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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIX. No. 24.
ACCEPTANCE BY
GOETHALS DUE
TOMMY
Wife of Former President
Fiqured Most Prominently in
AoDointment. Under Certain
Conditions, of Canal Builder
to Head N. Y. Police Dep’t
Mayor Mitchel Went to Pana
ma to See Army Officer.
Much Impressed By Visit.
Sfcc’y of War Declares He is
Invaluable. Asks Retention.
New York.—ls Col. Geo. W. Goethals
should he offered the position of gov
ernor of the canal zone by President
Wlison he will not accept.
Mayor John Purroy Mitchel. who
has tendered Col. Goethals the police
commisslonership of New York city,
so declared today.
“If language means anything," said
the mayor, “Col. Goethals will be
come police commissioner of New
York city, provided two conditions
which he imiajaes are fulfilled. I ex
pect these conditions to be realised. ’’
This is the interpretation Major
John Purroy Mitchel placed today on
Colonel Goethal's present attitude to
ward the police commisslonership of
this city, which has been tendered
him.
Wants President’s Views.
The mayor said he expected to get
Jn touch with President Wilson soon.
He had no official knowledge, he said,
of any intention on the part of the
president to offer Colonel Goethals
the governorship of the canal zone,
but he did expect that the president
would grant the colonel’s proposed
request for retirement from the army.
The two conditions imposed by
Colonel Goethals are his retirement
from the army and the enactment of
iigeslation which will give the police
commissioner power to remove sub
ordinates without court review.
Willing to Wait.
"I willing to wait several
months for the colonel,” said Mayor
Mitchel. "I certainly never expected
him to take the position until he had
finished his duties in the canal zone.'
Mayor Mitchel was in conference
with counsel today preparing a bill
to he submitted to the state legisla
ture giving the police commissioner
the power Colonel Goethals desires.
He callel Lleut-Governof Wagner in
to conference and received assur
ances from him thae the hill would
have the support of the administra
tion at Albany.
By Mrs. Roosevelt.
New York.—The fact that Col. Geo.
W. Goethals was willing to entertain
under certain conditions a proposal to
accept the police commisslonership Is
said to have been due to Mrs. Theo
(Contlnued on page two.)
LONDON SILOS
IN HJJTBIKE
Unusual Scenes As Autos,
Taxicabs, Even Baby Car
riages, Used to Transport
Fuel Today.
London. —With 10,000 coal carriers
on strike, a cold wave made many
Londoners shh er today and developed
unusual scene*; at the fuel yards.
Limousines, taxicabs, landaus, carts
and even perambulators were drawn
up at the entrances to the yards by
citizens who loaded their own convey
ances to replenish their fuel supply.
They were following the example of
Leeds residents who recently broke
up the strike of public workers by
Individual service.
Not the least unusual sight in the
coal yards was provided by medical
students who in smocks that were
snow white at first carted tons of
coal to the hospita's.
The utfikers who demanded more
pay, hair caused little inconvenience
until today when the cold wave swept
In.
President’s Engagement
Not Due to Any Crisis
Washington. —President Wilson's
engagement next Monday night with
the senate foreign, relations commit
tee was made nearly a week ago and
was not the result of any particular
developments in foreign relations.
Secretary Tumulty said today. He
added that there was no crisis in any
of the international problems but that
the president desired to renew' his
coiA'rences with the senators in line
with his policy of keeping them in
touch with foreign Questions.
REVOLUTIONIZE
INCORPORATION
BY ITS RULING
United States Supreme Court
Hearinq Question Today Re
qardinq Exemption of Stock
holders Private Fortunes
From Corporations Debts
Case Considered of Such
Great Importance That High
Tribunal Directs Determina
tion of Legal Point Long in
Dispute.
Washington.—lncorporation of com
panies may be completely revolu
tionized as a result of a decision by
the supremo court of a case submitted
to It today. The question Involved
is whether the exemption of the priv
ate fortunes of stockholders from the
corporations' debts stand good In
other states having contrary laws.
In recent years Arizona has become
popular as the birthplace of corpora
tions largely because that state al
lowed corporations organized there to
exempt their stockholders from liabil
ity for the lebts of the corporation.
Creditors Protested.
A protest has arisen among cred
itors of Arizona corporations. This
has taken concrete form in the case
of the Wentworth Hotel Company or
ganized under Arizona laws to build
a hotel In Pasadena, Cal. The corpo
ration became insolvent and Its cred
itors sought to hold its stockholders
(Continued on Pago Two.)
JAIL WOMAN ON
MURDERJHARCE
Mrs. Jennie Wenner Arrested
at Chihuahua on Villa’s Re
quest. Man’s Body Found in
Colorado Cabin.
Jaurez, Mex.—Mrs. Jennie Wenner,
alias Anita Keif, arrested in Chihua
hua at the request of American offi
cers on a charge of murdering Philip
Roberts. Jr., at Cripple Creek, Colo.,
was brought here yesterday and lodg
ed in Jail. Proceedings will be open
ed in the Juarez court to determine
whether the woman shall be turned
over to the American authorities at
El Paso. If this Is not granted the
Mexican immigration authorities say
they will order the woman deported
and she will be returned to the Unit
ed States.
Trailed Three Weeks.
Cripple Creek, Colo. —Mrs. Jennie
Wenner was arrested at Chihuahua
by Gen. Francisco Villa at the re
quest of the sheriff of this county,
who followed the woman for three
weeks after the discovery of the body
of Philip Roberts In a cabin on the
outskirts of this city on December
29th.
According to the sheriff the woman
waded the Rio Grande from El Paso
to escape the custom officials and
followed the rebel army to Chihua
hua.
Hannah’s Will Returned;
Morgan Yet Has Martha’s
Fairfax Courthouse, Va.—E. P. Eg
gleston. of New Ixmdon, Conn., has
returned to the clerk of the county
here the will of Hannah Washington
and other valuable documents which
were stolen from the courthouse at
the time the will of Martha Washing
ton was stolen.
Mr. Eggleston stated that he did
not know that the documents had
been stolen until he had read ac
counts of efforts to recover the Mar
tha Washington will now in the pos
session of J. P. Morgan in New York.
IS MARKED INCREASE IN
THE IDLE FREIGHT CARS
Chicago.——Compared with statistics
for the corresponding date In 1913.
there is a marked Increase in ths
number of surplus freight cars on
railroad ties throughout the country
on January 15, according to the Amer
ican Railway Association service bul
letin issued today.
The report shows there were 217,-
274 Idle cars on January 15. an In
crease over last year of 164.044 car-?.
The total cnji .surplus on January 1
was 190,521. J
ASTRONOMER DEAD.
London.—Sir David Gill, the Scot
tish astronomer, died here today In his
71»t year.
Sir David was one of the most wide
ly known of scientists. Me was a
former president of the Brtish Asso
ciation and held scientific degrees
from many universities.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. JANUARY 24. 1914.
Mrs . Rob’t Goelet Plans
Secrecy in Divorce From
Husband Worth $35,000,000
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New York.—Mutual friends of Mr. Robert Goelet. master of $36,000,000 and director In many corporations
and his wife, who has filed suit for divorce at Providence, R. 1., have not yet given up hope or effecting
a reconciliation. Tremendous Influence Is being brought to bear in an effort to have the suit discontinued,
but if it falls another plan has been formulated to shield the principals from the public by having the case
heard before a referee In private. It Is probable that this latter plan will he carried out and that those who
care to know will never read the details of Mrs. Goelet’s charge of extreme cruelty. Mrs. Goelet was Miss
Elsie Whelen, of Philadelphia.
To Alter Administration
Of All Federal Prisons
Att’y Gen’l Mcßeynolds Will
Name Successor to Sup’t
R. V. LaDow.
changes in the administrative system
of federal prisons, Attorney General
Mcßeynolds announced today that he
expected to name a successor to tt. V.
LaDow as superintendent of prisons.
Mr. LaDow will become assistant
superintendent.
Mr. Mcßeynolds has in mind radi
cal changes in the methods of dealing
with federal prisoners and the new
superintendent' will be selected on
the theory that he will be better qual
ified to carry them out than Mr. I*a-
Dow.
RECORD FOR A MODEL
PRISONER IS BROKEN
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Summit, N. J.—All records for model
prisoners In this section have been
broken. A patrolman placed a man
on ■ a trolfey car. gave him the far*
and told him to get off at the county
Jail in Elizabeth. Ho was further In
structed to tell the warden he had
been committed for 20 days in de
fault of a fine of $5.
Michael Hanlon, the prisoner, charg
ed with being disorderly, arrived at
the Jail on schedule time and sur
rendered.
ENDOWMENT BY MRS. WILSON.
Rome, Ga.—Endowment by Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson of the Edward W.
Axson Scholarship In the Martha Rer
ry School for mountain girls here was
announced yesterday on the occasion
of the celebration of the institution's
twelfth anniversary.
N. Y. CORPORATION COUNSEL.
New York.—Frank L. Polk, a great
nephew of President Polk, was ap
pointed counsel by Mayor Mitchel to
day. The position pays $15,000 a
year. Mr. Polk is 13 years old and a
Yale man.
WAS BOUGH IP
FOR THEJAMS
Some of the Majestic’s Pas
sengers File Protest. Water
Leaked Into Main Salon.
New York.—Rome of the first cabin
passengers on the Majestic, the ves
sel on which Mr. arid Mrs. Francis
B. Sayre arrived beret oday, filed a
protect with the line demanding a re
bate on their passage money on the
ground that water leaked into the
main saloon, greatly inconveniencing
them. They denounced the off Ids Is
for allowing the liner to sail in adverse
weather conditions and eelared at
times it was necessary to stop leaks
with rags and to./els. Officials of the
line deprecated the statements.
Left in Gale.
"It is obvious.” suld an officer, "thdt
the British authorities would not have
allowed the Majestic to leave South
ampton unless she was entirely sea
worthy.”
While In the harbor of Cherbourg,
after having left Southampton on Jan.
14 the Majestic was rammed by a
tender which demanded a piste and
necessitated repairs. This delayed her.
She left Cherbourg with a gale blow
ing and encountered rough weather
throughout the voyage. At. times heavy
sens swept over her decks.
On ths Bridge.
Captain Boadnell remained on the
bridge most of the trip.
Coming up to her dock at New York
this morning the liner struck the tug
Nlchola-s amidships. The tug reached
shore then sank. The crew was saved.
CONDITION BERIOUB.
Des Moines, lowa. The condition
of LaFayett© Young, former United
States senator and publisher of the
Des Moines Capital, was announced
as serious by his physician after a
diagnosis eariy today. Mr. Young
was stricken with pneumonia several
days ago.
Select Marble For the
$2,000,000 Memorial
Decision Not Announced Until
Lnter Today. Thought New
Bids to Be Called For.
Washington—A decision was reach,
ed yesterday but not announced, on
the question of whether Southern or
Colorado marble should he used 111
the $2,000,000 Lincoln Memorial here.
Secretary Garrison hail referred the
matter to the fine arts commission
which will report to him today. It
was understood, however, that the
commission will ask for new bids.
The commission also decided open
the site and specifications for the
proposed American National lied
Cross Building hero. This report
will be made today
Would Ask Pres’t Wilson
About Mexico’s Finances
London. —In a elrculnr denllng with
financial situation In Mexico mem
bers of the London chamber of com
merce were asked to express their
views “as to whether Great Britain
should take’ steps In conjunction
with France and Germany to ask
President Wilson to take some action
to regularize the financial position of
Mexico.”
Mexico’s default In the payment of
Interest on its bonds has aroused con
siderable feeling In fanlnctal quarters
In London.
CHICAGO’S IST MUNICIPAL
STORE OPENS ITS DOORS
Chicago.—Chicago’s first municipal
store, where groceries are to bo sold
at cost to the poor was opened to
day. If the market proves a success
meats and wearing apparel also will
be sold and other stores opened In
different sections of the city. The
city council authorized $-5,000 for the
store.
Great Glass Roofs Blown
Into a Thousand Pieces
Glasgow, Scotland. —A bomb outrage
believed to have been executed bv
militant suffragettes today destroyed
the conservatory known as the Kibble
Crystal Palace, In the Glasgow Botan
ic Gardens.
The great glass roofs and sides of
the structure were blown Into thous
ands of pieces. Many valuable plantH
were ruined.
A caretaker succeeded In severing
the fuse of a second bomb Just before
the first one exploded. Mi' hud a nar
row escape.
MUST BE NATIONAL LAWS
AGAINST THE DRUG EVIL
New York.—-The first a gainst the
Indiscriminate sale and use of habit
forming drugs to which Mrs. Wm. K.
Vanderbilt has given support, will he
carried to congress and stringent laws
will be sought in the states.
Ernest K. Coulter, Mrs. Vanderbilt’s
counsel In the anti-drug crusade, said
today that investigation had showed
that the root of the drug evil could
not he displaced except through na
tional legislation.
COLD WEATHER CAUSES
PARIS PRICES TO JUMP
Paris. —The extraordinary cold
weather experienced here during the
past four weeks which shows no
signs of abating, has caused the
price* of food in Paris to rise from
fifty to six hundred per cent above
the ordinary. Railway communication
is Interrupted by snow.
THREE DIE FROM GAS.
New York. —Daniel Bornhan, a plast
erer, and his five daughters, ranging
In age from 6 to 16 years, were fouri i
unconscious thin morning In their
home at Corona, 1,. I. All had been
overcome by gas.
Three of the girls, Katherine, Grace,
and Madeline, died without regaining
consciousness. The father and the
two others were rushed to a hospital. ,
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 PER YEAR.
CHAIRMAN DEFINES
SCOPE OF INQUIRY
BIT SLEUTHS
AFTER BANDITS
Southern Express and Mail
Cars Looted at Lonely Spot.
Wild Ride Alter Job Com
pleted.
Fscklert, Ala.—Railroad Joteetlves
began search for three men who loot
ed the express and mall ears of a
Southern Railway passenger train
near here last night. The bandits
obtained about SIOO by blowing the
express safe. Their search through
the mall ear failed to produce any
thing because only second-class mat
ter was in the pouches. No attempt
was made to molest passengers.
Those who ventured out when the
train was hailed were sent back by
the fussilnde of bullets. The bandits
picked a lonely spot for the hold-up.
The locomotive and mail and exprei
ears were detached from the passen
ger coaches and run down the track
a hundred yards. One of the robbers
guarded the engine crew and mall
and express clerks, while the other
two robbed the cars. After they com
pleted their work the men fired ufl
the locomotive then opened the throt
tle. The engine with the two cars
lurching behind ran at a wild pass
to liiirklnsvllle, Ala.. I!* miles away,
before steam was exhausted.
WOOED SOLVE
JAP PROBLEM
Law Proposed to Treat Im
migration From All Nations
Alike. Let in 5 Per Cent a
Year.
New York. —A new solution of the
Jhpancse problem was proposed today
by Dr. I''. I* Gullck, professor In the
University of Doshlsha, in Klota, In t
speech at a Bible school.
"Get us treat the Japanese on th"
same basis as other nations,” said l)r.
Oulick, "and thfy will be satisfied.
But let us treat the others with com
mon sense which decrees we can ev
ery year assimilate of a given race
new members up to about fivo per
cent of (lie total number of that race
already In the country.
"Under such a law, hoeing my es
timates on the census, the Germans
could Immigrate to the extent of more
than 480.M10, while only 22S Japanese
could come In. Yet It would satisfy
Japan's pride, for It would be treat
ing her as we treat others.”
Would Bar All.
Victoria, B. C. —Fruit growers of
British Columbia, In convention today,
passed a resolution unanimously pe
titioning the provincial government to
use every effort to persuade the do
minion and imperial governments to
adopt for the future the policy of to
tal exclusion of all Orientals and
meantime to relieve a situation which
they say Is becoming Intolerable.
200,000 Union Building
Trades Workers Quit
London. —Two hundred thousand
union building trades workers quit
for the week-end holiday today and
declared that they would not resume
work until the employers withdrew
their demand for the “open shop”
principle. The employers yesterday
threatened a lock-out unless the
union men agreed to work with non
union workers.
elecTric headlights on
ALL LOCOMOTIVES WANTED
Washington.—Many wrecks could b •
averted by use of electric headlights
on locomotives, declared P. J. McNa
mara, vice president of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and Kn
glnemen, In irrglng the housg commit
tee of Interstato commerce today to
favorably report the Itaker bill, to re
quire lights of J. 500 rnndlopower on
all engines on Interstate railroads,
GUESTS OF KING.
London.—Walter Hines Page, the
United Slates ambassador and his
wife ijre among the guests of King
George and Queen Mary at. the first
of a series of week-end parties to he
given during their Majesties stay at
Windsor Castle.
BRYAN BLIGHTLY ILL.
Washington.—Because of a slight
cold Secretary Bryan remained at
home today. His Indisposition did
not prevent him from receiving
callers and keplng in touch with the
state department.
Scene of the Speer Investiga
tion Will Shift From Macon
to Savannah on Monday. At
torney General of Georgia to
Appear Then
MR. WEBB OF THE HOUSE
COMMITTEE IN STATEMENT
Report and Recommendations
to Be Filed With Judiciary
Committee of 21 Members.
Not Bound to Accept Them.
Macon, Ga.—Charges that he has
shown favoritism to A. H. Heyward,
his son-in-law. In cases Involving fees,
today spurrej Federal Judge Emory
Speer, under Investigation here by a
congressional committee, to Interrupt
the proredings for the second time
within the week.
■lumping to his feet., apparently for
grot fill of the ruling of the committee
that he would not be permitted to ap
pear In his own behalf, Judge Speer
exclaimed: { i
”1 have been defamed as no other
judge was ever defamed. 1 ask this
committee to see to It that all ths
true facts are brought out so that
the public may understand them.”
The examlnnlnn of witnesses at
Macon will prohubly be concluded this
afternoon.
Investigation's Scope.
Macon.—Chairman Webb of the con
gressional committee that last Mon
day began an Investigation of charges
of official misconduct against Fede
ral Judge Emory Speer announced to
day (lie scene of the Inquiry would on
next Monday be shifted to Savannah,
On. Witnesses summoned to Maeon.
Including T. S. Felder, attorney gen
et al of Georgia, will appear before
the committee at Savannah. The scope
and character of the Investigation was
defined In a statement made this
morning. Mr. Webb said:
Filed on Return.
“Our report and recommendations
will be filed with the house Judici
ary committee of 21 members as soon
ns we return to Washington. The Ju
diciary committee Is not bound to
adopt our recommendations but In
such cases It usually does so.
“If we should recommend Impeach
ment and the Judiciary committee
should sustain our finding, then ar
ticles of Impeachment would he drawn
and submitted to the house with tho
recommendation that they be adopted.
Hhould the house concur In the action
of the committee it would stand as an
Indictment against Judge Speer, and
would then tie presented to the sen
nte, which would sit as an Impeach
ment court In the case.”
Examiner Lewis.
R. Colton Lewis, special examiner
for the department of Justice, the first
witness examined today, read a list
of bankruptcy comb in which fees
had been paid to A. H. HeywarJ, or
to the firm of Talley ii Heyward.
The testimony was introduced In coil
(Continued on page two.)
'Frisco White Slave
Ring Leader Arrested
Emile G. Ducoin Booked on
Two Charges; Made
$300,000 at it.
San Francisco. Emile o. Ducoin,
who the police say Is the leader of
a white slave ring that bus operated
in Han Francisco for two years, was
arrested here early today In his
handsomely furnished residence. The
police refused to permit him to ride
to Jail In his automobile. He was
booked on two charges of white slav
ery and spent the night In a cell.
Ducoin was said to have amassed
a fortune of $300,000 in a short time.
According to the police he openly
boasted that he was enjoying police
protection and defied arrest.
Ducoin Is alleged to have traded
extensively In European women of
the underworld, preventing their de
portation by marrying them to Impe
cunious men who willingly sold their
names to the women fpr SIOO.
What's the Matter
With Your Help?
That’s very unfortunate
that the new help failed to
show up today, but mighty
lucky for you that you can
get others so quickly.
Put a little “Want Ad" in
The Augusta Herald and
forget your troubles. Just
leave with
Your Druggist or
Tell it to Phone 296