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■ ElMINATES SEIF a — . PREPARING TO RESIGN MEXICAN PRESIDENCY. DETEBMINATIONIPUBLIC Representatives of Mexican Dictator Announce ‘at Niagara Falls That Once Assured of “Political Pact- flcation” General Hnerta Will Re sign, Bis Office for Sake of Peace. Gen. Huerta is preparing to resign. He Tuesday authorized his represent atives at the mediation conference to announce to the world that “neither mistaken pride nor personal Interest” would prevent, his withdrawal when once Mexico “is politically pacified” and the government succeeding him is so constituted that it can count on the support of public opinion in Mex ico. —. The Mexican delegates In their for mal statement revealed that they had been instructed from the first to in form the mediators that Gen. Huer ta's personality would not be an ob stacle toward reaching a peaceful set tlement. They also stated that the internal situation in Mexico was “nec essarily bound up with the interna tional questions” and that this spirit had actuated them in coming to the mediation conference. The statement by the Mexicans, fepared two days ago, but not is- ;d until Gen. Huerta had telegraph ed his complete approval Tuesday of the tentative plan for a new provi sional government, also carried the „ josgotiAiions a long step forward. The text of the statement fbllowsi*"' .* “ln‘ accordance wTfh' the Instruc tions which the Mexican delegation has had since the beginning of the peace negotiations its members de clared at the first full conference; that is to say, in the presence of the- mediating plenipotentiaries and of the delegates of the United States of America, that President Huerta per sonally is not an obstacle to the reaching of a satisfactory conclusion. “Gen. Huerta is prepared to with draw from the government on condi tion that at the time of his with drawal Mexico shall be politically pacified and the government succeed ing his shall'be such as to count on the acquiescence of the governed and on the support of public opinion, which constitute the real bases for peace and stability in any country. "It has been and is President Huerta’s w ish to place on record that neither mistaken pride nor personal interest will prevent bis withdrawal, once the above named conditions are satisfied. The Mexican government accepted the mediation of the South American powers in a frank and open spirit and the Mexican delegation has been guided and will be guided in all its acts by perfect good faith. “It should be unnecessary to say that President Huerta gave the Mexi can delegation special instructions not to consent to anything which' could hurt the sovereignty of the Mexican nation apd tp refuse a hear ing in the deliberattorls of the con ference to anything which might be construed as an imposition from the outside. For their own part, the del egates would not have accepted in structions of a different nature on these points; but they beg to state that hitherto they have had no occa sion to refer G2_Ahenu thanks to the exquisite tart of the mediation ■pleni potentiaries and to the' circumspec- tion"of the American delegates. “To treat of the interior pacifica tion of Mexico in the course oT delib erations on difficulties of an interna tion character can not be considered as submitting the sovereignty of the nation to an external influence; said pacification is necessarily bound up with the international questions. “This has been appreciated by the Mexican delegation and in setting forth the intentions of its government in the matter and its endeavors to bring about the pacification it has been inspired by the knowledge that without it' no satisfactory conclusion can be arriyed at in the_intecnational question.” - -r-7 Just before the*'statement was is sued the Mexican delegates had a —long conference with the mediatcirs. Afterwards they telegraphed Gen. Huerta to send them the names of the men who will be satisfactory to him for places in the new provisional government, which is to consist of two men chosen by Huerta, two by the Constitutionalists and a neutral provisional president selected by com mon agreement of all parties. The first four are to compose the cabinet, but are to be morally obli gated by the terms of any agreement •reached at Niaga'ra Falls to share equally tjm responsibility of a fair •ftdmtaistwttkm which will be. 1 ed not only to conduct a general elec tion, but to make a beginning on in ternal reforaafc" FRUITER IS FIRED ON NORWEGIAN VESSEL BRINGS NEWS TO CHARLESTON. PROGRESSIVES WILL TRY TO DIS CREDIT WILSON’S ACTS. MURDER IN LEXINGTON ■ '♦ FARMER SHOT AND KILLER BY SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD. Went to San Domingo for Cargo of . Banannas and Was Fired Upon by Troops of Republic. „ With plates battered from rifle fire and one forbidding hole through the six-inch wall of her steel deck house, the United Fruit steamer Oregon, Capt. Juel, which arrived in Charles ton Monday with 16,600 bunches of banannas from Port Antonio, Jamai ca, brought with her an exciting tale of having been under heavy fire. The Oregon Is a Norwegian steam er. According to the story of the chief engineer the boat, after taking a part cargo at Port Antonio, Jamai ca, discovered that there were not enough bunches at that port to fill her. She then proceeded to Puerto Plato, San Domingo. Anchoring oft the harbor at that port, the Oregon hoisted the signal for a pilot. An answering signal was twisted to the effect that the weather was too rough for a pilot to get aboard the fruiter. Bananas are perishable, and they' do not bear unnecessary delays. More over, the water was quite calm- Capt. Juel determined to try the passage himself, and brought the Oregon safe ly into the harbor. He dropped an chor, and prepared to make arrange ments for completing the cargo of bananas. All was calm aboard the Oregon, when of a sudden'there came a brisk volley of rifle shots. Astounded, the men aboard the fruiter leaped for shelter, and they could hear the sin ister patter of bullets against the plates as they hurried below decks to safety—Before every one aboard.tha Orfg&ti mild duck to shelter, how ever, some strange things occurred. Second Assistant Engineer Wurst was sitting af^ on a barrel head calm ly smoking his pipe. A stray bullet knocked the pipe from his teeth and The shock knocked the engineer from his perch, it Is stated. The barrel on which he was sitting was near to the aft companionway and Elngineer Wurst half tumbled, half fell down the steps and into the shelter of the hold. He was not injured, nor was any one aboard the Oregon Steward Sorenson was opening the ship’s ice box when the firing began. The bullet w hich crashed through the deck house also went through the wall of t» Ice box and Into a cake of Ice, where It was Imbedded when found after the excitement. Capt Juel has the bullet as a souvenir of the occasion; it’s from a .42 calibre Remington. The shots were fired while the fruiter was stern on to the marksmen, and many of the aft plates of the Oregon are battered In conse quence. The shots are believed to have been fired by troops of President Bordas under command of Jose Puerez. It Is understood that the matter is being taken up with the Norwegian authori ties. There were no passengers aboard the Oregon at the time she w as under fire. SHOOTS TWO MEN. Conductor Charged With W’ounds of Sumter Policeman and Flagman. Policeman T. P. Ward and Flag man W. J. Thomas are in the Tourney hospital at Sumter serjously wound ed, and Conductor L. W. Felder Is in jail, as the result of a shooting scrape at the home of F.elder early Tuesday morning. Policeman Ward was shot in the left shoulder and Thomas was shot in the left shoulder and In the head. Felder is charged with doing the shooting. Conductor Felder, when seen Tues day, refused to make any statement, but from wiiat he is alleged to have told the policeman Monday night when he was arrested, it seems that he found Thomas In his hqthe when he returned Monday night; that Thomas tried to make a get-away and Felder fired twd shots at him. Police man Ward, hearing the shots, went to the scene to- investigate. As he went upon the piazza, it is said, Fel der opened fire on him through the glass door, hitting him In the ^bould er. Both of the wounded men were taken to the hospital and Felder was taken to jail. The wounds, while considered serious, are not necessar ily fatal. , TO WORK ON PEOPLE Roosevlt’s Recent Visit to Washing ton Has Started Capital Talking— The Prime Intention of Political Conspirators Is to Try to Put Ted dy in White House. Little else was discussed at Wash ington Thursday but the visit of For mer President Roosevelt to Washing ton Wednesday. It is recognized that his flying trip was fraught with much significance, the real importance of which may be disclosed within the near future. Bearing on this trip and its inci dents, the Washington Star Thursday said: - The existence of a conspiracy to hoist Col. Roosevelt on a high pin nacle of popular favor at this time for the purpose of minimizing Pres ident Wilson’s hold upon the people and thereby defeating, if possible, the latter’s legislative program, is alleg ed by Democrats of high and low de gree. It is recognized at the WhiU House and in congress, It was said Thursday, that the hand' of a master politician, whose home most of the time Is in New York, is back of the series of newspaper explointations of Col. Roosevelt as the only living American who represents popular views on canal tolls and the Mexican situation “According to the view prevailing Body Found > I Present f at on Piazza of Those His Death—Slayer COTTON CRIMP IN BAD FIX, SAYS GOVERNMENT REPORT. STATE CROP FIGURED 72 Claims Self-Defense. Jesae Howell, a white farmer, was shot and instantly killed by Willie Sharpe, a 1 7-year-old boy. the son of Noah Sharpe, a well known farmer of Lexington county, about 9 o’clock Saturday night, the shooting having taken place on the front porch of tfie home of Tillman Bush about 18 miles from Lexington near Gaston, Bush is a son-in-law of Noah Sharpe and a brother-in-law of the boy who did the shooting. When offi’cejM of the law arrived a ghastly sight greeted the party. Ly ing on his back, tiib<qpper portion of his body extending over the edge of tTie plazrarTlm-lread hestieg on tho Department of Agriculture Places Es timate of Cotton Crop Now Grow- ing in the South at 74.3-—Two Years Have Been Estimated at Per Cent. , The condition of the cotton crop of some quarters the'exploitation of '<51. "Roosevelt as the people’s idol is not from friendly sources, but the at tempt is to have the Senate and House reach the conclusion that the people have become so disgusted with the Wilson administration- they are turning to Col. Roosevelt. “Undermining In this way the in fluence the president- has had with congress, the conspirators are repre sented as hoping to discredit the pres ident so thoroughly that he will lose in the Senate on the repeal of canal tolls, be compelled to adopt a more virile policy on Mexico and In the end become so unpopular in his own party as to bring to life and powei the elements in the Democratic party that failed in the Baltimore conven tion. With Wilson eliminated as a fu ture power in the party the same in fluences now boosting Col. Roosevelt would, tho Wilson Democrats say turn upon Roosevelt and pull him down also. “How much Col. Roosevelt has been Impressed with the necessity for at once beginning attacks upon the administration as weak and vacillat ing on canal tolls and on Mexico by the influences operating against the man in the White House prediction does not register "It is known, though, that the col onel believes the chance is here to revive the half dead Progressive party by again burying the Republican party, becoming trustee of its assets and turning the combined Republi can-Progressive parties, probably un der the name of Progresslve-Republi can party, upon an enfeebled and de bilitated Democratic party, the lead er of which, they will assert, has ut terly failed to sense and hold popu lar favor. ' , “It became known Thursday that the colonel has decided to cast prac tically the entire futurjy of-the Pro gresslve party upon the senatorial' election in Pennsylvania. He will be gin within a month a personal cam paign for the election of Gifford Pin chot, his long time friend and sup porter, to the Senate. IfPinchot de feats Senator Penrose and Represent ative Palmer, President Wilson’ friend, Roosevelt will use that positive evidence that the country has no confidence Jin either of the old par ties, and wil| turn his attention letting the rank and- file of the Re publican party know that if they ex pect their wishes and desires to be correctly Interpreted they must turn to him and his party. "High officials of the administra tion do not express fear * of Col Roosevelt’s being taken back into the ground and the other portion^bu the porch, with hands raised ovet his head, with a large two-bladed bar- low handle knife slightly clasped in the right hand, lay Jesse Howell. Thfe big blade of the knife was open but there were no signs of blood stains to show that the instrument had been used. The coroner’s investigation began at daybreak. An examination of Noah Sharpe, who claimed to have been cut by Howell revealed a short cut on the left hand and slight abra sion across the chest, but the shirt and other clothing of the man failed to reveal any signs of having been slashed with a knife. Noah Sharpe was the next witness. He testified that he had just finished supper and bad come out on the porch and sat down on a chair, when he observed Howell coming through the. yard. Howell, he said, came up to where hfi was sitting and asked: ‘Who is this," and he replied "This is Noah.” To this he said Howell replied. Til get you now,” with an oafh. Sharpe said that he pleaded with Howell to wait and “let's talk over”, but Instead of stopping he at tempted to cut his throat with knife which he held In his hands, and was only prevented from doing so by bis own efforts. A second or two later, he said, Willie Sharpe appear ed in the door with the gun in his hand. Howell made one step toward Wil He and had started to make another when he was shot dead by Willie Sharpe. The witness said that no words passed between WiUie Sharpe and the deceased; that his son fired at once and Howell never spoke after he was shot. Solicitor Timmerman directed his inquiry toward the knife. Sharpe stated that Howell had the knife in his hand at the time he fell It was brought out during the exami nation of the witness that Tillman Bush and his wife had had trouble with the dead man about six weeks ago, a result of which the Bush’ had had Howell indicted. The old man disclaimed any knowledge of the accusation’ his daughter had made against Howell.' e country is the lowest since 1871 with exception of 1903 and 1907, the department of agriculture announced Monday. It issues statistics showing the condition on May 25 as 74.3 per cent, of a normal, or 7 per cent, be low the ten-year average. Th^owrcOTmtT6ri~6rTire“t'r<rprtr IS STILL UNSETTLED. Colorado Strikers and Operators Are Unable to Get Together. was.said, was due largely to exces sive rains and exceptionally cool nights in central and northeastern Texas, eastern and., southern Okla homa, and southwestern Arkansas, which brought the condition percent age in those states down to 65, 68 and 79, respectively. In Texas many farmers were obliged to replant sev eral times. No estimate of the acreage plant ed to cotton will be made by the de partment until July 1. Unofficial es timates of the acreage have placed it from 3.5 per cent, decrease to 1 per cent, increase. In a detailed review of the condi tions in the cotton states the depart ment makes favorable report on the progress of the crop in the heavy pro ducing sections of Mississippi and Loulslaha, Dklafibaia, Ceojjja," Ar- kansas and Alabama. In Texas, says the statement, “cotton is making one of the poorest starts witnessed in many years.” The Mississippi crop is probably ten or 12 days late and there is some complaint of weevils, but “taking the State as a whole,” the department says, “conditions are excellent.” In parts of Oklahoma..the depart ment says, the crop will average as much as three weeks late, while too much rain in lower sections has pre vented cultivation. In semi-arid re gions, however, the crop is declared to be in excellent condition. While the crop is declared to be ten days to two weeks late in Ala bama, general conditions of cultlva tion are regarded as excellent. Cool weather has retarded growth some what and weevils are resulting in the southwestern portions of the State. By far the most promising condl tions to be found in Texas are in the northwest where “rains have given the best assent of moisture in six or eight years”. In the greater part of the State, however, excessive rainfall has retarded planting and cool weath er has caused poor germination Much replanting has been necessary Rains have ceased in the other parts of the State and great activity Is re ported. Sunshine for a week or ten days the crop can be well cleaned.’ The early planted cotton in Geor gia, “consisting of probably 80 per cent, of the total acreage,” is report ed in good condition. “A small por tion of the crop is not up and will not come up until it rains,” adds the report. The Georgia crop is esti mated to be about a week late. Girl Rushed Before Astonished Drive* Suddenly With No Pousible Chen— of Escape. Police revolvers were drawn Sun day afternoon to disperse an angry mob which sought to avenge the death of eleven-year-old Teresa Mar- tucci of New York .killed by an aafee- mobile driven by Wm. Necker, a lUtw Jersey undertaker, whose small boss was with him. Police investlgatlem subsequently determined that tha driver was in no way to blame far tbe accident, the child suddenly ram- ning into the path of the car. Before the Neckers could ascertain the injuries of the girl, men and wo men, mostly Italians, swarmed from the tenement bouses, and a dozen men.^umeA, .with..any object that came to their bands, charged npoa the automobllists, shouting threat! to kill. They ran into hallways, only to be driven out by tenants. They were being surrounded when tbe elder Necker, almost exhausted, saw tho open door of Dominick Scococza’s un dertaking shop at 2074 First avenm Get in there. Will,” he shouted to his son, and ted the way into tbo store. Scocozza sent the two men to the rear, bolted the front door aad stood guard with a club. Within a few seconds several hundred peopla besieged the shop, brandishing ■trif of wood or with stones in their handa» and shouting to Scocozza that unteno he opened the door they would atonui the place. While the undertaker waa parley- tng with the-crowd, PoHceman Me* ‘Samara forefed his way through lb* mob. With his club he made* eNmp- ing In front of the door and ordered the refugees to telephone to police headquarters for help. When a dozen street reserves reached the store tbe crowd had forced McNamara to a wall and was about to break in the doors. Drawing cluba and revolvers tbe police formed a flying wedge aad drove back the crowd. The Neckenw surrounded by policemen, were M a half block to their car,^ where tbe crowd again charged and were again driven off. Part of the ■crowd fol lowed the auto and reeervee to tbo police station. A part about the dead child. VETERANS PARADE. WILL NOT ENCAMP. ~ 1s>w Requirement Brings Money. It wair announced ^Thursday that the requirement that banks pay 2 per cent, on government deposits had re sulted in $1,426,713 being paid to the government » » * bid newspapers for sale. ' Gov. Bleasc Refuses to Allow State Militia to Go to Augusta. Gov. Bilease has refused to allow tho South Carolina troops to partici pate in the encampment of the Ninth division at Augusta, Ga., assigning as a reason that in view of the Mexican situation he does not think the troops pirid-leave thg St,ate. He promises that ,if the peace conference results satisfactorily he will take the matter up_Ior further consideration. Thg de cision was made known in a letter ff sm ihg-goveriurttram adjutant gwr eral. v •. ' " • \ Small Boy Is Drowned. While a group of his playmates watched on trie bank of tb< hoochea river at Colombo!, Ga., J Corbett, eight years old, was Settlement of the Colorado coal strike apparently is no nearer real! zation now than it was weeks ago according to statements by both union officials and mine operators Saturday. ffjxty-Blx persons are known to have been kilted and 4 wounded in the numerous battles and disorders since the miners went on strike September 23^1913 Eighteen strikers, ten mine guards, 19 mine employees, two militiamen, three non-combatants, two women and 12 children lost their lives. Twenty had been killed prior to April 20, the date of the battle of Ludlow. Forty-six were killed during that fight and the next ten days, when federal troops stopped the warfare; The cost of the eight months’ in dustrial conflict is variously estimat ed at from $10,000,000 to $12,000,- 000. The figure* include $700,000 the State spent in maintaining State troops in the field until the arrival of the federal forces; an estimated cost arms of all the voters of the country as the sole human being able to sat isfy public opinion, thereby, bringing about the dissolution of .the Demo cratic party and oblivion for its present leaders.” * From this It will be seen that the next presidential fight is oh, but how the Democrats are to he ousted with their pr^pent record of achievement remains to be seen. of $6,925,000 to tbe union and a loss of “several millions” claimed by oper ators. At present 1,717 United States troops are guarding the mine proper ties. . Four Lives Lost in Fire. Four members , of the family Patrick O’Brien were burned to death when fire, destroyed their home Binghamton, N. Y., Sunday. Found Dead on Track. Mr. John C. Varnedoe of Ridgeville was found dead on the Southern Rail way tracks about a mile east of Dor chester. It is questioned whether his death was the result of foul play or not. Kilted by Pitched Ball. ,-r Frank Boucher pf Rockville, Conn., was killed Monday by being hit by a pitched bairin a baseball game, which he completed befdre ffeellhg' in effects ■nif m Hhi ■ ~~ ' Converse College Close*. —ftmvgrsg • futlegB closed tes* Monday when degrees-were, conferred upon 42 young ladle*. . , T v ‘ I- Huge Sam PaRL . The distilleries of Peoria, HL, haw paid to the government since 1901 a j sale of the old battleships Idaho and Senate .Favors Big Nary. The Senate Tuesday voted two new battjeehips, and a third, to be con structed bp lands realized from the of ifdt.m 861. 1 MisaisaiBsL In North Carolina the crop is about two weeks fate, due to dry, cool weather. The early planted cotton however, Is reported as In almost per feet condition.” Dry weather is held responsible for the backwardness of the crop In South Carolina, where “probably 20 per cent.” is reported as not up to stand. Dry winds have necessitated much replanting, and rain is needed to germinate the late planted seed “The cotton standing Is In almost perfect condition,” says the report Louisiana conditions are declared to be "toO M wet or too dry, but gen erally the crop is satisfactory.” Some late planted seed Is not up and the crop averages two weeks late. “Southwestern Arkansas,” says the rbport, “has had entirely too much rain. The fields in that section are foul with grass and weeds, and a por tion 6f the crpp still is unplanted. In the heavy producing sections of the State conditions arO favorable.” Close Annual Reunion at With Monster Pageant. - After selecting the city of Cohnn- bia as the next meeting place and in- electing all officers for another yeer. the business session of the State in* union of Confederate Veterans at An derson came to a close early Thuradap afternoon. The officers re slecteA are: Gen. B. H. Teague of Aiken, division commander; Gen. U. R. Brooks of Columbia, commander ad the First brigade'; Gen. C. A. Reed off Anderson, commander of the Second brigade. More than 15,000 persons w!tne»* ed the grand parade, which clonad the State reunion of Confederate Vet erans. The parade was led by a eov*- don of police, followed by tbe mar shals, the First Regiment Baadf thn Palmetto Riflemen flag borne by P. A. McDavid of Greenville, and foo ladles, the remnant „ of Palmetto Riflemen (twenty in number), abo**.^ 700 Confederate Veteranr, the Sen- ond Regiment Band, the local mili tary company, the . Boy Scouts, Zion school band, trucks of the fire depart ment, decorated automobiles, veter ans In automobiles, Sons of Veteran* and many decorated buggies and car riages. Automobile Goes Over Bank. Samuel Long and a child of Rlefo- mond, W. Va., were killed whan*tlm automobile in which they were ris ing went over a high embankment Sunday. Aviator Dies in Ocean. Gustave Hamel, a young English man, attempted to cross the English channel in an aeroplane Sunday, bvt fell in the water. No trace of blm. can be found. In Tennessee only about three- fourths of the crop is up, and “the plant Is perhaps only half as large as It should be at this time. ' It lacks vigor, the color being rather poor.’ Some sections of Florida have suf fered poor stands on account of dry weather but plants are well cultivat ed. Comparisons of conditions on May 25, by States, follow: 10-yr. 1914 1913 191-2 1911-aver, Virginia, .83 83 89 93 X. C. . . .76 76 87 83 s. c. . . .72 68 83 80 ^ Georgia. .80 69 74 92 Florida. .82 83 75 95 Alabama .85 ,75 74 , 91 _ Robbers Gagged Sir. Nine robbers early Tuesday bocmd and gagged six employees of thw St. Lawrence Ice Cream company la Chi cago, escaping with between $2,9.96 and $3,000. For purposes of comparison, thn condition of the cotton crop in thn 1 United States monthly and the esti mated yield per, acre in pounds of lint for tbe past 10 years are givan below: May June July Aug Sept 25 25 25 2$ 79JL 60 . 78.9 8D.4 76.6 74.8 6».E Louisiana 82 Texas. .. .65 Arkansas 79 Tennessee 80 Missouri .86 Oklahoma 68 Cal. .100 96 F6 95 1912 1909 1908' 1907 82 1906 83 1905 )994 84 Aver. ,87.8 88.2 .81.1.71*9 71.9 6S.T n .79.7 81.2 83.0 79.1 .70.5 72.0 75.0 7J.T .94.« 83.3 82.9 77.3 .77* 77.0 74.9 7t;i • 83.0 88.9 tl.f $4.1 .89.4 69.T t- <£-\*