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I I I ! I I . k ;? I:- m ISSUES IECIEE AGAINST lie HUICAN ESTATES HUERTA TO RULE ALONE i Bf BrlwWf OrMted Concre«s Adjoana U«K1 April Secoad, Learlag Every * V4 ~f la Dictator's Hands—Federal Farces Sparring at Rebels Aroand All the property of Lais Terrstas fir., Enrique Creel and Juan Creel, InfllutflBC banks, mines, vast areas of land« thousands of head of cattle, hottes and personal effects Tuesday stare ordered confiscated to the rebels la aa official decree Issued by (Jen. Francisco Tllla, the victorious rebel loisoo rmande IS USEFUL AT LAST ONCETBELESS EIFFEL TOWER IB WIRE LESS CENTER. VILLA IS commander. Mr. Terraaas, now a refugee In the 'United Btatee, la one of the richest nop in Mexico. His holdings of about tvo-thirda of the State of Chihuahua are said to place him among the moat OKteaslve land holders of the world Tlie tomblned estate of Terrazaa and tbs Creel brothera, hi* nephews, is v.tlned st many mllllona of dollar*. Bnrlqus Creel formerly was ambas sador from Mexico ts tbs United States. Oes. Tllla’s decree, Issued st Chi huahua city, waa sent to Juarez and officially given out. It waa Intended as a notice that should the revolution succeed neither the Terrazas nor the Creel families will be allowed any In demnity for their losses. The decree accuses the Creel and the Terrazas families of "wlthhold- ins taxation and of fomenting the treachery of Orozco and Huerta,” and states that the' property ahall he given to the widows and orphans caused by bloodshed among the Mex- fqaas. All contracts made with the <^eela asd Terrazas since February fl.l 113, are declared voUl. Luis Ter rains Jr., eldest soa of the land own er, is held a prisoner at Chihuahua, and the rebels have appropriated to tholr use as much of the portable property as they could seize. Efforts Tuesday were made by rebel leaders working directly Gen. Villa to effect some sort of ft settlement In regard to the prop- ♦ty of the expelled Spaniards. It r i said that a proposal was made Invoice all tke property in the ^paBtsh stores and shops and to al low tbs claims to rest against the rebel government. Gen. Villa replied be was willing to pay for the property (m so-called Constitutionalist money, igltdh the Spaniards declared to be vWhlsss. Tww-buadfed more refugees, In- clAdlag Americans and Spaniards, reftcbed El Paso from Chihuahua. Xbaong the arrivals was Mrs. Marlon Loteher, wife of the United Statea consul at Chihuahua. Mrs. Letcher sbld If the consul had been prevented by Villa from sending cipher mes sages to Washington, as had been re ported by refugees, she had not heard of It. At the same time It was announc- ^ at Msxlco City that from now until 2 President Huerta will be obligated to conduct the government Without congress, as that specially Cpeoted organization was formally ad- fOuraed Menday. Its most important gpts during the session were the rati fication of the president’s assumption of power over the various depart- mests of the government after dis solving the preceding congress, and regrantlng to the president his same power, which gives Gen. Huerta until cooxress congenes agali, practically th* eway of a dictator. Altogether the new congress was unobetrusive, Interfering not at all Wtth the executive’s Ideas of govern- moat. Its most notable act, aside from tfaosu^ directly eohne'eted with executive plans, was the ratifica tion of a concession to a Belgian syn dicate to construct 1,000 miles of narrow-guage railway. A dispatch from Juarez says while rebel headquarters in Juarez Monday sent urgent messages to Gen. Fran- ulaeo Villa, rebel eummfnwh'r at CTTU buahua, telling him he was incurring the displeasure of foreign countries in his actions towards Spaniards and other foreigners and asking him to modlfp his attitude, Gen. Vitfa him self was said to be seriously concern ed over renewed Federal activity. Reports were that Federals were advancing toward Chihuahua from Torreofl, about 200 miles south. Vilta has had to scatter his forces by send ing troops to surround the Federals at OJluaga, on the border, while gar risoning Juarez and Chihuahua. This was said to offer the Federals an op portunity to strike at Chihuahua, which was evacuated by them when Villa had all his forces together. Fed eral troops were also reported on their way from Monterery with a ▼lew of strengthening the position of the Huerta government in the inte rlor. An attack on Chihuahua, which Is not regarded as Imminent, would cut Tlllbi off from any base on the bor- . ter. It was conceded hr rebels that ¥> Che first act of the Federals, should arrive In the vicinity of Chltinw- wevlt fee to stop ell telegraph eommaakattofi. Thus at Chihuahua, * Several Tears Ago About to be Torn Down Eiffel Tower Has Now a Splendid Plant The famous Eiffel Tower, of Paris, the highest steel structure of Its kind In th# world, was about to be torn down several years ago on account of its uselessness. To-day It is regard ed as one of France’s most valuable poseesslons. The French capital, be- caue of the Eiffel Tower, has become the wireless center of the world. Underneath the Champ de Mars, in which the tower stands, a vast sub terranean wireless plant has been constructed. Its presence Is scarcely suspected by the passer-by, for Its only entrance is little more thkn t trapdoor In the ground, partly con cealed by a clump of trees. But should he attempt to approach too near the little iron staircase leading underground, he will find his way barred by soldiers. Below ground, amid a maze of passages, gigantic machines and a continual crackling and flashing of th# wlrelesa, a corps of military engi neers and electrical experts are work ing day and night to perfect Instru ments on the accuracy of whose mes sages In wartime may depend France’s victory or defeat, and on which also will depend the adequats co-operation of ths allied army of Russia. It was In his laboratory there that Prof. Henry Abraham, of the Sarbonne, talked to-day of what his work as a member of the French Wireless Mission sent by the govern ment to Washington, will be. Pro fessor Abraham will not join his col leagues until late In October. “During our work at Arlington last spring,” said he, “we succeeded In co-operation with our American asso ciates in establishing the relative time of Washington and Paris within the tenth of a second. Since then we have been able to Improve greatly the receiving and recording of wireless messages. We expct now to estab lish the time of Washington to within the hundredth of a second, and as a part of this result the longitude of Washington as related to Paris. France will later send missions to the other principal nations with the ob ject of establishing a similar accu racy In the relative times. Once this work is accomplished, the world will receive time signals from the Eiffel Tower and will b# abls to register them to within the hundredth of a second. “Thia effort for accuracy to within ths hundredth of a second has requir ed a tremendous Improvement in the wireless apparatus and a great ad- vancf In clock-making. Two of the moat Important pieces of th# equip ment which w# shall take to America will he chronometers of such extreme precision that after being set before leaving France they are relied upon not to vary appreciably during the whole of our time in America. “We shall use photography In reg istering Eiffel Tower signals for fix ing the exact longitude of Washing ton. We arrive easily at an accuracy of a hundredth part of a second by means of a film revolving at a fixed rate of speed and a luminous spot in- buenced by the wireless messages. In registering the speed of radio waves, I have succeeded in dividing ths second into 40,000 parts. Expe riences so far on ths speed of wire less waves tend to show that they travel at the same speed as light, from which w# make th# Important deduction that they are the aame thing.” RtFUGEESTILl $rilRY OF SACK ING OF CHIHUAHUA FOREIGNERS IN DANGER BURLESON WANTS THEM 8ATS WE SHOULD OWN TELE. PHONE AND TELEGRAPH. NEW CURRENCY LAW PASSES THE SENATE BY MAJOR ITT OF TWENTY T AUTO KILLS DOT. ♦ Newberry Lad Run Over by Slow Moving Machine, Reddle Berry, the 9-year-old-son of Ed Berry of Newberry, was run over and fatally Injured Wednesday even ing by an automobile driven by Chal mers Brown, eon of Dr. W. C. Brown, who lives in that county. Young Brown was arrested but was exon- ernted hy the cnrniier'u inrv ami than- set fro«. The little victim was in a drug store and dashed out into the street just as young Brown drove up in the automobile. Though the machine was going very slowly and young Brown seemed to bo driving very carefully, he was unable to stop In tim# and the car struck the little boy, Inflicting Inju ries from which he died about an hour later. Young Brown was arrest ed and the coroner made an investiga tion, the jury bringing in a verdict that the tragedy was purely an acci dent. Victim of Odd Accident. William, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Lohre, of Lake land, Fla., while playing about the yard at home Tuesday, accidental!.' struck the side of his head again a sharp nail that stuck out from the wall of the dwelling. The nail pierc ed k the brain and the little fellow died within a few hours. which occurred two weeks ago and enabled Villa to enter the State cap ital without a battle, would pr>ve to be a military trap out of which the rebels woild Lave to fight their way. American and German Consuls Are Disregarded by Rebel Commander in Hla Seizures—Spaniards Are the Worst Sufferers Although All For elgnem Have to Contribute. Americans, Germans and Spaniards who arrived at El Paso, Texas, Sun- lav from Chihuahua, Mexico, report dial Francisco Villa, the rebel leader, virtually has constituted himself dic tator there and that he refused to heed the request of representatives of foreign governments. The refugees asserted that the rebel leader had seized 15,000,000 worth of property belonging to for eigners, had put to death about 20 Mexican civilians, including Sergeic Sanchez, a lawyer and former State official, and had commanded the American, German and British con suls to obey rebel orders. The hap penings in Chihuahua since Villa oc rupied the city on its evacuation by the federal troops were told by the refugees who numbered 1,000. Villa seized a large department store valued at 11,500,000 and owned by French, German, English and Spanish interests, but chiefly by Span ish and placed In command of the store Gen. Chao, a rebel leader. He also seized a brewery, a clothing fac tory and all the grocery and other stores owned by Spaniards valued at $2,500,000. YYe called a meeting of merchants of all nationalities and told them they must pay him large sums of money, aggregating several millions dollars, to support the revolution. He gave orders that the so-called Constitution alist money should be accepted as currency. Marion Letcher, United States con sul, was asked by the foreigners to protect them. Mr. Letcher attempt ed to send a cipher message to the state department but was informed by Villa that no cipher messages would be permitted on the rebel tele graph. Villa then Informed the for eign consuls In a body that they would have to obey rebel orders. Otto Kueck, the German consul protested to Villa against the exac tion of tribute from Germans. Villa threatened Kueck, saying the latter would be escorted to the border is he persisted In his protest. A store in which Kueck was interested was re quired to pay $30,000. All homes and property of th# expelled Span iards were appropriated to the per sonal use of the rebels. The expulsion of Spanish nuns and priests were complete except that the bishop, a Spaniard, waa allowed to remain. Villa’s attitude toward the consuls was hostile,” a German cloth ing merchant said. “The German colony went to Mr. Kueck for protec tion. Mr. Kueck went to Villa with a protest. Villa said: ‘I can not shoot you, but I can escort you to the border.’ Kueck replied he would re main in Chihuahua as long aa there was a German citizen there.” The situation resulted In a confer ence of rebel leaders at Juarez, at which It waa explained that Villa, be ing a military commander, rather than the head of a civil government, had acted without sufficient advice. It was decided that Gen. Carranza should be asked to Immediately start for Chihuahua, where hereafter he might determine the future policies of the revolution, after personal con ferences with Villa. The meeting decided that Villa, by his acts toward foreigners, had pre cipitated a serious situation. From Gen. Benavades, rebel commander at fuarez, came the explanation that while the rebels regarded Spaniards, as supporters of Huerta and, there-' fore, enemies of the revolution, all other foreigners would be given full protection. Gen. Villa’s order, how ever,- was explicit, that lie would not guarantee protection to Spaniards, and that they would have to leave the country within ten days on pain of serious consequences. As indicating their fear of Villa, 4 7^ citizens of Spain, most of them wealthy merchants of Chihuahua, Sunday arrived on a special train at Juarez and immediately sought safe ty on the'United States side of the river. They were accompanied by Federico Move, who was civil govern or after the Federal evacuation of Chihuahua. Some of the refugees, reputed to he millionaires, were without money. They reported that technically they had l^ft their property in the hands of Henry Scohell, British vice con sul, but that really Villa had taken possession of it. Forty-seven Federal soldiers, whe had been left oh^"'police, duty in Chi huahua after the evacuation and who were allowed to accompany the Span ish refugees, were arrested by Gen. Hugh I,. Scott, of the United States army, as they crossed the border. la His Annual Report Postmaster- General Becomes Outspoken Advo cate of Government Ownership. A A mfeeplng declaration In favor of the principle of tovernmental owner ship of telephone and telegraph lines and an assertion that the postal ser vice now is self-supporting for the first time since 1883, are features o} the annual report of Postmaster Gen' eral Burleson transmitted Wednesday to Congress. Concerning the acquisition of tele phone and telegraph lines Postmaster THE VOTE ON THE BILL All the Democrats Voted for It, and So Did Five Republicans and One Progresive Republican on the Final i Vote on the Measure qn Friday Night. The administration currency re form bill, proposing a revision of the General Burleson says that the gov-, financla , 8y8tera of th# United State# ernment has demonstrated its tiapac- and crea t} 0 n of regional reserve Ify to conduct public iftllitles, and from his present Information he is in clined clearly to tke taking over by the post office department of the tele graph lines and, possibly, also, of the telephone lines. Discussing that, the postmaster general says: "A study of the constitutional pur poses of the postal establishment leads to the conviction that the post office department should have control over all means of the communication of Intelligence. The first telegraph line In this country was maintained and operated as a part of the postal service, and it is to be regretted that Congress saw fit to relinquish this facility to private enterprise. The monopolistic nature of the telegraph business make it of vital importance to the people that it be conducted by unselfish interests, and this can be accomplished only through govern ment ownership. “The Act of July 24, provide ing for the government acquisition of the telegraph lines upon payment of an appraised valuation, and the Act of 1 902 directing the postmaster gen eral to report to Congress the prob able cost of connecting a telegraph and telephone system with the postal service by some feasible plan are evi dences of the policy of this govern ment ultimately to acquire and op erate these electrical means of com munication as postal facilities, as is done by all the principal nations, the United States alone excepted. "The successful operation of th# parcel post has demonstrated the ca pacity of the government to conduct the public utilities which fall prop erly within th# postal provlaion of the constitutions Every argument in favor of the government ownership of telegraph lines may be advanced with equal logic and force in favor of the government ownership of telephone lines. "It ham been competently decided that a telephone message and a tele gram are the sams within the mean ing of th laws governing the tele graph service and therefor#, It is be lieved that the statute the govern ment to acquire upon the payment of an appraised valuation, the telegraph lines of the country will enable the government to acquire the telegraph ic network of the country. While it is true that the telephone companies have not complied with the require ments of Section 5,267, Revised Stat utes, this can not be held to nullify the Intent of the law, since the non use on the part of the government of CLASSIFIED COLUMN Victor-Vlctrolas for aals hy Book Store, -Orangeburg, 8. C. For 8ale>—-Shetland Ponies. W. McIntyre, Thomaavills, Ga. For Kale—Poplar and pine trees. Afi- drees Jamea A. Clarkson, Hopkins, ) 8. C. Wanted—Cow peas, all varieties. The H. G. Leiding Co.. 144 East lay, Charlpeton, S. C. Wanted to Buy—Ten Car Loads well berried Holly. Z. M. L. Jeffreys, Goldsboro, N. C. Orange*—Sweet, freeh frost tree®. Standard size box, $2. Jas. T. Holmer, Bartow, Fla. banks to act as stabilizing elements in the banking and financial work, Friday night passed the Senate by a vote of 54 to 34. Forces that had fought together for improvement and amendment of the measure to the last divided when the final vote came. Senator Hitch cock, who had led the opposition to the bill, returned to the Democratic ranke^and Senator Weeks, one of the leaders on the Republican side, with five other Republicans, and Senator Poindexter (Progressive) voted for the passage of the measure. Wide differences exist between the form of the legislation passed by the Senate Friday night and the bill that several months ago passed the House. Democratic leaders already have partly adjusted these differences, however, and it was Friday night predicted that the bill would be com pleted by a conference committee and sent to President Wilson for his sig nature by Monday night. The adoption of the administration bill, known as the “Owen bill”, fol lowed upon the formal defeat, by 4 4 to 41, of the “Hitchcock bill”, which i had been endorsed by Senator Hitch cock and the five Republican mem bers of the evenly divided Senate committee that passed on the legisla tion. The Senate previously had re jected, without a roll call, a “central bank” hill offered aa a aubatitut# ky Senator Burton. The Senators who voted for tke Owen hill were: Democrats—Ashurst, Bacon, Bank.- head, Bryan, Chamberlain, Chilton, Clarke, Fletcher, Gore, Hitchcock, Hollis, Hughes, James, Johnston, Kern, Lane, Lee, Lewis, Martin, Mar- tine, Myers, Newlandt, O’Gorman, Overman, Owen, Pittman, Pomerene, Ransdell, Reed, Robinson, Saulsbury, Shafroth, Sheppard, Shields, Shive- ley, Simsons, Smith, of Arizona; Smith, of Georgia: Smith, of Mary land; Smith, of South Carolina; Swanson, Thomas, Thompson, Till man, Yard&man, Walsh and Williams — 47. Republicans — Crawford, Jones, Perkins, Norris, Sterling and Weeks — 6. Progressive—Poindexter. Those who voted against the hill are: Republicans — Borsh, Bradley, Brady, Brandegee, Bristow, Burton, Catron, Clapp, Colt, Cummins, Dil- linghom, Dupont, Gallinger, Goff, Gronna, Jackson, Kenyon, LaFollette, For Sale—Fruit, Shade Ornamental trees and shrubs. Catalogue free. Cureton Nurseries, Austeel, Ga. For Sale—Ideal farm and kome in cotton, corn and cattle belt; good automobile. Ben Wolfe, Monroe, N. C. Girls—Take course in Miss Spark man’s Improved Millinery school, Whitehall St., Atlanta, Gft. Write for particulars. Hurry! Choice Mating, Bourbon Red Turkeys; toms, $6; hens, $5; Pair, $9; trio, $12. Bourbon Farna, Kemp Mills, N. C. White Wyandotte*—Yearling stock for sale at sacrifice. Eggs for hatch ing W’ P. Causey, 1315 Dickens St., Columbia, S. C. Marry—Many rich, congenial, anx ious for companions. Interesting particular?, photo free. The Mes senger, Jacksonville, Fla. any of its constitutional privileges ini ^bP'tt, umber, McLean, Nelson, no wise surrenders the right to exer- Oliver, Page, Penrose, Root, Sher- cise these privileges whenever the best Interests of th nation dmand. “In June last a committee was ap pointed to make an investigation of this subject to determine the pre liminary steps necessary for the gov ernment to take toward the acquisi tion of the telegraph lines of the country In accordance with Section 5,267 of the Revised Statutes. This committee is‘ now engaged in pre paring its preliminary report and if the findings justify such action proper recommendation will he made by the department at a later date.” THIRTY-iJIGHT KILLED. P.mlies Mangled and Burned by Colo rado Mine Explosion. Thirty-eight men were killed Tuos- man, Smith of Michigan, Smoot, Sutherlan, Stephenson, Townsend, Warren and W’orks—34. Absent and paired: Burleigh, Clark, of Wyoming; Cul berson, Fall, Lodge, Stone, Thornton. Vacancy—Alabama. Through the afternoon, when a vote on the bill was momentarily ex pected, Mrs. Wilson, with a party of friends from the White House, Sec retary McAdoo and Joseph P. Tu multy, were interested spectators of the Senate's proceedings,, Galleries and the floor of the Senate were crowded throughout the day and pas sage of the measure was greeted with unchecked applause from the gal leries Two Killed. H. Lunchford and Charles Farthing of Edgewood, Texas, were killed In a shooting affray Saturday night. 4ay by an explosion of coal '(lUHt Ur the Vuican mine of the TUuky Moun tain Fuel company. Two miners were rescued after the underground work ings had caueht fire. All the victims were married, and all but six or eight were Americans. Men in charge of the rescue work asserted that it probably would be a day or two be fore the bodies could be recovered. Before sundown the mine had been cleared of gas and a thorough ex ploration of the wrecked workings was made. Many of the bodies were mangled and burned. * The Vuican mine was ohly about a year old and was equipped with mod ern safety devices. It i? believed the explosion was caused by an accumu lation of dm t in the west portion of tlie mine, w’ ere work practically had been abandoned. Most of the dead were found in the east workings, to ,which the explosion was communicat ed. This fail the employees were call ed out on strike by the United Mine Workers of America, but some of them had gone bai K to work. The other victims of the disaster were strike-breakers. Children Burned to Death. Two negro children of Alex McCor- kle were hnrm-U tn (tenth T'liir.idav- near Fdcemoor, Chester county. They were left alone in tiie house and play ed in the fire. The house caught fire and they were burned in it. 18 Cabbage Plants—Direct from Younge’s Island; 9hc per thousand Big lots cheaper. Cash with order saves purchaser return charges on money. Fred F. Pooser, Orange burg, S. C. 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