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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. —— i «■ » 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 « 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.