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AUGUSTA’S WANT AD
DIRECTORY.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD-
VOLUME XXXI, No. 323
MEN &>
MARKET'S
BYP.F.B.
BABSON PARK, Mass— Stock
market activity since election is
being variously lnterprdled. One
group Insists that It is an expres
sion of relief or of confidence in the
present administration. In other
words, It is based entirely on sen
timent. The dther school believes
that it is the beginning of a sound
bull market that is long overdue
and that was held up by the uncer
tainty of the campaign. They have
gone over to the Idea that we are
about to repeat the McKinle-f
Market that started in November
1900 and ran Into the middle of
1901. During this movement stocks
rose on the average of 30 points.
With stocks higher than they have
been since 1916 the market may go
either way. As u4ual, you may pay
your money and take your choice.
PREDICTIONS O' -1 PROSPERITY
are frequently made by government
officials during a political cam
paign but the practice is not often
indulged in at other times. Never
theless a report from Washington
last week quotes ‘certain Tree sftry
Officials' who say that they see
nothing in the immediate future to
put a stop to rising stock prices
and that they believe that the coun
try is entering a period of better
business. The statement has al
ready caused more speculation — 1
speculation as to why it was is
sued.
WHO IS SELLING STOCKS?
The question seems to be bothering
the speculators. It is probable that
many of these "million share" ses
sions are transferring securities
from industrial concerns and banks
to private investors. Business has
been dull and with low money rates
the banks have put their surplus
funds iato securities. Many busi
ness reserve funds have been usee
in the same way. It will not be sur
prising if it is found that these
stocks and bonds accumulated
gradually during the last year are
now being liquidated. If there were
any way of knowing how much is
coming from these sources and how
much more there is to come it
might be easier to predict market
developments.
A HORIZONTAL CUT IN Taxes
promises to be first in the order of
business at the coming session of
Congress. Such blanket reduc
tion of from 10 to 25 per cent o.i
present schedules could be passed
without involving the complicated
task of revising the whole system
of taxation. Otherwise a special
session will be required to make
the scientific reduction of taxes
promised in the campaign. The
chances for real revision downward
are good as the party jealousies
that hindered the work as it was
undertaken before the election
should not figure largely in the
coming revision. The politicians
who opposed the previous effort to .
give the country tax relief fared I
noorlv in the balloting of Novem
ber 11. A bill providing for furth
r•• reduction should now go through !
with flying colors.
CAR LOADING of ovpr a mil
lion revenue cars a week for nine
consecutive weeks with the rail se
curities leading in both stock and
bond markets might give the im
pression that our railroads are en
joying unprededented oppulence.
Some of them are but the average
return on capital invested during
the month of September figures to
4.21 per cent whiv.fl is still quite a
bit below the 5.75 per cent deemed
a reasonable return by the Inter
state Commerce Commission. The
encouraging points are found in the
splendid showings made by certain
roads and in the fact that the in
dustry as a whole is again headed
in the right direction.
EMMA GOLDMAN has experi
enced Bolshevism first hand. She
is just as rabid about it as ever—
but she is now on the other side.
Emma, who was deported from the
United States in ISI9 as an unde
sirable alien is now in England.
Her present cor#lemnation of Bol
shevism makes her previous tirade
against Capitalism sound almost
complimentary.
$100,000.00 HAS BEEN BID for a
seat in the New York Stock Ex
change. A similar membership sold
the day previous for $95,000. These
figures are approaching the record
price of $115,000 paid for a mem
bership during the inflation market
of 1919-1920. Commissions charged
by brokerage houses have also been
advanced. Begins to look as though
everything connected with stocks
had gone up.
VERTICAL TERMS are becom
ing common in American business. ,
Since the Sherman Act has made I
combinations in restraint of trade,
that is combinations of the same
sorts of businesses, —illegal, we
have seen combinations of con
nected but not competing lines.
Henry Ford in acquiring iron
mines, steel mills, timber tracts,
and railroads has built a vertical
trust which embraces most of his
main sources of supply. The tire
companies in buying cotton mills
and rubber plantations are follow
ing suit. So long as it does not
restrain trade this type of combi
nation is legal, and while it may
be hard on competitors, the result
ing economics will doubtless ac
crue as a benefit to the public.
COPPER PRODUCERS and the
owners of copper s«urities are
much encouraged. Prices have
climbed gradually and are ap
npproaching 14c per pound. Con
sumption has increased rapidly
since the middle of August and ex
ports are exceeding imports by
about 35 per cent. With mines in
operation running at 80 per cent of
capacity the stocks on hand are
dwindling. Low cost producers
should profit, but a sharp rise in
price would bring In many higher
cost mines and greatly increase tho
supply of metal.
ERNEST STRUM, one time of
) flee boy of three Insurance com
panies. has lust been elected as
Chairman of the Board of these
same companies. He succeeds the
late Henrv Evans who also start
ed as office boy. Maybe Horatio
Alger wasn't so much fiction after
#ll.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
DAILY, sc; SUNDAY, sc.
LEASED WIRE SERVICE.
TEN DIE IN EASTERN STORM
(MIDGE’S FARI COHESION BEGINS WORK
Plan to Study
Agricultural
Affairs From
Top to Bottom
WASHINGTON. With
preliminary formalities and
intorductions complete,
members of the President
Coolidge’s commission had
the way clear Tuesday for
laying the foundation for a
program which administra
tion officials hope will point
the way toward restoration
of agriculture to a basis of
economic equality with
other industries.
At its first meeting Monday held
behind closed doors at the depart
ment of agriculture, the commission
adopted a preliminary plan of proce
dure and decided that the best meth
od of formulating constructive recom.
mendations in time for consideration
at the impending session of congress
would be to study the whole farm
question with pending relief legisla
tion with necessary laws and scien
tific education of the farmer as a
working chart.
With xhe assurance of Mr. Coolidge
that no restrictions will be placed on
them, members of the committee
agreed to spend their e..tire time tor
several weeks at least in studying
the agricultural situation from top to
bottom.
Louis J. Tabor, master of the na
tional grange and Charles S. Barrett,
chairman cf the National Board of
t"arm organizations who is attending
the annual meeting of the Farmers
Union in Oklahoma, were the only
member? of the commission unable to
attend Tuesday’s session.
LONELY CABIN IN
|- MINNESOTA SCENE
OF GRUESOME GRIME
WARFO/sD, Minn.—lnvestigation
of tile mysterious death of Mrs. Fi
sio heeler, 31, in the isolated
country of the Northwest angle of
Minnesota Tuesday awaited the ar
rival of Lake-Of-the-Woods coun
ty authorities who were making a
160-mile trip through the wilder
ness to a lonely cabin in the north
woods, where she was found stab
bed.
Mrs. Wheeler was fount, dead in
the cabin late Thursday by her
husband. Dean Wheeler and Carl
Hagen, owner of the place with
whom the Wheelers were staying.
A butcher knife had been thrust
into her side.
Her body was discovered on the
floor by the two men when they
returned from a trip to a river
three miles away. The next morn-,
ing Hagen and Jake Coulson, a
friend of the Wheeler’s left for
civilization to notify authorities of
the death.
Tlie men traveled on foot for 160
miles through the wilds to reach
this place. Upon their arrival here
Sunday, they notified county au
thorities at Baudette by telephone.
Sheriff Thomas Slind and Coro
ner John R. Norris came here from
Baudette Monday and started back
to Hagen's cabin.
According to the woman's hus
band she had been in the best of
spirits and he scouted a theory of
suicide.
Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler came to
this vicinity from Clearwater, Kans
where they were married three
weeks ago. They were accompanied
by Jake and Robert Coulson. broth
ers. of Clearwater.
The Wheelers and the Coulson’s
| had taken out homestead claims in
I northwestern Minnesota near the
Canadian border.
Early Roads Extend So
Far Into the Distant
Past Their Begin
ning Is Not
Known
Just Whin man first began »o
build roads is not known. They
were tin existence long before
the pyramids. The materials
used In the construction of the
great pyramid was hauled over
a road built after 10 year’s la
bor hr 100,000 men. The road
was built of massive blocks of
stone and In some places was
ten feet thick.
The Applan Way, the first
great Homan road, was begun
about 312 before Christ by Clau
dius Applus. It was 142 miles
long hut was later extended to
a distance of 300 miles, and 11
Is probable that Julius Caesar
completed It. Many of our pres
ent road laws come from the
'toman form of highway legis
lation.
The public highways of the
United Sttaes represent an area
owned and malnta'ned by tic
nubile for their passage. The
Want Ad Section of Tho Her
ald Is also a public utility. A
glance at the Want Ads gives
one only of a vague idea of
the vast number of purpose, for
which they are used Five min
utes spent reading them gives
one ag Insight to bargains to he
had In everyday wants.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES— THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
TWO DUD. FOUR
MISSING. 1 FIDE
m
Hotel at Atlantic City Is
Destroyed
FEAR THREE OTHERS
PERISHED IN FLAMES
Score of Persons Injured
During Blaze
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J._
With a toll of two known dead
and four missing, fire which
destroyed the Bothwell hotel
and its annex, formerly the
Senator, Monday night, and for
a time threatened many fine
residences at this coast resort,
was burning itself out Tues
day. It was believed that dan
ger of the flames spreading had
been averted.
Nothing but part of the walls
of the hotel remained and the
casino on the famous steel
pier was practically wrecked.
The loss is estimated at $1,500,-
000. /
TWO KNOWN DEAD
SCORE INJURED
James Bennett, 80, of New York,
died shortly after midnight as a
result of injuries he received ns he
was being rescued and an uniden
tified woman is known to have
perished. It is feared that at least
thfee more guests of the hotel may
hSve lost their lives.
Search is being made for them.
Police Sergeant James A. Mc-
McMennmin also has been missing
since he entered the Senator Mon
day night on rescue work.
About a score of persons, most of
them fireman, were injured al
though none, but Bennett suffered
serious injuries. The cause of the
fire lias not been determined.
Fire apparatus from nearby
towns responded to appeals for
help and Philadelphia hold appara
tus in readiness but it was not
needed.
Only lhe fact that the wind was
blowing from th>s north sending
vast volume of sparks and burning
embers out to sea. saved Atlantic
Ci. from a worse fire. The usual
sea breeze prevalent here, it is be
lieved would have made a clean
sweep of many of the finest resi
dences and a score of frame hotels,
which too far from the fire. It is
understood that the loss is covered
to the extent of about 70 per cent.
$700,000 FIRE
AT WARNERS, N. J.
WARNERS, N. J.—A loss of $700,-
000 it was estimated Monday was
caused by fire, which starting with
an explosion aboard a barge here
Monday night ignited a gasoline
tanker and destroyed several oil
tanks ashore. The flames threaten
ed for a time to sweep the entire
water front.
One man, a carpenter aboard the
tanker, is missing. Several of the
crew of 36 were rescued from the
icy waters of Staten Island Sound
after they had Jumped overboard,
their clothes afire. The barge cap
tain, the first believed to have been
killed was found unconscious in a
hospital.
The explosion on the barge 44,
sent the flumes to the tanker Wil
liam Boyce Thompson anchored
alongside. The ship was destroyed
and the fire soon ate its way to
the first of the four 8,000 barrel
gasoline tanks of the plant of the
Sinclair Refining Company near
by. Emergency pumps were used
to draw off the contents of other
tanks near the fire. More than 87,-
000 gallons of gasoline were de
stroyed, however.
LABOR FEDERATION
NOW FORMULATING
ITS MAJOR POLICIES
EL PAS'"), Texas —With the prin
cipal aspects of sessions outlined In
the annual report of the executive
council and she opening address of
President Samuel Gompers, the
American Federation of Labor turn
ed Tuesday to formulating through
committee action its major policies
for next year.
Sixteen committees appointed at
the first session of the convention
Monday will do the hulk of the
work of the assemblage. Executive
hearings on topics of paramount
importance will be conducted by
several committees. The report of
the executive council brought be
fore the convention more than a
score of Important questions. In
cluding child labor, workmens com
pensation laws, pensions, convict
labor, women in Industry, labor
bnnking. legislation affecting rail
way crafts and education for work
ers. Scores of resolutions touching
on various phsses of the same gen
eral topics were received In the
session. *
Committee reports for th* con
sideration of the federation will be
considered during the next three
days.
The executive council report rec
ommended that labor organizations
must guard against "hasty forma
tion of banks.”
"Labor in this new field of aertl
vlty has not passed the complete
period cf experimentation," the %<■-
port said.
The secretary's report showed an
average membership for the year
of 2,865.979. Last year the figure
was 2.926,468.
AUGUSTA GEOR G!A, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 18, 1924
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Mike Merio, general president of Unione Slclliana and its 34 branches,
led his own funeral procession in C hicago. At least that is the way it
appeared to thousands along tho streets of Little Italy, through which
the cortege moved. A life-like wax figure of the deceased stood in tho
first automobile. Then came 25 machines loaded with $30,000 worth of
flowers. These were followed by the hoarse and several score of cars
fillcd with i-olalives and friends.
General Convention oIU.D.C.
Begins at Savannah Tonight
S A V A N NAH. Ga. —Former
Governor Frank O. Lowden Il
linois. was confined to his room
in a local hotel here Tuesday
morning, owing to a slight in
jury to one of his feet Monday
night as he was leaving Atlanta.
The former executive stated,
however, that his foot had been
onlw slightly sprained and that
the Injury would not prevent
two speaking engagements he
had made here, one in the after
noon before a civic organization
and Another Tuesday night at
the opening session of the U.
D. C. annual convention.
Mr. Lowder. was getting in his
berth Monday night when the
train lurched throwing him to
the floor. He retired, believing
the pain would be relieved be
fore morning, ©n arriving in
Savannah, however, a physician
was called and an x-ray taken
to determine the extent of the
injury.
The former executive, with
Mrs. Lowden was traveling in
the private car of L. A. Downs,
president of the Central of !
Georgia Railway.
SAVANNAH, GA.—Mrs. Albion
Tuck, Washington, Tuesday was
recognized by the executive board
of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy as "defacto president”
of the district of Columbia division
of the organization.
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The officials
Tuesday were holding, conference
and completing arrangements, for
the formal opening Tuesday of the
thirty-first annual conference of
the United Daughters of the Con
federacy.
Former Goveronr Frank C. Low
den, of Illinois, who will be one of
the principal speakers at the ini
tial session, arrived in the city dur
i ing the morning, which Goveronr
Clifford Walker, of Georgia, who is
expected to deliver the state's wel
come address to the delegates, was
to arrive on an afternoon train.
Mrs. Frank Harrold,. Americus.
Ga., president-general of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, and
a sister of Governor Walker, was
an honor guest with other general
officers, at a luncheon tendered by
the Savannah U. D. C. chapter. The
former Illinois chief executive was
the honor guest at a luncheon giv
en by local civiic organization.
MRS. HARROLD TO
MAKE ADDRESS.
Approximately 500 delegate* arc,
expected to attend the opening ses
sion. Mrs. Harrold's address will
ho on the subject of Americanism.
She will nutline tho objects of tho
organization and will stress the
statement that while each member
“holds close to the heart" tho bra
very exhibited by southern sol
diers during tho war between the J
states and the heritage left by
them, America and the preservation j
of tho constitution come first.
The program calls for tho first
welcome address to he delivered by ,
Governor AValker. Mayor Beabrook, !
of .Savannah, then will speak, after •
which Mrs. Walker Grace, president I
of tho Georgia division, will deliver i
the address of her organization. 1
Mrs. A. it. Hill, presides!, of tho Sa
vannah chapter, will deliver the
next speech. Mrs. Charles H. Boll
i log, of Richmond, Va., will respond.
! Mrs. Walter I). Lamar, Macon, Ga.,
will Introduce Former Governor
I Lowden. Mrs. Harrold will he In
troduced |,y Mrs. 11. H. Chesley, pf
j Cambridge, Mass. Gen. James A.
! Thomas. Dublin. Ga , commvander- I
1 In-ehlef of tho United Confederate
I veterans, Is expected to follow Mrs
Harrold. >lrs It. D, Wright, New
, berry, H. C.; Mrs, Peter Yt tree
I Shreveport, La.: Mrs. Felix Harvey.
Kingston, N. C., and Congresman
! elect Charles G. Edwards will he
among the others on the program.
JEFFERSON DAVIS
HIGHWAY DISCUSSION.
In addition to subjects of educe-
I tlon the Jefferson Davis highway
will hold a prominent place in the |
deliberations of the convention, the i
president-general said In an Intcr
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DEATH BY FIRE
Ashes of Pastor’s Wife
Found In Furnace
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COLUMBUS, O.—Rev. C. V. I
Shgatsify. for nine years pas- 1
tor of Christ Luthers church I
of Bexley, a suburb, was being I
questioned by police Tuesday in I
connection with the finding of I
the charred bones of his wife's |
body in the furnace of their
Bexley home late Monday.
Police Lieutenant Hhellenherger
announced that “something def
inite” may be announced wlth-
I In an hour.
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COLUMBUS. Ohio.—Prosecutor
John King was Tuesday Investigat
ing the death late Monday of Mrs.
! Addle Sheatsley, 50, wife of Rev. C.
| V. Sheatsley, pastor of Christ LU-
I theian chureh, whose nshos
were taken from a furnace In the
Sheatsley home.
Monday night Prosecutor King,
after a partial investigation, said
It would have been impossible for
the woman to have committed sul-
I ride by crawling Into the furnace
' and closing the door behind her as
Coroner Murphy's verdict had said.
The remains of the body, and
pieces of Jewelry belonging to her
were found in the fire bed when
the Rev. Mr. Sheatsley returned
home at 4:45 p. m., after a short
absence. He immediately called
neighbors and Coroner Murphy was
summoned. The minister's attention
was directed to the furnace by the
odor of burning flpsh, he told po
llce.
Mrs. Sheatsley was alone In the
house, according to her husband’s
statement. When the four children
! returned from school they found
the house filled with smoko and
opened the furnace door hut saw
nothing unusual, they said.
The minister told the police h's
j wife had been extremely nervous
for some time. Bemuse she scem
d more nervous than usual Mon
dny, he cancelled n hunting trln he
had planned for Monday, he said.
Dr. Gilliam Held
For Alleged Fight
at G. O. P. Meeting
ATLANTA, Ga —Dr. W. Y. Gilliam,
rhnirrnan of th« republican utate
committee of Georgia# whh placed un
der bond In the Bum of $250 in muni
-1 cipal court here Monday, after a hear-
I inj' on a warrant. Kwurn out n«i the
I rewult of an alleged fight November
| F)th at a meeting of the republican
I committee here. Dr. Gilliam and F.
Marlon Thomaaon became involved In
I an argument, culminating In a phy
: alcal encounter at this meeting, It
■ whh testified.
McMURRAY APPOINTED
i
Assistant Secretary of De
partment of State
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WASHINOTON, D. t Pretl
dent Coolidqg Tuesday appoint*
ed John Van A. Mac Murray, of
! New Jersey, as asaotant eecre*
tary of state.
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Kills Young Wife,
Then Shoots Self
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—A Mav and
December romance ended in trage
dy Monday when Mrs. Heatriea
j Smith, 26, bride of five month*,
wjih ahot fatally by W. V. Smith,
j her 61 year old huabond, who then
I wounded hlmaelf but not aerloualy.
| He acetified hi* wife of infidelity.
RAIDERS STILL' I
HOLD AQUEDUCT
No Efforts Made to Eject
Invaders
USE SEARCHLIGHTS TO
WATCH FOR “ENEMY”
Second Appeal For Troops
Made By Sheriff
LONE PINE, Cal.—Owens Val
ley ‘’little army of occupation”
was still In undisputed possession
of the Los Angelos aqueduct early
Tuesday. No one had yet niado
any effort forcibly to eject the in
vaders or to close the gate through
which they are causing the waters
of the aqueduct to go to waste.
The army of approximately 100
men took turns standing guard all
night. Searchlights swept hack
and fortli over the hills unc*easing
ly, alert to reveal the approach of
the “enemy." But no hostile force
appeared and a statement issued
in Los Angeles by Mayor Cryer
Monday night said that nono was
likely to appear from there.
L 5 ANGELES MAYOR
IS NOT ALARMED
*‘l feel confident," said the mayor,
“that the peace officers of Inyo coun
ty, supplemented, if necessary by tl o
I forces of the Rtate of Galifornlu will
take care of the situation."
Sheriff Collins of Inyo county after
1 serving the raiders with a court or
der forbidding them to Interfere with
the Los Angeles water supply and
after seeking copies of the order
I tossed Into the spillway, telegraphed
Governor Jtlchnrdson Monday nigtU a
Heeoml appeal for state troops. He
I said he and his deputies were "pow
erless to cope with the situation."
Collins* first request for troops. Is
sued soon after the raiders seized tho
aqueduct Sunday was denied by tho
governor. He declared that the
"sheriff has ample power and should
be able to control tho situation.**
Tho raiding party of farmers and
citizens, including clergymen, lawyers,
physicians and business men of tho
valley, TQlldftf were making tluru-
Kofcres comfortable In crimp. They
also were preparing to "stay on the.
job until it is fiuiahed or until the
hiflTfin. comes.**
Tuesday the raiders planned to hold
ft barbecue. Should they stand their
S round for three months the city will
avo consumed most of its reservoir
supply between bore and Los Angeles,
according to estimates of water de
partment engineers.
The W’nste of water through the
Alabama gate at present is 290 cubic
feet a second, they estimate, caurdng
nn approximate daily loss to tho city
of $15,000.
GREENVILLE WOMAN
HELD ON CHARGE OF
MURDERING HUSBAND
GREENVILLE, 8. C.-Mrs.
Maude Harrison, widow of the Into
W. Berry Harrison, a Greenville
business man, was arrested here
Monday on a warrant charging
murder In connection with the
mysterious death of her husband
at his home here last August 10th.
She made bond In the sum of $2,500
for nppearance at a later term of
court.
Harrison was found dying In the
hatliroom of his home, whllo his
l wife was said to have been engaged
with clearing away (he breakfast '
dishes on the morning of August
10th. The children were playing In
tbe yard. Mrs.. Harrison testified*
at a coroner's Inquest that sho
heard a shot and ran to the door
of the bnthroom to see him dying
on the floor. A pistol lay nearby.
The Inquest resulted In a verdict
to the effeet, that the man came to
his death “In an accidental man
ner."
The county grand Jury In a pre
nentment to Judge John R. Wilson
In sessions court Saturday after
noon recommended tho nrrest of
Mrs. Tlarlson on a charge of murder.
Summary of the News
GENERAL.
Ten dead, many missing, in great gale in East.
Coolidge’s new farm commission gets down to work.
Raiders still control Los Angelas aqueduct.
Two die, four miesing, in Atlantic City hotel fire.
Callieux, former French premier, granted amnesty.
Pastor questioned after wife's bones found in furnaes.
Governors discuss highway safety at Jacksonville meet.
Federation of Labor begins work on major policies.
Scientist predicts control of human form and sex.
Final arguments heard in oil lease suit,
Vap A. MncMurray names assistant secretary of stats.
Body of murdered woman found in lonely cabin,
GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
General U. D. C. Convention opens at Savannah tonight.
Georgia Baptiste in session at Columbus.
Bead building discussed by Waynesboro Rotarians.
Columbus "mystery girl” still unidentified.
Greenville woman is held for husband's death,
- BPORTB.
Bulldogs prepare for remaining crucial contests.
Walter Johnson may acquire part ownership of Oakland club.
Toronto club to train in Augusta next spring.
Connie Mack buys star catcher from Coast League.
Whittaker winner in Mid-South Tennis,
Yale and Harvard in annual clasfi Saturday.
LOCAL.
Mayor urges paving of Lakemont Drive.
Little girl is injured by street car.
Local store manager drinks iodine.
Charity work duplicated, says Survey report.
' Suit for debt under way in city court.
Injured Academy boy in serious condition.
Two boarding houses hare are robbed.
Polios officers seize 17 gallons booze.
18 CENTS A WEEK.
(ASSOCIATED PRESS.) WEATHER
Many Missing
In N. Y. Section
Great Gale on Atlantic Seaboard Sweeps
Out at Sea, Leaving Mounting Toll
of Death and Disaster In Its Path.
Huge Property Losses
NEW YORK.—Leaving in its path a mounting toll
of death and disaster, the great gale which for 48 hours
held the Atlantic Seaboard in icy grip appeared Tuesday
to have swept out to sea. Ten known dead, many miss
ing, huge property losses to shipping and wholesale dam
age ashore, wasethe toll in this section.
Tuesday, while life saving agencies were mobilized
to search the seas for missing craft and missing men, the
wind abated. Weather forecasters predicted milder
temperatures with possible rain or snow in adjacent dis
tricts. It was 20 degrees above zero in New York at noon.
Tragic tales of the storm have begun to drift into
the news channels. A barge skipper died of exposure at
the end of a rope which was hauling him from the water
to safety aboard a United States revenue cutter.
A wealthy man dozed in his automobile in a garage
and died there. A poor man, froze to death in an Eliza
beth tenement while his son was out looking for work.
Joseph mm
GWEN AMNESTY
For Premier of France
Granted Liberty By Senate
—Vote Is 176 to 104
PARIS— Joseph Caillaux. former
premier, who In October, 1918, was
round guilty of having "Impeded
prOHecutlon of tho wnr was voted
amnesty Tuesday by tho senate, 176
to 104. «,
Louis Malvy, former minister dT
tho Interior, convicted of com
munication with tho enemy during
the war and banished from T'ranee
for three years, was voted amnesty
by 195 to 62. „ . ,
Tho vote was taken Immediately
after a strrlng speech by Premier
Harriot, who pleaded with the sena
tors to let bygones be bygones.
Next to tho Dreyfus trial, per
haps no case has excited wider in
terest or greater animosities among
the people of France than the Cail
luux ense. . ,
Joseph Gnlllaux financier and
political leader, whoso career as a
statesman made him a figure of
world prominence in tho decade be
fore tho, world wnr, became the
butt of attack during tlie crisis of
the middle period of the European
war when he was accused of try
ing to bring about a compromise
pence with Germany.
Tho echoes of the shots from the
pistol of tho second Madatno Call
laux which laid low Gaston Cal
mette, editor of Figaro who had
made accusations of a personal na
ture In tho political fight being
waged against Caillaux gs minister
of finance early In 1914, had hardly
died away before the outbreak of
tho war. Reports began to oAmc
soon afterwards of mysterious ac
tivities by Caillaux which were re
garded ns not friendly to the war
policies of tho ministries In power.
Caillaux was accused of various
Intrigues Involving correspondence
with members of tho enemy camp
and upon the advent of Clemen -
ceau to power, Caillaux was arrest
ed and after a long delay tried on
Continued on Page 2
HO M E
EDITION
Augusta and vicinity: Cloudy tonight
Wednesday fair.
NEW YORK— Police of the ma
rine division Tuesday were scour
ing the seas nearby for “the Frolic”
n 34-foot Sloop which set out from
Brooklyn Sunday night with seven
I men aboard. The men expected to
i return before dark that night and
lit is feared they perished In the
heavy gales that have been sweep
ing the Atlantic roast.
Wind and cold Monday wrought
havoc with shipping and caused
death and suffering among the
city’s poor Three persons died of
cold and exposure.
The White Star liner Adriatic ar
rived several hours late, her super
structure battered by waves and
coated with lee. A sailor was Mown
overboard and a lifeboat was stove
In.
The den roved Cassen of the "dry
navy” saved the lives of six men off
Montauk Point nnd then placed
them under arrest. Later they were
released.
| “JAZZ OPERA”
! May Be Next Think In New
York
NEW YJRK—On the boards of
the Metropolitan Opera House there
soon may be staged a Jazz opera
written by one of the musical
modernists and sponsored by Otto
H. Kahn, financier and chairman of
the Metropolitan Opera Company. It
Is understood that, the "book” of the
contemplated opera will be as
modern as the score, dealing pos
sibly with the modern shop girl or
factory worker.
TWO MEET DEATH
In Zero Gale Off New Eng
land Coast
, ROSTON—A wintry Mast with
'a high wlod and a temperature
dropping nearly t<f zero on parts of
New England has brought death
to two men, distress to ships along
the coast from Maine to Caps Cod,
and delay to trains.
Urges Increase of
Artillery Reserves
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Efforts to
'lncrease matwlalfy the number of re
serve artillery officers are urged by
Major General William J. Bnow, chief
of field artillery In pointing out to
Secretary Weeks In hls annual re
port, made upbllo Tuesday that near
ly 20,000 additional artillery officers
would bs needed at a conservative
estimate In event of major war
emergency. The present reserve corps
enrollment of artillery .officer*, Gen-
I eral Snow said, was 7,8*9.
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