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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIX. NO. 41.
«H HOUSES
OF PMMENT
FOB M SOFFS
Most Briliant Scene as King
George Opens Fourth Session
That Promises to Make His
tory. Crowds Witness Pro
cession in London Streets.
Police Soldiers Busy.
Yeoman of the Guard With
Modern Electric Torches
Plash Corners of Cellars for
Hidden Millitants.
London. —Kin* George today opened
the fourth session of the present Brit
ish parliament—a session that prom
ises to make history because of. the
Important constitutional questions io
be decided.
Queen Mary and the kins wore
their crowns and brilliant royal robes.
They rode In the state coach of gold,
drawn by eight Hanoverian cream
colored horses from Buckingham Pal
ace through the Mall, over the Horse
Guards Parade and then along White
hall to the king’s entrance of the
house of lords. Crowds assembled
along the route to witness the pro
cession.
Picturesque Scene.
In the house of lords there was a
picturesque scene as their majesties,
eurrpunded by other members of the
royal family and by peers and peeress
es in their state robes, ascended the
throne. The king immediately read
his speech outlining the government’s
program. The American ambassador
and Mrs. Page were among pres
ent.
Large Throngs Gather.
London. —The opening of the house
of commons today for the 1914 session
found on unusually large number of
members gathered at the doors to
make a dash into the chamber to se
cure seats for the momentous initial
debate. Among the earliest to arrive
were groups of Ulster Unionists and
tmdr bitter opponents, the Irish Na
tionalists, and these, for the first day
at least, were able to capture promi
nent placer, in the house. Police and
soldiers were kept bury for several
hours early today searching every cor
ner of the cellars end vaults for suf
fragettes.
With Electric Torcnos.
This process has been done on the
opening day of the session ever since
the discovery of the "gunpowder plot"
of Gup Fawkes.
The Yeomen of the Guard in their
picturesque old-time uniforms were
accompanied today by the chief Inspec
tors of the metropolitan police, who
discarded the ancient lanterns gene
rally carried and replaced them with
modern electric torches so as to make
sure that no hidden militants should
escape them.
SHIPLOAD Of
NEGROES DUPED
Blacks From South Waiting for
Alfred C. Sam in N. Y. Stories
of New Utopia in Africa.
New York—A shipload of negroes,
mostly farmers and their wives from
Oklahoma waited here today for Al
fred C. Sam to lead them to a new
negro Utopia on the Gold Coast of
Africa. The negroes were Induced to I
come here, they said, by Sam who
had been collecting colonizers from
Oklahoma, Texas and Mississippi.
More negroes were expected from
Galveston and the west and it was
said that 86 were coming from Bos
ton.
The steamer In which the negroes
expected to eeek the gold coast was
the old Curityba of the Munson Line,
which formerly piled between New
York and Cuba. An officer of the
Munson Line said today that the
Curityba recently was sold to the
Akim Trading Company In which
Sam Is supposed to be Interested.
Sara according to the colonists,
represents himself to be an African
chief. Sam cogld not be found here
today.
MME. MELBA SETTLES
UP FOR SUM OF S7OO
Chattanooga, Tenn. —The claim of
the Music Study Club of Birming
ham, Ala., against the company of
Madame Melba, the operatic singer
for failure to give a scheduled con
cert has been settled It was an
nounced today. The amount paid
was more than S7OO, covering ex
penses Incurred by the music study
club Suit was filed here In chan
cery icourt yesterday by a represent
ative! of the club.
IiEST YOU FORGET-
BORAH ADVISES JAILING
OF NEW HAVEN LOOTERS
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SENATOR W. E. BORAH.
Washington—“ Five or six of these
men who looted the New Haven
wearing stripes and behind the bars
would have the most tremendous ef
fect on this country,” said Senator
Borah, of Idaho, in the senate cham
ber, when the Norris resolution call
ing off the New Haven probe was of
fered so discussion. He said that the
Norris resolution might interfere
with the plans of the attorney gen
eral.
Prompt Action.
Washington, D. C. —Prompt action
on the senate resolution for a re
opening of the inter-state commerce
commission's investigation of certain
financial operations of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
was taken up today hy the commission.
It ordered the Inquiry to begin Imme
diately.
May Have to Operate on
Senator Bacon’s Kidneys
Washington.—That Senator Bacon of
Georgia might possible have to submit
to an operation was revealed today by
a photographic plate of an X-ray ex
amination of the senator which showed
a shadow on one of his kidneys. Rur
geons thought the shadow might bo
that of a stone and that an operation
might be necessary to relieve the pa
tient.
Senator Bacon spent a comfortable
night, his temperature being reduced
but not normal.
NATIONAL CORN EXPOSITION.
Dallas, Texas. —The sixth National
Corn Exposition began here today and
will continue 14 days. It comprises
exhibits from 29 states and from seve
ral Canadian provinces, including oth
er staple agricultural products in ad
dition to corn.
HISTORIC CHURCH DESTROYED j
Gloucester, Mass. —Fire caused by '
an over-heated furnace today destroy
ed the historic Portuguese church of
“Our Lady of Good Voyages." Ail
vestments and sacred vessels were
lost.
House-Hunting
From an Armchair
This is the modern. The Au
gusta Herald way. Nine
tenths of the process of
choosing Is done by reading
the Real Estate colmuns or
The Augusta Herald, daily
and Sunday.
Here the better class of
builders and agents are con
stantly offering their houses,
both for rent and for sale, to
the better class of renters
fcnd buyers.
Read these ads steadily-
Thus you will be able to se
lect the location and the kind
of house that will best suit
you, and so be prepared for
the real search.
Then, to widen your choice,
state your special require
ments in a little ad of your
own, and put In The Augusta
Herald. Such ads can be left
with
Your Druggist or
The Augusta Herald.
Phones 296 and 297.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 10. 1914.
RIOTOUS TOKIO
MOB STORMS
! THE JAP DIET
Huge Crowds Gather Outside
the House of Parliament as
Bitter Fight Wages on Floor
in Debate on Navy Graft
Scandal.
Throngs March in Gates and
Clash With Police. Many
Injured. Dramatic Scene as
Attack is Made on Premier
Inside.
Tokio, Japan. —A riotous mob at
tacked the Japanese bouse of parlia
ment today. It was driven back by
the police only after the entrnnee gates
had been broken down and scores of
! people injured.
The rioting followed a big mass
| meeting at which resolutions were
passed to impeach the cabinet for ita
1 attitude in connection with the graft
charges aguinst Japanese naval offi
j cers, several of whom arc accused of
receiving commissions for influencing
the allotment of admiralty contracts
in favor of a German firm.
Numerous arrests were made and
frequent clashes between the police
and the mob followed In various pans
of the city. There was also a free
fight on the floor of the diet.
Huge Crowds Wait.
Tokio. —The diet rejected a resolu
tion of want of confidence In the gov
ernment. This resolution was intro
duced by the opposition as a protest
against the attitude of the cabinet la
connection with the graft charges.
While the session was In progress
huge crowds packed tho neighboring
streets and several mass meetings
were organized.
The people, after resolving to tm ■
Pfach the cabinet, marched toward
the house of parliament, attacking
several government officials. When
they reached the entrance to the dlet
they collided with the police. In the
struggle the gate was broken down
and many people injured while others
werq urrested.
Dramatic Debate.
i The debate in the house was a dra
matic one. A fierce attack was made
on the premier, Count Oombei Yama
moto, who replied with great calmness
demanding a suspension of Judgment
until the inquiry into the naval scan
dal had been concluded.
Saburo Shlmada, leader of the oppo
sition, charged the cabinet with having
smothered the affair until it had been
forced to order an investigation. The
speaker of the diet ordered the expul
sion of a member of tho opposition
who had interrupted the detiate and
a fight ensued between guards and
the friends of the deputy.
Stone the Police.
The crowd cheered the members of
tho opposition as they left. After
vainly waiting for the exit of the min
isters the mob marched to the offices
of a government newspaper, whero
they stoned the police before they
were repulsed.
Advocates the Recall in
Spite of Being Mayor
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New York. —Mayor John Purroy
Mitchel favors the recall of the mayor
and ho told members of the Queens
County Chamber of Commerce, today
that he hoped the new city charter
would contain such a provision.
“I want the mayor to bo responsiv j
and responsible to tho people,” he said.
”1 have always advocated the recall
and I am no lesß an advocate of it
for the mayor now that I am elected
to that office than I was before I
was elected.”
Mid-Air Collision Cause
of Death, Injury to Two
Machines of Veteran and Pupil
Crash Together 100
Feet High.
Johannisthal, Germany —A mld-alr
collision between a bi-plane and a
monoplane over tho aerodrome hero
today caused the dpath of one German
aviator and sprloua Injuries to two
others.
Gerhard Bedlmayer, an experienced
airman, was flying his biplane, carry
ing as his passenger Lieutenant I/eon
hardt, of the Germany army. They
were circling the aerodrome at a height
of about 100 feet when their machine
was crashed Into hy a monoplane In
which Dcgner, a pupil at the flying
achool, was making his first Indepen
dent flight.
Both machines fell and when the
men were extricated from the wreck
age It was found that Degner was
dead and the other two gravely hurt.
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
“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
vertisements in today’s Herald. It’s the advertising merchant always who CAN and DOES sell the cheapest.
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Mrs. Charles Church Harris, of
Baltimore, Who says she rescued an
Englishman from drowning In
Switzerland, came off the gungplank
of the Grosser Kurfuerst, when she
Young Woman Jumps to
Death From 15th Story
Only Clue is Pair of Shoes
Bought in Atlanta. Initials
“E. S.”
Kansas City.—An unidentified, fash
ionably dressed young woman, who
wore patent leather shoes that had
been purchased In Atlanta, Ga., leap
ed fnwr* tha roof of a fifteen-story
building here today and was dashed to
death. The Initials "E. S.” embroid
ered on her handkerchief furnished the
only Immediate clue to her Identity.
Her coat, which bore the label of a
Paris maker, was sold In Cincinnati.
She was comely, had brown hair, was
of medium height and about 30 years
old.
PRESIDENT TO RECEIVE
BRITISH MEXICAN ENVOY
Washington. Arrangements have
been made here for a meeting between
Hlr Lionel Carden, British minister to
Mexico, and President Wilson. Per
sons close to tho White House sold
today that the president would give
Rlr Lionel an audience on Mexican
affairs when the latter passed through
this country en route to England.
GREEK KILLED GREEK.
Tampa, Fla. —Police today were
seeking Emanuel Macrlmarls, a Greek,
accused of having killed Panagls Gas
sanos, another Greek, at Tarpon
Springs. After the shooting, which
occurred early today, It was said Mur
rimarls hurried to his automobile and
drove Into the country. He owns nu
merous sponging vessels at Tarpon
Kprlrigs.
LOUISIANA FISH CULTURE
Washington.—The senate today au
thorized the establishment of a fish
cultural station In Louisiana.
(locked at New York Saturday, car
rying a huge cabbage, which the
chef of tho liner had carved Into a
beautiful bouquwt and presented to
Mrs. Harris as tho most popular wo
man on board during the trip. Tho
chef spent hlx hours In making the
boquet.
PRESIDENT ENDS
THE SJ. BOW
Sends Nominations to Senate
of F. H. Western as Dis’t
Att’y and J. L. Sims as U. S.
Marshall.
Washington, D. C.—President Wil
son Monday sent to the senate for con
firmation the names of Francis 11.
Weston of Columbia to succeed Ernest
Cochran as district attorney for South
Carolina and James L. Rims of Or
angeburg to sucsed J. D. Adams as
marshal.
Mr. Weston was recommended to the
department of Justice and the White
House for appointment hy Senator E.
D. Hinith, while Senator Tillman
named William J. Thurmond of Edge
field for tho district attorney's placo
affd Mr. Rims was subsequently with
drawn hy Renat or Tillman.
Monday's nominations came unex
pectedly, although It must he said that
those who have kept track of Houth
Carolina political affairs here for the
past few months believed that such a
thing might happen at any time.
It Is quite probable that In the case
of no other Houth Carolina appoint
ments made In years has there been
quite us much Interest shown here as
In those sent to the senate now. Early
In tho days of the present administra
tion, when the names which have Just
been mentioned were sent to the de
partment of Justice and to tho White
House, It was seen that some lively de
velopments were ahead and those who
have kept abreast of the situation have
Hot been disappointed.
Henator Rrnlth, when seen, had
nothing to say. Just when today's ap
pointees will he confirmed or whether
there will te delay is as yet unknown
here.
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 PER YEAR.
"LOVELIEST GRAFT
OF A CENTURY ”
CITIES IN
EAST GET
JAR BY
QUAKE
From Montreal to Philadelphia
Distinct Earth Shocks Felt
at 1:34 to 1:37 P. M. No
Serious Damage in First Re
ports. Slight Panic in Some
Places.
New York.—Points ns far north as
Montreal and as far south as Phila
delphia felt distinct earthquake shocks
us varying Intensity between 1:34 and
1: 37 o’clock tills afternoon. indica
tions worn that the entlro northeast
ern section of the United Slates was
in the zone. At no point Included in
the first reports was serious damage
done. '
Felt Plainly.
Syracuse, N. Y. —An eartlquako
shock was felt plainly In all parts of
this city at 1:35 p. m.
Severe Shock,
Rome, N. Y. —At 1:35 o'clock this
afternoon a severe earthquake shock
was felt In Homo and throughout this
section of Oneida county.
Shook the Cepitol.
Albany, N. Y.—An earthquake of 20
seconds' duration was recorded on the
nelsmogruph here today shortly before
2 o'clock. It waa noticeable about the
oapltol, where a number of pictures
were shaken from the walls.
Slight Pan'e.
Auburn, N. Y.— The Fort Hill sec
tion of Auburn was thrown Into slight
panic by an earth shock felt her*
today. On shock seemed to cover a
period of six seconds nnd was follow
ed a few seconds later by a second
shock that lasted several seconds.
Pictures and mirrors were set swing
ing on walls and furniture danced on
the floor.
Big Chimneys Swayed.
Rochester, N, Y. —Earth tremors
were perceptible here. At a larga
manufacturing plant two high chim
neys attracted attention by their
swaying. On the Cornell University
campus, st Ithaca, the shocks were
plainly felt. Houses and dormitories
shook.
Girls Flee.
Ogdensburg, N. Y. —Buildings shook
perceptibly and somo chimneys fed
during an earth shock here today. Tel
ephone girls fled from their switch
board. In somo homes furnlturo was
overturned and dishes thrown from
tables.
"Very Severe.”
Washington,—Two distinct earth
quake shocks were recorded on the
seismographs of Georgetown Univer
sity today. “The last shock,” said
Father Tondorf, observer of the uni
versity, "was very severe."
GERMAN POTABH
Berlin. —The German Imperial par
liament today adopted a resolution au
thorizing the German potash syndicate
to use $1,150,000 from Its "propaganda
fund” bf $2,000,000 In advertising fer
tilizers abroad.
MISS BOOTH BETTER.
New York. -Commander Evangeline
Booth, of the Salvation Army, who has
been 111 several weeks with peritonitis,
was much Improved today.
”LOOSE LINES" IN THE SPRING
FASHIONS IS WORD COMING
FROM PARIS TODAY
New York. —An impression of "loose lines," according to advance
spring fashion notices from Paris received here today will churacterlzs
the new models. The first and lowest skirt will still be narrow but It
will be surmounted hy deep flounces which will produce almost the ef
fect of a small crinoline. There will be a high but very open collar and
tho bodice will ho cut loosely and easily, often In soft silk. Sleeves wli
he short for day wear. Tho evening dresses will have no sleeves.
The popularity of marked decolletage for day and evening wear will
probably Increase.
•Taffetai! nnd velourn dn lalne will b<» the favorite material* for dai
dresses but gold and sliver brocade will be used In evening dress.
The hat will be a tiny toque set well forward on the forehead afte*
the fashion of 25 and 35 years ago, w Ith one side turned. It will be trtmmo.
with flowers.
House Commerce Committee
Told That Proposed Trade
Commission # Measure Would
Drive Small Corporations
Out of Business.
INQUISITORIAL POWER
TREMENDOUS. ASSERTED
Witness Declares Thousands
of Special Agents Would be
Roaming About Country With
No Qualifactions, But Politi
cal Pull.
Washington.—Declaring the admin
istration trade cnmmlsslnn hill would
open the "loveliest graft of a century,”
James E. Bennett today told the house
commerce committee the measure
would drive small corporations out of
business. Mr. Bennett, representing .1
score of small corporations capital-’
I zed at less than 33,000,000, questioned
the bill's constitutionality.
Vital Secrets.
"This bill" he said, "would give vital
secrets of the small corporation to
Its big competitor. It would show up
the weak points of ths small concern
and open It up to tho attacks of Us
rivals. t
"This measure would open tip tho
loveliest graft that you ever saw. Wltlk
thousands of special agents roaming
around the country, prying Into th>
hundreds of thousands of corporations,
graft would he widespread. These
agents would have no qualification but
political pull, no civil service exami
nation Is required and they could ha
sent Into any corporation's office to
make a report which would he bind
ing on that, corporation.
Tremendous Power.
■"lf you slipped him SSO. or $155, or
$550. he might be willing to change
tho report. •
“This Is a tremendous Inquisitorial
power. Russian never had anything
like this, that gave such power with
out let or hindrance."
Mr. Bennett argued that the bill vio
lated the constitutional guarantee
against unlawful search and seizure.
$25,000,000 Roads
Bill Passes, 28242
Washington—The Shackleford $25,-
000,000 good roads bill waa passed
today by the house, 282 to 42.
LOST HIS LIFE IN AIDING
FRIEND CRANK HER AUTO
Derby, Conn. —llls efforts to assist
a young woman friend In cranking he
automohllo cost Bennett Treat, 63
years old, his life, today. He waa
walking along the street Haturdav
when ho saw his friend In trouble and
went to her assistance. The eranlc
flew back and broke his arm In two
places. Infection developed and his
death resulted.
THOMAS HARDY WEDS.
London—Thomas Hardy, tho Brit
ish novelist uuthor of "Far From the
Maddening Crowd” and many other
works known throughout the world,
today married Miss Dugdale, his sec
retary.
Mr. Hardy's first wife died In
1912. Ho Is in Ms 74th year.
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Vanderbilt Race Entries.
Loe Anyeles. Entries Monday closed
for tho Vanderbilt cup and the Inter
national grand prize motor car races to
he run over the Ocean shore course at
Santa Monica, February 21st and 23rd.
Five foreign cars are entered for each
race and drivers In each will includa
Tetzluff, DePalma, Oldfield and other
well-known Americans as well as rac
ing men from Europe
Pirates Off.
Pittsburg.—John H. Daley, business
manager of the Pittsburg National
League club, announced today that the
club would leave here March 7th for
Dawson Hprlngs, Ky., where the pre
liminary spring training will he done.