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VOLUME XXXI, No. 319
BIG FIRE IN JERSEY CITY
Tennesseean Slays Four, Turns Gun on Self
GRIER INDICTED FOR TAKING BRIBE
Federal Grand
Jury Accuses
Him of Getting
’Shine Money
Ga. The
United States grand jury,
which adjourned Thursday
night, produced a sensation
in indicting Clark Grier of
Augusta and Atlanta, on
three counts of accepting
money from a moonshiner
while in the employment of
the government.
Mr. Grier Friday morning made
bond in the sum of $3,000, the sum
of SI,OOO being required on each of
the three indictments. Dan C. New
ton, of Claxton, is his bondsman.
He will be represented at the trial,
which will not be until the next
term of court, by Albert Anderson,
of Statesboro.
He is charged with accepting
money from a moonshiner while he
was connected with the depart
ment of justice.
..Mr. Grier, who was in Savannah
awainting indictment, stated this
morning "I have no fear for the out
come. There is no truth in the
charges and I have no apprehension
that I will be convicted.”
Mr. Grier explained the ground
for the charges, by stating he rep
resented the moonshiner in ques
tion after he had severed his con
nection with the government. Fur
ther than this he would .make no
statement. He said he had not con
sulted his attorney, who is not in the
city.
DIAMONDGOES TO
HiS DEATH SAYING
“I AM INNOCENT”
MICHIGAN CITY. Lnd Pro
claiming Innocence to the last, Har
ry Diamond, 26, convicted of the
murder of his wife, who was shot
to death near Gary, Ind., last Feb
rnuary, was electrocuted at the
state prison here at 12:01 o'clock
Friday morning.
Diamond went to his death calm
ly, stating to prison officials just
before being strapped in the chair:
"You men are more guilty of mur
der than I.”
Although informed late Thursday
that Governor Branch had re
fused his plea for cldtnency. Dia
mond waited expectantly up to the
time of his execution for word of a
reprieve from the executive.
ARMY AIRMEN
Plan to Hop OH For Hous
ton Friday
NEW ORLEANS.—The Unitd
States army world filers on their
way from Seattle to Dayton. 0..
whose departure from New Orleans
Wednesday was postponed on ac
count of an accident to the Boston
11, while attempting to take to the
air. planned to hop off for Houston
Friday.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. —Lieutenant L.
B. Mobley, commander of the army
air forces in Los Angeles and Lowell
Thomas, official historian of the
army’s round the world flight, hoo
ded off from Memphis at 8:30
o'clock Friday morning for St.
Ij>uls to rejoin the globe circling
air squadron for the last lap of
the flight to Dayton.
A Mere Touch Upon the
Evolution of Our
Great Flag
Colonial Americans created
flags for the military companies
which were formed in 1747. The
women of the various colonies
presented 20 flags of different
designs and mottoes supplied
by Benjamin Franklin to the
companies to be used In their
drills. Very little is said In his
tory of the multitude of flags
preceding the one adopted as
the United States.
Besides the 20 colonial Hags,
there are 29 others in the evo
lution of our present glorious
flag. Contrary to common be
lief that this was the first in
stance where 13 stripes were
used, a flag used by the Last
India Trading Company had 13
stripes. Mrs. Elizabeth Ross,
of Philadelphia, designed our
flag, and It was adopted by ouf
nation June 14, 1777.
Gen«fhl Washington. Robert
Norris, and Colonlel Ross was
the committee appointed to de
vise our flag. Our flag Is the tie
that binds us to support with
loyalty our nation and govern
ment until the end of all time.
Wo love it and protect It with a
greater fervor than we love and
protect our personal property.
We would not willingly let a
man rob us of our belongings,
therefore, when a possession Is
offered for sal. we take the
course of protection, like that
found In HERALD WANT
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SAVANNAH READY
FOR GENERAL
U.O.G. MEET
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Final arrange
ment have been made for the general
convention of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy which will con
vene here next Tuesday evening, and
last through Saturday afternoon.
The convention will be a very Frll
llant one as many delightful social
features haga been planned for the
visitors.
Mrs. Frank Harrold of Americus,
the president-general, will arrive tq
morrow and will confer with MVs. A.
B. Hull, the president of the Savan
nah chapter U. D. C., who is the hos
tess to the convention. An interest
ing fact connected with the conven
tion is that Mrs. Hull was the pres
ident of the chapter when the gen
eral convention was held in Savannah
In 1914, haying been the head of the
Savannah chapter for 19 years.
On Tuesday afternoon at the Me
morial hall there will be a luncheon
for the officers of the General U. D.
C. and the special guests. This will
be tendered the visitors by the Sa
vannah chapter. On Thursday,
Frances S. Bartow Camp, Sons of
Veterans, will give an oyster roast
at the Shrine Country Club, and Fri
day night the Georgia Division, V. D.
C., will give the pages ball at the
Hotel DeSoto which will be the head
quarters for the convention. On Wed
nesday, the Savannah chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion. will serve an Informal luncheon
at the auditorium where the meetings
will be held. On Friday the Lachlan
Mclntosh chapter, D. A. R., will serve
luncheon at the auditorium, and on
Saturday the Colonial Dames, the
American Legion Auxiliary and the
Savannah Women's ,Federation will,
combine and entertain the delegates
at a luncheon at the new Y. W. C. A.
building.
PROMINENT WOMEN
WILL ATTEND.
Among the prominent women who
will be in Savannah for the conven
tion are: Mrs. Alex B. White, of
Merlon. Pa., a former president-gen
eral, at whose suggestion the Jef
ferson Davis Highway was given its
name. Mrs. Cornelia Branch Stone,
of Washington, D. C., who is honorary
president of the U. D. C., and an ex
president-general and a member of
the president-general's staff since
1898, she has missed only two con
ventions. Mrs. Roy Weeks McKin
ney, of Paducah, Ky., Mrs. Living
ston Rowe Schuler, a former presi
dent; Mrs. St. John Lawton, of Char
leston, who will be the chairman of
the memorial evening on Wednesday
night, Mrs. Norman B. Randolph, of
Richmond, and Mrs. Walter D. La
mar, of Macon, chairman of the pro
gram committee. Mrs. Emma Fox
will be the official parliamentarian.
She Is the parliamentarian for the
general federation of women's clubs.
The music at the convention will
be very interesting feature as Sa
nah has some splendid musicians, who
will take part on the various pro
grams. The St. Cecelia Club, an
organization of women’s voices, will
sing "Dixie,” and '"The Star-Spangled
Banner.”
WOMEN'S CLUBS
Of Georgia Close Annual
y Convention
ATLANTA, Ga.—The 28th annual
convention of the Georgia Federa
tion of Women’s Clubs was brought
to a close here Friday with a short
session, consumed in dealing with
unfinished business brought over
from Thursday. An executive
board meeting preceded the regular
convention gathering.
Thursday night the convention
held an “educational evening” pro
gram with Dr. Willie A. Sutton, su
perintendent of Atlanta schools, as
the principal of the occasion.
Others prominent in state educa
tional circles were on the program.
NEWSINBRIEF
Representative John Philip Hill
at Baltimore of violation of Vol
stead act, said he Intended to ask
congress to amend the law and pas<
2.75 per cent, beer bill.
Ordinary expenses of government
have been cut In half during first
three years of budget, H. M. Lord,
director general of budget, tells
members of chamber of commerce
of state of New York.
Island of Java is shaken by
earthquake Wednesday; manj
towns are reported destroyed and
300 persons killed.
Agricultural problem today
President Coolidge says in addrese
to Association of Land Grant Col
'leges Is concerned with distribution
more than production and urges
more attention to scientific mar
keting.
Leonard Kip Rhinelander, mem
ber of one of New York's oldest
families, is married to Alice Beat
rice Jones, a daughter of a New
Rochelle taxicab driver, it Is dis
closed at New York.
University of Pphnslyvanla foot
ball team will meet University of
Illinois and University of Chicago
under home and home arrangement
next season, Pennsylvania football
officials announce.
tyirjorle Schneider who drova
automobile In which Charles A.
Rogers, New York bond salesman
was killed, at North Haven, Conn.,
November 1, will appear In court
to face charge of driving car while
Intoxicated according to her attor
ney.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
Memphis Man
Kills Wife and
Three Others;
Ends Own Life
MEMPHIS. Tenn—Reesa Weber,
brother of Henry Weber, crippled
barber, who shot and killed four per
sons here Thursday night and then
slew himself, was Jailed Friday on a
technical charge. Reese Weber is said
to have made threats against a man
whom ho held responsible for the
beginning of the trouble that ended
i in five deaths ThurAay night.
While police were seeking to pre
vent further additions to the homicide
list, relatives of those slain Thursday
night were going about the sad task
of completing funeral arrangements
for the four shot by Henry Weber.
They are: His wife, Mrs. Bessie Web.
or; Earl Shader, employe of a dental
supply firm; Mrs. Earl Shader and
Mrs. Thomas Alexander.
SAY WEBER WAS
INSANELY JEALOUS.
Police assign as the cause for the
killings “domestic difficulties. Weber
and his wife separated alst Sunday.
He was insanely jealous of her and
feared that she intended to get a di
vorce. A messenger sent to his wife
by the barber Thursday night received
a cold reception. The boy returned
with Weber's letter unopened. De
spairing of a reconcilation Weber, who
had only one leg, hobbled the few
blocks from a barber shop that he
operated In the eastern section of the
city to his home. With him he car
ried a high powered rifle and he be
gan using the weapon when he open
ed the door and the image of death
personified, interrupted the merry lit
t > gathering of which his wife was
the center.
The Shaders lived in the same house
v, ith the Webers. Mrs. Alexander, a
neighbor, had dropped in for a visit.
All were chatting and laughing—-Mrs.
Weber merrily talking of divorce
plans, according to police.
Shader was shot first. He fell dead.
Weber fired coolly and mechanically,
not wasting a cartridge and in every
case hitting his mark In the head.
Mrs. T. D. Eddins, a roomer at the
Webers, was the only person except
Weber who walked alive from the
room. Mrs. Eddins escaped through
a hack door when Shader fell. Weber
hurried out of the room as he stilled
his wife's cries with a bullet, to his
barber shop once more and there he
turned the gun on himself.
532,629 BALES LINT,
55,095 OF LINTERS,
USED IN OCTOBER
WASHINGTON.—Cotton consum
ed during October aggregated 532,-
629 bales of line and 55,095 of lint
ers compared with 435,216 of lint
and 49,976 of linters in September
this year and 545,260 of lint and
57,491 of linters in October last
year, the censua bureau announced
Friday.
Cotton on hand October 31 was:
Held in consuming establish
ments, 730,656 bales of line and 74,-
405 of linters compared with 514,537
of lint and 70,479 of linters so held
on September 30 this year and 1,-
106,347 of line and 87,412 of linters
so held October 3\ last year. ,
Held In public storage and ' at
compresses 4,224,854 bales of lint
and 46,958 of linters compared with
2,072,956 of lint and 38,202 of linters
so held on September 30 tills year
and 3,486, 005 of line and 35,117 of
linters so held on October 31 last
year.
Imports during October totalled
18,113 bales compared with 9,654 In
September this year and 7,618 In
October last year.
Exports during October totalled
947,556 bales, Including 4.380 bales
of linters compared with 737,010 In
cluding 3,498 of linters In Septem
ber this year and 774,320 Including
3,938 of linters in October last year.
Active spindles during October
numbered 31,078,804 compared with
30,122,384 In September this year
and 34,335,930 In October last year.
“MYSTERY GIRL"
At Columbus Is Still Un
identified
COLUMBUS, C!a.—ldentification
of the “silent girl of mystery” lying
at the city hospital, where she has
been since found on the streets
here last Saturday morning In a
dazed condition, remained unsolved
Friday.
A slight threat of hope that a
relative of the girl had been locatd
was broken last night when Mrs.
Ellison Lee, residing near here, de
clared that she had been mistaken
In her earlier expression that the
girl was her granddaughter whom
she had not seen In five years.
Maintaining the silence that has
murked the case since she was
found the girl last night was Induc
ed to answer a question of a nurse
as to whether the woman was her
grand mother.
“I don't know, but I don't think
so.” was the sole comment.
Hospital attendants have had
difficulty in administering nourish
ment to the young woman, as she
refUHoa food, almost going inio con
vulsions at its taste. At one lime,
while being given a liquid through
the nose, she cried out “stop them
they are poisoning me.”
The girl Is apparently about 20
years of age. possessing a mascu
line appearance. Her hair Is bob
bed is a boyish style and she has
weil-deflned features.
AUGUSTA GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 14, 1924
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Many Pay Tribute to
Slain Gunman-Florist
CHICAGO —Thousands of persons
filed past the ornate, flower be
decked casket of Dion (Dean)
O'Banion all night and Friday
morning in final tribute to the
florist, gunman, rum runner and
hikacker slain Monday morning in
his flower shop by three gunmen
who called him from his task of
trimming chrgyanthemum stems.
His funeral Friday was looked
forward to as as the greatest In
Chicago's history, even surpassing
that Thursday of Michael Merle,
friends of O'Hanlon and leader of
the Unione Slciliana, when 1,000
automobiles 25 of them carrying
only flowers, formed the cortege
from St. Clements church where
10,000 persons had gathered for the
last rites.
O’Banlon’s funeral today wa3
without the blessing of the church,
although burial In consecrated
ground was permitted.
Incensed by the great amount of
publicity and the open threats of
O'Banion followers to “shoot It
out” with adherents of other groups
of gunmen, Mr. Dever directed that
every known pistol toter be search
ed on suspicion as frequently as
encountered. He planned a confer
ence today with Chief Collins to de
cide on measures for eliminating
pistol carrying or forcing ‘be gun
Summary of the News
GEN ERAL
Jersey City scene of dissstr sue conftsgrstion.
Memphis men slays four an d takes own lifs.
532,629 bales of lint <onsum ed during Octobsr.
Gompers says Labor fared w ell in general election.
McNary Haughen Bill may n ot come tip at next session.
W. C. T. U. Golden Jubilee opens at Chicago.
Thousands pay tribute at b isr of slain gunman-florist.
Two men held as suspects i n Katz slaying.
“Master Forger” declares hs w ill gain liberty again.
Boston has its &h. rainlea t day.
Diamond goes proclaiming innocence.
GEORGIA AND 80UTH CAROLINA
Clark Grier indicted as bribe- taker.
Savannah ready for genera I U. D. C. convention.
Columbus "Mystery Girl” sti II unidentified.
Sesreh Georgia mountains so r alleged slayers of officer.
Farm census headquarters established at Orangeburg, S. C.
McCormick Farm and Poultry Bhow set for Saturday.
South Carolina Lutheran Byr, od ends sessions.
SPOR T 8
Bulldogs In fine trim for g ame with Auburn.
Tech to have “home-coming” day againat Vandy.
Marines and soldiers battle here Saturday.
A. R. C. off to tackle Savannah High squad.
Mercer battles Florida at G reenville Friday.
Furman meets Mississippi a t Greenville.
Shamrocks off to play Ridge Bpring team.
Ermino Spella challenges Jack Dempsey.
t LOCAL
New whits way here soon t o be lighted.
Children’s Day at Festival S aturda^.
Dokeys announce important meeting.
Bister seeks missing broths r here.
Many troubles aired in Reeo rder’a Court.
Negro to appeal for new tria I.
James E. Wiggins died Thursdsy evening.
Kiwanis Club to distribute Augusta Burvsy.
NOVEMBER
men to leave Chicago.
“It Is time to determine whether
organized outlaws shall continue to
shoot and rob With Impunity or
whether decency and order shall
prevail," the mayor said.
Rhineland Marries
Cabman*s Daughter
NEW YORK—Society was sur
prised Friday at the news that
Leonard Kip Rhineland had been
married to the daughter of a New
Rochelle cabman.
On October 14 Mr. Rhinelander,
who is 22 years old, married Alice
Beatrice Jones, in the city hall at
New Rochelle. Mayor Scott per
formed the ceremony and two minor
city officials acted as witnesses. No
member of the groom's family was
present.
Since their marriage the couple
has lived In a frame dwelling which
is the home of the trifle's parents
and where two slsteipi of the bride
also live with their husbands, one
a chauffeur and the other a labor
er.
The ancestry of the Kip and
Rhinelander families goes hack to
the early Dutch settlers In New
Amsterdam, now New York. Rhine
lander recently came Into a for
tune of more than $300,000.
GOLDEN JUBILEE OF •
NATIONAL W.C.T.U.
OPENS AT CHICAGO
CHICAGO, 111.-EWorld prohibition,
world purity anrl world peace are the
objectives of the National Women’s
Christian Temperance Union, accord
ing to the opening address of Miss
Anna M._ Gordon, world and national
president of the organization before
the Golden Jubilee convention here
Friday.
"The work of the Women’s Christ
ian Temperance Union is Just begin
ning,’’ said Miss Gordon. ‘‘The elec
torate of the United States needs to
know the truth about the benefits of
prohibition and we must more and
more persistently circulate the con
firming evidence. Many good friends
of the 18th amendment, because un
informed, fall to treat It fairly.
“Although this amendment Is not
yet five years old we have reason to
be distinctly proud of It. Perhaps
this child of our affections does not
possess the education, ability and
power he Is bound to show when he
is 21 years old but that is not a cause
for discouragement but is a call to In
creased motherly activity. At 21 years
of age, the 18th amendment will dis
play the staying qualities that today,
at the age of four years, some of our
citizens unreasonably expect of him
for the dry electorate of America and
especially the republic's women are
determined that he shall.
"We shall not be Indifferent to the
menace of the would-be sponsors from
the 18th amendment ,who Insistently
advocate feeding him 2.76 beer In the
hope of stunting hls growth, those
who, if they could have their way,
would IlbarallM the VolitiM cod# In
tfci vein hope of committing our
youthful amendment, to the prison
cell of uncertainty."
Recommendations made by Miss
Gordon Included a series of border
conferences to aid in preventing boot
legging and rum running. Miss Gor
don m. 'he advantage of pro
hibition over state control be made a
preeminent feature of the program
and be discussed by expert*. Khe
also recommended that 10,000 young
men and 10,000 young women be en
rolled In the youiftr people’s branch.
She also urged that the birthday on
August 20 of the first president of the
W. C. T. U., Mrs. Annie Wlttenmyer,
he made a red letter day and that on
this day special gifts be sent to the
aoldlers In hospitals.
DEFENSE ARGUMENTS
In Oil Lease Case to Begin
Friday
LON A NOBLER—Defense argu
ments In the *100,000,000 Elk Hills
Inane cancellation suit brought by
the government against tho Pan-
American Petroleum nnd Transport
Company were slated to begin In
federal court hero Friday.
Opening argumenta for tho gov
ernment, prcHented by Owen J.
Itoberto and Alice Pomerene Thurs
day acored .the failure of K. L.
Doftcny and other Important offi
cials of the defendant company to
(entity concerning their part In the
naval oil lease negollatlona and
Mtreaaed the element of fraud, eon
apiracy and illegality which they
charged formed an Integral part of
tho negotiation*.
18 CENTS A WEEK.
(ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
Loss Will Run
Into Millions;
Many Casualties
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NEW YORK.—Firemen and apparatus from
New York city Friday afternoon were ordered to Jer
sey City to assist in fighting the fire in the business |
section of Jersey City.
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Jersey City, N. J.—A conflagration which started in
the saltpetre plant of the Richardson Chemical Company,
leaped beyond the control of the fire forces of two cities
to the abandoned plant of the American Sugar Refining
Company and then destroyed several smaller factories and
two rows of tenement houses, raged for four hours before
firemen declared it under control at 1 o’clock Friday af
ternoon.
The loss, it is estimated, will run into millions of dol
lars. Fifteen persons were seriously injured or burned;
scores of others were cut by glass blown out over a half
mile radius by a series of explosions and 900 families were
made homeless.
McNary-Haugen
Bill In Repose
at Next Session
WASHINGTON.—The McNary-
Haugen farm relief bill, will be
pressed for enactment at the next
session of congress, Senator Me-
Nary, Oregon, co-au
thor of the measure, said Friday
upon his return to Washington.
LABOR FARED WELL
IN THE ELECTIONS,
GOMPERS DECLARES
EL PASO—Labor fared ‘‘almost
phenomenally well” In the general
elections, Samuel GompA'i, presi
dent of the American Federation of
Labor said Friday in a public
statement commenting upon tho re-
Bulta of the November 4 balloting.
"In tho face of the tremendous
Coolldge landslide there were elect
ed to the new house of representa
tives more members having labor’s
endorsement thnn are to be found
In the present house,” Mr. Oompers
asserted.
"The new congress Is not likely
to pass any measure greatly detri
mental to the Interests of the
workers and our people generally”
the statement continued.
EL PASO, Tex.—Co-operative ac
tion by Ift International labor un
ions affiliated with the budding
trades department of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor to obtain
periodic Information on labor con
ditions throughout’the country was
planned Friday by tho exee.utive
council of the department as a step
In a program seeking to minimize
and eliminate the hardships of sea
sonal occupation In the building In
dustry.
Under a resolution as proved by
|he final session of tho department's
convention yesterday, officers be
gan Friday to set up machinery for
collecting and disseminating In
formation concerning labor supply
and demand In various localities,
wages, hours and conditions, living
Posts and other factors bearing up
on employment.
GEORGIAN CHOSEN
President-Elect of Dental
Association
DALLAS, Texas—Dr. Sheppard
W. Foster, of Atlanta, Ga., un
animously was elected president
elect of the American Dental Asso
ciation at the closing session of Its
ftftth. annual convention here late
Thursday. Dr. C. N. Johnson, of
Chicago, elected president-elect at
last year’s meeting, was made presi
dent of the association Thursdayl
Louisville unanimously was chosen
as the 1925 convention city.
Think Dolan Has
Abandoned Suit
NEW YORK—The sudden de
parture of Cozy Dolan from New
York combined with the failure of
hls attorney, William 3, Fallon, to
file papers In the threatened dam
age suit against Baseball Commis
sioner K. M. Landis, has led to re
ports thaht plans for court action
have been abandoned.
Dolan has given up hls apartment
on Washngton Jleghts and moved
all hs furniture, hut It Is not known
where he has gone. Fallon would
not comment on reports that tho
suit would not be filed.
SEARCH MOUNTAINS
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For Alleged Slayers of Mil
ton County Officer
CUMMINS, Oa.—Federal nnd
state authorities Friday were
searching the mountains lri this sec
tion of Georgia for Glenn House,
"Gulna” Ransom und Guy Ander
son, all of Atlanta, alleged to have
been Implicated In tho killing of
Deputy Hherlff A. J. Webb, of Milt
ton county, and the beating of
County Policeman V. V. Klson.
HOME
Imbition
WEATHER
Augusta and Vlclnltyi Partly cloudy
weather tonight and Saturday.
ENTIRE BLOCK IS
ROARING FURNACE.
JERSEY CITY, N. J.—A fire start
ing in the salt petre plant of the
Richardson Chemical Company on
Warren street Friday spread to the
hufle American Sugar Kptinery plant
nearby and to a building used by the
Colgate Soap Works.
The entire city block bounded by
Essex, Morris, Warren and Washing
ton streets was a roaring furnace at
11:30 a. m. The flames leaped through
dozens of streams of water and be
yond control, while explosions blew
out walls and roofs of the saltpetre
plant, .broke V/indows In a half-mile
area and spread terror among resi
dents.
Fifteen firemen were overcome by
fume* and scores of people were
treated for cuts from flying glass and
and effects of the fumes which rolled
across the city and the Hudson river.
fire boats used
IN THft FIGHT.
A hurry call for assistance to New
York city brought the fire boats John
l’urroy Mltchel and New Yorker to
the New Jersey City side of the river.
At 11:30 o'clock many ambulances
were at the scene. The surgeons
were caring for the IB firemen who
hail been overcome by the smoke.
Among the Injured was a man with
a broken leg.
When til* smith wall of the sugar
refinery on Dudley street caved In,
th* huge plant was seen to be a
roaring mass of flames and al hope
of saving any of It was abandoned.
The Hoboken fire department Joined
fire boats from New York city In
heplng the Jersey City firemen. Sev
eral hundred volunteer firemen were
engaged In battling small blazes
which caught In various buildings and
tenements. A special watch was kept
on nearby piers.
CALL FOR DYNAMITE
TO BLAST BUILDINGS.
At> noon. Fire Chief Boyle called for
tons of dynamite with which to blow
up buildings In the hope of cutting
off the onward sweep of the confla
gration.
City Commissioner Engan closed
one city reservoir, directing all its
supply to the fire nozzles which In
creased the water pressure from 32 to
9fi pounds.
Stores of sulphuric sold In the sugar
refinery began oxplodlng after noon
and tnrew blazing debris Into groups
of firemen. Additional fire lines
were brought to bear upon the new
danger and other streams were direct
ed on the Lehigh Valley Railroad coal
pockets In the burning aria.
At 12:*u p. m. firemen expressed
the belief that they had the fire un
der control. A shift In the wind aided
them and the flames were reported
to be spreading no further.
BABY BORN IN
POLICE STATION.
A baby was born In a police sta
tion during the fire after hls mother
had beeh carried from her home by
firemen.
Three fire boats and six Lehigh
Valley I tall road tugboats poured water
on the Colgate warehouse In an effort
to save a million dollars worth of soap
In storage. An overhead walk which
connected the warehouse with the
burning refinery threatened to carry
the blaze to the stored soap. The
threat was ended when tho wall col
lapsed.
ALLEGED KLANSMEN
Found Guilty of Larceny of
Catholic Vestments
Vt.—A verdict of
guilty of petty larceny was returned
Friday by the Jury In the cases of
‘Win. McCreedy and Gordon Wells, of
this city, alleged Ku Klux Klan pro
bationers, who havs been on trial for
a week on charges of grand larceny
based on the theft of vestments and
other nrtlcles from St. Mary's cathe
dral here August 8.
Boston Enters Its
37th Rainless Day
BOSTON.—As Boston entered
Friday upon its 37th rainless day.
tho longest period of drought pre
viously recorded by tho local wea
ther bureau had ben surpassed.
The 36th rainless day ended last
night at midnight. Since October
8 no rain has been recorded at the
weather bureau here and only flv*
traces of rain were reported.
In 1915, a dry spll of 3ft days was
recorded beginning In late Febru
ary and ending In April.
OLDEST PENSIONER
WASHINGTON—Mrs. Mjdiala
Huff. 106 years of age Is tho oldest
pensioner on the government rolls
and Is ono of the 29 surviving
widows of veterans of the war of
1812. Hhe lives In Louisa, Ky„ and
Is the widow of James Huff, who
was a private In the Virginia mili
tia. The youngest Is Mrs. Arming
I. Anderson, 64, of Cedar Orov*,
Go.