The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 08, 1912, Image 3
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FLOAT TO DEATH
FiiJUsajJs of People witness a Tbiiliiog
Tragedy at Niagra
pz0p<? caught cn ic
flrhlge of Ice Spanning River Rreaks
From Shorluys, Carrying Down
Stream Man and Wife ami Youth
Who Perish in Mighty Torrent Despite
Heroic Attempts at Kcscue.
An awful tragedy was enacted at
Niagara Falls, N. Y., on last Sunday,
when three persoua iloated to their
death on ice. The great ice bridge,
that haa choked the river channel between
the Cataract and the upper
steel arch bridge, below the Falls,
for the last three weeks, broke from
Its shoring just at noon Sunday, and
wont down the river, taking with it
to their death a man and a woman,
/ believed to bo Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge
Stanton, of Toronto, Canada, and
Burrcll Heacock, 17 years of age, of
Cleveland, O. Four other persons
were on the ice at tho time, but man
aged to get ashore in asfety.
The bridge was considered perfect.ly
safe. For weeks the great fields
of ice" had been coming down the riv..
er, piling up against the barrier,
until it was from GO to 80 feet thick,
and under the influence of zero
weather had become firmly anchored
.to the shore. Tho jam was about
1,000 feet in length, and in some
places a quarter of a mile in breadth.
Fpr two weeks it bad offered safe passngo
to the hardy and today an immense
crowd of excursionists came lo
view the winter wonder of the river.
Had the accident happened un hour
Inter in the day hundreds would have
lost tneir lives, lor me crowu was
moving into Prospect Park in the elevators
that run down the cliff leading
to the ice. On the bridge at the time
it tore free from the shore besides
<hese three were Monroe Gilbert, of
Niagara; Ignatius Roth, of Cleveland,
lleacock's companion, William Hill,
.^n old riverman; Wm. Lablond, rivejinan,
and an unidentified Italian.
Mill, nearest to the American
shore, heard the grinding and crashing
of the ice, and ran at top speed
towards the Canadian shore, calling
to the others to follow him. Lablond
gave them warning that safety lay
in 'that direction. Gilbert and the
Italian followed their lead. By the
time they had regained their composure
the bridge v/as moving fast
clown the river. The man and woman
started first towards the American
shore, hut they were stopped by a
lake of open water. Back they ran
again towards the Canadian side,
"turned about and made for the American
si'le. When hardly more than
?0 yards from the rocky shore the
L "woman fell on her face, utterly spent.
"I can't go on; I can't go on," she
cried. "Let us die here." And all
the time the great Feld of ice, driven
onward by a southwest gale and
pressed by a jam broken free from
its- anchorage near the base of the
horseshoe Falls, went on. Ab the
woman fell the man strove to drag
I her along the ice, calling for assistance
to Roth and Keacock.
Roth struggled along over the
hummocks of ice, getting close to the
open stretch of water at the Canadian
end of the jam. There were men
on the shore ready to give him assistance.
Lablond, Hill William Cook
end Superintendent Harry King, of
the Ontarion Power Company, stationed
themselves at the edge of the
water. Roth was afraid to trust
himself to the icy waters. Lablond
.lumped out to the Peld of ice with a
rope and half carried, half dragged
the boy ashore.
Word that the Ice bridge had gone
out flashed through the city like wildfire
and within a short time the
j American shore of the river was lined
^ l>y thousands of people, who witnessed
the tragedy being enacted in
the deep ravine belo^ them. After
petting Ttoth safeiy ashore the men
made an effort to reach the others
three on the ice floe. The moving j
floe, with the throb helpless beings, I
passed slowly down tho rlvor.
Meantime, the f! 10 headquarters' f
truck ha 1 been called out and a gen<
)1 alarm of fire cn the Canadian
f.-ide called out tho men there. JThey
took station with topes along the.i
nliore, but the floe was far beyond
their reach. The Niagara avenue
firemen were sent to tho lower steel 8
rich bridge and there took station
with a rope. Tho Canadian firemen
had two ropes down from the cantl- 1
lever bridge, which is about .100 yards <
above tho other structure. i
.Just above the whirlpool rapids i
tho floo on which the three wero 1
borne broke into two parts, the manji
and woman on one. Heaeock on the!1
^ other. IToacock waved his hand t.o (i
his companions in distress as His noo
raced down the river. The other Hoe <
then shot towards ?hc? American shore 1
whirled wit hi? sight of the tumbling |
waters that marked the beginning ofji
the rapids?and death. |l
TTeacock saw the ropes dangling 11
from the bridge and made ready to1,
catch one. Very coolly he took off j
his overcoat and poised himself on '
the tossing Hoe. In his course there 1
dangled one rope and a second was <
I
EMUS I V A RIOT
NEGHO FANATIC AND HIS DUPES
WERE LOCKED UP.
Styles Himself Jesus ami is Saiil tc
Have Kept Some Twenty of Hit
Female Dupes Prisoners.
The News and Courier says Fridaj
night Policeman Hoiesberge while or
duty at the corner of Meeting anc
Columbus streets heard cries oi
"Help! Help! Police! Murder.'
Plowing his whistle the policemar
hurried to a house on Columbus
srreet, just west or Meeting, wiien.ce
(ho cries came, llo found the outei
door locked and tried to force it, bui
could not, so turned away to get as
sistance. As ho did so a shower ol
rocks came after him.
After breaking into the house, the
policeman found a colored man whe
terms himself "Jesus," with four ol
his disciples and twenty women, holding
a religious meeting. The negrc
fanatic is alleged to have had some
of those women imprisoned in the
house for several weeks. The police
patrol with the reserves answered Policeman
Ilolesberge's call and the
whole party were lodged in jail.
The man who terms himself "Jesus"
has been holding religious meetings
about the cky for some months
and seems to have acquired a large
following among the negroes. He
claimed' to have superhuman powen
and to be able to work spells. 11
seems that he sought chiefly to save
the souls of women, and had Induced
a number to leave their husbands
and stay with him. Night after nighl
these meetings have been held, and
each night they have become mor<
fanatical until last night the participants
made such a disturbance thai
it was thought time to interfere.
When Policeman Holesberge Aral
answered the call for help, he was
driven away by a shower of rocks
Later he returned and forced hii
way into the building, and then, it it
said, the negroes tried to lock him
up, so that lie could not report them
However, he had sent In an alarm
and noon help canio. When taken tc
the Police Station nothing hut the
name "Jesus" could be gotten from
the leader. Four men of his following
claimed to be messengers from
Heaven, and termed themselves "Je
sus's Disciples." There were twenty
women also lodged in jail to be tried
Saturday morning.
moved towards him. He caught thai
one held by Ofllcer Pat Kelly, of the
Ontarion police force, and a company
of about, twenty railroad men, caughl
it and jumped free of the ice.
The sag of the rope at that great
drop, 20 0 feet, let Mm into the chilly
water up to hi3 waist. And before
he was clear of it he was frightfullj
battered "by three successive floos
of ice. Not content with tho effortB
of the men above io draw him up, he
tried to assist himself hand over
hand. Tho time was 1:10 o'clock,
and tho hour or more the boy had
been In the ice an.l the effect of the
icy duckling had sapped his strength,
TTo stopped and hung limp on the
rope, which spun him around like a
top. Kelly and his men pulled steadily.
Tho great crowd 011 the bridgei
cheered?those that were not weeping.
Grimly the coy hung on, trying
always to get himself or his leg
wound about the rope. Then his
hands began to S:'ip. He sought to
get bold of tho rope with his teeth,
but could not.
T."* 1 11.. 4 A. 1 ~ .1
ririany, juhl an no was sixty icel
of (ho water his head fell hark. He
wnp utterly spent. Ho lost his grip
and plunged far down Into the
stream. When ho came up he feebly
moved his arms iu tho hark stroke.
The rush of water was too much for
him. ITe was caught like a cork and
was sent racing Into the midst of the
seething water. For, perhaps, a half
minute he was In view and then he
oisappeared in tne spume.
Heacock'u failure was witnessed by
two men on the other floe. The woman
apparently darea not look. The
run appeared calm as he, In turn,
prepared to make a play against
death when, caught by a down river
current, tho floo moved Into the
course swung under the Cantilever
bridge the man grasped a rope and
tried to put it about the woman's
waist. The force of the current was
loo much for the rope. Tt parted and
the man waved the torn end toward
the crowd.
There was still another chance?
the rope that was dropped from the
lower stool arch bridgo by the Nlnrrarn
avenue firemen. As the floe
wont, info swiff, drift tlie man caught
It and grimly hung on. ITo was givan
slack, and ho tried to wind the
ropo about tho woman's waist. He
fumbled in his agony of efforts, as if
liis hands were numbed. The rush of
Ico in tho stream was overpowering.
WhVp,he could not tie tho ropo about
Iho woman he let, it go.
There apparently was no thought
himself. ITo raised tho woman to
lior feet, kissed her and clasped her
In his arms. The woman made as if
to cross herself, then sank to her
knees. The man knelt beside her, his
firms clasped close about her, so they
went to their death. Tho held
Intact until it struck the great wave,
rhere it was shovered; there the gallant
man and the woman at his side
disappeared from view.
SINK WITH CREW
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English Sub Marine Boat Rammed and
Soak ao by English i?ui b at
s.
iNTIRE CREW WAS LOS!
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The Volunteer Crew, Sealed Up In
Their Tiny Vessel, Perish Within
Her as She Settles to the liottom
of the Ocean With Wide Kcnd in i
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% D1UU.
A cablegram from Portmouth,
England, says tho total loss Friday
f morning of the British submarine
"A 3" with all her crew, after col}
lision with the gunboat Hazard, adds
j another to the long list of similar
f accidents which have in recent years
thrown tho British navy arid nation
} into mourning.
^ The crew of 11 men on board the
^ little vessel, which is one of the older
I class, was composed of volunteers
from tho men of the fleet, as is the
} custom with the complements of all
submarines
The men, in spite of hazardous na- |
ture of tho service, like the work and
volunteer in large numbers to be de[
tailed to the submarine flotillas.
; The submarine "A 3" which went |
' out of tho harbor this morning to
^ carry out a series of diving and tor- '
pcdo exercises, sank like a stone imI
mediately after her collision with the
gunboat Hazard.
i
f A big escape of gas which was obI
served on the surface immediately after
she sank indicates that tho vessel
quickly filled with water.
The submarine lies on the Princess
Shoal, almost on the same spot where
. the submarine "A 1" was lost with '
all hands on March 1 8, 1904. [
Torpedo practice had been in progress
for some time. The submarine
"A 8" was partially submerged when '
she came into collision with the gunboat
Hazard. The gunboat was
steaming at a fairly high rate of (
speed and when she struck the submarine
her bows cut a big rent in
the little vessel's side. f
As the "A 3" settled down, air
and gas bubbles appearing on the j
surface told the crew of the Hazard
that she was filling with water.
I It was practically certain that the 1
fate of the two officers and nine men ,
of which her crew was composed was 1
; sealed. The Hazard, however, threw
, out life buoys and launched boats In
r case any of the men should succeed
in escaping, but none of them came '
to the surface. ;
i Brush submarines belonging to tho \
r "A" class have been singularly unfor- J
j tunate. In an explosion on the " 5"
r six men were killed and 12 injured at
! Queenstown on February 16, 1 905. 3
, The "A 8" ?nk off Plymouth on June '
, 8, 1 905, when fourieen men out of '
her crew of 18 lost their lives.
The "A 4" sank during the ma>
1
I neuvers at Portsmouth on November
1 (
, 1 G of the same year, but the whole
of her crew were rescued with con,
siderable difficulty. Seven of the crew
k of the "A 1" were injured by an ex.
plosion on August G, 1910.
i This class of boat is a single screw
submersible of a modified Holland
; type, with a length of 100 feet and a
; bftam of 12 feet 8 inches. Their dist
placement iB 180 tons. They are
driven by gasoline motors when on (
, the surface of the water and by elec- i
trie motor* wnen suomergea. (
The commander-in-chief of the s
> Portsmouth division of the British ,
1 navy confirms the flooding of the sub- ,
> marine "A 3" and the drowning of (
all her crew. ^
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8UIC1DM AND TRIPLE MURDER, *
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Four Members of the Same Family
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Were Found I)ea<l.
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What is believed by the sheriff to t
be a triple murder and suicide was r
discovered when mo bodies of four (
persons, all members of the same
family, were found at the farm home
of Lewis Mallalin, Llnghamton, Wis.
The dead are: Lewis Mallalin, aged j
6(1 years, shot in head; William Mailahn,
aged 21, throat cnt; Dora Mailahn,
aged 16, throat cut; John Mailahn,
aged 8, throat cut. ' William y
Mailahn, according to neighbors, re- ^
cently had been acting strangely, and
the supposition Is that he murdered j
his relatives and then killed himself, jj
A fancied grievance over favors ex- j r
tended to other members of the fain-J
ilv is thought to have inspired the
deed.
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Carolinian W'.n Promoted. h
A Washington dispatch says Son- ^
ator Tillman was very much pleased 1
over having succeeded in getting Ma- t
jor Lewis W. Haskell, of South Car- 1(
olina, now consul of the United States r
at Salina Cruz, Mexico, transferred
to tho position of consul at Hull,
England. This is a tribute to Major
Haskell's fflclency as a member of p
the consular service. p
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Eat Uncooked Hani. (1
Two are dead and six seriously ill i
as a result of eating uncooked ham
at Newark, N. J. The disease is rare l
in this country. It once caused a v
scourge In Germany is
PASSES THE SENATE
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WAREHOUSES FOR HANDLING ^
AND STORING COTTON.
A Commission to Bo in Control and
a Quarter of Million Dollars Ap- j
propria ted.
Tlio bill Introduced In the senate j
by J. B. Green, senator from Marlboro,
to create and operate a State
warehouse system Cor storing cotton,
passed the senate last night and was
ordered sent to the house. This measure
was first read on January 15, referred
to the committee on agriculture
and was reported back favorably.
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Under the provisions of the bill t
there are to be three commissioners t
tc be elected by ilie general assem- \
bly, and they are to be known as the 1
Stato warehouse commission. The
term of office shall be for two, four c
and six years, the terms of each to i
be decided by lot. The chairman will 1
be designated by the general assem- t
lily. ; I
The board of commissioners is em- t
powered to appoint a manager for t
t.ho warehouse, cotton graders and all s
such other help that is necessary.
The chairman will have a clerk at a c
compensation of $ 1, ;00 a year for the t
work not connected with the board j
of commissioners, and the chairman c
will receive a salary of $2,100 a year >
pnd the other commissioners are to f
receive $6 a day for the actual num- 1
her of days worked, also ten cents a 1
mile for the actual mileage traveled, s
The salaries of ail others connected c
with the warehouse system will be k
fixed by the hoard. r
The commission is empowered to <
issue bonds, payable thirty years after
date, and such bonds are created c
n Hon nn nil nf tlio ronl ootnfo n n_ r
quired by the warehouse commission, n
The bill provides that these bonds 1
will in no way be a debt or an obli- \
nation on the State of South Caro- c
lina, but will be a specific lien on the j
warehouse property. The warehouse
capacity must be 200,000 bales. The \
bill provides for a contingent fund of f
$5,000 for the board, and $250,000 c
is appropriated to carry out the pro- s
visions of the act. v
Section seven provides that "all c
lint cotton properly baled shall bo re- c
Reived for storage at the State ware- e
house, and the charges for name shall a
l)e fixed by the State warehouse com- c
mission. Each bale of cotton shall v
Le weighed, graded and numbered, so t
to bo identified at all times. The o
grades adopted by the United States v
government.
The person depositing ths cotton s
shall be given a receipt from the S
State of South Carolina, signed by f]
he manager of tlio State warehouse,
which receipt shall give the weight, p
grade and number of each bale. The c
receipt to bo traasferrable only by n
he written assignment and the cot- c
to* which it represents deliverable d
inly upon the production of the re- s
%eipt, which is to be marked 'can- d
?.eled' when the cotton is taken from b
he warehouse. All cotton on storage
3hall be fully Insured." A
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HOUSE INVITES WILSON. s
Tho Members Want to Hear tlio
c
Great Democrat Speak. 1'
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The liouao passed a concurrent res t
ilution Friday morning inviting
vVoodrow Wilson to address the gen- g
?i al assembly of South Carolina at
;uch time as he might find most conrenient
before February 1 4. It was a
resolved by the House, the Senate ^
incurring, that the ITon, Woodrow c.
Wilson, governor of New Jersey, be,
iiul is hereby, invited to address the
general assembly at such time as may
ie convenient to lum between this
late and February 14, 1912. Senator n
r. W. McCowan and Representatives j
r. F. McDow and W. F. Stevenson t.
ire appointed a committee to extend (
;hi8 invitation to Gov. Wilson and
irrange for his entertainment in case {l
>l' acceptance.
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TWELVE DROWNED IN RIVER. rj
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towbont Cnuglit 111 Tee Jam, Left No
Trace of Victims. J1
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Twelve persons are reported to
lave been lost Monday when a row
)oat, in which thoy were crossing a
lie Mississippi River, from Birds w
Joint, 'Mo., to Cairo, 111., was caught jni
n an ice jam. They were being for-;
ied across to the Cotton Bolt Rail- ()]
my station here. Searching parties, j
zhich were immediately sent out
/hen the news reached here, have
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?een unable to find any trace of the 4 .
C? I
ost boat or its passengers. The pasengers
wore part of one hundred and 01
mrty-nvo who iert a cotton Holt
rain at Girds Point, Mo., and worn ,
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eft without conveyance across tlio ,
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Woman Fatally TUirned, tr
At Sandorsvillo, Ga., when Miss pi
"annie ITaynes, aged SO, one of the
test known women of that county, ri
/as sitting before an open firo Fri- t<
ay, a live coal popped into her lap, aj
gnitlng her clothing. Her sister, hi
Has Maria, ran in to aid her and was tl
iadly, though not fatally burned, m
vhile Miss Fannie died in a rery
hort time. d<
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DOUBLE SUiCiUfc
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1
)uly Oae Hoalh Mirriid When Ymog
Couple Ead Their Uuh ppy?Life
paid thtt wagls of siin '
Tnevplained Sequel to Sensational
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Elopement of New York Million- t
aire's Wife With Plumber's Son, [
Marriage Following Granting of 1)1- *
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vore? to Woman's Former Husband, c
A double suicide Sunday ended the 1
oinance of the former wife of VValer
L. Suydam and Frederick Noble,
be young plumber, for the love of ?
vhom Mrs. Suydam ran away from (
or millionaire husband and married. {
The bodies of Noble and his bride f
>f a month were found in their New j
fork home Sunday. The couple had
>een asphyxiated by gas. The sui:Jde
pact, the discovery of bs results j
>y Mrs. John J. White, of Washing011,
the murder of Mrs. Noble and
)ther features of the case were sen;ational.
Mrs. White, who has an apartment
>n Lexington avenue, had her dauglier
as a visitor last night and supposed
tho daughter would remain .
>vernight. When, however, Mrs.
A'hjte awoke Sunday morning and
ound that her daughter had tied the 1
(
louse, she hurried immediately to the ^
atter's apartment, on West 12th (
itreet, in her automobile. She beiame
alarmed when there was no an- (
iwer to her repeated knocks and sum- {
noned two policeman, who forced an j
mtrance.
The entrance door had been barrl:aded
with chairs and tables and tho ^
loors of all the rooms of the large | (
ipariment aiso were iockcq ana oarleaded.
When the party forced its
vay to tho dining room the odor
>f gas was first detected and the
nother became hysterical. j
Breaking througn the next door,
vhich led into the kitchen, the party 1
ound Noble and his wife lying dead *
in the floor, their heads almost in-1
ide the oven of the gas range. They
vere partly undressed and clasped in,*
ach other's arms. A great volume |
if gas was escaping from five burn- j
irs of the range and the oven jets
.lso were turned on. The woman was
lad in a silk kimono and she lay j
vith Noble's left arm encircling her
tody, their faces being close togeth- (
r. Every window in the aprtment
vas closed and bolted.
Airs. White, who was the first to
eo the bodies, shrieked and fainted.;
!he was carried to a physician's ofice
and resuscitated.
The suicides left no no'tes to ox- ((
lain their act, but the police were (
onvinced that it was a case of dou- 0
de suicide. The coroner aloo delared
that the circumstances left no f
oubt that such was tho case. lie *
aid the couple probably had been
cad three or four hours before their c
lodies were found. j
A few minutes after the discovery,,
irs. Noble's former husband, Walter 1
jispenard Suydam, a millionaire, was '
ummoned by telephone and arrived 1
uickly in his automobile. Ho was 1
nuch affected by the news of the sui- s
ide of tho woman. He was not al- (
owed to view the body, which was 1
ater given over to the custody of j
ho mother. j
Employees at the apartment house
aid that Suydam frequently has vis- ^
Led his divorced wife since her mariago
to the young plumber. When
sked what he thought might have
een the motive of the suicide pact t
ii vdn in R.iid ! i n
"I can't toll you anything. She c
m't mine now and I am only here y
h a friend to see what 1 can do." 1;
Mr. Suydam picked up in the apart- i]
lent a check for $110 which he said c
is former wifo had told him she had \
heck in hs pocket v/thout comment. ]j
heck in his pocket with comment. 1
Suydam was so unnerved by the 0
ragedy that later when driving his a
utomobilo on Fifth avenue he ran n
own Edward Rappold, a mail car- _
ior. He took the injured man to a n
ospital, leaving orders that no ox- f,
ense be spared in treating bis in- n
iries. It was said that the man j;
ould recover.
In the absence of explanatory notes h
io motive for the suicides will prob- w
hly never bo known. The woman li
as still in the twenties. She was t(
larrled to Suydam about nine years fi
iro and the couple made their homo e<
n a magnificent estnto at Lllue Point, tl
i. ii
Mrs. Suydam had a strong intellect r<
ad moved in the upper circles of so-'
ety. Early last fall reports devel- ^
aod regarding her mysterious ?
isappearance. The sensation was b
oightened when it turned out that
io had deserted her wealthy litis- r'
ind and magniflcenco to he with ''
Dhle, the son of a Brooklyn ptumbor. ^
oble was learning the plumbing
ado. Suydam instituted divorco
roceodings and received a decree. J
The divorced wife afterwards mnrod
the plumber's son. The wedding
>oh place In Jersey City just, n month 1>:
?o, and tho couple established a C
rtmo at S2 West 120th street, where cl
i? suicide pact terminated the 10- h
ance Sunday. jh
The bodies were removed to an un- ,T:
srtaklng establishment Sunday ei
FOLK MiVtS Kb MUE 1
THE FICIIIT BETWEEN HIM AND
CHAMP CLAKK IS ON.
5nys Missouri Delegation, if His
Friends Control, Will Support a
Progressive Like Wilson.
"The mission of Democracy Is to
nake men free, to liberate them from
ho oppression of privilege, and to
jive to each man an equal opportunty,"
said former (Jov. Jos. \V Folk,
Friday night in addressing the Bryanlub
of Joplin, Mo., as a beginning
>f his campaign 'or the Democratic
lomination for president.
"We are approaching in the nation
he time for a great battle for these
Manciples. Missouri will have an
mportant part in that contlict. If
here is anything I could say, or anyhitig
I could do to relieve the unortunate
state of affairs within the
)omocratic party of Missouri, J would
nost cheerfully vie it. If i had to
iplit the party to win this contest,
should prefer a hundred times not
vin it.
The success of Democratic prinuples
just now is more important
han the advancement of any individlal.
Neither Mr. Clark nor myself
iliould bo considered, but the welfare
>f the party alone kept in view. If
t is better for the party, after ac epHng
the benefit, to break the
dedge made by tno last Democratic
invention, of whicn Mr. Clark was a
nomber and temporary chairman,
.hen let It be broken.
"It is simply a question whether
ho party would he in a better poslion
before the people with the pledge
cept or broken. If the pledge is honored,
I shall he gratified; if not, I
ill a 11 not. complain, but will give my
jest efforts to the cause of Democracy
and do my best to quiet disaffecion."
The speaker then told of his con'orence
with Willlan J. Bryan at St.
l.ouis recently in which the Nobras...
? ill -1..1 if i
van urgeu u spin, uuiuhuuuu at uiw
national convention as the solution
)t tho Missouri question. Speaker
Jlark, ho declared, was responsible
or (he rejection of Col. Bryan's sugjcstion.
Referring to his failure to file delerations
for the St. Louis primary, Mr.
'""oik said: "The St. Louis commitee
is dominated agents of the corporite
powers of the State. Instead of
)cing impartial arbitrators and repesentatives
of the party, they made
hemselves representatives of one
isndidate.
"The members of tho committee,
vith a few exceptions, announced
heir intention to use theif oflicial
unctions to carry things for their
iwn delegation." Mr. Folk then reited
the part the committee has takn
in past campaigns, and continued:
"if my friends control the deleration,
and I can not be nominated,
t will go to some progressive like
Voodrow Wilson, 3 e-xpect my friends
?ut of the State to cooperate with
ho friends of Gov. Wilson and other
trogressives, tho reactionaries will
inito on one candidate, and the progressive
should do the same. Shall
he reactionaries or the progressives
ule the Democratic party of Misourl?
I ask tho progressive Demorats
of the State to get into tho
tattle."
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BLIND TIGERS AT WII1TMIRE.
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tine, Including One W hite Man, Convicted
in Olio Day.
Reports received at Newberry aro
o the effect that there was great exilement
in Whitmire on Tuesday,
aused by wholesale trials and con
Ictlons oi violators 01 [lie dispensary
iw. Whitmire is a prosperous town
ii the northern edge of Newberry
lounty, tho home of the big GlenniOwry
Cotton Mill, and on the main
no of the Seaboard from Atlanta to
lam let. Mayor Sims was reached
vor the telephone Friday morning,
xd he stated that he had convicted
ine, including one white man.
ight. Mrs. Noble s body was transcribed
to an elaborate casket on
hich her former husband came to
iv a wreath of 1 i 11 ios of the valley,
oble's body, which was claimed by
is father, was transferred to a plain
: ker casket. A battery of tlaslights,
touched off by newspaper phoV.
aphers hist as Mrs. White stepped
om the apartment to the street, acnmpnnying
the body, so startled her
lat slu? screamed and fell in a faint.
was several 111 in 11 '.es before she was
?vi ved.
According to a story told to the poce
by David Serviss, superintendent
f the apartment house building, Nolo
may have attempted to take his
ft- Friday night. Sorviss said that /
10 Nobles were overheard quarrelng
and at a late hour that night
rs. Noble told tho elevator operator
> summon a physician as nor liusiincl
had attempted suicide,
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Drove Wife in Fields.
Hearing of fho divorce suit brought
s May R. Oboat against Lafayette
It oat, who was sent to bail on a
targe bf felonious assault because
o drove his wife about the fields
itched to a harrow, began In the
3ckson county court at Independence,
Kansas, Thursday.
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