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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
768 WEARY ONES IN
PORT; HARDSHIPS MANY
Homecoming Americans Tell of Crackle of Wireless and
Stopping of Steamer by Warships. All From Italy and
Switzerland.
New York.—With every cabin occupied
by home-coming Americans and with 8f
weary American tourists in the steerage,
the Italian steamer Taormina readied
port today from Genoa. Palermo and Na
ples, after an eventful voyage. Seven
hundred and sixty-eight passengers were
aboard, nearly ail with tales of hard
ships endured in Europe. The Taormina
sailed from Naples on Aug. 14. .Sailing
through the Strait of Gibraltar she was
stopped by British warships and held up
some little time before she was permit
ted to proceed. The Americans she car
ried were all from Italy and Switzer
land.
The crackle of wireless from warships
was heard frequently during the voyage
and yesterday the ship passed three Brit
ish cruisers between Nantucket an 1 Fire
Island.
Chafing at Secrecy of British War
Office in “Stupendous Task”
London, 5:01 a. m.—The military correspondent of the Times com
ments upon the extreme secrecy w Ith whiclt the British war office is
shrouding movements of the Britis h army. He says it is to be feared
the present policy is having an ill effect upon recruiting and adds that
the nation does not yet realize the studendous nature of the task to
which is is committed.
Touching on the same subject the Tinted says editorially:
“The British press has no desire to print information Which might
assist the enemy. If it asks for better news and more skillful censor
ship it does so in the public interes t.
“Influences are at work which do not fully comprehend the psychol
ogy of the nation. Britons cannot forever co-operate, with unrestricted
enthusiasm in a war they cannot see and about which they are denied
all knowledge, even to a supply of those harmless pictures which appeal
so warmly to the people.”
President Reid Says Future
oi The Empire Very Bright
Flooded By Letters and Telegrams of Congratulation Upon
Magnificent Victory Before Judge Ellis, President of the
Empire Issues Statement.
President W. W. Reid, of The Empire
Life Insurance Company, has issued a
statement as the result of the recent
'■indication of the company in the Fulton
county superior court before Judge Kills.
Thousands of telegrams and letters were
received by Mr. Reid congratulating The
Empire upon its signal victory. Tie
statement issued by Mr. Reid has been
received in Augusta and it was publlsn
ed also in the Atlanta Constitution to
day.
Mr. Reid says:
“I am impelled to write this latter by
the flood of telegrams from all over the
state to the effect that the victory cf
he Empire in this case has been worth
much to the people of the state, and I
feel that the effect of the victory should
not be unjustly minimised.
"Judge Ellis’ decision, and the care
fully-prepared written opinion which
he read in connection with it, were re
garded by the company and He of
ficers and friends, and by all who litard
it, as a sweeping victory for tne com
pany. The company was especially glad
that the judge did not place his Judg
ment on any technicality, but swept all
technicalities aside and gave the com
pany a complete vindication on the
facts.
“Judge Brown had charged against
the company both fraud and impossi
bility for the company to succeed be
cause, as he charged, It was Insolvent.
He employed strong and able lawyers,
who put up one of the hardest and
most persistent fights ever seen in n
courthouse. The company met the fight
in the spirit of developing every Ques
tion fully. Every book, every paper
everything in the company’s offices or
In possession of its officers, was placed
at the disposal of Judge Brown’s law
yers. They investigated all the officers
of the company at great length under
oath. Every examiner, and accountant
that had ever examined this company
or the old companies which this com
pany succeeded, gave testimony in the
case; so did Hon. Wm. A. Wright, the
insurance commissioner. The investi
gation went back to 1901, and was com
plete.
As to Court’s Jurisdiction.
“Judge Ellis' written opinion covered
nine typewritten pages. The first four
pages were taken up with ad iscusslon
ot the legal Question whether the court
had Jurisdiction to investigate the com
pany or whether the insurance depart
ment had exclusive Jurisdiction, and the
nidge decided that either or both toe
court and the insurance commissioner
had jurisdiction to investigate the com
pany.
“He then passed over ths other legal
points In ths case with the statement
that it was unnecessary to decide 1 he,n
because of the opinion he had reached
that under the facts no cause for re
ceivership appeared.
“After referring to the great volume
of evidence the Judge said: ‘ln my opin
ion the weight of the evidence leads to
the conclusion that this defendant c>m
pany may lawfully proceed with Us
business.'
“This company, as most of the public
is aware Is now moving to Augusta and
a majority of the directors are gentle
men of that city. As to these the Judge
said:
" ’I have been greatly Impressed with
the testimony giving the attitude of ihe
Augusta stockholders in the defendant
company. If they do, as I believe they
will, carry forward their expressed z
pectatlons and determinations, and If the
erection of the building in Augusta is
carried to a conclusion. 1 can see no
reason why this company should not go
on and become an Institution worthy of
iteeif and beneficial to the country In
which it operates I am led to this con
clusion, to some extent, also by the tes
timony of the experts who have exam
ined It and who have testified about it,
particniarty th» testimony of Mr. But
tolpli. whose expert opinion In matters of
this kind ought to, and does, receive
artful attention and considerable
weight 1 think the consensus of opin
io.-. of ths witnesses, Butlolph, Copeland
«r.d Barnett, lead to the conclusion that
the company, under good management
snd careful and conservative conduct cn
Its part, will accomplish Itssgnd and pru
pose.’
“Alse to Quote further from the
judge's opinion on the same line:
" 'This defendant company has been In
oxistem e for some time. The evidence
shows that smnng Its stockholders are
:nsny men of good repute, high standing
and property, and It company with su* h
owners and with Urge business on Its
hooks, ought to be worth more then ot e
without experience or business would he,
if properly organised.’
As to Judge Brown.
'The Judge then expressed the opinion
’hat Judge BTcwrt was honest in bring
ing his suit, and In this the Judge hut ex
pressed ths same opinion that the oUl*
cars of this company have always held—
-had Jr Of- Brown, who Is u> aged gen
The chief hardship of Americans in
Italy, the Taormina's passengers said,
was their inability to get checks cashed
and in securing railway accommodations
to seaports. Some of the passenge’s
were inclined to be bitter in their atti
tude toward American consular agents
in Italy for alleged lack of attention
to tile plight of stranded Americans.
The Quebec Bine steamer Koruna
reached port this morning from the Brit
ish West Indies. She sighted no war
vessels during the voyage. The steamer
France of the French Line was due to
sail today for Havre with many French
reservists aboard. Other vessels with
announced sailings today were the St.
Louis of the American bine and the
Campania of the Cunard Line, Doth for
Liverpool.
tleman of honest character, really be
lieved that he had been wronged, but
that he was honestly mistaken in the
facts.
"The judge further held that some of
the transactions which took place in the
company’s past history and which were
attacked as fraudulent may have been
mistakes, but that they were not frau
dulent. The opinion negatives every
charge of fraud and concludes with the
following:
“ “JaKing the whole situation to
gether, believing that the Augusta end
°f the matter can be worked out, know
ing that the stockholders can change
management If they desire, feeling that,
from the evidence a majority of those in
terested desire the company to go on
with its business, being assured that the
insurance department knows all about
the company, and being impressed with
the idea that It will be to the best in
terest of all parties, T have concluded
to deny the application for Injunction
and receiver, and an order to that effect
will be entered.’
“The threat of one of the losing at
torneys, after the announcement of
Judge Ellis’ decision, that he was g ling
to apepal to the insurance department Is,
of course, idle. In the spring of 1914 the
Insurance department made a full and
complete examination of this company on
the complaint of one of Us stockholder*.
The findings of the department are em
braced in a lengthy written report show
ing the company fully solvent; in fact, a
complete vindication of the company.
"Very few similar instituions, however
sound, could have stood such an atack
as this company has Just stood, especial
ly at such a time of distrust and finan
cial stringency. But this company comes
out of the fight stronger than the day it
went in, comes out with good will to ail
and malice to none, with Its eyes turn
ed to the future and with the unaltered
purpose of always maintaining its affairs
In such a manner as to merit the high
compliment paid It by one of the in
surance examiners who tetlfied before
the court—
“ That this company was the cleanest
company that It ever became his occa
sion to examine as an insurance account
ant or examiner. ’
“Very truly,
"WILLIAM W. REID,
“President The Empire Life Insurance
Company.”
Indignation at Bomb
Dropping By Zeppelin
Paris, 1:20 p. m.—A dispatch to The
Havas Agency from Antwery says the
French, British and Russian minister
t oßelgium went together to call on
the minister of foreign affairs to ex
prss their indignation at what they
termed the recent attempt of a Ger
man Zeppelin airship against the life
of King Albert and the members of
the Belgian royal family.
Sunk By Floating
Mine in North Sea
London, 1:06 p. m. —Thirteen sur
vivors of a Danish trawler which was
sunk by a floating mine in the North
Sea, have been landed at Hhlelda.
Four of the crew lost their lives.
The fisherman was on her way to
Iceland when at 10 o’clock Wtednes*.
day night those on board felt a ter
rific explosion. Flames shot up
around the bows of the vessel and
she began to sink rapidly. A small
float was launched but the vessel
foundered before four men In the fore
castle could be reached.
The chief officer was on watch, said
the concussion hurled him against the
wheelhouae. He was successful in
getting two injured men out of the
forecastle but four others have been
killed In their Hleep.
CROWDED wlth FUGITIVES.
London, 8:35 a. m.—A merchant
who has Just arrived in Copenhagen
from Berlin, according to a dispatch
to The Chronicle says trains from
Konigsberg reaching Berlin are
crow’ded with fugitives who slate that
civilisns have been strongly advised
to leave.
Gen. Joffre, French Commander-in-Chief, Asking
Artillerymen About Their Efficiency
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FRENCH.
Gen, Joffre, commander-in-chief of the French Army, has gone to
the front to check the advance of the Germans —or to lend his forces on
to Berlin in answer to the cry of the Parisian mob the night Germany
declared war on Russia.
Since most of the fighting seems to be in Belgium it was consider
ed likely that he would march in with the French army headed to help
King Albert maintain his wonderful stand against the determined and
relentless attack of the Germans on Liege.
Advance in Prices of Drugs
Should Not Be Sensational,
Says Mr. John Phinizy
Headaches Will Soon Prove Expensive Affairs, and Clean
Teeth Will Advance in Cost---Prices Going Way Up on Ac
count of War, But Many Articles Will Not Affect General
Public.
Because of the great European war
the ills of sick people will be increased
tremendously; headaches will prove
expensiev affairs, and clean teeth will
advance In cost.
Druggists, wholesale and retail, will
have to increase their prioes more
than any other sellers of necessities,
in the opinion of Mr. John Phinizy,
president o fthe Augusta Drug Com
pany; Mr. J. B. Davenport, of Daven
port & Co., wholesale druggists, and
other druggists of this city.
While all dealers in drugs, medi
cines, imported toilet articles, rubber
goods, and the like will be greatly
affected by the war, Mr. Phinizy says
that the advance in price Is nthls line
will not, in his opinion, bo anything
sensational. He says that it will be
in only a few medicines—only the
ones in every-day use—that the ad
vanqe will be fell.
To Still Advance,
Already, according to these authoi
ities, the prices have Jumped from 2->
to 200 per cent and over and the end
is not yet. They say that many
things which now have Increased in
price will soon, if the war continues,
he absolutely unbuyablo at any price.
For instance, aspirin, now a standaid
remedy for grippe, colds and head
aches; Russian white mineral oil,
which to some extent has taken the
place of castor oil in modern medi
cine, lodine, potash and sodas, which
are the mainstay of most of the man
ufactured medicines in this country.
Aspirin, contrary to the general im
pression ,1s a proprietary medicine,
made by a patent formula by the Vay
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PHOTO TAKEN BY FLASHLIGHT.
The German army organization is believed lo be the most perfect
as well as thegreateet in th* world. This pphotograph shows army
officers telephoning from a forest In the dark of the night. Not even a
lantern was permitted. The photograph was* taken by flashlight, which
was a concession to the photographer.
•HE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
er Company of Germany—and there
is no chance for that company to
make any more for months to come,
no chance for the medicine to reach
America if any were made. Russian
white oil, as the name implies, cornea
from Ruasja—and there is no chance
to get any of that soon. Great Ger
man syndicates own and largely con
trol the world’! total output of iodine,
soda and potash—ami there is no
chance for these ihihfgs to coino lo
this country.
Cocoa Bean Costs More.
In addition to the advance in drugs,
Mr. Phinizy today exhibited a letter
from a cocoa house saying that on ac
count of the European war there has
been an advance in the coßt of tlie
cocoa bean.
"Germany has long led the world
In things medical and in the manu
facture of chemicals,” said an Au
gusta druggist this morning in speak
ing of the high prices of drugs. “With
the war about a month old, already
the drug and medicine market has
been knocked sky high, and, with Ger
many, the end will not come with the
end of the war. Presuming that Ger
many is In a position to take up this
industry again when tell war closes,
she will make the world pay her for
the war as far as possible by keeping
the exorbitant prices on drugs and
medicines lip as high as possible und
as long as possible.”
People Can Help.
Mr. Davenport is rather optimistic
in Miiile of the present conditions.
“The people themselves can restore
the prices to normal, not only iri
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drugs and medicines but in food com
modities as well," states Mr. Daven
port. “If the people would just buy
In the smallest quantities possible
live band to mouth, so to speak—the
prices would come down. It’s the de
mand thut has to do with the jump
in prices of any commodity.
At present no ships are bringing
olnignto this country. None are coin
ing from Europe certainly; none are
coming from Houth America. They
fear the British and the German war
Vessels in the Atlantic and Pacific.
Until foreign ships are registered un
der the American slug, no inner drugs
and medicines can be secured. But it
Is believed ttiat this will happen soon,
however.
Situation Summed Up.
The general situation In rega’rd to
the advance in the prices or drugs
is summed up in the following ex
cerpt from the "American Druggist'’
Of August, 1914:
The drug market is entering the
most uncertain condition since the
civil war; prices are changing al
most hourly, and quotations for many
drugs and chemicals of foreign origin
are practically nominal. The present
war disturbances have occurred at a
very unpropltlous time for this coun
try, as stocks of many important
drugs here were very small and con
sumers have been buying only for Im
mediate needs. Even if foreign con
ditions were normal prices would have
Of necessity been advanced for many
botanical drugs, as reports from pro
ducing countries indicate lessened
production and poor quality, opium
being a notable example of conditions
The practical tying up of the truns-
Atlanttc ships of belligerent nations
has made it mostly a gamble as to
receipts und shipments, this occurring
Just uh the movement of new crops
from both sides of the oceans was
beginning. A further and more seri
ous factor in prices Is the difficulty
of securing exchange and discounts
on bills of lading, banks abroad re
fusing to accept even the best, com
mercial paper and demanding specie
settlements. In spite of all the ru
mors of general panic and breakdown
of credits, however, there Is little rea
son for the American drug trade to
get excited; a temporary shortage in
foreign drugs can be tided over by
those of native origin, the facilities
of our manufacturers aer ample to
apply all needs, and beyond tempo
rary Inconveniences and higher prices
the drug trade should have little to
fear. The most unfavorable factor in
the stopping of shipping facilities Just
at the time when the volume of ex
change of drugs Is largest, und local
slocks at their lowest point.
BUILDING PERMITS TO
LOCAL PEOPLE GRANTED
Mr. C. V. McAuliffe and Mr. P.
J. Sharkey Have Secured
Permits to Erect Residences.
A building permit bus hen issued
to Mr. C. V. McAuliffe to erect a res
idence at (he corner of the Havanriah
Rond and Mercler Htreet for $1,420.
A permit has been issued to Mr.
I' J. Sharkey to erect a frame build
ing two-stories high, 38x61) feet at the
corner of Ninth Hlreet and the
W rlghUburo Road.
J. A. MULLARKY CO.
830 Broad Street
Russians Fear Poison in
Abandoned German Forage
St. Petersburg, (via London, 6:10 a. m.)
A Russian army order prohibits iih« of
food and forage abandoned by the Ger
mans In East PYiiMMln because of eases of
poisoning which Imve occurred at Eydt
kulmen, Gumblnnun and Insterburg.
According to all accounts the Germans
weie taken by surprise by the ripidlty of
th,. Russian cavalry movements and Hie
dssli through the Mazur Isike district,
where five lines of defense wTo flank
ed.
After Town’s Capture, Prussians
Threw Inflammables on Houses
Paris,6:4s a. rr>.—A Belgian refugee,
a hat manufacturer from Anvellas,
tienr Namur, describes the fight that
look place In his homo town. French
infantry held the place and after some
sharp rifle fire the Germans brought
up I heir artillery. A shell fell close
to the narrator’s house hut failed to
explode.
French guns on the heights opened
fire and their shells decimated the
Germans. The French infantry tr
illed from the bridge to permit their
Villa and Obregon
on “Mission oi Peace”
El Paso, Texas. —Generals Villa and
Obregon left here early today on what
they termed a mission of peace, de
signed to settle disturbances In Hono
rs, where a revolution agulnet the
Carranza government has been start
ed by Governor Maytorena. They
crossed the international boundary In
a special train with their staff offi
cers and a small unarmed escort. The
two Mexican generals were entertain
ed yesterday by General J«rshlng, ( the
commander of the American forts at
Fort Bliss, Texas.
SALVATION ARMY MEETING
TONIGHT AT 8 O’CLOCK
An open-air service will be held by
the local corps of the Halvation Army,
Adjutant Yates in charge, at the cor
ner of Broad and McKlnne Street*
tonight, hnglrinlng at 8 o'clock.
BOOM FOR BULZER. .
Utica, N. Y<—At the progressive
state conference here today the boom
for Former Governor Wrn, Hulzer to
head the state ticket, assumed unex
pi ctwl proportions. The conference
will recommend a state ticket from
top to bottom.
Colonel Roosevelt failed to appear
after keeping delegates In douhht up
to tho last minute as to whether he
would attend.
HUERTA IN SPAIN.
Santander, Spain, (vie London,
11:35 a. m. -Vlctoriono Huerta landed
from a st turner here today enroute to
Austurias.
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