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12. I THI ASSOCIATED V5T I QlL I if prim n h p 7-V Cn iYitI 1 1 j - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaai LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast SHOWERS. ASHEVILLE, N .0., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 15, 1912. 3c PER COPY 1 VOL. XVn., NO. 135. : i " DEN V Is? BY Bk FLOOD Hundreds Made Homeless, Several Killed and $15, f ' 000,000 Worth of Prop f erty Destroyed. AUDITORIUM TURNED INTO REFUGEE CAMP Terrific Storm Followed by Cloudburst, Which Makes Cherry Creek a Rag ing Torrent. Denver, July 15. Several hundred persons were made homeless, several were killed and a million and a half dollars worth of property is in ruins as the result of a cloudburst which caused the overflow of Cherry creek through Denver last night. The audi torium was the refugee camp at dawn of 500 of the homeless, who gathered there to be fed by the city. Twenty five children whose parents were lost or killed are In the care of the police matron. Mayor Arnold has organized a relief corps to search the ruins for bodies. The flood was wlthput parallel In the history of the city. Had It not been for a warning by an unknown person just before the crest reached the city, more would have perished. Many fled in their night-clothes. It Is believed many were caught while asleep. The flood was preceeded by a storm with a wind velocity of 48 miles an hour yesterday afternoon. After two hours of hard rain the streets and sew ers were flooded and hundreds of per sons were chased to the parks. Fifty miles of city roadways was destroyed at 8:30 o'clock last night, an alarm was sounded and within half an hour a wall of water many feet high des cended on the city from Cherry creek, ripped out conorete walls, destroyed bridge and many small dwellings and invaded the best residence section. This morning the waters are reced ing, but It will be some time before the full extent of loss of life and property will be known. EHS DIE iGE BOUND AT SEA Entire 16th Regiment Nar rowly Escapes When Floes Block Transport. Tacoma. Wash., July 15. After narrowly escaping having been sunk by ice floes In the Bering sea, the United States army transport Sheri dan arrived here last night with the sixteenth United States Infantry. The ship was Ice-bound 17 days, drifting 90 miles a day. There was much suf fering aboard, two soldiers dying. DISPENSARY COMMITTEE WILL RESUME INQUIRY Next Sitting Will Be at Co lumbia Thursday Nioh olls May Testify. Spartanburg, July 16. Further sit tings of the South Carolina dispensary committee of the legislature will be held tn Columbia, beginning Thurs day, It was announced by Chairman Howard B. Carlisle today. The hear ings, adjourned temporarily Saturday ut Augusta, Ga., after Detectives W11-' Ham J. Hums and E. F. Reed testified concerning alleged gratt among state officers, It is said Samuel Nlcholls of Spar tanburg, the lawyer who, Reed said, was Governor Blesses agent In ques tionable transactions, will go before the committee Thursday. LAID BEFORE SENATE Resolution Directing Presentation of the Arehbakl Impeachment Head hy Chairman. V - Washington, July 16. The Im peachment of Judge Archbald of the '"nmmerce court was formally laid before the senate by the! house com mittee today. Chairman Clayton of the house Judiciary committee read the resolution under which the house directed the presentation of the Im peachment. Women Attend Morton MaroVr Trial. Chicago July 16. Many promt women are attending the trial of Mr Rene Morrow, accused of the U.S.SOLD SWEPT SIHH01S EXPLAINS HIS HER VOTE Says Evidence Adduced by Second Inquiry Changed Aspect of Case. Oazette-Ntews Bureau, Wyatt Building, Washington, July 15. Senator Simmons has issued the following statement in regard to his vote against Senator Lorimer: "Upon the evidence taken in the first Lorimer investigation, acting as a juror, I voted for Lorimer because the evidence was as I thought. Insuf ficient to show that his election was vitiated by the corrupt use of money. "Admittedly the first investigation was not a thorough-going one. In ex planation of this the committee ex plained, first, that the prosecuting at torney admitted of record that he did not have any evidence to show that Lorimer used any money Improperly or had any knowledge of the corrupt use of money to secure his election; second, that they did not investigate the so-called 'jack-pot' fund because they held that If any money was paid from that fund by Lee O'Neal Brown ,or his agent, Wilson, it had no relev ancy to the matter which the com mittee was appointed to Investigate, and the committee, taking this view of disbursement from the 'Jackpot' fund, concluded that it was not the duty of the committee to Inquire into the origin of the ftind or the purpose for which It was used, declaring that that matter was and is one for the proper officials of the state of Illi nois to take cognizance of and one with which the senate of the United States had no concern. First Investigation Limited. "For these reasons the scope of the flrBt investigation was limited and the evidence covered onljr about 700 pages. Later, when it was claimed that new evidence of great Import ance had been discovered, and the legislature of Illinois basing Its re quest upon the findings of the Helm eommmlttee, asked that the case be re-opened and another Investigation should be had, Inasmuch as the first Investigation was admittedly Incom plete, as before Indicated, the senate decided to re-open the case, and a resolution was passed creating a spe cial committee for that purpose. The resolution ordering this Investigation was prepared by Senator Martin, of Virginia, the democratic leader, and submitted by him to the democratic caucus which approved It and re quested him to press Its passage, apr! It was under this resolution draftej by Senator Martin and submitted by Senator Dillingham that the second Investigation was had. This resolution having in mind the failure of the first committee to thoroughly Investi gate the 'Jackpot' fund Instructed the special committee to Inquire fully Into and report upon the scores ana uses of the alleged 'Jackpot' fund or any other fund In Its relation to and the effect, If any, upon the election of William Lorimer to the senate. "I voted for the resolution to re open the case both in the caucus and In the senate, Intending when the re port of the new Investigation was rmade to vote on the second trial ac cording to my conviijon on the evi dence as presented in that report, as I had don In the first trial. If I had not intended to vote on the new evi dence without feeling estopped by my vote In the first trial, of course I should have voted against ro-openlng the case. Second Investigation. 'The second investigation was a most thorough and searching one. The evidence taken covers 8700 pages of printed matter. This evidence, I think shows that the 'Jackpot' fund which the first committee did not In quire Into because they thought It Ir relevant and Immaterial, Is not only of great, but, as I view It. of con trolling Importance. The evidence In this second Investigation fully Justi fies I think, the conclusions that this So-called 'Jackpot' fund was a large sum of money 'contributed W va rious Interests Interested In promot ing or defeating legislation: that a large part of this fund was piacea in the hands of Lee O'Neal Browne; that it was not to he distributed until aft er the legislature had adjourned; that with this fund under his control and as Inducement, Browne gathered around him certain members of the legislature, who for all practical pur poses, put their votes at his com mand whenever he needed them, and Ihst when he cnlled upon them for their votes, they responded. This fund was not raided to elect Senator Lorimer. nor to Influence tne sens torlal election. Ihdeed Irlmer wee not a candidate when It wan rawed, hut throurh that fund Browne con trolled tne vntea of these men for Lorimer, and by the aid of those vntra he war elected. After the legis lature idloufned Browne distributed tku mnnev tmnnt these men who had been willing tools not only In car rving out his schemes with reH'Set to lorit legislation but also with re sptct to Lorimer. Ixtrtmer the. Ilencftclsry "The facto and circumstance i.r.,hi nut In the Investigation of the 'Jackpot' by the special commit tee as " octad In the resoluth opening the care show, as I think t raise hat while this money was no EXPRESS RATES TO BE REDUCED Sweeping Reduction, Averag ing 15 Per Cent. Prescrib ed by the Interstate Commission. RULES AND PRACTICES ART. ORTF.R.1i!r fiWANftF.TI , One Aim Is to Bring Producer and Consumer of Food Products Closer Together. Washington, July 15. Sweeping re ductions in express rates averaging, in general, approximately 15 per cent; drastic reforms in regulations and practices and comprehensive changes In the methods of operation are pre scribed in a report made public by the interstate commerce commission of its investigation Into the business of the 13 great express companies of the United States. Dealing with the identity of inter est between the various companies, the report finds that while these com panies are separate legal entitles, "it is of Interest to regard this fact they by stock ownership and otherwise they are so interlaced, intertwined, and in terlocked that it is with difficulty wc can trace any one of the greater com panies as either wholly independent In its management or the agency of a single railroad system. So that while these companies operate separately and compete with each other for traf fic, the express business may be said to be almost a family affair. An in teresting genealogical tree in fact, might be drawn showing a cpmmon ancestry In all of the larger companies. And while many names may be used to designate these companies', it is within the fact to sav that aside from the operations of the minor and dis tinctively railroad express companies, the express business of the United States is managed by not more than three groups of interests.' Investigation Exhaustive. The Inquiry was the most extensive, and, in wealth of infinite detail, proD ably the most thorough, ever prose cuted bv the commission. It was con ducted and the report was prepared by Commissioner Franklin K. Lane It has been In progress for nearly three years. The report Itself makes 600 printed pages. It Involved an ex. amlnatlon and comparison of practi cally more than 600,000,000 express rates in effect in this country, in addi tion tr. an examination of millions of waybills and an Investigation, through the books of the companies, ol tneir financial ooerations and business methods. s Commissioner Laneris of opinion that the conclusions reached constitute a long step towards the solution ot that gravest problem ot tne American householder, the high cost or living, The greatest reduction of rates pro posed It on small packages that Is on parcels which weign less man pounds. Rates on packages of more than 12 pounds were found to be more reasonable than those on smaller par cels. Briefly stated the new rates may be said to be based upon a minimum charge of 21 cents for a one pound package. This charge Increases in ratio to the Increase of weight and dis tance, at rates varying from three tenths of a cent a pound to about 12 cents a pound. Twelve cents a pound according to tho conclusions of the commlsrion. Is approximately the hluhest rate per pound for the great- eat distance possible for a parcel to be carried wholly within the United States, exclusively of Alaska. Packages weighing two pounds, for Instance, may bo shipped 1000 miles w York City to Chicago for 21 centr; and 2000 miles Now York City to 'Denver for 31 cents, the present rates being respectively, for each 36 cents. A three, pound package win cost 27 cents for 1000 miles and 37 cents for 2000 miles, the resisting rates being, respectively, each 4& cents. A ten pound package may be Continued on page two. WEBB TO PROSECUTE THE ARCHBALD CASE Garette-News Bureau, ' Wyatt Building. Washington. July IS. Representative Webb Is one of the managers- appointed by the house to conduct the Archbald Impeachment trial In the senate. As ranking mem ber. Mr. Webb will make either the first or second speech when tho case in taken ud in the senate. The man agers for the case consist of the best taleht on the Judiciary committee of th house, and the fact that the ninth district congressman was chosen Is a distinct honor not only to Mr. Webb hir-aaif hut to the state of rnrtn Carotins. Mr. Webb hss tsken a very active part In tho dnoate In the house. He made the i rlnclpal argument In the contempt bill case and, It Is said, by both republicans and democrats, mat his speech on the Impeachment of Judge Archbald was a maaiernu pre sentatlon of the case. The impeachment was referred to i select committee of five, Clark of Wy oming, Nelson, Dillingham, Bacon and Culberson. It must be brought up n, . tomorrow. The committee pro- THIRTEEN KILLED WHEN TRAINS HIT Rear-End Collision Between Burlington Trains Near Chicago. Chicago, July 16 A dual inquiry will be made to ascertain the blame for the wreck of a '. B. & Q. train near Western Springs, 111., yesterday in which 13 persons were killed and 16 hurt. County and state officers w" conduct Inquiries into the con uuul oi i hi ' t pibuii. one oi wnom is dead. They are Oeorgc Bronson, engineer of the mail irain. who was killed; Mrs. F. A; Wilcox, tower op erator, and Flagman .lohn Woodruff. The latter will, be investigated to see if they did thejr duty in placing block signals and placing torpedoes on the track. Coming through a fog with a sup posedly clear track ahead, train No. 8, a fast mail, ran at full speed Into the rear of train No. 2, known as the Overland fixpress from Denver, which was standing still on the track, tele scoping two of the Overland's Pull man cars. Railroad officials refused to fix the blame until after the wreck had been investigated thoroughly. Mrs. F. A. Wilcox, who wasdn charge of the tow er from which the block signals were controlled 'said, she was certain the block was thrown against both trains. She collapsed after the accident and still Is in a nervous condition Fire Breaks Out, Fire, starting from the gas' lights In tho sleepers, then broke1 out ManM victims, pinioned down hy heavy tlm-v bers and Irbn, pleaded for death. Members of the fire departments of WeBtern Springs and l.alJrange were on the scene within a few minutes after the wreck occurred and they put out the fire with lines of hose. Bodies Supposedly Robbed. Ghouls are believed to have robbed the dead befdre they reached the morgue. More than a dozen large dia mond sets are missing from jewelry and, although most of the dead ap peared to have been persons In com fortable circumstances, a dime was the largest sum of money found on any cf the bodies. Coroner Hoffman early In the af ternoon ordered all of the bodies em balmed and Immediately impaneled a Jury to investigate the wreck. In a little room above a Irtisiness house In LaGrange. Mrs. Wilcox hid herself from visitors thiptishout the greater ,,1't). ... pan of tT day. The sKiiTles were drawn and she was trying to collect her thoughts. Finally she said: "After thinking the whole affair over, I have decided that 1 was not in any way to blame for the accident. I know that the blocks were set against the train. It was not I that erred. "Three trains Instead of two parsed the signals in violation of all rules, although it might have been that the engineers did not see the hoard. "First I heard No. , a train in-no way connected with the wreck, pass. Then, In a few minutes No. 2 came by. I thought something was wrong and I began to try to think of something to do to stop the trains from running by the board. But before I could get my wits together No. 8 had sped by, and the crash followed."' Another way was suggested as to how the wreck may have occurred. It was that No. 2. having been blocked by a signal, had snt a brakeman to set torpedoes to warn No. 8. No. 8 was coming down grade where the crash came. Persons responsible for the 6tory of the torpedoes said that No. 8 hao been given a signal that the track was clear and that the crew either had failed to hear the torpedoes or had believed they had a clear track. LORIMER UNDECIDED Does Not Know U licit,, r He Will Stay In Politics and Seek Vindication. Washington, July 15. "William Lorimer Is going back to Chicago and Is going to work." That was the brief announcement made yettterdav in behalf of the mnn whom the senate stripped of his eal and title as Junior senator from Illinois. Whether he will re-enter politics and seek a vindication at the hands of the Illinois electorate, Mr. Lorimor has not decided. Some of his former colleagues In the senate have suggest ed that he seek a return to the seat in the house ol representatives which he left when the Illinois legislature in 1909 Sent litm to the senate. But that, his frleiMts say, Is et least two years away as would be any effort to be returned to 'he senate. Mr. Lori mer was to go hnfore the people of Illinois In a primary and it Is now too late to take part In this year's contest The appointment of a successor, of course, depends upon Governor De neen ol Illinois. The suggestion ha been made that Dcneen might resign and be appoint! . a senator by Lieu tenant Governor Ogleaby, who would succeed tq the appointing power. It Is ssld that Lorimer. when the sug gestion was menlh tied to hjm, pro nounced It unlikely. DR. THOMAS HUME Widely Known Klmkmprarran Schol ar and I'.ngtlsh Teacher Dire st Chapel Hill. Gasettc News Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh. Raleigh. July 15. lomss Hume, professor erne ill. He was prom ears as Shakespearean scholar a her end was known i In the was a Issuing Baptist. English mnllv t MOHD&EA CflNTESTSEQUEL Suit of Widow of Former Con gressman Against Thom as Settle up in Hay wood Court. SEEKS TO RECOVER $2000 PAID LAWYER Claim Expenses It Was De signed to Cover Were Not Incurred Defendant on Stand. Special to The Gazette-News. Waynesvillc, July 15. Taking Into ! consideration the prominence of the parties involved, a case of more than ' usual interest is being heard in the ' , j Haywood County Superior court. It ; is that in which Mrs. J. M. Moody. widow of the late Congressman James ' M. Moody of this place, is suing Thomas Settle, a prominent attorney of Ashevllle and one of the leading republican politicians in the state, for the recovery of $2000 on the allega tions that the Moody estate paid this imount to Mr. Settle for expenses in curred, or to be incurred, In the pros ecution of the context for a seat in congress with Hon. J. M. Gudger, Jr., In the year 1903, and that little if any of It was used by Mr. Settle for the purposes for which It was paid. The plaintiff rested Saturday afternoon, and when .court recessed Mr. Settle had just gone on the stand. He has Been testifying today, and it is his contention that the money was paid to him for attorney's fees and for ex penses connected with getting passed an act of congress through which Mrs. Moody was paid $5000, the-equivalent of a year's salary for Mr. Moody, after he had died. Col. Lusk's Testimony. Col. Lusk was associated with Mr. Settle in the prosecution of the con test, and he claims that he ' did not get any. of the $2000. Col. Lusk was oh the stand Saturday. In ettect hie testimony wa3 that he and Mr. Settle had been employed by Mr. Moody to carry on the contest as legal advisors; that Mr. Moody agreed to pay them $500 each, $250 at the time of the agreement and $250 at the conclusion Of the suit. The colonel said that this $250 was all the money he had ever received in connection with the cose. He went on to say that after the death of Mr. Moody and while he was at Tryon taking evidence, he received a communication from Mr Settle in which he said, he was trying to get more money with which to car ry on the contest; that when he re turned home Mr. Settle showed him an agreement by which they were to carry on the contest to an end and release the Moody esta'e from any of the expenses for the sum of $2000. If $2000 had been paid, Col. Lusk said, he had never received any of It. It is understood that there is now pending In the Buncombe county court a suit against Mr. Settle. In which Col. Lusk seeks to collect $250, the balance of $500 which he was to receive for prosecuting the contest. CUR DEEDS ESTATE 10 TWO UNIVERSITIES Property Aggregating $1,500, 0000 Given Virginia and Carolina Institutions. Richmond. July 15. In order lo forestall efforts of his relatives in New York, who charge that he In In sane, John Armstrong Chaloner has deeded his entire property, amounting to $1,500,000, to the Virginia Trust company In trust to be divided at his lenth between the University of North Carolina and the University ol Vir ginia. Spi cule bequests of $10,000 each are made as follows: To Columbia university, New York, to Increase the Chandler historical prise fund: to the Virginia Military Institute, the Virginia Polytechnic In stltute, the University of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts of North Caro lina, the University of South Carolina, the Clemson Agricultural college, the College of Charleston, S. C. and $10,- 400 Is given to the town of Roanoke Rapids, N. C, the Income from which Is to be applied In the annuel pur chase of a Christmas tree for public school children. Mr. Chaloner reserves a life Interest In all property and the right to vote all atock, but agrees not to hypothe cate the atock or to encumber the real estate save for Improvement of the property and then only with the consent of tha two first named uni versities. Confess Near Adjournment. Washington, July IS. Members of the senate today predicted 10 more daya of congress. Appropriation measures and the Panama canal bill ettobe dlspo sad of by the sen- EXPRESS LIQUOR 0 LY M PiG MAR ATH 0 N FATftLTOBUNNEB Portuguese Entrant Suifers Sunstroke After Speeding 19 Miles. Stockholm, July 15. The only Portugese runner in yesterday's mara thon race, which was won by a South African, died this morning. He suf fered a sunstroke after having run 19 miles of the distance. South Africa, which heretofore has played rather a modest part in the Olympic drama, came to the center of l",c A u'c vl I II I 11,1 t Kill Jt'Olfllltt.V, YV1IIII1I1K lilt? AVI ft I rl " ,hntl rar thn ., imnoPtant mlm- her on the Olympic program. This might have been honor enough for a smaU natin' but South Africa ,als won second place by a secured lead, wnl(,n was piling up tne glory. The cross country race, about 8000 meters (nearly 5 miles), was won by H. Koheh Mannen of Finland. Adlerz of Sweden won the final high diving, plain and variety combined. The winner of the classical Ma'a thon was K. K. McArthur, a tall Transvaal policeman who has never yet been headed In a similar event. His compatriot, C. W. Kltshaw, came second in the stadium several hundred yards behind, and third to appear was the American, Gasten Strobino, of the South Paterson A. C, who put up a braver fight than most of the runners, for his feet were skinned and bleeding and he was suffering great pain. He never lost nerve though, and made a brave attempt at feeling happy while he traversed the stadium track a fur. long behind the second man at the end of the killing performances. The times as announced were; McArthur, 2 hours, 36 minutes; Gitshaw, 2 hours, 37 minutes, 52 seconds; Strobino, 2 hours, 38 minutes, 42 2-5 seconds. While 30,000 spectators strained their eyes toward the archway from under which the runners emerged, they saw the American shield on six of the first ten men who entered. The names on this roll of honor are Stro bino, Andrew Soekalexls, Oldtown. Maine, John J. Gallagher, Yale univer sity; Joseph Erxlegen, Missouri A. C; Rlchnrd F. Plggotc, North Dorchester, and Joseph Forshaw, Missouri A. C. The American team numbered twelve, and Jen finished. Sweden furnished another dozen to the race. They start ed at a great pace, but during the first few miles put forth all their pow. ers and had nothing left when the final test. came. Canada had no reason to be asham ed, for two of her representatives, J. Duffy and W. H. Forsythe, finished fifth and sixth, respectively. The tall Finn, Wolehmlenen, an other favorite, was outclassed. He took the lead at the beginning, but Gitshaw caught him at five miles and ran at his heels with McArthur and F. Lord, of Great Britain, for ten miles more; then robbed him of the leader ship. Two miles and a half from the goal McArthur went to the front and held the lead to the end. He had accom plished the circuit of the stadium be fore Gitshaw had passed the archway and then he fell to the ground, ex hausted. The spectators cheered him lustily and as he lay panting Prince Aloph came up and shook him by the hand and patted him on the back. A small party of South African enthu- sastlsts had an enormous laurel wreath In anticipation of victory, of which ihey were confident from the first. They lifted the two green Jerseyed athletes on their shoulders and slung the laurel over McArthur, carrying the pair e cross the field. The chief swimming event of the day was the final In the 400 meters, free style, which the Canadian, George Hodgson, won with another world s record to his credit 5 minutes, ?.4 2-5 seconds. The Britisher. Hatfield, fin ished 1 25 second behind him, with Hardwlck of Australia, third. Tho American runners easily won their heat with tho Germans in the 1600 meters race. They will meet the Rrltlsh and French -earns In the final Seven events have been concluded In the docathlon, In which there are sev oral American entries. The score In all the events as an nounced last night is as follows: United States, 120; Sweden. 79; Eng land, 58; Germany, III Finland, 28; Norway, 10; Australia, 9; Hungary, 8; Belgium, 7; Greece. 4; Russia, 3; Aus tralia, 3; Holland, 1. ' MITCHELL SENTENCE COMING WEDNESDAY Washington, July 15. John Mitch ell, vice president of the American Federation nf Labor, will be sentenced Wednesday for contempt of court for his part In the famous Buck Stove and Range case. Samuel Gompers, president, and Frank Morrison, secre tary of the federation, convicted with Mitchell, have been sentenced to a year and to six months, respectively. The cases of all three will be- ap pealer This Is the aecond conviction, the Brat being overturned by the Supreme. court, M'COMBS CHOSEN -W. F. McConiln AGENT SELLER? Important Case Involving Ap plication of Prohibition Law Goes to the Su preme Court. ACCUSED OF WRITING ORDERS FOR WHISKEY As Agent of Virginia Houses Defendant Denies Re ceiving a Commission from Them. Gazette-News Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh. Raleigh, July 15. Solicitor Herbert E. Norrls and Judge G. S. Ferguson made a record. In Wake Superior court last week, when they disposed of more than 100 cases. It was a good week for the solicitor and was radically different from the term held in April. At the. present term, however, many of the prisoners threw up their hands, es pecially those charged with Selling liquor, and the cases were cleared at the rate of nearly 20 a day. One of the niost Important cases ever tried here and that la likely to be of great interest was that of tho state against J L. Allen, express agent at Wake Forest. Mr. Allen was charged with violating the prohibition law in that he as agent wrote orders for men to liquor houses In Virginia. Mr. Allen claimed that he received nothing for this, and his gain was only Incidental, he receding ten per cent of all money taken in by the express office. It was contended by the prose cutors that the agent could have had a secret understanding with liquor houses and could therefore have made commissions for ordering- liquor. If the Supreme court holds that Mr. Allen was not violating the law. It will have the effect, It is declared, of let ting down the bars and enabling ex press agents to make big profits. Ev ery express office could be turned Into a barroom. The prosecution of this case was in stituted by the trustees of Wake Forest college, who claim that Mr. Allen had been warned to refrain from the busi ness. ?n the facts e related. Judge Ferguson ordered a special verdict en tered and ?ent the case up to the Su preme court. WILL PRESS NEW BLEKSE CIW&SIK FELDEfl Atlanta Lawyer Also Offers to Give Governor "Personal Satisfaction." Atlanta, July 15. "I am neither a bully nor a braggart, but I am willing to meet Blease anywhere outside the state of South Carolina and give him any personal satisfaction he desires." This statement was made yesterday by Thomas B. Felder on his return to Atlanta, after testifying before the special Investigating committee of the South Carolina legislature, probing the old state dispensary case at Au gusta. The statement was in answer to a declaration made at Bamberg, S. C, by Governor Cole Blease, In which he said: "I will give any man $1000 who will get Tom Felder two feet on this ride of the Savannah river and let me be present" In the statement Governor Blease also excoriated the members of the Investigating committee In bitter terms, adding, "It Is against the law to send challenges In South Carolina, but If any member of that committee will come to me and tell me that he believes what Tom Felder said, you won't need any duelling law and Charles Smith will be your governor." C. A. Smith is lieutenant governor ot South Carolina. Continuing, the governor referred to the lynching of three negroes recently in Olar, 8. C and is quoted as follows: "You did like men, and defended your neighbors and put their black bodies under the ground." On his return to Atlanta. Mr. Felder was accompanied by B. B. Reed, the detective, whose evidence, secured with a telephonic device, created a sensation at the Augusta hearing. Mr. Felder stated that he would press even graver charges against Gov. Blease when his term as gover nor of South Carolina expired. Wheat Brink on Crop Report. Chicago, July broke more than today on despatc weat asserting the greatest crop In I ou' the bottom. 15. Wheat prlc Depressed 1 ' i m -Hi