FIELD DAY ANDERSON SCHOOLS NEXT FRIDAY TUBNtlttt POINT OP WAR I Washington. March 21.-The bat tle of Torreon will be the turning I point in tbe Mexican revolution, in tho opinion of, high, administration offi cials. Little official information to day as to the prslimlnary skirmishes waa at hand, but li Is believed that within a few day* a battle will have been fought whle* will Indicate clearly the relative strength of the constitu tionalist cause. Tho presence at Vera Cruz at this tima ot Charge O'Shaugbnessy and of Charge Hohler, ot the United Sta'tea embassay and British legation, re spectively, ht official circles here is taken to mean that the British gov ernment ia" cobperatlng with the Uni ted States in effort* to find a peace ful settlement. Discussions among Constitutional ists here ot the possibility that Gen oral Huerta, would retire in favor of -Senor Portillo developed probability that he would be acceptable to the constitutionalists becauace of his af filiation with the cl?rical - party. Mr. O'Shaughnessy expects to re turn to Mfcxlro City; In a few days, ac cording to his dispatches to the state department. HU telegrams make mention of his iii health, but there ls no suggestion, according to Mr. Bryan of any contemplated resigna tion. Retirement of Mr. O.Shaugh enssoy at this tim? would be <3tp!ossat ieally embarrassing, because tc ean? another ?T*^;*^??T to Mexico In his place might involve a recognition of the Huerta govern? ?nt. The trip of Hear Admiral Fletcher to Mexico City was ?ot explained by tho officials ;aare but generally lt ia supposed th?t.'b? went to look after tho recent shipment of arms for the vrv?tr?ti?zi vT Atjirricsn residents. - BfiNTOK J^fc ft? VILLA_ \!i? 9? ?j??it?f Bx rrifSGBC? Washington, ?Marta, 21.-William 8. Benton, the British subject, was shot by General Villa, bat wa? subbed to death in Villa's ?tile? at Juara* by Major Radofo ?lem, according to persons bel toted tn ho conversant with the finding Ita* to* oC the special Mexican comml*|d?? appointed hy General Carranga to investigate Ben ton's death. . District Counsel PeMfevat. wbo baa loft El Faso: tor tit? txfcrt st Galveston, has tWwar|Wajr?Nffto the British embassay here, tfhio* it 1* nndersxooa Benton was stabbed but does not very ^IDOFIW establish, it is believed ?rti- I actually killed Benton. That Major Fierro will be charged with the crime and punished is tho expectation of many Mexicans here. They explain General Villa's story of a courtmartlal as an effort to shield Fierro who is said to be his distant relative. The Carranza. commission however, is reported to bave declared .its purpose of punishing Fierro de spite Villa's effort to protect him. The arrest of Fierro was reported from Chihuahua but confirmation is now, lacking . Secertsry Bryan today said that whilo he had heard many reports of the Benton killing, comment would he withhold until the Carranza com mission had finished its work. CARRANZA REFUSES TO APPORTION PROPERTY ? Douglas, Arizona, March 21.-Gen eral Carranza . caused considerable! |jdt?SS#sgjictionamong Mexicans res idents of Colonia Moreles, Sonora, last j week, through his refusal to appor-| tion the farms, houses, and other property of American Mormons j among them, according to the report brought to the ?order today. The j Mexicans alretdy hnv" possession of j most of the property as a result of flight of the Mormons Jast year dur rag the various raids, but they want-' ment. ' ^ ' LIM? ANO ROJAS MEET OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE Mexico Ci ty ? March 21.-John Lind, President Wilson's envoy, may make a trip of observation over Ute portion of Mexico controlled by the Federals, as a result of his conference at Vera Cruz with the Mexican foreign minis ter^ Jose Lopez Pomlo Y. Rojas. The recommendation was made by the minluster, who said that Mr. Lind] appeared favorably impressed. Those having personal knowledge of" the Vera Cruz conference appear highly optimistic in the belief that it is the first step towards an agree ment satisfactory to the Huerta gov ernment.. The foreign minister's conference | with Mr. Lind will not have the ef fectif bringing about the resignation | j of , Frcs??eni Huerta, div pou??mr?iy of which hMy?MB^|M^ed- The sub-! I iabt' v> a?^ox ^TOW?*T.' according lo ? I a statement by the minister tonight. ?COLQUITTS REQUISITION FOR MURDERERS REFUSED I Eagle Pass, March 21.-General Al berto Guajardo, commander of the Mexican Federal troops at Piedra* Ne gras, tocay refused a demand made hy Gov' rnor Colquitt of Texas for the surrender ot tour other Mexican Fed eral soldiers, accused by the Texas o'. Relais of being complicated in the kill-1 .ng of Clemente Vergara. an Ameri- ] can ranchman. PBIH6LE T. Y0UMAH3 ILEHi?N MID Son of Late Leroy Youmans and Classmate of Woodrow W2sott Columbia,, Mareh 21.-Pringle T. Youmans. one of tue most popular at? torneys in Columbia, waa struck by au automobile driven by Harry L. Davis, Saturday night and ' was almost in (stantly killed. He was a member of ?the general assembly. Three weska ago he-married Miss Mary S. Bronson of Columbia. Davis was formerly the I chauffeur who drove the city's auto : mobile police patrol. Mr. Yoemans I was the oldest son of the late LeRoyI F. Youmans. Mr. Youmans was a son of the lute I LeRoy F. Youmans, who was attor I ney general of tho state in the cabinet of Governor Wade Hampton and also waa attorney general under Gov. D. C. Heyward. LeRoy'Yonmans was re garded as one of tho most eloquent men the state, has ever produced; among other great cases having been his defense ot four Anderson county men persecuted in carpet bag days, and prosecuted by such brilliant men as Samuel Melton and Emory Speer ?iWhite-men in South Carmina turned || traitor to their rae* tn those days and . bore false witness against th slr netgh ] hors. 4? j Pringle T. Youmans was himself, a man or intellect and of ability aa a I speaker. ..Jfre waa announced as a can. j didate for? the state senate, hartog I served four years In the house ot rep 1 resentatlves. Ko was a school-mate ' at Mr. Barnwoll's academy in Colum bia wii? "Tca??y" Wllso?j DOW tho president of the United States. Later they were at tho Univcralty of Virgin ia toxether. aiong with R t. Arm? ?i ?Columbia, United States Senator Le j Key Fe. cy ?I Mississippi ant. other |>nten of distinction. Mr. Voumaos was ! regarded as among tba brightest of them all. hot he bad failed to get a good ?tart in life unttl within the lest few yaars and hts career ?ad Just be come premising. Am*rfea? Wins Over Frcftehataa. Paris, March SI.--Joe Jeanette, the American baavy-weight pugilist, won the derision over Georges Carpenter, the French champion, on points in a fifteen round bout here tonight. iiuiucpciTVcn mcT UnilLIIUIII U. O. LUOI IN DEBATE WITH TRINITY i Unanimously Decided In Favor of j Tba Upper Carolina College Raleigh, N. C., March 21.-By a j unanimous decision the debate at Dur ham waa won by representatives nof j Trinity College over those of the Un- ' iverslty of South Carolina. Trinity! bad the affirmative of the question: "Resolved that the United States, should maintain a position as one ' of the throe leading naval powers of the world." Trinity was represented by G. S. Sexton, Jr., H. E. Myers and B. W. Bernard: South Caroline by J. A. Tol bert. J. B. Dudley and MVA. Wright. ?. C. T. REORGANIZED Feaster Trlbbie Was Elected ra ry Last Night. The members of the local council j of the United Commercial Travelers held their annual meeting last night and elected J, B. Shanklln, senior -~t? ~-. ct tr T..IHUI0 nnni^i^rr . L. RJ. Lcdbetter, conductor; C. R. Lia on, page; R. S. Balley, sentinel; ti. Beaty and J. M.. Giles, executive com mittee. P. D. Skelton was elocted past coun cillor and delegate to the grand lodge of tho Carolinas which meets at Green ville. The U. C. T. is mad j up of none but bona fide traveling salesmen and is a secret order. The members feel that with Feaster Tribble aa secretary \this will be a live year. Mr. Shanklln, the new senior councillor, has'been kept very busy in hiB new field of work with the Tete Hardware Com pany, which has had a very fine year. I TAKES STEP AGAINST QUELLING IN ARMYI I Gcrihifly Deals First Severe Blow I To Ute Long Established Practice j Jfa (By ; Associated Press) : t?aiz'i {feifcaay", March 21.-Lieu tenant Von La Valette Saint George, cf the rfSS Gfiruiaji Infantry regiment, ?oday was sentenced to thirty- months ?mp. ?soamunt in a fortress for kill fag Lieut. Haage in a duel February 28. He was also dismissed from ino, army. The Court found that the prisoner, by bis conduct had provoked the duel and- had gravely wronged the honor of Lieutenant Haaee. The severe sentence imposed on lieutenant Von La Valette Saint I George ls thc first really severe blow j delivered against duelling among ar my officers. The court, by Its Judg-1 mont, has virtually given notice that officers who wrong the family honor of fellow officers are .not to be treated aa gentlemen, and the fact that they vanquish their opponents will not re habilitate their honor. I CLEMSON GETS BIG GYNASIUM! ?That im &c Report Tba* Reached This City Last 'Night The Intelligencer learned from an I unaulhorltntlve source last night ths? Presldent Riggs of Clemson College had secured a gift of $50,000 for a gymnasium st Clemson college. Dr. Riggs has been working un this mat ter fpr some- months and bas recently been In the north. The nows that he! has succeeded m getting tho money with which to put dp a splendid gym nasium ter tho cadets ls ve// grati fying. Of. Riggs has always taken, a great deal-of interest in athletics, and tn an effort to keep athletics (rom being cffmhierculieed In the ' colleges, and be is th? president of tho Southern Int^rcolflajlttd Athletic Association. I The Gravest Issue W?L Iii Ireland's History (By Associated Press.) 'Liberalism will un? fUnch cse inch. ?before the arrogant and insolent pia ! gue ot Toryism,** was the raeseageVon veyed today by Chancellor J.loyd iGtrwrge io a. meeting or tarerais at Huddersfield. " } "Th* country ls confronted with the fatfgmst Issue in the history of the d?mocratie apverament since the days of the Stuarts," he ssid. "Representa tive government in thia land ts at stake. I hm here on behalf ot the government to say we mean to cja? front the defiance of popular liberas with resolut? ?_n have been dedie; 'cd Aprllf??. Tho granite for the baso from ? Texas firm failed to arrive, and a 'eoiytact for Mary land granito had boon substituted. 1 The memorial fund was raised by the United Daughters; of'tho Confed eracy. ? W. H. Hand fl And The following statement was given out by the chairman of the board, Mr IL H. Watkins: ' "At a special meetjpc of tho local ?members of the evaejitive committee inf Anderson 4irWfth d ra v/n at the end of the present ses sion. Since then ho hna been assur ed that these funds will be available not only for another year, hut for sev eral years to come, '.io had received letters from numerous educators with in and without the state, argues tfeit a would ba very detrimental to the pi ??.?ress, of constructive work ;'l?? which he had been engage'! for' him to >ay down at that tlraeT The writ ers of these Miers were o? the opin ion that his pi osent work waa the most important single piece of con structivo work for education that la now being done in the state. "The pressure was so gerat that Prof. Hand became convinced that he ought to ask for his release in order to further conduct the work. He stat ) ed H> the board that he felt that the work kc ls now engaged in was so important to all tho colleges of tho state, as wall as high schools, that Anderson college would greatly suffer along with other colleges if he should abandon his present work. In addition to this, Prof. Hand, urged that tba lack of experience in col lege work made him fearful nf under taking, the duties of organizing ami conducting the work along tho ideals of a standard college of tho high grado of Anderson college. In preferring his request, Prof. Hand slated his de sire to be of continued permanent service to Anderson collego, and of his desire to aid us to the exton! of his ability in the future. In the faro of the request; and with the reasons assigned, tho board felt tlfat lt could' not do otherwlso than grant tho pe tition." ld Appeal man Suffrage Mrs. B. B. Velen tine, president of tho .Equal suffrage loan no of Richmond, Va., spoke to an audience bf 300 wo men and about a score cf men. Tho attendance at the meeting ox the expectations of those who had arranged for it, consequently ibero were no seats for about half tito au dience. Low bi Parke Cbamberiyno, a proina k?r of the University of South Caro lina, introduced Mrs. Valentine. Tho Virgina su'ffrago leader pointed oui conditions In South Carolina which she said could bo remedied by giving women tho ballot. . H quai suffrage" is just a slogan, de clared Mrs. Valentino. '"Altai women ere asking for is freedom to band to ! gether into a great alsterhnnri tnt- fhn development of her Oodgiven capac ity of helping the unfortunate." Mrs'. Valentine decried the' objec tion advanced by opponents ot equi.1 suffrage that *.fc would divorce thc women (rom their home Interests. When Mrs. Valentine flnlachd her address tho audience, On the motion ot Rev. Kirkman G. Finley, rector of the largest Episcopal church tn Co lumbia, gave ber a rising vole of thanks. Scores of women passed around her to stntke hands. Several social gathering center around Mrs. Valentine during her stajr In Colum bia. 'liatory was subssquont to* a mass] meeting in the streets nnar Union' Spi U.aaSim. '-? J??-----??. I The appointments were- made after a long controversy tv?wecn Ute so called organization and anti-organiza tion democrat.;. Permain Rebels Honied. New York. March lil.-The rebol forcea of Coucha, leader of tho recent uprising nglnst tho Peruvian govern-^ mehi in Ute E&ineraldoe, 'have been' j routed hy Federal troops, according. I to a eublegram from President Plana I made public here to day. THE ULSTER MEN ARE KEEPING COOL Any Outbreak Mort Come From The Government, They Declare Belfast, March 21.-The sudden pre parations by the war office so far h ive not created any public demonstration ia Belfast. I The leaders of the sr. sailed Unionist provisional government, however .??.;* init their anxiety k-s? their ove?*-en thuslastic followers precipitate riots of the week-end an.i give their op ponents thc ?ougut-ofr opportunity of enforcing rigorous oppressive mea sures.- * . -imm Slr Edward Carson. Ulster Unionist leader, and his lieutenants desire tho government to take the first provo ' cstlve. step. Sir Edward realizing the vltalness of an undisciplined outbreak aa a. protest; against all. these troop movements, today again urged tho Ul ster men to keep cool. CHARGE NOVELIST WITOL?SPHEMY'' Russian Writer Faces Exile Into Siberia for Insulting the National Faith - l By Associated Press.) "StTPetcrsburg, Russia, March 21. url proceedings against! Maxim orky; the Russian novelist, on the hnrgc of blasphemy, according to.an rder issued today by tho publis prose cutor of the district court of St. Pe tersburg. Gorky, who (a a sultorer from tuber culosis,, decinred by his friends to have been contracted during his in carceration In'the fortress of St. Pe tersburg, recently returned to Rus Bi ". from ?ho Island of Capri, after an ' eiiiiit-yeftr exile. I The charge of blasphemy wc* pres ferred against Corky in lfiOS in coo lie; timi with bis novel, "Mother," In 'which ho is alleged to hare Insulted tim national faith. U found guilty tho novelist's sentence, according to tho Russian law, would bo exile to al berto, which In bis present state of health, his friends believe, would bc. eqntvnienl ." tt neutre? of death British Officer* Are Quitting the Service ? London, March 22.-The Sunday Oh sorver asserts on high authority that Oeneral Slr Arthur Paget visited Cur. ragh Friday and gave General Gough, of the third cavalry brigade, the op tion of taking command of Ulster or retiring. General Gough, who WP allowed two hours for constdertaion, resigned immediately. The Observer says that the govern ment has decided to Issue two hun dred warrants tor the "arrests of the leaders in Ulster. > -'?-~ % MUTINY REPORTED London, March S3.-A mutiny ot two companies of the Dorsetshire regiment atattonad ia Belfast ls re i ported by. tho Pall Mall Gametic. LEAVE SERVICE OF THEIR KING BRITISH OFFICERS REHJSE TO SERVE AGAINST ULSTER NO OUTBREAK YET ?Som? dftfhe Bett ?ntl Proudest Officers in Service lleve Retired (By Associated PreBB) ? tf & * * * * * * e * * . .. "ss PREPARE FOR ACTION * * Aldershot. Eng., Mar, 241 * : -The London and South- * * western Railway today re- * *. reived notice from tin? war * I* department to have rolling * I* sto'ck in readiness to move * ;?t short notice any number *. of troops un to ten thou- * sand with horses, wagons * * and supplies. m. S? Stock taking today at the * * Curragh magazine at Dub- * ' * lin disclosed'that thousands * * of rounds of ammunition * * were missing. The stock is * :: being replenished from the * * new bridge and Kildare * * stores. . ' :; * * * Belfast. Ireland, March 21-Details of tho disaffection among troops^ *t Curagh, published fully in the even ing papera hore,' created no demon? .rtattoifs:- Belfast Saturday ritalin te i wearing a normal aspect, ea-, tho Saturday shopping crowds were increased. A council of war waa held late Sat urday night at Craigavon between Sir Edward Carson, the Ulster Unionist leader; General ssirv'C?cosge useras*? son, cam monder in chief Of the Ul ster troops, and ferr? officers com ?,ijoins the regimental- eonii^??eir? of the forces, at which inoblllsattc;; d.'.tals wree perfected. Sir Edward Caroon made , a state- , ment to the Associated Press, after the conference regarding the military situation. He said: The government is attempting to cower the Ulster intimidation and provocation, but 'without fall." A Lublin dispatch announces the swearing in of special magistrates for Ulster! This - * the forwardlug - of detachments o. epoclnt constables from Dublin to Belfast, are regarded here as an attempt, to Incite riots. Discontent Aneas; Troop?. All the regular troops in Belfast were confined to bnrraeks Saturday causing much discontent-, Pinong the men. About 400 volunteer* ?pent tho evening maneuvering on U.c -estate of Lord Shaftesbury, which la caliea Belfast caste!. Other volunteers spent the day In target practice. Tho Marquis of Londonborry said to the Associated Press tonight that bo thought the wholesale resignations of officers was tho first instance o? Uic hind ia the British array since the crisis preceding tho war against the American colonista Tu the past 24 hours over 3,000 reg;4 ular troops, Including four battalions of Infantry with machine g^?. asu two batteries of field artillery, alt oquipped for active service', have ar rived i tho various iwona of Ulster. These troops form the advance guard of u large armed force which military authorities are sending to the Nertfc ern provinco of Ireland to prevent the assumption ot local government by anti-homo rulers. SHH more troops nro oh their way to the North from the military camp at thc Curragh and fro tu tho other army stations today. The first arri vai:* In Ulster today were tho ?HOV panics of a half battalion ot the York shire light inrantrry, "?tych. wer? con voyed rrom their barrack* Itt Dublin io ?U i?j-i? Lough ???* uuur? the tor pedo boat destroy?r Pathfinder dar ing tho night, Thoy curly todny and marched to Carrick? ger'gus cantel, a disused military sba? Hon commanding the Leuuiv. Guns wor?> foounted' on t!ic field tinto lui? afternoon Orders were issued to other batcries ot artillery ta. ocenpy Strategic positions around t& oca** try of Bel rast. .THE 4|U?BIt*& OWK* (By Associated Prtaa. Dublin, Ireland. Kerch 21.-F*.i<14 Marshal Sir John French, chief ot tho imperial staff, arrived here today in connection with the resignation of officers from the regular amy owintf tn ?b?lr refu?sl tc T?S-?TT T^TT lr--- Ha* Unionists in Ulster. Nearly ali the af fleers ot the Fourth Queen's Own Hussars, B tai ion sd at the Cnrrngh camp aro said to have headed in their commissions and their placea have; hoon filldu. /_ . ? ?. ' _:jmJn ._i