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I* AIMED NO ARMS l ♦ IIPOKTATION INTO IRELAND IS NOV PROHIBITED ASQUITH IS SRIBUS ! • Flrat Step Towarda CobcAU*- tioa 'With UUter, Favoring Oar- k's Plan—British Cabinet for Fkwt Time Takes a Hand in the Irish Home Rule Question. The British cabinet, by a royal proclamation promulgated f’rlday night prohibiting the importation of ^rma and ammunition Into Ireland, r the first time grasped the nettle the revolution in Ulster, which It Lherto had ignored, although the (lowers of Sir Edward Carson for >nths have been advertising their military preparations in every pos sible way and daring interference with them. Almaat at the time of publication of the proclamation Premier Asquith made the longest step towards the cofictUetion of the Ulsterites that the government has taken by announcing his acceptance of the principles of a basis of agreement with Sir Edward Carpon suggested in his last speech. These principles are: First, that the settlement must not be humillat- (aging or degrading to Ulster; sec ond, Ulster’s treatment must not be different or exceptional from that meted ont to the other parts of the United Kingdom; third. Ulster must retain full protection of the Imperial Parliament; fourth, the home rule bill must not be such as to lead to ultimate separation of Ulster from Great Britain. Thus the government extends to ♦he signers of the Ulster covenant is olive branch. The proclamation roMblting the importation of arms nd ammunition into Ireland, which ilng George signed at a meeting of .he Privy Council Thursday, and which Friday was published In the Roydl Gasette, was milder than ru mors had anticipated it would be. Instead of reviewing the Irish Crimes Adt It Invoked the Customs Consoll- datism Act of 1 876. Presaler Asquith’s pronouncement was made, as many of his most im portent declarations on British poll tlca have been, in an after-dinner speech. The premier was the guest of hoasr of the Reform Club at Man chester. It was in this same city and a similar occasion that Sir Edward CsksoM's overtures were made, so thsj It woeld appear that the nego tiations for a settlement of the Irish controversy were taking the course of Inforaaid public debate. DeaMng with Sir Edward Carson’s basis if settlement categorically, Pre mier Asquith said he was sure Sir Edward must agree that the state ment that there could be no settle ment worthy the name that would be humiliating or degrading to those for whnqi Sir Edward spoke should ap ply to ail sections of the Irish people. )n the second point Mr. Asquith i be supposed Sir Edward referred wba£ formerly was called "home b all rosnd.” Ireland’s case, he led, was a case of urgency and must come first. It cosld not be de layed natlt the government has gone through the complicated process of adopting the principle of home rule to g!I the different parts of the United Kingdom. The premier said he agreed there must he no ultimate separation of Ireland from Great Britain. The real and effective authority, supreme and unquestionable, he s&ld, must be re tained by the Imperial Parliament. •fr. Asquith’s speech comes at an lieur when the newspapers of both parties considered that attempts at a settlement had reached the stage of dealiook. If the compromise is cemented the agitation over the army, which has grown bitter, will be one of the strongest reasons for It. 9lr Edward Carson and several prominent Unionists, notably Lord Lansdowne and Andrew Bonar Law, la speeches suggested that the offi cers shoald resign and the soldiers refuse to fire if ordered to fight fel- *w Protestants. FLOOD DEALS DISASTER DEATH LIST WILL PROBABLY GO INTO HUNDREDS. The most appropriate Christmas ift Ooagross could make to the matjr wonld be the prompt pas tes currency byi. Vou Dont H?ve. toRub- NOAH'S UNIMFNT t end rates t it the be* iSnsS: oa every ■ like thie ID hud on t«*e 'sad —*alnaye Problem Now Changes From Rescue ■Work to That of Providing Home for 2,000 Refugees. Sunday’s dispatches Increased the number of known dead In the Te: floods to sixty-one, with the possibil ity that a heavy toll of drownlngs re ported, but not yet confirmed, at Sun- nyslde, in Waller county, Texas, would increase this number. The crest of the Brazos River flood Sunday night was nearing Brazory county, whirh borders on the Gulf, and the peak of the Colorado River flood was approaching Matagorda county, also on the Gulf. As the water passed southward the damage Incident to the overflow grew corre spondingly. Reports Saturday night from Wel- born that twelve negroes and a Mexi can had been drowned on the Allen plantation, at the junction of the Navasota and Brazos rivers, and that twenty-five negroes had met death In the flood waters on the Parker plan tation In the same vicinity, have not yet been confirmed. Fifty persons, mostly negroes, are reported to have been drowned at Sunnyslde, a small town on the lower Brazos, Sunday night. It Is said be tween 400 and 500 persons are ma rooned on & small mound at San Fe lipe and are in great danger. A spe cial train loaded with motorboats was dispatched from Houston to res cue them. J. R. Garrett, a planter, who tele phoned to Houston for assistantce, reported that the entire Brazos bot tom In Waller county, Is flooded; that a number of houses had floated away, and that refugees were clinging to trees and housetops. Boats are being constructed as rapidly as possible to rescue those imperiled. Sunnyslde is eight miles north of Brookshire. Mr. Garrett said that warning was given the residents of the lowlands of the approaching flood Saturday, but that many of them refused to leave their homes. The task of rescue along the forty miles-of flooded Brazos Valley was succeeded by the problem of provid ing for 2,000 or more refugees. Re ports from the flooded territory brought by motorboats showed that between 700 and 1,000 persons are marooned in glnhouses and large plantation residences, safe from the flood, but in urgent need of food and clothing. Sunday night at Horse Shoe Bend, above the roaring of the river, could be heard the singing and praying of fifty negroes facing death In a rock ing ginhouse on an island a mile and a half out. The flood streches almost to the horizon, six miles or more, dot ted here and there by a roof or the steeple of a submerbed church. The forty-mile levee is the refuge of do mestic animals at points where it did not all cave In. MANY RESCUED. Passengers Change Boats Until Fire Is Extinguished. Wireless reports received at Nor folk Sunday night tell of the rescue of 197 passengers from the steamer Rio Grande by the steamer Swanmore Sunday morning 205 miles northwest of Diamond Shoals. The Rio Grande had a fire in her hold and sent out wireless calls for assistance. The Swanmore picked them up and went to the assistance of the burning steamer. She reached the Rio Grande before daybreak. She took off her passengers and after helping to sub due the-flames, put them back on board the Rio Grande. The latter steamer is said to be proceeding on her voyage with the fire under con trol. Only meagre reports of the fire and rescue have been received. Wire less reports gave the name of the burnlng.steamer as “Ringrande", but marine men say there is no such steamer registered. They say it Is the American steamer Rio Grande, which plies between New York and Southern ports. UNUSUAL CASE. Saluda Girl Gets $1,000 Damages for Mistreatment. On the ground that an agent of the Southern Railway company had en couraged others to attempt to hug and kiss Miss Emma Rodgers, a 16- year-old Saluda girl, a jury in the court of common pleas at Saluda re turned a verdict of $1,000 in favor of the young woman. A motion for a new trial was overruled. It appears that Miss Rodgers, while in the passenger station at Ward in August last, was mistreated, and the allegation of the complaint was that the agent of defendant fail ed and neglected to give the protec tion to the young girl that the law requires and that, acting In concert with others, he aided and abetted and encouraged others to attempt to hug and kiss the plaintiff. Miss Rodgers is only about 16 years of age and was on her way to Graniteville to visit relatives when the alleged mis conduct and maltreatment occurred. A verdict for $1,000 was returned against the railroad. REPORTS TO HOUSE COMMITTEE DIS COVERED LOBDIES WILSON’S CHARGE TRUE ttee Hands in Results of Investigation of Charges by Mul- hall and Reports McDermott Not Wholly Clear—Progressive Mem ber Has Minority Report. All questions relating to the Inves tigation of the Mulhall lobby charges late Tuesday, were referred by the National House of Representatives to its judiciary committee. This action followed a long parliamentary debate over thq report of the special inves tigating committee arranging lobby ing activities at the capital and hold ing Representative McDermott of Il linois, a Democrat, "guilty of acts ol grave impropriety unbecoming the dignity of the position he occupies,” and a minority report submitted by Representatives McDonald, Progres sive, of Michigan, with resolutions proposing the expulsion of Repre sentative McDermott and contempt proceedings against officers of the National Association of Manufactur ers. The majority report, which made no recommendations, was signed bj Chairman Garrett and all the mem bers of the committee except Repre sentative McDonald. The results of the long investigation were made public Tuesday in the two reports, a majority report signed by Democrats and Republicans alike and a supple mental report filed by Representative McDonald of Michigan. The majority made no recommen dation but replied that Representa tive McDermott had been guilty of acts of grave Impropriety, unbecom ing the dignity of his position, though "we can not say that he has been corrupted In his votes." The majority report also held that McDermott, having intimate relations with I. H. McMichael, former chief page of the House, knew that M M Mulhall, "a lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers," em ployed McMichael. The majority held that both the National Association of Manufacturers and the American Federation of Labor engaged in polit ical activities and expended money to effect nominations and election of members of the House of Representa tive. Representative McDonald, who agreed with the majority findings, de clared that congress had fallen some what from Its high estate In the esti mation of the American people, that there had been a broadcast suspicion of conditions existing In congress that a system has been built up for defeat ing remedial legislation. He made recommendations for legislative re forms. The main conclusions of the- ma jorlty define a lobby as "a person or body of persons seeking to Influence legislation by congress in any man ner whatsoever.” The National Asso elation of Manufacturers, the Council for Industrial Defense, the National Tariff Federation association, the American Federation of Labor, the Washington City Associations of Liquor Dealers and local loan sharks are found to have maintained lobbies. Mulhall Is held to have admitted errors In some vital statements made in his charges, but to have been cor roborated In other matters of impor tance by officials of the National As sociation of Manufacturers and Na tlonal Council for Industrial Defense. Mulhall, the report says, was extrav agant In many of his claims. The lobby of the Association of Manufacturers and of the Council of Industrial Defense Is held guilty of improperly preventing and seeking to prevent legislation. Gravest doubt was expressed as to propriety of acts of Mulhajl and James E. Emery, counsel for the manufacturers. Noth ing illegitimate was found In the ac tlvity of the American Federation of Labor. The lobbies of liquor dealers and money lenders in Washington were found to have neither effected nor prevented legislation improperly. No evidence was found of employment of members of the House for Improper purpose. Tipping of House employees was denounced as reprehensible. Em ployment by manufacturers’ assocla- tlon/o^*!dcMlchael, former chief page of the House, was severely censured. Admitted to the Bar. The State board has recommended that the following be admitted to the bar: J. C. McGowan, of Laurens; Paul S. Dodson, of Abbeville; Olin L. Etack, of Columbia; D. E. Finley It., of Yorkville; W. A. Isgett, of St. Mat thews; John T. Sloan, of Columbia; T. M. Munro, of Union; James M. Lynch, of Florence. ♦ ■ ■ ■ Batesburg Man Wounded. J. Milton Hite, bookkeeper for L. D. Cullom, was shot and seriously wounded in his home at Batesburg Saturday night. Although it Is said that the shooting was accidental, it has been absolutely impossible to learn any of the details of the affair, which seems to be shrouded la deep lyaterr. WOMEN ADVISE WILSON SIXTY SUFFRAGETTES TALK TO THE PRESIDENT. - ♦ In a Pleasant Chat With His Callers Wilson Says He Favors House Com mittee on Woman Suffrage. Woman 'suffrage—the question which has vigorously-projected itself in the political forum—confronted President Wilson Monday personified by sixty members of the National American Suffrage Association, who pleaded that he use his Influence with congress to obtain the ballot for the women of the nation. It was the first time the President had been brought face to face with the issue in a formal way. He told his callers that whatever might be his personal views on woman suffrage or any other subject, he made it a rule not to urge legislation upon Con gress that had not been the subject of “organic consideration’’ by the Dem ocratic party, of which he considered himself the spokesman. The President said that when mem bers of Congress consulted him he would freely give his views, and he added that having already been asked his opinion about the organization of a standing committee in the House of Representatives to consider woman suffrage he had expressed himself In favor of such a committee. It was a quiet earnest group of suf fragists who stood In a circle, with the President In Its centre. In the White House offices. Most of them had walked in defiance of a freezing gale, enthusiastic about their mission and determined to get an expression from the Chief Executive. The President nodded pleasantly to the women, who had formed a circle around him, and Dr. Shaw stepped forward. In a low voice she told in a straightforward, simple way how un availing had been the frequent pil grimages of the women in Washing ton and how committees of Congress had listened courteously, hut had "buried their case." She appealed to the President "In the spirit of jus tice" to urge upon Congress to pass an amendment to the Federal consti tution to be submitted to the States that would give women the right to vote throughout he land. The president listened in silence. He was not asked to give his own views on woman suffrage so he did not give it to them On the proposal to send a message to congress he cit ed his rule of adhering to party poli tic*, intimating that when consulted by members of Congress he might give his views freely. There was a pause after the Presi dent finished speaking, an air of not having quite been satisfied, and Dr Shaw resumed: "Since we are not members of any political party," she asked, "who is going to speak for us—there is no one to speak for us--” "I realize that," interjected the President. "— unless we speak for ourselves." "And you do that very admirably,” rejoined Mr Wilson, and & general laugh brpke the solemnity of the oc casion. "I should like to shake hands with as many of you as want,” added the President smilingly, and several wo men stepped forward. Others hung back and drifted out of the office. Those who stayed behind spoke cor dially to the President of his courte sy In receiving the delegation after his illness, and some referred to hav ing voted for him In suffrage States. MENACE PROPERTY »■ FOREIGN POSSESIONS IN SEN- ALOA IN DANGER FEDERALS LEVY WAR TAX LOSE UVES HUNTING LIST/ w 'Were TYPHOID OASES. Number of Cases in the State by Counties. Physicians of South Carolina ex hibit In respect of typhoid much the same laxness as* la charged against them In respect of other "reportable” diseases, according to the State health officer, James Adams Hayne, M. D., who says in his forthcoming annual report that out of approxi mately 9.G90 cases during the current year but 802 cases have been report ed as the law requires. Typhoid is a disease "of the rural districts rather than of the cities’’, Dr. Hayne says, and it bulks large on the horizon of public health work In the State. Reported cases have been distrib uted this year as follows: Abbeville 22, Aiken 32, Anderson 27, Bamberg 5, Barnwell 13, Beaufort 7, Berke ley 6, Calhoun 4, Charleston 72, Cherokee 8, Chester 17, Chesterfield 5, Clarendon 4, Darlington 26, Dil lon 13, Dorchester 3, Edgefield 4, Fairfield 4, Florence 25, Georgetown 10, Greenville 64, Greenwood 7, Ker shaw 6, Lancaster 23, Laurens 16, Lee 13, Lexington 15, Marlon 23, Marlboro 14, Newberry 32, Oconee 19, Orangeburg 47, Pickens 38, Rich land 46, Saluda 31, Spartanburg 42, Sumter 21, Union 1, Williamsburg 11 and York 26. In a Class > to Himself. The Greenville News says: "When a governor pardons dead men and then pardons for a Second time a criminal and gives assurance to a cer tain class of criminals that pardons are waiting for them If they are ever convicted, It looks as if the pardon business bad been pushed to the lim it.” It would be for any governor but Blease, but he la in a class all alone. / Because of Threatened Confiscation Upon Failure to Pay Tax Foreign ers Have Appealed to Their Con suls Who Are Taking the Matter up With Their Home Government. The American charge d’affaires, Nelson O'Shaughnessy, recently noti fied Washington that the property of foreign residents in the State of Sin aloa was in imminent danger of con fiscation by the Federal authorities as a war measure. The charge has received instructions to investigate the constitutionality of the act, and if he finds it is not sanctioned by law, to register a protest with the Mexi can government. The confiscation of property has been threatened in default of pay ment of a 5 per cent tax arbitrarily imposed by the government of Sina loa. Foreigners generally have ap pealed through their consuls to the diplomatic representatives in the Mexican capital. The French minis ter has reported to his government, asking for instructions; but the Eng lish and German minister have ad vised their nationals at Mazatian to pay the tax under protest. The Amer ican charge has prepared a memoran dum for presentation to Senor Mo- ■heno, the Mexican minister of foreign affairs. The order of the governor requires the payment of a tax on all real and personal property, regard less of the nationality of the owner, and a warning is issued that unless the tax Is paid by December 18 con fiscation will he summary. Consular reports say the governor explained that the levy »as absolute lv necessary to raise money for the payment of the troops Two banks and several commercial houses already have closed their doors and the conditions of the people generally Is becoming desperate from lack of money. Business houses. Including those under foreign ownership already have contributed 115,000 pesos ($57,500) to a fund for the troops, according to consular advices A parade of 200 young women In the capital Wednesday reflected the Impoverished condition to which many of smaller towns hsve been re duced They were seamstresses thrown out of employment by the closing of factories, where the exclu sive output consisted of soldiers uni forms These same women recently appealed to President Huerta They went to the palace again, and again the president refused to see them Afterwards they marched through the principal streets, displaying ban ners on which was Inscribed, "We all want work." The husbands of many of these women are In the army ser vice and the women are dependent upon their own resources. Prsident Huerta again has asked congress to vest him with full exe cutive powers to conduct the affairs of the departments of war, finance and the Interior. A bill to this effect was Introduced Wednesday in the chamber. The deputies had Just ap proved a measure authorizing the flotation of interior loan of 100,- 000 pesos at 5 per cent, to be Imme diately issued. This was to be the first of a series of five loans, and if congress approve the president's re quest for power over the finance de partment, It will enable him to put out the remaining four_without fur ther formality. That the reactionary Catholic party element in congress has been Induced to see things from the president’s point of view was Indicated by a speech made in congress by Francisco Pasquel Garcia, leader of the party, in which he declared that he was con vinced of the necessity of the country being ruled by a dictator should.be subject to congressional approval. * Boys Prevent Wreck. Two. boys of Anderson, Ind., one 8 and the other 10, who modestly re fused to give their names, Wednesday saved Big Four passenger train No. 4 8 from a probably disastrous wreck just north of their home town. The boys were’ taking.a short cut along the railroad track on their way to school and found a rail 16 inches out of place. They knew the paasenger train was about due and rushed down the track to meet It, took off their coats and from the’ middle of the track waved them until the engi neer brought the train to a stop. Pasesngers from the coaches made up a large ^purse for the boys. • ♦ ♦ ♦ Gray Haired Women Fonnd Guilty. Five gray haired women of the vil lage of Volo, 111., who rode Mrs. John Richardson on a rail one night last July because her name was linked by gossip with that of her brother-in- law, have been fined $200 and sen tenced to six months in Jail. THIS SEASON’S DEATH BREAKS ALL RECORDS. Total Reaches 135—Some Reckless, Some Careless and Oth- era Just Had Hard Luck. The hunting season, ending the past week, cost 135 lives In 21'Stetes. In addition, 140 persons werfc injur ed, a number of them fatally. Wis consin was the chief sufferer of the season, with a total of 29 dead and 27 injured. Michigan was next with 28 dead and 16 injured. New York was third with 19 dead and one in jured. The careless handling of weapons was the chief cause of death. Thirty- seven persons lost their lives at their own hands. Twenty-four others shot themselves, but escaped with lesser injuries. The careless traveling companion was held responsible for 2 4 deaths and one injury. The man who shoots everything he sees mov ing was held responsible for 17 deaths and ten Injuries. Slxteefi hunters were downed while searching for game. The killing of 5,180 deer In Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massa- „ chusetts cost the lives of 13 persons and more or less serious Injury to 72 others. Of the 11 person* killed in Maine, four were mistaken for deer and shot by other hunter*. A total of 7,500 deer fell before the onslaught of shooters In Minne sota, according to an estimate made by H. A. Rider, of the State Game^ and Fish commission. It wa* the|.^) best season for shooting the animals in a docade,. despite the absence of snow in the northern woods. Eight hunters were killod and two Injured. Most of the fatalities were due to men being taken for deer, though a majority of the hunters wore red ca ps No one killed during the Mas sachusetts open week on deer, but eight were Injured, one hunter being shot as he was taking a deer out of the woods on his shoulder* Deer seemed to have been more plentiful in Massarhu^etts than in other part* of New England. 1.5S0 animal* being killed In a season of one week’* dura tion. BOGEY MAN IS III RIBD. Shoot* Two Sons. An unknown negro shot and killed a white toby and wounded his brother, sons of a farmer named Britt Man ning, redding ^ Sllco, La.' The ne gro Mcaped. The New Tariff I*w is Working Well for the (Ymntry. In every Presidential and Congres sional campaign for the laat forty years the protected Interests, repre sented by ttie Republican party, have trotted out their bogey man to scare the business men and other timid people into keeping the Republican party In power so as the protected interests could continue to plunder the masses through the high protec tive tariff As was the case In 1S9(5, when the election of Mr Bryan aeem- ed almost a certainty, a panic was threatened to prevent it For year* the people were In the hand* of the tariff barons, who plundered them without mercy. The influence which this threat to bring on a panic has exerted ha* manifested itself In many ways. Banks controlled by the interest* re fused to extend loans except for those politically friendly; conditional or der* were placed for large amount* of material, to be delivered if the Re publicans won or held up if the Dem ocrats were successful. Railroad and mill employees were warned not to return to work the day after election unless the Republican party wa* suc cessful; every possible device was employed to compel voters to substi tute fear for Intelligence In the cast ing of their votes. But these tactics failed in the last campaign. A united Democracy, aid ed by a division in the Republican party, succeeded in obtaining control of the White House and of both branches of Congress. The time was opportune for a reduction of the tariff. The discussion that preceded the enactment of the Payne-Aldrich bill had revealed more clearly than ever before the true inwardness of a protective tariff measure. Progres sive Republicans, led by such men as LaFollette and Dolliver vied with Democrats in showing up the manner in which the beneficiaries of protec tion conspired together to collect their tribute through laws written by themselves. President Wilson, with the co-op eration of Congress, succeeded In en acting a law which materially reduces Import duties and puts a part of the burden of government upon incomes. And how that law has opened the eyes of a multitude of honest, pa triotic men who were really led to be lieve that disaster would follow in the wake of tariff reduction. As the Commoner says, they must hare been surprised when the sun rose as usual the morning after the bill was signed. Since then the world has wagged on In Its usual way; the timidity has gone; the nervous prostration is over, and the country is freed from a terrorism which has lasted for a generation. Rat Held up Seven Trains. Three express trains and four fast ^freight trains on the Pennsylvania railroad were held up for 30 minutes because a rat had eaten the insula tion of a signal wire. v i o