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
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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
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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
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♦ PHILADELPHIA— ♦
♦ Roberta de Jan on, the ♦
♦ ten million dollars ♦
♦ Heiress who disap-*
♦ peared with waiter ♦
♦ Cohen, has been found ♦
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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*
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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.
