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COUNTY SCHOOL FUND ALLOTTED 8TATE AID GRAND TOTALS FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. LATE STATE CAPITOL NEWS ft?vl?w of The Latest News Gathered Around the State Capitol That Will of Interest to Our Readers Over 8outh Carolina. Columbia. The state department of education was busy a few days ago paying all applications for rural graded school eld on file with the state superinten dent. Two hundred and thirty-one schools in 37 counties received $55, 400. Warrants were forwarded to the several county treasurers, and the money will be paid out by the dis trict trustees with the approval of the county superintendent, as other school funds are disbursed. In commenting on the educational situation, John E. Swearlngen, state superintendent of edubation, said that In his opinion he rapid growth of these two-teacher and three-teacher schools in the rural districts is the most significant educational develop ment now going on in the state. For the scholastic year 1911-12, $15,000 was appropriated for the en couragement and maintenance of this type of school. This appropriation was increased to $20,000 for 1912-13. The legislature at its recent session appropriated $60,000 for these schools and this first payment for the current year required all of this appropria tion but 4,600. It is certain that additional applications will come in fiwvm o farar nf thp SAVAI1 POUlltieS V?t to be heard from. A considerable number of school districts are planning to vote the four-mill tax required for participa tion in this fund, and theee special tax elections will be held during April and May. Applications from such districts will be filed as soon as the results of the special tax elections can be ascertained and the four-mill levies reported to the county auditors. Mr. Swearlngen supplies the fol lowing tabulation of rural graded schools which are this year In receipt of state aid: $ 500 Aiken 300 Anderson .. 6,400 Bamberg . .. 2 400 Berkeley 300 Cherokee .. 200 Chester .. 3 800 Chesterfield.. . 1,300 Clarendon .. 1,100 Colleton .. 5 1,100 Darlington .. . 3,000 Dillon . .. 10 2,400 Dorchester.. .. .. 1 200 Edeefleld .. .. 400 Florence .. 5 1,400 Georgetown.. .. .. 1 300 Greenville.. 6,000 Hampton , 2 600 2,700 500 Kershaw 1,300 Lancaster .. 7 1,500 Laurens 2,300 Lee .. 2 600 Lexington .. 200 Marion 300 Marlboro .. 700 Newberry .. .. 6 1,200 Oconee 2,900 urangeDurg o j.,*uu Pickens 6 1,400 Saluda 5 1,200 Spartanburg .. ..18 4,200 Sunater 7 1,500 Union 1 200 Williamsburg .... 7 1,700 York 13 2,800 Total <231 $55,400 Places Wires Underground Soon. The Columbia city council at ite regular meeting recently took steps loking to the placing underground of all telephone and telegraph wires in the city. The undertaking was pro posed by Mayor Gibbes and agreed to unanimously by the councilmen, Boy Scout Chief in Columbia. Franklin K. Matthews, of New York, chief 9cout librarian, Boy Scouts of America, Is visiting Colum bia in the interests of the book de partment of that movement. His pur pose is to see all the leaders of the city who are in any way responsible for the direction of boy life, calling their attention to the importance of the boys' reading. The Bov Snout irnvemPTit has hppn I very badly misrepresented, he sayc, because of the many Boy Scout story books that have been published Prof. Hand Released. The petition of Prof. William H. Hand that he be released from his ac ceptance of the presidency of Ander son College was unanimously granted by the trustees of the institution held here recently. A committee of educa tors appeared before the trustees sev eral days ago and urged that Profes sro. Hand be released, and later Pro fessor Hand came in person to also ask for release, stating that great pressure had been brought to bear upon him to retain his position as high school inspector. New Editor For Church Visitor. A r?f linnn A1-. ~ JTLV. UUh UpUll \.L.Ul tilt" Rev. W. H. Greever, D. D., from the position of editor in chief, manager and treasurer of the Lutheran Church Visitor, the Lutheran board of pub lication recently appointed the Rev. .J. W. Horine, D. D., of Philadelphia, to succeed Dr. Greever as editor and manager, and R. C. Counts, bookkeep er and cashier of the board of publi cation, as treasurer of the Lutheran Church Visitor. Dr. Greever's resig nation becomes effective March 31, 1914. Charleston Man Heads Teachers. Special from Spartanburg says: With the election of A. B. Rhett of Charleston as president and of other officers, and with the selection of Florence as the next meeting place, the South Carolina State Teachers' association recently ended a three days' session. Besides the election of officers and other business, the meet ing was featured by a number of strong addresses on subjeots germane to the purposes of the convention. Only one business session was held. The first matter of importance was the election of officers, which result ed as follows: President, A. B. Rhett, superintendent of the city schools of Charleston; chairman of executive committee, E. S. Dreher, superintend ent of city schools of Columbia; first vice president, E. C. McCants, super intendent of city schools of Anderson; second vice president, Miss Wil Lou /"Ivotr T onrone TVin +ornia nf TJ T aj I i^uuicuo. jluv wv* . ? - Baker of Columbia, secretary, and C. V. Neuffer of Bennettsville, treasurer, have not expired. Without contest the teacherB de cided that the next meeting of the as sociation be held in Florence, the time to be set later. J. E. Swearingen, state superinten dent of education, and W. H. Hand, state high school inspector, were the chief speakers at this session. Mr. Swearingen spoke on the needs of the teachers and of the schools. He said that educational leaders were making every effort to get such leg islation as would inure to the benefit of the educational system of the state. He urged that the teachers do their besrt in co-operating with the leaders in the campaign for educational reforms. Mr. Hand spoke on the condition of the teaching profession, whioh he said we growing better and better in this state. Dr. D. D. Wallace, professor of his tory in Wofford college, made a short address on "The Necessity for True Democracy in the Teaching Profes sion." At the close of the session the trophy cup for the largest attendance of teachens was awaraea to l^aurens county, Spartanburg, as host, with drawing from the contest in order that some visiting county might have a chance. The cup was presented by Prof. R. C. Burts of Greenville and was accepted by Superintendent Sul livan of Laurens county. First Oil Mill at Columbia. ' Columbia was probably the site of the first cotton seed oil mill in this country, according to W. B. West, who quotes, in a paper written for Southern School News (Columbia), a passage from Mills' "Statistics of South Carolina," published in 1826, aa follows: "Dr. Benjamin Waring es tablished the first paper, oil and grist mills at Columbia, and pressed from cotton seed a very good oil.'* Mr. West is assistant secretary of the South Carolina Cotton Seed Crushers' Association and has his offices in the Bank of Columbia building, Columbia Woman Suffrage In 8. C. Over 80 names have been register ed In the Suffragist league of Colum bia and among them not a few men's names. At the meeting held recently at the Jefferson hotel the following executive committee was appointed: Dr. Jane Bruce Guignard, Mrs. Robert Wilson Gibbes, Miss Jennie G. Gibbes, Mrs. W. C. Cathcart, Mrs. J. E. Poore, Mrs. W. M. Bostlck, Mrs. Henry Mar tin, chairman, and Mrs. Lewis P. Chamberlayne, secretary. Plumber Examiners Named. Mayor Gibbes recently named H. J. Bassler, master plumber, and G. S. Northy, journeyman plumber, as members of the city board of plumb ers' examiners, as required under the bill of the late Pringle T. Youmans, member of the house from Richland county, which was passed at the re cent session of the general assembly. W. A. Boyd, M. D., city health officer, will be an ex-on'icio member of the hnarri. New South Carolina Charters. Crescent Billiard Parlor of Sumter has been commissioned by the secre tary of state with a capital of $2,000. The petitioners are C. H. Burrows and H. C. Cuttino. Valk & Murdoch of Charleston has been chartered with a capital of $150,000. The officers are Charles R. Valk, president and treasurer and J. D. Smith, vice president. The com pany will do a general machine shop business. Next Step is Cattle Development "South Carolina's next logical step for agricultural development is of absolute necessity to be the establish ment of a real live stock industry. This is the need of the hour, for we can not go ahead buying millions of dollars worth of meat from the West, and we can not advance much fur ther on the basis of suicidal use of mixed fertlizer with no barnyard ma nure. The steps now underway to eradicate the cattle tick will remove the last barrier in what is a better liv<5 stock territory than the West. Horse Show Members Meet. Stockohlders of the Columbia Horse Show association met in a mass meet ing a few days ago in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce in the Palmetto building for the purpose of effecting the organization of the as sociation. Even before the Columbia i association was organized, inquiries were coming in from owners of horses ' in various parts of the country. The premium list for the coming show has 1 gone to the printers, and will be is sued from the press shortly. Skill of Marvin Lights Honolulu. .Hal W. Marvin, Clemson '03, is chief engineer of the Hawaiian Elec tric company, which has recently in- j stalled at Honolulu the most power ful turbine and the largest regrigera tion plant i nthe territory. Mr. Mar vin is from White Hall, Colleton coun ty, this state. After his graduation from Clemson college he was in gov ernment employ at the Charleston navy yard for four years. Then he was transferred to the great naval station which is building at Pearl har bor, Hawaiian islands. J v ^ . - RICHLAND HIGHWAY AUTHORI TIES TAKE WELL TO PROJECT OF FEDERAL AID. RICHMOND-ATLANTA ROUTE First Sbction of Highway In United States to Be Maintained Under Di rection of Federal Office of Good Roads. Columbia.?An adequate scheme for the maintenance of a public highway from Washington to Atlanta, to pass through Columbia and other South Carolina cities, every day in the year, was outlined in addresses recently at the dinner given by the Columbia Chamber of Commerce to the engi neers of the United States department of agriculture and officials of the American Highway association. Those who heard the addresses were enthusiastic and the plan was pro nounced one of the best that has been put forward for the general improve ment of the highways of the South. . This will be the first section of a highway in the United States to be maintained under the direction of the federal office of good roads. It is an experiment that is pregnant with pos sibilities and one which holds out great promise. , Briefly sketched, the plan of the federal government and the highway association is as follows: The shortest route between Wash ington and Atlanta is to be selected as the road for experiment. Three of the best engineers in the service of the United States office of good roads are to be detailed for duty on the highway. All of the expenses of these engi neers are to be borne by the federal office and the highway association. The engineers are to be assigned 300 miles of the highway, each, and in spection trips are to be made every ten days. The engineers are to act as con sulting engineers to the county su pervisors. Each county along the route is to guarantee so much per mile each year for the maintenance of that particular stretch along the route, the fund to be expended by the county supervisor. Co-operation between the federal government and the county officials is to be the keynote of the plan. All of the phases of the scheme were amply explained by the engi neers at the banquet. Interurban Service Opened. Spartanburg. ? Passenger service was inaugurated on the "interurban" a {ew days ago between Spartanburg and Greenville. The first car left Spartanburg at 6:30 o'clock in the morning carrying a delegation of citi zens from Spartanburg who desired to inspect the road. A delegation of citizens of Greenville, headed by May or Marshall, came to Spartanburg in the morning and left the same after noon over the lines of the G., S. & A. The interurban will operate nine pas senger and two feright trains daily both ways, making a daily service of 22 trains. The passenger cars will be operated on a schedule of approx imately two hours and 20 minutes apart Council Extends Time. Charleston. ? City council a few nights ago extended from April 1 to August >1 the time of the Charleston Summerville electric railway promot ers for starting work under terms of a franchise granted. It is understood that this company has a chance to secure a big loan, something like $900,000, for financing a line, provided $200,000 is raised here, and more time is therefore imperative. This electric railroad project has been under way for a couple of years. $8,000 Fire at Anderson. Ande-con.?Fire(, which originated in the garage of M. Holland & Co., recently, destroyed the double store room building of J. L. McGee, en tailing a loss of $8,000, with insurance of $5,000. The cause of the fire is unknown, but it is supposed that it came from an explosion of gasoline In the garage. Work on Coal Terminal. Charleston.?Mark W. Potter, pres ident of the Carolina, Clinchfleld & Ohio Railway company, in a confer ence with Mayor Grace recently as sured him that the beginning of activi ties on the part of the Clinchfleld in terests toward the erection of their coal terminals on Cooper river was very imminent. For some time re ports have been current on the streets that the Clinchfleld interest were pre paring to begin the construction upon their coal terminals here in the reai future. Make Report on Cooper River. Charleston.?Maj. George P. How .tll, corps of engineers, U. S. A., in charge of the Charleston district, has been directed by the war depart ment to review and examine into a report on Cooper river, made by Capt. E. M. Adams in April, 1910, in whcih It was recommended that a 600-foot channel, 30 feet deep, be provided in this stream up to the Charleston navy yard for naval purposes, to determine whether the improvement in the stream is now desirable for commer cial purposes. Break Dirt on C. N. Railroad. Charleston.?The actual breaking of dirt on the Charleston end of the Charleston Northern railroad took place a few days ago, when the Char leston Engineering and Contracting Company, a firm which holds . con tracts for doing a considerable portion of construction work on the new line, turned earth at North Charleston. For the past several days work pre liminary to the actual breaking of dirt had been under way, such as the clearing of the right of way of timber and undergrowth. V ' ' _ ) ' Sti , <-> i/.. j w , ...1 vj...- ' ; REBELS FORGES BADLY ROUTED CLAIMED COMPLETE VICTORY GAINED IN CRUCIAL BAT TLE OF WAR. WERE FORCED TO RETREAT Rebels Lured Into Ambush and Shot Down, According to Reports at Mexico City. Mexico City.?The war department makes the claim that the rebels un der Villa were routed at Torreon with great slaughter. Eight hundred men, under General Joaquin Maas and Gen. Javier de Moure, it is announced, arrived oppor tunely from Saltillo in time to add oTPflllv to the federal victorv. The rebels are said to be retreating north ward, with the federals pounding at their rear. It is admitted that Villa's men enter ed Lerdo, a suburb of Torreon, but it is explained that this was a ruse on ihe part of General Velasco to am bush them. As soon as they were well into that territory, the federal artil lery shelled them out, the cavalry charging as the rebels started to re treat Generals Maas and de Moure are reported to have made the distance be tween Hipolito and Torreon in fifty armored automobiles, which they were carrying, the railroad having been cut at Hipolito. The rebel losses in dead and wound ed are reported to be two thousand. El Paso, Texas.?Meagre advices from the front were mixed in charac ter, but one of the medley schooled observers here said they drew the conclusion that the rebels met at Tor reon and Gopaez Palacia, an -enemy in nowise inferior, and that their at tack had been checked at the outset of the battle proper. , BANK HOLDUP IN ATLANTA Bar.dit Steals Buggy and Eludes Big Mob After a Wild Chase. Atlanta.?Foiled in a wild attempt to loot the safety vaults of the Atlanta State Savings Bank, a negro institu tion, in Auburn avenue, which con tained upwacds of $2,500 in gold and silver, a white would-be bandit, blud geoned a negro clerk, fled into Hous ton street, seized a horse and buggy, raced through the downtown streets, pursued by police officers and a howl ing mob, fired some five shots at his pursuers and finally eluded searchers in the block bounded by Harris and Cain streets. A short time later a maa claiming to be an actor, and giving hl^name as Edward Rhynata of Denver, Colo., was arrested by Call Officer James Palmer, in a room at Cain and Williams streets. The suspect was taken to the banking rooms. He was identified by six ne groes as the man seen earlier in the day at the Odd Fellows' building, in whiich the bank is located. Rhynata, at police barracks, denied any connection with the attempted hold-up and subsequent assault The attempted robbery of the sav ings institution, which is officered by J. O. Ross, W. F. Penn and C. C. fa tor ronntahlft TIPBTO citizens. Was in itself one of the most sensational circumstances ever occurring in the annals of Atlanta's criminal history. Outrages by Brigands Increasing. Pekin, China.?Outrages by brigands in Central China are assuming alarm ing proportions. Several bands asso ciated with the notorious outlaw, White Wolf, are ravaging various parts of the coutnry, ruthlessly murdering and robbing the people and burning property. The latest bandit exploit was the massacre of 300 townsfolk who resisted their entrancfe into an im portant market town close to Siangfu, province of Hupeh. Most of the town was burned and the population ruined financially. Malburn Takes Ooath. Washington.?William P. Malburn of Denver, Colo., took the oath of office as assistant secretary of the treasury. Mr. Malburn will be in charge of the customs. He is a son-in-law of Sena tor Thomas. Knell Sounded for Convict Goods. Washington.?After a vigorous parti san contest, the house passed a bill to bar foreign convict-made or pauper made goods from competition with the products of American free labor. The measure, which now goes to the sen ate, follows a bill recently passed by the house forbidding the shipment of convict-made goods in interstate com merce into states which prohibit the sale of such products in the open mar ket. The importation of foreign con vict-made goods has been prohibited under the tariff laws since 1890. Bell Gunness Again Found. La Porte, Ind.?For the fifth time the county commissioners have been per suaded to appropriate railroad fare for investigation of a report that Mrs. Belle Gunness has been "found." Clint Cochrane, a marshal when the Gun ness "murder farm" was exploited in 1908, left LaPorte for Neville, Sask., where the northwest mounted police have under surveillance a woman Virvmootooflpr Arnordine to the re ports from Canada, the woman was rec ognized as Mrs. Gunness by a man who went to school with her. Coxey Will Lead Second Army. Cleveland, Ohio.?President Wilson was warned of the departure for Wash ington of a second "Coxey's Army," which it is said will start April 16 from Massillon, Ohio, the starting point for the first "army" twenty years ago. "Gen." J. S. Coxey of Massillon, the leader, mailed the president a letter telling of his plans and inclosing a pamphlet on "The Coxey Plan of Set ting the Idle to Work on Market Roads and Other Public Improvements." The "army" expects to arrive in Washing ton, May 21. I I TO REDUCE LIVING COST FARM PRODUCTS TO BE CARRIED DIRECT TO DOOR OF THE CONSUMER. By Parcel Post Postmaster General Burelson Will Cut the Cost of Living. Washington. ? Preliminary steps were taken by the postoffice depart ment to perfect its plan for reducing the cost of living by having the par cel post carry farm products direct to the door of consumer.. Ten cities were selected to begin the work of establishing direct connection between producer and consumer, Postmaster General Burleson having Issued an or der permitting the use of crates and boxes for butter, eggs, poultry, vegeta bles and fruit shipped by parcel post Orders went to the postmaster at Boston, Atlanta, St. Louis, San Fran cisco, Baltimore, Detroit, LaCrosse, Wis.; Lynn, Mass.; Rock Island, 111., and Washington, directing them "to reoeive the names of persons who are willing to supply farm produce "By the use of the lists," said First Assistant Postmaster General Roper, "the city consumer can get in touch with a farmer who will fill his weekly orders for farm produce. \ The consum er will rer.edvft the Tiroduct fresh from the country, and the personal relation ship established no doubt will tend to Improve the quality. The farmer will be relieved of carrying hlB pro duce to market, as the rural carrier will make dally collections at the farm er's own door of the retail shipments to city consumers. EUROPE CONTROLS RADIUM Claimed Americans Fall to Recognize Importance of Radium. Washington.?How the American people failed to recognize the import ance of radhim as a cancer cure until European countries had obtained vir tually all of the present available sup ply, is graphically told In the annual report of Joseph A. Holmes, director of the federal bureau.of mines, made public. The report tells in detail of the bureau's unsuccessful efforts to obtain a quantity of radium sufficient A- ?1 ? /%* m a*?g hrtoni. IU supply kUC IWCUlJf U1 UiUiv uvuj/i , tals of the public health service and "serve In p^rt to meet Che needs of the various cancer hospitals of the country." /There probably Is not more than thirty grams of radium now available for use in such treatment in all coun tries," the report says. "Of this amount there probably is not more than two grams of radium bromide in the Unit ed States, in the hands of a few sur geons. Probably fifteen grams of ra dium bromide was produced during 1912, and of the fifteen grams nearly 11.5 grams were extracted in various European countries from ores shipped to them from the United States, main ly from Colorado and Utah. I t Two Badly Hurt on Trestle. Atlanta.?Edward L. Huie, senior at Tech, and Miss Mabel Bixbie, a milli ner, were seriously injured when the Seaboard Express No. 5 from New York City to New Orleans ran them down as they were walking over a trestle near this city. As the fast train swept around the curve, thirty minutes late, the engineer saw the couple crossing the steel structure. Too late, he blew a warning blast. The couple attempted to escape, but before they ran ten feet the pilot of the engine had tossed them into a dry gulley. U. S. Wool Not Well Handled. Washington.?American wool grow ers could add as much as 3 cents a pound to the value of their product if sent to market graded and put up as attractively as Australian wools, ac cording to estimates of the department of agriculture expert. It is admitted by the growers themselves and by dealers and manufacturers, said a de partment statement, that the American system of grading and putting up wool is poor. Three cents a pound on wool selling at from 15 to 30 cents a pound is a very high percentage of loss. Farm Wages Show Large Increase. Washington.?Farm laborers' wages have increased more rapidly than those of the city workman in the last twen ty years, a department of agricultural investigation has revealed. During the past year, the pay of the farm hand increased 2 1-2 per cent.; the increase has been 11 per cent, in the last four years, and 36 per cent, since 1902. Re sults of the inquiry, made public, deal particularly with the United States, but in most other countries, also farm wageB increased rapidly. I Ill MEM BORDER M I , . MEXICAN FEDERALS PURSUING REBEL TROOPERS FIRED INTO U. S. TERRITORY. After Three.-American Horses Had Been Killed, U. S. Troops Opened Fire, Killing 8everal. Eagle Pass, Texas.?Mexican feder al soldiers who attempted to pursue with rifle bullets a defeated Constitu tionalist force escaping to the United States and safety, met sharp resist ance from United States cavalry of border patrol at McKee's Crossing, above Del Rio, Texas. When three horses held by the American troop ers had been shot down the Ameri cans returned the fire across the Rio Grande and after the exchange of shots, the Mexicans withdrew, bearing with them dead and wounded. No American was hurt How many of the Mexican soldiers were killed or wounded Is not known. ? ? ? ? ?^ ? -.J itk? MAAMWW/vn AA VJIUUUU rtjpui U3 Ul LUC w Colonel Sibley, commanding at Fort Clarke here, caused orders for all available cavalry of the border patrol to proceed to Del Rio. One troop and a machine gun platoon left Eagle Pass. The clash across the International line was precipitated, according to of ficial reports to headquarters here, by persistent firing of the federals at the fleeing constitutionalists who had gain ed American territory and surrendered to United States troops. Three horses held by American cavalrymen were killed. ' $1,000,000 FIRE IN DURHAM Break in Water Mains Renders Fire, men Helpless?$1,000,000 Loss. Durham, N. C.?The entire business section of Durham was threatened with destruction by a fire which origi nated In the Duke, building, a fiv^. story office structure. Buildings occupying one city block have either been entirely destroyed or badly damaged. The flames raged for more than a half-hour while the firemen stood help less as a result of a break in the city water mains. There also was another break which reduced the water1 press ure and hindered the firemen. The latest estimates place the lo*s at fully $1,000,000. A heavy wind blew the flames and parts of burning roofs fell throughout the city. The Academy of Music was in the path of the fire. i Baby Hangs Self by bonnet String. Cleveland, , Ohio.?William Henry Yeomans, baby son of Henry Yeomans, a wealthy mine owner, was left alone in its cab on the porch of his home. When the nurse returned she found that a string on its bonnet had caught a hook at the side of the buggy and in turning over the infant had stran gled itself to death. Wants Nation to Guard Honor. Washineton.?President Wilson de clared that in seeking the repeal of the Panama tolls exemption, he not only was asking that the nation do that which it was bound in honor to do, hut was going the way of the ma jority in the Democratic party. He pointed out that, when the Panama canal act was passed, a majority of the Democrats then in the house of representatives voted against the tolls exemption, and that only by a coali tion of a minority of Democrats with with Republicans did it pass. Battle Rages in Mexico. El Verjil, Mexico?Fighting of the most sanguinary character took place in the streets of Gomez Palacio. The rebels took the water tank on Cerro de la Pilar, the Brittingham soap tec tory and the Cuyartel. The Cuyartel caught fire and the rebels were com pelled to abandon it. Streams of wounded were brought to the field hospital here and as fast as possible sent back to the general hospital at J .??!!/* T nccoc rtn Vinfh gMac -nroro I 13CI IIlCJllAVy. "VOWVW MWV** 1? W* v> reported heavy. Chase for Bears in Atlanta. Atlanta.?When a cinnamon bear, with her two cubs, escaped from her cage at Grant Park about midnight, terrifying the entire neighborhood with her vicious growls, an exciting chase ensued. The bear pursued a negro up a tree and was tearing the black's trousers when a squad of po licemen, led by Dan Carey, manager of parks, and Chief Jett, came to the rescue with their revolvers and shot and killed the bear, saving the fright ened negro's life. ENGLISH THRONE GREATLY SHAKEN PARLIAMENT SEETHING CALDRON OVER ALLEGED ALLIANCE of kIng. i ; * " BRITISH ARMY IN MUTINY Unless Premier Aaquith Satisfactorily Explains He Will Face Danger of Liberal Rebellion. London.?Westminster continues to be a seething caldron over what the Liberals now denounce as the "mu* tiny of the arm/ aristocrats," against democratic government Thp fact has been established from all obtainable evidence that Gen. Hubert Gough and the other officers of the Third cavialry brigade demanded and obtained writ fan q aaiirnnpoa thof th?T wnulH nnt be ordered to fight Sir Edward Car son's Ulster volunteers, and that these - assurances were obtained largely through the personal Intervention of the king. " ^ Before they left London the officers telegraphed to their brother officers in Ireland that they had found sup port "from the highest quarters." On their arrival at curargh camp they > were welcomed by a guard of honor and related the ouf 'ome of their sum mons to the war office. The throne, which traditionally has kept out of party controversies, is in volved in the discussion as It never before has been during King George'aLr-"'^ reign or that of his diplomatic father.? The section of the Liberals who op posed what they denounce as a sur render to the military oligarchy are criticising the king with the greatest freedom. They resent his action lr summoning to the palace Field Mar shal Lord Roberts, who, in his speech- < - * " - - At-i es, aaviseu tae oiucers uui ui?jr uu&uv i propterly erfuse service in suppress - ' ing the Ulster irreconcilables. They criticise -his majesty for dealing per sonally with Field Marshal Sir John .. French, chief of the general staff, and General. Sir Arthur Page, command ing the forces in Ireland, who should 1 have-'been dealt with, they think, only by the secretary of . state for war, in cial routine. ALASKA fOAl LANDS OPEN Under Leasing Plan Lands Agreed Upon by 8enate. Washington.?Opening of Alaska'. coal lands under a leasing plan was proposed in a bill agreed upon by the senate public lands committee* and which will be favorably reported by Chairman Myers. , ^ Under the bill 5,120 acres In the : u Bering river district and 7,680 acres in the Matanuska field will be re served to be mined by the govern ment when, In the opinion of the pres- * ident, "the mining of such, coal be comes necessary by reason of an in sufficient supply of coaliat a reasona ble price," for the navy and govern ment work, "and for relief from op- ^ presslve conditions." v : The hill proposes that the unre served lands be surveyed into 40-acre tracts or multiples thereof, the maxi mum being fixed at 560 acres for any tract They are to be leased to com- > > petitive bidders, not more than one< tract being included in any lease. Railroads will be prohibited from ac quiring a greater coal supply than needed for their own uses. Provision also is made for the re- > linquishment of pending claims under the public land law. Claimants will receive a refund of money and a prior < right of selection under the leasing 'law. . "the total avermage of contiguous land, which one person or corporation might hold, in the discretion pf the secretary of the interior, would be fixed at 2,560 acres, and consolidations of small contiguous holdings would be permitted if the total area lnvolvwl were within that figure. Colonel Sfbort Recalled. Washington.?Lieut. Col. William L_ Sibert, builder of Gatun dam and the i" Gatun locks of the Panama canal, has v finished that work and was ordered . to Washington to await further as- * signment Colonel Sibert has served as a member of the isthmian canal commission and as engineer in charf? *' of the Atlantic division. Takes Charge of Body. Stamford, Conn.?The body of Prof. Harry Thurston Peck, who committed, suicide here, was removed to the home of his former wife, Mrs. Cornelia Dawbarn Peck, at Sound Beach, with the consent of Mrs. Elizabeth D. Peck, his second wife. Among the effects of Professor Peck, of which Mrs. Cor ! nelia Peck has taken charge, are a number of manuscripts. One of these was on "piatonic rrienasmp, in wmtu the question Is raised as to "whether a man can maintain a piatonic friend* ship. Held on^Fraud Charge. Portland, Ore.?Walter Greer Camp bell, who three years ago had a for tune of more than four million dol lars, was arrested here on a charge of obtaining money under false pre tenses in San Francisco. He also is accused of fleeing from his creditors, owing upwards of $100,000. The po lice say $100,000 in gold certificates were found in Campebll's pockets. A San Francisco telegram says Greer Campbell left his wife and child there on March Mrs. Campbell declare* he rawned her jewels. Indians to Be Warned About Whiskey Washington.?Commissioner Sells of the bureau of Indian affairs, has ad dressed to each of the 6,000 employees of the service a letter which he has instructed shall be read to the stu dents of every Indian school April 6. In it he points: out that whiskey is "the greatest present menace to the American Indian," and he pleads with Indian service employees to set an ex ample to the Indian and exert their best efforts and influence for the pro tection of the Indian "from this, hia worst enemy." . . . ..i