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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIV., No. 8
HOUSE REFUSES TO ACCEPT
PART OF THE PRESIDENT’S
> MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
DECLINE TO CONSIDER
SECRET SERVICE PARA
GRAPH ON GROUND THAT
IT IS DISRESPECT
FUL
MEMBERS STIRRED UP
Nearly All Members Pres
ent to Hear Report of
Committee—Galleries
Packed with
Spectators
WASHINGTON —Having given con
sideration to the president's further
views regarding the secret service,
contained in hir- message to the
house of representatives last Mon
day, the special committee appointed
to deal with the subject brought in
its final report Friday.
Accompanying it was a resolution
which declared it to be the sense of
the house that it, shall decline to con
sider any communication from any
source which is not respectful,
recommending that the objectionable
portion of the president’s annual mes
rage be laid on the table and that
similar action be taken with respect
to the niosi%g(|. of last Monday, be
cause of its being “Unresponsive to
the inquiry of the house,” as to what
the president meant when he said,
referring to the limitation placed
upon the field of operations of the
Secret Service, that "The chief ar
gument in favor of the provision was
that the congressmen did not them
selves wish to be investigated.”
MEMBERS ARE
INDIGNANT.
When .Chainv.an Perkins, of New
York, of Ihe special r,.i umittec arose
to make his report, he faced almost a
full membership, while the galleries
were packed with interested specta
tors.
Representative.- Tawnoy. Smith (of
Iowa) Sherley and Fitzfierald were on
the floor prepared, by word of mouth,
to resent what they deemed to be
the insinuations of the president
upon them as members of the com
mittee on appropriations. They were
not alone in their indignation. In
deed, for some time past the feelings
of the members had been growing
more and more intense, and spme of,
them have been giving way \o their
sentiments in language which fully
testified to their wounded pride.
DECLINES TO
CONSIDER THEM.
Addressing the house Mr. Perkins
said:
“To ’ your committee were re
ferred certain passages contained in
the annual message of the president.
We were to decide whether, in our
opinion, those portions of the mes
sage Were couched in such form that
proper regard for the dignity of thu
great legislative body should forbid
i heir reception.
“We are of the opinion that the
portions of message do constitute a
breach of privileges of this house and
that, therefore, following the prece
dent set in similar cases, the house
should decline to consider them.”
Mr. Perkins continued: "Your
committee has to consider criticisms
made by the president upon the mo
tives of congress in its action last
session, to consider his suggestions
as to future legislation and to report
whether congress with proper self
respect can receive them. It is stated
in the message that “the chief argu
ment in favor of the provision was
that the congressmen did not them
selves wish to be investigated by se
cret service men,” and this is re
peated in an additional message.
If this was the chief arugment, \t
must have been by this that a ma
jority of members were led to vote
in favor of the offending provision.
Your committee is unable •to share
in this belief.”
Mr. Perkins added that if congress
listens tamely and timidly to reflec
tions upon the character of its
members and its honesty of purpose
it will deserve and certainly receive
the contempt of the public.
HUE HIKING FIFES
FHOM SUGAR CANE
HARTFORD, Conn —An experiment
in making paper pulp from sugar
cane is being tried at a paper mill
in Newington Center, it is said. It
is believed by the experimenters it
can be made into a very good grade
of paper.
BATTLESHIP MISSOURI
LEFT FRIDAY FOR ATHENS
P&r SAID. —The batt'eship Mis
souri left Friday morning for Athens,
later in the day the Kentucky left
for Tripoli. The nine vessels of the
American fleet under Admiral Sper
ry are still at Port Said, being delay
ed by poor facilities for coaling. Port
Said presents a gay appearance, and j
the streets are filled with men in uni
form.
SIGNOR FORCED
HIS NAME FOR
SUMO
OAKLAND, Cali.—Details ol the
forgery of James H. Murray’s name
to notes and documents aggregating
nearly $1,000,000, which led Thurs
day night to the arrest of F. B.
Signor, a promoter and mining brok
er of this city have come to light
Murray, who is a millionaire and
banker arrived here from Monterey
more than two weeks ago to begin
the investigation of the forgery and
found that President William G. Hen
shaw of the Union Savings Bank
this city,“held four notes drawn on
Kansas City Bank in Henshaw’s fa
vor and purporting to be signed by
Murray, the notes totalling $400,000.
Murray at once pronounced these
notes as forgeries. He presented
the matter to the district attorney
and a warrant for the arrest of Sig
nor was issued. Signor surrendered
and made a full confession.
Henshaw declared that Signor has
nftt profited a dollar by the forgeries.
ATLANTA DRUG
STORES OPEN
ON SUNDAY
Special to The Herald.
ATLANTA, Ga. —-Atlanta drug
stores will stay o#en on Sundays. The
druggists declare that the law must
make them close. The. Atlanta pas
tors fail to effect a voluntary move
ment. -
COLD WSVEIviLL
PISS AWAY ON
SITJIIY
WASHINGTON.—Frost tonight as
far south as Northern Florida, a
slowly climbing mercury in the At
lantic coast states Saturday, rising
temperature in the interior states ex
cept for severe cold in the northwest,
and the passing of the eastern snow
storm into the Atlantic ocean and
features of today’s weatner bureau
report.
MAN EDUND GUILTY
OF MANSLAUGHTER
SPARTANBURG, S. C,—S S. Ti
ner, president of the Law and Order
league of Pacolet, who shot and kill
ed Edward Kirby several weeks ago
aud who was tried for his life was
found guilty of manslaughter and car
rying concealed weapons. He was
recommended to the mercy of the
court.
The case was begun Wednesday af
ternoon nd the hearing of the testi
mony occupied ail Wednesday after
noon and Thursday. More than one
hundred witnesses came up from
Pacolet to testify in the case.
Tiner was represented by able
counsel, Simpson & Bomar and Wil
son & Osborne. Solicitor Sease is
being assisted in the prosecution by
H. E. De Pass.
There had been bad blood between
Tiner and Kirby for sometime be
fore the homicide. Kirby was of a
turbulent nature and got on frequent
sprees, several months ago he was
prosecuted by Tiner for drunkenness.
On the morning of the killing Kirby
and Tiner met at the store at Paco
let. Kirby commenced tc curse Ti
ner and the latter threw an iron
weight at Kirby, who drew his knife
and advanced tbwardß Tiner. The
latter pulled his pistol and fired sev
eral shots into Kirby.
LODGE WITHDREW REPORT.
WASHINGTON—Senator Lodge to
day withdrew from the senate the re
port made by him from the commit
tee on foreign relations in favor of
an amendment to the diplomatic aad
consular bill creating an embassy as
Pekin, instead of a legation. He
announced that the report was made
Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity—Partly cloudy and continued cold tonight and Saturday.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 8, 1909
THE FAMOUS MESSINA PRO-CATHEDRAL
This is a picture of the famous Pro-Cathedral in Messina, showing the
beautiful elephant fountain in the foreground. Hardly one stone is left upon
another.
SIX NIGHT RIDERS
ILL OIL ON
GALLOWS
Jury in Rankin Murder
Case Brought in Verdict
Promptly—Two Sentenc
ed to Twenty Years—The
State Not Satisfied.
UNION CITY, Term.—With,, a ver
dict of guilty in varying degree, the
jury in the night rider trials reported
at 8:45 p, m. tonight.
The twelve men found Garrett
Johnson, Tid Burton, Boy Hanson.
Fred Pinion, Arthur Cloar and Sam
Applewhite guilty of murder in the
first degree with mitigating circum
stances, and Bud Morris and Bob
Huffman, the other defendants, guilty
of murder in the second degree, and
fixed their punishment at twenty
years in the penitentiary.
The punishment of the six first
named defendants was left to the
court and may be death or life im
prisonment. The defense filed a mo
tion for a new trial, which was set
for hearing Saturday and which will
be overruled by the court, when sen
tence will be pronounced.
Court Room Crowded.
The court will sentence the six
first-named defendants to death.
The jury had been out since 2 p.
m.. but because of the illness of Ju
ror Rosson had not been able to con
sult until 6 p. m. There was a dif
ference of opinion among the jurors
as to the degrees of guilt of the de
fendants, but. an agreement wias
reached quickly.
Court was convened at 8 p. m. ana
the jury sent, word that it would be
able to report shortly. The room
was crowded, as it was during the
argument. The minutes passed and
at 8:45 p. mfl the bailiff called for
the county physician' Juror Rosson
was in a state of collapse and need
ed attention. It was half an hour
before Rosson was revived, the jury
filed in and six deputies were sum
moned to carry in the bed upop
which the sick juror reclined.
Jury Was Polled.'
The foreman announced the ver
dict, ihe defense called -for a poll
which was made and the-judge dis
missed the jurors. Rosson's condi
tion is such that it was deemed un
advisable to move him tonight.
The defense demanded until Mon
day to move for a new trial, but the
state opposed It, and the court fixed'
Saturday as the day, intimating that'
the motion was a mere form any
way, which would be overruled.
The defendants took the verdict
with calmness, as they had been ex
pecting it since the closing of the ar
guments. Attorney Pierce turned to
them, when it was announced, and
said: "We will tear this case to
pieces in the supreme court."
• No Disorder.
The state expected a verdict of
first degree murder in all eight cases,
and was visibly disappointed. Boh
Hauffmari, one of the men to escape
with twenty years, is the man, who,
according to the confession of Frank
Fehringer, fired the shot which kill
ed Captain Rankin as he was being
drawn up by the rope.
When thp jury’s readiness to report
was announced, the military quietly
surrounded the court house, and a
detail of soldiers, with revolver hoi
sters open, was deployed around the
walls of the court room, but aside
from a whispered buzz of conversa
tion, there was no demonstration.
The prisoners were quickly hand
cuffed, and under military escort,
taken to prison. The verdict is con
sidered a compromise one, and no
trouble is feared by the authorities.
NEWS OF TODAY IN THE QUAKE ZONE
ROME. —The bombardment of the
ruins of Messina has been delayed so
that no living person will meet death
from the artillery fire.
The Italian senate decided it will
lake four years to clear away the
debris at Messina.
The soldiers are suffering priva
tions in Reggio and Messina. They
save chicken bones to prevent star
vation. It is now definitely ascer
tained that the city of Messina
shall be rebuilt although a new site
may be chosen. The armada of
relief sent out by the American Am-
WILBUR WRIGHT
CO-HESPONOENT
IN FRANCE
World Famous Aviator
Accused in Divorce Suit
by Lieutenant of Cuiras
siers, Whose Wife is
Fond of Aeronautics.
iplPEp.'ii- |np
PARIS—AII Paris gasped today at
the announcement that Wilbur
Wright, American aviator had been
corespondent in a divorce suit
brought by Lieutenant Goujadre of
the Cuirassiers stationed at Chani
plgny. Madame Goujadre, a strik
ingly beautiful young woman, is In
tensely Interested in aeronautics. She
was always a spectator at Wright’s
experiments at Auvejauvourds, near
Champigny.
ELECTION AT CUTHBERT.
Ct'TfIBERT, Ga.—ln the city elec
tion Thursday Hon. D. A. McPherson
was elected mayor and Hons. P. D.
Gay, Ira B. Martin, A. J. Moye, A. P.
Moye and W. J, Wade, coancllmcn.
The ticket was elected without oppo
sition and is the one which has served
the city acceptably during the pre
vious year.
bassador Griscon is giving „pplendi<i
aid in the stricken section.
Military permits are needed now to
| walk through the ruins of the do
vastated cities. A strict guard h
maintained to prevent looting. War
ships Itonr the Grecian navy are en
route to Calabria and Sicily,
Intermittent earthquake shock*
fdarrn the people :n the danger zone
and many prefer camping; in fields to
lisking death in their homes.
Today is the date predicted by Pro
fessor Perret when the third devas
tating quake will shake Italy.
GOV.-ELECT BROWN
SI MR. TAFT
FRIT.
t .
Delegation From Columbia
Here to Invite President-
Elect to Carolina.
Governor-elect Brown called on
President-elect Taft Friday afternoon
and paid his respects. The prospec
tive heujjs of the slate and nation
wcie together for some time and hart
a very satisfactory opinion of each
other when they parted Mr. Brown's
visit had no significance except that
he desired to do the president-elect
the courtesy of calling on him while
he was in the city.
A delegation from- Columbia, 8. C.,
headed by ox-Governor Sheppard,
who Is also president of the South
Carolina Bar association arrived I b
the city Friday afternoon to present
Mr. Taft with an invitation to-pay a
visit to Columbia when Ihe Bar as
sociation meets in that city noxjt.
week. At that, time the Hon. Lcsllfi
M. Shaw, formerly associated wltji
Mr. Taft in President Roosevelt's
cabinet will be. the ’ orator. The dele
gation represents. • the Bar associa
tion, the Chamber of Commerce and
city council.
Mr. Taft played golf with Senator
Knox Friday morning and held con
sultations with him afterwards dup
ing. the .afternoon.. . , ,
Mr. Taft has accepted an invitation
to be the guest of the I leech Island
Agricultural club Saturday, The dub
will serve, one of its famous barbe
cues for Mr. Taft. The affair will
be strictly an. Invitation affair, arid
will be confined to members ol (the
club, Judge Taft and bis friends, and
the visiting and local newspaper
men. The Invitations are being
sent out by Secretary J. C. Gardner.
Mr. Taft Thursday night an
nounced the names of the newspaper
men he would take with him on the
trip to Panama. The newspaper
men who are now with Mr. Taft, a
representative of the Hearst,- News
panj-r Service and one of the corres
pondents who was with Mr. Taft
through the campaign but who did
not come to Augusta with him, will
with one exception compose the
party. The exception Is Mr. T. I).
Murphy, of Augusta, who will rep
resent. a number of southern papers.
Mr. Murphy was singled out for this
honor from some two hundred and
fifty odd applicants, Is practically
the only addition to the newspaper
staff which has accompanied Mr Taft
for several months.
Mr. Murphy 1$ highly thought of
by Judge Taft and by the corres
pondents who arc here with hint.
This, 61 course played a big part In
his success In being accorded the
privilege of making the trip,
Mr. Taft announced Thursday night
DAILY AND SUNDAY SO.OO PER YEAR
COP IS HILLED
Eiy mumirt.l
/I Li»ii ii 11 j 1
MAN
Police Sergeant Nolling
Was Atempting to Dis
perse a crowd of Drunken
Men When He Was Shot.
SAN FRANCISCO. Police Ser
geant Nolling war, shot and killed Fri
day morning while attempting to dls
perse a crowd of drunken men.
The sergonnt was knocked down
and, regaining his feet started to
draw a revolver. While In the act
of doing so one of the men shot him
twice. The rm n wore United Staton
army uniforms and made their es
cape.
min PERSONS
CAUSED EDI
WRECK
mmmmmmmmmmrn
BELLINGHAM, Wash.— Wrecked
by unknown persons who threw the
switch open, locked it and put out
the lantern no the engineer could not
see his peril, Ihe Great Northern
train, northbound, left the trnek
south of the Bellingham yards Timm
day night. The engine was almost
completely submerged In the Hay, the
mall car and baggage car wore
smashed and the smoker was derail
ed. The fireman was killed and two
others were Injured.
The passengers, of whom there
were seventy-five, were badly shaken
up but none were Injured. The Jo
cnl police and railroad detectives
unite In declaring the .wreck to be
deliberately planned.
LARGE AUDIENCE
WILL HEAR 1.
BROWN
Governor-elect Brown makes his
first, public speech to an Augusta au
dience at the Opera house Friday
night. The exercises begin promptly
at 8:30 o’clock. A cordlnl Invita
tion Is extended the public, and a
largo attendance will be present.
Mr. Brown will outline his policies
of governorship, and discuss state Is
sues, of political Interest and import
ance. It Is understood that he will
not. make a formal address,' in the
strict, sense of the word, but he will
“talk over" various questions with
his audience, In his characteristical
ly modest and simple style.
Judge K. H. Callaway will Intro
duce Ihe governor-elect and a delega
tion of well-known citizens will oc
cupy reserved seats on the stage,
f The governor-elect has been on the
go all day. He visited the Hlbley
mill, and other large manufacturing
Industries. He and Mth. Brown
paid a call at St. Mary's Academy,
visiting the pupils in each room, and
making short, informal talks to (he
young ladles.
miluonTollar
FIRE IN JEW YORK
' NEW YORK. There were Ihr : :
costly fires Thursday night 111 th •
down-town district but in each cas-«
through the efficiency of the new
high pressure system the blaze was
confin'd to buildings in which they
originated.
The greatest loss was In the build
ing occupied by the IJpton Tea Co.,
IS. C. Hazard Co. and, Crandall and
Godfrey. The total loss Is a million
and three hundred. thousand dollars.
BUTTONS IDENTIFIED AS
BELONGING TO MINISTER
PORT HURON— buttons
found in the ashes of the little
church at Adair, where the charred
remains of a man were uncovered
have been definitely Identified as be
longing to a fur coat worn by Anson
Browning or Rev. J. C, Carmichael,
that he would not addresa either of
the rival negro meetings In Atlanta
which have been warring over which
one he would attend. Mr. Tgft. says
that he was Informed that feeling was
running high over the quarrel • be
tween the two factions and he did not
care to be the bone of contention,
and will therefore not attend the
meetlpg.
PEOPLESLEPT
WITH AIKEN
LEPER
Mayor Salley of Aiken Friday morn
ing gave to the representative of the
Herald a statement calculated to
show that In his opinion there was
no danger to the people of Aiken from
Ihe presence of the rase of leprosy
there ns told of in The Herald Thurs
day afternoon. Mayor Salley says
however that as a precaution Miss
Mary V. Kirke, the unfortunte lady
will be removed Friday afternoon or
Saturday morning to the little house
which has been erected at the towns
expense in a sequestered spot seve
ral miles from Aiken.
Mayor Salley In his statement gives
n history of Miss Kirke’s disease. He
says she contracted It In Brazil a
number of years ago while working
ns a missionary In that country. She
went to London, where she consult
ed a celebrated specialist, Dr. Hutchi
son, and was told that she did have
leprosy. She then returned to her
own country and shortly afterward*
look up her residence In Aiken.
Mr. Salley soys there Is no danger
at all. The case is quarantined and
has been for several days. This form
of leprosy Ih not very contagious 1
am told. Again Miss Kirke Is an old
lariy and rarely goes on the street.
She Is 08 years old.
“But anyhow people could go to see
her, and to prevent, that we put on
the quarantine. She has had It for
the Inst'’fifteen years and nobody has
caught it from her. Not a tingle soul
lih» taken It. People have lived In
the same room with her, and I am
Informed that some people have ac
tually slept with her and not caught
It.
"Miss Kirke hnR known she had
leprosy for a long time. She caught
It in South America, where she was
a missionary, and went to see a fam
our specialist, Dr. Hutchison, In Lon
don In 18!K!. He pronounced It lep
rosy. Miss Kirke says there was a
lot of It In the tropics when she
caught It.”
A telegram received by The Herald
from Columbia Friday afternoon
quotes State Health Officer C. F.
Williams as saying that several cases
of leprosy are ordinarily under offi
cial observation in South Carolina.
This authority Is also quoted as say
ing that cases of leprosy exist In ev
ery southern stale, though few are of
malignant type.
PROHIS WIN TEN
WEST VIRGINIA
TOWNS
WHEELING, W. Va.—Reports re
ceived here from eighteen small
municipalities, where Thursday an
election was held to decide the ques
tion of the licensed sale of liquor,
show that ten went "dry” and eight
'wet."
MACON COMMITTEE MAY
VISIT PAVING PLANT
MACON, Ga.—An offer, and every
liberal one, too, has been made to the
city of Macon by Henry Horne, to pay
the expenses of a committee of coun
cil to Columbus and Birmingham to
see the operations of a bitullthlc pav
ing plant that 1r being used In thoso
places.
As the city seems to be in need of
such a plant many offers are being
made and the above is one of the
most liberal yet received. This year
Macon intends to do a large amount
of paving and In view of this special
committee has been named to do
some Investigating.
If Mr. Horne’s offer is accepted
next Tuesday night a committee will
be named at once to make the trip.
BOY WHO KILLED FATHER
DECLARED JUSTIFIABLE
ANNISTON, Ala.—A coroner's jury
this morning found a verdict of jus
tifiable homicide In the case of
Claude Pressley, the eleven year-old
boy, who shot and killed Dave Chris
topher his stepfather' near Bynum
, Thursday. It . was shown that the
i lad fired to save his mother whom the
husband was beating with a club.
FAILURE FORMALLY
ANNOUNCED.
NEW YORK..—The suspension of
Hackley, Baxter & Co. and C. W. Wil
lett.es for failure to meet clearing
house balances was announced on the
Consolidated Exchange.
NONSUIT GRANTED.
In the case of W. T. Spake, agent
for M, E. Goldman vs. David Shaw
a non-suit was granted by Judge Eva
Friday. This was the last case an 4
court adjourned for the week.