Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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W VISITORS MUCH PLEASED WITH THE RECEPTION PIROYIDEP FOR There We? Food and Sleeping Accommodation* For Every One of Big Crowd (From 'nmrHtluy'H Daily.) The animal reunion of the United Confederate Veteran? of South Caro U'na waa corom?nci d most auspicious- j iy yesterday. The weather wa? very j summery, hut there ls a lot of shade Ur'Anderson. Tin- hand concert on the court house situare ushered in the {iroceedlngs of tho day, after which ollowed the morning session at the headquarters tent,' and this was fol lowed by meetings in the afternoon and the entertrinmeut at Beuna Vista park last night. ! There was u whole lot of happiness crowded into yesterday. Men who had not seen each other for a generation fell upon each other's necks and wept tears Of Joy. Many un old heart made young again tn the recalling of those days when they were shoulder to Shoulder in the trenches. ' Benches had heeu placed in roany PiVehlent places and under the great cs in tbe rear of the courthouse re were sut her ed al! day hundreds old'sold("rs, holding real, genuine reuuious. Tho trs'ns poured their gray clad, freight into the city through the morn ing hours and there was a busy day at the Chamber of Commerce where Secretary Whaloy and Miss Eubank Taylor and the hoy scouts aud a num ber of splendid ladles gave every at tention to the old soldiers and assign- ? Sd ot Bplyolol ualol Itfafoww wawow rd them 'to homes. If any old soldier did not have a home lt was because Chamber of Commerce was not asked to make provision for him. . ' It waa a day long to be remember ed in Anderson, and the elly lt-proud o| the fact that'this is the soberest reunion that has ever been held in this dr any'Other state, for lt tu.? been or mistaken idea of hospitality to give lacee ged old tuen too much to drink sV-eotne reunions. ' Oe?. Teague was delighted last night, (ie enid that ho would make' ho invidious distinctions but he could igy Without reservation that the reun ion had never been bandied anywhere dpy more successfully and hapr.Wy than here in Anderson and th?V the visitors aprec?ate the efforts tbp.t have Ww.'made to give them a pleasant entertainment laat. night at Beuna Vista park was one of the hap py events of the reunion. The park torlum was crowded with soldiers *jrsS beautifully lighted and the audi and visitors. A delightful program was rendered and the evening was enjoyed to the fullest. The veterana .harti provided with transportation Sod' every one had an opportunity to ?4fpv' The band music waa furnished $y tbs splendid Second Regiment sand of Orville abd the civic associa tion served refreshments. The exercises were opend In a most happy manner by den. Teague who represented the sponsors. ' Tho lovely young ladles with tho bathers ofthe organization which they messent were enthusiastically r re ceived by the old soldiers', for the love or the beautiful never die In the heart Of a gallant soldier. A mixed chorus sang "Sunnee Riv er,/' and a male chorus sang "Tenting ob tab- 01d Camp Ground" bringing tt?wrs to the eyes of many of the vet ? mis. For the next tent which they .MlOccupy will l j the low green tent 50 the city of peace, Whbn taps has ?pen counded for the last time for them. Mrs. A. P. Johnstone gave a beauti ful'leading from Southern writers and yjle lop struck a responsive 'chord in -ho hearts of tbe obi soldiers. The chorut then Bang "Home, Sweet Home." ?ti? .Q?&e JWr- the'famous Mffifr famSy of mdsiclans. Sang "An ^tUtMpu'so spletjdhAly thtf he waa recalled and. accompanied by a male quartette, > he 'sang ^The Old Oaken Rucket." When the chorus sang "Dixie," there was a scope of gvnuine feeling and.-the emotions of the old soldiers Si? ?Vay with them. They cheered wOdly and threw their hat? on high. H*?By person In the auditorium arose and'Jeeped In the cheering. . This concluded the program and ^tMlitfAtt^mctn and visitors' Were given ttuflpttVlc Ask?fj^ton of Abdersbn. The wt ?ole evening' was 'a delightful .affair, sod was greatly enjoyed. Abd nts curtain fell for the'day up on a bivouac Keene in the old Ander son- h?tel, which had been converted into barracks.for tba old soldiers who preferred to go there rather than to private homes. They had comforta ble teems and beds and aa they lay . ViSP?**-*' ?way into the ' of ^"ilUfttWI^ *?? ot other K*-jt^J?T**^ ?**n *?* *epeet fo> valor such a? that of these JMRdj?f?y warriors wll never have Ita The largest factor contributing to a man's auccesa is undoubtedly health. move Uta bowels, but improve the lits and strengthen the digestion, are sold hy Brana' baarmaey. I'IIII'I?II i lisfr'? BRIBERY CONSPIRACY IN THE CANTEEN CONTRACTS ? CHARGED LT. COL. WHITAKER Veteran of 38 Years' Service In t!ie Proud English Army Is Sent To Prison For Six Months landon, Mnf 27.-'Hitter arnOiin nient by Justice Darling of Lord Say.' controller of the King's household, <.< - curred at the Old Halley today in con nection with thc sentencing of the nine British army officers and eight civilian employes of Lipton's limited, who were charged with conspiracy to offer or accept bribes in conectlon with the allotment of army canteen contracts. Lieut. Col. Whitaker of the Second Yorkshire regiment r.he highest in rank of thc prisoners, was sentenced to six months Imprisonment. Whitak er pleaded for mercy- The gray vi eran who has served in the Hrltls'i army for 38 years, broke down and said ha had acted on tho persuasion ol Col. Piennes, now Lord Ssye. Justice Darling, roferrlng ta Tien nes letter, which Whitaker declared bsd led him astray, said: "Tho letter shows sad decadence from the traditions of a great family. 1. invaelf. if f hrlnnrnil In oiinh a tam tty, would starve rather than get my living by culling for ordere for beer." John <'misfield, general muuager and director of Lipton's, limited, and Ar "jhilbald Hintons formerly head of tho military department of the same firm were each fined $2500. The EIX leaser civilian defendants wore fined $250 oa?h. The other military defendants were bo.ind over to come up fdr Judgment If called upon. Rheumatism Quickly Cared. "My 'sister's husband had ah attack of rheumatism In his ann,' writes a well known resident nf Newton, Iowa. "I gave him a bottle of Chamberlain's Liniment which he applied to hts arm and on the next morning the rheuma tism was gone." For chronic muscu lar rheumatism you will find nothing better than Chamberlain's Liniment. Sold by Evans' Pharmacy. LS< Resolutions Adopted By the Gen eral Assembly of Presbyterian Church ot No Ah Chicago, May 27.-A resolution fav V -lng Hilde- study in public schools and urging churches to petition sta ic- levis lators for laws to bring about tho de slder change was adopted today by (he general assembly of the Presbyterian Church, Vi S. A.. (Northern) The res olution was passed without discussion. Tho resolution's ainu as expressed in Ult- language of a committee report, ls "thai. jubilation may be obtained, permitting aa optional or otherwise, the reading of the Bible in the public schools, or recognition of the Bible for credit or otherwise, In the curriculum ot our educational institutions." Care for Stomach Disorders. Disorders of the stomach may he avoided by the use of Chamberlain's Tablets. Many very remarkable cures I have been affected by these tablets Sold by Evans' Pharmacy. CAI?ETBOWLUS ^oipUSLYHU)RT] j Twelve Men Suspended For Has big-Man Who Fired Shot Ia Not Known Annapolis. Md.. May 27.-The con ?itlon of William R. Bowlus. of Mld letown Md., the St. Johns College cadet rhot while engaged In an alleg ed atempt at hazing was reported to be grave today. Bowlus waa one of a party of upper classmen who at tempted to force entrance into a room 'a which five freshman had locked .herneolves. The freshmen have red: jed to give the name of the one who tired the .hot. They are at liberty on batl. Thc college authories to day an . nounced tho suspension of 12 mem i :iers of the Junior class for taking I ?art tn. the hazing. Later in the day i'.he board of visitors of the college dt ' reeled the faculty to hold action in the mater tn abeyance, aa that body desired to handle lt Itself FLIRTING WITH BULL MOOSE, j MSHKOBH Kepuhifcaaa Wl.sk tl - ' BL Louts, May 27.-The state con vention of tpb' republican party here today did three things: ?a?pfdd a resolution Inviting the progressives ot Missouri to return to Katitied the national committee's propose! to reduce the representation of southern ?iaU? at ?he national con vention. Djeaoanced the democratic na?cnal administration as possessing a vacil lating, un-Amerlena and disastrous" ? policy. Ain mn EIUSHDEl? PUR?AR |1 QjyyNRD By H?R.j MAN B. DURYEA A RANK OUTSIDER So Considered Up To the Time Thar He Came Across Tape An Easy Winner Bpsciii, .May 27.-The derby, best known of the Knglish classic horne races, today was won by an Amal ean hoi r.e. Merman it. Dury eas Darbar ii. Th?' winners recent form had been co poor that he was regarded here as , a rank outsider and odds of 25 to 1 vi?Te freely laid against him in the cl6bs lad nigh'. Today he had no.1 (rouble in disposing of a field of 30 1 horses, the largest that has turned out Tor the race Blncc 1SB3. He won by 1 three length:1, from two other out siders, Hapsburg and Peter The Her mit The betting Just liefere the start was '?0 to l against Durbar II, 33 to I against Hapsburg and 100 to 1 "gainst Peter The Hermit. The public favorites never flattered their rapport er? at any stage of the rnee. Kennymore, who led in the betting, behaved so badly at the post that he delayed the start and .when the field finally was sent away he was left in a bad position. Polycrats made all the running to half distance, wttn biack Jester. Hapsburg, nan KUHPOH and Durbar II close up. Hounding Tattenh?m corner Durbar II Jumped in on tho rall and took up the running. He held the command to the finish, easily stalling off several challengers. Dan Russell was fourth. The time of the race'was 2 minutes 38 seconds, a fraction of a second faster thap the average. . Mr. Duryea had great faith in his horse, which wap backed for large amounts by American contingent. The Jubilation among tho big crowd of tram-Atlantic visiti ' <* was distinctly not ici able as the w?'-ir e was led Into the paddock. King George and Queen Mary were both present as well as most of the staff of the United States embassy, while distributed about the course wore large numbers of Americans. CHANGED LABEL ON TUOTENTUSE (s the Evidence In the Inwestjga gatton of Turpentine "Tr>at" In Savannah Savanah. Ga., May 27.-Charges that brands were chanced In order to give inferior turpentine a higher grade, and tbet quantities of it also were withdrawn from barrels after they had been inspected, wer? made here today by witness for the govern ment in the suit against four officials of the suspended American Naval Stores Company, charged with seek ing to monopolise the naval- stores trado in violation of tho Federal anti trust laws. "Wie found we could not compete with the American "testified E. C. Patterson, of Savannah, in comment ing on the failure of several export companies to do business successful ly." While lt could sell at a profit we could not. It covered practically the entirt world and its methods were unfair because lt regarded roam." W .H. He skins, a negro who was employed at the yards of the National Transportation and Terminal Com pany, testified for the government re garding the alleged Withdrawal of turpentine from the barrels. "They would take from half a gal lon to a gallon from each barrel af ter Inspection" said he. "From 250 to 300 barrels a week would be gain ed In this way." Tho testimony of Haskins was cor roborated by Daniel Wilson, another negro. Various other witnesses gave evidence to the alleged changing of brands and discrepancies in the guages hied. Haskins, when cross examined, admitted that he had been discharged by the Natlonat Company. E. 8. Nash. J. F. C. Myers. 8| P. Shpttcr and Carl Moeler, the defend ants, were convicted at a previous trial, an appeal to the United States supreme eohrt resulting in the ver dict being set aside. COjnfENDKD FOB GALLANTRY Petty 09eer ba the SopUi Carolina .Rescue? a Shipflsgte. Washington. May ?7.-?0harlle B. Dllbeck, master at arma, third class, on the battleship South Carolina will receive a letter of commendation from Secretary Daniels for gallantry In Jumping overboard and rescuing a shipmate off the Ha?tien coast. The callar is said to have yielded too much to the lures of Port au Prince and was going hack to the South Carolina un der guard of Dllbeck, Upon reaching the boat the man jumped overboard. ' -rh followed and towed him to la^ty. E. Y.~W?BB IS CHAIR*** ^*m? iin^Skr \rtn?rtl I?' ^ Waahjngton May 27,-iR^prceentc tlve Edwin Y. Webb, Ot NOrth Carolin.-, to lay was unanimously chosen chair man of the house judiciary committee by iiie wnjn mid means commut?e in . selection was without opposition an?, will be ratified by democratic caucus. Mr. Webb aucceeds Henry D. Clayton, who has rea I eu ed from congress. OF ABMISTIGE ?IrtAT I? WHAT MR. BRYAN i SAYS OF LANDING OF THE AMMUNITION MEXICAN SUMNLWY Progress On Peace Protocol Is Reported To Be Satisfactory -A South Carolina Lawyer Washington. May 27.-Ammunition [?unsigned to the Huerta Government in Mexico, which liad been kept in the hold of the German steamship Ypiran ga slnee the American occupation of Vera Cruz, was reported to have been landed today at Puerto Mexico. Consul ta?ada at Vera Cruz cabled thiB infor mation to the state department, it was reported from other sources that inns consigned to Huerta had been I an (lcd Ht Puerto Mexico rrom the Ger man steamer Bavaria. Doth steamers belong to tho Hamburg American line. United States officials made no effort to prevent, the delivery of the ammu nition as'Puerto Mexico is an open [>ort and the United States has agreed to a suspension of hostilities during the Niagara Falls mediation. The state department made it plain that the only way for the t'nlted States to have prevented tho delivery would tiave ben ' to seize the customs house it Purto Mexico ar wan done at Vera "ruz, which would have violated the i rmlut lr>?> Robert Lansing, counsellor of the >tate department, made public the re ports concerning the delivery of the ammunition. Mr. Bryan being absent. When Mr. Bryan returned to the de partment later in the day he was in formed of the messages. "What" he said, showing: some sur prise, "already landed the arms?" Mr. Hryan thon read the despatch, bat declined to make further comment. Mediation developments at Niagara Falls were reported to President.Wil son, assurances were reiterated thut no serious obstacles bad been encount ered. John Lind t ailed. During the day John Lind and C. a. Douglass, formerly of South Caro lina, an attorney representing the Mexican constitutionalists, called on Secretary Bryan to discuss negotia tion, which might lead to representa tion by agents of the Carranza gov &ri.ment at the peace conference, Mr. Bryon w*? ?n gaged at the time and another conf?re*.^*?.'was aiTouged for . toraorow. Other representatives of tho con stitutionalists hore stated that no word bad come from Carranza Indi cating any change in his determina tion not to participate In negotia tions investigating ?he internal af fairs of Mexico. Rumors and reports tbat Huerta was making preparations to leave Mexico City contin?en to reach Wash ington. One report raid Huerta was trying to make arangeraents to leave provided he couta do so with dignity. Late today Rear Admiral Howard, commanding the American ft^et Mexi can Pacific w?;t*ra, reported that con stitutionalists forces ?u Southwestern Mexican states were "threatening Ac apulco." Much surpriso was expressed here when it became known that rebels had interrupted railroad , and telegra phic communication betwen Mexico City and 'Guadalajara for several hours Tuesday. It was pointed oUt that mineral' resources in tue vicin ity of Guadalajara were alluring in ducements to the constitutif nal ists. Arrested for Killing Brigand. Advices to the navy department stated that the American, Smith who shot several Mexican brigands be cause they stacked his place near Tolana, is still under arrest and must undergo trial, lie waa reported to be well treated, however. His family was said to -be at liberty. These facts wore developed by the visit to Arista of the United States cruiser Albany. The Albany had a hard time to get in touch with Arista because of the heavier surf. Ope of her boats finally reached shore and officers and crew proceded Inland to Tolana and communicated di; ?ctly With Smith. Mast Prompl^eud ^Efficient Care for When yon bef? A bad cold you want a remedy'that will not only give re lief, but effect a prompt and perma nent cure, a remedy thal ia pleasant to take, a remedy that contains noth ing injurious. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy meets all these requirements -'It acts on nature's plan, relieves the lungs, aids expectoration, opens the secretions1 and restores the system to a healthy condition. Thia remedy has a world wide reputation and use and can always be depended upon. Sold by Evana' Pharmacy. NEAR LYNCHING , NEAR ABBEVILLE Sheriff Lyon Taken Unawares By Mon Who took Negro and ' MuuTated Him Abbeville Press and Baener. Monday night ai about 12:30 o'clock a P?.rty of some hundred mep or mote, filed into Abbeville in buggies and au tomobiles to take John Thomas, the negro accused of attempted assault on n ?-i-yerr-e'* white girl near Hones Path, front the county ian. Sheriff Lyon lives on the opposite side of the square from the jail and would har? been tn blissful Ignorante of the whole affair hut for the facl that his ?on. C. J. Lyon, Jr, was or the Htreet along which the party cam? in, : * i s ; i he ran home and notified his father, the sherm. The ju?ier ?3 S?S? night watchman, at tiie pumping sta tlon and while his wife and childrei were in the jail he wa? at his worl more than half a mile away. Sheriff Lyon jumped into his shoe: without, socks, and ran for the Jail On arriving there the front of the Jai was guarded and lie ran around to th hi ck. This too, was guarded by foti men with shotguns who stood and cal: od on the sheriff to halt. Just then ; very powerful man stepped up an threw his arms about the sheriff pin ning down his arms. The mob wa already in the jail. After the negro was taken, out the started to take him up the Due Wes road. Members of the mob'told th sheriff that they did not intend to ki the .negro. The sheriff followed tbei after getting Dr. Pressly to Vgo wit him. Tee parjy halted near Lon Cabe.cemetery abd jaarrJed^dnt the! threat. Something was said aboi hill theinegro and the sheriff wei up abd to fy. them they had sajd the would not aili him and they shpuldn do it. He took the negro in char;: placed him in an autotmobile ah brought'bim back to jail, where D Pressly dressed his wounds . . The crowd was perfectly order except for breaking into the jail ar holding up the sheriff at the poll of shot guns. A reporter o f the Press and Banns together with several other gentlem? talked to the Ogro ysterday. He said that he had just gone doa into a swamp to tie up bis motlier cow, and that he ran up on tho rai road in front of the young lady at mhv Bcreamd; that an old negro nam? Griffin came along, and the girl sa something to him and that Griffin we: up to Honea Path and told the whf people that he had frightened tl young lady. He said he went hon and went to someone's house to get floor mop and carried it back bon and then he went down to Mr. Moly Ashley's. He says his father came him there an told him to hide in ft Ashley's barn and some white m came there while he waa in the ba and Mrs. Ashley told them to get aw from the place. He said, after t white people left, his father came the barn and brought him $4 and tc him to go to the Bigby woods and would meet him there after dark; tl hts father met him in the woods a told him to go to Ninety-Six wh? an uncle lived and he would bring h more* money there. He says walked there and that his father cai td Ninety-Six next morning a brought hts valise and S20 more whl he said he had gotten from Mr: Phill of Monea Pith. He says bis fat! bought him a ticket to Gain es vii Pla:, and that he brought the tlc' and valise down to Dysons, bel Ninety-Six. He said he went Gainesville and a policeman was wi lng for him at the station and arres bim,as soon aa he arrived. She: Ashley of Anderson went down for t and brought him back delivering 1 td the authorities in Abbeville, The father of the nbgro was in City yesterday and he denies prc much everything the boy says, says hs gave him only S< ana at NI tv Six; and he got five dollars fi Mr. Phillips and gave the hoy $4. failed to explain how the-boy cc ride to aGinesvlie, Fla., on 94. denied meeting his eon in the wo< where the boy says bia father fold ! to hide, after leaving the bara.' Ho so said that he knew nothing of poy being in hiding at Mr. Ashley John Thoma?, the accused, ia years of age. tail, rather light la cc Though he denies the.criminal int the giris' screams, tho cid negro's tijiony and the fact that he, a ? run up to her. indicate that there something ip hts manner that 1 vlnced the girl ot his purpose, fact that the old negro came Just 1 Into view likely accounts for cia s ping. It ht Bald that he made a 1 ty full confession of^ hip pur poso tc V?IHO.-B ?iuu?ny night SJSd h?.t?il? ! other very interesting tacts tn con tlon with the ease that we will quote uncorroborated. There are Jots of go Good luck to them 1 But the man yvho once interested in np other toi fte's $S?$b## the Pron Convenient Packages: Th? Ha Full-Sri lO-CVnt tut, tho. Pound '?no Htll-Poui STAG far Pto rn* ? '\ VER-LASTJ P. Ce. M?i. it* LABOR CLAUSE IN HOUSE BILL R?y^scftSftiys C**}T of Virginia Makes Statement As To Its Force ?nd Effect W b on May 27.-Repjresenta tive .--.ii. , of Virginia made a state ment at the Whit* House today about, the compromise agreed upon between the labor leaders and administration leaders on the trust bi'ls. "The labor provision of the anti trust bill as agreed upon" he said, "gives labor the right to exist as an organization, and in the language of the Baltimore platform, declares that | they shall not be held to be a combina tion or conspiracy in restraint of trade ' "This will prevent a bili being filed | on behalf of the government for a dis solution of labor organizations. It does not exempt labor, from specific act? which would constitute' a restraint ot trade or a Conspiracy in restraint of trade. It ia a clear cut, clean statu tory enactment of-the provisions con tained, in the Baltimore platform." . I THE ENCAMPMENT GOES TO AUGUSTA I Adj. Gen. y/. W. Moore Hat Re ccived Official Notification From War Department Columbia, 8. C., May 27. -Official I notification by the war department ol [selection of Augusta, Qa,, as tho ?ile for thQ joint maneuvers encampment I of the ninth militia divinion, to begin about July 15 and Continue two Weegs,! was received today. Adjutant General W. \V. More, of South Carolina, from Governors Island, N. Y., headquarters' of the department of the east No de finite date waa set fop the beginning j of the encampment. Tho selection ot Augusta is the re-j ault of a disagreement between Cover-j nor Blase of South Carplipa and Sec- j retary ol War Garrison. The Isle ot PalmB, near Charleston wna first se lected as the encampement sit?. TURNS' SLEUTHS "HEAVILY ?And They Hayer To Answer the Yet Graver Charges In Other 'Oferto (By Annotated Press ? Atlanta, May 27.-Three detectives, operating es representatives of WU Haw "J. Burns in an investigation of the case of lio- M. Frank, were fined ,$100 each in Um city court here late ?today and bound over to the state j courts i r further notion. The operatives. W- W. Rogers, C. C. Tedar and L. C. Whitfield, were found guilt: of working on . thc case j of the factory superintendent, who is unddt fctntence cf deatirtor the mur der bf Mgry Phagan without being apr proved hy the local police board They were hound over "ti tho state ccurtB under similar stat* lews. Sim ttvr charges against c. E. Sears and D. McWo:th; two other Barns Op atives. were dismissed. During the trial "of tho cases, Her bert Haas, one ot Frank s counsel who waa a witness for tho detectives, testified that he had told Bums thai ho believed the police bad coerced witnesses in preparing the state's case again Frank, "Did Mr. Burns make a report to you showing Ufrl ho found noy pol ko frame-upT "insterrupted ChUf Ci Po lice Bear aypt'Mko % aa pr?sent. "Yes* answer Ml* Bah?. RCCQI??0 ?roylesiffbjsMtRg ruled {out the. Ttoaarka m the caaes aa lr j relative. I Vor the Unemployed, I Washington. May 27.-Public hear llnga on the Murdock bill for a federal od jLobsccoa bac?o. ?ised tandi vd Tin Hurnijk*? aftd ?Jif fo?nd employment bureau will open before the bouse labor committee June 6. The bill proposea to create machinery to find work for the floating unemploy ed and meet the seasonal labor prob lem. BUT USE NO FINCH Fond Fer the Entcrtfllamcnt of Narai Ylritors at the Exposition. Washington. May 27.-An appro priation of SUM,ooo for entertaining of officers and men of foreign fleets at the San Francisco exposition, was insert ed in the naval appropriation bill to day by the senate committee of the whole. The senate ?Iso adopted an amend ment permitting the passage of foreign ships, sent by their governments to the exposition, through the Panama Canal without payment of tolls. ALLEGED CURE HOP CHOLERA U, S. .Government Wan? Futile Against Accepting Anything Bot the Genome Washington. D. C., May 27.-:-Evl dence of what appears to be a well or ;anlzed campaign to delude farmers throughout the country Into buying an alleged cure for hog cholera, under the 'inpr?sslon that this bas been inves lgated and approves by the United ?tates Government, liss reached the Department of Agriculture. Article* praising this medicine,!, iicnetol (by ' name, are being sent out widespread to newspapers. These articles are so worded that it appears ss If the De-, partment of Agriculture had received reports from the state of Minnesota ?hewing that the medicine had proved most beneficial. As a matter of fact '.he one report received by the Depart ment was an unofficial and unsolici ted statement Sent presumably from the promoters themselves. The De partment attaches no Importance jv^atsoever to this statement, lt has no reason to believe in the efficiency of any proprietary cure tor bog cholera and does not recommend any. Under aertaln conations'lt urges farmers to protect their stock with anti-hog cholera fierum but that ls all. In connection with this attempt lt .nay bp said that the inedlclpe. Which'" 's now put forward as good for hogs, vas advertised some time ago Sa a I-.maps of killing tuberculosis, typhoid ind cancer germs, according to an irtiele published in the Journal of he American -Modjcal Association. At hat tiffie lt was asserted that the \rmy was interested in lt. As a mat er'of .fnci the Awry waa po more )p erested tl cn than thc Department'of \gricqUi'.vc is pow. In view of the evidence that the at - emin to create this false Impression . persistent and widespread, alf bog nvners are warned to communicate with the .llPited State? authorities be xtfore accsRtirtg os'tinue ?ny statement JiSt the Government recommends any . re atmen t oilier thuo the arum already nontioned. Indianapolis. May 27.--After. i days .if-vtte tastest automobile racing ever teen on the Indianapolis moto* apeed way. the thirty drivers who wllf r n the annual 500 mlle raes irday were selected tonight Georg? Bol?lot, the Fresco driver, I .oday set a nsw United Skates record' I m C,je 2 1-2 mlle track, circling it in 1:304*. led the Hst of sn4&*?fut .'rivers. BpRlot drove his car around the course at a fraction le?e,t)l#h ioo talles sn hoot._ Aitkens Arre<^?t. , Laredo Texas. May M . -Charlee and Joseph M. Merriswether. ASvwricafts. 1 worn' wrested by rehala t? ^Ja>vo La redo today, and were released tonight through the efforts to Consul Garratt, no reasons for arrest were given.