The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 09, 1909, Image 3
SHOWS FIGHT
Mays Refuses to Notice Officially Knox's
Ulttimatmn and
APPEALS TO CONGRESS
I*reskle.nt of Nicaragua Will, it is
Reported, Ask Congress Co Interfore
With the State Department
Program?Men Supposed to he His
Agents Reach Washington.
President Zolaya has not only refused
to take official cognizance . of
Secretary Knox's note, which was
pracucauy an ultimatum, uut u? in
declared to have dispatched special
agents to Washington to endeavor to
have the 6tato department's ultimatum
set aside, first by appeals
to the department, and seondly bydirect
appeals to members of Congress.
The Btate department is entirely
aware of the presence und
Identity of these emissaries. These
special agents are being watched in
a general way.
It was reported that any attempt
that Zelaya might make to escape
from the country would receivo the
direct and vigorous attention of the
American warships now lying off the
coasts of Nicaragua. Secretary Knox
has intimated in the plainest language
that the State department
looks upon Zelaya as tho man responsible
for tho torture and death
of the two Americans, Groco und
Cannon.
The plan to deflect the United
States government program with reference
to Nicaragua came to light
when Senor Fernando Sanohez and
Dr. V. M. Roman arrived at Wushington.
Neither Senor Sanchez nor
Dr. Roman would talk. They gave
their address as.Now York.
Members of tho Central American
diplomatic corps, however, were in
? <1 , tK/v.. 41..v
d uuiivi nuuu iuot uidv;u> riru iuc
new arrivals. Bon or Sanchez, they
declared, is a partner of Zelaya in
many of the latter's business ventures
in Nicaragua, and ho has managed
to amass a fortune of botweeu
four and five million dollars in gold.
Dr. Roman, the report continued,
long has been Benor Sachez's busi<
ness adviser, and he also is a close
friend and adherent of Zelaya.
During Friday afternoon and early
evening more than a score of telegrams
were dispatched from Bouor
Sanchez's rooms. Almost an equally
large number were received. This
telegraphic activity , tho Central
Americans insist, is aimed at members
of Congress, with a view of
winning over enough of them to
render the Administration's present
program Inoperative in the event if
Is presented to Congress.
Dr. Salvator Caetrlllo, tho diplo
matlo agent of the provisional government
of Nicaragua and representative
of the revolutionists, here,
made formal request to Secretary
Knox that he be received on equal
terms with the agents of the Zelaya
government. It is genorally believed
that Dr. Cautrlllo's request will
bo granted.
While making all preparations for
action, this government has resumed
tho claim that preceded tho issue of
Secretary Knox's note. There were
na Hntfnlenmnnla In iKo Cite /l/k
MV UV7U1V|/LUUU%? IU V LA U UKIVU U'/
partment Friday. To all appearances
the department la "marking time'
until occasion arrives for furthei
action. *
THod From Shock.
At Evansvllle, Ind., Mrs. Willlarr
Butler, while witnessing tho oper
ation of her son, swooned and dlec
before the physicians revived her. *
i
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Baking Pcrvder Is the B
test of time and labor 11
vers to the pastry cook* B
onomizes flour* butter 9
eggs and makes the Wj
digestible and healthftil jjj
W7AL a
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most healthful food I
-no lime phosphates |
r baking powder made I
Jrape Cream of Tartar H
GAMBLING IN COTTON
GO V KItNMF.NT DFTKltMlNKD TO
MOVE AGAINST KV1L.
1'litnning an Investigation?If a
IxK>|iholo is Found the Sherman
Ami- Trust Law Will be* Invoked.
Tho Rambling In tho cotton crop
in tho financial exchanges throughout
th? country may become tho subject
of legal action by the Department of
Justice, according to reports emanating
from Washington, and the
move may result in landing lu Jail
some of the biggest cotton specula-tors
of the country undor the provisions
of tho Sherman anti-trust
law. While no action ho? vet been
taken by Attorney General Wlckerflhum,
it is known that President
Taft ban dlecuksod the matter with
him with a view to planning; a thorough
ihvestigatlon in which the Department
of Commerce and Labor
will act in conjunction.
From New York comes the rumor,
which has not been denied in oflleial
circles here, thut such an invebtlgntion
has already been ordered
by President Taft and is about to
begfn in New York, under the direction
of Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner
of corporations. It has
bebn learned that if this work has
be eh undertaken by the government,
i secret agents of the Burnea of Corporations
will bo employed, and for
the present nothing will be divulged
in regard to the work.
Behind this latest move on the
part of the Federal government are
tin; congressional delegations of all
of the cotton States of the South
and of the Nj;w Fngluud States in
which the groat textile mills are located.
One man who Is largely responsible
for tU? interest which
members of congress and the President
have shown in cotton speculation
is Senator John Walter Smith,
of South Carolina, who for many
years has been prominently identl
Hod with tho cotton growers, and
went to the Senate with the avowed
purpose of "going after" the manipulators
of the price of the South's
greatest prodhct. His cotton speeches
in the Senate last winter attracted
wide attention and greatly impressed
his colleagues.
Cotton mill owners w ho are' ready
to furnish the government with information
and are determined to
wage the fight to the very end are
said to represent a capital of $2G0,000,000.
Their interest and that of
the cotton growers is practically the
same in this instance, and the fact
that they have Joined forces to old
the government in its proposed Investigation
and probable legal action
is taken to mean that the work will
be done thoroughly.
Officials of the Department of Justice
who refuse to discuss what the
government is doing in this connection
nevertheless declare that cotton
gamblers could be reached under the
Sherman law if it can he established
that .their schemes are resulting
In prices that have no relation
to the value of a hale of cotton
Clearly, say thoBo officials, thai
would be restraining trade withii
the meaning of the anti-trust law.
This much is certain, that thus fin
the matter Is in a preliminary stage
: and the President and the attorney
general are not certain themselves
how far the work will ho carried
If Mr. Wickersharn believos, aftei
' the Bureau of Corporations' inqulr:
is complete, that there is a chanc<
of snccess In the courts, proceeding!
will be begun. If he does It is rnon
1 than likely ?that Mr. Taft. will asl
- congress to enact legislation undo
I which this practice may hi
' j stopped.
RISE NO
BLIND TIGERS
Heavy Hit by the New Federal Code
Which Regulates the
SHIPMENTS OF LIQUOR
Into I*rohibltion Territory, Which
Ooos Into Kffect on (ho First of
Jununry?Kalhouds und Kx press
<V>in|mnJes Incur Bevero Penalties
If They Violate the Now Code.
Another phase In the great campaign
against liquor will come to
the fore the first of next month, when
the revised penal code of the United
States Is to become effective.
Many of the changes made in the
penal laws by the Sixtieth congress
were of tnluor interest, but the section
relating to tho shipment of intoxicating
liquors Into "dry" territory
contained new legislation, the
result ot' which will be to make the
Uuited States u factor in prosecuting
violators of the act.
In thickly settled communities the
local authorities, as a rule, are able
to deal effectively with offenders, but
in certain sections of the South and
West, whore settlement is sparce, the
task is not so easy, and tho members
of congress from those sections insisted
that the federal government
should come to the aid of the local
nut horities.
Three sections of the new codification
relate to the liquor traffic.
The most Important provision is that
on and .alter January 1, every shipment
of Intoxicating liquor shall
bear the name of the consignee, the
nautre of the contents of the receptacle
and tho quantity contained
therein If ?
? ?> v* nwvwi ?v# uo 4 tiv.: I f ryKJ
say persons who have had experience
in attempting to drive out
"blind tigers." that practically all
the liquor now shipped into prohibited
territory la labelled as some
other commodity, or not labelled at
all, and frequently addressed to persons
other than the consignee.
The federal authorities already
have sent out notice to all manufacturers
of intoxicants that their wears
must be labelled on the outside of
the package on and after the llrst
of the new year, aettlug forth the
nature of the contents and the exact
amount in each package. It is
believed that If the local authorities
co-operate with the federal government
in the enforcement of the
law It will be a comparatively easy
matter to suppress the "blind tigers."
It Is pointed out that from now
on they can not exslt without violating
the federal statute, and the assumption
of the department of justice
is that would-be violators will
not care to take the chance of falling
into the clutches of the federal
courts.
It bos been alleged from time to
time that in some of the Htat?sa
where the sale of intoxicating liquor,
has been prohibited in one way or
another the railroads and express
companies assisted the'violators of I
the law by acting as buying or selling
agents, or both. Congress, with
the idea of putting a stop to this
practice, provided as follows:
"Any railroad company, express,
Company or other common narrier,
or any other person, who, In connection
with the transportation of
any spirituous, vinous, malted, fermented,
or other intoxicating liquor
of any kind, from one State, ter
rltory or district of the United States,
Into any State, territory or district
of the United States, or from any
foreign country Into any State, territory,
or district of the United
States, shall collect the purchase
price or auy part thereof before,
on, or after delivery, or shall in any
'manner act as the agent of the buyer
or seller of auy such liquor, for
the purpose of buying or soling or
completing the sale thereof, saving
i only In the actual transportation and
delivery of the same, snail he fined
not more than $f?,000." *
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UNUSUAL OLD AUK.
' John O. Calhoun, Negro, Named for
1 Ills White Master.
John C. Calhoun, colored, 1J G
* years old, died lu Pensacola, Fin.,
, a few nights ngo, and the death cer*
f tifleato, as sworn to, gives the daV
\ of the negro's birth as 1704. Cai.
houn lived In Pensacola for forty
r years and uutll loss than fourteen
l years ago made his living by daily
? inoor in a sawmill. Ho was on the
4 payroll ns a yardman for Wright &
9 Co. at the ngo of 101.
c In roinlnlscout moods the old nor
gro would toll stories of tho life of
o his master, John C. Calhoun. HIh
* eyesight and hearing were good.
IW TO
WHOLESALE POISONING |
MIIS. MA11Y KKM.KMKU CilAIUJKI)
V
WITH KILUNG SIX PKllSONS.
Is the Wonuw a Fiend Inhuman, or
nn Innocent Victim of Unusual
Circumstances?
Is Mrs. Mnry Kolloher, who Is _
1
about to bo placed on trial in East
Cambridge, Mass., a vloitin of a
strange combination of circumstances,
or is she a fiend lit to be classed
with Mrs. Guinness, H. II. Holmes
and other notorious characters who
made murder their profession? Attendants
and others who have had
opportunity to study the woman during
the year she has spent in the
East Cambridge) Jail declare that she tl
does not betray any of the usual |j
traits of a murderess. On the other ^
hand, physicians who have examined
the stomachs of her alleged vie- ?
tims are saJd to have discovered ?
unmistakable traces of arsenic.
Sextuple Murderess? ?
Mrs. Kelleher is accused of murdering
six persons ..and all were u
members of her own family. The 0
detectives found evldenoo of the 11
payment of life Insurance to Mrs.
Kelleher after the death of each
member of her family. The case of "
the prosecution is based on the claim '
that Mrs. Kelleher was the person ^
who had exclusive opportunity to 11
administer the poison, and that ah'?
was the only person to benefit In a Q
pecuniary way from the death of
those who died. It is also alleged
that during the brief Illness of each n
one, Mrs. Kelleher employed no nurs? *J
and had only occasional assistance 11
from friends and neighbors.
Five of the deaths in the Kelleher f
family occurred in tin; woman's home
In Somerville. The sixth occurred 11
In the Carney hospital in South 1
Hoston. tt
The first death of the Bcries was ?
>11, f * r- I - - ' -a
vi ?i lUKu ivuowii's, Bimer or
Mrs. Kelleher. Sho died on June
JO, 190C?. Tho cause of death was fl
set forth as rheumatism, nephrltlsh
ami a disease of the hourt. On ,l
March 1, 1906, camo tho second ^
death, that of Annlo T. Kelleher,
sister-in-law of tho accused woman. ?
Tho third death was that of Mrs. ft
Kelleher's husband, who died less r<
than three months after Annlo Kel- t(
leher. Six months later Mary Kol- *c
leher, a daughter, "died, and the following
January occurred tho death ,
of William Kollohor, a son. The ^
sixth death was that of another 11
v
daughter, Catherine M. Kelleher,
whose sudden death was ascribed to
ptomaine poisoning. * d
1IHITISH ST F.AM Kit SINKS. d
h
? (l
Tlihiy .Men Perished in Storm Off js
Fngllslt Const. ^
In s terrific gale that raged Fri- c
day over the Britisfi Isles the steamer
Thistlemor went to her doom off f
Appledero in Barnstable Bay. It is e
believed that her entire crew of
thirty men perished. Four bodies T
from the steamer already have been C
wasired ashore. The Thistlemor was c
In command of Capt. Yoo, and was c
bound from Liverpool for au American
port. 1
Small vessels everywhere were at (
the mercy of the elements, and c
Lloyds reports eight of them hav- t
ing been driven ashore at various t
points. Their crews, however, all c
i;nui|)ru.
Tho ItritI?h steamer Congress, (
which arrived at Falmouth a few f
days ago, reports tliat during the t
storm her captain, the mate, and <
oik' seaman were washed overboard f
by mountainous sous. Tho seaman i
was picked up, but tho captain and (
mate perished. t
Tho Hrltish HteaniJnr Thistlemor <
was of 4,008 tons, and was built i
in 1006. at Stockton, England. She '
was owned by tho Albany Lino, of
Sunderland. *
OIUL I/OST IN MOUNTAINS. <
Posse Finds Her in an Almost
Frozen Condition.
<
Miss Mary Ov or street, a well- I
known young woman of ltoanoke, <
Va., was found on the sldo of Mill ]
Mountain, near there Friday by a 1
posse of searchers, her body being
stretched on tho frozen ground and
her head resting on a pile of stones, i
She was so numb from exposure
that she was almost unconHClouB.
She visited tho homo of a friend In
the southern section of tho city
the day before, and instead of returning
to her own home after leaving
the friend's house, wandered into
the country.
Bailors Lost.
Hone of tlmllnc thr? fli/? " iani, i/w."
- , - -r- ? ..v vi?v ii ? ?Mirr\ l%r-n j
J <?f the gunboat Marietta off Port LI* 1
I nion, who were driven to boo In hi
i helpleaa whaleboat on Pi Id ay night I
han boon abandoned. I
THE HOI
COTTON GROWER
Ktim of die System of Trading io
Vogue on the Exchanges.
NEW YORK THE WORST
no ixxnmLsHionor of Corporations
Condomiu Their Methods and Do. |
nouncos Future Trading?He Says
Hystem Works Harm to legitimate '
(
IVodiMNHs and Consumers of Staple ,
(
Hoth the producers of cotton and
Ho dealers in that commodity are
He victims of the system of trudlng l
i vogue on the cottou exchanges of f
ho country.
This Is the burden of parts 1 and ,
of the report of the commissioner
t' corporations, Herbert Knox Smith,
n the conduct of such exchanges, j
'he practice of dealing in futures,
a It is carried on at present, is !
ondomned, although the rej>ort does ^
lot condemn the existanco of the
xchange.
"The brief discussion of general
peculation In this report," says Mr.
tmith, "recognizes the possibilities
or good Inherent In a great central
narket like a cottou exchange, and
ho need that this good bo developed
nd evils eliminated by regulations
a lino with ecouomic law."
Tho report is especially condemn- i
latory of tho dealingH In futures,
randlng this form of speculation as ,
?uro gambling and highly injurious
o legitimate trade. In quotations
or "future " deliveries of cotton,
ho market is so uncertain and so lany
elements of chance enter Into ,
he transaction that (ill bids are made j
t a much lower figure than those ,
e. ??? ? ' " *
UCICU IUI UClUHIiy 111 OXlttt- ,
nco. i
Tho elYect of these fictitious j
notations, tho roport pointH out, .
mds to mislead tho cotton planter ,
s to tho true, value of his crop, .
om?stly grown. In addition, it j
\adrt brokers to "play" l>oth sides
f tho market to protect themselves j,
gainst loss in such trades, with tho t
esult that tho producer in forced j
i pay in the end, while the farmer ?
>ses likewise. <
The roport, while recognizing that. ^
\e exchanges in New Orleana and ,
lew York are necessary, does not %
ilnce worda In criticizing the New v
ork exchango. After declaring that f
tie Now Orleans methods of con- ,
ucting the tranaactlonH in cotton (
[>11ow<k1 natural lines, tho report ,
raws attention to tho fact that It t
as. been proved that tho abnormal .
opresslonw in the futuro price in .
Jew York "were almost wholly duo 1
a Improper artificial conditions now
maintained by tho New York exhange.
Py maintaining them, tho
low York exchange Is responsible
or a very real Injury to tho produc- .
r and merchant."
In closing tho letter to President
^aft which accompanied his report,
'ominlssioner Smith again takes ocasion
to roprovo the New York exhange.
Ho says:
"After tho publication of the earier
parts of this report, tho New
)rleans and New York cotton exhanges
established special commiteea
instructed to consider tho sysoms
of their exchanges and to cciperate
therein with the comnilsdoncr
of corooratlons. f!onfer??nr?
6 have beeu hold by the com misdonor
with both committees. On
ho part of New OrleauB th!a Cvjiporatlon
was very complete, relulting
In certain important Improvements
In the rules of that exchange.
\fter more than a year's lnvesugv
:lon, the committee of the New Y >rk
xchango has not yet made any riual
report or tahen any substantial ac
don."
WASHINGTON'S TKNT SOLD.
[km. It K. Lee's Daughter Receives
Mve Thousand for the Heirloom.
Miss Mary Custls l^;e, the only
laughter of Oenerul Robert IC. I/Oe,
the Confederate leader, has sold the
door go Washington tent, in which
piece of canvas the Father of IIIh
Country lived during the Revolutionary
war, to tho Valley Forge
Museum of Pennsylvania, for live
thousand dollars, which proceeds
have been donated by Miss Lee to
tho Homo for Needy Confederate
Women In Richmond, Va.
The tent has been an heirloom In
tho family of the Virginia Lees
since the Revolutionary days.
Practiced Surgery In Itowhoat.
John Dayton, a constable of Port
Jefferson, I., caught himself In
the face while flshiag. Another salt
saw the man's plight and entered
his rowhoat. Bracing himself with
legs far apart ho began to rut and
slash and removed tho hook. *
DRY HEP
CANT USE THE MAILS
THAT RIGHT TAKKN FROM A
SIIODY CHICAGO COMPANY,
Which lias IkHm Swindling the
I'uwary by PunIiIhu On on Then
Plmhlmck Jewelry.
I'oHtmastor-Cb'noral Hitchcock haa
litTUixl f? Cruiiil
v. .. UUU uiun urr^l IVkUK IUV
-,rio Manufacturing; Company, f>64o
>Vest Lake street, Chicago, of furh?>r
use of tho malls. Under this
tume E. F. Hansell has been engag'd
In a scheme for obtaining moo y
through tho malls by means of
also and fraudulent pretenses in dls>osing
of u Hue of cheap Jewelry.
On investigation tho Inspector
earned that Hansell had boon engaged
for several years In selling
ho trashiest kind of alleged Jewdry,
exclusively through tho malls.
!!o advertised to give free ft solid
<old-plated watch, to boys or girls
jr anyone soiling 2 0 pieces of hU
handsome Jewelry at 10 cents each.
When the addresses sent In name,
the Jewelry was to be sent postpaid,
and when sold the $2 was to
be sent to Ilausoll and tho free gold
watch would be forwarded.
For sometime complaints have
been received at tho postollico department
from parties having fallen
Into the clutches of Hansell by remitting
their $2, and who were unable
to get the promised watch, and
from some, having sent tho $2, who
were subsquontly annoyed by letters.
Intimating that they wero withholding
the money to defraud tho Erie
Company.
Among tho more recent coiuplaluts
reaching the deiuirtment was one
from the British ambassador at
Washington, In which It was stated
that an Fngllsh lad at school In
S'?w Jersey had received, unsolicited,
i package of this alleged Jewelry
ind had at once returned It to tho
Brie Company. Nevertheless, the
ad continued to receive threatening
til TIM lllitll ft no II o I" I ~ V. '
....v.. ?<!/, til mil
itlon, he attempted Bulcide, and by
ho meroHt chnnoo he was prevented
rom accomplishing it.
It haa been dlHeloHod by the Inipector
that the traah sold by Han(ell
oh Jewelry la manufactured at
Providence, It. I., and coats him
12 for 144 pieces. The 20 pieces,
or which he rocelves $2, costs him,
vlth the three cents postage, when
nailed to the party who Bella It for
llin, about 16 cents, whilo the gold
vatches which he offered and only
>ccABionally sent ub premlumH cost
10 cents apiece. Ilanaell admitted
.hem* llgures were corrent. showing
loncluslvoly the mendacity of hia
itutemeuta when disposing of hlw
tooda to the public. The postmaster
at Chicago haa reported that the
Erio Company received on un average
of 1,2 8 4 pieces of mall a day.
IIAKKlt'8 SIiAYKIt AKHK8TKI).
Nashville Man and Wife of His Victim
I'luccd In Jail.
At Nashville, Tenn., Jamog Campbell,
aged 2f?. was arrested Friday
afternoon, charged with killing
Adolph Mayr, an ag?*l baker, who
was mysteriously murdered In i&uft
Nashville one night threo weeks ago.
Tho murdered man's widow, Aged
about 30, was also arrested, charged
with being an accesory to tho murder.
Htato warrants were sworn oat
against them by Marshal Gross, who
alleges that Campbell told him ho
killed Mayr. Statement** claimed to
nave been made by Campbell to Oroen
In regard to the alleged relation,*
between Mr?. Mayr and Campbell are
the basis of ttyo woman's ar-'est.
Both persons are In Jail in dofault
of ball.
Prof. Itiggs in Charge.
Col. M. B. Hardin, director of th*
chemical department, who was elected
acting prcBident of Clemson to
succeed I>r. P. H. Meil on Januar7
1, until the board can find a president,
haa declined to serve. At i
second session Friday morning the
board elected Prof. W. M. Hlggs
Instead. Prof. Hlggs Is director of
the mechanical department.
Mistakes Brother for I>eer.
Mistaking him for a deer, Ol?
Moo, 20 years old, Monday shot
and killed his brother, Alfred Moe.
aged 2 4, while they wore hunting
in u swamp near Duluth, Minn.
Several years ago Olo Moo accidentally
shot and killed Richard Jen tot,
aged 8 years, while they were hunting
rabbits.
Daring Little Girls.
Two little girls, Annie Smith and
Lucie Leuke, in escaping from the
I reform school at Milwaukee, took a
daring forty-mile ride to Jefferson
Junction clinging to tho rods underneath
a passenger train. The Smith
girl is not expected to llvo as a result
of her experience.
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