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. VOL. 10, NO. 76, SEM: BERLIN TO MEEIII. S. TERMS IN ANSI Advices Received Indicate F vorable Reply from Germany ?'v . FIRST DEFINITE NEW Exact Nature of Gerald's Messa noi uitdirhi, itui its t ontentM Made Officials Optimistic. Washington. June 28.?A favc able reply by Germany to the la American note on submarine warfa is indicated in today's state depai ment advices from Berlin. . The advices came from Ambase dor Gerard and were the first of deflnate nature received since t American note reached the Germi foreign office. The exact nature of the ambass dor's message was not divulged. H dispatch was of sufficient detail, ho ever, to put officials in an optimist attitude. It vis communicated once to President Wilson at t summer White House at Cornish. Ambassador Gerard based his o servations on .the favorable effe % which the visit of Dr. Anton Mee> Gerhard, emissary of Count Her storff, produced on Berlin officials. Dr. Gerhard was understood Ambassador Gerard to have report that public opinion in the Unit StateB had been growing more ai more favorable to Germany when t sinking or the Laisitania undid wh had been accomplished. Gerha made it clear also that the Unit States did not want war, but want a satisfactory reply to its represent tions. German officials are earger, accor _ ing to Ambassador Gerard's repo 'jr *0 give such an answer, but at t ' same time they havo made 'it cle that Germany cannot make any co cessions which woulo destroy the < fectiveness of the submarine as offensive weapon. It is understood Germany is tryi: ' to find some method by which Ame cans traveling on ships primar used for passenger traffic shall safe while the submarine continu to be used in attacking belligere freight ships carrying chiefly cc traband. Just what proposal Germany w make to accomplish that obiect. n cials here cannot conjecture; t from the fact that Germany seems be wflling to safeguard the rights Americans who travel on ships any nationality primarily engaged passenger traffic, an adherence to t principles expressed in the Americ note?the non-combatants should immune from attack?would see in the opinion of officials here, to recognized. No information has been receiv on what the attitude of Germany w be toward assuming liability for k of American lives on the Lusitan but the feeling prevails that if a si isfactory arrangement can be ma as to the future Germany will st gest a basis for a favorable adju inent of the Lusitanla case as well. SLATON WILLING TO LET MATTERS DRO Ha)H That Ho KxpeC , to Ask four Authorities Not to Prosecute Moli Memlier*. Atlanta, Oa., June 27.?No un ward incident occurred today at t suburban "home of former Gov. Jo M. Slaton and. so far as the autho ties could le^rn, there were no fi ther rumors of attempts at violer by those opposed to the commutati of the death sentence of Leo Frank. The military guard was ma tained, however, and there was < intimation when it would be wll L drawn. S The former governor said tonif he exnected tn ? ?*? county authorities tomorrow not prosecute the 26 men arrested at 1 home early Saturday mornipg a now held In the county jail. He at that no good could come from proi cution and added that the men pr< ably were misguided by other p> sons who had not been apprehend* Few of the prisoners have offered * pianatins of their presence near t Slaton estate. Several said they h been flshins in a nearby strea while one asserted he had set out purchase cattle in the neighborho* L<k. [-WEEKLY. I in. ? ARRE8TED NEARSLATON'S HOME Thirty Men Now in the Atlanta R Prison. Atlanta, Ga., June 28.?Four men arrested between last midnight and dawn by the militia guarding former a? Governor Slaton'e country home, were placed in the coufcty Jail today and are held pending action by the military authorities. It was stated g^ that the men were found in the road near the Slatop .estate And failed to explain the reasons for their peeks' ence there to the satisfaction of the militiamen. No arms were found on the men, it was said. ,r_ Officers of the guard reported there l8t was no evidence of disorder within re the zone under martial law during rt._ last night. It was stated at Mr. Slaj ton's home today that the former gov,a_ i ernor plans to leave Atlanta within a a few days on a vacation trip to the be j Pacific coast. an wiiii me iweniy-six men arrested nenr the Slaton estate Saturday, thir,a_ ty men now are held In the county [jg jail here awaiting action of the miliw tary authorities. No formal charge has been placed against any of them. at I according to jail officials, he LAUNCH ASSAULT b; UPON INCOME TAX (Ct | 'r~ Attorneys 1 for Dodge Brothers n* ! File Attack?Three Main Reasons. h V Y , Washington, June 26.?Papers p#l -. - - - " were tiled here today In the first ate(l tack in the supreme court on the , t-mstitutionality of the federal in come tax, which promises to be the at most important case before the court r'* next term. Counsel for John F. e(! Dodge and Horace E. Dodge of Do e(1 troit filed a brief argument attacka" Ing the surtax on income of individuals. | Three main reasons were assigned rt' for claiming the surtax provision of the law is invalid. Stockholcers in ar corporations, it is asserted when. in~ computing their surtaxes, were subjected to liability for the gains and an profits of the corporations which have , not been divided or distributed. "To tax a stockholder on prosr'~ pective dividends which he may never ,ly receive can only be properly characterized as so utterly absurd as to inie? duce levity," the brief declares. :nt It is charged also that the provim" i sion vests in the secretary of the trea8urv an arhitrnrv nnu'oi" r\t 411 minatlon without a hearing, whether any corporation has accumulated a lUt greater undivided surplus than is t0 . reasonable for the needs of the busiof ' ness. ?' , A third reason is thtt the provision 'n remits corpora*Ions to accumulate lard withhold fr;,m surtax such part an o* their profits as maj be reasonably be necessary for the needs and purposes m' of the business and does not accord such business privileges *o individuals and partnerships. It is urged e<* . that corporations are thus favored by a "most invidious discrimination." >ss *a' To Hotnrn Jackson's Flag. at* Springfield 111, June 28.?A Legislative bill providing for return lg' to the women of New Orleans of a Dl" flag presented to Gen. Jackson and captured in 186J by Illinois troops was signed by Governor Dunne toi day ij> The Governor also signed a bill creating the Vicksburg military ity statute commission and appropriating $50,000 for erection in the. Natj ional Cemetery at Vicksburg, Miss of to-1 statutes of U. S. Grant and other he generals from Illinois who particihn pa ted in the siege of Vicksburg. rl-1 ur- 1 Another Hlhle on Canal. ice i Panama. June 28.?A slide on the on west side of the Culebra Cut section M. of the Panama Canc.1 has closed the in- j channel of ships with a draft of more no than 26 feet. th- | The slide, though temporary, is regarded as the forerunner of an 1m:ht portant earth movement along the on entire west bank for a distance ol to 4,000 feet, north of Contractor? Ills | Hill, and 1,600 feet back from the nd rannal axis, Including a large section lid of Zlon Hill. se- | ________________ >b- j Kxiled President Dead, er- j Lima, Peru, June 28.?News has ?d. I been received ^ere of the death ir sx- 1 Iqulqne, Chile of Ouillermo Billing he hurst, former President of Pedu. ad Ouillermo Billinghurst was electm. ed President in September, 1912. In to , February, 1914, he was deposed in >d. I a revolution and subsequently exiled. il U lit LANCASTER S. C. T1 CAN NOT LEGALLY STOP SM.E MUNITIONS OF WAR Considered Unneutral to Stop Exportation of Arms. PRESIDENT HAS NO POWER The Views on the Subject as Expressed by State Department Officials. Washington Special to Charlotte Observer, June 27.?President Wilson is besought by all sorts of people who would get their products tc foreign countries or various sorts ol supplies from abroad. A great horde of people would stop the shipment of arms and munitions of war. The President is trying to be neutral. It would be considered unneutral tc ; stop the exportation of arms. German sympathizers and a small | hand of peace-by-any-route- advoi cates would interfere with the salt to Great Britain and her allies ot arms, horses, mules, uniforms ant1 other munitions of war. The nene* people claim that the sale of sue! things will prolong the war. "There Is no power in the Execu tive to prevent the sale of ammuni tion to the belligerents," is the posi tion of the state department on this subject. "The duty of a neutral to restrid trade in munitions of war has nevei been imposed by international law 01 by municipal statute. It has nevei been the policy of this governmen to prevent the shipment of arms 01 ammunition into belligerent territory except in the case of neighbortni American republics, and then onl1 when civil strife prevailed. "Even t< this extent the belligerents in th< present conflict when they are neu trals, have never, so tar as the rec nrcls ili?plns0 UmUo/1 tv>? ?1" ? -..-v.wMvi tuc oftiro u munitions of war. It is only neces sary to point to the enormous quan titles of arms and munitions furnish ed by manufacturers in Germany ti the belligerents in the Russo-Japan ese war and in the recent Baikal wars to establish the general recog nition of the propriety of the trad< by a neutral nation." The German ambassador, speakinj for his government, notified the stati department, last December, that "un der the general principles of interna tional law, no exception can be takei to neutral states letting war materia go to Germany's enemies^ from o through neutral territory." The United States has lent its in fluer.ce toward equal treatment fo all belligerents in the matter of pur chasing arms and ammunition o private persons in the United States There can be no just complain against the course of the Presiden on this score. It is estimated that about $14, I 000,000 in arms and ammunitioi ( have been shipped to the allies. Grea I Britain so dominates the seas tha j the Germans and Austrians canno , get anything from this country t ! their ports. The following statement was print , ed in the reports of the departmen I 4--" -? * i w luuiuicrie ninny, snowing 10 wna extent the allies have relied oi American horses and mules: , "The European war has made ; phenomenal demand upon the Unitei States for animals, and when the wa I is ended this demand will be contin vied as horses and mules will be need j ed for agricultural purposes through out Europe. "The annual shipment abroad o I horses for several years past ha been 28,000, average value and the shipment of mules has bee 5,000, valued at $150 each, i "During the ten months of the wa the exportation of horses has rejaoh ed 215,759, valued at $47,783,848, o I about $220'each. and 3i.22'?VfcM4tp 1 valued at $7,783,014, or more tha $190 a head." .\lahjitnn Sued Hank for lioO.OO i Shortage ami <?ct* f-<'ent Vrrdict. Montgomery, Ala., June 3 8.?Afte being out nearly 36 hours the jur In the case of the state of Alabam i against the Montgomery Maying i Hank for $110,000, brought in a vei | diet of one rent In favor of the statf I The state was suing for money alleg cd to have been paid out to Theodor Lacy, now serving a prison term fo defalcation of state convict depnr* ment funds. ? " ' 1 ' ' H! UKSDAY, JUNE 29, 191 r>. Thiifrta mm- T WMIlif ? IIIIUlV I k?l/f I RELEASED ON BOND 4 ) Charged With Conspiring to Incite Revolution. : DO NOT DEMONSTRATE. Mexican* Intended to Greet Former leader's Train, But Think Better of It. I ! .'El Paso, Tex., June 27.?Charges of conspiring to incite a revolution against a friendly country were filed j ? today against Gen. Vicoriano Huerf ta, former President of Mexico, who ! has been placed under arrest at New - i t | man. N. M., by federal authorities. 1 J | Similar charges were filed against II Gen. Pascual Orozco. who had boon > arrested at the same time.' Huerta was released tonight on I $15,000 hand and Oroz< o on $7,500. j Huerta. who arrived here today, j i j was detained by United States au- j f I thorlties. Upon his arrival federal 1 ottleials, who accompanied by United i I States cavalrymen, had met Huerta's i : party at Newman, N. M., escorted Huerta to the federal building for a i ; conference. - : Later the general and his party ! ! were taken to Fort 111iss where, it was said, they would be detained,' I pending advices from Washington. Detained with Huerta is Gen. Pasr cual Orozco, who, with Maj. Luis Fu- , i" entes,, a son-in-law of Huerta, had i" gone to Newman, X. M.. by automot hila t A mnAl ?1 T T * " mm viT-ntri iti ntierta. r Uentos f and Victor Iluerta, a son, traveling ' with the general, were not detained. 5 United StateR officials were Rilent V regarding future action pending the > receipt of instructions from Wash3 ington. Other observers, however, * freely expressed the belief that to- I - day's action of United States authori- j f ties would have an important bearing * on Mexican developments and might * effectively put an end to rumors of * a new revolutionary movement. 0 MEXICANS WON'T COMMENT. A public demonstration in Juarez 1 about the hour Huerta'fi train was due to reach this city, ended as '' suddenly as it began. There were hurried conferences among Mexican 5 loaders on both sides of the Rio e Grande. Many guardely admitted that Huerta's detention was of the utmost importance, but none would ( 1 comment on its possible effect on j ' Mexico. r Americans were freer in their com ment. They review the recent activity along the border of the adherents of j 1 the Cientifico party in Mexico, includ ing the disbursement of considerable 1 sums of money for a variety of purposes, the discovery of machine guns and rifles in an El Paso warehouse, owned by a member of that party, ' and the appearance of CSen. Yuez Sa| lazar in western Chihuahua. They ren called the activities of Generals Oroz^ co and Salazar in the recent antiMadero revolution and their subset nuent service during the Huerta regime. For several days there have been t I persistent reports that Jun? 2S has t been fixed for the date of far-reachn ,ng developments in Juarez in c ?nnec j tion with the so-called revolutionary a movement. Some observers profess(j ed to see a close relation between r this movement and the arrival of General Huerta. They ?xpressed the opinion that his detention had prevented such a consummation by removing the possibility of General f Huerta's participation in such a 8 ! movement, despite his declaration > that he had no intention of attemp n ting to cross into Mexico. The accused men were taken bcr fore George Oliver. United States' w commissioner and their bonds ap-! r proved and the date for their hearing , fixed. Surety was furnished by 1 n Isaac and Frank Aldorete, Max Moye, ! Rndolfn Cni7 anil T> IC . r m?. iw, a uvMiinnuii. I General Huerta was driven to the 0 home of his daughter, Mrs. Luis ' Funetes. Orozeo was taken to the: r home of friends. y| NO WELCOME FOR HIM. a Instead of being given an enthusi- | 8 astic welcome by his supporters, j many of whom had gathered at the j | border, Huerta reached El Paso in I custody of federal officers and under guard of 25 United States troopers. r The former Mexican Executive and (Continued on Page Eight.) GKKMANS IHM'OVER I'. S.' STAND ||| Ix'arn From Gerhard That People of 11"' I'liitMl States Are Murh Moved. Berlin, June 27.?It is learned that Dr. Anton Meyer-Gerhard's report to the officials charged with drafting the German answer to the prj, American note indicated the serious nature of the situation . Dr. Meyer-Gerhard was sent to Berlin by the German ambassador at pp( Washington to indicate to the Ger- I man government the real attitude of ! the American government and peo- I .an pie. He reported that the sentiment i In the United States had been somewhat more favorable from the Ger- 1 ^ man viewpoint and particularly more | )>f favorable regarding the prohibition w of the export of munitions to the ^ t allies. The sinking of the Lusitania, ! ,, , | ll iPI however, undid all this. The state of feeling in the United ou) States at the present time, he ex- j plained, was such '.hat it would not | _ be satisfied with unnecessary delav 1 appi in the answer nor with an answer ican which appeared to be evasive or fail- . Lan ed to meet the issue squarely. t ?. oftie CROWD HISSES GOVERNOR SLATON Mar nab Tense Moments Mark Inauguration for Ceremony of (ieorgia's New ! eral Governor. "lot Atlanta, June 26.?At a luncheon try. Liven this afternoon by the Rotary j Club of Macon in honor of Georgia's jn^e new governor, Nat E. Harris, inaugu- j P(j rated today, John M. Slaton, the re- jia8 tiring governor, referred to the case ma> of Leo M. Frank, his action in which rest evoked a hostile demonstration i,nn atr.linst his in tllO nlnsinn -1?* *." U! - " v.wo..>& Vltt.ira U1 UIS (rip administration. j "Honest people may disagree with pori me, na honest man," said the former rev, governor, "but we realize that we j "ex must be measured by our conscience. par Two thousand years ago another governor washed his hands of a case and aj(j turned over a Jew to a mob. For rjgi 2,000 years that governor's name has ,jt,r been accursed. If today another Jew 0jjj| were lying in his grave because I had q failed to do my duty I would all w{j] through life find his blood on my hands and would consider myself an ! seil assassin through cowardice." si,j( During the inaugural ceremonies W|t] at the capitol there were several j tense moments. When Governor t}1<? Slaton approached the new governor jlas to (lolivpr into hlu Han/lo ~ w?c Sicnl tati seal of the state, a few hisses were mo( heard from the crowded galleries. G. a,ie Ogden Person?, president of the state |)ee senate, rapped sharply with his uat gavel. The hisses continued and t,OI Governor Slaton paused. President Persons rapped again and the hisses ceased. He warned the spectators that they must he in order or the galleries would he cleared. Instantly there was a tumult of ' applause. j Leaving the capitol the crowd ] surged in on the former governor and had to he held back by the militia. Hisses and shouts greeted his ears. ,!1K Some one yelled "Traitor" and another called him "King of the Jews. ' san Kditors and Printers meet at Chirk Springs. hy to Chick Springs Special to Charles- list ton News and Courier, June 28.? | } .More than a half hundred editors and i uuin nc?.-sp.-.pei worners were pres- anil ent tonight when the 41st annual nra meeting of the South Carolina Press i 2:5 Association was called to order by (cor Ed H. DeCamp of Gnffney. The in- pin vocation was offered hv the Rev. \V. P. Jacobs. The addresses of welcome and the responses were dispens- j ()r, ed with. There is a full program for ,vj,i the sessions tomorrow. wjr Ion Ill-itisli Ship in Sunk <ltl Coast ol Ireland by German Submarine. ^ London, June J8.?The P.ritish j steamship Indrani. J,640 tons gross, ~ ,l.oo ~ 1- CI .1 1-.. - ^ mc*r> nu 11 iv ounuiiy u> <1 upriiian 8UU- , key marine southwest of Tuskar, Ireland. , , ; ,{e8 The crew was saved. , . 1 k The Indrani on her last eastern ; . . . .... i hitt voyage across the Atlantic left NewYork May 28 and arrived at Glasgow ! ! cor June" 19. She was 361 feet long. Tuskar Hock is an islet off the ^ southeast coast of Wexford county in St. George's channel. pH| Italy Breaks With Turkey. ? Paris, June 28.?Announcement * r was made at the French ministry of , ^ war today that, according to the ! w Italian press. Italy has broken diplo- f matic relations with Turkey. Italy, . it is added, will send troops to the as Dardanelles. 'the s. $1.50 A YKAR. PORTERS SEEK ACTION AT ONCE ng Pressure Against British Blockade. QMISE TO TAKE STEPS. sini! Said to H? <> trices That State Department In on Alert. Washington, June 26.?Pressure i formal and organized character exerted today on the United ec government to secure from at Britain a niodfiication of the mrgo in all commercial interrse between Germany and neucountries. Wenty members of a committee ointed by more than 1.000 Ameri importers laid before Secretary sing and other state department ials a petition setting forth that at Britain has "studiously avoidanswering the American note of cli 30; that in the meantime valle time has been lost in preparing future business, and tha; the genpffort hn.l lioon ...... ainiiiilUI IU IUC iK established trade in this counhe importers pleaded for "an utirrupted supply of American ownmerchantmen whether the same been paid for, contracted for, or be contracted for." and the unricted right to ship non-contrad goods through neutral couns to or from Germany, n a statement issued by the imters after their conference, it was ?aled that Secretary Lansing had pressed a determination on the t of both of the President and iself to do all in their power to the importers in securing the Us to which they are entitled unthe law of nations and by treaty igations." iic cucn ui louay s conierence I not be apparent for several days, retary Lansing took the facts preted by the importers under conoration and will communicate h President Wilson, t has already been announced that state department for many weeks been preparing further represenons to Great Britain asking for a Jifioation of the so-called blockThe President, however, has n unwilling to complicate- tbe sition while the delicate negotiais with Germany were in progress. CPORT BY MARTIN ON LIQUOR SEIZED msands of Bottles and Kegs of Intoxicants Taken Up to June 15. Columbia Special to Charleston *s and Courier, June 26.?Accordto a report received at the office Governor Manning from Sheriff rtin of Charleston county, thouds of bottles and other receptacles intoxicants have been confiscated ihe constabulary in Charleston up .June 15. The following is the Cight thousand, six hundred and hty-three bottles beer, JO kegs I half barrels beer, 14 quarts l.dy, 102 bottles peach and honey, bottles champagne, 44 bottlea dial, 52 quarts gin, 3,693 halfts gin, 58 quarts Vermouth, 16 irts cream dement, 201 gallon * wuiMtey, i.ui.s quarts wniskey, pints whiskey, 7,486 half-pints iskey, 121 pints wine, 342 quarts ip, 1 >!? half-pints wine, 2 5-gaN ddmijohns wine, 5 15-gal|on :s wine, 1 20-gallon keg wine, 1 gallon keg wine. 3 barrels wine, 5-gallon keg whiskey, 1 20-gallon ; whiskey, 2 15-gallon kegs whis , 1 10-gallon keg whiskey, 20> ;s containing 313 gallons whiskey, eg gin, 76 pints tonic, 21 bottles era, 14 quarts Vigolix, 11 halfts ale, 2 kegs bounce, 6 quarts dial, 82 half-pints ale and stout, pints ale, 2,085 beer and whiskey sses. rents an?l Wife fall to See Frank. Wtlledgeville, <Ja., June 26.?Leo Frank was visited at the prison m here today by his parents of loklyn, N. Y., and his wife. This r the first visit by members of bis ally since he arrived here early t Monday after a secret trip from i jail at Atlanta.