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TWO
CROOKS IST
LEAVE TOLEDO
City in Arms at Lawlessness
and Gunmen Gangs. Robbery
and Murder Must Cease.
Toledo, o.—The Identity of the gun-
Jn*n who was kitlpd In the homo of
Harry C. Plummer Thursday night
remains a mystery, the police having
exhausted every means of tracing the
man’s movements leading up to the
attack on Plummer, a former Isruia
vllle saloon keeper.
Plummer, in a serious condition In
a hospital, maintains he knew the
men In Louisville, hut cannot remem
ber their names. There were four of
them The three others are at larttr.
Police say they are certain that the
men came from the underworld of
Loutsvllle. Ky.. to wreak vengeance
on Plummer, who once conducted a
saloon In the tenderloin district In
that city. Hlnce Thursday night near
ly 100 suspicious characters have
heen arrested Chief of Police Course
Mnrphry, Friday declnrcd war on the
Toledo crooks. “The crooks must
go,” said he. "1 will re-organize this
police office into an army to fight
the men who have heen robbing and
murdering the citizens of Toledo. All
rooming houses, saloons, hotels or
other places where crooks are harbor
ed will be rawhlded out of business.
Any member of the force or other city
employes who know these men and
harbor them are worse than the crooks
themselves nnd will he (rested ac
cordingly. Toledo will no longer b« a
soft nest for criminals.”
Directions—RedCross
Contributions
Washington. Confusion resulting
from n misunderstanding In Homo
quarters hk to which red cross ad
dress contributions of clothing and
hospital garments Intended for the dls
tressed jteoplcs in Kurnpe should ho
sent, led to an official announcement
today that all gifts should he forward
ed freight prepaid to "American Red
Cross, Rush Terminal, SIMh street and
Hecond Avenue, South Brooklyn,
N V."
It was also anonneed that the Red
Cross would he glad to ncept donations
for sny of the wnrrlng nations <hslK
natert and forward aame when deliv
ered to the address named, hut that it
could not guarantee to deliver to any
particular families or group of per
sons or to any particular city In liu
rope.
President Wilson on
Red Cross Xmas Seals
As an expression of his Interest In the
Red (’ross Held Mini Anl 1-Tuberculosis
Campaign. I‘resident Wilson recently
wrote to The National Association lis
tin' Study and Prevention of Tubercu
losis
"May I not take tills occasion to ex
jii ss to \ iiu my deep Interest In the
work of the National Anil-Tuberculosis
Association and my hope that Its work
Is growing In efficiency anil extent from
ye. r to M'sr? May I not particularly
express m> interest In the lied (Yo*h
Christmas Real whose sale has been the
means of raising funds for the work? It
seems to me that this Is s particularly
Interesting nnd sensible way of enabling
the people of the country to give this
great work their support."
DR. JOHN D. MELL TO
SPEAK TO CURTIS MEN
President Georgia Baptist
Convention to Speak at
Genesta Luncheon.
Rev. Jno. IV Mell, IV 1)., of Athena
Cia, president of the tieorgia Baptist
Convention, will he In Augusta next
Wednesday.
The men of t'urtls Baptist Church
will have a "grt-together" luncheon at
the Hotel Uenesta next Wednesday at
7:So p. lit., with Hr. Mcll as th#
speaker of the occasion.
Hr. Mel! Is Hie son of the late Bap
tist minister of Georgia and chancellor
of the University of Georgia for so
many years. •
Hr. Moll was a prominent lawyer In
Athens and since entering the minis
try has advanced In his work until he
Is now president of the great Baptist
host of Georgia.
He lias recently been elected presi
dent of llessle Tift College at Forsyth
but has not yet accepted.
The pastor of Curtis was for several
years imstor In Athens and a close
friend of Hr Mell.
All men of Curtis Church and con
gregation and friends are Invited to
the luncheon.
DR. JONES ON “THE DUTY
WHICH IS NEAREST ’
On Sunday morning at the First
Baptist church Ur. M. Ashby Jones
will preach on "The Duty Which 1*
Nearest." No doubt thare will he a
large number in attendance ns the
subject yvltt he of peculiar Interest In
Augusta Just now.
On Sunday night Hr. Jones will
preach the last of a series of sermons
on the Home tils subject will I>e “The
Heavenly Home." This sermon would
would have been delivered last Sun
day night hut for the inclement
weather
SANK OFF THE LIZARD.
London. 2:45 p. m. The Norwegian
steamer Waterloo, of 1.28* tons, found
ered off the l-lxard at midnight Three
peraons were saved. The remainder
of the crew la mlaslng.
Save delay and annoyance
by doing your Chri»tma»
•hopping now. Shopping
Bargain* are alway* found
in The Herald.
ME IS HERE;
’Min unit! vni! cn
mliiU Him I uu DU
Invincibl#Young Lady, Famouu
As Best Saleswoman in Am
erica, Here Soliciting Sub
scriptions to Magazine
While Miss Belle Richardson in the
city It 1h not safe to out unless you
have already subscribed to the Wo
nian'a World Magazine for at leant a
year. Nearly everybody ban subscrib
ed. It has come to be “the thing.'* In
faet, If you are so behind the times a«
not to have subscribed, there must be
something funny about you.
Mien Richardson was originally a
Georgia girl, from Savannah, but has
spent the last few years In New York
where her extraordlnary talent as a
drummeres* wan discovered. Recently
aha haw been touring the country on a
campaign for the Woman's World, so-
Melting subscriptions to the magazine
with the most a 1 azlng success. She
Hay» siie only panders to the "regular
people,” She fails to get a. subscription
out of these at the rate of one out of
nineteen. (So If you want to be a reg
ular person, you know what to do.) To
see the great army of sha/meleas bach
elors, widowers, town-cut-ups, and
Confederate Veterans who have sub
scribed to the Woman’s World In the
last two days is a ridiculous spec
tacle.
It would be a mistake to gum the
game by describing the method of
proceedure, but make your mind easy,
you will find out. If you escape you
must Indeed be a very formidable
looking Individual, you must be of a
repellent aspect and an ungracious
demeanor.
Miss Richardson’s invariable suc
cess Is due to her personalty. Kvory
body Is ashamed to be a tight-wad.
She Is full of easy good-humor and
quick wit, of confidence that is half
uiicertalii and assurance that Is half
confiding. Nobody has the face to re
fuse. Resides, the proposition is a
good one. She offers a subscription
to Kverybnd.v’s Magazine for three
months together with the Woman’s
World for a year, all for 49c. She has
reped ’em In by droves.
Hut one feels convinced that Miss
Belle would not need such h "good
thing” to make a success of It. She
could make a bartender subscribe to
The Living Church and a Bishop to
Tip-Top Weekly.
PART OF IIS
IN THE HI
Theory Exploded, Says Mrs.
Pethick Lawrence, That Wo
men Are the Protected Sex
In Conflict.
Chicago. Declaring that the whole
fori #* of woman's influence would bo
against war and pleading that vutman
ho allowed t«» rotnforeo the peace
movement. Mrs. of
I«ondon. England, npoko l*pre today at
the Fortnightly dub rooms under the
auNplees of tne Chlrafo Equal Huf
fr-Ko Association.
“This war has exploded once and for
all the theory that women are the
protected s«*x In war," said Mrs. Pet-
Idck-1-awrence. "We Rive honor, and
rightly, to the soldier who faces death
In defense of his country, but his lot
is infinitely to be preferred to that of
women who are left behind to face the
complete dls-orffantantlon of industry
Thousands of women in England are
face to fare with starvation"
Mrs. Pethick Lawrence declared
that In the making of treaties after
war, the point of view of women never
hat! been expressed. "It la vital" who
said, "that it should be expressed at
the present moment. It is essential
that the woman's movement shall help
to formulate public opinion; shall help
to find expression for the new spirit
that Is In the world today."
Amotiß the things advocated by the
speaker were "the ratification of all
treaties by the people affected and
that women shall participate in The
Huge conferences.'*
Zeppelins Never
Operate Save in
Favorable Weather
The H4(ni4. It I. because the Herman
Z.rpelltl aircraft seldom, If ever, under
take extensive o|>emtions Hides favor
side Weather eondltlons are promised,
that the Flench military authorities
Mied their recent order fortdddtnii the
public 11 ton of weather forecasts Abbe
Motcux, director of the Weather Ittt
reiut. has explained how the cutting off
id these reports will srfeet Herman cal
eillation*. lie say* that the Order Is
no iner.' whim of the French censor hut
ts designed to tear vitally upon the
much.feared Zepelln rttld on Kngland.
"It Is clear, the Ahhc states, "that
the drape rate efforts of the Herman, to
reach the French coast he!ween Dun
kirk and t'alals are prompted hv. their
Intention to attack Rnglrtnd with Zeppe
lin*. A dirigible ha!ln,m front Antwerp
could |P> the distance of 32S kilometer,
(about 180 miles! to London, bombard
the elty and return to lia base In Irss
than ten hours. Such a trip, however. !
would have to b. made under very fav
orable weather conditions "
Ahhe Moreux explains that In order to
Work out their wetthrV predictions the
Hermans would require about sixty rc-
Isu'is. which In normal times appear at i
a certain hour In the principal Kuropsan 1
cities The most Important weather !
station, are along the channel coasta. I
so that If I'Yancc and Kngland send no]
report* the others are practical') value- I
less Ho, he concludes, Ih. Herman, will
he unnhle to make their calculation. 1
and will have to run the risk of their;
huge Zeppelin, being wrecked by a sud
den storm along the channel If they
undertake a rah! on Kngland
COUNTING THEM.
“Are your son's running expenses
with his into tnurhr
"Well, with running tip a hill for
supplies and running down pedestrians 1
t»nd gelling run In hy the oops they >
do run some."— Baltimore American, j
Sculptor 9 s Masterpiece to
Be Canal Fair Feature
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C. C. RUMSEY AND HIS STATUE.
San Francisco, Cal. — Charles Carey Rumsey’s masterpiece, a gigantic
equestrian statue of Francisco Plzarra, showing the conqueror of Peru In
mall and plumed helmet, on Ida charger, has heen moved to the main en
trance of the Fountain of Energy at the Panama-Pacific International
exposition, where the mounted warrior commands the passageway. Mr.
Ramsey Is a prominent figure In New York society.
Markets
Middling last year 13%c
Tone Steady.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS
Close.
flood ordinary 5 (ft -Id
Strict Rood ordinary 5 3-4 (a 13-16
Low middling 6 1-2 (ft 9-16
Strict low middling 6 lf»-16*ft7o
Middling 7 1-8 uv 3-I*s
Strict middling 7 B-16fft 3-8
Good middling • 7 7-16<ft 'l-2
Previous Day's Figures
Close.
Good ordinary B O’ 4-16
Strict good ordinary B 3-4 (ft 13-16
Low middling 6 1-2 <7# 9-16
Strict low middling 6 18-I6<B>7c
Middling 7 1-8 (ft 3-16
Strict middling 7 5-1669 3-8
Good middling y.... 7 7-10 (ft 1-2
Receipts For Week
Bales. Spin. Shtn't
Saturday . . . ..3351 61 2569
Wednesday . .
Friday I **•. ...
Totals 3881 61 2569
Comparative Receipts
1913 1914
Saturday 2492 2110
Wednesday ... ... ... -■
Thutsduy ... ... —■ -
Friday
| Totals 2492 2110
Stocks and Receipts
Stock in Augusta, 1913 71.252
Stock in Augusta, 1914 158,1*14
ltec. since Sept. 1, 1913 .246,328
Hec. since Sept. 1, 1914 252,179
Augusta Daily Receipts
1913 1914
Georgia Railroad fi.‘>r> 472
Hull. Uy. i\> 313 l’t>9
August 1 Southern 172 'l7l
Allgurt - Aiken Ry. Co 7l
Cen. of tin. H R 285 727
<i.i nml Fla 2>'2 17.9
C A W. 47. Ry 221 1H»
A (V l- R. It 70 144
Wagon 232 90
1itver. .......
Net receipts 2130 1808
Through 3<42 302
Total 2492 2110
Port Receipts
Today. Last Tr.
Galveston - 8593
New Orleans ... 7424 10086
Mobile *....L500 3955
Savannah .... .... ...... 9929 10243
C'hnrlestiu) 3314 2211
Wi'.mt ngfon ~ - 21?1
Norfolk 3660 449
Total ports test > 42000 —-
Interior Receipts
Today Last Tr.
Houston 1.1135 d 142
Mcmphna ... 5758
Weekly Crop Movement, End
ing Friday, Deo. 4, 1914..
1914 rim | 19"'2
Kerelpt* 259.09* "Tlgx’s«i 304.201
Shipment* .. .. 220 942! “79.942! 315,412
Stock 1,165,3301 831,830 734.723
Came in St, 531,3161 633.01 il 421,817
Crop lit St, .. .5.047 063 7. 71 2.966 7,109.896
Via. Supply . 4,899,81M1&, 379,650,21 V
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
NO PLANS FOR
STOCKS OPENING
Official Denial Made That New
York Exchange to Soon Re
sume Trading on Open Floor.
New York. Officials denial was made
today of the report that a meeting had
been called for next Monday of gover
nors* of the New York Stock Exchange
to ratify plans for the early resumption
of trading in stocks on the floor of the
exchange.
The denial was issued by the ex
change's committee of five which has
been aj work for some time on plans
looking to the gradual revival of deal
ings in stocks. Publication of reports
to the effect that the committee had al
most perfected such a plan, it was said,
was premature.
"The plans of the committee of five
to resume dealings in stocks on the floor
of the exchange have not yet been con
summated," reads the announcement.
"No meeting of the board of governon
has been called and none will be called
until the plan is perfected."
CLOSING STOCK PRICES
New York. Foliowing are the closing
prices issued by the Stock Exchange
committee.
Last sale.
Amalgamated Copper 49
American Can 26
American Cotton OH 33^
American Smelting, pfd 97
American Sugar 104
American Tel. and Tel ,H 6
Atchison 90V6
Hethlehem Steel 414^
Rrooklyn Transit *. 87
Canadian Pacific 156%
Central leather 34
St. Paul 86
Denver .and Rto Grande 4
Eric. Ist pfd 32
Interborough Metorpolltan 12
Harvester 9114
Lehigh 127%
National Lead 4'i %
New York Central 81 %
Norfolk and Western 97%
Northern Pacific 98
Pennsylvania 105
Reading 139
Rock Island 1%
Southern Pacific 83
Dnlon Pacific 115
Ptah Copper 46
Western Pnlon 58
Texas Oil (bid) 126
(Asked) 135
NEW ORLEANS SPOTS
New Orleans. Spot cotton steady;
sales on the spot 250 bales; to arrive
700.
Low mtddlitig 6 11-16; strict low mid
dling 6 15-16; middling 7 3-16; strict mid
dling 7 7-16; good middling 7 13-16.
strict good middling 8 3-16.
money'wtarket
New York. Mercantile paper, 484ajfR.
Sterling exchange weak; 80-day hill.
4.BS.T>; cable. 4.8785; for demand 4.8725.
At Modjeska
TODAY
"THE NIGGARD”
A Majestic Production.
“THE IRONMASTER”
A Two-Reel Rlograph Feature.
“THE WILD AND
WOOLY WEST”
A Princess Special.
“THE MAN WITH A
HOE”
A Thanhouacr Production.
ENJOYABLE WHEN
SSFE IN TRENCH
English Cavalry Subaltern Says
Is Pleasant When Secure
From Exploding Shells and
to Watch Them Burst.
London.— The following dashing ac
count of life in the trenches was writ
ten home by a cavalry subaltern:
“A squadron was In the trenches
five days and nights without being
relieved. The shrapnel was coming
about two shells a minute; you could
not hear yourself speak. But we were
well dug In and only got hit when a
shell burst absolutely in the trench.
The Germans don't use their Infantry
most days; they are getting tired, of
that attack iH massed batallions.
It is all the fun. I’ve never felt so
well or so happy or enjoyed anything
so much, and so does everybody. The
fighting excitement vitalizes every
thing, every sight and word.and action
and one loves one's fellowman so
much mpre when bent on killing him.
Exercising.
And picniclng in the open air, day
and night (you never see a roof now)
is the only real method of existence.
There is loads of straw to bed down
on, and every one sleeps like a log,
in turn, even with shrapnel bursting
within fifty yards and a din-like
nothing on earth.
“The .Johnsons’’ one gets to love as
old friends; you hear them coming for
miles, and every one imitates the
noise; they burst with a plump and
make a great hole in the ground, do
.lng no damage unle«e they fall into
your trench or on to your hat. One
landed within ten yards of me the
other day and knocked me over and
my horse, we both got up and looked at
each other. It didn’t even knock the
cigarette out of my mouth.
had orders to rally some
men the other day and take up posi
tion. He said, “Right you are, gen
eral,” and to the men, all of different
regiments, “follow me, you men.”
When he got to the crest and looked
round he found one Scotchman be
hind him. They waited for some time
discussing together their chances of
escape. Suddenly the Germans came
In sight, and the man said quietly,
"That changes my doot.to a certainty
I —we're doon foor.”
We took a German officer and some
men prisoners in a wood today. One
felt hatred for them, after our dead,
and as the officer came* by me, I
scowled at him and the men were
cursing at them. The officer looked
me in the face and saluted as he pass
ed, and I have never seen a man look
so proud and resolute and smart and
confident In his hour of bitterness.
It did make one feel terribly ashamed
of oneself.
SPLENDID CHRISTMAS
MUSIC FIRST BAPTIST
Mr. J Atlee Young, organist and
choir master of the First Baptist
church, Is planning for a very beauti
ful program for the Christmas music
at this church. Twenty of the best
voices In the city have been in train
ing for some time, and under Mr.
Young’s able leadership will render an
unusually fine program.
Most Christmas Money
Is First Spent Mentally
Think that owr a moment, you merchants of Augusta.
Mostly holiday purchases are 1 determined upon before
the stores are ever sought.
Gifts are chosen in the home circle.
And there you must send your suggestions if you are
to get your full share of tho holiday business.
The Augusta Herald will carry your gift suggestions
into the hearts of thousands upon thousands of homes.
Not only that, but it will gain for these suggestions a
reading by families able and ready to act upon them.
These families spend a million and a half dollars a
month for the mere necessities of life. Their Christ
mas gift appropriation alone amounts to $750,000.00.
This is a conservative estimate.
A minimum total of $2,500,000.00 —arfl every dolfar of
it susceptible to Augusta Herald advertising's appeaL
Test this tomorrow with an announcement of your reg
ular offerings, supplemented by seasonable gift sug
gestions.
Tell vour merchandise storv in the biggest way possi
ble.
And remember that, because they discriminate, Augus
ta Herald readers buy Early. #
That’s why tomorrow!
The Augusta Herald is read by approximately
twice as many people in Augusta than read any other
newspaper. Herald readers have the habit of saying
when shopping in Augusta, "I saw it in The Herald.”
ENGLISH PRESS TEEMS WITH ’
STORIES OF GERMAN SPIES;
COAST FUISHUGHTS IN SIGHT’
Authorities Are Inundated With All Kinds of Revelations and
Clues. Behind the Masses of Suspicion and Rumor There’s
Enough of Activity Discovered Among the Germans to Keep
English Public in State of Uneasiness.
London. —The lives of those official
ly designated as “alien enemies” in
England are not cheerful these days,
although they are not in any danger
of insults or violence. The only out
break against them was the recent
rioting in the suburbs of London when
several German shops were smashed.
The rioters received a lesson likely
to upt a damper on future outbreaks.
The ringleader was sentenced to one
year in prison, tv. o supporters to six
months and 18 others were released
on bonds under conditions that they
fulfill their fervently expressed ambi
tion to enlist in Kitchener's army.
Active or Possible Spies,
Hostilllty against Germans has been
caused principally by the popular be
lief, that all of them are active or pos
sible spies The most recent cam
paign in the newspapers has been
against the influencial and wealthy
Germans who play a powerful part
in British financial life. Naturalized
Germans, as well as those those who
retain the allegiance of their birth,
are included in the general cloud of
suspicion.
There are several German-born
members of Parliament, and by an
understanding among themselves they
are remaining away from Westmis
ster during the war sessions. None
of them has yet resigned. A few days
agitation to have all the Germans
and Austrians confined in concentra
tion camps, and a general round-up
was under way. Two causes nipped
this movement in the bud. One was
prompt relations in Germany, where
all English residents were gathered
in by the police and the other was
the difficulty of finding accommoda
tion for the great number of foreign
ers who were eligible for the concen
tration camps.
Sharply Divided.
Spies are sharply divided into two
classes by British opinion. For the
German naval reserve, Lieut. Carl
Hans Lodv, who was shot in the Tow
er of London, the papers have had
nothing unkind to say. For a. natur
alized barber named Ernest who was
sentenced to seven years imprison
ment, there has been much exerera
ttion. The judge who sentenced Ernst
called him a “contemptible creature”
and said that he would have been
willing to betray Germany as he was
England, if paid for his work.
Ernst acted merely as a go-be
tween in forwarding letters for the
chief of the German-British Espion
age System, named Steinaeur, and
his wages were only 30 shillings a
month. Scotland Yard detectives
have been shadowing Steinaeur for
two years. They intercepted and
read his letters and permitted those
to go on which contained harmless in
formation and misleading informa
tion. Public opinion places in entire
ly different classes the spies who do
their work in time of war and take
SATURDAY, DECEIVER 5.
chances, and those who follow the
business in time of peace, professing
friendship for the country and mak
ing their living in it.
Popular Belief.
None of the possible but improv
able things has taken so firm a hold
on popular belief except the passage
of Russian hosts from Scotland to
France as the wonderful doings of
German spies. The authorities are
inundated with revelations and clues.
The whole east of Fngland is swarm
ing with men who send flashlight
signals to German ships at night, if
/he stories of the newspapers in coast
cities are correct.
One lias sent the authorities a moil
detailed account of the code mes
sages transmitted by red and whit*
lights from the neighborhood of his
home but the police have never been
able to see -these signals with the
same eyes as the discoverer. Ger
mans have made execavations, have
laid concrete foundations for heavy
guns at strategical points and have
built cunningly concealed roads from,
landing bases, according to some of
the most strongly urged clues.
Public Uneasiness.
Behind the masses of suspicion and
rumor there Is enough activity It"
the Germans discovered from time ,vo
time to keep the public in a state of
uneasiness. The suspicion that the
Germans have a base for submarines,
a supply station for aeroplanes and
wireless apparatus in remote parts
of the Scottish coast may be founded
on fact. The activities of the German
navy far from its own coasts which
have enabled it to scatter mines off
the north of Ireland and to sink the
super-dreadnauglit Audacious by mine
or submarine, furnish ground for that
teory. The government has given it
sufficient belief to circulate placards
in Scotland offering a reward of five
hundred dollars for the discovery of
any base for hostile supplies of pe
trol or hostile wireless.
REV. M. B. CUNNINGHAM
AT BROADWAY CHURCH
Rev. M. B. Cunningham will fill N*o
pulpit, both morning and evening, at
the Broadway Methodist Church. Mr.
Cunningham succeeded Mr. Verdel as
pastor.
Do your Christmas shop
ping early and avoid the
rush. There’s no time like
the present.
a will pay to say "I saw it
in The Herald.”