Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ir" MS SILL FRIEND POT TW If CIIPtESSEI haciine in iis non VIOLENCE IS INDICATED Arrested and Held for Trial the Boys Maintain That it Was Only a Prac tical Joke, Which They Attempted At ithout an Idea of Harming Their Comrade. At Camden, N. J., Joseph De Fine, an elghteen-year-old employee of the Victor Talking Machine plant, locat ed there, died Monday night In an ambulance that was taking him to the Cooper hospital. Two boys, one seventeen and the other sixteen, now under arrest, have admitted to the police that without realizing what would be the consequences of their act they persuaded De Fine to put the brass tube of a compressed air machine into his mouth and then turned on the air full and violently into the lad’s body, rupturing his stomach and the intestines. The boys are Eugene Byscher of No. 211 Soutn Fifth street, Philadelphia, and Walter Simon of No. 2923 High street, Camden. Young De Fine liv ed with his parents at No. 704 Chis- tian street, Philadeipnia. It was during the noon hour at the plro.t that De Fine was tortured. Three new compresed air machines h id 1 . n placed in the plant in the morning and the boys, in the Idle noon hour, spent some time seeing h<>w the machines worked. There was none to witness what really oc curred when De Fine received his in juries The other lads came running Into the ofTW, saying that De Fine w a* s!( k The men who went to in vestigate found him unconscious and gaaping, h.s face empurpled. The superficial examination made hr an ambulance physician indicated that the hm was suffering from heart disease in conjunction with a fit It Is believed that the frightened tor turers lost considerable time before <alllng fnr all In efforts they them- *••!»« » n.a ?o revive their victim, but In anv event Fine » Injurt^i were so terrible that he could not have recovered He was dead before the arrh ilar e had gone three block* on the way to the hoapttal When the body wae atrlpped for examination at the hospital Coroner Bentley and physicians noted the greitiv swollen condition of the body and later It was said, that marks of violence were found on the boy* arms and throat, which may at the t'nroner's Inquest be adduced as con tradlctlng the story that Byecher and Rlreon tell Thev were arreeted and committed bv Justice Huyett in default of |1.- 000 ball each on a charge of atro cious aaaau!’ The detective* say the hoy* protect that they had no gmdge or 111 will agwlnat I >e Fine and that their onlv nation in ■ubmlttlng him to the powerful •hock of compreeeed air wa* by way of playing a '■johe” on him They aaeert. despite the marks of ‘’rulsee on hie arms and neck that they did not force the tube down hla thront They deny that they held him down and forcibly kept the tube In hla mouth after_ihey had persuaded him. as they say, to Insert It EXPLOSION KILLS FIVE BATHER S HEART FAILS HAVE HOT WOKDrt. (Vmgreeem&n Warm I p In Preeeooe of 1 Yes id eat Wilson. Though effort* have been made to keep the fact from getting out, it la known in Washington, aays a dis patch from that city, that the con ference at the White House last Fri day evening between President Wil son and the Democratic members of the banking and currency committee of the House was the odcasion of some stormy scenes resulting from the feeling of certain members that they had been ignored by Chairman Carter Glass, whose bill was prepared and published before It ted to the committee for considera tion. It is understood that a particular ly hot attack was made upon the chairman by Representative J. W. Ragsdale, of South Carolina, who un dertook to “Read the Riot Act” to Mr. Glass in the presence of the President. The peppery Virginian replied sharply to the Impetuous South Carolinian and for a time it was feared by some of their col leagues that they might actually come to blows. Mr. Glass was not Inclined to admit the propriety of Mr. Ragsdale’s criticisms and expressed himself in a way by no means apolo getic. Ughtning Destroys Church. The First Baptist Church building at Edgefield was destroyed by fire Wednesday afternoon. The steeple was struck by lightning, which caus ed the fire. The building wa* com paratively new and cost about |10,- 000. Almost all of the pews with the other furniture were saved, but the pipe organ recently Installed at a cost of 12,000, wa* destroyed. The loss is estimated at $16,000, with $5,200 insurance, pie building will b« Immediately replaced. ktwamk* mohawk or rrAND- ARD OIL CO. WHttCKSD. fight ovkh mnnimno*. PrwrlplUOMl la < I'*g1*la<er* TharMlay Muraiag. Th« prohibition fight promiaad the Gaorgla Hint* fcaglsUlure took dofi nlt«- form in th«* uppvr Hou*« Thur* day *h*n Senator Hlion. of tha Thirty arvpnth Dlatrlct. Introduced a bill to maka lh* federal Webb law applicable to Georgia Senator Hu en a meaaura. he declared, ha* the hearty approval of the Georgia Anil Saloon league and other prohibition organisation*, and wa* introduced at their behaaL Briefly, the measure provide* that “no malt, aplrtluoua or vinous liquor can be brought Into Georgia by any common carrier”. Following th* In tent of the Webb law it will prevent all liquor shipment* Into the state of Georgia, notably from Tennessee and Florida. The Webb bill wa* Intended to confer upon atstee the right to legislate in this manner and not be In violation of the Interstate commerce laws. The measure means the precipita tion of a straight-line prohibition light in the legislature. Senate* Hlxon, sponsor for the bill in the upper House, will, with Senator W. E. H. Searcy, lead the fight for the prohibitionists. Representative J. E. Sheppard, of Sumter, doubtless, will lower House. Upon this bill the prohibitionists, it is understood, are pinning their whole hopes. No other anti-liquor legislation will be sent in with their support, it is said. The whole fight will be directed towards the passage of the bill which makes the Webb law applicable to Georgia. WHILE IN THE M'RF AT ISLE OF PALMS. Conabastioa Said to Have Been Caas- ed by Helper Wko Looked for Washer With Lighted Candle. Two hundred tons of fuel oil on board the steel tank steamer Mo hawk, owned by the Standard Oil Company, exploded with a terrific roar and a burst of flame Friday af ternoon while the vessel was at an chor off Tompkinsville, Staten Island, in New York bay, killing five persons and injuring six others. A dozen more are unaccounted for, but are believed to have been rescued. Two bodies were seen floating in the hold while fire boats ‘were still pouring streams of water into the wrecked steamer late Friday night. The oth- ed three victims probably were blown to pieces. The dead are: Edward Donahue, 35, steamfltter, Brooklyn; John Don ovan, 26, a machinist helper, Brook lyn; two unidentified sailors, mem bers of the Mohawk’s crew; fourth engineer of the Mohawk, a foreigner, name not obtainable. Gustave Elmgren, 4 0, a pipe fitter, was probably fatally burned, while Philip I^epic, 32, sailor, and Herman Weissman, 31, sailor, received se rious injuries. Percy Payne, a ma chinist, and Third Engineer Vande- gried, of the Mohawk, were slightly ubrned. Carelessness of a machinists help er was reported to have caused the explosion. F'ifty men, including the crew and twenty machinists, who were making repairs preparatory to the Mohawk's departure for Tuxpan. Mexico, Saturday morning, were on Noard A helper was declared to have dropped a washer in the hold below the Are room Seeking to re cover It. he Is believed to have car ried a lighted candle, which caused combustion among gase* generated in the hold. The explosion wa* heard for many mile* A :on frxn flash of flame, a column of amoke, the detonation, a volcano of debri* and the Mohawk •etlled aft while fire boat*, wrecking tugs and o'her harbor craft hurried to ihe »rene from all direction* \ ■core of men who were blown owrboard were rewrued unhurt Other* clung to •tanrhlon* and rail* or huddled In the bow whence they were dragged to aafety on boat* Shortly after nine o clock the fire w** under control and the crew re turned on board and becan pumping the vw*ee| out The atern wa* com pletely under water, but It la bellev ed the ataaaer can b* got into dry dock for repair* H. Marvin Allison, of tending Dentists' Meet* Had Fate. Atlanta, At* Convention, For Healthy Homes in Georgia. A bill providing for eugenic mar riages in the State of Georgia was in troduced in the Georgia State Sen ate in Atlanta Thursday by Senator J. T. Hixon. The bill would prohi bit the marriage of all persons who ars addicted to the use of alcoholic liquors hr drugs, those who are men tally unsound or are afflicted with any virulent ailment. ♦ ♦ ♦ s Peace Costs a Lot. The imperial German parliament read a second time Thursday the German military contribution bill aimed to meet the concurrent cost of $50,000,000 in connection with the increase of the German army. The measure has been changed. It now hits all persons having incomes of $1,250 and upwards on a graduated scale of from 1 to S per cent H. Marvin AlHeon, of Atlanta, travelling repreeentative of the Johneon-Lund Company, of Atlanta, deaibrs in dental supplies, met death in the eurf in front of the pavilion at the Isle of Palms, at about four o’clock Friday afternoon. His death is believed to have been due to heart failure rather than drowning, and this was stated to be the opinion giv en by Dr. Simpson, surgeon at the army post, who was summoned by telephone. Mr. Allison was in w r ater deep enough to cover him, but his head never went below the surface. Mr. Allison had been at the Isle of Palms since last Thursday in connec tion with the meeting of the Dental Association. Friday afternoon he was going In bathing with Dr. M. H. Yarn and Mrs. Yarn, of Atlanta. Dr. and Mrs. Yarn went down to the beach first, but before going into the water, stopped to pick up some shells. Dr. Yarn then returned with the shells and left them at the cigar stand. In the meantime Mr. Allison had gone down to the beach and en tered the surf. Dr. Yarn, after leav ing the shells, was returning when he heard cries for help and saw sev eral men pulling Mr. Allison out of the water. Allison was not at a great distance from the shore His cries for help seem to have been heard by several bathers, but some at least of these seemed to think the man wa* not in earnest as hla head did not go under water, and others failed to locate the crie* The first man to reach him was Mr J P Mayes, who caught him first by the head and then by the middle of the hack, and pushed him toward the shore T W Win ston went to Mayee' assistance and (' S Mixon, of Augusta, was the next man to reach him These three kept Alllaon afloat until the life raft, launched by the laiand llfe-aaver* who rushed from the pavilion, reach ed ihe scene Alllaon was then streiched out on the beach and #f for»a were made to resuscitate him bv Dr Tr uIuck <>f < > 1 anta. ft <’ , who was the flr*t phyalc an to reach him Another phyalctan *<*on arrived and also Dr Simpson who had been aum moned by phone from the army post All effort* to revive Alllaon were vain, however He wa* then rw moved to the hath house and In a short time was pronounced dead Verv little water waa found In hla lungs ao Mile that It la believed that hla death could not have ben du* to drowning but was probably cauead by heart failure Dr Yarn stated that thla waa tha opinion given by Dr Htmpeon Restorative* oould not be Immediately secured though by •tender* furnished ammonia and aome whlakey was secured Mr Alllaon waa a man of about twenty seven year* of a*e He waa phyatrally strong being about 5 feet 1 1 Inches In height and weight about ITS pounds He waa a good awtm msr He is survived bv hla father, who live* near Hendersonville. N O and by a brother. C N Alllaon. who also travel* for the Johneon-I.und Company The J M Donnelley Com pany took charg* of the body, which will be shipped to Ailaota. Alllaon had been In awlmmlng either one* or twice Friday before the fatal accident occurred and had been in the habit of going in three or four time* every day The tide at the time waa rather low and waa ebbing PREVENT HOG CHOLERA. SHOOT UP THE COURT G4t*b Hal— MON to JUDGE UNDER DMX AND «aeA - SH Mr. Ray Powers, os* of the export In charg* of the Clemson College Ex tension work, five* the following rules to prevent the spread of cool er a: By failure to properly dispose of the oarcaasee of dead* hogs. Bui- xards, dogs, and other animals feed upon these carcasses and carry la- fectlon to other premlaea. All car- cassei should be burned or burled im mediately. (This Is now required by State law) and buzzards should be destroyed In communities where they are not protected by law. In com munities where these scavengers are thus protected, the law should be re pealed and the birds destroyed. By persons walking through yards or fields where sick hogs are kept and carrying the infection on their shoes and clothing to other premises where healthy hogs are, confined. It should be remembered that dis charges from a hog infected with cholera are very infectious and own ers should not go, or allow any of their help to go on premises where there are sick hogs. Neither should they allow neighbors to go among their hogs when cholera exists in a community. Healthy hogs should be cared for by persons who have not been where the disease exists and no one else should be allowed near the healthy drove. By streams receiving dranlnage from infected premises. If streams running through hog lots are drain ing Infected premises, the hogs should he immediately moved to oth er premises By buying hogs from premises where the disease exists or from pub lic stock yards Hog cars and stock yards must always be considered dangerous. By allowing neighbors the service of your stock hogs. This is a dan- ■ous practice By failure to isolate newly pur chase hog* until their freedom from disease has been ascertained New hogs ahou'd be isolated for a month If they have rholera or have been ex posed. the disease will develop in thla time WIFE STOPPED MARRIAGE. New Yorker. About to Wed (roorgia Girl, Held Up. Morris Kramer, aged twenty-*even years, located at Savannah, O*., who recently announced hia Intention of marrying a Savannah girl, was ar rested on a certified copy of an Indict ment returned In New York at the instance of Mrs. Ida Kramer, who alleges thal the prisoner was her husband and had deserted his family. Kramer was found concealed in an air-tight closet in a drygoods estab lishment where he had been working. He was in a state of collapse from exhaustion when taken out. When aaked about his engagement to the Savannah girl he remarked: “It’s all off now, I guess.” CAUGHT I M»Elt FALLING TEXT • wilhradr-d \A>>rk <>f K1<»r«***rv Meat Save- 1‘anli During *M<►rtn But for th«- clk»I h«*dcvlri«-a*’ of strong men there would have beau a av-rioua affair at the Chautauqua tent, on the grounds of the Y M C A at Horen re Thursday night Juat after the evening perform ance was begun and after the throng of Interaated patron* of th* Chau tauju* had been aaatad. a aevare storm, accompanied by a terrtftr Ind. lightning and rain a woo pad down upon th* city, and In a few aaronda a large part of the tented canvass came tumbling down l*kdle* dreward In their finery, men in their evening suit* and children dreeaed in summer apparel were caught under the ran vase and In a few aeconda were drenched to the efcln etlh th* terrible downpour of rain A a soon a* the tent col la peed th* men. who with cool nee* of head and etrong arms began to grapple at the pole* that held th* tent In position and to tug *t them to holat them back into position. Thla waa almost an Impoaatblllty. a* the airwady heavy canvass was mad* doubly heavy by th* weight of the water puddled In spots It wan toon seen that e«r1ous trouble wan In tight. The men then quickly ntood, and with their heads elevated the canvan* to nuch a height aa permitted the ladies and children to past out Into the terrific rain that wan pelting down from the heavens It did not take but a few momenta for every one under the tent to get a severe drenching before they could get to the Y. M. C. A. building near by for shelter. During the excitement only one or two children were jostled and not a single person was in any way Injur ed, which was remarkable, and only goes to show what cool headednees and strength amount to in such a time. Wild Scramble for Place* of Safety Whea Prisoner Whisks Oat Pistol and Fire* Three Shoots. Judge, lawyers, policemen and spectators were sent scurrying to cover in the Criminal Court at Wash ington late Monday, when Ray M. Stewart, aged elgiteen, fired three wild shots in an attempt to “gboot up” the Ceurt. At the first crack Justice Wendall P. Stafford disap peared beneath his desk and out in the Court room there waa a wald scramble for placee of safety. Home, frenzied by fear, leaped into win dows and dropped to the ground fif teen or twenty feet below. Justice Stafford had Juat refused to release Stewart on probation af ter conviction for attempted highway robbery. The boy whipped out u pis tol and fired three shots, two of which narrowly missed Assistant nited States Attorneys Samuel Hawken and Harvey Given and Po liceman Moffett. He was in the attl- trde of turning toward the Judge as to shoot when a witness sprang upon him and choked him into Insen sibility. In the confusion that fol- wed many thought Justice Stafford had been struck by a bullet, but the Judge emerged from his haven with out a scratch. Stewart had been convicted recent ly of holding up a negro in a Wash- ngton suburb last December. He had applied for probation as a first offender. The Judge had barely ut tered the last word In passing sen tence when the prisoner began to shoot and 'uat mimed Hawken, who ucked under the table. The next ahot went toward the Jury box aad passed dangerously near Detective Sergt Grant's head It struck a wall and rebounded, failing near Joetlee Stafford’s bench. The third shot struck the celling Aa the youth wheeled and faced the bench. Edwin Plane, a clerk In the department of agriculture, who had been a witness for the State, seised the boy by th* throat and carried him to th* floor By thla time the Court room had been nearly cleared of officials and perfator* Stewart lay unconscious for several minute* after being dte- armel 1 -aied he waa removed to h* cell room beneath th* Court room Counsel for fftewart said the vouth waa unbalanced aa th* result of reading cheap Ike rat are The hold-up for whlcA th* boy wa* ahoat to b* sentenced, had many f^tar of th* dime-novel variety Moaday night the boy was la jail awaitlag trial oa the charge of shooting with intent to kilt ' Sugar Schedule Discussed. Senator Ransdell resumed debate against free sugar when the caucus opened Wednesday, while Senator James was ready to support the schedule. Discussion of both the wool and sugar schedules was to end at 4 p. m. when a vote was to be taken. With those questions settled adminis tration leaders expect the bill to be reported to the Senate early next week. Smuggled an Aeroplane. Adolfo Vallareal waa arrested at Los Angeles, Cal., Wednesday night by the United State* marshal’s office on a charge of violation of the neu- Ate Colored Chalk and Died. Mary Tribble, aged seven, of At lanta, Wednesday lost her long fight for life, physicians believing that her death was caused by eating tinted crayon at school. On June 13 she was taken violently ill and since that time had remained on a state of par tial paralysis, with accaslonal feeble rallies. The case completely puzzled the physicians. The child’s school mates said that they had seen her eat colored crayon. i ♦ smuggling Into Mexico of an aero plane need by the Sonora rebels. Cigarette Caused Girl's Death. Miss Catherine Breen, nineteen years old, died in a hospital at Pat terson, N. J., as the result of burns caused by falling asleep while smok ing a cigarette. Before her death the girl said she hoped her experience would be a warning to all girls and women to refrain from contracting the cigarette habit. Saved from Watery Grave Emile DnBonnett and Welby Jour- dan, two aeronauts, who were par ticipating in a long distance balloon trmllty laws In connection with th*4race from Paris, two mile* south of Ventaor, on the south coast of ths Isis of Wright it by as GATHERING AT Veter • mho Ago to Fifty T* Gathering from north *a4 aoalh for ib* fiftieth anniversary of Lh# Battle of Gettysburg, several kasdred Civil War veterans arrived at Gettys burg. Pa. Thursday, coming carry, they said. In order to avoid the great rush of th* early part of next weak Mingling with th* hla* anlfora were some in gray and th* men from th* 8o*th w*r* gtv«e n hearty greet log With their ualforms of gray, topped by campalgB hat*, th* Soath ernera soon beean# central fig on the streetn and scarcely i they panned failed to atop and the privilege of a hand shake Warm *r than all others was th* welcom* extended them by the Union veterans, many of whom are here for the open log of the slat* encampment. Thursday night the historic old Adams County court house witnessed a reproduction of the wartime camp fire, with its stirring patriotic songs of the days of '61-’<5, and many speeches in which reminiscences of days gone by were mingled with sug gestions and plans for the obervanee of the coming week. Final arrangements at the big camp were completed Thursday. Prac- tlcally everything is In readiness to receive the first arrivals on Sunday and Thursday many veterans visited the place, inspecting the tents and furnishings, together with arrange ments for mess and sanitary arrange ments. Snapshots Drowning Girls. With three girls drorwnlng before him, W. W. Hastings, an instructor in physical education at Battle Creek Mich., stopped to take a photograph of the accident. He explained that he thought the girls tipped their boat in fun and were in no danger. Peeked Into Girl's Stockings. A highwayman who took $7 from her escort, forced Miss Rosa Clay, o Indianapolis, Ind., at the revolver's point, to lower her stockings and prove there was no money concealed therein. Then he thanked her for her trouble and departed. Hubby Chastened Too Severely. Howard Hawkins, a salesman of New York city, asks for a court de cree of aeraratlon to prevent his wife from beating him. He says she chas tened him so often and so severely that ha had to call a physician to give him rellaf. ue ana - ■ 1 e - BY BEMOGIATK This Makes Bare Hardest Fought Proposed Tariff Revision BUI Will Be Retained—lively Fight Expect ed Over the Agricultural Section. Free sugar in 1916 and free raw wool are now established in the tar iff revison bill, haring been approved ate Wednesday by the Democratic caucus of the Senate, after a two days’ fight. The sugar schedule as re ported by majority members of the inance committee and practice, passed the House was approved a vote of 40 to 6. Free raw wool submited by the majority and . ust as is passed the House, swept the Senate caucus by a vote of 41 to 6. . ‘ fhis ratification of President Wil son's tariff policy, he having Insisted pon the wool and sugar propositions before the ways and means commit tee In the beginning, came after a long series of developments since the tariff bill passed the House, in which he President was an active partici pant. When the fight of the anti free sugar and the anti-free wool interests was getting hot th* Pres ident Issued a public statemnt de claring that any sugestlon on the wool and sugar schedule was to b« absolutely out of the question and later he stirred all administration leaden to action when h* mode his barge about th* existence in Wash- ngton of an “Insidious loby," lnv«e- ration of which has brought re sults regarded as favorable to the tariff bill. The six Democratic Senators who voted agtnat free sugar on tbe Seal vote approving tbe sebedale were Hltcbooek. Nebraska; NewlaaSs. Ne vada. Ransdell aad Thorn ton. Lomie- lana; Bhaffroth. Colorado, aad Walsh of Montana Tb# six who eppened re* raw wool to tb* end ware 'hsmberlsin of Oregon; Newlsnd*. Nevada. Ransdell end Thornton. l/oaloUns: Bhaffroth and Waleh No attempt was mod* in today to bind the tloa of tb* oai ■p when tbe emir* a* bona K. bat Nil torvaillag dnty oa whoat and fk A* tb* disc anion d*v*lopad lb* position grew and decision of quest Ion wont over. Som* Dnosoci asserted following tb* ndjoarna that the countervailing dnty wa be stricken off leaving whoat on unrestricted free list on n parity x cattle and Had "Wrecked Her Ufe”. Had "Whacked Her Life". Five days in $all for Involuntary manslaughter was the sentence < ed upon Mrs. Anna Dotson, v Dr. Walter Dotson, a Qallatin, physician, at Nashvlito. 8hs wan charged with the murder of Charles Cobb, kbartwr, whom she shot down in s barber shop in Neahville Inst March. On the stand Mrs. Dotson admitted she had Illicit relations with Cobb, had told her husband and a pastor, and related she vowed if she were not separated from Dotson and could obtain forgiveness she would kill ths man who “wrecked her life”. The defense offered testimony to support an insanity theory. Mrs. Dotson Is thirty-three years old. ■ ■ ♦ ♦ ♦ Objects to Smoking in Bed. Mrs. Anna M. Bennett, of Pitts burg, objects to her husband smok ing in bed and asks for an absolute divorce. They were married in 1910, and Mrs. Bennett testified that when she protested against her husband smoking in bed he replied that his first wife hadn’t objected. ♦ ♦ ♦ Man Shot by Trolley Car. A cartridge placed on the tracks of an electric line at Milwaukee, Wit., exploded when a ear passed and tbs bullet struck Peter Bl—sHas Iff lbs shoulder, laltattug g painful a, ,J