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[works slick trick f THE ATLANTIC CITY CODNCILHEN PLUNDER THEIR CITY I CAUGHT IN GRAFT TRAP A Detective, Posing as Rich Contractor, Bribe Them to Vote Him a 1 Million and a Half Dollar Contract to Build a Concrete Walk in Place l : of Board Walk. . A great sensation was sprung at I Atlantic City, N. J., when Harry F. / Dougherty, one of the four Councilmen from the Third Ward, was held Saturday afternoon for the Grand Jury's action on charges that ho accepted a bribe of $500 for voting in favor of an ordinance involving the building of a $1,500,000 concrete structure in the place of the famous 1. ^ ~ Jl ? i_ x i x m . iwaruwaiK mat now run? ior ?uveij miles along the ocean front. Dougherty's arraignment followed the confession late Friday night, of four other members of Council that they had accepted bribes to vote in favor of the same ordinance. Saturday a fifth man confessed that he had been the go-between in the payment of the money. Three otb?? members of Council w'll be given their choice of confessing or being arrested, it was declared while the total number that may be involved before the ripping off of the lid nar been completed is put at between thirty and forty. Wallace J. Palmer, a rich real estate man, Is he who confessed that he served for hire as the go-between In the bribery, which now appears to fcavo been in behalf of a project that was deliberately planned as a trap btf William J. Burns, the detective, who has acted as the agent of a company of men from whom tribute had been exacted. Burns began his work in April, 1911. It reached a culmination Wednesday afternoon a week ago. That night theso four men confessed. S. H. FnoeDUS, a councilman irom the. Second Ward and until recently the mlllionariro owner of the Hotal \Y indsor. James W. Lane of Chelsea, representing the Fourth Ward. Lane is head of the Lane Paving Company, whose advertising catch line is "If ft'e concrete it will pay you to see us." ^ William Malia, representing the j Third Ward, and owner of a hotel in Atlantic avenue, where the bribe 1 money was paid over to throe of tho group. Gustav Kessler ,representing the 1 Third Ward, a man whose wealth Is said to exceed $250,000, and cous'n of Commodore Louis Kuehnle, for fliteen years Republican boss of Atlantic City and of Atlantic County. Tho men who employed Burns say that this concrete boardwalk ordinance was merely tho fuse with wh'cii the mine was fired. Tho mine, they say, had laid bare conditions that will shock even Atlantic City, which fc r tho past year had a series of shocks * U .. ? />lt,nnt.a/1 lr> Innnorw with t >1 n lUtl I LUIiJ tlACVA AAA U ?U VIWl IT 1 v*4 ?. _> Bentoiicing of Kuehnle to one year's imprisonment and the payment of a fine of $1,000 as a result of his conviction on a charge of having diverted a drainage canal contract to a company in which ho was a stockho'der. Very briefly the chain of circumstances that lead up to the present development was this: The Atlantic City Review was bought at a cost of $30,000 hy a group of hotel men, bankers and merchants who wanted to stop graft among officials of that city, Harvey Thomas for years legislative correspondent of the Newark Evening News, was put in charge of the paper with instructions to "go artor the hold-up men with a double barrelled gun." lie did go, and it has cost bis backers $50,000 besides the original investigation. In April, 1911, it was decided that still more should be done. Burns was retained, and be looked the situation over. Jn the course of a month or two "James K. Harris of New York" registered at tlie Marlborough-Blenheim. lie said bo was a contractor, specializing in big concrete .iob3, and be looked tho part. Presently lie suggested to i-nnner that Atlantic City ought lo have a concrete walk Instead of a board walk. He said he bad done such things in other cities, and knew be would have to "do business" with Council if bo hoped to got the job. 3t was not long before Harris had an opportunity to outline his project to Phoebus. He went Into more details on one or two occasions. Tlio ordinance wa3 introduced In March. Just before the time fixed Upon Lane and Palmer, according to their confessions, suggested to Harris that there ought to be an advanced payment of at least $500 to each of them oil the stipulated sum of $5,000. The tlireo men went to Newark, and at the Continental Hotel there met Harris and Franklin. There was also present a dictograph, and In an upper room were two stenographers. The money wrs paid over, and it was said that five other Councllmen would corne for the same purpose the next day. They did not eoae, however, and Harris and CAMPAIGN MEETINGS ITINERARY HAS BEEN ARRANGED BY COMMITTEE. ? The First Meeting Will Be Held at Sunter and the Last Will Be Held at Greenville. The campaign for State offices will open at Sumter on Tuesday, June 18, visit each of the forty-four county scats In the State and close at Greenville on August 22. The primary will take place the last Tuesday In August the 27 of that month. There will be only one campaign "circus", as the plans call for the candidates for United States Senator, Governor and all of the State offices to be Included In the campaign. Following is the itinerary of the campaign: Sumter?Tuesday, June 18. Bishopvllle?June 19. n v?1 I n nrt An T it ti a OA UC\ 1 1 1 11 IVil U UIJU M Vt Bennettsville?June 21 . Chesterfield?June 22. Florence?Tuesday, June 29. Dillon?June 26. Marlon?June 2 7. Conway?Juno 28. Georgetown?June 29. Klngstree?Tuesday, July 1. Manning?July 3. Moncks Corner?July 4. Charleston?July 5. Walterboro?July 6. Beaufort?Tuesday July 9. Jasper (Rldgeland)?July 10. Hampton?July 11, Barnwell?July 12. Bamberg?July 13. St. George?Tuesday, July 16. Orangeburg?July 17. St. Matthews?Jlily 18. Columbia?July 19. Winnsboro?July 20. Lexington?Tuesday, July 23. < Saluda?July 2 4. Edgefield?July 25. Aiken?July 26. One week off. Camden?Monday, August 6. Lancaster?August 6. Yorkville?August 7. Gaffney?August 8. Spartanburg?August 9. Union?August 10. Newberry?Tuesday, August 13. Laurens?August 14. Greenwood?August 15. Abbeville?August 16. Anderson?August 17. Walhalla?Tuesday, August 20. Pickens?August 21. P rnon i*4 11 a Ail cr net 9 ^ C'l ecu ? aub"?v- *. w Franklin returned to Atlantic City. They took rooms at Young's Hotel and fixed another "pay day". Only Phoebus and Lane appeared. Phoebus to see how things were getting along, and Lane to ask that he be paid a second $500. This he got at the Hotel Dunlop. Harris affect'd great alarm because the other men failed to come to see him. We was told that no one would hesitate to pay him a visit if he took up his quarters at Malta's Hotel. Atlantic and South New ork avenues. Harris agreed readily and Franklin said ht barely had time to get his dictograph installed before Kessler arrived. Dougherty, Franklin swore, followed, then Malla, then four others. This was on April 17, and that night tho ordinance passed by a vote of 13 to 4. The only men t* oppose wore the Councilmen from the First Ward, Capt. John Dutch, George Gale, Samuel Headley and Hiram ! M&thias. Opposition to the ordinance was renewed with such earnestness that (Mayor Harry Bacharach vetoed it. "Upon that," Burns said with a smile, "they care around to my men and offered for $1,000 more apieco to pass the ordinance over the veto. From the vote it would appear that they could have done it easily." Burns camo Wednesday afternoon. Jur.tieo of the Peace John Burgan was called In from Hammonton, twenty-one miles to the south. William F. Wahl, one of tho Burns' hackers, sworo out a series of warrants and Burns sent word to Phoebus lio would liko to see him. Phoebus came promptly. Burns had covered his bod with tho letter Phoebus had written to Harris and Franklin and with nearly typewritten transcripts of conversations that had been overheard by the dictograph's aid. Phoebus looked over the array and gave In. He told of a $500 bribe. Burns says, that ho took in connection with the drainage contract and of things that had come his way in connection with a number of other contracts. Malla followed. Ho would not believe what Burns told him. Burns suggested that ho go hack to his hotel and look for the holes In the wall through which tho dictograph wires had been run. Malia did so and returned to add hla confession. Kossler followed, and went home to got tbo ton $50 Mils ho had taken. ? President Cilves Middies* Diplomas. After a brief address and the presentation cf the diplomas to the members of tho graduating class by President Taft Friday afternoon the festivities of "Juno Wook" were brought to a close at -tho naval acadomy at Annapolis, Md? with the farewell ball given by the membere of next year's graduating class to thoao who Friday ofllclally severed their connection with tbo Institution. WATSON WAS BAILED ARRESTED FOR SENDING OBSCENE MATTER IN MAILS. ? Claims That What He Published and Sent Through the Mails Came Out of Cattiolic Rooks. Thomas E. Watson, one time Populist nominee for the Presidency, now a member of the Georgia delegation at large to the Democratic National j Convention, was arrested on a Federal warrant at his homo in Thomson, Ga? Monday, was brought to Augusta and put under a bond of $500. Mr. Watson anticipated the service of the warrant, charging him with sending obscene literature through the mails in "Watson's Magazine", and had his automobile at the depot in Thomson to meet United States Marshall George White. At Mr. Watson's homo he played the part of congenial host to the mar Bhal at a midday dinner, upon conclusion of which Mr. Watson invited Marshall White to drlvo to Augusta In Watson's automobile, the invitation being accepted. Upon their arrival at the Government building there?in a second automobile, Mr. Watson's having broken down on the road?the former Populist loader was greeted with some cheering from about a hundred people who had gathered in anticipation of their coming. Qualified bond was arranged in the sum of $500, preliminary hearing fixed for Friday morning at 11 o'clock, and Mr. Watson returned to his home Monday afternoon. Mr. Watson's defense in the case will be that he published in his magazine matter quoted from Catholic i books, or repeated editions which *ere copyrighted by the United States Government; that the language and wording used in the Latin reprint in his magazine, to which the postofflce department raises objection, was an exact reproduction from these copyrighted books. He will be his own counsel in the trial. WANTED THE HONOR. Dramatic Scene in Court When Hyde Was Sentenced. "I think I am entitled to the electric chair first. I am the oldest prisoner under death sentence," was the reply made to Judge Prince by Samuel N. Hyde, who murdered his wife and her father on July 18, 1911, when asked in the Anderson Court Saturday morning If he had anything to say why the death sentence should not be pronounced. Judge Prince told him he was disposed to accede to his request but that he did not know when the electric chair would be Installed. Hyde replied that he had no doubt that the cnalr will ho 1 iVll a T .. ? 0 1 n In >. in nnn Ilibliinuu J uuu ? ?, a^uui uinfc ivj wuutract. Judge Prince stated that even If the chair was installed by June 1, he did not think Hyde wished to be experimented on; that there might be a bunglesome job on the first execution. Hyde declared that someone had to be experimented on and that he was willing to bo that one. The judge granted the request and set July 5 as the day of execution. THE WAll ON THE PLY. ?. They Aro Great Disseminators ol Deadly Disease. Tho house-fly stands convicted as i diBsemisator of disease and a carrier of contagion. Ever since tho lnvestl gation of the spread of typhoid fevei in the United Stares military campi during tho Spanish war of 1 898, th< evidence has been accumulating unti to-day there is no escape from th< charges against this tantalizing in sect. Every far-reaching probe intr sanitary problems is liable to disclose conditions hitherto quite unsuspect ed; and tho indictments already brought against tho house-fly durlni tho past few years charge responsibii ity for a long category of infections ? - 1 1* \ 1 _ ~ ~ ^ ? .1 ...? ..I ^ including ciiou1 r?i unu vni tuun iwiiii of dysentery, dlptheria, erysipelas contagious ophthalmia ,cerebrospina meningitis, anthrax and possibl; 8mall]>ox, in addition to typhoid fev er. Tho house-fly is an "undoslrabl citizen" in any event, so that the wa of extermination already begui against it in many quarters desorve: encouragement and support. - - ? ^ ' Saved from the Chair. A Boston dispatch says the son tenco of 'Mrs. Bona Cusumano, con domned to dio thin week for murder ins her husband, Frank, was com muted to life Imprisonment by the ex . ecutive council. The woman doclar ; ed that Enrico Mascioll killed he: husband and later declared himsel head of her home. Mascioll must dh in the electric chair. ? True Dill Against Beach. The case of Frederick O. Beach a Aiken for assault and battery wltl , Intent to kill, which offense he li alleged to have perpetrated upon hii wifo by cutting her throat at theli winter home at Aiken last February was given by Solicitor R. h. Quntoi Into the hands of the grand jury at 12:10 o'clock Taeaday. t 4 SHOULD BE FORMED 1?LAN FOR A STATE WIDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Dollar Dinner Will Re Given In Columbia, Which All Business Men Are Urged to Attend. i A South Carolina Chamber of Commerce will b? organized In Columbia at a dollar dinner to be given on July 9th. The idea 1b for not only the commercial organizations of the state, but for all citizens to get together and work for South Carolina, a preliminary meeting held in Columbia Wednesday Lewis W. Parker of Greenville was elected temporary president and A. McP. Ham by secretary of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, was selected temporary secretary. A call to the business men of South Carolina was issued. "Those who attended the meeting of the Ad Clubs of America in Dallas, Texas," said Mr. Hamby Wednesday, "were impressed with the pull-together spirit of that meeting, and that la what we want in South flnr olina. Petty financial and ojrher jealousies should be dropped and everybody should work for the whole Stato. After the permanent organization has been perfected meetings will ho held from time to time, and member from every section will be urged to attend and fell their troubles or what they have done to advance their interests. The dues will be very light and every good citizen is urged to Join, whether ho be a member of a chamber of commerce cr a board of trade or not." The towns and cities represented at the meeting either by proxy or person included Charleston, Columbia, Sumter, Florence, Orangeburg, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg, Georgetown and Greenville. The dollar for the dinner must bo sent in to Secretary Ilamby not later than Juno 2Gth. The following is the call issued: "To Business Men and All Good Citizens of South Carolina: "A meeting of the commercial secretaries of the State was held in the offices of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce today for the purpose of starting something, In the line of general State publicity, which means enlisting the interest and services of the business and public spirited citizens of the State. "Lewis W. Parker, of Greenville, S. C., was unanimously elected temporary president of tlie organization and A. McP. Ilamby of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, temporary secretary, wtio was authorized to give due publicity to the movement and arrange for the permanent organization on Tuesday, July 9, 1912. "The proposition is that a dollar dinner be given at Columbia on Tuesday, July 9th, next, at 8:30 o'clock p. ni., to all men throughout the state, who send in their dollar not later than June 2 6. There must be a limit to the time in order that the preparation may be made for the exact number who will attend the dinner. At this dinner Dr. M. Asbly Jones, of the First Baptist i Church, Augusta, Ga., will be invlti ed to deliver the same address that ! ho made at Dallas, Texas, during the i meeting of the Associated Ad Clubs of America, and as near as I can come to describing this address is to quote the expressions of several who heard him, which were that 'it was p worth the trip across the continent to hear him.' There may also be one or more addressos made by other men of national reputation in the 1 lino of advertising and city-building, "The organization meeting will be . called at three o'clock p. m., at which P time the views and opinions of the ; loading business men of South Caro } iina will bo expressed with respect 1 to the purposes of the organization, 3 looking to the advertising and up. building of the State of South Caro3 lina in its entirety. "Tim Mni?tr>p ubi srors of Chnrlpstnn . who have made for themselves a naf tlonal reputation, will be on hand tc y furnish vocal music for tho occasion . as well as tho Columbia Ad Clul , quartet, which will, among their so3 lections, render their famous song 'No. 23.' 1 "It is probablo that a brass banc1 y from Sumter and ono from Columbia - will bo on hand to furnish tho instru9 mental music. r "In addition to tho business mer i and all others Interested in the welb far? of South Carolina, the editori of all papers in tho State are invited to participate and to Join this organ Izatlon and all officials and other In - tercflted in tho agricultural develop - ment of tho State, at whose head If - our esteemed commissioner of agri - culture, E. J. Watson. "All county papora aro urged tc - copy tli's call and to do all In theli i* power to bring about a large attend f anco from each county. At lea3t flv< & representative citizens of each coun ty In tho Rtato aro expocted and urg d to attend this meeting and as manj more as will send In their dollar foi t the dinner. i "Nearly all of tho secretaries whe 3 attended this meeting today also at3 tended the mooting of the Associated r Ad Olnbs of America In Dallas , Texas, during the month of May, and r their determination to organize c t Chamber of Commerce for Statewide good la but a manifestation of th< BANK OjF Conwa; Has largest capital and surplus of a than the combined capital and surp CAPITAL STOCK.., .? SURPLUS LIABILITIES OF STOCK SECURITY OF DEPOSIT* DIREC jbert B. Scarborough, .. L. Buck, ieorge J. Holiday, We~offer our customers every acc< will justify, and we i BOBKBT B. SOABBOBOUGH, D Pbesidknt. We continue to pay 5 pel ????wmmmm?mmmmm.???????i ANOTHER KILLING i ? DALTON GILBERT IS SLAIN BY BARNEY WALLACE ROTH YfillNfi WHITE MEN The Young Men Were Krothers-inLaw, Gilbert Having Married a Sister of Wallace, From Whom He Was Separated, Hut the Two Men Seemed to Have Heen Friendly. Dalton Gilbert ,a young man, son of A. J. Gilbert, a farmer of good standing who live3 about five miles west of Ilartsville, was shot to death Sunday night between 10 and 11 o'clock by another young white man, Barney Wallace. The killing occurred In the woods of a byroad from th? public road, leading from Ilartsville o McBee, via Sogars mill, about three miles from Ilartsville. The Epot was an isolated one, and thero wero no witnesses. It appears that Wallace and Gilbert had been driving together all tlio afternoon and apparently had been friendly. The coroner's inquest held Monday morning developed the fact that seven shots had been fired Into tho body of Gilbert, three of which, if fired separately, would have been sufficient to cause death. Mr. Segara found tho body of Gilbert In the road Sunday night, ho having heard the reports from tho pistol. It was clear from reports that tho young men had been drinking. The body was found 40 yards from the spot where Wallace, who was present at tho inquest, claimed the shooting took place. Wallace claimed self-defense. The jury's verdict was that Gilbert came to his death from gunbhot wounds at the hands of Wallace. Tlir% f>nn?rt loadln nr nn t/\ tlm I *- MV VW 1 U V V VUV Utitl V Ui has not developed. A few months ago Gilbert was married to a sister of Wallace, but for some tlmo It is said the two have been living apart. Mrs. Gilbert has been living in Uartaville, and her brother, the principal in the tragedy, has been staying with her. Sheriff Register camo to Uartaville Monday morning on his way to seek Wallace. As he was driving out ho met Wallace, who was coming In to surrender. The sheriff took him into custody, and after the inquest carried him to jail. lie will probably bo tried at next term of criminal court. ... Ruilt Bridge Quick. Company M, Third batalllon of engineers has sot a new army and the world's record for building a ponton bridge. Sixty men of tho command constructed a bridge across Merrlt lake near Leavenworth, Kan., 120 feet in length in sixteen minutes and thirty-five seconds. Texas spirit, which made possible the [greatest convention of business men ever held in this country. "We have everything that the State > of Texas has and more, too, with one exception and that is what wo are ' after now, viz: thorough cooperation 1 on the part of every man and town in " the State in letting the outside world know what we have to offer, i "Every county in South Carolina - will bo communicated with by ono i of thoso presont at tho meeting tol day, and tho chambers of commerce or boards of trade will bo urged to send at least nvo representative men from each county and as many more as will come. "Hear in mind that only those who havo forwarded their dollar to the undersigned will bo provided for at this dinner, also that Wednesday, June 2Gth, is the last day when seats inay be procured. "It may be well to state hero that it matters not whether a city or town has a chamber of commerce or board of trade at present; the representative citizens of every town and city in the State are invited to join in dlils movement and help to put I South Carolina whero she belongs , in the line of agricultural and manul factoring pursuits. i "A. McP. Ham by, Tomporary Secre? tary, 8. C. Chamber of Oommoroe, > Columbia, 8. Q." / HORRY, y. S, C. ny bank in Horry county. More* lus of all other banks in the county.* *]?' *. . #i f 50,000 .. .. .. IS.600 HOLDERS .., .. 60.000 3R8 ? 0i ? m 11S.600 ;tors ARDSON, W. A. Johnson. Will A. Freeman* Dmmodation which their accounts^ solicit your business. . V. Richardson, will a. freemai Vice President. .Cashikb r cent, on yearly deposits. i fa* PROFESSIONAL CARDS. H. H. WOODWARD Attorney and Councilor At Lair. CONWAY; 8. O. R, B. 8CARDKOLUH CONWAY, 8. C, Attorney At Law. H. H, BURROUOH* " Phyalcian And Bnrgeoi* CONWAY, 8. C. to. WQFFORD W AIT. Attorney at Loa ] j* .J Bank of Horry Building. CONWAY, 8. C. RENE RAVENED Land Surveying and Drainage Splvey Building Conway, S. C. i ?E WORLDS GREATEST SEWING WciSt i k AIGHT RUNNING +\ nBggw JVfuu want el ther a VI bra ting ShattleJMMt^ i WtaUleor a Bliisrle Thread [Chain StUck^ / Sewing Machine write to M SfW HOME tiWINI MACHINE CQMPM Orange* Mam. Mtopwotos m ech 1 n e* are in ?d e to eett rwordtaA Wf fpaAcr, but the New Home U made laaa Oar rurantr never runs oat ' |Mi If Mthorls?4 dcalere ?lpb/ j 9am MUI |t j BlTRBOUGfti^ a. uoUJiSTS Conway, 8. G, WELL WAS A DEATH THAI*. ? Four People Lose Their Lives Trying to Save a Man. Five persons perished as (he result of being overcome by gas fumes in a grain well at the dairy of Jacob?achs In Fairmount near Cincinnati. A fireman who went Into the pit to got out the bodies also was overcome ?nnd lies at the city hospital in a serious condition. Two of the dead arc women. Four of tlio victims forfeited their lives In efforts to rescue Jacob Sachsilio first victim. Henry Eatermann, a city fireman, was overcome while being lowered Into the well by , means of a rope. lie was pulled out and rushed to tho hospital. The firemen then used grappling hool<3 and brought tho bodies to tho t , surface. The well was used by Sachs for tho storage of wet malt feed* which he fed to his milk.cows. The grain had fermented and generated deadly gasea. A ladder was tho means of entrance and exit. i ' Mother and Two Sons Drown. Mr3. Howard Tupper, a widow, and her two sons, Otto, aged 15, and Tamos, 11, were drowned on their homestead rear Cameron, Idaho. The hoys were in bathing and the older got beyond his depth. James ran to tho houso for help and the mothor rushed to the pond and Jumped in. The drowning boy caught his mother around the neck with one hand and Iwitn tfco otuor clung to Jaaoi, who also had plungod In. The three went down together.