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4OYAITY 13 SLAIN HEIR TO AUSTRIAN THRONE AND HIS WIF ARE MURDERED TWO ATTEMPTS TO KILL Royal Pair Were on an Errand of Mercy When They Lost Their Lives -Murderers Glory in Their Crime and Assert They Secured Bomb From an Anarchist Unknown. Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated Saturday while driving through the streets of Sara jevo, the Bosnian capital. A youth fuil Servian student fired the shots which added another to the long list of tragedies that has darkened the reign of Emperor Francis Joseph. The archduke and his wife were victims of the second attempt in the same day against their lives. First a bomb was thrown at the automobile In which they were driving to the town hall. Forewarned, however, of a possible atte -t against his life, the archduke was watchful and struck the missile aside with his arm. It fell under an automobile following which carried members of the archduke's suite, wounding Count von Boos-Wal deck and Col. Merizzo. On their return from the town hall the archduke and the duchess were driving to the hospital when Gaviro Prinzip darted at the car and fired a volley at the occupants. His aim was true and the archduke and his wife were mortally wounded. ' With them at the time was the governor of the city, who escaped injury. The bodies of his murdered companions collaps ed across'him and protected him from stray bullets. The governor shouted to the chaut feur to rush to the palace. Physi cians were in prompt attendance but their services- were useless as the archduke and his wife were dead be fpre the palance was reached. In Sarajevo there..is mourning everywhere will black draped jags and streamers on all public buildings. Throughout the day weeping women were to be seen in groups while great -crowds surrounded the spots where the bomb exploded 'and where the total shots were fired. Archduke Charles Francis, known -popularly as Karl, who becomes heir to the Austrian throne, differs from all other members of imperial family inasmuch as he -is the first member of the Imperial house to have been educated in the public schools of Vienna, where. he mixed with pupils representing every class of society. He associated with working men and trades people and joined them in their games, getting closer in touch 'with the aspirations and Ideals of the people than er.y of the other Haps burg. He Is a frst lieutenantin the Austrian army. "Anti-Servin demonstrtionls bagaz: Saturday night. The may of Sare jevo issued a. prcclamation to the residents of the denouncing the crime and declaring that by the~ confessions of the assins it was shown beyond* *an doubt that the bomb thrown at the archduke's car same from B,elgrade. At a meeting of the provincial diet tie president of the chamber express ed Bosnia's profound sorrow and in dignation over the outrage and paid a glowing tribute to the archduke and the -ruchess. He also declared his unshakable love and devotin to the e'nperor and the ruling house. Those responstble for the assas sination took care that it should prove effective. There were two as sailants, the first armed with a bomb and the second with a revolver. The -bomb was thrown at the royal auto-1 mobile as It sped to the town hall, where a reception was to be held. 9The archduke saw 'the missile hurl-i ing through the air and warded it off with his arm. It fell outsid.e the car and eiploded, slightly wounding two aides de'- camp in a second car and half a dozen spectators. It was on the return of the procession that the tragedy was added to the long list of those that havei darkened the pages of the recent history of the Hapsburgs. As the royal automobile reached a prominent point in the route to the palace an eighth grade student, Gay rio Prinzip, sprang out of the crowd and poured a deadly fusillade of bul lets from an automatie pistol at the archduke and the princess. Prinzip and a fellow conspirator barely escap ed lynching by the infuriated specta tors. They finally were seized by the police. The first attempt against the arch duke occurred just outside the girls' high school His car had started after ,a brief pause for an inspection of the building, when Gabrinovics hurled the bomb. This was so successfully warded off by the archduke that It .well dierctly beneath the following car, the occupants of which, Count von Boos-Waldeck and Col. Merizzo, were struck by slivers of iron. The assassins were interrogated by in their exploit. Prinzip s'id he had studied for a time at Belgrade. He declared he had intended to kill some eminent person from nationalist mo tives. He was awaiting the archduke at a point where he knew the auto mobile would slacken speed, turning into Franz Joseph strasse. The pres ence of the duchess in the car caused him to hesitate, but only for a mo ment. Then his nerve returned and he emptied his pistol at hte Imperial pair. He denied he had accomplices. Prinzip Is 18 years old. Nedeijo Gabrinovics Is 21. He told the police he had obtained the bomb from an archists at Belgrade whose names he did not know. He denied also that he had accomplices and treated the tragedy with cynical Indifference. After his unsuccessful attempt to blow up the imperial visitors, Gabrin ovics sprang into the Miljachka river in an effort to escape but spectators plunged after him and seized him. A ew yards from the scene of the shoot ing an unexploded bomb was found which it was suggested was thrown away by an accomplice after he had noted the success of Princip's attack. Killed by Lightning. Mary Allen, a negro woman of An derson, was struck by lightning TAKES UP NEW PROJECT CLLNKSCALES WOULD PROTECT SMALL STOCKHOLDER. Having Lost Confidence in Manage ment of Some Mills Stockholders Want Investigation. John G. Clinkscales, candidate for governor, took a new tack at Bishop ville Tuesday in his race when he joined one of his opponents, W. C. Irby Jr., in demanding a square Ceal for minority stockholders in South Carolina mills. Mr. Clinkscales was so anxious to avoid the charge of "striking a blow at the foundations of the greatest industrial develop ment of our State" that he read his speech. Mr. Clinkscales declared that there is a class of cotton mills in this State in whose management the minority of the stockholders has long since lost confidence. Mr. Clinkscales ad mitted that in many cases there were natural causes for depreciation In the value of cotton mill stocks. "But I believe that where there is a cotton mill owned and controlled by what we have come to know as the 'selling agent', who, with the ac quiescence of a highly paid mill presi dent, directs the operations of the plant, the South Carolina stockholder has very little show," explained Mr! Clinkscales. . A part of his speech follows: "Briefly I ask for a square deal for the minority stockholder in the cot ton mills of South Carolina that in the end greater confidence may be shown in our great industrial enter prises and our people may escape greater losses in the years to come, and the laborer in these mills get a square deal and better wages. I would avoid in South Carolina a rep etition of the losses that have been recently sustained by the minority stockholders of railroads in New England by secret control of these properties through the greater in terests. "In South Carolina we want to as sure a healthy condition in our cot ton manufacturing enterprises, and it is not asking too much that the people be able to know just what the conditions are that have destroyed confidence in so greata measure in the stocks of cotton mills in this re gion. "If elected governor I will urge inquiry into the financial status of the mills of this State. If there be dishonest plans on foot in any com pany to destroy the value of these properties with a 'view to their ac quisition by the greater interest such an inquiry will bring them to a halt and purify the general industrial at mosphere. I do not 'believe South Carolinians should be robbed of their .money through the manipulation of properties by those in charge for their private gain. "This statement I make in the na ture of a warning and I believe it should be sounded throughout the commonwealth.' HITS CRITICS HARD Underwood Shows There is No Treas ury Deficit. Fortified with officials figures from the treasury department, Democratic Leader Underwood Saturday told the House there would .be no deficit in government finances and that any prediction of one was a dream. based on wishes springing from political antagonism. In an analysis of the government's financial situation Mr. Underwood an nounced that the total receipts of the government for the fiscal year ending Tuesday, June 30, would aggregate $732,000,000, leaving a surplus of $30,000,000 and that with only a half year's operation of the income tax. That did not include Panama expen ditures, estimated at $35,000,000. Next year, he declared, Panama ex penditures virtually would pass away, and canal receipts would pay run-' ning expenses. Mr. Underwood's speech was in support of the Senate amendment to the legislative appropriation bill to increase the treasury fund for col lecting the income tax from $1,000, 000 to $1,500,000, which the House finally agreed to. Mr. Underwood ex plained the increase was for collect ing the income tax from persons and corporations trying to evade it. -"For next year," he predicted, "we can be assured of collecting more than $100,000 from the income tax, even .if no more proportionately is collected than was collected this year, and more proportionately will be col lected." Mr. Underwood said customs re ceipts were producing in the current year $22,000,000 more than the ad ministration had expected, and that the treasury department reported these figures of the total revenues for the current year just nding: "Income and corporation tax $75, 000,000, which had been estimated at $95,000,000; internal revenue $309, 000,000, estimated at $312,000,000; customs receipts $292,000,000, esti mated at $270,000,000; miscellane ous receipts $57,000,000, estimated at $59,000,000." BUBONIC PLAGUE. Two Cases Are Discovered in the City of New Orleans. Following the death at New Or leans Sunday of Charles Lundene, whose malady was diagnosed as bu bonic plague, and the discovery of a second case, Goy. Hall of Louisiana, Mayor Behrman of New Orleans, members of the legislature and health auhorities went into conference to ietermine upon methods to be em ployd by the city and state in stamp ig out the disease. WVhile definite announcement has not been made, it is known that a campaign for the extermination of rats and fleas is among the preventive masures to be undertaken. It was ated that a bill would be introduced in the legislature at Baton Rouge, ap ropriating funds with which to fight the contagion. Prais" Mediation.i The leading papers of Argentineji declare that the United States has~ given splendid evidence of her Pan Americanism in submitting her quar DEFEND A WOMAN POLLOCK AND JENNINGS RIDDLE THE STAR CHAMBER INVESTIOATION ECHOES Iniquitous Proceedings Leading Up to the Resignation of Dr. Saunders Are Exposed by Senatorial Aspi rants-Governor Blease and Board of Regents Are Roundly Scored. Abandoning for a time, at least, their attack on Gov. Blease's pardon record, except for a brief reference, Messrs. W. P. Pollock and L. D. Jen nings, at the senatorial campaign meeting at Winnsboro Monday de nounced the governor and his ap pointees on the board of regents of the Insane Asylum for the unwar ranted treatment the speaker said the records showed Dr. Eleanor B. Saun ders, formerly a physician at the asylum, had received. "Gov. Blease," said Mr. Pollock, "has talked about protecting the honor and virtue of women." What possible offence against a woman can be worse, he asked, than an assault upon her good name. Referring to the "star chamber" session of the board held December 12, 1913, Mr. Jennings declared, "Huerta over in Mexico has never held such a trial. He charged that the records sho' - Gov. Blease brought about the neces sity for the resignation of asylum physicians, by putting on the board his special friends, "who employed men who held sheepskins calling themselves physicians, and that these employees ecame jealous and en vious of that lady whose name is now famous throughout South Carolina." The board was condemned for ex cluded from the "executive session" in December Dr. Saunders' father, Representative 0. L. Saunders of York county; her counsel, J. K. Hen ry, Esq., of Chester, and her stenog rapher, although Gov. Blease and his private secretary, who is a stenogra pher, were permitted to be present, the executlve taking an active part in the proceedings. It was contended that the governor and his secretary had no more right there than others, that the governar's authority over the asylum had ceased with the ap pointment of the regents. The cross examination of Dr. Saunders on that ccasion, said Mr. Jennings, "astound ed the lawyers of South Carolina." Mr. Pollock declared that he would not deviate from the record, but that he would present what Gov. Blease himself had said in the recent asy lum controversy, letting the people be jury and judge. Mr. 'Pollock read from Dr. Babcock's testimony before the asylum investigating committee regarding the alleged attempt to re move Dr. Eleanor B. Saunders and Miss 'Bessie Allen. Replying to a letter from Dr. Bab cock, that he would resign the super intendency were Dr. Saunders remov ed, Gov. Blease was quoted as writing that "We do not want your resigna tion," but that it would be "better for Dr. Saunders to leave quietly." "Why leave quietly?" asked Mr. Pol lock. Other parts of the report were read with a view to substantiating, according to the speaker, implied charges of reflections upon the char acter of Dr. Saunders. He condemn ed the board. of regents for refusing to grant Dr. Saunders a hearing, mak ing it necessary for her father to de mand that the legislature hold an in vestigation. Mr. Pollock called attention to the complete exonieration of Dr. Saunders and the condemnation of the action of the bo'ard of regents .by the legis lative committee in not granting Dr. Saunders a hearing. He appealed to the peo'ple not to continue to sup port a man "whose appointees, with him, broke this woman's heart and rove her, one of the finest doctors the institution ever had, and Dr. Bab cock out of the asylum." Mayor Jennings said it mattered not to him whether he, Smith, or Pol lock was elected, but he would try to show that the present governor was not the proper person for the Senate any more than he was the proper man for governor; that the executive was of such a temperament that it seemed Impossible for him to work in harmony with other depart ments of the government. He cited the strained relations between the governor, State Treasurer, comptrol ler general and adjutant general, say ing that governor's being at logger heads with the latter had almost de moralized the State militia. Taking up the case of Dr. Saun ders, Mr. Jennings said the records seemed to show that the purpose was "to get Dr. Saunders out of the asy lum." and, he hoped to show, by means such as no citizen of South Carolina would endorse. He wanted to know If anybody in the crowd would like to have such letters as Gov. Blease, according to the record, wrote about Dr. Saunders, "written .bout your daughters?" After meeting and refusing Dr. aunders a chance to defend herself, aid Mr. Jennings, the board of re ~ents passed a resolution, "and may God have mercy on'their souls," con emning her, and saying that while ter resignation was "not requestel at this time," it would be acceptable a the interest of peace and harmony. 'It would take men, not the little .wo by-fours, to blacken the charac ;er of this lady," said the speaker, vho declared the records showe'l Dr. ettlemeyer of Gaffney, seconded t.he soution, but that there was one nan in the meeting, J. H. Taylor of ~olmbia, James H. Summersctt dn't vote--"the same man runnning or railroad commissioner, I think," said 'dr. Jennings. Although the board said there were nmoral charges against Dr. Saun ~ers, 31r. Jennings contended that hese were implied in the letter of ov. Blease, referring to a conversa ion, he said, he overheard, in New-i erry, requesting Dr. Babcock to sec .hat Dr. Saunders "quietly ret're.s" 'rom the institution. "No charges"' houted the speaker. "Would you ike to have a letter like that written hout your daughter?" he asked. Mr. Jennings also referred to the indings of the legislative committec. 'hich exonerated Dr. Saunders of any BLUE TO HANDLE PLAGUE U. S. ARMY SURGEON GENERAL GOING TO NEW ORLEANS. Sharp Measures Taken to Prevent Spread of Disease-Warnings Sent to Seaport Authorities. With the introduction of a joint resolution in the two houses of the general assembly of Mississippi at Baton Rouge Monday authorizing the governor to borrow $150,000 to be expended in the eradication of bu bonic plague at New Orleans and the inauguration of a rigid quarantine of the infected district .by local author ities, preliminary steps toward stamp ing out the contagion were well ad vanced. The quarantine established by city health authorities is backed by armed guards, twenty-eight of whom were stationed at intersecting streets within four blocks 6f the Industrial Home of the Volunteers of America, where the two cases so far reported were discovered. Only breadwinners will be allowed ingress or egress to the quarantine district, which in cludes some of the large French mar kets, many of the commission houses and a number of wholesale houses. Persons who are permitted to cross the dead line are required to report three times a day for inspection. While it is not believed at New Orleans that the situation Is well in hand precautionary measures of a stringent kind will be taken. A con certed attack upon the rats of the city began Tuesday. The rodents will be destroyed by traps and poi sons, those infesting the quarantined area being given attention first. Fleas, too, will come under the ban, but no plans for their destruction have yet been announced. A rat that was buried at *he Volunteers of America Home Sunday will be ex humed and examined by bacteriolo gists. Federal authorities will take part in the fight against the disease with the arrival of Surgean General Ru pert Blue, of the public health ser vice, and two experts from Washing ton. New Orleans authorities have been advised that in response .to their requent Surgeon General Blue is now en route there. So far only two cases of plague have been report.i., one death resulting. Further alarm was caused by reports of the discov ery of two more cases in a different part of the city. The report, how ever, proved to be erroneous. After receipt of telegrams from Oscar Dowling, president of the Louisiana board of health, the treas ury department ordered the surgeon general to take charge of the situa tion. Dowling reported bacteriolo gical confirmation of the two cases. The public health service, however, will make its own examination. Surgeon General Blue said that neither the city of New Orleans nor the territory surrounding was in any danger, but that it was advisable that the federal government take sharp measures. Apparatus for'fumi gation are being sent to New Orleans, and a corps of experts in plague eradication, including Surgeon Creel, of the public health service, will car ry out the surgeon general's plans. . As a precautionary measure to pre vent spread of the infection .by shi$ ping Surgeon General Blue sent warnings to health authorities of the Atlantic coast states and to those of the Mississippi river states as far north as Iowa, suggesting that they take up the work of rodent eradica tion actively. WIRELESS BRINGS AID. Stranded Steamer California Sends Out Calls for Help. In a fog and rain that rendered Tory Island invisible from the main land, the Anchor Line steamer Cali fornia, New York for Glasgow, ran ashore Sunday night on the rocks off that island. Wireless calls for help brought speedy assistance from sev eral small gunboats and torpedo boats patrolling the northwest Irish coast for gun runners in connection with the Ulster movement. The latest news received is that the California Is stuck fast, but in no immediate danger. She struck with so much force that the lower part of her bows was badl'y crushed, and she is taking water through two holes in her forehold and second hold. The steamer, which has on board 121 saloon and more than 300 second cabin passengers, lies in five fathoms of water forward and seven fathoms aft. The passengers and crew still are on board. There was no panic when she struck. Another liner, steamers and gunboats are standing by, and others will arrive during the night. HAVE NEW NAMES. How Members of Press Are Noninuat ed Since Richards' Attack. The newspaper men who are cov ering the campaign have new names, as a result of the attacks by Major John G. Richards, chairman of the railroad commission, and a candidate for governor, on what he has named, "The newspaper oligarchy." A. D. Olophant, of the Columbia State, has designated the three newspaper men as Oligarchy 1, 2, and 3. He calls 3. A. Daly. of the Columbia Record, Oligarchy No. 1, Caldwell, of The News and Co.urier, as Oligarchy No. 2. himself as Oligarchy No. 3, and G. R. Calvert, the Western Union man, who Is makiig the rounds with the campaign and handling .press copy, as chief slave of the Oligarchy. Richards and Charles Carroll Simms, also running for governor, are the only two out of the :.wenty-six candi dates who have attacked the newspa pers so far. Heat Kills Five at St. Louis. The unbearable heat of Friday caused the death of five persons in St. Louis. or out of the asylum. paying a re markable tribute to her, as a physi cian and woman, and condemned the method of "trial" at the "star cham er" session. He urged the voters to put the stamp of disapproval on th'at "tria]" so indelibly that It can nev-er MUST DRAB IT IN BROWMNING ATTEMPS TO MAKE LISUOR A WARM ISSUE HIS EFFORT FALLS FLAT Attacks Clinkscales as Candidate of the Press and Says He Advocates State-wide Prohibition - Clink scales Says He Would Enforce All Laws. Speaking at Darlington Monday Lowndes J. Browning, candidate for governor, violently attacked John G. Clinkscales, one of his opponents, and also John G. Richards, another op ponent. He also made desperate ef forts to drag the liquor question into the arena of debate, but only Dr. Clinkscales, to whom his questions were addressed, deigned to answer them. Mr. Browning opened his speech by asserting that the press was behind John G. Clinkscales in his campaign for governor. "The choice of the newspapers for chief executive is a man of but two ideas, one of them compulsory education and the other State-wide prohibition," declared Mr. Browning. "IMr. Clinkscales will put all the arguments he has advanc ed for compulsory education in the nine speeches he has made in this campaign into writing, I can answer all of them in 30 seconds," he added. "It was the press that gave the State its present governor," averred Mr. Browning. "Hurrah for the press!" shouted somebody. "Four years ago in the race for governor the people, led by the press, followed a fanatic, two years ago a fossil and this year a joke," declared Mr. Browning. "John G. Richards has every one of Blease's vices with a thin veneer of religion covering them," asserted Mr. Browning. "On the other hand, he lacks all of Blease's virtues; for Blease has virtues, ane of them is his loyalty to his friends." "We know that," interrupted some one in the crowd. "For the past ten years Mr. Rich ards has held to B. R. Tillman with one hand and to William E. Gonzales with, the other," continied Mr. Browning. "Can you find two more discardant elements? Now Mr. Rich ards has the Blease.crowd by the tail with a downhill drag," declared Mr. Browning, amid applause and cheers. "Nobody has accused Mr. Richards of coat tail swinging," -protested Mr. Browning, "but Will Irby of Laurens, who is a candidate for governor, a Blease man and an honest man, has called Mr. Richa.rds a camp follow er." Mr. Browning' said that any Con federate veteran present would know what a camp follower did after the fight was over. "Camp followers come on the battlefield and rob the dead," he declared. John G. Clinkscales, speaking im mediately after Mr. Browning finish ed, said that he did not know that he was the newspapers' candidate for governor, but that if they were sup porting him that, did not constitute cause for a schism.. Mr. Clinkscales spoke with a considerable show of feeling about his position on the 11 quor question, addressing many of his remarks to Mr. Browning person ally. Mr. Clinkscales said he did not know that the liquor question was an issue, but that if any man had the experience with liquor his people had had and inherited a taste for it, he would -be a "contemptible coward" not to be an uncompromising enemy of It. "If you had my life back of you and If the demon of strong drink had fastened his fingers on your family as it has on mine, Mr. Browning, you would never make peace with rum," declared Mr. Clinkscales. "If I had a chance to vote against the sale of liquor I would do so if it damned me in every election." Going further Mr. Clinkscales said that he would not advocate a State wide prohibition law, but that he would see that the law was enforced in the dry and wet counties alike and fight blind tigers everywhere. "I hate liquor, Mr. Browning, because I love it so," said Mr. Clinkscales. He add ed a moment-later that he did not know how it tasted, but he had in herited an appetite for it and the odor of it enticed him. "I hope this liquor question will not be brought up again, for It has nothing to do with the campaign," said Mr. Clinkscales, who then con demned lawlessness, the prevalence of which he said was due to the abuse of the pardoning power. He declared that in his opinion the last State con vention saved the Democratic party in South Carolina from disruption and that had he been a member he would have voted for the adoption of the enrollment rules now in force. SPEAK~S BOLDLY. Carrnza Talks of the Judases in Con stitutionalist's Ranks. "Constitutionalist leaders who have the sympathy of all the people of Mexico behind them will not allow the dignity of the nation to be low ered by the interference of any for eign poner in the internal affairs of the country." T" s declaration was made by Gen. Ventiano Carranza at a banquet at Monterey Saturday night, accordinz to travelers' reports. Carranza, it: was said, asserted that the United I States was assuming a dictatorial at itade. The 400 Mexicans who at atended the banquet received the dec laration with cheers, it is declared. "The Constitutionalist movement has now proceeded to such a point," the first chief is quoted as having said, "that the party has nothing to fear except from the Judases in its own ranks.'' He mentioned no names. Negro Walks Into Live Wire.j Issac Rainey, a negro, of Camden, was killed by coming into contact with a live wire which hAd fallen across the path he was pursuing., Being warned of his danger he struck a match to find the wire, but! TACKLE THE PRESIDENT FIVE HUNDRED SUFFRAGETTES TRY TO WIN HIS APPROVAL. Wilson Tells Them His Party Has Not Declared for Cause-Personal ly Thinks it is Business of States. Five hundred members of the Gen cral Federation of Women's Clubs marched to the White House Tuesday and drew from President Wilson a final refusal to accede to demands that he support the movement of a woman suffrage amendment to the federal constitution. The president reiterated his statement to previous delegations that his party had not embodied this question in its plat form, and theri for the first time an nounced his personal conviction that the suffrage issue was one for settle ment by the states and not by the federal government. The women went away plainly dis appointed and chagrinned, some of them talking of immediate action against the Democratic party. Head ed by such leaders as Mrs. Ellis Logan, Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, Mrs. Rheta Chile Dorr and Miss Alice Paul, they had marched to the White House with bands playing and ban ners flying. They massed themselves in the historic East room, many car rying babies who added their share to the unusual scene by cooing or crying accompaniments to the speeches. Once inside the White house the women made no demon strations and allowed their leaders to do all the talking. There was no applause as the president entered the East room, accompanied by Col. Harts, his military aide, in full dress uniform. Mrs. Ellis Logan, presi dent of the District of Columbia Fed eration' of Women's Clubs, told the president of the adoption of a suf fragist resolution at a recent general convention of her organization in Chicago. She then introduced Mrs. Wiley and Mrs. Door. The latter spoke of the strength of the suffrage movement and said that the situa tion has changed materially since the Baltimore convention. There was a short pause and then the president stepped forward and addressed his calers. "No one could fail to be impressed by this great company of thoughtful women," said the president, "and I want to assure you that it is to me most impressive. I have stated once before the position which, as the leader of a party, I feel obligated to take, and I am sure that you will not wish me to stAte it again. Perhaps it would be more serviceable if I ven tured upon the confident conjecture that the Baltimore convention did not embody this very important ques tion in the platform which it adopted because of its conviction that the principles of the constitution which allotted these questions to the states were well considered principles from which they did not wish to depart. "You have asked me to state my personal position with regard to the pending measure. It is my convic tion that this Is a matter for settle ment by the states and not by the federal government, and herefore, that 'being my - pei-sonal conviction and it being obvious that there is no ground on your part for discourage ment in the progress you are making, and my passion .being for local self government and the determination by the great communities into which the nation is organized of their own pol icy and life, I can only say that, since you turned away from me as a leader of a party and asked me my position as a man, I am obliged to state It very, frankly, and I believe that in stating it I am probably in agree ment with those who framed the plat form to which allusion has been made. "I think that very few persons, perhaps, realize the difficulty of the dual duty that must be exercised. whether he will or not, by a president of the United States. He, as presi d nt of the United States, is an ex ecutive charged with theadministra tion of the law, but he is the choice of a party as a leader in policy. The policy is determined by thle party or else upon unnsual anal new circum stances, by the determination of those who lead the party. This is my situation as an individual. I have told you that I believed that the best way of settling this thing and the best considered principles of the con stitution with regard to It is that it should be settled .by the states. I am very much obliged to you." STORM HITS COLUMBIA. Telephone and Telegraph Wires Are Down and City Is in Darkness. For two hours Sunday afternoon Columbia was visited by a heavy storm of wind, hail and rain. accom The disturbance was the most severe of its kind to strike that section for some years. Heavy damage was suf fered by public service companies, stores and residence in all parts of the city. Plate glass windows were blown in, signs and fences were blown down. Office buildings were flooded and ventilators were torn from skylights. Telephone and telegraph poles were blown down and trees were mutilat ed, making the streets impassable mn some places and filling roadways with wires. As a result the city Sunday night was in darkness. At least eight hundred telephones are out of com mission. Lightning struck in many places within the city limits and re sulted in one small conflagration. Killed in New York. A. L. Abbott. of Hartsville, was murderously assaulted by an un known man while walking the streets of New York in Company with a riend from his home town Wednes :lay. He died Friday. Boy Killed in Mill. John Owens, 14 years old, of Elonea Path, was killed Monday in Lhe Chiquola mills. He caught him 3elf in a belt and was thrown to the toor, breaking his neck. Flooded With Congratulations. Since announcing his stand on an Li-trust legislation President Wilson das been flooded with letters and Le1e.ram of corngratulatory na-. K ATM Ic4asout~i ADUHEn Pure paw. Makes Home-Bahg Succesdfland Easy SENATE WILL STICK MEDIATORS RECESS WILL COMPLETE WORK AT PRES IDENT'S T4SISTANCE. CARRA ZA WATS MORE TIME TO DECIDE QUESTION Foreign Relations Committee Con tinues Incursion into Nicaraguan ON ITION IS COMPL TE History in Proposed Treaty. Convinced that there is no other Constitutionalist.Chief Wants to Con path to adjournment but the one which begins with trust legislation, fer With His Supporters-Mipis the Senate will settle down this week to the steady grind of work on the ters of Mediating Countries Diffr federal trade commission bill. TJhe a t Te H of Ultimate Sac Senate is far from resigned to the thought of six weeks or more of dis-: cess-ecess Has Been Taken. eussion of trust legislation in miai suiner, but it is nct probable that recess of mediation was decided t!.e spirit of open icr 11 will show t on Tuesday by Ambassador Da Gama s-If cn the floor of Brazil and Ministers Saurez and There is no doubt whatever that if Naon of Chile and Argentina, respec tre 1-resident would a -alnt in his & tively. Thisction followed the re sistf-nce upon the an. trust program ceipt of a note from Gen. Carranza, congress could and would get aw-y expressing an Inclination to partici from Washington in two weeks or pate in informal conference with hlss. The House -s ia ruch shape that Huerta delegates for the solution of it could be ready t. get away in a Mexico's internal problems, but ask few days, and the Sanate is not far ing for more time in which to con behind. fer with his subordinate generals. The trade coma ie'cn bill is the The Constitutionalist chief declared anfinished business cf the Senate, the he wished to get full authority from Ca-;ton anti-trust bill Is stil. unfi the signers of the plan of Guada shed by the judiciary ccmmittee. Th loupe, the platform of the Constitu :allway capitaliatio bill is in ab-*z;. tionalist movement, so that delegates. iZo sam3 shape ia t;e hands of t might be clothed with plenary pow '.ut:rstatt- commerce c-mmittee. Just era. when the latter cx i:ic asures will Mediation Is In a most complex o the enate flow is sill a problan. state. Wblle the signing of the se T he judiciary ,.o:i.i .ttee has fou 1.1 ies of protocols covering various the Clayton bill alreaey passed by the phases of the international situaton House, a difficult pr blem and .7- has brought forth confident expres made and remade mt-ry of its see- sions from some quarters that media Lion. Athouh m~; f th ;le ,,, tion has been a success, skepticism tions. Although m of the leadi'ig lbv % rs e* the Se.taa are on this co'n- has arisen among others vitally con mittee they have c("sccvered th3r nected with the proceedings as to task to be difficult and the trouble in whether anything of value actually comm lie is regarded as a prelude has been accomplished. to ).e f'rbt whic'i wili come when :t That was has been averted, Is gen reaches the floor. erally admitted, but of the actual The 1erate for'-'i relations co'- pacification of Mexico few see any *inittec .itl contiraux Os investigatio- visible signs of progress. The pro into 1l-e transactl:.s ]ading up te tocols already signed set forth in ef wit Niakaua.Thi tra~yprodesfect the conditions under which the with Nicaragua. This treaty provides Uie ttswl eonz e a $3,000,000 payment to Nicaragua, gnent i Mecog Ever the establishment of a protectorate over that country and a guarantee by howhment of aoiion goeret the United States of fair elections, in exchange' for rights to an inter-whcmutbtersltoange oceanic canal and naval* bases. . metbtenIt w arigfc has been the objtect of bitter attack tos hs aentytbe by several senators and the committee bogttgte.Sm ftemda Is expected to get to the bottoi orsobfte ee ilb.I transactions which preceded the ne- cto htteCntttoait gotiations.wilat teratideoadth As an incident the committee plans ueafcin - to look into the way in which infor- Mistraowosbeevdo mation has leaked fro.n its past dis- b nitmt em ihteCn cussions of this sub~iect. These meet- siuinlss rfse piim ings have been executive, but reports Mnse ae n masdrD regularly have come from the room Gm r nesodt erte and Democrats on the committee par-skp-.ThHuradlgtsar ticularly have been anxious to find theno-mita.TeA rcnde leaks,.ae ilrmina igr al COULDN'T EXPLAIN. I h enietewdnn Govenor pat pon ueston onstheutioakleisthean bein Cof fer byithe Hsuprtars-Monthe Whih Aswrs " ske. onstteronMeistin advanetre pro-e When . 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