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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD VOLUME XIII., No. 279. Austro*Hungarian and Servian 'Situation Reaches Critical Stage Hardly Possible To Avoid Hostilities Now. War Spirit Rampant in Bel grade. National Assembly is Bellicose. PARlS.—Official advices received here represent the situation between Servia and Austria-Hungary as ex tremely critical. Austria-Hungary has served notice she will not toler ate further “provocation." and that she is prepared for eventualities should the skupshtlna today declare war or make any aggressive move. The fifteenth Austro-Hungarian army corps occupies the frontier along the Danube and a fleet of river gunboats is concentrating at Semlin. France is using her utmost endeav or at Belgrade to restrain King Peter and the Servian government. Further advices received at the for eign office indicate that excitement among the population of Montenegro is also at fever heat. A local news agency prints an al leged despatch from Belgrade to the effect that the Austro-Hungarian min ister to Servia has been assassinated. The report lacks confirmation and is discredited. National Assembly to Meet. BELGRADE—Extraordinary session of the Skupshtina, or national assem bly, summoned to deal with the ex isting crisis, was opened this morn ing amid scenes of great excitement. The warlike sentiment of the dele gates was very noticeable, and this spirit was given expression by the prompt election to the presidency of the assembly of Professor Jovanovits, one of the most prominent agitators in favor of war with Austria-Hun gary. Two Austrian flags were burned by a mob in the theatre square. War Fever Grows. LONDON-—Dispatches this morning indicate that the war fever is grow ing rapidly. A mass meeting this morning called upon the Servian cab inet to declare war at once or re sign. M. Pasics, Servian minister of var. is reported by a news agency to have said at noon today: "The situation is most critical; it is hardly possible to avoid hostilities now.” Censorship Put On. VIENNA.— The newspapers of Aus tria ha been warned by government officials' not to publish reports con cerning the mobilization of Austrian troops. Troops Advancing. PARIS. —The Vienna correspondent of Temps report!: the Eleventh and Thirteenth Austro Hungarian army corps, with arms and ammunition, are being hurried in the direction of the Servian frontier. KERN TO CONCLUDE HIS SOUTHERN TOUR HUNTINGTON, W. Va—John W. Kern passed through here on his way to speak at Point Pleasant, 50 miles north. A meeting here Saturday night will conclude his Southern tour. After a day or two at his home in Indianapolis, Kern will enter upon his Eastern tour. JM W. KERB sirs tift ray i« CLIFTON FORGE, Va.—John W. Kern wound up his tour through Vir ginia with an address here Friday night. He took up Mr. Tail's rec ord on the subject of injunctions "Mr. Taft's unfitness for the office of president." he said, "If not suffi ciently demonstrated by his record cs a judge, was shown by the face that he had to take his speech of ac ceptance to Oyster Hay to have b O. K.’d by the president. He >s weak If he were l not, he never would have made the attack he made in New York upon General Grant.'’ Mr. Kern will make an address at Huntington, V\ Va., Saturdav, bid ding farewell to the south *;r the presenl. OLD SCHOOL SHIP TO BE DESTROYED The St. Mary, Marine School For New York City, it Now Ont of Com mission. NEW YORK. —The old school gulp I St. Marys, which for 23 years was i used for the marine school of New York city, was towed past City Island Friday on her way to Boston to be torn to pieces. The St. ,<tarys was built In the | Washington navy yard In 1843. as a third class sloop of war and equip ped with twenty guns. She was chrls- j tened niter a county In Maryland She has sailed more than 300,W0 nan tlcal miles under her own canvas, and was at one time one of the j fastest sailing vessels afloat, only two years ago doing better than 2Su ua j tlcal miles In one day. WATER TURNED ON PERMANENTLY TODAY Filtered Supply in Re servoir Sufficient For All Needs. Will Not Be Again Turned Off. Regular Pressure To Be Main tained. Four o'clock Saturday afternoon the normal supply of filtered, water was turned on and hereafter the city will be supplied without a hitch, ac cording to official information. Since the big pumps commenced operation between ten and twelve million gal lons of water has been pumped into the reservoir and with the exception of a few hundred thousand gallons used in washing out the reservoir and mains all of it has been stored in the basin. There are now some twenty odd million gallons in storage besides a few million gallons of filter ed water. The normal consumption of water in the city reaches somewhere in the neighborhood of 7,000,000 gallons daily and the capacity of the pumping station reaches over 10,000.000 gal lons, so that a large amount of water will accumulate daily, allowing the reservoir to gradually fill up. Plenty of water will now be sup plied without a break from this lima on the regular pressure will he maintained. It will probably take more than a normal amount of water to supply the immediate needs of the city, but provisions have been made for this emergency and as many mil lions extra as are needed will be sup plied. THE BALKAN SITUATION TOLD IN BRIEF PARAGRAPHS VlENNA.—Telephonic communication from Budapest says that Bosni ans killed three Austrian gendarmes on the frontier. BELGRADE.—Demonstrations for war still continue. Huge crowds filled Theater Square clamoring for war or the resignation of the cabi net. PARIS.—The Temps publishes dispatches from Belgrade , stating that diplomatic relations between Servia and Montenegro have been re sumed. CONSTANTINOPLE.—Turkish forts on the Bosphorus fired on a steamship flying the new and as yet unrecognized Bulgarian standard. ST. PETERSBURG.—Reported here that the Russian Black Sen fleet is being mobilized as a precautionary measure. SOFIA. —Less fear of hostilities is being felt. The populace is be coming much calmer. VALETTA.—The two English battleships and two armored cruisers* which left the Isle of Malta for the Island of Lemnos sailed under seal ed orders to quiet Turkish fears of a revolution. PHILLIPPOPOLIS.—The new czar of Bulgaria entered this city, the new capital, to the roar of artillery and cheers of the people. BENNETT PARK CROWDED LONG BEFORE NOON TODAY BENNETT PARK, Detroit, Mich.— With the first rays of tin- morn ings sun a crowd massed in lines averaging a block long and con verging on the various ticket windows were 5,000 Detroit baseball root ers Intent on seeing the first act of that drama, the "Bengal and 111 Ursmine." In the main It was an enthusiastic crowd of Tiger supporters. Sprinkled through the throng w< ip a lot of enthuslastle Chicago root ers. Not less than 200 Clevelanders were on hand, disappointed at their failure to pull off an event of lhis kind in their own city, but In tent on seeing the big show, and jusi os enthusiastic as the others, though they were about evenly distributed In their | references. Along about 8 o'clock there was a salvo of cheers at the main entrance, and. with a whoop, the advance guard of the real Chicago phalanx dropped into line. They had come In on a monster special train. 2.000 strong, and showed considerable wear and tear, for most of them had obviously been up all night. Shortly before 10.20 the gates were opehed Rod the crowd began to sift in the big firs: bast pavilion which contained the most desirable of the $1,50 seats. This filled up rapidly and at the same time the crowd began to drift Into the ft circus seats which fringed the outfield, afford ing a surprisingly fine view of th" field. A finer day for tip- opening game of the series could not he Itnag Ined. The crowd Is obviously certain to set n new record for the park. At 11 o'clock there were easily 10.000 persons inside he gates, and the lines outside were lengthening steadily. Among the baseball notables In the Ihrongs In the park were presi dent Johnson, of the American League; President Pulliam, of the Na tional League, and Chairman Herrman, of the National Commission, and officers and members of virtually all the big league baseball clubs In a front seat In the grandstand sat Charlie Somers, principal owner of the Cleveland club. With him sat Jim McGuire. Just before the Cubs took the field for practice Jennings and Chance met In front of the grandstand, shook hands cordially, and exchanged a few pleasantries. "We expect to repeat," said Chance. "We-ah ah-ah ah we," smiled Hughey. Wild Bill Donovan Is suffering with barber's Itch. He | K said to have It bad fils face Is swollen and broken out. Early this afternoon the national committer, announced the rotation of umpired which will he maintained throughout the series. Hut two of the four officials selected to officiate will be seen In any one game. In each American League city an American League umpire will be behind the bat with a Nntlonal league umpire In the field fffferfdan and O'Day were the pair selected for today's game DETAILS OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN HERALD SPORTING EDITION TODAY. Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity—Fair tonight and Sunday. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 10, 190 S. CAROLINA GIRL ASSAULTED 81 A NEGRO SPARTANBURG, S. o.—While on her way to Spartanburg from the Saxon Mill village. Miss Lillie Demp sey was ravished by a negro, who made his escape. The girl fought furiously, but was overpowered by the negro. There is intense excite ment at Saxon, and the officers are in pursuit of the assailant. ADMINISTRATION ATTACKED BY MR. BRYAN IN SPEECH PARIS, Mo. Keeping up his at tacks on the administration for its failure, as he said, to prosecuta the trusts, Hon. W. J. Bryan, while speak ing here Saturday charged that the (department of justice grossly neglect ed its duty in the matter of the com plaint against the American Steel and Wire company. He asserted that there was proof that the claimi of the attorney general that he was prose cuting the trusts was false. Yes, it Would Be‘‘Calamity” Not to Stop this Mill THINKS HE SHOULD GET TWO LOTS FOR TWINS HOUSTON, Texas. -Encouraged by the offer of one lot free to the first child born in South Houston, the wife of William Straun, three days ago, gave birth-to twins. Straun now lias papers prepared for a suit to force the company to give him two lots. The company has declined, claim ing that their*goffer embrnred only FREE FIGHT RAGED AT PHILADELPHIA FETE Many Injured in hip; Fight. Over Eipht Hundred Peo ple in the Mix-up. PHILADELPHIA. William Penn, the apostle of peace, debutantes and malroiis of society, artist folk, and others, who made up 'the great his toric pageant, the star feature of Founders’ Week, looked Mown upon a series of liglitH and riots that end ed only after at least 800 men. wom en and children had been treated for wounds at her hospitals and drug stores. Of the hundreds who were carried away In patrol wagons and ambulances, perhaps 50 are seriously Injured. All along Broad street during the iiiiiipn- procession the ambulanc-s dashed, and automobiles, pressed Into emergency service, whizzed to hos pitals. The trouble was precipitated by the concerted refusal of the grandstand owners to honor the tickets given by them to Director of Public Safely rlay for the city’s guests -Grand Army men, ministers, etc.,- when per mission to erect the stands wus grant ed, The director demanded 10 per cent of the scats in the stands un i they were granted grudgingly. The grandstand behind the 10 per cent seals was soon packed. Then the owners let down the bars and packed the reserved seats. When the holders of these tickets appeared, there wrs no place for them. Immediately fighting began from one end of the street to the other. The police were powerless. In the meantime the throngs, exelt ed by tin lighting, swayed dangerous !y. Women tell fainting and children were trampled under foot. The am bulances and patrols dashing up the lines Increased the excitement and added fresh victims. Policemen with their helmets hat tered In, grandstand attaches and ush era with torn clothes and bleeding faces, and cursing, lighting groups of men. were looked down upon by the beautifully garbed men and women, many of them descendants of found <rs of Philadelphia, as they passed by, depleting the heroic past of their ancestors. Interest In the pageant had been stimulated by the character of the uctora, the costliness of the floats and costume i, and the historic thorough ness with which It had been worked out. There were 38 floats, representing the hlstor of Philadelphia, from th" time the first vessel rame up the Delaware river, in 1618, until the present day. | one free lot. The courts will be | called on to do the solution act and decide If two children count as one i or If both are entitled to free lots, j Originally the lots were worth SIOO, but now command about ton times us much. South Houston Is a suburb of Hour j ton. To stimulate the settlement and | population of the place a develop- I ment Company mnde Its offpr. VEIITDBLE PLOT IS THE BALKAN SITUATION PARIS. The Journal lies Dobrte published a letter from what It call-t "an unusually well Informed source," describing Ihe Malian situation as a veritable plot, of which Emperor WII Ham is the real author, with llarou von Aehrenthal, the Austro-Hungari an foreign minister, a willing tool. It was the emperor's object to hu miliatc Great Britain us a friend of the new regime In Turkey, and at tile same lime, to Inflict a blow oil the “Young Turks," whose ascenden cy threatened the German Influence In the empire Ferdinand and Bulgaria were drawn In, ihe writer of the letlei declares, In order to Involve Russian sy input li les and paralyze opposition from that quarter. STARTLING STATEMENT ON CONSUMPTION COST Prof. Fisher Says That the Expense To Ameriean People Is Over a Billion Dollars. WASHINGTON Prof Irving Fish er, the eminent political economist of Yale university, who In one of his papers before Up- recent Inter national luberculosls congress In Washington, declared that consump tion costs the people of the United (Bates more than a billion dollars a year, Is preparing an exhaustive re port for the national conservation commission, which will contain not only these figures, but similar data on the economic loss to the country from all other preventable diseases Prof Fisher Is n member of Up national conservation commission and for many Chars has been carrying on studies along these lines. Tbe corn mission received letters from physl clans all over the country urging It to consider th<- bearing of public health on the economic efficiency of the rinrln . In its efforts so ascertain the resources of the country. Prof Fisher has undertaken to pre pare i comprehensive statement of the whole subject of the relations of public health to the general field of eonservatlot ;rd especially as to the waste from preventable diaeases ami unnecessary deaths DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.00 PER YEAIL THE REPUBLICANS USE PENSION ROLLS TOPEKA, Khuh.—The democratic ntntc committee, It in claimed, han (Uncovered thni the republican nation* nI committee 1h having the penalon iollh copied for campaign purported. Thin work lihh been completed, end 118,000 tinmen have been forwarded to the republican Htate committee lrt Mlhhoujl for the uae of the commit* lee in that Htate. In the pant the penalon rolls have been held Mitered and the government ha* projected the old HoldlerH from j the mail order hotiHaa and other In |H.ltutlonK which have HOUghl to Hell them thiiißH. Old HoldlerH are complaining that their iiiiiih'h will be Hold to fake cure* uDh, and that they will be flooded with all manlier of patent medicine litera ture The Topeka agency comprise* the Htatoa of MiHHOtirl, Nebraska, Kaneai, Oklahoma, Colorado and New Mexico. Bound Together, Face To Face , Bodies of Man And Woman Disclose Mysterious Suicide NED YORK The bodies of a man and a woman, both young and well dressed, bound face to face with rope and bits of wire were found i arly today In Jamacla Bay. The finding of the bodies led to the belief the couple had been mur dered, but the police, after an Inves tigation declared Ihul It was a dou ble suicide. The bodies were found by two fislierim n. Their little motor boat humped Into them as they were crossing the bay. Moth victims hHd their valuables Intact; lb>- woman's chatelaine bag was even wind to her wrist, hip there was nothing In the possession of either one aid lie- police In Identifies! lor!. The bodies had not been In the water more Unin six hours when found. The man was apparently about 45 years old, six feet tall and weighs about 2h'i pounds; has brown lihP, eyes and moustache, and was ol fair complexion. In his pockets were a gold watch and chain and 84 38 In cash, but no cards or letters to sh/iW bis Identity Reaching Ihe People Who Would be*lnterested Where one classified ad appeals to a hundred people, another may appeal to but ten. If your offer, or quest, Interests but ten people, of a "whole cityful," you may still find the ten, through a classified ad. You may not find all of them or many of them -on the first In sertion of your ad, hut YOU WILL REACH HOME OF THEM; and, by repeated Insertions, you will reach eight of the ten The other two, perhaps, could not lie reached at all. You can fill every want by reading and using Herald Want Ads. 10 BIG HOADS NO LONGER AT JIG NEW YORK. —The Rook Island company, which controls a railroad mileage second only to that of E. H. I landman's Union Pacific system, and which Ims been the most formid able competitor of the Harrlman lines in Iho middle west aritl south west, has made arrangements with Kuhn, Loeh & Co., who hack all of Mr. Ilarrlman's enterprises, wherebv that house is to act ns fiscal agents for the Rock Island and its suhsldla ry companies. An important feature of the trans action Is that the warfare between the rival systems ceases. There la to he no costly competition lti. the way of Invasion of each other's tPi> ritory. On the other hand, the com panies in the two systems will co operate In traffic agreements that are expected to be mutually advant ageous. Kuhn, I.oeh Xr Co.’s first service to the llock Island will be to meet the *7,125,000 of St Louis and San Fran cisco notes due December 1. CLAIMS PLAY IS DEMOCRATIC HELP RALEIGH, N. C„ Ex-Assoclate Jus tice W. A. Montgomery of the North Carolina supreme court, declared In addressing a big republican rally hero Friday night that he believes Thos. Dixon Is bringing Ills play, "The Traitor” through the South Just now on the eve of a great national elec tion to inflame the people of the Soutu nnd quicken a fas*, dylng-out race haired for the pol leal advan tage of the democratic party. He ex hibited a large picture of Thomas Dixon and declared the face Is so repulsive (hat tiny Innocent child would turn from It with fear and dread. BURGLARS ROBBED HECKSCHER’S HOME New York’* Mayor's Slater* In-Law Lost. Several Thousand Dollars. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y A *7,500 robbery at the home of Mrs. Heck scher. sister-in-law of Mayor Mc- Clellan, of New York. Ims been re ported to the police of West Chester county. Mrs Heckscher has been living on a cottage on tile old White Plains road, near Mamnroneck. She has been away for several weeks, and only returned Friday. The robbery was discovered by the servants, who found n ladder standing against, the house. The burglsrs hed evidently gained an entrance to the second story window. The woman, apparently ws« about thirty-live years of age, and Is ex ceptionally good looking. Her brown hair was tinged with gray, but her complexion was like a school girl's. Hhe was five feet, six Inches In height and weighed about. 140 pounds. ller long black gloves and BU> In small bills wore In her chatelaine bag, which was uot only wired 'o her wrist, but was wired so thdf It tould not open In the usual fashion Like Ihe man's pockets, tbe bag contained nothing to give an identi- Ileal lou clue. The tide had Jusi started on the ebb when the bodies were found and ns the current In the channel of Jamaica Bay runs about seven miles an hour, II was Impossible to fell where the bodies were thrown In the water. Detectives Ring and Kuhn here found that two persons closely an swering the description of the drown ed pair had been seen at various plams In ami around Old Mill for several days. They kept to them selves and seemed to be devoted to each ot her. JtUHJP /•