VOLUME 1. NO. 134.
Weekly, Established I SCO 5 Haily, Jan. 18, 1911.
ANDERSON, S. C., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 23 *1914.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
$5.00 PER ANNUM
Decision Handed Down Yesterday in the Inter
mountain Rate Case Which Affects the
Shipment of Goods Across Continent
(By Associa lcd Press) I rion were lu substance tba Hame in
Washington. June 22.-Thc inter- those probably fixed by the carriers
state commerce commission's so call- us the basin of the rate making, which
ed Intcrmountain rate ordert- were was Included in the tariffs which were
sustained as valid by thu supreme under Investigation and therefore we
court which held at tho :;ame time. ? muy put that aubjeet out of view," ho
thut thc long and short hauls clause said.
of the Interstate commerce law was " Indeed, except ns to questions of
constitutional. Both had beeii at- I power, there is no contention in the
tacked by train-continental railroads, argument as to the Inequality of the
The defunct commerce court, pass- zones or percentages or as to any un
Ing over thc constitutional question, duo preference or discrimination re
had an nulle the onlerr on the ground suiting from the action tak<m. but be
that tho commission had no authority Uris as it may. in view of the finding
to hsuc "blanket" or "zone" . orders of the commitTion as to the syritem of
and might act only on thc reasonable- "'ates, prevailing in thc tariffs, which
nest- of rpccllic retes. were before lt, of thc inequalities and
in overturning the contention today burdens engendered by Buch a sys
and holding that the commlralon did possible agiaiidlzement unnatur
have that power, the Supreme BUy beyond the limits produced by
court decided a point lawyers and competition in tim competitive points
close observers ol the interstate com- and against other pointe by thc
merco commission's procedure say is 'ar,,fr a,uIe?t,ou-1 fi"'ts wh,ch ?e accept
of equal Importance to the Intcrmoun- aud wh,ch indeed, are unchallenged,
tain rate care itself-if not greater. we, 8ee n? er?und for saying that the
Opposition to the live per cent In- jrd*r wo? ?<* sustained by the facts
creare in freight rates being asked by uP?n ? T* "r "
the eastern ruilroads^-on which the exceedwUhe powers which the rtalute
Interstate commerce commission is conferred, or transcended the limits
expected to announce Ur decision any of the sound, legal discretion which s
day-had been based principally on :odScd 'n . he commission when act
tho contention tba* the commission UDon ?g ?ubJ?c?"before it
did not have authority under the law llaul Linuse,
to grant such a '.blanket" increase. On the constitutionality or the long:
Kffcct Unknown. [uui short haul clause. Chief Justice
What the effect. If any. of the decls- White said:
ion of tho rate case may be. only can "It is certain that thc fundamental
be tho subject of conjecture. Some change which it makes is the omiB
among tho well informed in the com- 'lou ot the substantially Bimilar clr
nilseton's procedure, however, cay the eumstances and conditions clause,
dcclr.ion in the disposition of the rall- thereby leaving the long and short
roadr* application had been delayed, baul clauses lu a t:ense unqualified,
awaiting the supreme court's decision except in so far as the section gives
Cn that point. the light toythe carrier to apply to
As a result of thc decision, all doubt the coramirsion. for authority "to
is removed ar to the commission's charge less for longer Utan for short
right to par? on ; thc" reasonableneas -T distances for the transportation of
ot a lower rate for a haul to a more persons or property." and gives the
distant city than to a nearer one in -.oinmh.jion the authority from time
tho same direction. It recognizes the "? time "tb prescribo thc extent to
commission's power to fix such rates' which such designated commpn, ear
by sonee^as tfbtfjj?l^ned from, tak-, .-?era juay be relieved- from,the.opera
ing'Up tho coVdiiffihs$ Surrounding Uon^or thia section."
ea'ch point o?.at?ipmont 'ld tho United . *Trom faHure, to 1?nBert1aJwo?:u
States . ?n the addition tending to exclude the
Chlor' Justice White enid this was operation of competition and adequate
thc unanimous dochion bf the court, under proper circumstances to-justify
The com-wce court held that the 'be awarding of r-lief fi om the long
commission ^.uld not make "blanket" ?nd short haul clause and. there be
or, "zone" rates; that ia the conten- 'nB nothing which minimizes or
lion o? thore who are opposed to thc -bange?, the application of thc prefcr
tlve per cent Increase lp freight rates -nce and dlBcrim nation clauses of thc
now being asked by thc eastern rall- iecond and third sections, lt follows
roads. The Intermountain Rate or- 'hat tin substance the amendment in
deri-, were Issued tn June and July, trinslcally states no nc wrule or prln
1911. hy the Interstate commerce com- clple, out simply Bhifts the powers
mission, under tho authority of the conferred by the section ns lt oilglnal
"long and short haul section" of thc 'X stood; that is, it takea from the car
interstate commerce act, which cloth- flers the discretionary power lodged
ed tho commission with discretion to in them and vests lt in the commission
make exceptions to the general rule. KS a pnnary instead of a reviewing
laid down In Unr law that railroads function. ...
should not charge more for a short Mountain Rate I?:e.
haul than for a longer haul in the The orders were the outccmo of a
same direction and over th? came change in thc law in 1910. 7rom 1887
lines or routes.. to 1910, the law against a greater
Asked for-Exceptions. charge for a short than for a longer
Practically all of tho . railroads haul applied only to hauls under "si
traversing the intermountain regions milar conditions," but that proved un
of the West applied' to thc commission .atlrfactory and lcd to thc law being
to have exceptions made so that n amended by striking out this phr.rse
higher rate could bo charged on the "similar conditions" and leaving the
shipments from the cast- in inter- commission with discrteion to mi.ke
mountain cities, . such as Spokane. :xc.eptlons to the general rule laid
Washington; Reno, Nevada, and Phoc- down in the law.
nix. Arizona. The rates from cities Shortly after the passage of the act
east of tho Rocklea had for years \n 1910, practically all the railroads
St^f?p ^Hu?.t ?Sf?i ti-avcAlag tho intermountain region of
rate to the pacific coast and the local ??_ j.-,. "_, . ..._. . \*
rate from the Pacific back to the In- ?J' ? ? "1? S9 ^T?'^M 1?
terlor city. Tho intermountain points '?a%c exceptions made so that a high
rebelled against what they claimed ?r ?tf could bc chorgod on ahlpments
was a monopoly given to the Pacific 'rorn the.cast to intermountain cities,
coast cities of tho. trade or all points such, as Spokane. Wash., Reno. Nev.,
from the very doors of the Inter- and Phoenix, Ariz. The rates to those
mountain eitler. The Chiei Justice cities from points eaat of tho Rockies
next , upheld tho making o? tho ratea !,ad l&r years beon made by adding
by commission by zones. the through rate to tho Pacific coast
^T^e^zotmrijrclected by thc commis- j (Continued on Pago Seven.)
Washington Pleased With
Plan for Mexican Council
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, June 22.-Officials of
the Washington', government whose
hopes for peace, in. alextpo, bad been
somewhat dampened by the ?venta bf
last week, .wore more hopeful ' today,
when the announcement came from
Niagara Falls that the United States
had .extended, an invitation to Repre
sentatives -of 'tho/Mexican Constitu
tionalists to meet the American and
Huerta delegates jo -tho mediation
conference for an informal discussion
of peaco proposals.,. ,...
That the United States bad for
some time boen exerting strong in
fluence to bring the Constitutionalists
leader Into the mediation conference
on such a basis was not denied >cro.
It was intimated here that this influ
ence had met with ' success, and the
representatives bf the' Constitutional
ists soon, would proceed to Niagara
Falls, The announcement wai re?
ported hero to Havo been tho culmina-'
tlon of the prolonged informal nego
tiations by th? 'Washington' adminis
tration with General Carranza, Gener
al Villa and other Constitutionalist
chieftains, and tho conference here
last week by Dr. Romulo S. Nnnn, tne
Argentine minister, with President
Wilson, Secretary Bryan, and Wash
ington representatives of the Con
&tituUbnaltsts.
Fernando I gelais Calderon, Alfredo
and Leopoldo Herbado TJsplcona. who
h?ve r tarted for Washington as repre
sentative): is believed will take charte
tentatives la believed v.-i.l lake ci.ai ge
of the proposed informal nc^otiatlca-j
or." at least direct thc General netley
with reference thereto.
Administration officials today indi
cated that the plan of . averting an
abrupt end to mediation now present
ed would be prophetic o? rcsultr. They
looked for prompt response from the
Constitutionalist leader, but did not
anticipate new. developments In the
actual provisional government' plan
to be devised until representatives ot
the- United States and . the. warring
Mexico factions bad deliberated to
gether for some time.
CAPTAIN'S SERVANT
TURNS UP UNHURT
Alcarez, the Filipino Man of
Rich's, Arrives in Mexico
City Safely
(By Associated Press)
Mexico Cily. June Ti.-Gregorio Al
carez, the Filipino servant or Cap
tain Rich of tho United States battle
ship Florida, for whom the State De
partment at Washington Instituted a
search, walked into the Brazilian
legation today and introduced himself
to the Minister. He showed no signs of
ill treatment.
Alcaro/, said he was released from
the Santiago military prison June 9.
when at the invitation of a fellow
prisoner, a Mexican, he went to Tlza
pan a few milos from the capital. He
remained there until today when ho
read a newspaper account of tho
search being made for li im hy thc
Mexican police. He then came hero
Immediately. Ile said !:e had no
money and had been unable to return
to Vera Cruz.
Alcaro/, said he loft Yera Cruz May
(J lo btu* fruit for Cuptain R'ch, and
on passing thc Mexican lines, he was
arrested us a spy. He did not reveal
his connection with the United States
navy. He was talton to Paso Del Ma
cho, then transferred to Cordoba.
The Filipino arrived lu Mexico city
lu custody. May ll), and was confined
in the military barracks. On may ir?
he was removed to Santiago prison.
Alcarez said he was tried and ac
quitted on the chsrge of bein:; sn
American spy. He will leave Mexico
City tomorrow for Vera Cruz.
TEACHERS ENROLL
LARGE NUMBERS
Many Attending the Walhalla
Summer School-Faculty Has
Strong Members
Special to Thet Intelligencer.
Walhalla, Juno 22.-The Oconec
csunty teachers Summer school op
ened \b!s'niprnlng in Walhalla school
building, R?v.- J. B..> Uniberger made
thc inygcatibn .hC'oi K?..T. Jaynes city
r.tt?rn?y/'d?iiv?rcd th?'address of wei-'
coin? in-behalf Of the town. Prof. L.
A. Souse made the response. About
forty teachers responded fur work.
At least ten others arc expected to en
roll thia ?-;ek.
The following ls the faculty: Prof.
L. Souse, English, Grammar, Compo
sition and Literature, and History:
Prof. J. E. Hdhter. Arithmetic, Alge
bra? and Geometry; Prof. B.1 J. Wells,
Pedagogy, Agriculture and Civics;
Miss Bailie Stribling. Primary. Moth
oda and Geography. Professors Sease
Wella and Hunter are members of
Clemson faculty.
Miss Stribling is a Walhalla girl,
and a graduate of Winthrop. The fac
ulty is a strong one and the sessions
promise to be very successful.
FIRE FIGHTERS
ARE IN FLORENCE
Anderson Delegation Expecting
Most Pleasure Ever Experien
ced at Meeting
While . Anderson could not arrange
to send any of her Are fighting ap
paratus to Florence for the State Flre
men't meeting, which open this morn
In that city., she did manage to send
che liver! set of dre fighters ever' som
out from this local Gre department,
and they will bo creditably repre
sented by tho eight members making
the trip. The following composed the
party from, this city: E. M. Scott,
Knill Ortmann, Otis Nix. J. T. Davis,
M. B. Smith, B,. L. Rouda, E. G. Nix,
K?ster Jones.
Tho Florence, meeting will be very
interesting especially Wednesday and
Thursday, on which days the tourna
ment will he hold.
VILLA'S' WAR PLANS
Serond Rebel Thief Said to Intend
Pushing Fight Own Initiative.
(By Associated Press)
Kagye Pass, June 22.-General Villa
is determined to complete the absolute
rleteat cf Huerta and fight his way
at tho head .of his army into Mexico
City, irrespective of any action Gen
eral Carranza, may take, according to
reporta: brought to the border today
by travelers arriving from Torre?n
and Monterey. These repovts elute
that nf ter Villa succeeds In occupying
Zacatecas he will push on south af
once without walting for troops other
than at his cwu direct command.
Didn't Reach Senate.
Washington, June 23.-Tho Federal
trade commission bill failed to reach
the Senate floor today because the In
lian appropriation bill occupied the
mitre session. Chali man Newlands,
A the Interstate Commerce commit
tee, has prepared 'his report on' this
-.lil. the first of the anti trust trio?
ind hopes.to present it tomorrow. .
LUMBER AND OIL SUITS DIS
POSED OF BEFORE AD
JOURNMENT
AMOUNT IS LARGE
The Decree of thc Court,Was One
Step in. Fi dng Title to
Oil Lands
-r
Washington, June 22.-Tho Su
pronic court today adjourned until
October after deciding flie Intcrmoun
tain rate ca6e, thc California Oil Land
grant case, the enstcrp States retail
l imber dealere ault, unjl/several other
important cases pending t^r many
mc nibs. i
Just fourteen cases in which argu
ments bad been mado Were left unde
cided. Those, include cases involving
the constitutionality of. the '"Grand
father clauses," limiting the right of
negroes to vote in Oklahoma and An
napolis, Maryland; the mid-Washing
Ion land case involving Gie validity of
President .Taft's wfywnwrjl of oil
lands from entry; the Nashville Grain
reshipping case; and the Henry case
Involving the right of.', congress to
compel Individuals to .testify before
investigating committee's.
. The court .d'irlng th? term dispo-cd
of-more CBS?B than in any year sincu
lS'.'O. Five hundred and ninety one
dieisions were handed, do wa.
The court atllrmed the. decree of the
New York federal conixt.Jiolding or
ganizations of eastorit states retail
lumber dealers had 'Violated the
Sherman anti trust law-by circulating
among their .members lists of whole
salers who sold lumber direct to con*
smilers. The Pipe tide act of 19DG,
placing all interstate ni pipe lines un
der interstate commode commission
regulations was' .upheld' by thc su
premo . court. The - court held, how
ever, tiiat the act is n?t applicable to
the I'nele Sniu Oil Comfcany.
Trnnswmtiuenti8l*rsre?>aVs won their
flght fOr title to B?ftFn l?yndrcd tnil
lion dollar? worth bf California oil
lands when the supreme court today
held void the claude' In the patents
making the l uid revert to the govern
ment If later lound to contain miner
als.
The supreme court recessed until
October without announcing decision
!n thc tariff withdrawal oil land case.
Tiio Grandfather clause, the Nash
ville reshipping case and several ?th.
ers.
Lumber Trust (Jase.
Charges of blacklisting and unfair
methods figured largely in the socall
ed Lumber Trust, suit which thc gov
ernment brought against ten retail
dealers'associations and 137 of their
officers.
. Tho defendants we're: The New |
York Lumber Trade Association, in
Hudson County. N. J., contributory
of Westchester County, N. Y.; the of
ficers, directors and representatives
of the New Jersey Lumbermen's Pro- j
tcctive Association an unincorporated
body composed of retail lumber deul
t-rs in New Jersey; the officers, di
rectors und representatives of eh Rc
iril Lumbermen's Association of
Philadelphia, an unincorporated body,
composed of retailers in Philadelphia
und vicinity; tho Massachusetts Re
tail Lumbar Dealers Association; the
Lumber Dealers Association of Con
necticut!; the Lumber Dealers Asso
ciation or the State of Rhode Island;
the Potall Lumbermen's Association
of Daltimore; thc officers and repre
sentatives of the Lumber Exchange of
the District of Columbia; and the
Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers
Association, a membership corpora
tion ot New York, composed of three
representatives of eic h of the other
associations named.
( burped Combination.
Tho government charged that the
retailers had combined to prevent
wholesalers from selling directly to
consumers l y blacklisting them and
refusing to buy from them if they did,
and by other, specified means. The
government showed that there had
long been friction between wuolesal-,
ers and retailers growing, out of the
(Continued on Page 7)
Absolutely
Nothing Doing
Special , to The Intelligencer
Columbia, June S0^-"Tlie war' de.
partaient declines to change Is atti,
(tide. Letter ex plains situation lu li v ."
The above telegram was received to*
night from Adjutant General Moore
ulm went to Washington to confer
with the secretary of war, and lt
means Hint the,South Carolina troops
wi? not be. allowed to participate Jn
the camp at Augusta.
'Tao 'rTeaiher.
Washington; June 22.-South Caro
lina-Fair Tuesday and Wednesday.
CATHOLIC VOWS
DECLARED VALID
Supreme Court Renders Decision
Which Guarantees Title to
Millions
(By Associated Prosa.)
Wu s li i tin ton, .lane '22.- Donia cast
on tho validity of vows of poverty lu
many Catholic orders waa removed to
day by the supreme court, which re
versed the decision of the eighth
I lilted Slates circuit coi:rt of appeals.
Tile lower court, sitting in Minnes
ota, held the vows void as against
public policy on thc grounds they did
not permit a person making them ever
to withdraw from tho order. Thc su
preme court today, speaking through
Justice Hughes, nnounced thui tue
lower court had erred by not distin
guishing between the religious and
civil natures of the vows. It was
pointed out a person was permitted
to withdraw civilly, although his
withdrawal In a religious sense was
a matter of conscience.
The case arose in the settlement of
tito estate of Father Augustin Wi rt h
in charge of a church at Sprlnglield,
Minn., at the time of his death. Rel
atives claimed property iii his posses
sion at the time of his death, despite
his vow to the order of St. Renedict
to possess no properly anti turn over
to the order al worldly possessions.
In the presentation of the cane to
the court lt wus stated that the deci
sion of the court below, if sustained,
would throw Iii doubt the title to mil
lions of dollars worth of property held
by religious orders, particularly those
of the Catholic churches.
MASONAIW DIXON
LINE OBLITERATED
This Wish of President Wilson
*...'* %
Was Conveyed in Letter to
Road Builders.
Washington, Juno ?2.-President
Wilson expressed the wish today that
the Manon and Dixon Line he forever
forgotten, in a letter to. H. B. Joy, of
thc Lincoln Highway Association,
asking thnt.tbejqad.run^rom-Phila
delphin to Gettysburg ' through "Wash-.
Ington. The president suggested thal
lt would te a good means of furtho
ohliterating sectional feeling b? u.vecn
the North and the Smith.
The president's tetter was as fol
low?:
"I am sure thal the entire country
is interested to Bee to it that there
should no longer exist a North or a
South in this absolutely united coun
try which we ell love, and that thc int
u?a? Inary, Mason and DIXOII'B line
should be made once and for .all a
thing of the past, and as a small
contribution to thal end. I earncntl>
suggests that Lincoln Highway As
sociation abeu ld grant permission to
pince thc oflicial Lincoln Highway
markers on thc macadam roadway
from Philadelphia to Washington
through the properly selected. streets
of the latter city to the Lincoln mon
ument, and from there through Fred
erick Md., to Gettysburg.
. "I nm reliably informed that this
route is now, or will be in the near
future a modern macadam roadway,
from Philadelphia to Gettysburg to
Washington.
The entire expense of the roads, 1
am informed. including officially
marking the highway, will bc defrayed
by local IhtcreBts.
"Cordially and respectfully your?,
"Woodrow Wilson."
PEOPLE CHOOSE > ,
A MAYOR TODAY
Second Race Will Be Settled
When Polls Close This After
te rn o o rs at 4 O'Clock
Anderson will tonight hail to a new
mayor to succeed Leo G. Ilolleinan,
when that gentleman's term expires.
Either J. M. Payne or J. H. Godfrey
will grace that position and last night
not even the wisest of all the wise
politicians would dare say who would
win. It seems that the race is al
most a toss-up with little in favor of
either candidate. Both will run a
good race.
Predictions arc that neither candi
date will secure a majority of more
than 100 votes and thia would aeem
to be the care, since there were Only
1292 votes cast in the last election,
held a week ago today, and II is not
likely that more 'than 1,000 will bc
cast today, although *a great deal of
"ginger" was injected yesterday.
The polls will open this morning at
8 o'clock and will close at 4 o'clock
and in all probability the reault will
he known hy 5 o'clock. .
VERDICT REVERSED
In A Case Against the Columbia Hos*
p'tai -Court ,<En Bane*
Columbia, June 22.--An opinion
from an cn bane session.of the state
supreme court, handed down today,
reversed tba $8,000 verdict secured by
Nan Lindter against tho Columbia
Hospital some months ago.
Secretary of State Com]
cation With thc Lettei
public hy The Tail
(Hy Associ?t eil Press.)
Washington, June i':.'.- Critlrisni of I
the proponed treaty to settle the dif
fercucoH between the I'nited Slates
and Colombia over the separation of |
Panama brought u formal statement
tonight from Secretary Hryan d?
fending the clause expressing "sin
cere i egret" on th? part of Hie I'nited
Stales that anything should have oc
curred to make friendly relations be
tween the two countries. Thc expres
sion "honest rgret," Mt. Brynn said,
was used in the memorandum drafted
during Hie Taft administration, on
which Hie present negotiations' UH
well as those whick previously had
faHed were based.
Despite opposition in the senate,
Mr. Hryan was hopeful today that the
treaty would be favorably reported
and ratified. Members of the foreign
relations committee expected that.cor
respondence in tile archives of the
State department bearing on the trea
ty would rearb Hie committee Wed
nesday. lt will be referred to a sub
committee and probably will tie made
public.
lt ls said thia correspondence will
show that al one stoge of Hie nego
tiations with Ch \ mbia during the
Taft administration the I'nited States
proposed to submit tho dispute tn ar
bitration with I ile knowledge thnt a
verdict lu favor bi Colombia would
mean a Judgment for at least $40.000,
mo.
Brynn's Statement.
Secretary Bryan's statement fol
lows :
"Article 1 of the treaty now before
the senate reads: 'The government
?f the I'nited states of Ameri?n, wlsh
'.ag to put to rest all controversies j
and differences with the republic of I
Colombia arising out of tho events of
which the present situ?t lou on the is-)
?be Of, Panama rosUlted,"expresses, in
its own name and Iii the name of the
people or the I'nited States, sincere
regret that anything should hnve oc
curred to Interrupt or to make the re- |
lations or cordial friendship that has i
HO long subsisted between the two no
tions.
" 'The government of the Hepublic
af Colombia, In its own name and In
thc name of the Colombian people, ac
cepts this declaration in the full as
surance ??hat every obstacle to the
TO HI VU OPEN TRIAI.
Uongressmun K. V. Webb Introduces
Bill tu Vhungc Judicial Practice.
Washington, June, 22 - Represen
tative Webb of North Carolina today
introduced a bill to provide that per
sons indicted or informed against for |
jrlmes and misdemeanors other than
.iipltal offenses shall be rurnlshcd
LC pies or the indictment or Informa
it n at or herore thc time of arraign
ment, or pleading. Names and ad
ivcs?eB ot witnesses and also be fur
bished defendants at least one day be
'ore trial.
Mr. Webb, who beads the judiciary
.ommittee to which the bill was re
ft rrcd, seeks to liberalize the '"star
chamber" reatures or prosecutions.
Negroes Outside Luw.
Washington. Juno 22:-Tho supreme
:ourt today upheld the validity ol the
date statutes under which the BU
ireme court or Tennessee held that
ormcr slaves have no Inheritable
ilood and cannot Inherit property un
ter thc ordinary rules ot Kinship.
Mexican Internat
To Be
(By Associated Press) i
Niagara Falls. Juno 22.-Through i
be Invitation ot the United States t
Internment and thc good offices of i
he three . South American mediator?, [
epresentutives of the two warring
actions In Mexico, the constitutional
sis and Huerta Government, soon
nil bc brought, face t orace in an in
orinal conference distinct from the
iicdlation proceedings.
To save Mexico from further, spoila
ion and the possibility of a foreign
mr, ?he constitutionalists appurent
y hu. . boen prevailed upon to meet j
heir countrymen-the Huerta dele
ates-In a conference whose object |
hail be the ending of the Mexican
ivil strife. The belief ls general
bat this plan stands an excellent I
hance of being carried to success if
ecent difference* netwecn Generals
'illa and Carranza are sufficiently j
ompoBcd to gu?rante* that the con
tltutlonalist. delegation may work
.-Knout embarrassment.
Arrangements for the meeting are
i a formative Btate. The mediators
nd American and. Huerta delegates,
o we ver, believe that by tomorrow or
Wednesday, st thc latest, they wit' be
33.rcs Recent Communi
r to the Southern Re
t Administration
rest (.Tal ion of complete hurmuiiy be
tween the two countries will thus dis
appear.'
"In what is known as tho Dubbin
memorandum, made during the Tait
administration, which presented the
basia upon which hu wus authorized
lo negotiate u treaty, tho following
language is used:
" 'The government und the people of
the United States honestly regret any
thing should have ever occurred to
mar. In any way, thu long and sincere
friendship that existed fe- nearly a
century between Colombia und the
United States, and the latter country
lins for years, earnestly desired to
remove the ill feeling -aroused in Co
lombia by the separation of Panama.*
.Messages Identic tl.
"lt will be seen from a comparison
of the two paragrapli?.that they are
identical in meaning und almost iden
tical in language! In the Dubois me
morandum the railed Stntea 'honest
ly regrets' und In the pending treaty
.tho government or the United States
of America expressed In Its own name
in the name of the people of the
United Kt at os, sincere regret.' There
ls no material difference between
'honestly regrets' and 'sincerely re
grets.' The pending treaty uses the
phrase, 'to interrupt or to mar,' the
Dubois m?morandum uses the Words
'to mar.' The Dubois memorandum
describes the friendship formerly ex
isting ns 'sincere,' while the pending
treaty is as 'cordial.'
Roth refer to tho 'events of 1903.'
The Dubois memorandum speaks of
'the ill feeling aroused in Colombia
by the separation of Panama1,'' the
pending treaty refers to 'the events
from which the presont situation on .
the Isthmus of Panama resulted.* i In
the ponding, treaty thu government of ;
Colombia accepts this..declaration In
tue full assurances that every ob
stacie to the restoration' of the com
plete harmony between the two
countrien will ?i?aa disappear, while
the Dubois memorandum declares that
tia United States earnestly desired ta
remove the Ill-feeling aroused in Co
lombia by the separation, pf Panama.
"This comparison ls made to show
that the two 'expressions of regret'
are in all essential particulars the
sume."
WOULD HONOR (?A 11,1, ARI?
Finley Asks That Culebra Cut Be Dub
bed His Nume.
Washington, June 22.-A proposal
to honor tbe late Colonel David du B.
Gallard, who dide from an illness ag
gravated by ovorwork on the Panama
canal, by naming Culebra cut after
him was laid before President Wilson
today by Representative Finley, of
South Carolina Thc South Ca
rolina Congressmen said the
suggestion bad met with the hearty
approval of the president.
Mr. Finley also invited the presi
dent to attend the 15th anniversary of
the founding of tho town of Cheraw.
3. C., on July 8. The president took
the invitation under advisement.
Pnsxed By House.
Washington, June 22.---The House
today passed the nonato Joint resolu
tion appropriating $31,000, for procur
ing title to land at Capo Henry Vir*
u?lnla, for fortifications and,coast de
fense purposes. The resolution now
goes to the president.
ional Mess
Discussed Apart
Ode to announce not only the. person
nel of the constitutionalist delega
lon but the proceedings of the meet
ng and its general purposes. The
lew plan has buoyed the hopes of the
irincipnls to mediation." ..
The South American envoys dls
.iissed lt briefly with the American
lelegatcs today and later.! conferred
i'lih tho Huerta delegates, who were
isked formally if they, would meet
.onstltutionalist representatives. The
tuerta delegates replied they were
vining to emiter any conference with
heir countrymen which had: for Ita
ibject the prevention ot ? bloodshed
ind the destruction of property and
ought to establish a national go ver n
uent on a firm basis. .
Tbe plan the mediators have work
id out is to confine the formal media
ion conferences to consideration- ot
nternational questions, treating with,
hese points. On Internal questions,
he Huerta and. constitutionalists del
igateS will be expected to confer
done. They would discuss names
or the provisional presidency, while
ho mediators and American delegat
es . would await the outcome of their
>fforts beforb signing a final protocol.