The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 19, 1913, Image 1
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.
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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 <nplc
still Under Consldcra ^ When
Meeting Closes.
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Washington, April democratic
representatives from ej Sections are
being besieged in 1 and by per?
sonal representa' , ^ of insurance
companies piot . . against their
mm
inclusion as tu ^ organizations un?
der the cor? >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<? communicate to them at once the
north and northeastern frontier of Al?
bania and that the southeastern and
south frontier will be communicated
to them as soon as it is determined.
"(?n the fourth point the Powers
stat?> 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
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