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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. BURNETT IMMIGRATION BILL REPORTED FAVORABLY TO SENATE WILSON MAY VETO Pest Device So Far Suggested For Reducing Immigration { At Needed Point tr.y Associated Preis.) Washington, Mnrch 19.?The Bur nett Immigration bill with its literary teBt which Is finally retalne dis gen erally reported to cause President Wilson to veto the measure, was re ported on favorably today by the-sen ate immigration committee. Various' amendments to the bill as it passed I the house had been made, but the lit- , erary tost clause was unchanged. Of that provision the committee's re port said: "The bill contains one provision, intended directly to restrict immigra tion, although said provision also, in cidentally, is certain to an extent sc lectlva in Its oneratldn. tho 'Mt*>ir*f?v test has been adopted as the best de vice so far suggested for reducing Im migration where it most needs to be reduced. So fully has It bsen dis cussed at various times ln the past that the committee odes not u???i iL j necessary to offer in this report an extended comment upon it. "As now reported," the report ad ded, it is confidently believed the measure is pearly ideal in the select ive, administrative and restrictive fea tures as it is possible to make such a law in advance of experience with the operation of such of its provis ions .as are absolutely new." Among tho amendments proposed by the senate committee is one that would exclude "persons of constltif tloanl psyehopsthio inferiority,, which the public health service urged as a vidlng "3that?^' : io*' . iilerr's^ ael.een .! by Una government should be carried on in-bound immigrant ships, to which Italy and .other foreign nations haze objected to was stricken out, a substi tute section being offered whbb would provide that immigrants may be de tained aboard the ships on which they arrlec. a sufSeicnt time to to ; permit proper examination. Celebrate Birtday Of Great Commoner ' (By Associated. Press.) Washington. " March 19.?Secretary William /. Bryan's 54th birthday an niversary waa celebrated today on a scale quite unhs?al In the capital One of the features was a svmker giv en by the Secretary to hU many friends among the newspaper xien, whose duties bring them into close daily associations with rhem. Mr. Bryan gaves his guests this thought from James Russell Lowell to car ry back to their work: "Get but the truth once uttered, and if Is like n star new born, that drops into Its place, and which, once chv cling in Its placid round, not all the tumult of the earth can shake." GQNERl?lfPOSEO EXEMPTION OF UKfONS . From Prosecution Under Sherman Anti-Trust Law or Other Statutes (By Associated Press) j Washington March 1??President Wilson today arranged to confer in the near future with Senator Hughes! and member* ot the honse Interested | in obtaining provision in the proposed new antt-trust legislation to exempt the operations of labor unions and co operative farmers organisations from prosecution under the Sherman sntl trnn* taw ?vr ;t?tu!?S. Tho president tob*. Inquirers today that his views had undergone no change since he signed the. sundry civil bill. On .Utat occaesion the, presi dent dectarsd that if he could have; separated from the rest of the bill, tiie item referring to the use of aott-i trust fund, of' labor unions and tar-S . mers' organisations, he would have] vetoed it because it placed on the ex-* pcnditure a i imitation "unjustifiable in character and principle!" Host Severe/Weather ef Wiate? Memphis. March 1?.?Snow, siott and rain with temperatures about the fretting mark, were reported throughout the central south and southwest tonight, and in some sec tion!* the most severe 'weather of the. 'Whiter Is being eXpe?n*u??d. ! ?ioodOn The Mo?h; Ulster Irish Incensed And Defy "HomeMI?? Sir Edward Carson Rushes from Parliament and Report is-that Before He Returns Blood Will Be Spille? in Ireland? Ulsterites Have 100, 000 Armed Men to'Oppose Catholic Rule In Ireland London, March 19.?Grave events are impending in Ulster according to unionist newspapers, and a rumor is current that the government is preparing for the military occupation of the pro vince. Various indications poin to a crisis. Thtre were reports yesterday of the threatened arrest of Sir Edward Carson and other Ulsterunionist leaders but it was declar ed officially that there was no truth in the statement that warrants had been signed for such arrests. Sir Edward Carson', however, made a. dramatic exit from the House before debate was conclud ed, to catch a train for Belfast. Austen Chamberlein last night declared Sir Edward had been called away in response to sudden developments in Ireland. Other unionists asserted that Ulstermen no longer can be restrain ed from an outbreak and that Sir Edward's mi$son is to endeavor to hold them in check. The Daily Telegram says "Unless all omens are false, blood wil be spilt in Ulster be fore the house of commons seesSir Edward Carson again." The Marquis of London Der ry and other prominent Ulsterites are on their way to Belfast, and their action is regarded as a chal lenge to the government, if, as asserted, any intention exists to is ^?e warrants for their arrest. Ulster is the northernmost province of Ireland and has a population of a million and a half. It was settled by Scotch?pro testants. They, are<*ntirejy satisfied with the present condition, a nominal, rule bv Qre?t Britain in which Ulster has its repr?sen tation. They have resisted the so-called "home rule" for Ireland because it would place the protestants under the domination of the Catholics of the other portions of Ireland. The Ulster meri-nave organized 100,000 strong into armed and drilled bodies, and declare that they will never surreender to home rule. The situation is not unlike the conditions just pre ceding the American revolution. mm LOB? Against HusW Bill to Restrict Interstate Transportation of Convict-Made Goods (By Associated Press. Washington, March 19.?Allegations that ? ?uud of fS?.?CO had been raised j -in the interest of prison contracts to defeat tne Hughes bill to regulate and restrict the interstate transportation, of convict-made good**, will be Inves tigated tomorrow by the Senate Lob by committee. Wbllo bearings of the Hughes bill win be In progress here today before the :ntcrutate commerce committee. Senator Overman, chairman of the lobby committee, was Informed by Sen ator Hughes that statements had been circulated to the effect that a finan cial campaign against the measure was progress. It was said the decla ration had been made that a 950,000 fund was raised to fight the bill. It following the Introduction of the mea sure -last summer. Two more subpoenas were Issued tonight by Senator Overman's order. Champions of the pending legisla tion assert that for 20 years similar bills have been blocked In congress. Pour times such a bill has paased the house, only to die awaiting action ta tho senate. They Bay the present situation U similar to that which existed In 1000, when an organized lobby work-d against a bill to prohibit the trans portation of priBon-mado goods. The bill has passed, the house, ac cording to information given the com mittee, when wardena.?? ??vcfa? pen itentiaries met in .Washington and organized a movement to defeat it. John I<\ Wsllley th??j;warden of the Maryland pmlteutiarjL recently de scribed 'the warden'*^ work at that time before tbe Marytau penitentiary eoariilssion. More ^han foxoo was contributed by prison contractors. $4,000 of which was paid to counsel for the warden's committee. The bill never'wau reported from the senate. Wilaon Sntere^ed Sn Condition of Railroads _ Waaatagthn, March 10.?President Interest in the financial condition of tue raHraej?fenf tbe country, expre? ing a. desflf* to help in every legltt-. mate way to bring about relier. The president hae^ssea ashed by callers if Im had heard , any particular com plaints from si tilroade about their financial condition and he remarked that he had bear*! whet everybody was dJacuialnat?4he uncertainty of their position. He. let it be known t&Si lb* ??MHHII-Bt .WB. WMMlMftyfag general facts of tha^remtinuod in crease in the operating expenses. reword Baptist Canrek. Her. D W. Hiott will preach at Oon lord Baptist church Sunday afternoon, March 32 U 3:30 o'clock; 8uuday eckest ?r?! ?~>* ?t s^an p. m. Officer. Who Worked On She Big Ditch 1 - (By Associated Press) Washington, March 19.?Col, Goe tha?e left Washington tonight and he will sail from New York tomorrow for Colon, Where, on April 1st, he wll as sume the hew title and office as Gov ernor of the Panama Canal Zone. Be fore leaving tonight Col. Goetbals conferred with Secretary Gerriten,, and received the Secretary's approv al of the persons selected to head the various branches of the permanent government of the Isthmus. Salaries of the officers also were- fixed. Re wards for Col. Goetbals and others, who worked on the Panama Canal, will be outlined by Preident Wilson and a house committee. Bllla to make Col. Goetbals a major-general, and four other rewards are pending. Torpedo Boat Sunk Steamer Fifty Persons Perish?No Ameri cans Aboard?Italian Sailors Worked Heroically (?>, Associated Press. Venice, March 19.?A torpedo boat today cut down a small passenger steamer which plied between Venice and Lfedo, a chain of Sandy Islands separating the Lagoon of Venille from the Adriatic and fifty persons were drowned. The sharp nose of the tor pedo boat went thorugh the stern o* the steamer, which sank almost Im mediately. Many Americans are visiting Venice but (t is not believed any were aboard 'the steamer. The victims Included many; women and several children fifteen persons on deck at the time were sated by the creaw of the tor-* pedo boat. Others were caught In the cabin end were carried down with the wreck. The Italian eaUors dived,many times in an effort to res cue thosa who **nk with the ateatn^ er, but without avail. Consider Resolutions National Prohibition (By Associated'Press) Washington. March 19?To con sider the resolutions peedia* to pro vide a cG?3tUuUoual amendment for national prohibition the senate com ajitt.-j oh judiciary baa appoiatod a sub-committee consisting of t?cnatcrs Chilian, chairman. Fletcher, Shields, Borah tnd Qttltngham. ThU romralt mlttee Will hold hearings on the sub* \u*ot to be-ib April 16. TOLLS EXEMPTION REPEAL, WILL BE FOUGHT TO A FINISH WILL BARELY PASS| No Connection Between Sir Lio nel Car den'* Volt and the Repeal of Act t (By Associate^ Press.) Washington, March 119.?More stub born than anything that has arisen to stir the tranqulltty on the democratic majority Blnce the' party came into control of the national government, la the opposition to President Wil son's plea for .repeal of the toll ex emption provision for American ships in the Panama Canal Act. With the time slmoi t at hand when the question in to be decided, the un yielding opposition of the democrats who believe it witl b ) an economic mistake to reverse: tap policy of thel government on tb* question, be-' comes more activ?, and in the senate ?mi M??oe ?io ?ivcma?un i? certain to be the most' vigorous that haH been precipitated by, .any issue the democratic congress has had before It While the presideftgend democratic members of the hou? who ?411 sup port his position are confident that the repeal "fyill pass by. a comfortable ma jority, few have any idea that the majority will be large. Debate on the repeal will begin .in the house on Sat urday, when a rule Sfrill be offered, limiting debate to fifteen hours. In the senate aeJd^fjJg^the committee on inter-oceanW^eajj^;od * repeal bill submitted. Mr senator Owen may| be" taken tomorrow osf Saturday. Sen ator O'Ctornta^HtHHHe of the com -1 m'.ttee, will conjfeflNBthe matter of] taking up the resell: ; the senator taat there was absolutely no basis for conclusions that he had referred to in a senate I speech on Wednesday, to the effect that tolls repeal was the price to bo paid as a result of negotiations with Great Britian .for non interference by foreign powers hi Mexico, and for Eng land's defense- of the Monroe Doc-, trine. The aresb?*?:* felbj -'?s senator that "be was skating on thin tee" in circulating auch conclusions sfter reading them in some pu???fea>lo!i. Discussing the matters without call ers, the president said his address to congress on repeal of the tolls clauBo was written before the visit to Wash ington of the British Minister of Mex ico, Sir Lionel Gardon', to whom Sen ator Jones had referred in his speech, 'and that the canal controversy was not mentioned during the minister's conference at the White House. Later in the day Senator Jones 'made a statement to th? senate, assert ing that he had not wished te misrep resent anybody, that he had rofcrred to the conclusions se he had read tnem in the newspaper. ?]&<< It was duo the present that i.c expresa to the sen ate his flat denial of the matter. Will Pre.s Kcwlntfooa Senator Jones' resolution caV'ng t?i?on the president for intormat'un as to 'tne position of forint governments on the' tolls quest-on will come up again tomorrow, when Senator Kris tow made the resolution that It be re ferred to the canals Instead of the for eign relations committee. Senator Potndexfer plana to talk on the reso lution which would ask the president for an explanation of some of the fea tures of the message to congress on the toils issue. The president, speaking of Sir Lio nel Garden's visit, toid callers that he could not get a suggestion On the Mcx 'lean position out of Sir Lionel with i "a corkscrew" and that the confer ence was purely for information on] the genetal Mexican situation. Infantry Entrain For BorJer Service | (By Assoe'ated Press) Atlanta. Ga^ March 19.?The main I body of the Hth Infantry which has been stationed at Fort McPherson. lieft today tor Kagic Pass, .Texas, to join the American border patrol. ! Three special trains carried the troops numbering about 800. A detachment of three officers and] eighty on? men left for the broder; yesterday, taking with them the regt* rnt'e tiefd equipment and anpplics. small guard was left at the fort Claclraat, March 19.?Two bstel-j b>ns of the Nnlth U. S. Infantrjt&?atil? 1 prising 699 men and 25 officers left] i Fort Tnomas today for Laredo) Texas, ] for border duty. Little Rock. March 19.?Four com panies of the Ninth Infantry stationed at fort Logan H. Roots toft here to day for Laredo, for border duty. The detachment numbers 200 privates and! ERNEST MONIS, MINISTER MARINE RESIGNS HIS POST AIDED SWINDLER? Wan; Cailluax Will More Thr.n Likely Throw Herself On The Court's Mercy (By Associated Press) i Paris, March'19.?Opinion Public seems to be deeply occupied with the' Oalmettc tragedy and the resultant political agitation, with interest out wardly manifested today. The principal development of the day was the resignation of Ernest Mo nis from the ministry of marine, and it is now understood his withdrawn! from the cabinet will he permanent; whateber the finding of the investi gating committee. The resignation of M. Monis was I caused by statements made In the j chamber of deputies that while he was premier be bad exerted powerful in ?????tiOv ?m ;;uuiic prosecu;or, Victor Fahre, to postpone the trial of Henrie Rochette, who was alleged to have swindled the public out of sum aggregating $20,000,000 by frau I dulent stock promotions. Rochette disappeared white, on bail. Demonstration Likely. While some kind of demonstration by the anti-republicans is certain to be attempted at the funeral of M. Cal mette tomorrow, the police authori ties do not anticipate serious trouble. NevctthelesB, M Hennion, the prefect of Paris has made extensive prepara tions to preserve order. M. Labori, counsel for Mme. Cail laux said she had no alternative but to throw herself noon the mercy of the court, and that the defense could make no bad .reflections on t'uo dead nian. '.''"".' I Big ee?alG?mpanie? (By Associated Press.) Chicago, March lJ-^-Oatitieal manu facturers joined to put an arbitrary price on their product prior to the pas sage of the Sherman act, according' to the testimony, of H. S. rvntsrean to day, th? first witness la tba gbven: - meat's dissolution suit against the. Quaker Oats Company and the Great Western Cereal Company. The government charges that. the, defendants are In conspiracy to mo nopolize the\ oatmeal business, of the country. It seeks the dissolution of the company and asks that it be en joined from lnterestate commerce un til the dissolution is complete. Negro Electrocuted. Richmond, Va., March 18.?Marlon Lee, a Kentucky negrj was electroc'u-l ted here today for the murder last' July of Delaware Brown, at Toano,| near Wllllamahurg, Va., In a light over a crap game. Legislation As To Good Roads Confidently Predicted at This Ses sion After White House Conference (By Associated Press) | j Washington, March 18.?Good roads legislation tat this session of congress was confidently predicted today when It became known after conferences at the white house between President WUron and Senator Swanson of Vir-1 ginla, and Secretary of Agriculture Houston, that the president would support the Sbackleford roads hill if certain modifications were mado In It by the senate. Just what changes will be made is not known, but it is I believed one will problde a $5,000,000 ( appropriation for road improvement] and construction work this year. .As; passed' by the house the bill would authorize an expenditure of $25,000, 000, to bo divided among the states on a basis of population' and the num ber of miles of post roads, with tie* stipulation that each stete ahafiitf shall put up a like amount from its own treasury .-?ju? I? ' ' ! Three Lose Lives j InBeirioi Firej (By Associated Press) Detroit. March 19.?Ts" i??di*2 have been recovered and a third l\ oald to be in the ruins of a five stjry brick building swept late Hoday by fire. Two men were injured and tno score of others, Including a young woman, escaped from the biasing I building. Tho propetry loss was es timated at $100,000. CARRIED BY ONE VOTE, BUT ' LACKED NECESSARY TWO-THIRDS SOUTH to?GHT IT Resolution Demanding Each State To Vote On Measure Will Be Introduced (By Associated Press. . Washington, March 10. ? Woman' suffrage advocates today lost tbolrj fight In the United States Senate for a resolution proposing an amendment to the federal constitution giving wo men the ballot. The vote was 35 for the measure to 34 against At, a two thirds affirmative vote being required for passage, and when it was over, suf-j ftaglst leaders jubilantly pointed to the majority of one as conclusive that their cause had scored a triumph In defeat, and wns immeasurably strong er than its opponents ever had been willing to concede. Today's action following weeks of iKTuuic un iiie fioor or me senate, marked the climax of a spirited cam paign launched here the day before the inauguration of President Wilson. Immediately after the vote, Sena-! tor Shafroth, of Colorado, sought to introduce a new resolution for con stitutional amendment requiting each state to vote on granting suffrage to women, on petition from five per cent of its voters. The senate went into executive session before the senator could get the floor, however, and the resolution will be offered later. ' The resolution defeated today was the first Introduced in the present con gress. . It was presented by Senator. Chamberlain, of' Oregon, and the wo man suffrage committee later author ized .Senator Ashurst u> report it fa Toough.otherwise 'the vote was rate contended It would Implicate the negro question la their1 states'. Of i the Southerners, only Senators Randell of Loul8lnana, Shrtipard of'Texas and Lea of 'Tennessee, voted for the reso lution. e??MLOEOIOE i IE ?AUJE_0F BEftBO Prominent Louisiana Lawyer Had Hirsute Adornment Forcibly Removed and Sued (By Associated Press) Washington. March 1?.?What Is tho value of a beard? That Is the question which Justices of the su preme court have been asked todeter mlne. . The case la that of E. O. O'Sullivan, a prominent Ixmislana lawyer, who placed a value of $00,000 on a growth of bis beard. O* Sullivan who former ly was district attorney, state senator and city attorney of New Orleans, claims he waa forcibly deprived of hla hirsute adornment on election day in November. ?90R On that day. lie asserts, Paul Felix, a Justice of the peace in Jefferson Parish, and Willlara W. Stiles., a deputy sheriff, conspired to prevent several men from voting. O'Sullivan claims he went to the polls to advise about Ute conduct of Oie election. He asaertfl that ? number of men Imported to the election place by Felix . seized him and tied his arms. Then, he declares, Stiles cut orr his beard O'Sullivan I bruoght suit in 1911 for $40,000 dam I ages under the Federal civil rights act. Police Searching For Negro Murderer -1? (By, Associated .Press), Charlotte. N. C. March 11).?Shor iff*e force and police of Kinston, N. C.; says a ss?c?al frotJ IhajL-plaoe to night, are searching for Alfred Lynch, a negro w,ho J*.,-sald to. have cut to death the foreman of a lumber camp hear Fjichlands, 30 mills .from kln? ton. The negro la Bald to' have hired an automobile in Mehalhnda telling the chauffeur that he was to bo mar ried in Kinaton. Dike Hot Guilty. 1 Seattle, Waoh.. Mar. 19.?Lawrence Duke, nepbev, of James B. Duke, the tobacco n^nafacturer, was found not guilty today of the charge of man slaughter preferred after his automo bile ran down and killed . Henry S. Farr, a saloonkeeper, on the county road south of Seattle, October IB, tast The state alleged (hat Duke was In-! toxlcsted and handled his car care-! loasly. NO PLAUSIBLE IDEA"AS YET ADVANCED FOR SOLV ING PROBLEM REASON EXPLAINED As to Non-Recognition of Huerta ?May Send Commission Of Investigators (Uy Associated Press) I Washington, March 19.?The Unit cd States government will welcome n reopening of negotiations with the Huertu government or-the. Constitu tionalists, and will he glad to consider any proposal that will tci?d to draw the various factions togflier ' Into a. plan for the restoration of ponce in Mexico. This is the attitude President Wil son revealed today after reports reached hero saying Sonor Portlllo V itojas. minister of foreign affaira In the Hucrta cabinet, had gone to meet John Und, Mr Wilson's por Rnnnl miiMaontiit|.;? *- -- rCJU?n?j? tlon of the peace parleys. . Senor Hojus has been mentioned as the man who would succeed Huerta if he re tired, and the object of the visit to Mr. Lind, it was reported, Is to ac quaint the president snvoy with U\n personality. Incidentally t|;e prosl dent in Ulklng with caller., today, wh'le remarking that he had no of fclal report of any v.cvr parleys, spoke in complimentary terms of the Mexlc?n minister of forelglr1 nffiara as a man of high character. Non-lteeognltlon of Hnerttt Explained. What the peraident emphasises in his informal discussions on the Mexi can situation Is that he, as preaident of the United State?, has never sought to approve or disapprove of iudlvSe I'tials who may aspire to th> proW- ' I dency of Mexico, and that he has no ?bt refusal to recognise Huerta, It may be stated on the highest nuthori yt, was not based on any personal an tagonlsm to Heurta, bill on tho ground that, the ? Consttutionalists would never l>e reconciled to the man who had overthrown Madero and Sh ares and that governments get uw by by arbitrary forces and not reflecting tfci popular will should not be dv?i wlth by the United States. Likewise, the consideration of In* ilviduab; who might seek the recog nition by the United States; the prin cipe President Wllnon has h^en' tvdfk lug ou Is that recognition, extended to anyone set up In the presidency without nome popular expression or without the endorsement of all fac tions could not lead to peace. In con i. dozing peace proposals from the Huerta government. Investigating (onnhittce aaggated One of the suggestions recently made to Preaident Wilson* contem plates tho sending of a commission of Americans of prominence to inves tigate the conditions in Mexico Un official reports have bad It that both Carranza and Huerta would receive such commissions. ^President Wilson is carefully con sidering the suggestion, said to have been made originally by Oscar S. Straus, former ambassador to Turkey, and prominent in the cause of world peace. ' The . president, it is knor?n, would be g!ac\to send such a commis sion if it could assist ths Mexican fac tions In arriving at an agreement, hut it In believed he feels that ' acbtal peace proposals must necessarily or iginate with the Mexican factions, and that us'ess th? commission wero invited to go to Mexico, Its errand would bo fruitless meditation of the same sort previously had been reject ed by both sides. Vera Crus, March 19.?The Mexican foreign minister Senor Y. Rojas, who arrived be re fro mMexico City today, did not call on Mr. Llnd, but the two met tonight at the residence of a frond. . Tho conference lasted two hours Neither would ta!<t of the subjects under discussion, but Mr. Lind intimated that th?- conference was not important. . - :- ?-v.". i- n.tin s t ? ;?!>(} PARTY PRKPAKINO TO IXVADE Laredo; Texas, March 19.?Rumors that an American filibustering party, was preparing to invade Mexico fron* the vicinity of Palafox, Texas, caused? Captain Howard, commanding Fort Mclntosh, to dlspstch ?Veop Uih Cavalry, to thst section tod Ay. No details of the rumored exp?dition are known. ? - M^lcan Ofaeers Heid rT* ElPaso. Tex., March 1?.?Three of the Mexican Federal officers arrested recently charged with recruiting sol diers ofr the Federal army on Ameri can soil were held for the greed jury today. A fourth man, Alfred Mar gain, vice-consul here, was released, as. there was no evidence agat&st him.