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VOLUME UL OH ? ? ? . ANDERSON, 3. C, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 16,1916. hiniurrtri? NEW D. S. NOTE ITA I a Rina s IIS LMbUttt WILL SHARPLY INSIST UPON] MODIFICATIONS OF TREAT MENT ?V?AILS NATION'S POSITION Haste By United States Would Ap pear That U. S. Acting At Behest of Germany (By Associated 'Press.) Washington, May 15.-Negotiations with Great Britain regarding inter ference with mails and interruptions of neutral trade will ho resumod. shortly. , A .noto. : insisting sharply upon modifications of the treatment) of mnlls is already being prepared. A 'reply to the latest' british note on I neutral trade interruptions will be begun in tho , near future. Great [ Brituln'B reply is considered unsat isfactory to President Wilson. J; . The United States' new demand, it is said, will be more decided in its language than the first. Germany's last submarino not--, by insisting that the United States take steps to force the modification of the allies block ade, made lt difficult for' the United States to tann up tho neutral trade question with- Eriglaud at once. It was Intimated, by..Secretary Lansing last week that hurried? action on -the. part of thc' United State:; would look as though this country -was acting, at the behest of the German . govern ment. ? ' . f} Greenville. Woman Claims Has j band Deserted Her And Car-.. ' ' - ried Off Two Daughters Greenville, May 15.-Alleging that her husband, David' it.' Belcher, who died oh May 2, i !)}<;, Resorted her last .November and took with him their two daughters ?Jvangoline, aged 4, and Vivianna, an infant, -Mrs. Emma Belcher han entered suit for Uto cus tody of tho children through' habeas corpus proceedings, and the petition will be. he?rd before Judge J. T. Maupldin In the court of sessions Tuesday morning. This action was brought so that tho court may ^leter t ii ino upon; the proper custody of the children, who.are now reported to be . ju tho possession of Mr. Bo'cher's mother, Mrs. Narclosas Bolchei, who .resides near Mills mill.. MTS, Belcher, the petitioner ullages ?that her husband went to live with . his mother when he left her'and that she waa denied the privilege of even seeing her children. She contends that he ovon struck and ran her off from- hla .moth*1.?'? home. She also alleges that aftey he had abandoned her he went to her home and took soma^r the household goods. Tto mother prays from a writ of babels corpus on the gro'ind that .theyfore* her children and that she ls capable of - supporting them. She haaJtietalued. countiel for the. purpose of nrafehig a hard fight, if necessary. - td stfcure the little tots. Mrs- Na* clssaa ?Belchor, lt is understood* will . also' iv make . a determined effort . thfongh con^pt.to, .-.retain her fraud chKalreh. "HE'S PERSONALLY Q|IN?X$OUS?'SAID A SENATE MEMBER George^ Rnbiee ?&? Plac? On mission ? -V ?- - - . ' ' Washington,; Max. is.^?ha ??nate today rejected Ahe nomination .?of. Georges B?MCS. ot New Hampshire, aa a member of the federal traae ?om-, mission by ? Vote v bf forty-two to thirty-six. Futile?,;who ha?? bean serving on 4he>o!mmIs??on.:*a4*i*rf? ca?a appointment* .'.waa / opposed, by Sentttor Gs*Unger, of New Hamp sh?reV-ontfca.grt?wd, that >? ls "per eanally obnoxious.** O Ufo Americans in Skirmish W Out Foraging And Are \ El Paso Has Created B< tween Governments tV:' ('By Associa Lake Itascate, Mexico., May 15.-(\ including Julio Cardenas, Villa leader ment near Rubio ranch, twenty miles twelve in number, comprised an autoi George S. Dutton rut foraging. No A: A Better Vt (By Associa Washington, ,May 15.-Both (he Slal lng a detailed report on tho recent El lng any agreement OB to the Mexico channels. General ?Scott returned 1 conferences had created a better un which might furnish the basis of a f departments advices showed no' chung 14 Dead And 30 Hurt III Powder Plant Disaster (By Associated Press.). GIbbstown, N. J., May 15.-At least fourteen, were -killed and about thirty, injured in an explosion at the Repsuono, plant, of the Dupent Pow der company ' hear here . today.. /mm. - f^ML?'~l^}Ml assistant superintendent ihm George? Marsh, foreman of the' Trinitrbluloul plant -where the bl?st occurred. A nearby building in which ntter-bett zol was manufactured also blew up. The causa'of the explosion was not determined. 'Wirth?fANaii Almost ? Coot 1 Pockets Of Shelby, ?. C., May 15-Thomas Dixon, the famous Cleveland county writer, minister,' ltwyer and actor, whose, remarkable success lu finan cial revenue with '.'The Birth ot a Na tion," reads like a -tale from Arabian Nights, ls now in New York, arrang ing for the presentation of a mam moth spectacle-to-be known as Vibe Fall o? a Nation.", ThiB ls to be presented at the Liberty theatre, New Yorkivthe." first; week'; in June, ..with special music by Victor Herbert and cost nearly a million dollars, accorti ing to official announcements.: "'.Mr; Griffith, under whose direction "Tho Birth of a Nation" was pro duced, is not concerned in "The Fall, of a Nation." This ia Mr. Dixon's; own venture Jn which he is associat ed with acme'Wall street bankers, who were allured. by the prod igiou s profits made by "The Birth of a Na tion." , . . The unprecedented^success.ot A'The Birth of a Nation" ls responsible for tater big undertakings. The Unsocial history of^Tbe Birth of a Nation" ronda like romance, and Would h? Itself furnish material for a sc?nario, particularly the way In which over $700,000 wa? practically forced into the pockets of Mr/Dixon Ita author. tMr. Dixon was willing to sell his rights in "The Birth o a Nation"?'in the beginning; for an advance ot $2, 600 and ? small weekly royalty, iiut Mr." Griffith and his other; associates ?steted that he tak?;a:25 per.c?nt in-" rest'-ut the- profits, but with no ad NEGRO WHO CCONFESSi?f^ TO ASSAULT IS TAKEN OUT ??URT AND BURNE iilS^jft-i-'^ay 15.-^Vith. fifteen thousand persons as witnesses, in cluding women and children, Jesso j >Vn?h'ngton. .a .negro - boy who cot?-, resMQ to the assault and. murder of Mre, Lucy ffryar, seven miles south ot hore la?t Monday whs -taken from jt??^fl^. ijistrlct court room shortly befdre. hoon <and tKxned tn public. 3 Killed; iS Hurt. GIbbstown, N. J.Y May 15-Bight ^Sh;?wet?;sported ? kilted-and '; al dozen hurt in the ; explosion of tho! Repahno pi?nt of the, ^Pijot ;?^; ^^^^^'^^^^^^ti???ii ?nd ! ith Band of Bandits While Victorious-Conference at 5ter Understanding Be ted Press:) * . . VlrelcBs to Columbus).-Three bandits,I were killed with an American detach east ot hero today. The Americans, nobile detachment under Lieutenant mericau caualtles. iderstundlng * ted Press.) e department and Carranza are await Paso military conference before seek l border situation through diplomatic tero today confident that tho border derstandlng between the. two nations orinal proctocal. The war and,state e 'today in the border alttt?U??! Allow Churches Prohibit Cards, Da?ces9Theatre\ (By Associated Press.) Saratoga Springs, N. Y., May 15. -RecommendationG that, no change | $e made in;.the discipline of the Meth odist ehurcb.. which prohibits mera th?n^EOm - dancing', playing , cards*, fahd ^U^ndthg'-theatres-'W?B: adopted today' hy a committee on the state of church. ' '"The. sub-committee which ' h Ss recommended .that prohi bition against these amusements he I" removed announced lt would submit the minority report to a conference. bn" Porce? mUmn Into The Thomas Dixo?l vance on royalties. His 2~> per cent nf the profits to date have amounted to over $700,000. Miss. Alice I Miser, as Mr: Dixon's agent? unexpectedly came into a for tune because of the authorVwindfall, lier contract with , him for placing tim scenario called forviO per cent'Of hit prplitsj so th?t her share" of the big clean-Up hos been $70.000, with no effort ott-her part but to forward Mr. Dixon his Weekly check, minus her commission. fl%Vft.-'Cl?ho, whose great picture, '.?larabns/'.viB now" coining mohey for him at the Forty-fourth street The ater.; JKeW York, hatf prof lied nearly S900.00Q; oh-Vjbo Birth of a Nation" because i h? advanced $S'?.0d? toward tiie,.prtgin?l promotion,, rind received therefor a 30 per ceht interest in the profited Some. R?sten men who bought the Nr.?v England rights for 85.1,000 have a?f??dyv'eis?red toeatiy triple that amount add. will make UB much more. '.lr. Crlfiith's share has tu-^t about a mUA?oh, and thc minor ito-it ho?a ? rs lenser, but very . handsome amounts/: }>.Thomas. Dixon was born in Shelby, January ll, 1864, and was graduated f rom Wake Forest college 1883, grad uiitin? from: the Greensboro law >^hbtT Itt'1886. He was a member ot the jNoyrth Carolina legislature from" 1881 to 1866 and resigned to enter tho .Baptist ministry in October, 3886V ??? waa pastor of a . Baptist church In Raleigh in 1887. HU win fer homei id'-.at 867* Riverside drive, Kuw York. .... : , . . TAFT ?$ wnmss IN P^JURY TRIAL 3 ; . OFFICERS R?GCS BANK { W^hlJB4<?h,^J. May , 15.-4-Formfer President Tjafi tesU?le? as a ; charac ter yrllri?ii in ih? per jury (rial of ihfee officers of the Riggs National j honk calitfJf to testify.ld behalf of ?. fc. Clover this president whose che** acter he . salti Was excellent \ *^??av?-iyo?lrWrried >an account Jn the Riggs bank," he was asked. I "Shea ?s V bad,- ho* said. grew as it got Into - the $r*?identlpt portion 4 ?. diminished - af (Let1 ;v^w the presidential portion." .?--.. '' fife' ' Enemies Ever, Bui Ex-Spcaker Joseph G. du no H. When the house of representatives hehl, tts little celebration of the Eigh tieth birthday of Uncle Joe, no one took a .greater interest than Speaker Clark" : tinelo Joe abd Champ Clark are old men now, Uncle Joe wrs al most in at the birth of the repub 90 ?jUG?f ?0 G? COUNTY-TO-COUNTY CAM PAIGN FIRST OUESTION BEFORE CONVENTION (By Joe Sparks.) - > ;B Columbia, May 15. -The State Democratic convention will meet in' Columbia Wednesday at noon In the hal) of .the house of representatives at tho state hon ne. A close study of the delegates as named by the county conventions, shows that. Governor Manning will have moro "than 200 supporters out o? the. 33$ members of the convention. Ono of the first question to be brough* before the convention will be the abolition of thc ?.. county-t? couhty campaign; About {90 . ' dole gates have ?been instructed by the county conventions to vote for the abolition of the biennial circus. The leaders , in the convention are-oppo* eil to tho movement and will fight for the retention of the system": : A fight will be started in the con tention against sending office holders and office seekers to tba national de mocratic convention at . St. Louis. ! The general interest; will be in tba s?lection bf the "Big Pour" or the. delegates at large. It Ina been cus tomary to aend the twa'United states senators, the governor ?nd a layman to the national convention. '. Some ot tho members of the convention . will urge that' four plain'; democrats be members to represent South Carolina.' Henry ???lson Snyder of .Spnrtanburg has bc?n suggested sa,cue ot tho delegates-at-large. Co?.. Aibnry Co ward hus also been mentioned. , At; the p recen t tl tn e. the Indications aro 'that S?nr.tor B. R. Tillman will ?be' reelected national committeeman from South Carolina without opposi tion . r John Gary Evans.of Spar tan burg will In all p-.obabli|Hy bo re* elected v as chairman ot the State De mocratic executive cpmm!ttee:. J The SohtH Carolina -State Ware house association will send a T?pro* senatlvo to the convention to ask that John <L. McLaurlt?, state ware-, house commissioner, Ivo given one hoar' at'- each- campaign meeting to defend tho state system.'~S Tn-V*,.*e? quest ; wilt e?ua? constderaWa. ' ?dt?f cus si on in tho convention-. : Mr. M? L?uri? has already announced HM fie wiB be ii candidata ,for??a*te???nt Bovernor in order tb??'ho: may" defend the system on >h? ''fitumfr.'^Thla at?p will surely-iiplaee tba- cotton arafe houso system la politics. It la understood that W. P. Pol* \ock ot"ali? Ch?r?w bar' will he nomi nated erf 'a m?mber di tba'delegation to-St..Sonia. - . '? ' T: P. Coibran of the Greenville bar will be nominated' for- pr?sident 'bfr'ih?Vc?nvontlo'n.' "?:??', ; 11i? state '?Mtwntla^:^m>^.;a>kad r j ; -.'fr'1- -J'1 ?>>j^^-'-fa -? (CONTINUED ON PAQB SEVEN) t Friends Always. .. \, : ?: I m \- : ? rn?* Wk Speaker Champ Clark Hean party, but Champ ls not old enough to have sceen tho democratic party born. They have fought each other th the house for more than a I CHUM ter of u century. But irever hus there* been a time they were not personal frieuds. OK RESPITE OF 21 DAYS io mm sncEiit I PRESIDENT WILSON HAS ASK ED THAT THOROUGH PROBE BE MADE -. ?. : (By Associated 'Prosa.) , Santefe, New Mexico, May ID. Governor McDonald today Kraut cjd a twenty-one day despite to the seven Villa bandits who have been sentenc ed to hang, at Demming May the (-nineteenth for their part ju the Co lumbus raid. -. Tho respite la to en able the governor to.make an inves ti ?at lon as rocines tod by President! WSloon. Georgians Ready To IS e creary Baker Is Tendered Ser-1 vices of Band Of Vol My* < m . m A tl an'a, May 15.-That Georgian? I ?tand ready to defend the nation in | time of peril was r.triktogly demon strated in Washington, D. C., on Saturday when- Jesse B. Mercer, former state game warden Of Georgia, it?ndered to Secretary of War Baker, tho services of 1,000 men SB volun teers ' prepared to take up arms at] the first call. rj For several weeks Mr. Mercer baa been quietly, enlisting recruits .for-a reservo regiment ot voliinteera around Waycross, Brunswick, Blade shear, Ocilia, Vatdosta, AmerlcUB, | Cordele, Moultrie, Fitzgerald, Hazlo tiursV and other sooth Georgia, town?; And when he went "to Washington to tender the services of his, regiment he did not present the secretary, ot war with a fine-sounding . hotvajr speech, 'bat . with tacts, figures, abd names and ^ addresses.> The *>eryj<r ci the regiment were immedial|ly|ai ehthuBiastfcally accepte* and?!?! roster waa filed tn the war depart ment. ' ',-'"* "'. ; : The /week; anding .Satprday : waa pap in which ' several Georgiana. - came ominenUy to the front: In the itys> >hal capital, along . the Colonel tercer . and ,hls volunteers. SUiy-une KeiaUres In War: t Youngstown,., O... *toy ; 15-^AtWflrtf lUnsky, of tblB city claims tb??OJf jctlon of having sixty-one.relative ?btfvely Engaged .?MMih**;-. pwii rar. Babinsky in a lotter receive if hlin from bis mother who reside N?gybfccBkerrtc, HunpiTy,??ot Plcte tabulation of alt metal?) f^'famll?t - callea to the colora1-t ie dual, monarchy ; : So far. ?dWK < thhv largo Hst-of relatives has;./lbi bia IU? ia battle. HOUSE PASSES BILL PROVID ;NG FARM LOAN BOARD AND 12 BANKS RURAL CREDITS Under New System Would Make Lean? on Five to Thirty Year Mortgagee (Hy Associated Press.) Washington, May If?.-The rural credits bili, providing a farm loan hoard and a system of 12, land hanks passed the house today by a vote of two. hundred and ninety-five to 10. A similar measu.ro hasJ already pass ed tho senate and thu difference prob ably will bo worked out In a confer ence soon. Under the terms ot tho bill land I banka would loan money to farmers | at not more than ala por ebbt inter est through-local vloan associations on mortgages,.-running.from five to thir ty-six years. Mortgages would -he UBed by babka as a baals for- farm loan bondB.,. One- of the principal differences between the twp measures is tho Goaato would capitalise each farm loan bank at five hundred thou sand dollars and the hpuse at seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. A5MLESS WANDER I Demented end Hilf Dead F. Bundanb Discovered Five Mites North Botiqmlla (By Associated Press. ) Marathon, Texas, May .15.-F. Bundanls, lost trooper ot the four teenth cavalry, who had been missing since tho Glenn Springs raid, wen found wandering in the woodb about thirty-five miles north of Bouqullla today, demented and half dead from thirst, A champion . wood mining man, who found Bundara!*, turned him over to the hospital corps hera. It was reported here that Major Langhornc's column ls eighty miles cou tu of tho border awaiting thc ar rival of Colonel Sibley's command to attack tho bandits i said tb be en camped farther south? ff: OPPOSE ANY LAN PUTTW??tStER UNDER - HOME RULE I I Asquith Discussionof General Di*-1 armament For Ireland is Unsatisfactory . (ny Associated Press.) ?Belfast, May 15.-A. disinclination to accept.any plan.of government for Ireland, that wonVl. subject. Ulster to homo rule way evident today tn ibo Occasion .ot Premier Asquith's visit to Belfast, ic is understood- Asquith discussed a general disarmament tor Ireland, but tho "osult of tho discus sion .was unsatisfactory. Belfast has not shown any signs ot accepting ony i compromiso , overnmont Fed mond ts said, fb l?o i willing to offer. ?Q,\E TO REUNION About 80 Veterans .from Anderson Co ^ ta. Birmingham. ', ij Seventy-nine veterans j* lett - Ander son yesterday mor nins for ?Klrmlng hamm .attaad .thar Confederate vet eran's reunion winch opens in that ?Hy todays lab -veterans will arrive In Birmingham Oils morning in time for tho beginning bf the exercises and will .?main until ?be latter part ot tho week. Engineer to Jell. ' fia?lsbury, N. C.,. M?y 15.-A .Tnnkeraley. engineer itt charge, ?t the Idnthern railway train which ran \>!to ibo rear ot a' special train here U?at ?fovemberr kellog twa, waa sen tenced to four months tn jail on charge.of maoslaughter'^feMv^?' Dn re ?*re?an? Out. Paris; May ir?.-The p^neh dravo the Onmii?i? from fir?t Uno trenches mm. VeWsnd* and Viltaers, ??tita of ;Vho Somme, lt 1B officially reported. OU! FROM TRENCHES IF? FRENCH HAVE ALSO .REPULS ED ATTACKS IN THf CHAMPAGNE REGION GREECE PACIFIED Differences Between That Coun try and The Entente Pow ers Have Been Settled (By Asso.cuUci PrcS3?) London, .May 15.-Tho French in a eurprlao uttnek along the Mouse east ot Verdun, have driven the Qer I pians "from tholr trenches on a- hun-1, dted yard front; also, ropulsed tho1. Gormans attacks in tho Champagne ; region. . - Bast of tho Loos tho Germans suc ceeded In gaining u foothold in Brit-, ish frenches, hue were drlvon out by1 a counter attack. Tlie I tal I nu:', in -Monte Ad om cl i o . Bono . have occupied strategic posi tions in their movement towards Trent. The Italians havo advanced in the'region br Mount Spermie'-and ! nut down Austrian attacks north of Lenzumo. Artillery fighting continue? on the Russian fronts Petrograd "reporto j the Russian progress against tho [Turks in Armenia. In.operations to ward 'Mosul, having Paining, au tho (ejective.'tho Turks bro said to ho .retreating, after abandoning .much .war material. rJDlfferences between Gr?ce abd. tho entente powers..hay?. been, .ffotitoaV tho British. foreign o ?ile o announces. This means possibly that Gre^e\has acquiesced to tho , entente's request to transport serbian troop? across I tho Greek territory from the Inland of Corfu to Saloniki. I Dyrmrnite Explosion N?xt to Res ultant b Fatal to 1? And 20 Injured ' ? v. * (By Associated Press*) Akron, Ohio, May 15.-At least I eleven-were killed and about twenty injured here tonight when a restau rant-building collapsed when a dyna mite blast waB ?et off lu un adjoining excavation.. .Tho crash ' come dur ing tho dinner hour. Ten: bodies had been recovered and nineteen in jured had been taken from the ruins, out it is believed others aro dead or injured. SENATE TO FIGHT OUT ISSUE ?V?R LOUIS BRANDIES Judiciary Committee Expected to Return Nomination With ? ' out Recommendation (By Associated Press.) Warmington; . May ib'^dt1 appears certain thai, the.'Issue, over the, nomi nation of Louts Tt. Brand?la tor the '. Supreme court will be fought out In : , the renato without/recommendations. ftom the Judiciary committee'. A de cision was reached after a tyfotfsi?tvv c:i secret session .today that tho re- ; port could ri?t he ?gMed .npOif," bat t seven! senators were wjilllng:, -to > vhto to return the nomination to tho r Spnoiav. without any recommendation; t. ? ' Xrg?wenls Appsm fjhsk ' f Norfolk, May".15.^Afifuma?ts hi the caso over the ownershipof the j p>lze Bhip Appam have bee? begun in > t?e federal court With a . statement t by the British aide, vit .h* not ex- %. peeled thia argument can b> conclu?-.'. ed today ai ther? aire flv* speakers. Massacre ls Feared. ; ' Washington, vMny 15.-liangors of ii massacre of <&rlsrlan> in Syria ls ' privatelyirepori^<Ho>.iW^Wt^ de partment- R ? Ihdlcaied th?t ft. m.ight- surpass tn hnrro> many .. Ar menian ruaniucvea of tho psst,