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VOL. 1, NO. 68. ITeeUy, CftfKfefcfti IMts Dally, Jam. lt, itu. ANDERSON, S. C., TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. $5.00 PER ANNUM. DECIDED UPON BY COMMIT. TEE ON INTER.OCEANIC CANALS TOLLS IN SENATE MoCumber Delivered M?st Exten sive Argument Yet Produced In The Upper House (By Associated Press.) Westlington, April ?.-Publicity for the deliberations on the Panama toll exemption repeal was determined upon (oday by the Renate committee on in ter-oceablQ mutais, which tomorrow will begin consideration of the con troversy in all tts aspects. Senator O'Gorman, chairman of the committee, decided upon open session? after a conference with hts colleagues. ??.V. _.l--1 1--1- -? ... , .. v... l."U *.?.. ?. 41 >.v. .-. s MM?- ????.? . T -~ ..~.?. ...... not been decided, but this wit) be de termined When the bou?e repuol hill and various compromise senate meas ures are taken u; formally. How long, the committee will deliberate on the Issue before making a report to thc. senate no one would predict to night, but administrations leaders let lt be known that any effort tc prolong tho preliminary consideration would bo opposed, even to the extremo of moving to discharge the committee from consideration of the subject. Senator O'Gorman, leading demo cratic opponent of the repeal, and oth ers who Join with him In tho light, still insist, however, that there will be no effort'at delay. When the Issue reaches the floor of the s?nats, va rious forces at work to complicate the* situation make lt improbable that ?. vote can be reached for several weeks. ItepanifeshWith President, foreign .relations' committee, who Bt?natnstty. refuses to Join Abe parti' opposition to President Wil son's policy, addressed the sen ate at length today In support nf the repeal bill. He flatly declared that toll exemption for American ships was a violation ot the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, and that lt was against the spirit of tho acuate when the treity was ratified. Por the congress to in sist upon toll exemption for Amerton^ -. --? - ~ f.-? l_ _ ..IJ ",-?. i : : tuaoiniiv Bill (JD, ne sam, na, vu uiuv behind .'-he American flag while bur glarizing- treasury for the btu tit of "a coat wist shipping truat." Senator McCumber's argument was one of the most extensive yet presen ted m the senate on either side of the controversy. He talked for three and a half hours, virtually without inter ruption, and at the conclusion of his speech appealed to all "right thinking men In the senate" to support the lofty stand the president has taken, "re gardless of party or political expen dlency." The galleries broke into ap plause as Benator McCumber sat down, and half a dozen democratic senators crossed the chamber to con- I grautate him. The senator said he had no concern with the provisions of the democrat ic platform, tb?t the question at Issue was the honor of the nation. He de voted his address to. the two reasons given In the president's message urg ing repeal, that exemption constituted a vIoVitIor#;\it the Hay-?Pauncefoto treaty, and that Mt was an economic mistake. More Ce?fldent Thin Ever. Administration senators tonight seemed to be more confident than ever that the house repeal bill would carry in the sengte unamended, maintain ing that several democrats who had been classed as doubtful positively' would support the president, and that tho majority for'repeal would be ai least ten. leight or nine republican senators now are Contended upon to Bupport the reposl, despite the effort of their leaders to unite the minority ugainst the measure. Senator Brend?gee, of Connecticutt, at tbVconcluslttn ef Senator McCum . ber's address todsy, Introduced a reso lution requesting the president, If not Incompatible ...with the public inter est, to give ilia, s?nate all Informa tion, records abd correspondence re lating to negotiation ot the Hay-Paun ccfote treaty. Benato- Brandegeo President Wilson told visitors today he considered that editorial expres sions in the press and correspondence from disinterested observers all over the country repealed support of the administration's stand f??r repeal of Panama toll? ejemp?lon. The presi dent said he did not expect the ques tion to be a munpaign issue and ex pressed confidence for an administra tion victory in ?rm senate. Action on Representativo Know land's resolution calling on President | Wilson aid Secrst??y Bryan for diplo id matte corespoadabce over the Paua I ma tolls exemption repeal was da? I layed m^Saltslf today in the house I foreign affairs committee. Democrats I of the committee will consult Secre K tary Bryan. Mr.. Kau* ".?aa re la tro John Redmond, Leader of the Nationalist Party In Ireland. Mr. Redmond Delivered an Eloquent Speech in Parliament Monday LIKE ABOLITION OF THEIR TRADITIONAL WINE MESS PURPOSE "MAY FAIL President Was Not Consulted Was Purely Departmental Matter EDMS OF HUMA ri ACTIVITY ARE REPRESENTED CONVENTION CITY Louisville A Populace Assembling Ground for Various Bodies This Week (By Associated Press. Washington, 'April 6.-Secretary Daniel's order agalpst the. use of al cohol or liquors in the navy after Juyly 1 next was generally discussed hero today. The order not only abol ishes and traditional "wine mess" of the officers, but will bar all alcoholic liquors from every ship and shore sta tion of the navy. Surgeon General Braisted recora* .mended it after an exhaustivo investi gation. While, declining to discuss for pub lication cn the effect cf ?tue order, pome naval officers privately ex pressed belief it might fail of its pur pose-to prevent or decrease drunk enness in the navy. In-effect the or der does no moire than abolish the wina mess. No. distilled spirits are sold in the wine mess-only wines and beer. Some officers contend it ls absurd to suppose that men become drunkards On beer or champagne. They express the opinion that the or der will trespass their personal lib erty and prevent their affording visit ors from foreign navies the, wines to which they are accustomed on their own vessels. The order wassailed with joy here by the prohibition.'forces. . When asked tos&y te comment, on the order, President Wilsen said !t was strictly a>departmeat matter. It ls understood that the president was hot consulted by Mr. Daniels before be issued the order, and no obe professes to know whether lt bad the president's approval. < (By Associated Press) Louisville, Ky., April 6.-Hundreds] of men and women visitors, represent ing virtually all Unes of human ac tivity in the South, are in Louisville,! and others are arriving on every train | to attend thc seventeenth annual ses sions of* conference for education in the south, comprising various organi zations working to upbuild country life, and the annual convention of the Southern Educational . Association, opens her tomorrow and will continue through Friday. Delegates sre hero 'rep sixteen southern states. The conferece for education in the south openes tomorrow morning in the First Regiment Armory, bi which exhibits have been arranged to repre sent a model niral community, and where instruction and demonstrations will be given as to the best method.? of organising and c. inducting fanners clubs snd co-operative projects, rural schools and churches, boys and girls clubs, country homes, and various other interests embraced In rural com munity Hie. Demonstrations also will be given In domestic science, commu nity bfglene and health and borne building. Toe general conference will em brace the following sections: Farmers, buslnofft Wn, country women, country nr*k?h?r?. ronni ry doctors, editors lind boys and girls clubs. DOORS THROWN OPEN YESTERDAY Would Have Vote On Woman' Suffrage (By. Associated Press) Washington, April 6.-Representa tive Palmer of Pennsylvania today In troduced into the house a Joint r?so lu, lon proposing, a woman suffrage, constitutional amendment, similar to OB? pendlag in the senate offered by Senator Shafirath. The amendment would provide that, upon petition by eight per C?ut of the, legal voter's of any state participating j In the last general election, the woman : suffrage question shall be submitted, to the voters of that st ato. a majority) decision to bft final. ' Handsome Glenn Street School Begins Sessions With 600 I Pupils on the Roll dnced the resolution to omit reference to the president and broadened lt to call ror ail ps pors,relating to the in terpretation ' of the Hay- Pauncofote treaty. The handsome new Glehn street school was opened here yesterday morning,' over 600 pupils -being enroll ed at this (time snd of that number more than 400 reported for duty at 9 o'clock when thc school was form ally ca??fcd to order. ices the sixth white school within the city limits, aside from the sro schools snd ls one of the handsomest in the city. The erection of the school building ?roper cost $9, 810.82. while plumbing and beating ar rangements represent an added ex penditure bf ?2,013. The site coat approximately $0,000, making bn entire outlay f? about tis.ooo. There are 3.500 white pupils in the city schools cf And Ot 4 tiii. NEW HOTEL IS 1 TO BE BUILT IF ANDERSON PEOPLE WILL COME TO TAW AND LEND AID BY RICHMOND MEN A. Schilletter Offers To Lease $110,000 Hostelry For Ten Years If Built -~j Coming to > Anderson from Rich mond. Va., for the parp?se of making tile city a hotel proposition. Ciar me?! Vadcn and E. R. Brown yesterday put it right squaro up to the people of Anderson aa to whether or not they desired a splendid hostelry, to be com plete in every respect sod worthy of a city of Anderson's importance. . The two Richmond men were In close con ference here all day yesterday with leading business men; of tho city con cerning the proposition and they of ?.?r. If the co-operation of Anderson people is secured, to put up here a modern hotel in every respect to cost not less than $110 ?800, Including site. The proposition is that Clarence Vaden will loan $45,000 toward the construct;.?- c* "aid building and that E. R. Brown will tnvest $20.000 for the same purpose provided thc An derson people will; Invest their money in Buch a venturi; Yhcy were in terested through' *fW?tk ';ii. Bryan, the architect of the thjaAer proposition. A. 8chllletter-??fflE0eni80n College was also in the oj?^?festerday and the statement ? 5 madVr with authority that Mr. Schilletter.'.?*jwk|?dse the new hotel for a pet&fHptyears if lt ia built. -This unddMflttmng was reach ed at a conferenw between Messrs. Erown, Vaden-oirtlBchilletter ,,omV for The Intelligencer last night that they had never seen a town Of - this size with more bustle and business energy than Anderson seems to pos ees?, and that they would have no hesitancy in investing their money here. The deal is now practically closed, and there is. little doubt as there was but $15,000 to he raised, that tho proposition win be accepted by busi ness men of Anderson when it is laid before them, tylth Mr. Schilletter Tp.1 flv nn.l j 1HT^rr t..u.? #^Hoj"*?? of the hotel when lt I? con.nl^tAil and the Richmond men ready to finance the deal there can be no question of fail ure to enter into this deal. EVERY?BD BEING EXPELLED FROM MEXICO Rebels Ousting Them ns Unde sirable Aliens-The Jesuits Will Aiso Be Expelled (By Associated Press.) Jaur?s Mexico April 6.-Northern and Central Mexico, it is nald, are be ing thoroughly cleared of Spanish res idents by the Constitutionalists. The latest news of wholesale expulsion of Spaniards Was brought here by Gen eral. Eufalio Gutierrez, commander of rebel forces In the state of San Luis Potosi. "We have expelled every Spaniard from that part of the State which we {control," said the general today, "and we control all of it except the capital and the city of Matehuala. I estimate tani ucarty 1,000 apanhwVi? titi ve hovu deported in the last two months." Every consideration has been shown them. General Gutierrez said. They have been given plenty of time to car ry away with them their household effects and ethf "possessions, but not one has been permitted to remain in side the rebel linea. Justification for the wholesale de portation, it to said, ls found by the Insurgent chiefs in* article 33 of the Mexican constitution-the famous "pernicious foreigner" law-which gives Mexican authorities th eright tb deport undesirable allens. General Gutierrez followed up his story of the' Spanish exodus by a threat against the Jesuits tn Mexico. "And the Jesuits come next," he said. Already, it was learned, numbers of Catholic priests have ? been , forced to leave the country in which 'the Gutierrez men are operating. Many of the deported priests were said to be Spaniards, bnt a number of Mexi can descent., General Carranza today confirmed the report that General Villa ned or dered the expulsion ol al Spaniards at Torre?n. , Tbs exodoe was to T>ave beer, began today, birt lt wa* reported the neces sary tram? ACTC not available. ll I Underwood j?0r?;es C?*irn His.Election as United States senator over LOST LIVES BY POISONOUS WILL EXPEDITE L STEPS NINE WORKMEN IN CAISSON j HAVE NO EXPECTATION OF] rw?g ra? nAW nm^t??; Air PAGING FiNAivriAi. WHICH IS UNKNOWN ALL ARE WHITE MEN One Man Attempted to Rescue A Companion and Was Overcome -- CRISIS SOON NAME BOARD Administration Will Do Utmost! To Push Organization Of Bank mg System (By Associated Press.) (By Associated PreBS.) Memphis. Tenn., April G. Mac lost Washington, April G.-Every effort thdrVllves today and nine others liar- will ho exerted by the Federal ro rowly'escaped a like fate when a shrift servo bank organization commlttpq leading to toe underground wordings) to have all banka expedite the tor in tho foundation of; the Karahan Ins! steps necessary to put th? new Railroad bridge, being constructed currency system in operation. , across the Mississippi river here, bo- Members of the committee appa ' came filled with poisonous gases, rently have no expectation that there Eight raen suffocated while descend-}will be any financial crisis to face, lng the shaft to take their places in requiring the assistance to banks a caisson ninety feet below the sur- which the reserve system will provide, face, and the ninth man. Peter Watson, b"t they arc particularly anxious to S watchman. lost his life in an attempt 'have tho twelve reserve banks in the to resuce lils comrades. Those res-i'Md when crop moving time comes cued were at work in a compartment around next fall. T::ey hope to be adjoining the gas filled shaft. They able, at that time, to demonstrate how were hauled to the surface through easily and quickly the reserve system an opening used to send material to will take care of a situation which, tu the workmen. previous years, has caused financial All of the dead were white men. worry, and which last Fall led to dl Those rescued are negroes. reel loans from the United States Divers, protected from the poison- treasury to National banks in the oua fumes by their armor, recovered.farming regions. all of the bodies. I As soon us banks in any one dis Officials of the company, construct-! trlct 1,avo subscribed the 14,000,000 lng the bridge stated tonight that they capital necessary for a reserve bank, bad been unable, so far, to def.nltely the succeeding stepB of organ, .atlon determine the cause of the gas for- will be promptly taken. The reserve matton. ' bank will be given a charter,' and the. The occident occurred about one to elect six of the nine directors of hundred feet Inland on the Arkansas member banks will exercise their right shore of the river. The flrat intima- each reserve bank; tlon those at tho top of the shaft roAdant Wilson, probably will had that the men had been overcome name the five members of the Federal was when no report came from the de- reserv? board he is entitled to ap scendlng crew. Watson volunteered to point, by the time the banks and the go to the sid of the men and waa over- reserve hank charters have -been come while descending the shaft; The granted to them. Then the admlnls shaft waa then , filled with water and trallon ls expected to do Its utmost the negroes were hauled to the surface to push the organization of the sys lp bucket through the supply ?haft, teni ?long. The reserve board will Before the last man was started for' name .three directors of each reserve the top, water hsd reacehd his Waist, bank and with thia task performed the He was a shift foreman, who refused banks will be ready to operate. - - to leave until the others of his crew Officials here were interested today had been hauled to safety. in what limitation?; may be placed ? upon clearing house associations Bryan Contin?en Indisposed. through tho new system. The reserve - board will have much power over such Washington. April 6.-Secretary associations, but no oue in authority Bryan waa still confined to his'home csred today to predict how fsr lt might tonight, suffering from sn affection go toward curtailing their activities, of bronchial tubes and grip. Although The board, however, h not expected hut condition was reported improved, to interfere with the local functions of upon the advice of his physician the any such association, but its action secretary will remain home for sov- may take the Hoe ot lessoning their eral days. j grip, particularly in the larger cities. ' v. ; FAR IN THE LEAD IN THE SENVTORIAL RACE FROM Tl' STATE OF ALABAMA HEAVY VOTE CAST Complete Returns Will Probably Not Es Received Until Tonight (By Associated Press) Birmingham, Ala., April 7.- (Tues day)-Indications early today were ?that Oscar W. Underwood Ked tri umphed over Richmond Pearson Hob ?son in the contoet before ?i?xooratlo primaries throughout tho state for the ; nomination to the United States sen ate. Owing to the complexity, and length o ithe ballots complete retnrna probably will not bc received until tonight. The protracted struggle for the nom [ication between the two aistinguisn ed candidates terminated with a rec |ord breaking vote by Alabama dem ocrats. Interest in tho contest for I the short term in the United States senate, the nomination of ten con gressmen, a governor and other State and county officers also brought thous ands to the polls. Both .Mr. Under wood and Representative Hobson were in the city tonight watching returns from the entire state. Shortly after midnight Mr. Underwood made the fol lowing statement: "I am thoroughly satisfied ? *.h the ?primary election held.yester ." Repr?sentative Hobson did it vol luuteor any statement- \v [US ha conceded the nomination of Rep ireaentatlve Underwoo ?%Ss?j?setttvsly>< fr^rScomplai? rstu contest between Bay Rushton, of Montgomery, and Prank White, of Birmingham for the nomination to the short United States {'tutorial term. Watt T. Brown, of Ragland, apparently was outdistanced.' The gnbernatorial contest appeared to be even closer than prelimftiary es timates Intimated. While lt seemed probable that former governor B. Comer would receive s plurality, the hopes of hts followers that he would re?oive a- majority w?r*. considered doubtful. Civil Wat An 'impossibility Speeches on Home Role Have More Peaceful Tenor Than Heretofore (By Associated Press.) London. April C.-By a . majority of eighty an amendment fer the rejec tion of the home rule bill waa de feated In the house of commons to night and without division the bill I M'J>U gives for the third tlnie its seo \>nd reading in the house. The announcement of the figure? evoked louder cheers from the oppo sition than from the ministerialists, the opposition Interpreting them as gratifying proof of a dwindling gov ernment majority. But the dtmunl jtion ls accounted for, td some extent, by the abstention from Voting of the I O'Brien ites. Tho speeches today were generally much more conciliatory in tone than those which marked the bill's earlier passages. John E.. RedmOud, the Nationalist Leader, who opened the de bate, again held out the olive branch of Ulster in a speech of great elo quence, by Insisting thai lt was im possible for bim and his colleagues to agree to tho permanent exclusion ot Ulster, and to abandon the principle of "Ireland a nation." Andrew nonar Law, tba Opposition leader, though professing In certain passages of hiB speech to see hardly any hopo of a peaceful settlement, and predicting that civil war was certain If the government persisted In posh ing the bill through, declared that he and his co> vagues would gladly ac cept a proposal for the renewal ot the conversations with tbs government leaders, but feared that nothing would come of it? A larg? g?thnrln? of Triant?*?; ft!! carrying green flags, ai "imbied out side parliament tonight to celebrate the passage of the bill. They cheered wildly when tho result ot the Tote was announced, and save ovation? to the member* ot the government and tb? Nationalist leaders as they left the house. Police 8*Tgeeat Killed Wena*, Richmond, Va, April 7.-Police Ser geant Phil L. Neisx late tonight ?hot and Instantly killed Mrs. Roberta Lat ter in her home and then ?not himself, dying aa he was being lifted lato a hospital. ._ ^_