The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, July 07, 1914, Image 1
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 120 Weekly, Established 1SC0; Dally, Jan. 13, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS
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AT TORREON
VILLA AND CARRANZA'S AR
BITRATORS HOPELESSLY
DISAGREED
TROUBLE BREWING
Over Printing and Misdirecting
Thirty Million Pesas By Con
stitutionalist Agent
Washington, July I?.-The Mexican
situation tonight appeared tu he at a
standstill. It generally was helloved
here that no arrangements for a meet
ing to settle Mexico's internal troubles
could he made unti I he conference at
Torre?n adjusted differences hot ween
Vila and Carranza. This probably will
consumo several more day.-.
Dr. ?tomillo S. Naon, Argontine min
ister, one of tho South American med
iators, today discussed mediation at
length willi Secretary of State Hryan.
After the conference Ur. Naon reiter
ated his expression of hope that Car
ranza and Villa would soon adjust
their troubles and that Cnrrauza
woud be authorized by the leaders of
tho revolution to send delegate- to
confer with Huerta's -representatives.
Agents of Carranza herc received
reports from the Carranza-Villa con
ference at Torre?n, which ther in
sisted hold out strong encouragement
that all the troubles of th constitu
tionalists coud bc auiicaby settled.
The case of General Angele;, Villa's
?hlef of artillery, whom Carranza re
cently denounced, ls said to be tho
chief matter of contention now. Pol
iticians aro reported to have misrep
resented Angeles to Carra nz a, and lt
Is predicted that Angeles will be re
stored to the con?dence of thc first
chief.
Report Herta Chosen. ..
Meager .reports-of yesterday's elec
tion ita that part or Mexico' controlled
by Huerta? In which General Huerta
ls said to have been re-elected, though
by auch a scant vote that tho election
may bo declared void, caused no e.
citement in ofTlciai circles here. Prc?"
ident Wilson smilingly declined to to
comment on lt. There was au under
current report, however, that thc elec
tion was designed to pave the way for
some stratagem by Huerta. The ru
mor still persisted .that lie contem
plated turning the office over to Pedro
Lascurain and leaving the country.
Unofficial reports were circulated thu
a special train bearing members <
General Huerta's family and families
of some of his general had left Mexico
City during the doy for Puerto, Mex
ico.
Aa ratio of trouble arising over thc
printing and misdirecting if t*hJrty
millions pepos of constitutionalist
money in Washington came today
when a warrant was Issued and for
warded tn Bl Paso for the arrest of
Santiago W. Wlufleld, an agent of the
constitutionalist, treasury department,
charging him with embezzlement.
WALHALLA WANTS
BOTH THE TRAINS
Say That Motor Car Should Be
Extended To Walhalla For
Afternoon Trip Also
The editor of The Daily Intelligen
. cer waa in Walhalla for a few boura
and heard many comments upon tue
determination of the Blue Ridge to
switch the gns-elentrle train to that
end of the line. Everybody is much
pleased over the prospect and pro
mise to give the strongest kind of
support, und boosting to the propo
v aition.
Some of the Walhalla people urge
that the afternoon arrival of the gas
electric be extended from Seneca, the
proposed stop of the motor car cn its
second t rip. One weil informed gen
tleman Bays "Walhalla wants the af
ternoon motor service oh the Blue
Ridge atad feels that conditions are
ouch aa amply to Justify lt ? Walhal
la is the terminus of the road, and Ute
gateway to the mountains, then why
stop tba afternoon car at Seneca
when it is only bine miles to Walhalla
. or a run of: about 20 minutes'
. "If tho afternoon trip is extended to
Walhalla it will eliminate a delay ol
from two to fopr hours at Seneca fot
Walhalla bodnd ' traffic, passengers
and mall, and also will give us late af
ternoon service out of Walhalla* .with
eloae connections with1 the Southern
main line. In view of the aboye facta,
we trust Capt. Anderson can be in
duced to give Walhalla and West
Union the same service that will bc
enjoyed by all the other points on thc
. Blue Ridge. . .
MANNING MADE
EXTEMPORE TALK
i TO BELTONITES
Liberal Applause Given Speaker
On Splendid Oration That
Was Rendered
Special to Tho Intelligencer.
Belton, July t?.-Hon Richard I.
Manning, who is making the race for
governor, and who is conceded to bc
one of the leading candidates in the
race, spent today lu Belton, having
come from Spartanburg to meet tho
voters of Helton and vicinity. Mr.
Manning has many strong friends here
and spent the day very pleasantly .
meeting them and making new ones. |
Puring the evening a conference was ?
held here with a number of the strong
personal and political friends of Mr.
Mnnning. These are quite enthusi
astic over the outlook and are predict
ing a big vote in Anderson county for
their favorite. !
Yielding to requests of the crowd.
Mr. Manning delivered a strong ad
! dress late in the afternoon. There
were present 250 voters besides many
ladies and children. For an hour the
speaker held the undivided attention
of his audience, being accorded a gen
ourous amount of applause. The In
troduction was made by Prof. J. B.
Watkins, who paid hight tribute to
the worth of the candidate. I
Asked Ilarmony.
Mr. Manning began his address with
a plea for harmony in the state. He
decried thc appeals to prejudice and
and passion, and hopes tho voters'will
,cnst their ballots for the men they
believe fittest to fill the office for
which they are aspiring. He'discuss
ed the issues of the campaign and an
nounced his stand on the many inter
esting questions being discussed over
the state Just now.
The speaker was especially bitter
, In his denunciation of the violation
.of law in allowing the race track
gamblers to bold their carnival of
crime in South C. roi lim, although ?
.there ls a law on the statute book pro
hibiting such meets to be held. " He
said If he were ^le >d( governor he
I would issue an Older only once, and
if it were not obeyed the ollie lal head
of the person who refused would fall.
Speaking of the pardoning power
of the governor. Mr. Manning said that
If he were elected that he would
j doubtless grant some pardons, but
that they would be from meritorious
?.reasons, and based on evidence that
i there had been a grave miscarriage
of justice. He did not believe in thc
wholesale use of the pardoning power,
thus setting aside the verdicts of ju
ries and destroying the efficiency of
the courts. He would know no friend
or foe in the discharge of his duties
as governor, including the pardoning
of persons convicted of crime.
Compulsory Cdencation
He discussed at some length his
.views of the compulsory educational
matter now being made an issue of
thc campaign. Mr. Manning's position
is favoring a local option compulsory
law, that ls letting each Behool dis
trict or county decide the matter of
having compulsory education or not.
He argued that the entire state ls not
yet rea - for the use of this law, and
that ll were forced on it by legis
lative eu loree me nt it would result in
as great farce as would the passage
of a prohibition law in Charleston. No
better use could be made of the ex- <
pendituro of money than for educa- j
tlon, and education will not come
cheap. He stated that State Superin
tendent of Education Swearingen Bald
that if a compulsory law were enacted ,
now that the school facilities would,
not accomodate the children thati
would'be forced into school, and ttl
woutd result in overcrowding teachers '
thuB destroying the efficiency ot their
teaching.
The speaker stated that a business
administration of affairs 1B needed,
and referred to the fact that the pres
ent governor is at loggerheads with all
the departments, and that <t ls cost
ing tho state at least ?226,000 on ac
count of the failure to arrange the
matter of the refund of the state debt, j
The reception given Mr. Manning.
was '.cry cordial and he was several
times applauded. Many comments -
favorable to him were heard. - |
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i o Anderson county farmers are o'
o Interested .tn the grain festival, a
o Different sections hare, sent o
o word to the Anderson Chamber o
o of Commerce, snylng that their o ,
- o farmers will hove exhibits here o
o en Joly SI to contest for the va- o
o rions pr?tes. AU told these o
\ o prices trill aggregate $28? In o
o rash and they are well worth o
e working* for. The best bushel o
1 o of oats In all the selections will o
0 receive the garden prise of $160 o
o ! affered bj Foras? Smith. - o
1 a Anderson farmers should ire- o
> o alite that this la a great oppor- o
o tnulty fer them ead should o
o take advantage of lt. o
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CONFIRMATION
BYTHESENATE
OF DIRECTORS
TWO OTHERS NAMED BY
PRESIDENT HAVE NOT
YET ACCEPTED
JONES ON STAND
Makes Statement In Regard To
the Harvester Trust and the
Zinc Mines
Washington. July (5.-Tho nomina
tions o? tho flye members of the Fed
eral reserve board-Charles S. Ham
lin, W. T. G. Harding and A. C. Mil
ler, were conhrmcu taie today.
Tlie nominations of Paul M. War
tung or New York, and Thomas Jones
o' Chicago, have not boen acted upon
by tho hanking and currency commit
tee and probably will not be hofre the
end or the week. It was stated to
night that Mr. Warburg would ask tho
president to withdraw his nomination,
but acting chairman Hitchcock, or the
banking committee, tonight telegraph
ed an invitation lor him to appear on
Thursday and submit to tho commit
tee'r questions, lt was suggested,
however, that Mr. Warburg probably
would decline the invitation and that
thlr would be followed by an an
nouncemtnt from the White House
that tlie nomination had been with
drawn.
Mr. Hamlin. Mr. Miller and Mr.
Harding take tho oath or office within
a few days and the work of setting
in motion the new Federal hanking
system can be begun at once. Thc sec
retary of the treasury and the comp
troller of the currency are ex-offlclo
members of the board, which consists
of reven member?. The live will con
stitute a pourum to practically all the
preliminary business.
Hud .Tones Talking
Mr. Jones waa before*, the committee
for nearly four hours today to tell of
his relations with ? the. International
Harvester Company and' thc New Jer
rey Zinc company, both to-called
trusts. He was questioned at lengtli
by the members. No proposal was
made to the vote on a report to the
Senate on his nomination, but it ls re
garded us probable that if approval is
given it will be close.
Senator Hitchcock war authorized
to give .out information secured from
Mr. Jones. His report in substance
was:
Mr. Jones was asked about Iiis rela
tions to largo enterprises, one of
which war the International Harves
ter Company. Mr. Jones'' said he be
came a director of that company in
April 1009, purchasing one share to
qualify', at the request of Cyrus H.
McCormick, an old friend. He said bc
fully approved of all actions of thc
company since ho became a director
and he believed that they were proper
and within thc law. Mr. Jones also
announced he is in accord with thc
company's policy and raid he had
noth'.ng to lose or gain by the decis
ions of the courts in the anti-trust
suit in the Harvester case.
Owned Zinc Mine
Prior to 1897, Mr. Jonca told the
committee that he owned a zinc mine
at Minearl Point, Wis., capitalized at
$400,000 which came to him and his
brother in satisfaction.of a debt. This
cmopany was taken over by the New
Jersey Zinc company then capitalized
at $4,000,000 and the oJnes brothers
were given $900,000 in stock of the
New Jersey company for their $400,
000 In the Wisconsin company. The
New Jersey company acquired other
properties an dincreaaed its capital
to $10,000.000. It now produces 20
per cent of the smelter of the United
States, 3 per cont of the sulphuric
acid and 85 per cent of the oxide of
zinc. As a result of the various con
solidations the dividends of the New
Jersey company last year were $5,00,
000 and the year before $4.000,000.
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o. the modern newspaper, the ad- o
o vent ot electricity, or the knock- o
o out blows which a thunder o
n siorni can give. Last night a o
o terrific thunderstorm at about o
o midnight put the electric power o
o plant to the-bad,' and aa a re- o
o suit this newspaper was with- o
o out'power-for several hours, o
o resulting In the misfiling o
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The Tapestry Mode.
The Millionaire (declining to, pur
chase post-Impression creation)
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a'nt cud darra a better picture 'a
that,-Punch.
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POLICE PLANNING
FOR SUPPRESSION
Conference Held To Make Syste
matic Fight Against Anarchy
Following Deaths
Now oYk, July .6.- One aftermaths
of thc'dynamite explorion which
wcckcd a Harlem tenement houri?- un
Saturday and killed four persons, was
a conference of police officials today
at whisk a campaign wac planned
with a view to suppicssing Hie activi
ties of anarchists, Indurtrail Work
er? of the World and kindred agitators
in this city. Of tho four who met vio
lent deaths Saturday. Arthur Caron
and Charles Berg were reputed to be
I. W. W. members and Carl Hanson
was allied with anarchists.
An immediate rerult of the confer
ence today may be a decision by tho
city authorities not to grant a permit
for n public funeral for Caron, Berg
and Hansen in Union Spun re next
Saturday. Alexander Morkmnn, an
archist, lias announced that his fol
lowers have arrenged for such a fun
eral .
It was also suggested that the police
request the health department to or
der the bodice burned at once and in
this way call off the proposed funer
al.
Michael Murphy, of Auspenti. who
escaped hip companion's fate in the
explosion Saturday, has eluded tho po
lice who want, to question him as to
his knowledge of a possible plot to
make ure of explosives in Westchester
county, eil her ot thc ortato of John
O. Rockefeller in the Ttrrytown court
where Cnron, Berg and others were
to have been tried today in connec
tion with- tho anti-Rockefeller dem
onstrations. %
Murphy was identified today as ap
parently thR same man who twice
tried vainly to force his way Into
Mayor Mitchell's office a few days af
ter an attempt had been made on the
mayor's life in April. He wanted to
complain that a magistrate had un
justly fined him for speaking publicly
without a permit'.
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F?RItfEiOSIEB TRIP
?N A Tft?DES GRATFIC AT?ON
TOUR
WILL GO MONDAY
To Celebrate Inauguration of the
Gas-Electric Service, Party
Will Go To Walhalla
Every business man in Anderson is
invited to make the Bushiest- Men's
Trade Gratification trip to Walhalla
next Monday. The party will leave
here at 7:25 on the gas-electric car
and go through to Walhalla, where
a meeting viii bo held with represen
tatlver of ihat progressive city and va
rious business men from points on thc
new mountain highway between Wal
halla and Lake Toxaway which has
just been opened to ?he public.
Thc Trades Extension committeo
of the Chamber of Commerce, under
whose auspices the trip will bc held,
had a special meeting yesterday after
noon and whil? no special canvass
will be made, thc making of the trip
boing left open to all business men,
it ie desired that every one desiring
to go will leave their name at the of
fice of the Chamber of Commerce as
soon as possible, so that we may be
able to ascertain just who will go.
Dinner will be served at Walhalla.
The cost of the trip will be borne by
each person who goes, but Jt is believ
ed that a special party can and will be
secured.
There is a dual idea back of the trip,
according to Mr. L. Oelsberg of the
Trades Extension committee, who ls
acting as temporary chairman of the
committee in the absence of chairman
B. O. Evans, now in the East. The du
al idea ls to celebrate the inaugura
tion of gas-electric car service and
alco to the completion ; of the new
trp.asmonntain highway via Anderson
and Walhalla to the Carolina High
lands, and on to Lake Toxaway.
It is op nat ed that not less than
60 bigness men will make the trip.
It ?ta., not been decided yet who will
act as chief spokesman for tho An
derson party. It is believed, how /er,
that this will be offered to Mayor
lindeman, provided he will accept thc
sinne.
MO Si LEM HELP
House Befases to Act Favorably Upon
Wilson's Regnest.
(By Associated Prosa.)
Washington. July 6.- 'Members of
the Massachusetts delegation in the
house strove vainly today for favor
Ommendation that $200,000 be appoint
ed to relieve the Salem fire, victims.
After the appropriations committee
hndt refused to report a bill to provide
the money a motion to adjourn block
ed an attempt to haye the house act
over the committee's head and the
matter went over lndefiaiely.
RESIGNED HIS
PORTFOLIO TO
TALK FREELY
FRED WILLIAMS GAVE UP
GREEK DIPLOMATIC POST
VOLUNTARILY
IS NOW ENROUTE!
Wilson Had < .anged His Conge
Because of Albanian Story He
Fathered
HINDIS CAN'T LAND
('(mri ?if Appeals Decided Against
Wealthy Hindu-Test ( usc .Mude.
(Ry Associated Pres?.)
Washington, July G.-Formal an
nouncement of the r?sign?t lon of
George Fred Williams as minister to
Greece and Montenegro was i.iaJo
.ate today at tho state department.
t.ecietary Drayn issued tht-i state
ment without comment:
'Mr Williams requests Socn'ury
Hryan to tender to the presluen?. -ls
resignation as minister to Greece and
Montenegro. He r.ays that'the reason'
for his icsignation IP that hs cannot
common! upon the situation in Ail-a
ll la as'lu would like under .ht- re-,
strahlt 'niposed by his diplomall': so-1
?Hirn .Kid that he docB not fee? that
ho cati ciiiselontiously keep silpnt
wt?li Ibo knowledge which he hus of
v.hnt i? be^ng done.
..Il< Fsjyc that ho considers the suc
cess or the president mora imoirta-.-.
to tue wc rid than all of the .'Tforts of.
other ni.^n. and does not -vim to em
barran him and wishes io '.hu i.: hlt.l
?. r the consideration whin nas iiceu '
?*.?<.nn bim." i
Preridcnt Wilson is expected to ac
cept the resignation tomorrow and
CIOBC the brief and extraordinary ca
reer of Mr. Williams as a diplomat.
Aroused over press dispatches con
t?rtiialry quoting the minister as bit
terly criticising conditions in the new
Kingdom of Albania ami arraigning
the powerr, tho president caused his
renignatlou lo br- asked for by cable
last Friday night, lt ls understood
however, that Mr. Williams already,
hud the resignation on thc way to
Washington.
No Precedent.
The case ls said to be without pre
cedent in tho history of the State de
partment. lt ls not recalled that an
American diplomatic ropreEcntatlve
before has gone outride or his post to 1
discus:! tlie affairs of another coun
try.
In the present instance the comment
was regarded by the State department
as peculiarly untimely and ill-advised
because of the extreme jealousy with
which the European powers have
guarded the Kalkan powers. It is
considered by them as ono to bc dealt
with by European powers alone, their
position being precisely that of thc
United States government in regard
to the Monroe doctrine.
It was recalled tonight that even in j
the most desperate phase of tho Bal- 1
kan war, when the allies were1 clos
ing in on Constantinople and many of
tho diplomatic representativos in that
capital were calling upon their'gov
ernment for help, thc six powers In
terposed an effective objection to the .
appearance ot American warships in
the Dardanelles.
Europe for European?.
Secretary Moyer had rushed two ar
mored cruiserr to the aid of the Am
erican contingent In the Turkish cap
tai and on thc shores of the Bospho
rus. But those ships never got with
in the Golden Horn, for aa soon as
they neared the Dardanelles they were
diverted to the coast of Asia Minor at
the request of several or tho European
pu were, while Grent Britain took upon
lier shoulders i he protection, o? all
the Americans in that quarter of the
world.
It is now known thal early in his
mission. Mr. Willlamr sought to have
his powers conceded to include Alba
nia, but the State department declin
ed. However, it did consent to Mr.
William's earnest request to bo al
lowed to make a personal investiga
tion of tho Albanian -situation, and
there followed the statements con
Altens newspapers which lcd*o
tated in his contributions to Athens '
newspapers which led to his resigna-'
tlon. j
Mr. Williams was onco a member of 1
congress years ago and ls a close
friend of Secretary Bryan.
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o o:
o Thore were ' no campaign o'
o meetings yesterday. Tuesday o,
o candidates for govornor and the o
o United States Senate will attend o
o a big picnic at Batesburg. Wed* o
o i.esday, candidates for the sen- o
o atc resume, H peaking at Unioji. o
o Candidates for state office o
o speak Thursday at Lexington o
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MANIFESTED INTEREST
IN SCHOOL'S SUCCESS
SPLENDID ADDRESS FEATUR
ED MEETING
MANY WERE HERE
J. F Swearingen, Dr. LaBruce
Waio, Miss Hite and Miss Car
lington Made Addresses
That Anderson county is deeply in
terested in education is a fact well
known and yesterday's mooting of thu
county school trustees further demon
strated this fact. The attendance was
good and the trustees paid close at
tention to ?'very word uttered by the
several speakers during the day.
The meeting was called to order
with Dr. W. A. Tripp, president of the
association, in the chair und Dr C*. L.
Guyton was secretary. The commit
tee on constitution, appointed at the
lust meeting of the body, made Its re
port and u splendid set of rules met
with the approval of the entire body.
The constitution submitted waa
adopted.
A feature on the program was an
address by J. B. Swearingen, superin
tendent of education, and he handled
his subject in a very practical man
ner. He stressed especially the ne
cessity of running all schools for not
lesss than seven months and assign
ing to one teacher not more than iii?
pnpih-. Ile spoke from the view point
of one with experience in such mut
ters mid he told his hearers how tho
best results are to ho obtulned.
Another address of great Interest
was that of Miss Maty Eva Hite, of
the Kural School Improvement Asso
ciation. Miss Hite stressed the im
portance of having good, clean, com
fortable school rooms and plated out
that much better work could bo dono
in such surroundings. She advsied
her hearers, if they desired to realize
the most good from their schools, to
erect such buildings.
Miss Maggie Gnrltngton, rural
school supervisor for Anderson coun
ty, followed Miss Hite und told of her
experiences In Anderson county
schools und outlined the work that she
liopes to accomplish tn the future in
this county. Following Miss Gariing
ton's address, the '^ody adjourned for
dinner.
Tlie afternoon session saw one of
the most interesting and instructive
features of the day. the address by Dr.
J. LaGruco Ward, director of rural
sanitation In South Carolina. Dr.
Ward's name is familiar in almost
every section of the state, because of
the splendid work that he has done.
He hus been largely instrumental In
ridding South Carolina of the hook
worm and in varions other ways has
done much to Improve conditions in
this state.
WORK IS STARTED ON
LAYING HER MAINS
CONTRACT AWARDED TO
BLAKENSHIP & McCLELLAN
BEGAN YESTERDAY
Southern Public Utilities Co. Is
Expending Between $20,000
$25,000 On Improvements
Work was begun yesterday on re
placing the four-inch water mains in
Anderson with six-inch pipes and
ino contractors will hurry the im
provements ?tong as rapidly ua pos
sible. .
It was announced yesterday by the
Southern Public Utilities Company
that the contract for thc work had
been let to Blankenship & McClellan,
a well known contracting house ot
Charlotte, N. C., and these gentlemen
had a force of hands in the city yes
terday, beginning the work. They will
linter increase this force and use all
possible haste in getting the new
mains ready for use.
This step means a wonderful im
provement in Anderson's water ser
vice, especially for fire fighting pur
pores, but it also represents quite an
outlay of money for the local com
pany. They estimate that lt will cost
them $25,000 to have the work dono
and it will certainly cost not less than
$20,000.
Unwarranted Liberty.
You are taking a liberty when you
pat a strange horse on the newe. Sup
pose horses went around patting man
on the nose.-Louisville Courier-Jour
nal.
TEN NOTED DETECTIVES
WORKING ON CASE DAY
AND NIGHT
NEW WITNESSES
Give Testimony, Character of
Which Is Unknown-Sheriff
Won't Talk
Froporl. N. V., July G.-Tho hoad of
a mn ional dotm:lIvo agency tonight ha
gan an investigation into tho murder
murder of Mn*. Louise Malloy, who
was killed mysteriously in the office
of Dr. Elvin Carman lapt Tuesday
night. This detective is in the em
ploy of tho Nassau county authori
ties and ten men from his office are
working on thc cuso.
After the chief hud inspected the
grounds and the Carman house, be
returned to the lawn and the murder
wau rehear Ked.
The Inquest into the murder of uirs
Dailey wus abruptly adjourned today
until Wednesday. Tills action was
taken in order to give the authori
ties a lhancc to Investigate v..eral
new clues and to look Into the story
told lust night by Dr. Carman, who
informed tho polio- .hat a bicyclist
who hod followed !.. mtomoblle from
Rockville Center, nour hore, had fired
throe rhotB nt him while he waa
driving along a lonely stretch of the
road.
Secretly Questioned.
It was learned later from Sheriff
Pettit that after it had been decided
to adjourn the inquest, two witnesses,
whoso identity the Bherl ffrofueed to
disclose, had been brought into the
Elks' Club, where they underwent an
examination, tarting more than an_
hour, behind closed doora. The sher- ~*
i HT refused to discuss his conversation "
with these wit ti onsen, further than to
Bay that their statements wore o? tba
highest im poi t anee.
Four persons living near the spot
where Dr. Carman said thc attempt
was made upon his life told the in ves
ti gat ot s today that they too had heard
shots. Dete tlves were unublc, how
ever, to lind any one who had heard
the shot which J. W. Hoff. Jr.. a res
ident of Lynbrook, a neighboring vil
lage, said today was ilred at him early
today while he war driving his auto
mobile outside Freeport. .Haff, who
resembles Dr. Carman in figure and
face, ls the owner of an automobile
of a type similar to the one of several
owned by the physician.
Stories Didn't Tally.
The luquetft was adjourned after
several witnesses had been heard. Two
of these witnesses, Miss Hazel Combs,
a patient of Dr. Carman's and Miss
Annuli Kuhn, a f.lend who accompa
nied her to the office of th, ?vaician,
less than an hour before Mrs. Bailey's
was murdered, flatly contradicted
Mrs. Carman's eta^L.meut thut she was
not walking arosJR the ground floor
of her home laijfSgnt, was not In her
husband's cfilcff and had not admit
ted uny patients.
Both of these women swore that
they had soon Mrs. Carmon enter her
husbund's office to answer tho tele
phone and corroborated thc testimony
of George Gelder, the witness who
ter.'.Hied Friday that Mrs. Carman
had admitted him to the house.
The corroboration combined with
thu testimony given by a negro maid
in tho Carman house, constituted
what was declared by District Att
orney Smith to be the most Important
information elicited during the day's
proceedings. The maid, who admit
ted that she had a long talk with
Gearge Levy, counsol for Mrs. Car
man, after the murder, appeared to
be troubled with a serious loss Of
memory to many vital question* she
answered. "I don't remember." When
asked If tho knew whut perjury- was,
she. asserted that sometimes he could
remeuih? evania and sometimes she
cou? not. .
STORM VISITED
CITY LAST NIGHT
Tremendous Electrical Display
Put Lights Out of Commission
and Started Fire |)
Shortly after midnight last night an
electrical storm broke on Anderson
county. The display waa wonderful
and ash af tor ash'of lightning brought
deafening peals of thunder. The elec*
trie lights in the city would go out and
come back on at intervals of about
minutes. Finally the rain carno and
fell in torrents for. a few minutes?
then ceased.
From the city a bright glow could)
he seen, appearing shortly after th?
storm began and lt is presumed that
n house was burned somewhere in tba
western part of the county. It seem
ed that it was several. miles in tho
country, but it waa Impossible to get
any details about the blaze, last night.