The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 18, 1913, Image 3
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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.