The Valdosta times. (Valdosta, Ga.) 1874-194?, January 06, 1912, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTwice-a-Week JANUARY •, ilia one of the IIret to express hie gri'J end condolence. He eeld: I “Admiral Evans wee one of the moet enccenful equedron conunen- dere we hare had In a navy for a long time. Ho wee a rigid dlsclp- llnarlan, of quick declalon and ad mirably adrleed In the Intricacy of the machinery of cruelera and 'bat tleship and akllled lit drilling them. I am rerx lorry to hear of hla death.*, Admiral Dewejr Overcome. Admiral Dewey was so overcome that he eould utter hut a tew words. "I am shocked beyond measure at the sudden death of my lifelong friend. Admiral Evans,” was all be eould say. Secretary Meyer paid his tribute to the officer's memory: “By the sudden death of Admiral Evans the country loses one of Its most brilliant and able offleera It was o a account of hla ability that President Roosevelt selected him as commander-in-chief- of the fleet that cruised around the world. Al though on the retired list, he had kept np his active lnty Jt In the service, and hla unexpected death comes aa a shock to the navy.” Former Secretary of the Navy Metcalf, who happened to be In Washington today, pointed ont that he himself had given Admiral Evans' command of the Atlantic while he was drawing a government salary to Investigate tarlc rate, 1m- partlally, was writing articles op posing tarlo reduction. . • ■ The majority dt the D^pcrats contend that there Is nothing which should be done In the proper admin istration of the government that can not he done directly by congress. By following that method the mem bers of congress are personally ,!o- Ing the work they were commission ed to do by the people, and if mis takes are made, or If other Inter ests than those of the people are nerved, there Is no rlsnr for con gress *to shift responsibility. The presidential hobhlca ’i-ferred to are to be allowed to die a aetnrtl death, according to talk In con«rc-- elonal circles. They wlll-^uet he killed by-legislation, bnt the hones will neglect to supply funds with which they can continue their work. Two New Battleships to be Built as Mates to Two Other Dreadnoughts. Washington, D. C. Jan. 4.—Bids wore opened at the Nary Depart ment today fer th« two battleships authored at the last session of Congress. There Is a possibility that both reesels will he construct ed In government yards, since the shipbuilding Arms declare that It le out of the question for them to engage la the work profit ably under the new eight-hour law. Tho two new -reeaela will be named Oklahoma and Nevada and Nevada tad'will lie the most for-l mldable fighting-machine In the 1 American navy. They will have main batteries of ten 14-lneh guns and will be "near" alster ships of the Wyoming and Arkansas. The One of Uncle Sam’s Na val Heroes is Dead Democrats in the House are Opposing Them Chatham Authorities are Puzzled by Burglary No New Features Have Developed in Trial HE DIED SUDDENLY AT THE AGE OF 03 YEARS AT HIS HOME IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL LATH YESTERDAY. YOUNG CROWD OF PEOPLE EXPECTED SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS BUY WERE DISAPPOINTED AT TEE BVIDBNCE. to WAS TRIED FOR THE ROBBERY BEFORE THE MAYOR WAS DISMISSED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE. Lyeni, Ga„ Jen. I.—Follewlng a preliminary hearing teday, Buster Eason, eloie of the flve men charged with the murder of Mtae Haggle Newsome at English Eddy, this county, on Saturday night before Christmas, was hound to await act ion efthe grand Jury. Just preced ing the hearing warrant, charging murder had been sworn out by the girl's father against. John and Elijah Poole, Lonnie Salter and Frank Ma son. Practically nothing new was |brought out In the hearing.. The court room at the eounty court house where Judge C. A. Rogers conducted the hearing was crowded with people who were expecting sensstlonal developments. It la aflll believed that some motive., wilt lu ‘Witrlsl. , to le held HBwnrnryJIW^WlfuTniBh n- itorest unequalled by ally thing of tho kind In this community In years. One witness stated today that Eason “wantod to stop and get the rest Of the Newsomes,” after the shot which killed the girl In the road was fired. Testimony was ln- troduced In attempt to show that the flve men were under the In fluence of liquor, and that a (hot was find' from tho baek. Many wltneasee testified to the good character of Eason, against whom the strongest connection with the crime was attached. The flve men who were In the heck pwore that the shooting eam» from the Spivey house, near which the kill ing occurred. It wan the opinion of disinterested, listeners and the. testimony, Just as that before the coroner’s Jury, was weak In Using the reponelblllty of the mime, Cur ry and Wlltlama, of Vldalla, coun sel for the state, withdrew the war rants agalnet the four men other then Eaton. Washington, Jan. 4—The funeral or Rear Admiral Roblay Evans will he held tomorrow and the Inter ment will he In Arllaton cemetery by the side of the other navy he roes. Hundreds of messages of eympa- thy are ponrlng Is on the family today from all parts of tho world. Admiral Evans/ born jslxty-llre years ago In Floyd county, Virginia, arose today apparently in better health and spirits than he had en joyed In some time. For years a suffererjfrom old wounds sustained In t!io Civil War and from recurrent at tucks of rheumatic gout, the aged lighter seemed to have Bhaken off the burden of hie advancing days 'Ho displayed- high spirits at break- Kast^and ate a hearty luncheon at pidlin. r vy, —— While In his lib-ary at 2 o’clock tho admiral was stricken. Instant ly his family sent for Dr. S. B. Adams, who, on his arrival, found the patient In great pain. After treatment. Admiral Evans fell Into a restless sleep, and It was thought that the danger had passed. Short ly after 4 o’clock, however, he awakened end, raising himself with difficulty, announced that he wae choking. i Couldn’t Breatbe. "I cannot get my breath,” he eeld, and sank hack. At 4:45 o’clock he died, conscious to the end. At hla bedside at the time of his death were hla wife, hie daughter, Mrs. Hlsewall, and daughter-in- law, Mrs. Frank T. Evans, wife of the admiral's only eon, a lieuten ant commander In the navy, now on 'duty on the torpedo boat destroyer Monahan at Boston. The only oth er member of hla Immediate family who was not present was his daugh ter, Mrs. Marsh, wife of Capt. Charles C. Marsh, commanding the armored cruder North Carolina The news spread with great rapid ity and caused a profound shock In official circles. President Taft was By O. H. Tavenne*. (Special Washington Correspond- •nea) Waehlngton, Jan. 4.-There la a good ehanse that President Taft’s three favorite hobbles—the tariff board, the economy commission and the traveling expense fund—will be done away with at the present ses sion of congress. The Democrats In the house of representatives, with a few scatter ed exceptions, are opposed to the Idea of running the government through the medium of commis sions. They ban their opposition I op the fact that tne government Savannah, Jan. 4—The 'Tiunder- bolt and Chatham county authori ties seem to be very much in the air ias to tho parties guilty of robbing the safo of William Sawyer, of Thunderbolt, on Christmas night. The safe is supposed to have b<>«n robbed and thrown In the river. William Hlneath, a well known Congressman From Nebraska Wants Employees Put Un der Civil Service. Wshington, Jan. 4.—Declaring that tho pontofflee department has become a huge political v&chlnt, | »bra*ka young TAGGART’S CROWD CONTROL. Barnard Korbly in Choum Hi Democratic Committee. Indianapolis, Jan. 4.—Dt Korbly, a brother of Congre Korbly, was elected chairrr the Democratic Stato Commit day. Thie 1» r victory for Ti W nicilntt tf'ir. tlpn. The stato committee,, ever, endorsed 1 Marshall for dent. tubllBh a- perfect alibi and It Is thought he will do »o. If three two prisoners got their liberty there Is ro telling where the offleera will turn next, ns It Is not known that Congressman Norrlss, of an Insurgent, today Introduced bill In the house to place ev employe of that jkpartmejkjuxe postmaster gener^Htn^^^Bl|||| tire ■,-7 “The- Jicmbefs of connr|3|j^Hf paid to administer the ncaifn wW eminent, therefore why should they delegate their authority to commis sions?” le Baked by tho Democrats of thoee who argue In favor of the commission Idea. Also they point out the great danger of such com- | missions exceeding their authority, pass the home. ! «o that In time they. Instead of the ' 1 ■ ■■ Icongreeemen, would dominate legle- latlos. As proof that this danger HI 1 Q|f lllil CHI 1/ Ml V Is real, end not fancied, they point (jLfllllV HIlLi fULfi lllHl to tbs way In whleb the court! have usurped power whleh It was never f|| 101] IT 1 D111011! T Intended they should have. Within M flNH 111 fl DAIi JUa I the lest few years, they explain, the 1 “ courts, from the supreme ____ lown, have taken to them- the authority to legislate It is Claimed That William-J[. . . Bryan is Looming up as Strong Factor. Washington, Jan. 4.—Predictions are freely made today of a probable eleeh between Speaker Clark and former Governor Folk at the Jack- eon dinner on January 8th. Following the declination^ Con gressman Underwood to IHM »t the gathering It Is dally realised that Bryan Is becoming a stronger fee- tor In the Democratic League poll- posed to tariff reduction, end who, Uce., ■ Officer Coming for Bracken. An officor Is expected to reach the city today to carry back to Elizabeth, N. J„ Thomas J, Brack en, tho musician who has been ar rested hero for dcourting hla wife and child In tho New Jersey town. Bracken tried to get out yesterday on a habeas corpus proceeding be fore the Judge of the city court, but failed. He may make another ef fort In the same direction If the officer doei not come for him today or tomorrow, as Judge Freeman At* titrated If there wae any unusual delay a second application for ha beas corpus might not meet with the fate the first one did. Brnchoo chafes under his arrest and re straint considerably and appoars very anxious to get out of Jail. Minister Was Badly Hurt. Rev. C.-D. Adams, the Thunder- halt minister who was hurt In a wreck on the Sylvanla and Ourard railroad at Zelgler station In Scre ven county a fewdays ago, and who was thought to have been only slightly Injurod, has developed com plications that are ceasing his friends, some alarm. He eeeme to have been hurt Internally and Is not Improving as rapidly as It was hoped he would, Elks to Celebrate Anniversary. The.local lodge of Elks has ap pointed a committee to arrange for the celebration of the twenty-first anniversary of that organization- The Savannah lodge 'was organised twenty-one years since on January 18, end It la proposed to celebrate the event with a big banquet. postmasters, and every state com mittee has postoffice employes for shout two-thlrde of Its member ship.’’ It Is believed the bin will easily THE DYNAMITE EXPLODED. Now York, Jen. 4.—Stocks ere generally firm. Canadian Palldc was bought heavily. Unlqn Pacific wae 8-4 lower. Cotton wae steady end 8 to 5 points higher, Mater losing Its ad vances. January P.OS, May P.81. Chicago Provision Market. Chicago, Jan. 4. Two Killed at Rock Quarries When Explosion Occurred too Soon. Merlon, 0., Jen. 4.—James Bert ram, and an unknown Italian were blown to atoms by the premature explosion of dynamite nt the rock quarries hers today. -Wheat was firm at a cent to a cent and a qquarter Provlelone were atrong Exercises for Judge Lowell. Boston, Mass., Jan. 4.—-Memorial exercises for the late Judge Francis C. Lowell, of the United Statee Cir cuit court, were held In the Federal court room here today. Judges Colt and Putnam delivered eulogies end eminent representatives of the Boston bar responded. higher. May pork 18c, lard 9.48, riba 4.85. Hogs are 5 cents higher and cattle era steady. federal court selves . through Judicial powers, until the people, In theilr exasperation, demanding the recall In a great 'many states. tie In hla dirigible balloon, the | Another feature of the commls- Suchard, sailed for Europe today on s lon scheme that Is vigorously op- tbe Kronprlnzeasln Cecillia. After posed by the Democrats le the ever a abort visit with hie family at present danger t)iet these commls- Munlch he will go to Berlin, where slens will be made up, either wholly the airship Sucbard haa been com- or In part, of men who have a ipe- pleted and equipped end will super- clal Interest to eerve. The prosen! DISSOLVING 8. A. L. ROAD, Complete Rehabilitation of the Road Is Expected Soon. New York, Jan. 8.—On# of tho final etepe looking to the complete rehabilitation of the Seaboard Air Line railroad was taken today whan the proposal to dissolve tho Sea board Company wee ratified by the The Seaboard Com- feeat Cutter, Sausage Staf fers, Lard Presser Butcher stockholders, pony wee organized In 1185 for the specific purpose of reoigtnlxlng the Seaboard Air Line, which wae then Insolvent. Tale purpose bis been carried to All that Knives, Etc., Etc a successful conclusion, now remains to he done b the final distribution of the stock holdings of the Seaboard Company among tho stockholders of tho railroad T A LUO ST A GEORGIA DWARE f WHITE PINE SASH, DOORS, MANTELS. Turpentine Market Today. Savannah, Oa., Jan. d.-r-Tarpen- tlne b 5014c. Rosin b 87.00 to 87.75.

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The Valdosta times. (Valdosta, Ga.) 1874-194?, January 06, 1912, Image 1