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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD VOLUME Xin., No. 250 CONVICT PROBLEM SETTLED BY LEGISLATURE TOMORROW Measure Satisfactory To All Factions of Both Houses is Being Arrang ed and Will Be Voted On Friday. ATLANTA, Ga—The convict prob lem is nearer solution today than it has been since the legislature met in extra session and the chances are bettar than ever that a bill satis factory to all factions of both houses will have passed by riday at noon at the lateßt Except for lite delay occasioned today by the preparation of a measure, which delay made it impossible for th e house to take ac tion, the question would probably hare been finally disposed of Thurs day afternoon. The bill provides among other things that the lease shall terminate April 1, 1909. Convicts ran be apportioned among the counties in proportion to the popu lation. Both the house and the sen ate have adjourned till 3 o'clock Thursday to give the penitentiary committee time to perfect their re port. The new bill will accept in a large measure "state" control advocated by Governor Smith and many members of the senate, instead of “county" management, which has been the prominent idea of the Holder bill. PEUCE or WORLD DISCUSSED Four BERLIN —The InterparMn'lvntary Union mot Th irs-'ay in the Chamber of the Reichstag, to discuss anev. the pence of the world and how to main tain it through ar -itrailon Prince Heinrich Von choenaich- Carolalh was electee president Prince I on Uuelow made a welcom ing speech in behalf of the government and said the delegates would find sympathetic appreciation of the'r aims and achievements in Germany and that the government was as one with them in end for which they were striving for. The differences or opin ion were with regard :o which ihe road should be followed so a-i to at tain the desired aims of the surest and the best way. "W in Germany arc taking a vita! part in the consid eration of the questions v< ith which you are occupied saiu the imperial chancellor. BRYMCHMUR TRAVEL TOGETHER NEW YORK.—William Jennings Bryan, after a 373-mile whitl across New Y’ork state, during which he spoke 14 times, and part of which lie had as traveling companion Lewis Stuyvesant Chanter, arrived at 9:ob a m. today from Rochester, but re named less than an hour in New lork City. An automobile was waiting at the prand Central station to rush him to th ( . ferry for Jersey City, where he boarded the 9:55 train for Wilming ton. Mr. Bryan said he looked forward with pleasure to his return tomorrow to New York to deliver his first ad dress of the present campaign in this city. He will speak before the Com mercial Travelers' League at 597 Broadway at noon, and in the evening will speak at Carnegie hall. H P was accompanied from Rochester by Nos rnan E. Mack, and was met at the Grand Central station by NstUCal Committeeman Saulsbury, of Dela ware. From Wilmington today Mr. Bryan goes to Harrington, Del., to speak at 3:30 p. m., returning to Wilmington In the evening to speak Saturday Mr Bryan will leave New York for Providence, and on the way will stop at New Haven to call on Mrs. Alexander Troup, widow of his old personal and political friend, who died suddenly a few days ago. COUNT BONI DE CASTELLANE TO APPEAR IN VAUDEVILLE. NEW YORK.—If Count Bonl da Castellan* will accept an offer of $5.- 000 a week for ten week* to appear In vaudeville, the former hnsband of Ante Gould will be soon on the stage ■in *ls city during the winter. pit fc Williams, manager of the Cotoe-A and Alhambra theaters In New York and several others In Brooklyn, ts said to have made the effer to Count Bonl. It is reported that negotiation* practically have been completed with the FYenchman. (URL'S body identiieo. NEW YCRK.—The bo<ly of a beau tiful young girl found In four feet of water at North Beach was Identified t day as that of Sophie Kern, a maid in the employ of Mrs Thomas F Young, wife of a wealthy businessman with a count:') home at Oyster Bay, L. L TWENTYINJURED iii r mi WRECK CHICAGO —Twenty persons were reported injured several perhaps fatal ly at 7'30 a. nt.. today as a result of a collision of two Metropolitan "L' trains at the Western avenue station of the Garfield Park line. The wreck was due to the fog. The cars were badly damaged. Scores of excited people tried to jump out of the car windows. Many were Injured In tills wav. The injured were later carried out and laid on tin station platform to await the arrival of the ambulances. The collision was caused by a failure to see the signals. The motor man was prevented from seeing the train by Ihe heavy fog. Other ac cidents due to tiie fog are reported from different points, among which is a wreck on the Chicago and North western at Cla.' um Junction a*. 6:30 a. ra. The engineer was hurt. Co i fused by the darkness and heavy mist, the engineer was unable to see sig nals. Principals in RemarkabieSuit ■ *f*f ■ if. -■■ ■ V.. ' , ' L " The two women and the children in the above pic ture, are implicated in the remarkable snit. in which charges of kidnapping, slander, suicide, poisoning and theft figure. Mme. Tojetti, whose picture is shown at the top, is being sued for slander hy Dr. Oliver W. Hall, a wealthy dentist. She is the widow of the famous artist. Be low is her daughter, Mrs. Hall, and her grandson. SUB-MINE BOAT MADE NMRECORO NEWPORT, R I.—The submarine torpedo boat Octopus, Lieut. C'has. h Courtney, established a new record for herself In Buzzards Bay, tbougl. the fact was not spoken of until yen terday. During one of toe trials, the Octopus, with her whole crew aboard, maneuvered about for an hour and a half at a depth of water which no tlm* during the test was less than 107 feet. This is not the deepest the Octopus ha* ever been down for she was sent down 300 feet off Boston light, but there was no one aboard at that time. At no tlm* while the boat was so far under water did the crew feel any ill effect* none of the compressed air which Is always carried was used, and the air was still fresh when she cam* to the surface. Local Forecast for Ancnsta and Vicinity—Fair tonight and Friday, warmer Friday. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 17, 1908. Hudson River Tunnels May Change Hands !# i: /fglipj S lf >ff ■ y JXwnrzTAinx y /• KstZ7Cuv: lECDO BISIPS BIT THE JIM CROW ATLANTA, Ga.—Four bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal church appeared before special agent Smith of the interstate commerce commission here in support of claims of discrimination against the negro* race on certain roads In the South, and with the request that equal ac commodation be given all persons. The bishops were Gaines and Tur ner of Atlanta. Tyree of Louisville, and Lampton of Washington.. The discrimination was alleged against the Seaboard Air Line, Richmond, Freder icksburg and Potomac, Southern, and Centra] of Georgia, and Pullman com pany. For the defense half a dozen prominent railroad men appeared. The hearing adjourned after a few minutes' session until Thursday alter noon. The burden of the protest is that the Pullman company will not admit negroes In their cars; that rail roads force negroes into separate compartments where indiscrlmtnafe negroes who smoke, drink and curse are allowed. The railroads filed an ewers denying practically ill charges and alleging that each Southern state requires separate cars for the races WBlfMLEfi ARRESTED 111 TORONTO TORONTO, Can —J. M. McFarland, wanted In Chicago on the charge of having swindled Mrs. James A. Pat ton, of Evanston, 111., wife of the Chi cago corn king out of $29,000, and other rich women out of large sums of money in a book deal, lias been ar rested her,, and admits his Identity. McFarland, who was taken into custody today at 1 p. m. by Detective W H. Welsh at one of the down town hotels* under the name of Bel latny, will be arraigned today, but whether or not lie will waive extradie tlon lie would not say. As soon as he was arrested McFar land was taken to police station No. 1, and the Chicago police authorities notified. At first h ( . declared in was not. the man wanted, but after being put through the third degree tie ad mitted his Identity. Among the women and the sums McFarland is alleged to have swindled are th,. following: Mrs. Janies Patton, Evanston, 111,, I $29,000; Mrs. Mary Mermod, St, : l/OUls, wife of the founder of tin- Mermed Jacquard King Jewelry Com i puny 144,000; Mrs I. L. Wood, De kalb. 111,, wife of the steel magnate, $20,000; Mrs, A, L. Root, Alton, 111, $20,000; Mrs, W. J. <"onnolman, l’ekin, Mil.. *20,000; and others, AMERICAN OFFICERS WERE RECEIVED AT NAPLES NAPLES. The Duke of Aosta, a [cousin of King Emmanuel Thursday received a vlsii from Capt. Cl per ton of the battleship Maine and Captain Veeder and Lieut Cook of the Alaba ma. The prefect of Naples, Signor Gasperlnl. and Admiral Annovaz/., commander of ' * naval cation aim were present to serve the Americans, The duke greeted his vldttrs cordial ly. Every courtesy was offered the , Americana, Hfp f-ll'HB «V Wj I K, &/j£& X nSmmi “House Of Mystery” Secret Revealed To The Police NEW YORK The death of Gio vanni P. Morosinl has revealed to the public the seeret which h«R made the old banker's mansion at Rivordale known as the "house of mystery." It concerns the tragedy of the hank er's youngest daughter, Amelia, of whos,. existence the public lias known nothing, and whose name, In strange contrast to the publicity given to her sisters, CJu Ila and Victoria, never np peared In print. The neighbors at Rivordale knew that Id or la years ago a bright eyed little girl was Included In Mr. Moro slni's family of five children. A few years after her mother's death. In 1893, the youngest child was lost to view ns completely swallowed up aH was tiie older sister, Victoria, after her elopement with Ernest Schilling, ihe family coachman, and banish in- ill by her father to a Vermont con vent. A few Intimate friends heard Indirectly that Amelia had been bit- 'lave Fortune To Children At Golden Wedding Supper PITTSBURG, Pi.— M the gold n wedding supii'-i of himself and wife. W II Singer, a,rich Iron king, ills trlbiiicd »40,m'fi,0O0 among hi four children, each getting s(,ooo,qon. I hrough the filing of certain papers, in the Allegheny county court Uiis fact has come out, and is admltti,( bv Me Singer family, which js atiiuiig the best and oldest in Pittsburg The Iron king simply Invited hl« children to the family home in AI- Night Riders Warn The Farmers Not To Gin Cotton LAVVKENLKVILLK. Tlk* night rid* r:t pontwl written not.lren painted with red hand* on j?ln« of thin fount/ warning the* pro prlotor* that their Kina will be burin d to the grrnnd Hhould a boll of cotton be tfinij' d before tin. jm i< <* of cotton reafhen twelve cents per pound. Reported Klmilar warnings were printer! on many glnn and oil mill* ov< r the county. GOMPERSTESTIFIES IN BUCKSTOVEGASE WASHINGTON In taking of the D linony In the Gompcrs-Ml'cliel! Morrison alleged contempt case in Poo ner lion vltli the {lucks Stove and Range mil-boycott proceeding against those officers of the American Fede ration of Labor was resumed by Ex aminer Harper with President Gone porx on the stand Gompcrs rid -h' n he gave ord -rs for t(i>- cxp'dlilon of the mailing of the January edition of the Feders tionist, tho official publication of or- It is reported that the Pennsylvania, Delaware A Lackawanna, and Erie railroads are negotiating for the en tire system of Hudson river tunnels. A( the top is shown the Hudson Tun ncl building, which is th e Manhattan end of the new tunnel. The diagram shows the routes of tunnels under ihe North river. Dotted lines indicate the location of proposed new tunnels. Below to th e right is a picture of William G. McAdoo, the tunnel builder. i ten and frightfully disfigured for life jby some animal a dog, a pot bear, or a horse, so different versions of tin- storj ran but none of the family ) would mention th P subject. Mr. Morosinl," said on,, of his few intimate friends and advisers, "always spoke of his youngest daughter as my darling Amelia ' She, fully as j much as Miss Giulia, was the apple of his eye, and her misfortunes did | much more than Ihe elopement of Victoria with the coachman to sad I den his Inter years. Mi- never told even me the particulars of Miss , Amelia's disfigurement, but. I know that Jje spent hours with ner everg, day. and that the family did every thing In Its power to make her com fortable and happy.” Amelia Morosinl Is now 22. She was about 12 when n savage deg at tacked tier and Indicted the Injuries which have kept her from the public gaze ever since. legheiiv to isklhi In celeliru-lng the golden wedding dale on Mnv 27. Non,' hut Hie children wen- Invited, and each found by his or her pinto a small dinner favor' cln-eks b'-iuls and deed:' amoutlng to si.fiou,ooo each. Every effort lias been made by tie- arlslocratlc Hlnger connection to keep ibe mutter quiet and they al ines: succeeded, only the f!lin< » ne c'swi-y papers tiling It to public no tier gnnlsaMor., he had not been mad-i a -hii ' ih -i au Injunction would bo made operu’lve, but on th<- contrary lie bad considered It possible that the sieve cotnpsny would rest satisfied after obtaining Justice Goulds' opin ion and would not further pro-o-eule -he matter. When the Injunction did beconx efftcllvc he had taken tho precaution to cull in employes of the federation and caution them lignins' doing any thing Hint might he In viola tion of tfie court it order. This he had done r,e,-reive fie ,||,| not Vant any of t ie'll to become Involved 111 the proceed'ng, and he had told I *tn to refer all doubtful nutters to him. CHAB, 0. MOORE DEAD. BRUNSWICK, Ga uhas fi Moore, a leading undertaker and prominent it/ htislßttss affairs, died hero last night. DAILY AND SUNDAY SG.OO PER YEAR. Fair and Equal Car Facilities Must be Given by Railroads REPUBLICANS POLITICAL BUTTLE CONCORD, N II Concord was tho scene Thursday of one of the hardest fought and most exciting battles ever waged in history of New Hampshire politics, whi'ii the republican stale convention met here to nominate a eaudidate for governor and four pres idential electors. There were three candidates in the field for guberna torial nomination, each claiming vic tory before the convention began. TRAIN STOPPING DEVICE INVENTED MIGHT ELIMINATE THE USE OF THE TELEGRAPH OPER ATOR AS FACTOR IN TRAIN MOVEMENT. _ t IS BEING TESTED. Has Been Installed For Some Distance on Santa Fc Road and Said To Be Working Suc cessfully. WASHINGTON A train stopping device which, It is claimed, will prac tleally eliminate the telegraph oper ator as a factor In the movement rif I railway trains Is now under Investi gation by Ihe block signal and (rain control board of tin- Interstate com merce commission. The system Is an Invention of IV J Hlmmen, of Isis Angeles, Cal. It has been installed on IS miles of the Santa Fe fall road In southern California, and wild to be In HiicceKsful operation. Ily the working of the system each I rain records on a sheet In the I rain dispatchers office the exact time It enters and the time II leaves a block The train dispatcher can signal di rect. to any engineer on his division ellher to stop or to proceed. Intel Ilglbie communication Is maintained by the dispatcher and Ihe engineers in their cabs. The dispatcher Is pro tected against human error by the automatic Interlocking of the switch es by which he signals to trains. Me ran stop any nr all trains on his di vision. Imi he cannot give a signal to proceed unless the block ahead Is clear. The engineer also Is protect ed against error by tho use of an automatic stop. He Is glyen a danger signal either by the train dispatcher or by the presence of a train, open switch or a broken rail In a block ahead. This danger signal Is given the on glneer about a half ntlle before he enters the block. If, on receiving [the signal he should fall to reduce his speed, his train Is automatically stop pod The engineer can prevent the automatic stop from operating only by reducing his speed to tile prede termined safe rale A recording device on a locomotive I inaki-s a record of the time and place | where a danger signal Is given, of I the time lh,. signal dears, of how quickly the engineer responded to i the danger si, rial, of the rate the train Is running at any time, of Ihe little the place the engineer permits the automatic stop to operate. Members of the block signal and [train control board who have Inqulr ed Into the system say that It oper ates wi ll almost human Intelligence. Ihe board «xpeels shortly to Instl- Itute ail official (eat of the device In ! order to determine definitely Its effl- I elency. John Wanamaker s Advice on Advertising. John Wanamaker says; "If there is cine enterprise on earth that a 'quitter should leave severely alone, It Is advertising. He should know before h<. begins It that he must spend money- lots of It. Some body must tell him also that he cannot hope to reap results commen surate with his expenditure early In the game, Advertising doesn’t Jerk; It. pulls. It begins very gently at first, but the pull Is steady, it Increases day hy day and year by year until It exerts an Irresistible power AND WHEN YOUR ADVERTISING DOES BEGIN TO PULL, THEN’B THE TIME TO PUSH IT. Use The herald If You Want Results. Judge Pritchard Decides Important Common Car rier Case—Same Treat ment Must Be Accorded Every Shipper. RICHMOND. Va—Judge J O. Pritchard, of the United States circuit court of appeals, In an elaborate opin ion handed down today announces the opinion of the court in the oa«e of tiie United States ex. rel. Pitcairn Coal company vs. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company and others. This was i'll action under Seetion 28 of the I Interstate commerce act. against the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company, Ihe Fall-mount Coal company, and oth er allied companies to compel a fair and equal dlstrlbutlou of car service among ill,, mine owners of the Monon gahela district. The case wag tried before United States District Judge Thomas J. Morris, and came up ou writs of error sued out hy Both side* to the circuit court, for the district of Maryland. Tho case on writs of er ror was heard before Judges PTltoh ard, McDowell and Dayton. Judge Dayton concurs in tho opinion and Judge McDowell dissents, but has not ns yet tiled his dissenting opinion. The Judgment of the court below as It relates to tho defendant's writ of error, is affirmed and tho Judgment as it relates to relator’s writ of error is reversed Insofar as It relates to fuel ears, foreign fuel cars and the method of arriving at the mine impar ity. The Judgment that tho C. ft P. Ry, Co., Is lateral lino of the B. ft 0., Is affirmed, but the judgment holding to be eorreet the method of oar dis tribution on such line Is reversed. The case is remanded to the circuit court with Instructions to proceed In accordance with the views expressed In the opinion. Under Section 1. as amended and Section 3, of the Interstate commerce act, Judge Pritchard holds that It Is clearly the duty of the railroad com pany to furnish such transportation upon a reasonable request therefor, and to give to all shippers tho same treatment with reference to facilities for transportation. This, says the court, Is a wise provision, and In the absence of such legislation, a common carrier could build up one class of shippers and utterly destroy and tear down another.' Tho statute casts up on the carrier the plain duty of fur nishing a fair and equal distribution of car facilities, and Mils duty cannot b e evaded hy the carrier claiming that. It Is not the owner of a portion l of the cars carried over its lines. If a carrier hy contractual arrange ment operates Individual cars belong ing to mine owners, such arrange ment cannot relieve the carrier of Ihn duty of furnishing equal facilities to! all shippers similarly situated. To adopt any other rule would make It possible for wealthy mine owners to purchase cur equipment and utilize rnr equipment to *uch an extent as to practically deprive other mine own ers of means of transportation. The court further holds that th# present system of coal mine rating la unfair and Inequitable, and places the new mines along the line of the rail road at a great disadvantage and de clares that tho court below erred in holding that the present method Is a fair and reasonable one. It Is also held that the Cumberland and Pennsylvania railroad Is a branch or lateral line of tho Baltimore and Ohio, and the allotment of cars to that road Hhould be made under the system ns that In rogue on the Bal timore and Ohio. ID MURDERER 111 THE ATLANTA TOWER ATLANTA, Ga—Jim Bennett, tho negro charged with killing Mr. Daniel MeWaehern. a well known farmer, and wounding Seab Adams, near Fayette ville Wednesday afternoon. Is lodged [in the Tower In Atlanta Thursday I morning to escape lynching.