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otchman <roo omnron. THK SIMTKK WATCHMAN, fetAbllxhcU April, 1850. 'Bo Jost and Poor not?Let oil toe ends T%om Alms t at bo thy C ountry's, Thy God's and Truth's.' THE 1_UJE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, j Consolidated Au*. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1912. SPANISH PREMIER KILLED. JOHK t AN AI WAS Y. MF.NRF7. HIIOT. win AtUoiplK suicide? However. 11.iml Prove* Leas K.ffo<tl>c Wlicti Turned Against Illing If 1 .Iberal* Hold Pome* i ? i Madrid. Nov. I a'.?Jose Canalejas Y. Msnfles. the prim** minister whom ^p? n has regarded as one of the grsatent of her statesmen, was shot and killed today by a young an? archist named Manuel Pardinas. The assassin attempted suicide and it was st first thought that he was dead, but when he had been carried to the hos? pital he was found to be living. No event since the throwing of the bomb at the carriage of King Alfonso May 31. 1?0?, while the king was re? turning from }he church after his marriage, has caused such a general consternation and s ich public sympa? thy i 8o far as can be learned at pros eat, the assassination seems to be In no way part of a widespread political plot or revolutionary movement, l"f an Isolated ctlme f< r which the exact motive* remain oba< ure. The assassin, who was of span i*i birth, came re- i cently from ?uenoi. Aires by way <> Paris. Practically nothing Is know a . about him. i The king has appointed the foreign minister. Marqulf Manual Oarcla Prleto. as premler pro tempore, and the Liberal government, which Senor Canalejas conducted for several vurs, remains In power. i After a meeting of the cablt et It was announced thai Gen. Weyler, cap tain general of Catalonia and once \ commander-ln-chlef of the Spanish forces In Cuba or Count Romances might be appointed permanent pre? mier. ^ Canalejas was shot In the hack three times as he was walking to the ministry of the Interior. He hud >pped to glance Into the window of shop. HOHE FOR VOTB.1 < ? <? I Win \Iso Cnt Hat Allowance. Now Tork American. The Greenwich Equal Franchise leagus. which Is composed of women of high social degree, has pledged more thsn $1,000 towards the sup? port of woman suffrage work in the Connecticut legislature. And the wo? men are not going to ask their hus bande for money either. They will shorten their allonwance for hats and silk stockings and do without choco latea Mrs. Ernest Thompson Setan. Miss i*j r.-itna Roes. Mr*. K. O. Parker, Miss E *o- Tlemann. Mrs. Kwlng. Mrs. E. P. Williams. MIm? Mary Ely. the Misses Connor. Mra E. C. Ray and Mrs. A. U Richardson ar? among those who III forego luiuriee. WOt Ml F.NTKRT\n WILSON Taft Would lla*c I'rvddent-clcvt At White House. ( - Washington. Nov 12.?President Taft Intimated to friends today he would Ilk* to entertain President-elect and Mrs. W11 son at the white house ?ome time before Mar. h I Invita? tions have not been Issued to the president-elect and no date for the proponed vi-it bis t..n set. l.ut the president expressed a desire to en? tertain Mr. Wilson t?ef.oe he assumes ch ir k'? of t he eaot etlve osnoi I \? Ks I \\<? \ <)| I s. loeotne Tax \M.emlmeiit Very Near Adoption. Washington. Nov. || Ju-d a y ? a ? late, the SI ? r .? <|ep trt II: 'lit t-.-liV |e eoftrod the roejnlred legal not los of the approval .by the Stat. of Ohio of the proposed constitutional income tax amendment Two affirmativ? rotCO OFC yet rejSJSJiffOd to afford the t h i ? . fourths vote preserllxd by the consti? tution to seeurt- the adoption of the amendment with ten Htate* yet to be be ir<l from. s\\ \n\ mi MBJI < Ti PLAN, lArge ?Injorltv laSSShM the < omiiil ?Ion Form of t.overntueiit Savannah, Ga.. N"\ 1Sa\a?w.tli voters dc< lde<j against the comntn slno plan "f government toessj ??>? giv? ing a majority nf against it out of 4.507 votes cast. The balloting was on* sided from the start. The n - sjbjJi pfatsaaty means a bitter light for the mayoralty ?t the next elOOtlog with Fapt. It J. I'avunt opposing liavor George W. Tledmah" again. TURKEY WANTS SHORT TRUCE COMMANDER INSTIU ITK.D TO ASK F.K.I IT DAY ARMISTICE. Powers at l.a-t Have Reached Agree? ment, hui Mediation Im Thought to he I'liiioersaury. - London No . . 11.?The Turkish gov? ernment, on tae advice of Russia, has instructed Nai'.im Pasha, the Turkish commander-ln-chief, to apply to the Itulgarian commander for an eight da\s armistiee with a view to open? ing direct negotiations for peace In UM Turkish-Balkan war. The decision seems to show that Turkey has little hope of b?ing able | to hold the Tchatalja lined protecting Constantinople against the Bulgarian advance. There is no news yet, how? ever, as to how the Bulgarian com? mander met the Turkish request. The situat.'on at the front, owing to the paucity of the news allowed to Hlter through from either side, is very confusing. Clearly there has been heavy light? ing; November 12 Constantinople re? ported that numerous wounded were arriving from the front and the al? most invariably accurate Vienna Relchnpost corespondent has report? ed the capture of positions by the Bul? garians In the neighborhood of the Tchatalja lines. The same correspond? ent now says that the main attack on Tchatalja has been deylayed two days by rain. The powers at last have arrived at some kind of an agreement with re? spect to mediation. It is assumed, however, that now the porte has open? ed negotiations with Bulgaria, Eu? ropean intervention will not be needed. I The diplomatic situation is easier I rt the French premier, M. Polncalre, In an important speech del'vered ut Baris tonight did not speak too hope? fully and proof th?t all danger is not passed is seen in the ominous re? ports from Austria and Russia of un? usual troop movements and mobiliza? tion in Russia's western provinces. ^ Mr. Poincaire declared it to be es? sential that Europe should advance no pretences on the fruits of the allies' I Ictory and he expressed the fervent belief that It would be Impossible that the Balkan difficulties could lead to a general European war. The report that the Servians have reached l)uraz:o is not confirmed and no news has been received from other points. Serious Internal difficulties are de? veloping in Constantinople and the government has taken strong action In arresting the Young Turk leaders. MAIN ARMY ADVANCES, lliilgarla Making <?ood Progress Along Tchatalja Lines. Vienna. Nov. 13.?The main Bul? garian attack on the Turkish forts along the lines of Tchatalja is now progressing favorably after being de? layed for two days because of the dif? ficulty of transport, as the heavy rain, according to the correspondent of Th ? Reichspost at Bulgarian headquarters. The Turks, he says, have been driven from their advnnce posts. The Turkish troops engaged in the SOftlfg had only a few biscuits to eat. They treated their officers' commands t?> advance with indifferent- and only stirred when the Mussulman priests Inter rsnesl, MADE DESPERATE SORTIE. Tuik* Broke Out of Adrianople Rut Were Repulsed. S< IIa. Ni v. 13.?A desperate sortie made by the Turkish garrison of \? rtanopls yesterday, according to a h to Th?- M ir Att- r ti\ e hours' lighting the Turkish troops we.e driven bach by the Bulgarian he Seigers The Turks lost heavily. Itl'HHIA WM L NOT GOTO WAR. DojfS Not Intend to In- Brawn Into Conflict Over Beeiln*s Desire for \driatie Ports. ft Petersburg Nov. is, Russin does riot Intend Is go to wmt ovsr Iho question of Bervla obtaining ? port on the Adriatic sea, according to Sergius isonofT, the Russian prime minister. Mi Bnsonofl Informed M, Popovlh h, the SJorvlag minister lore, that this d? ' Islon had been reached as the re? sult of conversations between the German smbessedor lo Russls and himself. The Novoe Vremya and other news? papers denounce the Russian govern saent's policy as one of vaccination and surrender. Prem 1st StokOVSOf! expressed the opinion today that the dispute be TRIAL OF GUNMEN. DRIVER or CAR IDENTIFIES POUR PRISONERS. Turns States Evidence and Points Out "Gjrpt," "l^'fty." "Whltey" and M0AffO Frank" as Passengers. N vv York. Nov. 12.?William Sha? piro, co-defendant of the four alleged gunmen Indicted as the actual slayers of the gambler, Herman Hosenthal, today turned State's evidence. The trial of the four men charged with the murder of Herman Hosenthal moved swiftly today. Within an hour after court opened, Assistant District Attorney Moss had completed his jury address and four witnesses had taken the stand. Among these was Dr. Otto Schultz, who performed the autopsy Dr, Schultz produced the bullets?now shapeless bits of lead?widen he had taken from Hosenthal's brain and held them up where the defendants could sec them. Testifying at the trial of the four defendants for murder, Shapiro iden j titled thi quartette?"Lefty Louie," "Oyp, the Hlood," "Whitcy" Lewis and "Dago Frank" Ciroflci?as his pas? sengers in the murder car which he drove to the Hotel Metropole where r.osenthal met his fate. He saw them get out of the machine, he swore, heard the shots lired and declared that when they came back to the machine they had revolvers in their hands. "Gyp the Hlood," Shapiro said, had placed a revolver to his head and or? dered him to "hurry and drive away." He had heard "Dago Frank" say, he testifbl, that Police Lieut. Ohas. Hecke, bad "lixed the cops." liecker has since been convicted of instigating the ( rime on account of fear of Rosen thai revealing alleged police gambling graft. Shapiro's appearance as a State witness was one of the results, ac? cording to State Attorney Whitman, of the death of "Big Jack" Zelig. leader of a gang of East Side thugs, to which the alleged gunmen belonged. Snapiro stated on the stand today that he had heretofore refused to identify the gunmen through fear of being killed. st HOOL ROYS CAVStG PANIC. Celebrating Football Victory, Chatta? nooga LndJ Fry Piro in Theatre. i Chattanooga, NOV. 12.?Students of the city high school tonight created a panic in a local theatre during which a number of persons were slightly hurt. The boys were celebrating a foot? ball victory and rushing Into the the? atre they raised the cry of fire. In? stantly several hundred persons made a rush for the exits. During the crush a number of women were knocked down and bruised. The erowd was finally quieted by theatre at? taches. Cotton receipts were 2"i* bales Mon? day and 14i> Tuesday. The cotton weighers report that the number of bales is gradually falling off from what it was last year, as the season advances the reet ,?ts being farther and farther behind. tween Servia and Austria would be settled by com promise. PORTE CHANGES ATTITUDE. Reduced to DcopoTntlon, Turkey Now Sends Its Appeal Direct to Chief Antagonist. . Constantinople) Nov. IS.?That the porte has entered into direct negotia? tions with Bulgaria for an armistice in the Turkish-Balkan war is confirm? ed, Kaslm Pasha, the Turkish com mander-ln-chlef, has received Instruc? tions to open communication with the Bulgarian generals and he has sent an envoj to the Bulgarian headquar? ter* Tie porte appears reeolved upon this course, owing, on the one hand, to the delay ol the p. were In handling the mediation proposal, and. on the other hand, to the divergence of views the proposal has ocaslonod among the powera The porte, according to official clr< les |S unwilling to add to the existing embarrassment of the powers, it is understood here thai only four of the powers agreed to submit the mediation proposal, while two, pre? sumably Au Irls and Germany, ab? stalned from participation. Under thcee circumstances the ports elected to apply dire, t to the principal bel? ligerent Bulgaria?and there la rea? son he||e\e that the s.iue course will be adopted In the negotiation for the terms of peaoe PROCLAM ATION Fl A IN(i RATES FOR FOREIGN VESSELS. President liases Figures on KciM>rl of Expert Specially Assigned to Work and Issues Proclamation Un der Authority of Canal Act Passed at Last Session of Congress?Rates Resigned to Meet Competition of Suez (anal. Washington, Nov. 13.?President Taft tonight issued a proclamation fixing the rates that the foreign ship? ping of the world should pay for pas? sage through the Panama Canal. The proclamation, made under the author? ity of the Canal Act, passed by Con? gress in August, establishes a mer? chant Vessel rate of $1 20 per net ton of actual carrying capacity with a re? duction of 40 per cent on ships in ballast. The provisions of the procla maton tire as follows: "First, on merchant vessels carry i ing passengers or cargo $1.20 per ves std ton?each 100 cubic feet?of ac? tual carrying capacity. "Second, on vessels in ballast with? out passengers or cargo, 40 per cent less than the rate of tolls for vessels with passenger or cargo. "Third, upon naval vessels, other than transport colliers, hospital ships and supply ships, 50c per displacement ton. "Fourth, upon army and navy trans? ports, colliers, hospital ships and sup? ply ships, $1.20 per net ton, the vessel to he measured by the same rules as are employed in determining the net tonnage of merchant vessels. "The Secretary of war will prepare and prescribe such rules for the meas? urement of vessels and such regula? tions as may be necessary and proper to carry this proclamation into full force and effect."' American coastwise shipping was exempted from toll payment by Con? gress. It was to this provision of the Act that Great Britain diplomati? cally protested. No reference to the in? cident was made in the President's proclamation. American naval vessels are exempt? ed without specific mention, either in the Act of Congress or the proclama? tion, because the authorities believed it unnecessary to explain the useless ness of payment from its navy depart-^ ment pocket to the one belonging to the treasury department. The rates mimed are practically the same as will be in force at the Suez Canal next year. The President based his declaration of rates upon the report and investi? gation of Prof. Emory U. Johnson, of the University of Pennslyvania, an ex? pert designated for the task by Execu? tive order. According to Prof. Johnson's report also made public tonight the Panama Canal should he upon a self-sustain? ing basis in twenty years. It should compete successfully with the Suez route for the traffic of Europe with South American west coast points and with New Zeland, hut cannot be ex? pected to compete successfully for Europe's trade to the far East. Prof. Johnson figures that the rate per net ton can be reduced at the end of ten years to $1. Even with this rate, which he says probably will corres? pond closely with the rate that may then he enforced through the Suez Canal, the United States will obtain enough revenue for foreign vessel! to pay all fixed charges, provide a sinking fund of one per cent to re. tile the Panama Canal bonds and still find a yearly balance. Tin1 Johnson report shows that a foreign traffic of about 1?.(?00,000 tons may be expected through the canal during the first two years of opera? tion; that a traffic of mon than 11, 000,000 .tons in 192' and 1 4,000,000 tons in 1925, Prof. Johnson estimat? ed that an Increase of GO per cent a decade in tonnage could he expected, making the canal self-supporting in twenty years. Work on The Motel. The work on the Claremont Hotel is still Moing on steadily, although from present appearances the build? ing will be far from completed by Thanksgiving Day. All of the tiling had been placed on the roof and the plastering of the three upper stories of the building has been practically completed, leaving the ground floor still to be plastered. Besides the work on the plastering the workmen are now encaged in put? ting iti the Mooring in the upper stories of the building and the facings for the doors and window ; Mr. Hugh Delser, of Silver, was In town Thursday. PARTY PLEDGES SACRED. WILSON PROPOSES To CARRY OUT PRE-ELECTION PROM? ISES, Has Decided Whether or Not to Call Extra Session but Keeps His Plan Quiet Princeton, X. J.. Nov. 13.?Presi? dent-elect Woodrow Wilson an? nounced tonight in speaking of the tariff and the monopoly question that he purposed to carry out the pledges he made in his campaign speeches, to cut special privileges out of tariff schedules, prevent unfair competition in business and destroy private mo- | nopoly. The president-elect had been asked * whether the big correspondence he received after election contained any inquiries as to his attitude on the tariff or monopoly problems. "Most of the letters," replied the governor, "were of a congratulatory nature. There are some cabinet sug? gestions hut nobody seems to think it necessary to ask questions about the tariff or the monopolies." "Do you mean that people take it for granted you will carry out the pledges made in your campaign speeches?" he was asked. "Yes, they certainly will be carried out so far as I am concerned." In his campaign speeches the gov ' ernor often reiterated views that it is believed will find expression In a call for an extra session of congress to consider tho tariff question as well as other subjects which were issues in the campaign just closed. Gov. Wrilson now has in hand a fair |y complete list of all the men who have expressed themselves publicly on the advisability of an extra session. It is known that the president-elect has made up his mind on the subject and i soon will make known his attitude. Ho is of the idea that the work of tariff revision can be undertaken without a series of long investigations. "There have been investigations in every congress," remarked the gov? ernor. "I've studied the problem all my life. 1 think there is a definite Idea of what jught to be done.' While the president-elect is read? ing assiduously the opinions about an extra session, he is just as carefully refraining from looking at the va? rious speculations which are being printed as to the probable personnel of his cabinet. This was revealed in connection with the visits today of ] Judge William R. King, Democratic national commltteeman from Oregon, and .Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles. IT, S. A., retiied. Gov. Wilson said Gen. Miles had called unexpectedly to pay his re? spects. The correspondents informed him that the names of both Gen. Miles and Judge King had been mentioned in dispatches from Washington con? cerning the make-up of his cabinet. The governor said he did not know of this. "I'm fortunate," he said, "in not reading the speculations so I'm inr.o cent of any embarrassments*" The president-elect took a ion?; walk late in the afternoon. A short, stout man, apparently Intoxicated, emerged from the woods and insisted on shaking hands with the governor. Ho turned away but reappeared .hrough a short cut a few mtnutCI later trying to take Gov. Wilson by the arm. The secret service men In? tervened and led him away. He pro? tested that he meant no harm. MAI) Dot; RUNS AMUCK. Pet Dog Bites Dozen People at Lamar and Is Pound to Have Hcen Mad. Lamar. Nov. 1? V pet dog be? longing to George Spears went mad I here Saturday and bit at least a dosen people, mostly children, Saturday and Sunday. strange to say, no ono thought the dog had hydrophobia and no attention was paid to his having bitten people, The dog was not killed, i>ut died Tuesday. Being urged by friends, spears carried the dog's head to the Pasteur Institute In Columbia this morning for examination". Word was telegraphed to Lamar this after? noon that the dog was unmletakably mad. Two ,.f ihe children were carried t Columbia this afternoon for treat? ment. The men Who Wife bitten Wer? out of town, but overy effort Is beln made to locate and warn them. Th, others who were bitten will probabl) go to Columbia Th?rs.lay for treat ment. The basket hall pla\els ;it the V. M C, A. are rapid!) learning the gam? and will be in condition to commence a series of games in the mar future. JENNINGS GASE ENDS. .11 KV Kl .TT UN S VERDICT IN HA? HIRE OF COMPROMISE. Case Hud Lasted One Week und Thirty-four Witnesses Wore Iauiu hied?Jury Rond is Ncighbor hnod Rond und Cnnnot bo Clooon\ but Gives Verdict for Damage*. After having Conoumod ? whole Week of court and after thirty-four witn' .-.ses had been I xannto'd the case of La, I). Jennings against W. ,S. Le noir, F. O. Jennings, et al, came to a close Wednesday night when the jury [ifter being out for 1 coup! of hours returned a vert4 n the na? ture of a compromise . the two contesting parties *v * There were t,V 4< Aions which the jury hudjj* 0/ a in the case. The first vC WSS. 'Has the plaintiff v v , to cloye the road in <iuo . w fo which the jury an swer The second question W v .e road in question a neigh b road?" The jury returned an . swer of "Yes" to this question. The third question was: "Is the plain? tiff entitled to damages against the defendant?" ar.d "If so, how much?" To this the jury replied "Yes" and gave the plaintiff actual damages of $8.00. This amount of damages was proved, being the value of the gates which were torn down. The plaintiff sued for $1,000 punitive damages. Mr. L. D. Jennings, the plaintiff in the case, stated Thursday, when asked concerning the case, that he \ had won it, as his contention was j that he had the right to close the road permanently, and if not perma ! n< atly that he had the right to have j the road closed by gates. He would get out an injunction allowing the gates to be placed there and prevent? ing the other parties from removing them. On the other hand Mr. Clifton, attorney for the defendant, stated that his side had won the case, as Mr. Jen i nings wanted to close the road permanently, which they were trying to prevent. They had proved their contention that it was a neighborhood road by the verdict of the jury. He admitted that Mr. Jennings had a right to place a gate across the road, if he chose to do so but the gate must be a statutory one. He would make a motion asking the court to strike out the damages of $S^ki awarded by the jury to Mr. Jennings. Thus it is seen that each side claims to hare won the case, which has, because of its duration and other features con? nected with it. proved of considerable interest locally. The ca.ce was commenced last Thursday morning and was com? pleted Wednesday night, lasting, it will be seen, just one week. During the trial of the caae there were thirty four witnesses to testify, twenty-s x for the plaintiff and eight for the d fend ant. It Is a case which has lasted longer than 'any other which has been tried in the past two yean, The contention was based on wheth? er Mr. L. 1?. Jennings had the right t? permanently close certain roads across his plantation. He c laimed that they were plantation roads and ihit he had this right, the defendants claim? ed that he did not have this right as the road was a nelghborh.1 road. Mr. Jennings had lirst plat ? ?1 gates across the road which the plaintiffs tore down, his decision being made then to close the road pe rmanent? ly, if the jury gave him a decision to that effect. The matter as it Is now. apparently practically stands as it did when Mr. Jennings lirst puj the c ites across the road for the purpose of keeping his cattle in and not for the purpose of preventing persons from using the road. JOHNSON REMAINS IN JAIL. Negro < hampiou flprnds Another Klghi in Durance, Judge Rrlussssj to Accept Cash Kail of $10.000 Chicago, N v, 12.?United states Judge Carpenter this afternoon refus? ed |40,000 cash bail for Jack Johnson, the negro champion pugilist, confined in the county jail awaiting trial on c harges of violating the Mann white slave ac t. Ti > < i . u ,t cash bond was offered b> counsel for Johnson. When it was refused the lawyers announced that m w suiietles would be offered the government tomorrow . FOR COMMISSION FORM. Flection ?t Florence Carries h> Vote Florence, No% 12. -Election for commission form of government pass? ed today by vote of BOO to 21. Not half of the registered voters turned out. e)t SjOO fo ft.