The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, March 30, 1911, Image 1

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PUBLISHED THKEE Til WHAT HE SAYS Siflitor T llman Gives lotrrestiog Inter new od Many T? pics. OLD PARTIES PASSING Believes the Democrats Have Golden Opportunity?Glass Tells Him "Thai 's Old Ben Tilt man, All Right., but"?Opinion of Governor Blease "Hasn't Changed Much." Senator Tillman was in Columbia a few days ago, and discussed the tariff situation and national politics in general, with especial emphasis upon- the possibility of Democratic success at the next election. Sena tor Till nan believes that the Demo crats have a golden opportunity. In an Interview with the Columbia correspondent of the News and Cour ier the Senator talked l'ke ne used to., talk. "Physically. I am a bit weak, he said. "The machinery doesn't run ju3t right.-* When I look in the ijlass, I say: "That's old Ben Tillman, all right,' but when I try to go through some of my old stunts, I find I'm not worth a damn." "Wlil you stand for re-election?" the Senator wae asked. "I have already said," he replied, "that If my health is fanrly good I shall rein again. I do not wls.'i the office luless I can fill it reasonai-Iv well." The Senator has not decided whether he will attend the special session of Congress; he probably will not. He is paired with a Nv? Eng lander whose positions on the tariff would likely be the opposite to his own. "Ani what do you'think of Gov ernor Blease?" a reporter ventured. "I have given my opinion of Blease," said Mr. Tillman. "I gave it right after the last election. L hasn't changed much. He has disap pointed me somewhat, but he has had a hard road to travel. You news paper folks have nagged him cont:n ually." Senator Tillman hopes the Demo crats rill tackle the tariff as a whole, not i::i spots. He thinks the whole task perilous in the extreme. "Every party that has tried to revise the tar iff hiiB shortly afterward gotten it in tho neck," he said. "Oh, Bailey just got into a pet," the Senator said, when asked about the Texan's resignation. "He swung his little hatchet, the head few up and he got his head bunged up I think he'll be good hereafter " In general upon the subject of ex penditures Senator Tillman believes that they should be cut down. He says there are too many useless of fices and clerkships in Washington. He was talking the other day to some Senators and be asked them wh? shouldn't some of these things be cut out by the Democrats, and they re plied: "Oh, let's wait a little while, let's don't do it yet." Tlie Senator's comment was: "It's always that way." In the matter of expenses he re ferred to the palace of new offices, for which building the Senate has been criticised. Senator Tillman believes that Har mon Is the man for the Democratic nomination, that is that Harmon seems to stand the best chance of be ing: nominated. "Harmon has the advantage just now," said Tillman, "he has made a good Governor." Senator Tillman believes thpt Champ Clark's time will come, it de pending on how he conducts himself as Speaker of the House as to wheth er or not he will in time be the Dem ocratic standard-bearer. In addition to stating that he was a little disappointed in Governor Blease. although the Governor has had a hard road to travel, Sen. Till man referred to his pardon record by asking a question: "Don't you think," he said, "that Governor Blease's large pardon list might be explained by the possibility that there are a large number of meritorious petitions for pardon left over from the Ansel Administration, because of the well known fact that Governor An:;el did not wish generally to inter fere with the Courts' verdicts?" Senator Tillman continued that also "Governor Blease may be allow ing his goodness of heart to influence hin to some extent in granting par doas." Senator Tillman believes that the old parties are passing and that it will not be long before they disinte grate. "If the Democrats are wise in dealing with the tariff this party will not break up: otherwise it will. The Democrats have a golden opportun ity." He does not wish the Democrats to show too much a spirit of grabbing at the offices just for the sake of the holding of same, but he wants to see seme good work done. He believes the Republicans have by long tenure of office grown corrupt. On the Democratic Presidential possibility, Senator Tillman. in addi tion to saying that Harmon has the best chance now, added that the Dem ocrats have such a high-toned am; able-bodied field to select from. tit, thinks a creat deal of Wilson's abil ity. It's a case of "embarrassment des riches." said the Senator, mak ing use of his Frenchi Senator Tillman said today that he had recently heard attributed to Booker T. Washington the S tat emu it that Tillman and Yardaman were * I 4ies a weeb:. MEETS SAD DEATH A PASSENGER IS KILLED EY TIDE I TRAIN AT FLORENCE. C. H. Blocker of St. Petersburg, Pia., Falls Under Wheels of Car in Crowded Station. A white man named C. H. Blocker of St. Petersburg, Fla., was killed, by the Incoming train from the south at the station at Florence on Monday night. He attempted to jump from tne train before it stopped, supposedly to1 change cars, but, having a heavy suit case in his hand, was Bwung under the cars. The train was ubout to stop as h? fell under it, so that only one wheel passed over his body. He was killed instantly. The coach had to be jacked up to get the body from under the truck. The name was taken from the bag in his hi-nd and efforts are now being made to reach his people through the superintendent in Jack sonville. He was a well to do man, appar ently about 60 y?.ars of age. In the meantime the body is .being cared toi by a local undertaker. Nothing in his pockets will be looked at until at the inquest. The killing in a place so crowded as the Florence s atlon is in the even ing created a great deal of excite ment among the people, who were in and about the Station. passing and that the negro was gain ing a stronger foothold in the South. The Senator, in a letter, replied that be had heard that Booker was mak ing "goo-goo eyes" at a German lady and got into trouble. Also, that as long as the water flowed the Caucas ians would rule over the Southland. The mention of the name "Roose velt" caused Senator Tillman to smile and recall some of their battles. In connection with the Washington in cident, Senator Tillman said that! Roosevelt might run too, if placed inj such a position. Senator Tillman carried here to day for the first time a gold headed cane, presented co him by the Demo crats League In Delaware, in 1907. It is a beautiful cane and the Senator is proud of it. "Maybe if I had car ried it before, some of you follows might say: "Look there, how he is (coming out." One cannot f.' il to notice that, al though Senator Tillman looks well, his old fire is gene. His step is halt ing and the same is true of his taik. iSenator Tillman, speaking on the tariff, dictated the following state ment to newspaper men: "I think the last election hinged on, and that the Democrats were com missioned by the people to revise the tariff, because ?he Republicans had failed to reduce it as they promised. "If the House of Representatives doesn't carry out this policy it will be a great disappointment to the peo ple, hey will miBs the first opportun ity the party h?>s had since the war to restore themselves in the confi dence of the country. "The idea of a tariff for revenue only i3 preposterous in the light of the magnitude of our expenditures. We have a billion-dollar Congress 'ev ery session and. while there is much extravagance and any number of use less offices, the country will not take kindly to any radical or ultra changes. "The party ought to follow the old I Latin maxim, In medio t-itissimus ibis, (you will walk safest in the middle of the road.) Which means that we must buve a tariff sufficiently large to get the money for the ex penditures required by the Govern ment, and yet not interfere with the business interests of the country. "Free trade is a dream that will never be realized, and any one ac 1 quainted with Washington at all i knows how hard it is to abolish any j office at all. :t is, therefore, a difh j cult role the Democrats have to play, 'and it will require wisdom and good j judgment to keep clear of the rocks. ! "If the House of Representatives, ! which is Democratic for the first time j in a long while, passes a tariff law, ' and the Senate reject."! that tariff law, I this bill will .become the issue on which the next Presidential election will turn. j "Any deficit ought to be made up j by levying a graduated income tax, and thus make the mulli-millionaires, j who have been multiplied and manu-' ; factured by the iniquitous Republican ?tariff legislation, bear their just share! ! of the burdens of the Government. "I am tired and sick unto death of J havinr Andy Carnegie boast of hav ing made forty-three millionairiesl land having John D. Rockefeller scat-; j ter millions around as though they: were dimes, when I know that but; j for the unjust and one-sided Repub lican legislation and failure to en-j force the laws neither of them would ' have so much money, which h;:s been wrung from the people and not hon-; estly earned "A srrr.du.-'.tod income tax would reach such men and is the only way to reach them. Rockefeller's; mil-j lions arc due to the failure to en-j ; fore the laws against trusts and mo nopolies. Carnegie's millions come; from Repu'^ican favoritism in tariff j : legislation." Senator TMlman would not make any statement on the dispensary sit uation. "1 am expecting a new sen-' sation every day." said the Senator. He laughingly referred to the mud-; died situation, but did not comment. 1 k. M. G. j <0 I ORANGBB?3 KILL THE BILL Gov. Blease Vetoes Act Passed at His Request to Prob? D speosary. HE WANTS HIS FRIENDS To Look Into and Investigate His Acts in Connection With tne Dis pensary?The Old Commission Welcomes the Work and Wants the Light to Shine on Their Acts. "The new dispensary commission wiH do the work that the legislative investigation committee was to do and will save the State that much money." iMaking this statement Gov. Blease vetoed the measure passed by the last general assembly providing for a! commission to investi2ate the acts | and affairs of the old State dispen-. sary commission, which act was re- j quested by himself. "I have turned over all papers in j my possession to the new commis sion," said the governor, "with the) instructions to investigate all of the affairs of the old State dispensary and those connected with the wind ing up of it. I Instructed the mem bers to spare no one. "While the members of the new commission are all friends of mine and personal supporters, I have asked that they make a rigid inves tigation of all of my acts as State senator, private citizen and governor of the State. I want everything to come out. "The new commission will sub poena T. B. Felder of Atlanta and require him to tell everything that he knows about my record as a mem ber of the State senate, as governor and private citizen. This is the way Gov. Blease commented upon the work of the new commission. The members of the new dispen sary commission which met Monday in the office of Gov. Blease are: John V. Wallace, Charleston; Thomas F. Brantley, Orangeburg; Fred H. Dom inick, Newberry; B. F. Kelly, Bishop ville, and James Stackhouse, Marlon. These are the members that Gov. Blease has ordered to make an In vestigation of the affairs of the old State dispensary and' pass sentence upon the old members of the com mission. Just when and where the work will commence has not been an nounced. The new commission held its first meeting Monday, when an organization was perfected by the election of James Stackhouse aa chairman. B. F. Kelly of Bish:>p vllle was elected secretary. The com mission received all of the papers held by the old commission which was dismissed by the governor sev eral days ago and will take charge of the final winding up of the affairs ot the old State dispensary. Gov. Blease said that he would, turn all of his papers over to the! commission to be used in the inves-j tigation. Several days ago the gov-| ernor said that he had a "mountain of testimony" that he would produce! I at the proper time. He said that all j of his evidence would be used by the new commission in its work. The members of the old dispen-1 sary commission who are to be In vestigated by the new commission! are: Dr. W. J. Murray, chairman, Columbia: John MeSween, Timmons-j ville; A. N. Wood. GafTney; J. Steele Brice. Yorkviile, and Avery Patton, Greenville. These members served the State of South Carolina for four years and J saved from the wreck approximately I $500,000, which has been turned! over to the State treasurer. They! invited investigation. Shortly after taking the oath of office Gov. Blease sent a message to the general assembly intimating "crookedness" on the part of the members of the dispensary commis sion. He requested that a commis sion be named to make a thorough investigation of all of the acts and affairs of the commission I/pon the request of the governor the general assembly passed an investigating act. There were to be three members from the senate and three from the house, series of letters, ail of which have Smith named Senators Carlisle of iSpartanburg, Clifton of Sumter and Sullivan of Anderson as the commit tee from the senate. Mendel L. Smith, speaker of the house, refused to name his commit tee until the act had been approved. Gov. Blease upon hearing of the names of the senate members re fused for the time to sign the act. He gave as his reason. "Oh. that mine adversary would write a book." stating that all of the senate mem bers of the committee had written hooks about him. lie then asked if any one thorglu that he would let men like the senate's committee make an investigation of the dis pensary commission and himself. Several days ago Gov. Blease said that he was making a little investi gation himself and that when he got through an investigating committee would not be needed. Following ibis he announced the alleged Felder series oi letters, all of whim have been printed. T. B. Folder, of Atlanta, on being notified of the action by the gover nor, wired that he deemed ir in ap propriate to make any statement at tlii-: time. Tlu- commission was in session sev 5G, S. C. THURSDAY. SO AFTER THE BLACK HAND THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE A i i i HAND IN THE HUNT Tlie United States to Thoroughly Ex-.' i plore the Order That Has Caused. *."..*' "I [ Forty Deatlifi. At Chicago the United States se cret service operatives are about to explore a "black hand" bomb that is expected finally to bring to justice officers and members of the body that in a little more than one year has claimed nearly forty lives and caused a reign of terror in the Italian dis trict in Chica?o. The threat upon the life of Judge | K. M. Landis of the United States dis- t trict court, it is learned, was but one it feature of n program of threats andji blackmail that has'been parried into i i the midst of the government's de-h partment of justice In Chicago. ' i{ The threats resulted in the recall ing of members of the F. G. Alongi . jury, which disagreed after hearing j evidence in a "black hand" case a ; werk airo, and the discovery that i i members of the jury had been ter-rj rorized and that their inability to \ reach a verdict probably was the di- ( rect result of these threats. j The recent threats upon Judge t Landis, upon jurors and Monday upon the life of a member of Assist- ( ant Chief of Police Schuettler's staff, j are expected to hasten the scheduled , arrests. i It Is known that numerous Italian j secret service men imported from New York in order to prevent them j from being marked by the organiza- ] tion under investigation, are at work , seeking evidence to be used in the i government's moves. 4 FOUR PERISH IN FIRE. A Mother and Tlirec Children Burned I to Death. Four persons perished and five oth- . ers had narrow escapes in the de- . struction of the home of J. T. Veach four miles from Harrodsburg, Ky., by flames early Monday. The victims were Mrs. J. M. Bridges and her three children. Her parents, the Veachcsjj and their three children, escaped j with slight burns. I Mrs. Bridges, who is the wife of!! a Methodist evangelist of Bath, N. C, was visiting with her three children at the Veach home. They sleep on the second floor. Early Monday Mr. Veach was aroused by the crackllne of flames He alarmed his wife and their children who slept on the firsr floor and shouted up a flame-choked stairway to Mrs. Bridges. There wan no response. Veach attempted to rush through the burning stairway j' to his daughter's aid, but was driven'! back by smoke and fire. The house burned down in an 111- j" credibly short time. In the ruins j, were found tbe charred bodies of Mrs. Bridges and her children. EXPLOSION OK DYNAMITE. Man in Boat Fired at Box and Ex I plosion Followed. I The explosion of 100 pounds of dy- i < namite from the impact of a rifle hui- i ( ; let fired ,by a member of a launch h party in Hason canal Sunday after-;] noon near Franklin, La., resulted inj. the loss of one and the injury of!( three persons, the wrecking of the!, boat and damage to property severaljl I miles distant. 1 ' Miss Kate Miller is dead and T. C. h j Lawless, Ellis Hahn and John David- [i [son, all members of the launch party,! I were injured, Lawless seriously. Win- j i j dows were broken in buildings in this i [town, five miles from the scene. L J Davidson fired at a box on the j j shore I5U yards distant A terrific < ' explosion was the answer. The boat j I was broken in twain and immediately: i sank, carrying Miss Miller with it. WOMAN CHARGED WITH ARSON. Mrs. Missouri Horton Bound Over by a Magistrate. I Mrs. Missouri Horton, of Spartan burg was bound over to die Criminal I Court Monday afternoon by Magis trate Gantt on a charge of attempt ing to burn her own home. Several months ago Mrs. Horton's home, j which is located on North Church street, caught lire tliree times within twenty-four hours and this led to a preliminary investigation. Only cir cumstantial evid nee was presented by the prosecution at the hearing and the leading witness was Chief E. D. Kennedy, of the fire department, who mid of the events. Magistrate Ga.it! saw lit to send the case over to the higher Courts. .Mrs. Horton's home was heavily insured. oral hours during the day. A con- ' ferpnee was held with Attorney Gen eral Lyon and Dr. Murray, the retir ing chairman. Arrangements were 1 made whereby the records held by the old commission will be turned 1 over to the new body. Gov. Blease said that it was very probable that the new commission1 would hold an open court summon witnesses and examine in;o the de- ' tails of the work of the retiring com mission. "i want tbe commission," he said, "to examine thoroughly into my rec ord as a State senator. I never re ceived any money from the Lanahan i conipanv while a member of the sen j' J.'CH 30, 1931. DEATH TRAPS ,oad Cry For Reform Follows Awful Re soll of New York Fire. VIEWING THE BODIES 'Give Us Not Merely Fire Proof, But Death-Proof Buildings," is the Slo gan in New York?Every Factory May Be Investigated?Identifying the Bodies. Eighty-six bodies of the 141 vic .inis recovered from the fire in the ;en-story loft New York building on kVashinston Place Saturday haVe jeen Identified. Sixteen of the bodies ' ivere men. There are 12 injured in i ;he hospitals. District Attorney Whitman started in official investigation Monday to, ix the responsibility for the horror, i *Jo arrests have been considered by lim of any person in connection with :he fire and none will be made un .11 the facts disclosed give sufficient jvidence for taking this action. Flrt Marshal Beers began his investiga ion Monday. It is now known that the fire start'-; ?d on the eighth floor of the buildin? lear a window at the northeast cor-, ler. It began under a cutting table n a scrap heap and is thought to I lave been started by a cigarette. Crowds assembled at the morgue i :o view the bodies, 52 in all. At< east half of the corpses were un recognizable and only a small trin let or shred of clothing will help to show who the unfortunate was. Some )f these bodies probably will nevei?? je claimed. The victims, living alone n furnished rooms or little flats, may aave had no friends and few acquain :ances. j Managers of the Triangle Waist company, which occupied the burned loors, deny that the iron doors lead ng to the elevators and stairs were ocked. The fact that there was only Dne fire escape on the building will ;ome in for a careful investigation to leterraine what city official is to jlame. Progress has been made by public md civic organizations toward offer ing relief to those who have suffered is a result of.the fire. The first con tribution in this movement was made by Mayor Gaynor, who headed the list with $100 and made an appeal to Lhe citizens of the city for a relief rund. Industrial organizations, the atres and civic bodies have also set In motion plans for supplementing the fund. Fire Chief Croker said to il ay: "I do not hesitate to say that a more appalling loss of life in office buildings and big stores is likely to rame upon New York at any moment, because of the lack of safeguards." "Give us not merely fire proof, but death proof buildings," bids fair to become a municipal slogan as a re sult of the fire disaster of Saturday afternoon in which nearly 150 per sons lost their lives. The slogan was coined by Fire dhief Croker as summing up his rec ammendations for the future. The entire nation, he declared, will learn a lesson from Saturday's fire such as it has learned only twice of late years J-once when the Collingswood, Ohio, Isaster taught the necessity of ade quate fire protection in school build ings and again when the Iroquois theatre fire in Chica'-'o taught the same lesson for theatres. Chief Croker's recommendation is: "The City Beautiful" is less vital than the 'City Safe.' "Let us see first of all that our people live and work under adequate protection for their lives and per sons. '"1 would have fire escapes landings extending all along the outside of every office loft or factory building. 1 would have the balcony landings built wide enough for two persons to pass in safety without crowdinu. "Xext, lot us have all inside stair ways enclosed in fire proof partitions. Never allow an exit door to be blocked and make the fire escape windows open to the floor level like a door. "Protcc! each floor with all avail able automatic safety devices and sprinkles. Last, but not least, iikiko fire drills at frequent intervals com pulsory in all factories, lodging houses and institutions.' The Woman's Trade union an nounced the beginning of an invest. Ration which is expected to embrace every factory in New York city where iinion labor is employed. All union workers will be asked to write con lidontinl answers to questions con cerning conditions win re ihey toil. The limiting or the height of all buildings and even tearing down of existing skyscrapers re onimended by Theodore H. Price, a prominent fire insurance man. The height of every building should bs governed, he says, by the character of its oc cupancy. Four o.- five stories should be the legal maximum where manu facturing or industrial pursuits are followed. "A fire in lhe financial district could, In a small radius, wipe out the available fire insurance capital in the Cnitei! States," said Mr. Price. Burned In Death. Dr. D. F. Xorris, a prominent phy sician and his four children were burned to death when their home was burned near Aurora, Mo., Tuesday. THEY TOOK HER CASH MARY LEE'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE LOAN SHARKS. Made Her Pay Interest at the Raite of Something Like Five Hundred Per* Cent. The Augusta Chronicle is making! an active campaign against the loan; sharks of that city. Among other transactions of this gentry, The Chronicle chronicles the following: "Mary Lee, 1220 Pine street, a negro washwoman and seamstress, whose monthly earnings, according to her story, told the representative of The Chronicle, average about $12 per month when she Is well, but no*, that she is suffering from rheuma tism and not able to get to the tubs, she earns about |8 from her sewing.; She has had much experience with the money-lenders for the last sev-l en years in trying to meet expenses! by borrowing from them. " 'Seven years ago, or about that long she stated, she borrowed $4 from J. B. Chapman, who runs, a! money-lending shop. She had plenty of furniture then, and was living iu a large house which her mother had helped her to furnish. She gave a mortgage?or some paper?on part of that furniture and agreed to pay Chapman $1.60 per month for the use of the money she had borrowed. These payments of $1.60, she said, she has made on the first of every month since the original date, until the first of February, when she got sick and couldn't pay it. In the eev en years, she said, she has paid Chapman $134.40 for the uso of $4 for that length of time. "Three years ago, according to her story, the same woman, Mary Lee, she borrowed $5 from the Central Loan company, agreeing to pay, for the use of the $">, $1.80 per month, and giving a mortgage on a bureau, bedstead, four chairs, a rocking chair and a center table, which furniture she had purchased from the Hoi;-":? Furniture company, paying them for the same ?S5. She had paid for '.'.c furniture. "Getting sick in February, cji* states that she left her home and went to ihe home of her sister in South Carolina, where she remained several weeks. Upon her return she found from another sister, who lived with her in this city, that a consta ble from Magistrate Rouse's court had come with papers in her absence, entered the back door of her home and seized and took away a new dresser and a washstand, purchased from the Rhodes Furniture company, which she did not own at the time of the giving of the mortgage and whicn has never been included in a mort gage to the Central Loan company, the pieces being parts of a handsome suit on which she had paid $88 on the cost price to her of $10"?. This furniture has been sold by Magistrate Rouse, and not a cent of money has been paid to her, she said, as differ ence between her debt to the loan company and the court costs, ano the amount received from the sale of the furniture. "Mary Lee's last experience with a loan company was begun on the new year of 1ft 10, when she borrowed $4 from the Washington Loan company, apreein? to pay them $1.60 per month for the use of that amount. Taking sick after 1 1 months' pay ments had been made, she said tlie company foreclosed on her and took a bureau, washstand. four chairs, a rocker and a center table, which her sister had purchased from tlie Cul pepper Bros., paying $60 therefor, and which belonged to her sister instead of to her. and were not in cluded in the mortgage the Washing ton Loan company held on her, and sold the same to satisfy the debt of $r>.60 and court expenses. "Mary Lee's three experiences in the financial manipulations of the money lenders of Augusta stands as follows for net. results: For seven years she had 'he rse of $4 and paid for the same $134.40 to tlie Chip man concern: for three years slit had the use of $T> and paid for same $04.SO to the Centn.l Loan compa ny; for 1 I months use of $?< she paid the Washington Loan company $17.60. making a total nf $216.80 paid these three in the past seven years for $13." 4 RAISED A BK.' ItUMPUS. White Girl Kefused to Pwc Before Xegru Student. The race cr-sHon came up in the Chicago Art Institute on last Tues day, and for a time threatened to disrupt a class when a whit" gin who had been recently employed as a model refused to pose while ;\ negro student remai'i ?! in Hie room. Af ter a consult Lion with his fellow students the negro artist to whom ' X ?'?ption had been taken relieved the situation temporarily by walking '.'rum tlx? room. The matter is not settled, as the ^iii says she will not pose for the class while the negro is in it. .Most of the ibss sustain the girl. Given Two Minutes. At Bluefields, W. Va.. a mob gave Henry Morgan, a negro, two minutes to pray and then lynched him Fai nrelay night, after which they rid dled his body with bullets. Two hours previously he had shot and instantly killed Grover Lambert, a white man. ?WO CENTS PER COPY WIFE WAS DEAD _^_ Bat He Still Clings to the "Science" Be lief and the Treatment. TREATED BY A HEALER She Objected to Her Father Calling in Regular Physician, and Agreed With Her Husband that "God Is j Better Physician Than Man," Treatment Kept Secret. "God is a better physician than man. I believe in the Christian Sci ence teachings, as did my wife. In not having mir!l~al treatment I did what I thought was best. Every one does what he or she thinks best." That was the explanation given by Lieut. Johannes Schlott of Bridge port, Conn., formerly an officer in the Norwegian navy, who married Misa Mary E. Bedford, daughter of E. T. Bedford of Brooklyn, a vice-president I of the Standard Oil Company. Schlott was telling how his wife had diea when under treatment by a Christ ian Science healer. , "My wife became a mother March 17," continued Schiott. "Mrs. Bat tey was in attendance. Mrs. Schiott's heart gave out and she died quietly last Saturday night at 7 o'clock. Dr. C. E. Blackman of Bridgeport was the first physician called. He came Friday afternoon and Dr. Dorman came up from New York on Satur day." Dr. Blackman, who is connected with the Bridgeport Hospital, says I Mrs. Schiott died from blood poison ing. I "When I reached the Schiott home Friday afternoon Mrs. Schiott was very low," said he. "I realized there was no change to save her life. 1 ??.ndrrstahcl there was a New Yo?*: I woman /n?>e<l Battev, . '" V"1 Selene* 'tea'.er. in attcni ? ??? it .'re. Schiott following t' .. cl child." Uv. Bedford failed in D: '. S man against the wishes of hL _..ugh ter and son-in-law, .both of whom held to their absolute faith in the healing powers of Christian Science. When Dr. Blackman reported the ser ious condition of Mrs. Schlott to Bed i ford, her father swiftly summoned Dr. F. A. Dorman, a specialist, of, j No. 133 East Fifty-seventh street,, i New York. The regular physicians were with Mrs. Schiott until the last. Mrs. Bat ley also was there, j Dr. Frederick C. Hotchkiss, who j does the talking for Christian Scien tists in Bridgeport, said: j "Mrs. Schiott had bean a sufferer '. from a serious form of heart trouble j for years and had been sav.jd on two similar occasion^ tifr'a. '^aetit16'r1ei{Vbf the faith. It always is the custom to have a physician present at such a time, however. Christian Scientists use common sense, above all. I pre sume that there must have been a physician present when Brs. Schiott died." Dr. Sarah F. B^.ttey, who is both a i regular physician and a Science heal i er w.as the New York woman called : to attend Mrs. Schiott. Dr. Batter j ;>e<\inif a believer in Christian Set i ence six years ago. In her home at j No. 129 Wadsworth Ave., the Bronx, she said last nitiht: ; "I was called to attend Mrs. Schiott ! as a regular physician." "Was your treatment such as ! would )>e given by a regular physician j or did you use Christian Science?" j was asked. ; '"Chat question must be answered j by members of the family," was the I reply. "Mrs. Schiott's husband says Chris I tian Science treatment was given un til the day before her death." "Then I^eut. Schiott must know. . I can make no statement as to the sort of treatment given Mrs. Schiott by me." Mrs. Schiott was thirty-two years old and had th? appearance of a wo man in fine health. She was fond of outdoor sports. The couple's home, Creen's Farms, near Bridgeport, was a gift from Bedford to his daughter. Schiott had been in this country only a short time and was working for a carriage company in Bridgeport when he saw Miss Bedford and fell in love with her. It was said then that he was a chauffeur, but this was denied. It was asserted he was an expert ma chinist. "My daughter became riterested in Christian Science several years a?0," saiil Bedford last night in his home. No. IS1 Clinton avenue. Brooklyn, "and eon verted her husband to the belie!'. She always had a weak hcart and this affection caused her death. Cor years her doctor was I>r. McCor kle cf Brooklyn." Dr.'McCorkle said last night that a Mrs. Schiott was under his care until six years ago. "If her heart was weak then," lie added, "I knew nothing about it." Only One Got Away. Revolutionists slaughtered every federal official of the town of Guaza paras, ne:?r the Sonora line in Chi huahua, when they took the town. All were placed In jail and shot. A young telegraph operator alone es caped. He fell with others beneath the dead and crawled out 12 hours later and made his way barefooted to Chinipas, 40 miles away.