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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD VOLUME XIV., No. 130. 4AMES BOYLE SENTENCED TO LIFE TERM IN PENITENTIARY Mrs. Boyle Gets Sentence of Twenty-Five Years With Meavy Fine. Both Prisoners Collapse in Court. MERCER, Pa,—Janies Boyle was sentenced Monday to a life imprison ment in the western penitentiary at Pittsburg for the kidnapping of “Bil ly” Whitla. Mrs. Bovle, indicted as Mary Doe, received a sentence of 25 years with a fine of $5,000, and the costs of prosecution. Boyle did not create the scene in court that he had threatened, and did not utter a word prior to his sentence. His counsel, however, made a plea for both Boyle and his wife, pleading for leniency in both cases. Both Boyle and his wife collapsed completely upon hear their sentences pronounced. When they were started back to jail from the court room, Boyle managed to walk with assistance down the stairs, but upon reaching the front door he became limp, and unable to stand. He was utterly unable to support himself in the vehicle and had to be held all the way to the jail and car ried to his cell. Mrs. Boyle was in even worse con diton. She' was unable to walk down the steps from the court house to the street and was carried by Sheriff Chess and Chief of Police Livermore down three flights of stairs to the street. She was lifted into an om nibus and when the jail was reached she was again lifted out by these of ficers and hurried to her cell, where she wept violently. No handcuffs were placed on either of the prison ers on the journey back to their cells and it was considered unnecessary to manacle them. BOYLE SAYS EXPOSE WILL STARTLE COUNTRY. Notwithstanding the fact that “Jinv mie” Boyle as his wife affectionally calls him, was not permitted an op portunity in the court to disclose the name of the person who he alleges planned the abduction for which he and his wife have been convicted, he declares the name and all details of the case will be made public very soon. Boyle says the statement he would issue through his lawyer would star tle the country. He said he realized that he and his wife have made a mistake in not making the matter public soon after their arrest, but he said, “both Helen and I had been bluffed into a delusion that by keep ing silence everything would be made all right and we would escape with sentences of not over a year each, with special privileges accorded us during our imprisonment. Realizing our mistake, we have now taken preliminary steps to defeat the manifest plan of those interested In keeping the name of this other party quiet. We have a steam roller going now and have plenty of ammu nition to keep it going. It is the other side that is on the anxious seat now.” BOYLE HAD BAD RECORD. When asked if he had anything to say Boyle replied merely, “I have not.” In passing the sentence the judge said: "Since your arrest we have inves tigated your record. We find you have been convicted In Mercer county court previous to your arrest for kidnap ping. You were guilty of larceny, receiving stolen goods, assault and battery, escape from jail, and many other shady transactions. All these have had their influence with this court in making us come to the decis ion that we have reached that your punishment shall be a maximum sen tence, imprisonment for life." When Mrs. Boyle was ordered to stand up to receive the sentence she was asked if she had anything to say. "I did not do it, and I think the evidence upon which I was convicted was very flimsy,” she said. "That was a matter for the jury to determine,” said Judge Williams, and then after a brief review of the case he imposed the sentence. THE WEATHER. For Augusta and Vicinity: Fair and cooler tonight and Tuesday. For Bouth Carolina: Fair in west showers in east portion tonight, eoki er tonight and probably light frost in west portion, Tuesday fair. For Georgia: Fair and colder to night with light frost in north por tion, Tuesday fair. Augusta was one of the few cities in the country to register on Sunday a maximum temperature of more than SO degrees, the high mark here being 83. It is even warmer today, al though cooler weather will prevail to night. A depression of considerable depth occupies the northeast part of the country. It has caused rain in nearly all sections east of the Mississippi with heavy to excessive rainfalls in the * districts of North Caro lina jjind Tennessee. An extensive area of iow pressure overlies the entire Rocky Mountain region bust so far, only light rains have occurred in the Pacific north west and Colorado. High pressure covers all sections between the west Gulf states and the Missouri Valley, attended by clear weather, but quite cool in those sec tions, while temperatures in the At lantic states are moderately high. The river at 8 a. m., was 10.0 feet, a fall of 0.2 feet during past 24 hours. DEMOCRAT NAMED IS JODGE SI PRESIDENT WASHINGTON President Taft Monday sent to the senate the nom ination of Henry Groves Connor, a democrat, to be United States judge for the eastern dstrict of North Car olina The vacancy on the North Carolina bench, caused by the death of Justice Thomas R Purcell, has existed for some months, and has been a source of much concern to President Taft The contest for the place has been a bitter one, and republicans of the Eastern district, North Carolina, re cently urged the president not to ap pint a democrat, even if he had to go out of the district to find a suitable republican for the piace The presi dent has given more consideration to this North Carolina judgeshp than to all other vacancies on the Federal bench with which he has had to deal since his inauguration He has been in constant consultation with the North Carolina senators and repre sentatives and had placed before him names of at least a dozen candidates. The selection of Judge Conner has been foreshadowed for several days and his nomination did not surprise those who have followed the matter closely Judge Conner was for about ten years on the bench of the su preme court of North Carolina, and for a number of years before that was judge of the superior courts. Judge Conner is described as a man of liberal views politically, and is so regarded at the White House in spite of h 's long affiliation with the de mocracy. hough restrains FIBREJOMBINE NEW YORK.—A permanent in junction restraining from operation the Fibre and Manila association, un der which name it was charged that 26 paper manufacturing concerns had formed a combine in restrain of trade, was ordered by Justice Hough in a decree handed down in the Uni ted States circuit court here Mon day. Judge Hough’s decision granting the injunction declared that the Fibre and Manila association is an unlawful combination in restraint of trade and commerce, and an attempt to monopolize It contrary to the pro visions of the Sherman act. mills use ii co TO joyom FLUSHING, N. Y.—When the court opened Monday John F. Mclntyre, the chief counsel for Captain Peter C. Hains, Jr., on trial for the killing of William E. Annis, began the closing plea to the jury for his client. Mc- Intyre said his summing up would oc cupy about four hours. There Is e possibility that the case may go to the jury late but It is more likely that Justice Garretson will adjourn after both sides have had their last word to the jury and deliver his charge Tues day morning Mother in Court. There was an affecting scene when the defendant’s mother came Into i court, just before the proceedings be gan. She walked to where Captain Hains was sitting and caught him In her arms. The prisoner half arose from his chair, and mother and son embraced until she was led away by Major John Hains, her other Bon. MAURETANIA BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORDS QUEENSTOWN.—The Cunard Line steamer Mauretania arrived off Daunts Rock Monday morning, hav ing beaten her own previous and all other eastward records by 24 min- 1 utes. She would have done still bet- I ter had she not been delayed by fog. | The liner’s time from Abrose light ship to Daunts Rock was 4 days, 18 hours and 11 minutes. She covered the entire distance at an average speed of 25-70 knots an hour. For three days a new record aver age of 26.3 an hours was made. ARGUMENTS ON IN NAVAL STORES CASE SAVANNAH, Ga—The entire morn ing was taken up in the United States court Monday with arguments In the oase against the officers of the American Naval Stores company Each side was given three hours to argue the case. Its expected tha* judge Shephard wiU charge the jury Tuesday. AUGUSTA GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 10, 1909 Principals in the Whitla Kidnapping Case STORMS SWEPT SOUTHWEST SUNDAY Several Killed— Property Loss Heavy—Trains Are Wrecked and Farmers Going Aroud in Boats. ST. LOUlS—Winds, cloudbursts, hail and snow caused heavy property loss in the southwest, south and south east Sunday. The rain fall here was the heaviest in many years. The farmers in the country are going about in rowboats. The Frisco through passenger from Memphis to Kansas City was wrecked by a wash out, and went down a twelve foot embankment near a Springfield kil ling Engineer Hains and dangerously injuring five. A train of livestock was also dt Wtshart, Mo., the fire fireman, Childers was seriously in jured. Tulsa and other Oklahoma cities were badly damaged. TO CONNECT PORTS WITH COAL FIELDS Contract Probably Given for Proposed Connection of Coal Fields With Car olina Seaport Cities. Special to The Herald. GREENVILLE, S. C.—Many Green ville people believe the rumor that the contract for building the proposed South Atlantic railway from the Ten nessee coal fields to three Atlantic seaports, Southport, N. C., Charleston, S. C. and Port Royal, S. C., has been let to McArthur Bros., a well known railroad contracting firm, and that $4,000,000 worth of bonds have been underwritten. Col. Jones was before the last leg islature with a proposed memorial from the South Carolina legislature to congress about the beauties and glories of Southport and how a coal ing station ought to be established there, but the memorial died a nat ural death. He is now trying to get the Tennessee legislature to adopt such a memorial. ROOSEVELT KILLED BIG RHINOCEROS NAIROBI, British East Africa.—A bulky bull rhlnocerous is the latest prize wrested from the Jungle b Colonel Roosevelt. From the ex-presi dent's camp near Machakos word wa» brought down Monday that the luck of the Roosevelt party continues and that fifteen varieties of game, in eluding the big rhino, have been bag ged on the last expedition. The rhinoceroes was charging Mr Roosevelt when the hunter fired. The distance was 14 paces, and the ani mal fell dead. Naturalists of the party are kept busy preparing the trophies which Mr. Roosevelt and his son Kermit are bringing in dally. Forty-five skins already have been prepared for the Smithsonian Institution at Washing ton. Fishing and Advertising Some fishermen say “The time to catch fish is when the tide is com ing in!” This may, or may not be true. But It Is a fact, bae.ked up by years of experience, that the time to “fish” for business is when pros perity's tide is rising. That is NOW. It requires no prophetic powers to see that the period of business stagnation has past and the rising of the waters of trade has begun. It’s time to get your "fishing” outfit ready. And, remember, newspaper advertising Is the “net” that covers the whole town, and catches the buyers wherever they are. The Herald's Advertising De partment stands ready to help you In the planning and execution of an advertising campaign, IF YOU WANT RESULTS IN GOOD OLD AUGUSTA, USE HERALD ADS DAILY. James F. Boyle, the alleged kidnapper of Willie Whitla. In the picture are shown Boyle, the little boy, and Mrs. Boyle. Boyles Had Morphine and Razor to Attempt Suicide MERCER, Pa.—That, the threats of a double suicide made by Mrs. Boyle Sunday night were not mere idle words was shown Monday, when it became known that a razor which had been secreted in his clothing was taken from Boyle and that Mrs. Boyle had taken what she says was "Enough morphine to kill two people.” Only Hot Weather Will Make Senate Pass Tariff Bill WASHINGTON—Speaker Cann on is of the openion that it will take a temperature of from 96 to 100 degrees In the shade to get the tariff bill out of the Benate. The speake r was at the White House Monday, and after talking with the president, said: “If you will tell me when the senate will pass the tariff bill I will give you a pretty good guess as to when congresß will adjourn. The only thing that cun move the previous question In the senate Is hot weathgr.” SENSATION EXPECTED IN DISPENSARY INVESTIGATION Winding Up Commission Takes Up Work Where It Left off when Supreme Court Interfered. Many Georgia Companies In volved. Special to The Herald. COLUMBIA, S C—The dispensary winding up commission held a confer ence Monday preparatory to beginning operations next Monday where it left off when the Federal court proceed ings Interfered. A heavy calendar ex tending over four day’s announced. Several witnesses have been summon ed and sensational testimony Is ex pected. Tho Georgia cases on the calendar are the Big Springs Distillery, Sav annah, Jack Cranston Co., Augusta, Acme Brewing Co., Macon, and the Savannah Brewing Co. Nothing was given out for publlca tlon at the conclusion of the confer enoe except that Henry Samuels, the present mayor of Chester, and M. E. Rutland, of Uatesburg, wore before the commission at witnesses. "We are getting down to the orhni- PRESIDENT TAFT’S UNCLE ELOPED WITH DRESSMAKER ESCANABA, Mich—Ohas, Whitney, an uncle of President Taft, and a wealthy merchant of Green Bay, who Ik sixty years old, eloped with Miss Eva Qerardln, who Is twenty years old, an attractive dressmaker. Poverty Stricken Drayman Now Heir to 40 Millions DES MOINES- P. H. Beans, a drayman, of Sheldon. lowa, was not ified Monday that he Is heir to an estate of forty million dollars in New York City, He will go east lai mediately. He was very poor and had a large fatally. , r MEHMED V. GIRDED ON SWORD OF OTHMAN Abdul Hamid Formally Made Sultan of Turkey in Ceremonies of Splen dor. CONSTANTINOPLE Tho core mony of girding tho sword of the Othnian upon Mohmed V., the new sultan of Turkey In succession to Abdul Hamid, occurred Monday i n the Mosque Ayoub, the only sacred edi fice In Constantinople which Christ ians are not allowed to enter. The function was carried out accord ing to a prearranged program, and at its conclusion, his majesty started to drive through Btambou! at the head of an imposing procession. nal part of this business,” said Attor ney Stevenson,” and "can't afford to give you fellows Information ths ft going to be used in that court houst up yonder." DAILY AND SUNDAY, SG.OO PER YEAR. OGLETHORPES AND CLINCH RIFLES OFF TO AIKEN HILL UNVEIL Ml SHIFT MESH LARGE CROWD WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO CONFED ERATE MARTYRS FATHER McMAHON WILL OFFICIATE Prominent Men of Georgia Will be on Program— Inscriptions Recital of Historical Facts. SAVANNAH, Ga.—The unveiling of the monument to Major Henry Wirz, C. S. A., at Andersonville, Ga., on Wednesday, May 12th., will bo an ovenl that will attract attention not. only throughout (lie South, but in all sections of the country. The monu ment will be unveiled with appropri ate ceremonies. It was erected through the efforts of the Georgia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy and largely through the suggestion of Mrs. A. 11. Hull, when she was at the head of that organization. At one time the Daughters decided to place the monumenl at Richmond hut ibis idea was abandoned this spring at a meeting held in Atlanta and it was decided then to put it at Anderson ville, where Major Wirz saw his most active duty as commandant of the prison during the Civil war. Monument Inscription. The inscription on the monument, has been selected with great care so as not to give offence to any section of the country and at the same time to show the sympathy and love the Southern women held for one looked upon in the South ns a martyr. The inscriptions are given up largely to a recital of historical facts. The exercises ai, Andersonville will take place at ten o’clock on Wednes day, May 12th. Rev. I’. 11. McMahon, a Catholic priest, of Albany, Ga., will deliver the invocation and will pro nounce tha benediction «! the close of the service. ,1. hi. Mathis, of Arneri cus, near which city Andersonville Is situated, will be the marshal of the day. He will be assisted by aides of his own appointment. James Tay lor, of Americas, will be master of t.he platform ceremonies and will in troduce the orators of the day. One of the speakers will be Dr. Charles Olmstend of Atlanta. The others will be Pleasant A. Stovall, editor of the Bavunnah Press, A feature of the ex ercises will be the unveiling of the monument by Mrs. Perrin, of Nat chez, Mississippi, a daughter of Major Wirz. Mrs. Perrin lias taken great interest in the preparations for ths erection and unveiling of the monument and lias accepted Ihe In vitation to be present and unveil It. Captain L. M. Parks, of Atlanta, will give some reminiscences of Major Wirz with whom he was personally acquainted. The singing of “Mary land My Maryland,” and "Dixie” by a large chorus, the firing of a military salute by tue American military and the sounding of laps will conclude the ceremony. Large Crowd Expected. It Is expected that a large crowd will be present for l his occasion. Ex cursions will be run from almost ev ery city In Georgia and there will be delegations from neighboring states. The monument, is a tall shafi of grey and white, 35 feet in height, in design simple, slender and symmetri cal, the genernl design being that of a monolith. The long shaft stands on a base formed by four square slabs of stone, which are superlm posed In the form of a pyramid, .lust above this base the otherwise unbrok en outline of the shaft is intersected by two heavy blocks of atone, below which on the four aides of the inonu niont are curved the following in acriptions: North Bide. "When time shall have softened passion and prejudice, when reason shall have stripped the mask from misrepresentation, then Justice, hold ing evenly her scales, will require much of past censures and praise to change places, Jefferson Davis, Dec. 1888.” South Side. "Discharging his duty with such humanity as the harsh circumstances of the times, and the policy of the foe permitted, Captain Wirz became at. last, the victim of a misdirected popular clamor. He was arrested In the time of peace, while under the protection of a parole, trie d by a mili tary commission of a service to which he did not belong, and condemned to ignominious death on charges of ex cessive cruolty to federal prisoners. He indignantly spurned a pardon prof ferred on condition that he would In criminate President Davis and thus exonerate himself from charges of which both were Ipnocent.” Ea-;t Side "In memory of Captain Henry Wirz, C 8. A. Born Zurich, Switzerland 1822, sentenced to death end executed at Washington, D. C., November 10, 1805, To rescue his name from the Members of the Local Com mand Gone to Take Part in South Carolina Me morial Day Exercises. Between sixty and seventy mem hers ot the Oglethorpes and the til Inch Rifles left tin- city on a special ear at 2:30 o’clock Monday for Aiken, where they will take part in the Me morial Day exercises Monday after noon. The Aiken Rifles came to Au- Kuauta on April 26th, and the Au Kuata companies are returning the compliment. Tie 1 men will return about !* o'clock. Permission was so ’ Hied trom the state to carry the com panies to Aiken. I lie Oglethorpes were under the command of Gupt. Claude H. M’Lellan -mil the Clinch Rifles under Capt. t lenient E. Dunbar. The .unpanies carried practically all their enlisted men. Tile two .companies were un der the command of Major Geo. P. El liott. The parade in Aiken is scheduled to Htart at 4:30 o’clock. The Veterans met, at the court house, and the la dles of the Memorial association met al tlie home of Mrs. 11. 11. Hall. Tho ladles Were then driven to the court house. The exercises at the court house were carried through and the parade formed and marched to the cemetery. The Veterans were fol lowed by the Aiken Rifles. The Ogle- Ihorpos and the Clinch Rifles were next in line. The ladles of the Me morial association followed. Major Elliott and his staff led the Georgia hoys in the parade. His staff is composed of Major V. D. Bar bot, and Lieut. E. E. Courtney, Sergt. Adolph Gialiowskll and Lieut. W. W. llatle.v, Ml). ROSTER OF THE OGLETHORPES. The roster of the Oglethorpes is as follows: C. 11. McClellan, Capt. Wm. M. 8. Stephens, First Lieut. It. G. Reynolds, First Sorgt. Sergeants. G. 11. Walker, E. W. Stafford, J. I. Sumerau, .1. W. E. Keating. Corporals. A. M. Johnson, T. B. Rountree, G. W. Wright. Musician. C. G. Richards. Privates. Jus. L. Hill, H. W. Rambo, D. W. Johnson, W. L. Ellington, M. A. Con way, G. F. Perry, W. C. Hargroves, Fred, Smith C. W. Goodrich E. M. McDermon, A. 11. Johnson, A. L. Pe- Irea, F. J. Miller, .1. E. Purvis, Mnrlon King, L. A. Rlchurdson, Thus. Clark, Belton Weeks F. G. Ellington Pierce Andrews Arnold Newman, J. K. George, 1). ft. Kltcliens, J. V. Jones, Wallon Isdell, A. L. Hudson, T. L. Costa, .1. T. Waller T. W. Bunch, Al bert Hamlet, W. M. Bearden, J. W. Goff, E. E. Powell, C. H. Holley, B. N. Howard, Ernest Symms, Thos. Durst, H. A. Parish H. .1. Jones, Ar- Ihur Cadle, C. H. Morris, Mantel Corlney, A. J. Newsome, Geo. Starr, Alex Reynolds, Chas. Gresham. THE CLINCH RIFLES The following Is the roster of the Clinch Rifles: C. E. Dunbar, Capt., H. F. Hender son, Second Lieut., R. 11. Smith, First Sergt. Sergeants. W. A. Woodson, W. A. Livingston, J. H. Hendrix, O. F. Guth. Quartermaster. T. F. McCarthy. Corporals. E. 0. Lowe, G. 11. Hollingsworth, J. W. Cooper, It. It. Frlntup, E. W. Shipp, T. 11. Atkinson. Privates T. H. Adams, B. 11. Burdick, W. .1. Bennett, W. Bartels, E. 11. Blgger stuff, E. K. Burners, W. E. Chapman, A. L. Cosnahan, I). 9. Dally, G, H. Drane, w B. Ford, J, M, Goldman, 11. c Hutson, It. H, Jordan, A. L. Johnston, E. It. Kahrs, A. E. Living ston, W, J Lots, A. J. Dor r, D. 11. Morlng, A. J. Montgomery, B, M. Matthews, M. F. McCord, J. W. Oak rnan, J. E. Ferre, (J. M. Bossier, E. E. Rankin, C. L. Summerau, C. K, Smith, L It. Taylor, S. C, Taylor E. G. Yoe, E. E, williams, J. A, Woodson, D. L. Adams. TWO WERE KILLED IN BIG EXPLOSION FREDERICKSBURG, O.—Two men were killed and three fatally Injured In a dynamite explosion at the mouth of a coal mine operated by the Fred ericksburg Terracotta company Mon day. TWO SOLDIERS DROWN AS BOAT CAPSIZED BOSTON -Daniel Doherty and Cornelius Crowley, of the CoaHt ar tillery st Fort Warren, were drown ed by the capsizing of a rowboat Sunday night, stigma attached to I- by embittered prejudice this shaft Is erected by the Georgia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy." West Side. "ft Is hard on our men held In Southern prisons not to exchange them, but It In humanity to those left In the ranks to fight our battles. At this partlculnr time to release all rebel prisoners would Insure Sher man's defeat and would compromise our safety here. Ulysses S. Grant, August
