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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. President's Appeal For j Change of Policy j Adhered To CLARK PACIFIC Ends Debate for Opposition Conducting Same On High Plane. (By Associated Press) Washington, March 31.-The natlo? u\ house of representatives. tonight, :?ftor one of the moat spectacular legislative struggles in the history of the nation, voted to repeal the provi i ion of the Panama canal act exempt ing American veasels from the pay ment ot toils. The vote waa 247 to K'l a majority of 86 votes, In sufport of thc personal, plea of Woodrow Wil son, president of the United States. The scene in the house when Speak er Clark yielded the gavel to Repre sentative Underwood, the Majority Leader, to defend his course In the grunt controvery probably was unri >;tlis? In the history of American ieg itlation. Never before, within the re collection of the oldest- member, had the galh-ricr been BO packed with In terested spectators. Outside, the .gal leries and corridors were Jammed with i?fnp|M>lntod hundreds. On the floor nearly etvry member was in his seat, i?ven thc senate' had adjourned and bcorea ut senators occupied seats on .lie il**:* lt was1 t* rare political stage setting . th?; this ,'hrong witnesses standing balure theta,, while, republican and democratic members cheered him to. ..n echo, waa tho sturdy framed, silver haired Speaker with roHolullon team ' lug on bia countcnace, his thin Ups clenched tfghtly, his face. pale and norn. L'ehlnd him, pounding for ot t'i'r. \v;?s Mr. Underwood./ Thore irry were r.waitlu;; tbA climax of rh? long . these two leaders of tb? Acm at ty ptirty.' L* adlng the first re /o'i int? tho party venks Blnce democra -y put Woodoov/ WMr.on in the W bite . J louse Iv f .) t??OPO dem ^mnr the '?i:?-i tiure^SBr?prned their iuck of ?hclr immediate leaders and i soluiv ty by tits pr?*.lt??n?t s'?i>rue?hi,ut M?o tv.tire fight wer? lm with the ecene. The interval vas tense as Sn -akar .k commenced to ?peak, und the bist utUrafer, breathing a splvlt of harmony cu-iim-i ii??co*d, ssjvri >g '-ie country ?hat tile president uni! ha,' pcnvmtlly, v.;-r?? at po'ac?, seem..l to t-.prend jorV?r th? assemblage, parik.i . biviy the d'n>o-.ratlc aide ot' tho roust*. | a tcv'iini?;ijf r?;'er, TTZi?J? IVi-n?*ei.'i'H ?O? I* Cr?. At the outset the speaker read hts ; address, but ebon .he cot into his old time oratorical swing and was ham mering home with sweeping ges tures hip deliberately delivered words When he praised the motives of President Wilson ho was interrupted by applause.' Hie emphatic declara tion that with ifc-*>a? w^o cursed him with attempting to disrupt .the party "the wish-.wa1? father.ta v'?*? thought" was applauded by every member on the floor. Tho Bp?akei1 minced no words when he attacked newspapers which he de clared had assailed him in thia tight, ssd in referring to the charge that be wns "bolting ths president" :he ex- | clalme:d . ? "Mreclful. Cod! What an Idiotic1 Throughout the speech there was! . rot a dull moment. Repeatedly he was cheered, and the echoes of the! plaudits rang through the reverberat ing halla of the capitol in frequent} ^S^3?^^B^^^^EEH5555H55E535aw5e3|?B ?me spenser talked calmly when' he referred to the Baltimore conven tion and When he told nia colleagues! bc waa mindful' of the faot?* >I hm cmmael in tBia crisis might muan the] end of his public career, there was? no ovidenee ot regret or ot alarm in his voice or demeanor. !fe Hnrrth Wars'*. . The ?peaker Said he had no harsh weird to speak of any of his colleagues who had criticised him, but he referr ed to ectti? of them-Representative ??cnry who led Ute fight for the clo scntatlve t?lwrley and. Kepreaentatlve iure i ule on the repeal bill; Repre Ilardwlck. Who aided in that fight. Tue house waa rnoved to uproaroos laughter when the speaker said, re ferring to MTV Hardwick: tleorgla la concerned I say: 'Shoo! ? fly. don't boder me, Shoo fly. don t bedder me.' .' - The fly listened attentai*ely to the apeakar'a argument agaiuat the tolla repeal, bis assertion that be believed vue pr?sident was mistaken, his argu ment that the Canadian Pacific railroad and 'the. Tehauantepec Na tional Railway would moat profit by .e toM exemption, and. his eloquent appeal against yielding anything to Wniiiing the interest, to the end, "?he i .-MiVtvci rrmaiiied '. a cwmmandtog fi-1 PHE8IDr.1T WOODROW WILSON <'ornes l p "Smiling After the First At tack ?o Ifh* .Policies by Members nf HI? Own Parly. gure. Interrupted by applause as be proceeded. ('(tmlunion Almost Prayerful, lowering his voice to say: "Now may Almost prayerfully ' he concluded, tbe God of our fathers who nerved 3,000,000 backwoods Americans to fling' their, gage of battle in o tbe face of the mightiest monarch',in tbe /orld, wlio^giildcd the hand of Jeffer son in writin;-. Um clinrter.cf liberty, wno rnstnirt.->d Washington and his ratted army amid the/ blood stained heights of Yorktown-may. He lead members to vete so as to prevent tbts stupendous folly-this unquestionable degradation of the American repub lic.' Speaker Clark had finished. As walked from his place, the house arose Cn' Masse, democrats, republi cans,' progressiv.-??, sHke ??u cheered him. When order could be restored Representative ; Adamson took' the floor to clbsb the debate. Adamson's Speech. Representative . Adamson devoted himself largely to a denunciation- of toll exemption as an economic policy, charactcrzlng il as "mock subsidy" to special interests which have lobbied steadily before the Interstate and for uign commerce commission of ,tpe house for seven years. When bc concluded, Reprer **.,t(ve.| Adamson: callod for a vote? *i ' USh i swept the crowded floor an?. ??ek ed galleries as Speaker ( ia:*k announ ced a vote on the "third reading and engrossment of the bill." ?M-?bl?csp ie.id-jr Mann demunded a roll call"and thr first record- vote on thc^Hjijrur on,a preHj A round. of cheers and aprlause greeted the announcement of this vote hnd scarcely had it subsided when Representative O'Shaughnessy, of F??d3 Island, secured r?cognition and presented the motion to re-comum the bill, propared b> a conference of leaders dnnoaori ??? thc rs^s??rc.. On this motion, with its reservations of the right of the United States to* contral the Panama Canal zone, the anti-repeal forces polled their ?argea?, j vote. The motion was ' defeated, tf? io 1?6. The democratic leader?. Bp???t'2' 31. clark*, and Representative Under wood, carried 61 of the'.- democratic colleague? with ti?u oh the vote. All but '13 of Ute Republicans voted tor the motion, and two progressives stood with the antl-ropcal forces. Tho defeat marked the rally of the onti'-repeal forces. The last rool call waa. on the final passage of the bill, lt wa? ?=?"??? ?^ith i-s house in disor der and general confusion preva lent. The Vote. The vote In the house tonight on the passage of the Sims bill to repeal tbs toll exemption provision of tho Panama canal act wa* ,247 "ayes" to 161- "osiy**and one "prestnt." Ot those voting for redial of the measure, 220 are democrats, 26 are re publicans ass 2 ?r? ^rft^rr.-at--;,, Of those m opposition to repeal, 62 are democrats, ?2 are republicans and 1? are progressives. The follo?.'tng South Carolina rep resentatives voted for repeal: John son, Byrnes, Leter and w?ie'.0i . rnese for'teJl? e*.?*!*!p?ien: Alkcr,, BOU, Byrnes, L*?var, V.I ml ey, Aiken and Ragsdale and Finley voted with the opposition. fostofftes Clerk Arrested*, Stole $20,0001 Harrisburg', ^Mafch 31.-William R. Baum, ? mall clerk, in the Harrisbure uosio?nce, waa arrested today charged with having stolen $20,000 from the. mails. It la alleged that two pavkages ?sch . containing 610,000 In currency, wore'taken from tbe mails on July. E. lois, and the money was sent to a' bank In New York.' nardo Calero, brother of the former Mexican ambassador to the United State?? Manuel Calero, wax found not. guilty of being a spy tn the employ of the Huerta government by ?. Con- \ stM.utlonalist court martial In Ma eWtas t ed* ' Increased EadewaientR. New York, March 31- The Rocke feller Instituto for medical research j announced tonight that John DJ ?vscks?s??ir n?d'ao??a fl.ooo.OOO ?o the eaNSOwm***-of th? Instituto, to be de\x>ted tn animal diseases. PROPOSAL OF SIR EDWARD GREY RECEIVED WITH SYMPATHY SUPP?RT?D BY ALL Viscount Morley Decided Not to Resign a?. Lord President of the Council (Dy Associated Press. London, March.31.--A parliamentary t writer observed a few days ego: "Thin amazing government seems to thrive on ita blunders," and the net. result of a crisis without parallel m ?Hondera limes baa IKVU that the ue bato oa tlie second reading on the ? ; home rule was resumed today in an j atmosphere of excitement. , Even the moderate liberals are an- J ipRseo^ .- . [ Hence UK- proposal of Slr Edward , Gray, secretary cf state for,foreign af-- - I fair's to tho house of commons toa^y t of a Fode??\ system o? government for l \ the. P.rltlsh Izleo, as a .solution of thc a 'difficulty, which he put forward In a ? ccScilatory .speech, has been received 1 on both sides.of thc house with great / sympathy, and it is believed will lead ii lo the renewal of negotiations be7 tween ?he front wenches for the ar- v rangement of au acceptable csspp?dr t mise. a Opinion both inside and outside of parliament, ' supports a settlement of j the federal basis, and a meeting of J about fifty membern ot tho bouse, rep rcseuttng irythe parties was hold today to discuss thc Question. ' Viscount Morley's decision td resign as lord president of the counsel pleas es thc liberals, and nt h's advanced Ss?i lt would have meant bis penna- c net retirement from politics, and the f rmriy would hate to sec the veteran 1 statesman retire under a cloud. Governor O'Neal Completely Absolved .. joinery, Ala., March 31.-Oov crnorx Emmett O'Neal wnu empi?te!;' ?utsuired today by a grand jury that investigated public charges made upon him by Theo. Lacy, formerly an of ficial ot the state convict department and uow under sentence ' for ember* .nt of the department's funds. Tlii g?B?? jury's,report, presented to j J .?r,ds? A?Ksiead Brown, was aa fol-"' town: "The grand Jury begs".tb report af ter investigation they aro unable to Sud any evidence connecting Governor Emmett O'Neal with the Lacy defalca tion." Thet grand pury Investigation was made at the instance of tho governor, who vigorously denied statements tnode by Lacy. Five witnesses, In cluding Lacy, worn examined. Safecrackers Looted North State Postoffice Charlotte, N .C., March 31.-Safe crackers secured a thousand dollars ? -Ps and money from ?>^? peet' ndlema?, X. C.. this morn ing at 2:so ?. m. says s special from that place An attempt was made to blow open the vault of the Peoples Lank, also, but beyond defacement of the doors, no damage was done. Iteadjustmeet et Raliway Mall. Washington, March 31.-Readjust ment of the railway mail service has ?deitaken by the postoffice . tment. to meet reductions In train service on many railroads', lt j fi tta* ?H52?2*irf ?eday ?Jint second j ?i Assistant Postmaster- Hen oral Ste-in I Momhynch fyegro Girl She Had 1??ed Young White Man -Act of Cringing Barbarity -Jailer Overpowered (Hy Associated PresB.) MuskoKec, QH\n , March 31.-Mario Scott, a negro* woman wlio killed lemuel Penco,- n youug white mar?, Sunday hy driving a klnfo into hin in-art, waa taken out of tho Wagoner l ounty jail eanty today and hanged to ti telephone Pflfc The mob o ver po w ?ri't? the iallerythrew u rope over tho woman'* head and drugged her oe* of the Jail. . A knock o* tap Jail door aroused the -Ioepini; jaikfH, alone in tl?p office. A voice outsi&.aald an offlvcr was there with pruners. The Jailer op ined tlie dour wad faced twelve revol vers'. He wa? abound quickly and his keys taken. - Tlie mob peile;! the screumlug wo man from hfcjf Cell, tied a rope about 1er neck anafragged lier to a tele phone pole, antics; from the jail. An i!our later the sheriff cut down the lead body. j. Tho county attorney has started an investigation .g^?w lynching. VIARKEIWECREASE IN P?N? PRODUCTS Several Thousand Barrels Less This Scacon Than Daring Thc?Frevmue * (By Asm&tWe'd Press) , Savannah. qt^H&irph 31- ? mark? d !""rrar ir. th,-- ntsvvinpni o? rosin oj d urpentine throSHHne Savannali nu ?' Let was recor4w[9artag the 1 913*1'* . ave! stores trwrog season ending at o'clock this atlj?rnona. Receipts of ur p. atine vero by lft.687 barrels 'ian in rbi? sais? season of 1012-15, nd rosin \Mcd$p?decli?ied ?? t,:?81 bar els. Tho out ?r.enr. show ?1 a decrease oi ?,;. iyp..ose?is of tur tentinc. and ';4.-t- ; r.- 'is of roiln ust year, v/hlteaK?E?&cks declined ,211? burrel . .j ft-citlatson ?a C?rrencV" -Orders' prohibiting further .clrcula lon' ?if so-c?U ?j" "Villa currency," verb' received here today from . Ser pl? Aurlerrle, secreiary',of the treas ivy fer thc Carranza, cabinet,, who nstructed constitutionalist officers in igba Prieta to trasmit them tu all asurgent officials in Sonora. The principle reason ff?r th-j ornera /as said to be the- IscuancR t?v conn srfsiters or bogus "Villa" bills mounting to l.OOo.oOO pesos. Fifty Thousand Men Thrown Out of Work (By Associated Press) Cleveland, March 31-With few ex eptiocs every Ohio coal mino closed ?night Indefinitely. It is estimated kat 5O.CO0 mop arc thrown ont of mpIoymenL The last legislature en c id a law to pay niinerB on a run-of he-mine basis, instead of on the pre ttied, screen' payment plan and this tv/ caused the present shutdown. Although the new wugo system oes not become effective until May 5. operators: .refuse to 'renew- wage o!?tr;c~ v.hich expire- iv?iurrow nu llconditlomibecomemare il wage conditions become more set led. discriminatory Freight Rates to S. C. Points To Be Reduced j-- ? (By Associated Press.) CoIumbla> March 31.--Revision ot ire freight rat*" affecting shippers ot oath Carolina ls expected by trunk operating in the ??uto, according > l?if: rviurnj; of rail roan rvmcuus to io railroad commission in reference > charges of discrimination in favor f North Carolina and Georgia points, 'he proposed adjust raoul .ls supposed j include revision by the inter-state omeroo commission of raten from the lost to Southern points and a revision y tho railways of rates .from the <rfeiit to Bouth Carolina destinations. Charges that trunk libes operating r thia state discriminate in favor of :ortb Carolina and Georgia shippers, led with ?be railroad canss?issk?ji. ure old by Secretary Darby of the liasion to he tacitly admitted ln tl ?turn ut the railroads to the' coi ?ahit. Hon. Champ Clark ol" Missouri Plioto copyright'?y American': Pros* Association. Speaker of the House of''Representatives Who Made a Speech U on the Floor Tuesdav Continued Coiiflicting Reports Concerning the Victory of the Respective Forces Contend ing in Battle in the Beleagured City tiiy ?Raociii?i'? Press) Juarez. Mex.. March 3V.-This city ?.as thrown into u high excitement late totiuy when it waa reported thal rorreou had fallen,. but tho roport [ailed -of verificvation or donia). Rebel officers telegraphed to Gomez Palacio, ashing General Villa If the news was true. Tho operutor there replied that ho was tinder orders to r.".ri:.;;.!; E? ?ictwagoa pf any Kind. General Carranza paid that ho re gretted that he could not confirm thc roport, and other officials had thc mme reply. The first report waa that Marion [.etcher, United State? consul nt Chi luahua, had-transmitted to William ?, Bryan, secretary of stute, n report ?rcm George' Carothers, rice consul ?rho had beeb ut tho front with VII --:rr"r;r. v.'?? vuplin^d ut i : )'clock this afternoon. On tho heels of. this ~3ine rebel of ?clal telephoned to Gie offices of l\??x co and Northwestern I'.ullroad here hat the capitulate of the Federals n-as nfno.t?*lly ??n50unced. Thc ruir. irs spread rapidly, and In a few mo nents tn o streets leading to the *ele ;raph office were jammed. At tho ntcrnational bridge there war, a cou inuous stream of Interested persons pouring in from El Paso, and orders ?ero issued that all Ve Searched ror veapons. The saloons which were or lered reopened last night, were again ?loecd today. ^ So' fonnrnsMjon. That something was wropg with the iowa o?r?an to bo Hu?i>coted when re >el officials were observed among the i&t&crs for. Information. Singly an.t in groups they returned frcrh: v?Sm?l ^'arranza's office shaking; their heads, md wont to the telegraph r^ee. Her.' no, verifications were lacking and II ia|ly Frederico Gonzales Garcia tcl ?graphed directly to General Villa on - ly to he.Informed by the operator trat his message could not he handled: The andie Incident left the Inipre - Mon Gmt thal ?omotiiiug of Impor ajpCe ??aa taking placo In the south, and lt was hoped that official an nouncement of victory merely was be ing deUiyed\for a purpose only known to Villa. A telegram froth Villa to General :'-nrran/a sent tills morning and giv en ?Jut this afternoon, felicitated Car ranza on his {welcome to Juarez and said that Villa hoped to announce thc surrender of Torre?n In a few hours. Another telegram, purporting to como from villa, sold he was meeting with -desperate resistance in attempting io take tlie general barracks, the last po sition held by Uie Federals and was about to dyuamlte buildlnra tr? it?? ncfehborttcoa, so ho could use lila ar lin ;ry. Tc legra m Sel f . ( 'o nt rad lc tory. _ Washington. ?J. C. MnrH. at - "i iiree off?elal.i telegrams were rc ...J o? ?;;r. 5^?tS dcpsrir/iiciii ?uu?giii from . Consul Hamm, American .diplo matic represan, alive at Durango, Mexico, concerning tho reported cap ture of Torre?n by General Villa', forces. When they had been dorfoh ored officials expressed the =pinl'>n that Torreon had not been taken. The ilret two messages were dated* yesterday, and reported that tile fed erals were evacuating Torre?n. The third telegram, however, dated today, explained that th<i previous messages were "premature and unreliable.** lt that large Federal relnforce mcnis. were arriving . at Torre?n "from the east," It wa? explained that strong federal reinforcements fro Torre?n left Saltillo Santrday morning ?nd were scheduled to ar rive ?1 .fnwMMt ?-?;!-h? Wilson Was Gratified*and Hungry fBy Aftsoclate* " Washington, Marc} Wilson was at dlnne mit of tho vote was vas grail fed, but nts In the senate the 'erred to Ute comm! iceanic canals, of. VGcrman.of New Vo >pponent of the measi Deflator O'Gomisn sal .all PK meeting of th< 'resident tho re :cd. He orara ent. mediately to confider the bill. That there w?t be a fight In the. committee is.certain.- Senator Owen in leading the fight for the president there. I Will. Ms NS aa Great Britain Road. N?u: V?I-U M-Tch 51.-Harry Thorn-1 - ton, an American, choseu to manage one of the great railroad syst?me of ?.??,.> i . . ni. sailed tonight on . the L.U8!t"au!:i> He will bo general man lager of thc Great Kastern railway. ran May Succumb Masked Men Took Wife-Murder er From Jeil and Stabbed Him Repeatedly Aj (By Associated Pr^ss) Santo Fe, NT; N., March 31.-Twon iv masked men took Adolfo Padilla, charged, with murdering lila wife, from tito B?nte I'.. county pall to the DearejM onrndr &<day and stabbed him. ropoutouly. rta will probably die. Tho party overpowered tho jailer and taking'hts keys, opened Padlllo's cell mid dragged him out. The mob quietly dispersed, leaving, l'ndlllo nearly deud in the street. Relativen of lim wife found her dying ot the home of her motlier last Sat urday. Hor throat hud been slashed with u ror.or und both wrists cut. Enlist Steamships To Trace Missing Man I(By Associate Pres*.) _ New Ye*k, March ai.-Wireless sta tions at Sea (lute, the Brooklyn navy big ships- at sea which they could uqi ll" ipi M trono'} nj }oa 'uAptuojfr yard and the Bust terminal In South resch, In an effort to flndSgace of two young men, Thomas Jordan, lil year? of age, and Clarence Brown, -72, who loft their club on Gravesend Bay. at noon Sutidav in ?? s!?rhtcen" foot tai boat. Reports, can? back that no trace of tue bout had boon found. Reach of all the waters' In that re gion was fruitless, and lt waa decided' to .ask Un wireless station to enlist steamships in tba no.H. Power of Master Mind Unusual Case Psychological Sub* jection of Owe Man to Domi _niftJtion ni Ajr^*^-*** tlinary physchomgl?kl study of the R*ilij??.'t!u?? one .->nii io tho domi nation, of amy her, of a man named Salvator E. Gatts, who blindly fal lowed Saltta's dictation. .So coovin liigly wes the story that Catto told of ils career as Saltta's slav?' tba*'after tho . Jury had rendered its verdict ? udge Sw an n ss td : "Qatt?? pnlpel?>b!y ivzi become aa automaton under the .influence of a master mind. Unquestionably heh ss reit the ' irrealst able compulsion to perform whatever act he was bidden lo perform. The case developed an Instance In real life of one person be ing enslaved by tho Influence ot a mperior mind." Saltia waa r?n ?rial fer having dur>o?? Kalian lenton^ growers Into sending 'onslgnments of fruit to u dummy 'lim, using the name of Catto and ending tho exporters to believe'it to JR the old and well known comn lion house of Fe rd jut and Catto of this :lty. , ' v Saltta made Catto sign for the con? itgnments' and thou, turn them .over o bini. "Osc? bc strr.ok mc/ uatto ?esU led. "1 started to cry and he drove, ne but of his office. That same day ho nade me pawn my watch for $120 md bring him the money. ti? could nake mo do anything he wanted. T. "ish* knew it -?,-rariS, bul i:d ao ic ust the same." n'?icur the verdict was announced; Jatto slunk out of the court room lobbing. . . Life Imprisonment ' ^ For Killing Woman ???h ?cago. March 31.-John B. Koetn era today wa? found guilty of mun l?rinx Mrs. Kinma Kraft ot Clnein latti, and his punishment was flexed t life imprisonment Koetters killed, les. Kraft in a Chicago hotel tn No ember 1912, with a hammer, after! btalning. possession ot her money, Passenger* Ride Free ^ Ur- t,.5?Rc UK a oieaq (By Associated Presa) Toledo, O., March 31.-Thousands et ilizens or Toledo '4day continued to ide froo on cars operatwl by the To .do Pull way and Light Co., tho cit* > olicitor having advised the passag ers to refuse to pay a cent of fara f more than three cents as provided) y nn ordinaire that ..*eeut}y went toto) ffect, and the company declining to econ* *syi&!a ( i,ut a raiv&ffl ve cents. Person who Insisted vhs ley - would pay no more than tl? ?reo peats fare.were allowed to ride -ec, the co m pe ny declining to reoag-. ixe th? ordln?nr. brea litigan on has been mit