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: DEAD ANI TO FIND_ Colonel Carlos Carranza Bandit's End and Say Remains in ; __ TELEGRAM LAID BEF< OF LEADE Obregon Insistent on Wit Warned if This is Con Wlil End in (By Assoc HI Paso, April 29.-A telegra Garcia tonight from Colonel Carlo the reported death of Villa, is unde Scott-Funston-Obregon conference today. The telegram, which ca while Colonel Carranza has been tablished beyond a doubt that the recover the body in a few days. The jnitial meeting of the Si lasted two hours, and while detai flicting propositions developed duri in the Mexican custom house in Ju It is understood Obregon rei American troops be withdrawn at that he was informed that the Ann icans that they are not empowere this is insisted upon th's conference then, is said to have expressed his .'halfway." While the instructions of Seci ret, it is known the following gene the United States: .Extension of-An tar as Casas Grandes; relegation i ing this northern zone; co-operatioi ican troops and granting the use torces. SEND LAROE FORCE TO HE.il> BANDITS SAID.TO HAVE CROSSED BORDER. (By Associated Pre?3.) ?San An torfe,' Texas, April 29.-Ma jor-0. B. Myers ot tho Fourteenth cavalry ut ?M?rCa, Texas, notified headquarters . tonight that he had sent a str^ig detachment to Lajitas, -Texaa. .to investigate the crossing at that nolnt of a force of Villa bandits: L&jltas" ls on tho Rio Grande river. Unconfirmed reports said that five hundred bandits had occupied with out opposition twenty, miles of Amer ican terltory In tho Lajltas dlsti'lCt. HON. GEO: M. REID TELLS REPORTER HE WON'T BE IN THE RACE THIS TIME An interesUng visitor to the city Saturday was Hon. Geo. M. Reid pr Piedmont, who "spent the day hero on buiiues3. Aft*. Rov?, as usual, was in a Jolly good humor, but not in clined to discuss " politics, . further than to ?ay that he would not offer '?/ for reelection to the house of repre? tentatives. "No," said Mr.. I^ld. "while I ap preciate filly the assurance of -sup port fro.^v friends all over .the coun ty, and feel confident that I could be re-elected, and all that, I -think that ,, I <wi9l stay at homo this thur-. I have talked the .thing ovter with' my wife und wo have decided that: the state v/tl havo to Worry along somehow cr oUier. without my service? ;as a law mair ir.'.to rthe next' two. years any ?way,"J^A: . ' ,. ; Mr.. Reid waa a most conscien tious representative, always at hts post; and ,a,lert 'in tho interests of lils constitu? cn la, and tho news that he will not again offer for re-election will he. received" ; with regret by ht? ; friends- all. over the-county. . . .... v-1.- ';?',i ii 11' -"i, " ' . Seditions Movement f'jcon bo . Sup? pifcsHed SMfts Baron W?mbornt?. . -'.(By Associated . Presa . ) ' ?> JDublin, .-April 20Baron Wlqi . .borne, 'lord 1 loni ?mani of Ireland told % the Assocl?ted Pr>?s today ihat.^he ' seditious movement 'would lie ? sup . .pressed in the epur8<> ot a. few day?'. ;'-He':aald-:iiise:;?rjea^::iK?nion'.. of - the Irlcli people were displaying loyalty, ' ;?rid the damage rr?m the outbreak M sm all, when preparations for it are ta? jtimVint?'consideration. Canal Tells taereased. Ixmdon, April ;$0;,~rThe tolls ifor nh'ps making use ot the Sues Canal havo been .Increased by flf^y centimes per ton in ordef 'td off??t Some of >h? low 0)?it'; has "heart incurred dur ing the pastear. .'The'rteW;?ot?s ate af ina rate et ?Ix francs 15 c?pt?mes. Wires Confirmation of s He Hopes to Locate a Few Days. ? ORE MEETING :RS HELD AT EL PASO hdrawal of Troops, but is tinned the Conference a Deadlock. iated Press.) ni received by the Mexican Consul is Carranza, purporting to confirm rstood to have been laid before the , which begun here at five o'clock me from Ousihuiriachic, said that unable to find-Villa's body he es bandit leader is dead and hoped to :ott-Funston-Obrcgon conference ls are carefully guarded two con ing the session, which is freing held arez. iterated Carrauza's request that an early date. lt is understood ?rican representatives tod the Mex d to dis'uss the withdrawal and if I would get in a deallock. Obregon. ; willingness to meet Americans retary Baiter tovScott are kept sec ra? c?ndUions.are insisted upon by ??rican lines into Mexico at least as o American hiiiitaiy-duty of polie rt in handling the supplies of Amer bf Mexican railroads to American REPORT BILL 45 MILLION] \ Fund For Mississippi River Flood j Control Goes to House. (By Associated Press.) Washington. April 21).-A bill pro viding for a maximum apupropriatton of forty-five million dollars for the Mississippi nl\-er, recently agreed to by'the flood control committee, was reported, to ithe boase today by Chairman? Humphries.. The Missis sippi appropriation, which is not in harmony with the flood control scheme, . was proposed by the cabinet committee It is 'proposed to be spread over a period! or "Ave years. The flood committee, thinks that throe million should bo ?pent annually for revorliinon't and six milcpn for l?yee construction, a million annually j to bo hela <or ?.- flood emergency. fund. The commy.tteo'a . report assorts that tho property destruction by 1012 and 1913 floods reached a total of ilfty millions: BITS OF METAL IN BAGS OF OATS CAUSED MILD SENSATION IN PARIS _ ,. Parla, April 29.--pieces of metal resembling prongs ot Ash hooks, dis covered in baga of oats imported from America for thc 'French army, caus ed 8omett.lng of a i^ensutlon o few .weeks ago. : At? otiemy plot was Suspected, Similar'. objects j found liter lu : cans of pressed 'corned beef. .from, America- strengthened' the supposition, it has t r?afip i red that the bita of metal in the oats were waite , hits from a'French' factory, where horse shoe imii3 are mado. They were picked up by the -baga front an im perfectly ., ?leaned car. _The metal pieces found - in the corned- be?f were pms used to attach labels t? quar te ra of tieaf and fo*iad their' way a* cldontly into tho. boxes. .Valuable Portrait. -.V-.t' Berlin, April 28.-Josef Rambo's miniature portrait of Goethe, painted in-igtij has been*sold et auction Hvre for ,^,610 ma?'ks. Goethe declared th!? miniature to be the b?*t portrait erf him, ovev made. Its wi;ercabouts 'hud "fa$?n uri into wn for malty yMf* i)fit ll .'i? recently came to Jighl ja'?a collection thrown b?to thc. market .the, deaih- of th? ey ncr", ? Lived Over 100 Years. | mm* i..... y :::?? Abraham IVilcux. Abraham Wilcox, who has Jut'! died In Port Werth, declared that ho waa 115 years old. His sana and daugh ters say ho, <was 107. Until h's laat Illness he walked two mlle? every ^.ay, and never failed' to reid thc chally nev/Brapcva. He came to thc United States at the ugo o? thirty, and- worked on a farm near Roches ter, N. Y. Later he owned a farm in Michigan. Ho spent many year? at an Luis Po'osl, but could not Ktand ibo revolutions, and he went to Fort Worth EO YESTERDAY END GAME AT HOME OF HIS SON AT 5:25 O'Clock A. M. FUNERAL TODAY Was One of Most Widely Known Men in This State-Twenty . Years Member of House. Anderson county lost one of her most widely known citizons yester day ' morning in tho death of Hon. Joshua Whitner Ashley, who for 20 years was a member of the South Carolina legislature. Mr. Ashley died on' Saturday morning at 5.25 o'clock, at thejiomc of hts son, Sher-, Iff Joe M.' H. Ashley on Church street, ofter .an illneso nf trirep months, his condition becoming criti cal about ono week ?go. The funeral services will ba hold at.Mt. Bethel church today a* ?I o'clock p. m. The body ' will . be taken td tho church, which is in Mar tin township, leaving hejio aV i i O'clock thia morniug. Tho sarviceB wll bo conducted by tho Lt3v. -W. IL ?Hawkins, acslBtcd by tho Rev. X. ?. WrLtft, and interment will be made'in the adjoining cemetery. /The l?pnorarj' rxillbearers wlli be those gentlemen who. served in the Anderson v.?jnty delegation in the legislature with Mr. Ashley and alto in the. sesai.e- as follows: Ex-SchV toro J; K:-.Hood. Sr., .and Georgs V/. Sullivan and J. }3. Br?aVeale, S. M. .Pearmui, W. W. Scott, J.' L. 'Jack-1 son, II. C. Summers, K. P. Smith,| J. T. Cox, O. D. Gray apd H. F. Colly, nil members of tho house at j dlffereot-times. Ex-Governor Bloaji? will .tlBo attend the funeral. . /.The. active pallbearers -will x be Mews. Joshua W. Ashley; Jr., J. T. rj. Ashley, Jr., Joohua ..Ashley, Jr.,| 3. ?.' Murd.ck,. JamestAshley,v W. J. Saylbrsi Jam?a T. " Murdock abd Jam?a:Ar,bIev< all nephews. .'*. - .flketeh of tU?i ,' Mr. Ashley was born December \C. 1843,' in aiartin towhsltip,, being the] ?on ^bP Edward and Elizabeth Ash ley;;. 00 was reared In : ?kit? county and continued to live. itt. tt; until his death, the placo cf bia residence for tho greater part, of his i ifs belhg ftt Honeu Path. 'HIR " parents bad twelve children," Xh? .following of Swin ?urylve: jobb Thomas? ;?t?? lt^r;woO Hvc? at tho bl?' home' ?lace in M?r?n. township^ E. Wesiey Ashley and ?be M; Ashley .of Abbeville coun ty ^ Josber ?. and Turbw A<?bley c>f. ?bd^rs?n- county ; Mr?. Lucfnda Saviors, Mfa, Ellan Murdock. Mrs. UNITED STATES HANDS OFF ?N ISHJiiLE NO STEPS TAKEN TO PROBE ACTIVITIES AMERICAN SYMPATHIZER NEUTRAL ACTIONS United States States Not Respons ible For Money Being Sent Sinn Feir Society. . ? * ? I'OHTOKFM'K I$ritM:i>. * ? (By Astfoc'atcd ?'reas.) .> ? London. ' April 21).--Piela .* ? Marshall tgrench, eaumiumlcr * 4* of home forces, nu a o on ced 4? + '.onlgbt tha^t tho postofflce hi *. ? Dulblln, prllhf.lpa'! st ron j; li old * of the Hind Polners, had been * 4? burned down iwid J mues Con- 4* ? nolly, heaa of he Slim Foin * V i^loty repeled killie;!. Thc ? ? * revolt ls ?? the verge of col- 4? ? lapse. ?> ? * ? 4 4>4>4>4>*4>*4>4>4>4>4*4>4'4>4>4>4*? (By .Associated Press.), ..Washington, ; April 23.--Depart ment of Justice otlkials sahl' tonight that no steps* had been taken to Inves tigate alleged actlvtlea of sympathiz ers in I'rvy.-ed; State.! with revo'.t iii Ireland. Tho only Informaron of actlvtlea of aju-h sympathisera, ofii clala sahl; were newspaper reporu and statement of John Redmond that movem?nt had been abatted by per sona In Unlteti S'.a'.ea. Rending mon ey from the l?phcd States to tho Sinn. Foin soolety, U'v pointed out, is no? a violation o: '?Aimirlcnn neutrality. ?Sveh tho 8W^ent.o. fa^:'tb .S1?W Felners would not alone bo a viola tion. Karon Wlmbome admitted that re bels attacked Dublin Castle on Mon day the-rame day,they seized the postofflce and ?t. Stephens Grean. .He said thaA by Tue3dny mormlng troc;ia bad.arlved In c'ty from Cur lngh anc* after that rebela attempted nothing but sniping. . At present he said they have ba**teade<l Sar/ivllle street and aro in possession bf houses ithero. Enc-ontcra took plato .. In counlilea We::ford. Mea'h, Lough, but on the whole Ireland is nu'ot. This, he eald, ap y lied, to Limerick, Kerry. Clare, Kilkenny, Mayo, Sligo, Tipcr ary, Leitrim, Klltlare, Roacoiumon and all bf Ulster. . HUNT5??8ER GQNCIUMOli BOARD Newberry Attorney Will Be Nam i ed on Recommendation Law and Davit. (Special to The Intelligencer) Columbia. S. C., April. 29.-I. H. Hunt ot th? Newberry bar, will be lieeommcndoti to: Governor Monning for " appointment aa the third mem ber of the state board of conciliation. Ho will the recommended for appoint ment \o Governor Manning by-J. .A. Law and John I^ee Davis tho other two ipcoibors of .the baird. Govern or Manning sahl tonight thai he would appoint Mr. Hunt-. ?wi Field Bctelonroent. Vienna, April Sa. -thc oil nelda of Galicia are to acquire a new Importance In the ncartfuturo through $ba construction .' ot '. an' -important ripe line; which '.will, save much rail way transportation in bringing tho oil to market. Th? Urie extends eastwardly fromCt?ft'^rohohlc2-BSry al?v- field to Cbyroy, whlcfi llet; on the main Uno of;T?l??w?y -from Prze myal to Budapest". '; It js forty miles long and has been,built entirely by tho A?a?)o-I'?ungrsri8a?'. n^lHtary au-; t'.?or I ties since tho. Russians W$re dri ven bW';of Gal'.ctsV: : The laying jot thv pipo.has recently been completed and lt will eooWtie? 'p^'-into., opera tion. The lino Will be maed exclu* aiv?ly. for. relined oil. and it. has a capacity ; of about '75,000 barrels a day. v ,. - ? , i-, 'ij;, ' vj fi'' < ?? . ; , Pawnshop Quotations. <&YwKtt*? -April -ty.~-??' consequence b',"fthe;jge?eral fJr?>4tt;pHci?/, the Vl3nnnV Dorotheum, the ;st*te rpa^n shop,, bisa announced ' that larger ?urns will bo advanced than hitherto- -Pr??, sent holders of pixm tickets have beet! Inyftod to have thejr pied gea re valned and receive the increase jn; tho value, ' Will She Preside in MTH. Clarrie This is the first poned photograph tho supremo court justice, -who is no can nomination for P.-esddent. REPORT PIC1 GEORGIA SJ AS FRIG? Atlanta, G., April 20?.-That tho| bu' Ming's of the . Georgia State Sani tarium ave totally inadequate to ac commodate tho inmates, and are so j cn-ercrowded that tho death rate has! been increased and it is impossible to properly treat curable dlBcasei; that large number of perfectly sa?o | peoplo are imposed upon by the ip Btitution, and .that criminals.- ov^n murderers, aro housed w'.th innccejit people because there ls no other placo for them, are tonic of th? ?V.arjt ?lng revelations made In the annual i roport of the trustees of the sanita rium which has just boen made to the govornor. Whilo the report ls a pLain state ment of fact?, lt presents such n de plorable condition nt t?ie sanltaritipr that Ute governor will probably call the special attention of tito legisla ture, to it In his annual message. ? S Th? re were 105 parsons sent lo it.ne sanitarium, tho Teport states, who jwero found to be'sane when they .arrived, and- this may havo been duo, it is suggested, to the laxness in lunacy triait?, rpo number of pa tients In tho sanitarium at thc* ciofco c f tho-year waa 3,917, or 292 moj^ than at tho closo of tho prevloiistfeir. The new patients received during toe year numbered 1.C83, or 2ft? more umn1 ... . - S,.-.:- i ' Lon<?on,..A;pri1 39,-After'a sel^r? of one hundred and forty-three daya, General Townshend ? eas * eUren?erfed his force of about ten thousand' men at kut El Amara, one hundred arm thirty.m)les .below Bagdad Oh tho. *t*i> gri sriver, bringing to an end anofh' er phase of \the . il I-fhtert . - E(r Hish campaign In Mesopotamia, u' This! ea^njslgn hdit for Us . end tho ^a,yturo of Bagdad and to divert Turkish t^ps--from Galllnojli.' WJuir;, al most on ,<he point ot suceecdcding.iftu ;ft^e?ft*r> Ityo?' Bri t lin ?l?p/rV ; broke down'. kt ?i^earphonV. o?ght?onr;' ' rolles *t?$i#}^^&W:?, ?iera; the Turka s r. Hughes. of Mrs. Chkilca^B. Hnghe*?, wife o? vv being conE'Idered for tho Ropubll- J PURES THE iVNITARIUM In 1914. Tiio number of patients re ceiving treatment numbered. 5.338, or 335 moro than !n '1914. The average daily number was 3,812, or 116 more than in 1914. . In mentioning tho report of . the I elinicnl director the .trustee^ say ?that the Unding of 105 "sane personal ' committed 'to tho sanitarium "ap pears/to ho a travesty . and should I be severely condemned."-.' I As to thc commitment of 24 crim-l ! inala, the trustees state that thia is I "Repugnant to every right feeling, an injustice to dh? innocent patients and ?a'burden upon the institution." It ls j recommended that some other previ si?n bo made for the criminally in sane. The trustees ask for an appropria- i Hon of $200,000 for a building for | curabl'j. c?sea. Fifty thousand* dol lars hi p.'tfO asked to build a homo| for th* nursing corps' of women. A full statement of tho business] administration is given 4n the report | by tho steward, showing all receipt and'.disbursements. The total in,-] come rrom ali sources last year waa) $771,608.12, the regular appropria tion by the stat? being $550,000. The net-cadi surplus la ?11,828. . The average co?t of each patient, waa only $la?.<U. .... ?.'.. gs defeated tho Brtish, forclnr; them to ? retroat to Rut// where they were bot tled up. The surend?i*. caine' ont' after all effort .to Teli?v? the .b?.?.aai uored force had failed. . situation a/. Verdun has nndefr gono no chong? ojf. hptc. . .... Paris; reports".tho, fal?ure of \ Ger mon Stacks near .Tblaumont. . farm aad near Hill .1304. ;; ncr)tn announces that Jerehoh al> tacks , at Jpeod .'^ny..;H?ji'i..w?te: ' rp pulsed..' ;^^^^aR^gS^I^^>?i?!v' . , The '? Cieroians captured a Itu position' ?ouih of lake -tfarocjt hriv? vt?1c?'n o thousand and, hundred ?rtsbnors and many "?una, ; 7sm ft DEAD LOCK AFTER.THREE DAYS CONFERENCE - ASK INSTRUCTIONS Measure Now Goes Back to Con gress and Later Be Pawed (By Awsoclnlcd Pres*.) Washington AptfJ 2!>.-After three days of consideration of the army re organization lilli the conferees reach ed a deadlock (onlght. It wari Inti? mr*id thpii. titty ryvMl report- a dis rgisement nh.d, ask for further Ih Ntiuct*!nns. Ono merhhor of tho con ference, declared: '"Hopelessly .apart" on the e'sa of * regular army, a?riate .propoeelH for federal volunteer force and nitrate plant. Ho ?aid congress . will he asked shortly to pasa attain om these features. The senate oohforees aro , under stood lo be standing for .thu sehato proposal of a regular army of two hundred and fifty thousand and Rep resentative Kahn of the house con feree agrcos with th?m. Repr?sen t?t! vee Hay and Dent, however, Insist; on the house proposal of an anny of ono hundred and forty thousand. GERMANY IS Berlin Reports That Reply Will Be Ready Nest ';<. 1 .. :: : ssutitiv.ji'.'.t.-55.-??.vt; . (By .Associated Press.) , Washtogtcn, Amrli go.-No definite word forecasting Germany's decision in the' submarine controversy reached Washington tonight. Secretary Lan sing announced that the situation re main?? unchanged,. Tho German embassy also is Without ?Information. Berlin reports, however, ?aid; ' tho German reply would be ready next week. . : - ' ' (ASA G. CANDLER, NOTED MILLIONAIRE LED INTO DANCE DESPITE PROTEST Atlanta, Ga., At?-l? 29.-Asa G. Candler, the Atlanta millo?tttro who gave one million dollars io ?taory University and bought tho state ot Georgia's entire bond isfcuo of torce million and five hundred thousand at a higher price than ali ?ba bankers of New York,' Atlanta &id other fin? uncial centers ottered, is a suppc.rt er of grand opera, in ?tlMito, s* Of all other enterprise!?, and he enjoy* ?he muslo and sjhigiag iromeusejv, but lie got a taste of,.grand op*'a of the off-stage variety : mis week thai was almost'too^ ranch for him. At a brilliant areceptfon given by tho Druil Hills Golf club to the opera 'etta* :Mllo Rosina Galil the peUte and ?ican* if ul <ptemiere danseuse of the Metropolitan ballot, was giving some entrancing steps from -the ya? , rlous ballets presented during the week, and was likewise demonstrating her familiarity with , tho popular So ciety dunces tn vogue tn the ball rooms ot America and Europe. In the midst 'of .'eh especially ox hiliratlng and enjoyable dance Idlle Galil n&sscd thc corner where Mr Candler, with ?orne othel' gentlemen ?bo?t-bft *?e, :w*te 4u!etiy ,observlng the couples on th* floor, ?ad some thing In the benerol?ht face ?nd khid ly eyes of "Tba First Citizen ot At? ItallatJ woman's attention. ? In tba rottet of har dance eke de serted her partner;-a young, Bwain ot i Atlanta society <wbo ls. more prdud of bis dancing than ot anything c?== bb ? ewth. ind'w?st ?v?r to^t^ Candler ; and invited him la dapoa with, hsr, Sr. Csn?Sltts1?id^ V ! fm ipa: compltmtS? l^^selin^ on tbs ground that 1*',1?^, ; -Oh, -that niahei^ro??****." ?.i claimed Mlle ,C?lrH$^?^#% ? laglan;- ''come, witt^ne told ?111 j teach you." ^?;:';k?1t:l-?^VeaVr. -,'?;. (Paris, April 2& -As a perpetual souvenir of the last visit Of