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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIX. No. 27.
PRESIDENT PLAIN
ON CANAL TOLLS
Following White House Con
ference. Asserted That Mr.
Wilson is Vigorous in Opposi
tion to Exemption of Charges
so r American Coastwise
Vessels.
HIS VIEWS TO BE MADE
PUBLIC IN SHORT TIME
Two Ways for Settlement of
Controversy With Great Bri
tan. Repeal of Exemption
Provision or Suspending Op
eration for Two Years.
Washington—Thst President Wilson
Is vigorously opposed to the exemp
tion from toll charges of American
coastwise ships passing through the
Panama Canal, was nsserted at the
capitol today after the conference last
night at the White House between
the president and the senate foreign
relations committee.
With Great Britain.
It was admitted by one of the sena
tors who attended last night’s con
ference that the president plainly out
lined his position on the tolls question;
thta his views inclined toward that
taken by Great Britain relative to the
provision exempting American coast
wise ships from Panama Canal tolls
and that the president would make
public his position In the near fu
ture.
Several senators expressed surprise
In view of the president's positive at
titude that he had not urged action at
the extra session of congress.
Two Ways Open.
What the president will recommend
was not disclosed. However, two way 3
are open for at least temporary set
tlement of the issue that might meet
the views of the president. One would
be a repeal of the exemption provis
ion of the act. The other would be
passage of the pending Adamson res
olution which would suspend for two
years the operation of the exemption
clause giving time to demonstrate
whether the canal could be self-sus
taining without American tolls.
It was said the president was not
oppoaed to toll exemptions as such
but tW>t he was strongly of the opinion
that faey would constitute discrimina
tion which would not square with pro
visions of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
“Entire Equality.”
Contention between the United
States and Great Britain concerning
the Panama Canal has turned on the
construction of Article 3 of the Hay-
Pauncefote treaty which provides:
“The canal shall be free and open
to the vessels of commerce and of war
of all nations observing these rules,
on terms of entire equality,”.
Great Britain has contended that the
clause “entire equality" was to be
taken literally.
The attitude of the Wilson adminis
tration had not been generally known
up to the time of the president’s con
ference with senators last night, when,
according to the outline they obtained,
Mr. Wilson supports the view of equal
ity of treatment under the treaty.
LIVED FOR TWENTY-FIVE
YEARS WITH BROKEN NECK
Mt. Holly, N. J. —William M
Shemeley, whose funeral took place
here yesterday had lived for 25 years
with a broken neck. When a school
boy he fell from a tree, dislocating
his neck beeween the first and sec
ond vertebrae and splitting another
vertebrae. Thereafter he was physi
cally helpless but retained his power
of speech. He was 42 years old.
SENATOR CULLOM WEAKER.
Washington, D. C.—While Former
Senator Shelby M. Cullom was weak
er today, his physicians continued to
marvel at the wonderful vitality which
has sustained him day after day while
they were predicting that his death
was only a few hours off.
JUMPS WITH BABY.
Cheltea, Mass. —Nicholas Kissel’s
h.iby girl received fatal Injuries whe.i
the father Jumped with the child in
his arms from the roof of his burn
ing house early today. Miss
Kudry and Miss Katherine Kurlry. who
also Jumped, were seriously hurt.
Mrs. Kissel was overcome by smoke.
SEAT BRINGS $55,000.
New York —A membership on the
stock exchange was sold today for
$55,000 an advance of $5,000 over the
price at which three seats sold last
week. This Is an advance of about
SIB,OOO over the price reached dur
ing the depression of last year.
dead in auto crash.
Baltimore, Md.— Miss Grace R
Swank 28 years old, of this city was
instantly killed and five other per
sons were severely hurt when a large
touring car In which they were rid
ing got beyond the control of the
driver and crashed into a tree early
today. __
lest you forget
NAMED FIRST GOVERNOR
OF CANAL ZONE TODAY
.
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COL. GEO. W. GOETHALS.
FOUR GUNMEN
BREAKING DOWN
Becker, On the Contrary, Bear
ing Up Well Under Ordeal, in
Sing Sing Death House.
New York.—According to their
guards at Sing Sing prison, "Lefty’’
Louis Rosenberg, “Whltey” Lewis,
"Gyp the Blood," and "Dago Frank,”
the four gunmen convicted with form
er Police Lieutenant Charles Becker,
of the murder of Herman Rosenthal,
have broken down under the strain
of waiting for the decision In their
appeal, vhich they expect will be de
livered w ithin a few days.
Whenever the door of the death
house opens they spring up from their
cots, expecting a man has come with
the announcement. Disappointed, they
throw themselves back and rail at the
guard. Becker, however, la bearing
•up well under the ordeal, it was said.
There Is a superstition among Sing
Sing prisoners that some telepathic
influence tells the fate of every mnn
in the death house before the court of
appeals has parsed on his case. In
Becker’s case the “message" is that
he will get a new trial.
Six Bandits Held Him
Up 3 Times Within Hour
First 3 Got $100; Next 2 Took
Stickpin Overlooked; Last
Lone Robber, Nothing.
Chicago.—Detectives arc searching
for six highwaymen who held up
William lienn three times within an
hour last night. Benn was on his way
home when three highwaymen robbed
>.lm of SIOO and a gold watch. The
victim reported the hold-up to a police
station apd started home again. He
had gone only a few blocks when two
more highwaymen held him up and
took a sls stick pin which the first
men had overlooked.
lienn started for the Des Plaines
street police station to report the sec
ond robbery when a lone highwayman
put a revolver under his nose. The
sixth bandit was unrewarded
LYNCHED FOR MURDER:
MOB COMES IN AUTOS
Muskogee, Okla.— A mob of angered
men. who rode in automobiles, took
Benjamin Dickerson, a negro, from
the Purcell Jail early today end lynch
ed him. The negro was charged with
the •murder of W. A. Chaffin, a trav
eling salesman, In Oklahoma City Sat
urday night.
The Jailer nt Purcell was alone when
the mob, said to have come from Ok
lahoma City, arrived and he was easi
ly overpowered.
MORE RADISHES FOR BRYAN.
Mobile, Ala. —S. Tmura, a Japanese
gardner here today sent to Secretary
Bryan at Washington two radishes
weighing 30 and 28 pounds respect
ively. His action was prompted by
the report of a California farmer
sending Secretary Bryan a radish
I weighing twelve pounds.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. TUESDAY AFTERNOON. JANUARY 27. 1914.
GOETHALS IS
NAMED AS
. HEAD OE
CANAL
ZONE
President Wilson Signs Execu
tive Order to This Effect.
Civil Government on April Ist.
Nomination to Senate This P.
M.
Washington—Permanent government
in the Panama CaJial Zone with Col.
Geo. W. Goethals as first civil gov
ernor will be established April 1. An
executive order to this effect was sign
ed by President Wilson today. Sec
retary Garrison said Col. Goethals
would be officially informed when his
name was sent to the senate —probably
some time this afternoon.
The new government will eliminate
the commission now In charge of the
zone.
Members of the commission are to
be retained, however, until the open
ing of the canal, as a committee In
charge of the arrangements for the
celebration incident to the opening,
though without any administrative
functions. *
Bill Introduced.
Albany, N. Y. —A bill by which May
or Mitchel of New York seeks to
amend the charter of that city to meet
with the views of Col. Geo. W. Goe
thals so as to make possible his ac
ceptance of the position of police com
missioner, will be introduced In the
legislature tomorrow.
Girl Who Had Mother
Killed, Now Hates Lover
Julia Flake, Soon to Become
Mother, Turns On Her
Stepfather.
Galesburg, lll. —Julia Flake has
turned on Robert Higgins, her step
father, who confessed to shooting his
wife in order that he might be free
to love his 15-year-old step daughter
It was the girl’s 15th birthday anni
versary and in spite of her former
confessions that she lmd persuaded
Higgins to kill her mother, she was
bitter against him.
"He tempted me,” she said, "and 1
will go on the witness stand and send
him to the gallows.” The girl, who
will ftoon become a mother, is at
Aledo under the guard of Mrs. C. E.
l.orimer, probation officer of Mercer
county, and is [ermltted to see no
one but relatives.
"I was a fool. Now that I realize
the terrible things I have done. I
hate him. I will do all In my power
to atone fo r the death of my mother.
I will let nothing stand in the way of
justice.”
For the first time, the girl seems to
realize the enormity of I lie offense of
which she is accused. She wept al
most continuously.
The slain wife, Julia's mother, was
a young, prepossessing woman. She
also would have been a mother had
she lived but a short time longer.
Higskis seemed in no way moved
by the news that his stepdaughter
had turned against him. He spent
much of tne day with his aged father.
Albert Higgins, a wealthy farmer,
arid a man of standing here. The
elder man declared that he would
stand by his son.
"Well, we’ll fight It out. Bob,” he
said. “There must be some awful
mistake.”
The father has Indicated that his
son's deiense will he insanity.
MAURETANIA SUFFERED
LITTLE DAMAGE: 4 DEAD
Liverpool.—The Cunard Liner Mau
retania suffered only slight damage
from the explosion of eompressed gas
which occurred on board yesterday,
killing four men and injuring a num
ber of others. < mly the blading of .1
starboarS turbine was affected. There
will, however, probably be some post
ponement her sailing for New York
whieh wos fixed for Feb. 14.
NATIONAL CITY BANK
• JOINS RESERVE SYSTEM
New York. Directors of the Na
tional City Bank, the largest fi
nancial Institution In the United
States, voted today to Join the fed
eral reserve system.
SATURDAY’S AND WEDNESDAY’S are the two Big Bargain Days of the week in Augusta. The Heraldi ol’ ad*
“VERY SPECIAL” offerings of Augusta’s leading and most progressive merchants. From a dollar and cents mot e py y .
vertisements in today's Herald. It’s the advertising merchant always who CAN and DOES sell the cheapest. ■ • • ‘
Girl Who Induced Her stepfather
to Kill Her Mother
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Galesburg, lll.—While his attorney In building up a defense on tho
grounds of Insanity, Robert Higgins, accused of the murder of hla wife
that he might marry her fifteen year old daughter, Julia Flake, lies under
gone a change of heart and renounced his confessing of the crime. ’I
didn’t know that there was a shell In the shotgun when I pulled the trig
ger,” declares Higgins. "They can’t prove that I loaded tho gun." Tho
girl, Julia, who once admitted that she Induced lligglns to kill h4r mother
so that they might wed, has apparently been influenced against him, for
she has asserted her willingness to testify for the prosecution. Higgins’
father, w'ho Is a man of means, Is convinced that his son Is Innocent of
the eritne, and promises to sacrifice every dollar of his fortune In fight
ing for his son’s life.
RAISE BASIS TO 80 AND RETAIN
51.25 RATE, OR RAISE BASIS TO
100 AND REDOCE RATE TO SI.OO
Mavor Hayne and Members of
Finance Committee to Discuss
Plans For Raisinq More Rev
enue.
RAISE BASIS TO 80 AND
KEEP 1 1 /4 RATE ONE PLAN
Another Plan is to Assess on
Full Valuation and Reduce
Rate to One Per Cent. The
Money Badly Needed.
The matter of financing the city of
Augusta for the ensuing year 'is giv
ing Mayor Hayne n,nn Chairman Mar
tin and members nf the finance com
mittee grave concern. The tremend
ous expense Ineldent to the comple
tion of the new city hospitals and
Other extraordinary exprnses, added to
the regular current expenses of the
flty, provide good and sufficient cause
for those in chnrge nf operating An
gusta’s municipal affairs to spend
sleepless nights.
It Is estimated that $200,000 will he
required to complete the hospitals.
Then, too, there Is only $250,000 left,
of the $1,000,000 bond issued to work
on the levee and It will be gone before
the year Is over. If the federal gov
ernment does not assist the city In
paving the levee next to the river
then the rlty Itself must raise funds
to pave It. However, It Is firmly be
lleved that Congressman Hardwick
will procure some assistance from tin
government.
Much Interest to Be Paid.
Interest on the $1,000,000 flood pro
(Contlnued on market rage)
JULIA FLAKE
Discussed Raising Of
Embargo Arms to Mexico
Washington. —The question of lifting
the embargo against exportation of
anus to Mexico was discussed by the
president and members of the »enase
foreign relations committee at their
meeting last night. Several senators
thought that by permitting the export
of munitions the strife In Mexico
might be brought to a more speedy
conclusion. One senator said today he
thought the president was Inclining to
that view.
Campaign to Unionize
300,000 Gov’t. Employes
Washington, D. C.— A general cam
paign Is to be conducted by the Ajn
rpan Federation of I-abor throughout
the country In an effort to unionize the
300,000 government employes, Hecre
tary Morrison of the federation, an
nounced today. It Is proposed, accord
ing to Mr. Morrison, to tiring as many
government employes as possible into
existing unions and then to create new
organizations for those whose line of
work has not yet been unionized.
DIAZ STILL Hi CUBA.
Havana, Cuba. Gen. Frllz Diaz has
not left Cuba, since his arrival here
early In November after his flight from
Vera Cruz
The report published In the United
states that Gen. Diaz had seized the
town of Puerto, Mexico, is therefore
unfounded.
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 PER YEAR.
NEVER KNEW JUDGE
TO TAKE AN OPIATE
MILLIONS TO
“TRUSTS” Of
"ALLOWANCES"
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. in Significant Words,
Condemns Unlawful Rebates
.Bv R’wavs to Great Industrial
Plants.
Descision Says, In Reference
to Present Move for Increase
in Freight Rates, the People
Should Not Be Asked to Bear
Undue Burdens.
Washington—Millions of dollars paid
annually to great Industrial plants—
so-called trusts—by railroad systems
in the form of “allowances" or special
services, were held today by the Inter
state commerce commission to be un
lawful and unreasonable preferences.
In fact unlawful rebates, operating to
the disadvantage of smaller manu
facturing concerns throughout the
country.
Elimination of demurrage on 'in
dustrial linos." owned by the manu
facturing plants and claiming to be
common carriers, the admission of
such industrial lines to tho benefits
of tho so-called “por diem arrange
ments" and other practices were con
demned us unlawful The commission
held that If they should be determined
to be lawful, they should be extended
to all shippers.
To Extent of Million*.
Pointing out that tho practices con
demned dissipated the revenue* of the
great railroads to the extent of mil
lions of dollars each year the com
mission made a significant reference.
In its decision, to the present move
ment among tho eastern railroads for
an Increase In freight rates.
(“Before they may fairly ask the
general public to share furthier In
carrying their burdens, it Is manifest
that the railroads must themselves
properly conserve their sources of rev
enue by making every service per
formed contribute reasonably to their
earnlngß.
GRAFT PACKAGE
HELD 141,290
New York’s John Doe Inquiry
Resumed. Sulzer, Deposed
Governor, Witness Tomorrow
New York—The special grand Jury
Investigating alleged poUtlcal graft
resumed its hearings today. Jtunes
C. Shaw, wild to have been a g\)-
between in money transactions, was
the principal witness. With the aid
of other witnesses. District Attorney
Whitman, it was said hoped to re
fresh Shaw’s memory on various
points, among others the name of the
man to whom he acknowledged giving
a .package containing $41,250 In bills
This money, Shaw admitted, was
given to him by James O. Corcoran, a
I'ittsburg contractor, Mr. Whitman
endeavored again to obtain from
Shaw a statement that the $41,250
was given to James F. Gaffney, as a
political contribution from Patterson
& Company, successful bidders In
1909 for an $825,000 New York aque
duct contract.
Another witness called today was
Charles N. Chadwick, commissioner
of the board of water supply. Chad
wick was a member of the board
when the Patterson contract was
awarded In 1909.
The John Doe investigation Into
state highway department, afnlrs will
be resumed tomorrow with Wm. Sul
zer, former governor again a wit
ness.
VESSEL SINKS IN TWO
MINUTES AFTER STRUCK
Boston. —Th* Boston fishing schoon
er Olivo F. Hutchins sank In the har
bor today two minutes after she had
been run down by to steamer Geo. A.
Hubbard, owned by the City of Bos
ton, Captain Merton P. Hutchins and
five of the erew Jumped to the steam
er’s deck. The other eleven men
aboard, who were In the cabin when
the crash occurred, hurriedly launched
the dories, from which they were res
cued by the Hubbard.
Former Marshal White Today
on Stand Declared That in Al
most Constant Association fer
20 Years With Judge Speer.
He Had Never Observed Use
of Drug.
20 MORE WITNESSES ARE
ON HAND AT SAVANNAH
Ex-U. S. Marshal Recalled to
Identify Statement Given Him
By Special Investigator Lewis
of the Dept, of Justice.
Savannah. Qa^—Hearing of wttneo*-
es wax resumed today by the con
gressional committee Investigating
charges of official misconduct against
Federal Judge Emory Bpeer. Thirty
three had been examined up to the
time today's session convened. More
than twenty ntlll remained on the list
of prospective witnesses prepared by
the aub-commtttee of the house Judlol
ary committee which Is conducting the
Investigation.
Never In 20 Years.
George F. White, deputy marshal of
Judge Speer's court, was the first wit
ness today. Whit* was heard during
the setwlonn at Macon, Ga., but was
recalled today to Identify a statement
given by him to R. Oolton Lewis, ape
rial Investigator for the department
of fustic*. In this statement White
declared be had been almost constant
ly with Judge Speer for the past *0
years and had never known tho Juritt
to take an opiate.
Judge Cobb Repllea
Just before recessing yesterday
Judge Andrew J. Cobb was asked by
the committee If he would answer a
question or two to which ho promptly
asnentod.
It was about Judge Speer’s mother’s
will. In which there was a contest as to
a lot which Judge Speer, Inheriting
from his father, deeded to his mother
to use during her life time. The one
condition was that at her death It
should revert to him. In her will Mrs.
Speer left the major portion of her
property to her, daughter. Another
connection contested this will on thi
mother's mental .rapacity. A verdict
In favor of the validity of the will wai
directed by th# trial ludge.
“I did not charge Judge Speer a fee
In that case,” said Judge Cobb.
“That’s what I wanted to know,*
said Chairman* Webb.
“When I was a young man Judge
Speer was very kind to me, had ren
dered me then many friendly acts, and
I refused to accept a fee In a case
which was of so Intimate a family mat
ter. I have never voted with Emory
Continued on Market Paso.)
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N.Y. Museum Accepts the
Altman $15,000,000 Gift
New York—Trustees of tho Metro
politan Museum of Art have accepted
the art treasures of the late Benja
min Altman, the largest and most
valuable gift of paintings, porcelains,
tapestries, rugß, china, enamels,
statuary and other objects ever re
ceived by that Institution. Some au
thorities have appraised the collection
at 115,000,000.
ATE RAT POISON; THREE DEAD.
Halsyvills, Rowland’*
three small children are dead here
today from the effects of rat poison
which they ato while their parents
were absent from home.
More Like Guests
Than “Boarders”
Thin I* the Ideal relation
between the owner and pat
rone of a home where out
siders find permanent ac
commodation*. Hundreds of
managers and thousands of
room-seekers are trying to
reach Just that ideal for
themselves.
The place where they meet
and begin negotiations Is in
the "Want Ad" columns of
the Augusta Herald, dally
and Sunday.
If you are looking for paying
patrons of the better kind
er for a house where -your
room, your meals and your
treatment will glvo you
comfort—no matter which
side of the proposition you
are on—the widest choice
will be found in these pages.
In either case, state your re
quirements clearly In a little
ad, which you can leave with
x . • "Druggist or
Tell It * ’’hone 296.