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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIV., No. 2
WORLD WORKING
FOR ITILf'S
STRICKEN
FOOD DISTRIBUTION HAS
BEEN ORGANIZED-BAKERIES
AND SLAUGHTER HOUSES
OPENED
m
SUFFERING IS INTENSE.
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Bnrvivox*s at Reggio and
Mesina Without Food or
Shelter Fight Each Other
for Scraps of Things Edi
ble—More Shocks Expe
rienced.
ROME. —Survivors of the earth
quake at Reggio and Messina with
out food or shelter today engaged in
riots and troops were sent to quell
them. Men were fighting each other
for scraps of food found in the ruins.
More shocks and another tidal
wave in the Strait of, Messina added
to the devastation. There is a feat
that two ships loaded with refugees
were lost in a tidal wave. More towns
are found that have been destroyed
as investigation proceeded.
Many victims are still alive in the
ruins, but it is impossible to reach
them. Horrible tales are coming
from Calabria of fighting between
starving families for crusts and fear
ful struggles for food and life be
tween men and dogs. Men and wo
men are literally dying of starvation
in ruined Calabria and help arrives
but slowly, but a greater danger than
starvation hangs over the devastated
district, the danger of pestilence. '■
Hence his majesty has wired a per
emptory demand for quicklime by
ship loads.
Thousands of corpses lie festering
and immovable beneath the debris of
the wrecked towns and cities. Prowl
ing dogs and carrion birds would
spread an epidemic. The distribution
of food has been organized. Bakeries !
have been opened and slaughter
houses establishedf It is hoped by
today that no one need be without i
bread.
The road between here i.nd Mes
sina is filled with refugees. All their
possessions are on their backs in the
shape of tattered clothing and in
many cases even these garments only j
partly cover their owners. Survivors
say that there are undoubtedly still
living people wrapped in the ruins of!
smaller villages that have not been
carefully examined. Estimates of the
dead still go to 200,000. As the in
vestigation proceeds the list of towns [
destroyed grows.
Relief contributions from various
American cities amount to $400,000.
■ WILL GO ON
THESTfINDJ/IONDAY
NEW YORK.—Thornton Hains will
tell the story ol the tragedy with
dramatic force and detail when the
trial is resumed Monday at Flushing.
The prisoner will take the stand in
his own defense and refute the testi
mony of Mrs. Annis and other wit
nesses for the state. Mclntyre today
gave out the names of the insanity
experts. They are Dr. Levi S. Wan
son of New York and Dr. John Hills
of Baltimore. The latter figured in
the trial of Mrs. Annie Bradley in j
Wasumgton who was charged with
the murder of Senator Brown of
Utah.
CAROLINA SENATOR'S
SON SHOT HIMSELF
I
Little Norwood Graydon
Accidently Wounded in
Head With Rifle Bullet.
Special to The Herald.
ABBEVILLE, S. C.—Norwood, the 1
ten-year-old son of Senator W. N.
Graydon, accidentally shot himself
Friday with a parlor rifle while at- I
tempting to climb over a fence. The 1
ball entered his head in the tempL j
region and the physicians advised 1
that he be carried to Atlanta to have !
the ball removed. Little Norwood, !
his father and mother, and Dr. J. 0. j
Hill left over the Seaboard Air Line I
for Atlanta
MRS. ERB SAYS MAN
KILLED HIMSELF
Was Trying to Kill Mrs.
Biesel and Her When He
Accidently Killed Him
self.
MEDIA.—Mrs. Florence Erb, co
defendant with her sister, Mrs. Bie
sei, who is on trial for the killing of
Caps. J. C. Clavtou Erb Saturday tes
tified that her husband killed himself
accidentally while trying to kill h"r
and her sister. She said that the I
killing couid not have been avoided.
Bird’s eye view of Messina, Sicily, which is reported to have been two-thirds destroyed by the recent earthquake which h»m
devasted lower Italy. The harbor and breakwater are shown in the distance.
Hunger Crazed Survivors
Gnaw Putrefied Human Flesh
Buried Under Ruins of Messina, Delirious Victims
Attempt to Appease Hunger by Devouring Their
Own Clothes and Bodies.
ROME.—The American gunboat
i Scorpion will arrive at Messina Mon
day, when her commander will place
his vessel at the disposal of the Amer
ican embassy officials and consular
authorities for the assistance of the
Americans and the protection of their
I interests in Sicily. The Scorpion will
transport the refugees from the affect
ed districts, carrying messages, and
will co-operate in all possible ways
with the authorities in the alleviation
|of the distress.
Returning from a visit to the Cala
brian coast north of Reggio, King
j Victor Emmanuel sent the following
| telegram to Giolitti:
I “I have visited Cannitello, eight
| miles north of Reggio, which was
( literally razed to the ground. Villa
Giovanni is also razed and was de
stroyed. As at Messina the rescue
work is well organized. The fires
at Messina have now been reduced
to small proportions.”
j Three French warships have ar
rived at Messina.
In compliance with the orders of
1 the king that the royal palaces at
j Caserta and Naples be placed at the
; disposal of the wounded, one hundred
; injured persons from Messina are al-
I ready occupying a portion of the
! San Ferdinando palace, the royal
1 house is providing everything. The
| Duchess of Aosta has transformed
into a hospital the large hall of her
palace at Cap Di Monte.
; It Is stated here that the train
| which left Reggio °arly on the morn
! ing of the earthquake carrying pas
| sengers, and of which nothing has
: been heard since, was overwhelmed
1 by the tidal wave following the earth
quake.
Pope Gives $400,000.
It is said that nobody in Italy en
vies King Victor Emmanuel in his
errand of mercy more than does Pope
Pius, who always has felt that his
i place was with the stricken earth
| quake sufferers. Having been pre
vented from going there, his holi
| ness has tried keeping in touch with
the prevailing conditions as much as
possible, and has offered the bishops
of the affected zone all that he could
i give. His latest gift has been an
other $200,000.
The pontiff has never so much re
! gretted the loss of liberty he enjoyed
as the patriarch of Venice. Now is
the time that he would like again
to be free to- pawn his pectoral cross
for the benefit of suffering mankind.
ROME. —Signor Serao, who arrived
from Messina, said that the American
consulate completely collapsed and
; that an unsuccessful effort was made
by himself and Stuart K. Lupton, the
j American vice consul, for the recov
■ ery of the bodies of Consul Cheney
| and wife, who are believed to be
dead. Serao said with Lupton he sat
isfied himself that all of the guests
of the Hotel Trinacria were saved
1 except the Swedish consul and an
Italian girl. He does not believe that
; any Americans were In the hotel.
! Taormina, where there were a num
ber of American tourists, is abso
- Ilutely safe.
I Financial contributions for the re
lief of the sufferers have come in so
i generously from the United States
that Ambassador Griscom is taking
a prominent part in the relief work
w'hich is being organized in Rome.
He says immediate action is Im
perative. The exact statistics of the i
dead are still Impossible to obtain
but by calculation the number Is es
timated at 115,000.
A telegram has been received from
j William H. Bishop, the American
; consul at Palermo, saying that he
had no news from Consul Cheney at
Messina.
Many Slowly Dying.
MESSINA.—The sufferings of the
persons still burled in the ruins of
the fallen buildings, who are slowly
dying from hunger, is awful to con
template. Dead bodies have been
found which bear mute testimony of
Z? r .fl ast for Ag g” sta and Vicinity—Fair tonight; Sunday fair and warmer.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 2, 1908.
Bird’s Eye View of Messina, One of Italy’s Stricken Cities
the torture endured before deajh re
lieved their sufferings. Several of
these have died gnawing at their
arms and hands, evidently delirious
from hunger. Other bodies brought
from the ruins had portions of cloth
ing In their mouths and one woman
had / her teetfi firmly fixed in the leg
of a dead baby.
Worst in History of World.
| PARIS. —The Figaro today publish
es the following despatch from Rome:
i “As each day goes by the disas
ter appears more horrible, terrifying
and immense. It is without a pre
cedent in the history of the world.
It Is conservatively estimated that
; 200,000 persons perished miserably
in this staggering catastrophe, and
I the worst is not yet known.
“Tremblings of the earth continue
with sinister rumblings, and at times
jets of boiling water surge from the
crevasses. The sources of streams
are poisoned with putrid matter.
“In spite of herculean efforts the
succor still is insufficient. In more
remote regions the unhappy injure-)
are dying for want of food and medi
cal treatment. Dogs and swine, en
raged by hunger, spring upon the
wounded and devour them. Insatiable
| Are and uncontrolled famine will in
exorably cla.m their victims.”
NAPLES. —Among the Americans
who booked passage from here for
Sicily shortly before the earthquake
was Miss Susie Chisholm of Savan
nah, Ga.
PRUSSIAN CLERK
ARRESTED li
SAVANNAH
Special to The Herald.
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Friedioh Fielltz,
j formerly clerk in the postoffice at Al
tenbochum, Prussia was arrested hero
! Saturday for embezzlement upon a
warrant sworn out by the German
consul. It is claimed that he em
bezzled 986 marks. He is in jail
j and extradition papers have been is
| sued.
APACHES ATTACK
ALLEGED BETRAYER
PARIS.—A second-hand dealer
named Julien, in Montmartre, was ac
cused by the apaches in that locality
of denouncing them to the police.
The roughs resolved to get rid of the
man, and a number of them were
told to suppress him.
Julien was closely watched. He
was returning to his lodging in the
Rue Champlonnet towards town,
when seven apaches sprang upon him
Julien struggled desperately, notwith
standing that he had received several
knife-stabs and a revolver bullet be
tween his eyes. He was about to suc
cumb to superior force, when, mak
ing a superhuman effort, he drew his
revolver and shot one of his assail
ants. The apaches carried off tlu-lr
companion to the Bichat hospital,
where he died before Jullen’s arrl
val. The latter lies in a grave con
dition.
lift 118 OF
NIGHT RIDER
THREATS
UNION CITY.—A sensation was
sprung at the trial of the eight al
leged night riders Saturday morning
when Attorney General Caldwell re
called Mrs. Wad Morris. Under ques
tioning Mrs. Morris admitted that she
was guilty of perjury in her first tes
timony. She is the wife of Wad Mor
ris, the self-confessed night rider who
turned state’s evidence. She flatly
contradicted her husband’s confession
in her first testimony.
She told the attorney general that
she was threatened by unknown par
ties who said they would hang her
and her husband unless she swore
that Morris was at home on the night
of Lie raid. The woman’s confession
threw the defense into a panic.
1. B. & I. PLACED
111 HANDS OF
RECEIVERS
Special to The Herald.
ATLANTA, Ga.—A. 15. & A. rail
road was Saturday morning placed
in the hands of receivers upon an
order issued by Judge Don Pardee
of the U. S. circut court. T. M. At
kinson, the president, and P. s. Ark
wright, the vice-president, were
named as receivers. Alex M. Hon
neyman, the general manager, sent
out telegraphic advices to all of the
employees Saturday ';and stated that
the road was in the hands of receiv
ers. These were signed by him as
agents of the receivers.
Following the failure of the road to
meet the interest of coupons In Bos
ton on Friday a voluntary petition hi
bankruptcy was filed in the United
States court Saturday which was con
curred in by the Old Colony Trust Co.
as a trustee under the first mortgage
made by the A. B. & A.' road. Re
ceivers were then appointed.
PLANS TO INTRODUCE THE
#
CHINESE PIGS IN ENGLAND
LONDON. —Sir Thomas Suther
lands statement that, the P. and <).
Steamship company would next year
Introduce Chinese pigs Into England
for the first time has aroused much
interest in the meat trade. Enqui
ries at the P. arid O. offices elicited
the information that, the cargo boats
of the company would call at Shan
, ghai for loading the dead pigs, which
would be carried in the refrigerators.
"The Chinese pig is quite as whole
i tome as the English or the Irish an!-
j mal” said the official. “The Chine
| man is very fond of pork, and breeds
’ pigs in immense quantities.” ‘ There
is the possibility of a very big trade
| being organized in this direction, and
frozen pork should become as popular
in England as frozen beef of mutton.”
j The principal of a well-known firm of
; meat Importers stated that, there was
I plenty of room for frozen pig in the
trade. “It is an experiment t-nat. may
turn out weli if th“ pork proves to he
of goofl quality ai M not too costly,’
he said. As a matter of Fact the
Chinaman understands the art. of fat
j toning pigs better than some Euro-
I peari breeders.
SIXTEEN MEM LYNCHED
IN GEORGIA LAST YEAR
NEW YORK I'll! 1 number of lynch
ings In 1907 was the smallest in tv
cent years, being but sixty-three, but
the number in 1908 reached too,
which is the largest number since
i 903.
The lynchlngs in the states and ter
ritories were as follows:
Alabama 4
Arkansas |
California , ’ ’, ]
] Florida ' 4
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A Possum-loving President Means
Peace and Prosperity For Many Years
ATLANTA, Ga.—Messages are pouring in upon the secretary of the
Atlanta chamber of commerce from persons in all sections of ihe stum
asking to lie allowed to contribute possytnis«and Georgia yams for the
”alt banquet here.
Harry C. Fisher, of Newman, Ga., known as the possum king says
’Give us a possum loving president and the While house will ring
with peace and prosperity and joy for years to come.”
Memphian Tried to Steal Coffin Factory
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Police of tills city arc searching for n man who
was partlally successful In an attempt to steal a coffin factory which
had temporarily suspended operations. Yesterday it was reported t„
one of the owners that the In lug was being razed and an Invesllga
tlon developed that under the direction of a mail who appeared on the
scene several days ago, a force of workmen have been engaged In de
molishing the structure, bricks being curted away and sold by the wag
on-load. When the police arrived the master of Ihe operations had ills
appeared.
YUAN SHI-KM HAS
REEK DISMISSED
PEKING. —An edict was Issued
Saturday which dismisses from office
| Yuan Shi Kai, the grand councillor
and commander-in-chief of the forces
I The reason given for the action Is
I that he has rheumatism. The edict
; orders Yuan Shi Kai to vacate all
of his offices and to return to his
1 home, adding: “Thus our clemency
I toward him is manifested.”
I Members of Ihe diplomatic corps
lat Peking are well nigh thunderstruck
lat the sudden dismissal of Yuan Shi
Kai. Th<- step Is believed to he Ihe
outcome of a Manohu plot, and there
are Indications that the Japanese
alone had an Inkling of what was on
foot.
There is nothing to Indicate that
the dismissal of Yuan Shi Kat means
danger to foreigners, but the good
fame of China’s management of tne
crisis following the demise of the
emperor arid dowager empress and
the appointment of his successor has
been swept away by this vindictive
act.
There are grave apprehensions here
of revolutionary outbreaks In such
centers as Canton and some of the
most conservative diplomats have
suggested a return of the foreign
troops.
MOB THREATENED
TO LYNCH NEGRO
Report Was Circulated
That He Attempted an
Assault Upon an Aged
Woman.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—At Silver'
dale Friday night, Mrs. D. Moore,
aged <>?,, on returning home found
a negro in her house. The negro
fled, and in pushing Mrs. Moore aside
she was thrown to the ground. The
story was quickly circulated that an
attempt at assault had been made
and a mob formed with the avowed
intention of lynching the negro, fy;
was. captured by the sheriff and taken
Ito Cleveland. The mob followed but
i the negro was landed safely in jail.
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR f"
! Georgia jq
■ Illinois
Kentucky 40
Louisiana g
Mississippi 02
North Carolina 4
| South Carolina 1
j Tennessee g
! Texas 1
j Virginia j ] ”4
Of the total number 93 were tie
! groes and 7 were whites.
SAM T. WARFIELD
WAS FOUND GUILTY
Man Connected With the
Famous DeLuxc Book
Swindle Given Three
Years and Two Thousand
Dollars Fine.
CHICAGO.—SamueI T. Warfield
was found guilty and his punishment
and sentence was fixed at three years
in prison and a fine of $2,000, In the
famous In- Luxe book swindling case,
and Willis N. Cooper was found “not
guilty.”
The prominence of the alleged vlc
jilnis attracted a largo crowd to the
| court Saturday morning, but neither
James a. Patten, the millionaire
I board of trade operator, nor his wife
were present.
MOB THREATENED TO
BURN BRITISH SHIP
»■■■■■■! I
Angry Because Consul Lib
ei'at.ed Man Chai'ged with
1 Killing; Chinese.
CANTON.—A mob of Chinese Sat
i urday t hreatened to burn the British
i steamship Fatshan against which ‘ a
i boycott was proposed on account of
the release by the British consul of
a Portuguese sailor accused of caus
ing I lie death of a Chinese passenger
Chinese soldiers guarded the wharf
Sand the ship refused to take the Chi
! none cargo or passengers for Hong
1 Kong, fearing IncenCtrrtTlm.
If You Want the News
You’ll Need Sunday’s Herald
You will find a pretty readable paper In Sunday’s Herald; full
and complete and well balanced. Just the sort of a newspaper that
you need around the house.
Sunday's Herald will have something for every member of the
household—the children as well as the old folks; the ladles as well
a the men folks; all will find interesting reading In Sunday’s Her
ald.
And not the least Important news In Sunday’s Herald will be
the store news of Augusta—the news of the New Year and what the
merchants are doing.
Be Sure You Get Sunday’s Herald
(HOT USED 0r
EARTHQUAKE
ARGUMENTS
CHICAGO.- -Three riots, in which
a score of shots were fired, occurred
in the Italian quarter in the neighbor
hood of I’uot and Clark streets Sat
jurday. Trie police attribute the out-
I breaks to the excitement brought on
by arguments over the earthquake In
! Italy. The police arrested a dozen
suspects all of whom were heavily
armed and who declared that they
were attacked by a r.u- her of Sicili
ans and only fought in self defense.
10 [SECT SHIFT TO
CONFEDERATE OEM
WASHINGTON- A monument is to
he erected to the Confederate pris
on! rs ( f war buried at the Green
j Lawn cemetery, Indianapolis, in ac
cordance with arrangements made by
a commissi! ner appointed fer the
marking of graves of the Confederate
| (lead. The work is to be conducted
| under the war department. It is pro
i posed to have this monument of mar
ble or granite and to bear the name
1 and rank, if ether than a private,
company and regiment, of 1,620 sol
diers of Confederate forces who died
as prisoners cf war at Camp Morton,
! Indiana, between 1862 and 1865.
LIGHT VOTETfIST
I! ATLANTA
ELECTION
Special to The Herald.
ATLANTA, Ga. —At the’city elec
tion yesterday Judge John S. Cand
ler was elected alderman and Aldino
Chamoers and M. L. Minor council
men to represent the ninth wurd.
ibe total vote polled in the nine
wards was only 309.
The ninth ward polled the largest
vote, which was 00.
Of the whole 309 votes there was
only one scratch. The name of Al
dlne Chambers was scratched one
time In the fifth ward.
The Small vote was not. due to any
lack of popularity of the candidates,
out It. was owing to the fact that
they had been nominated In the pri
mary and had no opposition. Their
election was merely a matter of legal
form.
This was tie first time the ninth
ward ever voted In an Atlanta elec
tion.
The new alderman and councilmetl
will sit with the general council of
1969, when It Is organized next Mon
day evening.
The vote by wards was as follows:
First Ward —Candler 25, Chambers
25, Minor 25.
Second Ward—Candler 18, Cham
bers 18, Minor 18.
Third Ward—Candler 30, Cham
bers 30, Minor 30.
Fourth Ward--Candler 27, Cham
bers 27, Minor 27.
Fifth Ward —Candler ,Ib, Chambers
30. Minor 30.
Hlxth Ward—Candler 59, Chambers
59, Minor 59.
Seventh Ward—Candler 37, Cham
bers 27, Minor 37.
Eighth Ward —Candler 23, Cham
bers 23, Minor 23.
Ninth Ward Candler 60, Chambers
60, Minor 60.
LABOR LEADERS WILL
DISCUSS SENTENCES
WASHINGTON.—Prominent labor
leaders from all sections of the
country will meet here Monday In
obedience to a call Issued by Presi
dent Samuel Gompers of 'he Federa
tion of Labor to discuss the jail sen
tences Imposed upon Gompers, Secre
tary Morrison and John Mitchell by
Judge Wright.