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PART ONE VOL. 1. NO. 1. Weekljr, K?t?WUhe4 1860;Doily, Jan. 18, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C. TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 13, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. $5.00 PEF ANNUM. VERSARA HUNG B? FEDERALS INDUCED TO CROSS RIVER, SEIZED AND PUT TO DEATH. GARRETT REPORTS Attitude of Federals Unfriendly ?nd Body Has Not Been Recovered. (By Associated Press.) Laredo. Tex.. Feb. 26.-Clemente Vergara, American citizen, was as-i saultcd by Mexican federal soldiers on the Melxcan Ride of the Rio Grande 1 and was imprisoned at Hidalgo Feb. i 13. Two days later he was hanged from a tree three miles from that city and the body left uncared for until two days ago, when lt was secretly remove). This, it ls Stated, was es tablished to the satisfaction of United States Consul Garrett and S. J. Hill,! brother-in-law of Vergers, who went tr. .Hlrtnlgo today to investigate the death of the Texas ranchman. They, returned to Nuevo Laredo late tonight: j The fact of Vergara'a seizure, his presence In the Hidalgo Jail, his ap- j pcarance and finally his death was abundantly corroborated, both Mr., Garrett and Hill declared, by Ver gara's widow and nephew and per sons they talked with in Hidalgo. Be- j fore going to Hidalgo they visited Vergara'a ranch. However, federal | soldiers at Hidalgo, they said, denied i all knowledge of Vergara's death, and Capt. Apolonio Rodrigue*, command- j or there, was particularly emphatic j that Vergara and the horses which the rnnchman claimed had been stolon from him had been sent to Piedras Negras. Hill, however, said he recog nised the missing animals among the horses ridden by the federal troopers. It was established that Vergara was seized on the Mexican han't of the river and not on the island about which a question has arisen'whether it ls Mexican or American territory. Mra^Vergara ,?old/ pf witnessing- the. n's^atftt. 4h'hst husband; that Vergara had been told by federal soldiers that Capt. Rodrigues wanted to settle with ' him for seven stolen hoi-sea, and ac companies by hts nephew, he crossed the river. Tho boy ran and hld in I the brush when the aotdlera knocked his uncle unconscious, and, in view cf the distracted wife, watching from the1 other hank, took him ' away to Hidalgo. Mrs. Vergara visited her husband In jail the following day and dressent hi? wounds. Cc Sunday be was taken ' from prison supposedly td be trana- j ferred. Later the body was seen] hanging. Two days ago the body dis appeared and a newly made grave In the Hidalgo cemetery was noticed. Consul garrett statua tonight that he was convinced hy the federals' at titude lt would have been dangerous .OF him to search for the body in the cemetery. Texas Governor Becomes Restless. Austin, Tex., Feb. 26.-? request to know "whom the United States gov ernment now recognizes as the consti tuted authority In- Mexican states bor- ! dering on the Rio Grande," went for-! ward late today to President Wilson' from Gov. O. B. Colqultt ot. Texas. The request was made for the purpose of demsndlng the surrender of the "ab- ? dusters as? murderers" of Clemente Vergara, a Texas citizen, executed by Mexican federals. Then apparently answering the ro . quest 'himself, the governor asked consent of the United States, "in view of conditions of revolution and an archy to send rangera across the Rio Grande after the murderers." "I insist that Texas, a sovereign, state, is entitled to the protection of Texas citizens on the border from an unbearable conditions like that which ' now exlats," concluded the message. Earlier In the day Gov. Colqultt put In mctlon ai} investigation cf the Ver . gara case. - . ' ResfHklHlbllity Too Great Washington, Feb. 26- Secretary Bryan telegraphed Gov. Colqultt of, Texas th?t the sending of the state' militia into Mexico tb apprehend . those responsible for the,hanging of (Memento Vergara, an American etti- ; zen. would Involve a responsibility whleii the federal government alone ; . ???8 m * Sfe^ltjhn to assume. New VersIoiTof .Benton's Death. El Paso, TeX, Feb. 26.-A new ver sion of how .william 8. Bonton met his death at Atarax, essentially dif fering from the one official account given hy Gen. Villa, and believed by, Benton's friends and countrymen to ho authentic, has reached here. ! According to thin version, .which ia said to come from Villa, Benton Went to Villa's office in J uar er. and bruptlyj entered the latter's quarters without (Continued on page 6.) FRANK TALKS TO NEWSPAPER MEN Converses With Them for First Time Since Conviction Reade Poem. (By AsVoo'stfed I'rcfs.) Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 26.-For the first time since his arrest ten months ago, Leo M. Frank, under death sentence for the murder of Mary Phagan, was permitted by his counsel this after noon to talk to newspaper men. He optimistically discussed his position, going over various points of the evi dence on which he was convicted, and predicting that the sentence pro nounced against him never would be executed. "Who ever wrote the notes found beside the body of Mary Phagan was Mary Phagan's murderer," he reiter ated, referring to several penciled scraps of paper discovered by the dead body of the little factory girl. James Conley, the negro convicted two days ago on an accessory change, testified at Frank's trial that he had written the notes a?1 placed them be side thc body after Frank had com mitted the murder. The notes ac cused a negro employed in the build ing where Mary Phagan was killed. Frank betrayed remarkable famil 'arity with the details of evidence and law Involved \in his conviction, and subsequent efforts to secure a new trial. Pressing his hands against the b?rs of his cell and shifting his body nervously, he repeatedly appealed to his hearers for corroboration of hla statements. "Don't you see it that way?" he asked frequently. "Don't you?" Just before the interview was con cluded Frank read to his callers the ooem, "God Give VB Men," by Oliver Wendell Holmes. "It fits so well with the thought now In my mind." he said, but would pot explain further, "GET-EDUCATIO? QUICK" SCHEMES Have. Made Easy Victims of Amer icans-Reaction Against tba Past -fTtr. Associated PresaA Richmond, Va., Feb. 20.-"Get-edu cation-quick" achemea have made easy victims of present day Ameri cana, according to Prof. J. M. Gwlnn, superintendent of schools at New Or leans, who today delivered an address here upon "The Scholastic Function of the School to the Community It Serves." Prof. Gwlnn spoke at one of , the meetings at the superintendence sec tion of ih.-i N'stlcual Education aaso I chatten now in annual convention here. "Americans," said Prof. Gwlnn, ' "seem to like being buncoed. The de mand of the day is speed, instanta neous results. Scnolarshtn a? n fone I lion of the schools seems to have fal len Into disrepute In the Utter days." ! While he blamed the desire for quick results as the chief cause of j this, the speaker ascribed aa contrib utory reason? the "reaction against useless, '.inpracticable and dearly ! purchased scholarship of the psst." the e pot Ism of the times and "the em - \ phaaia which democracy placea on the Individual." {. Prof. Gwlnn declared that the first scholastic function of the school ia to give the child control cf the technique of human experience. MANY ?E?RS WILL 60 IO SP?RTANBURO SUte Association WAI Attract Many Educators of State. Foll Program. .Many Anderson teachers are new making Ctelr plana for attending the meeting of the instructors of the State, which thia year takes place In Spartan burg from March 18 to 20 and therefore the following letter from Supt; of Education Swearingen will be of Interest in Anderson county: Tho State board of , education has not'reaffirmed Us resolution, passed la '1?TI and aaia In 1912, recom mending a two-days' holiday with pay to teaohors attending the State teach ers- association. "Superintendent A. H. Oasque In formally requested me to bring thia matter to the attention of the State hoard, and I shall do so at Ita next meeting. "In my opinion, the State board wilt certainly reaffirm Ita ' action of the past two yeera ' Bmpbssia will be .laid upon the duty of attendance, and trastees will bc warned against giving pay unless teachers report such at I tendance." Tie CoBTeaHos. Relative to the annual convention. Th? Southern Sch.iol News has the following article: I "There wdl be something of Inter , est and value tor every teacher m -_t-;-?-,-" I (Continued on pate 6.) I SENATE AND HOUSE COM MITTEE CENTER ATTEN TION ON IT. AMENDMENTS MADE Would Protect the Corporations From Unreasonable Publicity of Their Affairs. (By Associated Press.) Washington. Feb. 26.-Efforts of senate and house committees today were turned toward perfecting as soon as possible the administration's anti trust legislative program. Thc Ben ate committee on Interstate commerco held its first hearing on the proposed bill to create an interstate trade com mission, and amendments to limit the scope of that commission and to make it a purely advisory and investigating body were submitted by Senator New lands, chairman of the committee. Dr. Matthe wson of the United States chamber of commerce committee thinks it unwise to draw a line as to the size of corporations compelled to make reports, and suggested that the requirement should include all cor porations except those subject to the Interstate commerce commission and the controller of the currency. Amend ments to the interstate trade commis sion , bill prepared by Senator New lands, chairman of th? Interstate commerce commission, who conferred with President Wilson on the subject yesterday, were submitted today to the committee. One amendment, sub stituted for Section 3 of the original Clayton bill, would limit" the jurisdic tion of the proposed commission to corporations, "having annual gross 1 receipts exceeding $2,500,000," and would make it optional with the com mission whether it should demar Irecords of corporations' affairai Against Unreasonable PnbH Another^ameudment unnecessary publicity!of ti, providing that the commission ahould make public In such form and'to auch extebt as lt may deem propel, the in formation obtained, except so far an may be necessary lu protect trade processes, names of customers and such other matters aa the commission may deem not to be of public interest, and shall make an annual report to (Continued on page I.) WANTS INVESTIGATION BOCK ISLAND RAILWAY Despite Reports of Millions Spent for Equipment, Service Is Inadequate. i ' (By Associated Press.) . Washington. Feb. 26.-Bitter criti cism or the Kock Island Railway add Ita financial operations today were raised In the house by Representative Oreen, of Iowa, speaking in support of bia resolution to authorize the interstate commerce' commission *1 tb ?make an investigation of that road. I The speaker compared the operations or the Rock Island to those of New Haven and Frisco systems, already udder Investigation, and declared that the Plsn under which the hold ing companies controlled the finances ot the Rock Island was utterly in defensible. I Through the manipulation of the I holding company's. Mr. Oreen assert ed, 9121.000,000 of water was poured upon the railway company's stocks and bonds, while the fixed charges.of the road had been increaaed from 40 to 00 per cent. The raliway company never receiv ed one dollar's benefit by or through the stock issued by the holding com panies, he declared, "lt's Issues af fords financial free-booters an oppor tunity to exploit the railway and the public." The speaker further charged that the millions of securities floated by the holding companies, were put up merely for the aggrandizement of a few men without any return being gi Tex." Referring to tho equipment in the Rock Uland, he said: "It ls reported that lt has spent $6, 000,000 since 9107 for equipment alone, and still lt ls known that lt has not beeu properly supplied. A chor us of complaints has gone np from tba public all along the Une for lack of proper service, tra?na behind time, inability to move traffic, and the road bas been heavily sued for damages by reason of delayed freight. Wrecks hare been frequent and only goor for tune has prevented (he casualty roll from being larger." An investigation by the Interstate comsnerce commission, Mr. Oreen de clared wes thc only way to get at the '< facts, .v Said Tbtf Line Will Built North Carolina. AN IMPORTANT STEP USsputebn'jr>?ni North Carolina Say That Will Connect Three North Carolina Towns. That thfc : ?Mel?is of thc Piedmont fi Northern Vittles contemplate ex tending theirjjorstem to various points is u recogu.Krd fact In this part of the countryJfcliut heretofore nothing has been hasard of any extension north, of ChBBOtte. However, advices yesterday were to fae effect dat the interurban, wider the same manage-, ment as thrfitnej. operating liore, will shortly bulbi ia similar Railway In North Carolingconnecting High Point, Greensboro aid Wlnston-Salem. It' is ?iai? that Mkials yesterday visited High*.Point tat the purpose of per-! fectlng final plan.-. | This' l's ot nfiore than ordinary In-, tcrest IQ 'Soufb Carolina people be-j 1 lt ls Vertttn tiat If the tine is built from . High Point to Winston-Salem. thc l.ttK beU'epn Charlotte and High Point will eventually be connected and thus the system will rta from? Anderson to I Winston-Salem*. The] following ?3 thjB dispatch from High Point: '.. "Every irr?re months since High j Point was fleet placed on tue map by. Captain Snow, ns a little spot In the southwestern-part of Guilford county,! something has {happened. Last year1 a new ra.lro?dtwent out of the little etty by the w?f of Thomasville and High Kock, coaleet'.ng with thesouth bound, giving yip outlet of peculiar advantage fromj the fact that before ? only thu SoutltiMi hauled High Pointy "This saw brings another de-1 vetopmeat It li tho Joining of High, Point, Wwston-Silem and Greensboro . into a \ro: : ?lc, an Interurban to be ? part of that C., became ksow7i n.?> the Piedmont Northern, .?nd 'stretched itself frota Greenville to Spa rta obum and Ja i now masting cara- bot treen Charlotte , and -G?stenla, with .a near prospect of reaching ?partunburg. Next .likely will - come Durhanu Raleigh, < later Danville and Richmond, and perhaps 'Atlanta, for Helton, S.< C., is near the Georgia Lae. The people behind this ] interurban system "to connect High Point and Greensboro with tho twin ? city, At?Bt?ii-o?lc,M, ar? men who are behind the Piedmont Northern and the North Carolina Public Ser vice companies. They hope to com plete their plans and have cars run ning within twelve months. These t men. Bird S. Coler, J. Frcjicr. Clark Iand others, were In High Point Fri day-and Saturday perfecting arrange ments. The convuunitles affected will assuredly join hands in helping along this making of producers and the de velopment of civilisation. "While lt ls a far cry between Captain Snow's vision and present conditions, one cannot help but won der as to the future." WILL INQUIRE INTO PUBLICITY SOURCE Publication of Incident* of Debate Behind Cloted Doon Stir* the Senators. Washington, Feb. 26.-Publicity given to recent executive proceedings in the senate, it developed today, has So aroused some members of that body that a resolution has beep intro duced and referred to the committee on rules, directing the committee on foreign relations to conduct an Inves tigation into the sources by which the executive Information ls obtained. Publication ot incidents In the de bate qn the general arbitration treat ies last week precipitated discussion which gave rise to the resolution, which wgs introduced la a subsequent executive session by Senator Kern of Indiana. No action; baa been takon as ret. FVERY MAW FOR HIMSELF. Nant ticket Hearing Positioned Until Ninth ot Marth. i Philadelphia, Feb. 26.-Clarence H. Davids of Yonkers, N. V-, a passen ger on the steamship Monroe, which tvi\s sunk In a collision with the Nan tucket, as a witness In the trial of Captain Berry of the latter vessel, to day testified that so far as he could observe, "it was every man for him self" after the Monroe waa rammed and began to atnie He admitted, however, that ha did not know when he jumped Into the sea that lifeboats I had been launched from the Monroe and that many pontons were picked l-.n hr them. Davida waa saved br a I boat from the Nantucket. The ?icarias was adjourned until |?ei eli 8. NATIONAL EDUCATION AS SOCIATION ARRIVES AT CONCLUSION. SCHOOL NOT PLACE Indorse Establishment of National University-Cincinnati Next - Place of Meeting. richmond. Va., Feb. 26.-Henry Snyder, tuperiutendent of the Jersey c.ty schools, wat; today elected presi dent of the department of superinten dence, national education asscclntion, in sosslcn here, ami Cincinnati was named aa the next convention city. I The convention'-? position on six hygiene in the public sc hods was sot j forth in the following resolution: ..Resolved, that we recognize fully fie Importance of the proper te.ich I ins*pf fex hygiene, but that we be lieve. l>.at thc Ideal place for giving instruction to te the home; that we believe thc school should be willing and anxious to help the home In this ? matter as best lt can, if Instruct on in j sex hygiene is to be given in school by I teachers especially qualified for such I work." The resolution prepared by the : committee recommended that tho ' subject be taught in t te tchools to j.individual pupils, but the feature was ' stricken oct at the urgent request of Mrs. Ella Fla?g Young, superinten dent of the Chicago schools. I The convention went on record as ! endorsing the establishment of a nn Itionsl university. Many papers wero read on school subject!,, and elaborate speaking programs were followed by the various groups uiflllated with tho notional body. Storm Moving Westward. Atlanta, Qa., Feb. 2G.--CIfinrln.geon ?dlttons, today prevailed' generally ' *fc?tW!*hput th*, snow, oo?fp?ad < anA ?oathens?. The stornt rfuKti fes terday left a vvhKo layer of snow from the Carolinas'and Tennessee al most to the Clulf of Mexico today was' moving southeastward. Over south ern Georgia and Florida lt had turned j to sleet and today that district practi cally was cut off from wire continu- | nlcatton, with the north and west. linder a clear, bright sun today tho] snow slowly disappeared. JOHN T. UGOR DitO IN GREENVILLE End Came Suddenly at 2 O'clock Yesterday Morning After Two Weeks' Illness. News reached Anderson yesterday mornln?' from Greenville to the effect that John T. Ligo:t was i.'oad. the| end ?H* : u ^:n:; Ht two oc'ock yester day morning. Air. Llgon had been! ill for some days, suffering with .anj attack of pneumonia. This information brought f.a?nessl to Anderson people, by reason of the I fact that Mr. Llgon waa weil known here, having at one time mada bia home in thia city. He Waa popular with all who knew him and highly rc-1 spected. When he first became ill it was I thought that he was merely suffering | with a cold, but his condition grew saeadfly worse and soon his friends | ?and famliy felt gravely concerned. Mrs. W. A. Hudgens cf this city, was summoned Wednesday night by al message front her sister, Mrs. Llgon, saying that the pat ent'a condition | was critical. However, when Mrs. Hudgens lcR Greenville at a late hour I It was thought that he waa slightly | itrtprov?d. The deceased was 37 yeera of age and la survived by his. wife, who was \ Miss Marlon Taylor of Anderson, and .three children. He ls siso survived ?by his father, two brothers snd two sisters. - The body'was .brought to Anderson last night ot six o'clock and carried to the home of Mrs. Resale Taylor on ! Earl?' street, from where* the funeral Will bo conducted today at noon. The services will be conducted by Rev; W. H." Fraser, pastor of the First Pres byterian church of Anderson and the interment Will take place at Silver Brook cemetery. Killed by Dynamite Explosion. Tampa, Fla., Feb. 2?.-Ralph Rob erta, a farmer, late today waa killed at South Tampa, twelve miles from Tampa, by the premature explosion of a charge of dynamita. Roberta waa blasting holes for planting citrus fruit ' when the accident occurred. Several . sticks of dynamite he carried In hlaj I band were exnloded. Parta ?f ?ha ! man's body ware blown a hundred yards. He leaves s wita and daugh-J Wfc -.- j RAL1*H DE PALMA | WINS CUP RACE ,-? Captures Second Vanderbilt Tro phy on Santa Monica Course. (My Associated Presa.) Los Angeles, Calif. Tc?b. 26.-De feating Harney Oldfield by a trille more than a minnie in tho cup race. Ralph De Palma, participant In sem e., of hard fought motor contests, toduy won his second Vanderbilt cup race on thc Santa Monica course. Ills time wns 5:63.41; Oudlleld's 3:55:01. Sixteen cars entered and univ ftve finished, but from the eighteenth lap to thc f.nlHh lt wan a content solely between De Pulma and Oldfield. De Palma won because be d d not have to stop once in all the thirty live laps of the dight mlle course. Oldfield lust his chance when he waa compelled to stop and change a wheel in the thirty-fourth lap. In..inj: nearly a minute. Other drivers w!io re mained In the race were: W. H. Cari ron, of San Diego, Earl Cooper, who clarted .. favorite, and Oeorge Joerl man, who finished in the order named. Most of the cars forced out of the race today will be in shape to take their place Saturday in the grand prize race. De i'a i uri':! prize today amounted to! $3,000; Oldfeld won $2.000; Carlson, I $l,"iC0 and Cooper. $1.000. imo WM: I? 13 EDDIES. (Tty Associated Press ! Klnston. N. C.. Pcb. 26.-The lan tern of Keeper Alonzo Weldon, was found oin the Carolina Railroad draw-1 bridge here thia morning by train-! men who were forced to crawl out on the trestle to rh ut the draw after their train had neon delayed for an tic/c. Weldon, lt is supposed, fell from the bridge this morning and was drowned' in the eddles below. STRIV*?f^LY TO REACH AGREEMENT ? was Senate and Hostia Conferee* al Saa aa to Method of Financing Alaska ftaiiroed. (Ry Associated P.ress.) Washington, Feb. 26.-Conferences or the Senate and Mouse on points at issue, today they were inclined 'to day tried vainly to reach nn agree ment as to the method of financing the proposed enterprise. . Although it had been understood that tho Senate members of the com mittee would accept the action of the House in eliminating from Mle bill thc provision for a $10,000,000 bond Issue, today they *.? inclined to insist upon retaining the feature. The senators atgucd that a bond issue would only be restored to In theeven\ thut funds from tho treasury were not available, but the House confer ence opposed the propositiqn on the general ground that bond Issues were expensive and the government should avoid them whenever possible. ELIMINATE BETTIXO (By Associated Press) Annapolis, MU.,' Feb. 26.-A . favor-, able report on the Hall antl-r?ce track gambling 'bill today was agreed upon by the house Judiciary commit tee, lt provldes 'for tho complete eli mination of race track betting. GEMEROSEMBL? ALL BUT HARMONIOUS But Few of the Senate's Amend ments Concurred in by House. Special Correspondence. Columbia, Feb. 26.-Wlhen the gen eral appropriation bill was returned to the HOU?O thia morning 'with amendmenta by the Senate, the House after tome debate decided to adopt the m:ual proceeding of refusing to concur tn the amendments as a w'.iole and refer the bill directly to the'Committee on fro? conference on account of the fact that the Senate had slashed It to the tune of some $40O,C00. The.pofeit-was made that by considering :he Senate amendments, one by the Huowa'la registering Its agreement or disagreement with them would ' save the" committee on free conference eedles* labor. - At tho morMng"-'session of the House the Senate' amendments to the first 20 sectiona of the general ap propriation bill were considered. Tho following ls the result of tbe sitting: Ilesas Noaeeaearred In. The House refused to concur In the following eSnate amendments: To strike out prb*lso in regard to checking governor's expenditures of special fund fornsgstnrcement of law. Raising salary of clerk In Secretary of States offleo frnm ai ??M? tc ??.CCO. Rahing salary of chief clerk in ----w!*nr;-: (Continued on page 6,) - INTO NEIGHBOR REPUBLIC WITHOUT CONSENT OF AUTHORITIES. STRICT NEUTRALITY The Administration's Mexican Policy Remains Decidedly Unchanged. (ny Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 20.-President Wilson today took the position that -J for thc United States tc cen J marines or armed forces of uny kinn into Mex ico without the consent of the govern ing authorities them would be an act of war. He declared emphatically that permission never has been sought either of Gen. Huerta or Gen. Carran za, and Indicated that no request of that character would be nmde in, the near future. The president also, an nounced that no change In the policy of the government toward Mexico,had been decided upon. The president had been, asked par ticularly about reports that American troops m'ght be sent across the bor der to recover the body ot William S. Benton and concerning published dis patches that the United States .con templated sending marines to Mexico City to guard the American embassy. One press dispatch, saying Gen. Huerta had stated today that he had , rcruscd permission to the United States to send '?,000 marines to Mex ico City was shown to President iWR son, who said no such a request.ever had been made. Administration officials expressed their opinion that Gen, Huerta prob ably Inspired the statement merely for effect on , the Mexican people, whom he hoped'to impress with hts antipathy to the American govern ment, as lt is well known that per mission to land marines for legation SU^J&JtoW ..fre'.'ly .accorded by fTMNMpmrr nation?; metadla* Great Britain abd. Germany. The president explained that the talk of sending"marines to Mexico had never got beyond the stage of mere discussion muong administration officials. Kc finid that when . Great : Britain' and Germany seht marines to Mexico City to guard their l?ga*lons there was a p?turai disposition here to determine tho American govern ment slum ld take the same action. His J ??iformatloTi. he a?d?d, ?.'ia t'.;at ?lea tcn City waa quiet and mat there waa no danger to foreigners, and, while Charge O'Shaughnessy and Rear Ad miral Fle?cher were asked for opin ions about an embassy guard, both ad vised that such a step -waa not neces sary. Admiral Fletcher took the view that there was no occasion for landing . auy armed forces. It was realized by the administra tion here that to ask the Huera gov ernment for permission to land ma rines would be very unwise. IRGE8 RESTORATION OF PEACE. (Hy Associated Press.) W?shirtgton. Feb. 26.-Urging that renewed efforts bo made to bring about peace tn Mexico,- Representa tive Kahn, republican, In the bouse to day expressed bellet that If the Wash in s ton government ' were to Invite the co-operation of Argentina, Brasil and Chile tranquility soon could be re stored in Mexico. Kahn said he did hot want to seo armed intervention. **We have Inter vened politically already," he said? "and, In my humble judgment, lt was a mirtake to have done so." Rather than ''watchful waiting," he thought "deadly drifting" a "much more accurate description ot the ad ministration's policy." The present policy, unless speedily and radically changed, he said, "must inevitably lead to armed Interven tion." ( 01,1 U BI A GETS GARBIN. , (Poannlr?, V?., Fib. 2C.-P?en??rn? F.lliott of the tocal Virginia league I baseball club, announced today he had sold to Columbia of the South Atlantic league Bart Gardln, a left hum! pitcher who. has been with I Roanoke for the past two seasons. The {price paid'was not mentioned. Enters F pun Da ties at Once. Atlanta. Ga., Feb. H-william 9. West, appointed by GOT. Staten yea? terday to succeed the' late A. O. Bacon' as Uhtted States senator from Geor gia, will take his seat March 2. He so announced here today. Mr. West expects to return to hi? home In Val do s ta for a few day? bet fore leaving for Washington. , ... .. i ? ti. Annual Educational Conference. Nashville; Tenn., Fan. 26.-The an nual educational conference nf th* Methodist Episcopal Church, South? here today elected the following offi cers: H. A. Boas, ?ort Worth. Tex., president: W. T. WynnA p.jir-.sk!. renn., vice president; Stonewall jocuaon, N-shrtUc. -secretary. A dis cussion of Jnfitor colleges occupied Ute morning. _ _,