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V- V. ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9,1915. ._._ Wt NUMBER 232. Fifty Bandits Killed Bil V. S. Men April 22 Bel?tcd Report of Close Range Fight Near Mountain Brought By Courier / . (By Associated Press.) Army Headquarters, Mexico, April 2D.-Courier to Columbus-Seventh cavalry troopers -under Colonel Dodd fought Mexican bandit:; at closo range at Tomochl, April 22. Some troopers even went up tho mountain Bide after the bandits with knives .in their teeth. For twp hours Dodd's troops fought in an immense hollow, with bandits on threo sides. Americans wero forced to charge across open spaces under fire. They accounted for at least fifty bandits killed and wounded, against Americans two- dead, and threo wounded. NAME COMMITTEE OF RAILROADS ON SALARY INCREASE Five From Southern Roads to Hear Arguments Railway Employees ... ' ' . . > (By As&ociajed Press.) Chicago, May 3.-A general con forenco committee which will repre sent tho railroads in. negotiations with tho four 'organizations; of, rail way train" service" employees,1 . who have demanded a wage Increase es timated hy -, tho i railroads Wx .'approxi mately a hundred million dollars an nually,hayo bee? announced. ? lt con sists of five representatives from southeastern railroads; six from wes tern and 6 from southeastern. The southeastern repr?sentatives are: E. H. ('najiman, vice president and gen eral manager of tho Southern; N. 1). Malier, president of Norfolk'and Wes tern; L. .M. Baldwin, general manu- , ger Central of Georgia; Lyman De lano, vico president Atlantic Coast Lino; W. L. Seddon, vico, president Seaboard. Tho conference will j be gin in New York June 1. Cal. House Arrived Today. Washington, May 8.-Colonol E. .M. llouso, arrived today for a visit at thc White House. Ho ls expected to dis cuss the submarino situation with the president. ? CENSOR AIL MOVIES ' * <#> --. * + (By Associated preys.) . ? ? Washington. May 3-A bill ? ? to croate ? national board of * ? conBOrs to pasB on all foreign + *"? ? ti domestic moving pictures ? + shown in thia .country ami to * ? proven}, the importation and . ? .-?. ? Interstate shipment of Immor ' ? ? el pictures wai agreed upon . j *t? today by tho house education ? ? ? commltteo. . ? ? . ? CHARGES AGJ INTEREST ? Atlanta, May 3.-The recent dis-, closures of wholesale distribution of tr-? passes' by tho,: Louisville & Nash ville" railroad and its- subsidiary,-'the Ntteji ville, Chattanooga '& ? St . Lr.;da vail/o ad, and thei Uso'of an alleged wvah fund b> the"L.N" In Ala bama politics/ hu. v o aroused a great ??j^f of; interest .in Atiaht* by xfea-. sort of 4l*b flrat "that; thfc state of Georgia ls now tngaged in a struggle td j prevent; the Ixrnisvflle' & Nashville tc&sC obtainingcori trol of the Wes tern- ?'Atlantic raifroad, which runs ?rom Oht?t?noog?,-t? Atlanta, which ?a owned hy the state and.which ls leased to the Nashville, Chsttanooga & St. Louis.' V " The Western & Atlantic railroad ii! the; state of Georgia^ most ^valuable - >propeTty - lu/ .-value . Rive* ; ??orgl*. honda of commending position in- th? . financial market, and lt* rovenoe de rived from the lease pays two-thirds of 'tho ?upjWrb of the common s^hook; Tho present lease will expire**? 1019. lu* pr?paration for' tar .expiration \>t tba lease; the. Louisville & < Nash vino.' railroad n*s -heep engaged ifor ? yest or moro in an' attempt to hsriM a line parallelling the Western & Atlantic from Chattanooga to Atlan ta. The Georgi* Higtstat-a^ passed an act' "?^prohibiting th? Issna* PRESIDENT CONFERS WITH LANSING AN? COL. HOUSE ON EVE O? GERMAN REPLY BERLIN REPORTS SAYS GERARD TO GET NOTE TODAY Eyes of World Will Be Centered on Washington Following Receipt There of Ger . matty's Reply ( By 'Associated Press. ) Berlin, May 3.-The German reply to tho American note on submarino warfare, it is believed now, will bo handed to Ambassador Gerard Tlrurs day. After the submission of the note the center of the situation, it is con sidered here, will shift to Washington where it must'be decided whether tho German proposals meet the conditions of the American note. WILSON DETERMINED TO STICK TO OBfGlNAIi j DEMANDS ON GERMANY (By Associated Press.) ( Washington, May .3-President Wil son, Secretary Lansing and Colonel House held a long conference pt the white house tonight. It was under stood tlie submarino situation WUB dis cussed. Lansing later said he had re ceived absolutely ho word rrom Berlin regarding the character of the Gorman note, which press dispatches said would probably be banded to Ambassa dor Gerard tomorrow. ' iV Presldcnj Wilson, lt ls, known, ls still determinen to accept no prbp'c?al'?h less lt Includes a declaration of Ger many's intention-to stop the Binktng of peaceful ships at once. RIGHT AS ARBITRATORS IN SETTLING DAMAGES DUCKTOWN COPPER CASE Atlanta, May 3.-A decision ron de-red yesterday by Clifford Walker, attorney general ol Georgia, will en able farmers in nc.rtneast Georgia ad jacent to tho Tennessee lino to pre sent tb Governor Harris .their claims for the appointment of men from their section on tho hoard of arbi trators 'who settlo claims for damage arising from . tho Duc-krtown copper fumes ; Damages to crops by the fumes from tho. Ducktowu copper smelters .have long beeu a source of litigation between the stato of Georgia and the copper company. Tho case has been to the United States supremo ! court repeatedly, and certain features of tho . litigation aro now pending be fore, that tribunal! ; The present arbitrators, J, J. Brown, E. ?. Griffith and J. J. Mc Donald live in d'stant portions of the state, and visit northeast Georgia on ly onco or ?fcwico a year, when th?y meet to"pasa on tho damage .claims. Panning counties called on Governor. Harris and urged him to appoint ur bltratrnrs froni . their seetfon. . Q ; ND FtOE PA?SES itINST L & 1ST. 3EORG?ANS ance of a charier to any railroad to build tm ch a parallel. She "r'.y there after, agents of the . Louisville Ai (Nashville'.applied.;to tho aecrbtary ot state for ? chattel1, wore denied* *a Charter, and Immediately Instituted, proceedings lu Fulton superior court to compel tho 'issuanco of tho char ter by a mandamus of t-h1?|?Wjffl|fflTO. of tho state. The writ, waa- denied, and- the caso was appealed, to Ute state supr?me court. Arguments on tho ?tppoftl have been presented io thc- MI prom courivitiid tho base ls now before tnat:tr??pal. for declslori. Hie state li. repi)^ son ted by Attorney G?ne*al Clifford Waiker and Judge Horace M. Hold en. The louisville &. Ndaairili?:'''..tf represented: by King & spalding and by Doraeyi Brewster, Howalt Heynian. tho head' of tho latter being f?u*h -L.c-Dorsey, Eu Hon county's ao ttettor ?who gained widespread no Wibiy,: In the Erank cas? mhd la' thew a ^prospectivo candidate; ^li^^mK NOR- ''^'"8^^HH^?IM f$ Tha i'aterstato Commorco . com sion, sitting in Nashville, baa closed the-fact that :the Lou'.^vlllo Nashville and tho Nashville, Chat mooga & St. Louis, during 1913, ?Ni.ai.-.V.'^v^.i^... - -..,, .?-,";, (CONTINUED ON P?GB'.?OUIt) Other Germans Were involved In Canal Plot Editor and Buffalo Attorney Men tioned in Superceding In dictments Grand Jury . 1 Hy Associated Tress.) INcw York, (Moy 3. - John Uevoy, editor ot tho Gaelic American anti John T. Ryan, a Hu H a lo attorney wero mentioned In superceding in d lc tim iv's brought hy tho federal grand jury in conncotion with tho al leged Gorman plot to blow up the| Welland canal. Willie thesn two .art not indicted, they arc alleged to have knowlcdgo ot the conspiracy. . Dovoy, leader in tho t'nltci States of tho movement for Irifh indepen dence, said he would answer chargcj In his newspaper. New indictments wero brought'against Captain Franz Von 'Papen, recalled German military attache. W?lf Von Igol, Mi secretary; Captain Hanz Jauschor. agent for Krupps in tho Fulled States and .ho husband of. Gadskl, tho opera sluger. Alfred Fritzen, and Constantine Cov anl. Von Igel .and-Tausch cr aro un der arrest and probably will bc ar raigned tomorrow. WATERP?WER BILL ADVOCATES COME OUT VICTORiOUS Charges of Packed Convention Made by Head Farmers Unkrji . Washington, May ?I.-Advocates ol tho Shiolds waterpower bill, now ponding In congress, won their right in the 'National Conversation con gress today, when tho convention voted to udopt a majority committee roport endorsing thc measure. Gif ford Pinch?t, who at tho last conven tion three yoaTS ago, defeated a some what slmllKr proposal, vainly op posed today's action. Charges Gmt tho convention was packed by prover interests were made and denied : Clias. S. Barrett, of Georgia, pres ident of the Farmers Union, sold tho conversation convention Was packed and that it is being used to oxploit power interests. Jas. It. Garfield, former secretary of interior, ulst> op posed the Indorsement of the Shields bill. SCOTT'S TALK WITH 0BRE00N CLARIFIES ? MEXiGHH SITUATION . Vsi/ny/i * . 131 PUBO. May. 3.-General Obregon, Mexican wat1 minister, in. a statement to 'tho; Associated Press tonight said that '"as h . r?'tfUlt^ bf bia conference yesterday W'lth General Scott the '. ?t uiosphoro seoras ' completely cleared. ?AJI tension'.HeemS vanished; No agree-; mont has beon reached but everything ls progressing favorably and I tutye tho - hKheet" hopes that mutters will renell a au cc ess f ul culmination:" /lt' Was r?portet?t tonight that Obre gon had received assurances that the terms Of tho tentativo agreement reached with General Scott would be acceptable to" Carranaa. Mexican of ficers here declare -that If the tent?r tlye .'agreement, ls* ratified-. ?by ftwth governments that: the wlthdraval . df Amr)-le?h' troops^ from, Mexico will take pince within two months. Amer ican, officers declino, to . dUcuss ; .the subject. ; . . '.. //Ah .answer to a long despatch' sent to Waanlrigtim by.;Gcheral Scott late to day ; ls not "oip?cted" befor-eV tbroor <rbwv . . Willie , tho American troop movement will not be begun before th? ratification of . an < agreement , by tile iwb:government's,-it is.nnderstood Americans near San Antonio will fall .Hack tb- ah?rrero and later to Nanil quipa sci the Carnanxa forces come th lifter bin: di ts from, the south. JA?HT regiments may bs detached from Nsmlqulpa .and retired to Colonia nubian ah<l to policing tho extreme northern ?one. y..- ?,, i Norfolk, May 3.-Tho congress of the Episcopal church of <tho United ?tat?s. which : be/ran.'" w6fk l??r? last niphtA th!R mort.ing : considered ? pa mr by Dr. Frederick .' Courtney, ; of New Yorky ?? the expedierter' or do?r trinal limitation In tho ?. prayer-book revision. i Latest Photo of Th's lu tho latest photograph of Supremo Court .Tantico Charles' te. Hughes, now behn; considered by Ito A Sensational Si Tidwell M urd? Of Guilty 1 WOOD? AND TIDW?LL CON-j FESS TO TRANSPORT. ? ING MRS. TIDWELL | CASE WAS HEARD IN U. S. COURT IN PENSACOLA, FLA. Tidwell Will Bc Turned Over to Greenville Authorities If Dis charged-Woods Wit- 1 v ness in Greenville Trial . Greenville ' May 3.-George W. ^.T'dwoll. Sr.. who \.\ under a ??ntcnce lot seven''yonrs foy. manslaughter In Greenville" county, -and W. <G: Woods, formel / a salesman of Greenville who was a sensational witness at thc first trial arid conviction of Tidwell. pleaded guilty in Federal court at i Pensacola today to an Indictment re turned- yesterday charging, violation of Mann j white alavo act, according to dispatcher received hero today from Ponsncola. - A. dispatch says "Tldwoll will .only .hoi.turned'over .to G reen vii io authori ties In oise'federal Judge decides tn d.Uchargo him..- No date is.^ fixed yet for him to bo arraigned for sentence. ; ,Thl? ls tho most sensational and 1 unexpected turn-O? tho .tambua Tid well' case, si nco tito legal battles ?voro.fought for tho lite and'?bath <if Gio gtay-hai?ed flayer- who Wiled 'W. ISmmatt: Walkor,, paymaster- of' Caro lina, at tho mill office I bri i the* ?norn March ;Jftc mu? , }\2?'' 'J ^fle tv?s alleg?tl thu;', ?both Tidwell mid '-Woods''transported -the -former's wafo, lsabbllo Tidwell. from Georgia' td -; Pen BS coln. . ari d rroi^: Pensacola ' to Mobile', 'Ala? Woods and" Mrs: Tldwol 1 ?reit?' first :?h-p*ted in ?Mobil o chut the 16th of January oh warrant, from tho United -tu?tes marshal's; .oftlce from tho Pensacola district.'. She war. d? talned .as a witness'. At tile tlnji'o-Tidwell rwasr- thought to have instigated tho ?rrost, but on Jan uti ry be ?was ?rV??ted ? having gone under] tito ? assumepna^Q.^ot ?. W.; -A%eHU-> as ???Mjm&U.-ttfat he transported Mrs. .'Tidwell'"from Mob'-lo,^A??C?;t?tp V^eosqicale,, Fla. In i <mWNUED ON P?OB FOUR>), ? II p?THf cah.s as a pb?sluY?* c?n?f??t?^for president. Hughes Ima ..announced ?hat ho has no presidential am hi- | lions, hut it is considered likely.- that ho wiU accepts tho nomination, delight To ir. Case ls Plea no'White Slavery\ HUNDREDS ENTER j FT. OGLETHORPE TRAINING CAMP ? ?-- , ?Business and Professional lMen) From AH Parts of Country Have Enrolled Fort Ogle-ljiorpe. Ga.. May 3-The work or training tho cilir.en soldiery began with tho formal opening of-tho' Southern - military training cumjp. .Hundreds of professional ani busi ness1 mon from various .parts of the country, particularly, Aho .. ISasL-. and ; ?butti, aro oh hand for enrollment. i lieutenant Colonel I>. W.'Kilchurn of tho ('ons? Artillery io In charge, assisted by .a largo fctafT of ofhconi of tho, regular anny. fy ? \t ter enrol Uncut tho applicants' draw ;i Tull infniUiry equipment sud uro unsigned to tents'. Thoy aro then organised into rompanfos-'of-orio'ftiinf dred and fifty mon each under a rd gular army . captain. Tho ..first drill Was lato ioday. Tho first order was aigainst tho use bf IntoxicstUifei^? duors. . ' -1-^~ " PRESBYTERIAL AT GREEN VILLE HA3 ADJOIIHNED M?ET ?ro?iivitlo,-M^y it.-Tho Enorfct iWshytoriai, which: convened ?foy? its ahijdhl Bessioit fit (Uh Fourth Prosfijr tf-rl.'iu church Monday, ndjourlhg this jnrirhlhg, to ntfiot next- your ht Rblfl vlllb In'Rpartahbuvg.cbunly. A . number of ihtercstiVtg '.papers wore roiMtx febforo 'tho. i'r<>-:bytnri;?i this mor^uie- As the officers' ott-tie organizion wore elected last .ye?r for ai tori? of-Avro, 'years, only, tVfoi places ".were to bo filled nt the pres? edt session. Miss Harriett MboH>,-jot1 Moore,. ? ? j; ,1 r i n n l j u T,T o u u t >?. t?- t?f?k elected secretary,*Of -, literature,. eue-? ceedlriit Mrs, Hohetca Jpejil of this ?city, 'who resigned; and >lisa Sarah Ti 1.1 lu sha st of Start&ihurg was ^elect ed young people? secretary,- ??tece?d In g Mir,? Agu CH' Jlaycnot bf ?parjan'. hurg, resigned. .. ' tr,i,'-- . ; nifaf Secretary ligand Reigns. liondon, May S-^Augusiine Btifreil. the. ?thief secretary , tor Ireland, ha? resigned. K - !\/- '?V'V'"-:, - V ? ' . - . > ""V - PROPOSAL OF HOUSE TEN TATIVELY ACCEPTED BY CONFEREES HOUSE RES?RVE Provision of Lower Branch Would Creole Force of Nearly 400,000 Men (By Associated Press.) Washington. May 3.-'Federaliza tion ol' thc national guard a? propos ed by tho houHO waa . tentatively ugreed upon today 'by tho house and Renato conferees on tho army bill. Tho jiotiKo 4>rovislmi would create a military reserve of approximately four hundred thousand, whereas tho KCiiato tvrovlsions- would provide for only tw- hundred and fifty thousand, lt is expected that tho senate amend ment requiring militiamen to take on oath to obey tho president- of tho United ?talcs aw well as the states will bo accepted by tho conferees. Tho conferees struck a deadlock today whetk tho acanutb proposal of a federal volunteer forco of two hun dred and sixty thousand was roach ed. Tho matter was finally passed over without acttan. lt wan enid tonight that tho sonnte would not' yield on this point and a disagreement, would result. BY THE CENSOR ',. ? ifcwiKi i;? ?jiiii^ iii wip?i?i inn im ii tm ( Ry r Associated Press.) rlxondoJi, May-3.-Four leude??- in tho Irish rovolt have boon executed here after a summary .court martial. Pfe'mior Asquith "announced to' par liament that Sir Roger Casement, who was rccohtly captured trying to land arma'on the Irish, coast from a German ship, will bo tried with tho uimost expedition. Tho situation in Irolaud is improving daily. AugUBtino Birrcll, seorolary for Ireland, admitting h J underestimated tho Sinn Foin movement, has resign ed. A Zeppelin air raid on tho north east- coaat of England and South east coast of Scotland last night re sulted in' tMrty-ftl casualties. lt is announced officially that 100 bombs _wo,re dropped. Advices from Slav anger say that Zeppelin Li-20 has 'been completely-wrecked on tito j woBtcrn shore of HafBofirth, Norway. | Tho govonimont's military bill for Immediate general compulslng. pass ed lt? rirat readlug In tim commons today. Tho passage , ,-was loudly cheered. : Tho French have taken additional Gorman positions near Dcadman's hill, northeast of Verdun. On thc romaindor of tho western front, only artillery fighting la in progress.. , Tho Austrians and Italians aro still engaged in hard fighting in the Adam el lo sector. . , . . .Sinn Feins to Belfast,*" Dublin, May 3.-Soven hundred Sion Felncrs have hen sent in-a/ape clal train under un armed cuard to DeifHSt. ? . i - , GEORGIA PEACH BE LA&GE B\ ABOVE A . \ .. .-. . - . '. Macon, May 3-"The croi> will not bo nu enormous one, hut tho q uni I ty will be far1 above tho average," salda peach grower yesterday, speaking pt tho prospects of j?the {crowing crop bf pooches. ',, "\. , . "Drummers and newspaper corre spondents contend that, die crop will lin a larger 'ono becauso they novar saw trees so full of fruit. Nir^wA let mo tell you. about that. Thia, la be causo Uiey vhJw tho ; tr ?es from the eldo Of tho road. Ali.cr.ops look bet tor 'byJ the aide of tho road, and there j ?ro reasons for.dt. In tho'first placo, : .'.1?oioo??4,hayo tho room'to. branch''?out fartiier'. growing right under tho road. In tho next place.'?ie ferob ?eta tho benofjt ot the road "fertilizers, tho droppings arid, .tltereforo., grows bet tor. . ". .. ' ''".;' '," "If wo could tell our trees' accord ing to those next the 'ri?d wo .would moko'fortuite?, but tho buyer goes ?it over1 thd ?rch?Td and Wakes h!?i ex aminattbhV; N'?xt-Uni? 'yp? TJBSS '--aa orchard 'il ? car, or b^gy, and ??* trees chock full of thu?, get' down and go toto ,the orchard." ' . jrow; Trw? Ajr?'jr?^ifflarT:''.:t'4 . This man tb hot 'pessimist, far from It, hui W^?itettimi* fritit business1 a long timo, and be krtowa what it W'W&^?^i?^^':-r^ 'OFFICE NO GROWN MAN WANTS AND NO LIVE MAN WOULD HAVE" WAREHOUSE FLAN He Will Make Race to Place Merit* of Thin System Before - the People (Special to Thc Intelligencer.) Columbia, May H.- Tho. Mclaurin ar stato warehouse pirty wes lauch jpd tonight, wlion.Johu L. McLaurln, former Knited. Slates sonator, now warehouse cotniujsylq'.ior-. ^announced that lie would be a candidate for llcutonnnt governor. . Ho- declares that ho will make tho race' to place tho merits of the (.'tate cotton wa re lions" syBtcm squarely before the peo ple ? ? . .: ?|i',v I*J>,\ . .. ' "I will thoroforo announce for lloh ipnnnt gnernor, an office no.grown mun wants and no live man wOuld have," said Mr. McLaurln addrcus lug a socret session ot -the shite warehouse association .which.waa at tended by HO men, ropros'ontlng all factions In tho state.. ! /'A. campaign of education ls an absolute necessity," said Mr. Mc? Laurln. Tho Statte Democratic Executive committee will bo naked to allow Mr Mclaurin one hour at ? each of . tho campaign meetings to explain the warehouse system. Tho, .westing, ot tho warehouse association wan ono of the . nio^belgnlflcant ?'?vea'ikv'ol ?%t?p year. There Ttf every ,Indication that tho system will . bo ono., pi .the, la sues in tho campaign thia uuinmer. There ls a rumor, and many, havo stated that Mr. McLaurln and C. ,L. Blcase, former governor, "hare p?rt?d company," however, In all bis publia siatemonts Senator''McLaurln has stat ed that he does' riot wish politics to enter into tho : warehouse system. New York Machs. Wall Street, May 3.-Some better known specialties displayed, marked' heaviness nt resumption of trading. Bethlehem Steel falling 14 1-'.'. poi a tn with declines of a point or moro by Cruclblo, i?Ocomoti?sv Marino Prefer red, Studebaker and Metals, cpd Mex icans improved. Stool was unchang ed.- Rails were lower. Trading waa cautious in tho afternoon. . Active specialties yielded moot, gslh?.: " ..? . - -' : . m^Mmi ? s New York Cotton. New York, May 3^oton oponed steady, unchanged, to. three % pplotfl ad vaneo with activo nionthn selling two to three above last night. Mid dle- morning July and October, sold four to flvo net lower,oh.selling. Fluctnatlono were irregular thov rest of tho morning. July ?nd' October go ing seven to olev?n j?werC Hallion 6f two or th roo forward occurred p.niunii midday. CROP NOT yo UT* QUA&l^Y i! VERA GE -, .. . . ? crate. Speaking of the great norn nor of trees .being set out, he sold: . . "lt ls absolutely necessary to nave' these young orchard!? catalog on. It used to bo that tho average lite of a peach tree ?nu? eighteen reara, but In these days bf disease tote, has been cut down to fiftcon, and uniese some how discoveries ot remedies aru found by tho government the lite ?t a pe5?h/ltreeiw?l>he, mhclt Jesa th?rt thai.. Thorrnro. nevdiseuse?wring ing no all tim tinto. One br ino' lat est 1s known a?. t?o :'dre?te.:*;.' '"rait*., u look today at what uppaara ti?,-' oe/ aetrottg, healthy v?gorbairtr?e. well fruited and giving ernmlaie-ot,. ,?n abundant yield. iH' Ww.'df eo VNu con' look at that samo-tree and tho fruit is shriveled oad/ttw? ; leaves wlthorod, and tho tree-v/pfacllcojly dead^ . . -canatos Are : "What cause? li? It is supposed leg tba send th? Blent* at "give us ab course' there wo must coat (CONTINUED ON PA?K TTO?R.)