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WOULD FREE ALL
CONVICTS BY AUG A
Governor Blease Would Then
Have the South Carolina
Penitentiary Converted Into
a Tuberculosis Hospital For
Neqrocs
CALLS DR. BABCOCK A
“TRAITOR:”* DETERMINED
TO OUST HIM IF HE CAN
Governor Reviews the Tur
bulent Situation and Re
quests Women to Leave the
Room As He Was Going “to
Use Some Very Plain Lan
guage.”
Columbia, 8. C. — I Governor Blease
after hla sensational demand Satur
day on Dr Babcock not to drag his
(the governor*** slater's name Into
the hospital Inquiry, took the witness
stand.
The governor stated that he nopod
to have all oonvlcta freed from the
mate iienitontlary here by August 1,
1 :<M. and ho urged that the prison
be converted Into a tuberculosis hos
pital for negroes.
Will Veto Appropriation.
Ms stated flatly that he would veto
•ny appropriation for the futrher de
velopment of the "Bandy Bottom
bands'* at Stale Park, where It Is
proposed to establish the now hos
pital for the Insane. He regarded
the effort to enact legislation author
izing the sale of the hospital property
In Columbia us a ‘steal."
Was a ’'Traitor."
“I came Into the office of governor
three years ago determined to oust
Babcock. '* he said, "because tie was »
traitor to James II Tillman during
his trial at Lexington, 8. C., for the
murder of Gonzales ten years ago"
“I>r Saunders Is tinnecoasHrlly In
terfering with the work of the other
officials of the asylum and Is today
the bone of contention between Dr
Babcock, the board of regents and
the governor and should be removed.”
he asserted
Ha told ili*> women to leave the
room at the opening of his address,
because he was going "to use some
very plain language." They left.
Cauatlo Comment.
He reviewed In detail the turbulent
altuatloii surrounding the hospital au
thorltles for the past several years
and made many caustic comments.
Considerable polities was Injected
into his remarks
Hteasc said he would put the con
vh ts to work on public roHds. There
are about 400 In the penltentiaiyi
now.
The governor said he meant no re
flection on the moral character of
Dr. Saunders He charged her with
meddling with the other departments
of the Institution. He read records
to prove that his supporters had not
tried to manipulate the sale of the
asylum property for private gain.
TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR CITY COUNCIL
Mr. Wilbur Boswell a Candi
date From Second and Dr.
Geo. T. Horne From Third.
Two announcement* for city coun
cil arc made In The Herald this morn
ing. Mr. Wilbur Boswell announces
front the second and Hr. tleo. T. Horne
from the third.
Mr. Samuel KVirtson has already an
nounced frem the sixth.
The announcements »re subject to
the white primary.
Cloves for cold weather, also dress,
auto and K. R. gloves, at Mertins.'
Hill Property Always in Demand
%
I can sell you unimproved property, and hv
building this land up, you fan get a handsome in
come and absolute safqty for your money.
I have a corner lot on Gumming street, 127 x
207 ft. You can easily built! three or four bouses
on this lot. and rent them all. Price $1,500.00
Between four and five acres on corner of
Fleming and Gumming streets, which can be im
proved to advantage.
300 ft. on Fleming, corner Williams, with
neat cottage of five room*, also two room cottage.
Plenty of mom to build other homes and make t
fine investment of this.
600 ft. on Glenn Avenue, one square from ear
line at only $20.00 a ft. Quite a number of people
figuring on this land and will be taken up quickly.
176 ft. corner lot < n Monte Sano Ave„ at very
low price.
Lot 50x1 o 0 ft. Monte Sano Are., near Judge
Eve’s home, at $900.00.
JOHN W. DICKEY
DIDN’T KIM ar
TOLLS CLAUSE
Adamaon, of Georgia, Says It
Was Injected Into Baltimore
Platform Without Knowledge
Majority of Committee.
Washington—Ttie provision favoring
tree passage (or American ships
through the Punsma canal was In
jected into the democratic platform
without the knowledge of the majority
of the resolutions committee at the
Baltimore convention, according to the
assertion Saturday of Representative
Adamson, Georgia, chairman of the
interstate and foreign commsree com
mittee. He had met but three or tour
r.-embers of the convention, he said,
who knew of the existence of the
tolls plank tiefore the platform was
promulgated.
Branding the tolls exemption pro- I
vision ui "heretical doctrine," Adam
son issued a statement Saturday pav
ing the way for congressional debate
on a repealing bill, to be Introduced |
in accordance with the determination!
of President Wilson that the United
States should recognise the claim of
Oreal Britain that exemption for Am
erican ships violate* the llay-Baunce
fote treaty.
To Fight Repeal.
Senator O’Gorman, who will fight
the repeal provision In the senate, and
H< presentatlve Broussard, of Lnulsi-
ana, senator-elect from that state,
were members of a sub-eominltti-e at
Baltimore which wrote the tolls ex
emption plan Into the platform. It
was done, it was slated Saturday,
without the consent of a majority of
the full committee or Secretary of
State Bryan, chairman of the resolu
tions committee.
"I am not at all troubled," shPI
Representative Adamson, "about the
cry that repealing the exemption vio
lates the democratic platform. A sub
sidy Is not a <sirdm.il doctrine of the
democratic party. In fact, that ex
emption Is a contradictory interjection
Into au antl-suhsldy plank and is void.
The method of its insestion In the
platform generally Is understood
among well informed people.
Under a general Idea of approving
what a democratic congress laid done,
certain member* of the house and sen
ate, wtio wer<. <>n that committee, were
permitted to Inti rjei't that herittcal
provision on the idea that they were
Hsaerttiig approval of what democrats
In congress had done, when in fact a
majority of more than twenty demo
crats In the house voted against the
exemption.
No Subsidy.
"Before honest, unflinching demo
crats can In- bound by a subsidy pro
vision. It ought to tie shown yiat
members of the convention knew It
was In there arid members at least
understood and approved tt. 1 never
have seen a member of that conven
tion. outside of two or three gentle
men. who knew tt was there before It
was promulgated and I am informed
Hint a large majority of the platform
committee were opposed to the ex
emption."
UNKNOWN SHOOTS WOMAN
WHILE AT BREAKFAST
Rhea Springs, Tenn. —Mrs. Huh Onn
ter was shot dead near here today by
an unidentified assailant, who fired
through a window while the woman
was at breakfast, .lames Smith, her
unde, was wounded In the arm. No
motive for the shooting is known.
Underwear for winter, flue goods,
low prices F. G. Mertlne.
Some of the Suffragettes Who Snubbed President Wilson
iHifft v a. ' I; - r jtlQ Inghsi
Photograph of a portion of the suffragette delegation from six states, which, on Monday last, called on President Wllacn and asked Aim to
express himself on the suffrage question. When the president replied tti.it he was not at liberty to do so without authority of his party, several
members of the delegation did not shake hands with him as they pussed by In the reception line. The photograph show a part of the delegation on
the rtcpH of the Public Library at Washington.
FIRST ACCOUNT
COMES BY MAIL
JAP DISASTER
Graphic Detailed Story of Wild
Fliqht of 22.000 Inhabitants
of Sakura-Jima From Horror
of Flaminq Volcano
Flow of Lava So Immense
From Island That Sea, 40 to
80 Fathoms Deep, Filled Up
and Connected With Mainland
San Francisco, Cal.—The first de
tailed account of the eruption of Hu
kura-Jlma, on the southern coast of
Japan, as received hero Saturday bj
mail from the Toklo correspondent of
The Associated Press, places the loss
of life, conservatively estimated, at
“several hundreds."
Not only was the Island of Sakura-
Jima Itself, with Its dozen villages,
flooded by u torrent of flaming lava
and hurled under a hall of incandes
cent rocks, hut the beautiful city ol
Kagoshima, overlooking the Golden
Gate of Japan, was partly destroyed,
several towns and villages on the main
land to the east were so reported, and
the villages of Akmldnzn. Yokohama
and Koike literally were swallowed
up by the molten lasa. I 'util they
tire dug out. no specific count of lives
lost will be possible. The account
follows:
Pictures of Pompeii.
"While a Tokyo audience of Japan
ese was assembled at the Kmpertu!
theatre, viewing moving pictures o'
the laist Days of Pompeii, the sub
terranean fires of their own empire,
Imprisoucil for more titan a c<ntury,
wert surging upward beneath the Is
land of Sukuru Jlma, In the aoutli
ernmost part of the realm. Soon be
gan an eruption so fierce as to take
place at once with the historic demon
strations of Vesuvius.
"The 22,000 inhabitants of Sakura-
Jlnta fled wildly In ail directions, in
a pitiful quest for food and shelter.
Shrieks of terror filled the air from
one end of the island to the other.
From thickly settled villages and front
houses embosomed In groves of or
anges, peaches and plums, the farmers
ran to the shores of the bay.
“Horses neighed and snorted in ter
ror and ail manner of domestic cuttle
bellowed and cried to be let loose.
Many freed themselves and began a
wild stampede through and over their
huntun companions.
Dragged Along.
"Many old men refused to try to
save themselves and had to l>e dragged
along by the younger. Women and
children were sent off first, the wom
en carrying their infants slung Japan
ese-fashton across their backs, their
hands filled with portable household
goods. Borne shielded themselves with
mattresses; other wore metal and
earthen pots for helmets. It was a
wild, hugger-mugger, a pell-mell rush;
a flight of Indescribable panic and
confusion.
"For all that the fearful catastrophe
was so overw helming in Its sudden de
scent, there had been preliminary
warnings. Two months before, a trav
eler walking leisurely up the summit
of Long Mountain ride of Yoshlnoga
liara, which plunges abruptly down
into the water of Kagoshima gulf, was
surprised to see smoke drifting from
new gullies In the sides of the Open
Peak of Mltske. on Sukurs-Jima.
Thick, Black Smoke.
"It was a thick, black smoke, but
front Kagoshima would scarcely be
noticed. If at all. The traveler re
turned to Kagoshima and told a friend
what he had seen. We discussed, ra
ther flippantly perhaps,' he said after
wards. 'what would he likely to hap
pen If Sakura-Jima were actually to
go off. Now 1 know a good deal more
Of that than I ever wished to learn.'
"The next warning came Sunday.
January 11th. in the form of severe
earthquakes, accompanied by resonant,
deep cannonading from the heights
of Bakura-Jlma With Increasing vio
lence came shock after shock. Houses
toppled, brick walls crumbled, and
fro pi far beneath, seemingly as from
some vast cave of echoes, rose a hor
rible sound of grinding and roaring,
up through the quaking crust of the
earth.
Lik« Scarlet Canopy.
"By Monday morning the midnight
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA.
glow that had spread like n scarlet
canopy over the vent of the volcano
changed to an Immeasurably lofty col
umn of twisting smoke, laced with
flames and shot with the trail of fiery
missiles.
“Dawn changed to twilight. A great
shower of ashes rained on the panic
stricken population. The ashes be
came finning cinders and the cinders
flaming rocks. Sparkling lava, gush
ing from the mouths of the several
craters, leaped down from cliff to cliff
and ledge to ledge.
Ash** Fall Like Snow.
"Volcanoes, long supposed extinct In
other portions of the realm, leaped Into
sympathetic action, and ashes fell like
snow, us far north as the cities of
Osaka and Kobe, as far south as the
Bonin Islands, ami as tar west as Dai
ren, while the wlr was weighted with
sulphurous fumes, and distant Tokyo
Itself was mantled In a sinister, yel
low cloud, carrying terror to the niasa
• s and producing among even the most
intelligent and courageous Indescrib
able fear of descending doom.
“Arrived at the shore, the villagers
and peasants flung themselves Into
sampans moored on the bearh or
plunged into tl;e gulf. The mountain
was now a roaring furnace und the
heat was unbearable.
Saved Thousand*.
"From Kagoshima, a dozen steam
ers came full speed to the rescue.
Their prompt old ami that of sailing
and rowing crafts saved thousands
from drowning.
"But In the meantime things were
not going well In Kagoshima Itself.
A strong east wind filled the streets
with hot ashes and red-hot cinders.
Houses began to collapse under the
weight of, or to catch fire from the
cinders.
"There followed a mad rush of the
Inhabitants, thoroughly infected with
the terror of the burned and crazed
islanders, for the railroad station.
Splendid discipline there saved the
day. Box cars were bucked on to
the sidings and with rpmarkuhlo
promptness the crowds were carried
northward to safety.
Steady Flight.
"To llie westward began a steady
flight along the highways. A num
ber of Americans, among them sev
eral missionaries, escaped in this di
rection. walking some of the twenty
miles in the blackness of night.
"As soon us the authorities at To
kyo had on inkling of the serious na
tur< of the disaster a dozen warships
were despatched to the gulf. They
found the waters furiously agitated
and thickly crusted with pumice stone.
“By tlie seventh Kagoshima virtu
ally wis vacant. From the Island of
Sukuru -Jlma rescue parties took off
thirty-three Islanders. Those thnt re
mained were without food.
"For a week the volcano continued
intermittently its flow of white-hot
lava and bombardment of incandes
cent cinders. The boldest inhabitants
ventured buck again arid again only
to be driven off.
50.000 Destitute.
"An official estimate of the dam
age done gives 80,000 destitute, twelve
bridges destroyed, thousands of stone
fences strewn about anil more thus
12.000 houses either destroyed or so
badly damaged that they must he re
built.
"This physical damage is for Kago
shima alone. On the island, the de
struction was entire. Sakura-Jlma l»
a waste of pumice and lava, nuked and
desolate.
"Borne conception of the immensity
of the outpouring may be had when
it is known that the flow of lava push
ed Its way across the Gulf of Kago
shima. which is from forty to eighty
fathoms deep, to the mainland, con
verting an island into a peninsula." *
U. S. Protests Threats
of Villa’s Executions
Washington.- American consular of
officers have been instructed by the
state department to express to Con
stitutionalist officials in Mexico disap
proval of their reported intention to
deal summarily with Spaniards if Tor
reon is captured
First reports accredited to General
Villa, rebel military chief, a statement
that all Spaniards taken in his invest*
ment of Torreon would be executed.
Subsequently, Constitutionalists offi
cials declared that applied only to
those Spaniards who had broken par
ole
The consular Instructions were to
express this government’s disapproval
of the application of summary meth
ods to Spaniards, regardless of wheth
er they had or had not participated in
Torreon* defense under Federal offi
cials.
Overcoats at reduced prices, fine
coats, big values F. G. Mertins.
LOCAL TALENT
IN BIG CIRCUS
Only Twenty Days Now and
Hindpaw and Jingling Bros.
Bring Big Show to Y. M. C. A.
Only twenty more days before the
Hindpaw & Jingling Brothers big cir
cus and troupe of trained animals ap
pear here at the Y. M. C. A. This
promises to be the best entertainment
ever attempted by any strictly local
enterprise. It is not a traveling cir
cus such as people have to wade
through mud and grime to see, but a
real, up-to-date Indoor affair put on
by the young men of Augusta for the
enjoyment of their friends and them
selves.
Amusements have been planned for
all ages, from the cradle to the grave,
and there aer no exceptions. The Old
Plantation show, buck dancing, coon
shouting, moonlight singing, etc., will
be one of the side attractions. Posi
tively the last word In moving pic
tures will be shown in the "Crystal
Movie Palace," which will be located
on the second floor, directly In front
of the stairs. Screaming comedies,
heatr-breaking melodramas, and all
the Romeo anti Juliet kind will be
seen this one night only. The man
agement has spared no expense in
making this the house of fun. But
with all of this >et no one think the
attractions end here.
The Hall of Freaks will appeal to
tke curious, and the freakiest freaks
in existence will be gathered together
for this '‘Stellar” show. The space
has been secured to give in detail all
that this part of the company will
present.
And then comes the menagerie, con
taining animals known and unknown.
The famous Hamburg gyaseutus will
have nothing on the animals collected
and chained in this zoo. 1-olapaloo
sas. elephanrhoseres, kalamoozeeks,
ooltewahs, and wahatchies in abund
ance, as well as some that have long
since Ween extinct, but brought back
to life without names. The big show
In the main tent will be announced In
detail later, giving all the hair-raising,
hat-lifting, stupendous, surpassing and
unsurpassing stunts which will be giv
en for the aproval of those lucky
enough to get seats In advance. Seats
arc going fast and the prospects are
that all will he sold out long before
the date set. February 27th.
Come, bring your wife, or some
body else's, your children, your friends,
and don’t forget to bring your money.
$15.00 Special Suits and Overcoats.
S: end $15.00, save SIO.OO. F. G.
Mertins.
Program of University
Georgia Baseball Team
Athens Ga, —Following is the official
schedule of the University of Georgia
baseball teaniefor the coming season,
as announced tonight;
Clem son at Athens, March 25th and
26th.
West Virginia Wesleyan at Athens,
March 31st. April Ist.
Auburn at Auburn, April 3rd (dou
ble-header) and 4th.
Michigan University in Athens April
Bth and 9th.
University of Illinois at Athens April
13th.
Vanderbilt qt'-Athens. April 15th and
l«th.
Alabama University at Tuscaloosa.
April 20th and 21st
Games Away From Home.
"Navy at Annapolis, April 25th.
Maryland A. and M.. College Park,
April 27th.
Washington and Lee at Lexington,
April 28th and 29th.
North Carolina A. and M.. at Ral
eigh April 30th and May Ist.
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, May 2nd.
University of Alabama, at Athena
May 4th and sth.
Tech (Athens or Atlanta) May Sth
and 9th.
Tech (Atlanta or Athens) May loth
and 16th.
Chinese University Hawaii (prop
able) May 20th and 21st.
Only One "BROMO QUININE"
To get the genuine, call for full name
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE I-ook
for signature of E W. GROVE-
Cures a Cold in One Day. 25c.
Chocolate Filbert Clusters at
SherorTs are sure to olease.
TASKS AHEAD
IN ANTITRUST
After Two Weeks of Public
Hearings on Bills Outlined By
President, Further Confer
ences.
Washington.—How far the admin
istration shall go with regulation or
prohibition of holding companies; per
fection of the pending interstate
trade commission measure; drafting
a measure giving the interstate com
merce commission authority to regu
late railroad securities and efforts to
assure harmonious action, are tasks
in store for the committees of con
gress in charge of the administra
tion's anti-trust program. Having
had the subject of trust legislation
before them for two weeks, consid
ering bills outlined by President Wil
son in his message to congress and
listening to suggestions from citizens,
house and senate leaders have a clear
er understanding of what is before
them, but many points have arisen
upon which further light is desired
Further conferences with the presi
dent are contemplated.
Left the Meeting.
Senate leaders today sought to pla
cate Republican members of the In- ;
terstate commerce commission Who ;
have expressed indignation because
amendments proposed to the inter
state trade commission bill and con
sidered in the full cammittee, were j
rejected my Democratic members in
executive session, fe’enator Cum
mins, author of several amendments,
and Senator Clapp left a meeting of
the committee yesterday when they
learned of this action. Senator New
iands, chairman of the committee and
some of his colleagues told the Re
publican members today that their
co-operation in perfecting the trust
bills was earnestly desired and as
sured them that no final disposition
of amendments was intended to be
taken In conferences of Democratic
members alone.
Holding Companies.
House judiciary and interstate
commerce committese will continue
their hearings next week. Proposed
legislation against holding companies
is one of the principal tasks being
considered by the judiciary commit
tee. Members of the sub-committee
are much impressed with the con
tention that while a holding com
pany is a device frequently adopted
to violate the anti-trust law, it also
is capable of use in an entirely in
nocent manner. Chairman Clayton
and his conferees of the sub-commit
tee agree that some form of the hold
ing corporations are essential to com
petition.
Trade Commission.
Representative Morgan. Oklahoma,
told the house committee on inter
state commerce today that the ad
ministration bill to create a federal
trade commission was objectionable
because it would give the commission
jurisdiction over all corporations en
gaged In Interstate business Instead
of limiting jurisdiction to large cor
porations commonly known as trusts.
Amendments on this line are being
considered by the senate interstate
commerce committee. Mr. Morgan
favored restricting the commission’s
jurisdiction to corporations having a
gross annual ousnut of $5.000,000, He
said that while this would include
corporations which employ one-third
of the wage-earners in manufactur
ing industries and produce nearly
fifty per cent of the country’s man
ufactured products.
CLEAR THE TRACK.
An old farmer who had driven into
the neighboring village to make a few
purchases took'back with him rather
more hard cider than was consistent
with careful driving. While going
down a steep hill his horse stumbled,
fell flat in the road and refused to
get up. The farmed looked at him a
moment over the dashbiord. then ex
claimed;
“Git up, you old fool! Git up or
I'll drive right over you.”—Every
body's.
FORCE OF HABIT.
"He’s always tinkering with his
auto."
"Naturally. He's a vivisectionaiist.
—Judge.
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 8.
SENATE PASSES
SMITH-LEVER
AG'LJAEASURE
Bill So Strenuously Fought For
By Georqia Senator and
South Carolina Representa
tive Goes Throuqh Without
Dissentinq Vote
After Seven Years Sum of $4,-
800,000 Available Yearly.
Race Question Injected Into
Debate.
Washington.—The house agricultu
ral extension bill passed the senate
nit'll amendments today without A
dissenting vote.
The bill provides for demonstra
tions on farms of approved methods
and scientific discoveries aB to rank
ing and home economics, made la
atate agricultural colleges, experi
mental stations and in the federal
department of agriculture. The sec
retary of agriculture and land-grant
agricultural colleges are to outline
plans for carrying out demonstra
tions.
On Rural Plantation.
As agreed to in the senate, the bill
would appropriate unconditionally
SIO,OOO annually to each state. In
addition a sum of SCOO,OOO for the com
ing year, with a j early increase of
$600,000 for the next seven years
would be provided for distribution
among the states on a basis of rural
population, conditional on each state
apppropriating a sum equal to its por
tion of the federal funds. After 7
years, the bill would provide a per
manent appropriation of $4,800,000
annually.
By 32 to 25.
An amendment requiring that negro
colleges be permitted to share in the
fund was defeated by a vote of 32
to 25. The bill was amended, how
ever. as a result of a fight on the race
question by placing the distribution
of the fund in the hands of the sec
retary of agriculture and respective
state governors in states having more
than one agricultural college. and
also specifying against race discrim
ination in the demonstration work.
The bill probably will be consid
ered soon in conferences between the
two houses.
FEDEHS MSS ‘
INOTMSIS
Toronto to Retain Its Fran
chise. American League to
Make War in Chicago and
Cleveland.
Chicago. —The Federal League sur
vived another crisis today. A pro
tracted executive meeting of its mag
nates resulted, after a sharp discus
sion, in the announcement that To
ronto would retain its franchise, de
spite efforts to substitute Cleveland
for the Canadian city. The league
was about evenly divided on the ques
tion of the transfer, but President
Gilmore swung the conferees. The
iplea of Gilmore apd the evidence
shown by Barney Mepburn, the To
ronto promoter, thae the franchise
would be taken care of, convinced
the magnates that a change was not
desirable.
Routine business, the magnates re
ported. kept the meeting in session
last night.
President Charles Murphy, of the
Chicago Nationals, was authority to
day for the statement that the in
stallation of American Association
teams in Chicago and Cleveland
would be one of the steps taken by
organized baseball in Its war against
the Federals. This waß scouted by
Charles Weegham, who was suppos
ed —as was the case in a previous
story of the same sort—to have been
induced to take over the St. Paul
franchise in exchange for withdraw
ing from the Federals. The Ameri
can League was said to be back of
this measure, while Murphy declar
ed he would not permit it.
Further information regarding the
"war” came from other sources and
tended to confirm an earlier story
that the “organized" leagues would
refrain from law suits.
Manager Brown, of the St. Louis
Federals, today sent word he had
signed Eddie Lennox, an infielder
formerly with Brooklyn and the Cubs.
CONFEDERATE VETERAN
DIES, 82 YEARS OF AGE
Charleston, Ark.— Gen. H. B. Arml
stead. a Confederate veteran and from
1893 to 1897 secretary of state of Ar
kansas. died at hi* home here carjy
Saturday. He wa» 62 years old and
was a prominent figure In the early
history of Arkansas. f
Walnut Chips, as good as they
look. Try Sheron’s.
THE WEATHER
Washington. D. C— Forecast: Geo--
pia snd South Carolina—Fair and colder
Sunday; Monday far; dimlnlsning
ni*tUwest wind.