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8,061 Daily Average Circulation for June 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. 8,061 Circulation for Jun« Daily Average | 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