The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 16, 1915, Image 1
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
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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
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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.
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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.""
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