The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 17, 1914, Image 1
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VOL. 9, NO. 82, SEMI-WEEK
RESOURCE DISAPPATtD !S
HUERTA RESIGNS =
"Mi
Tht
Central Figure in Maelstrom n?Put
of Mexican Politics Is K"int<
Eliminated. the gt
readli
CARBAJAL IN OFFICE deput!
r ^ loud ,
American Troops Will Remain at Aft
Vera Crux Until Carranjia res Rn
Offers General Amnesty. 1>? n*
ber tc
Mextco City July IB.?General Vic floor
torian Huerta resigned from the Boon f
provisional presidency of the Mexl- ber, p
can Republic tonight and his resig- He en
nation was accepted by the Senate P,at'?
Manui
and Chamber of Deputies by a vote ^ ot
of 121 to 17. W
k Francisco Carbajal then was ap- Wa
pointed president and took the oath | Gener
of office at the Joint session of the | vision
Deputies and Senators. jcd by
Huerta's resignation was submlted the fi
L "* 1 through the Department of Foreign quick
I y I Relations. It was read in the House lent.
' < j and was greeted- with cries of "Viva and c
,. Huerta." It then was referred to the were
jf Joint committees of Gobernacion. Af- volun
if ter being considered the commit- an en
tees reported accepting the reeigna- Altl
tion In the following terms: have
| ' "Article 1?We accept the resignn nlze 1
?/ tion presented by General Vlctorlano nal pi
Huerta as president of the Mexico Cover
"V- United States. I recogi
"Article 2?We ' call Licentiate here I
Francisco Carbajal, Minister of hold
Foreign Relations, to assume the[can bi
presidency." !al Ca
A bollot was taken and the Joint chief,
session approved the report. ! Dip
President Carbajal proceeded toisituat
the National Paface under an escort who i
of presidential guards, and all along elTort
the way was Greeted with tumultu- generi
ous cheering. '? and p
TEXT OF hESIGNATION. With
The text of Geperal Huerta's res- try in
* lgnation follows: ^ stituti
"Deputies and Senators: Public ed.
necessity admitted' by the Chamber
of Deputies, by the* Senate and by Cer
tho Qtin rnm c\ pAnrt roll a/1 mo in iko ! flint i
Supreme Ministry of the Republic, prepa:
Later when in this same hall I had partic
the honor of addressing you in com- with
pliance with the Constitutional pre- ternal
dept I promised at all costs to bring
about peace. (
VERA CRUZ OUTRAGE.
"Seventeen months have passed CHT
and in that brief period of time 1 ^
y have formed an army with which
to carry out that solemn promise. Kpoth
Tou know the immense difficulties ^
which my Government has encountered
owning to a scarcity of funds,
as well as to the manifest and decided
protection which a great power was s
of this continent has afforded to versit
the rebels?so much so that when Missisthe
revolution has been broken up, Epj8C,
seeing that its chief leaders w?r?i|ng h<
and continued to be divided, the I migg^
power in question sought a pretext' (^onfe
to Intervene directly in the conflict, a loc
and the result of this was the out- > trtion
rage committed at Vera Cruz by (]er801
the American fleet. tendei
"Succes was had as you know in
adjusting honorably through our del 12 to
egates at Niagara Falls the petty Anl
Tamplco incident, but the revolution A Ca
onntinua/t uriih iKa onnrvAH r\f ? ?
wa*v?uuvu n ?v?i vuv nu|#|n/> v wi ? uuui ITllfiBjkC
we all krow. lected
* "Yet after the highly patriotic 0ffl0ja
work achieved by our delegates at j,a<1 j.
Niagara Palls, there still are some slty b
who say I, come what may, seek my a bro
personal interest and not that of the jn
Republic. And, as I need to rebut (}antj|
this allegation with facts, I tender to me
my formal resignation of the Presl- romni
dency of the Republic. locatli
IN GOOD FAITH. 1 letter
The National Congress must knovj ithe G1
that the Republic, through its Govt
erment, has labored IqT entire good Ht)<j a
faith and with the fullest energy hav my fe
Ing succeeded In doing away with the J
party which in United States culls today
Itself Democratic, and having shown tempi
how the right should be defend d ment
"To be more explicit I will say, (hat ,
that the action of the Government ^ Hta
of the Republic during its short life fht
has dealt death blows to an unJust i(^an(u
power. Later on, stronger workers ;jnjve
will come, using implements that un-\
doubtedly will end that power which IM<
has done so much harm and com- flpa
mltted so many outrages on this con-, tor ar
tinent. utruck
"In conclusion I will say that I peas <
abandon the presidency of the Re- week,
0- public, carrying with me tho highest ; p&lonl
sum of human wealth, for I declare cover!
)
LY. LANCASTER, S. C.
[ have arraigned at the bar of HI II TH nu nDIRJIinV
:al r:r..T Si: KULtU BY HKImAKY
uge to wrest from me that pos- SAYS GOV BLEA!
Ety God bless you and me.
i galleries of the Chamber of
ies were packed before the be- Won>t Run in General Electi<
5 of the session today. l#
,a . . . , i ii ucai ai? f iiiuarv
?nse excitement charaterized "
tthering, and at the close of the j qUIET time AT WALHAL]
ig of Huerta s resignation the ^
les and spectators broke Into
and continued applause. Enthusiasm of Two Years Ago La
er the acceptance of Huerta's ' *n Ywtcrdaj'* Meeting,
ation a commission was ap- Walhalla Special to Charles
id by the president of the cham News and Courier July 16.?Go\
> escort Senor Carbajal to the nor Blease today declared that
of the House. Senor Carbajal would not be a candidate for
appeared In front of the Cham- j United States Senate in the gene
assing through files of soldiers, election if he is defeated in the pr
itered and as he walked to the ary. He stated that he had alrei
rm the deputies stood, speaker pledge himself to abide the result
el Mercade then administered the primary and attrubuted the
ith. port that he might run indepeodt
ASH1NGTON IS PLEASED. ]y to "one of these dirty cowarci
shington, July IK.?News of who, he charges, are cirulating ft
al Huerta's resignation as Pro- reports about him. He did not <
al President of Mexico was hail any names,
official Washington tonight fin | with an unrtermnnBtmtlvo orn
nst practical step toward a j numbering not over BOO, and a ra
solution of the Mexican prob- er tired quartette of candidates,
Constitutionalists, diplomats Senatorial campaign meeting h
ifficials of the United States was a pretty tame afTair, in glar
elated over General Huerta's contrast to that of two years a
tary withdraw! and predicted when at least twice as many vot
? of peace in his country. heard Governor Blease and Jm
hough the Constitutionalists Jones speak and when the ent
declared they would not recog- siam of the rival factions ran hi
Francisco Carbajal as prorisio- Each speaker recived about
resident, and the United States game applause today and there i
nment likewise will refuse to apparently no favorite .
lize him the understanding The candidates had not fully re
is that the new Executive will ered from their exertions at the
office only until arrangements meeting in Anderson Wednesday i
e made for the entry of Gener- none was in his usal form, the m<
rranza, the Constitutionalist jng being without special feature
CARRIED BY BLEASE IN 191
lomats in close touch with the ocnee, county in 1912 by more tl
ion declare Carbajal and those 400. County Chairman James
ire associated with him in an \joss presided today and presen
to restore peace desire only a the speakers after prayer was offe
al amnesty, conserving the lives by the Rev. George M. Wilcox, of
roperty of Huerta's supporters. Presbyterian Church,
this obtained the peaceful en- j_,. d. Jennigs explained the r.
to the Mexican Capital of Con- primary rules saying he had
onalist troops will be negotiat- heard them denounced by anybi
but certain candidates. He asked v
ANTKDAED NOTE. had the Anti-Blease people chanj
teral Huerta's retirement came the rules if, as charged, they be
as the Constitutionalists were flted by the alleged frauds commit
ring their formal note declining in 1912? He said that then both si
iDation in informal conferences I?* -? - ?- -
tneu i rauu , ill a I loe AUlMiie
Huerta delegates to discuss in-j crowd changed the rules aod now
Mexican questions. Governor and his friends w
' denoucing them.
Continued on Page 8. ) Voters have heretofore been Hi
~~??????? Up with blind tigers, race tr
JRCH UNIVERSITY | gamblers ex-convicts and lawbeak
ILL GO TO ATLANTA of all kinds, but that now they w
having their eyes opened, were c<
er of Bishop Candler ?iv*s ,ng over to the fl,de of ",aw' or
fillion Dollars the Pro- and decency, he said if the c
|K>sed Institution. ditions that have existed in So
_ , , , . . A1 . 1 Carolina during the past three i
anta, Ga., July 16.?Atlanta ... ? ?
a half year continue this state wil
elected as the seat of the Unl-|in the flame condition ..ftH poor
y to be established east of the Mexico." The speaker declared
rnippi River by the Methodisi election of Governor Blease wo
jpal Church, South, at a meet-; be taken as an endorsement of
ire today of the Education Com record and a message to the Sta
>n appointed by the Genera) next Governor that the people w
rence of the Church to choose the kind of Government Blease
ation for the proposed Insti- given them.
i. Birmingham, Ala., and Hen-1 He said he was satisfied thai
ivllle N. C., were second con- I Governor Bleaee went to the Sen
rs for ttie University. Tho vote about the first thing he would
Ing Atlanta was announced as would be to introduce a bill to t
2. all "buck niggers" out of the F
nouncement by Bishop Warran oral penitentiary He predicted t
ndler, chairman of the torn- | the Governor will be beaten so ba
>n, that Atlanta had been se- on August 25 that "he'll wake
was Immediately followed by in China or some other uncivili
1 confirmation that $1,000 uOO j country, where he ought to be''
>een given to the new Univer-1 POLLOCK EXHAUSTED
y Asa G. Candler of thla city.! W P Pollock said he was exhat
ther of Bishop Candler. er from his efforts in Anders
announcing the donation Mr where he undertook "to dig a hi
er said that he had determined put Coley in it and cover him u
ike the gift, regardless of the that hie conscience hurt him beca
isslon's action in selecting toe he realized that in attacking
on for the University In his Governor's record he was "Iambi
Mr. Candler said that he made ing a corpse" Mr Pollock paid
idowment because he was "im-j daily respects to Senator Smith's
by a deep sense of duty to God cord The speaker declared the gn
n earnest desire to do good to' eat issue in South Carolina is w
llow man." ther or not decency, law and or
was said on reliable authority shall prevail. He declared he was i
that the University as con-ining to elect himself to the Sen
ated will represent an invest- and nobody else. "Smith thinks
of $5,000,000 It is expected the man he's got to beat," he si
work upon the building will Mr. Pollock said he was sorry
,rted before next Winter. i Governor would not sit on the sti
> commission elected Bishop I and hear his record discussed; t
er chancellor of the proposed not until the campaign opened
rslty. be know the Governor was "feat
i legged," and that the Governor kr
mi rTom i-ignuitng niroK. htft record was ao bad that he coul
rtanburg July 14.?W. D. Fog- hear jt and keap his face_ but '*tu
i aged white man who wan turkey and rune away."
i with lightning while planting After poking a little fun at Mr.
>n the outr.kirtg of tho city la*l lock Senator Smith replied to Oo\
died this evening. Two com- nor Filease'a often repeated char
. M that he (Smith) had voted again*
ti who wero al*o r,truck are re- MJ|m Crow.. b,? bad Votcd to g
ng. $2,000 to the family of a man lyn
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FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1914.
DISORDER MARKS
ant governor, wan applau
nr Aii/rii ODCAI/IMP ,ie 101,1 ?f 1,18 pari in the
jt ftllxtn 01 LflMib ;lonof ;he sute Ho?%ta
S Insane. He was followed by
1 Kclley, Andrew Jackson B
on. Factional Feeling Shown at NV,,lium M- Hamer.
A. G. Brlce, candidate fo
Campaign Meeting. general said that he vote
j j the usury bill became In h
RICHARDS THE CENTRE the state the banks char*e
'than 8 per cent, interest.
,rk" L ..... Thomas H. Peoples, cam
I.iberty Hill Candidate Draws Fire . .. , , . . .
1 .... ... I re-election, characterized I
i of Opposing Element of Crowd .... ....
ton ! ? I the "servant of the peo
Some Excitement. I . ......
rer- charged that his opponent
hei Aiken Special to Columbia State against a bm for Uie K,vll
tbeiJuly 14.?Disorder and a display of school books. He spoke of
>ral factional feeling that outdistanced or<l attorney general foi
im- previous meetings resulted here to- months, asking re-electl
a(1y day when John G. Richards candidate ,)U8'M of w,lat he has don
?' for governor road a statement of bis l,mere'
position in opposing E. D. Smith for A- Wl Jone8. candidate 1
the United States senate. Smith sup- tiou a? comptroller general
lB> porters apparently attempted to h'H CU8tomary speech, def?
ilse drown out the speaker, while Bloas'* 'adniinistration against th?
0:4,1 supporters and those wanting an Im- a*tach8 of his opponent.
i partial hearing were equally em- averred that it was not his
wd- phatic and demonstrative in their de- t,ie duty of the attorney I
lth- sire to have the speaker finish. The attend to the ,08tJ of n,on'
t.hc ! j: t A- A? A. 1 I .Pvlno'tGn Pnn n4o
auuieuco previous wj mis OUlDUrst ? "
ere had been but intermittently en- SMITH FIRST U
inR thusisastic and had given each can- C harles A. Smith, lieutei
didate a courteous reception and nor aml candidate for govt
erK close attention. 1 at the injection of j
a discussion of the merits of Blease * ( ontinued on 1'age S
^u" 'and Smith for United States senate
Kh. tOie calm was ruffled. CURRELL TO HE
Through the severe arraignments TT"Kn"\7"I7
of policies of the present adminis-| OIAIXj U IN A V Jii
tration supporters of the governorj
cov remained comparatively impassive at | ^?B Chosen to Succeed l)i
k'k'the start and far into the speaking 's Native of Cliurletu
ln<' of the candidate for governor the ! Columbia Special to (
3et- j crowd showed a marked tendency to News and oCurier July
|accept the statements from the speak board Qf tn,.,tees of the Un
ers without question. Their applause _
tni. , . ,. . . , South Carolina todav electf
ia" and cheers were distributed accordingly.
Possibly the best illustration iliaiii Spenser Currell as
of the disorder that prevailed dur- This action was taken ; ft
re,l ing Mr. Richards' speech was the fact and careful consideration
l',e that he was on the stand 25 min- many names had been c
jutes, speaking in the face of a crowd Dr. Currell was most higli
iew that yelled madly for Blease, Smith mended by personal friend
not m<j Kichards. Mr. Richards picked quaintances?the first sug
n(*y up a glass as though preparing to his name coming to a mem
.throw it at one of the hecklers who board in personul converse
became very personal. Col. Asbury Coward, who h
ine- | ?pjie meeting of the candidate for Dr. Currell as a lad in
*e<* State offices was held in Geddings where the elder Currell h;
des par|l( one of 43 parks in the town of successful teacher. This i
ase Aiken. was followed as Dr. Curn
the The meeting was called to order no way a candidate for the
ere at 10:30 o'clock by L. T. Wilds, overtures were mnde i.a
county chairman, who turned over special committee of four
ned chair to G. L. Toole. of the board went to I
ftck MILITARY MEN FIRST. where for an entire day t
ers M. 0. Willis candidate for adju- eutntiveH of the board and
ere tant general, was the flj*st to speak- rell went over the matter,
>m-1 There were about 50 persons in the day's meeting Dr. Currell's
der audience. W. W. Moore, candidate formally presented by a sp
on" for re-election as adjutant general an mittee of six, known as
utli pWered the charges of his oppo- nt's committee.
ind nent. The board was anxious
Candidate for railroad conunis- as the head of th eUnl
?'d sioner spoke next as follows: W. I South Carolinian of the hi|
the witherspoon, George W. Fairey, C. D acter, of culture, and who
uld portner, Frank W. She'ley, J. H. same time could and wouli
h'8 Wharton James Cansler has not re- the excellent outside wor
te s joined the party. When these candi- rated by I)r. Mitchell whi
ant dates had finished speaking the president of the University
1188 crowd had increased to about 700 pose of the board is for
.persons, many of them women. dent of the iusitution wb
^ " There was applause when C. D. can to spread the evanre <
ate Fortner said: "On August 25 tion and for this Dr. Currc
do Blease will make E. D. Smith look pecially suited, long havini
uru ognized as a public speak<
'?d- ~~ ~ attractiveness. Dr. Currell
hat ed and that lie was a member of the 66 s agQ in Charle8tor
Haskell convention. He cited the v ? , ... .
" Journal or the oHuse to show that,uuy uvea in mis state, an
up he voted for separate coaches, nad | nectlons and people are h
zedithe Oonsitution of 1895, which con-|ti:illy South Carolinan. He
talned the $2,000 anU-lynching pro- out Qf t^e gtate of OCCUpy
vision. He read an affidavit from C. j , t ,
P. Moorer, of St. George, which department of Lnglisl
J8*~, state that he was in that town the Hainpdeu-Sldney, that at
on, night of the Haskell convention. The< and for twenty years lias b
ole. Senator said he was not apologizing, head of the department c
~... but wanted the record properly given . . .
that anyway, all these things anteda- at Washington and Lee.
u8t' ted the beginning of his work for the ,
the farmers. He challenged his opponist-ents,
who said he has nothing to do jA Pleasure Governor Ideas
hjH , with raising the price of cotton, to U( <i?Vernor Craij
isay that they would not at least try i
re" to put up the price If they go to the Columbia, July 14.?In
sat- Senate. the request of Governor
he- The senator was presented a minia|North Carolina, for perm
ture bale of cotton which he declared ,, tX,nt
derito be "the emblem of the South s the tro?P8 of that Stat<
run prosperity." through South Carlolina f
ate Governor Rlease denounced two the Joint encampment to
I'm men who^ he called^'camp followers, day replied that the perm
ltd Ii.cvcuuwu 10 iiw ittKiiiK nueH?pd Wftfi iinncrpRxir
." subscription* for newspapere, but Que?ea was unnecessar
were going around telling liee, trying troopc did not intend to
ind to make the people believe that he State for military duty,
hat (Blease) was losing ground. "However." Governor
dl.i The Governor also bitterly attack- ,w %l
ed the Columbia 8tate. again reading wrote y?u Prefer permli
*er a letter from one of its editors regard me y?ur troops to pass
te* lug wagers on the election of 1912. as a courtesy to you it is i
dn' The Governor said this was a chance for me to and I hereby g
for some one to swear out a warrant .0?. ?
rns and get a reward of % 100 ofTered by Permission.
him; that he could furnish the proof. ?
Pol j The Governor denied he had any Herein also is foolish
rer- intention of running in the general feather one's nest wtth
ges election if beaten in the primary, al- plumes,
it a though "one of then dirty cowards," Anybodoy may be connc
live sad the Governor "had circulated a lot of prominent families
ch- such a report. {phone.
? ^ * *
$1.50 A YEAR.
nniuin rnn limn
in ra< muifl,
ret' SAID MRS DENNIS
H. Frank
ethea and i
Police Still Searching for the
r attorn. > Missing Sisters.
>d against "
is part of 1
d no more OFFICER (JOES TO 'FRISCO
!
dldate for |{e|?ortcd Two Women Answering
limself as Description Were Seen on
pie."' He Island in (?ulf.
had voted Atlanta, July 15.?Interest in the
iK of frco
. . S search for Mrs. Elois Nelms Dennis
his rccr
the past and MitJB Beatrice Nelms, missing
on on the daughters of Mrs. John W. Nelms,
e in that of this city, to-day centered in reports
that two persons answering
Tor re^lec.
,. ' their description were on Petit Bois
delivered
mding his 'Klaud- *n the Gulf of Mexico. Efi
previous forts to locate and identify the woMr.
Jones men, however, thus far have failed.
duty, but Scargt A. M Zuck* of the local
general to police department left here late toeys
in the day for New Orleans to aid In the
bank. )invectigation to determin the truth
P- or fa?8ity of the letter received by the
lant gover mother on July 8 from San Francisco
;mor stat- which was signed with Mrs. Dennis's
name, and which indicated that she
evea. ) bad killed her rioter, was preparing
? to kill her brother and would then
a t"\ kill herself. The letter was mailed
AD I July
:rsity The police department representaItive
expects (o follow the trail of the
Mitchell missing women from New Orleans.
ton. ' where they first went when they left.
^htt'leston I here early in June.
. , GOING TO INDIA.
1 4.?The
i Investigation today showed that
ivoruity ol j^r Dennis was desirous of selling
?d Dr Wil- i,er re .1 estate belongings here beprcoident.
| fore she left, and that she disposed
er mature of one piece ?f property. In a letter
and after to !l l??al firm she said:
onsidered. ' "1 am 8?in8 to leave Atlanta in a
ily recom- 'ew week*?going to India to live,
Is and ac- an<l am vt'ry anxious to sell all of my
gesiion Of I ,,U,U,,,6B UCIUIC UU1IIK su.
ber of the Connected with, this development
ition with wa' the report from San Antonio toad
known 'l?y that on June 25 a man giving
Yorkville, ,lis name as C. W. Sims sent by exad
been a press from there to San Francisco a
suggestion typewriter with Hindu characters,
ill was in It was addressed to Victor Inns, San
place and Francisco. Dispatches from San Fran
tor on a ,<:lsco that the typewritter had
members |bought by Victor Inns in 1913
Richmond. ai'd was returned recently by express
be repres- from San Antonio to the firm that
I Dr. Cur- dad sold it on the installment plan (
and at to- GOT DIVORCE,
name was Victor E. Inns, former assistant
ecii.1 com United States district attorney in Ne
the presi- vada, aws Mrs. Dennis's attorney in
j Reno, Nevada, about a year and a
to secure j half, ago when she obtained a divorIverslty
a (,t' there. He has denied that he
?licst chr.'- knows anything of the missing wo
at the man and that he has had only busi1
continue ness dealings with Mrs. Dennis since
k inaugu- ?he secured her divorce,
le he was Fearing that Mrs. Dennis may be
. The pur- carrying out her expressed intention
the presi- to go to India, San Francisco author!
lerever he ties today were asked to investigaM
of educa-ithe lists of passengers sailing from
dl is es- tuere for the Orient since July 3.
5 been rec The San Francisco police today tel
or of rare ' egraphed the local police department
was born asking for photographic copy of the
i and as a j letter received by Mrs. Nelms.
d his con - i
till essen ; (joes to Charlotte for Treatment,
was called Mr B H r?lyler of the Dixie sexchairs
in ' tion of the county left for Charlotte
h, first at; today carrying with him his little
Davidson so'C I>wight to have the child treated
i>r. J. P. Matheson, the well I
i known specalist at that place. The
>' English (little fellow while playing in the
woods a few days ago, swallowed
,a small piece of cedar twig which
~ he was chewing. It lodged in the
e Declares throat and could not be extricated
causing considerable discomfort
as well as wrong,
reply to
Craig of Boo'ier to Spartanburg.
lesion for Greenville, s. C., Special to Charts
to pass lQtte C)bHerver July 16?Harold C.
^n.oute to Boo|ter> for several years editor of
li skm <0 ^,e *'reenv'"e Piedmont, goes to
.is on re- gpar^anburg next week to become
y as th( e(jnor 0f rpbe Spartanburg Journal,
enter the
Dr. Haile is Cleared.
Blease Rock Hill Special to Columbia
aston from State July 15.?Dr. J. E. W. Halle,
, through wldely known a? a physician In this
K ' city for a number of years, was
a pleasure cleared of the charge of malpractice
rant sucli in York court, at Yorkville, today
After hearing the evidence and after
deliberation the jury returned a ver~
_ (diet of "not guilty." The verdict Is
ness: To j a source of great gratification to the
borrowed , friends of Dr. Halle.
>cted vIth | Why hunt for trouble? Everything
-by tele-1 c0njeS bjm Who merely hangs
around.