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VOLXVII MANNING, S. C.i WEDNESDAY.m MARCH 2 KINIS SHOT DOWN EOGE OF GREECE SLAIN BY ONE OF HIS MEN LLED ON THE STREET The Assassin Is Apparently Dement ed, Being a Man of Low Mentality and Hardly Responsible for His Action in Shooting the King or Anything Else He Does. King George of Greece was assas sinated while walking in the streets of Saloniki Tuesday afternoon. The assassin was a Greek of low mentali ty who gave his name as Aleko Schi naa. He shot the king through the heart. The king was accompanied only by an aide-de-camp, Lieut.-Col Fran coudis. ' The assassin came suddenly at the king and fired one shot from a seven-chambered revolver. The tragedy caused intense excitement. Schinas was seized immediately and overpowered. The wounded king was lifted Inte a carriage and taken to the Papallon hospital. He was still breathing when placed In the carriage. Prince Nicholas, the king's third son, and other officers hurried to the hospital. Arriving first, Prince Nich olas summoned the officers and, speaking in a voice choked with sobs, said: "It Is my deep grief to have to an nounce to you the death of our be loved king and invite you to swear fidelity to your new sovereign, King Constantine.". Crown PrInce Constantine, who succeeds King George, is at present at Janina. He is expeoted to arrive with all possible speed. The assassin of the king Is an evil looking fellow about 40 years old. On being arrested he refused to ex plain his motive for the crime. He declared his name was Aleko Schinas, and in reply to an officer who asked him whether he had no pity for his country, announced that he was against governments. Schinas maintained a perfeetly Im passive demeanor, which was sug gestive of being irresponsible for his actions. Notwithstanding the rapidity with which the king received attention he was dead on arrival at the hospital. Precautions at once were taklri throughout the city and perfect order is being maintained. The king fell Into -the arms of his aide when shot. Two soldiers ran up on hearing the firing and helped to support him. He was placed in a car riage and efforts were made to stop the blood, but he breathed his last on the way to the hospital nearby. When Prince Nicholas bade the of Seers swear fealty to Constantine they shouted: "Long live the king!" Prince Nicholas Is the only member of the royal family in Saloniki. Mourning emblems are displayed everywhere. The Greek governor has Issued a .proclamation announcing that the oath of fealty to King Constantine has been taken. REVOKED HIS COMMTSSION. Did Not Like Editorial in the Spar tanburg Journal. Because of 'an editorial In The Spartanburg Journal criticising Gov ernor Blease's veto of a local meas ure, Charles P. Cal'vert,. editor of the paper has lost his commission as a notary public. Not long since the notarial commission of Oapt. Chas. Petty, associate editor of The Journ al and grandfather of Mr. Calvert, was revoked. Thie caused Incon venience to the newspaper In the transaction of business requiring the attesting of papers. Mr. Calvert en listed the aid of Representative C. C. Wyche, a political supporter of the Governor and applied for appoint ment as a notary. He was notified of his appointment and directed to take the oath of offce and send the fee of $2 to the Secretary of State. He did so, but almost immediately after - ward was inrormed in a letter from John K. Aull, the Governor's private secretary to Mr. Wyche, transmitted by the latter to Mr. Calvert that his commission had been revoked be cause of the editorial. Arson Crimes to Amaze Public. The remarkable extent of the ar son frauds by means of which the In surance companies have .been swin dled out of mi' ions were disclosed at Chicago Tuesday when Judge Wade Issued seventy warrants for persons implicated by evidence in the hands of Assistant States' Attorney John son. The latter said at least an equal number of warrants would be taken out later. He declared the public would be amazed when the full story of the arson ring is known. 'Kindness Brings Fortune. fira. Albert Munkers, wife of a farmer of Warrensburg, Mo.. has fal len heir to $40,000 through her kind ness to John Rohan, an aged Irish man, who two years ago went to the Munkers home seeking shelter. The pair cared for Rohan until he died, two weeks ago. On top of a pile of valuable papers found among his ef fects was a note directing that every thing be given Mrs. Munkers. Rohan had no known relatives. Caught Girl in His Arms. Patrick J. Moriarity a stone-mas on. saw a little girl 'about to fall from a third-story window of a build ing in Chicago Wednesday and rush ing across the street. caught her in his arms before she struck the side walk. The girl, who was Helen J utnsn mae five, was unhurt. VETERANS DISMISSED THREE OLD SOLDIERS DISCHARG El FROM HOME. T1 Judge Ernest Gary Orders That They Remain at the Institution Pending Final Settlement in the Courts. The State says members of the commission charged with the admin- T1 istration of the affairs of the Confed erate home were Wednesday tempor arily restrained from dismissing three Confederate veterans who have been inmates of the home for several years. The temporarily restraining order was issued by Judge Ernest Gary up on a petition filed, charging, among m other things, that the three veterans ur had been dismissed because they ch: gave testimony before the legislative sp committee making an investigation at( relative to the conduct of the affairs mz of the home. - 10 The veterans dismissed were: W. C. Cameron, Darlington, 67 years of oh age; J. W. James, Richland, 65 years to of age; N. W. Jones, Kershaw, 68 cai years of age. Po: The veterans were served with a fec letter of dismissal Tuesday by A. M. ph, Black, adjutant of the .home. The sh4 letter was approved 'by H. W. Rich- cai ardson, general manager and treas- sto urer. The letter was issues upon the is order of J. G. Long Sr., chairman; J. qu, T. Crews, secretary; A. W. Todd and Cal M. C. Welch, members of the com- wil mission. According to the letter the veter- tio ans were dismissed because of a lack is of accomodations and because there of were more veterans from the respect- ph: ive counties than allowed by law. du The veterans were requested to with- pr< draw from the home immediately. res In the petition for the temporary nol restraining order it is stated that all thE of the veterans have been at the am home for more-than two years, that of they are seniors in occupancy to oth- ver ers from their counties. It is charg- I ed that the veterans were dismissed because they gave testimony before ke the legislative committee relative to ess conditions at the home. gel The petition charges a "policy of to : unfairness, intimidation and oppres- des sion" . ste The order by Judge Gary was serv- Th ed on the officials of the home Wed- tal nesday. The case will be tried in the the court of common pleas in Richland rec :ounty- ger the LIVED MN THIS COUNTRY. ow, I an( Versed in Iaw and Science - Ran ma nat Store in Illinois. an< Aleko Schinas, slayer of King sor George of Greece, is believed by his cr countrymen at Chicago to have left da that place at about the time of the pul beginning of the Balkan war, with a f number of volunteers who went from for Chicago. He is said to have been in business in Davenport, Iowa. In C. Damascus, a newspaper man,t Wednesday night told- of meeting Sci as in Davenport and said that the mul escriptions of the slayer of the king rl and the man known to him as Schi- a as were identical. sio "When I first met the man I con- br~ luded that he was: unbalanced, al- by hough he was highly educated," said in Damascus. eve "I interested him in starting a see news stand in Rock Island," and he remained at this until about six0 months ago, when he disappeared. yet he man was versed in law and ele science and told me that he had been lar; a judge in the minor courts of sev- dol ral cities. His brother-in-law told The e that Schinas had been accused of cot gafting in public office and that he My ecame a fugitive on this account." mit tin, TILMAN'S REQUEST GRANTED. cha ~ I ltha Statement to Caucus Will Go in Con-1 I h tru gressional Record. hat When Senator Tillman arose in wa the Senate Monday to request unani- fro nous consent for the printing of his oul statement to the Democratic caucus 18 last Saturday in the Congressional dr~ Record, Senator James, of Kentucky, nal asked -if it was intended to include col the letters that were read with the int statement. p Senator Tillman explained that it des was not intended to do so unless the thE author of one of the letters gave his pr consent, whereupon the Kentuckian sea expressed his satisfaction and the re- onl quest was granted. It is understood del that the letter under consideration bu was from President Wilson, and that thE the South Carolina Senator is wait- do ing to hear from him on the subject. thE Carrinzistas Has Disappeared. tre All traces of the Carrinzistas whogo Monday dashed into Nuevo Laredo ed with a woman leader, disappeared aft Tuesday. The name of the woman, ad who perished while leading the charge, was not learned. Federal defenders announced Tuesday that 500 reinforcements were 40 milesth south of Laredo and repairing the tGo railroad, reached the city Wednes- G day. i Thousands of Counterfeits. Cn Atlanta is being flooded with thou- thi sands of bogus nickels of the newm "Buffalo" type. The United States ev authorities are inclined to suspect to' that other Georgia counterfeiters are p engaged in muaking imitations of money. A very close inspection p shows that the counterfeit at the new Dc nickel is slightly blurred around the an Indian head. ab Gas Well Shoots $3,000 a Day. br With a roar that could be heard pa for six miles, a monster gas well was~ an shot successfully on the ftarm of Al-id bert Portman. within a few mhies of fa Butler, Pa. It will yield 30,000,000 an feet a day, valued at $3,600. The ou well is said to be the biggest everj st-r in Pennsvlvania. I [HAT TILLMAN $AI[ IE FULL TEXT OF HIS NOW U. MOUS SPEECH JES FOR MARTIN HARI e Senator Yields His Point for the Sake of Party Harmony, But Leaves Unmistakable Footprints of His Feelings in His Straight-From the-Shoulder Blows. On the report of the steering com ttee of the Democratic caucus, Sat lay, March 15, denying him the tirmanship of the committee on propriations and giving it to Sen >r Martin, of Virginia, Senator Till .n, of.South Carolina, spoke as fol Kr. Chairman, speaking to the res tion I have just offered, I want say this: Nothing that this caucus L do will affect my personal or itical status, except that It may af t my health. A chinese philoso r once said, "A duck's legs are >rt; a stork's legs are long; you knot make a duck's legs long or a rk's legs short. Why worry?" It an easy thing to ask a man this %stion, but we all know that men Mnot control their brains, and they 1 worry in spite of themselves. 'he reasons assigned for -the ac ci of the steering committee that it solely because they are solicitous my health and do not believe I am sically able to perform the ar >us labors of the committee on ap priations are sincere I hope, and L on that mot'ive alone. If I did , believe that this motive governed m I would have to believe that bition and not the best interests the Democratic party caused their dict. Nillman, as chairman of the com :tee on appropriations, was the stone of an arch, and it was nec ary to remove this keystone and Tillman out of the way in order let some chairmanships very much ired by some men fall where the wring committee wanted them. s is the natural human view to e of it, and I prefer to believe ir own version of the affair. I ognize that they are all honorable lemen, and I believe not one of m has any reason other than his 2 judgment as to what is right I proper to actuate him in this tter. I know all human beings are urally selfish and inevitably so, when spurred by ambition they etimes become unscrupulous and el. Dealing with motives is very gerous anyway, and I will not -sue that train of thought further. am not contending here so much myself as for my State and the ciple of seniority. By all of the es that have obtained heretofore he Senate.since the foundation of Government appointment on comn tees has been governed by the s of seniority. It is an unwritten , almost a constitutional provi c, that should- not be lightly shed aside. It has been observed the steering committee in mak up its assignments in the case of ry man, except myself. Why this 3rimnation? South Carolina has n fit to send me here for eighteen rs, and I have just entered on my rth term and have six more years to serve. Last August I was re :ted against two strong men by a e majority without spending a far and without making a speech. people have thus shown their tinued love for and trust In me. long service, and, If I may be per ted -to say, my more or less dis ~ulshed service entities me to this ,irmanship. Four years longer n Jacob served for his two wives ave striven here in the interest of democracy. When the Senate I dwindled to thirty Democrats I still valiantly .battling at the at for the principles and policies lined in -the Chicago platform of 16. I was on the committee which ,fted that platform. *Bryan was a member of it because he was a testing delegate and only came a the Convention with a right to ak after the committee on cre itals had declared his delegation lawful one. It was late in the ceedings when the delegation was ted, and his speech, as well as I made at the same time, was in ence of the platform. The gold s in that Convention had packed galleries on purpose to howl me rn, and they did it until I told m with all the emphasis which I i capable of that there were only e things which could hiss-a >se, a snake and a man. That med to quiet them and they allow me to go on without interruption erwards. I had predated ' yan In ocacy of those principles, ccor T de my first speech in the Senate, ich has been designated the itchfork speech", in January of t year, while Bryan's "Cross of d" speech was not delivered until [was a member of the committee resolutions at the Kansas City nvention four years later and read platform. as some of you may re *mber, for no one who heard It can er forget the demonstration which lowed my declamation of thai ~tform. Four years later at St. Louis. when rker's gold telegram threw the mocratic cohorts Into confusion, d it seemed that the party was out to disband in disorder and be ne a mob, I again steppedi into the each and made the speech which eified the delegates. In 1S96, 1900 d 1904 I campaigned for the Pres* mntIal nominees, although I had nc .th whatever in Parker's election d knew he would be defeated, as he ght to have been. I was not at the Denver Conven (Cntnued on last page.) GIVEN WARM.WELCOME BRYAN GREETED ENTHUSIASTI CALLY AT HOME. He Is the Center of Attraction to the Home Folks at Lincoln Through out the Day. Back to his Lincoln home for the first time since the day after the elec tion In November of Woodrow Wil son to the presidency and which pav ed the way for him to become a part of the national administration, Wil liam J. Bryan Wednesday received the enthusiastic greetings of the peo ple of Nebraska. From the time of his arrival at Lincoln Wednesday morning untfl late Wednesday night he was a busy man and a center of attraction. An Impromptu reception at his flee shortly after his arrival, during which he held short conferences with close political and personal friends, was followed later by a reception at I a hotel when several hundred men I and women welcomed and extended i congratulations. In the afternoon Mr. Bryan made a short address at a joint session of I the Nebraska legislature, repeating in part his speech made to the Illi nois legislature, the day before and making a brief reference to dollar t diplomacy and the attitude of the i government on the Chinese loan. Wednesday night at the Lincoln I auditorium Secretary Bryan was the c guest of honor at a banquet on his i fifty-third birthday anniversary. ( Sharing the honors with Mr. Bryan 1 at the function was Gov. Dunne of t Illinois, who accompanied .him from < Springfield; Gov. Hodges of Kansas; I Gov. Morehead of Nebraska and Jer- i ry B. Sullivan of IoWa. Mr. Bryan, who had announced his z address would be of no political sig nificance was the last speaker on the I list, but he gave careful attention to I the speeches of the other gentlemen e and joined heartily in the applause c which greeted them. The "dollar dinner" brought to- f gether a crowd of nearly 1.503 din- t ers. It was essentially a "home1 folks" crowd, but there was a good attendance from other states. liartic- I ularly Kansas. t Telegrams of congratulation from N President Wilson, members of the E cabinet and others were read by the a toastmaster, Edgar Howard. a LEVER'S SERVICES IN DEMA)ND. Seventh District Representative is Besieged by Applicants. A Lexington dispatch says Con gressman Lever, who came home from Washington several days ago to take a little rest preparatory to the convening of the extra session c of Congress, finds but little time for j rest. In fact the Seventh district f Congressman Is the busiest man in E Lexington. He is daily in receipt of ( hundreds of letters from people, not I only residing in his district, ,but from t every section of South Carolina, and< from many outside of the State, who are seeking the South Carolinian's aid to secure jobs at the National Capital. Mr. Lever did not bring his private secretary home with him, leaving him at Washington to iook after the correspondence, etc., at that end of the line, and Mr. Lever has found it necessary to break in somec extra hel; there in order to keep upt with his mall. There seems to be a general op-1 inion among the people that every postmaster in the State will sooner or later be ousted by the new admin Istration, and there seems to be a1 dozen or more applicants for every port office within the district. There are those, too, who believe that a Congressman will have full power in making the new selections, when, as a matter of fact, In a great many in stances the Congressman -has abso lutely no say so as to who shall fill these positions. For instance, all of the fourth class postmasters are now appointed only after standing a civil service exami nation, and unless the new adminis tration changes its policy along this line, there will be absolutely noth ing that the Congressman can do in the way of selecting postmasters. There are many post offices in this State where the saliary Is less than $1,000. and these come under the civil service. AMAZING COST OF WAR. Some Idea of the Cost of Keeping Up Vast Armies.t An estimate was recently made of the cost of a great European war which should involve the important countries of Europe, says a London special. The Igures in the estimates were most impressive. There would be under arms something like 22,- t 000,000 men. At a conservative esti mate the cost of keeping these men would be between two and three dol lars a day per man. All this would e quite aside from the damagei which would be done by such tre mendous forces coming into conflictr and the work which would be leftc undone, when these many millions of men became parasites instead of workers. Marries Sweetheart's Mother. Irving Volkes, 19 years old, ofi Dover Plains. N. Y., after courting < the young daughter of Mrs. Amapda Colby, aged 69 years, changed his mind and decided to ask the widow for her hand. He was accepted. The1 woman owns a fine country home and is said to be very wealthy. Volkes is a caretaker. Sixteen Killed by Snow. At Christiana, Norway, sixteen per-i sons were killed by ani avalanche which overwhelmed three armies In the Guddbrands valley in Southern Nrwayn Thursday. OFFICE SEEKERS LEAVE IT DOES NO GOOD TO REMAIN AT THE CAPITOL. Southbound Trains Bring Many Dis appointed Ones Who Have Not Been Able to Land Berths. The Washington correspondent of The State says every train leaving Washington, going in a southerly di rection, carries on its lists of pas sengers many disgruntled and much disappointed office seekers. Some of these came to Washington just after Christmas, when congress assembled, 3thers came to the inauguration, and still other have arrived since. They xre going home because they have ecome thoroughly convinced that .he national capital is a very expen ;ive place in which to live while waiting for the plum tree to shake. The home-goers are not from any >ne state, or from any one sectlon of ;he country, for that matter, al :hough it Is truc that, for obvious -easons, more of them are from the south than elsewhere. But there is something else the job iunters have recently discovered. rhey have become convinced that it will do them no good to remain in Washington. One having placed heir interests in the hands of their -espctive congressmen there is little -se that can now be done. Secretary 3ryan will not return to his office for *me time from his Western trip and everal of the other cabinet members pect to be away more or less dur ng the early spring months. Added o this Is the friendly advice handed >ut to the weary waiters by the con ressmen that longer tarrying here ould be of no avail. There is much dissatisfaction mong some of those who have been isappointed, but this was to be ex ected. It was never contemplated y those well inforhed that the new dministration would summarily turn ut former employees and office hold rs to make room for others, but this act apparently does not suit many of base now turning their faces home ,ard. Many of them will go back to their eople with alluring stories of what hey did in the national capital while vaiting for something to "turn up", ad, no doubt, that after all they are t home again. Many appointments re going to be made but not just ow.. In time the plum tree will haie for keeps but that will come ith the extra session of congress. RUNAWAY MUTE WOUNDED. Ii Silence Caused Suspicion and He Was Shot. Suspected of sinister Intention -be ause of his silence, Louis. Duncan, 4 years old, a runaway deaf mute rom the State Institute at Cedar prings, was shot by T. M. Ross, aged 2 years, when the boy called at Mr. toss' home on the outskirts of Spar anburg Sunday night to beg a drink f water. Miss Eliza,beth Ross .was aroused rom slumber by a knock on the oor. When she opened it she saw dim figure in the dark, which nade no sound, but waved his arms. ~Iss Ross recoiled, screaming with right. Her father jumped from bed, natched a shot gun and stepped out f the house to repel the supposed in ruder, who backed off. The old man called to him to halt, iut there was no answer. The fig ire commenced to run and -the old nan ired. They found the boy lying n a little crumped heap, conscious >ut mute. -Ho was taken to the spartanburg Hospital, where It was aid that he would soon recover. He s a son of Walter Duncan, of near lreenville. HEROINE BRANDED AS THIEF. harged With Theft of $800 Worth of Jewelry From Employers. Mae Benlein, sixteen years of age, eclaimed as a heroine after carrying wo children from a burning house >n March 10, is under arrest at New ork now on suspicion that she took raluables that were In a closet un ouched by the flames. The girl was nurse in the employ of George H. durray, a broker residing at Queens. 'o of the Murray children were ap arently rescued by the girl during he absence of Mr. and Mrs. Murray. [he grateful parents told the girl her alary would be Increased as soon as he family was established in a new iome. Investigation to learn the ori in of the fire disclosed that $600 orth of jewelry was missing. Marriage Creates Sensation. A runaway marriage In Washing on created a sensation Saturday, and is a result Mrs. Anna Middleton, ealthy and prominent in society is rostrated while her daughter now, dIrs. William P. Storty, says that she lefiantly "does not care what the ieople say". The couple were mar -ed December 17 last. The marriage >nly leaked out Saturday. Taxicab Bandits Rounded Up. Joseph Taylor, a dapper cane-twirl ngs young man, who coolly confess id to the police of New York Monday lght that he is the leader or a band >f taxicab bandits, is expected by the -olice to make revelations which will ead to further arrests. Besides Tay or, ten men are held as the result of :he detectives' work. Set on Fire by Pipe. At Elnora, Ind., Mrs. Win. Sneff. 3 years old, while smoking a pipe Wednesday night allowed some of ;he burning tobacco to drop on her Iress. Before other members of the 'amily could reach her she had been o severely burned that she died a SOME PLAIN TAL BY THE COMMANDANT Of CONfE ERATE ROME REFORM BADLY NEEDI J. P. Caldwell Tells of the Discipli and Administration of Affairs the Institution and Submits Soz Letters and Testimony Bearing the Same. J. P. Caldwell, former commanda of the Confederate home, sent t following report to the board of col missioners at the meeting Tuesd afternoon. Gentlemen: Having discharged t duties of commandant of the Confe erate infirmary from December 1911, to March 5, 1912, and n knowing my piesent relation to t: said infirmary, I beg to submit to yi this communication, which is al my official report. I have seen in the papers t] statement that I tendered my resi nation at the meeting of the boa March 4 and also the statement th Maj. Richardson, when asked why was "ousted", said that when I a peared before the legislative inves gating committee admitted that could not "hold the job". Also, have read that Maj. Richardson al Dr. Butler, who have been acti member of the board aid at the sar time salaried officers of the instit tion, have resigned from the boar on account of the "new law". Als in the newspaper report of the met ing of the board I read that the boa: has resolved on a "reduction of e penses as much as possible". It is not true that I have ever te: dered my resignation. I surrendern the duties of the office pending tl further meeting and the action i the board, because of two commur cations placed in my hands on Mar( 5, signed, the one by Dr. Butler, st acting as a member of the board, a! the other by Maj. Richardson, wl also was still acting, apparently, as member of the board, although bol said to me that they had resign( from the board and they wanted n to resign. too. These communications are as fc lows: "Columbia, S. C., March 4, 19'3. "Mr. J. P. Caldwell, Confedera Home, Columbia, S. C. "Dear Sir: The board of commi stouers of the-Confederate inhirmai at their regular session in Colu'b tc-day decided that they would : stall a new administrattvo policy . to their minds the present admini trative policy is too expensive and not bringing the most satisfactory r sults. It has instructed me to infir you that the new administrative poc icy of the board of commissione: would not require a commandant. "I therefore, at the instance< the board of commissioners of ti Confederate infirmary, request yoi immediate resignation. "Yours very truly, F. W. P. Butler, "Secretary." "Columbia S. C., March 5, 1913. "Mr. 3. P. Caldwell: "Please turn over to :Mr. Black a books, papers and any other matti pertaining to the home. "H. W. Richardson, "Chairman and Treasurer." I understand from Mr. Black at the communication of Maj. Richari son and from the newspapers the Mr. Black took mg place as comma: dant, temporarily, although he is 2 inmate of the infirmary. But fro: Dr. fButler I understood that the: would be no commandant after n resignation. I do not know my pre ent status. However, I hereby te: der to the new board my resignatio: to do with as they see fit. I do ni mean to indicate that I wish to reti: from the position or from the wor: and my application is placed befo: the board of commissioners for tl chief executive office of the infiri ary under their new management. am glad to see the prospect of a ne management, free from the dict tion and control of interested partie I have kept a record of the dal attendance of the inmates of ti home, and the average is 56 and fraction, which I will say Is 57. 1 $17,000 was appropriated for mal tenance, this would make the co per inmate on the average near $300-net counting the repairs at upkeep of the buildings, for whi< the appropriation under the recei management was for the year 191 $3,000. This is in contrast with ti testimony of Mae. Richardscn (pat 28 of house journal), as follows: "Q..Well, now, what is the actus cost for the feeding and clothing at caring for an old veteran over the: for 12 months? A. Well, the diet about-I think I have got it dos here-about 25 cents per day f< board, and, the clothing and so for: -1 think I have it all down there.' The maintenance has beeni too e pensive-but it has been too mu< going to salaries. It would see that my testimony along that line the real cause of the attempt to ci off my head. I testified the truth, follows (n,. 77): "Q. This one question, captain: you have discharged your duties at Mrs. Mixon has discharged her d ties, is there any'.h:m left for Ma Richardson to do, except. perhaps, come over there and look a little a! sign checks? A. No, there ain' that is $100 a month thrown away.' The legislative committee toC this view and unanimously report4 that it was useless to employ Ma Richardson in addition to a comma: dant, and that "two men are bei! employed to do what one could.'d The committee unanimously add4 SAYS MAUEKU WAb 5MUI WHILE SAUREZ WAS STRANGLED IN NATIONAJ PALACE. 0 Colonel Manuel Alcalde Makes Start ling Revelations-"Reported As. IS sault Only Farcical Ruse." Colonel Manuel Blanche Alcalde, me publisher of The New Era, a City of T Mexico newspaper generally regard t ed as the mouthpiece of the late President Madero's administration, se arrived at San Francisco Thursday n with the assertion that he is "in a position to prove" that Madero was shot to death and that Vice-President Saurez was strangled in -the national i palace on the night of February 22, T and their bodies taken. to the prison in an automobile. "The reported assault by the of guard," said Alcalde, "was merely- a s( farcical ruse and a part of the plot. s d- When the automobile was fired upon 8, guards were only pouring lead Into ' the dead bodies of the president and ot vice-president, who were murdered m xe In the palace, hours before." er yu Colonel Alcalde described himself T so as an intimate friend of Madero. His ar mission In this country, he said, ie would be to expose the plot which h 9 brought about the Diaz uprising and the deaths of Madero and Saurez. b gt Colonel Alcalde asserted the news q1 of Madero's fate was known In Wash ington before the hour named in the A official version as the time of the al- w leged attempt to rescue him. g "As a matter oi fact," said he, 1a rd "President Madero and Vice-Presi- T< edent Saurez were killed between 8 and 9:30 o'clock City of Mexico time, m don the night of February 22. The ar president was shot from behind and iti o the powder burned his neck. Saures da was choked to death. His secretary, in Fernandez de la Reguera, saw the bc body two days later and there were finger marks on the throat. One w, eye had been forced from its socket hi and the tongue protruded." tic ie Colonel Alcalde was positive In his assertion that Madame Madero had told him there was no hope for her 11 husband, basing their fear on an in d terview she had with American Am d bassador Wilson, on the forenoon of a February 22. ,h - ro d (p. 14): ne e "And In this connection we wish st' to put the stamp of our disapproval J. I- upon the practice of members of the H. commission electing themselves to or lei holding salaried positions." lai e If money is to be saved, as it bo should be, the positions to be abol- al ished are not that of =commandant, pr y uthe position specially created for m4 the chairman at a salary of $100 a er . month, If he and Dr. Butler admit an that the "present administrative pol- hi ,- Icy is too expensive, and is not bring is ing the most satisfactory results", as inj . stated in the communication handed er, n to me, they have resigned from the ga I- wrong office. . The responsibility for Ca -s the failure must rest not with me but an with Maj. Richardson, who In his m< f testimony said (p. 30): "I run the hc be whole; concern. I am in . charge of co r* the whole business; everything comes tol under my supervision."m The legislative committee found cb that "there does not seem to be anyt. head to the Institution" (p. 14). This io is because the chairman, 'Maj. Rich- he ardson, took authority that did set belong to him and- interfered with Ma 11 the commandant In the latter's du- rol r ties without performing any syste- sai matic duties himself. Maj. Richard- bu son in his testimony claims to have so: done everything, and he thus ignore an the plain rules laid down by -the Mi d board March 11, 1912, which define sit I- the commandant's duties as follows: mi It "Second Commandant, who will 1- act as caretaker, control the inmates, ho n attend to the policing of the grounds Ce n and premises, look after and care for cc -e the property and stock, attend to -W y planting and trucking, report to and mi - act In conjunction with the chairman Di 1- and any other duties which the chair- cc 1 man may see proper to define." m< yt He also ignores the duties of the sh 'e matron, laid down In the said rules. 1o0 O' to wit: 'e "Third Matron, who will do the W e purchasing for the home, employ the 1 servants, supervise the kitchen, diia- tel I Ing room and all other domestic du- sa W ties the chairman may see proper to Cc i define and at all times have the right 'g; s to call upon the commandant to co- a< 7 operate with her in the discharge of we e her duties." Hi a I may .be permitted to call to the s attention of the board that before ite Maj. Richardson had known that I Pri twould tell the legislative committee Mi 7y ---in reply to Its questions--that his Bi d salary was a useless expense to the M State, he spoke very highly of me In Di at his testimony before the legislative tu 2committee (p. 39):th L "Q. . . . He is commandant... e don't you think he Is rather lax in ini discipline? bu. 1 "A. Well, senator, I would say if th .d he errs at all it is in that line. He m< -e is too kind-hearted. Not that he is ho is not a very determined, brave man u and as just a man as I ever saw in ha r my life." bo a In conclusion, I agree with the go board that the expenses of the home ret Cought to be cut by cutting out use- thi hh less salaries, and I hereby offer to ra: m take charge of the infirmary at a or i salary of $100 a month and do the be it work now done by treasurer, com t mandant and matron, costing now $220 a month, and I will give bond. [f But I must have full control of all dd subordinates, responsible only to the th '- board. to -Respectfully submitted. .T. Pat Caldwell' be Columbia, March 18. an kEvidences of Sea Tragedy. th d Fragments of wreckage picked up 0!e . onday on the coast of Norway gave th~ 1 conclusive evidence that the German af 1ksteamer Peruvia, with. its crew of 28 m 0. officers and men, was lost in a storm lo ILAK Ulintk NIUt THER BOARD REMBERS SEND NOT REJOINER AYS DICKERT WAS OFF he Reply to the Colonel's Reforence to Grafting ad; the Confederate Home is a Warm Number and Wl No Doubt CalI for a Warm Beply. From Him. The Columbia Record says A. W. 2dd, J. T. Crews, M. C. Welsh and G. Long Sr., members of the board commissioners of the Confederate ildiers' Home, Wednesday Issued a gned statement to the people Of uth Carolina, saying that when D. Dickert of Newberry, the fifth ember of the board of commission s, gave out a newspaper interview iesdoy, in which he intimated, aong other things, that there was ;rafting" going on at the Soldiers me, he "was In such a condition at we hold him wholly Irresponsi e for his action or statement," to ote the statement: - "He was drunk, plain drunk,' said W. Todd Wednesday morning, ben he handed a Record reporter e statement. The statement fol ws: the People of South Carolina: As members of the board of com ssioners of the Confederate Infirm y of the State, we resent most pos vely the statement published this ,y in the Columbia State newspaper reference to the meeting of the ard the 18th instant. We want to state that Col. Dickert ws in such a condition that we hold m wholly irresponsible for his ac >n or statement. (Signed) J. G. Long, Chairman. A. W. Todd, J. T. Crews, MI. C. Welsh. A Record reporter was called to m 220 at the Imperial hotel Wed sday morning and given the above Ltement. Present in the room were G. Long Sr. A. W. Todd, Ma - W. Richards'on, Dr. F. W. P. But , Charles H. Highley, an auditor; :er M. C. Welsh, a member of the ard of commissioners, came in and Lxed his signature to the statement Ented above. J. T. Crews, another ember of the board of commission 3, was telegraphed to in Laurens, d he authorized the signature of name to the statement. A. W. Todd said Wednesday morn : "The board met at the Confed ite home for the purpose of reor nizing. Col. Dickert nominated pt. Long for temporary chairman d J. T. Crews for secretary. I then >ed that the management of the me stand as It Is until the books ild be audited and that the audi rs report be made at the April seting of the board. Col. Dickert arged that we had framed up to re . "grafters"~ in offce and he ob :ted to keeping the present offcers; said he wanted new officers. "After the meeting had ended Mrs. xson, the matron, came In the om. .Col Dickert was mad and id: Ill whip the whole d-n znh.' He also said that Mrs. Mix a had put herself in a man's place d that he 'would beat her too'. -s. Mizson wanted to resign her po ion and we had to beg her to re Several who were present at the tel Wednesday morning said that I. Dickert wanted the position of mmandant to be given to a Mr. icker of Newberry and that at the ~eting of the board on March 4, Cel. ckert suggested Mr. Wicker for mimandant at a salary of $110 per nth. The minutes of the meeting ow that the motion was put and ;t. It was stated that Mr. Wicker s in Columbia with CoL Dickert. ednesday. Major H. W. Richardson, superin ident of the Confederate home, id Wednesday morning:- "When 1. Dickert Intimated that there was afting' at the home I demanded ~omplete auditing of the books and have employed MIr. Charles H. ghley to do this work." Replying to the statement accred d to Col. Dickert that he was not esent at the board meeting when jor Richardson and. Dr. F. W. P. tler "claimed they were elected," jor Richardson said that CoL ckert has been an the board for o years and has never attended but ree meetings. Effort was made Wedncsdlay to get to communication with Col. Dickert t he could not be found. He left e Jerome hotel early Thursday )rning, presumably to go to his me in Newberry. Col. Dickert said yesterday that he d resigned as a member of the ard of commissioners and that the vernor had refused to accept his signation. The governor was out of city Wednesday and his stenog pher said he did not know whether not Col. Dickert's resignation had en accepted. re Bodies Recovered From Ruins. Worknen Thursday continued eir work to recover bodies believed have been buried beneath wreck e of the Malcolm Canning Co.'s sin building at Medicine Hat Al rta, when It was destroyed by fire d a gas explosion -late Wednesday. ily five bodies have been found, but ere were persistent rumors fthat 30 iployees were In the building whon e walls fell. A small blaze started ter a broken gas main filled the an building with fumes. Property ss has been estimated as high as .00,000.