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TUESDAY AND FRIDAY NEW SERIES VOL. 1. NO. ll.lYetkly, EsUbllHhe? IS??; Dally, Jaii.13, 1911. ANDERSON, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1914. SEA FLYING TH AMERICAN FLAG BRITISH STEAMER ARRIVES AT LIVERPOOL CARRYING THE STARS AND STRIPES G CAPTAIN CLAIMS HE HAD THE RIGHT For Protection of Neutral Pas sengers and Mails Which Ship Was Carrying. FIRST PLACE HAS IN NO WAY DISTURBED SEA-BORNE TRADE OF ENGLAND STEAMERS ARE RUNNING AS USUAL Little News Received of the Great Battle Taking Place in Central Poland. (By Associated FtNt.) LONDON, Feb. 6,?The British Ktearaer Lusitania. of tho Cunard Line, which sailed from New York January :iO and arrived at Liverpool this at* tcrncon, Hew the American flag from the time she passed Queenstown until she entered tho Mersey. This kv uouched for by American passengers who crossed on her. The Lusitania received a wireless from the Baltic of the "White Star Line, that two submarines had been sighted from that vessel. The captain, In reply to questions of one or the passengers, declared he bad a right to fly the flag of a neutral country for protection of neutral passengers and malls which his ship was carrying. After being delayed by heavy storms which raised eeas deck high and in jured 11 passengers, the Lusitania ar rived off Queenstown late yesterday. Bee cruised off the Irish port for two hours and, without picking up a pilot, as Is usually done, proceeded .for Liv erpool at full speed, arriving at the Mersey Channel at daybreak, with the Stars and Stripes still flying. Flag Regulation Slge., Acordlng to a .statement by Will Ir win, an American writer, the Lusi tania carried the ..regulation large American flog-and, mall penaat.otaiwlj mWtm^attlc'ln'CfehtraT Po1a1id*lTl?j (By Associated Press.) LONDON, Feb., 6.?Neutral opinion of Germany's threat of a submarine blockade o' the British Isles together with possible acMon by the United StateB, Holland aa.fi Scandinavian countries, today ic co^netlng with the big battle in cemra. 'oland for first place in public Intere. Eng land. The threat itself bas lu u\> wa^ disturbed the su^-borae trade j' ?hw country. Steamers arc runnlug as usual, Insurance rate3 remain.as they, were and ship owners declare that there will be no change In schedules. The general belief here is that Ger many Is not in a position to Interfere to any great extent with shipping and the possibility of Germany becoming involved with neutral countries over this action looms large In Birtlsh minds. / Carried American Flag. What effect the action of the cap tain ' of j the ' Lusitania In flying the American flag will bave on the ques tion Is yet to be seen. The Lusitania crossed the Irish Sea acordlng to American passengers with American flags at her stern forepe?k but that fact 1s not yet.known to the English public. Little N'en a From Central Poland. - fore peak. Former United States Senator li? Fayette Yodhg, another 'paksenger, while he did 'nbt personally see the flag flying, said'It was accepted as, a fact by all on board. " ' ' " Should be Al?wcd to .Use Flag. ' . While the British 'foreign office h'us received ho official 'advice^1 'that the Lusitania flew the American flag on entering Liverpool and will make no formal statement until the'matter, is presented In denite form, a' prominent British official said that Inasmuch as the British government grants ships of other nations the privilege of using the British flag to escape capture, It naturally, feels that such privilege would.be granted to its ships in a sim ilar emergency. for. IT.? ii-ln-u ?I ? _ Van t'SS iiiiiiiii ring. The British merchant shipping act passed in 1894 contains the following paragraph: "If a person uses the' British flag and assumes the British national character on board a ship owned In whole or In part by persons unquali fied to own a British ship, for the pur. pose of making'the ship appear to be . British, the ship' shall ' be subject to forofeiture under this act unless the ; assumption bus- been made - for the purpose of escaping capture by < the enemy or by a foreign ship of.war In' the exercise of. some ..belligerent right." ? ' riff . I >;0 XAW-T^?Ta?Ti'?BB I Culled StateB Cap . Not Prohibit For. elgn Vessels Using Amerlearr ' - FJagv- ", ' " " , WASHINGTON, Feb. .6.?Officials to night had received no official report of j Ute use of the American flag by the Lusitania, but they Indicated. that to tie pews has come through today from 1 either Petrograd, Vienna or Berlin. It Is believed-fighting continues and that It will be some days before a final de cision Is reached. If the Russian buc (Continued on Page Eight) TWENTY KILLED BY EXPLOSION One Hundred and Sixty Othc*-| West Virginia Miners Were EntoinbeJ out Escaped. (Continued on Page Eighty '7\y Associated Press.) FAYETTEVILLE, W. Va., Feb., 6. Twenty miners were killed today by an explosion in the Carlisle mine of the New River Coal company. One hundred and sixty others were en tombed but escaped. The cage and air shafts were not damaged, which, probably accounted for. the escape of so large , a percen tage of those entombed. The ex plosion Is 'believed to have been due j to the ignition of a pocket of gas from a miner's lamp. One of tho rescued men, suffering from burns, was sent j to o hospital. "Six bodies were found by searchers hear' where' the. explosion, occurred and 14 others w/ere located under the debris. The names of the dead have hot'been ascertained. All of them, were dt foreign birth or negrevs. It was said the interior of the mine vas damaged'only slightly and thaicfpe ratlons cannot be resumed wltjlt a fow; days. The. Carlisle mine is a sister .nine I to the Parr?ll, Stuart and Whipple mines, in which explosions in 1906! and 1907 cost 120 lives. Paper Water-Marked With Warships and Cannons \ PEKING, Feb. 7,-~l8:15 a. m.l? Liang Chl-Chlao,I former.Chinese min ister of Justice, declares Iri'a tiow8 ! paper article that it wt* highly sig nificant that tho paper in which the Japanese demands . on., China , were, written was water (marked-with chips and cannon". -'.'It.|?f. eource considered re 9 outline of the 4a ? which appeared lh t per Asahl Shlrabun, tion Which was pr~ 1 Is correct. Regarni the Aoahi S hi m bun "japan asks China v chu? and Mongol^, extension of the teajo'ot .the Port Arthur? Dairen and ?cuth Manchur : tan ra?wsy zone to 09 years; and by , ; .?.ntin? to Jananeee the right o? f?* riencel^nd land ownership In Mon golia .?hd Manchuria; and'to soir? fM ;fli Ton question by tranefer riaavl???P*n tfc? cobtuons hither .ated frpm a Hi newapa ^ieso demanda I calve the Man ?fy questions by bV Germ any. Japan also asks for the opening of important cities throughout tho country as treaty ports and the open lag <>? various rivers to foreign navigation. She asks also railways con?eBsIone." k Japan declared hor sphere of Influ oncq over Inner Mongolia three years ago, thereby offsetting the Ewsslan recognition of the autonomy of the Gutof. .Mongolia. High Chinese offi cials declare the Japanese Include a participation in tho policing and gen eral edmtaletratlon of ?he country and concessions conflicting with those of other nations, including Great .Brie? ain. President Yuen 8pi Kal now la ar ranging a conference with the snepa. bers of the Japanese legation for dis cussion of the demandai The presi dent bas Issued.-a statement reassur ing the people and ur?lng them, to continue td treat foreigners hospita bly. ".. '1 i... 1-.. ^_i..".;^'w^^ Remarkable Picture of Germans in Charge on Fre kich. This photograph, said to be the first the fact that the camera shows men the photographer accounts for the in of an actual battle scene In the pr?s- falling within a short distance that distinctness of the photograph, for ent war, wa3 taken by an American the photographer himself was under there are few who would take care photographer. It Is apparent from the fire of the French. The danger of ful pictures under Buch conditions PEACE CONFERENCE A??PTS_RESOL?T!OM Cd?? Upon Mexican Leaders Now in War to United For Good of the Country. (By Auoo'ated Picxxl .' ' ; SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Feb. 6.?With out reference to President Wilson's Mexican policy or to intervention by forcq of arms, the Mexican peace con vent ion hero ' today unanimously adopted a resolution calling upon the leaders of the pert les now engaged in war to terminate the strife and unite for the good of the country. More than 500 delegates from almost every section of Mexico and every political party participated in the convention, presided over by Miguel Bolanes Ca cho, former governor of Oaxaca. The conference adjourned .sine die. The r?solution in the form of a message is being telegraphed tonight to Generale Carranza. Villa. Maytoro na, Hill, Zapata, Angele*. Cantu and other military officials. The convention decided upon a plan designed to bring about peace by the appointment'of a permanent commit tee to obtain a conference of the mil itary officials in Mexico at the earliest possible time. - Federico Qamboa, former minister of foreign relations In Huerta's cabinet, anu Francisco Carbajal, president of Mexico bef.een the Huerta and Carranza administra tions, were elected chairmen of this committee with power to name sub committees in all country where there are colonies of Mexicans. PR?POSI. SEVENTY-FIVE TIONS RECEIVE^ THEIR ALL MORE OR LESS LOCAL IN NATURE Lively C&stest Over ?&y For Se cretary of Board of Health For City of Orangebur*. CLOSE STOCK YARDS IN NINE CITIES Loss From Foot and Mouth Dis ease Thus Far Aggregate? $3,399,110. IOWA MOLDS TITLE OF BANNER STATE Principal Crops Grown There Last Year Being Valued at $3G1,450,000? -Illinois ! Second* Special la The Iutilligeiirrr. COLUMBIA. Feb. 6.?This was what in known as the day for local l?gislation, Seventydlve propositions that were more or less local in na ture received their second reading, and some bills of a general character that encountered ho considerable op position received the second house reading and will be given their final reading on Monday. The house when it receded from business today agreed to meet on Monday at 1 o'clock. All of the local bills went through with i out opposition with the exception of one relative to the pay of the secre tary of the board of health for the city Of Orangeburg. There was a lhtely little contest over this simple little proposition on the part of members of the Orangc burg delegation. The bill however was passed. The only other contested mater thatjcame up was when Mr. 'Smith of Collet on wanted the county authorities to issue licenses, for which the county was to-be paid, to people who could buy lint cotton. .Mr. Varn, (By Associated Prass.) > WASHINGTON, Feb., 6.?After the discovery of foot and mouth Infec tion in Chicago. Indianapolis, Louis ville. Buffalo, Cincinnati, Jersey City, Plttsburg, Baltimore and Columbus, the department of agriculture today instructed it* inspectors to close the clocks yards In those cities to Inter state shipment of livestock after ship ments in transit had been disposed of. Officials believe Instead of a repeti tion of the recent quarantine over | large areas, disinfecting of the yards will suffice to stamp out the latest ! outbreak. Further conferences led officials to conclude thnt no attempt would be made .to stop the entrance of cattle I to the yards for immediate slaughter,1 except insofar as the shipments came from other yards closed for disinfec tion* The time the yards will be clos ed is said to depend entirely upon the number of men put at work disinfect ing. Loss from the foot and mouth dls eaae thus Jur has aggregated $1, 399.110, the bureau of animal Indus try announced today in the Agricul tural Outlook. The outbreak, the most extensive ever known in the TJnited State.;, now seems to be un der control, as a result of a vigorous policy of cradictlon, the bureau says. Ubr Associated Frew.) WASHINGTON. Feb.. 6.?Iowa has wrested from -Texas the title of ban ner crop State, the thirteen principal crops grown there last year being valued at .S351.450.00. according to the Agricultural Outlook, Issued today. Illinois' crops were worth $319,656, 000, while Texas cornea i third with $288,336,000. Decrease in the value of cotton was the cause of the smaller value'of Texas'crops. Other States crop values are: North Carolina 4124,018.000; Ten nessee $106,665,000; South Carolina $101.373.000; Virginia $73,695,000; Georgia $155,167,000. . Will Appeal to English (iovernmenL SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. The nav al stores men-Of the South have de termlned to appeal directly to tbe English government In an effort to havte spirits turpentine and rosin tak en off the-contraband UsL New World's Kecord. : BOSTON, Feb. A- new world's Indoor record fdr a relay race of 1, ?60 yards rras " raade iuuight by a Boston Athletic Association Quartette In Its annual race with the New York Athietlu Club, at the Invitation track and field meet of the Boston Athletic Association. MUST YIELD TO: CLARKE'S lviOTION stating that he spoke for the farnw', , _ a'asaW Tt,L t. r??t? IX/..,1 Ing Interests, opposed the bill very,Lcadero ***** Thte la Only Way] to Get Amended Bill Before strenuously and the house had quite an enjoyable ten minutes discussion and Anally killed the bill in response to the appeal of Mr. Varn. Among the general bills that were passed to third reading was one by Mr. Walker and Senator Hughes of Union County, which is intended to regulate and restrict the employment of negroes In cotton mills and to re quire that they shall be separated. There was no opposition to this bill. The proposition to change the law /with reference to establishing a his torical commission association receiv ed its second reading. Senator Sink ler'a bill to provide for the Australian ballt t system' for all primary and oth er elections in the city of Charleston was given ita second house .reading, Senate. (By Aasodated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb.. 0.?Adminis tration senators agreed today tt would be impossible to recommit the ship purchase bill with instructions for its modification, and determined tbetr only course to get an amended bill before the senate was to yield to the motion of Senator Clarke which threw the Democratic < ranks into confusion early In the week. They will then press Senator Gore's motion to discharge the commerce committee from consideration of a ! The house committee .had provided ! substitute bill containing amendments | some amendment*, hut at the reduest satisfactory to progressive Republl sonte amendments, but at the request Of "Mr. Sensney all amendments were defeated and the bill was ordered to third reading exactly as it passed the senate. . * . Among the new bills introduced to day. > was th? ' primary reform meas ure which Ib proposed by Mr. Gray don. .Mr. Nunn of York proposed a bill by which welfare work in the mill communities is to be Investigated* by a commission Several land bills, that con senators^ They are confident Senators Norrie, Kenyon and .LafolICtte 'Will vote for that motion; ' Senator Newlands .also will be here and they expect to carry that motion without the aid of the vice president ' Determination to resort to that pro gram was reached when word came today that Senator Smith of . South Carolina, could not return in time to is with reference to the'titles of real aid tbo Democrats. Without his vote estate in this State, were made a sprf- Senator ! Fletcher's motion to reccra cial order for Thursday of next week. mit with instructions would be de Governor, Manning today issued an < featod by a majority of one. Order mustering out the National .What will'be the fate pt the bill militia et Georgetown' and Chnrleaton 1 after It has been returned to the stage which companies were reported de-'of general debate aex( Week v still Is Sclent. _, j problematical. THF RFRMAN! DOES NOT INCLUDE SEAS ADJACENT TO NEUTRAL COUNTRIES CYDI AlUmq TUE LAB LMIIHIU lllL WILL NOT MOLEST AMERICAN SHIPS Laden With Foodstuffs For Civi lian Population of Germany's Enemies. (By Auocittcd Frrcs.) WASHINGTON. Fob. 6.?Germany's proclamation of a v;ar zone In the waters .surrounding Great Britain andj Ireland does not as at llrst reported} include any seas adjacent to neutral countries. The official text of the proclamation, received today from Ambassador Ger ard, reveals that only areas directly bordering on the territorial waters of France and Great Bitaln. ae held to be In the zone where neutral vessels may be subject to the hazards of naval warfare. The original wireless report stated that the waters north of the Shetland Islands, In the eastern bas in of the North Sea, and for 30 nau tlcal miles along the Dutch coast, also had been Included in the zone. The official text says expressly that the "routes of navigation around the north of the Shetland Islands in the eastern part of the North Sea and In a strip 30 miles wide along the Dutch const are not open to the danger zone." Makes Inquiry. State department officials lent . a message Inquiring If there was not sumo error in translation.of the last phrase "not open to the danger zone,", kMJJmsM&bt?&iy. had^ho^dpuW. the paritcularizatlon of thes waters ; meant they were .tho suggested'routes for neutral ships and that shipping to Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Holt land would not he affected, : Text of Proclamation* The text of a proclamation as re ceived at the stute depart meat -/eads 5 ?????Ws; ' ' " ' "The waters around Great Britain. (Continued cn Page Eight) NAVAL FORCES INSTRUCTED TO AVOID VIOLENCE TO NEUTRAL VESSELS WILL DESTROY EVERY ENEMY SHIP Neutrals Wsrned Against . En* busting Crews, Passengers ... and Wares to Such Vessels [? MORE FUNDS FOR NEW WARSHIPS United States Will Have $7,705, 000 More Than Waa Au thorised in 1914. (By AaaodateU Proa.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.?By provis ions of the naval appropriation bill which passed the house yesterday and uso of the money from sale of the old battleships Idaho and Mississippi to Greece, the United States will have $7.705.000 more available for new war ships this year than was authorized for the building program in 19141 Sec retary Daniels pointed out ?u a state ment todnv that while the houac hill total. $138,844,364, Is less than the 1014 appropriation' by" Si.892.171.' ti?e building appropriation Is increased by $1.246,686 over last year's figures. Tho statement says the ' Secretary will ask the senate when' It considers the bill to authorize use of money eaved by car?ful management from navy yard and other shore appropria tions for construction purposes, and hopes to makes the total increase over the 1914 building fund reach $9.000. 000. He alao will seek to have tho senate restore the naval reserve pro vision stricken out by the house. fBy Associated Praia.) A . BRHLINt Feb. ?.-~<By, WJreUai.)-~. The German government tOdaV gdVO out the text of the "mcaivrisdiav $ the imperial German govorument con cerning retaliation against the meas ures taken by England In violation OX. international law, to stop neutraf sea commerce with Germany." It follows: "Since the beginning of the .-priv ent war Great Britain baa carried on * a mercantile warfare against Ger many in a way that denes al? e th? principles of international law. It . Is true that the British government > has announced In a number of decres the London Declaration, concerning naval warfare to b e binding "on ! Its naval forces, but in reality : she "has renounced the declaration In lts'moat important particulars, although aar own delegates at the London cpn-, ferenee on naval warfare had ?ec?g nlzed its conclusions to ho valid "as international law. . :' Articles Not Ci.ntrftbae.uV f?i > "The British government rjf?t&mff? i number of articles ,in the *Hpt ef fiOJV; traband which arc not. or .at mos*.?a, only indirectly useful fo? ?.uu?rypuy\. poses, and therefore, accoralhg to the1" London Declaration, nS> Well' ds ' no-' Ci?mto?-to4he.l??i>toefaAliy.r r?c^gtUiift?i rules or international law;'MM* jm? >.J be designated bo contraband. :Bn*haft<, - f?rther, ' actually abolished . the dis tinction between ' absolute and .rela-i . Ove contraband, Inasmuch asf*^t;fg*,/ subjected to capture all articles, of. rer ,;, j latlvu contrab&r??'iats?ce?; &r.,0|?A many: ("without reference' to th* w*?v hot In which tboy are to be ufalhatt?d ' or to the hostile or peaceful:ds*:,te<y, I which they are to be put. j . Violates Paris Declaration.' %f "She ooos not even- hesitate ' ?*? violate the Paris Declaration '"M tjer naval forces have seised en S?SttVr? ships German property that waa not contraband in violation of b?r own decrees concerning the London Ife* claratlon. She has further, through her naval forces, taken from ' nstttrai ships numerous German ?W>1*\ to military service and bas made of ,-theai prisoners of war. Renders Shipping Bangeren*? . "Finally, she has declared the en Urc North Sea to be an area Of afar, und if she has not made .Impossible the passage of noutral shipping through the Rea between Scotland**** Norway rendered it so difficult oft? so dangorous that sue has to a cer- ' tain extent effected a blockade1 of neutral ?oasts and neutral ports, in violation of all International .law. "All these measures have- the ob vious purpose, through Illegal paraly zatlon of legitimate neutral commer?a, not only to strike at the Genpan mili tary strength, but also at the econo- * ?nie life of Germany and Anally,' t:>rough starvation, doom the entire population of Germany to destruc tion. V J \ . Neutrals Aid British Measures. \ "The neutral powers have g?n?ral-' ly acquiesced Ip the steps taken by the British government, especially they have not succeeded In Indue lux the British government tO^JfWwg : (Continued on Page Eight)' ft? Legations Preparing to Withdraw From Mexico (By AsaodaUd Proa.) WASHINGTON,. Feb., 6.?Corran za's efforts to establish Vera Crus as the capital of. Mexico and compel the diplomatic corps to go there1 from Mexico City regarded by Officials- and foreign diplomat s here as ? ''very grave' development, . . It Is understood the American gov ernment will Inform Carranxa of its displeasure over..any Inconvenience he causes the diplomatie crops. Al ready a movement la la progress for withdrawal from Mexico of all lega tions, but the necessity for keeping careful watch on the Interests of foreigners Ib expected to prevent that proposal from being approved- by foreign dations generally. / Anxiety over the situation was re flected somewhat by visits of the Brazilian and Spanish ambassadors to the stato department, They sought farther Information on the matter, it " was said. ' * y ^' .Carrante said la a message tonight to Ellseo Arredondo, his agent her' "I desire to make clear that a" no circumstances will I enter ln? compromise wlt'n tho enemies Of ,uj? people's cause. t'fclB only accept their unconditional submission to the . authority of the first chieftainship. "I wll continue to Ignore any grata: calling Itself a convention ot congress. . or assembly that may attempt- .tut - meddle with the government of this country irrespective of i Dm?''">fft*t whether It us civilian or military., . "When peace is restored ? shftU . call a congress properly elected by alt ' the cMleens which shall have - the character of the constitutional ? gross to the eni that !t may.e. all the reforms dto&ted Mm struggle and give'them tho yell of constitutional pmvlsjoa*.?