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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIV., No. 25
HARRIMAN AND WILLIAMS
IN CONTEST FOR SEABOARD
Washington Post Says
Ryan and Harriinan Are
Not Fighting Each Other
—Harriman Seeking Out
let from West to Atlantic
Seaboard.
WASHINGTON—The Washington
Post says: It is understood in finan
cial circles of Washington and Balti
more that a serious contest for con
trol of the Seaboard Air Line has
been entered upon by the Williams
family of Baltimore on the one hand,
and E. H. Harriman and Thomas F.
Ryan on the other. For some years
the control of the road supposed to
have lain between the Williams peo
ple and Mr. Ryan, although the actual
operation of the property has been
conducted by receivers.
Despite the differences which rose
between Ryan and Harriman over the
former’s acquisition of the Equitable
Insurance company, it is believed
they are working together. Mr. Har
riman is anxious for an outlet from
the central west to the Atlantic sea
board. Besides the Illinois Central
the Wizard controls the Central of
Georgia railroad and it is understood
has acquired the street railway of
Augusta and Aiken.
It is believed he desires to make
Norfolk one of the greatest ports for
grain export of the country. The Sea
board will give him through lines to
New York, Philadelphia and Balti
more, over the Pennsylvania and Nor
folk, and Savannah and Jacksonville
over his own lines. Mr. Harriman is
now in the South.
At Savannah today he is under
stood lo be quietly looking into the
railroad situation in the South.
In Atlanta Tonight.
ATLANTA, Ga. —E. H. Harriman
will arrive tonight from Savannah.
He says his visit is purely social and
for pleasure. He will be given an in
formal reception at the Piedmont ho
tel.
Of considerable interest in connec
tion with the above telegram is the
fact that Mr. John Skelton Williams,
former president of the Seaboard,
who is now prominent in its affairs
was in Augusta Monday. He remain
ed the city but a short while and left
on the Central Railroad for Cuba
via Savannah.
Mr. Williams saw Mr. James U.
Jackson a short while during his stay
in the city, Mr. Jackson says he did
not talk any business matters with
M,r. Williams. Mr. Williams also call
ed on Mr. Jacob Phinizy while here.
The subject of the conversation be
tween them was not given out.
|
Mliilftiy IS NOW
ON WHY JO ICON
Speleal to The Herald.
SAVANNAH, Ga—Edward H. Har
riman, owner of the Central railway,
left the city at 1 o’clock Monday af
ternoon for Macon, where he will
spend an hour this evening, going
from there to Atlanta, to remain a
day. Mr. Harriman left Savannah af
ter being shown over the Great Term
inal of the Ocean Steamship company
and after holding a public reception
at the City Hall for an hour.
SAVANNAH CHURCH
WAS RE-BLESSED
Ceremony Held To Rid
Church of Stain of Self-
Murder Committed on
Friday.
SAVANNAH, Ga. —Many persons
watched the unusual ceremony of the
re-blessing of St. Patrick’s church
here Saturday, to rid It of the stain
of the self-murder of Otto Schueit
zer of Philadelphia, who, while kneel
ing at prayer In one of the pews,
sent a bullet crashing through his
head Friday.
Rev. Father McCarthy, In the ab
sence of Bishop Keily, led the pro
cessions, blessing first the outer walls
of the church and then the inner.
DUBLIN DEALERS TO
FIGHT FOR RIGHTS
Will Take Out Injunction
Againat City Saying Near
Beer selling is a Nuisance
DUBLIN, Ga—The inalienable right
to life, liberty and the drinking of
near-beer will be defended in court
Monday by the near-beer dealers of
Dublin. The dealers secured an in
junction preventing the city from en
forcing an ordinance declaring the
S H. of near-beer a nuisance. This
injunction, together with other mat
ters, will be heard Monday. Mean
while, the city is "dry,” and will re
main so unless the dealers are suc
cessful in their legal battle with the
city officials.
R. H. ALLEN~ IS DEAD".
GAINESVILLE. Ga—R. H. Allen, a
well-known manufacturer of Buford,
BOY’S BOO! FOUND
NEAR DECK OF
CARDS
ALPHARETTA, Ga.—The body of
Frank Webb, the 19-year-old son of
ex-Sheriff Webb, was found in the
woods Supnday night with a "bullet
in his heart. Playing cards and bits
of coin were scattered about. Five
white boys and eight negroes, com
panions of Webb in the card game,
were arrested. One of The negroes
says one of the white boys did the
shooting.
EXCUSERS FiNEO
IN COOPER ■
TRIAL
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—When the
Cooper trial resumed today Judge
Hart announced that any one offering
business excuses "would be fined $lO
right off the reel.” Counsel asked
for time to consult upon a new
venire.
UNKNOWN NEGRO
SHOT AID K!L ! EO
HIE ill
Special to The Herald.
DONALSONVILE, Ga.—Jesse Ste
phens, son of Alex Stephens, a promi
nent planter living a few miles north
of here, was shot and instantly kill
ed by an unknown negro last night
near his home. Stephens brothers
had warned the negro off their prem
ises. The negro later waylaid Jes
se Stephens and three brothers firing
on them with an automatic shot gun.
ill IKE PLUS
FOIITHEJHILDREN
Roosevelt Has Called a
Meeting in Washington
Where Dependent Chil
dren of United States
Will Be Dinscussed.
WASHINGTON. —Prominent charity
workers from all over the country
gathered here Monday in response to
an invitation from President Roose
velt for a conference on the depend
ent children of the United States.
Preliminary to the opening of the
conference delegates will be received
by the president Monday afternoon.
A public meeting will be held Mon
day night at which one of the speak
ers will be Booker Washington on
the "Destitute Colored Children of the
South.”
DISASTROUS EIRE
VISITEDJHURN
Special to The Herald.
FAIRBURN, Ga.—One of the most
disastrous fires that has occurred
here in some time visited this place
Sunday morning at 4:30 o’clock, com
pletely gutting the stone business
building occupied by P. L. Kiser and
by E. M. Braswell, both dealers in
groceries. Braswell also conducted a
restaurant. The loss is total.
GIPSY SMITH TO SAVE
ST- LOUIS FROM ITS SIN
ST. LOUIS —To save St. Louis
from Its sins is the object of a great
religious revival which will be com
menced in this city Tuesday by Gip
sy Smith, the famous English evan
gelist. The meetings will continue for
at least two weeks and are expect
ed to gain thousands of converts.
FOURTEEN YEAR OLD
BOY SHOT HIMSELF
Special to The Herald.
NEWNAN.—The 14-year-old son of
T. S. Camp, a prominent merchant,
accidentally shot himself while hunt
ing and .will die.
Forecast for Augusta and. Vicinity—Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 25, 1909.
THE DEAD ALONG REGGIO'S WATERFRONT
Upper picture shows the
dead along waterfront.
Lower picture shows the
ruins in Reggio.
TIFT PART! OFF
FOR PANAMA TRIP
Will Inspect the work tkat
Will Either Make His
Administration a Grand
Success or a Failure.
WASHINGTON—When William H.
Taft and his party of engineers sail
ed for Panama from Charleston Mon
day, the president-elect took the first
step toward the assumption of a tre
mendous responsibility that will bear
heavily on his shoulders throughout
his administration as chief executive
of the nation. The coming four years
will be the critical ones in the great
project for dividing a continent, and
changing the course of the world’s
commerce. The Panama canal is like
ly to be the glory or the shame of the
Taft regime.
Mr. Taft Responsible.
That Mr. Taft realizes this great
responsibility is evidenced by the
present trip and his further determi
nation to make a tour of inspection
of the isthmus eafch year of his term
and to take with him eminent civil
engineers who are not connected with
the work. There is some danger, ip
believes, that unless this close super
vision is maintained regarding the
physical features of the project that
problem that will receive the greatest
grave mistakes might be made. The
consderation during the present trip
relates to the engineering features of
the Gatun dam. There has been some
expert criticism as to the quality of i
the foundation whch can be found fc/r
ths structure and it is Mr. Taft’s in
tention to obtain from the most re
lable sources available as much as
may be known
Excellent Engineers,
It is generally admitted among
those having authority to speak on
such topics that Mr. Taft is especi
ally fortunate in the selection of the
engineers who are accompanying him
on the trip commenced today. These
men are Arthur P Davis, chief engi
neer, reclamation service, Washing
ton, D. C.; John R. Freeman, Provi
dence, R. I.; Allen Hazen, New York;
Isham Randolph, Chicago; Jas Pix
Schupled, Los Angeleß, Cal.; and Fred
eric P. Sterns, Boston, Mass.
Momentus Problem.
Upon the shoulders of Mr. Taft and
these six men rest the responsibility
for deciding one of the most moment
out questions ever presented by an
engineering problem. As a result of
the inspection, the plans for the gi
gantic waterway may be completely
changed. In case the engineers
should fail to agre upon the desir
ability of proposed changes—as is en
tirely likely—the decision will be up
to Mr. Taft. If time proves the wis
dom of his decision, his name will be
; forever linked with the canal project
and he will thus gain immortality. If
he should fail—admitting the exist
ence of such a word in the Taft lexi
con—then oblivion is the kindest fate
:he may hope for.
The Gatun Dam.
Of all the problems presented, the
! Gatun dam offers the most difficui
; ties. This dam, according to plans,
is to create a giant reservoir covering
:110 square miles, the water coming
; from the Chagres river. The water
in the reservoir will be 125 feet abovo
the level of the sea and far above the
highest level of the canal. If this
dam should give way, it would pre
cipitate a flood that would wreck mil
lions of dollars worth of property and
cost hundreds of lives.
Whether this dam can be built in
such a manner as to be entirely safe,
and its breaking rendered impossible,
Is the problem Mr. Taft and his engi
neers will have to decide, and their
reputations will hang in the balance.
If an adverse decision is made in the
Gatun dam project, it will necessitate
the entire abandonment of the pres
ent project and the loss of thousands
of dollars already expended.
Bates Says Unsafe.
Among the engineers who have al
-oarfv made thorough investigations
THE MAINE WRECK LIES AS
GREAT NATIONAL SCANDAL
Bodies American Martyrs
Have Never Been Remov
ed and the Ruins Block
Havana Harbor.
WASHINGTON, I). C.—Governor
Magoon, of the Provisional Govern
ment of Cuba, in his annual report to
the secretary of war made public to
day brings to his attention the wreck
of the United States battleship Maine
in Havana harbor and recommends
that the government, take immediate
steps to accomplish its removal with
out further dealy. He says:
Wreck a Menace.
"The wreck of the Maine continues
to lie in the mud and waters of Ha
vana harbor. The sunken battleship
is a serious menace to the shipping
of the harbor as it occupies a por
tion of the best anchorage. The ob
struction has increased annually dur
ing the past ten years by causing a
shoal. The moderate tides prevail
ing in the harbor are hardly suffi
cient to prevent a gradual filling up
and this shoal seriously Interferes
with the action of the tides and.
therefore, the entire harbor Is rapid
ly filling. It will be necessary, in a
short time, to be in dredging, in or
der to provide proper anchorage for
the large amount of shipping now en
tering the harbor unless the wreck is
removed. The anchorage is also re
stricted by the wreck and the shoal,
for ships are obliged to anchor at suf
ficient distance to prevent, grounding
in case (hey strain on their cables.
Deplorable Spectacle.
"Even more important, than this
obstruction to navigation is the fact
that this wreck, although It contains
the bodies of sixty-three American
seamen, or what Is left of them, Is
apparently abandoned and forgotten
by the government, and people of the
United States. Thousands of Am
erlcans and other thousands of other
nationalities annually enter the har- ;
bor of Havana and probably not one
omits to express regret and censure
for the deplorable spectacle. It has
become a national reproach* and an
International scandal. The neglect
to remove the wreck Is attributed by I
many, especially the large Spanish ;
contingent in Cuba, to the fear that |
its removal will disclose the fallacy j
of the popular belief that the Maine >
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of the canal work, there is a wide j
difference of opinion as to the feast- j
! biiity of the Gatun dam. Llndon
i Bates, the most famous of the engl
j neers who hag thoroughly inspected
j this part of the project, dismisses It ;
jas unsafe and impracticable, for the
following reasons:
"The dam is on alluvial foundations, :
[proved treacherous, yielding, artesian j
and permeable; because there is a j
great underground flow through con-1
duits of porous sands and soils im- 1
possible to curtain off, because of the
stupendous labor force and equip
ment needed to finish It; because of
the dangers of subsidence, tilting, set
tlements and fissures, or overtopping
percolation and erosion of sand veins
underneath; because the old Chagres
bed just below was once 58feet j
deep, exposing permeable strata un- I
der the site and the high lake will I
increase the underflow.”
was destroyed by a torpedo or mine
instead of an interior explosion; so
generally does tills opinion prevail
that I believe the Cuban government
was deterred thereby from dealing
with the wreck as an obstruction to
navigation of its coastal waters and
destroying it; however, it, should bo
added that tho Cuban authorities
were also restrained by a belief that
the United States would sometime
desire to attempt, to remove it, and
preserve the wreck as a whole in
stead of breaking it up and removing
it. in Hie more inexpensive manner.
"The correspondence on file In the
department of state and the navy de
partment at Washington shows that
a belief prevails in those depart
menlji that it is necessary to secure,
by a treaty or otherwise, the consent
of the Republic of Cuba to the au
Glorifies of the United i*Vites enter
ing the harbor of Havana and pro
ceeding with the work of removal;
this permission, if necessary, can he
easily secured, and tho Cuban gov
ernment would gladly afford assist
ance in its power to accomplish the
desired result, not. only because of
ihe injury to the harbor facilities, but
-also because of the prompting of pa
triotlsm and sentiment. I earnestly
recommend that the United States
government take immediate steps to
accomplish Ihe removal without, fur
ther delay.”
FORMING JURY FOR
CARMACK MURDER CASE
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Whim court
reconvened in the Cooper-Sharp case
Monday morning a dash occurred be
tween the counsel of the state and
the defense over the effort of the
state to force the hearing of affidavits
affecting the competency of Juror
Leigh. The defense admitted they
would contest the attack on the juror
and the state stated that they would
attack Leigh on the ground t hat. he
expressed an opinion concerning the
case, an additional charge alleged
drunkenness.
Owing to the presence of several
hundred talesmen Judge Hart order
ed the pinking of the jury to proceed
and the hearing affidavits were set
aside for the time being. The venire
men resorting to all sorts of shifts
to escape Jury duty most of them as
serting they had fixed opinions, and
illness and the task of .filling out the
box grows more difficult day by day.
J. H. Vaughn, the seventh juror
accepted, admitted he could not read,
his appearance was dull and ignorant.
He Is a farmer. The state is particu
larly cautious in Its examination of
talesmen Monday.
CUTHBERT MEN
HAD A FISTICUFF
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1 -Inii'iftii
CUTHBERT MEN
Special to The Herald.
CUTHBERT, Ga.—J. C. Crozier
and Councilman A. P. Moye, engaged
In a lively flstcuff Sunduy on depot j
square. The figh’ started o’er Moye
voting against Crozier's son f or lieu
tent of police. Bystanders separat- j
ed the belligerents, neither wis Lad- j
ly hurt. Mr. Corzier is a cot*.on buy
er and warehouseman.
DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.00 PER YEAR
USEE MEN KILLED
SV ACCIDENT IN
COILJIIE
CUMBERLAND, Md.—Three men
were killed and ten others injured,
three perhaps fatally, in a coal mint
accident at Piedmont, W. Vo. today.
fertilizerTu!
BE MADE B!
STATE
■■■ •
Special to The Herald.
COLUMBIA, S. C. —The house Mon
day killed Josh Ashley’s bill to givo
Confederate widows $4 a month in
stead of s2l a year. Representative
League, of Greenville, pointed out
that the bill would increase pension
appropriation from a quarter of a
million to over hajf a million dol
lars.
The house passed the Kurtz-Smith
bill requiring corporations of over
twenty-five thousand dollars capital
to make sworn annual financial state
ments to each stockholders. Repre
sentative Patterson put in a resolu
tion which went over, under the rules
providing for a joint commission to
investigate the feasibility of the state
going into fertilizer manufacture and
also calling for an investigation of
Clemson’s methods in analyzing com
mercial manures.
In the senate Earle’s bill to make
the counties reimburse citizens suffer
ing by larceny was killed. That there
will be strong resistance to an appro
priation for a new governor’s man
sion and supreme court building was
shown when senators Monday attack
ed in vain but vigorously the bill cre
ating a commission to consldor the
advisability of erecting these build
ings. This measure finally passed the
senate.
BOYER RESIGNS
FROM PRESIDENCY
A telegram was received irf the
city Monday from Hagerstown stat
ing that Mr. Charles W. Boyer has
resigned from the presidency of the
South Atlantic league, and would de
vote his time to the theatrical busi
ness.
This action was not altogether un-<
expected by some of the local base
ball people who several days ago
received a letter from Mr. Boyer say
ing he would be very glad to retire
from the race In case a candidate
from one of the cities In the league
was put forward.
BIG LUMBERrMILL
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Blake Mills in Rowcsville
is Believed to Have Been
Set Afire.
SPARTANBURG, H.C.—Fire In tho
lumber plant at Rowesvllle, Orange
burg county, was destroyed with
nearly four million feet, of lumber by
fire. The plant was owned by A. M.
& I. H. Blake and one of the largest
lumber mills In this section of the
state. The loss is estimated at. one
hundred thousand dollars. The mill
Is supposed to have ben set on fire.
FOUR FINE HORSES
BURNED TO DEATH
Fire Nearly Totally De
stroyed the Stables of the
National Biscuit Co.
Special to The Herald. ,
ATLANTA, Ga. —Four fine horses,
valued at, nearly one thousand dol
lars, were burned to death In a fire j
Monday morning at 5 o’clock that at i
most totally destroyed the stables of |
the National Biscuit company in Mc-
Daniel street just, off Whitehall and
which Is believed to have been incen- j
diary.
JUDGE LAMAR LAUGHED
WHEN ASKED ABOUT RUMOR
Special to The Herald.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Judge Jas.
K. Lamar of Augusta is in Washing
ton to argue a case in the war de
partment. He only laughed when
asked concerning the rumor that he
might be elevated to the supreme
court bench by Mr. Taft, "There is
no vacancy,” he said.
ALABAMIANS WILL LET
LAW TAKE ITS COURSE
AMITE CITY, U.—ln spite of the
fact that the feeling throughout Tan
gipahoa parish continues to run high
over the assassination of Benjamin
Brelo and his wife and stepdaughter,
near Tickfew early Friday night, It
now seems certain that the people
of this community will permit the
law to take its course.
ILL FATED SHIP'S
PASSEHGLRS
ARESAFE
Took Twelve Hours
Transfer the Freight and
Passengers from the Re
public After she Was
Wrecked.
NEW YORK.—The Associated
Press lug in the Ambrose channel
ran alongside of the steamer Baltic
which carries the passengers from
the steamers Republic and Florida
and got inlo communication with H.
.1. Hoover, of Spokane, Washington,
one of the Republic's passengers, who
through a megaphone described the
transfer of the passengers from the
Republic and later from the Florida
to the Baltic.
PASSENGERS WERE
SCANTILY DRESSED.
The transfer of scantily dressed
and frightened men and women from
the Florida lasted twelve hours, be
ginning at 8 o’clock Saturday night.
During the night the searchlights
of the Baltic Illuminated the sea, mak
ing a weird picture as beat load after
heal load were safotly gotten on board
the Baltic. Hoover said the Injury
to the Republic was about the mid
ships on the port side jsut forward
of the center hatch. Slate rooms Hi
and 28 were stove by the bow of the
Florida, which withdrew from the gap
almost Instantly and vanished In the
mist astern, leaving one of her an
chors In the wreckage of the demol
ished state rooms of the Republic.
ACCIDENT WAS f u,j|
VERY SWIFT.
The Impact and withdrawal were
so swift thru no one aboard the Re
public had a chance to Identify the
steamship. In half an hour, however,
summoned by the distress blasts of
the Republic, the Florida picked her
way through murk and came along
side.
Captain fiealby had his own boats
lowered and In these anti those of
the Florida nil tho passengers of tho
wounded liner were not put. aboard
the Florida. This operation took two
hours In a placid sea
The Florida was terribly crowded
and at a conference between the Cap
tains of the Florida and the Baltic it
was decided that another transfer of
passengers was necessary.
While the sea had been smooth
durjng the transfer of the passengers
from the Republic to the Florida, the
waters were now rough and the op
eration is necessarily more dangerous
and of longer duration.
DISCIPLINE OF
CREW PERFECT.
Hoover said there was very little
panic aboard the Republic, alGiough
many came on deck In their night
clothes, and the discipline of the crew
was perfect.
The collision, he said, occurred be
tween 3 and 4 o'clock Saturday morn
ing, when everyone was in bed.
A great many passengers were
thrown from their blinks by the crash,
and many rushed wildly on deck In
Imre feet.
THE BALTIC ,
STARTS UP BAY.
The fog having lifted, the Bftltio
started at, 9:40 o’clock from her an
chorage off Ambrose chanel lightship
to come up the hay to the quarantine
station on Staten Island.
The Baltic, reached the quarantine
at 10:29 a. m.
THE CREW
UNINJURED.
Mcnemsha Bight, the captain of the
Gresham, says the Republic sank last
night nine miles south by east of the
Nantucket, lightship In about forty
fathoms of water. None of the officer*
or the crew are injured.
WILLIAM AUSTIN AWARDED
DAMAGES AGAINST ROAD
COLUMBIA, S. C—ln th ■ Federal
co'rt here William A tin has been
awarded damages In tho sum of SBOO
against, the Atlantic Coast Line for
personal Injuries, received In a col
lision In the local yards. He sued for
$5,000.
BUSINESS SUCCESS.
The secret of advertising Is,
when business Is good, advertise
to make It better, and when It Is
not good, why advertise doubly as
much, to hold the trade you have.
If It doesn't Improve, then
put on more pressure by means of
larger copy, for If the arguments
are right, the business must come.
When people are not spending
money freely, Is the time for the
merchant to advertise the most.
Be thankful for what you have,
and advertise for more.
There is more money in this
country than there ever was. Get
after It.
Advertising does for business
what the steam does for the rail
roads—W. E. Gladstone.
No business success possible
wltnout advertising.—John Jacob
Astor.