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SCORES PERISH
filers Are Caijht Lik Rats ii a Trap
lid Use Tkeir Lives.
ANOTHER MINE HORROR
Fire and Gas Block Their Escape, and
Without Warning Between Fifty
and Sixty Men and Boys Meet Terrible
Death in Pennsylvania Coal
Mine Village. ? ?. . w? i.
One of the most serious mine disasters
of that section occurred Friday
at the little village of Throop, a short
distance from Scranton. Pa., when
the lives of between fifty and elxty
men and boyo were su Uu?d out.
Among those known to have perished
are Joseph Evans, who was in
charge of the United States mine rescue
car; Isaac Dawe, a fire boss,
and Walter Knight, a foreman.
Evans' death was the result of a
defective oxygen charged armoi.
Charles Enslan, the expert in charge
of the mine rescue work for the Federal
Government, was also overcome,
and is said to be in a critical condition.
Up to a late hour Friday nlgnt
nearly two score of bodies have been
piled at the bottom of the shaft, but
it was thought advisable not to br'ng
them to the surface jntll the crowd
had dwindled. A temporary nti rgue
has been erected at the opening to
the mine, and here were congregt'ed
hundreds of women and children, rel- j
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ttiivtra ui iur mcii auu uvjo iu nuu
been so suddenly snatched from thein.
Their grief was pitiful, children of
tender years clinging to the sk'rts )'
their mothers, while older male meni- ,
hers of the family sought to so'teu ,
the anguish of the distracted mothers ,
and sisters. ,
None of the bodies recovered was
mutilat.d, death doubtless having
been caused by inhaling flames and '
gases. The rescuers are pushing into
the mine, and it is thought all of the
bodies will be rescued within a few
hours.
The Are started in an engine house
at the opening of a slope 750 feet '
from the surface. There were 400 |
men in the mine when the fire started, <
about sixty of them In the workings, i
into which the slope led. The sixty |
were at work in a "blind" tunnel at
the end of the slope.
Escape was blocked by fire. smoR*
and the generated gasee, possibly,
before the men and boys realized
their danger.
James Vickers. a fire boss, tried to
get to the tunnel where he knew
many men wero at work. He could
go only a short distance before hi
was forced to turn back, and It was
with difficulty he dragged himself
through the smoke at the point of j (
the flre. He said no man could live i
five minutes In the tunnel he had
tried to traverse. <
The United States miners on the <
car stationed at Wllkesbarre were t
summoned early In the afternoon and j
later the Delaware, Lackawanna and . (
Western hospital car and the Lehigh l
Valley Company's force, from Wilkes- f
barre, came to the scene.
The finding of three bodies led the '
reecuers to believe that no one was t
alive in the tunnel and they renewed ! j
the attack on the burning area to <
reduce the awful heat. When this j i
work had proved somewhat effective i
a corps of the export rescue men. t
with the latest style rescue armor, i
pushed on into the slope and later
came upon several bodies strewn i
along the roadway.
The bodies were carried to the foot
of the shaft and stacked up in pllet.
in the narrow space to be taken out
after nightfall, so some of the horror
would be hidden from distracted rei?
atives of the victims.
The colliery is owned and operated
by the Price-Pancoast Coal Company,
at the head of which is John R. Bry-1
den. general manager of the Ontarla
and Western collieries in this section. '
It is one of the largest and most upto-date
collieries in the region.
MANY (iOATS KILLED.
nrw..o Which Destroyed
Ail ir tn.i ... .. _ r
Much Property.
A wind and hail storm played havoc
In the extreme southwestern por^
, - tion of the state Wednesday morning,
according to dispatches received
here this morning.
The damage to property is offset
by the goods that will be derived by
the crops by the rain. Cotton was
sadly in need of moisture when the
rain storm came up.
The storm was especially severe at
Will Ranch Mine. Dine miles east of
Frackett. In a pasture there wet*300
goats, all of which were killed
by the large hail stones which lit-'
erally peppered the backs of the animals
until they died.
The storm reached proportions of
a tornado In Kendall county and
there three buildings were totally destroyed
by the intensity of the wind. 1
Held by Small Pox.
Eight hundred persons arriving at
Philadelphia on the steamship Verona.
from Genoa and Naples via New
York, are still detained aboard the
vessel because of the outbreak of
small pox among the passengers.
Among the hundreds of persons
waiting for the release of passengers
there are five prospective bridegrooms.
Followed Pis Victim.
A Hickman, Ky., dispatch says that
Jack JklcCialn of Lynnville, Ky.. who
was recently arrested and placed it*
JaV there, being suspected of murder'j
- log his nephew, Andrew McCIain,
W* committed suicide n his cell Thursday
bv cutting his throat with a pocket
knife. *
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The
IN 1891.
GAIN THIS YEAR.
MORE MONEY THIS SEASON FOR
CLEMSON COLLEGE.
Fertilizers Tag Tax Receipts Much
Increased?Many New Uses for
Fertilizers.
For 1911 the total income of Clemson
College will be considerably larger
than In any previous year, and the
prospect is that this Income will
steadily Increase, at the rate of $25,000
or more per annum, being derived
from the privilege tax of 25
cents a ton upon artificial fertilizers,
the consumption of which is greater
each succeeding season. The entire
receipts from this tax go to Clemnon.
The Columbia Record says Judge
J. Fuller Lyon, who handles the priv- 1
ilege tax account In the office of State i
Treasurer R. H. Jennings, said Frl- <
day that to date the 1911 receipts
from this impost had been $227,229,
whereas at this same time last yeai 1
the receipts totalled only $202,-.16.
In Judge Lyon's opinion the receipts ,
for the current year will aggregate j
$275,000, as against only $240,038
for 1910, so that the increase in this
one season will In round numbers be
$35,000.
Fertilizers are now In demand the (
year round. Formerly they were used i
only In the spring. Fertilizers are
put nowadays to a variety of uses not
hitherto known. Quantities are applied
to growing crops. The connnmntinn
hqa hoon tmrnHnincIv in- !
creased by the corn-growing movement
and new uses are constantly being
found In various fields of agricultural
work for the different kinds of
artificial manures. An entirely new
kind of fertilizer?or rather a familiar
kind produced by a new process?
will come on the market when the
Southern Power company's big plant
at Great Falls begins turning out nitrogenous
fertilizers, derived from
the air by electrical treatment. c
WON'T PARDON JONES.
rhis is Governor Blease's Present Attitude.
The Columbia correspondent of
The News and Courier says another
petition for pardon 01' John J. Jones,
pf Orangeburg County, who was sen- j
tenced to ten years and one month
Tor the killing of Abe Pearlst'.ne. at
Rranohville, was nipped in the bud
by the announcement from Governor
Rlease that he isn't going to pardon
Jones. What may come up later can- ,
not be told at this time, but at present
Governor Rlease will not act fav- j;
orably in the matter. He refused a
petition for the pardon of Jones a
few days ago. This petition came
from Edgefield.
The forerunner of a second petition
from Orangeburg was the pres- J
ence in me cuy or two 01 cuuu&t-i iu-1
terested in the case. Governor Blease
was not in the office when the Gov-1
jrnor was approached on the subject
jf whether or not he would reopen
:he.case, he said that he would be
jlad to hear counsel, but he has deeded
not to pardon. No steps have
jeen taken to further the petition
rom Orangeburg.
The presence of counsel here led
The News and Courier correspondent
:o ask Governor Blease this afternoon
ibout the John Jones case, and Gov?rnor
Blease stated the circumstances
ind said that he would not at this
time extend Executive clemency for
the same reason as moved him to reruse
the petition that came from
Edgefield. No papers were filed from
Oranceburg. A petition may later
be presented for the pardon of Jones, ,
but It can be authoritatively stat?d
that Governor Blease will not now,
if ever, pardon John J. Jones.
Ivook Out for Bain.
This section of the State should
be refreshed with good, copious show-,
ers of rain in the next few day6. The
rain belt is at present extending over
the greater part of the country. Sev- (
eral very heavy falls were registered
on Monday, particularly in the Mississippi
Valley region and in Texas.
The rainfall at Memphis, Tenn.,
amounted to more man inree ini-nrs
on that day. and this section of the |
country just escaped coming in for its
share of the festivities.
Another Investigation.
Senator La Toilette introduced a
resolution for another investigation
of the Senator Lorimer case. It
names as the committee of investiga-1
tion Senator Works of California, j
Townsend of Michigan. McLean of:
Connecticut, Kern of Indianna, and
Pomerene of Ohio. No action was1
taken, as Senator La Follette intends
to speak on the resolution another
day.
Made Their Kscape.
Quick work on the part of the fire-,
men subdued a threatening fire which
broke out Thursday in the plant of
the White-Smith Music Publishing
company on Stanhope street, Boston,!
Mass. The loss is estimated at $50,000.
Three or four girls who were
on the fifth floor escaped over the
roofs of the adjoining buildings.
A a A
Killed by Shock.
Conductor P. C. Moore, running
on the interurban line between Anderson
and Belton was instantly
killed late Thursday ight at Belton.
while attempting to regnlate the
headlight on the car on which he
ran. The body was taken to Anderson
on the car, and prepared foi
burial.
*
Hartsvtlle Has Trebled.
According to cersns returns made
public Tuesday, Hartsville has increased
Its population from 704 in
1900 to 2,365 In 1910. It will thus
be seen thai the Darlington county
town Is more than three times its site |
ten years ago.
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WILL CRAW FISH
The ProfreuiTe Repeblicus Will Jtin
Ferce With Rfjalin.
DEFEAT TARRIFF PLANS
Republicans Will Oppose All Legislation
Looking to a Revision of the
Tariff, But the Democrats May Use
Reciprocity as a Club to Push
Through Revision Bills.
Despite the fact that the Democrats
of the House, by official caucus action,
have declared a purpose to enact
tariff legislation during the extra
session of Congress, which begun last
Tuesday, the prediction is freely
made in Congressional circles that no
such legislation can be put through
the Senate, and that the extra session
will adjourn earlier than has
generally been anticipated.
Sentiment among the regular Republicans
in the Senate 's overwhelmingly
against any sort of tarlti
revision at the extra session. Without
the support of the progressives
the Democrats cannot possibly get
any tariff bills through the uppei
branch of Congress.
It Is apparent that the regular Republicans
of the Senate will do everything
In their power to postpone all
matters of general legislation until
the regular session next December. It
Is reported that a number of the
progressive Republicans are likely to
tall In with this Idea.
There Is every reason to believo
that the regulars will promise the Insurgents
to facilitate consideration
>f schedule by schedule revision o?
he tariff at the regular cession or j
Congress if do attempt is made to put
:hrough such legislation at the extra
session. With sucn an agreement hereon
the Republicans, it is believed
hat the Democrats might not atempt
to prolong the extra session
intil late in the fall.
In certain quarters it Is reported
hat the Democrats of the House will
jold reciprocity up until the Senate
tnd President have acted favorably
>n a number of revisions of the present
Tariff law which the Democrat
ntend making. The report has it
hat the House majority fears the
President and Senate will "double?ross"
them if the Canadian agreement
is passed before any tariff revision
is n ade, by the President adjourning
Congress, which he can do
under the Constitution if the Senate
should get into a disagreement
with the House on the question 01
time of adjournment.
Ths Democratc House leaders will I
go ahead with their program regardlese
of the probable fate of their
measures in the Senate until such a
:ime aa the Senate clearly demon-'
>t rates that it will give no consideration
to general legislation durng
the extra session. In this way |
he Democrats feel they will have
lone their utmost to fulfill their
iledges at the earliest possible ma 1
nent.
Some of the Senate Democrats are
itrongly in favor of waiting until the
egular session convenes before rerising
the tariff. They declare that
he Republicans already have passed
>ig appopriation bills for the next |
iscal year and that revenues must bt !
aised to meet them. During the
egular session the tariff could be tensed
and the new appropriation bills
scaled down accordingly.
The promise made by President
Taft that the tariff board will be
ready with a complete report on the
textile schedules of the tariff by December
1, next, and the hope he has <
informally expressed that Congress
will decide to wait for this report be-,
fore acting on theee schedules, makes
the situation a little more difficult
for the Democrats in that the insurgent
vote in the Senate has an excuse
for crawfishing on their demand
for tariff reform.
It is pointed out that with a re- !
port on the much-discussed cotton
and woolen schedules promised by
next December, the insurgent Repub
licans will not stultify themselves by
voting for House bills amending
these schedules without regard to the
tariff board. There Is little doubt
but that consideration of the recipro-!
city measure will occupy many weeks ,
of the Senate's time. It is argued
that it would be late in June befote
consideration could be given in the
Senate to a House bill dealing with
even one schedule of the Payne-Aid-J
rich law.
With a determination of thirty or
more Senators that no such legislation
Bhould be enacted at the extra
session, it can be easily seen, accord-;
in^ to the Republican leaders, that
attempts to get such measures
through ahe extra session would be
futile. This does not mean that the i
President will look unkindly toward
a revision of the tariff on necessities
of life not included in the Canadian
agreement. In fact, it is to the contrary.
The President expects the Dem-!
ocrats and insurgent Republicans to
make reductions in the tariff.
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Dashed Three Stories.
Pitching from the third floor of a
Fourth avenue office building Monday
morning the body of Dr. C. C.
Godshaw landed on the street euro
below, almost in the midst of a crowd
of pedestrians on their way to business.
The plunge resulted in death
tor the physician, who was well
known in professional circles and ao
tlve in civic affairs.
Won't Try Cases.
The general impression in Columbia
la that Attorney General Lyon
will refuse to carry any other of the
gratt esses to trial during the admin-;
l8tration of Governor Blease as the
result of the pardon of John Black, j
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)RT MILL, 8. C., T]
A SERIOUS CHARE
A FAKE DOCTOR ARRESTED EN
FLORENCE COUNTY.
He is Cfiarg<?d With Selling Medicine
tn Allc?n I'Viunlr VmrrriM Contain
ing Poison.
The Florence Times says according
to information given out at police
headquarters here this morning Aiken
county authorities have secured
the capture of a man whom, it is alleged,
killed two negroes and attempted
to kill the third one in that
county by administering poisonous
drugs while he was traveling through
the country claiming to be a doctor
and selling the negroes his medicine.
His name is given as Frank Winterman
alias Frank Slate. It is stated
that the case was worked up against
him by a well-known negro of this
city who knew Slate when he lived :
at Aiken at the time it is alleged he
poisoned these negroes in 1905. SlaU
is said to be a white man but has
lived with the negroes practically all
of his life. A warrant was Issued for
his arrest in Aiken but he escaped
and has been traveling in various
parts of the county.
He wao arrested here a few days
ago bq Health Officer Deberry on the
charge 01 being drunk and disorderly
and was .urned over to Policeman
Haselden aid locked up. Chief Koopman
who had been in communication
with the negro man there whom It is
said knew all about Slate's move
ments, telegraphed Sheriff Raybourn '
of Aiken and he came last night to
carry the prisoner back to that county i
for trial.
JEFFARE8 WROTE A LETTER.
For That Reason He Was Refused
Notary Commission.
To the Editor of The State.
I have received a letter from Governor
Blease's private secretary since
I wrote my letter to The State In
which the Governor gtvee his reasons
for not signing my commission ae
notary public. Kindly publish my
letter of request to the Governor, and (
his reply. Also my answer to his i
question. R. R. Jeffares.
Shelton, S. C., April 5.
Shelton. S. C.t Mch. 31, 1911.
His Excellency, Coleman L. Blease,
Governor of South Carolina, Columbia.
S C.
Dear Sir:
l r.Ti in receipt 01 a icnei uuiu i
the secretary of State stating that
inasmuch as you have refused to
sign my commission as notary public,
he eendfl me a check to reimburse
me for the two dollars sent by me to
pay for the commission. Will you
please Inform me whether or not I
have been correctly informed or1
whether or not the matter has Just
been overlooked by you In the routine
of dally business.
If I have been correctly informed
kindly write me your reason for not
signing my commission and oblige.
R. R. Jeffares.
Columbia, S. C., Apr. 3, 1911.
Mr. Robt. R. Jeffares,
Shelton, S. C.
Dear Sir:
The Governor Is in receipt of your
letter of March 31, and directs mk!
to ask in reply if you remember an
article you wrote in the papers some
time since?
Yours very truly.
Alex Rowland,
Private secretary.
FATAL ELECTION TROEBLES.
Political Arguments Caused Shooting
at Uttle Rock.
At Little Rock. Ark., two persons
are dead as a result of shooting affrays,
having as their origin quarrels
over Tuesday's city election.
Following the tragic death of Constable
Ed Lindsay, who was shot to
death in a flght with Patrolman Will
Scott in the law offices of J. A. Cooler
on West Second street, former i
Patrolman Charles Drown was shot
and killed by E. A. Pipkin early
Thursday. In the earxie affray Louis
Hild was shot and his left leg broken
above the knee.
Drown had engaged in several fist
flvhts during the day as a result of
political arguments. Earlier in the
day he had severely beaten Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney Frank Hender
son.
Weary and Worn.
At Redding. Cal., E. E. Bailey, vice
president of the Bank of Northern
California, of that city, was found
in a cemetery lying arrosB the graves
of his two wives with a bullet hole
In his head and an empty revolver
by his side. The following note was
found on his body: "I am weary
and worn and physically and mentally
unable to bear the load." Bailey
had been ill for weeks.
Fall From Loft.
According to a telephone message
received from Princeton, Laurens
county, R. Lee Mahon, a well known
| citizen who lived near the Greenvillb
and Laurens county line, was found
dead yesterday afternoon at his barn,
his back having been broken by s
fall from the loft of the building. He
was a son of William M. Mahon, ana
was a prosperous farmer, aged about
40.
Made Him a High.
Prince Tsai Suun, uncle of the
Chinese Emperor, got the toothache
while he was in Philadelphia last
September, and went to Dr. E. Druitt
Crawford, who stopped the imperial
pain. Dr. Crawford has now recelveu
word, through the Chinese consulate
in San Francisco, that Tsai Suun has
[con'erred a decoration on him.
Mill
IURSDAY, APRIL
THEY WANT BRYAN
MEMPHIS OFFERS HIM GREAT INTA
rnuc1
utv rjjiri.i Aiv vw*^i.
l?he Great Commoner Tells People
From Tennessee City Thnt He Must
Remain at Lincoln.
A special dispatch from Washington
to the New York World says the
nseertlon is made here that Memphis
is willing to put up a million dollars
to induce William Jennings Bryan to
take up his abode and publish the
Commoner there.
A year ago a movement for a
greater Memphis was started, ana
today a delegation of leading citizens
came to Washington to extend an invitation
to the thrice defeated candidate
for President to move to their
city and make it his future home.
Mr. Bryan said he had no intention
of leaving Lincoln, Neb., except
for his farm in Texas, but the Ten-,
nesseeanB insist mey art? suing tu
get him, and on Thursday will entertain
him at a luncheon and tender
him their formal invitation.
Another Washington dispatch says
William Jennings Bryan Thursday
told the committee sent by the citizens
of Memphis to invite him to
make his home in that city that he
could not accept. The invitation was
extended at a luncheon given Mr.
Bryan by the committee.
Judge James M. Greer of Memphis,
chairman of the committee, as j
toastmaster presented the Memphis
Idea. He was followed by Senators
Gordon of Tennessee, Representative
Lea and Taylor and Representative
Sisson of Mississippi and Robinson
of Arkansas and Duke C. Bowers of
'Memphis. They hegeed Mr. Bryan to
come where "the people loved hiui; ,
where he would find friends."
Mr. Bowers said he felt sure that
Memphis would easily raise $2,000,000
If that would be any Inducement
to Mr. Bryan to Hive in his city.
Mr. Bryan replied that it was not
a money consideration, and that If
he looked at It In that light, he would
not be worthy of such an invitation.
He said he knew he had friends In
the South who would stand by him
and that was why they did not need
him there; they needed him more in
the North. Suggesting that he should
not be on one edge of the country,
he said, his home at Lincoln is almost
the center of the country and
only about two days ride to any section
where he might be needed to
help fight for the cause of Democracy.
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SHOOTS AT YOI .VG WOMAN
Because She Did Xot Reciprocate His
Affection.
"Now I will have my revenge,"
shrieked James E. Connor Thursday
afternoon as he sent a pistoi bullet
at Mrs. C. M. Rowse, a stenogrr.Dher,
young and pretty, at Savannah, Ga.
The bullet struck the woman ?n ths
left arm, causing a severe but not
dangerouB wound.
Before Connor could fire again.
Capt. P. H. Haddon, in wh"?se office
the shooting occurred, jumped for
him and the men went to th ? floor
together. Captain Haddon disarm '!
the man and calltj for an officer.
Connor is held at the po'i *a station,
charged with assault w li intent
to murder. He answers questions
In a vacant, absent-minded way,
and the police believe his irltil is
afTected.
It was staled that he had been
paying unwelcome attention to .Mrs.
Rowse for some time and was told
to stop them. He was granted his
request, walked into the office, faced
the woman and fired.
Connor formerly was an engin *<m
on the river steamer Tws States,
which plied to Augusta, but la>er was
sunk. He is 25 years old.
TRAGEDY SHATTERS MINI).
Woman Sees Young Man and His Sister
Killed by Train.
Harry McCoy, aged twerty-on?.
and his sister, Grace, aged thirteen,
were struck and killed by an eastbound
Cleveland and Pittsburg passenger
train near their heme, at
Smiths Ferry, Pa. Several hundred
foot an/at- efnndiner on her norch
Mrs. David Qulnn screamed to tutyoung
people to warn them Put the
noise of the train drowned her voice.
She assisted railroad men gather the
mutilated bodies and as they we.*ej
laid on her porch she was suddenly
taken with convulsions, caused by tlie
shock, and physicians fear her mind
i is shattered.
Killed by Tree.
Willie Croweli, while at work for
he Scott Lumber company ir. the
1 lower part of Marlboro county, was
' killed by a tree falling on him. The
; skidder was being operated when the
log strur({ a tree, knocking it down
and killing Croweli. Mr. Croweli recently
wer.t to Marlboro from Horry.
He was about 35 yeas old, and
leaves a wife and one child.
Accident in Suicide.
Craige Lippincott, head cf .T. TV
Lippincott company, publishers and
one of the most prominent men in
financial and social circles of Philadelphia,
died mysteriously eariy
Thursday at his palatial hone, 21 b
West Rittehouse square, the artirfocratic
residential section of Philadelphia.
According to the police, death
was due to a pistol wound. How he
received his injury, whether by acc'dent
or design, is not publicly known
Damage by Cloudburst.
Damage estimated at over a million
dollars was caused in Middlesboro,
Ky., Tuesday night by a cloudburst.
Half of the town of Middlesboro
was under water. Coal mines
were Hooded.
Tl
i 13, 1911.
GAVE THE NAME
Greatest Sensation Yet in the Famous
Lorimer Bribery Case. 1
TELLS OF SLUSH FUND
.
The General Manager of the International
Harvester Company Says
Men Who Put l'p Corruption Futid
IoL-aH Qiihiirrin. !
IU I l l^M UIIV * *?On.V?k WHVUV.T
tions for Reimbursement.
At Springfield, 111., Clarence S.
Funk, general manager of the International
Harvester Company, Wednesday
exploded the biggest sensation
of the Lorimer bribery case. Mr.
Funk testified, before the investigation
committee, that Edward Hines
asked him as manager of the Har-i
vester Company to contribute $10,000
to reimburse certain men who
had put up a $100,000 "slush fund"
to elect Wm. Lorimer to tho United '
States Senate.
The Harvester Company's manager
further testified that Hines named
Edward Tilden, a wealthy Chicago
packer, as the collector of this fund
to reimburse the men who, as Mr.!
Hines was quoted as having said, haQ
"underwritten" the election of Lorimer.
Mr. Funk declared that his object
in giving this testimony was to save
H. H. Kohlsaat, publisher of the Chicago
Record-Herald, from a possible
Jail sentence as a result of Mr. Kohlsaat's
refusal to give certain Information
demanded by the committee
last week.
The witness said he had given Mr.
Kohlsaat information in confidence
upon which the Chicago publisher
had based an editorial. The publication,
in February last, of this edi-'
torial, which charged the use of a
$100,000 fund to elect Lorimer, re
suited In the caning or xnr. ivonisat
as a witness before the commit-1
tee. He refused to make known the
name of Mr. Funk and was given
one week's time to divulge this name
or stand in contempt of the Senate
committee.
News of the disclosures before the
committee reached the State House
nearby within a few moments. The
House was still in session, while the
Senate had just adjourned. The reports
caused excitement, much discussion
and hurried consultations among
the members of the Legislature.
Mr. Kohlsaat preceded Mr. Funk
on the witness stand. He briefly
stated that he was ready to give the
name of the man who had furnished
him with the report of the alleged
$100,000 "slush fund."
In explanation of the appearance;
of 'Mr. Funk he said:
"When I arrived at my office
Thursday, the first call over the telephone
was from Clarence S. Funs,'
general manager of the International
Harvester Company. Mr. Funk asked
if he could see me at once and I told
him yes to come over, and as near as
I can remember he said:
"I see by the papers last night ana
mis morning mm. juu na?c uci-h om/poenaod
to appear in Springfield and
had declined to give up my name to
ihe committee, the Senate committee.
i would be a little less than a man
if I held you under confidence as to
.ny name or identity. I wish to say
now that I release you from all obligation
to maintain secrecy and that
I feel I also have a duty to perform
that until this time I do not feel free
to. but now I will go to Springfield
and tell the whole story."
In detailing bis conversation with
Mr. Funk concerning the alleged
bribery, Mr. Kohlsaat said:
"Mr. Funk told me that the gentlemen
who came to him said that
they had had no opportunity to elect
Mr. Lorimer. A few of them haa
unwritten it and were around asking
subscriptions to reimburse them
patiallv, for the money that was
spent."
Clarence Funk, general manager of
the Harvester Company, then was
called and told of a conversation with
Edward Hines. which he said took
place in the Fnion League Club,
about the first part of June, 1909,
Mr. Funk testified:
"He said I was just the fellow he
had been looking for, or trying to
see, and said he wanted to talk to
me a minute. So we went and sat
down and without any preliminaries,
,and quiet as a matter of course, he
said:
"Well, we put Lorimer over down
at Springfield, but it cost us about
$100,000 to do it."
"Then he went on to say they had
I to act quickly when the time came;
that they had had no chance to con
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sun any uiie uoiure naim.
"Then he said, 'we now we
are seeing some of our friends so as
to get it fixed up.'
"I asked him why he came to us,
meaning the Harvester Company. He
said, "well, you people are Just as
much Interested as any of us in having
the right, kind of a man at Washington.'
"I think I replied, 'we won't have
anything to do with that matter at
all.' He said, 'why not?' I said,
'simply because we are not In that
sort of business,' and we had some
discussion, back and forth anl I
asked how much he was getting from
his friends. He said, 'of course we
ran only go to a few big people, and
if ten of us put $10,000 apiece, that
will clean It up.' As I left he asked
| me to think it over. I just walked
away, without replying."
After more questioning by Attorney
Healy, the witness gave the name
of the man to whom he alleged Mr.
Hines asked that the money be forwarded
if contributed.
Mr. Funk said: "Will the committee
permit me to divulge that to
the committee confidentially or in executive
session or to the chairman,
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MISS HOOD IS ALIVE '
SUPPOSED DEAD, SHE IS LIVING
WITH BOGUS LORD.
Gaino<] Fame in 1006 a* the Last of
tlie Victims of "Lord Percy Sholto
Douglas."
Mourned as one dead because she
was supposed to have been murdered
by John C. Cavendish, alias "Lord
Percy Sholto Douglas," Josephine
Hood, a member of one of the lead
m ill-- - m A MV A?I11 A XT n n'lin
ing ianmitfs ui noucviiic, xi. v^., ??uw
became a victim of the wiles of the
preposesslng Englishman, by a ceremony
of marriage, Dec. 16, 1906, at
Lake Charles, La., has broken the si- {
Ience of years by writing to an aunt
In her home town. a
In her letter she cites some clrcum- t
stances of adventure befalling her In ]
company with the bogus lord, to c
which she seems bound by a hypnotic i
spell, since she declares her belief in
his uprightness and that she Is happy I
and is cared for In luxurious style. ^
She carefully refrains from telling |
her present address.
The letter was mailed on a train
going west from New Orleans. Mrs. ; ?
Cavendish telle of trips around the j
world, of 20 trans-Atlantic voyages, i
of visits to Europe, Asia and Africa. |c
She mentions many gifts of jewels ^
from her husband and his lavish ex- ^
pendltures which suggest that Cavendish
may be an International gambler. ^
Cavendish was notorious as a bigamist
at the time of his marriage ^
with Miss Hood, and she Is believed
to be his ninth wife. The present
Mrs. Cavendish does not Indicate that
she knows of his earlier marriages, c
but does say plainly that she could f
ribf communicate before or return to
her home because Cavendish has c
troubles he hopes soon to overcome 1
and then they will live in L.os An-1,
geles.
Cavendish is said to have married
eight women in as many different }
parts of the United States before he
met Miss Hood. One of these he.
married In Los Angeles, one in Fort
Worth, Tex.; one in Norfolk, Va.;
one in Georgia, one in Denver, Colo., c
one in New Orleans, La., and one in
Ohio. All of these women are said 1
to have written to Misa Hood's aunt, .
but she haB kept no memoranda of
their names. He soon deserted all of
them except Miss Hood.
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WOMAN DID NOT FAINT.
Hut WitWh Handy Hat Pins Put
Burglar to Flight. 1
At New York Miss Hannah Krot-11
cvhvil threw up her hands early I j
Tuesday when a highwayman (
thrust a pistol in he- face, but j
her action was not in token of sur- ]
render. On the contrary, the young i
woman pulled out two wicked looking 1
hatpins and began violently jabbing <
her assailant. One lunge that punc- ]
tured the robber's arm, evidently
took the fight out of him. lor he
wheled and took to flight. Mibs
Kritchvil started in pursuit, screaming
for help, but handicapped by a j'
skirt built on the grounds of a hobble,
she was losing ground, when
others took up the chase and the
holdup man was caught.
Given Damages.
At Columbia Robert M. Bryant,
engineer for the Atlantic Coast Line,
who 6ued the Southern railway for
$50,000, was Thursday awarded by
a Richland jury $4,458, because of
injuries received when his enslne was
hit at Royster Junction by a Southern
locomotive.
Hull Kills a Man.
Disregarding the warning that a
bull in the pasture was vicious Wil- |
liarn Pavne. of Norristown. N. J., was ,
gored and trampled to death this ]
week. He had declared he could ,
conquer any mad hull.
or the attorney or In some way without
making it public?
"I have no reason for wanting to
conceal this man. except that I do not
like to drag the name of any other
man Into this thing."
Permission being refused, he said:
"Well, I will answer, under protest.
He told me to send the money
to Ed Tilden."
"Who is Ed Tilden?"
"I think he is president or vice
president of one of the banks at the
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stOCK yaras, ana one 01 me uuicwua
of the National Packing Company."
"He is president of the National
Packing Company, isn't he?"
"I understand so."
"It might be proper for me to say
here that I have n:* acquaintance
with Mr. Tilden, and I have not and
had no reason other than that I have
stated regarding bringing in his.
name."
Questioned concerning occurrences
following the printing of the Kohlsaat
editorial bearing upon the fraud,
he said: "Mr. Hines came to my
office a short time after that editorial
appeared. He was much disturbed
and undertook to refresh my memory
as to what our conversation had
been about. He stated that his former
conversation with me had been
a general one, and he said he had
not asked me for any money, and lie
said he d'd not know anything about
money being raised."
The witness was questioned as to
his business and political affiliations,
disclaimed any personal feeling on |
the testimony given, said that his acquaintance
with Mr. Hines was slight
and that he did not know Mr. Lorlmer.
He also said that C. H. McCormick
had no interest in the Chicago
Tribune. After a few minor
questions, he was dismissed and the
committee adjourned until April 13. j
Edward Hines today denied the:
story absolutely that was told by Mr.
Funk that he, Hines, had solicited
a fund of $100,000 to reimburse!
; those who had "put up" for the Sea- j
j ator's election. |
25 PER YEAR,
fHEULY WHITES
tepnblicans Will H)ld Meeting Soon ii
Colombia to Powwow.
CALL HAS BEEN ISSUED
Papers Approves of the Call and Endorses
the Meeting?It Came From
Secretary Dan Wallace and Stale
Chairman Leumns Itlalock?No
Negroes Will lie there.
The Record says there will be held
n Columbia on Wednesday, April 12,
l meeting of the executive commitee
of the new "Lily White" Repubican
organization in this State. The
all reads:
"In further connection with the or*
janization of the Republican party of
iouth Carolina, perfected In the con ention
assembled in the city of Columbia
on October 27, last, a meetng
of the State Republican executive
ommittee and also a meeting of the
State Republican central committee
s hereby called to meet in the rooms
if the undersigned, State chairman,
n the city of Columbia at 12 o'clock
.Vednesday, April 12, (Columbia Hoel.)
Please be present. Respectully,
"D. H. Wallace, SecretaryTreasurer."
"Countersigned and approved: L.
N. C. Blalock, State Chairman."
"The organization of the Republt:an
party referred to In the above
lotlce and the call for a meeting of
he executive and the State central
:ommittees meets with my hearty ap>roval.
"John G. Capers.
'South Carolina Member, Republican
National Committee."
The notice 16 sent out on paper
leaded:
"John G. Capers, general counselor
of the National Republican league,
ind a member of the Republican nalonal
committee. L. W. Blalock,
State chairman, Goldvllle; I. H. Nor is,
vice president, Yorkville; Dan H.
Wallace, secretary-treasurer, Hopclns."
The Republicans In this State
ormed a "new party" for South Carilina
at the meeting last fall, refusng
to acknowledge the colored organization
In this State. There was
julte a split In the camp of the Kejubllcans.
Two sets of meetings were
leld. There are at present two State
hairmen, the one for the "Lily
Whites" and the one for the organl:atlon
that for the most part consist;d
of negroes, whose meetin; war "*
leld here two weeks prior to the
neetlng of the John G. Capers crowd.
Secretary Wallace Is the son of the
ate Judge W. H. Wallace of L'ulon,
speaker of the famous "Wallace
house."
LIVE STOCK AGENT.
Southern Itathvay Appoints Mr. E. L.
Word to the Position.
A dispatch from Washington, D. C.,
says: In pursuance of the policy of
the Southern Railway Company fo
encourage the growing of live stock
in the territory traversed by Its lines,
the appointment of Mr. F. L. Word to
the position of Live Stock Agent ot
that company will soon be made.
.Mr. Word is to devote his entire
time to the encouragement of live
stock growing in agricultural communities
along the lines of the company,
to the dissemination of Information
as to the growing of live
stork of all kinds that will be help
fill to farmers, to supplying information
relative to markets and facilities
for shipment, and to developing
the business of shipping cattle into
Lhose localities along the lines of the
company where they can be most advantageously
fed for the market. He
is also to give attention to the matter
of facilities for feeding live stock
in transit.
SAVED ItV I IKE DKILL.
The Children Are Rescued in Orderly
Manner.
The discovery of Are in the Eighth
avenue baby shelter of Newark, N.
J., late Tuesday night demonstrated
the value of fire drills in institutions
of this character when It was followed
by the orderly rescue of more
than 50 children, 14 of whom were
infants in swaddling clothes. Eightyear-old
Johnny Savage, one of the
inmates, discovered the. fire and
""'"Oi. nnllfloH \Tra T-Tarrlef Trench
ard, the matron. The fire gong wm
sounded and 1 ie nurses got the older
children In hne and marched them
to a pavilion in the yard, while other
attendants, in accordance with fire
drill regulations, began the rescue of
the babies. All were taken out safely
before the firemen arrived.
JAPANESE ENVOY SILENT.
Baron I'rhida Won't Discuss ft Story
Already Denied.
Baron Uchida, Japanese ambaMftr
dor, Thursday declined to comment
on or even to deny the declaration
made Wednesday in El Paso by a man
said to be close to the Mexican foreign
office, but whose name was withheld,
to the effect that the United
States troops we*e sent to the border
as a caution to Japan, which counttry,
it was rumored wae attempting
to secure a coaling station on the Pacific
coast of Mexico.
The ambassador declared that he
would not deny an old story which
long since had been officially declared
untrue. No comment was forthcoming
from the Mexican embassy, where
the story was laughed at as a "buga-boo."
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