VOL. 1. NO. 49._*eaMf, Estabihmed 18?s DafJj, Jaa, it, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. $5.00 PER ANNUM. TO GUARANTEE PROTEC TION AGAINST MEXICAN RAVAGES . ARMY 18000 STRONG More Thon Total Number That Followed General Shaffer In Cuba (By Associated PreBsl Washington, D. C., March 11th.? The dispatch of two additional regi ment;! of American infantry to Eagle Pass and'Laredo, Texas, to allay fears of Mexican rains, and the appearance here of General Felix Diaz and friend.; with a new plan to solve the Mexican prob'.oai, \Vere the chief developments tcduy in the Mexican situation. The troops, the Ninth and Seven teenth !.<3giments, were ordered to the border at th-j request of Senator, Sheppard and Representative Gar ner. The latter told the president there was a good deal of cash in the border banks, and Americans wanted to be protected against any sudden raids or invasion. Mr. Garner also raid that much cattle had disappear ed recently, and residents believed the Mexlcnhs were responsible. The re quest for additional troops was made Monday. Seih Elimination of Huerta General Diaz aud his friends here said they- were not prepared to anJ nounre tholr definite purposes, but would do so tomorrow. The. Mexicans denied today that they sought support or sanction for and revolutionary movement, saying their idea was a campaign of informa tion about Mexico and to acquaint Washington with the personality of General. Diaz, so hh; part in ^subse quent events' in Mexico might be Judg ed for a study at close range. It was learned that they are seek ing tlio elimination of General Huer ta an G iwe "fit fiite^Jf-V*-TP" a,ili) the Constitutionalists' Mfcrabers of the party said that. Senator Root con ferred with Geherat bias In Washing ton last) week, and that Diaz came to Washington'tit the instigation of Sen ator Fall. ?Q Larger Than Shatter's Army Today's order for the dispatch of 2 more regiments to Texas will result in the assembly in that state of near ly 18,000 troops,: more by 3,000 -than the entire troops of. the regular ar my that General Shatter led Into Cu ba. Nearly 11.000 soldiers are !n camp at Texas C!ty, under conua?nd of Brig. Gen. r^unston, of Phililpine fame. Th ? others are scattered on the bordar from Brown ville, Texas, to Nogales, Arizona, under command of UrlR. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, the larg est garrisons being maintained at El Paso, NogaleS. Douglas, Laredo, Esgle Pass andt Brownsville, where rail roads enter Mexico. General Bliss will designate their exact location. The present strength of each regiment ^s 823 men. At La redo and Eagle Pass, the two regi ments will leave six trooes of caval ry, which will be distributed along other points on the Western bor dor In GenerhljBUsa'. discretion. This will place ottMr that General's command about-4/400..cavalry troops and 2,400 Infantry . Force Kfcganjled Small Though large fin pie aggregate, this force is regarded ashal I In many quar ters here tor a rigid and efficient pa trol of the 1,800 miles of border. Sec retary Garrison, however, feels that it-wll be sufficient. ? He insists that there is ho prodf;that this border pa trol has:been bfoktm down at any point since its establishment three years ago. General Bliss telegraphed today that he was sending photographs of the body of Vergpra by mall, and beyond that, there was no word from the bor der today. In the Diaz party here today was A.. A. Brownlee, n, lawyer and mining en gineer of Ne? York, who It develop ed, had recettly asked r.?t a confer ence by Diaz ?''.;'.? Secretary *}ryan and President Wilson. The request was denied. ..Memhern of the^arty de clared Diaz had been Invited to con fer with "a higher officiai.- . . Sltnattea improved Consul Sinipicb at Nogales, report ed to the?stste department today that he had assurances from. Carranza that lives ana properties or Americans and other foreigners would be protec ted, i > u that ail molestations of for eigner* would be avoided through the Nogales district. Carranza issued the orders upon Consul Simpich's complaint under In struct ions front Secretary Bryan, pre testing against rebel depredation. Authorities at Tampico have prom ised the Immediate release of an Am erican nsmed Byrd, held near there. Informal discussion of the Mexican situation occured in the senate for eign relations committee today, bat no action was taken, nor any witness es heard. \ ; Senator Bheppard, of Terms, hod read to the senate today several tel egrams from Texans along the borde? t iuiumiuis liio ?enaiur rovtmv ??ci? intents to Border CARRANZA FEELS BETTER Agua Prleta, Alex., Mch 11.? * A clear and probably satisfac- * tory understanding between the * state department and General * Venustlano Carranza, supreme ?"| chier of the Mexican Constitu tionalists, was foreshadowed here today. General Carranza Is Anxious to Prevent Unjust Confiscation ! (By .Associated Press) El Paso, Tex., March 11.?General Car-anza's efforts to prevent unjust confiscation of property in Mexican rebel territory, particularly that of foreigners, will take the form af a commission to review the evidence on which seizure already has beeu made, and to investigate before future seizures are made. It is believed by those who have talked with Carranza that'll will as sure the justice of confiscations based on enmity of the constltutionalisst cause, as in the Terrazas estates. ai,u of such seizures as the gambling privi leges ut Juarez, taken over by General Villa. The inccme from the gambling, ?v!>.ich is considerable,. is being used to help support the rebel army. The commission Is expected to avoid such mistakes as the one made when the 5,000 acre ranch of General W. B. Snyman, a British subject, was-seized only to be turned bnck to the owner j on investigation. It is how Intended! that the investigation shall be first.' Another Bank for Lnurens Special Correspondence. Columbia, March 11.?The Farmers Bank of l^aurens was chattered today with a capital of ?50.000. The petl-1 tioners are M, B. Owinge, President;1 J. C. Owlngs. Vice president and R. ' Fleming Jones, cashier. ON PREMIUM COUPONS Underwood Proposa! Brings To Ibacco men of Country Together (By Associated Press) Washington, March 11.?Represen tative Underwood's proposal ' to im pose a prohibitive tax on premium coupons given away with tobacco and cigarettes was the subject of a hearing to tobacco men from all over the country today before the house ways and means committee. Repr?senta-, tlves of the United Cigar Stores Com pany, independent tobacco manufac-' turers and union labor were . heard, j The independents urged the" leglala t'on on the ?'round that the coupons were destroying their, business with out benefittlng the consumer, while coupno advocates declared they sttm-' ulated business and increased the gov ernment's revenues. Deposed Manager of I Chicago Nationals Given Big Bonus (By Associated Press) Macon, Ga., March 11.?John Evers, | deposed manager of the Chicago Na tional baseball team, tonight received' a cneck for $25.000 as a bonus for sign ing a contract with the Boston Na tionals. The check was given Even I by jumo.i V.. GuFfney, owner of the Boston club, shortly after his arrival here. "Itr had been reported Evers was to receive $20,000," said Gaffney as he j banded the check to the second baser! man. "But here Is die check. Evers j may, if,he wishes, tell the amount."! I Kvers smilingly handed the check to some of ills friends. I" Wont to Raise Old Sates. Buffalo. N. Y., March 11,?The pub-! lie service commission heard this luuruing ihe results of an investiga tion asked for by. the F?d?rai Tele- ! phone company on the ground that1 the rate held by some or the early sub scribers was too small and that the company was really operating under a loss in giving service tc theee sub scribers* for the original price. I ^-? ration that the majority of the people of Texas were in sympathy with the administration's Mexican policy. The house foreign sffairs commit . tee today deferred taking up the Aln ey resolution calling upon the presi dent Cor ioTorin&Uon as to the safety of lives and property of Americans in Mbxico. and the committee agreed to hesr business men from Mexico do Saturday to discuss the Mexican sit WILL ANNOUNCE DECISION TQDAY In Regards to Resignation of Sate Hospital for Insane Official* Special to The Intelligencer. V'olumbia, March 11.?According to a statement today, the governor will Thursday announce his decision as to the resignation of Or. J. \V. Babcock, as superintendent of the State Hospi tal for the Insane. The decision, it is said, will be an nounced at the meeting of the board of regents of the asylum. ir is also expected that some an nouncement will be made as to Dr. E. B. Saunders, the young woman physician at the hospital. COLQCITT ALSO. ACTIVE (By Associated Prese) Dallas, Tex.. Mar. 11.?Governor O. B. Colquitt tonigiit announced his in tention of ordering a substantial In crease In the force of Texas Rangers patrolling the Mexican border "to protect citizens and property from raids from across the border." MUCH INTEREST IN THE OUTCOME Practically Certain Opposition to The Repeal Will Be Fruitless . > tBy Associated Press) Washington. Msrch 11.?with debate on repeal of the exemption clause of the Panama canal act about to begin in the house, interest in the outcome of the persident's request of congress was intensified today, opponents of the repeal displaying unusual activity. To administration leaders who have msde a thorough canvass of the situ ation. It appeared practically certain tonight that opposition to the repeal will be fruitless, S. C. Senators Get Washington. March ljr?A sub-com mitt?e of the state judiciary commit tee, beaded by senator Walsh, of Mon tana, gave a hearing to Senators [Smith and Tillman, with regard to Senator Tlliraan's bill establishing a second federal Judicial district in South Carolina. The Senstora pre sented the case als strongly as they could and filed documents with the iuh-?K?HimHt?:-. T. Proyland, whp was killed by t$fi' brigands, and Rev. O. M. Same, wlfp^was wounded, represented the Another society Is-SM* China Inland Mission, whose lie?qourters is hi London and has g ?aff in Lao-Ho i Kow of one miesior.agy and his wife, Iwith three other wt The third ^Christi Alaska Railroad Bill Now Ready for Wilson's Signature I ' (By Associated- Press) i Washington, March 1?.?The bill for the first government-owned railroad j-ra IJne In Alaska?was-ready for the president's signature tonight and the 'officials of the interior department were ready to go ahead with plans for the work, sis soon as it /becomes law. The measure authorizes the con struction of a thousand mil?. Cf road to connect Alaska's coal fields with the coast, the route to be select ed by the president, to whom are left many other important details. An ap propriation of ?.'i.?.oi.o.Of- a author ised. SEARCH FOB BOUES PROGRESSES SLOWLY No New Recoveries Made of Remains < of Cremated Victims (By Associated Press.) St. Louis. Mo., March 11.?Work of searching the ruins of. the Missouri Athletic club for the bodies of the twenty victims of Monday's fire be lieved to be In the debris made, slow progress today. ; No bodies .were recovered and the number of bodies at the "'morgue is ten. Of these nine have been positive ly Identified. The identification or* Lucien B. F.nff, of Dallas, Tcxbb, hsv ing been confireined late today. Fire chief, Swlngley, said that at the rate which the mo men employed by the city to explore the ruins were making headway, it would require two or three days to reach the other bod ies. Faster progress was declared im possible because of the danger that tne roof might collapse Foi r large Insurance companies, it is ssld, wUl psy claims aggregating *102,t>00 on the lives of persona who perished. Doubtless the total insur ance will be much larger, but addit ional figures were not obtainable to (day. A joint commute? of the municipal 'assembly will begin an investigation tomorrow. Assistant fire chief Salmon has re ported that gas, escaping from a ?I? Inch main In the building^ caused the fire to burn for seven hours and that th? ?>s explosions in-the rni?? Tues day were due to the escaping gas. |The gas is believed to bave been re* Vponslble for the rapid spread of the , flames,, which cut off many guests from all chance ot escape. A coroner's Ju ry U?day ?iCS?S an isyttr?fc?tas ist? the cause of the fire. STATE BOARD OF PENSIONS MEETS In Session at Columbia To Con sider Applications For Pensions Special to Tl:e Intelligencer. ' Columbia. Mar. 11.?State Pension bourd met in Columbia today to ron-j aider applications for pensions. The board will be in session for several days. I The members of the bourd are: W. j It. Edwards. ester: Dr. Flenniken, I Columbia; Wl ?am Weston, M. D.. Co lumbia; und John Morris, Charleston. I The general assembly appropriated J $1*50,000 for pensions. ( Twenty Years as Justice. ! Washington. March 11.?Chief Jus tice W/aite is receiving congratulationa on the 20th anniversary of his ser vice on the bench. He was appointed by President Cleveland after iwo other selections had proven unsatis factory to the senate. MAY RESORT TO DRASTIC COURSE "Will Shoot Down Rows of Idle Array if They Try to Und" - ? ? (By Associated Press.) Martinez. Cal., March 11.?"We will . hunt down in rows members of the tdllo army before we will allow them to land In this country -again. I am jtmiiped in giving such an order, be cause of the 'threats made by mem bers of the 'army* In Sacramento make them a? a. dangerous element. I have a .right to protect this county and I will do it, even if it necessitates blood shed," said R. R. Vc?le, sheriff of Contra Costa tonight. Me today swore In 300 extra deputies nnl provided them with arms. and ammunition. Automobile* have been chartered to move the armed forces wherever an Invasion threatens. L, !.. March 11.?"?*n ington. wint to:bcH luppet in the shacks', tir?t fdHn* Its camp irt . Yojo-county. Sacramento County not .only officially shut off the food sup ' ply which had been contributed by the county, but issued an order forbidding any person conveying supplies across the bridge beyond which the Industrial workers are camped. This move was ordered by the city and county ar'.horlttes yesterday in the belie" that it would cause disin tegration of ih-? array. Rut someone disobeyed, and twice a day, food In large a.uant it ifs was sent to the camp. CAPT. R. J. RAMER ! EXALTED RULER Will be at the Head of Elks' Lodge for the Next Year?Other Officers Elected At the annual meeting last night of Anderson lodge No. 1.206, B. P. O. E. j Captain Ralp J. Ramer was elected exalted ruler to succeed Tom J. Bolt, ? whoAs term expired. The meeting i was largely attended and much en thusiasm was shown, especially witH reference to the entertaining of the grand lodge when It meets in June. The following ' are the new officers: r.v J: Ramer, exalted ruler; Tom J. Bolt, past exalted ruler; Dr. C. P. T?oss, esteemed leading knight; Cap tain W. A. Hudgens, esteemed lectur ing knight; T. P. Dickson, esteemed . lecturing knight; J. H. Godfrey, sec retary;' Clarence Beaty, tiler; A. S. Farmer, trustee for three years. I It was reported that work on the , new home is progressing, well, and ' that dirt will be broken and the homo completed' in time ror the meeting of the grand lodge. ' Mr. Bolt appointed the followhr. committee on tho grand lodge: i Reception?W. I,. Brlssey. B. B. Gos Isett, R. J. Ramer, C F. Ross, J .H. Godfrey. I Entertainment?Geh. M. L. Bon ham. C. E. Tolly, T. Frafik Watklns, T l\ Dickson. W. A. Hudgens, T. Joe ill. Jas. W. Tribble. D?corations-?-W. H. Lyon, Ralph . Wilson, T. U Cely. L. M. Cochran. /Capt. R. J. Ramer, the new exalted ruler, is a native of Missouri, started life in a country newspaper owned by bis father: went into the Spanish-Am erican war and came out as a lieu tenant, his regiment having been mus tered out at Greenville; returned to I Missouri, studied law, was a court stenographer and later solicitor, and practiced law In Oklahoma City. Spent .three years In Mexico In the mining camps and for? several years has been In Anderson a s proprietor of the Coca Cola works here. Has been identified .with'the progressive element ln*the I New York; March 11?The Ameri can Express Company today declared a nuarterly dividend of I 1-2 per cent, which ts a reduction of. half of one per cent from the last quarterly divi dend declared last December 3. SOUTH CAROLINA REPRESEN TATIVE WANTS QUALITY STANDARD COTTON AND GRAIN Would Forbid Shipments Under Descriptions That Are | Misleading (By Associated Preps.) Wanhlngtoii. Marc!) II.?'.Bills al- I most identical in form", to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to in vestigate the handling, grading and transportation or cotton, and grain, and to establish standards of quality and condition of eacli grade, were in troduced today by Representative Lever, or South Carolina. The bills would prohibit interstate shipment of grain or cotton unless its sales grade is llxed by the secretary of agricul ture and conforms to standards he prescribes, but variations from offic ial standards may be permitted under his rules. I The bill;; would forbid, shipments of grain or cotton under misleading de scriptions, would make subject tn th?. agricultural department's inspection any grain entering into interstate commerce, which had been represent ed to conform to a given standard and would authorize the i^cretary to set tle a'nv disputes as to the proper grad ing of shipments. Violations would be nunisbabe) bv fines of from 1200 to $1,000. Tho bills, which carry -Appropri?t? ions of ?3CO.0OO for the fiscal year, have the approval of the department of agriculture ?nd representatives of farmers orcanizations, who attended the recent hearings on the Investiga tion of grain exchaugce. low mmm Prescribed 1200 Years Ago For Members of Catholic Brotherhood (By Associated Press) Washington. March li.?Oral ar gument was hoard in the supreme court today on the validity under ' American law, of the "vow of prop erty." prescribed some twelve cen turies ago for di?*mbor* of the Catholic Brotherhood of St. Benedict. Briefs ' already have been submitted and the case is before the court for decision. I The legality of the "vow of prop erty" wan questioned in the admlnl ! Ht rat ion of the estate of Father Au I gusthi Wlrlh, a priest of St. B?n? dicte, who, died at Springfield, Minn., in 1901, leaving considerable money and property. Relatives of the priest laid claim to the estate, but th? broth erhood held that, under his vow Father Wirth could have nothing in his own right and any property that he had in his po?*?>??}on belonged to the or der. The relatives won in the United Slate ; circuit court of appeals, which decided that the vow. was. against pub lic policy, and void. CONDITIONS REQUIRE DRASTIC REMEDIES Conditions in Colorado Coal I Fields are Smocking and , Amazing I (By Associated Press) / Washington. March 11.?"Amazing and shocking conditions that will re quire drastic remedies." were found in the Colorado coal fields by the con gressional investigating committee, according to Representative Foster, of Illinois, chairman,..who with col leagues, returned to Washington to day. Berore preparing a report the coir, m it! co will allow thlTty days for presentation of evidence by operators and miners. -.-; Nottingham. England. March 11 ? A suffragette arson squad early today set fire to and destroyed all the build ings belonging to the town corpora tion at Bulcote, six mMes Northwest of this city. The loss Is msay thou sands of dollars. Snffragc literature was found strewn-about the vicinity. I Til Paso. Tex., --MarehcJTl.--Nothing was heard here today tQJWdicate when General Villa Will move against Tor reon, although >lt is said his soldiers surround that clty.J' Ir. Villa fnltows gis custom, his ma>Ve Vill be-sudden anu unannounced. PETITION CARRIED BEFORE THE STATE RAILROAD COMMISSION ASKS FOR HEARING Reasonable and Non-Discriminat ing Rates are Desired for This State (Special to Intelligencer) Columbia, March 11.?Fight for a rcUsion of freight rates In 8outh Car olina was carried before the railroad commission today when a petition for hearing was filed by the ?t?te freight association. Members of the commis* ?Ion BUld that a hearing ou-the.petit ion would be be held early In April. In the petition it is stated that the stale freight rate association Is a vol untary urganl/.ation of shipping inter* csts of South Carolina, having for its purpose the matter of obtaining just, reasonable and non-discriminatory rates within the state of South Caro lina. 'That the rates applicable," says the petition, "on Intrastate traffic In I ho stale of North Carolina ars ma terially less than those operated by the same carriers of intrastate busi ness tn South Carolina, and such traf fic In South Carolina Is handled un der conditions and circumstances that are mere favorable to the transpor tation companies." I The railroad commission of South I Carolina is petitioned to the Investiga tion upon its own motion to deter ' mine whether the Interests of the Cit izens of South Carolina are Pot being encroached upon by the general -re ductions of freight rates in Karth Carcilna. while increases are being {made, it Is alleged, in South Caroli na. j TransporU^joaJlg^and other Mn Ko trffrinai f ill is contended by the petitions that (the freight produced In Stfuth Caro lina for Une haul motement. both in ' p retate and intrastate furnishea .at present a greater revenue and a great er density of truffle than is furnished by North Carolina per mile of road. I PATENT CLAIMS QF~ DEAD MAN VALID Eastman Kodak Company Has Reaped Millions?He Deid A Poor Man New York. March 11.?A decision, upholding the patent claim of the Rev. Hannibal B. Goodwin against the Eastman Kodak Company of I Rochester, involving millions' of dol lars in royalties, was handed i?own by the Cnited States Circuit Court of Ap peals here today confirming the opin ion recently handed down by Judge John- R. Hazel" of Buffalo. The de cision says Mr. Goodwin undoubtedly was the inventor and c?it?iic? to all 'the ' benefits of the basic on photo graphic dims.. Goodwin died more than 13 years into, a poor man. The protlts of the Eastman Kodak Company on the dis* puled pstent have been estimated-to run Into tue. millions. COBB FIGURING WITH FEUfcRALS Reported as Having Opened Up Negotiations With The New League ? (By Associated Press.) Shreveport, ha.. Msrefy 11.?If any of the players sought hi 'the federal league have to come to terms with President Gilmore or other officials, Oilmnre did not make the met known today. f?s?? ' * Ty cobb Is on^j'the players re-., ported today aa Hps opened nego> nations with the new league.. Others sre Wilbur Good, of the Chicago na tionals, and Wagner. Lewis, Collins, .and Leonard, of the Boston Ameri can?. Augusta. GawMWlrch H.?Plsns for s proposed world conference to dis cuss the presW form of future con tracts for the >'ew York cotton ex change were discussed here today at a meeting of the Augusta Cotton Ex change. New York. March ll.?Directors of the Western Union Telegraph Com I party today declared a quartely dlvt 'dend of one per cent, puttlngjhe tor't on a feus* ?cr c?nt bi???. Slim iwi 1 the annual' dividend rate 1 had been [three per cent.