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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIII., No. 286.
1 FRIGHTFUL
ISSUES IN
ARMENIA
BERLIN.—There have been fright
ful massacres in Armenia, according
to a Constantinople correspondent of
the Berliner Tageblatt. This paper
publishes a despatch from the Turk
ish capital, which says:
"Armenians in Wiranschehir have
been massacred by the Turkish troops
Women ana children have been sub
jected to fearful treatment.’’ Troops
were sent to Wiranschehir to over
awe the mutinous townspeople, two
thirds of whom are Armenians and
they at once began to murder and
plunder. They are said to have com
pletely over-run the city.
natTgoodl is
NOT TO in
SOON
CHICAGO—"No wedding bells for
me. I am too busy making money
to thing of marriage, and gossip about
.Miss Edna Goodrich and myself is
without truth,” declared Nat C. Good
win, actor and mine owner, who is at
the Auditorium Annex hotel.
Mr. Goodwin came to Chicago
Friday afternoon with his partner,
George O. Weeden, from Reno, Nev..
and they will leave for New York on
Monday evening, after attending a
"mining brokers' banquet” to be
given on Monday for himself anc
partner.
”1 returned from Europe seven
weeks ago," he said "and while there
did not see Miss Goodrich. Why
should I? She is a fine little woman
and all that, but our relations have
simply been of business and not of
the heari. My marriage to and di
vorce from Miss Maxine Elliott, se
cured last week, is public property.
"I am now an actor, business man,
newspaper publisher—for I have the
Reno Daily Gazette—and miner. Is
that not enough to keep nte busy with
out hunting around for more domestic
trouble? I guess!
“This idle gossip about Miss Good
rich and mvsolf is rot. The same
may be said regarding young Harry
MS' Mlllan, a nice fellow of Goldfield,
who they tattle will m|irry Miss El
liott. Nothing to it. Idle gossip. ’
IvrCOY USED HIS
OLD-TIMESNEERS
NEW YORK. —Five thousand fight
fans crowded into the arena of the
National Atheltic Club in East
Twenty-fourth street last night, to
see the much talked of bout between
Kid McCoy and Jim Stewarl.
In wnat little fighting took place,
McCoy had the best of it. His
weight was given out as 165 and
Stewarts at 200.
At the start McCoy at oner resort
ed to his old exasperating tactics of
sneering at hits opponent. Stewart
seemed afraid to try a single punch.
He doubled up every time McCoy
made a rush at him. Just before the
bell announced the end of the round.
McCoy landed a left on Stewart's
chin, an 1 the big fellow dropped. He
got up iiiickly, and the men were
clinched ai the gong.
Curing the other rounds McCoy
look no chances of mixing matters,
hut he did all the leading, and ip the
opinion of the crowd, would have
earned the decision had there been
one. Ills reputation overawed Stewart
apparently.
The third and fourth ronds were
■o tame that the crowd repeatdel;.
yelled to the men to mix it up. In
the fifth McCoy turned things up
with some faifcy sparring, but did lit
tie damage. The kid was evidently
tired. He landed cne hard one on the
jaw and Stewart clinched till Referee
White forced him to break away.
He clinched again till the gong, lie
acted as if he was frightened arid the
crowd jeered.
WILLIAM TUCKER
CRITICALLY ILL
The Chances Are That He
Will Not be Tried in This
World.
CHICAGO.—CoI. Wllllm F Tueker,
chief paymaster of the department
of the lakes Is now believed to be
critically 111 Ir. the army hospital at
Hot Springs, trk., ind 'he rhane< t
are that the grand jury will never
be asked to inquire Into his domestic
troubles
His deserted wife, Mrs. Mary
i.n Tucker, and her mother. Mrs.
John A. Logan, are still at the Audi
torium Annex awaiting the outcom'*
of the case No further action will
be taken pending further develop
bents in Col. fucker a Illness.
MR SITUATIDN
IS GROWING
SMS
PARIS.—The situation between
Bulgaria and Turkey is regarded here
as distinct'v more grave, owing to
the intransigeant attitude of the for
mer and latter's preparations for war
A report that Bulgaria has rejected
the offer made by Germany and Aus
tria to recognize her independence
if she settled the dispute over the
Oriental railroad directly with Tur
key is officially confirmed.
FEW GEISHA GIRLS
HE INJNOLULU
About Thirteen of Them in
this Place and They Make
Good Money.
HONOLULU, Hawaii.—Among oth
er peculiar customs of Japan still re
tained by the Japanese colony in
Honolulu is ** it of entertainment hv
the geisha girls. There are about 13
of these girls in Honolulu, and they
are said to earn from SIOO to S3OO per
month by their graceful dancing, sing
ing, smiling and chatting. The Haw
aii Shlnpo, a Japanese newspaper
published in Honolulu, tells about the
Geishas in its English edition under
a caption of “Why We Need Geisha
Girls,” as follows:
"Geisha girls are the flowers of our
society. They are present In almost
any social functions, except those of
the Japanese Christians. They are
skilled in music and dancing, and act
as waitress at Japanese dinners.
Without them our parties will look
as sober as a funeral and each guest
would look like a tomb. Indeed. Gei
sha girls make our society jolly and
pleasant. They know the art of en
tertaining. This is owing to the fact
that Japanese as a race are very poor
conversationists. For centuries, they
were taught that silence was a virtue
and that too much sooialiblty Is a sign
of degradation of character. Still
more is this the case with our women.
The first virtue of our womanhood
was considered to be, until recent
years, her keeping silence in the pres
ence of men!
z’Seldom were wives present in sa
murai’s parties, although with the In
troduction of the Western customs
this is now changing. Men and wo
men must sit In separate rooms; so
taught our old sages. Thus, our par
ties lack the jolliness of European
society. If Japanese women would
become as chatty and half as en
chanting as their American sisters
we would have no need of Geisha
girls, but so long as they remain as
they are, geisha will have a place in
our society. Geisha girls are not
necessarily immoral. Especially in
this true of our Honolulu girls who
arp mostly married women. They are
entertainers engaged in making a
living in the way for which they have
been educated. The ordinary charge
made by the geisha girls in Honolulu
Is $3.00 an hour, that Is to say, to
come to chat, sing, dance and smile.
“There are about 13 of them in
Honolulu and they arc all Hiroshima
girls or ’gans girls as we cal! them
because of the peculiar provincial col
loquialism they use. Thetr monthly
Income is said to range from SIOO to
S3OO.
BURNED TO OEM
IN POTATO FIELD
COLUMBUS, Ga.—Mrs. Nancy Dod
son. aged 72 years, died Friday af
ternoon of hums received while in a
1 potato field, whleh her grandson had
set on fire whl'e digging potatoes
The hoy was badly burned while try
ing to save the life of his grand
i mother.
MANY BURGLARIES
IN NEW YORK CITY
The Number will Be About
Fifty Thousand This Year
NEW YORK.—Tin Ocean Accldepr
j and Guarantee corporation has com-
I piled some interesting statistics re
i latlve to burglaries In New York
City.
According to these figures, the
| burglary and larceny crimes In this
• city t-»isl over 45,000 annually—and
will probably tofol up 30,0 K) this
! vear—and the property loss is sls
k7ti,ooo. Th» average annua! number
of arrests for such crimes up to this
I year was only 1.784. and the average
I number of convictions only 420. it
i i said that under the present polle*
j system only 7 per r-nt of the Jewelry
t stolen is recovered.
Forecast fox- Augusta and Vicinity—Fair tonight and Sunday. .
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 17, 1908.
THE DIFFERENCE!
TIN IS BEING
DESTROYED
IT FIRE
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—A telephone
message to The Sun says that the
town of Shirley, Ind., is burning ami'
may be totally destroyed. Two lives
have been lost.
THE INDIGTiyiENTS
HIST INS
!
It Is Said That the Haius
Brothers Are Jointly
Charged With Murder.
NEW YORK.—Just before the
Queens county grand jury fned into ,
the supreme court at Flushing Satur
day District Attorney Darrin an |
nounced that indictments had been
voted agatnsi Captain Peter G. Halns
and his brother, T. Jenkins Halns,
tor the murder of William E. Aunts,
at the Bayslde Yacht Club.
’’The Indictments are to be return
ed to Jlist tc Garrelson," said Mr.
Darrin. "I don't think anything fur
ther is to said:. The Indictments |
have been voted and that is suit,
cient."
While Mr. Darrin wou'd not dis
cuss the charges in the indictm<nts,
it Is said tlie Hains brothers are
jointly charged with murder.
The grand jury concluded its inves
tigation of the ilalns case v.sterday
afternoon, and then adjourned urnll
Saturday to report to Justice Car
leison.
POLICE COMMISSION
MET FRIDAY NIGHT
Private Grubbs Wa* Elect
ed To the Position of
Mounted Sergeant.
The hoard of police commissioner
held their regular semi monthly meet
ing Friday night. There was no bust
ness on hand beyond the election of
a sergeant to succeed Sergeant Hill.
The board was In executive session,
and the following business was trains I
acted:
A sergeant’s ixisltlon on the police
force having been made vaeant by th ■
death of Sergeant Hill, on motion, j
the hoard of police commissioners do!
hereby elect Private Grubbs a moult
ed sergeant.
On motion the board hereby elects;
Sergeant Reynolds a foot-sergeant.
On motion the petitions of Privates
Horn and Adams, for a remittance of
fine* Imposed on them by the board, i
was refused.
CHAIRMAN MACK SAYS
ERIE COUNTY FOR BRYAN
BUFFALO. National f.'halrman
Mack reached here from tin- West j
and talked with several of the local
leaders on the situation In Erie coun
ty. The chairman said the reports!
made up from the secret canvasses!
showed a beam- percentage ’of lo'--
frotn th' Roosevelt vote and that th<-'
county would be for Bryan by a large
plurality. j
TO-DAY’S POLITICAL NEWS
President Roosevelt wrote n letter
to T. J. Dolan, general secretary of
the International Brotherhood or
Steamshovel and Dredgmen, of which
Mr. Taft is an honorary member, do
elating: "I do not believe laboring
men of ibis country have over had
in office a stauncher friend than Mr.
Taft.”
Mr. Taft said he was astonished
at his cordial welcome in Tennessee.
He pleaded for breaking up the ho ltd
South, saying the Southern states are
i the tail of the Northern kite, and
continued: "Furnishing no electoral
votes and substantially but little con
gressional support to a republican ad
ministration, It Is not human nature
that your leading men should have
Influence wllh republican admlnistra
tiollB.”
Mr. Sherman spoke yesterday in
Salamanca and Glean, N Y.
Mr. Bryan spoke to an tinmens"
audience in the hall in Denver In
which hi- v. as nominated. A parade
of three hundred negroes, bearing
banners containing extracts from Sen
nior Foraker's speeches on Browns
vllle, was a feature of Ills reception.
Mr. Bryan used as a text, "Lot there
be light.” He said: "The republican
policies are without form and void
Darkness conceals their plans.” He
naked for publicity before election as
to the republican campaign funds,
the republican tariff phttiß, Philippine
policy and other Issues.
Mr. Kern spoke in Brooklyn and
predicted that ts the republican party
Is not defeated on November 3, It
will, within eight years, occupy an
Impregnable position. ''Socialism will
cout little to grow, fostered by the
evils perpetrated by the republican
party, ami at the end of 25 years prop
erty rights in this country will he
destroyed.
A sheriff at Omaha smashed In a
door of a Pullman state room occu
pied by W. ft. Hearst anti Ills wife,
and served Mr. Hears! in a s<loo,ooo
still for libel and slander begun by
Governor Haskill of Oklahoma.
Vice President Fairbanks talked
tariff trusts and currency in four
mass meetings In New York eity
Names of contributors to the demo
cratic congressional committee’s cam
paign fund w*r« made public.. The
fund amounts to $20,000 and th" larg
"S! contribution, $3,000, earn" from
the national committee.
Nathan Straus, a member of th-*
democratic national advisory commit
tee. asserted that the republican na
tional committee bus been bolding up
Wall street brokers lor campaign con
trlbuttous of not less than SSOO each.
Mr. Hearst arrived In New York
this morning and will deliver an nd
dress this evening together with fan
dldatc Bhearn, nominee for governor
of New York on the Independence
league ticket.
Candidate Taft Is scheduled to
speak hi Hallsbtiry, N. and other
Southern points today, arriving at
Richmond. Vu., tonight.
Candidate Kern Is at Stamford.
Conn., tonight.
Candidate Bryen will he at Omaha
tlila evening.
Governor Hughes will Iddress sevu
ral New York audiences tonight |
WIND AND TIRE
WRECKING
ROMES
SAIILT STE MARIE. Mich. This
morning dawned with no relief from
the forest tires which are raging be
tween White Flsti Point, on Lake Hu
perior, to Detour, at the innutli of
HI. Mary’s river, on Lake Huron. A
thick pnli of smoke hangs over the
lakes and the sun Is blood red.
Reports from the country In all di
rections say the (la.ties are spreading
rapidly. There are no Indications of
rain, and it nmy 1»- days before the
flames ure checked. Farmers anil
residents of lho sinall towns sat tip
nil night watching the tires which ure
burning as high as the tree tops,
aided in their widespread destruction
by strong winds
A telephone message from Plckford
Saturday says that between there and
Detour the tires are Stuttered over a
stretch of territory twenty miles wide.
808 EVANS SCORES
SECRETARY EOEB
NEW YORK Admiral Evans
takes a fall out of Hecretary Ixieb
In this month’s Issue of a New York
magazine, for which he Is writing
about the cruise of Hie fleet while
under Ids command. The statement
of Admiral Evans has lo do with the
denial sent out by Mr l.oeb as lo the
destination of tin- tb-ei when It lefl
Hampton Roads,
A few days after the departure of
the fleet a correspondent with the
fleet sent a wireless message Hint the
fleet would return to Atlantie waters
after going through the Hut"/, canal.
This statement was said lo have eoinii
from the president. As soon as Hits
was published, Secretary l.oeli came
out with a denial of the correctness
of Admiral Evans' statement. la
writing his story of the cruise, Admi
ral Evans says:
"For the tlrst time I was authorlz
ed by tee president to say to the
officers anil men of the fleet thin after
a slay ot a lew months ill the Psclfle
the fleet would return to the Atlantic
ports via the Hues canal.”
Speaking ol Secretary Igieb's denial
of the correctness of this statement
by him. Admiral Evans says of the
president’s secretary: "One of the
newspaper men sent the message to
nls paper by wireless, ami It was
published the following morning.
Afterward I saw that Mr l»oeb had
promptly denied that the president
ever authorized any such statement
' Mr. Isreb Is undoubtedly one of th
best, men who ever served as secre
tary to n president, but I am sure l
can keep him busy for u long time
denying things If I published every
thing the president, has said to me. ’
Admiral Evans quote* the presi
dent as having said to him as he
left lor his ship: "Remember, admi
ral, you sail with the confidence of
the president more completely than
any admiral ever did before; your
course Is a peaceful one, but you real
Ize your responsibility IJ It should |
turn out otherwise.'
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
BOOSTERS WORKING FOR
LOCAL FREIGHT BUREAU
Meeting; held Friday Nifilit
in Interest of Augusta's
Advancement. Will Help
Fail’ Along By Correcting
False Impressions.
Up in arms, fighting for Xugusla'a
enterprise, the Georgia Gttrolina fair
association, a freight bureau for the
city and for several other maters in
which Augusta Is vitally Interested,
the Boosters Club met Friday night
It was scarcely mote than a called
meeting as the organization lias been
acting in co-operation with other
hurtles since the flood, raising more
money for the Georgia amt Florida
railway shops than any oilier or
ganization and doing other work, hut
a small crowd of enthusiast to moil
were present and took part In the
meeting.
A few days ago the club undertook
to have some action taken without
delay to get a low rate on shoes to
Augusta from common eastern points
and since they began their cruaado
the railroad ('"vnitllnc of the Chain
her ot Commerce and the Retail Met'
chants association tins virtually forc
ed action on the muter and tt Is stal
l'd that Hon. Jos. Gittmhl has been
sent to push the ease. Falling in a
mutual settlement ol the auestton
with l.ie railroads and inlutielions
proceedings will at once b< insil
I tiled.
The subject of a freight bureau
was brought up for consideration and
Mr. T. G. I ’ll i I pot moved that a com
mittee of l.irei be appointed by tint
Boosters Club to confer with a
similar committor front Chamber ol
Citmtiv-rce anti the Retail Merchants
association and President Howard
11. Stafford appointed Messrs. I’hl!-
pot, Harry Johnson and L. M. Henry
oil the oomnitl lee.
Mr. Hlnfford is an ox officio mem
her. Tin- secretary of tile Boosters
('lull wus Instructed to address a com
munication to the Chamber of Com
mono and Retail Merchants assecla
lion and ask them to appoint a com
mittee of three and that they meet
with the Boosters committee upon
call ol President Stafford. It Is plan
ned lo definitely settle the question
al lie- an-itial meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce.
Mayor Dunbar spoke on Iho subject
and staled that during Ins business
career he had paid out annually ul
most SIOb,HUO In Height bills and lie
knew jusl what a saving tl would be
to Aiißiistn lo have a freight bureau
Mr. Austin declared II was time for
action as Hie Chamber of Commerce
ami oilier organizations bad been ills
cussing the proposition for over two
years now and nothing wtinlovor had
been don" to dale. Mayor Dunbar
stated that lie could not ship goods
Imm Hie Clark Milling company to
Georgetown, K. C. as cheaply as
Nashville, Chattanooga or Atlanta
could send them in and Dial despite
vuilotis appeals he hurt received no
aid. lie al aled I hat the city was
new simply at the mercy of the i\l
road men til Aiigiistu and while most
of 111' m had u kindly fooling tor tin
city still they coulil not gel the
roads to make just concessions In
freight rates.
One ol im imm, liuporfnni instinrH,
perhapK, brought up was that of n
letter addressed lo one of 111" leading
tide-show men now on the road who
will show al the Giiorgla-Carollna fair
this season. It came trom the secre
tary of the concession committee ot
the Macon fair and endeavored to In
dm-e the putfty addressed to runnel
Ida Augusta engagement and come to
Macon, selling forth the fact that he
would piobalily get nothing In Ail-
Hindu im the city was demoralized on
account of it recent flood. Tin- letter
WUS UH PIIIOWS,
"Miieon, Ga„ Of. 2, Utllk. Capt W.
D Ann-ill, care Atlniila Filr, Atlanta
< in
"Deal Hlr Your letter of the 2ttth.
Ins,l , received and contents nm*d.
"I am very sorry to hear lliai you
cannot snow with us during our fair.
”1 glv von IhlH for Information:
Augusta lias Just gone through a
seven calamity; the people of the
entire city aui demoralized, street
ear companies are In a terrible con
dition and will In- for some time to
have enough power to run the cars
"Th--n has been a terrible flood
whieti 1 1 n m rau-red a loss of thousands
of dollars, and I think you are mak
lllg a great mlslnki by not coming
to our fair We run for II days,
wliih Augusta only runs for eight
Hoping that you can reconsider, I
beg to remain, (Higm-d ) Yours truly
Jesse Harris, Secretary Gonci-sslon
i iornniHtee."
FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR
ADVERTISERS.
In Judging what the future has In store for advertisers, they will
do well to consider the following
That never before was there so much money, and cheap money at
that, In the country as we have now money that seeks employment
and Investment.
That the average amount of money per head of population
amounts to $35 th" largest In the history of the country.
That the crops are splendid, and that good crops have always been
the forerunners of general prosperity, for they start up factories and
lead in employment of labor ai good wuges
That the country Is constantly growing In population nnd the peo
ple’s necessities are Inereaslng correspondingly,
That an optimistic sentiment pervades the entire nation and that,
sentiment Is a mighty force In upbuilding business
Thai this nation is determined lo prosper and lo work out Its wel
fare, no matter how the presidential election goes. To this determina
tion may be due th" present political apathy.
In these consider,- it lons advertisers ought to find Inspiration to go
ahead on a large scale.
THREE HUNDRED
LUES LIST IN
TYPHOON
AMOY.— Native reports received
from Chang Chow are to the effect
that more than three hundred lives
were lost in that city as a result of
Thursday's typhoon.
THE FOREST FIRES
THREATEN TOWNS
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. The worst,
forest fires In Cambria county since
the beginning of the drouth arc men
acing property Saturday. Heaverdalo
and Lloydoll are threatened. Minor
Point is literally surrounded by
names, and every man Is lighting to
save Ills homo.
ALI’KNA, Mich. It Is believed to
day that ilie total number of dead,
due to the terrific forest fires that
are sweeping the country In tills vicin
ity, will reach thirty, possibly more.
Twenty-three persons are known to
be dead up to tills hour. John I’ach-
Inskl and wife, an aged couple, were
burned to death in Ihelr home near
Pulaski. Their hones were found to
day liy the lire lighters Mrs. August
SnerzsUt and three children were cre
mated five miles stallli of Rogers
City.
TOWN CONSUMED
BY FOREST FIRES
TITUSVILLE, Pa. Llncolnvllie 1s
being consumed by flaim-s that HMirt
ed from a forest fire. The blase is
beyond control ami le-lp has been sum
limned from nearby places. Word
received here by telephone early Hat
iirda.v morning stales several homes
hail been burned and that there was
little hope of saving buildings still
standing.
Half a dozen of iliose present. In
cluding Mayor Dunbar, Mr. Harry
Johnson, F. li Austin, T. G Philpot
and others, gave vent to their opin
ions and the Pillowing resolution was
Introduced and passed "We, the
Boosters Glut) of Augusta, recognize
the truth of the assertion that Au
gusta nas passed through a calamity,
hilt we are entirely through. In the
heighl of our calamity we are confi
dent enough to believe the city and
surrounding country amply able to
support rapt. Ament's shows, or any
others as for that, equally as well as
Macon could do hi the midst of her
vaunted prosperity. w« declare that
the people of Augusln are not de
moralized. every business and In
dustry Ik agin ready for resumption of
huKlnefM, the street cars are running
without interruption and we have
great confidence In Ihe future of Au
gusta.
"Therefort be It resolved that we
condemn sueli communication!; as the
one In question and that Augusta
papers he requested to publish our
action and that a marked copy ot
the paper be sent to Hneretniy Jess-z
Harris ’’ The club decided to hold
semi monthly meetings hereafter, the
dates being the second and fourth
Friday nlghis at light o'clock during
(he winter months. A special speaker
will he si cured for each meeting and
a strong effort will be made to se
cure a large attendance at the nexi
meeting.
After the business session was over
the crowd repaired to the banquet
hall ol the Chamber of Commerce
where refreshments were served arm
an Informal discussion of pertinent
topics was held.