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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 continued from Page &>ven 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. Continued on Page Seven 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 ? ■ A>£ v W '•> -■■ *• ■■ 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.