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L \WAITIM; ORDERS he ori S?adil * would m Plans I'nder Way to Mobilize Militia | sary fi gSGuw Near Columbia?Simpson Wires coneen Moore. j The ! 'Carolin PP AV. F. Caldwell in Xew$ ?,i.d C ..r'er. | ively t r Columbia, April 23.?Plans for the well, h; mobilization of regular and militia ! tion :'o: tr ops at Styx, six miles from Colum- j compar . bia, are being quietly made by the war ; have v I w department in order to have troops ! today. B ready to send to Mexico, according ;o confidei reports. would i Gen. Simpson, in charge of the de- Adjt. par:ment of the East, has wired Adjt. continu Gen. Moore, of this State, requesting the C0I information regarding the accom- militia, % modations there for troops, according ]nspecie o a report reaching here today. In Saturda ~militia circles here it is said t'hat Gen. ^?robabl Simpson has been advised that all pro-! visions necessary for the boilization v >j j." j) of one regiment of tvoons had been i i provided for a previous encampment, j and tha: provisions for tv;o additional j aj regiments could be easily made. j ^rj The substance of Gen. Simpson's j telegram to Adjt. Gen. Moore, as gath- j ered from the current discussion, is as \ogal follows: cp armi Simpson's Inquiry. Patagon "Is mobilization encampment at10f here Styz laid out and are water pipes pro- j southwa * vided in company streeis? If not, find j been rol party able to furnish material and la- { c. L. bor to make those provisions. Arrange j sular ag for fuel. Make no definite arrange- j ^ng tow ments until further orders." graphed The substance of the reply forwarded ; that at : by the militia department officials of: nf rehpl Itnis State is said to be as follows: j consulat "The mobilization camp is laid out in j America ft streets and water pipes provided 'in j V company streets for one regiment. Am- ' pie ground for two additional regi- . (L ments. Wood is already on the I? B ground. Other instructions will be PP carried out at once. Am waiting furt'h- | er instructions." Adjt. Gen. W. \V. Moore was absent I from Columbia, and Assistant Adjt. j Gen. 0. W. Babb would neither deny nor confirm the report. ^ Awaiting Orders. Statements of other officials of the National Guard of this State tended k to establish the accuracy of this re-1 port. However, officers and men of the | I National Guards of this State awaited ! Today orders from the war depart-j fl ment to prepare for movement in o j Mexican territory. Dispatches from; Washington stated that congress had f not yet made provisions for calling out j | \ Ok | I JL JL ^ I This is one of i j> Lit is an unques assnrpH snH hppa will certainly en life insurance e. Insurance," altb * 6 priateness be ten t inasmuch as it gi dent insurance at The signal purf has a'lwavsheen t holders in every ^ the premium insu automatically foi . in the hour of sti holder from takin rifice of the insur; Pki! ?i J sJyilii ., i i iiiiaucipiua J P. O. Box 3 ;anized militia, and that the call I'rg d by more eon I not he issued until the neces- ers, lie mob a'bour th mds had been provided for the sulaie at Cananea fi tration of the militia. Consul Montague then 2d and 3d regiments of S nth pers in an ant miobile ia militia, commanded respect- . tne border, which h iy Col. Legare a?id Col. Cogs- i r?ach about midnight. I ave volunteered as an organiza- ! All of the American r service a; the front. Seven 1 , tague previously had i lies of the 1st infantry also! der safely. Montague olunteered, it was understood j o pack up the cons Officials of the militia seemed ! The disparch read: it that a call for concentration I "Am now in office iltimately be issued. 1 pack up archives. A ! Gen. Moore is at Charleston : ?o\v on all sides of ing the annual inspections of' Strong speeches boin; npany organizations of the Americans. Some ad1 with five companies yet to be {int3 consulate, others ?u. He win return to i oiuniDia \ ^?'ei:um uu*. i ua\^ y nii;nt. it is statej. l?u; will ! take down the flag u y depart sgain Moml.ty. j usual time, so as 1101 n^i i citement. Do not kno i JJEXCWS 'suit will be." SPREAD TERROR; Consul Simpich imn i a vigorous note to the id Fire l'p?n Americans in! ties at Cananea, advis zona?Consulate in Dan- ican interests must be ger. deprecating any shoi against I'iie American 1 s, Ariz., 'April 2">.?A band A raid of armed Mi Mexicans start pri from 1 nited Stae side of ia, Ariz., 27 miles northeast curred 20 miles east of today, and while marching * dozen Mexicans star rd roward the border have ffonia, Ariz., to rob mi )bing and firing on Americans., -ieir way to the bord Montague, American con- from Xagales and suri ;ent at Cananea, a copper min- quickly armed themseb n south of Noca, Ariz., tele- in pursuit. to Consul Frederick Simpic-h A long distance tele > o'clock this afternoon a mob from Duquesne said tin s was congregating about the that mining camp anc e and speeches threatening had armed themselves ns were being made. paring'to fire on the X | C|3I ~ t. ' ^ I ????? m miurr District Managers W the very best features itionably valuable acquisition for the use of its new and attractive features gage the attention of purchasers of very where. It is called "Premium ough it might with equal approned accident compensation feature, ives to policyholders splendid acci; minimum cost. Dose of the officers of the Company o conserve the interest of the policy vay, and with this thought in mind ranee plan was devised to provide * the payment of premiums, when ress disability prevents the policyig care of them, thus forcing a sacance when most needed. Life Insurance I LIFE, ACCIDENT t 13. servative speak- it arm d Mexicans started e American co<.- j Patagonia, bu they were said i nally dispersed. 1 uathered recruits and were hea i put all his pa-' tlij border. The sheriff at Du and s.arted for called for help and a: ' '> o'<\o< e expected to1 afterno n two automobiles I with armed American c-iviliar is ex pee: Mon- | a lieirenant of the I'nired eached the bor- army started from Xogales 1 i had remained ; border. ulate archives. , Th ' orders of ;he Americans | shoot if the Mexicans s!i:.w I'igl attempting to Americans in the copper mini verv lar??e mob ! "inn \vp?t nf Vu:>r4> liavo ttir? the consi1 .eft. ; by the rising r.f 'h- Mexicans. > made against j locate breaking! (ONUKKSS I'OK WAR to take down : deecided not to ( Kspeclsilly in the House is (lie ntil 5:30, the j for Open Hostilities ?\prcss< t to create ex- : w what tne re- j Washington, April 2.">.?Thous. S Mexican crisis has been u:!dei lediately wired < pression in congress lor severa i rebel author!- j while ho president and his c iiig that Amer-1 executed plans of reprisals a protected, and the defiance of Gen. Huerta, th x of violence an impelling undercurrent of f consular agent, in both senate and house for ? PYiVano nn thp lyvn-'fin nt' u* * r wMr-h w?c torr rhe border oc-j somewhat tonight by the accei Xogales, when of offers of mediation from Arge ted from- Fata- Brazil and Chile. ning camps on j le aders in congress for severa er. Americans ]]acj been discussing informal] I ounding towns | Recessi:y for an unequivocal de res jyid started ^on 0f war for a sweeping cam J iu Mexico and for the ultimate phone message lishment by force of American e Americans in oi peace and constitutional gc 1 at Patagnoia menr in Mexico. and were pre-1 Xo swell from the underci I [exicans. Only reached the surface today, ho\ I I anted in Western So added to life insur. * This ben evenc of pe insure the its name P: Moreovei On request each year twentieth < insured by of the bene In additic der values, tures of its ed that que take care o: ness which A, R. M. TIDMAI VND HEALTH IN! I from bu congressmen in both house; to have predicted a storm would break ded for day or soon after American t ;qu? sne reached Vera ('rub to support :k this naval forced there. Members 1 a ded were mos restive over the situ is-and beli.-ved tonigh , after learnin States : the intermediation proposals, th; :o the further aggressive action toward ' ico should be forced until it si are to become apparent that the good o it. The of South Am -rican -nations to ng re-' i^ose the situation would fail, 'orized i Although t.iere was evidence ii senate of tae feeling of dissatisfa \ v i h present conditions, the mos ' markable evidence of unrest giv^n in h ehouse. During a Wish devoted. u;.der the surface, to a <1. I cussiun o:' Mexico, most of the ] I ers were in conference and sen'.ii i >h the d veloped was strongly in favo 1 . t sup-; war. in me coniorence more 1 days i a d >zen of the most prominent abinetion the democratic side participai gainst1 The discussion was so outsp< ere is | that there was talk for a time of eeling j appointment of a committee, to i dec- | sis!: of Speaker Clark and Mr. l"n ipered j wood, which should call upon P: Jtance ! den'. Wilson and inform him that ntina, j sentiment of the house was for w; ! Developments of the day, how* 1 days j interfered with this plan and rhe y the I ferences ended without definite claia- elusion. ipaign Out of the many conferences esiau- ar. uuue or ii:e nuus? icauers ?ec arms I exceedingly clear. .They said >vern- i war should be declared; that i T'nited States should send tli? a 1 irrent into Mexico and "go through 1 vever, j what it has started;" that in uth Carolina ance policies in i efit guarantees to the policyho] jrmanent total disability the Co payment of subsequent premiui remium Insurance. r, the Company goes further it will pay in case of continuin during the life of the policyh of the principal sum insured, this provision has the unusual ifits of the issurance while alive >n therefore, to the liberal loan i nffwortfiTm or</^ biic atuauuvc u.ivlutuuo auu policies, the Philadelphia Life h stion so often propounded: f premiums in event of accidei will disable me for a long perio< ?SH. Manager W 5URANCE Newbe t s had way only ca.i pear-e be established ^n. Mon- a sound and prrmanent basis. rocps Although the news of proffered the wediaticn put a new aspect on the who situation, i' was the general und^ration standing that house leaders expect to g of make their representa ions to the at n(1 n) acuIm t c ^ -h hoc Mex- been concentrated at Vera Cruz. ion Id ]n the senate u ere was no such ffices concer.ed action, but there was evicom denethat the bond ot" sile.ice which many senators have observed for 1 tae months, "ill be broken Monday, and c;ion tea: war will flourish again. t re was WATSON ELECTED (*a- : Savannah, Ga., April 24.?Choosing officers and selecting Washington, D. lea(*~ C., ror the n xt annual convention, the llent National Drainage Co.ogress This aftr of ernoon wound up all business and adt'iah jjurned tonight after hearing an admen dress by SSir William Willcocks, K. C. tod B., on "River Regulation and Conrrol :>I%Gn in Antiquity." t V* i The officers elected were as follows: con" President, E. J. Watson, South Carol:na; vice president, F. B. Knight, IIres*~ linios; D. E. King, Missouri; Gen. W? the , C. Gorgas, !'. S. A.; Edward Wisner, ir* j Louisiana, and J. L. Craig, California; treasurer, A. M. Mcl^achlen, District of r?nn_ n . i t_ ? _ ^oiumDia. con- j sir William Willcocks was mad-e : honorary vice president and ;he title of the honorable past president was permaame nently bestowed on the retiring presith-a: dent Edmund T. Perkins, of Illinois, the , The convention adopted resolutions rm5 recommending an international drainivith age and flood control congress at San this Francisco in 1915. I ^ssr I PA IL, lift bHHI ^^1^^ ? -K 'N ecent years 1 Ider that in mpany will ns. Hence than this. g disability K older, oneso that the ; advantage | / md surrenother feaas answerHow will I it or sick- | i of time?" K i f * estern S. C. f rry, S. C.