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VOLUME XIV., No. 360
FiUCHOT MAKES
OPEN ATTACK ON
PHESIDEHT TAFT
If Ballinger Takes Excep
tion to Remarks of For
restei’ He Will Admit
Truth Struck Home.
WASHINGTON, D. C—ln the opin
ion of officials of Washington, the
speech of Chief Forester Pinchot de
fending the conservation policy of the
Roosevelt administration, which was
to have been delivered at New
Rochelle, N. Y., but -was not because
of the storm, but still was published
is the beginning of the end of Mr. Pin
chot's connection with the Taft ad
ministration and the end, it is thought
is now' not far off.
While the chief forester does not
mention names it is easy enough to
read between the lines of his bitter
speech just who he was hitting at, and
the hints have a decided "big stick'’
swirl. There is every reason to be
lieve that the “ultimatum," as some
term the "few plain words” of the
chief forester, will be taken up and
echoed and re-echoed by the congress
men who known to belong to the
“Back From Elba Club.”
ASSAULT ON
“LAND GRABBERS.”
It is regarded as significant that
the defense of the conservation policy
and the assault on the “land grabbers”
should be made just at the time that
congress has virtually declared for an
investigation of Secretary Ballinger
and the Glavis-Cunningham Alaskan
coal scandal.
By many who have read the pub
lisher report of the Pinchot's phillipic
it is said that it is most difficußt to
construe it other than an open at
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PROMINENT AMERICAN DEATH
AND ARRESTED IIIICAHACUA
Ex-President Zelaya Af
ter a Record Breaking
Run Has Landed in Mex
ican Territory.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The start
ling news that the eon of a promin
ent American citizen at Granada,
Managua, has been beaten and ar
rested at Managua, Nicaragua, was
received at the state department Mon
day morning In a cablegram from U.
S. Vice Consul Caldera. The son was
not registered at the consulate at
Managua, but this fact does not de
prive him of the protection of the Am
erican government. If an inquiry
proves that he has been unjustly
treated. The name of the youth beat
en is not given *n the despatch.
The cablegram adds that troops
from Leon are being sent eastward,
and that men from the same city are
being placed In power at Granada.
Leon is the home city of President
Madriz.
ZELAYA IS
IN MEXICO.
VERA . CRUZ, Mexico.—Ex-Presi
dent Zelaya of Nicaragua, Monday is
in Mexican territory. After a record
breaking run, the Mexican gunboat
General Guerrerro landed him at Kal
ina Crus Sunday night, a dispatch re
ceived here says, although he was not
expected till Monday. The warship
anchored outside the port when she
arrived from Corinto.
ZELAYA INCIDENT
IS NOT YET CLOSED.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—An official
of the Btate department Monday gave
out an unofficial statement concern
ing the question of the asylum af
forded former President Zelaya by
Mexico.
The statement sets forth that the
granting of an asylum to the former
president of Nicaragua has not in any
way changed the plan of the United
States In regard to placing the re
sponsibility for the execution of Can
non and Groce upon him. An inquiry
is to be conducted, It Is asserted, to
ascertain the facts in the Cannon-
Groce matter. Secretary of State
Knox made It clear In his note to
Senor Rodriguez, charge d’affaires of
legation, some time
that reparation would be exact
ed from those directly responsible for
the execution of the Americana.
If the investigation Inculpates him
he will be extradited, if possible, and
brought before a competent tribunal
for trial. The department Is reported
to be re! v d hat Zelaya has left/
Nitarrg a, lr feels that Mexico has
incurred a heavy responsibility In al
lowing him to enter Its territory,
which is taken to mean that Mexico
has by no means heard the last of
the Zelaya Incident which, It Is
DR. FRED A. COOK
Dr. Frederick Cook, who has been weighed in tm ..alance of Arctic
exploration by the University of Copenhagen and found sadly wanting by
that body in proofs submitted that he had discovered the North Pole. At
present nobody knows exactly where Cook is. With the exception of his
brother all who were his supporters and admirers, when he returned
from the north, have deserted him. A few weeks ago lv;* was garlanded
as a hero. The portrait shows his gratified smile. Some of his ironical
critics say that he is still sailing, thinking of SIOO,OOO he has made in
the lecture field and other ways, as a result of his “discovery.”
CARDINAL SATOLLI
IS NEARING DEATH
ROME.—In spite of a slight Im
provement in the condition of Cardi
nal satolli the physicians Monday de
clared that there was no hope, and
that the end could not be more than
48 hours off at best. The cardinal
was conscious only at intervals.
thought, may lead to serious conse
quences.
EX-PRESIDENT WILL
SAIL FOR BELGIUM.
MEXICO ClTY.—Minister Castro,
of Nicaragua, Monday said that for
mer President Zelaya probably would
be entertained by President Diaz hero
after which he would sail for Bel
gium, his wife’s native land.
ESTRADA’S ENVOY
PLAYS WAITING GAME
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Dr. Salva
dor Castrillo, special envoy of the
Estrada provisional government of
Nicaragua, denied today, that he will
ask the state department to recognize
the Estrada government, at this time
unless he receives an unofficial Inti
mation that recognition will be grant
ed. Otherwise he will wait until Es
trada has taken Managua and over
thrown the Madriz government. Dr.
Castrillo does not Intend to risk a
refusal for recognition of the Estrada
government by the United States,
when by waiting a few days he can
make sure that the state department
will recognize Estrada as president of
Nicaragua.
If he should ask recognition now
It is believed the request would be
refused, for the reason that Estrada’s
government has control of only the
eastern half if Nicaragua, while the
Madriz faction is in possession of the
western half of the republic. Should
the state department recognise Es
trada now, and later developments re
sult ,in Madriz being recognized by
the whole of Nicaragua as president,
the department would be placed in an
embarrassing position.
It Is generally believed that the
state department will await develop
ments, and will take no action toward
recognizing either faction, until one or
the other gains a positive position.
The state department and Estrada's
envoy will therefore play a waiting
game.
Dr. Castrillo has been for two days
without advices from Estrada, with
the exception of cablegrams con
cerning the battle at Rama and mes
sages announcing that an advance of
the revolutionary army would soon
begin on Managua, which were delay
ed in arriving.
Senor Enrique Creel, the special
ambassador of Mexico, is still here.
It Is understood that he, too, Is await
ing developments.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 27, 1909.
HIS 10 Hi BUT
IRiIHfS STUB
Large Crowd Came to liear
And See Battle Despite
the Bad Weather.
NEW YORK.—With the avowed in
tention of determining the real at
titude of W. Gould Brokaw, the mil
lionaire yachtsman, toward a recon
ciliation with his wife, Arthur J.
Baldwin, attorney for Mrs. Brokaw In
her suit for separation, Monday put
Brokaw under examination in the su
preme court at Minoola, L. I. Bald
win also wished to prove that Bro
kaw's income is SIS4U>OO a year. The
defendant has tried to show that he
could not afford to pay the $30,000
maintenance which Mrs. Brokaw asks
claiming to have only $48,000 a year.
When under direct examination.
Brokaw admitted that he would make
up with hie wife if she would curb
her jealousy. Attorney Baldwin
charged at the time that this was a
play for public sympathy.
In spite of the bad weather, the
prospect of the battle batween Bro
kaw and his wife’s attorney drew a
large crowd. Despite his lawyer’s
coaching, Brokaw was nervous.
Brokaw finally withdrew his offer
of a reconciliation.
"I had a feeling of affection for
Mrs. Brokaw before this trial start
ed," he said in answer to a question
from his wife’s lawyer, "but now I
don’t think as much of her as I did
before our marriage.”
"You said on the stand you would
take her back,” persisted Lawyer
Baldwin.
"I said if she would be different and
I could believe her I would take he)
back undor certain conditions,” re
plied the millionaire.
"Are you fond of her?”
"Yea."
"Do yon love her?”
"I did."
"Do you love her now?” he was
asked.
Lawyers for the defense objected to
the question was allowed.
Brokaw said that he had changed
heart toward his wife as the result of
certain things ho had found out since
his declaration under oath that he
was open to a plan of reconciliation.
preferredleath
TO THE TOOTH ACHE
LOS ANGELES, Cal.—Preferring
death to the pain of a continual tooth
ache. Mrs. Louise Moleno, swallowed
a quantity of carbolic acid at her
home and died a short time later Iri
the receiving hospital.
According to Antonio Moleno, the
woman's husband, Mrs. Moleno had
been suffering from a severe toothache
for five days and had been unable
to secure any relief from the pain.
PORTUGAL LOST
m PERSONS 1
TERRIFIC STORM
King Me. mi cl is on His
Way to Aid in tke Work
of Rescue Among Vic
tims.
LISBON- —Five hundred persons aro
believed to have perished in tlie storm
that has swept Portugal in the last
few days. Seven hundred vessels
were swept to sea, and hope for the
great majority of them is abandoned.
The loss is fully $30,000,000 latest dis
patches say King Mamui is on his
way inland to aid in the rescue work
in the interior.
PRICE CIS 115'
sunns
SHANGHAI.—Prince Chun, the re
gent and father of Emperor Pu, was
stabbed and slightly wounded while
leaving his carriage near the palace
at Pekin M mday. His assailant, who
was arrested, is a Manchu, who was
formerly a cook in the imperial house
hold.
Pekin in Ferment.
TOKlO.—Despatches received here
Monday from Pekin state that Prince
Chum, the regent of China, was bad
ly wounded when attacked by n
would-be assassin, but that his recov
ery is expected!
According to the adivees here, the
attack created great excitement with
in and without the Walled City. The
news spread rapidly and In a short
time the streets were in a ferment.
Extra troops were rushed to all quart
ers.
The report spread among tho lower
classes that the plot was hatched by
foreigners, and for a while tho lega
tions appeared to be in danger. Stops
jwere taken to prevent an attack and
I tho Chinese officials did all in their
power to counteract the report. The
coolie classes, however, maintained
an attitude, inimical to all foreigners.
| The attempted assasination bore all
the signs of a carefully considered
plot, It is reported.
| The assailant was seen about the
palace for two days. He was appar
enly waiting for tho opportunity to
wield Is knife, and In spite of the pre
cautions of the court officers and mil
itary, he was not discovered until he
rushed at tho prince.
As he danshed at the carriage, a
soldier attempted to seize him but the
assailant dodged by and reached the
prince as he was alighting.
Chun fell into the arms of a guard.
His assailant, as he tried to stab
again, was overpowered after a ter
i rifle struggle in which some of the
soldiers were cut.
SLRIOI BUS Ml)
CM GULLIED
Monday morning at 11:30 o’clock
the inbound North Augusta car col
lided with the Albion ‘bus’’ on the
corner of Jackson and Broad streets,
and Richard Carter, the driver of the
bus, was thrown to the ground and
slightly injured. He was carried to
the office of Dr. 15. P. Rice, lp, the
Miller Walker building, where he was
given attention.
Acoording to a story of the accident
,as told by an eye witness, the car
1 and tho bus were coming down the
street, parallel to each other, and
when the car reached Jackson street
It slowed down. The negro, thinking
that the car had stopped, turned the
bus across the track, aud before he
could get out of the way, the car
started, striking the front end of the
bus. The negro was knocked from
his seat, under the horses feet., and
I but for the timely assistance of Of
| fleer Hardeman, he would have prob
, ably been stepped on by the horses.
! Mr. Hardeman was standing on the
corner of Jackson street and as the
negro fell he started forward and
pulled him from his perilous position.
Two bystanders ran to the horses
heads and held them.
Dr. Rice stated that the negro had
a contused wound on his head and
several bruises on his face. Dr. Rice
said that, unless the negro was in
jured Internally, he would recover in
a short, time. Tho ambulance was
sent for, as It, was thought that, the
man was in a serious condition, but
on examination his wounds were not
as serious as was thought at first,
and he remained In Dr. Rice’s of
fice.
NEGRO KILLED WIFE
AND THEN MET DEATH
CORDELE, Ga. —West Starling, a
negro, shot and killed his wife Sun
day. Joe Smith in whose house
Starling's wife sought refuge then
killed Starling. Smith surrendered
and the jury returned a verdict of
justifiable homicide.
SEil AEROPLANE
GREAT TRIUMPH
Ora OTHER KID
Youth Makes Craft From
Alumiunm That Flies
Like a Bird—Will Chal
lenge Wrights.
TACOMA, Wash.—Experts say that
Reginald Weathorsby, 22 years old,
who lives at Spanaway Duwc, has
achieved a triumph in aviation after
three years constant experimentation
that gives him high rank as an aero
naut and will undoubtedly make him
world-famous. lie has completed and
successfully tried out his aluminum
aeroplane, circling, with two othei
machinists aboard, the summit of
Mount Tacoma last Wednesday. The
machine promises to revolutionize the
entire system of air navigation, as it
is an aeroplane with wings.
The new feature of his aeroplane is
a substitution of a system of undu
lating planes for the ordinary revolv
ing propeller, by which he has de
monstrated a speed of 120 miles an
hour without vibration or jar as In
the case of the revolving propeller
typos. The machine is made of thin
sheet: of aluminum, reinforced with
steel frames, long and neck-like, act
ing as n steering point, making resist
ance light. Aviators sit in the body
of the machine, tandem style, and
along the underside of the long body
undulating planes, which, working
back and forth, shoot the machine for
ward like a rocket, the planes work
ing in four separate sets, so there 13
never a period of rest, but a continual
rush ahead. In case of accident or
stopping machinery the aeroplane sails
an hour or more, gradually lowering
the altitude. The inventor says the
balanced undulating motion of the sea
gulls on Puget Sound gave him the
first idea. Weathershy will offer his
invention to the United States gov
ernment and will also challenge the
Wrights and other aviators to a trial
of speed on their own terms.
LETTERS RECEIVED
EROU.FIEORT
Attorney for Miss Ward
law is Writing Letters
to friends of Family here
Letters have been received In Au
gusta by the friends of Miss Mary
Wardlaw, who is charged wilh the
murder of her niece, Mra. Ocey Snead,
In New York, from her counsel, Frank
ltn W. Fort, asking that her friends
in this section send him a letter as
to Miss Wardlaw’s character. The
letters are causing much Interest
here, as Miss Wardlaw has relatives
.living In this section, and she was
iknown In Augusta herself.
Tho following is a copy of the let
ter that was received In Augusta:
Dear Sir —Your name has been
suggested to me as a friend of Miss
Wardlaw, formerly head of Soule Col
lege, Murfreesboro, Tenn. Whether
you have been Informed of the ut
terly and despicably groundless
charge of murder made against her,
growing out of the suicide of her
niece, Mrs. Ocey Snead, on Monday,
November 29th, I do not know. If
not I can only Inform you that the
charge has been made without even
a decent basis of suspicion, and Is
ridiculously absurd in view of the
known facts.
The charge Is, however. being
strongly pushed by the press and
some of the public authorities, who
nave worked themselves Into a hys
terical condition, unprecedented as
far as I can recall, and the life and
charcater of Miss Wardlaw, the thor
ough beauty and glory of which have
impressed me through and through In
a week's acquaintance, are being
dragged into the mire of a venomous
and disgusting publicity. Every cir
cumstance of her life, upon which
her natural pride and reticence have
refused Information, has been treated
as though It was the covering of a
disgraceful scandal, and Insinuation
and brutal deduction have followed
until a Northerner such as I am Is
ashamed of the utter lack of decency,
chivalry, and consideration for a de
fenceless woman which is being ex
hibited.
May I ask you to add your tribute
to the many beautiful letters I have
received from t-.ose who have known,
admired and loved Miss Wardlaw?
This letter Is written, 11. Is true,
by Miss Wardlaw’s counsel/ but. ev
ery statement made herein comes
from a sincere and utter confidence
In her Innocence, and loftiest, admira
tion for her beautiful and wonderful
character. Htn- herself refused to give
me names of her friends to whom I
might write, desiring, with character
istic loyalty and consideration, that
no name of a friend should be con
nected with hers while she was un-
I der charges so Infamous. From her
friends In the North, however. I havo
learned who her friends In the South
are, and against her wishes have In
sisted upon writing thlß letter, having
no doubt that those v/ho have been
favored arid blessed with the friend
ship of Miss Wardlaw longer than I,
will welcome any chance to assist In
vindicating a reputation, which, If
based upon character, should be of
the highest.
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
TERRIFIC STORM KILTED MANY
AND DESTROYED MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS WORTH OF PROPERTY
SEYERIE NEAR
BEER PLACES
DAVE TO CLOSE
Places Outside City Limits
Hard Hit by New Law
License Materially Rais
ed.
The near beer dealers will he hard
hit ou January Ist, when they gi> to
pay the special taxes. The taxes
have been materially Increased. The
dealers In Ilarrlsonvtlle, Ne.lieville
and throughout the county outside of
the city of Augusta will have to, in
all probability, close their places of
j business after January Ist, as the now
I law reads that no place can be oper
ated except in a corporated town of
j 2,500 Inhabitants or more. Nelllevllle
is not Incorporated, and It Is doubt
ful If 2,500 people ltvo In Harrlson
vllle. This will hit the dealers who
have their places on the edge of
town.
Lasa year the lax for manufactur
ers was $500; this has been raised to
SI,OOO. The tax for wholesale deal
ers last year was SSOO, and this year
it has been raised to $ 1,000 for each
different kind of near beer that Is
handled. Tills also applies to the dlf
ferent brands that are made by the
manufacturers. The retail license has
been raised from S2OO to $."00.
East, year over $20,000 was sent to
the state treasury by Ordinary Wal
ton. that was collected from the near
beer dealers, and It is believed that
the amount will be. Increased this
year.
H HOMELESS
ABOUNOJOSTON
Thirty-One Reported Mis
sing and Much Property
Destroyed When Dyke
Broke.
RO.STON, Mass.—Three persons
dead, 31 reported missing and 2,501
homeless Is Monday’s summary of the
havoc wrought by the breaking of a
dyke In Chelsea by the tide during
Sunday’s storm. The property loss Ik
estimated at $200,000. The homeless
are being cared for In public build
ings and Gov. Draper has ordered the
state militia to assist.
Cornelius Hawkins a.nd his wife
wore drowned when the tide broke
through the dyke. Hawkins might
havo been saved but stayed by the
side of his wife, who was an Invalid.
At the height of the storm Captain
John W. Small of Boston, and his en
tire crew of nine men from the three
masted schooner Nantaskot, which
had come ashore at Sands Hills beach,
were rescued by the volunteer crew of
the Massachusetts Humane Society.
The vessel will In all probability be a
total loss.
Cape Cod is entirely cut off from
the rest of the world today. Tele
graph nnd telephone wires are all
down and not for more than half a
century has such widespread havoc
been reported. When communication
with the cope was lost several ves
sels were known to be In dangerous
locations and It Is feared that some
of them failed to weather the storm.
At Buzzards Bay a big steamer was
reported lu distress. Her Identity was
unknown. The tide was the highest
since 1861 nnd wont completely over
the main streets In Provlncrtown.
The shore on all sides of the penin
sula was lushed by the heavy sea and
It Is certain that several vessels went
down during the frightful gale and
that many lives have been lost.
YOU may dodge Advertising
today , but tomorrow —what?
Every season brings the problem
nearer and makes the need keener.
Face the fact now , that the Ameri
can people buy and swear by ad
vertised goods.
Struggling Wayfarers FeU
and Were Overcome In
Blizzard Ships and
Trains Wrecked and De
laycd - .
THE WEATHER
Conditions favor fair and con
tinued cold weather in this sec
tion tonight and Tuesday, with
freezing temperature tonight.
The Ch ristmas blizzard, tied up th«
traffic Monday morning in cities in
many Eastern states.
It is believed conditions will bo
normal Tuesday night, when another
storm is expected from tho West.
Many persons met death, five in
Philadelphia, n dozen in New York.
Fatalities in New England have not
reported.
In Philadelphia business is practic
ally at a stand-still.
The city is suffering from a shortage
of milk.
Washington did not suffer severely,
but on account of traffic conditions
north, President Taft decided to post
pone the engagement to speak in
New York.
The storm in New England is worse
in New Bedford, Providence, Fall
River, Newport, Pawtucket and Woon
socket.
In New York City seven thousand
men are cleaning the streets.
Surface lines are blocked, and the
result is heavy traffic on the subway.
NEW YORK—The work of repair
ing the damage wrought by the storm
of the last Iwo days was taken up
Monday In half a dozen states. Mil
lions of dollars damage has been done
by the blizzard and tidal wave that
have buffeted the east and the At
lantic coast. .Seventeen persons Mon
day are known to be dead In New
York alone as the result of this, the
worst storm of two decades. Thous
ands of tnlles of railroads have been
tied tip and wire communication
throughout the affected region was
crippled.
Gigantic efforts are being put forth
I y every railroad ami telegraph com
pany to bring order out of chaos. The
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GORDON SUCCEEDS
SENATOR M’LAURIN
JACKSON, Miss. — Governor Noel
Monday announced the appointment
of Colonel James Gordon of Okolona
us United States senator from Mis
sissippi succeeding the late Senator
McLaurln.
YALE S LEFT END HAS
JOB HELPING CLEAN
STREETS IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK. Harry Vaughan,
Yale’s famous left end In the present
season’s football games, today applied
to street cleaning commissioner "Big
Bill" Edwards for a job as a checkei
In the snow removal work. Vau
ghan Is working his way through col
lege. Edwards, himself a famous foot
ball player at Princeton In his way*
grunted the application and In a day
or two Vaughan will be on the Job at
$3 per diem.
BYRON M’DONALD
BURIED SUNDAY
Byron McDonald, aged 15, the son
of Mr. ur.d Mrs. Layton McDonald,
after an Illness of four weeks with
typhoid fever, died at. the residence
nonr Wheless, on the Georgia rail
road, Saturday night, at 8 o’clock.
The funeral service look place Sun
day afternoon at. 3 o'clock from the
residence, the Rev. Mr. Williams of
ficiating. Tho Interment was In the
WUkerson cemetery.