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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIV., No. 4
President Says That Congress
* Misunderstood His Message
Not Only Did Not Accuse
Congress of Fear of being
Investigated but Depre
cates Attacks upon Mem
bers as a Whole.
WASHINGTON—The president to
day sent congress a special message
urging legislative action providing
for aid of the Italian earthquake suf
ferers. He said he already had or
dered the supply ship Culgoa and the
Celtic to the scene and asked author
ity for them to proceed unloading the
supplies in their cargo which is worth
three hundred and fifty thousand. He
recommended an additional appropria
tion of five hundred thousand.
The president also sent a special
message to congress in reply to the
latter's request for amplification of
the charges in the president's regular I
annual message regarding the secret
service.
The message after reciting the
resolution of the house of representa
tives in regard to the objectionable
clause regarding the secret service
investigation of congressmen, reads
in part:
CANNOT
UNDERSTAND IT.
I am wholly at a loss to understand
the concluding portion of the resolu
tion. I have made no charges of
corruption against congress nor
against any member of the present
house. If I had proof of such cor
ruption affecting any member of the
house in any matter as to which the
ledera: government has jurisdiction,
action would at once be brought, u 3
was done in the cases of Senators
Mitchell and Burton, and Represen
tatives Williamson, Herrmann and
Briggs, at different times since I have
been ] resident. This would simply
be doing my duty in the executive and
Enforcement of the laws without re
spect to persons. But I do not re
gard if as within the province or the
duties cf the president to report to
the hous ‘alleged delinquencies” of
members, or the supposed “corrupt,
action" of t member "in his official
capacity.” The membership of the
house is by the Constitution placed
within the power of the house alone.
In the prosecution of criminals and
the enforcement of the laws the presi
dent must resort to the courts of the
Ikljted States.
In the third and fourth clauses of
the i reamble it is stated that the
meaning of my words is that “the
majority of the congressmen are in
fear of being investigated by secret
service men" and that “congress as
a whole was actuated by that motive
in enacting the provision in question,"
and that this is an impeachment of
the honor and integrity of the con
gress. These statements are not I
think in accordance with the facts.
MESSAGE
MISUNDERSTOOD.
A careful reading of my message
will show that I said nothing to war
rant the statement that ‘‘the major
ity of the congressmen were in fear
of being investigated by the secret
service men,” or “that congress a 6 a
whole was actuated by that motive.”
I did not make any such statement
in this message. Moreover I have
never made any such statement about
congress as a whole, nor, with a few
inevitable exceptions, about the mem
bers of congress, in any message or
article or speech. On the contrary
I have always not only deprecated but
vigorously resented the practice of
indiscriminate attack upon congress,
and indiscriminate condemnation cf
all congressmen, wise and unwise, fit
and unfit, good and bad alike. No one
realizes more than I the importance
of co-operation between the executive
and congress, and no one holds the
authority and dignity of the congress
of the United States in higher re
spect than I do. I have not the
slightest sympathy with the practice
of judging men, for good or for ill,
not on *heir several merits, but in a
mass, as members of one particular
body or one caste. To put together
all men holding or who have held a
particular office, whether it be the
office of president or judge or senator
or member of the house of representa
\ives, and to class them all, without
regard to their individual differences,
as good or bad, seems to me utterly
indefensible; and it is equally inde
fensible whether the good are con
founded with the bad in a heated and
unwarranted championship of all, or
in a heated and unwarranted assault
upon all. I would neither attack nor
defend all executive officers In a
mass, whether presidents, governors,
cabinet officers or officials of lower
rank; nor would I attack or defend all
legislative officers in a mass. The
safety of free government rests very
largely in the ability of the plain,
everyday citizen to discrlngnate be
tween those public servants who
serve him well and those public serv
ants who serve him 111. He can not
thus discriminate If he is presuaded
to pass judgment upon a man, not
with reference to whether he is a fit
or unfit public servant, but with ref
erence to whether he is an executive
or officer, whether he be
longs to one branch or the other of
the government.
This allegation in the resolution,
therefore, must certainly be due to
an entire failure to understand my
message.
LOOKS UP
THE RECORD.
The resolution continues: "That the
president be requested to transmit
(Continued on page six.)
Alt A. RECEIVERS
CONFER WITH
OFFICERS
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Special to The Herald.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Receivers H. M.
Atkinson, and Preston S. Arkwright
for the A. B. & A. Railway returned
to Atlanta from Boston Sunday and
went into a conference with the at
torneys and the general officials of
tue road. It is expected that a state
ment will be issued on the part of the
receivers. The order of Judge Pardee
naming the receivers fixed their
bonds at fifty thousand dollars each
and it is expected that they will make
this bond with the clerk of the U. S’
Court at once. The law allows ten
days in which receivers may file
bond.
YOUNG GIRXDIES
OF HYDROPHOBIA
The Case Was Developed
Without the Young Girl
Being Bitten.
MOULTON, Ala—Miss Ruby Green,
daughter of a well-known farmer liv
ing near Newburgh, died Saturday
afternoon from hydrophobia, contract
ed in an unusual manner.
The community has been troubled
some time with mad dogs, and one
recently bit a horse owned by Mr.
Green, father of the young lady. The
horse later went mad, and was shot.
Miss Green had a slight abrasion on
her left wrist, and in some manner
this became affected while she was
around the horse. She was never
bitten by either the dog or the horse.
The family is one of the most prom
inent in the county.
COL. J. C. RONEY TO
BE BURIED TUESDAY
Postmaster of Americas
Who Killed Himself Was
Universally Esteemed.
AMERICUS, Ga—Col. Jos. C. Roney
who died by his own hand here Sun
day by shooting himself through the
temple with a revolver in his bed
room will be buried Tuesday morn
ing. His brother Judge H. C. Roney
and other relatives including his sis
ter Mrs. Langford of Atlanta arriv
ed Monday morning.
Physical afflictions resulting from
recent attacks of rheumatism un
doubtedly caused the commission of
the deed. Col. Roney was for twelve
years postmaster of Americus, besides
occupying other responsible positions.
He possessed large property Interests
and was universally esteemed.
AEROPLANE SCHOOL WAS
INAUGURATED AT JUVISY
PARIS.—A few days ago the first
training school and ground for aero
plane flights was inaugurated at Juv
lsy, a few miles to the south of
Paris. The first pupils had under
gone a course of instruction at Le
Mans under Mr. William Wright.
The new school, which is fully
equipped with the necessary sheds
and engineery plant, Is about two
miles in circuit, enclosing an area
of some 250 acres.
TO ELECT SUCCESSOR
TO SENATOR FORAKER
The Ohio Legislature Con
vened in Special Session
Monday.
COLUMBUS, o.—The Ohio legisla
ture convened in special session Mon
day to eieet a successor to Senator
( Foraker.
SEN. CAMP STRICKEN
WITH PARALYSIS
CARNESVILLE.—Senator Benjamin
F. Camp was stricken with paralysis
Monday morning, and Is in a critical
condition.
MAN ARRESTED FOR
SWINDLING LAWYER
Colonel William E. Bird of
Galveston Says That He
is Innocent of the Charge
WASHINGTON.—CoI. William E.
Bird, claiming to be from Galveston,
Tex., is under arrest here charged
with swindling several prominent law
yers. Colonel Bird asserts his Inno
cence.
COMMISSION GIVEN OFFICIALS.
DAWSON, Ga. —Terrell county’s of
ficials, who were chosen at the last
regular election, all executed their
bonds in ample time to secure their
commissions before January 1, includ
ing Dr. S. D. Bowman, who was re
cently chosen tax collector at the
special election, held last month, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of the late Charles W. Gunela.
Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity—Rain tonight; fail - Tuesday
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 4, 1909
CATHEDRAL AT REGGIO, CALABRIA,
WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY QUAKE
i" ■■ ——. .
This is the Cathedral at Reggio, in Calabria, as it appeared at the time of
the earthquake in that province in Italy in 1905. Dispatches indicate that
this old building has been destroyed by the recent earthquake.
PLANS FDR TUFT’S
INAUGURATION
IKING
Rapid Progress is Being
Made in Preparations of
Ceremony Which Will
Exceed all Others.
WASHINGTON.—Just two months
from Monday the national capital will
be the scene of the most imposing In
augural ceremony in the nation’s his
tory.
In the expenditure of money, time,
and energV the preparations for the
induction Into office of President elect
William Howard Taft will exceed
anything ever before attempted in
Washington. No inaugural commit
tee In the past has made such rapid
progress in so short a time as has
the present organization.
Hardly had the committee been an
nounced when It became known that
more than $40,000 in subscriptions
toward the Inaugural fund had been
received. This, too, was before any
formal oall had been made.
D. W. Martin, chairman of the sub
committee on railroad terminal faci
lities, has opened offices in the east
wing tof the Union Station, and there
members of his committee may be
found working diligently over the
problems of caring for the thousands
of visitors who will come ts Wash
ington to attend the Inaugural cere
monies
Chairman Cuno Rudolph, of the
fireworks committee, promises man:-'
new features In the pyrotechnic dis
play. He has two sites In view for
the setting off of hundreds of gigantic
bombs, roman candles, rockets, and
other fireworks.
Frederick Owen, an architect, and
chairman of a committee of citizens
which has the beautifying of parks
and buildings in view, has planned a
novel scheme. He suggests that half
of the appropriation for fireworks be
put into illuminated floats emblemat
ic of the various states.
‘These floats,” said Mr. Owen,
‘ will be made to represent shields of
the several states. Each float Is to
be manned by young women dressed
In costumes emblematic of tl)e dif
ferent Commonwealths. The floats
will form in line and parade from the
capltol to the White house.”
Maj. Sylvester Is planning how to
handle the crowds expected on the
PRISONERS LEAVE
fIUERVILLE JAIL
Escaped From Prison by
Sawing a Passage Mon
day Morning.
HOMERVILLE, Ga.—Albert Mar
nock, white, charged with horse steal
ing, Ben Berry, colored, charged with
murder and Frank Welds, who was
injured shrdl PPi-c- G ,a;cP sbrdlu
in jail for stealing a ride on a train,
sawed out of the pall Monday morn
ing.
DAWSON COM MISS 10 NEKS ABOL
ISHED.
DAWSON, GA. —By an act of the
last legislature, the water and tglit
commission of Lawson wan abolish
ed, the act taking effect on and after
'January 1. These departments are
now under the direct control of the
mayor and city council.
day of fetes. In order to allow the
Inaugural parade, which Is expected
to be larger than ever this year, to
have a clear way over the line of
march, the chief will Issue this order.
“At 9:30 a. m. the running of street
cars will be cut off from Pennsylva
nia avenue at First street east and
Twenty-fourth street, west. Cars
which may be within those points at
the above-named hours will be per
mlttlfl to pass east and west b«*ond
the limit named.
"Pennsylvania avenue will be clear
ed of all vehicles at 9:65 o’clock
They will leave the Avenue by cross
streets nearest to them, respectively,
at the hour named.
"No vehicles will be permitted to
cross the Avenue, except under the
escort of the police, after It shall
have been cleared, until the rear of
the procession shall have paseed the
point where crossing may be desired;
and under po circumstances will ve
hicles be allowed to pass through the
procession.
"Cars and vehicles may follow In
the rear of the procession as It ad
vances toward the capltol, but must
not be permitted to* advance upon
either flank.
"The open space north and south
of the capltol may be occupied by
the military and for the firing of as
lutes, and will be kept entirely clear
of vehicles, except such as may be In
the procession.”
CITIZENS WOULD
NOT RE-BUILD
MESSINA
ROME.—The government took de
cisive steps Monday to end the un
patriotic sentiment and favor of bury
ing Messina In its own ashes and al
lowing the ruins lo go down to pos
terity as a monument of destruction.
The task of clearing away the shat
tered buildings and removing the
rioting remains of the dead and the
rebuilding of the city into some semb
lance its once proud self, seems so
Herculean to the living among the
former residents, that they seem un
able to face the beginning of the task
Many arguments have been advanced
why the city should remain a monu
ment to the dead. Foremost, are that
it will burden the people with taxes
to reconstruct the buildings; otherj
are that the great number of dead
makes It more fitting as a memorial
than as foundation for a new town.
The step taken by the rriovemen,
grows out of an Investigation by the
director general of the health liquid')
who declares there Is no danger of a
plague resulting from the exposure
of d r -ad bodies.
However, the fate stricken city
from the settled chamber of deputies
must decide the question.
RAISING MONEY FOR
THE SUFFERERS
Charlcaton Churches and
Societies have Added Ma
terially to the Red Cross
Fund for Survivors.
CHARLESTON, S. C About 6so)
has been raised through several
agencies, to bo turned over to tlv-
South Carolina branch of the Red
Cross for the relief of the earthquake
and tidal wave sufferers In Southern
Italy. This sum was further In
creased In the collections taken up
Sunday In many of the churches. The
contributions will be still further en
larged by the sums collected In the
Catholic churches on Sunday, January
10, in accordance with a circular,
r.ent out by Bishop Northrop, Bishop
Northrop’s appeal has been supple
mented by a circular received today
from Apostolic Delegate Falconlo at
Washington, urging a liberal collec
tion lor the relief of the sufferers.
DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.00 PER YEAR
STANDARD OIL
US IIS
Glut
I
Supreme Court Refuses
Writ of Certoirari and
This Decision of Court of
Appeals Stands—will not
Have to Pay Dig Fine.
WASHINGTON D. C —The supreme
court of the United States has de
nied the petition of the government
for a writ of certiorari In the {29,-
000,000, fine case i I the Standard Oii
company. In tin- supreme court the
case turned largely upon the right
of the court to interfere in view of
the fact, that the case has been pass
cd upon by the court of appeals. The
action of the court consisted in an
announcement t hat the government's
petition would not be granted. The
effect of this announcement will In
to be leave standing the decision of
court of appeals which was adverse
to the government nnd favorable to
the company.
CONGRESS lILL
I WEBERS
WASHINGTON -Resolutions were
Introduced in the senate and house
providing for the appropriation >f
{500,000 to enable the president to aid
in rescuing the succoring the desti
tute people of Italy. Under the reso
lutions the president Is authorized to
employ any vessels of the United
States navy or to charter and em
ploy other suitable steamships or ves
sels to carry out the purposes of this
government.
WIFE'S ’ CONFESSION
MADE HAINS INSANE
—"
Gen. Hains Said That Hi*
Son Was Irrational For
Weeks After Confession.
Wife confession
FLUSHING, N. Y. When the trial
of Thornton J. Mains, charged with
complicity in the killing of Wm. E.
Annls, was resumed, Gen. Hains tak
Ing the stand for further cross-exam
ination. He said that he believed his
son Capt. Hains became irrational
wlivi be heard the confession of Ills
wife, and that he was Irrational for
weeks to the. confession
of his wife.
GIRL NURSE TRAIL
SET FOR MONDAY
Sarah Kotcn is Near a Col
lapse Because of the Ill
ness of Her Child.
NEW YORK.- With her son, two
and a half months old, critically 111
with pneumonia In the prison hos
pital, the trial of Sarah FCoten lor
killing Dr. Auspltch, of which she Is
accused, Is set for Monday, and may
never be called. She declares that
If her baby dies she will kill herself.
The hospital authorities say 'hat the
Koten girl Is near a collapse because
of the Illness of her child and that
she is hysterical.
TO EXTEND MOVEMENT
OVER CONTINENT
Roosevelt Invites Mexican
and Canadian Rulers to
Confer with Him on Con
servation of Resources of
North America.
WASHINGTON- President Roose
velt has Invited the governor-general
and premier of Canada, with Presi
dent Dias, of Mexico, to attend a con
ference at the White house, February
18th, having for Its object the con
servation of the natural resources of
North America. In this way, the
president hopes to expand the con
servation movement from a national
to a continental one.
NEW SYSTEM OF OLD AGE
PENSION IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK An old age pension
provided by the pensioner himself,
and not by the state, Is called for In
a bill which will be placed before tho
New York legislature next month by
officials of charitable organizations
In New York. The plan is to have
the state designate savings banks as
depositories for old age pensions, a
fixed sum, varying according to the
age of the depositor, to be placed by
him In the bank eacnyear and to be
paid to him as a pension after he has
reached the age of 05, or to his heirs
If he dies, ihe system la Vti pota
tion In Massachusetts sal it la said
te be successfully.
MORE SHOCKS
FEBRED IN
lESSII
■ M ■■WIN l|
MESSINA Frank Perrett, of
Brooklyn, assistant to the director of
the Royal observatory on Mount
Vesuvius says other shocks are In
evitable. ne prodie: s Heavier shocks
foi Monday and declares that some
thing, possibly very serious, may hap
pen January 7 and 8.
Saturday morning fire broke ouf
again In municipal buildings. City
records were consumed and the high
wind carried the burning paper far
into the air, nnd scattered them over
the warships in the harbor. The flrfl
vas communicated to the building yf
the Bank of Italy where {15,000,900
to paper money was stored. Firemen
and sailors controlled the flames, and
the money was removed to warships.
Saturday night there was a fresh
shook of earthquake and panic en
sued. Many tott* ring walls fell, but
no fatalities were recorded. Tln-re
have been score of tremors since the
disaster of Monday, but this was the
first that was distinctly perceptible.
The British battleship Exmouth, at a
distance half mile south of Reggio,
found fifty-eight fathoms of water
where formerly there were two hund
red and forty three fathoms.
wiTH Shot
II FOUND II
STREET
Special to The Herald.
THOMABVILLE.—AIthough found
in the streets with Ills throat cut and
almost beaten to death, B. F. Akrldge
of Sale City, near Thomflsville, re
turn s to give the names of his assail
ants,
Akrldge was discovered Stinday
morning lyliig on the boulevard by
Sheriff T. S. Singletary of Thomas
x ill#;, while ihe officer was going our
ol town. The wounded man was given
medical attention. According to hlrt
statement, Akrldge was attacked by
a crowd of men at Ochlocknee river
He declares the men would not tell
him the reason for the attempt on his
life. lie says that they Wd htn.
and with rifles pointed ut his. hoart,
one man cut his throat. lie says
further that they threatened to lynch
hint.
HIS SHOT Eor
ARNO GUARDS
ROME -There were several dls
11 net. earthquake shocks Sunday
throughout. Southern Italy but not
with sufficient violence to excite
alarm. Reports came from Reggio
and Messina Monday morning con
cerning conflicts with looters and van
dais. Several Russian sailors landed
from the battleship for relief work
and gave way to the temptation to
carry off some of the sacred relics
from the half ruined cathedral in Mes
i slna and were shot by nrnu-d guards.
The strong practical hand of Amer
ica Is now felt above all others In
! the relief work. Ambassador Gris
! com is the most active spirit In the
I relief movement. Monday closed Ffie
: negotiations for the use of a steamer
I of 8,000 tons capacity for two weeks
|to convey food, clothing and medl-
I clues south and bring the refugees
from the stricken towns,
THREE QUITMAN
STORES BURNED
Early Morning Conflagra
tion Causes the Loss of
Five Thousand Dollars.
QUITMAN, Oa.—Fire, which broke
out Sunday morning at 3:30, destroy
ed the store and meat market of W.
L. Jones, the general merchandise
store of Andrew Reams, and a small
building recently used for a negro
restaurant. The buildings were all
frame structures, owned by J. B.
Rountree, situated near the Atlantic
Coast Line depot.
The fire originated In a manner un
known In the Jones store. The loss
Will aproxlmate $5,000, with partial
insurance,
MACON DEATH RATE LOW.
MACON, Ga.—Although the mow
turary report for the month of De>
cember has not yet been compiled the
board of health can come pretty near
placing a finger upon the number of
deaths in Macon during 1908, and
this number will be 354. Up to the
first of December 324 deaths had o»
rtirrrd and last month the number
of deaths was about 30, as near as
can be figured. _ .