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. $5.00 PEF ANNUM. mmm SOOMEC?ED FEDERAL OFFICERS SAID TO| HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE ANTI-HUERTA SCENE Rebels in Possession of the Busi ness Section, Principal Hotel, Smelter ?nd Bull Ring ^ (By Associated Press) . Juarez, Mex., March 28.-The at tail: o:? l!:*.* last line t.: Federal. do lent-.:? was begun at uo-in. t;day at Turrkto. according to,a '.elej?rani to tay Hom c;trierai Villa wlir. ,v 'u lie fcxs?ect^d to capture the Btron$hcld lo nlyht Last r |?h< * assault is report ed to have been unsuccessful because ol the fa 11 tire of the suo.i'.y of band grenades, the n.ost useful ammunition In street lighting. ?: Villa ls declared to have received 5,000 more grenades be fore ho renewed the. attack today. The positions already taken In the business district of the city, is ia said, ' were made secure last night, and the 1 smelter, like thc bull ring and the 1 principal hotel, is said to have be come rebel property. Thc forenoon today was .devoted to disposing of the dead and making com fortable the quarters of the wounded at Gomez Palacio and in the field hos pitals. Ono telegram from General Villa urged that hospital supplies ba rushed, loathe front. Costly Victory. The cost of his victories ls known to have been heavy and the fact, that more hospital supplies must be sent from here, despite tho large store Vil la took with his* cn tho sa?*pMfS adds confirmation. The Zaaagosa brigade which loft Juaros, 1,300 strong ls said, to have I lost many killed and wounded. Goneral Maximo Garcia was shot lu Uie body and is expected to die. Gen eral Trinidad Rodriguez bas a bullet wound in one arm, and Maier Mace- ? donia Andana -was shot in the client and Juan N. Guitterres, chief of the police of the city Chihuahua, was kill ed.. ' '.'.< : . -. 4 .'. A private telegram jrom a awMMntft at Gomez Fa?neio tb hts father, today said that lt was rumored hi the bar racks lhere that General Refugio Vel asen, Federal commander at Torreon, had committed suicido rather than fall into the rebel hands. Little faith ls attached to the story. Therj ara rumors also that three other Federal Generals reported killed In action, re ally took their own. Uves, bsiieving . they would bo rxecouted if captured. lillies IseSe-e-iir* ' Ir, otic-et liguwUs, MaxicanB .say rt- j fies. are of comparatively little use j uguiust an enemy using aaobe wails as defenses. This must be shattered with shelly or attacked by hand gre nades. General Manuel Cha, military gov ernor of tho state of Chihuahua, who Carried greeting to General .Carra? as yesterday returned here this even ing: He Bald that the aged chief, who had ridden horseback at tho head of h!- troops fer zo ~?ny ?ail-n?, prefer red to ifiuish the trip that way and de clined to use - a special train. . ; was brought.here today with tr?e fUnrt two tralnloada of rebo! wounded. Sixteen' cvvache* ??.I. od with wounded soldiers wrapped in bionw-ia o"d weedy hssdagvB ?rui '.u-? the city as Ute vanguard of a long line of ?oueded scsHer^d.alou? . . v?u ?t. -juinui .>"7"J Ol) I CS BOUtQ. Three hundred rebel wounded In rinding three lieutenant colonels, and about 20 minor. officers had arrived by night. They reported a total ot : about ono tboussnd wounded on their { std? With unknown number dead. ? Two ?more " trainload* ai rebel i wonndod from n?s* Torre?n passed I through Jimlnev today enroute to Chihuahua. Hbo soldiers reported [ * that there was 300 or more wounded I i at Beryme jil to, unable to find aceomo dations Sn the north bound trains, j Somo of tho jaob?era wort in o?i*oi *-? EHHWHRtt?i .eeriouabr tn h?. ij?^;s~i!iod*3HB5^^^H I (Continuad on Page ?eveo.) saHaWU THE DANES FAILED ?OWIREA?? The Fr?tent Arbitration Pact With ! Denmark Wiil Expire ' today (Py Associated Press) Copenhageu^Deninark, March 28. Danish aenahff?tpday failed to ratify the new obligatory arbitration treaty with the United States. The old trea ty expires tomorrow. Washington, Mardi 28.-The refusal of the Danish senate to approve the Danish-American^ ?arbitration treaty greatly surprised state officiai depart ment officials. That the treaty must be rejected by the United States sen ate because-of the consistent attitude of the-senate against all general ar bitration treaties had been deemed a possibility. Secretary Bryan recent ly addressed the senate committee on foreign relations in support of thia treaty. While some objections devel oped, lt waa believed that these would be overcome by. slight amendment and that the Ben. ate--could be indubed to ac cept the principle of unlimited arbi tration -contained in the treaty, which it formerly had rejected. The action af the Danish senate, was a genuine surprise for thc rea son that, as stated on tho authority of Secretary Bryan himself, this treaty was made at the request of the gov ernment of Denmark, which had made a similar treaty with Italy, FORMALvACTION TAKEN BY LL S. Steps Taken Against Petroleum. DiacriiM^tkH?. ls . Germany : . -J Berti?i. m?rcn sw.?-irormai action ] waa begun today by the United StateB government against the petroleum | supply bill recently,- introduced in the German Imperial 'Parliament. The flrat step'taken -was. a written mem orandum presented by James- W. Ger ard, United Statos^ambassador to Gott- 1 Hob Von Jagow, the German Foreign mintet3r. That expressed the confi dent expectation of the United States that certain injustices toward Amer ican investors contained in tho mo-, npnoly WU m. Ita present form WW ' disappear before enactment. The German foreign minister did not reply today to the American mem orandum and he may be relieved from doing so by the death "Of the hill. I Fresh diplomatic action concerning the petroleum question is expected in the case of tba Pure Oil Company of Hamburg, which was refused permis sion to compete tor government con tracts. There is also the case of the ed in raver of German controlled oil. Some Berlin newspapers take it for granted that ina. American protest is directed generally against the pro- | posed oil monopoly. POSTSMC?MING FOR WHITE WAY ,- * , Actual Work to Be Begun George Miller, the man . who made tho'white way for Anderson possible, I has arrived in the city and waa yes terday busily engaged in laying off tho distance for* the pests and mak ing the ' preliminary arrangements for tue actuht work of installing thia splendid 'ajfe^em ?tor Anderson. ! Mr. Miner said that the order for the lil pods for Anderson ls now. in the' handi ot the manufacturers at Annlston, Ala., and that the wat* la being rushed aa ruDiuiy aa-possible. He expects the posts to be On the way, within the next few days and then the completion of the/work will be a com paratively stslpt?'waiter. Ai:BKVn.JLr? FAIB. [-?to?luex* jHen o^ Jg^Clty Plan tor a I Pre is a n dytia n tie r. T'.'i d?ficiors of the County F:.!r A:.*ocU*.ions* mst In the office ar tho Chamber ot (pmmcrce Monday' atter ti-'t?. i?5sc::r= tho coming fair. Gr.*?t ? lnt>n*:?t :? shown itt ihe fair for tbh ytor and pian? are being made to mai o it the greatest fair the county has aver hein. M. ?im?'"^- ?r? cppsisi-cS li, solicit subscriptions Thia commit tee ls meeting with great encourage ment and lt ls expected that a large SUA Will be raised. A premium list will ba pnbiiabed tn a few daya. Th# will'be the most complete list o?B$ ottered by this association. The racing purses have always boen j large and this yew*'ltfls hoped to make ?h*ni larger. The directors aro meet ing with great encouragement and thc hope to hays tho ?#xgeft and best fair ke e- held in thissoodaty. j ?. S?SS XK?Ttu? XS?l?e ttl XJOWD?OSV?? ria visiting her sister. Mrs. I*. J. Mi ! linea on Evans St SENATE REPASED MEASURE! WITH FOOLS AMEDMENT STRICKEN OUT SAFE SAILING NOW It is Predicted the House Will Vote Favorably Thereon Be fore Adjourning fBv Associate Press.) Washington, March 28.-Friends o? the cotton futures bill, repasscd by the renate today with the amendments le- . gallzlng cottou pools stricken out, pre-1 iicted tonight lt would pass the house aefore adjournment. It's course in thu bause was smoothed, it ia claim ed, hy the action of the senate in striking out the pooling ngrecment clause? on request nf Senator Smith, af South Carolin!. auvv>r of the orig inal measure. Senator Smith today said he would ?eek in the agricultural appropriat ion bill to obtain Sloo.Oi/D to place on every primary market in the south samples of the government grades ?nd board by the bill, and also ram pies of yaru spun from the various grades. reconsideration of the bill waa then brought about by the stand of Sena tor '?cnyo?, who stated last night niter the measure was passed, that he did >.ot understand lt included thc pc; lng amendment. After Senator Kenyon called up his" motion for consideration cf thc. bill to-"j Hay, he offered to withdraw it upon ' the assurance ot Senator Smith of j South Carolina, that the. pooling am endment would be eliminated- in the i bouse. Senator -Borah, however con tended that the senate would strike out \ tie amendment and,Mr. Smith, declar ing that the pooling clause was not pertinent o the body of thc bill asked j tor reconsideration sud moved to their strike- out the objectionable feature. Thia dene,, the altered measure was passed by a unanimous consent. Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia, *who introducod the amendment, offered no objection. Senator Kenyon stated tho amend ment, to his opinion, legalized pooling', and legalised what the supreme court condemned as violative or the Sherman anil-trust 'law in the Patten case, ; .>| Passage of the bill was a seqttel to years of endeavor on the part ot the Sehator from South Carolina, It provides that no person connected with an exchange.shall send'through the maila matter promoting enforce ment of future delivery contracta un less the exchange reouires all such irairr?ctions tu couipiy with certain conditions, among thom that)contracto must provide for delivery " with de partment ot agriculture. standards. li would require exchantpec to im pose tho condition In future transac tions that if the cotton sold is mid dling or basic grade, and the deliv ery ls of the other grades, thon thc commercial difference tn value must' be paid. At present the New York'ex change has in vogue a fixed difference Ilk v*tn?? nt amarna Ona Killed, Several Injured on Big Four (By Associated Press) West Liberty. O.. March One person, waa killed end ten suffered minor injuries when passenger. train number 3 on the Big Four railroad was wrecked bear here late today. Miss Lou. Koli, aged 46, of Cleveland waa thrown through a window and hrr body Crushed when the car over turned. She was Instantly killed. Ten other occupants of the. car were cut and briused. / FORMER CITIZEN DIED IN GEORGIA Anderson People Informed of Death of Capt. Whit Robinson tn Augusta. General ML L. Bonham, and several other Anderson people were yesterday informed by telegraph from Augusta. Cia., ci th" d=atn -* ru**, ?**, ?-^ inson which o?^ufted in that city yes terday. This wj'.l be sad news to hundreds of Anderson people who know and loved the splendid man. Al though no details were contained in the telegram received hero, it is un d>>ndeod death . was dtuTto appendi citis. Capt. Robinson was a condoctor on the Charleston & Western Carolina railroad at the, time of his death, but when he made hts borne In Anderson be waa running on the Savannah Val ley Hue. ?Mise.A?gs? ??cbissor., woo ia EIS sis ter, made her nora* tn Anderson for a nuinber of years, having teri this etty but rjtcseUy. TRAIN AT COLUMBIA THIRD HOLD-UP IN THAT CITY WITHIN THE PAST TW? TEAKS WORTHLESS HAUL -r- t Robber Boarded Train in Center of City-Special Agents at . Work ch Case (By AssocIa?d Press) Columbia, March?. 28.-Compelling the express messenger to open the safe ?at the point of a feifftver a lona ban dit tonight obtataedHisingle package, of valuables, from.fte Seaboard Air Line passenger tralilKumber 2. bound ?from Tampa, Fla., fo. New York and. tlien pumped from tte train, making ?his escape. v. & Third Bobbery- jp Two Years. . Railroad officiais WA that tho rob Oerry occurred as th* trat ^ was pass ing three blocks. Tfio robber is said to have boarded thd passenger train in the center of thc city. The holdup tonight ls the third Of tip kind within th? past two years. Y??o arrests have l?f>en made m tho two. previous rob beries. ? ? ~.8pecial agenta ofi she express com pany, the southern ?llroad and tho local police arc s?arcjblng tho city and tb? surrounding- cc-uatry in hopos of locating the robbert.*'. 1. ; Bxpreaa m?satageS Freeman, in charge of the robbed car, described the robber as a inA$^medium height, dark hair and saUow^eohlpT?xion. The messenger says thc- robber was mask id. ??HAS Woman Sfffv? War in Gxac haved wi Quincy, III., March 28.-After mas qu?radlng aa a mlBjt'for sixty years, and serving; agja^peldler in Grant's army duringa the. civil war, .'Aihert'* Cashier, who?e oex was discovered at the Soldier's ,4*du)o today was com mitted to an-* insane asylum. The woman-ava? born tn Ireland 7:1 years ago. Ste came - to America as .a stowaway, iel ad In boy's clothes. ?Wien the w??r hroko ~-.r, shs &?*<*ig continued, to represent herself as a mile, enlisted in Company O, Oath Il linois ministry. 8he participated la several, bloody battles and behaved with gallantry. W?en the war closed, she resumed civif life as a warkman until ahe he same helpless to support herself. Sho then entered the soldiers' home where her sex was discovered whllo she was under the care of a surgeon. GUNMEN NAME ACCOMPLICES State that Three Others Shot at Rosenthal on Day of the Murder New York, March 28.-Louis JloBen jberg, (Lefty Louie,) Frans: Clroflcl, (Dago Frank), Jacob Seidenfuer, (Whitey Lewis) and Hairy1 Harwltz, alias (Gyp, the Blood), convicted or the murder of Herman Rosenthal, and awaiting the. electric chair in Sing Sing prison, issued another statement I tonight iii which the claim is mode [that a r.trsnser and,Harry Vs??on a?? Bridgy Webber dhot Rosenthal. Tho statement is a reply to a recent state ment by Webber thnt he had not been a party of the crime, and that ho did not know the strange man'Said t J '.:av? done the'about inp. Y?ayrV Farewell Tour. mt nato, li, *'.. Mare!; -Buffalo j music lovers urn to have the privilege ot lisien hug to Eugene Ysaye, tho world's irrcr.toat violinist, tomorrow evening. Since, his appearance hero a year ugo. Yeaye has won new laurels In a tour of Gto n??i?<"? ?si-? A?; C ralla, i-nd la now giving a serien of farewell concerts in this country prior ito hhs otturn to Belgium i -.????- - - ooooooooooooooooo o o o o o o o io I - o o "CHRISTIANITY^ KELL" Hoar Evangelist C. C. Ware this afternoon ad 4 o'clock at the Cfatfe&bn church* on 1 eC hnaC?anty *s HeSL" T^ro fhw' soioa. Cordial welcome to ali. ooooooooooooooooo [RIP RESULTS ANDERSON WILL GET BET TER FREIGHT RATES IN THE FUTURE ARE MUCH PLEASED Messrs. Sullivan and Ledbetter Returned to City Last Night Entirely Satisfied Messrs. D. A. Ledbetter and' W. A. Sullivan nave returned from Atlanta, ?vhore they went In connection with ne appeal for lower freight rates for Piedmont cities. They report their nlsslon entirely successful and they ire much, gratified with the results. The meeting was held in connection Ai th the representatives from Green- j1 md the representatives of a number of ' rallorads operating in that territory vere there. .2 The appeal was made for tho Pl.?d nopt section to be given as low freight rates as certain North Georgia points, it ls alleged -that freight la hauled through the Piedmont section of South karolina to points beyond at a lower rate than is accorded to points in In Lhfo state. Spartanburg some time igo took this matter up with the In terstate) commerce commission and the question is now before the United Stares supreme Court. Thc representatives of the railroad? promised that if the case was de cided In favor of Spartanburg. Ander son, other cities in this section will he allowed to come in for the same privileges, shd get the. benefit of any reduction. ' Tho railroads also olTcred a new schedule of rates which ia said' tn ho very much of an improvement over the existing, rates and the offer was acknowledged with appreciation. Mr. Sullivan and slr. Ledbetter feel great ly encouraged over the outcome of the trip. End of "America." Now York, March 28.-Tonight will witness the last performance of the musical spectacle "America" at thc Now York Hippodrome. This won aerritt-production., hats enjoyed tinuous. and .successful run since tho opening oj" the great show house last August and will now give place to a big revival of "Pinafore." The Hip podrome will inaugurate a spring sea son with this well-known play and tho management plans to present the larg est chorut that baa over boon heard tn tr;at producion. Oklahoma's Bia; Revival Oklahoma Ciiy, Okla., March 28. Tomorrow will see th? beginning of the great revival meetings Which are to last throughout the month of April. Evangelist Lincoln McConnell of At lanta, 0a., will conduct' the services throughout that time. A large tab ernacle has been erected by the mem bers of the- various churches of tho city, who gave a few boura a day to as sifting the force of competent carpen ters with the work. Th* Wonten'a As sociations havn pl?nned ;r"?c!il ~ork during this revival campaign. .,,-??_' Believed to Have ?'/' Jumped Overboard - Norfolk, Va. March 28.-Mrs. O. Turkinfcon of New York city, who dis appeared from a steamer today while enronte from New York to Norfolk, la believed to have jumped overboard. Her body bas. not been* recovered. She waa coming here In company with her husband, 3 children and her moth er, to visit relatives. Her clothing waa found in her stateroom early to day by her husband. Despondency due tc continued 111 health lu bi ed to have led her to suicide. ANDERSON MAN LOST BROTHER Thoa. W. Wright Killed in Peters burg, Fla., Waa Brother . of WV P. Wright W. v. Wright, electrician at one of tba Anderson mills and weil known i'.?-.Tr,. u . ai ea sigo yesicrc?y from St. Petersburg, Pla., lo UJO ef fect that his brother. Thos. W. Wright, was dean. Prom details obtainable it seems that Mr. Wright was. installing somo machinery in St. Petersburg when a part of lt f?ll on him- He was badly Injured aad lt .waa seen at the time that his condition was se rious. Shortly after being notified that bis brother wss injured Mr. Wright received the sad intollignece of hts death. WBB -.-?--. JO CL King r f ?iOt?"w?f? ?pnn? yester day In tho city on t-uatsess. T V: Jones of Townsite wa* xa business visitor to the city yeatordJ.y. STUBBED ?0 DEATH i - fupil Expelled from Her School Arrested in Concction With Killing (My Associated I'rcsH.) Little Falls. N. Y., March '?H.- Eu Jeue Gianlni, a l?-year old boy Just ?ut of a protectory, ls held by th? -lerklmer county jail as a suspect in .onnectkm with tho murder pf Miss '..ydla, Beecher, teacher in a county lOhool at Poland, whose body was ound In a clump ot woodB at the out skirts of the village today. Apparent y she bad been killed after being at acked. Tho boy, who ha;, been expelled 'rom Miss Beecher's school some time igo, and had been pleading with her [or reinstatement, was reported to tave confessed tonight that he had (Hied her, striking her first with a nonkey wrench and then stabbing her :o death with a knife.. This report to light, could not be officially vorlfted, So we vor. .Miss Beecher was .20 years old, and tiad taught school In Poland for four rears. VALUE OF LAND SUDDENLY RISES! Sand Banks of Cape Henry Very Valuable Since Government Condemned Them (By Associated Press) Norfolk, Va!. March 28.-Owners of properiy at Cape Henry required by the United Blutes for coast defense purposes, today flied a motion before Federal Judge Waddl.U here to set aside tho verdict of the Jury in con demnation proceedings yesterday. - hy 1 which tho land was valued at $180. 104. Tl ir owncra based their motion for a new bearing oh the claim that Ute figure set by the Jury was leas than that property owners valued lt to tht government. , This condition wan resumed by attorneys represent ing tho United States. Tho persons owning the alto value it at ?122.000. Judge Waddill postponed action vutll gr lat?r dato. Tho project?* forifi #?hd. Annapolis and ofhor Important points from attack by foreign war v?asela. Interest Beys ia ?harca. Philadelphia, Pa.. March 28.-~Kf forts have boen mado during the past | week to get the boys interested in tho church* and tho climax will-be roached tomorcw When hundreds of boys will meet In Germantown, where a ?poe?r*. U??V?C? -'f.! - f?r them. The work a "boy con do toward Chris tianising the 'wor?d and ?bi; hz'.p they can bc to their churchea wlli bo spok en of by the Rev. Charles Wesley Bums, who will deliver the principa: address. TRUSTEES WILL MET IN APklL ty Organization Called to j Meei in Anderson on Monday, April 6th An open letter ?to the school trus tees tomorrow in which. the superin tendent of education urges that all tho trustees be present at a meeting Which is to be held in this city on Monday. April 6, the meeting to con vene at noon. The superintendent asks that every trustee be present as matters of general interest aro to be discussed and ?dlaposed of. Quoting from the letter of the superintendent he saya that he desiree the coopera tion of the local trustees "in thu ef fort to make Anderson county the beat' county in the state from an education al standpoint." IA matter of general interest to be decided upon at the meeting is wheth er or not tho plan of having a.super- 1 visor of rural schools for another year will be continued. Thia position ls now held by Miss Maggie Carlington and Miss Carlington bas dono much emvdent work during her tenure of nmoo. The rural schools of the coun ty* Will certainly ba in .favor of con tinuing thia ofBce. 'While this Ui a very busy season of tho year with tho farmers. Mr. Feltrm arecs in n?s Istttr to tho ?r?elca? that they make this small sacrifice for the cairne ot education in Anderson and lt ls. presumed that there will he a ma jority of the trustees IR attendance. Cambridge Won The Famou? Race (By Associated Press) London, March 28.-Cambridge to day won thc eight oared race ects teat eua inst Oxton) The light blue crew bad weight on their side *nd ?rere uniformed, while Oxford had ?sea considered ragged, making them lighter. BREATEST CRISIS 3 {ULSTER MATTER GROWS TO BE COMPLICATED QUESTION PARTIES MAY ALLY |ln Event of-General Election Rad* ?cal Liberals and Labor Party Will Join Hands (Dy Associate Press.) London, March 28.-What has been pronounced the greateat crisis for statesmanship in three hundred years, is timmering over Sunday. Eoth hous es of parliament will train, their bea- . vient guns on tho compKeal-i cues ti?n. Passions arel running high, and country houses where politicians customarily spend th? week ends, are deserted. ' Party leaders are conferring In Lon don and urgent summons have been . sent tu all members to attend. If tho outcome of the cr?ala ia to be a general, election In the near future, the radical wing of thp liberal, party will .fenn a close alliance with the labor party, the coilitlon crystallzlng its platform . Into, tho battle cry "the arist?crata against tho* people.1' Burns for War Minister. Premeir Asquith announced an ar my order (?oday which ia generally considered to have been intended as a sort of charter On which. Field -Mar ina! French and G?nerai Ewart might bo induced to remain In their posit ions. General Body's tnnuro in the otllcc or Ute war minister seems des tined to be of abort duration. The Westminster Gasetva and the Dally Chronicle, foremost among tho liberal papers, aro saying that Colonel Sea ly must relinquish his portfolio. The i name of John Burns ls discussed moBt often as hi? probable successor. That a democratic government could be carried'to such lengths as to ?ive supervision ol tho army Into tho banda of the sturdy character who came to the limelight ?rat.ns s jPHHMHHR would have -been - unthinkable a decade . ttR0, .JCSti^'*^0!*0111^ ?* tDt> 9?bi*er the charter rights and duties which tho government proclaimed tbday ia a tong step toward Ind sume levelling of the classes. All Subject* Inferior. The Panama debate nt Washington, which ordinarily would have been read ' hore with equal interest to which it excites tn the United States, ls paas " ig almost unnoticed pnd even the tfragettes are being Ignored. Tho king's a-.lic:;' aa? a*iUu>u> LU 'st.rg. tao pe?r-l? ??.driSl? Ut gradually becoming known.' Radical ?^borite attacks on Iba Klag for his alleged lnt?f>tctrq(nce lu pollV.os have aubatdeti. Tna King foi low tu iii? minister's advice from the newspaper reports. Tho King and tho members of his court were outspoken in condemning Slr Edward Carson for organ liing the Ulster volunteer army ge though they were a regular military body, end in assuming ore rogativo? hy resscs o? which the rebela natm;d bim'"King Carson." . ' Ultimatum Delbered. Such an offense aa General Sir-Rob ert Baden Powell discovered when he placed his portrait on postage stamps during the siege of Mafeking, ta ah unpardonable sin In the courts. Premier Asquith's ooncllatory statements to The Tlmea, the first In terview wh