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VOL. XXVIII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 17, 114 KL FREE TOLLS SENATE VOTES TO PASS EXE3MP TION REPEAL 80 TO 35. ILOWS ALMOST PASSED Bmterness Between Democratic Sena tors West and Vardaman Crops Out in Final Stages of Debate and Until Huge Bulk of Ashuist Steps Beteen Fist Fight Was Imminent. Repeal of Panama canal tolls ex emption for American coastwise ship ping passed the Senate Thursday night by a vote of 50 to 35. The measure now goes back to the House, which is expected to accept the Sim mons-Norris amendment, specifically reserving all rights the United States may have under the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Passage of the bill after a struggle that has lasted for several months was regarded Thursday night as an other victory: fer President Wilson. Although.thirteent Republicans came to the aid of the thirty-seven Demo crats who voted for the bill on final passage, the President initiated the movement in his party for repeal and it was behind him that many -Demo crats who voted "aye" lined up on the last test. There has been no certain promise from the White House that the presi dent will sign the bill with Its quali fying amendment, but there has been no declaration that he will veto it and party leaders in the Senate were virtually certain he would approve it, Eleven Democrats, led by Senator O'Gorman, fought.the bill to the end. The Senate -was weary when" its long- grind of debate, its weary watching for any attempt to gain a parliamentary advantage, and by the time Vice-President Marshal out the question for the passage of the bill the oratory had died down, the cham ber was quiet and the vote was taken with but little excitement. Bitterness among Democratic sena tors ,over the repeal bill appeared again, and before oil was poured on the tnbled. waters Senator Varda man of Mssissippi and Senator West of Georgia came near blows. 'Ap pareptlyonly the interference of Sen t and the presence of the serga'it-t-arms prevented a physi cal encounter. It all lasted less than a minute, but in that time the Senate livened up and displayed an interest t things such as has not been evi dent for week4. Ehe trouble started after a bitter exchange between Senator Vardaman and Senator James, who had vigor dnsly criticised the Mississippi Sena tor, and in turn had told that he was not stating the truth. When Senator Vardaman sat down Senator West took the floor and also> 'entered a, protest against the recent 7chargSyOt Senator Vardaman 4hat *those- who voted for the repeal .bill 'egrtlotreachery to the Dgm bcratlc party. . He referred to the cbrethat the Carnegie Foundation bad expended $30,000 to boost the ~peal bill. "Who knows," adde'd the Georgia *nator, "but what the shipping in 'trests have spent $10)0,000 to .defeat -' "Have you been ofered any?" -ask Vardaman. As he spoke he-.rose Shis feet and started toward the .Gorgia senator, who was only a few *fet away. " ~ Don't you say that to me," said Sator West, shaking his head and lifting his arms. S"Well," said Senator Vardaman, 'still advancthT 'tli' bis ttums~af 'raised, "you are making an intima-' tion -that somebody else has been in fluenced." -By this time the two senators were only a few feet apart, but Senator Asburst, one of the biggest men in -the Senater had- stepped -between *them. He laid his left arm across Senator Vardaman's chest and extend ed his right toward the Georgian and tried to pacify them, but-they kept talking. In the meantime members in the cloak ruom tried to tumble out of the doors all at once, and the galleries were half ,filled with people leaning forward witthexpectation of seeing a real fight. "Senators will please come to or der," shouted Senator Swanson, pre siding. "The senators will please take their seats and the sergeant-at arms-" here he was tinterrupted. but Sergeant-at-Arms Higgins had -heard enough, and he walked out to where the two senators stood glaring at each other across the cutstretched arms of Senator Ashurst, and stood ready for the official command to stop whatever might be started. 'Mr. West Insisted on, explaining. "I did not say in writing or other wise--" he started to explain. "The senators will~ please take their seats," urged the presiding offi cer, while the galleries and the Re publican side of the Senate in par ticular looked on as if at a play. "No, I am not going to sit down," continued Mr. West. and Senator James tried to explain that the Geor gia senator was trying to make no charges. Finally all resumed their seats without a blow on either side. Both Senator West and Vardaman explained that they meant no reflec tion on any one in what they had said. Later Senator Williams made a short speech criticising Senator Var daman. "I decline to answer any questions the senior senator from Mississippi asks of me," announced Senator Var daman. "Of course, it is well under stood that the senior senator from Mississippi never approves of- any thing I do. I care absolutely noth ing whether I please him or displease m ar -mmnt- s controlled1 by WILL SEND DELEGATES CARRANZA SAYS HE HAS AN SWERED MEDIATORS' NOTE. Although Conditions Are Not Named Constitutionalist Chief Says He Will be Represented. Gen. Carranza announced Thurs day night that he had returned an answer to the note of the Niagara Falls mediators stating that he would appoint representatives to the con ference at Niagara Falls. The names of the representatives were not made public. The note gave simply the assurance that the Con stitutionalists would be represented and did not mention conditions on which the Constitutionalists would take part. It was announced, how ever, that the agreement to attend the conferences would not serve to check the campaign now being waged against the Federals. . The Federals attempted Thursday to escape from Mazatlan through the Constitutionalist forces, but were driven back with heavy loss. Two thousand citizens of Mazatlan, who were destitute .and without : food, came into the Constitutionalist camp and were fed by Iturbe, although the latter had to take the food from his own soldiers to do so. Gen. Carran za has sent 100,000 pesos to purchase food for these people. Fighting Thursday between the rebels and Federals continued at Zac atecas when Gen. Natera began an assault with his 12,000 Constitution alist troops. Gen. Natera has drawn a close line around the town and is determined that he will not allow the Federal garrison under Medina Dar ron to escape. No details of the cas ualties of the present battle have been received. Gen. Carr.nza has'issued an order to obviate the confusion caused by refusal of persons-in some States to accept as legal tender money issued in other .States. ~ The order provides that money issued in any State must be accepted in every other State un der Constitutionalist control. Gen. Villareal,- governor of Nuevo Leon, has issued an order in Mon terey that no-one shall b'e allowed to hold corn for high prices or store it, and 'also that no* price greater than five cents a liter shall be charged for. It. It is believed this order will have' the effect of relieving the. food scarc ity in that State: A statement that the family of Gustav Bauch, killed in Chihuahua, would receive $25,000 from the Con stitutionalists was denied by officials. The commission headed by Gen. Fraustro appointed to investigate the Benton and Bauch cases, will go im mediately to Chihuahua and Juarez to take. evidence and has been in tr'cted to expedite the examination. OPIUM SMUGGLERS ACTIVE. [aily Attempts to Bring Drug Across 'Border From Mexico. -Opium smugglers are especialy ac ive along the Mexican boundary at resent and hardly a day passes that the treasui'y department does not re eive reports of attempts to bring pium from Mexico into the United States. The boundary line between alifornia- and Mexico Is the most ;opular place with .dealers in the ontraband drug and the automobile has been adopted- by smugglers as he most succesfful means of eluding aspectors. Mexico is normally very slack in regulating traffic across the bhorder nd the war situation makes the work of the opium smugglers espec iaUy easy insofar as Meian .o~cial are concerned. United States inspec tors, however, have landed scores of smugglers behind the- bars at great risk of life. Inspector W. D. Evans at Tia uana, who has been one of the most active enemies of the opium trade, is just recovering from* a bullet wound inflicted by an opium smuggler who resisted arrest. During a period of five months Evans and his assistants at Tia Juiana arrested fourteen smug glers and seized 344 cans of opium. Robbers Gagged Six. Nine robbers early Tuesday bound and gagged' six employees of the St. awrence Ice Cream company in Chi cago, escaping with between $2,000 and $3,000. myself without regard to his opinion of what I do." For a while the Senate looked for a fresh outbreak, but the trouble sub sided and the steady grind of debate went on. The vote in fayor of the bill follows: Democrats-Bankheard, Bryan, Chilton, Clark of Arkansas. Culber son. Fletcher, Gore, Hitchcock. Hughes. James, Johnson, Kern, Lea, Lee, Lewis, Martin, Myers, Overman, Owen, Pittman, Tomerene, Saulsbury, Shafroth, Sheppard, Sitively, Sim mons, Smith of Arizona. Smith of Georgia, Smith of Maryland, Smith of. South Carolina, Stone, Swanson. Thompson, Thornton, West, White, Williams-3 7. Republicans-Branldegee, Burton, Colt, Crawforg, Gronna, Kenyon, Mc Cumber, McLean, Nelson, Norris, Root, Sterling, Sherman-13. Tota-50. The vote against the bill: Democrats-Ashurst, Chamberlain, Lane, Martine, Newlands, O'Gorman, Ransdell, Reed, Vardaman, Thomas, Shields-1. Republicans-Borah, Brady, Bris tow, Burleigh, Catron, Clapp, Clark, of Wyoming, Cummins, Dillingham, Dupont, Goff. Jones, LaFollette, Lip pitt, Page, Perkins, Smith of Michi gan, Smoot, Sutherland, Townsend, Warren, Weeks, Works-23. Proressive-Poindexter. Total-35. W N TO POBLIG :lEDIATORS GIVE OUT CORRES PONDENCE WITH CARRANZA. WAITED WEEK FOR REPLY Having Received No Answer They Publish First Letter of Invitation to Rebel Chief, His Reply Object ing to Mediation Without His Be ing Represented, and Answer. The correspondence made public Thursday between the Argentine, Brazil -and Chile mediators and the Mexican Constitutionalists is compos ed of only three letters. The first, dated Washington, May 3, is the tele gram in which the mediators with drew their invitation for Carranza to send a representative to the media tion because he refused to declare an armistice. Its text was published at the time. The' second communication, dated May 28, was signed by Rafael Zuba ran, special representative in Wash ington of Gen. Carranza. This letter said Carranza considered that the conflict in Mexico should not be the subject of negotiations at the media tion conferences in the absence of representatives of the first chief of the Constitutionalist army. The mediators replied to this note on June 2, commenting on the fore going portion of Mr. Zubaran's note by asking if they were authorized to interpret the suggestion as an expres sion on the part of Gen. Carranza of an adhesion to the terms set forth in the telegraphic communication of May 3. These terms- were a declara ion of an armistice and a readiness to discuss all qluestions internal and international. This letter concludes as follows: "If this were so we would take the liberty of suggesting through you to the first chief of the Constitutionalist army that le hasten the appointment >f his representatives to the confer ence in which we are now engaged." ro this answer nothing has been re ceived and the mediators have fre quently said that they considered it beneath their dignity to -wait any longer for Gen. Carranza to define his attitude, having given him more than a week. The first of the three communicat ions that comprise the correspon dence is the- telegram sent by the mediators on May 3 to Gen. Carranza, :hen at Chihuahua, withdrawing their invitation to the Constitutionalist ,hief to send delegates 'because of his refusal to declare an armistice. It follows: "We have received your courteous elegraphic message of yesterday in which you inform us that you deem it inadvisable for the Constitutiodial st cause to suspend hostilities gainst Gen. Huerta because such sus ension would benefit the latter only 3.d in which you state that the in ernational conflict between Mexico ad the United Stat~es, for the solu ion of which you accepted our good ffies, is independent of the inter al strife in'that countrf'. "We consider this unexpected dec aration incompatible with the pur ose -which prompted our tender of ~ood offices. -We believe as a matter f fact that'ill difficulties which have ~ontributed to bring about the pres ent situation of Mexico directly or ndirectly affect the solution of the ~onflict pending between Mexico and Lhe United States and consequently we understand that they must be nade the subject matter of consider-* ation in the settlement negotations or'the full'success of which we have eemed the suspension of hostilities o b'e indispensable. "If you should not so understand, e would be compelled to withdraw s inofficious our invitation to appoint epresentatives of the constitution alist. party to attend the negotations. We grset you with all our considera tion." No reply to this telegram wasI ade by Gen. Carranza, :but on May 8 he protested Chrough Rafel- Zub ran,his Washington representative, gainst the Mexican conflict being made the subject of negotiations in the absence of representatives of the :onstitutionalist.,Thiis letter 'to 'the :ediators at Niagara Falls, follows: "The undersigned, the special rep resentative of the first chief of the onstitutionalist government of Mex ico, Venustiano Carranza, following xpress instructions,. has the honor o communicate to your excellency, the 'Ambassador of Brazil, and your xcellencies, the ministers of Chile and Argentina, the following: "Prompted by a noble desire to solve, in an amicable and peaceful manner, the conflict pending between the.- United -States and the Mexican nation your excellencies addresed the government of the United States, Gen. Huerta, and the first chief of the Constitutionalist army, tendering your good offices and inviting each >f the. interested parties to appoint repdesentatives for the purpose of discussing the details of the negota tions. *The chief of the constitutionalist government, greatly apreciating the good wishes and sympathy of the sis ter republics of the American con tirent, accepted the tender in prin ciple, and, owing to the complicated character of the situation in MIexico, he deemed it necessary to request your excellencies to define the scope of the proposed mediation to the end that he may appoint duly authorized representatives. "Without having received a speci fic reply to this inquiry, the chief of the constitutionalist government was notified if hostilities against Huerta were not suspended--which proposed suspension he deemed to be inconsis ent with his duties to the people of Mexico-your excellencies would 1 compelled to withdraw the invitatic to him to appoint representatives. "He is now informed that tl mediation conferences have been tal ing place for some time with repro sentatives of the Huerta governmei participating in the deliberations, an he regrets that efforts should hai been made and continue to be mad to solve the conflict between the Uni ed States and Mexico without takin into consideration the fact that tb constitutionalis; cause, which he re] resents, has the support of a major ity of the inhabitants of Mexico an has the largest armed forces withi the republic, and -that the forces, ac1 ing under his command, have bee able to recover from the power C Huerta, since the first action of meC lation, the cities of Monterey, Tan pico and Satillo with the adjoinin territory and the territory of Tepic "Under these circumstances, th chief of the constitutionalist goverx ment finds himself compelled to stat to your excellencies with all the rE spect and consideration due you high offices that he considers tha said conict should not be wade th sugject of negotations at the media tion conferences in the absence of re presentatives of the first chief of th constitutionalist army. "The undersigned avails himself o this opportunity to express to you excellencies, the plenipotentaries o Brazil, Argentina and Chile, the as surances of his most distinguishes consideration." The mediators on June 2 replies to the foregoing communication a follows: ~ "We have had the pleasure of receiving your courteous commu nication of the 28th of May,- last which we have noted very carefully "We must it the .first place ac knowledge the recognition by the .irts cheif of the constitutionalis army of the wishes and sympathie which promcted the tender of o: good offices towards the settlemen of the ronflict pending between Mex ico and the United States, a tende; inspired by the declared purpose o further ing the interests of peace and civilization on your continen and the earnest desire of avoiding frrther. bloodshed to. the impairmen of the cordiality and union whic have always gaverned the develop ment of the relations of the govern ments and peoples of America.' "In carrying out .these purposes we could not but welcome the adven to our confercences of representa tives of all parties interested, provid ed they agree to submit to the consi deration and counsel of the meditior and differences which now dividi them, in order that a peaceful settle ment thereof may 'be sought in at atmosphere of tranquility and concil iation.' "Hence it would 'be a ,source 01 great satisfaction to us to know thal we are authorized to interpret the suggestion in the last paragraph 01 one of your communications as at expresion on the part of the first chief of the contstitutionalist army of tha1 spirit of compromise which in our judgments should prevail at the con eerences of the mediation, and as at dhesion to the terms set forth ir ur last telegraphic communiciatior f the 3rd of May, last. "if this were so, we would-take th4 liberty of suggestiong ithrough you t the first chief of he constitutionalisi army that he hasten the appointmeni f his representatives to the confer ences in which we are now engaged "We avail ourselves of this oppor tunity to extend to you the assur aces of our distinguished considera tion."* It was because more than a..weel had elapsed without an ans'wer bising received that the correspondence was made public., AGAINST BETTING. Charles A. Smith-Follows -Lead-~oi Clinkscales and Cooper. Charles A. Smith of Timmnonsville andidate for governor, In discussing the situation Tuesday, left no doub as to where he stands on the live Is suis -that are -.before?tha..peoplo - South Carolina. Answering the ques tion as to his position on horse rac ing In Charleston, Mr. Smith said "This question to.. those .who krio' me needs no. answer. I have no made prominent my posltion 'far thi reason that I supposed it wen with out saying that I stood for law en forcement-not in Charleston alone butin-evedry counftyotthe 13tate:S I am elected governor there 'will b' no betting .on -'horse races in thi; State. There is no law against hors' racing, .but there is a law againsi gambling and book making, ani when .you: stop: the gambling, -th. races will end." Blank Cartridge Kills. Shooting what he thought was blank cartridge at the three-year-olh son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Nolach o Tampa. Fla., Thursday, Wayne Coot er fatally wounded the baby. Little Stranger Dies. A little girl which was left on 'th steps of Mr. and Mrs. di. -A. Belh c Florence last November died Tuesda night. -4t had-been we1 treated- sine being discovered. I- I Aviator Dies in Ocean. Gustave Hamel,, a young English man, ettempted to cr'oss "the Jiglis channel in an aeroplane Sunday, bt fell in the water. No trace oft hit can be found. Yote in Pennsylvanie. In the primary elections of Pent sylvania the total Democratic vbt cast was 189,000, the :Progressiv candidate 46,000, and the Republ: cans totallec 331,000. Lightning Starts Two Fires. Lightning started two fires Jonesville duriifg a thunder stori which visited that place Tuesda a'GANGS ROB AND PILLAGE n . PIRATES PLY THEIR TRADE IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY Lt d Windoos, Chinese, Pariah Whites and Nondescripts Mingle Freely Bound g e by Common Tie of Piracy. The pirates of the San Joaquin, d long accepted as a tradition of the Pacific coast, for years have held un disputed sway between salt water and the fertile region of California's f great inland delta district. Here are found the fertile river islands, 100 in number, varying in size from a small blot upon the surface of the water to others many acres in extent. It is on these islands that the pirate gangs make their abode, Hindoos, e Chinese, pariah whites and nonde scripts of all classes mingling freely r in their-various rendezvous and join t ed by the common tie of piracy which unites them against all- established _ institutions of the law. For years property owners and of facers of the law have guarded against these pirates. Scores of bat ties have been fought. Many arrests r have been made and cases tried on slim evidence. However, the pirates are still as numerous and trouble some as ever and just as daring. From. the -many small Islands in the district where San Francisco bay narrows the Charquinez straits and 1 the latter in turn, splits into two great tributary rivers, the Sacramen- t to and the San Joaquin, the pirates operate in various gangs in the dead I of the night. For the most part they travel in c launches and scows, without lights C and as quietly as possible. Poling along-.in the shadows, they swoop t down upon the vegetable and mer- r chandise shipments jiled along the t levees awaiting transportation in the r early morning on the river steamers b and. transfer them to the barges and t scows lying in mid-channel. i Sacks of potatoes, beans, garden e truck and other tide-land produce s stacked for transportation are spirit- s . ed. away before dawn on the pirate . scows and disposed of by fences, or agents in Sacramento, Stockton and San Francisco. - Owners, incensed at the continued depredations, have frequently stood guard at night with shotguns and rifles. The authorities -have started investigations, working without clew or evidence, and 'accomplishing noth Ing but futile cruising up and down the various channels where the pi rates were known to be. Arrests have been few and convictions fewer, although battles between. sheriffs' poises and; the pirate gang, contain ing yeggs and ex-convicts, who find water piracy an easy way of gaining t a livelihood, are not Infrequent. i Gambling scows are an objection- b able feature of the pirate settlement. Frequent raids have been made dur ing brawls on these scows but inva riably the polyplot gangs get warn ing just in time to escape and evade arrest' BURDEN ON RIGHT. SHOULDERS England Heavily Taxed Under Her a t Armament. Rich to Pay Penalty. - The British government finds that p for the next year it .has to raise some D $47,000,000 more, than last year to t meet the increasedexpenditure caus- I ed by building more war sbrips, and C other demanids. In providing for o this tife C~andeltol' 6ftho Exch~equer I Lloyd-George, has brought in a poor r man's budget. The increased taxa- t aton will not fall on the working classes, but on those who have a a broad back--the rich. They will have to'pay- alarger ineome- tea,-reaching. In some cases as much as twelve and I one-half per cent. Death duties are .1 alo' increased, so' that in the case of I large fortunes--bequeathed the tax ( will be .twenty..per .cent.. 'Of course the great landed -pro- I pietos.r~ retig ug a. great howl,. .especially those who have been get- 4 .ting rich by the unearned increment, - because they are specially hit by the budget.- It Is quite a new thing for the wealthy in En'gland to' have toC bear the burden of taxation for hith erto they have very cheerfully put -the burden upon the working classes. That the -budget is in favor of the ' masses'as- aganet--e fws-utez. t seen in the fact that a very large pro portion of the increased taxation is. to be- applied to education, olf age pensions,. insurance, hygiene, and good roads. STo us In America -it is gratifying to see how- Creat Britain is becominig 'dmocratic by leaps. and bounds. and that in so doing the lot of the toil i ing masses is made far more toler able. . The; aristocracy, of course, does not like it but all the same they - will stick fast to the country. Not even Mr. 'Astor or the other Ameri- 1 cans who' make Englarid their home that theyr may: touch elbows with nobles and royalty will be induced ~.to lea-ve. S$10,0 lore for Charleston. Senator Tillman Monday secured consent of the Senate to an addi tional appropriation of $10,000 for dredging the Charleston navy yard. Wofford WGefi .$33,000. .Thegen -'ducation board of New York\Frikaytano.unced among othtr s', a.'bend actidn of $33,000 to -offord colege.;. Negro Killed by Train. eSilas Williams, a young negro of Benettville, was killed Thursday afternoon by a Bennettsville and Cheraw railroad passenger train. To Vote This Week. .t A vote is expected in the Senate on the Panama canal free tolls ex y emption repeal bill the latter part of BARRIER* I MOVED FIRST TEST VOTE IN FREE TOLLS FIGHT COMES IN SENATE. ESTIMATE TEN MAJORITY doption of the Simmons-Norris Amendment Which Passes 50 to 24 is First Test-Asserts Claim of United States to All Rights Which She May Have. The Senate Wednesday night clear >d away most of the legislative bar iers in the way of a final vote on :he canal tolls exemption repeal bill Votes taken on amendments design ;d to preserve any right the United States possesses under the. Hay Pauncefote treaty with Great Britain o exempt American ships from toll ayment through the Panama Can t indicated that the forces of repeal vill win by a substantial majority. Senator Simmons, who led the ight for repeal, has estimated that he bill will carry by not less than en votes, and there was every pro nise that his estimate will prove cor ect. There was no real test of strength n the voting, but the repeal forces von the first round of the fight when hey put through, by a vote of 50 to 4, the so called Simmons-Norris-a nendment which declares the Unit d States does not waive or relin uish any right to exempt Ameri an ships from payment of tolls. Although two subsequent attempts o change the language of the amend ment so that it would refer to a right he nited States has, instead of any ight it may have, were defeated, either vote was so decisive as that on he Simmons amendment. One mod ying amendment by Senator Suth rland was beaten, 49 to 33, and the econd proposed by Senator Cummins uffered a like fate, 49 to 37. There were several expressions .uring the debate of a dosire to sub it the dispute with Great Britain to rbitration after the repeal bill is assed. It has been reported in the enate for several days that an arbi ration resolution will be pressed af er the passage of the bill. A se ious attempt to put through arbi ration resolutions may be opposed y Democratic leaders who are anx us to take up pending anti-trust agislation. The first vote came when the Sen te was not looking for it and found 1 senators absent from the chamber r out of town. The Senate adopted e Simmons-'Norris amendment qual ying the canal exemption toll bill y a vote of 50 to 24. This was the first test vote after x weeks of debate on the repeal bill. 'he most optimistic senators who ovored repeal had not expected the mendment to carry by so large a iajority. It is not -believed, how ver, the bill itself can be put trough by so great a margin. Nine Democratic senators voted gainst the amendment. Several of liese, however, are expected to vote or the repeal bill, while several Re ublcans who supported the amend 1ent are expected to line up against ie bill. The Simmons-Norris amend ient would provide that the passage f the repeal shall not be construed r held as a waiver or relinquish ient- of any rights the United States iay have under the Hay-Pauncefote reaty with Great Britain. The vote. on the Simmons-Norris mendment was: Ayes - Democrats, Bankhead, ryan,. Chilton, Culberson, Fletcher, litchcock, Hollis, Hughes, James, ohson, Kern, Lane, Lea, Lee, .ewis, Martin, Myers, Newlands, ~verman, Owen, Pittman, Saulsbury, hafroth, Sheppard, Shively, Sim iois, Smith (Arizona), Smith heorgia), Smith (Maryland), Smith South Carolina), Stone, Swanson, 'homas, Thompson, West, White Republicans - Brandegee, Colt, ~rawford, Gronna, Kenyon, Lippitt, odge, McCumber, McLean, Nelson, orris, Sterling, Weeks-I13. Progressive-Poindexter. Nays-Democrats, Ashurst, Mar -neGrman. Pomerene, Ransdell, leed, hiields, Walsh, *Wlliams-9. Republicans-Bristow, Burleigh, 3ark (Wyoming), Cummins, Gallin :er, Goff, Jones, Page, Perkins, Smith Michigan),' Smoot, Sutherland, 'ownsend, Warren, Works--15. The amendment reads: "Provid d, that the passage of this act shall iot be construed or held as a waiver r relinquishment of any right the Jnited States may have under the reaty with Great -Britain, ratified rebruary 21, 1909, or the treaty with he republic of Panama, ratified Fob -uary 26, 1904, or otherwise to dis :riminate in favor of its vessels by xempting the vessels of the United states or its citizens from the pay nent of tolls for passage through iaid canal, or as any way waiving, mpairing or affecting any right of :e United States under said treaty, y otherwise, with respect to the soy areignty over the ownership, control md management of said canal and :he regulation of the conditions or 3harges of traffic through the same." The Sutherland amendment, pro posed as a substitute for the Sum nons-Norris amendment, was defeat ud, 49 to 33. It declared that noth ing in the repeal act should be con sidered as denying or abridging the right of the United States to discrim inate in favor of American shipping, and dded that, on the contrary, such right is reasserted. Murder and Suicide. Mrs. Fred Roab of Long Beach, Cal., Thursday killed 1.er two little gilsand herself.. BUSINESS OUTLOOK GOOD ADMINISTRATION SILENCES ALL CALAMITY.HOWLERS. Manufacturing Plants Are Working Full Time and Harvests Await Laborers. President Woodrow Wilson be lieves that business conditions in the United States are generally good, basing his belief upon facts and fig ures presented to him by the depart ments of the Government closely in touch with the industrial, manufac turing and farming affairs of the country. In only one" spot is busi-' ness below its normal and that is the line of industries directly affected by the railroads. Steel and iron inter est take an optimistic view of the situation and any indication of de pression, the president believes, ra diates from the offices of the railroad companies, where large equipment orders are being held up pending the decision of the five per cent, increase case. Custom receipts under the new tar iff are greatly in excess of the esti mates, and this, say officials of the treasury department, is a fair barom eter of commerce. The Middle West is calling for 100,000 men to harvest its crops, according to reports re ceived by the department of labor, and this is taken to prophesy an ex cellent condition of business in that great agricultural region. Information in the hands of the department heads at Washington is to the effect that ' manufacturing plants are working full time and dis posing of their goods as fast as they are turned out. Members of con gress, always the first to hear of business depressions, have reported that commerce is moving. along 'sat isfactorily. W. L. O'Brien, director of the Kan sas Employment bureau, says the state needs upwards of .40,000 men, beginning.-June 15, to help in har vesting wheat. Men can go direct to towns in the wheat belt in Central and Western Kansas and be assured of work at wages ranging upward from $2 a day and board. John T. Fitzpatrick, labor com missioner of Missouri, reports that 40,000 hands will .be required to han dle the wheat crop in that state. The period of employment will extend ver several months. Three free em ployment bureaus have been estab ished, one e cch in St. Louis, Kansas City, and St. Joseph. Charles L. Daugherty, labor com missioners of Oklahoma, says that From 12,000 to 15,000 laborers will be required in the fields of that state luring the wheat harvest. RICH LOOT FOR THIEVES. ew York Yields Two Millions in Burglaries. New York city yields an annual ribute of $2,000,000 to burglars, ac ~ording to statistics compiled by F. L. Shepherd, superintendent of the ,urglary department of a guarantee and accident insurance company with ieadquarters in New York city. He leclares there are 9,000 burglarIes: n New York each year, making an average of more than one burglary :o the hour. Little of the plunder .s recovered and few of the thieves are ever caught 'by the police.. According to Mr. Chepherd, the burglar-ridden condition of New 'ork city is due in a large measure o the withdrawal of the "pawnshop squad" and the "green list" of stolen. articles during the adiinistrationl of, Commissioner Waldo. Now the squiad has been returned under Commis sioner McKay and It Is believed the "green list" will soon be re-estab [ished. Mr. Shepherd observes that dur ing the days of the "pawnshop squad" many thieves were caught red-handed while seeking to get rid, f their stolen wares. In other in stances they were caught when the pawnbroker referred to the "green ist" of goods stolen and reported to the police. During Waldo's admin istration it was contended that news paper reporters, scanning the lists, would go to the -homes of persons robbed and interview them for their papers. Waldo, instead of leaving a copy of the list with each pawnbroker, order ed these men only be shown the list. As there are hundreds of articles on the list every day it was impossible for any dealer to recall just what had been stolen. Thus thieves found that an easy avenue for disposing of their stolen goods had been opened and became more active. Commissioner McKay has placed 15 men on the "pawnshop squad" and they are doing effective work. It is claimed that if 50 men were as signed to that duty they might weed out the huarglars in a short time and take from New York the name of the most burglar-ridden city in the Unit ed States. Senator Tillman Wins Girls. The State Supreme Court Thurs day decided that the two grandchil ren of Senator Tillman should spend the months of Jul1y and August with him. I4 * Impure Food Kills Two. Two children of Paris, Ky., are dead and several others are supposed to be dying as a result of eating im pure food, which resulted in poison ing them. Four Children Drowned. Four children of B3. D. Johns.a drowned In a whirlpool while bath REACH AGREEMENT STUMXBLING BLOCK IS REMOVED FROM MEDIATORS' PATH. MFXI;ANS YIELD PAINT Full Conference Between Mediators and Delegates of Both Countries Results in an Agreement as to the Method of the Transfer of Author ity to the President to be Selected. An important point in plans for the pacification of Mexico was gained by the United States Thursday through the conciliatory spirit dis played by the Mexican delegation. What had been a stumbling block for several days was passed in safety. In a full conference of the media tors and the delegates of both coun tries it was agreed that the transfer of authority from the present admin istration to the new provisional gov ernment should be accomplished in some other way than by Gen. Huer' ta's appointment of a minister of for eign affairs to succeed to the provi sional presidency. This method, pro vided for in the Mexican constitution, will be abandoned because the-United States insisted that to assent to it would be tantamount to a recognition of Huerta's right to exercise consti' tutional functions. The mediation conference had been wrestling on this point for the three weeks and for the .past three days continuance of the conference has been threatened. The mediators themselves almost had lost hope of a peaceful settlement. Somewhat piqued at Gen. Carranza's delay. In answering their last communication they suddenly had made public all correspondence with the Constitution alists and .declared the incident cldo ad. As the Americans began their die' cussion with the mediators, the latter contended again that -the method of transfer would not be construed as a recognition of Huerta, but the Amer [cans reiterated that the Constitu. - ionalists would never.accept such a method and the United States could not yield consistently with its own policy. Finally, when matters seemed at-a breaking point, Luis Elguero, one of the Mexican delegates, entered the onference room and immediately -a pirit of compromise was noticeable. Observing it, the Americans suggest' ed that the other Mexicans come nts the conference and Emilio Rabasa and Augustin Rodriguez Joined the. iroup. It was not a formal confer- - ance, but an impromptu talk. In a surprisingly brief time- the Ameri ;ans found they had made more head way with the Mexicans direct than they -had previously by working hrough the mediators. The Mexican delegates. said that ithough anxious to follow Ithe con' ~titutional form, they would not frus rate the proceedings on a technical' ty. Accordingly the (irst clause of he mediators' plan respecting the nethod of transfer was omitted. A ubstitute process will be left-to fs'r ~ure conferences. Frederick W. Lehmanntod corre pondents of the congress made .and ustice Lamar -dictated the following: 'I was. authorized by the mediators o say that we have substantially greed on'the flrst- plank as to th~ nethod of, transfer of -Euthority -te the new pro-visional. government. [uesday night's conference, lasted nore than an h'our. An6the almaost rreconcilable difference -of---oeinion exists on the type of man for- thp pro- - isional presidency, the eh(asar-c uing for a "neukral" 'wile th' kmericans 'rant an- out and- out-Con etitutionalist. - - One of the individgpals being talk-. d of Informally is Gen. Natera, com ander of the central dfY~lsion of the onsttutinli8lst -army. ' The Meriid. can delegates have head4 that hes.a an of humane disposition. with no thirst for loot or execution. 'Whether e is fitted for the-polititil-ten~f' ronting Mexico Is aspoint- on.-wbich - ere is little information4 - nku. abrera, confidential adviser of Car ranza, is another who is being-favot' ably considered. PREDICTS WAR. London Newspaper Says Greece .and Turkey are to Clash. Another war between Greece and Turkey is predicted by the London - Iimes, which says the unrest in. the Balkans has become acute. Several states, it says, recently have been~ employed in clearing their newly ac quired territor-ies of "undesirable" elements and the Bulgarians have been the principal sufferers. The un rest is attributed by the newspaper to the drastic policy ot the Young Turks in expelling all Greeks from Asia Minor and Turkish Thrace. It be lieves this policy is a prelude to a. declaration of war upon Greece, the . main object ibeing the reconquest 'by. Turkey of Saloniki and the re-occU pation of Macedonia. Enters Race for Senate. W. P. Pollock of Cheraw has an' nounced his candidacy for the Unitc4 States Senate in opposition to Sena tor E. D. Smith and Governor Blease. Negro Shooting Scrape. Near Mt. Zion Baptist church~ in York county Ed Thomas was shot and fatally wounded by Ernest Hething ton, who hit him five times. Seven Lost in New York Fire. Seven persons, four of them 'wo men, were burned to death in a fire which destroyed a New York tene