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1 v+mmn ifU?S??Yr MORNING M?Y na ?.???A PRICE FIVE CEINTS $6,00 PER ANNUM DICTATOR SAYS HE Will HOLD ON TO THE LAST DITCH U, S. SHIPS NORTH j Slackening of Tension and Batt?f Gr?er In South it Is Said Ren son For Withdrawing Forces t By Associated Press.) Mexico City, Mgj*: ?0.-Provisional President HuertP? lu.the course ot an interview today enid. i?ce(dejegat,eB Juive ??ar U\v. resignation st Niagara fal Ss," The president spoke. with :!efa?rfk? clading er rec tl ff^-kj^h^;^ 1 ?,i?J Wg&? with n ehar?ct?ristic gest?r 'yfca8?&$: ^Ma'Uin.lWtto*' minister (Or? foreign affairs, JEst?si Uuis, had de clared that M?ki?au represen tali voe hadjbe?n giy?rt "ampte powers" by the gorernaeht to deal -with everything ^J*?lcl4*S??* at t,,e 1>?ace international difficulty. Warships Ceasing W?lh, Washington fc&y 80.4-?The gonerfti slacking of tension in the Mesienn sit uation resulted today In tfee considera tion, at the navy d?partaient of pisas to withdrew a part or the fleet on the Tbsosevnlt said he hoped within a wo?k to have four baitleshipsV' ?ve destroy* era and ? tender, on the way north Constitutionalist, who have occu pied San ?las on the west coast of Moxico. have enforced or?er and hav^i guaranteed - protection to foreigners,, j according to a report from Itear Ad-j Method* I? Ci urWtanrors Ara Notifad fying mt JJm?S-Ui-V?&tT IS CHAfWvlAN OF STA?^DEMOCRATIC M?C^r WORK DONE _ Genera! Bon&arrt of Anderson la M?*& Oft* of the State Vice 1 Pt?tmm of the Party ?ecial to Ta's' IttrelHgeucer. , C,?*tt%hi?; May SO.-After the dirty pojiticai fit<en",of Charleston had been weaned for* several hours this after noon tho et'edent???s committee of the ;?firaE$?nvcntion shrew out the dele ; beaded by Mayor Grace and ST***f*leg*!?&Shkneaded by Jo? >w. Rar?.ta'?ll. M?*br Grace made a attack on Mr, Barnwell. He, however, was stopped by th? commit tee when he become ton persona!. Restsmin-g th? session . tonight the convention elected'- Jami* A. Hoyt ot Coltrmbla as permanent president and lowing vice presidenta : --anv?a; M; U, BOnhSttf, A? dewwaft; ? H'. Arnold,. Spartanburgr C, 52. Snbhoer, York; D, R. Coker, Dar lington and John H. Clirt?m, Samter. The rules eOntmfttee\was appointed by President Hoyt, end si ?:2? o'clock the eonvetton took s rcce?s to 11:30. whjm toe reports *on primary reform and. others matter before the conven "The state d?mocratie executive com mittee weir called to order by John Gary fi vans at 9:3$ o'clock in a cor ner of thc hell of the-howe bf repvfc aftg*?ttves. Christie Benet, secretary c?lieS the root,.-. There were ?6 mo'.n befs present. Organisation was peet? ' ter some discussion it was ad journ abd mest imrnedle the adjournment ot the siter aaoj?mr tse. pratrorni wfeiheti day night' took a recess until 10 o'c?oCx Thursdaymorning to await tb* rent Bu^?cffiee.to- primary retorta. Gea ' ber of the committee. Tits committee ! ytl^ftfebably adopt the -' Greet:viii' plan, aa the MeMahan pian for bm ?ny reglstroUbn certificates has been re-i jeered. T?te gGr?enville pla:, mod?rai and p!?U which ! will merely r.ieas that the club rolla ,-iit la -good order and that TWO GENERALS AND SEV ERAL OTHER OFFICERS PUf TO DEATH BIG CHIEF SAYS SO Huerta Army Routed and Captur ed and Supply Train? Fall Into Hand, of the Rebel* (By Associated Presa) Juarez, May,.-Two federal generals. Miguel Alvarez ?nd Iguaolo Munez. were killed lr? the battle of Pared?n and two other generals and avt&f'??t? ?tef federal officers were e*ecut?d by th' constitutionalists after the battle of Parenna according to a cony nf an. officiai telegram from Geh?ral V?J?a tb G?n?r?t Carrauz* received her? today. The pfftcl?l report Eay*: "lt 1? known that G?n?ral? Miguel Alvarez and Ignacio- Monos fell tn the combat General Oscrno and a good number of federal officials were iregernThs the fight at Zaregota the report says in part: "There waa captured also a general and thirty two officials who composea flsntaff. All were executed immediatc Snttle Wa? Stubborn. ? Estaci?n Atareos. Mexico, May . zn.-uenerai rrrnn-^ Cisco Villa, leading 4,000 constitution alists troops, wen the first important engagement of the Saltillo campaign May 17 when at Pared?n, hedefcaU-u 4.C0?. fed?rala retrcatlpg from . Mon The federal troops were decisively beaten. Not only did General Villa aa>. minister a defeat, but he."thus prevent ed the arrival of reinforcements at _ i :0 wounded. , The con eli Uitte^?LstK t'ft^tured 900 prisoners, Isr?;? r.u>.v?c of i>fov?i.ion?^ as= ?op trains which cg** rle? the Huerta soldiers .':. . ?-.The federal garrison of Mon Clovo numbering 4?500 had evft^itai-ii*??that Mnrgnia constitutionalists commander RI P?e&r?> Negras, who'waa advancing trot? the south to attack. Warned by murguia jthd . hy hia ?.Visita .th?t t?io ta-Hanala ).r,<4c? als Cha:. Manor. their forces WI General Villa var?*, t?aord?cla andr tempting to consolidate th the.SaiailfQ Wilson. prepai\>d to receive on al i fi? ai tack was I? forty mlnuc lead, wounded or ttercd ta, tUshU tfere Th? anted and actlnj? he federals vrftb federals swarmed took np position? Iva nHwMil (mnir. ? withering ro??eyT faced the bullets stub .naok an effective 4|rt% <<er Villa and his bri t's, Hac?ovio Terrero. their Unes dashed for . e eldee under Villa's eat ana that of ^ ire. all. of ; whom ;i I; fill M? tttff _ I, -~H TEDDY HITS W?SON frOUCY ON COLOMBIA AND WILL Ti Practically Say. He Will ' Make Fight Fo* lor Pro tpreaairea T8a& Year by Associated Prsas.i Oyster Bay, May ?.--The Wilson ?idraiDistrttU?n'a atl?tt le io the COB ff^ray with Coioie' la over the Panama Caual was ? Rlcieed today Ly Theodora * t. He ot.ject Strongly to th? M nanni of what i^WTOod rbl*ck&?(U| to Colombia Mid . characterized tofst action, aa "un* thinkable." ,. , J \ . Colonel . Roosevelt'. Expressed him se!$ 0.3 strongly oppflfcwd to the repeal Of th? law for the tfk*|npiion ol Am erican coastwiEe sh?pa\from the pay ment of Panama canal folio. He said he thought it perfectly? right to arbi trate the question, If i the rights of the country to idil^Hbiitlfin BHHHHHLJs3HHaHRslH9SS Colonel Roosevelt .?irpressed him teetimony ir? Washington yesterday of Charlea S. Meilga. He said thal when. Mr. Mellen him to dis-. CUPS the morling of>.f?e;KW Haven' with the Boston ad^ySaaioc bc veld him that so far ;-.? (ra* 'concern ^^h?o^^^' ' ': -:T~~" hi--. ClimbiSUC au im^^^^^^^H^^^r>tn lr> Colouel ^IReoe?velfa activities 'oday removed at tdoubts wether he would Wt? aa active part in ?MeSeaV* cam. Ht bia career. No def IBMMwfiBg but it is " Beptember he w 10,8*0 the continent, apeak il,":!, oh May 30, Colonel Roosevelt will tall for Spain, for Ute wedding of his son Kermit. In the .Intervening pe riod ho will attempt to etertJato mo tion tba machinery for tba campaign. On hi? rctorn about -inly . I bogia the campaign proper. J One day of the quietude and bracing Ufr of Sagatasne Hil! wrought a great ? change la Colonel Roosevelt's man u?r and appearance. Tonight he waa full of vigor and walked with a full free sVing. Tomorrow mare&g Colonel' Rooee ? VeR wil lgp to Mew York.. Tfi? really 1 important 'thing no/aaa to do he ex-i plained, ie toe?* new e?olb?a for his sons wedding, --->'--: --- Scoeca, Paper Says Tb*t Eapree* Co; Hat Hashed Up on Resto 'n?oo of Mo**y PRESBYTERIAN BOARD SAYS 1 MANY CONTRIBUTING ? CAUSES OF IT FASHIONS IS ONE Literature of Trashy Order and lg- i noi-ance, Doe to Lack of Social Knowledge Another (By Associated Presa.) , j Chicago, May 26-"No tolerations; j iation; Ao recognition." '? This is the Bugges>e<l alagan of the ' PreBbyteriah church to be presented ; to the 128tb general assembly which , convene? her* tomorrow In tho report , of the special committee on Whito ! Slave traffic.; The report, estininte? that ther. are about 100,000 prostitutes in the Uni- .. teil' States, and that u far greater i number aro. unchaste. Contributing i factors in these conditions are the fashions, dabec-a, tho theatre. Utera-. ; turo and . ignorance. Thc principle ? remedy suggested ls the enlightened S training ot tho young. i The . report WUB prepared by Paul i li. Hlcock. John Malcom Shaw. John < Kenedy. Winfield Scott Wall and J. M.. T, Finney.. Excerpts follow. i ( ?: .% ? Gist af jae Report. '; "Your c. mitti a la directed to* .movroeus vToWjon ot : the Seventh Cdmrnaildmsat involved- - In. the traffic. This ls not a matter I culling for statistics, with ail the I nsentat confusion that !rnust result ; from long statements of appaling fig- ? ?rei. But that tho extent of the traf- ? fie tn human' bodies for the purpose of , ? lust and greed is 'enormous', ss dc- ) scribed in tho asrernbly's resolution,', is terribly evident upon only a'ight .thYtrrittir? ' ennin: /\f IVODA ^..Jltl?? are . not mr from 5,000 womefc who ? 4cvote their tittie whollv to ?lie hiv , neas of prostltsrton.' Tho conditions ' In that city , are net believed to bn , worss than in roost cities of the cou?- , $ry. Tc4e figure did not include, of I jtiAur^.. _ ,. .aaiar mne?S?mWtB^?m sons teed it ^ impure live?. IflHHlfl occasional tmnici a) relations. .' be ! .. _ snpspTtw? .Whojiy or m part bv their ?ocasional earnings, or engaging in j occar.ionsl inmorality not- fer profit, j bot for dcsf?o. There la no possible \ way of estimating tisis larger cumber. J but the word 'enormous' seems tot aeareeiy fee adequate' to describe'the I conditions known to be present. { Speaking of* fuetera in the increase ] of tho social evil, "which ere now ss- ! suming alarming proportions," the re- 1 Fasbfsfe* Are Yalgar. I "One of these appears in the vulgar : tendeheyi of modern fashlonH. <? r 'Standard** we remember, expressly) forbid all immodest apparel. Today 1 ! many of mir wnmne uro ??nina tn ?iw?n i extremes of dress ss to shock even ? the least prudish ard open American'! womanhood tb the churre of cesn-'i plate forfeiture of modecty. The un- < fortunate skie of il ell IB, that the wo- ? men or.ino Church, whose moat con- \ ?pic?oua adornment is supposed to'? b?; meekness, are quite aa guilty of i this offense aa are women who make , 1 nb religions profession unttl our ) Christian worn on can be made to sec i what mischief ls. being'don o by such "? reckless, absndon .to the- tofbles of f ?.?.ir-. oan ber little hopo of.? sterhr?ing the tide, .fte calf the wo- < men of our Presbyterisn church to a i prSCtiC?.l aA?a?iitU.?. . nM . ?fa? ...l.i ... I from these tendencies of our"times, ' < end exhort them to be at this polat i examples of their sisers, lenatn? } voice abd influence alike ^galnwt t all extremes of dress, 'and seeking! to lead society in a more Worthy and ti same path. ,1 Another contributory factory h the" 1 increasing erase for excitement and Tr unchaste amusements The dance -t navep, aerhapa what cou.?d bo wish- ?. ed, has become the subic-ct of indi- ?< scribab?? vulgar joke, end in calling i out the condemnation of many hold- c lng higb places of ecclesUasM??al i evert ornifj^ar^ rxy laying's ?' ? iS ;?apture a coa?! i-lsing genersttoi Ifni? at Literature.. sn when we speak most alarming ?ymj 1 condition that * Nearly cv*ry wt nts TiiJP ?AAg?aj HU IMI?? Ll. S. WARSHIP TAKES OFF S3 PASSENGERS FROM THE ATLANTIS IS MEX IC GULFER freakers Said To Be Pounding Ute Derelict to Piece? About ? 00 Mites North of Tampico (By Associated Press) Galveston, May 20.-The Norwegian steamship Atlantis which1 lott Galves ton May 17 for Tam pico with 9,8 pas sensors, ts aground lou miles north of Taraplco and tugs hare been order ?1 to her i escuc. Ail tho passengers bare been taken off by tbe'Un?t?d States battleship Connecticut accord ing to information received-here. No details of any accident to tee Atlantis were given, but wi reba mes sages for tugs were urgent and said that the steamer was pounding to pieces. The Connecticut received th? fa O S" tall ?-/.m 1U llKatl. .? . tampico. Wireless mesages brought lile news hers tonight. lt is supposed from Uta speed of the (wat, that the Atlantis went aground rneaday night and that ?ie Conecticut reached her thia morning. Two powerful wrecking (uga were ordered from Mobile to her assistance, j The oassengcra on the AltanH? ititi, I option of ten, were foreigners ? Who were being sent back tb Taranteo j Q7 the department of state altar har- j lng been brought from timi port with fcraoricau refugees nt the time tho ol? nen and others evacuated the etty i following the landing ot troops at yera Crus. j They were held in Galveston is core J lt tho United States immigration nu l ?Dtu tell i*to thal tiAn*t ot the rebels, whoa they waga j xturned by the order of Secretary of ] ?gg*?''- Jensen, ptylng between gail' j TIDWELL TRIAL \ NEAR FTO CLOSE Mtoifaejr* Ar* Expected To Finish Argwisenta ?ad On? Cane To Tho Jory Early Today (By Atsoi?si?* . r're-M.i Greenrllie, May 20. - The de fense for G. W .Tidwell. St.. on triai here charged with the murder of rt. Soimetc Waiker, a yoong man or prominent social position and pay mater at a local-cotton mill, rested Ila caso this morning. ^The state introduced evidence in re buttal, and will rest its case tomor row, it is anticipated iU-.i ihn ar guments of counsel will be. made to morrow, ?nd tho caae given to the fury before adjournment. The defen lsnt alleged that balker wrongett his iaugh?er. Olive Tidwell. an eighteen rear old.; girl, Temporary insanity luperinduoed by the efTect of'learning ; bat his dnughter had been unchaste s the ilcfenti. oi^T^ttwci!. . , The state introduced testimony to- j lay lo Ultsprov? pfa?ctoa&ii ;.; he,stand Voy th?' defendant, and to llsprove certain statements made by he daughter. Tho . message which :acsed Tidwell to come to Greenville in J investigate. the whereabouts of .1?. ?V. .. ..^1 J ^_.i_ _ >f March, was alleged by the d?fend ait to have boen written by Mrs. jterris of this city. Mrs. Morris on he stand denied sending the note. Sordid details and recitations tit tnal Uve* as they proceeded from thc Ipa of witnesses today, carnied G. \V. ?tdw?il, on trial Vor the murder Ot Iv Emmett Walker, to hang his head, its wife ?nd da^Mer, tho two wemen, those characi'/rs have been question-? A. fcolilron InfJtrori ,,?? he rigid to-introduee oura testimony, Ihinttfng Iv would all tend tn ahew tho otoriOxVSneas of at least one female ?eoab*:- of tho Tidwell family. If this iii. chfkvun tho tinto onulmul? t(m> W Bwwiwiit must hare., kr?<cwn some wjMf *?a cnnn?t?ns In hts home.! ?pwtn^?nijott?obs?the.story told: bnuiTijiB tu iurei?is?i? in? ir Bjg&fff his wife arid daughter, ot nave been a . sudden.shock: a? joked for. blow and bene* Amii repprt concludes with a set of lioas calling ?pon pastora to children against (actors of life WELLEN FURTHER TELLS GP NEW HAVEN MUDDLE IN TRUST FOLD MILLIONS VANISHED V?yRteriou? Disappearance of Big Ft?dt Still It Closed To t?ss ' Proben end the r?e*? 4' (Oy Associated Prone.) Wasklngtoi.. Msy l'n - iVurnSheni not only of the officials" but ot toe control by the Into j. Pierpont Morcan, properties of the New York, New Hav en and Hartford Railroad, was further m ph us (zea today when Former Pres ident CunrlcH M?-lten, of tu? .\^v? Slaven, continuad his testimony be fore the interstate commrce cornalla 2HIIW? VaaJitta, Even lu the acquisition bv the Xotv' Haven of the Waat Chester propertv?, Into which millions or doliors vanish^ Meilen, who dcch< wt Bpnmj nr xh? rmrcnr hst had Mr. Morgan if'.ed tho property night huve been far more valuable ihan lt is today. So, too. with the ao* luisitiou of tba Woreoster, Nassaa and Rochester Railroad, in which Mr. Mer? ran, Mr. Melisa enid, was rsspoayiuSe tor paying tie a share more than lite ?tock really vrae wort however, Mr. Morgan, according to Mr. Mellen, would brook aa mtm'er mee, carrying out his plana without regard to the opinions or'ot hers who were interested. ,; Acquisition by the New t$?vs> trolley lines in Cotftecilcu' Island occupied mach s?.aitjSgS?i^Sji the New Have anybody elsa... BS, particular): t?seers, and, (hereby "the&?j^HH .Tuet ut tho close ot r?lbped that fprnii and .prlmarUy --^s^?hnSmw^^ - tbs ti-Ci!v~ :a the New I ta von. ~ ^ Mr, ?>?Ue? maintained'ti . ?r?JIr snoaktajt.. -w ?re .,VS*??^y^> vh?? they had -cost A large ar^bi.-? Wil1^* t?rew? Tlr?^k, At. the c?o?t of the day ifffsHst? jeroeptlbly ttrisd Ht? w?ertnM?. ?JUWO i rd tc .be' purely physical. h< . lia auswers were prompt and direct*? usd he apparently retained to the tkk, ?ia wonderful powers of mr&oiry arid lis comprehensive grasp of : details ibnui tvhtnh h* ?y a - ln,a?>WA.i^.) chief coonnel Folk indicated Tonight itesmshlp 'Ci laie ft*ilroa< ransscHon, rancactlonn rom increasing its capt ut distributing lt tc, ih* "Th's may have been ? "So you did by mers Perajflrohibited from do eked Mr. ?tolk. "The merger was apa nd w*. liked the titerge