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VOLUME XIII., No. 202.
THUS RAILROADS BETWEEN THE
DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
Melville Ingalls Talks of Presi
dential Situation With Refer
ence to Business and
Prosperity
HOT SPRINGS, Va.—MellviUe E.
Ingalls, formerly president of the
Big Four, and Chesapeake and Ohio
railroads, and still heavily Interested
in them and in other roads, says that
it will make little difference to the
railroads o. the country who is
elected pret| ent this fall.
"If it is BS 'an,” ho said, -'there will
bo a hell of a time up there in Wall
street for a month, and then things
will return to normal. If Taft is
elected, there will not be any disturb
ance, but in a month after election it
will come to the same thing, so far
as the railroads are concerned, with
either the winner.
"Taft is a wiße man, a great man,
and of judicial temperament. There
is no doubt that he will pursue the
Roosevelt policies, but he will not
talk as Roosevelt has done.
Too Much Talk.
"After all, it was Roosevelt’s talk
ing and not his policies that did harm.
It must be admitted that Roosevelt is
wild, for a president of the United
States. He has not yet sobered.
“It is nonsense to say that the elec
tion of any man will wreck the coun
try. Andrew Johnson and Theodore
Roosevelt pu; great strain on It,
but they weir. unable to affect It be
yond quick recovery.
‘One ct my reatono for supportive
Bryan is that I am tired of hearing
the panicky talk about his election
raising Ned with our prosperity.
"I don’t believe it. Any how, I
am boy enough still to want to try it
and see.
"Besides, I believe that the moment
Bryan entered the White house he
would become a sober and conservi
tive statesman."
"The railroads will not make much
at the pace they hare been going,’’
Mi. Ingalls added. “The stocks have
drifted to New York, and there are
too many stocks and bonds, dividends
are too high, and wages, in some
cases, are too high. The raise in
wages was the natural result of tb«
unwarranted boost of dividends.
What It Might Have Been,
"Railroad financiers did not declare
didivends on the business handled,
but on what the business would have
been if they had been able to handle
It.
"The wage-earners, naturally seeing
this, supposed evidence of prosperity,
demanded their share of it. In the
past, perhaps, wages have suffered
before capital, and that was wrong.
The process may be reversed this
time.
"But if the present situation of the
railroads is taken in hand in a busi
ness way; if we quit talking about
politics having anything to do with
It, everything will come right in a
reasonable time. If the water it
taken from stocks, and dividends are
reduced to a legitimate figure, wage
earners will not object to bearing
their part of the expense of rehabili
tation.
"They are men of sense, and I hare
never found any difficulty in dealing
with them on any honest basis.
"I have always believed In a profit
sharing plan, but it has not been
adopted generally, principally because
the labor people do not believe they
will get a fair division.
"My idea Is to treat wages as capi
tal, and when you declare a dividend
on capital, declare an equal dividend
on wages."
SIXTEEN ARRAIGNED
UNDER THE ANTI
GAMBUNG LAW'
NEW YORK —Sixteen alleged vio
lators of the anti-gambling laws, In
cluding Joseph Vendig, a prominent
member of the Metropolitan Turf as
sociation, were arraigned before Mag
istrate Tlghe in the Adams street po
lice court in Brooklyn today.
Vendig. Alfred Smith and James
O'Connell, were represented by law
yer Charles J. McDermott, while Daw
yer Jacob Ellperln represented the
other thirteen. Both lawyers fought
earnestly for an Immediate hearing,
but Magistrate Tlghe adjourned the
sixteen rases until Thursday morning
at 9 o'clock, when all the mases pend
ing will bo heard.
PROH'.iITIONIST TO SPEAK
f'HICAOO-jfAiJene W. Chafln, pro
hibition candidate for president, will
open the campaign tonight, at Evans
ton Auditorium. The prohibitionists
regard Mr. Chafln as an orator of
first rank, and say he will discuss
the Issues of the campaign in a man
ner both Instructive and entertaining
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
Local Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity— Fair tonight and Wednesday.
EXTRAORDINARY PRECAUTIONS
TO PROTECT DISTINGUISHED
VISITORS IN CITY OF QUEBEC
QUEBEC—Extraordinary precautions were taken today to insure
the safety of the distinguished visitors who will arrive tomorrow from
England and the United States to participate in the opening of the ten
centennary celebration which marks three hundredth birthday of the an
cient French city.
The Prince of Wales, the successor to the British throne will ar
rive on the warship Indomitable from England, and Vice-President Fair
banks, of the United States, will act on behalf of that nation. In addi
tion to these, there will be many other famous men present from various
parts of the world aud the grand celebration of the anniversary of the
founding of the city will be a remarkable one in every respect.
The Indomitable arrived oft the coast last night, and today is in
the gulf of St. Lawrence, but its arrival Is being timed with that of the
special train bearing Vice-President Fairbanks. A military guard will
escort Mr. Fairbanks from the depot to Spencerwood, which will be his
official residence while in the city.
BOOM OF BIG GUNS GREETS ARRIVAL
OF UNITED STATES MAN O’ WAR.
The arrival of the United States warship New Hampshire was
greeted by the booming of cannon, while thousands of people crowded
the terrace and water front to witness the beautiful sight of the huge
ship steaming slowly before the city. The white walled levlathian I
stood out in fine re b f against the dun colored ships of war from
France and England anchored in the harbor.
The weathei is perfect with a blue sky over head and the bright i
sunlight dancing upon the waving banners and decorations. The coming •
of the Prince of Wales is hernldeu as the event of the age in Canadian
history and the good French-English residents of the entire province
of Quebec are prepared to demonstrate their regard for the mother
country and the man who may some day be their king.
On Thursday the address of welcome will be delivered on behalf
of the city, and there will also be speeches from English and American
representatives to the fete. On Friday the review will be held on thei
historic plains of Abraham. Saturday the Prince will cruise down the
North Channel of the St. Lawrence. On the following Tuesday the
Prince will plant a tree In Victoria park. The celebration will'termi
nate next Wednesday with the sailing of the prince for home.
ILLITERATE FOREIGNERS NOT
WANTED BY BIG CORPORATIONS
PITTSBURG, Pa—The H. C. Frick
company fuel end of the stell corpo
ration, has placed orders with many
employment agencies in Pittsburg for
men to work at the coke ovens in the
Connellsville field.
A stipulation made that all mutt be
Americana, or at least must have
been resident of the United States
for a certain number of years, brings
out the fact that the steel corporation
has joined hands with other concerns
in trying to do away with the yiite
rate foreigner.
Police Find Murdered Woman On Floor,
While Man Is Cooly Washing Blood
From His Hands .
NEW ORLEANS, La.—With two
deep gashes in the throat, the body
of Annie Lavin was found last nighl
at 9:45 o'clock in a front room over
A. M. Kashwa’s Japanese restaurant
while George J. Cassanova, the only
other occupant of the room when the
police entered, was coolly washing
blood from his hands in a basin. Cast
sanova stated to the police that the
woman commltteed suicide and that
he had gotten blood on hlmeelf while
trying to prevent her from commit
ITUITI BAPTISTS
ci eras FOR
JOANJ.
ATLANTA, Ga. —At the meeting of
the Atlanta Baptist Mlslsters asso
ciation there was a chorus of cheers
when Dr. John E. White, pastor of
the Second Baptist churoh, defended
John D. Rockefeller
“John D. Rockefeller has always
been a good Baptist,'' he declared,
"and philanthropist. I think It Is
abominable the way he Is traduced.
We all know that Rockefeller la not
the demon he is painted. While we
are not In sympathy with the BtAnd
ard Oil, he deserves our appreciation
for what he has done for the Bap
tist church and for education.”
After the cheering subsided the as
sociation voiced Its approval of Dr.
White's words, and voted Its thanks
to Mr. Rockefeller for the work he
has done for education.
WHALE RUNS' ASHORE.
PORTLAND, Maine—While the
summer colony at Ogunqult looked
on, an enormous whale seventy feet
long thrashed Itself to death In the
shallow water of the flats It Is be
lieved the whale chased a school flsh
Into the bay and struck the treacher
ous Bats.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 21, 1908.
BRYAN ALMOST CERTAIN TO CARRY
CALIFORNIA BY A LARGE MAJORITY
Within the past week steamship
agencies In the Pittsburg district
have cabled to Europe instructions to
foreigners who went home at the be
ginning of the recent financial string
ency, that they not return; that those
who had for years employed them
would not re-employ them; that their
places were to be filled with English
speaking workmen for whom cosey
homes were being built by the em
ployers. It is estimated that 10,000
foreigners are thus shut out.
ting the deed. It was the fearful
j cries of the woman that attracted tho
attention of scores of persons in the
neighborhood and caused an Invest!-
| gation to be made by the police. The
i dead woman was twenty-four years
| old. Cassanova, aged 23, is a mar
ried man with two children. He la
j a clerk by occupation.
The coroner, after examining the
body of tho woman, gave it as his
opinion that she could not have In
flicted the wounds. Cassanova is now
I held on a charge of murder.
MURDER MISTER!
SALVED AFTER
3 TEARS
NEWBEDFORD, Masß.—An al
most forgotten mystery In regard to
the death of Edward Dewhurst, who
was shot and killed on July 11, 1905,
was cleared yesterday when William
C. Howard, an artilleryman, station
ed In Fort Rodman, told the police
that he killed Dewhurst In self-de
sense.
Both Howard and Grace Bturtevant,
a 20-year-old girl, who Is held as a
witness, declare that Dewhurst, who
was a rival of the artilleryman for
her affections, came upon them sud
denly as they were walking horns
after dark. He had a revolver In
his hand, and, believing that he meant
to shoot, Howard pulled his gun and
fired three bullets Into Dewhurtt's
body, leaving him dead. He told
no one except his wife, whom he mar
ried soon after the occurrence, and
she kept the secret until roused by
Jealousy of Miss Bturtevant.
WATBON TO SPEAK
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Tom Watson Is
to speak In Bavannah. He has writ
ten to hi* friends that he can com*,
either July 29. 20 or 31st. Tie candi
date for president will get a respect
ful hearing la Chatham.
Interesting Resume ot the Poli
tical Situation That Now
Exists in the West
ern States
(By M. G. Woodward.)
STOCKTON, Cal.—lt is the consen
sus of opinion among the most con
servative democratic politicians of
California that the arrangement of the
national platform this year and tho in
creased popularity of William J. Bry
an in the west, will secure for him
in the election next November the
76,000 independent votes of this Btate
that, heretofore, has been permanent
ly allied with no particular party.
These votes have never been wielded
by arts of sophistry or political manip
ulation of any kind. They are cast
by a class which arrogates to itself
the right to choose the man regard
less of party affiliation. The vote
has ben an invaluable factor In state
elections add it assures success to
whatever party with which it is as
sociated.
It is asserted that the principles
recently set forth by the national
democratic par(y coincide with those
heretofore agitated by the independent
voters of California and the west. It
is upon tuis hypoihesls that the west
ern press is heralding a victory for
Bryan.
Conditions are constantly changing
in California and since the last presi
dential election a series of circum
stances so radical in their nature have
occurred that many republicans will
vote for Bryan. If California votes
the democratic ticket this year, as Is
confidently expected, it will be a sig
nal victory for the party in the west
and will revolutionize politics in Cali
fornia.
The Publicity Plank.
The plank in the democratic plat
form whicn debars corporations from
secretly contributing to the campaign
| fund wit . the purpose of electing a
; candidate favorable to their interest,
could not have been more successful
he.d its chief end been to appeal to
California voters. Its obvious oml»
slon from the republican platform has
presented a oontrast so striking that
many heretofore loyal republicans will
lend co-operation to the success of the
democratic party. This is due to the
fact that the humblest voter in the
state has been almbst horrified at the
gigantic graft operations in this por
tion of the country for the past four
years. Corporations have been par
ticularly identified with this enormous
consifknptlon of the people’s money for
private purposes. Through the tech
nical loopholes of the law it seems
evident, despite the most assiduous
efforts of the pnbllc prosecutors, that
these “higher up” will escape the jus
tice they so richly deserve. The ult?
mate end of the graft prosecution Is
anticipated by the masses and this
has caused such bitter prejudice
against secret contributions to cam
paign funds that, thousands of voters
will accept the publicity plank in the
democratic platform as a decided step
towards political purity. As ridicu
lous as it may appear, the fact that
the republican convention excluded
this proposed plank from their pint
form has aroused suspicion in tho
minds oi many ignorant voters that
the San Francisco wholesale grafters
are closely allied with the republican
party and through their instrumental
ity the convention refused to incor
porate the publicity plank in their plat
form. such suspicion ’will throw
thousands of recruits Into the demo
cratic lines throughout the entire Pa
cinc coalt.
Immigration Restrictions.
The analysis of the democratic
platform by the republican press of
California is being made In an artful
manner. It Is being declared that In
the platform there is a covert appeal
to western voters. Such attacks, how
ever are not regarded as detrimental
to the success of the party as the
motives of the delegates and the
phraseology of the wonderful docu
ment speak for themselves In the rec
ords which uave been made.
The guarantee of the party of Asiat
ic Immigration restrictions h*H made
a decided hit In California, where
I there Is an increasing prejudice
against Chinese and Japanese settlers.
In somuen as the future home of the
immigrants Is on the Pacific coast, It
i Is conceded that only national Inter
; ventlon Is adequate to the question.
The state has closed Its public schools
to the yellow races and labor unions
are continually howling about their
Interference with the rights of free
born Americana. Such being the case,
It is expected that the labor unions
will support Bryan.
The promise of the Democratic
party to Improve the hanking system
of the country will be used with tell
ing success by the democratic press
of California. The failure of the Cal
Ifornla Safe Deposit company last
winter for over a million dollars and
| the minimum sentence of eighteen
j months subsequently given the crim
inal president of the Institution caused
the entire banking system of the
state of be regarded with suspicion.
Thousands of depositors withdrew
, their money and many banks suffered
| lor several months. At the present,
The Prince of Wales , Who
Will Soon An ive At Quebec
A recent photograph of the Prince of Wales,
whose departure from Portsmouth was delayed by a
collision between the cruiser battleship “Indomit
able” and a coal barge. No damage was done to
either craft and the prince started for Quebec on
hoard the Cruiser.
BISHOP POTTER HAS RELAPSE
COOPERSTOWN, N. Y.—Bishop Potter has had a relapse and hope for
his recovery has been abandoned. He had been doing well for a week
and his physicians were greatly encouraged, but last Tuesday ho was
prostrated by the heat and also experienced som e pain.
Bishop Potter's son, Aionzo Potter, tins again been summoned to
Cooperstown, It Is now believed that death Is Imminent.
WOMAN ROBBED OFLARGE SUM AND NUBL
BODY PLACED OD RAILROAD TRACK
NEW YORK—The body of Mrs. Ot
tile Eberhard, slain on the tracks of I
the New York, Susquehanna and I
Western railroad In Hackensack on
Saturday and robbed of $2,500, had
been stripped of Its clothing arid was !
perfectly nude when found by the
crew of a passing freight train.
District Attorney Koesler learned
this today when he called before him
Conductor Frank Paddock, In charge
of extra freight. No. 105, who found
the woman’s body at 9:20 o'clock Sat 1
urday night. While the search for
the woman’s nephew, young August
Eberhard, Is being carried on by the
police, Prosecutor Koester Is collect
ing evidence to be presented at the
inquest.
“When I saw the body,” said Pad
dock, "I yelled to the hrakeman, John
Storm and William Brokaw, but. they
thought It waH only a bundle of old
clothes.
“The engineer, John M. Titus, stop
ped the train and we got off and In
vestigated,
“The body was lying on Its hack,
perfectly flat, alongside the track.
The clothes had been stripped off and
rolled in a bundle, and the body was
entirely nude. The woman’s arms
were raised above her head, where
they had been left when her shirt
all over the state, the laboring people
are clamoring for some guarantee that
their <ank deposits will he sale. While
the democrats do not make such an
extensive guarantee as might he d'
sired, the fact that, they want, ami
will Inaugurate, an Improvement in
the general system. Is winning many
new friends to the party In this state,
Bryan expects to carry the west
and his chances are good.
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
waist was pulld off. The clothing
was not damaged,
The {Jargon county authorities are
searching In every direction for Eber
hard, who took bis aunt and musts
Into Now Jersey on Saturday uml who
was with them when the mother was
killed and the girl was shot three
times. A man somewhat answering
Eberha-rd's description and giving the
name of Herbert Eberhard Zimmer
man Is tinder arrest at Dobbs Ferry
and detectives have been sent there
from Hacknsack to Identify him.
It Is now certain that the suspect
who was arrested last night at Dobbs
Ferry cannot be August Eberhard,
the twenty year old Harlem grocer
boy, who Is accused of murdering his
A Great Salesman
If you knew where you could get a salesman who would
outsell a regiment of the heat salesmen in the country you
wouldn’t hesitate long before getting after him, would you?
You would gladly pay him hia price whatever It wae, In
reason, and you would tie him to your concern for life If pos
sible, wouldn't you?
There Is such a salesman knocking at your door right now
as you read this, provided you manufacture something for
general conaumptionl
Hia name is Advertising and hi* Initial* ara D. N„ whloh
atand for Daily Newspaper. .
Why not let ue tell, you something about what he ha* don*
for others and what he oan do for you?
It is a plain business proposition to malt# an arrangamaaf
with thla silent talesman, whloh at the end of •
short time will yield you an anermoua profit.
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| Late Wire News
ADMIRAL ROJESTVENSKY NOT
dead.
BERLIN—It was learned today that
the report from Had Nauheim to the
effect that Vice .‘'dmlral Rojestvensky
who commanded the Russian fleet de
stroyed in the great, naval battle be
tween the Russian and Japanese fleet
in May, 1905, had died there on July
19, was an error. A man named Ro
jestvensky died there on that date,
but it was not the famous admiral.
SOCIALISTS GAIN POINT.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.—Five hund
red socialists held up the city coun
cil yesterday again and by their pres
ence forced the repeal of an ordin
ance forbidding street speaking with
out a license.
DISASTROUS FIRE.
LEWISTON, Idaho.—Fire yester
day destroyed the business section of
Cotton wood, entailing a loss of $300,-
000, being the second tire to destroy
tho. place within thirteen months.
WILL PUT DOWN REBBLES.
SEOUL -Four thousand Koreans,
now enlisted as auvllary Gen
darmes and selected chiefly from the
disbanded army, will be command
ed by Japanese officers and are ex
pected assist, materially in putting
down disturbances.
TEDDY ATTENDS NAVAL CON
FERENCE.
OYSTER BAY. N. Y.—President
Roofeevelt will leave Oyster Bay at S
O'clock (his evening on the yacht
Mayflower for Newport, R, I„ where
he will attend the general conference
on naval matters at the war college
on Wednesday.
STRIKER WILLED.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—lnformation
was received at the sheriff's ofllce at
noon thut, one striker was killed and
three deputy sheriffs injured in a
elusli at Johns, a mining town in the
Blue Creek region. A special train
with forty soldiers was rushed to thP
scene.
COMMISSION MEETS.
ATLANTA. Ga.—The Georgia state
railroad commission will meet Thurs
day at which time shippers and road
officials will be heard In the investi
gation of ltd' increase in freight rates
bn all classes of commodities iriaug
united by southern roads from Ohio
and Mississippi river crossings to
southeastern points.
BEN. KNOX BROTHER DIED.
PITTSBURG. Pa.—Word was re
reived hern today of the death of
Thomas Budd Page Knox, a brother
of Senator Philander Chan,. Knox, nt
Los Angeles, Cal. Thomas Knox has
been a resident of lais Angeles,
where he conducted a drug store,
since 1871. He was born In Browns
ville. Pa,. In 1831, and hag many rel
atives living In and around Pittsburg.
He died yesterday,
AMERICAN LOST IN PARIS.
PARIS- William Peabody, an Am
erican tourist, is lost In Paris and
the police have been asked to find
him. Despite tho efforts directed bj
the perfect of police last night an*
today, no trace of the missing man
was found. Mr. Peabody was out with
a party of friends last night and be
came separated from them. Much
anxiety is felt over his absence by
his friends for he Is in precarious
health, and is entirely ignorant of the
French language.
NO INSTRUCTIONS.
ATLANTA, Ga. —It’appears today
that there were no Instructions on the
governor’s message about Brown.
Speaker Hlaton corrected tho ruling
In reference to the committee male
Ing an immediate report. The gen
eral judiciary committee will handle
the matter.
COL. vTIAS ILL.
MADISON, Wls.—Col. William F
Vilas, of Madison, former United
States senator from Wisconsin, suf
fered a cerebral hemorrhage while
asleep at Ills home here Sunday night,
and Is today in so critical a condition
that little expectation of his recovery
Is entertained.
SHEPPARD V7rsV~AOa7n.
LONDON. Final 800 meter race
won by Sheppard, America. Lughl,
Paly, second; Braun, Germany, third.
Time, 1:53 4-6. This beats the pre
vious Olympic record.
aunt and trying to murder her daugh
ter, hl» flnancee, near Hackensack
last Saturday evening. Tins leaves
the search for Eberhard whore It was
where It started—all up In tho air,
without a single trace of him upoa