Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TMK HIMTKK WATCH HAN. I'NuiIiIIhImhI April 1830. Consolidated Aup. 3, 1881. "lie Just ami Vtmr not?Lei ell the en da Thou Aimvi at be thy country's. Thy (iods and Truth' SUMTER, S. 0., 8 iTURDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1912. THK ilU'i, sol rnicov. ?auibUslied Jone, t Vol. XXXV. No. 34. WILSON WILL FIGHT RING. mKHirtr.xT-frXKCT wile not \ll\\l>oN new jersey. Governor 1%?*mi^ statement Saying II?' Will M?kr It Ills Itu-sln.** to Stnml Iis? k of the l*ro tt*+4w Member* ?t 111m Party. Trenton. N J , Dec. 17 ?Oov. Wil aon let It be known today In two pub? lic utterances tbat although he bad been elected to the presidency of the United states he would contlnuo to fight at every* turn the Smith-Nugent forces In New Jersey and any other elements In the nation's Democracy which he onstders reactionary or no n-progressive. He proclaimed as hla duty to "stand back of the pro? gressiv? forces In the Democratic party now and at every Juncture." and added tbat the Democratic party now baa arrived at a point where It i ust choose whether It will be pro? gressive or not." Just to what exten.. Gov. Wilson's fight either In New Je- scy or a similar situation eis?-where n ight go was not disclosed, but at the governor's offices It was made plain that even aa pres? ident Gov. Wilson would come back from Washington a.id go on the stump before the people of the ^tate against elements which be considered reac? tionary whenever the people of the State encouraged him to think they wished his aid and consel. His announcement of intentions was coincident with his return to his of? fice after a month's vacation In Her m i.da, when he learned that In the re? cent party caucus for the speakershlp of the New Jersey legislature I*eon Taylor was elected by a majority of four votes and was supported by the 11 assemblymen from Essex county, who are alleged to be controlled by th? gm Ith-Nugent wing of the party. Gov Wilson's choice for speaker, Charles Hsnneasy. was defeated, but the governor declared today he had found Mr. Taylor "always ready to do the right thing" and personally had ?o objection to hin. What the gov Ir. Taylor's election as opposed to Mr. Henessy. In the conteats that are forthcoming over importmt State oflces and matters of legislation ths governor believes that he must concentrate every effort to reduce the strength of the opposition wlag. The governor found things around ths Stats house quits exciting. The corridors were crowded with gossip? ing politician* Karly in the day he Issued his statement announcing to the voters of tho State tbat he would not forsake them after he went to Washlngu .. "I have been surprised'' said the president-elect's statement, "by the numerous Inquiries aa to whether 1 would continue to take Interest in the political affairs of the State after as? suming my duties aa president, nnd yet I realise the tignlflcance of these Inquiries. I?ast ?i mmer 1 warned the voters of the -Itate explicitly that ths men who fornerly controlled and discredited our polities wer' awaiting tLelr opportunity to recover their con? trol snd were (xpecting to find It. What I then said has been abund dantly verified by what has happened lo the interval. "I am keenly a a arc- that these nun have so little respect for the voter., of New Jersey tbat they think all they have to do Is to wait to come be>ck into power. They will be sorely disappointed. Ttey can not again impose upon th'j voters of New Jer? sey i f t r ? \ . i . n - -m- ? \ il mo? ment recover tha party machinery they will only ruin the party and put it permanently out of powe*. Every step they take therefore to reestab? lish their power should at once be exposed and stopped. 'Tho people of the ? ? I n<>. fssr I will become indifferent so long as their confidence encourggsj BJM to believe that they sytatl my aid and counsel 1 shall in the future use sveiy proper and legitimate power 1 have and every Influence at my dis? posal to juj port and assist the m w force* whi? h have regenerated oui life during the past two yasjfg 1 shall not go clack In tbla business for I und? t.stand my duty to b< I i atand back of the p gfft ShrS fOTC* In ? >o. hen I PAMi party ?ygf . 1 h? | ? l?ater a deb gitlon from AttgUat ??. .; i I on Mr. Wilson to u bim lo take up hla win'- r r.sld. nOS there. The governor said lo h i I re reived m ?ny Invitations |g Rinks h residente lo \a:-|o?M pines in South, but that bis enemb s in 't |S State ilreadv had begun to point to this an an evidence of his early exit from >.'? w Jersey affairs. The gov? ernor illd be was IM engrossed in LABOR OFFICIALS 10 JAIL IU TI.KU l>l ( I.AKI I> A PCKJITU K IN DYNAMITE Till AI iS. -ludge Anderson Delivers Scathing Arraignment of Turtles Pit:sued in Trlul and Frankly Accuses I'nlon oilu la I of Hunk Perjury?Butler's , Bond Increased and Failure to Pro- 1 ??in-'* it l.aml-. Hint in Jail?Dowd Released. Indianapolis. ih-e. 17.?John T. I'.utler. P.uffalo, N. T.i vice president of the International Association of Pridgc and Structural Iron Workers, tonight was locked in jail after his bi nd of $10.000 had been increased to $l*>.ooo and after the court had 9ald he committed perjury in testi- j tying in his own he hall a-s a defend* ant in the 'd>namite conspiracy" trial. I hfOSl t?> President Krank M. Ryan, I'.utler is highest in oilier in a labor union of 1-.000 members and with Ryan he is charged as btdng one of forty ofllclals who conspired to pro i mote dynamite ?'Xphsions, including I the wrecking of the Los Angeles Times building. At the conclusion of a day"s ses? sion In which both prosecution and <>fence rested their cases, with the pr. spect that the trial will he placed In the hands of the jury In eight days, I f ederal Judge Alb? rt B. Anderson de? livered from the bench a scatchln..? arraignment of what he termed "a display that ha? taken place here in 1 the last two weeks." "I don't believe." said Judge An? derson, referring to the stories of \lolence. riots, assaults, and dyna? miting: related on the witness stand, ' l don't believe and If I did I would not have any hope for this country? that organized labor stands for the things that have been shown here. "This man Butler took the stand today and swore to things he knew were not true and everybody here knew he was committing perjury. There are a few people In this county Wjho must he told that the law is the law and If there Is any gentleman In 1 this court room who feels that the shoe tits him, let him put It on. I have never seen a display such as has taken place here In the last two weeks and I have been a lawyer and on the bench for the last 34 years." Judge Anderson's remarks were made after the Jury had been retired for the day and after Charles B. l>owJ. Rochester, N. Y., formerly or? ganizer for the International Associa? tion of Machinists In Detroit, had bean discharged, leaving forty men whose eases are to go to the Jury. Charleston has derided to invite the Seaboard Air Line to extend Its Mod from Sumter to that city. JCCUSStt and Frccinan, two of the ?eVeU convicts who overpowered th< Charleston county chain gang guard No. 24 and escaped, havr he? n cap? tured. i ?-w n \ f ?? the New Jareey situation now to think of any varation and he would not have the State while there was a Ag?hl going on. He remarked that h? knew certain people had voted for him for preotdenl thinking it would i arten hi^ term as governor but that n? would continue to use hie every power In behalf of the people of the State. "There are plenty of persons who Used to own New Jersey and whose title |g now questioned, whoae ardent Ik Ire Ml to get rid of me," said the governor to the delegation, "i believe some of them voted for me for that reason. because 'hey saw a OhanCC of having me for only two years in etond ot ihres it s very Important that the peo? ple should feel that I'm still connected v.ih New Jeraey The party has now arrived at a point where it must ? noose whether it ahall be progressive or leu. and i can nol separate myself it' in the iii,'ht My conscience for b i ? no- to. i aec no vacation ahead of rnr foi * me tmo- to come, I don't frei as if I wanted ore- while there is a light on " So ii, ii,. granted to see the governor thsi late in ihe afternoon he ga\e up bop,- attending tbr h.napief ,.f the 1 BOUthorg OClety In New York tonight. He sent ?? telegram ol regrel bul Ihe Hosthern society oinclnls who had re< reived Mr, Wilson's promise long be? i. hn election ?'?t him on the tolc phone and persuaded him to speak ( even though he eould nol gel there In lime t?? dine ii" managed to k*i Ihrougk his work about 7 o'clock, dined hurriedly und look the 7.47 leynhrsk train for Now York to ipoak If the banu'i t m\E 10 BIG BUSINESS. WILSON SWS THERE MIST BB NO DELIBERATE PANIC, PrMidcjnt?o!c<ot Bays nitro Have Been Throat* b?t 11?* Is Not Afraid of Them, New York, Deo, it.?President? elect Wilson raised a warning finger tonight to any man who might de llberately start a panic In the Uni? ted B ates to show that Intended leg? islative pollolt h w ere wrong. In a speech at the banquet of the south-1 ?m Society Of New York ho declared he had heard sinsister premonitions of what would follow if the Demo? cratic party put Into effect changes in economic policies. The president-elect lirst distin? guished in his speech between "nat? ural" and "unnatural" panics. He . said in many cases panics had come naturally because of a mental dis? turbance of people with reference to loans and money generally. "Hu? the machinery is in exist? ence," hi? said, "by which the thing can be deliberately done. Frankly, I don't tnink there is any man living who dares use the machinery for that purpose. If he does I promise him, not for myself, but for my fellow countrymen, a gibbet as high as 1 laman's." The governor added that he meant no "literal gibbet" for "that Is not painful," but he said It would be a gibbet of public disgrace which would live "as long as the members of that man s family survive." j "America with her eyes open Isn't going to let a panic happen," con? tinued the governor, "but I speak as If I expected It?as If I feared lt. I do not. 1 am afraid of nothing." The president-elect's speech cov? ered a variety of subjects. He treat? ed first of sectionalism, declaring that it should not exist. "There Is a vast deal to do," he ! said, "and It can best be done by for 1 getting that we are partisans of any? thing except the honor and prosper- I itr *f tha nation itself j Mr. Wilson then referred briefly to provincialism and said that some people had an idea that all the thinking of the country was done In New York city. He said the South? ern society represented an Importa? tion of thought from the South into the great metropolis. "I am happy to feel that there is no longer ?i serious consciousness of sec? tional differences in the United States. There can be no Sectionalism about the thinking of America from this time on la-cause no hardheaded man nan prove that there are such things as Sectional interests." The governor here told his hearers of his strenuous day. "We thought we straightened things out in New Jersey," he said. "They won't stay straightened. There are some people In New Jersey who are happy that they can count the days when they can get rid of tue. Hut they are not going to get rid of me. A man can live in Washington and know what goes on in New Jersey and a man can nay from Washington what he thinks about New Jersey and he can say it in the most effectual way by mentioning namea "This anonymous assertion of in? iquity ought to be stopped. It's all very well to make public who owns the journals of the country but it also ought to be made public who owns this or that idea. If it can not be prodUOed by law it can be pro? duced by conversation, I have gone through a campaign in which I en? deavored to speak of things, not of persons but you speak Of person- by implication when you speak of things, and the plainer you make the speech the more effective you make the mark. The only way to keep out of trouble In the future is to see that your name is connected with the right thing. "I say this not BS a threat but to convey this Intimation that men have got to stand up and be counted nd pc.t their names down. 1 think BO soon as men see this is business i nd not amusement an enthusiasm will arise by Which it Will be revealed that honor and Integrity of purpose breed more prosperity than any other things in the world. God knows the poor suffer enough, .\ man would hesitate to lake a single step thai would ln volve any further suffering. We musi move to the emancipation of the poor. "The task ahead of me so far as it is making appointments to office 11 wholly hateful, but the task ho far as it 11 loadi rahlp of the United stat. h is full of everything thai Is bright and touched with confidence because I know that all you have to d ? is to appeal to the people of the United SAYS HE'LL GLEAN OUT PRISON bleabe contemplates whole bale liberation. Unless Legislature Abolishes Ho? siery Mill, Governor Declares lie will lOquul Arkansas (iovomor's Record of S60 Releases?Declares Ho will Veto Any Compulsory Ed nontlon Law Pniicd. Columbia, Dec. 17.?Gov. Please j today tent Governor Donaghey, of | Arkansas. who yesterday liberated | :i60 con\iets in that State, a telegram ! of congratulation. "He has put me out of business," said Gov. Blease, who was today making up the list of Christmas pardons and paroles. "If; the next Legislature does not abolish | the hosiery mill at the Penitentiary j South Carolina can look out for a 1 similar experience to that of Arkan- ! Baa," continued the Governor refer? ring to the liberation of the 360 con? victs in Arkansas yesterday. He says, in substance, that unless the Legisla? ture abolishes the hosiery mill at the Penitentiary, which he has fought so j long and bitterly, dubbing it "a tu? berculosis incubator," he will follow the Arkansas Governor's example and liberate the convicts. "You can say for me that I will as? suredly veto any compulsory education law that the Legislature might pass," said the Governor this morning in commenting on the proposed com? pulsory education bill, which Sena? tor Hall will introduce at the. com? ing General Assembly. The governor referred to the fact that opposing a J compulsory education law was one of the planks in the platform on which he won his race for re-election and ho said that he proposed carrying out that plank. j States on the right ground and put ; those who are wrong out of business, j I am not a brave man?because I don't know anything to be afraid of. | "Some people are making all sorts of sinister predictions as to the trem? ble out are going to get Into at Wash? ington. I don't think there should be any concern because it Is going to be public trouble and a great Jury 1b always going to know what the evi? dence In the case is. "I have been warnd by some news? papers about keeping the door open I because they have said so many peo ! pie want to get Into it. Perhaps 1 should have said that the door will ' open only to people w ho come to I transact business. i "I want to say that I may not be very popular by preferring business to etiquette but after I take the oath 1 shall feel (d)liged to transact busi? ness and will feel obliged to cut out everything that does not touch that business. But business has to be sup? ported and comprehensively presented i ; to the people, so 1 will not feel it i necessary to stay in Washington all I the time hut to lind out by conver? sation with my neighbors everywhere what they think, for it is a great deal more important to the country what you think than what I think." The governor discoursed somewhat vehemently on politics and said there was "too much manners in politics." and that "good taste often stands in I the way of public morals," "it Is not thought good taste in pol? itics." he said, "to say anything about one's opponent unless it is compli? mentary, but it may be very service? able." Mr. Wilson smilingly declared that since he had left "academic w Iks to get into the road" he had found an Increased temptation to profanity. "I think that the recording angel probably does not hear those things," he added amid laughter, "lor there is such a thing ax righteous anger." The sj saker here made reference to possible changes in economic policy, though he mentioned no specific thing. I "Some people say," he asserted. i "that business is going to be disturb? ed by the changes which are going lo I be undertaken by the Democratic party. I mean changes in economic policy. Business can nol be disturb? ed unless the minds of those who conduct it are disturbed. A panic, ac? cording to the dictionary, is really a state id* mind. There is hist as m ich money In the country the day after a panic as the day before, but it Is distributed differently as a result "f Ihe panic." Here the governor Issued bis warn? ing against the deliberate stacting of panic's. As he concluded his speech be remarked that perhaps he had rambled in his subjects, but thai he had tried to steer away from politics as much as possible. Throughout the speech there were frequcfii interruptions of applause, and tie re was a storm of chceri win n CONFERENCE MAY BE RESUMED OTTOMAN EMPIRE HAS LITTLE TO GAIN BY DELAY. Believed That Turkey's Decision Will Be sucii as to Allow Pence Dele? gate*, to Take up Deliberations Anew. London. Dee. IS.?The nature of the decision on which the Turkish gov? ernment arrived at today is not known ! hut it is believed to be such as to enable the peace conference to re- j sum*.' its deliberations. Considering that under the terms ' of the armistice Turkey Is d? arred from revictualllng her besieg t- I resses, she has little to gain due I delay. The growing strer JS the 1 military party in Constan f , how ever, may have an u* ?/ .cd in duence on the deve' t <?n the I situation. ^ The Russian pr w speech in >? the duma, whieV awaited with mW much interest, i ^ ded as a peace? ful factor, bu e same time it is a plain Intli ion to the world that Russia stands lirmi;' behind the Balkan states in support of their se? curing all the legitimate fruits of their victory and therefore may be regard? ed as somewhat in the light of a warning to Austria. The Servian government mean? while is doing its utmost to avoid needlessly provoking Austria. Premier Pachitch, according to a Belgrade dispatch, lias written to the editors of the leading newspapers, urging them in the interests of peace to refrain from publishing articles provocative to Austria and two pa? pers have been suppressed for attack? ing Austria. The ambassadors of the powers at their meeting this afternoon confirm? ed their decision to maintain impene? trable secrecy concerning their dis OUtaionS, but one of the delegates ob? served that the secrecy was only ap? parent, as on the most important questions the ambassadors would be ; compelled to consult with the neace j delegates in order to ascertain their intentions and the feelings of their countries. i S Resides, the same delegate added, it I would be useless to maintain secrecy on secondary matters when what is really of importance is openly and solemnly proclaimed to the world. He instanced the speech of M. Kokvosoff, the Russian premier, who, he said, today spoke before the duma, but in I reality addressed his statements to the whole of Europe in the name of j "the great Slavonic an 1 Orthodox power." M. Kokovsoff's speech, praised the civil and military virtues of the allies, promising them support from the j mother, Russia, who so far "is glad she has not t?> change the calm atti j tude adopted at the outset." j This in plain language means that the "calm attitude" might have been , changed in the past and may change In the future, If the rights of the I Balkan peoples do not receive due j recognition. However, it is asserted that the Austrian and German am? bassadors at the meeting today were most cordial although reserved. It is reported Count Heckendorf ex? pressed the desire of Russia that the straits be declared open only to the Russian fleet, and not the Heids of other countries, as his government wishes the Black ses to remain a kind of Russian lake. Concerning the islands along the Turkish Asiatic coast the opinion pr? vails that they remain Turkey's lu cause, owing to their proximity to the Asiatic continent, whichever other country possessed them would be a constant threat to Asia Minor. The idea is that these islands must belong to the state ruling Asia Minor. Albania is the hardest nut to crack, it being foreseen thai whatever solu? tion is adopted, it will be a future source of trouble. notwithstanding ronv colored predictions in the speech made today In the Italian chamber by Marquis Dl San .Julian, minister . f foreign affairs. if ottoman rule :.s destined to dis anpear from Europe, it is out of the question to have the Turks retain any political or administrative power in M ban la under any form, according t > the views expressed here, but it \a much feared that even an au? tonomous and neutralized Albanls owing to racial, religious, economic si 1 ? I ' ' <io\. Wilson finished speaking. Mrs. Wilson sat in a box with her daughters. The ball room in the hotel where the banquet took place was crowded, the list of guests Including many persons promtm nt In public life. The Wilsom will remain In Neu Volk until tomorrow. TAFT A TEACHER. WILL GO TO ALMA MATER AS KENT PROFESSOR After March i He Will Go to Georgia City for Several Weeks' Rest. Washington, I>ec. 18.?President Taft "has made up his mind to accept the proffer of the Kent professor? ship of law at Yale and probably will take up his duties at New Haven early in the spring. He will not be restricted merely to lectures to Yale students, hut may lecture, if he de? sires, in other law schools or upon the platform or engage in any other occupation which he sees fit. The analogy between the Yale pro? fessorship and Grover Cleveland's relation with Princeton appealed to Mr. Taft strongly, and when many of his close friends and advisers wrote to him approving his accept? ance of the chair at Yale, he decided to take it. The president will spend several weeks after March 4 in Augusta, where he has passed two winter vaca? tions. YALE IS PLEASED. Glad That Taft Has Ca>t Lot With Alma Mater. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 18.?The news that President Taft has made up his mind to accept the Kent pro? fessorship of law at Yale was re? ceived with keen pleasure in Y'ale circles here tonight. President Arthur T. Hadley said he was very glad the president had made the decision, and Dean Henry Wade Rogers of the Yale law school said he was delighted. and financial reasons, would be un? able to stand without even more di? rect assistance from the powers than in the case of Crete, which experi? ment for the powers was quite enough, and they are not desirous of repeating it. ^ On the question of the Servian de? mand for an outlet on the Adriatic \ M. Novakovltch, called "the Bismarck of Servia," observed that his country asked for nothing except what al? ready had been conquered with the ? Mood of her sons. j Indeed Servia was ready even to evacuate part of the coast of the ' Adriatic, where the Servian flag now waves, on condition that she be al? lowed to retain a small port connec? tion with the interior country which, ( without an opening to the sea, would suffocate. j - RUSSIA HOPES FOR PLACE. I St. Petersburg. Dee. 18.?A desire for the preservation of European ' peace, combined with the determina I tlon to defend with the nation's whole strength Russia's vital interests, was the keynote of a speech on Balkan affairs made by Premier Kokovsoff in a speech on Balkan affairs made by Premier Kokovsoff in the duma to* 1 day. M. Kokovsoff said: j "There is no ground for suspecting Russia of selfish designs or of a de? sire to aggravate conti lets. "Actuated by the sincere desire to co-operate in the preservation of Eu? ropean peace, the Russian govern? ment expresst s the hope that with tin- help of the Almighty, the efforts of the powere Will he crowned with success." NO MONET TROUBLE. Sofia. Dec. IS.?The finance minis? ter today declared the report of Bul? garian financial difficulties unfound? ed. He siid that Bulgaria was in a position to c ntinue the war for more than six months. SENDS FRESH ORDERS. Constantinople, Dec. IS.?The coun? cil of ministers today, after consid? eration of th? < u< stion of the admis? sion of Greece to the peace confer? ence, sent fr? th instructions to the Ottoman delegate at London. The nature ot the instructions has not been divulged, M KTRJ 111 i w SETTLEMENT. London. Dec. is. The Belgrade correspondent <f The Dally Mall s. ndl out the following: "1 learn that the Austro-Servtan dispute has been solved. Servia will recognise an autonomous Albania, re ceiving ttie use of a commercial port on tiie Albanian coast, connected with Servia by a neu'ral railway "The Seivian minister of railway a is leaving Belgrade for London for the purpose of giving technical advice t-? Sei \ lan peai e delega? a"