The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, July 09, 1914, Image 1
VALUME 1, NUMBER 147 Weekly, Eitei'llBbed i860; nally, Jae 18, 1914
ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 1914.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
S5.00 PER ANNUM
NAMED AS AS
WIFE OF D
COMMf
Charged With Firing
Bullet Through Heart
of Mrs. Louise Bailey
NERVE FAILED AS
JAIL DOORS CLOSE
Assisted By Husband and Sheriff
To Top of Floor, Mrs. Car
man Gives Way
(By Associated Press)
Freeport, N. Y., July 8.-Mrs. Flor
ence Conklin Carman, wife of Dr. Rd
wln Carman, was arrested today, ac
cused of being tim assassin who a
week ago last ni?ht murdered Mrs.
Louise Railey. wife of a Hempstead
manufacturer, by firing a bullet
through lier heart as she stood in the
physician's office.
Tonight Mrs. Carman, at whom the
finger of suspicion has pointed since
the discovery that she had installed o
telephonic instrument in her hus
band's office to hear conversations be
tween him and his women patients, is
In the Nar.sau county jail at Mine?la.
There she will remain until Monday,
when she again will be examined by
the coroner, beforo whom she pleaded
not guilty when arraigned after her
arrest In the room where Mrs. Bailey
died.
Mrs. Carman's nerve is shattered.
When the door of the Mine?la Jail
closed behind her today she pulled her
heavy veil from her face and broke
down. Her husband and tbe sheriff,
who took her In'an hutompbile from
her borne here to the jail, assisted her
to' the top floor pf thc .building.
Thc immediate . iinuse of the' arrest
wa& the .testimony fclven this morning
by Ellwood: T. "Bardes, an insurance
agent, whom the authorities called
the single reliable oye witness of the
crime. Bardes is also under lock and
key, detained as a material witness,
for bis story is of such importance
that the authorities feared that an
attempt might be made to get him out
of the jurisdiction of the New York
courts.
Bardes story, briefly told, is this:
At 7:30 o'clock on the night of the
murder, Bardes said, he determined to j
visit Dr. Carman to have him dress a
minor Injury. He walked to the phy
sician's home. Arriving, he decided j
he could dress the Injury himself and]
thereby Bave a doctor's fee. So he
walked past the house and then turned
around to begin his journey home.
At that instant he heard an ex
plosion. -He thought it was caused by
an automobile tire, but when he look
ed for the machine he could not find
K. He looked toward the lawn at the
side of Dr. Carman's home. A wo
man, tall, well built, hatless, wearing
a light shirt waist and a clark skirt,
was moving away from one of the
windows at the side of the physician's
office toward tho rear of the house.
She was walkin? "in a hurry," the
witness swore.
Bardes was discovered yesterday.
IIIB story might still remain untold
had he not mentioned it, first to a wo
man who telephoned the district at
torney, and then to a priest he visited
for advice! The priest urged Bar
dea to make bis story known. But be
fore an opportunity presented itself,
he was taken into custody by order of
tbe district attorney.
Bardes testified today after Mrs
Carman's 12-year-old daughter, Eliza
beth, had tried to strengthen her
mother's alibi, and representatives of
the manufacturers of the telephonic
Instrument told of selling the device
to the physician's wife and of install
ing it in her home.
Coroner Norton, after spending an
hour studying the. testimony, wrote
ont his charge, stating that he "does
on his oath say' that Louise Bailey
came to her death by criminal means,
by reason of a ballet fired into her
body with a revolver held by Florence
Carman.*' He then ordered Mrs. Car
man's arrest.
George Levy, MrsL Carman's
counsel, telephoned Dr. Carman of
this action.
Word was sent to Mrs. Carman that
she was about to be arrested and a
few -ai nut CB later county officials en
tered the physician's, office. Mrr. Car.
man. pale but controlled; accompan
ied by ber husband, tu'jr attorney and
others cama In a biip\ifoe later*. Cor
oner. Norton; for. ,ye%pr.; an.' intimate
friend of the family, with tears In his
oyes, read his charge, alli the, war
rant of arrest, ho had signed, Mrs.
Carman stood erect facing him. Be
tween them, on th^/rf?Of?piw a^ark
stain marking {he npot {-where Mrs.
Balley died. s ?. .
"Are yon guilty ot this charge or
not guilty?" asked an assistant dis
trict attorney. '
"Not guilty," answered Mrs. Car
man." J
"I'm sorry I had to--" began the J
(Continued"On Page-Four.) .
EXPLORERS ARE
PROBABLY LOST!
Eight Men Believed To Be Safe
On Wrangle Island Re
ported Dead
(Dy Associated Press.)
Ottawa. Ont.. July 8.-Eight mem
bers of tlie Stcfanson Arctic expedi
tion, who were believed to be on
Wrangel Island off the coast of Alaska
with the rest of the Karl uk party'
which was reported safe more than j
a month ago, are now thought to be'
lost, according to a report received,
toduy by Deputy Minister of Marine'
Desbrrnts fron. Captain Bartlett In
Nome. Bartlett commanded the Kar
luk.
The previous report from which It
was Inferred that the whole party had
roached Wrangel Island neglected to.
mention two parties of four, which
set ten days ufter the Karl uk sank-j
oue for Herald Isand und the other'
for an unknown shore. Neither of
these parties had been heard from.
The supporting party which ac
companied the lirst party returned
und reported that progress had been
stopped by open water three miles
from shore. Four men were left with!
provisions on the edge of the ice wait-,
lng for a chance to land. That was;
thc last heard from them. The four'
were: Officer Alexander Anderson,1
of Inverkeithing, Fifeshire, Scotland;
Second Officer Charles Bartlett, Sea
man John Bredy and Seaman Archi
bald King, all of Victoria, B. C.
The second party consisted of Henry
Beuchat, of Paris, the anthropologist
of the expedition, Allister Forbes Mac-j
kay, of "Edinburgh, the surgeon, of the.
expedition, who accompanied Shack
leton - on one ot his exp?ditions ; L. '
Murr?y/ of. Foxfield; - Hanta, England;^
the oceanographer of the expedition;'
also a Shackleton mad, and Thomas (
Morris, sailor. This party was seen '
a week later* by an exploring exped?-,
tion from tbe main party, which re-]
ported that Beuchat's hands were'
frozen and he peemed to be lr poor
shape but that he refused offers cf
assistance and transportation back to
camp. That was the last heard of the
second party.
On February 24 thc main party |
of fourteen white men and several
Esquimaux lett their camp at the.
scene of the wreck and set out for'
Wrangel Island, which they .reached
March 12 after a hard struggle. Cap-1
tain Bartlett, with an Eskimo, left,1
seoking help. He was subsequently
picked up Dy tue whaler Herman,
- a ptain Peterson, at Emma Harbor.
Bartlett is now at Nome waiting for
the ?American revenue cut?* r Bear
to take him with supplies ta Wrangel
Island.
HAKES BROAD ASSERTION
Claim 80 Per Cent of Audience Have
Small Aren of Tuberculosis.
(By Associated Press.)
Leeds, England, July 8.-Slr Wil
liam Osier today startled the huge
audience attending the conference of
the Association for Prevention of
Consumption, by telling them they
practically all had tuberculosis. He
KU id: "If, with the aid of radium and
a microscope, I could look at the
chests of tho audience I am address
ing, in 90 per cent of you Pd discover
a small focus or area of tuberculosis.
Sir William demanded In the inter
erets of the state, tho rigid enforce
.ment of control over consumptives.
MUST FACE TRIAL
ON GRAVE CHARGE
Mrs. Joe Johnson Committed To
Jail Without Bond Charged
With Murder
(By Associated Press.)
Raleigh, N. C., June 8.-At the pre
liminary hearing before Justice R. G.
House at Oak City, today, Mrs. Joe
Johnson was committed to Jail with
out bond, charged with tho murder, of
her husband, while out driving with
him Saturday.
Mrs. Johnson claims that a shot
from the roadside killed her husband.
The runaway horro and buggy in
which she was seated waa stopped at
a church nearby. Richard Manning, a
farmer! who was about a hundred
yards behind the couple when the
killing occurred, said he saw no one
run from the roadstdo , despite the
fact-that the moon was shining.
Throughout the bearing and since
the arrest of Mrq, Johnson, 'she haa re
mained perfectly cool and her only
concern has. buen for her infant
child. She is 22 years old and very
pretty. Her husband was 24. Tho
couple are said to have been estranged
twice since they were married.
PRES. WILSON
ON BIG BUSINESS
SUPPORTS HIS NOMINEES
FOR FEDERAL RESERVE
BOARD
DEFENDS JONES
Declaren It Unfair To Regard
Democratic Party Enemy
To Bun ?ness
(By Associated Pres?.)
Washington, July 8.-Declaring lt
would be unfair to regard tim Domo- j
eratic purty as the enemy of big bus
inosH, President Wilson today gav??
out a statement in support of Paul
Warburg, of New York, and Thomas
D. Jones of Chicago, bia nominees
for the'Federal reserve board.
"It would be particularly unfair
to the Democratic party and to 'the
Senate itself to regard it as the en
emy to big business, big or little.
I am sure that it does not regard a
man as an object of suspicion mere
ly because he bas been connected with
groat businefr enterprises. It also
knows that the business of the coun
try has been chiefly promoted in the
recent years by the enterprises or
ganized on a great scale and that the
vast majority of men connected with
what we have come to call big busi
ness are honest, Incorruptable and
patriotic. The country may be cer
tain that lt ls clear to members of
thc Senate as it ?B clear to all the
thoughtful men that those who have
tried to make big business what it
ought to be, are men to be encouraged
and honored, whenever they respond
without reserve to the call of public
service.
President Expreses Confidence
"I predict with the greatest confi
dence that untiling done by the Dem
ocratic party majority of the senate
of the United States will be of a sort
to' throw suspicion uppn such men.
Mr. Jones and Mr, Warburg in man
ifesting their .willingness - and ability
at . tho- eorvico . of the. government,
without 'thought - of personal advan
tage' in the organization of a great
reform which promises to be BO ser
viceable to the nation, are setting an
example ot patriotism and of public
spirit which the whole country ad
mir?e. lt is the obvious business of
statesmanship at this turning point
in our development to recognize abil
ity and character, wherever it may be
displayed and unite every force for
the upbuilding of legitimate business
along the new lines are now clearly
indicated for the future."
The president said today that he
earnestly hoped Mr. Warburg would
reconsider hlB decision not to accept
the nomination and that he was urg
ing him to do so. He expressed con
fidence that Mr. Jones would be con
firmed. (
REPRESENTATIVES
OF "BIG BUSINESS"
Held Lengthy talk With President
Wilson-Trrfdc Conditions
Discussed
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, J?lyS.- Repr?senta
tives of "big business" talked at
length with President Wilson at the
white house today about the adminis
tration's anti-trust program. Ten
leading members of the Chicago Asso
ciation of Commerce gave Mr. Wilson
their ideas of proper trade concession
and railroad securities bills, and as a
result of tho bills passed by the house
and pending in the senate may be
modified. Both the president and
the business men gave out statements
referring to the cordiality of the meet
ing.
As a direct result of the discussion
the president late today telegraphed
to Representative Covington, of Mary
land, who framed the house trade
commission bill, asking him to return
to Washington to confer with the Chi
cago delegation.
The president listened carefully and
interposed some Ideas of his own. Tho
question of business prosperity was
mentioned in a general way. and af
terwards officials said the president
had not changed his previously ex
pressed opinion that conditions are
growiag better.
President Wilson tomorrow will re
ceive Henry Ford, the millionaire au
tomobile manufacturer, a committee
of Illinois bankers and members of
the National Association of State
Bank Supervisors.
TWO VAUDEVILLE HOUSES
Will-Be Subjected to Investigation of
Magistrate*
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Joly 8.-Two of the principal,
vaudeville ' houses In Paris will be
subjected to an investigation by a
magistrate tomorrow. It la charged
that certain undraped scenes consti
tute an offense against public decency
and the managers, together with sev
eral actresses, will be interrogated.
MORE TROUBLE
IN MEDIATION
PARTIES CANNOT AGREE
HARD TO TELL THE
OUTCOME
BRYAN WONT TALK!
Says It Is Improper For Him
To Discuss 1 be Situation In
Advance
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. July 8.-Uordff dis
p?tenos slating that thc Constitution
alists would not outer informal peuce
conferences with Huerta representa
,tives was confirmed herc tonight.
Rafael Zitbaran and i.'.tis Cabrera, the
most prominent Carratti representa
tives here, had notlr' r; to say, but
word was that most ?- tin- Constitu
tionalist generals to tv hom the plan
for conferences had been submitted
had dlssproved lt came from well in
formed sources.
Minister Naon, of Argentina, the on
ly one of thc mediators iu Washington,
read the dispatches with evident sur
prise. He indicated that the medi
ators would take no action until after
the attitude of the Constitutionalists
I was learned officially. Secretary Bry
aud raid that it would be improper
for him to discuss the situation in ad
vance of the arriva) of Carranza's
formal an H wer to tho pending pro
posal.
That the Constitutionalist leaders
strongly oppose the Idea of peace con
f?rences did' not BurpriB? officials who
have maintained it. would be virtually
I impossible "to modify the plan of Gu
adal ou po. the platform of the Consti
tutionalist movement. This plan de
?clares a military government, shall be
set up after Mexico'City is conquered
land that no election; Shall be held un
til the country,?iiwiclfied by military
I rule. - The pregon?: purpose of the
Constitutfon?ltBta, <??}? is understood,
is to follow that pl gram to the iet
Reports' ?rbm. Torre?n that the dif
ferences between Carranza' arid Villa
had. been, composed, were verified to
day by agents bf both, but there was
an undertone, of comment, indicating
that it wac but a temporary truce.
The breab hos had a disorganizing ef
fect politically in. the Constitutional
ist ranga and evidences of it are now
manifest in Mexican circles herc.
Reports from the border today said
one of the conditions bf the agreement
between Carranza and Villa was that
Zuburan be retired from hi?-poet as
head of the Constitutionalists here.
Zubaran and Cabrera have worked
hard to bring about informal confer
ences with the Huerta delegates.
Despite the Carranza-Villa split,
it is evident, one common purpose of
all the Constitutionalists factions now
seems to be to force the conquest of
Mexico City and rule the country by
martial law. That neither the Uni
ted StateB nor Argentina, Brazil or
Chile would recognize a military gov
ernment ia tha?oplnion of many South
American dtpflmats.
In vi? w of the -lack, of definite in foi -
mn tim. not cn ly on the Carranza-Vil
la agreement but the purposes of the
Constitutionalist generals os to the
peace conferences, a definite expres
sion by the Washington government
Is not likely for a few days.
Should the Constitutionalists defi
nitely reject parleys on the internal
question, the Niagara protocols be
come nullified. Everything agreed to,
there was conditioned on the estab
lishment of a provisional government
set up by two Mexican factions. It
is believed that Huerta delegates in
a few days will announce the posi
tion- of the Huerta government and
leave for Mexico.
Whether mediation would termi
nate then, ending thc armistice be
tween American and Mexican forces
at Vera Cruz is another complication.
The general impression 1B that the
United' StateB will contluue to exert
pressure to bring the factions into
conferences and that In the meantime
some arrangement with the Huerta
government for the maintenance nf
the military status quo at Vera Cruz
will be ejected.
Another Phase
Torre?n, Mex.. July 8.-Another
official explanation of what has been
agreed on at tho Carranza-ViUa con
ference was not forthcoming today.
The Carranza and Villa secretaries la
sued tho following statement:
"The conference between various
delegates of the divisions of the North
and Northeast ended today with a re
sult entirely satisfactory to the con
stitutionalists movement and to the
nation. . Opporuncly, the public will
be Informed of tne pointa transnctel
at the conference. .
The delegates met again today to
prepare the report on tho trusnctiens
and it was understood that ono of the
re? ul is of the '...luiv.-eiice would bo
that the three Cons.-.itntfonnlist divis
ions hoon would move on Mexico City.
Mexico CHy, July 8.-Difference?
between the United States and Mexico
wero the-subject of a report read be
fore congress today by Acting . for
eign Minister Roberto Esteva Rulx,
who declared the trouble between the
countries waa bound up with the In
POLLOCK MADE
BITTER SPEECH
AT GOVERNOR YESTERDAY,
ASKED AUDIENCE TO
INSPECT
CAMPAIGN OF 1880
Voters at Union Were Noisy and
Made Things Unpleasant For
Three Speakers
_ i
(Special io Thc Intelligencer) j
Union. July 8.-The United Staten
senatorial meeting here today was
marked by u soige o? the most per
sistent interruptions of speakers that
hus occurred since the campaign open-'
ed. Three of the four speakers were
subjected to grilling remurkB by u
small, but noisy group that harangued
the speakers und kept up u rapid fire
throughout the speeches of both
Messrs. Jennings and Pollock and fur
into that of Senutor Smith.
For the first time the governor's
friends stayed today after the chief
executive, who was the first speaker,
hud finished. They heard Messrs Jen
nings and Pollock npply the gaff to
the record of the governor. Senator
Smith, however, completely refrained
from any discussion of the charg' ;
preferred hy the governor and utter.v
ignored the governor's record. Th s
is the second time that the senator
has had to face a hostile audience in
the beginning and then emerge in un
animous chorus of pleas to cotinue.
Mr. Pollock added a feature when
he held up for the audience to inspect
the Red, Spread Eagle Republican
ticket of the Garfleld-Airthjur cam
paign of 18S0. It contained the names
of several negro republican electors
from different districts of the state,
and that of J. Preston Gibson, a can
didate from-Marlboro county for. the
house of representatives, . ''and ap
pointed a member ot the governor's
.staff." . .'i, . >-'. .' ..?
' Mr.1 Jenn in gs launched into a vigor
ous defense or the neW primary rules.
When he told of his success os a
former, the question was asked: "Are
there any negroes over there?"
"Oh, yes," the speaker replied,
"some the governor pardoned. One
whipped a little child to death, along
with a loi of other."
Governor Please charged that the
,new rules passed by the state demo
cratic convention were made only to
"deceive our crowd. The rules are
wrong," ho continued," otherwise they
would not be defending them."
. When the governor defended his
don record on the petition plea one
enthusiastic fellow told the speaker,
"You haven't pardoned them all yet.
Open thc doors and turn them all out."
The speaker assured the'audience that
as long as petitions properly signed
and properly drawn up come In par
dons would bo granted.
FATAL ACCIDENT
IN CALIFORNIA.
Auto Runs Wild Down Mountain
side, Plunges Into River
Causing Death
(By Associated Press.)
Kennett. Cal, July 8.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Webber, of Berkeley, Cal., was
drowned today at the end of a wild
ride down the mountainside In an un
controllable automobile that shot from
the bank of the Sacramento river,
leaped across a flat ferry boat and
plunged into the river.
Z. K. Horton and hts mother, Mrs.
C. E. Horton, who were in the auto
mobile with Mrs. Webber, swam
ashore. The body of Mrs. Webber was
found four hours after the accident,
twelve miles away. Five thousand
dollars in currency Hes at* the bot
tom of the river in the wrecked auto
mobile.
BOMB TH BO WEBS ARRESTED
Police Make Opportune Arrests of
Wonld-be Assassins*
Paris, July 8:-Bombs found In the
possession of two Russians, arrested
nt Beaumont-Sur-Oise Monday, we'
intended for President Poincare, the
police believe. Four persons have
been arrested, pinong them Prince
Alexander Abachidze, member o'
aristocratic Russian family. It ls
considered significant that the two
Russians were proceeding in the di
rection of the department of Somme,
when President Poincare will spend
Sunday. An examining magistrate ex
pressed thc opinion that the Russians
were Involved In a carefully planned
plot.
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o VILLA REPORTED KILLED ?
o Mexico City, July 8.-A re- o
o port made public by the guber- o
o nacional department today said o
o General Villa had been assass- o
o inated at Torre?n by a woman, o
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PRESIDENT Hi
COMES TO
FOR
COLONEL DENNY
KILLED BY FALL]
Fell Over Balustrade While Walk- j
big In Sleep, Report Given I
By the Police
(By Associated Press.) .
Washington, July 8.- Colonel.
Plunk L. Denny, retired, of the Ma- I
rino corps, was almost Instantly kill- |
ed today when he fell over a balus- i
trude in his home to the floor below.
The report of the police said that he
was walking in lils sleep.
Colonel Denny's family believe that !
ho was seized with an attack of vertl- '
ar, lo Which he was subject, and fell
while moving about the house. He
Ktruck his head upon a marble top
table, crushing his skull. The colo
nel's daughter, nwakened by tho
crash, lound him dyiOR. The coroner
gave a certificate of accidental death. '
Colonel Denny was ono of thc een
tral figures in a controversy in the
murine corps three years ago In which
lt was charged that a number of the
stuff officers in Washington were
controlling the corps. Former Secre
tary Meyer of the nnvy department,
after an Investigation, ordered all the
officers coucernetl to distant points,
sending Colonel Denny to San Fran
cisco. Farly in his administration.
President Wilson returned all to
Washington. Colonel Denny was i
prominent in social and club life of I
the capital.
HENWOODTO DIE
SO SAYS COURT
Waa Denied Third Trial For
Murder of George E. Copsland
-W?i Pay Penalty
(By Associated PreBS.)
Denver, Col., July S.-Harold P.
Henwood, under sentence of death for
the killing of George E. Copeland,
was denined a third trial today by the
State supreme court. Copeland was
fatally wounded on tho night of May
24, 1911 when Henwood shot Sylves
ter L. Von Piiul. a St. Louis aero
naut, in the bar room of a hotel here.
The death sentence imposed by the
lower court 1B affirmed and it is or
dered to be carried out tho week be
ginning October 25.
The shooting created a sensation
in Denver. Henwood and Von Phul
hod quarreled over letters written to
Von Phul by Mrs. Isabelle Patterson
Springer, the wife of John W. Spring
er, a wealthy stockman and banker.
Less than two weeks after the shoot
ing Springer was given a divorce.
At the first trial Henwood was con
victed of second degree murder and
war sentenced to Ufo imprisonment.
Tlie supreme court granted a now |
trial which resulted in a first degree i
verdict. ?
Appropriation for Exposition.
Washington, July 8.-An amendment '
appropriating $r>fi,00u for an expos!-I
tion to be held in Richmond, Va., to I
commenmornte thc signing of tho
emancipation proclamation was writ
ten Into thc sundry civil appropria
tion bill today by the senate.
GOVERNOR BARS
GEORGIA TROOPS
i _
tissues Order Against Entering
! South Carolina En Route
To Encampment
? :" -
(Special to The Intelligencer.)
Columbia, July 8.-Governor Bleaso.
has refused to sign an order granting
permission for such troops of thc nat
ional guard of Georgia to enter South
Carollnn, going to or coming from the
camp nt Augusta, August next next as
may obtain tho benefit of a more direct
route thereby.
The order wns submitted to the
governor by W. W. Moore, adjutant
general, on the receipt of a communi
cation from J. Van Holt Naah, adju
tant genera] of Georgia, requesting
permission to enter South Carolina
with some -of tho troops.
This order, with others submitted
at the same time, were returned to
Gen. Moore by tho governor with the
statement that he would sign no fur
ther ordern until the military situa
tion in this state -was cleared up with
the war department.
"It waa a matter of courtesy sim
ply," sold Gen. Moore tonight." I am
aware that thor?) ls a law that does
not permit armed troops from anotbftr(
state to enter without permission. In
tho general run of things, however, I
do not think it necessary for them to
have permission." .
MINSON
ANDERSON
CONFERENCE
Discusses Proposed Ex
tension of Blue Ridge
Railroad
WILL IMPROVE
THE SERVICE
No Hope, However, Held Out
For Immediate Extension of
the Line To Knoxville,
Tennessee
A conference wa? heit) yesterday at
the home of A. S Farmer with Hon. ^
Fairfax Harrison president of the
Southern Hallway, und officials of the
chamber ol commerce., lue purpose of
the ?mine hoing lo discus* the possi
bility of the rompletlon of the Blue
Ridge railway to Knoxville. Th? con
ference lind been arranged several
weeks agc.
The nature of the, conclusions
reached at the conference were confi
dent lal, and ne statement' was given
out regarding tho snmo by either
President Harrison when seen at
WIllluiUHton by a rep' r'trtr for The In
telligencer Just before lils departure
for Washington, or by officials ot the
chamber of commerce, ,'when asked
about the matter last night. It ls un
derstood, however, that the conference
wag generally satisfactory. .
To Improve 8erv Icc, '
Mr. Harrison nt a ted, however, that
thc policy of the Bide Ridge would be
to Improve the service over that line
and make tho same fully up-to-date
and standard in every respect; the
road-.to ^ballasted, and steel equip*
.meat to. he' used, JV. ,-~v?? - ?-V ?.. >
Continuing, Herald:1 '"l?came to
tell theB?1 gen tl einen that vt*e" have a
very serious obstacle bf fore us right
now which places the extension of the
road over thc mountains ii.1 the Indefi
nite future
"That obstacle is in tbs gerg? of the
Tennessee river near Bushnell, not
far from Knoxville. Tho Aluminum
company of America, one of the two
largest aluminum companies in the
country, has certain rights In the
gorge, which they wish to develop,
spending approximately $10,000,000 on
the improvements. It ls necessary for
the raliway company to have these
rights for ns to extend our road
through tlie valley and.itis necessary
for the aluminum company to have
thc rights owned by the Souther
Railway company for , them to go
ahead with their developments. I and
the hoard of directors of the Southern
Railway company have been making
searching investigations hoping to ar
rive at some conclusion that will be
in favor of tho raliway company. The
conditions are serious, and are no'
shaping themselve" up so that some
satisfactory arrangements can possi
bly be made, but how soon I do not
know. I would not attempt even tb
make a guess."
Have Other Flans.
"We will continue to exert our ef
forts to work out some plan," declared
Presidelnt Harrison, "and In the
meantime we propose to give you and
thc people along the Blue Ridge rail
way the best service possible. The
placing of the gas-electric service on
the road recently I? only/One of th?
moves of our policy to increase and
better the Bervice. We have other
plans which will be made
known and made effective from
time to time. Capt. Anderson, super
intendent of the road, urges ballasting
the road between Belton and Seneca.
This we expect to do in, the immediate
future."
Concerning Ne? Industrie?.
Discussing thc possibilities ot build
ing up certain lines of new industry
and commerce along the proposed ex
tension of the Blue Ridge, President
Harrison seemed very much Impress
ed with tho prospective'' hardwood
timber business which such an ex
tension would secu*-?, n9 tl is known
that Inrgo tracts of ?*>?.'Una hard
woods, suitable for the best floorings
and fun..lure aie locntei*. In Prox
imity 1.1 the proposed extenSiO" He
was Impressed with th? co.itiuue?
growth of tho cattle and sheep itdus
try In tho foothlls ard oh the n?jun
taln ridges, and with tho futuro pos
sibility of securing psck?rles lt* this
section, supply to be received largely
from th a territory along tho proposed
extension. In fact, all these features.
Including the great ' tourist trade
which would be built up, coal slip
ment H. etc were favorably consider
ed. The extension Of the B?U6 Rld^O
means animately the accomplishment
of many new things. The tremendous
demand for more cattle and packerles
are an Incident thereof, duo to the un
precedented shortage of tho same in
the west, can be made a great indus
try In the highlands of. thia section
and a great source ^^Mf* to the
railroads, and this day'ls'rapidly com?
(Continued on Papa 4.). ._