various government offices and many places of business were closed. Confederate Services. Chicago. Two hundred veterans of the civil war who marched in the Memorial Day parade a year ago were absent from the ranks today and the graves where they rest were decorated by their comrades for the first time. Hoy Scouts figured In the simple ceremonies of the day and In the pa rade. Tho United Confederate Veterans held exercises out of respect to the fiOO Confederate soldiers and sailors who died at Camp Douglas. Only 700 Veterans. New York.—The most Impressive feat urea of the observance of Memorial Day in New York City Include military parades In Manhattan and Brooklyn und a memorial service In Carnegie Hall tonight at which Mayor John Purroy Mitchell will preside. Only about "Oil veterans of the civil war were to march In the Manhattan pa rade at the head of 3,000 National Spanish-American Veterans and 2,000 hoy scouts. At Rutherford, N. J., a monument hearing a tablet from motal taken from the Maine was to tie dedicated as a memorial to Bailors who lost their lives when the vessel was destroyed. sl. 8. 111. 0818 IS GIIIEB TOKEN ESTEEM Retiring General Manager of Georgia & Florida Presented With Gold-Headed Walking Cane By Employes. Mr. H. W. Duer, vice president and gt-m-nil manager of the Georgia and Florida Railway, who has tendered his resignation as general manager to return to Baltimore as railway expert for Middendorf-Williams Jb Company, was presented with n handsome gold heailed walking cane this morning by the office and yard employes of the company. Mr. Duer knows each per son In tho employ of the G. A- F. per sonally, and Is very popular with nil of the men. The presentation epoch was made by Mr. J. 11. Flythe.-Vh" Is com mercial agent of the Keaboard Air Line at Augusta. Mr. Duer expresod his thanks to the employes In most earnest terms. Mr. Duer la lo he succeeded as gen eral manager by Mr. Dixon F. Kirk land. who takes charge Monday. Mr. 1 titer will retain the vice presidency ol the road. THIRTY SPEED KINGS OFF (Continued from Preceding Page.) apolls motor speedway In the fourth annual 500 mile automobile race. The <la> was clear and cooler. While the French drivers are fav ored In the betting, a number of the American pilots Just before the race started at 10 o’clock expressed their determination to wrest the honors, which Jtiles Goux won last year for France. In the elimination trials, the foreign cars showed more speed hut the Americans ore depending on tho durability of their mounts to offset tho high speed In the long grind. originally 45 racers were entered but only the thirty fastest wore per mitted to start. Ths Starters. No. Driver. Country. Dlabrow United States - Cooper .. United States 3 Oldfield.. United States 4 Wilcox United States 5 Keene United States 5 Goux Franco 7 Kotllot .. .. ..France » Tetxlnff United States 9 Chrletlaens Belgium 10 Guyot ~ . ■ ~ ~ France 12 Chnsaagne Great Britain IS Mason United State* 14 Duray France 15 J.Klein United States 1* Thomas.. France 17 Hurman United States 19 Wlshart ..United States Urasg United Ktatea 23 Mulford., ~ ~ ~Germany 24 Andereon United States 25 * orison .« ~ ~ ..United States 2* Dawson United states 27 Grant Great Britain 31 Knlpper United Slates 34 Friedertch Germany SS Ohundler .. .... United State* 42 Rlchenbacher . ..United states 43 Haupt United States 4S Brock United States 49 Gilhocly Italy Don't overlook Soeth's Biq Closinq Out Sale. Open tonight til 11 P. M. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. Friday Hottest Day This Early in the Year in Past Quarter of Century During Afternoon Mercury Reached 99 Degrees—Hottest Ever Recorded in May Was 100 in 187 B—Today at 10 A. M. Six Degrees Cooler Than Yesterday—Fair Weather the Forecast. Friday was the hottest day of the year. It came within one degree of equaling the heat record for May since the establishment of the local weather station. With the mercury standing at 99 degrees In the middle of the af ternoon, Augusta was almost gasping for cooler air, and the dust and dry ness occasioned by the long drouth, which is unparalleled In the history of the weather bureau, added to the in tense discomfort. The hottest day heretofore In May, was felt In 1878, when on the 22nd of the month the temperature went to 100. Since shat time, 36 years ago, the mercury has never reached higher than 99 In May, and this occurred but twice —on May 11th, 1889 and on May 30th, 1898, Really, yesterday was the hottest day for this early In the sum mer In a quarter of a century—since ‘B9. The weather man stated this morn PRESENTATION TO MR. AND MRS. THIOT Retiring Pastor of Curtis Church Remembered. Fare well Social Held at Curtis Last Night. A farewell social was held at the Curtis Baptist -Church last niglht when members of the church and friends presented the retiring pastor and Mrs. Thlot with beautiful and valuable remembrances. A pearl and diamond lavaller was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Thiot and a handsome solid gold imported watch wag given to Mu? Thiot. Mr. and Mrs. Thiot are both deeply loved by the membership of Curtly Church and are held in high regard by Augustans generally and It 1h with great regret that Augusta gives them up. They go to New bern, N. C., where Mr. Thiot becomes pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church. The presentation of the gift was made by Mr. VV. W. Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Thiot responded feelingly, telling of their great appreciation. In presenting the tokens Mr. Wil liams said: "Brother Thiot, our city in giving you up loses one of her best citizens. We have always found you on the right side of every question, always striving for those things which build up a real civilization. The cause of prohibition has lost a leader and we do not, know where to get another to take your place. The down-and-outs, stockaders and prisoners have lost their friend. Those who love the coming of our I*ord and are looking forward to the time when Jesus shall come to receive his own from the world have lost their teacher and we have none to take his place. * "Curtis Church has lost its pastor. Since you have been with us, not only has the church gained in num bers, but spiritually, and in the knowledge of our Ikird Jesus Christ. “You have made us love the Word more ami have brought the church up to a high standard, having taken us up out oT the mire and placed our feet on the rock. We love you and it is with a breaking heart that we give you up. But we know that God’s will must be done and we know that wherever you go God will bless you and that He will prosper your work and we know that the time we spent in the flesh with us here will always he a tender spot in our memory until Jesus comes. And while we may not be associated together here we know that when we meet in the air it is going to be a great reunion. We know that God is going to use you and we are going to watch you." TO THE VERY’ LAST THE CAPTAIN AT HIS POST (Continued from Preceding Page.) women and children must come first. Stuck to Post. "He spoke through a megaphone," said Smart, "but there was so much screaming and moaning that his voice was drowned. But he stuck to his post to the very last. “When l got on to the Cady Evelyn, I saw him stretched out there and they were giving him brandy. When he wns able to speak he looked around and naked. ’Where’s the ship?’ A pas senger told him the boat had gone. On hearing this, Captain Kendall burled his fn e In a piece of tarpaulin and cried as though his heart would break.” NEW CAPTAIN TO COME TO AUGUSTA ARSENAL Capt. Council Leaves June 20 For Sandy Hook Proving Grounds. Capt. Smith Comes. Friends in Augusta of Captain H P Councilman, located at the Augusta Arsenal, will regret to learn that he will leave the city on June 20tJh for the Sandy Hook Proving Grounds, Fort Hancock, N. J„ where he will be stationed. Coming from Sandy Hook to suc ceed Captain Councilman Is Captain Thos J. Smith, Jr. He will arrive about the same time Captain Coun cilman leaves. The captain is next in command at the Arsenal. WEEK IN TRA'OE New York.—Dun's review today says: "A period of continuous warm weather has had a beneficial effect upon practi cally all commercial lines and s tending to offset the earlier handicap »f a backward spring. "The movement of seasonable goods, both at wholesale and retail, shows en. com-agln* increase and most reports In dicate that conf'dence Is gaining strength. Low merchandise stocks at distributing centers, cheap money and the favorable crop outlook are chief fac tors operating to create more cheerful sentiment regard ng the future "As yet the usual statistical compari sons do not reflect the current business Improrement, gross earnings of railroads making returns for three weeks of May ~ * per cent, ess than Inst year, while bank clear ngs this week were S.« per cent smaller ' Fnllu-ee tide week numbered 333 In the United States, against 33.1 last year and 33 In Canada compared with J 4.' 1 ing that the dryness of the earth and atmosphere accentuated the heat and gave little hope of rain at an early date. In fact, according to his under standing of mettorology, it will require a more than ordinarily energetic con dition to give rain when the time docs come. Yesterday afternoon late heavy dark gray clouds gathered overhead and for a time threatened to rain—only threat ened. But the wiseacres watered their gardens Just the same. The big clouds <lid manage to lose a few precious drops, however, enough for the fore caster to call a “trace." From the hourly temperature rec ord, it could be seen at ten o’clock that today’s heat record would not equal that of yesterday’s, for at this hour the temperature registered 82, whereas yesterday at this time it was 88 de grees. The forecast Is again for fair weather tonight and tomorrow. THE “AUGUSTA” RAN ON SAND BAR NEAR WHARF Water Unusually Low—Ship Carries 100-Ton Cargo of Sugar and Canned Goods From Savannah. Tbe “Augusta" of the Merchants and Farmers Navigation Company, ran aground about four or five hundred yards below the city wharf at the head of Center street yesterday afternoon at sun down as it was ploughing in to dock. This morning it was still on the sand bar. The lack of rain has caused the water to be very low and the ship will not be able to move until the wa ter rises. It is hoped, however, that the “factory water,” which causes a rise of a few inches every day between 9 and 12 o’clock, will be of assistance in getting the boat off the bar. The river water is held back every night by the big factories and when they start up in the morning the water is released and reaches the city wharf at about the time mentioned. The Augusta left Savannah with a 100-ton cargo of canned goods sugar, etc. Monday night due here Thurs day. NEIGHBOR ASKED FOR INFORMATION Which Was Promptly Disclosed and She Lost no Time in Profitinq Thereby. Miami, Okla.—“ One of my neigh bors," says Mrs. Hannah M. Turley, of this town, ‘‘came to my house last week, and said: ‘Mrs. Turley, what did you take to help you so quickly?' I told her It was Just Cardui. the wo man’s tonic, and she said: ‘I wish I looked as well as you do.’ I told her If she would take It, she would. So she sent her hushand to town to get the Cardui, and commenced taking it. She looked so pale and sick all the time, but is beginning to look better already. As to how it helped me—l suffered for about E years, with womanly trou bles, and became so weak and ner vous. and would suffer such pain every month, that I thought, at times, I would die. Was in such condition that I couldn’t do my work half of the time, and would have awful smother ing spells. My husband bought me a full treat ment of Cardui <6 bottles) and I can truthfully say that after I took the last bottle I was well, enjoying the best of health now, and am so thankful to Cardui." Take Cardui for your trouble. You will never regret it. Begin today. Ask your nearest druggist. Present Needs! N. L. Willet Seed Go. AUGUSTA. 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SATURDAY, MAY 30. A large and complete line of madras strip woven through and through. Percales of best quality, all colors guaranteed. All sleeve length, made in soft French and stiff embroidered cuffs. Silk Shirt* at S4OO Silk Shirts in solid color| and neat stripes—soft French cuflW MSCreary’s THE TRANSLATION. ‘ I’d like a cup of black coffee and an order of frankfurters,” said a per person of a quick-lunch establishment, son of a quick-lunch establishment. "One in the dark and a pair of growlers!” bawled the waiter.—Balti more Sun.