Macon daily telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1905-1926, December 21, 1908, Image 1

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The Macon Daily Telegraph
WEATHER FORECA8T FOR GEORGIA!—PROBABLY SHOWERS MONDAY AND TUESDAY! LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS.
ESTABLISHED IN U2S.
MACON, GA., MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1908
DAILY, f7.04 A YEAR,
HO DRIVER
MURES LADY
Mrs. Archie Smith Probably
Fatally Hurt By Big
Touring Car
BEH JOKES' CHAUFFEUR
WAS DRIVING MACHINE
Accident Occurred Near Jonesboro—
Negro Wa* En Route From Atlanta
to Macon With Jones' Car—Mrs.
Smith Attempted to Avoid Danger
but Was Caught by the Car ae it
Passed at a Rapid Rate of Speed—
Her Hip WaV 'Crushed and She
Was Otherwise Injured—Is 60 Years
of Age and Her Recovery is Doubt
ful. *
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec.’ 20.—(Tele
graph Bureau, Kimball House)—While
taking the big touring automobile
belonging to 'Ben L.' Jones from At
lanta to Macon thia morning, two ne
groes ran over and probably fatally
Injured Mrs. Archie Smith, of Jones
boro.
The accident occurred about a mile
north of Jonesboro. The negroes did
not stop to make inquiries or offer as
sistance after the woman was injured
but continued the rapid pace they were
going on towards Macon.
Negroes Trailed and Arrested.
They were trailed to that city by
Sheriff J. E. Brown, of Clayton coun
ty, and were arrested. They will bo
brought back Monday, but will proba
bly be lodged in the Fulton county
Jail for safekeeping, as'feeling in the
vicinity of Jonesboro is high against
them. \
On Way to Visit Son. .
Mrs. Smith with her husband was
on her way to visit her son, yevtral
miles from Jonesboro. Seeing the au
tomobile approaching at a rapid rate
of speed, they alighted from their
buggy to avoid all danger. Mrs.
Smith got out on the roadway just as
as the machine whirled past.
Skirt Caught in Wheel.
In some way her skirt was caught
in one of tho wheels and she was
whirled Into the air and thrown with
much violence into a ditch adjoining
the road. Her hip was crushed and
she was otherwise injured. Being
nearly 60 years old. her recovery Is
Improbable. Mr. Smith noted that the
car bore the number 163. Assisted by
tho first passer-by. he - carried his In
jured wife back to their home and she
was given medical attention. The de
lay in reaching tho town enabled the
negroes to reach a point far from
Jonesboro beforo effective steps could
be taken to apprehend them.
MAN MURDERED
FOR HIS MONEY
While Takiug Happy .Tour
ney, Italian Meets Tra
gic Death
EDUCAT
10 ATTEND MEET
ROANOKE, Va.. Dec. 20—While cn
route with his wife and twelve chil
dren from Esterhasy. Canada, to Pe
tersburg, Va., where they expected to
make their home, Chas. Krelcar,-an
Italian, met a tragic ib-utli near t!ra-
ham. Va., early today. Ills body was
found hanging to a tree suspended by
heavy twine around his neck.
The police beli&ve that Krelcar, who
displayed a largo roll of money yes
terday on tho train between Cincin
nati and Bluefleld, W. Va-, according
Southern Educational As
sociation to Held iu
Atlanta Dec. 29-31.
to the conductor, was robbed ancFintfr-
dered.
When the train reached Bluefleld last
night Krelcar left it to get lunch for
tho wife and children. The train pull
ed out before Krelcar returned and ho
was left behind. Ho had tho railroad
tickets from Roanoke to Petersburg
in his pocket and when tho train
reached Roanoke after midnight. Mrs
Krelcar and tho twelve little ones en
tered a waiting room and remained
there all night.
Tho railroad tickets, $5 in American
money and two Canadian coins were
in Kreic&r's pockets.
Tho conductor said tonight that
Krelcar appeared to bo very happy at
the prospects of reaching his new
home in time to spend tho holidays
with his wife’s father, Frank Fuylar,
a farmer, living near Petersburg. The
body has been taken to Petersburg for
Interment.
the banks, and the girdling
plant.
tween the forks and Macon was about
2 1-2 feet at ordinary summer low wa
ter at Tillman's bar. 6 miles above the
forks; elsewhere the controlling depth
Was practically 3 feet. The river occa
sionally falls a foot below the ordinary
summer stage and frequently rises 20
feet above.
Tho proportion of the approved project
accomplished up to June 30, 190?, was
about 90 per cent.
* Extension of Benefits.
It is proposed to apply the available
balance and additional appropriation ~
commended in the removal of logs, snags,
stumps and overhanging trebs, in the re
moral of rock and sand shoals, maintain
ing existing training dikes and shoro
protections, pnd in closing Incipient cut
offs and opening others wherever deem
ed advisable*
The additional 'work proposed is for ex
tension of benefits. I I
No reliable statistics of the commerce
of tho river beforo improvement was
begun are available. In 1907 tho freight
carried on the river amounted to 10.990
tons, valued at $600,000. Besides thls.j
Summery of Work Done By
Government and That
Proposed.
•WASHINGTON, Dec. SO.—Of the
work on tho Ocmulgeo rivet*, Georgia,
Capt. W. L. Marshall, chief of en
gineers, war department, United
States army, makes this report:
In its original condition this river
was used for navigation chiefly at
high stages. At low water there were
numerous shoals and snags, there
probably being less than two feet on
many' sandbars and rock ledges.
Tho head of navigation on this river
Is Macon, a distance of £02 miles from
tho forks.
Tho original project was submitted
in 1876 and provided for a channel
eighty feet wide and four feet deep
at low water, to bo accomplished by
tho removal of sandbars, rock shoals,
snags, overhanging trees, etc., from
Macon to Darien, at a cost of $162,-
oon.
Tho amount expended under this
project and its modifications prior to
operations under the existing project
was $79|390.73.
Improvement Projected.
The existing project of Improve
ment, adopted by congress September
19, 1890, provides for the establish
ment of n navigable o!ian> l tin---
feet deep at ordinary summer low
water from Macon to the river's
mouth. This Is to be obtained by re
moving rock shoals and sandbars,
closing incipient cut-offs, revetting
caving banks ond removing snags and
logs from the channel and overhang
ing trees from the banks of the
stream.
The cost of the Improvement as
given In the project of 1890 is esti
mated at $210,000. provided funds are
regularly and adequately provided,
besides, from $3,000 to $5,000 for an
nual maintenance.
The amount expended under the
present project up to Jun© 30, 1908.
was $268,462.0$ (of which $20,132.08
was for maintenance), which* aided
to the amount previously expended.
g(ve H a total of $337.843J6.
A total of $102.26. received from
•ales of , - ubl- . r -i. r'v. or. I
$20.45, refundments, have been po-
eelved «nd deposited to the credit of
the appropriation.
Result of the Work.
The work undtr the present project has
result**! In a navigable channel from the
f-ok« to Macon. A gTfat deal of work,
liowwer- remains to bo done botwoon
Work f<
nance during the fir*
MTBiBit.i m Uio removal of
1 stuntpe from tho channel, tho
4 Otsi hanging trees, saplings.
-I * UIU.U Ul ,UUU|UUU.
355.662,000 feet B. M. pf timber wan rafted
down the river, valued at about $509,-
1400. For several years 'ran there has
been no navigation at all between Haw- 1
kinKville and Ma.-ou, « ,-j.t font on<>
small sfeamer made occasional trips td
Macon. A company lias been formed at
Macon for the purooee of opcsatlng a
line of steamers between that point nnd
I Brunswick, and at this time has two
steamers making regular trips betweeni
Lhesa two cities;
Effect of Improvement.I
JAn nearly as can be determined, tho
I effect of tno improvement has been *to
cause a reduction of from 25 to 40 perj
cent In freight rates. A list of the
Annual Reports of the Chief of Engi
neers and of executive documents con-1
talnlng tho various projects, history of
the work, maps, etc., may be found print
ed on pago 282 of the Annual Report of
the Chief of Engineers, for 1905. i
Reference to report on examination of
the river ordered by the river and har
bor act of March 3. 1905, will be found 1
on page 311 of the Annual Reports of
the Chief of Engineers for 19066.
July 1. 1907, balanco unex- i
pended. ...... $29,C71.74
Amount received from proceeds
of sales of government prop
erty 62/50
Chairman M’lendon Investi
gates Yacnum Process and
Makes Statement
LEADING SCHOOL LIGHTS
OF SOUTH TO TAKE PART
Capital City Prepares to Entertain
Members Royally—Delegates to be
Welcomed by Governor Hoke Smith,
Mayor Joyner and Others—Subjects
of Live Interest on the Betterment
of Schools aro to bo Discussed-Ne
gro Education to be Subject for Dis
cussion on Second Day—Industrial
Education Will be Duly Considered,
$29,634.24
Juno 30. 1908, amount expended during
fiscal year:
For works of improvement $ 9,943.62
For maintenance of improve-
outatandlng Tiablll-
July 1, 1908, balance available...$16,250.77
Consolidated.
July 1, 1907, balanco unex
pended . ...... ;$ 78,460.70
erty.
62.60
June 30, 1908, amount expended (taring
fiscal year:
For works of improvement $ 23,331.32
For maintenance of improve
ment 14,417.70
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 20—(Telegraph
Bureau. Kimball, House)—The nine
teenth annual convention of the South
ern Educational Association, which is
the southern branch of the national
association, will be held In Atlanta
December 29, 30 and 31. More than
600 of the leading educators of the
south are expected to attend and take
part in the meeting.
The delegates will be entertained by
local committees, which are headed
by E. P, Burns, of the local board of
education; William M. Slaton, super
intendent of local school; President K.
G. Mathowson, of tho Georgia School
of Technology; T. D. Meadow. Mrs.
J. K. Ottley, L. M. Landrum, W. W.
Tindall and B. C. Davis.
Prof. P. P. Claxton. of tho Univer-
city of Tennessee, is president of tho
association, and will call tho meeting
to order at the First Methodist Church
on the morning of the 29th.
Welcome by. Prominent Men.
The delegates will bo welcomed -by
Governor Hoke Smith, Mayor W. R.
Joyner, Luther Rosser, president, of
the city board of education, and W.
M. Slaton, superintendent of the local
schools. Tho response will bo made
by M. A. Cassidy, superintendent of
schools in Lexington, Ky.
Subjects to Be Discussed.
“Improvement of Public School
Houses nnd Grounds,” will be the first
subject discussed. Brief statements of
what hqs been accomplished along that
line by th© various states will bo mado
by the following persons: Mrs. Lun-
don, Randolph Dash loll, of Virginia;
Mrs. Charles D. Mciver, North Caro
lina; Miss Mary T. Nance, South Caro
lina; Mrs. Walter B. Hill, Georgia;
Mrs. J. S. Matlock, Alabama; Miss
Susie V. - Powell, Mississippi; Miss
Agnes Morris Louisiana; Mrs. CllQ
Harper, Arkansas; Mrs. R. N. Roark,
Kentucky; Mrs, Virginia P. Moore,
Tenhrssco.
M. L. •Brittain, superintendent tff tho
Fulton county school, will speak on
“Tho Rural School House” and tho
annual reports of officers will bo sub.
mltted*
At the first evening session address,
os will, be delivered or papers submit
ted by Dr. Joseph Molse, of Peabody
College. Nashville, Tcnn.; R. L. Jones,
superintendent of education in Tennes
see; James Jarvis Doster. of the Uni
versity of Alabama; J. Allen Holt, of
Qak Ridge, N. C.; Dr. Henry S. West,
of the Baltimore public schools; Miss
Nettle C. Sergeant, of the Girls’ High
School. Atlanta, and Dr. Frank L Ri
ley, of the University of Mississippi.
Other Subjects.
Negro education will be the leading
theme of the morning session of the.sec
ond day. Chancellor David C. Barrow, of
tho University of Georgia, will discuss
•'The Relation of the State to Negri
Education.” Other subjects will be han
dled by Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones, of tho
Hampton Institute; Dr. J. H. Phillips,
superintendent of the Birmingham, Ala.,
schools; Dr. J. II. Dillard, agent of tho
Jeames fund; F. C. Meserve: preslden
of Shaw University, and Dr. a. 8. Dick-
ertnan, agent of the Slater fund.
At the evening session industrial edu
cation will Ire tin? main theme, and va-
rlous phases of the subject will be han
dled by Wlllet M. Hays, Assistant United
States commissioner of agriculture; Carl
ton B. Gibson, superintendent of the
school of Columbus, On.; Dr. R. B. Ful
ton, principal of the Miller school school
W. M. Slaton, of -
37,741.02
July 1, 1903, outstanding 11a-
July 1. 1908, balanco available. 37,690.14
project. 201,842.00
Amount that can be profitably
expended In fiscal year end
ing June 30. 1910, for works
of Improvement and for
maintenance, in addition .
the balance unexpended July
requirements of sundry civil
Submitted, in compliance with
act of June 4. 1897. and of
section 7 of the river and
harbor act of 1899
MAJOR SMITH IS DEAD;
VETERAN NEWSPAPER MAN
NEW YORK. Dec. 20—Major Or
lando Jay Smith, president and general
manager of the American Press Asso
ciation since 1882, died at his home in
Dobbs Ferry tonight. MUvJor Smith
had been 111 since September, at which
time he was operated upon for cancer
of the stomach, but throughout his ill
ness he retained his Interest in daily
events.
Major Smith, founder and president
until his death of the American Press
■ -• n. wan « prominent Mg ir- ..
American Journalism for forty years.
As head of the largest newspaper syn
dicate in the Un<t*d mates, he held
relations with publlahcr* throughout
the country. Few men were better
known In the newspaper world*
»». at. dhiiiii, m tlm Atlanta schools,
end J. A. Patton of the University of
Cbattsnooga.
In the morning of the final dtu ad
dresses wilj be made by Charles J.
Owens, of the Southeastern Alabama
College; R. II. Adams, principal of the
Berry Bchool nt Rome. Oa.; O. If. Bas-
kette, of Nashville. Tcnn.: Julia J. Ran
kin. of the Atlanta Carnegie Library;
Sidney O. Gilbreath, of the Chattanooga
schools; R. J. Tlghe. of the Asheville, N.
C„ schools, and Miss .Smtna Garnett
At the evening session those schedule* I
Atlanta; Dr. Charles E. Boyton. o/...
lanta. The last three will discuss mat
ters bearing on the relation of educa
tion to public health,
Dinner Chamber Commerce.
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 20.—The annual
dinner of the Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce will be held on the evening of Do
JL* ,,a Commission.
ATLANTA. Oa., Dec. 20.—Charles 8.
Barrett, president of the Farmers’ Union,
leaves on Tuesday for Washington, where
h P f l nal 1*>8 meeting
of the National Farm Life. Commission.
with mm*
ii if* ri-jil report of the work accompli
ed # up lo dot**,
NEW METHOD OF
REFRIGERATION
ATLANTA. Ga.. Dec. 20.—Chairman 8.
.* McLendon, of the railroad commis
sion, has been investigating a new cool
ing process, by which lie thinks fruit
nnd vegetable men in Georgia might be
able to market tlieir products faster and
In better condition than by tho present
*liod of slow refrigeration. The choir-
gave out the following /Statement in
regard to the matter yesterday:
The New Process.
I have been for some Wicks carrying
on correspondence with parties interest
ed concerning a new process of refrig
eration, or more strictly speaking, a
process of pre-cooling.’ This Is known «s
the Sprague Intermittent Vacuum Pro-
tlini under this process the same work
can be done in four hours. It Is further
represented that this process of pre-cool
ing puts California peaches in a shape
that enables them to be transported from
California to “New York* ana delivered
there in exactly the same condition that
they left California. It seemb to me that
if this process can do all that la claimed
for it, it is going to prove of immense
value to the growers of highly perishable
products in several particulars. For In
stance, if you can tend a car load o
peaches three thousand miles without
even one per cent of decay and can hold
that car load of peaches in equally good
condition for days after arrival at desti
nation, the disastrous results following
commodities reaching a congested market
must be Immediately sold to avoid utter
loss resulting from decay and deteriora
tion.
Arrests Decay.
If this decay can be arrested, the same
Cabinet Builders Have Inter
ested Aspirants and Public
Guessing.
STATED THAT SLATE IS
BEING RAPIDLY MADE UP
Report is Generally Accepted That
George W. Wickersham, of New
York, Will be Attorney General-
Secretary Wilton to Continue
Head of Agricultural Department—
Luke E. Wright to Be Given Berth
in Diplomatic Service—Judge Nagel,
of Missouri, Looms Up as Possibility
For Secretaryship of Department of
Commerce and Labor.
fruits might be shipped to other markets
that are not glutted or might be held
nnd marketed gradually to the incalcula
ble benefit of the grower. The pencil
growers of Georgia have very wisely
ganlzed and are working upon the great
widen the markets to which the Georgia
peach can be shipped, but will enable a
distribution which will prevent glut
ting. Among others I have been cor re
snondln/r with Mr. J. C B'ubbs, who is
the traffic manager, of tho Union Pacific,
tlio Oregon Short Line, the Oregon Rail
road nnd •Navigation Company, nnd the
South, in Pai-Me Company. This, of
course, means that Mr. Stubbs It. Mr
Ilarrlman's traffic director. Mr. Stubbs
Is One,of the ablest traffic men in tho
United States. I ’recently received from
him a letter upon this subject which will
be of interest to tho peach growers and
truck growers generally of this entire
section. Several .days ago I received
from Mr. Stubbs ji letter in which be
says:
Traffic Man’s Opinion.
.“As you nre probably aware, under the
present .method of refrigeration, It takes
from 24 to 36 bourn lo reduce tha.'tem
perature of .the fruit to a safe point,
consuming tho latent heat and gaseM,
and putting it in condition to take re*
frlgcratlon from the ice. which will keep
a proper temperature to destination. By
such use of the pre-cooler, we shall ac
complish within three or four hfiura what
Is now done by tlm u*e of ice from 24 to
36 hours; besides rtogiMmtiW ten latent
heat and gases (irtatnr from 'tlm fruit
during the initial period of the refrigera
tion process.
"This not only serves to reduce the
nmount of Ice used, but It quickly puts
tho fruit under refrigeration, chocking
waste nnd decay almost Immediately,
and. with proper re-icing en route, it
fruit to distant destinations in practically
the same condition ns when the fruit was
loaded into the car.
”It Is understood by you, I presume,
that this operation is that of pro-cooltng
the fruit after It is loaded in the car and
then,, immediately after this process Is
completed, the cars are Iced In tho reg
ular way and started to their destina
tion. I think under these conditions it
is needless for mb to say moro with re
spect to the advantage* of putting fruit
In this condition before It leaves the
to call the Attention of
the fruit growers of Georgia to this mat
ter nt this early date In order that they
may give the matter thorough Investiga
tion. and if it should bo to their ad
vantage. see to It that the necessary
for
COURT MAY SEND
CHILDREN TO SCHOOL
PRINCESS DeSAGAN MAY L08
OUT IN SUIT FOR CUSTODY
AGAIN8T BONI.
PARIfL Deo, 20—Tho court beforo
which tfie suit of Count Rpnl do Cas
tellano for the transference of his
three children from the care of their
mother. Princes* DeSagan, to the care
of the Marquise deCsstcllane, has. been
conducted, is now considering the ad-
vlslbility of ordering the children
placed In a high school where they
shall remain for a stated period or as
partial boarders.
With that object the judges consti
tuting tho court and a representative
of the publ'c prosecutor yesterday ex
amined the children to ascertain
whether they are physically nnd men
tally fitted for school life.
tho country to gradually inaugurate the
reforms and measures we will recom
mend, tho deadly Isolation and the back
ward material status that have militated
against progress In our rural district*
will soon show signs of disappearing.
“I have made one essential discovery.
It Is that tho problems of the farm are
practically the same in every section of
the country. This fact should bo of ma
terial Assistance In creating a national
sentiment looking to their solution.”
In
which Is involved the last relics of At-
uhing abuses and evils will require
anrti time for correction.
am confident that if we can Jm* >te
lanta a last big exposition la on. It ia
over the question of whether or not the
old buildings at Piedmont Park, which
have been used for agricultural fairs
during the last ten years or more, shall
bo demolished and the grounds made into
a place of recreation.
The Piedmont Park Improvement Club,
made up of residents of that section. *
demanding that the obi structures be n
moved. Many business men nre askli
that they be allow**! to remain. The first
Halm that the place was slven to tin
city for park purposes and that It la Um<
for proper and Intended use to he made
of It The others bold that If the build
ings are tom down there wilt be no more
fairs In Atlanta.
The Atlanta city council will have to
g| tho question and decide the eon-
WASHINGTON, Doc. 20—Cabinet
builders at* the natlonul capital and
those who have moved to Georgia as
a part of the entourage of President
elect Taft are succeeding in placing
on tho anxious bench public men In
all sections of tho country who liuvo
been looked upon us aspirants
portfolios* or whose qualifications liuvo
been urged by admiring friends.
Hitchcock.
The announcement that Frank H
Hitchcock Is to bo postmaster gcn<
eral, followed by that of Senator Knox
t<o be secretary of state, nnd the gen
erally accepted report that George W.
Wickersham, of New York, will bo at
torney general, indicates that the slato
is being mado up rapidly.
Wilson.
There seems fo bo a reasonable cer
tainty that Secretary Wilson will con
tinue for a year or moro as the head
of tho agricultural department; that
Secretary Garfield will retire from tho
cabinet; that Judge Richard A. Bal
Unger, of Seattle, Wash., would be glv.
en a place, probably that of secretary
of the interior; that Luke E. Wright
will retire from the cabinet and again
take-a-post lb tho diplomatic sorvlco;
nnd that un Ohio man will be felven
tho position of secretary oS tho troa*-
ury.
Nagel.
Within the last few days the name
of Judge Chas. Nagel, of Missouri,
lias been discussed In connection with
tile Secretaryship of the department
of commerce and labor. Republican
politicians are urging tho claims of
Missouri and as Judge Nngcl played a
prominent part In the campaign the
mantle would fall^upon him naturally
if a place is given to that state.
Loth.
Other names heard in connection
with that department are thoso of Win.
Loeb, Jr., secretary to President Roose
velt; Oscar 8. Straus, who now has
tho portfolio, and George A. Knight,
of California. It Is not believed here,
however, that two places will go to th*
Pacific coast.
Burton.
Among tho Ohio men mentioned for
secretary of the treasury aro former
Governor Herrick nnd Representative
Burton. Tho rumor that there ha*
been a break in tho cordial relations
that have existed between Mr. Burton
and Mr. Taft Is not generally cred
ited by the friends of both in this
city.
Magoon.
For aecratary of war Chas. B. Ma
goon, now governor of Cuba Is hennf
frequently. Mr. Taft, however. Is said
to bo looking for a innn who has made
a record as a business man.
Wm. Loeb, Jr., Is also mentioned for
secretary of the navy, as is also Chan.
Thompson, of New York; although
NO INSURANCE ON
CANAL PROPERTY
CABINET STORY
Not a Cent is Carried on Gov
ernment Property Costing
$10,250,000.
WASHINGTON. Doc. 20—On tho
many million dollars worth of build
ings owned by the United States gov
ernment in the Panuma canal zone not
one cent of Insurance is carried. The
government has spent 310,260,000 In
buildings in tho sone. which takes no
account of those purchased from the
French nor of tho property in the
buildings. The only protection against
Are which tho government has for
these buildings scattered along a line
60 miles In length Is the precautionary
measures taken, and in the Are de
partment which lins been developed to
a splendid state of efficiency.
Precautions Are Taken!
In every largo vUlhge on the Isthmus
Are companies have been organ 1 zed.
In all thero are 3.338 buildings owned
by the Isthmian Canal Commission
With but few exceptions these are of
light frame construction. Precautions
against fire aro taken from the begin
nlng for no building Is erected with
in thirty feet of a one story building,
or within fifty feet of a two story
building.
Rigid Inspections. •
Frequent Inspection is mado by
fireman In all buildings, at least three
tlmoH a week. Regulations forbidding
the collection of Inllnmnmblo material
in or near buildings nre strictly en
forced. Fires aro no more frequent
in the d^y than In the rainy season, so
well nro tho protoctlonary rules en
forced.
Good Wages for Firemen.
Tho personnel of tho flro depart
ment in tho canal zone on December
1st consisted of 49 paid firemen nnd
226 volunteers. The wages of tho paid
firemen nro 3100 a month for tho first
six months and $J25 a month thereaft
er. The volunteers are paid Si an hour
for their services when, called to a fire
and during drills.
FIND MONEY TIGHT
WEEK'S * DRAIN ON CASH RE
SOURCES BRINGS HIGHER
RATE OF INTEREST.
President-Elect Says He Haa
Made No Offers of
Positions.
KNOX ANNOUNCEMENT IS
ONLY APPOINTMENT MADE
Stories by Special Correspondents ars
Discredited—Mr. and Mrs. Taft At
tend Services at St. Paul's Episco
pal Church and Hear the Pastor.
Discuss Georgia's Prohibition Law-
After Services they Meet Many of
the Church People—Spend Somo
Time In Ancient Cemetery—Tako
Automobile Ride in Afternoon.
AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 20.—And now
cornea the navy department saying
there ia not water enough over tho
bar at tho harbor of Charleston, S.
C., to carry President-elect Taft over
Hhould he peralHt In hla plan of Ball
ing for Panama from that port in tho
crulaern North Carolina or Montana,
both of which have been assigned for
the trip. Charleston lays claim to
thirty feet of water over, the bar.
Cruisers draw twenty-three and a
half, and the navy department asserts
thero In not ttvcnty-llve feet, and this
only at high tide and smooth sea. Tho
department 'wants Judgo Tuft to sail
from I In' ton Roads. It la hla pres
ent determination to give tho city of
Charleston un opportunity to demon
strate its hnrbor facilities, and he 1*
not Inclined to change Ills pluns. But
ho believes tho department’s assertion
may result In determining what la the
actual condition,.*/
The president-elect anlil tonight
that he was still Innocent of being the
source of “Inspired” or “authoritative
cuhlnet stories. Hla cabinet, be said*
had acquired no additional members
since tho Knox announcement; nc>
offers of positions were made nor had
he made any decisions with respect to
making offers.
Establish Taft Colony.
That a Taft summer colony bo es
tablished somewhere on the Now Bng-
‘land coast is tho earnest hope of tho
president-elect. Ho tonight said that
he had no intention of summering on
Lrtng Island; that while no active en
deavors were being made at present it ,
was the desire of himself and brother*
NEW YORK, Dec. 20—'The sharp
setback in prices or stacks whL$t oa- Jo find some place on tho New Lng-
curred lust week boiled Tho hopes of land const which would ns near ft*
some think that «ecretury Newberry
will bo retained.
SUYDAM'S RECOVERY
IS
CURB BROKER 8HOT BY LUMS*
DEN 18 REPORTED TO BE
DOING WELL.
NEW YORK. Dee. 20—Marked Im
provement today In tho condition of
Harry B. Huydam, the curb broker,
who was shot and seriously wounded
yesterday on Broad street by John'C.
Lumsdcn, an Inventor, makes It im
probable that Lumsden, when ho la
NmI UHo court for examination to
morrow. will have to faco tho charge
of murder which at first seemed llke-
to $riN 111 the case. At the hos
pital it was said tonight that Buydam's
chances of recovery are excellent.
Lumsden, presenting a dishevelled
appearance, was arraigned In court
today and committed to the Toombs
without bail to await examination tO'
morrow.
Yesterday’s shooting was thought to
come of a dispute between Lumsden
and Buydam over money matters.
Ex*Qov«rnor Flaming Dead.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. Dec. 20—
Frmaeia Ffcllip Flatting, governor of
Florida from 1889 to 1893. died at hla
residence In this city today at 1:30
ray.
Ex-Governor Fleming Is a native
Floridian and served in the Confede
rate army through the Civil War with
distinction. After the war he was ad
mitted to the bar and soon became ono
of Florida's ablest lawyers and poli
ticians.
currcd. last week boiled Tho hopes
tho speculative element which count
ori on the protection 'of tho market re
action by tho millionaire oficratof*
through the tightening of tho year-
end money markets. Tho support of
prices, rigidly maintained during tho
Inst few months, was seemingly aban
doned at times during tho week, and
tho diminished supply of resources
available for borrowing for specula
tive purposes was clearly an element
in that course of conduct.
Cause of High Rates Obvious.
The causes back of tno rising In
terest rates for money were sufficient
ly obvious. The week’s drain on cash
resources alone, what with tho gold
shipments of tho previous Saturday
and the large sums paid Into tho sub-
treasury on subscriptions to tho Pan
ama bonds, was sufficient to wlpo out
tho surplus reserve of the banks. At
tho same time nearly every day saw
an announcement of somo now bond
sale or of some Issuo to he offered
tor sate In tho not distant future. Tho
Now York exchange rate at Chicago
advanced to u premium |n the process
of remittance’ Theso aonrees of re
lief, while calculated to supply re-
qulrements of syndicates or mercantile
borrowers, aro not so assured a
resource for stock market borrowers.
Easy Money Not Expected Soon.
In the longer view of the money
market, also, tho conviction Is not so
strong that extremo ease of monoy
will follow promptly after the turn of
th 0 yeur. Enormous capital Issues
a wait that season for flotation, tho
$226,000,000 Russian loan in Paris and
extensive railroad borrowings here be
ing Included. Intimations come from
London that the Bank of England will
begin a policy of gold accumulation
with the new year to bring its hold
ings Into lino with tho great Increases
of -the government banks on the con
tinent of Europe. In Now York tho
amendments mado last year to tho
banking laws provide that the full re-
qulrements on the trust companies of
15 per cent of deposits to bt held In
rash in -their own vaults shall go Into
force on February 1st.
Hince July lat last these companies
have held 10 per cent of reserves and
it Is estimated that the Increase of five
p* r cent will call for something like
$46,000,000. It is expected that the
accumulation of this considerable sum
will begin soon after the first of the
year. ‘The progress of hearings on
the tariff revision before the ways and
means committee of tho house at
Washington Indicates a widening scope
and deeper consequences to follow
from the course to be taken by thU
work.
Mr. Taft and the Market.
The attitude of tho prealdent-elect
on that subject as disclosed In hi*
public utterances arc taken to fore
shadow his active sympathy with this
tendency. Mr. Taft's views on the
Shertmm anti-trust law also remove
some assumptions as to the Immunity
likely to be enjoyed by corporations
under the new administration. Threats
of a movement In congress against tho
proposed increase In freight rates by
tho railroads opened up a new pros-
r t of governmental intervention. It
the belief of those Interested lo
railroads, however, that the compre
hensive changes In rates and cIamaI-
fi< atlons proposed by all the great
railroad systems will be a material
factor towards re-establishing tho rev
enues of tho railroads. The placing of
tho Pennsylvania railroad's yearly or
der for steel rails was an important
Incident of the week. A general plac
log *.f <>rd< r.*» aovn is look'd for now.
land coast —
possible duplicate the very desirable
conditions tho family had so long ear..
Joyed during the summer months «»i
Murray Bay, Canada. Thero each ot
the Taft brother* have cottages, ffthft
appropriate place can be found.* anil
earnest efforts to this end will bo
made later—the four brothers—Wil
liam H., Charles P*. Henry W. and
Horace D.—will locate together that
their outdoor exerclso and congonlnl
family life nnd association may bo
carried o n «s It has boon heretofore.
Mr. Horace TaTt O.WM a place at
Walnscott. Long Island, hut the pres
ident-elect raid tonight that this was.
not regarded a* the desired location)
for the plnns contemplated; thus con
firming what Mr. Horaco D. Talt ha®
Btild himself.
Attend Services,
President-elect nnd Mrs. Taft at
tended services today nt St. Paul’®
Episcopal church; which was estab
lished In Its present location In 1735.
by the church of England, which, at
that time owned the entire nlto of the
city of Augusta. Rev. Dr. WhUnty*
the pastor, prenchod ft temperance
sermon, ns did all other local minis
ters hero today. The laxity of en
forcing tho state prohibition laws of
Georgia Is given ns tho cause of tho
crusade In Augusta. Dr. Whitney
frankly admitted tho law to bo “Bad
in port, drastic, and In some respeota
fanatical.'' Nevertheless, ho said, “It
Is tho law, nnd ought to bo obeyed.
If It Is a bad law. Its rigid enforce
ment Is tho surest means of getting
It repeated or amended.''
Aftor the services Mr. and Mrs.
Taft met many of the church people,
and spent some time in the ancient
graveyardv whom are tombstone*
nearly two centuries old. An automo
bile ride with Mrs. Thomas ‘occupied
the afternoon.
JAKES OATH OFFICE
MARCH THROUQH STREETS FOL«
LOWS WHERE HE IS PRO
CLAIMED BY ALL.
PORT AU PRINCE, Dec. 20— Oftt.
Antoine Simon, newly elected presi
dent of Ilaytl, took the oath of office
this morning at the palace, wbcrv a
special sitting of the leffslittfs bodlf
was hold, .and in the preaen-o of the
foreign diplomat*, th* officer* of th*
American and Italian warships and
tho Ilaytlan officials of state. Senator
I’aulin officiated and demanded that
the president respect the constilr.ii m
and the other laws of tho republic.
Oeo. Bippolyte, minister of Ib* In
tel lor, who responded In behalf of
Gen. Simon, promised that every ef
fort should be made to mad* to Incur*
economies in carrying on the govern-