Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IEI1IIMS118 MB Published Weekly ABBEVILLE. 8. C. Go swimming while the swimming Is good. Looks as if summer h..s returned ' from its vacation. Putting It mildly, summer has been very lenient with us this year. Once in a while summer remembers the address as well as the telephone number. Hay fever about this time of year ceases to be a theory and becomes a condition. i "Listen to your wife," advises a j . medical expert But what if you real ly need the sleep? What will our courts do without that garrulous ancient mariner, the hypothetical question? Some magazine might make a hit by putting the picture of a girl in a bathing suit on its cover. Thfl new mikado has only one wife. This may be taken as an Indication that he does not care for war. Switzerland has forbidden kissing In railway stations?so that trains may depart on time, we infer. It is said that the new emperor of Japan does not inherit his father's tendency to write poetry. Banzai! One source of wonder is why the most crowded restaurants usually em ploy the fattest waiters or waitresses. New York man threatens .to tour Europe on a capital bankroll of $75. We presume that he is a good swim mer. Now is the oldest inhabitant run ning around in circles trying to re- ! member a summer that beats this for J variety. The one redeeming feature of Chi cago's new magazine for poets is that i there is no law compelling any one | to read it An expert says that the automobile Is not displacing the horse. That, in a oeea, wouia De rants. lugrauiuug .># man's best friend. j A New Tork motorist used maple syrup In mistake for lubricating oil on his machine; and a sweet time he had of it, too. Lather Burbank is one of our best little benefactors, but the crowning glory of his career would be an odor . less motor car. New York man who is married to his mother-in-law says he is perfectly happy. This is a severe blow to the Jokesmlths' union. Women in Newport have taken up the fad of doing their own marketing. A woman will even descend to work If It is fashionable. Helen Keller, deaf, dumb and blind, has learned to sing. This Indicates that there Is hope for some of the 5 cent theater artists. Pupil in an aviation school in the fast fell 200 feet and escaped unhurt. 3everal football coaches are said to be looking him over. Why not ship the boys who are pos- ' sessed with a desire to be "bad men" j Jown to Mexico or Central America ' ind let them become revolutionists? (t wouldn't hurt us, and It might do the real revolutionists some good. There may be some truth in the ! Boston doctor's claim that beans are j more nourishing than beefsteak. Look ! at the Boston Red Sox. The double decked street car In N?w York carries 88 persons. Any old car can' carry 100, although It will j not seat but 50 of them. King George has Invented a new Tangled kitchen rage, but a glance at % his photograph convinces one that he never has invented a safety razor. Druggists are demanding that phy sicians' prescriptions be written leg ibly. What! Take the romance and mystery out of medicine? The aviators are still trying to make records. The air has a hypnotism of its own that no amount of accident or fatality seems able to overcome. A thief at Atlantic City made off with his booty in a motor boat. Evi dently he believes in having all thfl latest improvements in his business. A Chicago hotel clerk has been j fined $200 for flirting. Hotel clerks should confine themselves to the wear ing of sparklers and the business ol informing people that there are no |2-a-day rooms vacant The popularity of the automobile and the amount of leather used in the I manufacture of those vehicles will j force up the price of shoes for pefles- | trians. This is adding insult to in- ; jury in the motor craze's making even ! walking higher. A woman justice in a Chicago sub urb tried to get a number of universi- I ty men to act as a Jury in her court, j Being on their vacations, she failed I to capture them, and her dangerous j precedent of an intellectual jury did not go Into force. Englishmen who exclaim "My eye!" may not be so far wrong, after all. A speaker before the American Optical association Bays one eye is often out of alignment with the other eye, there by producing a great burden on th? brain. NEWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA The Latest News of General Interest That Has Been Collected From Many Towns and Counties. Columbia..?T? W. Childs has been named as magistrate in Pickens coun ty by the governor to take the place of J. O. Wilson, resigned. Abbeville.?John Wallace was ar- 1 rested here on the arrival of Seaboard Air Line train No. 53, charged with enticing labor, and carried back to Laurens county by C. R. Workman, j from whose plantation the laborers 1 were being persuaded to leave. Charleston.?County Chairman H. I W. Conner has received a request from the state Democratic committee for a copy of the poll lists of the first primary and he is now having the work done that it may be forwarded to the committee as soon as possible. Winnsboro.?J. Byrd, colored, kill ed another negro whose name was Cookie, on the plantation of M. D. Doty. After the killing the dead marl was thrown jin a creek with a stone around his neck. Further particulars could not be learned. Anderson.?The grand jury return ed a true bill against Jesse Murray, the young man arrested for the mur der of David Hutto, the aged Confed erate Veteran who was found with his head crushed to a pulp in his little stone on the outskirts of the city last Christmas. His case wjll be called for trial in the near future. Greenville.?In the opinion of rep-; resentatiVe farmers from various sec tions of this county, the cotton crop this year is about 40 per cent short. Last year the Greenville crop approx imated 38,000 bales, and it is figured that with the acreage reduced and general deterioration there will not be gathered more than 20,000 bales this year. St. Matthews:?Much favorable comment is heard about the cotton market here, some days the price paid being as much as a quarter bet-, ter than any of the neighboring mar kets. A live set of buyers and active j set of business men determined to make this the best market on the Southern south of Columbia are the causes. Pendleton.?Judging from the in terest being manifested since the list ; of premiums to be awarded at the \ old-time country fair, to be held here October 8, was made public, the ex-; hibits will be highly creditable, espec- j ially sa far as cattle are concerned, as there are several successful dairies in thta immpdiatfl section, besides other 1 fine breeds of cattle. Columbia. ? W. H. Andrews of Georgetown, an official of the Atlantic j Coast Lumber corporation, has been appointed by the govornor as a mem ber of his staff with the rank of col onel. D. B. Peurifoy of Walterboro has also been named as a colonel on > the staff of the governor. W. B. | Wise lias been appointed on the gov- j ernor*8 staff with the rank of col onel. Spartanburg.?Not quite' four years of age and weighing only 25 pounds, Willie Lee Lindsay, son of Henry j Lindsay, a negro, managed in Bome i manner to discharge a shotgun and j kill his eight year old half sister, I Marian Lindsay, at his home on J.! L. Maxwell's place, at East Spartan burg. Willie then sought his parents, who were away from home at the time, and informed them that a mad dog had killed Marian. Columbia.?B. A. Blont, the former car inspector for the Southern railway at the union station, who was con victed of grand larceny in the June term of the court 1910 for Richland county and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary, was granted a full pardon by the governor. Blont i was accused of taking clothes out of ! a trunk at the union station, and was i subsequently tried and convicted. On September 16, 1911, be was paroled, j Columbia.?A. F. Lever, representa tive from the Seventh congressional | district, has offered his services as a speaker in the national Democratic, campaign and has been assigned to | make a special tour in the states of | Maryland, Ohio, Missouri and Indiana. Mr. Lever will begin his speaking tour ! in Maryland about October 1 and ! make five speeches each day until the ' end of his trip throughout the four ! states. >> Columbia. ? Presbyterians propose to hold a banquet in Columbia in October. This will take place, it is announced, the week before the Field Sunday, October 13, following which there will be a canvass for the bene fit of the three educational institu- j tions of the synod of South Carolina. Columbia.?Arguments on the Spar-! tanburg telephone case will be heard j here before the railroad commission i on October 23, according to an an- i nnimr?pmpnt hv mpmhers of the com mission. The testimony was heard by the commission in Spartanburg on Thursday, Friday ana Saturday. Abbeville.?Mrs. Rachel Minshall has received her appointment as | postmistress for Abbeville. This j meets with th6 approval of the pat- { rons of the office and is very grati- : fying to Mrs. Minshall's many friends here. Columbia.?The supreme court in a decision by Associate Justice Woods | affirmed ttje verdict of the Edgefield county court in the case of Matthew ! Banks, detective, against W. G. 1 Wells, county supervisor; J. O. Har- i in and N. L. Broadwater, of the county j commissioners, and James T. Minis, : treasurer of Edgefield county. Rock Hill.?The Baptists of the ; city have purchased a building lot on East White street and in the near future will erect a handsome and commodious house of worship, cost ing something like $30,000. The plans will be drawn at once. Sumter.?In the Atlantic Coast Line yard there was a near-wreck. The combination baggage coach and negro passenger coach left the track it a split switch and one side settled down considerably lower than its nor mal position. No one was hurt but the negro passengers were rather frightened. SWEARS 10 KILL ALL AMERICANS IF THE UNITED STATES SENDS TROOPS IN THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC. WANTS MADERO TO RESIGN Rebel Leader Zapata Issues a Procla mation Filled With Bloody r Threats. New York.?Gen. Emiliano Zapata, .he rebel chieftain who is threatening lo attack Mexico City, gives his rea sons for his uprising against Presi dent Madero in a statement forward id from his camp at Yautepec More os. He says: "So that the people of the United States may know why the revolution is going on against Madero in south ern Mexico, I make this statement. "I charge Madero with making promises to reduce taxes to induce the people to follow him against Diaz. He has kept none of these promises. I charge him with promising to in CI trdDC LUD UlACO VJU 10.150 uu that the owners would have to cut theip up and thus give the poor man a chance to buy a little farm. He has not kept this promise. "I charge Madero with ignoring the men who helped him win and with putting into places of trust at large salaries seventy-three of his rela tives. "I demand that Madero resign the presidency; that he' and his family leave the republic forever. The gov ernment must not give them a cent nn whirh tn en for the Madero familv has had enough of the government money. "I do not want the presidency, but I do demand an honest election, at which I will agree not to be a candi date. Immediately on the election the laws must be revised from top to bot torn so as to give the poor man a chance. "I have 18,000 men under arms in eighteen states of Mexico, while Pas cual Orozco, with whom I have no connection, has control of two states, making twenty states under -arms. If I am victorious, I shall drive Orozco from the country." Accompanying the statement is the following declaration regarding the ?? hv tVlP IUU1U10 U1 (ICUUiug 1UW1 .V.UV.WU United States in Mexico: "If intervention comes I will kill every American in Mexico. Then I will enter Mexico City, but It will be to join the Federal army to fight the Northern invaders." STRIKERS DEFY OFFICERS Trouble Caused by Refusal of Opera tors to Grant Increase in Wages. Bingham, Utah.?Bullets greeted 35 deputy sheriffs who attempted to draw the fires under boilers at the Great Western copper mines here. ffmm hohind breastworks they had thrown up, striking miners who quit work because the 'Utah Copper com pany and several other concerns re fused them an increase in wages, fired upon the officers and drove them from the mine works. None was injured. Earlier in the day, however, while armed strike pickets stood guard at he approaches of the various prop erties firing shots into the air, one of heir number was wounded by Theo lore Schweitzer, a deputy. The dep uty had ordered the picket to cease firing. Upon his refusal Schweitzer shot the miner in the wrist. Only one of the great copper mines here, that of the Utah Apex Mining company, continued operations. The company signed a contract with the miners a few days ago. The Great Utah Copper, one of the most productive copper mines of the world; the Utah Consolidated, United States, Binghanr-New Haven. Ohio Copper, Bingham Mines and a score of lesser mines, tne Bingnam auu vjai fleld railway and the ore traffic on the copper belt branch of the Rio Grande railway, were closed tightly. Four thousand men, mostly foreign ers, were idle and almost every idle man bore a weapon of some sort. They gathered in little groups discuss ing their grievances. 800 Corpses Left on the Field. Rome, Italy.?The most sanguinary engagement of the war in Tripoli was fought near Derne, a town on the Afediterranean coast, 140 miles north east of Bengazi. The Italians lost 61 men and 113 wounded. The Turks m' xV OAA rT n<-i A n n and Arabs leit more man ouu u^uu the field. Forty-one prisoners, includ ing an Arab chief, fell into the hands of the Italians. The battle opened at daybreak when a force of Turks and Arabs surprised and attacked the Ital ian lines. The fight raged for four hours, and the Italians won signally. American Murdered in Nicaragua. "Washington.?Xfcaraguan dispatch es to the state department indicate that the American first named as Phil lips, who was murdered by the rebels with another American named Dodd at the battle of Leon, on August 19. really was an American named Cra ven, although no more is known of him. It is developed that Craven, badly wounded, was carried by Dodd to a hut, where the rebels fell upon them. Neither was armed, and they were murdered in cold blood. General Zeledon was hacked to pieces. Double Funeral for Nogi and Wife. Tokio, Japan.?The double funeral of Gen. Count Maresuke Nogi, su preme military councillor' of Japan, and his wife, the Countess Nogi, was held at the Aoyama cemetery In the presence of enormous crowds. Repre sentatives of the special foreign en voys and the resident ambassadors and ministers participated in the pro cession, which altogether numbered upward of 50,000 persons. The ritu alist ceremony at the great funeral hall was extremely impressive. MOUNTED WE present herewith portrait* of t on the steed which he hopes w fast travelers. ENTER SUIT AGAINST I BUS I GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING TO DIS SOLVE INTERNATIONAL HAR VESTER COMPANY. Hearing Is One of Several to Be Held l,n Various Cities Through out Country. ' Chicago.?Taking of testimony in the government suit to dissolve the International Harvester company, a $140,000,000 corporation, charging it with a violation of the Sherman anti trust law, was begun here before Spe cial Examiner Robert S. Taylor. Clarence S. Funk, general manager of the corporation, was the first wit ness. The hearing is one of several to be held in various cities. The defendants include George W. Perkins, Cyrus T. McCormick, Elbert H. Gary, president of the steel corpo ration; George F. Baker, Norman B. Ream, Charles Deering and Harold F. McCormick. The filing of the suit in St. Paul In April was determined upon after the department of justice and the compa ny had failed to agree to a dissolu tion dividing the corporation's proper ty among new companies, by" court order, as\ was done in the American Tobacco company's case. The government charges that the present defendant by combining the five largest agricultural implement manufactories In 1902, created a trust and monopolized eighty-five to ninety per cent, of the trade, and threatens to continue to monopolize harvesting machinery business in interstate com merce. - ^1 maniai law ui uuai nciuo. Charleston, W. Va.?Gen. Charles D. Elliott, commanding the West Virginia troops in the field, arranged to carry out p. possible order from Governor Glasscock extending the martial law district in the Kanawha coal country. Found Spring and Robbed Museum. "Boston.?Solving the secret of a hid den spring which opened a case of valuable miniatures at the Museum of Fine Arts, Daniel C. Lavery stole $2, 000 worth of art treasures, according to his admissions in court. The rob bery is the first of the kind which has occurred at the museum. Just how Lavery gained possession of the secret of the spring is still a mystery, .lis arrest followed s.n attempt to dis pose of some of the articles in a pawn shop. Lets Brother Hang to Run for Doctor. New ark, N. J.?I? Adam Ruff had retained his presence of mind when he discovered his brother, Frederick, try ing to commit suicide by hanging, the inttpr would now be alive, it is be lieved. Ah it was, Adam became pan Ic-sticken and allowed his brother, who had just hanged himself, to re main suspended for two hours while he went to call the country physician to the scene. By that time Frederick had long been dead. Young Militiaman Killed. San Mateo, Cal.?Charles N. Kirk bride, an attorney of this city and a lieutenant in the Eleventh company, coast artillery reserves, known as the "Millionaire Company," was shot and fatally wounded by a young highway man who robbed two cars of the elec tric line between this place and San Francisco. There was one woman aboard the first car and the robber forced her to collect the passengers' valuables. FOR THE WHITE HOU COTYDtOMT 2 he three leading entries In the White 111 land him at the goal. The donkey. ,? AND WIFE SUM LIKE THE SUMARAI OF OLD NOGI SLITS THROAT WHILE WIFE COMMITS HARI KARI. Act Carefully Planned by the Couple as Final Tribute to Their Departed Friend. Tokio, Japan.?General Count Ma ronsunke Nogi, supreme military counsellor of the .empire, and his wife, the Countess Nogi, committed suicide in accordance with the ancient cus- i torn, as a final tribute to their de parted emperor and friend, Mutsuhito. Thf> death bv their own /hands of famous general and his wife was as dramatic as it was sad. The general 1 cut his throat with a short sword, and the countess committed hari- ; kari. f ' ] General Nogi and the counters had , attended the funeral services of Mut- , suhito at the palace here, and it was , expected that they would proceed to Aoyama with the cortege. Instead, however, at the conclusion of the cer- , emony at the palace they withdrew to ; their modest home in Akasaka, a sub- , urb of Tokio. and there began their , final preparations for death. First, the general wrote a letter to his new emperor, Yoshihito, which la- . ter was found beside his body. Then , he draped in mourning a portrait of the late emperor, which hung on the wall, and afterward ne ana ais wuc dressed themselves in full Japanese j costume and drank a farewell cup of "sake" from cups which had been . presented to the general by Mutsu hito. 1 Darkness had fallen and General Nogi and the countess sat and await ed the signal they had agreed upon to announce their leave-taking. . As the boom of the gun resounded through the clear, still night, General Nogi arose and. grasping in his hand a short sword, plunged it into his I throat, while tlie countess stabbed herself through the body. . ( Troops to Stop Rioting. Duluth, Minn.?Business organiza tions appealed to Governor Eberhardt for troops to help quiet the riotous outbreaks that compelled tne street car company to suspend service after six carmen had been injured by strik- , ers and their friends. Five arrests , were made, but the police could do little with the crowds. Stone throw ers were ost In the mass, and there ( were not enough officers to drive ' back the attackers. Mob violence flung itself up the main street and through the city. , Man Is Shot Down. Blue Ridge, Ga.?Molt Hughes, of Rock Creek district. Fannin county, was murdered in the presence of his wife, and their little child, which Mrs. Hughes held in her arms, so in- 1 jured that it is not expected to live. . An attempt was made to kill Hughes ] from ambush, but only a part of a < load of shot struck him in the him in the hip. doing no serious injury. He | was aroused, called to his door and shot, the ball entering his neck under | the chin. He fell outside the door, . and was snot twice muic. Victor Allen Given Liberty. Wytheville. Va.?Victor Allen, last of the Allen clansmen to be tried, was I acquitted of the charge of having par- ] ticipated in the Carroll county court- 1 house murders at Hillsville late in i .March. Arguments in the case were concluded, and the jury retired. After i remaining out thirty minutes the ver diet was returned. The announcement j of "not guilty" occasioned a demon- , stration by the spectators present, a < large number of whom were women , and children. i SE RACE n m or UNDM.VWOOP > UNUiHwOOftX*" House race of 1912, each mounted the elephant and tho moose are all THE NEW NEWSPAPER LAW FIRST RETURNS MUST BE MADE, UNDER THE NEW LAW, BY OCTOBER 1, 1912. Hitchcock Doesn't Like Law, But Says He Will Strictly En force It. Washington. ? Postmaster General Hitchcock Issued instructions for car rying into effect the new newspaper and periodical law, first returns under which must be made by October 1. I The law requires that publishers shall file on the first days of April and October of each year, both with the postmaster general and with the local postmaster, under penalty of de nial of the use of mails, a sworn statement of the names and addresses of the owner, publisher, editor, man aging editor and business manager of their newspapers and periodicals. Re ligious, fraternal, temperance and sci entific publications are excepted. For a corporation, the names of the hold ers of more than one per cent of the Btocks, bonds or other securities must be given, and, in the case of daily newspapers, a statement of the aver age paid circulation for the preceding six months is required. All edtiorial or other reading mat ter appearing in a newspaper or mag azine for the publication of which pay Is accepted or promised, must be marked "advertisement" under Den alty of a fine of ncft less than $50 ^'Although the law was not favored by the postoffice department," said Postmaster General Hitchcock, "it will be administered faithfully and impar tially. ' In framing the act, congress doubtless had in mind the leading dai ly newspapers, but it will affect also nearly 18,000 weeklies. Many of these publication a.e having a hard strug gle for existence and will find the making of returns a considerable bur den. Unable to Handle Orient's Trade. J Tacoma, Wash. ? Oriental trade ! with P.uget Sound is breaking all pre vious records. Visions of the trans-: Pacific traffic pictured fifteen or twen-1 ty years ago by Judge Peter Gross-1 cup of Chicago; James J. Hill and others have come true. The tonnage for the Orient now offering is greater j than the steamship lines can provide ; space for. The Blue Funnel line from Tacoma, the largest fleet that comes : to Puget Sound, announces that every inch of available space by its steam ers has been engaged vr to February. Bride Held Gun at Her Wedding. New Orleans.?Determined to wed, despite all obstacles, Emmett R. Solo mon and Miss Lucille Bonnettte. both of Alexandria, La., slipped away to N'ew Orleans, and were married. The bride displayed a big six-shooter, after the ceremony, and expla'ned that she was preparfed to use it had any one J tried again to stop the wedding. It was their third attempt to elope with- j in the past, week, and both heaved j sighs of relief when the ceremony was over, and they departed for home.' Diamonds Are Found in Soap. Newburg, X. Y.?Inbedded in shav- J ing soap said by police to be the j property of William Grace, detectives found hidden a diamond scarf pin and I two diamond rings which they declare 1 answer the description of gems worn by Grace's brother. Jack the wrestler, i who was fcund murdered under a sofa ; in a club. Relatives regard the dis j jovery as ?.n important development in the mystery of the wrestler's j 1eath. William Grace is being held j In custody on a charge of bigamy. : ' . ' '' '.- fa t . : . ->. >. ADMIRAL SOUTHERLAND IS IN i THE FIELD WITH A FORCE OF 2,000 MEN. . NEWS IS INDEFINITE YET/ / The Delayed Telegrams Report That the American Blue Jackets Were ' Fired Upon as They Attempted to Open Railway Several Days Ago. Washington.?Severe fighting bo tween American naval -forces and Nicaraguan revolutionists is believed to have occurred in the past few days near Barranca,, although reports from the scene are so meager that officials ' here have no definite idea of what has happened. Rear Admiral South erland is in the field, probably with upwards of 2,000 men, and if plans have not miscarried, by this time he has cleared the route o'f the National Railway of opposing rebels and re lieved the famine-threatened city of Granada. ? European attention to affairs In Nicaragua at this time is believed to be one of the possibilities of the sit uation. The Washington government in sending relief to the beleaguered city Granada, populated by many for eigners, had hoped to avert any pre tex for landing European military or naval forces on Central American soil. The British vice' consul at Matagalpa has reported two British subjects murdered by the rebels at Achuapa. It is expected, how.ever,. the British government before taking action upon its own account will await the results of the American campaign. A delayed cablegram from Admiral' Southerland, dated Managua, 11 o'clock p. m., September 17, and porting that American blue jackets and marines were fired upon as they attempted to open the railway, just reached the Navy Department. De layed reports also said the Granada relief party had been fired upon; that the officer in command had halted 1 ? and sent to Managua ior reiniui mo ments, and that Admiral Southerland had gone to the rescue with two com panies of marines and a detachment j of sailors. Whether or not there waa i more firing from the rebels before] the additional American force arriv ed is not known. Electorial Mix-Up to Be Clarified. Harrisonburg, Pa.?The electoral I mix-up in Pennsylvania, Involving] Taft and Roosevelt electors is expect* ed to be cleared up when the repub-| lican state committee will meet here.l j If the agreement entered Into by thel I Roosevelt and Taft supporteru is car-| | ried out, all the Roosevelt men 01 the republican electorial ticket wllj j withdraw and go on the Washington j party ticket, by which name the pr gressjve party in Pennsylvania iq | known. The vacancies op. the reput li will than Ka wttl | HLClii tlV/AUU TT XX A vuuu wv Taft men. Fast Train Hit* Open Switch. Lexington, Ky.?Two persons wer probably fatally Injured and 18 othe^ more or less seriously injured whe Louisville & Nashville passenger trail No. 32 bound from Cincinnati to th^ south plunged through an opex switch a quarter of a mile north o| Klserton, Ky., throwing the engi from the track and wrecking eighl freight cars on a siding. The probably fatally injured are: Fireman Joseplj Faulkoner of Covington, Ky., and Ei gineer Rsk of Paris, Ky. Get $12,500 For Capture of Aliens.] Richmond, Va?The state of Viif TvJfh HofontivAfl whl ; giuia ociucu r>^vu uv<.w... .. | were employed to capture member of the Allen outlaw band which "sh< I up" - the Carroll county court 01 I March 14. Including previous settl^ ! ments, about $12,500 has been paitf i the Commonwealth. Governor Man| I gave W. G. Baldwin a warrant on state auditor for $2,300, the amount j the rewards offered for the capture | Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwardl ' Duluth Car Strike Still On. Duluth, Minn.?While disorder riot reigned in Superior, Wis., strikir car men in Duluth devoted their tii to posting pickets at the car barns the Duluth street railway comps but no violence was attempted on tt side of the bay. That the winning the street car strike by the men only a question of time and that thj are gaining in strength every day the contention of the striking car me None of the old employes went ba^ to work during the last 24 hours, was declared. President Taft Declines. Beverly, Mass.?An invitation President Taft to enter in joint deba with Eugene V. Debs, the nominee the Socialist party for President, declined by White House officia The invitation suggested that oratorical encounter take place Philadelphia on the night of Septe ber 28 and assurances were gi\ that 20,000 persons would come hear it. The President's declinati| was based upon the fact that he announced his intention of taking speaking part in me campaign. Mexican Rebels Released. Marfa, Tex.?Col. Pascual Orod and his five companions, advisers f Orozco, Jr., leader of the Mexican bellion in north, who were captu^ by United States troops at Presid Tex., were found not guilty of neutj ity law violations at their hearing fore United States CommissioJ Griffith and released. The el| Orozco and Jose Cordeva were arrested at request of the Mexij consul at El Paso. An effort willl made to obtain their extradition| Mexico on the charge of murder '? J < v.