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iSCOASTS' TEUTONIC AIR FLEETS KILL. SIX. T. N AND INJURED ONE HUNDRED. B0MBS WREAK DESTRUCTION Spread Out on Scottish and Northern and Southern Coasts of England and Play Havoc. London.-The coast of Scotland an< the northern and southeastern coun ties of England were attacked by Zep pelins Sunday night, according to an official annouincemen t by the secretary of war. . The announcement says: "A Zep pelin raid took place Sunday night when the coast of Scotland and the northern and southeaster countie:i of England were attacked." ' London.-At least 16 persons were killed and about 100 others injured by the explosion of bombs dropped in another raid of Zeppelin dirigible bal loons over the northeast coast of Eng land Saturday night. The official version' of the raid says: "Two airships approached the northeast coast Saturday night. Only one crossed the coast. The other turn ed back, . "For the present we know that 16 persons were killed and about 100 in jured. . "lUight dwelling houses were de molished and a serious fire was caus ed In a French polishing shop. 6EARCH MOUNTAINS FOR VILLA. Nothing Has Been Heard of His Opera tions Since Battle. San Antonio, Texas.--Unless Fran cisco Villa is definitely located within the next day or two, it is believed here that Goneral Pershing will begin a sea'rqh'.of the mountains west and south of Guerrero. Sinco the defeat of Villa's forces March 29 in and near Guef'rero, lightly equipped detach iti's' of cavalry have been sweeping in. Vhirlwind fashion through the dis triti about head waiters of the Santa - Mania River trying to locate the elus jie bandit, repotted to .have gone in .4t. directon after being desperately wounded. General Pershing, did not get a re port through to General Funsion dur ing he day. but his chief of staff dia, indicatoik.lthat 4lie line of communica tioi was maintained. No mention 'df nevs of Vilia was made. There is -in creasing belief that General Pershing may have been deceived ns lo the di rection taken by Villa and dven con jcerning his .-injuries. Garard Will Stick Through War. Berlin, via Iondon.-James W. Ga -rard, the -American ambassador, lias issued a. statement..through the' Wolft Bureau regarding the report telegr-aj-' ed,h~ere from the Unit~ed States that he' intends to. resigni, return 'to Aidrica and b ecomne a cahidillate for, g'oenoi 'o Noi,w York. The statement ays:' *"The ambassadd' regards it. his duty. not to .leave the impoistant' post .at. Bierl'in' during the war, especially as. *any possi ble successor .would .nt ogst-2 lt' wor-k into' the difficult and iftei comrplicatedl matter of British 'inter eats on-tr-usted, such as those of civil and military pr-isoners. -He hopes 't' Pe,mnin in Berlin atr least until the * end of the great war." Germans Take Thousand Yards. Blerlini, via London-The Germans', official stat ement announces that Teu ton troops have cleared 1,000 yards of French tren(-hes northeast of Harcourt in additilon to the positions taken M4arch - 30. Enraged Mob Storms Jail. - Petersburg, Va.-A mob of 1,000 peo ple, made up largely of enraged citi zens from Nottoway and Dinwiddie counties, surroundedi the Petersburg jail .in which is confined John Wil liapis, a negro, who was arrested for an alleged criminal assault on a young women, 19, at her home near- Black - tone. Asks Wilson to Demand Reparation. -, Paris-Prof. Jamos Mark Bald win of Baltimore whose daughter was seriously injured in the explosion of the cross channel steamer Sussex, gave out a copy of a oablegram do upatched to Preiaddnt Wilson. It reads: -'A woman traveling whore hler right was, carrying an American passport, s~ trieken on the Sussex, hovering be teen life and death, demands that reparation for assault on American 4'life atid liberty be exacted. (Signed) "iark Baldwin." IU. B. Marines Land In China. , --Peking.--Marines~ from the United -. *atttes -gunboat Wilmington -'wenft ~hore at~rSwatows where the Chinese '0he. declared their'independ. ,fl6 o~ tthe central government. The ene4reconnoitered and .found / 'tquiet, 'AChinese punbeats Siso ', FRAN Co VILLA Villa is badly wounded and his men routed, barely escapes from Colonel Dodd's men. His capture Is moment arily expected. GRANTS USE Of RAILROAD PROMPTLY GIVES WIS PERMIS SION UPON RENEWED RE QUEST OF U.'S. Mexican Northwestern Railway Re moves the Necessity of Maintain ing 200 Mile Motor Line. Washington.- One of the army's moi;t serious problems in hunting Villa was solved when General Car ranza pronptly granted the. renewed request of the state department for permission to use the Mexican North western railroad in 'carrying out the pursuit. - - General Carranza received'the new request in. the morning; his answer was in Wash'ington before dark. It h was contained in a brief message 1 from John L.Plodgers, special agent t of the United States at Queretaro, saying the head of the de facto gov- 9 ernment agreed to the ,comimercial 1 use of the line. Officials here assum- t 9d he. would be. equally, promp't hi Y .ngotifying his officers on the border c atd that Genieral Funston might be giri shipment 'at once. 1 Although the army .will .procep.d. to us. . fihe railroad on . a. . commercia:l .bhsiq, which' is -construed ,.her(e as 1 neaning that 'all service sha-ll ..e phid for at regular rates, the sta.t.e epa: ment will negotiate. further vd th Car ranza to bring -about.a"more definite understand-ing. The response la 1e garded as being satisfactory' 'in a measure, but In order -to assure the <ellyery .of Bupplies. albng 'he: line 1 General Funston will desire- tD place guards on the trains. : .War department officials were greatl1y relieved by the'renloval of the nece~nity for' matntaining a motor, truck supply line; ovpr desert. roads fr a distante of .more than 200 milen A- einudburs't or great, storn niglit .render the road's .impassable fo' 'a considereble' .time, -cutlng' oft' the - treops from the'ir Bource Ot suppie~s at. the border.- . . While the physical conidition .of the: Mexican .Nor~thwesterti-is not good, many brid'ges hav-ing .been dest.ruyed dur'ing the years. of ' revolution. in Mexico, army engineers . phoul have little difficulty 1,n keeping it ope'n. .Other details of .the protocol stng geste'd by Gene'ral .(etrranza,' ntate 'de partment, officials indicated, may not be completed until the expedition has accomp'lished its purpose and' re~turn ed. It will serve, however, :as the legal basiA for the adjustment of all claim's arising out of* the use of American troops to pursue 'Villa. GERMANS MAKE ADVANCE.. Gain More ihan Mile of Firont North - . of Malaneourt,. London-The Germans to the north west of Verdun in an infantry attack launched with huge effectiveness have gained additional gro'und against the Frenchi north of 'Malancourt and .have even' peniettrated the northwest corner of the village. - Attemapts of the Teutons to carry 'their advance farther, however, were stopped by the- French. fire, as also wore three counter-attacks against the poaitions in the Avocourt wood, south of Malancourt, which had pro vidusly bee'n 'taken 'from them - by the French- infantry attack. The German official communication says that the advance of the Germans north of Malancourt was over a front of more than a mile. -Thirty Dead in Railroad Wreck. Cleveland.. 0.-With a toll - of at least 80 persons dead and 40 er -more injured, fedet ai, state and railroad officials began pin investigation into the ectqse. that led tp one .o the ipost disastroup. vrece in tlie history of the 14ew York Contra) system. Three trains, .inc)(tding the Twentieth Cen ~tury Id, westbound, known as a beotions ofz : ~ ur Limits FIRST VAH Wimo VILLA' BANRDITS COLONEL DODD AND FOUR HUN DRED TROOPERS ROUT VILLA. VILLA WOUNDED, 31 KILLED Col. Dodd's. Men Rode All Night and Took Bandits by Surprise.-Think Chase Near End. El Paso, Texas.-Four hundred American cavalrymen under the com mand of Col. George A. Dodd, gallop ing down from the granite slopes -of the great continental divide, have fal ]on on the main body of Francisco Villa's bandits at the San Geronimo ranch, scattering them in many direc tions and driving the bandit chief, wounded and crippled to seek a hiding place in the mountains. Villa was hurried from danger in a carriage. The battle opened at 6 o'clock in the morning of March 29 and continued for several hours. The news of the exploit was flashed into Juarez and sent a thrill along the border. For 17 hours the veteran Colonel with his picked troopers of the Seventh and Tenth Cavalry, drove down the valley of the Santa Maria river. At the end of the 55-mile ride they fell upon the unsuspecting Villa camp where 500 bandits were cele brating the massacre of 112 Carranza soldiers two days previously at Guer rero. Villa. shot through the leg and with one hip shattered, was hurried froni the scene barely in time to es rape the onslaught of the Americana. The bandits made a brief but hopeless itand before a charge of Colonel Dodd ind his troopers. Then they broke ,nd fled leaving 1 dead on the fleldf including their ommander General Eliseo Hernandez. 'wo machine guns, a number of hors s, rifles. ammunition, and equipment 0 all into the hands of the Americans. 0 Among the known wounded is Pab Lopez, Villa's lieutenani In the Co imbus raid: The. American casual- r les were four priv.Ates Wounded. The American s'oldiers did' not ',in er on the field. of victory. For five ours they (rove the enemy before hem into the wilderness of mountain ieak,- desert and conyon, wh.et rosads ir 'even trails are unkno*n and where mis-step means death. to horse and ider. They halted - only after the hase hail led them 10 miles and the ugutWes Were scattered into little andA-f half a dozen meii each. -'Vffla's'-career has ended; his ajiower iAW' b'en broken. His 'death'r: ca'. ure 'IA''only- a question of days. per aisp 'ly ho'urs. Such is the -ievit ble conclusion reached h're as lfttle iy little. the details of 'Dodd's ride" eqch ,the bprder. It seems - Impoosis >le .that the crippled bandit can'Jlong emnain hidden, even in theymountain us, .wastes ,in which 'he has sought r~fuge. . .. G RMAN5 SHIFT 'O EAST, 8kidhded:IA Ente'ring i renc'l Llns o - -' Tre'nhes--Drvun' Out. London.-Having captured the 'vil lage".of Malancourt, The Germans n~ow. hav!e phif ted..thoh' -off'ensive ..ast'ward to; the sector Around'tha.:fampuia."Le Mor.t Hommp.. With-.heavy forces the Teutons have attacked. the- French .line between Hifll 296 and Le Mort Homme and siucceeded in entering French first line trenches. A vigorous coniiter-a~t tack- by the French. however, al'nost immediately expelled the invaders and another af tack by the Teutons deliv ered a little later is declared by Paris t-o have.been put down completely. . . The Germans have made no attempt to debouch from Malancgurt-. since fheir occupation of the village. Grand Jury Indicts Waite. Newv York-The grand jury return ed an Indictment charging murder in the first degree against Dr. Arthudl Warren Waite, accusing him of poison ing his father-in-law, John E. Peck, millionaire drug manufacturer of Gran millioniaire drug manufacturer of Grand Rapids, Mich. Plot to Rescue Schilier. Lewes, Del.-Fearing that attempts would be made to rescue Ernest Schil Ier. the young German stowaway who single-handed captured, the British steamer Matoppo and terrorized her crewv of 56 mnen on the high seas, de tectives took Schiller from his cell in the town jail and hurried him by auto mobile to Hlarrington from where he will he taken by train to New York. The detectives declared that they had receivedl positive information that at tempts wvould be made to rscue the Drisoner. Ex-Governor Smith of .8. C. Dead. Baltimore.-F'ormer Governor Chae. A.. Smith of South Carolina, died at the John. Hopkins Hospital after a long- gln'ess,. erysipelas develoning af tey ,'many months. Suffering from heart trouble was 'the' dh'ect cause of death, Mr. Smith had been at the hosapital two months. He6 was about'% 5 old.. The fornmer . gy h Fwe. In Timmensville, 4IA ~~ of 1pion~r~ MAJ. FRANK TOMPKINS Maj. Frank Tompkins of the Thir teenth United States cavalry is the man who had the first brush with Villa at the raid on Columbus, N. M., and who with a small force of cavalrymen followed the Mexican bandits. across the border, killing over a hundred Mexicans. Major Tompkins was sta tioned with the border patrol at Co lumbus at the time of the raid. $8,611,502 TOfHUNT VILLA CONGRESS RUSHES THROUGH APPROPRIATION TO CATCH VILLA. Cailure to. Obtain. Use of Railways .Seriously Hampers Troops, In Pur suit of Villa. Washington.-Diplomatic . and do restic aspects of the Mexican problem vershadowed its military side here, fficial reports from General Funston isclosing no. change in the situation n the border or in Mexico. Congress ushed through an emergency appro riation .of $8,611,502 to pay for the ursuit of the bandits and the state epartment prepared to press General ,arranza for permission to use Mexi an railways to solve the troop .supply iroblem. Feans :expressed i. pt.s s reports rom the border that failtire -to. ob. ain use of the railways might se lously hamper . the pursuit of Villa were not reflected at 'eItief -the state )r war departments. Senator Gal inger, ;republican 'leader: in the..sen ite, presented to Secretary. Baker a elegram from Senatr'. .Fall at. El Paso.-dealing- .with. the, taliway and border questions. - It - declared - shi nents. of. gdpo.ine intended for ..the Americaf i'o-'es in. Mexico wes .bs Ing eldup bI Carranza officials. .The communication to General Car ranza -will be made through-'. special Representative" 'Rodgbrs, .at 'QUere. tare, to whbm- instructions' wer'e feor \varded. State department, off icia~la said- there' ,was; no question; lbut that the' expedition after Villa .-would press dn arid.: that a dufficient atiountopf qu'y; plies .could be- furnished t.o the'.t'ro'opE by mnotor-ty~uck trains, but gerial nst of. the rail. lines wduld 'giently 'sim plif) Newys - dispatch'es -trom the -bordei indicating the-'American troops alread) .were using the r-ailr6Ad lines -in some sections, were read with surprise al the war department, there having beer no official advices to that effect. NOTE' OF INQUIRY- SENT. Ask Germany Directly About Recen' Disasters... WVashington. - Secretary Lansing with the approval of President Wil son, has insfructed Ambassador Gerar( to inquire of Germany whether any e its submarines torpedoed the Britisi Channel steamer Sussex upon whici 25 American cititens were. traveling er the British horse ship Englishmani which went onei with a loss of on American life., The United States has no conclusiv proof that a submarine attacked eithe ship, but all evidence at hand indicate both wore torpedoed without- warning Updn the' response of the Berlin For eign' office to Mr. Gerard's inquira may depend the. next step of thi American government, It was mad< clear that no action has been takez which might be construed as a deman( or a protest. President Wilson laid all the stati department's reports. on. -the subjec before the cabinet. It was after th4 meeting that it became known. tha inquiry would be made of the Ger man government. 'British Repulse Attempted Air Raid. London.-An attempted Zeppelli ra d on the English coast the nigh of Mar-ch 19, which it was intimate< had .been repulsed by defending air craft, was learned of through ques tiqns liut to Hlarold J. TPennant, parli amentary under secretary for war, ir the house pf commons. Idratwis Ben 'n~tt Goldne0y, Conservati, ifnmbei ;t' C rtef'bury asked , b' ~petis ad 4paie 't#, CAPTAIN'-ANDCE TOOK POSSESSION OF - SHIP MO TOPPO SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING NEW YORK. ROBBED OFFICERS AND SAFE Compelled Commander to Land Him In Delaware Breakwater Where He Was Later Arrested. Lewes, Del.-How a lone German stowaway held up the captain and 66 members of the crew of the British steamer Matoppo, compelling them at the point of a revolver to 'change the course of the vessel and land him at tbso Delaware Breakwater after he had rifled the ship's safe and taken their valuables was told here by Cap tain Bergner, master of the Matoppo. The stowaway who says his name is Ernest Schiller and that he had lived in Hoboken, N. J., for the past eight months, is now locked up in the jail here awaiting the arrival of the Unit ed States district attorney from Wil mington, Del., and the British Consul General from Philadelphia. The hold-up took place outside the three-mile limit and Federal authori ties say thib government probably will have nothing to do with the matter. Schiller, they say, will be returned to the Matoppo and turned over to British officials at St. Lucia, where the vessel will stop for coal. The Matoppo - sailed from New York for Vladivostok with a cargo consisting. chiefly of barbed-wire and farm implements. She passed out of Sandy Uook at 6 o'clock and two hours later, upon entering his cabin, Captain Bergner says he was con fronted by a young inin with'a revol ver in each hand.*'-l"nds up and not a sound if you value your life," was the command. The captain was then bound hand and foot and looked. in his cabin, promising,- under pen alty of death, not to raise an alarm. Cautiously making his way to the wireless cabin, the stowaway, wh- is about 26 years old, put the intru ments out of commission an'd threw the ship's guns, consisting of . six rifles, overboard. He...then retarled to the captain's cabin, rifled the Oae and destroyed many importanfe a pers. .He ha4 .expected, he told 4 :tain. Bergner,- to find at least 2,9 pounds in Pnglish money aboard t Lthere.was not a penny in the sate. -Later, . howevji,. Schiller compellad' ths7'captain d'nd the first officer At6 'hand over th'eir pocketbooks conta-: .ing a total' of -about 30 pounds. . At --4 o'cl'ock in the morning Schif ier released Captain Bergner and still -g'ipliing a revolver in each hand, or dt'ed the .steamer headed towards shore. BURN4ETT BILL PASSES.. OrigInal' Literacy Test an'd AsIatIo ' Exclusion Provisloris Unclianged. . ,Washington,-The INurnett immigra tiotn bill.;wi~th, its, literacy test and Asiatic exclusion provi'sions unichang ed, ppssed the house ,-by'a -vete eft.308 to 87. .It nioy/ goes- to'the selmte where fav'ora'ble act'on is regarded as -as sure'd. .* '-.-- : . *.a The. literacy test, ..about..which the fight .against the -bill... jia ,centered, was sustained, 284 to 107. This pro visioni has beeni the'cause or vetoes of similar immigr-ation bills, by Presi dents Cleveland, Taft and Wilson. The house passed the bill' over the Clove land veto, but it failed in the senate. Motions to over-ride the vetoe-s of President Taft and Wilson were-lost :1in the house - by narrow margins. Representative Burnett, chairman of the immigration committee, .predicted that there was snfficientt strength to - repass the bill in the event of another i veto. The president has not indicated his purpose to the house leaders. Both record votes on the literacy test and on the passage of the bill were ,without regard to party lines. ,Majority Leader Kitchin voted for the literacy test and for the bill .' Mi nority Leader Mann voted against the literacy test and then for the bill. Russians End Pffenslve..a London.-Fighting is still going on -between the. British . and German. along the British end of 'the French line, particularly near St. Eloi, where German grenade throwers have suc ceeded in realching a portion o'f a mine crater held by the British. Near Bois inghe the British put down an attempt ed attack by the Germans. Strong forces of Austrians and Ital inns are aligned against-each other in the Gorzia sector of the Austro-Itailan -front. On the heights of Seilz spirit 0(1 fighting is' taking place. Underwood Wants NItrogen Plant. Washington-'-A dppermined fight was begun in the senate by Senator U~nderwood of Ajabama- to incorpoi'ate -in the army re-organization bill a pro vision looking to the databli'shment of a government plant .to make nitrogen from the air from the manufacture of explogieo. N Ifforts to incorpormte such legislatiori in the ho se' bill woe cefeated. ~. cATTLE"_ A'LES . ... ... PROVESUCOESS PROMOTERS ARE HIGHLY PLEAS. ED WITH MARKETING OF CATTLE. MANY BUYERS ARE PRESENT Representativee of Well Known Con. corns Make Good Bids-Railroads Play irportant Part. Rock Hill.-Rock Hill's first cattle isle was a success. This was the opinion expressed by State Atent W. W. Long and his assistants and by a number of the buyers here for the sale. It guarantees that Rock Hill will have an annual cattle sale, said Mr. Long. Between 250 and 300 head of cattle were sold, the price per pound rang ing from 5 to 7 3-4 cents. The aver age weight of the cattle was around 860 pounds. The sale netted the own era of the cattle something over $16,. 000. The cattle yards, in the fair grounds, were the scene of great ac tivity throughout the entire morning. A score of buyers were here to make bids, while a number of railroad of ficials were present. Hundreds of people from. all parts of this and ad joining counties were here for the sale and much interest was taken. Mr.. Long is of the opinion that the next cattle sale held here will see more than 600 head of cattle offered, it not a thousand. The sale was conducted under the diroction of the local chamber of commerce and the extension division of Clemson College, co-operating with. the' United States department of ag riculture. In active charge of the sale was E. Driver of E. Driver & Co., commissioti merchants of Bolti more, who handled nis end to perfec-. tion. Among the buyers here for the sale were George Morris, head buyer for D. B. Martin & Co., Baltimore; Char les McDonald,. head buyer for Swift & Co., New York; L. B. Lyman, New York, and -New York Butchers Dress ed Meat compnay, represented by L. B.-Lyman; -David Regan, representing Sul.berger & Sons Co., New York; 'Belsford Packing company, Harris burg, Pa.; Mr. Welcke~ns, r~elaenting Welckens-Staats- & Co., Wilmington, Del.; G..;H. Shamberg, representing J. Shambbrg & Sons, Jersey City stock yards, X. J.; Mr.- Dayvault, represent ing Da !Ault & Guffy, Concord, N. C.; WV. R.'Sanders, representing Carson Live Stock company, Richmond, Va. Another Mutual Company. - Columbia.-Farmers Mutual .Pro ection association of Sumter, Claren don and Lee counties, South Carolina, 'has been commissioned by the secre tary of state to do a general fire insur ance business. This is the third mu tual fire insurance company to be or ganized since the anti-compact law went into effect. The petitioners of the company are: I. C. Strauss of Sumter, H. C. Hayns-. worth of Sumter, ED. WT. Dabbs of Mayesaville, Robert M. Cooper of Wis acky, Neill .O'Donnell of Sumte. C. Phelps of Sumter, 3. M. Ko e Sumnte,.G. A. Lemmon of Sumte, L. Sanders of Sumter and C. J. son of Toratio. F. H. McMaster, insurance missioner, said that 15 mutus insurance companies wore alreoth operation in the state. Four of We" mutuals 'are gocated in Charb..o c TIhe total anlount of insuranc' e. ried 'is -'about $17,000,000. The b~ mutual fire insurance compse ' South Carolina was organir --d in Chester county in 1891 under m n a a of the .legislature. W. B. Don.no assistant to the secretary of str'." was one of the promoters. Chester GaIns Populatiec Chester.-Chester county's :', o births and deaths last year 'e 1 follows: Births, 824; deaths, M2. tii birth rate 28.2 per cent and the. dtati rate 16.1 per cent. Place Stock For PackIng Ho .Orangeburg.-The special c,:ttntit.. tee that is working to place the 'ock of the Orangeburg packi~g hoJuse( among the largest number ->r p'-ople reports that it has placed all the stock except about $10,000, which~ will be. sold to farmers in Orangeh1'-g coun ty. When the matter of at pac~king house was brought to the Juontionu of the business men of a )r'.o~burg in an amazingly short ti $50,000 worth of stock was subrlibed a.31 guaranteed. After detalrle havet been arranged erection will -be.. Coal For South Arnerica*. Spartanburg.-The dev.lopm< .y of the coal traffic through th~e lfrt. of Charleston is indicated by .ihr' an. nouncement that the ellucehf'icld ifue company is to load .a 01'narlest on with-.'~ in the next few . days~ an~ 8%c0 ton steamer for a South Amerlea p ~ort Maniy cargoes have beenu sh.Ipp~ed to Cuba and to fulf- ports throudh -the South Caroilia ott 'since the 6a1