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HELP IN THE BIG M. & M. WHIRLWIND CAMPAIGN
THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIX, No. 13.
THOUSANDS PERISH IN
VOLCANO’S STREAM OF
WHITE HOI LAVA RIVER
Horror of Intense Heat Around Kagoshima Increased
By Incessant Earthquakes. People Fleeing
From Hail of Glowing Cinders. Many Are
Drowned in Attempt at Escape.
ERUPTION STARTED UP
SUDDENLY WITH THICK
BLACK SMOKE COLUMNS
Showers of Dust Falling 90
Miles Away at Nagasaki.
Doctors Have Started For the
Scene of Death and Ruin.
Tokio —A tidal wave added its
terrors to the earthquakes and
volcanic eruption which struck
Kagoshima in southern Jap an,
yesterday, according to official ad
vices today.
It is believed here that the
Kagoshima disaster will prove to
be one of the most serious in
Japan’s history. The loss of life
and property increases with ful
ler news from the scene.
Full Extent Not Known.
Tokio—The full extent of the dis
aster could not be ascertained today,
as all communication was cut off from
the stricken district south of Kuma
moto, 90 miles north of Kagoshima.
Ashes to the depth of six inches
have fallen in the seaport of Miyazaki
on the east of Kiushiu. A postal em
ploye who fled from Kogoshima states
that a big postal building there col
lapsed dftrlng the earthquakes and
tidal wave and that a great number
of residences were ruined, killing
many people and animals.
Navy and Army departments are
hastening succor and supplies to
Kagoshima.
Fleeing From Death.
Nagasaki, Japan—lndications today
are that the death list from the
earthquakes and volcanic disturb
ances around Kagoshima will run
into the thousands.
Kagoshima which is almost com
pletely buried in volcanic ashes and
stones had a population of 60,000 at
the last census. The population of
the adjoining island of Sakura, the
center of the disturbance is given at
16,000. On this island, hundreds are
reported to have perished beneath the
streams of lava from the volcano of
Sakura-Jima.
Many Were Drowned.
Many more were undoubtedly
drowned while attempting to escape.
Doctors have started to the scene
which is difficult to reach because
railroad communication is imbeded by
ashes and the tracks have been dis
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LINER STRIKES
LEDGEJ GHEE
Steamer’s Wireless Gives Out;
Communication Cut Off. 150
Thought to Have Drowned.
Halifax, N. S.—Groping her way to
St. John through a blinding snow
storm. the Royal Mail ateamer Cobe
quld with probably IDO persons aboard,
struck on a ledge at the entrance to
the Bay of Fundy early today. After
seudtng out wireless calls for assist
ance the vessels apparatus aparently
failed and it has been impossible to
restore communication with her.
Unable to Reach Her.
Montreal. —Advices received here at
noon by the Marconi Wireless Station
said that rescuing steamers were un
able to reach the stranded liner Cobe
quid at Briar Island because of the
terrific storm which was lashing the
Bay of Fundy. Fear was expressed
that she had gone down with all on
board.
M’LEAN PLEADS GUILTY.
New York.—Arthur A. McLean,
treasurer of the democratic state com
mittee, pleaded guilty today to accept
ing campaign contributions from a
corporation. Supreme Court
Vernon M. Davis suspended sentence.
yT? V/" J 170 17 'T 1 SATURDAY'S AND WEDNESDAY’S are the two Big Bargain Days of the week in Augusta. The Herald of Tuesday and Friday alawys carries the
JL I v-/1-/ X V-/-I.vVJXZt -I. VERY SPECIAL" offerings of Augusta's leading and most progressive merchants. From a dollar and cents motive it will pay you to read the ad
- vertipements in today’s Herald. It’s the advertising merchant always who CAN and DOES sell the cheapest.
NEGROES WILL
GO 10 GALLOWS
ON FEBY. 6TH.
Penalty For Three Blacks Who
So Brutalty Murdered Mrs.
Irby at Louisville, Ga., Will
Be Paid in the Atlanta Tower
Next Month.
Trio Found Guilty of Fearful
Crime in Short Order and
Sentenced to Hang by Judge
Hill. The Jury Out Only Ten
Minutes.
Atlanta, Ga. —Three negroes, Robert
Paschal. George and William Hart, ac
cused of the murder of Mrs. John Irby,
a Jefferson county woman, were sen
tenced to hang late Monday afternoon
in Judge Ren Hill's criminal division
of the Fulton county superior court,
after a jury had brought ip a verdict
of guilty. The jury was out' but ten
minutes. Judge Hill set the date of the
executions for February, just twenty
six days from today. Twenty days is
the shortest time after a verdict that
convicted prisoners can be sent to the
gallows. Judge Hill added the six ex
tra days so as to conform, to the rule
in the state that all executions take
place on Friday. The trio will be
hanged at the Tower.
Fear of lynching by aroused resi
dents of Jefferson county led to the
spectacular cross-country trip by
which the three condemned men were
brought to Atlanta for safekeeping
some time since.
Change of Venue Granted.
When the time for their trial came.
Governor Slaton asked the presiding
judge of Jefferson county to bring to
bear the legislative act which auto
matically gave a change of venue to
the trio. This was done and the men
were brought here for trial.
Officials of Jefferson county took
the witness stand on Monday and told
of obtaining confessions from each of
the defendants. The confessions told
a horrible tale of the killing of Mrs.
Irby, wife of a well-known planter.
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15 More Women Cops
Are Wanted in Chicago
Chicago, lll.—Chicago's experiment
with police women has proven so suc
cessful that Major M. L. O. Funk
houser second deputy sui>erlntendent
of police today announced he would
&tk for funds to employ 15 more wo
men officers.
“The women ‘bjuecoats' have done
a wonderful amount of good” said
Major Funkhouser. “The ten we have
were assigned to dance halls and
their vork has been conductive of
much good Now we want a squad to
look out for the obnoxious flirts and
mashers who terrorize girls."
EDITOR PENDLETON IS
SOMEWHAT IMPROVED
Macon, Ga.—Col. C. R Pendleton,
editor of the Macon Telegraph, Is In a
critical condition In a local sanitarium,
suffering from acute Bright's disease.
His condition today Is somewhat im
proved but his friends are greatly
alarmed.
$200,000 fire’ with the
MERCURY AT 25 BELOW
Montreal.—With a high wind blow
ing and the thermometer hovering
around 25 below zero, a fire broke out
in the heart of the wholesale district
today. The upper floors of Frothlng
harn & Workman's wholesale hardware
depot, were burned out with a loss of
nearly 1200,000.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 13, 1914.
PRESIDENT IS
GAGA; PICTURE
GOOD HEALTH
Partv Steps From Mississippi
Balminess to 18 Degrees
Above Zero at Washington.
Desk Piled High With Ac
cumulated Correspondence.
Pronounced Fit For Strenuous
Work Ahead. Cabinet Sum
moned For the Usual Tuesday
Meeting. Currency Law Is
Taken Up With M’Adoo.
Washington, D. C —President Wil
son and his family arrived here at 7:30
o’clock today from Pass Christian.
Miss., and motored to the White Houso
for breakfast.
It was 18 degrees above zero—an
abrupt change from gulf coast tem
peratures—when the President stepped
from his private car and he walked
briskly through the station to the
waiting automobiles. The trip north
had been uneventful. The President
greeted crowds everywhere but imade
no speeches. To those who begged
him to talk he would always say with
a smile:
“I'm not in the habit of talking when
I haven't anything to sav.”
In fine Condition.
The President's face was a picture
of health as he got back to his desk.
Dr. Cary T. Grayson, U. S. N„ pro
nounced him much better physically
than ho has been for many months and
In fit condition for the strenuous work
ahead.
The President’s desk was piled high
today with accumulated correspond
ence, for Secretary Tumulty had per
mitted nothing but the most urgent
communications to be forwarded to
Pass Christian. Appointments to be
made, commissions to be signed, exec
utive orders for consideration—to say
nothing of the work ahead with con
gress—all were waiting the president’s
attention.
Many Appointments.
A new surgeon general for the army;
a new commandant for the marine
corps; the appointment of the federal
reserve board which is to control the
new hanking system, the Mexican sit
uation and the forthcoming special
message to congress on trust legisla
tion were foremost among the first
subjects to be considered.
The cabinet had been summoned for
the usual Tuesday meeting at 11
o'clock this morning. Secretary Mc-
Adoo had a list of eligibles for the fed
eral board ready to discuss with the
President and Secretary Garrison had
under consideration the appointment
of Col. W. C. Gorgas tor surgeon gen
eral of the army.
Sees Secretary Treasury.
The President had a conference this
morning with Secretary McAdoo at
which it was understood a report of
the progress of the organization com
mittee at work on the new currency
law was made.
The President has set aside tomor
row for conferences on the trust ques
tion.
Represent 16,000,000
In Christian Education
Washington—Representatives of 14
denominations said to embrace a con
stituency of more than 16,000,000
gathered here today at a meeting of
the council of church boards of edu
cation In the United States. Vice-
President Marshall Is to speak at a
meeting tonight. Commissioner Clax
on of the federal bureau of education,
will greet the delegates. The church
and public education, the efficiency
movement in education, an Interna
tional propaganda sod Christian edu
cation are some of the topics on the
program.
Squabbling Over the
400 Deputy Collectors
Washington—Four hundred deputy
collectors of Internal revenue, agents
and Inspectors to administer the new
income tax law are about to be ap
pointed. Some disputes between
congressmen concerning a itVigibu
tlon of patronage—for all the new ap
pointees will be without the (civil*
service—have delayed the naming of
the new oflcers so far but the Im
mediate necessity of taking up the
administration of the law makes ap
pointments at once Imperative. Sec
retary McAdoo and Commissioner
Osborne are conferring actively with
congressmen over the appointments
and vlth the return of the president
announcements are expected soon
Where Was ihe Photographer When
Taking This Remarkable Picture ?
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This rather unusual bird's-eye photograph of the Dreadnaught Wyom
ing has excited no little comment in Washington. It Is evident that tho
vessel was steaming along at the. time the picture was taken, and It Is
apparent that tfce camera man was very close to the Jackies In the crow's
nests of the mesh easts The photographer was standing In the middle
of the span of the Brooklyn Bridge and made the picture as the Wyoming
steamed under the bridge on Its way from the Brooklyn Navy Yard to
(Juba.
THE 3 DAYS CAMPAIGN IS ON
FOR AUGUSTA’S UPBUILDING
Preparing Work of the Merchants and Manufacturers As
sociation of Past Fortnight Brought to a Climax. Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday Are the Days. The Order of
Exercises.
The Object: To raiee $15,000 per
year for three year* to give Au
gusta an efficient commercial or
ganization.
Minimum Annual Dues, $15.00.
The Time: Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, from 10 a. m. to
1 p. m.
The Workers: Sixty or seventy
of the most energetic Auguetans,
real live wires, under efficient
captains, divided into teams of
four or five. *
Something New Here.
This Is In outline the story of the
campaign put on by the M. Hr M. As
sociation In its efforts to form an or
ganization that shall give Augusta
what has been such a great aid to. the
growth of other cities an organiza
tion that shall be worthy of the oltv
In which It has its headquarters end
to build which Is the aim and object
of Its existence.
This Is like no other similar cam
paign that has ever been conducted
here. It started several months ago
when a contract was made with a
group of organization builders to un
dertake the work at the opportune
thne. Heveral attetr ptu had been made
to give Augusta th. kind of organiza
tion It needed, but all had failed
through no apparent lack of Interest
on the part of Auguetans. Investiga
tion showed that there could be bul
one reason for these failures: the
knowing bow. And cs these organiz
ers had the reputation of knowing how
they were contracted with.
For about two weeks the preparatory
work has been going on and latteriv
a qub-t campaign has been conducted
among the old members of tho M. &
M. Association under the new regula
tions with most satisfactory result.
The Real Campaign Tomorrow
The real campaign will begin to
morrow and last three and a half days
ending with the Friday luncheon at
the Jtofbrau. ICvery man In Augusta
who Is desirable will be solicited sys
tematically with U real business argu
ment. Nothing like It has ever been
witnessed In this part of the country
and the result Is going to astonish
tho workers themselves. The great
est real enthusjasm prevails every
where.
Here is the order of exercises and
luncheons and meetings.
Tonight at 7 o’clock, light Huppei
at the Hofbrttu for workers and team
captains. Heveral teams are not yet
completed and volunteers will be ac
ceptable If they want to do real work,
Wednesday at 10 a. in. the starts of
tho teams will be from the rooms of
the M. & M. Association, flarlsoti
building.
At mid-day (hours to be stated to
morrow) luncheon and reports and
new Instructions for workers and cap
tains and award of pennant to day’s
most successful team,
Thursday end Friday the same pro
gram will prevail with such modifi
cations a M exlgenalps suggest.
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
CHARCTERISTIC IS
BLEASE MESSAGE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF
GOV. BLEASE TO THE
S. C. LEGISLATURE
TODAY.
Ono mill tax for public Bohoola.
Bettw educational opportunities
rather than compulsory education.
Abolishment of historical com
mission.
Work on state farms bo discon
tinued.
Better enforcement of liquor
laws.
Counties pay for requisition of
prisoners from other states who
are returned for trial to tills state.
That the board of pardons bo
abolished or be paid a sufficient
amount for the work to be done.
Reduction of rate of in
terest.
Prohibit excess rate on persohal
ba*Kag«.
BITTERLY COLD
WEATHER HAS
CRASHED NORTH
Ten Above Zero in N. Y. City
Ranqinq to 30 Below in Can
ada. Zero at Syracuse With
Prediction of the Mercury
Tumblinq Lower Still.
Atlantic Coast Shipping Ex
periences Off Shore Gale.
Much Suffering in Gotham
Where 2,500 Sought Shelter
in Municipal Lodging Houses.
New York —Freezing weather that
threatened to continue for another
24 hours overspread central and
eastern sections of the country today.
In New York the temperature had
dropped to 10 above zero early today
and weather forecasters predicted
still colder weather. In the north
west below zero temperatures were
commbn last night. At White Illver
Canada, 20 degrees below zero was
reported. Other low temperatures
early today were 14 degrees above at
Cleveland; zero at Syracuse, N. Y.;
10 degrees above at Boston, 10 below
zero at Quebec. Zero weather at
Chicago probably will give way to a
rise before nightfall.
MUCH SUFFERING.
Much suffering resulted from the
extreme cold In New York and 2,600
men and women sought shelter last
night at Municipal lodging houses and
eharlty organizations. At 2 o’clock
this morning 1,860 men bad been
given beds by the municipal lodging
house.
The coldest night of the winter In
the Adirondocks was reported, the
thermometer registering 14 degrees
below at Utica and 28 below at Tap
per Uake, N. , In Canada snow
storms are reported, 14 inches having
fallen at Montreal where the ther-
Contlnued on Market Cage )
$150,000 U. S. Embassy
Building In Mexico City
Washington—Tho diplomatic and
consular bill which Is to he reported
by the house oommltte on foreign af
fairs within a fortnight will Include
an appropriation of $150,000 for an
American embassy building at Mex
ico City. There are two other em
bassy buildings estimated for by ttie
state department at Toklo and
Berne
The total estimate for all three was
$440,000 but the fate of the Toklo and
Berne projects Is ascertain.
Titanic Case Is Before
The U. S. Supreme Court
Washington, D. C.—Consideration of
the Titanic: disaster was taken up to
day by the supreme court. The ab
stract questions of law before the court
produced a sterner atmosphere than
the senatorial Inquiry Into the disas
ter, Yet tho imournlng-trlmmed at
tire of women In th« spectators’ seats
was a constant reminder of the world
wide grief caused by the wreck with
Its loss of 1,41)0 lives.
Legislature of South Carolina
Convened at Noon for Forty
Days Session. The Governor
Takes Opportunity to Pay His
Respects to Various Persons
In Forceful Langauge.
VIGOROUS DENUNCIATION
OF THOSE HE DISLIKES
The Message, Comprising a
Printed Book of 68 Pages,
Recommended Several Un
usual Laws for Passage.
Columbia, S. C.—Compulsory edu
cation, safeguards for the primary
election system, medical inspection of
school children and a state system,
of cotton warehouse and among the
most important, propositions to he
considered by tlte general assembly
of South Carolina which convened
here today at noon for a session of
forty days. The annual mosage of
Governor Mlense was received.
Please paid his respects In character
istic language to various persons
against whom he cherishes animosity
in his annual message to the South
Carolina legislature, which lie de
livered today.
Of William K. Gonzales, formerly
editor of the Columbia State, now
United States minister ito Cuba, Gov
ernor Blease said ‘he is “where ho
belongs.” The governor also look a
l'llng at Mr. Gonzales by including
Cubans In the following:
“I respectfully recommend that you
pass a law prohibiting the board of
trustees of any state college In th s
state for white pupils, or any public
school for white children which re
ceives any of the tax money of tile
people of the state, or any faculty of
any such institution, from admitting
any Negro, Chinaman, Japanese,
Cuban, or other disagreeable and in
compatible race. Into said college or
school with white pupils."
His Opinion of Secretary of Navy.
Of Josephus Daniels, formerly edl
tor of the Raleigh News and Observ
er, now secretary of the navy, Ulease
said (repeating an assertion made In
a newspaper Interview last year):
“Josephus Daniels Is a very small
man and Is not of the mental cali
ber to fill Ihe position to which, he
has been appointed.”
The governor Is Incensed against
Secretary Daniels because tin sec
retary declared In a newspaper in
terview that he would not. make the
contemplated Improvements at the
naval station at I’ort Ito al unless
the sale of “blind tiger’’ liquor to
the men at the barracks was stopped.
Governor Itlease look this as a re
flection on the manner In which tie
was enforcing the liquor laws In Ills
formal message to the legislature to
day:
‘T want him (Daniels) distinctly to
understand that 1 am not asking for
any of his Yankee money, never have
pandered for it, and would not botv
to him or any other man to get It,
(Continue,' , M.’Vfc” t T’.age.)
People Always
Interested in
Real Estate
Most people are Inwardly re
sponsive to the land, tho
house, or the farm appeal
because the "home building
Instinct" Is the fourth
strongest In our make-up.
Thinking, prosperous peo
ple arc always Interested In
Heal Kstate and Farm Land
announcements. Ami that’s
why The Augusta Herald
takes such pride In the suc
cess of these classes of ad
vertising.
There has almost ceased to
bo a season when people
haven't a real buying Inter
est In homo propositions—•
whether In tho city. In tho
suburbs, or back to tho land
particularly when made
through Tho Augusta Her
ald's columns. A faith duo to
the fact that these columns
are closed against all that
are unworthy.
All of which explains why
The Augusta Herald so sur
succossfully serves adver
tisers—not only In real es
tate, hut throughout Its ev
ery classification. Reader
faith Is synonymous with
reader responsiveness and
reader responsiveness spells
paying results.
The Augusta Herald.