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NO TIME FOR TALK MEXICAN I>K FACTO GOVERNMENT MUST SALUTE FLAG i WIERTA GETS LAST NOTE Administration Outlines Studied Indignities Heaped Upon American Flag, and Announces Determination to See Flag Saluted by Those Who Have Debased it. The position of the administration in regards to the demand made upon Mexico for a salute to tho flag, as exnlained bv President Wilson Wednes day to members of the Senate and House committees on foreign affairs, and as it was subsequently reviewed in the notes sent to all foreign governments, is described in a statement which was prepared by high administration officials. The statement follows: "In discussions in official circles in Washington of the present Mexican situation the following points have been very much dwelt upon: "It has been pointed out that in considering the present somewhat delicate situation in Mexico, the unpleasant incident at Tampico must not be thought of alone. For some time past the de facto government of Mexico has seemed to think mere alopogies sufficient when the rights of American citizens or the dignity of the government of the United States wero involved, and has apparently made no attempt at either reparation or the effective correction of the serious derelictions of its civil and military officers. "Immediately after the incident at Tampico an orderly from one of the ships of the United States in the harbor of Vera Cruz, who had been sent ashore to the post office for the ship's mail and who was in uniform and wno naci tne official mall bag on his back, was arrested and put Into jail by the local authorities. He was subsequently released and a nominal punishment inflicted upon the officer who had arrested him, but it was significant that an orderly from the feet of the United States was picked out from the many persons constantly *o!ng ashore on the various errands from the various ships in the harbor representing several nations. "MobV serious of all, the officials in charge of the telegraph office at Mexico City presumed to withhold an official dispatch of the government of the United States to its embassy at Mexico City until it should have been sent to the censor and his permission received to deliver It, and gave the dispatch into the hands of the charge d'affaires of the United States only upon his personal and emphatic demand, he having, in the meantime, learned through other channels that a dispatch had been sent hkn which be had not received. "It can not but strike any one who has watched the course of events in Mexico as significant that untoward Incidents such as these have not occurred in any case where representatives of other governments were concerned, but only with dealings with representatives of the United States, and that there has been no occasion for other governments to call attention to such matters or to ask for a/nnloeies. "These repeated offiences against the rights and dignity of the United States, offences not duplicated with regard to the representatives of other governments, have, necessarily, made the impression that the government of the United States was singled out for manifestations of ill-will and contempt. "The authorities of the State department feel onfldent that when the seriousness and the effects of these actions is mado evident to the Mexican government, that they will see the propriety of giving evidences of its desire to correct these things. There can be no loss to the dignity of the de facto government in Mexico in recognizing in the fullest degree the claims of a great sovereign government to its respect." \ TOOK HANDCUFFS TOO. Fort Mill Prisoner Escapes and Car* ries OfT Bracelets. Knox Windle, magistrate's constable at Fort Mill, had an unusual experience Monday night while making an arrest of Tom Glover for violation of contract and cruelty to animals. The arrest having been made, Mr. Windle started for the lockup in a buggy with his prisoner handcuffed. On his way he left the buggy for a moment to summon a witness at a house he was passing and the negro, taking advantage of his absence, whipped up the horse with the lines and made his escape, taking with him the constable's perfectly good pair of handcuffs. The negro left the buggy after going a milo or so and has not yet been apprehended. I Accidentally Shoots His Cousin. While examining a gun Tuesday Maxwell Atkinson, aged fifteen, of Bishopville, ehot and killed Ellzah Driggers by mistake. BULLETS STOP RACING MILITIA OF OKLAHOMA CAUSES RACKS TO STOP SUDOBN LY. Starter Sends Horses Oft 021 the Races Rut Jockeys Stop at Volley Over Their IIea<l?. Disregarding a restraining order issued by Judge M. A. Breckenbridge, of the Superior Court, Oklahoma state troops took possession of the Tulsa, Okla., fair grounds, proclaimed under martial law by Gov. Lee Cruce, and when an attempt was made to run the races carded for Wednesday afternoon, a squad of militiamen fired a volley over the heads of the jockeys. With this show of force and the declration of Adjt. Gen. Frank M. Canton, who was in personal command of the troops, that if another race was started the militiamen would fire to kill the horses, officials of the Tulsa Jockey club ordered the spring race meeting:, which began Monday, abandoned temporarily at least. Wednesday's action brought to culmination a contest as to the right of "bookmakers" to operate at the track. Monday open betting was permitted and Monday night District Judge L. M. Poe issued an injunction prohibiting the placing of wagers. Tuesday report was made to the governor that volations of the State antigambling laws continued, and Wednesday night tho proclamation declaring the track under marshal law was issued. The next move wiil be the hearing of habeas corpus proceedings, instituted in behalf of several men arrested by the State troops Wednesday. Application for the writs was filed before the court of criminal appeals in Oklahoma City late Wednesday afternoon. No date has been set for the hearing. Two companies of militia were employed in stopping the races. First the stands were cleared of spectators and orders given formally for the discontinuance of the races. This order was disregarded and ten horses entered in the first race were sent to the post. The starter lost no time in dropping the barrier, and as the horses entered the stretch the militiamen fired over the heads of the jockeys. J. M. Stewart, a private detective, who had refused to leave the ground; a stable boy, who attempted to lead a horse from the track, and a spectator, who tried to force his way through the guard lines, were arrested. ? ? SWEPT BY FTjAMES. New York Apartment House Fire Results in Eleven Deaths. Flames that swept through a fivestory apartment house at New York Friday claimed 11 victims and resulted in the serious injury of four others. Ten bodies were taken from the theatrical boarding house that occupied half of the buildir.g. Only four could be identified, the others being charred beyond recognition. The first started in a pile of waste in the basemen of a five and ten cent store which occupied the ground floor of the building, spread rapidly up.the stairways, shutting off egress by them. The^e were no fire escapes in tne iront or tne building and the large number of dead and injured was due to the refusal of the panicstricken people to remain In the front windows where many were rescued by firemen. All of the dead and injured were taken from the rear rooms and halls where they were caught while attempting to reach the roof and fire escapes. One man was killed in trying to escape over roofs. In the hour the (lames raged many thrilling rescues were made by firemen working from ladders in front and from windows of a nearby tenement building. Captain Smith, who was suspended by his feet from a window, prevented Louis Royland from being dashed to death i when a ladder broke on which he was crawling from the burning tenement. Captain Smith seized Royland and hold on to him until both could be dragged to safety. ? . MEET AND SHAKE HANDS. ??+ Underwood and Hobson Fa*e Each Other on House Floor, * Representatives Underwood and Hobson, senatorial candidates in one of the bitterest campaigns fought in Alabama, met and shook hands in the House Tuesday. "How are you, Underwood?." said Mr. Hobson, and the majority leader returned his hand clasp with a "Fine, Capt. Hobson." It was the first exchange between the two on the floor of the House for months. ? I>roppc<l Dead While Shooting. i W. T. Cbilders of Greensboro, N. > C., fired three shots at C. D. Rowe, and dropped dead from heart failure. Rowe was slightly wounded in one nand. ? * ?? Mad Dog Bites Throe. A mad dog at Latta Friday bit a little white boy and three negroes. STATES PLATFORM I ? < JOHN G. RIOHAJiDS TELLS VOT- , ERS WHAT UK WILL FAVOR. i i RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR! ( Says II? Is Opposed to Compulsory 1 < Education?Stands by I>ocal Op- j tion, Favors Flat Two-Cent Rate and Good Roads?Makes Other i Declarations of His Position. John G. Richards, railroad corn- ' missioner, who is running for governor, recently gave out the follow ing platform: To the Democracy of South Carolina: In becoming a candidate for gov- ! ernor I do so with the full realization ; of the responsibility which I assume, and in submitting my platform for your consideration I also cheerfully 1 offer my nast record, both public and 1 private. 1 It is impossible, of course, at this stage, to give my platform in its en- ! tirety, but I desire to state in unequivocal terms who my position is upon some of the more important questions that are of vital interest to the people of the State. My position upon the educational question is known wherever I am known, and I shall continue to advocate equitable support for our higher educational institutions. Our public school system is the vitalizing force that supplies our colleges and the main foundation of our republican institutions. I shall advocate the fullest and most unstinted support for our common school system, with particular attention to the development of our rural schools and education. We are now making great improvements along educational lines, but this question is of transcendent importance and demands our very best effort. I am in favor of enlarging our free school system so that it will offer to every white child in South Carolina a good common school education. I am in favor of erecting convenient and comfortable school huildincrs and furnishing all necessary text books free of cost. I am in favor of paying our teachers, both men and women, salaries commensurate with the dignity and importance of their positions. I have always opposed compulsory school attendance and shall continue to do so. We should provide every necessary facility and enlarge upon our impelling system, rather than resort to compulsion. Such legislation is fundamentally wrong; besides it is inexpedient and unnecessary and, therefore, unwise. The building of good and permanent highways will add more to the value of our property and the wealth of our State than any other public utility. The effect of good roads throughout the State would be felt in every walk of life, but such improvement would be an especial blessing and a great economy to those of our people who live in the country districts. 1 shall stand for the permanent improvement of our highways, such improvement being made under local self-government to the various counties. Farming is the chief and greatest of all Industries; in fact, it is the bed-rock foundation of our economic life. T shall stand for a legislative administrative policy that will give vigorous support to all agencies which make for the full development of our agricultural interests, and for n rvrvlU., il. r. * -11 -11 iv |iuih:v iiuu niiu.ii luaii'i" nil tiiiifir business interest, and that shall tend to induce capital to come into the State for the purpose of developing to the fullest extent our splendid natural resources. In the campalgiTwhIch'l"mad"e for governor in 1910 I advocated Statewide prohibition. I am still a prohibitionist by practice and from principle. In my opening speech at Sumter, and in many places throughout the State, while discussing the whiskey question and submitting my opinion as to its solution, I used this language: "This question is an issue before our people; ther voices should be supreme. I believe in the rule of the people, and when they have spoken upon a given question, it is treachery not to heed their will as expressed at the ballot box." The people of South Carolina have expressed their will at the ballot box and bavc declared for local option. I believe in trusting the people. Their will when expressed is supreme. Therefore I shall not oppose local option, but will favor the principle of allowing the various counties to de *i ? ? in iiiiin- una t|uuauuu us huoitis proper to them, with, of course, a strict observance of constitutional limitations. I am in favor of honest elections and a strict enforcement of our laws against violators of the Rame, but I shall oppose any legislation, either by the Democratic party or by the legislature, that will deprive the humblest white Democrat of his right to vote. During the twelve years that I was a member of our legislature I contend and voted for biennial sessions. J I held then, and hold now, that annual sessions are not only ^unneces-1 . sary, but tbey are a positive Injury to the beBt interests of the State, therefore I stand for biennial sessions of Dur legislature. / I am in favor of a two-cent flat rate for passenger travel over the three trunk line railroads of this 3tate and their branches, and a two and one-half-cent rate for the independent short lines. A well organized, well disciplined State militia is esaentlal for the protection of the State and the proper enforcement of her laws; therefore, I favor a sufllcient appropriation by the State for the proper maintenance of its citizen soldiery. I shall advocate, as I always have, liberal support for our ex-Confederate soldiers. I think the general principle of working convicts upon the highways 3f the county in which they are convicted is a wise one and therefore fn VAI* if Knt T om imnUAwnhltr 1U <wi uui< i urn Ulimici IKVIJ UJjpUB" 3il to working white and negro convicts together or forcing terms of social equality in the camp of stockade. I shall stand for strict enforcement of the law with fairness to all our people and without partiality to any. 1 believe, however, that justice should ho tempered wuh mercy. I shall stand for an economical ad ministration of our State government, with, of course, a proper regard for the protection and development of the various interests of the State. A reckless expenditure of the public funds is a crime, and I shall oppose all extravagant, appropriations for whatever purpose they may be made. The people of this State are already too heavily burdened by taxation, and it shall be my purpose not only to prevent an increase of that burden, but to reduce it. I shall advocate a complete revision and readjustment of the tax laws of the State and the adoption of a system of assessment that will make No system of taxation can be just proportion of the burden of taxation. No system of taxation cain be just that, does not bear upon every class of property equitably. I believe in keeping separate the three co-ordinate branches of the government; they are God-ordained and constitution-made and I shall so regard them. If I am elected governor of the State I shall endeavor with all the ability and strength at my command to keep in constant touch with the working force of all our public institutions and branches of the government, and shall endeavor to so in form myself In regard to our public affairs as to intelligently recommend to the law-making power of the State those things that the public need and the needs of the hour demand. In making the race for governor it is my purpose to make the issues plain and to the point. I will go before the people upon a platform every plank of which shall stand for what I believe to be the people's good and for the development and upbuilding of our State in all her interests. I will go before them with the firm determination that if I am elected I will be the governor of the whole people. Respectfully, John G. Richards Jr. ? SHOOTS RETREATING NEGRO. ?? ? Greenwood Negroes Have Difficulty Over a Woman. George Lark, a negro of Greenwood county, shot and killed Joe Matthews near Greenwood Sunday. Lark shot Matthews in the back of the head while the latter was attempting to get away. After killing Matthews liisumuy u is sam mat l^arR llred at his own son. This killing was the aftermath of a dance, which, according to report, was one of many dancee held in that section of the county every Saturday night by negroes. Only two negro women came to this one and Lark decided, it is charged, to make merry with a quart of whiskey. After getting under the influence of the liquor he is said to have exclaimed: "Who said I won't shoot,' and flourished a large pistol. He repeated this statement several times according to the evidence, and ther Matthews went forward and express ed doubt as to Lark's intentions whereupon Lark again whipped oui his pistol and drew it on Matthews Frightened at Lark's threatening at titude Matthews ran away and Larl fired at him three times, hitting hin twice in the arm and once in th< head. ? Hod No Easter Clothes. At Macon, Oa., Saturday, Walte: Leslie, aged 10, fatally shot himsol through the stomach with a pistol He had been crying all morning be cause his narents could not buv bin a new suit of clothes and a straw ha to .wear to Easter services at Sunda: school. . ? ? Three Companies Fall Short. The war department has notifle< Governor Blease that the companie at Liberty Hill, Kershaw county, an< at Lancaster and Walterboro havinj failed to come up to the Inspectioi required will no longer receive fed eral aid. Small Roy Killed. Billy McCord, three years old, o Tampa, Fla., was crushed to doatl Tuesday when ho fell under th< wheels of a heavily loaded wagon. HUE8TA BLUFFING AFTER AGREEING TO SAIJJAE 18 TRYING TO 1K)DGE ELEVENTH HOUR HITCH ? i Mexican General Wants Americans to Answer His Salute Gun by GunPresident Wilson Will Refuse? Battleships Keep on Their Journey to Mexican Coast. Huerta Friday parleyed again. He demands that his salute to the United States flag shall bo returned simultaneously, gun for gun. This Presl dent Wilson is practically certain not to accept. This latest hitch at the eleventh hour when officials at Washington expected the situation was as good as closed, was disclosed in dispatches from Chare O'Shaughnessy. President Wilson discussed it with the cabinet. Administration officials said 1 privately that Iluerta's counter proposition would not be accepted. The development confirmed fears , of those officials who expected Huerta would equivocate again. Any intention of recalling any ships of the fleet now bound to Tamplco was abandoned and those close to tfie administration expected to seo President Wilson's demand for an unqualified apology backed up. The text of Charge O'Shaughnessy's dispatches was not made public, but it becamo known that Iluerta's . latest proposal was that as the guns fired their salute to the Stars and Stripes as an apology for continued effronts to the United States, that the cannon of the American fleet should reply to the Mexican salute gun for gun. Officials at Washington we\e ready to acknowledge Iluerta's salute of 21 guns after it had been finished, with a return salute such as is prescribed in naval custom and precedent. That would merely be acknowledging an amende honorable, they say. Put to return Iluerta's salute gun for gun, they pointed out, would make the anoloerv valueless. Officials described Iluerta's latest i move as an act to preserve his own " dignity before the Mexicans of that part of the country under his control. While President Wilson and the cabinet will decide what shall be done, the opinion is expressed freely in official circles that nothing but a complete apology and such a salute as the United States demands, would be accepted now. While Secretary Bryan, when he took the latest dispatches before the president, said the situation was "encouraging but not finished," and White House officials said the details remaining in dispute did not affect the "heart of the matter", it developed that Huerta's counter proposition for a simultaneous salute was regarded as another play for time, which probably would not be countenanced. TEN ARE DROWNED. Steamer From Jacksonville does Ashore Off New Jersey. Captain Hardy and his wife and eight members of the crew of the schooner Charles K. Buckley from i Jacksonville for New York, perished : Wednesday night when their life bo:? i was wrecked after the Buckley had ; been hurled ashore by a northwest i gale near Long Branch, N. J. The schooner became unmanage i able early Wednesday night. She first struck the beach near Seabright, N. J.f then the wind caught her and i swept her down the coast where she , appeared to break in two. Iler cargo of lumber kept her afloat, though a great mass of it was swept away. > I,ifo-savers rigged up searchlights . on the beach and shot line after line ? toward the vessel. Because of the . breakers it was impossible to launch a boat. A great crowd stood on the ? i beach watching the spectacle. Sev. eral lines fell athwart the schooner, but those on board were helpless or I drowned and with the exception of the lone survivor made no attempt to _ seize them. c : ? i Flag to ho Returned. i The battle flag of the 76th Ohio regiment, captured by Gen. William Hardee's corps, will bo returned to Ohio representatives at the Confedr erato reunion in Jacksonville in May. f Recently it was presented to the Selma, Aa., camp, Confederate veterans. ? ? ?* ^ Two Drown in River. | t Two men were drowned and five y others narrowly escaped the samo fate when an automobile plunged through the gates of the ferry steamer Rockawfiy into the Elizabeth river near 3 Norfolk, Va., Saturday. B ? ? j Turns Over Hot Water, g Francis Smith, five years old, of 1 Woodruff, Wednesday, dragged a - bucket of hot water from the sto^e on himself. He was badly burned. ? ? White Man Shoots Negro, f Hugh Harrison of Cuthwood in 1 Aiken county seriously wounded a s negro Tuesday who he claims attack-] ed him with a knife. R3 \ I I I 1 1 39n Wm ,'i, I I s ., I * THE HORRY HERALD CONWAY S. C. Published Every Thursday. ' % THURSDAY, APHID 2?f 1014. H. H. WOODWARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Daw. CONWAY, S. C. B. B. SCARBOROUGH. ^ Attorney at Daw. CONWAY, S. O. H. H. BURROUGHS, Physician and Surgeon. CONWAY, 8. C. W. E. McCOKD. # Dental Surgeon. y CONWAY, S. C. ,> RENE RAVENEL, < W Land Surveying ^ and Drainage. Spivey Building, Coitw&y, 8. C. CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE ;-.v . * CABINET HEARS PARTICULARS OF TAMPICO INCIDENT. + United States Marines in Uniform of Their Country Were Arrested by Federals at Tanipico. Tim ctnfiic a? tlin o ri-naf a f < )i n J. 11V UV1? VUU V/ 1 I'll V-? <i A \J A. vil V American marines and the subsequent demand by Admiral Mayo, as summoned up by cabinet officers and other ofhcials, was described as follows: 'Assistant Paymaster Charles C. Copp and a boatload of marines landed at Tampico last Thursday to obtain supplies. They were arrested, but later discharged. In accordance with regulations In all navies of the world Hear Admiral Mayo, on considering that an unwarranted arrest had been made and that the uniform of the ^ American navy had been disregarded, demanded reparation in the form of a salute of twenty-one guns. "The American flag, while not taken ashore, was flying at the stern of the whaleboat and all the marines svere in uniform. Rear Admiral Mayo allowed the Huerta commander until ^ ^ 6 o'clock that evening to Are a salute, H but later extended the time to af- fl ford the commander an opportunity I to communicate with his superior offl- jH cers in Mexico City. A statement of J apology was issued in Mexico City by Oen. Huerta, and the ofllcer who arrested the marines was ordered pun- J ished. fljj * "This did not satisfy the United States government and the salute was insisted upon. Gen. Huerta himself at no time agreed to comply, but n under secretary in the Mexican foreign offlco did inquire of Charge O'Shaughnessy if a salute fired to the gunboat Dolphin and responded to by J the American ship would be acceptable. This was emphatically rejected by the United States and word was sent that nothing short of a public salute to the American flag would be I satisfactory." I This was the situation laid before the cabinet Tuesday by the president. ( J Some administration officials were in- I clined to wait for more facts and do fl nothing until an investigation had A been completed. Others A that Huerta would evade the issue, and that prompt and vigorous action I was necessary. John Lind, it is un- , derstood, in his conference with the ' president and Secretary Bryan had counselled a forceful move. For two hours the cabinet discussed the pros and cons and tho possible consequence of drastic action, and the plan of sending the fleet as a warning to Huerta of the lengths to which J the Washington government was prepared to go to enforce its policy was JA x unanimously adopted. There was no i previous intimation that the naval demonstration would be ordered, but d this, as well as other moves, had been discussed on many an occasion in the past. Cabinet officers and others were insistent that no change in tho general JB policy toward Mexico was imminent, and that so far as possible the factions would be left to fight their bat- j ties unhampered by American inter- ' ference. Officials declared with emphasis that no other phases of the Mexican situation beyond tho affront N to the flag at Tampico were involved - 1 in the dispatch of the fleet, though ^'*1* officials admitted the strategic value T of having so big a fighting force in proximity to a country in which emergencies might arise at any time. ' Action, not words," was the way cabinet officers described the answer of the United States to Huorta s unwillingness to fire a saluto when de- Jk manded by the American government. ^ M ? ?. 7 Bursting Shell Wounds Workmen. f A shell in the shrapnell depart- I ment of the United States arsenal at Philadelphia Tuesday caused the $ death of one man, and the injury of jhj five others. SI ? . * . j? Two Killed; Tlilrty Injured. t At Toronto, Ont., t"*o laborers wero t killed and thirty injured Saturday t night by the fall of a sixty-foot wall of a building previously destroyed