Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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POOR OLD BI LL Be lide a Feel of Himself in Refusing I Y to See a Representative. CALLED OFFICIALLY CoDgreflHman Harrison, Democrat, of 'New York, Was the Innocent Viltim of Taft*s Bod Manners, When k / . . iH \ He Called to Introduce Some of Const! tu ten to to the President. On last Thursday President Taft declined to rdceive Representative Francis Burton Harrison, Democrat, of New York, who called at the White House, in company with two other Representatives to introduce a number of Jewish rabbie, who took up with the President the question of the expulsion of Jews from Russia. The President received the delegaT tion and chatted with its various members for fifteen minutes or more. .Representative Goldfogel, of New York acted as spokesman for the party and, so adroitly had the situation been handled by Secretary Norton, that no one of the callers knew anything of the incident until Representative Harrison returned to the ^I 4 1 AM J 4k Ann n /I A ft A (1 + A A M + Ul, WUU luoic maut) a DiaiLiui/iii. to the effort that he had been rebuffed by the President. Mr. Taft based his refusal to see Mr. Harrison on statements, attributed by newspapers to the Representative, in connection with his resolution in the House, calling upon Attorney General Wdakersham for full informantion as to the connection of his office with the Balling^rPinchot episode. Mr. Harrison, according to tho White House version of the matter, charged the President and the Attorney General with having willfully attempted to mislead Congress in the back-dating of the Attorney General's summary of the Ulavls cnarges againsi ine secretary of the, Interior. It was the first time Mr. Norton had ever met Mr. Harrison, and when the two were alone, the President's desire having been expressed privately, the secretary said he was extremely sorry that the first meeting should be the occasion of a disagreeable duty. He told Mr. Harrison the President would not see him. Mr. Harrison, according to Mr. Norton, said he thought ho knew why it was ? the statement he had made regarding the connection of the President and the Attorney General with the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy. Mr. Harrison was quoted on May 13 as having said of the back-dating of the Wickorsham summary: "The confession of the Attorney General amounts to a conclusion that the President and Attorney General had agreed to furnish to Congress misleading information to supply an official document as of one date, which was really many weeks later." Representative Harrison was very indignant, when he returned to the Capitol, over the refusal of the President to see him, inasmuch, he said, as he had made the appointment with President Taft ten days ago, and had received no warning that he was to be publicly humiliated. He declined to comment upon the incident further than to give a brief statement of what occurred. "When I reached the White House with the delegation," said Mr. Harrison, "I Informed Secretary Norton u/o daairAH tn ne?e the President. VIA U W TT \J V*vw*? vv* w ? ? _ I The secretary went to 'the President's private office and returned with the information that the President could not see me. I then told Mr. Norton that I had made an appointment ten days ago for the delegation accompanying me to see the President, and Mr. Norton again conferred with the President. "When he returned, he informed me that the President would see the delegation accompanying me, but would not see me. I admit I was surprised almost beyond expression. I immediately left the White House. ' Mr. Harrison said he knew of no reason why the President took the action he did, as their previous relations had always been pleasant. It was suggested that perhaps the President had refused to see him because of his introduction in the House some days ago of the resolution calling * * * 11 ? ?- fnr In fnr. upon tne Aiiunivy uciiciai iui mation bearing upon the preparation of the President's letter, of September 13, last, exonerating Secretary Ballinger. Mr. Harrison replied that he did not know whether that was the cause or not. Mr. Harrison is a Democrat and is serving his second term from the New York district, w-hich he represents. Representative Harrison made the following statement: "It is unfortunate for the Presi dent that he cannot stand criticism; it is unfortunate for the country that he cannot stand the truth. My newspaper statement, at which he takes offence, was merely an exposition of the scandalous fact that the President had sent to the Senate of the United States an official documment in the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy, of which the date had been wilfully falsified by being predated. My resolution of inquiry drew out this In DALZELL CHEATED OK HE NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN RENOMINATED. One of the Cannon's Chief Lieutenante Faces Fraud Charges in Connection With His Election. Declared the winner of the Republican. nomination for Congress in the Thirtieth district of Pennsylvania. Congressman Dalzell, the high priest of protectionism and the chief lieutenant of Cannon, is up against a fraud contest. His opponent declares that with a legal election he would have won in the Pitts burg district by 1,500 votes. The first step in his contest was ! taken when he mad>e out information against J. Harvey Evans, judge of election of the Third ward, McKeesport, charging him with violatI lag the election laws. Other arrests will follow as soon as information is at hand. If Dalzell is named as the | Repubican nominee he may be defeated at the poles for the Democrats are planning to put forward J. A. Wakenfleld, Esq., or James A. Fulton. If elected Dalzell's seat may be contested. In his complaint to the court, Dr. Black, Dalzell's contestant, declares he and others saw Evans change ballots openly, and that the men protesting were thrown from the polling place. In filing his quarterly report beM T .. J T _ 1 r* T_T nlr Aft i lore J UUge J uuu Vjr. najriuanci, in Common Pleas court in Pittsburg last week Constable J. H. Campbell, of Turtle Creek, in the Dalzell district^ swore that the election board in the Third ward, Turtle Creek, left the polling plaoe unguarded and went home after closing the polls. The constable said he was summoned by a citizen, who asked him to take charge, and when he arrived at the polling place he found the official ballots strewn about the floor and the tally sheets 011 the table. He also asserted that thiere had been other persons in the room between the time the board left and his arrival. The district attorney's office has started an investigation of the violation of the law. Dr. Black -has demanded a recount of all the votes of the district and declares that he expects to have the prisons filled with Dal2?ll's friends before he gets through and also to have Dalzell out of Congress. If the stand-patters in Congress cannot hold their own in rock-r.ibbed Pennsylvania where can they expect to win? is the question politicians in Washington, I). C., are asking. Little interest was taken in the outcome of the fight in Iowa, the heart of the "progressive' territory. senators Dolliver and Cummings led against every candidate not identified with "progressive Republicanism." In general, it is declared that followers of Cannon suffered in the recent primaries and many of them will have close calls for election. * "HOGY GHOSTEK" KEliKGI,EI>. Woman and Her Children Taken From Vessel. Armor! with writ of habeas Cor pus Sheriff Melville W. Thelethen boarded the barkentine, Kingdom, one of the vessels of the Rev.. Frank W. Sandford's "Holy Ghost and Us" tleet ot Portland, Maine, and took under his care Mrs. Florence Whittaker, and her four children. In letters to relatives she declared, she was held against her will. Mrs. Whittaker's husband, A. A. Wihittaker, who has -been an apostle of Sanford, for 13 years, was aboard the Kingdom, but offered no resistance. Mrs. Whittaker was one of the colony established in Palestine several years ago, but while her husband remains true to the faith she has rebelled, as the Sandfordites term it. formation in a written confession by the Attorney General. "It is of no concern to me that I am not welcome at the White House, but it is of concern to every American citizen that a statement of the truth about th? President may render it impossible for a Representative to discharge his duties. "I came to the White House today, not as a matter of pleasure, but in the performance of a public duty. I came by appointment, made with the Presidential oflice on May 31, to | present a delegation of distinguished Hebrews on an important pumnc mission. 'After a delay of forty minutes at the very door of the President's office, I was told that the President would not receive me. It is not surprising that he did not care to meet face to face anyone who was instrumental in bringing to light the desperate attempt to bolster the Administration case in the- HallingerPinohot matter, by manipulating public documents. If everyone who is justly criticising the Taft Administration is to be barred from the White House, it will become a lonely place." Representative Goldfogel, as had Representative Keliher, stated that had he known Mr. Harrison was not to be received at the White House, hte also would have refused to gc in. LONE BANDIT ROBS TOURISTS, WHO HE HERDS IN PRIVATE, AND Collects Their Valuables, Shoots Out Train's Hear Lights and Makes Clean Getaway. Shortly before midnight Friday night, eastbound train No. 2, of vhe El Paso & South-western railroad was held up by a lone bandit, who herded the occupants of tb> touri3t sleeper into a private car, compelling them to deposit their money and valuables in a heap, and made his escape with the plunder across the desert toward th- mountains. Rough estimates place the value of his haul at several thousand dollars. TU,. V. ? I ,1 ? mlla ?oot i UO iiuiu-up WIUHCU a UIIIC cam. of Robsart, N. M., near Corrizo. At this point the robber, w.ho had boarded the train at Corrizo, covered the Pullman conductor and the bra Roman with his gun, compelling thein to stop the train. Driving the men before him, he entered the sleeping car awakening the occupants with a gruff command to gather their valuables together and proceeded to the private car of Superintendent G. F. Hawks in the rear. One by onie the half-dressed passengers were covered by the robber's gun as t.hey clamored from their berths. Taking his time and exhibiting remarkable courage, the bandit carefully took an inventory of what each bore in his uplifted hands. The job was through, not a passenger escaping and not one being able to t- ? ? * r. rv P irn lim netsp ais;iu:ug ui i at uc> Wlben all the berths were emptied, the bandit drove his victims into i the private ear, where all, including Superintendent Hawks, were told to place their property in a pile on the floor. Still covering the crowd with his gun, the bandit swept the plunder into a sack and backed out of the car. As he departed he shot out the rear lights of the train, firing four times. Hastily organized posses are in pursuit of the robber. The passengers, who have been left destitute for the time being, are being cared for by the railroad company. That the man is an old hand at the game and probably a desperado, who will put up a hard battle before allowing himself to be taken, is believed from the manner in which he carried off the daring holdup. Members of the posses pursuing him are prepared to shoot on si&ht. * TAIJK OF SHIPWRECK. The Captain's Daughter Showed Herself a Heroine. After a three days terrific fight for life in two small boats, 450 miles out in the Atlantic ocean. Miss Eliza? - - * i * i. ? ? r*f i) A ueill Eirmsuu, Jier mmt-i, uapi., i . Krikson, and nine men, composing the crew, .two dogs and a cat, who were rescued in the nick of time by t.he British steamer Metis, after having abandoned their barkentine. Good News, of Philadelphia, are rejoicing at again being able to set foot on land. It is a thrilling and heart-rending tale of the sea that Capt. Erikson and his crew told on their arrival at Norfolk. Struck by a heavy storm, the Good News sprang a leak. A1! hands remained continuously at t.he pumps, but failing to keep her alloat, at noon June 3 the ship was abandoned. The captain's daughter showed groat bravery and after the Good News sank to the bottom she cheered the men. At times it seemed as though the two little boats containing the rescued would be swamped by the huge waves. During three days and three nights of awful suspense a sharp lookout was kept for the approach of a passenger vessel. Monday the Metis hove in sight. Soon the Metis was alongside and the exhausted crew was taken aboard. * CATS DESTROY A HOME. Husband Is Driven Out in Dcspuir by Wife's iV2 Pets. Cats are cited as the cause of a suit for seperate maintenance between Dr. Robert A. Pierce a teacher in Tufts Dental School, in Boston, Mass., and Mrs. Pierce, a noted cat fancier. Last October the Pierce home was broken up and the wife is the complainant in court. Opposing the testimony of Mrs. Pierce, Dr. Pierce declares his wife ; owns 32 cats which crawled and 1 mewed about the halls and rooms of 1 their home. They slept in the bathtub by day and at night produced | such volumes of melody that sleeping was next to impossible. He declares that they ate regularly at the table, crept into coat pockets and made temporary homes in hats and other wearing apparel. * Horrible Accident. Recomming entangled in the running gear of an aerial- tram, at Cannon City, Cal., Merl Kissender, a boy, was carried 100 feet suspended . by his thumb 25 feet in the air. . Gradually the thumb was torn from the hand and the boy fell to the 1 ground. THE HIGHER UPS High Officer* of the Sagar Refining Company Cooricted. WERE GUILTY OF FRAUD Aged Secretary of American Sugar Refining Company, Broken in Health, Faces Passible Sentence of Two Years or $10,000 Fine.?Execution of Sentence Means Death. At New York Charles R. Heike, the white haired secretary of the American Sugar Refining Company, was convicted Friday night on one count of an indictment charging conspiracy to defraud the Government of customs duties on sugar Ernest W. Gerbacht, former superintendent of the Williamsburg (Brooklyn) Refinery, was convicted on all six counts. For James F. Bendernagle, former casJiier of the refinery, the jury stood 7 to 6 for acquittal. He will be tried again. This ends the government's second attempt to imprison the group of men responsible for the vast underweighing frauds, to which the socalled trust has virtually confessed k., rout11111Ion of more thau $2, IU J lUt >UU..._ 000,000 in duty. Hoike i3 the highest official of the company upon whom blame has been fixed, and he now faces a possible sentence of two years in the Federal penitentiary and a fine of $10,000. He is 65 yeors old and broken in health and spirits. His counsel in summing up declared repeatedly that a prison sentence meant nothing less I I than death. I Convicted on all six counts, Ger-I bracht can be sentenced to twelve J years in prison, with a maximum I fine of $40,000. He is 53 years old. I All three defendants, who were I under bond, were paroled in the cus-I tody of counsel until 10.30 o'clock J Saturday, when Court will hear thel usual motion in the case of Helke I and Gerbacht, and barring some stay, will announce the time of sentence. I The trial just ended was started on May I , with six defendants included in the indictment. Besides Heike, Gerbracht and Bendernagel, J there were three minor employees? Harry W. Walner, assistant dock superintendent, and Jean M. Voelker, I and James F. Halligan, checkers. The trial had not progressed far, however, when the testimony so incriminated these men that their coun-l ctl entered pleas of guilty. They have not yet been sentenced. Bendernagel had been tried prevj iously with Oliver Spitzer, the parloned dock superintendent, who tesI tified at the trial just closed, but the jury disagreed. <Spitzer gut two years and four checkers were sentenced to one year each. They are still serving time 011 Blackwell's Island, but Spitzer, conscience-stricken, made a confession and told a story that resulted in Heike's conviction.* - 1 ... 1 ??? H K LIVED OX LOVE. Man Han a Matrimonial Bureau for Money Only. David II. Hartman, a young married man of East Petersburg, Pa., was arrested, last week, on Uie charge of operating a fraudulent matrimonial scheme. His plan, according to his own confession, was' to personify a woman, and, when a correspondence had developed to the point where marriage was proposed and accepted the "bride-to-be" would write for money to pay traveling expenses. When the money came the correspondence always ceased. Hartman was married a year ago and since then has lived on the fat of the land, being supported on revenues contributed by victims all over the United States. Hartman, representing himself as Miss C.itharne L. Hartman, Catharine L. being his wife's name, advertised in various papers for correspondents, with a view to matrimony, passing himself off as a maiden of 4 0 years and heiress to $ IS,000. A photograph, willed! was sent to every correspondent, was that of a good-looking woman, thie picture of his wife. * WOMAN'S BODY IN TRUNK. ?... . ? The (ihostly Find in a I*ake in Italy on Friday Last. The badly mutilated body of a woman, believed to bo that of Mrs. H. N. Castle, who was Mary Crittenden Scott, of San Jose, California, was found in a trunk, shbmerged in a lake near the village of Moltrasio, T 4 " ' "' ' "4 Ufro O 1\A11 t t h O < llcllY, lUSl V* i auuuv > . >. body was a piece of old cloth, which bore the initials, 4,L.," and from letters in the trunk, written in English, it appears that the woman in 1906, lived in 3 4th street, New York city. The police, basing their opinion on wounds on the head, evidently made by a blunt instrument, are of the belief that the woman was murdered, and they have taken into custody a Russian, named Constantine Ispolatofff, 50 years old, whom i they suspect of having knowledge of how the woman met her death. * TWO FIREMEN DIE + FIGHTING A STUBBORN FIRE IN CITY OF NEW YORK. Liquors and Die Stuffs Stored in Building Produced Barge Yolumns of Deadly Fumes. Two firemen were killed and more than a score were overcome by stifling fumes in fighting a stubborn warehouse fire near the North river front in New York Monday. Ten of the firemen overcome were | caught in a back draugh on the fourth floor of the building. Two men who managed to avoid the very worst of the burst of flame, and dense smoke, screamed from a window for help. Ladders were raised and the unconscious men were carried down. iFireman Timothy Colter died on | the Sidewalk after having been carJ ried from an upper floor, where he had lain unconscious for more than an hour In a pool of water. Fireman William Healey was taken out of the building dead. Three of the injured firemen are still in a hospital in a serious condition. The fire was in a five-story building occupied by the free storage bonded warehouse. The loss is estimated at 1-75,000. The dangerous character of the fire became apparent when the first gangs of firemen entered in with hose. A large part of the contents of the warehouse consisted of liquors and analine dyes, and noxious fnnioa from thoac burnine: substances caused the firemen to drop by the ! dozen. It was only by heroic work that their companions succeeded in saving several of tho unconscious men. Fire Chief Croker personally directed the rescue. Lieutenant Campbell was overcome wtiile at the head of a rescue party. He was missed when the party returned to the street and another detatchment ha^d to enter the building at great risk and save him He was revived with the many others, over whom a big force of ambulance surgeons worked like beavers on the sidewalks nearby. Searchers going through the building after the flames were under control stumbled over the bodies of sev- I eral of the firemen who had dropped in. their tracks. Most of them were revived, but Edward Donevell may die as a result of inhalation of stnoke and flames. llAZOREl> HIS THROAT. An Old Colored Man Commits Suicide in a Shop. The Charleston Post says "John Smythe, an old colored man, cut his throat from ear to ear Friday morning shortly after 9 o'clock, at a barber shop conducted by R. Fennix, in Elliot street, and the negro died two hours later at Roper Hospital from the effects of the gash which he made upon his neck. "Smythe entered the shop of Fennix, snatched up a sharp razor, and iittltnfnrl fKn f<i f ! I urn 11 n rl h i >1 I IUI iUI UU luv lutut TT V Uii V* v?\/> ...U throat. He staggered from the shop and fell in a pool of blood near the front steps, where he was taken up by Policeman Dugar and sent .hurriedly to the Roper hospital. Smyth*? seemed determined to make a good job of the slashing, for ho pushed the razor blade firmly back against the handle, and getting a tig.ht grip on the dealy weapon, proceeded to slash his throat." * CR<X>K WANTS TO KKFOItM. Asked the Memphis Police to Lock Him in Station. "I am the boss crook of the country and I want to reform," said Jas. J. Drury, who says he lives in Springfield. 111., as he walked into the police station at Memphis, Tenn., Sunday night and asked to be locked up until he could vnd work. Drury says that he has worked with some of the "biggest yeggs" in the country and has done time in several prisons. "Rut I have been given the hot end of it by my pals and want to quit t.he game." He will be held pending an investigation. * Woman Murdered. At Leavensworth, Kan., Elizabeth Schlutz, a wealthy widow, aged 74, was Friday found murdered in her residence where she lived alone. The murderer had set the house allre. Policemen seeing the fire extinguished t.he flames and then discovered the nude and charred body of a woman. * Must Steal to Live. Peter Zimmerman, aged 8 7 years, was released from th<> Western pen itenttary last week after serving: 10 years for horse stealing. He declares he is too old to learn to work and will have to steal for a living. He has spent most of his life behind the' bars in various prisons. Ilea ten to a Pulp. James Harding, his wife and son, living sixteen miles southwest of MarshalSown, Iowa, were found in I their .home early Tuesday, their heads being beaten to a pulp. UNDER ARREST Ex-Presideat Charged With Vielatiag the Baokiag Laws. FIRST CASE OF KIND J. A. Blackweltler, Formerly Head of Bank of Chapin, in Lexington County, Served With Warrant Sworn Out by State Bank Exam iner, ror violating Itanking Uw. J. A. Black welder, former president of and prime mover In, the organization of the Bank of Chapia. located in Lexington County, was arrested at his home in Newberry Monday by Deputy Sheriff Miller, upon a warrant sworn out before Magistrate Thomas L. Harmon, on Saturday, by State Bank Examiner Giles L. Wilson, of Spartanburg, charging Mr. Black welder with violation of ilim S'ate banking i^ws. The case is without a parallel in the history of the State, it being the first of the kind ever brought to light, and, therefore, a few facta and the law governing the case will be of general interest to the public. The affidavit of Mr. Wilson sets I out. in part, that "J. A. Blackwelder. [ of Chapin, said county and state, did on September 15, 1908, and other days prior thereto, violate the banking laws of this State, Vol. 1, Code of 1902, Section 1,777, against the peace and dignity of this State, aipd against the statutes in such cases made and provided, and that deponeth, J. S. Wessinger, and J. F. Honeycutt are material witnesses to prove the same." Section 1,777, civil code, under which the warrant was issued, says: "No direct or other office of any such bank shall borrow therefrom, except on good authority in writing before two-thirds of the whole board of directors of such bank, and no director or other officer of any such bank shall become an endorser or surety upon any loan or credit made or extended to any other director or officer of such Bank: "Provided, That the total liabilities to any such bank or any director, or of any firm of which such director is a member, or any company or corporation of wiiich such director is an officer, shall at no time exceed one-tenth part of the amount of the capital stock of any such bank actually paid in." The -bank of Chapin was chartered a few years ago, with a capital of $1 0,000. J. A. Blackwelder was its first president, and remained at its head until a little over a year ago, when he was succeeded by J. S. Wessinger, a leading merchant of the town. It is said that Mr. Black welder1* account at the bank is overdrawn to tne amount ot several hundred dollars, the entire sum for which he is responsible being something like $4,000. Mr. Wilson stated while here that .he had been very lenient with the accused, and had accepted promises for a long time, but each time Mr. Blackwelder failed to make good the amounts due the bank. He stated that the case will be prosecuted to the full limit of the law, and that no compromise will now be accepted. Tiie alleged offense is punishable, under Section 218. Criminal Code, by tine or imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the trial Judge. It will be recalled that Mr. Blackwelder came before the public a couple a years ago by his alleged connection with the supposed finding of a pot of gold under a house on Huger street, in the city of Columbia. It was rumored that he received something in Uie neighborhood of $1,000 on this occasion. Policeman Fulmer, of the city force, was also collected with the finding of the money, it was said at the time. While the Bank of Chapin will lose something like $4,000, it will in no way be impaired by the loss, as it has had a most sucessful business, loss. WORK Ml) GA.MK IX PKtSOX. Two Convicts Are Arrested for Counterfeiting. A fully equipped counterfeiting plant was discovered in the Missouri penitentiary Monday. Federal infrtlind thrt AlitHt in t lia i<nll 0|fV7V VVI O IV V??U V III II V ft ftft l I ft V? VV I I occupied by Lee Jayer and Joseph Vail, and they will be brought to trial in the federal court on the charge of counterfeiting. Gov. Hadley announced that he will pardon both men in October next, when the federal court convenes, that they may be prosecuted. Five pairs of molds and several half and quarter dollars which were good imitations of real money were taken from the cell. Witness Assassinated. Jules Robinson, an important witness in the night rider casee, which will be brought to trial at Hopkinsville, Ky., was assassinated from ambush Friday night on the farm of George Goodman, near Otter Pond, Ky.