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PALMETTO CAPITOL NEWS
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General New* of 8outh Carolina Collected
and Condensed From The
State Capital That Will Prove ef
Interest to All Our Readers.
Columbia.
v * Copies ot the journal of the house
of representatives for the recent session
became available, the clerk, J.
Wilson Gibbes. having done diligent
and 8Kilf*#*work in compiling the volumt
of nearly 1,400 pages. Mrs. Virginia
Green Moody, the state librarian.
1h dispatching copies to members and
such other persons as are entitled by
law to receive them. Mr. Glbbes has
introduced several innovations, which,
though they devolvod on him much
tedious and arduous labor, make the
book much more practically helpful
and more readily available to those
having occasion to use it.
Most valuable of the new features,
perhaps, is the subject Index, in which
the gist Is given of oach act. Preparation
of this section meant for the clerk
the careful reading and digesting of |
every act. The arrangement serves all ]
iu?? purposes hi view oetter than the
eld method of a mere collocation of
tides.
Another capital improvement Is the
addition of a section wherein may bo
traced easily the history of a bill, resolution
or claim from introduction to
final disposition. There is a useful
nerBonal index of representatives from
which may be ascertained each member's
recoril for tho session. The volume
contains also the usual standard
conveniences. The typography has
been rocaBt into a comely, convenient
and readable dress.
New 60 Hour Law Misunderstood.
Concerning the new 60 hour law for
the textile plants of the state, E. J.
Watson, commissioner Of agriculture,
commerce and industries, said:
"Operatives In some of the mill districts
of the state in some manner
seem to have gotton the idea that the
new 60 hour law. requiring that no
employe except thoee exempted by
law can work longei than 11 hours in
one day or 60 hours in one week,
meant that every mill should shut
down absolutely at the noon hour,,
Such is not the requirement of the
law.
"The law takeB no cognizance whatever
of the time that machinery is
run. It does emphatically require. '
however, that the human machine, the
operative, shall not be worked exceeding
11 hours in one day or 60 hours
in one week. The purpose of the law
Is to protect the individual man or woman
and to require the mill to employ
spare help for the operation of ma- |
chinery In excess of hours. The law i
requires that the time operatives shall i
start and stop work be posted in each
room In the mill on prescribed forms,
and if the operative Is worked exceeding
11 hours any one day or 60 hours
any one week he has the right to complain
immediately to the commissioner
and prosecution will be forthwith instituted
in every Instance.
"Under the law the mill can be run
24 hours out of every day if the management
so desires, but the employment
of the help must be so arranged
that no man, woman or child is work- j
ed exceeding the hours prescribed by
law."
Watson Appoints Twenty Delegates.
Delegates to the National Conserva i
tlon congress to be held In Washing- i
ton May 2. 3 and 4 were appointed by
E. J. Wataon. commissioner of agrl- '
culture, commerce and lndustlres.
The following are the delegates: j
A. C. Moore. Columbia; Earle Sloan, !
Charleston; J. E. Wannamaker, St
Matthews; H. W. Harre, Clemson College;
J. E. Slrrine. Greenville; Henry I
N. Snyder, Spartanburg; J. A. McCul- ,
lough, Greenville; R. M. Cooper. Wlsacky
;D. R. Coker, llartsvllle; Rrlght
Williamson, Darlington; W. C. Whitnor.
Rock Hill; Samuel G. Stoney,
Reld Whit ford. Charleston; Frank
Evans. Spartanburg; August Kohn.
Columbia; W. I>. Morgan, George-,
town; Niels Christensen, Reaufort; ,
John B. Cleveland, Spartartburg; Joseph
T. .Tohnaton, Greenville; Alan
Johnstone, Sr.. Newberry.
Estill Bank Receives Charter.
The Commercial Hank of Estill has
been chartered by the secretary of
state with a capital of $2.r>.000. The |,
..ftt..- T a tifi.it
uuitcio on-, j. n. wnnnnis, president; ,
W. F. Monor, vice-president, and W. E.
Peeples secretary and treasurer.
Mill School Inspector Pleased.
George I). Brown, stato mill school
inspector, returned to Columbia from
Horse Creek Valley where he labored
throughout the week In the interest of
the mill schools in that section. TTn- j
tiring efforts were crowned with the i
voting of a 4 mill extra levy on nearly
$1,000,000 of property In the Granltevflle
district. Three cotton mill communities
are embraced In the district,
two In Granltevillo and one in Vaucluse,
nearly three miles removed. The
vote was 76 to 1 In favor of lh? lovy.
Court to Review Antl-Compaot Act. \
Hearing on the petition of David
B. Henderson of Charleston for an
order to prevent the attorney general
and the insurance commissioner from
enforcing the terms of the anti-compact
fire insurance act was held before
the supreme court.
The petitioner was represented at
the hearing by T. Moultrie Mordecal.
J. N. Nathans and A. T. Smyth of the
Charleston bar. The state officials
were represented by W. H. Townseud
of the Columbia bar and Thomas H.
Peeples. attorney general.
The arguments bj the attorneys for
both sides containpj many points and
authorities.
The demurrer of the attorney general
charged that the petition did. not
state facts sufficient for a onnao of
action.
After hearing the arguments the
supreme court took the case under
advisement.
In the argument by the petitioner's
attorneys it was charged that the
Laney-Odom act violates several sections
of the state constitution.
In his argument to the court the
attorney general stated that the petitioner
"has not shown that he has
been injured or is threatened with
any injury by reason of the enforcement
of the act of 1916 to prevent
tire insurance companies or associations
or partnerships doing a fire insurance
business in this state to enter
into any compact or combination with
any other fire insurance companies,
associations or partnerships, approved
March 2, 1916; and he is not in a position
to ask this court to consider or
determine the constitutionality of this
act. " The attorney general also
stated that the respondents "would j
welcome a decision from the court
construing the act in question and
directing them as to their duty thereunder."
"The provision," said the attorney
general, "for violations of the act is
germane to its subject, and the act
is not to be considered as unconsti- i
tutlonal because there is no allusion
to these provisions in Its title. j
"The fact that penalties are Imposed
for violation of the provisions
of the net does not render these sections
void as being without title; for
it would be a natural complement to
the act regulating the business of insurance
to include any Just and proper
provisions for enforcing the duties
imposed upon the persons and companies
afTocted and to prescribe penalties
for the violation thereof."
Attorneys for the petitioners contended
that the anti-compact law confers
upon the Insurance commissioner j
both legislative and Judicial powers,
"which under the constitution, can
only be respectively exercised by the
legislative and Judicial departments
of the government of the state." It
was also charged that the act deprives
the petitioner of the "property
without due process of law."
P*111 rn c (Tmnr. ? I - -
F. H. McMaster, insurance commissioner.
returned from St. Ixiuis, where (
he attended a meeting of the National
Association of Inauranec Commissioners.
Many New Enterprises Chartered.
The City Realty company of Char- |
leaton has been commissioned, with a I
capital of $5,000. The petitioners are ;
Walter B. Wilbur and J. J .Murray.
The Blshopvllle Lumber company of
Bishopville has been commissioned,
with a capital of $5,000. The peti
tioners are L. J. Dixon and B. D.
Parker.
A charter has heen Issued to the
Columbia Automobile Dealers' association
with a capital of $f>00. The
officers are: A. M. Gibbes. president;
J. B. Roddey, vice president, and C.
M. Asbill, secretary and treasurer.
The secretary of state has issued a
commission to the Burris Furniture
company of Union, with a capital of
Sf>,000. The petitioners are VV. H.
Burris and Thomas McNally.
The Pastime Amusement company
of Lake City has been commissioned,
with a capital of $2,000. The peti
tioners are: A. Weaver. L. E. Ne
smith, J. A. Matthews, J. M. Trulurk
and C T. Dayman.
The Industrial Building and Lran
association of Georgetown has heen
commissioned with a capital of $20,00
The nnHHnnni-o -? is.i ? i
Itiu milium |
Prioleau, J. B. BrockinKton, W. O.
Simpson. G. \V. Howard and \V. J.
Wilds.
The Carolina Farms company of
Anderson have been chart >red v ith
a capital of $2f>,00ft. The office* s are:
E. It. Horton, president r.nd treasprer;
L. S. Horton, vice presi.lant,
and W. P. Mtushnll, secretary.
The secretary of state has issued
a commission to the Allendale Auto j
Repair company of Allendale with a
capital stock of $1,200. The petition-'
ers are IT. R. Erwln. J. M. Patterson
and C. P. Collins.
The secretary of state has Issued a
commission to the Carolina Va..?i
Stores company of Wnlterboro, with
a capital of $2,000. The petitioners
are J. II. Padgett and K. L. Denton.
The O'Donnell Dry Goods company
of Sumter has heen commissioned,
with a capital of $r?,000. The peti
tioncrs are Neill O'Donnell, Samuel
Sanders and R. P. M naghan.
The Columbia Clay company has
been chartered with a capital of $200,
000. The officers are: Kdward H
Titus, president; Eugene Evans, vlct
president, and T. J. Evans, Jr., seer*
tary and treasurer.
SENATE WILL PASS
RURAL CREDITS BILL
PRESIDENT INSISTS THAT IT
SHOULD BE ADOPTED BY
THIS CONGRESS.
FARMERS MUST HAVE HELP
Tillman, Overman, Simmons and Other
Southern Senators Approve Most
Features of Bill.
Washington.?The Senate has gone
;o work on the rural credits bill, a
piece of legislation which President
Wilson insists should be adopted by
this session of Congress. There is
little doubt but that the measure will I
be passed by the Senate within a short
time, now that work has begun.
Senator Simmons was among the |
number talking while the preliminary
discussions were under way. With !
regard to the interest to be charged j
by private institutions he said: "I |
think it is possible to provide in this j
bill as to limit the rate of interest ;
| that those private institutions may |
charge and do it by increasing the j
! security for the bonds they may issue,
and then you would provide a very
strong system."
Senator Overman in commenting
on the proposed legislation said: "I
think rural credits legislation should :
be enacted as early as possible. I do 1
not like some features of the bill now '
before the senate, but most of the :
I provisions are all right. The farmer
| must have better banking arrange- j
meats. I am glad the President has
this legislation on has program."
"The banks are so full of deposits." '
sai?l Senator Tillmon, "that there is j
no where for them to lend their ;
money at a profit except to the farmers.
I am in favor of a system at f
a rate of five or six per cent by I
which loans can be made on long i
time mortgages on real estate."
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INVASION OF IRELAND
BY GERMANY IS FAILURE. 1
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Oaring Attempt to Land Arms on Ireland
to Resist Against England.
London.?A daring attempt by a
German auxiliary to land arms in
Irelnnd for the purpose of resistance I
against England has resulted in the
Hinking of the vessel and the capture
of Sir Roger Casement, a leader of ;
the Separatist faction in Ireland.
The occurrence is without parallel I
In the annals of Erin's -Isle and will
send a shock of concern throughout 1
Great Britain. Though the members
of the Seapratist faction had hailed
the present war ac a golden oppor- j
tunity for Islend to strike for freedom j
from its allegiance to England, the ^
actual attempt will take rank as
one of the most sensational develop- i
ments of the titanic struggle.
It was during the period between I
the afternoon of April 20 and the af- j
ternoon of April 21, says the official j
anouncoment. that the attempt to land
arms and ammunition In Ireland was '
made by a vessel under the guise of a
neutral merchant ship, but in reality a
German auxiliary, in conjunction with
a German submarine.
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GERMAN PAPER BITTER
IN RIDICULE OF NOTE
Berlin, via Copenhagen to London? j
i no niorgen Post devotes three col- :
umna to "Wilson's numanity" in
which it ridicules his assertions that !
humanity inspires the action of the
United States and assails him for failure
to proceed against Great Britain.
"Truly the tone and contents of the
new Wilson note, and the spirit it
breathes." says the ^lorgen Post,
"make it endlessly difficult for us Germans
to remain calm."
BRITISH STEAMER BOUND
FOR NORFOLK IS SUNK
London.?The British steamship
Parisiana of 4.763 tons gross, has been
sunk. The crew of the vessel was |
landed. The Parisiana left Newport, J <
England, April 20. bound for Norfolk. ]
SEVEN VILLA BANDITS
ARE CONDEMNED TO DIE
Doming, N. M.?The seven Villa fol- [
owers who were captured after the |
raid on "Columbus and convicted of i
murder in tne first degree were con- !
domned to die May 19 by Judge Ed- ; i
ward L. Mercer.
The prisoners pleaded that they
were ignorant of where they were go- i
ing at the time of the raid and that j i
they were forced to follow Villa under i i
penalty of death. Six of the band'ts I i
listened unmoved to the sentence. !
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FRENCH AVIATORS DROP
SHELLS ON GERMAN LINES.
London. ? Art'.llery bombardments
alone are taking place on the French
and Belgian fronts, the scenes of the ]
greatest activity being the region of |
Lemort Homme and the Argonne ]
forest with the Germans the aggres- <
sors in the former and the French in (
the latter sector. i
French aviators in squadron forma- (
tions have dropped large numbers of
3hells on German positions at I^ongu 1
ron. Dun and near Montfaucou.
CAPTAIN SMITH
One of the officers of the Twentieth
infantry ordered into Mexico in pursuit
of Villa.
GERMANY OFFERS DYES
LACK OF DYE HAS SERIOUSLY
AFFECTED AMERICAN TEXTILE
MANUFACTURES.
Bernstorff Delivers Note to Lansing
Who is Arranging With England
For Safe Transportation.
Washington.?The German government
has agreed to permit exportation
to the United States of 15,000 tons of
dyestuffs. lack of which has seriously
affected American textile manufacturers.
Notification to this efTect was
contained in a note delivered by Ambassador
von Bernstorff to Secretary
Lansing.
The communication explains that
while Germany refused at first to permit
exportation of dyestuffs unless exchanged
for American goods now excluded
from Germany by the British
blockade, after careful consideration
of the situation it has been seen "that
this blockade has resultod in serious
embarrassment to those American industries
which are in need of dyestuffs."
and the Imperial German Government
now is prepared to make "a
single exception" in permitting exportation
in this instance. It is required
only that the dyestuffs shall be consumed
by Amerieun manufacturers
and not re-exported to Great Britain
or her Allies.
CARRANZA ARMY BLOCKS
ADVANCE OF U. S. SOLDIERS.
Mexican Forces Are Moved to Pnrral
Where Gen. Pershing is Located.
Washington.?Have Carranza troops
blocked further advance of United
States troops near the Parral region?
That the Carranza Administration will
insist upon immediate withdrawal of
our troops is indicated. That a clash
is within the bounds of reasonable
possibility is conceded.
Reports from Mexico are reaching
the State Department dally. As far
as known, these tell of increased dim.
culties surrounding the expedition
BRYAN AT WASHINGTON
TO HELP KEEP PEACE.
Washington. ? William Jennings
Bryan, former Secretary of State, has
come to Washington. He said he had
come to render any aid possible to
prevent trouble between the United
States and Germany.
"I was on my way to New Orleans
to deliver an address," he said, "when
the news reached me that a crisis
in the submarine controversy with
Germany had arisen. 1 cancelled all
engagements anil hurried to Washington,
not with any definite plan,
but in the hope that I could be of
some assistance in preserving peace.
"Since my arrival I have had several
conferences with prominent Democrats.
I expect to have more conferences
within the next two days.
Beyond that time my plans are in
definite.
"I am hoping for two things In
this present grave situation -first
that Germany will accede to the po-1
sition of the United States; second.)
that if she does not. diplomatic relations
will continue with a view to
reaching an amicable settlement of
I he trouble.
RECORD CLASS WILL ENTER
ANNAPOLIS IN JUNE.
Washington. -Estimates ma do public
by Secretary Daniels show that beween
5F>0 and ?>00 midshipmen, the
largest class ever admitted in any
tingle year, will enter the 191G class at
\nnapolls in June. Examinations for
tdmlssion have closed, 1,797 candi
lutes having competed for admission
The extraordinarily largo class is the
esult of the recent act of Congrcs;/irtually
doubling the membership of
he Academy.
EMPEROR HAS !
MOW ESGAPEj
AUSTRIANS DROP BOMB AS CZAR '
IS REVIEWING RUSSIAN
FORCLS.
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HURT IN PANIC THAT ENSUES
General is Bitteerly Reprimanded For j
Not Having Sufficient Airman to
Guard the Ruler.
Berlin, via wireless.?A narrow es- '
cape for Emnernr Nichniua nt u ? > < ? '
from bombs dropped by an Austrian
airman is reported in Stockholm advices
by the Overseas News Agency.
"The Euiperor was reviewing the !
troops in company with General Iltus-1
silolT (comander of the Russian forces |
on the southwestern front) when sud- !
I denly and Austro-Hungnrian liier ap-'
I peared and dropped numerous bombs I
| which lunded among the troops, who !
| tied in wild disorder." says the news
agency statement. "The Emperor, according
to the reports, was hurt and
had a narrow escape, the incident
causing him entirely to lose his selfpossession.
In consequence, the re- p
ports udded. General Grussiloft" was a
bitterly reproached and General Ivan- .
off was reculled to the southwestern j i
front headquarters." I |
AFTER HARMONIOUS WORK
ARE ON VERGE OF CLASH. ;
"??*
Majority Leader Kitchen is Striving
to Reach Working Agreement.
Washington.?House Democrats and i
O ......1.11 - ?
>s|>uui?.iiiin, aner naving worked together
harmoniously for four and u f
half months, are on the verge of a
clash over the legislative program for
the remainder of the session.
The majority, because of carrying
out the wishes of the house in pushing
through the Philippine and ship- |(
ping bills as quickly as possible, is n
threatening to invoke drastic rules o
which will insure the measures right l a
of way. The minority while making n
110 threats are conducting what ap- c
pears to be a mild filibuster on the 1
agricultural appropriation bill and n
urging consideration of the fortiflca- d
Hons or appropriation measures in
I lieu of the President's special moas- t
ures. v
j Minority Leader Mann says he is
! willing to come to an agreement with (
i the Democrats but that "the White y
House can't tell us what we must do"
' and he is waiting for the Democrats (J
I to make the next move. In the meanj
time the Democrats are having many
conferences in Majority Leader Kitchin's
office in an endeavor to reach a _
working agreement while on the lloor (
such problems as poisoning coyotes.
ngnung the hessian tly and preserving v
j the buffalo are being discussed at
| lenth. j,
GERMANS SINK ITALIAN
AND FRENCH STEAMERS. 1
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London. ? The Italian steamer Jo- '
seph Agost Tcherzec has been sunk
by a German submarine. The crew 11
l was landed.
Lloyds announces that the French C
bark Chanaral. of 2.47t? tons gross,
w^s torpedoed on Saturday morning.
The crew is believed to have been
saved. v
The captain and lt? hands of the 1
British steamer Feliciana, 4.277 tons 1
gross, have been picked up by a '
steamer, according to a Lloys report. 1
Search is being made for the remain- 1
(]
der of the crew. The Feliciana is a ..
loiai toss. Another report says none '
of the crew has been saved. {
REPORTS THAT VILLA
HAS BEEN LOCATED. '
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Presidio. Texas.?A messenger has (
reached Ojinaga. opposite here, with (
the report that Villa is at Agua Chill. ^
100 miles south of Ojinaga in the (|
Ganiaro district with 200 followers.
One luindred and fifty Carranza sol- <
diers are encamped on tiie Chonehas ,
Itiver about four miles from Ojinaga s
n
LO?EZ, ONE OF VILLA S
LEADERS. IS CAPTURED p
El Paso. Tex.?Pablo Lopez. Villa
lieutenant held responsible for the <
murder of 17 Americans at Santo s
Ysabel and who was shot through both G
legs in the raid on Columbus, N. M., ti
was captured by Carranza forces near o
the scene of his crime, according to s
information received by General Gavlra.
commandant at Juarez. Mos "
-ices from ilic M,.v ? i ??' >
operator at Santa Ysabel saiil that he '
himself had seen Lopez. ''
GERMANS DRIVEN OUT
OF NEWLY-WON TRENCHES 11
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Horlin. via London. The German
forces were compelled to evacnati
newly-won trenches on the Langc
marck-Ypres road 0:1 account of high
floods, which in. ! the consolidation
>f the position imnossible nirnpiiin?
to u statement issued by the German (
War Office. A hard grennte attack
made by the KnKlisn south of i^t. Kloi v
>viis repulsed. Frcn< h trenches on the
oft bank of the Mouse east of Haul
court were captured
CAPT. FRANK R. M'COY
Captain McCoy ?* one of the com>any
commander* *' " the Third cav- j
dry.
LAST WORD TO GERMANY
AMERICA ANXIOUSLY AWAITS
REPLY FROM IMPERIAL
GOVERNMENT.
?
Jresident Tells Congress Germany
Must Accede to Demands to Prevent
Breaking of Relationship.
Washington. ? President Wilson's '
ong-expucted final warning to CJer- j
naiiy mat the United States will break
iff diplomatic relations unless she
bandons her present methods of subtiarine
warfare, and immediately tielares
her intention to do so. was do-1
Ivered in u note to Berlin and was an-1
lounced hy the President in an adress
to a joint session of Congress, i
The President demands nothing less
ban the abandonment of submarine
warfare against commerce. j
Both the President's address and
he American note declare in unequiocal
terms that only by Germany needing
to the demand can the breaking
IT of relations he prevented.
The President considers that the
ext step depends solely upon Cleraany
and that three or four days
onstitute a reasonable time for a
eply. He is willing to discuss how
uhmarine warfare may be conducted
rithin the limits of international law {
,nd humanity after (! rtnan.v aban- ,
Ions her present methods.
Diplomatic history records but one |
nstance as yet where a breaking of
elations between two first class I'ow i
rs has not eventually brought warhat
which now exists between Ger- i
nany and Italy. j
5ENERAL HUGH SCOTT
GOES TO MEXICAN BORDER
Wonhln.ln.. --
.? i>.'iiiu(,iuh. urci.-'iuil UK III
vithdrawal of American troops for 1
0 days unless there are new out- <
neaks against tlie forces in Mexico i
o compel immediate action. This was !
nade clear when St cretary Baker dis- i
latched Maj. Gen. Hugh G. Scott, chief
if staff to tlie border as his personal
epresentatlve to make a complete retort
on the military problems conrouting
General Funston.
The administration's final action on
ieneral Garranza's suggc tion that
he expedition be recalled probably
trill be liased largely on liis rejiort.
ieneral Scott, who left Washington
onight will hardly he able to comilete
his observations in less than 10 |
ays.
Secretary Baker described General
leott's mission as being t?? arson)bit*
omplete information on the i?orn?*r
ituation for the use of the departlent.
ORCEFUL ADDRESS OF
WILSON TO CONGRESS.
Washington President Wilson told
'engross, assembled in joint so don
hortly after 1 oVloek, he hnd given
lern.any a llnal irrevocable notiflcalon
that the t'nited States will break
tT diplomatic relations if her illegal
iibmarine campaign is continued.
A note. Air. rica's la-t word, praeicallv
an ultimatum, and demanding
11 imnu diate reply, presumably wa
1 the Berlin foreign office as the
resident was speaking.
It was declared in accordance with j
ie President's plan to have it before
ie German govt rnmcnt at the same
inment he was addres dug the Ameriin
Congress.
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF
Washington. William M. Ingrahani,
>rmer mayor of Portland, Maine, has
( en selected hy President Wilson for
ssistant Secretary of War. The noinlation
has been signed. Later it was
>nt to the senate.
PARRAL INCIDENT
FAR FROM SETTLED
REPORT THAT MEXICAN OFFICIALS
WARNED GEN, PERSHING
TO STOP.
FELIX DIAZ NOW TROUBLES
Starts Revolution Against De Facto
Government.?Diaz Movement Has
Money Backing.
Washington.?While immediate interest
naturally centers in the situation
as to the troops in Mexico there
were renewed indications about the
State Department that a wholly different
aspect of the Mexican problem was
causing growing concern. That is the
movement supposedly headed by Felix
Diaz, nephew of the former Mexican
dictator, for a new revolution against
the de facto Government. None of
the information upon which the uneasiness
rests has been disclosed. It
is known, however, that several Mexicans
in the United States are being
closely watched and it is possible that
some of tbe anti-American feeling in
Chihuahua state which lias met the
troops pursuing Villa may be attributed
to this movement.
It is admitted that official dispatches
had carried as a rumor the
report that Mexican officers had warned
General Pershing not to proceed
south of Parral. It was learned at the
State Department that a report to this
I effect was transmitted some ilavs tie
Sore the 1'arral incident through consular
agents. Mr. Baker insisted that
the warning had made no change in
the department's orders to the border
forces.
It was indicated that a reply to
General Carranza's telegram regarding
the clash at Parral and asserting
that the American Government had
violated his orders and the agreement
with the de facto government in entering
the town would he dispatched
soon. War Department officials say
the report on the incident from General
Pershing. Major Tompkins and
other officers is now complete; It has
been withheld from publication be|
cause of the flat contradiction it contains
of the Mexico City advices from
General Carranza as to the part his ,
j troops played in the lighting. With
this report as a basis, the Parral inci]
dent will be treated as a matter en|
tirely separate from the suggestion of
the de facto government that the
| troops be withdrawn.
RUSSIA CLOSES ARTIC
AND WHITE SEA PORTS.
Purely Military Measure For Purpose
of Movement of Troops.
Washington.?Russia Embassy dispatches
announcing the closing of
Arctic and White Sea ports offer no
explanation. It was said at the Embassy
that the suspension of traffic
will he complete except in the c ase of
vessels carrying government cargoes
and even in that case they can secure
admission to the ports only by special
permit from Petrograd. It is assumed
by officials here that the closure is a
purely military measure incident to
the use of ports for embarkation for
the heavy Russian reinforcements going
forward to France. The necessity
of guarding the troops transports has
obliged the Russian government to
regard as enemy vessels all but government-owned
or chartered ships, and
to reduce to a minimum the danger
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have been closed.
BODY DUG UP NOT
THAT OF GENERAL VILLA.
"Meld Headquarters of General Pershing
by wireless to Columbus, N. M.
American military authorities detailed
to investigate the report that
the body recently disinterred at San
Francisco Horju was lhat of Francisco
Villa reported that they were unable
t > obtain confirmation.
PRESIDENT AND MRS. WILSON
VISIT SAYRE BABY.
Philadelphia. The President and
Mrs. Wilson arrived here and spent
an hour with the President's d^nighter.
Mrs. Francis 15. Sayre, and his
uirilllUI .IXSDII Sayi'e.
horn in Jefferson Hospital, this city,
March 2?J.
it was unonunced that the grand
child weighed eight and a half pounds.
Mrs. Wilson was Hi von a photograph
.>1' tin* hahy.
ORDuRS TO SPEED UP
WORK ON U. S. FLEET.
Washington.?Orders to speed up
repair and overhaul work on vessels
of the \tlantio tleet have been sent to
:!i" commandant of the various navy
yards hy Secretary Daniels. In case
of labor shortage the commandants
are instructed to expedite tlac work hy
employing the ships' personnel. The
move was explained as a "preparedness
test." the execution of which
would illustrate how quickly the vessels
could be restored to normal.