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VOL. 10, NO. 55. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C.. FRIDAY. AI'KII, l(i, 1915. DIDN'T KILL WERO SAYS HUERTA ?? ' Former Dictator Says Ke Knows ^ Who is Responsible But Will Keep Silent. HE REVIEWS THE MEXICAN MUDDLE States the Washington Government Had Keen Misled and Was Not Pair to Mexico. New York. April 15.?Asserting that he had nothing to do with the i death of Francisco Madero, General ! Vlctoriano Huerta, former provision-1 al president of Mexico, issued a , lengthy statement tonight setting I forth what he termed his side of the Mexican question. "General Huerta declared he knew who was responsible for Madero'i v death but he was keeping it as a professional secret. General Huerta's statement reviewed the history of the Madero rev_ olution, his own accession to the provisional presidency and concluded 1th the assertion that "my country cannot be conquered." Sixteen millions of men, women and children would have to be killed before Mexico would submit to an invader, Huerta asserted. The heads of the Washington ad* ministration, Huerta declared, had not been fair to Mexico; had been misled by false statements, and if they had been in Mexico for thirty days "they would have changed their minds about the situation. Had it not been for the embargo on the exportation of arms from this country, General Huerta indicated that a i> ftrmv UrnnlH Kovo *.rnro 1 ln/1 /vtfAH tliose opposed to it. The former provisional president reiterated the assertion that he had resigned from his position only be cr.use he hoped to bring peace to his country. He pointed out that in the eight months elapsed since that date the situation in Mexico had become "too sad for me to analyze deeply." "Anarchy is too soft a word to call it," he said. Mexico eventually will be saved, but by a Mexican, he said. Who that would be he did not know. Huerta declined to give an inkling as to his future movements. He denied that he would go to any point near the Mexican border. Discussing the death of Madero, he said: "That is a professional secret. Lawyers have secrets, doctors have secret*?I am a soldier?why should lot a soldier have secrets? It is not through friendship for any one that ' I am withholding the information. It is a professional duty. The time will '"on come when my name will be vindicated, and. as General Lee said to general Jackson, the world will i say'bf me, I stood like a stone wall submitting to the ignomy and insults leaped upon me." HILL MADE HEAD OF THE RED MEN| Chosen flreat Phophet for South Carolina?Council Comes to an End. Newberry, April 14.?The great council of Red Men of South Caro. I lina adjourned today after a session of two days. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: A. E. Hill of Spartanburg, great prophet. O. D. Gray of Anderson, great sachem. < ' 4Hax Bryant, of Rock Hill, great stiflor sagamore. C. O. Blease of Newberry, great junior sagamore. < R. L. Cromer of Union, recorder i Great representatives: Otto Klett- < ner of Newberry, C. E. Tolley of An- . derson, A. E. Hill of Spartanburg; I holding ovw, C. L. Blease of Colum- 1 bia and Dr. J. P. Carlisle of Green- < villa. I m * MILL MEN DESIRE MERCHANT MARINE 1 Resolutions Adopted Attacks Child ' Ijabor Measure*?Also Discuss Trade Op|K>rtunlties. Memphis, April 14.?Indorsement was given proposals to establish an American merchant marine by government subsidy, and protest was made against the operations of the Palmer child labor law and legislation pending In Congress to require i the branding of goods, in a resolution i adopted by the American Cotton Manufacturers' Association, which concluded its annual convention here I today. Other resolutions adopted asked that the United States government require a new statement of the "right of equal opportunity" to trade in the markets of the world, particularly in Chinu, and that the principals of the "open door" be reasserted. Scott Maxwell of Cordova, Ala., was elected president of the associaion: John A. Law, Spartanburg, S. \ C., vice president; and Caesar Cone,' '.reensboro, N. C., chairman of the 1 board of governors. Other members of the board of governors elected i were J. J. Bradley, Huntsville, Ala ; ' Eugene Holt, Burlington, N. C.;i George E> Spofford, Augusta, Ga.; Paul J. MarrB, Henderson, Ky., and Craig S. Mitchell. Philadelphia. ' C. O. Bryant, Charlotte, N. C., was re-elected secretary-treasurer. Several speakers today urged that the government immediately adopt measures to prevent the introduction of the Egyptian boll weevil in this ountry. Fumigation of all Egyptian cotton at ports of receipt in the United States and requirements that mills receiving such cotton burn all waste were suggested. * "If the Egyptian boll weevil ever } gets a foothold in the cotton fleldB of ' the South, the ravages of the Mexican boll weevil will be insignificant in comparison," declared J. H. Sea. pork, chairman of the committee which presented a report on the im? portation of foreign cotton. No action was taken on the so-called Duke warehouse plan. A commit ice appointed at ine last annual , meeting was authorized to continue 1 its investigation. The next place of meeting will be , selected by the board of governors. CAPT. A. M. BLACK PASSES AWAY Confederate Veteran and Prominent Hock Hill Citizen Died Hunday I at That Place. Uock Hill, April 14.?Captain Alexander Murray Black, aged 78 years, a gallant Confederate veteran, died here Sunday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wilson Moore, in Oak land avenue, after a brief illness. Captnin Black, one of the oldest native citizens of ltock Ilill was twico married, first to Miss Jane Koddev, a sister of the late Captain Lyle Roddey, and second to Mrs. Martha Mc-1 Fadden, who died in 1909. He is i survived by the following children, all of the first marriage: Mrs. Joeph Hi Miller, Mr. John A. Black, Mrs. Ira II. Dunlap, Mrs. J. Wilson Moore, of this city, and Mr. Lyle W. Black of Xugustn, Ga. . Captain Mack assisted the late Colonel Cadwallader Jones in raising; Company H, South Carolina volun-'; era. in 1861, and entered the war ' s a corporal of the company. He was ] twice wounded, at Cold Harbor and : Gettysburg, and when paroled at Ap- | pomattox was in command of the f company. j The funeral was conducted at Kb- t enezer church yard by the Rev. Messrs. A. S. Rogers and Alexander ; Martin. The active pallbearers were i Messrs. Heyward Moore, W. W. : Moore, W. W. Gill, R. E. Barron, A. Rembert Barrett and James A. Bar- t ber. The Confederate veterans of < Catawba Camp were an honorary es cort. i j Goch Hack to .Sumter. ] Sam Logan, colored, who has just l completed an elghteen-months sen | tense in the chaingang for carrying [>ff a horse and buggy belonging to i Jones-Elliott Mule Company, was ta- t ken today back to 8umter, from which place he halls, to answer to a i barge of larceny, alleged* to have ' [ jeen committed there. AVIATOR HAS I ESCAPE When His Motor Went J Makes a ing North i 1 J. Chauncey Redding, of Somer- '] ville, Mass., the aviator here with the 1 Greater Sheesley's Shows, made hi* first flight in Lancaster Wednesday ( in his Burgess-Wright biplane, rising } >m Jacob's Hollow to a considcra- f ble distance and flying across the t southern end of town, descending J f again in the hollow, after being in s air about twenty minutes. Is Today, shortly after noon, Mr. Redding rose \ery gracefully from the same field, again circled across town I < and rose to a great height. When ; directly over the Lancaster cotton mill village, which is closely popu- s lated, the aviator felt the motor of < liis machine "go dead," and a violent t vibration warned him of his danger, c BREAKS RECORDS ON 11 COTTON CONSUMED Manufacturers Used More of Staple ( in March Titan Ever Before in Same Month. Washington, April 14?Marked activity in manufacturing and heavy ex- ^ ports were the features of the March i cotton statement of the census bureau c issued today. Manufacturers in March used 523,- ( 359 bales, exclusive of linters, which 1 is a record for monthly consumption, being 6,000 more bales than has been , used in any month since the census bureau began collecting the monthly statistics two and a half years ago. ( Cotton exports amounted to 1.2 08 - ' 573 hales, or almost double what they ( were In March last year. The month's exports brought the total for the first eight months of the cotton year beginning in August, up to 6,689,613 bales, on 1,246,461 bales under last year's exports for the same period. The war's efTect on cotton exports is indicated in Germany's takings, which for the eight months have been 242,661 bales against $2,413,712 for the same period of last year. France 'iaa taken less than half the quantity she took last year, but Italy has more han doubled her cotton imports from the United States. Great Britain's imports were 147,000 bales less than he same period last year. All cotton countries took 2,199,685 hales against -.106,029 bales in last year's period. Cotton used during March was 523,959 bales, exclusive of linters, census bureau announced today. Cotton on hand March 31 in manufact uring establishments and independent warehouses aggregated '5,119,317 bales. March consumption compared with '13,354 bales used in Marcl% a year ago. During the etght'months ending March 31 cotton used was 3,578..'15 bales against 3,765,210 hales in the same period the previous year. Cotton on hand March 31 in manufacturing establishments was 1,740476 bales, against 1,679,239 last year, and In independent warehouses 1.378,317 bales against 1,834,008 last year. Exports in March were 1,208,573 l>ales against 695,310 last year, and P lor the eight months 6,689,613 hales P igainst 7,936,075 in last year's pe- * lod. b Imports were 38,534 bales, against 10,863 last year, and for the eight n months 206,790 bales, against 115,-|n 157 in last year's period. I Milters used were 31,398 bales, igainst 24,720 last year and for the ai sight months 214,579 bales against w 104,683 in last year's period; on >nnd in manufacturing establishments 161,647 bales against 103,626 ast year, and in independent warelouses 100,208 bales .igainst 57,538 G ast year. bi * I,inters exported were 60,175 bales di ind for the eight months 155,365 w lales. c? Cotton spindles active during the hi nonth of March numbered 30,918,- tc >33 against 31,083,898 in March last fli year. 1 I ARROW FROM DEATH Dead, Captain Redding ir But Safe Landof Town. Then it was that he dipped much learer earth and looked for a place II which to alight. Turning his blilann in a -? - - v,.w...coi?ny direction,! dr. Redding had some difficulty in I inding a safe landing place. He deermined upon a spot in a plowed leld, just beyond the town limits and vest of the Charlotte road" and do- I trended safe and sound upon it. Mr. Redding in landing had great I lliculty in steering his biplane clear >f the lines and towers of tin* Southern Power Company's plant and is calmness in the face of danger tood him in good stead. Mr. Red_ ling seemed quite calm after .his ! rilling experience and ate a hearty linner. DR. C. F. WILLIAMS AT HEAD OF ASYLUM Jovernor Appoints Native of Yorkville to Superintend the State Hospital for the Insane. Columbia, April 14.?Dr. C. Fred I .Villiams of Columbia, was this morn- J ng appointed superintendent of the Rate Hospital frtr the Insane to sue-I eed Dr. T. J. Strait, of Lancaster, on I May 10. Dr. Williams immediately resigned I is a member of the board of regents I ind the governor appointed Mr. I Christie Rennett, of Columbia, to sm,c*eed him. Dr. Williams has aceept?d. His salary will be $6,000. Dr. Williams is .19 years of age' and i native of Yorkville. He is a gradrnte of the University of Maryland. F*or four years he was secretary of he board of health and since then he las engaged in private practice in he city of Columbia. The governor last night announced hat he had revoked the appointment ?f Dr. George F. Sargent, of Maryand, to be superintendent of the asyum, because of constitutional objecions. Relative to the appointment of Dr. | . r rt*u wimams as superintendent if the State Hospital for the Insane, !o\ernor Manning gave out the fol- 1 ov ing statement: "Following the revocation of flie ippointment of Dr. George F Sarrcnt of Baltimore as superintendent ' if the State Hospital fo~ the Insan \ lecause it was found that he was 1 tarred by provisions of the constitu ! 'on, I have appointed I)r. C. Fred Vidimus of Columbia as superinten- ' out. ' "Dr. Williams has resigned a ; re- < ? nt of this institution and I lie e ap- ' ointed Mr. Christie Bennet as regent 1 a his stead. "The salary provided for in the an- ' rnprlation bill is $3,000, and the suerintendent is given a house with ' ater and lights and other piriiuiites. 1 have found it necessary. :n n rder to get the trained, skilled phyloian I was seeking for the position a allow a salary of $6,000, but withut the residence and without any . ? erquisites. In addition to the salary j rovided for in the appropriation bill ^ will personally borrow monthly the ( alance of the salary, standing secur- ( y for the same and will report the ? tatter next year to the legislature to ^ simburse me if it agrees with what have done. I "The date which Or. Williams will (j ssume the duties of superintendent (] ill he annnnnwrl 'n a tt\iv ilovo .. g ( Oldest liankcr Dead. 1 o Norwalk, Ohio, April 14.?John . ardner, aged 99, the oldest active g anker In the United States, died to- s ay. He wns president of the Noralk National Dank in which he be- v ?me a clerk 81 years ago. Gardner s elped Salmon P. Chase, Then secre- > iry of the treasury, organize the q rst national bank in the country in t 862. d \ rO CONSIDER PEACE ONLY AFTER HONOR French Premier Says Nation Ow.es it to Herself and History to Crush t \f.nan Milit-r.su . Paris. April 14.?Five thousand wounded soldiers and a thousand nurses were treated today at Trocailero to a gala performance, such as usually Is reserved for royal visitors to the place. In addition Previer Vlviani delivered a notable address in which he declared that France purposed continuing the war until militarism was crushed and Europe liberated. xt was at the end of the pertormance that Premier Viviani delivered Ms address. He said: "Why have all these heroes given more than their life in an heroie ardor of which modesty heightens tin grandeur? They know that theii sacrifices are anonymous that il they fall their death will he unknown and they know that life is not the supreme heritage- that the supremheritage is honor and independence It is gratitude for such services and sacrifices that the nation attached itself more strongly to the combatants?captive and dead. "France is ready for every sacrifice. So long as she must fight she will fight. She will consider, with her allies, the eventuality of peace only after having repulsed the aggressor from Ueelgian territory and restored her own integrity, the ter ritorial unity broken in the common effort to crush militarism and liber ate Europe. "That she owes to her history, te her past, to her honor. I will add that she owes it also to those of hei children who are bleeding, dying and who think, indeed, it is not at th< foot of a hectatomb that a precious peace can spring." SHRINERS GATHER FOR SPRING FEAST! Assemble in Spartanburg for Omai Temple's Meet ing?Large < 'rowd Expected. Spartanburg, April 14.?Hundred: of Shriners front all parts of Soutl Carolina and from neighboring .state: arrived here this afternoon for th< spring meeting of Omar temple, tc be held tomorrow. Members of the Omar Arabic pat. rol arrived on an extra Pullman cai from Charleston this morning, and the members of the Adluh drum corps, the 4 0-piece band of the tern pie, came on a special car this afternoon. ' The drum corps and patrol gave performances on Morgan square this afternoon. Tomorrow will probably see the biggest meeting Omar temple has ever held. Between 7 5 and 100 "meats" will probably be on hand to tread the hot sands at the ceremonial session tomorrow night. hhriners and visiting ladies were quests at a reception given them tonight by the faculty and students of Converse College, immediately after he opening concert of the musical festival. After the reception a danc ivas given in their honor at Hock 'lift' perk. iT. HKI.KN \ SAFK AT PI TCH IIAVKN I'lie Georgia*! arolina Relief Ship tin* Sale Arrival. Charleston, April, 13.?The Geor;iu-Cnrolina Beligian relief ship St. lelena has arrived at Rotterdam, her >ort of discharge, according to cabl <1 advices. The British steamer made he Dutch port through which her .rtftO tons of foddstuff will fldw into lelgium on Saturday. The St. Helena steamer from Chareston for Rotterdam Feburarv 28 fter loading at the Columbus street lock with the official farewell of louth Carolina, North Carolina and eorgla. In which official representaives of the Belgian relief committee f the nation and the three States oined with Gov. Manning of louth Carolina a week before the ailing of the vessel. The relief snfy was delayed in her Ititnate departure from American hores by running aground off the forth Carolina coast and a subseluent visit to Norfolk, from mhich iort she put to sea again for Rotterlam. WILL TRY TO POSTPONE R1GGSBANKCASE ?? iSuch Action is Evidence That a Hard Fight is Expected on This Matter. COMES UP TODAY IN SUPREME COURT. i Many Prominent Officials May Havo to Take tlie Stand?Williams Expresses Willingness. l| I Washington, April 15.-?Further .'evidence that the government ex^ peets to have a hard tight on its ! hands in the injunction proceedings , brought by the Uiggst National Hank against Secretary McAdoo and Comptroller of the Currency Williams was I given today when government counl sel announced that a postponement | would be sought when the case comes | up tomorrow in the district supreme | court. , Louis D. Hrandeis, special assistant attorney general in charge of the \ case, was not prepared to tell tonight just how much time he would ask ^ from the court. It was indicated, however, that he would seek a continuance for at least a week. Mr. Hrandeis was unwilling to dla" cuss the case. It was believed, howver, that the fact that a postpone_ ', ment will be sought shows the government does not expect to make Its " i main plea again the jurisdiction of ' I lie court, but will seek to answer the ; 1 'egations set forth in the bank's bill i, of complaint, which charged Messrs. McAdoo and Williams with conspiracy j to wreck it and with a long persecu'ion. , If that proves to be the case, it >s ssible the court will asK for light ! >utside that furnished in the bill and r 1 the answer and the arenmonta <>' i lawyers. That is what those who are following every move in the ease are i in tiptoe to hear. The witness ehair 3 Tobably will be occupied by most of ) the bank officials and some of the .{most prominent men in official life. At one time or another most of the I present treasury officials have had ?| knowledge of the interchanges between Mr. Williams and the Kiggs bunk. Mr. Williams has expressed a willingness to go on the stand if askl| .1 to do so, and if counsel advises it. i Although Secretary McAdoo is still ' 11 fined to his home, recovering from operation, no one in official life I loubts his willingness to appear in case if it reaches the stage where I testimony is taken. ' WALKS ALONG SHELL OF LOST SUBMARINE Diver Descends to Depth of UXH Kect to Find I' -1 Hosting on Sumly It. Mont. Honolulu, April 14.?Chief (Junner'.< Mate Crilley went t'S8 feet under the water here today and walked along the top of the submarine F-4 which disappeared March l'5. The depth is said by naval officers to be i a world's record. I Cr it lev fAi.n/1 1." t j ......... me i -i iiik on n i smooth, sandy bottom with no coral growths to impede hoisting operations. She lay on her starboard side with her bow pointing shoreward. Two parted lines were found attachI ed to the craft. Tt was said further observations probably will be made before an attempt is made to raise the F-4. The diver went down in an ordi. try diving suit and the recompresi sion chamber designed to reduce the pressure on him was not used. Mil. Ml IK HISON'H SKRMON. All who heard the popular pastor of the Lancaster Presbyterian church, 'lev. II. R. Murchison, preach before Hethel Preshytery in Yorkville were eh impressed with his excellent deliverance. The York News of yesterday makes the following reference i to the scholarly sermon: "A splendid sermon was heard this ?w morning from Rev. H. R. Murchison J, jj| i of I^ancaster. He took as his subject 'Feeding the Five Thousand* and Handled it in a masterly manner."" jr V ? m. IWf s*