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.
Senator T. J.
To Suc
APPOINTED BY GOV. BLEASE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON;
FROM LANCASTER
WAS NOT EXPECTED
Member of Senate Committee on
Asylum and Member of Inves
tigating Committee
It. was Hinted In Anderson last night I
th.nl Governor Illeaso had tendered
the position of superintendent of the
State asylum to Dr. T. J. Strait, at
proaent member of the State senate
from Lanenster.
Dr. Strait and Dr. Babcock are both
natives of Chester county. Dr. Strait
was elected to the senate in 1890 and
ngntn in 1910, after a lapse of exactly!
20 years. He has been a staunch' sup- j
porter of the governor
. It is not known whether or not Dr. I
Strait will accept. It bad been rumor-j
ed t hat Dr. Houseal of Newberry or
Dr. Olin Sawyer of Georgetown might]
be appointed. Dr Sawyer supported1
the governor and was defeated for re-.
election to the house. He has been'
spoken nf ?s a candidate for governor i
this summer.
Dr. Houseal wes Blcase's family !
physician in Newberry and last year:
when the governor lost patience about;
something he appointed Dr. Houseal j
to succeed Dr. Babcock, but the senate.
almost. urn .limous'.y refused to con
firm the n jmtnatlon. Dr.Houseal stood
by the governor and refute -Ioub
charges made against him Ter
ence to being intoxicated u ci. oc
casion of his first inauguration. The
announcement of the appointment of
Dr. Straight will come as a surprise.
He is a good man, a .courageous man,
but has not taken especially high rank!
in his profession.
H Babcoe* .Plans
It is understood that Dr. Babcock I
will engage in managing a private
sanitarium to be built at once by his
friends. r^Clf^^a^vpredictod In The'
Intelligencer, three weeks sso, Dr.j
Babcock is one of the strongest men
In Columbia, 'b popular favor, sod will'
have no 'trouble to make a success.'
of this big new undertaking. . '{
Dr. LeQrand Guerry, the distin
guished surgeon, who has relatives
and friend In Anderson, has begun
the organizing of the company for the
private sanitarium and Dr Babcck
hai been ?oaraiitesd a larger salary
than he has ever received. Dr. Bab
cock rejected Just such an offer more
than ten years ago. ?-^B
Recently he and Dr. Eleanor B. Sau
ders are reported to, have received nu
merous flattering offers from beyond
the borders of the sate, but neither
wishes to leave South Carolina under
the circumstances,
Dr. T, J. Strait
Dr. Strait is a native of Chester
county, being born on Christmas day,
December 25, 184C, bis parents being
Jacob' F. and Isabella Wylie Strait.
He spent part of his boyhood at Maya
ville. in Sumter county At the age of
15 ho volunteered in Co. A.. 6th South
Carotnla votunteera and In. 1863 was
transferred to Co. H, 24th South Caro
lina. I
Jn 1869 Dr, Strait married Miss Kate
A. Lathrop of Abbeville county. In*
1871 Dr. Strait Went to Mississippi end
entered the Cooper Institute In
LAuderdaJc county. After completing
a three years' course he returned to
Chester and engaged in teaching. In
1876 he taught at the famous Ebcnezer
school, about a mile from the present
site of Winthrop College. _
In 1*79 he removed to ""Laa-'SMer
add continued In the same profession
until 1881. He then began farming
and refttllng medicine. In 18S3 he en
tered the South Cerolina medical col
lege in Charleston and graduated
thorerrom In 1885, with honor At
the* age of - 40 years he began to prac-,
tlce his profession. In 1890 the "re
form" movement swept over the state '
and Dr. Strait went to the state sen '
ate on the Tlllman ticket. In 1892
he was elected to congress over the
brilliant John J. Heruphill, perhaps
the most gifted man the state has had
in congress for 60 years. He would
not espouse TUImanlsni and was de
feated by Dr. Otrail.
Dr. Strait bold the office six or
eight years and was defeated oy D. B.
Finley.who t* y?* i*i cr.-^r^Si. \fU.
Kin.ley opposed Dr Strait three times
before he got the office and Dr. Striit
haa'riin >galnst Mr. Fintey twice and
has been announced as a candidate
this, summer.
Dr. Strait bus been a successful
farmer and has engaged in quarrying
granite; While in congress be assist
ed1 In putting on the market bromo
settser. which has made an Immense
fortune for Emerson, the proprietor
of; the corner drug store who dlscov
eved the foroalo.
Dr. Strait has been regy?jed: as a
gdllaat sc?ii", - d^tcrs-.iss? G;. ?'??; ..
out in 1876 and s good cltleea. His!
prpfcsaional experience has not been
given much Istltude. j
Four years ago. Lancaster county
was torn 8?onder over the matter of
- building ah expensive highway and
Strait
ceed Babcock
on account of the public resentment ]
tbere against automobiles, the bril
liant Yancey Williams, who was re
tired from the State senate and Dr.
Strait defeated htm Dr. Strait \has
been aligned with Governor Bleaae for
the last four years, even opposing his j
fellow townsman, Ira B. Jones, on ac
count of long standing political dif
ferences.
Dr. Strait has been a member of the I
standing committee of the state sen-]
ate on the asylum and was a member J
of the committee which unanimously
vindicated Dr. Sauaders from the
chr.rges made against her by attachen j
of the asylum.
NEW (JRKEXYILLF CONCERN
TaO Corporations for Neighboring
City
(Spcolal to The Intelligencer.)
Columbia. March 13.?Rush Bros.
Co., of Greenville, was chartered to
day with a capital of $50,000. The of
ficers are, B. F. Rush, president; J. H.
Rush, vice-president and treasurer,
and R. 8. Alton, secretary.
Mills Realty Co., of Greenville, was J
ocmmisBioned with capital of $9,000.
Petitioners were L. A. Mills and C. F.
Haynsworth.
TRAVELING MEN WILL
CELEBRATE FRiDAY
T. P. A. RALLf - WILL BE
HELD
SPEAKERS COMING
Post "D" of Popular Organization
Is to Hold Great Meeting
! Friday Night
Every traveling man.living la An
derson Is now making preparations tp,
?Trilfr'Ia her^for the gF?is?: meetias ?f
the local.post of the. Travelers' pro
tective Association, which is to take
place next Friday night at 8:30
o'clock. It was said yesterday that I
this meeting wltl be a banner one and]
record breaking in point of attend
ance. C. Ban Allen, the president of
Post D, snd Fenster V. Tribble, the
secretary, have been exerting every
effort to get enlendld speakers on the
program for this occasion and how'
well they have succeeded 1b shown
by the following list: J. N. Walking
J. W. Liliard, J. H. Dudley, F. 9. Ev
ans, Thos. H. Pope and T. St. J.' uood
wyn. It is possible that still another I
namo may be added before the meeting
is held, since none of-the addresses
already on the program will be at all ]
lengthy.
Some of the best Jcnown traveling
men in South Carolina will be here
tor the event and the large number of
visitors present will also go a long
way toward making the evening pleas
ant.
No member of the local post can af
ford to be out of the city next Friday
because it is an assured fact that
there will be some feature, on the
program to interest every man pres
ent at the meeting.
WHAT A SHAME,
NO CLAIMS PAID!
Comptroller General Dolph Jones |
Makes a Point of Order
On Them
Columbia, S. C .March 13.?Taking
the position that claims aga.'tet the
State amounting to $12,678.01 were
not properly passed upon by tho Gen?
erat Assembly, A. W. Jones, comp
troller general, Friday declined to pay
them. The legislature appropriated
|t2,000 for the payment of claims
against the State.
OFFICIALS ARE
CODING TODAY
St N. Men Come to Anderson]
Some Time Today on Their
Tost of Inspection
A party of officials of the Piedmont
ft Northern lines, composed of J. B.-j
Duke, W. S. Leo, E. Thompson. Z. V.
Taylor, traveling in a special car Over
the Piedmont it Northern lines, will
arive in Andeson toflay. The uxact
hou of their arrival was not known
last night at the local office of the
company, bnt It was Said that the!
party would certainly ne Per* some
time during the aay. :4|
The Officials-left Charlotte Friday,
and it le understood that they bavai
bjon making inspections all along the
lino I* *r?- c?!d hern n'.shi ?i?
this trip was merely an Inspection
tour and nothing more . ' ^jv'lw
EXPORT TRADE
IDE BIG GAIN
APPROXIMATELY A BILLION
DOLLARS MORE THAN
TEN YEARS AGO
KING COTTON LEAD
Steel and Iron are Close Seconds;
Engines and Machinery Being
Largest Factors
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 13.?Export
trade of the United States during the
last ten years from 1903 to 1913 in
creased approximately one billion
dollars, whereas in the preceding 30
years, 1873 to 1903. it increased only
$917,000,000 according to the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
today. Comparing the 1913 figures
with those of ten years earlier, it is
shown that the raw cotton maintained
|its leading position in the lists of ex
porta, having gained 1196,000,000 or
52 per cent; while breadstuffs fell
from the second position in 1903 to
third in 1913, and meat and dair pro
ducts from third to. fourth place,
these groups Having been passed by
Iron and steel, which gained $195.000,
000 or about 200 per cent, machinery
and engines beicg the largest factors.
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l'N?UIE ?AM VS. JOHN BULL
_
English Champion Unable to Defeat
American
(By Associated Press.)
PInehurst. N. C, March 13.?The
United States today won the Interna
tional mixed golf foursomes here, ar
arranged In honor of Miss Gladys Ra
vencroft,. of England and holder of
the woman's national championship
in thiB ' country.
The score was four to two with one
fitttnii \tit lb*.-seven halved,
.. Mlsa^lriavecroft played with E. P.
Johnston of England, but was unable
to win from Parker W. WhlttettWe,
O? Bfookline, and Mrs. Williams West,
Of Cam ..the match being hal
OQilH BELLE IB
#P0SNT?0 BPOrlSOR
Grand-ttaugbter of Generai Wade
Hampton Honored By Cam
mar.der-?n-Chief U. C. V.
( Special to The Intelligencer.)
Columbia. March 13.?Miss Corrlne
Hampton of Columbia, daughter of
G. MfiDume Hampton, and grand-dau
ghter of General Wade Hampton has
been appointed sponsor for the South
at the coming reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans to be held In
Jacksonville In May. The appoint
ment was made by General - Bennett
H. Young, commander-in-chlef of the
United Confederate Veterans' Associ
ation. Miss Hampton has accepted
the appointment /
BR1T0X8 IN EARNEST
Want Their Nation Represented a*
Exposition
London, March 13.?Thirteen mem
bers of the House of Commons, act
ing on' the request of the 363 mem
bers of Parliament who recently slgn
Sa memorial asking Premier Asquith
reconsider the government's reject
ion of the invitation to participate In
tho Patina-Pacific Exposition, have
addressed a letter to the Premelr ask
ing him to receive a deputatton on the
subject..'
Y ALITER- PICTURES VAULTED
Until Danger ef 8ulfr?gist? Attack is
Passed
', London, March 18.?Valuable pic
tures \rr&t. Paul's Cathedral have been
Eremov?d -and placed in a crypt un
iiii ihe danger or suffragette attacks
has passed.
Li It' 4as announced today in govern
Seinvl circies that no new steps are
iak?n? to suppress suffragettes,
since the "eat and mouse" set' was'
working so well that the wUltants
vahre dbl? to command the services,of
only seven women who were willing
; to commit outrages.
Unemployed Happy Enough
Kacremento, Cal.. March 13 ?While
the Sacreraeuto and Yolo county au
I thorities argued today over their dis
! .position, members of the army of un
employed that started from San Fran
cisco far Washington basked la the
sunshine, fished from the Yolo levecj
m? ?tu?jwd an abundance of rood)
suppli?e fey the labor unions of Sac
[vamnnto. &
'JOY RIDING AUTOS"
LIKELY?OBE 8TORE0
SEN. WILLIAMS PROPOSED
WAS EXTRAVAGANT
District of Columbia Officer.
May Have to Use Street
\ Cars or Own Auto
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 13.?In passing
the $13,000,000 annual appropriation
bll'avfor the District of Columbia to
day, the ?enate incorporated an
amendment 10 provide that no part
of the money should he uBedjto main
tain automobiles except for fires, po
lice. o:? emergency health service. If
the house concurs the amendment will
send to storage some 31 /automobiles
now used by the district government.
Senator Jahn ' Sharpe Williams pro
posed the restriction, insisting that
district officials could use the street
cars or pay for their own mnchlns.
SIX BODIES YET
IN BURNED DEBRIS
Seven of the Recovered Charred
Beyond Recognition?17
(By Associate Press.)
St. Louis, Mo., March 13.?Six bo
j dies removed from the ruins of the
I Missouri Athletic Club today brought
the total number of dead recovered
[to twenty-four. The bodies of six other
victims are stilt left in the fire wreck
jage. . > *y
Seventeen of-the removed dead hav?
[been identified^ bi?t; the others are
burned beyond recognition.
Insepctiona of other buildings by
the Art, department, today revealed
scores of unsafe structures,, including
the municipal k?use?^fi?a^eation foi
an exclusive social club, a large thea
tre and several hoteis. <
Charles Sehtmel of Chicago, one of
the Injured in the fire filed suit for
$25,000 damages against the club and
the Boatmen's Bank, both of which oc
cupied the building.' . Scbtmel's petit
ion charges, that lire ordinances were
disregarded in that no rope or fire
escapes wos provided for Ulm.
Spring WiW Act As
Stimulus to Trade
(By Associated Press)
New York, March 13.?Bradstreet's
tomorrow will say:
"Trade Is still on the quiet side.
I For this the winter's varying weath
er conditions, conservatism born or
< recent years hand to mouth buying,
the late Easter season, and uncertain
ty as to future business- legislation,
are ail held varlbly responsible. The
pr?dominent feeling tbst the opening
of spring will act as a stimulus to
trade and industries.
Tale Defeat* Princeton
.Princeton. N. J.. March 13.?Yale de
j feated Princeton In their, annual dual
'gymnastic meet tonight by the score
of 30 te 24. I
PLAN QUICK AND
DECISIVE BATTU:
[ADMINISTRATION LEADERS
ACTIVE
IN BEHALF REPEAL
-
Senator Owens introduced / Bill
Similar to One Pending in
Lower House
(By Associated Press)
Washington, March 13.?Admlnis
Mon leaders in the senate and bouse
today set themselves for a quick and
decisive battle next week over the re
peat or the toll exemption clause of
[the Panama Canal act, confident that
'President Wilson s plea for reversal
of policy In- the interest of the gov
ernment' i foreign relations would be
heeded.
tn the Senate, after informal con
fereaces of - D?mocratie leaders and a
\ talk with* President Wilson. Senator
Owen of Oklahoma. intrtuine^d ? re
peal bill similar to the Sims bill now
pending In the House in order to have
the Issue immediately placed square
ly before this committee Li nrrfor *h??
it msy be ready for action In the.Sen
ate as soon as it to disposed of la the
J House.
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U. S. EXPRESS
WILL DISSOLVE
DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY
VOTE TO LIQUIDATE
ITS AFFAIRS
DEFICIENCY SHOWN
Parcel Post's Success and Recent
Express Rate Reductions
Held Responsible
(By Associated PreRB)
New York, March V.l.?Directors of
the United States Express Company
voted unanimously today to liquidate
Its affairs and dissolve It In the short
est possible time.
A committee on liquidation, which
embraces the leading interests of the
company, was appointed to under
take the work or dissolution.
I The precise plan for realizing on the
company's assets was not disclosed,
but it Is thought a syndicate will be
I formed to take them over, so that they
may be disposed of to the best ad
vantage.
Persons familiar with the company's
I affairs declare, that the return to tfce
shareholders will be between .asti and
UlOO a share.
The success of the parcels post and
the recent express rate reduction by
the interstate comme ce commission
ere held directly responsible for the
company's retirement from business
after sixty years of continuous ope
ration.
Earnings for the five months of the
fiscal year so far reported show a
j steady decline, with a deficit of $32.000
for November, until some of the more
{influential interests became outspok
en for l'^uidation.
There _.e outstanding 100,000 shares
or the United States Express Corapa
ny Stock, and these are* in compara
I tive'.y tew hands, The Harriman esate
I is believed to hold over one-fifth, and
{the late E. H. Harriman acquired at
an outlay of about f2,250,000 this stock
The exuress company ?t ''''sjisaji
.ha^'-centracts over SS,'
part these contracts have expired, hut
the remaining ones'are said tfi bo of
potential valpe, and it is assumed they
w|ll br transferred to one of the for
mer competitors, probably Wells, Par
go and Company. In which the Harri
man interests have large holdings.
SHhSLMGETs'
l. Ii. sek depot
Many Cities Competed For the
New Structure?Will Cost
$125.000
(By Associated Press)
Washington, March 13.?The new
lighthouse service depot for the South
Atlantic coast will be located at Char
leston, on/ a site on the mainland,
known as Chlaliolm's mill landing.
Secretary Redneld today selected
the Charleston site and thus ended a
contest which hsa raged for months
among Charleston. Wilmington, Fer
nandlna and Jacksonville. Congress
has appropriated S 125,000 for the de
pot, which will be the anpply station
for light house Inspection district,
number six.
Extensive hearings on the. advanta
ges or-the different, cities, were held
several weeks ago. The depot for the
district was formerly located at Char
leston, but not on the mainland, and
was destroyed In a' gale.
Kef um- to Concur
Richmond. Va., March 13.?The
house of delegates tonight by a vote
of 47 to 41 defeated the bill for the
establishment of a woman's co-ordi
nate college at the University of Vir
ginia after it had been passed by the
senate on Tuesday. The fight for and
against the Institution has been wag
ed for years and in support of their
claims the women who we're advo
cating it offered in evidence an in
dorsement'secured' from President
Wilson.
Wilson's Hfessage a Classic
London, March 13.?President Wil
son's message on the Panama canal,
considered purely from a literary
standnnint; t? regarded by Alfred G.
Gardner, editor of the Dall News, as
a "classic, of which all English speak
ing people can be proud."
Engagement of
President's Daughter
Is Announced
Washington, March 13.?"The pres
?tont ?nrt Slra Wtlunr. annnnnM ?ho
engagement of their youngest daugh
ter, Eleanor Randolph, to Hon. Wil
liam Glbbs McAdoo." Tbla announce
ment wa? mode today at the white
nouse. by Secretary Tumulty.
Miss Wilson will be the fourteenth
white house bride, and the second of
President Hm
His Sole
President Wilson's daughters to wed|
in tho nation's exectutve mansion
li? r sister. Miss Jessie Woodrow Wil
son, became Mrs. Francis Bowes Say
, re in the east room on November 25th|
lust.
MOHf.'i: Hi hi: RETTER
(By Associated Press.I
George Hike, aged 16. who was op
crated on for appendicitis at the An
derson county hospital Thursduy, was
reported to be resting easy yesterday,
lie has bee.i in a serious condition but
I every hope for his recovery Is held
I out.
Change liante Yards
Washington, March 13.?Secretary
1 Daniels has chanced the home yarda
of the presidential yacht Mayflower,
and his own yacht, Dolphin to Norfolk
from New York. As Norfolk is nearer
Washington it is expected to reduce
the cost of repulrs on the craft.
BUENOS AYRF.S Ql'IF.T
(By Associated Press)
Heuuos Ayres, Mardi 13.?Accord
ing to telegraphic advices received to
day from Hlo de Janeiro, quiet still
prevails in the capital. An official
concerning the Proclamation of
I murtlal luw in Cenera suys the step
waB taken owing to tho possibility oJ
pacifying the state by normal means.
THE LASl ISSUE OF
i CONFfftERATE MONEY
LITHOGRAPHIC STONES IN
! ANDERSON
NOT DESTROYED
D. H. Russell Te& in the Confed
erate Veteran of,When Last
Was Mactie
Of interest Co Anderson people will
be the fact, that there are now several
of the, lithographic stones in' the city
used in the days of the Confederacy
.for making Confederate money.' This
{fact 's not generally known and really
ja great many people over tn* country
I think that all of these stones were
}destroyed. This is not the case as is
shown by the following, ariicie written
;by D. H. Russeii ot this city to the
.Confederate Veteran.
"In the December number of the
/'Veteran Comrade," W. F. Spurlln, dt
Camden, Ala., writes of the last is
buc of th? Confederate money en?* '
so what became of it, and also,the ,1
thopraphlc stones from which it was
printed. These were pot all destroy
ed, for upon Sherman's approach to
Columbia the Confederate treasury
was moved to Aoderson, 8. C, and lo
cated in the building of the Johnstons
Female University. It is known that
there was a considerable amount ot
.gold coin. Confederate, bills and bonds
brought here, and when Brown's raid
ers came through in May, 1865.'th?
gold was secreted and afterwards ap
propriated by men who hail, no right
to it. Confederate bills and bonds
wore scattered about the streets. The
lithograph stories ^wbae . tk'rotfn/Jb**
an abandoned .well on t^e untvers'lty
campub, .where' they fo^apisd* fc>Y 20
years or more. In the meantime, a
military school .was started In th-?
buildings, and the principal decided
to clean out this well and use It. In
doing* this the lithographic ston9S
were brought to light, but the action
or the water had erased the Inscrip
tion on most of them, though not all.
There were probably fifteen or twen
ty of them.' I have one of them In my
home now, used as a doorstono, and
I know of six or eight more used as
the frontdoor step of one of ray neigh
bors. The rest were ca-rled off by
different people, some of the cadets.
These statements caa be verified by
'.witnesses here.''
INSPECTOR IS
INANDE^Otf
! S. M{. . Sloan of Commis soner
Watson's Office on Official
Visit to Anderson
S. M. Sloan from the office of K. .(.
Watson, commission or ot agriculture,
arrived in Anderson yesterday and
jwi?l spend the uajf ? ???.???pcCtiM? va
rious shipments of corn,, coro meal,
flour and other food stuffs. It is un
derstood the office of agriculture of
thts state baa advices that moulded
corn he? been a\,^t* ?Scstbf C"
ol Ina and if there' are any, such ship
ments In Anderso*. Mr. Sloan will find
them lode.
It is possible th?t ui? in hors here:
may consume more than one day, in
which event l?e will remain hero un-1
til Monday.
irta Wants
Hers Released
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR HABEAS CORPUS
IS FILED
UNLAWFULLY HELD
Have Been Interned at Fort Blue
Since Villa Occupied
Ojinaga
(By Associate Press.l
San Antonio, Texas, March 13.?Art
plications for release of Mexicant'ed
ral soldiers interned at Fort Bliss was
ready to he filed In the Federal court
today.
Petition for the refugees, who were
interned after they fled to the L'nltdd
States when Ojinaga was occupied by
General Villa >Uid the Constitutional
ists, has beer, rumored for some'time.
The Huerta government, through its
ugents. questions the right of the Uni
ted States army, under The Hague
treaty, to interne the federal soldlors.
Conditional release of the Mexican
{is demanded in the petition that couu
'sel announced tonight tahat would
I request be made return?hl? in S! Pass
the rtrst Monday in April.
Notice that application for habeas
corpus would be filed Is said to hare
been formally given military author
ities at Fort BIIsb.
Rebels Advancing On
City Of Monterey
Laredo. Max., March 13.?Monterey,
an Important railroad center, and the
largest city in Northeast Mexico, is
virtually isolated .with Rebel troops
advancing from ill sides, according to
the dispatch rec?leed at the Federal
military headquarters at Nenvo La
redo tonight. Only one telegraph wire
out of Monterey is Intact, and with
tae exception of the line to sslilUo,
railroad communication has Wan 04
st roved.
An attach on Monterey. It l?v under
Southward of Ihr reb"l army.
The dispatch reportced the ragsg ;
body of rebels approaching from the
direction of Matamor,spparentt| well
supplied with arms and ammunition,
including several pieces of artillery.
The strength of the- two armies is ,
not known.
WOULD FORM
NEGRO COLONY
Georgia Representative Introduc
ed Bill?Other Meaican
Matters
Washington, March 13.?A bill to di
rect the president to acquire "by pur
chase; treaty or conqeat" the North
ern states of Mexico, and to colonise
them with the negroes of the United
States, was introduced by Represen
tative Park, of Georgia, a new demo
I era tic member.' The measure which
excited humorously mild comment,
was referred to the foreign affaira
Lommittee. It was not expected .to
[get out of the committee's files.
-The. government will continue to in*
Islet on getting from General Carrauza
mid the Mexican constitutionalists, in
formation concerning the welfare of
1 all foreigners in Mexico, and will not'
relax Its cneregy in using its good of-,
flees for their proteet?==. This is the
effect of a communication from Sec
retary Bryan to American Consul Sim
pich, at Nhgels, who has presented the
information to General Carranza.
Further inquiry as to the conditions;
in Mexico is contemplated by the Sen
I ate committee on Foreign relations
I soon, and in anticipation of examining
witnesses, the committee today obtald-'
ed authorization to issue aubpoenaa.
Senator Shively. acting chairman of
I the committee, tonight said that it was
[ proposed to get all Information that
could be had.
El Paso. Tex., March t? ?An Infor
mal agreement was reached today by
Sh Ich the rebels will give General
cett prompt Information of the move
ment? of the bandits along the_border.
Ir. this ~'?>'. ?ha Aiiioivkn u??cer, it
is sal,d. can keep his patrols On the,
alert, to prevent raids'Into American
territory.
The committee of Spaniards having;
charge of the distribution of relief
funds to destitute Spanish refugee^
from Mexico today reported that
000 had been distributed.
No further information of the Ca*
ranxa commission's Investigation that
is said to Invoke twd of Gsnsrsl Vil
la's officers in the killing of William
6. Benton and Gustav Bauch, wag
available.
t.(MU 5; fj???>??e?
charlotte. N. C, March 13.?Three
small negroes, aged ?. I years sad 1?
months, children of Grsavtlle Masse v.
a faria?r. were burned to death in
their home this morning, three flu'.ea
from Monroe. N. C? while their pa
rents, wer absnt.