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I Pages 1 to 8 j PRICE FIVE CENTS $5.00 PER ANNUM HURETA ON THE HIKE WILL LEAVE CAPITAL <* WITH BRITISH ESCORT! "PROVISIONAL" PRESIDENT IS MAKING READY FOR AN EXIT oooooooooooooooooo SIX KILLED BY THAIN FREIGHT MONDAY THE DAY FOR DEPARTURE A New Provisional President Ac ceptable to All Mexican Factions Is Now In Sight i (By Associated Proas.) Vera Cruz, July ll.-Thc resigna tion of President Huerta may bc plac ed before congress Monday, the gen eral departing immediately thereaf ter for Pouria Mexico or Vera Cruz under British escort, according to re ports in circulation here today, which originated from a source that ls usu lly well informed. Itcports from the Mexican capital also state that Francisco Carbajal, the newly appointed foreign minister, w.'ll be named provisional president. This appointment is said to he sanctioned secretly by both General Carranza and the United States and assurances*! are Bald to have been given bj consti tutionalists that hostilities viii cease with Carbajal's assuming office. Rear Admiral . Sir Christopher Craddock, of the British squadron, is in MJexlco City and lt was reported to day that the real purpose of his visit WOB to escort General Huerta and the latter's family to the coast, where they will probably board a British warship. While it was impossible to obtain positive confirmation here, the reports pointed out that many recent developments indicate Gie probability of, some, such plun having been modo at' the capital! -T ' Wsr 2B OTC?, Torre?n, Mex., July ll.-At the con ference between Carranza and Villa representatives hejre, the plan of Guadaloupo, under which the present revolution haB been operating, was amended so as to prevent any military Header from becoming provisional president of Mexico. This would elim inate Carranza, Villa, Angeles or any other of the leaders now In thc field as presidential possibilities. This was stated in a lengthy official state ment issued herc by the delegates. Thc convention agreed Carranza was the supreme loader of the revolu tion and General Villa, chief ot the division ot the north. In regard to a complaint that General Carranza had not assisted sufficiently thc division of the north with munitions, a resolution was adopted which called for all di visions ot the army to "receive from the flrbc chief all the clements .that they may need." Resolutions to piish the revolution until the "last vestige of the federal army shall disappear" and matters pertaining to the agrarian and eco nomic problems, of the country com pleted the parts of the documents as adopted and signed by the framers. ti Rochester, N. H., July ll. [> Six persons returning from a o Sunday school picnic were kill o cd tonight when their buck o board was lill by a freight train D on the Boston and Maine rail o road. The party of sixteen was o singing "Nearer My God to o o Thee." nnd the voices drowned o o out the noise of the,train. AU o o of tho dead were between 14 o o and 18 years oi ago.- o o o ooooooooooooooooooo BLAME PLACED ON COLLIER STORSTAD Wreck Commission Decides Thus On Investigating the St. Law rence Disaster - (By Associated Press) Quebec, July" ll.-Thc'Collier Stor stud is held to blame for tho Empress j of Ireland disaster lu thc Undings of j the wreck commission, handed dovrn today. Thc commission holds ibat the wreck wa? due to the Storstud's change of course ordered hy the third officer without instruction ironi the And officer who was in charge of the I collier at the time. The Empress was ' sunk in Hie St. Lawrence on Many 2d, with a loss of more than 1,000 lives. - , CUP DEFENDERS M'.iklntr G?od Time'.. In the Trial I . . < ? ? -Races. .. . .' . .. . ,, _' - (By Associated Press) Newport. R. I., Jilly il.-Batter nav igation in a tliick fog enabled thc Vanitie and Defiance to eliminate the Resolute in the third trial race hero today, the Vanitie getting credit for her first victory over her rivals. The Defiance lost by 19 seconds corrected time. The Resolute, after leading fori nearly the entire distance, missed the finishing buoy and was searching fort it when the other two yachts captured | the principal honors ot the day. The couree today was 15 miles to | windward and return. Achilles Sulking. 'El Paso, Tex., July ll.-Thc confer ence of constitutionalist leaders at Torre?n to adjust differences between General Carranza and General Villa did little to alter .the plan ot the rev olution, according to the long official statements of the delegates given out] today. Unsuccessful attempts of the Villa] delegates to amend tho plan of dauda bin pe was deemed here as the most j interesting point of the conferences. The proposed amendments would have prevented Carranza or any other mil itary leader from becoming provision al president. The Villa element passed a reso lution recommending that Carranza select his provisional cabinet from a Hst of names! they gave. None of those mentioned are members of the present provisional cabinet. General Villa waB reported today a3 'having reached Chihuahua City Tho belief that Villa would not par ticipate further in the movement against Mexico City grew in some quarters. Fighting Approaches ital City Of Mexico . (Dy Associated Press.) Saltillo, Mox., July 10.-(via Laredo. Texas, July ll.)-Two hundred and thirty persons were reported executed in Mexico City last night by Huerta, according to news from the South re ceived by the Constitutionalists here today. One hundred and seventy ot these were-said to have been put to death In.the Federal'penitentiary, and 60 executed in tho prison .of. Santiago Taltelacalco. . Most of the victims, lt was asserted,' are officials. ' Fighting ls reported within the Federal district, tho Constitutioaltsts having attacked San Pablo and other small towns in the immediate vicin ity of the capital', and Huerta has been advised that Pauchua will be attack ed shortly. ' It ia reported that the Federals have asked for a train from Mexico City to transport wounded from KHeffito?0$ft where it ls said that a battro was recently fought in which Colonel M. Casaras was killed. ConFtttutlonalls.ta are Haid to bo at tacking tho F.ede^yil garrisons at Es peranza ?Talrata and Orizaraba. Gen eral Garda Peria left Esperanza with two. strong columns to reinforce Mex ico City, lt was; said. Cuornavaca, it was; Stated today, " ifl ,filled with starving people and a remnant Ot the. Federals under Igna clo Norreiga have asked for a train from Mexico City to rescue them. When the town surrendered to the I Zapata forced the garrison had no j food and many died from hunger. Huer u, it ls reported intercepted a ! message from General Obregon stat- j lng that the. latter would take Guad alajara before July 10 and had sent I a rescue force which had arrived within about thirty miles of the city | when it was taken? MA HERO'S POLICIES Will Be Carried Oat by New Regime Says Carranza. Saltillo, Mex., July ll.-General Carranza issued a statement here to day reiterating his intention of car rying out of the plan of Guadeloupe. Carranca ! says that he considers himself obligated to carry ont the re forms which failed of consummation tn the brief Madero regime. He add ed: "In. a few days Cte three divisions of Generals Pablo Gonzales, Francisco Villa and Alvaro Obregon viii advance simultaneously on tho capital of the Republic. I believe that Huerta, the usurper, will not resist'the.Advance bf tho Constitutionalist forces" I {Ma (?43 ?L?CT?/C CAB to ?e jSbtf- J5AILWAY. Will Be Operated West of Ander$c$i Today for the First Time, Inaugur ating a New and.? Valuable Service WANT TO FREE THE FILIPINOS o o o o o o o o ? o ooooooooo (Jitrr:frnfv?, >'Ki(;ii??its <> BUT IT MAY NOT COME UP AT THIS SESSION OF CONGRESS PLAN IS AGREED ON -- YOUNGWOMAN - President Wibon Saturday Held a KltJLS FATHER *-"arrcnza *s Headed and Conference With Officials Who .. ' ?. - ; Insists Upon Becoming Pro vis - Are Interested \j%es Shotgun on Parent-Gets ional President 1 Verdict. of Justifiable - (By Associated Press.) Homicide (UY Associated Press.) Washington, July ll-An adminis- ? - - Washington. July H.-A survey of tratlon-approved plan for a more au- y- ? .- developments in Mexjco within tito tonomous Philippine government, as i??iirtsfi? Prpn? ^ last 2-1 hours has convinced ofllclals .antothor step toward independence ^.J.^ t,nv llI Mrs riff- and diplomats hore that Internal was laid before congress today when Ga.. July ll-Mrs. Clif- i . nona> The appo,nt Rcpresentative Jones, of Virginia, in- ford Griffin, 24 year old daughter mcnt of ^anclgco CarbaJal na mlnis troduced a bill covering the subject, ot H. Preston ' Powe, a widely known' ter of forelgn affairs means the re Mr. Jones is chairman of the house Grady county farmer, who was found tiremont of General Huerta as pro Insular committee, and his measure. doad in his bed yesterday morning visional president within u few days, declaring the purpose of the United from a gushotwound, told tho coro- according to messages from the .Mexi States as to the future political status ncr's^jury 'today that she had slain can capital. of the Filipinos ls tho result of a long her rather because of repeated at- The capture by the constltti' ?r>nal serles of conferences with President tackB ou her,' ists' of Guadalajara has emphasized Wilson, Secretary Garrison, Manuel She declared, that her father had tnat the military, triumph of the rev Queqon. Philippine resident commis- attacked -nw;-|md. had como to her olution is inevitable. This ls the tenor nioner to the Unsted States, and dem- rc?m after :jji?|tnight yesterday. She of tlle information veaciilng officials ?eratic members or tho insular cora-followed hhn.'.td his-room, she said. )lf?rc along with the news ?hat per mittee, all of whom informally have and whon'vnek?tept, fired Into the back son3 prominently i?^nt?tied with approved lt., ? of his akujl 'with a snot gun, killing thc ]Iuerla government are leaving Supporters ot the measure do not him instantly^ tho country wit lithelr families, tear expect it to get ravorable action by Mrs. Ojr|ni^?as acquitted on a vcr- , rWrtaals by tho conBtitutioualists. congress at this session. President diet or inafable homicide, and her AdWment of differences between Wilson has examined the bill carerully brother. HOwatd. Pow* aged 8. who CnrpanJ,a and vm havo BoUdliled tlie and^retary Garrison strongly fav- had be?^f?^d..M^??"??8e,1. constitutionalist military rorces or? Sa enactment. It le designed to Tt'6^,.?^ ,T Vi,,, om ?g?!", but those conversant, with in caWJ uMt declaration the BalU- J^&g? ?er d?tai,? of the situation claim a ?.ure Platform-toward the Philippines. ?nvd.m?n'much more beneficial result has en? Th ebill make, no attempt to fix a giving T*^\^*^rvT sued in tobt a program for the bold date for Philippine Independence, its S?"? "^"SitUin " Sin? for lng or honest elections and the car preamble rentes that it never was tho cctlon. The,.pUitlon , providing ror ? reforms now has been intention or lie people o fthe United placing ot thc amendment before J^T1. of rerorms now lm8/been States In the Incipiency of the war <he people.has^ufflclent signatures. apa?ea' ^ . ' with Spain to make it a war of con- ^""^ OTin.,vr.. . ?arrunza Is Bullheaded, quest or territorial aggrandizement. ?W rWftifcK KVlUfc.M b Coupled with the announcement It asserts that lt has always been . .. v ,VIU W????!?? from TorrCon ? it,,e results of the their purpose to recognize the lode- -'U the ?elmh "hlch Is Worrying conference there, thc statement of pendence of tho Philippines os soon Atlanta. Carranza from Saltillo that he in as a stable government could be estab. ?V* -~ " . tem,H to carrv out to tho lettt'r tho lished therein It declares lt to be Aasoclated Press) plan of Guadeloupe was regarded as desirable to place in tho hands of thc Atlante, July ll.-Agents of the de- Rignlflcnpt. The' plan proviens for Fllipinosvas large control of their do- Partaient or Justlco today announced t?ie Installation of Carranza as presl mestlc affairs as consistent with the that no evidence thus far presented dent ad interim of the republic until exercise, in the meautime, of the !y Mrs. John W. Nolms tearing on tho and election shall he held, right ot sovereignty by the United disappearance, ot her daughters, Mrs. The belief prevails in some quar Statos. Eloise Ne!ms Dennis and' Miss Beatrice ters that Carranza would stay In of Mr. Jones, explaining the bill to- N?lms; justified government action, flee until the country was pacified, night, said? MTB. Nelms made especial pleas to the then call an election and resign In "Generally speaking, the bill pro- ? governor, the police and the federal order to become a candidato. vldCB for the Philippines tho most officials, to ^proceed in tho case, but All prospect of holding peace con Ulbcral form ot territorial govern- there has been, nothing definite upon ferences between representatives of ment Its principal features affect- which they could work. Huerta and Carranza has vanished, lng the more Important changes in tho Fiat contradiction of the. statement according to private advices from exisxing organic act, are those relating ' Of Victor E. Innes, made at Portland, General Carranza. There ls a potsl-! to enlarged nowers conferred on tho Oregon, today that he had never been blllty that ir Francisco CarbaJal BUCtl govetnor general and the abolition io Atlanta and had not engaged in any reeds Huerta In Mexico City tho con of the present Philippine commlrisio.i business dealings with ber daughters stitutionalistri may agree to send del eft such."-and tho substitution thereti/ was made here today-by Mrs. Nelms. egates to confer with his rcpresenta o? ? senate, the members of which - ? ? -.-^-gs-u- tlvos about lenna or peaco. But Car representlng ChHstlhh provinces shall to be appointed by. the president are ranza's pronouncement at Saltillo to bo elected by popular vote. I the governor generhl-atid. members of day and statements ot hjs represent .The non-CbrlBtlan tribes are' to be .the nuprom? court. atlves Itere, make it almdstia certainty represented by two senators and nine ' The governor general ?3 given n fha tthe only terms thc wnfiMtUtlonal ropresentatlves, appointed by the gov. ] limited power to veto ovec.lbc acts of mts will ?fter will be tfi? acceptance Iernor general. The govornor gem ral the legislature, but - the. . pre/.ident of the plan of Ouadaloupe. is to apno'.nt the heads of the execu-i would have; tho power of absolute That the federals may surrender to tlve departments. The only offices',veto." J (Continued on Page Five) Anderson -ijoxt'euds greetings to Walhall?^ind. to ihe other, sister cltles/.arawn together by the new, s^e&to ^n,thc Blue Ridge. Vftiyfj^iBOnwthlDg long sought f?rv \ Monday:- a largo party ^of -buBlness men will leave Andersou io visit Walhal la and to' raafeova ~more Inti mate acquaintance with our Walhalla friends. PEACE NSAR SAY REPORTS' ? *'/?.(..' J i-'tim *V;V. .?..... .>> ?.- ?'. MEXICAN SITUATION SfeErVlS VERY MUCH IMPROVED N AT PRESENT o o o o o o o O/ o o o t> q_o o o o o o HUERTA TO RETIRE GOVERNOR'S 1 ROUGHLY BYL. 9 O O O O O a O o o o O o o o o o o o ! r! ST KA 31 KU AGHOl'NB i) New York, July 12-Thc [> steamer Rosedale. en route o from lluckuwuy tu tito Bullery, [> wjih OOU passengers ubourtl, o went aground *>ff H nf fl? liar, r? outside thc harbor, shortly af ? ter I o'clock this inornlug It o stutud lhere was no immediate o danger und thai the passengers ? would he transferred lo other o boats which were immediately o despatched to the acetic from o the harbor, o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o EIGHT BALLOONS BEGIN THE RACE Nin r.ntrant Burst Fcrty-Five Minute:. Before thc Start Was Begun St. Iiouls. July ll -Eight of thc nine balloons entered In the international ?liminai ion race sailed today to determine willoh shnll be the third American entrant in tito International race for tho Jenica Conlon Dennett cup. which will stan fi oin Kansas City next October. Thc? air wu: so calm that the bal loons drifted back and forth, lucking currcntt o cai ry them. Ono accident maned the rtart. The j balloon "Hoosier", tho ninth entrant' hurst lorty-llvc mintos before thc { hour act for ita depart ure. . The- flrst balloon ent?renlas No. 2 I was released at 4:59 o'clock. The! others ou lek ly followed, and within thirty-five mimer all weiro.visible in theale v $ ?ail *thfe ^pilots -oarried^Mfe --preseT^ vers for uso rh ou ld they land In thc Great Lakes. The balloon "Hoosier" which was to lie the ilrst to start in the interna- ? (ional elimination race from here at fi o'clock tonight, bun t at 4:15, when | it was lilied with gas. Warren Rasor, of Urookviilo, Ohio, was the pilot, and his son, Herbert, was to be his aide. No one was injured. The second balloon, "America III" railed at 4:T>9 o'clock. Pilot, Dr. Le rome King?hury of New York; aide Clarence Wynne, Philadelphia. Di rt.ci iou north. Third baloon, "San Francisco 191F>" started at 5:04 o'clock^ Pilot, E. S. Cole, St. Louis; aide, H. E. Emerson, Springfield. Mo. Direction straight up. Fourth balloon, "Uncle Sam" start ed at 5:08 o'clock. Pilot Paul J. Mc Cullough. St. Louis; aide, William H. Trotts, St. Louis. Direction east. Filth balloon. "Miss Solla," sailed at 5:14 o'clock. Pilot, William Assman, St. Louis. No uide. direction cast. Sixth' balloon, "Aero Club of St. Louis", started at 5:18 o'clock. Pilot, Captain John Berry, St. Louis; aide, Albert Von Honman, Jr., St. Louis. Direction northeast. Seventh balloon "Knnsas City III" started at 5:24 o'clock. Pilot, John Watts, ansas City; aide, W. F. Com stock, Kan: as City. Direction north east. Eighth baloon, "Pennsylvania", failed al 5:2S o'clock. Pilot, Arthur T. Athcrholdl. Philadelphia; aide. Phillip Sharples. Philadelphia. Di rection south. Ninth baloon, "Goodyear", sailed at ; 5:35 o'clock. Pilot, R. A. D. Preston, I Akron, Ohio; aide. M. D. Tremlln, Ak ron, Ohio. Direction south. THE CAMPAIGN The campaign for the United States senate and for governor and slate of ! fices Is not half over. This wc.'k thc candidates for the senate will vlcit Abbeville, Tuesday; Anderson, Wednesday; Walhalla, Picken^ and Greenville. The candidates for governor will visit Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell Hampton, and Beaufort._ Pres, Wilson . Of At (By Associated Cress.) Washington, July ll.-Despite un fuvorublc views of tho referendum conducted by thu chamber of com merce of tho United States on tho administration's anti-trust measures. President Wilson, it became known today, rt ill is confident the business men of lho*fcountry aro still with him in his plans and that he will win over more leaders in the business world before thc final passage of the anti trust bills. Oh Wednesday bc will see a dele gation representing large interests in Kansas City, Mo. He has let it be known that that he Is willing to RECORD HANDLED D. JENNINGS SAYS BLEASE COULD NOT EXPLAIN A GOOD MANY THINGS LARGE CROWD WAS ORDERLY Gav? Close Attention To AU Speakers, Especially To Jennings In His Ter rific Speech (Special to The Intelligencer.) Greenwood, July ll.-A crowd-aa large, if not larger than that which at tended the senatorial campaign meut ing in Newberry Friday heard tho candidate:- ii Greenwood Saturday, (hough the Nowborry audience waa approximated nt 2,000 voters. The meeting Sa tn ni a y did not begin Until 1 o'clock, HO that tho voters from the mill village might have an opportun ity to attend. The Greenwood meeting was fea tured by the charge of Mr. Jennings that Governor Mea-.3 voted seven times uga inst Wade Hampton as a candidate for the United States sen ate, when tho governor was a member of thc stnto legislature. Anothur feature of the meeting was the profound impression created by Mr. Pollock'H putting on exhibition the Kn Inn-Republican-mixed raco ticket of 1880, Which ticket contained thc namer- of several different elect ors from different .districts- in tho stute, and also that of J. P. Gibson, thon a candidate. for the legislature, "the same maa appointed a' mnglatrato and appointed ,to OJO governor's'-sta ft: % b^^u\lfe?o:i"i?^*M'/ ?ff [nlngV'-got was" characteristic, . and-, ?tv" no other meeting -hair this aggres sive candidate handled In such a rough-shod manner the governor's re cord. Today this speaker dwelt on particular caseB and "after the recita tion of each would hek thc dramatic question, "do youl wonder that tho governor can't ufford to explain his record." Thia rei urring query grlp: ped the thoughtful attention ot the., uudience as hat no other utterance et . the cumpnign. i Thc governor's friends did not leave thc meeting today when tho chief ex ecutive hud finished speaking, and the post entrants lost no opportunity "to remove thc mask" as they put it. Senator Smith was thc first speak er, ho exchanging places with Mr. Pollock that thc Senator might run over to Laurens county-this afternoon ito visit a hail ri ricken district with j the Intention of seeking-Federal aid. This he did at the request of a dele gation front Laurens CoUnty. Governor Meas ? had not been con sulted about this exchange and when the chief executive arrived, ho said ! that bc would speak next to Senator I Smith or not at all. to which Mr? ! Pollock readily "assented. The candi da! es rotate in the order of speaking each day. The program today was Mr. Pollock first, followed by Senator Smith, who in turn was followed by the governor. Senator Smith told the Greenwood audience that he still had a crick in his arm fro "toting" a whlto oak split basket Ulled with eggs packed In cotton seed, which eggs he sold at 10 cents a dozen to buy sugar and coffee. a The governor waved a red shirt and said that tho color of the Please budges was taken from tho color of tho "76" garments. TIIIB. was in.an swer to the presumption that the col or was taken from the Republican ticket of 1880 and also the flag ot the socialists. Governor Bleaso also read u tele gram from Senator Smith sont two years ago. In which the Senator said that ho would support Ira H. Jones for governor. y In denouncing Ute new primary rules tlic governor said that the (Continued on Page Five) ... ?i* Hopeful nti-TrustBills ree any proruient men who want tp (l i sc uss conditions with him. In every mull bo is getting rv-orcs of letters bearing on the situad a. Members of. congress who visited tlte White House last week havo call ed attention to tho fact that no pronto inent business men' have called oil them to discuss'the anti-trust bills.' They explained they thought business men were being kept away by former charges of lobbying, when other im portant questions were pending. j; Bearing on the condition of bu Bl uers tho president has received many letters urging speedy decision of the freight rato cases pending before the Interstate Commer?;c Commission, ?? ? . ' . ?" '-.- ' : '. ' -*: .?'.?^' ',' ....--.ti ,:. ? ' mm