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PART ONE VOL. 1. NO. 1. Weekljr, K?t?WUhe4 1860;Doily, Jan. 18, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C. TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 13, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. $5.00 PEF ANNUM. GETTING ID BECOMES TIRED OF WAY MEXICANS DELAY AND DODGE. DISPLAYS PATIENCE It b Now Up to the English Gov ernment to Say What Rep? aration Sha Wishes. Washington, Mureil 2.-President Wilson Monday revealed to those who I discussed Mexican affairs with . him that he fully realized the gravity of the situation resulting from the kill ing of William S. Benton, a British subject; che reported murder;of Gus tav Bauch and Clemente Vergarn, American citizens, and Gen. Carran-1 ta's deniul of the right of the United f Staten to look after the interests ofi torelgne-s generally ia Mexico. . | The president spoke deploringly of, armed ' intervention, but at the annie. t'mo pointedly referred to the sise and | power of a country like the United t Stale i us being sufficient warrant for a calm and patient course while com pliance with the American demands was being sought.. Callers got the impression from the president that he was determined to try every peaceful j means at his disposal to solve, the Mexican problem, but that he realised certain eventualities might mean a drastic course. He spoke with a firmness that showed his determina tion not to be stamped into action by radical speeches in congress, but with a hint that when the necessity arose the American government could be ex pected to move decisively and effec tively. Depends OB England. 1'^on Great Britains attitude toward the Benton ease depends largely t>*n pxteut to which the United States will recome involved. , Should England, show- an inclination to let the Bonton j Carrahsa'a specific' refusal to *eupply tlie Washington administration with information about Benton's death." Secretary Bryan said Monday that the department is walting for the com- 1 "lotion ot the details of a representa tion to be made to Carranza by the consul at Nogales, Mr. Simp ich. It ia clearly established here that Carranza \s move will not lead Great TJritatt: or Spa's or ct?;?:- foreign pow ers into any recognition of or other dealings with him. Sir Edward Gray's expected state ment to the house of common? will inriteata how much reparation Eng land will demand for the murder of Benton. President Wilson Monday received the belated note from Huerta declar ing that In view of the Benton case tho United States should revoke the right of the rebels to 'get arma. Secretary Bryan will appear Wed nesday before tho house committee on foreign affairs. Until then Congress man Ainey of Pennsylvania will not press his resolution demanding Infor mation on thc Mexican situation. Ainey issued a ?talement In which he charges, that tho government is "drift ing into war." CUTE CARRANZA PLAYS A TRUMP Trie* to Force England to Recog nise Him in th* Benton Caa?. . Nogales, Sonora, Mex., March 2. G?n. Carra?as, supreme Cfciet of the! constitutionalists, today Upheld the action of Gen. Villa tn halting tbe| commission investigating the death of the British subject. William S. Ben ton, ile took the stand that requests for any information j regarding - Ben ton's death should comA. tb him as di recting head of th? revolution1 through tho . diplomatic agents of Great Brit ain.. Gen Villa has reoelved orders from Carranza not tb dam Ut Miriness ot on international charjutefv > an view of thia order, Oed. V ii- ..njpafcaed ell negotiations witn i'm American and English repr?sentatives and suspend ed the pasa for the commission to go] from Juare? to view Mid body of Ben ton. ... ; Chihuahua,. Mex., March 2.-The | opinion wes expressed hate today that the body of William 8. Benton. If it IS burled here, will have been too long tn the ground to disclose much to the? commission which ta to examine lt. Irish Defeat Sentekmea. Dublin, March %-.-Tis? trish flftren tilter defeated the Scottish fifteen In the fourth match of the International Rugby aeries. The seora was 6 to 0. Yu ?be brat match, England beat Wales ta the second match. Wales beat Scot land. Jn the third match England beat Ireland. MAJ. C. J. MANLY SOUTH CAROLINIAN May Be Sent to Examine the Body of Benton, Murdered by val?. Chas. J. Manly, surgeon In tho United States army, has been desig nated as one of the medical men to hold the autopsy over the body of Ben ton, the fiery young Scotchman who was murdered by Villa, the rebel ban dit chief In the northern pat l ot Mex ico, is a native of this state, and has relatives here, among theme his cousin, j Prof. Basil Manly Parks, of the Frazer ? Academy. Maj. VJinly's mother and other re?a-1 tlves are in Greenville now. This dis-! tinguished army surgeon is a son of Dr. Basil Minty, who was for many years connected with the Southern Theological Seminary, first at Green ville and later at Louisville, Ky. He Is a nephew of thc late Dr. Charles Monly, pastor of the First . Baptl.- . church in ^hls city and hend of Fur tum university. Ponton was a subject of Great Brit-, ato. Villa claims that Pento assaulted him in his tent, and he ordered the j Scotchman tried by court martial which condemned him to death. Ben ton's friends declare that he was shot down like a dog when he went to get permission to bring cattle from M..-xi-| co into the United States. Dr Manly and another surgeon may be sent to examine the body and see if Benton I was killed by execution or murdered j with a pistol. CANAL MACHINERY PUT TO FURTHER USE! ---- May Be Used tn Construction of j Government Railroad in Alaska. (By Associated Press) Washington, March 2.-Col. George, W. Goethals conferred today with Sec retary Lane over the building of gov-. tho Panama Cabal Construct.on cori and the machinery for the Alaska railroad were considered at length. Mach or the machinery."in the judg ment of both Secretary Lane and Col. Goethals, might be used to?advantage, but neither waa eo certain about the. perrounel. They also considered, to j an extent, routes suggested for the railroad. Ka c?ncl?sion, even .of a tentative character, v:s/z reached, bul tue nueu tions will be taken up in a definite .way later. . "o nf erees on the Alaska railroad bill will meet tomorrow in what they ex pect to be their fina: sesi?n. Formal drafts of thc tentative agreement on liou-e amendments to tho bill as it pasted the senate were prepared to day. CIVIC ASSOCIATION PLANS FOR YEAR It Is Hoped That the Plaza May Be Improved and White / Way Started. : O.lrB. Infus Fant, president/of the Civic Association of Anderson, wishes to call a meeting of the ssociation as 3oon as possible in order to complete the bhslness ot last year and to start the organisation on forward work (or tlii.; year. 8he will ask tun newly or ganized chamber of commerce to ask the city council to co-operate with the association in Us* efforts to improve* the general appearance of the plata. The assortatipn has tho money in ibo bank with which to make the improve ments and would like to do something right away, but the city council has not Boeemed wlllirg to co-operate with thc. association. Mrs..Pant saya, that aa a beginning for .the White Way the association would like to put a white way around the plaza, and will Install it If the city council will furnish the electric power. She hopes to make this start so attractive Chat the rest ,ef the business section will be treated in tho ?ame manner. > . . , i .i. Old Firm Suspends Business, si. LOUIS, March 2.-The suspension of Connor Brothers ? Co.. grain com mission meichants. today wan an-, nounced on the floor of the Merchants Exchange. The finn had been ia busi ness forty years and had Urge export business with the West Indies. ooooooooooooooooooo O ' THIRTY DEATHS. e r> - o o , Philadelphia. March 2 -Rail- o o road traf?c ?topped by the o o atorm Hat been re-established ' c 6 to and from New York, al- o e thoa gil on an uncertain scale, e o Thirty deaths due to the storm o o were reported from Oils city o o and nearby sections. o of o oooooeeoaeooeeeoooe HHHBi SEVERAL DEATHS ALREADY REPORTED BECAUSE OF SEVERE COLD. IS WORST IN YEARS Practically Alt Weather Record? Broken for the Month of March. New York, March 2.-"With tempera tures rising and fair weather prom ised, New York and vicinity tonight began to emerge from the storm which railroad und telegraph com panies declare has been the most de structive in this section of the coun try since the memorable blizzard of 1888. From Cleveland on the west and Baltimore on thc south to the Canadian and Nova Scotian borders the storm has been general. In and near New York ten persons perished yesterday and today and several fa talities were reported elsewhere. Coldest March Hay in Tears. ? Columbia, 8. ('., March 2.-Colum bians this morning shivered tn the coldest wootha** for March 2 In the twenty-seven years' history of the lo-j cal weather bureau, and the coldest March day in thirteen years. At 8 o'clock the mercury had fallen to 21 ? degrees. The cold wave was accom-i pan lei by high winds. Wrecks Baptist Auditorium. Asheville, N. C., March l.-The big auditorium of the Southern Baptist assembly near here was blown to pieces by the high winds last night and today. The building was'a huge, open structure, and the wind, catching under the roof, shook lt to pieces. Inv falling the roof pushed tn the front of the new church, recently finished. The damage is considerable, as both audi-1 torium and church will haye to nejje^ . HON Ile cord for Mureil. Charleston, S. C., March 2.-All records of low temperature here for March, so far as the weather bureau figures chow today, ?rere broken last night, when the tetnpe? ature read 23.0, ( egrees. Th# former lowest March reading here was 24 degrees. A great many water pin*- ffesje sn? high ? ? -.viudS made the cold Scute. The Worst ls Over ' Washington, Msrch 2.-The storm which gripped the entire east during the last twenty-four hours, paralysing traffic, demolishing telegraph and telephone Unes, and causing tremen dous losses to property and business generally, was reported tonight to be oft* Boston, Mass^Snd rapidly pass-, ing out to sea. Moderate tempera tures with abated winds were, prom- J ised by the weather bureau for to morrow. ' J Reports received at the bureau to night from practically every point in the storm strlckeb zone indicated that,' With the exception ot light snows in' .?cw Vork,-Pennsylvania, New Bng-! land. West Virginia and Western1 Maryland,, conditions were gradually becoming normal. TomoTow's forecast for the eastern I and middle western ?tntos was for' "clear weather and moderate temper-' atures." The c'ghty-?rlle gale which swept New York last night tonight had drop ped to twenty-six miles and was di minishing elsewhere along the coast. Train schedules between Washing ton and New York were still sus pended tonight: Railroad officials say it will be several days before the r?g uler schedules will become effective again. While shifting, menacing gales con tinued along ibo coast from Savannah tomine, leaving itt their wake cold waves that reached as far south as Florida, the forecast is for more mod I erate weather in the next few days. ?NEW INDUSTRY MAY COME HERE I ] Proposed $10,000 Bolting Inst? . tut ton ti? Ba Located in litis CRy. While he would nuke no statement jin tbe matter, A. F. Spence or Lees-. , yille, fla, was la Anderson yesterday for the purpose of looking over the city with a view to establishing a $10.-j COO bottling plant ia this city. Mr. Spence said yesterday that be was very favorably impressed with what) ?t he ssw sod that in sh :?robablllty bis I . company might se* fit to place one of, .their planta in Anderson. A similar, .plant to the ons proposed ter Ander-! son bsa lust been buittin t Irtan viii? , There are now. In Anderson toar such industries, Sil paying weil. I CHIEF CLERK WAS gj^NOT SUSPEN )ED Coi; Goethals baue? ? Sta ement Denying Charges Cir culated. (By Associated ProBS)] Washington, March 2.--Inquiry to day of Col. Goethals, chairman of tho Panama Canal Commission, who is now here, establisher* that dispatches dated Panama on or about 'February n last, stating that W. P. J ?hlpley. Ciile? Clerk of the Subsistence icpart rnent, had been suspended on i rounds of incompentenco, were erron? us. Col. Goethals says Mr. 8hlp ey was not suspended at that time or at any tim? since. Ile also speaks i f Mr. Shipley as un entirely com pc i nt of ficial and says he is now natisf tctorlly discharging thc important du les nf chief clerk of the Si bsistence Uepart mcnt of the canad It appeals thai Mr. Shipley had spokon of resigning in order to accept a business position which had been offered him and this may hove given ;rise to thc other state ments in reference to him. Col. Decibels.entirety-exonerates Mr. Shipley from any connection Willi the alleged transactions which led; to tho of thc commissary company. SALESDAY WAS i QUIET AFFAIR Only Two Legal Sales Took Pince During Day and Inter est Was Lacking. -_ . Yesterday was the first Mopay In March and accordingly'aaleadfe' for toe mpnth. Only two {egal sal?s took place and not unica . .internal' was evinced but the usual nuVnaer Of peoplp were in the city for the day and the court was thronged part of tue time. I In the case of Linie';. E, I Carter against William Taylor and Nettle Taylor, one acre of land situated on Liberty Hill adjoining:. lands of J. lt. Vand.ver, J. R. Cochran, Jr., Mercy Mr.Gowan and Morea Rutledge, was Whitlock and o/l). Duncan against H. B. Whitlock, three acres of 'and on Rig- Creek, waters of Saluda River, were sold to ECi E. Qilmer for $32. DB. POTEAT MUSE Court Room Was Crowded Sun day Afternoon to Hear Able and Eloquent Speaker. -- The weather Sunday was such as to make men wish to stay by the fireside, but thc court house was filled at 3:20 in the afternoon to hear the splendid address by Dr. E. M. Poteat. president of Forman University. For this re markable demonstration of interest there was a double reason-because the men ot Anderson had heard with pleasure and uplift ng of spirit tho former massages . brought by Invited speakers under the auspices ot the Y. M. C. A.. and because Dr. Poteat on a former visit bad whetted the spirit ual appetites of the ni.-rn or Anderson. From the outset Dr. Potent gripped his^audience and troughout his match' less address on the subject of "Selling Out" he carried the men along under the spell of his striking manner and bis pleasing thought. TEXANS BITTER ABOUT VERGARA Feeling Is Running Higher - No Definite Information Ob* tamable. Laredo, Te::., March 2.--Fruitless efforts wore made today to secure confirmation or authoritative denial of the ?tatement of Mexican fedora's that Clemente Vergara, American ranchman, had not been put to death. Feeling over, the disappearance and supposed execution of Vergara was mote biller than at any time , since the ranchnytn crossed the Rio Orande and was arrotted hy Capt. Apolonio Rodrigues, and a squad of federal sol diers from the Hidalgo, Mexico, gar rison. r".,?? tatt ti'i >i o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o ?PO o o o SIDETRACK KI). e .. . - e o El Paso, Tex..'Marott 2 -The o o Benton investigation commis- o o ?lon rested cn the diplomatic o o sidetrack here today while o o Washington and Venustlno Car- o o ranza were reported to pe o o rounding out the new phase of o o negotiations direct through the o o American consul. iam\\wM . o Q o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o O o o YESTERDAY THE LAST DAY GRANTED BY LAW FOR FILING REPORT. REVENUE IS GREAT Congressional Estimate Is That, $?0,000,000 Will Bs Collected. (ny AKsnclated Pre?a) Washington. Munn 2, - -Thia waa the Inst day for the filing of Income tax tax returns, hut no official count of the ' j nun.her of Individ?ala who ?we to pay j t??0 tax. nor eat.mate of what the pa* j Hon will collect from t'icm. will be', available for at leant forty elgin boura, j At tho tirite th? tariff was in debate ? in congrem lt wtis estimated taut the , income tax would bring in about $00,- i (.C0.000 and that about -100,000 indlvi- ? duals-would puy. Officials tonight were hopeful Ihne these figures would bc equalled or surpassed. Inder regulations of the treasury', di partaient, enly sickness and absence , are regarded as grounds for. an ex-V tension of time. All those who fal' j to file their returns today are liable I lo fine? ranging from. $20 to $10.003. | t Collectors of Internal revenue weic i recently advised to forward to the treasury depaartment rcportB sr .v.v;nn the number of returns filed to Febru ary 2Cth. Aa fast as. the work can be despatched, officials will beg n is suance of assessments preliminary to the payment of the tax. . Vesterduy the white houue execu tive force compiled a statement of Prcuident Wilson's private income for submission to the collector at Baltl tnar ?. The president is not tuxab!o ! on his talary of $50,000. Antrim? Decision Jackson. Alias.. Marci; 2.-The -supreme court today -handed- .downr'?' decision affirming tba case of tho state against C. C. Hmlth, former mem-; board of prison trustees. Smith was convicted in the cirucit court oh an indictemnt charging him with defraud ing the state In the sum of $100 in au tomobile transactions I and sentenced to a terni of four years In1-the peni tentiary. Worried. ?*-,*?; ' _____ Married Sunday by Rev. W. T. Belvln at bia home at Orrvllle, Mr. Thos. J. Wells and Miss Carrie Felicia Boykln, both of the Progon Mills. I'nrmploytd Invade Church. New York, Mareil 2'.-The unemploy ed invaded Fifth avenue today and stormed a fashionable church. As the choir of tho First Presbyterian church was s'.ngins'the opening hymn 100 men entere J n"d m . robed down the centre aisles. The Rev. Dr. How ard stopped the service and mada tne new comers a speech of welcome and asked them to he seated. Frank Hannehium, tho Industrial -Worker.? of thc W..rl<l leader, arose and said: "We uro hungry and we are home less: Wo want Something to oat and a place to sleep." Other speakers said they wonted ttl sleep in the church. Mr. Duffield explained he had no authority to grant this request, bu> told tho men of a r.-,iy that would be j provided for them to have food and shelter; I At the close of tho service a purse was marta up to provide food and lodg ing for the mon for the night. Orators at Pasley. Easley, March 2.-In tho prcllmln . ary oratorical contest held here last Saturday night to select representa tives for the Picketts county. Piedmont and statj oratorical contesta, Osborno Williams was the winner of first pince, Roy Kidson secona place and Louie Perry third. The other sneakers in the contest were: Killy Anderson. Carl Perry, Alex Smith and Lawrence Len barde The subject of Osborne Wil liams', oration wes, "The Withdrawal from the I nion," by Jefferson Davis.' Thc judges for.the occasion -were/ Dr. E. P. i>av!a. Charles E. Posion ana Harry H. Harris, all of Greenville. 1 The medal in this contest was given by Superintendent W. W. Benson. j Rc_ Flennet Rest Cat Redaren ' Chicago. March 2 --Five yards of red flannel aro two Eafety pins taken ex-, torn Ally every., dav ls the best pre scription tor nosh reducing, accord ing to Policeman Johj. Cpton, who re > moved it pounds in 20 days to pass an examination for detective sergeant. State Regulates Light Tost. St Louis, Irtjo.. March 8.- Reduction In the electric light rates of1 the Elec-1 tt'le light company of Missouri willi take effect today. The new eebeduio ; ha? been passed upon by the stat? public service commission. | ONLY LACKED A BREAD TRAY Popular Couple Married Sunday! Received Everything Ebe They Needed. One of tho most interesting weddings >f the week in Andcrron was thnt of ant Sundav when F. A. Gnmbrell anil Mrs. Nancy Church wore married.. The ceremony took pinto ut' tho home of :!ie bride's mother, Mrsf*t< B. Watson it the Riverside mill and was attended liy n largo number or friends and ae luaintances of the bride and groom. Promptly at :'?: IS o'clock tho weddin? roupie ontorod th? pnrlor and sur rounded hy over 2011 guests thc cere mony was performed in a very solemn ind inuprePBlve manner by i:ov. Dr. J. W, Bpeakc of tho St. John Methodist tburhoh of Anderson. Ono of the features of tho wedding was the number of presents the yoiin? couple rote ved. The?p were h?nd eme beautiful and useful and almost [.verythlng necessary to flt up house keeping wai rocolvOd. The ?room said yesterday tl.nt Vis . presents rnngc.l Troni a broom on up, and that all he lacked to flt oui his entire dining room waa n bread tray. Mr. and Mrs. ('nmbro'l will bo nt home to the'r friends after Wednesday on West, Mar'iet street, where they will begin housekeeping. Thc groom la n well known Mi n street grocer, while the brido. ls u charming mid accomplished young woman. JUDGE GARY'S Sll^ DROWNED mm Youug Kniest Gary, Hon of Cliff f Jus tice of South Carolina' Knpretne Court lexington. Va.. March 2.-Ernest Cary, the 17-year old son of Chief Justice Eugepe B. Gary, of the, South Carolina supreme court, was drowned ?uutjay, while testing the ice on a pond one mlle from Lexington. Gary, at tho Washington and Lee University mk ot when bp decided to see if the 'oe was thick enough to hold him. He ven tured too-rar And fell into 12 feet of water. Smith made a brave attempt to rescue him ?nd In so. doing went unter. With a plank he nedeavored to save Oary from drowning, but Gary was chilled and weak and In a mo ment he sank for the last time. Young Gary's body was recovered. It will bo acm vO Abbeville, S. C., tomorrow. A I) isl I II gu I s h ed Furn I ly Columbia, s. C., March 2.-Kniest Gary, drowned ai. Lexington, Val, this afternoon, was a member of a South Carolina family which at this time is represented by three judges on tho South Carolina bench. The lad's fa ther, chief justice Eugene B. Gary ls chief justice of the supreme court. Er nest Gary, an uncle is judge of the Fifth Circuit, while another uncle, Frank B. Gary is- judge of the Tenth Circutt. Tho boy's grand-uncle, Gen eral Martin W. Gary, was a brigadier general tn the Confederate Array. OLD MAIDS ARE NOT TO ATTEND Very Few Will Go to Society Event Which Take? Placa Next Friday Night. While it will certainly prove to be p.thoroughly delightful event in. overy sense of the word it Is exccedin.^ly deubtfnl whether there will be many spinsters of uncertain age tn utten danre next Friday night when the Phl htthca. class of the Central Presbyte rian church holds a blrthtbiy party. Tho event ls to tak,. place otr't'ie home of Mrs. J. It. Shelor, 6?EBouth Mc Dultle street at eight p.jHF. Sow comes the truest inn: Why should the old maida worry? Well, the truth or the matter ls that those who' go will hsvorto pay one penny for every year of their age, and nat urally 'lhere are a few spinsters In Anderson who haye a. delicacy In ad mitting Just how ninny years they have bdrm on "th.s mortal soil." Tl? MIKED, CATTLE ?lg Undertaking (fer the Fnrnier* ol Anderson Count. There will be two government ex perts here today to talk to the, coun ty live stock association on th?; ques tion of raising beef cattle in Anderson county. Mr. J. L. Wim wfU'a?so talk to them, Every citizen of Anderson la Invited and urged to attend. Mr. Watt will be given a communion to go to Pecos, Texas, the former honre of Secretary W.'mley and there be will buy for the Anderson f?rm?M ?habest Herefords to Be had for breedlnjfpur poses. Tho meeting will hem at 10:30, Chamber of Commercer Mr. Whtt'ji home ts tn Greenville, Ala., but he has decided tb move here ? nd hereafter will say "Anderson is My Town." WILL RETIRE WILL PRESERVE SPIRIT OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ROTATION PLAN. MEETING IS CALLED 1 here Was the Greatest Harmony in Board and Decision Was Received With Regret. - \ Messrs'. W. W. Sullivan? A. H. Far mer, ll. .1. Humer. H. G. Kv.in:;, and Lee G. Mollentan on Monday morning notified the directors of the Chamber" of Commerce that t ey would uot ?o ! ccpl places on the board of director? for the next two years Thea'e five gentleman have perked for year past .and lia ! been unanimously elected at the meeting last TuoBday night, but had decided not to accept. Tl:cy would j have declined election ?t the time j but the hour was growing late and j the meeting was breaking uito. wi they were nominated and elected, and ' (he dtd not wish to embarrase the s tuation nt the time. The other four members of the board beard with regret the statement of, these five, and urged them to recon sider. Hut it was stated that lt waa with no pleasure that the five re-elcc ed members had come to the conclu sion that lt was better for them to retire, and thus keep the spirit of tho organization up to its high standard, ago.for at the. organ.satlon meeting a year ago lt was decided that the di- ' rectors must be changed every year in order to kean the members working to the best ends. Bach and severally and ns a whole the five members pledged ? , their unending loyalty to the city, and . (declared their sorrow because of tho 'separation from a board at whoso mooting* there bad never been a riffle, although all meetings of the board bad been attended by every member in-.tbe city, , , It was decided tot nave a oalled-meet ing of all the mender* for ne.it Mon day night, but afterwards A waa learn ed that this ts the night for the concert by the Reed Miller singers and lt Was , decided to change {he date. The neal night is tho regular meeting night Of the, city council and Wednesday night is prayer-meeting night In the churches. Some announcement will ' be made hitor. SEMATEWILTI?GT WITHIN AJEW DAYS On the Proponed Woman. Suf frage Amendment to Na* ttonal Constitution. Washington. March 2.-Action by the senate-within a'fow days on. tho proposed woman .suffrage* const'.tu ! ional amendment"seemed assured to night after a day of donate. ''Senator ahafroth's speech In favor of the amendment drew 'forth hostile Inquiries from Senators Bryan and Martini < ' Senators ' Clark of Wyoming and Works expressed doubt.as>to"\tfejWb^ priety of the federal govornhierit forc ing equal Buff rage upon states that .did not desire Buch. Senator B?**" ;i. declared the amendment should '.unL oe adopted if lt Were not'to be en forced in the southern states. He quoted speeches to show that the proponents of the amendment bad contended lt would not interfere with the "grandfather clauses" disfran chising negroes in southern states. In Routh Cell, Women Weeba Auburn. Nf. Y., Feb. 28.-Mrs. Cyn thia linburn, calm and indifferent, ov en lifter the gate of Auburn prison closed on ber tonight, finally broke down and wept as the matron prepar ed to take her up to tho little cell /.lore Mary Farmer, tho latest Wo man to be electrocuted in ' the State was imprisoned. Mrs- Bu ff um, con victed la/.rhfljrfif -f poisoning her has-: hand. wi.s brought here today from Little Valley, under sentence to dlo in the lectric chair. Introduce ?reek Sparta. Berkeley, Calif.. March xWTb? Greek Pentathlon sports are to-be In troduced at the t'nlverslty of Califor nia ,a* a substitute for the usual In door gymnasium exercises. Dumb bells .clubs and other apparatus will be entirety discarded. The pentath lon conslfta of running, JuTP.p!*;*. wrestling and Javelin and discus throwing. Walter Magee, professor of the Un iversity's department of physical cu?? turo, today said shat the exnerlmn-t would bc confined for the present freshmen who are electing traek wor't )?nd If successful, it would be extended 'to other branches. . .