Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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l)c tUatchmon and outljron TI1K Kl'MTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1830. "Bo Just and Fear not?Bet all the ends Thon Aims'! at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SOUTHllON, Established June, 1 SUMTER, S. 0? WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1913. Vol. XXXVI. No. 15. TRADE IS QUIET. Ill MM ss HALTED IX SOME SEC? TION'S 11Y FLOOD.. General Coi Kilt Ions *ri Nevertheless Encouraging ami There 1m No Kcu eon to i- .m a Permanent Setback In Buslne**. New York, April 8.?Dun's review ?III say tomorrow: "Oeneral trade Is quiet for the time being, many railroads and industrial centres not having as yet fully re c >\ered fr(?m the effects ot the West em floods. Satisfactory progress, however. Is reported at many points. The readjustment of tariff now in progress produces more or less hesi? tation in some trades, hut in spite of these two unfavorable factors there is no indication of a permanent setback In business. "An encouraging development of the week was the favorable report on the, condition of winter wheat, which to far above the average. Bank clear? ings for the week were 5 per cent under those of last year, but 3.7 per cent above 1911. The prevailing dullness) In the speculative markets no doubt accounts In part for the de? crease. Ball road gross earnings in March were 5.5 per cent better than last year. Pig Iron output during March showed a falling off from Feb? ruary, while the Steel corporation's unfilled orders at the end of March were 187.758 less than at the close of February. "The copper situation has improved materially. Better weather favors building op? erations. The dry goods markets are experiencing a steady though quiet trade. Lumber shows steady improve? ment. Foreign commerce maintains its Imposing dimensions, statistics for the latest week at New York show? ing a total trade in and out of $38, 181,418 against $36.227.770 last year, and $34,488.872 in 1911." HOPES JAPAN WILL BE SATIS? FIED. ^Thinks California DIU Prohibiting %t!em Ownership of Laud Ma> Hot bo Objectionable. Washington. April 11.?President Wilson today expressed hope that the pending legislation in California by which aliens ineligible to American cltlsenshlp would be prohibited from owning land would not prove objec? tionable to Japan. He realises that Japan is inclined to view such legis? lation as a contradiction of the spirit of her treaty with the United States and while officially unable to Inter? fere In the situation, he expressed confidence that the California legisla? ture, cognisant of possible interna? tional difficulty, would enact a law that would prove acceptable to Japan. The president talked informally ab ejSj th* question in his semi-weekly conference with tho newspaper men, Indicating the delicate points involved. While th#? present treaty with Japan stipulates that citizens of each coun? try while residing in thn other shall have a right to own houses and fac? tories and shops and to lease land, It says nothing about the right to own land. On th?? other hand, though the old laws of Japan against foreign ownership of land have been abro? gated, the imperial edict necessary to put in force m wlv gsjgdted laws has not been Issued so that American clti sens still can not own bud in Japan. While the administration does not coast rue the treaty as giving the Japanese specifically the right to own land, it feels that the agreement does guarantee that Japanese shall be treated on the basis of most favored nation cltixens umb r the s?um ( lause as is contain h| m Siaai American treaties with other goverasnenta KATKMAN UE< I IN ES COMMISSION 1'ourtli Itural Policeman for Sumter ( gggst] Now ut Work. A. M. Bateman who was recently re. ?mmended to the governor for ap? pointment as rural policeman for Summer County has received his com mksrtlon and enter'd upon his duties as fotirtb rural policeman In the ? o'inty. Mr. Bateman comes from Pafiell and will be given the section of the country around there and llemhert In whb h to work The rural police? men who were appointed last year have dorn- good Service for the coun? ty and much lawlessaess has been punished and kept down because of their presere e at or gear the a ? ne of trouble A swasher of Mm at i - from town wrnt out to ?'nln's Mill Thnrsdnv night, where ?los Mnjoyed a big I Ii Xrjr aad gcavral good lisao* HUERTA GOVERNMENT WEAK. REFUSAL OF OFFIC1 IL RECOG? X1TION HAS HAD EFFECT. The RpImI Bunds Appear to Be (Valu? ing Strength In Several Seetlons of Mexico und Business, is 1'iiscttlcd. Mexico City, April 11.?That the wlthho..,ing of official recognition has materially weakened the Huerta gov? ernment ia the opinion generally ex? pressed by the public and privately admitted in certain Mexican official circles. The new rebel movement has made greater progress fhan has the provi? sional government in suppressing in? surgency and it is no longer a secret that the condition of the treasury is J such that it will not continue to sup? ply money necessary for military op? erations much longer. The chamber of deputies has not approved the proposed foreign loan, but its failure to take up this matter is said to be duo to a desire to avoid further embarrassing the finance de? partment, which so far has been un? able to arrange for the flotation of the loan notwithstanding recent assur? ances to that effect from London. It Is assumed by the government that its inability to issue the loan Is due directly to non-recognition by Wash? ington. t Business in Mexico is reflecting se? riously the revolutionary disturb? ances. Smelters at Monterey, Vel dena and Torreon have been closed for lack of fuel. Transportation facilities remain se-' riously crippled since the railroads to the seaboard are the only outlets. Rebels control Sonora, Coahulla and Durango on the north, while the sit? uation In the south, where Zapata still is In control, has not materially changed. In Neuvo Leon the federals , arc slowly regaining possession of the railroad to Laredo on the Texas bor? der, but the rebels, pushed back from J this line of communication, are ex- i tending the zone of operations far to! the eastward. In southern Coahuila the rebels hold the immediate neighborhood around Torreon and between this town and Chihuahua, thus being able to interrupt traffic on the Mexican Central almost at will. So uncertain in the situation in the State of Dur? ango that the government is unable to say whether the State Is held by government forces. There is no com? munication between Durango and Mexico City cither by railroad or tel? egraph. A BANK GUARANTEE PLAN. Modified Form Probably Will he Ad? vocated by Chairman of Semite Currency Committee. Washington. April 11.?A modified form of bank guarantee probably will at recommended by senator Owen, chairman of the senate banking and currency committee, when the com? mittee begins preparation of currency refornj bill. His present plan is not for a direct guarantee Ol bank depos? its, but for the establishment of a fund to insure immediate payment to (editors and depositors when a bank is forced to Oloet its doors. The currency problem will be taken up by the senate and house and the president, according to plans now un? der consideration in congress. _ MAY PICK DISTRICT ATTORNEY. Mclteynolds (ihing Serious Consider? ation to QsjCBtfofll of Appointing C<siirun's Successor. Washington, April 11. ?Attorney Qeneral McReynoldi today took up for consideration the matter of ap? pointing a successor to Ernest Coch tan of South Carolina as district at? torney for that State. The commis? sion of the latter will expire February i. ItMi ;>iei there is considerable in terest shown here In Ihe question ai to whether Mr. McReynolds will at this time appoint Prancli H Weston, who h;is been recommended by Sen? ator Smith or William J, Thurmond. Who hat the indorsement of Senator Tlllmana Of will allow Mr. Coehra^n to serve out the remainder ,f his term. The state's correspondent heard this morning thai Mr. McReynoldi was ready to take up the case today. Thereupon tie- mutter was followed up and it developed later on thai this was correct and that !?<? bad asked some questions regarding] the matter, which mlghl Indicate that actiin would be taken at an earl) date. Mi Me Reynold! would make no stVe mo ni eoneernlng the appointment one waj oi ihe other, but there is no doubt tit.it he gave it serious ronsid* ? taten today. SERVIANS DESERT ALLIES. ABANDON BIEGE OF SCUTA III, LRAVING M< >NTEN EG HINS ALONE. Troops now Ordered Home and Little Principality of Montenegro Faces Powers Without Aid. (Yttinje. April 11.?The Servian troops which have been assisting the Montenegrin army In the siege of Scutari have withdrawn and are marching hack to Servia. This leaves Montenegro standing practically alone in its defiance of the powers. The official gazette declares today that the heavy Montenegrin Iosfcs sustained during the recent assault on the Tarabosch forts were due mainly to the Servian artillery which con? tinued to lire while the allied troops Wren storming the works. "The Servian commander forgot to give the order to cease firing," says the gazette. MAY HE GIVEN TO BULGARIA* Triple Alliance Would Turn Saloniki Over to That Country as Recom? pense. Vienna, April 11.?The powers composing the Triple Alliance?Ger? man, Austria-Hungary and Italy? advocate, according to the Neue Free Presse that Soloniki should he given to Bulgaria as compensation for the cession of Sllistria and a strip of Bulgarian territory to Roumania. Russia and France, on the other hand, aro of the opinion that Greece should have Saloniki, while England appears to favor the view of the Triple Alliance. It was announced a few days ago that Greece had transferred a division of her army from the province of Epirus to Saloniki. BOTH CLAIM IT. London, April 11.?Bulgaria is making formal claims to the posses? sion of Saloniki, now occupied by the (ireek troops, according to an Ex Change Telegraph company dispai da from Belgrade, Servia- The dispdjja adds that Bulgaria is taking military measures to support her claims, while Greece is concentrating her army along the railway leading to Saloniki. Boycott Against Austria. Belgrade, April 11.?The Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Servia has declared a general boycott on Austria-Hungarian goods. The bank" here have decided to cancel the cred? it! of merchant! dealing in Austrian merchandise unless Austria promptly abandons her hostile attitude toward Servia. ? DR. FRIEDMANN MAY SELL. Dr. Von Hoffman Says Ho Has Con? tracted for Tuberculosis Va<i iiic. st. Louis. April 10.?Dr. Albert Von Hoffman, of st. Louis, today directed his attorney In New York to apply for an injunction to restrain I?r. F. F. Frledmann, of Berlin, from closing a contract with any one for the disposi? tion of his tuberculosis vaccine, In case Dr. Friedmann should attempt to put his remedy on the market. Dr. Yon Hoffman claims to have a prior contract with Dr. Kriedmann for the commercial rights to the vaccine, and today gave out the alleged con? tract. This is dated October 24, 1912, and reads: "Dr. F. F. Frledmann has invented a new cure for tuberculosis and ap? plied for patents in the United state.; for same, and Albert Von Hoffman, a cltiaen of the United states, desires to acquire the rights and privileges of this patent. Mr. Von Ho mail will pay, thirty days after such discovery is recognised by the Medical Congress of Berlin and \ lenna as an absolute cure for tuberculosis, the Bum of 1100,000, and !ixty days thereafter Mr. Von i loft man agrees to pay the sum of $900,000. ??Accepted. Dr. F. F. Frledmann." PELLAGRA SPECIALISTS ARRIVE. Members of Thompson-McFaddcn Commission in bpartaiibiirg, Hpartanburg, April 10. Dr. Philip E. Garrison, United states navy, and A. II, Jennings, an entomologist of the United states department of agriculture, arrived here today as the advance guard of the corps of scien? tists and physicians composing the Thompson-McFadden pellagra com? mission. They will continue this sum? mer the researches made last year into the cause and nature of pellagra Among the addition! to the commis? sion is l >r Munsey, of the Eugenics llecord nhVc, a woman who will study the possible relation of heredity and pellagra* HIS DECISION RECEIVED WITH GENERAL REGRET. His Aim Has Been Extension of Uni? versity's Influence to Every Corner of the State. Columbia, April 13.?The announce? ment that Dr. Samuel Chiles Mitchell, for four years president of the Uni? versity of South Carolina, has decided to cast in his lot with the greatly ex? panded Medical College of Virginia, accepting the presidency of that in? stitution, will bring regret to many South Carolinians, espec ially to alum? ni of the unlerslty, who have noted his work since he took up the burden. Dr. Mitchell's greatest effort has lain in two directions?to bring the State In to the university and to take I the university out into the State. Ho has sought, he has said, to make the university a centre of real and prac? tical culture, a nucleus for the forces of education and uplift. How well he has succeeded peo? ple all over the State can testify. A finished speaker, sincere and yet fluent, Dr. Mitchell has been repeat? edly invited to address schools and educational bodies, and has al? ways carried with him the ideal of the extension of the university's influ? ence beyond the mere academic pale J of dry and dusty learning into the , green and fertile flelds of practical I application of the dominating prob? lems of the day. Dr. Mitchell became president of the University of South Carolina at the beginning of the scholastic year, 1908-1909. He was elected to succeed Maj. Benj. Sloan, who had resigned to retire from active work. Dr. Mitchell at the time of his elec? tion was a professor In Richmond college, but the year previous to his coming to South Carolina he spent at Brown university, where he lec? tured during a leave of absence from the Virginia institution. At the close of hi3 series of lectures at Brown he was presented with a loving cup by his clai-wj as a. token of their esteem and love for the noted educator. When Dr. Mitchell arrived In Co? lumbia, the University of South Caro? lina had 258 students, and when he leaves here for his new field, the uni? versity has over 500 students regis? tered. This remarkable growth with? in four short years tells in itself the work done by Dr. Mitchell. The growth in leaps and bounds of the college has astounded South Carolina. It is not only in numbers, howeer, that Dr. Mitchell has caused the uni? versity to extend. He has caused *t to exert a more State-wide influence for the betterment of the people and helped the citizens of various sec? tions, outside of Columbia, by exten? sion lectures and other helpful de? vices. GIRL HAS THREE HUSBANDS. Young Woman Arrested at Greenville Tells a Remarkable Story of Matri? monial Affairs. Green vile, April 10.?Three hus? bands in six years, all living, is the matrimonial record of a pretty 18 year-old girl, who is being held in the woman's "ard at the county prison, charged w. h polygamy. According to the girl's statement, she was original-; ly married at Newport, Tenn.. to a man who she alleges forced her to marry him. Soon having him, she married again in about a year. Hus? band No. - mistreated her, she claims. She accordingly left him without the formaltty of a divorce. Several months ago she came to Greenville to 'live with her mother's niece," as she expressed it Becoming enamored of a young man. James D. Scott, she married him Match ::. last. Scott soon learned of hit two prede? cessors in Iv's wife's affections, and yesterday reported the matter to the sheriff, who arrested the girrl. Scott says he loves the ghi. and the miri says she loves Scott. The querry now is. who will prosecute the < barge against the woman and who will fur? nish the evidence to convict her. pro? vided sin- refuses to tell her story m court ? The girl's maiden name was Zoic Ledford. She is quite Intelligent and feels humiliated that her plight Should h?Ve been diseoverfed. Real Instate Transfers, Master to Mrs. Talulah w. Yates, SO acres in county, 11 00, Master to Marian K Rivers, acres in Privateer township, fl50, Master to K W. A. Ilultman, 6 acres In Bumter township. ?l'1'>. The annual meeting ofthe Chamber ot Com.ree will lie held i?n the nlghi OJEDA FLEES FROM MEXICO. FEDERAL GENERAL CROSSES BORDER AND GIVES UP TO AMERICANS. Federal Garrison is Asealled at Da> brcak by Wild Vaqill Hand and Commanding Officer Thon Give* ???? the Lo l( Lib. ? C Univ. Msei??< NacOi Ariz., April 13.?Gen. Pedro OJeda, commanding the remnants of his federal garrison of 300 troopers at Naco, Sonora, surrendered to United States troops on border patrol here today, after having withstood a siege of state troops which lasted for five days and in which more than half his troopers were killed. The surrender was hastened by the attack upon the federal garrison by the hand of Taqui Indians under Gen. Alvaro Obregon. commanding state troops, who at daybreak burst in upon the little garrison across the border and fought viciously. The dead on 1 both sides has been estimated at 200. Gen. OJeda, true to his promise, refused to surrender to the State forces and while the fighting was at its height this morning he attempted to march across the border with his band of faithful federals. The fire from the enemy was demoraliaing and OJeda and his men scattered, running to the railway tracks Wihich separate the two border towns. Not even then did the liring from rebels cease and Gen. Ojeda shouted to the American soldiers, watching the fighting from a distance. Capt. H. A. SevartS, Company A, Ninth U. S., cavalry, ran at once to his assistance. The American officer grasped the Mexican general by the arm. Together they ran through the hail of lead to where an automobile was waiting. Capt. Figueroa of the federal gar? rison, with 15 men, remained behind to cover Gen. Ojeda's flight. One by one, he and his fellows died in the barracks, surrounded by a horde of y?lling, slaughtering Yaquis. When the Indians burst in the windows and doors and crawled through shell-made apertures in the building there were lib living Soldiers to greet. Gen. Ojeda before leaving the So nora town, spiked his cannon and burned all supplies. Little was left for the victorious rebels. Personally h ading his small group of men, he went from building to building wreck? ing and destroying everything which might have been useful to the rebels. Not until his ammunition had become exhausted, however, did the federal commander give the word for flight. Sixty-live wounded from both sides were hurried to this town and placed in the army hospital. The dead re? mained piled in the stree ts and ly? ing in the buildings as they fell. Forty-five wounded Indiana picked I up in the streets of the Mexican town told what the Yaquis had accomplish? ed. Prevented from participating in the night attack which had been or- , dered against the federals by Gen. Obregon, because of their supersti? tion of death in darkness, the In? dians at daybreak wildly hurled them? selves against the federal fort tra? il ons, forcing the fighting and win? ning the battle which ended the live days' siege. "There is honor in this defeat." said Gen. Ojeda after he had safely reac hed the American side. "I have only one regret and that is for Capt. Flgueroa, who reused t>> surrender with me." When told of the captain's death, t IJeda wept bitterly. "Oh, had I but thrown myself in flames and died as he did," cried the white haired soldier. "We arc ready to drive the Huerta soldiers out of Gumas and the state will be ours," exclaimed Gen. Obre? gon after the bloody victory. "My men deserve the credit," boast? ed the Yaqul chief just after the light? ing. WEALTHY MISSIONARY M \l>. Multl-MJIUoiiatrc Horden, who Gave t p Luxury to Save Sotd-. Die?* at Cairo. Chicago, April II.?William W. Borden, the 25-year-old multi-mil? lionaire, who put aside the tempta? tions of a life of luxury to become mis? sionary, died ;it Cairo, Bgypt, of spinal meningitis, according so u cablegram received here. Horden Inherited his fortune. lb took a theological course at Prince? ton and entered the lists as a mission ur> lie chose China as his Held and was on his wav there when illness over? took him. A brother. John Morden, adio expected to start soon for s hunting expedition in the Arctic, is aid to ha>u sailed Coi Cano? ALFONSO'S CLOSE GALL ANARCHIST SHOOTS AT HIM AT SHORT RANGE, King of Spain Escapes UanoatisBd from Ittack of Auan hi-t?Third I n snoccoflfal Attempt Thai Has Been ' i tm life of King. jiauiid, April IS.?For the third time in his r^ign King Alfonso nar? rowly escaped today being the vic? tim of an anarchist's attempt against his life. Tnree shots were tired at the king this afternoon in the streets of the capital by a native of Barce? lona, Rafael Sanchez Allegro, who was immediately overpowered. King Alfonso owes his escape to his own courage, quietness and skill? ed horsemanship. Accompanied by his staff he was riding along the Calle de Alcala, returning from the cere? mony of swearing in recruits, when ! a man sprang from the sidewalk and seized the bridle of the king's horse with one hand, presenting a revolver I point blank with the other. The king, realizing the situation, I with lightning rapidity dug the spurs into his horse, which reared violent? ly. His quickness saved his life. The bullet, instead of burying itself in the king's breast, struck the horse in the neck, but so close was it that the king's left hand glove was blackened by the powder discharge. Before the assailant was able to pull the trigger again, a secret ser? vice man sprang upon him. The two men fell to the ground and locked in each other's arms, struggling furi? ously. The assassin managed to free his right arm and fired two more shots in rapid succession, but the of? ficer knocked his arm aside and the bullets flew harmlessly through the air. At the sound of the first shot the king's staff urged their horses to the sidewalk and formed a ring around the assailant, who was finally overpowered with the aid of four po? licemen. King Alfonso as soon as he saw that the man had been secured raised him self fn the sthrppe? tttruetl to the crowd, gave a military salute and shouted in a ringing voice: "Long live Spain." He then dismounted and reassured his staff, saying: "It is nothing, gen? tlemen." Then up rose a mighty roar from the wildly enthusiastic masses, which rolled along in great waves of sound, all the way in which the king rode to the palace, cool, collected and smil? ing. A spectator, a pensioned royal hal? berdier, pushed forward so impetuo us? ly to offer his congratulations to the monarch that he was mistaken for another assassin and arrested. He was released as soon as the mistake was dicovered. A young Frenchman who was standing beside Allegro, was also arrested, but it does not appear that he was connected with him. Tlie crowds made a determined at? tempt to lynch Allegro, who was rushed into a house and kept there until an automobile ambulance, es? corted by mounted police, transferred him to police headquarters. King Alfonso was first to tell of what he lightly called "the incident Which caused delay" to Queen Vic? toria and the dowager queen. Maria Christina, wie; were greatly alarmed. The king smilingly allayed their fears. He had hardly been back in tho palace ten minutes when an immense clamor arose. The two squares on which the palace looks were black with people of all classes, desirous of showing their joy at the king's safety and their admiration for his bravery. The king went to the balcony and ac? knowledged the cheers and then sought the queen and the two Stood bow ing to the throngs for several min? utes. The police investigations have es? tablished that Allegro was rec ntly expelled from Prance as an anarchist, after which he wa nt to Barcelona. He came to Madrid a month ago and obtained employment in a carpenter shop. He worked there until Friday* It i< sa d that during his first ex? amination Allegro declared that on seeing the King pass he was seized with a sudden evil impulse and hav? ing a revolver in his pocket drew it out. \ woman said to be associated Nvith Allegro was arrested tonight. \ curious coincidence is found in ihe fact that the gpeoish premier. Count Borna nones, iast night declared to be absolutely without foundation launois circulated regarding the pos? sibility of an attempt against the king on the occasion of tlie sw caring in of ihe recruits and relative to the presence in Madrid "; several danger uus anarchists.