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day, perhaps in ten days; BUT
even In “dull times" there is
work to be had by the deter
mined seeker.
VO* JME XIII., No. 247.
UPTOH SUMS
MTSJJEE SUIT
WELCOMES PROCEEDINGS FOR
LIBEL, BY WILLIAM E
COREY, THE STEEL
MAGNATE
GOULD EXPOSE COREY
Intimated That The Burn
ing of Helicon Hall Was
An Incendiary Attempt
To Destroy Evidence.
LAKE PLACID. N. Y.—When Up
ton Sinclair, who is spending the sum
mer at Camp Kahwudin on the shore
of Lake Placid, was today told of
the report that William E. Corey may
institute legal proceedings for libel,
basing his action on charges contain
ed in Mr, Sinclair's latest notel, “The
Money Changers," the author said he
would welcome such action on Mr.
Corey's part, as it would enable him
to put on record evidence he claims
to have concerning the part which he
charges the steel magnate played in
connection with reprehensible armor
plate seals, and in th’s connection he
Intimated that the burning of Helicon
Hall was an incendiary attempt, not
only to destroy damaging evidence
against the steel men, which he
claims is in his possession, but
amounted also to an attempt upon his
life.
Of the social evils charged against
prominent men In the book, the auth
or said: "I have not followed the true
story In detail, because I could not
have helped- indicating who were my
informants.
"The men whom I am after in 'The
Money Changers’ have lef a trail be
hind them as wide as Broadway, and
if any of them see fit to attack me
on that score I shall not be worried.
For the benefit of one great person
age, 1 will mention that I have met
and talked with a little seamstress,
who was on board of a yacht, and
that while it may be possible to buy
hcr off, as was done once before,
there is also one of her brothers who
has had the story from her own lips,
and I don’t believe there is money
enough In all New York to buy him,'’
WILLIAM F VILAS
FNDOKHOOL
MADISON, Wis.—By the will of
William F. Vilas, former United States
senator and member of Cleveland’s
cabinet, an eventual endowment of
$30,000,000 is provided for the Uni
versity of Wiseons.a.
The will filed for probate provides
that the estate, now valued at from
$2,000,000 to $3,000,000, be placed in t
the hands of four trustees during the |
life time of Mrs. Vilas. She is to j
receive the entire net income, and
upon her death the whole property is
to be turned over to the university, j
subject only to a charge of $30,000
a year for his daughter. Mrs. L. M.
Hanks, and some minor charges.
After the property is turned over to
the university, only half of the net In j
come is to be expended until the prin
cipal, with increment, reaches $20,-
000,000. Then only one-fourth of the
new inoome will be laid aside and
added to the principal. This is to
continue until the sum of $30,000,000
is reached, then the entire income is
to be used by the university.
BRIG. GEN. S. GIRARD
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
DBS MOINES, la. —As a result of
mental suggestion physicians say Brig
Gen. Scott Girard, head of the state
anti-suicide bureau of the Volunteers
of America, tried to kill himself Sat
urday night by swallowing 50 strych
nine pellets, which had been taken
from a man dissuaded from suicide
during the day, and by turning on the
gas after closing the openings
Doctors have little hope for his re
oovery.
UVERY STABLE HORSE
* a HAULS GREWSOME LOAD
WA .SH, Ind —With the bodies of
a woman and a man, victlma of .i
murder and a suicide—in the buggy
behind him, a faithful livery horse,
without a hand to guide him, trotted
to the stable of his owner, where
the double tragedy was discovered
•arly vesterdav morning
Jealousy, 'he police say. prompted
,1 F Baker to slay Mrs. Sylvia Null
Hemic* at th» aide of the road two
miles from town, place her body In
the buggy seat, climb- in beside It,
and then fire a bullet Into hit own
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
PASTOR ARRESTED
FOR MOIICT
Rev. Leonard W. Snyder
of Norwood Ohio, Ac
cused of Serious Offenses
in Richmond, Va.
NORFOLK, Va. —Rev. Dr. Leonard
W. Snyder, of Norwood, Ohio, charged
in Richmond with misconduct involv
ing young boys, was arrested on the
veranda of Ocean View Hotel early
yesterday. He took his arrest coollv.
At the jail tile minister denied that
he had been guilty of any misdeed,
characterizing the accusation against
him as a lie and the’result of spite.
Snyder claims to be a native of
Germany, educated at Heidelberg,
where he was made a doetor of divini
ty in the Dutch Reformed church,
and later confirmed into the Episco
pal church.
He said he had been in this coun
try nine years and in his present line
of work seven years, working exclus
ively among boys, helping them to
find out what they are best fitted for
dn life, and to have them pursue
those studies that will be of most
advantage to them.
Police Have Evidence.
RICHMOND, Va.—News of the ar
rest of Rev. Leonard W. Snyder was
received here with general satisfac
tion. Despite his denial, tfte Rioh
niord police say they have Indisput
able evidence of his guilt. As a mat
ter of fact, officers and a newspaper
man spent part of a night at a local
hotel in a room adjoining that of the
minister.
Every precaution will be taken to
avoid violence upon arrival of the
prisoner, because enraged parents
have talked of using a gun.
IIRRE RIDES FOR
191111 OFFICERS
WASHINGTON—Officers of the
army holding down comfortable chairs
at the w-ar department, are to he giv
en no opportunity to grow soft and
fat in their positions.
Brigadier generals, colonels, major.)
and captains, with major generals to
set the pace, are to be hustled into
the saddle again and forced to take
rides over the country roads sur
rounding Washington, varying in
length from 30 to 50 miles. Orders
to this effect are being prepared at
the war office. As a consequence
there is dense gloom about the state,
war and navy departments, and offi
cers are moving about with a “when
will this end?” sort of expression on
their faces. Two separate rides will
be taken, so as not to interfere with
the business of the war department.
The first will be Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, September 24. 25 and
26; the second, September 28, 29 and
30. The first, ride will be led by
Major General Wm, P. Duvall, who Is
acting chief of stuff The second ride
will be eondueted by Brigadier Gene
ral W. W. Wetberspoon, president ol
the army war college.
A number of coast artillery, engin
eer and staff officers probably will
take the walking test of 50 miles in
three days in place of the test in
horsemanship. The walking test will
be early in October. Major General
Frederick D. Grant, in command of
the department of the East, will per
sonally eonduet an additional test
ride of the officers under his com
mand within the next few weeks, ac
cording to an announcement iiiade at
the war department. This test ride
will be of 90 miles for field officers
at posts In this vicinity and will start
at Fort Meyer, Va. General Grant has
personally led two of these test rides
t.ils summer, one at Pine Camp, N.
Y., and the other at Fort Ethan Al
len, Vermont.
WITH BULLET IN HEAD
MAN READS PAPER
CHICAGO. -George Blair, of 598
Sedgwick street, is Bpending much of
his time at the National Emergency
Hospital reading the newspapers with
a 22 calibre bullet In his head He
seems to suffer no Inconvenience from
the ball of lead,
Blair, who Is 25 years old, was shot
In the forehead with a rifle that he
and Lawrence O'Brien, a friend, were
playing with Saturday. The wounded
man then walked to the hospital, a
mile distant.
heart, thus making the grewsome load
the livery horse pulled up to the sta
ble of Fs owner
It Is reported Mrs. Hern Ice had
planned to leave today for Benton
Harbor, Michigan, to be married to
Baker's rival, and this, the poliee he
i Here, caused him to fire five bullet*
into her body after she had made
a desperate fight to save her life,
and then eommit suicide
Baker was a carpenter, about 42
years old, and was married twice be
j fora.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 7, 1908.
BUSINESS IN AUGUSTA IS GOOD:
ARE YOU GETTING YOUR SHARE?
Advertising Means Splendid Profits—Use The Herald For Results
DEFECTIVE RRMOR PLATE
STILL ON BATTLESHIPS
Has Never Been Removed;
Seamen Lives Have Been
Endangered by this Gross
Negligence.
WASHINGTON—Rear Admiral W.
P. Mason, chief of the bureau of or
dnance admitted that the battleship
Oregan, once the pride of the United
States Navy, has carried since the day
she was built, 400 tons of defective
armor plate.
In addition, tho naval officials told
that the conning tower of the Ore
gon. which by expert testimony given
nearly fifteen years ago, was shown
to be full of blowholes, which may
any day b« called to aid in defending
the country agtfnst an enemy.
It is also shown that the armor
manufactured by the Carnegie Steel
company up to the latter part of 1893
which Hilary A, Herbert then secre
tarv of the navy, recommended, be
stripped from the Indiana, New York,
Massachusetts and several other
smaller vessels, has never been re
moved.
Book Caused Investigation
The Investigation of the matter was
prompted by the assertion in Upton
Sinclair's new book, "The Money
Changers'' that 'There are ships in
our navy covered with rotten armor
plate that was sold to the government
for four or five times what it cost,"
Referring to the investigation in i
1893-94, which resulted In the ceie j
brated armor plate scandal, the au- j
thor says;
"Nothing much was ever done about
it. Tin government could not afford 1
to let the real facts get out. But, of :
course, tin insiders in the navy knew
about It and the memory will last an
long as the ships last.''
This part of the book Is a bitter at
tack on several well known men who
have been connected for year* with
the steel industry and whose Identity,
it Is easy to traee. It charges that
at the time of tin- armor plate scandal
they bought out the democratic party
and secured the support of a presl !
Idem of the United States.
Following up a reference made in
h, book to a Pittsburg lawyer, who
gave the Information upon whleh the
government Investigation was placed
and a “plate" *519, said by the book j
to hav,. been manufactured for the
Oregon, reporters discovered all the j
evidence that was laid before the in |
vestigators.
Statement From Secretary of Navy.
inasmueh as 15 year* have passed!
sine,, the dkte of the Investigation i
this evidence Is not more amazing
than the matement obtained not only]
from the i hies of the bureau of ord j
manc<, lor tko navy, but from m, aec I
rctary of the navy himself, that tin
defective armor plate Is still on tho
ships on which It was placed origin
ally.
“I cannot state correctly whether
tho armor In question la still on the
Oregon and the other Vessels which
were Involved In the Investigation,
without referring to the records of tho
bureau, ’’ said Admiral Mason when
first Interviewed. “This la also In
formation of the kind which cannot
he given out without the permission
|of the secretary of the navy," he
added.
Secretary Metcalf wan then visited.
He sahl that he would have a confer
ence with Admiral Mason during the
day. In the afternoon he notified the
reportor that he had Instructed tho
chief of the ordnance bureau to show
what, records were In his office.
"Th« navy department cannot be
held responsible for the fact that the
armor manufactured prior to the In
vestigation in 1893 Is still on the ships
for which It was intended,” said Ad
inlral Mason. "Captain W. T, Samp
son, then at the head of tills bureau,
recommended that It be removed and
tested. Also thp Cummings congres
sional committee, which took the mat
ter up In March, 1904, made a slinllnr
recommendation. A resolution was
later passed by the house of repre
sentatives concurring In this, but. lh"
matter got through thr. senate with
out explanation to provide funds fur
such work the armor could not have
been removed. And today th>- entire
armor equipment in commission Is
obsolete.
Investigating Board’s Report,
"The report of Captain Sampson,
Professor Phillip II Alger and Lieu
tenant Ackerman, who composed the
investigation appointed by Secretary
Herbert, was then produced. In part
it is as follows:
"We have carefully considered the
affidavits made by several men who
either witnessed or participated in
the manufacture of the groups of ar
mor. They affirm that the armor was
carelessly or wrongfully treated with
th< view of increasing the output
They State that In many eases the
[dates were treated only at the end*,
from which the- lest specimens were
to be taken. They affirm that In at
least two cases test plates were treat
ed after they had been selected by
the government Inspector
"Finally we nav* to slot., that In
our belief the whole quantity of ar
mor supplied bs this company is at
cast 15 per cent below In quality tip
best that they can furnlih, ami that
the government, has been damaged.
We therefore conclude that the gov
< rnment has been damaged to the ex
tent of, first, all premium* paid to
the Carnegie company, because
wrongfully obtained; second, 15 per
cent of all armor furnished by them;
third, the vniite of all plates contain
ing serious blowholes or other serious
defects whleh hav ( . been concealed.
"The amount, which the navy ex
perts testified would lie a proper for
feiture on the part of the Carnegie
company, varied from $40(1,000 To
$700,000. The steel men appealed,
however, to President Cleveland witli
the result, that the total amount of
the fine without other penalty wuh
reduced by the president to sllO,
484.94'.’
The position taken by the president
Ih shown In this letter addressed to
the secretary of the navy and now
filed with the other records of the
celebrated ease.
The award of the board, altlmugh
exhibiting an Honest desire to meet
the case fairly, does not satisfy my
Inclination to give the company all
reasonable benefit of the indefinite
ness of the proof obtained.
It appears that the fire Irregular!
ties of construction was discovered
by the third day of November, 1892.
On the Kith day of September, 1893.
ranis Intimation of tin- Irregularities
reached the managers of the com
pany and a letter Is produced written
by one of the superintendents enjoy
ing greater care in the preparation
of armor.
"I am willing to assume that the
faulty constructions began on the
third day of November, 1892, and was
corrected on the Kith day of Hep tern
her, 1893. On all armor manufactur
ed for the government bet ween these
dates, f Ihlnk ten per cent from the
prlc,, should be deducted."
The amount so manufactured be
tween these dates Is reported to lie
; 2,647,93 tons, and Its value $1,404,-
898.41 Ten per cent of this value
, Is the amount, In rny opinion, that
| should be forfeited by the Carnegie
company to the government.
1 This letter, which was signed by
President Cleveland himself. Is the
' basis for the charges made against
tiie formei president in Upton Hln
| flair’s book.
Tiie records show that when Ur*
! appeal was made to Mr. Cleveland the
iCarnegle Steel company was repre
rented by Senator Knox of Penney!
vanlft. f'apt W, T Sampson argued
tb<» ease for the navy department and
the reporta show that he fought lq
have the position of the board upheld
by the president.
MARGHERITA OPPOSES MATCH.
I’AR4H The Martin's Turin cor
‘respondent Oates that the Count of
I'Min, brother of In duke of the Alt
ruzzl, visited the J'lc< n Mother Mar
ghcrlta recenfl and begged her to
withdraw hr r opposition to the mu ••
r'lge of !b Duke of Ahrttzzl and
miss Likins
Cm n M«r*h»rlla refined, but the
"fatin' e- rr* ..undent as * Ihe rnar
j rlago will take place nevertheless.
DAILY AND SUNDAY SG.OO PER YEAR.
IN’S FIRST IFF.
SUES SEGOND WIFE
Says Number Two Deli
berately Set About To
Rob Her Of Her Husband
MEADVILLE, I’a Crawford county
has been thrown Into a state of ex
citement over a suit for $5,000 dam
ages which has been filed by Mrs.
Mary K. Snodgrass, divorced wife of
l)r. 1). (!. Snodgrass, against the pres,
cut. Mrs Snodgrass.
The former Mrs. Snodgrass, it ap
pears, has com { > across a bundle of
old love letters which she claims
were written by the present Mrs.
Snodgrass to Dr. Snodgrass before he
divorced Ills first wife, and the claim
is made by the divorced wife that
Ihp present Mrs Snodgrass, who was
then Miss Pauline Van Horn, a nurse
In the Memorial Hospital, of New
York city, deliberately set. about to
rob her of her husband.
PROMINENT WHITE
Ml SHOT NEGRO
BARNWELL, S. C- About flvu
o’clock Hal unlay afternoon, Mr.
Lenord Milos, a prominent white
farmer who resides about live in 11 ns
from town, shot. and killed Krhler
Nix, oolored, ol ibis piece. The as
mir was brought about by the negro,
who wan under the influence of whis
key. Nix, in walking down Main
street, run into Mr. Mile’s little boy,
which reHiiltod in the negro drawing
a knife on the boy and cursing him.
The father took the boy’s part of the
fuHi., and the killing wuh tin* final
outcome.
Mr. Miles is a good, law abiding
citizen, and would not have done the
killing could It have been avoided.
ELECTRIC PLANT
GETTING II SHAPE
»■
It Ik probablo that by tin* last of
this week complete eioctrleul utility
H«rvle« will be resumed by she rail
way company. Tin* new machines are
being installed as rapidly as possible,
and evw thing is progressing nicely.
Mr. .fames U. Jackson, of the rail
way company, said this morning:
"We would not like to promise that
the lights will 1m- turned on tonight or
tomorrow night and then fail to do
so on account of some unforeseen de
lay. We are doing everything we can.
You can say that to the public. Wo
confidently expect to be able to re
sunif. full service not later than the
last of the week. It Is possible wo
can turn on some of* the street lights
tonight. As wo are able to turn on
more new power, we do so, and every
volt, of current generated at tin* power
house Is utilized as fast as tiio ma
chines turn It out. The flood struck
us at n most Inopportune time. We
had Just taken down one or two old
machines on Monday before the Hood
cunie Wednesday, and had the new
machines ready to install. The water
rose in the plant, and came very near
ruining both the new machines and
the old ones.’’ /
Street car schedules are being im
proved every day, and service Is now
much better than it was when flrst
resummV Lights for domestic use are
also being used on more circuits ev
ery day.
NOTHING DOING 111
HOUSE UD SENATE
ATLANTA The house and senate
both met at in o'clock this liinrnlng
to again wrestle with the convict
problem. The senate immediately
adjourned subject to the call of the
president. The third conference corn
mlttce made no report but the coni
mltiee Is known to have been unable
lh reach agreement. In the house a
resolution was offered to adjourn out
of respect for Labor day, and debated
This Coal Dealer Feeds
Roll Of Bills To Horse
WATEWfL’RY, Conn Robert Me
Cormlck, n e.ifti dealer, sold a house
Friday and goi $1,300, all In hills He
got |t. hi night. Going home he d*
elded that It would ho safer In the
barn than In tin house, so he put the
roll of hills In a sack of feed
In llii morning he fed his hors
out of (he same sack At breakfast
he was trilling the family about sell
If yon have any kind of woTk
to offer, to any kind of a work
or, your want ad. will find
raoro oager readers than tho
most interesting nows dispatch
In the paper. ,
BRYAN LASOR DAY
GUEST IIGHIGAGU
WAS THE CENTER OF THE
GREATEST CELEBRATION
EVER HELD IN
CHICAGO.
MADE MANY SPEECHES
Talked to Union Mon On
Injunction, Also Made
Speech to Electrical
Workers
CHICAGO.—On the ove of a apq a Ic
ing tour us three weeks, beginning
here today, Hon. William J, Bryan be
came the victim of holla. These plo
blan afflictions developed over night
on hln trip hero from Linooln, Neb.,
and tho candidate bravely and smil
ingly stepped from tho Rock Island
train at 5.40 this morning, with a
handkerchief protecting the back of
bin neck from contact with his col
lar.
Mr. Bryan was met at. the station
by Col. Martin, the sorgeaat-at-arms
of the national committee; National
Com in ft lee in an Miller of Oregon, and
a number of local labor loaders, ac
companied by n brans bund. Ho was
roundly chi en d as be made bis way
to the carriage which took him 1o
the Auditorium Annex. At tho hotel
Mr Bryan hud u brief opportunity to
confer with the chiefs of the party
before tin' Labor Day parade began.
The speaking tour begun today will
carry Mr. Bryan through Illinois, In
diana, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland,
Delaware, New Jersey, Rhode island,
and New York.
Mr. Ilryuu was today the rented of
a Labor Day celebration that out
ranked similar celebrations In Chica
go for years past. From the moment
of his arrival, except for an hour that
he spout ns guest of the Iroquois club
at luncheon, he was In the hand* of
labor men practically all day.
The Hist public appearance of the
democratic presidential candidate was
on the reviewing stand, on the bal
cony before the natioual democratic
headquarters at the Auditorium An
nex, where the Labor Day parade,
approximately 20,000 union men and
women In line, passed In review be
fore him.
Mr. Bryan was met nt the railway
station by a committee representing
the Injunction Reform League, which
organization was Ids host for tho day.
and escorted him to auditorium. Af
ter the parade he was whisked away
to the Iroquois chili luncheon, where
he made a brief talk to the club
members. He then entered an auto
mobile, which wus to convey him to
Forest Park, where be was to address
the union men at I o'clock on the
subject of abuse of Injunction In labor
disputes. This evening ho was to
speak lo electrical workers at Brands
Bark on the northwest side of tho
city. • .
DISGUISE NEARLY
GOST IN'S LIFE
DBS MOINES, la The wonderful
j "make-up” of Roy Henry, a prosper
mis grocer of this city, came pretty
near costing him his life at the hands
of a mob late Saturday night. Henry
suspected ilia: his wife was going out
to meet James Beefing, and he de
termined to follow her.
Then he conceived the Idea of dis
guising himself as a negro. Thus dis
guised he followed ids wife and lleer
Ing until his anger got the better of
him, and be went for the affinity, in
a down town street, and proceeded to
pummel him with Ills fists.
The black Henry was on top of
the white Beering when the crowd got
there, hikl was punching him hard
ami fasi The crowd’s sympathies
werr; with the white man. They haul
ed llr-nry off him and handled him
roughly.
"Ilting him!” cried some one.
"Say, you blanked Idiots, can't you
see I'm a white man? Here, look at
my wrists and arms. That’s my wlfo,
I and I've caught her with another man.
! I4*t me get at hint again.'
J Beering escaped. Mrs Henry was
hysterical. She went home with her
) grocer-actor pugilist husband
| ing the property, when Mrs. McCor
mick suddenly asked him: "What did
you do with the money?"
That s nrted him for the barn at
a quick step, where he found that he
had given the $1 ,300 roll to the hors*
for breakfast jin'* that the intelligent
animal had trim to eat It, but finding
It lacking In IMvor, had nosed it along
ih>- manger while cleaning up Uls feed
,7)11' money wa* InUtch