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VOU . 1 NUMBER 78. '" "zi^S7~ ? l l ! i i -;- 1 ^ _ PRICE FIVE CENTS. tS.00 PER ANNUK ? WAR SECRETARY DEMANDS RETRACTION FROM PAL METTO EXECUTIVE MAY; MISS MSLITIA Encampment Depends on Wfcath Sooth Carolina "Comantler in-Chief" Backs Down (Special Correspondence) Washington. Df C., April lt - 8ecre.M tary of War Garriaon tonight, slated fl that unlep.? he had ? reply, from Gover nor Blosue hy tomorrow morning to the Boeretary'a recent communication '? concerning the jcncucipmcnt at Isle I of Palmn, 8. C., cn order would be ? issued . designating another state for tho encampment, that South Carolina localities have bo^n so anxious to ob lata: It wa? stated that the troll hie began sveral days ago, w'vsa Governor Blesse on April f>. wrote Secretary Garrison a letter, which the. latter considered of fensive, demanding tb know^by what authority tho war aepanment prceuut* . cd to send troops into South C uro U?a .without consulting' the governor. Assuming that the Governor ob jected to the sending ot the-troops into?the State Secretary Garrison ia ?ned ha order designating another _ _- -i V T-1? - -irvnaipurom. u^wn ??re request of Representative Whaley, Mx? Garrison, held up this order tempor arily. In thc meantime. Governor Bleeds 1 telegraphedt&? d?p. f .tmentffchat he<ep. prtped the sending of the Militia to the Isle of Kalma. Secretary Garrison wired tba Governor in reply asking it the lait?'r'e telegram was intended tq auperi?e?e aJs .?eM*.' of April ?, i? which the gove??ier replied in the neg-; v This mchha ihr-t nniesB a saUsfac tory reply i? received by the war de partir.iftit by tom?i.-ow morning, ?? encampment will be lost to aay South Wj;^ Carolin? point. The secretary of war is wai ? 25icrs5i?5 lp-thc <a?ite? z* \fe three canins?le? ol' militia which fail ed tn Meeri3?? r?UlUrr.nicj>tH ot tho ??.?.'..department"- H ts stated that these .V companies are simply hot recognited by She* government aa a part of tba >organized militia and the question of their being muhtcred ont is entirely in ?he hesp?s of thc State anthovlttes. mm sirai ot sin ON COTTONSEED FiBURES Measure Pivavides Tba* Statis tics Be Gathered By the ? ^:,;v.v.-: ?urea-* (By Aoaociatod Presa) 1 Washington. April 17.-F.s>presonta live l*v*f taddy tasde an argument ^<|^j^B?e the ?Jodie coram itt oe on the cens?a In?faVor of hie hill requiring tho csnstip -h^hsati to repo.'t on the qua ?i -i; y ribbon seed purchased abd deltrer?? lo^eotiA-.-? nil tallis ?sch year, the quantity crushed, the q?nirr. of fiCC*d various products -on j tea. Mr. Lever luid? j f this kind ia needed '? teeolatkm nod specu-Y th?? prices of cotton j; ducts. "The value nf} celle-; com ir the eonst ?..... I AS TO ORDER TO MUSTER OUT THREE COMPANIES IS QVIT? CAUSTIC Say? He Ooean'tBeUeve the Man euvers Were Planned For Any- j diing S arnoff ' Speelnl Corroanoudence. Columbia, April 17.^-tn discussing' the ,;nia$W&.o?v;Gie wrang>-? with tbe yamjBi&rtmcnt over G?. proposed mustering out of somo ouipanlos of State militia, Governor BlcaaV made , the following statement: It seems to me. and T feel that I am Justified in presuming, that there somebody ia Washington connected with the War -Department, who is In ?jjMluactioi. with somebody else en deavoring to injure me politically. 'Il inrtner "se?ms to ?ne, ???.u U?c "made. ..day niter day that I influence in the*National Ad ioh. e^'JfJMpaeSntora Tlll and smith" have ienUre e?ptroi atl th Carolina matters, that they! most^sur^dly should have influence' icSviqia' ??~ oriB5 ;???? cViOt?ijinrr?i i? our State, and. I would like to know what part they have taken in thia, matter, particularly the Junior Sen Kor. As stated in ray letter of the 9t 1 haye not been consulted at all In rteforenco "to.- ibis matter by any one in authority,. The Secretory ot War I hss ; ignored Ki3ie,<mtjrely io It, not-1 ^^^^i^ tbs Conatl- I anyliody el ac. l^teas^^a^ Individ ?" i res^ateid..! vernor or South carolina, age* this political attempt, through preja- j Attie, to help another by ignoring me, j will prove of. no.benefit uo that crowd. . Mr, Garrison absolutely ignored my of 'April 5, m:ti hr manner or form, by v/Jrc, hy U*?^p*rnS otherwise. Indicated that he did not - his failure to reply tn. my letter has indicated th^t he intended to tr-si? ino! with discourtesy, and therefore ? am to pr?sume that he intended then and intends now to ignore inc. I Shall iwt withdraw my letter of April 9 until Mr. Garrison assures me that; he did not intend to bo discourteous ] to the Governor of South Carolina, the ccn-.?tiaaUer of her State .Militia. If the Secretary of Wor had taken this matter up with me officially and prop. Orly, there would never have been any hitch, nor would there have been any reason for this controversy, but bia absolute ignoring of me demanded bf me, as I sea it, to uphold the dignity ur my Slats, and t have no apologies to mak> to Secretary bf War Garrison, oi' anybody elsa, for having so done, j ? ? ?1**/ v? M > *.rxx Tuto neu ver is but a bleu*, anyway. 1 be- i mto?&r it is slmpiy a mobilUailon ot tbvtroops to have them.m Charlestoni under the pretence of an encampment*1 where if they are needed they can bb [ hurried oh to transports and ranked} to. Mbr??o; without further notice of \ pwy-v. : ? would advise the I Sour wa boy* before they go to' cu iovoriRider'fcltt whether lt { . ' :?ic' battle-fields in Mekfeo that Smith karolina will gladly ?raL1 Jbit I do on. I want a hose who vol ir^ ?preparation abd. bid good tmer to their fain i ones. I here al talecramS and let An Attempt on His Life. Similar to That Upon Life Of Late Mayor Gaynor, Was Made in the City Hall and the Bullet Found a Mark in the Face orney Polk v?'?<$< (By Associated Press) automobile. The mayor N nat in the who had boen standing on the triage Hew York. April 17.-In an attempt middle or the bacK aw, with Mr. Polk ol' a crowd attending a noon meeting Intake the life of Mayor John Purroy on his right and George V. Mullan, the of the unemployed and tho Industrial Mitchell today. Michael P, Mahoney, mayor's former ; Igff/Jjpu-tncr, on his Workers of the World, saw that Mayor aa apparently Irresponsible.' elderly Mt- Standing'-!ffjH?,'a H>V fret ot Mitchell was within a few feet of map who later said he was a black-' Mahoney was Po*>i|e*?|minlRsioner Ar. of him. As the mayer took his seat smith out of work fired into a group of thur H. Woods. Waa'fran walting for Mahoney drew a revolved frmnl bia ot three men aeatedTri the mayor's au. the r??au fleur lo Tto <he c*r, cost pocket and fired, tomoblte at the east side of City Halt wending to Bit b .?;: ?ie driver. Acc?.-dlng to lils own story. Mahoh mf?*' .Mayor Questtdwc Mahoney. "y had tried to Kee- the mayor lust vv1'" !' - nuit?? list Lanver * . .. Monday, but had not been ablo to get T? h..iiT!n?^^ . ?B *00V,l?he^sfeU,f,lMr Polk ??? ?atervlew. His idea, he said, was r %J? TU^?Mn?e??,Ff?w hS? ro?e?^ Vil?mSg<*A*on M*yor to criticly Mayor Mitchell for ?o* w?? M?t^I^^'^^ ' vS?h MUchel went to the nalke station and travagant expenditures" of l.t. ad?ala. Polk was ukin into the city hall and- J Why did yon shoo^t me? . he ask. Joh afterward to a hospital, where, lt was (ed- The prlsoner^ilswer was lnco- His , repulse embittered him. and said, the wound would not prove fatal, lurent and to the eftet .that be had when ho came back Wednesday it was -?ilv^?- An nothing to say. tfcwarlng before his wlth'the intention of killing the roay M??S?^?^w.?l^y f-i?* tl' ?astlobers. i?e see$3hardly to know or. He thought better of his purpose .i^nvpontfv?-. ?Ittrif* w^at toe ftaa don.. . ffc wore a ragged however, and deferred the attempt. To. grieved *t the;<5?fJ?,iecu^es ?traA- ^ y white beard>nd was clad In dav ho determined toTact. agant expenditures,' and because he tn.antn* cUu. . i . . . . ... wasnnceuatni ?; - 7Zf-czi? -r -?^b *V "lun* BUU* .1 Mahoney appeared to be agitated by dience with the mayor" on two oeca?] ; Wffiiie ino . IM^MHr*; w ?nc ?ilv?^ i? ?*>? GW??? ~\ Gof tor ?ions this week, when he came to np- ??*rn the man's, nagsfg, which h? per- to. take tho police commlBsloflersblp. ply for a nrrtniclpal job Slstently . refused ;to4glvp, a Jostling Two letters were found In his pocket. . . crowd packed the/pls&aand frequently "Ho knows less about police work Would-be Slayer reetfifc cried:>> ''Where's j??asassin? lynch a8 m?ch aa a j^y of tweive or four Maboney firod only one shot. Before k'jlml'' teen/') was ope disjointed statements he cvui? iiru R ?cCv?s ?ic ^rj?5 evi" J ' "Tht; n"'??rvrJ"1^- Aj*u.*^ ?"? "-Par?? ls ?**ter*. r*'Ar?!fi2 to Oo?ose! conte by Detective George Neun, who, j Row was, to tal-,e the inayofo party to Goethals, and continuing: " Also in the capacity of chauffeur was ad-.Jluivbh. In thirty seconds the ear would knows lots of engineering as twelve or Juittng the robes about the men in the 1 have started; At- ih&jt-'tlcas. Mahoney, fourteen years old boy." AMY COMPROMISE WITH HUERTA > FORCE MEXICAN DICTATOR TO SHOW FRPPER :P.eyprgt AR? ?N? STREPES (By ABociatcd Presa) .Wnell?ngtou, April 17.-President Wilson today flatly rejected General Huerai* a ?lis?^t?on for a "almulta* neons sainte" to the American and Mextc?a flags, Informing him that the 1 Sifctec ?a?!d'jj?>J5i cn apteral corapWiaee with the original demand "^y5^i?'*dmlral May?>," mude April S ta a'WriUen communication to General Earagoaa? Immediately after the. ir rest of American bluejackets at Tam plin. Heir Fred for H nerta. The Washington government . In formed Huerta that hts wish for sun1' ultnneoas firing bf the salutes was un tenable, and that a sainte of 2 i guns? aa demanded by Rear Admiral Mayo, would be insisted on, the manner of returning tho salute to be lett to tie American admiral, who had agreed to Sra; aaa tb the Mexican flag. Naval pre?eceat showed no "simultaneous ?a/ i: .cr had been fired lu apology. Sar afc on'cnoe. ? No reply to the lett American note, trabsmllted througn cia< ? ad been received up to late ' ty, and no orders to tbe American . floats to Blow down or torn back ir*, issued. "^A Hew Olieb Lltely. Uitistration officials considered, sin point at issue-the exchange ?'.had been settled. .They jre~ "haggling over details," Iclal expressed lt, not likely -an adjnatment of the cen tro veray. They believed te?.eaiwwaa^ over? bat ia. view ?f the baSatdoscopic c?dmgea ot tba last three days, said they would net be surprised if the bitch over details beesaa* SOT?OUB tvgahi. TI _i nil fi in mmtvi ilimail llllldw that 21 gun salute 1? fired tor tba stars ??i5"-?S?ipa?v ?P zs^i? ia ?steowl edgement will bc- fired to the-gfif the Mexican people-and - not to the Huerta administration, or any govern. mern or individual. ?u e?iniL-uuju with tho purpose of tbe American govern ment to fire a return sainte, the navy department gave out the text ot Rear Admirar Mayo's original dmaad as'fol lOWS : Mayo's Kote to Mexican.. "Tbts morning an officer and squad of men of Mexican military forces ar? rested' and / marched .'through the streets of Taranico a cotaanlsaioned of ficer of the Ua'led State* na*7. the paymaster ot the Dolpbtoi .together with ecven men compostasse, crew of tlte whaleboat of tho Dolphin. At oonccrn*d were unarmeo. ana th? iln>c of tfaJLs arrest tho oftleev aid engaged lb load In i; ca.x?B ot guwjllne ?which had been, psrehased on abor/;. Part ot tho wen were on the bhore. but one man In the boat, were forced to aecompacy the Mexican rsoldlara. "I do not need to tell yoe $nat tax ing men iron* a 001/ flying the United States flag is a hestile act net to be excused. ?*." already have reeftviad y?nr ver bal messes? of regret rbat' this event haa !happend and your statemedt that j it Was committed by an ignorant ot is cor. "Tbe responsibility for a hostetet| cannot be avoK>e? - by: the pies or j Ignorance. "In view or the publicity ot ibla occurenco, i niusi require thai you ?end by suitable .members nf your stag formal disavowal and apology for the act, together. wHh your, assurance that the officer yesponslbl? for lt Will re coirc sctcrs punishment A:Sp th it you publicly holst the United States flag in a prominent position oa snore; and. salute tt v.-ith 21 guns. The sa \vAr v.-HI he returned by this ship, should reach inc, and the called .for "Your answer to tl;la oonimnnlaatton salute be fired, wit^thv 24 hours frpr slr p. m. of this date." Demand Mudineo. Secretary Daniela, a few days ago, j said Rear Admiral Mayo modified his < 4s&a?d somewiiat, saying he- would ! not Insist on having tho salute fired While'' the American- flag way notated, on ; >-, ami won; hjfied .lt the sohlte wds to the flsg -in B ' ( iisplcuous rilace" either ot? the j mast of theDolphin or n Mexican gdn- ? There was niuuh-discussion about j tho propri?ty of returning Huerta's salute, - because of a navy regulation, j which reads: "No salute shall bo fired m honor of (any nation, or of any otflcitsl of any nation, not torma?ly recognized by tho government of the United States. COUP1JE ARE BOUND ! AND BURNED ALIVE Mystery Of Double Murder and Fire Baffles Police of South Dakota CotofryatJe (By Associated Press) Geddes, 8. D., April 17.-The bodies of W. H. Mensis-, manager ot the far mer?' Lumber Yard here,-which was burned last night, and his bookkeep' er. Miss Blanche Signal, were found today in the debris ot tho yard Ofjiee. "Mist Signers feet were tied with a wire and her hands wired behind ?her. Her skull had peen crashed with a hammer, found ;i ?ar by. Mesilla's were wixw" ipa*"1 ' was found on'one wrist; the ether cad wWs broken. ' His skull bad S*een Uve for'the murder has.beeb dlscov ermi. Mr.. Menxio and Mies Signal were layt seen allva when they weat to the o?*-? about 8:3? last night to do r.riri ~?:riu Mles ?H^? sgreed to meet her mother at 9 o'clock. Ibo tire was discovered at ,11 : SD, but A. S WALDEN JK^LLED HIM IN LOCAL HOTEL BY DOSE OF LAUDANUM GAVE ??D# AWAY 1 Want Body Sent To M?dical) College," Said Note, Then Took Fatal Pose Without relative? and without friends, almost penniless and pre sumably sick, A. S. Walden of Oreen ville committed suicido In the Chi qttola hotel here by drinking lauda num some time between ? o'clock Thursday night, and noon yesterday. The bodjr was found yesterday after noon a? n . o'clock and st tba was cold and stiff, establishing the ?mci tua; tue suicide had beeb deed for some time. The matt was in room Bl at the bo. tel and when'the chambermaid could not gain outrace to the room yester day afternoon she reported the mat ter , to Um c??rk. T clerk instruc ted her to go through the window from the writing room and then the gruesome find was made, the body being in a natural position on the bod. with tho hands folded across the breast,, as though In slumber. Wednesday night during the njsjl at the desk following the arrivai ?Ot tho evening train the man presen himself at the desk and told the cl that ho waa i^b^a?htag ;taat Jhe sent to a room nt once. The cl did not ask tho stranger to r*glisler. { aa lt was seen that he was Ul. and tajAr?ui sent directly to room GI, phy lng for. lils lodging before he went up. Ho did not come ont - for any meal, hht had a few glasses of bat ter mita eent do to him from time to Uine. ,-Ho "Vas next seen when he came out of hts room at noon and ^??kcd ?irougS ?h? KA?7 of the botet and again at 7 o'clock in the evening he earner down and paced np and down before th A hotel o*?ee o'? twlc*. He then returned to his ro?m ???A V??S not seen again while alive. When the maid discovered the man dead the coroner waa ?ummoned and he in turn called for Dr: J. C. Harris IThe physician made an examination of tho man and stated that lt was clear case ot suicide. Kn a few minutes after the physician had rend , r .i ih?.- opinion, ie the search of the maa!p pockets, the following letter was found: "I have no relatives and my, wish ia that yon send my body to tho Med. Cc? at Atlanta." It ts tslton of .court'? that , the two abbre viation* stand .ar "Medical College " ie letter waa written1 on Hotel- Chi m?la stationary and was Itt a wy sgible hand. Purtbor eeerch ot the sn's pockets revealed a bank book id ?0.00 tu chiince. No other, money judd lio found. In appearance, the man differed little from doacnu of laborera to bc met on the st root any day, aside troy. thc tact ?hat he was . cripples, nfc right ! lefonned sod f'tghtly ahortej o ?cf* One of bis hands , wa? also crippled by rheuma tism: He seemed to he between 45 and GO'years pt ago. A search of the effecta of tho dead man showed that his name was A. 8 Walden abd that he had been making hiv DUUin iii \3rcrri?V??ic- . "? n?? ? number ot nay tickets from the Poo Manufaetm? >/ Company ot Greenville for a num; . of weeks, but these sud HOM stopped in January. The next record ot any employment wa? found tn two pay envelopes from tho Amer! can Spinning Company. Other papers in his bank book showed that ho hoarded with a man named J? A.| Brown in Greenville and there worn frequent entries showing where he bad paid hie .board **> B?>*n The note ?aid thatthe dead mani had no relatives but this doe* not conform entirely with the entries ta his book, since there are several places where,, he entored various amounts for house rent, groceries, coat and wood and clothing. Thin w^uld seem to indieata that he had at o time H^^HHto in Greenville. IJae?. -??./ oct htd^benn coramuted by taking morphine but the tablets at first thought, io he morphine later proved 1 r, timm ww - hose being < onT~onc-fort?eth gario tablets and eo" tbs physician ntt/V a further search. He theo cam? ttfc&n. tho two lauda tho mattress ". ?ch ot the boWra hold one britt ounce and the %%tWOV*t KRAL HURT OPENING OF NEW BUILDING OF WOMAN'S COLLEGE AT DUE WEST SIX ARE INJURED Anderson People Were Ia the Audience, But None Were Hurt; Injured of Donald? Six people vere Injured at lae Woman's College pf Duo yveet. ono of whom mar die. when ? hanging: bal cony fell In. the Pew music hall, at thai place last night, according to in formation reaching Anderr.cm it ll o'clock.' None of the other five in jured people sustained any ^orlons hurt. Ute new conservatory of mus!;, at Due Weat had Jut?t boen completed and last night was. tho first time that lt had been opened to the public. A great program had been arranged for the. night, the chief feature of the affair being tho music- hy the choir composed trained voices. Thia had attracted people.from all parts of thc in ?med hue section and the house waa crowded. The balcony which felt was a hang ing artair, being supported by cb?lna, and owing to the large crowd thereon, over mi oi tu- -7 of the Woman's College being seated there, lt could not stand the strain and the chains'parted, , throwing some of the people from the. balcony some 20 or 80 feet to the: front. Strange to say none of the lniiir'?\ were seat ed tn the balcony hu-'t weie struck by th and burled under the mass ot humani ty. The following is a UBI of those injured: W, P. Vermllllon, a welt known young busmen* man ot Donalds: in ternally injured, serious, carried to the. Due Wear infirmary . - Mies Koaa Keyes of Y0r,mlUlo?'ar companlac, li slightly-cut. J. L. Pressiy, a member of th? Hr sklne College faculty, not - Seriously Injured.. ..M^ ^etnuiiton who was the mnst< seiiouaiy injured is about 35 years of age. According to the Information it waa . ' lo last nt gm, the occasion was beana; celebrated with iho .-presentation o? "Queen ?esther" and a gr&at crowd thronged the handao:. !-???.' lng. It. was impoBsibl? to obtain any ? eal ima to OD what the OJt?nagu u5#U would amount to. It tn said that tho lege ku thor I ties imedtfttely coiaftiu?? :ated with Hook & RoAgfere, Charlotte architects, just after, tba affair hap pened appraising thara of the defec tive work. Hook & Hedgers were the architects for the new building. At midnglht last night, K^ornnition from Due West said that ?hj ,Vermll llon'* condition warf Jtfcr? serous but that physicians had, ncc uplated their examination? suffi?tently to state whether or not ho wo*ld recover. UNCLESA??I?YS FOR CANAL ZONE V > .'. J-~" Trentjr Between ; Tit?i Country and Co?amhU Orfadodei- ' We Poid $2-5,090,000 (Ry Associated Press) Parin. April 17-Th? treaty be? tween the united states ann colona Wa?(,n>ttllRg the Panama controversy was made public herb today. The government of tee United States, desiring to. pdt en end to nit disputes and differences *rtth the re public or Colombia, oe* aa ten ed by ?venta which have brought about the present situation ia the Isthmus ot Panama, in'its name sud tn the name of thc people of the-Knited Staten, expresses sincere Tttgret fdr &nyihing that may have j ut? the relations oi cpr tating long between Th* treaty nrovid shall enjoy- . freely free passage. canal for her bee o e IM O ^fcLr i> Arrive At SSH LU'it* ii. I'-JIUM 3 Tampico, - Sifter *--* ? ?JO mariner " 9 hero today XWtfn Now ? Five American, bi y -mar? ??tiu....." bv .. ?>ta?b ?mt. ft s KeyWhat tonight, st?tr. J wsM the Sfoxjcan oo&ei. o QOCOOOOOOOOOCOOOQOOQ