The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 02, 1919, Image 1
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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