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-.1,11 t II UK.I s IHM ?HU |tl IM. Dl MMV AI.LIKD TO W ILL Mill I I AM) UQfJOil , INTIHlVIs t uderwcsHl Replies and I- laiXilj Ap 1.1.null .1 by Irl low Member*, ol II?mix*?Denies, i harm 's Made AgaliiHt II Int and Point-? out Coun? ter < barge*-, ho t.'ouM Mukr Against HoIihoii?How creates Imorcet in HotlM*. Waahlagton, Ocl lt.? Repreeenta? \w>' Ki hiiiomi. Poajaou Hobfjon of Albania 0*4 bis colleague, Ma.jont> Leader I nderwood, lodaj engaged a bitter debute on the II?., r oi the house over the senatorial contest in their Kala, in which the] a:.' rival candidates. Tlu- oratorn al dual Waa precipitated by Mr. Hob-urn ititerat? ing utterances be made last week in a speech at Wetumpku. Ala., intimat? ing that Mr. I'nderwood was "the to. I of Wall street and the liquor In? lerests' and charring that be had gained Alabama's support In the last presidential campaign through false i ? i Speaking to a question of persona pr.\ile?e in answer to a charge Ol "absenteeism" made against him last week l?\ HtpffaHPrtHlIf, Donovan of fonne? than. Mr. llobson hud ?levoted an hour to an explanation of his rec? ord in ( ongress. Then he declared that in the ea m pa ign fof UN senate the Alabama party gagderi had look ed for a man t<? beat him and that the liquor Interests were behind every effort to def.at bun. Discussing his recent pee. h and the in'iirii?'iil that he waa a supporter of I'mb t wo d for the Dagaaerallc preetdentlal nomlna? tton. Kepresnetati\ llobson assert? ed he did not know at that time that Thomas I ..(tune RjTOJ bad contribu ted $;;i.0<?t) to the I'nderwood cam? paign and that the people of Ala? bama dol MM know It. Mr. I'nderw.1 declared Wh*0 he took the floor that he had n- t wanted to be- a candidate for president; that he h.id oosoosttd upon tui baeii thai he should remain at his pla t in tin bouse framing a tat iff 1 iw upon which the party could base its eampaign, and that he had nothing t ? do with the management of it. tba. being under? taken I v Senator l':in vlo ad. Later. In- said, he learned that Mr. Ryan had contributed to his campaign sole-' ly because ho was a Southern man. and he suggested that Mr. HobflO | did not accuse Theodore IloogOVOlt Of President "Wilson of being tools of tlo Interests because of w alth contr.b* uted In their campaigns. When challenged b> Mr. Puder wood as to his exact I-barges, Mr. llobson stated that hi- had said to the people of Alabamu that Under* wood was a 'Mummy used managers In the interests of Wall iitreet."' und "thut if you were a dum? my, then you could be :se,i again by the lb,uor interests or .my other In? terest. " "I said to the pn pie of Alabama.' he said, that the Kcntlcmnn < Mr. I'n? derwood ? Is slmpl\ the type of poli? tician thut hud reigned but is to he dethroned, a type thut pluys the game ami allows to come into the game agencies that help to win. With out r< tle< tion on his moral integrity or his ? haraoter. 1 make that state? ment. " M.- Pnderwoo<| detailed his record of I > .car- in congress, challenging any one to prove that be c\cr had \otc?i f,,r anytNng but the best inter? ests of his e,a.sut utcnts. "No man an I M interest, however gnat or important." he declared, "has e\er used me as a tool ? r a dummy. 1 hu\c Just returned to tin house a meat trust placed in nn hand* that In | ears gone by has been aubjeet to tlx so inflOeaeef referred to b. in and \et 1 challenge ihe gentle? man from Alalama > < nn> other man here to show that nn\ influence has been used In my administrativ H Of that tru?u." AnsweritK' the charge that he Wll favorable to the liquor Intereeta, Mr. Vndi rwond laid Ol bow he bad Sup? porte?! and voted at the last session for Um anti-shipping llejuof bill Which the li>iu r interest* dol all in Ihell power to bill "If I ha\e been the tool of Wal atreet or the llquof interests, then th? Democrat! pirli baa been, beeauai m> raeatd up record ol Mm Demo ?ruhe part] ii i> yean of eef*rlee.'< Mr. Underwood raid thai ihe peopk of the Mouthero .-fates ay he eupporte* Mm at BaMhnora would not havt boon nohowiod if hi had boon norai lotted of eleeted. ,-ii orai not a ram pntgn cotitrtbutloo the; were eupporl i'ii',' io -!e lan d " Had I kix w i1." shout, d I |ol ? Oil ? that Thomas fortune Hum. the mat whom mi. Bryan rebuked before lh< j'aittmor* convention end aeeueed c heir ir ' lo f- ol Wall -t i . ha. gannrcfl Ihe major portion of th< campaign of tloeaf W. I n b rwia il, not only would not ha\e RUppOfftlN him. but would have foughl him an wbn' it more, he nc\?r Would b i been 'be hoiee ol the people of A |a lan.a. The support of lb. people , Alabama fof Mr. Underwood for president was secured nndor falsa pre? tenses ami i here declare that their SUl fort of him for the United States nets shall not i?o obtained under Similar false pretenses." Hoheon referred to the conference on the tariff i> u wl i h struck out the Pomerens amendment requiring the full revenue t ix on brandies used in fortifying wines, lie charged that in agreeing to that Underwood had con? sented to let more than $7,UO0,UUU "rest In the pochetS of the liquor in? terests." After explaining briefly the i istory Of that amendment, Mr. Underwood turned to answer Mi Hohson's gen? eral charge. 1 is there any othei man in this hamber who believes the charge that I am or ever have been the tool oi Wall street?" he demanded, svaying in his pia< ( t?. face evgry m imber present, "No, no." shouted members of both .vi.lt a Mr. llohson attempted to intSITUPl Mr. I'nderwood but desisted when members shouted, "Sit down, you've had your time." "I was tOld?" continued Mr. Under? wood, "that Mr. Ryan had Rinds a contribution '.o my campaign fund, that he ha<! done so without asking any question whatever as to my poll clca saylag that it was given solelj on the basis that he was s Southern man and wanted tO see a Southern man elected president. 1 hots the gentleman charge that Theodore Roosevelt is a tool of the interests because George W. I'erki is contributed to his campaign fund? Dees he ( barge the present president oi t is Uhlted Stat? s with being a tool Of the IntSFBts because Mr, llc? t'ormick subscribed to his campaign or because Thomas Fortune Ryan Subscribed $10,UU0 to his campaign when he was a candidate for governor of New Jersey? Ther^ was not a single candidate for president in any party whose campaign was not financed in part at least by wealthy men oT New York just as intimately Connected with Wall street as Mr. Et) an. "1 do not regard President WllSO i as a tool of the interests. 1 regard him as one of the greatest statesmen of America, Tits gentleman from Alabama will never get the president of the United States to agree with his statement that 1 am a tool of the interests. The president knows where I stand and what 1 fought ft r." The Democratic leader said he did not Question Hohson's motives nor ( hallenge his integrity but pointed out that he had opposed free lumber in tin ItOI tariff light and had al? ways 'supported the propaganda of the ?nat shipbuilding Interests." "I could as well ( barge that he is .i tool of tIi? - ship building Interests as he can cham?- that 1 am the tool oi any Interest," shouted Underwood, When Mr. i'nderwood concluded the house cheered him ioudiy ami tin dispute seemed to be over, UIRL SLAIN IN HOTEL. Dorothy llaugli of Valdosta Killed In TlMSgiSHlHo. du.?RenalttS a .Mys? tery. ThomaevlUe, u.a., Oct, IS.?Mb Dorothy Haugh, aged 14, formerly of Krm.w die. 'lYnn., ami employed as a stenographer in a Valdosta bank, was found dead in lit r hod mi a local hotel this momlng by h r mother, who went to her daUghtCI I room to awak? en her to take the morning train back to Valdosta The case is a niyster kous one ami opinion here is divided to whether It Ii ons ol suicide or mil rder. The girl came to ThomaevlUe to ipend Sunday with her mother, who tr;i\e!s for a largS publishing house. At t o'clock] this morn Ins Mrs. (laugh wenl to bei daughter's room ami found the young woman lying in a ?oo| o! I lood on the bed, She wore a kimono atui her hair was up, appar? ently having beet, recently fixed, .\t Aral it wes thoughl she had died from t hemorrhage but a millet wound in the head end ? pistol nearby with one emptj -be'l end live loaded (hamber. told the story, Rxamlnatlon showed that the whole fronl of the skull had been shattered, apparently by a blow from a blunt instrument. The young woman h?d often threatened to take her hie. being deapondeni over the fa< t that her mother end herself could nol live together, she is sur? vived, besides hei mother, by a young? er sister, who now lives in Thomns v die. and her father n citizen of Know -lie. MINISTER l*LK.\KHH rrp.v Washington. Oct. 15??George Reno, chief -f 'he bureau of Information of the I'ttban government, <;tiied on gec r. en Bryan at the state depart? ment, it. bore a message from (he Cuban rereiarj ol stats i" Hecretary Bryar lo lie effect that the people of t'llb.l ? greatly pleased with the new American minister, Capt, WilHim K i lonsalea CAPT. INCH OF URANIUM LINER DESCRIBES BtftlNING OF VOLTURNO. Depicts Battle with FUnnee to Bavo the Ship and Lite, which Knds in Deffoal for Crow?The Abandon? ment of the Ship. New York, Oct. H.?Capt. Francis i Inch, whoso steamer, the Volturno, was burned at sea with the h>ss >f 18.6 Itvee, tonight told his story of the dis? aster. It is a plain .seaman's tale, but in it, line by line, the horrors of the disaster and the terrible ordeal through which passengers and er'\\ ' passed are brought out wtih marked directness and simplicity. From its beginning, where the outbreak of tin , lire which spelled the doom of th" Yo turno is recorded, the narraMW 1 goes to the point where the blas'nd rhlp was abandoned, the remaining passengers taken off, and the captain and what was left of the crew board? ed the waiting Kroonland. Capt Inch, however, does not say what caused the fire. Although all pos? sible measures were taken to subdm lue tire the captain's story shows that it was impossible to save the watch below. The men were trapped in the foiecaetle and burned to death, their fellow sailors helpless to aid them. Tht n came explosions which wreck ed part of the midship section of the ?teainer. The call for help by wire? less bad none out as soon as the llames shot trough the forward hatches and the crew was doing its lighting best to stay the progress of the blaze until assistance should ?come. It looked then as if there was no possible chance to save the steamer and although the seas wore running high and the Yolturno was rolling heavily the captain had boats pro? visioned and swung out. "Boats Nos. 1, .1 and B were smashed," is the simple way Capt. Inch describes the first re? sult of the attempt to launch the life craft. Hut Chief Officer Millers' boat got away and although she capsized, throwing everybody out, she eventual? ly righted herself and Miller and several of the crew got aboard her. Another boat, described as No. 6, commanded by Fourth Ottteer Fang? seil, also got away tilled with steer? age passengers. Capt. Inch knew nothing of tija Jate of these boats ami so far as is known no one else does. Capt. Inch describes tht; arrival, one by one, of the rescuing craft, summoned by the wireless operatois, who worked until 11 o'clock at nUnt when the tiro had progressed so f:\r that the magaslne or the bridge, con? taining signaling rockets and lights, blow up, carry inn away the aerial ap? paratus and compelling the wireless men to cease their ( fforts. Tin- Voltumo's master covers in a fee words the progress of the lire through the night ami tells how when jhe rescue steamers came up and failed beeaust of the heavy weather to gat boats to the burnnlg liner some passengers jumped over? board and were picked up by the at? tending craft. By midnight the lire had worked its way aft, but this dire? ful news was kepi from 'to passen* Bars, the captain says, and there was no panic. j Fearful that tin tiro might burst through the aftordeck before day? break and transform the entire Steam* er into a mass ol Maines, the captain and crow worked hard through the small hours making rWts for use in ' an emergency, requiring quick aban? donment Of the steamer. But the night passed without the happening Capt. Inch feared, and wind und sea having moderated the transfer of the passengers to the steamers hovering ..bout the blazing Volturno was begun ai early dawn and accomplished in less than three hours without mis? hap. By that time the fire was eat? ing up through Hu- aller hatches, however, and ('apt. Inch and crew left the doomed steamer to her fate. Capt, 'm il sent his story of the disaster by wireless night item the i Kroonland, on Which he is being tut U3ht tti this port, to the officers of the Uranium line here. Capt, Inch's i arrsi Ive reads; ? At 6.60 a. m.. October *.*, 1013, latitude 40.12 north, longitude 34.51 West, tire was reported in hold No. 1 i>\ chief officer, At 6.5S a. m., flames were burning through No. l hat? ins. setting tire to the forecastle ami all I tic Uttings, l slowed the ship down ami Kept her before the wind to en? able us to put the .steam extinguishers In operation, also three lire hose from deck connections. The flames were gaining rapidly, reaching the height ot the foremost light and Imprison? ing Ihe watch below, win. were burn? ed tu death in ihe forecastle, \ series of explosion occurred, a reek ins 'he saloon ami hospital amidships, the compass and steering ?a ?nr nlso Peine, damaged by the explo? sions. I gave orders to gel help Pv Wireless as sonn as the flames burnt the hatches. ' it seeming)) being Impossible lo ?a\e tin- shlpi I had boats provisioned and swum: out. The ship was rolling , heavily, Boats Nos. 1, .". and ."? Wei smashed but No. 2 was lowered in the water with cabin passengers and stew dess in charge of the chief of-; fleer, H. P. .Miller. After this boat left the ship she capsized, throwing her occupants Into the water. She afterwards righted herself and sev? eral of the crew got back into the I boat, the chief officer being one of them. No. G boat was lowered and got away safely filled with steerage passengers in charge of Fourth Otfi? eer Langeell. No. 7 boat on being lowered was caught under the stern of the ship, the boat being completely wreck od. "Meanwhile the chief engineer, two I seamen and myself fought the fire and apparently subdued the flames. I gave orders to send no more boats away i as 1 h id received word from the Car mania that she was hoping to be with us by 11 u. m. Life belts were served out and put on each passenger. Food was s< rved out to them. At 9 a. m. I ! the bunker was found to be ablaze. It 1 being impossible to stop the fire in the bunker on account of gases, the j watertight doors were closed and water poured down the No. 2 hatch onto the lire but the fire was gain-' ing all the time. "At 11 a. m. the Carman la arrived and lowered a boat, but could not reach the ship on account of the high sea. Asked Carmania to look for No. 2 boat. The steamship Seydlitz arrived and lowered boats, which could not reach us. About 8 p. m. the Carmania returned and tried to reach the .ship ! with life-rafts, but all drifted past I our boat too far away. "Several steamers had arrived by 1 dusk. The Kroonland put away l boats which made four attempts to . come alongside, but were swept away I each time, j "At 9.30 p. m. the saloon and chart; I house were liaming. The deck, bridge' j and all before the funnel were blaz? ing fiercely. Pumps and dynamos stopped for want of steam. Wireless men worked with the accumulators j until lip. m. when the magazine on the bridge blew up, carrying the j aerial away. "Several boats by this time were lying off the ship and induced pas? sengers to jump and they were rescued ; by boats. At 12 midnight the weather 1 was overcast and squally. Operations j wer-a-auspended, it being too dark for boats to see. The fire meanwhile work ! P ? ? 1 I ed through the women's steerage ?o the after end of the ship, but we kejH knowledge of this from the passen i gers, who were quiet throughout tho rest of the night. The chief engineer, the "Mfarconi men and seamen und ' myMf spent the night making small rafts In case the tire burned through the deck before daylight. "At 5.:J5 a. m. the first boat ar? rived. Weather and sea having mod? erated, boats were enabled to come alongside the ship, which enabled passengers to embark quickly. AM the steamers lying around the ship sent boats. Now we were enabled to load these boats with passengers at once. The passengers left in a very orderly way and there was no panic, Womn breaking down and crying \ when help was alongside, and all were off the ship by 8 a. m., about 400 passengers. 1 searched the ship my j self and found no one else on board, SO decided to ubaudon her as the NO. { u hatch was well alight by now, so the remainder of the crew embarked on the Kroonland. i "Nothirg at all has been heard of j the two missing boats. Passing ves? sels were asked to keep a lookout for them. i "I wish to express my heartiest shanks and gratitude to the captains ' of ships who stood by; also to the I Officers and crews w ho came to our assistance for their barvery and en? durance in their endeavor * come ' alongside the ship; also to the pas? sengers ol the Kroonland for their kindness to the rescued passengers, engineers and crew and myself in fit 1 ting us out and doing everything for us. "Following are the names of the steamers that came to our assistance: Carmania, Grosser Kurfuerst) La Tou rain. Asian. Narragansett, Seydlitz. Minneapolis, Devonian. Czar, Kappa bannock, also one steamer without wireless. The ship was abandoned in latitude 18.30 north, longitude 4.r.7 West. Tar*. Inch's Story tonight came by wireless from the Kroonland, which is bringing him and other survivors to ' this port. The Kroonland may not reach here until Thursday or later, as she bad a mishap to a shaft, she re? ported today, and is proceeding slow? ly. it is possible that the total <>f deau in the disaster may shrink slight 1> when all isty are bale ?od. Today Passenger Agent Fourman of the Ura? nium line here said his figure showed that bT>7 persons soiled on the Voltur no, including 24 cabin and 540 steer? age pnssengers and 93 crew. Mis lists ihowed thai f?2fi persons had been accounted for, leaving 1on the. missing list. gqtlirrols colled much <?f the seed used for planting by the forest ser > \ los? ". ' School Iinproveirient Score C?rd. This score care! has been adopted by the South Carolina School Im? provement Association as a gl ide to the State Executive Committee in the award of prises,for school improvement. Applicants for prizes should check in the column Indicated the items on which consideration is claim? ed, and should, in a letter accompanying the application, give a detailed statement of the improvements, submitting such photographs as may be thought desirable. ^ Record of improvements made between October 1, 1912, and Decem? ber 17, 1913.School .District.County. Chairman of Sehend Hoard. Principal or Teacher. President School Improvement Association. Application submitted.191.... Check here (iems claimed. 1. Special tax voted 2. Consolidation 3. New build ngs on approved plans 4. School wagon installed 5. Sanitary closet built on plans of Board of Health C. Ordinary closet 7. Ventilating stove 8. Building painted inside 9. Building painted outside 10. New desks 11. New blackboards 12. Sanitary water cooler 13. Individual drinking cups 14. New library 15. Addition to library 16. Government. Bulletins placed In general use in district Library for general use in district 1 New globe 1 New maps 1 State flag 1 United State s flag l Framed piciures added this year 2 Increase in length of term....days 3 Enrollment last year. Enrollment this year... .... 3 Average da ly attendance last year. . . . Average attendance this year... . 3 Improvements in school grounds 5 Teachers salary raised from $.to. 2 Additional teacher employed 2 $.rased by District School Improvement Association 2 29.Pupils making final report In Boys' Corn Club 2 30.Pupils mi king final report in Girls' Tomato Club 2 31. School garden . 2 32. Home Garden Club, or Home-makers' Club 3 33. School part cipating in County Fair or County Field Day 3 34. Public meetings and entertainments at School 3 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. Total. 100 PRIZES. Announ einent for 1013. m Through the support of the State Board of Education, the South Carolina School Improvement Association has received $1,000.00 to be awarded in prizes in 1913. This amount has been divided into 30 prizes and will be given to the schools showing the most decided improvement during the given length of time. There will be 10 first prizes of $50.00 each, and 20 second prizes of $25.00 each. Regulations concerning these prizes are as follows: .. 1. Improvements must be made between October 1st, 1912, and De? cember 17. 1913. 2. No school can compete for these prizes unless it is a rural school. No town with more than 400 population shall be eligible to enter the con? test. , i 3. Prizes will be awarded by the State Executive Committee in ees sion December 19. 1913. All applications for prizes must be in the hands of the President by thai ' ate. . - 4. Send applications through your County Superintendent of Educa? tion, your County Supervisor or your County Org?nizer of School Im? provement Association. 5. Prizes will be awarded in checks sent from the office of the State Superintendent of Education to the County Superintendent of Education. The money will be deposited to the credit of the school district in which the prize winning school Is located. This money must be used for the fur? ther improvement of the school winning it. 6. The rating score card as printed elsewhere in this bulletin has been adopted to be used in estimating the improvements for the year. These wil. be gladly sent upon request to the President. 7. In making application for prizes, Clean-l'p Day score cards, t e Bcrlptlons, photographs and any e\ idences show ing improvements should accompany the regular rating score card. ., ,. MISS MART EVA HITE. Aiken. S. C. President South Carolina Sch?ol Improvement Association:-? ~* BURGLARY AT BLLOREE. A. C. I.. Depot ami w. I. HarbeeonYu Store Robbed. BUoree, Oet. 13,?The Atlantic Cons Lino depot end \V. i. Harhe aon'a atore were broken Into and robbed hero, Saturday night, and Andy BriCOj a negro, lias boon charged with the burglaries and bound over b> Magistrate Jeff i>. Gates. Brice. tvho, it is said, was making bis wa\ t ?ward l.?>nc star, after learning that bloodhounds were on the trail of th< robber, was captured by a posse and brought to Rlloree. where he era* I laced in the town lockup. He will bo taken to tiie jail at Orangeburg. A small sum of monej was taken j from the cash drawer at the depot and some goods from tin Harbeson store. As soon as the robbery was discov? ered, yesterda> morning, Magistrate Gates telephoned Governor Blcase, asking that the penitentiary blood? hounds he sent here. Quard J. C. Uobbins. with the dogs, left Colum? bia in an automobile at 9.1?; matt? ing the trip to Klloroc in 2 hours and 25 minutes. The dogs were at once taken to the scenes of the robborits and struck a trail in less than Ii e mir utes. They went down the railroad track, straight to a negro house, about a mile from the depot, where the stolen goods were found, but the suspect had decamped and nothing was heard of him until his capture later. Price was given a hearing this morning Mr. Kobbius and his ,'ogs were praised for their excellent work. The appearance of the bloo 'hounds creat? ed considerable ev.i.ement among the negroes of the i .mmunity. Torrey pine, a distinct California species, has been found in only two isolated localities in the southern part of the State.