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APORTERS ASK FOR WODFIED EMBARGO kV THEIR CLAIMS BEFORE LANSING AND STATE DEPART MENT OFFICIALS. fANT UNRL*STRICTED TRADE 'nporters Say Blockade is Harmful and Claim Right to Trade With Germany. Washington.--Pressure of a fornial tnd organized character was exerted )m1 the United States goverinleit t iecure from (reat liritain a tlodifien ion of the eilbargo on ll coiiuecial intercourse between Gera1in111y and neutral countries. Tweity maembers of a comiittee appointed by imiore than 1,01, Ailneri canl iuportemc laid belfore Secretary Lansing and other stlie department Officials a petition setting forth that Great. liitain has "studiously avoild ed" answerillg tle 4lpiuricanl note of March 30; that in the meantimue valuable time has beien lost in pre paring for fuur busi ness, anid that the general effect 141(1 beeln harmlfill to tihe "lona (stablislhed trade of this coun1try." 'he Importers pleaded for "an iun interillpted supply of Am1erican-own (d M1erclaldise whether the same nas boen paid for, contracted for, or may be con tracted for" and the unrestrict ed right to slip111 non-contrabrand goods through noutral countries to or fron Gerniny. In a siatemn1t issued by the imn porters after their con ference, it. was rovealed that Secretary Lansing had "expressed a deterlli nat loll (n the part of both the previ*idelt 1atid ha imn self to do all in their power to aid the Importers In securing the righIts 4o which they are entitled, to under the laws of nat(ions and1( by treaty obligations." T11he effect of the conferenece will not be ap)LOaent for several dIys. Secretary JanIsm11g took the facts presented by the Importers under considera(iJon and will comuiiicate with President Wilson. It ias already been announced that the state department for many weeks ias been preparing further represen tations to Great Britain asking for a modification of the socalled blockade. The president, however, has been un willing to complicate the situation while the delicato negotiations with Germany were in progress. HUERTA'S REVOLUTION STOPPED United States Government Directs Detention of Movement. Wash ington.-Tho United States government has frustrated for tie present anl aittelt Pt oil the part of Gen. Victoriano 110li1ta and his associates to lauiinch fron Anwerican territory a ntew revolutionary maovem~enlt inl Mex.. deo. IDetention of Ithe former Mexican othlers at 0l l'aso, followed nearly three m~onlthS of (spiona~ge boy gov 'ernti ienat a1gentIs. The department of just ice has istrulcted l'ited c~ States Attoiney ('am))p of thle western district I of Tlexas to 1take nt 4110ust ody these mien, wvho seem1ingly Were engaged in violhiI ions o(f Amrian neutr101 aal it y lawsa wichl forbid the recruiting of melt, Jiurchlase oIf suippi es therefor, and the organlIzting oif a mail itaryP expedition ont 'the soil of the i'nlited States to be uased inl o)prations) against a people with whiech this countfry is at peace. Mr. (Camlp was ordered to place be fore ai grand jury at Eli Paso imame diately all the evidence in his pos $essioni int order that indictmtenlts may be returnedO~ againsat any one guilty of an initentt to violate American neul trality laws. Frank VIsited by WIfe and Parents. Alilledgeville, Ga,,-Leo MJ Prank was5 visited at the prison farmt hero by his parents of Blrooklyn, N. Y., and 'his wife. This was thte first visit by memonbers of htis family sinice he ar rived here after a sec-ret trip from the jail at Alanta. Italy Prepares for Three Years. Rome, via P'aris.-Italian tmilItaryW authorities alsserted thaut all the iarms), ammutnitin and1 e111(xplosives factories en -thle kIngdom were workIng day and11 night, making l1 ready for thle poss5ibhili ty of a conltinutance of thle (con)flict for three years. Marconlia An AvIator. Rome.-Gu~lielmo Mar'onlI of wire'. iless fame, began his dutieos ats a lieu tenant of aviationl inl the Itallin army. Trho invenitor recved el an enthulinttic recoptio nat ('he barracks. Russians Driven Backward. London-The Rutsslis algain are re treating in Galicia, both nlorthI andi south of Lemberng, and1( in Polandi tile Germans have launchedi anothler at1 tack against Watrsatw in thle form of a drive fromt thle northi throughl Przas nysz. The new blow at the Polish1 capital has been plreceded by a furious artillery action. The fact is record ed by the Russians thlemselves, but it is too early to say wheother it mecans a serious offensive, the first clashl having developed a bayonet encounter with nut decisive resulti. DUVAL WEST Duval West of San Antonio, Tex., was President Wilson's latest special envoy and personal representative In Mexico LANSING SUCCEEDS BRYAN 'ORMER COUNSELOR IS APPOINT ED BY PRESIDENT AS SECRE TARY OF STATE. Lansing is Not a Politician and Had No Political Backing But Ap pointment is Popular. Washington.--Robert Lansing, who as Counselor of the State Department has advised President Wilson in law I and precedent in the policy pursued by the United States toward be~li- I gerent nations since the outbreak of a tho European war was named Secre. i tary of State to succeed William Jen- c nings Bryan. t Pow appointments in recent years b bavo given such widespread satisfac- y tion in the national capital. Mr. p Lansing is a life-long Democrat, but t he has devoted his time to interna- It tional law and diplomacy and is as t popular with former Republican ofil- f cials as with his colleagues. Mem bers of the cabinet and close person al friends of the President advised the selection, and Mr. Bryan him- C self, although not consulted, is under. stood to have hoped for the promo. tion of Mr. Lansing. 0 Official announcement of the selec- 3 tion of Mr. Lansing who has been i serving as secretary ad interim since t the resignation of Mr. Bryan on June 8 was made in the following s tatenet:c "Beforo leaving for a brief rest in C 'ew Hampshire the President an- t ounced that he had offered the post >f Secretary of State to Mr. Robert 4ansing, the present Counselor of the )epartment of State and that Mr. -ansing had accepted the appoint One of the peculiar circumstances n connection with Mr. Lansing's ap ointment is the fact that he person Lily has no political backing or ins luence. Succeeding William Jen lings Bryan, foremost among leaders >f' the Democratic party, a compara Lively .unknown quantity in the po itical wvorld has been ushered into the premiership of the cabinet. The appointment of Mr. Lansing creates a vacancy in the ofilce of Counselor of the Sta'te Department. It is not expected that. any inimedi ate selction will be made as (Chandler Anderson, under the administration of Secretary Knox for several months, has been specially empiloyedl to han die sonme of the numierous <iuestiIons the war raised. Mr. Andlerson doees not dlesire a permanent appolntment, It is considlered likely that Prtesidien t Wilson w ill leav-e to Mr. Lansing the task of selecting his counselor. TEUTONS CAPTURE LEMBERG. Galacian Capital Held By Russians Since September Has Fallen. Lond~on.-W~ith the capture of Lem berg the Austro-German ar-mles, which have dIriven the Russians back from the ('arpathian Mountains for more than 150 miles, have accomplished the object of their great dIrive, begun early In May. The A ustro-Germnans unidoubt edly now will dir-ectI lhir ef forts towards the complete clearance '>f (Galacia of the Russian invadlers. TUhe Russians also are in r-etreat, Vienna states, near Zolkiew and Hiawa liuska, northwest of Lemberg between thle San and Vistula Rivers, andl In the vicinity of Ilelce, across the border in Russian Poland. Cancelling Shipments to Russia. Seattle, Wash-That large ship ments of war material for Russia have been cancelled by American mianufac turers who are said to be unable to obtain cash payments for their pro dlucts became known wvhen the Great Northern Seamssnip Company an nounced that the liner Minnesota probably will not include Vladivstock as a port of call on her next voyage. 'lhle Minnesota was scheduled to sail dlirect from Seattle to0 Vladivostok June 27 wvith practically a full cargo for theo Russian Government RUSSIANS GAIN ALONG ONIESTER BERLIN ADMITS REVERStS BUT VIENNA CLAIMS TO BE MAK ING PROGRESS. GENERAL TEUTONIC ADVANCE In Other Parts of the Front the Austro. German Advance Continues the Offensive. Lodon.-Heavy fighting is going oi along the section of the Dniester bat tle front in G'alicia between Zurawna and Ilaliez. There is soine conflict in the ollicial reports. The Russians claiim that they have punished the Austro German forces there and that by rush Ing up reinforcements they have coi pelled them to -retreat across the river. Ierlin adn its this reverse but the Austrian communication siays the T'eu tonic attack there is making progress. North of this area. and still farther north, over tho frontier in Poland, tile Austro-Gorman advances a re sweeping forword. Wlatever tie out come of the struggle along the Un is tr. tie Lussian ariiers have inmet with snh I r'veI'ses th-at, in tie belief of Imiilitary eXperts, from the stalld point of tile Allies the Western theater seeims to bo the only quarter which holds out .the possibility of a decisive action during the Sumler. The Geranar anld IFr ench claimlns rel ntive to -the fighrting on tihe \\estern front are widely at variaice. Military rDbservers here believe that the Fren-h itill have their eyes on Lille, with its factorios and railroad lines and ad vance the theory that .tie recurrent ind persistent attacks week in anld reek out along virtually the same ection of the German front prove his. Though meeting with the hardest osistanco on tho Dniester, the initi tive in the east still rests with the ,ustro-Germanis. Few nilitary writ rs care to hazard a guess of what 'reir next move will be. It is argued y them that .the situation in the 'eat may at any moment become ressing and that Germany and Aus ria may be forced to be content with aving recovered Galicia and broken tie Russian offensive without seeking Lui'ther to humiliate her at this time. MEXICAN FAMINE SERIOUS. onditions in City of Mexico Are Grow ing Worse. Washington.-Anxiety Increased 4n flicial quarters over the situation In lexico City as the State Department as been unable to communicate with rat city by -telegraph for several days. Brief dispatches from Vera Cruz aid Carranan officials were much hagrined at the apparent failure of ,eneral P.ablo Gonzales to enter the 'apdtal. Reports that Gonzales was ngaged In an artillery duel with the ~apata forces gave the first intihna ion that the V-illa-Zapata forces in dexico City had determined to offer -esistance to the invading Carranza briny instead of evacuating. Gonzales inmself, it is indicated, cut communi aation between Vera Cruz and Mexico 31ty to isolate the Zapata foi'ces. This provents the State D)epartmnent fronm communicating wvith thre Brazil Ian Minister and diepr'ives all other foreign Giovernmnents oif in formation concerning their diplomatic mrisslons andu subjects. Farmine conrditions in Mexico City hav'e been'i gr'owvinrg worse daily Whlile it is genrerally understood thIa t thre will be ino fuirther de~velop mrent in thre Mexican situation so far as tire Uniited States -is concernred uin til t-he' return'i of P'resident Wilson from C'ornIsh , it is t hougirt in otlicial tituar'ters tha t thre s~tuiat ion in tire Southern C'apital iray force a new crisis. Probable Kansas Wheat Crop Topeka. Kas.-Kanrsas wirrter whreat prob~ably will yield 1318,000,000 bushels thIs year, or' average acre yield of 16.3 bushels, accor'ding to thre monthly crop replor't issued b~y the state de Iartmel(nt, of agr'iculture. This is 2, 1010,000 bushrels mrore thran the May forecast. WIll Aid Red Cross Galvestonr. Tlex.--Informration reach the coirsitutilonalist coirsulate hrere thrat G;ener'al C'airranza had pledged co-op eration of thre const itutionalist gov ernmrent wvith thre Amrerican lRed Cros5s in its efforts to relieve tire food situa tion in M exico. Consul Silliman and Mr. O'Conmnell, r'epr'esernting the Red Ci'oss, called upon GAener'al Carranza and r'eceived( his assuranrce. Th'Ie first chilef declared thrat Ire weceomed the assistance of thre ited Cross aird be lieved thre food shrortage would soon be overcome. Six Killed in Train Wreck. Thurmront, Md.--Six Ipersons wvere killed and~ a dozen mroire or less seri ously injuredl whlen tire Blue Mountale express and thre fast irail of the WVest ern Maryland Railway cr'ashred to gether onr a bridge it00 feet high over Owens Cireek, a few turiles west of here. Four of the dead were passen gers. A mix-up) ini orders is saidl to have caused the -accident. The trains met at bigh speed arnd thre two engines were almost comletely telescoped. Locked together, they both were held to the track. SS ESTHER ROSS .. . .....'.. . Miss Esther Ross of Prescott, Ariz., was selected by Governor Hunt to christen the new battleship Arizona at the Brooklyn navy yard on June 19. Miss Ross Is only seventeen years old. BAR G00DS TO HO0tLAND MUST BE CONSIGNED TO HOL LAND OVERSEAS TRUST TO GET THROUGH. Not Only Contraband But All Other Goods Included In Order.-Control Neutral Exports. London. -- An order-in-council to about to be Issued prohibiting ex portation of all goods to Holland ex cept those consigned to The Nether lands Overseas Trust. It is expected to stop the trade now believed to be passing through Holland into Ger many. An announcement to this ef fect was made In the House of Com mons by Capt. E. G. Pretyman, Parlia mentary Under-Secretary to the Board of Trade. Exportation of good sto The Netherlands Overseas Trust would .e equivalent to a guarantee that no goods either In the form received or In a subsequent form, would reach a country hostile to Great Britain. Cayi tain Pretyman made the announce ment in Introducing the '*customs ex portation restriction bill." Hie ex plindtaapataaragmt Miabl Etero of Phrescontro, ori waos selecterb Gerora countes chriso i adn thenwbtlsi Arion for atfie rofy n2,50 yord mpionmJuen 19. Cosgnrss ny seppersenileabe NottOnl prontsrwould But All ther NeutraldElports aoTheo be passed prohibiinges. penrtaonzales goos Marchollandward ce. Cthe -osigned to THeaNther lad OvrWashinTruens of fisected toestopraheatranks nwo beivetonb passing throug lolland into Gaerby fect wea maeince therue The Com monfstily Cpt.ae E.nG Pretyan, Puarera, hoetrthatetheereayht teenar ofnrae Eobrtton nd goodanza hd equive halet an guaate theat-n camoods eera Vnithe form recived was in aisubseqnt foitrm, wounot poeatca cothr hostiles tay Great Getan. alo GoalPetyad the nacmandne menthing intodaintecoty ex plasineed to ahaal uniarranen teoraizedshi CoCabie hadsad faor ablea reoand ito. epre wti fewc aded hat e aiall womuleni caetenion ofin imitoVra Conrl ove cut.v iThis madelopmeth billegar as finous $2n0 orea imprtnen. for Carranzra autorviotion itsermCru caimitherls anw perscutby thep ment indictes hatblen. a onae Au spscial commuiteons.beap pe ortigcto.-CMfrrtmatin ofi all mhiie isusse rnhcrdtb m feria bilanke wallstaeeve.hr thenveral Goaleion Mfarchine-yar loan tha-rde ranc tof Hte-ots chils heltter-actingo forction irn Goernen anks than of Frasnce, amon lla ladsydcaerof French taners Mexhe amontcfshe Toan be ietil revied areyn ofa beudter-, mnt .been hele is nthmate th(art-h sum of nt lie Aneceed $50,000, an0 iatantn miitr, nm. no oiia AMERICANS HAVE NO JUST COMPLAINT GREAT BRITAIN IN MEMORAN DUM TO UNI'ED STATES RE . CITES CONDITIONS. EXPLANATION OF THE CASES Special Efforts Have Been Expended on Behalf of the American Ship pers Note Says. Washington.--Great Britain, in a memorandum transmitted to the Unit ed States and made public here and in London, recites at length its ef forts to minimize inconvenience to neutral commerce resulting from the order-in-council against trade with Germany, 'Austria and Turkey, and asserts that American citizens have no just grounds for complaint on ac count of the treatment accorded their cargoes. No attempt is made to answer the principfes asserted in the American note of Mrch 1 Protesting against the order-in-council and insisting upon the right of neutrals to carry on le gitimiate commerce with each other aMd to trade in non-contraband with civilians in belligerent countries. In transmitting the memorandum Am bassador Page said it was "merely an explanation of concrete cases and the regulations under which they are dealt with." Another note to Great Britain is now in course of preparation at the State Department and is expected to be dispatched as soon as the negotia trans with Germany over submarine warfare have been cleared up. While this communication probably will make reference to the latest memo randum, it is understood that the manner of enforcing the order-in council will not be treated as rele vant to the question at issue-wheth er there is any warrant in interna tional law for .the powers that Great Britain and her Allies have assumed to exercise over the commerce of the world. In its memorandum the Foreign Office emphasizes the "various special concessions made in favor of the Unit ed States citizens" in setting forth that all British officials have acted in every case "with the utmost dis Patch consistent with the object in view and of showing in every case such consideration for neutrals as might be compatible with the object, namely, to prevent vessels from car rying goods for, or coming from the enemy's territory." Arrangements for buying American cotton detained and for permitting the passage of goods bought in Ger mnuy by American before the date of :order-in-council are outlined and promise that consideration will be given to special cases of this kind in the future. Accord'ing -to a summary of ships detained there are now 2'7 vessels which cleared from the United States now held in ports of the United King, dom. Of these eight are said to be unloading cotton which Great Britain has agreed to purchase, seven will be allowed to depart as soon as items of their cargo placed in a privue..court have been discharged, and the other 12-three of them American ships are the subject of investigations not yet completed. NO PEACE IN SIGHT. President Wilson and Colonel House Discuss Situation. New York.-President Wilson does not see any prospect for an early peace in Europe. Col. E. M. House, his unofficial en voy to Europe gave the President the result of his sojourn of several months in European Capitals where he talked intimately wvith the responsible offi cials of the German, British and French Governments, and the infor mation he imparted in the long walks and talks which they enjoyed reflected dlefinitely the idleas held by both (lip lomatists and the cilitary element in each of the countries at war. Colonel House also disclosed the currents of public opinion in each countvy as to peace terms. Bryan Addresses Friends. New York.-William Jennings Bry an, addressing a meeting in Madison Square Garden under the auspices of the "Friends of Peace," an organiza ton of various societies of American citizens, gave his definition of national honor and called upon his hearers to "cast your influence, not in favor of either side but in favor of peace for the Unitedl States and against war with any of the belligerent nations." Mr. Bryan reiteratedl his views re gardling his proposal to submit all (dis putes t.o an international commission. Russians StIll RetreatIng. London.-Trhe Russians still are re treating in the east; the French are slowly gaining at certain points in the west. With the fires set by tho retreating Russians still burning, the Austro-Germans are now firmly estab lished at Lemberg and have shown no signs of ceasing their offensive. The battle of the Dnloster, south of the city, is not over, but according to Berlin, General Linsing has peen able to throw his forces across the river, a fact which is taken in some quar ters to nreae Russian dfat.m RURAL MINISTERS ATTEND CLEMSON REGULAR COURSE 18 PREPARED FORt THEM DURING MONTH OF AUGUST. CAN DO GREAT UPLIFT WORK *reacher Should Be Leader in Mator ial Things as Well as Spiritual Things Says Long. Anderson.-"A regular courst been prepared for the farmers teachers who are interested in culture and rural ministers, wI interested in agriculture and 1! rural uplift work, and also ft boys in each county of the sta' mnade the highest yield of cot acre, taking into consideratik . cost of production per acre. This short school course will be held at Clemson college, commencing on August 9 and ending 30 days later," declared W. W. Long, State farm de nonstration agent who was in Ander son a few days ago. "We believe that the rural min isters are our greatest factors In helping to develop the agriculture of the state. There is no reason why a minister shouldn't become a leader in niaterial things as well as spiritual things, especially when the material adds to tbe comfort, the happiness, prosperity and general uplift of tne community," said Mr. Long. "A man free from worldly ca'e, who is hopeful of the future for himself and for his family can be much more easily approached by the minister along spiritual lines than the man who is harassed and becomes desper ate on account of his inability to meet his obligations and to do for his fain ily as he would like to do. Therefor.4, successful agriculture and religion go hand in hand. It was the ministers ir the church in Ireland, after the (risn famine, who took hold of the situation and developed Irish agriculture. "We believe in indoctrinating the rural preacher with .this idea that he can be a great help to us in develop Ing the agricultural resources in the state and we can be a great help to hi min making country churches and country schools social and religious centers of the different communities. "I presented this matter to the State Bankers' association in the recent meeting at the Isle of Palms and asked them if they would not pay the rail road fare of rural ministers to Clem son college to attend this short course. They referred the matter to the agri cultural committee of the association, with the instruction that this com mittee take up with the banks in each county the matter of contributing for his purpose. "So if any rural ministers wishes to attend the short course at Clem son will write to me I will see that transportation is furnished him to and from the college. The cost after reaching the college will be $3, or .$4 per week, which includes board, 10(dg ing and evei-ything. The agriculture faculty wvill be the instructors during the short course." Tells of Darlington County. Darlington.-The News and Press, the local newspaper, is preparing to publish in the next fewv days in book form a review of the industrial and commercial resources of this county, which wvill include all of the towns and villages of the county and the rural districts besides. Twven ty-fIvd hundred copies of this work wiill be published and will be widely distribut ed. The work is being edited under .the supervision of Earl R. Baxter, the editor of The News and Press, and it will contain contributions from dif ferent citizens of the county who are in a position to give authentic infor mnation relative to the subjects on wvhich they wvill write. Hail Destroys Tobacco Florence-A hail storm visited the plantation of Charles Luhrs, a farm er living about two muiles north of the city, doing considleratble damage to a field of tobacco on his farm, but an other field of the weed on the same farm was not harmed, showing tha' the hail fell in .spots. Make Moving Picture Orangeburg.-The Culler Film comn. Panyof this city has begun operations Cecil fl. Culler is at 'the head of the concern. Already several scenarios have been under consideration and several experimental scenes have been taken. The pictures that have been taken so far are comical. These pict ures will 'be shown at local theatres flrsr. The plan for developing andl re production of the films wvill be modern As t'lis is probably the first undertak ing of .this kind in South Carolina It will be watched with 'interest. May Halt Greenville Bonds. Greenville.-Lewis WV. Parker and 0. K. Mauldin, in the name of J. W. Little ,a citizen of this county, have filed a petition askin gthat an injunc tion be issued against the Greenville county highway commission to pre vent the issuance of $950,000 V- "+"" y for roadl improvement. Mr. from the first has contended delegation acted unwisely ii this money, and so the annot that the injunction had been not come as a surprise, Spec M. Fr. Anse il hear. th c.