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V- V. ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9,1915. ._._ Wt NUMBER 232. IS CERTAIN DEAD AND TO FIND HIS Colonel Carlos Carranza Wires Confirmation of J Bandit's End and Says He Hopes to Locate Remains in a Few Days. TELEGRAM LAID BEFORE MEETING OF LEADERS HELM AT EL PASO Obregon Insistent on Withdrawal of Troops, but is Warned.if This is Continued the Conference Wlil End in a Deadlock. (By Associated Press.) El Paso, April 29.-A telegram received by the Mexican Consul Garcia tonight from Colonel Carlos Carranza, purporting to confirm the reported death of Villa, is understood to have been laid before the Scott-Funston-Obregon conference, which begun here at five o'clock today. The telegram, which came from Ousihuiriachic, said that while. Colonel Carranza has been unable to find Villa's body he es tablished beyond a doubt that the bandit leader is dead and hoped to recover the body in a few days. The initial meeting of the Scott-Funston-Obregon conference lasted two hours, and while details are carefully guarded two con flicting propositions developed during the session, which is being held in the Mexican custom house in Juarez. It is understood Obregon reiterated Carranza's request that American troops be withdrawn at an early date. It is understood that he was informed that the American representatives tod the Mex icans that they are not empowered to discuss the withdrawal and if j this is insisted upon the conference would get in a deallock. Obregon. then, is said to have expressed his willingness to meet Americans ''half way." - ' ' . .._..?'?>? While the instructions of Secretary Baker to Scott are kept ?ec-; rel, it is known the following general conditions a,re insisted upon by -the United States: Extension of American lines into Mexico at least as tar as Casas Grandes; relegation to American military duty of polic ing this northern zone; co-operati?n in handling the supplies of Amer ican troops and granting the use of Mexican railroads to American torces. . . ?".END LARGE FORCE TO HEAD BAMHTS SAID TO HAVE CROSSED BORDE lt. (By Associated Press.) San Antop/o, Texas, April 2!>.-rMa jor O. B. *Myers of tho Fourteenth cavalry at ..MarEa, Texas, notified heari'iuai'tors tonight that he lind sent a strong detachment to Lajltas. Texas.1, to investigate tho crossing ut that point of a Torce of Villa bandits, fajitas 19 on tho Rio Grande river, l.'nconflrined reports. said that flvo hundred bandits hod occupied wlth out: opposion twenty miles of Amor loan teritory in the Lajltas distinct, j HON. GEO. M. REID TELLS REPORTER HE WONT BE IN THE RACE THIS TIME REPORT BILL 45 MILLION] Fund For Mississippi River Flood | Control Goes to House. An Interesting visitor to Ahe city Saturday w'as_^Hoh\ Geo. M. Rold of Piedmont, who ?peht tho day hore ott buBipeS?. Mr. 'Hold, as usual, was In a jolly gqod humor, but not in clined to disbues poli?c?, further than to say that he would not offer for reelection to the house of repre sentatives. . "No." said .Mr. Fish!, "while I ?p prociato fuly the assurance of sup port from friends all over .tho coun ty; and fool confident tint'.! could bc re-clcctod, ?nd"all that., I think that I \viMl stay at homo this tuno. I tsavo talked tho thing ovDr with my; ..;'klfo ii?Vw v??ii??ir? ??IKV ino' Btato >il have to worry along somehow- or other without my services OB a law maker, fo rthe next two years atty? . way'." ? : Mr. lloM was a.most c<?r^l?H tlou? ropreaSn?atlve, al Ways at . his ?v>st, and alert In tho Interests of his, constituiente,- and \he nows ihat ho will not ?g^n offer ^for. re-olectlott' Will "t?o deceived with regret by.'hio ihlends all over the county, :>: ?? ?Z?.i?. Seditions M?veinent ? Soon be Sur?. : bi fessed Says Baron Wmborba, - . ?By Associated Presa.) . Dublin. April. Z9.--Barbn; ?Wlm borho, -lord lieutenant; or ireland told ; thb Associated Press today 'that* the seditious '. movement would be sup pressed in the course of a few-days.*' He -said the greater ?orlion of tfce Irish people were displacing loyalty, {4nd tho dart)ago frem the ?ratbreak i? .small, whari^parailons for lt aro ta ken Into consideration. ., ..,-i...f---? . - ... Canal1 Tolls increased. London, April 2??.-Th? tolls for ch'ea m?fclfrg: tisb of tho'.So?x--:: Cattai h ave been increased by fifty centimes pW tori in order to "offset som? of ihe loss that has been, incurred du?-, lng the past year,. Tho new tollsVaie at the rate or six francs 15 centimes. (By-Associated Press.) "Washington, April 29.-A bill pro viding for a maximum appropriation of forty-five minion dollars for tho) Mlisslet?ippl i?ver,\ recently agreed to by (the* flood control committee, I was reported to t/ho house today by Chairman Humphries. The Missis sippi appropi!4*ttun, Which ls not In Ikiriiiony wltli. the' flood control Scheme, was -proposed by tho cabinet committee. It is" (proposed to ho spread over a period o? ilv? ;-" .re. Tho.flood commltteo( thinks that taroo million should bo' spent annually for reyeritmant and\ six. .million for lev?e construction, a irilliibn annually to be held for a flood emergency, futid. The comim'tteo's .report asserts that the property destruction by 1012 and 1913 Hoods reached a totnl of 'fifty millions. BITS OF MEtitt ipi BAGS ' OF ?&S CA?SED IVi?tb ?. SSZiS&t ? ?vrn ||V rvituS I . Paris, April 2S).--Piece? ot'metal resembling prongs of. fish hooks, dlfj fcbvcrbd 1ft i)?gs';?)f bats ldiported from America for tho French army, caus ed s-omulItiti;? of h. sensation a few weeks "?gb. Ari- euemy plot was it?pi^^f;VN'9i.m0*r; objobts found ?Jtpsr ;lriV cans, o? prtwsei corned beef from: America strengthened the supposition. \ .it has iriinsrilr*d that thc bits of I molal In tho.oats wer?-Waite . bits from a French factory whe/c horse shoe nails aro made. They were picked bi? by - <ti?? ?bags f rbni tt&'w1 pwrecUy -t?t^edv-bw^^^B^^. l4eces found iii .tho. corned bfctof were jiins; t?'S?iS tb bt??ch iaoels. io ijuar ? ter?'of beet and iountl their, way ac bldeutly\ ihto tho bo*os. .Berlin, April 28.~-Jd#at R?i miniature portrait of, (doonba,' bali v lo 1811. t?as bbon sold at nhbiSb; here for 7,(310/marks. Goethe declared m* miniature Iii be tit.? bo?i -portrait of him aver, marte, tts witereiibbuta bad been unbttowu for milby, year ;?hUl it recently came ta light in fi A-ollectlon%thrown ;ib^'taHMS|?PK fie death cf>.tno owner. Lived Over 100 Year?. || Alirohum Wilcox. .Abraham Wilcox, who has jvaA died In For'. Worth, declared that ho wa-. US years old. His sons and daugh tora cay ho was 107. Tittil li? hist illners h? walked two mijes every day, aud never failed to1 read thc ?ally newspapers. Ile came to thc. United States at thc ago of thirty, and werked on a farm near Roches tor, X. Y. Later ho owned a farm in Michigan. He spent many ycarB at an Luis Potosi, but could not stand the revolutions, and he went to Fort Worth. DEATH OF i i ?H??! 0U??RRED YESTERDAY END GAME AT HOME OF HIS SON AT 5:25 O'Clock A. M. FUNERAL TODAY Wa? One of Most Widely Known Men in. This State----Twenty Years Member of House. Anderson county lost one of her most widely known eiUcehs yester day morning in thc death of Hon. Joshua Whitner. Ashley, who for -20' years was a menfbor of the South, Carolina l?gislature. , Mr. Ashley ! rf Jed on Saturday morning at 15.25 ! o'clock, at the ii'ptuo of his son. "Sher-, j iff ?loo. M. H. Ashley On Church street, otter . an Hines? of thrco months, his condition .becoming crltt-' cal about ono wepk ago. Tho funeral services will bo held St Mt. Dcthel church today ut 2t| o'clock p...in, . Tho body will ibo taken 4o tho chtrch, which Is lu: Mair tfn township, leaving here aV ll o'clock this morning. The Borvicea wil .-bo/? conducted by the POY. W. b. Hawkins, assisted by tim. Hov. N.1 G. Wrl?ht, and interment will bo uiade In .tho ,adjoining s cemetery". Tho honorary pallbearers will be those geri tl omen \ylio served in the fAnderson county delegation k... . 4A trio glslaturo with Mr. Ashloy aud ?Iso tho sehnte os follows:; -Bi-senh ra'J. K. Hood, Sr.. arid G?orgo W. Sullivan and .f., B. Breu2ea|?, ?? a?. PcarrtinnV W. W. ScotU J. . L. Jack? son, ti. C. summoraj K. P. Smith? t. % :C*x? -O.'.D. . Gray, and ll I. F. Solly nj 1 member* of the . hoUse at Iffererit times. Ex-Goyernor Blouse will ?lsO attend tho 'funeral'. < The activ? pallbearers (wilt : oe M?sSrs . Joshua,? W. /Ask jey. . JK, J ; T; ?. Ashley, Jr.. Joshua Ashley,-?Jr.-', 8. G. Murdock, James Ashley, W. j. ISayi^r?,:;Jan?os T, Sr?rd??k ;??d Jaines Ashley, all o?phewB, . '?kct?hdf ,lirci Mr. Ashley was porn December .16; ? m%, in- OlertJft townsltr;p,;helng; thc I eon of : Edward and BHuabeth Ash'-: le>/.i'-'fi|* --wa? .reared Ih <thbV t?ufig?j and continued, to liva In, it until his death, ind,/p?afc? or his residence fo> the jfteater t?art of his life bolrig at Koitea Path. ?ls parents had t?re?Ye. ;cht\dr?h, the following . of whorn survive: John TlMKttas, A^h> ley,'who lives at tho old h?rne placo Itt tf?tk township.' B. Wesley Ashley and Joe M. Ashley,of Ahbevt'te. e?uhw ty: Josper ft. and W. Turner Ashley of Anderson conrity; Mr*. -Luohspa Mylora, Mfrs:" Elt?a Murdock, Mrs. -, iii-rV;,i vfi'r"'"' T * ''i i 1 ? ? i (CONTIriUED GM PAGS FOUR.) .... UNITED ?STATES tilOS OFF IN IRISH TROUBLE ? - - '? .?? i NO STEPS TAKEN TO PROBE | ACTIVITIES AMERICAN SYMPATHIZER NEUTRAL ACTIONS United States Slates Not Respons ible For Morley Being Sent Sinn F^if Society. ? I * POSTOITMI; it( !tM:ii, * * (Hy As?ot 'jittMl Press, ) .$> london, tAprll 89.-Field * <. MirshaM French, commander .> ? of? home forces, announced *r ? tonight thatflhp post?nico In ' < <. Dunlin. prJq?ipu'l stronghold .> + ol the Sinn Ferners, had hoon ?fr .fr burned down and Jumea Con- * ?fr nolly, hoad of thc Shin FfetU ?fr .fr tbcioty reported killed. The .> ?fr revolt is ca the verge cf col- ? ? l?pee. ?S ? ? + * ?+*?V ?fr ?**++*?+* ?fr ?fr** (Hy Associated Press.) WavlilnKtaa, April L".t. -Depart ment of justice' officials said tonight that no steps had been taken to inves tigate alleged actlvtlen of sympathiz ers In Ur.'"'.ed States with revolt in Ireland. The only informa', "on or .activit?s of euell sympathizer.), offi clals said, were newspaper reports and statement of John Redmond that movement had been abetted by par sons In United States, Sending mon ey from tho United States to thc Sinn Fein Kculctyi it je.< pointed out. is not a violation <A---A?ki^rlcan neutrality. |.Kvon the ahipnitnt o farms to Sinn Felncra would mit mono be a viola it lon. liaron Wim/borno admitted that ns bels. attacked Dublin Castle on Mon day the Famo day they seised tho postofflco and S'.. Stephens Green. .Ho sud tha*. by Tuesday morning troop ft had arivod in. c.'ty from Cur ragh and alter that rebols attempted nothing but sniping. . At present ho said they have barricaded* Sackville Bire'?t and are in possession.of'?IOIIS.'?? 'there. Kncc' intcrs look place lu couutdea Wexford, Meriah. L-JURII. bul on tho wholo ireland ls un et. This, ho said, applied to Limerick, Kory. Clare, Kilkenny, Mayo, Sligo, Tiptr .ary. Leitrim. Kildare, no.-.ccmmoi?. and all of Ulster. HUNT TH1B0 ?1EMBEB ii Newberry Attorney Will Ba Nam ed on Recommendation Law and Davis. - (Spoetul to Tho Intelligencer) Columbios S. C.; April 21?.- til H. Hunt bf the Newberry bar, will be recommended to Governor Manning tor appointment, as tho third mem ber of tub state Murd of conciliation. Ho witt'ibo r?couimondod for -0jM?% Went ?ta: Governor JIajiiilu?: by. J. A. 1/iW aiid John Leo Davis tho other two member* of tho board. Govern or Manning, ?nid - tonight thal ho would j appoint Mr?:;Hunl?. ; till Field D?rc?opulelit, :-.Vienna, Aprii . zu.- rho .oil- heida Mv^Pll?i?' aro to beti ul re a how iihborlanco in. tho near future through tho construction of an impbrtstti pito imo, which, will save much rail way trAnfeportution .Mn . bringl?g Mhb ?ii to market. ;: Tho Mino extdnds e?stw?fdljr from, tile Dro1.bblci.-ti.ary siav nbld to Chyrov, which Hop; oh th? inbiri" ,)lnb bf faltwhy frmri Fr?b myei tb nud?pest.^ ti ia -forty/ailles long and hus beb&,built entirely by tho :iA?Si|o-Hut?g?ri?n military tati thorites sip co the dlussl?ns weredri feri .out; of Galicia. Tim laying ot th? pipe ha? recently baan completed i?ul it will sbob bb put ihtd bj?fera* Hon, Tho lino v>ULbfe. lUBbd eicld siv?ty for relined - bil. and it has ' ri captivity bf about' 75.000 barrels, a, i dfty. . ? _? .7 7-? ? -, i'd wn s hop ??nola tili? H.. ^rt^ai April lil).- In? cousoriuenue b fthe general rise la prifcoa, tho vtthaa- Dorothouui, the state pawn shop; hes announced "ihat larger sums wjli be advanced than huberto. Prc seaVUbluers of pawn tickets have boori tarted have ??? thoir pledges T - valued ?intl Tceolvo the increase I th'O/.TOlli?,:. ' Will She Preside in *mim M.II li ? ?? m ???>?? m j ? Mr*. Cl? trie Th!? Is Ul? liri;!, poised photograph thu supremo count, justice, who ls po .can nomination for P.'ca'Uoiit. K l REPORTPIGl GEORGIA SJ AS. FR?GK Atlanta, (J.-, April 2?,-That thu bu!Minga of the Georgia Stato Sani tarium ?tro totally inadequate to ac ?omrao?ato tho Inmates, and are. 'HO overcrowd^ that tho death ruto luis been 'Increased and It Is impossible to properly treat curable diseases; that largo . number of perfectly sane people aro Imposed upon by >tho In stituci?n, und that criminals, even manieron:, are Uo.i&ad with Innocent poop! o bechrtHB them ?ls no' other plato for them, aro-som o of tl'io elart llng revelations made in the iinnual report of thc trust?es or tho sanlla rlum which ba's just been made to the govorhor. . >..{' . While Mm .report is a plain ' staio t?ent of Tacts, lt presenta such a* dew plbrcblo coiidiUon at tho Hahlthrtum time tho governor -will probably ?Ul tho special attention of UioVVoglsla turo lo it In Ma annual message. T?tere woro 105: persons sent - to (the wanltarium, tho roport M talcs, who-were found to Iw aano when they arrived, and this may.have boon duc. rit ^ Is suggested, to tho laxness JS? lunacy t?ta?s. -TheTiumu?r of pu tlehts io tho sanitarium nt thor filos? of Ute . yea?. was 3,D47> :or 202 iij?re than at tho close ol tho previous yenr. Tho now patients recoived during tho year cumbered 1,138a, or 250 more Utah J>>iit?bn" April 2'Jr-After ?< t Hojg? cf oho hundred and forty-throti day?. General :::.T?wQ^end baa ?hreaV?^c<i. his fofcp of about ten tliOU?ftorT i?oh at. K?t ttl Amara, ono hundred and thirty mlle? below Bagdad vistho fti grL ?river, bringing to ?? onri anoUv ,ejr, nhaao or tho. dll-fated. \. 'j?rltlBh tfewpaign In'.Mesopotamia. ,' -Tftb campaign haUtfor Ita eiid thc capture btTwgdad, ??tt to;divert 'TdralBU troops ir?in Galilpb?, When , ?ahj most oh the point, of eucceodedlngyMl itioceniber, the ; Brltlsfh effort . brbko down at" Otet?phoh,' eighteen .;.*ta?jW j south ' or ?lgd?fl. Her? tho T?TRB the White House? K E. Hughea. Ol Mr?. Charles K. Hughes, wlfo or w bein?; con&idcred for tho Ropubll PURES THE kN?TARIUM ?TFUL PLAGE lu litl l. Tho number of patients re ceiving treatment numbered fi.338, or ?far^inore than Un ll?li. The avcrago daily nuuibor wus 3,812, or HG more than in iai-1. In mentioning tho report of the clinical director tho . truatcos . uay that tho Unding of 105 sano peraouu committed to tho sanitarium "ap pears to bo ti travesty and should bo aevorely condemned." AB to tho eodimltmont of .21 crimr Innis, tho truatees utnte that this io "Ropbgnant to evory right fooling,,ari injustice to ?tho innocent patients and a burden upon the Institution." It ls recommended that porno other provl Blon bo made for tho criminally ' In aan?. . . The trustees ask foi' au appropria tion of $200.000 for a building, for curable casca'. Fifty thousand dol lars la also asked, to build a homo for <thOi nursing corpa of. woman, ' . ? tu? .statement of the misinos? administration' ia given in tho report by tho steward, showing all . receipt i and dl'sburseniente. The total in ! tlobie.fr?m 'all sources last year was i $771,688.12* tho regular appropria? ?lon by tho state bel?g -.$550,000. The i Mit cash surplus is $11.828. The avcrago cost of each patient was only $157.01. . . . . - '. dofo?ted tho llrtiuh, forcing th rm to retreat .to Rut, where they wof?.^66-' ibid up. , Tho'Shrcndcr cartio . only ^tter all effort/ to rottcve.the indea* HOred tore?. iia*l ..failed'. / ?'-tuaiion at. Verdun has' midcr goho no chang? ,<n* .Hide,. ?"I Paris, reports tho failure, of , Ger? tn&u ?it?aokH near -TlUaumont;;''??ann ttridVpearJtill,204- " v ..:? ; tjbsrlin anhonnces<Uiat; French i lac^at; Dead Jdan's ?ill. wero ? -.Tho. Oormans captured a . .Russian position eOu th of La ko Narc**, olid have taken a thoviRiindZgfiO^R hundred .prisoner*.and many gunn. CONFEREES REACH A DEAD LOCK AFTER THREE DAYS CONFERENCE ; '?. ?. ,;? tot ASK INSTRUCTIONS Measure Now Goes Back to Con gress and Later Be Passed on. (By Associated ' Prcas,) Washtnglo? Aptfl -After tine? days <>r consideration of Llip anny re organization hill tho cohfcrcca reach ed a- deadlock tonight, lt was Inti mo cd thrt*. thry \v'.M report a UIB rgrorincnt and aak for further In Htnirf'.ons. Ono member ,of tho con ference, declared: "Hopelessly apart" on tho oso of reg?l?r army, se?alo ?proposala for federal volunteer forco and nitrato plant. Ho wild congrega will bo aakod shortly to pass again on those features. Tho senate conferees uro under stood to bo standing ?or tho renato proposal of a regula* army ot ?yp hundred and fifty thousand and F.op" roscntatlve Kahn of tho houBo con forco agrceB with them. Represen tatives Hay and Dent, however. Insist on tho house- proposai of an army ot one hundred and forty thousand. GERMANY IS YET Berlin Reports That Reply W?1 Be -Ready Neirt Week. { (By Associated Proas. ) . Washington, April " 20.-No definlto word forecasting Germany's decision In the submarino controversy, reached .Washington tonight. Secretary Lan cing announced that tho situation re mained unchanged. Tho . German embassy also ls without information. Berlih reports, however, said thu Gorman reply would he ready host week. ... . t. .' ' ; fr\SA G. CANDLER, NOTED MILLIONAIRE LED INTO DANCE DESPITE, PROTEST Atlanta, Ga., April BD.-Ana ti. Gaudier, tho Atlanta mill?naire- ho gave ctts million * dollars', to Emory University and bought tho state of Georgia'^, eutiro bond iseuo bf three million and liva hundred Gioubtntd at ' u-higher prlco-.than all .'tho bankers or Now Yorkv'Ailant? and oihor fltt uncial centers ; offered., la ul /support er of granad opera in Atlanta, as of ali other toterprlscs, aud be enjoys thp. music... and, singing immensely, but ho got a taste bl grand opera of the off-stage variety Gils week that wi.* almost too much for him. ?At a .brllltatit reebpfron giren v by tho Druid Hills Golf club to tho opc.?,a stars iMlio ."Rosina Galil, the polite abd bountiful premiere d>a8?li8b ot . tito Motropollhvn. hallet, .wa?v .: giving . sbmo entrancing etobs^from^the j.v?? week, and Ar?*T%e\vino- dot?b?mntthig her familiarity wllh thfe popdlar so ciety dciicos in ? vogue tn tub bail rooms of America mid Europe. in tho midst of-an especially/:?*.- . Iiillratintr aiid chioynblb dabee Mllb