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Ti 68TH YEAR. NO. 89. SEMISLAYER OKARMACK ! IS FOUND MURDERED ? c Mysterious Circumstances Surround Killingof Robin J. Cooper, Nashville Attorney w _ WIlS Wed BODY TAKEN FROM CREEK to Ki nego Skull Was Crushed and There le8Se Were Evidences of Violent nour Struggle?No Clue to the rum" weep Guilty Party or Parties. wou] Paei Nashville, Tenn. Sept. ?Robin J. Cooper, a Nashville attorney, whoso SP0<V trial for the killing of former United rat'" States Senator Edward W. Carmack ,>ut ( during he celebrated pistol duel be- r'Pa' tween his father. Col. D. II. Cooper, ^ and Cormack in 1908 attracted coun- Tnni try-wide attention, has been murder- ?hio ed here under mysterious circumstan- 0%0n El ces. 1 Cooper's body was taken from c,0nt Richland creek soon after his blood- t0('a stained automobile had been found. ha<1 - on a bridge near his home in the ria'* " I nlall fashionable Belle Meade section. The| skull had been crushed, but there were evidences that a violent struggle had taken place before the fatal blow rout i was struck. ? So A coroner's innuest developed no ^ clues to the inurdorer or murderers, but the police are proceeding on the theory that Cooper was lured from his^ ^ home by persons determined to rob I si)OCi him. This theory is based largely, upon evidence that Cooper drew $10,- ^ 000 from a bank a short time before j he disappeared last Thursday night.; The authorities assume that the|* young lawyer was lured from his home to the secluded bridge over thej ^ creek and there done to death. The. condition of his clothing indicated I Port that hfe had been dragged some ("8"iAnK< tance before he was thrown into the ^ water. Physicians who examined the cjtJp ( body said the small amount of water ^ aV found in the lungs were evidence that (jreg Cooper was dead when dropped into c the creek. .. the Mrs. Cooper who is a daughter of ^ Milton J. Smith, president of the jj Louisville and Nashville railroad, has I sout been visiting relatives in Louisville, jjOUj Ky., and her absence accounts for j the fact thut the disappearance her husband did not become known earlier. j There was no evidence that the (Cooper home had been robbed after the murder and some doubt has been 0,11 expressed that the murderers could Ci have expected that the lawyer would have any great sum on his person. His empty pockotbook. however, was found in the bottom of the automo- \\l bile. of li Governor Roberts has offered a re- is s? ward of $500 for the arrest and con- aril} victlon of the murderers of the law- duct yer. This later was supplemented by boat offer of a similar amount by the curr family. The police admit that they j fens nave nomine on wnich to work in sent solving the mystery. mad The Carmaek tragedy, the most tary notablo in the history of Tennessee, j 8? grew out of the Carmack-Patterson 'nir Tare for governor in lt?08, in which of r Pol. I) It. Cooper, rather of Uohln J. '"R Cooper, was one of Patterson's clos- in t est advisers. In the fatal encounter, mar which occured on an uptown street of nior (Nashville Novoinher !t, l'.ttts, the son futu flred the shot which ended earmark's life, and in the shooting was himself shoe wounded. Father and son were convicted of murder in the second degree I'd i in the lower court. Gut 6n the appeal hout . n t f li a eooa t /v ? u ? c* ? - ' " ' " * . wi .... 111 i hi; ouyi.iyue conn, tne verdict was reversed as to the son. toris lhe?Judges-standing three to two. The ?n(l verdict as to Colonel Cooper was said sustained. three to two, hut before roj leaving the capital tho father was ipnrdoned by Governor Patterson. The ense against Robin J. Cooper, when ' ' ' If camo up again in the Davidson or '' county criminal court was dropped, port Victim of Itlackmail. an < Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 1?The police believe Robin Cooper was the , victim of a gigantic blackmail plot. | This conclusion was reached today 'ben after a 48 hour effort to unravel tho bodj ? I mystery behind the death of the ? rr young attorney, whose muitllated mor body was found Saturday morning |iq,tl ii Richland creek, after the tllacov-1 ery of his bloodstainded motor car on | dan. (Continued on Page Klght.) | gate ? ?t. ita...*.-.. - ii.'cfc--: IE LAN< .. _ ' WEEKLY. LANCASTEF ISIDENT WILL START Ply fAVCDMI iONG TOUR WEDNESDAY ^lA UUTLilVrll ? WITH &TTV Make Speeches In Principal " 1111 I** * * "itlcs of West, Supporting Poaco Treaty. South Carolina Ex Number Interes ashlngton, Sept. 1.?Preside^g ducin# Livin; on will leave Washington next nesday on a tour of the country ve an account to the peopleof the TO STOP PR >tiation of the treaty of Versail ? , ... Attorney General icretary Tumulty made this anicement finally putting at rest KOSts I'air Prict >rs current during the past few an{| Committees is that the proposed trip, which Id take the President to the Present Sltuatli fic co^ist. had been abandoned. trip will occupy 25 days, and Washington. 8ept. ches appealing for the immediate petU8 was KjVen tl ication of the peace treaty with- oampa,Rn t0 reduce t change, will be made in the prin- at conrerence8 here cities of the west. c|OBOat co-operatl >e opening address. Secretary eral and state auth( ulty said, will be at Columbus. Six governors. Ga . Next Thursday, probably in the Milliken. Maine, Bur ta, Compbell. Arlzon eventh hour changes by Presi- svlvnnJ.i nna Wilson prevented announcement an(i Lieutenant Govi y of the completed itinerary as nf Montana, represen been planned. White House ofll- conference of goveri .worked far into last night com- ora] hours studying fl ng the details of the tour, but Attorney General Pi i it was sent to the President called at the white uade slight changes that neces- president Wilson the eel reconstructing the entire 1 0f the states in the el a. normal price level, ine of the stops en route to the As a result there v fir coast have become known and nitsm in the capital ? rding to the best (information than has been evider able, the second speech will be with the far-reachit 5 at Indianapolis, followed by nations carrying the i ches at St. Louis. Kansas City oniv an(j increased Topeka, in the order named, overy country and ai a the latter city the presidental authorities in hrim y will go to Omaha, thence to hoarders and proflte x Falls. S. D., St. Paul or Minnea- i|eVed excellent resu i. and BiBmarch N. D. tained in the next 9 ?n will follow speeches at Billings "After our meetinf Helena, Mont; Coeur D'Alene aent an<i the attorr o; Spokane, possibly Seattle; committee of goverr land. Ore.; San Francisco. Los "?prtnln fncts are cle ;les and San Diego. Speeches may "1 ?That all the r lade from tho train between these tjon an(j ap organiza i. but it Ib known the President niediute/y co-operate pposed to making open air ad- nf increasing the pi sea. necessaries of life, sturning from the Pacific coast "O? That econoni belief is that stops will be made an(j carft {n purcha eno, Nev., Salt I^ake City, Utah. sarios 0f life are er rer anil Oklahoma City thence wjth production, h and eastward probably to ;>?That every up laville. eral and state govern operate forthwith t )FITEERING IN WOOL teering. 4ND SHOES IS CHARGED attorney gen us that he will pursi and proposed laws a noil of Defense Alleges Conscious The suggestion of i irtailnient of Production?Ilea- orBl ,*mt a fa!r P,i<0 appointed in each o son for High Prices. jajr prjoe committee . localities of the stat< . . . , o ? i uui, inations of the gov %isliington. SeDt. 1.?Htfirh costs , ving which the government now dorsed. ?eking to combat are due prim- While the attoiney ' to the curtailment In the pro- Pd a dpsire to reP,v Ion of nearly all commodities, ance of ron,munity ding, profiteering and inflating of tl,,> elimim ency, the council of national do- inRl 1 '(,rnl ,:1 e said in an exhaustive report K;lvr* assun to Congress. The report waslSUPh efforts were r e public todav through Secre- and rftsl,lt8 wero not Kaker. chairman of the council, department would hi iggestions of the council for meet- Hons d!rectly'lie situation include stimulation iroduction; repression of hoard- STRIKING ACTC and profiteering; improvements' |jy' \ CHIC\(? he methods of distribution and keting and the dissemination of . . , . . PlftV is Put on .After o exact news concerning probable re national requirements. '>u<* u ross rroilteorlng in the wool and out?Theatre industries through conscious aliment or production was allow-1 Chicago, Sept. 1. a the report. The shortage of! worp ' successfully ting accommodations was a^lr1' J George C. Tyler. inai i! to a shortage In build ing^ ma* i Lino 11 and th 11. caused by'uncertain conditions , fb,, mackstone th? at to labor d'sputes and the report won( on before a we the shortage probably would ter a week's delay dt itinue for some time to come." of stage hands, inn national standard of living high-] l" "ywthy The beauty squat han that existing during the war . . . .. , . p-ckets faded to ap efore can be maintained, the re- doubly RUardod pit said. if production is placed on striking stars were efficiency basis. , selling copies of a 1 m headlines proclaltnln r?(i Jailed in Cooper Murder. 'air ,f> ?ntsnized la . ... c . , i?. , .u attempt to do pb ishville, Sept. t. -W orking on the m The theatre was 1 'ry that .Robin J. Cooper, whose cu,ar|y ,ho ,OWf,r fl(] r, witli head crashed was found in : tbe striking orchesti eok near his home Saturday young women, vioiii ning, was charged by an illicit entertained the audi or dealer, police early today ar- ,ft P' * *ni?Laura Hope Crew sd J. F. Kouston and Casey Jor- of n(ne Jn ?0n (hft who are being questioned In re- three act comedy d I to the murder. 1 servant question. ... I...*'..: frflKfffo Jfi. - CASTER t, S. C., TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 1919. )RS MET PALMER ATTACKS GENERAL JERSEY SENATOR I ;ective Among Attorney General Says Freling?vod in Re- huysen Worked for Gerg Costs. mans During War. w _ of R OFITEERING HE VOTED AGAINST BILL l?ni ? Kon Palmer Sug- Onlv Vote Cast in Congress Op- ' ings ; Commissions posed to Custodian Law Was cuk, as Remedv for Ciisl ltv Spnalnr Fr??lii?or- nosi r J are n. huysen. )ive ? to r 1.?New Im- 'Washington, Sept. 1.?A. Mitchell le government's Palmer, whose nomination as attorhe cost of living ney general was confirmed yesterday duci which assured by the senate, come back vigorously it. 1 ion between fed- today at Senator Frelinghuysen, Re- Nasi aritles. publican. New Jersey, leader of the terri rdner, Missouri, forces in the senate which had for ajahoi nquist, Minneso- number of weeks held up confirma- We'' a, Sproul, Penn- tion of the nomination. Arm South Carolina, charging that Mr. Frelinghuysen haVf srnor McDowell, wns constantly active in behalf of not ling the national German property owners In the I'nit- (" ? nors, spent sev- e(j States during the war and attempt- ton' he situation with e(1 to influence legislation which (,ovr aimer and then ?rroct adversely companies In which ^<>r ' house to offer llo was personally interested financi- ''1 L * full machinery ;;i y_ the attorney general gave a deTfort to restore a tailed account of alleged activities (1' of the New Jersey senator while this s#,'v' vas greater optl- country was at war with Germany. i\er the outlook Senator Calder. Itenuhlican of New it in many days. Yf)rk ft,so wag referred to in Mr. pri?' iK state organi- Pa,mer.9 8tatement. " message of eeon- , , park , ? "No American inter ?st has asked production into to >' .. I,., tor an investigation of the alien pro- ,, ding the federal . . . . Hi pertv custodian." Mr. Palmer declarSing to justice , ing. . . ed. "No American interest is com- ... era, officials be- ' ... . plaining. The Germans are complain- . Its could be ob ? . cond 0 days ing very severely. Senators h reling- rom( . r, . huysen and Calder are pleasing Ger-t., ,. ? with the PresI- J ?. i " th , . man business interests. They have ley general, the . ... PPni received special^mention by the tier- . lors announced, . ' , , but r. man foreign office for their activi-, jjoer >eoPle of the pa- MfiB' whlch C;e,many hoP1*9 niay re righ tlons should im- 8U,t fp :hP Qermane aM thp,r and for the purpose P r back. I have a copy of my ^ eduction of the al!en Pr?P*r,y ln Ber-| capita in Germany with an introduction I jn |( .. signed foreign office. I quote from' ,, y in consuption . . * . . site , .. an extract translation of this docuising the neces- ?ont ., , . iment: "That the administration of i lually important , ... , .1 A alien property is considered not with-i ()0 , , out suspicion in the United States ;ency of the fed- . . unti . , . herself is evident in the action taken ments should co.. I by the senate because of the rosoluo prevent profi-i , 1 .... I tion presented last February l>v Sena- if t. eral has assured'tors ^elinFhuysen a"d balder. de-1 in under existing mandin* aa Investigation of the alien | 11 profiteers" property custodian because of misap-! (he attorney gen- Pr?Prlatlon an(1 favoritism. So far as <?.n commissioner be'18 here known the se,,ale has alao | l f the states and refu8ed to appoint Mr. Palmer atlor-j s in the different npy Tt ,R hnpfMl ,hat ,hi8 ^s upon the noni- investigation would lead to a just ernors. was en- ,nqu,ry lnto tho "?anageraent or the alien property and to a fairer judg . nient of German interests.' " general express- inK upon the assist- Mr Palmer declared that Senator w. s efforts in the di- Frellnghuysen was not really antago- , ( ition of profiteer- n'Htir to h'm. but to the trading with f(ir ir price commit-j ' enemy act. which he had adminis-, ances that when 1orRd. and "he has been especially -jlot forthcoming i aKa,nst ,he Americanization of the in-;sp(1| satisfactory, his! dustrial concerns in America owned tndle these ?iues- I'-V our enemies and heretofore used ()t.( In a hostile way against this country's ( , interests." Wliile th?? act was uml< i ^ )KS DFFIFI) , onslf'or*,l'on' P?'niei said quoi itng theofheial record ef the hearing-.-! 0 MAN AC.FR Mr. Frelingi'uy - n intinlu 1 t h< ? i --r,nate committee on commerce, N? ii i? , , . hi \ a Week's lb-lav : s"t, who 'i. - r.v >ir- : t it eni _ . . Of 1 thetir Wnl' mv owrr''' insurance companies in ?? nni^H this country should rot li. ili ' rhed Guarded. I , 'Mr. llasset was followed by Sena- v ;js tor Freliuuhuysen with a statement (. >rf> Striking actors deigned t'? support his argument." defftd here by palmer said, "hut Senator Ft nagor of "On the |i?Khuy-en did not tell the comma c management of Wns that time financially re when the play interested i 11 four insurance com II filled houso'af-1 p)in|es whose relations with German liirr te to the walkout companies would be adversely iff", t- " isicians and bill , ,j by the h-glslatlon then proposed " with the actors, j Vjr j?a|mPr RUjr| the senator pro- ' ' I of chorus girl fpgte(j ff) h|m against interference pear outside the w|fh am, sa,p flf fho bJf, ?W1, lyhouse. Several ^ wf)oJen jnU,s ln ,, sajp \ j there, however, . , . ... ! "He was the only member of ( en-1 . labor paper with g the theatre un- Kress." the statement continued.) \t hor. They made "who ever sought to stay the hand spe< eket duty. j of the alien property custodian in ?> ivell filled, parti-, taking over or dispo Ing of enemy has >or The place of owned properties in the \ uited r ra members, two States." nist and pianist In liquidating the business of (ler- 's' ' enee before cur- nian owned insurance companies. Mr.ia ' Palmer said he received patriotic co-! !lis s heads the cast operation from all except one Anieri-j a<1'' Firing I.lne." a can company which hail reinsurance' ' lealing with the 1 *on (Cont.nued on Page Eight.) I froi % News SUH SCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR BRYAN OFFERS PLAN ,?? ,,,h^7?. K.?vo? mid FOR RAIL CONTRAL (rmlt'irk Hills (o H?'(iulat<? HiukitiK industry. Denounces Private Ownership as I nriof <>rwil)l<> :in?l Ini/ilom ashington. Sept. 1. -Delegations hie?Approves IMumb Plan outherners, introduced by Sena- . Shields and Representative Hull. lessee, attacked proposals in the ^ OS 1 (?0\ ERNMEN 1 1J1 I EE yon and Kendrick bills to regulhe packing industry, during hear-, ... ,, , ... . . , , .. . . Savs Ins Scheme >\ oil Id lost today before the senate agnural committee and taking the Appro\imat ely .S.">,000.000,(10(1 lion that the southern states _characteriz.es Road Magnatjust beplning to development of stock, they asked the committee ^ Ot t aptionists. efrain from disturbing the pack industrj. Washington. Sept. 1.?William SVVve just gotten into stock pro- Jennings Rryan laid before the ng In central Tennessee." said house inteistate commerce committee Powers, vice-president of the hla duai p|un 0f state and federal iville stockyards committee, "that I ownership of railway lines as a soluitory is just now turning out i tion of the raiiroad reorganization it $20,000,000 annually in stock. I ......i.i?.. ?- -- - Ii11uuiriu. in ikiiiif mii, iiu; iormer Fee retary of state denounced private ownership of the railroads as indefen cleared the receipts if they had sii,i0 und intolerable and characterbeen there to take the stuff out railway magnates as political ur hands, (letting away from cot- corruptionists. our producers would be totally <>We have nover tried goVernment .Id Of a place to find a market owner8hlp/. declared Mr. Bryan, retheir stork, if it were not for the t ? ... , ! fernntr to the railroad administraor concerns. I . . . . .. . 'Hon A stihsid;zetl newspaper nevrhey-ve put in packing houses in (M. thjnks Jo (H, tha| |he KOVornrapnt gin. and in Florida, too. We our- ; t((((k Qve|l ,h(> rallroad8 when the >s are engaged in organizing a lit-1 . . , , ? . ** ' private owners could not run thein. ndependent packing concern, butl ire now getting close to Chicago * government has been only in from the packers. temporary control, and the roads in , ,. the hands of those who warned to f you are going to license the ... . , . . see government ownership fall so lng business, we think you ought * ' .. ,. . .. they could get the roads back, cense most other lines, too. 3 enry M Hood, of Mount Sterl- Advocates Trunk lane System. K>\, voiced similar objections. Mr. Bryan advocates that the fed,Ve are satisfied with marketing1 eral government own a skeleton iitions," he said. "The packers trunk line system, reaching into every ; to our farms and buy our cattle. stHte. which in turn would own the iere is a combination, make it a other carriers within the state boundtentiary offense and prosecute, i aries. His nlan. he estimated would don't weight them down with cost the government four or five bllises During the war it was all lion dollars, while state ownership t, but now let the country alone^couiii b? decided by the people, who let it get back to earth. The might decide for temporary private [ re are a great blessing. You ownership. t find a man for $10,000 a year The commotio also heard S. Davies lis country who knows enough to Warfield. who said his railroad plan lown here as a commissioner and j-or a minimum interest return of 6 rol a 1! this business. j p0r font on rail securities through a fter hearing a number of western 1 mandatory adjustment of rates by the kmen. the committee adjourned I interstate commerce commission was 1 Tuesday. in principle endorsed by "50,000,000 persons owning or directly interested PLTBI IC PI \N TO 4,1 ra'lroad securities." Representatives of the coastwise shipping com1 OLLOW I P PRbSIDEN i panics urged that port-to-port rates ! should not be put under the control ...... , . . . ! of the interstate commerce commissider Sending Op|M>*it)on speakers , slon in reorganization legislation. U-liind When He Tours the , . . Arguing against private monopoly, Country. Mr Rryan said the railroads must be ] considered as a monoply, and that I "no one can defend a private mono> asliington Sept 1. As the final, pojy unless he has so much stock in piniy for President Wilson speak-, jt that it 8|iences his conscience." * tour in support of the peace treatv| .. . . Ilryan Approves Plunih Plan, announced, Republican senators .n conferences to decide on plane Mr Mrv:,n agreed with tho fun,la" sending opposition speakers along mental proposition of the Plumb imj llini plan that the government should own he President s plans call for ,he ronds- i'n'1 such nationalization rhes in the 30 cities throughout be *?re better than private west between the time he leaves monopoly. ? next Wednesday and his return for political powei under a naWashington. September 30. tionalizatlon scheme Mi Rryan de ,'h 1. resolutions were being offer "'? government could do no n tho house !>y Republican mem- x " ~f '" " l)r^ nw nership. for the calling upon the President to "tilroads have been in politics every >lon ! s tour and engage himself "'ay lor h>- last \eat s. Senators \ ishington with domestic affairs 1 ' v' late officials and tlto nation. Republican senators n,h?rs h:.\e oe< n elected because of opposed the treaty met with Sen-* 1:1 '14' '*' influence, he charged, .M i.' rmicl., oi' 111.ntv.- Nothing ? finally decided and another con- Ollice Hoot- I .inn anil Home \gcnt-. me will he held lomnrrow, after T'i i " I hon d in n.oralhn i h it i expected a definite pro- agents are \e; . rnteful to the people n wfll he ; nnoun'-cd. ?r 1.ancestor nd the county tor the Laving Washington on a special dmc? that has been prcrvlded for thhir the President will s - inr ,,s" ,n ,hp ^"""'"ehani hu'id ng over nigh the middle west. thei.ee ^ HpttOM' gr( The . s the plain s'ates to the ! . Hlic apon,s wiM l"' pr:,d ror any.nne Intcit at Washington and down the "s">'1 ,nV?'""v 'a and home'work it is far San Diego. On the return to Wl" on th*m ln ,,,e or thftV he will speak in Nevada rt!ih.'"an reached by . ailing-phone No. iming. Colorado. Kansas. Oklnho- ,B4" nffl,'e honrs of Hort,? ' \rkans..s. Tennessee and Ken- ,ors- f ? m. to 6 p. m. Mon,y, his last address being at <lay !* a m to 1 ? m- ?,her *<ek i.vllle on September 1".. ,|ays 8 30 a' ni to 9 a m "hotiter the President will make Office hours of Farm Demonstrator, ches from the rear platform of Saturday it a. m. to 6 p. ni. Other train has not vet hcen decided lie week days 8 a. m to d a m. set for himself the task of niak- ? 3d addresses in 36 days and to Dl\<?|{( l-.l> I HKNt'll y out this progr m it will lie nee- GIKI.S RKT1 l'\ TO l lt.WFK ry for him to deliver two speeches Paris Sept. 1 Sixty-two French ay for eight days of the trip, as women v. ho had married Americans. Itinerary does not call for any army officers or soldiers, and subseresses on Sundays. fiuentlv who had been divorced in th?? he President will leave Washing United Slates returned to France on before General Pershing returns the same steamer this week, accordji overseas Ing to the newspaper Avenier. X ' ?V i A j l _