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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XV., No. 12.
GLEMSON WILL
1 fit TALKED OF
BYTHESOLONS
South. Carolina Legisla
ture Did. Little on
First Day of New Ses
sion.
(By W. H. McCAW.)
COLUMBIA, S. C.—The first day of
the second session of the legislature
was spent most largely in renewing
old and pleasant acquaintances, the
house did no work, and the senate
very little. Work started in earnest
on the second day, when both houses
attacked their calendars. There will
be little delay, the last session having
left plenty of business for the present
session, though much of it has not
thrived in cold storage, and will be
wiped off the calendar with little
ceremony. The flood of new bills be
gan at once, the engrossing depart
ment was the first to get busy,, and
its clerks are already grinding out
new bills.
State Wide Prohibition.
There seems to be no way of avoid
ing a long discussion and fight on the
subject Of statewide prohibition, but
the representatives of those counties
retaining the dispensary are satisfied
that they will be able to keep them in
spite of the onslaught of the prohi
bitionists. That will, of course, be one
of the fights of the session. It always
is.
A matter that is going to cause a
great deal of discussion and no small
fight will be the report of the com
mission appointed to investigate the
affairs of the state hospital for the
insane. It will be shown in that re
port that the legislature has given the
board of regents all that they asked
for in every instance, except in the
matter of extensions, and those ap
propriations were always made with
the understanding that the amount
appropriated could be made to suffice.
The gross carelessness of the authori
ties of the institution in many in
stances are shown by the examination
of witnesses, and there Is in the hands
of representatives other matters of a
more sensational nature that may be
brought out.
Avoids Sensation.
The report avoids sensation, but
does not seem to attempt to shield
any one, though It was limited, in
many respects In Its scope. It points
facts and leaves the legislature to
draw conclusions. It seems that there
has been serious carelessness on the
part of the authorities from the board
of regents down, that so many of the
abuses have not been corrected. The
apparent disposition to make the re
port appear as an arraignment of the
legislature for parsimony by the board
of regents and authorities of the in
stitution promises to be a failure. The
report persists In taking the color of
a criticism of the management.
Clemson College.
From what can be gathered there
are going to be some rocks thrown at
Clemson in the matter of nepotism in
the faculty. A bill is understood to be
preparation forbidding kinsmen of the
members of boards of trustees of state
institutions being put In the faculties.
It is said that there are at least a doz
en such cases in Clemson college, and
some of those who have been nosing
around to find out what is the trou
ble at Clemson have determined that
it arises from the fact that so many
of the faculty of the institution are
kin to members of the board that no
man can take the head of that insti
tution and manage it, cousins and
kinsmen of nearer or more remote de
grees have already gotten in their
story before the president can tell hfs,
and he talks to prejudiced ears. That
is some of the loose talk, which this
correspondent does not undertake to
father or stand sponsor for; it will
all come out in the wash. The tem
per of the legislature towards Clem
son is rather critical, and has been
growing more so for years. It is felt
that there is something wrong with
the grand Institution that ought to be
gotten right for the good of the state
and the salvation of the institution.
Capitol Improvement.
There is some hope that the legis
lature may be Induced to grant a sum
for the continuation of the work on
the south front of the state house, as
the site selected for the woman's mon
ument is to be on that side, corre
sponding with the Confederate monu
ment on the north side. Every effort
will be made to have the work contin
ued, as that side of the state house is
the first caught sight of by visitors
coming into the state capital.
There Is little promise of fights or
deadlocks in any of the legislative
elections, and they will probably soon
be put out of the way, until that is
through with real work hardly begins.
Dillon county will go through like
grease, there will probably be a fight
on it, and a large Dillon delegation is
here, but they have little to fear, their
case is too plain, the baby is already
born, and the christening Is the only
thing left to do.
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PLOT TO KILL
KING MEL
IS DISCOVERED
Overthrow of Portuguese
Government and Assassi
nation of Prominent Of
ficials Included in Plans.
LISBON"—-The plot to assfisinate
King Manuel and overthrow the gov
ernment extended to the palace itself,
involving more prominent persons
than was at first believed. This was
learned Wednesday in semi-official
quarters; although the government is
doing everything possible to keep the
facts concealed. Although the palace
is guarded by a small army, the
king’s advisers are greatly agitated
and Manuel has changed bis sleeping
apartment every night since the dis
covery of the plot.
The plot has been shown by papers
seized to be more far reaching than
any of its kind uncovered in Europe
in years. The ultimate object of the
conspirators was the institution of a
republican form of government and
the driving from Portugal of the ex
ecution of all the monarchical leaders.
The men who engineered the assas
sination of King Carlos and the crown
prince were the guiding hands of the
newer plot.
TERRIFIC FLODfI OF SELIM ORDERS
DEIiftIZLD HE CSIII MARKET
July Options Dropped
$3.55 a Bale. Other
Months Lost Many
Points. New Orleans
Cotton Fell $3.80 a Bale.
NEW YORK. —The cotton market
became utterly demoralized for a time
Wednesday afternoon under a terrific
flood of selling orders. The July op
tion dropped 71 points, $3.65 per bale;
March lost SO points. May 69, August
62, January 67, September 39, and the
October option, which has not yet been
planted, 62 points.
The stock exchange house which is
expecting to be the subject of the
stock exchange wrath for its part in
the Rock Island flurry of December
27 is understood to have been respon
sible for the greater part of today’s
break. According to report it has been
advised that it will be suspended for
three years and consequently began
to liquidate its holdings, stock and
cotton. It carried a long line of both
and the breaks in both markets today
are mainly attributable to Its enorm
ous unloading orders.
In addition a western plunger named
Bird is said to have sold 80,000 bales,
while another huge sale is reported to
have been made by an Atlanta, Ga.,
trader named Candler. The western
bull crowd Is said to have held its
holdings throughout all the recent
breaks and to be buying more on ev
ery big dip.
Break Was Large
Wednesday was one of the biggest
breaks In cotton prices since the col
lapse of the Sully campaign. New Or
leans participated in the price de
moralization ever more perceptibly
than New York for a time, May
breaking there 76 points. The volume
of liquidating orders was so enormous
that for a time It completely paralyz
ed the machinery of the exchange and
brokers surged in a frenzied mob
shrieking like madmen without a pos
sibility of making themselves heard.
The break In the May option here,
representing a drop of $8 a bale from
the high price of the year Is believed
to have spelled ruin for many trad
ers and to have hit several ku/1 houses
here. */
A second prominent New Yw brok
erage firm also threw all its hold
ing overboard Wednesday afternoon,
It was reported, following private ad
vices that It was to be suspended for
three years for Its part In the
Rock Island campaign. Like the
first it has heavy holdings of both cot
ton and stocks and all had to be sold
today regardless of price.
When the break got Into full swing
support from the Southern bulls was
suddenly withdrawn and the only de
mand left to offset the tremendous sel
ling flood was from shorts on a scale
down.
Market Rallied.
Later offerings became a little less
urgent and the market rallied 16 cents
for May. However, in the face of good
spot news from the South the general
list showed a real improvement and
the general condition of the market
together with the absence of bull sup
port suggested the probability of fur
ther liquidation.
New Orleans Cotton Broke.
NEW ORLEANS.—The price of cot
ton fell 75 points or $3.80 a bale here
Wednesday. The fall came sharply
Great excitement -was caused by the
break, which was a reflection, ac
cording to students of the market, of
the situation in New York.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 12, 1910.
LATHAM IN HIS AEROPLANE
HAS BROKEN HEIGHT RECORDS
Hubert Latham having already
made many daring flights in his aero
plane, recently eclipsed all pervious
performances and established a new
record for high flight by attaining 3,-
2SO feet or very nearly three-fourths
of a mile above the earth in a con
trivance heavier than air. Balloons
have gone much higher of course but
their weight compared with an aero
plane is as nothing, without regard
to the fact that being lifted by gas
they present comparatively no diffi-
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culty in the way of balancing. Ovrllle
Wright, last October reached a then
unprecedented height of 1,600 feet.
JANESVILLE REJECTS
COMMISSION PLAN.
JANESVILLE, Wis—Janesville,
the first city jn Wisconsin to vote
on the question of rule by com
mission, defeated the plan by 395
majority.
DIE HUNDRED MEM
KILLED 1 BATTLE
Estrada’s Army Gaining
Victory. Fighting in Gen
eral Wednesday.
SAN JUAN DEL SUR.—One hun
dred men have been killed in the bat
tle between the insurgent and the
government forces at Acoyapa, and
the fighting is general, according to
dispatches received here Wednesday.
The government troops suffered by
far the heavier loss. They were
caught unprepared by Estrada’s
army, General "Vasqnez’s sentries,
spread out for forty miles, having
been captured before they could give
warning. General Chamorro has or
dered the capture of Acoyapa, in
which the Madriz troops are en
trench* 8.
10 PROCEED AGAINST OWNERS
OF AUGUSTA BAM THROUGH THE
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
South Carolina Legislators
Will Visit Clemson Sat
urday of Next Week.
COLUMBIA, S. C.- —The most Im
portant new bill introduced so far in
the legislature Is one by Wade Harri
son of the asylum commltee put In
the house Wednesday, providing for
a state board of charities of five ap
pointed by the governor and to have
general supervision of all penal and
charitable Institutions. The secretary
gets two thousand dollars a year and
his assistant twelve hundred. The
others must serve without pay.
K. P. Smith’s anti-cigarette bill was
killed In the house on the author’s
motion.
The house adopted the resolution by
Mr. Richards, to visit Clemson Satur
day of next week-.-
Representatlve Rucker withdrew his
bill authorizing the attorney general
to proceed against the owners of the
Augusta dam. He Is going after that
fishway through the federal agricultu
ral department.
MAS. MS mil
MISSIES SSI
Groom is Horace E. Cole,
Wealthy Chicagoan. Mar
ried in Jacksonville.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--Consider
able stir was created In society circles
here today when It became known that
Mrs. Jarvis Hunt and Horace K. Cole,
wealthy Chicagoans, and both divorced
were wedded here on January 7, the
ceremony being performed In the
county Judge's office by a deputy.
Mr. and Mrs. Cole are now resid
ing in the fashionable suburb of Riv
erside, where Mrs. Cole today admitt
ed that the ceremony had been per
formed. She declined to discuss the
matter further, and referred the ques
tioner to Mr. Cole, but the latter
could not be located In the city.
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By Pilfering From Hubbies' Trousery
CHICAGO—Scores of women have
started savings, accounts in the First
National Bank of Englewood with
money taken from the pockets of their
sleeping husbands. Their impetus in
this direction is said to have been
given by a paragraph in a monthly
publication, reading:
“One woman’s method of saving
money—or perhaps we should say one
of a woman’s methods of saving mon-
MISS 911 111
stills STATE
Internal Hemorrhage De
veloped Today as Result
of Accident Monday
Afternoon.
A change for the worse in the con
dition of Miss Marie O’Dowd, who was
run over by an automobile owned and
driven by Mr. George A. Mosher, of
Troy, N. Y., Monday afternoon, was
reported this morning. It had been
hoped that she would be able to be re
moved from the residence of her uncle
on upper Broad street, whither she
was taken after the accident, to her
parent’s home in Summerville, but it
was found that she was suffering from
internal hemorrhage resulting from an
internal injury and that her condition
is serious. At flrst it appeared that
the young lady was not severely in
jured, as it takes some hours, often,
for injuries of the nature of her’s to
make themselves manifest.
SIX MEN KILLED
IN GAS EXPLOSION
WILKESBARRE, Pa—Six are dead
and six other workmen suffering from
frightful bumß as a result of an ex
plosion of gas during the night in the
new shaft of the Nottingham Colliery
of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal
company, at Plymouth. The dead:
Joseph Maricko, miner.
Michael Rochenski, Jr., driver; son
of the above.
Joseph Litz, miner.
Stanley Amaohonis, laborer.
David J. Roberts, engineer.
The men were engaged in sinking
the shaft. At a point several hun
dred feet below the surface they
broke into a gas feeder and the ex
plosion followed.
All the officials of the mining com
pany, accompanied by fire bosses,
hurried into the mine and early Wed
nesday began work to get out the
bodies,
THE POET WATSON
RETURNING HOME
NEW YORK. —William Watson, the
English pool, who came over to Amer
ica and announced that his famous
poem, "The Woman With the Ser
pent’s Tongue,’’ was aimed at Mrs.
Asquith, wife of the British premier,
and her step-daughter, sailed for Eng
land Wednesday on the steamship
Adriatic. He made every effort to
keep his departure secret, but was
recognized.
WOMAN TO BECOME
SCIENTIFIC FARMER
FT. UOTJIB, Mo.- Miss Eliza
beth Moore, daughter of Mrs.
Philip N. Moore, president of the
National Federation of Women’s
clubs and a Vassar graduate, has
entered the agricultural depart
ment of the University of Mis
souri, at Columbia, and has an
nounced her intention of becom
ing an expert farmer.
<y- is to go through her husband’s
pockets every night while he gently
slumbers. All tin* loose change she
finds she deposits in the bank at in
terest.”
Tin* suggestion here conveyed is
legal, according to several court de
cisions, one judge saying:
"A woman who does not go through
her husband’s pockets does not lovo
him.”
ELOPING COUPLE
REMAIN IN CHICAGO
Will Probably Be Taken
to Philadelphia Thurs
day. Cohen Was Terri
fied and Wept.
CHICAGO, Til.- Detective Andrew
Emanuel of Philadelphia Wednesday
changed his plans and decided to keep
Roberta de Janon, the $10,000,000 child
Heiress and Ferdinand Cohen, the
“fatherly” waiter with whom she
eloped, in Chicago 24 hours longer.
Emanuel, with his partner, Detec
tive Scanlon, will leave at o’clock
Thursday morning for Philadelphia
with Cohen, who has waived extradi
tion, and the girl. Cohen will go back
to face charges of abduction and Miss
de Janon to meet forgiveness and a
loving welcome from her father, Ferd
inand de Janon, and her grandfather,
Robe rt Buist.
Detective Emanuel changed his
plans after receiving a telegram from
the chief of police of Philadelphia,
the contents of which he refused to
disclose. It was reported, however,
that tiie chief reason for the delay Is
that the Philadelphia detectives have
had practically no sleep for two nights
and determined to rest before taking
their charges back—which again will
(Jill for unremiting vigilance on the
part of the two officers for 24 hours.
Meanwhile Miss de Janon and fox
terrier “Tootsie” remain In charge of
the matron at tiie Harrison street
annex and Cohen is kept iri a cell at
the East Chicago avenue station.
Cohen is terrified and wept several
times when criminal prosecution was
mentioned to him, but the girl, though
she 8111 l defends tin waiter, compos
edly awaits the time to return to
Philadelphia. She showe d emotion for
the second time since her arrest when
she received a telegram from her
father, telling her that she was for
given. She wept as she read It.
CORSET STEEL SAVED
PRETTY GIRL’S LIFE
Popularity of “The Best
Tenor on the East Side”
Was Cause of Panic at
Dance.
NEW YORK Pretty May Travis
Ih alive Wednesday because a corset
steel saved her life. She was shot
late Tuesday night at a dance given
by an East Side club at, 565 First
avenue. The bullet was deflected by
the corset and inflicted a slight
wound, Instead of a mortal one. The
popularity of James Mitchell, “The
Best Tenor on the East Side,” brought
on a general fight. In which two score
girls fled In panic. May Travis was
taken to Bellevue hospital when the
smoke cleared.
BELGIAN WEAVERS
CURTAIL HOURS
BRUBBEBB The Belgian weaver*
association in view of the crisis In the
c otton Industry has decided to suspend
work one d;iy in each week for three
months.
DAILY AND SUN DAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
OFFERED HARMON $50,000.00
NOT TO MAKE FLIGHT IN AIR
FAMOUS CASE TO
GO TO SOME
COURT OF 0. S.
Near-Beer Case of John S.
Carswell on Constitution
ality of “Near-Beer Tax”
to Go to Highest Tribunal
Immediately upon receipt of the
news that the supreme court of Geor
gia had sustained on Tuesday the
opinion of Judge Henry C. Hammond,
of the superior court, in the ease of
John S. Carswell against William A.
Wright, comptroller general, and the
ordinary and sheriff of Richmond
county, concerning the constitutional,
ily of the "near-beer’’ tax, Attorney
C. E. Dunbar, who represents (ho
plaintiff, notified the ordinary, Judge
A. R. Walton, that he would take the
case to (he supreme court of the Uni
ted States. This appeal will mean
that the $11,600 now held by the or
dinary for contested near-beer luxes
cannot go into the treasury until the
highest tribunal In the country has
rendered a decision, in the written
agreement between Mr. Dunbar and
the attorney general of Georgia it was
staled that the tax could not go Into
the county treasury until a final de
cision had been reached.
The announcement concerning the
"near beer” case which amounts to a
test case for a large number of near
beer cases will go to the supreme
court will be read with hueli interest
not only in Augusta, but also In Geor
gia, and It might well be said through,
out the country for It. Is one of the
final tests of the prohibition act.
HISTORY
OF CASE.
The history of the Carswoll caso
Is one of much interest. The prohibi
tion act was passed In 1908,
and In 1909 Carswell was
a dealer in near-beef in this city. At
the January, 1909, term of the su
perior court he filed a petition against
the enforcement of the luw, his at
torney making exceptions on consti
tutional grounds. Special complaint
was made against the eighth section
which imposes conditional penalties
upon persons engaged in business
who sell other than "imitation” or
“substitute” beer, wine or ale in con
travention of the law.
In this section the holder of the
license loses his license by such vio
lation, and Is forever debarred from
receiving another license. The objec
tion that, the law was dlscrmtnatory,
Inasmuch as It applied to dealers and
dljl not mention manufacturers, thus
making it unconstitutional, was over
ruled by the court. In Ills opinion
Justice Evans stated that the plaintiff
had no right to complain of the con
stitutionallty of the act, Inasmuch as
he had never held the license, for
which it. provided before making hl»
petition. In the opinion the court
falls to sustain the objections of the
plaintiff on any of the constitutional
grounds and unanimously sustains
the decision of Judge Hammond In
refusing to grant ari Injunction
against the enforcement of the law.
The state and the county officials
were represented by Attorney General
Wright and Judge Henry C. Roney.
Mrs. Chas. W. Morse Opens Up Business
To Regain Her Husband's Lost Fortune
NEW YORK.—Mrs. Chas. W. Morse,
wife of the banker and former lee
king who has just begun serving his
sentence of fifteen years In the Fed
eral prison in Atlanta for violating
the national hanking laws, has enter
ed Wall street. From it modest office
at. 43 Exchange Place, fitted with fur
niture from her home, Mrs. Morse will
conduct a campaign to recoup her hus
band's shattered fortunes, which once
amounted to $25,000,000. Morse him
self, In his cell, will he the guiding
hand.
Mrs. Morse, from the same little of
fice, will conduct the fight to secure
her husband's pardon. She begun ac
live work Wednesday.
From the flrst moment that the
former magnate got Into difficulties,
ETCH your trademark into the
dealer’s mind and the consu
mer’s memory—press it in—drill
it in—hammer it in. Every added
advertisement derives force from
those which have gone before.
Soil-in-Law of Commodore
Benedict is Desirous of
Making Trip, Despite
This Offer. Los Angeles
Meet Growing in Interest
LOS ANGELES, Cal—-Clifford B.
Harmon, of New York, son-in-law of
Commodore E. C. Benedict, is desir
ous of making another aeroplane flight
Wednesday, despite the offer of Bene
dict to pay him $50,000 provided he
makes no ascent.
Harmon has already made one trip
with Glenn H. Curtis, and was so
pleased with the experience that he
determined to make an effort at flight
alone. Aviator Willard lent him his
machine, though without saying any
thing about it he arranged it so that
it could not rise from the ground. This
was done at the request of Commo
dore Benedict of New York who of
fered Harmon the price of ton aero
planes if he would not go up. Wil
lard’s trick prevented Ilarmon from
having more than a rapid run along
the ground for several hundred feet.
Paulhan and Curtiss. ,
Curtiss and Louis Paulhan will try
again Wednesday afternoon to break
aviation records. Paulhan won the
plaudits of the immense throng with
daring and spectacular flights, while
the less theatrical American reaped
more substantial honors. Curtiss es
tablished a new world's record for
speed for aeroplanes carrying a pas
senger, flying 55 miles an hour with
his manager, M. Fanciuli, beside him,
and ho set the two other less im
portant records.
Paulhan eagerly prepared Wednes
day to recover the laurels he lost when
Curtiss broke the records for aero
planes.
The races so far have been thrlll
ingly spectacular. Wednesday, how
ever, they savored more of an inter
national fight, owing to the remarkable
performances of Curtiss. Paulhan was
impatient Wednesday to get his car in
motion and prove that all records
would be smashed.
This Is "San Diego Day” at Domin
guez Field, ami 5,000 enthusiasts from
tiie Bay of the Sun have arrived on
special trains A train of 25 flat cars
preceded them, carrying automobiles,
with which they paraded the city tilts
morning. The San Diegans have of
fered a S3OO sliver cup for the craft
making the best general average Wed
nesday and will also give a cash prize
of $1,200 and a S2OO silver cup to the
first airship to fly from Los Angelos
to San Diego.
Hamilton Confident.
Charles K. Hamilton, who made 27
flights in Kansas City, without, as lie
says,"a cylinder missing,” makes the
positive declaration Wednesday that
he will go higher than any aviator
has yet gone here and will surely
“pull down” the altitude record Wed
nesday afternoon. Hamilton uses a
Curtiss machine and while his flights
Tuesday and Monday were unsatis
factory because of gasoline and engine
trouble, he now says that full repairs
have been made and he surely will
share the popularity with which PaiiJ
han and Curtiss have been favored.
His machine will carry the number
"13” and this he considers a good
omen.
President Cortlandt Field Bishop, of
the Aero Club of America, who Is
here to record the achievements of
the various aviators, in the interests
of that club, expressed regret that not
one of the many local amateurs* ma
chines has succeeded in flying. He had
hoped, he said, for something to be
developed here In the way of new and
improved machines.
his stanchest friend and most faith
ful lieutenant has been his wlfo, who
Is as keen witted as most of the mon
ey chiefs. Khe will pit her astuteness
against the knowledge and experi
ence of the street leaders In an at
tempt to duplicate her husband's re
markable feat of last summer, when,
out of Jail on ball, he made $8,000,000
In three months and wiped away al
most the last of his debts.
Mrs. Morse at first Intended to live
near her husband In Atlanta, but busi
ness plans would not permit this. She
and Morse determined on this cam
paign, with the main office In a jail.
In marked contrast to the formet
luxurious offices of Morse, his wlfo
occupies two small rooms. Hhe Is
aided by Miss Catherine Wilson, for
merly his secretary.