The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, May 01, 1914, Image 1
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VOL. 9. NO. 60, SEMI-WEEK
VINCENTASTORANDMISS
HUNTINGTON MARRIED
Mexi
day
Less Than 50 Persons Witness term
the Ceremony. i)rln<
CHUMS SINCE CHILDHOOD. t^e\
Tl
All the (Tui'Nto living Relative* and gerr(
Close Friends of the P(j j,
Family. voys
Stnatsburg, N.Y. April 30.?wll- Carr
11am Vincent Astor, son of the late caus<
Col. John Jacob Astor and Miss Helen the
Dinsmore Huntington, whom he has comj
known since childhood, were married It is
here shortly after noon today in the an a
big oak panolled libary of llopeland subn
House, home of the bride's parents Gene
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Huntington. sentc
Less than 5U persons witnessed the
ceremony and of these three were the p
superintendents from the Astor, the i ^
Huntington and the Dinsmore estates, i
The Other gueBts were realatives and
close friends of tlie families. Plans Tak(
had been made for an elaborate
church wedding, but Mr. Astor's re- !
cent illness, which threatened pneu- 1 W
monia, made necessary the abondon- VVilsi
ment of these plans. Eighteen hun- the 1
reds weeding announcements were ciath
sent out after today's cermoney, bvit orgai
the small company that witnessed it immi
had been invited by informal notes, the v
penned by Mrs. Huntington's secre- tion
tray. It
A flno rain was falling when the on r?
few guests from New York city ar- depa
rived at the 400-acre Huntington repr*
estate. Guards had been posted at ploy*
credentials were unquestioned were J were
admitted. 'that
Mr. Astor himself is a deputy sheriff
of Dutchess county and some of ' (
his fellow deputies acted as sentinels Tli
at the gates. morn
Green foliage and spring dowers ask I
from the Huntington conservatories str k
and from New York, hung every- ( si:
where throughout the rooms r ate c
Hopeland House. Buried in blossoms ance
with here and there a touch of green, H3
/ 1 was the marble mantleplece in the Kent
library before which the couple tlon
stood. Miss Huntington entered the bami
room on the arm of her father. At Worl
her throat gleamed a magnificent gest?
necklace of pearls, the gift of the of L
bridegroom. chos<
Her bridal gown was of white tulle nltloi
with a train of white satin. Her lace and
ell had been worn by her grand- woul
mother, Mrs. Dlnsmore, and by her parti
mother before her. T1
Herman Oelrlchs of New York, ao had
old friend of Vincent Astor, was best the
man. Miss Alice Huntington, sister but
of the bride, was maid of honor and selec
the little Misses Muriel Astor and go tt
Margaret Dows, were flower girls. |
The two children were pretty, garbed \\'ll
in corn-colored chiffon and dotted
net with the blue sashes. Small Gen.
flowers wreathed their hats and each
carried an old-fashioned bouqet. Nt
Mrs. Robert Huntington, the jRobe
bride's mother, wore blue tafTeta and parti
chiffon. Statf
A screened orchestra of 20 pieces tome
played the Lohengrin "Wedding parti
I March" and the Hev. Charles H. train
Duncan, rector of St. Margaret's Tent
church, Staatsburg, read the Kpisco- in th
pal marriage service. In
When the pair had risen man and al Gi
wife, the wedding party assembled Caro
in the "long room" adjoining the li- of A
brary^ where a wedding breakfast and
e' was served.
Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, mother of
the bridegroom, was among the wed- ; A
ding guests. The young widow of frton
Colonel Astor, although Invited, was t,lftt
not present. She is in the South. Mr j
Picnic and Home Coming Day at ' '
Heaver Creek Church.
On Saturday, May 9th, there will
he a picnic and home coming and ^
Sunday school educational and ^,>u(
church rklly day at Beaver Creek
Dentist p.hiir/?h mtlA? ^ tr"
Heath Springs. The following
speakers will be present: Rev. W. r*s,)(1
J. Nelson of Rock Hill, Prof. Car- ( ?tt0
berry of Wlnthrop, Dr. Chapman of
Oreenville, J. M. Ferguson of Rock
Hill, Dr. J? W. 11. Dyches of Heath Wi
Springs. Rev. P. T. Co* ?f Rock Hill, I trove
W. O. A. Porter of I,ancaster. The fh? t
I public is cordially invited to come I
and bring well filled baskets. with
{along
Nearly 4,000 acres were reforested ment
in Montana and northern Idaho dur- been
ing 1913, at an average cost of and i
0 $7.50 an acre. cemb
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HANZA ACCEPTS PIxAN linn
>V MEDIATION OF TltOl libKS |Y|M
asKJngton, April 29.?Gen.
istiano Carranza, head of the2
can Constitutionalists, late tonotifled
the Latin-American 1 neriaries
of his acceptance of the Battle
:iplc of mediation in the dilfl'
between tlie United States and
co. He expressed a willingness
infer on the subject. MINE
lis announcement was made by
etary Hryan upon being Inform- unUm
y the three South American en- gx(
The introduction of General
anza and the Constitutionalists jjonv
b into the negotiations broadens (|UStrja
peace program to an effort to ,it j
>ose the tentlre Mexican situation.
understood that a proposal for
rmistice, which already has lieen
lltted to the Unitod States and
(tnp St.1
>ral Huerta, now will be pre;d
to General Carranza. strkers
At V
militia
ESIDENT WILSON ' fleer ar
WOULD END STRIKE The
olation,
N Steps Toward Further Mecll- navlllK
at ion in Colorado's llloody
l.alxir War. force a
? .. men an
ashington, April 29.?President jetj j
on has asked the president of ^
Kentucky Mine Operators' Assoin
and the Alabama Operatives'
_ , . CBTlipS
nizatton to come to Washington ...
, , mysteri
ediately for a conference with ,
_, wards
lew to further attempt at media- jn
of the Colorado mine strike. Tabasc<
was understood that, acting up- strikert
iquest of Secretary Wilson of the ,|)e
rtment of labor, these two men Flgh
>sentlng the owners and the em- strj^er5
?s of coal mine interests already , , ,
, lasted I
on the way to Washington and f t
they probably .would select a s ^
party and go to the Bcene of (lrog<jin
lisorders in Colorado. within
ie Italian ambassador called this sition.
ling on the secretary of state to 3 o'cloi
for protection for the. Italians in with
e riots in Colorado. The murder (,avalar
x little children was the immediause
of the request for the assur- guar(j
of further protection. cials tc
rwell Devies is president of the out^res
ucky Coal Operators' Assoela- fano C(
and William R. Fairly of Ala- wer<j n
1, the officer of the United Mine tomorp
Iters of America, who were sug- detachj
id as the concilators. Secretary (llpri|
abor Wilson said they were
Ulg vu
sn because he believed their po- tance ?
ns as representative operator Mem
representative mine worker
d give the confidence of both conferc
es to the Colorado controversy. venjng
te secretary said that no plans ^ but
been made as to procedure in
proposed conciliation schemes, iTndt
that a third member might be Htoppe{.
ted to complete a committee to |,urg j
> the scene of the strike. striken
* their a
Mi MKIjKCT MIlilTIA CAMPS. |proVed
? .. 'striken
Kvans Will Pick Out Places lor ) URtod>
Ninth and Tenth Divisions. ration
(w York. April 29.?Brig. Gen. ,, p ,
rt J. Kvans, commanding the delient
of the east of the United ,?onferc
s army, will go to Washington |)0rK ft|
irrow to Uike up with the war de- ;lrrangi
nent the question of sites for the vjres r
ing camps of the Ninth and rrnl's c
h divisions of the state militia The
e event of a general mobilization, (jmera
the Ninth division is the Nation- expla.nr<
lard of Florida, neorcia ana ih
iruntia
Unas, and in the Tenth, those weHj 0)
labama, Mississippi, Tennessee narf?n.i
Kentucky.
cease f
lleckhain-lteall. nity fo
n\urriage which took their truce a
ds completely by surprise, was arms \<
of Miss Margaret Beckham and Verdecl
Li. H. Beall, which took place at Sugg
R. P. manse last Tuesday transml
ng at 8:30 o'cloc*. The bride's sanctloi
ir, Rev. W. 8. Patterson, per- by Oovi
ed the ceremony. The bride, of the
is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Qenerul
en Beckham, has for several berg ar
i held a position with Phillips & '"K the
uney, while the groom holds a
tnalhlo nlAA? ? * - * *
v, nun m U1K IJB II easier
>n Oil Mill. jBftllo t
Mlldre
May Still Olve Ok>u|?oi?M. Miss
;shlngton, April 29.?The con- of the F
ray before Conferees regarding won. S
tropoaed prohibitive, tax to atop largest
>racttce of issuing gift coupon' whose
cigarettes, cigars and tobacco, coveted
; with gifts and tobacco attach- come o
s. it was announced today, han 20 vott
postponed by the house wnvs Ix>uise
means committee until next De- Miss I)
er. 1.3 ft? i
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ANCASTER, S. C., FRIDAY. MAY 1. 1914
E LIVES LOST IN NAVY WITHDRAWS
COLORADO STRIKE AS ARMY I
s Take Toll of at Least General Funston Now
Nine in One Day. mand at Vera Cr
ATTACK REPULSED. CHEERED BY ME?
Men Driven OIT After Spirited Impressive Ceremony Marl
hangc of Shots With De- fer of Authority From
fenders of Forbes. to Army,
er, April 29.?Colorado b In- Vera Cruz, April .? TIi
1 conflict today claimed a toll guarding the city of Ver
east nine human lives. environs whs taken over
was the verified record to- naVy to-day by Big Con.
divided as follows: I Funston and the 5th infi
orbes seven mine guards and gade of tluj United States u
Iker dead, with two other While martial law still
believed to have been killed, in force, the actual munlcip;
Valsenburg one officer of the ment is being conducted bj
hospital corps killed, one of- Keer, the American Civil
id two enlisted men wounded, who has enlisted the aid o
Forbes camp is a scone of des- offices to act under his s\
, nearly all the mine buildings dence and in accordance \\
Knot. .1.... t * ,....wl V... fi.n Tl.? ? -
uwm viuoviujcu 13j mi*' i i'UII lilWH. j
wsr opened by the strikers in After a morning enliven*
bout 5.3 0 a. m. With the wo- marching to and fo of large
id children of the camp barri- American soldiers, sailors
in the mine store the guards inos, the cit* resumed its n
led spiritedly. About 10 somewhat sleepy daily life,
the firing ceased and the ing, howverl was made ge
assailants disappeared as door dinner' parties at the
ously as they came, some to- restaurants,! accompanied
Trinidad and others over the and sometime by dancing,
the direction of Bcrwind and The American troops be
). A mine official said three disembarkation from th
i were seen to tumble down ports at an leurly hour in i
side. ing. Before ,noor. all had
ting at Walsenburg between their post in various parts c
i, militia and mine guards an(* outlying suburbs,
five hours. Maj. P. P. Lester NATIVES AMAZED
hospital corps met his death. As the various detachmeu
irough the loft breast, while into the street , their flags
g the wounds of a omrade with bands playing martial
150 yards of the strikers' po- ing them, the natives api
Firing ceased shortly after their balconies or came out
?k. sidewalks and gazed witti
two troops of Putted States wonder at the solid
y in the Fremont county field browclothed men. The peop
izen volunteers and miltia on to naarvel at the precisi
In Boulder county, state ofii- American soldier's move
might prepared for sudden their sturdy appearance,
iks in Las Animas and Huer- Shortly after the last of
aunties, where federal troops had passed through the cer
,0t expected to arrive before treets of the city Brig. Gen
ow morning. The militia wiht several aids drove by
neut relieved by federal sol- riage and was greeted wit
l Fremont county was hasten- ^ burst of applause.
Colonel Verdeckberg's assls- Whon thc men hatl
it Walsenburc.
_ 914LL1UUM aim me reports ha
bers of the legislature contin- ceived by the Brig Gen. P
reach the capital for Informal clal calls were exchangee!
mces preparatory to the con- Hear Admiral Badger, Go
of the special session on May Robert J. Keer and Brig
tonight no tangible program Bton.
en decided on. Later in the day an ordei
>r a truce agreement which e(J by Rear Admiral Plot
I the fighting at Walaen- bad been in command of
ate today approximately 650ja?hore since the landin
? tonight were to surrender mriean naval forces, co'
rms to military officers ap- v0ift Qf events since l
by Colonel Verdeckberg. The 0f |ju. city.
8 are not to be taken into
wi" "* """'t:,'0 TT SLOW PROGRESS
in the courts for killing Maj^ester
of the hospital corps. IN RESCUE
o'clock strike leaders were In .
... , lint lilttle Chance That \
>noo with Colonel Verdeck
....... . , Men still Kiitombcd <
I the Welsenburg court hou^
Ing details, according to ad- Saved,
ecelved at the adjutant gen Kccles, \N. \a.. April
>fPce. '? penetrate mine No. 5 o
announcement of the truce by ^'ver Colleries ( otnpany,
1 Chase tonight furnished ;?i with mine No. t? by an expl
ition of the withdrawal of the terday, progressed slowl
from the battlefield north and There was little chance <;
' Walsenburg today when np- alive any of the 17s miners
y they had the strikers hsrd ,n mine No 5. Rescures
A sugestloij that firing elearing debris from the ru
or one hour to give opportu- an(' expected to know the f
r negotiations looking to a men by to Sir row noon,
nd possible surrender o'f fhe'r The shaft guides of mine
ras communicated to Colonel which the cage is contro
kberg. been badly damaged and m
ested terms of surrender were paired before the cage cai
Itted to General Chase and ered to the bottom. Tonlgh
a for their acceptance g'ven cures reached a point wtthi
...auiiuuur. vjonnrmatlon 01 ine oouom.
arrangement was Riven by Thou sand ft vlsted the see
I Chase to Colonel Verdock- disaster today. The eight
id John McGregor, command- th" m,n who In"f death in
strikers. 6 were prepared for burl;
the 67 men Injured in mi
MAY QUKEN. are expected to recover.
Gov. Hatfield returned to
inj; ( iosed Last Nlirht?Miss fon tonight. leavinr Chief S
?l Green Elected May Queen. Inspe< tor Karl llen~v and
Mildred Green. will be ' Queen tics |n charge of rose ire wo
day" at the festival this after- .
!he received 2.590 votes, the fl!e?>.e Suspinils Howies and
number of any of the gtr'v. John >1. Kinhcfi
names were entered for th'a Columbia Special to (
honor. Miss Mr telle MW'nr -Xod's pnf!" Courier, April 28
ut a close ne on1', s'ffh'VftfJ;'H r Hlhi.se has appo'nted
is less than the Queen. MHts Kinloh magistrate for <
Wylle next with 1,790 and vice James If. Howies, who
orothy Moore fourth with pendod. The suspension hi
rotes. 1 the senate meets In 1915.
v't i , .. '
SAN .MAN OK I'IX)A TO IIK III a
\ ACATKI) NOW AS A POISON fl II |
M1TDQ Vera Cruz, April 29.?The fortress
M I LllO ?" ^an Juan ''' I'loa. known for centuries
as perhaps the foulest prison
in tiie American Continent, has been
in Com- ordered by Hear Admiral Fletcher to ('ju-nm
to I'oinolotnlv vo/ui # r?/l
U?.
When the American sailors and
Cli" imc marines occupied Vera Cruz there
V v Ai ?. were jn tjlis pr|Bon which is ron- THE I
structed in the form of a little island
ks Trans- jn harbor, some 4 00 prisoners,
N'?vy most of them confined for political 1 ni,e<' '
offenses. Three hundred of these 441 1
e task of men already have been released or
a and its transferred to other prisons, but Wash
from the there remain 116 and now these men medii
Fredrick are to he released or sent elsewhere. ?r the M
in try bri- broaden
rmy ATLANTA PREACHER w a'lol
continues
al govern- SWORE TOO FREELY the 1 ait
r Hobt. J. R,me- b
Governor, Kev. C. II. Ilngsdule, Affiant in Frank 1' '* 11
f Mexican Case, designs After Visit
jperinten- From Connnlttee. publii i
ith Moxi- Atlanta, (la., April 29.?The Rev. Thls 1
C. 11. Ragsdale, pastor of the Plum nu*(liatic
od by the Street Baptist church here, who re- ''''l'1 'at
bodies ot cently made aflidavit that he lieahd <
and m.ir- James Conley, a negro, confess the o1 ,lu"* (
lornal and murder of Mary Phagan, a 1 4-year-;< nf
The even- old factory girl, and then repudiated t,,e auil)
y by out- his sworn declaration, has resigned minister
cafes and his charge. Alreat
, . era i iiu
by music The action of the minister followed ,
he good
a visit from a committee of the (,m
igan thiei church, it was announced tonight. A ((iJ) ^
e trans- meeting of the church's membership |,,-UIUr|,t
die mora- bas been called for tomorrow night ((> ,|riw
march to t0 take action on the resignation. vithin t
>f the city Arguments on th? pending extra- iii<-li m
ordinary- motion for ? new trial for
. . Karlie
.... ueo M. Frank, the factory superini
. . , made an
it s swung tendeut, under sentence of death for ^
living and the murder, will be resumed in the " K
? ,i i- . Huerta i
airs, lead- superior court here I- riday.
, .. which a
reared on < onley. the negro, w as a sw< eper
: onto the in the plant of the National Pencil
the outci
i undisug Company, of which Frank was su...
,, , , , , , ; mediatoi
ranks of perintendent. He was the chief wit
r .1 a a. . sides to
le seemed ness for the state at F rank s trial, t
on of the saying that he aided in the disposal 1,0 ,1
... i ,, a*. . a . armistici
tnent and ?> the body in the factory basement.
, ( arrange
( onley was sentenced to one year s .
the troops Imprisonment as an accessory. ^ents U
itril sstre- Sult waR fi,ed her<> to<1a>' a na" the
Funston llonal detective agency againRt the { ^
In n nar 'National Pencil Company for $1,200 * " ')
ill a C*ir- j 1 A mpripfi
h aii out-jror in investigating the ease. i
This agency's services preceded the y ?
n tin tr^ir work of anot^er agency. A partial st palat0
?' ""
u?ton oB- :tr*"1' ?? "* ""'O "' The Sou
I between ~ * ___ session
vernmonts "MILKMAIDS' CONVENTION." adjourni
Qen Fun- .steadily
Flay least Night a Success anil Was a definit
was issu- (treat Iy Kn joyed. few day
cher, who The home talent play, presented tio,K "I)
operations |ast niK|lt at the opera house before ,,1(,ivldn
g of the an audience which filled comfortably tollf,aK?
k ring the the large auditorium, was very good, 1 rom ( ''
I he taking indeed. Two dozen maids ami lav ^efo
matrons, in p?nk. green, re dand vol au<1 ,lis(
low costumes, with uui.int and tie- Tll,s
coming Dutch caps, made a prett\ tors ,l:
WORK ,,,,ur'' as l?^y <ame down the long Nm,>ri,,il
aisle. ea< h carrying a pail and milk- :ilft'Pts 1
II y of 17H -"K -tool, filed upon the stage and
an lie after a prettj drill proceeded to """> of
fmsine,". The deliberations and al ^tneriea
Efforts tccations which then ensued were l,al '''
I the New most ;,m?sil,K- Music was rurnislied ",1 par
wrecked ',y Mr" U' M McDermid's violin class. il"' Am<
loslon yes- of Misses Mildred (Ireen l!,<" ,r:!'1
ly todav ! 0,:is<* poap- MarV I'Ocke llarron and Jpllon'
M-irv ..i?_ Word
.. . ...... ...Iitnlh. null II I.I ml 11Cif
reciting .... t, i. the tend
, <-otnp;iniiiieiit by Mrs. (.. It. Hnrron.
entombed ward mi
. rir.8 was the first time this interest
continued.. , . , . . ,. , in a tel
. . . 1 .ng class has played together In
ined shaft ... , .. . . . .. America
. . public and their debute was quite
ute of the . , .. . . . . Secretar
successful, the sweet music being
# ... ... . being fo
quite a feature of the entertainment
! No 5, by . . ? . partmen
.... The whole affair was verv creditable
lied have . ..... . . supposec
nd a neat little sum was raised bv
ust be re- .. ,,, . ... . .. would c?
the oung Women s Association of the
i be low- . . . i Dement
First Baptist church, under whose
t the res- t ween t
auspices it was given.
In 60 feet i lluerta
the arre
>ne of the Dixie School Close* Next Friday. Tampico
J^odles of The Dixie school, taught by Miss Cruz. I
mine No. He?ple Flynn, will close next Friday they ve
al. All of evening. May ft, with appropriate ex their att
ne No. 6 orclses. which will begin promptly between
at 8 o' lock. A picnic will be held United
Charles- next day, Saturday, May 9, at which quietly e
tate Mine the speakers will be Messrs. M J. scope of
60 depu- 'Iroeii and It. K. Wylle. tutionali
rk. might hi
...... . H pacific
Appoints 4 nines School House Democratic j j
r|,,h- !'.k '
that the
harlestoi. Carries School House Democratic f0 u e (,
Cover- .b met April 25 -uid elected dele- f^i* ^j^,,
John M. g itos to the county convention. "This
Columbia, i Executive committeeman. R. M<ie&mestl)
was bus- Walters. Delegates, S. R. Hegler, R. 'vvho ape
Mds until Arant, J. S. Clifton, T. P. McManua.
ij. A. Carnes. D. E. WalterH. (Con
V 0
$1.50 PER YEAR
/lFYinn mm
I ILJ\IUU UMULIi
PLAN OF MEDIATION
za Accedes to Itequest
of Intermediaries.
"IGHTING WILL STOP.
antes and lluertu Will A^ree
Vrmist ic ami ( arn?n/a is
K\|HM'te<l to I)o So.
ington, April 29.?The scope
ition plans for the settlement
lexican crisis was suddenly
ed tonight so as to include
re range of Mexican affairs,
ie the critical issue between
,ed States and the Iluerta reut
also the conflict between
lents of Northern and South;ico
which have rent the re
signal enlargement of the
m program, followed the ree
in the day of a formal achy
General Carranza, chief
onstitutionalists, of the priniucdiation,
as proposed by
assador from Brazil and the
s from Argentina and Chile,
ly the United States and Generta
had formally accepted
offices of those South Amoroys
and now rs a further
leneral Carranza has been
into the deliberations so as
every element and faction
he range of any settlement
ay be attained,
r in the day the mediators
other decisive move, in askUnited
States and General
Lo agree to an armistice by
II aggressive military moveould
be suspended pending
mm* 01 nits negotiations. ine
s confidently expect both
accept the armistice pro\
separate proposal for an
a as between Huerta and
i also will be made, and with
dance all of the warring elelrougliout
Mexico as well as
erican forces, would mainmilitary
status quo. The
n government in its formal
the armistice proposal will
expressly that any untoward
rd Americans will be regardi
infraction of the armistice,
th American envoys were in
throughout the day. Up to
nent they had progressed
on their plans and foresaw
e statement within the next
s of their contemplated ac- ,
uring the evening the envoys
ally conferred with their
es in the diplomatic corps
ntral and South America to
re them what had been done
uss the gcnet-rr situation,
emphasized what the mediive
been seeking?a purely
n settlement of a crisis which
lie political Integrity of all
America. The patriotic
all Mexico and all Spanishwas
expected to give a sigeine
to the world at large
licularly to Kuiope of what
rican republics could do ,nr
rjuility of the Western hemnt
n time of supreme crisis,
of Carranza's acceptance of
er of pood offices lookikng to'diatiou
came late in the day
'gram to the three South
n envoys, who informed
y Bryan, the announcement
rmally made at the state det.
It generally had been
I that the intermediaries
inline their efforts to a setof
the differences arising behe
United States and the
government as a result of
ist of American marines at
and the seizure of Vera
tut is developed that while
re prepared to concentrate
ent'.on to averting hostilities
General Huerta and the
States, the envoys were
ndeavoring to include in the
their mediation the Oonstists,
so that all elements
p brought into harmony for
settlement.
s connection, it was recalled
American overnment's reply
slider of good offices made
ificant statement:
government hopes most
' that you may find those
ak for the several elements
tinned on Page Bight.)