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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD VOLUME xm., No. 282. GUADELOUPE TERRIFIED BY MIN BASSE —Terre, Island of Guade loupe.—A rain of asheg from volca noes on Martinique or St. Vincent Is lands is falling over Guadeloupe. Mount Soufriere, the largest volca no on St. Vincpftt is calm, and the ashes must come from some other crater. BHUOOFSftIiK IN SOUTH SEA MOW uKLIN'.—A wireless message re ctived today from Arnold, conductor of the St. Ixmis, as balloon in the Qordon-Bennett race says: "Lost everything in North Sea last night.” Another despatch received hero says the St. Louis smk in the North Sea and that its occupants were res cued by a schooner. ' UNCLE JOE HUMOR IS SELLING UID OMAHA, Neb. —“Uncle Joe” Can non, speaker of the houpe, is evident ly hard up. He has just sold $49,000 worth of hlg Nebraska farm lands and is offering for sale still other proper ty he owns in eastern Nebraska. The farm Cannon has just sold contains 700 acres, and sold for S7O an acre. The market price for lands of the came class in the vicinity is $75 to $80 v M'i Cannon purchased this land years ago, when lands were going at a song He is reported to own thous ands of acres of land in eastern Ne braska, right in the heart of the corn and wheat belt. AEROPLANE WAS CMMEDJfj TRUNK WASHINGTON—A. M. Herring, the Ntw York aeroplanlst, arlved in town with his machine locked up in a trunk and two hand bags Monday. He took his outfit to Fort Myer, where it will be delivered, technically, to the gov ernment within a few days. It is an nounced, however, that the first flights of the Herring machine will not be made at the Fort Myer parade grounds. Mr. Herring has always pro tested against the restricted quarters at Fort Myer. with the necessity for frequent short turns in the flights. It is said tne signal corps have no ob jection to the tests being held else where, and will detach officers to ac company Mr. Herring and take note of his progress. Herring refuses to indicate where the flights will be held saying he is afraid of crowds and ac cidents. Political News Ex-Senator W. A. Clark, of Montana will stump for Bryan, whose election, he said, would help and not hurt bus iness interests. Mr Bryan, before the students of the University of Nebraska, called Governor Hughes a ‘ defender of the trusts,” criticised his veto of a two c«nt fare bill, called attention to the contributions of Morgan, Rockefeller, and others to his campaign fund, and described him as a doctor who laugh ed at the prescription given by an other physician though refusing to furnish a prescription of his own. Mr Taft began his tour of Ohio, making sixteen speeches. He devoted much time to the labor question, and defended his decisions when on the bench in labor cases. He said labor nnlons had thrived under the law as he had laid It down He repeated his woman suffrage sentiments. Hi* crowds were not as large as those he bad In the west. Mr. Sherman, speaking In New Jer sey said Bryan was "dangerous" be cause he was sincere, and would not be if he were a faker. % Governoi Hughe* spoke at Oswego and Waygfly to large audiences. He said the fndlcattons “for the electlou of Taft and Sherman arc very grati fying;" that he would sign no hill* for plurality, and that "my family Is largely dependent upon the insurance companies if anything happen* to m«" CHARLES 8. PATTON : M-fofcald Charles B Patton, convicted of be ing an accessory to a murder of which the principal had long been pardoned, has just been released from the Georgia penitentiary after 22 years of imprisonment. DISTRIBUTION OF ALIENSJLANNED THE ENTIRE IMMIGRATION SERVICE WILL BE REQUIRED TO ASSIST IN GETTING INFORMATION LABOR BUREAU Will Get In Touch With the Farmers and Manu facturers of the South and Supply Them Labor WASHINGTON.—The fullest meas ure of assistance to the bureau of information of the department of com merce and labor in promoting a ben eficial distribution of aliens who come to the United States will be expected and required of the entire immigration service, according to a communication sent out by direction of Secretary Straus to the commis sioners of immigration. A division of information was created by con gress for the purpose of promoting the distribution of all admitted aliens i and other persons seeking employ ment. In carrying out this scheme Secre tary Straus directs that one employe be detailed to take charge of the ln j formation and distribution work at j each immigration station. The bureau of Information Tues day also started the enormous task of getting 1n touch witlh farmers, manufacturers and all other persons throughout the South, to learn at first hand if they are in need of help, par l ticularly farm laborers, common la , borers, mechanics, etc. This work will require the sending out of 806,- 1 000 return postal cards for distribu tion by rural delivery carriers In the | atatea of Virginia, West Virginia. : North Carolina, South Carolina. Ken tucky, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi land other Southern states. On the j cards that, are returned will be indi | rated the kind of labor needed and ' the bureau of Information will assist lln securing the desired help. BISHOP CHARLES W- SMITH RESIGNS BANK PRESIDENCY PITTSBURG, Pa Bishop Carles W I Smith, of Pittsburg, has returned his position as president of the Central National bank, of Wllklnsburg. a posi tion he has held for many years. Rev. Mr Smith was recently unpointed bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church at Portland. Oregon, and leaves next week to take up his work .on the coast. Forecast for Aug-nsta and Vicinity— Fair tonight and Wednesdayi cooler tonight.. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 13, 1008. Bum's Brass ON WITNESS STAND EDNA WALLACE HOPPER TELLS OF AUTOMOBILE AND INSURANCE POLICY GIFTS HAS ENGAGEMENT RING Expects To Marry Bank rupt Broker soon. Brown Paid For Garage and Chnuffenr Until He went Broke NEW YORK—The receivership being heard before Commissioner Gilchrist, in the federal building in the case of the defunct stock ex change firm of A. O. Brown A Co, waa enlivened today by the pres ence and testimony of Miss Edna Wallace Hopper, the actress, to whom A. O. Brown gave an automobile and a ten year policy for $25,000. Mis* Hopper, In reply to questions by Ed ward Lauterbach, counsel for Brown, said that she was engaged to marry the broker at the time the gifts wers made, and that they are still engaged. With a most engaging smile she as sured Mr. Lauterbach that their mar riage would not be long deferred. Mr. Brown and Miss Hopper ar rived at. the federal building togeth er in the automobile which caused her to be called as a witness. She looked very fetching in a wine-colored corduroy suit, a big hat trimmed with gold cord and black plumes; a gold chatelaine, and other interesting dec orations. When she stepped to the witness chair. Dauiel P. Hayes, noun sel for Receiver Littlefield, questioned her. “How shall I address you Mrs. Hopper?" Mr. Hayes asked. "Oh, it doesn't matter; call mo anything you like," she said, gracious ly. "I am called Miss Hopper." Proceeding on this basis. Mr. Hayes elicited from the actress the fact that she knew Mr. Brown, that, she had met hint in New York about two years ago, and that hs had given her an aulomobf.e and a life lnstiranre policy in which his deceased wife had been originally named as the bene ficiary. “He gave you an automobile?" Mr. Hayes asked. "Yes." “Where did this happen?" “At my home.” "What took place? Tell us about the transaction.” "Oh, It wasn’t a transaction," Miss Hopper protested. “It was simply a gift." “Yes, but why did he give it to you?" Mr. Hayes persisted. "Well, he knew I wanted an auto mobile, and he wanted me to have one," Miss Hopper explained, with the frank guiltlessness of an Ingenue In a "pumpkin drama.” "Who paid the garage bills?" “WIR r , Mr. Brown, of course. The* was part of the gift. He paid the garage bills and the chauffeuf except when 1 had the machine en tour. Then I paid the expenses. After the failure I had to pay the chauffeur and garage bills." BROWN’S INITIALS STAYED ON CAR. “What were the Initials on the car?” "A. O. B.” “Did you ha'-e them changed?” "Not at first. But after tho fail ure, when I put the car up lor sale, I had my own Initials put on.” “Mr. Brown gave you a life Insur ance policy?” "Yes; he said he wanted me to be the beneficiary aB his wife had been.” “What company was It In?” "I really don't know I dhln't. pay much attention to It. I Just took the paper and put it In a vault and forgot all about It." "Was there any consideration given In exchange for the automobile and the policy?” "No.” On behalf of the receiver Mr Mayes then demanded the surrender by Miss Hooper of the automobile and the policy. Before Miss Hnppei could reply, Mr Dauterbar.h Inter Jected “Miss Hopper, were yen and Mr. Brown engag.-d to me married* "Oh. yes.” Miss Hopper replied quickly. "On the day h* gave m« the automobile, 1 got the ring vv« were to have been married soon.” “You are sill! engaged?” "Oh, yes ” “I hope that I shall receive an In vilalion to 'he wedding," Mr. I.autor bach said. 'Oh. ves; I shall not giro him the car nor the policy,” Miss Hopper said, with the utmost nonchalance The fair witness I*ft th* stand arm went up town In the sub-way. It la likely that the receiver through Ills counsel will take legal steps ir recover possession of the machine arin the life Insurance policy for tlie benefit of creditors of the firm ASKED DOCTOR HANDLEY TO RaTURN. VINELAND, N .1 —At the thlro quarterly conference meeting of the first Methodist church, Rev. Dr. John } Handley received a unanimous call |to return another year. WAR SITUATION CONSIDERED SERIOUS LONDON—The beat evidence that notwithstanding the most hopeful out look In some direction, the situation is still censldered serious. Is the fact that Lloyd* is charging 25 guineas per rent to Insure against the risk of war between Vulgaris and Turkey, on or before Deeemher sl. and fifteen gnlneas j*r cent against war between Austria and Varela during the ensuing month. Commercial circles »t present nre not Inclined to regard the hopeful dec laration of statesmen as more than pious wishes. Balkan News The featuflk of the International po litlcal situation today was the appa rent calming influence of delay. The war points on the map have lost their alarming aspect SOFIA.—The new czar of the Bul garian! made triumphal entry inlo the new capital, greeted by oheering populace and rear es artillery. PARIS—It i* unofficially reported I in The Matin that Rulgarla will send an ultimatum te Turkey demanding that her independence be recognised. LONDON.—The sentiment of war In the near Bast has died out, but the effect of the Imbroglio has been an Impetus to naval construction! VIENNA.- There Is less fear of war here than that a dynastic crisis will result through an effort to place the crown prince on the throne of Servia. CETTINJE, Mentenegro—The Mon tenogrlan natiensl assembly In an ex traordlnary session, and through the appropriation yesterday of a a vast sum indicates t belligerent attitude. [ CANANISA, Crete—Through the consent of me Cretan parliament to unite with Greece, an International action which has been pending for many years his been consummated. MADRlD—Despatches received here state that other British cruisers have been ordered te Malta. ODESSA. —Further rumors are heard here concerning the moblllzn tion of !he Black Sea float. ROME—The Italian fleet, which waa about to disband, has been ordered to await further Instructions. CEO. STALLINGS Will MANAGE LINES NEW YORK— George T Stalling* has finally been announced as the manager of the Nsw York Amerlcnn league team far aoxl season Stallings rentes from the Newark Eastern league team, hut I* well known In hlg league circle*, having handled the National league club In Philadelphia for two season*, ns well as the Detroit elub for the first two years of the American league. Stallings Is new 'rying to secure the return es Hal Chase, and It I* more than likely that the grto> firs baseman will be seen In a N< w York uniform again next spring Whether Elberfeld will he a member of th" team again next sesaon or not, is a qtieation. "she probabilities are that he will hot. WILLIAM TAFT’S TRAIN IN A SLIGHT WRECK CLEVELAND, O— While pulling slowly Into the East end of the yards here Tuesday mernlng, the ffilrj bearing W H Taft, the rails spread under the secoad reach, but the train was running so slowly that It came to an tiniest Instant stop. No darn age was done to the coach, and, after a delay of 20. minutes, the train resumed It* Journey. The Taft party experienced only a slight Jar, ns the train esme to an abrupt stop PLANT" WORKER WAS INSTANTLY KILLED ERCA.NaBA. Mich - George Roe nun, een es the superintendent es the munelpnl electric light plant here, while testinr wire connections Tim* day mornlDg, received a shfiek of 2, '/00 volts and was Instantly killed, FOUND BP AD IN BCD. BORDKNTOWN, N J.—Louis Mil ler .living on a small place on the outskirts of Rordentown, waa loitnd dead In bed this morning He was s I widwar. NEWWRIT SECURtG IN THE n DUSE ORDERED THE ASYLUM AU THORITIES TO PRODUCE THAW AT PITTSBURG AT BANKRUPTCY HEARING HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS Once Out, of the State of New York, Thaw Can Be Free Again. NEW YORK. —After a dash to Scranton, Pa., begun Monday, when Harry K. Thaw wan sent hack lo Matteawnn asylum for the criminal Insane by Justice Mills, in the su preme court, al While Plains, Roger O'Marti, the Pittsburg detective, who has been appointed trustee for Thaw, secured a writ from th« federal court In Scranton, ordering the asylum au thorities io produce Thaw iu Pitts burg at the hearing in bankruptcy. This writ will be served on Dr. Baker, acting superintendent of the asylum Tuesday. Whether Dr. Baker will obey the court, or whether ho will lay himself liable to contempt of court, remains to be seen. The new writ will further compli cate matters. Sheriff Lane, who re fused to recognize the federal court's order, seems lo have shifted the re sponsibility to the asylum authori ties. Dr. Baker, it is believed, will follow the advtre of counsel. Once outside the state of New York, where Thaw is considered to be a lunatic, habeas corpus proceedings can be brought, It is said, and Thaw esn go free, unless the Pennsylvania courts find him crazy. Then he could be held in Pennsylvania. Thaw said Tuesday (hat lie would he pleased to return to New York and go back to Mstteswan. after the bankruptcy proceedings Thaw hates Mstteswan, though, as he never hated a place in his life. "However, my going to Pittsburg Is not settiad," he added. "The fed eral court* hold that I must person | ally appear and mikwor my creditors. I That 1 shall he pleased to do If the opportunity Is given me, but I shall also be pleased to return to New York state and fare another court In an effort to establish my sanlly. All my friends know 1 am not Insane and I have not the slightest doubt I can convince a Jury I am not. If I am taken to Pittsburg under orders from the federal court, I am In the custody of the federal officers from the moment I leave this asylum, and they are responsible for iny re turn here again. Even If this were not *o, I have no other desire than to return here and prove myself sane before the world ” WORLD'S CHAMPION DIVORCEE TO RE-IRRY DOR ANOICDER, Cal.—Tho cham pion divorcee of the world Is to add to her conquests taking a former husband again as a spouse Mrs. Grace flnell-Coffln-f'offln Walker Coffin I-ayman I,ove, announces she Is to marry Perkins A. Dayman, as Hoon as her divorce from Dowa is made final. Mrs Dove etc , Is tho daughter of Amos ,J. Mncll. a millionaire of f'hlca go, who was murdered on February 18, 1888 at bis home, 420 Washington Boulevard, Chicago NO OPPOSITION TOR GOV. J. A. JOHNSON The Republican in Not a Citizen of the United Staten and Cannot Run. MINNEAPOLIS Minn. Mov. John A. Johnson may have little or no op position in h?s candidacy for the gov ernorship If a report from Madison, Minn., the home of Jacob P. Jacob son, the republican candidate, has any foundation. It Is claimed there thut Mr Jacob son has not been properly natural)?, cd. and not being a citizen of the United Stales, cannot run for office. Mr. Jacobson was born In Norway and moved to this country with bis parents. inquiry shows Mr, Jacob son has never taken out naturallxa tlon papers and Inquiry falls to os tnbilsh that his father did The mat ter I* being Investigated by the re publican state central committee WRIGHT CHANGES PLANE DK MANS. France Wilbur Wrlrlt announced loda" 'hat In 'hi • ar fn turn h< will sail M» aeroolane at n height Of from 2,000 to 4,000 feet, using only sails at motive power. DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 PER YEAR. LEADING FIGURES IN ERB MURDER CASE The principals In the lOrb tragedy of Philadelphia. The womian pin lured above is Mrs. J. Clayton Kill. Capt. ICrb Is shown lo the left and Mrs. Lib's slHler, Mrs Kutberlne llelsel shown to He right. REQUEST 10 HOLD UP INDICTMENTS NEW YORK—A request to hold up Indk't meiilH found luHt June ugulnst Theodore H. Price and Moses Haas, pending Iho prosecution of requisi tion proceedings before Commission er Shields, for the removal of the de fendants to Washington, D. C., was made by Assistant United Staten At torne/ IJorr, to Judge Hough In the United Htatcs circuit court Monday. Price and llaan were Indicted with Edwin Holmes, uHHlKtanl Htatlntlrlan of the department of agriculture. In connection with the ao-culled cbtton report leak scandal. The motion, Mr. Dorr naltl, was made at the request of Attorney Gen eral Bonaparte, who In a letter Hint ed that the Washington officlaln, be ing thoroughly familiar with ihe con spiracy charges, are prepared to tiring them to Irlai December 1 next Mr. Bonaparte further slated that If the trials nre to take place here, and the government be required to tiring Its witnesses here and main la I n them for three weeks while the ease Is on, the business of ihe department of agricul ture will be seriously hampered. Judge Hough reserved decision un til he lihh heard argument In Hans' behalf, which will lie made next Hat urday. PAINTER SEEKING RECONCILIATION NEW YORK Julian Story, tho famou* portrait painter, Im a reconciliation with lilh former wife, Mme Emma Kbiiich, th<’ *llll more I famou* prim a donna. Member* of the artlwtlc an' 1 mimical world, from their European vacation*, made thlk known. Htory'a tentative advance* were made on Hie other *jdo from whence he return' d i< day or two ; ago, and where Mine Earn** Ktill re* main*. Ho far there ha* been no reconcilia tion, and no Indication that the *irig t-T wl*h‘* one, however, ardent tno iartlvt niay he In the matter. Newspapers and Advertising The newspaper is one of the qgreat formative forces of the ctvlllz* tlon of the age. it. Is also one of the greatest forces for the de velopment of buslnesu. It Is capable of making (justness -creating new Industries, and extending arid widening old ones. It has come to he a necessity in the promotion of business Without It. much that Is could not have been. Without It, life would dwindle arid lose Its savor. Advertising Is the t< lltqg to rneny men what one man has to sell, nnd the Invitation to buy. USE THE HERALD ‘F YOU WANT THE BEST RE3ULTB IN YOUR ADVERTISING. CAPTAIN ERB PRISONED FIT PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—A secrot aul pay has revealed that Capt. J. Clayton Erb, who was shot, and killed In his home, Ited Gables, was poison ed before the bullets which ended his life were fired at him The poison was administered in a high ball, which was handed to Erb before he was shot. To confirm tholr beliof in the pois on theory, the police turned over to l)r. Meeker, of the Medico Chlrurglcal college, the stomach and intestines of the dead man lor chemical analysis. They now are convinced that suffici ent of a deadly drug was administer ed to have killed Erb, even if no Shots bad been fired It Is the thoory of the police that after the poison wsh administered it failed to take effect as rapidly as had been atlelpuled and that seeing that Erb hud become suspicious, it was necessary to kill him in order that he might not disclose his sus picion. If this was tho intent of tho mur derers, their plans went aßtray, be cause Capt. Erb did tell his coach man and bodyguard, Eugene Poulson, that ho hud been poisoned, and that his wife and his sister tn-law wore trying to kill him. Both women who are In cells In the Jail at Media, refuse to add to their statements that the shots were fired at Captain Erb in self-defense, and because Mth Katherine Belsel bad been threatened by Erb with a pistol. "Last Tuesday nlgWt," said Poul son's wife, "was not the first tlma Captain Erb was shot at In his own home. Mrs Erb slept with a re volvor under her pillow anti often threatened to use it. She pointed if at mv husband one day and threat ened lo kill him. She threatened to kill him again tho day Captain Krh said he was poisoned by the high ball ills wife prepared. Capt. Erb beg ged my husband not ta leave him that day, and Poulson stayed although Mrs. Erb ordered him from tlid house Tho captain was groaning in agony on u rouch while Ins wife was Irving to gel rid of my husband. Mrs. Erb made things so hot for us finally that my husband left tho house. lie was taking lessons In automobile driving, and was to hftve been chauffeur for Captain Erb this week. “Captain Krh exported to have a new machine by this time, and to have his wife oul of Ited Gables for good." Additional evidence haa been dis covered In Ited Gables. It consists of blood stains In (he hall, near the door of his private bath room. Tho stairs are eight reel, from the spot where, last Tuesday night, the body was found. If Is the opinion of tbe detectives Dial Erb wu% not killed by bis sister-in-law, Mrs. Catherine liel sel. In tho place described by hor and her sister. They hope to show the man was shot down without having a chanco for his life, and that the shooting was done Immediately on his appearance trorn his own suite, Instead of after u rush by him toward Mrs. Belsel with a pistol In bis hand, as tho wo men assert. NEGRO RAPIST MET DEATH IN NEW CHAIR Virginia's New Method of Executing Criminals waa Tried For the Firat Time Today. RICHMOND, Va.—Virginia’s new electric chair, the permanent succes sor of the gibbet in the Old Dominion Tuesday morning claimed Its first vic tim, when Henry .Smith, alias Oscar Perry, alias John Wllllania, a negro rapist, went to his death at 1 30 o'clock. The law substituting death by elec tricity for the "hempen cravat" In i uses of capital punishment, strictly forbids the publications of details connected with such executions. Suf fice it say that the new chair did Its work with terrific precision, and ithat the prisoner seemingly was dead In less than thirty seconds after tho j switch had been turned on. Btnllh was convicted in Portsmouth lat the Sept ember term of court for itii unspeakable crime, of which an | aged white woman was Iho victim.