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VOL. XXXVI
PITTSB0R0, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, JUNE 3, 1914.
NO. 43.
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOB THEBUSY IN
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED
Corrpiete Review of Happenings of
Greatest Interest From All
Parts of World. '
The .O-ton wooden steam whaler,
Karluk. flagship of the Canadian gov
ernment's Arctic exploring expedition,
under command of Villhjalmur, was
crushed in the ice and sank near Her
ald Island northeast of Siberia.
The interstate commerce commission
nas started an investigation of the ac
quisition of the C, H. and D. railroad
by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
particularly with regard to the request
of the former road for an increase in
freight rates along with other East
ern roads.
The day of the sororieties at Wes
leyan Female college, the oldest char
tered woman's college in America, are
numbered. For ten years the hoard of
trustees has been working toward the
abolishment of sororieties from the in
stitution, but it was not until a recent
meeting in Macon that a vote was
taken, and the board was found to be
practically unanimous in favoring that
course.
A courtmartial sentenced Vice Admi
ral Wa Matsumoto of the Japanese
navy, to three years' imprisonment on
charges of accepting bribes in con
nection with naval contracts. Captain
Savasaki was condemned to one year's
imprisonment, but Commander Su Zuki
was acquitted.
Word has reached Vera Cruz from
private sources that Huerta has agreed
to relinquish the powers to any one
who might be selected by the peace
conference to succeed him. He is also
said to be willing to turn over the gov
ernment to a commission representing
the various factions in Mexico.
The spirit of optimism still prevails
and it is believed that a protocol will
be signed within a week. The belief
at Washington, D. C, Is that the Huer
ta envoys will be named on the com
mission that will succeed Huerta and
that they will be occompanied to Mex
ico by the United States delegates and
the A. B. C. mediators and that the
final draft of the peace treaty will be
signed in Mexico City.
One man was accidentally burned to
death in a $1,500,000 fire in the lum
ber district of Cleveland. Three were
injured.
The South has been swept by a
heat wave and much suffering is ex
perienced in the cities. The mercury
established a new record in Richmond
with a temperature of 95 degrees.
The Panama canal zone was visited
by an earthquake. No damage was
reported from the locks.
The Presbyterians in general assem
bly at Kansas City, Mo., went on rec
ord as opposed to tobacco being used
by the clergymen, candidates for the
ministry and church officials.
Jacob A. Riis, the noted author and
social worker, died at his home at
Barre, Mass. Arriving in this country
from Denmark an almost penniless im
migrant, he was so impressed with the
wretchedness of the slums of New
York City that he devoted the re
mainder of his life to relieve the suf
ferings of the poor of that city.
Theodore Roosevelt apepared before
the National Geographical Society in
Washington and reiterated his state-
ment that he had discovered a river
1,000 miles long in the wilds of Bra
zil. He declared he could prove his
statements to doubt Thomases.
General Zapata was the' first of the
rebel leaders of Mexico to send a
representaitve to the United States
His representative is in Washington,
and explained to Secretary Bryan that
his chief was the leader of one of the
most densely populated section of
Mexico. He said that while General
Zapata's army of 21,000 men had not
consolic ted with General Carranza's
army they were fighting for the same
cause.
Felix Diaz, the deposed president of
Mexico, has loomed up in the city
where the peace conference is being
held. He declaerd he was there mere
ly on a pleasure trip.
The discussions of the peace confer
ence in session at Niagara Fals, Ont.,
are being kept secret, at the request
or the Mexican delegates who believe
if they should become known it would
have a disquieting effect on conditions
m Mexico City.
J- P. Morgan, Jr., emphaticaly de
ned that the affairs of the New Ha
ven were kept a secret from Charles,
Mellen, the former president of the
New Haven, by his father, and said
be was ready at any time to produce
the records cf the J. P. Morgan com
pany and the personal records of his
rather to prove it.
The settlement of the land question
Mexico will be one of the serious
Problems that will confront the peace
conference a Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Jt is generally believed the United
States will insist that it he Incoroorat-
ed in the treaty, while both the three
kouth American envoys and the Mexi
can delegates have protested against
u.
So rigid is the enforcement of the
Sunday laws in Germany that it is said
in Berlin that if the emperor desires
sausages for his Sunday evening meal
je must purchase them the evening
before like any common citizen.
The special Canadian Pacific relief
train carrying suryivors - from the
steamship Empress of Ireland was de
railed shortly after leaving RimouskL
So far as is known no one was injured.
Another train was immediately made
up.
Juan F. Urquidi, a representative
sent by General Carranza to the me
diation conference at Niagara Falls,
Ont., with a message of the confer
ence experienced considerable embar
rassment before he finally delivered
the note. He was given no immediate
answer and may have" to wait several
days before the answer to the mes
sage will be given by the conference.
Of the 1,367 persons aboard of the
Candian Pacific Liber Empress cf Ire
land that sank in the St. Lawrence riv
er, it was reported that 433 are known
to have been saved, leaving the death
roll at 934. Twenty-two passengers
died after being picked up. Many lied
without ever leaving their berths. This
tragic event occurred while the ".Urn
press of Ireland was lying at anclior
waiting for the fog to lift or day to
break. The liner sank twenty min
utes after being struck midway of her
length by the Danish collier, Storstad.
Secretary Bryan has instructed Min
ister McMillin' at Lima, Peru, to re3
nize the government of Col. Oscar
Benavides. The governments of Bra
zil, Argentina and Chile also notified
the Peruvian government of their rec
ognition of the new administraton.
One amendment to the Clayton omni
bus trust bill was made in the house.
It would broaden the jurisdiction of
federal courts so anti-trust suits might
be brought in any district where a cor;
poration "resides or is found, or has
an agent."
Frank A. Munsey, one of the leaders
of the Progressive campaign in 1912,
went to Oyster Bay to see Colonel
Roosevelt. It was Mr. Munsey, who,
after the campaign, launched a move
ment for amalgamation of the Progres
sive and Republican parties, which
Colonel Roosevelt would not approve.
Mr. Munsey motored from New York
with George W. Perkins. . Colonel
Roosevelt said he expected several oth
er political visitors later.
Charles E. Becker for the second
time passed into the Sing Sing prison
death house to await death for insti
gating the murder of Herman Rosen
thal. Justice Seabury in New York
earlier had sentenced him to die dur
ing the week of July 6. The prisoner's
counsel will appeal, however, and this
will stay the execution. Many months
will elapse before the court of appeals
hands down its decision. Becker's cell
faces that occupied by Hans Schmidt,
who murdered Anna'Aumuller in New
York. The discredited priest greeted
Becker, but none of the seventeen oth
er occupants of the death house spoke.
As Warden Clancy left him, Becker
remarked: "The death house doesn't
look like the old place, warden. The
new coat of paint makes it look fine."
Theodore Roosevelt, as president,
was ready to take measures "equiva
lent to action in time of war" to end
the anthracite strike in 1902, was the
statement he made while testifying
before a referee in the suit of Alex
ander T. Wales, a lawyer of Bing
hampton, N. Y., against John P. White,
president of the United Mine Workers
of America, for fees he alleges are due
him for the part he took in the settle
ment of the strike.
The formal opening of the Ameri
can University, the National Method
ist Episcopal school in Washington,
D. C, has been formally opened. Pres
ident Wilson and two members of his
cabinet
Consul Canada, at Vera Cruz, re
ported to the state department at
Washington that ammunition consign
ed to the Huerta government in Mex
ico, which has been kept in the hold
of the German steamship Ypirange,
since the American occupation of Vera
Cruz, has been landed at Puerto, Mex
ico. Word was also received from oth
er sources that arms consigned to
Huerta were landed at the same port
by the German steamship Bavaria.
It was explained by the United
States officials that as Puerto, Mexico.,
was an open port and this country
had agreed to suspend hostilities, no
effort was made to prevent the landing
of ammunition and arms from the Ger
man steamships. However, the steam
ship Bavaria is being held upon the
orders of General Funston because
the captain of the steamship was un
able to show a manifest. According
to the United States marine law this
offense is punishable by a fine.
While the issue of the peace con
ference at Niaga Falls, Ont., are still
being kept a secret, it was asserted
by both the United States representa
tives and the Mexican delegates that
much has been accomplished. The
Mexican delegates are said to have
declared they will not permit the land
question to disrupt the conference.
In a speech before the graduating
class of the Agnes Scott Colelge in
Atlanta Vice President Marshall paid
a high tribute to woman. In the
course of his remarks he said that
woman could never be man's equal
and then tactfully added "because she
is far his superior." He was lavishly
entertained during his sojourn in the
Georgia city.
The interstate commerce commis
sion decided they did not desire to
have Charles W. Morse testify in the
probe of the finances of the New Ha
ven road. His name was mentioned
by Charles S. Mellen during his tes
timony in connection with a steamship
deal which was not consummated.
Morse expressed a willingness to ap
pear before the commission.
The Irish home rule bill passed
In the house of commons in England
after a long and bitter struggle. Eng
land is now anxiously awaiting to see
what move the Ulsterites, who opposed
the bill, will make
BLAMES COLLIER
FOR THE DISASTER
CAPTAIN OF LOST SHIP TELLS
STORY OF THH RIVER
WRECK.
STRUCK WHILE LYING TO
Capt. Kendall Gives Account of Sink
ing Which Cost 957 Lives Others
Describe Last Moments.
FIGURES OF DISASTER.
Lost 957.
Saved 403
Passengers lost 746.
Crew lost 211.
Crew saved 201.
First cabin passengers lost
31 men, 26 women, no children.
Second cabin passengers lost
52 men, 63 women, 10 children.
First cabin passengers saved
21 men, 8 women, 1 child.
Second cabin passengers sav
ed 15 men, 5 women, 1 child.
Second class passengers lost
564 men, women and children.
Third class passengers saved,
146 men, four women, no chil
dren. Total on board, 1,360.
Rimouski, Que. Final tabulations of
casulties in the sinking of the steamer
Empress of Ireland made showed that
403 of her passengers and crew had
been rescued and 964 had perished.
Capt. Henry George Kendall of the
liner was telling his story of the dis
aster at an inquiry conducted by
Coroner Pinault here.
Capt. Kendall in substance declared
he had taken all possible precautions
against a collision. His ship had been
stopped and he gave the requisite sig
nal when the Danish colllier Storstad,
which sank the Empress, was two
miles away, but the collieT kept on
through the fog that settled down
soon after the two vessels sighted
each other and had rammed the Em
press while 'the latter vessel was mo
tionless. Then the End.
Then, despite his plea to the mas
ter of the collier that he run his en
gines full speed ahead to keep the
hole In the liners side plugged with
the Storstad's bow, said Capt. Ken
dall, the Danish vessel backed away,
the water rushed in and the Empress
sank.
Capt. Kendall took up his story of
the disaster from the point at which
the Empress of Irelajd, bound from
Quebec for Liverpool, had dropped
her pilot at Father Point.
"We then proceeded full speed,"
continued Capt. Kendall. "After pass
ing Rock Point gas ouoy I sighted
the steamer Storstad, it then being
clear.
"The Storstad was about one point
12 degrees, on my starboard bow. I
saw a slight fog bank coming grad
ually from the land and knew it
would pass between the Storstad and
myself. The Storstad was about, two
miles away. Then the fog came and
the Storstad's lights disappeared. I
stopped my ship.
"At the same time I blew three
short blasts on the steamer's whistle,
meaning T am going full speed as
tern.' The Stornstad answered.
"I then blew two long blasts, mean
ing 'My ship was under way but
stopped and has now way upon her.'
He answered me again.
'Ht was still foggy. About two
minutes afterward I saw red and
green lights. He would then be about
one ship's length away from me. I
shouted to him through the mega
phone to go full speed astern. At the
same time Lhad my engine full speed
ahead with my helm hard aport with
the object of avoiding, If possible, the
shock. Almost at the same time she
came right in and cut me down in a
line between the funnels.
"I shouted to the Storstad to keep
full speed ahead to fill the hole he
had made. He backed away. The
ship began to fill and listed over -rapidly.
When, he struck me I had stop
ped my engines. I then rang full
speed ahead again, with the object ot
running her on shore. Almost Im
mediately the engines stopped, the
ship filled and going over all the time.
Ordered Out Boats.
"I had, in the meantime, given or
ders to get the lifeobats launched. I
told the chief officer to tell the wire
less operator to send out distress sig
nals. He told me this had been done.
I said: 'Get the boats out as quick
as possible.' That was the last I saw
of the officer. In about three to five
minutes after that the ship turned
over and foundered.
I was 'swiftly taken down with
the suction. The next thing I re
member was seizing a piece of grating.
Some men pulled me into a lifeboat,
which already had about 30 people
in It.
"We pulled around and picked up
20 or 25 more and put about 10
around the side in the" water with
ropes around tlelr -waists, hanging
on. We then pulled to the Storstad.
I got all the people on board the
Storstad and then left her with six
of the crew and went back. When
we got there everybody had gone."
PERISH
SINKS III ST.
CANADIAN PACIFIC LINER, EM
, PRESS OF IRELAND, RAMMED
BY COLLIER.
A LARGE HOLE IN SIDE
Stsamer Qoes Down in Fourteen Min
utes After Impact. Little Time
For "Women First."
Rimouski, Quebec. Sinking In 90
feet of water within 15 minutes after
being rammed amidship in the upper
reaches of the St. Lawrence River,
the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of
Ireland carried down with her more
than 900 of her passengers and crew.
Of the 1,367 persons on board the
liner, only 433 are known to have
been saved, making the probable,
death list 934.
Looming up through the river
mists, as the Empress of Ireland was
lying to, waiting for the fog to lift
or day to break, the Danish collier
Storstad crashed bow on into the side
of the big Canadian liner,, striking
her about midway of her length and
ripping her side open clear to the
stern.
Crash Near Shore.
The crash occurred not for from
the shore off Father Point, 150 miles
from Quebec, which the Empress of
Ireland left the afternoon before
bound for Liverpool and 10 miles
from this point on the St. Lawrence.
In reality therefore, although the
liner was heading for the sea and
the collier coming In from it, the dis
aster was not one of the ocean, but
of the river. Unlike the Titanics vic
tims, the Empress of Ireland's lost
their lives within sight of shore in
land-locked waters.
Immediately the ships crew recov
ered from the shock of the collision
and when it was seen that the liner
had received a vital blow a wireless
"S. O. S." call was sounded.
,A special train was made up on
which many were taken to Quebec
and Montreal.
The president of the Canadian Paci
fic Railway, Issued a statement say
ing that the Empress had sunk with
in fourteen minutes. No one aboard
had time to size his belongings much
less to dress. Those found in the life
boats were in" their night clothes. The
women suffered most. Only a few
were saved, according to the earthly
Hits, and indications are that they
lacked the strength to combat condi
tions which confronted them. There
was not time, as was the case on the
Titanic, for calm deliberation and rig
id observance of the unwritten rule of
the sea, "Women first!"
A party of Salvation Army mem
bers en route to London, was almost
wiped out; Laurence Irving, son of the
late Sir Henry Irving, is among the
missing and other prominent persons
in the first cabin were unaccounted
for.
Of those saved crew members and
third class passengers predominated.
From partial lists available it was
evident that but a mere sprinkling of
the first cabin passengers were res
cued. Only three names of those in
the cabin appeared in the preliminary
list of rescued. They were G. W. G.
Henderson and C. R. Burt, address
not stated and Walter Fenton of
Manchester, Eng.
The stricken vessel sank as if she
were lead. An explosion, apparently
originating in her engine room, has
tened her end, and those persons
who were able to make their way
from their cabins found themselves on
a perilously slanting deck. Many leap
ed and were drowned. Others were
fortunate enough to grasp driftwood
or were picked up by lifeboats. It is
apparent that the great hole torn in
the ship's side admitted such a delugt
of water that many must have been
overcome in their beds.
The rescued, fighting their way to
the lifeboats from the careening deck,
slinging desperately to the rails or
leaping blindly overboard, broke
their arms or legs or otherwise injur
ed themselves so badly that twenty
two died after being picked up. Groan
ing and in some cases practically in
sensible, others were landed here
while the populace of the village gath
ered with medicines and stimulants to
relieve their suffering.
Vessel Cut Wide Open.
The vessel bound for Quebec from
Liverpool with 77 first, 206 second and
504 third class, passengers, was cut
wide open by the collier Storstad and
sank within 20 minutes in 19 fathoms
of water.
Many Were Injured.
Of those saved the majority appear
ed to be members of the crew or from
List of Salvation Army Officers.
Winnipeg. Salvation Army dele
gates to the London World's Conven
tion who were booked on the Em
press of Ireland follow: Commission
er and Mrs. Rees, Toronto; Feld Sec
retary Col. Gaskin and wife; Feld
Secretary Col. Maidment and wife;
Adjutant Becksted, of Grace Hospi
tal, Winnipeg; Brigadier Scott Potter,
financial secretary, Toronto; Brigadier
Walker, editor of the Canadian War
Cry, Tonronto; Mayor and Mrs. Da
vid Creighton, of the immigrant de-partmenL
W SHIP
LAWRENCE RIVER
the steerage. Many were badly in
jured and 22 died after being picked
up.
Great Inrush of Water.
The crash occurred about 2 o'clock
in the morning off Father Point, Que
bec. The collier, bound for Quebec
struck the Empress of Ireland cp the
port side about the middle of the ship.
She literally tore her way back almost
to the liner's screws, leaving a rent
through which the water poured in in
such a deluge that she sank before
many of the passengers were aware
of what had happened.
Vessels to Rescue.
Brief wireless calls for help sent
out by the Marconi operator were
heard by the pilot boat Eureka here,
10 miles from the scene, and the Eure
ka, followed by the Lady Evelyn, a
mail tender, made all speed for the'
spot.
It was these two boats that found
afloat the few lifeboats that were
launched from the stricken, ship and
picked up the survivors they contain
ed. Three hundred and thirty-nine"
were saved by the Lady Evelyn and
60 by the Eureka. Among those sav
ed was Captain H. G. Kendall, of the
Empress. t
Noted Persons Aboard.
Most of the first-class passengers
apparently perished. Among these in
the first cabin were Sir Henry Seton
Karr, a noted-English lawyer and big
game hunter, and Laurence Irving, son
of the late Sir Henry Irving, and his
wife, Mabel Hackney. Of a party of
140 Salvation Army members on
board only 20 were rescued. They had
left Quebec for the army's interna
tional conference in London.
Pitiable Scene.
So quickly did the Empress sink
that those passengers fortunate
enough to get into the lifeboats found
themselves garbed only In their night
clothes. No baggage was saved. The
condition of the survivors was pitia
ble. Some had broken arms and legs
and all had suffered terribly. E. Gos
setin, a prominent lawyer from Mon
treal, saved himself by clinging to a
raft. When the rescue ships decked
here the station platform was con
verted into a hospital and the towns
people, bringing food and clothing,
united in a common effert to aid the
sufferers.
Twelve bodies with faces covered
lay side by side on the wharf. They
were passengers who had made the
lifeboats but who were fatally hurt.
Wreckage Strews Coast.
Wreckage strews the St. Lawrence
for a long distance near the spot
where the Empress sank. The sun
shone brightly during the forenoon
and though the water Is still icy, the
temperature was not low enough to
Increase the suffering of the surviv
ors. "Ship Gone."
Early estimates here indicated that
of those saved not more than 60 were
passengers. Besides Captain Kendall,
the first and second engineers and the
ship's surgeon were rescued. The
captain was too overcome to give at
the time of the crash to do anything.
He had sent a wireless to his line
after the vessel was struck, saying:
"Ship gone.'
Townspeople Render Aid.
The residents of Rimouski, number
ing 3,000, came silently to the dock
where the dead and exhausted living
were being 'landed, and under the di
rection of Mayor H. R. Fiset, gave aid
wherever possible. Every doctor in
the town was on the scene and many
of the injured were taken to private
homes. From cedar chests and clos
ets the townsfolk brought garments
of all descriptions for those who had
lost their belongings. Two head
quarters were established at the wharf
and at the station of the Intercolonial
Railway. At the station those injured
and not removed to homes were cared
for.
Like Titanic Disaster,
The rescue boats, Eureka and Lady
Evelyn, found on reaching the point
where the Empress sank, a scene not
dissimilar to that which greeted the
liners that rushed to the Titanic's aid.
They found the ship sunk and the sur
face of the water, fortunately calm,
dotted with lifeboats and smeared
with floating debris
In the lifeboats were huddled the
survivors, dazed and moaning, some
then dying of injuries sustained in the
crash or In the rush of leaving the
Sinking Empress. Few could give
anything but incoherent, almost hys
terical accounts of what had happen
ed. J. L. Black and Mrs. Black of
Ottowa, said they had jumped togeth
er into the river. They had been
roused by the shock of the collision
and unable to get into a lifeboat, had
risked the leap. They were picked
up by a boat from the Lady Evelyn.
Another survivor was Mrs. Patten of
Sherbrooke, Que.
Some Passengers on Ship.
Montreal. The passenger list of
the Empress of Ireland is:
Saloon: Mrs. J. R. Abercrombie,
Vancouver.
J. P. Adie and Mrs. Adie, Birming
ham. A. B. Anderson, London.
P: C. Averderck, Manchester.
A. E. Barlow and Mrs. Barlow, Mon
treal. Mrs. Hart Bennett, Nassau, N. P,
Bahamas. " .
Lieut. Col. W. R. Bloomfield and
Mrs. Bloomfield, Auckland, N. Z.
WILSON AND CLARK
SPEECHES
PRESIDENT AND SPEAKER BOTH
ON PLATFORM AT ARLINQ
TON CEREMONIES.
PRAISE OF SOLDIER DEAD
Chief Executive Touches Note of Ser
vice, Unselfish and Courageous,
Makes Happy Warrior.
Washington. Woodrow Wilson,
president of the United States and
Champ Clark, speaker of the house,
played star roles in a drama, "A Study
In Contrasts," at historic Arlington.
Whether by design or accident the
speaker's address was in sharp con
tradiction "bf the president's remarks.
The latter declared for peace. Clark's
addresse breathed the spirit of con
flict. So soon as the tasks of society are
performed In the same spirit of self
sacrifice and devotion as are the tasks
of the soldier peace societies will not
be necessary," said the president.
The corporation of captains from
Nimrod to General Wood occupy more
space In the annals of mankind than
do all the statesmen, philosophers,
poets, preachers, writers and artisans
that ever lived," argued Speaker
Clark. '
The formal printed program for the
observation of the day bore the name
of neither speaker. Clark had can
celled another engagement to come
here when he was told the president
had declined the invitation. The pres
ident, believing tfcat a misapprehen
sion existed because of his refusal, re
considered and accepted.
The stage setting was marvelous.
Historic Arlington with Its thousands
of graves wherein repose tre men who
made the nation's history,' was at its
best. Fluttering flags and garlands of
vari-coloTed blooms presented sharp
contrast to nature's beautiful green
sward which clothed hill and dale. The
old amphitheatre soon to be replaced
by a $750,000 memorial building, was
jammed with men, women and chil
dren. Troops from Fort Myer in the
yellow of the cavalry and the red of
the artillery, guarded the entrances
their youthful vigor in striking con
trast to the white-haired, gray-beardel
veterans in their blue and gray. For
one quarter at least of the veterans
there were veterans of the "Lost
Cause."
The president was given a respect
ful hearing. His closest friends ad
mitted that it was not enthusiastic.
The cheers and wild applause of the
day, whether due to the misapprehen
sion over the presidents attitude to
wards the veterans, were reserved
for Speaker Clark. But if the president
felt this he mde no outward sign.
His face, always grave, was impassive
throughout the demonstration givenl
the man whom he defeated for the
nomination at Baltimore. And he cour
teously remained in his seat until the
speaker ended his speech.
In his speech the president paid
high tribute to the veterans.
"There is no greater immortality;
none safer than is theirs," he said.
"We come not for their sakes, but for
our own, that we may drink from the
same springs of inspiration from which
they drank."
President Wilson insisted that the
lesson of the Civil War eclipsed any
thing else in history. In no( other
such conflict, he said, have the stings
been removed before the men who did
the fighting passed from the stage
of life. It was beautiful and touch
ing, he said, that the very men over
come in battle now joined in thanks
giving that the union was saved.
"We can praise the memory of those
dead in the Interest of peace," he
continued, "they set us the example
of self-sacrifice which if followed in
peace will make it unnecessary that
men should follow war any more. If
you will look throughout the world
upon the Inscribed tablets where men
have wished to keep alive the mem
ory of the citizens whom they would
most honor you will find almost with
out exception they have erected the
statutes to those men who had a
splendid surplus of courage to spend
upon their fellowmen. We have no
house of lords but we have a house of
fame in which to elevate those who,
forgetful of themselves, study to serve
us.
"This flag we honor calls upon us
daily for service. . The more quiet
and self-denying the service the great
er the glory of the flag. We are ded
icated to freedom and that freedom
means the freedom of the human spir-
Camden Succeeds Bradley.
Frankfort, Ky. Gov. James B. Mc
Creary annonunced a few days ago
that on June V6 he would name John
son N. Camden of Woodfoi 4 county,
chairman of the Democratic state ex
ecutive committee, United States sen
ator to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Senator W. O. Bradiey, Re
publican. Mr. Camdsn, it is stated,
will acoept the appointment and will
be a candidate for the short term
which will, begin with the November
elections and end March 4, 1915, when
the six-yeaJ-Urm would have ended.
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it. AH free spirits ought to congregate
on an occasion like this to do homage
to the greatness of America as illus
trated by the greatness of her sons."
Speaker Clark's' Speech.
Realization of Secretary Bryan'
plan for universal peace is out of sight
in the distant future," Speaker Clark
told the large audience at Arlington.
"The day has not yet arrived when
swords are beaten into plowshares or
spears into pruning' hooks," said the
speaker, "and judging from the facts
which can be neither blinked at or
denied, the era of perfect peace is out
of sight in the distant future.
"With every nation of Europe sup
porting armaments of immense pro- .
portions and straining every nerve to
augment them, it cannot be truthfully
said that the' world has attained that
pacific status foretold in the gospel
of the Prince of Peace. The clerk of
the sword is heard and the flash of the
bayonet is seen in every quarter of the
globe.
"The corporation of captains from
Nimrod to General Hood occupy more
space in the annals of manking than
do all the statesmen, philosophers,
poets, preachers, writers and artisans
that ever lived." .
There was a warlike ring in Speaker
Clark's speech. He praised the valor
of the north and the . south equally and
thanked God" it was American and
not sectional valor.
"Cold must be the heart of that
American who is not proud to claim
as countrymen the flower of Virginia
youth, who charged up the slippery
slopes of Gettysburg, with gallant
Pickett, or those Union' men In blue,
who through long and dreadful days
rallied around heroic Thomas, the
'Rock of Chlcamauga,'" said the
speaker. "It was not Northern or
Southern valor it was American va
lor ihat valor which caused our Rev
olutionary fathers to throw the gauge
of battle into the face of the son of a
hundred kings and that yalor which
girts this land as with a wall of fire,
forbidding the nations of the earth to
touch the ark of American liberty lest
they die. .
"Callous indeed must be the man,
who cannot find something to admire
in the colossal, character of Abraham
Lincoln or In the splendid career of
Robert E. Lee, who deserves to rank .
with the chevalier Bayard, Sir Philip
Sidney and King Arthur. The soldiers
of the 'North and the soldiers of the
South were American freemen all
fighting like heroes for what they con
sidered right, as such I honor them
and teach my children to cherish
them."
The speaker hoped for the day when
the decoration days of the North and
the South would be merged into me
morial day and warmiy praised Presi
dent McKlnley for inaugurating the
custom of the Federal government
caring for the graves of Confederate
soldiers at Arlington.
"As the years, steal into the centu
ries Decoration Day is gradually
growing into Memorial Day a great
national holiday classing with Christ
mas and' Fourth of July," he said..
"Most assuredly it is a beautiful
wholesome and ennobling custom to
decorate the graves of all American
soldiers, both Union and Confederate
soldiers of all our warriors, and to
memorialize their valor, their suffer
ings and their sacrifices.
"President McKlnley did a wise,
gracious and patriotic thing when he
suggested that the Federal govern
ment should care for the graves of
the Confederate dead at Arlington and
this suggestion came with double force
because he was himself a Union sol
dier ' of approved capacity and , high
courage. If the spirits of the mighty
dead take any interest in the affairs
of this lowered . world, William Mc
Kinley's soul wiil.be full of joy this
week when there' will be dedicated
with fitting ceremony a monument to
the Confederate dead as an enduring
testimonial of the perfect peace and
abiding friendship of the entire coun
try. Every American citizen worthy
of the name will rejoice at the dedi
cation of that monument with the fer
vent hope that in the course of time
the two decoration days will be merg
ed into one Memorial Day."
Washington. Memorial Day meant
peace to Secretary of State Bryan, al
though his early morning' was spent
in a strenuous search for flags with
which to decorate his Calumet Place
mansion. He induced a storekeeper to
shop to supply the national emblem.
The remainder of the day he rested
at home forgetting the cares of office
entirely.
Secretary Daniels and Secretary
Garrison, however, spent a more
strenuous day "rooting" for their re
spective sides in the Army-Navy base
ball game at Annapolis.
Roosevelt May Come to Louisiana.
New Orleans. Theodore Roosevelt
is expected to come to Louisiana early
in the summer to aid in the campaign
of progressive state candidates. In
a letter to John M. Parker, progress
sive national committeeman of Louisi
ana, made public. Colonel Roosevelt
wrote that "the first place I must
speak, If I am still wanted, is Louisi
ana." Oppose One Cent Rate.
Spartanburg, S. C. Taking notice)
of the agitation of various persons in
favor of reducing the postal rate for
mailing an ordinary letter from two
cents to one cent, the Spartanburg
County Rural Letter Carriers Asso
ciation, at their annual meeting and
basket picnic at Rock Cliff Park re
cently adopted resolutions opposing
the reduction.
They also adopted various resolu
tions concerning the improvement
md maintenance of country roads,
and bridge.