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Secretarv Lansing Has Nc
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Further Advice of Sub
' marine Issue.
PERSONAL EFFORTS
OF EMPEROR WILLIAM
Kaiser's Desire for Confer^nc*
< With Ambassador Gerard Regarded
As Significant?President
Wilson Expecte to Receive
Reply soon?Not Influenced
By Telegrams.
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Washington, April 27.?Secretary
Lansing said late to-day that ho had
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f . no further advises from Berlin re v
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garding the submarine Issue and that
a tile situation remained uncnaiiKea.
^ 4
. , The German embassy also was said to
- be vlthout information.
Announcement in pr?ss dispatches
f.*om Berlin that Ambassador Gerard
?
would confer with Emptror "William
at the army headquartes was regarded
by officials as being slgnlllcant. Ofy
. flclal Information on the subject was
lacking, but the opinion was freelyexpressed
that the emperor might
I have In mind supplementing Germany's
reply to the American note
deH^ndlng Immediate abandonment
of pfffesent methods of subuiarlno war.
fare with a personal communication
of some kind to PresidentWilsou.
Ambassador Gerard in visiting the
emperor is not acting under instructions
received from Washington, Consequently
officials assumed that the
emperor Invited Mr. Gerard to confer
with him. In both official and
diDlomatic auarters the injection of
!the emperor's personality into the situation
was regarded as being a hopeful
indication.
President Wilson expects to receive
the German reply within the next few
I days, It became known to-day, although
the basis for his expectation
was not revealed. Up to the present
he is entirely without iloflnlie information
of Germany's Intentions.
The president, officials declare, will
not be influenced in the slightest by
the thousands of telegrams sent in
the past few days to senators and representatives
urging them not to ap.
prove any action which might lead
to war. Ills course In the German
situation will be guided entirely by
I the character of the German reply.
Should any serious effort be made to
embarrass him, it was declared authoritatively,
he again will go before
congress and demand that members
"to on record for or against his poli
1 It was disclosed at tne state ae.^P
) irtment to-day that the memoranl
Mim In regard to the armament on
? .merchant ships, made public yesterday.
had been sent to all Amarlcan
embassies and legations in Europe
W for tbelr information and guidance,
' Copies for Ambassadors Gerard at
J Berlin and Page at T.ondon were sent
.Mfcy cable. None of the American diplomatic
representatives abroad haf
been instructed to present the momI
orandum to the govornmen' to wrich
I, he is accredited, the document already
having been handled to diploI?
matie representatives of foreign governments
here.
Secretary T.ansing announced thai
L;' he had received from the British gov
f . ernment a copy of the confidential
Instructions to captains of British
Inirrcnnni hiiijik, now whiii io or in
operation. The secretary has not yd
eompnrori the British version of th'
Instructions with the German version
which was submitted with the Oer
man declaration of Intention to re
jrard as warships enemy merchani
ships carrying armament. It wa!
said, however, that the British ver
slon appeared to be nearly. If mV
wholly. Identical with that which
was given out In London last Feb
marv and cabled to the Unltec
States In press dispatches. It wa
Indicated that ttome statement mlgh
be Issued later by the state depart
mant for the guidance of American
traveling at sea.
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[-WEEKLY.
gton We
w Rav*lin
' SOUTHERN RAILROAD
PURCHASE Ml
Increasing Prosperity of the
South Enables Road to
Purchase Forty-Five New
Locomotives?Sixty All
Steel Passenger Train,
Cars and Over 3,000 Other
Cars.
LENOIR CAR WORKS
GETS A BIG ORDER
Both Passenger and Freight Locomotives
Are to Be More
Powerful Than Any Now In
i Service nd Latest Announcement
Clearly Indicates Progress
In Dixie.
Washington. April 27.?Southern
. Railway has Just purchased 4 5 loco|
motives, f>0 all-steel passenger train
'cars, 1,500 all-steel coal cars.1.507
steel center sill box cars and 100
steel center sill caboose cars, amounting
to millions of dollars, as a result
of Increasing: prosperity in the south,
j Prom the Bnldwln Locomotive
I Works, 20 Santa Pe type freight
locomotives and 15 Mountain type
passenger locomotives.
Prom the Pullman Company, 25
coaches. 10 passenger and baggage
cars, 10 mall and baggage cars, 10
baggage and express cars, and 5 club
cars.
Pronr the Pressed Steel Car Co.,
1,000 r,0-(on flat bottom gondola eoal
cars.
Prom the Mt. Vernon Car Mfg. Co..
: 500 coal cars of the same type.
Prom the Lenoir Car Works. 1.007
30-ton plain box cars and 500 30-ton
j plain automobile box cars, and 100
caboose ears.
The Mobile & Ohio Railroad bas
purchased 1.000 30-ton steel center
sill ventilated box cars from the
American Car and Foundry Co.
All the new equipment is to be
of the most modern and approved
construction. Roth the passenger
and freight locomotives are to bo *
more powerful than any now In service
of Southern Railway while the
passenger and freight train equipment
will conform to the present
, standards, the passenger train "cars
being electric lighted as well as of
all-steel construction.
firefrnmrn
continues in force
Supreme Court Sustains Legality
of Anti-Compact Measure.
JUSTICES REFUSE
INJUNCTION ORDER
Writ to Itestrain Insurance C??m1
j mlssioner and Attorney General
I From FiiforcInK Terms of l.n\v
Denied?Petition of llatltl It.
! Henderson of Charleston Disniised.
' The supreme court yesterday refused
to sign an order enjoining the
Insurance commissioner and the atI
torney general from enforcing the!
i terms of the anti-compact fire insur-j
I nrce net of the last legislature. The)
t decision dismissing the petition of :
? David 11. Henderson of Charleston for
. an injunction was signed by all of the
i 11 at ! oon 1* A aiirvrnm o
Th" constitutionality of the Hnney-1
t Odom net was attacked at a recent
t hearing by attorneys representing
- Mr Henderson, who has been engaged
f, In the fire insurance business in
i Charleston for many years. The
- Ffate officials were represented nt
I the hearing by Thomas H. Peoples,
* attorney general.
f "The petition is dismissed and fh"
- Injunction refused," said the derision
? of the court. The opinion was written
by Associate Justice Fraser
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LANCASTER, S. C.
lits
Tidings
COMPANY !
JCH NEW EQUIPMENT
MEXICO REPORTS
NO ACTIVITIES ;
Pershing's Cavalry Patrols
May Be Busy l
GENERALS TO CONFER
Scott ind Funston Go to Discuss
Co-Operation With Obregon
Speaking for CarranzaWashington,
April 27.?Outside of <
the nossihle ?MHHti*?o r.r et.
. Mw> * tvivu ui UCII. 4 CI OIl"
Inn's calvary patrols, there was little i
to-day in the Mexican situation. ,
Oen, Ohregon and the Caranza officers
accompanying h'm were approaching
the border from the south '
while Oen. Scott ad Oen. Punston 1
were preparing to meet the Mexican s
officers in Juarez or El Paso in the j ]
conference upon which may depend. |
There was no definite information
as to when the conference would be- 1
gin. Oen. Obregon should reach '
Juarez to-morrow night, it is thought. <
and the American officers also will be ,
at the meeting place by that time.
Pending the result of this attempt
to secure the operation of the Carranza
forces in the campaign against '
brigandage, the Washington govern- <
ment will take no important steps I .
either military or diplomatic. The
redisposition of the forces in Mexico!
Is proceeding. No steps nrc being
taken at the state department to- 1
wards preparing a reply to Oen. Carranza's
note suggesting a withdrawal
of the American troops and none will
be taken until the conference concludes.
Navy and state department advices '
from various parts of Mexico report- '
ed continued quiet to-day. Onlv ,
routine reports and ji few additional
details of the last actions between |
the cavalry and the bandits readied '
the war department. ! 1
A complaint that the four new i
aeroplanes sent to the border were I
inadequate came from Oen. Funston i
Tie said the enRines were too lif*]it fo- '
the work required. Secretary Baker , 1
replied that the four had been sent j
only because they were the only type I
available for immediate delivery. I :
Four additional 160 horse power ma- <
chines are on their way to the bor- I
der and el^ht others are to follow. 1
These are the most powerful aero- I
plane enplnes developer! in the 1
unuen amies*. ; >
Reports to the department showed i
the troops In Mexico to be fully provisioned
and equipped for a month <
at least. Lines of communication are
so well established that officers here
feel no uneasiness on the supply I
question.
HEAVY FIRE COt
NORTHWi
Avocourt, Esnes and Cumie;
That Has Been in Progr/
Infantry Attacks Attaint
The sectors of Avocourt. Ksnes and I
Cumieres, northwest of Verdun, still <
are under the heavy bombardment <
that has been in progress for several i
davs. No German infartrv attacks J
have yet been attempted here, ?? |
eord'nsr to the Paris o.TV-ial commit- |
nirat'on, but an attempt at an ad- i
vonce probably Is imminent and thes(
nrtUlerv preparations usually presafb 1
an attack.
The Germans to the northeast of |
Verdun, on the- front of Haudremon'
and the Thiaumon farm and hetweer
Douaumont and Vaux, essayed at
tarks after violent bombardment, bit'
the French curtain fires held then
to their trenches.
Artillery enKagements have fea
STER
, APRIL 28, 1916.
Revolt Sp]
Un
SECURITY LEAGUE 1
MEETING HAS OPENED
INJARLESTON
MAYOR TO WELCOME J
THE DELEGATES
J
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
ARE UP FOR DISCUSSION
Citadel Rand and Porter Mili-1
tary Rand to Furnish MusicNational
Colors--Sessions Conclude
Saturday With Dinner.
l
security league cAr , j
Charleston, S. C., April 28.?The i
first Southern conference by the Na-J,
tional Security league opens here t
this afternoon, with a two-day pro?rani
announced. Men of national ,
irpuir iicivr atirpicvi i u v 1 tci l iuiib iu ^
iddress the meetings. S. S. Stanwood t
Menken, of New York, president of j
he National Security league; Con- j
icressraan Miller, of Delaware, and
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, "father |
>f the telephone," speak this after- I
loon and at to-night's session ad- 1
iresses will be made by William B. *
Brewster of New York and Rev.
c
["rib MeCliuchle, of Irvington, N. J. ^
Dn Saturday a morning session, with
addresses by F. L. Huidekoper,
the military writer; Col. O. .1. Bond,
superintendent of the Citadel, of .
Charleston; Mrs. A. J. George, of
Brookline, Mass., Dr. J. Bernard
Walker, of New York, and a dinner
I
in the evening, at which former As.
i
distant Secretary of War II. S. Brecki
iMiridge and ex-Mayor T. C. Thompson.
of Chattanooga, will lie the
l
chief orators, conclude the program.
Dnestinns nf larcu Imnnrt will be (lis
? ]
(Missed at this conference, along the
line of preparedness. Legislation,
terial defense, need of national defense.
value of military training, army
and naval problems in the light *
of present conditions, will be the <
(heme considered. ,
T. W. Passailalgue, in charge of |
I lie decorations of the hall, was busy
yesterday arranging for a bountiful 1
display of the national colors. Th" '
music for the opening session will be <
furnished by the Citadel band from
the famous military college and by
the band of the Porter Military Academy.
The presiding officer of the 1
opening session will lie Col. O. J.
Pond, superintendent of the Military
College, and the address of welcome ,
will lie delivered by Mayor T. T. (
Hyde, who has shown great interest
in tnp successrut oiucome or imp conference.
mNUES
EST OF VERDUN
res Under Bombardment
?ss for Days?No German
>ted But Effort Brewing
hired the fighting on Hip other parts
>f thp linp in France anil Relgium.
rlthough the French aircraft have
rnrrled out bombing operations
igalnst numerous Herman positions.
Ttic Oerman guns arc keeping up
their heavy bombardment of the Russien
position at the Iksknil bridge
head. Farther south the Teutons i
launched an infantry attack near
Ramnovichl. but were repulsed. Still ,
farther south the Russians have cap- |
lured the village of Chromiakoua.
bIouk the Rovno-Kovel railway, and
put down a counter attack.
W'th the return of yood weather
heavy artillery actions an irfnntrv
attacks at various points are pTaln In
'Continued on Paste
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New
reads; Irel
der Mart
ti?
Fighting Still Going On In! ?
the Streets of Dublin?|
Major General Sir John l ;
II C
Maxwell Hurries to the .
jo
Emeaal Isle to Take af
Charge of Troops. ith
; s u
REBELS STILL HOLI)
PARTS OF THE CITY d
h?
lohn Redmond Expresses His of
Sentiments ?Scathing State- ZP
. .or
V.U!)oj.M^ inuoi)i:^ AJ| ^jo^
York By National Secretary A
of the Friends of Irish Free. nf
dom. 'tr
London, Vprll 27.?Martial law ! pr
las been declared throughout Ire-! sn
and and Maj. Gen. Sir John Maxwell,
vho until recently commanded the'
! K
roops in Egypt, has gone over to
i ra
ake charge, the Irish executive of-1 ,-n
icials having placed themselves un-1 vc
ler his instructions. lie has been i co
riven full disciplinary powers for the TV
'xtensiou of the rebellion. Fighting I
' ch
s still going on in the streets of .
I in
Dublin.
i ne revon, wnicn DroKe out in <ia
)ublin Monday, has spread to other so
>arts of Ireland, chiefly to the west or
mil south. This information, to- nr
tether with the fact that the rebels th
ire still in possession of parts of the
sity of Dublin, was given to the Na- T1
ion by the Ministers in Parliament
o-day.
ar
Premier Asquith, who yesterday
liad given reassuring news respect- or
ng the situation in Ireland, caused tli
something of a flutter of anxiety by
C\
(lis statement to-dav 'n the House of
fli
Commons. when he announced the
revolutionary forces of certain parts
of Dublin and the facts that fighting m
v as still going on In th" -tr"ets. The !1'
government is convinced, the prime j^1
minister said, that the force c In Pub- ^
in were adequate to ileal with the *n
situation w
irish-Xtaionulist party, and Sir Kd- w
ward Carson, the Unionist leader,
itrong opponents on the home rule question.
expressed their detestation a,
the rising and as a consequence, S(
Premier Asquith said he did not think P'
t necessary to hold a session of the ' ^
House Monday, as had been suggest ?d
by one of the members "to (jj
The proclamation recites that "the h<
amount of support was behind the K'
movement."
At the rising of the House the .
fa
House Secretary was able to announce
the receipt of information w
that over "considerable districts" of rr
r_?i ? a
iii-iit mi t aim iii * \ <iiii(i, anii 10 reM
pe.it the Prime Minister's? promise^,
that consistent with the military exigencies.
all the news available would hi
he published anil the necessary fa- n<
cilities granted the newspanermcn. M
Individually, the Ministers express hi
confidence that the military forces on al
[he spot can deal successfully with U|
[he movement. On the political side t!
the posit'en is much more satisfac- rr
tory, Mr. Redmond and S>r Edward
rarson being in agreement that no ti
political capital Is to be made out of di
the troubles. gt
Prem'or Asquith's promise, in he- ca
naif of the government of a search-'at
ng investigation into ibo origin of j fi|
he movement and his acceptance of . at
full responsibility, together with the'
speeches ofJhc Irish Nationalist and er
I'ninnM leaders, exnress'ns: their do- m
*ire to do everythitiK in their power th
In assist th." crovernment w-nt far T1
In aliav th" risine: passions of the tn
House, which had been shown in
ilemnnds for the resignation of \p- ri
Kitstine Rirrell. chief Seeref:^ for be
Ireland: Paron W'mborne, the Lord Ir
Lieutenant, and other officials alleged tl
to he re ponsihlc in disre^ardlne st
wo miners as to what was liitelv to %v
h-npen f(om the Sinn Win agitation, ni
Sir Edward Parson offered to place Tt
his Ulser volunteers at the disposi- P
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ij
$1.50 A YEAR.
and
ial Law
\ T1 H f t )lf? irnvnrnninnt i r\ k/\ln 1?
, v. v>v p,vfvi IIIIUTUI IU urip )U
ppressing the rebellion.
That a hopeful feeling prevailed in
irliament was seen in the fact that
? opposition was raised to the adornment
of the House to Tuesday,
tor the Ministers had promised that
is would not interfere with the isance
of any available news.
That the government intends to
al with the offenders with a heavy
ind is indicated by the publication
a proclamation in the official ga.tte
suspending in Ireland section
le of the defense of the Realm
mendment Act of 1915 which gives
a british subject charge with an
fense under the act the right to be
ied by a civil court.
The proclamation recites that "tht
esent state of affairs in Ireland is
icn as to constitute a special mlllry
emergency.
A dispatch from Tralce. County of
errv, says that a sensation has been
used there by the arrest of a pronoent
member of the Tralee Irish
dunteers. Austin Stack. An acmntant
in the general postoffice at
ublin, Cornelius Collins, has also
en taken into custody. Both are
arged with conspiracy in aidiog the
lportation of arms from an enemy.
Dublin is further from London toty
than Peking is from New York,
far as communication for the genal
public is concerned. No Irish
wspapers have reached here since
e rising and passenger traffic has
'en for the most part suspended,
le only information comes through
Hciat channels.
Kneland nntnmllv ic
ixious about the Irish situation, but
> fears are expressed that the govnment
will not he able to suppress
e rising. The easualities thus far
i not exceed what might have oeirod
in civil riots, but more severe
jhting is likelv to follow before
liet is restored in Dublin.
The extent of the seditious moveent
is for the present a governmentsecret.
except that it has spread
i the west and south. It was on
le west coast of Ireland that Sir
ocr Casement's expedition, consistg
of a submarine and a steamer,
as intending to land munitions
hen the steamer was captured by a
itrol boat.
Incidentally, messages express the
illest confidence in Mr. Redmond
id the Irish Parliamentary party,
irne messages were given out for
lblieation by the Nationalist leader,
no from Sydney, signed "Mac-Carly."
reads:
"The sectional pro-flerman rioting
isgusts home rulers here. Take
art. Our race is with you and our
illnnt rnuntrvmpn at the front."
New York. April 27.?No one
imiliar with the course of Irish aflirs
since the outbreak of the war
as surprised at news of the insur'" ion
now in progress, according to
statement issued to-dav by John D.
00 re. National secretary of the
riends of Irish Freedom.
"The Irish rebellion was the act of
rave and patriotic men who are
"Mther firebrands nor hotheads." said
r. Moore. "Now that Mr. Asquith
is acknowledged that it has spread
1 over Ireland it is clear that the
prising has ojilv one meaning and
int is that Ireland is. as always,
solved to be free and independent.
"Convinced tbat England's necessies.
ever more pressing, would soon
rag them into war. thousands of
?llant Irishmen have revolted beiuse
they prefer to die fighting
*,1 In^t Pnclftn/l f T 1?-1 11
...in i.-I 11 r* lit ii (i man
jhting for England in the trenches
Flanders.
"If the rebellion succeeds, its load's
will rank with thp world's groat
on. If it fails, tho Irish will love
iom as they lovp Robert Emmet
ho rovolt doos not look liko a fa 11^p
now.
"Sudden and dramatic ai~ tho upsing
has boon, it would surprise no>dv
who has followod the course of
ish affairs sin^e the outbreak of
to war. Moreover, it completely
ta'ters the carefully constructed
vth th"t the mere passage of a
ioek home rule hill had transformed
land into an integral part of the
r'tish Empire."