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VOL. xXV111 MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. MAY 20 MEDIATION STARTS AHERICAN REPRESENTATIVES PAY MEBIATORS FORMAL CAL PRESSURE UPON REBELS Expected That Foreign Nations Will Exert Influence in an Effort to Per suade Them to Enter Mediation Proceedings-Their Ammunition Supply Almost Out. First formal steps in the program oftmediation in the mediation prob lem were taken at Washington Wed nesday when Justice Lamar and Prederick W. Lehmann, together with their secretary, H. Percival 1)odge, who will represent the United States, paid their respects to the three South American envoys who have undertaken, by diplomacy, to solve the Mexican question. The rep resentatives were presented by Coun selor Robert Lansing to the secretary of state. It was a call of courtesy but paved the way for informal con ferenees In advance of the first meet ing at Niagara Falls, Ont., next Mon day. Confidentially, word was received by the mediators direct from the for eign minister at Mexico City that the Huerta representatives would arrive at Habana and leave immediately for Niagara Falls via Key West. An earlier dispatch from Consul Canada at Vera Cruz indicated that the Huer ta delegates might delay several days at Habana. Reports were current that strong pressure would be brought ,to bear on the Constitutionalists from sev eral quarters after the expected vic tory at Tampico, to get them to par ticipate In the mediaton. Presrdent Wilson during the day promised a delegation of oil well owners at Tam pico that as soon as the fighting ceased he would make strong repre sentations to the authorities in con trol there to reassure a resumption of oil operations. Secretary Bryan announced that the United States had no intention of holding Lobos island, and that if the Mexican.s would keep the navigation lights burning there the American forces would depart content. The mediators do not regard the Lobos island incident as menacing the forthcoming negotiations. Secretary Garrison cabled Gen. Funston at Vera Cruz to demand of Gen. Maas, the Mexican commander. a full explanation of the death of Private Parks. who strayed Into Mex ican lines several days ago. Pro test against the reported execution of Parks and the alleged burning of his 'body also has been made through diplomatic channels to President Huerta. Secretary Garrison holds that as Parks was in uniform he should have been treated as a prison er of war. Gen. Funston thinks Parks went insane. The mediators were busy prepar ing for their departure and Counselor Lansing spent much time with the American renrese'btatives. familiariz ing them with the general situation. Mr. Lansing afterward said that the status of the American representa tives would be unofficial as they would bear no credentials and have no plenipotenltiary powers. All steps would be referred for final decision to the secretary of state and the pres ident. Suggestions will not be made di rect by the representatives, all sug gestions coming from the mediators. but th~e Ameriea'ns might suggest means to the mediators in their un official capacity. The practical certainty that the C'onstitutlonalists would be In con trol of Tampico made it apparent that the United States soon would be in a position to bring about a return to normal conditions in the oil dis trict. Negotiations with the Consti tutionalists to permIt foreign em ployees to return, to the wells will be begun as soon as news of the occu pation of the district is received. Another phase of the situation which produced much discussion In executive quarters was the question of ammunition shipments destined for Tampico. which the Constitution alists say are en route. Constitutionlalists say that after the battles of Tampico and Saltillo. now being fought. the rebnils will have little ammunition loft with which to continue the firht arnast Huerta. With a practical emhargo on the 1mTportations of munitions o' war across the American border. in effect the rehels believe their only chance of getting additional ammuni tion will he from abroad. News of fighting at Tampico came In brief disnatches to the navy do partment. At Tampaico Rear Admiral Mayo reported firing at 5 r. in.. con tinuing all the morning. Heo report ed that the federals l-eel ammuni tion and could not hold out. Fed eral wunboats took a position far un the river part of the d'-. but at 2 p. mn. withdrew to the outer harbor. The inference was that the" werf' getting out of range of the rehel ar tillery. Shortly nfterward reports came from Admiral Mayo that the evacuation hand bezun. Sillimatn Reported Safe. John R. Silinman. Amri rn rim consul at SM1ti!!o. who was arrested by Mexican Fe'ceral omeials andl over whose safe'ty th'orO pa he grave fears. left Saltil!o Thurtiny for No ico City. arorinfl to a to~>.-ami TM day nirht to Arah1ede'r 9"-92 from Sir Lionel cardea, Blritish Min ister in Mexico Ciy. Engine and Fireman Kill1ei. Tn a 'rete-ht wrek T'rar on engineer and fireman on y Southern DECLARED HOSTILE ACT IF HARM HAS BEFALLEN PRI --VATE PARKS BY MEXJCANS. Repeated Requests for Information Regarding Infantryman Ignored by Huerta. The United States Friday demand ed of the Huerta government news of the fate of Private Parks. the Amer ican infantryman, 'h. strayed into Mexican lines near Vera Cruz. de claring that unless information about him was given imnadiately the Amer ican government wouiM consider that "an unfriendly and bostii vt", had been committed in violation of the understa'nding for a cessation of hos tilities pending mediation. President Wilson and Seeretary Bryan, it was i:i1rned. drafted a strong commuflCnicfln, after receiv ing work from th" Brazilian minister, in Mexico City. th it Parss had been "executed". No mn-ion was made in the minister's report of whether he was shot as a spy arter a courtmar tial or whether his body was burned, as has been report-! I persistently to Gen. Funston. The American government cabled the Brazilian minister to inform the iuerta government of the strong feel ing of the United States in the mat ter. The note directed the minister to protest vigorously to the Huerei government that if Parks were alive, the failure to explain his whereabouts was in itself, an unfriendly attitude, and that if the soldier had been exe cuted, as had been reported. such execution of a man, who came into the Mexican lines, in full uniform, was contrary to military procedure of civilized nations; and was an act of hostility. No mention was made in the Amer ican note of the course the United States intends to pursue in the mat ter, but an official close to the presi dent said Friday night it was one of the things which would be held up against the Huerta government when the final reckoning came over the of fenses committed against the United States. The receipt of word by the British embassy, from Sir Lionel Carden. British minister in Mexico City, that 3. R. Silliman, missing American vice onsul, was on his way by rail from altillo to Mexico City, brought the first news about 'Silliman in several days, considerably relieving the anx iety that had been felt by officials. The British vice consul at Saltillo telegraphed the information to Sir ionel Carden. The Parks and Silliman incidents have been looked on in many quar ters as likely to embarrass the media tion negotiations, but those close to the administration said both incidents probably would be cleared up by this week. SNIPERS ARE MEXICANS. Quintette Captured in Vera Cruz Giv en Freedom. The five so-called South American mnipers under arrest in Vera Cruz ave turned out to be Mexicans and have been released in pursuance to the action taken in the case of other Mexicans arrested during the occu pation. Scretary Garrison announced this Friday. He said investigation by Gen. Funston and Rear Admiral Bad ger had developed that one of the prisoners who claimed to be a Chilean was a Mexican and that the other four "probably were Mexicans." It was assumed that the snipers, upon being arrested .by an American naaval officer, set up the claim that they were "South Americans", think ing this swould save them from the wrath of the Americans. As a matter >f fact. it was pointed out, their posi tions as citizens of Mexico, acting under patriotic enthusiasm, gave them a defence more powerful than ny aid that might have been obtain ed had they been foreigners. TlEY WOULDN'T TALK HERE. Huerta's Conmmissioners Pass Thru Charleston. On their way to Washington from where they will go to Niagara Falls to represent the Hluerta government of Mexico before the "A. 11. C." mcd iitors. the three commissioners an pinted by the Mr'xican dictator pass e' through Charlestenl shortly bofore 11 Io'tork Friday night on an At l'tic Coast Line~ train. The train stopped in Charleston for only ten minutes and the three evoys refused to bo interviewed on te Meinnl situatton or on any mat t'rs portaining to tho" present trnhlee i that country and~ the ef'orts he in made to bring about a peaceful settlement. They are neomonnied on the trin to\Wahinrton by gpordman Rf Unanks. reren~rtilg the American State de nortmont, amonz others. Firhtenf persons are in the party. including m mebers of the ceommieione~.rs' fam' ies. secretarios and newspaner men. "eond Victim of' Week. rly Fridhy morning from inlindose recived in the Souithern railway wreck Thurda' a'tore:'on at Ludo w vji. (a. Hie ens the seond tihtim o ' the wreok. Frnztneer T. a' Winn htvin die T>urshay nicht. Failure o te frei'ht t-cin finrm~n to dis play proer signals is giv.en as the case of the wredh. Situation nt Tampico. eor Adrirnl Nave and Americran oe"crs received renewed assuranoes rmConetittui!onalist autho-ties r F'rtiy thait all for'nien property .tT'itCOt'oh be anatelv nro 'WANI THEIR MONEY EMPLOYEES OF SOLDIFRS ROME ARE SEIKIM SALARIES SAYS ITEM WAS VETOED For This Reason Comptroller Jones Has Refused to Pay Salaries, and the Case Has Been Carried to the Supreme Court by Those Who Want Their Salaries. Mandamus proceedings to compel A. W. Jones, comptroller general, to pay the salaries of the coimandant and employees of the Confederate Home were argued before the Su preme Court Monday morning. Rep resentative C. C. Wyche appeared for H. W. Richardson, the commandant and employees of the Confederate Home, while former Attorney General J. Fraser Lyon appeared for the comptroller general. The comptroller general contends that the governor vetoed the item's for salaries for the Confederate Home in the appropriation bill and that the veto was sustained by the general assembly. The managar,t of the Home contend that they have a right to their salaries out of the mon'ey appropriated for the Home. The return of the comptroller gen eral to the rule to show cause said In part: "Answering paragraph 7, your re spondent alleges that he has issued his warrants upon the State treasurer for each and every item of the ex penses requested by 1. W. Richard son, superintendent and treasurer, except the items for salaries, wages or other compensation to the ofnicers. employees and other persons for ser vices. Further answering paragraph 7,- respondent alleges that upon his refusal to draw his warrant upon the State treasurer for pay for the offi referred to. the said H. W. Richad son, superintendent and treasurer of the said infirmary, withdrew his de mand therefor. and filed his accounts with the said Item omitted. for all of which accounts so filed your re...pond ent has Issued his warrant upon the State treasurer therefor. Answering paragraph 8, he admits so much thereof as alleges that he refused to draw his warrant upon the State treasurer for pay for the o - cers, employees and help of the said Infirmary; he has no knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to whether it is impossible to con tinue to take care of and pronerly maintain the inmates of said infirm ary unless the officers, employees and help are paid their wages. He al leges, however, that the governor vetoed the item of the appropriation act carrying an appropriation for said purposes, and that upon account of such veto and the sustaining thereof by the general assembly, he assumes such expenses are not necessary to properly maintain the said Infirmary. -e specifically denies that his action in refusing to draw his warrant upon the State treasurer to pay for officers, employees and help of the infirmary is arbitrary and without authority of law; on the contrary, he alleges that no appropriation has been made for said purposes, and that neither the petitioners nor the said H. W. Ricli ardson, as'superintendlent and treas urer of the said infirmary, are en titled to reecive the samte. For further cause why a writ of mandamus as prayed for should not ue, this respondent doth show: That in and by Section 30 of the Appropriation Act passed by the House of Representatives and Senate of the State of South Carolina for the year 1914. there is contained under said section, Item 9, whlich provides for salaries and wages of offieers and employees at said infirmary the fol lowing amounts: For command,.nt, a monthly salary not exceeding $30 --$G00; for matron, a salary at not exceeding $50 per month-S00; for physician. not exceeding S->0 per month-S (0A. For employees, in cluding cooks, nurses aad other ser vants or laborers all not to exceed eight, none to receive more than S25 per mnonth-S2.-100, andl S20:0 to be paid H. W. Richardson and $1 00 to be paid Dr. F. W. P. iButler: that all of the above mentioned amounts for th purposes stated in Item 3, See tion 30. of said Appropriation Act were on the 4th day of March. l9l4. vetoed by the governor of South Car olina. as will appear by refeorence to page 1,413 of the House Journ~al of March 4. 1914. That the veto of all of the above mentioned amounts' elde i temu : of saidl Section 30 of the Appropriation Act was sustain ed by the House of Representatives. as will appear by reference to the Journal of the House, March 4, 1914. pae G,2-27-2S. That a copy of gso uch4o the House Journal of 191 whch o contains the veto of th~e goveror of item 3, Section 30, of sail Appropriation Act, and a cony of that part of said Journal which shows the vote of the House5 of Rlop rosentatives sustaining th.' samie, arc hereby made a part of this retu:rn. are annoeed hereto and marh:ol E*x 'ibts "A" and "U", respec' ively. GesClerk-chipfoUrvr. the Taliahasse past of'ro tl ands has been maod' a ce-rk r~2Ihou.t havg to st:mnd the ecivil sortio c': am~ination as required by the depart Polcmatn Arrested His Wife. Par Ea dward .Johnson of At tantic City. New Jersey. \\ednesday arrested his wi fo and locked her up for the nizcht becau:se &he worried h~m n hI-s heat. HUMOR ON FREE TOLLS TALE OF AN ANCIENT TABLEI RELATED IN SENATE. Senator Chilton Tells Amusing Stor3 of Old Ptoads and New Roads ix Egypt. Senator Chilton of West Virginia Thursday told the Senate why he fav ored the Panama tolls exemption re peal bill. "It never has tiih the policy of the Democratic party tc break treaties," said the West Vir ginia Senator. "I can not believe that a Democratic convention, nor the mass of the people who .respect their government desire the United States to take a position of violating any treaty." Senator Chilton said the . exemp tion was a subsidy and, therefore, the Baltimore platform permitted the re peal. ie said that the controversy could not be arbitrated unless the repeal bill was p,assed. Senator Chil ton incorporated into the recc'rd "a liberal translations from a tablet found in the excavation at Karnak.' According to the translation an ex clusive franchise for carrying any goods between Karnik and Memphis was granted by the King to a com* pany. In a later reign a new and better road. was built at a cost of about 400.000,000 shekels, paid out of the royal treasury. Tolls were to be levied oh the caravans of all na tions. The company having the exclusive right over the route protested and contended that the term "all nations" could not have included Egypt. "At this crisis," continued the tablet, "a Hebrew from Goshen appeared at the palace and addressed the king In this wise: " '0, King, live forever. Thy art thou bothered over this simple ques tion? Dbst thou not knor that this company hath charged thy subjects all the traffic would bear? Does thou not know that if already a monopoly in restraint of trade under the anti Trust Act of the Shepherd kings? Dost thou not know that it hasb driven all asses off the road from Memphis to Karnak? "And the King replied: 'Isaac, my son. I perceive that thou are the zoods and that I even I, am an illus trious chump. Bring hither the direc tors of that company that they may be slain before me and that their houses be made a dunghill.' ". MAY ASK U. S. TO PAY. Foreign Nations Would Hold U. S. Responsible for Mexican Interest. Vera Cruz bankers have heard that France and Germany, and perhaps Great Britain and Belgium, will make inquiries of the State Department re garding the United States' Intentions as to Mexico's foreign debt. The hope seems to be to fix on the Unit ed States responsibility for the inter est, the debt being largely held by invtors in the countries named. When Huerta, in March, arranged for a loan of $50,000,000, ho agreedl to resume in April the payment of in terest and to reduce customs taxes >0 per cent. Developments of the ast few weeks, especially the selz ure of the Vera Cruz custom house, from which H-uerta derived the bulk of his import revenues, have render ed it impossible for him to obtain funds with which to meet the debt charges. The information received by ,bank ers is that the nations which have been hit by this default. and by the general slump in the value of Mexi can securities hel dabroad, incline tc the belief that the seizure of the Vera Cruz custom house carried with it re sponsibility for the payment of the interest, which, under normal condi tins, would be derived largely from the revenue arising. HAVE FUTLL POWEIV. iluerta Delegates Will Decide Terms According to Their Conscience. President Hiuerta's peace commis sioners have practically unlimited au thority. Liseensiado Augustin Rodri uoz, speaking in the name of his col legiues, said: .e have full power to act. WE carry no formula and we shall decidE according to our consciences, always hearing in mind the national honor .\!l of us possess a Latin soul and Mcexican heart. W\e shall listen to the prpsals of the South . Americar mecdiators and decide accordingly." .The Mexican delegates, Senor Rod riguez said, will deal only with ex trior troubles, as Gen. Carranza hat refused to admit the mediators' for mula appointing a provisional gov ernment in Mexico comprising boti Huerta and Constitutionalist factions TiIIlEE MEN ACQUITTED. Charged With Suspending Negro b, Thumbsxh to Force Testimony. W. W. Ada:ns, magistrate's con (al.G W. Smith and J. W. Blackr wil were acquitted in court of gen c :-al sesons at Anderson Thursda . trno of charge of assault an. battry~ withl intent to kill. Adam and Sith were charged with sus pending by his thumbs John Walker ctP'red. to a tree, also assaulting hin wi1 ticks and pistols. Blackwel n~schre with assaulting Walke wiha stick. Walker declared tha these men made the alleged assaul 'ai d susp"ended him by the thumbs t Ir'ake him' agree to give perjiured tes ticraanst a negro named JohI -Hff, who had been arrested by Con sable Adams. for the murder of Po lcean McConnell in Asheville, foi FIX TRANSPORT FLEET SfIPTARDS GIVEN ORDERS T RUSH WORK ImIEDIATELY. War Department is Preparing I Have Enough Ships to Transpo' at Least Sixty Thousand Men. New Y'ork shipyard owners Sul day were notified tO have their ei tire working organizations ftseigne to the government contracts. T iinstructions were given by the i1 spectors of the army quartermaster department, acting upon orders fro1 Washington. The fleet in course of preparatio and held by steamship compani along the Atlantic coast for feder: orders would accoimodate, accor< ing to the quartermaster depfrtmet schedules, 60,000 troops and sufi cient mules for their land operation For the first time since the Spar ish war the three ig South Brool lyn shipyards, owned by Shewan < Sons, Morse Iron Works and th Robins Erie Basin Company, at operating on a day and night basii employing an aggregate of 3,00 skilled carpenters, plumbers a-h caulkers. They are under contra< to have the steamships City of Macox City f A6mphis and Minnesota ready for sea Wedbesday. As soon as these ships are take from the dry docks their places wi be taken by others which are bein considered for troop ship service t jbin the flotilla now being fitted u In Southerii lOtts. Estimates an contracts have already tien prepai ed, so that there will only be iiece sary the fomalityof signing the bond before actual work is begun. A penalty of $1,000 a day will b levied by the government on th owtkers of shipyards who fail to hav transports ready for sailing withi four days after the signing of th contracts, and a bond representin 25 per cefit. of the contract price 1 required fr!-n he shipyard owners. On board the City of Madon, whic was chartered with the City of Mek pris early Saturday, work had prc gressed so far that she was taken ou of dry dock at 7 a. m. Thursda3 Immediately after the ship is mad fast to a dock coal barges will b floated alongside. The City of Memphis was .being fil ted for the accommodation of 2,00 soldiers in Robin's shipyard earl Thursday and is also expected to b ready for sailing orders late Frida3 At the Morse works the Minnesota had her decks made over before Fri day night for 1,500 mules. Shipbuilders who accepted the gev ernment contracts estimate that i will cost $70,000 to fit each tranE port. This includes the supply o hammocks, wash rooms, hospite wards, baths and additional wate tanks. Under the government arrange ments with the steamship companie whose vessels are held for army sex vice, a daily rental df $1,500 is pai for the passeniger carrying vMssel and $1,000 for the smaller ship Before the vessels are returned t their owners the government is re quired to place them in the same cozl dition as they were at the time c their acquisition. Army officers who were superis tending the work on the three ship being prepared under rush orders a the South Brooklyn yards said the at tivity of th~e war departnrient and th demand to have the fleet under wa in four days from the signing of th final contracts foreshadowed a move ment of regular troops, which woul be preceded by a c:111 for volunteer: If the ships now being selected fa transport service are all -placedi commission the army officers said would be necessary to draw on sea eral brigades of the State militia t make up the full quota of men. In anticipation of an ordei- to r4 place companies of artillery now o duty at the harbor posts with militi artillery organizations, Col. R. Foste Wiatoti,-adjutant general of the Ne York division, and Adjt. Gen. Hami ton held a conference with Prig. Gei Austin, commanding the artillex branch of the militia. BU'RKE INDICTED. Canal Manager Faces Indictment a Charge of Fraud. John Burke, whose official dutit as manager of the commissary di partment of the Panama canal zor have been under investigation in Pa: ama and in Washington for severi months, wa~s indicted at New Yor Thursday by the federal grand jur: It is charged that he accepted gra -uities amounting to $10,000 fro: dealers in the canal zone. Col. George W. Goethals, govern< of the zone, suspended Burke son time ago, pending the inquiry. TI canal builder, at the direction of Se retary of War Garrison, turne Burke's case over to the federal a' horites. Those indicted with Burl were Isaac Urandon, Joseph Wilc( and Joseph W. Sallis, merchantsi Panama. They are accused, wil Uirke, of a conspiracy to defraud ti government in violation of a sectic f the criminal code. Wilson May Sp~eakc at CTheraw. Announcements from Cheraw a tat President Wilson and Secreta: D aniels have accepted Invitations speak at Cheraw July S. Adopts Commission Manager. SBy a vote of about one-half ti vvters Rock H1il1 Monday adopted ti commission form of governmer with a city manager. Varnville Hur't by Fire. -Fire at Varnville Thursday d ssroyed property to the value of $7( 000 wit naen amount in 22 TAKES NEW PHASE: 0 TWISTS IN MEXICAN SITUATIO AS REELS TAKE TAMPICO 0 * NOW [ONTROL SEAPOR - Capture of City Gives Constitutiona d ists Better Standing Among ti L- Nations of the World-Unite I s a States Warships Move up Riv4 Where Federals Blockade Port. n. s Tampico's fall, enlarging the Coi LI stitutionalists' sphore of control an giving them a seaport through whic t munitions of war may be directly in ported. injected into the Mexican s . uatioh Thursday new phases attrac ed the atteiiion of official Washini ton. The last cifierence of ti & South American mediatofg was he] e and later it was announced that t1 e envoys wGuld depart for Niagar , Falls by way of %cw York. 0 Interest centred on Tamplco an d the vigorous prosecution of the Col t stitutionalists campaign southwar< The American government alread a has begun representaions to the Coz stitutionalists to secure pfot!ectio a for American and other foreign ope I atires returning to the oil well! g American warships have gone up tb o Panuco river to 't'ir old stations bi p fore the town. At the nibtith of th I river are the federal gunboats with - part of the federal garrison. Tb I captains of the ship have asked fc s an friterview with Rear Admir Mayo, whicii was granted, but i purpose has not been civilged. e Discussion centred chiefly on tl e question of shipping arms and an munition through Tampico as th a Constitutionalists are short and wis to avail themselves of the first oppoi s tunity to-replenish their stock. Arm were prevented from reaching tb I Constitutionalists through the en - bargo which was replaced by Pres. - dent Wilson some time ago. t At Manzanillo dnd other west coas . ports no efforts have bedli made t prevent arms reaching Huerta ui e the belief was general that the Cot stitionalists would have no difficult - in importing munitions through Tan ) pico in any quantity. The presence of the Huerta gur boats in Tampico harbor after evat . uation by the federals has led to th conjecture that they will be used I - blockading the port. It is believe that it was with the purpose of learn - ing whether Admiral Mayo would r( t spect such a blockade that the con - manders 6 the federal gunboats asl; f ed for a conference. N'aval expert agree that so long as the federal com r man'ers are able to make this bloc ade really effective, it must be re - spected by foreign shipping. Th recognition of an effective blockad - by a belligerent does not, it is said involve political roeognition of ethe Sparty to the strife. sThe state department regards th SLobs island lighthouse incident a closed. SecretaryT Bryan acquitted c -any blame Lieut. Commanders Jel Sfers of the destroyer Fanning, wh gave the light keeper a certificat - that he had taken possession of th Slight by force. s It was a Mexican and not aN -wegian vessel from which shots wer efired against Americans at Vera Cru: for whichl incident five South Ameri eafls were arrested, according to report from Gen. Funston to Secre Star Garrison. The case under cor sideration is interesting the state d4 rpartment exceedingly. The whlereabouts of John R. Sill man, the missing American vice cot tsul at Saltillo, and Samuel Parks, th American orderly reported execute by federals near V'era Cruz, has als been taken up. The secretary of state Is devotin amuch interest to the proposed impoi a tation of arms through Tampico b r the constitutionlalists. Sir Cec SSpring-Rice. the British ambassado: L-and Mr. Van Rappard, the Dutch mit -. ister, after a long conference at th Sstate department expressed satisfai tion over the outcome of the meetin! It is understood that satisfactory a: surances had been received as to til safety of workmen and oil tanks Tampico, removing for the prese! danger of foreign complications c this score. s Although Admiral Mayo has r< turned with his fleet to the Panu( e river it was made plain that he wt t-not to land any marines or to assel I any control whatever over Tampic k It was said at the department that 1: E-had not asked for or received any l1 t-structionis regardling the admissic n 'of arms into the port. Another phase of the situatic r which attracted much attention w: t he emarrassmenlt which their su ess brings to the Constitutioniais because of demands made by foreigi d ers to the rebels in their capacity < 1- a governing body. The Spanish an :eassadr ha:s a bill to present f< ixgo000.000 for property alleged n have been confiscaited by the Coast h utioaits. Enforced loans furnu Ce cause fr other dem~ands. n Te" case of \Villiamu S. Blenton, tl I Tritih sutbject lkilledJ at Juarez, ab l loml th:reateninigly oni th~e Constit -a nnoued that it will exact adeqlua rparain for this even as soon o0 esponiiy can be fixed upon a torities5 fromn whom such reparatk can be 4'mnndd. To Place Steci Sign Posts. Steel sian posts are to be plac< t othe road between Columbia at Carleston by the State departme: of agriculture. -9 Chid UTu-ned to Death. The chi!d of slack Washington, negro was buraed to death at Clur tr onday. REPORTS ON FIGHTING TERSE DISPATCHES TELL 4 N BATTLE AT VERA CRUZ. Events Following Landing of Ame can Marines Told by Ensign M tin. With Spartan terseness are xwritt - the army, navy and marine repo3 which officially tell the story of o le advance in Mexico. There is little i d tempt at literary style and none bringing into prominence spectacul r events and heroic deeds. Yet throu; these dignified, straightforward pag runs an undercurrent for the care .. reader that thrills with a tale d romance and gallantry. h Here is how Ensign Ralph Mart, adjutant of the Marine Battalion San Francisco, writing from the ct . tom house at Vera Cruz, tells his b gade adjutant of the capture of t ) town. He beads his letter "data cc d cerning landig engagements". 0 "The San Francisco's battali a landed at midnight, April 21. TI force consisted of nine officers a d 116 men comprising two four-squ infantry companies, two Benet-M4 cier automatics and special deta with gun-cotton party. April 22. n "Upon landing reported to Rel mental headquarters at Hotel T( * minal and then proceeded to custe e house in real ef which our battali was directed to erect a barricade I e tween No. I warehouse and the wat( a front in prolongation of Calle Migt e Luirdo. This work was complet r and barricade manned before da 1 light. 2 "One of our autonistie guns a one from Utah mounted on th'.e ro e of south wing of custom house 1 - gan firing on Hotel Oriente at da e light. Hotel was captured and se eral prisoners were taken. Desulto .- firing all along our front duri s morning and forenoon, which we su e ceeded In silencing by volley Erin About 9 a. m. the second nal - regiment passed in rear of custo house and proceeded to southward t our line. When they came abrea naval academy and the Incomplet uarket they were subjected to a hea - fusillade principallY from the buildings. The regiment deployed the plaza between these buildini and Estaoion Sanidad. After a sha: engagement in which ships in barb, assisted by shelling, the naval aca e emy and market were taken. TI 2 San Francisco's guns were firing < the naval academy. Fire again b came desultory after this engageme: and. at 10:30 our regiment was d plyed along Calle Zaragoza from Benito to C. Estaban Morales. s "The San Francisco's battalion ac ed as a support all along this lin At, noon we were quartered In eu tom house and have since held cu tom house and surrounding territoi assigned to our precinct. This di trict comprised- the section of t] city from Calle Zaragoza to wate front between V. Vicario and C. Mo: e tesinos. Our position was fired < by snipers from time to time duriz night. April 28. e "Snipers continued firing along 01 e front principally from incomplet< market building. This fire wa - silenced as often as it broke out. e "Having suspected firing from tl ,"Sonora, a Mexican steamer moort - to the sea wall just to northward a muelle Fiscal, we arrested the cre of this steamer and they were inca cerated in the municipal jail. April 24. "Game conditions as preceding di except arrested Chief Engineer "Sonora" and a secretary of the Ni e igation Company of Mexico who we d on that vessel. These men we 0 placed in municipal jail. Germt steamer "Ypiranga" and Spani g steamed "Libertad" were docked ~Muelle Fiscal. Both alowed to lai 7 passengers and baggage. 1 "Patrolled district under o charge day and night. During the period covered e above report the San Francisco's b~ - talon has suffered no casualties. T -battalion were quartered in .No. ~ warehouse in the custom house coi e pound during this time. t "The list of dead and wound tt cared for by the San Francisco's bc pital corps after the engagement April 22, 1914, is attached hereto." REMAINS AT WORK. - Lever Feels it His Duty to Cant Speaking Engagements. Representative Lever Wednesd u cancelled a number of acceptances ninvitations to deliver addresses sSouth Carolina during the next f< weeks because of the legislative s suation, which demands the presen 'of Democrats in Washington. Ie W to have delivered the commenceme address at Kingstree, Coker colle, rLimestone colleg, Summrland colle o and Newberry college, and to delis Ian address at the annual banquet hthe U. C. T. at Greenville and an ag cultural address at Simpsonvil e reenville county; Farmers' uni a ddress at Bishopville and educatic al addresses at Pelion and Gillis' e 3Mr. Lever said he regrets the na sessity which caused him to have cancel these acceptances. but he fe it his duty to remain in Washingt while the important legislative p: gram mapped out by the caucus oncerned. d Criminal Assaulter Paroled. tGeorge Crockett, convicted Greenville county in 1901 of cr1i nal assault and sentenced to life pisonment, has been paroled byi g overnor. In February his sente1 I n onvtei lle ch~ain gang. THE IN31DE STORY >P MELLEN SHEDS LIGHT ON FINAI Of THE NEW HAVEN ROA ri REVELATIONS TO AMAZE en -ts Former Railroad President Starts What is Expected to be the Most at Astonishing of Business Bevel ar gh tions-Tells of Acquisition of Stock of Another Road. of Cool, composed and matter of fact, responding readily and concisely to n, the fusillade of questions put to him, of Charles S. Mellen, former president Is- of the New York, New Haven & Hart ri- ford railroad, Thursday began before he the interstate commeroe commission In- what is expected to be one of the most amazing stories ever told in the on history of high finance. is Mr. Mellen, placed on the stand d over the eniphatic protest of Attor -d ney General McReynolds, is the prin' r- cipal witness in . the proceeding ls through which the interstate com merce commission, by direction of the United States Senate, Is endeavoring to develop the facts concerning the r- financial operations of the New em Haven and its subsidiaries, as well as DU of the much discussed Billard com e- pany. He promised, both personally r and through his counsel, to place at el the disposal of the coinmission every ed fact and "every serap of paper with a ,y. New Haven mark on It" relating to the transactions with which he bad id to do as president of the New Haven of system. e- It was evident that Mr. Mellen was ,y- anxious to tell his story. He had In v- dicated his desire in letters hereto ry fore produced In the pending inquiry ig in which he said he was tired of bear c- ing the brunt of the citicism heaped .g. upon him for the New Haven trana al actions and that, if any blame was at m tached to them, he proposed to put of the blame where It belonged. As he st seated himself In the high backed 3d cathedral chair, he turned smilingly ry to Chief Counsel Joseph W. Folk. se Mr. Mellen is bald and his face has a the appearance of parchment. Be gs neath the closely cropped gray ma0 ep tache is a mouth drawn in Srm, al :r most hard lines. His eyes are keen d. and his glance direct. He responded ie to all inquiries promptly, at times n even emphatically. His answers dis e- closed, too, a sense of humor, some at of his responses provoking outbursts e- of laughter among the interested 8u 0. ditors. Mr. Mellen was on the witness :t- stand only a little more than an hour. e. Just before the opening of the hear* s- ing he was served with a new sub s poena which covered much more ey ground that that originally served s- upon him. The new one called for le the production of all documents or r- papers in possession of Mr. Mellen a- that related in any way to the opera-. tions of the New Raven and all Its ig subsidiaries. Although he had brought to Washington several trunks full of papers and books, he did not have all the commisson dNot more than an inkling of Mr. Mellen's remarkable story was given by him during the brief hour he was eon* the stand. He told how, in the dacquisition of the New York, West chester & Boston railroad by the New Haven, 80,000 shares of the stock of the latter were given for 24,000 shares of the Westchester's stock, al though, he said, he considered the 7 latter stock worth only "10 cents a of pound". v- The details of the exchange. were re arranged, Mr. Mellen testified, by re1 Former Police Inspector Thomas P. A Byrnes of New York, and he said that sh he found much of the Westchester at stock was made out in the names of id people who really did not hold It. Mr. Mellen testified, at this time the ur New Haven wanted certain changes made in the proposed charter of the n Westchester and he had "a suspicion Lt- that the Westchester shares were 4 scattered around among people who 1 had influence". Mr. Mellen said that often when the holders of Westchester stock ed came to him and asked for the re demption of their value he did not mhave the cash with him and "could not make out checks or give them new New Haven stock". On these occasions, he said, he gave them per sonal due bills. About 15 or 20 of lthe holders of these, he testified, had come to him later, some after he re signed from the New Haven, and he had given them the cash. He said yhe had redeemed about $150,000,000 toworth of the due bills In this way but ithat there now were outstanding 3 against him the equivalent of $50, It- 000. 'as CONTEST IN SALUDA. eNo Developments In Regard to Ques. 'er tion of Penalty. ri- N. B. Hazel, auditor of Saluda he, county, when seen Wednesday in ret on erence to the turn the penalty matter n- had taken by the comptroller gen - eral's recommending that the attor ney general take action in the courts eto force him to collect penalties on to deiquent taxes for the year 1913. els and the attorney general subsequent on 17 advising that Comptroller General ro- Jones place the matter in the hands is of the governor, said that he had no 1 statement to make at present, except that he hoped the matter would be thoroughly thrashed out. n. Auto Dashes Into Tree. m- Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sloan were te seriously injured at Anderson Thurs. aceI day when the steering gear of their SIe naunomohile brok~e. dashinE the cE