The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, February 17, 1914, Image 1
VOL. 9, NO. 40, SEMI-WEEKLY.
SENATOR BACON OF "feSS
GEORGIA PASSES ??#"ator
Bacon anc
committee con
dent and it \n
Was III Hut Ten Days, Dies in treaties should
Washington hospital.
?i ed eight of the
19 YEARS IN THE SENATE. ',hey*b"''r?une,l
ter designated
day upon whicl
Gallant Soldier, Brilliant Lawyer, Kjn |n executiv
Had Attained Nation-Wide pected then tha
be able to lead
Prominence.
Washington, Feb. 14.?Augustus STILL FI(
Octavius Bacon, United States Sen- tvjtt>C X
ator from Georgia for nearly 19 years
and chairman of the Foreign Relation
Committee since the ascendancy Attorneys For
of the Democratic party, March 4, demned For
1913, today died in a hospitnl here .,
after an Illness of ten days, lie was *or
the fisrt United States Senator elected mmi? n.
VlU., I
by direct vote of the people under the . . 1 r
seventeenth constitutional amend- [ , . ' ??
trial for Mrs.
^ ment. . . .
Though Senator Bacon had been condemned to^
seriously ill with kidney trouble and i the murder o.
complications developing: from a bro- ' Oodliee, tlie >o
ken rib, bis death was unexpected, ft ''ormer s <,ivon
came suddenly at 2 o'clock in the aft- I presented tonu
ernoon and news of the end fell upon court. Judge rr
the Senate as a shock while it was boro, and Mr. ,
in executive session. who have condi
RLOOD CLOT IN TIM ART. her sensa'tional
The immediate cause of the Sena- iv, left today I
tor's death was diagnosed as a blood ' judge Henrj
clot in the heart. Throughout the Mrs. Godbee si
miming he had been in good spirits .,]ea was argtn
and it was announced to his colleague gusta some we<
that lie was feeling better than for novs for Mrs. G
several days. Physicians had deter- the supreme cc
mined that an operation which had ... -
fin. view . it is
been contemplated, was unnecessary, lawyers will c?
Despite lils 75 years It appeared that forced to trial 1
the affliction which lie suffered was when public sei
of recent origin, and specialists be- ! njlv on accoui
lleved it would yield to treatment. committe
This conclusion relieved considerably tvveen the shoe
the anxiety of his friends and asso- ^ Oodbee and I
ciates in Congress. (Jodbee s trial.
Half an hour before his death the r,j aiuj that M
Senator talked with his daughter, j 'n(), r,,(.eivc
Mrs. W. R. Sparkes of Georgia. She This ho
had just left the room when he raised their content!?
himself in bed. As Mrs. Sparkes re i tt,e|r T)0liev al
entered the room her father fell back ,are not talking
in collapse and never regained con- , ci.,Pn on
sciousness. I incarcerated ir
OVERMAN TELLS THE SENATE. jail. has never
In the absence of Senator Hoke ly daughter, M
Simth of Georgia. Senator Overman spends every n
^ was notified and proceedings in the in her quarters
Senate were abruptly halted when the almost constam
North Carolina Senator announced '
the death. A brief resolution of re- -pitt-it-i -p a n
spect was adopted and the Senate ad- LJlJljJLl XVA. J
journed. PAPP P "F
For several minutes the Senators. , * vru
shocked at the sudden tidings. re- I
tnained in the chamner discussing x yOP|i st
what should be done, but later arrangements
were made for a public His Own
funeral In the Senate chamber next j
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, to
be attended hv the Senate and House Buffalo, N. '
of Representatives, the President of Kennedy, state
the United States and his Cabinet, suicide shorty
justices 01 ma supreme t'ourt, mom- the Marken Hot
hers of the Diplomatic Corps, the Ad- hit* family. He
miral of the Navy, ami Chief of Staff lavatory with I
of the Army. open razor on
The scene on the floor of the Senate ms jugular veil
was an unusual one. Not only had Temporary i
the death of their colleague shocked worry over his
the Senators, but the effect of his loss before a New Y
at a time when Important foreign rr- District Attorm
latlons measure were pending at once has been condu
impressed itself upon the minds of , inquiry, is said
Democratic and Republican leaders. Chael E. Dieren
OVERMAN EXPRESSES EULOGY. only reason tha
Informing the Senate of Senator Ra Kennedy s act.
con's death Senator Overman said: Just before 1
"In absence of the Senator from Mr. Kennedy w
Georgia, Mr. Smith, it becomes my poenu to appea
painful duty to announce to the Sen- morrow, and u
ate the death of Senator Ilacon. The another officer
sudden passing away of this great, office server a i
Senator, who came to his chamber him. He sent
with all the honors which his native and it later wa
State could confer upon him and Kennedy would
who repaid that trust by his long, tonight,
ai honorable and Industrious career in \ sleeper ticl
this body, is an irreparable loss not here for New Y
only to the Senate, but to the people jn Mr. Kenned
of his State and also to the country After the ta
at large." Friday Mr. Kei
A resolution of respect then was jn excellent spi
sent to the Vice President's desk and ber of close p<
adjournment followed. day at a downt
A Senate eommitte was informally evening attend*
appointed to consult with the de- ballroom,
ceased Senators daughter as to her IIe went to h
wishes, it being the hope of his col- H Ke
leagues that a state funeral could be ' , .. h
held in keeping with the high posi- erecting hi*
tion Senator Haeon held In the ser- Mr. Kennedy sa
vice of the Nation. room to lie do1
'Vice President Marshall. Senators refU,y for |Unr|,
Kern. Overman. Swanson and 8auls- ?ft 'war(.? wpll
bury hurried to the hospital and aft- summon hiH fu,
er conferring, announced that the fu- ..
neral would be held Tuesday In the ,nerJ* n<> made
Senate chamber. The Senate will ap- ?mP'oyefl and b
point a committee on arrangements ,lfl(l h<>en HOen *
Monday when cards of invitation will ,or\. off the b
be sent to the President, members of Pusbed open th
the Cabinet and Diplomatic Corps on !)*' saw Mr- Kei
Monday. The services will be con- "oor? blood
ducted by the Rev. Forrest G. Pretty- 'n b's throat,
man. Chaplain of the Senate, assisted The hotel ph
by an Kplscopal rector to be selected . but ne couh
by the family. the dying man
Announcement of Senator Bacon's a large (amount
I death was made in the House later in curred jvhllo M
! the afternoon and resolutions of re- parried/Into the
J apect, presented by Representative ('?l examiner w
Bartlett of Georgia were adopteck a brief tnvestig
Speaker Clark appointed as a speeWn ""ate of death b
committee of the House to ro-op<paite
with a Senate committee for tire fu- i To ComtM
neral, the members of the Georgia Washington,
tfi delegation and Representative Ferris, campaign again
Willis, Mann. Payne, Gardner. An- horse disease
thony. Dyer and Prouty. The House be financed by
then adjourned. house today an
^ Senator Bacon's demise comes at a passed the sena
t
Canal
THE LANCASTER NEW
HSrwSSS alabama contest
drawing to closi
ferred with the Presi- ;
as agreed that these
be pressed In the Sen- House Leader Leaves Case Witl
atlon. .lust before he p i
Senator Bacon report- topie.
sse treaties to the sen
"am^the* com mil tee 'la- TO HOLI) PRIMARY IN AI'RU
next Thursday as the __ __
i discussion should hee
session. It was ex- Hero of Santiago Bay, Howevei
t Senator Bacon might Has Waged a Personal
debates to follow. t ampaign.
i tthitwo had Montgo y, Ala.. 1* eb. 15. Th
x w-tv seven months campaign between Os
2DNA O-OD'R'R'R oar w- Underwood, majority leade
of the national house of represenUi
tives, and Congressman Richmon
Milieu Woman, Con- Pearson Hobson for the Alabama va
Murder, Arguing cancy in the United States senate I
New Trial drawing to a close. The decidin
votes in a campaign that has attract
Special to The Chronl- <>(1 nation-wide Interest will be cat
Argument for a new KeWihPAnr/r?mhlt,C'r.Prim?r,e,S ,,0?h
Kdna Perkins-Godbee, J?1,? Th? a5tua e,ect,?
life imprisonment for T,\ ^ "nt'
Mrs. Florence Hoyer jr t ' V m , meT\
unir wife of the ,y 1 ratification fo the choice mad
ung w in or tn? at the primary polls.
?eu nuRband, will bo * ? it. .it . *
trrow in the supreme 1 ^J.1,"i1" ??1 announc<'d frot
ank Safford of Swains- ^ J that so rar as, Pfsomi
J. T. l)lxon, of Mille?.jPari c,?artl?n was concerned his can;
ncted a strenuous fight! !a Ll'lL" Tr " UP5", hn?"
d woman, both during 'o?gress already has ended. Ret
trial and subsequent- "tentative Hobson on the other ban
. vti int. carrying forward the personal cam
C.' Hammond denied Pa1f" J1,?" been waging for man
t new trial after the >"??"U.s. during which time he ha
fmI before him in Au- ^ V.' "\J *
pks ago, but the attor- ' ' yt,y '! ' "n r n
,, , f I,, , The political adherents of the tw
odbee are hopeful that , , .. , . .,
.. in I?1?, ? distinguished candidates are dail
>urt will take a dine r- . ? ? . , , < . .
a i,?^? i,?? ?i,, making counter-claims of victon
ri moron lion* that tiir r . . ,
* % *x * aX ( areful observers, howevrr, aro 111
intend that they were ,.||np(j to w.l|t tho (,,stinK ()f ba|
' i / ' Ti ,a (lots before attempting to name th
" -in, .' #i "I"'/" 'i ; successful aspirant to the seat occi;
at of crimes that had , ,. .. . . 0 , ? .
d in the Interval be- &*<JlL Senator Joseph F
iting of Judge Walter ' ? 111 ?
lis wife and Mrs. Kdna HOBSON'S SPECTACULAR CARF
was thoroughly arousIrs.
Godbee, therefore, j Mr. Hobson, once a triklng figur
a fair and impartial j in the navy, and the hero of the San
wever, is only one of I tlago blockade, resigned from th
ins. and as has been service shortly after the Spanish Wa
I along, the attorneys in order to undertake a political ca
, but are hard at work. reer. He was quickly elected to th
nviction Mrs. Godbee, house of representatives in Washing
i the Jenkins County ton and has served several suceessiv
lost hope. Her pret- terms. His eyes long ago, howevei
iss Sarah Godbee, sti'l were fixed upo*> the senate, and h
light with her mother Is now finishii painstaking cam
at thn tail ntul Ic )inr i nflicn tn rpillivp that amliltinn
t companion. Whatever advantage may aocur
from actual presence in the thick c
nxjiPD mtt a \r light practically from bcginnin
. ti.JLi.Et lllAiN P?d roSts with Mr. Hobson.
LAFT INQUIRY . Friends of Mr. Underwood howevc
have used the campaign activites c
Mr. Hobson as a basis for charge
ate Treasurer Takes of habitual absenteeism from his dn
.. . ties in Washington. One of thes
in iiuirato | friends. W. H. Parker, in his capacit
Hotel. i as a citizen and taxpayer, recentl
filed a protest against Mr. Hobson r?
Y.. Feb. 15.?John J- reiving his pay as a congressma
treasurer, committed (Hiring the peroid he had been awa
after noon today at froni Washington,
el. where he lives with M Underwood spent his Christma
was found in a small hol|(1 ln A,nbama making a brie
His throat cut and an , viRorous speaking tour. He cov
the floor beside him. orfM, ns mnrh V-rot.ncl as the limite
a ia< x en se\? r* ? period of the holiday recess permttte
nsanity, induced by ;,m| ann0unc0(j tha( ho'niust r,
impending appearance tnrn (n h,R ,.u>e , th h()Use , ,
ork grand Jury where ,.aIupaign in the hands of his fol
?y Charles S. Whitman ..........
cting a John Doe graft - ' 4 s- . ....
I by his attorney, Mi- r.vptcal of all latter-day politick
bereger, Jr.. to be the 1 campaigns in the South, the Hobson
t can be given for Mr. Underwood campaign has been mor
or less involved with the question o
... state-vide prohibition. Mr. llobsoi
anVofved with . nub- !'i,s ] " 're.'.l his op|,on?nt? with ha.
r at the .ttnulry to- ? Jg^d tha'T,
uon his arrival here .. , ? . _ _ , . . , ..
F#tfc/vm _ ufKi?mo??a poratton influence was behind tli
from Mr. Whitman s 1 - TT , _ _ . . ..
^ ^ % ? cnmpuiKn of Mr. Underwood for th
r " SI presidential nomination in 1M2. Al
.? announced that Mr. , "f ,h,7neH^"r?l<?e" have "
[ start for New York Mr" lnilprwootl.\
short time ago there was a pros
peet of several joint debates betweei
ket for a train leaving jNVO candidates and the state wa
ork tonight was found gr,,atiy excited over the prospect. Mi
y 8 pocket. Hobson has issued repeated chal
ilk with his attorney iPngeB from the stump, but Mr. Un
nnedy appeared to be (jerWood announced that he coub
rits. He met a num- nQf indulge In any such campaign li
ml <? ( ,tn 1 rwlAit/la Ontttw
? ? /V" favor of the demands made upon hin
own hotel, and in the , ___ , , .
>d a dance In the hotel Washington.
1 he senatorshlp ,ght also is in
. . ... . . vovled, more or less, with the raci
igh mafw with his son for g0,-ernor 0f the state, which like
nnedy, today and re- will he decided at the April pri
mtel about noon. Af- niaitec There are five guhernatoria
' i* 1, a daughter candidates in the fit Id and the cam
id he WM going to his pa|Kn i,18 been more bitter than tha
wn l,ntil they w^re waged by the Hobson-Underwooi
eon The son short y fo?ow<,r8.
t to the apartments to ? , ,
her. Not finding him Former Gov. B. B. Comer claim
inquiries from hotel to be making the race for governo
earned that his father fu?Rin8t tbp rp8t ?* tbp flpId, . li
tolng toward the lava- bp "ocereory for the successful candi
allroom. When he datP to obta,n a majority of the vote
e door of the room raHl 1,1 tbe Primary. The large num
inedy lying on the bp| M' ran<lldates in the Held make
flowing fi*ora a wound doubtllul if this can be accomplish
j * ed despite the claims of the varloui
1 campaign managers. Realizing thi
lvs clan was summon- conditlon of afTalrSi tho Democratic
c o no h ng to ruve 8tate committee has arranged for i
w io a readoy had lost 8econd primary If necessary to de
o ilood. Death oc- cide p^tween the two candidates fo
. Kennedy was being KOVernor receiving highest nurabe
ballroom. The medl- of WlU,8 llt the first balloting,
as notified and after * ^
" i !aRU a oer,'A" Comer, those who seek the nomina
Con for governor are Walter I). See'.
. ?i - Tuscaloosa now lleutenant-gover
?t Hog Cholera. nor; R F. Kolb of Montgomery stab
Feb. 16.?A $500,000 commissioner of agriculture and in
ist hog cholera and a dust.lres; Chalcs Henderson of Troy
called dourlne. Is to president of the state railroad com
a 1)111 passed by the mission, and John H. Wallace, Jr., o
id which already has Hutsvllle, state game and fish com
te- missioner.
S, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1914.
f'ANINFAMOUSUE."
El DECLARES SEN. GORE SS
16.?Arrangements ha
pleted by the Wilmingt
h IJIintl Oklahoma Senator Takes i>r. Charles t. Harper
e the eonunittee, and th
Stand in Own Defense. Commercial club for
?annual convention of
... _ _ _ Medical Association of
L IN $50,000 DAIUAOE SI IT
? - - | HI in ? 11 p, i' '? . WHICH n
the Elks' Temple, this
lay and Thursday of t
r. Testifies in Suit Filed Against ports from the three s
llim by Mrs. Minnie E. that the attendance
llOIUl hundred or more, and
has made ample provii
e Oklahoma City. Feb. 16.?Wh?n royal entertainment.
5- Thomas P. Core, United States sen a- The greatest interest
r tor from Oklahoma, took the witness ifested in this meeting
l- stand today in Ills own defense in the Hanover Medical Soriei
d $50,000 damage suit filed against him physicians generally tl
i- by Mrs. Minnie E. Bond, who alleges three states who beloni
s the senator attacked her in a Wash- elation. They propose
g ington hotel, he attributed the court the best session in the
t- proceedings to political opposition. ; association.
it Senator Core was asked about his J
e Acquaintance with Mrs. Bond, the A TrT A mnD rAT1
n plaintiff, and replied that he remem- "VIA 1 Uxv r AJ_il
II bered meeting lier at a reception here FEET TO Hi!
'- and that her husbond's candidacy for |
e internal revenue collector was men- j ? Mnrniv 1
I tioned at the time, lie said he had i .. . ..
n'not given her any encournginent I ensacola Ba> an
il about her husband's candidacy. i stantly Kilh
i-j Itegarding the alleged assualt in Pensacola. Fla., Feb
e i Washington, the senator, in reply to Lieut. J. McC. Murray
>- 'questions, told of meeting Mrs. Bond States Naval Aviation
d 'at her hotel after she had telephoned tioned here, was insta
i- j him making the appointment. He said about 4 o'clock this ar
y lie never knew that .lames It Jacobs his machine plunged i
s and T. E. Robertson were at the hotel Bay. lie fell about K?
<1 at the time. machine was demolish
! "1 had never been in there before, tenant Murray's body v
o lie said, "and when I reached the door floating shortly at'terwa
y Mrs. Bond approached me in the lob- yards from the spot wl
by. I supposed we were to go to the Lieutenant Murray h
i- | hotel parlor, but she took me to an [over the Culf, and was
I- other room." the station when the
e "Where did you sit?" Senator Core curred. An investigat:
i- was asked. Irevealed the cause of t
' I "I sat in a rocking chair," replied i The death of Lieuten
lio "U'n l.>lk,?l "??? ?.- 1 -
... auuiii ?m- i|>|ii?uii- i mo nrst ratauty that
' mont of her husband. I told her again tt?o l'ensacola statio
there was no chance for him. She one of the most expo
,p seemed to feel that he had lost. tors in the Navy and
I "I arose remarking that I must go coming here about fo
e!and Mrs. Bond took hold of my hands, was stationed in Annaj
r She was remarking that I was going years old.
L_ to have a hard race. At that moment Three or four aviat
e the telephone rang and she answered in the air during the af
r_ it. Then she came back and sat on natn Murray was ami
'e the bed. circled over the Gulf i
r j "We talked only a few minutes. I and came over the city
p arose and she took hold of my hand. ; in the air about an hou
then fell 011 the bed. I asked: 'What about 4o'clock he was
1 does this mean?' Just then Robert- j ward the city from the
son came into the room and told her altitude of about 80i
^ to stop that squalling." I spectators saw the mt
"Hid you at any time touch Mrs. ' nose suddendly toward
K Bond?" he was asked. Some thought the avli
1 "I did not." the senator replied. trol of the craft and w<
r j Continuing his testimony. Senator wards, but this he did
. Gore said he told Robertson he want- stead the aeroplane ti
s ed to see Mrs Bond again. still father downward!
1- "I asked her if she had anything to velocity, struck the
e say about the incident. 'I want to tremendous force, the w
y know what this means," I said. She Up jnt0 the air for 50 I
>' replied that she didn't want her bus- From the top of a b
band to know about it. Robertson city the weather obso
n also sail he had nothing to say about accident and qu'ckly t
y it." the aviation station. B<
I The senator denied that at anv time out from the station,
s his clothing was disarranged while in the aeroplanes at the s
f the room. He said he met Dr. J. II. to the scene of the wre
- Farp of Oklahoma City the next day Qf the lieutenant was
d and discussed the incident. some distance away froi
d "I told him." he said, "that if any which, crushed almost
- one said I did anything improper it was nor ting,
g was 'an infamous lie." _
I- Senator Gore denied that lie told ,iis j)path Cause
Farl? to trv to get .Mrs Bond nut /,f
j the city. Washington, Fob. 16.
_ fatal accident to Lieut.
~ ray at I'ensneola. Fla., i
( IIWi: TO VOTE PROHIBITION. od? nav?, officers and o
tl Navy Department who
Lieutenant Governor Breaks Tie vounp officer as one ot
__ ^ . ... , , cessfui aviators of the
r \ote in \ irpinia. thr second Navy flier t<
0 Richmond. Va., Feb. 13.?Lieut, the first having been
p Gov. Ellyson president of the sen- Rlllingsley, who fell to
j ate, today broke the tie vote on the Chesapeake Bay near
s. bill submitting to the people the right June 20 last.
to petition for a State-wide prohibl- No official report on
tlon election. On roll call the ques- had come to the Depar
,, tion of adopting the conference com- and officials were not ii
H mittee's report stood 2p to 20, when cuss the probable cam
Mr. Ellyson ended the two-year con- pressed profound grief
1 test by voting for submission. Th<> and spoke feelingly o
house adopted the report by a vote Murray's fine qualities
of f 4 to 31. and as man.
Opponents of the measure tonight
urged Gov. Stuart not to sight it until T -rmrriT TP XTr*r?x* 1
Lieut. Gov. Ellyson's right to decide J-?l 1 I -1-i.fci xlU"ib J
it in the senate had been determined, i FINISH TH
Thy cited a section to the constltu- |
p ton which provides that any bill af i^i^ure < an ,|Hrd
fectng the State s revenue must be
passe) by 21 affirmative votes cast by Appropriation Bill
members of the senate. Time.
A sharp attack on the constitution- Columbia. Feb 14.?1
! allty o: the propoed referednum was t>e a fainter hope now
1 made in the house. Delegrate White journment on next Satui
charged that it gave breweries and the adjournment could
* wineries now operating in Virginia tv>. i.r nrt BAn Vhnrc n or
r an absolute monoploy in that they riation hill was easily
I are permitted to remain in business, week's time but at prest
- provided their products go to other bly needs more than a \
s States. Under the terms of the act, to handle it. There arf
- 18,104 voters may petition for an one why there may be a
8 election, which shall be held on Sep- Saturday for adjournim
- tember 22, 1014. In the event that depend entirely upon tl
8 the State votes dry the law is to take the appropriation bill i
s effect on November 1, 1916. done.
c There does not seem
? Well-Known Doctor Dead. doubt about the idea th
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 15.?I)r. Ros- assembly does not expei
r well Park, one of the best known sur- all of the work it has ot
r geons in America, died suddenly to- as this is never done i
day. The cause of death was heart the general appropriati
r failure I>r. Park's opinions on cancer of the way and has b*
- and tumors attracted world-wide at- the governor it will a v
1 tentlon. lie was a prolific writer and tor to hold the members
- his works on surgical und other selen- will hardly be any real
s tifle subjects covered a wide range. There were thirteen
day. many of them on th
, Scolarshlp for Tomato Club fiirl. Sanders bill directed
Columbia, Feb. 16.?The senate houses of ill fame. Of
f voted tonight to give Lizzie Kelly, one expected the bill to
- the Union county tomato club girl, a came to a show down,
Rcolarshlp at Winthrop College. way of a record vote.
>Vttii
$1.50 PER YEAR.
*"'>n'' 'UfflMAN nnPTflD IQ
vindni.|IIUIIini1 UUUIUH 10
MAKING BRAVE DEFENSE
< ourier, I* eb.
ve been rom
on physicians.
. cha'rnu.n m I)r. Kleanora Saunders Resents
e Wilmington i?oi?.,..4i?no
the sixteenth Insinuations.
the Tri-State
i'l!'' i/'heiVr li n CHAIRMAN APOLOGIZES.
city. Wed lies- ________
his week. Relates
indicate Mass-Meeting of Columbia Women
will be two ami White Nurses of the AsyW
ilmington lum Kndorse Her Work,
sion for their
Columbia. Feb. T4.?Dr. Kleais
being man- nora B. Saunders, the young woman
; by the New physician at the State Hospital for
ty and by the the Insane, who is making a brilliant
iroughout the fight for her professional and moral
g to the asso- character, which has been assailed in
to make this | an attempt to oust her as an assisthistory
of the ant j hysician, called I)r. T. It. Caroth
rs, chairman of the board of re
gents, to sharp account this afternoon
Sarin when he made an insinuative stateouu
ment.
S DEATH "I resent that, Dr. Carothers," said
Dr. Saunders.
IMunges Into "I "lost certainly resent that," said
. her father, O. L. Saunders,
id is in- Dr. Carothers then blurted out an
^1- apology.
. 16.? (Sub.) Dr. Saunders is making a straight
of the United fight for her rights, and she let it be
Corps, sta-l known this afternoon that she does
ntly killed at not propose to suffer humiliation at
ternoon when the hands of politicians in South
nto l'ensaco'a Carolina She has won the admiration
)0 f'>et. The for her brilliant work at cross-examin
ed and Lieu- ing the various witnesses,
irr.s discovered Dr. J. 1.. Thompson, the tirst asr?ls
about lbO sistant physician, was on the stand all
iero he fell. 'of this morning. lie charged in genad
been (lying eral terms that Dr. Saunders hail inreturning
to , vaded his department and had taken
accident oc- oil *--- -
.... ... n.-.i (?.?< ! tiwav. ? lien aSKOll
ion has not for specific instance of usurpation
he accident. the witness failed to specify,
ant Murray is i He was put under a hard cross-exhas
occurred lamination by Dr. Saunders and failed
n. He was | to show to the committee where Dr.
rienced avia- Saunders hail deliberately trespassed.
previous to i Dr. Carothers also returned to the
nr weeks ago stand but give no new ttgnt.
tolls. He was BEGIN SPEEDING UP.
nrs h ilt l.pen Tlie legislative committee began
ternoon Lieu- sPC?'(JinK UP thls morning in an atthpm
He ,oniPl 1? complete the hearing as soon
'ev*rol tin' 1;"* no^ible The .,lon ? ? railed
He had heeii to or(>cr 1? o'clock, and was in
r nossiblv and i8es8ion shortly after 2 o'clock.
' i ' . ; What is the trouble at the asylum?
fnlf it -in This Is the question that members of
it ' feet heii t,lf' committee are asking.
. , i .. ,. I The witnesses, that is the assistant
s the water Physician, invariably reply that there
ator had cote is friction.
mid plane up- This has been brought out that
not do. In- there are two heads of government at
trued it nose the asylum -the board of regents and
; an,j gaining the superintendent. This the members
water with seem to think is the cause of all of
ater splashing the trouble.
r,,rt Something was suggested this morn
uilding in the Wig about a get together meeting for
rver saw the the regents and the superintendent,
.elephoned to The testimony showed that neither
>ats were sen* had even called for sucn a meeting,
while two of Several of the witnesses have relation
(lew up fused to answer matters of a teehnick.
The body <al nature.
found floating The hearing will be resumed next
n the machine Tuesday afternoon at o'clock,
to pieces. also This point litis been brought out.
The hoard of regents adopted a rule
that till complaints should he died by
,, employes with the superintendent to
.. r the ,M> submitted to the hoard of regents.
. "v v.. ' After that resolution was passed
tonight of ny regents-tlie administra,
. twill mom Iwirc mot oiwl ' 1 ??
uncials or mo ?; : *" 1 """
(i?, complaints with several subordinate
regarded tno ... . ,, , ,
mn?r sue- officers when the plan for the oustcorps
Ho was ^r- Saunders was outlined.
) lose his life. This morning at a mass meeting of
Rnsign VV. D. Columbia women a resolution was
i his death in adopted indorsing the work of I)r.
Annapolis on Saunders.
Yesterday the young white nurses
the tragedy nt the asylum passed a resolution intment
tonight dorsing Dr. Saunders,
iclined to dis- During the examination of Dr.
se. They ex- Thompson this morning it was deover
the news * '.oped that a committee of the board
f Lieutenant of regents has been appointed frame
as an officer rules for governing the instution.
I)r. J. L. Thompson, first assistant
medical officer at the State Hospital
for the Insane, who made written
FOR complaint December 12, 1913. to the
rn rintr -n 1 ?*
I ^ */ g,- m k i>.i.nw i>i it-Rcin.^, inierrerence
by Hr. Gleanora B. Saund rs. assist.
. ant to the superintendent was the
} spos <? witnefif* today when the legislaby
Tliat tjve investigation of the hospital was
resumed. On cross-examination by
It is getting to l)r- Saunders. Dr. Thompson stated
on final ad- they had often been brought to day.
Ofcourse Rather in the discharge of their duties
be effected. Rn(l admitted they had always work0
the approp- pd harmoniously.
haudled in a
jnt the assem- week the opponents of the original
veek in which bill who were in favor of applying the
> several reus- Mann law to the state successfully
delay beyond kept away from a vote but by an ag?nt
and it will reement it was decided that there was
le dispatch of no use to fritter away any more time
as to what is and the House today on every vote
indicated that it favored the bill and
to be any that nothing was too drastic in its
at the general opinion towards putting these houses
ft to finish up out of business by the injunction pro1
its calendars cess. Every amendment that sought
ind whenever In any way to effect the bill was deon
bill is out feated.
?en signed by A somewhat curious feature is that
erv hard mat- the House not only favored Mr. Sandi
here as there ers' bill which applies the injunction
reason for it. process to houses to this character but
roll calls Eri- t also accepted by unanimous vote the
le now famous Mann act which was proposed by Mr.
against the Vanderhorst and others as a solution
course every of the entire matter. Therefore the
i pass when it Sanders bill and the locally applied
that is in the Mann act passed the House and went
For fully a to the Senate