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TAKES DP SULZER STORY. 1 (.RAM) Ii iiv ii KNs i.K.irr QU I "Iinss* Ml H 1*11 Y. Whitman Says lie Will (all Tam? many llosw. Who Dculc* ( barge In John Doe Inquiry. \. %\ V >rk. .1 m : j. \ m.ind jury Investigation fvaa begun today lain lhe story told mob r (Mill fftf day by WlllUm Sulier tbut Charles F. Murphy ?-?nl a messenger to blm dur? ing the trial of the Imp?Ohmtnl Chargen against him an governor, ai d offered to call off the trial it Sultaf would quit his Kraft iBUgUgHlon in'o State depi rtments. Suhter t oday repeate I before the grand Jury the whole s.ory of his al? leged dealing* before the Tnmmm;y f hief and It was made known by Dis? trict Attorney Wmf nian that this put Of it. and that relating to the gjlignd attempt of James F.. Gaffney, Mur? phy's business and political friend, to aak a apeelal contribution of $100 from James Stewart, a State highway contract* r. would be made the sub Jfct of a two-fold Inquiry. Mr. Whitman aaid Murphv would be called aa witness in the John Doe In? quiry, by meann of whleh the distru t attorney had frequently adduced evi? dence for preaentatlon to the grand Jury Murphy today denounced SuUcr's story as falae and it wan said that ha waa willing to testify and would waive Immunity. The district attorney also said that United States Senator o'Oorman. wlm. Sulser testified, told him that (Jaffney waa Murphy's ehief "banmun," and had "held Stewart up" also would be oaJlsd. Senator O'Oorman today noti? fied Mr. Whitman that he would be willing to appear. Sutler testified yesterday that while the trial of Impeachment was in prog? ress Murphy had sent word, "again and again that If I'd quit he'd quit." Sulser Is un Wstood to have ex? plained before the grand Jury that this alleged barga'n meant thut four senators would vets tigalnst his im? peachment and mat these four nega? tives would have been enough |cj pro vent a verdlet age lost him. The deposed governor will be called again at a later date. In the mean? time he will send for documentary evidence. In the possession of his former secretary. Chester (\ Platt, with which he had promised to cor? roborate some of his statements. He waa to have been recalled an a witness at the John Doe inquiry to? morrow, but It waa understood tonight that until this cm'Iciky arrlven no more witneaaea will be called In the case, either In the John Doe Inquiry or before the grand Jury. It waa also learned that the dis? trict attorney plans to obtain testi? mony from certain other witnesses before calling cither Murphv or Sena? tor (''Gorman. Two employes of Stew? art preceded Sulzer before the Jury today. Women anil Wet Feet. Sneffela, Col., A. J. Walsh was bad? ly dans uikjgwith rheumatism ami sent far Foley Kidney Pills which waa the ?nly thing that would cure him. Geo. Fetter of Fontlac. Mo., waa down an his back with kidney and bladder trou? ble und Foley Kidney Fills made him well and able to work. It la a splen? did medicine and alvnys helps. Just try It. Slbert a Drug Store.?Advt. TALL OFF Tili: STKIKF.. Snath Afrloon Unions Abandon (.en em I Walkout. Johanneaburg. Jan. 21.?The ex? ecutive eommlttee of the Federation of Traden t??night declared the gen? era, atrlke < ff ?Cold and wet feet are a dangerous combination especially to women, and congested kidneys often result, Hack? s' IMS urinary Irregularities and rheu? matic fevers are not unus\ial results. Foley Kidney Fills restore tho regular Mad normal action if kidneys and bladder and remove the cause of the trouble. Contain no habit forming drugs. Sib..rt * Drug St..re.?Advt. W. C T. I . Mewing. The W. C. T. Vi aV Id its regular monthly meeting at the Y. M. tA. on Tueaday. January ;.''?. at t I*. M. Varloua business matters were at? tended to and itema of interest reud and diseuaaed. A public meeting w?a SffnjMJfd fof, notice of which will h?. m . en later. The nest meeting will be beb! at Um home of Mrs. J. S Ituck, L'l'j W. C.il houn atreet. 3rd Tuesday In Fs aTlmfl All ludh* of the city are invited Id the W C T. V. meetings, but ury /ew come, la the subjeei ol t< Hi peranec to<, old and hackneyed t? In? tereat the women "f Sumte! ' <?h. that they could be aroused to a sens', of their reaponslbllify in the matter ?.f t*Mipen?new ulnni^ii ,ni<| example. A Difference In Working Hours. ?A msn'a working .lav |g s hours Hla body organs must work perfectly 24 hours to keep him l.t for s hours work. Weak. sore, hsnctlvs kidneys can not do It. They must be aound OjSal hralthll V llvs ?II the time. Fo? il Kblney Fills will make them ao. Von rimnot take them Into voiir sva tem without fjOOd results following. Siberia l?rug Store.?Ad\t. TO VOTE ON WHALEY CASE. i oMMITTLLs REPORT WILL BE CALLED IN lloi'SE. Majority Would Dismiss Case hut Mi? nority McuiIhts, Ilowc\ci\ will Make l i^Ik tor Further In\obligation of Gmco Allegations. Washington, Jan. U">.?Tomorrow at noon, when ?peakor Clark calls the house in order, the mouibori of that body will ho called upon to decide whether, in their Opinion, Richard S. Whaley of Charleston, representatl ft of the First South Carolina district, spent $60,000 to secure his tent, whether, ho openly bought votes to eoOnre his election, and whether, as alleged, by Mayor John P, Grace of Charleston, he made false and fraud nlent affidavits in connection there? with in violation of the laws to the election and seating of memhers of the house. At that hour, according to a state? ment made here today by Represen? tative Pont of Ohio, chairman of the house committee on elections, which recently made a preliminary investl gation of the matter and which sub? sequently reported that in its opinion the charges should bo dismissed, will move the adoption of the report. This would put an end to the matter. But , it will not ?top there. There are two Minority members of the committee? Ke present at ives Horchers and Frear ?who hold distinctly opposite views and who will not only demand that the report of the minority, asking foi a thorough and exhaustive examina? tion into political conditions in South Carolina ha substituted, but that the committee he allowed to summon whatever persons may be necessary in connection with the matter, and thai the fullest and freest latitude be given for determining Whether Mr. Whaley tie allowed to retain his seat in the house. Never perhaps in the history of the hoise has there been the exact sit ? uation from a Southern standpoint as that which will take place when the proceedings begin tomorrow, and cer? tainly there is no parallel in the con? gressional records of South Carolina I r the South where a Southern mayor is tpenly attacking the right of a Southern representative, both belli*; from the same city and both Demo? crats, as that which members of con? gress will witness. It has not yet been ascertained how many memhers will speak when the matter is called up, but from what was learned here today it will not be a cut and dried affair. Mi-. Frear. who has given his views rerj plnlnly on the subject, desire; it understood that he cares nothing for the personality of the men in solved hut he thinks that enough has already been developed to warrant the house in taking hold of the mattet and judging for itself whether Mr Whaley shall retain his seat ct whether his name shall DC SXPUflged from the records of congress f?>r hav? ing secured his scat thrcugh fraudu leni means, if the vote tomorrow sue* tains the majority report it is nji known what .ther steps the Charles? ton mayor will tak" When the vote comes the occasion will, without doubt, prove one of the most dramatic the Southern contin? gent ir congress has ever witness* ?1 Two vital Questions will be at issue? Mr. Whaley*! future political life and the dragging into public view present primary election condition! In south I 'arolina. OOV, BLEASE GIVES SMOKER. Legislation Said to Have Been Dis cuswd; Nothing Given Out. Columbia, Jan. SI,?GoV, Ricas? I tee a smoker tonight at the Jeffer? ?on Hotel to members of the general lOSembly, according to invitations which were sent out some days ago It is understood that pending legisla? tion was discussed. As far as could !?e learned no candidates for governor Wore In attendance on the meeting. The smoker Is said to have begun at S O'clock and was reported to be in m lion until late tonight. No an nouncement <>t" the smoker was made by the governor to the newipapei men and no formal statement made SI to What notion was taken at the meeting. The smoker excited coniid kernels interest in political clrclea, DENIES IT is LOBBY, - ? Hennery Abjures EaToei for Radium Monopol>. Washington, Jan. IS. Whether Jo nrph Hennery, president nf i Pitts b irgh < on< i rn producing radium, was bn< k of a propngnnda agalnat the pro? poned withdrawal "f radium lands b) tin- government was brought up loday ii i he tins, before the house mines committee. Chairmen roster read a telegram by Plnnnery to a Denver paper. urg? Ing organlt?*d opposition to thr gov? ernment'! plan. Plnnnery admitted ?ending the telegram but denied thai it could be ei nitrued ?! evidence that he was fogterlng ;< movement ugaln! the government'! plans. STATU LI Ii It A II IAN ELECTED. Mrs. Virginia Moody or Columbia Elected to Office Over Nino Com? petitors. Mrs. Virginia B. Moody of Colum? bia was elected to fill the position of BtetC librarian last night by the Joint assembly alter four ballots had been taken. The place of State librarian is the only elective office In the gift of the general assembly Idled by a WO* man. Mrs. Moody is employed as a stenographer In the office of the ad lutant general. The joint assembly took up the election of a Mate librarian when it met at 8 o'clock. The following Candidate! were nominated: Mrs. Virginia B. Moody, Miss AnniC Alston Porcher, Miss Bes? sie M. Brookter, Mrs. Carolina lnglosby Simons, Miss Lulie F. Harvin, Miss Annie McMahan, Mis3 Frances B. Walsh, Miss Elisabeth D. English, Miss Marie E. Barwick, Miss Agnei Hughes. The first ballot resulted: Mrs. Moody, 4 7; Miss Porcher, 8; Miss Bookter, 4; Mrs. Simons, 11; Miss Harvin, 1?; Miss McMahan, 12; | Miss Walsh, 17; Miss English, IV, Miss Barwick, 9; Miss Hughes. 9; to? tal vote, 140. Necessary to a choice, 75. None of the candidates having re? ceived a majority, a second ballot was ordered. The second ballot resulted: Mrs. Moody, 5.'i; Miss Porcher, 12; \ Mrs. Simons. 9; Miss Harvin, 17; Miss McMahan, 18; Miss Wralsh, 12; Miss English, 11; Miss Barwick, 11; Miss Hughes, 7. Total, 142. Necessary to a choice, 74. The names of Miss A nine Allston ftPorcher and Miss Agnes Hughes were .thdrawn. The third billot waa or? dered. The third ballot resulted: Mrs. Moody, 60; Mrs. Simons, 9; Miss Harvin, 21; Miss McMahan, 19;! Mhs Walsh, 14; Miss English, 16; Miss Barwick, 10. Total, 140. Nec? essary to a choice, 74. None of the candidates having re? ceived a majority, the fourth ballot was ordered. The fourth ballot resulted: Mrs. Moody, 71!; Mrs. Simons, 6; Miss Harvin, 20; Miss McMahan, 15; Miss Walsh, 12; Miss English, 10; Miss Barwick. 5. Total, 146. Neces? sary to a choice, 73. Mrs. Moody was declared elected. ONLY REMEDY FOR CANCER. ltadium Has That Unique Position Scientists say. Washington, Jan. 19.?Radium was today described to the house com? mittee on mines as the only remedy the medical world has discovered for cancer?the disease for which no cause has been found. This came out at the hearing regarding the economic Question involved in the proposal to withdraw from settlement public lands containing ores that pro? duce radium. l>r. Howard A. Kelly of Baltimore, who has employed radium in cases of cancer, testified is to Immediate necessity for con? serving radium sources from the standpoint of the medical profession. Dr. Kelly told of several recent Oases Where radium had made possi? ble complete cures of cancer. Discussing the case of Representa? tive Bremner of New Jersey, who la undergoing radium treatment In Bal? timore, Dr. Kelly declared he felt cer? tain a cure could be effected If more radium were available, and, it was said, the patient showed encouraging symptoms and he was not hopeless. He said no arrangement for con? centrating the radium supply for such an emergency could be made in jus? tice to thousands of other patients. Dr. Kelly added that he and his aSSOClatOI were working to discover process for the reduction of radium from the ores of Colorado, But one concern now furnished radium to the medical profession, he said, and its formula for reduction Is held secret. Repreientatlve Taylor of Colorado aaked Dr. Kelly if he did not think the government should establish a plant and produce radium rather than 'confiscate" the deposit! now private? ly held. He said that if the land were left open to prospectors and the government factory was ready to take over and work all ores, he thought no monopoly would be possible, Dr. Kelly said 75,001) persons died annually in the United States from cancer and that there were three or four times that many cases, Dr. Robert Abbe of St. Luke's hos? pital. New York, said the price of radium was Inflated! and told of his purchase In Germany for $400, eight years ago, of an amount of radium that now would cost $8,000, Since then, he said, he bad unsuccessful!) nod to purchase $10,000 worth in Prance, England and Germany. I u . i' P, Burnhnm of Johns Hop? kins university, Baltimore, said he hud Visited almost every institution in Kurupe where radium was used and bad been llllCOUraged by results HI tile treatment id' other diseases than cancer. BIG FRUIT YEAR, Pacific Const at Last Produces Bumper Crop After Three Years Of Disappointments. Chicago, Jan. 25.?After three yean ol* disappointments, Pacific coast cit? rus fruit growers this year have pro? duced a bumper crop, according to a1 .statement today by E. 0. McCormick, vice president of the Southern Pacific railroad. This year's crop of oranges, according to McCormick, will be suf? ficient to provide 15 oranges for every person in the United States. Estimates place the California ship? ment at 4 0,000 cars, more than double that of a year ago and more than has been sent Bast any year in the life of tho industry. Approximately a billion and a half oranges are expected from the crop. The season developed several weeks earlier than usual, and 4,500 cars have been shipped from the Portersvllle district already. The bulk of the crop will move in February and March. RAILWAY CLAIM COMES UP. Asks $02,000,000 Damages for Land It Did Not Got. Washington, Jan. 25.?The claim of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail? way to $62,000,000 damages against the government for the tatter's failure to turn over alternate sections of land along its line through Oklahoma, will furnish one of several arguments this week before the supreme court. The railway's claims arise out of the spec? tacular railway building race fostered by the government in 1886. In that j year congress offered to grant alter? nate sections of lands, as soon as the Indian title should be extinguished along a line of railroad to be con? structed across the present State ol Oklahoma to Dennison, Texas, to the ! first railroad to build a line from the , eastern terminus of the Union Pact Ac on the Kansas and Missouri Stub lines, to the southern line of Okla? homa. The race was open to three rail? roads, the Kansas and Neosha Valley; the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Fort Gibson, and the Union Pacific. The Kansas and Neosha, which since has become the Missouri, Kans?' and Texas, won. The government has not turned over, however, contending that the land in Question never became a part of the public lands of the Unit? ed States. The railroad's claim $20 an acre damage s. The court will bo called on to study the title to some 90,000 acres of land, comprising the Alanudo grant in the Rio Grande valley, near Alburquorque, N. M., from 1710 down to the t resent day in another case to be presented this week. Some 500 heirs of Capt. Juan Gonzales and Francisco Montes ; Vigil to whom the king of Spain 'granted the land in 171??, assert title j to the tract. So do nearly 100 per ; sons who have squatted on thiit por j tion of the land in the valley and ' resided there for many years. Argument, will be heard on the va ? lidity of the statute under which C. J. J Kixcy, former banker at Alexandria Va., is confined in a ward for the crim? inal insane at Marion, Va. Uixey was indicted for an alleged felony con? nected with the failure of his bank at Alexandria. His friends claim a right to have him committed to the West? ern State hospital for the insane at Staunton, Va. The constitutionality of that feature of the federal employers' liabllty law which gives the surviving widow and dependent children of an employe killed by a railroad, the entire amount of damages recovered will be present? ed to tho court in oral argument. It Is claimed that this law is an unconstitutional interference with tin law of descent of property In force ii various States. ? JIM CROW" HILL INTRODUCED. Senator Smith Would Have Separate Sleeping Cars cm Trains. Washington( Jan. 23.?The senate committee on interstate commerce to? day met to consider the bill of Sena? tor Smith of South Carolina now pending before that committee re? quiring transportation companies do? ing an interstate business to providi 'separate sleeping accommodations fei white and colored passengers. Tht bill, which was referred to a sub? committee for further action. Is Of follows: "That within four months after tin passage of this net ea il individual, tirm or corporation doing in Interstate transportation business and operating Pullman or Bleeping ears through one or more States having laws requir? ing separate coaches or Compart ments for the rat es shall provide separate and distinct sleeping accom mndatlons for the conveyance <?!' whiti and (ubued passengers in transit through said states: Provided, Thai the cars or compartments for each race shall be equal in all respects oi to ( omforl and convenience." Dayton. < >., Jan. 2 1 The Gem CltJ Machine Plant and American Coffet and Spice store were burned today The loss was $130,000. WOMAN kl U.FI> IN AI TO WKI.CK. Mrs. C. L. Norman, Married in De? cember, is Killed on Hoad Near Augusta?Two Children May Die. Augusta, Ga., Jan. 25.?Mrs. C. L. Norman of North Augusta died at B hospital here this afternoon from fracture of the skull, sustained when Dr. J. T. Whitlaw's automobile, in which she was riding with Dr. Whit? law's family, skidded on a muddy road near the city, turned over and threw the OCC J petita to the ground, Mrs. Norman striking on her head. Dr. Whttlaw'a two young children were perhaps fatally injured, but it was apparent that In falling Mrs. Nor? man tried to save one of the children, grasping the child as the crash came. The child's body lay across her uncon? scious form when the two were picked up. Mrs. Norman, who was Miss Anne Cheatham of Edgefield, s. c, was married only last December to Dr. Norman, who is Dr. Whitlaw's partner in the practice of dentistry here. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cheatham of Edgefleld and with her husband lived with Dr. and Mrs. Whitlaw in North Augusta. Dr. Whitlaw was driving the car' when the accident happened. Only i>y the narrowest margin was Miss Belle Whitlaw and a younger sister saved from death. The crash hurled the two, the child in the young wo? man's arms, ten or 12 feet through the air. They fell in the middle of the road and escaped practically un? injured. Dr. Whitlaw was unhurt and Mrs. Whitlaw and her baby escaped with bruises. Mrs. Norman never regained con? sciousness. At the hospital it was found that the fracture caused a pres? sure on the brain. Funeral arrange? ments, have not been made. AMATEURS HOLD VP TRAIN. Find Nothing Valuable Hut Food and Newspapers. Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 23.?Three men tonight boarded Southern rail? way passenger train No. 41, Chatta? nooga to Tuscumbia, Ala., at Faek lers, Ala., held up mail clerks and ex? press messengers, emptied mail pouches and tin- express car safe and ?obtained no reward for their trouble. The robbers found only second class mail matter, trunks and packages of food In the cars. The train arrived at Facklers at 8.20 and while standing at the sta? tion was boarded by three masked men. Two miles west of that place two of the men entered the express car and took possession of the pouches and safe. The third man, according to the report here, found his way to the engine tender. He compelled the engineer to stop the train, while the others uncoupled the two cars In front, one of which was a baggage car containing federal pouch mail, mostly newspapers. The engineer then was forced to run 12 miles into the country. What took place after the de? parture of this part of the train could not be learned late tonight. Pursuit was undertaken, but the dc a\ incident to securing an engine rendered such an attempt hopeless. The last telegraphic report was tha. the engine and two cars had been seen just west of Lnrklnsville. (JOEXHALS WILL FINISH CANAL. Bdleved New York Agitation Will Cause Washington to Hasten Zone Government. Panama. Jan. 25.?Col. George W. Qoethai today emphatically reiterat? ed his decision that he could not ac? cept the post of New York commis? sioner of police until after the com? pletion and the successful operation at the Panama canal. Even if all conditions he has imposed were com? piled with, it Is said this will keep him on the isthmus for another eighteen months. it is generally believed here that agitation In New York to take Col. Goethala from the isthmus will has? ten action at Washington looking to the establishing of a permanent gov? ernment In the Canal Zone. The col? onel himself makes no secret of the fact that the delay prevents his 1 ink? ing an effort to keep on the Isthmus whom he would like to see In the per? manent oiterating organization. Nor does Col. Goethala make a secret of his desire to leavfc the Isthmus? af? ter his work is completed. He frank? ly admitted that the offer of the New York post had attracted him unlit h< found obstacles In the was of leaving the isthmus. Expects to Get Him. New York, Jan. 26.- I am go? ing right ahead with my end of it and ill I can say is 1 expect to get him," said Mayor John Purroy Mitchel to night, referring to hia efforts to in? duce Col, George W. Goethala to be? come police commissioner of Nee York. Mr. Mitchel added that as? sumptions that he had announced Col Goethal's acceptance ol the post wert incorrect. REPORT MASSACRE BY REBELS. One II uiuli od Women and Children and 150 Didiers Said to Have Suf? fered. Mexico City, Jan. 24.?One hundred women and children and 150 federal soldiers were massacred by rebels re? cently near Vane^as, north of San Luis Potoet, according to report re? ceived here today. The soldiers, with the women, sur? rendered to the rebels and were taken to B ranch near Mau-huala, where the alleged butchery occurred. Maj. Rabollo and Capt. Ramierer and a handful of nun were the only onea to escape. They arrived here today bringing news of the massacre which, they said, occurred several days ago. ASSAIL "PLUCKING" BOARD. Tribble and Howard (Large Thai "Swivel Chaired Admiralty" is In just and Costly. Washington, Jan. 24.?Representa? tives Tribble and Howard of Georgia attacked the naval 'plucking'' board today, citing "outrageous cases" of admirals and other officers, able to perform service, who simply were drawing salaries and doing nothing us retired men. Representatives Howard said Lieut. Commander Burt of Georgia "was wrongfully charged by certain parties with owing some debts." After Hurt had been retired for non-payment, said Mr. Howard, and President Taft had signed an order dismissing him j from the service, the president found that Burt did not owe the debts and rescinded his order. "The swivel chaired admiralty was after Hurt." Howard continued, "so the plucking board, not more than five months after the president hadt put Hurt back in the service, plucked ! him for no other reason under the gun j than that he had appealed to the president." The "pluc king" of Commander Nor I ton, retired at $4,000, because 'too ; small to be commander," also was ' among those specifically criticised in the appeal for the abolition of the board. CUT RATE INSURANCE. Licensed Fire Insurance Companies Will be Permitted to Meet Cut Rates. Columbia, Jan. 26.?The house or? dered to third reading this morning the senate bill allowing licensed fire insurance companies to compete with unlicensed and unauthorized compa i nies that arc making cut rates on pre? ferred risks in South Carolina, in spite 1 of law prohibiting their operation. j ENGLAND TO LAND MARINES. __________ ! Great Britain Prepared to Take Hand in Mexican Affairs. Mexico City, Jan. 23.?Mutinies of government soldiers at five important points ware reported to the war de? partment today. Army leaders have informed Dictator Huerta that it will be impossible to keep the regular army loyal much longer, unless mon? ey is provided immediately to pay the soldiers. They have been unpaid for several weeks. Muttering* are rile even amonf the capitol garrison. Leaders of the foreig mrs "defense committee, consisting of British. French. German and Spanish resi? dents were today no tided that Great Britain will land marines if another attack Is made on .he Interoceanic railroad by the rebels. MONOPOLIES AIMED AT. Corporations not Meant to Retrain Trade Will not Be Hit. Washington, Jan. 26.?The anti? trust program of President Wilson won't include action against any cor? poration not in the nature and spir? it of a monopoly, according to infor? mation made public at the Whiw Hsuse today. Holding companies which knit together minor corpora* tions doing business in several Stales won't come under ban unless they monopolize. N The federal trade board won't ha\e administrative powers, its formation regarding trusts it Investigates will not be binding upon the attorney gen? eral nor its plans for dissolution bind? ing on the court which asks for plana FLOOD IN CALIFORNIA. Los Angeles, J.m. 26.?Rain, light? ning, wind and floods are devastating Southern California today. Santa Barbara Is cut off from all communication, trains are stopped and many ele? trie railways are at B standstill. Many streets of Los An? gel? s are under water. FORMED SUICIDE PACT. Memphis. Jan. 26.?Benjamin .Jo? seph and Fredda Hicks, of St. Louis were found dying In the room ol s boarding house this morning. Joseph regained consciousness long enough lo confess to ? suicide pact.