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Show TAFT AT MAJOR BUTT'S HOME. Augusta. Ga, May 2. President Tnft nnd Augusta paid tribute today to Major Archibald Butt, the president's presi-dent's personal aido, who lost his life In the wreck of tho Titanic. Augusta was Major Butt's home. For several hours business was suspended sus-pended while memorial services were conducted in a theater. Flays weie at half-mast on most of the publio buildings and thousands of persons crowded around the theater, anxious to hear President Taft speak. |