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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIX, No. 14.
FROM JAP VOLCANO
DESOLATION PALL
Loss of Life Cannot As Yet Be
Determined From Frightful
Catastrophe to South of
Tokio. Sakuma-Tima’s Fury
Is Abating
AIR FOR MILES AROUND
THICK WITH ASHES AND
CLOUDS OF HEAVY SMOKE
Many Rescues From Island of
Sakura, Thousands Pursued
By Fiery Stones, Knelt on
Beach in Terror.
Miyazaki, Japan—Refugees from
the stricken Island of Sakura, ar
rived here today. They reported
that the inhabitants of 300 houses
comprising the village of Seto
lost their way in trying to reach
the seashore and probably all
perished. The refugees declare
that hundreds were drowned in
trying to swim across the Gulf of
Kagoshima. They add that the
volcano of Sakura-Jima has com
pletely changed its form, several
new craters having opened.
The hail of ashes ceased here
today after lasting 36 hours.
i Indescribable.
Hftoyoshl, Japan. —“The disaster at
Kagoshima was almost indescribable,”
declared Judge Urabe, a refugee, who
arrived here today. “On the evening
of January 12th, the buildings in Ka
goshima crumbled up and fell. I saw
men crushed to the earth as they
fled. All paints to the north of Ka
goshima were crowded with despair
ing refugees as I passed through.
Weeiping women begrimed with ashes,
straggled along carrying infants in
their arms. Others were dragging
with them the sick and aged.”
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Nagasaki, Japan—Vivid descrip
tions of scenes on the Island of Sa
kura during the eruption and tidal
wave of Monday were given today by
the captain of a Japanese steamer
from Kagoshima. The captain res
cued 300 persons. “It was perilous
to approach the land,” he said, “be
cause columns of water burst up con
tinually from the gulf, while on the
land pillars of fire rose into the air."
Not Yet Known.
Toklo, Japan. —Official reports this
afternoon from southern Japan, where
volcanic eruptions and earthquakes
have caused heavy loss of life and
great property damage are that tihe
eruption of the volcano of Sakuro-
Jima, which was responsible for most
of the devastation is abating.
Just how many peirsons have
perished cannot yet be estimated.
Sakura, where the greatest loss of
life undoubtedly occurred, cannot be
reached because the eruption of Sa
kura-Jima continues. Troops and
warships are now in the vicitny and
a search of the island will be made
at the first opportunity. ,
Kagoshima, the nearest big city to
Sakura, suffered great damage from
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CONVINCING PACTS SHOWING
AUGUSTA’S GROWTH
Population 1 910—41,040.
Population 1913 over 50,000,
470 now buildings erected in 1913, 13 brick res
idences; 253 frame residences.
Total
Increase over 1912, $713,705.
Increase over 1911, $1,232,420.
Two new skyscrapers being erected at a cost of
nearly SBOO,OOO.
University Hospitals, eosting $400,000, being
constructed.
The $3,000,000 Georgia-Oarolina Power Dam,
which will generate 32,000 horse power, nearing
completion.
Levee to protect city from flood waters being
built and will eost over $1,500,000.
Barge line from Augusta to the seacoast, to
start operations during coming summer.
Bank clearings in excess of $2,000,000 per week.
Largest cotton receipt* of an interior city east
of the Mississippi with one exeeption.
A Great M. & M. Means a Greater Augusta
Latest Photo of Thaw,
Who May Be Released
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Harry K. Thaw, famous as the mur
derer of Stanford White and the hus
band of Evelyn Nesbit, who may be
released on ball at Concord, N. H., as
a result of the decision of the New
Hampshire Sanity Commission.
BLEASE S. C. DISPENSARY
RESIGNS FROM HIS JOB
Columbia, S. C. —Harvey W. Mitch
um, who was appointed dispensary
auditor by Governor Blease last year,
today resigned his position. M. H.
Mobley, who had formerly held the
position was appointed by Governor
Blease in the place of Mr. Mitchum.
No reasons have yet been made pub
lic as the cause of the resignation.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. JANUARY 14. 1914.
BOREAS STILL
HOLDS ON WITH
HIS U GRIP
Record Mark in N. Y. City of
4 Degrees Below Zero, While
Up State 43 Degrees Below
Registered. Relief, However,
is in Sight
Death List From Cold Will Be
Large While Thousands Ap
ply for Shelter. Suffering In
tense. 60 Mile Gale Abated at
Midnight.
New York.—While temperatures
hovered about zero or below in the
Eastern and New England states this
morning, yet relief from the two days
siege of cold weather is promised to
night or tomorrow. Reports from the
west indicated that rising tempera
tures which brought relief there yes
terday would reach the lake region to
day and weather forecasters say they
are extending eastward.
Europe Suffering.
While the cold wave has been
sweeping this country, Europe, too,
has suffered. Vienna, Berlin and
many other German cities report un
precedented drops in temperature.
Drift Ice is running In the Danube
River and in Paris business for the
past 24 hours has been at a stand
still. In London recent harsh weather
conditions are held responsible for a
serious rise in the death rate and an
epidemic of influenza. Cable dis
patches last night from Milan stated
that heavy snows were falling in the
Alps and that the intense cold had
driven wolves to prey on cattle.
43 Degrees Below.
In New York states the lowest tem
perature reported —43 degrees below
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Massmeeting Protests
Treaty With The U. S.
San Salvador, Republic of Salvador.
—A mass meeting took place here to
day to protest against the proposed
treaty between the United States and
Nicaragua, by which the United States
would obtain the exclusive right to
construct any Nicaraguan Isthmian
canal and also a naval vase in the
Gulf of Fonseca.
Patriotic clubs are organizing
throughout the republic to work
against the American proposal.
Indictments For Two in
Deportation of Moyer
Houghton, Mich, —Interest in the re
cent deportation from the strike zone
of Chas. H. Moyer, president of the
Western Federation of Miners, was
renewed here today when it was ru
mored that a special grand jury had
returned indictments against two men
who were said to have helped In forc
ing Moyer to leave Hancock.
Reports also were in circulation that
other true bills —several against mem
bers of the Western Federation —had
been returned.
Find Woman's Body With
That of Japanese Cook
Roslyn, L. I.—When the Elmer Stev
enson family started to learn why no
breakfast awaited them this morning
they found Masuskl, their Japanese
cook dead in his room with the body
of a young American woman lying
beside him. There was little to ex
plain whether the two committed sui
cide or were murdered or whether
one of them shot the other and then
killed himself or herself. Nobody on
the Stevenson estate Tecognlzed the
young woman.
“U. S. ARMY AS A CARRER ”
Washington.—Aiming to attract re
cruits to the army, the war depart
: ment has published a pamphlet en
| titled "The United States Army as a
| Career."
It pictures the American soldier
■ hard at his trade of war or making
I ready for war. Major General Wood,
I chief of staff of the army, says that
he will be personally responsible for
, the accuracy of every statement in
the pamphlet which was prepared by
i Captain Thos. F. Ryan of the cavalry
I branch.
Roosevelt- Willard Wedding in
the Spring
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Hill smk<
MISS BELLE WILLARD.
Miss Belle Willard, daughter of the United States minister to Spain,
who Is to be married In the spring to Kermlt Roosevelt, second oldest
son of Ex-President Roosevelt. The couple met several years ago for
the first time while both were members of an automobile party, tour
ing the mountainous regins of West Virginia. None of their friends
snspected an affair between the two, however, until friends of the
bride-to-be in Richmond received word from Madrid of the engagement.
$5,000 RAISED IN MORNING'S
WORK FOR THE M. & M. ASS N
Splendid Showing Made in A. M. Team Canvass of City to
Get Funds to Secure For Augusta the Commercial Organi
zation Needed—lnspiration Taken From First Reports at
Noon Luncheon.
Five Thousand Dollars raised in
subscriptions this morning!
This is the amount that is indicat
ed as the result of the canvass of the
teams sent out by the Merchants and
Manufacurers* Association this morn
ing to secure funds to give Augusta
the kind of commercial organization it
needs.
This is not an offieial statement as
all teams had not been heard from
but it is conservative and Is approx
imately correct.
This Is considered an excellent
showing and Mr. McKeand, who Is
conducting the campaign, was greatly
pleased. It means that, on scheduled
time the amount decided on $15,000,
ADVERTISING
IN THE
HERALD
SELLS THE
GOODS
will have been raised by popular sub
scription In form of duos.
Divided Into Groups.
Tim (cams arc divided Into groups
of two or more each and furnished
with cards on which aro indicated
data about tho prospect, of Interest
to tho canvassers. On each Is stated
the amount of memberships
divdual referred to is expected to take
and every effort Is made to get 'him
to accept the committees Judgment
as final.
Following tho canvass the teams
take a breathing spell and then meet
at luncheon at the Hofbrau, where
reports are made, experiences nar
rated and new Inspiration taken for
the campaign and work of the next
day.
At P. M. Meeting.
At a meeting this afternoon Mr. A.
W. McKeand gave tho second of his
chart talks on the work done in otfber
cities and what others pay to their
comemrcial organizations.
Mr. N. Buckner, who has been so
successful in advertising Asheville,
also talked for a few minutes on ‘.'Ad
vertising a City.”
Tomorrow there will be published
a full list of subscribers to date, to
gether with details about the organi
zation.
4,500 WILL BE IDLE.
Providence, R. 1.-—Fire in the man
ufacturing building, a seven-story
structure, occupied by thirty Jewelry
manufacturing firms, caused a kiss
of |IOO 000 today and the enforced
Idleness of 4,500 operatives
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 PER YEAR.
FAINT S. 0. S. CALL
FROM THE ICY SEA
BULLETS FLEW
AS SEQUENCE OF
BANK FAILURE
Town of Kennesaw Stirred Up
When Former Cashier’s
House Was Shot Up. The Re
ceiver Taken in Custody
After Bloodhounds Follow
Trail. Later Indicted. Feeling
Intense.
Atlanta, Ga.—With tho shooting up
of tho residence of W. P. Whitaker,
former cashior of tho Kennesaw Bank
nnd a prominent citizen, and with tho
arrest of B. A. Fite, receiver for the
bnnk nnd station agent of tho Nash
ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Rail
road, Tuesday, the village of Kenno
snw is stirred up as It has not been
in many a day.
The shooting follows a. feud between
tho stockholders of the defunct bank
and Its former officers, and nearly ev
erybody in the town has taken sides.
It is believed that there will ho fur
ther trouble beforo the feud is set
tled.
It was shortly after 8 o'clock on
Monday night that soineono fired five
stmts Into the house of Mr. Whitaker.
The first two shots wore fired through
a window. Then threo shots were
fired through a glass panel In tho
front door down tho hall. Homo of
them lodged in tho wall at the further
end of the hall.
An Effort to Kill.
It Is believed that whoever did the
shooting did so with the intention of
killing Mr. Whitaker. The first shots
.Ui tU„, window were tired to algnii
him. Tho marksman Imagined that
he would naturally rush out Into tin*
hall to see what the trouble was. If
he had, the shots fired through the
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Managers Agree To Talk
Higher Pay For Actors
Will Discuss Question on Jan.
23rd. Demands of Actors
Equity Ass’n.
New York—Overawed by the army
of Thewplans who havn formed the
Actors Equity Association, the wian
agers agreed today to meet them on
January 211, to discuss the question of
higher pay.
The president of the association is
Francis Wilson; the vice-president
Henry Miller and tbo council includes
Holbrook Hlinn, George Arllss, Robert
Krieson and Wilton l,nrka.ye.
The actors demand transportation to
and from this city, a limit on the
period of free rehearsals, elimination
of extra performances without pay and
an adjustment In regard to the cost of
wmrien’H gowns.
Horne of the women members are
Elsie Ferguson, Christie MacDonald,
Janet Beecher and Ethel Barry-more.
Begin Hearings on the
Radium Bill on Monday
Washington.—Hearings on the bill
authorizing the president to withhold
all radium rights in mineral land for
government exploitation will ho be
gun Monday by tho house mines an
mining committee.
I)r. Howard Kelley, of Baltimore,
who began tho agitation as a result
of his treatment of Representative
Robert Bremner for cancer, will ap
pear In support of the Foster bill.
It Is probable that a measure will
soon bo Introduced providing I<rr the
construction and operation by Iho
government of mills to manufacture
radium from tho ores found on gov
ernment lands.
CONEY ISLAND HAD CLOSE
CALL FROM THE FLAMES
New York.—Fanned by a high wind,
a fire that destroyed the Rosehen
Hotel and a dozen smaller frame build
ings on tho Bowery at Coney Island
early today threatened for a time to
sweep the famous amusement resort.
Two alarms brought firemen from
many Brooklyn stations and after a
hard fight of two hours the flames
were controlled. The loss was about
150,000.
Then Wireless Communication
Ceases in the Waters of Bay
of Fundv Where Liner With
120 Aboard is Stranded.
Grave Anxiety For Their
Safety
WRECKAGE IS WASHED
ASHORE: NOT KNOWN IF
FROM COBEQUID OR NOT
Efforts to Reach Steamer’s
Position Fail in the Cold and
Blustery Weather. Thick
Vapor Overhangs Bay.
St. John, N. B.—The steamer Cobe
quld with 120 persons aboard was
above water at 10 o'clock this morn
Ing according to a message received by
the agents here.
A telephone message from, the Can
adian Northern steamer Royal George
in port here announced that the Royal
George had Just caught an S. O. S. call
from tho Cohequld.
Efforts Fail.
Efforts to ascertain the stranded
steamer’s position failed as there was
no response to the Royal George’s
queries.
A thick vapor overhangs the hay,
making the search exceedingly diffi
cult.
It was also reported that the steam
er Lady Laurler had caught the Cobe
quid distress call. The l.ady Laurie
should have been near Brier Island, tho
reported scene ,f the wreck of (he
Royal Mull liner when the latter's call
wiih heard.
Moat Anxious.
New York—The local Royal Mail of
fice) received the following message
this morning from Its agents at Mall
fax:
"Extremely blustering and cold.
Anxious as to pa-sengrrs and crew of
Cobequld. llavo cent steamers In
search.”
Wreckage Comee In.
Yarmouth, N. S.— Wreckage drifted
ashore here this forenoon. It was not
possible to determine whether tt came
from the wrecked steamer Cobequld.
The weather continues bad.
No Word.
New York—The North Gernmn-
Lloyd Liner, Kronprinzessin Cecelle,
reported yesterday to be one of the
vessels racing to the stranded steam
ship Cobequld, was passing Nantucket
at 4:30 a. 'in. today and should reach
her pier here this afternoon. No word
had been received thlH morning from
tier commander as to whether lie re
ceived the Cobequld’s wireless calls.
HONOR BEILIESS' PROSECUTOR.
St. Petersburg.—M. Chaplinskl, pule
llc prosecutor of Kiev, who was prom
inently associated with the prosecu
tion In tho sensational trial of Men
del Beiliss for "ritual murder," was
created a knight of the order of Bt.
Stanislas of the first-class and ap
pointed a senator and privy council
lor today.
Procuring
Profitable
Employment
Augusta concerns are as
eager to find willing, capable
workers as you may bo to se
cure congenlnl employment.
Your problem is to find thnt
vacancy which you are best
fitted to fill—and the purpose
of tills "ad” is to offer you
tlie problem’s aolutlon:
There are two helps at hand
which will put you In touch
with the right opportunity.
One Is the "Help Wanted”
columns of The Augusta Her
ald, where you will find listed
the offerings of Augusta em
ployers. The other Is tho
“Httuatlons Wantod" classifi
cation, whore, with an ad of
your own, you can tell these
employers what you have to
offer.
In following tho latter course,
put your heart Into your words
and don’t be afraid to say
what you can do best.
Then, when the ad Is ready,
leave It with
Your Druggist or
The Augusta Herald.