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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD \VOLUME XIII., No. 269. Robsevelt Responsible For Raise In Freight Rates, Says Atlanta Georgian Present Session of Interstate Commerce Com mission Is Part of Great National Political Drama-~~How Roosevelt Figures In It ATLANTA, Ga.—The Georgian this afternoon spvs: There is now being played in Atlanta a chapter in the great national political drama, with the inter-state commerce commission directly in the glare of the limelight, the final outcome of which will not be decided until after the presidential election has determined just who is to occupy the White house for the next four years. For the past ten days the inter-state commerce commission has been sitting in Atlanta hearing complaints tiled by a number of ship pers in Georgia, who clai’i) that the recent advance in rates on flour grain, hay, packing house products and similar commodities from the west and northwest into the south-east, effective August 1, were unrea sonable and ask that the tnter-stale commerce commission provide some means of relief. As a matter of fact, those in a position to understand real condi tions, even though they may not care to admit it just at this time, know' that this recent increase in rates was at the direct suggestion of President Roosevelt, or as nearly so as it is possible for the chief executive of the nation to suggest such tliHigs. Some time ago it will be remembered that certain employes of the Louisville and Nashville railroad asked for an increase in wages. This matter was finally referred to a board of mediation and carried befoie President Roosevelt. At this time the employes stated that an increase in wages was absolutely necessary because of the greatly increased cost ot living. The railroad—and it was very generally understood that the Louisville and Nashville was making a test case in behalf of the railroads throughout this section,—told President Roosevelt that theii revenues had been cut down through constantly increased taxes, cost of operation, and Iransportalion, big advances in loss and damage claims, increased cost of materials, supplies and about everything else, according to the story told by the railroads, except increase in revenues Now. Mr. President,” continued the roads, “it is an absolute im possibility for us to raise wages unless we advance rates. The fact is, we have been cutting down our forces and have been contemplating cuts in wages that were necessitated on account of our reduced revenues. There is only one answer to this raise in wages business, and that, ia a corresponding raise in freight rates.” Thus spoke the Louisville and Nashville in behalf of other South ern railroads, and the man with the big stick listened. Being interested in the election of the big man from Ohio, he —meaning the president stated that to reduce, wages just at this time with the National Campai gn at the very door of the voters would never do. Besides, he had made something of amputation as a friend of the south and did not want to leave his office misunderstood. “Now, can you, the railroads, prove the necessity of increasing freight rates?" inquired the president, on that important occasion of the visit of the board of mediation. “Sure we can,” replied the railroads. “Then increase the wages and incidentally the rates if necessary,” was the reply, or words to that effect. \ MRS. CLAUDIA MAINS .'; DEMANDS ALIMONY NEW YORK—Mrs. Claudia Libbey Hains, through her counsel, Frank Wild, today appealed to Justice Sta pleton in the supreme court, Brook lyn, to grant her the custody of her two children who have been in the custody of General Hains, father of her husband, the slayer of William F. Annis since lie has been in the Queens county jail charged with the murder. In connection with her plea there was submitted by Lawyer Wild on behalf of Mrs. Hains a sensational af fidavit, giving lor the first time sine the killing of Annis her version of tho events that led up to the tragedj and what amounts to an answer to the accusations filed by Captain Hains in the divorce suit which he has brought in the courts in Brooklyn. Mrs. Hains’ story as contained In Absence of Forests Cause Danger To Industries WASHINGTON.—The following let ter. written by Gifford Pinchot, chief of the United States forest service has been made public here Wednes day. It is addressed to C. J. H. Wood bury, secretary of the national asso ciation of cotton manufacturers who are In convention at the present time: ‘ Your courteous invitation on be half of the national cotton manufac turers' association leads me. since 1 cannot be present with you, to Bend a short statement, as you request. "Wo are entering the age of elec tricity in manufacture, which means the age of cheap water power. Our available water power is now thirty million horse power, equal to the to tal horse power developed by all mean-. We can probably increase it more thau ten fold, perhaps fifteen or twenty fold. “Flood and excessive low water In abrupt alternation have begun to render the powers of our streams un reliable and In consequence are begin ning to Infiici upon tile manufacturer losses and wastes which are not nec essary and which might easily have been prevented. “On power company in North Caro lina. vhich supplies about 38,000 horse ,*iwer to 28 towns 878 cotton mills aril various other small enter- Tirises .4 ng motors in manufacture, has b reed to build, at a cost of 82.000, 0f10, a steam plant capable of developing 30,000 horse power, in or der to ttipply its customers during four or live months of low water. “B - Jt Carolina has about $103,• OOO.OGo invested In cotton manufac turing .ants, and of this Investment $18,000,000 was ‘directly endangered every day and every hour' by the menace o' floods. "New England Is going through the same sort of experience. The repre sentatlve of one of ihe largest manti factoring companies in New England, a New Hampshire company, told the her affidavit, contains the whole story of her married life. In this story, she brings counter accusations against her husband, besides denying specifically that there was anything more than mere friendship hetween her and Annis. She declares that her husband treated her cruelly, that , he shattered her nerves by his com duct toward her, and that when she was in this condition, he forced thel now famous confession from her j which she says in her affidavit she signed, not only without knowing what was in it, but even more to se- j cure peace from the torture inflicted i upon her. Mrs. Hains is determined to get the | custody of her children. In her ap plication she also asks for $1,00(1 counsel fees and alimony of S2O a week pending the trial of the divorce action begun by her husband. I house committee that they had lost 'n J two years between $400,000 and $500,- j too from flood damage to manufactur ing property. j have not even touched upon the fact, which you all know so well, that stream flow which has been de prived of its natural custodian—the | forest—can be regulated, if at all, •only by the most costly system of j reservoirs. I am simply drawing your attention to the principal causes of irregularity in stream flow, the strip ping of the mountains. In them wa ter power has its source. If they are forested, water power Is made ;or kept the cheap power which it still largely is and permanently should be.” "NIGHT RIDERIRG" INJUISIANA PORT HUDSON, La.—" Night rider Ing” against cotton gin owners has broken out In this section. Notices have been mailed to several persons warning them to close their gins un til the price of cotton advances to 15 cents. Penalty for violation is de struction by fire. The notices were signed "Determination, Chief Night Riders,” and were mailed at Shreve port. ♦4444444444444444 ♦ DEMOCRATS FITtE EDITOR ♦ ♦ ARDMORE Ok!:- Th- demo- ♦ ♦ cratle flub of this eitv ha- expell- 4 4 ed Editor Russel], ol the Daitj 4 4 Democrat, for giving to the press 4 4 a statement at Kama City r<- 4 4 cently scoring W J Bryan for 4 4 throwing Ru- e!J> • vldenre 4 4 against Governor Haskell out of 4 4 a car window. 4 444444444444444 Forecast for Awgiiata and Vicinity—»Fair and warmer tonight; fair Thursday. AUGUSTA, GEORGA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 30, 1908 S 0 P PIPERS OF VALUE STOLEN Investigation Failed To Reveal Clue To Thief. Robbery Not Believed To Be Motive, Although Stamps Were Stolen. NEW YORK.—Tho private office of Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock in (he republican national headquarters in the Metropolitan tower, has been loot ed, according to his first assistant. Victor A. Mason, and many letters of ; importance which have been placed in a private file carried away with some notes and memoranda which I Mr. Hitchcock had made for his use. .lust what the envelopes contained in the way of contributions or letters is known only to the thief, Mr. Hitch rock and Mr. Mason. Tiie theft, was discovered Sunday morning and a thorough investigation was begun at once. It has been con tinued. but its only result has been to deepen the mystery. No police alarm was sent out, hut private do tectlves were set on the trail of the thieves. As no lock has been forced, it is assumed that the robbery was committed by some one. who had ac cess to the various rooms at the headquarters. It is Mr. Mason's custom to open all mail addressed to tho chairman and to answer the bulk of the letters without consulting him. Irfitterß of a highly important nature are put aside and are turned over to Mr. Hitchcock. In the mail of last Sun day there wert 35 or 40 communica tions which Mr. Mason left for his superior. They were locked in a drawer in Mr. llltchcock'R desk. On Sunday morning Mr. Hitchcodk sent down from the Manhattan hotel for his mail and Mr. Mason went to the drawer to get them. To his sur prise he discovered they had been re moved from the file. He made a hur ried investigation, thinking that pos sibly some one, with Mr. Hitcheock's authorization , had taken the letters. Mr, Hitchcock told him he had not seen the letters and a aearchlng in vestigation was begun at once. It was found that, about $75 worth of stamps had disappeared also, with private memoranda which Mr. Hitch cock had kept for his own use. Theft of stamps led to the Inference that the robbery hod heen commit ted by an ordinary thief, but is the belief of Mr. Hitchcock that the stamps were taken merely to cover up tne real object or the robbery. EXAMINATIONS FOR CLERKS AND CARRIERS Civil Service Examinations Will Be Held At Federal Building Nov. 18th. An examination is to be held in Augusta November 18 by the United States civil service commission for the position of clerks and carriers in the pOKtoffire department. A couple of years ago it was a hard matter to obtain sufficient force In the civil service to carry on the work, but It seems now that this will be no longer true. Clerks and carriers may alternate now, according to a new ruling of the postoffice department. There are six gradea of the employees in the posi office, ranging from SGOO to $I ,- 200 per annum and the promotions are annual. In the case of substitutes or auxil iary employes payment is made for service rendered at the rate of 30 cents per hour. Age limits are re stricted to 18 to 45 years, except in the case of honorably discharged sol diers, either in the army or navy. A medical examination is also re quired. Married women cannot apply unless they are divorced or are living apart from their husbands and supporting thg4 selves. Application blanks and further particulars will be supplied to applicants through Mr. R. 1,. Hal lyntlne, who is secretary of the local civil service board, or they may be httd by applying direct to Geo, 8. Donnell, secretary of the firth district of the civil service, In Atlanta. COLLEGE MEN FOR TAFT NEW YORK— fVillage uien of In stitutions of learning al! over he country are to be apiiealed to be tween now and the election to “whoop U a* for Taft.'' BOMBS USED TO MIKE PASTOR RESIGN HOUSTON. Tex.—Having failed with every other means of making their pastor resign, negro members of Goodhope Baptist church tried the efficacy of two dynamite bombs, one placed beneath the pulpit and the other in the collection plate as it was being passed around. The one beneath tho pulpit ex ploded, and Rev. Fred Morgan, who sat there, was severely cut about the face and head. The other was hurled through a window before it exploded. A general exodus of the congregation followed, in which several children were trampled upon and hurt. 1 CENT RATE WITH GREAT BRITAIN NOWJJN WASHINGTON, D C.—A flat two cent postage rate goes into effect between the United StntOß and Great Britain Thursday. Beginning Thurs day the postage rate Is applicable to letters a died In tho United States, addressed ior delivery a* ativ place in the United Kingdom or Great Britain and Ireland Is (wo cents an ounce or fraction of an ounce. MILES MD SCHLEY IT TAKE STUMP FOR BRIAN CHlCAGO—Advices received hero that General Nelson A. Mi.es and Ad ntlral Srhlo.v will take the stump in Indiana for Bryan and Kern. Nego tiations are now on to induce the war heroes to make the campaign, but the democratic national speakers com mlttee will not officially confirm tho statement, that they have accepted. LESLIE CARTER’S SON IS LEFT NO MONEY Father’s Will Left Him Ont As Long As He Staid With His Mother. CHICAGO.—L. D. Carter, son of the late Leslie Carter, former president of the South Side Elevated railway, was cut off without a penny in tho will of his father, which was probated Tuesday. “I leHvo nothing to my son, 1/osllo Dudley Carter, for the reason that he has left the home which I main tallied for him, without cause or Jus tlflcatlon,” was one paragraph in tho will “So long as he remains under his mother's Influence I don’t desire, either directly, or Indirectly, to aid him,” the will dontlnues. “If he comes to understand the serious na ture of his error and separates him self from his mother, I don’t object to my brother and sister, or either of them, acting freely on his or her own Judgment, treating him as I would have gladly done If he had been loyal and dutiful toward me." In the will, which disposes of an estate valued at $175,000, Mr Carter bequeathes the entire fortune equally to his brother, Ernest, of New York, and his sister Helen. The son an nounces his intention of contesting the will. LIME-LIGHT THROWN ON G, O. F. TRICKERY Richmond Journal Shows Where Government Try To Make Single Act Ap pear As Many. RICHMOND, Va.—Regarding the letter from Attorney John II Marble, of the inter-state commerce comrnls slon. made public by President Roose velt Tuesday, In Washington, the Journal says: “The government. In straining to support the adminlstra lion’s game of politics, is disingenu ous As all Richmond knows, the In dlctments found In the federal court here against the Chesapeak and Ohio railway, W. R Johnson, Warner Moore company, and A, P. Gilbert grew out a single act on the part of the government, and are all parts of one whole In the list. |i will be no tired that the names of those indict cd are scattered to leave the Jmpres slon on the uninformed render tha* four separate proceedings on the part ol the government led up to the indict merits. “Probably the same trick obtains in the r'-st of the list, bat concernin'* which the Richmond people have no kno viudaa." MRS. MAY HARRINGTON STALLO Mrs. May Harrington Hanna Stallo, the wife of Edmond K. Stallo, the New York millionaire who was said to be planning a second divorce suit, is now said to lie reconciled to her husband. Picture to tho left is Edmond K. Stallo. Austrians Warned Not To Emigrate To America VIENNA.—Th« Austrian government In tanning repeated warnings against the emigration of Ur subjects to America and particularly to Pennsylvania Subscriptions Pour In To Secure O. & F. Shops Every commercial organisation in Augusta will buck up in a substantial manner the proposition lo obtain the Georgia & Florida railway shops, ac cording to statements from officials of each organization. The Boosters Club was the first to take definite steps after the general commltteo meeting Tuesday and Tuesday night, they held a smoker at which a large sum was raised, The cotton Exchange followed and Wednesday they secured practically the entire sum needed, or request from that source. Following this the retail merchants held a meeting at il o'clock Wednesday morning ami DEAL GETS CUSTODY OF HIS SON CLARENCE NORFOLK, Va. Alexander Deni, of Augusta, fin,, today secured In habeas corpus proceedings before Federal Judge Wuddlil custody of his 18-year-old son Clarence, whom if was proven, to enlist In the United Htates navy, first swore lie was over the enlistment age, and when the enlisting officer refused to enlist him presented forged "consent” from his father. Judge Waddllt held that forged “consent” did not hind the father, who is entitled to the services of his son us minor. BRYAN CHANGES CAMPAIGN PLANS HOCK ISLAND- William Jennings Bryan has suddenly changed his sche dule after a secret contort t,c' with his brother, Charles W Bryan, end Is hurrying to his home In Lincoln. Mr. Bryan hat) planned a speaking 'our through lowa beginning tomor row. hut after conferring with his brother, he suddenly announced a re versal of program. Last night Mr. Bryan Issued a state ment In which he said that he would leave for Lincoln today, making sev ral speeches en route. The princt psl address of the day was planned for Knoxville. lowa. DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.00 PER YEAR. lit once outlined plans to secure the subscription needed from that organlza lion. The Chamber of Commerce direc tors held a meeting shortly after noon and made one of the largest ap preprint ions In the hlslory of the or ganization and pledged contributions to a still greater amount. It now appears that all Iho money required will be raised in Augusta anil the committee which will he ap pointed from the Chamber of Com merce to go to Valdosta Friday to ap pear before the directors of the road wlli probably he able to Induce them to bring the headquarters and shops to Augusta. No; Your Advertisement Will Not* “Get Lost” in The Herald Just as they expect their country cousins to “get lost" In a big city, so some peoplt expect that their advertisements unless large spßc.o is used will gel lost In a big newspaper. * Of course s big ad never geis lost. Ask anyone who really READS a newspaper and you will find that he can tell you a good deal about the big ads. Hut, under some conditions, the smaller advertisers might secure less than a proportionate share of attention. If, however, small-space ad* an- INDIVIDUAUZKD- If ench of them says something WORTH WHILE, and says it in a worth while manner and way—then all such mis will stand out" in a newspaper, and will enforce attention and consideration. Headers of newspaper* read WHAT IH INTERESTING TO THEM SELVES IN A PAPER what aff'-cts their Interest*, if you have any. thing of that sort to say to them YOU COULD NOT I’OSSIBLY FIND A FLACK IN THE HERALD IN WHICH TO HIDE IT. Today’s Politics NEW YORK.—-News of the na tional campaign briefly told: In eleven county local option elec tions In Ohio yesterdu.v 389 saloons wire knocked ou\ Fifty were put out of business the same way the day before. Fifteen other counties aim to vote within two weeks. Charles Nft;le, of St. I.ouls. In the absence of Chairman Hitchcock in charge of republican national head quarters In Chicago, has Issued \ statement admitting that the law firm of which ho is a member is act ing in a professional capacity for the Waterß-Pierce Oil company John A. Street, ot Balt Lake, heads the state ticket of the American party in Utah. 'I he platform charges that polygamy is still practiced In Utah, that the American church authorities monopolize manv lines of hnalnesg in Iho state and demands complete separation ot church and slate. E. W. Kirkpatrick will head the In dependence party ticket for governor in Texas although he has frequently announced lie will vote for Bryan und Kern. James S. Sherman, in pleading for the re-election of Speaker Cannon to congress, told his audience In Danville, Ills., that Speaker Cannon, Instead ot being a hindrance to good and wise leglslatl n, had saved $lO,- 090,000 to Uncle Sum while in con gress. Tho United Mine Workers In Penn sylvania are giving money to the Bryan campaign fund. The Southern California Methodist conference has Issued a call ou the Christians to see (hat "Joe" Cannon Is not re-elected to congress or that if elected, lie Is net chosen speaker. Senator Beveridge, speaking at Terre Haute, Iml.. to working men promised that before Taft's tidmin Ist ration should he he elected la one year old. "we shall end the abuse of the Injunction In labor disputes.” He said injunction); should not be is sued wllhiml notice, anil should bo promptly heard. A hill providing for this, he said, would be passed by the next congress. George C. Iltsgen, brother of Thomas L. lilsgen, independence parly president candidate, #*is been nominated for congress at Albany by tho independence party. That Mr Bryan is going out after the republican national treasurer, George It. Sheldon, is Indicated by the fact that lie hugs beijh telegrapa- Ing for all the facts obtainable about Mr. Sheldon's corporation con nections and about his “fat trying' In the political campaign. Governor Hughes addressed the re publican state convention at Detroit yesterday. His keynote was that this country to havo prosperity must have u steady head. KNOWLEDGE GAINED ON TDBERGIILOSIS WASHINGTON- Each of the seven sections of the International Con gress on Tuberculosis at their ses sions in National Mtißetim Wednes day morning, contributed much to Ihe knowledge through the discus sion by rt nowned scientists of a measure that promise auccess to the world movement against the ravage! of tuberculosis. More than a hun dred speakers v ere on the programs of the aeveral sections. Great Interest centered around the work of sections In which Dr. Rob ert Koch, the German scientist and discoverer of the tubercle bacilli, ac tively participated. FARMAN MAKES NEW AEROPLANE RECORD PARIS Henri Farman beat all aeroplane records last evening, ex cept those made by the Wright brother*. The flight was made at Chuions. Owing to the wind Farman could not begin before 5.88. As this was only a few minutes before sunset, the flight was not official// timed. Keep ing up about 12 yards, the aeroplane flew in a trlnngle, the aldea of which measured three kilometers, covering the distance twelve timea. This made a distance of more than 20 mliea, which was traversed in 40 minute*.