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; . Ml 4 ? . YOU 10. NO. 34, SKMI-WI ROBBINS DIED IN HOSPITAL Of WOUNDS f Penitentiary Guard Was Shot By Negro Near Pinewood. int th< th( WAS BORN IN ANDERSON ins chi be He Was Named State Executioner When Electrocution Was 001 \va First Introduced. w|; Columbia April 12.?John Cat- it lett Robbins, state executioner, who ha was shot Friday near Pinewood. in yoi Clarendon county, by a negro. Joel Oreen, a fugitive from justice whom tv< he was pursling, died Saturday m.i night at 7 o'clock at a hospital in an: my " i o?k you, grimemeh, 16 remember (hat no interclew Pri ith me should be considered oh 'ithentlc unless It carries my personal signature." Oeneral Huerta was accompanied by Oeneral Jose C. Delgardo, his pr'^ate secretary, and by Abraham, a personal friend of the general who oti declared himself as an American clt- th? izen, giving his residence as New ?la; York. ?n Lazy men are Just as useless as |7n ^ dead ones, and take up more room, of Be a live, wide-awake Booster for Pa I Lancaster. >cei k ilM. Columbia. Green himself was shot dri to death Saturday morning by the roc deputy sheriff's posse after an all is night search in a sv. amp near IMnewood. The negro wore a steel wi breastplate and carried a shotgun th< and two pistols. hal "Governor, I was trying to do my tov duty," said Mr. Robbins, as he was being rushed to Columbia late Fri- the day night. Governor Manning was yoi at Sumter on his way from Orangeburg to Columbia. The governor cai found the wounded officer In the tin station at Sumter and accompanied hie him to Columbia in the baggage car the , of the Atlantic Coast Line railwav train reaching Columbia Just be- est foro 11 o'clock Friday night. Gov- bai rnor Manning remained in the bag- pr.i Huge car until the train reached the try union station and gavo every aiten- yoi tion possible to the officer. Sundav ' ' afternoon Governor Manning called 'i&n to see Mr. Robbins at tho Columbia wll hospital. An operation was per- oal formed late Friday night, but little ;.n( hope was held out for recovery. loa Guard Robbins was born in An- j derson county in 1876. His early roi life was spent on his father's farm wil acnr the city of Anderson. He was among the first to enlist for the p()) * Spanish-American war. After the bui war he came to Columbia and se- wn cured a position as guard at tho state penitentiary. When the act pc, providing for electrocution in th's iia str.te was passed Guard Robbins frc was named as official executioner by (ju f'nntnln T? I unn.,fl.ilon/1. ent of the penitentiary. (i?, HUERTA LANDS ON AMERICAN SOIL "" lui I (I I! Swears lie Will l)o Nothing Tliat en; Will Involve the Neutrality of Uncle Sam. ^ei New York, April 12.?General ^ ? J* /-v v Vietoriano Huerta, former provisional president of Mexico, who, for nearly a year, has been an exile in nia Spain, arrived here try,\a.y on the 10J1 Spanish steamer \ oz ,rom Cadiz. ,,H <i.n?.rnl Iluprtjj >v'n8 by libmigration ?^mclalB OP a transoiont " alien , orn he would ,( ..tar lie batl^ ,n any wny all invoAfjt'l'nK 1 1 Uftlity of the United gla/lve the ne we TaV?s- - president said that h.? u'* had to 11? United States part- 's ly for plenrve en 1 partly to attend ',!1< to persona husiit'.ss. He swore lie had' no intention of going to Mexico or to Cuba. The length of his s?te\, 'n' he said, was ipd^hnite out lie won 1 -eturn to Snaiii, possibly sni og vo' early in May. aw General Huerta posed for newspaper photographers but declined to say anything as to his mission? yo' agreeing to meet newspaper men at cai his hotel Friday. Regarding this appointment, he said: & "I understand that ray presence in a.r thi3 country creates in you the deo know my views about the affall f Mexico, and I promise to sat tour wishes to the best of 'er J .. . . . . . ... h?i S3 EEKLY. EEN RIVALRY FOR DOLLAR DAY HONORS mo Hiiro Stunts Are ItciiiK Pulled OIT by the Various Husi noss Mon. It has been a source of genuine erest to us to go around among i merchants and business men of 5 city and learn what they are do; to make the occasion of Mtrints* Week and Dollar Days one to long remembered by everyone 10 is so fortunate as to come. On*1 icern offers to "cure complicated ,tch troubles." Now, 110 matter int the trobule is with your watch, is "complicated" to you, so you 11 better let this man fix it for 11. There is another firm that has erything that you have at home to ike it comfortable. They are very ions for you go to their store and nk at their fountain, occupy their kers, chat and be merry. Theirs an ideal resting place. He who has a large family of boys II have no trouble in "crowning" nil all, for he can get one do;.en Is for a dollar from one store in m. Ono concern offers to make you ' equal of i'ny man and will dress j better than most men. 1 i nere is one place here where you i "sell your hides." Of course, ' >y will not buy your skin, but the 1 les of the cattle that you bring ! m. The banks have some most inter- 1 ng advertisements, too. Every 1 iking house in Lancaster is on a 1 ; with any to be found in the conn- 1 , and all offer the facilities thai ii desire. 1 Von will not have to eat sardines 1 i crackers when you are here nor ' I you have to bring a lunch. The ! 'es of the city will serve you well, ' il one of them will allow you to f around after eating. ? Even a cold proposition like ice ( nes in for a bit of discussion that ( II appeal to you. It Is hard to tell which of the dry ids stores offers the best vulues, ' L all have something that you will ! nt at greatly reduced prices. 1 You have often wondered "what unites of the pins " but von don't ic to wonder where they come i ?m, because one firm offers fortv , >usand of them for a dollar, dive your girl, wife, mother or 1 \ lighter a solid gold ring while you , j t get one for a dollar. |< "Laugh and the world laughs with j( i," but be sure your shoes do not | ; rt or you will have to bluff a ' < igh. You can get shoes that will I t ible you to "lauglt and grow fat." j, Even a small thing like a hand- ] rchief comes in for price cutting. < u can get real linen handkerchiefs s 1 four cents each now. i If your are fond of looking ovi"- ( .11 order catalogues you will find ( tl pleasure and profit in rending > ads today. Whether you want a i i-hook or a gatlin' gun, a shoe f Iton or an imported garment, you j ( i get it here and at prices that j 1! please you. ' t Borne of the pictures in this issue J re made by a local photographer. . o will prove to you that his work ! f as gee.' o ' -t'er than that to he. tl elsewhere. There will he a *25 stotve given 1 ay soon, i-ook it up in this paper i >' take a try for it. The smoke shop has a place for n to spend your time ami while) av an hour over the good smokes ind there. A former printer makes a bid for ur trade in the line of goods he Ties. You can get 24 or 26 spools of J. P. Coats thread for a dollar, just natter of where you rare to trade. Lace will go at a ridiculous price, yards for a dollar. The grocers have solved the probn of the "high cost of living" by ndling the best at the lowest ces. ' KITCHENER WANTS MEN. cat Patriotic Campaign Opened In I .ondon. laindon, April 11.?A great patric campaign to obtain recruits for i army was opened In London to y. me campaign is to t>o ra.i.ed for a fortnight, C Meetings addressed by Liberal < ionlst/ Labor** arid Irish members f parliament were held in Hyde t rk, Trafaljca Square and other ( ltres. LANCASTER, S. C., Tl'l WILLIAMS AND CHARGED WIT1 Alleged by Riggs National Bank ^ ^ to Have Combined to Wreck Institution. \ COMPTROLLER MAKES COUNTER ATTACK v President's Kmi-in-l.nw Said to * a Have Cnrsnl Vice President -j of Depository. p k Washington, April 13.?Secretary t of the Treasury McAdoo and Comp- ; (j troller of the Currency Williams I ( were made defendants today in proceedings begun in the District of Co-' lutnhia supreme court by the Kiggs' National Hank of Washington, 1). C. ; which alleges that these officials { have combined and conspired to . wreck the hank. Temporary and permanent in- y junctions to halt the alleged con- () spiracy .and to prevent the Comptroller from making what the hank charges are unlawful demands for special reports of various kinds are ^ sought from tlte court. One portion cf the prayer seeks Lo restrain John Hurke, treasurer of n.<- i nil DiHics, irom payment Into tho treasury of $5,000 declared to be due the bank, as interest on $1,000,000 of United States bonds d posited with the Comptroller against its note circulation. Thin Interest was withheld to cover pen- ? llties of $100 a day for the bank's ? Failure to make certain reports. in Once pa'.a into the treasury, only k in act bf Congress could get the $5,- ' DOO out, and Justice McCoy late to[lay granted a temporary injunction ( :>n this phase of the case. " The justice set April 16 as the day For answer by the defendants to show cause why permanent injutu ions should not issue. Specific Charges. The bank's bill of complaint contains J7 specific allegations design-J" m1 to show that the Comptroller has!8' ulopted unusual and legally '1 ionable tactics in dealing with the J ' nstitution. It recites that evidence : T if an unusual desire for information ' V concerning the bank was shown by P Mr. Williams shortly after lie assum- 1' m! the office of Comptroller more 11 han a year ago and has continue I s< jver since. Prior to that time, iii December, If) 13, it says, Mr. McAdoo w charged otllcers of the bank of re '' sponsibility for publication regard mr the official conduct of the defenlant Williams as assistant secretary if the treasury. When this charge .vas denied, the hill asserts. Secre- " ary McAdoo cursed Milton E. Ailes, j'f i vice president of the hank, and sai.l ['1 o C. Glover, its president: "Mr. Glover, you known what this a ncans to the Itiggs National Hank. ' j" "Meaning Thereby." "Meaning thereby," the bill adds, 'that from that time on the power if the treasury department would be n iRrressively used for the ruination ,x ind destruction of the plaintiff bank ^ n order to satisfy the personal malice and ill-will of defendants. s| Williams and McAdoo and shortly t( ifterwards the said defendants Williams and McAdoo began a series of persecutions against the plaintiff sank for the purpose of impairing t] >r destroying its said business, tl hereby prostituting their high pub- n lc office and violating their oaths in irder to vent their personal vindications against the officers of the plaintiff bank." a A few months later the bill sets 'orth, the plaintiff bank wot notified (| py C. S. Hamlin, now governor of ha I?ara/la1 I) U/\a?/1 1???* ? 1- " * UUl """ |( isslstant secretary of the treasury ^ n that MrAdoo proposed to exclude vy ho RIkrs from a share o< deposits p o cover the District of Columbia tax () withdrawals, which deposits by cusom are divided amonK the national # isnks of the District. , cl Declined to Explain. p Mr. McAdoo later wrote to Mr. | si Rover, the complainant states, de- b -lining to explain why such action!" ihould be taken and announcing at tl he same time his Intention of with- o Irnwing all government funds from h that bank. Subsequently, it is al- tl % & S8DAY. APRIL i:? 191 "i McADOO " H CONSPIRACY PRESIDENT WILSON TO SEE EXPOSITION \t | tor , tio Vill Make Trip to San Francisco ^ei aw Soon as Possible?Not a KCi _ .to Campaign Tour. . Washington. April 11?President Vilson plans to make his delayed for rip to the San Francisco exposition | to s soon as foreign affairs permit, j ty| "he date is still uncertain. Tin \V] resident's advisers, it became via now 11 tonight, are anxious for liim! en o make a number of speeches in ifferent parts of the country bef re ,](>i he next congress meets. Uc Friends of the president say the eoi outemplated trip can not lie called tin "campaign tour" and they are pre- f<?t enting as far as possible the forma Re ion of "Wilson clubs" to avoid even i is he appearance of starting a. boom. Although political advisers of Mr tio Vilson say privately they have n > tin oubt that he will be renominated sw t was indicated tonight that there; do .ill be no formal launching of his Set andidacy as such a step might em- VVi arrass him in carrying out the; olicies of his administration. v; IX>ST IX BIG llATTLK. tiitisli l,|st Shows Over One Thousand Names. London, April 11?A list issued! 1 ad ay adds 1 0:18 names to the ' *t f Lritisli cnsualities in the b.i'no f Neuve Chapelle, France la. . gr? lonth. Of this number 317 were illod and the others -wounded". 'j This last list brings the tot.< 1 Britsh casualties in the fight at Wiivhapelle so far as announced to ,561. Of these 2,051 were killed. ; yet mil OIII.I) D1KS I'llOM 1H I!VS. on of Mr. and Mrs. .1. It. Fills Succumbs to injuiies. rig The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. .1 Fills of the Mill Village, who was cj.. piously burned two weeks ago, die 1 c|1; roni the effects ot the burns last i)0( hursday afternoon at 5:40 p. in. he little boy would have been two ears old had he lived until May Sllf roximo. lie was a bright, attra - ^r| ve little fellow, who will be sadlv pri lissed in the home. The funeral opi rvices were held at the home and j, . idnoted by Rev. S. R. Brock, after j hieh the little one was laid to rest i VVestside cemetery. Jin> Tli Does Xot Fear New Army. ly Berlin April 12.?General von *' [indenlierg, the hero of the Mnznrin lakes battles, today told a lieu " ai correspondent that he had abso itely no fear for Kitchener's new ' 11 rm>, which is being massed alone lie Flanders battle line in Franc.- ! !e does not believe they will force ''' le Germans back to any appro- in" lablo extent. The war oflice this afternoon anon need that French aviators had gain bombarded the German town ' luellheim, three women being killil. In retaliation German airmen ' liowered incendiary bombs on the 11 irtlflcatlons at Nancy. I cer Ch There is more In the man than :'pai tiere is In the land, and to develop pin lie land, we must tlrst develop the pui tan. , ] bgt Let us live and boost the many tug nd varied resources of Lancaster nd the "Rich Lancaster District" P"' j that when we come to die even the 1,01 ndertaker will be sorry. [in jged, government deposits amount- ,,lfl lg to more than $1,200,000 were mn ithdrawn from the bank, including ?P* anama deposits amounting at one ( me to fl 158,479. <id These withdrawals were brought pai bout by Secretary McAdoo. tt ic('h tiarged, at a time when the Kuro- i Am can war and the buaineaH depres- vat iori In the United States had raado par auks huRhand their resources, and - r>! In a deliberate attempt to wreck !ie plaintiff hank, in the execution del f the conspiracy existing between <"h Im and the defendant Williams for np lat purpose." Chi SILL OF GORGAS NEEDED IN FIGHT port Wanted to Direct Campaigns .Against Kpidemics?Serious Situation in Scrvia. Washington April 11?Maj. Wtlm C. Gorgas, surgeon general of ' United States array, was Invited light by the Rockefeller foundan to become a permanent mentr of its staff in the capacity of tieral adviser in matters relating public sanitation and the control epidemics. General Gorgas is wanted by the nidation particularly at this time direct tlie ,i>.......i?.. III*ihus scourge devastating Servia. hether he actually will go to Sert probably will depend on the genii hitiisclt if lie accepts the offe*\ The offer was made tonight b\ ronie 1>. Green, secretary of the ickefoller .emulation. who, in al iference with General Gorgas out-' I'd the plans and hopes of the nidation and of the American d Cross, which the foundation co-operating in aiding Servia. General Gorgas took the invita11 under consideration, indicating it he probably would giv ? his atier within e few days. is unrstood the general will consult cretary Garr ton and President ilson before reaching a decision. EXED ARTICLE MUCH DISCUSSEP iluay (Question May he Itcgurdcd ! us Transgressing on the Itights Ceded to Knglish. Peking, April 11.?Article of nip 5 of the Japanese demand on i ina.?an article which it is pointout here, may be regarded l>> itish as transgressing on their Iway pledges received from China < was reached at the conference iterday between the Japanese uister to China, .Mr. llioki, and j king government officials. Article ,r? of group 5 reads a : lows: "China agrees to Japan' lit to build a railway connect.n ; i cluing with Kiu Kinng and .Nan | ling; also a line between \Vu ; iing and Hang Chow and a line ween Nan Chang and Kiao | r" ; tnfluential Japanese have been Cgesting for ninny inoiitlis that , 1 ?.o.i > <11111 j<i|i<iiii'si' cini'rse for railways and other devel- | nents iti China be combined. The ; tish capitalists however, so tar re failed t > respond to the idea. 1 riie British press in the Orient is I . sparing in its criticism of Japan. ' e North China Daily News recentstyled Japan's views on China as , 'dirty trick." Those foreign advisers who bo- , re that Japan dare not entplov t co are prevailing with President an Shi Kai for the time being. The stiller attitude which the inese began to display Thursds" s continued at yesterday's nice Foreign Minister l.u Chan, iang refusing to discuss articles 5 and ti of group 5. despite, it ; . d by Chinese officials, definite i eats on the ptirt of Japan. Article 4 of group 5 proposes thai hina shtill purchase front Japan ixed ratio of the <iuantity of mil ions of war?say about 50 per it -or Japan shall establish in ina a jointly worked arsenal, Ja-v iese technical experts to be em>yed and Japanese material to he rchased." Foreign Minister l,n Cheng Ilsian J ?in asked that discussion regard; the Manchurian ngroup be conded. The Japanese minister reed that he was without instrucns in this regard from Tokyo, rhere seems to be no doubt nowChinese and foreign circles here 1 it the Japanese are deliberately intaining the Manchurian group ?n. 'In Japanese newspapers publishin China and otherwise the Ja- 1 iese are striving to impress the ^ inese that the latter's hope in lerican assistance, will be unallng. it being declared that Ja- ' i has knowledge that the Ameri- ' i government will not interfere. Hie Japanese also are arguing of- ' ally and in the presa that a Ino-Japanesn combination, meanan alliance , will strengthen ina. SEA RAIDER SLIPPED BY WATCHDOGS OF ALLIES German Converted Cruiser Had Narrow Escape From British. FIRST AID IS EXTENDED. The Kronprinz Wilhelm l*ut in at Newport News With Many Sick and Wounded ItHtish Sailors. Newport News, Va., April 12.? First aid to the German merchant raider Kronprinz Wilhelm. which arrived unexpectedly in this port yesterday with British prisoners from sunken ships and a hospital ward tilled with sick saliors, was extended today as the second German commerce destroyer to reach an American refuse within 3d days, lay at anchor In the James river. One hundred and fifty tons of coal: "?rt tons of fresh water and three days' supply of fresh meats, fruits and vegetables were alongside the cruiser at sunrise. These provisions were allotted the vessel by Collector of Customs Hamilton after conference with the Washington authorities. Arrangements also wero under way early today for removal from the ship of 61 British sailors taken by the Kronprinz Wilhelm from the steamships Tamar and Coleby, destroyed in the South Atla n tic. Lieut. Commander Thlerfelder, commander of the Kronprinz Wilhelm. has asked for time to survey his ship and to submit to examination by a board of United States naval officers before nmkinir a mal reouest as to the time lie wishes to remain in American waters for full supplies and repairs. His machinery, after the 2."." days voyage from New York harbor is said to bo in fairly pood condition. The shi;> " as able to : ike tit least 2:1 knot4 111 hour Saturday night and Sunday morning in Iier dash into Hampton Roads. 11 was shipshape 011 hoard tho Wilhelin at sunrise today, officers ind sailors in tlieir uniforms of 1'rench army cloth, captured front he steamer Guadeloupe, presenting fresh appearance after the tirst undisturbed night's rest in eight months of persistent and elsivo operation on the high seas. Pleasant Voyage. "It was a long voyage from New York to Newport News." said Over Lieutenant Warneke, tirst otlieer of he Wilhelin. "Hut it. was a pleasant voyage and in all that time we never touched land. Always we were on the ocean and now we are glad wo have arrived at last. Two hundred 1 ml titty-five days from New York to Newport News and the distance is only 2"?o miles! 1 wonder what can ?> the matter with this ship." Commander Thierfelder prepared i tii> today in confer further with ; terns ami immigration official*. , iultf whoso suporvision tlto Itritish -ailors and ick members of the W 'holm's crow will ho removed om tin* ship. Otlicers of the public health service also are expected here to look after the sick who are ? iff ring from heri-heri, caused by irregular food. Some of the ship's doctors say that eating too much rice i partly responsible for the condition of the rfPi"ted. Another International Case. Sinking by the Wilhelm of the neutral Norwegian bark Semantha, bound for Falmouth, February 5, last, promised today to present an interesting international ease, similar to that precipitated by the sinking of the American bark William I*. Frye by the (Jerman raider Prlnz ^iitel Friedrich now interned here. The Samnntha was loaded witb i wheat for KnglAnd. "Tho Norwegian ship's enrgo was contraband of war," said Lieut Warneke, when asked about the destruction of this neutral ship today. There was no alternative for us. The cargo of wheat was worth far more titan the ship itself, and from he ship's papers we found that the wheat was insured hv the Itrltlah government. What could we do? We had to destroy her." The man who never made a mistake, never made anything.