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The VOL. 11, NO. 50. SEMI-WKKKLY. *CAW PROMPTLY " GRANTS OUR REQUEST *-s? Grants Permission for United ROUNDS Ol States to Use the Mexican Northwestern Railway. Committee iteport * . Complete Data ! ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS Application or f Removes Necessity for Maintaining | Washington, Mai to place guarus on me trains. i War department officials were ,'"PH aeert and greatly relieved by tlie removal of | 'nw enable tl the necessity of maintaining a mo- con8U8 to *'VP t'1' tor truck supply line over desert "on concerning (lx roads for a distance of more than ,on purchase! 200 miles. A cloudburst or great , :"n(' "ie stocks on storm might render the roads lmj'uin'8'1 the oil ntai passable for a considerable time, cut-'0' character ; ting off the troops from their source I tlstics concerning of supplies at the border. crude and refined While the physical condition of th.* on hand, the quai Mexican Northwestern is not good. <tia8P(' by tl,p rp many bridges having been destroyed s,opks <>n hand at during the years of revolution in This informatic Mexico, army engineers should have Pr stability to pri< little difficulty In keeping it open. people engaged it Other details of the protocol sug obtain accurate s gested by General Carranza, state R'inw a' a K,ance department official indicated, may tlons of the mark< not bo completed until the expedition has accomplished its purpose VORK WANTS 1*1 and returned. It will serve, how- OUE ever, as the legal bas's for the ad justment of all claims arising out of I White Rose City the use of American troops to pur-! tlons to Houth <' sue Villa. Men to Meet Tl In Mexico the agreement is under- j York. March 28 stood to have another object. Gen-Ja?tlc meeting of tl erai * arninia is nam m uesire a uen-?? mn- nunc >i nite and binding understanding with it was decided to the United States which ho can show ; invitation for the 1 to his people in support of his state- South Carolina ] ment that no sovereign right of his . The invitation will country has been surrendered or vlo- city council and tl latcd. Trade. A commit There was no military news to-day hen sent to Colui from the border or from the expo- to appear before t dltionary columns. General Persh- mittee of tlv? assocl ing's reports to General Funston have invitation will he ( been very brief and only important dispatches from the front have been in all directions am forwarded to the war department, in operation. No officer here would hazard an opln- "General Trevlm Ion as to how long the chase might reon on March take. added, "and it is Medical officers were inclined to will institute en e discredit reports of extentlve sickness against the lawles among the troops nt the front. The Uagune region." region in which they are operating Secretary Haker Is described as healthful and the men ment nt the war df are thoroughly acclimated. Genera! "We have dlreW Funston has not asked for any exten ton to tender for sion of his base liosnltal facilities. , cargoes of supplW Plans for additional wards for the to our military m hospital at Port Bliss have been pre- in Mexico. This pared for some tlmo but the work any tender of nv has not been authorized. railroad transport! A state department summary rof involve the use of dispatches to-day reported flulet In all guards on any Me districts heard from. There are 20 The order to Oe Americans ir Durango end 10 more dispatched lete toIn tho outlying district* of that re- will make such us glon. "All are reported to be well." as the Mexican i the statement said. There are 18 pending the furthei Americans In the Salttllo district (Jeneral Carranza 1 where railway communication Is open the state departmt Motor Truck Line Over !20? Mile ,'"1 authorizing tt of Desert. to collect and pul tistics of cotton se< 4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4..I.4. products was pas: One of the army's most serious 4- 'ate to-day after 1 problems in hunting Villa was 4* an^ now goes to tl solved to-day when General Car- Chairman Helm ranza promptly granted the re- + mi?tee gave notic newed request of the state de- 4* oa" UP next week partment for permission to use + recting Hie bureni the Mexican Northwestern Rail- 4? pnhllsli stalictios o + road in carrying out tlie pursuit 4* in .manufacti by the American troops of Fran- 4? during 1!?15; quar + Cisco Villa. 4- In reporting the 4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4. sentativo Aswell. it was drafted a Washington. March 2!).?Genej-al w'th the census ? . . .it would afford ? Carranza received the new request . , making free appli this morning; his answer was in of guppTy an(, den] Washington before dark. It was con "Th,> noneno nm talned in a brljpf mesrnge from John for collection or j U Rodgers, special agent of the t,ie ol1 '"ills regni United States at Queretnro, saying "l totton S(>ed cr v>? r ?i > e ? obtained," he said # trie head of the de facto government j ^ ever, provides foi / agreed to the commercial use of the these statistics ai line. OfTlcials here assumed he tory the publlshln would be equally prompt in notifying t0(* periods. The his officers on the border and that w'" ,)e probably a Gen. Funston might begin shipment ,esR annually after to-morrow. I The census con Although the army will proceed to ' tlio bill said: use the railioad on a commercial I "This hill roun basis, which is construed here asi P^tes the statist! meaning that all service shall be J,)V the bureau of t paid for at regular rates, the state Iin* ,,le cotton cro] department will negotiate further!the collectimi of ( with Carranza to bring about a more ! b,nnt which ^e of definite understanding. To-day's re- { * "There ha4vbeei sponse is regarded as be'ng satisfac- speculation and m tory In a measure, but in order to Pr'c?? of cotton j assure the delivery of supplies along , diietH. The prices the line General Funston will desire le4 decreased -- * * - *?> the nrtii.il nrrwlnrt; f L AN C ASr LANCASTER,' S. C. M VliCI ' r~ **~'r ~ ;TSeO?se GERMAN HELD OP [RUSSIA ST" ' CAPTAIN AND CREW IT CENSUS Took Possession of British Ship I Artillery ? Matoppo Shortly After Leav-1 tinue o h That Bill Will in^ New York. ern Fr< Seeded for Proper ' Tinoipies. RIFLEI) THE VESSEL'S SAFE BRITISH iell 29 rho Lfe\?i ||,.r (Mllccrs and Then Com- Gernuins J io census director |M.j|4.,| WshH to Laud llim at of ji M dish monthly sta- Delaware Breakwater. British 1 ed and cotton seed sed by the house Lewes. Do!.. March ^30.?How a Fightim an all da> deh.tt" ]one German stowaway held up the; the Hritisl ie senate. captain and 56 members of the crew British em of the census com of thfi Brltlrh steamor Matoppo. ! ticularly r e that he would compeujnK them at the point of a man grcna the llotlin bill di- rovojvor change the course of the ed in rear i to collect *,n^, vessel and land him at the Delaware icrater hel f cotton consumed n,.cakwnter aftor }10 i,a,i r|riorl the DolsMighe ire of explosiM s ^jpig Faf,. anf] taken their valuables attempted terly thereafti r. was told here to-night by Captain Strong Lexer hill, Itopi Hergner, master of the Matoppo. The Italians ai of Louisiana, sa.d sto\vaway who says his name is Br- 1 other in i ftei a conferenc.. nost Schiller and that he hftfl lived Vdstro-Il i directni and that 7T'il>okon. X. J., for the past eight <.-t" Seilz s in opportunity of .. . , , , . ? r 1 ' months, is now locked up In the jail place tor cation of the law ... ? , here awaiting the arrival of the Llsewhen ian^' United States district attornev front lerv duels roan now provides , T. . , * ... , ,, , ' ,, Wilmington. Del., and the British Berlin 8; statistics from all ? . _ , , ?. .. , , . , Consul General from Philadelphia. Itus.unns rding the quantity , , ... . , The hold-up took place outside the has coasoi ushed and llnters 1.. , ? , , , I , , _ . three-mile limit and federal author!-1 also have 1. "This bill, how-1 . ties sav this government probably around La amplification of ... " ... t , , will have nothing to do with the however, n id makes manda- 1 _ . ... .. ... . , . .. , matter. Schiller, thev say, will be stadt and g of them at sta-. _ . . , ! ,, . 1 returned to the Matoppo and turifed Great B additional expense : o. ? , 1 j over to British ofllcials at St. Lucia !order-in-cc bout $10,000 with 1 1 i where the vessel will stop for coal. a vessel 1 the first year." j 1 The Matoppo sailed from New from capt imittee report 011 ? . , . , York yesterday for Vladivostok with | blockade c , a cargo consisting chiefly of barbed- vessel at t ds out and com- , , . , ,, . , wire and farming implements. She to a nones being collected '1 ' , passed out of Sandv Hook at 6 o - 1 he census concern p It provides for I ?,ock ,ast niRht and two hourB ,a,er-i lata of the cotton "pon onter,nK b,R cab,n* Captain 1 The war o 11 i..~ Bergner says he was confronted bv to-dav sav commercial value. ... , a young man with a revolver in each "On the n a great deal of a imputation of the hand- ' Handa up and not a sound ri7ia- ,hp _ , " if you value your life." was the | throughou heed and its pro i. . . _ command. The captain was then i the enemt 'nEV6 been increns... . . . bound hand and foot and locked in I renewed i without regard to ion or to the ciuan- b's rabln- promising under penalty |commence, oil on )> ind This10' (1oatb- not to raise an alarm. I itv of the ,. . - .. j Cautiously making his way to the'tended rn le director of the I J e proper informa- wiroloss oabla <bo stowaway, who is far n* Sal: 9 quantities of cot- abouf 26 years oldl put tho ,nstrn :"d- thft 0 il bv the oil mills ,non*s onl ?' commission and threw its sangnl hand and it will* sb,P'3 K"consisting of six rl troops. T i with information f,PS- overboard. He then returned the eneim ind also with sta- to the oaP,aln,? oabln* 'mpd the saf by a coui the quantities of nnd ,,Pstroyed nianv important pa-j flee, leavi oil. meal and cake porfl- He had bo *old Cap jeers an/1 atities of oil pur- ,a,n to find at least 2.OOe "On the fineries and tl*e.poundds ,n Rn*lish money aboard continue, given dates but t,1ore was no* a penny in the who for s m will lend g'-eat- iaafp* ^?ter. however. Schiller com-I strong en< m?s and enable all 00,10,1 tbo raPtaln and the first of- mid-day y i tlie industry to i"cer ,0 ban(1 ovor tbo,r poeketbooks ; strong for. tatistics that will oontalnlnK a total of about 3n ment at t the actual condl- P??n(1?- The en em? ^ M With Captain Rergner still a pris-, tor-attacks oner in his own cabin, Schiller pro- into the n ....... ~ . r... ....? eeeded to round up the crew of 51 t ion we c.' ItKSS TO RK ITS ? . 4 , , . , mnn nil hit! o fnn? of ? * mnn ? ISTS j " ?" " ... ...... ...... I their bunks. Hp lined nil hnnds up bomb-thro to Present Invltn- ono Pnd of ,ho sh,P and threatened 1 arollnu .Newspaper j tn b,ow Pvprybody to pieces with SPEOlAr,, icre. bombs hp snld he had placed In dlf-' l.?At an enthusi- '< fprPnt n?rfs of the vessel if any one To 11 le citizens held In n1nde n moveub rooms to-night At 4 o'clock this morning Schiller ? ".'* present a strong rplpas?d Captain Hergner and stil' ^^ 1 916 meeting of the, Kr'ppinp a revolver In each hand. ((( Press association, j or('er^?l ihe steamer headed toward i ' " he hacked by the!sborp- Other officers and members of 1(| , , lie York Hoard of|,bp Tew were ordered to their pin ' (? tee of seven will rra rin<' told to put on nil speed for j . i mb'n next Friday |,hp Holawaro C'apea. When the Ma- ' u?'f! he executive com- I toppo caine within sight of land 1 Intlon when York's 1 abo"t nnon Schiller ordered a small ' ' , extended. bo?t lowered to take him ashore. , ,, In the meantime assistance had been ''.J" V' ' d a hlg ra<llo plant s,,'nr*ioned and the ship's course had 1 n r been changed. A tug-boat and the u o returned to Tor- 8t?am pllot-hoat Philadelphia re- ?' * f 8," Ihe .statement BP?nded ns did the coast guard crew q ' rnnnrtnd tiir.t ho stationed at Cape llaiilopen, Del. nergetlc campaign **e was landed and locked up. is element in the' Since being placed In jail, the p-is- f|'?' oner, who speaks excellent English. ,n " h?mc issued this state- hns refused to discuss liis alleged ex- *!i .'partraent tonight. Ploit?. ' He said, however, that he 'halogm fed General Puns- ^n<' been living for the past eight ' * four railroad shipment m?nlbs at ITohoken and for a num- N' v ' >8, either directly ,)f>r of vcars had lived In England. f?'" S ",,h en or to civilians He sa,(l he had been stowed awav in! Son* does not involve tho Matoppo five days before sailing. r,inrt ^ unitlons for such * partial Investigation failed to SOn' ation nor does It rovoa' nny of the bombs Schiller f,,'fon nnt American military ' claimed to have concealed about th-i ,,istory xlcan trains." boat. _____ baulkenbu neral Funaton was lO.ooo I?Of k WORKERS STItiKi-' rtft? day. Under It. he - ^ ^bi e of the railroads London March 9u v *1. * 1 >a,Mley authorities permit ??,t M,r?<.y dock hny" "J"* "tprroBl r negotiations with following an overtlmo dl.pute. The 13o,?" n ! telntr conducted bjr atrlke threaten, to Interfere .erloua- Rev T A *t It With tmne-Atlnntlc shipping. j offer,ng V " V . , A /kji /* V, rER Ne i 31, 19-16 mq mauf wo supplies si l'<j nhvl over the rai ENDED OFFENSIVE!0'""- a n?' Information. Duels, However, ConJwn D RUMORS Rl n Portions of the Eastnnt. \' i 11: i Said lo He Made .V of \aniii|iii|ia ami Floi ARE KEPT HUSY KiiSci'lj Direction. iucrettl in Reaching Ihirt I'aso, Texas, March line <'rater Held by the problem of forwarding sup N'car Kt. Eloi. I American base at Colonia | way of the Mexican No : is still going on between j railroad changed from the i and Germans along the'to the mysterious to-nij tl of the French line, par- 'George Hell, Jr., apparen tear Kt. Kloi, where -G r- eeipt of instructions front de throwers have succeed | ton similar to those sent hing a portion of a inin< j Funston, announced that (1 by the British. Near ~iV)' no information to th tin ltritlsb put down aa ' carding the situation and attack by the Germans. 1 c? rs and officials were ? forces of Austrians an 1 communicative, re. aligned against each The one definite fact Hie Garizia sector of the ] supplies have been sent r linn front. On the heights has '(,ft Juarez in the Insi pirited fighting is taking J- G. Crockett, vice pres't the possession of trains Northwestern railroad, sa along the front the artll- that he knew of no nrranp continue. sending out a train or < ays the big offensive of the . hut that he had a train in the region of Postavy !'me it was needed. [1 and that the Russians! From the little learned given up their attacks peared the question of ga ke Narocz. Artillery duels plies is causing military ire going on around Jacob- the greatest anxiety, to the north of Vidzy. truck trains are taxed t< ritnin has put in effect an nncitv and the amount of ; uncil under which neither j quired by the trucks, and lor her cargo is immune planes is great and const! lire for a breach of the (ing in volume. n the sole ground that the j The most reliable i lie moment Is on lier way about Villa places him soi blockaded port. fhe fastness of the great tnlinn Statement. divide, many miles soutl March SO, via London.? quipa and fleeing in an < ffice communication issued i reetion with Parral as hii s: ITlie absence for several ci 1 heights northwest of Go- , definite news has revive artillery duel was intense rumors which flooded I t yesterday. At nightfall week ago. The bandit r, having been reinforced, been reported in almost ts violent attack, which eeivable place on the mar d at the northern extrem- 'he stories current on Podgora Height and ex- are to be believed he ha; pidlv along the whole as the 'ast few days more b >otino. Repeatedly repuls- Alexander the Great am nemy constantly renewed more hairbreadth escapes nary attack with fr^sh Tames. hese efforts were vain and Gne of the wierdest tal was eventually defeated ?d among the newspape ltor-attack and forced to nromptly nailed by the p ng in our hands five nth they arretted Eduardo Pe 1 afi men prisoners. ther of the va^n. as a vagi Garso the artillery actions told a marvelous stori of East of Seilze our troops, "res with Villa, who. hr several days have pressed desperately wounded in t %mv entrenchments, about Columbus and was now ir esterday again attacked in a ranch three miles from ce and seized an entrench- confessed the fabricati lie point of the bayonet. "'ns proven he was at S; 7 launched numerous coun- during the very period he i. Tlie fighting continued have been throwing d'ce 1ght. In this brilliant ac- in Mexico, iptured seven oftlcers, 200 Lieutenant Joseph W. i two machine guns, one who died here yesterday wer and other booty." monia contracted at the given a military funeral | FK.ATI'HES OF MEETING to shipping his body to I where it will be buried. eld Sunday April 2nd at A,?,,on> of D.lllaf, T ?s:u?t Pluln Church. of n,0 ofTWr> ,V!1S here ? to women?dinner on the second fnnorn, of a HOn terooptlcon pictures of t).n,,P(I in the ,ast 8jx mc church work?A welcome , die. '?grain as follow?: KILLED IN TH.\I> ck, Sunday-school. ick, Sermon for women; "inn Hi Are Inji rhc Queen of the South." Three Fn*t Trains < !:4 2, by pastor, T. A. DabCleveland, Ohio, March esrrs. R. F. Long. W. V 'y persons were killed and ernian Long. 40 injured early to-day \ tin the grounds. fast passenger trains on fternoon Session. York Central lines eollidet s. Jno. Truesdale. her-t. 37 miles west of CI e recitation in unison. Dense fog obscured the by the first section of an nation- -Family of five ml- Pittsburg RalMmoro-Buffn ti South Carolina to Texas and a second section of less church. crashed into it. A momer si Josephine Nelson. fast 20th Century Llmil > A oiuirch In a saloon, bound on another track, < ays. to tho wreckage. > love Homo Missions, by Daylight had not appe earns. the three trains piled ?ip. F villagers rushed to the as esson Misses Willie Hln- the stricken passengers. Adam. Krn Hinson. Ethel of rescuing those pinioned I Hose Long. wreckage was hampered tv m negro Baptism?Mrs. Am on lances, a?'omonn ry. kirds of vehicles were n te?Messrs. W. V. Dahney, Elyrla and other points t( ley, O. M. Dabnoy and C. of the wreck. The little , Amherst soon was filled on. by four Sunbeams. les. Most of the injured Ison picture show of veyed to Elyjda. Churches with lecture, by The 20th Century proee . Dabney. jway to Chicago. None < sengers on this train we .- ? P . s *L', nA~i t. c . y . \ :ws $1.50 A YEAR. S-ad THE BURNETT BILL : oui ABV j PASSED THE HOUSE 5CEIVEI) Literacy Test and Asiatic Exclusion Provisions of Original ni?-> s.nith Measure Unchanged. ping in sot M A .1 O RITY 3 0 8 TO 8 7 ;o,--Th |'u\oriihlc Xrtion in the Senate plies to the lU'iiiii'th'tl Assured?lists Been Dublan by VettHMl Tltree Times. irthwestern perplexing + ... A + a + + .> + * + + + + + + [lit. Gen Hurnett immigration bill itly on re- with its literacy test and Asia i Washlnc- .t, tie exclusion provision unchang to General ,j, ,.,t passed the house late to-day ho could .j. t)V a vote of 308 to 87. It now e press "e- K()OS fo tp0 senate, where favor- + other otll- i>lo action is regarded as as qually un- ,j, S11red. The president has not + * indicated liis purpose, however, + is that no t ln? house loaders. is no train a * ^ 4. + 4. + 4. * * .p .> * + + t two days lent of the Washington. March 30.?The litid to-night ,,raoy tost, about which the fight [ements for y^nlnest the bill has centered, was of supplies sustained. 284 to 107. This provlsready any jnn j|as j)OOI1 cause of vetoes of similar immigration hills by Preslhere it ap (j(.n,s Cleveland, Taft and Wilson, soline sup-' -pp,. house passed tlie bill over the authorities Cleveland veto, but H failed In the The motor- sonate. Motions to over-ride the 0 their ca- x,*tnos Qf Presidents Taft and W11;asoline re- son werP |nRt jn ihe hnno? v..- ??? - I the aero- row in.,,Kjns Representative Rurintlv prow- chairman of the immigration Committee, predicted to-nipht that nformation tiiere waa sufficient strength to renew here in pass jj,,> i,n 1 in the event of another continental voto i of \ami- I tot l) record votes on the literacy >asterl> di-.je8^ an(j on tj)e passage of the bill s objective. vvore without regard to party lines, lays or any Majority Leader Kitchin voted for d the wild f|10 mePai.y test and for the bill. '1 ^aso a Minority Leader Mann voted against chief has ,()e ntoracy test and then for the bill, every con- During the debate to-dnv the Tlnm> and if all j,jirov reciprocal exclusion amendthc border adopted Tuesday, aimed at re' 'n taliation upon British rolumhia beattles tiian ,,aus0 Df j,s exclusion of skilled and .1 has liatl 11 od labor from this and other than Jesse < )rejgn countries, was modified upon discovery that it operated against es circulat- jn,m(Krat|on from Russia. It was rmen was (>hanged so as to make it applicable olice when onjy a contiguous foreign country, rez. tlie fa- literacy test as adopted would ant. TVr*\ cxr'ude all aliens over 1<> years old, V.K- . n physically capable of reading, who s.nd, v.. - (.annof roa<l English or some other lie iai<l om iankung,,f except ec-tain relatives of 1 biding on j)t.rgons already in this country and the border ,-ortaitt classes of refugees from reon \s lien i. ^jiRjOU8 persecution tn Antonio ( \siatic exclusion provisions speclclaimed t?> jp.a|jv knr f-llndiis and add to the exwlth deatii , . , , ,, . eluded classes persons who cannot become eligible, under existing law, UHson, Jr.. . ... , .. ,. . fo become citizens of the United from penu- . . . ,. .. , states by naturelization unless otherfront. was i . , ,, . ... , wise provided for bv exsting or lujreparatory . tore treaties, conventions or agreeWest Point Joseph W. ... . . Pacific coast members were satisthe father . , . ... ( ( tied with this provision, which gives , " 1 v~ legislative reeognition to the existing he had at- ... ., , so-called "gentleman s agreement ' with Japan for the exclusion of Japlaborers, and the committee i WltKt K advised the house that there was nothing offensive in the language to ned When r|p immigration bureau, the state de'lasli. partment or to any government. Other provisions of the bill ex29.?Thir tended and strengthened the laws more than regarding smuggling and harboring vhen throe of inadmissible aliens, increased the the New penalties imposed on steamship com- \ l near Am- panles for 111 opra 1 acts In connection level and. with immigrant traffic, require such signal set companies to repay passage expense eastbound to rejected aliens, doubles the head lo limited, tax from $4 to $8 and Imposes rethnt train strlctlons designed to prevent alien it later the s<>nmen who leave their ships from ed, west remaining in this country. rashed in Udl'STA FIRM 81TFERKR8 nred when nrmers and < <>minlttee Snyv )I20,(HNI More Needed sistanee of fer Homeless. The work \ugusta, (la.. March .10.?Thh pubunder the H- welfare c >mmittee, which has uny darkness. d? rtaken ?ke work of caring for the e? and a1! 'Ire sufferers In the city, announced J ished from te-'i?v that 82ft.ftftft additional was | j the scene needed to cave for the homeless nnd morgue at needy rf the city. Tlu- fund, it was with hod- s-tid. to-iiay had rea hed approxlwcre con- mutely ?4r> tot, Th'" tommlt'ee also-voiced its opeded on Its "os't'o" to ?hn mover ent begun sev- J "if the pas- erai days ago to bring laborers from re injured, othef* cities.