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DEATH IN THE AID , AVIATOR AND ARMY OFFICER KILL ED AT WASHINGTON j ? WERE TESTING MACHINE Wright Aeroplane While Fulfilling Test Requirements of War Depart ment Falls, Crushing Tfleut. Hazel hurst and Aviator Welch.?Thirl Army OtTIcer Victim. Another fearful toll was taken b> aviation Tuesday near Washington, n Ah/\ mn i lie Fa/1 Tvnrl1 oa r?! lJm Vv f ? IIVIJ IliU Hi U lliatv U L/WU1V.U VI Lieut. Leigbton W. Hazlehurst, Jr., 17th infantry, U. S. A., and Alfred L, Welch, a professional aviator in the employ of the Wright brothers, were hauled from under the debris of a collapsed aeroplane. The accident occurred while they were attempting to make tho tests required by the Government in a machine contracted fw by the war department. Although an army board was immediately appointed to determine the cause of the accident, it is probable the real cause of the machine's fall never will be known. The crash came so suddenly and unexpectedly that th? o men met their death without being able to make a single move to arrest their fall. Several army flyers were among the score of spectators, but they cannot explain the accident. It was shortly after 6 o'clock that the Wright machine was run out in front of the long line of hangars. For several days Aviator Welch, whose home Is In that city, had been busy demonstrating the aeroplane. All of tho war department's requirements had been met, except a climb of 2,000 feet within ten minutes, carrying a load of 4 50 pounds. Welch knew the machine was capable of mooting the test for It had been accomplished at novt an Oh In hv Or v 111a Wrl chf hf> 4/W,f VWM, VM.vy ^ *-? .. - -o-. fore it was taken to College Park, and ho had been made impatient by several failures. "I'm going to make that climb or know the reason why," he said, as he began to tune up. "I'm tired of fooling," he added. A few minutes later he announced that he was ready. Lieut. Hazlehurst followed Welch Into the machine, taking the passenger's seat. The aeroplane moved off steadily and flew the length of the neld, rising 200 feet. As it was turned toward the group of army officers before the hangars Welch dipped sharply to indicate to the official starter that he was ready for the stiff climb. Dive to Dentil. The dip carried the machine to within 75 feet of the ground, and it ftohen staightened out sharply, too quickly the observing flyers thought. Without warning the aluminum wings crumbled or collapsed upward so that they almost met above the engine. The machine dropped, then turned her nose toward the earth and dived. The accident occurred about 1,000 feet from the hangars, and when the first witness reached the wreck It was seen that both the men were dead. Welch was burled In the debris, but the body of TIazlehnrst had been catapulted fully 2 0 feet away after the machino struck. Welch's clothes were practically torn from his body, which was bruised and battered. Hazlehurst's skull was fractured and his head badly disfigured. Death to both the men probably had been Instantaneous. Their bodies were rushed in automobiles to Walter Reed Hospital in that city. Five minutes after the flight began the flag over the aviation field was halfmasted. Lieut. ITazlohurst ia the third army officer to die in an aeroplane plunge. Lieut. Thomas Selfrldge met death In a machine which fell with hira and Orville Wright at Fort Clever, Va., in September, 190R, and Lieut. G. F. M. Kelly received a fatal fall on an army aviation field at San Antonio, Texas. AUTO KILLS TWO. ? Car On Trial Hun After Relng Hepaired Has Fatal Accident. Andrew Leonard, aged sixty, and George Doucette, thirty-five, were instantly killed early Suuday when the> were struck by an automobile in Dalton road while walking to theli homes in Dalton. The machine was owned by Wil Ham F. Holsko and P. Max Thurlow and was having its trial run after undergoing repairs following a formei accident. Thurlow, who was driving attempted to avoid striking the pedestrians, but was unsuccessful ant both men were hurled a conslderabb distanee. In swerving the car crash ed into a tree, throwing out its occu pants, all of whom escaped seriou! injury. Thurlow, Holske and Janiei Evans were arrested. ? ? ? 1 South Dakota for Wilson. Revised figures on the South Dakota primary election, with nlnt 2 counties out, Indicate that Wilson del[ *gates won in the Democratic conI test. Clark's managers, however, do [ not concede the Stato for the Republican vote. Roosevelt leads, followet1 [ by LaFollette, then Taft. [ FAIL TO STOP BANQUET ' ? STRIKING WAITERS ATTEMPT TO PREVENT BANQUET. Mayor Gaynor's Banquet Goes MerJ rily on Despite Attempts to Prei vent It by Rioting of Strikers. A demonstration by striking wait? ers of New York City outside the Waldrof-Astoria hotel Monday night . during the dinner given by Mayor Gayuor to oflicers of the visiting GerI man squadron resulted in scenes of violence and rioting. Several skirmishes between police and the strips leers took place before order was regained. ' An army of policemen, including the "strong arm squad" picketed the streets in the vicinity throughout the [ banquet to avert further trouble on | the part of the hotel waiters and their sympathizers and in two raids upon , the mob the polico carried away in ' patrol wagons 125 prisoners, many ' charged with disorderly conduct. Whatever the plans of the waiters may have been to break up the banquet they were averted by the police protection and the unusual cooperation between hotel managements In the city. There had been anticipation of trouble, and intending to take no chances in a civic affair of such magnitude, more than a score of hotel proprietors appeared personally at the Waldorf with delegations of trusted waiters ready to take the place if the Waldorf Astoria forces walked out. The grand ball room In which the banquet was held was guarded at ev ry entrance by special policemen. Despite the trouble in the street those at the dioner were not greatly disturbed and the dinner was carried out as planned. The demonsration outside however at one time assumed such proportions that police Commissioner Waldo was compelled to leave the banquet and personally take cha.rgo of the situation. In the mob which first gathered there were probably 300 nun. The union officials had givon intimation of "something doing tonight" and the police charge that the organization , was directly back of the movement to break up the banquet. ( Not until the banquet was over ( and the guests had departed was quiet restored. The dinner wound up a strenuous ( day for the visitors. On shore the admiral and his officers and the men were everywhere feted, while those . on board ship were kept busy from noon until after sunset entertaining thousands of visitors who desired to ( see the vessels of the Ge^mKn em- ( peror's fleet. Admiral Pascliwitz with his staff in > brilliant uniform came ashore and es- , corted by fifty mounted policemen paid a visit to Mayor Caynor at the | city hall. Later the party called on , Major General Tasker Bliss, com- | mander of tho Eastern division on Governor's Island, and Capt. Gleaves, acting commandant of the Brooklyn navy yard. The American officials returned all the calls on board the Moltke. ' TRAIN RUNS THROUGH FIRE +. Passengers on Jersey Central Have a Novel Ride Through Fire Hundreds of passengers on the Jersey Central Railroad had thrilling experiences in 'Mayonne Monday as train after train ran the gauntlet of flames that destroyed the $250,000 lumber yard and planing mill of A. \V. Booth & Bro. at Bayonne, N. J. The fire began at 3:110 p. m. and was burning at an early hour Tuesday morning. Fire apparatus of Bayonne, Jersey City and Port Richmond, S. I., were called upon to aid in subduing the fire. Fireman Frank Nielding of Engine Company No. 13 of Jersey City was mortally injured. lie was knocked | from his seat when the machine was returning to its quarters, and was crushed by the rear wheel, which passed over his chest. A number of the Royal Blue fliers ' in the . .ew York-Philadelphia-Washington service had to dash past the buirning planing mill, which with the , lumber yard, stretched for several > blocks along the tracks. All the ' windows on tne "lire* sine 01 mu trains were closed; then the ongin oors, waiting a favorable opportunity when the wind was not blowing the flames and smoke hard, opened , wide their throttles and high speed - was made passing the Are. Despite these precautions the wind often j proved fickle, and a number of the - trains were for a minute or two lost 1 in the smoke during the swift rush 3 by the place. It was an experience that tried the - nerves of thr id passengers, the train? men said. The fire is supposed hy 3 the police to have started from a locomotive spark. The planing mill, 200 feet square and two stories hgh, was converted quickly into a roaring . furnace. > ? < Tluce Day Recess for Senate. The S(nato yesterday agreed to a ? program of three-day recesses from June 27 to July t, covering the perl iod of the national Democratic and Republican conventions. ; WAR SHIPS AT CUBA THE UNITED STATES PREPARES FOR EMERGENCIES. INTERVENTION POSSIBLE Tlio Knee Kiots Which Have Been Endangering Foreigners Must Stop or Uncle Sam Will Restore Order.? Naval Olllcers Expect Long Stay. The United States armored cruiser Washington entered Havana harbor at 12:25 p. m. Monday and exchanged salutes with the fortress of Cubana. Fifteen minutes later the battleship Rhode Island passed into the harbor. The American minister to Cuba, Arthur M. B-eaupre, sent a note to the Cuban state department in which he stated that the arrival of the cruiser Washington and the battleship Rhode Island was merely a visit of courtesy. Manuel Sanguilly, the Cuban secretary of state, replied to Mr. Beaupre's message with appropriate acknowledgement. All members of tlio cabinet were summoned to the palace Monday afternoon to be present at the official visit of Admiral Osterhaus. Each of these ships In addition to her regular complement of G5 marines carries an extra 125 men. They will bo landed In the Cuban capital only in a case of dire emergency, in which event the blue Jackets of both ships also would be available. The gravity with which this government regards the situation is indicated by the fact that Rear Admiral Osterhaus, commander of the Atlantic fleet is aboard his flagship, the Washington, to observe conditions in Havana first hand. The remainder of the third division of the fleet remains at Key West and can join the flagship in a few hours. Tn government circles at Washington developments are being watched with greatest interest. It seems that the events of this week probably will decide if the military force of 5,000 men now waiting to move to Cuba shall be ordered on. Naval officers at Washington are clearly of the opinidn that their task of policing Eastern Cuba will be a long one, for orders show that colliers are being made ready to carry coal and other supplies to the vessels in Cuban waters sufficient to meet their needs for many weeks to come. The collier Hector is scheduled to leave Hampton Roads next Monday for Key West and probably will proceed from there to Guantanamo. The collier Celtic also is finder orders to leave Boston within a fortnight and her cruise also, In all probability, will end at Guantanamo. There was more talk Tuesday at die war department about the advisability of sending some army officer 3f high rank to Cuba to make an impartial investigation of the condition ;here, and, if possible, to act as an mermediary in restoring peace between :he factions. In addition to the name A Gen. Wood, which was first Droached 'Monday, that of Judge Advocate General Enoch Crowder has )een brought forward. lie performed valuable service in Cuba while the sland was under American occupation and practically renovated the mtiro judicial system. As it is, the iommon belief that if in the end intervention in Cuba is a necessity hero must bo sweeping changes in :lie organic law of tho Republic to ;uard against the recurrence of the ^oiultions which has made the present insurrection possible. For this reason Gen. Crowder's friends have urged that his legal ability would peculilarly fit him for the position of head of the temporary Government of Intervention. TITANIC MEMORIAL.. Officers of (lie Army and Navy Are Racking the Scheme. Officers of the United States army and navy, it was announced Monday, ... .. Mi.. Will duck me muvemtjin. ui cue ** vmen's Titanic Memorial Asociation to erect a great monument to the men who died on the ill-fated ship to save women and children. Mrs. Leonard Wood, wife of the army officer, has perfected a plan for sending a personal letter to every woman in every army post In tho United Slates asking for contributions. It is the plan to put all money thus received into one large sum and contribute it to the memorial fund as coming from the women of the United States army. The cooperation and contributions of the women of the navy has been sought in the same manner From the offices letters have been sent out by i\1ts. John Hays Hammond, secretary of the organization, to the wives of the principle officers and commanders of tho fleets and navy yards in i ho navy. ? Killed in Wreck. Three men were killed and fifty persons hurt near Dalton, On., yesterday morning in the wreck of a Knights of Pythia's excursion on the Western and Atlanta railroad. Tho wreck was caused by spreading rails. BRUTALLY MURDERED UNKNOWN MAN SLiAYS EIGHT WHILE THEY SLEEP. A u Chortles Have No Clae to Assassin Save Bloody Finger Prints?Whole Family and Two Guests Killed. Eight bodies, all mutilated almost beyond recognition, were found in tlio homo Monday of James B. (Moore, a prominent business man of Villisca, Iowa. The murdered victims: James B>. Moore and wife, Herman Moore, aged 11; Catharine Moore, aged 9; Boyd Moore, aged 7; Paul Moore, aged G; Misses Lena and Jrma Shillings, ages 15 and 19, respectively. The bodies of all, their heads terribly mashed with an axe, were found in their beds. There is no definite clue to the murder, although the authorities are searching for a suspect. A desire for revenge is believed to have prompted the murder. Only ono of the bodies showed indication of a struggle. One of the Shilling girls lay with an arm thrown out as though she had awakened and tried to ward off the murderer's blow. A lighted kerosene lamp was found on the floor in the middle of the room occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Moore. The only clue to the slayer so far discovered are the bloody finger prints in different parts of the house. The house stands among a number of residences but none of the neighbors heard an outerv Sundav nierht. The muredr Sunday night of the entire family of James Moore and two girl guests, eight persons in all, is baffling the authorities who have been unable to secure a trace of the murderer and have little or no> clue to his identity. The murderer killed every person in the house and escaped. It is apparent he had a key to a door of the home, because all doors and windows were locked. The first intimation of the crime came when a clerk in th?e implement house of Mr. tMoore went to Moore's home t? find what delayed Moore in reaching his place of business. Finding the house locked, the wintfows shades all down and no one about, he notified the neighbors, and with assistance forced an entrance The dead, with one exception, were found in their beds, apparently sleeping, and until the wounds on their heads and blood on the pillows was discovered the searchers could not believe anything was wrong in the house. A bloody axe, with hair and pieces of brain clinging to it obviously was the Implement used In the wholesale murder and was later found in an upstairs room. (Mr. and Mrs. Moore were in one bed, in another was two of the boys. The sister occupied a third and the youngest boy was alone in a small bed. The bedding had nowhere been disarranged. The Shilling girls who were overnight guests, ocupied a room in another part of the house. Absence of a clue as to the slayer's identity and di. .culty of imputing a motive for the slaughter of an entire household have left the authorities half dazed. Blood stains including finger prints on the front door knob and on the woodwork, are the only clues, the officers have to work on. A militia company is patrolling the section of the city near the Moore home until bloodhounds have been put upon the trail. The bodies will not be removed until a coroner's jury has examined them. Trie news of the crime traveled fast and hundreds of people came to the village Monday. The murder apparently went about his work deliberately. All indications are that he entered tho house by the front door and with a key that he left the same way and locked the door behind him. After pulling down all the blinds a thing which the Moores never did, the murderer hung dress 3kirts which he secured from a closet over each of the doors leading to the outside and also over windows where a flash of light might have penetrated from the outside. ? APPALACHIAN PARK. Rcgin* by Condemnation of 32,000 Acres ns Part of Reserve. Condemnation of 32,000 acres of north CJeorgia land, which will form part of the Appalachian park reserve was begun by government officials In the Federal Court at Atlanta Monday. The land Is In Fannin, Union, Lumpkin and Dawson counties. Congress already has provided or paying for It. Tho court appointed assessors who will meet in Dine Ridge on Wednesday. Tlmy will go over the land, Inspect and condemn it. The assessors will be accompanied by Federal Attorney Tate of Atlanta. Small Town Completely Submerged. A wall of water from a cloudburst in the mountains Wednesday night swept down the Clear Creek Canyon Into tho town of Huffalo, Wis., partly wrecking that place and probably causing a number of deaths. Early Thursday tho water was entering the second story windows of telephone exchange, when all communication ceased. j * 9 k BANK OF Conwa; Has largest capital and surplus of a than the combined capital and surp CAPITAL STOCK. < .1 . SURPLUS LIABILITIES OF STOCK SECURITY OF DEPOSIT DIREC ^bert B. Scarborough, i. L. Buck, leorge J. Holiday, We'offer our customers every acc< I will justify, and we f robert b. scarborough, d [ President. We continue to pay 5 pei STEAM ROLLER AT WORK REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE SEATING TAFT'S DELEGATES. ? Out of One Hundred and Two Cases Considered Roosevelt Has Received Only One. One delegate for Col. Roosevelt, the first awarded him since the national committee began the hearing of contest cases last Friday at Chicago, and seventeen for President Taft, were the net results of Tuesday's session of the Republican national committee. In all, a hundred and one delegates have been accorded President Taft since tho committee opened its hearings. The one placed in the Roosevelt column was D. C. Edwards, from the eleventh district of Kentucky. Tho Taft forces on the committee refused, by a vote of 33 to 19, to seat both of the Roosevelt delegates whose places were contested, but agreed to a split, which gave Col. I Roosevelt and President Taft each one delegate from the district. The half victory for Col. Roosevelt came at the end of a day in which all of the other much discussed contests from Kentucky had been decided in President Taft's favor. In some of these the Roosevelt men had acquiesced; in others they had mustered a vote of from 11 to 17 against the Taft decisions. Senator Borah, the most active Roosevelt adherent in the committee, protested against splitting the eleventh district delegation. "There is no justification for it," he declared. "If one Is given, both should bo." Arthur I. Vorys, of Ohio, had made the motion to seat the divided delegation. John O. Capers, Senator Borah and Francis J. Ileney led an effort to adopt a substitute to seat both Roosevelt men, but they could muster only 19 votes. The split delegation was then unanimously seated. YOUNG MEN TRAINED. Great Work Eeing Done by tho Col logos of the State. The colleges of the State are sending out a lot of trained young men this year, whose Influence will bo felt. Wofford College leads with a fine class of forty-seven young men as follows: W. L. Aull, A. W. Ayers, B. M. Badger Jr., F: C. Beach, H. S. Burdett, h. A. Carter, R. h. Cox, B. F. Cromley, O. M. Crum, H. G. Davis, N. W. Edens, H. T. Ellerbe, P. L. Felder Jr., D. D. Grant, R. R. Griffin, R. D. Guilds, P. M. Hamer, B. S. Haynes, C. P. Haynes, J. C. Hazel, II. I). High, R. , S. Hill, R. D. Holroyd, P. P. Jones, J. B. Kay, R. M. Lawson, R. B. Mclver, J E. McKenzie, R. L. Merr I wether, J. O. Woody, It. E. Moody, W. M. Moore, C. It. Moseley, J. D. Nelson Jr., R. It. Nickles, W. D. Ouzts, L. M. Rice, J. R. Walker, L. C. Wairnamaker, G. W. Whitaker, J. L. Willcox, It. T. Wilson, C. H. Witt, P. B. Yarborough, and C. E. Zimmerman. Then comes the State University with a fine class of thirty-two, composed of young men and young women as follows: Erwin Carothers, Augustus G. Hart, Edward McCrady, ? - *- ? ? n Ilobt. A.'.\rci< arian, byiuau xv. wcuci,! Samuel Augustus White, William | Church Whitner Jr., Margaret Helen i Igby, Horace Walter Brinson, David Arthur Brockington, Gussio Earline Cloyd, Chesley Key Gulp, Clyde S. Davis, Louis K. Hagood, Edward H. Hanna, Augustus G. Hart, Furney Ithem Hemingway, D. Clarence Ileustess, Duncan Clinch Heyward Jr., J. Arthur Knight, Jacquelln Valjean McElveen, Thomas Sanders McMillan, William Harvey MoMurray, James Archie Mace, A. Dargan Odom, David Grier Perkins, Fay Willoughy Simpson, Mary Leonora Stork, George Wingato Waring Jr., Hoyt Watson, Ashton Hilliard Williams Jr., Fritz William McMaster Woodrow. Then comes Newberry College with the class of young men and women I numbering twenty-two: W. E. Bickloy, II. T. Boozer, E. II. Capelmnnn, H. A. Counts, 10. O. F. Doscher, J. B. lOhrhardt, R. II. Folk, G. IT. Faggart, Arthur L. Guntcr, G. W. Hill, E. H. Jahnz A. N. Kieffer, Miss Era Kibler, W. 10. Lake, W. O. Perritt, H. L. Pet-I rca, II. D. L. Itidenhour, II. L. Slight ' HORRY, y. S, C. ny bank in Horry countv. More [us of all other banks in the county* ?? ..$00,000 / . . 12,50-0 x HOLDERS .50.000 ORS .. .112,500 tors ardson, W. A. Johnson, Will A. Frooman. jmmodation which their accounts solicit your business. . V. Richardson, will a. freema* Vice President. .Cashier r cent, on yearly deposits. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. H. H. WOODWARD Attorney and Councilor At Laws. CONWAY; S. C. K. B. 0CARBKOUUM CONWAY, 8. OAt to rue 7 at Lew. H. H. BURROUGHS Physician and Sargaoa* CONWAY, 8. C. JB. WOFFORD WAIT, Attorney at Lav/,. % . WW' Bank of Horry Building. CONWAY, 8. C. RENE RAYENEL Land Surveying and w Drainage Spivey Building Conway, 8. C. | MEWORLDS GREATEST SEWIN6 Mm fVpon want either a Vibrating Bhuttle,Rot*gl' bottle or a Single Thread [Chain atUcJk^ / Sewing Machine write to M BCW H0MI SEWINI MACHINE COM?AW Orange* Mass* ' Cfeayaewtn* machine* are made to act! i igaiSlew Sy aaliy,bttt the New Home U made to vaa Oat cuaranty never rnna oat. ? w ?-??*? BURHOUOna 44 -..X.1,1 MB CO.. Conway, 8. O. J. R. Smeltzer, 'Miss Tilla West, L. MWise, C. O. Wolff. Next comes Furman Uiverslty with her class of twenty fine young men as follows: W. T. Askins, P. M. Ratios, C. D. Boyd, E. W. Brock man, T. C. Carson, II. G. Culbertson, J. R. Galphin, O. R. C.ivens, E. M. Hicks .Ir., D. II. James, R. N. Johnson, M. It. Mahaffy, A. R. Marett, E. 'M. Poteat Jr., Max Rice, A. D. Rodgors, J. II. Scarborough, C. C. Simpson, K. Tannery, and W. R. Timmons. The South Carolina University and Newberry College has some young ladies among their graduates, but Wofford and Furman does not admit ladies. The State needs theso trained young people. ? ? ? Dreaded Cotton Caterpillar. A dispatch from Rock Mill says the dreaded caterpillar, which did so much damage to the cotton crop last year has again made its appearance in this State and steps are being taken to destroy the pest at once. As the plant Is young and tender the caterpillar could practically ruin the ?11 ? an im Hi a iiau f a trfi f in rk j t?Il HI? Ul Ul1 UUVO )/s.uvu >> .. I firm hold. It Is something unusual for the caterpillar to appear so early in the season and it is feared that the pest will do more damage than tho boll weevil. ? ? ? Kvciirsion Train IVi'eckrd. An excursion, bearing Knights of Pythias from Calhoun, On., to Chat* tnnooga, Tenn., >was wrecked two miles north of Dal ton, Ga., Wednesday morning, and three persons were killed and several others injured.