The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 30, 1914, Image 6
?Ost Or FINANCIER SAYS MEL
UNI STATEMENTS ARK UN?
TRUE.
His Firm Hu Received
for Handling Mil,,
of Now Horm Securities.
Now Torm. May II ?J. P. Morgan
tonight characterised aa untruo the
?sMInsonr of Charloa 8. Mellen, for
mOr hood of the New York. New
'Heren A Hartford railroad, before the
IMOtoiato commerce commission In
WeOkrtagton loot week that J. Pier
noon Morton concealed from Mr. Mel
ahn facts regarding the New Havsn
reei which Mr. Mellen should have
Aaetea.
Mr. Morgen offered to produce ho*
fere any proper tribunal at any time
the records of J. P. Morgan A Co.
and the personal records of hie
The statement was his first direct
to Mr. Mellen s Washington too
r, which he examined, he eeld,
Ikons n stenographic report. The state
it read:
MI became a director of the New
railroad In April. 1113. andl
December SI of the same)
r. The only reference to me per?
ls Mr. Mellens' testimony has
to do with the feet that I, aa a di?
rector of the company, called upon
nans and told him that a change In
ISO) prsnldsncy was desirable. For)
taoA not, either es s director or en in
atfldwsl. I accept full responsibility.
**ssr. Mellen, In substance charges
ss father with having concealed from
baas facto Which the president of the
Tr-agiTf should hare known. Dur
lag Use last ten years of my fathsr's
Ufo no wan abroad more than one
taard of the time. During ths last
years of his life ho was abroad
half of the time. Ho was actively
during this whole period
wk*> assay different stairs. That hO
would hove had the time, even If he
nad the desire, to Interfere actively In
She management of ths NsW Haven
* im possible,
-Mr. Mellen le right in plct .tag
say fathsr's deep interest in New
Haren affairs. My father was hem
nY;Xow England and believed In the
kew Hoven railroad. He recognised
se >oLhers have recognised, that with
t.sJnWisa of the centre of popula
i".in tile country and ths changing
Sseaomlc conditions, the commercial
sedition f Mew England was threat
eadjd, nnu that a change In this com
niofO^il position would, unices an ef?
fort trere mads to counteract it, re
sari in an unfavorable offect upon
England's leading railroad. He
ubtedly believed that a railroad
aoenikuiy situated as Is ths Nsw
nasses, with a growing passenger traf
do at very low rates and with ex?
pense re Improvements required all
asaaa Ms line, must make every effort
?he - Issrsssi its traffic and maintain
*\ **Ha believes, moreover, that the
IN* Moves and Boston a Maine.
3h wore not In hie opinion in sny
I competing lines, could be op?
erated to the benefit of New England
mere advantageously together than
Spart, and that no harm could come
to the public from thle amalgamation
air resses of the full measure of State
regulation which the
I am quite ready to
heilere, ahm, that he agreed with
Mr. Mellen that the entrance of the
oarnnS Trunk railway Into Providence
weald have Involved the unnecessary
dopiloatkm of facilities for which the
Now Ena land public sooner or later
weekl have to pay. Both the impu?
tation that my father in any sense
teen the management of the railroad
or sny part of Its affairs out of the
hands of the president Is untrue.
"On March t, 1114, our Arm made
BftjbUo a setter, showing in detail the
total net profit from every source to
the firm of J. P. Morgan A Co. or
to sny of Its members, growing out
' of transact lone of anjr kind whatever,
connectVI with the New Haven lines,
for a period of 10 years. Those total
not profits) amounted to approximately
HIS.000, which Included their com
psssstlnn for handling alone, or In
connection with others, securities
with the par vslus of 1333,000,000.
"The record of my firm and the
personal records of my father sre In?
tact; they are available and ready for
production before any proper tribunal
at asy time.''
MURAL. CARRIERS TO MEET.
Pee Into Association to Gather at
Wnesejce on Mny 30th.
A meeting of the Pee Dee Rural
Letter Carriers' Association will be
hold In Florence. Saturday, May 30th.
lilt, and this is to urge that you do
not fall to be on hand. The Florence
Chamber of Commerce, composed of
the) lending business interests of the
city. Ostend you a moet cordial wel?
come.
The Chamber of Commerce hss
arranged to give ths boys a "smoker"
Saturday evening, promptly at 1.30
o'OJeck. Plsase arrange to stay over
night, so that you can attend.
Cin COUNCIL MEETING.
NUMBER OF MATTERS OF MINOR
IMPORTANCE TRANSACTED
AT MEETING.
Police Uniform* Secured ? Property
Owners to Pave Caldwell Street and
Funds to Bo Returned by City Loi?
ter*?Request for Privilege to Lay
Gasoline Pipe?Larger Water Pipe
Needed on liar by Avenue?Invita?
tion to Firemen's Tournament?
Police Report.
City Council met on Tuesday even?
ing with Mayor Jennings absent. A
number of matters of minor Import?
ance came up for action and were
passed upon, but nothing of general
interest was acted on.
Mr. Rowland reported that he had
checked up the March and April re?
ports of the clerk and treasurer and
found them correct.
Mr. Booth stated that he had pur?
chased the uniforms for the police
force at a cost of $16 and hats at
$2.60.
Mr. Rowland stated that property
owners on Caldwell street wanted In?
formation as to whether the city
'would partially reimburse them when
It had funds for this purpose, If they
should pave Caldwell street at this
time at their own expense. It was
agreed that the city would allow them
the same terms as would be accorded
to citlsene who should hereafter im?
prove streets with the coneent of
council.
Mr. T. B. Jenkins requested per?
mission to run a pipe for gasoline
from the railroad crossing through
Harvin and Caldwell street in order
to conduct gasoline to his setabllsh
ment. The matter was deferred un?
til fuller Information could be ob?
tained as to the location of the gas
lihe tank. Mr. Jenkins stated In his
letter that he would be able to re?
duce the price of gasoline to consum?
ers If this privilege was allowed.
The City Manager reported that
the work of widening Hay^sworth
street waa now In progress.
Property owners on Harby Avenue
requested that a larger water main
he laid In that street as the pres?
ent line did not furnish sufficient wa?
ter, pressure to the residents of the
street. Mr. Robertson stated that he
had made arrangements to lay a two
inch line in Harby Avenue, which
would be sufficient to furnish plenty
of weter.
Mr. Rowland stated that he had
been Informed of a dry well or cess?
pool on Harby Avenue which over?
flowed at times. The health officer
was directed to determine and report
the location of ell dry wells In the
city.
Invitations were received from the
city of Florence to attend tho State
Firemen's Tournament and Conven?
tion in June.
A circular was also received from
the ? tayor of Baltimore asking that
the one hundredth anniversary of the
writing of the "Star Spangled Ban?
ner" be observed by the display of
national flags on all public buildings.
New York University asked this city
to send a delegate to represent the
city in the Municipal Delegation
which will go to Europe July 1st to
study municipal problems.
An ordinance to require all billiard
rooms to close at midnight was read,
adopted and ordered published.
The report of the chief of police
showing 74 arrests, resulting In sen?
tences of 80 days, payment of $622;
dismissed 9; not guilty, 2; suspended
t, and transferred 2, was received as
information.
A number of bills were audited and
ordered paid.
BRICE A CANDIDATE.
Prominent Chester Citizen An?
nounces Ho Will Make Race for At?
torney General.
Chester, May 26.?A. O. Brice, one
of Chester's most prominent citizens,
and a leader in commercial
well as religious endeavor in Chester
county, today announced his candi?
dacy for attorney general.
Mr. Brlce has been a member of
tho lower house of the general as?
sembly for the past few terms.
SMITH TO BE CONFEREE.
Senator Will Ho In Position to Take
Cure of Ills Amendment.
Washington, May 20.?Senator K.
D. Smith has been named as one of
the conferees for the senate on tho
agricultural appropriation bill. Sena?
tor Chamberlain, of Oregon, who has
been the ranking member of the com?
mittee on agriculture, next to the
chairman, asked to be excused from
duty ss a conferee because of pres?
sure of work on the river and harbor
committee. This puts Senator Smith
In a most advantageous position to
take care of his amendment to ap?
propriate $100,000 to place samples
of the government standards with of?
ficial figures of their spinning value
at every local cotton market for the
Information of the farmers.
TEDDY VISITS WOODROW.
MAKES VISIT PART OF A BUSY
DAY IN WASHINGTON.
Crowds and Teddy Enjoy Each Oth?
er, Bringing up Memories of Po?
litical Fights.
Washington, May 26.?Former |
President Theodore Roosevelt today ?
came back to the national capital, I
where he spent seven years as chief'
executive. Into nine hours ho crowd?
ed a speech on his South American
expedition, a call on President Wil?
son, a political confei nee with the
Progressives in congress, a visit to
the Smithsonian instituton to see the
trophies from his African hunt of four
years ago, a meeting with a few mem?
bers of the diplomatic corps, and a
dinner with his old friends here. Be?
sides there were a dozen impromptu
receptions from crowds in the railway
station, at his hotel, in the streets,
and wherever else he chanced to stop
for a moment.
The crowds, the cheers, the strug?
gles to shake his hand, the photog?
raphers and all the rest were like old
campaign days. The colonel smiled
and waved his hat continually, and
fired out "bully" and "By George,
that's fine,' at everything. He had a
thoroughly good time.
Progressive members of congress
were at the party headquarters to
meet the colonel after the lecture to?
night and to go over the political sit?
uation with him. It was understood
that the colonel wished to sound sen?
timent here, particularly with refer?
ence to the advisability of making an
early attack on the policies of the
Wilson administration. The congress?
men for their part wished to go over
the whole field with him, learn his
Idea regarding matters now before
congress, and, if possible, map out a
tentative plan for the coming cam?
paign.
Col. Roosevelt protested, however,
that politics was not the main object
of his visit to Washington,
i "It was for science, not for politics/''
he said. *
With the exception of his confer?
ence with Progressive congressmen,
politics played little part in his day.
He was too busy for that. Reports
that while here he might meet Re?
publican leaders came to naught, for
the colonel saw none of them.
"Not a Republican showed his
head," he said laughingly.
It was learned that before Col.
Roosevelt left Oyster Bay a Republi?
can member of congress telegraphed
to him asking for an appointment.
Col. Roosevelt declined to discuss the
matter, but it was understood he felt
too much already had ben crowded
Into the day to permit of such a meet?
ing.
Col. Roosevelt's visit to President
Wilson was perhaps of greater in?
terest to the public than any other
event of the day. The president and
his precedessor spent more than an
hour together and talked of most
everything except politics. A good
deal of the time was put in at telling
stories.
When tho colonel arrived at the ex?
ecutive mansion he leaped out of his
automobile with his old time vigor
I and walked quickly to the White
House.
"I am very glad to see you," said
tho president as he shook hands with
Mr. Roosevelt. They had met before
and therefore no Introductions were
necessary. After the exchange of
greetings, the president led the way
to the south portico of the White
House where breezes from the Poto?
mac made more bearable the extreme
heat. There lemonade was served and
the two men sat down for a long talk.
Speaking of travel, books and tell?
ing stories, tho two men seemed to
enjoy their meeting greatly. All con?
troversial subjects were avoided, but
the colonel himself mentioned the
"river of doubt" which he discovered
in Brazil and joked over the con?
troversy about it.
As he roso to leave Mr. Roosevelt
inquired about the health of Mrs.
Wilson, who is confined to her room,
and the president asked particularly
that the colonel convey congratula?
tions to Kermit Roosevelt, who will
bo married next month in Madrid.
Then they shook hands warmly and
Col. Roosevelt walked quickly to his
waiting machine.
A crowd of several hundred people
had gathered inside the White House
grounds and as Col. Roosevelt ap?
peared there was a burst of handclap
Ping.
"It was a very pleasant social visit,"
said Col. Roosevelt after it was over.
On his arrival In Washington Col.
Roosevelt went first to the Smith?
sonian institution to get his first
glimpso of the game he shot In Africa
slnoo it was mounted. As he entered
the building ho caught sight of a huge
rhinoceros in a glass case.
"l shot him." he exclaimed, "it
was a rather close call, too, Kermit
suhl, 'Walt a minute dad. till I takn
his picture.' The rhino rushed at us,
head down. 'I've got to shoot,' I pro?
tested. Hut Kermit got his picture
and then I got the rhino."
For an hour the colonel wandered
mm lands inns.
COMES AS SURPRISE TO GEN
MAN CONSUL.
Believed to Have Caused Huorta to
Abandon His Plan of Flight?
"Gentleman's Agreement" Set at
Naught by German Captain.
Vera Cruz, May 28.?Intense sur?
prise was expressed at the German
consulate today over reports that the
Ypiranga had landed munitions of
war for Huerta at Puerto. There has
been a "gentleman's agreement" be?
tween American officials and the Ger?
man consul and the Ypiranga captain
and the United States vessels of war
than the cargo should not be landed.
The consul was astounded When
told by an American "despite your
agreement Ypir?nga has discharged
her cargo of arms." "On my word of
honor as a German gentleman," de?
clared the consul, "I was ignorant of
any intention to discharge the cargo.
I never dreamed the agreement would
not be lived up to.
The landing of war supplies is be?
lieved to have caused Huerta to aban?
don his plan of flight for which ev?
ery preparation had been made.
FLY SPRAY IS POISONOUS.
No Danger, However, when Handled
With Proper Judgment.
Clemson College, May 25.?So great
has the interest in fly spray become
this season that Prof. A. F. Conradi,
entomologist of Clemson College, is
issuing an extra warning to the pub?
lic to urge that proper precautions be
taken in the use of the arsenite Of
soda spray. Prof. Conradi said:
"Although people have been
cautioned in our Circular No. 23 In
regs.rd to the poisonous nature of
arsenite of soda, we thought It well
to issue a further warning on this
subject. This material must be
handled with judgment. There is no
danger whatever in using It on ma?
nure plies out In the yard except,
when it Is about dairy barns, it is
well to keep the litter separate from
the manure. The special advantage
in this is thai it requires much less
spray than where an attempt is made
to spray all the material, a large por?
tion of which does not breed flies. In
stables where horses are tied, the
spray of course is used only In the
rear part of the stable and there is no
opportunity for the animal to get any
mater:al Into the stomach. In box
stalls where animals are not tied,
this spray should not be used where
the animal Is fed on the floor of the
stall?unless the feed Is picked up and
the top part of the manure raked off
so that there is no danger of the
animal eating quantities of the ma?
terial.
"In the experimental work of last
season this spray was eminently suc?
cessful in killing flies. It was quite
effective in part ol the work of this
season, but with the last shipment we
were unable to kill any of the in?
sects, which is undoubtedly due to a
deteriorated condition of the arsenite
of soda purchased. This is under in?
vestigation at present and we ask
those who intended to use this to
withhold the work until this dis?
crepancy can be explained. These
experiments are now in progress and
we hope to issue another statement
in regard to this at an early date,
probably next week. In the mean?
time, It Is urged that the work with
the fly trap be continued more active?
ly than ever. This so far has been
the principal feature of the work
and a tremendous number of Bios
have been caught."
STRIKE LEADERS FINED.
Men to Pay $100 Each for Stoning
Engine.
Atlanta, May '.17.?Three leaders of
the strike sympathizers of the Fulton
I3ag and Cotton Mills walkout, who
stoned a switch engine hauling sup?
plies to the mills, today were fined
$100 each. The recorder lectured the
men severely on the destruction of
property.
Puxvllle School Closing.
The Paxvillo high school had its
closing exercises last Monday evening,
the address was delivered by W. C.
Davis, Esq., of Manning. The Times
editor was to attend and take part
! in these exercises, but at the last
moment he found it impossible, which
he regrets as the Paxville school is
one of his pets.?-Manning Times.
Fire in Georgia.
Decatur, Ga., May 27.?Meeka'
Drug Store burned this morning. Loss
$10,000.
through the museum. There was sup?
posed to bo a reception committee,
? but it was lost In the crowd, and the
colonel found the way himself, paus
' ing from time to time to explain the
11110 points of specimens to those who
happened to be nearest to lim, am.
: rattling out scientific words which no
one understood.
HUERTA TAKES HEART.
ARRIVAL OF ARMS AND AMMU?
NITION CHANGES ATTITUDE.
Yesterday's Talk of nm If Hull anil '
Flight of the Dictator (?Ivos Place!
to Renewal of Defiant Attitude and ,
Determination to Hold on to Pow-,
Mexico City, May 28?Minister of
War Blanquet today announced that
ho expected to receive a large con?
signment of arms and ammunition
Within a short time. He siated the
arms will he used to "equip the mili-1
tia for national defense," which has
been organized by Gen. Huerta. It is
believed the supply is coming from
Puerto. At a long cabinet meeting
held last night Gen. Huerta stated he
expected to fill the vacant ministries
shortly. At present there seems to be
no indication that Huerta intends to
leave the country. He declares em?
phatically that he intends to stay
here.
FIRE IN TIM M?NS ViLLE.
Flames Destroyed John McSwecn
Company Store.
Timmonsville. May 20.?The hand?
some store of the John McSween com?
pany wiih its contents was entirely
destroyed by fire early this morning.
The lire was discovered at 1.05 o'clock.
The lire department fought desperate?
ly for three hours, and it seemed at
one time that they would bo success?
ful, but they were unable to do more
than lengthen tho time needed for
complete destruction of the beautiful
structure that has, since its erection,
been the pride of the town and one
of the finest stores in eastern South
Carolina. The loss is estimated at
$130,000, with about ?;r> per cent in?
surance.
Tho business wan founded in 1S7?
and its owners have never before had
the misfortune of losing a building
by fire.
This concern has built up a tremen?
dous business and for a short while
its customers will be inconvenienced,
but to prevent this as much as possi?
ble the firm opened business by 12
o'clock today with what goods arc in
tho two big warehouses and what
could be gotten from its store in
Larriar.
* No doubt a new store will be erect?
ed as soon as possible. Mayor W.
If. Keith, the vice president and man?
ager, is away on a recreation trip
to Rattle Creek, Mich.
' CHIDREN MARCH OCT.
Savannah, Ga., May 27.?When the
cry of "fire" sounded through a local
moving picture theatre late this af?
ternoon, about 75 school children who
were witnessing the show left their
seats anel marched in double file in
an orderly manner oifc of the theatre,
keeping step to the time of the music
that was being played. A film had
exploded in the picture machine cage.
The older people followed the exam?
ple set by the children and thus pre?
vented the panic which usually fol?
lows a cry of "lire"" in a theatre. The
fire department was called and soon
extinguished the slight blaze without
further damage.
kit im wb Ein.
MANY DEATHS AND PROSTRA?
TIONS IN LARGE CITIES.
Today tlio Hottest of the Year?
TIM I ?WIMM 111 Bench** Ninety-five- 1
at Baltimore?Com- Dead In Phil?
adelphia.
Philadelphia, May 27.?Today is
the hottest day of this year. The
thermometer registers 91. Four deaths
have occurred from heat.
Tow Dead in New York.
Xcw York, May 27.?The tempera?
ture is 90 today. Two deaths and ten
prostrations have been caused by the
heat.
Mcrciu'y High in Boston.
Boston, May 27.?rThe thermometer
is 93 in the shade, and one death and
a score of prostrations have been re?
ported.
Many Prostrations From Heat.
Baltimore, May IT.?The ther
omcter is at 95. Many prostrations
from heat have occurred.
CIRCULAR GIVES FOREST
FACTS.
Seventy Lives Saerlii"ed Annually by
Forest Fires.
Striking facts regarding our forest
resources, their value and their waste,
are condensed in an eight-page illus?
trated circular of the American
forestry association just issued. The
lumber industry is mid to employ
735,000 people, to whom are paid an?
nually $367,000,000 in wages, the
v.-orth of products Ving $1,250,000,
000. The forests of the country cov?
er 550,000,000 acres.
I An average of 70 human lives are
saeriticed annually in forest fires,
says the circular, and a loss occurs of
$25,000,000. Damage from insects and
tree disease, which follow lire, costs
each year $50,00u,0o?. The cost of
destruction resulting from floods is
not estimated, but is given as "count?
less millions."
But the circular expresses hope
more than pessimism As well as the
colored pictures showing the forest
lire, the effects of the fire, and the
damage caused by Hoods, it shows
also forests planted and grown under
intensive management, and the na?
tional forest ranger B OJting for Pres
on the mountain lookout station. The
effective patrol here referred to has
reduced "forest fire losses to as low
as one-tenth of one cent an acre." It
is pointed out that by planting forests
an annual income could be derived
in the country of $65,000,000; and by
preservative treatment upon timber
each year $100,000:u00 could be
saved.
FIRE IN DETROIT.
Cnlon Station Damagr^d and Firemen
Overcome by Heat and Smoke.
Detroit, May 28.?Sixty firemen
were overcome by heat and smcke in
the fire which damaged the union sta?
tion to the extent of a hundred thou?
sand dollars today. Fifty foreigners
held in the detention pen were trap?
ped by the flames and were rescued
with great difficulty.
There's Always a Cordial Welcome
????? For You At ????????
? A GOOD DRUG STORE"
Watson's?51 S. Main St
Buy all iyour drug needs at Watson's und
stop in often for a cool, refreshing drink.
We serve all the best.
Watson Drug Company,
PHONE 133 - - . St & MAIN