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' VOL,. 10, NO. 23, SKMI-W DECREE IS ISSUED 1 FROM_CARRANZA * Tells of the Plans for the Plans !0 of Republic of Mexico. 'J - i REMAINS IN CHARGE, t i Continues as Chief Cntil Enemy is Overpowered 'Mi l Peax1 is p I test ore, 1. c New York, December. 20.?Gen. ' _ o Carranza's deCree, issued December 12,at Vera Cruz outlining his plat i, form as "first chief of the consttu- ij lionallst army iu charge of the oxe- i t cutive power of the nation" wus ! f given out nere tonight by the Mexi- u can bureau of information. The decree says the plan of Gua- tl daloupe shall remain In force until 1 the revolution Is ended and that Car- a ranza shall be continued as first 8 chief "until the enemy Is overpower- 1 ed and peace is restored." It outi.nes ? proposed reforms, chiefly that con- i8' cerning the agrarian problem, and states that after the revolution and I c election for president shall b- held .(and that, the first ch'cf shall deliver v to the president the executive r' power." P L' "In case of absolute default on the part of the first chief of the revolution." the ds ree says, "and ? while the generals and governors % proceed to elect the person who shall 11 take his place, the supreme chief- 11 tainship shall develop transitrrial- 11 ly upon the chief of the army corps j e In the place where the seat of ?he 11 ro\olutionary government may be at the time. i n ! ? Upon the succitfs of the revolu- ^ tlon and reinstatement of the sup-1 rime chieftain dilp in the City of; M?. xico, and after election ol the mm icipal count's have taken c 1 l;i the majorli" of the State's. The l rn chief shaM call elections for trn*n?i??.s of tho na* no eongrce* v '''he decree euii the first d chief to cause to be observed "a!! j P the laws, provisions and measures18 tending to satisfy the economic'8 social and political needs of the 1 country, carrying Into effect such 8 reforms as public opinion may con- j ^ sider indispensable for the estr.blish- 1 ment of a regime which shall guar- 8 themselves; tho enactment of ? err- 11 themselves; the enactment of agra- j* rlan laws to encourage the creation 1 of the small land owner; dlssolv-1 Ing the latifundia, or expansive land s holdings, and restoring to the town- r ships the land unjustly taken from j c them; fiscal laws tending to secure d an equitable system of taxation on a real estate; legislation to Improve e the condition of the rural laborers,, the artisan, the miner and in gcner |, al the welfare of the working clases. j Reforms are propovo.l in the eiec- v tlon laws the judicial procedure v and the "laws relative to the operations of mines, fields, water rights, r forest and other natural resouces to t destroy the monopolies created un- 1 . der the past regime and to avoid the (j creation of others in the future." The first chief is authorised to or- j ganize the army and direct he cam- 8 paign; is given power to appoint and s remove governors and military v commanders and to reorganize all'" branches of the government. s DH. It. J. WIL1JNGHAM I>K.\I> j? ! a Was Secretary of Huptist Foreign I Mission Hoard. Richmond/ Va, December 2d. ? ! The Rev. Robert J. Willigham, D. I).. ! general secretary of the foreign mis- ( sion board of the Southern Baptist Convention wug stricken with appoplexy two hours beto^o while 011 his way home from church He wn? 1 60 years old. lir. Wlllingham wan wfdely known ( In church circles throughout the cc ntry. He became connected with ?be 'oreign mission board of bis church in 189S, au l for sev',ral ' yeare has lived In tlioomor.d. lie was educated at the Ur'ventlty of (iv.rg<* and the Souther Theological Petri nary at Louu I1U?, Ky The minister was horn In Beau-J 'on district, Sou-h Carolina. He 1st survived by his wife, who wan 1 Ccr:.ellle Baron, of Macon. fja: five aona and four daughter*. Dr. Will- a Ingham has served as pastor of i churches In Talbotto.i, Ga; Chattano- ? oga, Tenn, and Memphis, Tenn. 1 IffPt* JV-' '6T- ~ TEEKLY. i FRENZY OF HATRED RULES GERMANS )pcl?res First ]j?nl of Admiral!ty.. IiCtter of < 'hurt-hill. London, Dec. 20.?Winston Spener Churchill, first lord of the adairalty, in a letter to the mayor of Icarborough, expresses the syui?athy of the navy at the losses sr.sained through the German bomlardment of that place. "Wo await with patience the opiortunity that will surely come," ontinues the letter., "But, viewed n its larger aspect, the Incident is ine cf the most instructive and enoeraging things that has happened a the war. Nothing proves mor plainly the effectiveness of the (ritisli naval pressure tha tthc renzy of hatered aroused against s in the breast of the enemy. "This hnl rpil nlron/l? hoa ? Vv. Mm. J ttuo |iHOOCU he frontiers of reason. It clouds heir vision darkens their counsels nd convules their movement. We oe a nation of military calculators hrowing calculation to the winds f strategist who have lost their ense of proportion. "Practically the whole ct the fast ruisers force of the Germans, inhaling some great ships that are ital to their ileet and utterly irepdacable, have been risked for the assing pleasure of killing as many English people as possible. "To this act of military and poliieal folly they were impelled by iolence of feelings which could find o other vent. This should confirm s in our course. Their hate is a leasure of their fear. Its senseless xpression is prof of their imporence and the seat of their dishono.r "Whatever feats the German nav> lay hereafter perform, the stigmn f baby killers of Scarborough will rand its officers and men while sailrs sail to sea." Tohibitlon Big Feature of Week in Plans of Fongress. Washington, December, 20.?The oto to be taken in this house Tues ''irst Chrtsttan Cburcb, will conduct be services. Governor C'laton, ol lerogla is included In the list of palbearers. The former Senator bud a slight ittack of Indigestion yesterday, but vas improved late in tbe day. Phy(clans attribute bin sudden death tc leart falure. ay on a rule to take up the Hobson hohibition resolution is of overhadowng interest in the congreslonal program of the coming week, iebate on the rule this week pronnes to be spirited. Although it had een proposed to vote also before be holiday recess on a rule for contderation of a woman's suffrage mendment leaders predicted ton'gtli hat that would not be reached unit after Christmas. House leaders say the Hobson re oultion will not receive the required two-thirds majority. In that ase Senator Sheppprd later will eneavor to press to a vote in the sente a similar resolution introdued by him. Another effort will he made in the louse tomorrow to get a vote on iepresentative Lever's bill to proide government licensing of cotton rarehouses. In the senate the Immigration bill emains as the unfinished business o there is little prospect that it ' lbe disponed of untl after the Jio-1 lays. The senate is expected to spend ome time in reconsideration of the afety at sea treaty, ratified last reek after a res iintinn hnr pted reserving tlio right to impose pon American shipping and vessels tandards than prescribed by the onventlon. Chairman Stone, of ths oreign relations committee, as well s executive ofllcials, declare the esolutlon would nullify the treay. U. S. SKJIfATOIt WEST DEAD. eoi-gia Iteprestative I'lasCN Away Suddenly. Savannah, Dec. 22.?A long disance phone message from Vallosta, Ga., states that United States lead in bed at his home in that city his morning, he had expired during he night, after retiring apparently n his usal good health. Pneral services for Mr. West will ake place at his home, Valdost, Ga, o-morow afternoon, Burial also will >e there. Dr. Allen Wilson of the - . i . ? illU'il LANCASTER, S. C., Tl TURKEY BLOCKS TRAFFIC I ON STREET CAR LINE Obstinate Individual and Gobbler Create Tie-up. TURKEY MEANT NO HARM ? Cars Proceed After Ilcing Tied l'|? On West Thade For Several Minutes. The Chartolte Observer of yesterday tells of how a Lancastrian clun^ j to his Christinas Gobbled in the street car. The following Is the Observer's account of the incdent: A Chri8tams turkey that ment no 1 , ; Russian Korces lloltl the Germans At Hay. Petrogard, via l.o.ulo i, Wc. il, 1:48 p. m. ?Rus.ttan forces are still holding at bay th-.? German column which is seeking to cross tin? lt/.uia river at Sochacew and advance en | Warshaw, 30 miles away. For three days this German army of about 1 200,000 men has been endeavoring to cross the river and throw hack the Russians who are hcddiHg ;hc right hank. It is pointed out that the Russian have thus osauthed pes;?lot?s on their third line of defense. The evacun' tlon of Lodz, which lies to the west '! of this line, was thus in dogtcal se quence 10 idib movement, and according to the general opinion here, ' had no learning on the attack on Warshaw. The Russians for the pres L ent apparently are attempting notht mgoni meg ' ing more than to retard the enemy 1 and to defeat attempts at flanking movements. JMSIJAY, DKCKMKKR 22. 15M CONGRESSMEN COME 1 NEAR HAVING FIGHT Moon and Heflin Clash in De- K bate Over Postal Bill. l THE HOUSE IN AN UPROAR, j n llulc Passes With Provisions to Cut F Postmasters' Salaries ami p Kliiuinate Assistants. I Washington, Dec. 19.?After two \ days of hot words which culminated t today in exchange of Invitations to ' personal combat between Hepresen- 1 g tatives Heflin of Alabama and Moon 11 j of Tennessee, the House adopted a p . spreciai rule to consider legislation ' *l i for reforms demanded by the post- c' office department in connection with 11 the annual postal appropriation bill. ^ A defection of Democrats yestcr- Jl day defeated a similar rule, which provided for consideration of amend- 81 ments decreasing postmasters' sal- CJ I aries, elimination of assistant post- w 1 masters, expcrmlntal substitution of xv ; contract service for the rural delivery service, increased salaries for lual a f carries, change in the compensation | ' paid railroads for carrying the mais! u | and other reorganizations plans of the dapratment. The rule was passed late today g with the provision for cutting post- ri masters' salaries abolishing ussis taut postmasters and the rural de- e ' livery service. .1 CAME NEAR BLOWS. A speech by Representative Moon in I after defeat of the original rule, in , <j ! which he intimated tha tsome rail- w , road influence" had operated to shift n j Democratic votes, caused a littler de- 1 tt I bate today. Representative Heflin de- b I nounced Mr. Moon's stitenicnt as: Sl j "fa'se and untrue." Mr. Mo)t dial- y, ' 'ojged him to make the surae com- j ti jmnt off the floor of the House and J t! I Ml. Heflin expressed w tingness to s ! do so. The two representatives were tl I licencing threateningly toward ?nco c ether when half a do/.e 1 men. be: s stepped in between ..he u i.< pregentative Rtr.sdr.1o ol; S-uth Carol. ia, said that " vl: ii tinge: email ha -ges that there is rai road influence enough ou the llcmo- v cratic side of the House to defeat this legislation. I don't believe it and sl I repudiate it" ^ AN OLD SAYING. d "Well, the gentleman has his opin- 1 (>l ion" replied Representative Moon. ^ "If the hit dog. yelps, let him yelp." Representative Weeb, of North ? Carolina, said lie "was not influenc- sl ed by railroads, but by my own col- e leagues, who I think are higli-ni'nd VN 1 ed. honest and conscientious men." 11 Representative Moon concluded s with the statement that the Demo- ( crats who had voted against the rule ii.tu uone ho uecause ot "profound n ignorance." '1 Republican Leader Mann, who t had led the light against the origh I h rule. Liter renewed the constrovers.y u , "The charge has been made on d this t'oor," he said, "that the in- v fluenco of railroad interest has been f felt in this House. I believe it is the h duty of the House, if the charge is not true, to repudiate the charge and < condmti the ntan that made it. If it b , is true, then the house owes it. to it- f self to investigate the charge ...nd e punish thoae men whose votes have ui en changed by railroad influence," a A little later Representative Moon n in a brief speech, disclaimed any in- s ' tention to "reflect on the honor or in- b I tegr'ty of any member of the Hous.e ti Ho said that his speech was made "in h the heat of debate" and "may hove i been a little too rough." He offered s< to withdraw any offensive language u he might have used. c Will Permit I'np of Cotton Code. I Washington, Den. 21.? \mbavsa ' dor Page today reported that the j 1 Hrit'sh government was arranging f i to allow the use of the Meyer's ^ i Atlantic cotton code, 39th edition, in , foreign telegrams, and that public : announcement would be made as 1 V soon as the date of the admission c was settled, j It would be practicable. It war ^ I said, tc allow the use of more than I one cotton Tode. Meyer's was In most general use in the cotton ( trade. 8 s Kverwhere north of the Ohio river v line from the New England States! I to the Rockey mountains sufficient 1 f snow has already fallen to last over c Christmas. v harm at al Itied up street cur traffic for 10 or 15 minutes on West Trade street last night at 10:30 o'clock while street car employes debated with the turkey's owner the rule against transporting anything opt people on the local trnc tion cars. i The oflending passenger who re- I fusod to give his name, arrived in the city on a Southern train from : Lancaster, S. C., and boarded an i Elizabeth ca at the passenger sta' tion. The turkey was eusconsced within a sack with only his head i thrust out. Wrapped in this fashion ho was bundled past the conductor in the tirst instance, it scents, with out being detected. Hut before the car had gon for the presence of of the fowl was observed, or heard and the passenger was notified that i he must depart the car. The vistor | said the conductor nay. He w as in j no ntood to go out into the wet chll of the December evening with his i nation some two miles n Elizabeth Heights. The conductor rang the bell and stopped the eax in mt of the poetofflce end proceeded to argue the matter. The man was obdurate. He said he had brought 1 his turkey in that fashion all the way- from Lancaster and he couldn't see how he was disturbing the peace and dignity of the State by continuing to do so. In the meantime other care ar lv ea rrora both directions and wore held up. The conductor, a new official who did not dare risk the consequences of violating the rule even 1 once, walked to the square and though instructions from Inspector Beatty. The latter settle the matter by ordering the conductor to proceed, inasmuch as the passenger still refused to leave and it was not desired to create any more of a , scene. While this was going on, the officials of the blockaded cars had entered the Elizabeth vehicle ami | united in argument with the man ' from Lancatser. lie contended that ! inasmuch as thefe were no ladies on the car and only three men, there ' was plenty of room for one turkey, .and no one's sensibilities were being wounded. In the meantime quite a crowd had gathered. The stranger kept his seat and left the car onl> I when it reached Pecan avenue, Elizabeth Heights. The rule against carrying birds or animals on street cars was adop-t ed some years ago when it was a I common practice for passengers to bring birds clogs and other animals , along to shire the seals and race up and down the aisles. 4. i'RATCTfT. A WVPDCJ . N/ XJXJL ff JL. JlU XtKj LOSE LATEST MOVE itlantu Man is Denied Writ of Habeas Corpus. Atlanta, Cla., Dec. 19.?Deo M. 'rank, codmmed to be hanged Janary 22 next for the murder in Aprli 912 of Mary Pliagan, was refused a rit of habeas corpus by Federal udge W. T. Newman here today. A lotion was immediatly made by rank's attorneys, requesting an apeal from today's decision to the nlted States supreme court. Judge lewman withheld action on the moon until Monday. There was some confusion with reard to the appeal and it was at first nnounced that Judge Newman had runted it. The Judge stated to-n'ght owever, that he auuounred at the lose of the hearing late today that e was "inclined to grant the appeal, later he said, the federal law eucted in 1908 requiring a Federal udge granting an appeal in habeas urpus proceeding to issue a certifiite stating his opinion that there as probable cause for an appeal, ?s brought to the Court's attention 1 chambers, and he informal the ttorneys that he would hold liifs ecision on the matter in abeyance ntil Monday. CONSTITUTIONAL Kid UTS. The writ was sought 011 the round that Frank's constitutional ights were violated in that lie was involuntarily absent" from the or i i om wh a die v irdict ? s no an red. Attorneys llenrj C. i'ecp'es ad Hurry A. Alexander, on Trunk s cdialf argued that the (ieorgiu state i ourts lost jurisdicton of the case ( hen he was denied the right to face le judy at the culmination of his ial. They contended that Frank is eing deprived of his liberty under conviction and judgment which! ras rendered void by reason of the ial court's action. They argued that tie question was not one involving tate Courts' procedure, but one for lie jurisdiction of the federal j ourts. taly is Seething with a Seutimeiit , Against Austria. Rome, Dec. 20.?The police of arious Italian cities had difficulty jday in preventing riotous demon [.rations at celebrations of t ie an,'ersary of the execution of Oberank, for concoction of the unsuccessful plot to asassinate Fmperor rancis Joseph of Austria in 1882. During last night, in violation of .mm i in: uui iiornos, tiie Lrects were placarded with posters ulogizing Oberdr.ink, London ?Lo ere distributed, tome of them with tourning borders bearing the ineription "Rentber the Sacrifice of > herd rank." The Republican deputy, t'olo An i, was loudly applauded when lie elivered a speech reciting the his Try 01 the ("Tristan Martyr") and is ideals and declaring th it it w is oeessary soon to realize them. The enionstr. ticn reached its climax hen Uicotti Garibaldi son of the p.mous Italian patriot arose and aaning on his crutches, said. "A vioce still is rnging from 'aprea Island, where my father is uried. It asks for facts, not words rom the committees, promoting the nlistment of volunteers." As Garibaldi ceased there was a nd cries of "Long live Italy!" Long Ivc Italy!" and Long live Trieste " evreal crowds of demonstrators ut were prevented from doing so ried to invade the center of the city y the police and troops. This afternoon the Republican Asoclaton held a procession and later nveiled a marble in the Republlan Club, in honor of Orderdrank. I<cver Hill Sent Into Conference. Washington, December 22.?The -ever bil? providing for federal 1 icnsing of cotton and grain warehouse, was on its way today to conerence of the senate and house. The neasure. a suhstiute for a senate bill vhich would have applied only to ottpn warehouses, passed the houae ate yesterday after brief discusion, iya vote of 218 to 97. Representative Dever of South 'arolian, author of the bill, in a tatement today decuared the niea ure would result in uniformity of warehouse receipts for agricultural iroductR and enable farmers for the irist time to know the class or grade >f hiR products and ther commercal alue. >5. $1.50 A YEAR. ALLIESBEGINNEWDRIVE; GERMANS ARE CHECKED Operations Assume .Character of General Movement. EKMANS REACH PSITION Allied Fleet is Reported to have Iti-gun a Tarriftic Bombardment Saturday. Associated Press Dispatch of yesterday says: Operations of ihe allies in Flanders apparently have assumed the character ot a general movemnt in an attempt to press i back the entire Wecsteru end of Gorman line. Latest French official | statements say apreoiabie gains have been made, although It is admlt?d that the Germans are detertciiiitdly resisting. It is reported from London, but not conlirmed the. tthe Germans have evacuated D'xmurid. In Poland the Germans continue to close in on WarshavN, hart nr. r?a lid the Russian po*.L?*r. on the R;ur? river, less taan "0 Indus away H<avy Russian reinforcements arc dl-patched to the fror.r. severe lig1;in< undoubtedly i's ::i Petrogaru n ports the Germans have sustaitier great losses in attempts to r? aeli Wusluvw, while Geo. von llindenburg slates casualtiet anion =; lite litiss ans are enormous. Tie allied " is reported to nave b?:.un a bombard .m* d of the IV * danelles last SatVn it.-. Nothing ic ye' known of the res i.t. The French paril intent wdl s-it H ' era. tomorrow. A't i t Loo tnenib crp serving with the ?<d<>rs returnia, the session. <t is reported Iti'v has threaine-1 a rupture of dip n.ratU rela:iei.s with Turkey unless a satisfactory explanation is made of the threatening attitude towad Tripoli of 4,000 Arabs under Turkisn and fleers. l'r?t?nv(l Cotton Will tie Damnpcd. Cl? U'.son Callege Special to ? olumbbia 'ieeorl. Dec. 21. ?South Carolina farmers will suffer heavy losses cn their cotton if they continue to alio . it to stand in theor yards an-i fields exposed to ; He rogorous weather of winter. This is the statement of experts at Clewson co lose, who urge tint the farmers of i ho state find some way of housing their cotton properly. "v?;ti if they have to build only temporary storage sheds. Advhe on this point is also being given out by the ?otton i-srketing special! r* of the United huaith department of agruuiure. Cotton is believed to lie absolutely i.e. perishable, ft i-> true that if the Maple is propedly sheltered it will lav indefinite y 1 its orginal condit.on. Hut it deteriorates in c.ual'tv u? er exposure. It s 01 the dama: . d cotton that fanners lose most i ?? w.uci Hit- -e in inoir ignora*.ce () ' what the low grades ought to brii ?' many people \ l!l s< 11 damn;,e Ml ertton for several loliar; per haie lei-.i than it is worth. it is understood tin.. no part of the $136,000,000 su ? cribod by the bunkers of the oun v to he loane(. or cotton at ?i?; tier cent will he at. anted on cotton yhlen it not properly warehouto and insured. ' j ? ather is 'a r ? Ma us a la t-i leinen--.. itt ?* \ rions i field men of Clemsoa college, ie| tha tthe numbers of ba'es of cotton scattered about yards and fields ccvevh vvvbe ae-medte iescvccnsso seem to be increasing rather than decreasing. Somebody is dosing money on every one of these bales. It is time to do something al out it. If storage sheds arenot avail| able, they should be built. It is | estimated that even to build a new i shed,, it will only cost $2 per bale to insure and store 1,000 bales for a vear. anri thi? '? - _ , ? VWRV au 1U UVII ICOO than what the loss from e*posnr* I is likelv to be. Unemployed in ('tiicago. | Chicago, December. 21.? Thousands of men who sought shelter in municipal lodging houses last night \ were given employmem today by railroads, trolley lines and the city | tracks of the heaviest snow fa'l cf , the winter. There were 3,80?i jobless men oinr'irrtui in iwo municipal I' JguiK house* and tbe Itufus Uawrs bote?. A'.i of theni were ready* for work T1 oy were paid 12 por