The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, February 19, 1914, Image 1
PART ONE
VOL. 1. NO. 1.
Weekljr, K t WUhe4 1860;Doily, Jan. 18, 1914.
ANDERSON, S. C. TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 13, 1914.
PRICE FIVE CENTS. $5.00 PEF ANNUM.
Lower House of General
Assembly Passes
t Amendment
IMPORTANT PRO
VISION CARRIED
Still Ghost of Chance to Enact
Primary Reform Legislation
Before Adjournment
./ 'Fefsttary 24?Y
Special Correspondence. . '
Columbia, Feb. 58.?Leading wbal
nppuured to b? a forlorn hope, the
advocates1 of primary election 'J.ir?*
form succeeded this morning; in, put
ting through the Mlley bill 10 safe
guard palmary''elections by a vbte, bj
r.7 to 52. Last night the liou3n re
jected by a vote of 54 to 64 the pri
mary reform bill now pending In the
Senate which waa drs/rvj. up by a spec
tat Senate committee..
The chief difference between the
Miley bill passed by the house tbia
*v?orp!?? ?H-i the Senate b;ll rejected
last night is that the former requires
a supervisor of primary election reg
istration while the latter says -that it
shall be done by the secretaries of
t'c^ various clubs. The Mlley bill pro
vides that the supervisor of registra
tion shall receive a salary of $100 fbr
his work during election years, and
shall spend at least two days In each
month' in each, township in the county
for the.purpose'of registering voters
and ahaii ba elected by the county
convention.
The bill allows ?sch party to say
what requirements there ".scale! - b?
for registering for it* ^imalry election
un<! provides* for the. registration of
voters In duplicate, ah Important pro
vision which the advegdJWH^ytfa?tt
reform l^vs^?tt?l??d .
In view orTnV action of the Kouie
this morning, there la a ghost of a
chance for tftc general assembly to
epeet prb?a>,jrfo: , ..-a
all. T)ii? chance hinges entirely on' the
ment tor the Oensril Aasemblty slna
?^/l^? ?v.^?tan of
the resolut"
Seaatco^'
bio that l
ATTORNEYS ARE
STILL HOPEFUL
Will Move
Before
for Second Hearing
State Supreme
Court
I
(By Associated Press)
Atlanta, Qa., Feb. 18. Attorneys I
Leo M. Frank, convicted of the mur
der here on April M, 1913, of 14-year
old Mary Pbagah. a factory girl, have '
not yet given up their fight for the
young factory superintendent's free-1
dorn. Although the Georgia supreme1
court yesterday refused to grant
Frank's appeal for a new trial the
condemned man's attorneys tonight
announced tbat tomorrow morning
they will move for a rehearing be
fore that body. They tonight refused
to disclose the nature of the ground
upop which they will base their mo
tion. INeither would they discuss the'
Report, current here, ibc.t !
a national detect've agency, who now]
ja in this city, had been engaged to
snake an Inve^gatloc of the case. Lo-'
eal newspapers today printed a State
ment Issued by Frank/ In which he
yigbrousl/ reasserted hie Innocence.
5homes 9. Felder, attorney general of
eorra, will oppose the motion for a
rehearing when It is presented to th?
supreme coart tomorrow.
WILSON FAVORS
RATE INCREASE
Through Casual Talks It Has Been
- Drawn Out that He Thinks
It Justifiable I
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 18. President
Wilson sent for' Chairman .Clark of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
today and they had a half hour's
conference, the exact nature of which
Was not revealed. White Houoa of
ficials afterwards said the president
merely aoucht "certain iGfermsti?r./'
It was suggested that the president
desired information on proposed lebin
latlon to reguUte the issuance of
Bt?ek securiti sa Oy railroads.' Vary
ing reporta tNat the president had ex
Mr. Clark an Opinion; op
of the proposed advances
writes sought by eastern
%$tty^' y
, jowever, while
I at .the white house, according to offlct
1 theye, <thW^^re*idenY^oped
prob
prompt dl.sr
uld be made.
t said that
v neither de
sired nor thought H proper to resent
his beliefs te ?lit> commission as he
rasawiioi a t? - Jw?b? body.
ft was learned at the white house, i
Ttowever, tnat casual talks with San
%lora, ibo pr?sident had expressed
himself as. believing on increase of
routd be Justi
?HSS SEBf ? ILL
rwer,? Operation i'or Ara^wdleL
tis At lloHpitnl
OF SOUTH MEET
Gathered in Annual Convention
?? CaBvhn?a, H. ?.~~Se**k?*ft r
''' ?*? Sacr?t
T
Bar Association Prepar
ing for New Judicial
Circuit
ENDOI^?D~SMITH
FOR SOLICITOR
[ Tentative Schedule of Terms Of
Court Sets! to Columbia Last
Night By Anderson
Lawyers
Members of tho Anderson county
bar asaoctatloo.yesterday,?gcplae;,go
ceivcd.jUrjSeot. telegram? from c
bia, ainon? ing.one frogBBE
Ilcltor^Pioeto'r A. 'Bonham
tQMFJg-ittmedulo of proposed teriv.i; fn
curt ?or,:Anderson county.- undi:r
new Judicial, circuit, be at once
warded to Columbia aj*, ?jfs, waa of
supreme importance if the new cjm
cuit bill was to go through fie Oentf
ral Assembly.
Following this telegram a meeting
of the bar association wks held at 10
(o'clock whts morning ana the follow
ing ??hed'ile prepared ikr a cosunK
tee appointed for that purpose:
The general sessions Will convene
on the first Monday In February to
remain in session two weeks; the
second: Monday in May foatwa weeks,
the first Monday in Septemjber for
|one week, and the third pondayT in
November for one week.
The court of common bleas will
mvens oh the first Monday in March
for two weeks; on. the second Mon
iday in April for one wtek, equity
leases only, no jurors to serve; third
Monday In June for tw* week*:
fourth Monday in September for two
weeks, and first Monday In ^December
for two weeks.
mWMt all of the time allotted is not
^eceeagry, if the dockets are. cleared
3t_
r course.
. will not last through the en
tme stipulated.
The bar association of Oconee
county will make a similar schedule,
which will fit with the schedule
4
resolution^ aflBfti
lease, was unanimously
signed by the member*
SOciaJtiwv *
sabers or the bar -oM
ing foil confidence In I
rnic? and iesai. expert-1
P. Smith to neslflwn i>?e*
be office e?iicic?^^ ?
hv ramttnini A hi^p
n? new tonth circuit, as|
the *rtt rerentiy pasuedg
DOCTORS CONVENE^
Tri-Stase M?djcai AssogSkkm J
laiBdf.PraM)
C,1 Feb. ??;r^iWJth
physicians in
Oaronn?a'-said VW-?
tT~Med?ca? ?mmoUtlon
idoey wi
" of
tea
Commercial CI
Siehalf of the
rita made by D
?nia Medical
s waa featured by
1
after
were
Ct'rm-'
or on
ratght
ecter
' Han
ALASKA
BILL PAS
Authorises
Railroad from
(By Akbuc
Washington, Fob.
i? trat ion Alaska n
hing the president
O00,<i00 railroad
CAD
HOUSE!
to Construct
to Cool
PrOBB)
?The Admin-1
bill author
instruct a ISJ&.-I
Alaska's coast
ready has psss-j
I bills will'be!
terence be
srith a view to
the President,
Intention of
to Us great coal fields, was passed
by th? House late tonight by a vote
lof ISO to 87.
A similar measure
'ithe Senate and 1
en up at once in
n the two hou
ing It quickly
has signified.
Ing it.
t the eleventh
llann ntary ski
..nsted from tbs
fhe territories com
?uthorizing n bond
?0O to finance the
paid offnflK&he
Kteft la^BSsle^ in
its-|in.?#vlded for
[BsbeJ' Represent "
Sew rorttj-led a 1
own iruwaape t??.ref
id measure, the proves
iianc?d out of current
treasury, the President
to f,l?,O00,000 and
ippronrtated for
'ongress would apt
Ihe amount estimated
he construction of "
The Mil pro vides.i
lion of a road
les. to be so lc
>ne or more et
in harbors on
>f Alaska with th? ,
tho Interior of
field or fields"
Icient In quality
Irai use. so as to
r-elopment of the
?ral or other,rc
/n effort was'
i?js bill le;:
?ri of Okianoma, <
. Continued
after a sharp I
the house el-j
s* ..,.......< ~.i
.., - .?...
a provision'
|ft Of 136,900.-!
I and to.be
of govern
The Sea-]
000,000 bond
eraid ..of'
h resulted]
t th? estare bond'pro vl>]
Moo
?r the amend-1
>would uo fl-]
i an (i s in the1
limited
being
espouse,
each year
teccssary for
coneiruc
tceed l.JO'j
connect
Pacific
>rn coa*t
water?
.vitn a
mai Mtf
.yv lor oa
ths ds
iiad niln- !
klsska,"
fSML* <>f I
/I?O.VI-IV
?u.d
m be
I
Wo More -WSbeeasee HaveBeast;
CtSkO^m iProbaWy
End Today
pectni Correspondence.
S Columbia, Feb. 18.?Dr. R. G. Black-1
gtrn, tho main witness at the asylum;
robe, this afternoon, charged Dr. E.
?Saunders with Interfering with]
s decartment. "Hp fatied to specify'
Sst how,. when or where she tres
utsed, but contended that she had.
He considered her actions a breach I
the nrofesslon. but did not exactly!
Sjlne where the breach took place. |
pmd her nu??ity Uli UUCOnscioUS |
Ibute when he said that she aeem
to be "superintendent and every
ling at the asylum,"
\Dr. Blackburn wap considered t??e]
" ? witness for the so-called prose
m,; Only two more witnesses]
ST?>bedn called end the hearing ;rilL|
ibabljr be concluded Thursday af
nesa.-> *? ?. saunders continued1 to]
In Jibe advatratlcn of the large n?jm-1
jr of spectators bv J.?r brilliant ercsa
p^inatleta. :
m ' rpcr ioiO me commit"
Re tbut wb as at the asylum I
P.TJug lessons to Dr. Saunders in the
'asscrman test, that a third person
f&9 always present in the room. He
laid that Dr. Blackburn told him |
[politics'' played a. part In the elec
|lon of the assistant physicians which]
*as denied by Dr, Blackburn.
IvouLiy^?RE
BETTE? TEACHERS!
flovel Scheme Advanced by U.
S. Commissioner of Educa
tion Would Work
(By Associated Pres? )
I New York, Feb. 18.?A no val urheme
br producing better country school
b?chera by niovlrting them with s?Ra
ile homes and asnpf.e acreage for far
ming 4uarpoa?s today was Introduced,
y Philander P. Ciaxion. United States
ommissioner af education, at the
Heating here of the State association
t djsrHct snr?rint?ade?sa.. ,;J
!"ThIs farm of twenty or thirty
o*es.'' said i ax ton, "ought te
ecomo a kind ?6* model farm. It prop
rly operated by the teacher, and a
enter of agricultural and social life
a the community.
"We r Sf?> better teachers."
e ssW, "until we make the teachers'
osltkm nroro respectable. Ko one
rbo moves about from town to town
nd from school to achooi constantly.
s?? keep bis self-respect. Therefore}
: Is necessary to make the teacher's
osltlon permanent, as It is In Swttx
rland. This can be dona by provbJ
ig Lkn with a home and a farm.
"Tbl* transforming of the teacher
its a power In the coroumnlty mMst.
? acoonvpaijl-r, by a consolidation of.
it: cuumry senooi system. It
*?H be possible to divide states ?n
i dlFiricts with the school building'
fie 'teacher age' and th? mod?l terrai
Guarded By Citizen-Sol
diers in the Georgia
Capitol
LATER B?RNE BY
RAIL TO MACON
Will Be Interred There. Toady?
Many W& Wfo.ee. the j
Interment of
.'Retains
(By Associated Press.)
. Atlanta.' Oa.i Feb. l?.--We?^'-l?f
hours today the body of Senator *Kx%r.
I jB??t'uB O. Bacori, guarded by ^tb
^t?D?fa. lay, Instate beneath the'dome
I Of Georgia's capltol, while thousands
i of those who honored thet venerable
! statesman in life paid their last, lov-'
ins tribute to his memory. At sdn
I set the coffin v/as taken to ite flow-1
1 er-banked bier and placed on board i
I the funeral train. A few
; minutes later the sorrowful Journey
I to Macon, whore the burial services'
! wirl be held today, was resumed. I
I Georgia's official tribute to the]
I memory of Senator Bacon was solemn
I and impressive. From sunrise to sun
I set the flags that flew over every
public building In the capital remain-'
ed at half mast. When the funeral
train arrived in the city. Just Before
midday, those who accompanied the
body from Washington were met %t
the station by state officiais and es
corted to waiting carriages.
Six soldiers of the Seventeenth'
United States Infantry in f?ll-drsss
uniform took the .flower-laden coffin
from the train and carried It between
double ranks military cadets and na
tional guardsmen to the plaza, where
a special escort of Confederate sate*
I rans was grouped around the hearof).
Uiisl?^asrftir'in< iieesed to homage to
j their dead comrade.
[ Through silent, crowded utreet* ;
[tee'cortege, headed by the militaryj
band from Ft. McPherson, mar?Uec
slowly to the capitol, where Gov. John
Marshal! 81aton and his staff awaited,
First In the procession were the
United States regulars. Next march*
ed the military cadets In uniforvns Of
gray and gold. Then came *h? b**rs*?
wkUi ?la escort or Confederate ifflfc
erans. followed by the Fifth Georgia
Infantry. * I
Members of fee Atlauia Bar Asco^,
, clatnn, state and city ?mci?i?,. hoho* i
j rary escorts and other bodies were,
I next iu line, whiie last came the oar-1
! riages In which rode members of
Senator Bacon's Immediate family and
the congross'onat party which ac
companied the body frrm Washing
ton.
On arrival at the caplto., the coffin,
borne by the military pallbearers,
again was car-led between double
ranks or soldiers and cadets, through
the sombre draped, corridors of the
n*
'Bnsrd ither. took their stations at
the four corners of the blort>aland- i
ing silent through the brier aPSc? .thai ;
wes permiued the> public it? aopV for]
the last tinte) anon i<lhta rf??*'i?
dead senator.
Silently and with bared heads; the
long lines ot mourners entered In sln-|
gle rile, looked for s moment upon the )
body and gave place to those who fol
lowed. No services were held over
Senator Bacon's body here. No hymns
were sung, no prayers spoken.
At sunset the funeral cortege figiln
formed. The coffin, draped fa black1
and once more covered w'.ih flowers, I
was borne to the waiting hearse, and;
the solemn procession returned to the
railway station. At ? o'clock the fnn- >
oral train, with the mourners from
Washington, left for Macon, Senator,
icon's former home, and th;
a done their part In giving open1
pression of Georgia's grief dlsper
d.
Thousands thronged to the
1 tonight to take a final look
features of their feltpw td"
man.
The burial will be held at 11 o'clock
tomorrow at Riverside cemetery here.
Four military companies will act as
an escort of honor. Confederate vet
erans and numerous civic bodies will
follow the funeral cortege. The Rev.
John 8. Bunting, rector or Christ
Church, Episcopal, will conduct the
services, _, _
MAN AND WIFE
BOTH BURGLARS
Woman Stood Goerd Outside
While the Mtm Robbed
the Houses
Pittsburgh. Feb. 18.?According t*
The Post, Mr* Elmer Anschott, It,
today confessed that she took part In
many burglaries for which her h?iR
baud, who la 19 year* old. wm arrest
ed. Dressed as a boy. her hair cut
abort, the police ssy rbe stood guard
outside the housr* with a rev,-:
hidden vndar her cost, while ber hus
band robbed them. _
DECLARES LAW
NULL AND VOID
Prisoner, Sent to Road for Viola
ting Conrad Labor Law,
Ser^ree
(Hy Acpocfuted PreHS.)
Charlotte, N. P.., Feb. t8.?Chief
Justice Gary of South t'arolina Bit-1
prenie court In a decision given here
today at habeaa corpim proceedings
brought by counsel for Rant Nichols,
sentenced to th? county chalngang by
a local magistrate for violation of the
contract labor law of the State code
of 1912, declared the law null and
vow, saytng that a similar decision
bad been mode by 'the' United States
supreme court on the Alabama con
tract labor law on 'Which the South
Carolina act was modeled, and that
ho bad the right -a>.-? habeas corpus
proceeding to dcclsr? the law un
constitutional. The prisoner was or
dered discharged.
Nichols, a tenant-farmer, had signed
? labor contract. with a local land
owner, had never cone to the farm
'which he 'leased. HoWpVor, ho bad
been given no supplies, by his landlord
and the point was merely that of
whether the contract'would of itself
hold.
PEACE CONFERENCE
MAY NOT BE HELD
Hague Meeting Impossible i
1915 Owing to Non-Adher ,
anc? to Rules
(By Associated Press.)
London, Feb. 18.?Francis Dyke
Acland, parliamentarian under sec
retary for forelgqmtfair*, today In
formed tho house of commons t
it would be Impossible ? to hold the
third Hague . Peace conference
..mis nu under the rules a cemmit
must- alt for two years' in adve
' uf the meeting preparing a program.
S?ch a committee has not yet been
formed.
Great Britain, Mr. Asland said, cc a'-.!
not <ake the Initiative owing to
its failure to pass ?be . naval prise
, bill and thereby ratify she agreement*
I of the last conference.
tl/rJC/^V PAMTIM! IPG
yv g\bvn v?wa-,?-?'?*^M*,,rT,,
Position of Wireless
M?de It IttpoafW??to
Out S. O. S*
I (By AfBoclnted PTsm )
I rhiiadeipnta, Feb. 18.?-The position
of wireless apparatus on the steam
ship Monroe, sung by the Nahtucket
off the Virginia coast wiih a loss of
ferty-ene lives, made it Impossible to
sand out "S. 0. 8." calls, except for
s, ?srr seconds after the'crash. Tes
timony to this effect was given by
Robert L. Ether.dge, a wireless ope-!
rator aboard the Mnnroe.rwho today
Was nrlolnal wifn??u ** the trial of
Cfcpt. Osmyn Berry, of tho NantuekAt.
Wprgea with negligence.
Etheridge said tha wireless outfits
were misplaced on nearly all coast
wise vessels and declared that both
the auxiliary, or extra switches, and
the telephone to the pilothouse should
be'placed at points convenient to the
jwlrelesa Operator. "?f the auxiliary-,
switch had heen placed so I could
have reached It," he testified, 'I would
alffa turned on a ?Uiraa? battery . we
s?p.t in r&?r.ye, ; and ?truck until we
gtK ah ?nW?M? "S. C. C." yaiin.
Th?. witness said be left tin? wireleaa
WOta 57 seconds after the crash and
that the. other wireless operator, who
lost his life, preceded-him by 17'sec
onds.
Etheridge admitted under cross
examination thst If he or the othar
operator had rema ned In the room a
trifle longer the distress signal could
nave men sent out again by reason of
tbo auxiliary dynamo .belng placed in
commission. ?
Andrew SJodln, the bow lookout of
the Monroe, also war a witness. He
corroborated virt^s^-all that Capt.
Johnson had snldmbnct the collision
a?d declared all ?be^ cargo ports and
passenger gangway*, had been closed
before leaving Norfolk.
SKRIOl'S ACCIDENT ?N INDIANA
(By Associated Press)
Indianapolis, Feb. 18.?Two persons
Was killed, five are said to be fatallr
injured and twenty others hurt when,
an English avenue street car was
crushed between two interurban cars
her? tonight.
The accident occurred on the Vir
ginia avenue viaduct , and Is said to
nave been caused by ke on the tracks.
* . >"v
* A (WOD vRlLV..
* . ~~_L
* Waahlngtoa, FeoolS^A bill
* to authorise pension* of 912 *
* a month tor widows and $2 a
* month for children of dead
* Span tab war veterans, ?oday wijEJ
* reported favorably by the bouse
* pensions eonwalttes. Widows
* or children with . income of
* 1250 -a year or more. ..would not 4
r be eligible to pewafona.
Fenster V. Tr.bble spent yesterday
in Alreenville where he attended 1
?. Y. P. U. convention.
Republican Senator At
tacks President's Pa
nama Policy . \
MANY COME TO
HIS DEFENSE
Topics of NaUotiti Intereei Arc
Discussed Hotly in the
Upper Hera** of <d
Congress
(By Associated 'Press.)
. Washington, Feb. 18.?Accusing
Pr?sidant WUson oMnconalsn
his .views qf the binding effect; of the
democratic platform and c!mrstfnmv>
that Agreed of the railroads arid -the
audaelcha claims of Great Britain
seem.far mere potent with our Preai?
dent than the appeal of the woman
hood of the nation," Senator Brielow,
republican, of Kansas, today i%ivn?4
dl8cuGs.on of woman suffrage in the
Senate into a vigorous debate on ..'-the
proposed repeal on the free tolls pro
I vi ?Inn of the "?"?".r, ' f ari?l set,
Senator Bristow'a attach brought to
the defense or the President several
republican as well so democratic ed?- '
atora, while it served also as the sig
nal ror opening the tight within the
democratic party against repeal . of
the exemption provision.
Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon,
democrat, dramatically declared that
he would not "stultify' himself by
leiiing his constituents that he had
not kept his p?atforui pledge on too
,toll question "haciui?; ?hs PrssiSist
I or the United States doe* not agree
with Joe."
t. Vil'ilie senators were Uiua engaged
{In the first open discussion'or the ap
{proaehtng battle m Congress over the
chief '. ?xccuu>-?'s d?sirs tor reversal
of th? Panam? policy, the President
MfOmt. was engaged-.vlth. UM?rs Of
the house of representatives* whhr are
jsrfeil the situation with MajFtijflffir. ;
Lead?r Underwood, and BhbrAseOts
tlvej KitolHn of N'orth Caroline, but
so far.ae can be learned, <tld dot con:
vert ta?m to fits view that the. provi
sion granting free tolls to American
-1,3 rlc-Isiss i?'e ii?y-rau?ChfiOte
treaty and embarrass?e the adminis
tration in its foreign relations.
Senator BrIStow ba*ed his charge
or inconsistency against the _ Brest*
on the ground t?ai he had iotd th? -
'suffragists that he could not advocate
Woman suffrage, becauac the demo*
era tic party had not expressed itself
in the matte?.-, while he proposed that
Congress eltould reverse itself on ibe
tolls question, deepit? the fact thai
the party had inserted its action, la
this connection the Kansas senator
mentioned the reference in the Balti
more platform favoring "a single pres
ldential term." and asked whether
tho President would ''interpret tbte
plank In harmony with hi* position as
to suffrage, or as to canal tolls."
, 'When Senator. Br^tS"' said thai iho
traps-continental railroads had for
years been behind, the fight agalnat
free tplls for Aiverican ships, and In
timated 'that they had influenced tha
- .ci'^y?^. Gelinter. i^Mige of Ma***-. .
chu?efi?, republican *jucrauer or tho
rorelgn relations' committee- took
jthe^locr to declaro'.tUot the President
I afctuated in !i!k attitude on the
toll quextlon smely hy his desire to
restore the United Slates to its former
prestige among nations.
"The President doea nut like to see
the Unites States an outlaw among
the nations," added the Massachusetts
senator.
Referring to the vdt of women
suffragists to President, Wilson last
Deceiriber, Senator RrUtow quoted
this from the chief executive's reply
to their request for support of the
equal suffrage constitutional amend
Di l:.
"When my private op nlon is asked
by those who aro co-operating with
me. I am glad to give it, but i am not
at liberty until ? apeak for somebody
besides myself to urge legislation up
on Cont.t.h*."
"When the'tolls question *?ame up,**
the Kansas senator continued, "It was
not brought before the iv?stdent by
the good women or the .country, but
by a representative of. the Ekigllsh
government, whose action has been
instigated by the American and Cans*- '
dlan trans-continental railroad* and
British shipping interest*,"
Senator Brielow quoted the Balti
more platform In its endossement of
tho toll exemption policy for Ataur?
can ships and declared that the Pr?si
dent, in ? recent letter to Mr. Bt*r?
bury of Baltimore, had declared the
exemption to be a "very mistaken e?K
Icy from every point of view."
.: **It la true - continued Senator Brls
tow, "that we have oxpended about
$400,000,000 of our own money m con,
structiog this canal on our owe ter
ritory and that a democratic house of
representatives, a republics* e*na"V
hv ?? w'rhc?si.-.? S??^?ir, ? -
Taft, the President of the Bolt* t
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(Continued on pa*fe 8.)