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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-30
MAKE FALSE PROMISES
Charge. Against Steamship Companies
Behalf of Poor Immigrants.

Washington Aarci eo.-s woman
related to-da. before the House Corn
mittec on Immigration a graphic story
OF How thousands OF poor immigrants
wcrc brought TO this country from
Continental Europe by the steamship
companies. who, II is alleged induce
them by means OF false promises to
leave their European homes and come
10 America. in quest of almost fabu-
lous wealth. only to be thrown upon
the charity of strange country.
roYerty-strlcken. homeless and fire.
quentiy forced into absolute peonage.
The statements We're those OF Mrs.
Mary Quackenbos, former employe
of the Departr ent Of Justice in which
capacity she investigated alleged peon-
cge cases in the South. For year she
has been abroad, travelling through
Spain. Portugal, italy. Greece and
other countries at her own expense
studying immigration questions.
The way 10 stop the great Hood of
Ignorant and pennilcss Immigrants 10
this country. Mrs. ouackenbos told the
committee. was to enact laws that
would reach the steamship companies
and their agents. engaged in the WORK
OF Inducing undesirable immigrants to
come here for the sake of getting
the passage money
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-30
CONTROVERSY AT AN END
Trouble Bctwecn Stnte and Fcderni
C0nrtx In GcOrgin Settled 4 mIcahI,.


Washington. u. c.. March 29.--The
bitter controversy IN Dade county. Ga.
between Federal and State officials.
growing out OF the enforcement of the
state prohibition laws, has been set
tied anlcablS, according to a report
received by Mr.. Cabell Commissioner
of Internal Revenue. 1t grew ont Of
proceedings instituted under Sthe 1u-
risd!etlon OF state Judge Fite against
Geo. W. Cureton. who. It was alleged.
had continued TO operate a distillery
sending to jail OF Chas. E.s Stegsii.
government storekeeper, fof conten1pt
OF court. because nc declined 10 dis
close official information regarding the
Curoton dlstilicry. which he was pro-
hIbited from doing bv statute, and who
WAS subsequently released. the inter-
position of Governor Brown. OF Geor-
gia, in the case. and a row between
State officers and internal revenue
agents over an effort of the sherfff to
ODE" Tndgc I7He's order 10 seize the
diStiilery.
Various attachments and indictments
as q result Of the controversy. either
have been dismissed or allowed to
allowed TO lapse, and there is now no
conflict between the Federal and State
courts. An order recently issued nv
Mr.. cabell. permitting information in
possession of internal revenue officials
20 be given Statc attorneys. To assist
in the prosecutions Of violations OF
prohibition laws. Will. IS is thought,
obvlate in the future such difficulties
as were encountered In the Georgia
case.
cureton was convicted and sentenced
70 jail for year. or to pay fine of
81 ono
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-30
GIVES SKIN TO NURSE GIRL
Fathers Way of Expressing His Graft
tude To One Who Saved uis ChiIdren

Fathers Way of Expressing His Craft
tude TO One Who Saved His Children.
New York, March 29.-Grateful to a
girl who had been terribly burned
while saving the lives of his three
Young children at fire in his home.
William Landsberg. forty years old. Of
320 Sackett street, Brooklyn, yester-
DAY gave forty square inches of his
skin in the Long Island College Hos
pital to save the life of the young
woman.
1T is the least I can do for her in
return for what she has done for me
and mine" said Landsberg
The patient is Miss Elsie Wobetta.
seventeen years old. employed as a
nurse girl in the Landsberg home,
about FIVE weeks ago one of the Lands
nerS chlldren accidentally overturned
q q u lighted oil lamp. and the blazing
nuld set ire to the room. Beating out
the flames, Elsie rescued the three
children, getting them safely from the
the body.
The. surgeons at the hospital took
some healthy skin from the girls legs
ana grated 1t on the burned parts Of
her body. rinding that she would be
unable TO contribute anymore of her
own skin, the surgeons looked around
for volunteer. Landsberg promptly
presented himself ut the hospital yes-
terday The operation was at once
performed.
Later it was said Mt the hospital
that both Miss Wobetta and Landsberg
We're doing we'll.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-30
NO FURTHER IMPROVEMENT
senator Daniels Condition Not so sat
lNfnCtOrk II MMs Two uANk AEo.

Senator Daniels Condition Not so sat
isfnctOry ny II WAS Two Days Ago.
Especial TO ThcTimes-D -Dispatch.1
Dnyt0nn, I'ln,. .H,rch 2D.--Dr. Chown-
Ing stated f0-niEtt That Scpntor DIM
icIs condition Ii not 40 satiSfnctOry
nn II WINS two days pg0, there ha,ipg
been II complete rest of imprOyc mic III
during the past forty-cIEi,t hours.
Lying on hia right hide sometimes
nnd ON bIs bnri< the bpinpce OF tbr
time, senstOr John w. Daniel spends
the greater part of the dn3 and night
In slu'nbrr. During his raking prriDds
he sometimes talks in nbbreyintcJ
sentences To his reintjves, hut the
grentcr pnrt of the time tic stntcr-
NUNS mind rs wandering. During the
pnst two dnys there Inns been no
change in the Senator's condition. nj.
though for two dRys previous To Snr-
day decided i,nproycncDt Wns no
tlccd. Doctors say II tnny be possible
to remove him 30 Virginia in Two or
three weeks n the Improvement cou-
fipues. should he suffer another hep,-
orrhner. they say that death rould
prohnbiy come quickly. The doctor,
continue to marvel Mt the wonderful
vitality of tile senntGr, md Eny this
aionc Is responsible for him surviving
the coma which he was under for three
weeks. Tl,ls vitality hns been Erndu-
nIiy Weakening. md he could not stand
another hemorrhngc. Drs. ChowninE
mud Iiohannon sn. tonight thnt they
feel the distinguishet. patient has more
thnn AN even chance for recovery, but
they nre iOntI, to hold out hopes that
may prove false.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-30
MUST GRANT RAISE
TO AVOID STRIKE
Serious Situation Confronts BIZ
luminous Coal
Operators.
TERMS PROPOSED BY MINERS
Threatening Aspect overshadows
Pennsylvania and Illinois
Fields.
TERMS PROPOSED BY MINERS

Cincinnati, O., March 29.-only i'm
mediate increases in wages will pre-
vent numerous and widespread strike
! in the bituminous coal mines OF thu
| country, according to action taken by
the special convention of the Unitec
Mine Workers of North America late
to-day, following final disagreement
ence of the central competitive field
The terms proposed by the miners
for the continuation of work after the
expiration of the present agreements
on midnight Thursday, will admit OF
no compromise so far as wages are
concerned On most other questions,
however, there is room for agree
ment. and the general trend of opinion
among men and employers tonight
was that no long suspension will re-
suit, except in few fields.
The most threatening aspect over
shadows the PENNSYLVANIA and the Illi-
nois fields. In Pennsylvania there can
be no new contract short of q set
Element of the controversy over the
new explosive laws of that State. and
in Illinois the old problem OF payment
for the services of shot firers looms
up as a poor barrier to peaceful set
tlement.
Both questions We're brought up on
the floor of the convention, but where
as a positive declaration was adopted
on the former, the Illinois miners
were not allowed to put the conven-
tion on record as supporting or re-
jecting the justice of their grievances,
Briefly, The miners demands arc
that all operators agree to pay the in
creased wages of cents a ton on
pick mined screen coal, with pro-
portionate advances for other methods
of mining and outside labor. as a pre-
requisite to other negotiations on other
questions.
Minor Points to Settle.
With the advance In pay assured,
work may be continued In the mines
affected, pending a solution of the
minor points. provided the national
executive board OF the union approves
action to this effect by the district
officers
The national hoard Is made the H.
nal power, so far as the union is con-
cerned. but 1t is expressly forbidden
to modify the wage demands
II was announced by President T..
L. Lewis that the proposition adopted
by the convention is not to be con-
strued as affecting contracts which do
not expire until after April /. The
announcement precludes immediate
trouble in Montana, Wyoming and
Washington.
Late tonight President Lewis is-
sued a signed statement reviewing
weeks, will have no serious effect on
cept in a few instances fIe said in
.part
"The failure to reach an agreement
in the trt-State joint convention,
which has been in session for three
tho outlook, ana predicting peace eN-
the mining inquiry Of the coustry
There may be Temporary suspensions
in some of the districts until We are
able to reach the operators and ex-
plain the situation"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-30
saa.7s TO CALIFORNIA,

Arizona, New Mexico, Mexico. Tourist Sleep.
or withou, change, Berth. $500, washing
ton-sunset Route. go Il. .taln St
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-30
WANTS FULL INVESTIGATION

Hughes Declares Political Household
Needs Disinfecting.
New York March 29.---Governor
Hughes was cheered at New Rochelle
here tonight as he advocated annihi-}
lation of graft in politics, In an nd
dress at banquet of the Merchants
lcontinued ON Third ParaA
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-08-03
John q. Carlisle Dead,

New York, July 31.-John G. Car
isle, former secretary Of the treas
ury, who had been critically i'll for
the past two days, died at his apart
ments in New York at 1850 tonight
OF heart failure, accompanied by
oedema Of the lungs.
John Griffin Carlisle was born in
kenton county, Ky, September S,
$50. He was educated in the pub
lie schools, later studied law and was
admitted to the bar Always a con-
sistent Democrat and interested in
pubic affairs as a young man, he
rose from the Kentucky House OF
Representatives to the State Senate,
served as Lieutenant Governor and
finally graduated into national af-
fairs.
From 1877 to 1890 he was mem
Der Of the National House, and from
1883 to 1889 was Speaker Of the
House. He resigned to fiji the un-
expired term of James b. Beck in
the United States Senate, from
which he again resigned in 1898 to
become Secretary OF the Treasur,
under President Grover Cleveland.
With the retirement from power
or the Democratic party in 1897 he
withdrew from politics and took up
once more the practice OF law, this
time in New York city, where he con-
tinued TO live until his death to-
night.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-08-03
SOLDIER AND CHILD DROWN.
Women Have Narrow Escape When
Boat Sinks Near Savannah.

savannah, Ca, July 31--Two per-
sons were drowned and several 9TH
erS had narrow escapes from death
when covered launch, owned by
the government and used by the SOL
dlers at Fort Screvcn, was sunk in
LaZaretto creek, near the fort. yes
tcrday afternoon, while the outgoing
tide was rushing through the creek
at race-hOrse speed.
The dead are: Sergt. Henry OIL
yer, aged 65, Of the 121st company,
coast artillery; L.onnie Drake, g.
year-old son or Sergt. Drake
1t is believed that Sergt. Oliver,
who was an old man, lost his life
while trying to save that OF the
child.
4 woman mcmhnr OF the party
was caught by the tide and carried
down the creek for several hundred
yards, screaming for help until sho
lost consciousness. Fishermen fur
ther down the stream heard her and
put out in boats. She was caught as
she was sweeping by them, hurried
to the bank, and, after long time,
was revived
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-08-03
a Card of Thanks.

Editor Keowee Courier: AS we
are about to bring our pleasant visit
to old friends and relatives in our
old home to close, we desire to
thus express publicly our heartfelt
thanks and appreciation for the
many acts of kindness and universal
hospitality shown us on all sides
Our visit has been one round OF plea
sure from the time we struck Oco-
nee soil, and dear as the old county
and her people have ever been to us,
they have been made d0ubly so BY
the knowledge that we were not for
gotten by tile older ones and that
the hearts Of the younger ones were
open and ready to receive us Of a
former generation into their lives
and to make us feel that we are in
deed yet members Of the present.
We extend sincere thanks to all for
the great kindness that we have
received on all sides. Wishing one
and all the very best Of all that they
can wish for themselves, and with
the assurance that even when we
have reached our faraway homes we
Will still remember most kindly and
pleasantly our trip to the old home
In Oconee, we remain,
Your old friends,
j. Ben Abbott,
George w. Abbott,
e. p. Abbott,
VIM. n. Abbott.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-08-03
"WHATEVER YOU MISS | TOOK
Wider Makes Confession and Adds
81 Never Had II Chance"

New York, Aug. 1.-The confes-
sion of Erwin Wider, arrested Fri
day for the theft OF 100000 from
the Russo-Chinesc Bank, wis con-
tanned in a letter which he wrote to
he bank on July 81. The letter
reads:
Gentlemen: | might as well tell
You that in few days 5000 shares
Of Pennsylvania railroad stock have
to be shipped to the National Bank
OF Berlin, Germany. You won't
find them. took them.
"YOu will also find a large num-
bcr Of shares Of other stocks miss
ing, which ! also took. I meant to
put them back, but the market went
against me, and 1t was the blamed
cotton situation that broke my neck.
1T was all your own fault any
how. You should not have put one
man in charge Of everything from
to Il. My wife does not know that
anything Is wrong, but | am going
to tell her to-day. Whatever else
YOU find missing, took.
Yours respectfully,
ERWIN J. Wider"
In his cell In the Tombs, Wider
made last night the following state
ment to the newspaper men:
Didn't Count Consequences.
81 never thought OF the probable
consequences Of my act never
thought of anything except that
had an opportunity in Wall street to
make money, and it seemed safe,
too.
My pay at the bank was so small
could not live and keep my family
in the way | saw my friends keep
theirs"
Widcrs pay is said to have been
, $ 200 a year.
II kept thinking about the way in
which money was made in the stock
market. ] heard how easy It was
ana that any one could get in there
| and speculate. The risk, | was told
was nothing.
81 talked the situation over care
fully with men who told me they
knew all about stocks and specuial-
ton. Then decided to take a
chance.
Cry for More Margins.
But never had a chance. It was
always, always messages from tho
broker for more margins, more mar
gins. They seemed Unsuitable.
Not. however until ] was I'm so
dccp that ] could not sec the way
out did | get reckless. At least, ]
ala not think | was reckless at the
DeS SHINING, but ] realize It now.
Then when ! had got in practi-
! cally up to my neck, | went the
limit. 1t couldn't be much worse I
thought, and any day it might turn
In my favor. And here I am"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-08-03
Cry for More Margins.
EbcncZcr Personal Items.

Ebenezer, Aug. Especial: Crops
are looking very good in this section,
and farmers are busy laying-by.
School opened last Monday with
Miss Hattie Rutledge as teacher.
Sixty-fve pupils have been enrolled.
We wish for her a pleasant and sue
cessful session.
Miss jamie Boyd, who has been
spending several weeks at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. II. ID. Huskamp, and
among other relatives, returned to
her home in Anderson last week.
Miss Mena Waldt spent last week
at the home Of MIR. and Mrs. Fred
Waldt, OF the High Falls section.
Mrs. James McCuen, Of Green
vile, and children are visiting rela-
tives In this community.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Porter, of
Grecnville, are visiting at the home
OF her sister, Mrs. Lizzie Morgan,
and other relatives.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-08-03
G. s. W. c. TRAIN BURNED.
Engineer and Fireman liillcd-Scv-
cral Passengers Injured.

Augusta, Ga, July 31.--PaSscn-
ger train No. 2 on the Spartanburg
division Of the Charleston & West
ern Carolina Railroad, due TO arrive
in Augusta from Spartanburg at
G.15 p. M, ran into Il burning tres
tie about a mile and half from
Woodlawn, resulting in the total de-
struction Of the train, the death of
Engineer Hank Taylor and Fireman
Simon Dunbar, colored, Of Augusta,
and slight injury to sixteen passen-
gers.
When the train was entering
reverse curve Baggagemaster George
Box directed the attention of Con-
ductor W. b. Nerdery to large vol
umes Of smoke, which he believed to
be coming from the trestle, then a
mile distant from the train. Con-
ductor Verdery watched the smoke
until the train had rounded the
curve, when he saw that the fire was
on the trestle. Immediately he pull
ed the danger signal, and ran from
the baggage car back to the first
class passenger coach and pulled the
emergency brake, but already the
engine had run onto the trcstle, and
plunged through to the little creek
J.,
baggage car and the front Of one Of
the passenger coaches.
The coach fitting from the wreck
age to the roadbed above formed a
flue through which the flames from
the trestle debris were carried to
the train proper, and in less than
five minutes the entire train was in
flames.
Engineer Taylor and Fireman
Dunbar went down with the engine
and were caught under the tender.
Baggagemastcr Box also went down
with his car, but succeeded in escap-
ing from the fire with slight inju-
ries.
Mail Clerk Bloom, OF Spartan
burg, did not leave his car, and was
seriously, though not fatally injured
NO passengers were injured be-
yond minor cuts and bruises.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-08-03
1000 BABIES DIE FROM HEAT.
That Is Ten Days Record in New
York City Alone.

New York, July 3l.-With a thou
sand babies dead from the heat Of
the last ten days and over four score
recorded ds killed by each succeed
ING course OF the sun, all New York
Is to-day rising to back the battle
of the authorities against this start
ling slaughter of the innocents.
Squads Of doctors and nurses are be-
ing hurriedly scattered over the fetid
streets, at almost every corner OF
which white hearses tell their pitirul
tale. Milk, ice and baby bathtuhs
nave been rushed to the scene Of this
critical conflict Of the life-savers with
deadly infant blight OF the blazing
skies. Fifty, seventy-five and even
eighty per cent more babies than
succumbed last summer have sunk
TO death in the recent hot spells that
are taking their toll in hundreds
from the older and more robust. A
million mothers are to-day being
provided with the council of the
health officers in this emerge, cy and
yet there is no sign Of a turning in
the fatal tide. Though thousands OF
chalk-white infants now lie fighting
ior life throughout the torrid town,
1T is hoped that the forces Of the
'.''"'ihso iSiiSi AMY llldS Scl cnock
the saddest ravages of the sun.
street Split.
Millions Of dollars worth of Struc-
ture is to-day being prepared to be
shorn for the fifteen feet OF extra
street space that traffic demands
across the short stretch Of Forty-sec-
ohd street approaching the Grand
Central Depot. Following the recent
wedging apart OF the walls Of Fifth
avenue for the same distance, the
borough heads have called for
beating back Of the fronts OF this
crosS-way, that now chokes with lis
press OF horse and motor vehicles.
Gangs Of laborers are Just starting
TO tear down the elaborate facades
or the big buildings that must Weld
by inches to the cry for elbow room
III this swarming street Tons Of
ornamental stone work and pyra-
mids OF brick are soon to be strcwn
away along few. blocks. Before
froSt comes again it is prophesied
to-day that Forty-second street will
be entirely refronted and widencd
to suit the urgent demand for traffic
room that must soon shake apart
all Manhattan
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-08-03

Palestine, Texas, July 30.-.A
fierce race war Is raging about hore
to-day. Fifteen negroes and one
white man were killed and a score
or more Of whites and negroes injur-
ed in a pitched battle in the streets
of Palestine.
The trouble first broke out some
distance from the town, 1t Is un-
derstood that a clash between crowds
OF whites and negroes occurred
when an attempt was made to rescue
negro prisoner. Another report
received here to-day said that the
negroes rallied To the prisoners aid
when an attempt at lynching was
made. The main battle occurred
last night
Negroes for miles around to-day
are being hunted, and whenever nos
sible they arc arming themselves.
Within short time after the first
row the whites Of the entire country
about had started a war. Scores or
blacks were pursued by mobs. In
some Instances they barricaded
themselves In their settlements
When captured they were shot to
death or lynchcd. One is reported
to have been burned to death.
''p|'i'' oiiiNNlS arc DclnR sworn
in as fast as reliable men can be
found.
Mounted posses we're this after
noon dispatched from here to patrol
all OF Anderson county known to be
affected.
Race Riot is Over.
Palestine, Texas, Aug. In his
charge to the special grand Jury en-
panelled to-day, Judge b. b. Gard
ner Of the Third Judicial District
Court. ordered that thorough In
vestigation OF the race riots In An
derson county be made
Four additional arrests were made
to-day In connection with the clash
between the whites and blacks Fri
day night and Saturday. Eight
white men are now in' Jail here, all
or whom are charged with murder
In the first degree, and held without
bail to await the. action Of the grand
jury.
Troop G, cavalry, OF the Texas
State Guard, under the command OF
Capt. l.. II. Younger, arrived here
to-day and is encamped in the court
house yard. The troop will patrol
the scene &C the riots and protect the
prisoners now in jail.
According to the authorities the
situation Is now well in hand sand
no further trouble is anticipated.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-08-03
Alta MIA AUTOiST Killed.
II. B. Dial Meets Fate When Auto
Crashes Through Fence.

Speedway, Atlanta, July 31-Put-
ting on his brakes with his gear in
neutral while turning the second
curve on the Speedway, II. b. Dial, q
mechanician, who was driving the
Marion No. 81, in a trial spin, skid
ded through the inside fence, struck
the ground with tremendous force
and was killed almost instantly. The
car had Just passed the grandstand,
turned the first curve and was
rounding into The second curve at a
clip Of about So miles per hour.
when the brakes were thrown on
with the gear in neutral, causing the
car to Skidd through the fence on
the inside Of the track and roll down
the steep bank and On to the Jagged
rocks below. When help reached
the scene the body OF Dial was lying
stretched on the grould Just a few
feet from the upturncd car, his head
crushed and life almost gone. A
rock near the unfortunate young
man told the story Of how he met
death. The plucky driver had clear
ed the car when it turned, but his
head struck the rock when he fell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-08-03
Farmers Institute at ConncrOss.

There will be farmers institute
held a ConneroSs school house on
thursday, August il, at 10 o'clock,
by Prof. ID. n. Barrow, Of Clemson
College. There will be several other
speakers for the occasion. Each
speaker will talk on some phase Of
agriculture. The public is invited to
attend with well-flled baskets.
j. w. Alexander. for Committee.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-08-03

and at the same time to promote
the cause Of justice.
Plead Not Guilty.
Quebec, Aug. 2.--Inspector Dew
thinks that Ethel Glare Levene Is
innocent Of any share In the murder
Of Belle Moore. lie says she has
told him her complete story and he
believes her innocent Of any crime,
but that she IS trying to shield Grip
pen and maintains that he Is also
innocent The girl Is in q state OF
almost total collapse. On the other
hand Crippen Is cheerful and seems
to have no fear Of the consequence.
Both plead Innocence.