Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 30, 1910, Image 7
KILLED WIFE
Arrested as He Case OH Genua
Liner at New Ytrk.
HE CONFESSES CRIME
"S lifted Mallet to Nlay Woman After
They Had n Violent (Quarrel, Then i
niuih uin- imuij in u ituiir, v>?rricnl
it Down to laike, and Threw '
f
it in the Water. j
Porter Charlton, husband of Mary *
Scott Castle Charlton, whose body
was found in a trunk in Lake Conio, a
Italy, reached New York on a Ger- c
man Liner Thursday. A man re- 1
r
semhling Charlton was arrested as (
he stepped from the steamer at h?*? r
pier in llnbokcn. lie gave the names f
oi Charles W. Coleman, but a report f
from Hoboken said that at the po- i
lice station he broke down and admitted
that he was Charlton. v
Charlton suid in his confession r
he and his wife had beeu having sup- r
per together at the villa on Lake t
Corao and that Lhey had engaged in t
a violent quarrel. }
Chaxltou said his wife, who was p
one of the best women in the world, j
but had an ungovernable temper, t
called him some vile names and that t
Anally who he could not stand her ?
abuse any longer, he attacked her f
with a wooden mallet. The young P
man said that .he struck her over the s
head three times, knocking her unBconsclous
and killing h?r. as far as p
he knew.. r
Charlton told the police that he a
then stuck the body of his wife in u ij
truuk and carried it down to the f
lake, where he threw the trunk into f
the water. s
Tho body of Mrs. Charlton was h
found packed in a truuk which was i>
taken from Lake Conio near the village
of Moltrasio by fishermen June a
1 OUi. The woman with her husband b
had occupied a villa on the lake front, o
leased by them some time before. At |j
the Ume the woman's body was fouud
Porter Charlton could not be found. v
The Italian police have insisted
that Charlton was alive and have di- n
rivtpd thnir pnereifs to lnrntine the
? ? ? ?p o ;
young man. American Consul Caug- h
her, ob the other hand, held to the
theory that a double murder had been t<
committed, and it was through his tl
representations that the Italian authoritles
engaged divers to make the |>
search of the lake bottom..
Meantime detectives followed up n
their own theory and their recent f<
conclusion was that Charlton was a t(
passenger upon some steamer which w
had sailed from Genoa or other Ital- tl
lan port for New York. s
The police were watching for the n
arrival of the steamer Deutschland,
as it had been reported that Charlton a
sailed on that steamer. The officers jt
had a description of Charlton, and r
when they saw a man resembling 3
.him leave the ship they pounced up- n
on him and placed him under ar- a
rest. Ho protested vigorously and 0
seemed inclined forcibly to ofTer re- c
sistanco, but he soon subsided. Capt. p
Scott, brother of Mrs. Charlton, took a
one look at the prisoner and said n
the man was Charlton. Later Charlton
made a signed statement to the
police.
While he was being sweated un- ^
der the "third degree," Charlton became
infuriated, and drawing a revolver,
tried to shoot Chief of Police
Hayes. He was uuicklv disarmed.
and a few minutes later confessed
the crime.
Within half an hour after his arrest
Chariton had signed the follow
ing statement:
"My wife and I lived happily together.
She was the best woman in 1
the world to me, but she had an
i(n go veritable temper. So had 1.
We frequently quarreled over the
most trlval matters and her language
to tne was frequently so foul
that I know she did not know the
meaning of it.
"The night I struck her she had
been quarreling with me. She was
in the worst temper 1 had ever seen
her in. 1 told her if she did not
cease I would leave her and put a ,s
stop to it. She stopped for a little
while and started again. a
"1 took a mallet which I had used
to do household repairs and struck
her three times. I thought she was
dead. I put the body in a trunk in C
which 1 also threw the mallet. e
"About twelve that night 1 n
brought the trunk to my house and p
dragged It down to a small uier and C
threw it overboard. I left the fol- n
lowing night and went to Coroo, end f
from there to Genoa, where I took li
the steamer Irene three days later, f
"The room where I killed her was t
an outdoor sleping apartment." t
Two Burned to Death.
Two men were burned to death
and two others received slight Inju- c
ries in a Are that destroyed the Cen- S
tury Club cottage and an adjoining c
small summer residence at Bates i
Park, in Peverly, Mass., Tuesday, i
The dead are: Henry B. .Barrett, of (
Peabody, and Bert McShane, of Sal- t
em. The two men, with the three t
others, had hired the cottage for i
their summer vacation. 1
MAKES GREAT FLIGHT
EKPPBUN'8 DKl'THCH LAND MAKING
RKGULAll FLIGHTS.
%
luunrnw Airship Covoi* Three Hundred
Mile Journey in Nine Hours.
Carries Twenty Passengers.
The first regular air Bhip service
vas inaugurated at Dusseldorf. Gernany.
Wednesday, when Count Zep>elin's
great craft, the Deutchiand,
arrying twenty passengers, success
uliy made the first scheduled trip
rom Friedrichshafen to Dusseldorf,
i distance of 300 miles, in nine
lours.
The weather was perfect and the
notors worked faultlessly. The avertg
time maintained for the complete
ourse was approximately thirty-three
niles an hour, but between Friedichshafen
and Stuttgart the 120
niles were covered at an average
ate of spe d of forty-one miles an
lour. The best speed for a single
lour was forty-three and a half
niles.
Count Zeppelin was at the helm
vhen the Deutschland arose at Friedichshafen
at three o'clock In the
norning and sailed away on the trip
hat was to mark an epoch in aviaiou.
The passengers were directors of
iamburg-American Steamship Cornany
and the Germun Stock Company,
oint owners of the dirigible, and
heir guests. They occupied the malOgany
walled and carpeted cabin,
Ituated between the gondolas and
rom the windows of which they viewid
the scenery as the aerial car
wept along.
Count Zeppelin steered for the
;roater part of the distance. The
oute was via Stuttgart, Manheim
nd Cologne to Dusseldorf. It had
en carefully marked out in advance
nr the guidance of the pilot and was
ollowed exactly. There was no air
tiring, and the Deutschland made
ler initial trip through a flow of
right sunshine.
The hour and minute of the probh!e
passing of the various points hid
een bulletined ahead, so that not
illy the people of the cities of the <
ine, who filed the streets, but the
^habitants of all the intermediate
illages turned out and cheered entiusiastically
as the immense torpedo j
ko structure, with its whistling ,
crews drove over their heads at a [
eight of between 200 and 300 feet. c
The Deutschland swung gently in- j
^ hor lanrilntr ??f nnnn q
' - ??* ? ? v"^ t
tudo surrounding the landing yardb f
houted a welcome. The city had ,
een decorated in honor of the event.
Regular trips will be made, and
tatty tickets already have been so.d
>r the first few days at from $2e ,
j $50 each. The airship is equipped c
ith a restaurant, which will supply .
tie passengers with a buffet service j
itch as is afforded ou parlor car rail- ,
oad trains. (
The dimensions of the Deutchland ,
re: Length, -t8o feet. Its gas capac- ,
y is 24,852 cubit yards, and it car- .
ies three motors, having a total of i
30-horsepower. It uas designed to
taintain a speed of thirty-five miles |
n hour. Its lifting capacity it 4 4,- ,
00 pounds, of which 1 1,000 pounds ,
over the crew, passengers and ex- |
ress. It is expected to be able to
ccomplish a continued trip of 70u ]
tiles. (
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CONFKSSK8 TO KILLING.
Vel>b Says He Killed Johnson Ami |
Pi.f lli.ilv
Jesse I). Webb Tuesday night at
'ortland, Ore., confessed to the killng
of W. A. Johnson, whose body
,as found in a trunk at I'niou sta- !
Ion Monday night. W< bb. in a signd
statement to the police, said no
:i 1 led Johnson in self-defense after
brawl between the two men in |
ohnson's room at the hotel. Mrs. '
). W. Kersch, who was arrested with i
S'el?1?. is xonerated from complicity
11 tlie crime by the confessed slayer i
i'Iio charges, however, that she con- i
pired with him in the packing of i
he body in the trunk and sending it I
o the station. Mrs. Kersch is sup- l
osed to be the wife of Johnson, but (
he admitted that she was the wife I
f 1 It-it Kersch, a city employe of !
battle, and that she ran away with j
V"eb.b a year ago. Webb says lie is <
printer and is 4 5 years old. I
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Fell Sixty Feet to Death. I
Charles Beasley. of Greensboro, N. 1
a lineman for the Southern I'owr
Company, was killed Tuesday
lorning while working on the coniany's
lines about five miles from i
(reenville. In some way Keasley got <
nixed up in the wires and fell 60 <
eet. The man's body was badly .
lurned. -his right arm being torn
rom the socket and his left shoe
orn from his foot by the heavy volage.
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Diamonds Tossed in Pipe.
Baroness Von Sohroeder. daughter
if the late pioneer Peter Donahue, of
>an Francisco, who left her a fortune
if millions, is tearing out the plurabng
of her country -home. Kagles Nest,
n a search for Jewels valued at $3 0,>00.
The jewels were carelessly
ossed into a wash basin by a maid
ind were swept into the pipes. The
nlumbing of tiie entire house has
>een d lsmantled without success.
RAPS BALL1NGLR
SKNATK WILL FIGHT WHKMK TO
WRBAX VENGKAXCK.
I*n)Kr??lTM and Democrats Hold
I'p Hill Putting Army in Chai-gr
of Kfcluntttion Service.
A combination of insurgent Republicans
and Democrats took, another
slap at Ralllngerism in the Senate
this week. The attack came
when the combination announced Its
opposition to t.he bill increasing the
engineer corps of the army. This
bill, which adds about 60 to tin
cumber of engineer officers, also au
inorizes me i-resntent to place ttie
army engineers in full charge of all
public works.
But the far-seeing insurgents immediately
detected an effort to provide
an easy way for Balliuger to
get rid of Director Newell and Chief
Engineer Davis, of the Reclamation
service, as it had been quietly hinted i
that one of the first uses that would
be made of the law would be to
place army engineers in charge of
the Reclamation service, and thoieby
permit Ballinger to wrcack personal
vengeance upon Newell and
Davis for daring to publicly proclaim
that his conduct was antagonistic to
the public interest.
Senator Bailey of Texas is the
leader in the tight against the bill,
although he is actuated by personal
motives. He has even admitted that
he was animated by no higher purpose
than a desire to get even with
the array engineers for refusing to
r< comment an harbor impiovement
in Texas which he had advocated.
The Texas Senator also announced i
that he would not allow the pas- i
sago of the bill, even if it was nec- i
essary to resort to a filibuster. But
the Senate developed other opposition
equally as determined, and so
strong has the feeling against the (
bill become that it is expected the
effort to paBS It will be abandoned.
BETTER SERVICE.
rio.s-Kle<*tric IVrs to Be I'mhI by the
Southern Railway.
Following the announcement made
>y the Southern Railway Company on
Ray 3 1st that the use of gus-electric
:ars In some of the more congested
llstricts along its lines was contemplated,
it is definitely announced by
hat Company that its steam passen- '
?er train eervice in the Greenville
erritory is to be supplemented in f
luly by the inauguration of regular e
fas-electric motor car service. *
Pending the completion of three tnotor
cars now being built for the e
louthern Railway Company, the man- I
igeraent, determined not to deluy the i
nauguration of the new service, hat
irranged with the General Electric
"ompany for the return of t.he gas lectric
car which was used experi- I
nentally with very satisfactory results
last summer on the line between
Vlanassas and Strasburg, Va.
Gas-electric motor car service will s
>e furnished in the Greenville terri- ^
ory by this car until the delivery of |
.he two improved gas-electric cars, ]
j'-ing built especially for the South- ,
>rn Railway Company by the General j
Klectric Company, and the gasoline ,
?ar being constructed by the McKeen
Motor Car Company, of Omaha, .
S?'eb. These cars will be completed ,
in a few months and will be put ]
Into regular service as soon as de- ,
livered to the Southern Railway Com- (
t>any. ,
TIE I P HAIL.ROADS.
Slippery lings (Jrea.se the Hails Until
Trains Cannot Move.
I
The valley in the neighborhood of i
Scranton, Pa., containing the little i
viliiage of Peckville, was paid a visit
last week by millions of locusts.
Prom early morning until sundown
( hp nniu? dpwIo >*** i u ~ ...u: ?x ?" '
. ... ......IV u.l lut' Willi I 111); HI J
[he lorus run be heard above everything
els**, while the valley is rapidly
being devastated of vegetation by
the pests. The insects .have covered
>ne of the little coal branches of 1
the Ontario and Western railroad. '
swarming around the rails, which (
gather and retain heat during the
lay, until it is impossible to operate i
the road. Tons and tons of coal are *
handing on the sidings because the 1
locomotives can make no headway 1
igainst the slippery bugs. >
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Sensational Shouting at Church.
As a result of a sensational shoot- '
Inc at Hiirhl.nwt rh..??i. * ? " '
.. _ 0...WHU vmiov 11, 111 .>1 (tCUIl
ounty, Tenn., Monday afternoon, 1
>ne man is dead end three wounded.
\fter the shooting It was found that
Alonza Gaines had been killed and
itobert Nichols and two men nameo '
i'urker had be? n shot. The trouble 1
Is believed to have been the result of '
an old feud between the purties. !
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Human I'ineushion May Die.
Cornelius Snoep, who for many
years traveled with side shows as a
human pincushion, may die in Grand
llapids, Mich., as the result of blood
poison. His stunt was to take pin:s
from people in the crowds at the
shows and ron them in the flesh to
the head. He evidenced no pain and
no b'ood flowed after th'? pit was
withdrawn.
V.
CARS JUMPED TRACK
FOUR PAT ALLY HURT ON SCKXIC
RAILWAY.
Merry-Making Crowd at Coney Inland
Hurled from the Cats a DLsUnn* I
of Sixty Feet.
At last four persons were fatally
Injured and a dozen others seriously
hurt early Wednesday when two
crowded cars on a scenic railway on
the Bowery at Coney Island, N. Y.p
running at a terrific speed, jump-d ,
the track and dropped a sheer 60 <
feet to the ground.
Two cars of the big switchback had
been filled and hauled up the Incline
and the party luughing and shouting,
plutig-d down the first steep. Up
the next incline the cars shot to
L.he level of the scenic road an i begun
the divo down at a mile a minute i
pace.
Something went wrong with the
mechanism and as the cars were dashed
around the first turn the rear car
jumped the track, dragging the forward
car with It. Ten of the occupants
were hurled from the cars and
went crashing down among the scenery,
falling to the ground where
they lay unconscious. Six went down
with the first car and were pinned 1
fast beneath the wreckage.
These last were the one most seriously
injured. Five of iheui were
residents of Brooklyn. The sixth was
from Los Angeles.
As the curs took their frightful
plunge, spectators screamed in terrov <
and the prnic was increased when
some one switched off the electric
lig-hts. The man in charge of tn"
driving cars escaped in jumping. He
could not explain the accident, but <
declares it was unavoidable.
Ml'HDKH DI TCH TKADKK8.
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Hunltoat Pursue* Moro Slayers But j
Make No Capture.
Mindanao Moros have murdered j
Dutch traders on an Island ofT North .
dorneo under conditions which may j
ievelop into an outbreak so serious j
hat a demonstration by troops from g
he millatary station at Camp Joio
nay be required, according to a re- a
K>rt brough by the steamer Tamba \
d?ru. I
When the Tamba Maru sailed, re- v
>oris nau reacned Hong Kong that u t
>arty of eight Moros from the Tawi- t
rawi group of Islands, being driven b
>y storms to an island of the Cel- t
dies group, had murdered three trades
und made away with 4 0,000 pesos
vorth of loot. A Dutch gunboat
tave pursuit and chased the murder- .
!T8 to Manusmanca, an island of the
'hlllipplnes, where they are still hidng.
MARKS FLIGHT AT NIGHT. J
. i
iamilton Start lea to.ooo People by 1
a
His Daring Flight. I
Charles K. Hamilton, made a sen- j
lational flight at Nashville, Tenn., j
.Vednesday night, taking his bi-plane s
nto the air after darkness had falen.
He flew for eighteen minutes
hrough inky space while 10,000 peo- *
lie at the fair grounds stood aghast
it his daring. y
The attempt was unannounced
ind the spectators hardly knew what j
was happening until th? great-bird
like figure had shown itself far above
Lhe myriads of electric lights and
disappeared into blackness. . Suddenly
it reappeared, and three times
Hamilton thrilled the spectators by
dipping in front of the grand stant
until he almost touched the row of
lights stretched across the track. He <
?von dipped under the wires aad (
finally came to earth on the track (
directly in front of the cheering
thousands. ,
x .?.? ? w.i i r<wi iji^ r/im .
i
>ue Ohio Woman Has Not Kutcn lor 1
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Twonty-wvi-n Days. t
The Starvation cult of Canton. O.,
is attracting much attention and s
gathering in scores of converts. One "
if the most enthusiastic members,
Mrs. George Fulkerson, was compelled
the break her fast last week by
ating a piece of toast. She had not >
.asted food for 27 days. In that
.ime she has done her own washing,
roning and housework besides cookng
for her husband. I'. I). Hardy, (
iresident of the Canton Pressed j
trick company, ulso a member of the r
Milt, is continuing his fast. He de- v
dares he has no desire for food. ^
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No Clue to >lufilers. j
Wit a bullet hole through the head, t
die body of a well-dressed man was \
found late Thursday night at Chic- t
casha, Okla., partially submerged in f
i ditch. A rope tied around one ankle,
the police say, shows that the
body was dragged some distance to ;
where it was discovered. .There is i
..v? >.iiiv i.u in*- 111 iirun t'rt> 01 inn man.
First Texus Bule.
Among the telegrams put forward |
by the bears lu the New Orleans cot- i
ton market Wednesday was one from i
Houston, Texas, announcing that the (
first TexaR bale of cotton this season i
would arrive there the next day. ;
PROMINENT VICTIMS ]
REPORTS OF DKATH PACK STIR
BIRMINGHAM. ^
Town Much Wrought l'p Over Trog
edy of Mrs. Harding and U. K. J
Johnson.
Birmingham was deeply stirred ^
Thursday over the news of the suicide
Wednesday night of Mrs. W. P.
Harding and the death of G. R.
Johnson, who shot and fatally wounded
himself the same day, half an
hour after the suicide of Mrs. Harding.
Friends of the Johtisou and Harding
families, who include practical- i
ly all of the most influential people j
in the city are indignant over the
publication of stories hinting at a
suicide pack between the two. The
following at the accbunts of the
death of each, as first reported:
Woman a Suicide.
Mrs. W. P. G. Harding, wife of
the president of the First National
Rank of Birmingham, Ala., shot and
killed herself at her home Wednesday
afternoon. Nothing detiulte is
known about the cause of Mrs. Harding's
act as her home life has seemed
to be v ry happy. She was alone 1
in her room when she fired a pistol
ball through here heart.
A negro servant was on the premises
and ran screaming to inform the
neighbors. Mr. Harding sailed from
New York at threco'clock Wednesday
afternoon for Savannah, it is 11
said, nearly three hours before his '
wife's art
Hanker Takes His Life.
Guy K. Johnson, former president
>1" the Alabama Consolidated Coal &
Iron Company, shot and fatally in- s
j tired himself at Birmingham at
o'clock Wednesday evening at Ins
home. The shot was llr< d with sui- 1
Mdal intent and it is Impossible for
k!*%? ?.. - - n
win IU icuu\er.
After having shot himself, Mr. *
Johnson, in u statement, attributed
lis act to business reverses. He was 1
done when the deed was committed,
ind was found by his wife, who s'
eturned home from downtown
thortly after six o'clock.
The bullet passed below the heart t!
ti
ind lodged in the spine and there is
'ery slight hop-- for his recovery. C(
iia brother states that he had ben
rery depressed for several days, and 11
he recent developments in the Ala- n'
>ama Consolidated had preyed upon
lis mind to such an extent us to make s'
ilm irresponsible.
FKI IHST SHOOTS WOMK.V. q'
m tl
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landlord Implicated in Murder Slays js
a Tenant. '8
si
Asbury Spicer is under arrest in p;
ask.sou. Ky... on charge of murder- be
ng Asbury Fusgate, a tenant on bis
arm. and wounding Jennie Johnson, st
i member of the household and Mrs. tl
"ugute, who attempted to shield her tl
ton. Tho killing occurred in the <li
ountry and the first the authorities u
cnew of the crime was when Mr. it
Jpicer telephoned what he had done s?
md started he was on the way to w
lackson to surrender. The slayer is cc
?ne of thoso accused of the murder fi
)f Dr. Cox in Breathitt county and a
van a prominent party in the llurgis b
'eud. The reason for his deed is not p
mown. u
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1MHIH.K HANGING. c
e
I'hird Convict Gets Respite From the
d
Governor. w
Nick Marenge and Frank Chickar- *
>n were hanged Thursday at Norris:own,
Pa., on the same gallows for (.
h?- murder in August, 1909, of Geo- w
\. Johnson, an aged cobbler, whom
hey attacked for money he was sup- V
>o8od to have hidden in his shop.
John Hillin, who also was to have
jeen hanged also for participation in w
he cdme, was granted a respite by
]ov. Stuart until October, in order
hat his case might be paased upon t,
>y the State Supreme Court. Meslengers
carrying the reprieve arrived ,,
it the county jail at one o'clock.
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SHOT UY HICJH.WV Y>1.\\.
ei
talesman Fired on by Negro Who
ti
Attempts to Hold Him l'p. (jj
While en route from Newborn, N..
\ to Jones county Monday morning,
dr. Ralph I.>upton, a traveling salesnan
for the Carolina Grocery Co.
vas held up by a negro man about
on miles from this city, who ord?rlim
to hand over alt of his money.
>Ir. \jupton refused to do this and \\
ittemptod to secur?' his revolver, ai
vhlch was in the foot of the buggy, st
>ut before he could do so the negro n(
ired at him, the ball taking effect w
in .his thigh. tx
After shooting Mr. I.upton the ne- B(
?ro took to the woods and has not p<
lot been seen since. ei
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Two Little Hoys Hiirncd to I>eatl).
Playing with matches resulted in ci
(he death of two little sons of J. it
[). Taylor, aged two and four years, s
respectively, at Iredell, Texas, Tues- e
day. The little boys were starting .V
r fire when their clothes he^ateo i?- v
nited and they were burned to death.. c
NAMESJARMON
)hio Democrats ReDotninale Him
Governor tf Okio.
STATE TICKET ANNOUNCED
le Is KndorMtl for tin* PrcsiiW'K'y
by the 8tate Convention at liMJt??n.?Will
Itr.sl^n tsovernorshir *o
Make the Kace.?Bryan's Sujar**
tk>n to Kmlorse Senator Dcftwt).
The Democratic party of Ohio Roe*
uto the State campaign this fall wilb
udson Harmon as i|s candidate K?
;overnor and President. n.i
ratic state convention, which cou>deted
its labors Wednesday at I*ayon,
endorsed him in the strongttsl
erms for the Presidency of lt?
7nited State after It had reuominatd
him for governor by acclamat.eo.
The belief held by many deleg?ns
hat the governor will resign shwly
after the b? ginning of his now
erm in order to become a candidal?
or President before Uie next Deuieratic
national convention was vond
by former Governor James A.
'auipb< 11. The ex-governor was ,1t>roducing
Altee"Pomerenc, of Canton,
he nominee for lieutenant governor.
"Here is the man," he said, "whr
lill be lieutenant governor, for tin
nonths and tin- governor for a year
nd six m -ntlis. Ilotli of these fubomis
promotions, however, wire .oomplisked
against the earnest
est of their beneficiaries."
The following resolution was pr*ented
by the committee on reeoVisions
by the convention endorsing,
lovernor Harmon for the Presidency
a 1912:
"We invite the attention of tiu
ation to Judson Harmon and th?
rork he is doing for Ohio. Two ycavr
ense it will have been completed,
hen we cun spare him for larger
utles. He believes that guilt is pe*.
anal?is acting on that beliel at
omc. and would act upon it in large
elds. A high sense of duty provuV
i his only motives for ollicial aeons
and Jiis sense of Justice alcui*
>mpletes judgment. Firmness and
rength mark him the man to supla
at vacillation anil weakness. The
ation needs a real man and tbe
hio Democracy presents and endok>s
for the Presidency of 1912 Jud
>n Harmon."
Governor Harmon made a futile *?v
nest of the resolutions committee
lat they omit the Presidential ei.irsenn-nt
resolutions, saying that he
making his present fight on state
sues and did not want nationa< isles
injected into the coming cau>lign.
He was told mat it could rut
e prevented.
Atlee Pomerene, who was h)m'If
a candidate against Harmon tor
te nomination in the state convi>on
two years ago, almost angrily
emanded that he he not compelled
> make the sacrifice, as he termed
, of acepting the nomination for
rcond place. Although his name
as not placed in nomination, he reel
ved nearly enough votes on the
rst ballot to nominate. He formlly
withdrew, hut on the second
allot, before the roll call was cone
Med, the nomination was made
nanimous. lie asked time to coi?
ider the matter and after an hourt
[inference with his t'rienis announcd
he would accept.
The proposition to endorse a eaeidate
for I'nited States senator that
rim liiHrtrocliwI K*? M
>_nDv>?vu uj n miaul j. nryuii,
as defeated, receiving but 254 out.
f the i,099 votes in the convention.
A inov-) of cr-at importance ?n
>hio was made l.y the convention
hen it endorsed the proposal lor
constitutional convention, a
ion that will be voted upon by Jt.e
eople this fill 1.
The following is the ticket that
as nominated to make the *auiaign
with Governor Harmon.
Lieutenant (Jo vernor Atlee f'cir.rene.
Can*on
Attorney Cleneral Tinioth S. Houn,
W'ellston.
Secretary of State Charles H.
raves. Oak Harbor..
Treasurer of State I>. S. Crearo\
St. ClairsviHe.
At the conclusion of the nominaons
the convention adjourned n,i.&
e.
l,l(illT\l\(i STIIIKKS \Kt.IlO.
rikes Shoes from llis Feet but
gro is tnhnrmed.
Lightning struck the shanks xA
illiain Graham, a negro, Sunday
fternoon at Winston-Salem
ripped him of his shoes and socfcn,
ot injuring him, however, in any
ay, outside of mental anguish, 1*0
) speak, for William was sur?*jy
:ared. His wife, who was in the
>om at the time was also uninjoid.
The lightning ran down tb*.
himn'y during the sevre electr?til
storm which swept through tnat
ity, and tore up the bureau, before
: divested William of his shoes and
tockings, besides ripping his drawrs
also from the ankle to the .
fany persons in the neighborhnt?4
t"ite t the scene and William showid
them corroborating garments