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BRYAN rOR PEACE ■■ ... MEAT COMMONER SPEAKS OF WILSONS PLANS r*mea ♦ CALLS IT* TONG STEP Forced Consideration and Contempla tion Before War is Declared, Mr. Bryan Holds, Would Make War Well Nigh Impossible Among the Nations of the Earth. s> William Jennings Bryan, speaking at a dinner given last Friday night in New York in honor of the foreign members of the international confer ence that is ar/anglng the celebra tion of 100 years of peace among English speaking peoples, declared that "the new peace plan offered by President Wilson to all nations is the latest and longest step towards peace. It contemplates time for investiga tion and deliberation,” he said, “and this makes the possibility of war re mote.” :Mr. Bryan’s subject was “Progress Towards Peace”. He said that the part of the United States in the cause of peace of necessity would be large because "more than any other nation It has a population which is attached by blood to nearly all other nations.” Peace for all time between the United States and Great Britain was the keynote of other addresses of the evening, delivered by Ixml Weardale. chairman of the English delegation; Sir Edmund Walker of Canada, Sir George Houstoun Reid of Australia and Judge George Gary of Delaware. More than 500 men and women, most of them country-wide distinc tion, were in attendance and unstint ed applause greeted all remarks that empiiaslted the cordial relations be tween the two nations and the cauee of universal peace In general. The enthnelastle singing of ”Amer- Aea” and “God Save ths King” was oae of the features of ths evening. Flags of Greet Britain, the United •tetes. Canada, Australia and Bel- glane, where the Treaty of Ghent was slgmed In 1114, decorated the ban quet hall. Joseph M. Cboats, former ambas sador to Great Britain, acted aa toast master. At hie left eat the new Brit ish ambassador, Sir Arthur Cecil Springer-Rlee. and on his right M. Da Gama, the Brasilian ambassador, daaa of ths diplomatic corps at Wash ington. Other members of ths diplo matic corps. Ambassador Pag*, mem bers of the foreign delegation. Unit ed States senators. Judges from sev eral states sad the goveraers of two states were Interspersed at ths speak ers’ table. Mr. Bryan was Introduced after the banqnetere had drank s toast to the King of England and the president of the United States. The secretary of stat# said in part: "Wa have three great forces at work throughout the world, forces that work constantly and Irresistibly, and every one of these forces makes for peace. I bring them before you— a growing Intelligence and Increasing understanding of the doctrine of brotherhood and a growing power of the people to control thler deetinlee through the control of their govern ment This nation must be willing to extend its hand to all those who come from any direction in the inter est of peace. No nation shall outstrip us in its advocacy of peace. “No other nation is better situated or better prepared to set sn example in the interest of peace than this and I am glad on this occasion to make reference to the act of our president that embodies this thought in lan- goage. “Two weeks ago yesterday, at his dlractlon, I summoned the represen tatives of 36 nations represented at Waahington that I might for him simultaneously present through them to their governments a proposition in which the president expresses not only his willingness but his desire to enter Into agreement with every oth er nation great or small that so far as our nation and that contracting nation la concerned there will be no war, no declaration, no commence ment of hostilities until the questions In dispute have been investigated by an International tribunal and Ita re port made known. "Now I believe that the proposition is a long step in the direction of peace. It does not mean to take the place of arbitration treaties; make all you can, submit to arbitration every question which you can agree to sub mit, but when you are through you will find—at least we have found thus far—that there are certain ques tions that are excepted. And they are so important that they them selves become the cause of war. “It is the purpose of this plan to clone the gap and to Leave no question to become a catise of war. It is the belief of the president that when treaties have been made between this nation and all other nations several ly, by which there will be Investiga tions before hostilities begin, that war will become practically Impossi ble. The time that will be allowed fifes a chance tor the separation of iwestioss of fact from questions of fcsasr, and it gtms a change also tor |»» > ^pSBitlsh of petUc opinion, which GIVEN NEW TRIAL M’INTOSH AND W1LIJAMS SUED BY A COl’BT. Negroes Convicted of Killing Flor ence Lad Given Another (Jhance by Supreme Court. A new trial was ordered Monday by the Supreme Court in the case of Harry McIntosh and John Williams, two negro boys who were convicted of killing Andrew Jackson, a little white boy, in the city of Florence. The two negroes had been sentenced to die In the electric chair. The de cision was written by Associate Jus tice Hydrick and concurred in by the entire Court. The body of young Andrew Jack- son was found in an empty box car on the repair track at Florence on March 8, of last year. Circumstances indicated that he had been murder ed. The tracks of a man were found leading to and from the car. Several days later four negro boys, William Foxworth, Freddie McIntosh, Harry McIntosh and John Williams, were arrested on suspicion. Freddie McIntosh and William Foxworth made statements to the sheriff implicating Harry McIntosh and John Williams, which statements WefS reduced to writing and signed by the two boys. These two were used as witnesses for the State, but when on the stand Freddie McIntosh denied his statement and charged it had been obtained under dures.-; which the sheriff denied. The state ments were admitted and the Su premo Court holds that the lower Court erred In admitting it. Florence was greatly stirred by the disappearance of little 1 Andrew Jackson and for days scores of men searched every nook and corner of Florence County, the body being found a few days later in a box car The two negroes are now in the State Penitentiary, where they were brought for safe keeping some time »go Governor TO ease laie Monday af ternoon sent the following telegram to the sheriff of Florence County “Harry .Mclntonh and John William.* subject to your dVders for return to Florence ” YRGGMAN AT FORT MOTTE. Tried to Enter l’<wt Office But Was Frightened Away. The State says a fourth visit of yeegmen has been reported An at tempt was made early Sunday morn Ing. Just three hours before the Klng- vllle rob!>ery. to enter the poet office at Fort 'Motte A stranger appeared at Fort Motte Saturday He represented himself to Tow B Marshal! Furtlck to be a de tective of the United States poet of fice department, and Inquired aa to whather or not the marekal would care to da some aleuth work for that department The stranger wanted to know. too. whether the marshal would be on duty Saturday night The quertlone aroueed suspicion Saturday night Marshal Furtlck took a position on a perch in view of the post office and waited About 1 o’clock Sunday morning he saw a man appear at the post office, feeling his way shout with a flashlight It was too dark for Town Marshall Fur tlck to distinguish any one Coming off hts perch In order to get & nearer view of the mysterious party. Furtlck stumbled and the noise that he made was heard bv the man at the post office Furtlck fired as the man sprinted toward the river in the direction of Klngvllle. The pur suit continued for some distance with Furtlck firing as he ran. until the party with the flashlight disappeared In the darkness. Whether it was his detective friend or not Furtlck never found out. Sheriff Hill at St. Matthews was communicated with and asked to bring his bloodhounds to the scene, but the sheriff said that as every thing was extremely dry the dogs would not work. At 4 o’clock Sunday morning the poet office at Klngvllle was robbed by two yeggs, making the fourth job In as many days. As yet no arresta have been made. ♦ . - Worst Typhoon In Many Years The worst typhon experienced in years struck the Philiplne Islands Saturday causing many deaths and wrecking several small steamers and numerous lighter craft. The known fatalities at sea total 58. but the total death list from the storm swelling with incoming reports. It Is believed no Americans lost their lives. - . ■ — Two More Land Jobs. W. D. Garrison has been appointed postmaster at Ten-mile, Berkeley County, to succeed St. J. Kestler, re moved; and E. F. Prosser has been appointed postmaster at Johnson- ville, Williamsburg county, succeed ing S. B. Poston, resigned. is Increasing for peace. “It is the hope of those who be lieve In the plan that when it Is adopted between this nation and oth er nations it will then be adopted by other nations between themselves un til all nations of the earth will be knk together by theee agreements and people will know war no more." CHARLES 0. EDWARD, OF fiEORGIA, IS PESSIMISTIC OVER ALIEN LAND BILL C G HDVJAXP nepn'«:r''tatlvp Charles G Fdwnrd. of Savannah. C,a , prodlcteed recently !bnt war «il| re-ult between the United Slates and Japan In the event T the Webb bill t>eei,niiri£ n law ‘There Is rm deutd In r v mind that the Japanese «lMi.Vi"n N far more terlous than U genersltj thi nght." he said "if Governor Johnson signs the Wetih Mil I look for aerioos results.” In this connection Mr. Edward deplored the unpreparedness of this coon- rj fer -- ur and the injdo<juao of nival facilities. •jfS ONE TO SLEEP . NEV INTENTION HAT MAY END MOIIEI PAIN PUIS AN END TO AGONY Hnldler. \ftrr Being Shot, Will Take * Nap—|Ug Game ( ft* be Obtained Humanely and Fleeing Burglar* Sent to the Imad of Nod I mil the Policr Arrive. The pftlnleft* blowing off of one s Anna during wftr lime, the humane shooting of wild gsme on hunting ex peditlons. and the simple operation of firing the apeclalfy prepared bullet into the heel of a feeing burglar to have his run a few yarda farther and then go off Into peaceful slumber, is what a Pittsburg sciential hopea for a medically treated bullet with which he la experimenting, sajs the Wash ington Post Me hopes to have the United State* Government adopt the bullet for army use. Me Is trying to get the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to recognize its merits, and then Induce sportsmen to adopt It Me later will give the police chiefs of the country a few boxes to experiment with. The new compound, "the narcotic bullet,” is the Invention of Alexander F Humphrey Experiments are being conducted by a committee of army officers, police officials, and sports men. It is considered alike humane in warfare and deadly In hunting big game. In self-defence It provides the poor marksman with all the advan tages of an unerring aim. In his sleep-producing missile Humphrey uses a minute particle of morphia. The drug Is carried in tiny well# In the steel jacket of the regu lation army bullet. Humphrey claims that It in no wise interferes with the effectiveness of the missile. The slight indenta tion. in. the steel jacket, be Bays, causes no splintering when it comes In contact with the bone. The wound of the narcotic bullet, according to his theory, does not differ from that caused by the regulation bullets now used in the approved army cartridges. No deleterious effects will follow the unique administration of the drug. The soldier, receiving a slight fljjsh wound from the new bullet, flghrts no more that day; he calmly stretches himself on the ground and goes to sleep. P I" I-nr The man receiving a serious wound suffers no agony, as the narcotic from the bullet is absorbed by his system and he is insensible to pain before he reaches the hospital. The man whose wound is mortal sleeps away his last hours, thus do ing away with most of the battle field horror. The fleeing burglar Is shot in the arm, runs forward a short dis tance, stretches himself on the side walk, and all the policeman has to do Is to summon an ambulance and haul him away. The big game hunters, Humphrey says, will feel n« fear of a counter-stroke from a wounded SAYS SEPLRATE RACES *EN \TOK Til.I.MAN Al»\(M ATES SI ( H A <V)l ILSE. « The Senator Tell* Wry There Are Ho Many N'eqroea and So Few White* Employed. A quefttion nhifh !• more or leaa ax 11aTrd in Wafthlngton right dow is The »egresatlon of the r»re« In the Government department* Thl« plan in favored l>y wuaTor Tillman of South Carolina and Senator Yardman of M!»Klaal|*pl In dtsouaa^nK thl* (jueKtion Senator Tillman »aa aaked • by there mere more colored peraona tn the Civil Hervlre than whltea from the South It la aald that there are ::.000 negroea In the aervtce. Senator Tillman anawered the qu estion with charaaterlKllc frankseaa I think It 1b due to the unwillingneaa of the »hite women and white men of the South to go to school aa It were ulomcstde of Iiegroe*. ’ he aald ' The white people of the South are not much in love with the equality implied by the Civil Service examina tions They therefor* 1 , neglect to take •he examinations and g*n on the ellgt hie Hut The»e lUta are humbugK, of cotirne we all know because the certification of the thr*-e name* at the Top from which the appointing off i i r must choose anil failing to find the proper material for the clerk in The first three can call for another If I’r-'-ident Wilson.” continued Sen ator Tillman, "and the Cabinet offi cers under him use the proper correc tive. and it need not be drastic or revolutionary, I should think In three or faur years we would have a very radical change in conditions in the civil service in Washiqgton.” Whether the civil service reforms advocated will be carried out or not, it Is a fact that some of the cabinet officers and their assistants are seek ing to separate the negroes and whites In the service as much as pos sible. John Skelton Williams of Vir ginia, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, in paying a visit to the Bureau of Prlntjng and Engraving a short while ago found the white and negro employ®©# P*YIhg ruheh“togeth ; . er. He ordered it stopped at once and insisted that separate places provided. He said that it might be necessary for them to work together but it was not necessary for them to eat together. ■ ■ ■♦ ♦ ♦ Earned His Fension A mule which belonged to the late J. Warren Purely died at the home of his son, S. C. Pursley of Clover. This mule was 35 years old. -It was purchased when three years old and had worked 27 crops. For the last five years it has been well cared for. It was given decent burial by mem bers of the family. » Wagon Was Struck. Near Tul#e, Arix., four men were instantly killed and another perhaps fatally Injured when lightning struck a wagon In which they were riding Tuesday. The driver was uninjured. tiger, Hon, or grtzaly bear. Although the bullet may make bat a slight wonnd, the game is as good as bag- ones it 1s struck. SEE SHIP PLANSj «. SEVERAL PAPERS HE IMPOR TANCE ARE TAKEN. ♦ BATTLESHIP DRAWINGS Structural Plans of Dreadnaught Pennsylvania Among the Missing —Navy Officials Not so Much Con cerned Over Wlmt Has Been I^ost as What May be Taken in Future. Special agents of the department of justice officers of a nationally known detective agency and the local police have been called in by the navy department to investigate a “leak.” through which during the last four months several relatively unimpor tant plans of ships and also minor documents have disappeared. Navy officials are inclined to minimize the importance of the losses. The first losses were discovered on the night of March 4. Some minor structural plans of the dreadnaught Pennsylvania, now building, and oth er ships were among them. Docu ments not especially secret disappear- <■ 1. Nav; o i'cii ills t mid t Imy arc not mucl i eon rerneil ov< ■r the 1 import anee • if w hat a ! ready has been lorn as tin v ;tr<' • o I'm 1 the ] oak and prevent fur- t b*T los.'l y Ha eh b attic? : !i:p lias so v- oral S>'tp of pi; ill' W hie’ 1 are s mie- • im< -1 \\ b 1«■! v d: -1 r U mte ! among • lie bar'' aus , an 1 eo nt ra t< "S The m n- •■ral plan is m V er \ cry much uf a secret. Tl'.e navy depart nmnt late Tuesday i'Sin d ThN s’att Tie :i' "On the nli;li- >f March 4 i inaiu uratlon day) whmi there were a large numh» r of peep’.' m the State. War and Navy hull ling', assembled to witness the inaugural fireworks, there were taken, by per sons aa yet unknown, from the draughtfng room of the bureau of i steam engineering. uncompleted plans of the electric wiring of the new battlewhlp Pennsylvania These plans ahowed thw gmermt arrange ment of the decks and hatches, but would be of no particular value to any one wishing to obtain naval In formation not generally made public A short time after aimllar plans were mlsaed from the aame draughting room The matter is still under In veetlgatlon ” The rooms of the steam engineer Ing bureau comman led a flue view n f 'he fireworks and a number of vis! I tors were In them on The night of March i For the most part thr»-- were members of the families of off! rials and clerks and no one was si mttted without a pass The plans were ordinary blue prlnta lying on the drafting table but were larg-’i enough to make quite a conspicuous 1 roll The fart that other plans for elec trlral wiring were mlsaed after the tth of March tended to relieve the rtaitors from suwplrlon and as this was the last occasion upon which the rooms we-e open to others than em ployees ttie investigation turned In their directioa LI N \TK KILLS GENERAL. High l*rn*«.ian Officer Mas Shot |Mi«n On Streets At Mum h, Bavaria, Major Gen You I.ewin.'kl. the Prussian mllltai> attache.- to Bavaria, and a sergeant of police were killed Tuesday by a supposed lunatic. The assassm, whose name ,s Straffer. at- -eked the g. neral on the crowded street, firs’ firing several abots at him. then turn ing the wtHipon on Police Sergeant Pollander. Gen. Yon Lewinaki was Btill alive when picked up Me was taken to the hoapital in an ambu lance, but died shortly afterward. The assailant was seized by a crowd which tried to lynch him and suc ceeded In seriously injuring him be fore he was rescued by the police. Gen. Yon Lewinskl was an officer of the general staff. MANY YEARS IN PIUSON. ♦ Locked Up Twenty-Three Years Out v of Thirty-six. Arthur Patten, who at 30 has spent 23 years In Kansas prisons, left the penitentiary at Topeka, Wednesday, paroled to a farm “to become a citi zen”. At the age of seven Patten stole a three-doUar-watch and was sent to the State reformatory as- an incorrigible. Paroled after four years he entered a farmer’s house in Osage county, where hq had vainly sought work, and ate food he found in the pantry. Caught, he was compelled to finish his reformatory sentence and then was sentenced to the peniten tiary for second degree burglary. Gov. Hodges acted promptly when he learned the circumstances. “Society has committed a crime against Pat ten,” he said. Mexican Officers Murdered. Twenty-five federal officers, includ ing an infantry and artillery colonel, taken prisoners during last week’s fighting above Guaymaa, Mexico, were shot at pnblic execution by order of the Constitutionalist commanders. The execution is admitted officially by state authorities. THINK THEY SEE JOKER FK\R EFFECT OF NEW <1\IL SF.IU ICE K! LING. ♦ Son»4‘ K«>piil>licaiis Declare Democrat- ir Administration is Only Trying to (’lean Out Republican Post masters. Republican politicians»at Washing ton expressed the opinion recently that they saw a “joker” in the ad ministration's decision to revoke an order of former President Taft bring ing r.iRGOO fourth class postmasters into the civil service, this decision providing hereafter for examinations for. Democrats and Republicans alike. Republican congressmen see large possibilities in the action of the ad ministration. Under the civil service rule, the post office department will make its selection of a postmaster from h list of three eligibles. One at least of these eligibles is almost sure to be a Democrat. That the postmaster gen eral will see to it that the Republican eligibles are passed over for Demo crats is not only expected, but it has been asserted on good authority for weeks that this was just what Potft- masrer General Burleson w;us plan ning ,n the way the Republicans see it. Un ’‘T such an arrangement a Re- puYii an incumbent of an office w-ui!,! Pave lii'le olKim e. Me might pa.-s -i -ucc- ssful examination. Some , : v i at ■ r i '.ore O n one in the <mm m uti i’ y w eiM t>. ■. a y get on . a.be 1 li-f The po«t office d>- ar'nmnT, as R» publican members of al'g’ e'-s \ it W it. will do tile res'. In e’ber worff-v while the Senate i-m o< rat.-, ate vi-.t now cryung out • gain-t ovei 1 o.i ling the tivil service 1 O] Keaii'ffvatis, a Democratic ad- ■ a nis'rtMoii is alb-g* 1 to be planning j .u.e ef the treaTe-: [.id es of political 'avnri'isra un O r the guise of the ,u\ i! ser\ ice on record (gainst any son h charge#, the Democrats declare, their plan 1b much more fair than President Taft'a wholesale order putting the ;>c>Kt’nas- 'ers in the fourth class offices into the service without examination While Republican senators and house members are disapproving of 'he Burleson announcement and 'hrettenln* trouble as a matter of f*<-t there is probably nothing they ran ffo except to make speeches and a'-ack the I>erm>crats for not observ ing the spirit of the civil service law. TFLLs ALL \IUH T KEl N ION. — — The southern Railway Issues a Beau tiful Booklet. Tie Southern Railway office In Co- luiu'-U has Ju»l reevixed for distri bution a ruppiy of handsome booklets concerning the I ( Y Reunion, which will I,# held in Chat!.tnooga, Tenn May 7. J s and - V. 1 3 1 3 This booklet will be a gr*»a! help to veter ans and visitors who will visit Chat- tancMjga during the Reunion, as It coutatna pbotogrsphs of all the pub lic buildings and location of all ho tels and also glv.-s detailed informa tion about points of interest In and around Chattanooga The Southern Railway will pro- vide for the gray clad veterans and 'he .n . ompuny ing visitors to the Re- uu on everv comfort and convenience .tt the command of a great modern ra.lroat system, arid in order ade- Hi.i'eiy and properly to care for Its pat'ons it will utili/e i very resource ’bar e'.ergv and money can supply, or Dial skill and *»tticiency can sug- g''-t In order that the veterans and the.r friends may attend the Reunion at (tie lowest possible expense, ex tremely low roundtrip ^fares will bo made to Chattanooga by the Southern Railway. Arrangements have been completed for special passenger equipment, additional trains will sup plement the regplar service, and the comfort and safety of paeeengers will be guarded by a carefully selected corps of experienced officials. The facilities of the Southern Rail way for the handling of traffic to and from Chattanooga are exceptionally excellent. It has direct lines In ope ration to the Reunion City from Washington, Norfolk, Richmond, Co lumbia^ -Charleston, - JacksonvttTe, Brunswick, <Macon, Columbus, Savan nah, Atlanta, Mobile, Birmingham, Memphis, Konxville, and St. Louis, and all Intermediate points, and it ias direct connections with lines from all points In the United States, Can ada, Mexico and Cuba. The regular service at Chattanooga will be greatly extended by the South ern Railway during the Reunion pe riod. Trains will arrive and depart from the magnificent New Terminal Station of the Southern Railway at Columbia at frequent internals; and trained officials will be on duty at all hours of the day and night to render to travelers every assistance in their power and to supply them with In formation concerning routes and rates and rates, stop-over privileges, execurslon trips to point# out inter- e#t. and other matters looking to the comfort and convenience of the trav eling public. Governor Heyward la mentioned In connection with the governorship of Porto Rico. He would fill this posi tion with shllity, end ws would like to see hisa get It.