The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, June 28, 1914, Section One, Image 1
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 139. ff??,. E.toUlW,! 186Q, D.n" J?g mi._ ANDERSON, S. C..SUN?AY MORNING, JUNE 28, 19M] PRICERVE^E^rs
Spat Upon Telegram
Handed Him By the
County Chairman
BOLD SPEECHES
FEATURED DAY
The Voter? of Bamberg Were!
Boisterous, Applauded and
Hissed Each Speaker
In Turn
Special to Thc Intelligencer.
Bamberg, June 27.-More than 1.000
zealous partisan voters heard thc Uni
ted States Senatorial candidates here
today. At no other place vlfited in
the campaign have preferential lines
of cleavage ben so directly drawn or
partisan strife ro rampant. Both
Mesr.rB Jennings and Pollock, the post
entrants, were well received. Senator
Smith had a large and appreciative
following in the audience. Governor
Blease had many admirers, and his ad
h?rants today were the most-' bois
terous of any that have listened to
the candidates thus far.
That a large number of thc Bam
berg, voters will remain In the, "ma
jority which I already have," was not
questioned today ar the governor's
followers rhowed their approval ' ol
his bitter denunciations of all' classes
and conditions of men who are not
with "my friends." When Introduc
ing the governor, H. C. Folk, the coun
ty chal? mun, read a telegram address
ed to the govornor by Mr. Folk, ask
ing that thc governor answer in the
course of his speech something as to
the support of the democratic nomi
nee. Tho chairman also asked , that
the question be*, answered: "Is the
oilba In the United S?ts?t f?natfe." . *
Spat on Telegram.
The governor spat on and stamped
under his fftet tho telegram, while
the crowd vigorously applauded hi?
act. He entirely ignored the ques
tion. Bamberg citizens were remind
ed that in the care of an attack upon
a white woman by a negro, no military
company. would ever be ordered out
to protect the negro. This bold chal
lenge tell on willing ears, and the gov
ernor again pursued the "nigger."
Senator Smith war charged with be
ing a member of the Haskell conven
tion and voting with thc negroes back
in 1890 against Benjamin R. Till
man; that as a member of the legis
lature he had voted against
the separate coach law; and that he
had voted for a bill to pay an indemni
ty ree or $2 OOO for the family of a ne-,
gro who was lynched.
The governor feld that tho. new
rules were only to disfranchise "my
friends," a' glowing picture of thc
Confederate veterans. Robert E. Lee
and tho late Wade Hampton, riding his
mule with the "red shirt" hosts to
rid the state of negro domination.'
"Yet," Governor Blease said, "because
this man cannot sign-his.full name,
he can't vote." lt wac at this junc
ture that some one in the audience
called out,, "yea, but he can get the
clerk to sign it for him." "Any fool
knows that," the governor retorted.
Then he added, "you ain't contribu
ting any information." j More ques
tions were fired at the candidates here
today than at any previous meeting.
Many of these were of au unfriendly
nature to the present administration,
add the parrying and thrusts and acid
replier, were heartily applauds
Again today, as yesterday, Senator.
Smith received Several bunches . bf
beautiful flowers, which are to be
pressed in memory of those, he said
who were making a. heroic fight to
take, him out of the United States sen
ate.
Although the governor made a bold
attempt to get rough at today's meet
ings, L. D. Jennings, waltzed into his
record with greater ferocity than at
'. any previous meeting. He was given
a fine reception and after he hadvex
plained the rules of the party the
state convention waa cheered for Its
work by many In tho audience. - r
Mayor JenrJngs said that the gov
ernor was proud of his record. Then
he shall bo proud of me, for I- expect
tb help him exhibit the record 'from
every clump in South Carolina,'>said
Mayor. Jennings.
"Go to it, Jennings. If 1 dont vote
? for Blease, I wHI vote for you," said
a Blease man sitting oh the edge or
the platform.
Honor Boll Read. - . .
W. P. Pollock continued his> .on
slaught on the. record of the governor.
He read his honor roll of "furrine'i??\.
taken from a certain club list in
Charleston, tfhe speakor's propunciT.
atl?n of the names brought iforth
! much laughter. /'Do. you want
these.people who cant speak;a word
'? of English and who ire voted by cor
rupt politicians a* dinnb driven cat
tle to govern South Carolina?", the
OWN
OVERNOR
QUESTIONING
SOl'TH CAROLINA
IN CERTAIN LIST
State Assured of Legal Right To
Membership in Federal Re
serve Banks
(Dy Associated Press)
Washington. June 27.-Fifty State
banks and trust companies ul! told,
have qualified for membership In Fed
eral raserve banks as against 7,500
National banks.
This small number of State institu
tions in thc new Federal banking nlnn
is due chiefly to State laws forbiding
State'banks to. acquire stocks in oth
er corporations. There are only twen
ty States in which the treasury de
partment officials are absolutely cer
tain it is possible for State banking
Institutions to become members of the
new Fedeial reserve banks without
some modification of the laws. These
States include Maryland Virginia,
Wost .Virginln. Tennessee and South
Carolina.
Two of these State?, Kentucky and
South Carolina, have passed enabling
acts since the passage of the Federal
reserve act and in the others without
exception, officials have given assur
ance steps would be taken to make
changes In State laws which will en
nble State banks to join the Federal
reserve banks if thoy ro desire. How
ever in manv States the legislatures
do not convene until 1915.
The reserve bank organization com
mittee carly next week will mall to
the electors of all member !banks a
complete Hst of Gie nominees for di
rectors in Uieir various"'' districts.
Each elector will be allowed fifteen
days after the receipt of this Hst be
fore he casts hi.-- ballot for directors.
The member tianks elect cly dtfectowi
"Tos'-'?^?At-.r?B'?rV? t?bard" will ?ame
three directors for each' bf. the Fed
eral reserve banks.
Members of the committee were
surprised at the comparatively small
".imber of nominations submitted for
directors. The entire number was
only 768 with more than seven thous
and banks voting.
BROKEN RUDDER
ARGUES LAWYER
Attorney for the Owners of the
Storstad Contends Empress -
Was Wholly Responr/ble
(By Associated Pres*.)
Quebec, Que., Juno 27.-Contentions!
that the story subscribed to the fc-nv
press of Ireland wreck commission b>
'aptain Kondall and officers of the
lost liner was false, that the present
heading of the sunken hull proved
the Storstad's owner?' convictions, ns
to how Gie collision took place/ and
that Captain Kendall, unnerved by the
appearance of the collier after his
steering gear had broken down, lost'
his head, formed the main part of
the address made this morning by C.
S. Haight, summing . up for collier's
owners. ' ?
He attempted to show that, tb e col
lision which was caused eoleVy by the
Empress being stopped d I rec t ly in the
path bf the Storstad. .' .\
"If the steering gear of the Empress
broke down," r**ld Mr. Haight, "there
was an expia "on for one of the
most surprlstL - movements ever
known at sea." He referred to the
testimony of Captain Kendall that
when he met the, fog be had put his
engines full speed astern from full
speed ahead. 1
" fl submit," ho said, "that there in
an explanation to be found for this
surprising order, if it is true that
something had gone wrong' with his1
ship's-steering gear.- There must be
some emergency to make bim put his
engines full speed astern when the
vessels were from two. to four miles
apart and on a safe and clearing
course."
: peaker asked. When the chorus of
"No's" died down, he further .asked,
"do you want to be H J cd up with Vin
cent Ch lc co, Jim Soi ii le, > the Italian
Dago, and King of Blind Tigers on tho
governor's staff? If you don't/- ' thoy
are the-ones with whom the governor
has sided." This statement was. then
greeted with prolonged applause for
Pollock.
i Senator Smith was in good form to
day and received a big ovation, espec
ially from the farmers In the au
dience. Ho said that his three.oppon
ents had been try inp to divorce him
and "Miss Cotton," me old sweetheart.
They are trying to create family trou
ble, but they cannot divida us," he
continued. Senator Smith ignored the
.wild charges bf the governor.
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1. m^m&
WOMEN CALL
ON OFFICIALS
FOROTFRAGE
CHAMP CLARK DECLARES
HIS BELIEF IN THE VOT
ING ?F WOMEN
BRYAN RETREATED
Vice President Marshall Would j
Not Commit Himself-Ladies
Had Petition to Present /
(By Associated Prass'.?
Washington, Juno 27.-Women sui- I
fragists representing their -slateT in
38- states descended on the capita!
again today seeking support from con
gressmen of all political f aft hs.
Bpeuker Clark told them Chut wom
an suffrage was "Inevitable as the i
rising of tomorrow's sun;" Vice Presi
dent Marshall, pressed to make a
more definite stand on the question,
naively intimated that his wife would
not let him; and Secretary Bryan.
waylaid by an enthusiastic suffra
gist in a capitol corridor, took refuge
in an elevator. j
Dr. Anna 'Howard Shaw, presiden1
of the National Woman's Suffrage
Association, and Jane Addams, of
Chicago, and Mrs. Dcsha Brecken- !
ridge, of Kentucky, vice presidents,
pleaded their cause to both Vice Pres
ident Marshall and Speaker Clark. I
Mn;. Breckenridge, a granddaughter
of Henry Clay, said she boped the
vice president would help the woman
suffrage "cause. The vice-president
interrupted:
"I've got to, remember my wife and
I don't want to get separated from
her." TbiR remark was interpreted
by the suffragists to mean that Mm.
Marshall opposed thc movement,
lind Petitions.
Mrs. Antoinette Funk of Chicago]
said thc delegation wanted their pe
titions Heni to the senators by mes- ?
Benger.-?. * 1 \
yi,ce president,, and 'caillng//pag?s, he j
ordered the petitions distributed.
Dr. Show told both the .vice pres!-J
lieut and thc speaker there was a de
mand for woman suffrage throughout
thc United States. ;She said she at
tended a meeting bf the International
Council ol Women at Rome, repre- j
senting seven million women from
widely separated countries, and that]
the meeting voted unanimously for a|
woman suffrage resolution.
"This shows," she said, "that the
desire for stiff rage . is from all over
the world. ' The method of securing
suffrage state by Btate is too slow j
and unless we can get congress to
encourage the movement it will be
greatly delayed. Therefore we de
mand that congress shall pass some1
form of suffrage laws."
Miss Addams pointed out that in
Chicago lhere were municipal ques
tions of- importance on which women
voted. .. i k t,,i
Many Are ' Toting.
"More than one third pf those eli
gible to vote," she said, J'hnve^exer
clped that privilege.' Women In Chi
cago . as elsewhere . desire' the vote
because so many'of the humanitarian
and philanthropie reforms'which they
virtually Inaugurated and supported
Boosting Wilson's Courage. -
Washington, June 27.-At thc white
house today another quantity of Tel
lers nnd telegrams from business
men In different parts of the conntry
praising President Wilson.'s stand on
business conditions and anti-trust leg
islation waa made public/ In the view
of white house officials the corres
pondence sustained the president's
position that anti-trust/ legislation
must be passed during the present
session of congress.
[TWO M?R?BRED
FOR M?NETBYi
HIGHWAYMEN!
Three Negroes Held Up Lumber]
Company Pay Car, '.: Killed .j
Two and Robbed Tjl^4 : j!
. .. . i y , Jr* v .
(By Associated Pro?Si.v - "
Laurel, Miss., June 27.-Three ne
gro highwaymen Jute today shot and
killed two employes of .the ?Uchrlat
Fordney Lumber' Company, ser ional)
wounded a third and escaped with.'fho
company's weekly( payroll amounting
12,200. Those'killed wer?| J.< V. 8lm
mons and Rcelie Hitzpatrlck clerks in
the loca! office of the lumbar com
pany. Wyatt Robinson, another
clerk, was badly , wn?nded. "'-:.'
The hold-up occurred J.uj-:t outside
of Stevena Station, whare ihc clerks
boarded a motor car Jfor \h* com
pany's logging camp? six miles away.
They had gone' but a short dlstanco
(Continued on Pa?e.&.)
THEN BITTER
FIGHT BEGINS
Personal Abtue Injected Into
The Speaking Of Candidates
For State Offices
Special tu Tile Intelligencer.
Dillon. June 27>-Candidates for the
state office:? ut thc campaign meet-!
ing here today marked the nay with
frequent references of a personal nu
tuie and closely apnrouchtng bitter-1
uesr, replying'; to the rtatements ut
their opponents discussing charges 01
a political nature believed made
aguinst them and telling of alleged
coiporutiou fights against them in
their efforts to r?cure public offices.
No particular eut hurla: m was exhlb- I
Ited, however, by the eight hundred
persons, many of them women, who
heard thc addresses. I
Possibly indicating thc general good
will which har characterized the cam
paign this lar we're the friendly nets
of Andrew J. Bethen, a native, and W.
H. Hamer, a resident, who kissed lit
tle girl3 who brought them flowers.
These two candidate's for lieutenant
governor and John: G. Richards candi
date for governorV,-received long con
tinued applause.
Mixed chcerr. aad hiRFCE greeted the
usual emphatic denial of Richards
that li ? ls not a ebal Hall swinger, his
assertion of friendship for Governor
Bleaec.
He declared thal compulsory educa
tion would result in -the practical
rujn-or th? state ?nd in negro doinin
tlon of the VchtVwr, Practically the
entire" r.peech ora&Hnkscales was de
voted to humorous recitals. He brief
ily dircusred comftbtfory education,
|ur;rlng u state-wide, law.
Solicitor R. A^Cboper of Laurens,
candidate lor governor. Joined the par
ty and made hlsyflrat speech of ,the
week, being absent^hecauFC of his
wife's deulh Monday.
John T. Duncan-incited that he kuew
I?lease was Felling-pardons*when be
??beiutexl a cerium ' yeggman.
Lowndes J. Browning, advocated
a const it utional,iy< provided . uniform
[schedule year. Adjutant. General "\V.
-W. -Moondeclafe?^^
M,<' <^^TOUs?:;niB*io WtatdmBjits^ahso
!l?teiy'fcrr??e?u/; Ctftriptrbller Gener
al J?nes rcathf?gly attacked James A.
.Summcrt 3tt',-'bis* opponent. The elec
tioh of Governor Blouse for the Uni
ted States Senate was prophesied vig
orously by C. ,?).| borter, candidate tor
railroad commissioner. -
OFFIC??LIJ???
O?ORMATION
AROUSED SENATE
Newspaper Men and Others May
. Be Called On To Explain
Where News Was Secured
" " (By Associated Press) . .
Wash.nglbn, June 27.-Stirred to
action by the apparent freedom with
which proceedings of the . foreign re
lations committee in consideration ' of
the Nicaraguan and Colombian
treaties have been published from d^y
tb day, several senators today agreed
.on a resolution asking for authority
to subpoena senators and Washington
correspondents to an inquiry to de
termine how proceeding's of the com
mittee, supposed to be especially Se-.
cret; get out. *
Thc resolution was referred to a1
standing committee which decides on
the expense involved in such Investi
gations. It ls.expected the Senate will
jiass it. Chairman Stone of the for
eign, relation's commit te. read Into the
congressional record thts statement:
'.All newspaper reports of what bas
occurred in the committee on foreign
relations in "Itt. proceedings regard-,
ing the Nicaraguan and Colombian
treaties, aro unauthorized and inac
curate, and moreover are ' unworthy
of boiler, because whoever gave out
the alleged information betrayed the
confidence of the committee and gov
ernment and deliberately violated his
Tfbrd of honor.
:; "No man iipon that committee," de
clared tbe senator to his,.colleagues,
"can "give out the confidential busi
ness of tho committee except he has
upon, bim the brand of absolute dis
honesty and betrayal." He added that
he regarded the disclosures bf what
had ' taken ; place behind closed doors
"a disgraceful performance."
Evidence that all senators do not
entirely approve of the idea of se
crecy wss given by Senator Norris,
who ls n?t a member of the foreign
relations. committee. He offered- a
resolution .that all senators be fur
nished with copies of the dally tes
timony before the committee on the
tioatles, - -
Ono result of today's developments
wus to strengthen tho determination
of several senator opposed" to tbe
.treaties to make, an effort to havo
them considered by the senate. In open
session.-?'-'.
4.. 2r >J
SAYS MONEY
WILL LEAVE
NICE SURPLUS
UNDERWOOD DENOUNCES
DETRACTORS OF RULING
PARTY'S SUCCESS
FINANCES ARE GOOD
Figures That Government Will
Come Out Ahead arri Even
Better Second Year
(lu* Associated Press ?
Washington. Juni' 27.---Fortified
with official ligures from tho treasury
department. Democratic Leader Un
derwood today told thu house that
there would lie no deficit in govern
ment financer and that any predic
tion of on? was a dream, bored on
writes springing from political an
tagonism.
lu an unulyslr of the government's
financial situation. Mr. Underwood
I announced that the total receipts of
I thc government for the tlseal year
lending next Tuesday would aggregate
I 9733,DOCf.0O0. leaving a surplu? of $30.
1000,000 and that with only a half
I veut Y. opeiation of the Income tux.
That did not Include Panama expendi
tures, estimated at $3?.000.000. Next
year, he declared. Panama expendi
tures virtually would pars away. and.
canal receipts would pay running ex-"
peores.
I Mr. Underwood's speech was in sup
I port of the Senate'r amendment to the
legislative appropriation bill to ' in -
crea'"? the tieasury fund for collecting
tuc Incoan? tax from $1,000.000 to $1.
500.000. which the house finally agreed
lo. Mr. Underwood explained the In
crease waa for collecting the income
tax from persons and corporations'
trying to evade lt.
5" More Prom Taxk
, "For next year," he predicted, "we
can be as sured of > collecting more
?han SlOO.OQo.OUO from the Income tax,
even it no more proportionately ls
collected than .war,.collected this year,' >
arid imtor? .jpjpportio?otely will be coU
lect?d."
Mr. Underwood said that customB
receipts were producing in the cur
rent vear $22,000,000 more than the
ad?jinistre.tlon had expected.
"There will he no falling oft !n tho
income tax receiptr next year." he
Faid. "A huge proportion ni fie In?
I come accrues and is payable In Jun
i nary and February, but the Income tux
becomes operative as'to the normal
tax in March and, lo the super tax or
additional tux. i:ot until the bill be- i
came a law in October. Probably one
half of the dividend." and coupon In
terest on bonds are payable ln# Jan
uary and Feb: nary of each year, and
they are not included In this year's
returns of the income tax. So it is
fair to say that only one half of the
year ha? been available in which to
collect thc income lax.
Another Increase.
"I think thc corporation tux this
year will show un increase of about
$4,000v000 or $5.000.0000 over the last
year of the Payne bill."
Representative Payne, of New York,
author of the lart Republican tariff
law. contended that the Republicans
should have been credited with some
of the receipts in the current year, as
thc reduction in thc tariff rates under
the Underwood bill did not cover the
entire fhical year.
Dismissed Major.
[' Washington. June 27.-President
I Wilson hn$ approved the sentence of
dismissal imposed on Major Renj. M?
Knobler, of the coast urtillery corps
?"by a court martial. Major Koehler
was In command at Fort Terry, Plum
Island, New York, when sensational
charges were brought u; .?inst him and
tSo trial WUB held ?ehind cloud
.oors.
ANN?r?LlSl??N
IS DISMISSED FOR
IMPERSONATION
Young Enlisted Man Passed On
Physical Test For a Friend
Dishonorable Discharge
(By Associated Press.)
Annapolis, Md.. June 27.-M. P.
Harriron, of M ir s Issi pp!, a young en
listed man in the navy, tonight, was
escorted to thc boundaries of the gov
ernment reservation at Annapolis and
there dishonorably discharged from
thc service because hu had imperso
nated another man In an examination
for admission to tho Naval Academy
as a midshipman..
5 Harri* won a designation from Uni
ted States Senator Willoms to take
the entrance tents under a new plan
of Secretary of the Navy Daniels for
the benefit of enlisted men. He pass
ed the tests and later took the place
(Continued on page 5.) ' l
' '.. ?A it'. : '.:
ANGELES DEC
AN EVIL
IN RE
SCHOOL BOOKS
FOR ALL STATES
Printed at Cost B> the Govern
ment Priinting Office at
Washington
(By Associated Press)
Atlanta, tia,, .lime 'M.- A new und
ccu no adral way out of tho KI ute text
book dilemma wilie? is disturbing (lie
legislature at this session is offend
by Dudley M. Hughes, eongreusntau
from Georgia, iii a bill introduced in
the. national house. The bill provides
that the state otllcial or hoard lu
charge Of public Instruction in any
state may geud to. the public printer
at Washington the manuscript of any
book to be used in the elementary
schools ami the public printer shall
print and bind us many of the books
ap aie ?ecesrary and rupply lo the
state nt' cost.
Mr. Hughes, made incluirles and
found that the government could pub
lish such books at a figure Jar be
low the cost of regular firms and that
it would he entirely feasible to have
the government office dd the work.
DE Fl AX fi H KAT BY VAMTIK
Cochran .Yacht Pr"ved Speedier at
Oyster Bay Yesterday. ,
Oyster Bay, N. v.. .lune 27.-WIG*
the Resolute ictir^d Tor ten days for
repairs, the yachts Vanitie and De
fiance .rared today on the sound again
in the slightest of airs. The Cochran
yacht won without difficulty. \i on?,
time the Vanitie was nearly two,miles
ahead but the Defiance regained nomo
of/.the l?st ^distance. The difference
between'tbe two at the fiuish',Wi-.?v-t
minutes, abd -3 accouda^ On -corrected
time,tUA;-fKuniUe.-.bcat ? the . Deihiucc L
reven minuten and 42 seconds.
''The 'bcrideut "rib" tito Resolute wiTs"
not serious. The bowsprit cap w;is
discovered to be out of the plac? and
the k:rb-stay had slodkened. The
Resolute will meet her rivals again
off Newport July 7.
Thv (Uber two yachts will race off
Lurchmont Monnuy.
COLONEL SUFFERS
ENLARGED SPLEEN
Physician Has Ordered Him To
. Take Four Months' Rest
For Malaria
(Bv Associated Press.)
Oyster Bay, June 27.-Four months
of absolute rest hus been prescribed
for Colouel Roosevelt by his' physi
cians, who informed him that he was
suffering from an enlargement of thc
spleen and a loss of vitality aa a result
of the malarial fever he contracted In
Ute South American Jungles.
"But in four months the campaign
will be over," the colonel said today.
I'onsen u on tl y bet added, he considered
lt an ininossibillty to follow his phy
sicians advice.
Col. Roosevelt has abandoned his
campaign trip across the continent
which had been arranged tentatively
for September. He also telegraphed
to Pittsburgh that would make only
one ?peech there on Tuesday night.
Two had been arranged.
The change in the ex-president'?
plans came after an examination
made last night by Dr. Alexander
Lambert of New York. Dr. Lambert
came' to Oyster Bay. inspected his
patient and then told him he must
rest for four months. He urged the
colonel to make no speeches during
the campaign. He explained, the
colonel said, that lt would require a
longe period to shake off the effects
nf the malaria and that ii this were
not accomplished the disease might
became so securely fastened upon
ifni that he would never recover his
full- strength. It might even impair
his mental vigor, the physician said.
. "I think Dr. Lambert took a gloomy
view,',' Colonel Roore'velt raid lnghing
ly. "hut I shall tuke care of myself ns
well us I can and I'll see thut tho ma
la! la doer not get settled In my sys
tem." *
Upon his return' from Pittsburgh,
Col. Roorovelt ls to see a New York
throat specialist. He hopes that the
specialist wil lake a more optimistic
view of thc situation. Rut, whatever
the physician rays of the possible
-'ousequences. he ls determined, he
mid, to' go on with the campaign in
\ limited way.
South Carolinian.
Washington, June 27.-The presi
dent today nominated Paymastor
Raniuel McGowan of South Carolina
tu, l e paymaster general ai,a chief of
tim bureau <.* supplies and i /ouii'.s
With the ran* vf rear admiral
Agent of Carranza Say?
He Instigated Recent
Break of Chiefs
MENTIONED FOR
THE PRESIDENCY
The Charge Includes Statement
That Angeles Is IR Reality
a Member of the Herta
Faction
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, juno 27.-\lfrodo
Breceila, privat? secretly of Orn
erai Carranza, thc constUutlont'.lIsls
leader, tonight issued n stawnmnt jn .
which he charged in?i G?rerai Felipe,.
Angeles lind InHplrod the recent con-'
troversy between -'urranza and VUIB.
He ah:o accused Angeles of '.Olng In
reality au agent of General Huerta,
H rec?da's statement was issued af
ter a conference with Luis Oubruia
one of Carranza's representatives who
ls working for participation of . the
constltutlonnlislH In.an Informal p?'a&c
discussion with the delegates tp the
Niagara Falls mediation conference.
Preceda admits that thero is a ser(o"ua
breach in thc constitutionalists ranks ,
which probably cannot be healed?un- '
ICBB mediation is succcHBful. *: j ; 5
In the nt at fluent Brechin. Asserts
thut he felt called upon to : make
known the real facts In the contention
between Villa and Carranza, hpca?so .
"public opinion In tho United/States
has been greatly misled." .. ~'?? ?
Angeles Blamed. V. : "
, The statement In part/^l^^^jg^y
?'ar?inza^hav8 nbt^allrnl^m^or^^^
that mrs been supposed. Affila ~ MaTT
appeared always in an entirely sub
ordinate capacity to Carranza.v-Had lt
not been for the interforence..bf Fe
lipa Angeles, chief author of the hap
penings occurring lately, ' therejwould
have been no differences.
"General Angeles was a commander
in the Federal anny: he was sent baw
r. mission to F.urope by Huerta; he
stayed there until October 1913; he
then asked to Join the ranks of th?
constitutionalist army. ?geles Was
accepted. He WUH welcomed by Car
ranza who appointed him sub-secre
lary of his wur department.
"With the beginning of the cillltary
activities against Torre?n and yield
ing to th-.- wlshos Of Villa Angeles
wus Bent froid Sonorn to help Villa
In the investment of Torreen.
"Since thc arrival of Angeles near
Villa, a change In the attitude of the
latter was felt, pearly all the a^ts
of Villa meaning disagreement . with
Carranza, such as the imprisonment
and attempted shooting of General
i'hao, which were due to the advice
of Angeles. On June 12 Carranza
iisked Villa to send sonic reinforce^
monts to Natara, who was at the lime
Investigating Zacatecas. Villa, acting
Hider ? he advice of lng"', u; refused
lo send lUH'jhj r?iaforceiueu?s unl???; pe
..onld take charge nf Hie assault, do
ing all with lils own forces. Currun
da insisted. Vila refused again aud
ind in a fit of brger tendered his res
ignation as uni tary commander of
the Northern division.
/ Mono Villa
"Carranza found himself obliged to
accept the resignation but he con
voked the officials who were under or
Jers of Villa that they could choose
liy themselves their active leader. The
>fflclals, influenced by Angeles, refus
ed to appoint a substitute and agreed
o support Villa.
"Carranza was acquainted with tho
real causes nf the attitude of Villa and
consequently he ordered the Imme
Hate discharge of Angeles from the
josltion he held.
"Attempts have been made to patch
ip tho break. Nothing had been ob
ained until Villa realized .that most
if revolutionary leaders had asHur
>d their loyalty to Carranza, and that
be real p.;/posc of Angeles was to.
ise him as a tool for his ambition to
ecoine provisional president of Mex
co. Then Angeles' purpose became
rain.
"In view of this revelation Villa has
lecidedly agreed to postpone the dls
?iission of his grievances until the
?evolution has triumphed. Carranza
tas also considered that the campaign
[gainst Huerta must be the chief pur
?OBO and that it would be impolitic to
pend time in an attempt to subdue
Mila."
Foreigners Aided.
Breceda then charges that the atti
ude of Villa, fostered on the inside
>y Angeles also, has been encouraged
?y certain foreign elements, chiefly
wo intimate friends of Lazaro do La
terza, financial agent of Villa. V
"One of them Is a follow of many
[oubtful connections In the United
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