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SOME JAP WAR TALK MASS MEETING IN TIIKIO DEMAND IT AT ONCE WITH UNITFD STATES Advocate Most Kxtrome Measures in It/wtnl PaIJ#/v?wlrt * ? ? i\/ia a vr? \ ainui llUk lillW.? Only Influence of (Tiristiunity Can Prevent War, says Count Okuma, , Former Premier. A cablegram from Toklo, Japan, says the slt\iation brought about by 1 the California alien land holding bill is becoming increasingly serious. A mass meeting Friday composed for the most part of irresponsible people demanded the most extreme measures of retaliation by Japan. During the gathering the singing of war i songs aroused the feelings of many of the lower classes who were present. ' Anonymous writers in the newspapers gave an, outline of plans of the seizure of the Phillipine Islands and Hawaii and at the same time denounce the Japan government's submissive attitude. It is said that the changed conditions in Japan make it impossible for the government to restrain the newspapers and the lower classes. un mo otnor nana government circles are showing spirit. Hamilton Wright iMahie, of New York; Dr. Peabody and John L. Mott, secretary of the International Committee of the Young Men's Christian association, were the guests Friday at a luncheon given by Baron Noboaki Makino, the foreign minister, at which some of the most prominent Japanese and Americans were present. A very cordial feeling prevailed. Shortly after the luncheon Messrs. Mabie, Peabody and Mott and a nurajor of representative Japanese Chris- 1 tians and Americans met at the residence of Count Shigenobu Okunia, former premier and minister of foreign affairs. Count Okunia delivered a speech during which he said that diplomacy, the courts and commercial men were helpless and that only the influence of Christianity remained. Otherwise, he declared, war was I impending. Mr. Mott agreed in replying that the influence of the Christianity was now superlative. Dispatches were -.sent. by the meeting to President Wilson" and others imploring them to use all their influence on Christians and thoughtful people to avoid a calamity. The Japanese government considers the present anti-Japanese movement in California as most dangerous and is faced with the prospect of placing itself in a most unwelcome position, owing to the unwillingness of the federal government at Washington to intervene and the Impossibility of introducing counter measures at Tokio. In the event of the oassatro of the California alien land holding .bill through both houses of the legislature, Japan will issue an imperial ordinance to enforce the Japan foreign land ownership bill of 1910 and will apply to the federal government at Washington for permission of Japanese to become naturalized citizens of the United States. At the mass meeting of protest at Tokio Friday night, there was hysterical anti-American outburst. Deputy iMatsumura urged the dispatch of a Japanese fleet to California as a first step toward establishing Japan on an absolutely equal footing in the United States. IM1. Miyake, an editor of the Japan Times, deprecated the constant visit there of American peace apostles, "when their own country Is in urgent need of the principles of Justice and humanity." Other fiery orators insisted that the questions between Japan and America had better be eettled now, once and for all. Otherwise their constant recurrence would lead at last to the arbitrament of war. Twenty thousand persons listened to the remarks of the firebrands, who apparently are engineering a campaign to mold public opinion in Japan. ninn i;r nunw imvuu. ? ? Yoiinf? Woman Takes Her Own Iiife in a Macon Hotel. An unknown woman, whoso name is si'd to he Ethel Adams, died recently at the Macon hospital from an overdose of morphine and cocaine administered by her own hand. Since she come to Macon in February she has been stopping at the Elberta hotel, from which place she was removed just before she died. The body has been prepared for burial ann win ne interred at the expense of the county, as she left no funds or effects that would divulge her Identity. She was a very attractive blonde and appeared to be about twenty years of age. OIvpm to a Good Cause. ^ Tno. P. Cleveland gave |4,000 a I few davs ago to the Textile Industial I H Institute, over which Rev. D. B. I v? ^ama* In Spartanburg. BALLOON COLLAPSES j WAS HIGH UP IN T11K AIR WHEN IT HAPPENED. M Five Persons Who Were In the Halloon Were Killed by the Awful Aecident. At 'Noisy He Grand, France, one of tho most terrible accidents to a S Bllherieal tinllnnn in -- . u man/ /iiuru occurred Friday afternoon. The military ballon Zodiac collapsed at a height of about 6f>0 feet and fell to the ground with its five occupants, all of whom were killed. The Zodiac, which had a capacity of 1,600 cubic metres, was inflated with ordinary gas and left the Aero club park at St. Cloud with the military aeronauts Captain Clavenad and V1 Denoue, Lieutenant de Vaissolet and ^ Artillryman Rechy, and the civilian ^ pilot, Aumont Thievllle, aboard. Pro- ai polled by a strong wind, the balloon passed rapidly over Paris and arrived 1 at Noisy le Grand. Observers suddenly saw it shrivel up and fall. a Laborers working in the fields rush- Vl ed to the assistance of the aeronauts, ^ but had difllculty in extricating s them from the vast mass of silk. K Three of the men?Cleveland, ^ Rechy and Thieville?were killed outright. Denoue and de Vaissolet P were still breathing. They wero plac- " ed in an automobile which happened to be passing and rushed to the mill- ? tary hospital at Vincennes. Donoue D died on the way and de Vaisolet died at the hospital. 11 The exact cause of the accident is '( a mystery. The collapse was due to r? ?* I * % * % c* icui 111 tuo rover, wnicn apparently M was made intentionally. The theory is that something wont wrong with h the valve and that one of the aero- h nauts lost his head and cut the valve, ^ causing the immediate defacing of a tho balloon. The log indicates that c the Zodiac passed over Paris at an altitude of about 2,500 feet; after P which it dropped and then ascended above the clouds. Here the log stops. a ! 8 ONLY DISMISSED I?X>K CAUSE. a u ? r (J. O. I*. Postmasters Who Behave to () Serve Out Terms. c Postmaster General Burleson an- S nounced Tuesday that it was the Ad- c ministration's policy to continue all n Republican postmasters now in otrice to the end of their terms, provided no charges were sustained against F their ofliciency. The policy applies ii to all classes of postmasters. t "My department will bo run on n business lines and not by politics," p said Mr. Burleson, explaining the ti new policy. He declared there might n he some removals but he believed s that the majority of the postmasters r wnrrx o?wI ""4 - j? ? ..^.W 1 ...vi^nv U.HV1 11 UUIU IIUl UU U1M" I turbed. a "There will have to bo specific b charges of inefficiency, however," he A added, "before any one will be re- u moved." a Mr. Burleson said the decision had a been reached after conference with t President Wilson, who favored the t merit system. At present a plan Is being worked o out to secure sufficient efficiency un- t der the civil service, fourth class 1 postmasters having been placed un- r der that jurisdiction on an Executive d order by Mr. Taft. ? I POSKI) AS A POOH GIRL. T r For Fear that Some Man Might Mar- i E ry Her For Money. I Eovo may laugh at locksmiths but he shies at money. That is the ? experience of Miss Thyra 'Benson, c worth a few millions, who became t the bride of 'Montague Flagg, the c noted architect, in Grace Epiacopal church, Brooklyn on Wednesday, t The bride met her husband while t engaged In philanthropic work. She ( feared that some man would marry T her for her money, bo posed as a poor t girl. When Mr. Flagg found out t how much she wae really worth, the t maicn came near toeing broken off, f until Cupid asRerted himself and said t that his plans should not be Inter- F rupted. The wedding was one of the a smartest of the spring. r o MI ST KKEKP GIRLS OUT. c Police Judge Burney Orders Five r / Cabarets Closed. "The cafes must keep young women out of their places at night," said Police Judge Burney of Kansas * City, Thursday, as he ordered live so-called "cabaret" cafes closed. Judge lfcirnoy said he was determined to either regulate cafes or put them h out of business. The closing came 1 after a raid early Thursday of eight (] cafes tn which flflv-fnin* wAmon ... .. ~ ? ? V J VUI TT W11IVU TTCI C y found. In Court. Thursday it was g found that sovcral women prisoners a were not frequenters and they were ?< released. Judge Burney, however, n assessed heavy fines against others. B s 8now at Caesar's Head. A Greenville dispatch says theree inches of snow is reported in the mountains at Caesar's Head, twenty- e five miles north of that city. Moun- t taineers coming into the city Tues- h day say the snow commenced to fall | Monday afternoon at 3.3 0 o'clock, t and continued until nightfall. a i IRYAN AND CLARK IEET AT LUNCHEON AND BURY THE HATCHET EADERS ARE PRESENT poakcr of the Ilou.se and Secretary Af Ulata II ' * v. LT.IKIV^ IIUIKIM HIKl * THCk Jokes?Reconciliation Heganled as Most SiKnlflcant Political Development?Principals Issue Statements Speaker Champ Clark and Secreiry William J. Bryan met at a priute luncheon at Washington, shook amis and issued public statements Bclaring they had burled the hatchet nd put the personalities of the Balmore Convention with the bygones, he luncheon was arranged by Theoore A. Bell, of California, temporrily chairman of the Denver Conention in 1908, and chairman of the allfornia delegation supporting peaker Clark at Baltimore, and was Iven by Ira E. Bennett, editor of le Washington Post. Intense interest was aroused in olitical circles over the reconcillaon of the two antagonists, whose ifferences became acute as a result f events at the Baltimore Convenon. Secretary 'Btryan's prepared statelent issued Friday night is as fol>ws: "My meeting with Mr. Clark has urved to clear up a misunderstandlg as to my exact position toward im at the Baltimore Convention. I ave tried to make it clear to Mr. lark that I have always regarded, mi uu now regard, mm as a good, lean, progressive Democrat. If my inguage at Boston created any imression that I was charging Mr. dark with being In sympathy with ny of the reactionary forces, 1 am lad of the opportunity to correct ny such misconstruction of my rords or acts, for I did not intend to eilect upon either the personal or olitical integrity of the Speaker. It. \ niv earnest wish that there may ho ordial co-operation between the tate department and the Speaker in a.rying out the policies of the Adlinist rat ion." Here is Speaker Clark's statement: "It is beyond the power of Col. tryan or any one else to correct the njustico that was done to mo at BalImore. The loss of the Presidential omination was a small thing as comared to the injury done to my repuatlcn in the eyes of the world. Put, ow that Col. Bryan in his public tatement has done what he can to emove the injurious impressions hat were created by his Baltimore peeches, I feel that we can all the etter co-operate for the good of the ulministration. I can only repeat Hiat I have publicly declared time nd time again, that all personal or elfish considerations must give way 11 me uuijf iniiu an i/emocrais owe o our party and to our country." Those who sat at the table with the thers already mentioned and saw he disappearance of what many poItlcal sages thought the most embarassing situation confronting Presilent Wilson's Administration were: Vice-President Marshall. Secretary .nne, Senators Kern and O'Oorman, tepresentatlve Crisp, Secretary Tunulty, Assistant Secretaries Osborne ind Malone, of the State departnent; Thomas F. Logan andd L. L. ames. Thoso in charge of the affair said Ipeaker Clark and Secretary 'Bryan ixchanged jokes and had a good ime. The statements were given >ut through >Mr. Bennett. So far as is known it was the first ime the two have met since before he Baltimore Convention. Speaker Bark's friends always have said Mr. ^ryan prevented his nomination and hat it was through Mr. Bryan's acivity and influence that the Convenion, contrary to custom, refused to five the Speaker the necessary twohirda vote after it several times had jiven to him a majority. Strong tatements of a somewhat personal nature were also issued by Mr. Bryan ind Mr. Clark at the time. The reconciliation was looked up>n in political circles as the most slgliflcant political development of the Ulministration so far. ? ? t;LAItST ATTACK WILSON +. love to Print it in Congressional Record In Ralkod. Representative Willis, Republican, iaB asked the House to print in tho otter by William R. Hearsct conleming president Wilson's personal ppearence beforo congress in joint ession on April 8 to read his admd tho letter was not received. 'We'll get it in later, all right," anlounced Republican Lead Mann, haking a finger at the Democratic ido of the House. ? 1 Closes (Rank at St. Stephens. The State bank examiner was at It. Stephens Saturday and examined he State Bank of St. Stephens, and in closed the Institution. Rumor has t that the bank Is about $1,200 hort. The depositors are anxiously waiting developments. i' PENALTY FOR MURDER HUSHING K LKOTIIOCVTKD FOH KILLING WIFK. The Murder of Mrs. Hushing Was One of the Must Hrutnl on Hecord in this State. For the murder of his wife, Sue Rushing, Charlie P. Rushing, white, of Chesterfield County, was Friday morning electrocuted at the State Penitentiary. Tho current was turn ru on tne condemned man at 11.54 and ran through his body for 55 seconds. Death was pronounced by Dr. Jennings, tho prison physician at 11:57. The electrocution, the eighth sinco the installation of tho chair, was witnessed by about slxty-tlve spectators, who assembled in the death chamber at 11:45. Hushing was Immediately brought into tho room and placed in tho chair. After the straps had been adjusted he was asked by Superintendent Griffith if he had any statement to make to which he replied in tho negative. Uev. J. C. Abney, the Penitentiary chaplain, who has been with the wife murdered constantly during his confinement, then spoke with him briefly about his soul's welfare. After Rushing had shaken hands with Capt. Griiffi'th and Uev. Abney, the metal clamp was placed on the prisoner's log and the helmet on his head. J. C. Robbins, one of the prison guards, threw the switch and in fifty-tlce seconds the current was turned off. Hushing had a relative living within the city and ho took charge of the body of his cousin. It will be shipped to Chesterfield for burial. Tho crime for which Charles Hushing was Friday morning electrocuted is one of the most, brutal in the history of his county. One night some months ago Hushing went to his homo in a drunken condition. Ho quarreled with his wife with whom he had been on bad terms for some f i m r% ? ' v.. i- niiui) uircuuiiiiK enraged no pulled his pistol and shot her through the abdomen. The wounded woman fell to the floor and crawled into the kitchen. After some minutes, Rushing announced to one of his daughters who had witnessed the tragedy that "ho would finish the job", and commanded her to pull his wife from the kitchen. When she refused he forced her at tho point of the pistol to obey and then cruelly beat his helpless wife with a large stick. The woman loved for Several hours and told her story to the deputy who arrested her husband, ltushlng's trial and conviction followed immediately. Since his arrival at the Penitentiary he has professed to believe himself saved and stated on several occasions that he felt no fears about his salvation. Although he appeared unnerved when seen privately in his cell Friday morning, he steeled himself for his execution and met death with cold stoicism. PARIS "FINISHES" MANY. ? Letter from Franco Says no Redemption for Fallen Women. "I often wondered how many women who come to Paris to be "finished' and 'educated' have been broken ,|nn>n ? li?. 1 * \A\r ry 11 uiui di ijr IJ y II1U lilt} I1CTU, I have hoard of and Been several Instances." Thia statement was contained In a letter received by Lieutenant Governor O'Hara, chairman of the Illinois vice commission, at Chicago Friday from B. F. Gilette, 41 Boulevard Haussman, Paris, France. "I have no hope that fallen women can ho redeemed," he wrote. "I reached this conclusion after the expenditure of a great deal of time and money." The letter advocates a law prohibiting fallen women from appearing in public within certain hours. THREE FIREMEN KILLED. ? Falling Wall in Philadelphia Fire Results Disastrously. At Philadelphia three firemen were killed and a dozen others were seriously, some probably fatally injured Friday night, when they were buried beneath a falling wall at a fire, which destroyed the five-story candy factory of W. T. VVescott. The dead men are Walter Costello, Henry King and Charles Moritz, all members of Enfirlne Cnmnnnv \'n 95 TV?o firemen had difficulty In keeping the fire from spreading. 'Close by is the house in which Edgar Allen I'oe lived while a resident of that city. An aged woman was overcome by smoke there. Tho damage is estimated at $1 00,000. - ? Much Fertilizer lieing ITso*l. The farmers of South Carolina have this yo?r purchased about 800,000 tons of fertilizers, according to a report on file in the State treasurer's office. The report shows that $199,' 063 in taxes has been paid by the companies. There is a tax of 25c a ton. The fund goes to Clemson College. The records show that the tax on March 31, 1912, amounted to $183,302. This is about $18,000 less than the sales for this year. The total tax collected for 1912 amounted to about $255,000. ill i. ' SCHOOL OF SHARKS FOLLOW EIGHT PEOPLE IN OPEN BOAT AT SEA. SWAM ALL AROUND THEM Forced to Abandon Their Kehooner When It Itecanie Waterlogged in a (><>ale, One Woman ami Seven Men Drifted for Twenty-four Hours Dofore They Were Rescued. The New York World says one woman and seven men, survivors of the abandoned schooner "1/ottie it. Russell", were brought in that port Thursday by the oil tanker Georgian Prince, after having drifted for twenty-four hours in a small open boat Rurrrounded by a school of sharks. The woman is the wife of First 'Mate Van Zant and tho men were Capt. J. C. James and his crew. The "oLttlo It. Russell" sailed from Charleston, S. C., last Friday week ago for Philadelphia. On Saturday morning following she was hit by a terrific gale. The little schooner sprang a leak and soon became waterlogged. All hands were sent to the pumps, which were worked continuously until two o'clock the next Sunday afternoon when it was found that more water poured in through the leak than could be pumped out, and it was decided to abandon tho ship. During this time the crew and the mate's wife lived on a few pieces of brine-soaked bread, as nearly all of j the provisions had been swept over- , board. There was left only a small quantity of canned peaches. Those! were put in tho open boat, which nearly capsized as Mrs. Van Zant and tho seven men climbed in, abandoning the cshooner seventy miles off Cape Henry. All afternoon the frail craft was tossed about by the waves. There was no fresh water, hut the terrors of thirst were partially averted by the woman and men wetting their lips with the juice of the peaches. Hut before night fell a new horror was added by the appearance of a school of sharks. aLrge razir-liko line (lashed through the water on all sides, and the occupants of the boat fully realized what would be their fate if a larger wave than usual keeled them over. Then darkness came on, shutting off all hope of being seen by a passing vessel, and all that night the sharks trailed the little boat, disappearing for a time and then returning in seemingly greater numbers. The men tried to joke about them so Mrs. Van Zant would not be frightened, but their fear was so great that their jokes fell flat. When exhausted by the ceaseless pulling at tho oars Mrs. Van Zant sang hymns to spur them on to greater efforts. Monday morning showed tho sharks still at hand, but the fury of the storm had lessened, and there was still enough of the peach juice left to ward off temporarily the tortures of thirst. No ship had yet been Bigniea, and eariy Monday afternoon the party had all hut given up hope when a thin line of Hinoko was seen on the horizon to the south. After an Interminable length of time the thin line became a smudge, and the hull of a steamer became visible to ' the anxious survivors. Capt. James stood up in the stern of the boat and, at. tho risk of upsetting it, waver his coat as a signal of distress. Finally the steamer blew her siren to show that she would change her cvourse. As she drew nearer it was seen that the rescuing vessel was tho "Georgian Prince", and within a short time she drew alongside of took the seven men and women on hoard. WAS ONIiY WASTE PAPER. ? When Package Should Have Had Five Thousand Dollars. Marked as containing $5,000 in , currency, an express package was . found to hold only waste paper when . opened at the Atlanta Centeral Bank i and Trust Corporation Thursday morning. It was shipped from Brunswick, Ga., Wednesday night by i the Brunswick Band and Trust Company, and that institution is said to have made a demand upon the Sou, them Express Company for the a mount lost. So far as known no arrests havo been. made. Shoots Ol'cor, Then Himself. At New York Patrick Hayes, a private detective, charged with criminal assault on a woman, after refusing o accept counsel assigned to him hy the Court, Wednesday drew a revolver and fired point blank at. the detective who had him in charge, then turned the revolver on himself. The i bullet pierced his brain. ? Victim of Peculiar Accident. John Dunning, a mall clerk on the Long Island Railroad, was lassoed and whlped out of the door of hla 1 car Tuesday by a wire trailing from i a passing freight train. He was savi ed from death by the breaking of the wire. His leg was broken and he was badly lacerated. L-> ?. ..V. ^ c. , * IGNORES TMTEMARYB HLEAHK Kill SKS TO OHKY VOTtl I OF TIIK PEOPLE. gSM I Decline* to Commlftflion the Man the^^S Pe<w]>lo Nominated for Auditor Georgetown County. 9H A letter from Georgetown to TheBMB Newu and Courlor says there aruHH ho in o heartburnings In that county^JR because of tho fact that CovernorBH Blease has failed to commission some I I of tho men, who, in tho primary last Btt August, won the election and woro BH declared tho nominees by the county executive committee, but the incum-lffi bents of the ofllcos at tho time aro I B still holding over, in the absence of B||ij tho appointment of their successors. B|i| Mr. T. S. McConnell opposed Mr. Bpp J. A. Hemingway for county treasur- IB er. The face of tho returns gave Mr. KB Hemming way 70 0 votes as against Bvfft 774 for Mr. McConnell. <Mr. Mc- B ? Connell entered a protest, alleging l^'.;\; fraud at one of tho country boxes, I'.'V; and after a heated contest tho execu- ft B tive committee threw out the box In I B question, giving tho contestant, Mr. ft McConnell, a majority, and declared I ;y him tho successful candidate. His fl commission has not yet been recelv- I Mr. W. .1. Hruorton ran against ^B County Auditor II. C. Tallavest, and I in tho primary defeated him by a I vote of 799 to 7?>1. There was no I contest In this case. Mr. Rruorton B has teen patiently awaiting ^B ceipt <>f his commission in or'er that ho might enter upon tho duties of I tho ofllco. Hong patience bringing no I reward, ho addressed an inquiry to I (lov. liloaRo asking him tho direct question as to when ho might expect tho appointment, to which tho fol- I lowing was th ereply: j State of South Carolina, Executive I Chamber, Columbia, S. O., April 1st, I . 1913. Mr. W. J. Hruorton, C.eorgetown, S. C.?Hear sir: in renlv to I your letter of March 31, Governor I nioaao directs me to nay that, according to IiIh information, tho proa- H out. auditor at Georgetown is making I a very good officer, and tho Governor I sees no reason to mako a change. [ Respectfully, Jno. K. Aull, private j secretary. MAN HAD SEVERE PIT. S In York ('ounty Court I'ostponea K Trial of Negro. [|k An unusual case in tho York Ooun- || ty Sourt ono day las week was that of I William Jones, a negro, charged with m carbreaklng and larceny. Before the M reading of the longe list of articlea ijf with tho stealing of which he was ||| accused had been completed, he I broke in saying: "Boss, I pleads & guilty to taking some of dom things, I but dat's too much. I was hungry |g and just tuk a little flour and lard." || Ho went on to explain that he was || afflicted with epilepsy and coul not || work. Later on In tho trial, while I Detective Ooley was testifying, ho || was seized with a "flt" and fell down I cursing and groaning. It took four l| strong men to hold him. The Judge M Immediately ordered a mistrial and f| instructed tho sheriff to remove ji Jones from tho court room and care for him properly. THERE ARE NONE NOW. No Icebergs This Year When Titanic W as Lost Last Your. 1 Owing to tho fact that Seneca, a United States revenue cutter and tho Scotta, a British steamship, both on duty as ice patrol vessels in tho region where the Titanic was iopt last year havo been unable to find any ice present in those waters the principal trans-Atlantic steamship lines are now operating their west bound vessels, over a lane sixty miles north of the course which has been followed all winter. The absenco of ice is accounted for by the mildness of the winter just ended. The most southerly iceburg reported so far, this spring was seen on Mach by the Russia, of the Russian-American line and was encountered ninety miles north of where the Titanic sank. BODIES SWIN'O ITtOM BOLES. ? Mexican Row Over Stolen Silver ami flanging Follows. Bodies hang from nearly every telegraph pole along 50 miles of tho Mexican Central Railroad below Ohihuahau City, report refugees arriving at El Paso, Texas. Both tho genera is and insurgent Htate troops aro said to have participated in the execution of prisoners. Because of a quarrel over the disposition of silver bullion stolen from a train last week Juan Dozal, a former Orozco chief, was executed by order of Pancho Villla, whose men held up the train west of Chihauhua City. Dozal had joined Villa in an expedition against the Federals. . Kills Husband This Time. At Calumet, Michigan, one year ago, Mrs. Anna Kusasio Inflicted Injuries which almost ended fatally. She was afterward committed to an asylum, fcesday the woman who recently discharged as cured again attached her husband with an ax aa he lay sleeping and killed him. . .....