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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIII., No. 272.
Violent Death Follows Fast
In Wake of Swift Automobiles
ONE DYING AND TWO FEAR
FULLY HURT IN TWENTY
FOUR HOUR RACE AT
BRIGHTON BEACH
TWO MACHINES WRECKED
Harry Bloch Badly Burned
in Revault. Cleveland
Cracked Two Cylinders.
Zust Car Broke Through
Barrier. Detective Hit
Crossing Track.
BRIGHTON BEACH RACE TRACK.
N. Y.—One (lying, two terribly hurt,
another badly injured and two rac
ing automobiles wrecked, mark the
penalty of the neck-breaking, record
breaking pace of the first eight hours
of the big 24-hour race Saturday.
Eight thousand person* saw' Thomas
D. Fishert, a Pinkerton detective,
struck as he crossed the course, by
the Simplex car, driven by George
Robertson, as it swept past the grand
stand at sixty miles and hour. Ho
was hurled into the paddock and was
picked up unconscious. The Simplex
car was stopped. In other accidents
the two drivers were badly burned.
The injured: Thomas D. Fishett,
detective. Coney Island hospital;
both legs broken, internal injuries;
condition critical. Harry Bloch driver
Renault. No. 14, paddock hospital;
face and hands burned.
Charles Natjen. driver Zust, pad
dock hospital, arms burned, wrist
broken.
Harry Cobe. driver l.ozier No. 2, leg
injured. Contusions.
The series of accidents which be
gan with the elimination of two cars
before the race started, kept the
crowd of men and women on edge
during the cold hours before dav
light.
Before 3 o'clock a trio of cars met
with trouble on the grandstand turn,
and only by the greatest fortune was
a fatal aoeidenj avoided.
The Cleveland, running in sixth po
sition. cracked two rear cylinders and
halted in front of the club house.
A car was sent out to tow r the
Chweland to the paddock for needed
repairs. Harry Bloch, in No. 14
Renault, let out an extra link to pass
the two machines. The tank of the
Renault began to leak and before
Bloch could stop his car was a mass
of flames. The machinist sprang and
rolled under the under rail.
Bloch stuck to the burning auto,
shut off the power and steered clear
of the Cleveland. The big Renault
overturned and crashed into the inner
rail* Bloch, although badlv burned,
climbed out of the wreckage, and set
to work with a fire extinguisher.
Attracted by the flames, scores
crowded on the track In the path of
the automobiles.
POLICEMEN
CLUBBED CROWD.
Blueconts from tlio Coney Island
station hurried to ihe spot and with
night sticks cleared the course.
Charles Natjen, pilot ot the Zust,
in attempting to avoid the reckless
spectators, drove his car high on the
bank. A tire exploded and the next
instant the machine went through the
outer barrier, carrying away twenty
feet of rail. Driver and mechanism
was thrown 20 feet.
Before the ambulance carriage
reached him the driver was running
excitedly about demanding that he be
provided immediately with another
car. Managers of the Zust led the
injured driver to the hospital tent,
where he was ipiieted with difficulty.
The hood of the machine was plerc
ed with a portion of the fence and
put out of commission for the time.
Work was at once begun to get the
car In shape to get Into the race
again.
WAS WARNING
TWO BOYS.
Special Officer Fishett was struek
by the Simplex driven by George
Robertson before the race was two
hourts old. He crossei the track to
warn two boys from a dangerous
place on the inner rail. Chavronet in
the Cleveland narrowly missed strik
ing the officer. He dodged to the
right almost In the path of the Zust.
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EDITOR IS SHOT
B! THE YOUNG
BRIDE
FRANKLIN, La. —Jessie Bouterie,
aged 19 years, daughter of a lumber
man at Patterson, near here, is in
jail at this place, while A. Sydney
Bouterie, editor of the New Era, of
Patterson, her husband of two days
is lying at the point of death in a
sanitarium here with live bullet
holes in his body
Bouterie was shot by his bride
while seated at his desk. Rushing
in with three young men attending
her, she used a revolver, and coolly
submitted to arrest after she had al
most emptied the weapon. One of
the cartridges snapped, and sho
drew ‘his out and cist it on the pros
trate body of her husband. Mrs. Bou
terie asserts that Bouterie, who is
ten years her senior, refused to live
with her.
HAZERS SHIPPED
BOY IN BOX CAR
LEXINGTON, Ky.—A story told
here by a small boy makes it appear
that William C. Smith, who disap
peared from the state university on
Tuesday night of last week, was over
powered and gagged during a hazing
at the university, placed in a Queen
and Crescent box ear. the door closed
and Smith shipped away.
The car was shipped out of the
yards, but no trace of it can be found.
The sai on the car was hroken by the
students, who are said to have sealed
it up again. The police and faculty of
the university are opposed to each
other over the matter of an investiga
tion. Arrests are expected to follow.
Fhsheti jumped back, directly in front
of Robertson’s Simplex. He was hurl
ed twenty feet.
Robertson shut off the power and
backed his car. crashing into tho
Steams. The latter was badly crip
pled. The management insisted that
the car would resume, but ft was still
out, at day break.
Lewis Strang, in the Renault, took
the lead from Robertson’s Simplex
after the second hour and continued
in the lead. Records established by
the Loziers at the last meet were
shattered each hour. After several
hours 40 miles had been added to the
best previous score by the hero of
Briar Cliff and three ofher cars were
ahead of the old figures.
Although teachnically under arrest
for striking Fishett, Robertson was
allowed to continue driving.
He ropped to fourth place during
the delay, 15 miles behind the first
car. In another hour Robertson pass
ed the Renault a dozen times and only
three miles separated the two rivals.
STRANG
TOOK LEAD.
relieved Robertson. Foe
more than 50 miles the two cars raced
abreast. Strange held the rail, pre
venting the Simplex from again pass
ing.
During the seventh hour "Briar
Cliff' Strange drew away and added
three miles to his lead.
The big six cylinder Thomas re
mained in third position, always with
in striking distance of the leader.
Tire trouble during the seventh hour
set his car hark and allowed the Do
zier, winner of the last meet to tie It.
for third place.
The little Fiat broke a connecting
rod after covering 20 miles during the
hour and was withdrawn for repairs
The car was In fourth place at the
time.
A new record for an hour's driving
In competition was established hy
George Robertson during the fifth
hour. Sixty two miles were covered
during the time, bringing the score
of the Simplex to within five miles
of the leader.
To allow repairs to the track, the
raee was discontinued at 8 o'clock for
an hour and twentv minutes. The
race will end after 10 o'clock to
night.
Barney Olfleld will take the
Stearns during the day. Although far
In the rear. Oldfield will attempt to
smash Robertson's new record of
fi2 miles for an hour.
Fprecast for Augusta, and Vicinity—Fair tonisht and Sunday.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 3. 1908.
ROOSEVELT HITS
HSSKELL
n
WASHINGTON, D. C.—President
Roosevelt today, indirectly, took an
other rap at Governor Haskell, ol
Oklahoma, when a letter from W. 1,.
Sturdevant, of the law firm of Stui
(levant and Sturdevant, of St. Louis,
taking the governor to task for his
alleged connection with certain
transactions by which the Creek In
dians are said to have been defraud
ed out of their lands, was made pub
lic at the White house.
Attorney Sturdevant’s letter is
self-explanatory, and was Issued
without comment. It is as follows:
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. I, 1908.
The President, Washington, I). (’.
“Rear Mr. President: l notice in
Governor Haskell’s letter of date
September 30, published in today’s
papers the following statement:
’Yes, 1 believe I am a defendant as
to certain government town site lots
in one of nearly 11,000 suits that you
have had brought again us man;,
different honorable and high-minded
citizens of this state during this
presidential campaign year, and you
will not undertake lo deny thal pet
ty politics for the purpose of repub
licanizing about 20,000 Indian voters
was your sole motive for having
those suits brought: and I charge
you with knowing that there has
been no delay in these cases, except
that occasioned by the courts delib
erations, taken by himself as time
he deemed necessary lo consider
whether or not there ts any merit in
the petition filed by your attorney.’
“The above statement regarding
the town site suits is so imperfect
that it is entirely misleading. All
those suits in which Governor Has
kell is defendant except one, wen
filed $i 1907, prior to the admission
of Ok.ahoma as a state. He Is
charged with a direct participation
In the frauds through which thv
Indians were deprived ot (heir prop*
erty, and the bills seek lo hold him
personally liable for the injury thus
inflicted. He has not answered io
the merits in a single case, bill all
pleas filed by his attorneys are pure
ly technical, and, necessarily; dila
tory in effect. Mr. Mott, attorney
for the Creek nation, and myself,
have many ’lines urged a bearin'? on
the merits of these cases, and I have
personally proposed several limes lo
hts attorneys of record that they fill'
answers in the cases in order that i
hearing might he had upon the
merits and lie 1 eases disposed 01.
These suggestions have never met.
on affirmative response, and the re
sult is that the cases have taken the
regular course on a heavy docket. We
have announced several times in
open court and otherwise that, we are
ready for an immediate hearing in
any and all suits filed. This has
been done with a view of obtaining a
speedy adjustment of the controver
sies and In order to give any person
charged with a primary liability an
opportunity to acquit himself of such
charge, if possible, without delay.
This course could have been pur
sued without any violation of ulti
mate rights, as Jurisdiction over the
parlies and subject matter cannot
he waived in the federal courts; but
tor reasons probably sufficient unto
them, the defendants have not ap
proved It.
“I have the honor to remain, with
great respect,
"Very truly vours,
“W. L. STURDEVANT.’’
RECORD FOR SPEED
ide By mm
PARlS.—Henri Farman (low in
his aeroplane Friday 10 kllomet< r»
In 44 minutes '<2 seconds, which vtn , '
at the rate of almost 54 miles an
j hour. The French newspapers de
ciare this Is the record for speed.
| The motor of the aeroplane broke
down and compelled a -top.
During most of the flight the wind
was w eak, but for he last ten min-1
utes It blew tit the rate of from 15 j
to 18 miles an hour.
SOIL m 7 ICE
GAVE £1 FRIDAY
JAMESTOWN, N. V -Governor j
Hughes' voiei gave out Friday after
noon. He tried to make speech** at]
Wellsville, Salamanca and Randolph
and In each Instance could not k"' his
voice above a whisper Dr. Campbell,
n throat specialist, whom he consult
ed, said the governor was suffering
from a bad throat caused by exposure,
and forbade him to do any more
j speech making (or a day or two.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER AT DIFFERENT AGES
John D. Rockefeller, is
writing his reminiscence,
‘he first part of which has
just appeared in a month
ly magazine. The upper
picture shows him as he is
today. In the lower pic
tures, the one to the right
(bows him at the age of
twenty, centre, at the age
of thirteen, and on the left
as he looked in 1864.
THE TUBERCULOSIS
CONGRESS MET AGAIN
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The inter
nal lonal Congress on Tuberculosis
met again in a general session Sat
urday morning. Before tin- hour is
reached for a final adjournment it
is believed that the day will have
proved more eventful In some of Its
aspects than any of the preceding
sessions of congress.
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QUARANTINE HELD!
01 BATTLESHIP
FLEET
MA.N'ILA. Although the Ameri
can battleship fleet Is anchored off
this city Saturday in plain Hlght of
shore, the crew arc held In a state of
quarantine, unable to leave the ships.
Reaves were granted the offlrers, but.
under very close restrictions. This ac
■Mon Is necessitated by the cholera
plague which held Manila In Its dead
ly grasp, but which Is dying out now.
Admiral Sperry and Governor General
Smith held a conference this morning
at which prevailing conditions were
discussed, and it was considered best
to keep the men aboard, There arc
several new caacs of cholera daily,
but the average has fallen considerab
ly below the figures of a week ago. l
This morning Governor General Smith I
accompanied by Major General Wes
ton and Brig. General A. I. Mills and
attended by their staffH, visited the
flagship Connecticut, and were warmly 1
received by Admiral Sperry.
The craft in the Nanlla harbor arc
gnllv decorated and launches and
sailing ship- resplendent wllh the red,
white and blue sail up and down be
fore the line of ships.
The fleet will not depart until Oc
tober 9, and tn the meantime the
■ bunkers will be refilled with coal.
Some of the ships reached Manila
with only a few tons of coal on
board.
The court martlHl of (dent, T
Frank Evans, a son of Admiral Rob-
Icy D Evans, charged with drunken
ness, Is set for October 5.
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FIVE ROOM COTTAGE
IS BUILT IN A DAY
Carl Had a Residence
Built., Plastered, Painted
and Ready for Occupancy
Tn One Day.
EAST ST 1,01 IS, ill*.—The build !
j leg of a five-room cottage wllh a
l.a-i-ment the dwelling painted.
| plastered, all ready for occupancy,
j In less than twelve hours, Is the a' ]
i cornpllshfiienl ol W C Carl, an Eas '
I St. Dottle contractor <’arl boasted 1
H was an easy matter to build a j
, modern cotta** In on<- day and h"
! finish' d flirty minutes diced of hi i,
| schedule. By noon the roof was;
well under way, the frame work fo'j
wall* and rolling- completed and
I ready for lather*, plasterer*, plumb
1 * rs: gu» tillers sod electricians
The cottage hat, In add'tlpn to Its
Ifr v* -rooms, a modern bath room. Th<
house cost 12,000
i «UTQ CAUSES
THE DEATH OF
10
NEW YORK Struck and hurled
agaliiat the wall* of liic IIIJou Midi
Hire In Livingston. near Smith si root
Brooklyn, James Edward Ryun, 42
years old. of 42 Second st'eel, Brook
lyn, was Instantly killed bv an auto
mobile occupied by four women and
three men. Ills companion. Mlhk
Josephine Wagner, with whom Ji"
wiis crossing the street arm and
arm, was so terribly hurt that she
is dying In the Brooklyn hospital.
The auto, a hlv white loor.ng car,
lost a big brass lamp as It struck
the couple, but It, hailed only a few
seconds before speeding gwav.
Four arrests woo made inter, but
• Ik- poller were r.Olcorit -ibout chart
ing them with responsibility.
Effort* were mad'- by ttirr <- by
stander* to halt them, but fit*- occu
pant* fought them off Women in
the ear laughed as the '-nr struck.
One, seated In Mu tonneau, was
thrown Into hysterics. They shriek
cd and shouted, and H was declared
by by-St under* that they .-liber werj
drunk or wildly excited.
As soon as the eat struck 'he two,
a woman heavily veiled rose In h r
seat Iri the auto and shout'd
"They’re both dead, drive on, drl/o
on!"
Ryan, who was a printer had been
to th< theatre with a voting woman,
and was escorting her home. Th'-y
came to the edge of the curb In
front of the theatre, and sopped
Into the street Just as the big whl' ■
touring car “hot across th" strict
ear track* from Hmlth ati'cet, from
behind a trolley ear The auto was
going at wild speed, swinging In at
express train velocity toward th
curb,
Ryan and Mb;* Wagner were struck
before they had time to Jump bark
and their hi "lieu, hurled high In the
air, struck the wails ot the theatre.
DAILY AND SUNDAY SO.OO PER YEAR.
FAIRBANKS THIS
INDIANA NEEDS
HIM
t'ITTHBIIKG. I’a Beeaiisi lie* lie
lleves there h; great danger of tin
st ile of Imlliina lining up ‘.lp Mi"
democratic column this tall, Vice
President Charles W. Kali-hanks lasi
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'’Veiling rpfiiHicl to give a doftnlftr'
prom IHu to tin- lore I n piitilJiimi ItMi'l
*tm to npnak at any ralllcm lir tfil*
eouniy.
Mr. PnlrtinnkH Half! to Harris' 7/in
rnoriri, hwm t'irv of th** rrpnmhpm
commit t'*'* on mm-Mngx ind ny»*nk
* th; "The Klttmtfon Iri frrMfino I*
ho acute that I nniHt hnnt**n horn* J#'*
Not Satisfied With One
She Married Fourteen
CHICAGO Charged wllh having
fourteen husbands, admittedly the
wife of five men, one of whom Is rle
dared to have died under suspicious
circumstances, Mrs. Mario Bolleyen,
arrested nliei a fight between two of
her husbands, has been held to the
grand Jury In bonds of $2,000.
Bigamy, the formal charge was
made by two men John Whltefleld,
who says hr- married the woman eight
years ago, and Joseph Bolleyen, who
Not Always, But Usually.
If an advertisement ALWAYS solved vour problems, life would
be too Simple a thing to he Interesting. But If an advertisement
never, or but rarely, solved your problems, then life In this city
would be too complex and hopeles* a matter for vou.
HERALD AOS HAVE THE HABIT
OF GETTING YOU RESULTS
Today's Politics
Mr Tafl, quoting largely from his
mvn speech on labor, first delivered
at Chicago . j in Cheyenne, Wyo..
and various Colorado towns, and from
tho platform in Denver, from which
Governor Haskeli read thp democra
tic platform and denounced the "lies’’
of Samuel Gompers. The convention
hall which will hold 15,000 people,
was filled.
Mr. Bryan is looking up the cor
poratlon at filiations of ihe managers
of Mr. Taft's campaign, and plena
lo make another attack on President,
Roosevelt. For the first time he ex
pressed confidence in this election.
In a speech at Lincoln he said the
panic prevails and that he had had
as much experience Tn public life ar.
his critic. Governor Hughes, who had
aspired to the presidency.
Governor Hughes' voice gave out
and lie was unable to keep Ida spean
lng engagement In New York. He Is
expected to be ablo to resume stump
ing next week.
Eugene V. Debs, traveling east hi
his “red special” had 5,000 at. hts
meeting ai Rochester. For the first
time admission was free.
Chairman Mack declared George
It. Sheldon was made treasurer of
the republican campaign for the same
reason that Governor O’Dell refused
lo have him ns a running mate tn 1902
hecnuKo of his trust and corporation
connections.
The Omaha Bee, owned hy republi
can National Committeeman Rose
water. made the mistake of quoting
a part of the tariff plank of the re
publican platform as part, of one of
Bryan's speeches, and then denounc
ed it as a "catch all.”
IS. THOMAS OFF
FOR LIVERPOOL
—.—i i, 4
The Chmiflenr’a Wife and
Her Mother Are Now
Sailing To England.
NK.W YORK Mrs. W. A Speer ami
her daughter Hllvny, who married
Russell Thomas, her father's chauffeu
I In Atlanta last Tuesday, slipped quiet
ly down to Ihe Cunard line tiler dtir
the nlghi and hoarded the Campania,
which sailed for Liverpool Saturday.
V The whereabouts of Ihe Speers was
ytuknown from noon Friday when they
rih'il ttifjlr baggage suddenly left the
Hotel 'Astor, where they had been
slopping since Mrs. Speer look her
daughter away from her new husband
and came to New York with her.
It was al first thought that the
Speers had gone to the Old Dominion
Uni’ pier and had taken a train for
their southern home. They did not
go there, however, hut went to some
less known hotel Minn the Astor, and
left there during the night,
Mrs. Speer, when seen In her state
room Just before the Campania sail
ed refused to make any state
ment.
NAT C- GOODWIN GRANTED
A DECREE OF DIVORCE
ItE.NO, Nov.- The superior coin',
yesterday granted a d»cri e of ill
vorae to Nat. C. Goodwin the actor.
Maxine Elliott, Mr Goodwin’s wlf",
made no defense, the charge being
desertion. In her statements, made
In reply to question* pul to hr-r In
I’hfladelphla, xh" said that the
charges were absurd, and that the
bad not separated from tier husband
but she had not decided wh'-ther or
not to contest the salt.
Mr. Goodwin declined to say
whether or not he Intended to mart /
Miss Edna Goodrich, who was form
r rly Ills leading woman.
assist In the work of keeping the
state in the republican column. We
have a desperate light On hand and
I cannot remain away from the stain
very long "
married her In the county building,
November 18, 1907.
Mra. Bolleyen admitted she was
married to five of the fourteen men
whom the police u»*ert she wedded
The confessed husbands are Jamea
French, lk*mars, lowa, who It la said,
died mysteriously 16 years ago; Ar
thur Cameron, h former railway eon.
duetor; John Whltefleld, cigar maker;
Ely l.ee, a conductor, and Joseph Boll
eyen, a cigar maker.