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FAULT WITH OTHERS ? SENATOR TILLMAN SAYS HE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DISPENSARY GRAFT ' V r VIo MaintaiiiH That Tinkering With the Old State Dispensary I>aw by the Legislature Has Been the Cause of the OHicial Corruption that Finally Destroyed the System. The following letter by Senator Tillman 10 VV. 11. l?. 'McLaurin of Latta, ia given to the press as Senator Tillman's defense and explanation of the oft-repeated charge that he is I responsible lor the corruption which Ik believed to have been bred by the dispensary system: ' Trenton, 8. C., Sept. 2 8, 1912. Air. W. II. L. McLaurin, Datta, S. C. Mr. Dear Sir:?Your letter of September 1 1 came in due course of mail and I have read it several times very carefully. You say, "We cohcede you every honesty of purpose, but the facts stand out against you, too plain tc deny, tha< you are the paternal ancestor of both the dispensary and Dleaseism. Hoth of these 'isms' will be handed down in history when you and 1 have both been gone to the Judgment, as the greatest curses in the history of our great common* .wealth. And I am sincere in saying, senator, that you will have no greater sin to answer for in that great day than the two mentioned above." As there are two counts in your indicment against mo, 1 will dispose of the "dispensary indictment first. I may discuss the one about Bleaseism later, although I have alread pointed out the difference between Bleaseism and Tillmanism. A great many people in South Carolina have been taught and believe religiously that i am responsible for the dispensary law, and hold it against uie as a crime against the people of the State. I did originate the law and to that extent am responsible.' But many people still believe it the best whiskey law ever conceived. The law as it was written by me and enactbd by the legislature provided that the governor, the attorney general and the comptroller general siiouid o.\-oilicio constitute the St.ite oa.nl oi control, and perforin all the duLies of the board, to wit: buy ilie suppiy of liquors for the dispensary, appoint the dispensers, and in every v.ay superintend the busine.-H. 1 made a thorough study of the whiskey business from start to finish an^l found out about its manufacture, n/aiiipulation and adulteration. 1 read every; hlng 1 could get on the subject, made fnquiiies of distillers, wholesalers air' retailers, investigated bottling works, anu .vr"1 out all about the manufacture of beer, how it is browed, and how whiskeys are blended or mixed, i learned that cologne spirits c.r deerdorized alcohol is the basi3 of nearly all liquors sold in this country; and 1 was perhaps the host posted man on the subject in the State. 1)1(1 Work Well. " ? ~ - * V. ( ? The law worneu wen uuuu tu>0 system, and there was 110 just or even reasonable complaint of corruption while I was in the governor's ojlice. There vsere, of course, charges of rebates; and there will always 00 charges against an unpopular law, and those who administer it. Men will always find something to complain of. The barroom element and their friends fought the law bitterly, and they received aid and comfort in a very marked degree from the "antiTillinanites," solely because of their political animosity. So bitter was the tnctioualisiu in 1802 and 1894 that 1 eouhl do nothing right, 110 matter how ban! 1 tried. My enemies were , always lying in wait to pick flaws - -....tin,, I.1K1 .NUi1 it ouiiuiuu w? evidence was ever produced to show k that. 1 ever got rebates; and only the I meanness and venom of my political enemies led to the accusations being * made. I retorted on my accusers that < i they thought 1 stole because iif they i I ha(i had the chance I did they would i have done so, and they could not I possibly conceive how a man could bo honest under such tempation and & opportunities. I epxlained that the < I reason I did not collect for the State the rebates allowed by the Mill Creek M Distilling Company, from whom I li bought many thousands of dollars 1 worth of whiskey and othor liquors, ( I that I did not want to have anything V to do with rebates. The Mill Creek < I Distilling company had credited the I State, and sold it over $75,000 worth i of lienors, largely on its confidence in i M my personal integrity. I agreed with Mr. Hubbel of the Mill Creek Distill* I iiig Company that the company should I get all the rebates allowed by the 1 H trust, as a bonus for its liberality In B dealltig with the State. Without this < B credit the dispensary never could i hnvfl started. as onlv ff>0.000 had If been Appropriated by the legislature, I and nearly all of this was spent in . [ fixing up 'he agricultural hall to run . vthe business. I Tbe law was being fought very bit- l terly in the courts and otherwise, i ^CThe bitterness was produced and kept i ^ ailvc h> the bowling of The News and 1 ^ Courier and The State newspapers, 1 mainly, and the others yelping in < ^ chorus. So bitter was the feeling in , ^Hthe State, and to such a high degree < ^|of passion had the newspapers fan- 1 !ed the flame of opposition to the disensary, that it led to the Darlington [ lot. Factionalism was so bitter at < he time of this riot, that civil war ctween tlio townspeople and the f ountry people seemed imminent. ( Changed the Law. 1 When I left the governor's office f >ie machinery of the dispensary had 1 ot been fully completed or tried, he experiment was a new one In this county and every one predicted failure. When 1 prophesied that the whiskey business rightly managed would bring a million of dollars as revenue to the State, 1 was laughed at as a lunatic. As soon as 1 went out of office the new legislature which came in with Gov. John Gary Evans began to tinker with the law. It changed the ex-offlcio board of control to one to be elected by the general assembly itself. The State board of control elected by the legislature soon began to be talked about by this same bunch of newspapers. It was notoriously known all over the State that when Hub Evans, who was a candidate for a position as a member of the board, was asked if he would steal, he boldly proclaimed, so the rumor went, he would steal the doors f the State house if he got a chance, or something like that. Yet the legislature elected him to the board of control with this declaration proclaimed openly and brazenly from the housetops. While the legislature dirt elect some clean and honest men, things with the dispensary went from !?ad to worse until the stench became so gre^t that the people rose in their wrath and destroyed it as a State institution. But the idea had taken such deep root that seven of the counties of the State still cling to it as a county institution, and others are agitating for its restoration in preference to blind tigers, 'the aggregate sales In these seven counties per annujn has reached the enormous sum of $2,500,000 in round numbers. The prohibition wave which swept over the State has so far subsided that blind tigers are to be found everywhere, even in these dispensary counties. They have always existed in Charleston, though I had won the fight against them after the Darlington riot, and only the declaration by the supreme court that the law was unconstitutional kept them alive. 1 will recapitulate for your benefit. and quote from my last message to the general assembly: The Law Unconstitutional. Two weeks after the Darlington riot the supreme court, to the surpiise and disgust of a large majority of the people, declared the act of 1892 unconstitutional. The effort to enforce the law of 1 893 had brought on riot?riot had resulted in bloodshed and insurrection; but the law had triumphed and order been promptly restored, so that we had every reason to feel, and, in fact, there was every evidence to show, that the fight was won, and men were ready to yield obedience and cease to obstruct the law?not willingly, but from necessity and fear. I had by proclamation taken control of the municipal police throughout the State, under section 519, G. S., and ordered constables to confine themselves to seizures of liquor in transit, <nd to watching the authorities of the towns and cities. Conferences ..ere held with the mayors of those municipalities whore the illicit sale of liquor had been most flagrant, and *veiy thing pointed to a satisfactory solution of the vexed question, and a quiet and e.fcient co-operation between the constables and the police for the enforcement of the law. But, alas! All my work of nine months was undone In an instant. The whiskey dealers, who had closed their doors or were preparing to quit or ieave the State, opened up their bars in grand style. Bonfires were kindled in Charleston and a triumphal procession, headed by a wagon confining a whiskey barrel, garlanded with flowers, paraded the principal it roots of the city. The opinion by the court, was illogical and strained, and so muddy that no one knew or could say just what was the status established by it. In a supplemental case brought before tliem, the two judges who had united in the decis, n declared that the act of 1892 was all a dead letier, except the provision ?\ 1 V\ \ f 1 m iw 4- V* r% luoii I ? rr a t I I o An OOO J JI UlllUlllll^ I.1IC lonuujft Wi , that we had In effect prohibition, rick-ribbed and steel-hopped. While the decision was on the act of 189 2, I knew the same general principles underlay both acts, and that if one was unconstitutional the other must be also. I therefore ordered all the dispensaries to be closed, stock to be taken and-all accounts to be adjusted as soon as possible. As two dispensaries were broken Into and robix>d the night after, I ordered the dispensers to sleep in them niid guard the State's property, and offered them one-half pay for this work and for the responsibility under their bonds till the matter was finally disposed of. I fully anticipated a rase being brought under the act of 1898 and a decision of like nature to tho first, and as I had put forth all my energies to make men obey the law, I felt compelled to obey It myself?although I felt, as did most of tho people, that the decision was an outrage and the result of partisan bias. It would take too much time and space to give my reasons for this >pfnion, but I will mention that the udge of the United States court and five of our eight circuit Judges had sustained the constitutionality of the law, and tho supreme court itself in ho Chester c?.se had declared It was * police regulation and not a revenue measure. T<? Thwart the Court. Put whilo 1 obeyed what I thought was the law under the docision ef the murt, I resolved to thwart tho court f I could, and, every effort was put forth to prevent the act of 189.1 from jomlng before the court as it was .hen constituted. In the meantime ne had a whiskey deluge. During the r?ericd from July 1, 1893, when tho Uspensary Jaw went into effect, to \pril 21, 1894, when it was suspended, 277 United States retail licenses ivore issued. In the time the diaensaries wore closed, April 21 to August 1, 1,174 wore issued. All tho ! ild dealers, those who had left the tate and those who remained, laid in itooks. Men who had never sold li- j; juor went into tho business and at;. wery town, hamlet and crossroads, J ilmosf, whiskey could bo bought with ! io effort at concealment. I?eft Too Soon. Ii I foft the office of governor too NEED MORE MONEY TO ELECT WOODROW WILSON TO ! THE PRESIDENCY EXPENSES ARE HEAVY| ^ v Though the M Hungers of the Campaign Priutico All 1'ossihle Keenon?}', it ('uk(m a Large Sum of Mon- ' ey to Kun a National Campaign on Legitimate Lines. The Democratic national committee, through Heniy Morgenthau,' chairman of the finance committee, ; as issued an appeal to the supporters of the party to aid in raising an ad liiional fund of flora $750,000 to (i900,000, to be used in the campaign for the national ticket t'rom now until election day. Accompanying tills appeal was a list of many of the re-j cent contributors and statistics showing how much each of the States had contributed. Approximately $300,000 has been contributed up to date, and of this amount $200,086 has j been disbursed for the legitimate exenses of the campaign, leaving about $84,000 now in the treasury. New York state heads the list of contributors with a totui of $105, .85; Pennsylvania is second wiui: $19,51G, and Illinois third, with $ I 5 ,4 53. In speaking of I he nerd of more money to carry on the campaign, .dr. Alorgenthau dictate 1 this statetro-"?t; "It is absolutely - s .en; i..11 ihe states complete tne organization oi their finance committee?our needs are imperative?as we require ior necessary legitimate expenses an ifJd'itional $750,000, and it must omc from the people, so as to continue to the end the popular subscription plan which we have adopted." To this statement, Mr. Morgonthau Htnl atihmi'vh Im AAnfiidAPoH . H U V> \ 1 I 11(11, til < iiv/ Wf)H ii vy vvi lie sums already voluntarily suberibed as most encouraging, (he committee believes that an erroneous impression has gone out that, as the election of Gov. Wilson seemed to be insured, money was not urgently needed. No matter how sure we are 1 Winning, Mr. Morgenthau pointed it ?be expenses are necessarily scavy, and will bo much greater ( (. in now on. lor it is the intention of he national committee to keep up a most determined campaign and take milling lor granted. To all of the .States had been allotted tho task of : lixed sum. None of them has yet reached the mark set. Over-confidence on the part of tho Democrats was possibly hurting the committee In a financial way, it was said, jut, nevertheless a pretty steady flow if ttintmv a-'.u y?Yiw?nt?rl fvnni nnw nn fid the committee believed that the people would meet the requirements. The $105,000 from New York state was practically unsolicited, said Mr. Morgenthau, and was an excellent example of what could be accomplished. The total of subscriptions as entered on the books at national headquarters was $298,750, and this came soon, if I had continued in control, there is no doubt I would have had the law amended to prevent the possibility of fraud in the purchase of whiskey and the odium therefrom. The peculiar thing about the members of the State board elected by the legislature Is this: The general assembly never went outside of its own membership except in one or two Instances. it is a grave reflection on (he people of the State that so many legislators who were alleged to be corrupt have been chosen to conduct the affairs of the dispensary. It Is notorious that after vainly "trying to destroy the dispensary by popular vote, its enemies only succeeded in killing it when they put dishonest men In control. When It was too late to change the law, as my observation had taught me it ought to be changed, I never could get a law enacted to prevent the purchase of whiskey from breeding corruption. 1 drafted two hills, but could not get them passed. I found that as senator 1 did not weild as much influence with the ] .Slate legislature as I had as governor. Besides, the Prohibitionists were in arms against amending the law to perfect it, feeling convinced If the corruption continued, as they had leason to believe It already existed. the law would be destroyed In the end. as It was. I nm firmly convinced, even now, that a law can be framed which will absolutely prevent the possibility of any rebate of fraud on the State. Had the dispensary heen left In control of an ex-ofllcio board, such as it started out with, it is not 1 believable that the people of South Carolina would have ever elected an ' attorney-general, a comptroller-general and a governor who would have committed fraud on the people, and jobbed them as the legislative board 's said to have done. It iR a pitiful reflection on the integrity and charrotor of the people of South Carolina ' that legislature after legislature from among its own membership elected 1 men so corrupt as to make the dispensary a bv-word and a hissing. They and not I are responsible for the disgrace brought on South Car- , olfna by the dispensary scandals. Those who changed the law as It was originally passed are to blame for all the corruption that has marked the dispensary experiment in the I ?ln1e control of whiskey. ] Pleass let me know when you have < rend thin whether you still consider j ire responsible for the disgrace 1 brought on South Carolina by the dis- 1 pensary. If you will got my l ist mes- ; "ago to the general assembly you will i find the full story of the Darlington j i riot. Very respectfully yours, B. R. Tfllraan. i' from 17,116 men and women. The largest single contribution since the recent list was published was by Supreme Court Justice James YV. Gerard, who gave $13,000. Samuel Un-' termyer, the attorney, gave $10,000, and there are several $5,000 subscriptions. lU'.e is a list of some of the larger, ( ncribuiors given out at the national' lit ;.;!<? uai ters: | $13,000?Justice James W. Gerard New York. I $10,000?Samuel Untermyer, New York. i $5,000?David N. Hyman, Abram I I. Ellces, New York; J. C. Mayo, na-1 tlonal committeeman, Kentucky; Walter S. Rogers, Chicago; Charles It. Smith, Menash, Wisconsin. $2,500?A. N. Jarvis, New York; C. Y* /"* #? ?v* /I /%r? I/" g-% n tmlr \f >? V./(!lliUUU( i\ u it i iiV/ivj t . $2,000?Ralph Pulitzer, New York $1,000?George IS. Guthrie and Vance McCormick, Pennsylvania; John T. Murphy, Montana; Thomas 1). Lockwnod, Buffalo; John Bordman, Chicago; Ju.'ge Edward Man-' delhouse, Texas; H. St. George i 'thicker, Virginia; Congressman Cor-, noli us A. Pugsley, Peeksville; Robrt B. Van Cortland, Amos Eno, Chas. Straus, New York. $500?Samuel A. Lewiston, Justice Morgan J. O'Brien, William H. Hornblower, Samuel A. Beardsley, New York; John Cadwalader, Pennsylvania. Thomas M. Mulry, president of the Emigrants' Savings Bank, and County Clerk William F. Schneider, each gave $25^; Patrick K. McGowan, foruior president of the board of aitlerlen, and Joseph Fox, president of the; Columbia bank, $200, and Borough President George A. McAnney, $50. ( ov. I)ix, Dock Commissioner Calvin Tompkins, Eugene A. Philbin and; Paul J. Sachs were contributors of $!00. | An alphabetical list of contribu- j tioriH by State, including money sent; in by individuals, follows: Alabama, $5,03 6; Arizona, $598; Arkansas, $2,809; California, $2,74 1; Colorado, $1,090; Connecticut, $1,160; Delaware, $56; Florida, $ 1,825; Georgia, $1,808; Idaho, $3 9; Illinois, $1 5,453; Indiana, $1,145; Iowa. $1,832; Kansas, $S24; Kentucky, $2,523; Louisiana, $5,4 65j Maine,; $469; Maryland, $2,502; Massachu-i setts, $3,039; Michigan, $1,433; Minnesota, $1,130; Mississippi, $1,286; J Missouri, $9,470; Montana, $1,919; ! N'ebraska, 3,324; Nevada, $2; New ( Hampshire, $78; Now Jersey, $7,012; New Mexico, $5 03; New York, $105,385; North Carolina, $4,766; North Dakota, $761; Ohio, $1,901; Oklaho- | ma, $2,224; Oregon, 1,551; Pennsyl-. vania, $19,516; Rhode Island, $123;) Souih Carolina, $3,779; South Dakota, $213; Tennessee, $1,981; Texas, $4,592; Utah, $59; Vermont, $51; Virginia, $5,402; Washington, $5,824; West Virginia, $1,74 1; Wisconsin, $6,125; Wyoming, $624. The District of Columbia has sent $3,156, the Phillipine Islands, $10; Panama, $25; Canada, $105. Anonymous subscriptions amounted to $4,7371, and there was $28,825 turned over to the committee by former National Chairman Herman Ridder as the surplus from the fund of $100,000 for the national convention at Baltimore. The total is $280,069. It does not Include about $20,000 since received y the national committee, including me check of $1,000 from Nevada. Mr. dlorthenthau explained that here would be a heavy additional ex ense from now on because of the 'arge number of speakers to be sent out to the close of the campaign. The disbursements made so far do not include heavy bills for literature which has been distributed all over the country. The expenses of Gov. Wilson on his tours have been paid by the national headquarters. Mr. Morgenthau did not know just what they amounted to, but said that ihey were being kept down as low as possible. lie understood the private car the governor was using cost only on extra $45 a day, hardly more than the cost of an automobile. The expenses of the headquarters in New York and Chicago combined amount to approximately $7,000 a week. Mr. Morgenthau said that he did not doubt that the people of the counLt." mul/a nnlnlr voatinncA n nrl ri j *1 \i u hi niniw \| i \ .wj?viinv| \\hile it needed the funds badly, the finance committee was not worrying. Rolla Wells, national treasurer had this to say: "It is true that we need money. I never saw a campaign committee that didn.t but, it is not true that we are stopped because of the lack of it. We haven't discounted any bills as yet, and wo haven't borrowed any money." tirTLKlt'S SENTENCE COMMUTED. Life Imprisonment Instead of Electrocution to be Fate of Negro, The Governor Tuesday commuted to life imprisonment the sentence of death imposed on Isiah Ilutler, the Charleston negro, recently convicted in Charleston on a charge of attempted criminal assault. Ilutler was under sentence to die in the electric chair Wednesday. The sanity com* nii.'.slon appointed to examine Ilutler reported to tne Governor that he was in imbecile and irresponsible at the tine he committed the crime for wMch ho was sentenced to death, ir.' acting on this report, the GovRrror commuted the sentence to lire 'mnrisonment in the State Penitentiary. CHARLESTON FLEET ARRIVES. Torpedo Flotilla (Jets to Norfolk , Ahead of Storm. The naval torpedo flotilla bound from Charleston, S. C., to join the lovul rendezvous at New York, arrived Tuesday at the Norfolk navy yard, Inn mhead of the severe storm sweepug the coast. The little vessels, there poi a "brushing up" prior to sailing or Now York, are the Stockton, Tin?<\v. Thorntou, Shnbrick, Delong, Gnhlgrcn, Craven, and McDonough. < VI are torpedo boats except the Maolorough, a destroyer. BLEASE IS NOMINEE I ? ? I LYON AND PEOPLES WILL RUN IN SECOND RAGE TILLMAN RENOMINATED ? Calls on the Solicitors to I*rosecute All Frauds and the Question of Safeguarding the Primary System W as Generally Discussed by the. .state Kxecutive toiniiniiec. I Cole L. Illease was declared the nominee for Governor by tho State Democratic executive committee! Tuesday afternoon, in a meeting at Columbia characterized by harmony and good feeling. 13. K. Tillman was declared the nominee for United tSates Senator. The nomination for the other olhces, excepting Attorney-General, were announced, and a second primary to decide between J. Fraser Dyon and Thomas H. Peeples, for AttorneyGeneral, was ordered to be held on the 15th of October. It was declared the sense of the committee that all races yet to be held in any counties ought to take place at the same time the primary for Attorney-General is held. 'Much discussion was had over a proposition to call a State Convention next year to revise the regulations and rules of the party, but after full discussion this matter was not acted on further than leaving it to the committee, to be appointed by the chairman, to draft the suggested changes and report back to the full committee before January 1, 10 12. After the report of the sub-committee investigating the election and the committee on tabulation, Mr. R. \Y. Shand, representing Judge Ira H. Jones, withdrew the hitter's protest and announced that they had 110 exceptions to file and no further argument to make. The contest by Messrs. Dial and' Talbert, in the matter of United I States Senatorships, was dismissed on ' motion of Mr. Greer. Neither of hese gentlemen was present. Stress was laid by member after member on the necessity of throwing some adequate safeguards around the' primary and of the widespread dis-l content with the present lax method , f conducting the elections. 'I he suggestion to call a State Convention next year to act on this matter was favored by several, among them Mr. hi. S. Mease, but was passed over and no action taken. A resolution that the solicitors of the various circuits be requested to prosecute cases of violation of the primary laws was adopted. The State Democratic executive committee was called to order at noon, in the library of the State louse, with a full attendance, several of the members being represented by proxies. A large number of spectators were present and occupied seats in tne norary. i niieu mares senator II. It. Tillman, national committeeman and ex-offlcio member of the State committee, was present and sat with the committee. Mr. J. E. McDonald, of Winnsboro, resigned as Presidential elector at large, because he is a member of the public works commission of Winnsboro, Mr. J. J. McMahon was elected as elector at large by acclamation. Then came the report of the committee on tabulating the returns, as follows: OFFICIAI TABULATION. For Governor. FMoaRO 72.043 Duncan 2,1 6 6 Jones 66,548 Total 110,757 Lieutenant-Governor. Charles A. Smith 139,940 Secretary of State. R. M. McCowan 14 0,685 Comptroller-General. A W. Jones 139,472 State Treasurer. S.T.Carter 89,702 D. W. McLaurln 4 9,805 Total 139,507 Ad Jutant-Gcueral. W. W. Moore 140,421 State Superintendent of Education. J. E. Swearlngen 139,828 Attorney-General. J. R. Earle 16,4 64 R. B. Evaos 12,191 J. F. Lyon 64,511 T. 11. Peoples 46,545 Total 139,613 Railroad Commissioner. James Cansler 4 2,859 John G. Richards Jr 70,896 J H. Wharton 26,2 41 Total 139,996 Commissioner of Agriculture. E. J. Watson 138,60 1 SOLlOITORSHirS. First Circuit. 11 T UII/I.O..nn^ C Cf\f! I . X? V, o J7 U Second Circuit. R. L. Gunter 9,931 Third Circuit. P. H. Stoll 4,146 T. H. Tatum 3,873 Total 8,019 Fourth Circuit, J. M. Spears 6,412 r I. Ropers 1,598 G. K. Laney 2,812 Total 10,822 Fifth Circuit. W.H.Cobb 8,541 Sixth Circuit. J K. Henry 6,240 J.H.Foster 4,756 Total 10,m AIRMEN WERE KILLED' TWO UNITED STATK8 AR*Y MEM WEIIE THE V1CTIM&. ? j The College Park Military Hying Field is Again the Scene of a Fatal Accident. Two more lives were sacrificed to aviation at the United States army aviation field, College Park, Md., near Washington, late Saturday, when an army aeroplane suddenly fell 3 5 feet to the ground, instantly killing Corporal Krank scott ana ratally injuring Second Lieut. Lewis C. Rockwell, who died a few hours later. Hundreds of people, including fellow aimy odicers attached to tlie aviation school, breathlessly witnessed tho accident. When they reached the scene Corporal Scott was found dead several feet from the wrecked machine, while Lieut. Rockwell was nearby, fatally injured and unconscious. He was rushed to the Walter Reedy army hospital, where he died without regaining consciousness. Lieut. Rockwell had started up with Corporal Scott as a passenger to make a test flight in his trial for a military aviator's license. They had beep in .the air about eight minutes, ascending to a height of GOO feet and then gliding down. They were about 3 5 feet above the ground. At this point the aviator turned the machine upward again and something went wrong, instantly the aeroplane buckled and crash ed to the ground, being reduced to a heap of wreckage. Scott was hurled several feet from the machine, while Rockwell lay a few feet a^ay from him. Brother ofllcers, who witnessed the accident, were at a loss fo account for it. Many varying opinions were given. Capt. Chas. DeForest Chandler, commanding officer of the aviation school, immediately ordered a board of inquiry to make an investigation. I When Rockwell was about to start aloft Capt. Hennessy approached him and requested that he be taken along as passenger. | "No, you are too heavy," was the* reply. So Corporal Scott went. Lieut. Rockwell was considered a careful aviator. Threo weeks ago he reoeiv| ed his certificate as civilian pilot, and since then had been experimenting I with tho various machines at the aerodrome. Lieut. Rockwell was the fourth commissioned officer of the United States army to meet death in an aviation accident. The first was Lieut. Thomas F. Selfridge, killed at Fort Meyer, Va., several years ago svliile flying with Orville Wright, who had his leg broken In tho fall. The soo ond was Lieut. Ceo. U. Muelly, hilled at San Antonio, Tex., May, 1911. Tho third was Lieut. Leighton W. Hazlehurst, who, with his civilian In structor, A. L. Welch, was dashed to the ground and hilled on the samo field at College Park, Md. The death toll levied through accidents in aeroplanes of the army now total six. ? WIPJSvS OUT ENTIRE FAMIIiYV Five Persons Are llrosvns fn the Pigeon River. Near Toronto, Ontario, five members of one family were drowned lo> the Pigeon river Monday, the victims. being William 'McCaffery? ol Toronto,, sales manager of the Canadian General Electric company, his mother,,' his wife, and two children, A 14 pound muscalonge- which Lad been hooked by Mr. McCaffery was responsible for the deaths of tho family. Tlio McCaffery party started out in a canoe down the Pigeon river in quest of muscalonge. When they did not return toward evening, Chas. McCaffery, father of the drowned man, became alarmed and organised a searching party. Seven miles down the river the canoe, floating bottom up, was found. Dragging operations wero commenced and all the bodies were recovered. Clutched in the hands of Mr. McCaffery was a line and on the hook was a t'4 pmind muscalonge. The big fish was still alive and thrashed the water violently as he was drawn in. The coroner said there was no doubt that in the efforts of Mr. McCaffery to get the fish in toe boat thecanoe was overturned anl die ana hi* family perished. Seventh Circuit?Second Primary. J. C. Ottfl 6.847 A. E. Hill 7.566 Total . 14,413 Kight Cirralt. R. A. Cooper 3,643 Ninth Circuit. j. Hi. rueriroy 0,5 4 3 Tenth Circuit. P. A. Ronham 17,4 4"? J. M. Daniels 6.511 Total 23.968 Kleventh Circuit. G. R. Tinimerman. 5,100 Twelfth Circuit. W. H. Wells 7.547 L. M. Gasque 3,959 Total . 11.5CS I n 1 tod States Senator. N. R. Dial . , 28.839 J W. Talbort 3Z.639 R. JL Tillman 73,6.10 t _ <c Total. . . . . . . . . . . .140.208 Congress. First District?Legare, 9,111; Larisoy, 4,054. ... Second. District?Ryrnea, 10,647; Calhoun, 4,320. Third District??Aifccn, 16,650; Rrans, 6,305; Long, 1,402. Fourth District?Johnson, 15.619. Fifth Dtutrlct?Finlejr, 71.944; Ragedala, 8.038; Pollock, 4,816. . Sixth DictrtO-r-BUarb*, lt.N?. Rmcadato, tl,Si?. . . .aty ' an