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Intelligencef
NEW SERIES, VOL. 1, NO. ?. W??kly. l?tobU??e* 18?; Dal?* Jan. 18, !'./.<.
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ANDERSON, S. C.,
MORNING, MA\32, 1914.
PRICE $1.50 THE YEAR,
REBELS MAKE
FURTHER GAINS
ARMY ONLY A FEW MILES
FROM THE CITY OF
TORREON
THE TURNING POINT
The Ensuing Battle Will Make or
Mar thc Fortunes of The
Constitutionalists
Constitutional Hospital l?ase, Bcr
mojlllo, Durango, Mexico, March 21.
Tho rebel not about Torre?n virtual
ly was drawn closer today and Gen
eral Herrera fought the moBt i ni por- 1
taut battle of tho weGk at Santa Clara, I
Tl miles nort of Torreon. In the en- I
?agcment 106 Federals "^re killed,!
according to reports. Thc rebel loss 1
is reported as slight, three killed and j
seven wounded.
Thc fight took " place over posses
sion of a- spot on the banks of the Big
Tlahualilo irrigation ditch where
Herrera wisheB to throw a bridge and
the construction of which he began
immediately on retirement of the en
emy, whose numbers he estimated at
400.
At other points the Federal advance
Euart?R rntreztci pcrce,.iauly, Durn- j
ing and wrecking as they -went. At'
Noe i the small railroad shops were
burned.
Yilla Elated.
General Villa was elated beyond
measure, and when he took posses
sion of a telephone wire which work
ed into the city of Torre?n, he lost !
no time in calling up the office of tho '
Federal commander, General Refugio
Velnsco. An officer of the latter's staff
answered the call.
'.I am coming to have supper with
you," General Villa began.
"Who are your' inquired tu Fed
eral officer politely.
"1 am an hombre, called Francisco!
Villa.!' replied the chieftain. j
"Wfell, come you are rea-1
dy,"' came the answer.
Villa talked from t
?n^ef^^^STOtU^
the F ad?rale had made a poor
wrecking the railroad track*.
Thia camp where Villa has a tre'li
mendous store ot ammunition, is just'i
outside tile city and was the scene <
of groat activity today aa cartridges
and shells were being forwarded by
rail and packed on mules abd burros
to Herrera, Bcnavides, Contreras and
other generals.
George C. CarotherS, United States
Consular agent, toilny was given re
newed ?issv.rar.cc c?? fa!? treatment to
foreigners nv Genera! Vitin.
TORREON WILL RE TitE
?. TURNING r??XT OP WAR
WaahlnRton. March 21.-The bat
tle of Torreon will be the turning I
point in the Mexicali revolution, in thc |
opinion of high administration offi
cials. Little official information to
day as to the prollihlrtary skirmishes
was at hand, but it li believed that
within a few days a battle will have ?
been fought which wilMn?jcate clearly
the relative strength of tho, constitu
tionalist cause.
The presence at Vera fruz ?* thlsM
timo ot Charge 0'8haughncBsy and of ',
(bargo Hobler, of the United States'
embassuy and, British legation, re
spectively, in official clrcl?s here is
taken to mean that the British gov
ernment Is cooperating with the Uni
ted States in efforts to find , a peace- .
ful settlement.
Discussions among Constitutional
ists here of the possibility that Gen
eral Huerta would rottre th favor of ? '
Senor Portillo developed probability,
that he would be acceptable to. the ,
constitutionalists becausce of his af
filiation with the clerical party. .
Mr. O'Shaughnessy expects to re- \
tum to Mexico City in a few days, ac- ?
cording to his dispatches to the state
department. His telegrams make:
mention of his 111 health, but'them
is no suggestion, according to' Mr. j(
Bryan ot, any contemplated resigna- ,
tlon. Retirement of Mr. O.Sbaugh-l
ncssuy at this time would oe diplomat
ically embarrassing, because to send J
another charge d'affaira to Mexico in-'
his place might involve a recognition
of the Huerta government |
The trip of Rear Ar-'ral Fletcher
to Mexico City waa nv. Jtplained by,
the officials here but geaerally lt is,
supposed that ha went to look after
the recent shipment of arms for the
protection of American residents.
RENTON SHOT RT VILLA !
AND STABB?B BT FIERRO ^
Washington, March ?l,--WilHaiu 3. ( ]
Benton, the British subject, was shot i
by Genera! Villa, but wat? stabbed to'i
djath in Villa's office at Juarez by:l
Major Eiidofo Planro. according to Jj
persons believed to be conversant with l
tho finding thud far ot tba special <
Mexican commission appointed by
General Carranza to Investigate Ben
ton's dSStu.
District Counsel Perceval, who has ,
left HI Paso for his coil at Gahrc?Uiii, i
baa forwarded a report to the British i
erabas?ay here, which it is understood i
Denton was stabbed but does not very
clearly establish, lt is believed, whff
actually killed Benton.
That Major Fierro will be charged
with the crime and punished is the
exp .'elation of many Mexicans here.
They explain General Villa's story of
a courtmartinl as an effort to shield
Fierro who is said to be his distant
relative. The Carranca commission
however, ls report ?d to ha'vo declared
UH purpose of punishing Fierro de-j
spile Villa's effort to protect him. The
arrest of Fierro waa reported from
Chihuahua but confirmation is now
lacking .
Secertary Hrynn today Raid that
while he had li cuni many roporls of j
th?; Henton killin;:, comment would j
he withheld until ,(!ie .('arran/.n com
mission had finished its work.
CARRANZA BKFllBEfr$0
AI'POHTHMl PROPERTY
I iouIre-, Arizona, 'Mtf?ch 21.-Gen
eral Carranza caused ^considerable
,dts8a#BlVictlonamong -Mexicans res
idents of Colonia Moretes, Sonora,last]
week, through his refusal to appor
tion the farms, houses, and other)
property of American Mormons
among them, according to the report
brought to the border today. The
Mexicans already have possession of
most of the property as a result of
hight of-thc Mormon;; last year dur
ing the various- raids, hut they want
ed a complete title from the govern
ment.
LIND AND ROJAS MEET
OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE
Mexico City, March 21.-John Lind.
President Wilson's envoy, may make
a trip of observation over the portion
of Mexico controlled by the Federals,
na a rnuiiH /?? h?c. cCH?CrCI?CE at V?7?
Cruz with the Mexican foreign minis
ter. Jose Lopez Pornilo Y. Rojas.
The recommendation was made bj?
the mlninster, who said that Mr. Lind]
appeared favorably impressed.
Those having personal knowledge
of the Vera Cruz confer?nce appear
highly optimistic In the belief that it
ls the lirst step towards an agree
ment satisfactory to the Huerta gov
ernment.
The foreign minister's conference I
with Mr. Lind will not have the ef
fect of bringing about the resignation I
of President Huerta, the possibility j
of which has bean discussed. The sub-'
?3Ct was not considered, according to j
itement bv the totalster tonight.
Hean 'Federal troops at Piedras NX
gras, today refused a demand made by
Governor Colqultt of Texas for the
surrender of four other Mexican Fed
eral soldier?, accused by the Texas of.
(lclals of being complicated In the kill
ing of Clemente Vergara, an Ameri
can ranchman.
PRINGLE T, YOUMANS
niLLtu bi
Son of Late Leroy Youmans and j
Classmate bf Woodrow
Wilson
Columbia, March 21.-Pringle T.
Youmans,.ona of thc most popular at
torneys in Columbia, was struck hy au
Automobile drivon by Harry L. Davis,
Saturday night and was almost in
stantly killed. H? was a member of
Ihe general assembly. Three weeks
ugo ho married Miss Mary's. Bronson
Dr Columbia. Davis was formerly thc
chauffeur who drove the' city's auto
mobile police patrol. Mr. Youmans
was the oldest son of the Inte LeKoy
F. Youmans.
Mr. Y?uma?st was a son of the iate
L'eRoy F. Youmans, who was attor
ney general of thc Btate in the cabinet
}f Governor Wade Hampton and also
was attorney general under Gov. D. C.
Heyward. LeRoy Youmans was re
garded as one of the most eloquent
naen the state has (ever produced,
imong other great cases having been
>is defens: of four Anderson county
?en persecuted in car pet ba K days,
and prosecuted by such brilliant men
is Samuel Merton and Embry Speer
White men 'In South Carmina turned1
traitor to their1 race In those days and
bore false witness against their neigh
bors.
Pringle T. Youmans wes himself a
nan of Intellect and of ability as a
speaker. He was announced as a can.
iidate for the state senate, having
lerved four years in the house of rep
resentatives. He was a school-mate
it Mr. Barnwell's academy in Colum
bia with "Tommy" Wilson, now the
president or the United States. Later
they were at the University of Virgin
ia together, along with B. L. Abney of
""olumbla, United States 8ena?or Le
froy Percy ot Mississippi and other'
nen of distinction. *Mr. Youmans was
regarded as among tba brightest? of
them all, but be had failed to get a
rood start in life until within the last
few years and his career had Just be
come promising..
Amer Iran Wins0 Vcr Frenchman.
Karls, March 21.--Joe Jeanette, thc
\merlcan heavy-weight pugilist, won
inc decision over Georges Carpenter,
the French champion, on points In
a fifteen round bout hare tonight
.v." ... A
UNIVERSITY S. G. LOST
IN DEBATEWITfl TRINITY
Unanimously Decided In Favor of
The Upper Carolina
College
Raleigh,- N. C.. March 21.-Ry a
unanimous decision the debate at Dur
ham was won by representatives of!
Trinity College over thoso of the Un- j
lvorslty of South Carolina.. Trinity
had the affirmative of the question:
"Resolved that the United Stales]
should maintain a nosition us one(
of tile three leading naval powers of.
the world."
Trinity wa? represented by c. K. |
Buxton, Jr., H. B. Mynrs and, B. W.I
Hernani; South Carolina by J. A. Toi-I
bert, J. S. Pudlev and M. A. Wright.
I', i. T. RKORtMMZKR
FeaNter Trlbbin Wa? Elected Beere.
tury i,nst Xighi.
The members of thc local council
of the United Commercial Travelers
held their annual meeting last night
and elected J. B. Shanklin, senior
councilor; F. V. Tribble. secretary;
L. IL Led bett er, conductor; C. H. Lig
?n, page; R. S. Balley, sentinel; IL
Beaty and J. M. Giles, executive com
mittee.
P. D. Skelton was elected past coun
cillor and delegate io the grand lodge'
of the Carolinas which meets at Green
ville. The U. C. T. is made up of none
but br,r,r. "KM- !>?ve?uK nuieituien ana
is a secrcc order. The members feel
that with Feaster Tribble as secretary
this will be a live year. Mr. Shanklin,
the new senior Councillor, has been
kept very busy in his new Held' of
work with the Tate Hardware Com*
pany, which has had a very fine year.
TAKES STEP AGAINST
UNO IN ARMY
?* Fmt Severe Blow
To th fe- i*ong Established
? Practice
^ (By Associated Press)
?etz, Germany, March 21.-lieu
tenant Von La Valette Saint George,
of the 988 German Infantry regiment,
today was sentenced to thirty months
imprisonment in a fortress for klll
ps Lieut. Haage in a duel February
26. Hs was also dismissed from tho
army.
. The court found that the prisoner,
by his conduct had provoked the duel
and had gravely wronged the honor
of Lieutenant Haaere.
Thc severe ?5utGi.ce imposod on
lieutenant Von La Valette Saint
George is the first really severe blow
delivered against duelling among ar
my officers. The court, by its judg
ment, has virtually given notice that
officers who wrong the family honor
of fellow officers are not to be treated
as gentlemen, and tho fact that they
vanquish their opponents will not re
habilitate their honor.
CLEMSON GETS
BIG GYNASIUM
That Ia the Report That Reached
Thu City Last
Night
(From Sunday's Daily.)
The Intelligencer learned from an
unauthorltatlve source last night thr^
President Rigg*, of Clemson College
had secured a gift of I50.0Q0 for a
gymnasium at Clemson college. Dr.
Riggs has beeb working on this mat
ter for some months and has recently
been in the north. The news that he
has succeeded tn getting the money
with which to put up a splendid gym
nasium for the cadets is very grati
fying.
Dr, Rigas has alway? taken a great
deal of interest in athletics, and in an
effort to keep athletics from being
commercialised in the colleges, and
be ia the president of the Southern
Intercollegiate) Athletic Association.
The Gravest Issue
In Ireland's History
"Liberalism will not flinch one inch
before the arrogant and insolent pla
gue of Toryism," was thc message con
veyed today by Chancellor Lloyd
George to a meeting of Liberals at
H?dd5.-5fir!d. "
MThe country- la confronted with the
gravest issue in the history of the
democratic government since the days
of the 8tuarts," he aald. "Representa
tive government In this land is at
stake. I am here on behalf of tho
government to say we mean to con
front the defiance of popular liberties'
with resolute and unwavering ' deter-?
ruination, whatever the hazard may!
be. We are not fighting about Ulster,]
or ?bout borne rule. We are fighting
tot all that ts essential to the civil,
liberty of the innd."
SPRING ?SPERED IN
BY SNOW AND SLEET
Heavy fall of "Beautiful White"
Over Almost Entkfe
Southland
--rn
Atlanta. (Ja., March 21.-J&wave of
h?tense col?l. accompanied 1>y sien I
and snow storibs, was HweeMng overi
thu South Atlantic States tonlfchl. Un-j
up-ally low temperatures fpjE$ho sea-;
son wore roiwirted through'the emin'
South, vlfnavy falls or snow occured*
In Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and j
tho Carolinas. Coal Imied'gwild ac- '
companied hy rain o'.' snnws*e?erally j
Were predict "il fur tomorgnv and
Monday.
Confederate Monument
Uny^i?ing Po*ti|onecl
Washington, March 21.--4Riltire or
the contractor thc base of {tic Confed
erate monument under crecU?i in Ar
lington National cemetory/?Sn time,
caused an announcement i (?day by
President Herbert of the Confederate
monument association of the. jfestpono
meht of Ute unveiling ceremonies until
June 4. The monument wof.7*o havf
been dedicated April 27, Th* granite
for the base from a Texas ?n railed
to arrive, aud a contract afr Mary
land granite' had been sulwHtuted.
The memorial fund wa?3at**d w
ihe united Daughters of U?jfcConfed
eracy.
From
H
nd
The following statement ifts given
out by the chairman or the U?rd^Mr.
HL H. Watkins: ,... ,J?: .
"At a Bpccial meeting o?jms^$DCal
members of the executive ,CQiaqtibf&
of Anderson college this i ?t?ternoon,
tho petition of Prof. W. H^Hand lo
be released from his co,ttl^^HffiMH?
president of Anderson corwfec was
unanimously granted. Wb4^HPHfJfe.?
Heatly" all of the other members of
the Board were in hand and recorded
as favoring the rel?ase.
It will be recalled that some days
ago n committee of educators came to
Anderson to request the release, stat
ing at the time that they were acting
entirely on their own initiative and
not as a suggestion to Prof. Hand.
After a discussion with the committee
tho local representatives .of the .An
derson Board felt that ihey had con
vinced their visitors that ??itrr request
ought to be grunted, both because of j
tho supe-ior claims nf Anderson col
lege and bacausc of the importance of
the work.
"Later on. Prof. IJand himself, ask
ed for an interview with tho loca',
members of the executive committee,
and at this interview, on Thursday
night of last week, he stated that he
had decided to ask for the release,
and stated fully his reasons for so
doing. However, after going over thc
matter with the committee, he decided
to withhould his application, for fur
ther consideration, but on last Mon
day morning the chairman of the board !
received the 'formal written request
tor a release. #
"A letter was pr?par?e ano sont to
the out-of-town members of the board
which fully explained thc situation, ;
nnd they were asked to record their
votes by telegram. Thc replies were \\
prcsentod to the meeting this after-j
noon, with thc result sta tod above. I
Made Splendi
For Wot
(By Special Correspondence.) j
Columbia, March 21.-Despite the
fact that tho bill giving women the
right to vote was laughed to death
when It was i?iio?uceu in the house
of representatives this year. South
Carolina suffragists, not "suffragettes"!
if you please, have not lost heart.
In Columbin a league has been form-1
ed for the study of the question of]
giving women the ballot and sever
al meetings have been held.
The suffrage gathering has been at
tended by old women ana young wo-!
men. They have been more or lese
pink tea affairs io date, but those who
got to them are expected to spread the j
propaganda.
At one of tbe suffrage meetings, an !
ardent suffragette, a malden lady,
asked the married woman on her right
whether or not she favored votes for)
women and was going to join the lea
gue.
"I don't know," said the married]
woman. "I'll have fe go home and|
pray for lt." %
"Thank goodness" laughed the mal-1
den lady, "I haven't got a husband to j
n*k If I ca? Join."
The first meeting in South Carol!-j
na in recent years tn the interest of .i
woman suffrage waa held last week j'
in the ball room of a local hotel when11
ftTeH?*??*. t
No/th Carolinian Sets Forth Now
Usc fur South's Staple In
Leiter to Daniels
Washington, Mar h .1 A North
Carolinian has written a suggestion
io Secretary Daniels aa ti |IORHII?I? HO
hition Tor the problem of reducing lb?
cost of armor plain, for H>" bli; ships
ot' HIM uavy.
Colonel . Mam Ulfs R Thoriiloii nt'
Hickory, N. C., nsserls I hal armor
plato ?an li?- nimbi from cotton which
.would li < Htiperipr In eftVieney lo
any molal armor plates thal ran li?
devised l?y any Vprnecss."
Colo.n l Thoriilon did not outline any
details of lils plan In Iii? loller lo th?
secretary.
Most Extraordinary
Labor Demonstration
(By AsFoclaloil Tress.)
New York. March 21. - Under a
silken banner, be;.rim: in blood red
letters die inscription "Domolitloue."
one ll'.ousatid med and women-anur
chists. thc uncmployod and members
of Hie Industrial Workers of the
World-marched up Fifth Avenue for
milos today without the usual permit
from the city authorities as required
?... ..-?:-..
This d?monstration regarde:! as one
of the most extraordinary in the city's
as Retired
erson College
"Among the reasons assigned by
Prof. Hand for ?'esirhi?; his relense
were the following: at thc timo o?
his acceptance of his election to the
presidency of the college, it had been
announced that the funds ror contin
uing tho present work would be with
drawn at the end df the present ses
sion. Since then he has been assttr
letters from uuraerouis educators with
in and without the state, arguing that
it would bo very detrimental to the
progress of constructive work In
whtcli he had been engaged for him
to lay down at that time. The writ
ers of these letters were of the opin
ion thal his present work was tho
most important single piece of con
structive work for education that is
now being done in the state.
..The pressure '.vas So Herat mat
Prof. Hand became convinced that Ito
ought to ask for his release In order
io further conduct th? work. He slat
ed t?i thc board that !;c felt that the
work be ls now engaged in was so
important io all tim colleges of the
state, as \v ll an high schools, tiiat
Anderson college would greatly suffer
along wit li other colleges if hq should
abandon lils present work.
In addition to Ibis Prof. Hand urged
that the lack of experience lu col
lege work Djada hint fearful of under
taking the duties nf organising ami
conducting' Ibo work along the Id?ala
of a stnndard college of llio,bish grad,;
of Anderson college. lu " preferring
his rennest. Prof. Hand slated his de
sire to bo of continua;] permanent
snrvieo to Anderson college, and or
Iiis desire to aid us to the extent of
his ability in tho future, in the face
of the request, and wiih the reasons
assigned, the board felt tlf.it it could
not do otherwise 11 III ii Kraut thc pe
tition."
d Appeal
nan Suffrage
Mrs. II. n. Velentine, president of the
Kauai suffrage league of Richmond,
Va., spoke to on audience of 300 wo
men and about a score of men. The
attendance at the meeting exceeded
the expectations of those who had
arranged for it, consequently there
were no seats for about half the au
dience.
Lewis Parke Chamberlyne, a profes
sor of the University of South Caro
lina, introduced Mrs. Valentine. The
Virgina suffrage leader pointed out
conditions in South Carolina which
she said, could be remedied by giving
women the ballot.
"Equal suffrage" is just a slogan, de
clared Mrs. Valentine. "What women
are asking for iii freedom to band to
gether into a great sisterhood for the
development of her Godgivcn capac
ity of helping thc unfortunate."
Mrs. Valentine decried tbe objec
tion advanced by opponents of equal
nuffrage that it would divorce the
women from their home interest*.
When Mrs. Valentine flnisehd her
iddress the audience, on thc motion
afRev. Kirkman G. Finley, rector of
the largest Episcopal church in Co
lumbia, gave her a rising vole of
thanks. Scores of women passed
ferotfnd her to shake hands. Several
loclal gathering center around Mrs.
Patentice during her stay in Colum
bia.
'lisloi') watt nilmeoiieitl l<> ti muss
mieii.u* 'ii Un* st reel H near linton
Spenrc. where tho throng hail been
iiiiiii-il iiu> righi to gather Til?
wt ?1I1I1 m ilic nal inn was the product
of Mu ir toil mid t??i gathered were
dilti hy speakers ll. i Lhoy Hhoulil
mureil furl li Into Kif th Avenue ami
111 M > 11 ? -11 II i-f -11 nntl 11 "it .1 ii ra ul anti hotel
ami ttliop mid riki! v. hal was theirs
Speakers ii.inoiineed (hat those of
Un' unemployed who wore homeless
.-uni liiiiivi > w unlit he led and shelt
ered Inr Hie n||'ht, 1'ive H(| mids ul?
lilly men each entered Hie hulltlillK
iiiid were sn|iplleil with tohacen ns
ny I.I t tiller.; nf the unemployed
were csireil for in Ute lodging houses,
Vf Kij?M I NOMIN ATIONS
ilit.se IV lin ?ill he S<Y-. d ?Vie* in
Ve UM Dominion.
Wa.liiiK'imi. March 21 Presiden!
Wilson today made these nominal lout
for federal ollie!'!) lu Virginia:
I hi ll eil SI lien M. ir.-ia I of the Kaa
lern Ulatl'irt, .mini ti. Saunders nf
Itichmnnd.
United si iles nisi rici A I.I or n cy for
the Western District, lt lehn rd Kvoljii
llyrd, Winehostor.
[nlernal Ile venue Collector for Hie
VWulern rkiHlrivi, .lohn M. Han ni
Unannke.
Collector for the Rust, VJ. ''. Alon
en re of Stafford Conni y.
Collector of Customs nt Norfolk.
Norman il. Hamilton of Portsmouth.
The appointments were mude after
a long controversy between thc so
calletl organization and anti-organiza
tion democrats.
Peru vu in Hebeln limited.
Nev: Y;;r'.;. Maren 2i.-The rebe)
forces ot" Concha, leader of the recent
uprising aglnst the Peruvian govern
ment in thc Ksmcrnldes. lin ve been
routed by Federal troops, according
to a cablegram from President Piazu
made public here to day.
THE ULSTER MEN
ARE KEEPING COOL
Any Outbreak Must Come From
The Government,, They
I Bollas^ March 21.-The sudden pre
parations hy the war effice so tar
?HL
i ThVt?aders of the so called Unionist
provisional government, however ad
mit their anxiety lost their over-en
thusiastic followers oreel ni tate riots
of the week-end and give their op
ponents* the t.ouglit-ofr opportunity of
enforcing rigorous oppressive mea
sures. ~?
Slr Edward Carson, Ulster Unionist
lender, and his lieutenants desire the
government to take the llrst provo
tffttlVfl atop. Sir Cdward realizing the
vltalncsa of an undisciplined outbreak
,0s a piniest against all these troop
movements, today again urged the el
ater men tu keep cool.
CHARGE NOVELIST
I WITH "BLASPHEMY"
I 1 _:
i
Russian Writer Faces Exile Into
Siberia for Insulting the
i National Faith
^ lOy Associated Press.)
St. Petersburg, Russia, search 21.
Omri proceedings against! Maxim
(?orky, the Itusslan novelist, on the
charge of blasphemy, according lo an
prdcr issued today by the publia prose
Icutor of the distrlcl court of st. Pc
? ternburg.
Corky, who is a sufferer from tubcr
I ?Ulosis, declared hy his friends In
j have been contracted during his in
carc?rai ion in thc fortress'of st. Pe
tersburg, recently returned to Rus
sia from the IHIIIUII of Capri, after nu
I eight-year exile.
' The charge of blasphemy was pre
ferred ugainst Corky in IUDS in con
nection With his novel, "Mother," in
which hV is alleged to have insulted
the national faith, ir found guilty the
novelist's setitenee, according to the
Hnsi.I.ni low, wonjil be exile to Si
beria, which in his present state or
health, his friends believe, would bc
'equivalent to a sentence or death.
I -:
British Officers Are
Quitting the Service
I London, March 22.-The Sunday Ob
server asserts on high authority that
General Sir Arthur Paget visited Cur.
rag? Friday and gave General Gough,
of the third cavalry brigade, the op
tion of taking comm?nd of Ulster or
retiring. General Gough, * who was
allowed two hours for considertaion,
resigned Immediately.
Thc Observer says that the govern
ment has decided to issue two hun
dred warrants ter the arrests of the
Iradi rs in Ulster.
jrrTIXY REPORTED
London, March 2J.-A mutiny of
two companies of the Dorsetshire
rnglrnent statiocod in Belfast is re
ported hy tho Pall Mall Gazette.
LEAVE SERVICE
OF THEIR KING
BRITISH OFFICERS REFUSE
TO SERVE AGAINST
ULSTER
NO OUTBREAK YET
Some of the Rest and Proudest
Officers in Sei'vico Have
Retired
(Hy Associated Prcas)
*
PREPARE FOR ACTION *
Aldershot, Eng., Mar, 21. *
-Tho london and South- *
western Railway today re-. *
ceived notice from the war *>
department to hav? rolling *
stock in readiness to move *
at short notice any number *
of troops up to ten thou- *
sand with noises, v/agcr.s *
and supplies.
Stock taking today at the *
Curragh magazine at Dub- *
lin disclosed that thousands *
of rounds oi ammunition *
were missing. The stock is *
being replenished from trie *
new bridge and Kildare*
stores. . *
Belfast. Ireland. March 21.-Detail?
ul the .disaffection among troops at
Curagh, published fully In 'the even
ing papera here, created no demon*
srtaUons. Belfast Saturday ni.
wearing a normal aspect, ?av
the Saturday shopping crowd;,
Increased.
A r'"i: :' " ? -
Edward Cursed; Hie Ulate;
leader; General Sir George
son. caftimonder in chief ot the
ster troops, and forty officers com
prising thc regimental commandera
of the forcea, at which' mobilization
detals wreo perfected.
Sir Edward Carson made a state
ment to. the Associated Presa, attar
the conference regarding tho hilliary
situation. H;i said:
"Tiie government'is attempting to
cower tho Ulster Intimidation and
provocation, but without faSJ.*'
A Dublin di.-.pateh announces tho
swearing in of special magistrat**
for Ulster. This und tho forwarding
of detachments of special constable?
from Dublin to I tel fast, uro regarded
here as an attempt lo incite riots.
Discontent Among Troops?'
AU Gio regular troops in Bel? -.^
were confined to barracks Saturday
causing much discontent among' tho
men. About 400 volunteers spout tko
evening maneuvering on the estate
or l/xil Shaftesbury, which is called
Relfasl eastel. Other volunteers spent
tho day in target practice.
The Marquis of I xm don ber ry said
in the Associated Press to.ttght that
he tbought the wholesale resignations
or officers wu.,. the first instance Df
Hie kind in the British army since tho
crisis preceding the war against the
American colonists.
Tn tile past 24 hours over 3,000 reg
ular troops, including four batt??ioss
of infantry with machine gunn, - and
two batteries of field artillery, all
equipped for active service, haye ar
rived i the various twons of Ulster/
These troops form the advance guard
or u lurge armed force which military
author it le.-, are sending to tho North
ern province of Ireland to prevent the
assumption nf local government by
nnti-home rulers.
Still more troops are on tbplr way
to the North from tho military camp
at the curragh and from the other
army si at ions today. The first arri?
vals in Ulster today were the rom?
panies of a half battalion of the York
shir.' light infantrry, which were con
veyed from their barracks In Dublin
to Belfast Lough, on board the tor?
pedo boat destroyer Pathfinder .dar*
lng Hie night. They disembarken*
early today und marched to Carrick
gergus eastel, a disused milita*-?
tion commanding the Lough,
were mounted on the field there'ttl
. afternoon Orders were Issued
other bnteries of artillery to'i
strategic positions around the cot
try of Belfast.
**TIIK/QITEEST*8 OWV
(By Associated Press.
Dublin. Ireland, March 21.
M ar s hal Slr John French, ol
the imperial staff, arrived her?/
la connection with the resit
offlcerS\trom the regular arssy
to their refusal to march
Unionists in Ulster. Nearly A
afflcers of the Fourth
Hussars, stationed at the
' camp are said to h av* band?
I commissions and their pl?
been filled.