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VOL. 11. No. 54, SEMI
De Facto G
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Wants the Pursuit of Villa I
Army?Authorities Cont*
Crossed Into Mexico Wi
That Thev Be Withdrav
Entered Int9~-Many Me^
ence of American Soldie:
Withdraw Troops at Pre;
KeepOn the Chase?Sec:
_ mention the New Situatii
.Washington, April' 18.?Gen. Cat
ranzn, in a note which arrived at hi
embassy here early to-day, for pr?
sentation to Secretary Lansinft, ask
for the withdrawal of America
troops front Mexico.
The note ratsea a new issue in
situation already macli complexe<
the outcome of which officials at
reticent to predict nntll they liai
(Tone over the communication an
considered what reply the Unite
States will make.
The note was sent to Ellsoeo A:
redondon, the Carranza represent!
tlve in Washingrton, with instru
tlons for its delivery to Seeretai
Lansing "so ending negotiations f<
a reciprocal passing of troops ar
asking for disoccupation of the te
rltory occupied by American trooi
in view of Villa's party having bef
destroyed."
Emphasis is laid on the fact th;
the American expedition was unde
^aken under a misapprehension. A
though acting in good falih the d
claratlon is made that the Uunt<
States has Interpreted the first no
of the de facto government as affec
Ing a definite agreement between tl
}wo nations. But the intention
the de facto government was th
no expedition should be sent in
Mexico until terms and conditions r
latlve to an agreement were d
fined.
Wants Discussion Suspended
The note declares therefore that
consequence of no final agrecanc
having been reached as to the terr
of the treaty to regulate the reel
rooal passage of troops over the lii
"the Mexican government judges
convenient to suspend for the pre
ent all discussion or negotiations
this particular, or founded on t
circumstances that the cxpedlth
sent by the United States gover
ment to pursue Villa is without fou
dation in virtue of the non-oxisten
of a previous agreement formal ai
definite."
What was intended by the note
March 10, it is pointed out, was
aitkmil o nnArvnan 1 "Kv mOQ no
3UUUI1V A yivj/v'Ofii
which the forces of one and the ot
er country could reciprocally cro
the dividing line in pursuit of ba
dits if unfortunately there should
repeated along the border acta II
those committed in Columbus. '
The note adds, however: "Pro
/the beginning the Mexican gover
ment Judged that by reason qX t
time which had transpired for t
purpose of treating a case alreai
passed, the said Incident could n
continue as a proposal for the t
ciprocAl passing of troops.''
Claim Note Wrongly Interprets
The fact that the United States hi
\ Incorrectly Interpreted the note
March 10 was called to the attentl<
of the Washington government, t
Americans
Have Ba
Mexicam
San Antonio, Texan, April 13,>
Advices were rerelved at departme
headquarters, from Fort 8am Hoi
ton, to-day that the American fore
have had an encounter with elth
Mexican military forces or the ci1
population of Parral.
No details were available.
The report came from Ameriei
Consul Letcher. It is stated th
Major Outlerroz. commander at Pa
ral, said there was a clash which
formed unimportant between Am<
I /
LANCASTER
4E L;
[WEEKLY.
ftvernment I
^ w MIIUKVU* 4k
Recall ot U
jeft to the Constitutionalist
3nd that American Troops
bhout Permission?Request
m Until Formal Compact Is
?oans Ignorant of the Pres
rs?United States Will Not
sent?Those After Villa Will
retary Baker Unable to Comon."
? + WILL NOT WITHDRAW
* * Washington, April 13.?In +
+ olllclal quarters It war stated
r that the American troops will *
j not be withdrawn at this time +
* at least, and that while the *
e
+ question is being discussed
. with Gen. Carranza the pur- *
. + suit of the Villa bandits will
xl
* he pushed with vigor. +
+
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statement points out, In a note dated
ry March 17. This note likewise emphasized
that the passage of troops
would be permitted "only if unforr"
.tunately, from this time forward.
.there should be repeated Irruptions
'n like the one registered at Columbus.
or of any other kind whatever at
at any point of the frontier line."
r" j On March 18, the statement continues,
Frank Polk, acting secretary
e~ I of state, in an Interview with the
| Carranza confidential agent, deplor*?!.ed
not having received the observaj
tions of the Mexican government bei
fore American troops crossed the border,
declaring that the passage ol
ftt i ^troops took place in the best ol
| faith and In the belief that It would
e"; not be necessary to enter Into more
e" details of an agreement which way
considered definite and ended.
?
These declarations made by Mr
in , Polk were later confirmed on Marcli
nt 23 to the Mexican representative b>
ns | Secretary Lansing, "who stated als.
p- that he was sorry at having Inter
ne posed wrongly the contents of the
It | said note in respect to the passage
>s-,(Of troops and that they would not
In ( advance more to the south of the
he; place of where they then were.
Itcfers to Previous Note
n- *
neitrenre is niaue aiso 111 mo mm
1 to thp declaration made by Presidenl
CP
. Wilson on March 2(1 saying the "ex
111 *
1 peditlon was ordered under an agree
' nient with the de facto governmenl
?' ; of Mexico for the purpose only oi
,0 i capturing the bandit Villa, whos<
?' j forces have invaded territory of th?
United States and on no pretex
88 ' whatever would we order an invas
n" j ion of that republic, or a vlolntior
ke , of Its sovereignty,
ke "That idea," continues the note
"published by his excellency Pros!
,m dent Wilson, was rectified on Marct
n" 31 by a message sent to our confl
dentin! agent in Washington. It
'lo which he was instructed to call youi
r'y attention to the idea indicated, sine*
?* the note of March 10 referred to th<
e" reciprocal passage of troops only Ir
case that Incidents like those whirl
occurred at Columbus should be re
ad repeated."
ot In concluding the note, which I:
on signed by Cundido Aguilar, secretarj
ho of foreign uffalrs, points out that as
n a 1
Said to
tiled With
5 or Civilians
?, loan forres and the troops of th?
nt ' garrison or residents of Parral. Tin
rs- i Americans entered the town wltl
es! the intention of marching throng)
er en route southward. An exchang*
irjl of shots follow (Ml.
) Later Carann/n telegraphed hi;
embassy at Washington that "man]
an deaths" occurred, on both sides
at Cnrranza trooj)8 are said to have aid
ip. p<l the Americana In ntfpmn(lni? tr
h-* restore order and cita"lini< a fu
>r- ture outbreak.
EASTER TRj
INC A
LANCASTER, S. C
Vsks
. S. Troops
the American expedition has "fulfilled
its object insofar as it will be able
to do as the party headed by Villa
has already dispersed and finally, hecause
there are Mexican troops In
sufficient numbers pursuing thern
and more forces are being sent to
exterminate the rest of the beaten
party, the first chief of the constitutionalist
army charged with the
executive power of the nation, considers
that it is already time to treat
with the United States government
for the withdrawal of their forces
fiom our territory.
TT T TVATO OWnAXTA
XJJJJ1X1 UXO IS X IVWil vx
FOR PRESIDENT
Wilson Gets Nearly All Votet
Cast
SHERMAN LEADS G. O. P
Roosevelt Candidate Fails by Hi)
Vole to Hreak (he RopuliHcai
Slate.
Chicago, April 14.?At the presl
dential preference primary in 111!
nois to-day Senator Sherman, repub
lican, and President Wilson had i
all their own way.
John Maynard Harlan, candldat
for uninstructed republican delegat
at large, but who in his speeche
i had declared for Col. Roosevelt, ap
peared at midnight to have falle*
by 75,000 votes to break the SheT
man slate.
Roger C. Sullivan retained cor
trol of the democratic political ma
chlnery in the state and wrested cor
' trol of the Cook county (Chicago
' committee from the ractlon heade
' by former Mayor Carter Harrisor
| Former Governor Dencen apparentl
.'retained his strength down state, l?n
i | Mayor Thompson raptured 16 an
r Deneen 14 of the city's 35 wardi
? Five wards returned neutrals to th
republican county committee.
- One thousand and twelve precinct
? out of 2,168 in Chicago Rave Wilso
t 4?.,303 votes: while 43 voters wrot
s In the name of Champ Clark.
Sherman In the same precinct r<
reived - 32,670 votes. Roosevelt'
name was written In by 4,960 pel
sons. Hughes' by 301, Root's by 6
and Mayor Thompson's by 2.
A state supreme court dectsio
t some time ago held that womei
, could not vote for delegates to th
national conventions nor for war
j committeemen. It did not mentlo
t the presidential preference.
On this point Attorney Genen
( Lucey held that women could nc
vote the preferential ticket eithe
but In Chicago this opinion was if
nored and the women permitted t
1 T^au*n ototn V*on'ooo* ? ?
thorlties adhered to the opinion an
ballots were not provided for th
women.
The complete Chicago vote pres
dential preference gave Wilson 79
398, Sherman 63.823, Roosevelt, 11
620, Hutrhes 950. Root 198, Thomi
son 2.
WOODROW WILSON
THE WHOLE OF V
Clark Howell Confident He Wi
Have No Opposition
I
jpKOHAHLY WITHOFT FITS!
!,\fr, lfowell I* the lleinorrntir Nj
tianal Cominitteeninn From th
State of Georgia.
There will be nothing to It bu
? Woodrow Wilson when a candidal
> for the presidency is chosen at th
nr.iio.'ii! ...... ijtfc nvent' .
> which meets In St. Lduls, Mo., Jun
? 14. This Is the opinion expresse
i by the Hon. Clark Howell, editor c
i The Atlanta Constitution. and
s u.ember of the national democratl
executive committee from Ooorgli
* last night at the Charleston hote
' after he had returned from a shoi
. pleasure trip.
Mr. Howell, accompanied by Mr'
) Howell, attended the meeting of th
- editors of the coast circuit of th
(Continued on Pace R>
ADE WEEK,
STER
I., APRIL 14, 1916
LEWIS W. PARKER
HAS PASSED AWAK
Headed Vast Interests in tht
Textile Field
INVALID FOR MONTHS
Founder ??f Largest Southern Cottoi
Mill Group Is Dead at the At?? <?
Fifty-one Venrs.
Greenville, April 11.?Lewis W
Parker, orpanlzer and former presl
dent of the Parker Cotton Mill
company, and formerly preslent c
tlie American Cotton Manufaetni
ers' association, died at his home o
i; East Washington street In Greer
vllle this morning about 6 o'clocl
Mr. Parker had been in falling healt
j for some time. He was a figure c
national prominence In the mam
factoring world, rising raplly aft<
51 leaving the practice of law and ei
tering the cotton mill field. He wt
, affiliated with other great lndustrl*
* i also. He was a leader in the effor
I to have the Piedmont & Northei
, line constructed and was a direct*
! of that electric railway. He w*
formerly a member of the executh
committee of that corporation. T1
Parker Cotton Mills company wi
f the largest cotton mill combtnati<
in the south, including 16 mills ar
e operating some 514,708 spindles. T1
e capital stock of the company, aft
8 its completion, was $12,200,000. M
Parker has for some months be<
tl
associate editor of the Piedmont, i
I afternoon paper of Greenville.
i-j The funeral services will be he
i- Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock
l" Christ Episcopal church, this cil
^ and will he conducted by the R<
j W. H. K. Pendleton, rector of t
v Church of the Advent. Spartnnbur
it Surviving members of his family a
his wife, who was Miss Margai
s? Smith, of Richmond; the Misses L
e
cia and Margaret Parker, and t\
s sons, Austin Smith Parker and Le
n Is W. Parker. Mr. Parker leav
i
" three brothers, William Henry Pa
ker, a lawyer of Charleston; Thorn
Parker, of Belvedere, California,
- retired naval commander, and t'aj
3 Francis L. Parker, of the Twelf
cavalry. A sister. Miss Lucia War
n law Parker, dean of the Universi
i
e High school, of Chicago, also s\i
lfj vives him.
n Lewis Wardiaw Parker was bo
at Abbeville, this state, July 11, 18'
and was, therefore, 51 years of a
)t when he died. His father. Willia
r Henry Perker, was a lawyer of d
tingulshed ability and was also i
_ ' terested In hnnkinc mnth
II " * " " *" w""
was Mrs. Lucia Wardlaw Park(
Lewis Parker encountered diffla
ie ties In obtaining his education,
his family was large and Its mea
l_ limited. At the age of 15 he we
to work In a mercantile establis
inent of his home city and contlnu
j. to work for two years.
Later he entered the ITniversi
of South Carolina, completing t
A. P. degree In 1885, winning hi)
honors. He then took the Is
f course and was graduated two yea
later. For a time he taught scho
II In Columbia and In Barnwell.
1888 he removed to flreenvllle ai
entered upon the practice of law.
He was a partner at differe
S times with J. A. McCullough ai
H. J. Haynsworth. In 1807 he fc
i- sook the practice of law in order
e ent* r tlie manufacturing field, assui
ii K cuargp oi imp Victor Man Ufa
hiring company of Greer. He w
it then interested In certain hankii
e business also. He was one of t
c organizers of the Monaghan mill
Greenville.
Mr. Parker's rise in the manufn
il taring world was rapid. lie w
?f very generally regarded as a leadh
a cotton manufacturer of the sou
Ic and afterward the nation. At a 1
?. ter time he was chosen for the d
1. ficult task of reorganizing the Wh
t ley group of mills, located in ai
near Columbia. The condition
s. fthe mills was not roseate. But X
e P?-ker succeeded in the task,
e H" was actively interested in w<
fare work in his several mills.
APRIL 17-22
New
Germany Denies
On the Sus
ft
SIMPLIFIES TASK
FOR WASHINGTON
11 German Admissions Give This
r Country Much of Information
Sought
DISCLAIMER NOT REFUTING
i-1
Story of Submarine Torpedoing
s \ not her Vessel in Neighborhood
f of Channel Liner Leaves Little
Inofficial Doubt as to Itesponsin
bility for Disaster.
l-i
Washington, April 12.?Admission
c' by Germany that her submarines reh
cently attacked three merchant sliips
)f carrying American citizens and that
j_ one of them torpedoed a vessel in the |
vicinity of the point where the channel
steamer Sussex was damaged by
1_ and explosion has simplified the task
is of the state department in prepares,
ing for the next step of the United
States in the issue over submarlm
warfare.
*n i
| After receipt in cabled press dispatches
of the last German note it
13 became known that the United States
'e would continue to compile informaie
fion Indicating that German submaas
rines ai'f operating in violation of
)n , international law and that very soon
a communication designed to be the
final word of the American govern10
ment on the subject would go fo
er llerlin.
tr. The state department virtually has
?n completed the collection of facts velating
to all attacks on merchant
ships since the Lusitania. More evidence
in the case of the Sussex, for'd
warded by the American embassy at
nt I .nmlnn ^ t. i?
tyt understood that instructions to Am.
bassador Gerard, accompanied by th1
information gathered bv the departhe
merit, will go forward soon there
after.
re To Consider Xotc
'et The unofficial text of the notu
from Germany was communicated
to President Wilson and Seeretarv
\ o
Lansing to-night. The official text
was expected hourly. It will he 0011es
sidered by the cabinet at its regular
ir- meeting on Friday.
(ls Officials made it clear to-night that
whatever might be the form of the
instructions to Ambassador Gerard
* ' the purpose of the document to be
th handed the German government
d- would be to give notice that the
ty United States considers it has a
great array of evidence tending to
prove that in spite of reiterated asrn
surances and pledges given by Germanv,
peaceful merchant ships oarb
o
^ rving American citizens, or which
might have some aboard, continue
m
! to be victims of illegal attacks.
Officials said the statement in the
Gorman note would be very care
er
fully examined and compared with
the evidence already before the state
department. In view of the admission
that a German submarine was
ns
in the vicinity when the Sussex was
attacked and the array of evidence
indicating: that she was torpedoed,
little doubt is felt here as to the responisbllity
for that disaster, despite
^ the explanation that a sketch made
, by the submarine commander of a
2j n
ship he torpedoed did not correspond
with the description of the Sussex.
rs
lf)l Don't Want Debate
In There is no disposition on the part
id <>' President Wilson and Secretary
Lansing to debate the submarine issue
with Germany. It is declared
id that the principles contended for by
,r_ the United States in a series of notes
tn have been made very elear, and that
Germany has been sufficiently warntc_
ed that more attacks in violation of
as international law would be oonsidored
deliberately unfriendly acts,
ho The possibility of a break in liof
plom.itie relations with Germany.
coupled with an exposition of the
Lc- situation by the president to conas
gross, is constantly In the baeknt?
ground, but the president was repth
resented to-n'ght as being earnestly
a- desirous of avoiding such a step if
if- possible.
a- The United States in ir; investigand
tion of the cases of the Sussex and
of the four merchant ships about which
fr. G'-rmany has asked -the English
man. Manchester Engineer, lterwln?1
?lvale and Eagle Point?has been
proceeding on the assumption that
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sex Case Alone ;
two elements remained to be proved
before action could be taken. The
first had to do with establishing that
the vessels actually were torpedoed;
tlie second with the legality or illegality
of the attacks. Germany has
admitted sinking three of the ships
and evidence in the possession of the
state department strongly 'indicates
that in at least two of the cases tho
acts were in contravention of American
rights.
A Flimsy Plea
It appeared to officials from tho
unofficial version of the note that
the German government had denied
torpedoing the Sussex solelv on that
tlie commanders' reports differed
I from a photograph of the channel
steamer which appeared In a newsoaper.
The description of tlie attack
011 the ship admitted to have been
torpedoed and the story of the explosion
which damaged the Sussex
appeared to be nearly identical. The
note says the explosion of the torpedo
sent against the unidentified
vessel "caused the entire forward
part of the ship to be torn away to
the bridge." The entire forward part
of the Sussex was torn away.
In spite of the fact that the Sun
sex is the chief case now heing cor>
sidered, officials made it plain thai
the next step of the United Sfatet
would rest on the accumulation ot
evidence that American lives were
constantly placed in jeopardy in violation
of their rights.
The German contentions regarding
the attack on the Herwindvale do not
agree with the evid<mce received by
the state department. It is known
that at last two of the survivors
stated that, the vessel was torpedoed
without warning.
It is understood that there also is
a conflict between the evidence h> re
and the German version in the cir.e
of the Englishman. Germany contends
that the ship was sunk "after
| the German commandant had - on(Continued
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SEAL OF APPROVAL
FROM NICARAGUA
Congress Ratifies Treaty Wit I
Cnited States
MONEY PAID AT ONCE
Tluce Million Dollars for Canal
Koiite Right and Coaling Station
Goes Forward.
Washington. April 11.?Ratification
I... 1- - VT|
nit* ^lutniguan congress of the
treaty by which the United States acquires
for $3,000,000 canal route
rights and a coaling station on Fonsera
bay, was announced here in a
dispatch received from Managua by
Cien. Chamorro, the Nicaraguan minister.
The treaty already has been
ratified by the United States senate.
- ?> ^
Later the state department received
word of the ratification from
Minister, Jefferson at Managua. Tho
final vote Tuesday in the Nicaraguan
house, the senate having acted
last week. It Is assumed that tho
convention was accepted without
amendment. If so. nothing remain*
to be done to put it Into operation
except the exchange ratifications in
i ...... -1
mo unutll iurill.
As the Nicaraguan government
urgently in need of money, arrarigements
will be made at once for placing
the $3,000,000 to its credit.
The next step will he to authorize
the navy department to select the sito
for the Fonseca naval station. Already
the naval hydrographers have
made fairly accurate surveys of tho
waters of the hay but no attempt has
been made to find a definite local ion
for the station which is expected to
he of considerable stragetical Importance.
During the construction of
I the treaty both Costa Rica and Sal;
.ador filed notice with the state de
ipuituwnt that their interests would
| be adversely averted i?y the location
. b. v aad in each case assurances were
Kiven that the.se Interests would bo
conskiereu and propel compensation
. n.Ade if justified. It is expected that
these elnims soon will come under
' consideration.