The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, October 23, 1913, Image 3
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SAVES LIVES OF MANY
Oaraiania 1’a.vsenger, an Eye-Witness
of Terrible Tragedy in Mid-Ocean,
Gives Chief Credit for Saving Lives
to the Oil Steamer Narragansett,
Which Poured Out Tons of Oil.
T. T. Watson, of Philadelphia, a
passenger of the Carmanla, said that
the chief credit for saving those on
the Volturno was undoubtedly due to
the oil ship Narragansett. “Only a
few good swimmers,” he declared,
“would have survived from the ill-
fated ship had not the Narragansett
made free use of oil to calm the ter
rible waves. Shortly after we arriv
ed on Thursday the Carmanla tried
both fore and aft oil sprays, but with
out effect on the mountainous waves.
“At daybreah Friday the gale
moderated and then a miracle occur
red. It resulted in the salvation of
the Volturno’s crew and passengers.
When Capt. Barr sent out a call for
a t:u^i steamer Thursday there came
back a reply from the Narragansett,
‘We will be there with the milk’ —
the sea name for oil.
‘‘When the Narraeansett arrived
the (irosser Kurfuerst .with other lin-
rs, got in as close as possible and
wend lifeboats These took aboard
veral persons who had J umped
from the Voittirno, and the work was
great!;, facilitated by the steam pin
nace of the (Irosser Kurfuerst, which
had stayed out all night
"A* soon as the Narragans'-tt be
gan to spray oil about the doomed
ship the waves subsided as by magic
Soon the small boat* were enabled to
run alongside the liner and take the
clinging people from the ladders The
ree< ue w irk wa« <i\er In a very short
time Kleven ilro rs formed the boun
dary around the rim of oil and the
• ursn 'rs were ho sted aboard the
rlous steamer# wl'hout trouble
We then 'TUlsed about for two
TO TEACH AGRICULTURE
DT THB RURAL SCHOOLS OF CAL-
HOUN COUNTY.
se»rrt r.g for th«
llfetxia’s
hours
which w e r e sad to have ♦••.ape J the
destruction that 'he other to ata had
suffered Bga fist the side of thetr own
sti p. tut f' ini only the air tanks
wtdih are i»rrlei 'w-neath 'he seats
1 d'l n >t “el e » • f it there is an » po»
SIMM's
t'e two boats basing es
Farm Demonstration Plot* to be Cul
tivated By Children Under Expert
Supervision.
At the instigation of the U. S. De-
rn’-tment of Agriculture and Clemsor
Agricultural College, a movement has
been launched to have five demon
stration farms located at five differ
ent schools in each county of the
State, and Mr. James Claffy, who is
the Calhoun County demonstration
agent and Superintendent of Educa
tion, F. G. Grout, are now at work In
an effort to locate these farms In this
county and are explaining the advan
tages to be derived from Auch an un
dertaking. They report that quite a
great deal of Interest has already
been shown In this movement and
that three of these farms have al
ready been located and applications
have been recieved from other
school*.
The following Is a “Memorandum
of Understanding” which is to be
signed by the trustees of the schools
which accept the proposition and ex
plains the methods by which these
farms are established and the duties
to be performed in connection witli
their operation;
‘ In order that the prosperity of
South Carolina may become estab
lished upon a firmer basis, it is im
portant that the childpn attending
our rural schools shall becomi- famil
iar with the fundamental principles
underlying the propagation and
growth of the plants Indegenlons to
their climate and soil To meet this
Increasing necessity the plan has been
devised and adopted that the I nited
States Department of Agriculture,
(Memson Agricultural College, and
the Trustees of
School cooperate In the teaching of
these pr!n<- pies of Vgrlculture to the
children of the above mentioned
school To this and the following
agreement D cn’ered Info
1 That the Trustees shall furnish
three acres of land or as near that
• inouri’ a» can o',tame,! need Dr
Hirers, teams Implements . nec
es * a • v 'o the proper cult.ration of
t h e 1 a n d »
That 'te said land shall be
1 ix-ate.) as ti'-ar a* practb a! le to the
SC h I M > 1
CAN’T HI THIEF
TflltTY THDSAHIHLAI HDNT
FAILS TO NAIIUBU
WHO STOLE HUGE SUM
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raped swamp s. r
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Southern Express Alystery Still Un
solved After Scores Seek Clues for
Mouth—Companies Grieve Over
Failure of “Infallible System” to
Guard Valuables.
There are all the makings of as
pretty a mystery down Savannah way
a sever popped from the pages of
Conan Doyle or Poe. To-day, more
than a month since the theft of $71,-
900 was discovered by the Southern
Express Company, through which it
had been consigned to Georgia banks
not the slightest breath of a clew has
been found to fix any guilt.
Yet every special agent and detec
tive in the employ of the Southern
and the Adams Express companies
has entered the hunt, executive offi
cers are racking their brains and
slighting other duties, Pinkertons
and Savannah detectives everywhere
between New York and Savannah
have been commissioned to find the
money or the thieves, and thousands
of dollars are being spent in the in
vestigation.
Kvery foot of right of way of the
Southern and the Adams companies
between New York and Savannah
has been scoured Kvery employee
who might tie in any way connected
with handling or even viewing the
money has been Investigate!, his past
and present life, his habits, bis tastes,
even his thoughts, so far as possible,
have been studied Still there is no
r \ »• w
It Is not the loss of the money that
sting* the two great express compa
nies Their official* hav* announced
tfiat tt.ev are ; repared to s > * , t>d much
more than that amount to find the
robber Their grief arise* from the
fait that th'lr In fa! 1' hie system'' has
gon>- a»ry This sT*t«.m has protect
ed vaioa'de* before this It was
'hough Impossible to disturb the con
ten's of any consignment without
« gn of some sort ‘■sdng left that
Would p< nt to the robber
T»o eipre«s messengers are nam
ed ir, <-. m ne< 1 b-n with tte ship men*
■ > f the •• on* v W !. Schlndell, of
New Y >rk carve w 'h the strong b"t
:n New C>rk as far as Florence S
CALLED ON WILSON
DABBS SEES HOC AND McADOO
ABOUT DEPOSITS.
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jed 'o the v« a »' !!»• g it be'i.-a''
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come unfastened and supportel film
t was a n. ign fi, . nt ex
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feat was rendered by tt.e t
of the w av .■* w hen it is real
half an four pass.,! from the time
the swimmer Trtn'ej ohl reached th-
tide of the ship before he was got
ten aboard
“The explosion seemed to come
from coal gas co]b et< d In the bunk
ers and was evidently not due to
the boilers For some time the fire
burned brlglit’y and then c r a!ually
died down. It is impossible to tell
how many of those who jumped ov
erbmrd were drowned, hut the good
swimmers among them must have
been picked up, as small boats were
cruising about.”
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Provident of Farmers* Union Thinks
the Action of the President end
Secretary Did Great Good.
In speaking of his recent interview
with President Wilson and Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo at Washing
ton, which was arranged by Senator
Smith, about the efforts being made
by those ofilclals to prevent a strin
gency in the money market and help
move the crops, President Dabbs, of
the Farmers’ Union, who acted as
chairman and chief spokesman at the
conference, writes as follows in the
Sumter Watchan and Southron:
“As I wrote recently it lies with
the farmers and the bankers in the
cotton counties of the State as to
how much direct use is made of these
government deposits. There is no
question, however, of the wonderful
effect the mere proposal of such de
posits by the secretary had on open
ing up the money bags of the country
In July and early August the banks
were talking about letting the farm
ers shuffle for themselves, and no lit
tle harm was done to the financial in
terests of some individuals, and the
country generally by such talk.
“When I began the agitation which
resulted in a eonimitti e of the Na-
t nal Union being sent to Washing-
■n, depository banks In this State j womt n
• re demanding 0 per cent, for this
HIE SCOREJW
PAMW6EI STI AM TIH.T0IM
mn IN RID OCEAN
STORM DRIVES OFF HELP
Eleven Ships, Summoned by Wire-
less. Stand By Powerless to Assist
in Kescuo Work Because of High
Winds and Heavy Wave*—Survi
vor Tell* Story of Fire.
Not since the Titanic sank has Eu-
rop# been so thrilled a* by a wireless
message Saturday telling of the
burning of the steamer Volturno in
mid-AUantic, with a loss, so far a* it
at prewnt known, of 13 5 lives and
the rescue of 521. The survivors are
now aboard a fleet of steamers sum
moned by the Volturno’s call for help,
soma of which are bound eastward
and others westward.
The Volturno sailed from Rotter
dam on October 2 for New York. Ac
cording to the official statement she
carried 22 first cabin passen.ers, 538
steerage and a crew numbering 96.
The rescue ships readied ihe ene of
the disaster in plenty of time to -ive
all, cut for hours stood by t.,e b tz
inz Te«>sel. 1 u:i>eti nt her .i, of 'he
«toj m to reach the agi ni/t <1 ,;.i-:. .iu 1
and i hil.'-• n <—o" d vu ' he
f'cr.iart of the -h:;,, wh. i. >. .is . h-
! and !-x,.rting that no part of it in a siotn
• id he us'd for holding cotton. By
m ef the 'ener.i! looM-nir.g up :n
i onsvciU'-noe of the secretary’s an
nouncement. local hanks were soon
able to say to the depository hank*
what O'Shannasy said to the general
manager of a railroad a* related to
us t»v President Wilson - ‘You can
go to the devil. I don t need your aid ’
“in the last few day* 1 have re-
oe 1 ve 1 letter* from two entirely sep
arate sources offering to loan money
on cotton to the amount of 1 or 11
cent* ; er pound at 6 per cent In one
Instance and '■» In the other I may
he mDtaken. for I ofen am. hut tt
look* to me like x good t'me to hold
coton for 4 f, <>r * month* and If
done on a large enough scale to re
duce the pressure on the market It
would bring *t>o'u • Mi'wtan' ai ad
i Slice The de< !n«- Ilf the past few
davs Is duo solely to the heavy move
nient b> farmer who regard 1 2'x
cents a fine price
“I often wonder If the business
m.-n a -
•p*xk
1
i ers w ' o «o rre'iuent' y
or ‘le or '4' x« a fine
r I e *• I ' r an » t ho igh t to the losses
f ''"'it!.- rn farm* rs .ml to 't e hu»:
to -* . ' t! e i! 1 r v i the utarvatlon
a» e p re» » i d ! i' • g * a ''
strtee ?»*»•< a s'eadv
i-on's per pound 'or 1 11
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hi e steamer ( hi muni i. h.. ,: | f- -n
N1 a 1 U 1 H for i.l.i'l,(,Ul, A .* a . I., I . • *M
away when the call for help sounded.
Capt. Barr ordering full steam. In
spits of the gale drove through the
seas at 20 knots an hour, and was
first of the fieet to roach the burning
vessel. The Carmanla was followed
by l.a Touraine, Mmneapolia. Rappa
hannock. Czar Narragansett. Devon
lan. Kroonland, Grosser, Kurfuerst
and Ssydlitz at various hours thru-
out U>« day But try aa they might,
the rescuing vessels could get neither
line nor lifeboat to the Volturno. the
forward part of whtih was almost
hidden by a dense cloud of amoke
when the Carmanla arrived
Ths burning steamer lay In the
trough of the se*. pounding helpless
I) - With her propellers fouled bv the
tvoata' tackle The terrified ps»o i
*♦ rs were huddled together a* tar is
it »aa posa tile to grt from the fl vm< « |
whlis throughout th.- dsy the oT -“is
• lid crew fought d'-spera'.i . V w.tli
whatever appllan, es were a; land io
holu the fire In C h«., k
Ttie h o pe le* »r, «• a of thD situ it ion
w.x« msaifested at * ocii \ in the
• > ntn g w h« n a g 'eat e* • -:, u ' r ••
a » x f J S't O' tt.e u p pe r ant
'• iraea h irst from !’<»«■, r • room
I • t her. b* i e .•• n m «t 1 • r of h" ■ loti ♦
•’ •• V ittu'r ■ wi ’1 st«\ above ttie
w .vert Me.m * 1 - •• seven! of th"
i.llc pa.vnnfci r». with: n!..'» buoys
from i ;• ,ppe i <■ er r.'o ''•• se , (>ne of
them e a « ’ a k en h • i ir,J tt.e Car n. a r. la
It may tn- Cat o'fiers fount a haven
i'll
WORKS or
TICKED BY EXPLOSION.
Day Shift of 900 Mea Had Jaat 9+
sccaded la to PH—Foa» Haadrad
Are Trapped.
A disaster, possibly the greatest la
the history of the Sooth Wales eoel
fields, whose sonals are bristling wHh
terrible catastrophes, occurred
day through an explosion la the Uni-
versal Colliery, near Cardiff, Wales.
Shortly after the day ahlft of 921
men entered the mine an explosion
shattered the works. About (00
were brought to the surface silks by
rescue parties up to noon, and th*-*
managers of the mine then expressed
the opinion that there was no fur
ther hope for those remaining below.
The men brought to the surface
were found on the east side of the
mine, where the ventilation remained
fairly good. On the west side, where
the explosion occurred, Are soon elid
ed It* terror* and the rescue parties
were unable to make any progresa.
The official* of the mine fonnd It
necessary to call a detachment of po
lice to keep back the women and chil
dren who crowded round the en
trances in hope* of obtaining some
new* of their relative*. Most of the
rescued men presented a pitiable ap
pearance. Nearly all were suffering
from burii*. ihock or the effects of
poisonous gase*.
The day shift descended the shafts
In the cages ,at 5 o'clock. An hour
afterward a deafening report brought
the inhabitants in the vicinity of the
mine running to the pit head, where
they found the ventlllating and hoist
ing machinery at the top of the
shafts had been blown to atoms by
an explosion of great violence. A man
who had been working 60 feet away
had been decapitated by the force of
the blaat.
Rescue parties of miners belonging
to the night shift were soon on the
■cere making preparations lo enter
the mine In an endeavor to eeve their
comrsdea The fiery condition of the
min- however, gave Mn’e hope that,
anv of those below coaid be reecoed
alive
An entrance was fonnd by way ef
an adjacent abaft On deeeendtag
the rewcalng parties rams arroes sew-
i eral groups of men huddled together
in portions of the alee 9here the
s'r was still good By soon ibey bad
i picked up and brought te the serfage
altogether !>fl0 Tbs sams pit was
the scene of an explosion 1] years
ago. when 1 20 miners lost tbelr llvee
nn!v (.ne nf those below at that time
• as rescued alive
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work an• I a!*" hern-fi,t* •'
farmer- ' One «uit.-eit
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Dr rt;it the
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n w treh ha*
r made hv Mr t'laffv I* to have a
, tn'er ''over crop planted
Till* innovation will no douM tie
•followed Wl'h coll- lera'de Interes'
and It i* doubtful i£ ativ one will d *
a; prove of t! i* plan a* it i- apparent
tin' e Miration along ttie line* of
farmitig i of fir-t importance In this
land of agriculture, and it is hoped
that each <m» will lend 1: is in" ,p .,
and co-operation in this work.
m to \ w .i- *er.' in
I!* o' «■ • ia 11 d-
! n g 1 a r e•r than
T poijn '*, and
War I'ractise Fatal.
In a daring war game played Mon
day night by the Atlantic torpedo
flotilla under had weather conditions
at Newport, R. I., Gunner's Mate H.
A. Garrity of the Paulding lost his
life. The destroyer came into port
Tuesday with all hands exhausted.
Garrity was washed overboard. It is
thought he struck his head accident
ally and that he waft unconscious
when he struck the water. He was
married only a week ago. *
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Very Queer Damage Suit.
The Charleston Evening Post
says: “Judge Henry A. M. Smith Tn
the United States district court
Tuesday heard a motion to set aside
the service of the complaint in the
case of Daniel E. Johnson against
hhe Ford Auto Company. The plain
tiff alleges that he broke his arm in
attempting to crank a Ford automo
bile and charges that some defect in
the mechanism of the car waa re
sponsible for this. He is suing for
$10,000 damages. Judg# Smith has
the Aatter under consideration. The
plaintiff is a resident of Bamberg and
■allege* that the machine was Vpur-
ehaaed from 0. F. Riser, a dealer of
Olar.**
Negro i* Killed.
Henry Baxter, a negro man about
3 5 or 4h years of age, was shot and
killed about two o’clock Saturday
morning at Glymphville, in Newberry
county, by Hagood Brown. 21 years
of age. Mr. Brown shot three times
with a pistol two of the balls taking
effect and causing death. The sheriff
set out to make the arrest but found
that Mr. Brown had started to town
to surrender and the sheriff overtook
him, coming by a different road. The
young man declines to make a state
ment.
Painter Commits Suicide.
Paul Meinig, a painter of Savannah
Saturday committed suicide by hang
ing after making two ineffectual at
tempts to wIn death by other meth-
ods. Meinig first severed the artery
in his right leg with a razor. Later he
severed his right hand at the wrist.
Afterward he hanged himself to a
beam In the outhouse. His body was
discovered by his nine-year old son.
Burned House to Gain Prison.
Frank E. Bennett, old and home
less, set fire to a vacant house near
Canton, O., and then confessed the
crime. He said he fired the place so
the state would arrest and take care
of him, a* the) workman's compensa
tion law made it poMible for an old
man to get a Job.
• ,'r. ::.at ;■ :i*. non*- b*
$ . Tb♦*▼ w *• c I,•*, 1
a.'e.v'v bulky prov'iz that It
» ii:M l ave bf#-ri !mpn-«t’i> to con
f-eal H about tb.v* p* r-on of any man
M*-**engcr S'bndHl roc-ivod the
money at .I-r*e\ Citv from Die agent
of the \ ! im« Fx Te«s ('ompanv I •
w a* 'n a sti el strong box w :»h h'lls
of !:ol tig on the in-: le The top of
the t'"x was worked by a combin itbm
known only to the ag n'* a* each
»nd of the line There wi* an inner
door, looked bv a key. whi'di was
p’.ared In a sea!" ! envelone between
*li" inner and the outer door
v ' h< n Frhirdell received Die box at
.T> rsov City he complained of the
sea!* “looking bad" Pry it) made no
eomp'aint concerning the so,o!« when
the shipment was placed in his hands
at Florence.
The box was delivered in.Savannah
September 10. The express agent
placed it in the hands of tho super
intendent, who opened It.
There was no irregularity. The
hills of lading called for $255 and
no more, but when the hanks called
for their money the agent discovered
that the bills of lading for the big
amount had been stolen too. A tele
gram corroborated the announcement
by the bank that the money should
have been in the box.
The alarm was given. In a few
hours every special agent of the two
express companies between New York
Dnid Savarmah was at work. J. B.
Mockaday, general manager of the
Southern Express Company, went
from Atlanta to Savannah with Su-
perintendept Harry Scott, of the
Pinkertons. The detectives are still
working, although every resource at
command of their ingenuity has teen
exhausted.
The search has even Included
travel along every foot of the right
of way, a look Into every bush and
over every embankment. Nothing
has been left untried, and the theft
has cost the express companies, In-
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■'♦•ninr S«'iint<>r Enliven* the Senste'*
Pnn e<*ling*.
A little protective pastoral, entitled
“A Girl With One Stocking,'' enliv
ened the senate proceedings Monday
when presented by Senator llllnian,
who r centiy illuminated the pages of
tho Congressional Record with car
tons of his income tax cow. Mr. Till
man claimed no credit for the con
tribution but acknowledged it was or
iginally presented by -Senator Zeb
Vance in the tariff debate of 1889.
“Our Mary had a little lamb and
her heart was most intent,” it
rhymed, “to make its wool, beyond
its worth, bring 56 per cent.”
The classic went on to tell that
“Where e'er the poor girl went, one
leg was warmed with wool and one
with 56 per cent.”
“Now .with free wool,” said Sena
tor Tillman, “Mary will have to let
her women friends wear stockings on
both logs, instead of one—something
they have not been able to do in
twenty years. **
Four Die in Wreck.
Four persons were killed and more
than 20 were injured when a freight
ear loaded with crossties which broke
from a train on a down grade Tues
day night crashed Into an Interurban
passenger car near Dallas, Texas. The
collision occurred on a 50-foot tres
tle and practically demolished the
entire front end of the passenger car
but did not throw it from the bridge.*
Throws Out Case*.
The grand Jury of Charleston coun
ty, considering nearly 300 liqnor in
dictments submitted by Solicitor Peu-
__ — _ rlfoy Friday afternoon, threw out 42
eluding the payment of the maountlof the cues and it la stated by the
to the banka, more than $100,000. foreman that the others will follow. Women wept, shrieked, Inughed end
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1 «‘* nem-rs lifftmnts serf *< nt out an I
Into th***" th" women an 1 (h idren
| v** rs lo*' r< I first *"»"ral trip* »rr"
. n"ces*ary before the survivors were
removed to a place of aifety
It I* pointed out at a* remarkable
r (incidence thxt the Volturno. about
four year* ago, made a notable rea
rm* of 'he crew of a French ve**el In
a great storm In mid-Atlant r (’apt
Harrison, who then comm.indc l the
Volturno. wa* decorated by the
French governni'nt for his daring
act
A graphic story by the solitary sur
vivor aboard the ('aruianla, who i« a
German named Trintepohl. was re
ceived by witch-- and presents a
terrible picture of the horror, the
pan’c and confusion aboard the burn
ing iner.
“ ' 1 1 went wel!.“ sa I Trintepohl,
”u"'il c o'clock Thursday morni''t r ,
v h. i H.« fre alarm sounded V"
w» e ;>» , used and toid to go on < , 5.
as. fire had broken out in the hold.
On .as«emhlint life belts were handed
around nnd much time was occupied
in fasten:: - g th"m. We were told that
the fir< soon might he uuenched, but
the captain thought it wise for all to
have ' (‘Its as a precaution.
“The fire frightened the oh'.'dien,
who cried bitterly. Thee were ma».y
babies in arms. The fire grew worse.
We saw • liings blasting down below - .
About to o’clock there was a cry to
lower the boats.
“The captain behaved splendidly.
So did the officers, who were Eng
lish. I am sorry to say th - t the crew,
who were Germans and Belgians, be
haved very badly. The People rush
ed about wildly and the crew seemed
to think they ought to have first
place, and instead of quie’ing the pas
sengers they made the panic worse.
“The firemen rushed up from be
low and refused to so back. The cap
tain drew Lis revolver an 1 drove
them below hut soon after, aa the
fire was spreading, they were obliged
to abandon the engines.
"As soon as the Carmanla waa
sighted the captain made all the wo
men and children go to one aide and
the men to the other aide. We had
been compelled to leave the bridge
and go aft becauae It waa too hot
( urrt-m) lull U lUta* H«4d l> fly
< ovtimilU**
twnaior TUImsa and R»pr—vuta-
Hv, Joseph T Johnsoa. of ttoetlk Car
olina ( -lied at ths V\ hits lloaaa Wed
nesday and dlsrussod the status of
■he i urrency bill »!th President Wll-
•<T1 They stronaly endorsed the Ki-
e< ut!ve 1 * Stand against any adjourn
ment or re< esa of Uoagresa until tha
measure is passe 1 On leaving tha
I’M^ldent s office Henator Tillman
•aid to the newspaper men whan nak
ed the cause of his visit
”1 came here to urge President
Wilson to run the freight train right
over the obstructionists who are hold
ing up the currency bill The preaant
course of the committee on banking
and currency Is merely the blocking
of the bill. All the arguments of wit-
nosa being heard before It we have
hoard time and time again The coaa-
mltteo seems to be playing tha old
time Aldrich game of trying to edu
cate Ihe public ( with emphasis on the
“educate”), but the public docs not
need to be educated.
’’Personally. I think sometuing
ought to be done, so that we can be
assured of an early report on the bill
and pass It before the special session
Is over.”
That President Wilson was pleased
with the visit of the two South Car
olinians was. evident, but it waa im
possible to learn what reply, If any,
he made to their suggestions as to
the methods of expediting the pasage
of the bill. There is no doubt that
Mr. Wilson is deeply concerned over
the situation though it is stated at
the White House that reports from
the Senate are growing more and
more favorable. Hardly anybody out
side of the White House believes that
there is the slightest chance of action
on the currency bill before the regu
lar session.jy Too much time was con
sumed on the tariff. *
—
Blood Poisoning Fatal.
Capt. Arnlm Miller, assistant sur
geon, attached to the Sixth United
States cavalry at Texas City, Texas,
died Wednesday from blood poison
ing caused by the fracture of a leg
when he waa thrown from his hone
a week ago. •
became hysterical.
“At 9 o’clock Tbundaiy night the
captain of the Volturno tent a dee*
pairing message which read: 'Far
God’s sake help on or we perish.'
“By a miracle the fames did
spread to the after desk,
the sea moderated Md
in
here fit