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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
v/ OLUME XIX, No. 12.
CONGRESS BEGINS
ON SECOND STAGE
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Fresh From Holiday Recess,
Nation’s Legislators Take
Up Task Again Promptly at
Noon as Speaker Clark’s
Gavel Falls in House.
CONFRONTED WITH NO
WORK OF OVERSHADOWING
IMPORT BUT WIDE RANGE
Dominant Issues Such As
Tariff and Currency Reform
Disposed of in First Session.
Annual Appropriations Bills
Carrying Over $1,000,000,-
000 Must be Fought Over.
Washington.—Congress got back to
work today fresh from the holiday va
cation to be met by the usual ava
lanche of bills and resolutions.
Bills to conserve radium on the pub
lic lands of the United States, for
the regulation of trusts for various
inquiries, and the usual grist of spe
cial measures were introduced in the
house. None of the so-called admin
istration trast bills, which have been
in the making in the judiciary com
mittee, appeared, however, and prob
ably will not until after President
Wilson, delivers his special message.
Start Promptly.
In the senate a congressional in
vestigation of the Michigan strike pro
posed in a resolution by Senator Ash
urst was one of the features of the
reassembling. Both houses got down
to work promptly with the leaders de
termined to run the machinery at high
speed and get away probably in June.
Refreshed and Ready.
Washington.—Congress sot hack to
work again today after a holiday play
spell. In the house, promptly at noon.
Speaker Clark dropped his gavel and
a similar scene was enacted in the
senate with Vice-President Marshall
in the chair. Fresh from a vacation
which followed nine months of tariff
and currency, members of both houses
returned refreshed and ready for work
at a new point in the democratic ad
ministration.
For the first time since President
Wilson ordered the special session last
April, congress was without the over
shadowing influence of any single
dominant issue such as tariff or cur
rency reform, to fe fought out to the
exclusion of other business.
Covers Wide Range.
As a result, the work of the next
few months in national legislative
halls is expected to cover a wide range
of subjects. Anti-trust legislation re
mains as an important factor in Pres
ident Wilson's legislative program,
that must be considered by congress,
but it will not displace other impor
tant legislation, as did the bills for
tariff and currency revisions.
Four general subjects will embrace
much \>f the work of senate and house
during the coming months. They are:
Control of trusts and monopolies, in
cluding legislation to prevent cold
storage manipulation, unfair price
cutting, and other abuses directly af
fecting retail business.
Rural credits, and other legislation
directly affecting farmers and land
owners, such as good road Improve
ment and federal aid to vocational
and agricultural education.
“Volunteer Army Bill.”
Strengthening of the national de
fense. through measures such as thf
"volunteer army bill," already passed
by the house; the Hay bill to crea-o
a new aviation division in the army;
the Padgett bill to put the naval mil
itia on a war footing; the Hobson
bill for a counsel of national defense;
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IMPORTANT LEGISLATION
BEFORE CONGRESS WHICH
CONVENED TODAY.
Some of the legislative prob
lems to come before congress
during the present session, which
convenes today are:
Suffarge amendment to the con
stitution, giving the ballot to wo
men.
iAiFollette Seamen's bill, regu
lating crews and life-saving equip
ment of passenger steamers of
Great Lakes, Rivers and Coasts.
Anti-trust resolul ion "clarify
ing’’ the Sherman lav;, to ioilow
a capital message on the subject
from President Wilsoa.
Resolution to suspend for two
years provision of the Panama
Canai Act allowing free tolls to
American coastwise shipping.
Alaska railroad 1)111.
Adamson bill for ‘.ho establish
ment of a public health service.
Clapp bill prohibiting sending
of campaign contributions from
one state to another.
Bodier bill relative to Interstate
commerce in convict made goods.
Owen bill providing legislative
reference bureau as part of the
Library of Congress to give ex
r,,. pdvw to congress on legis
lative matters.
Burnell nil to regulate immi
gration of aliens and containing
an educational provision.
30K.Y.GANGMEN
111 MUSE
Police Dragnet Out Following
Orders of Mayor Mitchel to
Clear City.
New York.—Thirty members of
East Side gangs today will begin serv
ing five-day workhouse sentences and
“Dopey Benny" Fein, leader of a band
that bears his name and three of his
lieutenants are .held without bail on
a direct charge of homicide con
nected with the murder on Friday
night of Frederick Strauss. A bullet
fired by members of Fein’s gang at
an enemy struck Strauss as he was
passing a hall where the gangsters
and their friends were having a
dance. The murder of Strauss, who
was a German politician, came at a
most inopportune time for the gang
sters. The police dragnet to clear
the city of professional criminals
needed just such an occurence to in
crease its scope to include members
of warring gangs who have terrorized
the East Side for several years.
The thirty men sentenced to the
workhouse were arrested in a raid
upon a club, the first since the order
last week to clean up the city. Many
other arrests w r ere made and several
men must stand trial for violating the
Sullivan law which prohibits the car
rying of revolvers or other firearms.
EUROPE TODAY IN
GRASP BLIZZARD
Most Severe Winter of Gen
eration Being Experienced.
Storms Return With Increas
ed Fury.
Pari*. —Central Europe is experienc
ing the most severe winter in a gen
eration. The blizzards of a fortnight
ago after abating somewhat, seem to
have returned with renewed vigor. In
eastern Russia 150 deaths from, the
cold were officially reported yesterday
and stories of peasants devoured by
wolves are numerous. St. Petersburg
is in the grisp of a three-foot snow
fall with • communication almost cut
off and food supplies low.
In Bavaria and Alsace-Lorraine
heavy snowstorms have blocked rail
road traffic and wrecked wires. Along
the low lying Rhine villages watch
men are posted to warn the people
whenever the flooded waters reach the
danger point. In Switzerland snow has
been falling continuously since Friday.
The danger from avalanches and floods
is regarded as serious. Lake Con
stance is approaching flood level. In
Belgium the floods are receding but
the snow fall continues and a sudden
drop in temperature would mean fur
ther flood loss. The damage in the
flooded districts Is enormous. Foun
dations of hundreds of houses are un
dermined, roads are washed away, fac
tories are filled with mud and costly
machinery ruined.
In Southern England the tempera
ture dropped close to freezing.
Kaiser Joins in Work
of His Woodsplitters
Potsdam, Germany.—Emperor Wil
liam for several days past has joined
his day laborers In sawing and split
ting wood on the imperial estate sur
rounding Sans Souci Bapale. He had
been advised by (his physicians to
take a course of manual labor.
His Majesty is said to take great
pride in piling the fuel into neat
heaps, which he then gives to the
laborers.
Plans Are Complete For
Judge Speer's Inquiry
Washington.—Plans for the investi
gation of the official conduct of Fed
eral Judge Emory Speer, of Georgia,
were completed today by the sub-com
mittee of the house judiciary com- 1
mittee. The sub-committee, Repre- 1
sentatives Webb, of North Carolina.
Floyd, of Arkansas, and Volstead, of
Minnesota, will go to Macon next
Monday, January 19th, and open hear
ings. the committee will go to
Savannah and may proceed to Way-1
cross, Albany and Valdosta
5,000 BACK AT WORK.
Wheeling, W. Vs.—The Riverside
plan of the United States Steel Cor-;
poration resumed operations in full
today after an idleness of four
months. Approximately 6,000 men j
are affected.
NO R’Y. RATE RULINGS.
Washington.—No decisions in the
Important railroad rate cases before
the supremh court were announced
today, i
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. MONDAY AFTERNOON. JANUARY 12, 1914.
JOKES ARE
CRACKED
ABOARD
PRES’T
TRAIN
Refreshed by His Three Weeks
Vacation, Nation’s Head in
Fine Spirit on Way to Wash
ington. Disappointment of
“The Whole Town” of Dr.
Grayson’s Home.
On Board President Wilson’s Spe
cial Train, Atlanta, Ga.—President
Wilson today announced that he would
not deliver his special message on
trust legislation to congress during
the present week. The president in
dicated that the message would be
delivered next week after he had con
ferred with members of the congres
sional committee having trust legis
lation in charge.
Nothing on Mexico.
No important communications in re
gard to the Mexican situation had been
received by the president today and
he made no comment in regard to the
temporary isolation of Charge
O’Shaughnessy at Orizaba.
In th© Party.
President Wilson was accompanied
on the special train by Dr. Grayson,
Mrs. Wilson, Misses Margaret and
Eleanor Wilson and Miss Helen Wood
row Bones, the president’s cousin. Con
gressman B. Patrick Harrison of Mis
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GALE BRINGS
BITTER COLD
Zero Weather in Chicago.
Records Broken at Duluth
With 19 Degrees Below.
Chicago. —Cold winds that came
during the night brought to cities of
the north and middle west their first
winter weather of the season. In
Chicago the temperature was driven
down to zero in the more exposed
places. In Cleveland the wind smash
ed plate glass windows while the mer
cury crept down at the rate of a de
gree an hour. In Duluth the gale that
came in from the ranges drove the
temperature down to 14 degrees below
zero. All previous records for a sus
tained mild winter had bene broken Tn
Duluth before the coming storrn.
Tn LaVrosse the temperature reach
ed six below zero, breaking a record
that had stood In that district for
forty years.
Snow Wrecks Train.
St. Joseph, Mich. —Snow and sand
blown upon the track wrecked a pere
Marquette pasesuger train aear here
today. 150 passengers escaped Injury
but -the engineer was fatally scalded
and the fireman seriously hurt.
Tells of SIOO,OOO Worth
Radium in His Shoulder
Congressman Bremer De
clares it is Most Wonderful,
the Fight on Cancer.
New York, —Representative Robe-t
G. Bremner, of New Jersey, In whose
shoulder SIOO,OOO worth of radium
was placed to counteract a cancer,
said today In a message to the pub
lic;
“Radium is most wlnderful to those
who have devoted somo time to Its
study. Even in my case physicians
have found out something that morg
than repays me for coming here.
“If experimenting on me has added
a new fact to science then my life
has not been In vain but has helpi-d
the race. My life rti not worth ohe
tenth of the effort that has been put
forh to save 1.
"I am ready for the scrap heap but
feel the cutting and doctoring has
added to the knowledge of how best
to fight cancer."
3,000 MADE HOMELESS BY
COOK STOVE OVERTURNING.
Venice, Italy. —The entire vll-
Uge of Castel Gulgllalma was de
stroyed by fire today Ignited
through the overturning of a cook
stove. The 3,000 Inhabitarts all
escaped without personal injury.
GEN'L VILLA WHO ROUTED
THE MEXICAN FEDERALS
AT OJINAGA YESTERDAY
General Panche Villa, the leader of
the victorious rehel army at Ojinaga
Sunday, Is quoted as saying that he
will not be satisfied until every mem
ber es the Federal army has been
either killed or driven out of the
country.
MURDERERS OF
MRS. IRBY ON
M TODAY
Evidence in Most Brutal Af
fair Ever Known in Jefferson
County Being Presented Be
fore Judge Hill. Jailor Plunk
ett of Augusta in Attendance.
Atlanta, Ga,—The trial of the three
Jefferson county negroes, charged with
the murder of Mrs. Seth Irby, at Louis
ville, <Ja„ early In December, a crime
that stirred that community to it's
depths, began this tiuornlng in the
criminal division of Fulton county su
perior court before Judge BenJ. H. Hill.
Intense Feeling.
The blacks are being tried here on
account of intense feeling against
them in and around l-oulsville.
The murdered woman was the wife
of one of the most prominent citizens
of the county. The deed was brutal to
an extreme degree and when the, three
were arrested, troops had to be called
out to protect them.
They were rushed to Atlanta and
lodged in the Tower and a change in
venue was ordered that no charge of
passion or prejudice might not figure
in the case.
The majority of new veniremen are
probably men who have never heard
of the crime.
Repudiate Statement.
The three negroes are Robert Pas
chal, George Hart and William Hart.
They are all over 21 years of age. It
is said that blacks have confessed
their crime to officers, but any state
ment they may have made has been
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FROST GOMES
TONIGOT
Washington.—The first severe cold
snap of the present winter was
spreading generally over the country
today.
The cold wave was central this morn
ing over extreme western Minnesota
and advancing eastward. The tem
perature was 30 degrees below zero
at White River, Canada.
Low temperaturea aro predicted to
continue in the South, where frost to
night will be felt as far as Miami,
Fla. The cold wave Is expected to
advance eastward rapidly, reaching
the Atlantic coast by Tuesday morn
ing. Generally fair weather Is pre
dieted but storm warning are display
ed on tile Atlantic coast from Hat
teraa to Eastport, Maine.
ALIENISTS
BOTH PALE,
SMILE AT
VICTORY
OF THAW
Conflicting Emotions at Re
port of Commission Declar
ing Him Sane and No
Menace to the Public and
Should Be Admitted to
Bail.
Concord, N. H. —Harry H. Thaw,
elated by the report, of the federal
court commission that his release on
bail would not endanger public safety,
remained in his apartments here to
day, receiving messages of congratula
tions and planning a series of visits
within the state in the event that
Federal Judge Aldrich allows him his
freedom under bonds.
The next, move in the case will bo
filing by Thaw’s counsel of the peti
tion asking that the amount of bail
be fixed, and a date for a bearing
will be set by the court.
Would Be Immune.
Several attorneys conversant with
federal court procedure agreed today
that Thaw. If released under bonds,
would be Immune In every part of the
federal jurisdiction from arrest by the
state authorities in connection with
the murder of Stanford White or his
escape from Matteawan pending final
disposition of the habeas corpus pro
ceedings in the federal court.
Jerome Talks.
New York. —Win. Travers Jerome,
special attorney for New York state,
in its efforts to bring Harry K. Thaw
hack to Matteawan said ioday that
the action of the Now Hampshire com
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10.000 MEN IN
DEM RIOT
When Refused Work at Ford
Motor Co., Hurl Missiles.
Turn Fire Hose on Crowd.
Detroit.—A crowd of men estimated
at 10,000 seeking employment this
morning at the plant of the Ford
Motor Company, started serious riot
ing when they were told that work
could not be given them today. Mis
siles were hurled through the win
dows and duors of the factory. After
a fire hose had been turned on the
crowd the rioters dispersed. Five ar
rests were made.
Tho efforts of a policeman to turn
the crowd away started the trouble.
“We can’t stand here and freeze to
death,” shouted some of the leaders
and a, rush was made toward the build
ing entrance. Several hundred man
aged to get inside the plant before tho
trouble makers were under control.
Announcement by the company of
a $10,000,00 profit sharing distribu
tion among Its employes In 1914 has
brought thousands of employment
seekers to the plant during the last
week.
Mrs. Daisy Grace Won't
Discuss Husband’s Death
Philadelphia.- Mrs. Daisy Ulrich
Ople Grace, whose husband, Eugene
H. Grace, died early today at New
nan, Ga.. from a bullet wound In
flicted nearly two years ago' declined
to have anything to say regarding bis
death. Mrs. Grace could not. be seen
at her homo In Went Philadelphia,
but sent out word to Inquiries that
she would not make any statement at
presen. Mrs. Grace has been living
here since she was acquitted of the
charge of the attempted murder of
her husband.
ADVANCE “TAP LINE” CASEB.
Washington,—The suireme court of
the United States advanced the so
called tap line cases for argument on
February 24th.
FAMILY OF SEVEN IS FROZEN
TO DEATH.
Jauer, Prussia Silesia, Ger
many,—A Russian family of seven
persons who had been employed
near this town, were frozen to
death In a blizzard today while
tramping back to Russia In order
to save the railroad fare.
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
WITH OJINAGA TAKEN,
VILLA NOW SAYS ‘ON TO
THE CITY OF MEXICO 1
NO FOUNDATION
MOYER CHARGES
Att’y Gen’l M’Rcynolds Nears
Report on Administration of
the Atlanta Federal Prison.
Washington, D. C.—The Atlanta
penitentiary Is being conducted along
lines difficult to criticise nnd the
charges Involving Warden Moyer and
his discipline and rules are without
good foundation according to a report
made today to Attorney General Mc-
Reynolds by Dr. A. J. McElway of
Washington, special Investigator for
the Department of Justice.
Dr. McElway Rpent more than a
week In Atlanta and investigated ns
fully as possible in that time all the
charges niado by Julian Hawthorn*
the author recently released from the
penitentiary and by Representative
Howard of Georgia. He had a long
talk with Mr. Mcßoynolds today and
was understood to have reported that
there was little foundation for the
charges made by either man. It Is
unlikely that Warden Moyer will bo
railed to Washington or that n. fur
ther investigation will bo made at this
time. Further specific, charges in
volving the Atlanta prison will ho
looked Into by Mr. Mcßeynolds If
brought by responsible persons, hut It
was said today that he was satisfied
with I)r. Mc.lOlway’s report.
Dr. McKelway Is southern secretary
of the national child labor commis
sion and was selected by the attorney
general because be was not connected
with the department and was tail In
terested in any political phaso of the
question. Ho Is said to have gone Into
the penitentiary and looked It over
thoroughly.
No Political "Pie.”
{killers who talked with the attor
ney general have Ison improved with
his declaration that lie does not expect
to make a prison so attractive that the
life tliero will bo preforable to that
outside its walls. He has made It
clear that ho has no intention to make
prison Jobs political “pie” and has
said that ho does not cam whether a
warden Is a republican or a demo
crat, so long as ho runs Ills prison
In the right way.
For Execution of All
Dynamiters at Sight
After Serious Attempts Made
in South African Strike,
Drastic Proclamation Made
Kimberly, Union of South Africa.—
A desperate attempt was made early
today to wreck with dynamlto tho
great railroad bridge of Fourteen
.Streams, about 50 miles north of here
on tho border of tho Transvaal. Tho
rails weTo torn up by the explosion
and portions of the approach were
damaged.
Drastic Proclamation.
Pretoria, Union of South Africa.—
Execution of dynamiters at sight Is
to be a feature of the martial law lo
he proclaimed tomorrow throughout
Transvall and the Orange Free State.
Tho proclamation will be of a most
drastic character.
Tho government will attempt to re
sume the full service of trains on all
tho railroads tomorrow.
In order to safeguard crews and
passengers, regulations usually Im
posed during a state of Beige are to
he Introduced.
350 Slight Earthquakes,
Then Eruption Volcano
Toklo, Japan. —A series of 350
slight earthquakes shook tho town of
Kagoshima, at the southern end of
the island of Klushiu today. They
were followed by the eruption of a
volcano on Sakura, a small island in
the Gulf of Kagoshima, where two
villages were buried in ashes. The
earthquakes continue Incessantly and
the work of rescuing the Inhabitants
of Rbkura by boats across the inter
vening three miles of water from
Kagoshima Is difficult.
1,200 BANKB APPLY.
Washington. —More than 1,200 hanks
now have applied for membership In
the new federal reserve system and
scores of letters containing legal ap
plications from other hanks reached
the treasury department today. Every
section of the country Is represntod
on the list.
Town is a Wreck After Defeat
of the Federals. No Mili
tary Executions so Far.
Force of 3.000 Rebels on
Wav to Chihuahua.
Major M’Namee in Charge of
U. S. Troops Gets Orders
To Send Off 4,000 Refugees
and Soldiers Now Being Held
at Presidio.
Washington —The two thous
and defeated Mexican Federal
troops who fled from Ojinaga be
fore the victorious Villa will be
moved to Marfa, Texas, upon or
ders of Brigadier General Tasker
H. Bliss, the war department an
nounced today. There will be no
change In the policy adopted to
ward escaping Mexican soldiers,
Secretary of War Garrison said,
despite the fact that the care of
a great number is a big prob
lem.
Presidio, Texas.—Believing the re
treat of tho federal army from Ojlnaga
hail completely crushed tho Huerta
govermnent In the north of Mexico.
Gen. FTtuirlsco Villa today said lie
would begin tomorrow to move his
army to Chihuahua preparatory to his
campaign southward. At Chihuahua,
Villa expects to have a force of 10,001)
men from which to draw for attacks
on Zacatecas, Agnus Calicntes and
Guadalajara.
On to Mexico City.
”The defeat of the. northern division
of the federal army leaves us concern
ed only with the south,” said G*n. Vil
la. “The few remaining federal gar
risons on the west and oast roasts will
bo driven out by tho rebel forces now
surrounding them. Mexico City al
ways bus been my destination.*
The village of Ojlnaga is a wreck
from Its recent bombardment but Gen
eral Villa lias ordered Its restoration.
According to Gen. Ortega no military
executions have occurred. only 1,-
000 rebels occupy tho houses, others
are scattered over the country.
4,000 Refugees.
About .1,000 have already been Hent
toward Chihuahua. Major McNamee.
comimandlng tho United States troops,
having received orders to remove to
tho nearest railroad station all tho fed
eral soldiers and civilians now being
held In Presidio. The crowd of more
than 4,000 refugees and soldiers prob
ably will inarch soon for Marfa. Texas,
67 miles over a mountain road. All the
refugees are to bo put to work pre
paring their own camps.
Hospital Ship Off From
Vera Cruz to Tampico
Washington.— The hospital ship So
lace has left Vera Cruz for Tampico,
but Rear Admiral Fletcher has giver,
no explanation of tho movement.
Fighting is expected, however, in tho
Tampico district.
20 HURT IN TROLLEY CRASH.
Watervlile, Conn.—Twenty persons
were Injured today In a rear-end col
lision between two crowded trolley
cars hero.
BRYAN-8 BACK.
Washington. Secretary Bryan re
turned today from a ten days’ speak
ing tour throughout the Midlo West.
Treasures in
Old Trunks
In every household there's
a hidden source of revenue
which Is surprisingly sim
ple of discovery, and equu 1 -
ly easy of access.
It lies In the direction of
the gurret or storeroom,
where slightly used house
furnishings are stowed awav
and where outgrown clothes,
Uild-Hsldc portieres, draper
ies, etc., repose in old trunk.-i.
Tuke time today and gi
through these things. Pick
out those which are still
serviceable to some one.
Then take pencil and paper
and list these carefully,
omitting nothing that Is
hii table.
Kuroly that’s a small task,
Then it Is simply a matter
of shaping the list Into an
Augusta Herald "Want Ad,”
and receiving the money
from tho buyers who re
spond. When the "ad” Is
ready, send or leave It with
Your Druggist or Tell
it to Phones 296 or 297