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OPERATION
ST. LOUIS, MO—Within
the next thirty days prac
tically all of the large fac
tories in Southern Illinois
which were closed by the
financial depression will be
re-opened and 150,000 men
will be put back to work ac
cording to data gathered by
the East St. Louis Commer
cial Club. By the end of
next month it is expected
that conditions on the other
side of the river will be back
where they were before the
panic. Madison, Granite
City, and Venice, in which
are located some of the
largest factories in Illinois
have already felt the return
of normal conditions.
NEW YORK.—The An
sonia Clock Factory, at
7th avenue and Twelfth
street, Brooklyn, which em
ployes more than one thou
sand hands, was opened this
morning with a full force,
after a shut down of nearly
three weeks.
SOOMMOOO
LOSSES AMOUNT
TO MILLIONS
HONG KONG.—Authentic figures
of the destruction by the flood in
South China are given in a report of
the committee appointed in Canton
to investigate the losses. Having
thoroughly traversed the districts
flooded, the members state that the j
loss of life is comparatively inconsid
erable, that 80 per cent of the crops
are destroyed, 28,400 are homeless, j
and 250,000 ar e without food. The I
loss in property is ten million Mex- !
ican dollars. The situation is now
desperate, and it will grow worse till
the next harvest. It is estimated that
more than a million dollars is neces
sary to afford relief, and that 50,000
taels will be required to repair dykes.
The relief fund here now totals half
a million. The Cantonese w-ill open
the first bazaar on western lines in
the empire of China within a week in
aid of the fund.
FIFTEEN SUICIDES
AT PITTSBURG
IN TEN DATS
PITTSBURG, Pa.—Between July 8
and July 18, in this city, fifteen per
sons committed suicide and six at
tempted to do so. Some of the si*
may die.
A majority of the self-murders were
done in the part of Pittsburg formerly
known as Allegheny. It has become
popular tr> say of a suicide that he or
she has "Allenghenie.”
Eleven of the twenty-one took car
bolic acid, two chose other poisons,
five used revolvers, one cut his throat,
on P jumped from a bridge and an
other from a window.
THe causes: Four because of grief,
W. A Mofflt on account cf h|g sister’s
suicide, G. R. Thompson because of,
the murder of his brother, and two!
young girls ended their ives because j
of love affairs; four, illness; two had;
suffered financial reverses, and the
others were despondent.
Last Friday, tfhen the barometer
was extremely low. three persons I
ended their lives, while another made !
an attempt and is now in a precari
ous condition.
LEAVES THE HOSPITAg.
NEW YORK—Dr. James W. Simp
son, the dentist who was shot in
L. 1., on July 14, by his
mother-injaw Mrs. Ella Horner, of
the murder of whose husband Dr.
Simpson was acquitted a year ago.
has left Roosevelt Hospital. He wai
in high spirits, although the bullet
has not ben romoved Attendants say
the dentist intimated he would sue
Mrs. Horusr.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
GREAT AIR CRAFT WHICH IS ABOUT TO BE
PURCHASED BY GERMANY FOR $500,000
INPRESENGEOFTHE
MOURNERSSUIGIDE
PSSTJEHLE9
GREENFIELD, Ind.—The relatives
of David B. Hail and Ernest Harper,
the two young men who were killed
in a buggy at the Leonard crossing by
a Pennsylvania train late Thursday
night, were dumbfounded yesterday
when John Grigsby, a well-known
young man, entered the room where
the bodies lay and in the presence
of the mourners and the Rev. Cond*
Hill, pastor of the Philadelphia (In
diana) Methodsit church, announced
that the two young men only a week
before had told him they intended to
commit suicide together.
Grigsby was not excited when he
called and asked the Rev. Mr. Hill s
permission to make a statement
which he said the families ought to
know. The minister consented and
the young man, standing beside the
corpses, and in the presence of
twenty odd relatives, told of Hall and
Harper having said to him that they
intended to die together. The two
young men were very intimate and
Coroner Allen at the inquest today
will try to substantiate Grisby’s story.
TWO MURDERERS DIE IN THE
CHI THIS MINUS
OSSINGING, N. Y.—Charles Henry
Rogers, the murderer of Fred and
Willis Olney and Alice Ingerick, and
Angelo Lauderio, who shot Banker
Don Michele d’Ambras to death, were
put to death In the electric chair to
day.
The crimes for whirl) the men paid
the penalty were of unusual brutality
and cruelty. The killing of three per
sons by Rogers was one of the most
atrocious murders ever committed In
this state.
Rogers was convited aud sentenced
to death for the triple murder of
Fred and Willis Olney and Alice In
gerick, a little girl at Howell’s sta
tion, near Goshen, N. Y., in October,
1905. At the same time he maije a
murderous attack upon Mrs. Ingerick,
mother of Alice.
After the murder he fled to the I
SEVEN THOUSAND
TURKISH TROOPS
INJILT
CONSTANTINOPLE. There Is
grave alarm over the possible out
come of a military uprising In the
Monastlr district. Seven thousand
Turkish soldiers, it Is reported, have
turned against the government and
thirty-two thousand Turlsh regulars
have been rushed into the district to
put down the revolt. Government
officials are also concerned with tho
report that three officers of the third
army corps hare only announced that
unless those officers now awaiting
trial on charges of having assisted In
the “Young Turkey” movement ar.
liberated without delay, all generals
in Macedonia will he assassinated
The army will then march on Con
stantlonople and there make demand
under threat of revolution, for the re
establishment of tho constitution.
It Is also reported the Turkish
troops In the Adrlanoplo district are
followlrg the example set. by those
In the Monastlr district and arc Ib
epeu revolt.
Local Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity—Fair tonight; Tuesday showers.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 20, 1908.
11 mfe?. " " L-sik: • 11
The upper photograph
shows Count Zepxielin's
gigantic air cruiser going
full steam ahead over Lake
Constance, while below is
a snapshot showing the
airship leaving its shed on
the shore. When the air
ship was about to leave on
her flight a gust of wind
threw it against the side of
the shed and opened the
silk cover, damaging it
considerable. Below is a
photograph of Count Zep
pelin, who will receive five
hundred thousand dollars
from the German govern
ment as soon as he makes
an. uninterrupted voyage
of twenty-four hours.
west and was gone a year and a half
before a letter written by him to his
brother, in Middletown, led to his
capture. On his way east he made a
remarkable confession, in which he
admitted that robbery was the mo
tive of the crime, although ho got
only sl6 in money.
Angelo Lauderio'was the “bad man”
of Mulberry Bend, although he called
himself the king of that, location.
In December, 1996, he wreake* his
vengeance upon Hon. Michele d’A-.n
bras, a wealthy Bronx contractor,
whom he had tried unsuccessfully to
blackmail. The two men came from
the f/ime town in Italy. Lauderio lay
In wait for d’Ambras in Hester street
and rushed at him holding a re
volver to his face and firing five
shots.
D'Ambras was Instantly killed.
TARS PERFORM HEROIC
FEATS WHEN BOILER BURST
HONOLULU. —An investigation Ls
now in progress to discover, if pos
sible, the cause of the bursting of a
tube In the forward boiler of she bat
tleship Kearsarge, which resulted In
the terrible Injury of thro,, men and
threatened the death of twenty oth
ers last Saturday.
Only the fact that the vessel was
preceding under hulf steam prevented
a terrible accident. Acts of great
heroism are reported, the uninjured
sailors rushing through scalding
steam and dragging out the three un
conscious men Many were burnei.
in the performance of this duty.
M’GREGOR BOND ELOPES
WITH MISS JOHNSON
NEW YORK.—L. McGregor Bond,
son of Frederick Bond the actor, llv
Ing at the Hotel Sir Henry, in Flat
hush, and MJss Claudia Randolph
Johnson, l» years old, daughter of
Julian 11. Johnson, general manager
of the Southern Cotton Oil compati'’,
of No. 145 Uroad street, grew weary
waiting for parental acquiescence In
their matirmonia! plans, and eloped
The news that the young people ran
away on Saturday and ware married
In Hackensack, N. J., was made pith
He today by the parents of the bride,
after forgiveness had been granted.
Young Mr Rond and his bride have
gone to Uoston on a honeymoon.
BRYAN WILL MEET
TAFT ON EVERT
ISSOE
LINCOLN, Neb.—Refreshed by . a
quiet Sabbath and cooler weather, W.
J. Bryan this morning turned his at
tention to the preparation of a rough
draft of his speech of acceptance to
be delivered August 12, at Fairvlew,
before the democratic notification
committee.
Mr. Bryan is awaiting Taft’s speech
of aceptanoo before completing his
task, ,as it is his purpose to meet his
republican opponent on every issue
which the latter discusses at the Cin
cinnati notification. Bryan’s every
utterance on campaign publicity
proves his determination to push this
question to the front. Bryan’s Ne
braska lieutenants nTo exulting over
Secretary Taft’s recent announcement
that the republican committee would
not accept contributions from corpor
ations, ■ which, according to Aryan's
followers, is tantamount to a rebuke
of Treasurer Sheldon, of the repub
lican national committee, who had
said publicly less than a week pre
vious that corporation gifts would
not be refused. Bryan is now putting
stress on that phase of the question
providing publicity prior to election
and his Nebraska followers Insist
Taft must follow suit or forfeit the
support of a largo number of repub
licans in the middle west who resent
the interest of Wall street flnaclers In
national elections. Frnnk S. Monett,
former republican attorney general of
Ohio, spent two hours in private con
ference with Mr. Bryan last night at
Fairvlew. after whtch the Ohio man
announced his Intention of support
ing the democratic ticket
Monett said this morning that Bry
an had promised if elected to use the
machinery of tho department to break
up the wool monopoly which Monett
says has headquarters In Ohio
Aoordlng so declarations of the for
met- Ohio official,, the wool monopoly
has forced down prices of raw wool
and foreed up the pr!c< to consumers
until the monopoly ls realising a
profit of nine hundred per cent.
FUNTRAL OF MR, JNO, TRAYLOR
HKPHJUIRAH- Mr. A. A. Traylor
wan burled here Saturday. Mr. Tray
lor was seventy-one years of age. He
had a wife and eleven children dead
and a wife arid eleven children living
He had been 111 for quite a while be
fore his death. He was a good hus
band and father arid a useful citizen.
STORMING QUEBECK.
QUEBECK Amerlcanr are storm
ing Qn< Park today. Thousands of
tourists from the states an flocking
Into the city to participate In the cel
ebratlon of the founding of the cltj
300 years ago by Samuel Do Cham
plain.
WHOLE CONSIGNMENT.
K.' NBAS CfTY, Mo. The stork
brought four babies at one time to
the home of Mrs. Husan Turner, wife
of l/oulr G. Turnrr of Argentine,
Kan,, yesterday. There were thrae
boys and a gtrL
THAT MYSTERIOUS LETTER CAUSED THE
DISMISSAL OF COMMISSIONER BROWN
POLICE SEARCHING
FOR MURDERER OF
HAZEUH
New Clues Transfer Search
From Mountains To
City ot Troy
TROY, N. Y. —With the remarkable
shift in the trial of Hazel Drew’s
murderer from the mountains above
Tarberton to the city of Troy, fifteen
miles away, comes llie astonishing
evidence that the victim was not only
receiving letters from a young Troy
dentist, but received notes and often
met a trainman on the fast mail run
ning between New York and Lake
George. Doth these men are known
to ihe police from letters found
among the girl’s effects and state
ments of friends and relatives.
Strangely enough Hazel’s kinsfolk
have broken their stubborn silence,
and are now fully In accord with Dis
trict Attorney O’Brien's determined
aid absorbing endeavors to unravel
the most perplexing mystery of re
cent years.
So weighty is the evidence that Ha
zel Drew well knew the fast mall
trainman, and so extraordinarily do
the known movements of the girl lit
into his possible whereabouts on Mon
day and Tuesday, July 6, and 7, that
two detectives were despatched to
New York today to question the man.
The young dentist whom Hazel had
visited three nights before her prob
able death has explained that the
visit was a business one, but that she
wanted her teeth fixed at night, so as
not to interfere with her work uud
he could not attend to it.
Hazel Drew was last seen In Troy
Monday at 1130 a. m., :by Mrs. Mary
Robertson, of No. 1.31 Bedford street,
&nd her nine-year-old daughter, Nelllo
in the union station. Every other
identification of the girl In Troy Mon
day and Tuesday lias been practically
broken down and discredited.
MRS. LONGWOETH
GAVE SIGNAL FOR
TAMMY YELL
Tammy Delegates, While
Roaming around Yellow
stone Park, Were Given
the Signal By Mrs.
“Nick,” Who Wass Pas
sing in a Coach.
DENVER. Col.—The Tammany dele
gates to the democratic national con
vention, who went from this city at
Its close to Yellowdtone Park, ire
turned last night. They tell an Inter
esting story of meeting Ihe presl
dent’s daughter, Mrs, Longworth, and
her husband, In the park. While the
braves were frightening the tame
hears whlci. roam about unmolested,
a slage coacn cnnie around a bond In
the roud. A young woman rose on
Ihe top of tho coach and the Tam
many men were surprised to hear her
signal for their own famous war cry.
Everybody In tho coach took up the
song and cheer, and when tho coach
drew nearer tho Tanunany braves
were delighted to see that It was Mr*,
lxmgworth.
NO WAR SCARE FROM
AMBASSADOR
O’BRIEN
American Ainhussador To
Jai>an Says Thai They
Need American Trade
and Have No Idea of War
CHICAGO. Thomas D O’Brien,
ambassador at Toklo, Japan, waa at
the Auditorium hotel on hi* way to
Grand Rapids, his former home Mr.
0 Brian was appointed ambassador to
Toklo about three years ago.
“The United States is the last coun
try in the civilized world the Japan
ese would care to war with," he said
Thfty realize that tho United Status
Is the best country they can deal with
commercially arid Industrially. Japan
needs America’s trade- and will do
anything to hold It. The Japaneae
government, eagerly anticipate# the
coming of Admiral Sperry and hla
big Meet, and rrangements are under
way tor giving the fleet the greatest
and grandest ovation any countr
could possibly give another. The
sending of that fleet to the Orient Is
emphatic proof of President Room
velt’s foresight, and diplomacy. No.a
Ing could have been better done, and
will have Ita Influence with other
countries.'’
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
Governor Hoke Smith Tells In Special Message Why He Firer
Joseph M. Brown From the State Railroad Commission
The following message was today sent to the general assembly by
Governor Smith:
“To the Senate and House of Representatives :
“On the 21:st of August, 11107. I suspended Mr. Joseph M. Brown
from the office of railroad commissioner. In pursuance of the require
ments of law, I have the honor to report to you the fact of such sus
pension and tlie reasons therefor:
“First. Prior to August 22, 1 90(1, the date of the democratic) prf
mary at which I was nominated for governor, I reached the conclusion
that Mr. Brown did not, as a railroad commissioner, properly regard the
Interests of the people. Ills general attitude and conduct, upon the
questions arising between the railroad companies and the people were
disapproved by me, and I publicly stated that. If elected governor l
would suspend him.
"Second. On June 7, 1907, the railroad commission passed an or
der reducing pasrenger rates in Georgia. The records of the commis
sion show that Mr. Brown offered a motion to adopt what he termed the
zone system of passenger rates. This motion received the support of
Mr. Brown alone. Thereupon Commissioner Hill moved the adoption of
the new schedule of passenger rates, and upon the snme bi'.ig put to a
vote Commissioners Hill aud Stevens voted for the new schedule of re
duced rates.
“‘Upon this motion,’ I quote from the records of the railroad com
mission, ‘Commissioner Brown voted “No.””
“in connection with his vote he filed what is termed 'a motion by
Joseph M. Brown, commissioner.’ This paper was subsequently printed
In pamphlet form, covering eighty pages, and after tho decision of the
commission, was distributed throughout tho state, In part by Mr. Brown
and in part, as I have been informed, by railroad companies. It con
tained arguments and statesments adverse to the reduction of passenger
fares as made by the railroad com mission, and also arguments to show
that the reduction of freight rates was not beneficial to the masses of
the people.
DECLARES BROWN OPENLY AIDED THE
ENEMIES OF THE STATE.
“While I concede the right of any commissioner to disagree to the
action of tho majority reducing a freight or passenger rate, or fixing an
obligation upon the railroad companies with reference to any service
they may be called upon to perform in behalf of tho people, I deny hi*
right, to remain upon the oommieilon and furnish arguments and evi
donee for the railroad companies to attack thu action of the commlßHlou
in the courts. I deny his right to agitate in opposition to action of the
commission thereby encouraging litigation by the railroad companies
against the commission.
’When the railroad commission renders a decision upon any sub
ject favorable tq the people either in the line of reducing passenger or
freight rates, it has been the almost uniform course of the railroads to
seek by injunction in the federal courts to prevent the action of the
commission from being put into effect. Tho action of the commission
heroines the aetton of the state. When a railroad company brings a
legal procedure to enjoin the action of the commission, the commis
sioners are made parties, ami are called upon to defend what the com
mission has done.
"The attorney general of the state and other state officials are also
sometimes made parties. As the action of uio majority of the commls
sloners Is the action of the state the attorney general would not pub
licly question the wisdom of tho majority of the commissioners. He
should give their action his loyal support. Even more, each one of the
commissioners should support, the action of the majority of the com
missioners for they In all eases of litigation over their action are the
parties representing the state.
"A commissioner who publioly disapproves the action of the ma
jority reducing a freight or passenger rate, joins the state’s legal en
emies, and oppose the state In the very work where he Is employed to
support the state.
"Mr Brown knew when he mad* public his motion after the rates
were fixed by the commission that the action of the commission woull
be attacked in the courts, for roptesentatlves of the railroads had so
stated In Mr. Brown’s presence at the hearing of the application to
have the rates reduced. ,
“I did not suspend Mr. Brown upon my Inauguration becausr
there wore measures ponding before the legislature which I deemed of
great Importancs, and I did not wish to place before the bodies this ad
ditional question, ns it would occupy time and perhaps hinder action
upon the measures to which I have referred.
"The legislature did not pass these measures until the last hours ol
th n session. After the adjournment I was considering the propriety
Of suspending Mr. Brown. The time was near at hand when I knew
thn commission would be In litigation wltb the railrond companies over
tho passenger rates which Mr. Brown hud publicly condemned. With
Mr. Brown loft upon the commission we would have had a representa
tive of the state who was distributing his opinions containing matter
adverse to the state |n litigation Where his office required him to reprtv
sent the state. The advantage to tho state of filling his place with a
commissioner who would support tho action of the commission was ob
vious.
“Still I hesitated about suspending him because the legislature had
adjourned, and he could not be given an opportunity to have my deci
sion reviewed until his term of office had ended.
MYSTERIOUS COMMUNICATION WHICH T
ARRIVED AND WAS NOT OPENED.
"Third. On August 20, 1907, I received a communication from Mr.
Brown It wits left in my reception room without explanation. It is
necess. ry to know th* peculiarities connected with Its transmission to
properly understand Us manning. It was sent to my office addressed
to me In a large seeled envelope marked ’personal and confidential’ on
tlje front of the envelope. The words 'personal and confidential' were
underscored three times, and surrounded by four heavy Ink lines. Across
the seal of the envelope was written In large letters the word per
sonal' underscored five times and boxed in by four heavy Ink lines. The
envelope was one which had belonged to my farmer law firm. On the
left hand corner was printed 'return In five days to Hoke Smith and H.
C. Peeples, Atlanta, Oa.
"f mention these details as they show the great rare UHPd lo bring
the envelope to my personal and exclusive attention, even to the ex
tent of creating the false Impression that It came from someone con
nected with my old law firm
"Inside this large envelope was another large sealed envelope. This
Inner envelope was addressed to me and marked ‘personal and confi
dential,' these words also being doubly underscored.
•From these facts If inay be seen how Intent was the purpose of
the sender of the envelope that no one but myself and the sender
should know the contents of tho Inner envelope.
(Continued on page eight.)
The Presidential Campaign
Is Now On.
BRYAN, TAFT AND WATSON WILL MAKE A FIGHT TO
CARRY GEORGIA
Beside* the democratic, republican and populist candidates,
there will be tickets for th* socialists, the prohibitionists and
Hearat's Independence League
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