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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIII., No. 258
HALF A DOZEN STATES UNDER SMOKE PALL
DUE TO FOREST FIRES FOLLOWING DROUGHT
NEW YORK—Despatches from points in the northern part, of this
state, from Maine cities and Utica and near-by towns and from Michi
gan bring news of forest fires raging unchecked owing to the long
drought and for the lack of rain. Property worth millions of dollars anti
several lives have already been lost and unless rain comes soon it is
feared that the loss will be enormous. Smoke covers a half dozen
states, reaching to this city. Inhabitants of the devasted sections arc
worn out fighting the continuous blaze and help is being asked from
towns and cities many miles from ihe scenes.
OUTLOOK IS DISTRESSING.
UTICA, N. Y. —Reports front raanv sections indicate that the arena
over which flames are sweeping in the Adirondacks is being rapidly ex
tended and in the continued absence of rain the outjook for the sub
duing of the fires is distressing. In the vicinity of the upper lake two
fires have assumed alarming proportions and the fire warden cannot se
cure enough men to work at them
More than 1,000 acres have tieen burned over in the last three
days.
To the north and west of the city of Rome there are a number of
forest fires of extensive proportions
RAILROADS AND CIGARETTES.
ALBANY, N. Y. —The railroads in the Adirondaeks are using their
fire trains continually and are setting fires going at the same time
Hunters are also charged with setting many fires through carelessness
in extinguishing their camp fires
Two calls have come from Westport for assistance. G. B. Richard*,
town clerk, telegraphed that many fires had been started there by the
Delaware and Hudson company’s locomotives.
TWENTY-TWO TOWNS.
OTTAWA —There is much anxiety throughout Canada, as probably
22 towns and as many villages are enshrouded in smoke. There arc
scores of bad bush fires, all due to the long spell of extremely dry
weather. . .
The steamship service on Lake Ontario is demoralized. A number
of lumber camps in northern Ontario are wiped out and the men are
fighting to save others. Two lives were lost at Parry Sound.
The flames have approached very near to Ottawa and several of the
suburban districts are threatened.
SUN AS IF ECLIPSED.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.—The heavy pall of smoke, completely ob
scuring the sun still overhangs all this region. Ten million feet of logs
of the Central Pennsvvania Lumber company are in danger.
The mountains along the west branch of the Susquehanna elver are
hidden by smoke and at night the red glare can be seen for miles.
The gloom of night settled over this city at least an hour earlier than
usual last evening.
Standard Oil Company Offered
Bribe to Attorney General
Former Attorney General
of Ohio Tells How the
Standard Oil Co. Tried to
Get Him to Drop Suits.
new YORK.—a Columbus, Ohio,
dispatch says in part:
Monnett, attorney general of Ob o,
from January 19, 1896, until Janua y
1 1900. last night told your co*
respondent of the offer made to him
by alleged agents oftheStandard
Oil company to pay him SSOO-000 f
he would drop the suits which he
had instituted in th" courts of Ohio
to have the company ousted from the
Et “He told of a conference at the
home in Washington of Senator Jos.
Benson Foraker, and of how forc *l
ful the argument was put to him ot
the power of the Standard Oil conv
rjany in the world of politics and of
finance: of the mysterious visit to his
office here by a representative of the
Standard, who offered to deposit to
his credit in any bank that he would
name a fee of $500,000. and asked
for his trouble the small fee of SIOO,-
000.
Senator Foraker at Home.
Monnett gave the following state
ment: In January, 1899. I stopped at
the Arlington hotel In 'Washington,
the day before I appeared In the unit
ed States supreme court in suits
against the National Bank of Chi
cago 1 found a card in my box
after being there a short time from
Senator Foraker. asking me to call
at his home on Sixteenth street. I
called him up by telephone and made
the engagement to call that evening.
When I called at his home, and af
ter passing social exchanges with
members of the family, 1 was taken
into his library and he produced cer
tified copies of my petitions in the
Standard Oil ouster cases In Ohio.
They Included papers in the case
of the state of Ohio against the Stand
ard Oil company, the state of Ohio
against the Buckeye Pipe Line, and
the state of Ohio against the North
western Natural Gas company, and as
he laid them down he told me that
he was an attorney for the company
1 at first discussed the impropriety
and danger of his representing these
trusts, criminal and civil violators of
his own state laws, as long as he, as
well as myself should he interested
in the welfare of the people of Ohio
Standard Oil Co. Powerful.
He told me that he never allowed
hlB law practice to Interfere with
politic* or hi» politics with hts law
practice, and added that he was a
judge of the ethics of our profession.
He then took up the cause of action
against these companies and remind
ed me of the great power, financially
and politically, of the Standard Oil
trowd.
After talking a short time be asked
me to have the proceedings delayed.
In order to accommodate hltn. I firm
ly declined to concede anything wha
ler. and told him so He recalled
the great power of the oil trust to
anyone oi£%cd to It.
After tPi Interview we dealt at
arms length and not as political al
lies I received at the same time
while In Washington. I think possibly
the next day a telegram from C, H
Squires, at Cleveland, In which h*
said:
"Make no agreement with anyone
in Washington about important busi
ness matter until I ran see you"
it was after this that, 1 brought the
FOLKS ON AEON
All ALIVEAND
WELL
SYDNEY. N. S.—Five of the crew
of the British steamship Aeon which
sailed from San Francisco for
on July 6 and has been overdue, have
arrived at Fanning Island.
They report that th e Aeon went
ashore on the Christmas Island on
July 18, and was a total loss.
All the crew and passengers, among
whom were the wives of several Amer
ican naval officers, are safe and well.
They are camped on Christmas Is
land and have ample food and water.
A house has been built for th e wo
men.
All the ship’s boats excepting two
were smashed to pieces on the reef
and it took a month to remove the
cargo and prepare a boat for the voy
age to Fanning Island.
The Chinese members of the crew
refused to work because of short ra
tions of rice.
The Aeon was a ship of 4.221 tons
and was owned by the Howard Smith
company, Ltd., of Melbourne. She
was commanded by Capt. E. A. Down.
She had a crew of thirty-nine and car
ried a general cargo. She wa s not
supposed to carry passengers, but ten
passengers were shipped and appear
ed on the books as sailors and deck
hands.
Among the passengers were Mrs.
Patrick, wife of Chaplain B. R. Pat
rick, U. S. N.. and their children, and
the wife of Lieut. W. K. Riddle, U
S. N
C. S 0. FIST TUI
ITCHED TOW
RICHMOND, Va—The fast train
over the Chesapeake and Ohio from
Newport News to Richmond due here
iat 11:45 was wrecked between Wal
kers and Lanexa about 11 o'clock to
day. The wreck Is between stations
and only the most meager news is
obtainable.
suit against Squires and the other
men,and began taking depositions In
the case, when I was ordered by the
courts to stop any further proceed
lugs.
Defeated by Foraker.
I was defeated for a renomlnstion
by Senator Foraker and his friends
and only received 87 votes In the
convention out of over 400, I could
not bring the cases to trial before my
term was ended, and the first thing
that occurred after John M. Sheets
was elected was the dismissal of all
the rases against the Standard and
other oil companies, which 1 had been
pushing so bard.
Local Forecast for Augusta _aiirt Vicinity—Fair tonight; Sunday probably showers.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 19, 1908
EXTRA SESSION
ENIinODIf
ATLANTA, Ga.—The extra session
of the legislature called for the pur
pose of enacting legislation looking
to a discontinuance of the present
convict lease system In Georgia, at
1:20 tills afternoon passed the com
promise bill and adjourned sine die.
The hill as it goes to the governor
is not entirely satisfactory to those
who brought about the recent investi
gation. and caused the governor to
call the extra session of the legisla
ture. While it provides for a discon
tinuance of the convict lease system
on March 31, 1909, the prison com
mission and the governor, who is
made a member of the commission by
the bill, are permitted to lease to pri
vate concerns all overs," or all con
victs remaining after th e needs of the
several counties in their public works
have been supplied.
RUINED BOTH
HIS DAUGHTERS
MOBILE, Ala.—Confessing to have
ruined both his daughters, Joe Fos
ter, formerly a well to do plantation
owner, near Meridian, Miss., is be
ing hunted by the authorities of the
county. Foster’s brother had been in
dicted by the grand jury for the crime
and to save him from being convicted
of a crime of which he was Innocent I
the father confessed.
The young women are 1C and 18
years of age. Attorneys for the man’s
brother received a written confession
from Foster, which is witnessed by !
several persons. The whereabouts of
the father is unknown.
LUG MALE BABY
FOUND HOE BOX
NEW YORK.—A living male baby,
only a few hours born, was found in
a shoe box in a garbage can in front
of 2124 Eighth avenue by John Mor
rick, a street sweeper, early today.
In emptying the can the man noticed
the box was heavy and opened it, hop
ing to find a pair of shoes. The baby
whs wrapped first in a pillow case
and then in a hath towel.
Morrick hailed Policeman Dowling
and the officer hurried to the West
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street
station, where ati ambulance from
Harlem hospital was called. The am
bulance surgeon removed it and or
dered it sent to the Bellevue hospi
tal, where they say It will live.
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
BANQUET SPEAKERS
ATLANTA Ga —Dr. Elmer E Brown
United Slates commissioner of educa
tion; Secretary James Wilson, of th-:
department of agriculture, and Dr.
Carroll D. Wright, will be among the
speakers secured for the banquet at
the coining convention of the National
Society for the Promotion of Indus
trial Education, which banquet Is to
be given November 19 and the regular
sessions of the convention will begl i
Ihe following day
Vice-president W. M. Alexander, of
Ihe National society, has advised
Secretary Walter Cooper, of the At
lanta chamber of commerce that the
speakers have been secured.
DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE’S
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
ATLANTA, (la, —For the purpose of
discussing [dans to tiring out as larg •
vote as possible for all the demo
cratic nominees, the executive com
mittee of the Young Men’s 11.-moera
lc league has been called to meet nex'
Tuesday night, September 22, at S
o'clock In the council chamber at tin
city hall. Shelby Smith Is chairman
of the commltteo.
The committee appointed to drafi
a new constitution and by laws will
make Its report at the meeting.
MAYOR JOYNER’S YOUNGEST
SON WAS OPERATED UPOI?
ATLANTA, (la.- It will be a SOure
of gratification in the monv friends
over the state of Ralph Joyner, tie
youngest son of Mayor W. K Joyn-tr,
to leatn that !'• has successfully tin
dergone an operation at the Atlanta
hosp Pat. The young man will prob
ably be able to be out during the next
few weeks.
FIRE IN SPARTANBURG.
('OLrMItIA, H. (' Starting prob
ably by tin explosion of blank cart
ridges us—l In Initiations by the Wood
men of the World. In an adjoining
lodge room, fire Friday night damaged
busine■* houses In th«- Liles block
*t .Spartanburg to the amount of $25,-
WU, practically covered by insurance.
Suing an Aged Inventor
For breach of Promise
*v ■ ,
Miss Nellie Licklider, whose picture is here shown,
is the Twenty-Five year old Kansas City girl who is
swing John W. Free, age Eighty-Eight for Fifty
thousand dollars breach of promise of marriage. •
Bridwell May Be Discharged
On Account of Court's Error
ATLANTA, Ga.—Attorney Felder,
representing W. L. Brldweil, convict
ed Thursday afternoon in the city
criminal court of violating the pro
hibition lnw, created a sensation this
morning when he moved that his
client he discharged. Mr. Felder's
motion was based on the fact that the
verdict of the jury was not announced .
MUIESHOrWELLTO
NED SMIIMI
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Chief of Police
W. G. Austin left today for New York
where lie goes to wed Mrs. Marie Shot
well Halsey,, of Brooklyn. Mrs. Hal
sey, whose stage name Is Marie Shot
we.l, was leading lady in “The Lion
and the Mouse" last season. The
wedding will take place In Brooklyn
next Thursday.
Miss Shotwell will be remembered
by Augusta theater-goers as th, ahlr
ley Rossmore who in two perform
ances here amused herself und fel
low actors by caustic comments upon
the audience. Her remarks were at
times plainly audible to the occupants
of the front orchestra chairs, und ex
cited so much wrath that complaint
was made to the manager of the
troupe. She |g a remurkahly pretty
woman.
james McFarland
HAS DISAPPEARED
f ■■ i ■ ■'»
Was Arrested a Few Days
A(?o and was out on Bond
CHICAGO, 111- —Word was received!
from Toronto that James McFarland,,
the book agent charged with having
swindled Mrs. James A. Patton out,
of tlpi.OQO In notes and cash on an <-dl I
tlpn dc lux f deal, had disappeared
fr- in that city. McFarland was ar
rented two days ago and was released
(on g.jOO ball following his arraign
j menj on a vagrancy charge a short
I time later detectives from Chicago
arrived with paps-rs to arraign him
on the charge of having obtained Mrs.
I baton's signature under false prt-
I tenses.
Jose|di K Hadden, Mr. Patten's at
! torriey, when h f . learned of McFar
land's release, said: *| can't under
J stand the attitude of the Toronto au
thurifies. We depended on the state s
!attorneys office to bring the man bock
to Chleago. lie'll |,„ caught again,
1 I ve no doubt."
! e ,
MADMAN FOUGHT POLICE.
SKW YORK Found wandering on
l Manhattan street near 'Asterdiuji ave
nue, early today, a maniac fought the
police of the West, 125th street sta
tlon and when an effort was made to
take him to a cell hi knoeked down
| Michael burns, a doorman, and wreck-1
i td the rear room of the station house, i
i In open court; that It was handed un
sealed to the clerk .and the jury dis
charged without giving the defendant
Ills constitutional right to poll the
j jury.
Judge Calhoun admitted that a
grave error had been committed and
set the hearing of the defense's mo
i lion for i* o’clock Saturday morning.
ORVILLE'WRIGHT
IS RECOVERING
WASHINGTON. While Orville
Wright passed a comfortable night In
the Fort Myer post hospital, when day
broke tills morning he became rest
lesa and the strain, bolh mental mi l
physical, to which ho lish tysui put
In the past few duys began to alTeet
his condition.
Mr. Wright’s condition, however.
Is not at all alarming, and the army
surgeons were rather glad to find that
he was Irritable and quite easily an
gcred. This, they say, Is one of the
best indications that tie- aviator Is
on the road to recovery. The knit
ting of the bones In his broken thigh
is held responsible for the menial
attitude of Mr, Wright.
Mr Wright has undoubtedly been
buoyed up by the visits of hla friends,
by the message from tils brother WII
bur, and by the coming of hls sis
ter. Miss Catherine Wright. Alias
Wright arrived In Washington yester
day a(f<-rnonn, and will help to nurso
her brother at the military hospital.
MILLIONAIRE MYSTERIOUSLY
MISSING.
NKW YORK. Word was cabled
from Paris today that Charlton Itog
erslturnett. tin- millionaire grandson
of the late Kdwln Klanton, Lincoln's
secretary of war, had mysteriously
disappeared from his hotel in the
French capital, and that tin- Parts
police feared lie bad met with foul
pluy.
♦ a*
♦ LOST LIFE TO SAVE COW. ♦
♦ ALTOONA. Pa Frank \l< ♦
♦ Mullen J 7 tears old, a Penn yl •
♦ van in railroad freight hrak "nan ♦
♦ forfeited Ills life tear h harm ♦
♦ at. Tyrone last evening to save a ♦
♦ cow Ills train was moving ♦
♦ lo —ly when Hi- aa a,a, wa ni n *
♦on tin tr; k v|, Vtulh a ran ♦
♦ ahead to it - tie iow iff tin 0
♦ track and ~ ■ truck by a train «
♦ moving In tb- < nposite d - ’ion ♦
♦ «
MOROSINI’S FUNERAL
NKW YORK Tl,, fan. rat of Clovaiinl
P, Moiaslnl, the millionaire banker, took
Place today In the strictest privacy from
the Moroalnl "noun- of mystery" at Ktv
crdiile, on the Hudson. Kvcrybody bat n
few of the relatives were lun -O hack ut
the aatewny to the grounds by private
guards who laid been hired to polio* Up
place.
DAILY AND SUNDAY $9.00 PER YEAR.
INF LIS LIST
IH FOIST
rare
rinta
PITTSBURG, Pa. Many lives have
been Unit ami much valuable properly
has li-'i-n destroyed by forest fires In
Somerset county. It is reported that
three lumber camps have been en
tlrely destroyed l>> fire. It Is Impos
sible to estimate the damage accur
ately .owing to the dense smoke. It.
Is known that at least in.fioo.ooo feet
of lumber have been consumed, the
value of which Is $150,000.
It is quite probable that many peo
ple in these rumps may not have es
capeil. The lumber company has had
1,200 men there for the last 48 hours
working continuously without food or
sleep to subdue the flames.
JILTED LOVER SOOT
GIRL, HER MOTHER
AND SHERIFF
WAUKESHA, Wls. Jilted by an 18-
yenrold girl, John Smith, of Calhoun,
Friday night shot and fatally wound
ed the mother of the girl, wounded
the girl herself mid then wounded the
sheriff, who cam,, to arrest him.
Smith Is barricaded Hi the house
where the shooting took place. He
fired a number of bullets at a party
of farmers who tried to capture him
after he had shot the sheriff.
The father or the girl refused to
listen to Smith marrying Ills daughter
and Smith, becoming drunk, enterod
the house amt the shooting took
place.
The posse has thus far been un
able to rnpturc the would tie mur
derer.
BLINDED BY LIGHT
BOYS MET DEATH
PITTSBURG, I’ii Hllnded by thn
headlight of the Ujjiontown KxproHH,
and heedloHa of the approach of a
went hound wreck train, two boys
were killed and a number had nar
row encHpett at Lambert wtreet croM
ing of the Pennsylvania railroad last
nlKht. The dead:
ULYI)K HTOKWU, l(> yeara old.
THOMAS CONLKY. If> yearn old.
Stoker and Conley were members
of a football acpiad which wan In
I practice during the evening. They
had roughed it In the twilight acrlrn
magea and at K o’clock darknesa com
i polled them to give up playing. In
| groups of four and five Ihe boy a
started home. Several had reached
the croHHlng when the cxprcHH train
bore down on them. All leaped to
safety except. Stoker and Conley, who
became confused at the glare of the
headlight, stepped to the westbound
track and were ground to pieces by
the locomotive of the wrecking train.
SIBLEY DENIED EVER
WRITING ARCHBOLD
Says Ho Dirt Not Write
President Not to Offend
Stnndarrt Oil Co.
FRANKLIN. I'm Former Congress
miiti Joseph C Hlbley it.-nteil most
emphatically Ihat he hail ever writ
ten a letter to John M, Archlbold,
vice president of t in- Htandard Oil
Company, telling Archlbold he had
warned President Roosevelt not to
offend the Htandard fill company.
Combings of Woman's Hair
Figured in Divorce Suit
HT 1.01118, Mo The c/unblngs of
a woman's liulr, sometimes a bru
nette's, at other times a blonde's, tig
jure In the reply of Mrs. William .),
Lemp makes to the cross hill filed by
-the millionaire brewer n\ her divorce
, suit.
The hair Is mentioned In a deelatu
'lon made l» Hallle ('rye, a former
servant, presented In lii-liaf of Mrs
'Lemp. It was round, says the deposl
I tlon, In the Lemp home while Mrs
Id-nip was away, not once, but five or
six times
According to the witness she saw
The Successful Advertiser Must
Use Brains as Well as Space
The alwiiyspnicee it til dally newspaper advert is-r Is that man
who keep. «-v--rta tiiigt.- at It no- oi-lv - -i it--nth in the year, but
1 " i -It-' In tie - -r, wtin -b mi ic • tin- character -d bis advertising
at a- iineemeiits v !:h in - - 1 .■ i ■] i i— to their opp-irtuticriess, and
ho. 'll" 1 I, --i 'i I- him ImbTittltely by means of
- - good tn tin- nt, i clo price a o-I veals m, ean be furnish*
—l.--Syracuse (N. Y.; Post Standard.
!FORAKER OFFENDS
! FRIENDS OF
TAFT
CINCINNATI, O. Taft’s Ohio
trlomls were biiteip angry Friday bo
cause Senator J. It Foraker has ad
mitted that in 1900, while a United
States senator, he accepted largo fees
from the Standard (Jll company for
his ability as a power lu politics to
prevent the Ohio legislature taking ac
tion unfavorable to the trust.
As Taft men view It, the thing Is
an enormity. They have not yet had
time for second thought. Apparently,
they do not want a second thought.
After weeks of dickering Foraker
has just succeeded In getting on the
lass hand wagon, and persuading the
Inti leaders that lie Is u good man to
have In their midst, because of his
willingness to work for the national
ticket and also because of his desire
lo support Ihe ROosevolt policies as
set forth In the republican platform.
Naturally, therefore, when he ad
mits In reply to the charges of Wil
liam R, llearst, that he received mon
ey from the "mother of trusts" to
use IBs power a H the head of a great
political machine In Ohio to scotch
and kill all the legislation In the
Ohio legislature not desired by the
corporation, Taft and the friends of
Taft are put in a disadvantageous
light merely because Foraker stands
before the state as their friend.
Threats are hoard on every hand.
There Is the threat that although the
engagement bus been made, Foraker
shall not be allowed to speak from
the platform with Tuft at the big
meeting of the republican league of
clubs on September 22. There Is the
threat that all alllunce with Foraker
shall be openly repudiated. Thu Taft
men hi,, lu un ugly mood, and they
make no attempt to disguise It.
LETTER IS 0. K.
SAYS J. C. SIBLEY
FRANKLIN, I’a. Relative to the
letter from former Uongressinan Jo
seph C. Hlbley to John I). Archhold,
vice president of the Htandard Oil
company, which William K. Hoarst
read In Columbus, Mr. Hlbley suid:
"I luiv,. no doubt Ihe letter Is gmr
ifino. I wish Mr. Hearst had given
the date of It bo that l could look It
up In my file. I also wish he had
published the letter In full. Separat
ing (he texi from the context is un
fair Ihil the publication of the lot
tor does riot bother me. I uin willing
|that Mr. llearst or any one else
should go to the Standard Oil offices
and get any letter I ever wrote to
them. As lo my reference to the
"nibble" I hav,. only to point to the
Instance of rabble rule that recently
manifested Itself In Kprlngflold, Ills."
HANGED HIMSELF
TO ESCAPE TRIAL
Drug Clerk Charged With
Stealing Opium From tho
Warehouse.
NEW YORK. Rather than face
trial on a charge of grand larceny,
Charles Knappel, a drug clerk, caught
taking SSOO worth of opium out of
tlm warehouse of Lehn and Fink, 120
William street, hanged himself to the
door of his cell In the Tomba today.
A pier,, of manllu paper that had
contained his lunch of the day be
fore was found on his pillow bearing
the following note:
"1 hope Jesus will forgive me. Even
If f am freed, [ will go to the mad
house and that Is worse than the
gravy. God will forglv,, me."
I There Is no address or signature.
I I'litp entertaining women In hls
home after hls wife left. Aeeurdlng
to the deposition the witness heard
one woman sing "Treat I s All Alik#,
liuliy," while others laughed. She al
leges sin- hhw n woman stouter than
Mrs I gimp at Mrs Letup's wash bowl,
washing and dressing (Hasses and
bottles were there, she alleges.
One-, sweat tin witness, she foil -id
a woman'll < off pin tn one of the
rooms Lemp asked her about It and
when i,he showed ll to him, he said:
I'm glad you found It; that’s the on#
I want."