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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XVII. No. 197.
GOV. BLEASE CALLS DETECTIVE
BURNS A “CHEAP HIRELING''
Issues Statement Monday In!
Columbia Denying Truth of
Testimony Presented at
Augusta.
SAYS CHARGES OF FELDER
TO HELP HIM IN ELECTION
Declares He Had Not Granted |
Pardon to DeFord and That j
Nicholls Never Mentioned It
to Him.
Coul mbia, S C.Gov. Blease today)
Issued a statement in which he de
nounces in very strong terms Thomas
B. Felder; in which he denies the truth
•f the testimony deduced at Augusta
Inst week as to his receiving money for
granting pardons; in which he says he
will later produce proofs of falsity of
these charges, and in which he de
nounces Wm. J. Burns, the detective,
as a “cheap hireling.”
Of Burns the governor says;
“In my opinion Burns proves him
self unworthy of belief and a cheap
hireling as he has in other of his
transactions.”
The governor declares that the
charges which Felder and the investl
gting comimttee have brought against
him will help him in the coming pri
mary election.
The governor said today that he had
not granted the pardon to Gus De-
Ford, the man for whose pardon the
Burns detective schemed in order to
catch the governor in the act of re
ceiving money for it, and he further
dated that Sam J. Nicholls, the
Spartanburg attorney, whom he dic
tograph says aoted for DeFord in get
ting near the governor, had never men
tioned to him the granting of the De-
Ford pardon. Nicholls spent Sunday
with the governor but left in the aft
ernoon for his home.
FULL BENCH FOR
PATENT MONOPOLY
Att’y Gen’l Wickersham Ar
ranging For Re-Opening of
Most Important Issue.
Washington—Attorey Oenwat W 1 tskr
ersbam has begun preparations to have
the full bench of th© supreme court of
the United States pass upon the “patent
monopoly question.**
The issue will be re-opened through
the anti-trust suit agalnet the “Bath
tub trust,” which has been appealed to
the supreme court by the defendants who
were ordered to dissolve the “trust" by
the United States circuit court for the
district of Maryland. Mr, Wickersham
has assigned Ifidwln P. Oroevenor, His
special assistant, who conducted the
case In the lower courts, to take charge
of the question In the supreme court,
which with seven members Bitting last
spring decided 4 to 3 that the owner of
a patented article might restriot its use
and stipulate the use of Certain appurt
enances. The decision affected several
pending trust cases and a greftt number
of monopoly Investigations under way.
Before attempting to festrtet the “pat
ent monopoly" by legislation, officials
are anxious that the full bench of the
supreme court pass upon thfe issue.
First Bale of
New Cotton Crop
New Orleans. —The first bale of the
new crop of cotton to be received here
came in this morning and was auo
tionod off at 11 o’clock in Varietties
Alley outside the cotton exchange. It
was bought by Drueile & Company at
28 cents a pound. The bale weighed |
612 pounds and was olassed as strict
middling. It was raised in 9an Beni- ;
Ho, Texae and was shipped here from |
Houston to Norman Mayor & Co. |
UNDERWOOD IS TO VISIT
00V. WILSON AT SEAGIRT
Seagirt, N, J. —Oscar W. Underwood,
Democratic house leader, will lunch
tomorrow with Gov. Woodrow Wilson,
at T'GVnton.
The conference will cover much of
the ground Telatlng to the house pro
gram that was discussed between
Speaker Clark and Mr. Wilson.
Tomorrow the governor expects to
go to Trenton. Today he deoltned to
lay anything about the message he
tent to the members of the national
eommittee in session at Chicago.
IN CONFERENCE WITH TAFT.
Washington.—Senator Sanders, of
Tennessee, held' a conference with
President Taft and his advisers today
jver a statement which has been pre
pared to refute the charge that any
jf the Taft delegates at the Chicago
-onventfon were illegally seated. The
late the statement will be given out
-aa n determined.
COTTON MILL
WORKERS QUIT
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Over Half of 13,000 Operatives
In 12 New Bedford Corpora
tions Out.
New Bedford, Mass.—Operatives in .
12 cotton clottv mills in this city struca
today to enforce trie demand of the
weavers for the abolishment of the
grading fines system of wages. The
strikers gathered about the gates of
the mill and made a noisy demonstra
tion but no violence of any kind was
reported during the early hours of the
day.
Mitls Affected.
New Bedford, Mass. —The corpora
tions affected by the strike are the
Acushnet, Booth, Bristol, Dartmouth.
Gartsnold, Grinnell, Hatway, Pierce
Brothers Limited, Pierce Manufactur
ing Co., Potomska, Page Manufactur
ing Co., and Wamsutta. These cor
porations employ an aggregate of about
12,000 operatives. It was estimated
that more than half of the workers
remained away from the mills. Some
of the unions are awaiting for official
sanction from their national organi
sations before quitting work. With
the single exception of the weavers'
union, which Is an independent or
ganization, all of the craft organiza
tions represented in the mills are af
filiate wdith the American Federation
of Labor. There also are about 1,200
operatives who axe members of the
Industrial Workers of the World and
who have voted to declare a general
etrike against the mills.
The grading system against which
the weavers protest, establishes differ
ent processes for first and second grade
work and replaces the fining system,
under which the weaver was fined so;
every imperfection in the cloth woven
on his spools.
NARROW ESCAPE OF
ARMY TRANSPORT
The Sheridan With 16th. U. S.
Infantry Aboard, Reaches Ta
coma. Was Ice Bound.
Tacoma, Washn.—After having nar
rowly escaped being sent to the bot
tom by the ioe floes encountered la
Behring sea, the United States army
transport Sheridan arrived here last
night with the 16th United States In
fantry regiment.
For seventeen days, off St. Law
rence Island to the west of Norton
sound, en route to Nome, the Sheri
dan hoy Ice-bound, making only 90
miles In this time. For 48 hours her
captain, Michael Healy, and Pilot
Kaersky, watched on the bridge of
the ship and at times the captain
stood at the bow directing the slow
advance.
The enlisted men suffered from cold
and two died of pneumonia en route.
The Sheridan is en route to San Fran
cisco.
DAY IN CONGRESS
Washington, D. C. —Day in congress.
Senate.
Archbaid impeachment papers" for
mally presented.
Sundry civil appropriation bill re
ported, Chairman Warren announcing
he would ask for its consideration i
Tuesday.
House.
Took up unanimous consent calen- ,
dan
JOHN MITCHELL TO BE
SENTENCED WEDESDAY
"
Washington, D. C —John Mitchell
will be sentenced Wednesday for con
tempt of court for his part in the vio
lation of am injunction in the Buck
Stove and Range Company boycott
case. His attorneys will present a
written waiver of his right to he pres
ent when sentence is imposed. Mitchell
is on a lecture tour. Samuel (Jomp
ers and Frank Morrison, also of the
American Federation of Labor, con
victed with Mitchell have been sen
tenced to a year and six months, re
spectively.
The case of all three men will be
appealed. This Is their second con
viction. The suprerhe court over
turned the first.
20 DAYB MORE.
Washington.—Members of the sen
ate predicted today there would be
20 more days of congress. Aside from
; the appropriation measures, the Pan
ama canal bill to whioh Great Britain
has protested, holds the right of way
in the senate.
The house is ready to adjourn at
I any time.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 15, 1912.
ILL OF WATER!
ISHESTHROUGH
CITY OF DENVER
Big Auditorium is Turned Into
a Refuge Camp For the 500
Homeless.
RELIEF, RESCUE PARTIES
WORK THROUGH THE NIGHT
Two Miles of Concrete Confin
ing Cherry Creek Ripped Out. J
Street Car Lines Destroyed.
j
Denver. Colo.—Several hundred 1
men, women and children are home
less, a number of deaths are reported
and a million and a half dollars worth
of property is In ruins here today, be- j
cause of a cloudburst which precipi
tated the overflowing of Cherry j
Creek through Denver last night.
The big city auditorium today it
a refuge camp. At dawn 500 of the
homeless were gathered there and
were belnp fed by the city. Twenty
five children from six months to six !
years old, whose parents may have |
been lost, are in the care of a police [
matron.
After directing relief and rescue
work all night Mayor Arnold organ
ized relief parties at dawn to begin
I the search of the wrecked dwellings
! and other debris heaped in the cur
| rent of the South Platte river.
Without Parallel.
The Chamber of Commerce opened
a relief subscription this morning.
The flood is without parallel in the
history of the city. Had it not been
for warning sounded over the tele
phone from an unknown to the city
hall just before the crest of the flood
reached the city, many could not
have escaped. Many fled In their
night clothes and that many more
were caught in the flood while sleep
ing is tile general belief.
The crest of the cloudburst was
preceded by a storm with a wind ve
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IMPEACHMENT
BEFORESENATE
Solemn Proceeding as Ser
geant-at-arms Ransdell Read
the House Articles.
Washington, D.C.—The impeachment
of Judge Robert W. Archbald of the
commerce court, was formally laid be
fore the senate today by the committee
of managers from the house.
The senate chamber and galleries
were filled to witness the sober pro
ceeding. It had not been paralleled
since the Impeachment of Judge
Swarne In 1905.
Chairman Clayton, of the house ju
diciary committee read the resolution
under which the house had directed
the presentation of the Impeachment
to the senate. About him, In front
of the senate bar, were grouped the
other members of the house committee
of managers. Representatives Floyd of
Arkansas, Webb, of North Carolina,
Davis of West Virginia, Norris of Ne
braska, Sterling of Illinois and How
land of Ohio.
As Representative Clayton conclud
ed and before he could begin upon the
articles of Impeachment, Senator
Lodge pointed out that the rules pro
vided for proclamation by the senate
sergeant-at-arms, whereupon Col
Daniel Ransdell, sergeant-at-arms,
made the formal proclamation:
"Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye, all per
sons are commanded to keep silence
on pain of imprisonment while the
house of representatives Is exhlibting
to the senate of the United States
articles If impeachment against Robert
W. Archbald.”
The chairman proceeded with the
formal reading of the long document
of impeachment with the demand of
the house of representatives that the
Judge he tried for "high crimes and
misdemeanor* against the United
States.”
MANY DOCKERS GO ON
STRIKE AT LIVERPOOL
Liverpool. —A large number of dock
ers here and at Birkenhead struck
this morning, refusing to register un
der the new clearing house scheme in
connection with the national insurance
aot which went Into force today. The
employers threaten a general lockout
unless the men comply with the
scheme.
Call Out Troops.
London. —Troops today were called
out to preserve order in the district
threatened with disturbance from the
dockers’ strike. Thousands of the
strikers and their families in the east
end are desperate and on the verge of
ttarvatlon. Threats of reprisals against
non-unionists who have taken the
r strikers places have been heard.
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and below is H. Hotchkiss.) At the
first official meeting of the reoently
organized “Bull Mooeers” Gen e ral
Sickles made a fiery speech in which
he denounced the candidacy of Wood
row Wilson, because the governor wns
born below the Mason-Dixon line and
because several of his family fought
“on the wrong side in the civil war.”
William H. Hotchkiss is provisional
state chairman of New York of the
new party. In commenting upon Gen
eral Sickles' speech he said: “What
General Sickles said is not to be taken
«s the sentiment of the organization.
Ho is a veteran soldier and friend of
the colonel. The general’s views on
the subject are entiroly his own.”
WOMEN LAWYERS WILL
KNOW FATE MONDAY
Atlanta, Ga.—Monday afternoon,
July 15, at 3 o’clock, the judiciary com
mittee No. 2, will sit under special or
der to hear the bill allowing women to
practice law in the state of Georgia.
The recommendation of the committee
will be indicative of the fate of the bill,
Mr. Beck, the father of the bill, will
do all In his power to have It made a
law and the hearing promises to be
full of interest, from beginning to end.
EX-CONSUL CUBA DROPS
DEAD SAVANNAH HOME
Savannah, Ga.—A. PL Moynelo,
formerly prominently identified with
the struggles of Cuba for independ
ence and latterly Cuban consul hi
Savannah, dropped dead at his home
here last, night. He was about GO
years of age, married, the father of
two children and wealthy. At one
time, f?ie story Is told, Moynelo was
so hotly pressed by his Spanish ene
mies In Cuba that he was nailed In
a barrel by his friends and shipped
out. of the Island to the United States
In that way. He had been consul here
for a number of years.
MYSTERIOUS CHARLESTON
DISAPPEARANCE UNSOLVED
Charleston, 8. C.—Although the po
lice have worked earnestly trying to
locate Capt. Angelo Cervettl, who
disappeared Sunday, .Tune 23, they
are no nearer a solution of the mys
tery than when it was first brought
to their attention. After they had
virtually dissipated every clew known
to them the police have reached the
conclusion that, the dlsapearanee Is
the most baffling affair that the de
partment has tackled In recent years.
The two special officers assigned to
the case say that they doubt very
much if Capt, Cervettl will ever be
seen again. .
OLYMPIC RiNER
QIESiSUNSTROKE
SUNDAY FATAL]
Portuguese Stricken by Heat
In Marathon Race at Stock-1
holm.
CONSCIOUSNESS NEVER
RECOVERED AFTER FALL
Tragedy Will Probably Cause
Change In Rules or Abandon
ment of Event In Future.
Stockholm.—The only Portuguese j
runner in yesterday’s historic Mara
thon race, F. Ua/.uro, died in the hos
pital this morning. He suffered from
Bun-stroke during yesterday's race and
foil out at Silferdal, on the return
journey, after running 19 miles
He was overcome at about the same
point at which Kolhemainen, the Finn;
Michael J Ryan, I. A. A. C., and J. C.
Corkery, Canada, dropped out
Squad Boy Scouts
A squad of Boy Scouts, who were
patrolling the course to help any run
ners in distress, picked up the Portu
guese and telephoned for an ambu
lance. In the meantime Lazaro was
taken unconscious to a medical sta
tion.
Lazaro never recovered conscious
ness. He was delirious throughout the
night and imagined he was still run
ning the race.
Everyone concerned now realizes
that it was a great mistake to start
the race almost at noon on one of the
hottest days of the year. All the offi
cials grant that It might have been run
in the cool of the long northern twi
light. Even the members of the two
teams who are more accustomed to the
sun the most of the competitors were
were distressed by yesterday’s heaL,
while the English runners entirely
wilted and were unable to approach
their ordinary records.
The tragedy of this year's Marathon
coming after that of the painful exhi
bition at Dorando’s finish in 1908, is
likely to lead to a change of rules or
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11l INJURED 111
WRECK TOJIEGOIIER
Dual Inquiry to Fix Blame For
Fatal Collision In Dense Fog
Sunday.
Chicago.—According to early report*
today all the injured persons taken to
hospitals after the colllalon between
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy’s
Overland Limited and a mall train at
Weetern Springs yesterday morning, In
which 13 persona were killed and lit
are known to be hurt, were In a con
dltlon which Indicated their recovery.
A dual inquiry will be made today
In an effort to fix the blame for the
wreck. One will be made by Coroner
Hoffman of Cook county and the other
by the state railway commission, which
will meet In Chicago and go to the
scene of the wreck with officials of
the rood. Conduct of three persons,
one of whom Is dead, will be Inquired
Into In an effort to fix the blame.
The acts of George Bronson, the
engineer of the mall train, who was
killed; Mrs. F. A. Wilcox, tower oper
ator, and Flagman John Woodruff, of
Cleveland, are those to be questioned.
Both Mrs. Wilcox and Woodruff
have said they di(J their full duty—
tho former by placing the block sig
nals and the latter by placing tor
pedoes.
Only one thing has been definitely
established regarding the cause of the
wreck, and that Is that a dense fog
played a big part.
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DISMISS THE POISONING
CHARGE AGAINST GIRL
Birmingham, Alac-The case against
Ola Gunter, the pretty 111-year-old girl,
who was brought back from Jackson
ville, Fla., on a charge of murder In
connection with the poisoning of Guy
R. Coleman and Stephen Strickland on
December 20, 1810, was nol pressed to
day, the authorities claiming no evi
dence against her. Attorney Hart
ridge, who came here from Jackson
ville with the, girl demanded an Im
mediate trial. The warrant was re
turnable to Justice Renners, who upon
advice of the solicitor, nol possed the
case.
LEAVES TRACK RUNNING
AT SPEED 60 MILES HOUR
Kalamazoo, Mieh.~Runnlng at. sixty
miles an hour on a straight track,
, westbound Michigan Central train No.
i 3, left the rails here early today. Des
pite the speed the train was making
j no one was killed and only one pass
| enger was seriously Injured.
For nearly a quarter of a mile the
l heavy coaches bumped along on the
j ties, the train holding together for
nearly all that distance.
NICHOLLS WILL GO BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE THURSDAY
South Carolina Dispensary-Investifating Committee Will Re
sume Sittings On That Date In Columbia. Nicholls Refus
es to Make Statement. Says First he Knew of Being Trail
ed by Sleuths Was Sunday.
Spartanburg, S. C.—Further sittings of the South Carolina dispensary
committee of the legislature will be held in Columbia beginning next
Thursday. This announcement was made here today by Chairman How
ard H. Carlisle. The hearings ndj urned temporarily at Augusta, Ga.,
last Saturday after sensational testimony by Detective Wm. J. Burns and
E. F. Reed, his associate, concerning alleged graft among state officers.
Samuel N. J. Nicholls, the Spartanburg attorney, who according to
Reed, was Gov. Blouse's agent tn certain questionable transactions, will go
before the committee Thursday, it is said. He refuses to make a state
ment nt this time.
The first time he says he knew ho was trailed by detectives was when
he read Sunday morning papers. At that time, he was in the governor's
office.
VERBAL MESSAGE
BY GOV. VOILSON
No Formal Letter Brought to
Chicago by Hudspeth. Think
McCombs to be Chairman.
Chtoago—W. F. McCombs was unani
mously pamod chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee here today.
Sends Hudspeth.
Chicago.—On bis arrival today Robl.
H. Hudspeth of Mew Jersey, said that
his message from Gov. Wilson, presi
dential nominee of the Democratic
party, wns verbal and that he had no
formal letter from his chief. He said
there is no doubt that W F. McCombs
will be named chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee. 1
Whether the entire committee or a
part of It would actively manage the
campaign, Judge Hudspeth said would
be a detail which would be settled af
ter careful consideration. Senator
Gore, of Oklahoma, and Judge Gross
cup, chairman of the Democratic stare
committee of New Jersey, and Mr. Mc-
Combs arrived this morning.
KING WEIGH
THE BOSTONIANS
Inspects the Ancient and Hon
orable Artillery Company at
Buckingham Palace Monday.
London—-King George, after Inspect
ing the detachment of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company of Boh
tofi, now on a visit here, and the Hon
orable Artillery Company of London,
at Buckingham Palace, this morning,
advanced to the center of the hollow
square formed by the companies and,
addressing the men, said:
"I am particularly plonaod to wel
come the representatives of the Old
Masaaohusetts regiment and I hope
they will derive much pleasure from
tholr visit."
Tho Inapection occurred at an early
hour a* the king had arranged to visit
the city of Winchester, In order to re
open the cathedral, the foundations of
which have undergone alterations.
A large number of relatives and
friends of the officers and men were
present In the grounds of Buckingham
Palace during the review. The rjuce i
and Princess Marie watched the cere
mony from a palace window. The.
Boston Artillerymen, carrying the
Blars and Htrlpos and the regimental
colors, led tho march.
MEEf¥fIRiGE
PHY OF ENGINEERS
The Arbitration Commission’s
Award Will Be Final and Run
For Five Years.
New York.—Member* of the arbitra
tion commission gathered at Manhat
tan Beach today to take up the ques
tion of settlement of wage demands of
the locomotive engineers on 52 rail
roads east of Chicago and north of Ihe
Ohio river. The engineers demands
total $7,600,000 annually. The award
of the commission which Is composed
of five members Is binding and will
run for a period of probaly five years
The arbitrators will have the right to
fix the time from which the award
sha.ll be effective. The locomotive
firemen also have asked for a wage In
crease amounting to more than 120,-
000,000 annually and the railroad In
terests say there will be other demands
j.by trainmen following the engineers
! award. After a strike vote of the
! engineers which was affirmative hy a
large majority, It was agreed that an
arbitration commission be appointed to
settle the question. Two of the seven
members of tho commission were ap
pointed, one by the engineer# and one
by the, railroads. The five others were
selected hy the chief Justin of the su
preme court, of the United States and
j the presiding Judge of the commerce
‘ court.
DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.00 PER YEAR.
PROSPERITY IF
SOUTH Iff STAKE
So Declares W. B. Thompson
If the Anti-Cottpn Futures
Bill is Enacted.
New Orleans.—“ The Beall anti-cot
ton futures Mil, if enacted, will strike
Southern prosperity the severest blow
It hns sustained In many years.”
This declaration Is made by W. B.
Thompson, a prominent cotton factor
and former president of the New Or
leans cotton exchange, in a telegram
which he today sent <o members of the
house and senate at Washington. Mr.
Thompson has been a close student of
cotton future trading, but does not
trade in futures. He argues for regu
lation of future trading hut declares
that the Beall hill would bring finan
cial ruin to the cotton planter.
Tn his telegram Mr. Thompson says
In part:
"It Is admitted that some regulation
of future trading Is needed, but the
hill In question Is drastic and destruc
tive. To Informed or open minds, It
has been demonstrated that the pro
posed legislation would provent Am
orean merchants from hedging their
s|»>l purchases and sales and would
destroy the Amerlean contract ex
changes. The Inevitable results of
such conclusion would he;
l‘ Irst: To deprive the cotton pro
ducer of the multitude of small compe
titive markets and buyers which now
purchase his crop and in consequence
summarily lower the price of cotton;
and secondly, to place the price mak
ing power unreservedly In the hands of
a combination of foreign buyers and
spinners, who would unquestionably
fix it low.
“I have mad* an earnest study of
this question and 1 can, with some
cliilm to authority and with the sup
port of absolute conviction, warn the
advocates of this hill that If they mnkr
It a law they will legislate directly
against the price of cotton and con
sequently against the welfare of the
South.
'The cotton producers have had
enough of adversity to contend with
without being assassinated by the
hands of their alleged political friends,
l want the farmers the onbs who
make th.. cotton, not the ones who
make the speeches to he fully ad
vised of the economic significance of
this legislation In order that they may
fix responhlllty should calamity un
happily befall.”
Stole $500,090 In
Checks; $222 Cash
Buffalo N. Y—Revenue ymr old
Joseph McCarthy, arrested at the N»»
York Central mat lon here at 2:15 o’clock
thin morning, confessed to the Buffalo
police after some searching question that
ha In the boy who made ofT last week
In New York with a hag containing
$500,000 In cherka and $222 in ca»h, the
property of tpe United Cigar Stores com
pany. Ife extracted the cash and threw
the bag away at Albany.
McCarthy had paid SO2 for a ticket to
Denver and had s»'j hidden In hln stock
ing. It was his Idea, he said, to see a
bit of the worjkl. He will be held here
pending the arrival of an ofTtcer from
Naw York
MANY ATTEND TRIAL FOR
MURDER OF MRS. MORROW
Chioago Well gowned women, many
of them active In Chicago club life,
crowded Into court today to hear tes
timony In the trial of Mrs. Rene Mor
row, accused of the murder of her
husband, Charles Morrow, an Inven
tor.
Mrs. Morrow seemed oblivious of
the many eyes directed at her. She
was dressed in black and was ac
companied by her sister. Mrs. Freder
ick Foster, of I,os Angeles.
The state seeks to prove that ths
location of the bullet wounds In th«
body of Morrow precluded the theorj
of suicide.
Fred Surkamer, a gunsmith, was th<
first witness. Ho testified from thi
condition of the garments and thi
wounds, that the weapon was held a
least ten Inches from the body whet
the shot was fired.