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MILLIONS SUFFER" L VOLCANIC ERUPTION AND FAMINE DLVASTATf JAPAN QUAKE CAUSES MISERY Island of Sakura Has Been Almost tl !a Entirely Evacuated After Lava t Flow Had Killed Hundreds-Is c It. Probably the Worst Disaster In b S the Country's History. Japan is heroically meeting a dou- h ble affliction-famine in the north and earthquakes and volcanic erup- t tions in the south. Ten million peo- ' ple are in need of food in northern 1 Hondo and Hokaaido, and there r have been many deaths from starva- t tion. In the south the island of t Kiustu and Shikoku are in the grip of 1 seismis disturbances. Ashes are falling as far north as 3 Osaka. Although the fate of the ir a habitants of Sakura island is not cer tain, It is believed that the gre..c majority of them have escaped In c boats to the mainland, although I many escaped in maimed and burn- I ed condition. The cruiser Tone has sent a wire- f loss dispatch to the effect that Sakura I has been entirely evacuated. Wed- I nesday morning the Japanese for eign office received a dispatch from the former minister to China, H. I Ijuin, now a resident of Kagoshima, I sent from that city only a few years before, saying: "About ten persons have been kill- 1 ed and thirty injured. The whole I city Is In great confusion." The for eign office thinks this indicates that I the early reports were vastly exag- I gerated. A steamer which succeeded on Monday in touching the eastern coast of Sakura, reports that'it rescued 300 1 persons, but was unable to take more. The police and soldiers of I Kagoshima made many heroic res- I cues. The men and women accus- - tomed to participation in the festi- 1 vals to commemorate the occupation I of 1779, did not realize the extent of the disaster and it is feared that many were killed before reaching the seashore. Thousands, pursued by a rain of fiery stones, knelt on the beach and half submerged in water and waved frantically to the steam ers and fishing boats. The heat Is described as infernal. Junks report that stones fell hissing into the bay. Refurees from Kagoshima fled across the heaving land caused by the rapid succession of quakes. The whole southern half of Kiusiu is en veloped in ashes and smoke. - Sakura Kima, however, appears to be the only volcano dangerously active at present. The emperor has ordered additional warshivs to proceed imme diately to the affected district. Advices from Nagano, canital of Nagano prefecture, and Asamayama, In tbe island of Hondo, report great erntions. As Asamayama is a lofty voleano about nine miles west of T'kio with a crater 1,000 feet in diameter. The scene Is described as sublime, smoke and flames soaring thousands of feet into the sky. In, the Utsunomi Ya district the sky is1 overcast and every roof Is covered with ashes. Many crevasses formed at Kage shima, and owing to the snakelike mnovemelfnt of the surface of the earth the fusitives were forced to advance on all fourts. Thousands took refute on ton of the famous Mount Shi Royama, fearing a tidal wave. Many houses at Kagoshima collansed, and there are three feet of ashes In the streets.' A tidal wave added its terrors to the earthquakes and volcanic erup tion which struck Kagoshima in southern Japan, Tuesday. according to official advices Wednesday. Tt is believed that the Kagoshima disas ter will prove to be one of the most serious in Japan's history. The loss of life and pronerty increases with fuller news from the scene. t Ashes to the depth of six inches have fallen In the seaport of Mlya zaki one east of KIusiu. A postal t emoloye who fled from Kagoshima e states that the big postal building '] there collansed .during the earth- t quakes and tidal wave and that a ( great number of residences were I ruined, killing many people and anl- 1 mals. TO GlET GOOD) JOBS. t South Carolina Men Have Support of t Both Senators. In response to a notification from Commissioner of Internal Revenue Osborn that he was ready to receive their recommendations for four ap pointments in South Carolina under the income tax law, Senator Tillman and Smith Tuesday joined In endors ing the following men: L. M. Over street of Alken. to be inspector: W. H. Bass of Walhalla, and 3. F. McIn tosh of Lynchburg to be office depu ties, and S. Frank Parrott of Gaff ney to be field deputy.1 The senators signified to Commis- r sioner Osborn that the sooner these appointments were made the better they would be pleased. It is possi ble that Secretary McAdoo will not be 'bound entirely by the recommen dations. In several states appoint ments were announced in the inter nal revenue department, which did not have any senatorial influen-e be hind them. In the main, ho .rever, c Mr. McAdoo is expected to follow the1 senators' endorsements as to these places. t NEGRO USES* KNIFE. u White Citizen of Clover Is Stabbed by Drink-Crazed Coon. A negro, Jim Adams, crazed with t< drink, cut Boyce Lynn on the streets of Clover Friday. The trouble was caused by the negro making some a short remarks and oaths to Henry, t4 Grayson. Mr. Lynn. an uncle of Mr d Grayson, seeing the negro pull out t his knife, called Mr. Grayson's atten- ti tion to it. When he did this the ne gro turned and cut Mr. Lynn before he could defend himself. The cut is not serious, the physicians say. The*s negro Is still at large. bi Ih: [AN SLAIN BODY BURNED' AURENS COUNTY HOUSE GIVES UP CHARRED ASHES. wo Negroes Have Been Arrested Charged With the Crime-They Deny Any Knowledge of it. Burned almost beyond recognition ie charred body of George F. Young widely known citizen and one of ie largest landowners In Laurens :>unty was found early Tuesday in ie smouldering coals and ashes of is own cottage on his plantation at tomp Springs, near Reno. It is be eved that he was murdered and the ouse set on fire to cover up the rime. Two negroes, Tom and John oung, brothers, were implicated by bie coroner's jury and both were rought to the Laurens County Jail uesday night by Sheriff Owens. Both egroes testified at the inquest but I beir statements were at variance as a the time Tom came home and rent to bed with his brother. Tom was at the Young cottage late fonday night and returned to do one work for Mr. Young Tuesday .rning when he made the discovery the fire and gave the alarm. It ame out at the inquest that Tom i ad had some trouble with Mr. Young n the recent past. That Mr. Young ras murdered was evidenced by the act that'his skull had been crushed. resumably with an axe. Two axe Leads were found near the body, vhich lay near the fire place. There ras some doubt at first as to the dentity of Mr. Young, but a careful xamination, with the fact that he ras known to have been at home fonday night left no doubt in the ninds of the jury of Inquest and they o found. Robbery may have been the motive, as no money could be found on the erson or in the debris. Then again, t may have been for revenge. Mr. roung was about 55 years old and >wned 2,000 acres of land in Jacks ownship. His mineral springs were videly known and largely patronized n the summer season. He lived lone In a small cottage at the prings, making occasional visits to Lis family. Hundreds of people from Ll1 parts of that county visited the cene, but everything passed off [uietly. PACKAGE LOST. ,harleston Hotel Misses a Package Worth $4,00. Considerable excitement has been aused at the Charleston Hotel, of ,harleston, S. C., by the disappear nce Saturday of a valuable pack ge said to contain $4,100, belonging o one of the guests. The package ras taken out of one of the hotel's afety boxes. Publication of the news ras held back in order to facilitate he hotel authorities and police in heir efforts to ascertain who took he package and how It all happened. Chief of Police Cantwell was called ate consultation as soon as the dis tpearance of the package was dis :overed and In a short while had de ectives searching. It developed that Sformer employee of the hotel had Skey and that this key fell into the ands of a person said to be known. 'he former employee was brought lack to Charleston Tuesday from acksonville and held at the police tation. It Is said that he assumed esponsibility for the affair and that Le made a settlement of ~$1,475 at It is said that a brother of the risoner also arrived for the purpose if making good the balance of the 4.1 00. It Is reported that the broth rs are confident -of being reimburs d when the person who got the ackage opens it and discovers that ~e has the wrong package.1 FLAGMAN AVERTS WRECK. ;eorgia Hero, Hurt in Collision Sig nals Down Fast Train. Three lives were lost and more han twenty-five persons hurt, six of rhom are seriously injured, in a rreck of Passenger Train No. 3 on he G. S. and F. railroad, sixty miles outh of Macon, Ga., Friday morning. ~railing in the wake of the wrecked rain was the famous Dixie Flyer, the hicago-Jacksonville train, south 'ound, and a double disaster was on i averted by a heroic flagman. The scene of the wreck was on ~um Creek trestle. After the locomo Lye and baggage cars passed over a roken'rail, the day coach appeared a have been lifted skyward, then ov r the embankment and a heavy Pull ian ploughed into the rear of it. bove the cries of the injured and anic-stricken passengers came the bouts of Flagman Varner, of Macon, imself badly wounded: "Lookout. the Dixie Flyer Is right ehind ue," he shouted. "Help me ut and I'll stop her." A passenger standing nearby pull d Varner out of the telescoped day oach and with blood streaming from is many wounds and one arm crip led, he ran back on the track and lacid fuses and stood there with his mntern to signal the flyer to stop. He eached the place just in time, pas angers say. SENT TO FORT BLISS. Enited States Takes Care of Its Mex ican Prisoners. All Mexican Federal soldiers in the ustody of the United States border atrol forces at Presidio, Texas. will e transferred to Fort Bliss and in rned there indefinitely. Secretary arrison ordered the transfer late 1 [onday with permission to the ref gee women and chilren to accom-t any the soldiers if they desire. About 3,000 Mexican officers and ion fled across the Rio Grande when , 1o victorious Constitutionalists en red Ojinaga and with them, besides ~ tany women and children, are somec ,50 civilian refugees. The civilians re not prisoners and will be allowed , >go where they wish, though those y asiring to remain in American terrn- a >ry will have to satisfy the Immigra on officers. t Mad Dog Bites Two. An unknown white woman and a ( rnall negro boy of Greenville were ; tten Thursday by a dog believed to t Lye beenz suffering from hydropho JOUE ACROSS HIVE EDERALS AT OJINAGA FLEE I TO UNITED STATES. EBEL ARMY VICIORIDI lorder Patrol Disarms the Mexic Host, Taking Into Custody 2,8 Soldiers and Six Generals, a Gives Succor to 1,500 Civilia Who Fled From Rebel Approa Twenty-eight hundred Mexic rederal soldiers, six generals, 20 )00 rounds of ammunition, two ci ion, four large field pieces and 1,5 :ivilian refugees were in the custo >f the United States army bor atrol Sunday as the result of I Pederal evacuation of Ojinaga, M co, and the occupation of the Mi can village by Gen. Francisco Vill rebel forces. The distress of the refugees is .ense. They have scant food and helter. Men, women, children, d< :hickens and cattle are packed ;ether in a space covering seve acres. About them are scattered the goods and belongings and b; gage brought in the flght fr, )Jinaga. Other results of the rebel succes that place Gen. Villa's army in 1 isputed control of a vast section .Torthern Mexico are: Federal Ge Mercado, Castro, Orpinal, Rome Aduno and Landa are in custody the United States troops awaiting position by the wra department. Gen. Pascual Orozco and Gen. Y1 Salazar, Federal volunteer comm ders, escaped along the border some point remote from Presit Salazar was wounded. They w accogmanted by Gen. Caraveo s Gen. Rojas and three hundred c alrymen. Salazar and Orozco : being watched for in the Uni States for indictments, charging th with violating neutrality laws. Gen. Landa said he was certain the Federal troops escaped. Char f cowardice were made agai Orozco, Salazar and Rojas. G Mercado said these generals ab loned their troops at the beginn f the battle and thus weakened ederal defence. The only generals who quit battlefield with honor, Gen. Mere, aid, were those who accompan the Federal army across the I Grande. Gen. Mercado reitera that the Federals were compelled evacuate because of lack of ammu tion. He said his soldiers only I n average of 78 cartridges each After the confusion incidental Lavacuation the battlefield oppo. Presidio at daylight revealed a sc f desolation. The whole sween land leading to the heights of O. aga had been ploughed by the frar rout of the Federal army and sager scramble into the village Gen. Villa's rebels. A cannon toDoled muzzle dos ward, a blood-stained sabre stick in the muddy river bank. ri1 thrown in heaps, the crumpled for among the cactus and mesquite, the eyes that pez'red here and th rom among the glaxed rocks w< among the mute suggestions of wl had gone before. Those who we aross in behalf of the Red Cr found many wounded who for ho had remained uncared for. Ms were traced in the trenches by th roans. It was the belief of1 American army physicians that me oldiers died because neither F ras nor rebels had a hospital cor The 1.500 civilIan refugees a' rushed across the river when G Mercado went through the streets Oinaga, telling the people to fi suffered as much distress as the iers. Scores of women camo I towers had lost their children in1 scramble and were crying piteou in the corr provided for them he American side. Others wi without sufficient clothing and were drenched from wading throu he river. *The scene of disorder oni American side was almost as bad an the Mexican. Scores of Fede runs had been thrown into the ri nd were protruding from the mi Pederal and rebel wounded, who 11 rawled to the river bank -side dde were wading across, aided American soldiers. Mexican won nd children, who escaped from i orral were trudging up the mounts mad toward Marfa and had to brought back. Suddenly made guardians of mtire foreign garrison, generals a ill, the American border patrol ci 'idered what was to be done with I Wexican soldiers. From a millte 'tanduoint, the situation was regal d as being without a precedent. sim n time of peace the United Sta Li-my never has had to surround. di Lrm hold in custody and care for arge a body of aliens. Less th 0fl cavalrymen handled the pan tricken mob of almost ten tinr heir number. Though many F< ral soldiers had loaded rifles a well filled cartridge belts. the rour ng up and disarming was done wil >ut any untoward incident. Both Villa. the victorious rel eader, and Mercado, the defeat ederal commander. standing onC osite banks of the Rio Grande. d ussed the incidents in Mexican h ory in which they had just taken art. Gen. Villa sat triumphantly he little adobe palace on the Pla n Ojinaga. Gen. Mercado sat in t amp of the American border patr "It was hopeless." said Gen. Mi 'ado. "We could not have resisted harge by the rebels. It would ha een a massacre. I ordered t vacuation and flight to safety acrc he river on grounds of humanity. "The loyalty of the governme orces was unquestioned. There w i indication of a general desertic Vhen T saw there was no hone T h command the soldiers to leave. hose to places the lives of my m a the care of the United States rat r than to risk them to the rebe V' are grateful for our hospil sylum here." Gen Villa said: "The creditf hin victory Is due to Gen. Torfl rtega. We knew the Federals mr ad a limited supply of ammunitic lur tactics were to exhaust that su~ ly. Gen. Ortega started an atta > draw the Federal fire. He su eeded well. '70? a whnle weekr the Feder CLOSEDN MYSTERY RITE CASE CLOSES WITHOUT DIS CLOSING THE FACTS. A Walter E. Gurganous and Mrs. Ella S elle Hite Plead Guilty to Assualt and Battery in Lexington Court. a Walter E. Gurganous, the young Southern Bell Telephone lineman, R Do and Mrs. Ella Belle Hite, charged with the shooting of J. Milton Hite, nd a young business man of Batesburg, m on the night of December 6, last, Tuesday entered a plea of guilty to :h. the charge of assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying con an cealed weapons in the Lexington 0,- county court of general sessions. in- Judge Spain passed sentence upon w 00 the prisoners. On Gurganous he laid a dy a sentence of six months at hard tc er labor or a fine of $125. Ella Hite he was sentenced to imprisonment "at x- such labor as she may be able to per x form" for three m'onths and to pay a U I'S fine of $100, provided that the prison g sentence should be suspended upon d In- the prisoner paying the fine and leav- c no ing the State of South Ca-olina and w gs remaining away. to- Both Gurganous and Mrs. Hite e ral paid their fines promptly. Before u all sentence was passed Col. 3. Brooks p ig- Wingard of counsel for the defence, N )m said: "It is agreed by the solicitor o and counsel for Mr. Gurganous, that A ses counsel shall have the opportunity at I In- this point in behalf of Mr. Gurgan- r of ous to make a short statement and b ns- to have the same incorpnrated in the i ro, record of this case. Mr. Gurgaaous o Of is quite a young man engaged in the v is- laudable business of eari..ng an hen- b est livlihood by his own la'iors. His S iez present unfortunate situation 1.as fin Ln- pressed him as peria'>s nothing else v to could, the fact that som; -ime or oth- t .O- er all men are or may be snbjected i: re to influences that too .req aently c .nd cause a lapse from the path of up- 1V ,v- rightness and right living. - I; ire "He is conscious, even now, of not d ed having committed any legal wrong ' B which could justify or give rise to T the offenses now pending against him. C all He fully realizes the indiscretions of n xes his past associations; but he is will- b st ing to enter this plea, and to meet J n. this obligation rather than to enter t in- into an investigation which would :ng disclose a situation which might be c .he construed by some as bearing too n hardly upon others who are interest- v he ed In this case, and could result only a ido in producing a sense of deep humilia- ( led tion on the part of all parties inter- t Uo ested in the issues involved." k ted Mrs. Hite appeared in the court 9 to room neatly attired in a becoming a ni- suit of blue. She did not appear the v ad least nervous until the time came for t her to sign the plea. As soon as the r to sentence had been pronounced she j ite left the court room with the sheriff. 1 e H-Ter escort. her attorney. E. L. Asbill P of did not make any open plea for his , In- client, but he and the solicitor con- a tie ferred with Judge Spain before the . .he !entence was pronounced. A few feet b by distant, on the opuosite side of the t room, sat Walter E. Gurganous. Mrs. s n- Hite's eyes were centred on the judge e ng and she did not glance in the direc- e les tion of her husband. ms At the jail, in a private room, after e nd the proceedings were over. Mrs. Hit' re agreed to receive a reporter in the C are presence of Sheriff Miller. This Is the at first time since her arrest that she nt has permitted herself to be inter, a s viewed. Tn a calm and dispassionate s rs manner, even modest, she expressed v ny her great satisfaction that the case t ei had been ended. :he "My only 'hope and desire,'' sheb nv said, "is to be with my husband and e d- dear little girl. I want to correct the Ts. Impression that has gone out over the a, -ho country to the effect that my husbandt en and I have separated. Such is not of the case. assure you. Milton is anx- t ee. ous to be with me. and I know that a ol- he will come to me as soon as he can. 1- I don't mind leaving the State at all: :he there are other places to live besides sly South Carolina. and I know that we a on wll he as happy as ever, once we get b are settled down and my husband recov all ers entirely. I expect to go where hes gh can come to see me every day if het wants to, and where I can go to him. a :he Of course, our future plans have nott as been definitely decided upon, but It is h ral my Intention now to go to Augusta. rer My husband and I will decide all of a .id. these matters later." i ad Thus came to a close what prom- t1 by Ised to be the most sensational case, by ever tried In the courts of Lexington t1 en county. The mystery surrounding E e the happening remains as deep a mnys un tery now as it did at the beginning. tl LOSE THEIR LIVES' a an - - - nd our Seamen of Battleship Wyoming h m-h he Go to Their Deaths. d 'The capsizing in Hampton Roads. ti -off Norfolk, Va., Friday of a motor P ecutter from the battleship Wyoming. 0 es' flagship of the Atlantic fleet, result- k s ed in the loss of the lives of four h so seamen of the Wyoming's crew. The tI aaccident occurred near the spot where i-j a launch from the battleship Minne- a esota went down in 1907. with the . dloss of eleven lives, mostly young ~ nt midshipmen. Another coincidence " was that the Wyoming was anchoredk ;h- in the same place that the Minnesota - was lying six and a half years ago. >el The Wyoming's boat with nineteen S el men aboard was carrying wheelbar- ' rows from the flagship to the navy C i-' collier Proteus. All the men were tI is- thro":n into the sea, and the weight ~ aof the steel wheelbarrows carried the Il ncutter under, leaving nothing for the t~ znmen to cling to. he Small boats were sent out and a 1passing tug give assistance in the res rcue work. Thirteen of the men got s aout. None of the other bodies have ebeen recovered, though boats from hthe Wyoming and other battleships sswere en gaged the remainder of the day in dragging the roadbed for , them. P'olice Oflicer Assaulted. IChief of Police J. T. Hughes of al Honea Path. was found Saturday en -in an alleyway in a very serious con- a .dition, having been beaten up by un- er al known parties. a or garrison kept firing back at us with r1 o little effect. We did not go near ~ v enough to endanger our men. Then n. we withdrew for six days to obtain ti n- more ammunition. Our renewed at- et k tack settled the conflict. The Fed- 'i c- erals were exhausted and the flight *c to the United States began just as tH a1 we planned." 'EEPLES ACQUITTED [TORNEY GENERAL FACES COURT ON MURDER CHARGE ILLINfi WA5 ACCIENT ichland County Court House Scene of Trial in Which the Jury Ob solves the Attorney-General After Deliberating Three Minutes-Pee ples Explains Accident. Attorney-General Thos. H. Peeples as exonerated of all blame for the :cidental shooting of a negro por r, Robert Marshall, in the Elks' ome in Columbia by a jury in the ichland county court Monday orning. Three minutes after they :> the case the jury returned a ver ict of "Not guilty" to the indictment iarging Attorney-General Peeples ith murder. The Richland court house was fill I Monday morning at 10 o'clock hen Judge George E. Prince, who is residing, took his seat. Solicitor fade Hampton Cobb called the case E the State against Thos. H. Peeples, ssistant Attorney General Fred H. iminick announced Mr. Peeples ady for trial. Many of the mem ers of the general assembly dropped i during the trial. The larger part f the members of the Richland bar ,ere present and the spectators' enches were filled. Coroner J. A. cott sat beside Solicitor Cobb. Attorney General Thos. H. Peeples 'as arraigned and pleaded not guilty the charge of murder. The draw ig of the jury began at 10:20. Two hallenges were used by the defence, [r. Dominicl excusing W. E. Hop ins and 13. M. English. The jury as rawn consisted of E. A. Hedgepath, 7. D. Rabun, D. K. Pratt, D. W. oughnight, Edmund Roberts, W. L. oleman, J. C. Carpenter, J. R. Ful ier, William Watson, R. E. Camp el, S. B. Hyatt, R. L. Burnett. udge Prince directed R. E. Campbell ) act as foreman. That Attorney General Peeples me Into the Elks' Home on the ight of December 6 with a pistol, -hich he had taken from his car, nd while in the act of handing it to apt. 3. F. Weaver In the buffet of te club It was accidentally exploded, illing the negro porter, Robert Mar hall, who was entering the room, nd that the Attorney General was holly without blame and much dii ressed at the accident, was the testi iony which was given by S. F. heeler, A. H. Martin, George J. [owell, James F. Weaver, who were resent in the buffet at the time. It 'as developed that the attorney gen ral did not even know the negro was ntring the room. that he turned to and the pistol to Capt. Weaver on de resuest of the latter to let himi ae It, and it was accidentally dis harged. presumably by being knock d against the counter. Sheriff McCain, who took charge f the rooms after the shooting, cor Dborated the others, and Arthur aden, a negro porter at the Elks' [ome, testified that he was at the hone ordering some milk for the ttorney general when he heard the hot. He said that Mr. Peeples al ays was polite and considerate of te servants and all liked him. All the witnesses testified that they ad never kne-vn the attorney gen ral to carry a pistol. Dr. M. M. Rice, who examined the egro after his body was removed to 2e undertaking establishment, testi ed that the bullet entered his right ample, ploughed through the brain, nd came out on the left of the head. he~ testimony showed that the bul t then glanced against a wall and 11l on a hearth. The flattened bullet nd the pistol were put in evidence y Solicitor Cobb. Attorney General Peeples took the band in his own behalf. and was e only witness for the defence. In straightforward, manly way, he >d of the sad occurrence. How he ad only received the pistol some six eeks prior to the occurrence from a uncle In Texas. How he had put in his automobile that morning for e protection of his mother, who et to Lexington in his car. On ie return he rode in his car to the Iks' club about 1 0 o'clock, and took ut the pistol intending to leave It at te club, as he never carried one. He et into the buffet and was In the et of laying the pistol on the cash ~gister when Capt. Weaver asked m to let him see it. He turned to and the pistol to him when it sud nly went off and the bullet entered ie head of Robert Marshall. a negro rter, who entered the room. The torney general stated that he didn't now the negro was in the room until lay stretched on the floor with ie bullet through his brain. Solicitor Cobb cross-examined thie :torney general briefly. No argu ents were made by opposing counsel id Judge Prince charged the law on rder, manslaughter and accidental illing, and then gave the case to the try. They fied out at 11:28 and tree minutes later returned to their ats and handed up the indictment ith the words: "Not guilty, R. C.1 ampbell, foreman,' written across e back. Attorney General Peeples as shaken by the hand by many of 's friends on his complete exonera TILLMAN LOOKS WELL. iys lie Threw Off Dietary Restric tions and Picked Up. There was much comment Monday Washington at the Senate end of~ e Capitol on the greatly improve~d wilth of Senator Tillman, as lndi ted by his robust appearance and vial spirits. M y '1 that the Sen or was looking better than he had -er looked since h:s serious illness few years ago. When asked the use of his decided pickup the Sea-| or replied that he haa cast otf the1 ress of his self-imposed dietara iles during the holidays at Tren n and had reveled to his heart's toat in .iowl and collards, and all goad eating in South Carolina he uld get. However, the Senator re- 1 md the dietary harness just as< n as he got back to Washington. inking It wise not to ovardo "the BIG TRUST YIELDS MW ENGLAND RAILROAD PROF FERS OLIVE BRANCH. )epartment of Justice Scores Second Sweeping Anti-Trust Victory for the Present Administratin. The New York, New Haven & Hart rord railroad and the department of justice at Washington Saturday night announced a preliminary agreement designed to effect a reorganization of the New Haven and to prevent a suit for its dissolution under the Sher man law. In compliance with department de mands, the New Haven will dispose of its holdings in the Boston & Maine, cancel its joint agreement controlling the Boston & Albany; give up its trolley lines and several of its steam ship lines. The question of its re tention of the so-called Sound lines of steamships will be left to the in terstate commerce commission. Under the Panama canal act the road is required to give up all steam ship holdings by July 1 unless the commission finds their continued op eration by the railroad is to the com mercial advantage of the public and not In restraint of competition. It was conceded that the depart ment of justice gained virtually every point demanded. Announcement of the agreement was made in the fol lowing statement issued by Chairman Elliott: - "An agreement has been reached between the department of justice and the New Haven road. The New Haven in addition to the cancellation of the Roston & A!b.any agreement, which becomes effective February 1, will dispose of Its holdings in the Boston & Maine railroad, their trol ley systems, their Merchants and Miners Transportation company, the Eastern Steamship corporation and the Maine Steamship company under a plan the details of which will be worked out as promptly as possible with representatives of the depart ment of justice. "Concerning other steamer lines, application has been made under the Parama canal act to the Interstate commerce commission, and their dis position will be determined by that .body. Until plans are put Into ef fect the management and operation of the properties will be continued as at present." The conference was between the attorney general and Special Assist ant Gregory, Assistant Attorney General .T. E. Adkins, Assistant Frank M. Swacker, representing the department of justice, and Howard Elliott, Arthur T. Hadley and L. S. Storrs, representing the New Haven company. Department of justice officials were of the opinion that the New Haven was as big a victory for the 'princi pie of peaceful settlement of anti trust cases as that registered in the case of the American Telephone and Telegraph company. They pointed out that the complexities of the New Haven were greater than in' the tele phone case and that a suit to separate the New Haven from its greater hold ings might have resulted in disaster on the road itself, and in reflex action upon business that would have been widely felt. They recognized that the New Haven could not be expected to dis pose of its holdings in a few months and recognized that to force the road to got rid of its interests withIn a specified time would permit prospec tive buyers to wait until that time limit expired and then pay their own price. As long as Chairman Elliott and his associates show their intention to carry out the terms of the agreement assurances are given that the depart ment of justice will not press them for haste. Although no one in author ity would predict how long a time such a reorganization will require, it generally was believed that final re adjustment can not be reached for many months and on some points probably not for years. Negotiations with the New Haven began more than two months ago. shortly after Mr. Elliott came East to take active charge of the opera tion of the road. There have been several conferences between the rail road men, the attorney general and his two associates in this case. This Is not the first time the New Haven has escaped the hand of the Sherman act. Sveral years ago the road was investigated by the depart ment of justice and was sued by the then Attorney General Bonaparte. Former Attorney General Wicker sham did not press proceedings and the suit was abandoned. Several months after Mr. McReynolds assum ed office he determined the govern ment would sue or the New Haven would reorganize. DEATH IS EXPLANED. Demise of Newberry Negro is Attri buted to Young Boys. IIayes Gladney, a negro, was found dead the 22nd day of December in a field near Maybinton in Newberry county, having been shot and killed with a shotgun. The magistrate of the neighborhood held an inquest, and the jury found he came to his death by a gunshot wound at the bands of some person unknown. De velopments since led Sheriff Blease of that county to .believe that two ne ro boys, George Eddison and An drew Gregory, aged 13 and 12, knew something about it, so he had them rrested Saturday and brought to ail. Sunday Eddison confessed that Le killed Gladney and Gregory con rimed the confession. Eddison says hat he was shooting at something lse.and hit Gladney by accIdent, but hat he kept silent about it. and per uaded the other boy to do so, be ~ause they were afraid. Another Negro is Slain. Will Bullock, a young negro of aurens, Is in jail for the killing of nother negro boy Saturday a few nis west of Laurens. It Is said the atal shot was fired while the two vere merely scuffling over the pos ession of a gun at the time. Many Horses Burn. Nineteen horses. 12 carrIages and >ugies, an automobile with a supply f foodstuffs and harness were de-. tryed at Clemson college Thursday norning when a fire blazed through WILSONW PROURAM REGULATION Of BIG BUSINESS MUST BE PLANNED -4 DISCUSSED BY CABINET President Wishes to Establish Trade Commission Whose Object Would be to Keep Government and Indus try Informed as to the Law's Re quirements. President Wilson Tuesday gave cabinet members his ideas on the government's relation to "big busi ness", the field anti-trust legislation should cover in the present session of congress and the spirit in which he believed the task should be ap proached. A feeling of friendly conciliation rather than of hostile antagonism, yet a constructive program that will eliminate uncertainty about the law and stimulate the growth of legiti mate business are the fundamentals of the president's plan of action to be embodied in the message he will read at a joint session of congress next week. He presented the document to the cabinet and worked all Tuesday afternoon on minor changes as a re sult of the meeting. Cabinet members speak of the mes sage as a progressive declaration that would reassure the business world of the sincere intentions of the admin istration to deal fairly with it. While the president has not revealed his views on detailed legislation, he hopes his message will be the guild Ing influence that will keep the scope of 'activity with a well defined compass, eliminating, so- far as pos sible any congestion of radical bills that might be misinterpreted by the outside world. So far as known the cardinal fea tures of the president's plan are: 1. Supplimenting the Sherman an ti-trust law to reduce the debatable area around it. 2. The prohibition of interlocking directorates. 8. Location of Individual responsi bility and the fixing of personal guilt for all violations. 4. The creation of an interstate trade commission to perform the functions of a bureau of information and to determine by its investigations whether decrees of dissolution or mandates of courts are carried out. . The president Is -proceeding on the theory that legislation is necessarY at this time and that there should be no delay in accomplishing those re forms on which public sentiment is agreed. The recent action of J. P. Morgan & Co. in voluntarily with drawing from numerous directorates on account of a "changes in public sentiment" is considered by adminis tration supporters as evidence that the business world expects interlock ing directorates to be dissolved. In this connection President Wil son believes the whole course of pub lic opinion has undergone remark able change in the last few years. From a point where doubt as to the existence of trusts was at first ex pressed, through the period which reasonable and unreasonable comrbi nations in restraint of trade were de bated, he -believes there has develop ed now an acceptance of the principle that private monopolies are indefens ible and that trusts practice certain things which ought to be prohibited. The president is also reiterating to those with whom he is discussing the subject a view expressed In his pro convention speeches two years ago that, to stop "joy riding", it Is nec essary "to arrest the chauffeur and not the automobile." He is expected to recommend in his message that the law with respect to personal guilt should be enforced vigorously and provision made in all legislation for individual offenses. One of the most important fea tures of the anti-trust program is the interstate trade commission. This organization differs from the kind of commission which was advocated by the national Progressive party during the last campaign in that it would not be vested with powers of regula tion, but would be' the medium through which the go- ?nment would keep the business world informed and eliminate "the twilight zone" In "big business". There have been repeated requests for information from .business con cerns and the need of an authorita tive reservoir of information already has been demonstrated In the pres ent administration's experience with the trust question. It is intended to place the commissioner of corpora tions at the head of the Interstate trade commission and to include in its membershp business men who would know business methods suffi ciently to conduct the necessary in auiries and furnish the desired infor mation. With the president's discussion of tbe whole subject at Tuesday's cabi net meeting the talk of "slowing up" on the administration program and postponing trust legislation until the December session apparently disap peared In executive quarters. Ad ministration supporters in the House and Senate will endeavor to keep the work of trust reform within certain limits and to push it forward to rapid completion so as to cut short the period of doubt as to what adjust ments may be in prospect for the business of the country. WHITE MAN SHOT. Man at Gilbert Wounds Friend Try ing to Help Him. The little town of Gilbert, in Lex ington county, was the scene of a shooting scrape Saturday night. John Shealy, a white man, was shot and painfully wounded by Cal Taylor, another white man, the trouble being the outcome of too much liquor, it is said. According to the reports Tay lor was drunk and disorderly, and Shealy acting as a friend, and in an effort to get Taylor to go home, as sisted him to his bug-gy. After man aging to get Taylor in his buggy it is said that Shealy turned to ge away, when Taylor drew a pistol and fired. The ball passed through the left hand and penetrated the stomach, causing a painful, but not dangerous wound. Bth maf' aye marred.a COTTON GRADE PLAN SENATOR SMITH'S EXPEPMIENTS SECUBES RESUL. Government Tests Show That Texas Loses $40,000,000 on Cotton Such as Smith Plan Proposes to Save. Experiments which were ordered by Congress at the suggestion of Sen ator E. D. Smith to determine the dif ference In spinning value between the various standard cotton grades, have proceeded far enough to sustain the senator's theory that this difference is by no means so great as would be thought from the price paid the pro ducer of the staple. Out of this investigation, which is being made by the department of agriculture under the supervision of its cotton expert, Dr. N. A. Cobb, re sults are accruing which will be of vital importance to the cotton grow ers of the South. The experiments have been carried on with a total of about 120 bales, half of eastern and half of western upland cotton, which was put through the Danville, Va., mills under the regular process used for commercial cotton. Parallel tests were made at the Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical college in South Carolina, and addi tional checks will be obtained from technical laboratories elsewhere be fore a final report is published. Enough has been learned from the tests already accomplished to justify the following semi-official statement of their significance: "It has been shown conclusively that much of the lower grade cotton, for which a decidedly lower price is paid, works into just as good yarn and fabric as slightly more expensive grades. In the case of Texas this year much of the cotton was badly stained and weathered In the field, but these experiments have shown that the bleaching process used In the mills Is effective and cheap and has no appreciable effect on t#e strength of the yarn." At a hearing before the House committee on agriculture experts for the department recently said that this stained and weathered cotton In Texas has sold for 6 or 7 cents a pound, when It was Intrinsically worth 10 to 12 cents a pound. sa demonstrated by the Danville expert ments. The total loss to the farmers of Texas alone this year on this a& count, one of the experts told the committee, will probably reach $40, 000,000. As an object lesson to give practi cal effect to the outcome of the spin ning experiments the department of agriculture will prepare fifty or more sets of exhibits, showing the grades of cotton handled, the amount of waste in each, and the character of the yarn produced. both before and after bleaching? These exhibits will be Installed at the various agricul tural colleges which are Interested. and with as many cotton exchanges as care to have them on view as an aid to the grower. RYAN SUPPORTS PLalf. Financier Praises Wilson and His Ef forts for Monetry Reform. Thomas F. Ryan. appearing in the financial district of New York in a snow storm Tuesday for the first time in several months, announced that the National Bank of Commerce, of which he is a stockholder, will join the federal reserve organization. "I hone all the other national banks will do the same," he added. "The whole country Is proud of Pres ident Wilson for the masteriy way in which he handled the most difficult situation and got results. I consider It the 'greatest achievement of any president since Lincoln. "It would be unfair to him and unpatriotic generally to withhold the most hearty support of the great measure he has evolved and made a fact. Heis a great man and agreat president and the greatest thing about him is that he plays no favor ites." SPENT MANY MILLIONS. Seven Big World Powers Blew $797, 948,900 on Their Navies. Just $797,948,900 was expended last year in construction by the seven naval powers of the world, the United States standing second in the list, with appropriations of $140,800,643, Great Britain apent $235,713,489; Germany $111,270,026; Japan, $48, 105.151. These facts appeared in the navy year book for 1913. Great Britain held her ulace as the first naval pow er with 2,591,591 tonnage; Germany ranks second with a tonna'ge of 1, 228209: the United States Is third with 921.844 tons; France fourth - with 876,155. and Japan fifth with 702,099. Found Unconscious. G. C. Hubbard of Darlington was found unconscious .Sunday morning in his room at the Argyle Hotel at Charleston.. Under his pillow was found a loaded pistol and the room was filled with fumes from two open gas jets, a gas stove and an uncapped gas pipe. Negroes Kill Negro. Gary Wadley and Wister Carson, young negro farmers, of Greenville, rode ten miles Monday afternoon that they might give themselves up to the sheriff. Wadley having shot to death John Hill. a negro boy of 14 years, in the Sterling neighborhood. Buck Slays Man. With virtually every bone in his body broken and his lungs puno tured by the horns of a large buck. Patrick Horan, of Islip, L. I., was found dead Monday night In an enclo sure where deer were kept. Rebellious Are Killed. Tweve rebellious Mexicon soldiers were killed at Ensenada, Mexco, as a result of a ',uickly repressed revolt, ue to the failure of the Mexican Gov r~nnt to orr off the troop in the Ensenada garrison. Takes Fatal Leap. Herbert Thomas. a negro of F'lor enc, was so badly injured from umpng from a moving train that he d4ed Moayn the ay eaers jump.een