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The Macon Daily Telegraph
WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA—FAIR MONDAY AND TUESDAVl COOLER IN THE. INTERIOR MONDAY! LI GHT NORTHWEST WINDS.
ESTABLISHED IN 1826.
MACON, GA., MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12, 1908
DAILY, $7.00 A YEAH,
WHEN BILL DONOVAN WEAKENED
THE CHICAGO CUBS HAMMERED
OUT VERY BRILLIANT VICTORY
Detroit’# Great Pitcher Was
Invincible Until the
Eighth
TINKER’S NOME RUN
RATTLED THE TIGERS
pvmll TwfrM Maeterty Baft
ThrsughotiV-Cub# Mad* Six Run*
In Ona Inning—Ty Cobb's Single
Soorad Datrolt’a Only Tally—Sev
enteen Thousand Attended.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1L—After eight In
nings of clockwork baseball today
"Wild Bill" Donovan, premier pitcher
of the champions of the American
League, weakened under the prq-
of the present serlc* 6 to 1. Detroit’s
hopes, which * were high after seven
innings in which Chicago had made
only one hit, were dashed In the
eighth. In that sensational portion of
the game Donovan was hit for a home
run, a triple, a double and three sin
gles . Incidentally he walked one man
and allowed another to score on a
wild pitch. Overall, on the contrary,
was steady throughout the game,
bolding the "Tigers” to four hits and
one run. That run marked Detroit's
despairing effort In their half of the
ninth.
Nothing could have exceeded the
excellence of Donovan’s work up to
that fatal eighth. He had speed, an
assortment of curves which he mixed
up In baffling stylo, and ho cut the
corner’s with great precision and
struck out the redoubtable Kllng. Not
until the fifth did the world’s cham
pions connect with his wizard curves.
Then the distinction fell to Overall,
who, conslderlnff^he high class of ball
be pitched, did not need the added
glory,. But he did It—poked a short
fly just beyond*'Downs and thtf Chi
cago enthusiasts cried loudly for a
run.. It was th« first legitimate
chance for rjddlng themselves of their
excitement. Donovan, howover. only
smiled and a moment later the side
was retired on a slashing doublo plcy.
Not a runner of oltner side reached
first base until the third. Then Over
all passed Downs nnd the -latter was
This was further than Chicago wejit.
Overall reach** first because Ross-
man. who stopped his grounder. In
stead of covering "The bag himself,
waited for Donovan to do so and the
latter dropped the throw. But. the
Chicago pitcher got no further. Again
in the sixth Overall reached the Ini
tial brfg on his single, but with these
two exceptions Chicago could do noth
ing with Donovan’s delivery. Thnt
was up to the eight Then It was
different. Overall’s pitching wan
masterly. He was found for only
four scattered hits, no two of which
cameNn the same inning, and ono of
which has to be counted because
Overall aM Kllng both went after
pchaefer’a bunt and, each stopping
for the other to field it, It went for a
hit. Ho Issued passes twice. Craw
ford and McIntyre, who hit above
.800 all season, were unable to con
nect safely with his delivery. That
he was effective In holding down
Crawford with the >lnd of ball he
rltched was remarked by critics of
the game. Crawford is known as one
of the surest bittern of a high ball
In olthcr league; yet Overall curved
• them around his neck or shot thorn
straight across without getting Into
trouble. Each side was credited with
nn error, but neither of them figured
in the iwnre. • \
Up to the eighth the game was a
pitcher’s battle, with both sides for
the most part going out one, * two.
three. It began to look as If the ex
perience of last year’s championship
scries when the same pitchers worked
would be repeated, namely, a tie
game.
To Joe Tinker belongs the credit for
breaking tho spell which Donovan had
held over the Chlcagoftns for so long.
Stctnfeldt had struck out, and Hoffman
had reached first because Schaefer,
after a beautiful one-handed pick up
of his weak grounder, had thrown low.
The crowd scarcely hoped for more
than a single, and hardly expected that,
when Tinker came to bat. Donovan
sent a fast waJat-hlgh Inshoot over the
, plate, that Is to say, partly over the
plat*. It never got all the way, for
th* stocky Chicago shortstop who had
already popularised himself by fast,
clean fielding, swung viciously. The
ball soared high, ao high that ft seem
ed certain It must drop Into Cobb’s
bands, as that fielder was playing welt
back as a result of previous experi
ence with Tinker. But there was an
unusual amount of energy back of the
hit. and 1ft sAlled Into the stand in
light field. Tinker, preceded by Hoff
man. trotted around the circuit amid
the first real cheering of the game.
Manager Jennings sought to persuade
Umpire Klem that the hit should go for
only two base*, but Klem only amll«d.
The ground rules provided that hits
into th# overflow crowd should restrict
the runner to two base*, but this cer
tainly had nothing to do with that tre
mendous wallop of Tinker’s. The ap
plication of the rule was Illustrated
by the next man at the bat, "Noisy"
John Kllng. Kllng drove the first ball
pitched Into the second base. This
onslaught had affected Donovan, but he
•till smiled and retired Overall on a
weak grounder. He went to pieces,
however, when ffheckard, the next bats-
KICK ON HEAD
KILLS PLAYER
CANNONSDURG. Ps., Oct. 11.—
man, singled over second and scored
Kllng. The whole team. In fact, seem
ed to be stunned by tho suddenness
of it all. Schekard made a desperate
steal and went to third on fiver’s safe
bunt. Roisman in a moment of ab
sent-mindedness brought about by the
general oatastrophs that had happened
to Detroit's aspirations, altewed fivers
to flaah away from first and reach
second standing up while the ball re
mained In the first baseman’s hands.
Bchulte trlppled to deep oenter, scor
ing Sheckard and fivers. Then, to fin
ish matters up, Donovan made h wild
pitch, and Bchulte trotted across the
plate with Chicago’s ninth and last
ball on Detaoit’s sudden fall In for
tune. but Stelnfeidt flow out, retir
ing the side.
Detroit substituted D. Jones for
O’Leary for a final try lor victory and
the substitute was given his base on
balls. Ho went to second on Craw
ford’s out and scored when Cobb sin
gled to oenter. Rossmag, however, hit
Into a deuble play, and the game was
The attendance, duo largely to* tho
chilly weather, was only 17,760 paid ad
missions, according to the official fig
ures made public after the game. The
gross receipts were $26,927. The score:
Official Score.
Chicago. A.B. R. B.IJ. P.O. A. E.
Sheckard. l.f. .. 4 III 0 0
Evers, lb 4 1 1 0 6 0
Schulte, r.f. .. 4 1 1 1 0' 0
Chance, lb 3 0 0 12 1 0
Stelnfeidt, 3b. . 4 0 0 1 1 0
Hoffman, c.f. .. I 1 1 0 0 fl
Tinker, s.s. .... 3 1 1 8 0 0
Kline, c. 3 118 0 fl
Overall, p 3 0 1 0 S 0
Total .81 ~€ ~~7 Jl "l4 ~1
O’Leary, s.s. •• 3
Crawford, c.f... 4 u
Cobb. r.f. ...... 4 0
Rossman. lb. .. 4 o
Schaefer, 3b. 2 - 0
Schmidt, c 3 0
Down*. 2b. .... 2 0
Donovan, p. .. 2 0
Score by Innings— ; RH.fi.
Chicago 000 000 06*—6 • 7 1
Detroit ., 000 000 001—1 4 1
\ . Summary.
Two-base Hit—Kllng.
Thres-base Hit—Schulte.
Home Rpn—Tinker. -
Sacrifice HU—Donovan.
Stolen Bnses—Sheckard, Evers, Chance.
Double Plays—Tinker and Chance;
Downs, O'Leary and Ros*man.
Left, on Bases—phlcago 2. Detroit 4
First Base on Balls—Off Overall 2, off
Wild ntch—Donovan.
Time—1:24. Umpires—Klem and Con
nolly.
FIVE NURSES STAND PAT
AT PARK VIEW SANITARIUM
SAVANNAH. Gn. t Oct. 11—Friends
of the five nurres who went off duty
at Park View Sanitarium because they
do not believe they were treated fairly
still assert that the young women were
not discharged; that the hospital au
thorities would not allow this to oc
cur so summarily, and that others of
tho nurses will follow the example
Bet by the five.
Some even went-so far as to state
that within the next twenty-four hours
all the nurses who were In the origi
nal agreement will go off duty until
tholr requests have been compiled with.
It was stated, that he five nurses will
stand pat nnd that they will have the
support of the otjier nurses who for
merly agreed that the situation at the
hospital must bo changed.
: Monday. He was a
_nng a game w'th
school eleven he was
ASIDE GREAT BARRIERS
NEW ORLEANS. La., Oct. 11—At a
niass meeting In the Athenaeum to
night Cephas Shelburne, of Dallas,
Texas, preached to a great audience
attending the International .Missionary
fact that an Inscription was written
on tho cross of Christ In three lan
guages and developed from this Inci
dent an argument showing how mod
em churches of all creeds are push
ing aside denominational barriers In
favor of more Intimate relations with
each other.
The night mass meeting was t*»e
principal event of today's'session of
the convention. W. F. Richardson,
of Kansas City, addressed a large aud
ience at the Athonaeum this morn
ing.
NEW YORK PATROLMEN
WORK FOR HUGHES’ DEFEAT
NEW YORK, Oct. 11—The police
of New York state have been urged
to accomplish the defeat of Governor
Hughes because he vetoed the three
platoon bill passed by the last legis
lature. John W. Griffin, president of
the New York State Patrolmen’* Asso-
elation, has sent letters to every mem
ber of hi* organisation calling up>n
them to support the- democratic can
didate.
In his letter President Griffin reviews
the history of the fight for the three
platoon bill and says that It received
much secret opposition, which was di
rected by Senator Horace White, now
republican candidate for - lieutenant
governor. Tho defeat of the police
bill giving patrolmen the "right of ap
pear Is also ascribed by President
Griffin to Senator White.
AUGUSTA’S WATER SUPPLY
IS IN W0RKIN6 UROER
AUGUSTA, Ga., Oct. 11.—Today ^the
waterworks supply was fully restored for
th- first time Mnc# th* frerhet on Au
gust 26. The water service depends upon
the car. il and the freshet broke the canal
banks, which have now teen partially re
pair*!. Power from the eanei *l*> on*
rra'el th- lighting pant, and lights era
rMtr-.Ftd. The r*cttnn mills will ha given
with which to operate la a week,
la will open tomorrow, a month
The flood la a thing of the. past.
:ief committees have disbanded.
Democratic Candidate’s Maj
ority Oyer Independent
Is 101, Mil
ATLANTA. Geu, Oct. 11—Complete,
though not official, returns by counties
for the state election of last Wednes
day glvc^Jns. M. Brown, d- uvu ratlo
candidate for governor, a total vote
of 113,665, and that of his opponent.
William Yancy Carter, 12.41L*. making
Mr. Brown’s majority, 101,143, the
greatest ever given a candlate for gov
ernor of Georgia. A curious co-ln-
cidenco Is that Mr. Brown received
within a fow thousands the same vote
in the general, election as ho got In
the primary.
Judge Lindsey Eleoted Safely.
It Is not improbable that tho official
returns to the secretary of state will
disclose a larger vote than tho un
official figures give to Mr. Brown.
Until they are received the ox.iot vole
polled for disfranchisement nnd pen
sion commissioner will not be known,
though It Is certain that tho amend
ment was approved by a big majority
and that Judge J. W. Lindsey, present
incumbent, won the latter, place by a
safe vote. With a half dozen counties
missing, the vote for disfranchisement
was 70.968, and against 37,001, With
about the same number of counties yet
to be heard from, Judge Lindsey re
ceived a vote of 55,093 for pension
commissioner; Capt. A. J. McBride
getting 19,608, and all the others re
ceiving only 21,991. This Insures a
safe majority to Lindsey who will re
main in office.
Gqvernor- Elect to Resume Tour.
Governor-elect 'Brown will In a few
days resume the tour of the stato
which he began about six weeks ago.
He is putting aside all personal busi
ness that does not demand his Her-
sonal attention, for the purpose of be
ing able to keep his promise to visit
all sections of Georgia and meet the
In about two weeks, will go to Au
gusta soon and other places from which
he has received cordial invitations at
tho earliest opportunity.
20 ItIsToR
GRAND PRIZE
Motorists Everywhere Inter
ested in Savannah’s Ap
proaching Races
SAVANNAH. Oct. U—All motor-
Ing eyes are now turned toward Sa^
vannah and the character* In the play
that will, be glvon t^ere on Thanks
giving day.
At no time In America na* such a
collection of renowned, drivers and
famous car* been brought together i
will appear in the Grand Prize rai
of the Automobile Club of America.
First are the two formor Vander
bilt cup winners, Hemery and Wag
ner. They will be mounted respect
ively, tho Frenchman on the German
pien* and the German on the Italian
Fiat. These two contenders in twen
ty races would be suffloient to mako
la Cslss in tho Ronault, the little
black mufctacheil Frenchman who
mado such fast time In America In
1906, while Nazarro, the captain of
the Flat team, Is well known on this
side of the wator as tho runner up of
Lancia. In all his famous exploits.
Many Famous Drivers.
Duray, Ip tho big Do Dietrich, has
always given a good account of him
self as a level-headed steady plugger,
accompanying hi* steadiness by flashes
of brilliancy that wins him many
friends In the grandstand. Fournier
and Cagno, tho Italian team, havo
both been over before. Fournier is
remembered a* being the first driver
who did a mile under a minute In
America, when he won the Coney Is
land boulovard mile event In 61 4-6
seconds In Novomber, 1967.
Strang, who comes with the an
nouncement that a second Renault car
will be entered, making tho twentieth
in tho Grand Prize race, and Nazarro
should be the bitterest rivals, as each
has cleaned up the big road events in:
his continent during th* last year.
One will drlvo a French and the other
an Italian car. The list of famous
drivers continues with tho name* of
De Palma, Hautvast. Riga!, Hqnrlo
and Erie, Salzcr and Poege for for
eign cars, while America will be rep
resented by Millionaire Bcrgdoll,
Mlchener, Patscbke and Bucley.
The Qptendid Course.
Of^the course New York papers
"Country tralV, havrf been turned
Into slxty-foot wide automobile speed
road a Turns have been banked until
us great speed as that possible at
Brooklands can be made. Following
their precedent of tho spring, when
•Bavarinah showed tho world It could
run a stock car raco and run ft right,
many thousands of dollars have been
put on the road* and the labor of hun
dreds of convicts has been given to
S ake the Savannah course the finest
i the world.
"Starting from a grandstand that
Is wltbln the city limits of Savannah,
a well banked turn to the left brings
the visitor Into an absolutely straight
stretch nearly four miles long, on the
White Bluff road. Montgomery cross
road takes him Into Waters road,
where he Is headed to ward the grand
stand. An abrupt, heavily banked
turn to the right la a continuation of
the'Grand Prize course, while straight
ahead Is the remainder of the t*n-
ralle quadrilateral which will be used
for the light car race.
"In sight of the Vernon river nnd
through the msgnlflceot eemi-trop-
leal vegetation that makes the south
so attractive In November, one goes
through Meridian road and Writ'field
. venue Into the Montgomery rw
This I* the new part of the course
, and Is sixty feet wide.
•Two magnificently constructed
! turns lead Into Ferguson avenue, a
road that will ft*nd a speed of nlnety-
j#ve mile* an hour and I* as perfect- *
1 piece of road building ns has ever
j bren seen. Hlx turns, ail heavily
(banked, on the Isle of Hope road, lead
._.npalgn is bslng
the candidates approach the
both Taft and Bryan In their i
states. For both there have been
arranged strenuous trips covering
th* first three days of ths week.
Dry a ns pro irr.rn is SSld to CSil for
quite fifty speeches in eastern and
central Nebraska, and h* will then
proceed to Illinois and Indiana.-
Taft will apeak In big and small
places in Ohio, In halls and at open
air meetings, from trains and on
balconies on the same days that
Mr. Bryan Is addressing his fellow
Nobraskans. The remainder of the
week will bo spent by Mr. Taft In
(tump i...... ..... .pm*
forming. Only two date#, Monday
In East Orange, N. J., and 8sturr
day In Wilmington, Del., have been
arranged for Mr. Sherman, but It
Is understood that the Intervening
time will be well filled In by en
gagements yst to be announced.
Mr. Kern will start forthwith from
his home in Indianapolis for an
other tour which will take him to
New York city, Newark, N, J.,
Bridgeport, Conn., and Utica,
’Governor Hughes, fresh from
his western trip, will be In his
own state throughout the week, on
Monday beginning a tour that will
Include more .than 100 addresses
before the campaign le ended.
New York also Is to hear Secre
tary Root and Secretary Straus,
while still another member of the
cabinet, Mr. Wilson, stsrts out on
Thursday for a speaking tour of
agricultural states In the west.
into LaRoche avenue, where, *4wo
mllos further on, a turn to the right,
leading through Warsaw, give* tho
visitor a vlevV of tho Wilmington
river. Dale avenue completes the
course, with Its extension, Estill ave
nue, back to the grandstand."
MILES Bill IK CRRRMBEU.E IS
SELF DEEM SWEPT OYFUIIE
Henry M’Corkle Held for
Stabbing Former Macon
Man to Death
ATLANTA, Go., net ll.-Bonry Me-
Corkle, a young whlto man of 24 yearn.
Is being held In the Fulton county Jail,
under a charge of murder, the same re
sulting from tho death of Gordon Hill,
II years old. of C9 Tennllle street. WU
was cut to death lute >**t night at the
corner of Moore and Decatu- streets. Me*
Corkle later surrendered to the police, ad
mitting that he killed Hill, but claim
ing that It was done In self-defense.
illll camo to Atlanta recently from Ma
con. and was employed at tho factory of
the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills. Thn
fight In which ne- met his death resulted
from a quarrel that bsgan on Decatur
street. McCorklo and Bill, with several
other young men. wer* seen going down
the street They wer* talking wlldlJV
nnd finally clenched as they nrnred the
Moore street corner. They fought for
several minutes. Hill succumbing to tho
knife thrusts of his assailant.
A.telephone message sent men to th#
scene from police headquarters, npd an
ambulance railed. Hill was already dead
nnd was lying In a pool of* blood that
had escaped from the dozen or moro
ugly gashes on different parts of his
body. A deep gosh on his neck Is be
lieved to have produced death.
The only clue to the guilty man, who
fled before the pollen arrived, was a hat
found lying in the strest.
saying thnt lie hoard Hill was doad nnd
that ho. McCorklo, was wanted. H* ad
mitted slaying Hill but averred that the
act wns one of self-defense; that he, Hill,
was advancing upon him with an open
knife when thp fntsl knlfo stabs wore In-
REPUBLICANS LOSE
ALMOST INCREDIBLE INROADS
MADE BY BRYAN IN RANK8 OF
OPPOSING PARTY.
DES MOINES, Oot. ll T Iowa gave
President Roosevelt In 1904* a plurality
of 158,766 votes. It would seem In
credible that the democrat* should be
solemnly talking about having pros
pects of carrying the sfote, and that
the republicans should have tho slfaht
cst doubt about the electoral vote of
Iowa bdng given to Taft by aji «*nor
mous figure. And y<»t on careful Hi
qulry here at the capital of the stuto
and tho center of its politics one finds
plenty of republicans who are saying
there will bo a heavy slump on the!* 1
sldo of the fence, and that the situa
tion U fat* from being us satisfactory
es they could delsre.
Most republicans who know any
thing of conditions In tho state de
clare that Taft ivli: carry Iowa, but
that for this state the plurality will ho
low. From 80,007 to 40,000 is the pre
vailing estimate of Tsft’s plurality
among well advised republic ins. This
would be the lowest republican plu
rality In Iowa sine** the 1892 election.
In 1896 Bryan loet the state by over
65,000, and In 1000 by ovor 98,000. In
1892 the republican plurality was up
word or 28,000. Few republicans who
have an understanding of Iowa ven
ture to put Mr. Taft's plurality at over
60.000. This would mean that Bryan
had made distinct gains In th« Hawk-
eye State and that he has made such
gains Is pretty generally admitted.
Mr. Bryan’s repeated visit* to Iowa
In thfa campaign point to the f#et ho
has hopes of carrying the state. It u
true some of the more timid repub
licans are shaking their heads and say
ing they don’t Uke the looks of thltiga,
but on the whole there Is little In the
situation to warrant the belief that
there is any need for republican appre
hension, save to the »l*e of the plu
rality. As ths situation stands today
It looka as If it would be tmposglble
for tho republicans to prevent Bryan
getting a larger vote In tho state than
ever before, with a corresponding de
cline for the republican candidate.
What’s the Csuss?
Whst are the causes that will ope
rate to cut down the republican voti
in this region of rock-ribbed republl
cans, as It has usually been consider
ed? This question has been put to a
Henry Wliitu Fires on Thoms
Allen and Wife—Lynch
ing Results
EMPIRE, G«„ Oct. 11—Literally
riddled with bullets, tho dead body of
Henry White, colored.- was feund by
Sheriff Taylor, of Dodge county, thlo
morning In a piece of woods about one
mile from Yunker, a small stalton oast
of this place on tho Wrlghtsvllle &
Tennllle railway.
Tho negro White brio yesterday aft
ernoon went to the home of Thomas
Allen, a respected citizen, and fired at
Mr. and Mrs. Alien, It Is stated. The
negro. It appears, succeeded In run
ning the gentleman and his wife from
their home. They quickly spread the
news and a poss* of determined citi
zens was formed and the negro was
soon run down, arrested and landed In
the Yunker** lock-up. The arreatlnfl
parties telegraphed tho sheriff at East-
men gathered at the guardhouse and
At 11 o'clock a band of unknown
men gathered at tho guard-houee and
made quick work In securing .White.
They carried him to a point a little
way from town and hie body was shot
Into fragments.
When Hherlff Taylor arrived this
morning from Eietman he summoned
tlic coroner. The sheriff stated that
everything was*quiet when ho arrived
on the Keene.
Before making the attack on Allen
and his wife. It Is stated, tho negro
Whlto met nnothor negro near the Al
len homo and Insisted that ha go back
half a mile with him (White) and aid
In killing tho family. When the ne
gro approached by White refused,
White opened fire nnd wounded the
man. The extent of his Injuries are
unknown.
United States Custom Office
and Many Other Build
ings Burn
PENSACOLA, Fla., Oct. 11.—News
of a disastrous flro which swept over
Cnrrnbelle, Fla., a amnll town oast of
Pensacola, late Thursday night, was
brought to this city today by the
steamer . • Tarpon. . Nine business
houses, a residence and many thous
ands of feet.of lumber were destroyed,
entailing a loss estimated to bo more
than $100,000. .
Among the buildings destroyed
wore tho United States custom house,
pos toff Ice, freight and passenger de
pots of the Georgia, Florida and Ala
bama railroad, nnd tho warehouse;
nnd wharves of'the fit. Andrews and
Gulf Steamship company. Tho fire
started In ono of tho stores, nnd,
fanned by n high wind, spread rap
idly. All communication with the
town was cut off, tho telegraph offices
having been among the buildings
burned.
PACIFIC FLEET TO REACH
HONOLULU, Oot. Ul—Fragments
of a wireless message from Hoar Ad
miral Swinburne of the Pacific fleet
at 11 o’clock last night collected the In
formation that the fleet was 181.38 west
longitude and expeqted to cast off to
morrow the torpedo boat* which they
aro towing from Pago Pago, Samoa.
Tho message said that tho fioot
would rcuch Honolulu on Tuesday at
noon, _
EUROPEAN POWERS TO
ASSEMBLE IN CONGRESS
po“ N 5™ n™°J''r”pl1.? C from H o7ia'[
Britain, Km,105, Italy and Ruaala all
favorable to the sssernblIn* of “Ji huro-
W n conference nnd It Is «xp«<:ted that
many also will acqulosce In this.
Klamll Pasha, the, grand ylzler, In a
conversation with the Servian minister,
on Baturdsy strongly sdvlMtl Prndsnco
add moderation on the part of Hfrvla.
T)«mnnilnillnni In nrotoSt UgltlflSt 11"
continue u.
throughout
IP—.athsrir *
' this purpose.
ana moderation on win p»ri «*
Demonstrations In protest against the
Austro-Hungarian movement continue to
Ini held In O10 lar*o town, throughout
Turkey, 20.000 peoplo, gathering at
Adrlnnoplfi today forMM
number of republicans prominent In
tho politics of tho stnto. They say
that In the Unit place the democrats
are united this year, that whatever
democratic vote Roosevelt got will this
year be cast for Bryan. Further than
thla, they pretty generally admit the
great bulk of organized labor In Iowa,
and It Is a large vote, will this year
go to Bryan. It wo* cast for Roose
velt In 1904. and has been for tho moet
part republican.
A furthor factor In the situation Is
the nomination of Representative Jas.
H. Bherman on the ticket with Judge
Taft. Mqny Iowa republicans wore
anxious to have a western man put on
the ticket with Tuft. They would have
been ploased at the nomination of Sen
ator Dolllver or Governor Cummins.
Then, If one turns to the ranks of
tho standpatters and searches their
ranks for some of the r *J**ea of re
publican weakness, he will find that
the more ardent of them look upon
Taft as too genulnp a tariff revisionist
to most their approval.
In Iowa, as lit n*ny other sections,
the cause of guarantee o£ bank de
posit I* strong. It will g<t Bryart a
good mar\y votea. This Is the testi
mony of tho republican* themselves.
Iowa has a colored population of
considerable ' size. In Dee Moines
there Is a Urge element of colored vot-
era. The best evidence Is that this
vot will split, and that th# republicans
cannot depend upon It. It Is learn
ed on entirely reliable authority that
the other day when It came to the
selection of a Ust of vice presldenta for
the Taft meeting hen*, the men In
charge found great difficulty In choos
ing a list of men representing the labor
element whom they could rely on not
to declare themaelves for IJryan and
likewise In choosing a list of vie*
presidents from amonr the colored
voters.
ATLANTA AND BIRMINGHAM MAY
CUT LOUSE FROM TOE SEABOARD
AND OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY
ERUPTION MAY
BE PREVENTED
Powers Discuss Plans to
Ward off Further Out
breaks in the East
LONDON, Oct 11,—Tho near-eastern
sltuntlon. so far ns the Anglo-Russlan
negotiations are concerned, remains
\vii*-n* it did twenty-four hours ago.
There has boen unusual activity at Buck
ingham Palace today, to which the king
returned last evening, and at ths Brit
l»h foreign office and ths Russian embas*
ny. where M. Jswulxky, the Kusshin lor
elgn minister la staying, tho official
WON' bti-l'y tnsnifid in mu oxrhanKe of
telegrams with tne European capitals.
There slso have been numerous ex
changes of courteslss, the king and other
members of the royal family and tbs cab
inet ministers showing M. Jswolsky most
attention. The IluMlun minister, ac
companied by ths Husnl&n ambassador.
Count Benkendorff, lunched with th#
Prince and Princess of Wales at Marl
borough Hous*. after which h# was re
ceived by the king at Buckingham Psl-
Hls majesty, previous to recstvlnr M.
Iswolsky, had long consultations with Sir
Edward Orsy, the secretary for foreign
affairs, and Sir Charles Hardlnge. the
psrtnanent under secretary of th# for
eign office and thus he became fully ac
quainted with the government’s views.
An offlotai statement issued to the
yesterday. It wns ns follow*}
Anglo-Russlsn View.
Un exchange of views ha* taken place
between Sir Edward Grey and M. Iswol
sky. representing Great Britain and Rua-
isla, respectively, which affords reason
able grounds for hoping thnt a solution
Secretary Grey will attend the cabinet
meeting tomorrow and will* formally ac
quaint his colleague* with the progress
a formal proceeding, ns Sir Edward not
only ha* the fullest support of the gov
ernment, but also of tne king, and the
whole nation. In every quarter confi-i
dence Is expressed In his ability to reach I
a friendly sattlsment and the policy he
has adopted from tho beginning of the
crisis has received the endorsement of
the government loaders, the newspapersi
isnd parties. t , ,
Aftor the cabinet meeting the foreign
secretary will again moot LI. Iswolwky
nnd so certain arc all the parties con
cerned that tomorrow.’* mooting will
bring the negotiations to a successful
Hose that It I* predicted a statement to
that effect will be uinde In parliament
which assembli* tomorrow for Its autumn
session. ■ ... ,
The king apparently Shares this view.
ah ho ha# arranged to leave London for
several days on Tuesday. .
Favorable News From Balkans.
The visits of the Italian and German
ambassadors to tlm foreign office on Sat
urday and tho frltndlv oxclianxe* between
thslr government* and Great Britain. Ac
cording to official* who w*r# interviewed
today, has helped to smooth the path
fjt: A&ras:
SfKgft ^v.uTM
respect to th* proponed conference of th*
signatories of th* Berlin treaty are to
be*reeoncn*d. Mors favorable new* from
the Bolkun*. Including the reported ac
tion of the Servian national assembly In
voting against war lias further strength
ened** lie belief that thor# will bo no
rr Tbo°n'rc*k government. In reply to the
British pronouncement that until a legal
statu* has been restored in the Uland
of Crete, Orest Britain can not hold
any hope that the Cretan asplmtIon* will
n# granted, points out the difficulty or
the position of the administration at
Athens, which In no way Promptsd ths
Cretans to declare union wtth Greece.
Th* Greek government J|"
willingness that the powers should decide
the question of union between Crete and
Greece, but at th* same tlcno It deejarw
that there I* no mean* within It* power
forclnir the Cretan* to re*lor* the legal
conditions of affair*. Th# Greek gov*
•rSm.nt, th» r.Dlv will eonllmi.
to art With modcratlnn. although It can
not understand Why the Power* ran not
consider th# Cretan nffalr at the same
time It takes the Bulgarian nnd Austrian
question* under advisement,
PANAMA CANAL TO BE
COMPLETED BY JAN. 1915
NEW YORK, Oot. 11.—In a speech
before the Fire Underwriters' associa
tion of the northweet at Chicago yes
terday Congressman James A, Tawney
declared thnt the Panama canal would
bo open In six years after an expendi
ture of 1269.000,060 for ita construc
tion. Mr. Tawney said that the «um
necessary to complete tho most gi
gantic engineering feat of modem
time# would prove to be less than tho
annual appropriation for the army
nnd navy.
Col. George W. Goethals, chief en
gineer of the Panama canal, who I*
here attending the hearing of the
charges preferred against him by a
disappointed contractor, road Mr.
Tawney'a remark* yesterday with a
nod of approval and said that he had
maintained for some time that the
canal would be completed in six
years. He oven «et a specific date—
January 1, 1915—declaring:
"Wo certainly expect to finish the
work then If no unforeseen contin
gency arise*. That hoe been my ex
pectation for a considerable time."
ROCK ISLAND MAKES PEACE
WITH HARRIMAN’S SYSTEM
NEW YOnK. Ocl. 11—Ths nock
Inland Company, which control. » rail
road mlloarti »«cond only to that of
E. H. Harrlman'. Union Pacinc ,y«-
t»m and which hat b«n tho mo.t for
midable compolltor of llarrlman llnoa
In the middle wet ami nouthwont, haa
made arrangements with Kuhn, Loeb
A Co« who bunk all of Mr. Harrlman’-
entcrprlses, whereby that house 1* *••
act as fiscal *g*nt for the Rock Island
and Its subsidiary companies.
An important feature of the trar«
action la that tho warfare between th<
rival systems ceases. There la to m~
no costly competition In the way of
Invasion of each other’s territory. On
Kh* other hand. the. companies In the
two systems will co-operats In traffic
agre*m*nt* that are expects* tx
— * "a?
Bouholders Are DissafUfldd
With Present Trackage
Arrangement
WOULD NAVE TO BUILD
THREE MILES INTO ATLANTA
Intarest on FTrst 4* Dus 8!no* Septem
ber 1—If 8*aboard Reoefrera Do Not
Pay OvsrdMf Interact by December
1, Bondholders May Poredovs and
Operate the Line Independently, ’
Eminent Bankers on Oommitteo Car
ing for Finanolal End.
NEW YORK, Oot. 11—It Is learned
from internets In ckMe touch wtth th*
situation that trouble Is thrwatened be-
twMun ilif At la tun-Blwnlng’uiin bond
holders' protective committee and the
receivers of the Seaboard Air Lino
which may end in the severance of ex
isting relations between those two
companies. It Is well known that tho
holder* of Atlanta-Blrmlnghum secarl-
tlse are not satisfied with the Joint
rate lmsts on which the two railroads
are working, and think that their road
la entitled to a larger share of theso
rsw-nuf*. They may r<*c*lv/ an op
portunity soon to enforce a protest
ugalnst wlmt they consldor an unfair
arrangement.
Interest Overdue.
Interest on the Atlanta-Birmtngham
first 4s, was due September 1 and re
mains unpaid. In the mortgage secur
ing the Issue, three months' grnc#» Is
allowed before bondholdwra can begin
foreclosure procor ‘ngs. If the Sea
board Air Line receivers do not pny
the overdue Interest on Atlanta-BImi-
lngham first 4s before' December 1,
then n majority of tin* hmidholrler*
may decide to foroclos* nnU operate
khe company 6ndepcnderstly # of th*
Seaboard Air Line.
Tho stockholders of the Atlnnta-
nirmlngham railroad havo outhorlzsd
810,000.000 first 4s. and $5,760,000 are
ontHtnndlng. They inn I tiro M;*v 1.
1938, and Interest Is payable March 1
nnd September 1. The bonds cover
as a first lien about 198 mile* of traek.
Tho remaining $4,240,000 of bonds can
b* Issued from tlrno to time at not ex
ceeding the rate of $30,000 n mile for
i'li nv.> mill", .if r.illway Oral rlmll
be hereafter constructed or acquired
and upon which the mortgage shall be
come a first lien.
I* Valuable Property.
.While the Atlanta-Blrmlngham di
vision Is bondod for 15,760,000 the co#t
largely oxoeeds that amount. Thla Is
demount rated by tho Meahosrd Air
I.tne balance sheet for th* year ended
Juno 30, 1907, whpro advances to the
Atlanta-'HIrmlngham dlvjalon of almost
$4,960,000 nre whown. Furthermore,
railroad experts of prominence have
lately Inspected th* latter line, und
they report that a sum equal to all
the outstanding first 4s, plus $2,900,-
000, would not suffice to duplicate the
Atlanta-Rlrmlnghsm. The line Is well
constructed, and although the country
traversed Is mountainous, yet grads*
average less than 1 Per cent. A few
wooden trestles require filling In, but
otherwlso th* line needs no large ex
penditures for some ywtre to come.
Traffic Arrangement,
Income account of tho AUeiita-
Birmingham for the year ended Juno
30, 1907, showed only $11,407 for net
earnings. Till* stainmetit of net earn
ings Is misleading end requires siucl-
datlon. All of the stock of tho Atfcw-
ta-Birmingham Air Line 1* owned by
the Heaboard Air Line, and the for
mer I* allowed only 26 per cent of both
fralght and pnstirnger receipts <m busi
ness exchanged between the twj cera-
p.mles. Tim A f hint a-Birmingham de
livers moro trafflo to the SeaboerS Mr
Lino than the latter furnishes to the
former and railroad experts agree that
tho Atlanta-Blrmlngham Is ontHteJ to
a higher proportion of the Jolpl rale,
sty from $0 per cent to 40 per oesa. In
stead of 25 per cent.
It Is generally recognized that the
Seaboard Air Line Is not In good Dhy-
slcal condition and will require largo
outlays (Wr 'rebuilding, florrm rail
road authorities say that the Atlanda-
Hlrmlngham Is the only portion of tne
former aystom In thoroughly good or
der. This bolng tho cue* and con
sidering the value to the Seaboard of
an entrance to Birmingham, uie re
ceivers may decide to pay the overdue
coupons on Atlanta-Blrmlngham first
4s, and grant the latt*r uompany a
larger proportion of revenue received
from business Interchanged. Otberwraa
tho Atlanta-'BIrmlnghain may deofd*
to sever rolatlone with the 8sai)txu*d.
Road Would Do W#«.
If Atlanta-IMrmlnghom boad boitmn
deoldo to foreclose and operate tha
property Independently of tho fWahoard
Air Line, tho former road, It la
out would be In a position to da very
well. Its terminals In THrmlngh**}.
where connections as# mad« with
ous lines, are quite valuable. J®;*
city originate* a large amount of traf
fic and at Atlanta a number of rood*
would be glad to laterohang* >"*'"**«
with the Atlanta-HWrolagham. ThjJ
latter now come* within only thmb
mile, of Atlanta ami If tko bon! h.M-
in aliould tak« ovw tho WJJ
would havo to ral.o money "> build Into
noornla’, enpKal. Tho Soaboard Mr
Uno now furnt.hwi tha
Ingham with traek.ga Into Atlanta.
Knim, .bonkoM boll"'. ,l ’*
Birmingham under Indoparmene opera
tion would earn from three to rou.
time* Ini*re«t ‘'bargee. Whatever mfF
be the company’s destiny. bODd hoit-
ers will be protected by the eminent
bankers on the committee.
2,200 MILES IS
WIRELESS RECORD
8AN FRANCISCO, Oct 11.—A
new record In wtreleee telegraphy
It claimed by the United States
Wireless Tele|raph Company,
which from Its ton FrsncUoo sta
tion on Ruaeinn Hil| today estab*
Ished communication with the Km-
huku station on the Island of Oahu,
station at Kuhuku
wee csuoht at
nlng, ana me*-
:h*nged until *
cetlon during the two and ene*h#lf
hour* wee uninterrupted. The
distance to Honolulu le 2.200 miles.