Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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■V tV 7 • W ' ■ ; - -a— LACK OF FEDERAL JOBS SK StEAHEI BRtAKS IN TWO IEAISANDHIOK MANY BEROIC RESCUES f Vwmtjr-lve Mem Fimd Watery Graves When Oil Ship, One Day Oat ef Hew York, Strikes Storm and After All Night Battle With Wind and : - ; • ' ■- ir Sea Breaks Between Bridges. The oil tank steamer Oklahoma broke In two amidships without warning; at 7:30 Sunday morning off S,andy ftook and a large number of her crew of 3 8 men perished.’ SOME STATES HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT IN THE COLD. Discontent is Chopping Oat Decease President Wilion Has Not A Washington dispatch says the Democratic leaders of some of the states are beginning 40 express dis content with the distribution of pat ronage h; President Wilson. ®Wlth the tariff and currency out of the way, some leaders who have not fared particularly iirell are preparttii for a raid on the president when he returns from his holiday Six states have not as fyet been recognized by Mr. Wilson in giving out the spoils of victory. Others,that threT# their votes to him inihe^Dem FEUDISTS DEFT WILSON ALT! IS MLICT AFTtl TALK Will LINO- The stern section, in whic hwas sit-, ocra tic, national convention have uated all the heavy machinery of the vessel, and on which J there were ..thirty-two^ niembers of the crew, sank immedlaid’fy. , Eight members of the crew were rsscuetf^by the llamburg-Ameriean Line s 1 !earner Bavaria, whose captain, stld some of the Oklahoma's men told him they saw an open boat of the Oklahoma put away from the wreck with teri men in it. The arrival in New York Tueidsy i©f Booth liner Gregory. frjeSli._lr.ani. a 2,000-inile voyage u'p^ttfe Amazon, with, five more of th«> shipwrecked Oklahoma, mad§ a total of fifteen of her crew' saved; The officers of the Grejory dragged the sailors from, the g.JbollIng Sea at the risk of their own l,4ives. Little hope for the rest of the Vcrew remains, although some is bas ed on the fact that the men brought Report Says PrOsideat Will Give Huerta. Vatil March First to Clean House, After Which Time He is ■ , 'A > Preparing to Take Active Stepei to Restore Peace. A dispatch to the New York World from Mexico City says Ihat private advices received there Sunday from Washington say that as a result of the conference between Presideni Wilson and John Lind at Pass Chris tlon, the- .president has decided to alter his policy toward Mexico,to th» been actonled what the local^-pUrty bossep regard as fair tpehnnetn: while states which persistently orr 7 fixing a date after which posed the nominatiomof Mr. Wilson until the final ballot which- accom plished His choice haVe received ex ceedingly generous ’treatment. . New York, for instance, whose ninety delegates stubbornly voted "against Mr. Wilson' la. the Baltimore convention, has, secured hnoee places with a larger annual salary list than fifiy three states' combined. Missouri i& next, while New Jersey, the presi dent’s own state, Pennsylvania and ^California have received, more than the average. ~ Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Maine have not been given anything like "what the party leaders regard as a commensurate percentage of the the 1’nited States shall‘begin activf measurdS toward restoring order it he republic. x -. » The president is said^tv have made up his mind that if the Mexican 3 wi ' 1 not set their ’ houses in order, tire Cnifed States must do it for them TROOPS MOUNTAINEERS WANTED FOR MURDER HIDE IN MINE, f j '/■ «- f Keatacky MiUtla la Depiilag aa •raaaila aal Cold to Overpower the Hidden Baadita. Twenty member* ef the Hendrick son elan, of the Kentucky moun taineers, barricaded in a main abaft between Pineville and Ely's Hollow, Ky.,' have 'defied state troops for sev eral days and have announced they will,hot surrender unless the officers give th^m liberal terms. Every en trance to the mine is being guarded andi watch flrfcs are~kept burning at night. The troopers are depending on cold and lack of food to drive the bold mountaineers from their hiding place, but It is probable an effort will be made to smoke them out with sul phur fumes If other means fail. The Dendricksnn clan Is wanted for the murder of a man named Miller and the shooting of several officer? when an attempt, was made to arrest Happy lack Hendrickson, lead of the gang, gang. The trouble started over a week ago wheif ‘‘Happy Jalck” Hendrick- lllfAII Cl ANUS C1INEN Fill ItliCl II IIAZlt CALLS IT PROMOTION Minister Who Openly Displayed His Lock of Sympathy With Wilson's A."' Policy Is Officially United Statee, However, Had Not Requested Any Action in Matter. TO DANIELS ^WNGS THE BELL FOR fcHTUUI KAYY. AH / peaceably, if possible; but by force was arrested—at Four MJBe arid into New York by the, Gregory say|P' aces - ^l 1 . 6 s t a lc 3 which have not that another lifeboat besides theirs had been launched from the sinking steamer. Of the Oklahoma’s crew of thirty- wigHt. eleven manned the boat that reached the Gregory, nineteen took received a single political j)lace are Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, South Da kota, Vermont and Utah. The total number of places per sonally awhgded by the president whiclrare .vif^ed as the requisites of the aggre- to ths other boat and^eight stayed! political leaders is 155, aboard, to bs saved by the Bavaria. ■ gate apujial salaries of which total Of the larger boat*loa1l probably all 11,033,7^3. wfije^ lost. Of the eleven in the smaller boat, six were ffrawned when the beat capsized barely a hundred yards away from the side of the Booth liner. When the Gregory slgkted the Ok lahoma's lifeboat the benumbed sail- •rs*had hoisted a sail which enabled them to keep their craft from being overwhelmed by the gigantic seas As the Gregory came within hail- tng distance the shipwrecked men dropped their sail and their boat im mediately lost Its steeragewsy and turaed over. Then, one after anoth er. th# three chief officers of the Gregory, without waiting to throw off clothes, plunged over the side. They were First Officer R. H. Buck, Sec- Old Officer J. 8--Williams and Third Officer F. D. Roberts, all youhg Eng lishman. Buck, who has a medal given by ths King of Greece for. a- rescss made nine years ago In ,the J»y sf Biscay, knew what It meant to breast a storm-beaten sea, and he •j to himself a line. ,The others .took no lines, and all list paid the penalty with their lives/ Each officer seized a struggling sailor brought him to the shlp’s side, . then wont back to where the lifeboat was floatiiiff-bottom side up. Three more were rescued. The flrit man hauled aboard-died on the . \ deck. The other, five were kfept^allve Rafter hard work by surgeon and cr )ne man was seen swimming near ■^--the ship. Capt. Aspinwail heaved . kim a life buoy at the end of a line. The man had 1t In his grasp when a great wave heeled the ship over and when It swung back the man had dis appeared. The -life bdat righted it- sSlf and, as It floated past, the Greg ory erew saw a man jammed under ths seats. Officer Buck wanted to Jump.In after him, but his captain held him back. IThe first Information came In a Wireless dispatch received In New York Monday night by the Hamburg- Amertean.Line from Captain Graalfs, #f the steamer Bavaria, which Is pro ceeding to Boston with eight survi vors of the tanker on board. The message, whlQh cape by way of Sias- cosset, said: \. “On January b, at 6 a. m„ we sighted signals of distress. The seas were high. At dawn we saw the forepart of a steamer floating on the water. It was the tank steamer Ok lahoma from New York. "At 8 a. m.'iwe were close to the wreck and lowered a boat. The men on the Oklahoma lowered themselves Into the boat, exhausted by their ex perience of tha last twenty-four hours. "Captain Gunther stated that last The disgruntled leaders are cen tering the fire of criticism on New York, which secured twenty of the finest places In the. gift of the presi dent, with an annual salary list of $178,600 and an average salary of more than 8^00. Missouri comes next with eleven places, with an aggregate of $66,825, and an average of $6,000.. Penn sylvania Is third, with seven places, an aggregate of $61,000, and an average of $8,500. New Jersey, has seven places, carrying $67,500, or an average of more than $8,000. Outside of postmasters, rural car riers, internal revehue collectors and other routine offices of that charac ter, South Carolina has received the followingf appointments: Charles A. Wood, Circuit Judge, Fourth Circuit, $7,000; Charles M. Galloway, Civil Service Commissioner, $4,6d0; Wil liam F. Gonzales, Minister to Cuba, $12,000; D. C. Roper, First Assist- tal-—Four offices, $28,000. CONVICTS FAVORED. weather aud without any previous warning, the ship suddenly.,-broke In two between the bridges. .: In about twsnty-two minute* the afterpart of the ship, with a crew of thirty-two _men, sank. The forepart was kept Afloat by the bulkhead. Lifeboats Ither went down with the ship or "were spashed immediately after the eataatrqphe. ~ • - "On the evening of January 4th a Spanish steamer, probably the Man vel Caivo, had appeared in the tlctn- ity of the Oklahoma, but was unable, owing to bad weather, to accomplish anything. Immediately after the Bavaria reached the scene this morn ing the United Fruit steamer Tena- Governor Bleaee Commotes Sentences of Eight Prisoners. GovernoV—Blease' Tuesday after noon commutedttwSentence of eight negro convicts from the penitentiary 0 the Cherokee county chalngang Slx’-were serving life terms for mur der, oneT'setying^ a term for assault and one for. 'rrianglaughter. James Jeter, Luther CorrySAxthur Corry, Walter Hames, Randolph"" Savage, serving life terms, were commute twenty years. Will Jones, another life-termer, was commuted to thirty years. Ed Rainey, serving fourteen years fpr assault on a negro girl, was commuted't<r~ten years. William Blueshirt, serving twenty years for manslaughter, waa commuted to twelve years. Going to Caribbean. The battleships Wyoming, Florida, Utah, Delaware and South Carolina, commanded by Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger, will sail out of Hampton Roads Sunday afternoon for the an nual winter manoeuvres In the West Indies. aster, but there was nothing left to he done.” Another message from Captain Graalfs said: "According to state ments made by some of the men sav ed, a boat from the stern part of the Oklahoma, with from eight to ten men In It, was seen. Its whereabouts is not known." If they refuse to compromise aattrrru: themselves. The understanding Is that-March 1 is the time limit set by the president. By then Huerta will have been In offi(4» a year, which, in tht? opinion ot President Wilson,'is ahnple space ot time for him to redeem his promise to pacify the country. Mr. Lind's re Hirn to Mexico argues that the presi dent has determined on his future policy. It tS well known there trial Mr. Lind Is firmly of the. opinion that, while Mr Wilson's policy of watchful waiting Is sound and justi fied up to a certain point, it Is only a question of time when the United "ST&ies will be obliged to exert a more positive Influence on Mexican affairs. This opinion Mr. Lind hasrexpress- ed repeatedly in his dispatches to Washington. It Is known that when he left Vera Cruz for Pass Christian he Was resolved either to bring Mr Wilson to his way of thinking or re sign his mission. It is evident, from the fact of his returning, that the president has given him assurances that Impel him to continue his duties In Mexico. ^ Mr. Lind’s observations of the Mexican situation have imbued him firmly with the conviction that neith er Huerta nor Carranza Is sufficient ly strong to dominate, and that tht present war may continue indefinite ly wlthont any result other than ex hausting the country completely, par alyzing commerce and Industry, and that In the end it will be necessary for the United States to set Itself to the task of putting things to rights Mr. Lind does not believe that the military problems involved in, pac ification of Mexico by American arms will be formidable. Scoree of promt nent Mexicans have gone to Mr. Lind secretly and expressed to him their belief that the salvation of the coun try depends on American interven tion. 'They have begged him to use his Influence with Washington to put & stop to the intolerable conditions which prevail. Keen anxl»ty exists In government al circles at Mexico City, continues the dispatch, as to the reason for Mr. Wilson summoning; Mr; Lind to conference, and what result their talk will have. The Mexican charge In Washington ..has informed the foreign office that he is completely In the dark as to the president’s pur poses. His dispatches states that he ade a personal appeal to Secretary Brylnv-tsn: information, but that while the secretary Received him courteous ly. he "merely smiled Persons close to the government speak with preaslmsm oftrie pros pects ot the Huerta admlnistratldih-lhe addei It seems plain, even to Huerta, that to'ah.oot he la not to receive any mone^ from armed h foreign bankers. Great pains are be ing taken to prevent a financial and business crash throughout Mexico The keynote of)this situation rests with the fate of the Bonk of Lond6n and Mexico. If this bank can be prevented from closing its doors or liquidating, the chances are that the financial sltua- tlotf Will become no more critical The bank may be saved by merging taken to-Pineville fbr {rial on a mis demeanor trial. He was given bail that he bright spend the holiday sea- sbn at homeX^When be returned to Four Mile he opened fire on a deputy, and several men wrirjr sent outTri'ar- rest him. Upon theibvarrival they found that Hendrickson and his asso ciates had beaten a man named Jim Miller to. death and that they'rigd barricaded themselves In the Deri- drlckson home. Hendrickson and his clansmen were called upon to surrender. They resisted. In the fight that followed George Horn, an uncle of Hendrick son, was killed. It Is reported that Press Hendrickson was fatally wounded in the fight. The clansmen managed to escape and took refuge in the cave. —— The wife of “Happy Jack” Hen drickson appeared at . th* cave In Ely’s Hollow a few days Ago and vol unteered to enter and persuade the men to surrender. She had learned of trie proposal to use sulphur fumes to smoke th'e men out and she fear ed this course might result in the death of her husband and some of her relatives. Members Of ths Hendrickson clan are being arrested wherever they are found to avoid trouble and the dan ger of an attack upon the troops from the rear In effort to obtain the re lease of the trapped outlaws. t KILLED IN POST OFFICE. '*-1 Georgia Postmaster Dies la Hand to Hand Struggle. 1 Although several vessels were Sunday at 1:30 1. nr.,' during heavy I'llaudrug by th* dllttessed tank liner, th# Hamburg-Amerlcsn Line freight er Bavaria, bound from Philadelphia to Boston, was the only one' able to render assistance. r The Oklahoma was owned by the J. M. Guffey Petroleum coppany; was ,2,70S tons Pet and 419-feet long; She left New York Saturday fin* Port Arthur, Tex. The Oklahoma was valued at $700,0Q0. John Kennedy, Superin tendent of the marine department of the Gulf Refining company, - owners for courtmartlal. of the vessel, said he could not con ceive how the ship could have gone down even In bad weather. The ship, was perfectly equipped and In good eonditlpn, he said, when she left for arrived *t Ate soeae of the dls- ^' ori Aktiinr* Tex^ in ballast. it with another Mexico City bank, plan to this end is being worked out. Thus far no other bank'tiTthe repub lic has taken advantage of the extra ordinary holldkys decreed by Huerta. The other banks, including ths State Institutions, are in good shape. Accident Kills Union Man. Henry Rector accidentally shot and almost Instantly killed Spurgeon Kel ly of Union on Sunday evening. The killlpg occurred while the men were toylng wTth a revoTVaf. -d£ J. M. Williams, postmaster at Rock Edge, Ga., was found dead in his of fice at 9:30 o’clock Saturday night. It is believed that he was assassinat ed. It Is reported that a person was seeri'ttr enter the post office and store operated by Williams Just before the shooting occurred and that the same person rgn from the building after several shots were fired. A nephew of the dead man rushing into the store found Williams’ dead body stretched upon the floor. A dispatch from Dublin, Ga., Sun day says the story of a hand-to-hand battle with a madman, each gripping the pistol of the other as they stood with drawn guns levelled at each other, has been told by S. D. Butler In his explanation of how Postmaster J, M. Williams, of Rock Ledge, was shot and’killed Saturday night, shot Williams," said Butler, as he rushed up to Marshal Devereaux a short time after the shooting. "Here’s my gun r and here's his, he added. “Re was mad. He tried ot me, and I got him. I dls- iTm, but I am afraid that hfi is dead. We stood there—It seemed like an hour—he holding my gpn barrel and I had hold of^hl^—and both of us shooting. I finally ed the gun from his hand and be fell backward to the-floor.” According to Butler, be and Wil liams "made up" Saturday night over previous trouble and sat down to drink together. Then an argument arose. Butler states that then Wil Mains acted like a madman, the final tragedy resulting. Catch Army Deserter. Of fonr haen arrested as vagrants near Spartanburg Junction recently, one, Frank Rogers, has been found It is alleged, to be a deserter from the army and has been aent to Allan- Steamer Uses Canal. The first steam vessel passed through the Panama canal Wednes day. It was the Alexander Lavalley, a 1 .crane boat, and carried no passen gers. * It had been operating on the Atlantic side and gradually made Its .way through during the course of dredging operations. Bequests Magaxine. A. S. Cunningham, late editor of The Confederate Veteran, published at Nashville, has left the publication to a board of trust, composed of his personal friends and officers of va rious Confederate associations. A cablegram from London receiv ed in America Monday -atinoupced that Sir Lionel Carden, British min ister to Mexico, Is shortly to be trans ferred to Rio de Janeiro as minister to Brazil. He, waa appointed to Mex ico July 19, 1913, to succeed Francis William Stronge. The successor to Sir Lionel Carden at Mexico City will probably be Charles Murray bfsfl'ng.. senior counselor In the British dip lomatic service, now accredited to Turkey Sir Lionel Carden’s transfer, whlcl Is a—promotion aa far as salary^ Concerned, although the two lega tions possess the same standing in the service, would have been made some time ago except for the fact that the British foreign office would not make the change whlla.the min ister was under fire foy the alleged Interviews In which he was ffiad^to reflect on the policy of the United States toward Mexico. I The diplomatic change In Mexico, says the London dispatch, will be re ceived with surprise when It becomes known on that side of the Atlantic, for while Sir Lionel’s actions and general demeanor since the outbreak of the Mexican troubles have been considered somewhat Indiscreet _hy. the English public, nobody t^ere be lieved that he had dona anything to ustify the attacks on him which ap peared in some of th# American pa pers. In fact, it Is expected that the official statement, which will doubt less be Issued when the changes arfe made, will explain that Sir Lionel's transfer to Rio de Janeiro In no way casta discredit on ths minister. Unfortunately, Sir Lionel went to Mexico with a reputation of being anti-American, at a Urn* whan a good understanding . between ths United States and Great Britain waa vital.- Naturally the British govern ment defended Sir Lionel agalnst the attache .made on him, bnt the belief prevailed at the same time that it would be better to Ihd~another post forTilm. Announcement in Washington that Great Britain is about to transfer Sir Lionel Carden, its minister at the eity of Mexico, waa regarded by of ficials as a substantial manifestation of the purpose of the British govern ment to remove every obstruction to the execution of ‘ President Wilson’s plans for dealing with the'Mexican situation. trie State department “it was de nied that the United’S tales had made any protest to the British foreign of fice against any acts or utterances ascribed to Minister Carden. From other sources, though, it was learned that Ambassador Page did seek in formation at the British foreign of fice some time ago regarding the at tltude of its representative in Mexico. About the time this occurred a semi official statement was issued in Lon don repudiating a statement attrl buted to Sir Lionel^.that President Wilson’s policy towards Mexico would not have been adopted had he not been in ignorance of the facts. Officials believe, the transfer of the British minister will Impress the Huerta government that-the fact that there is to be no division among the powers from which it might expect to profit. There were, of course, no of fleial expressions from administra tion sonrees. President Wilson and Secretary Bryan, the only officials wso would speak on the subject, were away/ Sir Lionel, however, firat became re in the relations between the United^Btatee and Mexico, when, up on his arrival ip Mexico City, Jnst after Provision aiPvegident Huerta had imprisoned many deputies and proclalffifod a practical dictate he presented his credentials. His ac tion was construed in some quarters as a. virtual recognition of -Huerta and hit action. Sir Lionel contend ed, however, that Huerta had been recognized provisionally previous to that by his home foreign office. His action, none th* lest, was not regard ed aa favorable to th* attltnde of the United^ States. Publication of a report said to have been sent by Rear Admiral Cra- dock, commanding the British ships in Mexican waters, to Sir "Lionel Mexico City, saying Rear Odmlral t Secretary ef the Navy Danlek has > Issued aa erder making it ■ rampal* sory for all enlisted men ef the aavy who are not win grounded la the common school branches and have If- not yet completed two years sarvlee In the navy»to attend the eervte*' schools which ?wlll be held aboard ship and at training stations and yards. Junior "officers only recently - out of the Naval Academy will act an Instructors. Instruction In readr ing, writing, arithmetic, spelling, geography and bietory will be con tinued until each man baa attained a satisfactory standard. Atademic Instruction will be lim ited to thrse-tourths of an hour each day and the remainder of the study period will be devoted to ^ecbaical and naval subjects. Men who do "ot need the academic course will devote fhe whole period to other branohee. The routine aboard ship will be arranged so that the following gen eral principle, as regards the employe ' moot of the men. may be fallowed as far as possible: all hands to. 9:15, . cleaning and shlpwork; 9:15 to 1:45, drills and routine dutle#;^, 7 1:45 to 1:15. dinner and recreation;~ 1:15 to 2, Inst motion and school daily except SatfirdaTs, flunijays and holidays: 2:30 to 4:30, drill/'work and recreation.^. The instruction will be under th* general direction of the commanding' The officer. JO executive officer will have immediate charge, assisted by all commissioned officers and by sneb warrant and petty officers as may be necessary In the different apartments aboard ship. .^Division Officers are directed to~«? amine all men under their supervi sion, fioting the deficiencies of bach man, the amount of instruction h* ay have received at the training/ Ion, the branches In which fur ther ^instruction Is most needed, the fitness of each man for promotion, the branch for wiBcri he is best suit- ‘ ed, and the personal preferences and ambitions of each classes may be form* progress. and 1 mproven nental and technical training^ in every branch of the navy Whenever the weather or ths eii^ cnmstances of servtq* of any partis- ular ship or ships are such that addi tional times during the day ■* bs given to instroction, commanding of ficers are urged to increase ths pe riods of instruction, and to entour age night classes whtn practicable. Secretary Daniels points out that the idea which prevails in some quar ters that this instruction will Inter fere with strictly jnan-of-var work appears to be groundless, Inasmueh as more than three-fourths of the order is devoted to the consideration of strictly technical and nqval In struction along lines that will tend directly to the increased efficiency of a man-of-war. Secretary Daniels, by instituting this educational system, makes it possible for every young man In ths navy—and of the whole enlisted per sonnel more than 30 per'cent, are young—to obtain commissions In the service, or to bet practical training which'will enabls him to enter on even terms with dvlllons In profes sional life outside the navy^ ■ - The whole scheme follows th* Idee of Secretary Danlela-that the naap should be a great school as well as a working Institution. STRANGE CASE OFjRABnrir Man Dies of Hydrophobia by Ante Snggestlon. Jams* E. Hubbel, former county clerk and • prominent resident ef Syracuse, N. J.. died at a hospital Saturday, following symptoms of hy drophobia, which physicians assart were developed by auto-suggestion. Mr. Hnbbel was bitten on ths Up bp a pet dog on November 20. At a hos pital anti-toxin was Injected in his Up. Hubbel’# friends Joked . him ut rabies and he read everything he oouUl find concerning the disease. Lest Tuesday he returned to hla doctor and told htmhe was extreme ly nervous. He again the hospital and was attends*! of the city’s leading physiciaas.. complained of throat trouble, and for some time before hla death th* sight of water caused spasms of the throat. Following an autopsy on the body Saturday night It was announced thog hydrophobia, Indpeed by auto-snggsg- tlon, undoubtedly caused his death. J*. Fertilizer Sales Increasing. Fanners, of South Carolina pur chased last year over 960.000 tons of fertillbfers. This "Is about. 30.000 ton# more than in any preview peer, wen, House Falls, Killing Three. Three men and one woman are be lieved to have been killed whea a re cently remodelled building, the lower floor of which was vacant. Collapsed at South Bend, Ind., Saturday Fletcher, th* American commander, had ordered the firing to cease at a critical moment at the battle ot Tam pico, also served to further Spread the Impression that th* British min ister was not Jn sympathy with, if not even inimical to, the poMcy of the United States toward the Rnerta gov emment. - ■■ ♦ » » 1 ■- Five Killed In Wreck. .. v ^ -five persons were klUed and sev eral injured, when a freight train struck a street ’ear at a grads etoae- A 14ve* With Hole in Heart When an X-ray revealed a kola in the heart of Nettie achats, of Balti more, her ease was given up aa hope less. However she hea began to Im prove under treatment and ndw an- siata ber mother in houae itork. •'“' '■ . Florence train Kills fCW. B. A. Robertson, a about ,32 ywrri ing and neatly' tha railroad Paat