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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIX. No. 49.
FOUND GUILTY
OF HUGE COAL
WEIGHTS FRAUD
Three Western Fuel Co. Of
ficials Convicted of Con
spiracy to Mulct the Gov’t
Bv False Measures. McNabb.
As Prosecutor, Resigned to
President Wilson
Case Assumed National Im
portance When California At
torney Charged That Case,
With Caminetti White Slave
One, Was Being Shelved By
Influence.
Ban Francisco. —Imprisonment for
two yearß, a fine of SIO,OOO or both is
the maximum penalty that can be im-
Tosed on the three defendants in thi
Western Fuel Company ease.
The men were permitted to remain
flt liberty today on bail previously
furnished.
Six ballots were taken. The first
was 10 to 2 for conviction. The two
who favored acquittal held out until
tlie sixth ballot when they voted w ith
the majority.
Three Are Guilty.
San Francisco.-r After deliberating
more than eight hours, the jury in the
case of the Western Fuel Company,
officials and employes, found three o'
the four defendants guilty as charged
of defrauding the government out of
customs duties on imported coal. The
verdict was returned early today.
Those found guilty were F. C. Mills,
superintendent; .lames R. Smith, vk-e
--presideu and general manager; an 1
E. H Mayer, weigher. Kdward .T.
Smith, checker, was arquitted. He is
a brother of the general manager.
Visibly Affected.
Both Mills and Mayer were visibly
affected when the verdict was an
nounced. Smith appeared entirely
unconcerned. Attorneys stated a new
frial would be asked -for at once.
It was said that two of the Jure- 1 !
held cfat for acquittal until the final
balWtT
The first indictments were brought
by the federal grand jury February
10, 1913, and were directed against
John L. Howard, president of the
Western Fuel Company: 1. U-
Schmldtt, Sydney V. Smith and Robt.
Bruce, directors; James B. Smith,
vice-president and general manager:
Kdward J. Smith, his brother, a
checker, employed by the company:
F. C. Mills, superintendent and E. H.
Mayer, a weigher. They charged
that the defendants entered into an
unlawful agreement to defraud the
government in three ways.
To Lessen Duties.
First, by causing false weights and
measures and fraudulent returns of j
weightß on the incoming cargo of I
their coal for the purpose of lessening j
the amount of duty collected.
Second, by causing the returns or
weights on all outgoing cargoes load
ed Into American bottoms to he gross
]y excessive in weight, making the
customs drawback much greater than j
the duties that had been collected on
the same coal.
Third, by grossly overweighing the
coal delivered to the United States
army transports.
Wires Resignation.
A second set of items repeating the
charges contained in the first, was
returned by the grand jurv ,|un 1 28th,
two days after John U McNabb, at
torney for the northern district of
California, had wired his resignation
to President Wilson with the recital
of circumstances, which he claimed
showed that outs'de influences had
been at work through the office of
the attornev general to embarrass
him and defeat tlie ends of justice.
Died of Apoplexy.
The McNabb charges became a
matter of national diecus'-ion
Matt I Sullivan and Theodore J
Roche oT this cit . were named spe
cial prosecutors to represent the gov
ernment in these and the Diggs-Cami
netti eases and were instructed to
proceed to trial with no unnecessary,
delay. The trial opened December ;
nth. The government completed its
evidence January 22d Within an
hour after court adjourned that day,
John U Howard, president of the
company, was stricken with apoplexy
and died the next day. Motions tot
the dismissal of the indictments
against Schmitt. Bruce and Sydney
Smith on the ground that their con
nection with the alleged conspiracy |
had not been established were grant
ed by Judge Booling. January 24th.
The Indictment against Howard was
dismissed on motion of the govern- 1
ment counsel on the day of his death. ;
GEORGE W. NEVILLE DEAD
FOLLOWING AN OPERATION
New' York. —Cleorge W. Neville. on<- ■
of the most prominent members of |
tho New York Cotton Exchange end .
its president during 11*11 and 1912. j
died today In a hospital In Elizabeth, I
N J.. after an operation for appendi
-0lt|« Ho was born in Virginia 52 |
years ago and spent his early career i
*j, Texas. He established here the cot- !
tor. exchange firm of Weld Nev- j
N. Y. State Treasurer, Who
Cut His Throat. Buried Today
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JOHN J. KENNEDY.
Many Attend the Funeral
of Self-Slain Treasurer
Buffalo, N. Y.—John J. Kennedy,
state treasurer, who died by his own
hand Sunday, was buried today In tho
family plot at Holy Cross cemetery.
All the officials of Buffalo, a delega
tion of one hundred from Albany, com
mittees from numerous fraternal or
ganizations ami hundreds of personal
friends followed the body to tlie
Church of tjie Blessed Sacrament,
where low maps an id. The fune
ral proc was tlie largest ever
seen in Buffalo.
PASS S.C. WARE
HOUSE MEASURE
McLaurin Cotton Bill Amended
So As to Provide For Vote of
People at Next Election.
Columbia, S. C.—The McLaurin cot
ton warehouse bill, amended so as to
provide for Its submission to the peo
ple of the state for ratification at the
next general election, passed the sen
ate and goes to the house for consid
eration.
The bill, which has been the subject
of so much discussion In the general
assembly of this state for the last
several years, provides for the estab
lishment of a cotton warehouse sys
tem and state inspection of the staple.
A commission to study conditions un
der which cotton is grown, harvested,
baled, ginned, stored and marketed Is
Treated under the act. The commis
sioners are to receive for storage all
lint cotton properly baled and issue a
serially numbered receipt so as to be
able to deliver the identical bale on
surrender of said receipt. Twenty
five cents is the charge per bale for
inspecting, grading and weighing each
bale of short staple cotton.
The cotton year under the bill Is
declared to he from July 1 to June
50 and $50,000 is asked to put the act
into immediate operation.
SIGNS ENABLING ACT.
Riohmond, Va.—Gov. Htuart this af
ternoon signed the enabling act which
permits a referendum of the state
wide prohibiton question to plebiscite.
Always Ready
For Rent Day
Most Augusta Herald readers
own their homes. But a
large number prefer to rent
a house or apartment. And
the fact that they are Herald
readers is sufficient guaran
tee that they are good ten
ants—'home-loving folk, pro
vident, square-dealing and
prompt paying.
It Is families of this kind
that owners of the better
kinds of homes arid apart
ments desire. They are to
be reached, of course through
The Augusta Herald.
Brief offerings of up-to-date
homes for rent, in the "Want
Ad" pages of this paper, yield
big returns.
The Augusta Herald
Ball Phone 296 and 297.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. FEBRUARY 18. 1914.
SENATOR,AAADE
NO CLANDESTINE
VISITJEOHOTEL
So Declares Counsel For Blind
Oklahoman. “This Woman."
He Savs. “Complains of the
Publicity. Who Gave it Pub
licity? She Did !”
Att’y Emphasizes Charge of
Conspiracy of the Three Men
to Which Mrs. Bond Was a
Party. Arguments in the Case
Ended.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—The charge
that J. F. McMurray, an Oklahoma
lawyer now living In Washington,
planned the alleged conspiracy
against Thomas P. Gore, United
Slates senator from Oklahoma, which
resulted in his being sued for $50,000
damages for an alleged attack on Mrs
Minnie E. Bond, was made In the
trial here today.
Robert 1,. Rogers, a defense attor
nev, in addressing the Jury, said that
several years ago McMurray sought
to prosecute claims for nearly $3.-
000,000 fees from Indians of Oklaho
ma in connection with the transfer
of their lands. He asserted that
Senator G-ire opposed McMurray’s
plaltns and In retaliation the con
spiracy had been planned.
Senator Defended.
Oklahoma City. Okla.—Termination
of the arguments and placing of the
case in the hands of the jury, were
expected here todap in the trial of
the damage suit of Mrs. Minnie E.
Bond against Senator Gore. Ttie
plaintiff asks $50,000 from the sena
tor as the result of an alleged at
tack made on her in a Washington
hotel. Six of the 12 hours allotted
for argument remained when court
convened today. E. G. Oiddins, who
began the summing up for Mrs. Bond
yesterday, ridiculed the contention oT
the defense that the suit was the re
sult of a political conspiracy and de
clared Senator Gore toid an uutriun.
when he alleged that if there bail
been atiy Impropriety It was on tn«
part of Mrs. Bond.
Scored Each One.
Moman Pruitt, pleading the cause
of the senator, scored in turn each of
the principal witnesses for the i lain
tilf as disappointed office seekers,
who sought to drive Gore into politi
cal oblivion.
Robert L. Rogers today addressed
the jury In Senator Gore’s behalf. He
insisted that the senator is going to
meet Mrs. Bond at her hotel was mak
ing no clandestine visit and that he
had made it known before he left ills
office he was going to the hotel to
talk with Mrs. Bond.
Was Party to It.
Bobers contended that evidence in
the trial showed that Mrs. Bond was
a party to the alleged conspiracy
against Gore and that she knew the
motive behind it all was political op
position to him.
“This woman," he said, "complains
that on account of the publicity given
the affair in the hotel, she has been
damaged $50,000. Wfio gave the af
fair publicity. She did and the three
men with her in the conspiracy.”
Loath to Order “Mother"
Jones From the Hospital
Denver, Colo.—Gov. Ammons today
notified the congressional committee
at Trinidad investigating the Colorado
coal strike that he was reluctant to
release “Mother” Jones, now a mili
tary prisoner, to testify In accordance
with the strikers’ request.
“We will obey your wishes but
would prefer that you subpoena her
here after you return to Denver or
sec her at the hospital anil avoid dan
ger and trouble," stated the governor.
Pres’t Names Hoke Smith
on Vocational Education
Washington.—President Wilson to
day appointed the committee author
ized by congress to Investigate and
report on vocational education. He
named:
United States Senators Hoke Smith,
Georgia, and C. 8. Page, Vermont;
Representatives D. M. Hughes, Geor*
gla, and F. It. Fees, Ohio; C. A. Trof
fer, secretary, National Society for
the Promotion of Industrial Kducatlon,
New York; John A. I>app, legislative
reference librarian, Indianapolis; C. H.
Winslow, department of labor, Wash
ington, I>. C.; Miss Florence Marshall,
principal, Manhattan Trade School for
Girls, New York, and Miss Agnes Nes
tor, Chicago, formerly president of the
International Glove Makers’ Union.
VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE
OCCURS AT RENO. NEV.
Reno, Nsvsds.—An earthquake oc
curred here at 10: IS a, m. The shock
was violent and lasted about thrre sec
onds. The direction was from south
east to northwest.
Wife of Oil King Under Constant
Care of Doctors
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MRS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER.
New York.— Although it has lie. n stated that Mrs. John D Rocke
feller, wife of the “Father of the Standard Oil Trust,” is rapidly regain
ing her strength, it lihs bean learned that she is under the constant care
oT a trained nurse ami that the family physician is watching her case
very closely Mr*. RAkefsller is now at the Pocantico Hills, N. Y.,
estate.
DISCUSS VETO
OF PRESIDENT
Senate Immigration Committee
Resumes Consideration of
the Literacy Test. Are Sur
prised.
Washington Facing presidential
veto of the Burnett immigration bill
should it pass congress carrying the
literacy test, the senate immigration
conumlttee today resumed considera
tion of the measure despite President
Wilson's opposition to the test the
committeemen were inclined to retain
that feature. With the action of the
senote In re-passing over President
Taft's veto, the Dilllngham-Burnett
immigration bill, still fresh In tnelr
minds, members of the committee dis
cussed prospects of similar steps
should President Wilson carry out his
Intention.
Word that the president would ex
ercise his veto in event the hill was
received by him with the literacy test
provision, came as a surprise to the
committeemen. They had been under
the Impression that while the president
did not favor that feature he would
sign the hill If It passed congress.
Bride Must Wait a Year
Until Power House Done
Two Young Americans Married
in London Today. Then to
Afghanistan.
London —Perry Crawford of Ban
Jose, Cal., and Miss Irma Zphokke,
of Palo Alto, were married Iri Regent
Square Church today. Crawford Is
building a power house for the Kmlr of
Afghanistan, the purpose of which Is
to operate a factory for the manufac
ture of arms and clothing for the
Afghan army. The work is being done
so secretly that Mr. Crawford came
out of the country under military es
cort and ho will not he permitted to
take his bride beyond the Afghan bor
der, where she will ho compelled to
watl for a year until the power house
has been completed. Mr. Crawford
says the Kmlr of Afghanistan Is de
termined to equip his own army with
out foreign aid and to cut loose from
both Russia and England,
The romance began while Mr. Craw
ford and Miss Zlchokke wero under
graduateb of Leland Stanford, Jr,
University.
CONFEDERATE CHAPLAIN DEAD.
WincHster, Va.—Rev. John P. Hyde,
of Winchester, grand chaplain of the
United Confederate Veterans, a mem
ber of the Baltimore conference M. K.
Church Houth, and for nearly 50 year-;
a leading educator and high Mason,
died at Clarksburg, W. Va., last night
aged 78 year*.
VANDERBILT HAS
51,IIIJ1IFIOE
Country Home of Mrs. Wm. K
Jr. Destroyed. It 3 60 Rooms
Fillfed With Tapestries and
Paintings.
Jericho, L. I. —The country home of
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt .lr,, valued
with Its furnishings and art treasures,
at nearly $1,000,000 was destroyed to
day by fire. The only occupants were
a carctakcn arid servants.
The caretaker attributed the blaze
to an overheated furnace. l-'lrn de
partments of lllcksville and Westbury
were railed but because of the snow
dogged roads they were unable to
reach the house, it was built last
year at a cost of $400,000 and later
additions cost SIOO,OOO more It bad
sixty rooms. The walls were hong
with rare tapestries and valuable
paintings.
Is Sure of Specific For
Human Blood Poisoning
Young American Scientists
Say it is Only a Matter
of Time.
New York—Dr. Lewis Hart Marks,
the young American scientist wtm was
associated with Prof. Ehrlich and for
the last two years has had tils own
laboratory In Frankfort, Uertriany,
says ids experiments Justify him In
believing that a specific for human
blood poisoning will be developed. Dr.
Marks, who Ih here for a visit, said
today ttint success In this direction
was only ii, matter of time.
"In fact", he stated, "In the case
of Htreptococelus infections affecting
animals, a positive and definite cure
is the improvement of the drug so
that It will prove efficacious as a
remedy against tin man blood poison
ing This of course will take some
time. I repeat most emphatically that
at present, we are not In possession of
such a cure, V*
Pres’t Tells Underwood
He’s for the Alaska R’y
Wa»hlngton—President Wilson told
Representative Underwood, Demo
cratic house leader today that mem
bers could be assured of his support
for the Alaska bill. Reports have re*
rcntly been circulated that tire ( resi
dent was opposed to It.
The Panama tolls repeal was dis
cussed but the majority leader declin
ed to say anything about his confef
enee. He was unwilling also to say
whether he would vote for or against
a repeal for the exemption clause.
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 PER YEAR.
GEORGIANS GAZE
ON BODY OF DEAD
LATEST KNOT
AAEXIC TANGLE
IS REED BANDIT
Custody of Castillo. Captured
Bv U. S. Troops. Worries
Washington. What Shall Be
Done With Man Who Sent
Americans to Their Death?
Huerta Won’t Ask For Him,
Extradition to Rebels Would
Be Recognition, Can’t Be
Tried in U. S Will Probably
Fall in Villa’s Hands and Be
Shot.
Washington.—Castillo, the Mexican
bandit who wrecked the Cumbre Tun
nel and caused the death of several
Americans, lias furnished the latest
knot In the Mexican tangle with his
capture by the United States troopers
In New Mexico
Ofidsls oT three departments of the
government were searching archives
today for precedents to determine
what they shall do with him
Diplomatists pointed out that to ex
tradite Castillo to the Constitu
tionalists might be construed as a’ re
eognitton of their belligerency. There
was no Indication that the Huerta
govern men* would ask lor the bandit.
To keep him a * rlsoner In the Unit
ed States would permit him to escape
from lilh crimes In Mexico, for he
cannot lie tried in this country.
One way out seemed to be for the
authorities to put the bandit bac*
across the border as an undesirable
alien In that event, Castillo prob
ably would fall into the bands of Villa,
who hah promised him a public exe
cution.
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John D. Shoveling Snow
Off His Pocantico Links
Tarrytown, N. Ye—John D. Rockefel
ler is shoveling snow on his estate at
Pocantico Hills. He said today that
shoveling snow Is about as good a
way of getting exercise as playing
golf.
The golf links on the Pocantico es
tate arc covered with a thick blanket
nf white. Tills niailn it bard for Mr.
Rockefeller to get enough exercise so
he now shovels snow for an hour ev
ery afternoon, lie says he will keep
ill work until the snow lias illsap
pea red.
Deny Engagement Miss
Wilson to Boyd Fisher
Washington,—Publication nf an of
ficial denial of a report that Mlhh
Margaret WII«on, the j>rcHl<b;nt’* <•!»!-
rut (laughtor, whh engaged to b« mar
ried to Boyd Kishcr, of KanmiH City,
Mo., wuh ruqueiited today by the White
J IoUH(\
No West Va. Building at
Frisco Fair; Cash Too Low
Charleston, W. Va. (iov. Henry D.
Hutfldd In a statement today declar
ed that tlie reason the $75,000 appro
priated for a West, Virginia building
at tlie Panama-Pacific Exposition ltd
not available Is because of the deficit
facing the state treasury.
Should all appropriations be paid
West. Verginla's treasury will have a
deficit of more than $1,200,000 In
1915. The governor said the Paint
Creek strike cost $500,000 and that
prohibition would result in a decrease
In state revenues of more than $012,-
. 000 annually.
The Abysmal Brute
Jack London's new red blooded story of
the prize ring starts in today’s issue of The
Il.i raid. He sure to read the opening chapters
of this fine serial.
Phone 2036 and Say-Send Me The Herald
You Don't Want to Miss This Story.
Dav of Mourning at Capital of
State Upon Arrival of Funeral
Train Bearing Remains of
Late Senator Bacon From
Washington. Casket Lay in
State Until 4:30 P. M.
THOUSANDS COME QUIETLY,
GAZE UPON BLACK DRAPED
CASKET AND PASS ON
Cortege Passed Through
Crowded Streets, People
Stood With Bared Heads. Met
at Cupitol By Gov. Slaton and
Staff. Journey Resumed to
Macon This Afternoon.
Atlanta, Ga—-Thousands of Geor
gius i Itiitons gathered here today to
pay tribute to tlie memory of the lata
Senator A. i>. Itucon whose body lay
In state for u few hours In tlx* ro
tunda of the copitol. Tlie day Was one
of public mourning, l- lags on all pub
lic buildings were at half mast, and
tlie corridors and rotunda of the state
house were draped In somber black.
When tlie funeral train arrived
shortly before noon from Washington,
where Senator Macon died lust Satur
day, members of the party who accom
panied the body from tlie national
capital were met by officials of tlio
governor's stuff and escorted to wait
ing carriages.
Bank of Flowers,
The coffin, covered with a bunk of
flowers, was carried between double
lines of cadets and National Guards
men to the waiting hearse. Acting as
Pall bearers were six specially detail
ed men front the 17th United States
Infantry. A company of Confederate
veterans formed a special escort about
the body of the dead statesman, who
himself had fought beneath the Stars
and liars. it
With Bared Head*.
Ig-d by the military hand from Fort
McPherson, tlie United States Regu
lars headed the solemn procession to
the cupitol. To strains of funeral
music, the cortege marched through
densely crowded streets, where peo
ple Stood with bared beads as the body
of the deail senator passed by. Cadets
from nearby military umdemiee. Na
tional Guardsmen, members of the At
lanta Mur Association, state and city
officials, honorary escorts from the
University of Georgia, the Macon Bar
Association and other bodies followed
the hearse, beside which marched ths
veteran escort. jejA
Met by Governor.
At the statehouse, Governor John M.
Slaton met the procession and, ac
companied by slate officials, led the
way to the rotunda where the military
pall bearers placed the body upon a
black draped catafalque.
National Guardsmen were posted at
the four corners of the Ider as a guard
of honor and the ceremonies wero
ended. There wero no funeral exer
cises. Quietly tlie public came, looked
upon the body of the dend senutor and
passed on. *
At 4:30 p. m.
It was arranged to have the proces
sion again form at 4:30 in the after
noon to eacort the body to the train
for Macon, where the burial will take
place tomorrow. Senators and others
who accompanied Senator Bacon’a
body from Washington expected to
continue their Journey to Macon on the
funeral train.
Militant Uses Dog Wh p
on Aged Peer at Wedding
London —A militant suffragette
witli a whip savagely attacked Baron
Weardale while he whh watting today
wttli 200 other wedding guests for a
train to Althorp Park, Northampton.
The party was going to attend the
wedding of tlie Hun. Svdney Peel, son
of Viscount Peel und Lady Delia
Spencer, daughter of Karl Spencer.
The suffragette apparently mistook
the elderly peer for one of the cabinet
■members. Lord Weardale was walk
ing with his wife along the platform
when he was approached from behind
by the woman. At the first blow ,
from her powerful dog whip he fell
to tlie ground. However Lord Wear
dale did not suffer any serious tn
uries. The woman was arrested.