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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIX. No. 45.
SNOWDRIFTS 2
FT. DEEP 111 THE
STREETS N. T.
Gotham Experiencina First
Bia Snowstorm of the Season.
Thousands of Unemployed at
Work Clearinq City. Liners
Delayed. Traffic Hampered
Sleet and Rain Following the
Fleecy in Pennsylvania. Rail
ways Blocked. Nine Drown As
Barges Lost on Long Island
Sound Reef.
Washington.—The winter’s first Mg
snow storm swept through the north
eastern part of the country today, and
In some places It reached blizzard
j roportlons.
The storm developed Friday after
noon off the Georgia coast and moved
rapidly northward.
The weather will be fair, with a
tendency to slightly lower tempera
tures in the Middle Atlantic states
and the South.
The cold wave’s death toll in New
York was increased today when Robert
McKinn, of Bayonne, N. J.. died of ex
posure while waiting on a railway
platform and the body of an unidenti
fied man was found in a Third Avenue
hallway.
Drifting in Streets.
New York.—The winter's first big
snowstorm - pelted New York today.
Beginning at 6 o'clock last night, it
continued steadily this forenoon, de
laying railway and street car trans
portation and hampering shipping.
Thousands of unemployed were
pieced at work clearing the streets
of snow.
Seven inches of snow had fallen be
fore noon, and in many places drifts
were 2 feet deep.
Out to Sea.
» -New York.—That the storm which
V hipped the Atlantic seaboard last
night had extended out to sea was
Indicated by the receipt of messages
(Continued on Market Page).
I
Tokio Police Armed with
Sabres Outside the Diet
Tokio.—The Japanese government
today took extensive measures to
maintain order in the capital and to
suppress disturbances in connection
■with demonstrations of protest against
the tax increase. Police armed with
sabres were drawn up around the par
liament buildings and several opposi
tion newspaper editors were arrested
on the charge of inciting the populace
to riot.
Vedrines, Back in Paris,
At Once Demands Duel
Paris. —Jules Vedrines, who recent
ly flew from Paris to Cairo, arrived
from Egypt today and telephoned to
two friends asking them to act as sac -
ends in his duel with Rene Quinton,
president of the French Aerial League.
Vedrines will demand a fight with
revolvers.
The quarrel arose qut of the refusal
of Vedrines to give satisfaction to
Henry Roux, a rival French aviator,
who also had. flown from Paris to
Cairo and who challenged Vedrines to
fight after the latter had struck him
on the face. Quinton ordered Ved
rines to fight Roux and Vedrines re
plied: "I will not fight Roux, hut will
fight you as soon as I return toParis."
Ask Congressional Power
In Parcel Post Changes
Washington.—With the 2310,000,000
postnfflco appropriation bill the sen
ate committee reported an amendment
today to prevent further changes in
fates or extension of the parcel post
without congressional authority.
Postmaster General Burleson ex
tended the weight limits and reduced
the rates recently. MaintaJntnf that
It has been impossible to determine
what it costs to operate the parcel
post, the committee wants to check
changes.
IN REPRISAL EXTERMINATE
ENTIRE AFRICAN VILLAGE
Nairobi, British East Africa Protec
toratf— Horan tribesmen exterminated
recently an entire village of 200 men,
women and children of the Rondllc
tribe, in the I-orlan Swamp, in the
northern part of the protectorate, ac
cording to an explorer who reached
here tods y.
The Borans, who are a peaceful peo
ple engaged in pastoral occupations,
have been incessantly harrassed by
the Rendiles. This so exasperated the
Borans that they retaliated by'killing
every one of the Rendile tribe they
<mqlu tey*
IN SCURRILITY,
MEXICAN PRESS
STILL TEEMING
No Attention Paid to Protests
of O’Shauqhnessy in Attacks
on President Wilson and Or
ders of Foreiqn Office to De
sist
• r
Flaming Headline in Saturday's
Paper is: “The Word of Wil
son Lacks Honor As Does He
Himself.” Says His Policy
Disapproved in U. S.
Mexico City.—ln ap-lto of the pro
test made to Nelson O'ShaughnoHsy.
American charge d’affaires and of the
Instructions the Mexican foreign of
fice to desist from attacks on Presi
dent Wilson, El Imparctal today bore
a three column first page head line:
"The word of Wilson lacks honor
as does he himself.’’
The article which follows com
ments on recognition by the United
States of the new Peruvian govern
ment within four days after the suc
cess of she revolt.
On Evil Passions.
"This was done,’’ the newspaper
says, "in face of the declaration from
the White House on March 11, 1913
that the purpose of the United States
is to deny sympathy to all revolu
tionary governments. Yankee pro
cesses work only along the line of
evil passions.”
With similar prominence El Im
parclal publishes an acocunt of the
alleged failure of 150 banks in the
southern United Staeta because of
President Wilson’s Iniquitous Mexi
can policy,” An effort is made by
the newspaper to show that Presi
dent Wilson's policy is disapproved
by the great majority of people in the
United States and by practically all
those in the Southern States.
SENSATION IN
M« CASE
Mrs. Jetton Now Testifies That
Dr. Wooten Was Attempting
Assault As Husband Walked
in.
Charlotte, N. C.—A sensation came
in the case of R. M. Jetton, the Dav
idson, N. C., druggist charged with
the murder of Dr. W. H. Wooten on
Tuesday, February 10th. Mrs. Jet
ton took the stand in the habeae cor
pus procedings instituted. In an ef
fort to retain release upon bail for
the defendant.
Mrs. Jetton testified that Dr. Woot
en was attempting to assault her
when her husband walked into the
room and that the dead man had
thrown her upon the bed. She said
her husband entered the room and
spoke to the physician who arose
from the bed and struck Jetton, At
this point she ran from the room and
upon reaching the porch heard the
pistol shot. Mrs. Jetton said Dr.
Wooten had visited her on two for
mer occasions and that she had or
dered him from the house at both
times. Dr. Wooten In a dying state
ment said he had gone to the home
at' Mrs. Jetton’s suggestion and that
she was showing him a new dress
when her husband entered and shot
without allowing the victim to make
an explanation.
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AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 14. 1914.
PHOTOGRAPH of the terrible volcanic eruption in Japan—Bird's eye view of Kago
shima Island, with its volcanic mountain, Snkurshima, during the eruption that fol
lowed the terrible earthquake recently, killing thousands of the inhabitants. The com
plete death toll was never ascertained.
SOUTH CLAIMS
REGIONAL HANK
Atlanta Session Ends Tonight.
Chattanooga, Birmingham,
Savannah and Columbia
Being Heard.
Atlanta, G«/—Additional arguments
in favor of a regional reserve bank
for Chatanooga were presented here
today when the hearings which began
yesterday before the organization
committee of the federal reserve sys
tem wero resumed. Delegate* from
Columbia, Birmingham and Savannah
were on hand to present later today
the claims of their respective cities.
It wan expected that the sessions here
would be ended late this afternoon.
Edgar Watkins of Chattanooga pro
posed an Atlantic seaboard reserve
district comprising Virginia and states
south. He urged that Chattanooga
was the logical location for a regional
bank for this district. Ho was cross
examined by members of the commit
tee. Secretary Houston suggesting that
Chattanooga was a mall center rather
than a trade center. The witness pre
sented figures to refute this.
Tigo argument for Columbia was
begun by W. F. Stevenson, a mem
ber of the South Carolina legislature.
Ho favored a reservo district consist
ing of the Carolinas, eastern West
Virginia, eastern Georgia, and Florida.
He declared this territory possessed
common mineral, lumber, grain and
live stock Interests. Columbia, he
said, was Its logical financial center.
Thsy Don’t Mix.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo,
a member of the committee, asked the
witness why Washington would not
suit as a regional bank center for
the district he proposed.
“Because Washington is a political
center,” replied Mr. Stevenson, “and
politics and banks don’t mix."
Richard I. Manning, of Columbia,
endorsed the proposals of Mr. Steven
son and argued that the recommended
district was self-supporting and was
held together by trade Interests. He
said Richmond, Va., was Columbia’s
second choice and Washington and
Baltimore also acceptable.
FIRST VICE PRES’T. PERU
CALLED TO FILL OFFICE
Liverpool.—Robert E. I.egula, first
vice-president of Peru, who said he had
been called hack to fill the office of
president of republic during the unex
pired term of the imprisoned president,
Guillermo Blllinghurst, left for New
York today. Senor L,egula said he ex
pected to sign a number of American
concessions which had been held up by
Btlllnghurst.
SAYS 24 HOURS WILL DO.
Liverpool.—Lieut. John C. Porter,
formerly of the HrlUsh naval flying
corps, expects It will take him only
twenty-four hours to fly across the
Atlantic. He expressed this opinion
as he left for America today to pre
pare for the flight. .
FAINT TREMOR IN NEW YORK
New York.—A local seismograph re
corded a faint earth tremor at about
6:40 o’clock this morning. These
tremors have occurred daily, it was
said, since the earthquake of last
Tuesdaa
King George Says He's a
Great Believer in Work
“I Have to Work Hard Myself
and I Think It’s Good For
Us,” He Said.
t ondon.—King George today ♦»»!**
Prebendary Wilson Carlisle, head of
the church army, that he was a great
believer In hard work. The king said:
”1 have to work hard myself and I
think It Ih good for people.”
His Majesty's remark was made dur
ing an audience granted lo Mr. Car
lisle at Rueklnghnm Palace. The king
also expressed his strong disapproval
of Indiscriminate charity.
As Mr. Carlisle was entering the
place he «u accosted by a former pick
pocket who had been reclaimed by the
church army find who wished to send
a message to the king. ”Tell him I
have lived honestly since the day of
King Edward’s coronation.’’ he said.
"On that day I stole thirty-two
watches and purses. I now have $440
in the savings bank."
Chas. W. Morse’s Sailing
Cause of Much Surprise
Former Banker Working to
Force Congress to Probe
Conviction.
New York,—Chas. W. Morse, the
former bunker, who soiled yesterday
for Gerf lan, expected to be gone a
month, t > take the baths, according
to a statt ment today by his son, Harry
Morse. The financier’s plans have
been topics of speculation for weeks,
particularly since It became known
that he still was active In trying to
force congress to Investigate the cir
cumstances of his conviction after tho
failure of the Rank of North America.
The suit of Morse's sister against,
the New Haven road lias been looked
upon ae another movement toward his
vindication on the charges on which
he was convicted and served part of
his sentence at the Atlanta peniten
tiary. His going abroad at this time
occasioned much surprise.
President Up and About
But Doesn’t Leave Room
Washington—President Wilson was
up and about today and while his
physician did not permit him to leave
his bedroom, his cold was declared
better and responding to treatment
No engagements were made for the
president today hut It was expected
he would be back at his desk Mon
day,
OPEN N. Y. CHURCHES AT
NIGHT TO FEED THE POOR
New York. —New York churches will
be opened a night to give tho poor and
homeless shelter and food. This was
the plan decided upon today by 26
clergymen representing every denomi
nation who responded to the call of the
Religious Citizenship League to con
sider the question of the unemployed
There are more than .’.00,000 unem
ployed men in the city, many of whom
are in need of immediate assistaose.
SENATOR BACON
OF GEORGIA,
DIED THIS
P. M.
Washington (Flash). —Rena tor Au
gustus O. Bacon, of Georgia, died hero
this afternoon.
IT. fi. Senator A. (». Bacon, of Geor
gia wus born in Bryan county, Ga„
f)ctol*er 20tli, 1430. He served through
tho war and after the surrender began
the practice of law in Macon. Ho
was elected to ttie Georgia legislature
In 1471 and was prominent In public
life from that time to tin- present, a
period of forty-three years.
In 1494 ho was elected to the United
States senate and served Ills stale
continuously at Washington since that
time. As clmlrmun and member of
some of tho most important commit
tees at Washington, Senator Bacon
had long been a national figure, nnd
his post under the Wilson adminis
tration, as chairman of the commit
tee on foreign relations, was un office
which carried with It recognition of
the highest qualities of statesman
ship.
VACCINATION CENSUS IS
ORDERED IN NEW YORK
New York.—Health Commissioner
Gold water has ordered a vaccination
census of the city to learn how well
New York Is protected ugainst small
pox. I’revalenco of the dlseann In
Niagara Falls and ten other cities
throughout tho state, ho said today,
made such an appraisal necessary. It
Is the first time such measures have
heeu taken.
HALF HAVE SMALLPOX.
Sacramento, Cal.—With nearly half
the population of Leytonvllle, Men
docino county, suffering from small
pox and the diai-aso epidemic umong
Indiana of the Round Valley reserva
tion and throughout the mountainous
sec tions of Mendocino and Lake coun
ties, the hoard of health has declared
u quarantine covering a wide area,
EARTHQUAKE AT QUEBEC
Quebeo.—An earthquake shock was
felt all over the city and district of
Quebec at 6:40 n. m. today. The
shock was violent enough to waken
hundreds of citizens.
Messages from l«evls, Rale St. Paul,
and L'tslet recorded the same disturb
ance. No damage was reported,
THREE FEET ICE ON DECK.
Portland, Main*.—The steam collier
Grace K. Warren arrived today from
Hewalls Point, Va., with four feet of
water in her hold and*her decks cov
ered with ice three feet thick. Cap
tain McAloney reported that ddrlng
Wednesday night's gab’ the steamer
narrowly escaped foundering with her
crew of 25,
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 PER YEAR.
SAY A ‘FRAME UP’
TO ‘GET ’ SENATOR
DROWNS SELF AT
SEA FROM ERIEE
Mrs. Wood, With Ashes of Her
Husband Aboard, Leaps From
Liner First Night Out.
S«n Francisco.—Mr*. Charles It.
Wood, wife of the lain clubman and
honker of San Francisco, who died at
Agra, India, December 6th, Jumped
overboard from the steamer lyo Maru
the first night out of Singapore, while
enroute to Hong Kong with her hus
huud'n atthea. Tills Information was
received here today with the arrival of
the trana-Pactflc liner Tenvo Marti.
l’rlor to leaving Singapore, Mrs,
Wood had arranged with Mrs Esther
Richardson, a friend at Hong Kong, to
obtain pHnsage for her on the Tettyo
Marti from Hong Kong to San Fran
cisco. When the lyo Marti put into
Hong Kong Mrs Richardson learned
of Mrs. Wood's deal it and received
from the cuptaln n letter addressed to
her which was found in Mrs. Wood's
stateroom. The letter said:
"After all I shall not reach Hong
Kong and see you, for I am going to
look for my beloved. I cannot live
without him,
"May I trouble you to forward my
things to Mr. Wood’s sister, Mrs. ('has.
Mttsaus of Han Francisco?”
Mrs. Musnus and her husband were
at the pier yesterday when the Tcnyo
Maru arrived, expecting to Meet Mrs.
Wood. Home hours later Mrs Mttsaus
received a letter that had been writ
ten by Mrs Klchnrdaon enclosing Mrs.
Wood’s letter to tier and relating the
circumstances of Mrs. Wood's fate.
COTTON BOAT IS
SIFELTJLOITED
Steamer 3aved By Shift in
Wind. The Katherine Park
Went Ashore in Blinding
Snowstorm.
Norfolk, Va,— I The British steamship
Katherine l’ark, Captain Colt, from
New Orleans for Hamburg, with cot
ton, which went ashore nrar Cape
Charles in a blinding snowstorm and
high northeast winds late yesterday,
floated unassisted early today when
the wind shifted to tho northeast and
the vessel passed In tho Virginia
Capes for Norfolk at 4:30 o’clock. Tho
i’ark eainn In for hunker coal under
her own steam anil Is apparently un
injured. An underwriter's survey will
ho made on the vessel before she pro
ceeds.
An unknown steamer which was re
ported ashore in last night's storm
near Cape Henry, was reported "off
and gone” by the Cape Henry weather
bureau early today. There was no
Identification of the steamer.
Tho United States revenue cutter
Onondaga, which went to Hea last
night to asslat the steamers reported
In distress on the Virginia const, is
now returning to port.
The passing In of tho Katherine
I’ark clears up the wreck situation on
tho Virginia coast, following the se
vere storm of lust night. Tho weath
er today Is cold and clear with high
winds and rough seas continuing.
It was a shift of the high northeast
winds In which the I’ark stranded last
evening that snved the steamer to
day. Hut for this change of wind to
northwest, taking her off the beach,
she would have been driven high up
and may have suffered rl least roll sly.
The Bark carries a crew of 36 men.
Nine Dead in Two Sudden
Outbursts of Insanity
London—Sudden outbursts of insan
ity on the part of two heads of fami
lies were responsible toduy for the
death of nine persons at Harlsden,
northwest Dindon, and ut Tonbridge,
Kent.
In the first cane, Walter Johnson,
an official of the Harlesden Htreet
Car Company, strangled his wife and
three children, then hanged himself
to a. gas bracket.
James Standen, proprietor of a large
laundry at Tonbridge, shot his three
children »« they lay In bed and then
sent a bullet through his own head.
Wife of Oil King, Very
Feeble, Met By Husband
New York.—Mrs. John D. Rockefel
ler returned to her home at Poncan
tlco Hills from Clevland yesterday.
She was so feeble that ahe was car
ried from the train. Mr. Rockefeller
met her with a closed automobile.
ADIDRONDACK HOTEL BURNB.
Gloversville, N. Y. —The Lcwey
Lake House, for half a century one
of the best known Adirondack hotels,
was destroyed by (Ire early today.
Mr. Gore Not Called As First
Witness in $50,000 Damaqe
Suit —Others Testify For De
fense in Effort to Lay Grounds
For ImDeachment of Plain--
tiff’s Witnesses
DECLARED CONSPIRACY BY
DISAPPOINTED SEEKERS
FOR OFFICE IN REVENGE
Considering Advisability of
Blind Senator Making a
Direct Plea to Jury—Fifteen
Witnesses For Defense on
Hand.
Oklahoma City, Okls.—lnstead of
calling Senator llore to the witness
stand when court opened for the third
day’s session of the trial of the liO,-
nito damage stilt brought against dees
by Mrs. Minnie Rond, defense coun
sel decided to (htll other witnesses in
thb effort to lay grounds for the Im
peachment of several i f the plaintiffs
witnesses. The first witness todav
was \\. F. Fisher, an Oklahoma City
lawyer.
Cent Him $245.
Flahor testified that he had lent
T. E. Robertson, the lawyer who wit
nessetl the alleged attack on Mrs.
Bond, 1215 and when Robertson came
hack from Washington after the al
leged (lore incident, he demandetl
that It lie repaid. Objections by
counsel for Mrs. Bond caused Fisher
to be excused on this point until Rob
ertson could be recalled and founda
tion laid for the examination.
"Sweet Revenge.”
Deputy Sheriff Ezell testified about
a conversation he had with Robert
son the day before the suit was shed
against (.lore. He said Robertson
told him, "I have a paper 1 want to
to serve tomorrow” Ezell asked
about It and Robertson replied,
“Never mind now. You’ll know what
It Is about when you see the head
lines In the newspapers tomorrow. I
want you to serve the papers on a
man who has done me dirty. It will
be Bweet revenge for me.”
The next day suit against Senator
Gore was served.
The Ministerial Alliance.
Rev. R. D. Llekllder, pastor of the
Olivet Baptist Church, testified that
Mrs. Bond and her husband and .1. R.
Jacobs tried to induce the ministe
rial alliance to try to get the case be
fore the United States senate. The
witness said that Mrs Bond accom
panied her husband and Jacobs at
tended a meeting of the ministers
shortly after the episode In Washing
(Continued on Market Page). '
Wind Shifts, Ice Bound
Steamers Reach Chicago
Chicago.—With tho shifting of the
wind today, the lake steamers Arizo
na and Kansas, Ice-bound within
sight of the city for the last two
days, were freed and steamed to their
docks In the Chicago River. Each
boat carried a crew of about 40 men
and a few passengers, none of whom
exprieneed any discomfort.
3 Dreadnoughts of Navy
on the Way to Vera Cruz
Washington.—The battleships Flor
ida. Utah and Delaware were en route
today from Guacanayabo Bay, Cuba,
to Vera Cruz, to relieve the Rhode
Island, Georgia, Virginia nnd Nebras
ka, which will go to the north coast
of Cuba for winter maneuvers.
As the three vessel* now on their
way to Vera Cruz are more formidable
than those to be relieved, officials sav
the change will not meaai a reduction
In the force In Mexican waters.
RICH POULTRY TRUST MEN
BEGIN JAIL SENTENCES
New York.—Eleven members of the
so-called poultry trust—all of them
wealthy—today began serving sen
tences of three months In Jail for vio
lation of the state anti-monopoly law.
They are: Ervlng V. Dwyer. Arthur
G. Dwyer, Chas. Westerberg, Chas. R.
Jewell, James N. Norris, Wm. H. Nor
ris, Chas. T. Hawk, Chas. Thatcher.
Cl anon Bishop, Sam’l Werner and
Chas. Werner.
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