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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. 200 MEN Tit Women and Children, R< By Ar Rescuer^ Strive \ Alive WhSL -? VILLAGE SHAKES WITH FOR,* THAT BRINGS ?H SECOND EVER HAPPENED IN COAL }-o.., ! O \?! ; '?'' N.T. * a . ?, f ? j o. m o. u. v o 190 KNOWN DEAD (By Associated Pyes?,) Ecce?ee, W. Va,, April 28.?^General Bay les. of the New River Coiher!e? Company, announced at midnight the ISO rainer? entombed in mine No. 8, wrecked today by an ex plosion, are dead. Mr. BoyScs said the disaster was doe to a ?fast explo sicta. ; Eleven bodies have been, recovered from mine number 6, a connecting operation and six men aye mhamg. ' Fifty-nine men, all seriously burned, were rescued from this opera tien. ' : ' oil Ecceles, W. Four miners a ,#*d. fifty-nit April 2.8.?; jwri 1o be it is be'iev?d, for their IiVss," fc?j the result of an explosion of fcaij m mines rumber 5 and 6 of th?l New Rive Coal Collieries Gom-| any late today. The dead and rescued were ta.Kr j en from mme No. 6 and it is all but thirteen who entered this shaft J early today have been accounted v for. -; -<'> 'A . ' ' i Rescuers Wnrjk Hard. k One hundred and ninety of the entombed men are in shaft ?ttui-j \ bit 5, not a man having escaped" since the explosion. The minis tonight was burning fiercely, with government, state and ybiuhteer ' rescuers working desperately to subdue the flames. The depth of the two main shafts is 600 feet anl trie mines . .ar.- connected underground. ] re are two other shafts i mines, but the explosion tn ally wrecked three out oi the iour. The lone entrance lea?si into mine w.mber 6 and by ui. of it the rescues were made, j Little Hope to Savers . umber 6 mine ?ppar-uisy ? shttt j . ?ad Hscusr. ; ?lativea of Victims Stand o Save Those Buried 5 Working :e of dust explosion WOfeST DISASTER i1 FIELDS OF blue dead. The injured were assisted to nearby homes* where physicians.WJait *d to care for them. . . : y^Sl^V^ Th? rescued men expressed doubt thai u.ny of the thirteen miners still, in number G shaft would be taken Out [alive. Some of the'men said'portions I of number 5 -mine were 'badly \? ed and they believed that the entrance connecting with number &' had been entirely destroyed. Are Mostly Americans, or the, bodies recovered, two aroj Americans, one a foreigner anjf?^ttf? fourth a negro. Many of the miners are Americans. A- United States government rescue party arrived, at the mine at 5 o'clock this afternoon and another- is - due from nt?r?r?gh. Fa.. lomotfow. The t<cw Rivers CoMerles Com [ j?&b Connected with the Cuggon jbeiov interests. The rescue parties worked through out the evening. Their combined" ef forts were directed toward min?' num ber & where ISO. men are entombed; . [TOLLS REPEAL Tacked Ois the Menkore (By Associated Press).. 1 ; Washington, April 2&.?After a twoj hour discuslon today on the boose bill I I repeal the Panama free tolls provision, j .?fe? ?sna?*? estiftl "^HTKS?lee fyrep**^'?' ! to vote ' tomorrow on .these. four iiro I posais-. . . 'I To report the bill without, recom mendabon: To report It with en amendment pro posed/ by S???t?r Stwtu??? yruio?t would declare that by passing.t?ie rs penl bhu> the jL'ft&ed mates ;would wv?ve no righto possessed under the ! Hay-Psuncefoto treaty or otherwise : ! -: To report it with another amend I ment proposed by Senator Shields, de claring that the bill's passage should not.fee hold to be ,a ccsccasicn by the United States that it has not the right to exempt its coastwise shipping from ii'.r Walsh, which would, offprtl (any foreign nation an opportunity to try the mattet before the United eport woul session. OFF N. C. COi Mfs S*v?r# from Norfolk Go i ' To . AMf 'of . Cr?(r---Ke?vy Sem Powr?ng Vessel : (By Associated Press) Norfolk, April 28.?A Bh?p re in*'the British steamer Argo, I JawteS, from Prdgreso for. FEDERAL JUDGE !| JONES IS DEAD. Decedent Was Twice Governor / Of Alabama?Appointed To | Bench By Roosevelt | H & Associated Press) j Montgomery. April 28.?Thomas G. | Jones federal judge of the middle Ala- j >ama district, former governor-of the $ate and one of the most prominent i figures In Alabama for half a century, died this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the family residence here. Judge Jones ?as - born in Macon county, - knd with the exception of the periods at the Virginia Military Institute and Vttb General Lee and Gordon during four yea'?*s of the civil war, he spoilt In his entire life in this State. Following the war Judge Jones Was a leader In restoring white? supremacy In Alabama, and edited the Dally Pica- ' yunet a powerful influence during the Iff Alf? nf rA/lrtnai^i,*?*l??? Tn .? ?a^.^. - day address in this city in 1874, he sprang Into national prominonceflfljt* Insing the sentence: "We can be queath to our children nobler legacies than discord and hate." He was elect ed governor In 1890. and, in 1902. on Ith? death of Judge John Bruce. 3?e was appointed federal Judge by Presi dent rtooTseVcii 01^ CANDIDATE HAS ANNOUNCED First Sombrero Hurled Into the Ring For Office of Mayor of Anderson fighting tor the olBce'when the various nther aspirants for the ofP.ce made their bow, 1 , Mr, Payne has served on the city council of Anderson and has also held the office of County treasure?. That h? b?a KMiny friends WUt' be- ?d!*Jt?*e4 on every side and he will be a hard , man for som? candidate to down. . There are to be a number of can-] didutes Ie tfco cemia* feat; they are just a little bit slow aibout ma- t teiialudag. Many say thai C. E. Tot-' ly will be sure to run, while. J. 8. SV>w- ' 1er and V/. Ia Brissey are also being1 prominently mentioned. . (When affairs do warm up there will be "something doing" and the voters of Anderson "will have a merry time }a selecting the men *?> *t**r the ship of State for the next term. TFnnVKIIJ_q TWO TIGERS ?^onel Also Discovers New; Tribe of People Who Dispense With Clothes (By Associate? Ptoss) Rio de Jnneiro. April -lonel Theodore Roosevelt on his journey through unexplored regions of Brasil discovered a tribe of savage hitherto unknown. The tribesmen, who were named Pahhantes. -were naked ? C&ptaln A mil car Masai Haas, chief of the Brazilian mission accomcHuiylng Colonel Koose velt, who relates this discovery to the GAZBTA D?5 NOTIC??? today, says the party met stirring adventures. Colonel Hcoseveit killed two large He? c*lb' The expeouion traced the course of the river Gyplranat a tributary of tha the Gypiraaa March 13 when. ,e of the hosts capltfsed. only trage was lost. The total bag1 imonats fo;4boui 2,M*H*&? -? ! DIPLOMATS DISCUSS PLANS! TO END TROUBL? ARMY GETS^ll?AbV WflxUry Departments of U. S. Prepare to F?H Of the* Crb? .1 (By Associated Frese.) Washington, April ?8^t-The Mexlcai criais now is centering on tile ' between those who are '.s?? th rough the good, offices and inter w, diaUon of Latin-America to And some ! middle ground for pacific adjustment, and those wno regard'a resort to ? as an inevitable consequence of baa occurred.' War and Peace More?. ^Throughout today two dlst uinuvinni u? b?itkj nvTi 7,". ,"-7. ? here that of the ?voys of Argent . Brazil and Chile in formulating sfefpfB of adjustment to bo submitted to United States and the Hu?rta rt and that of the military and _ forc?e of the United States which_ tinue to go forward steadily in prepar ation for any eventuality* which sasfc cy?ye!op. Fnaston at. Vera frffs. The arrival of Generai Fcuoton und a brigade of 5,000 troopB at Vera.Cr&t Wee one of notable military devehw meats of the day. ' Chief lnierost wa* dlrecled -to tb^ sessions of the South America envpy^j lasting through th? day and iftt? into the, evening. The m^. atv?ta.Argentine legi ?d abor.t a three envoys internaUoai and his cabinet advisers,- held, ? teaylhy, sheeting, devoted , cniedy to thpv-Colorado situation, although the Mexican crisis continued In the ie#e ground. To a large extent, however, ft was felt that; the Mexican situation Was unur -before thosa .s.. djsr taken to exercise. ux??r good Ot flcea and care was taken not to embar ras* the efforts of the envoya by any announcement of conditions of set would insist upon. Envers gee Bryan, Secretary' Bryan was called upon by 0 ipasssdora and ministem of Sure pea.5 as well as South American coun tries. Amdng the visitors was the French ambasador. Mr. Jussfcrand, who th? French, ambassador, ML Jusaerand. who expressed the warm empathy of his country in the cause o& mediation. With the exception of the three South American countries, no power has taken an oAclal action, although <h? European diplomats are doir.^j their utmost to further the cause or ?terje. Sir Cecil Sprlng-Rlce, British am bassador, also WaS One 07 - . Bryan's callers, Ids purpose, being to report the result of the interview held yesterday In the Mexican .capi tal" by Sir Lionel Carde?, British minister, with Centra Lionel strongly Impr-. p uerai the oplnkm of h_. ment ibat he should sect the good offices tendere? Seasieaa Are Stws-L, The sessions of the > i being conducted In stric no announcements are'l the various stages of pr on, it la expected, that warrants, an officiai Hi issued. But this is not lilt attitude of tho two sides is being weighed and an effort made to com pose the most serious' peint&rof dis egreiment, Thus far, , neither side has submitted formal con ditions, nor has either aide^dfeep ap proaehed as to cor, might be mad % t he being ?g?nerai survey confert?<??.%iUi the best on both sides, to develop > iMai'AseniJl? 07 approach toward a sattetontory n?d dlr, ?round. Fwporia Were circulated te ?a*???ao ditomsth; quarters during tbo dav that one of the plans ander ?aasi contemplated a nrbvlskVa*} i form of sov?.rument in Mexico. cd kCTION RESULTS OVER TiLL MkWS CLAIM THAT TRUST IS MAINTAINED feAYS SOUTH IS HURT Garoi?iuan Declare* That Factories of Dixie Are At the Mercy of the Morgan? i (By Associated Press) Washington. April 28.?An investi u by the navi affairs committee'I the senate of alleged manipulation J i f the coal business of the southern << In the interest of the Pennsyl-rj* la railroad system and the mines J; -which um that system was recom- j mended to the senate today by the 'naval atfairs committee. Senator Till- ; man, chairman of tlw committee, erg- ; ed the importance of such an investi gation. The resolution wss referred *rol Tlllmaa Discarded Mere. Declaring that the railroads domi the ent|rd coal situation in the j south. Senator Tlilman said: r "I was talking with a friend last I week in tiouth Carolina, who is prcs Iidant of thi'ftft cotton m.lla and ha tnlrf me that coal cost them at tho mines around $1 per ton end miners could mcke money at that; that the cost of teanfe^Mofftatlp? was anywhere ifc-om I$3.7.% to $3.50. This is due to the fact that the Southern Railway as Is allleged is controlled by Morgan & Co. and associates who \ use and abuse. It in. the Interest of t'a'elr greater lnveRt pnBl'lii'lii ni mi>.n8 on the Pennsyl vania system. Theru can be no Just reason why manufactures in Georgia, South 13, North Carolina. compared wHh'?''th^ir,'ctnnpetitors' in ! other states. Says IVuHf Is In It. "Anoth jt thing: Tbl? coal trust, so called. by pome arrangement which we OfilSk tQ find OUt. t>P?V<U?t* th-w. ?hiwwi mmi ? of. cofti from. Wert Virginia and the territory I have outlined to New York or any point south of it The city of Washington ? Uself is prevented from of the" Pennsylvania's dominating at titude towards the other coal roads: Vis, the Southern Railway, the Chesa tpeaks and Ohio and the Norfolk tnd ' Western Railway. "I am told Its costs sixty seven casts a ton to set coal across the bridge here from Alexandria, seven: miles, if it comes from the mines on'Wtfi; Southern Railway, while coal from the mines on the Norfolk and Western Railway shipped over the Southern Railway, comes Into Washington at nnty turtntr rnntt a tnn hlahi>> than the" rate to "Alexandria. Says Feeble are Robbed. "I am told that the neonie of the South Atlantic, \e)t/itfs are send-lug several million* o? dollars tc itw coal, fields or the Pennsylvania system .b>\ pay for fuel and for its. transportation which ought to go to the Southern Railway and to the mines or, ihe Southern Hallway. I am no cliaiaplon of the Southern Hallway'* mbireats. but J do bate to iico a 8he |irppcrty Ilk?I that roblvjil or its Just right* by lu? trmueef?. The relation'of the trus tees to the property in mist is a sacred { one and 1 want to call on Mr. George P. Baker and, his associates In the trusteeship to give an account of their Stewardship of (he Southern Railway. Besides, the people of my State are* directly interested In getting' -cheap coal for fuel, both for couAumptjfw ht" their homes and to run their factories with und as the Southern Railway penetrate* the con!'fields. It ought to serve our people by bringing us cheap coal; but it Is not allowed to do so because It is net managed for 4he interests of the stockholders." "*e Vmr% Epidemics, Washington. April ?s.?A new phase ot the Mexican problem wsm brought ta the attention of congress today when Secretary McAdoo. on -behalf of the public health service, asked the house to appropriate and make "in stantly available" $300.000 to prevent (the introduction and spread, of epi demic diseases. eseeeepooe* ?e eeeo * e e ft ?WALL POX ABOARD e , BFFl'GE SHIP'S LIST a jo (By Associated Press) o fe", -Oalvestoa. April "?.--?mall o o pox was discovered on the col-, o o Her Cyclops today after half of o ] 6 3*50 American refugees brought o here by the collier had been jo landed. "Sarller in the day the Id ??eamship Bsperanxa and j o coo?oy ?MsS* landed their ret o ees roamed the street* of < ? vee^bn wailing for trains, o eeeeeoeooeoeoeseen} IKES BIG M UDGE ALDEN APPEALED FOR A HIGHER Chi ZKNSHIP GOOD PROGRAM |The Dunbar Bell Ringers Delight* AU; Rato Can Be Compared With Nobody Eke i bat sole # sympathy round hundreds of Anderson people Ith one opinion?that they had paid la much to see one performance at some theater and had, received leas out of It than for the price of the teasOn tickets for the entire week of Chautauqua attractions?and there] was not .one moment yesterday that] [was not enjoyed. Despite the sodden turn In the] weather, precipitating; summer x>ut or the very lap of winter, the premier; of] the Chautauqua was in every way a] no time had the first afternoon 'en tainment been ushered with as large L,crowd as greeted Lincoln G. Dickey, the superintendent, when he advanced to the front of the Btage to start the program. Mr. Dickey, handicapped as he Is by such Utustrattous names as "Lincoln" and "Grant" seems to seek lame only In bis capacity to make >lk? happy. *nd lie is there with the ible personality and unrufled 1er to carry a Chautauqua to sac. cess, which is as a matter of fact al most as big a job as Lincoln and Grant had around Richmond, and they Worked at it steadily for four years.] I V ' Taes?ay's Matinee. The matin?es yesterdsjs afternoon; was opened by the Dunbar Bell ring ers and male quarteette. They gave a mmlii??yabie pot-purn ot. topical and reeltatSoaa, one ot ieatures bet t HT. Swingley In the o ?ttoi?hca was m 1 \. the entertatnf that made the afternoon pass rj iy and enjoys&ly. Following the hell ringers was remarkable address by Judge Aides' the subject of the "Needs of the Hour." This distinguished gentlemen from Masachusetts reached out and erip ped the audience at the Very outset by deeUrtne that.h? waa - Massachusetts, Hp spoke In glowing of the south and of the d?tel ant he had observed on all side is subjec t ?&? tiandltd in a manner which showed that bis heart is In bis work. For Better Citizenship. To reform the nation, he said, te must be reformed. To make state better, the municipality mi reformed, and to make a mut' pa?ity. better the standard of the dividual citlsea must be made higher. This was the Central them of his ad dress and he handled It in a manner witch reached the minds of all of his auditors and inspired: them with kind Bramentthat he pictured. was enjoyed an aifdienee that filled the big tent Ir, Dickey was all smiles when,he mm. out to make announcement**. IHP stated that the season tickets had been disposed of nnd thot hereafter :i person buying tlt-k^ta for all of the quiiihers would have to pay ?9 for the I ,M?vui .Or - enen cuiol'HMn" lent will be-cn sale up town before 'h- hour f**ig!ns'nr? Tita "Jarv Fear. The Dunbar belt ringers again gavel Ia half-hour of high class fan and it was not ail fun. Interpersed wnhfl their merry qhlps of songs were some high class Impersonation and many irts were touched with the arrcnge ment of sacred song* and old folk songs grown dear to nearly,all man WodJ where tb* English tongue is known. First a verse of some old song, ot which the audience was fond, evidenced by the hand-dapping up on the first notes, and then the refrain upon the sweet ?oned bells. I * Mr, MfcC?5?*!!. one or the fear; ?>*d the audience calling fr: more when he sang a delightful little skit about the "drum-major," and a* an encore he gave an English chappie recitation which war frequently interrupted with merriment. Arthur N?shltt walked right into highest favor when he play ed a cooO'Crsc ?ecesi^animent plane tn a ftrotesqae manner and MWfl something about battercakee that any 'flour factory should pay a high roy alty on, it makes1 folk* "hongry" Just to hear, hini roil the words. A high class piece of work was Popper'a celebrated .gavotte for the played splendf.dly by Jack 'cello Wood. Bn& Following thdse four j of the evening <ttarjiiii??.. light fui Work of jw* was the port j to the renowned JOhn B. ?Vadtc. ha* beoa trying to take him at froki OhautatNiu? work, aort sequence he in one of tits WILSON ACTS AFTER COLO RADO GOVERNOR ASKS FOR THE TROOPS MINE STRIKE IS ON President Explain* That Federal Government Wiii Take l\o Side. In Controversy IBy A as oclated Press) Washington. April 28.?President Wilson today extended the protecting arm or the federal government to the State of Colorado, where because dr riots and pitched battles between stri'ijbreakere and striking miners, oovernor Ammons bad found the state militia usable to cope wit*-**?* *?>~<, tion and 'asked for help. The Colorado delegation in congress, mine owners and miners themselves Joined in the request. It man Ann iyf ?Kw w.u. _- --_ in American history when a~ State found Itself impotent to assert its au thority, but the president, In a tele gram to the Colorado governor, oy. pressly Stipulated that the Federal troops would confine themselves io mtuitalning order only "until the State can re-assort its authority and res the supreme control," Troops ^o Scene, ' . -Secretary Garrison ordered three troops of the Fifth Cavalry from Fyrt Leavenworth and two troops of ,*M? 12th Cavalry from Fort O. A. Rmvfctl, Wyoming to Trinidad and Canon City, respeeti'^eiy. Colorado members of congress say the mere .presence of Federal troops will prevent, rioting. Stroit? ?S Rnderal governmen; to dettj strike; thus fetr ihave feii*i. < rv?i.,? *h*i or^^eui 1 troops were beii,g ?tut I Ammons today, "or by any a? Jurtsdlcflos, hajeef the powar-ol federal government into the coatrb ^rey .whlch^hea produced the present troversy falls etricUy with^tho 2e?d of a t?te power." The president asked that th? militia be withdrawn temporarily until the l?iwslttiufc, which Tilt nji?iff'Winwitjrj considers the situation and arranges for it to resume ita police duties & the State. The situation in Colorado occupied the pr?sidant and hi? cabinet at a Ion* meeting after which the president** telegram to Governor AmmonrandFjg formal proclamation calling on mat contents to disperse, were made pufr RESERVE BANKS READY AUCL? ?Aacr?Dtions In Several D?*tr?>2a Have Afre?dy Been Scribed, Say* McAdoo IBy AsKociated Press) Washing >h, April 2a<^*eevet*ry Mcdfoob ?.. announced tonlghv that the treasury department expected tan aeyr federa? reserve banks would Jw* ready for -business by August ?. A Biaxemeut oy tne reserve oacic organisation committee said snhserf** lions to the stock of the federal re serve banks in the twelve districts, 'received up to noon today, aggregated $7t4??S(8000. The bankr in six of the twelve districts already have sub tier It->d more than the miatsnuni amouut of l*.eou,ooo accessary to or ganise the reserve banks. These, districts are Boston, Ner York, Philadelphia, Cleveland. Rich mond and Chicago. OOVTPLEABE IKYITK& - T? Kaha ad A??rm&m at Lstttf fivattsM v Chairman "vVna. Cahfield writwrinsi the elosing exercises of th* feohg Branch school in Hones Path townehtp Saturday will be accompanied by a basket picnic to which the people et *?ao.Jfewr.ty and adJaoSnt coantie* are invita fiJI^rt W>Xt.>M mlOA Wdiniiy invited. There wULfco c tional addresses in the l Rup?. y, B. Feltoh and J S, Bogge, and in speeches on general frethii J. W. Aahley and King and, pected to j it ic hope {odtpourtag I. AFusUe Win* Pel [ Richmond. Va., Apr! {democratic primary tod silo defeated Councilmi fi?af for the nomtaatka [more than 2>BftO votes.