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About The Augusta daily herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1908-1914 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1910)
THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD VOLUME XV., No. 6 SNOW AND ICE REIGN SUPREME IN NORTHEAST With Fuel Short and Traf fic Hampered the People Are Suffering Intensely. Rivers Frozen, NEW YORK. —The north, east and south are in the grip of a sleet, rain and snow storm that threatens to out do in havoc the great Christmas bliz zard. The property damage runs into the millions, railroad schedules have been upset and telegraph wires prostrated. Greater New York, from the out skirts of Brooklyn to upper Harlem and the outskirts of the Bronx, was a vast skating rink Thursday. With the streets for mile upon mile covered with a thin blanket of glassy ice, hundreds of persons were injured, traffic was seriously crippled, and the town did its work under the greatest difficulty. Every hospital in the city was kept busy. So severe was the storm that the Atlantic battleship fleet was kept in port instead of sailing, as was plann ed. after its holiday here. In the North river the big battleships bucked the heavy ice floes, tugging at their anchors. The Hudson for a third of Its length was one big floe; for the rest, it was ice covered. River traf fic about New York was seriously hampered. Suffering Intense. Raging with terrible fury through out the night, the storm created w'holesale suffering among the poor, and hundreds of homeless were driven to any available shelter. The Muni cipal lodging house was again crowd ed . Although the cold snap had some what abated this morning and rain was falling, the best the Weatherman could do today was to promise tho possibility of relief from the ice pavements later on. Early in the day a low, sinister fog overhung the bay and the two rivers that flow on either side of Manhat tan and thousands of commuters and Brooklynites were delayed. Ferry (Continued on page two.) McKEE CONFIRMED. WASHINGTON, I). C.—ln execu. live session the senate Thursday con firmed the following nominations: Hugh L. McKee, to be postmaster at Atlanta, Ga.; Charles Booth, at Prattville, Ala.; John J. Stephens, at Alta, Ala.; and M. J. Mulvlhill, at Vicksburg. Miss. Oldest Officer Dead, Declared “Dead' ’ By Insurance Company In Summer 1908 WASHINGTON, D. C.—General Daniel H. Rucker, U. S. A, retired, the oldest officer In the United States army, died at noon Thursday as a result of old age. He was appointed a second lieutenant of dragoons on October 13, 1837, and was successive ly promoted until he became a major general March 13, 1865. He was re tired at his own request February 23, 1882, after having served in the army forty yeaTS. General Rucker insured his life for $5,000 in a New York company many years ago. Under the rules of this company he was declared officially “dead” in the summer of 1908. The company makes use of a mortuary ta ble, prepared by Its actuaries, where FRIDAY JAN. 7. IS GREEK CHRISTMAS In the Gregorian calendar, which Is used by the Greeks, Christmas day falls on Friday, and the people of that nation will observe the day ac cordingly. There are in Augusta about 65 Greeks and, although they have no church of their own, they will celebrate the day In a fit man ner, and will give presents among themselves. The nearest Greek chruches are the orthodox churches in Savannah and Atlanta and services will be held there on the beginning of the great feast that Is Thursday at midnight. , There is practically no difference In the celebration of Christmas by the Greeks and the majority of na tions except that they use the Greg orian, whereas the others use the Julian calendar. In Greece accord ing to a local Greek the day la the cause of many great festivals. WM. SELIGMAN DEAD. NEW YORK.—The death of Wm. Sellgman. second eldest of the eight brothers and senior partner In the Paris branch of the SeJigman Bank ing house, was announced In a private cablegram from Paris Thursday. THE WEATHER Conditions favor rain or snow in this section tonight and Fri day with colder Friday. MARKET OPENED WILD AND AT 010 DECLINES TODAY Bears Hammered tee Cot ton Market But tlie Southern Holders Are Esmainng Firm. NEW YORK.—One of the wildest openings since the Sully year occur red in the cotton market Thursday morning, first prices showing declines ranging from 14 to 42 points, or from 70 cents to $2.10 per bale. Overnight calls for margins brotight in a flood of selling orders which together with the weakness in the Liverpool market gave the hears courage to hammer the list. The chief buying was by shorts who were prominent sellers Wednesday Eventually this buying rallied prices about ten points. Bulls are watching the spot situation to check the decline as reports from the South indicated that holders of the staple are main taining their firm positions. FIRE IIS! PATIENTS FROM RICHMOND, mm HOSPITAL Fire Started In Dental Department of Universi ty College and Wrought Great Damage. RICHMOND, Va. —Fire which start ed in the dental department on the third floor of the University College of Medicine shortly before 4 o'clock Thursday morning utterly wrecked that big structure, leaving only the bare walls, ice coated. By the most heroic work the Virginia hospital, which is separated from the college only by a bridge was saved. Be tween thirty and forty terror-stricketn patients were hurriedly to residences in the neighborhood, while others were picked up bodily, by the first people arriving and the hospital attendants and removed safely to tho Sheltering Arms hospital. Some of the patients, ill with pneu monia, were brought down to the ground floor to he carried out in the event that the flames spread to th\ building. In a way, the fire was the most dangerous the department was ever called upon to subdue. Within an hour or so, however, the flames were under control. Several cases of heroism among the nurses helped to prevent a panic in the hos pital. It Is estimated that the total loss will reach $150,000 or $200,000. by any policyholder reaching the age of ninety-six is thereupon regarded as “dead,” in so far as the policy held is concerned, and the policy is there upon paid. The company arrived at this limita tion by taking 100,000 persons of age of ten as an example. Their insur ance records were followed up and It was found that of this number not one person lived to be more than ninety-six. The company thereupon set this as Its age limit. When Gen eral Rucker reached his 96th birth day, the company paid the policy. General Rucker leaves three daugh ters, one being Mrs. P. H. Sheridan. The others are single. The date of the funeral has not yet been decided. THE BATTLESHIP GEORGIA ‘HOODOODED’ Ran Aground Thursday- Morning. Third Mishap Within a Month. NORFOLK. Ya.—While passlnJV down Elizabeth river Thursday after noon the battleship Georgia grounded on the shoal between Lambert's point and Craney Island lighthouse. It was the third mishap which befell the Georgia within a month, and suspicion l calls the vessel a hoodoo. Three weeks ago the Georgia, while 'at anchor In Hampton Roads, had sev | eral holes cut through her outer hull ;by the propeller of the collier Ves i tal, and a short time before that the I vessel was in collision with the Bat tleship Nebraska on the southern drill grounds. The shoal on which the Georgia grounded is a dangerous one. STRANGE WEATHER AROUND BOSTON BOSTON, Mass. The mercury climbed 47 degrees In the 24 hours between 6 o'clock Wednesday morn ing and the same hours Thursday. From three below zero it jumped to 44 above and Boston, Instead of greet ing blizzard weather Thursday morn ing has experienced a winter heat wave that breaks all records for this year. Rain, sleet and fog made tra velling difficult and unpleasant. There are few sailings from the harbor on account of the thick weather and I prediction of a new storm. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 6, 1910. INTERNATIONAL All! IEEE AT LOS ANGELES Leading Aerialists of the World Will Participate In the Great Event Jan. 10-20. LOS ANGELES. —Preparations on a scale of magnificence never hither to attempted In the interests of an other sport will give to the first American conceived international avi ation meet to be held at Los Angeles January 10-20 inclusive, a distinctive place In the history of man's effort to navigate the air. Leading aerialists of the world are either here or are on their way, and inventors and experiments even more numerous will join in the great carni val of the sky. The Los Angeles aviation meet had its inception several months ago. The indorsement of leading civic and com mercial bodies was immediately forth coming, and in order to give the pro ject the full weight of popular ap proval the merchants and manufac turers association, one of the strong est bodies in the West, agreed to pro mote the meet and handle all of the details. Entries Numerous. The foundation for success has been so well laid that the entries are al ready far more numerous than those of the Rhelms meet, the prizes are more generous and there is every rea son to believe that the achievements will out rival those of the French tournament. Leading French and American avia tors have been engaged on contracts, the amount to be expended in this way exceeding $90,000. Prizes aggre gating SBO,BOO have been offered and it is not stage money. Among the aviators of world re nown who are under contract to take part In the meet are Glenn H. Cur tiss, winner of the Grand Prize at Louis Paulhan, M. Massen, M. Miscarel and the Baroness de la Roctoe, all under the management of Edmund Cleary, the French aero nautic impressarios; Roy Knnbenshue, with a biplane and two dirigibles; Capt. Thomas S. Baldwin, the bal loonist; (Apt. John Berry, champion balloon pilot of the world, Clifford R. Harmon, the New York aviator with a balloon and a Curtiss biplane; C. F. Willlard, who has made over ’2OO flights in His aeroplane; Charles K. Hamilton, and many others. In all there are more than fifty entrants in (Continued on Page Two.) hmboled imm PASSENGERS SUFFERING L<OS ANGELES, Cal.—Marooned by washouts, 160 passengers on train No. A, of the Salt Lake Itoad, running between here and Salt Lake City, x aro repored suf fering from the unusual cold on he desert where the nights have been severe. The passengers are tearing up ties for fuel. The train Is stalled near O.iliente, Neva da, and may not be able to move for two or three days. COL. J. H. DEVEREAUX IN AUGUSTA TODAY Col. J. H. Devereaux, superintend ent of public buildings, is in Augusta on matters connected with the exten sive repairs at the local postoffice. Captain Deveraux i 3 in charge of the Federal buildings in the southeast* and has his residence in Charleston. He is a very popular government of ficial and has many friends in Au gusta where his beautiful home on Sullivan's Island, “Devereaux Park,” is well known. The work at the post office has been authorized for some time and now that it is actually un derway the visit of the government official was made necessary. SWITCHMEN’S STRIKE SETTLEMENT SOON WASHINGTON, D. C.—H. E. Porharr., th« American Federation of Labor Rep resentative of the striking railroad pwltohraen of Minnesota, who is seeking a settlement of the trouble tn rough gov ernment aid, said Wednesday that he In hopeful of an early settlement of the differences. “The men are making such a splendid fight ihat something is bound to come of it,' he said. Mr. Perham will confer late today with Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Com merce Commission and of Labor Neill the government V. arbitra tors In labor troubles. HEIPUNO » ♦ ♦ PHILADELPHIA— ♦ ♦ Roberta de Jan on, the ♦ ♦ ten million dollars ♦ ♦ Heiress who disap-* ♦ peared with waiter ♦ ♦ Cohen, has been found ♦ ♦ « »«♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ American Aviator Will Enter Great Aerial Meet In Los Angeles Glenn IT. Curtiss, tho well-known American aviator, who carried off the highest honors at the Uheims aviation meet last summer, and who will endeavor to repeat his triumphs when- the bird men meet at Los Angeles. HOUSE THUS IIKEJPWICK Resolution Calling For Information Coiicwming Search For Astor Yacht Iu Adopted. WASHINGTON. Tlie Hardwick resolution calling for information as to under what authority the revenuo cutter service was ujtilized to search for Colonel John Jacob Astor’s miss ing yacht Nourmahal some months ago was reported by Representative Hill of Connecticut. Representative Mann of Illinois declared the resolu tion was a reflection on the service. He denied that the search was made for the missing yacht because her owner is a millionaire. Representa tive Harwick’s resolution was adopted. The death of Representative Griggs of Georgia was announced by Repre senative Livingston. A committee of 28 members was appointed consist ing of the Georgia delegation and the entire membership of the ways and means committee to attend the fun eral . .The house at 12:60 o’clock adjourned until Friday. COTTON JOURNAL WILL RUN AGAIN ATLANTA, Gn. The intention of the Cotton Journal which has sus pended publication since November 15 last year Is to resume as soon as cer tain pending obligations are paid, is a statement made by Richard Chea tham, president of the company, as he left Atlanta Thursday morning for a business trip to Douglasvllle. Harvie Jordan, who is now In Memphis ori business states he severed connection with the Cotton Journal last spring, resigning as president of the company and as editor In chief of the publica tion at that time. He states Chea tham since has been elected president and Henry K. Reed, editor In chief. PROF. SANFORD DEAD. NEW YORK. Prof. Samuel s Han ford, a multl-mlllonalre and for many years head of the music department of Yale University, died Thursday at. his home, 60 West 62nd street. He had been In Ml health for a long time. He was born In Bridgeport, Conn., March 15, 1019. MOTORMAN PELL FROM TOM WILE GOING POLL SPEED WASHINGTON.—Unaware of their peril, due to the fact that the motor man, Archie Fornshill, bad In sumo mysterious way been killed and his body fallen Into a creek a . quarter of a mile back, many tourists from here bound for Mount Vernon sped along Wednesday afternoon on a train of the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon railway. The discovery of the absence of the motorman was made by Conductor Hutzler. lie had Just given a signal for a stop and, on /ailing to get a response from the rah, be made an investigation. He found the cab va cant and the train running along of its own accord. He brought the train to a stop. The body was found partially sub merged in ice arid water a short dis tance back, in Little Hunting creek, near Mount Vernon. The skull had been fractured and there were bruises on the head. Tt Is believed Fornshill was Jarred from his cab. MAN FOUND WIFE SICK IN HOSPITAL ATLANTA, Oa. Ah the rer-tult of the searches prosecuted through the newspapers of the state, pretty Mrs. Ada Jackson of Atlanta, who disap peared mysteriously from her home Dec. 23 and whose husband feared she had been made the victim of foul play, was located thlH week In a sanitar ium in Knoxville, Tenn Him was seri ously 111 when fuond but her husband Immediately went to sec her and had tier brought back to Atlanta. Mrs. Jackson does not recollect any thing about her flight, nor can she tell how she reached Knoxville. Her memory Is a blank and the only the ory on which the husband can account for the strange adventure Is that Mrs. JecJcron must have been temporarily deranged mentally. REFORMATORY BOARD MET WEDNESDAY At a meeting of the Reformatory Board of Richmond county there was only routine business transacted. The new member of the board Mr. J. Wil lie Levy attended his first meeting. Mr. Levy was recently elected to suc ceed the late Lir. Neil Mdw, DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR. UTOn GEIERAL f CKERSIS ELMS MIS NOSE UNMERCIFULLY MR. BUTCHER SiVS ICTICN EERIE IS EVERY RESPECT Commissioners Attorney Thinks That Every Effort Should Be Made To Avoid Litigation and Await Conference. At a special meeting; of the County Commissioners Thursday morning at 10 o’clock for receiving the report of its legal counsel on the salaries and feeß of court officials it was decided to postpone the reading of this report until after the conference which will be held during the course of tho week between the commissioners and the Judges and other officers of the two courts. Mr. Salem Duteher, the legal coun sel of the commissioners was present and after some routine matters had been attended to he made a state ment to the commissioners. Mr. Duteher said: “In view of tho press statements published concern ing the opinions to lie delivered on the payment of the salaries of the two Judges, it would he well on ac count of the action taken by the Hoard of Commissioners on December 23rd calling for a conference to he held with the officers of the court In ref erence to pay rolls, not to go into any strict opinion of illegality of such pay ment at present." “At tho conference which is for the purpose of relieving the county troas ury and also to give fair and Just compensation to each officer, all of the officers have signified their intention of being present. At present, every effort should bo made to avoid litiga tion, and it is best for the commis sion to await tlie result of the con ference, It can be further said that the Hoard of County Commissioners are the solo guardians of tho affairs of Richmond county and has but one superior, tlie supreme court of Geor gia, and they have a clear undoubted legal right to take reasonable time as they see fit to take consideration of rmy claim. The* recent action of tho chairman in holding tip the claims was legal in every respect*” After hearing Mr. Duteher the board agreed to learn the result of the conference before a .'ailing for his legal opinion on the matter of tho salaries and fees of court officials besides this business there was oily one matter attended to at the meet ing and that was tlie proposed change of the fiscal year of' ihe county. Tills matter was referred to the next meet ing. One of the commissioners, Mr. Berckmans was not present on ac count of being out of the city. LINER AGROUND. HAVRE, France. —The Hamburg- American Diner Fuerst Bismarck Went aground in a fog near here Thursday on her way from Havana to Hamburg. The steamer lies on a shingly beach and lg believed to be out of danger. School Children Chase Robbers Who Shot Man In Attempt To Steal NEW YORK. —Four armed men at tempted to roll the banking establish ment of If. Korn at No. 1020 Manhat tan avenue. Greenpolnt, In broad daylight Thursday. The daring at tempt to rob the bank took place dur ing the noon hour. The four men had evidently chosen a time when they knew that the other clerks would have just gone out for luncheon. They walked quietly up to the counter anil as Samuel Korn glanced up he found himself facing four re volvers. "Hand out the money in that safe!" commanded one of the men. Korn Instead of reaching for the money, dodged down suddenly and called to his brother. Then the shoot ing began. Although the range was very short the two Korns rushed at the men and evidently confused their aim for of the more than a dozen shots tired only one took effect. Advertising is Progress. That’s why Stick-in-The-Rut Shuffle-Along and the other mem bers of the Let-Well-Enough- Alone Club “pish!” and “pshaw!” when Advertising is mentioned. Secretary Ballinger Com pletely Exonerated In The Report. Glavis’ Charges Were Most Sen sational In Controversy. WASHINGTON.—The report of At torney General Wickersham on his in vestigation of tho charges made by L. R. Glavis against Secretary of tho Interior Ballinger was transmitted to congress by President Taft Thursday. Tho report is a complete exoneration of Mr. Wickersham’s fellow cabinet member as to the charges from which the Ballinger-Pinchot row started, but is chiefly remarkable for its treat ment of Glavis, who is flayed with a severity seldom equaled in public doc uments. The report also aims a shaft at Chief Forester Pinchot., friend and appointee of Theodore Roosevelt, whose intervention in the affair is de clared to have been unnecessary, $1,500,000,000 Involved. Glavis charged that Hecretary Bal linger aided the government's foes In the fight over the Cunningham Alas kan coal claims, which are generally believed to be desired by the Guggen heim interests. It has been estimated that $1,800,- 000,000 is involved by the precedent this case will establish, and the case j itself. In concluding his report, which la nearly 50,000 words in length, the at torney general, after charging Glavis with conduct tantamount to the sup pression of documents needed In the Investigation, delivers this excoria tion: “Glavis* actions appear to have bean founded upon a wholly exaggerated .sense of bis own Importance and a desire for personal advancement ra than than on any genuine desire to protect the interests of the govern ment, and tills species of megalomania has Anally led him to submit to you charges of Improper motives and con duct against his official superiors, which, In my opinion, are so unjust and unfounded as to merit his Im mediate separation from the service." Charges Sensational. The Glavis charges were the most sensational In the shower of accusa tions that lias marked the Balllnger- Plnehot controversy. Glavis was for merly Inspector of the general land office, and chief of the field division. He had in charge the investigation of the Cunningham affair. He was re moved some time ago by Secretary Ballinger. Glavis charged, officially and In In formal statements and writings, that certain influences were at work In ap attempt to rush the hearing of the Cunningham claims case before the government was ready to adequately defend Its side. Glavis accused, besides Secretary Ballinger, Commissioner of the Land Office Dennet and Chief of Field Di vision Schwartz, both of whom are cleared by Wickeraham with the sec retary. On August 10 last Glavis took a summary of his charges to Chief For ester Plnchot, who advised him to lay the matter before President Taft Secretary Ballinger himself requeat ed the investigation by the attorney general whose results are embodied la this report. Bellinger Cleared. Mr Wickeraham completely clear* (Continued on Market Page.) Batnuel Korn was shot through the left side of tiio chest in the heart region and dropped to the floor. The noise they had made in firing and the yells of the other Korn alarmed the highwaymen and they dashed out to the street and ran down Mathattan avenue at top speed. The uproar at tracted the attention of dozen of men on the streets and headed by police men they gave chase to the bandits. A large public school In the neighbor hood had just turned the school out for the noon intermission and hun dreds of those joined In the pursuit through the crowded street. All four of the men were cut off and captured within five or six blocks and taken to the Mathattan avenue station. Here they refused to give their names. An ambulunee was called and Korn was taken to St. Mary’s hospital. He is riot expected to live.
