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"VOL. 9, NO. 57, SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1914. ?1.50 PER vu A T? WILSONASKSAUTHORITY > TO USE ARMY AND NAVY In Dealing With Huerta and His Adherents. EXPLAINS THE SITUATION. "Incident at Taiupico Not to be Itegarded as a Trivial One," Says the President. Washington, April 20.?President f Wilson laid the Mexican situation >1,1 -r, ..... j,r iroiv i?3 v,undress wuay in inese words: "Gentlemen of the Congress: "It Is my duty to call your attention to a situation which has arisen in our dealings with General Vlctoriano lluerta at Mexico City, which calls for action and to ask your advice and co-operation In acting upon it. On tho 9th of April a paymaafos IT C G AAAUK>VVA VTA. WUU U . U. kj. L/VII|llilU 1UI1UUU at the Hurblde bridge at Tampico with a whale boat and boats' crew to take off certain supplies needed by his ship, and while engaged in loading the boat was arrested by an officer and squad of the men of the army of General Huerta. "Neither the paymaster nor any one of the boat's crew was armed. To of the men were in the boat when the arrest took place and were obliged to leave it and submit to be taken Into custody, notwithstanding the fact that the boat carried, both at her bow and at her stern, the flag of the United States. The officer who made the arrest was proceeding up one of the streets of the town with his prisoners when met by an officer of higher authority, who ordered him to return to the landing ^ and await orders, and within an hour and a half from the time of the arrest orders were received from the commander of the Huorttsta forces at Tampico for the release of the paymaster and his men. "The realse was followed by apologies from the commander and later by an expression of regret by General Huerta himself. General Huerta urged that martial law obtained at the time at Tamplco; that orders had been issued that no one should be allowed to land at the Hurhjde bridge; and that our sailors had no right to land there. Our naval eoAmanders at the port had not beety notified of any such prohibition, and,, even if they had been, the only Justifiable cause open to the local authorities would have been to request the paymaster and his crew to withdraw and to lodge a protest with the commanding officer of the fleet. Admiral Mayo regarded the arrest as so serious an affront that he was not satisfled with the apologies ofTered but demanded that the flag of the United States be saluted with special ceremony by the military commander of the port. . INCIDENT NOT A TRIVIAL ONE. "The incident cannot be regarded as a trivial one, especially as two of the men arrested were taken from the boat itself?that is to say, from the territory of the United 8tates: but had it stood by Itself, it might have been attributed to the ignorance or arrogance of a single officer. Unfortunately, it wa? not an Isolated case. A series of Incidents have recently occurred which cannot but create the impression that the representatives of Oeneral Huerta were willing to go out of their way to show disregard for the dignity and ? rights of this government and felt perfectly safe in doing what they pleased, making free to show in many ways their irritation and contempt. ?'*" "A few days after the incident at Tamplco an orderly from the United States Steamship Minnesota was arrested at Vera Crus while ashore in uniform to obtain the ship's mail and was for a time thrown into jail. An official dispatch from this government to the embassy at Mexico City was withheld by the authorities of the telegraphic service until preem p tori ly demanded by our charge d'affaires In person. * SUCH WRONQ8 ONLY AOAINST THP IT <0 "So far an I can learn, such wrongs and annoyances have been suffered to occur only against representatives of the Un'ted States. I have heard of fno complaints from other go' orni (Continued on PAge Eight.) * :|^g ||| GOVERNOR 6LEASE VOLUNTEERS FOR Wj Writes President That He 1 lioatl State Troojts Into Mexico. Columbia Special to Chari Observer April 19.?Governor lib tonight wired President Wilson fering the services of the entire tional Guard of South Carolina as many other men av> are needed service in Mexico or any where i the President may desire. * I mem. ice uovernc says when call comes to po to v.ai he will h the troops In person. His teleg follows: "Hon. Woodrow Alison, Prts?< of t^e United States. "Washington. T) C., "Th& commander-in-chief, brlj er general, tnree colonels and al the officers and enilsr.oi men ol National Guard of South Caro ar. : as many otbjr men as you n o;e ready t? de! iii? : :;t and are prepared and willing to c any orders that you as President i issue and will go to Mexico or t where at once if needed and I wil at the head of the South Caro i troops whenever the call is mad' "COLE L. IJLEASE, Governor CRANK WHO SHOT Ar MITCHELL IS HE] Mahoney's Bond is Fixed at 925,( He Has Grievance Airalnn# \i? sons itinl Odd Fellows. New York, April 19.?Michael Mulioney, the gray-haired crank yesterday atempted to assassii | Mayor Mitchell and in so d( wounded Frank L.. Polk, corpora counsel, was arraigned today or charge of attempted murder in first degree. He was held in $25, bail for action of the grand jur; Mr. Polk was resting quietly toi Surgeons expect he will recover 'idly if no complications develop, spent a comfortable night. | Before his arraignment Mahc was taken to police headquar i where 250 do'-ectives, all mas "looked him over." None of tl was positive he had over seen man before. Mahoney faces a possible pr! sentence of 2 0 years, but should be adjudged insane he will be com : ted to an asylum. The attempted assassination ci ,ed Police Commissioner Woods | <y to assign a secret service sq to guard Mayor Mitchel. Mnhnnov com/. TT-1..J o* .......... VWM1V cue U III tt*U Ol< from Ireland about 60 years ago his diary Mahoney appeared to li a spec'al grievance against Mat and Odd Fellows, and he also peared to hold notions of wr against Andrew Carnegie. A man who said "he wanted to a close look at Mayor Mitchell" turned away today as he atteroj [ to pass the line of police sentii at the apartments where the mn lives. FULL WARRANT FOR BIA)OK,1 Authority on International 1 (Jives His Opinion. New York, April 18.?The Un States has ample justification blockading the Mexican ports landing troops, according to Prof C. Stowell, lecturer on internatk law, at Columbia University and t porary successor of John Bas Moore, former counsellor of tate Department. "The United States Is justified having recourse to any force no sary to secure respect for internal al rights and dignity. The block of Mexican ports or the landing viuviis um-ti uui iiorpstmruy consul war with Mexico. War <8 a sltual which results from armed conflict tweem two indopendent rommunit If tho United States doos not int to make war, it depends upon Me] whether she will allow the Unl States to use the force to protect rights." Kehels Won't Join Huerta. Augua Pritea. Sonora, April -9 "No matter what comes of the Ti plco Incideut the Conatitutlonl! ; cannot afford to Join Huerta,'' ' ' the statement tonight of Frani i Selias, president of the Sonora 1 and land tax comittee, and recogi ed spokesman for Constltional along the Arizona border. \r VOLUNTEER BILL - PASSESTHE SENA otte The Measure Has Now Gf Through Both Houses. OINa an?l IS HELI) UP TEMPORARIL for that ('(inferences Delayed by Reed's j |K?al lor Reconsideration? Likely to l?e Adopted. load r Washington April 20.?Promul tion of a volunteer army for serv lent 'n Mexlco or ,n ?fher crisis would provided for in a house bill pas; ; today by the senate with amei ?(ja_ nients. Conferences on the meas; 1 of were by a motion by Se Ijj tor Reed to reconsider the vote. S Una ate lea(ler8 Ra'(l the motion proba loo,l would be disposed of tomorrow. ..tes ^lie would revise the law 1 ?bey der wh'cb u volunteer force was m ganized for the Spanish-Amerh ,jge war In 18'J8. Its authors claim ti a volunteer force could lie ml i go |? lina raore nulckly than under the ex ' ing law; that it would prevent i ,, payment of bounties, would do av with a short term of enlistment making the term of volunteers " same as that In the regular am LD wou'(l procure the necessary nu ber of men at the beginning of 1 war for a long period, thus mak MM) * decrease the pension list after 1>"? war. The law would give the preside ' instead of the governors of the Sta wh? the authority to appoint all ofTic late for volunteer forces, requir! >ing him to give preference in their sel tion tjon those who have had miliU 1 a training and instruction. H?e Instead of the volunteer for 000 waiting to be called into service ui V- all the organized militia of all ar ^a>'- had been called, it would permit 1 raP_ organization of volunteers of a p He ticular arm as soon as the militia that particular arm had been put ii may service. ters The present strength of the orgi 'kfld lzed militia, including both ofhc tiom and men, is approximately 120,0 the according to the latest returns fr adjutants general for the differ ison states to the war department. Th he civilian soldiers are divided, in pt unit as follows: Alabama. 2,569; Flori 1,220; Georgia, 2,898; Loulsla MIS- 11,142; Mississippi, 1,443; North Ci to- lina, 2,568 and South Carol! uart 1,909. ARGUMENTS IN FRAN lave CASE THIS WEE ion 8 aP" Scheduled to Benin in Super onB Court at Atlanta on Wednesday. BTPt Atlanta, April 19.?Arguments VVtt,' two motions, which seek to previ th execution of Leo M. Frank, ? vlcted of the murder of 14-year-' iyor Mary Phagan, are scheduled to heard In the supremo court lv i Wednesday. i1)P It was beefed tonight that n i ther the pros*<bpution nor the defei [aw would seek tfr< have the argutne postponed on Wednesday. Judge Ited H. Hill, of the supreme court, a for Indicated that he was desirous and having the arguments proceed wl , e. they are called for Wednesday, n >nal that he would be loath to consent em- a postponement, j sett One of the motions asks the am the ment of the verdict returned agai * uiq juuus iucvory superintendent I in i the ground that both the defendi ces- and his counsel were absent from t tlon |(tourt room when the verdict was ade turned. This Is held to have been ; of violation of the constitutional ri| :ute of the convicted man. Frank's i tlon sence was suggested by Judgp L. be- (loan, who presided at the trial, ies. was feared physical violance ml; end i be inflicted pn the defendant In ci dco a verdict of acquittal was reach Ited The other motion ask a new tr our on the claim of newly discovered e denoe. William J. Burns, the detect 'vho has been Investigating the cj i.? at the instance of Frank's frien wn- has not yet made his report. He Ists ready has said he believed a new tr was should be had, but has said nothl uco rurther regarding the guilt or ini war cence of the accused. His finding* i nlz- expected before Wednesday and ir ?Hte> be used as a supplement to the m Ion for a new trial. i V M ' :> j * 39' . MOVES ENCAMPMENT IE FROM ISLE OF PALMS is >ne Secretary Garrison Makes Brief n< But Positive Statement. State ai ni v NO SITE YET SELECTED. foil ,I* W'j I jw. H War Department, Finding Please's , ? \ 11- ! li. I . I/etter Unsatisfactory, Decides , v II Not to Send Troops There. j j ^ Washington, April 20.?"The en- cesan ^a" campment of the Ninth division of je 1C militia which was proposed to be held ^ ^ be at the Isle of Palms will not be held f|owc 8(\d there." Th 11 ~ This was the brief but positive . lire lowed I statement made to The State s corre- ... a-I . olutic ; spondent by Secretary Garrison late ... en- _ iiilioi this afternoon when asked about the . , blv befor <raatter- , time. Asked further whether this meant tin- prese that South Carolina had been entirely or- exper eliminated from consideration in con- , ,. ?n I of th nection with the holding of the en- ^ ^ campment. the secretary said that h'1 ' sed free) u | had nothing to say on that feature at the present time, but that, as above stated, it would not be held at the >ov tied I 5 Isle of Palms. ^ Those who are familiar with the situation and who have kept track of a ' ^ iy' this matter for the past two weeks ' im" are positive that no point in South ' ^ the caro||na will be chosen for the en- ? a campment.* That the Isle of Palms has lost the encampment because of SPI the attitude of the governor of South ,nt" Carolina is also well known to those *?8 I who have kent un with tlir? offr>rt^ - -r ?A not I ers Congressman Whaley, Senator Til 1'nB man and others to have the eneampec"ment held near Charleston. ^r> iry It was March 29 when Secretary , far S Garrison, after considerable work on ceB the part of Mr. Whaley and representative business men of Charleston ms and Senator Tillman and other mem- j)Ujjp) the bf,rs 0f the South Carolina delegation ar~ in congress, informed Senator Till?' man that the Isle of Palms had been j chosen for the point of manoeuvres. f ^ |Then trouble began to appear, the Q^iat an" exact nature of which is clear to Ilf SKP* ers readers of the daily papers in South ftn ? ? north Carolina. .. . . . . Alaba oin In a word, the war department , 0111 would not stand the attitude of the rea(,^' epe governor of South Carolina Tnrtav LI"C was the final time when the governor (j* * ^a> could square himself with the war de na> partment. He failed to do so with ^ iro the result that the Isle of Palms loses .. a . .... the w ua? its proposed encampment and in all ^ probability no other place in South nj Carolina will be selected. K the c ^ week Huerta's Keason for not Saluting Jantic Fla?. 'In Mexico City, April 19.?Senor weatl ,or Portillo y Hojas, Foreign Minister, .\notl announced tonight that it would West be Impossible to agree to the demand ronse 0,1 of the United States that the flag of hlghe that country bo unconditionally saul- ably 1 on* ted. because that tlag was not in- by th< ?l(l suited, because it was not dying from be the launch and because the marines ere were set free and that the officer re-onslble for the arroets was him s<.Iint lei- self arrested and held for trial. ace The Foreign Minister further annts nounced that the Mexican Govern m. meni wouia agree that both flags bp ni.?I lso saluted, the American flag first and i securi of the Mexican flag, this arrangement to ( ^ ^ ien . he made by a protocol signed by the ind American Charge d'alTairs, Nelson (1j e to O'Shaughnessy, and the Mexican Foreign Minister. fiTOtt^l luj The United States Government, ,, nat Senor Portillo declared, had refusman v on ed permission to Charge O'Shaughint nessy to sign such a protocol, and he jthrJa ^,e mand an unconditioned salute by re. Mexico, which Mexico 1 elt was incoroln Mble with her dignity. in fiBARSl "Mexico has ylclderl as much as reM>j her dignity will permit. Mexico 0|vma g trusts to the fair-mindedness and spirit of .iust'ce of the American peothl p|e-" ! Atl (k(j R. K. Must C>iinr<l Your Proper* i j)ave 1al While In Sleeping Car. c lV'" i New York, April 18.?According versa to a decision of the t.ppellate division fough Ive of the supreme court a passenger July : ise while asleep In a railroad sleeping It ds, car Is not expected or able to guard nors al- his property. The company must 'be 1 lal stat'on employes to guard the passen- 'heir ng ger?- propprty, the court ruled, or te from no- held respons'hle for the loss of it. ntteni ire T' e decision was given in the suit HJIf lay ft* I OUl? Qoldlttin ngninst the Pull In tin ot- v v 'I'eeplr.tr Car Co. for dnnnrr nnd 1 ' t' e lof of a valise 'ng f< MEN CAST VOTES CHURCH ELECTIO] y is < boson l?y St. John's I'n b Willi K<|iinl Suffrage For l*'irs| Time. >rence Special to Columb April lit.?At the congregatli "etlng of St. John's parish tl ving vestry were elected: irdens. J. \v. Rrimr^in miH oward; vestrymen, \V. H. Lart Jones, P. J. Maxwell, James 1 s, K. E. ltlves, S. It. Lucas an Mitchell; delegates to th edi< council to be held in Greei in May, L. H. Meares, Hartwt yer, James D. Evans and J. V ird. e women of the parish were a I to vote by the passage of a re >11 of amendment to the const 1 of the parish, which has bee e the congregation for a Ion The women voted for tl nt vestry, which was their fir ience in suffrage. The matte e women voting in St. John een an interesting fight show-in ent changes of sentiment on tl even of the leaders of the tw of the question. It Is finally se l>y the women voting, other amendment was ?dnnt? three years' debate (requirin ubmission of any plan to aliei >r incumber the church realt vote of the congregation. tING SEEMS LOST [THOUT JACK FROS' ier Week of Showers Itrinj a Cold Spell in the Weatherings. ishington, April lit.?Frost t outh as northern Alabama wt ised for the beginning of tli by the Weather Bureau toda; lie week will open," said tli in "with showers and lowt ?ratures in the Atlantic States ng temperatures over the nort ier of States and with frost n own as the Texas panhandl loma, northern Arkansas, Tei p and possibly the extrem em portions of Mississippi an ,ma. y Tuesday the rold weather wi the Middle Atlantic States an veather will prevail for seven The cool period will be .,*ioi ligher temperatures will reac tlantic States r>v the middle c eek. The Northwest distirbam move Eastward and Southeas reaching the Central portion < ountry by the middle of th and probably the Midd'e A States a day or so later. South Atlantic States fa ler will prevail after Monda; ler disturbance is due in tt by Thursday or Friday, wit quent unsettled conditions an r temperatures, that will prol extend not far to the Eastwar e end of the week.'' X It'A X SITl'ATION TODAY. or Ixwlge Says the Murder < I Americans Should Not t?e Few tshington, April 21.?2:03 ] Senate met at noon, quorum wt ed, and Senator Lodge bega Idress on the war resolution, lator Lodge, in his address, d< 1 that the murder of 150 Ame in Mexico should not be fo: a. He characterized Huertn i it-throat," but said there wei others, and he did not want 1 y declare war against one "cu t." He stated he did not wax put in a position of rocognizln who started his life as a hire lin. He said be wanted tl Jtion made so broad that "tl ted world cannot question tl ?ousness of the act." "lebrate "Hattle of Atlanta." anta, Ga., April in.?Plni assumed defilnite form here f< elebration of the fiftieth ann ry of the battle of Atlant t in the war Between the Stat< 22. isplnnned to invite the Gove of those states represented i tattle to attend, together vii staffs. Detachments of mllit the States also will be asked I 1. :hteen States were represent? fi Federal Army In the butt 13 in the Confederacy's defem i>rce. ? UNITED STATES Wl LL SEIZE - TAMPICOANDVERA CRUZ ?? ft la Government Will Take I'ossession of Custom Houses. ie ?j WILL ACT IN 18 HOURS. >y Resolution Ailopted by House Givu' iiiK Power to President?Now Witli Senate. 11 Washington, April 20.?In 48 ^ hours, possibly less, the United States government will have taken possession of the Mexican custom houses at Tanipico and Vera Cruz. 8~ Detailed plans for landing of marines at those two important coast >u towns were completed at a confereuce at the White House between ie President Wilson, Secretaries 13ryan, Garrison and Daniels, Major Gensr[eral Wood, and Hear Admirals Fiske 8 and Blue, and John Lind. NO ORDERS GIVEN. ie "No orders to the army and navy " will be issued tonight," was the announcement made after the conferj ence, action temporlarly being deferred until Congress acts on the lR joint resolution approving the I'resl1 _ v uciu? purpose 01 using the armed forces of the United States to en- I force its demands against General Huerta, growing out of 'he arrest at Tampico of American biuejackets. p The resolution passed the house tonight by a vote of 33 7 to 37, after a rs spirited debate. For several hours t was considered by the senate foreign relations committee with prosis pects of an all night session of the enate, or a recess until early tomoris row. ie The house adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow and President Wille r son, worn out, retired after hearing that the house had adopted the res' ; olution. Persons who were in touch with 18 (he President said the steps which '' would be taken by the United States t "short of war.'' were of a nature which would not require formal notification to the powers in the same I j sense as a declaration of blockade or ^ other preliminaries to war. For, eign governments will be kept in- . ! formed of developments, however. h The debate in the house brought . out the fact that, while the Ameri- i M I | ^ can navy probably would block f Mexico tT from commerce with the , United States, it would not interfere >f ^jwith the passage to and fro of for( eign vessels, though cargoes discharged on the shore might be held I at the custom houses. THE RESOLUTION. v. ' The joint resolution passed by the j house and which was before the senate at a late hour tonight, read as follows: 3"A joint resolution justifying the employment of the armed forces of the ITnited States in enforcing certain demands against Vietoriano Huerta. Resolved by the senate and house of representatives in Con Kress assembled, that the President of the r" United States is justified in th eemployment of the armed forces of the P United States to enforce the demands 18 upon Victorana Huerta for unequl n vocal amends to the Kovernment of the United States for afTronts and indignities committed against this govr~ ernment by General Huerta and hia r" representatives." is Battleships Reach Tanipico Wednea-O . day. On Hoard the U. S. Arkansas at 11 Sea. by Wireless Via Key West Pla., April 19.?The United StAtes battleships will anchor off Tampico about 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, actp cording to present calculations. The " South Carolina joined the other battleships today. Rear Admiral Badger expects to establish wireless communication with Rear Admiral t H Fletcher at Vera Cruz tomorrow. >r iClub Meetings. M The various Democratic township clubs in the county will meet Saturr_ day next, 2 5th instant, for the pur in ,jw>v ui reorganizing and electing h delegates to the county convention, |a which meets at the county seat on to Tuesday the 5th of May. It is the duty of every Democrat in the coun| ty to attend these club meetings and j0 'r?ke part in tneir proeedings. It is d- just as Important as voting in the r'nir res. A