The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 14, 1913, Image 1
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VOL. 9, NO. 4, SEMI-WEEKLY
JUDGE PRINCE'S ABLE REFUC
CHARGE TO GRAND JURY ~7
Wood,
If Members Perform Their Duty Key \
Will Have Th??ir HanHo Knll
V CJ.11 reiUKt
Vera Cruz
them had
RAPS SCHOOL TRUSTEES. stated thti
been oner
consul at
Time to Call a Halt on llllnd class pass
Tigers?"(?? After Them fused." T1
Without Gloves." engage pa
. Vera Cruz
The October term of the circuit route via
court convened Monday with Judge gees from
George E. Prince presiding. Solicitor Tampico.
J. K. Henry and Stenographer Henry ??it i8 a
McCaw were in their places. Sixteen the men o
grand jurors were present. The fore- to The Ri
man, Mr. T. K. Cunningham, being the nation
unable to attend court, the Judge ap- as schedu
pointed Mr. G. F. Cook, a member of Oarranza,
the panel, foreman for the time be- the Pres
ing. Thirty-four out of the panel of states of ]
36 petit jurors were present. Judge states of i
Prince then proceeded to deliver one Sinaloa ar
of the best and most comprehensive | sent to an
charges to the grand jury ever heard try means
in this county. public wil
The Judge began his charge by second p
calling the attention of the grand ' place no
Jury to the carpet on the court house , Huerta fo
floor. He said if there is anything I Tho f
in the germ theory there must be a been witn
million or more in it. "Little better rible that
than a hog pen," Is the way his honor upon ther
characterized it. "The court house," sports of
said he, "should present as neat an wounded
appearance as any church in the sticks of
county. This carpet is an offense to and set fir
the good Lord, to say nothing to _
man." He explained that they need _ .
not be costly, but the furnishings LAST 1
should be neat and clean. He expressed
the hope that the grand Jury
would think about this matter and
make mention of it in their present- ?*we Musi
??n^" l'lliteK 1
His Honor then proceeded with his
general charge by quoting the oath turn
which the Jury had taken, as follows: T _nH__
"We do solemnly swear that we will
diligently inquire and true present- thp pnrnmi
ment make of all such matters and . . v_i..
things as shall be given us in charge; ,. J h,irr,i..
the state's counsel, our fellow's and [ "Cannot
our own we will well and truly keep ' ?
secret. We will present no one for' . 't
envy, hatred or malice; nor shall we j .v
leave anyone unpresented for fear, j papt F
favor or affection, reward or hope of th
reward, but we will present all things >ust ^pfor
truly as they come to our knowledge j.oom l)V ,
according to the best of our under- war,i
standing, so help us God." nace from
"I am satisfied/ said His Honor, rp^p rps
" that many jurors do not under' taken ou
stand the full meaning of the oath THntei
they have taken, thinking that their bv a ?
oath relates only to the finding of , 'anift.?
bills and the examination of pdblic way Wh
offices. These constitute but a small j of' /hose
part of your duties the law devolves th m ' ,
linnn vnil u'hlrh oknnl/1 nnen V\tr VAII r
"V " A~~ v. I ^ J"'" ladiors ha
attention between courts. You have were ^aele
solemnly sworn that you will keep G'f ^
secret all things that take place in a |jne
the grand Jury room. There cannot
be free expression of opinion by mem,
bers of your body if what they say Sl'RYll
is to be repeated on the outside."
As to how the grand Jury stands in steamers
their finding of a true bill in case of .'
a division of opinion should not be 1 * oitu
known on the outside because if it London
is the twelve of more who voted for steamers '
the finding will be spotted. You the ill-fab
swore that you would not present any burned in
from envy, hatred or malice, nor at its des
leave any unpresented from fear, fa- a wireless
vor or affection. It is a small man who liner stea
will allow his prejudice to outweigh the first t
his Judgment. The average Caro- disaster. I
linlan is not afraid to do his duty, so Rrowhead
I will not say anything about being ed to rea
afraid, nor will I say anything about one this r
reward or hope of reward, for from All the
many years of experience both at the \ which pla;
bar and on the bench, I know of no the Voltu
single instance where Justice has pected to
been bought or sold in the courts. t of the wr
"I wish I could say the same thing The Minn*
as to affection. This is one of our in the 7
weaknesses. We are all averse to ' o'clock t
getting our friends into trouble. We Devonian
had rather shield them. But you at Rotte
swore that you would present all while Li
things that came to your knowledge. Havre thli
I presume that you are Then, well The Ur
balenced, too, men of mora) courage rangemenl
mm mm. jruii win iiu yciur iiuiy. wno desln
"Your responsibility to the people nations tc
of Lancaster county and South Caro- vessels as
lina is measured by your powers; 1 _
therefore, you cannot afTord to fall jn Qnr*,t
down on your duties.
You have general supervision of j
the official conduct of all county > San Fra
officers, from the highest to lowest, lion dollai
as well as school teachers and trus- to the bol
tees. If you are fully aware of what with the i
your duties are and perform them. 1901, is ft
you will have your hands full. The inventor '
county supervisor's office Is one of apparatus
the most important !:i the county, able him t
You should examine his books, ac- Yesterday
counts and vouchers. He pays out going to
large sums of money and is In a posl- more than
tlon to easily bankrupt your county, maining d<
You should see that he properly greatest d'
works the roads of the county and a divor n
this can only be done by having in- diidual
members of your body go and Hally Day
inspect them. I don't know who
VrtllP fllinorvianr let and 1/nAur n/vtLtncr
' ?If? IIUIUIHR |
about him one way or the other, but Rally D
he should he a road builder, with served at
knowledge of civil engineering, a soil Saturday,
expert and one of the best business 10:30 a. I
men in the county,-and he should be lions by
paid a salary wikfcy of such a mjpr i Murchison
, If you have one^Pf this kind, 1 em present a?
sure you are not paying him enough. J Sabbsth hi
\ 'Such ?nen are not common; they will be se:
""' don't grow on treev^ A county su- everybody
' yon and a
(Continued on Pago Eight.) Sabbath s<
LANCASTER, S
* T1TIO rntlT T I * ? ! ?^1?? ...... ....
OF ATROCITIES lAIHLtmWI
i>n,<i v,. i.ike mi,*. o, BASEBALL CHAMPI
Soaked With Oil an<l Set
Afire in Mexico.
Pest Special to Columbia Mack's Players Take F
ct. 11.?Thirty-five Ameri- r<*r*u r> to
;es arrived here today from Mlin l.ames oi
via Havana, Cuba. All of
paid their own passage and _ _
it although passage had SC ORES 6 TO > ant
ed them by the American
Vera Cruz, it included first
age for the women of the Plank anil Mathewson ]
e. And for that reason re- Work in 1-ast Oame, Hi
hey found it Impossible to Hail Poor Sup,h?i
issage to New Orleans via
and had to take the longer p>liilalolpTi!a. Oct. 1 O.Havana.
They are refu- , ? WOI/ b a run to f
an American colony near thck anni.a c r
lmost a certainty," one of V
f the party said In speaking , ' . t,um* but 'be (j
eeord representative, "that ii/iTf*.
al elections will not be held "J" /Y? ,e e,^hth 1
led. In the first place. l,hrl
who has declared himself . Philadelphia fan!
Ident of the Confederate ^*re?8- J' a, I?,a7?W
Mexico, comprising the five f .lackmen and if the
Sonera, Durango, Coahuila, be* ^e game with Man
id Chihuahua, will not con- a*f* been a differe
election, as a settled coun- r' a a close of the
that his newly formed re- INDIAN TWIRLER IN
II be crushed, and in the FORM,
lace, the people at large It was not alone by b
faith in the promises of the Athletics won, for 1
r a general election." fielding and Render's clev
ugees stated that they had w?re factors that helped ti
esses of atrocities so lior- tory. The Indian twirler
it made them sick to look top of his form except in <
11. One of the favorite and eighth innings. He gi
the federals is to take hase on balls and hit one
rebels, pile them up like I Giants garnered but two
wood, soak them with oil delivery until the seventt
e to them. total was eight. The redi
five.
, __ __ For the Giants Burns
llESSAG-E OF hits, one a double, while
CAPTAIN INCH tat*"
J 'Che nucf. v'ji played
t Abandon the Ship. Her mos' table > .ather
_ , .. ? _ ? , of the p* r o? t . date, thi
ire Ruckling The Vol- quently shinning throug
o a Raging Furnace. clouds and upon a field
~ , . tively dry and fast.
, Oct. 13.?The last mes
ved by the Carmanla from FIFTH AND FAST C
inder of the doomed steamar
y,eu"> *? ^
a? aH. roll?w?- Eddie Plank.
7 ? 1 ,!?nM? ?,P New York. Oct. 11?Th
nust abandon the ship. Her
buckling. Stand close as pbia Athletics won the basi
e to jump for it!" pionship of the world for '.
rancis Inch handed this to , I>01? Grounds this afterm
ss operator of the Volturno | 'eating the New York Gia
e he was driven out of his j 'n 'be fifth and deciding g
the flames. Shortly after-1 series.
Volturno was a raging fur-1 With the score of gam<
funnel to forecastle. | 3 to 1 in their favor, the
cue of the only passenger League representatives v
board the Carmanla, Wal- flinch the series and befoi
Dohl. a German was affpot- , terly playing of the Mac
allant seaman of the Car- National leaguers had abs
rew. His name Is Heigh-! chance. Connie Mack, ans
en ho saw that the efforts lsh the struggle, sent Ed
who were trying to reach ,h,? veteran southpaw, to
.niggling In the water from and John McGraw, his b
nging down the ship s side ! wall called on Christy Ma
ss, he dived from the upper , cheek the victorious ru
lie Carmania and attached Athletics,
to the exhausted swfhimer. Both old masters of c
_ breaks responded nobl)
Giants, unable to help Mai
BEARING PORT. | even mediocre batting, f
to the vicious hitting, fn
Which Brought Succor to combination which hac ai
mo Will Land Today. the standard of the Amerl
] over that of the Nations
Oct. 13.?None of the tion. The victory was a
which brought succor to triumph for Plank, but th
ed Volturno when she was of the Giants carried no
mid-Atlantic had arrived Mathewson, who, besides |
filiation this morning, but excellent game with but t
i report from the Cunard rest since his victory of 1
mer Carmania, which was made one of. the two h
o reach the scene of the aKainst his rival In the b
Lold that she had passed After the game Alanagi
at 2:46 a. m. and expect- hurried o^rer to the Athle
ch Fishguard at half-past an(j congratulated Com
ifternoon. The Philadelphia rooters
other eastbound vessels down upon the diamond
yed a part In the rescue of Eddie Plank across the fie
rno's passengers are ex- shoulders.
reach port with survivors " '
eck today or tomorrow. cptttAT'W'PQ A1
>apolls Is due at Gravesend OA" ^A L? JJxjXx Ao AJ
at ' WINTHRQP CO
omorrow afternoon; the' ______
at Liverpool and the Czar'_ . , ? , ?
rdam tomorrow evening. ,Tot*' Enroll,nen of the
iTouralne may arrive at E*|?ect?l to Reach
? evening. / I This Year.
nnlnm lino V\on *v-? e /!? / I
- "????' *-) winthrop Special to
a to send those survlvera , Recopd> Gct. 13?The vio
9 to proceed to their deatl" canipus are an being rest
America on hoard oth r eraj n0W wajjjB being bor
soon an possible. I them. The vloletR affo
???????? I pleasure to Winthrop stud
of Two Million at the I the many friends elsewhe
Bottom of Hay. c*?ve boxeB of them thro
_ year,
inolseo. Oct. 18.-?Two rail- Qn Monday night, the
rs of the gold which went second entertainment on
torn of S;in Francisco bay courae will be given. It
steamer Rio de Janeiro In musical veeniijg by the
> be the quest of a German gjria>
vho has devised a diving : Mj?s Spencer of the exp
which he claims will en- partment, who was taken I
o reach a depth of 600 feet. to winthrop at the openin
he tested his device here, an(j has Hjnce been in a
the bottom of the bay In Roanoke, Va. has return
100 feet of water and re- aum*rt her duties. The at
awn an hour. It Is said the titled to their devotion to
apth previously reached by ing a "Spencer" yell ii
is 92 feet. | after the chapel exercises
? day morning. It being he
Exercises at Tirzah Satur- pearance In chapel this fa
<lay> j Prof. James L. Oarber
agricultural department ol
ay exercises will be ob- college conducted a fair i
Tirzah church on next toria cotton mill village or
October 18. beginning at The Winthrop College n
n. There will be recita- ture machine will be in
the children. Rev. H. R. the York county fair and
of Lancaster will be Home Institute to be hel
id deliver an address on throp College, on the 16|h
!hool work. Picnic dinner There are 810 young wc
rvod on the grounds. Let tendance at Winthrop Co
come, bring dinner with The total enrollment in i
little money to give for ments of the college will r
ihool missions. this year.
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mi iSTflPY flF RIIDMIMf]
/Ill-U \J IUIUI1I Ul UUI1MIMU
ION* THE STEAMER VOll
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ourLi and As Told bv Survivor of
eries. Tragedy on the Set
I 3 TO 1. 136 LIVES SAID TO BE
Did Ncililc I Thrilling Description of tlu
it I>atter Struggle for Lifp Boats and
^t. of Those Who Went Over
?The Ath- London, Oct. 12.?The 1
lay's game, counts of the disaster to th
They made ' e* Volturno, burned and al
I like a run In mid-ocean Friday morni
Hants pick- firm that the loss of life
the seventh limited to about one hund
lich turned thirty-aix. The Carmania,
lling fright the rescuing ships to reach t
s and ad- ing steamer, arrived off Qui
escape for this morning, but owing to
Giants had proceeded direct to Fishguai
luord there she is due to arrive at 11 a.
nt story to The Carmania has one 1
play. vivor of the Volturno aboan
SUPERB that survivor, however, come
ling story of the burning
atting that steamer, of the terror, the
both their t?r Hfe boats, the death of tl
er pitching went over the sides and his
a bring vie- perate fight for.life,
was at the Arthur Spurgeon, a passi
the seventh the .Carmania, in a wireless
ive but one supplemented his own descr
batter. The the race of the Carmania
hits off his burning vessel ami the resci
t and their passengers off the Volturm
nan fanned story told him by the survit
ter Trintepohl, a German, w
_ , tn t~ /" ? ! 1 -
uirtuc IWU | w v.aiuiaiiitt iLlld Wdn r(
Larry Mc- an exhausted condition.
0 times at GERMAN TELLS HIS ST
un'Hr the Since being taken aboard
co.tdUi.iMh mania Trintepohl has bee:
b 8n ?. fre ship's hospital threatened wl
h rifts of monia. He told his story
compora- Spurgeon before he became
ill, but owing to his exhaus
and his broken Edglish, his
iAME. of the disaster was somewl
herent.
amph For Trintepohl had been emp
Barcelona and took third c
e Philadel- sage on the Voltumo to scei
ppn 11 oh am - si t ion offered him in New
1 ft 13 at the "AH went we?." sal<l Tr
oon by de- until fi o clock Thursday
nts 3 to 1 w'hen the fire alarm sound
ame of the were ar?ufied and told to go
,as fire had broken out in 1
;s standing f>n aR?ombllng life-belts we
Ampricnn i ed around and much time v
rent In to p,ed ,n faRtening them. 1
e the mas- that the fire soon m
kmen the Quenched, but the captain tl
solutely no wlse for a11 to have belts a
:ious to fln- _
Idle Plank The fire frightened the
the mpund who oried bitterly. Thei
ack tf> the many habies in arms. The
thewson to worse- We saw things blazi
sh of the bp,ow- Tbo"t 10 o'clock the
cry to lower the boats.
urves and CAPTAIN BEHAVED W
but the
(hewson by ? Xbe ,Cap i? behaved sp
(>i] viottm? So the officers, who w<
ist fielding 1,sh 1 am sorr>' to 8f>y 1
?ain "aised c w' ,wbo wpre G^mans i
C filiQ hnhaVfiH vorv
ican league rushed about wildly and
organiza- 8eemed think they ought
l personal flrst place and instead of qu<
'odium" for ??
pitching an "The first officer took char
wo dfty? of | first boat. but. although hf
Wednesday. . the WOJnen an(1 children sav*
its scored ; majorJty of those who ent
ox* ,I boat were members of the
ar McGraw "This boat was smashed
i ^ "hip's side. Just as it
ale Mack. water it broke In two a
swarmed ,t were dr0wned.
I and bore] "Meanwhile attempts we
ild on their ^ jow#>r the second boat.
say who was in charge, b
~ kno^v that after the chief ste<
P thrown in provisions he Ju
T x himself. Therfc were more r
women and children in tl
(which did not go down, foi
Institution broken against the ship and
1,700 drowned.
ALL WAS CONFUSIC
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Columbia "These two boato were ai
lets on the Three other boats were put
it and sev- The fourth officer was in one
dered with but I cannot say which one.
rd untold ( confusion. The ropes broke
ents and to occupants were thrown into
re who re- ter and drowned or killed,
ughout the i "When the captain saw v
happened he cut the tackb
20th, the other boats so that they coul
the star launched.
will be a "We were so glad when w#
Killarney : C.armania coming, for we
(shall all now be saved.'
ression de- I "The firemen rushed up
ill en route low and refused to go bacl
g of school captain drew his revolver ai
hospital In theniielow, but soon aftei
ed and re- i fire was spreading they wen
udeiUa tes-I to abandon the enirineo
her fcy glv-| "As soon as the Carmai
nmediately sighted the captain made all
on Satur- men and children go to one
>r tlrst ap- the men to the other side.
11. | been compelled to leave th
ry of the and go aft because It w?r
f Winthrop Women wept, shrieked, laup
%t the Vic- became hysterical.
novVngpl^l PREPARED FOOD,
use during .. "We had not thought of 1
Winthrop/in the afternoon we consld
d at Win- better to get something and
and 17th. the kitchens, which we foun<
?nr:i in at> ed. made, coffee and helped <
liege now. to biscuits, and beef. But
all depart- the passengers refused to en
each 1,700 "We skw rafts sent from
mania, but nobody told us
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I nr 1 in. In fact, we knew not what they
III ! were there for. About 6 o'clock the
Ul decks aft began to get very warm,
ri I ruin *hen hotter and hotter. Hut we did
IIUNII 1101 seem to 'ee' 'he heat."
MmiM When shown his boot with the sole
half burned through. Trintepobl
said: "I don't remember tht? >???
it was awful when the flames burst
Awful out. Some of the men and women
tore their hair, but other were juite
a. still.
"After the explosion I thought it
better to jump, for I am a good
: LOST. swimmer, and an English passenger
and one of the crew said the./ would
accompany me. I jumped first: they
? Terror, followed but I never saw them again.
I Death SWAM FOR CARMAN1A.
Sides. "I made for the German ship, but
they didn't hear me. Then I came toatest
ac- wards the Carmania and shouted,
e steam- 'Help! help!' and was saved by aid of
jandoned | the searchlight. I was about an hour
mg. con- | in the sea and about half unconwill
be ] scious. I know not how I was got
red and out.
first of "During the day five sailors and
he burn- one steward fell into the fire and
penstowrl . were burned to death,
the gale "I know nothing more. I came
d, where away because it was too hot to stay
m. any longer and I feared the whole
one sur- ship would blow up."
1. From When Trintepohl was told that, ncis
a thril- cording to the captain's wireless
of the message, six boats had been launehed
struggle and got away, he said: "It is not so,
hose who i was there all the time and saw
own des- yverything. . No boat got away."
Mr. Spurgeon, in his own account,
anger <m tells of the. attempts to get lifeboats
dispatch, alongside the Volturnrv.
iption ot\ "Nothing," he said, "was seen of
i to the ' the two boats launched with about
je of the bpi^wty passengers each after they
) by the ieft the Volturno's side. Four others
o^ Wal- were smashed against the ship's side
ho swam and the occupants either killed or
?8cued in drowned.
A DESPAIRING MESSAGE.
'ORY. "At 9 o'clock Thursday night the
the Car- raptaln of the Volturno sent a desn
in the pairing message, which read: 'For
Ith pneu- God's sake help us or we perish.'
to Mr. "By a miracle the flames did not
seriouslv spread to the afterdeck. Rventunllv
ted state the seas moderated and boats saved
account Av? hundred and seventy-one peraat
inco- sons. The death roll numbers one
hundred and thirty-six."
loyed at The wireless operator aboard the
lass pas- Carmania sent the first message,
ire a po- "Two boats were lowered from the
Fork. Volturno before the Carmania arrivintepohl,
ed and one hundred and ten passenmorning,
gers were lost. Disembarkation comet!.
We raeuced before daylight. The total
on deck, number lost is one hundred and thir,he
hold, ty-six as far as known. 1
re hand- A wireless message from the cap,'as
occu- tain of the Deconian, one of the resVe
were cuing steamers, says he has fifty-nine
ight be survivors on board, comprising eighlought
it teen men, twenty women and twentyis
a pre- one children. All well. This is the
same number previously reported,
children, A wireless from the steamer Seydtre
were , htz, forwarded from Bremen, says
fire grew I she has aboard forty-six survivors inng
down i tead of thirty-six, as previously re- j
re was a ported. This would account for the
ten supposed to have been aboard the
p,. . Carmania, the latter steamer having
been credited with eleven survivors,
lendidly. whereas she is nringing only one.
pre Eng- Among the first-class passengers
hat the on the Volturno there were only two
and Bel- Americans John Krug and Frieda
The peo- Krug.
the crew j
eUnX RUSSIAN NAVY
e panic DISCOVERS NEW LAND
go of the
* wanted Also Found the Diaries and Docu>d
first, a ments of Ill-Fated Expedition
ered the , inder naron Toll. Ix>st in ItHWl.
crew.
against ! St. Petersburg, Oct. 13.-r-Conflrmreachod
ation of the discovery of new land in
nd all In the Arctic ocean was received by the
' Russian admiralty today In a brief
re made official wireless report from ComI
cannot ; mander Wilkitsky of the Russian
ut T do navy.
ward had , The new land extends In a narrow
mped in ! strin from about fifi north o/
nen than I Cape Tchelyuskin. also known as
lis boat, Northeast Cape, the northern termir
it was' nation of the Asiatic continent, to 81
all were degrees north.
The admiralty expedition, on board
the transports Taimyr and Walgatch,
I left Vladivostok in July last nad surnldships.
veved the coast from Kolyma to Cape
out aft. { Tchelyuskin.
of them. Commander Wilkitzky is a son of
All was ; the famous hydrogfapher, who died
and the last year. He went to the river Yenethe
wa- sei to winter, but met with solid ice
i and on tlits account proceeded in a
"hat had northerly direction, where he discove
of the ered land extending for 200 nautical
Id not he miles.
I The expedition was then compelled
> saw the by thq ice to return toward the east,
said "we When passing Bennett Island in latitude
76.40 north, longitude 148.30
from be- east, they found the diaries and docu c.
The ments of the ill-fated expedition nnud
drove der Baron Toll, which, was lost in
r as the 1900. They also discovered a new
1 obliged island. The expeditions under Baron
Nordenskjold Fridtjof Nansen and
lia was Baron Toll passed between Cape
the wo- Tchelyuskin and the newly discoverside
and ed land without noticing its presence.
We had j The discovery of the new land is
e bridge regarded as having the most importoo
hot. tant bearing on ice conditions in the
[hed and Kara sea.
Duty to Live Stork.
ood. but The Progressive Farmer,
lered it If you do not sow a winter grain
went to crop aiM at least a small patch of
1 desert- some winter-growing legume this
mrselves fall, you will not be doing your duty
most of by your live stock or your land. No
t. I need to argue the question; you know
the Car- you should do it. Knowing this, you
to jump will surely not neglect it this year.
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IN EMPEROR'S PALACE
YUAN ASSUMES OATH
Induced Into Office as First President
of Chinese Republic.
CONSERVATIVE IN TREND.
Brilliance and Dignity Mark Scene of
Inauguration of Erstwhile
Savior of MnnchuH.
Pekihg, Oct. 11.? Yuan Shi Kal
was yesterday inducted into offlo? as
first President of the Chfciese republic.
The cereinitusB.roI
tion was surrounding with Eastern
! brilliance, attended'by throngs of dflsI
tinguis.hed Chine^ aad foreign officials./
diplomatsiahd wmitaYy. omfers
and book placeftn the interioF^f the
Tal-llo palace* in whrch-many of the
M ing? and Ching emperors had been
crowned. ;
The chota^of the palace of inauguration
was a^ilTiTierTtrcToachment
on the sacred precincts of the emperor
within the Forbidden City. The
southern half of its extensive in closure
was open to the guests who tg?-.
versed hall after hall and court after
court towards the present residence '
of the little dethroned emperor. The /
ceremony was enacted in the x ist \,
building called the Tai-Ho Tien or s
Kail of Supreme 'Peace, which sits
high up on triple terraces of marble
and Is decorated everywhere with
dragons and imperial gold. It was ^
here that the emperor formally received
New Year's greetings from the
Manchu and suzerin princes.
SILKfc AND BROADCLOTH.
The Chinese officials present, as
well as priests of the various religions,
wore garments of colored silks
of many hues, but the members of
the Chinese parliament were dressed
in Western frock coats and tot""1'
hats, which they had adopted as-^
official costume. Many of the' +
of Turkestan, Tibet r' t
and also some of th'
Manchus appeared ill
sombre garb. The cm
eign legations were cw
ceremony in chairs.
Yuan Shi Kal wore a bin
uniform. He read his decl,
which were tantamount to tak,
oath of office, from the dragon
of the emperor over which republu
! flags had been draped.
After the delivery of the inaugural
address the President, surrounded by
the members of the foreign legations,
reviewed 10,000 troops, equipped in
modern uniforms, from the front of a
pagoda o' the Forbidden City.
FEARED A PLOT.
I Extensive precautions, both police
and military, had b? m taken for several
days, as it was feared that some
Chinese rebels who had cut off their
queues might obtain access to the
ceremony, disguised as Japanese. It
was not possible for the authorities
to limit the number of invitations
sent to the Japanese legation withoul
doing the same in other cases and
for this reason it was decided to reduce
the number all around. In
spite of these precautions it was
found that the rebels had succeeded
in tainting the loyalty of the chief
of the Peking mounted police. This
was discovered in time and lie was
I arrested. He confessed that he had
been bribed to assassinate the President.
( President Yuan Shi Kai, in his inaugural
address, avowed his intention
of maintaining a firm and steady
policy. "The first principle of a
stable government." he said, "is a
clear definition and promulgation of
its legal systems and the establishment
and maintenance of public order.
After this, in compliance with
the requirements of time and circumstances,
efforts should be made to
uniln thA nonnln in thoir n Inn (r
the path of progress." ^
CONSERVATIVE IN TREND.
The President admitted his preference
for conservative rather than extreme
radical methods. He referred
to certain restrictions which hitherto
had not allowed a free hand for the
advance of the nation's interests and
asserted his intention of introducing
reforms one by one in present conditions
in China.
Yuan Shi Kal then emphasized the
n?-fu mm capital iiiui me necessity o\
education, especially of technical education,
in order to promote China's
industrial resources and for the development
of the natural assets of
the nation.
After his inauguration Yuan Sht
Kai received Prince Pu Lun, former
president of the national assembly.
The prince on behalf of the emperor,
the imperial family and the M&nchn
people, offered his congratulations
and assured Yuan Shi Kai of Manchu
good will and co-operation.
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Heavy Fighting Near Border.
Laredo, Tex., Oct. 13.?Fighting
between Mexican federals and Constitutionalists.
which began Friday,
65 miles south of Laredo, continued
; today, according to reports received
at Nuevo Laredo. Sixty-five wounded
were brought to hospitals there
yesterday. The international bridge
here is closed to gener.il traffic.
Nothing has been heard since Saturday
from 500 refugees, mostly Americans
en route here from Torreon.
Then fliey were at Rodriguez.
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