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VOL. 11, No. 02. SEM
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Reach No
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Conferences On Border
Ended Without Result in
Settlement.
LEAVE QUESTIONS
TO THE DIPLOMATS
if., i i n?i c-iii-J
Eiiuirc inmirr .tuisi in* neuu'O
Through Medium of Regular
Exchanges?Carranza Said to
Have Blocked Negotiations.
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El Paso, Toxus, May 11.?After almost
two weeks of discussion the conferences
of Gen. Hugh L. Scott, Gen.
Frederick Funston and Gen. Alvaro
Obregon, Mexican minister of war,
over American troop dispositions in
Mexico, came to an end to-night without
any pgreement being reached,
jjftie whole matter was referred back
s i*6 the American and defacto governments
to be settled through diplomatic
channels.
To-night the situation is almost exactly
where it stood before the conferences
began. The Mexican government
still insists on the withdrawal
of Gen. Pershing's columns upon a
certain date and wants that date to
come quickly. It is known that G<*n.
Obregon has been willing to make
concessions in order to reach an
agreement with the American con
ferees. Ho has boon overruled. however,
by the first ohiof. Vonustlano
Carranza, and his advisers. After
practically conceding the demands of
the American con ferees he was compelled
to remove his attitude.
After Two Conferences
The end of the negotiations came
after two conferences had been held.
The first began at 10 and lasted until
1 p. m., when a recess was taken unJ
til 4 p. ra. to permit Gen. Obregon
to keep a lunch engagement. Sharp
npon the hour the conference was renewed.
After two hours an a half,
however, came the end. Gen. Obregon,
accompanied by Juan Amador,
Mexican secretary of foreign affairs,
emerged from the private car
occupied by Gen. Scott and Gen. Funaton,
walked rapidly down the railway
yards, climbed into his waiting
ontnmnhiln and drnvp A WAV.
Gen. Obregon was accompanied :o
his machine by Oen. Funston. The
Mexican confree's manner was abrupt
and vexed, but Gen. Funston
smiled cheerily as he bade him goodbye.
Oen. Funston reentered the car.
Then Col. Robert ,E. Lee Michie, aide
to Oen. Scott, came out and distributed
copies of the following statement
to the waiting newspaper men:
No llrettk in Friendship
"We wish to announce that aftcv
several conferences marked throughah#
if i I it AAnonloti Alia noiivinau anil
good will, in which conferences mutual
impressions were exchanged and
Information was collected on the military
situation on the frontier, it was
agreed by the conferees to suspend
the conferences and report back to
their governments in order that these
be able through their, respective foreign
departments to conclude this
matter, and that the ending of these
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SPARTANBURG MUSICAL
EVENT TO BE BETTER
THANJVER
Hundreds of Elks Will Vise
Attend A c c o u n I Annua
Meeting.
Spartanburg. May 12.?SpecialPlans
are now complete for the re
ception and entertainment of bun
dreds of visitors which Spartanburj
is expecting next week for the annua
music festival and the annual stat<
convention of the 13. P. O. Klks, tc
bo hold Wednesday, Thursday am
Friday. Prominent visitors fron
many states are expected, amonj
them being Fairfax Harrison. Presi
dent of the Southern Railway. Th?
city will be in gala attire; all of tin
principal streets and shop windows
will be decorated with the purph
and white colors of the Elks.
With a soster of artists including
some of the most noted stars in this
country and in Europe, a progran
containing a number of favorits
masterpieces heard here before, in
eluding the "Messiah,Handel's im
mortal oratorio, and a number o
pieces not heard before which wil
add freshness and interest, togethei
with the return for the eighth en
gagement here of Walter Dnmrosct
and his fifty members New Yorl<
SJvmnhnnv Qnei ot ? tf n #*
? j Mwvivi/ w> v mx nn n , a i uur
binatioti which knows no peer in the
world of music, the music festival
bids fair to measure fully up to the
high standards of achievement sel
in the previous twenty-one years ol
its history. The artists are: Mlsf
Anna Case, famous Metropolitar
soprano, said to be the most beautiful
American woman in grand opera,
a girl who has made her way as th?
daughter of a village blacksmith to
an exalted position in the world ol
song; Miss Tilly Koenen, the great
Dutch contralto, who is in this
country only because the war prevents
her tilling engagements In
Europe, will be the featured star ol
Artists' night; Mrs. Merle Tlllotson
% ln/x,.lr 1 T r%
i\, ruiuuiuu, ami .iiiini \ etuipbell,
teuor, who were among the
moat popular singers at laat year's
festival, and have received warm approval
In every appearance of Mr.
Damrosch's tour to the Pacific coast;
Miss Laura Combs, soprano, who was
received so delightfully at a concert
here last winter; Theodore Harrison,
baritone, who made a distinct
hit at the 1914 festival; and Robert
Maltlchd, the young English bass
who has been highly praised in New
York.
The Converse College Choral society
and the Children's chorus have
grown so that it has been necessary
to enlarge the big stage in the auditorium.
The former now numbers
about 300 and the later 550. Roth
organizations are singing in fine
style.
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> General Joffro reviewing the rego
capturing Verdun. These regiments
which they had been engaged. They
' commemorates the battle of St. Duie
* KINC; SUCCEEDS
PAUL ALFORD AS
COMMERCIAL A (J EN'! i
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I .1. P. King, agent for the P. and N.
r railroad for the past several months. J
* has been promoted to the otlice of |
i commercial agent to relieve Paul Al'
ford who resigned his connection
with the P. and N. recently to become,
> chief clerk to Theodore Dehon. genI
eral southern agent for the C. <'. and
* O. Railway company. Mr. King will
t ussume his nt>\v duties May 15.
Mr. King will be relieved as agent
ij in Spartanburg by \V. I. Rankin, for-1
l I nipr fhir>f oloplf tr. ?lin 1> C '
agents at Charlotte. and who for the
few month** has been agent for the
company at Mt. IIollv, N. C.
Paul Alford had already entered
upon his new duties as thief clerk to
Mr. dehon at the local commercial
i agency of the C. C. and O.
In his now duties as commercial
t agent Mr. King will continue hi*
' headquarters in Spartanburg.
CONHT\lU,K CIIAItl.KV t'ASKKl j
, IH)FS (HM)D WOltk
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Hate yesterday afternoon Constable
Charley Caske> was notified
that a robbery had been committed
iu a home on the J. JJ. Harper place
,1 t.o f eiol.. ?...! iu-. ..
uvni uism, auu Liiiti .1 miu m riotncs.
cap, and $1.20 in money liad been
stolen.
Mr. Caskey Immediately got busy 1
and this morning about day light j
rounded up a negro, ltainey Williams. |
alius Tom Williams, who is now lodg-i
ed in jail. All of the wearing apparel
, was recovered and 20 cents of the
money. The negro lias confessed,
j He claims bis home to be at Florence,
S. C.
Mr. Caskey is to lie congratulated
in handling this case to a successful
conclusion so promptly.
ie Battle Ci
Thursday, Frida1
May 18,
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INVITE
TRADE
saturd;
Artillery
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3F VERDUN PARADE BE
;rriiiii;?. m f
uonts which have prevented the Germm
were singled out and taken to St. IMzk
were reviewed in the s<|iinrr at St. IM:
r, whici. was besieged by the Germans 4
AFTER BRAN DEIS AGAIN'!
i
Tin Witnesses Summoned for Hear-1 ]
ing To-duy
Washington, May 11.?Three \\ ?tnesses
Louis K. Liggett, George C.
Anderson and Frederick E. Snow, al! !
of Hoston were summoned to-day to '
testify to-morrow before the senate s
judiciary subcommittee investigating '
tlie fitness of Louis I). Brandies for '
the supreme bench. They will be ex- 1
amined in accordance with an order '
of the judiciary committee regarding 1
Mr. Brandeis' connection, if any. with
the merger of the United Cigar Stores '
and the Biker-Uegeman Drug Stores. 1
DORAL KAN SAYS
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Weather forecast for South Carolina:
CJenorally fair Friday and <
Saturday; sliahtly cooler Friday in i
interior. <
1
When one looks at the beautiful \
display windows and reads tlie ad- I
vertisinft of tlie live wide-a-wake \
men hunts in The News each week, a
<t can then he understood why so
many people trade in Lancaster and ?
further why the impression prevails f
the country over that "Lancaster r
Leads." c
ry ot Pea
y and Saturday
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is from piercing cue French lines and
?r to rest from the terrHic struggle in
der in front of the monument which
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WINS BY ONE VOTE
t
i>r. EsDorn Kittled A Merman at
Walterbnrn
\\ eiicrooro, .Ma> 11.? On Tuesday
i . second municipal election was
ield for ih? purpose of selecting the
ixth alderman of the town, the race
icing between IC. L). Lemaclcs and
Dr. Charles. 11. EsDorn. Dr. EsDorn
ivas the winner by one vote in an
lection in which much interest was
leiuon^trated.
The new administration will consist!
>f John D. Glover, mayor, with D. B.
Black. clerk and treasurer, and a
member of town-council with the following
other members: A. K. Beach,
It. L. Fraser, E. L. Fishburne, G. C.
Brown and Dr. EsDorn, in occupation
>eing omposed of three merchants,
s bank cashier, a lawyer and a physician
The new government will be j
? T-.-.-m.ni vf tn composition and
nuoh is expected from it along the
ine of accomplishment.
ADDRESS BY SNYDER
iVofford President Speaks at
St. Matthews
St. .Matthews, May 11.?A number
if the Confederate veterans of this
ounty .vere here yesterday to participate
!n the exercises Riven by the;
ocai cnapter, I'. I). C. A grand dinner
v. as given them by (lie ladies of the
I). <\ An appropriate programme
va-< carried out and in the afternoon .
in address was made by President ,
?uyder of Wofford college at the
Methodist church. It was a great day
or these men who were defeated but ,
lot conquered during the hardships
if the '60s.
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Adults
Childrc
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Supplant Furious Infantry
Engagements in Sector of
Verdun Fortress.
CONFLICTING NEWS
OF TURKS' EFFORTS
Russians Toll of Continued Successes
Against Moslems While
Constantinople Reports Considerable
Defeat for Slavs in
the Caucasus.
The infantry actions in the region
of Verdun have again given way to
.ii init-ry oiiranannnonts, the most violent
of which was directed against
the French positions in the Caillette
wood and their second lines on the
right bank of the Mouse. Bombardment?
also have taken place along
the front held by (he Belgians, and
mining operations and artillery duels
have predominated on the British
front. A severe artillery duel is in
progress around the Ilohenzollern redoubt
between the British and Germans.
During the night there was another
shift in the line of attack upor
Verdun, according to the afternoon
French war otlice announcement.
Holding in check their forces on
tiie west bank of the Mouse, where
they recently have scored important
successes, the Germans a era in took
the offensive on the easterly side of
the stream, launching an attack near
Vnux. northeast of the fortress Thp
attack was unsuccessful, Paris declares.
Probable speedy resumption of infantry
drives northwest of the fortress,
however, is indicated by the
report of heavy firing by the artillery
in the region of the Avoeourt wood
southwest of Hill 304.
The French themselves are making
vigorous attacks on the German lin?s
in the Verdun region, according to
Berlin, which announces an assault
near Dead Man's hill and another
southeast of Hill 304. Both attacks
were broken up by German fire, it is
declared.
The Eastern front situation l?
growing more interesting. All along
the line the Russians were the object*
of occasional sharp thrusts by the
Teutonic allies. They seem to be
contending themselves with standing
off these attacks and are attempting
no offensive. In at least one instance
they failed to hold their line, however,
according to Berlin, which reports
tho cant ii ro COO ' -
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Russian position near Selburg.
Increased activity is reported from
the Ralkans. There has been much
firing by heavy artillery and some infantry
clashes have occured on the
Macedonian frontier. Athens dispatches
to-day report brisk fighting
north of Avlona. apparently indicating
that the Austrians are about t?
move against the Italians and such
other forces as may be assisting them
in holding the Adriatic seaport of
Avlona, Albania.
Much importance is attached it
Petrograd to the Russian operations
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