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64TH CONGRESS IS DRAWING NEAR EN[ LEADERS ARE BENDING EVERN EFFORT TO GET BIG LEGISLA TION THROUGH. DO NOT WISH EXTRA SESSION All Else Must Give Way to Appropria tions and Measures Relating to Na tional Defense.-To Hasten Action. Washington.- -ith the end of the Sixty-fourth Congress but twp weeks off, Administration leaders are concen; trating their energies to the enactment of revenue and national defense legi.; lation. M uch long-pending general legislation every one recognizes must give way to appropriations and meas ures that relate to the preparations of the Nation for eventnalities which may grow out of the diplomatic breach with Germany. In tlie Senate. the reveiuie eInd naval hit f-(are to he given the right of way as s(oio as the espionage anl anti-c-a>nspiracy hill. now tider con siderafi,,n. i . u 0 t of the way. Th e I louise will pass thle Army appropria tioln withini a few days, and then devote its atteitioln to the sundry civil and general it iriellcy appropriations. What emea rgelc y legisitaion may be 4ii e l be'oret adjoiurnllieit dependIs eirillelly niml tle (-cisiol of the Pres idenct. .\Nany be-lieve he Vill comm ni. cale witinia a lfew days his plans for liaildlinig th14 ilteril ational crisis. Pre vailing oplillill is that he will ask 01ngress.. folr aniltif;rily to use the arlld ftir f lhe Nation for the pro-eclion of .\nwican seamen and A 3irilina riglt l: fil the high seas, not with the i al>se (if malcing war, but I' (IpenI i the si-a to shippiig. To Hasten Action. While waiting the lext step. what evcr it may be, the Senate is deter miiled to hasten action on the revenu hill, the naval appropriation hill aimended by tile inaval affairs commit lee to carry $5::3,000,000, an inc-ea: cf $165,000,1100 over the lolouse h1ill. anit the Army appropriation bill. In addition to these measures, the ship ping bill, urged by the shipping board, extending the powers of the Govern ment to control commercial shipping, is of paramount interest. Whether there will be time for pa sage of railroad labor legislation and other general bills, in view of the congestionl of essential measures, il seriously doubted by leaders of both parties. It has been determined to proceed with the most urgent matters regardless of the possibility of an extra session, and there is con idenek that all the appropriation measure except possibly the rivers and harbru bill, can be enacted Iy March -I. ALL NATIONL GUARDSMEN ORDERED TO QUIT BORDER SotenBoundary Patrol Will Be Left to Regulars. Washington-Orders were' issud bcy the war diepartmt l dliirectung Genu oral Funston to begin the immediate denmobilization of all the guard unite remaining in border camps, and it ic expected -that the last troop train will * be on its way north by March 7. General Funston will have on the * ~ border nearly 60,000 regular tr-oopc dlisposed along the line from hirowns p ville to Yuma, Ariz., on plans worked ouit by -the general staff, I Secretary Baker emphasized tha' the withdrawal of the state I roops is in no way connected with the crisis wil - Germany, but carries out a policy (Ie ter-mined to long ago, T1he order' w Issued after General Futnston hadl re ported that he had enough regulars tc meet any border exigencies that might arise. Many guard units already had been ordered home during the p~ast few~ wveeks, anid the unumber of guardsmen remaining and to be demobolized un der' the orider is about 63,000. Administration officials are under, sto(d to have beeni convinced by th( - . epiorts of spectial observers for the state departmnenit and the army that therois little possibility of a recur - rence of serious raids. AMBASSADOR FLETCHER NOW IN MEXICO CITY, Mexico Cit y.-T'he American Ambas sador Monry P. P'letcher, arrived here. He was met by officials from the Mex ican Foreign Office, members of Glen era! Caranza's staff and a big delega tion of Government officials headed by a military escort. Ambassador Fletch er expressed his -approociation of the courtesies shown hinm on his journey trough Mexico. $w DESTINATIONS OF SHIPS, ARE TO BE KEPT SECRET. jWashjngton,-The practice of mak. Spblic the destinations and mani. ~ t~ot erchant ships leaving Amern ~ ~ ~9~j*I to be dliscontinued duringi ,~,, ~ ~th;Germany as a step in ~ of American interss *~ ~'~ j~*submarine campipign, 9*epor tor WhiI .any TROOPS OPERATE AGAINST THE REBELS LARGE FORCE OF SOLDIERS KEEP QUIET IN PROVINCE OF CAMAGUEY. OTHER PROVINCES ARE QUIET Several Bands of Insurgents Are Still at Large But Are Being Closely Pur. sued.-W. E. Gonzales, American Minister, Issues a Note. Havana.- - Official announcement was made that quiet prevails in the provinces of Havana, Pinar del Rio. Matanzas and Santa Clara, and that a large force of troops is in the province of Camaguey operating against the in surgents. Aurollo Hevia, Secretary of Government, departed for Santa Clara Province where he will direct all mili tary operations. William E. Gonzales, the American Minister, issued a note in answer to many petitions for him to urge clem ency for military prisoners who were likely to be shot. The note assured the petitioners that the Minister knew it was the intention of the Gover i ment to "follow the usual legal course." The statement issued at the palace Satys: "Quiet- prevails at Pinar del Rio, Ilavana, Matanzas and Santa Clara. In this latter province several bands are still at large, but continue to be closely pursued by detachments of the army. "Troops numbering 800 landed early in the morning on the southern cost of Camaguey, and by noon were at Central Stewart, some eight or ten miles from Clengo d Avila, head quarters of the Insurgents. Two oth er columns, numbering nearly 2,000 men are converging on the same point and fighting must be in progress at this moment, though, owing to the wires being cut, no official report has heenl received. "Several eye-witnesses of the events at Clengo (Ie Avila reached Hlavana Th-ey stated that Jose Miguel Gomez is at the head of the rebellion there. lie has only about 100 deserters from tie army and threie or four hundred men hastily recruited from among the civilian clement." DISCUS EFFECT OF SUBMARINE CAM IGN ON UNITED STATES. Cabinet Considers All Phases That Have Developed. Washington.-The ruthless German submarine campaign and its effects upon the Uniit(ed States were discussed by President Wilson and the Cabinet. The meeting lasted ani hour, and after ward it was said no new steps hal been decided on. Arming of American inerchantmen and the economic effects of the partial tie-up of shipping out, of Americant ports5, wereo the subjects on which the Cabinet (-entered attention. Secretary McAdoo is compiling a list of vessels held in port. Consideration is given by the Gov' ernent to all the dlifferent phases of the situation that have developed since the break in relations with Ge many, including the detention of the Yarrowdale prisoners, the crisis with Austria, the plight of Americans in Turkey and Belgian relief. High of ficials took pains, however, to empha size that the great fundamental prob 1em before the Nation is the illegal submiar-ino campaign itself. Agaunst this campaign, the United States ha~s mad~e the most vigor-ous prot01est pos sible shor-t of wvar, but the Administr~a tion realizes that so long as it. per-mits Amnerican ships) to be held in po-t for fear of attack by submar-ines, it in ef fect is aquiescing in the Ger-mani policy The state of affairs, it is admitted., can not be pecrmitted to continue indiof initely. What and When? What the United States must (10 to end it, and when, are the only ues tions. The PresidentI is under-stood to have a very dectllite opinion as to what should he done, b~ut, he has not yet decided that the time do it has come. DECLARES BRITISH HAVE '. CAPTURED DEUTCHLAND. Baltimore.-William 'Palmer, second engineer of the American transport liner Mongolia, which arrived here from Plynfouth, Englandl, said he saw the merchant submarine Deutschlandl and 188 other German .underwater boats in Plymouth harbor. Palmer asserted that the British had captur ed 400 enemy U~boats and that 187 of that nmiber were chained together in Plymouth harbor, Captain Koenig and the 'Deutschland's crew, are in jail. ALL RAILROADS ARE AT DISPOSAL OF GOVERNMENT. New York..,-The railroads of the United States informed President WVil son that the r'esources of their organ 'ization are at the disposal of the Gov ernment in the event of war. Officiata of eighteen roads. were alPointed a special commituee lof National defense. President Fairf&h *farrison, of the. Southern Rlailway, C ti chairman. as the chafiJ m.iieh commti dedby, the frlast f) (Copyright.) APPREHENSION IS AROUSED UNITED STATLES WILL NOT REC OGNIZE REVOLUTION-BORN GOVERNMENT IN CUBA. No War-Like Measures But if Neces sity Should Arise Uncle Sam is Prepared to Intervene. Washington.--Reports telling of the ipread of the liberal revolt in Cuba irorised such apprehension here that Secretary Ia.nsing cabled a second warning to the people of the Republic [hat the United States would not re vard as legal any Government set up b)y violence. The message went to Hlinister Gonzales at Havana and to )very American Consul to be circulat %d all over the island. Mr. Lansing pointed out the re iponsibility of the United States in tonnection with Cuba, and intimated 'ery clearly that. revolution was not o be tolerated. Minister Gonzales' reports of the ;rowth of the revolt were submitted >y the Stute Department to the Se2. 'etries of War and Navy as promptly is they were received. In neither of the military departments was there inication that any warlike measures were being prepared in connection with he situation, but because of the exp( ance gaine.1 in two previous in. tervt .tions, military olerations could be inagurated in brief time without niuch renewed study of plans. Sale of Munitions. Secretary Baker announced that with the approval of the President, a deal had been closed for the sale of 10,000 army rifles and 2,000,000 rounds of ammunition to the Cuban Govern ment. Negotiations for the purchase had been in. progress for several months. The President is authorized by statute to approve the sale of arms and ammunition to Cuba, whose sol dhers are the only ones in the world other than Americans who carry the United States Army Springfield rifle. Shipment of the guns and ammuni tion will be hastened. Official news from Cuba convinced the Administration that the rebellion already has assumed large propor tions. Developments of the move ment were reported from widely sep arated points, and the Cuban Govern ment's call for volunteers served to supplort the successes claimed by the rebels. COUNT VON BERNSTORFF HAS .SAILED FOR HOME. Hloboken, N. J.--Count Johann H. von Bernstorff, former German Am bassadhor to the United States, sailed for home aboard the Scandinavian. American liner Frederick VIII. With him was the Countess von Bernstorff and~ nearly two hundred German dip lomnatic and' consular officials. The departure, which completes the sever ance of diplomatic relations betweeni the United States and Germany, was accomplishedl quietly, and was marred by no untoward incident. VIOLATiONS OF RIGHTS MAY IMPEL PRESiDENT TO ACT. Wash ington.-The steady accuzmula tion of violations of American righits by Germany made it appear possible that President. Wilson would go be fore Congress to ask authority to pro tect lives and property without wait ing for a serious disaster which might shock the country. There were no indlications, however, that he be leived the time for such a step had conmc andl it again was stated authori tatively that ho would move deliber atehy and with full appreciation of all the consequences involved. AMERiCANS HELD FOR RANSOM BY VILLA BANDITS. El Paso. Tex.-Jose Ynez Salazar, with his Villa command, -occupied Ojitos, ani American-ownedl cattle ranch in Mexico, 45 miles southwest of the Corner Ranch. One .American negro is being bold' tor ansom, and three American Mormon cowboys who were captured during the- raid also are believed to .be hoeid for. ransom. ittarest border diire' ahf~.ddenly Iretn the con ~ td ' (t1J6ttck to aa HIS COUNTRY E0 WILL NOT ENTER DISCUSSION SO LONG AS GERMANY. CON TINUES HER RUTHLESS U. BOAT WARFARE, is Made by Lansing at President's Direction. - Renewal of German Pledge Prerequisite to Any Diplo matic Discussion. Washington.-The United States has flatly rejected Germany's offer to discuss differences between the two' nations while the ruthless submarine campaign is in progress. In a note today to the Swiss min. ister, who on Saturday presented oral ly the German proposal, Secretary Lansing said the United States "does not feel that it can enter into any discussion with the German govern ment concerning the policy of subma rine warfare against neutrals which it is now pursuing, unless and until the German government renews its as surances of the 4th of May (the Sus sex note) and acts upon the assur ances." The state department's announce ment follows: "In view of the appearance In the newspapers of February 11 of a repor-t that Germany was initiating negotia tions with the United States in regard to submarine warfare, the Department of State makes the following state ment: "A suggestion was made orally to the Department 6f State late Saturday afternoon by the Minister of Switzer land that the German Government is willing to negotiate with the United States, provided that the commercial blockade against England would not be Interfered with. At the request of the Secretary of State, this suggestion was made in writing and presented to him by the Swiss minister Sunday night. "The communication is as followvs: "'The Swiss government has been requested by the Ger-man government to say that the latter is now, as before, willing to negotiate, formally or in for-mally, with the United States, pro vided that the commercial blockade against England will not be broken thereby. (Signed) "'P. RlITTER.' Lansing's Reply. This memorandum was given Im mediate consideration and the follow ing reply was dispatched: "My dear Mr.- Minister-: "I am requested by the president to say to you, in acknowledging the memorandum which you were kind' enough to send to me on the 11th in stant, that the Government of the United States would gladly dliscuss with the Ger-man Government any, questions it might propose for discus-' sion were it to withdlraw its proclama tion of the 31st of January, in which, suddenly andl without previous inti mation of any kind, it cancelled the assurances which it had given this gover-nmnent on the 4th of May last; but that it does not feel that it can enter into any discussion with the German Government concerning the policy of submarine warfare against neutrals which it is now pursuing un less and until the German government renews its assurances of the 4th of May and acts upon the assurances.' MEXICAN FIRST CHIEF WOULD BE DOVE OF PEACE Washington. -- Revolution swept Mexico's do facto government has en tered the lists of international peace makers. With an identic note to all neutrals, it proposed a joint effort to end the Eur-opean war, to be follow ed, in the event of failure, by the cut ting off of all exports of munitions GERMAN SAILORS AT HONOLULU RELEASED Honoluh t-Sai lors from various Ger man ships, which took Tefuge. 0n Hawaiian waters, were released from detention by immigration officials, act :ing, they said, under orders from Sec retary of Labor Wilson. Simultatie ously charges against officers and mnen for alleged (lestruction 'oft m(hinery, an'd othierwise were qingn sat 'the redest of the Uniitaa W iie PROHI1T09 TAES LONG STEP FOR WARD MAKES STATES BONE DRY WHERE PROHIBITION IS AL READY IN EFFECT. ALL AGREE ON POSTAL BILL Would Bar Newspapers, Cards, Let ters, Etc., From Mail.-Amendments Adopted After Brief Debate by Vote of 45 to 11 In Senate. Washington. - Prohib'tion took a step forward in both branches of Con gi Iss. In the Senate drastic amendments to the postal appropriation bill were agreed to which would make criminal the importation of liquor into states which prohibit its manufacture and sale for beverage purposes, and which would exclude liquor advertisements from the mails In states which legis late against such advertising. On the House side, the National prohibition consjitutional amendment was favorably reported from the Ju diciary Committee,- with a prediction by Chairman Webb that it would be passed within a week. Champions of prohibition greeted this announce ment with enthusiasm, in spite of their realization that passage in the House will end action on the amend ment in so far as this session of Con gress is concerned. There is no thought of action by the Senate before March 4, when the Sixty-fourth Con gross (lies. The amendment to the postoffice ap propriation bill to make it a crime to ship liquor into pi!ohibition states was added by Senator Reed, of- Ml; souri, to the Jones amendment bar ring newspapers or other publications or letters and postal cards containing liquor advertisements from the mails in states which have laws against such advertising. It was adopted aft er brief debate by a vote of 45 to 11 by the Senate sitting as committee of the whole. The Reed amendment, which awaits a final vote in the Sen ate, is as follows: Reed Amendment. "Whoever shall order, purchase, or cause intoxicating liquors to be trans ported in interstate commerce except for scientific, sacramental, medicinal or mechanical purposes into any state or territory, the laws of which state or territory prohibit the manu facture or sale therein of intoximating liquors for beverage purposes, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than six months or both, and for any subsequent offense, shall be imprison ed not more than one year." The effect of this provision, if finl ly accepted by the Senate and agreed to by the House, will be to make all prohibition states "bone dry." It will operate against provisions in various states permitting importation of limit ed amounts of liquor for individual consumption. Th~e original Jones amendment to bar newspaper and other liquor ad vertisements from the mails In states having anit-liquor advertsing laws attaches the same penalties as pro vided in the Reed amendment. NEUTRAL VESSELS WILL RESUME TRIPS AT ONCE. Will Touch at HalIfax Instead of KIrk wall as Before. New York.-Steamships flyinig the flags of neutral countries, which have been deotained her-e since the new Ger m-an submarine DolicY was announced. probably will resume their regular sailings if plans to substitute Halifax for- Kir-kwall as a port of call for ex amination can he arranged with the British authorities. It became known that negotiations to this end are vir tually complete. That the British regard the change with favor was indicated by the an nouncement that the Holland-America Line steamship Ryndam, had sailed foi' Rotterdam via H-alifax, and that passengers were being booked for the possible sailing early this week of the steamship Noordam via the same route. The Swedish-American Line agents also announced that the passenger ship -Stockholm, now more than a week overdue in sailing, would depart at once for Gothenburg via Halifax, as will the freight steamer Carishold. Other lines of Scandinavian dountries were said to have filed cable mosa sanges to their home offices asking for orders. Arrangements have been so far per fected,,it was said, that Halifix pilots, who work under British Ad'miralty orders, have been ordered to this port to board the Stockholm and the Cairs helm. BODIES OF THREE AMERICANS SLAIN.B'V MEXICANS FOUND. Hachita, N. M.-Three bodies, later idlentified as those of Andrew P. Pet erson, Hugh. Accord and Burton Jen sen, were found by Lom - Spillsbury, the Pershing scout, one mile west of Inlternationatl Monument No. -653, sit uated- three miles west of the Corner Ranch. 'The bedies of the three 'Am erleanti 4teh ound - about 5 4~ -ap , c #~ii to Spillsbt4 Vie1(of t~e~% S3APF1iN" SEQOI LANCASTER MAN TAKES. LEA~h OVER THE CHEROKEE COUN TY CANDIDATE. WAS DY NARROWEST MARGI Second and Third Men in Race Are. Separted By Only Thirty-Two Votes, Officially. Columbia.-Complete returns fronm the primary in the Fifth district tofnih1 the unexpired term of the late D. P, Finley show that W. F. Stevenson of Chesterfield and C. N. Sapp of Lancas. ter enter the general election Wednes. day. Mr. Sapp goes in the race with Mr. Stevenson by a scant 32 votes over Col. T. B. Butler of Cherokee. Mr. Stevenson has a big lead over the field, having polled 3,784 votes to 2,009 for Mr. Sapp and 1,977 for Col. Butler. The total vote was 10,572. Paul G. McCorkle of York has been nominated for the term expirinf, March 4. Mr. McCorkle received the record breaking vote of 8,074. - The vote was canvassed by a sub committee of the State Democratic Ex ecutive Committee at a meeting ii the office of H. B. Tiomas, acting se: retary of the committee, in ColumbiM The subcommittee consists of the fol. lowing: R. B. Caldwell, Chester; I. .I Campbell. York; T. Y. Williams, La: caster; T. 11. Ketchin, Fairfield; A. , Beattie, Kershaw; G. A. Guignart' Lexington.- and Wilie Jones, -Richlant. Mr. Thomas sent tickets to th. county chairman of the state Saturda for the second election. He sent tici ets for Stevenson and McCorkle wh sure to be voted for and in view ( the closeness of the race betwee. Sapp and Butler tickets were sent fe both. 0 00 Cherokee . . . 112221 251 161 88j 19 Chester . . . . 81 931 4011 59i 10 Chesterfield . . 1231 19j 51 1721179 Fairfield . . . 401 231| 561 891 19 Lancaster . . .l 1741 16| 1ll 821i 18 Kershaw . . . 1511 98_ 61 334 43 York . .. ..2591 3601 627: 446 58! Total . . . . 119771168011122:20091378 OFFICERS ARE APPOINTED FOR FARM LAND LOAD BANI FEDERAL BOARD NAMES DIREC TORS COLUMBIA BANK. WELCH REGiSTRAR. Howard Arnold of Greenville, Ga., i: Secretary, Warner o' Paiatka, is Director Without ftfice. Columbia.-Temporary organization has been completed of the Columbia land bank, with the appointment in Washington by the federal farm loan -board of a registrar and of men to fill the three places on the directing board which remained open after F. J. H. von Engelken of East Paltaka, Fla., the director of the mint; had been appointedl president of the bank, and David A. Houston, a banker of Mon roe, N. C., had been designated as treasurer. Louis I. Guion of Lugoff, this state, a cattle breeder and planter, was mad. vice president; Howard C. Arnold, of Greenville, Ga., was appointed seere tary, and S. C. Warner of Palatka, Fla., was appointed a director. The law p~rovides that of the five directors one shall be president, one vice president one secretary and one treasurer. The principal salciried post entside the di re ctorate is that of registrar, which goes to Robert H. Welch, an attorney of Columbia. The position of ap- b praiser is yet to be filled. Columbia's is the firat of the 12 land banks to be organized. It will serve the Carolinas, Georgia and Flor ida, President von Engelkin andl Treasurer Houston expected to reach Columbia the middle of last week, but were detained in Washington. Mr. - von Engelken's resignation from the directorsh, of the mint became ef fective last Thursday. The state an. nounced last month that he would probably head the -Cotmbia. bank and on February 9 told ef the selection o1 Mr. Houston for the1 treashirership 8slarIes-Are Good. IThe presideoht draws a salary of $8,000 (perhaps more; the amoun1 wab in negotiation a few days ago). the treasuirer an~d the registrar $4,000 eaehi the secretary $3,500 anid tpie as praiser $2,400. .Only per diem and expensesl are to be paid to' the vice president and to th'o one director wh holds' no office.. Mr. Welch, the registrar, is a.a Sand' former legislator, whose .spe daty in recent years'.has been the ~ I~l~h ~fcanipalignd :nd coriteste ~i I(e rt pij~~t#he for