Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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t I TALKS TOO MUCH ? AMBASSADOR WILSON IS IN MORE > SERIOUS TROUBLE ? HE IS SEVERLY REBUKED ? Bryan Cables Ambassador at Ixindou to Disclaim All Responsibility Xoi the Interview?Administration Discussed Probability of Immediate Dismissal of the Ambassador. Henry Lane Wilson, furloughed ambassador to Mexico, issued a statement at Washington Wednesday attacking the recent s:atcme:it accredited to the British t'oreig 1 oilice, declaring that Great Br'.t.a'u ban rec ionized tlie Iluerta government a? a provisional governmeu: only; that recognition was prompte t by a desire to contribute to tho restoration of order and also because of Wilson s congratulatory speed on tko occasion of the reception of the Mexico City diplomatic corps by Huerta. Mr. Wilson sai.l; "If tills statement really emanated from the British foreign oilice. it is at variance with its traditions and v. itli the cr.aracter which it lias maintained before the world for two cent n 'ns. 1 doubt (lie genuineness of the statement, a3 it is a pure subterfuge unworthy of the British foreign otllce. As there existed at tlie time of this recognition only a provisional government in Mexico the government of Great Britain could naturally recognize nothing but a provisional government which it. dirt in ovarii v Mm cnm.v ... j V'.iv O I H1U lllil II 111*1 and practically the same pnraseology as all other European governments. 'That Groat Britain was moved to recognition by its desire to assist in the restoration of order is most liKelv true and I believe this factor was tl-.e determining one with all governments which followed the example of Great Britain though most of them recognized the Mexican personal government at a much later date "The action of the government of Great Britain was not in the slightest degree affected by the soon'1 id "congratulatory speech" made by me on behalf of the diplomatic corps This address was not drawn by me, but by the Spanish and British ministers > at the request of the entire resident diplomatic corps. "I purposely declined responsibility for the wording and in the form in which it finally appeared 1t was the expression of the views c/ the entire diplomatic corps representing governments which had none of them at that time recognized the provisional government. For more ihan n month after this reception the British government maintained an attitude of hostility toward the government of Gen. Huerta and when final recognition was accorded it came as the result of a complete reversal of policy. "The governments of the other European powers recognized the Mexican provisional government some time after the recognition of Great Britain was given, after waiting vainly for the recognition of tho government of the United States, which the}' universally thought should be accorded. "The truth of the statement I nive made here is on record in the department of state at Washington and doubtless also upon records of eve -y government accredited to Mexico at that time." President Wilson Thursday publicly reprimanded Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson for his above attack on the British foreign ofTlce. Ambassador Pago was instructed to express to Sir "Edward Grey the regret of the American government that a diplomatic ofTlcial of the United States "should have been guilty of such an imuropriety." The action of the administration resulted from the receipt of a c?Megram from Ambassador Page in London, officially confirming the Associated Press dispatch which had quoted a statement from the British government that it had recognized the Huerta regime in Mexico along with France and Germany after a "congratulatory speech" to President Huerta by Ambassador Wilson on behalf of the diplomatic corps in Mexico City. The official interpretation of the statement was that Groat Britain at the time believed from Ambassador Wilson's act that the United States intended to recognize the Huerta government. Secretary Bryan, after a conference with the president sent the following cablegram to Ambassador Page: "The V erview given to the press yesterd' ->y Mr. Henry Lane Wilson, whose $signation as ambassador to Mexico has been accepted to take effect at the end of his vacation, Oc tober 14, having been brought to the president's attention, he directs me to ask you to call at the British foreign ofllco and say to Sir Edward Grey that he disclaims all responsibility for Mr. Wilson's actions in the *v matter and for the languago employed by him in his interview and that ho regrets exceedingly that a diplomatic official in the employ of this government should have been guilty FROWNS ON APPOINTMENT SKNATK NOT INCLINED TO RECEIVE CLAYTON. ? 0 lyoiulors IKuiht Right of Governor 0%Xeal to Appoint llim Without 1 legislature's Consent. When word was received that Governor Emmet O'Neal of Alabama had of his own volition appointed Representative Henry I). Clayton to 1111 the , vacancy caused by the death of United States Senator Joseph P. Johnson it was a question whether or not his credentials'would he accepted by the senate. Lawyers on the Democratic side of the senate decided unanimously that Governor O'Neal needs special authorization from the state legislature to make his appointment legal. Some senators would evidently be glad to have Mr. Clayton seated without a struggle, but the opinion was overwhelming that party necessity must be set aside in the face of the serious constitutional objections to the manner of his appointment. Representative Clayton said ho would not resign from the house until tho Senate had accepted him. He is chairman of the house judiciary committee and has been a member of the lower branch of congress for sixteen years. Governor O'Neal, of Alabama, late Thursday gave out a statement in which ho denied in detail published assertions that he had "disregarded the unanimous advice of every Democratic member of the senate" when he exercised tho power of appointment and appointed Congressman Henry D. Clayton to tho vacancy in the United States senate caused by the death of Senator Jos. P. Johnston. In the statement, Governor O'Neal said: "The only telegrams I have received from Washington since the death of Senator Johnston was telegram from Senator John W. Kern, of date, Saturday, August 9, in which he suggested the importance of my securin (V Oil tlmrifv f mm 1* rv lnn-loln* ?u vin/i ttj n viii mo lu^miaiui u iu immediately fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Johnston, and Senator F. M. Simmons, also wired concurring in the advice expressed by Senator Kern. "At the time those two telegrams were received it was assumed by myself and my legal advisers that the only course 1 could pursue was to order a special election or get authority from the legislature to fill the vacancy temporarily. Since then it was suggested by attorneys, senators and representatives who attended Senator Johnston's funeral, that I could exercise the power of appointment, without convening the legislature in extra sessions. So far as I am advised, Washington leaders have expressed no opinion." ? .? <? LIN1) 11KIIAYE8 YVELJj. ?.. Wilson's Personal Representative Shows Tact in Mexico. News from Mexico City that John Kind, personal representative of President Wilson, and Frederico Oamboa, Mexican minister of foreign relations, had established unofllcial relations Tuesday by a personal meeting brought encouragement to administration officials at Washington. It was felt by them that the first step In tho program of the American government to throw its influence in the direction of a quiet and peaceful settlement of tho revolutionay troubles had succeeded. The incident, however, it was learned from official sources, will not change the procedure outlined to Mr. Lind before he left Washington. Ho will submit all his representations to Charge O'Shaugnessy, who will transmit them in accordance With diplomatic proprieties to the Mexican minister of foreign relations. Alien Land Liaw On. It had been expected that the Japanese reply to the state department's last note, regarding tho protest against the California alien land legMonday, when that legislation became effective, thero has been no further move in tho matter. Ambassador Chinda has served notice upon Secretary Ilryan, however, that the islation, would be submitted before Japanese answer will be forthcoming in duo course. of such an impropriety." Secretary Bryan not only gave the foregoing to the press but issued the following statement: "A copy of the cablegram to the American embassy was sent to Am11 t 11 mt ? unnouuui w me president (loos not go further at this timo because he takes it for granted that the action which he is obliged to take in this matter will he to him (Ambassador Wilson) a sufficient reminder of his official duties." In this connection it was admitted that the administration had considered a summary acceptance of Ambassador Wilson's resignation to take effect immediately, but it was said by officials who characterized the action as a sufficient reprimand that only in the event of any other utterance or action distasteful to the administration by the Ambassador would such a course be followed. BOTH CLAIM OFFICE ? SULZER AND GLYNN CLAIM NEW YORKS GOVERNORSHIP THE COURTS MAY DEDIDE ? New York Officials Padlock Their Ofllco Doors to Prevent Any Attempt Doing Made to Oust Them?Trial Set For September IS, at Which Time Sul/.er's Wife May Sjx'ak. With Governor Sulzer impeached by the assembly and the date of his trial before the senate and the Judges of the court of appeals set for September 18, the spectacle was presented Thursday of two men claiming to bo governor of the Stato of Now York. As soon as tho articles of impeachment. adopted early Wednesday by tho Democratic majority in the assembly were presented to the senate shortly after 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Lieut. Gov. Martin 11. Glynn announced his intention of occupying tho executive chamber. Friends of Gov. Sulzer declared that the governor intended to continue in office and would uso every weapon in his power to maintain his position on the ground that tho assembly had no constitutional right to consider impeachment at its extraordinary session. Tho lieutenant governor would not indicate what action ho proposed to a ' ' luivw t-acupi id say mai tnero would bo "no circus or military manoeuvres about occupying the executive chamber; the law is supreme." It was held by the majority leaders that the word "impeachment" corresponded with the word "indictment" in a criminal trial and thai therefore, in the meaning of the constitution the governor already stood impeached even though not yet convicted and was, therefore, not now eligible to hold his ofTlco. The question of who is chief executive still was unsettled when the lights went out In the capitol Thursday. (Both the impeached governoi and the lieutenant governor claimed to be directing the machinery of government and both spent a busy daj in their respective oflices with counsel and friends formulating plans tc maintain their authority. Meanwhile, the governor's wife who is expected to bo the star witness at his trial, lies in a critical condition in the executive mansion. Ilei nervous collapse, which was accom panied by hysteria, grew so serious that the governor sent to New York for two more specialists. Mrs. Sulzer had a high temperaturo and rap pulse during most of the day but hei condition was reported as somewhat improved. The whole machinery of State gov eminent was demoralized Thursda> as a result of the unique contest be tween the rival claimants for the exe cutive office and already the double exercise of authority has precipitated complications with two other states ?New Jersey and West Virginia. The impeached governor signed re qulsition papers for the governors ol each of these states for extradition 01 prisoners in the State of New York. Tho prospects Thursday night wen that the contest between tho riva claimants to the governor's chnli might bo decided in the courts by tin presentation of an agreed statemeni of facts arrived at after consultatioi between their respective counsel Such a consultation has not yet taker place but D. Cady Ilerrick, chie nnnnool c? ..1 j .. -u * -" \yv/vinp^i iwi f uiuicmt/U til it such procedure was likely to be fol lowed. With the situation thus complicat ed various departments of the State government marked time Thursday and with one exception made n( open announcement of their attitude toward either claimant. Mitchell May, secretary of state also was reported by one of Mr Glynn's friends to have recognizee the claims of the lientenant governoi and it was said he would refuse Gov Sulzer access to the great seal of the State of New York which is kept ir the secretary's office. Before the of flee was closed Thursday night i heavy chain and padlock were placee on the seal, which is used on all cer tlflcates, signatures, all papers t< county clerks and judges, and othei official communications. It is placee also on all pardons, and similar docu ments, with the exception of reeiuisi tions. In anticipation of any attempt or the part of the Gleynn contingent te oust him from the executive chamber Gov. Sulzer had new locks placed 01 the two doors leading to liIs private office. ? ? I'soel Two Pistols. W. F. Coulter and his son, Ilarr: Coulter, both lawyers, were shot aiu killed at the depot at Trenton, Tenn. Monday night by J. A. Alford, a citi zon of a neighboring county, who li said to havo used two automatic re volvers almost as soon as ho hae alighted from a train. ? ? The blind tigers and the gambleri should bo made to movo on as the: are not needed hero. NEGRO KILLS WOMAN I , IIOT WKATHKlt A\l) WHISKIOV CAV8K DKAT1I. I ? Man Shoots Down Woman llccause She Did Not Toll Him Whoro Ills I Wife Was. Hot weather and mean whiskey seem to bo the predominating causes l of murders and misdemeanors In Georgetown of late. Thursday night at nine o'clock Joe Williams, a negro, while under the influence of liquor, and because Julia Eaddy could not or would not tell him where his wife was, drew a pistol and shot her twice, once in the side and tho other bullet broke her leg. The woman died Fri- \ day. The shooting occurred within t 150 yards of where Carrie Richard- f son, another colored woman, was shot ; and killed Monday afternoon by her i husband, Robert Richardson. t It seems that Joe Williams and his < wife, Relle, have been separated sev- 1 oral months, and Relle has gone i away, her family not knowing where j , she is. He evidently believed they t did know and were keeping her l whereabouts a secret. As soon as { Williams fired the last shot he made l a wild dash for tho woods, falling heavily several times from the effects of the liquor. Sheriff Ward and Magistrate J. M. Rutluer hastened to t the scone of the crime, and with scv, eral others engaged in a hot pursuit. , Friday, with a crowd of negroes at his back, the sheriff is said to have tho negro cornered in a spur of Gap- j way Hay, near Graves Station, and t , the news of his capture is momentariI ly expected. The colored population ( 5 is much worked up, and if tho strong . . arm of the law and tho sheriff do not ( intervene it is said that the people of . his own race would make short shrift > with Joe Williams. I HANKS WANT MONKY. j ? ' Finley and Lever Submit Proposals ( r of National Hanks. Representatives Finley and Lever, ! of South Carolina, called at the ( treasury department Wednesday and 1 submitted a proposition from the national hanks in their districts to participate in the deposits to he distri- , bated by the treasury department in the cotton-growing States to aid in moving and marketing the cotton * crop. 'I'he plan proposed was to permit ' all the national banks?including the State banks, if practicable, in the Congressional district, or so many as may wish so to do?to apply jointly to the treasury department for a de1 posit and execute a joint note, indi" vidually and severally guaranteeing tho payment thereof, and placing such collateral as will be required of banks in designated cities under the plan of distribution contemplated by the Secretary of tho Treasury; and to pro rate the deposit with each of the banks in interest according to their capital stock. No promise was made, but assurance was given to the two South Carolina Representatives that the proposition by the Secretary of the Treas- , ury. , HELD FOR OLD MURDER. ? Chicago Police Arrest Two Men for Killing Diamond Broker. Formal charges of murder have been entered by the Chicago polico against John Faith and Charles Snyder, who are accused of killing Joseph H. Ivoguo, an aged diamond broker, in his office at Chicago last December. The two men were arrested a few days ago 011 information said to have been given to the police by May McMullin, Faith's sweetheart. The woman said Faith knew that Loguo was to bo murdered several days before the crime was committed. She |/VI nuuuuvt 1' mill UHl^ IU IltJT story, to keep away from Snyder, and to take no part In the affair, j After the murder she said Snyder r told Faith that he "did the job", and that he got several diamonds and ^ other jewelry. Huge Inland ('anal. i Expenditures of $20,000,000 In the \ immediate future to complete the , proposed inland waterway from fBos) ton, Mass., to Beaufort, N. C., was r recommended to Congress Wednes\ day by the war department. The . plan contemplates the construction . of a 12-foot canal with 90-foot bottom width ^o ho later improved in a i sea-level canal. ) Dies in an Hour. l A few minutes after drinking a 3 glaas of refreshment Monday afternoon, H. K. Blats, linotype operator 011 The Evening Dispatch, of Wilmington, N. C., was stricken by an f attack of acute indigestion while 1 operating his machine and died an hour later, lie was 36 years old and . a native of Newberry, S. C. s * Hurled in England. 1 The body of F. S. Cody, AngloAmerican aviator, killed at Aldershot, Eng., in an hydro-aeroplane acs cident on August 7, was burled with i military honors In the soldiers' cemetery. MAKES THEM WORK 'RESIDENT WILSON WILL STAND FOR NO DELA1 IN CURRENCY REFORM >cinocrats Must Dispose of Tariff anil Currency at Extra Session so as to Take tip Other Important Questions at the Regular December Session. President Wilson has informed democratic senators tliat ho is unalerably opposed to any recess of the innate when tlie tariff bill is passed ind before tiie currency bill is taken ip. It was made plain to tho senaors that tlie President believes it the luty of the Democratic party not to icsitato in its program of legislative eform, hut to dispose of tho tariff md currency during tho present sesdon of congress, so that the Decem>er session may promptly take up inti-trust and other important lcgisation, carrying out platform pledges. The President communicated his /lows through Secretary Tumulty, vlio got in touch with most of the Democratic senators and came to tho onclusion that a substantial niaporty was in favor of immediate legislation and 110 recess. Democratic senaors were caucusing 011 tho recess proposal at the time President Wilson's views were being made known. Wednesday night in conformity to the ideas of the president the party in caucus took up the currency question. The Democratic "insurgents" declared themselves much encouraged after the caucus bad spent more than five hours discussing the administration currency bill. Representative Henry, chairman of the rules committee, and Representative Ragsdale of South Carolina, who drew the original insurgent amendments, and Representative Eagle of Texas argued for tiie insurgent contentions during the session and Representatives Rulkeley and Korbloy defended the hill. rnt * * - - - - inn president said: "Again and again (luring (lie discussion of the currency bill it. has been urged that special provision should he made in it for the facilitation of such credits as the farmers of the country most stand in need of agricultural credits as distinguished from ordinary commercial and industrial credits. Such proposals were not adopted because such credits could be only imperfectly provided for in such a measure. The scope and character of the bill, its immediate and chief purposes, could not he made to reach as far as the special interests of tiio farmer really lie. "Special machinery and a distinct system of banking must be provided for if rural credits are to bo successfully and adequately supplied. A government commission is now in Kurope studying the interesting and highly successful methods which have been employed in several countries of the old world and its report will ho made to congress at a regular session next winter. It Is confidently to bo expected that the congress will at that session act upon the recommendations of that report and establish a complete and adequate system of rural credits. There is no subject more Important to the welfare or the industrial development of the United States; there is no reform in which I would myself feel it a greater honor or privilege to tako part, because 1 should feel that it was a service to the whole country of the first magnitude and significance. It should have accompanied and gone hand in hand with the reform of our banking and currency system if we had been ready to act wisely and with full knowledge of what wo wero about. "There has been too little federal legislation framed to help the farmer with a deliberate adjustment of his real needs. We long ago fell into the habit of assuming that tho farmers of America enjoying such an immense advantago over tho farmers of the rest of the world, wero so intelligent and enterprising and so at easo upon tho incomparable soils of our great continent, that they could feed tho world and prosper no matter what handicap they carried, no matter what disadvantage, whether of the law or the natural circumstances, they labored under. Wo have not exaggerated their capacity or their opportunity, but wo have neglected to analyze the disadvantages from which they were suffering. "Our farmers must have means afforded them for handling their financial needs, easily and inexpensively. They should be furnished these facilities before their enterprises languish, not afterwards. "And they will be; this is our next groat task and duty. Not only is a government commission about to report which is charged with appraising the congress of the best methods yet employed in this matter, but tho department of agriculture has also undertaken a serious and systematic study of the whole problem of rural commodities. Tho congress and executive, working together, will certainly afford tho needed machinery of relief and prosperity to the people of 1 WILL NOT INTERFERE NATIONS LKAVK MEXICAN PKOIIIiEM TO AMEIUCA. Europe and Japan So??m to Favor tlie Flan Which Wilson is Trying to Iluve Adopted. Tho United States government has , informally sounded tho powers and learned that foreign governments generally will do nothing to embar- ( rasa the peace policy of President Wilson toward Mexico and are inclined to support it. It was learned that many of tho foreign governments feel the Mexican problem to bo peculiarly within tho province of American diplomacy and though they make take no affirmative action, they will not interfere with the peaco program for a constitutionally established government through which President Wilson believes all foreign interests ultimately can best bo conserved. Tho American government has learned some of those things only by indirection, but within tho last two days the developments in Japan and (Ireat Britain two nations which hitherto have recognized the lluerta government? Indicating to officials that these governments wero suspending judgment, has been taken as concrete evidence of a favorable attitude by foreign governments to President Wilson's peace policy. Japan's declination to receive (!en. Felix Diaz, special ambassador, sent by President. lluerta, was officially confirmed. These were the developments of the day in the Mexican situation, while dispatches from John Lind, personal representative In Mexico of President Wilson, indicated that he was in personal touch with Frederico Gnmboa, Mexican minister of foreign affairs, and was preparing to submit the representations of the United States on the restoration of peace in Mexico. YOUNG WOMAN KI 1X1)1). New York Police Discover Hor Horrible Dentil. A young woman was found murdered shortly before midnight Sunday in a patch of marsh ground near Spulton Duyvil river, the northern extremity of Manhattan island, N. Y. Her throat had been cut from ear to ear, her hands were badly lacerated and torn clothes and foot prints in the vicinity bore evidence that she had struggled vainly with one or more assailants. The body was found tby Frank C. Allen, who was taking a short cut across lots to his home in the vicinity. Ho sumbled over the body, which was still warm. An ambulance surgeon said the woman probably had not been dead more than two hours. The woman was about thirty years old, had chestnut brown hair, regular features and weighed about 140 pounds. She was five feet five inches tall. She was neatly clothed In a white shirt waist, a black skirt, black stockings and tan shoes. ? ? ? AVIATOR BOMBARDED. ? Mexican FederulN Fire Upon I>aring Rebel Birdman. An unexpected bombardment of Empalme was occasioned earlv Sun day by an accident to DIdier Masson's aeroplane, Tho engine suddenly stopped wnilo he was flying over Guaymas harbor. Masson volplaned to shore, landing in the Mexican section of tho American railroad settlement. The French aviator was caught on land within reach of tho federal cannon for the first time since he began dropping bombs around tho gunboats Guerrero and Tamplco. For an hour and a half shrapnel shot was scattered over Empalmo, the gunboats being joined by the federal short batteries. Masson was believed to have escaped and no foreigners were reported injured in ofllcial advices received from Empalme. ? llnttio at Negro Church. T. M. Howard, a negro preacher, was killed instantly and three other negroes were seriously Injured in a shooting melee which took place in front of a negro Methodist church at Round Oak, fifteen miles north of Macon. The shooting occurred while the crowd of negroes were returning to the church after burying the bodj of Mattio Farmer, a negro woman. ? ? Joke Means Death. Mrs. Charlie Winters levelled a shotgun at her sister-in-law, Mrs. Will Winters, at the latter's homo at Steven's Pottery, Ga., Wednesday and shouted: "I^ook out, I'm going to shoot." She pulled tho trigger and Mrs. Will Winters fell dead Tho women wero the best of friends. Negro Kills Two. George Roberts, a negro employed by the Allendalo authorities as scavenger, shot and killed his wife with a shotgun, then reloading, shot himself in the head, blowing off the greater portion of his skull. the countryisdes, and that very soon." Jjjfl