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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 IL^V ' gt*. lit. jfjogL. > 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 • 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. HER POPULARITY REWARDED WITH GIFT OF CABBAGE BY LINER'S CHEF ■ •' r * *■ . ' ' ,i, : ; v JbßUaw *' 8 ,if lak. < ’ * JW . ' * mm.' l yf, 8 Nai-j M i- SHE B v Y R jifjqsypl Bp u ' H ■ "}) jjL , U I A Hfe. A I 'll iyißiWhle '■aa-pifc r jh •, w . ■ b EHHrawSnßirnii - Wf - iiwr ’ -m- wy• - r f-i iWMgEBMgy 5».-‘ .-v.' . 'C~ MRS. CHARLES CHURCH HARRIS, WITH CABBAGE BOQUET. 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. ■ 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.