The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, March 11, 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.
WILL ASK h
TO REDE
TO PUNISH MURDERERS OF
AMERICAN RANCHMAN,
CLEMENTE VERGARA
MYSTERY CLEARED
Remains Returned by Expedition
Arranged by Relatives of
the Deceased
(My Associated Press.) "\
Laredo, Texas, March 10.?That the
Mijxican who led the party which re
covered the body of Cl?mente Ver
gara from the Hidalgo, Mexico, cem
etery bad told a circumstantial story
of witnessing the execution of the
American ranchman to state investi
gators was learned . tonight. The
identity and whereabouts of this man,
us well ns the others of th-j party
which exhumed tie body, bad not;
fco?n' diE -losed. ...
Federal and state investigation,?'
being conducted here had not been
concluded tonight. So far the Inves
tigations have disproved the carller
report that.,.the nun's band showed
evidence that he had been totturet^
with Are before he was put to death'
and developed the fact that Mrs. V^r
gsra **rr?ini?cu for the ^xpcd?tlos. into
hfcxlco of the ten meb who brought
tho body to'the United States. J. S.
itiil, Vergera's brother in law, stated
today that he organized the party
at the solicitations of Vergera's wi
dow.
Evidence being- gathered here will
be presented iu Secretary Bryan and
?.?dvernor Coiquitt. American Consul
Garrctt and Henry Hutchlngs, State
Adjutant-General, are working In con
Junction, ascombling evidence.
Expedition Arranged
By Vmmm9? Wsjdojf
(By Associated Press)
> ,,WuaUiagtaritfijUreh JLO.-r-^omprehenr ]
?Ivo rcnoiifTfflTOWte. .General Blls?
-lalht' American Consul Oarrett.et La
redo todey (leafed up the mystery
which had surrounded the delivery, of
the body of -the American ranchmen
demente Vergara on American soil.
The reports satisfied offlcalB that
no act had been committed by national
or state agents'' In violation of Mexi
can sovereignty, and that If there
wero any offense In the removal of the
body from Mexico it was committed
by individuals, bo the matter could
not be made an International issue. I
Sccr?3?sry Bryss stated tfcst he
would not undertake to prosecute the.
perBons who obtained the body, even '
if he knew their Identity, which he did
Oehera! Bliss' report that they
were; civilians and probably Mexicans.
Finding of the body of Vergara has
liarf thA 'result c? "'.?s the prc::c
cution of the claim against the govern
ment'of General Huerta ten* reparation
and today Secretary Bryan transmltt-i
cd the telegraphic report from Consul
Garrett to Charge O'Sh&ughnessy in
Mexico City.
It la understood that the primary j
purpose of this is to disprove the ori
ginal allegation of the Nouvo Laredo
Mexican federal commander that Ver-,
gara had made his escape from capti
vity and joined the constitutionalists.
With the body In evidence, as soon'
as further tacts as to the character
of VergaraVwounda are developed by
Governor Colquitl's Investigation, Mr.,
O'Shaughnessy Will be pcrnitted to
call upon General Huerta to redeem |
his promluu to punish the slayer of
Vergara. .
CONFISCATION IMtDEB "?t?iVOlfcEB
El Paso. Tesao. March lOth;
Gcneral Villa today revoked the order
or confiscation against the ranch of
General W. B. Synman, a British sub
ject, In the state or Chihuahua. The
news was received In a telegram from '
Culvert Q. Scobell, British vice-coa
-ul at Chihuahua.
The commission appointed by Gem'
erai Carranxa to Investigate the kill
ing of William 8. Beaton is still in
Juarez. It did not go to Chihuahua,
where Benton's body la- said to hare
been buried, as reported. I
Constitutionalists officers today said
that reports from: Torreon were that
tin situation was quletl
DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS
Fort Worth. Texas, March 10th.?
Governor Colohttt, addressing the
Texas Cattle Reisers' Association here
today, declared he had formed tho
policy of opening negotiations direct
ly with the Mexican authorities for the
righting of wrongs to Texans.
ANOTHER- ftftlTON ?URBE?ED
Douglas, Ariaona, March 10.?F
T. Cromwell, a mining man from
Van Couver, B. C, dUappearod In So
nors, Mfexico, last, Decimber accord
ing to a letter received here today
from Wrs, Croat *?sUr whs asks that a
search be made for her husband.
Cromwell was last seen in Tucson,
on December He wrote to hla wif?
that he intended to go to Sonore,'
WERTA
m PROMISE
\_
MANY BODIES ARE
I YET UNRECOVERED
[And No Satisfactory Explanation
Of St. Louis F-e Has
Been Found
(fly Associated Pres?)
St. Louis, March 10.?Ten bodies
I had been recovered late today from
' the ruins of the Missouri * Athletic
. Club building which was destroyed
, by fire early Monday. Three bodies
were found today. The other seven
were recovered yesterday.
Twenty bodies are thought to be
In the ruins, making the total death
thirty.
j Days will probably elapse before the
' ruina are explored completely and
it is feared many bodies never will be
{recovered. Ftrpffjjhlef Swlngley to
day said the fire. department's work .
was.about finished and suggested that
otner city departments remove the
debris. , .
I. No satisfactory explanation of the
fire has been .found. Explosions
j heard during the fire were attributed
by the Chief of the Pire Prevention
Bureau as gas escaped when the
meters melted under the intense heat
O.Hcials of the club, after entering
the ruins and recovering oDce re
cords tonight, increased their esti
mates of the dead to 45 persons. They
j could add no new names to the list
of missing, however. One hundred \
-men will begin digging out the'
ruins early tomorrow that the bodies
of the dead may be recovered as quick
ly as possible.
The city council tonight ordered an
Investigation with a view of fixing the
j responsibility. !
"Exchange j
HEARINGS END,
f'i it I hi P^pLmP^- !
Mr. UriterrneyerV Measure <K>.
jected to Because ?5 U
Ineffective
Washington, March 10.?Hearings
on the pending stock exchange regu
lation bill were concluded by the sen
ate banking and currency commit- j
tee with Samuel Interne**.-, who I
dre.w the measure at the conclusion
of the re?eat "money ?rast" investi
gation bearings, as the lone witness, i
tu\\ Uutemeyer appeared with a for-]
ami brief in support of the bill, hut j
got little chance to reed fror It. Sen- J
ator Hitchcock insisted over Sena-,
tor Owens' protest on inquiring into]
the past activities of the witness as
ad organiser of corporation. j
'Senator Weeks objected to the pend
ing bill as falling to provide a reme
dy for dishonost manipulation of the
inarltet.
Senator Reed asked-Mr. Untemyer
if he did not believe alt gambling
transactions .on stock exchanges could,
be prohibited. The witness replied
that the bill limited these but that,
it would take a.brave.man to off?:,
s more drastic ope.
FUTURES CONTRACT
SYSTEM IS VALID?
Is Practically Soatanted By The
Supreme Court
Deelsion
Atlanta, Ga., March 10.?According ' i
to information received here tonight
by H. N. Randolph, member of a local
law firm, a decision, which in effect,'.
sustains the validity of *be futures '
contract system of the New York cot
ton exchange, was handed down to-,
day by the U; S. Court of Appeal-- at [
New Orleans.
The decision was entered in tb<s case <
of Haven and Clement, cotton brok- :
era of New York, against D. W. James
of Blakely, Ga, on an appeal by the,
defendant from the verdict or the
lower court ?galast Mr. James for!
IS.OOO. The appeal chiefly was based '
on the claim tfaat'WsV Ii ansactlon in
volved lB was a deal.In f??nros and ;
thsreforo void. - [ .
Th'i shit originated at Colutabuu,'
Ga.. about 1Q years ago and has been i
stublWaiy contested since that time. {
GOV?RHOK WON |<
Closed the Beaufort Blspeuaartes far !
A ?*W Days I ;
Orttatabla, March io. r? Governor!
Bl^ase closed ^he Bcsurort dispensary J
for a few days becauoe the leglsftaV-rt <
OVwtrode h?i? V?'>*i b? i?M ??v??t riMVf?iBK i
to pay the dispensary constable out s
of dispensary profits. Th* constable i
has been paid and the dispensaries ,i
are open. . , '
GREAT WHITE WAY
TO BE STARTED !
Council Grants Permission for the!
Improvement of the
Plaza
Anderson gcto the first unit of lier
new Great White Way.
By unanimous vote the city council
accepted the proposition mado by the
Civic Association of Anderson, as pre
sented by Sec. Whaley of the Cham
ber of Commerce, to council last night.
The acceptance of this means that
immediately a beautiful White Way
will be erected ?round the plaza and
also a first-class side-walk, will he
laid. The Civic Association will do it.
The aftermath will be, as pointed out I
at the council meeting last night,
that Anderson will get as a result
thereof, ultimately, a beautiful White
Way over the- entire business district
of the city, snd on prominent resi
dential streets. It was a constructive
move and The Intelligence^ congrat
ulates botb the C|vi? Association and
the city council.
The proposition sutimutest by the
Civic Association was that they would
pay the entire cost of putting in the
Wiittc.Way add the cement side-walk
and fill they wanted the city .council
to do was lq agree to j light it. Mr.
Wha??^ Stated , fhat he thought such a
plan Wduld be satisfactory to the Lea
gue, and that he, did not ask the city
to stand the coBt of Installing and
wiring the white way, as was origi
nally S8ked several months ago, when
the first propOoltlou was made. The
change in the offer was made because
in, conversation with an alderman that
gentleman stated to Mr. Whaley that
the funds of the city would not per
mit council to pay the cost of the in
stallation, as much as he would like
to see the city do so.
It was brought out, too, that the
property owners around the square
would be among the chief benefici
aries, though everybody would enjoy
it. Mr. Whaley stated he was confi
dent that the ladles would agree to
pay the installation cost, and under
the circumstances thought the city
was rlg^t In the matter..
There will be no trouble hi secur
ing funds tor. installation.
The Intelligencer is informed f
in. street from :
street favor a great
?^?fcthat U is believed that
immediately ?f?er the construction of
ih.rfc?asa Wfcit? Way, that a plan will
be Worked out to push an extension
of the Main street plan. This plan
wll be carried through to successful
consummation this summer.
FRANK OPTOMISTIC
Confident Than Ever Before
Of Obtaining A New
CBy Associated Press.)
Atlanta, Ca., March 10.?Leo M. j
Frank, today declared that hn
more, ymfident of obtaining a new
trial than, at any time since bis com
vlotlon od, the >charge of having mur*
dered Mary Phagan. An extraordi
nary motion lor a now trial or tu?
caao will be'.filed some time before
April 17. the date recently set for'th?
execution. It is expected about April
the sevonth. k
prank's per? hopefulness l? beUev
bffito bo the result of activities by
his counsel and agents in concerted
effort to unearth new evidence. The
activities are more pronounced tfow
than at any tlmo since tbe young fao
tory superintendent's arrcsL
MB. WiLLETT P. SLOAN
Biraa a itieasaat Trip on Account ef
>. Business
This week's issue of Tbe Insurance |
Field, has the following item of in
terest to the Anderson people:
"Seeobd Vlce-Presldent W. H. Woot
ton of the Maryland Life, of Balti
more, announces that Wlllett P. Sloan
of the firm of D. P Alban & Son, gen
eral agents at Anderson, S. C, has
completed a trip to the homo office
won tr/ him as the mult of agency
exceeding the quota assigned for the
month o?diuB February ?0. nie
Marylaad ' Life enterel South Caro
lina some 18 raoaths ago and In that
time th<* Sloans bave bullt up a first
claas 'agency or the highest charac
ter, produc??s a business especially
eatable for the small percentage of]
dedlnatloes.
rTiW Hot Include Maters
Washington, March P.?Couture an
nual febofts of the census bureau
nn tht ooantitv nf (cotton (Tinned, will
not, ?? .frifetofore, Include tbe quan
tity of Unters In the total produc
tion, but will relate only to lint cot
ton. Thtfl change will be effective
with -.thjfSsext report, March 20. In
formation as to the production of iint
r*rs, however, will be. given in a foot
aot'j. eo that comparative figures rosy
be computed on ths basts of reports
In prevlods. years.
eighi '-fl, C MEarch 10.?Thomas
<ea, of Newborn, was tonighi
ohairmsn \ of the D?mocratie
t?us 5?s?ei???>w o?ra?n?tt~-j to succeed
Pharles A. Wfebb ef Ashevtlle, who \
resigned -because of his appolntmeut'<
im United States Marshal, of the es-|
tcr^ district of North Care! inn. j.
MPO???S HAVE
NOT INCREASED
UNDER THE LOW TARIFF
LAW ENACTED BY
DEMOCRATS , f 1
A SLIGHT DECREASE
Competitive Condition? Exist to
The Good of the
Public
-V
(By Associated VratB.)
Hart fury. Conn),, March 10.?Wil
liam C. Kcdfleldf secretary of com
merce, addressing the Sate Busiiiess
Men's Association of Connectlcutt hore
tonight, asked wIth a smile what had
become of the threatened flooding of
American markets with foreign made
goods, attracted by the new tariff
schedules?
"All men are witnesses that the
flooding of our markets with the pro
ducts of the so-called pauper labor of
Europe has not occurred." he said.
"Nay the imports ofr the entire
I period since the tariff came into ef
[ feet, actually are less than for a like
nsricd o yoo?" ng?_* What has become
of the millions upon millions in value
of goods awaiting to be unloaded upon
us whereby the power to purchase
more cheaply was to bring disaster
and distress upon'. American . indus
tries? instead as editors and speak
ers look over the cold, hard facts of
our foreign trade,' their remarks about
the flooding of the markets must come
to their thought as those things one
would rather not have said.
"Meanwhile they/fcurrent has run
strongly the other %way, and particu
larly ta this true loi the shape of fully
finished, materials,] Our foreign trade
In this continues f* grow despite the
normaiH?sja?tH?ttfaEU.,from. month to
month fepBHfc ion %aalness.
Those U'lm!?#,aMilMP. the
?*#tttfo*W jmdcp
imports rose to^ss^IarsjsssV'? ev?r
known, 7 ri^me^f^Mmust
ham expe?ej?BF'a rude shoe* when
ira?k>rta ?o? jftnuary Tell off more than.
)00,000-,?>,1a8 even to be leas by ul
3I f9;00OJ000 than the month of Jan
r 1913;/
''We expect a growth in the Imports
of manufacturers under the new ta
riff' that competitive conditions may
exist to the general good. We expect
that as great or larger, growth will
take placo in the exportation of manu
facturers.
Of our foreign commerce. Mrs. Red
Celd said he did not share the belief
that "Big Businees" could claim the
ilohls share of credit for creating and
holding trade in other countries.
FINAL ACTION ON
ALASKA ft R. BILL
President Will Sign Bill Immedi
ately Upon Presentation
To Him
T
(By Associated Press)
Washington, March 10.?The Alaska
railway bill, providing for the con
struction cf 1,000 miles of railway by,
the government and the expenditure'
of 135.000,400, was ready for Prosldent
Wilson's signature late today as the
senate adopted the conference report
already adopted by the house.
President Wilson has Indicated his
intention of signing the bill, yost as
soon as It reaches the White bouse,
and tentative plans for construction
of the first railroad of the government
had already been considered by the
interior departmetn. Secretary Lane
Is prepared to go ahead with the pro
ject as soon as tb? president gives
the word.
Final action came in congress after
a long debate In the senate, the report
of the conference committee appointed
to settle the differences between the
two houses being adopted 42 to 27. The
measure authorises the construction
of not more than one thousand miles
of railroad to connect Alaska's coal
fields with the coast, Ute route to be
selected by the president. He is also
to decide Whether or not the terri
tory shall bo purchased as a part of
the* government system, and whether
the road is to be operated by the gov
ernment Itself or leased.
ECLIPSE OF MOON
Washington. March 10.?There will
be an almost total eclipse of the moon
tomorrow night, vlsiblo prom all the
Eints In .western Europe, North and
uth America, and Western Africa,
The shadow of the earth will not
cover entirely tb* moon, -oat at the
middle of the eclipse, more than aine
iehf^/ of the moon's diameter will be
In ti.e shadow. - The moon la duo to
enter the shadow, according to the
precise reckoning at 9:14 o'clock to
morrow night, standard time.
FIRST VISIT
IN 14 YEARS
Young Man From Calhoun, In An
dersro Yesterday, Had Not
Been to Anderson
One of the most interesting visitors
Anderson has had the pleasure of en
tertaining in quite n tlnn; urrived In.
the city yesterday morning in the
pen;on of N. M. Boggs, a well known
young businoss man of Calhoun. Not
withstanding the fact that Calhoun
is only about 18 miles from Ander
ten, Mr. Boggs has not visited the city
In over 14 yoars, according Uj u con
versation a reporter from Tl'o in
telligencer had with him yesterday.
Mr. Boggs sail that he did not know
exactly whv ne had not vlBitcd the
city in all that tin: < but he supposed
it was due to 'he fact that he had
been too busy to care much about
running around.
Wlien askod by the reporter if he
expected to sc? as largo a place with
as much business activity as he ob
t?rvcd yesterday, Mr. Boggs said that
h? was not much surprised,, that he
had been given to understand that An
derson was a mighty tine, town, but
that he would admit that it was a little
busier, than he had anticipated.
Ho said that on his last trip to An
dorson workmen had JiuH begun tlm
oxcaTBtlon for the Anderso n Court
house and that the work of erecting
the building had not actually begun.
He Bald that the only familiar thing
that he could 6Ci any where around
thq town was the plaza, that it look
ed familiar, but nothing else did.
The visitor came to Andersen in an
automobile, entering the city by way
North Anderson and be said that as
soon as h~ sa~ North Anderson he
' knew that he was going to like the
rest of the city very, much indeed.
-Am i going to wait another 14
years before I. come back? Not on
vour lifo," said Sr. Boggs. I have
been too well pleased with this trip
and have enjoyed my stay too wall.
I expect that I may be back almost
any day to spend a few hours with
you nnw."
BABCOCjjyjtAY STAY
! . v*4uiabia^.Mi*y-10^^^
"regents for the Stale Jfospltal for. tho
Insane will ni cot Thursdfo-<4*is re
ported that Dr. Babcock will not leave
the Institution:
BIGGEST TRUCK
IN ALL THE STATE
Bought by the Briasey Lumber
Company and Unloaded
Yesterday
Of courte, as was to be oxpocted,
W. L. BrlHsey - would not lot anybody |
else 'get ahead. of him, so when he :
ordefid a truck, he got the biggest!
sod Sie best in the .whole stats. It
is a Packard. ,4Tton machine, and so
it sailed up Main street yestorday nr
tcrnoon, attractvd ;; ejreat deal of at
tention; it v/a?? drive? by Clarence Li
Rawls, of Columbia, who-has figured
In a p.urpiber of thoao. hair-raising au
tomobile, races on . the fiat-bottom
tract at the state fair .grounds. Raws
also figured in aeronautics, and as r?
side line,.takes moving pictures.
This truck was shipped, direct from
the factory and was shipped through
Mr. John J.O. Sadler of this city and
the, Olbbes machinery company' of
Columbia. Mr. Rawls says it Is con
ceded to be the blggost truck in the
state. Tho wheels are 4 feet In diam
eter. It would easily carry 75 per
sons on a joy ride?oh, Bill?
England and France
Discuss Situation
London, March 10.?The death at
Juarez of William ,8.. Ben ton came up
for discussion . In the. Houe? of Com
mons today. Sir Edward Urey, for
eign secretary. was asked whether it
was not possible to refer the ques
tion of redress to The Hague for arbi
tration. He replied that technically
and theoretically it was, and contin
ued:
"In practive, however, and at the
pre?eat ne>iut>i|t> ihm-? is no satisfac
tion to be obtained by arbitration,
and I am not prepared to admit that
in this case arbitration will be the
most fitting method for.securing re
dress.
Paris, March 10.?Premier Poumer
gue, In the Chamber of Deputies to
day allnded to the grave results of tho
civil war in Mexico upon French In
terests. Ke said:
"We have sustained from interven
tion In the Interior of Mexico, Wo
have faith in the government at
Washington, wbleh is the nearest
neighbor of fVJaxlco. but that we
shall not fall to ask, when tho mo
ment comes, satisfaction fc;. the In
juries suffered by Fronet, interests."
Washington, March 10>-Andrcw
p*rp??th prMUw of t?e !*ttrsct
ional Seamen's Onion, told the house
merchant marine committ.
that tee average we>gei;p4?eeatnen the
world 6v?r bad been - stationary' the
past GO years.
ItILLMAN Al
PRbBE OF
AN AGREEMENT TO
ASSASSINATE JUDGES
Indiana Carpenter Held On
Charge Alleging Such
Conspiracy
(Hy AHtiociat"(l I'r"ss)
Tori" Haute, lad., Mirch lo.?Bert
W. Dickens, a. carpenter today w?a
arrested on an indictment churglng
conspiracy Ui kill Judge Charles 11.
j Fortune, of the VIgo County Circuit
{Court, Felix . Rlnnkenbzaker, special
Judgi hearing election fraud cases,
and Joseph r.oach, special prosecutor
In the trials. It la alleged In the jn
I dlctwuts that Dickens entered Into
an agreemont with .perrons not natu
led, to kill the* throe court officials,
I either by throwing bombs at them or
by placing dynamite under their
homes.
MJXK OFFICIAL'S'WRATH I
Advise 5fe:i*to Arm Themselves nml
I'roteH- Home
Denver, Co!., March 10.?The of
ficials of the Unite! Mino Workers of
America were wroth over the tearing
down of strikers' tents at Forbes to
day. They Issued a Statement de
claring that if hotnsB of striking mir
ners were wantonly destroyed, we are
going to advise every man to arm him
self, und proiect and defend his home
whether it be from the attacks of
mine owners, hirelings or the Colora
do state militia.
USE PHONOGRAPH i
INWEtF/?ffiWORK
New Plan Being Tafts*^
Mill Library By \ Supermen,
dent Causey
In the extension of welfare work at
the Drogon mills, Supt. C. W. Causey, \
has hit upon an idea that h? hopes l
will bring great results. He has do- ;
noted to the library a handsome Edi
son talking machine?one of the new (
kind?with a diamond pointed needle !
and Imperishable dice records. This '
machin? will also have an attachment '
by which Victor-and Columbia rec- '
ords may'be played. I
Mr. Causey believe-:; ihat this will' (
be one of the best ways of all tc stir i
the ambition of young people. There <
will be e ler^s, apd carefully selected
insortment of .sacred music, populur
airs, lecfourea ana addresses. The.
I mill paid half the cost and Mr. Cau^
I eey secured the remainder in person
al, subscriptions. lV The machine will ij
h? placed I in the . 1. ./ iry and used for 1
the delecntloo: and improvement ! Of 'I
I the people.
>:.. fm
COLUMBIA VOTED
$500,000 BONDS
To Extend Sewearge and Water
. Works System Into
Annex
Special Correspondency
Cctumbia. March 10.- The qualified )
electors or Columbia- voted $600,000 J
In bonds Tuesday to extend tho sew- 1
age and water works system into ter
ritory recently annexed to the. city. 1
The issue carried by a vote of 251 to t
S3.' The bonds will be a tien on Co- i
lumbm's water works and sewerage <
sytems. j <
? au illll>/M\Al nriAm.f ??? j f
ivic i KuruLi l twv ID \t
ALLEGED A TRUST |*
Against the Big Tobecco
Company
c
ft
Attorney General Preparing Suit i
r
e
i
(By Associated Press.) It
Washington, March 10 ?Attorney j
General McHeynolds tonight dccled to ?
prepare suit against the Metropolitan f
Tobacco Company of New Vcrk, under h
the Sherman anti-trust act; {v
\ The chief complaint against the Me-t a
ropolitan company Is sMeged dlscrlmt- n
nations against Independent dealers, o
who have charged th?' MetropQllfaa S
Cr.rr.pM?y'r> ??o?? Qus?ness ,ot h
Greater #ew York; 'Long Island and s
New Jersey is so'powerful"t^?t'.th'ey p
are in worse coaolfloe than before the o
dissolution of the oldAmerican To- o
bacco~ Co.
!
WOCATES
RAILROAD
WISHES TO LEARN IF CHAR
LESTON IS DISCRIMINATED
AGAINST
BY~THE SOUTHERN
Which It Doing Nothing to Build
Up the City by the
Sea mm
<Uy Associated Prems.)
Washington, .March io.-~Ct ?. ging
that the Sout'icrn Hallway w?i dom
inated by men not financially inter
ested in coal minus in its own terri
tory, but in minas elsewhere and that
for this reason Uio Southern was qot
allowed to move coel through port
at Charleston, ?. c., Senator Tin
man today introduced ?, resolution
lor a special investigation by the Na
val Affairs committee into Charles
ton's advantages aa a permanent point
for coal distribution as compared with
Norfolk and other Chetepeskh Bay
ports.
The committee would be cllrocted
to Investigate the character and the
proximity of the coal supply, rates ob
tainable on coal from kids near to
Charleston and Norfolk: i llations h*.
tween railroads leading li to Charles
ton and other South Atl yatlc ports,
and between those railrop is and cvscr
ers of bituminous f.oldr in Virginia,
West Virginia, Pennsj 'vanla, Ten
????? and Kentucky and whdltions of >
ownership of wharfago property in
Cbarl??ton and Norfolk.
Senator Tlllman sot r?.**- <*
appears from numerous c >mpu...>*
before the Interstate commerce com
mission, as well aa from other sour
ces, that the power and influen?a of
the So-called trust is being norstat
cotly used, through the management
of the railroads reaching Charleston
to prevent the free movement of coal
not belonging to the cpsl UUBt."
Mr. TlUrpan declared ta. his reap- .
lut Ion that is view of .t,h* early com
pletion of the: isthmian canal and of
.4ai>s>tsass to the- UultHKWW 1
Navy afld the - natlonbl defense ?en- .
erslly, to the development of an Am
erican' merchant marine and to the
development of trade with Central
America and South America, the es
tablishment of coal supplying facti
tabllshment of adequate coal supply
ing facilities south of Caps Katteras
Is deemed Imperative add the only
available harbor having sufficient
depth for the modern battleships and
larger merchant vessels as well as
extensive water frontags for the pro-.
Br handling of coal Jr. looted at the
port of Charleston, S.
Arguing that the efficiency or the
American fleet and the us^fulnosB of
Charleston as a coal distributing cen
ter, depended upon facilities of pro
ducers for reaching tUat bort. Sena
tor Till nmn decjaredt
*ii< ' , II?miiiHied by Financiers
"The Southern railway is dominated
by11 financiers who are not financially
Interested Itf the coal mines of the
territory traversed by the Southern .
railway, hut who are interested in ,
soii properties elsewhere, and due to
lie power and Influence of these men,
It 1s believed that the Southern rail
tray is not allowed to move coal
through the port of Charleston, which
:oai might become competitive to their
larger interests elesewhere.
"As an example of Ute a use of the
,)ower, the Southern railway, having
tad for ten years Its own raits reacti
ng from Cahrleston to the great de
veloped coal fields of Virginia, Ten
lessce and Kentucky, and reaching de
veloped mines with annual capacity
>f from twelve to fifteen million tons
>r coal, which has no other outlet to
lde water, baa moved no coal for out
et at that port and has made no pro
vision for docks, notwithstanding
hat it controls Its own riparian pTlvi
eges for Charleston.
"It la believed that efforts sre now
>elng made by individuals acting for
he so-called coal trust to acquire the
dght for coal docks sad terminal fa
duties in' Charleston so as to monop
>lixe tlva terminal facilities that s in
he same way that the big interests
low dominate New York harbor. Phll
idelphia, Baltimore and the ports on
lie Chesapeake Bay.
it Is believed that the so-called
loal trust is using other railroads
sading to the coal fields la a sltnl
ar msnnitr, not oaly to destroy pri
nts property, but in many. Instances
vholly against the Interest of the
ullroad thus used and tyrannically
iniast to the country in vrhich theso
all roads sre located and from which
hey receive their revenues and. pro*
action. '
"It is believed these railroads are
11 being dominated by the same In
luence, maintain a secret rate-making
fody of men In defiance of the law.
irho construct, farm out the territory
nd make freight tariff* to such mar**
er as to be free from every element
f. competition, and who have prectl*
ally destroyed the n*?r??j??-M ?* the
itcrostate- commerce commission I?
o. fay'as its affects the average shtp
' and tho small shippers on account
great expense and the extra
y delay brought about hy the
of the railroad.**