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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. DETAILS OF THE FIGHTING ON LAST DAY OF THE SEIGE ALL IS QUIET NOW Gan. Gonzales Ha? Ordered Ail Saloons Closed and Business Is Returned (By Associated Presa) llrownvillo. Tex., May H.-Details of the fall of Tam?lico late Wednesday were received in an official .dispatch today by Colonel J. RJcant, commander Sn Matamores. _Tbe Federal force " under General Zaragoza .fled und?.r covert of ? down pour of rain .being followed by tue '.'.V forcea of.Genarai Pablo Gonzales and General Luis Caballero. Ten cannon and fourteen m ach lue guns were placed to the north of the city on Monday night by the Constitu tionalists, the official version said. tue roochlne guns was poured into the defending Federal forces. The con stitutionalists cannon played havoc, it was said, with the entir? Federal en trenchment. , , . . V The roar of the ten cannons at Tam. i?lrO wan almost continuous from the opening of the. final assault on Tues day morning until the Federals fled vii in disorder yesterday afternoon. The federal ftunboats seemed to have lost their effectiveness and the eda. etltntionaliats claim they paid little .attention io them in tho latter, par of the fight. Two.of th e: Fed aral' gun boats fled" dowp thro .. Panuco river. Today's reporte said that one gunboat was aground , last night,, although lt was not In action. The last Constitutionalists attack on Tampico began under the leadership .Hil. r V, I V,W*t(CIU. A large number of Taraplco QlliUten wau have gathered, here, sala today, they would start for tho Tamylco fields at once, feeling sure. they Would bo ?ri; VcrV IIBBB?/. cu?ui their properties there, but felt hope ful when reports were received that, although much oil waa lost, there were c-3 ??r?~3. Tho total dead on bote sities waa estimated at about ?^H?, rrr,T reports received in Matemorae. The constitu tionalist*' loat one officer ajued. with or three wounded. > Practically none or the buildings lu..the city prop er was destroyed, it ia asserted, or even. damaged by the .fire from the Constitutionalists' suns. The oil fields were reported safe. There was no indication /rom reports received that any of them were fire? during thc assault cn tbs cit v. The<*te?si forc? of Constitutionalists thai took part in tin .&ty^tinibered abouf V.fjW 'ihep urtder .Generala Pablo Gon&alea.and i-ubr Cabellero,' Cea?aerk> CaaJro and Au- J gustln Castro. ' j Ivast night tho street* of Tamplcp! were patrolled by Const?tutlonaHat cavalry. Occasional alidia wheu biding FederalsWere discovered. Invitations already have bees f?<?o*d io foreigners io return io ina City au? reiuur.? their business affaira under gv Opened, business resuming m r ! condition? rapidly. Satoons wr*re < dared etea* General Go Stutem?n Tampico indicate that little time will be .teat laJcloslAg m on et?a i*vla. Potosi and aat?Uo. B RAILWAY ?AH, 8ES?IfE i it Be fS?anJs*t?? ta PretSft Par?; , ttcnaior txvetpf* pfuiia (Aaa? I INSTEAD OF CULEBRA, IS THE SUGGESTION OR WOMEN OF4 FFDEilATflQN HONOR TO 4 HERO Ute Col. D. IX Gaillard Wrecked Hts Health In this Great Undertaking (By Associated Press) Spartanburg. May 14.-The South Carolina Federation* of Women")! Ciaba today adopted a reaoHition call ing oh President Wilson to chango the name of Culebra. cui/of >thff Panania i canal to ''Oalllard cut" in honor ot the late Colonel. David Dnbos? Gail'ard of South .Carolina, "who" the resolution sayr. "gave hi? Ofer to the successful ! completion of thia triumph of engin eering skill." Tho' federation elected oficers as ! follows: . 1 President, Mrs. J. W. Allen, Spar-] ^hurg^ first vice president, Mrs. Ru ?M? r.?B?, AMI niOmt-VICO prOHZ deni. Mrs. Jajaes Cotter, Hartsvtlle; ? recording secretary. Mrs. Thomas S. ! SUcox, Charleston; corresponding j secretary, Mw.. J, E. IMle*he* Marion; Treasurer, Misa Rosa ?; Cooley, St. Helena Island: auditor. Mr. J. . ringer, Flor Bennettsville waa selected aa the| piece for next year's convention. THE ON THE QUI; YiyE tfotilfed io Be .... Vd., Mny 14.-Orders eight companies of coast ar Fort Monroe, to get ic readi _" active service, and. to be pre pared to entrain on short notice came to Colonel Ira Haynes; the command ing officer, today and tonight it waa o?iu t??ni ino companies were practi cally in condition to lea v? on a* mo menCs notice. When the Orders carno to Old Point th.; sowers sa a. hiking trip but; they were brought baCdt to quarters under hsrr?c? orders. T&b compgai^j ordered to be ready to go to Mexico are the Sixth. Thirty Fifth. One Hun dred and Eighteenth", Forty First, Six ty Ninth and One Hundred and Sixty Sixth. WP ENDORSE THU XewsaaperN That Have if ono; ry To Bo Fair 1 Alb i>:nvrenco. Kans.. May H-rae hon ont ne'-"-*.ina per mon of the country arc in danger from the reckless editors sad reporters who habitually distort ino trt?tn, isaac w. Wime, or the New Xw?k World, told the editors at ibo National Newspaper Conference at the University of Kaners today. Mr. White discussed the legal restraint that ls being propo:;r;? in aeveml states and la'fc?ncluBion answering lils own ques tion' "What cs-* we 'do to sava the sit uation?" ca?d. "We should let our readers know we want to be accurate.^ ,Invite them *0 point out errors. C^vrnH: ihcic. Notify all new? source* to make spec ial effort in tho direction of accuracy and fair play." Huerta Ia In Bad Standing and May Loee Of&/H&%? ai Any RjfewHscp''' thing in Refugees Report Texas, That At Reen Abused Peace Con Way to i (By Associated Presa) Eagle Pass, Tex., May H.-Refugees! arriving her today from Saltillo and Guadalajara,< brought reports of out rages on Americans. Wholesale de struction of American property waa; reported lu Guadalajara. It was Said J that Floret) had been looted, homes j stripped of, furniture and even'of bed] clothes. Several Americans were reported ! severly beaten on tba street. One j American who -vrlved from Guadala-I ra, where for years be had been inj busbies?, said all Americans were herbed together and ordered to leave | v?v **** uuw< r'^lfUfSff?B3??BrWtS??L . A party of 159 Spaniarda left here today enroutc to Havana where they will be cared for by the Spanish gov ernment. Most of these Spaniards were expelled froto Torre?n by Gen Lerel Villa?, ' . May Cenffcente Property. Ba' Paso, Tex.. May 14.-?nWss Americas and other foreign mine own ers return to the Parral district and reopen their properties within fifteen days, the mines will be seised and op erated for the benefit of the Mexican opie, according to a notice said to ,ve been issued, by General Luis; Herrera, jefe de las arman, ot the Par rai' wstriot, word af which has reach ed mlolnC' - . ' ?MK.^pij/Ari TA? PJOO . Ville From (letting Mhnftloun. Washington, May 14.-Discussion ] as centered here: today tin the prob ability of Mexican rebels getting mu nitions, of war through Tum pico. TJio?a. MMood tA Hd. a. .mna?neua. of I opinion tbbt ;tlffiSgdJtod1 _8ta^jcyjgldl Wm f??5!iF " * am VJ? ?Min uer 1 .* w u?*m SHOOK WALKER'S HAND Defendant's Lawyer Says Report j of Apparent Friendship For Dead ?5an Aya Untrue Greenville, Maj 14.-Georgs W. TM well,'Sr., wtm I? to be tried In crimi nal court here next week for the mur der Of Emmett Walker, denied the re n??.ihn> chet "??n" V/-'her T." h Ut en akin g hands With him, according to j a statement made today by James,H. I Price, of the firm of Earle; Towns & Price, who are representing the,de fendant. Mr. Price waa speaking with ^efrapfence to new*papdr agonies. ?n ; which Ttdwell is reported to have ahot ? Waiker afief accepting the iatters preferred hnnd. Mr. Price said that Tidwell dohles the assertion, point blank, and that it. U'a matter to be disputed. Witness Roddy, ?t the cor oner's Inquest, swore ;hat he saw Ttd welt and Walker clasp hands. IhTRE^?l?iJNA?riFoi.0 T**? from Kngland Sot Se Htror.fr aa test Year. Tbs op^'o!? ? waa general an&ng the members of j the Long Island. Polo colony that while the F-ngltah. polo team, a* announced today, wa? not aa formidable as that of 1916, it compares favorably with the United State* playing team which ia likely to con*i** of th? Wteetharhury brothers. Milburn and one player yet to he select*?, to replace Captain Harrv Pavea Wntfnnv. of last Munn'a nneeraent that th? j ai?r.?eeelre ah Ap-j Eagle Pass, ferees Ott Mediate. not atop them, but if tl i gun boats i-ould effect a KffTr?IJ* they could keep out the a^^^fl^Hamunl tion ami their blockade afcrao* be re spected. >::;,;?kxicA?i. <^>??iiiSioj,?Rs Hay* Arrived on ttfe Soil ?fe the I'nf <e4 -State* fer i;?nW|Ke. Washihston. May. 11.-tfce turee commissiohero represeutit?' Mexico arrived at Havana, Cuba, thia) morning and at once sailed for axy West Fla., where they boarded..* Florida us?t Coast special train r uaw tm meir way TO wiagaraf rails to meet tho South American; fuediatora anti the - American peso?? emmisslon er?. There wero 18 persons in ^Ue pat ty. A large crowd gathered at the dock at f- liT-i-* *- - T^?TlMM milli. I 1 were requested not to try. t^igct snap They have full pow*rv ta tn, carry no formula and Wild d^??^a jM?cordUi? to their consciences, ;ilv. >: bearing in mind the. national h ftftf^tches Coadenv' . Methodist in the north ttM gaited to make special prayers next Ompfrday in behalf of peace. Villa stales th-\t ha baa plenty of sramu&ftion to take Salti i important point on the wat -day and are being ^niched by Admiral Mayo.' The Benton casa bobbed up again Thursday. England will demand r?p ar?t ian. < Gen. Zaragos? in retreating from. Tampico tr. dosi ia iifcxUy io beambuahe OOiEOFf B?dfl. Understood Tba He Wi? Refer? Mattet* to Committee of Ap peals sit Conference Oreen ville, Mny H .-Rev. S. A'. Het ties win refer his case tc tho cen: miltee. of appeals of the general con. terence oi the Methodists according Kev. Mr, Nettles, and his'son.Hir. Steven Nettles will he in Oklahoma! City-, where the conference ls In ses sion, wben tho matter connia up. Mr. Jos. A. McCullough, a 'member of tits ca m mlttee of aypeala .eft but night for Oklahoma City. .Others twho wilt go rrosn this sex ?iou to Ox-1 lahoma City are Rev. JC. S. Jone?, paa- ! tor of the &t. Paul's Methodist church, and Mr, W. M; Jones, of Soartanburg. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO s ?taft Fr; Ch-Tped. o o o i oooooooooooooooooo (Ry Associated Presa) /? j New Yprk, May 14,-John Burke, j whose omcieA duties aa manager of the commissary department of the Pana ma Canal ?gone have bes? under in vestigation here, in Panama and in Washington, for several moatths, was ftmted today hy the. ?VuScra? Grand Jury. Jt is charged that he accepted gratudttes amounting to ?1#J?0 from --A^fw^tst^ ?r steal .r.-Jdrai te the the thean*! OF THE NEW HAVEN ROAD'S SHADY TRANSACTIONS OF BUSINESS IS NOT RETICENT Jo?. W. Folk Is the Attorney Who Is In Charge of Thia Impor tant Inquiry (By Associated Frees) Washington,, May 141-Cool, com-1 posed'and matter or fact, responding readily and concisely , to the fusillade ot questions pitt to him, former Pres ident Charles B. 'Mflllen. 0r tho New York, New Haven and Hartford Bail road today bcgap ,before the interstate commerce commission what IB' expect ed to be one of the moat amazing stories ever told in the history of high a?aje?.- I Iff. Mellen, placed on the stand ov er Ute emphatic protest of Attorney General McReynolds. ls the principal wiiness m me proceeding tnrough which the Interstate commerce -com-I mission, by direction of the United IStaiee senate, ls endeavoring to de velop the facts concerning thc finan cia] operations of the New Haven and lim m?v?'r???tivm, as weil aa or tue much fliBcused Billard Company. He prom , sad, both personally and through bis counsel to place at the disposal or the iopnunission ?very fact arid "every scrap of paper with a New Haven mark on it" relating to the transe' tiona with which he had to do aa pr* * ldent of the New Haven system. It waa evident that Mr. Mellen w anxious to tell bis story. He had In dlcated his desire in letters heretofore produced in the pending inquiry, in which, he astd he wat tired ot bear ing the^ brunt" of the critieifin heaped where lt belonged. Aa he seated himself in the witness chair, he turned amlJlngly; lo Chief Counsel Joseph W. Folk... Mr. Mellen was on the .witness stand today opiy a little more than an hour. To ?nable him, to raturn ta New Rag desired documenrs and also t0 afford the attorneys 6? the eomnslslon an opportunity to coiwid and arr*nge those offered In Vvl !????x,. n.n..adk>crame3t ?r>? tss h??i ?>g I was taken until Tuesday. Net more than aa fnkllng of Mr. I Mo??cn'8 remarkable story waa given by Hts during th? brief hoar he wa? on the stand. He told how, tn th? ac quisition cf the Nsw York. Went Ches ter attd Boston Railroad, by the .New Haven SO.Ouo share? of the stock of of the yest -liostwr'? ?t?^v althouga the latter were given for 24,000 shares he said, he considered the latter stoCK worth only "ten cent* a pound." Th? details of the exchange were errasgsd. Hr. Ms'len le ?tlRed, by for mer Police laspector Thomas P. Byr nes, of New York, and he aald tha? ho found much ef tbc Wc.-.t Chests? ?io.k wen made out in the hames bf neop!u Who did not really hold it. Mr. Mal len test Wed, at this time thc New 1 luv en wanted certain changes made In th? proposed charter of the Wast Cheater and he had "a suspicion that the Wast Cheater shares were scat t?fra arrece among people who had influence." A GILA MftXRTFR 8fnt as a Joke ta A Harfner fa Atlan f.:. '.. ta Taesday. Atlanta, May 14.-A local express company a Gila monster on Ita hands: It waa sent ka a Joke all tho way from Arizona ns a mascot for John J. Sweeney, vhp is the ant* rep rtMf?nHwive ' or the Phoenix, Arizona temple, tor the big convention. Mr. Sweeney, who is acquainted with th? nature of Gila monsters thought the joke had batter be on the express company than on bim. so 7 refused to receive the package. A G Ha monster, it may be mentioned, looks like the Devil and ts a cress between d' rattlesnake, tarantula And scorpion, ohly lt ls mora vicious and deadly poisonous than all three of j those reptiles combined. I Tho. express people have wired to ! Arizona for permission to kill the Olia [ssSpicr. y.Tivi? tao ???T'vruoMiKSB ihoy are going to hold a oonasltatioo [decide whether it yt 111 pd safest to sTWdt the monster, boil 1t In eil or bury A'S JEWELS. Paatoaft Singer*? KnUtV?. Ameoeted ta * boat .Million Dellar?. ! New*York/ May 14.--A notable col lection of jewels, valued at $1.900,000 Including the famous N?rdica peart' Were disposed of by Mme Ulllam N?r dica in her will, som? details of which became known today. % Madame Nord lea's husband. George W_ Young, the New York banker, and three sisters. U ie understood are her chlaflegaieea. v IS THE SLOGAN OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST OTHER MATTERS Mr?. Ben W. Hooper Delivered Address of Welcome' to the W. M. U. Delegates . (By ABoclated Press.) . I .'Nashville, Tenn.. May M.-The Southern Baptist Convention Thursday. I went1 on record as favoring national I prohibition ?nd authorized tbe'eraploy ment bf an agent to do educational work in the inter cet ol the movement. Action on the question was taken WT I the adoption of tho report of the tem? penance committee submitted by D>; A. J. Barton, or VWco, Texas, t Denominational control over If? Sunday school leaaon courses also waa decided upon by tho convention which adoptel the report of the Sunday scnooi lesson, committee. I Routine commutes reports and an address of welcome by Mrs. Ben W. Hooper, wife of the governor of Tenn essee, occupied the greater part of the sessions of the Women's. Mission union which ls meeting simultaneous ly with the convention. Th? Union also authorized the sal? of the Mar garet Home for Children of fniealon arlea, located at Greenville, s. C., Which has been maintained by the or? ganisation for ten yearn. Oilier reports adoptel today included the report of the special committee on a proposed negro theological sem inary stating progress had beep made, and the report ot the social service commise ton. I The litter waa presented by Dr.:^B JU Putsat, of Webe Toreat. N. c. it ttouf ." * " U8tr * CpU lt Waa agv??d that the funds derived from ibo ;eale -of the Margaret home should b* invested by a body, to ,be known ss . the Margaret Home Com mission. Interest from this investment wtU oe devoted to assisting and edu cating children-of foreign and home missionaries living outside the United 1SUtcs.. . ' At the night session talks ou foreign [missions were made by R. W. Hooker, Mexico, and John hake China. Nine new foreign missionaries were IntVo it;ced, including h. W. Langston, S. U Watson and ML G. White, all going to Brazil._ A WISED UP AFFAIR A Woman Arrested Fer the Marder i of Her Huxbund. I . Fichmond, Va., May 14- Mrs. Elisa beth Hull, 43, ?rae arrested at ber home In Creen Ewings this evening on * warrant charting her with tho mur der, of her husband, Victor Hail, who waa abot to death at her home in the j earl?' morning of April 15. j The arrest followed a aecond at tempt to burn the rasldeh.cn and store of Victor'Uni 1. the firs?, attempt wa? ?made befare daylight the morning |Wh?m the Chesapeake abd Ohio RaU {way Stetten w?? murnea, tn rna ground. Oe the night or April l?,, th* ?tore pf W. It. Dunkum*, a rival In business of the Hall's was burned, Two hours ?alter, according lo the story told by Ufrs. Hall, her husband waa called to the door and shot to detth. A special grand jury ls Investigating the murder. Murder ts tli? Char are Against the Coal j Mino Strike Leaders In Colorado I (By Associated :Pret??.) I Boulder, Colo.. May 14.-Indictments charging first degree ?murder, were re turned hera today.against William T. 'Hickey, secretary, of -toe Colorado .?Toub?r president" of tic*.'bouda-ville. Coio?ado. I^ocal of tho United .Minot Workers of America.; abd Jerry Oar ter and Joe I'oteetlo,' union leader?. Ifcdlctruents charging conspiracy ?were returned against Hld wai 4 Doyle. -nine workers. John R. lawson, international board member j of thc American Federation cf I^abbr a$id forty eight other?, .Seriacr* Have Wane. Atlanta. Ga., May 14.-Members of. tba lui peria! council of tho myalie Khfihe. which baa just completed ita annual meeting her??. left tonight for Savannah, Gc, on special t fain o to spend tomorrow sightseeing there, Many of the connell members were ac companied by their families. MEMORIAL PRESENTED- RE QUIRING MINISTERS TO QUIT TOBACCO MARRIAGE RITUAL The Authority of a Minister U Not In HU Job But In the Way He Behaves , (Uy Associated Press) , . Okluhoiua City, Okla., May *t4? Mluor changes in th? ritual Of., the cliurch were agreed to, committr-v re ports were read and consideration of a proposal to refuse yoiitig tuen ad dlcted to the use of tobacco admisaioa to the ministry wa* begun tedgy hy the general conference of the Metho dist Episcopal Church. South, in ses sion here. Action will probably be taken Fri - day on rite memorial requiring that a\>. plicanto for orders agree to refrain nnttrolv frnm ?j.? umo tcb?t*-"C. also expected that the committee con sidering the Vanderbilt University sit uation will report tomorrow. . Rev. Samuel P. Rose, as the minis terial delegate, and Q. P. Johnson, lay of thc Canadian church. Mr, after expraaaina felicitations, iseed the work of the church and the ministry aa ir relates to the de velopment of civilisation. "The' authority of a minister no longer Ilea tn his office, bot In the pur. tty of hla life and the truth h? pro claims." Mr. F.ose declared. Hamnet he the man he ought to be, and character ii tain the respect ni the j which 1? disposed io try ev? his merits. The modern churchs justly its chili to live by work* attest Its divinity." ^AJMaaStitB.,*^ attention tb iii?, delicate's?tuatl?i tween the United State* and Ile The m?assKe ?tated that '-ititi, | fommlMion WnJetr.W?) meet n?S? i day ist Niagara Fan* Caned*, fi their negotiation*' looking to * tllUeEt of.tho.Mftuh-tin r-ritda, ed ths bishops to call upon al) tala people to unite tn. prey war between the two countrf be averted. At tn..- conclusion of the rea the telegram Bishop Korrinon ?ed conference in prayer to thnt edd. In recomendalion by the odawjf on r?visais, tho conference agre*e\ Us a change In thc marr'ag? caj^^^^H of the phrase "I pronounce yo: band and wife.' BECKER TRIAL IS GRILLING Bridgie Webber Abated Thai Had Lied In Some of na Statements < By Associated Pres*) ., B|,I|MW<. Vorjc, May 14.-Counsel for [C??latea .Becker, the former Uetuenant, es trial ci; er ged Hzz murder of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, today secured from Bridgie WTUr, described, aa the financial backer of the plot that resulted in w, killing of Roaentbal, admission? that he had lied to Deputy Police Ccmmifc sioner Dougherty, had said things 'during bis direct examnlation earlier In the ?day that he omitted the iKrat ?me Becker was on trial for hla Hie. A had made affidavit* that h* a*/ur* lay were false. IUnder the fire of croea examination. Webber trembled, bia mouih quivered and then curled into a smile. At times he seemed to d?fr Mart?n T. i ton, of Becker* counsel, to draw contradictory staic^ionta ? jfe?gt htm. At other times, he app*? give way..te despairs -Twice ?kt.,ad mitted he was remorseful for the part hr had taken In,the crime* '"iftntlon of the death of the foin* gunmen lu the CI^JHA . chair '*M*CjjS tuc witness almost to the point ?* ?f-?irp. in ita essential pointa the story he toi? or \MaMBMf9MUtfHBHM i examination? ^Attbrtseye for the Jet chse. - :,hoWevei?^e^preOTa>d.lOiiaA''' selves aa gratio?d tfeat they had ?sade Webber admit that ho had Med, ; ..'-r-. ... Mies Matties P.irry, ww ?*s charge of the El Hanan orphanage atfaerie**, N> C * fs ^^"g M>M ^Bltaa Marrah. . eeoaeeeeeeeaee ea a ?re e o WON < nAWPIOXSHIF o o Roanoke. V?.* Hey 14--S. T. ? o Bay of Waynesboro. V . >.??.. o the South r**n handicap th i ' & Interstate shoot here God o breakiug ?3 ttrgeta ont ot I**, -a oeeeeeoeooeoooe* aaa