THE SlKTKIt WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. "Be .Ihm mid ?Vor not?I?l all the ends Thou Aims'l at be thy Country's, Thy God'a and Trudi'a." THE TRUE SODTTIKON, Established June, Consolidated Au*. 3,1881. STJMTER, S. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1913. Vol. XXXVI. No. 16. LOADED WITH TROUBLE. CALIFORNIA HOUSE ADOPTS MEASURE AIMED AT JAPA? NESE. It Is Worried no u U) Forbid Any eVrelgrnor Prom Owning Land for More Than One Year. Sacramento. Cal.. April 15.?An anti-alien land ownership bill, design ed prlmarliy to prevent Japansese from acquiring title to real property within the State la worded an to pro? hibit any alien from owing land more than one year except upon a declara? tion of his Intention to become a cltl sen. was passed by the lower house of the legislature by a vote of 60 to II. After two hours had been spent in debating proposed amendments the bill went to a roll call without word of argument. The measure wss drafted by a sub? committee of the Judiciary committee as a substitute for bills previously in? troduced, all of which specifically pro? vide that "aliens ineligible to citizen? ship should not hold ianda" The committee, however, proceeded on the theory that such a statute might he held in violation of the treaty rights of Japanese to include all aliens who had not declared their Intention of becoming citizens. In order not to em harass foreign corporations the committee did ?H?? the corporation clause of the bill spply only to "aliens not eligible to citizenship." Several proposed amendments were defeated in quick order before As? semblyman V, A. Johnson proposed to put back in the bill throughout the "aliens a*** eligible to citizenship" clause. "Many a young Englishman," he said, "coming to America with money to invest, has promised his parents that he never would surrender his al? legiance to the mother country; but ha made no worse neighbor for that, and his children have grown up as food citizens as any of us." ?'|t la a question greater than dol? lars and rents." replied Assemblyman Rloodgood. "It amounts to another great rice problem Ten miles from Sacramento I saw a Japanese man and a white woman living together. There was a baby. What was that baby? It was the beginning of a new race problem, a problem of the fusion of races unassimilable." The amendment was defeated, 56 to 20. EFFORTS TO PREVENT FRIC? TION. Wilson, Bryan and Japanese Am basssMlor Hold Conferences Over And-alften ?Uli. Washington, April 15.?Efforts to prevent friction between the United States and Japan over the proposed California alien land holding bill were continued today by President Wilson and Secretary Bryan. In conference with Viscount Chida, the Japanese ambassador. The ambassador called first at the White House to talk with the president, and then proceeded to the State department to confer with Secretary Bryan. There was no announcement as to the nature of the conferences, but It was admitted that the California problem was under discussion. Without offending the people of California by any official Interference with legislative proceedings, the presi? dent and his secretary of state have unofficially conveyed to certain in? fluential pers-ois m California the hope that the projected legislation will not be per nit ted to take a form that would justify the Japanese gov? ernment in asserting that it consti? tuted a breach of the treaty obliga? tions of the United States The pur? pose of today's conference, it is un aa^sjjassja\ was to ascertain sfbethel the Sjenai.- hill as amended .Mill is objectionable to Japan and if so in wh it paaasjl t TIM ambassador Is said to have Indicated that further changes must be made in the bill be? fore it can be said to be a< ceptahlc |sj Japan and that these h mges must take the form of amendments to place all aliens on even terms The Japan? ese government * onteuds the bill in its present state doc* not do this. In spite of the assertion of the pro* moter* of the measure in the Cali? fornia senate that dialnmnmt ton con? tained in the first bill has hern re? moved. it w?s pointed out today ihal ai K stands, the lull would permit the sub? ject of a European state to acquire land in California by the simple pro* eesw mi declaring his purpoae to 1k ?tree n cltrsen of th* PlSh)iii?ffS. w'.ilh? fbe Japanese can not .lire citizenship. It Is admitted that it would be ditlkult to amu the mean THEIR JOBS ARE SAFE. REPCBLICAN POSTMASTERS WON'T HE REMOVED AH. B1TRARILY. Burleson Explains That Administra? tion's Policy Will l>e to Continue I .tin-it'iii Men |n Oflice. Washington. April 15.?Postmaster General Burleson announced today that it was the administration's policy to continue all Republican postmast? ers now In office to the end of their terms, providing no charge.* were sus? tained against their efficiency. The policy applies to all classes of post? masters. "My department will be run on bus? iness lines and not by politics," said Mr. Burleson, explaining the new pol? icy, lie declared there might be some removals but he believed that the ma? jority of the postmasters were efficient and would not be disturbed. "There will have to be specific charges of in? efficiency, however," he added, "be? fore any one will be removed." Mr. Burleson said the decision had !>een reached after conferences with President Wilson, who favored the merit system. At present a plan Is being worked out to secure sufficient efficiency under the civil service, fourth class post? masters having been placed under that Jurisdiction on an executive or? der by Mr. Taft. GEORGIA FRUIT CROP. Stau* Entomologist Believes That Not Not More Than Third of Crop Will Be Produced. Atlanta. aC, April 14. -While the I present cold snap has apparently done no harm to fruit, according to re? ports, State Entomologist Lee Wor sham now expresses the belief that not exceeding a third of a crop will be produced this year. "Still later and revised information from all parts of the State from the ( <>ld snap of some days ago indicate a much heavier percentage of damage t than was thought at first, or even a ; week afterwards. *T honestly believe that not more than a third Of a crop will he gathered this year. The loss will run close to $2.'j00 ooo." TO REVISE PARTY CONSTITC TION. state Chairman Evans Will Name Committee Shortly. Columbia, April 14.?The commit? tee of seven members to investigate the constitution of the Democratic party and make a report containing suggestions for a plan to safeguard the primary will be appointed at an early date, according to John Gary Evans, chairman of the State Demo? cratic executive committee, who was among the visitors in Columbia today. Cnder a resolution of the State ex? ecutive committee the committee Is to make report to the full committee before the end of the, year. The re? port will be submitted to the 1914 State convention for consideration. William Sulzer can find no better m->del than Woodrow Wilson. The President is a party leader who knows his trade.?New York World. ure to mec this objection without developing strenuous opposition from the large Euroyuun colonies In Call? tornia. The negotiation! are being carried on very cautiously and it is assumed that the Japanese amt>assa dor is communicating at every step in tin- exchanges. PRESS IS EXTREME PajHTs of i'ok)u Take \'er> Violent Attitude. Tokyo, April 1 ~>.?The lending news? papers of Tokyo. The A saht, The Kopumln Bhlmbun and The JIJI Bhtmpo, which are usually conserva t iv ? ?. ii;?\e assumed an extremist atti? tude on the projected alien land own? ership legislation In California, The Konumin Bhlmbun ut almost violent, while The Asahl Is pessimistic. Tin- rounder element smoni the po? lite el fn< tlom s hich Incited the re cent rioting have called a mass meet? ing for Thursday next, it trill he helil in a building, the capacity of which i s I MM Lengthy special dispatcher from Han Francisco end Washington Indl ratt that the situation is hopeless, hut many of the Japanese nsserl their ronfldence that the Americans, par? ticularly Callfornlana will surely deal justiv and fairly with the questions. Delegations representing various hodtew are cHiiinr. on the secretary sf i he Am?Mi<:in embassv. Arthur Haiti Rlan< ii ?i d, almost hourly In nn ? n ileavoi to hrlni about an Amendment of the proposed sgsagurgi ? Uli I HEADED FOR CAPITAL. REBELS PLAN To CMTIRE CITY OF MEXICO? Statt? Troops in Sonora Take Anoth? er Town ami Gen. Obregon As? serts That They Will Take Capital Within Sixty Days. Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, April 15. ?Although evacuating Kmpalmo, which immediately was occupied by State troops, the 600 federals here late today fortified a strong position in a suburb of Guaymas. All federal forces evacuated" Em - palmo early today, moving across the bay to Guaymas, while State troops occupy the town, according to direct advice received today. It was reported that the federals pre? pared to depart by boat for the south, leaving the State troops in full pos? session of the State. The Guaymas-Empalmo garrison consisted of less than 600 men, while the State troops have begun mobiliza? tion of nearly 5,000 troops to assault I the California gulf port town. The destroyer Paul Jones arrived in Ouayipas bay today from San Diego, Cal.. with meningitis serum fot the cruiser California's crew. There are no cases of the epidemic here or at Empalmo. Only one cane is said to have been developed on the California some time before it arrived here. The patient died and was buried at sea. WILL TAKE CAPITAL. Rebel* Expect Soon to Ik* in Mexico City. Naco, Ariz., April 15.?W'.thin 60 days the constitutionalists will take Mexico City, was the declaration today of Gen. Alvaro Obregon, commander in-chief of the Sonora insurgent State troops, which on Sunday took Naco, Sonora. "If the federals do not leave Guaymas we will be joined in the campaign by 3.000 troops from Sina loa State and 2,000 from Tepee terri? tory under command of Col. Mar? tinez Pinozo, 4,000 under Gen. Zapata from Morelos and I&.SOoj %r*?i Coahuila under Gov. Carranza. "With this force and with Car ranzas as our commander will march triumphantly into the national capi? tal. Gov. Carranza doubtless will be the next president." The State troops opposite this point, numbering nearly 2,000, are t recuperating from the Naco campaign before departing toward Guaymas. They will leave within a week. RAILWAY AGAIN OCT. _ Rebels in Jimiucz Once More Destroy TIM Bridges. Mexico City, April 15.?Repairs on the Mexican Central railway north of Torreon were almost completed when a message was received from Jlmines announcing that the rebels had cut the bridges to the north and south Of that point and dominated the re? gion. Announcement was made after a cabinet meeting today that the gov? ernment would send strong forces Into all the disturbed districts to carry on a vigorous campaign. The interest of the public, however, is divided be? tween the ordinary phases of the revo? lution and threatened financial crisis. HOW LONG? War Department Tired of Protecting Mexican Fugitives. Washington, April 16.?The war department today asked the state de? partment to decide how long the United States should continue to keep "open house" on the Arizona-Mexican border for the entertainment of Mex? ican federal refugees who have come into the United States to escape cap? ture by rebel armies. As a result it is probable the state department will give instructions to release the several hundred Mexicans now kept on the border and being fed from the stores of the United states army maintaining the border patrol. Many of these refugees have been eared for at Nogales, Ariz., ever since their flight from Nogules, Mexico, a few weeks ago. When the number of alien boarders was Inert ased by about :'.<>?? through the recent flight of Gen ojeda'a forces from Naco, Mexico, into Naco, Ariz, the commander oi the American forces at Naco decided In ask for instructions as ti> how i"UK the refugees should be fed fron the K"\ eminent larder. Volley ball, which attracted so much local Interest last spring. is again taklns. up the attention of the members oi the gymnasium classes at the Y. M (' A. and a number of tennis a*ill be organised in the near h future p piaj throughout the spring. PEACE IH BALKANS. 1 ARMISTICE BETWEEN BULGARIA AND TURKEY NOT SIGNED. But Not Doubted That en Arrange? ment Has Boon Made and Peace Will Follow Soon. There is Ru? mor or Friction Between Bulgaria and Servia. London, April 15.?News of the ac? tual conclusion of an armistice be? tween Turkey and Bulgaria appears to be premature, but there is little doubt that it Is on the eve of arrangement. First reports regarding the armistice came from Constantinople and the Russian government is in receipt of similar news. According to reports current in St. Petersburg the armis? tice will be the result of Russian me , diation. In diplomatic circles in London the view is held that the peace conference will soon reassemble in the British Capital. A Constantinople dispatch admits the existence of some sort of truce as a precursor of an armistice. WANTS NO MONEY. Scutari or Nothing Is the Cry of Montenegro. Cettinjc, Montenegro, April 15.? The government has notified its repre? sentatives abroad that Montenegro re? jects pecuniary compensation for Scu? tari and will only yield to overwhelm , ing force. BULGARIA WILLING. ; Finds Last Note of Powers Satlsfuc try to Her. London, April 15.?The Bulgarian government, according to a Sofia dis? patch to The Post, has notified the other governments of the Balkan league that the terms of the latest i note of the gerat powers are accepta? ble to Bulgaria and asks the alliesto assent promptly to the conclusion of peace. It is probable, adds the dis i patch, thut an armistice will be ar , ranged this week. i , y-. GROWING MORE STRAINED. Relations Between Bulgaria and Ser? via Not Pleasant. I London. April 15.?A Vienna dis? patch to The Chronicle says that the relations between Servia and Bulgaria are becoming increasingly strained. Servia claims for herself Egri Pal janka, Kratova, Veles, Fskup and Ok brida, in total disregard of the treaty concluded before the war between Servia and Bulgaria, under which most of these towns, being Bulgarian, would go to Bulgaria. The Neue Freie Presse, the dispatch adds, learns that Bulgaria suspects her allies of purposely delaying the conclusion of peace in order to re? tain the Bulgarian army at Tchatalja Bg long as possible, while Servia con? centrates her army along the Vardar river and Greece has forces near Saloniki. Bulgaria now is preparing to divert all available troops from Adrlanople and Tchatalja to Mace? donia. FLORENCE BOY MEXICAN VIC? TIM. William Corrie killed During Border Fighting. Florence Times. When the news came over the wire to The Times a few days ago that two Americans from a war ship had been Killed In the fighting on the Mex? ican border it was little thought that one of these was practically a Flor? ence boy. <>ne was William Wallace Corrie who belonged to the good ship California, which was on the coast for the protection of American and foreign interests. He and his com? panion bad shore leave and were in the American town watching the progress of the fight. The Mexican town is divided from the American by just a street, and across this the bul? lets S ere tl\ ing. it is said that the young men were shot by the chief of police on tin- Mexican side. Young Corrie was the son of Alex Corrie who learned his trade in the old Northeastern shops of this city ami v.;is for some time engineer on th Northeastern road. He went to Charleston afterwards as engineer on the old South Carolina road and he there married Miss Jennie Wharton. Thej afterwards went to Atlanta and there the young man was horn Afterwards they went to Kan An? tonio. Texas. The young man as he grew up went into the navy, and he was a line hov. He is :i nephew of Mrs II \. McCorkle of this p|ty and of Mr. Herbert Corrie of Mar* , Bluff. MANY ASK EXEMPTION. DEMOCRATS SAY INSURANCE COMPANIES WONT ESCAPE TAX. Work on Cotton Schedule?^npon ents Make Determined EfT Aut Effect Nothing1?Duties n tax provision of the bill now .er consideration be? fore the house Democratic caucus. Representative Hull of Tennessee ,au thor Of the income tax feature, said today his desk was piled with mail from insurance companies protesting that they are not profit-making or? ganizations. The matter may be brought Up In caucus, but the Demo? cratic1 leaders declare that insurance organizations were given careful con? sideration when the law was framed and that opposition will not avail. With the caucus making slow prog? ress on the tariff bill the wool sched? ule probably will be reached tomor? row, when the opposition Democrats will make heir most strenuous tight. The anti-free raw wool representa? tives have organized for the contest, and, although the odds against them are admittedly overwhelming, they ! propose to make a determined Strug? gle to bind the caucus to a 15 per cent duty on raw wool, as a substitute at the request of President Wilson. Rep? resentative Ashbrook of Ohio is chairman of the free wool opponents' conference. Failure in the caucus may result in requests for exemption from Che pledge, so the light may be con? tinued on the door of the house. Citrus fruits and cotton and wheat were the chief targets of the oppo? sition in the caucus today, the cotton schedule still being under considera? tion at adjournment. No changes were made in the com? mittee's bill as a result of the day's ? discussion, advocates of increased duties on wheat, as well a* those fa? voring its free listing. being voted down, and members who urged in creased duties on citrus fruits, pine? apples, cotton yarns and other ar? ticles meeting a like late. Representative Underwood, chair? man of the ways and means commit? tee, who was ill yesterday, was able to resume control in the caucus. Repre? sentative Rainey of Illinois had charge of the agricultural section for the ? com mit lee. The most formidable fight was of? fered by some of the Southern mem? bers on the cotton schedule. Repre? sentative Webb wanted to increase goods. The Webb amendment would increase the rate, beginning at 10 per 'cent on the low grades and running up to 30 per cent on the higher grades. The amendment was voted down by a vote of 1!? to 84. POWERS REPLY TO BALKANS. Note with Satisfaction Disposition for Peace on Part of Allies. Sotia. April 13.?The representatives of the Powers today banded to Premier Quechoff their reply to the last of the allies regarding the propo? sals for mediation. M. (juechofi prom? ised to obtain the allies' views on the note, The reply Of the Powers reads: ' "The Powers note with satisfaction the disposition of the allies in favor of peace and reply in the following man tier to the points raised by the allies' note. T<> the tirst point, Bulgaria's demand regarding the Turko- Bulgar? ian frontier, no objections arc raised. ? ?n the second point the Powers point out that the fate of the Aegean Is? lands, having hem reserved for con? sideration of the Powers, this point can only be admitted subject to declo ions arrived at regarding certain of the islands. ' ??n the third point I' ? Powers in form the allies that t.. . are ready t that the solution of all QWeStlons ot* financial character having been reserved fur a technical commission in Paris. In which delegates of the belli? gerents shall take part, they do not see any reason for fixing any of their views, at present ?n the question of Indemnity." The Haiti mo re Run's "high tide on the roast of Juleprj ' is a well-mint? ed paragraph Houston tTexdsi CbrQBici* titmimitk GREAT BELGIUM STRIKE. Now WELL OVER A QUARTER Ol A MILLION OUT. So Far Walkout lias Been Coudttsed to Industrial Centra?Men Pre? serve Admirable Discipline. Brussels, April 15.?Out of the wel? ter of contradictory and Incomplete figures it is Impossible tonight to do more than approximate the total num? ber of workmen who have joined in the strike throughout Belgium for manhood suffrage. Independent esti? mates place the number between 280,~ 000 and 300,00t) although the Social? ists, who are responsible for the movement, claim 400,000. Except in the industrial centres the strike has had no apparent effect. The general public has not been in? convenienced and consequently is not impressed and ,as the strikers gene? rally maintain admirable discipline, they have not alienated the sympa? thies of the Liberal capitalists who are contributing to their funds. The proprietor of a large hotel in Brus? sels Is giving $20,000 weekly until the strike has been lost or won. The situation was the subject of de? bate in the senate which reassembled today. Answering attacks by the Lib? erals and Socialists, the premier said the government was and is ready to take conciliatory action but that it had no intention to abdicate before the strike. STOLEN JEWELRY RECOVERED. Handsome Ornaments Found at Amer ieus. Ga.. by Carpenter Engaged in Digging I'ost Hole. Amerieus, Ga., April 14.?Jewelry valued at $1.7o0, which was Stolen at BlackviUe, S. C. six weeks ago, to? day was unearthed by W. P. Comp ton. a white carpenter, while digging a post hole in the yard of a local warehouse. South Carolina and Geor? gia detectives have been conducting a vigorous search for the jewelry, which consisted of a pearl lavaliere and a handsome lorgnbttt. A reward of $100 was offered ?or the recovery of tin- articles. BIG FIRE IN COLUMBIA. Several Stores and Hotel Badly Dam? aged?I.OSS Over $100.000. Columbia, April 15.?Fire early this morning in the 1400 block on Main street, consumed the stock of goods of L?rick & Lowrance, practi? cally ruined the store building, burn? ed the rear of the Columbia Hotel building and damaged the goods and store of the Jones Crockery Com? pany, entailing in all a loss of from $100,000 to $150,000, partially cov? ered by insurance. Water and smoke damage added to the tire loss The fire broke out this morning about I o'clock In the rear of the block on Which the L?rick &' Low? rance Company store stands and soon the entire store and the rear of the Columbia Hotel were in flames. The firemen had to fight the flames down a narrow alleyway and the blaze prov? ed to be a very stubborn one. Car? tridges and powder which was stored in L?rick & Lowrance'e store, explod? ed at frequent intervals, adding to the danger to the firemen and adding ? spectacular scene to the occasion. Af? ter two hours* strenuous work the lite was gotten under control. At one time a falling wall narrowly missed burying six firemen beneath tile smouldering ruins. < >nc of the fire fighters was overcome by the heat and had to be carried out to the fresh air before he revived. Quests in the hotel were awaken? ed by the early alarm of fire, and frightened by the explosion of the cartridej and the ncarnesa of the flames tied without waiting to robe themselves In their day garments. Several women escaped from the building in their night clothes and Were taken across to another hotel. One man. mid t?. have been a Mr. Jones, an auditor of the Southern Railway, jumped from a second story window to the ground and escaped uninjured Most of the hotel fur? nishings was either burned or dam ag ?d by smoke and water. Abbeville. April 14. This has been one ot the coldest days ever expe rieneed here In April. It has been cold and raw all day and snow and sleet have been falling at intervals Governor Blease has appointed Sam J, Nichols. ,,t dictagraph mem? ory, a special sasoeiati justice on the Supreme Court to heir the R R. IN ans esse in place of Chief Justice Gary, w ho is disqualified to sit in the ease, N.?w what do you '''ink of that? -Orangeburg Times and Dem .* t* lit ti