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. t , Action of Rebel Chieftain Will Race No Effect bn Oon tin nation of Ef- ? forte of the MedUtora—Delegatee Have Not Been Named Yet—Many Names Suggested. The mediation plans of the South American envoys who are trying to straighten out the troubled affairs of Mexico went steadily forward Sun day, and while there were no for mal sessions the mediators conferred during the afternoon and evening on what had been done and the next step in their procedure. The United States, the Huerta gov ernment and Oen. Carranza are ex pected to name their delegates as re quested by the mediators within the next day or two. The delegate for the United States has not yet been selected but it became known Sun day that it would not be one of the officials closely identified with the government. As the three Southern envoys are accredited to the United States this government does not wish to name a government official to deal wfth them but to have an outsider, who would deal with them without reference to their relations to the United States. This has eliminated Robert Lan sing, counselor of the state depart ment, and in general all other gov ernment officials. The names of John Bassett Moore, John Lind and Henry White, alread/ mentioned, are now added to those of Richard Olney, fonder secretary of state; Dr. David Jayne Hill, former ambassador to Germany, and Hannis Taylor, former minister to Spain. The Huerta del agate Is expected to be Francisco de la Barra, now Mexicon minister at Paris, but nothing definite has been heard from Mexico City. Rafael Zu- baran, personal representative of Gen. Oarransa, is available as the Caryansa delegate, although 'his par ticular mission in coming from Car ranza is still to be announced and it is not.yet definite that Carranza will go to the extent of naming a dele gate to deal with the mediators. When the delegates of the three parties arrive it is expected the med iators will be ready to take up the crucial issues between the United States and Huerta at least, and if pos sible between Huerta and Carranza. Whether a plan of adjustment cap be worked out is still an open question, even in the minds of the mediators They expect the delegates from the three parties to assist them to get together on some middle ground. The mediators will continue to be the main body formulating a plan of set tlement, as the delegates from the three parties will have no plenipoten tiary powers and wil lact merely as advisers. It became definitely established that Gen. Cararnsa would not agree to the request of the mediators that he suspend military operations against Huerta pending the media tion proceedings, and the envoys have been advised of this decision. It has been apparent for several days that Carranza intended to push his army southward, but it was not until the last 24 hours that this was communi cated as finality. It la said this will have no effect on checking the gen eral plans of mediation, which will go steadily forward. Close associates of Carranza who have now arrived, say that no mediation between them and Huerta is possible and that any move on the part of the three media tors to Include in their program a scheme for the general adjustment of Mexican affairs will be regarded as being outside the scope of their labors. Meanwhile the campaign against the Huerta forces in the north is pro ceeding with full force, the media tion work not being considered by the Carranzalstas as having any bear ing on the relations between Huerta and themselves. The march on Mex ico City, according to those near Car ranza, is to .be undertaken as soon as military operations in the north will permit. Carranza’s refusal of an armistice between him and Huerta Is the first adverse reply the mediators have re ceived. On the other hand, favorable comment is made in circles close to the envoys upon- the amenability Huerta has shown. Aside from the personnel of the delegates from the parties to the con troversy the mediators have given some information as to whether it may become desirable to go to some neutral point outsider Washington to carry forward their negotiations h the three parties concerned. The only purpose in this would be to forestall.the feeling on the part of vv.aaar one that Ibeiy weseiqqs.jtt the t government might ( Should Have First Claim to Crops. - • -J . ■ 1 The following communication ad dressed to The Ndws and Courier gives some light on the position of Hon. John G. Clnkscales, in his race for governor: ' "Some people contend that there is no place in South Carolina politics for a scholar and a gentleman, and it is argued with some degree of plaus ibility that one who has followed thh placid paths of literature for a num ber of years would be entirely Ignor ant with respect to the practical needs of a people who to a very large extent follow the pursuit of agriculture. "With this in view, I recently- di rected a number of written inquiries to the Hon. John O. Clinkscales, who is a candidate for governor of our State, the substance of my inquiries being about as follows, to wit: "1. If elected governor, would your mind be open to reason and legitimate argument, with respect to any proposed legislation which would affect favorably the agricultural in terests of South Carolina? “2. If elected governor ’and it should appear that there is a general desire and demand among the farm ers of South Carolina for a State warehouse system for the purpose of storing cotton and other produce gnd controlling the price of same, would you favor such legislation? "3. If elected governor and in view of the recent acrobatic decision of out State supreme court in the mattar of Nexsen vs. WarfL would -of eight antt-Blease men to the State you favor legislation giving a farmer a prior and preferred lien for ad vances made to a tenant, as against any and all subsequent creditors? "For the benefit of the voters of South Cai-ollna, I beg to request that you publish the enclosed reply of the Hon. John G. Clinkscales to the above inquiries, along with this state ment from myself. Yours truly, "J J. Cantey. "Summerton, S. C., April 27. 1914.' "Spartanburg, 8. C., April 17. 1914. "Mr. J. J. Cantey, Summerton, S. C. "My Dear Mr. Cantey: I thank you for your letter of 16th. It gives me great pleasure to answer every question fully and I could wish that other friends would do Just as you have done > "1. Yes, my mind shall always be open to reason and I shall be always on the alert for any legislation that would promise help to our agrlcul tural Interests. "2. Yes, assuredly, yes. If the farmers should desire a State ware house system they should have it by all means. "3. I believe the landowner should have the first claim to crops, paper or no paper. Of course, yes. I have owned land know what it means "I am now studying our agricul tural weakness as well as our strong points, and shall favor any construc tive legislation. Again thanking you, I am* Sincerely.yours, "J. O. Clinkscales.’* CONSPIRES AGAINST DICTATOR. Minister Blanquet Was Preparing to Seize Government. A London dispatch says that Gen. Huerta barely escaped a fate similar to that by which he over threw President Madero is the aston ishing news received Friday in an official dispatch from Mexico sent to the local diplomatic offices in the secret code of the service The army, it seems, under the leadership of Gen, Blanquet, had entered into a conspiracy to overthrow and depose the general, but the conspiracy leak ed to the British minister, who warn ed Huerta of his coming fate and the defection of the war minister Huerta, upon hearing of the plot, threatened to arrest Blanquet, the war minister, who had be$n instru mental in planning for his downfall. The latter, however, has pledged his loyal support in the future, and as yet has not been arrested. Garrison Issues Proclamation, Secretary Garrison Saturday took a firm hold of the situation in -the mining districts of Colorado, where armed warfare has been going on for some time between the striking min ers and the owners of the^mlnes. The war secretary issued a proclama tion calling upon all individuals, firms, associations and corporations within the Units of the affected ter- rtory of the mining district to give up their arms at once to the Federal authorities, This proclamation is to. be posted throughout the strike zone. * Report Has It That Senator Smith's Friends Will Have Easy Control of Governor’s Home County Conven tion.—Reports From All Over the State Favor Smith Supporters of United States Sena tor E. D. Smith are pointing to the victory of the anti-B lease forces in the Newberry County Democratic club meetings on Saturday afternoon and night as significant. For the first time since he has been in offlcq. Governor Blease’s followers were beaten in the majority of the club meetings in the home county of the Governor on Saturday, according to reports from there. A communica tion from Newberry said that, with only a few clubs not heard from, and conceding all of them to the Blease- ites, the Smith, or Anti-Blease, forces would control the County Convention overwhelmingly. The report stated that In the five wards in Newberry city 35 Anti Please and 13 Blease delegates were elected to the Convention, and in the county, with a few small clubs miss ing, 84 Anti-Blease delegates were chosen and^ 44 Blease delegates. This insures control of the County Convention tp the Anti-Blease forces by a 2 to 1 vote, will give them dom inance of the county executive com mittee and- make certain a delegation Convention. Governor Blease himself was elect ed a delegate to the Newberry Coun ty Convention from Ward 6. In that club meeting, with 48 present, the Governor is said to have received 28 votes, while one of his followers poll ed 36. The anti-Blease vote in that club was 20. In Ward 3 in Newberry the antl-Blease delegation, was elect ed, polling 99 votes to the highest vote cast for a Blease candidate, that being 17, which went to Assistant Attorney General Fred H. Dominick. Neither Col. John K. Aull, private secretary to Governor Blease, or Col. E. H. Aull were elected delegates to the County Convention,-it was stated in the communication^ Reports from all parts of the State indicate that the great 1 majority of the county conventions will be dom inated by the antl-Bleasites, which insures control of the State Conven tion to the supporters of Governor Smith. If the indications are true, the State executive committee will be controlled by the Smith faction. While the lines were not drawn in many counties, wherever they were the Blease forces seem to have lost out in the majority of Instances. In Richland county a close examination of the delegates elected from the various clubs will indicate that the County Convention will be over whelmingly dominated by the anti Blease forces..^2gi V ... It is reported from Anderson that the Smith forces will likely control that Convention, as they will proba bly dominate the Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Greenwood and other county conventions in the up-country. Laur ens County appears to be again in control of the Blease forces, but that county and Jasper seem to be the only out and out counties conceded to the Blease faction, as far as in complete reports from club meetings have been received. It is>taken for a fact in Columbia that the State Convention will be Jn charge of the antl-Blease forces and attention is now turned to issues which will be presented to that body for settlement. Reform of the pri mary will be the one big matters for consideration. Several of the club meetings throughout the State have instructed delegations in the various county conventions to Introduce ^nd work for reform of the primary Just whfct shape this will take is not now apparent, it will have to be worked over after the county con ventions are held on next Monday However, it appears certain that some - reform measure will have a good - Sreet Fighting Continue*. A dispatch from Tampico, Mexico, reports that the faderala have been chance of getting through and will probably take the shape of allowing names on only one club roll and pro vide for the closing of the club lists some ten days or earlier before the first primary and the filing of such list with the clerk of Court or some other officer. This list will be the official one to guide t .the managers of each preclpct on the day of the prl- marlesr. Resolutions endorsing the Nation al administration and the record of President Wilson, especially with ref erence to htexlM, were adopted in club meetlngs lB various counties. COTTON STATBTRS Apparent reliable/ rSpopfcs from Mexico City received at Vera Crus Friday, seem to indicate that President' Huerta is rapidly los ing his former iron control upon the conditions of affairs al the captal. According to the messages received. Foreign Minister Rojas has been forced from the cabinet. There has also been a break in the relations of the general and his war minister, Gen. Blanquet. These are taken as signs of the approaching end of the Huerta regime. If the government should fail it is a matter of specula tion whether the mobs of the city could be restrained, and chaotic con ditions are expected in the capital. Refugees arriving here assert that well founded rumors in Mexico City have it that Gen. Huerta has arrang ed for his entire family to leave the city The general' sentiment towards Americans has gradually been under going a change, and the Mexicans are now looking upon the United States as a friend Instead of an invading enemy. At- the San Juan Deulloa prison sixty prisoners, who had been confined for political crimes, have been released by order of the Ameri cans in command. The condition of the health of these prisoners is ter rific. Many of them are verging upon insanity, and it is doubtful if their lives would have continued much longer, but for the fortunate entry of the American troops. The Connecticut and superdread nought New York will arrive in the harbor Monday. Rear Admiral Bad ger will then have the most powerful fleet ever gathered together under one flag anywhere in the world at any one time.. One well directed broadside from the Mg guns on board the men of woreould level the city brwefa Cruz to sandy founda tions. t . . FLETCHER TO RULE VERA CRUZ TO KEEP DOWN STRIFE. ONLY TWO STATES SHOW A] CREASE nr ACREAGE. APPEARS FOR FRANK. Burns Denounces Attack Upon Him at Marietta. At Atlanta, Ga., Detective Wil liam J. Burns and Assistant Dan Lehoq, Friday afternoon appeared in court and be. examined by Solicitor General Dorsey in an Investigation into their relations with the Frank case in the efforts of the defense to secure a new trial for the condemned man. The motion of the attorney for Frank, requesting an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States on constitutional grounds will be heard early next week. Detective Burns roundly denounc ed the attack made upon him Thurs day at Marietta, when a mob sur rounded his hotel and forced him to leave town because of their threats, in an automobile. The people. of Marietta were incensed that the de tective should come to the home town of Mary Phagan in an effort to secure testimony damaging to her. Frank denounced the attack as an outrage upon him, and declared that he had done nothing to deserve such treatment. Leave in a Hurry. Eighteen hours after being order ed to Mexico four regiments, 8,400 strong, sailed from Galveston, Texas, Friday, Twelve machine guns were carried along. other interests of our State, and In perfect harmony with the present Ad ministration, is thus enabled to ren der signs! service to the State of South Carolina, be it Resolved, That the members of the James Island Democratic Club do hereby endorse his campaign for re- election, and command him to the Democratic voters of the State. The situation in Charleston is of much interest to the rest of the State. Charleston has the largest delegation In the State Convention, being entitled to eighteen delegates, and naturally both factions are ex tremely anxious to control the Coun ty Convention. No mention of factional lines ap pears jn the' report of the Spartan burg County club meetings, but a reading of the delegates to the Coun ty Convention, especially those chos en from the city wsrds, would indl cate many strong Anti-Administretlon men in the list. This county has the second largest delegation in the State' Convention, being entitled to 16. Many well known leaders in the State who have taken the prominent parts in the fight on Governor Cole L. Blease in the past will bit in their home^ county conventions and help make up the tickets and many them selves be in the 336 delegates which will make up the State Convention when it assembles in the hall of the House of Representatives in Colum bia on May 30 at noon. Judge Ire B. Jones, who unsuccess- * fully contested with Governor Blease In 1912, heads the delegation from United States bis club to the Lancaster County Senator E. D. Smith by the James Is- Convention. United States Senator land Democratic dabs in Charleston B. R. Tillman will sit in the Edgefield The endorsement Admiral More Quibbling About Government —Order That All Arms be Given Up Results In Surrender of Stacks of Rifles. Vera Cruz Sunday wta under mar tial law. Rear Admiral F. F. Fletch er, commanding the American naval forces on shore, Sunday issued a proclamation to this effect, and the last opportunity Mexicans had for handling their own affairs in Vera Cruz under their own laws disap peared. Admiral Fletcher and his staff de termined there should be no more quibbling with the Mexican officials regarding form of government and until further notice residents-of this port will live and be judged by mili tary law. The word has gone forth that disorder and unrullness in any form shall receive, swift and severe punishment. This proclamation makes Rear Admiral Fletcher absolute rul er ashore. It is believed martial law will open the way for more of the city and fed eral employees to return and co-op erate in restoring the local govern ment functions. Mexicans point out that these men now will be in a posi tion to explain to their friends and the existing government at the capi tal that under martial law, they felt obliged to return to their work. An order that all arms be turned in by residents by noon brought to the headquarters of the provost mar shal bushels of small arms and stacks of rifles. The city was quiet Satur day night, and if there was a sniper in action the fact was not reported to division headquarters. Many Met lean officials have reported their will ingnees to resume their duties of of fice under the supervision of the Americans. The efforts of Rear Admiral Fletch er, supplemented by those of the Brit ish commander, Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock, and the French and German consuls and pri vate citizens, to bring about (he de parture from the interior of all for eigners who wish to leave, are being continued energetically, but the hope of getting out more than a small part of those left is diminishing hourly. Federal Gen. Maas has established his headquarters at Soledad, 16 miles from Vera Cruz, and bis men are tearing np the railroad tracks. The gap between Tejera, the water sup ply station, which is guarded by the Americans, and Soledad, baa grown and it is no simple task for refugees to get themselves -and their belong logs across the open space. Lieut. Frank J. Fletcher of the battleship Florida, is jn charge of the train which is being run from Vera Crus to the break in the road and on every outgoing trip the train carries a small detachment of armed men In addition to a machine gun. The train has been within sight, at various times, of outposts or scout ing parties of Gen. Maas’ forces, but so far there has been no hostile act. No inltimatlon has been received that Huerta proposes to release the Americans, some of the women and children, held at Cordeba, Orizaba, Pachuca, Aguas Calientes and other places. Former railway men, Ameri cans and a few Mexicans, including some of the officers of the National Railway system, who were dlscharg ed by Gen. Huerta, have offered their services to Rear Admiral Fletcher for any use he may see fit to make them. A communication has been sent to Gen. Maas, asking him to permit the operation of trains from the south; over the Vera Cruz and isthmian road for a brief time, that Mexicans who deslre to reach that part of the country shall have the opportunity to do so, and that Americans iso lated in that district may be gotten out The consulate is receiving upwards of one hundred telegrams a day ask ing for information of American resi dents. Consul Canada hgs created a special bureau .to make such inves tigations and to answer telegrams. Both the navy and state depart ments are eager for official news and the fleet and the consular office have been bombarded with orders for min ute • details. This official Infehna- tion, added to the mass of private messages and the enormous volume more newspaper correspondents, has resulted in so clogging the .three cables to the outside world that Its transmission, except with many hours’ delay, Is very nearly .impos sible. Twenty more corespondents are said to be on their way aboard the transports. The food supply problem must be relieved soon, and plans are mokia*. Planting This Year is Later Tba» on Account of ObM—Maw- Fertilizer Used. Reports t othe Journal of Com merce of NeV York on cotton acreage are incomplete, but partial return*- indicate a slight Increase. Cotton planting Is late and Incomplete, and it is yet impossible to forecast the final . acreage. Returns thus far avalable, however. Indicate an In crease of about 1.6 per cent., which/ is sure to be exceeded when final re turns are obtained, a month henoe. Nearly all states show fair ia*. creases, except Oklahoma and North* Carolina, where the acreage is, re spectively, 1.3 per cent, less and 0.1 per cent. less. In Oklahoma so little planting has been done that a large- percentage of correspondents refrain from estimating, while in North Car olina planting is late and consider able cotton acreage is being put intth tobacco The estimates by states, as obtain ed from nearly 1,800 special corres pondents of the Journal of Com merce, bearing an average date of April 24, are given herewith: ' Fer- Days- Acreage tilizers. latn North Carolina, 0.1 . . .plus 3 10- South Carolina, plus 1.7. .plus 5 Georgia, plus 1.5 . . . .plus 5 Florida, plus 5.3 plus 3 Alabama, 0.0 plus 3 Mississippi, plus 2.6 . . .plus 3 Iruoslsiana, plus 6.7 . , ,.P?us_5 Arkansas, plus 3.6 . . —.plus 8 Tennessee, 0.0 plus 7 11 IT 8 & Missouri,, plus Oklahoma, plus 1.3 . . .plus 6 T~ Texas, plus 1.5 plus 5 17 General conditions have been fav orable and the prospects for the crop- are good. There Is a good season In the ground, with plenty of moisture, and preparations for planting have been unusually satisfactory. The sea son varies from a week to two week* late, owing chiefly to cold, wet weath er. Where cotton was planted early, as a rule, good stands have been ob tained and very little replanting ha* been necessary. " -• There is some complaint of scare- Ity of seed and poor quality, but it 1* only isolated. Only warm weather is apparently now needed to give th» crop a satisfactory start. As usual, some sections are planting mor+ small grain* at the expense of cot ton, but its effect is insignificant A. liberal use of fertilizers Is ndicated tbs year, the average increase for th» belt being about 5 per cent. M. L. SMITH CONFIDENT. ♦ Speaker Says He Will be the Next. Governor of the State. Anybody who thinks that Mendel L. Smith of Camden, speaker of thw House of Representatives, of the- South Carolina general assembly, i* not going to continue in tbe race for governor, had better admit his mis take—for no otl*er than Mendel L. Smith himself says that he will eon-, tinue in the race. Not only this, the honorable representative'"froi Camden says he will romp in a ner. Asked for a statement regarding his candidacy while in Columbia re cently, he said: “I find there are many reports being circulated that I will drop out of the race. I want to say, however, that I am certainly in. this race, I have made all arrange ments to be a candidate and I expect to win.” Speaker Smith also said he wa* besieged with letters from friends in all sections of the State, asking him to make addresses and that if he ac cepted them all he would not have a- moment s spare time between now and election day. His trip to Co- lumbia, he aiQci, ness. HUERTA ACCEPTS ARMISTICE. County Cbnvrtition. Ex-Governor and to open the Alvarado railroad, a short llhq running south into the garden and poultry district But Consttutionallsts Most Oeaso ' - • ' • - ‘ \ ' Fighting In North. A Mexico dispatch says accept ance by Gen. Huerta of the proposal of the three mediating nations now engaged in an attempt to settle the Mexican national and international crisis that the armed forces of hi* government and those of the United btaies jjow m possession of Vera. Cruz observe a truce while the effort* of the Latin-American delegates to effect a lasting peace contnue, was accepted it is said Friday upon the condition tfyat the Constitutionalists discontinue their attacks in the north- and around Tampico. E Semi-offlcially, however, It was an-^ nounced that the armistice had gone Into effect and that the Mexican gov ernment had halted all movement* aS- Stst* Chairman John Gary Evans, Ex Solicitor J. C. Otts, former Represen tative H. K, Osborne, Representative J. W. Boyd are among several of the battar-known AntfPle—l men who be mem bare of the Spartanburg the peace negotiations are being car ried on. Place Order for Hone*. Fort Rene, Okie., has received or. « Oetoato* derate Poor Die tat Wreck. Four men were killed and six in- jwed in a wreck at Vtaite, Okla. Setvday, when a freight nlenged