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la * THE FORT MILL TIMES I PuMlthad Every Thursday. FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA. Joy riders would better take time J than do time. Tho more tho fashions dare the harder the Willies stare. One is sometimes tempted to think that there is too much weather. There was a tlmo when people objected to even the peek-a-boo waist. Ono of the crying needs of the Kn.<> I- - J- - .. . .. ?viu >o a oumuaruuca mice 01 watermelon. Valuable advice to those getting cubist haircuts: Take out an insurance policy. Part of tho trouble about the cabaret may come from lulling a booze hop a cafe. By flying over tho Alps in an ueroplane one avoids paying tips at Alpine bostelricB. At last tho aeroplane has been used for an elopement Hut it would never do for a honeymoon. Lota of men attain success without ever knowing the difference between an aura and n hiatus. Some of those bargain bathing suits giro the owner tho decorative effect of a cubist Easter egg. At somo restaurants one can purchase French pruneB that have an absurdly American accent. Flies have become so scarco and cunning that it requires rare generalship to accomplish a swatting. Still, this would be a good enough world if there were nothing more serious than silt skirts to worry about. Leave the wearers of the slit Bklrt alone. Sooner or Inter they'll catch cold and come to an untimely end. Another balloonist was killed In Seattle. Will they never learn that the only safe way to travel is in an aeroplane? There Is not one dance that looks better on the face of It tlinn that "Boll Weevil Wiggle," tlio Btep with tho kiss. An Italian is now reported to have discovered perpetual motion. The nearest approach to it is the reported discoveries. The man who married in secret for fear his son wouldn't let him must have great faith in the eilicacy of early training. There are few more awful sights in life than watching a man with false teeth that fit badly trying to eat green corn off the cob. Ho is a shocking pessimist who remarks that many a Juno bride has knocked her knuckles on the wash bonrd hv this time You arc right, Ethollnda. Many a man's -chief objection to the styles in women's dresses this season is that thoy are not "more so." A Pennsylvania baby was bom under the auspices of live grandmothers and is reported to be doing as well aa could be expected. I^ast yonr's corn crop was 2,871,000,000 bushels. Think of the appnlllng by-product of corncob pipes and husk mattresses that somebody will have to use! The only thing a bull pup can not bang on to is a whirling auto tire. The dog that tried it was thrown Into the branches of a maple treo 30 feet high. If Chnrles Dickens should visit this country again ho would no doubt be glad to discover that chewing tobacco had ceased to be a national pastime. A St. i/ouls girl slept uninterruptedly for six days after playing in a hard tennis match. Looks as if there was some good in the game, after all. It seems to be getting quite the raarn to linn Ihn fair ilmnuolo to.. ing split skirts. If it keeps up the fad may become quite general, for $25 is a comparatively cheap price for a good sensation. However, it would be extremely gratifying if our estoemed and lovely fellow citizens would learn that the danger of getting off a car while facing to the rear is complicated and increased by the hobble skirt. Does the average man delight in being shocked? Ho goes in droves to the bathing beuchcs where, as he has been duly warned, shocks await him. A noston Judge decided that it is as natural for a dog to bark as to wag his tail, nnd that a court order against barking hns about the same practical fflcioncy as the celebrated decree of Canute forbidding the tide to come in. The roosters throughout the land who have lately been served with injunctions will crow over this decision on natural rights. DEMOCRATS RALLY ON CURRENCY BILL ANSWER OF ADMINISTRATION FORCES IN HOUSE TO CRITICISM OF FINANCIERS. BANKS ENTER A PROTEST President Wilson Receiving More United Support Than at Any Time Since His Election. Washington.?The answer of the administration forces in the house to ' the criticisms of the new currency | bill made by the conference of hankers at Chicago will he a tightening I up of the lines and a. more vigorous | indorsement of the bill as it now I stands. Informal conferences of the , I Democratic members of the house I currency committee emphasized the j fuct that the active supporters of the president's currency plan expect to I put the measure through the house without substantial change. The amendments proposed by the bankers, it was pointed out by the house leaders, were all considered in detail when the bill originally was ! prepared and in the long debate over I its provisions in the house conunitj tee on banking and currency. The proposal to reduce the quantity of re! serves and gl\e country banks the privilege of keeping part of their reserves in the large cities had many supporters and ultimately may be worked into the bill in the senate, but the change is not expected in the )lOU86. The bankers will have an opportunity to present their views openly to congress after the currency bill gets into the senate. Chairman Owen of the senate currency committee said that while hcnrlngs had not yet been unuimuu, no expected leading repre- | sentatives of tlio various " factions" | amongst the bankers of the coutnry would be invited to give their views of the bill to the senate committee. "1 see a great deal of merit in the proposal to reduce somewhat the quantity of the reserves." said Senator Owen. "We have not discussed the new legislation sufficiently in committee, however, to know what changes may be made in the bill." SULZER IS PLANNING FIGHT Governor to Move for Indictment of Legislators Who Impeached Him. New York.?An effort wli be made according to confidants of Governor Sulzer to procure the indictment of several members of the legislature who were most active in the impeachment of the governor, and also of certain men high in Tammany Hall who are not officially connected with the legislature. One of the charges, it is said, will be criminal conspiracy. This is the la-st stragetic move of the Sulzer "war board," as outlined by Judge Lynn J. Arnold, one of Governor Sulzer's most trusted advisors. During the last ten days lawyers ; who volunteered to assist Governor j Sulzer have been busily engaged gathering evidence touching this alleged conspiracy, and It was announc eci mat uicy na<l procured sufficient ! data to justify them in placing tlm matter in the hands of District At! torney Whitman of New York with a demand that he lay the evidence at once before a grand Jury. Other lawyers and laymen here who had a hand in the Sulzer proceedings expressed confidence that their contemplated move will block the governor's impeachment trial. They de' clared tlint when the evidence they have collected is made public it will cause the court of appeals to decline to join the senate in a trial, and that the whole matter will fall to the ground, as the senate would have no power under the constitution to proceed alone. One Killed and Fourteen Hurt. Atlanta.?One negro was killed, fourteen passengers were injured, two serij ously and several freight and passen| ger cars were almost totally destroyed when northbound freight train No. 19 of the Georgia railroad crashed into the rear end of passenger train No. 3 as the latter train was pulling out of Alta I-oma, not far from Decatur. World's Congress on School Hygiene. isuunio, in. v.?Nearly every civilisei ed nation in the world is represented at the fourth international congress on school hygiene, which opened and will continue one week. Leading scientists, educators and physicians will participate in the discussions of the work of giving boys and girls healthy bodies along with educated minds. Foreign nations have recognized the congress by sending delegates and the United States will be represented by Secretary William II. Wilson of the department of labor. Busy Time for Lord Chancellor. New York.?Viscount Richard Burden llaldane, lord high chancellor cf Great Britain, will have a busy time during his coming visit to the American continent. An inspection of the military academy at West Rolnt, banquets in New York and Montreal, an address before the American Bar association at Montreal and the acceptance of an honorary degree from McGill university are some of the events that will occupy his time. Viscount Haldane left Liverpool on the Lusitanla. tit ARTHUR R. RUPLEY Arthur Rlngwalt Rupley, one of the new congressmen at large from Pennsylvania, was nominated by the Republicans, the Washington, the Bull Moose and the Roosevelt Progressive parties. He is a business man, and is forty-five years old. OVER 100 PERSONS KILLED CAR LOADED WITH DYNAMITE EXPLODES IN THE MEXICAN CAPITAL. Thirty Bodies Taken From the Ruins and Many More Bodies Are in Debris. Mexico. City.? An explosion on a gondola loaded with dynamite on the tracks of a street car company in a thickly settled portion of Tacuhaya, a snburb of the capital, killed or injure, more than one hundred persons, chiefly women and children. Thirty bodies already have been taken from the ruins of the houses. Scores of wounded are lying in the streets. The disaster was said to have been caused by a collision between a car loaded with iron pipe und a dynamite car. For a radium of 500 feet from the explosion scene not a house was left intact. Most of the dwellings were of adobe construction, and those nearest where the cur stood were converted into heapMjf clay and dust, under which, it is feared, scores of victims will be found. Most of the victims were of the laboring class, and perished in the collapse of the houses. Many tine residences in Tacubaya and in the conencting town of San Pedro were partially wrecked. SENATORS PRESSING O NEAL Urged to Call Legislature to Settle the Senatorial Squabble. Washington. ? Senator Ilankhead, after conferring with the other members of the senate, has concurred in the demand on the governor of Alabama to call the legislature together and not endanger the tariff bill by the absence of one Alabama senator. As the Democratic majority in the senate Is only one, owing to the defection of the Louisiana senators, and as a senator is very ill and likely not to be present, it seems that the situation imperatively demands some action to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Johnston. "It appears to me," said Senator liankhead, "after a rigid and thorough investigation of the subject, that the only thing the governor can do to meet the situation and fill the vacancy in time to meet the demands here and guarantee the passage of the tariff bill is to call the legislature together. "The legislature is organized and could in one day pass a resolution authorizing the governor to mnke a temporary appointment." Government Will Soon Fnish Lock. Home, (la.?The government lock, about eight miles from Rome on the Coosa river, will be finished about September 20, and boats will then pass through. The work on the lock and dam was started in 1910, and $271,000 has been expended on its construe hoii. i. j. rvtsny, who nas been in active charge of the work, will leave as soon as it ir completed for Wilmington, Del., where he will have charge of other government work. It is stated thct the lock and dam will raise the level of the river three feet. 50,000 to Pull Missouri Out of Mud. Kansas City, Mo.?Fifty thousand business men and farmers of western Missouri, it was estimated, burnished their picks and shovels nnd prepared to shoulder them to take part in Missouri's two good road days, the slogan for which is: "Pull Missouri out of the mud." Hundreds of Missouri mothers and daughters and wives and sweethearts prepared lunches for the "boys." In many counties the women have organisations of their own, and will serve dinners to the workers. \ '"V Tjtf 4 ) HUERTA IS NOW ' FAGiNS A CRISIS UNITED STATES WILL CONTINUE TO INSIST ON HUERTA'S RESIGNATION. DOCUMENT NOT MADE PUBLIC President Studying the Mexican Situ- ' ation?Lind Makes His Report. Washington.?The Huerta administration in Mexico may reconsider its rejection of the American proposals to restore peace 111 Mexico ana arrange ; a new basis for negotiation with the United States. Strong intimations to this effect readied official Washington 1 ( along with the information that the financial condition of the Huerta ad- j ministration was such that a crisis was ! imminent. Should the Huerta government decide to enter into a new basis of dis- | cussion, withdrawing its contention as expressed in the Huerta note replying to the proposals communicated by Mr. kind. President Wilson in all probability will not read his message to both houses of congress, as he intended. Failure to send any word to the leaders was interpreted in official circles as meaning that the United States had practically given the Huerta government time to make up its mind finally as to what it would do. It is positively reiterated that the United States will continue to insist upon the resignation of Provisional President Huerta, or an announcement of his intention to do so, as well as his elimination from the presidential race in the subsequent election. President Wilson spent some time studying the notes exchanged by Mr. kind and Huerta and preparing his message. White house officials announced that no copies of the document would be distributed in advance to the press, as has been the custom for years, as it was desirable to keep the document abreast of developments to the last minute. The message may be modified by dispatches received, and there also is the possibility that the president may find it expedient to postpone delivery of the document. Reports from Mr. kind declare that his relations with the Huerta officials are more cordial than before and that the Huerta officials manifest a willingness to find some new ground for a settlement. TRY TO DYNAMITE GAYNOR Enough of Explosive to Wreck New York City Hall Found. New York.?A deadly charge of dynamite, three whole 10-inch sticks and two halves with a fuse and detonator, was discovered near Mayor Gaynor's office window in the city hall. The bureau of combustibles found that the explosive was 40 per cent, dynamite, the regulation blasting proportion, and the amount found would, if exploded, have wrecked the city hall. The mayor, was In his office when the dynamite was discovered by a citizen passing through City Hull park. Mr. Gaynor evinced little interest when told of the explosive's proximity and remained apparently undisturbed at his desk, while police officers hurriedly drew a cordon about the dynamite to keep buck an excited crowd. Mr. Gaynor frequently receives threatening letters, but he would make no statement regarding the possible connection between any previous threat by mail and the dynamite. It is just three years ago this month that he was shot in the neck by a socalled crank and so badly wounded that for several days it was feared he would die. The dynamite found lay on a basement door in a concrete moat or areaway within 60 feet of the mayor's window. Begs for Life; Husband Kills Her. Tampa, Fla.?While on her knees pleading pitifully for her life, Mrs. Ethel Denson of Key West was shot to death on the street here by her husband, Benny Denson. Two negroes were eye-witnesses to the tragedy, but were afraid to interfere. Denson, wl > followed his wife from Key West here several weeks ago, discovered her working in a restaurant Speer Preparing to Fight Charges. Washington.?Federal Judge Emory Speer of Georgia, ehnrged with official misconduct in papers filed with the house committee on judiciary, will attend any hearings that the commit lee may nave 10 take evidence in (Incase. lie telegraphed to Representative Hughes irt Georgia, asking that he arrange for his appearance nt the proper time. Mr. Hughes Immediately conferred with Chairman Clayton of the committee, and later notified Judge Spcer that he would be permitted to be present with counsel. Cole Younger Joins Church. Lees Summit. Mo.?Cole Younger, the former bandit, became a member of the Christian church at a revival meeting here. When the evangelist, after finishing his sermon invited persons in the audience to join the church, Younger was one of the first to go forward to the altar rail. At the conclusion of the service the evangelist said that those in the audience who cared to do so might remain and shake hands with Younger. One thousand persons came forward and shook hands with him. Awr ' ' * " 1 MRS. JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS MlgJ iii #vii *.- , Mrs. Lewis, wife of Senator Lewis of Illinois, is considered one of the \ most charming women in official society circles In Washington. . i F1RSTDEP0SIIS COME SOUTH ALL THE DEPOSITS IN ALL THE STATES WILL BE MADE IN TWO INSTALLMENTS. Federal Cash to Move Crops to Be Given Banks in ^August and September. Washington.?First deposits of the i government's ?50,000,000 fund to aid crop movements will be nmdc in the j Southern states in August and September. All deposits in all states will be made in two equal allotments. In j a statement Secretary MeAdoo has outlined the treasury department's requirements for security. "Deposits will be made." says the statement, "only in national banks located in such of the principal cities of the several states as the secretary may designate. Such banks must have an outstanding circulation at the time of deposit equal to at least 40 per cent, of the amount authorized by law. It is understood that such I deposits are made to prevent or mitigate the financial tension incident to the movement of crops, and that the funds received by the banks will be used in good faith for this purpose. The banks receiving deposits will be expected to extend to the banks in smaller towns sucli accommodations us may be consistent with sound and conservative principles of banking, | and that in all cases the rate of in- ! terest charged such banks will be moderate and reasonable. SAYS WILSON LACKS SUPPORT Some Tart Intimations by the Mexiican General in His Reply. Washington.?Intimations are contained in provisional President Iluerta's reply to the American note presented by John Lind that President Wilson is not backed up by congress or the American people in his stand against recognition of the Iiuerta government. Referring to the attacks on the Washington administration by mem- 1 hers of congress and pointing to the official recommendations of Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson advising recognition, Iiuerta declares he is entitled to be recognized, lie holds that the Democratic party's power is temporary, and argues that the recognition of his government is a partisan question in the United States. He intimates that he reaches his conclusion on private advices from Washington. 1 rpt,t? tr as _ * - i ni? until uutuou ??s uDiainoa irom those who know the contents of the r lluertn note so fur as it has been deciphered. The complete note is not i yet nt hand, but the principal argument has been placed before administration oflicials. Hotel Destroyed by Flames. Union City, CJa.?The twenty-live guests of the Reid hotel at this place narrowly escaped from death when lire was discovered in the building. v> it iiiii it i?*w nunuit's aner me tire call was sounded the hotel was a mass of flames, and nothing but a few personal effects were saved. Val- j iant work on the part of the volunteer (ire department saved the office building of the Farmers' Union, a two- ! story $10,000 brick structure, next to the hotel. The Held hotel was a frame structure, valued at $4,,r>00. Motocycle Racers in Crash. Milwaukee, Wis.?Five motorcycle racers crashed together here during j a five-mile race at the motordrome, i and as a result Fred Bow en of New : York City is in the hospital with a ; broken shoulder and serious internal injuries and four other riders are suffering from severe cuts, bruises and minor internal injuries. The most seriously injured, also in hospitals, are j James Cox, Dallas, Texas; Olen ' Stokes. Los Angeles; Bert RruggerI man, Denver, and Lawrence Fleckoni stein, also of Denver. ' U V, . ^ ] 1 v v i I FRANK IS GUILTY VERDICT OF JURY ATLANTA FACTORY SUPERINTENDENT TO PAY THE PENALTY FOR CRIME. "J HAS NOT BEEN SENTENCED The Killing of Mary Phagan to Be Avenged by the Law.?The Wife of the Prisoner Collaoces When Vor diet is Read. Atlanta, Ga?The jury In the cas? of Leo M. Frank, on trial for the murder of Mary Pliagan, found the defendant guilty. No recommendation*, were made by the jury. Judge Houn's charge to the jury,, delivered immediately after he had over-ruled a motion of the defense for a mlstrnil, was terse and direct. _ \ With reference to "reasonable doubt" ' J he said: "You are not compelled to find from the ovidence his guilt beyond any doubt, but beyond a reasonable doubt, such a doubt as grows out of the evidence, or for the want of evidence; such a doubt as a reasonable and impartial man would entertain, about matters of the higehst importance to himself, and after all reasonable efforts to ascertain the truth. This does not mean a fanciful doubt, one conjured up by the jury." During the trial much stress was placed by both sides on the question of Frank's character. Judge Roan charged the jury that while evidence of the defendant's good reputation, previous to the death of Mary Phagan was to be considered possibly as. creating a doubt of his Ruilt, sucb evidence would not suffice to clear him if, in the opinion of the jury, other evidence was sufficient to show that he had committed the crime charged against him. The reading of the charge required about 20 minutes. Frank showed no visiblo signs of emotion when he was informed that ho had been found guilty. The factory superintendent's wife wus with the prisoner when the message 'was delivered and she collapsed. More than an hour before Frank nuo ^iwliiiuu iiic* jury s veraici OI 'murder in the tirst degree was received with a noisy demonstration by the crowd, estimated at more than 11,000 persons which had assembled outside the court house. All spectators were excluded from the court room before the verdict was announced. By agreement of counsel the prisoner was permitted to remain in his cell at the county jail. Only laweyrsr, court otlicials and newspaper men heard the verdict. To Use the State Militia. Washington.?More liberal interpretation of the constitutional provision which, in the past, has been accepted as prohibiting the dispatch of militia to foreign soil, will be sought in the coming conference between the staff officers of the War Department and the officers of the, militia of the various states. Denial was made that there was any significance in the taking up of the question at this time. A desire to make the regular army and' the militia a more effective cimbination, it was declared, prompted the department's action. Thaw Insists on Making Statement. Sherbrooke, Que.?The arrival of William Jerome, Harry Kendal! Thaw's old prosecutor and the assumption by ex-tJovernor Stone of Pennsylvania as spokesman here for theThaw fa mil v were the ehiof iin?oinn nients of the day In the Thaw case. If Thaw was terrorized by Jerome's coming. he succeeded in concealing his fears. He spoke of Jerome sneeringy, speaking of him as "Willie." Of tho lighter incidents of a day of excitement?exciting principally because of what might happen?was Thaw's show of temper over the fact that his breakfast was 10 minutes late. To Investigate Conduct of Speer. Washington. ?Thorough investigation of the otflciai conduct of United Slates District Judge Emory Speer of the Southern District oT Georgia to dettermine whether he has been guilty of any impeachable misbehavior, vfcrs agreed upon unanimously by the House Judiciary Committee. Chairman Clayton will introduce a resolution asking the House to empower the committee tn Investigate tlie and compel the attendance of witnesses. The committee will report tothe House its conclusions. * Victroy Claimed By Both Sides. Waslilngton.-j-An agricultural currency amendment to the Admlnistra- * tion currency bill was adopted by the .? House Democratic caucus. After sev- >' eral preliminary skirmashes in which / other amendments were beaten, the caucus without a dissenting vote ad^X opted an amendment, sponsored bojh by the "Insurgent" continent and vhc. Dunking and Currency Committer put paper based on agricultural pro_ ducts on the same basis as '.ommercial paper that is used fobanking purposes. ' f 1