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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1909)
For Woman’s Eye -18 CLOSE 10 SOUTH POLE The Shackleton Expedit ion Gets With.’n 111 Miies of the Goal. BRAVE MEN ALMOST PERISH Sometimes ths Party Was Able to Make Only GOO Yards a Day--Most Re markable Dash Ever Made. London, England.—The polar re gions are gradually yielding up their secrets to human perseverance and determination, Lieutenant Ernest H. Shackleton ot the British navy, wno left his permanent quarters last au tumn for a dash to the pole, having succeeded alter an arduous sledge journey of 1,703 miles, which occu pied 126 days, in forging to within 111 miles of the south pole, or 354 miles nearer than the point attained by the "Discovery Expedition,” of which he was an officer. As the expedition to the south was undertaken rather for the purpose of geographical survey than with the idea of reaching the pole itself, it may be said to have succeeded be yond the most sanguine expectations. Profiting by former experiences in the antarctic regions when all the dogs succumbed to the strain and rigors of the climate, Lieutenant Shackleton made some departure from the usual preparations for a journey across the snow and ice. He took with him a motor car which could be converted into a sledge and substituted ponies for dogs and light woolen clothing for heavy furs. The main expedition, of which Lieu tenant Shackleton was in command, reached latitude 88.23, longitude 162 east, while a second party pushed forward to the southern magnetic pole, reaching latitude 72.25, longi tude 154 each. The British Ilag was left flying at both points. Briefly summarized, the results of tlie expedition are that a point was reached within 111 miles of the south pole; the magnetic pole was also reached; eight mountain chains were discovered, and 100 mountains. Mt. Erebus, 13,120 feet in altitude, was ascended by the party; a new coast and high mountains were located run ning west from Victoria Land, and the theory of the existence of an area of atmospheric calm around the south pole was disproved. ROOSEVELT SAILS FOR AFRICA. Hundreds at the Pier to Bid Roose velt "Godspeed’ as He Boarded Ship. New York City.—Waving a hearty farewell, with his black slouch hat, his smiling face beaming in the morn ing sun as he stood on the captain's bridge of the steamship Hamburg, ex President Theodore Roosevelt sailed for his long-planned African “safari.” He left amid the cheers of thousands that swarmed -the Hamburg-American line pier, the whistles of countless river craft, and the thunderous re verberations of the ex-president’s sa lute of thirteen guns from Ports Ham ilton and Wadsworth. Beside the happy figure of the form er chief magistrate, as the big steam ship slipped out of her dock, stood a young lad, seemingly dejected as he wistfully gazed at the cheering multitude on the pier below. It was Kermit Roosevelt, who accompanied his father as official photographer. Father and son, both clad in brilliant buff-hued army coats, remained on the bride on the trip down the bay, and acknowledged, with sweeps of their hats, the salutes of the vessels. The ovation was unofficial in char acter, but many high in the affairs of the nation were present. The crowd, in its enthusiasm, bowled over the lines of policemen on the pier, sur rounded the former president, while he was being presented a bronze tab let by the Italian American chamber of commerce, and before he was again safely back on the sheltering gang plank, knocked his hat from his head and caused him to drop a vac uum bottle, which had been present ed by some admiring Pittsburg friends. Fortunately, Mr. Roosevelt was not hurt in the rush, and he seemed to enjoy his experience with the crowd. One incident of the departure which iKmched Mr. Roosevelt probably more than any other was the presentation of a message and gift from President Taft, by Captain Archibald Bull, who was chief military aide to Mr. Roose velt, and who occupies that position under President Taft. It is a collapsible ruler, twelve inches long, when drawn out of the end of the pencil. On it is inscribed: "To Theodore Roosevelt, from Wil liam Howard Taft. Goodbye and good luck. Best wishes for a safe return." One of the last acre of Mr. Roose velt before sailing was to send a message to President Taft, reading: "Parting thanks; love and sincerity.” With Mr. Roosevelt and Kermit on the Smithsonian hunting expedition are Major E. A. Mearns of the Med ical Corps, U. S. A., and J. Loring Allen and Edmund Helelr. naturalists, who will seek specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. 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INCREASES COST OF LIVING So Way* and Means Democrats Allege in Report on New Tariff Bill. Washington, D. C. —Champ Clark, tin minority leader, was asked what attitude he would take with regard to the duty on lumber, and he replied that he would develop that iu his coming speech in the house. Mr. Clark’s alleged position on this sched ule has been vigorously criticised by democrats from Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Tennessee, each of which states has large interests in lumber. That the Payne tariff bill increas es the cost of living; that it is crude, indefinite, sectional and pro hibitive, and that it is an open chal lenge to a trade war with every otaer nation on earth, are some of the crit icisms of that measure made by tne democratic members of the ways and means committee in the minority re port submitted to the house by Minor ity Leader Champ Clark, Declaring that a tariff is a tax paid by tlie consumer, and that the only function of a tariff law is to raise revenue to supply the needs of the government, the minority members of the committee insist that, instead of an increase of taxes, or a new issue of bonds, the correct remedy for the growing deficiency in the revenues is the cutting down of the expenses of running the government. "The bill is, in many respects, crude, indefinite, sectional and prohib itive. it seems to us, from our exam ination, which was necessarily hasty, that, on the whole, it increases the cost of living. The claim that the bill is a sectional one, made by the democratic members of the commit tee, is based largely on the cotton schedule. The report contends that the bill does not lift any burdens from the shoulders of the southern farmer, although the manufacturer of cotton goods is protected by heavy tax, it claims. “The treatment of the farmer by this bill is along the same lines as have characterized republican meth ods in the past,” says the report. "He gets practically no relief, and the la borer and producer have greater bur dens imposed upon them. Every ar ticle of food the laborer must have to live comfortably is heavily taxed; even the salt on his table is not exempt. That the bill is a sectional one is shown by the failure of the majority of the committee to lift any burden whatever from the shoulders of the southern farmers. The grower of cot ton must sell his product in the open markets of the world. In order, how ever, to benefit the manufacturer of cotton, the republican party makes him pay a heavy tax on every pound of it that is exported, and comes back into the United States in the shape of manufactured goods. Thus he sells in free trade market and buys in a protected market. Not only have these burdens not been lifted, but ad ditional ones have been placed upon him. By a lately discovered process a fabric known as "mercerized fab rics” is now being made. This is a very fine article of cotton goods, look ing very much like silk, and is large ly worn. In order to further enrich the manufacturer and to further tax the masses of the people, a tax has been laid on these goods. Cotton hose has fallen under their greedy gaze, and the tax on it, al ready too high, has been greatly in creased. Cotton goods are more gen erally used than any other class of goods by the masses of the American people, and every cent of duty laid on such fabrics is an additional tax on the people least able to pay it. REPLICA OF CLERLMONT. Contract Let for the Facsimile of Fulton's Steamboat. New York City.—The officers of the Hudson-Fulton celebration commis sion have let the contract for build ing the replica of Robert Fulton’s Clermont, to the Staten Island Ship building Company. Work has already begun on the facsimile of the first boat to steam up the Hudson. The Clermont with the replica of Hudson's "Half Moon," which is be ing built by the Dutch in Holland will be the center of the great naval parade which will start from New York and steam to Newburg on Fri day, October 1. To convoy these two little vessels there will be fleets of American and foreign warships, great river craft and ocean steamships tha‘t have evolved from Fulton’s awkward little steamboat. Free Trade in Pistols. Chicago, 111.—" Revolvers sold with out permits” is the sign conspicuous ly dismayed in various stores as a result of a truce between the city and firearm dealers. The courts have intimated that the present ordinance, which requires a purchaser to obtain a permit from the chief of police, is defective and a new law will have to be passed. KIDNAPERS RETURN BOV Willie Whitla Delivered to His Father at Cleveland, Ohio. MAN AND WOMAN ARRESTED Had $9,790 in Their Possession and Confessed That They Had Stolen the Child. Harrisburg, Pa. —Governor Stuart has issued a proclamation, offeiing a reward of $15,000 for the arrest and conviction of the kidnapers of Wil lie Whitla. Cleveland, Ohio. Little Willie Whitla, who has cau"ed the police of the entire country endless worry since he was kidnaped from school in Sha ron, Pa., a wee* ago, was returned to nis vainer at i..e Pionenueu no lel here. Mr. Whitla admitted that he had paiu slu,ouu to me woman in a can ny store, who acted tor the kidnap ers. it was in currency and Dills. The woman did not count the money. Mr. Whitla believes the woman was an Italian, but refuses to disclose ner identity. x • j x Cleveland, Ohio.—-In the arrest , k here later ot a man and a wo- i x man having $9,791> in their pos- i k session, tne police believe mey . k have captureu tne kidnapers of t k Willie Yvniila. i k in fact, me woman in the < 1 case, who is greatly excited, ad- i x mitted tnat she had been respon- , i aible for the kidnaping. \\ hen j a placed in custody at tne central j t police station, sue said to Cap- i t Lam Shattuck: i * "1 am the one who planned t K the whole thing. There will oe j k trouble tor me, and hell in Sha- t k ron tomorrow.” i k Beneath the woman’s skirt . i was found $9,790. All of it but i k S4O was bound in packages, with i k the original slips placed on the t i. money when Wnitla took it from , k the bank, still around it. i AAAAAAAAAAAAa In compliance with an arrangement entered into between the kidnaped boy’s father and an agent of the kid napers here, the boy was placed on a street car on the outskirts of the city and sent to the hotel. The moment the anxious parent heard that a strange boy was in the hotel, he rushed across the lobby, grasped him in his arms and smoth ered his faces with kisses. Willie is in perfect health. He says that he has been well treated, and ever since his capture he has been constantly indoors. He believes he was taken from Sharon to Warren and thence to Newcastle, Pa. It is his opinion, expressed in a happy schoolboy way, that he was iu Ash tabula at the time his father was to leave his SIO,OOO in Flat Iron Park. Whitla, senior, said that he receiv ed a letter from the kidnapers at his home in Sharon, saying that if he called at a confectionery store in the east end of Cleveland, he would be told how to secure his boy unharmed and “well fed.” He at once left Sharon for Cleve land. He was unaccompanied. Whit la was certain that if he spoiled the plans of his son’s captors he would never see the lad again. His expe- rience at Ashtabula served as a warn ing. He went to a candy store in the east end of Cleveland. With him he carried SIO,OOO, expecting that it would be demanded of him there. He was met by a woman, who detailed to him the terms of the kidnapers. With all the eagerness of a distracted parent, Whitla agreed to them im mediately and paid the money. Half an hour later he returned to the Hollenden Hotel and awaited develop ments. Fully 2,000 people gathered in the hallways and lobbies of the hotel. Those who were unable to get into the hotel stood on the sidewalks and shouted for a glimpse of the boy. Again and again they called his name and implored his father to bring him out and let them look at him. Whitla acquiesced to the request of the crowd, and carrying his boy on his shoulder, walked down into the lobby. Cries of "Speech!” “Speech!” caus ed Whitla to say a few words. “This is my son. He was lost and is found again. If I live a thousand years I never can do enough to re pay the press, the police and the people who all have done noble work in helping to find my boy and in ex tending their Sympathy to me and my family and relatives.” Sharon, Pa. —Willie Whitla does not yet seem to comprehend what he and his parents have been through. He was out playing with his little friends. He rode a bicycle, played marbles and assisted in flying a kite. He is the object of the childish envy of ev ery boy in Sharon. COOPERS ARE FOUND GUILTY. Sentenced to Serve Twenty Years for Murder of Carmack. Nashville, Tenn. —Guilty of murder jin the second degree, with twenty I years imprisonment as the penalty, J was the verdict of the jury in the case against Duncan B. Cooper and Robin J. Cooper for the slaying of former United States Senator E. W. Carmack. The jury acquitted John D. Sharp as co-defendant. Immediately the defense moved to set aside the verdict of disagreement and asked the court to declare it a mistrjal. Judge Hart said he would listen to arguments on this motion later. He then fixed the defendants’ bond at $25,000 each, which amount was acceptable to both sides. The verdict, coming as it did upon the heels of Foreman Burk’s declara tion that “we are hopelessly tied up as to the Coopers,” was a decided surprise. The defendants took it cool ly-—almost without emotion. Mrs. Burck and Mrs. Wilson, the young daughters of Colonel Cooper, were brave and aside from tearful eyes, restrained their emotions game ly. Mrs. Burch sat with her arms around her brother’s, Robin’s, shoul der, and Mrs. Wilson was at her fa ther’s right. The suspense for the two young women had been heart rending, and any verdict, however unfavorable, was a relief. The jurors were tired looking and disheveled and when the court re marked: “I thank you, gentlemen, for your patience and devotion to the state and dismiss you to your home and your personal avocations,” the entire twelve sprang from their seats as one man and hurriedly left the court room. The defendants and their counsel remained to complete the bond preliminaries and motions for a new trial. The jurors were not inclined to talk, but one of them said: "On the I first ballot we acquitted John Sharp and disregarded the conspiracy the ory. On this same ballot we stood six for guilty of murder in the first | degree with mitigating circumstances, i five for murder in the second degree | with twenty years, the maximum pen alty, and one for acquittal. The • ballots all day Wednesday and Thurs day showed the same result. Friday the man who voted for acquittal came over to murder in the second degree, but demanded that only ten years be assessed. The rest of us did not deem ten years as anything like ad equate, so we disagreed again. Of course, all this refers to the Coopers, not Sharp, whom we had acquitted.. Early Saturday morning the man who was holding out for ten years agreed to twenty years, and the six who were voting for a first degree verdict agreed to this verdict,” While the jurors would not say who the man was who held out for acquittal, it is known from remarks overheard by the deputies that he was S. J. Hyde. John Sharp hurried to the court house when he heard of the verdict, and was soon closeted with the de fendants and their counsel. Several others had been sent for and telephoned that ‘hey would come as quickly as automobiles would bring them. In a few moments, Wal ter O. Parmer arrived and signed for the balance. "I will sign for a million for these men,” he remarked. James E. Cald well later signed for $25,000 on each bond and H. B. Chalburn and C. W. Anderson for $2,500 each on each bond. This makes the total bonds in both cases SIIO,OOO, although only $50,000 was asked. The Burch automobile- came up a little later and the party was whirled away to the Bradford home. LUMBER BATE CASES SETTLED. Railroads Agree to Pay Claimants 67 Per Cenc of Claims. Washington, D. C. —What are popu larly known as the yellow pine repa ration cases before the interstate com merce commission were settled by agreement. They involve about 3,- 000,000 of reparation on a charge of 16 cents per hundred pounds on lum ber shipped from the southern yellow pine region east of the Mississippi river to points outside of that terri tory. As a result of conferences between representatives of both shippers and railroads, an agreement was reached that, so far as Georgia, Florida and the eastern part of Alabama are con cerned, the railroads would pay to the claimants 67 per cent of ' the amount of their provable claims. Navy of Germany. Berlin, Germany—ln view of the assertions made in the British house of commons that Germany in the spring of 1912 would have seventeen warships, all of them of the big gun type, the navy department authorizes the statement that in the autumn of 1912 Germany will have thirteen such vessels. MARITIME WAR LAWS Adopted As Result of Conference of Ten Leading Nations. LIST OF CONTRABAND GOODS American Delegates Are Satisfied the Code Contains Much Much That Will Be of Advantage in Time of War. Wellington, D. C.—The declaration of principles regarding the law of maritime war, agreed upon by the conference of ten of me principal maritime nations of the world, held in Loudon during the past winter, and known as the Maritime Confer ence, have just been made public at the state department. Probably the most interesting features from the American standpoint, are the decla rations regarding what constitutes contraband, and v/hat is free of con traband. The principle enunciated in the dec laration are to act as a guide for the government of international prize court, to be established at The Hague. They are regarded as of great im portance, and mark a decided step forward in the establishment of a code for naval warfare. The Ameri can delegates, as previously reported, are satisfied the code contains much that will prove of great advantage in time of war. This is especially the case with the articles treating of con traband, exports approximating at this time $900,000,000 a year, will be af fected in the event of war, and un der the {lead of free contraband ex ports approximating $400,000,000. On the question of contraband the conference adopted three classifica tions, viz.: Absolutely, conditional and not contraband. Absolute contraband includes gen erally articles and implements of war, and those that may be used in war. Conditional contraband includes food supplies, fodder and grain, cloth ing suitable for military use; gold and silver, coined and in bars, and paper representing money; airships and flying machines; fuel, lubricants, powders and explosives not special ly designed for war use; barbed wire; horse shoes and shoeing outfits. The following articles cannot be de dared contraband of war; Raw cotton, raw wool, silk, jute, flax and. hemp and other raw mate rials of textile industries, as well as fabrics woven therefrom; oleaginous nuts and seeds; copra; india rubber; resins, gums and lac; hops; raw hides, horns, bone and ivory; natu ral and artificial fertilizers, compris ing nitrates and phosphates suscepti ble of use in agriculture; ores, earths, clays, lime, chalk and stone, includ ing marble, brick, slate an dtile; chi naware and glassware; paper and substances intended solely for their production; and varnishes, hypochle rite of lime; soda ash, caustic soda, sulphate of soda in cakes; ammonia, sulphate of ammonia and sulphat of copper; machinery used in manufac ture; textile industries and printing; precious stones, fine stones, mother of pearl, pearls and coral; clocks and watches, except chronometers. Articel 47 provides that any person belonging to the armed forces of the enemy and found on board a neutral war vessel may be made a prisoner of war, even though there be no ground for seizing the vessel. This principle conforms to the attitude ta ken by the United States in the fa mous Mason and Slidell cases during the civil war, when these men were taken from the British steamer Trent. COMMISSION TOJJBERIA. Ogden, Shuster and B. Washington’s Secretary Named. Washington, D. C. —The commission this government will send to Liberia to investigate the conditions there, with a view to recommending a pos sible improvement in the management of that government, will be composed, it was announced, of Robert C. Og den of New York City, Emmett J. Scott, secretary to Booker T. Wash ington, and W. Morgan Shuster It was at first intended to appoint Booker Washington a member of the commission, but it w-as stated here that his usefulness could be put to better advantage in this country. MILLIONS FOR SOUTHERN COLLEGES. Peabody Fund Distributed—Million for University Tennessee. New York City.—The trustees of the Peabody education fund, voted to distribute the money now on hand, amounting to $2,500,000, rather than to continue donating small amounts from the income of the fund to the colleges of the country. It was voted to give $1,000,000 to the Peabody College for Teachers at Nashville, Tenn., affiliated with the Universty of Tennessee. The rest of the $2,000,000 will be distributed in amounts of about $50,000 to other colleges in the south KILLED WRONG MAN. Confessed to Murder—Was to Be Paid S2OO. Barnwell, S. C.—As the result of a startling confession made by Quit man Johnson, who recently was con victed of the murder of Perry Ussery last November, Chester Kennedy was arrested at the home of his father, near here. Jbhnson admitted killing Ussery, and said Kennedy’ had hired him and Ferdinand Grubbs, who was convict ed with Johnson, to kill a man nam ed Holland, and that he had intend ed to kill Holland, but had shot Us sery instead. Johnson said he and Grubbs were to receive $260 for the killing.
