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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIV., No. 50.
PLOT TO DETHRONE CZAR OT RUSSIA
AND PROCLAIM REGENCY DISCOVERED
The Sensational Story is
Given Out By High Judi
cial Official of St. Peters
burg. Recent Death of
Emperor’s Uncle Starts
Talk.
ST. PETERSBURG.—The sensa
tional story of the reactionary plot
to dethrone Emperor Nicholas and
proclaim a regency in Russia is be
ing related in St. Petersburg in con
nection with the recent death of
Grand Duke Vladimir, the emperor’s
eldest uncle.
The authority for the story is a high
judicial official of St. Petersburg. Ac
cording to this individual the affair
was uncovered in connection with
revelations concerning the *Azef and
Lopukine cases.
DO MORE NEGRO
OFFICERS FOR
THEjOUTH
President-elect Taft is Not
Apt To Make Appoint
ments Contrary to Sec
tion’s Wishes.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The Post
says: Unless something occurs to
change the attitude toward the ap
pointment of negroes to federal office
in thd south, President-elect Taft will
not make any such appointments. It
is ejected that Mr. Taft will make
a fAB statement of his position in his
inaWiral address. Mr. Taft is of
the wlpinion that where negroes have
shown their fitness to share the re
sponsibilities of the government and
Iheir selection wouldn’t create any
feeling in the community they were
entitled to appointment. Therefore
it is expected that the president
elect’s negro appointments will be
confined to northern states.
MB. RIEBEB WINS
WOODJEF CUP
In the finals played on the Hamp
ton Terrace links Thursday afternoon
for the handsome cup offered by Mr.
C. A. Wood, Mr. Rieber defeated Mr.
Barr by 3 up and 2 to play. The
match was very close all through.
The finals were watched by a large
crowd. The scores for the tourna
ment were as follows:
First Round of Match Play—Mr.
Rieber defeated Mr. Pike by 2 up
and 1 to play; Mr. Allen defeated
Mr. Wood by default; Mr. Hoopes de
feated Mr. Stetson by 2 up and 1 to
play; Rev, Tibbits defeated Mr. Ea
ton by default; Mr. Stedman defeated
Mr. Whiteiy by 4 up and 3 to play;
Mr. Barr defeated Mr. Porter by de
fault; Mr. Boys defeated Mr. Wood
man by 3 up and 1 to play.
Second Round of Match Play—Mr.
Rieber defeated Mr. Allen by 3 up
and 2 to play; Mr. Hoopes defeated
Rev. Tibbits by 3 up and 2 to play;
Mr. Barr defeated Mr. Stedman by
1 up; Mr. Boys defeated Mr. Lauer
by 4 up and 3 to play.
Third Round, Semi-Finals—Mr. Rie
ber defeated Mr. Hoopes by 1 up; Mr.
Barr defeated Mr. Boys by 1 up.
IFnals—Mr. Rieber defeater Mr.
Barr by 3 up and 2 to play.
ID IKE PM OF
OLD KOI SITE
House May Pass Bill For
the Purchase of Ander
sonville Prison Site.
WASHINGTON.—The house com
mittee on military affairs has agreed
to recommend that the house pass
the senate bill for the purchase of
the file of the Andersonvllle prison,
from the National Woman's Relief
Corps. The intention is to create a na
tional park.
'it >
COOPER TO ENTER
PLEft OF SELF
DEFENSE
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Every one is
waiting eagerly for Saturday to come
when the defense will begin its proof
in the Cooper-Sharp case. This case
displaced all other topics as food for
gossip. It Is rumored that Colonel
Cooper will not go on the witness
stand at all and that it will be left
to Robin Cooper to tell the Cooper
version of the tragedy.
Col. Cooper has a long and varied
career in Tennessee politics and it is
known that the state has prepared a
long list of questions to ask him on
cross examination. Keeping Colonel
Cooper off the stand will circumvent
the prosecutions plan to attack his
public character. Robin Cooper is
popular in Nashville. His life has
been an exemplary one. The state
through General McCarn announced
Thursday that it had closed its case
for the prosecution but announced a
few more witnesses might be intro
duced later. The greatest crowds
since the opening of the trial are ex
pected Saturday in anticipation of
hearing the defendants side of the
case.
Self defense will undoubtedly be
depended upon by the Coopers. The
best summary of the defense as an
ticipated Friday is that an attempt
will be made to show that Robin
Cooper believing his father to be in
danger opened fire soon as Carmack
attempted to draw and therefore tt\at
the killing was justifiable.
TMS-ITIMIC
RECOHDJOOKEI
NEW YORK. — The Mauretania
came into port Friday with a new
trans-Atiantic record after crossing
the ocean over the long course from
Daunts Rock to Ambrose Channel
lightship off Sandy Hock in four days,
seventeen hours and six minutes. The
Mauretania’s average speed for 2,890
miles was 25.55 nautical miles per
hour. The best days run was 671
miles, both being new high trans-At
iantic records.
MR. JACKSON GETTING
BETTER RAPIDLY
Mr. James U, Jackson, wht.
fined to his room in a hotel In New
York threatened with blood poison
is rapidly recovering He will be
able to return home in a few days.
THE CZAR NICHOLAS
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
BOND ISSUE IS
AUTHORIZED
NEW YORK,—The directors of the
Southern Pacific company which con
trols and operates the Southern Paci
fic railroad authorized an Issue of
$82,000,000 twenty year 4 per cent
londs which are convertible into com
mon stock at $l3O per share. At the
same time the directors increased the
common stock of Southern Pacific
company by $100,000,000 to provide
for the conversion of the bonds.
LAST WORD NOT SAID
ABOUT SALARY OF
CITY CHEMIST
It is certair tint more will be
heard of the matter of this city chem
ist’s salary, As things now stand it
appears that the ordinance providing
a salary was illegally passed, and
will have to be done over again, if
council still desires to make the po
sition a salaried one.
■ The city attorney states unequivo
cally that the minutes of council is
the last word as to whether the ordi
nance was read at three different
meetings as contended, and that if
they do not so show the ordinance
is invalid. Clerk of Council Martin
says the minutes do not show this.
The conclusion to be drawn is obvious
A Herald reporter asked Mr. C. H.
Cohen the city attorney if the mat
ter had been referred to him, with
reference to the viladity of the ordi
nance passed. Mr, Cohen said that
he had not, but that he advised the
Mayor, in reply to an inquiry made
of the subject that as the law stood,
it required every ordinance to be
read at three different meetings, un
less the reading thereof at different
meetings had been waived by council
agreeing to let it be read at the same
meeting. The question as to how
often an ordinance had been read,
was a matter, he said, that was en
tirely dependent on what the min
utes of council were after they had
been confirmed show; that the min
utes of council were final and conclu
sive, and could not be impeached by
the memory of any one; that no oral
testimony or recollection was ever
adinissable against the minutes of
council; that they were unimpeacha
ble and the question whether this or
dinance has been read three times
before council 'or not, was a question
that would have to be determined by
what the minutes of council alone
might show.
ANTI-RACE TRACK BILL
SIGNED BY GOV. GILLETT.
SACRAMENTO, Cal. Governor
Gillen has signed the anti-race track
gambling bill,
Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity—Fair tonight and Saturday; colder.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 19, 1909.
NECRO KILLED BY
OFFICER LEE
HORNE
Policeman Shot After the
Negro Had Attempted To
Fire on Him. Inquest
Friday Afternoon.
Uolit. Mack, the negro, who was
shot by Patrolman Lee Horne Thurs
day night about 12 o’clock died at the
Lamar hospital Friday morning at '3
o'clock. He made a statement to
the physicians a few minutes before
he died. The coroner’s inquest will
be held at Dugas’ at 4 o'clock Friday
afternoon.
Officer Horne was on the corner of
Campbell and Second avenue when a
negro boy came up to him and said
there was a man beating a woman
on Cummings street. Horne hurri
edly went to the place. It was very
dark and the negro did not see the
officer until he was on him. He
caught him but the woman ran away.
Officer Horne asked him who the
woman was. He said she was his
sister, and that she did not want to
go to the ball, which was in progress
at Starr’s hall on Campbell street,
with him and he was going to make
her. Horne told him to show hint
the house that she wont into. The
negro walked up Cummings street a
few doors and said she was in there.
liobt. Mack was standing on tint in
side of the sidewalk. Home asked
him where the woman was. With
an oath he asked what woman. Then
turning to the negro under arrest
and calling him by a nick name, ho
asked if he was under arrest. The
negro said yes, and Officer Horne
told Mack to shut his mouth as lie
did not have anything to do with it.
Mack had his pistol in his hand while
he was talking, and as ho spoke lie
threw it up. Officer Horne drew his
pistol and fired at the same time.
The negro had the drop on the of
ficer, but there were only two cart
ridges in the pistol and the gun
snapped on an empty chamber the
first time. When Officer Home fired
the first time, Mack staggered still
holding his pistol up. Officer Horne
fired the second time, and the negro
fell back against the fence.
When Horne shot, his prisoner
jerked away, and two negroes who
were on the porch started to firing.
Officer Horne returned their fire but
de does not know whether ho hit them
or not. The negtoes escaped in the
darkness. About fifteen shots were
fired during the affray. It is a won
der that Officer Horne was not shot
as two of the negroes were firing on
him, but it is supposed that his fire
disconcerted them and their aim was
bad.
Officer Key Kernaghan was a cou
ple of blocks away, and Officer Horne
went for him. They secured a hack
and sent, the negro to the hospital.
Officers Skinner and Quarles, who
were on duty at the dance soon came
to the help of the other officers and
the excitement caused by the shoot
ing was quelled.
Just, before lie died at the Lamar
hospital, Mack made a statement. He
said that he was shot by mistake and
that he did not. draw his pistol. He
said that he was standing nearby
and another negro shot at Horne, and
when he did Horne shot him. Of
ficer Home lias witnesses who saw
Mack with the pistol. Mack was
drunk at the time. After the of
ficers went hack to the scene of the
shooting with the hack to carry Mack
to the hospital he was still standing
against the fence holding his pistol.
BUTCHERS DO NOT
WANT MARKET
Have Presented a Petition
To Dr. Green Protesting
Against It.
Dr. J. E. Green, president of the
Savannah Valley Farmers’ Associa
tion received a petition Thursday af
ternoon from the butchers of the city
protesting against, a market, place.
This is the first communication that
Dr. Green has received. A petition
Is expected from the truckers In the
next few days. When it comes a
meeting of the executive committee
will be held for the purpose of decid
ing whether the market place will be
pushed or the matter dropped.
It Is now believed that the market
place will he established.
The butcher’s petition Is signed by
almost every butcher in the city.Thcy
protest against the market place on
several grounds. They do not want
to be centralized. They believe they
can do better If they are scattered
over the city. Another strong reason
is that many of them own their stores
and it would be a loss to them to
have to give up to rent a place In the
market.
Another strong reason that wqs not
In the petition, but what no doubt had
something to do with the protest was
the different price given for meat in
ASSAULT Ill’S
NAME MUST NOT
BE PRINTED
South Carolina Legisla
ture Passes Bill Making
it Misdemeanor To Give
Woman’s or Girl’s Name
in Such Cases. Session
May Not End Saturday.
Special to The Herald.
COLUMBIA, S. C. —As soon as the
governor signs the bill the house this
morning gave final reading to and or
dered ratified, it will be unlawful for
newspapers in the state to publish
•he name of a victim or rumored vic
tim of criminal assault. Representa
tive Hartwell Mayer, who in private
life is editor of the Florence Daily
Times, objected to the bill as being
likely to hinder detection of the crime
in certain cases.
Mr. Weston’s bill making the burn
ing of an insured building a felony
was killed in the house today, as
ware Mr. Sullivan’s hill to require
ginneries to mark cotton and Mr.
Carlisle's bill, doing away with the
forty days limit for recording papers.
The limit will likely be reduced to
ten days by a house Dill now pending
ill the senate.
It now seems extremely doubtful
whether adjournment for the session
can be tnken tomorrow night. Sena
tor Otts Is understood to be deter
mined not to allow (he appropriation
hill to come up until consideration
shall have been given to his state
wine prohibition bill. The senate is
not. anxious to commit itself on this
matter at all.
GRME CHARGES
ON SCHUEISS
WASHINGTON.—The senate com
mittee on post office appointments
heard the controversies over the post
masters at Lawrencevlllo and Way
nesboro.
R. B. Fortune and S. Mackin, of
Lawrenceville, appeared in opposi
tion to the confirmation of W. u. Cole
as postmaster at the Gwinnett county
seat.
Damaging evidence in the shape of
affidavits were offered against the
confirmation of Seigfried Schwarz
welss as postmaster at Waynesboro.
Enoch H. Callaway, of Augusta, ap
peared for Schwarzwelss end tho ap
pointee himself made a statement. It
was charged that Schwarzwelss Is
unfit and financially lrresporislhle to
hold the post office, and affidavits
made by some of the best citizens of
llurko county were Introduced to sub
stantiate this allegation.
Schwarzwelss admitted social re
lations with a negro, but denied (hat
he had been continually guilty. An
affidavit was offered to show that the
appointee had taken a negro to the
dining room of a hotel in Savannah
and eaten a meal with him. Let
ters were Introduced to show that
Clark Grier, chairman of the Taft
clubs of Georgia, had withdrawn his
Indorsement from Schwarzwelss lie
cause of his reputation.
AUacktng Schwarzwelss’ financial
responsibility, ’court records were pro
duced to show that ho has been
through bankruptcy two or three
limes, his creditors losing large sums
of money.
The subcommittee heard the Way
nesboro case with evident interest,
hut, did not Indicate Its attitude.
Senator Simmons stated after the
hearing that, a decision would prob
ably be reached la two or three doys.
different parts of the city. On Broad
street choice cuts bring anywhere
from 2 1-2 to 5 cents a pound more
than it does further out In the city,
Meats that are sold In large quan
tities on Broad street cannot he sold
further out, as the class of trade can
not afford to pay the price.
Many of the truckers have been
heard from, but there are still many
who have not expressed an opinion.
When Dr. Green hears from them,
some definite action will be taken.
Sunday’s
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SECRET SERVICE
DISPUTES SRE
REVIVER
WASHINGTON.-—The famous dis
putes between President Roosevelt
and congress were revived when the
house committee on appropriations
reported the sundry civil appropria
tion bill.
One was in,regard to the limitation
of the use of the secret service of the
treasury department. The other was
the appropriation for the examlna
Hon of accounts of the railroads.
The Dill, tlie largest of all the gen
oral supply hills, carries an appro
priation of $137,022,007 or $26,000,000
less than the estimates. The com
mittee incorporated in the bill, tho
same limitation on the use of the se
cret service operatives, as was in
cluded in the bill which became a law
last winter. It wots this limitation
that drew forth the severe criticism
of tho president, in his annual mes
sage .
The provision is made for the re
moval of the Maine wreck front Ha
vana harbor.
The sum of $33,638,000 Is appro
priated lor tin- continuation of tho
work on tlie Panama canal. An item
of $19,674,574, was inserted for the
river and harbor work already au
thorized.
The amount of bonds authorized to
he issued for the construction of tho
Panama canal is increased by the bill
from $130,000,000 to $100,000,000.
NEGRO ASSAULTED
GIBE 01 CUT
BED THROAT
RICHMOND, Va. Late Thursday
a young negro named Christian erim
inally assaulted Mary Dobbs, the I I
year-old daughter of a well-known
farmer living near Glen Wilton, Bote
tourt county, after which he but her
throat and stabbed her in the side,
causing death. A posse was quickly
formed and the whole countryside
was scoured, the negro being prompt
ly captured.
At one time a lynching was feared
as there was Intense excitement but
this was averted by officers.
The negro Is now In the hands of
authorities and has made a full con
fession. Where the girl was found
there were evidences of a desperate
struggle.
Follxe Christian, Is only 18 years of
age. lit: was Friday removed from
Glen Wilton to Botetourt county jail
at Finastle Virginia, to await trial.
The double crime occurred at dusk
Thursday while tho child was return
ing from a store to her home a half
mile away. Her throat was slashed,
and her body showing evidence of
criminal assault, was not found until
several hours afterwards. Christian is
said to have been in a similar trou
ble before.
Officers in charge of Christian
reached Flneastle with their prisoner
safely. Judge Anderson was on the
same train and will try Christian to
night. Governor Swanson announced
that he would send troops to protect
the prisoner If necessary.
MR. LARRY DAVIS WAS
FINED FIFTY DOLLARS
Larry Davis, who was tried by
Judge Plcquet Thursday morning for
resisting an officer In the discharge
of his duty was found guilty Friday
morning. He was sentenced to pay
a fine of SSO or serve on the city
chain gang for 90 days. Mr. Davis
was not in the court room when tho
sentence was passed. He was repre
sented by Mr. O. R. Eve, who waived
his presence.
TAFT WILL ADDRESS
UNIVERSITY MEN
CINCINNATI - -President-elect Taft,
will leave here Saturday afternoon,
arriving In Philadelphia Sunday
morning. Mr. Taft addresses the stu
dents of the University of Pennsyl
vania Monday.
Will carry important announcements from the merchants of Augusta.
Spring Openings come early in Augusta's stores and already the buy
ers have returned from the markets and new goods and bargains are
being announced to the shopping DUbllc. You can’t afford to neglect
the store news in Sunday’s Herald.
Buster Brown and Mary Jane and Tige—the best and most popu
lar comic in the world will appear, as usual, in Sunday's Herald.
Buster says:
"Remember whatever you get has its price. The price of happi
ness is sleep, temperance and repose. The price of riches is re
sponsibility, care and suspicion. The price of fun Is late hours, sick
head aches and dyspepsia (It Isn’t worth it) if you want fame you
have to write autographs, listen to flattery and send your regret*.
The price of Success Is Work that’s all."
THE INSPECTION
BILE IS HD
FOUGHT
Mr. Rucker Wants To
Catch Employers Who
Won’t Let Women Clerks
Sit Down.
Special to The Herald.
COLUMBIA, S. C. —The first break
in the monotony of tho passage of
third reading bills Friday was on the
.notion of (.’. A. Smith, to recommlt
tee tho anti-discrimination bill pass
ed Thursday. Messrs. Smith, Hall
and others spoke against the motion.
Messrs. Ayer and Gasque In favor of
it. After a sharp fire of debate the
motion or Mr. Ayer to reconsider was
laid on tlie table and the hill went
through a slight amendment, which
Hie senate will agree, providing that
sales In large quantities may he low
<>’ than in small quantities. Mr.
Clifton’s hill to providi for referee*
In counties where masters are not
established was killed on the motion
of Mr. Brice to recommit.
Factory Inspection Bill.
A brisk fight came up on Weston’s
hill from the senate, providing for In
spection of factories by the depart
ment of agriculture and commerce.
Mr. Irby wanted an amendment pro
viding . especially lor inspection of
oil mills and made a hot speech on
the subject of the adulteration of
meal being made because of defective
machinery. The hill Is one asked for
especially by the labor unions and Is
intended as a menus of enforcing the
child labor law aad other restrictive
statutes.
11l (In' course of the discussion,
Mr. Rucker stated that In spite of the
law requiring tlpil. seats he provided
for women clerkb in stores, there are
employers monstrous enough to dis
charge girls If they find them sitting
down at any time. He wanted to
catch such men through the inspec
tor provided for in this bill. Ho
moved to table tho amendment and
his motion prevailed by a vote of 70
to 30. Mr. Irby again urged an amend
ment requiring the-Inspector to In
vestigate and teport on cotton held
and goods; sold by cotton mills. Ho
urged that cotton mill methods work
ed an injustice to the farmers and
the fact that tlm bill was approved
hv the mill men argued against It.
Friends of the hill urged that this blit
was not the place for the difficulties.
Mr. Irby complained of and the de
bate then became general. The aen
nte finally passed without any amend
ment whatever the lion law repeal
bill.
MAY LIT CLAIMS
IN LUMBER CASE
Petition Asks Judge Speer
To Limit Time For Filing
Claims Against Tift Lum
ber Company.
Special to The Hcralil.
MACOIN, (la.—Two Important or
dors arc being sought at the hands of
Judge Speer In the Federal court
hero Friday and both come up through
the efforts of the attorneys in the Tift
Dumber Co., case to bring It to an
end. ’■ f'WMI
One petition asked the court to pass
an order revoking the order of May
1908 which made the roads place with
the registry of the court the sum of
$500,000.
The second order sought, If granted
will set a limit for the filing of addi
tional claims against the Roads.
Nearly all of the claims should be In
by this time. The federal * court Is
In session Friday and Judge flpeei
may sign the orders before court ad
journs.
AGUINALDO'S BIRTHDAY.
Agulnuldo, the famed Filipino pa.
trtot and would-be liberator whom tbs
troops of Uncle Ram more In sorrow
than In anger, chased over the hlfii
and through the jungles of his natlvt
; land, and at lust captured and benev
olently assimilated, Is Friday celebrac
|lng the 37th anniversary of his birth