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THE AUGUSTA SUNDAY HERALD VOLUME XIV., No. 262. PRESIDENT TUFT PRIIYED FDR RECOVERY GOVERNOR JOIISOI WL l h Shadow of Death Overhanging Governor of State, Minneapolis Gave Taft Cordial Welcome. PRESIDENT PRAISED THE TWIN CITIES Bronght Forth Prolonged Applause When He Said the People Will Call Si eh Governor To Serve Them. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.— President Taft came to the twin cities of Min nesota Saturday and with the shadow of death hanging over the governor of the state, received a cordial, but not a demonstrative welcome. The critical illness of Governor Johnson, probably the most popular executive Minnesota has ever known entered deeply into the spirit of the day, and dreaded eventualities, threatened for a time during the morning seriously to curtail the program of entertain men tboth here and in St. Paul. The president fulfilled the program out lined for nis reception, but at every pause in the rushing from place to place, he made anxious inquiries as to the latest word from the bedside of the governor whose life hung in the balance at St. Mary’s hospital in the little city of Rochester. President Sympathetic. President Taft was deeply affected soon after his arrival to receive r message of personal greeting from Gov. Johnson. The compliment was so unexpected under the circum stances and coming by dictation from the lips of a man wha was reported at the time as having but the frailest cjance for life. It called out an im mediate response from Mr. Taft., ful filled with expression of sympathetic concern and’fervent hope for a speedy recovery. In his Auditorium speech at St. Paul the president called out pro longed applause and cheering when he declared of Governor Johnson: “I unite with you in fervent prayer to God that he may be spared to you rnd to the country. With his ability, his courage, his great common sense, he cannot be spared. He is too val uable, not alone to the people of this state, but to the people of the na tion who doubtless will insist in time that he shall serve them.’’ President Taf r also aroused enthus iasm with his audience by many hap py references to the civic virtues of the neighboring cities, declaring them to be much alike that they should combine as one city with a borough of Minneapolis? and a borough of St L^aul. Carried Out Program. The president, arriving in Minne apolis shortly before 8 a. m., began his day with a breakfast at the Mn neapolis club, where he is quartered as the guest of the reception com mittee of the Twin Cities. Next there was an automobile ride through the business and residence sections of Minneapolis, around the lake shore drives, to the Soldiers’ Home, where the president reviewed a double lin of blue uniformed vet erans and then proceeded to Fort Snelling, where there was a review of the regular troops stationed there and a brief reception at the Officers club. As the president’s party entered the military reservation the chief execu tive wag met by a troop of cavarly and a salute of 21 guns was fired. Leaving Fort Snelling the party crossed the river Into the outskirts of the St. Paul and after a brief stop at the Town and Country Club, motor ed direct into the city, where the president was entertained at a lunch eon served on the vast stage of the St. Paul auditorium. When the lunch eon has been concluded the teinpo lary partitions separating the stage from the main body of the auditorium were lifted and the president faced an audience which filled floors and galleries to their utmost capacity. As the crowd had assembled during the luncheon, each person had been pre sented with American flag and when the president turned from hIR seat at the guest’s table he looked into a fluttering sea of waving colors. Reception Called Off. After a brief speech the president was driven to the state capltol, where It had been intended that a public reception should be held. This fea ture was called off on account of Gov. Johnson’s illness and the president appeared tor only a few minutes on the South balcony to express to the great crowd on the terraced lawn his gratitude for the cordial greeting. The president was then driven back to Minneapolis for a three hours rest before starting for the banquet ten dered his Saturday at the Minneapolis auditorium by the people of this city. During the day the president made no reference to the tariff. Friday night’s Winona speech in which the president made clear hl3 position with reference to the Payne bill and those members of the republican party who voted for and against that measure, evidently made a deep Impression In this section, and representatives of both the "insurgents” and ‘‘stand pat” elements in this center of “in surgency” were taken somewhat aback by the thoroughness of the nresident's statement. Representative James A. Tawney, of Minnesota, whose course in voting for the tariff bili was upheld by the president, participated in the Twin Cities enterta.nment Saturday. Taft Praises Cities. In his add ess at the St. Paul au ditorium the president after his trib ute tc 1 Governor Johnson, said: "And, now, my friends, I don’t feel I altogether a stranger to an audience j IS GOVERNOR WELCOMED TIFT OVER Tl WIRE J ohn so n Wes Strong Enough Saturday Morn ing To Dictate Message To the Chief Executive. ROCHESTER, Minn. —A bulletin from St. Mary’s hospital at 6 p. ni„, signed by Dr. W. J. Mayo, says: “Governor Johnson is better; he looks fine. If he gets through Satur i day night and Sunday without having any more trouble, we look for his recovery. The wound looks fine and the governor says he feels very much j improved. His pulse is 102, tempera ture 99, respiration normal.” Dts. Mayo and McNevin will not again visit the governor Saturday night unless his condition grows worse. Late Saturday afternoon Governor Johnson’s condition was such that the St. Mary’s hospital authorities would not. say definitely that their patient would recover from the operation per formed on him Wednesday morning. Hie condition is critical. Dr. Charles S. McNevin gave the following summary of their obierva tion of his symptoms: “Pulse 88 to 84; respiration about: normal. He has spent a pretty good afternoon. He bns been running along four days without, nourishment and naturally is a littie weaker. Saturdaj afternoon he had less pain. He has been allowed a little carbonated and albumen water. We are giving him as many saline injec tions as he will stand. ' While he is somewhat better, his condition is very critical, but if he can pass through Saturday night and Sunday without a recurrence of a sinking spell, his chances for recovery will be much brighter. Evidence of the attention paid by the entire country to Gov. Johnson's illness appears in the flood of tele grams which come here, the one tele graph wire out of the city being bur dened with- -messages. Gov. Johnson so far forgot his own condition Saturday morning howexer to dictate a telegram of welcome t,o President Taft, to be delivered by Ell S. Warner. Gov. Johnson’s message read: "Hearty and sincere welcome to the state of Minnesota. Greatly regret my illness prevents my presence at your reception. (Signed.) “John A. Johnson.” President Taft replied to Gov. John-; son’s telegram, the answer having been transmitted by telephone. Pres ident Taft’s message said: “My Dear Gov. Johnson: ‘ I am greatly distressed to hear of your serious illness. I miss your smil ing and courteous personal greeting, ■which I have had every time l have come to the state heretofore, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your message of welcome, sent when you are on a pod of pain “I fervently hope and pray that your wonderful strength and fortitude will make your recovery speedy. “My compliments and respects to Mrs. Johnson, whose visit in Wash ington I remember with much pleas ure. (Signed.) “Wm. H. Taft.’ Gov. Johnson was much gratified when he read the message of good cheer from the nation’s chief. in this magnificent structure in St. Paul, for I remember that under the kindly favor of the distinguished arch bishop of 9t. Paul. altogether I was suffering somewhat from an ovcr-fes -val at Minneapolis, I was enabled to express to you some two years ago my gratitude for your then cordial reception. “When we entered upon this scene and there was nothing before us but Old Glory, I had borne in upon me what, this greeting means. It means that you have seized the opportunity oi the coming of the titular head of your country to express by your wel come to him the deep feeling of pa triotism and pride in your nation that you are glad to manliest when oppor tunity offers. "It is a great privilege for one to come here and to meet the men who hare made your two cities. You go to other cities in the east and you have to go back one hundred and fifty years to find the men who laid the foundation, but here when you are invited to the numerous luncheons and banquets you meet the makers of Minneapolis and St. Paul right at your side. "And apparently too, you do not have the youngest men to build up your city. You take men of middle life and bring them out here and you in fuse into them spirit that makes them young again and they become the old settlers of Minneapolis and St. Paul. “My friends, I am beginnign a long tour, 13,000 miles. I am going around to see what is in this country. I sin going to convince the country, if I can, that I have staying qualities to meet all the dangers to which a man may be exposed by way of train travel and digestion.” AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1909 What the Armies of the Great Powers Cost ,'*4 ” vq"' \ ' 'fk ■ •• "'*k ’’~fj**' Jp- ■ ' V Sr '■■ % ■ * V.* ' I *• ■ fMrr gmsis •:*. v sr ;;.. ®•■ E. r. WimiiSOl NAMED MAGISTRATE An election for Magistrate in that section was held at Hood's Chapel yesterday. By a majority of ten votes Mr. C. Y. Wilkinson was chosen for the brain. MR. CHARLES PARISH DIED SUNDAY A. M. Mr. Charles E. Parish died Sunday morning at 12.15 o’clock. He was 63 years old and had lived In Augusta about 40 years. For a long time Mr Parish was foreman of the weaving room at the Enterprise mills. Mr. Parish leaves a wife and several chil dren. Among them are: Mrs. F. W. Bills, Mrs. K. E. Young, of Augusta; Mrs. Osborne Harrison, of Hearing, Ga., and Mr. W. E. Parish. the funeral will be held Sunday afternoon from the residence, 1408 Cooper street, at 4 o'clock. Interment will take place in the West View cemetery. Rev. Thomas Walker will officiate and the pallbearers will be Messrs. John Thompson, John Smith, Reid ..ardy, Scott, Weldeman and Leonard. RECEIVER NAMED FOR FIN GET VILEE MILL SPARTANBURG, S. C.— Circuit Judge Sease Saturday appointed John F. Floyd receiver for the Fingerville Manufacturing company. The peti tioners were James J. Mitchell & Co. of Philadelphia and John F. Floyd, of this place. The total indebtedness j of the mill, which Is capitalised at j $50,000 is about $60,000. The mill ] Is said to be on the verge of in-: solvency. W. D. RAMSEY IS IN AUGUSTA Mr. W. I>. Ramsey, is In Augusta for a few days with his relatives. Mr. Ramsey Is an old resident of Augusta and Is well llk'-d here. Me is a traveling salesman, and only gets to Augusta about three times each year. REDMOND DEFEATED FARMER. NEW ORLEANS, La. Jack Redmond of St. Paul easily defeated Kid Far mer, of Peoria, in a scheduled ten | round bout at the Royal Athletic club i here Saturday night. Farmer took | the count, in the third round It i was Redmond's fight from the begin-1 ning. STRIKE if Wil PRESIDENT'S IIISIT OMAHA, Neb. —The street car system of Omaha and Council Bluffs was unexpectedly put out of commis sion Saturday by a strike of nearly 500 motor-men and conductors. The lie-up was not complete but service on every line was so seriously crip pled that no attempt was made to run cars on schedule time. Every car line In the city, however, is out of commission tonight.. The strike resulted from a failure of tno employes of the street car company to reach an agreement with regard to wages, conditions and hours of employment. The walkout eame so suddenly that the company was in no way prepared for it. . It came at a time when Omaha was preparing to entertain the president of the United Slates and several na tional conventions of fraternal or ganizations and other associations. President Taft will arrive in the city Monday afternoon and the ar rangements committee Is making ex tra ordinary efforts to prevent any occurrence which might mar bis visit to the city. RICE PLANTERS TO HOLD PRODOCT CROWLEY, La.—The Texaa-Louls iana rice farmers association at a meeting here Saturday adopted reso lutions declaring the Intention of members to hold Japanese and Hon duras rice for a minimum price of J $3.50 per barrel, number one milling grades. The resolution also stated: “We urge not only members of this, I association, but all other farmers not to sell their rice at a lower price.’ - BISHOP SETH WARD STILL VERY SICK TOKIO. —Bishop Seth Ward, of the- Methodist. Episcopal Church, South, Is still reported to he In n precarious condition. He is afflicted with paraly sis of his entire left side and remains in a semi-comatose state. His sou Is with hrrt. R. C. MARKS DEAD. NORFOLK. Va.—R. C. Marks, aged j 62, prominent commercially, Kattjr day following a recent Hiroke of paraly hlm. The deceased wan president of th* Capa Henry Granite and Mrlck corpora tion and the Norfolk Virginia Peanut company. The interment will occur at | Petersburg:, Va. FIDE iJIMII US Timm JUMPED FROG LAKELAND, Fla.—A serious wreck occurred at t! o’clock Saturday on the Atlantic Coast Line, near Winston, two miles above tills city, when pas senger train number 8k front Jackson ville jumped a frog turning the engine completely over, Injuring five per sons. Engneor C. T. Crlppens of Sandford, Fla., Will Ropon, express messenger, of Jacksonville; Goldie Smith, colored. Jacksonville; Jim Branch, fireman. Tampa and Conductor Davenport, w ere injured and I lie passengers were severely shaken up. Full particulars are not at hand, it. is not known whether or not any of the passengers were badly injured. The engineer and fireman were pinned under the engine and badly scalded and mes senger Ropon was thrown into the scalding stream with broken limbs. Smith was struck by a driver of the engine and bis leg was mangled. A n lief train brought the injured to this city and it Is believed that en gineer Crlppens and messenger Ropon will die. The others are resting easy. The track was badly torn up, and l raffle Is being delayed. SOUTHERN MAY BUY ANDERSON COMPANY Special to The Herald. UOI.UMMIA, H From Washington via. Anderson there gomes a rumor that when (lie property of the bankrupt /m --derson Traction company la put under the hammer Oct. 12, a strong bidder will tie t tie Southern railway or some one In Its Interest. Plausibility Is lent the , tale by the faet that oris of the traction j concern's lines already ranches Helton, : !0 mites from Anderson, and was to ' have been extended M Oreenvllle. 3f> 1 miles, parallel with the Southern's Co. I InmbiaGrcerivllle steam railway line, j (if course this Inter-urban tine would ser. | Iniialv compete with the local, traffic ori I the railway. it Is believed that the | Southern acquires the property it will hr- I to prevent tire extension of ihe tine. FIXING AUTO ROUTE. SALISBURY/ N. (' The Unfed States government hag notified P. H. Heard, chairman of Rowan cotin flea hoard of commissioners that one of Its expert road builders will be here Monday to advise with the board in regard to certain road improvements now under way The board is at present at work on the link of the New York to At-lanta automobile highway which passes through this! county. It is intended that, the j pari of the road here shall be in fine I condition Irt time for the big contest j In October. DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR. ESKIMO IDE TIP WITH PEARY IS M MAIDEN ESS I BRIDE BATTLE HARBOR, va Marconi Wireless, via Cape Race. N. F. -One of the passengers on the Roosevelt must have been Dan Cupid, arid the first North Pole romance in the world’s history is told by Commander Peary, it concerns one Of the four Eskimos who were with Peary at the North Pole. Ookevah, by name, and Ewaloo, an attractive 19 year o!d F lei mo girl. Ewnloo’a mother died and her father lkawah married again. Ewaioo was not happy with her stepmother Site fell in love with Ookevah and they wished to get to housekeeping in their anew igloo, but lkawah objected. Commander Peary told the natives that four men would be chosen to go to the highest latitude. He could not toil in advance who they would be because it would depend on who gave the best services on the earlier march. Tt. was his intention, he said, to be stow a minuter of-presents on these lour oh their return, if they reached the pole. He would give to each of the four guns and ammunition, tent cloth, lumber and complete furnish ings for a house. Ookevah, who is only 24. and who run | RirniT Oil] LlUlULlintll I IT ALL SCHOOLS John M ill ecl k e School Leads White Schools with Nearly Six Hundred. The Woodlawn is Second. Monday morning al 9 o’eln.-k the public schools of Richmond County, will resume tlnilr session, following a week of enrollment when nil mat ters of entrance find grades, of both old and new pupils, were arranged. The enrollment al the schools has been excellent and despite the fact that each pupil is required to sun mit a. health certificate, nearly every one of the institutions show an In crease over the number in attendance last year. There have been several ad ditions in the corps of teachers and many new Improvements have been made in Iha public school system which is ably provided over by Supt. Law top U. Evans. Yesterday when asked for a state ment. as to the enrollmenl, Mr Evans replied he whh much pleased with the week’s showing and thought the outlook for a successful school year most encouraging. || was lniposs> hie for him to give out a complete statement as to the strength nr the student body at each of the city schools but live- figures of the week's enrollment were furnished as fol lows : White Schools RlehmonJ Academy fniaie) . , 125 Tubman High School (girls) .. !7o i entral School ’ 252 Davidson School Houghton School tls Woodlawn Sphqol 459 John Mil ledge School r>B4 Augusta Free .School #7 Colored Schools First Ward 270 Mange Street g,|j Second Ward ........ 15:; Fifth Ward SHAW MAY BUILD CAROLINA RAILROAD Former Secretary of the Treasurer, and New York Financier, Planning Trolley Line. SALISBURY, N. 0. Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary of the Ireas 11 ry and Pal vies Hirsh, a financier or New York were here today conceit ing with local business men in regard to building an interurhan trolley line In Piedmont, North Carolina. It is said that, the proposed line will con nect the cities of Greensboro, Win ston Salem, High Point, Salisbury, Concord. Charlotte and a number ot smaller towns and will handle both passengers and freight. A franchise has already been secured for the lino through the counties of Rowan and Cabarrus. ONLY an eye blind to the signs of the times can fail to dis cern that ultimately there will be no market for unadvertised goods. Standardize—individualize— ad vertise your trade mark to-day. had never been on the ice with Peary, heard the commander’s announcement and applied for the privilege of heing one of the four to go to the front. He said that if .he reached the pole and secured the presents he would get the consent of Ewaloo's father. Peary let” him that he would give him a chance to he one of the heroes of thp expedition, if he withstood the gruelling marches up to the point where a dash was to be made for the pole. From the moment of taking leave of Ewaloo, Hie brave Ookevah proved one of the most devoted members of (he polar party, displaying wonderful endurance in contrast with the old and experienced men of the tribe. Peary's system is the survival of the fittest, men, dogs and sledges, and love triumphed. Ookevah went to the pole with Peary and won his bride. On the return to ittibloo they were married under the stars and stripes commander Peary gave to them their wedding presents and they had their honeymoon on the Roosevelt during the ten days the steamer remained in port. C PI HELLER TALKS OF ARCTIC Keplnsibali Navigator is of Opinion That Both Peary and Coot Reached the Pole. Not Easy to Falsify Records. Richmond County can boast, of a man who is familiar witli the condi tions in tin- Arctic region In Captain E. .1. Mueller, a nardy mariner who when he is not abroad his ship resides a I II phzibuh. For twenty-eight, years Captain Mueller has been sail ing tin- deep, and during this time he li.is visited ail of the Five S as; and has been ip nearly every country in llu; world, Including .lai tin, China, Europe, South America and the West Indie Twice ho; he doubl'd the (’ape of Good Hope, and thus haa reached the latitude of 35 degrees South, and once he went to Labro- I dor as far as the latitude 08 degrees North. ! When queries as to what lie thought lof the Cook-Perry controversy Cap -1 tain Mueller expressed the opinion that "both of them had reached the North Pole and It was impossible for them to make false observations.” In proof of his belief Captain Mueller quoted as ari example the case of a vessel striking a derelict at sea or a collision, It would be easily proved by the ships record of the log and other observations whether or not the Captain was making a false statement and whether or not he was to blame. I The observations are always accepted as prirnafacie evidence, ft is possi : hie sot a Captain In making an ob ; servaMon to conic within a quarter of a mile or one second of time, in designating his correct position, and 1 w n scientific men It Is possible to .make even closer observations. That. Peary found none of Cook’s marks, was according to the Captain no sign. Inal the former had not been there, for the reason that in the Polar sea there Is always a strong current flowing south, and In the Bay of Fun dy the tld<‘s are known to rise over 00 feet l'he gradual decreasing of the North Polo party was due to the conditions that confronted the ex plorers, namely the scarcity of food. More men means more food, and It becomes necessary to decrease the force and make the “one man daßh for the Pole." The return of Cook being siow as compared to Peary is due simply to the fact that Peary was provided with better equipment and thus the advantage lay with the na val officers. In the course of the next several days Captain Mueller will leave for Philadlphta where he assumes com mand of a vessel tliat will be engaged In trading In the West Indies. DR. C. F. ALLEN SERIOUSLY ILL MIDDLETOWN, N. Y— Dr. O. F. Allen, dean of Piedmont College, at. Dernare t, Georgia. Is critically ill at Hnlonvllle, near here with a tumor of the bran.
