The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, February 22, 1914, Image 1

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EVERY BUSINESS MAN SHOULD ATTEND ANNUAL MEETING OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TUESDAY NIGHT THE ANDERSON DAILY INTELLIGENCER VOL. 1. NO. 36. wttaj, utabilahea 1890? DaHj, Ja?, it, i?l?. ANDERSON, S. C. SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUA R Y22, 1914. .< f*RICE FIVE CENTS. $5.00 PER ANNUM. __ _' _'_ _ ;_ The Senate I Treat, Marks First Step of the ^ Foreign Policy of f President PLACES NATION IN GOOD POSITION Arbitration Treaties With Lead-1 ing Nations of the World Renewed for Period or Five Years (By Associated . Press.) Washington, Feb. 21st?General arbitration treaties ratified by the Sen ate today, renewed for five years agreements with Great Britain, Ja pan, Italy, Spain. Norway, Sweden, Portugal and Switzer;???. and mark ed the first step In tb?? polie.?- of Presi dent Wllaop to pluc'e ti?? United States In a more advantageous position in the world of ne tons. Amendments to the treaties having been rejected Friday, debate closed "within a few minutes after the Senate today went Into executive session and rgtif.ed resolutions were adopted one after another without a roll call. Op ponents of the treaties made no ef fort to delay the -votes. The treaties, briefly, provide for ref enence to Tue Hague tribunal of legal differences, and questions relating to the interpretation of other existing treaties which canttot- be settled by diplomacy. They are not, of them selves, far reaching; but in view of the long delay in the.r ratification,] during which many disturbing factors,) both at home and abroad have con tributed to general agitation, the feeling among the senators is that the action today will genre to place the United States on a firmer conftdenlia basis with the power. The method of procedure toward arbitration fixed by the treaties pro-| vides that n special agreement be drawn up M?,j3li of the.dlsputn and the scope of consideration to gristed to th? arbitrators. '8ft agreements must be signed by the I President and ratified by the Senat? before the quoetton can be submitted at The Hague. Matters still .before the Senate for eign relations commfttee are the Panama tolls questions! the pending treaty with Nicaragua, sad the treaty with Colombia growing out of the surrender of the Panama strip, re ports ois these, \{ is understood, will be laid before the Senate in the near future. Although the majority for' the rati fication or the . trestles was over whelmlng and the amendment to exempt. from the Panama tolls qua.* tlons was rejected by more than a two-thirds vote, senators who urge ' repeal of the tolls exemption provt- ' alon, insist that, these votes are not significant of the attitude of. the Sen ate on the toils Issue. Senator O'Gor man tonight said he did not regard th? ratification action aa a test He la determined to continue the fight for tolls exemption. The Senate Is lookidg to the Presi dent for some Initiative action In to tolls matter .and several senators to . day averred that the issue would be a matter of party caucus. That some democrats would rc?uoe to enter such a' caucus has been reported for seve ral days The treaty with Nicaragua, which baa been before th? Senate for seven months, is expected to be taken up for. further consideration hv tho fore'gn! relations committee la the near fu ture. -It provides t?r the purchase of a perpetual option on the Nicaragua^ c??*i route,, and of naval station Tights on the mores of the Gulf of Fonxeca. for $^,000,000. It also pro poses te> extend the chief features of. of the Platt amendment, which would' give this country control over the customs of Nicaragua 3 the relations between the'United' States sad'Nica ragua. MONUMENT FOR BATLE GROUND $150,000 Memorial to Mets Who Fought Battle of Horse Shoe Bend I (Hy Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 21.?The house , committee on library favorably re-} ported today the Hefilr*. bill to ap propriate $150,000 to erect on the itorse Shoe baute ground on the Tal lapoosa river la Alabama, a memorial to the men who fought la Misg-Mmfp under General Andrew Jackson. tiOLDEN *CB?t,lr5 CLOSES Washington. Feb. 21.-?The golden jubilas of the Kftigbix of TPytbias, ta session here for the last three dajra, came t^ a closa tonight with the Py thian ball. The 'closing day waa giv en over ro sightseeing, many knights visiting Uv> tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon. latifies y Agreements BY B. 8. HUMAN .. : .1 Iii Referring to Governor Blcase .1 and die 'State Asylum jj Investigation Greenwood, Feb. 21 ?"Thero cor- 1 (taiuly ought to be some political kill- 1 [lug," said Senator B. R. Tillraan here j today in reply to a query about tbe aaylum investigation. !i "I don't suppose anybody doubts I now who Blease's slavish underlings j and satellites arc." I "Jealousy and envy caused all of ] this devilment?this monstrosity. In ' the affairs of onr State asylum." "I have been Impressed with the fact that Blcase threatened to put Dr. , Babcock where he could cot speak if , the Governor's sister's name was , brought Into tbe ,, inquiry, while Dr. t Saunders' brother had no one to pro- < tect his sister." | < The first remark quoted above was. Jn answer to a ' question from a re- : \ porter, who wanted to know if the attack on Dr, Ssundera would be rsed as political capital by anyone in I nuuiu u? J anyone in' the'Campaign this summer. Senator Tillman, with a character-'I *stlc gesture, dived into the subject with the remark: "Now, ain't that a .nice kittle of fish. I don't sup pose anyone doubts now who Blease's slavish underlings and satel lites are," and ht. laughed heartily when he said It. "They nt least know one of them, j Senator." ventured the newspaper, man. "That State senator, you know." j &&Ko, they don't vv?n know who In: ' is yet," replied Mr. Tillman. "mease ? lied about that let^nlb^t^at^e^n/t | claimed that*the letter was*uot given 1 to him by a State senator." TUe newspaper man ventured to J Use the word "mess" again, and to : this Senator Tillman replied with { some of his old time fire: "Jealousy g and envy caused all of this devil-} ment?this monstrosity. Thoso jioc- ;. tors realised that Dr. Saunders smew j , mote than they did. ani'they wanted . to get rid of her. Jt Is a disgrace." {! fenator Tillman talked pleasantly . , (he was In excellent humor) of his, two weeks' visit to Atlanta, but had , little more to ??y of a political s?g- i ( til lien nee than his opinions In the > asyium matter. He was reminded of ] the fact that Senator John Lv Me-, , Laurln was in Atlanta' during tbe , Senator's sojourn there, but made , no comment except to say that a t number of South Carolinians went' over to the regional bank hearing, but none of them visited him, per haps thmklng that he did not want to be disturbed at the sanatorium Senator Tillman shows no evi dence Whatever of his recent illness. "1 weigh 178 pounds." he said'. "ar:t' gained three pounds while we. \ were In Atlanta. That Is pretty, ( good when you consider that I got' down to 158." EXCLUDED CHiLu LABOR PRODUCTS Bill Would Prohibit Entrance of Such Into interstate Commerce (By Associated Frees.) Wellington, yob. 21st?A bill to shut the products of child labor out or interstate' commerce today was In troduced by Senator Owen, Who said: ''I shall be glad If the Senate will rise above tbe demands of those en gaged in making money In mine and quarry, in mill and cannery. In work shop and factory, and guarantee to the children of tb\> nation the oppor tunities that should be afforded them by the republic. TERRIBLE 8TORMS (By Associated- Press; lx>s Angeles, Cal.. Feb. 21.?WUh a loss of probably more than $4.500, ooa, and a toll of seven human lives I * since Wednesday, Southern . Cv,tfor nia tonight began to recover from the effects of the worst Storni In the his tory. With the aun shining most of today, the situation Improved costd erably and, while nearly all of the towns affected remained isolated to night, progress was made toward re-; * establishing wire and rail commun I-jo cation. j * It ie estimated that. Los Angeles I was damaged to tbe extent of at least t VL6OO.O0O. One hundred and fifty J H ard doll ors represent thai ge to city ctreets alona. The!* rest reported lease* anstaioed by rail-] t roads and by citizens whose homes! ~ ?pt -way by the floods. ? 1 ATTEMPT MA?E TO WRECK TRAIN Some Miscreants Drove Spikes In the Blue Ridge Tracks to Try to Wreck Train A story was heard in Anderson reBterday to the effect that some mis creant had endeavored to wreck a Blue Ridge railway train 'by driving :wo spikes between the rails on that I.rie. According to th? information received here, the train would have been derailed and several killed had It not been for the discovery of the spikes by S.? D. Broyles This gen tleman is said to have stated that he iaw the spikes when midway between '.he Rocky Riv^r. and Broyle's cross ng and removed them before the ar rival of a train;''which' was even then rapidly approaching. An Investigation concerning the natter bas been begun, but so far no race has been found of the guilty ?arty or parties, if located the pun ishment inflicted will be severe. PA&&EXGKttft JOAKDONEB { FOOD SUPPLY EXHAl'ST EM. Jl_ (By Associated Press) Sou Bernardino, Cala., Feb. 21st.? Three hundred passengers aboard an! ; vet land Santa Fe train tonight wero| narooned by 'washouts in the moun alns at Cajou Pass ' But one dining | ar la attached to the train and the ood supply of that is exhausted, ac-1 :ordmg to railroad reports. Two railroad wrecks, in one of] vhich twelve persons were injured, were caused by the storm and floods] tear here last night. SENATOR TILLMAN ABUSES LOBBYISTS SAYS THEY HAVE MONKEYED | WITH 2-CENT MILEAGE VVILL TBX PEpPLE Not Speere in Advocating Passing of the Bill Special Correspondence. Cdlumbla, Fob. 21.?Scaator B. R. riliman. who arrived here today from \tlahta, where he has been since his tppcarance at the asylum lnvestlga .ion in Columbia, gave out the fol lowing statement. "1 lave Just-returned from Atlan ?, where ? have been .for the benefit ! >f my wife's health principally, and nci?onia?W; of my own. The rest ' ;as done us both lots of good. I shall return to Washington as soon as pos sible, btlt want to go by home to plant ny vegetable garden before leaving he atate. "I have tried as best I could since :he legislature met to keep In touch with What it has been doing, but the 'wo things which have Interested me 3)ost ' are the asylum Investigation, md the two cent flat rate for rall -oads. "I want to say something about thla alter for the benefit of my fellow ntltena. I km not very hopeful, how ever, Of it having any effect whatever >n the legislature, because It (s per iuns inn Voir. . Ku? I CSS SSS ih? ??? ) narks of the railroad lobby. "One branch of the general aaeem )ly, 'the house, has passed the flat rate, without making any-exceptions, rhis is . unjust and never ought to tave been done. It is not right to cora isnort, poor roads, of which here ere fifteen or twenty in the flt?te, With only one or two passenger rains a day, and these with very In erter cam, to carry passengers at cents per mile. It should have lever been thought of and the bill Might to have been amended In the 0 provide for the exemptions that ire necessary it tho law is to be a hat are necessary If the law is to be 1 just one. " But I notice that there is effort in ;enate to kill the.bill on account of h^sae exemptions not having been lade, w**L every device and par lia nuiiiary trick is bvlng employed to iccompileh this result. Why don't he senaUu-s who want to serve their 'onsut?e'jte. the people, amend the illl SO >** to make It reasonable aed us?, ap? send It back to th* hrtyse r.fttead of killing It and being nothing ? the railroads want them to do? Vhy do not the legislators look after he rights and privileges of. those vho have bought railroad mileage >ve> the through lines, hut cannot iso it la South Carolina at all from oint to point within tho atate? "Why lent the railroad commission dven sower. >r any more be needed :ey already have, to regulate ier of exemptent? How long vill railroad attorneys, Inside sad tut th branche? of the. geo iral assembly, be permitted to mant nit law making machinery in 1 ? eats of the railroads and the] [?tendant of the traveling public. t kept up with the de nol know what names I 0 specify, but unleee sny health fails -jntinued on fourth page.') Claims Bent?n Drew Pistol With fclurder ous Inra&ion DISARMED LODGE D IN JAIL Later Tried by Mritil Military Tribunal, Sent^ced to Death surf J Duly (By AEaociateajPross.) Washington. Keb. M&i ?The version of William cT. Bennon'k death as re t& today was V. Peaquicra, >orc, in a tel 6 at Juarez. It iated by cohstlii made public constitution ' ogram from slates: "Beaton entered Vffla's apartment unexpectedly, dcm&ndi? protection of his interests and bitterly Insulting Villa and the army. VGeneral Villa told him tftat he considered him an enemy to the constfti ..lonalhu canae end that In order tHat he mbrht not continue to work against it, ne, villa, was s3.es to pay hlajfe See v???c uf bis property (Bcnton* Chihuahua "Benton becam at thin, and drew ing to kill the immediately armed, him an?* sent the state of exasperated olvor, Intend ut the latter down, - dls *o jali. Ben ton was afterwards tried by a special ced to death accorsianee j ? of war.*' ed a lengthy ght to Justify stated that againet j military tribunal, and duly.exee*tcd< with the laws and Later Villa telog message in wbiclt ]a# himself,and te' the American?*4 the - itles. :e-far NBflrag He announced today that, until all the facts in the case had been gather ed from all available sources, no op Inlon would be-expressed by the State department. Ail information received will be transmitted to the' British gov-. ernment. ! Public Feetfag at High Pitch. Official announcement that.William 5. Beutun, a Srivisu subject, naa been executed by rebels at luarez Tues day night; t=t adopU?a of ??Solution? of a mass-meeting' here condemning tue United States government for Its handling of Mexican affairs: exchange r>f Knots between men?ibcrs cf the Th.r teenth V. S. Cavalry and a score of more.of Mexicans; uncertainty as to the fate of Gustav Bauch, an Ameri can and two Englishmen, Austin Lawrence and a man named Curtis/ were startling Mexican developments] Df the last twenty-four hours. Pol-; lowing -in rapid succession these Inci dents served to bring public feeling to a high pitch and today every official agency was engaged in' bringing to light further details. JETTON IS CLEAR rtr Binnnrn Uf nUMUi blUUtbt! Meck?enberg Jury Honora the Uowritt?fi Lew to Pro tect Home . (By Associated Press.) Charlotte, N. C Feb. 21.?After having U>e case under consideration but a short while the jury returned a verdict of not guilty In the trial of R. M. Jetton, for killing Dr. W. H. Wooten, who Jetton claimed had In vaded his home. More than ten hours was taken up today and tonight in argument of the case and the Judge's charge The state asked for one of the three verdicts, first degree or second degree murder or manslaughter. The defense rest ed Its case on the "uowritten law' ' *elt>defense. contending that Jet shot in defense of his home, to ivc his eight months bride from be-1 [hjf wrensed fcy the phy?Ivlau,while! be himself being attacked by the stronger man. | The state Insisted that Wooten was not only an intimate friend of the I Jetton family, but present in the. home that night by Invitation and, that he attempted no wrong toward Mrs. Jetton. Sympathisers with Jet ton . expressed the opinion In the court-room tonight that the Judge's charge favored the preaacntWh and sent wild whon they heard him ac lultted. IX NLEEPV PHILADELPHIA. ^Philadelphia. Feb. 21st.?Four per-, ;on?' - are dead, four are ; seriously; vounded and one is dying In a hnspl-' al tonight as the result of two shoot-; ng affairs bare today In both eases} afatualion with women who rejected, trofcastons of love, was t ?eponslblo ' or the tragedies. BIG JNCR^Affl lN S?UTrfS EXPORTS --^V..|Wr^uc-tt Valued At $43,500,000 More Then Lest Year (Dy Associated Press) Washington, Feh. 21.?Forty and a half million dollars increase in Am erican produtcs of the south, princi pally due to the high price of cotton, for the first seven months of the fis cal jear, compared with that period of last year, today was reported by the dopartnient of commerce. The total was ^728,007,719; last year's J694.905.980. Value of cotton exported during te seven njonthS was $38,000,000 more than in the samo period last year, 'min?ral oil $12,000,000 more. Meat products and dairy products were $15,000,000 more. ^ 1 Broad stuff decreased $19.000,000; cotton 8Cid o'l $3,000,000. V^.WIMJMAM Sl'Kt'lAL DMfAll.KD; MINK INJI HKI) (B;, Associated Pr?*?.) Atlanta. (Ja., Feb. 2);?Passen gers and crew escaped Injury when ?rs and trainmen escaped injury when Southern passenger, train No. 29, known as the IMrmlnghnm Special, was derailed near Arr'.ngton, Va., ear ly today, according to advlce3 at the road's offices here. Throo coaches left the track. DR. P0TE?T GOMIKG jo mgn T FULP1T ORATOR IS WELL KNOWN HERE Y. M. C. A. AUSPICES On His Last Visit He Made a Pro found Ira pre This City ' '. ' ;: " ' . rf^it'S? The people of Anderson need to be told notliing or Dr. E. M. Poteat, pres ident of Furman University, for oh his recent visit this brilliant speaker and wonderful ' Christian rtiaracter thrilled a large congregation at the Methodist Church. It will be wel come news that he is again coming to Andersen, this time to speak lb men is the court house" ?\ au afternoon heart-to-heart rally, under the aus pices Of the Y. M. C. A. These afternoon, ralllej have been full of good for the community and the men who have addressed the nu diences that- o?erflowed the court house have brought new lessons of cheer end hopp and love. They have not scolded the weak, but have en deavored to encourage the struggling. It Is of course, just such another massage that Dr. Poteat,. will, bring He will speak here on the afternoon of the '1st of March , on the subject, "Selling Out Cheap." Us?? -??-? PR. KPWIN M. POTEAT Who Will Hpeak te Men Next ?t adsyj Afteraooa. -;-; Dr. Pot eat'b popularity as ? speaker ! makes It almost Impossible to ?*curoj als services anlese be Is booked Sev eral months ahead. Tie has delivered hin address "Soiling Out Cheap" with acceptance to many gatherings of mon. As he Is so well known to our Bien at Anderson it'Is unnecefiSry to emphasise his ability ab a speaker. . Dr. Poteat was born In North Caro* Una, educated at Wake.Forest Col lege, and the Southern Baptist ThoO?{ iogVcal Seminary at LpufsvllKi, Kea :poky. . Later be attond? lias University at Baltimore. Mary-1 land. Before coming to GreeaYill?<| !ts held Important pastorates In New Haven, Philadelphia *ed Baltimore, j Ten Million D Spent For I ORGANIZE JftMlEMY OF JURISPRUDENCE Organization is Formed by Some of Nation'! Leading Lawyers (Py Associated Press) New York. Feb. 21.?More than Tit ty recognized .enders of the American Bar met here tonight and organised the American Academy of jurispru dence. Its purpose,' In tho words of James Dewllt Andrews, cf New York, who called the meeting to order, is the production of "a complete and comprehensive statement in syste matic form of the entire body of American law.'1 Among Its organizers are cx-Presl dent Taft, United State-. Senator Hoot, Attorney General McReynolds ! Alton B. Parker, Joseph S. Choatc, j former Attorney General Wlckersham I and Governor Baldwin of Connecti cut. "The work of the academy,", Mr. Andrews said, " will be the encour agement of a systematic research, the recognition of a sy dem of legal edu cation, and ?ystemstfc restatement cation, and asystematlc restatement of the law." IT'A It F?R SCHOONERS' SAFETY. (By Associated Press) Halifax. N. S.. Fob. 21st?Fears to day were expressed for the safety of two Nova Scotlan ecoponers long ov erdue. They are theXnity, now for " weeks out of New iXhdon, Conn., bound.for this por:,. and the Oregon, which sailed from Sbelbourne, N.'S., on January 8, for Bornados. A GOOD MAN GONE. Mr. M. A. Arnold died at his home one and a half mllcB from'Central, S. C? at 8 'o'clock a. .ax.. Jan. 3rd, 1014. Vr Arnold left n wife and five chil dren to mourn th?lr.ldss as follows: Mrs. Campbell, of, Anderson county; Mrs. John Neal, of Central; Mand, Ernest, Paul, Arien*, and Clarence. TWO CITTERS TOSEARCH. (By Associated Press.) New York. Feb. 21st?The revenue tOuvt?t* itit?cu is io join tho Cnondagaj I near the reported position of the KI-1 neu. The ?nondaga and the Irascal will cruise on pnrrallel lines of about one hundred miles in length for sove rai days la an endeavor to find the Kieuo, which was fast sighted Wed nesday in a crippled condition. No tidings today came in from the schooner. Her crew of eleven men who preferred to remain by their vessel when a passing steamer offer ed to take them, off are missing. The revenue cutter Onandaga . today was hastily coaling et Norfolk, In prepara tion for resLV'v.lon of a searca at sea for the Kineo. miBDERED LlifE DOG. (By Associated Press) Washington, Feb.<<3st.?Official at tention was called to the Bonton case in a telegram to Senator Fall of New. Mexico, from it. M. Dudley, who de clared Villa had murdered Bouton "like a dog , and that the American policy or "Watchful waiting Is a fail ure." Senator Fall alto read to the Senate the r?solution? ?r 'protect adopted last night at a mass meeting in El Paeo. He urged a more aggres sive policy and other senators sided with him. The Senate took no ac tion. Members of the foreign rela tions commlttco urged that the execu tive and State department spare no efforts to protect foreigners. ... - PRAISES REV. J. T.'XANN. Rev. 1). W. Ulott tttttfrtimciifK The Blind Et anse list. On tho fourth Sunday In January. I began my work with the church at Neal's Creek, Saluda Association. I bave been pastor there several times and gave them up. 'Tis almost a new congregation now. very few of the old er members whom 1 left nineteen years ago aro th?r*-,goW, most'i:\St ' them bave crossed over tho river and are now resting under the shade of the trees. I feel very much encouraged by tho enthusiastic welcome the present membership gave me. The blind evaagelijiss. Rev. Jno. -T. Mann and his wife, Afe. mentors at Neat's Creek. I take ta? opportuni ty of saying to anyour pastors who may desire help in. special meet ings or who may desire Brother' Mann to fill a few appointments on tbetr field that BngPMf snd Sister Mann would be gTad to engage In tho work for the, Master. He is a graduate of the Cato Spring* Insti tute for the blind and ? good preach er, and he and .ill* wife are great helpers in meetings. Brother Mann's address Is Beltoa, 8. C. Frateraidly. X>. W. H?OTT. Basley, S. C. loUars to Be improvements In Territory Traversed By the Southern Railway AN INTERESTING ANNOUNCEMENT Shows that Company Has Great Confidence in the Future of the Growing South < (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 2VA.- -Fa'rfax Harrison, president of the Southern Railway Company, said loduy: "The Southern Railway Company, believing in the continued prosperity and growth of the territory it serves, and, recognizing the-necessity of en larging Its facilities to keep paco with that growth, has, pending the im provement of the market for long term securities, sold $10,000,000 of 5 per cent three-year notes, eccurpd by the pledge of development .and gen eral mortgage 4 per cent bonds of the company, wh cb for some time past, have teen held In the treasury of tho company available for sale. I-This new rapltal is to bo applied by Ute Southern Railway Company in carrying through to completion plana for improvements and betterments to and upon thoaproperty of the com pany which were Included In the gen eral plan for the future or the rail road made at the time the .develop ment and general mortgage was cre ated in 1906. "The particular improvements now lib be undertaken are chiefly addi tional end enlarged shops, yards and other freight terminals, which have been greatly desired und have been earnestly recomanended for several years past to facilitate. economical operation and to enlarge Ute oppor tunity of the company for securing comp?titive . freight jrafilo &avw,oi!- as for taking care of local hUBinoss. These Improvements will be under taken at once add pushed to comple tion as rapidly as possible. "In addition to the improvements provided for, as above stated, the company also has arranged to finance, through, a ten-year equipment trust, the acquisition of additional modern roiling stock, largely of Htool con struction, representing an aggregate cost of mor? than $5,000.000: Bids, for tin , additional rolling stuck are now being received from manufacturers, and the orders for immediate con struction will be placed promptly " OFFICIAL RECORD COURT MARTIAL Statement of Authorities In Re gard to the Execution of Wm. S. Benton . i'i ii I ^SS^EBHBkeSSw t^-El Paso, Texas, Sieb, ZUt. The record of the court martial of Wil liam S. Bcnleii, made public at Juarez late today asserts that the Scotchman was present at his trial, that he eras represented by a rebel odicer as at torney and was permitted to testify, and that the session was public, He was executed for attempted armed violence against General Villa, declares the iccord, and was found KU Ht V lof ci vi no- olH an* "^?f-.r* ?C the enemy by giving them csttle and forase and by alvinir tham informa-' tlon. Benton's friends on this side of the Rio Grande received the report with sneers. They pointed to their knowl edge of many years thct ne guarded against possible serious results of his high spirit snd tamper by never carrying a pistol The statements that Renten was allowed to testify and that the proceedings were'public, carried no conviction to the men who assert that their frieb, waa delibe rately murdered. Bonton complained of depredations on his ranch. Villa charged that Ben ton was an element destructive of peace and prosperity. Benton answered la harsb and vio lent terms and asserted that, no b?:?. man power could'keep him ont nf Mexico or cause hint to - desert bis property to further depred&tient', the report of Villa claims, and adds that Benton said that he was as good ? man as Villa. Then he draw a pistol frotn his hip pocket But the general was ready for him and struck. At the same time persons prcd?&t leaped up on him that he might net make an at tempt upon th etife of Gen. Villa. Witnesses claimed that had they not been present the general would have been murdered. A bill bas been introduced Into the New York legislature requiring street surface rail ways in N?w York city to place an additional conductor on the rear platform of each car and an M? dtUonal collector of fares Inside wha i more than ten paaeengers are sdlowc<V to stand within the ear, and throe per sons on the rear platform after all the seats bave been filled.