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mi JAP WAR TALK -♦ MASS MUTING IN TPKIO DE- MAM IT AT ONCE BALLOON COLLAPSES WAS HIGH UP IN THE AIR WHEN IT HAPPENED. WITH UNITFB STATES Advocate Most Extreme Measures in Itetaliafion for California Law. Only Influence of Christianity Can Prevent W ar, says Count Oknma, Former Premier. \ A cablegram from Tokio, Japan, says the situation brought about by the California alien land holding bill is becoming increasingly serious. A mass meeting Friday composed for the most part of irresponsible people demanded the most extreme meas ure# of retaliation by Japan. During (he gathering the singing- of war songs a-oused the feelings of many of the lower classes who were pres ent Anonymous writers In the newspa pers gave an outline of plans of the seizure of the PhiHipine Islands and Hawaii and at the same time de nounce the Japan government’s sub- mb-cjvo attitude. It is sa^d that the chan.'‘'ti re nditions in Japan make it i’ no:.- V' 'or the government to re strain the newspapers and the lower classes. ’ii o other hand government cir- c'< p are showing spirit. Hamilton Wright 'Mabie, of New York; Dr. Peabody an 1 John L. Mott, secretary of the International Committee of the Young Men’s Christian assocla- t r- n v . -e tV> guests Friday at a lun- ch«H)n given by Haron Noboaki Ma- kino, the foreign minister, at which t :i'.“ of the most prominent Japa- t • i ' * ■ ''Hrnns wore present. A very cordial feeling prevailed. St<' t’y it'er the luncheon Messrs. F-’M'- ‘o’iy and Mott and a num ber of representative Japanese Chris tians and . A meric''.ns met at the resl- den<e of Count Shigenobu Okuma, terr-ier : r. -i »r and minister of for- • n a 1 <’(Mint Okuma deliver ed a speech f'urlng which he said that d ■ " ar; . ‘he c •urt* and commer cial men >■ helpless and that only t ■ i :.> >■ of '’h r l' f ianity remam- < d < ’ * . r . j S( . h t . declared, war w as 1 :n n» n 11 n •. Mr Mi O ■ ii " u< l«>w "tip s»r.t iv.ine meeting to ('resident Wil son and n'hers implorinc them to use ell too influence on Christians and + thoughtful people to avoid a calam ity The Japanese government consid ers the present anti Japanese move ment tn Faltfornla as most danger ous and Is faced with the prospect of pOcing Itself m a most unwelcome po'lt on owing to the unwillingness of the federal government at W&ah- Ing'on to Intervene and the Impossl- bll 'y of introducing counter meas- nr*>e nt Tokio In the event of the passage of the Californli alien land holding bill through hoth houses of the leglsla- ti"-e. Japan will is*<ue an imperial «'rd>ni nee to enforce the Japan for- «"rn land ownership htll'of 1910 and w ’’ 'a the federal government at Washington for permission of Jap- e tn hi iinv' n.ituralixed cltliens of • 1 1 'nit'd States ‘t t'o- mass meeting of protest at Tokio Fri 'ay n ; ght. there was hyster ic il anti American outburst. Deputy M'lt-u-'u-u urge'd the dl«patc.h of a Japnnepe fleet to California as a first • ti-p t '\v'i r 1 ostalill'hfng Japan on an absolutely equal footing'in the Unlt- V. Miyake, an editor of the Japan T'nvv deprecated the constant visit there of American peace apostles, “when their own country is in urgent need of the principle# of Justice #ad humanity." fiery orators Insisted that the nuest'ons between Japan and America had better be settled now, once and for all. Otherwise their constant recurrence would lead at Mat to the arbitrament of war. Twenfv thousand persons listened to the remarks of the firebrands, who apparently are engineering a cam- pairn to mold public opinion in Japan. Five Persons Who Were In the Bal loon Were Killed by the Awful Accident. At Noisy I ye Grand, Franc#, on# of the most terrible accidents to a spherical balloon In many years oc curred Friday afternoon. The mili tary ballon Zodiac collapsed at a height of about 650 feet and fell to the ground with It# five occupants, all of whom were killed. The Zodiac, which-bad a capacity of 1,600 cubic metre#, was inflated with ordinary gas and left the Aero club park at St. Cloud with the mil itary aeronauts Certain Clavenad and Denoue, Lieutenant de Vaissolet and Artillryman Rechy, and the civilian pilot, Aumont Thleville, aboard. Pro pelled by a strong wind, the balloon passed rapidly over Paris and arrived at Noisy !e Grand. Observers sud denly saw It shrivel up and fall. Laborers working In the fields rush ed to the assistance of the aeronauts, but had difficulty in extricating them from the vast mass of silk. Three of the men—Cleveland, Rechy and Thleville—were killed outright. Denoue and de Vaissolet were still breathing. They were plac ed in on automobile which happened to be passing and rushed to the mili tary hospital at Vincennes. Denoue died on the way and de Valsolet died at the hospital. The exact cause of the accident is a mystery. The collapse was due to a tear in the cover, which apparently was made intentionally. The theory is that something went wrong with the valve and that one of the aero nauts lost his head and cut the valve, causing the immediate defacing of the balloon. The log indicates that the Zodiac passed over Paris at an altitude of about 2,500 feet; after which It dropped and then ascended above the clouds. Here the log stops. BRIAN AM CLARK MEET AT LUNCHEON AND DORY HE RATCHET LEADERS ARE PRESENT ONLY DISMISSED FOR CAI SK. n v r, | j n n plyIng that <•' tin- (*’irlstlanity was 111 ve I iNp itches were (J. C). P. Postmasters Who Behave to Serve Out Terms. Postmaster General Murleson an nounced Tuesday that it was the A I- | ministration's policy to continue all Republican postmasters no* in office to the end of their terms, provided 1 no charges were sustained against their e felonry The policy applies to all classes of postmasters "My department will he run on business lines and not by politics," sail Mr Rurleson, explaining the new policy He declared there might bo some removal* but he believe! that the majority of the postmasters were efficient and would not be dis turbed "The'-e w'll have to he specific charges of Inefficiency, however." ho added, "before any one will b« re moved." Mr Rurleson eald the decision had been reached after conference with President Wilson, who favored the merit system At present a plan Is h- 'ng worked , out to secure sufficient efficiency un j dor the civil servic. fourth class j postmasters having been placed un der that jurisdiction on an Executive order by Mr Taft I*OSKD AS A POOR GIRL. DIES OF SOME DRUG. Young Woman Takea Her Own Life in a Macon Hotel. An unknown woman, whose name ^ ^thel Adams, died re cently at the Macon hospital from an of nor T 'hine and cocaine administered by her own hand. Since Mocnn in February she has been stopolng at the Elberta hotel, from which place she was re- no c > before she died. The body b"s been prepared for burial sn ’ wPl he interred at the expense of the county, as she left no funds or effects that would divulge her iden tity She was a very attractive blonde and appeared to he about twenty vco^« 0 f age. For Fear that Some Man Might Mar ry Her For Money. l/ove may lauch at locksmith but he shto« at money. That Is the experience of Miss Thyra Benson worth a few millions, who becam< the bride of Montague Flagg, the noted architect. In Grace Episcopal church. Brooklyn on Wednesday. The bride met her husband while engaged in philanthropic work. She feared that some man would ndarry her for her money, so posed as a poor girl. When Mr. Flagg found out how much she wa« really worth, the match came near being broken off, until Cupid asserted hlmeelf and said that his plans should not be inter rupted. The wedding was one of the smartest of the spring • PENALTY FOR MURDER RUSHING ELECTROCUTED FOR KILLING WIFE. < n Good Cause. T-," 0 '"’Wetand gave 14,000 # fr.Tr -'or. -r" to the Textile Indnaftial Institute, over which Rev. D. E. Oarrek n-o«Me* f in Spartanburg. MUST KKKEP GIRLS OUT. ♦ Police Judge Burney Orders Five Cabarets Closed. "The cafes must keep young wo men out of their places at night,” said Police Judge Burney of Kansas City, Thursday, as he ordered five so-called "cabaret” cafes closed. Judge Burney said he was determined to either regulate cafes or put them out of business. The closing came after a raid early Thursday of eight cafes in which fifty-four women were found. In Court Thursday it was found that several women prisoners were not frequenters and they were released. Judge Burney, however, assessed heavy fines against others. Speaker of the House and Secretary of State Shake Hands and Crack Joke#-—Reconciliation Regarded as Most Significant Political Develop ment—Principals Issue Statements Speaker Champ Clark and Secre tary William J. Bryan met at a pri vate luncheon at Washington, shook hands and issued public statements declaring they had buried the hatchet and put the personalities of the Bal timore Convention with the bygones. The luncheon was arranged by Theo dore A. Bell, of California, tempor arily chairman of the Denver Con vention in 1908, and chairman of the California delegation supporting Speaker Clark at Baltimore, and was given by Ira E. Bennett, editor of the Washington Post. Intense interest was aroused in political circles over the reconcilia tion of the two antagonists, whose differences became acute as a result of events at the Baltimore Conven tion. Secretary 'BYyan’a prepared state ment issued Friday night is as fol lows: "My meeting with Mr. Clark has served to clear up a misunderstand ing as to my exact position toward him at the Baltimore Convention. I have tried to make it clear to Mr. Clark that I have always regarded, and do now regard,' him as a good, clean, progressive Democrat. If my language at Boston created any im pression that I was charging Mr. Clark with being In sympathy with any of the reactionary forces, I am glad of the opportunity to correct any such misconstruction of my words or acts, for I did not intend to reflect upon either the personal or political integrity of the Speaker It is my earnest wish that there may be cordial co-operation between the State department and the Speaker tn carrying out the pollclea of the Ad ministration ’’ Here is Speaker Hark « statement "It Is beyond the power of Col Bryan or any one else to correct the injustice that was done to me at Bal timore The loss of the Presidential nomination was a small thing as com pared to the Injury done to my repu tation in the eyes of the world But. now that Col Bryan In his public statement ha# done what he can to remove the Injurious Impressions that were created by his Baltimore speeches. I feel that we can all the better co-operate for the good of the Administration I ran only repeat what I have publicly declared time and time again, that all personal or selfish considerations must give way to the duty that all Democrats owe to our party and to our country " Those who ant at the table with the others already mentioned and saw the disappearance of what many po litical sages thought the most embar rasslng situation confronting Presi dent Wilson’s Administration were: Vice-President Marshall. Secre'ary Lane. Senators Kern and O'Gorman, Representative Crisp, Secretary Tu multy. Assistant Secretaries Osborne and Malone, of the State depart ment; Thomas F Logan andd L. L. James. Those in charge of the affair said Speaker Clark and Secretary Bryan exchanged Jokes and had a good time. The statements were given out through 'Mr. Bennett. So far as is known it was the first time the two have met since before the Baltimore Convention. Speaker Clark’# friends always have said Mr Bryan prevented his nomination and that it was through Mr. Bryan's ac tivity and influence that the Conven tion, contrary to custom, refused to give the Speaker the necessary two- thirds vote after it several times had given to him a majority. Strong statements of & somewhat personal nature were also issued by Mr. Bryan and Mr. Clark at the time. The reconciliation was looked up on in political circles as the most sig nifleant political development of the Administration so far. The Murder of Mrs. Hashing Was One of the Most Brutal on Record in this State. For the murder of his wife. Sue Rushing, Charlie P. Rushing, white, of Chesterfield County, was Friday morning electrocuted at th!# State Penitentiary. The current waa turn ed on the condemned man at 11.54 and ran through his body for 56 sec onds. Death was pronounced by Dr. Jennings, the prilson physician at 11:57'. The electrocution, the eighth since the installation of the chair, was wit nessed by about eixty-flve spectators, who assembled in the death chamber at 11:45. Rushing was Immediately brought Into the room and placed in the chair. After the straps had been adjusted he was asked by Superin tendent Griffith if he had any state ment to make to which he replied In the negative. Rev. J. C. Abney, the Penitentiary chaplain, who has been with the wife murdered constantly during his confinement, then spoke with him briefly about his soul’s wel fare. After Rushing had shaken hands with Capt. Griffith and Rev. Abney, the metal clamp was placed on the prisoner’s leg and the helmet on his head. J. C. Robbins, onq of the pris on guards, threw the switch and in fifty-flee seconds the current was turned off. Rushing had a relative living withtm the city and he took charge of the body of his cousin. It will be shipped to Chesterfield for burial. The crime for which Charles Rush ing was Friday morning electrocuted is one of the most brutal in the his tory of his county. One night some months ago Rushing went to his home in a drunken condition He quarreled with his wife with whom he had been on bad terms for some time. Finally becoming enraged he pulled his pistol and shot her through the abdomen The wound ed woman fell to the floor and crawl ed Into the kitchen. After some min utes, Rushing announced to on** of his daughters who had witnessed the tragedy that "he would finish the job and commanded her to pull his wife from the kitchen When she refused he forced her nt the point of 'he pistol to obey and then cruelly beat his helpless wife with a large stick The woman loved for several hour* and told her story to the depu ty who arrested her husband Rush ing's trial and conviction followed Immediately Sine* his arrival at the Peniten tiary he has professed to txilleve him self saved and stated on several occa slons that he felt no fears about his salvation Although he appeared un nerved when seen privately In his cell Friday morning, he steeled him self for his execution and met death with cold stoicism. SCHOOL OF SHARKS I k FOLIOV EIGHT PIOFLE IN OPffl BOAT AT SEA. SWAM ALL AKOUND ip Forced to Abandon Th«4r Schooner When It Became Waterlogged In a GGale, One Woman and Seven Men Drifted for Twenty-four Honrs Be fore They Were Rescued. Snow at Caesar’s Head. A Greenville dispatch says -there® Inches of snow Is reported In the mountains at Caesar’s Head, twenty- five miles north of that city. Moun taineers coming Into the qljty Tues day say the such* commenced to fall Monday afternoon at 3.30 o’clook, and continued until nightfall. HEARST ATTAC K WILSON Move to Print It in Congressional Record is Balked. Representative Willis/ Republican, has asked the House to print In the letter by William R. Hearsct con densing president Wilson’s personal appearence before‘congress In joint session on April 8 to read hi$ ad- and the letter [was not received. "We’ll get It In later, all right," an nounced Republican Lead Mann, shaking a finger at the Democratic side of the House. PARIS “FINISHES" MANY. I id ter from France Say* no Redemp tion for Fallen Women. "I often wondered how manv wo men who come to I’HrlB to be "finish ed' and ‘educated’ have been broken down morally by the life here. I have heard of and seen several in stances." Tins statement was contained in a letter received by Lieutenant Gover nor O'Hara, chairman of the Illinois vice commission, at Chicago Friday from B. F. Gilette, tl Boulevard Haussman, Paris, France "I have no hope that fallen wo men can be redeemed." he wrote "I reached this conclusion after the expenditure of a great deal of time and money." The letter advocates a law prohi biting fallen women from appearing in public within certain hours. The New York World aays one woman and seven men, survivors of the abandoned schooner "Lottie R. Russell’’, were brought in that port Thursday by the oil tanker Georgian Wince, after having drifted for twen ty-four hours in a small open boat surrrounded by a school of sharks. The woman is the wife of Flr»t :Mute Van Zant and the men were Oapt. J. C. James and his crew. The "oLttle R. Russell" sailed from Charleston, S. C., last Friday week ago for Philadelphia. On Sat urday morning following she was hit by a terrific gale. The llttl# schoon er sprang a leak and soon became waterlogged. All hands were sent to the pumps, which were worked continuously until two o’clock the noxt Sunday afternoon when It was found that more water poured 1# through the leak than could he pumped out, and It was decided to abandon the ship. During this time the crew and the mate's wife lived on a few piece# of brine-soaked bread, as nearly all of the provisions had been swept over board There was left only a small quantity of canned peache# These were put in the opvn boat, which nearly capsized as Mrs. Van Zant and the seven men climbed in, aban doning the eshooner seventy mils# off Cape Henry., • All afternoon the frail craft was toasel about by the waves. There was no fresh wafer, but the terrors of thirst were partially averted by the woman and men wetting their lips *irh the Juice of the peaches But before night fell a new horror «n<< added by the appearance of a school of sharks al.rge razlr-llke fine flashed through the water on all siibs and the occupants of the boat fully realized »hat would be their file If a larger wave than isual keeled them over Then darkne** came on. shattlng off all hope of being seen by a pass ing vessel, and all that night the sharks trailed the little boat, dis appearing for a time and then re turning In seemingly greater num bers The men tried to Jok# about them so Mrs Van Zant would not h# frightened, but their fear wa# so great that their Joke# fell flat. When exhausted by the ceaseless palling at the oars Mrs Van Zant sang hymns to spur them on to greater efforts. Monday morning showed the sharks still at hand, hut the fnry of fh** storm had lessened, and there was still enough of the peach Juice b'ft to ward off temporarily th# tor tures of thirst. No ship had yet been sighted, and early Monday afternoon the party had all but given up hope when a thin line of smoke was seen on the horizon to the south. After an Interminable length of time the thin line became a smudge, and the hull of a steamer became visible to the anxious survivors. Capt .Tamos Flood up in the stern of the boat and. at the risk of up- settine It. waver his coat a# a signal of distress. Finally the steamer blew her siren to show that she would change her evourse As she drew nearer It waa aeon that the rescuing veseel was the "Georgian Prince”, and within a short time ehe drew alongside of took the »even men aad women on hoard. People NoanUatt* Georgetown A letter from GeorgetowB New* and Ooaiiir mkjs some heartburning* In that because of the (net that Bleaa# ha* failed to < of the men, whp, In the August, won the election nad declared the nominoee by the eot executive committee, but the bents of the officer ct ihn still holding over, in the the appointment of Mr. T. 8. McConnell J. A. Hemingway for oonnty er. The face of the returne Hemmlngway 796 votee as 774 for Mr. McConnell. «IY. Connell entered a protest, fraud at one of the conn try and after a heated conteet the live committee threw out the question, giving the oonteeUnt, McConnell, a majority, and deelar him the successful candidate. * commission has not yet beea ed. Mr. W. J. Bruorton ran County Auditor H. C. Tallaveet, in the primary defeated him bp vote of 7*9 to 761. Tbei contest in this caa#. Mr. has been patiently awaiting the cetpt of his commission tn order he might enter upon the dntie the office. Long patience bringing reward, he addressed an tnqniry } Gov. Blease asking him the tftrd question as to when he might esptf• the appointment, to which the t lowing.waa th ereply: State of Sooth Carolina, Chamber, Columbia, B. C., AprO 1*13. Mr. W. J. Bruorton, town, 8. C—Dear sir: 1» 1 yonr letter of March SI, Bless# directa me to say that cording to his Infonrsttou, th# ent auditor at Georgetown le a rery good officer, and the sees no reason to make a Respectfully, Jno. K. Anil, pflenlg secretary MAN HAD HKVEHE FIT. la York THREE FIREMEN KILLED. Close# OBank at St. Stephens. The State hank examiner was at St. Stephens Saturday and examined the State Bank of 8t. Stephens, and he closed the institution. Rumor hag it that th* bank 1* about 61,200 short. The depositor* are anxiously awaiting development*. Falling Wall in Philadelphia Fire Re sults IMsaetrously. At Philadelphia three firemen were killed and a dozen others were se riously, some probably fatally Injur ed Friday night, when they were buried beneath a falling wall at a fire, which destroyed the five-story candy factory of W. T. Wescott. The dead men are Walter Costello, Henry King and Charles Moritz, all mem bers of Engine Company No. 2?,. The firemen had difficulty in keeping the fire from spreading. Close by is th" house in which Edgar Alien Poe lived while a resident of that city. An aged woman was overcome by smoke there. The damage Is estimated at *100,000. M'nch Fertilizer Being Used. The farmers of South Carolina have this year purchased about 800,- 000 tons of fertilizers, according to a report on file in the State treasurer’s office. The report shows that 6199,- 663 in taxes has been paid by the companies. There is a tax of 25c a ton. The fund goes to Clemson Col- legel The record# show that the tax on March 31, 1912, amounted to 6183,302. This Is about 618,000 less than the sale# for this year. The total tax collected for 1912 amounted to about 62*5,000. > Otanty Goar* Trial of Nagna WAR ONLY WASTE PAPER. When Package Should Hava Five Thousand Dollars. Marked as containing 66,000 in currency, an express package was- of where the TlUete eert. .- found to hold only waste paper when opened at the Atlanta Centeral Bank and Trust Corporation Thursday morning. It was shipped from Brunswick, Ga.. Wednesday night by the Brunswick Bend and Trust Com pany, and that institution is said to have made a demand upon the Sou thern Express Company for the a- mount lost. So far as known no ar rests have been. made. Shoots Officer Then Himself. At N T f w York Patrick H^yes. a pri vate detective, charged with criminal "Fsault on a woman, after refusing 'o accept counpcl aligned to him by 'he Fourt, Wednesday drew a revol ver and fired point blank at the de tective who had h'm in charge, then turned the revolver on himself. The bullet pierced hi* brain. Victim of Peculiar Acctdeui. John Dunning, a mail clerk on the T/ong Island Railroad, hras laeeoed and whiped out of the door of bis car Tueaday by a wire trailing (Tom a passing freight train. He wa# sav ed from death by the breaking of th# wire Hla leg w«g brokee *nd he waa badly lacerated. An unusual case in the York ly ftourt on# day lae week William Joo«e, a negro, charged wl* rarbreaking and larceny, reading of the long# Hat of with th# ateellng of which acrueed had beea eomplel broke la aaylng: "Boee, I guilty to taking aome of 4ea but dot's too much. I was and Juat tuk a llttl* flour aad lai H# wont on to axplalB that ha afflicted with #pUepey aad eeel work. Later on In th* trial* Detective Coley waa teetlfytag. was tailed with a "tit” aad fell 4 curving and groaning. It teak 1 strong men to hold him. The H Immediately ordered a mistrial aai r . instructed the sheriff to Jones from the court room aad for him properly. THERE ARE NONE NOV. No Icebergs This Year W1 ic Wa* Lost Last Ys Owing to the fact that Fnlted States revenue cutter and Ifca Scotta. a British steamship, both OM duty as Ice patrol vessel* In the ref~ km where the Titanic waa tort last year have teen unable to lad n*ijr Ice present In thoae waters the prin cipal trana-Atlantic steamship Hi are now operating their vessels, over a lane sixty miles sf the sours# which has been follow* ed all winter. The absence of let |i accounted for by the mildness of the winter Jaat ended. The most aoe- therly Iceberg reported so far, this spring was seen on Mach by the Rae- sia, of th* Russian-American line aad waa encountered ninety miles north VD r; RODIEK SWING FROM POLES. ». Mexican Row Over Stolen Silver aai Hanging Follow*. ' i Po’Ips hang from nearly every telegraph pole along 50 miles of the Mexican Central Railroad below Ohlhuahau City, report refugees ar riving at El Paso, Texaa. Both the Federals and insurgent State troope are s-Md to have participated-In the execution of prisoners. Because of a quarrel over the disposition of alK ver bullion stolen from a train last week Juan Dotal, a former Oroace chief, was executed by order of Pan- ebo Villla, whose men held up the? train west of Chihaubu* fhad,Coined Villa in •n.'j #or 0 f against th® Federal*. , lnferk)r _ * * * *ey could . Kills Hnsbead Th At Calumet. Michlg^ r — ago. Mrs. Anna Ka yhing. In Juris* which almoe*.« no ideal She was afterward e found aay- asylum. Tuesday t ; r teachers,** recently discharged flams of the attached her hnahTof th* Ualver- he lay Maaplmgj/ m