The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, June 17, 1914, Image 1
VOLUME 1, NUMBER '30 Weekly, EslaMJskeq 1SC0; Dally, Jon. 18, 1914.
ANDERSON, S. C.WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1914.
$5.00 PER ANNUM
NIAGARA FALLS
IS PESSIMISTIC
MEDIATION ALMOST A CON
FESSED FAILURE
REBELS STUBBORN
Conferences May End Friday as
Mexican Internal Troubles
Are Bsyond Reach.
(By Associated Press)
Niagara Falls, Ont., June IC.-Jus
tice Lamar and Frederick W. Leh
mann, the American delegates tu the
mediation conference, went to Buffa
lo today and talked for four hours
with Kafeal Zubaran and Luis Cabrera,
personal representatives of General
C^rran-.n. Their purpose was to lind
some way to bring the constitutions
listo in harmony with the scope >i
mediation. The mission was a iullure
Tho constitutionalists representativ
os who had come from Washington es
pecially to see tho American delegat
es told them why they could not agree
t J an ; rmlstlce; why only a man prom
inent lu the constitutionalist ranks
co?; ld be accepted by them for the pro
.v>*iionai presidency and Anally they
tait*, they believed the constitutionalist
anny would settle, thc Mexican prob
lem boon if left unhampered by fore
ign complications.
The Americans returned to Niagara
Falls feeling that so far ns the politi
cal padfteat ion of Mexican is concern
ed mediation had accomplished noth
ing and probably thc end of the con
ferences was very near.
The next full conference Is set for
Friday. Until then little will be done
because of thc ubsence of Minister
Noan, of Argentina.
Most of thc principals "hore, incline
to thc view that Friday's session may
be the last. Thc three mediating
plenipotentiaries virtually bavo uban- I
doned hope of solving Mexico's inter-j
nal problems. The Huerta, delegates ,
aro resolute, in tuelr-det?rmlnatlon pot
to accept - a constitutionalist ? partisan
for the provisional presidency and
there" appears no feasible way ol
kcopjag all eiethents"4j)> .-conference^
much longer. Only developments not
now 'foreseen, BUCII as a change Of at
titude on the par*, of thc constitution
alists or of thc Huerta delegates eau
keep the conference In session.
Dispatches of tho forcible seizure hy
a Villa official of thc telegraph office
at Juarez, held previously by Curran
.za ofhcialB, created a stir in the med
iation colony. The Huerta delegates
said it plainly showed thc correctness
of their repeated warnings that a lack
of cohesion In the constitutionalist
ranks would lead to anarchy in the
north. The news served also try con
firm suspicions current in many quar
ters hero of breach between VIH? and
Carra?as.
Incidentally il ta understood tho
American delegntes inquired of Cable
ra and Zubaran what they thought or
the stories fo a split between Villa and
Carranza. Thc constitutionalist emis
saries said they li ad confidence in Gen
eral Carranza's tact and ability to
smooth over such difficulties.
The gravest apprehension, - never
theless, ls felt here of 'what may fol
low a break between Carranza end
Villa. Should their forcea clash, a con
dition of anarch might ensue which In
all probability would arouse again de
nn. ..<' for armed intet'ontion by Cu?
United States.
The mediators hold to the opinion
that they have accomplished someth
ing, in that war between the United
States and the Huerta government
was hatted by mediation.
General Huerta's withdrawal from
the presidency is expected soou as a
matter, of course, regardless of the
outcome of mediation. It is believed
a successor to Huerta will be chosen at
elections iii Federal territory next
month.
If the mediation conference ad
journs. lt, in all probability, will ac
knowledge its failure to bring tho ri
val element' together for a solution of
the Internal problem, but at the same
time probably will announce the solu
tion of Mexican's international con
flict. Just what disposition will be
made of .the American forces at Vern
Cruz no one here is in a position to
conjecture. v
Pessimism Prevails.
The atmosphere'here Is'wholly pes?
Bimistic. The American delegates de
clined to discuss tn detail, their trip
to Buffalo. Mr. Lehmann made a spec
ial trip across the river to urge news
paper men not to treat the trip of the
American.commissioners to. Buffalo in
a light vein. He assured them the
situation was serious. Justice Lamar
dictated the following statement: . .
"For sometime, we have b;-eh trying
to get into communication with tho
constitutional!ats.- '* They did not feel'
they could un^cr the circumstances
'coma to Nias?ra Fulls, but they, were
loo anxious to meet us and suggested
? Buffalo. With the approval of Wash
ington we waived all formality and
went to see them. We met Rafael zu
baran and Luis Cabrera, the arboris
ed representatives of General Carran
?, (Continued from Page 3.)
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SEVEN MEN BURNED
IN LODGING HOUSE'
Five in Milford, Mass., Claimed
Laborers as Victiras Early on
YestercL y.
(By Associated Pres?.)
Milford, Mass., June 16.-Seven men
were burned to death and twenty se
rlousy injured when ely.itv persons
were trapped in a burning Armenian
lodging house early today.
The bodies were taken from the up
per floors of the four and a half story
brick und wooden building.
in addition to the twenty men tak
en to the hospital suffering from burns
or from injuries received in lumping,
thirty sustained minor hurts. The i;>
terior of the huildhtf was burned our.
The fire, the cause of which bas not
been determined, started in the din
ing hail on the ground floor. When
?tremen arrived flames were shooting
through all four floors. Escape by
the two narrow stairways was cut off
and the only means of getting out of
the building was by jumping from the
windows.
Thc victims were laborers und
moulders employed at a manufacturing
plant in Hopedale. None of them bad
families. The financial loss is small.
INVESTIGATE COLLISION
Bourd of Inspector* to Hear Testimo
ny hi Pretoria Slatters.
New York, June 10.-Captain W.
J. Roberts, his officers and men of
the American Huer New York, were
ou lookout duty at the time of the
collision between the New York and
Pretoria early Saturday morning are
among the witnesses called in the i"
quiry to ascertain the causes of The
accident. Another inquiry will be
held in Hamburg, where oHicers of
the Pretoria will fortify.
Tho inquiry here will not decide j
which ship was to blame for the col- i
li sion. As the officers of the New
'i'ork are Americans and she is an Am 'i
oricau yecsel, the inspectors will dc- I
termine merely whelber their certifi
cates bon ld bc MU pended or with
drawn.
(?apt. Robert's formal report to the
International Mercantile Marine Com
pany states dial the vessels met in
longitude 64.50. where they should
. ivo been- 28 elles apart. Chart ob
:.jrvatlonr chowed roughly that thc
Pretoria was 21 miles north ' of her
regular eastbound coutte and,, the.
rNow York' wai scveir*m'it&''vsbutu :*of
the westbound course.
WOMEN LECTURED
ON SEX PROBLEM
National Federation of Clubs Pass
Resolutions and Elect Their
Officers
(By Associated Press)
Chicago. June 16.-George J. Knee
Inn today told tho Centre! Federation
of Women's Clubs in ?:??nv.-r?tlpn h?re
j that he found thai H proH? ff ?tiree'nf
supply io commerclaliz^d "hre cnn*
et. from girls between th" ;?ues ot l">
'and 18 years and that a startling muir
I ority comes from homes other thun
those of poverty and ignorance. Mr.
Iineeland ls director of tho department
of investigation of the American So
cial Hygiene Association.
Resolutions were adopted which rec
ommended among other things:
Simple, becoming and modest de
signs in dress.
Offered the services of the home eco
nomic division to further the Smith
Lever bill in congress to establish a
bureau of home economics.
Requested children's bureaus to pre
pare pamphlets for mothers on sex
instruction for the children.
Approved state laws making manda,
tory the reporting of venereal disease.
Approved abatement and injunction
law in the suppression of immoral re
sorts.
Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, of .Tex
as .was reelected president and thc
entire ticket of Ute nominating com
mittee waB elected without opposition.
Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson led
the delegates in the singing of Edwin
Markham's song, "Brotherhood." The
delegates cheered MIBS Wilson for ten
minutes.
Sumter Ollie'a I Wounded.
Sumter,-S. 0.. June 16.-Coroner
Samuel P. Plowers, of Sumter county,
shot and probably fatally wounded
b i nisei : r.t his office here toda". He ls
said to have been In bad health irr
several months. He ls 73 years old
dod served In the Confederate army.
Wouldn't Accept Report.
Washington, June^ 16.-A furthOi
complication in the crowded legislative
situation ir congress arose today
.when the habse by a vote of Hi to 27
rejected the conference* report on the
Naval appropriation bill. The bouse
.then proceeded" to vote on a ttcore of
senate amendments separately. - 'Rio
senate provlslun for an initial apro
?riation of $200.000 for a $3,000,000 dry
ock at the Norfolk Navy. Yard was
votad down, 32 to 71.
Telling How He Did lt.
London, June 16.-Colonel Theoi T"?
Ru?se* ?lt appeared before the RA.
Qeorgrkphical Society tonight to
how he put tho VDuvida river" on t .J
mup of Brazil.
REBEL CHIEFTAINS SPLIT
VILLA RESIGNS AND ACTS
At Least He is Said to Havel Given Up Command.
Seized Offices of Chief and Jailed Rebel
Leader's Publicity Man.
(By Associated Press)
Kl Paso. Tex., June 16.-General
Villa tendered lils r?signation to Gen
eral Carranza within the last week,
it became known tonight.
To Villa's message the cont itution
allsts commander-in-chief replied
asking who would succeed him.
Following this Villa's various mili
tary chiefs held a conference and sent
a "rouud robin" to Carranza, declar
ing they would accept none other than
Villa ns a leader. The split of today
resulted.
General Villa tonight ordered all
commanders of garrisons throughout
the territory he controls lo report ut
once ai Torre?n. This order was ac
cepted ominously by observers here.
History of the Pascual Orozco rebel
lion against President Madero was
revived.
Orozco. like Villa, was a leader of
volunteer troops of Chihuahua state,
and nu a popular favorite led a revo
lution against the former president.
Carranza's offices at Juarez were
confiscated by Villa supporters to
night.
Similar confiscations arc authenti
cally reported to have taken place at
Chihuahua City and at Torre?n, where
Villa remained today.
The seizure of the offices at Juarez
tonight was taken here as conclusive
evidence of the long predicted spilt
between Carranza, leaders of the con
stitutionalist revolution and Villa, his
most successful chieftain. \
Private advices received at a late
hour told of similar action in taking I
over Carranza offices at Chihuahua
City and Torre?n, evidently placing
tho entire northern part of Mexico Jp.
tho power. of Villa's military leaders,
. -In addi tt tm. to M\?. .intonnatiou byh
roan and telegraph, it later was learn
ed that the customs house and the
trnnsury department at Jue rex hud
been confiscated by Villa's officers.
Jailed Carranza Mun.
H. Perczabreu. Carranza's publicity
agent was reported as jailed, and it
was made known that nearly all of
the employees or Alberto Pani had
been arrested. " Pani h?s been in
charge of the treasury department at
Juarez and has been the trusted relay
man in recent exchanges between Car
ranza from Saltillo and Rafael '/abu
ran at Washington, who in turn trans
ferred the message to the mediators at
Niagara.
Manuel Bonlllu. Villa's confident lui
agent at Ju?rez, said tonight Hint he
had been ordered to ha H ten to Torr
reba to confer with his chief.
Although Villa's preslsteht military!
rucooF8 had occasioned speculation
regarding his relation with Carranza
the matter did not receive serious j
consideration ubtlj the appointment
by Carranza of GeneralPahfilo Nut era I
as commander of a newly created mill- '
tary zone. Natera'a appointment
placed him in charge of 'a strip of j
country which Villa previously had I
planned to Invade, including Mu* yet j
uncaptured city of Zacatecas. Nate-1
ra attacked Zacatecas while Villa re- j
tnalnei! at Torre?n, viewing the ex
periment from the reur.
Cause of Split.'
According to reports from Mexico,
City, confirmed by private advices
from the revolutionists' front, below
this point. Natera was defated decis
ively in frequent attempts to take the
city.- Then it was that Carranza re
quested Villa to rush to Natera'a as
sistance. This was several days ago.
aud in the meantime reports continued
to arrive at Natera'a defeats. Villa
remained ut Torre?n.
The matter of who should regulate
the public rervice in northern Mcico
admittedly has been a bone of conten
tion between Carranza, the '.ender,
and Villa, thc subordinate-. Under the
old federal regime the railroads and
.elegraph lines were subject to cen
tral control from the national capital.
All of the officials ousted Ly Villa
today were appointees of . Carranza,
whose civil cabinet had taken over
tli? management of the railroads and
incidentally the information bureau
in accordance with ' the -prescribed
custom in Mexico
The bureau of information and the
telegraph offlco at Juarez in control
of Carranza officials, were taken over
forcefully tonight by soldiers under
Colonel Tomas Ornelas, military com
mander of Juarez,"'and :-p,'Villa sup
porter. - '"" 'i,
... Just atJtor the bureau ?at^nforma
tion had .?jmounced't?T'the press the
receipt of a message from the front
aboyo Zacatecas. Ornelas' soldiers en
tered th?, telegraph office and the bu
reau cud ordered that, uo paper be
touched.
Newspaperman Present.
An American newspaper man was
seated hi the Information bureau when
tho soldiers hurst into the room. They
ordered Perez Ahreu, in charge of the
bureau, not to touch a paper. The
same soldiers, in personal command
of the Juarez commander; shortly be
fore had taken over supervision of the
telegraph office adjoining.
The American finally slipped
through the line 0f soldiers and ;?r
IV. . ii lu- re
The action today, followed Conflict
ing reports from rhe south regarding
th?' Mirces? or failure of troops under
General Na lc rn, Ibo Carranza appoin
['.?'. in attacking Zacatecas. From
Natera official reports had said thc
attack' was progressing successfully,
while from other spure -s details were
viven of .Valera's rout.
General Villa, in the meantime, has I
remained-nt Torre?n, although order
ed by tWrunzn tn proceed.tn the as
si>(am <. of Natera. Carranza officials I
today suki Angeles, the constitution
al'.: t jecretnry of war. left Torre?n
(oday ,\iili five thousand of Villa's I
troops, including a full division of
url il', cry. Natera had complained of]
a lack of cannon. Villa remained ut
Torreon but was Faid to have begun
a general movement of his army to
ward Zacatecas.
Washington. June 16.- Reports
that General Villa had resigned com
mand of his army were not credited
herc tonight either in government cir
cles or muong constitutionalist agents.
Jure I rqiildl, secretary of the agency
said he had not beard the report ex
cept through the press dispatches and
did not believe it.
Thal General Villa would proceed
to Zacatecas to lead the attack upon
the federal garrison was declared to
Ive-certain. It was pointed out that
General Natera. as commander of the
central division, acted within his au- |
thority in beginning the attack on Za
catecas without waiting for orders.
The information bureau at Juarez
WUK instituted and sustained by Ra
fael Zubaran, Carranza's cabinet min
ister, who at present is representing
the constitutionalist pnrty at Wash
ington. The question of the super
vlsorship of telegraph, heretofore a
service of national ownership, long
has been disputed between the Villa
and Carranza elements, according to
authentic reports from Callean aud
Torre?n. Colonel Ornelas, the Juarez
commander, ls a Villa appointee.
Since press reports received from
Mexico City stating the constitution
alists were routed at Zacatecas were
confirmed by private advices received
here from the south, the constitution
alist offiHuls huve been silent, The
announcement tonight by the inform
ation that un important bulletin wus
to bc is med caused a general antici
pation, which only was dampened by
the uncxepctcd display of martial
power at Juarez.
Matter received over the telegraph
at Juarez from correspondents with
! Villa has been .subjed to a dual cen
sorship, thai i>y the Villa officials at
j I he front and by 1'?-rranv.n appointees,
j win took, it on themselves In inspect
all m est? H ge* here before they were
I .-. livered.
INCOME TAX WILL pm fl PHP PRflMK COTTON WEATHER
YET REDEEM SELF 1 ULU Ulli ?n???L? ?N SOUTHERN BELT
The Author of the Law Stilt Be- OCEAN ONCE DRE;
Weekly Report Shows Fair Crop
lie ves in the Efficiency of _ Growing Conditions in the
The Tax. Americans Lose to British *and South.
-- Plan to Invade England
(By Associated Press) Next Year. - (Ry Associated Press 1
Washington. June IC.-Representa- - '" Washington. June 16.-Favorable
tlve Hull, of Tennessee, author of (By Associated Press ) crop growing weather throughout the
tho Income tax law. in a statement to- Meadowbrook Club. Westbury. L I ? sPuin except in Virginia, where the
day declared that after careful obser- June i6._Thc international polo eui), !8C.v<!ro. ,,ro,"lh ,V?"""T'.TT. Te^\
vation of the operation of the act. he emblematic o? the world's cnamnlo?- 0,1 toda> .for w<?k Trhlcn ,''n,Aed
feels no reasonable doubt as to Its *??J,em," ^ross tl^Tcean ata?n^ hav- >p*terilay ??>' lh? weather bureau's Nu
succcssful administration In the fu- fngVeJ"won h er?'fi^btf&?fi tiona. Weekly Bulletin,
ture:" Thl* belief was expressed de- v%h {oam , tn niJ ^mv. .?t ,tu. ? v v .
spile recent statements by Secetary ".,.-" "f ? .? ?> . *i l>ocal snowers in tile (entrai ana
McAdoo which showed that the In- , . \ H score or -I .? - l-A. Al- ? Kastern portions of the colton belt
MCAUoo, wnicn snowea inm ine in ihottgn the Amer cnn defenders mudo -rest Iv I mn roved tho outlook und ear
Come tax. according to the returns to d<r<.nnn.." in?f Ailch st-mr5 ?hov vero f , . , .. . 0,,no,,K. un" <ur
dnte. had produced $23.000.000 less " Of.spon e las? dittn stunf. tnoj vtre ,y planted cotton ls generally report
than tidei treasurv department's estl- f'3 ?a"ul to wlnn,n8 anrt ?or. - ! ed as in good condition, but the Inter
m?tes of ?$6?o1??M^Svenue from ?ng the challengers into a third and planted, ls still backward and general
SSSsource'flS*?he^flw?tS^mont? gelding contesL Their thrilling rush. jy in need of rain. In Ibo western
of Us oneration ln the cl0Blng m,n"^? of the strug- portion of the belt the weather condl
In bis statement. Representative fe aroused the 40,000 spectators to n tlonr continued highly favorable in
Hull Bavs- frenzy.-however, and no previous Ih- Texas and Oklahoma and Hie crop ls
"It would be both harsh and un- ternn'ional polo struggle ever closed now generally well cultivated and ru
fair to pronounce permanent judgment unrter such tense and exciting condi- covering rapidly from the effects of
on the law at the present initial stage t,ols- _, ,he previous adverse weather. In
as many thourands of taxable persons - Arkansas and Louisiana heal and the
both here and temporarily abroad, I _ " continued absence o? sufficient rain,
have not yet mode reurn*. On ac- f*nraitf?t CllftM Panted material growth of the plant
countof the brief time allowed In which VM#*fM** ^?fff and ,,K>U wcev,n are reported as numer
to get familiar with the lavs and the KT***.*** ons in some localities
roguUGoMC zr. immense ponton of the ? NCWS a \nt tho ,riK;k R^wlng region of th*
mums that were m^de are inaccu ?_I Bog*:?sume toprovemenj occurred,
t i. . where sufficient rain fell, but ss a rule
"There is no occasion for a bond Special Correspondence. the several crops are suffering for
issue and tho matter has not been con- Columbia. June 15.-W. P. Etchlson rain, especially In r lerida, where tho
sidered," Secretary McAdoo replied was today elected city recordor for drouth continues largely unbroken,
today when ask>d concerning rumors Columbia. Mr. Etchlson is one of the ? J'SSESESS drouth still con
that such asteo was under contempla- advertising men on the start of The "^j?^
Hon. , State Three city physicians were fnc?X ta portion, of Kentucky, but
. Klchmond Bidding Stator E. D. Smith spent Sunday RgSol^ ,l?"
Baltimore. June 16.-Denying a re- in Columbia and will leave for St, Mat- Ia> on account or inc urojiju.
port tonight that the Baltimore Inter- thews carly tomorrow. "I am ready for 77 77! TZ ,
national League team had been sold the fight."'was thc only statement he were isued by Adjutant General Moore
lo Richmond, Va., capltallts and that made. The governor spent the day in t0(lay; , , _ .
the franchise would not be transferred his office. Today was very cool In Columbia,
to that city. Jack Dunn, president and J. F. Williams was appointed by the t?e thermometer registering only 78
manager of the Orioles admitted that governor as a magistrate for Pickens tonight.
he has received an offer from Rich- county taking the place of P. R. Dur- w- C. McManus of Columbia, was
mond int?r?ts for his players, and ham, resigned. instantly killed today in the elevator
franchise, but hf had refused lt. It General orders for tho movement of 8h*??t of the old skyscraper, tie was
ls understood Dunn was offered $62,- all South Carolina militia on Augusta installing new elevator system. His
600. for the encampment, August 4 to 13, head was cruched.
GOVERNOR NAMES |
CAMDEN SENATOR
Kentuckian ts Chosen to Complete
The Term of the Late Sena
tor W. O. Bradley.
(liv ASMII ia teil Pres .
Frankfurt. Ky., Jun?? Hi. Governor
McCreary today signed UK* commis
sion of John N. Camden. Democrat, of
Versailles', MS United Stales senator
from Kentucky, to lill the vacua cy"
caused hy ihe recent death of Sena
tor \V. O. Bradley. Mr. Camden will
Borve until November when a senator
wiH Ix- elected to titi out Mr. Brad
ley's term, which expires March 4.
I III fi.
Mr. ('anulen is 4!) years old ami is
the son cd .I. M. Canillen, who wat) rai
led Slates senator from Wes! Virgin
la from issi to 1 SST and from IS'KI io
189fi. He wus horn in Parkersburg.
\V. Va., am! was ed?cate?) at I'hilllps
Andover academy ami the Virginia
j.Military academy at Lexington. Va..
afterward attended the Columbia law
school. New York city. Ile entered tip
on an active business career with the
Ohio Uiver Railroad, a line bull; by
hir father. Later, he became presi
dent of a railroad construction com
pany, which built the Monongohela
Uiver Uailroad.
He cunio to Kentucky In ISMO, pur
chased a conn ry estate of J.(?00 acres
tu ar Versailles and became a breeder
of thorough bred horses. Many racing
bord?s that became noted OM the
tracks were bred at "Spring Hill." La
ter IK; was associated with John C.
C. Mayo and C. W. Watson, in Kastern
Kentucky development companies.
Mr. Camden entered polities in 1911.
Ile bad nerved on both the executive
and financial committees of the Dem
ocratic party In this State. He ls a
member of the stale Uacing Com
mission.
lliir Danville Fire.
Da nvllle, Vu., .lune 10.-Fire attri
buted to a short circuit of wires de
stroyed the line electrical lighting and
power plant of the town of South Bos
ton at 1 p. m. todny, totally destroy
ing the works and inflicting a money
IOSB estimated at $175.000. Efforts of
local firemen to combut the flumes
were fruitless, owing to headway
gained. As a result of the fire the
town or 4.000 is without electric lights
or power und many local enterprises
dependent upon the current will be
forced to shut down.
Academy Cadets
Playing Unfair
(By Associated Press.)
Annapolis. June 10.- According to
reliable information obtained herc,
naval academy authorities nre Inves
tigating circumstances that indicate
unfair methods were used by one or
more candidates who took the examin
ation for admission to the academy
last April.
A well authenticated report' has it
that in at least one 'cane a boy who
had passed suceepsfully 'he previous
merna' test, held in February, substi
tuted tor another, before the Civil Ser
!v rf P.xtiininatlon -board HI Norfolk.
Virginia
ll is understood naval academy au
thorities have been comparing the
handwriting nf the pnpcrs submitted
by' the suspected candidate and some
of hts known handwriting nnd that as
tonishing remits may be made.
Ul Kil l? NTKVF.NSON
Vernier Vice.Presidciit'h Funeral At
tended by Notables.
iUtoomlngtcu. 1H|4 June 10.- With
business suspended and the city drap
ed in mourning. Bloomington today
paid final honors to former vice-Pres
ident Adlul B. Stevenson. The body
lay In state lu the rotunda of the
court house for two hours while thous
ands filed past.
The procession to; the church was
headed by a baud, a troop of militia,
and surviving members of the Steven
son Bacort Club, a famous'marching
organization of the campaign of 1S92,
which accompanied the Vice-Presi
dent-elect to the inauguration at
Washington. In the procession were
"M" miners from the McLean county
mine, of which Mr. Stevenson was for
many year? the president, members of
the bar association, the mayor and
other city officials, and numerous lo
cal organizations.
The church held but a fraction of
those nscmhled. The service? were
conducted by the Rev. J. N. Elliott, tho
Rev. Kdgnr D. Jones of Bloomington,
nnd the Rev. Martin D. Hardin of Chi
cago.
The Interment nt Bloomington cem
etery wan pricate. The Hst of hon
orary pallbearers included many prom
inent men. in law, politics and husi
nes. bended by James S. Ewing, for
merly ambassador to Belgium, and
long Mr. Stevenson's law partner;
former Governor Joseph W. Fifer, and
Congressman Fitzhenry.
Among the notable persons present
were former vice-President Fair
banks, former Govomor Francis, of
Mi8ouri, and Gov. and Mrs. Dunne.
Jackson Oat Of Game.
Cleveland, June 16.-Joe Jackson,
tho Cleveland American outfielder,
will be out of the game probably a
month. His physician ordered the
player to bed today, saying he bad
water on the knee.
STATEMENT AMD CAPTAIN
KENDALL'S TESTIMONY
PLACING THE BLAME
Hearing in Disaster of St. Law
rence River Begun Before the
Royal Board of Inquiry.
(Hy Associated Press.)
Quebec. Juno IC.-Evidence ampli
fying Hie known conditions in regard
III tile disaster tn the Empress of Ire
land, at Father Point Li St. Law
rence, May 1!!?. iv? s Imme ht out at to
dey's opening xeusion o." . ir Domin
ion invi st Iga! lng commission, of which
Lor*' Mersey, uf the British Hcu3e of
Peers, is chaim ?in.
Po fur the nain arguments of Cap
tain Kendell, nf the Empress, that he
was stationary when rammed by tho
collier Ston tad. and of tho owners of
the collier thal the Empress plied her
self in front of Um Norwegian vessel,
which had he right of way. were only
emphasized Captain Kendall was oil
the stand for several hours and guve ia
straightforward account :>f the disast
er, ulong tho lines of his testimony at
tlie Utniouski inquest.
Now chapter Illustrating tho hor
ror of tin- dis ister were added by Cap
tain Kendall in his testimony, tho
most startling ?icing a description nf
bow a sheet of flame, burst from the
Empress after she wa:? rammed, tho
prow of the collier evidently .penetrat
ing, dear through to her boders.
No agreement could be hud from the
testimony today as to the whistles
blown by the vessels, though Lord
Mersey discovered, when examining
the Storstad's first oillcer, that ho had
blown a signal Indicating that the col
lier was stopped and Immediately af
terwards hud given an order to go
abend slow .y.
Captain Kendall also acknowledged
that ali hough lie knew a collision waa
Inevitable when the Storstnd came at
the Empress In the fog, lt was nat'wi-',
til after lt bad occurred that the ?i* u
der to closo the war-tight - compart-: .
merits was given hy which time three
compartments lind been exposed- to
the sea.'
Captain Kendall, of the Empress of
Ireland, was the first witness called.
Kendall limped to the witness stand,
still suffering from injuries he rv?
ce'.ved in the disaster. Examination
of witnesses wu? preceded by the in
troduction of lirief summaries of tho
facts by counsel representing the own
ers of the two vessels.
Counsel for the Storstad declared
thal when she Ilrst sighted the Em
press the bitter wns off the St?rst ad's
I port. Two minutes later ike log shut
down, me si o rsi nu signalled by wbls
! il? that she wan under way and keep
! mg h< t course, bending west by sou?h.
Kendall'* star).
J Ci pt H in Keudiill testified that the
accident happened at 1:55 a. m.. six
and one hnlf mile.- east of Father
Point. .
"While the weather was clear and
Hue," continued the captain, "I got
one hell auylng something was on our
starboard bow. There were two mast
head lights then about six miles away
on* cur ?larboardhov/. There was then
no risk of colinden. I still stood on
until Father Point wus abeam, that
altered the courue to 73 magnetic, the
right course for an outward hound
vessel.
"Tho storstad lights were then one
point off our starboard baw. and I In
tended to puss ber on ray starboard
side. There was then no risk of danger?
The Storstad was showing her star
board side and going clear and I pro
ceeded on the course.
"I then noticed a big bank of mist,
com i UK ol? thc pouth Bhore and the
Storstad's lights getting misty. 1
stopped p.hip. ran full speed, astern,
reducing the ship's headway and I
blew three short blasts, suddenly I
lort the Storstad's lights and I blew
u second three blasts. The last lights
I saw were the two masthead lights and
her green light ..bout one point off
by starboard how. The only thing \
that would bring ber Into my course
was porting lier helm. I ran to stop
the engines.
"I beard a prolonged blast from
the other ship, In thc midst of my
three blasts from about two points to
my starboard hov;. When the second
three were given I heard another long
blast saying she was underway. This
was four points on the starboard bow.
When the second three were given. I
heard another long blast saying she
was underway. This was four points
on the starboard bow. This was still
safe for passage, starboard to star
board.
I blew two blasts to let the other
ship know I had stopped and In re?
turn 1 got one long blast from her.
Then I gave two more, but' I got no
reply. 1 got three whistles, thu third
of Which was about six pointa off my
starboard bow.
I sighted his tarward masthead and
green and red lights only about 100
feet away. She was bearing at right
angles to my coarse and going fast,
as foam .at her bow showed. Her
captain must have put bis helm barg
apcrt." ._J