The Augusta daily herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1908-1914, April 05, 1909, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD VOLUME XIV., No. 95. COL IN BN ‘ WILL NOT BE RETIRED Special to The Herald. SAVANNAH, Ga.—Col. Dan C. Kingman, U. S. engineer has been no tified by Adjutant General McCain, U. S. A., that he will not be retired from active service. The Colonel recently stood a physical examina tion by order of the department. DEMOCRATSI6SORE DEMIERJTM Senators Went to Protect Their Own Interests in Tariff Revisions and con strue Platform to Suit Conditions. WASHINGTON, D. C. That Dem ocratic senators who have local in terests which might be injuriously af fected by the reduction of tariff on them will not feel called upon to al low' the declarations of a Denver plat form to stand in the way of their op posing such reductions, is made evi dent by a letter which Senator Sim mons, of North Carolina, has written on the subject of the tariff on lumber. He takes the position that the Dem ocratic pledge of tariff for revenue only was made with reference to the whole tariff system and that therefore it does not apply to any individual article. ROOSEVELT’S PARTY REACHES NAPLES NAPLES —The liner Hamburg with Theodore Roosevelt and party on aboard arrived at 10:15 o'clock Mon day morning. A great crowd assem bled at the pier and cheered loudly and Mr. Roosevelt and Kermit stand ing on the bridge doffed their slouch hats and waved them a greeting. Am bassador Griscom and a number of relatives of the Roosevelt family boarded the tender and rode out to meet the Hamburg. Duke Oosta, brother of Duke d’Abruzi sent his automobile to convey the Roosevelt party to the Royal villa at Capedi monte. THE WEATHER. For Augusta and vicinity: Fair to night and Tuesday. For Georgia: Fair tonight and Tuesday: slightly cooler Tuesday in northwest portion. For South Carolina: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday. Sunday was the warmest day of the year, and in honor of the occasion all Augusta turned out to revel in the brighi sunshine, inhale deep draughts of pure spring ozone, and smell the fragrance of budding flow ers. The thermometer reached the high mark for the year, a maximum of 81 degrees. And Mopday is just as fine. It is real baseball weather, the first of the year. Mercury stayed around the up per end of the tube all day. Observer Fisher says indications favor fair weather tonight and Tuesday. A trough of low pressure extends this morning from the southern Rocky mountain country northeastward to the upper lakes with a depression of moderate depth overlying New Mexico and another central over lowa. They are causing snow in Minne sota, Colorado and Mexico and cloudiness In portions of the south west. High temperatures prevail today over the entire sout.i, also in the central states, but it is decidedly cold over the middle Rocky mountain dis tricts with 6 degrees above zero at Yellewstone Park. The river at 8 a. m. was 11 feet, a fall of 0.2 feet during the pas 24 hours. Easter Week in Augusta Is Going To Be a Great Trading Week. There s going to be a great deal of business done in Augusta Easter week and after all is said and done, you’ll find that advertising will be due in large measure of credit for much of this splendid business week. Advertising, education, agitation, suggestion plays a large part in the business of the world these days and the thing is just as true here In Augusta as i n any other city in the country. A great advertising expert was asked the secret of successful advertising. His reply was: “Place the advertising where it will be s/ten, write it so people will read It, and tell the truth so the ad vertising will be believed!" PLACE YOUR ADVERTISING WHERE IT WILL BE SEEN— PLACE YOUR ADVERTISING IN THE HERALD, AUGUSTA'S FA VORITE HOME NEWSPAPTR, AND YOU WILL GET SATISFAC TORY RESULTS. The Herald Offers This week the Best Opportunity to Merchants to Dispose of Easter Goods. POPES.HILL FOUND DEAD IN OFFICE RTMIE MACON, Ga.—Pope S. Hill, a prom inent attorney acting as a special rep resentative of the Dodd interests in Telfair and Dodge counties, Monday morning was found dead in the office of Rudolph Oberly, at Mcßae, with a bullet in his brain. Friends of the dead man suspect foul play. A package of letters ad dressed to Mrs. Hill were found in a desk beside the body, and officers ap parently favor the suicide theory, blit are working the case in view of es tablishing positively whether it is mur der or suicide. THE GOVERNOR OF OKLAHOMA ON TIL Okla. —Governor Haskell, and six other prominent Oklahomans under indictment for alleged fraud in the Muskogee town lot cases, appear ed in the United States circuit court for trial. HIDE STRONG PLEA HID DROPPED REID ’ LINCOLN.— Ex-Goveronr William Poynter, age 45, died Monday of heart trouble. He had concluded an ad dress before Governor Shallenberger ! at the capitol uring the latter's ap proval of the bill recently adopted by the legislature compelling all saloons : in the state to close at 8 o'clock. Strong pressure ceing brought both for and against the veto and Ex-Gov ernor Poynter accompanied the church delegation to the capitol and urge the governor to sign. The deceased was elected governor in ninety-eight by the fusion of demo crats and populists. He was defeat ed for re-election In nineteen hundred. STJPT. EVANS SPOKE IN CHARLESTON County Teachers’ Associa tion Heard Superintend ent of Augusta Schools. Special to The Herald. CHARLESTON, S. C.—The Char leston County Teachers’ association had as its guest Saturday Superin tendent Lawton B. Evans, of the city schools of Augusta, who delivered an interesting and instructive address Saturday night at the Memminger School Auditorium, speaking on “Come, Le Us Live With the Chil dren." Mr. Evans has visited Charleston on several occasions, and he was cor dially greeted by his many friends, the number of which was greatly in creased, as a result of his visit to Charleston. PRESIDENT DIAZ AGAIN CANDIDATE Despite Declarations that He Would Never Again Run Mexican President Will he in Race. MEXICO ClTY.—l>espit,e the decla ration a year ago that he never again would be a candidate, President Diaz has decided to sacrifice his personal desires and be a candidate again. TRAIN KILLS OLD SOLDIERS. GOSHEN, Ind.—Thomas Hite and Samuel Wertzbaugh, both old soldierß, aged nearly 70, wf>e struck and killed by a Lake Shore flyer Monday morn ing. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 5, 1909 Mrs. Clarence Mackay Fights Against Insane Asylum Site " GREEirKAl gw ... Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay, society woman and lead er of American suffargettes is leading a fight against a group of real estate men who have just succeeded in arranging to have the new State lun atic asylum located at Greenvale, L. I. within a short distance of her fionie, Harbor Hill and the Wheatley Hills homes of other rich New York folk On the upper left is a cut of Mrs. E. D. Morgan, whose home is near the proposed asylum, on the right Mrs. Clarence Mackay. In the center is a diagram showing where the asylum is to be and be low is a cut of Mrs. Mack ay’s residence at Wheatley Hills. CONVERSE GIRL BITES BURGLAR’S FINGER OFF Special to The Herald. SPARTANBURG, S. C—An un known burglar supposed to have been white, broke into the room of Miss Eula Reid, a student at Converse Col lege Sunday night. When discover ed the man was ransacking her bu reau. Miss Reid, who is a member of the Unshackled by Proclamation Woman Prisoner Escaped Prison Special to The Herald. i ATHENS, Ga. —Kate O’Dwyer, the I prisoner famous from having caused the prison commission to issue a | BONI’S FINANCIAL HOPES SHATTERED PARIS. —Count Boni lie Oastel lane’s financial hopes have been shat tered. Princess DeSagan expects the arrival of a new heir to the Gould mil lions in July. By her father’s will, the princess is permitted to leave her fortune to any child she may bear. basket ball team and of quite athle tic build engaged him in a hand-to hand light and bit off one of his fin gers. He jumped out of the window thirty feet from the ground, leaving ills hat which the police are using as a clue. The affair has caused quite a lot of excitement In the college and city. proclamation that no female p-ison ers shall have shackles placed on them escaped from the county farm prison Sunday night. FIREMEN INJURED FIGHTING FLAMES PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-Three fire men were Injured In an explosion while fighting a $150,000 fire at the Stetson piano work* early Monday. Five women rnualc teachers were res cued. THE DISPENSARY CASE HAS BEEN SETTLED Famous Suit Involving Disposition of $900,000 Decided in Favor of the South Carolina Dispen sary Commission. WASHINTON, 1). C. —The famous South Carolina dispensary case In valving the disposition of about $900,- 000 of dispensary funds held by the state dispensary commission was de cided by the supreme court of the United States Monday in favor of the commission, the opinion being by Jus tice White. The court also decided the case of the state dispensary commission ver sus the state itself involving tho de mand of the attorney general for set ting aside by the commission of funds for the prosecution of dispensary vio lations by the state court was affirm ed. FLORIDA MOB LYNCHED NEGRO PENSACOLA.—David Alexander, a negro, who confessed that he shof and killed Policeman Carter Saturday night, was taken irom the police bar racks at 3 o’clock Monday morning by a mob of masked men and lynched on the same polo on the public square from which Leander Shaw was strung up several months ago. Tho mob was quiet but determined. Tim officers were taken unawares ami quickly overpowered. After firing a volley into the negro's body they quickly dispersed. No further trou ble is anticipated. TARIFF BILL BITS SOUTHERN GOODS Taxes Raised on Coarser cotton made in South and Favor fine goods made in Now England. WASHINGTON.—The hour of noon having been selected as the time for bringing in the rule governing the future treatment of the Payne tariff bill, the house Monday spent the preceding two hours In considering routine business and in further gen eral debate. All members had been notified to be present Monday and there was a goodly attendance when the body met, at 10 o’clock. The first speaker on the tariff bill was Bartlett, of Georgia, who advo rated free lumber and who charged that, the bill discriminated In favor of the New England manufacturers of cotton goods as against the grades of goods manufactured In the South ern mills showing that, the tariff Is to be reduced upon coarser grades of yarns and thread, and such other goods manufactured In the South, while It Is to be raised on finer grades made In the North and East. He In sisted that lumber and salt should be on the free list. He opposed the pro posed Inheritance tax, as being In tended to reach the small Inher itances of the poor, and as not suf ficient tax of Inheritances of the rich. He denied that the Houth wanted to join tn an effort to wring by law from the masses special benefits and privileges, and in doing so, asserted that great burdens are imposed by a bill uiion the cotton fanners of the South by tariff on bagging and ties. “In the name of common justice,” pleaded Stanley, “won’t the ways and means committee either bring In an amendment taking the tax off leaf tobacco in the hands of the farmers or Borne member who refuses to do It have the courage, manhood, re spect that Is due his committee, and the people to rise on this floor arid defend his act.” The proceedings were somewhat e.n- Hvcned by vigorous speeches by Messrs. Hobson, of Alabama, and Gillespie, of Texas, defending the South against the charge by Caider head, that that section had not taken the proper advantage of Its opportun ity to progress. SPARKS ON ROOF There was a small flr<- at No, 420 Enterprise street about 7 o'clock Mon day morning. Sparks falling on the shingle roof caused tin- blaze. The damage was $lO. The house was own ed by Mr. Geo, Allen, DAILY AND SUNDAY, SG.OO PER YEAR. YEGG MEN DYNAMITE JAIL AND MAKE THEIR ESCAPE SHARD OIL CASE EVIDENCE IS PRESiiTED ST. LOUIS. —Special assistant to United States Attorney General, Frank B. Kellogg, filed his brief with the clerk of the United States circuit court here Monday and commenced his argument, after two years of evi dence-taking in ilie government's suit, to dissolve the gigantic Standard Oil corporation of New Jersey, for alleged violations of the Sherman act. The iirgumonl was heard by the full circuit court bench. Kellogg gave a rather full review of the evidence taken by the gov ernment before discussing the law ap plicable to his ease, lie told of the combination effected by .|,,lui I). Rockefeller. Y\ illlam Rockefeller and Henry M. Flagler, In 1879, conceived, lie declared, lo effect a monopoly of the petroleum trade, both domestic and export. It was at llnti moment, according lo tho federal lawyer that, the illegal conspiracy lo monopolize Ihe oil trade of the country was con ceived. Later, said Kellogg, Henry H. Rogers, John I). Archbold Oliver H. Payne and Charles M. Pratt were taken Into the consplroey bv tile other uorendants. The government’s brief declared that (he testimony shows various de fendants have from the first pursued Hie system of unfair competition against the competitors, whereby In dependent consumers have been driven out of business or their busi ness so restricted that the Standard has practically controlled the prices and monopolized commerce in the products of petroleum in the United States. It also charges that (ho testimony shows that the Standard through tho Galena Signal Oil Co. controls about 9C/g per cent of the lubrication of of railroads. Adding the estimated profits of i»O7 and I9UB, the brief slates, thus we have subslantiately a billion dollars earned by (lie Stand fO'd 111 twenty-seven years with tho original Investment of about s(l9 000 000. SHIP SUM 10 21 moussio LONDON.—Lloyds was apprised by cablegram Monday that the British steamer Oakbranch sunk by running upon a supposed derelict in the Siniit-i of Magellan off Die Southern Boast of Chile and the captain and twenty persons are missing. HIS WIFE By Evelyn G. Cole A Study of the Feminine and Mascutine view points An understanding person would probably have found excuses for any mercenary motives In Hilary Gar stln's marriage still there were cir cumstances connected therewith which even a biased critic might hate labeled deterrent. Mr. Abdul Rahumnn, bridegroom and barrister-at-law, was certainly blessed with commendable wealth and health, correct manners and a high caste Indian face, yet was he brown as any other Mussulman, and* his brilliant Intellect Inclined strongly to hysteria, which was not. an envi able temperament to yoke with an English wife. His mind -a granury of Greek and philosophy- was unfor tunately lacking In those qualities which the English race Is wont to worship under tin- name of solid com mon sense; but Miss Garstln, at lin age of 22, appreciated the wisdom, admired the hlgh-caste profile, and saw no necessity at all for common sense. Abdul Huhainuu certainly was ! something better than superficially European, for Hilary, his wife, was, at the end of five years, a moderate- - ly contented woman; gnd for a wo man to know even limited content | ufter five years’ experience is an tin- j usual sequence In marriage of mixed ! blood. Her home was a pillared jasmin-wreathed house In Calcutta, her brougham as correctly appointed ] as though she belonged to the vlcere j gai set, and her daughter almost a J George Barton and “Ten nessee Dutch” Leave the Greenville Jail. GREENVILLE. Garber Moore, alias “Tennessee Dutch,'' and George Barton, alleged "yeggmen," who were arrested here by postoftlce Inspec tors on March 20 on a charge of hav ing committed numerous postofflee robberies In this state, escaped from l hi' county jail by dynamiting the door of the cell early Sunday. They drilled holes in the rock floor of the ! jail with a drill made of an umbrella ! handle. It Is believed they had out ; side help. The night guard declares i lie men did not pass him, and that, he was awake all night. Indica i lions are that the drilling was done from a cellar under the cell occupied ; by the prisoners. Yeggs Have Record. Of the several hundred professional safe blowers, or “yeggs" that govern inept postoffice inspectors, secret service men and detective agencies have had to deal with in America for the past quarter century, “Tennessee Dutch" is beyond doubt tho shrewd est. He Is, too, considered one of the most dangerous members of the safe blowers’ fraternity, and will not i likely be captured without a stubborn light. Ills pal, George Barton, al though one-armed, is an expect, crncksman. Both of these men have operated in perhaps half of the states In the union, and it is not likely that "Dutch" has operated ‘in foreign countries, II being known that he has traveled much abroad and in com" patty with known crooks. Cracked Many Safes. “Dutch" lias probably cracked more safes than any other professional safe blower alive, and yet he has never served a full sentence for a single “job." He has successfully eluded the sleuths of the United Stales postofflee department on doz ens of occasions, -and, while his pals lo crime have been taken In and given, usually, the limit of the law, llils past master in handling of niotro glycerine, fuses, Jimmies, etc, has managed to skip to fiber pastures green. It Is help ved that he has been Implicated in some of the big gest hank and postofflee burglaries In Ihe country, as he has been a f-oo spender and a man of apparently nn -liin I tod resources. At Birmingham, a few weeks ago, after preliminary hearing before the United States commissioner, when he was held for trial In the federal court at Greenville and his bond fixed at $5,000, he ex pressed a willingness to furnish the required bond in cash if allowed forty-eight hours to do so. He waa not given the opportunity, however, to furnish bond, the postofflee Inspec tors and deputy marshals removing him to Ihe South Garolina jail aa soon jlh poHHibic after tho hearing. "Dutch" was avnrse to being taken to South Carolina for trial—it being well known that safe-blowers tried In that state lnvarlubly were given Ihe limit of the law, and he even of fered a reward for his return to Mis sissippi, where he was wanted for having escaped from the Rankin farm, of the Mississippi state peni tentlnry, while serving a five-year Hen (Contlnued on page eleven.) beauty, with eloquent eyes and the flni-Ht of (in,, hand;, and f et , t Mrs. Kuhaman ever regretted that at venturesome 22 she had chosen a Jas min wreathed house and a half-caste ; daughter instead of a certain young ! ,nnn « blue-eyed and astonlshedly hap py-hearted, who had once been used : to go city-wards dally on an Oxford street ’bus, buoyantly hopeful that any wonderful day might make It pos sible to secure u wedding ring and some Incidental furnishings for one i Hilary Garstln, she failed to men tion the fact; uud very certainly Abdul Rahnman himself had lived through his repentant mmneil.t. when an Orthodox wife, with oiled hair, ringed nose and Implicit obedience, seemed the most desirable 0 f con sorts for a successful barrister. But the only disappointments ths Mussulman husband voiced were his regrets that his wife neither bore him a son nor succeeded In capturing the better social set, which, in India, chooses most deliberately to Ignore those English women who abandon the creed of llke-unto-like and take unto themselves even the most ex j disable Indian husbands. 80, Mrs. Raharnan’s associates , were of no particular Importance, ln telecttiany or socially. The tiffin ed with the Jewish wife of a Hindu ; physician, called on Mrs. Sarklea, (Continued on page two.)