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f: ALLOWED NO ARMS iK L ' I IMPORTATION INTO IRELAND IS ! NOW PROHIBITED ASQUITH IS SR1QUS ? i Takes First Stop Towards Conciliation With 1 1st or, Favoring Carson's Plan?British Cahinet for First Time Takos a Hand in thoj Irish lloino ltiilo Question. | The British cabinet, by a royal proclamation promulgated Friday night prohibiting the importation of arms and ammunition into Ireland, r the first time grasped the nettle the revolution in Ulster, which it therto had ignored, although the llowers of Sir Edward Carson for t..? ?? i 1? *1.-i .miiiim iiuyu m-t'ii an \ i-i i im UK uii'ii military preparations in every possible way and daring interference with them. Almost at (he time of publication of tho proclamation Premier Asquith made, tho longest step towards the conciliation of tho Ulsterites that the government has taken by announcing his acceptance of the principles of a basis of agreement with Sir Edward Carson suggested in his last speech. These principles are: First. that the settlement must not ho humiliatinging or degrading to Ulster; second, Ulstor's treatment must not be different or exceptional from that meted out to tho other parts of the United Kingdom; third, Ulster must retain full protection of the Imperial Parliament; fourth, the homo rule hill must not ho such as to lead to ultimate separation of Ulster from Groat Britain. Thus the government extends to *ho signers of tho Ulster covenant ?e olive branch. The proclamation rohlbiting tho importation of arms nd ammunition into Ireland, which ling George signed at a meeting of _hc Privy Council Thursday, and which Friday was published in the Royal Gazette, was milder than rumors had anticipated It would he. Instead of reviewing the Irish Crimes Act it invoked the Customs Consolidation Act of 1 87G. Premier Asquith's pronouncement was made, as many of his most im portant declarations on British politics have boon, in an after-dinner speech. The premier was tho guest 3f honor of the Reform Club at Manchester. Tt was in this same city and >n a similar occasion that Sir Edward Larson's overtures were made, so ;hat it would appear that tho nego.lations for a settlement of tlie Irish :ontroversy wero taking tho course of nformal public debate. Dealing with Sir Edward Carson's tasis of settlement categorically, Prenior Asquitli said he was sure Sir Idward must agreo that tho statelont that there could be no settlelent worthy tho name that would bo umillating or degrading to those for -horn Sir Edward spoke should nply to nil sections of the Irish people. )n tho second point Mr. Asquith 1 he supposed Sir Edward referred what formerly was called "home a all round." Ireland's case, he led, was a case of urgency and ust come first. It could not be devnd until thr> fnvom ni nil t tina crrwir. rough the complicated process of lopting the principle of home rule all the different parts of the United Ingdom. The premier said ho agreed there ust be no ultimate separation of Bland from Great Britain. The real d effective authority, supremo and Questionable, ho said, must ho reined by the Imperial Parliament. Mr. Asqulth's speech comes at an iir when the newspapers of both rties considered that attempts at a .tlement had reached the stago of adlock. If the compromise is nented the agitation over the ny, which lias grown bitter, will one of the strongest reasons for Sir Edward Carson and several tmlnent Unionists, notably Uord osdowne and Andrew Bonar haw, speeches suggested that the otlls should resign and the soldiers use to fire if ordered to light felProtestants. The most appropriate Christmas ; Congress could make to the ntry would be the prompt pase of the currency bill. TjTj >l*]iliiRFiviMim*H Vi 11V] I r< 11 itmWiirtfai*! iMSBWHWWS^ k's Liniment is the \*x\ VfVynyyfytffPI 'tyj! (\y for Rheumatism, tijUU^iuLlMl VjJJ ieu, Lame Back, Stiff \?, I u{j?J 8 and Muscles, Sore {lis!! it. Colds, Strains. T9WW1 ns. Cuts, Bruises ?r??v." itiSH , Cramps. Neuralgia, TV^WlV^l Will utchc, fuul all Nerve, \ |Ww*jjvl tifjl! and Jduscle Aches I 1M1 jjMl Pains. The genulno | fTl r; | Jooh's Ark on every I MITIj^hl irftli ge and looks like this i .JiitJiikJjH tf1 ut has RED hand on - ^ - svr.r?' L of package and rwiu*MUASf j's Liniment" always hi,iw..ub'' '|jj>u il) ink. Beware of .?j| ,ij ions. Sold by all ST."? j*?jl %. l5c.,A0c., and f 1,00. m*? |.ffl oteed or money re- ?u ??n <?*?? Hi|? 1 by Noah Remedy tlfiffl pc.; vp- EBEEEESh1W e#r? p? tfomk U ^ FLOOD DEALS DISASTER j DEATH LIST WILL PROBABLY GO IMX) 1IUNDKEDS. Problem Now Chan^'-H From Hoscuc Work to Tlwit of Providing Home for 2,0()0 Refugees. Sunday's dispatches increased tlie numher of known dead in the Texas floods to sixty-one, with the possibility that a heavy toll of drownings reported. hut not yet confirmed, at Sunnyside, in Waller county, Texas, would increase this number. The crest of the Brazos River flood Sunday night was Hearing Hrazory county, which borders on the Gulf, and the peak of the Colorado River flood was approaching Matagorda county, also on the Gulf. As the water passed southward the damage, incident to the overflow grew correspondingly. Reports Saturday night from Welborn that twelve negroes and a Mexican had been drowned 011 the Allen plantation, at the junction of the Navasota and Brazos rivers, and that twenty-five negroes had met death in the flood waters 011 the Parker plantation in the same vicinity, have not yet been confirmed. Fifty persons, mostly negroes, are ronnrl ed tn hnm Imnn r? Sunnysido, a small town on the lower llrazos, Sunday night. It Is said between 4 00 and f?00 persons are marooned on a small mound at San Felipe and are In great danger. A special train loaded with motorboats was dispatched from Houston to rescue them. J. It. Garrett, a planter, who telephoned to Houston for assistantce, reported that the entire Brazos bottom in Waller county, is Hooded; that a number of houses had floated away, and that refugees were clinging to trees and housetops. Boats are being constructed as rapidly as possible to rescue those imperiled. Sunnysido is eight miles north of Brookshiro. Mr. Garrett said that warning was given the residents of the lowlands of the approaching Hood Saturday, but that many of them refused to leave their homes. The task of rescue along the forty miles of flooded Brazos Valley was succeeded hy tho problem of providing for 2,000 or more refugees. Reports from tho Hooded territory brought by motorboats showed that between 700 and 1,00 0 persons are marooned in ginhouses and large plantation residences, safo from tho Hood, but in urgent need of food and clothing. Sunday night at Horso Shoe Bend, nlinVA ) tin rnnrirnr nf llin rlirr... I ? . ? v..? U?> Iiif, w . iiiu I I I Ul , WUUHI bo hoard tlio singing and praying of fifty negroes facing death in a rocking ginhouso on an island a mile and a half out. The flood strechos almost to the horizon, six miles or more, dotted hero and there hy a roof or the steeple of a submerbed church. The forty-mile levee is the refuge of domestic animals at points where it did not all cave in. MANY RESCUED. ? Passengers Change Boats Until Fire is Extinguished. Wireless reports received at Nor-j folk Sunday night tell of the rescue of 107 passengers from the steamer Rio Grande hy the steamer-Swanmore Sunday morning 205 miles northwest of Diamond Shoals. The Rio Grande had a fire in her hold and sent out wireless calls for assistance. The Swanmore picked them up and went to the assistance of tho burning steamer. She reached tho Rio Grande beforo daybreak. Slio took off her passengers and after helping to sub duo 1110 names, put them back on board the Rio Grande. Tho latter steamer is said to be proceeding on her voyage with tho ilro under control. Only meagre reports of tho fire and rescue have been received. Wireless reports gave tho name of the burning steamer as "Ringrande", but marine men say there is no such steamer registered. They say it is tho American steamer Rio Grande, which plies between New York and Southern ports. I'M SUA li CASE. +. . Saluda Girl (Jets $.1,000 Damages for >1 ist roatment. On the ground that an agent of the southern Railway company had encouraged others to attempt to hug and kiss Miss Emma Rodgers, a 16year-old Saluda girl, a jury in the court of common pleas at Saluda returned a verdict of $1,000 in favor of tho young woman. A motion for a new trial was overruled. It appears that Miss Rodgers, wliilo in tho passengor station at Ward in August last, was mistreated, and the allegation of the complaint was that tho agent of defendant failed and neglected to givo the protection to tho young girl that tho law requires and that, acting in concert with others, lie aided and abetted and encouraged others to attempt to hug and kiss tho plaintiff. Miss Rodgers is only about 10 years of age and was on her way to Craniteville to visit relatives when the alleged misconduct and maltreatment occurred. A verdict for $l,00u was returned against tho railroad. \ RtPOKISJO HOUSE NVtSTIfiATlNIi CIIMMITTEE DISCOVERED LOBBIES WILSON'S CHARGE TRUE House Committee Hands in Results of Investigation of Cluu^es by Mulbali ami Reports McDermott Not Wholly Clear?Progressive Member lias Minority Report. All questions relating to the investigation of the Mulhall lobby charges late Tuesday were referred by the National House of Representatives to its judiciary committee. This action followed a long parliamentary debate over the report of the special investigating committee arranging lobbying activities at the capital and holding Representative McDermott of Illinois, a Democrat, "guilty of acts ol grave impropriety unbecoming the dignity of the position he occupies," and a minority report submitted by Representatives McDonald, Progressive, of Michigan, with resolutions proposing the expulsion of Representative McDermott and contempt proceedings against olHcers of the Nfltlnnnl A UUMnlol Ifin nf Unmifnnt" era. Tho majority report, which made no recommendations, was signed by Chairman Garrett and all the members of the committee except Representative McDonald. The results of tho long investigation were made public Tuesday in the two reports, a majority report signed by Democrats and Republicans alike and a supplemental report tiled by Representative McDonald of Michigan. Tho majority made no recommendation but replied that Representative McDermott had been guilty of acts of grave impropriety, unbecoming the dignity of his position, though "we can not say that ho has heen corrupted in his votes." The majority report also held that McDermott, having intimate relations I with 1. II. McMicliaol, former chief page of the House, knew that M. M. Mulhall, "a lobbyist for tho National Association of Manufacturers," employed McMlchael. The majority held that both the National Association of Manufacturers and tho American Federation of Labor engaged in political activities and expended money to effect nominations and election of members of the House of Representative. Representative McDonald, who agreed with the majority findings, declared that congress had fallen somewhat from its high estate in tho estimation of the American people, that lw?rn ll O/l l\Arv?^ n ,1 1-1 viivi \f nu\t urun (i U1 UUUVJU91 HllHpi(',l()Il of conditions existing in congress that a system lias been built lip for defeating remedial legislation. Ho made recommendations for legislative reforms. The main conclusions of the majority deilne a lobby as "a person or body of persons seeking to influence legislation by congress in any manner whatsoever." The National Association of Manufacturers, the Council for Industrial Defense, the National TarilT Federation association, the American Federation of Labor, the Washington City Associations of Liquor Dealers and local loan sharks are found to have maintained lobbies. Mulhall is held to have admitted errors in some vital statements made in his charges, but to have been corroborated in other matters of importance by olhcials of the National Association of Manufacturers and National Council for Industrial Defense. Mulhall, the report says, was extravagant in many of his claims. The lobby of the Association of Manufacturers and of ttao Council of Industrial Defense is held guilty of improperly preventing and seeking to prevent legislation. Gravest doubt was expressed as to propriety of acts of Mulhall and James E. Emery, counsel for tho manufacturers. Nothing illegitimate was found in tho activity of tho American Federation of Labor. The lobbies of liquor dealers and money lenders in Washington were found to have neither effected nor prevented legislation improperly. No evidence was found of employment, of members of tho House for improper purpose. Tipping of House employees was denounced as reprehensible. Employment by manufacturers' associations of McMlchael, former chief page of the House, was severely censured. Admitted to tlio liar. Tho State board hns recommended tbat tho following be admitted to tho bar: J. C. McGowan, of Laurens; Paul S. Dodson, of Abbeville; Olln L. Etack, of Columbia; D. E. Pinley Jr., r\f Vfirlrvilln \\T A T.. X x _ r. . " ' . I/WVTIUO, v* . *\. in&utl,, UI Ol. Matthews; John T. Sloan, of Columbia; T. M. Munro, of Union; James M. Lynch, of Florence. ? Bntesburg Man Wounded. J. Milton Tllte, bookkeeper for L. D. Cullom, was shot and seriously wounded in bis borne at Bato.sburg Saturday night. Although It is said that, tbo shooting was accidental, it has been absolutely Impossible to learn any of the details of the affair, which seems to bo shrouded in doep mystery. WOMEN ADVISE WILSON SIXTY SVFFHACKTTES TALK TO THE PRESIDENT. * In n Pleasant Cliat With Ills Callers Wilson Says He Favors House Committee on Woman Suffrage. Woman suffrage?the question which has vigorously projected itself in the political forum?confronted President Wilson Monday personified by sixty members of the National American Suffrago Association, who plerrded that he use his Influence with congress to obtain tho ballot for the women of tho nation. It was the first time the President had been brought face to faco with the issue in a formal way. lie told his callers that whatever might be his personal views on woman suffrage or any other subject, he made it a rule not to urge legislation upon Congress that had not been the subject of "organic consideration" bv tho nom oeratic party, of which ho considered himself the spokesman. The President said that when members of Congress consulted him ho would freely give his views, and he added that having already been asked his opinion about the organization of a standing committee in (ho House of Representatives to consider woman suffrngo ho had expressed himself in favor of such a committee. It was a quiet earnest group of suffragists who stood in a circle, with the President in its centre, In the White House ofllces. Most of them had walked in defiance of a freezing gale, enthusiastic about their mission and determined to get an expression from the Chief Executive. Tho President nodded pleasantly to the women, who had formed a circle around him, and Dr. Shaw stepped forward. In a low voice she told in a straightforward, simple way how unavailing had been the frequent pilgrimages of the women in Washington and how committees of Congress had listened courteously, hut had "buried their case." She appealed to tho President "in tho spirit of justice" to urge upon Congress to pass an amendment to the Federal constitution to ho submitted to the States that would give women the right to vote throughout he land. Tho president listened in silence. Ho was not asked to givo his own views on woman suffrage so ho did not givo it to them. On the proposal to send a message to congress he cited his rule of adhering to party poliI tiCS. intimatini? that when nnnoiiHn/l by members of Congress lie might give bis views freely. There was a pause after the President finished speaking, an air of not having quite been satisfied, and Dr. Shaw resumed: "Sinco we are not members of any political party," she asked, "who is going to speak for us?there is 110 one to speak for us?" "I realize that," interjected the President. "?unless we speak for ourselves." "And you do that very admirably," rejoined Mr. Wilson, and a general laugh broke the solemnity of the occasion. "I should liko to shako hands with as many of you as want," added the President smilingly, and several women stepped forward. Others hung back and drifted out of the otfice. Those who stayed behind spoke cordially to the President of his courtesy in receiving the delegation after his illness, and some referred to having voted for him in suffrage States. TYPHOID CASKS. ? Number of Cases in the State by Counties. Physicians of South Carolina exhibit in respect of typhoid much the same laxness as is charged against them in respect of other "reportable" diseases, according to the State health officer, James Adams Hayne, M. D., who says in his forthcoming annual report that out of approxim atal V 0 COA nnanet #1 ~ 1 j i',v? 1/ v v/uouo vini nif^ niu curruui year but S02 cases have been reported as the law requires. Typhoid is a (liseaso "of tho rural districts rather than of the cities", Dr. llayno says, and it bulks large 011 the horizon of public health work in tlie State. Reported cases have been distributed this year as follows: Abbeville 22, Aiken 22, Anderson 27, Bamberg 5, Barnwell 12, Beaufort 7, Berkeley f?, Calhoun 4, Charleston 72, Cherokee 8, Chester 17, Chesterfield 5, Clarendon 4, Darlington 26, Dillon 12, Dorchester 2, Edgefield 4, Fairfield 4, Florence 25, Georgetown 10, Greenville 04, Greenwood 7, Kershaw 6, Lancaster 22, Laurens 16, Lee 12, Lexington 15, Marlon 22, Marlboro 14, Newberry 22, Oconee 19, Orangeburg 47, Pickens 28, Richland 4 6, Saluda 21. Snartanhurer 4 2. Sumter 21, Union 1, Williamsburg 11 and York 26. In n Class to Himself. Tho flreenville News says: "When a governor pardons dead men and then pardons for a second time a criminal and gives assurance to a certain class of criminals that pardons are waiting for them if they are ever convicted, it looks as if tho. pardon business had been pushed to the limit." It would bo for any governor but Itlease, but ho is in a class all alone. MENACE PROPERTY FOREIGN POSSESIONS IN SENALOA IN DANGER FEDERALS LEVY WAR TAX ? Hocuuso of Threatened Confiscation Upon Failure to Pay Tax Foreigners Have Appealed to Their Consuls Who Are Taking the Matter up With Their Home Government. The American charge d'affaires, Nelson O'Shaughnessy, recently notified Washington that the property of foreign residents in the State of Sinaloa was in imminent danger of confiscation by the Federal authorities as a war measure. The charge has received instructions to investigate the constitutionality of the act, and if ho finds it is not sanctioned by law, to register a protest with the Mexican government. Tho confiscation of property has been threatened in default of payment of a 5 per cent tax arbitrarily imposed by tho government of Sinaloa. Foreigners generally have ap peaieu inrougn their consuls to the diplomatic representatives in the Mexican capital. The French minister has reported to his government, asking for instructions; but the English and German minister havo advised their nationals at Mazatian to pay the tax under protest. The America n charge has prepared a memorandum for presentation to Senor Moheno, the Mexican minister of foreign affairs. The order of the governor requires the payment of a tax on all real and personal property, regardless of the nationality of the owner, and a warning is issued that unless the tax is paid by December IS confiscation will he summary. Consular reports say the governor explained that the levy was absolutely necessary to raise money for the payment of the troops. Two banks and several commercial houses already have closed their doors and the conditions of the people generally is becoming desperate from lack of money. Business houses, including thoso under foreign ownership, already have contributed 115,000 pesos ($57,500) to a fund for the troops, according to consular advices. A parade of 200 young women in the capital Wednesday reflected the impoverished condition to which many of smaller towns havo been reduced. They were seamstresses thrown out of employment by the ' closing of factories, where the exclusive output consisted of soldiers uniforms. These same women recently appealed to President Huerta. They went to the palace again, and again the president refused to see them. Afterwards they inarched through the principal streets, displaying banners on which was inscribed, "We all want work." The husbands of many of these women are in the army service and tho women aro dependent upon their own resources. Prsldent Huerta again has asked congress to vest him with full executive powers to conduct the affairs of the departments of war, finance and tho interior. A hill to this effect was introduced Wednesday in the chamber. The deputies had just approved a measure authorizing the flotation of interior loan of 100,00 0 pesos at 5 per cent, to ho Immediately issued. This was to he the first of a series of five loans, and if congress approve the president's request for power over the finance department, it will enable him to put out the remaining four without further formality. That the reactionary Catholic party element in congress has been induced to see things from the president's point of view was indicated by a speech made in congress by Francisco Pa son ol Claroln londnt* !-?? t v-Mvtvi v/i tuvj \r ell IJ , in which he declared that he was convinced of the necessity of the country being ruled by a dictator should be subject to congressional approval. * ? lloys Prevent Wreck. Two boys of Anderson, Ind., one 8 and tho other 1 0, who modestly refused to give their names, Wednesday saved Pig Four passenger train No. 4 8 from a probably disastrous wreck just north of their homo town. The boys were taking a short cut along tho railroad track on their way to school and found a rail 16 inches out of place. They knew tho passenger train was about duo and rushed down tho track to meet it, took off their coats and from tho middle of tho track waved them until tho engineer brought the train to a stop. Pasesngers from the coaches made up a large purso for the boys. * Gray Haired Women Found Guilty. Five gray haired women of tho village of Volo, 111., who rode Mrs. John Kicnarason on a rail one night last July becauso her namo was linked by gossip with that of her brother-inlaw, have been fined $200 and sentenced to six months in jail. Shoots Two Sons. An unknown nepro shot and killed a white hoy and wounded his brother, sons of a farmer named Itritt Manning, residing in Sllco, La. The negro escaped. LOSE LIVES HUNTING THIS SEASON'S DEATH LIST BREAKS ALL KEOOKDS. ? Total Roaches 135?Some Wore Reckless, Some Careless and Others Just Had Hard Luck. Tho liuiitiiik season, ending tlie past week, cost 135 lives in 21 states. In addition, 140 persons wero injured, a number of them fatally. Wisconsin was tho chief sufferer of tho season, with a total of 2 9 dead and 2 7 injured. Michigan was next with 28 dead and 16 injured. New York was third with 19 dead and one injured. Tho careless handling of weapons was tho chief cause of death. Thirtyseven persons lost their lives at their own hands. Twenty-four others shot themselves, but escaped with lesser injuries. Tho careless traveling companion was held responsible for 24 deaths and one injury. The man who shoots everything he sees moving was held responsible for 17 deaths and ten injuries. Sixteen hunters wero downed while searching for game. The killing of 5,180 deer in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts cost the lives of 13 persons and more or less serious injury to 72 others. Of tho 1 I persons killed In Maine, four wero mistaken for deer ami shot by other hunters. A total of 7,500 deer fell before tho onslaught of shooters in Minnesota, according to an estimate made by H. A. Rider, of tho State Game and Fish commission. It was tho best season for shooting tho animals in a decade, despite tho absence of snow in tho northern woods. Eight hunters wero killed and two injured. Most of tho fatalities were duo to men boing taken for deer, though a majority of tho hunters wore red caps. No one was killed during tho Massachusetts open week on deer, but eight were injured, one hunter being shot as he was taking a deer out of tho woods on his shoulders. Deer seemed to have been more plentiful in Massachusetts than in other parts of New England, 1,580 animals being killed in a season of one week's duration. BOGEY MAN IS BURIED. ? Tho New Tariff Ijuw is Working Well for the Country. In every Presidential and Congressional campaign for tho last forty years the protected interests, represented by tho Republican party, have trotted out their bogey man to scare the business men and other timid people into keeping tho Republican party in power so as the protected interests could continuo to plunder tho masses through the high protective tariff. As was the case in 189(1, ~ i - - * * " " ? ucii me eiecuon 01 Air. uryan seemed almost a certainty, a panic was threatened to prevent it. For years the people were in the hands of the tariff barons, who plundered them without mercy. The influence which this threat to bring on a panic has exerted has manifested itself in many ways. Ranks controlled by the interests refused to extend loans except for those politically friendly; conditional orders were placed for largo amounts of material, to bo delivered if tho Republicans won or held up if tho Democrats were successful. Railroad and mill employees were warned not to return to work the day after election unless the Republican party was successful; every possible device was employed to compel voters to substitute fear for intelligence in the casting of their votes. Rut these tactics failed in the last campaign. A united Democracy, aided by a division in tho Republican party, succeeded in obtaining control of the White House and of both branches of Congress. Tho time was opportune for a reduction of tho tariff. The discussion that preceded the enactment of the Rayne-Ahlrich Dill bad revealed more clearly than ever before the true inwardness of a protective tariff measure. Progressive Republicans, led by such men as LaFolletto and Dolliver vied with Democrats in showing up tho manner in which tho beneficiaries of protection conspired together to collect their tribute through laws written by themselves. President Wilson, with the co-oporation of Congress, succeeded in enacting a law which materially reduces import duties and puts a part of the burden of government upon incomes And how that law has opened tho eyes of a multitude of honest, patriotic men who were really led to believe that disaster would follow in tho wake of tariff reduction. As the Commoner says, they must have been surprised when tho sun rose as usual the morning after the bill was signed. Since then tho world has wagged on in its usual way; tho timidity has gone; the nervous prostration is over, and tho country is freed from a terrorism which has lasted for a generation. ? . lint. Held up Seven Trains. Three express trains and four fast freight trains on tho Pennsylvania railroad were held up for 30 minutes becauso a rat had eaten tho insulation of a signal wire.