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i33 at c 1) m ft w ? n ? ovthton* THJB SI MTFK WATCHMAN, EeUitlished April, 1850. "B? Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Then Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and TnrnVa." TUE TRUE S(?CHIRON, Established Jone, IMC Consolidated Aug. 3,1881. SUMTER. 8. C.t SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1913. Vol. XXXVII. No. 14. YUAN THOLE CHINA. IN CHOSEN PRESIDENT OF NEW REPt BLIC BY TWO-THIRDS VOTE. On Third Ballot He Secures one More Than Number Required by Const I titatlon?Something of Mnn Who Will Be at Head of C hina. Peking. China Oct. 6.?Yuan Shi Kai wae today ei se? ad president of the Chtneee republic for a term of five year*. He received the neceaeary two thirds vote of tlie united house of parliament on the third ballot. Of the 850 mnmbers of the house of repreeentatlves and senate. 759 were In attendance. At the final ballot Yuan Shi Kal received 607, only one more than the neceeeary two-thirds. Li Yuen Heng, provisional vice pres? ident, received 17t votea The ether ballots were scattered among JO minor candidates. Li Yuen Men, it was declared, had asserted that he would not take the nomina? tion. The announcement of the re? sult was received with enthusiasm. The proceedings lasted 12 hours. The constitution of the republic provides that at least two-thirds of the members of parliament present must cast their vote tor a candidate la order to accomplish his election. It ahm - all* for the presence at a pres? idential election of three-fourths of the member* of both houses. In all parts of the country the greatest Interest was manifested in today's proceedings, the first presi? dential election in the history of the new republic. The new president will hold office for five years. Whan the united houses of parlia? ment came together this morning the register recorded that 759 representa? tives Were present. The first ballot took a considerable time, owing to the> fact that the deputies and sena? tors were not familiar with the pro? ceedings. The candidates Included, besides Provisional President Yuan 8hl Xel. Tsal Heng, a "black horse" candidate I>r Wu Ting Fang, form? es* Chinese minister at Washington, and Dr. dun Yet Sen. leader of the ***9W%eelr4*cAji moveumnt. Yuan Shi Kal, first president of the Chinese republic, is 64 years old. He was born in the province of Ho-Nau hi 1119. During most of his adult life he has been In official life. At the age of 23 he was sent with a tChinese detachment to Korea and three years afterward becume Chinese Imperial resident at Seoul. He re? mained t tie re 1H years, until he was eapelled during the Chinese-Japanese war. (>n his return to China he occupied tSMious provincial posts until 1902, when he became consulting minister to the government. Yum Shi Kal too < a prominent part In the reorganisation of the Chinese army on modern lines and in the clos? ing years of the empire became its m?st Influential and powerful states? man. He was alwayi thoroughly prac? tical in bis methods of administration ami by this means worked his way up to the premiership in 1911. Early in 1912 it was he who was given full powers to arrange the terms of abdication of the throne and to organise a republican government in conference with the republican lead? ers Shortly afterward, in February, he was ehcted provisional president of the republic by the national coun? cil at Nanking and took the oath of ottlce on March 10. Washington. Oct. 6.?As a result of the elec tion by the Chinese parlia? ment today of Yuan Shi Kal as pres? ident all of the powers that huvc not already done so will formally rc:og nlie the new Ch'ncse republic tomoi row, according |Sj a rstJOft to the tMte department from American Charge Willlama, (OMER >N PRISON CONTRACT. CIsMHMbI Sander* Says Board i?? Considering Matter?May Decide Tonight. Columiba, <? I 8,?Chairman A. K Sanders of the penitentiary board ol dlicctors stated this afternoon that tho board la considering the Martin contra, t with reference la convict labor, but there I* nothing for pub llrstion now. The SWftfd may decide Its policy this OYealng TUe attorney general'* otllce re ently ga\e tllS opinion that the ? *.r?t i - \u <\ framed WiH t.lie-sided SgalflSl Mo State The nt attoi n?-> uei . | , I met with the hoard this morning, I'll to date 1 I || I b ties ?.f e- tton have been Mold i>n the local market. One thousand and seven SStOS of cot |S*J were gsM on the local mattet Saturday, totaling 1*111 halSf for the week. GRAND JURY HEARS CHIEF. CANTWELL TELLS OF EFFORTS TO CURB LAWLESSNESS. Judge Bowman Charge* Grand Jury to Perform It* Duly, Presenting Any Perwrn who Ought to be Brought Into Court?Club? Report? ed to be Among Places Accused of Vlolutlng i he Dispensary Law In Charleston. News and Courier, Oct. 7. Chief of Police James R. Cantwell appeared before the grand jury yes? terday morning and described what , the police department was doing to? ward keeping down lawlessness in the city, with especial reference, to work In the Tenderloin. Besides him, no one appeared before the jury at its meeting yesterday and the meeting was very much in the natura of Satur? day's, when the situation was merely discussed by the jurors among them? selves. The grand Jury adj >urned af? ter this session to meet again Wednes? day morning. Over four hundred cases have been placed in the hands of the grand jury, practically all of which, it is un? derstood, concern violations of the dispensary law. Clubs are included in tho number. Before the grand jury went to its room to deliberate Presiding Judge I. W. Bowman charged the jury in no uncertain terms as to its duty. He Invited any juror who did not feel able to do his duty in these cases to step aside, but none accepted the in? vitation. A copy of Judge Bowman's charge is printed below through the courtesy of Court Stenographer Henry D. Elllett: "Mr. Foreman and gentlemen of the grand jury: "As I endeavored to tell you when I tirst addressed you, you are the guardians of the law in your com? munity. There is an old saying that everybody's business is nobody's busi? ness, therefore our lawmakers in their wisdom have seen fit to appoint a grand Jury to keep their eyes open and see what is going on end bring to Justice the lawbreakers, and you have never done your full duty until you have brought the lawbreakers to Justice. Wherever there is a wrong t here is a remedy, and if tnere are any lawbreakers in your community it is your duty to bring them to Justice. If you cannot do it by one means you can hy another; our law kj not help? less, we have tho machinery to put in motion to bring any one to Justice. "If the magistrates, on account of some influence have not the moral courage to bring to trial the violators of the] law the grand jury have, or should have, and when you are brought here before the public as good and lawful men you must prove to the public that you are good and lawful men, and if you find that the law is being violated and lawbreak? ers have not been arrested and bound over and brought before you it is your duty to present these lawbreak? ers and hand to the solicitor the ! names of the witnesses by whom you can prove the violations of the law, and then the solicitor will frame a bill und you cun pass on It and bring in a true bill. "Remember, it is not your duty to convict any one. You ar? to investi? gate and see if a prima facie case has been made out, and if it has it is your duty as fearless, honorable men to present them, and you will never do your duty if you do anything less. Vou are not to say if any one is guilty, but you say that from information which you have received the laws of your city have been violated and so ami si> has violated them and by whom you Ogg prove It, and hand thut to the solicitor. "If there is any one on the grand Jury whO| does not care to do his duty let him stand aside. Twelve men are sufficient, but I trust there is not a nian on that grand jury Who will not stand up and do his duty and see that the laws of our State arc enforced. Yon want your laws enforced, and the enforcement of your laws must be ax SSftelfl as you egg make it. "Hetire and look over the Held and bring in any ens who you think oUgtll to be prs* Mtcd." ANOTHER SENATORIAL CAN DI? DATE. Mr. MuCruvcf of Ptckens Enters the Race Against Senator Smith. Columbia, Oet k.?a personal message to thli bureau states thai B. P, McCraveXi of Ptckens, has jusi announced fot the United states Sen? at?-. Mr. McCravey introduced the locul optun eompuisorv education bill Wtll< Ii was BigSSed at the i?ist session of the legslature in the house and killed Uteri u d WOULD HASTEN CURRENCY. WILSON WILL INQUIRE INTO CAUSE OF DELAYS IN SEN? ATE. President Will Uhc Ills Utmost En? deavor to Have Congress Make Progress in Currency Legislation? Dellcve? That ClUor Objections to Rill Come from Rig Rankers. Washington, bet. 6.?President Wilson tomorrow will begin confer? ences with Democratic senators look? ing to the acceleration of the admin? istration currency bill's progress through the senate. The president has been informed that some mem? bers of the senate banking and cur? rency committee plan to continue the hearings two weeks longer and con? sume a month thereafter in work? ing over the bill. He looks upon this programme as likely to throw the currency discussion in the December session of congress and postpone a vote indefinitely, and he will endeavor to ascerta in {rom members*' 'd^ff iht committee and Democratic senators generally what are the causes of de lay. At the White House it was stated today that the president would feel justified in using every legitimate means to forward the progress of the bill towards the statute books before the end of the present session. Significant in the day's develop? ments on the situation were remarks which the president made to callers to the effect that objections to the ad? ministration bill came chiefly from, big bankers, who feared that the con? trol of the country's financial system; would be taken from their hands by the new measure. Referring to a large number of telegrams and letters from bankers throughout the country, approving the bill, the president call? ed particular attention to the fact that some of these bankers had re? quired that their names be not made public. He also told some of those with whom he discussed the subject' that if the people of the country knew the real state of affairs with reference to the opposition to the cm; rency bill they will regard it as ridi? culous. Various rumors were current at the capitol when the president's views be came known there One report had it that Mr Wilson contemplated issuing a statement in the near future with special reference to the relations between the big bank? ers and small bankers who had voiced their opposition to the administration bill during the recent hearings There was no confirmation of this at the White House CHANGES DEMANDED Cankers' Association Conference! Ob? jects to N timorous Features of Currency Hill Boston* Mass., Oct. 6.?Opposition to certain features of the Gluss bill, which provides for a reform in the national currency and banking sys? tem, today was voiced at a special conference of over 700 country bank? ers attending the 39th annual con . vention of the American Bankers' as ! sociatlon. That a new banking sys 1 tern was needed was admitted and the administration was commended for trying to pass one. In resolutions udopted almost un anlmously these bankers who claim to represent about 75 per cent of all the banks in the United States declared that unless the Glass bill or federal reserve act is amended along lines proposed by them, ' very few country banks, either State or national, can afford to become members of the new federal system." By country banks, it was explained in the call for the conference, was meant banks operating under either State or national charters whose cap? ital is not less than $25,000 nor more than $250,000. The resolutions were offered by George W. Rogers of Little Rock, Ark. The exchange and savings sections i of the bill, the resolution added, would; make most erf the country banks show; net operating losses. MILLION GALLONS OF OIL AFIRE. Standard Oil to Lose $000,000 In Sau Diego Fire. L San Diego, Hal., Oct, ??.?Burning .-tt the rate of five Inches an hour, the 1,000,000-gsllon crude oil tank of the Standard 'Ml Company, which raygh! Are yeaterday, still was bias? ing today, and will be at noon tomor? row, according to present estimates, Tank after tank of naphtha, stove oil and distillate has been consumed, Snd|the loss, it Is said, will be $S00,? ouu. Mm Si. E. 0. SMITH IN COLUMBIA. JUNIOR SENATOR CONFIDENT RE WILL BE RE-ELECTED. Has Little to Say About Coming Race, But Talks Freely of National Affairs?Expects Much Benellt to Farmers From Democratic Tariff and Currency Laws?Mum on Dis? trict Attorncyshlp?Delivers Ad? dress at Wesley Bible Conference in Columbia. Columbia, Oct. 7.?Expressing con? fidence in his ability to defeat Gov? ernor Cole L. Blease in the primaries next summer, United States Senator E. D. Smith would comment no fur? ther on the race than to say "I will succeed myself." He listened to ques? tions about politics and showed that he is keeping up with every develop? ment, but would add nothing more. He had nothing to say when told of the conference of the Blease leaders, which has been called for Fair week to outline the Blease programme for capturing the State Convention, and the Democratic executive committee next spring. Senator Smith would not say any? thing on the tangle over the appoint? ment of a United States district at? torney and marshal for South Caro? lina. He gave it as his opinion that the bill, which has been introduced 1 in the senate by Senator Tillman and in the house by Congressman Alken, providing for the division of the State into two federal districts, would become law. Senator Smith talked interestingly on national matters, and is satisfied the passage of the new tariff bill will work greatly to the advantage of the country, and cspscially to the farmers. He thinks the banking and currency bill will be passed by the senate, and that along with the re? duction in the tariff duties the farm? ers win benefit greatly. "Tho outlook for the agricultural interests is brighter than I have ever known it, and there is more general interest manifested in farming and ?farmers along practical lines than ev ^cr, before,",be^said, "With the tariff adjusted and with the banking and currency law so framed as to give the farmers equal facilities for credit, along with other branches and inter? ests, I think there is a brighter fu? ture today than ever before for the farmers since the passage of our war banking and currency measure. Tht farmers have waited long enough and borne the burden long enough to be recognized," said the senator, Senator Smith thinks the present session of congress will run right into the regular session. He believes the currency bill will get through the up? per branch in time for the regular session. The junior senator has only praise for the Wilson administration and warmly commended the wofk of Secretary McAdoo in depositing Gov? ernment money in the Southern and Western banks to assist in moving the crops, and thinks this prevented a panic. Senator Smith reached hero this af? ternoon and tonight addressed the Wesley Bible Conference att Main Street Methodist Church on "Back to the Bible and the Faith of Our Fa? thers," stressing the responsibility o* the individual. The senator is a guest or the Jeffer? son Hotel, and is being greeted by scores of his friends. Many men cal'.ed at his room in the hotel to shake hands with and assure him that he would be re-elected United States senator. Senator Smith is accompanied by his wife, and they are attending the sessions of the Wesley Bilde Confer? ence. They will return tomorrow to their home in Florence and plan to go back to Washington the latter part of the week. WILL RECOGNIZE CHINA. Powers Moved by Result of Election of Yuan Shi Kai. Washington, Oct. t?.?*vs a result of the election by the Chinese Parlia? ment today of Yuan Shi Kai as pres? ident all of the Powers that have not already done so, will formally recognise tin- new Chinese Republic tomorrow, according to a report to the State department from Ameri? can Charge Williams. Tenant House Burned. A negro dwelling house on Mr. A. W. Newman's place in the Concord section was burned Tuesday about noon, the occupants losing everything they had in the building. All of them wer?' away at the time picking cot? ton and arrived too late to nave any? thing from the fire. The building was n frame structure with brick chimneys and the loss is considerable to Mr. Newman, . ^ - ^ _ *S A . J* ..< ? I S S BRYAN PRAISES WILSON. SECRETARY OF STATE TELLS OF PRESIDENT'S GOOD POINTS. Wilson Always Takes the View of the People, a Distinguishing Feature of Executive, Say* Commoner. Spartanburg, Oct. 7.?W. J. Bryan, secretary of State, addressed an au? dience of 1,5 00 people here tonight in Converse college auditorium and af? terwards he and Mrs. Bryan held a reception and shcok hands with prac? tically every person in the audience. He was introduced by Former Gov. John Gary Evans. Mr. Bryan took as his subject "President Woodrow Wilson's Point of View." He paid an eloquent tribute to the president, showing how upon every issue he takes the people's view. His address was said by many to have been the greatest they had ever heard him de? liver. He touched upon the four great issues that the present administration has had to deal with?the tariff?he said the bill just passed was a better bill than he had ever hoped, for par? ticularly commending the income tax feature?the currency question, the attitude of the administration toward the Philippines, Si just announced by Francis Burton Harrison, the newly appointed governor general of the isV lands, and the administration's pear * programme, oontemplating investiga-" tion and report upon all questions of difference arising between the na? tions of the world. Upen each of these questions Mr. Bryan spoke at length, making par? ticularly clear the prevision of the currency bill now before congress and advocating its passage. Answering the demand of certain banking interests of the country that they be allowed to have the naming of members of the commission or board, that is, to* have supervision of the banking business, under the provision of the bill as it now stands, he asked why the bank? ers should be more entitled to name such gj commission than the railroads to elc'.-t the members of the inter I Mate commerce commission. He said the people trusted the government in everything else, and would have to trust it in handling their fiscal affairs. Mr. Bryan closed with an account of administration's efforts in further? ing the cause of world-wide peace, saying that four-fifths of the nations of the world have indorsed the policy advanced by the United States. He re? gards this as a great step toward making wars improbable. Mr. Bryan, accompanied by Mrs. Bryan, arrived in Spartanburg this afternoon at 6.30 o'clock from King's Mountain, N. C, making the 45 mile trip in, an automobile. Tonight he and Mrs. Bryan are the guesti Of Former Go\. John Gary Evans. They will leave tomorrow morning tor Asheville where they will spend a day or so. A delegation from Spartanburg met Mr. Bryan In King's Mountain with cars. Mrs. Bryan was especially pleas? ed with the plan to make the trip through the country and she express? ed herself as delighted with the jour? ney. In the car with Mr. Bryan were Mr. at * Mrs. Elwood Bell and John F. Floyd, mayor-elect, of this city. Be? fore lecving King's Mountain it was understood than there was to be no exceeding the speed limit. Mr. Bryan asked t lat the speeding not exceed 20 mile* an hour and his wishes were respected. At Converse the car in which he was riding had a blow-out, | but the second car, taken along for just such an emergency, picked up the party and brought them Into the city. Many persons along the rend recog? nized Mr. Bryan and cheered him. SHAKE CP IN HUUBRTA CABINET Interchange of Ministers with Ex? ception of War Department. Mexico City, Oct. '3.?Ar other gen? eral shake-up in the Huerta cabinet today has resulted in a compete in terchrnge of ministers with the cx Ception of tin; war department. Min? isters were shifted from one depart? ment to another and in two in? stances substitute secretaries were promotod. Gen. Aurelian? Blanquet retains the minister of the war oe partment* EMPEROR SHARES WITH WIDOW Germany's Ruler to Take Only Ono Half of Big Estate Left Htm. Merlin. Oct. 8. -Emperor William today agreed to s compromise In Connection with th?- estate <if $800, 000 left to him bj Herman Knorr, s patriotic but eccentric wood dealer of Kniischwlts. He b:is consented to take one-halt and allow lite widow to keei Ulu remainder. FAVOR THREE BATTLESHIPS. AIM OF DEMOCRATIC ADMINIS? TRATION TO INCREASE POW? ER OF NAVY. Will Spend Money on Ships and not on Rocks and Navy Yards? Num? ber of Submarines and Torpedo Unat Destroyers Wanted?Policy for December Legislation Doing Mapped Out. Washington, Oct. 7.?Three new battleships and a proportionate num? ber of submarines and torpedo boat destroyers is the aim of the Wilson administration in shaping its naval policy for the December session of congress. It became known today that in all probability Secretary Dan? iels of the navy department would pur. into effect his principle of "less money ashore and more afloat" and advocate the greater part of an appropriation of $148,000,000 to build three power? ful warships?more than the usual annual- A, though only a single battlf /was obtained at a stormy di/^ /n in the last session of congy? Witbjf addition of throe ilrtt class . -ships naval men hope the Uni'^ .ates will resume its place nc ^ ?reat Britain in naval fighting i/^ tb, passing Germany, which ? second place when the United 7 ^tes dropped to third. }\ Secretary Daniels declared today that he was not yet ready to make any announcements, as he was still studying the question with heads of the bureaus in his department. The plans of the administration are ex? pected, however, to crystal ise after President Wilson and Secretary Dan-? iels confer ,soon with heads of the congressional committees on appro? priations and naval affairs, as the annual estimates for naval construc? tion are due to be filed for the regu? lar session of congress by Ot tober 15. While President Wilson has made no public declaration on the battleship question, taking the attitude during campaign days that he ought not to interfere at the time with the activi? ties of the Demoerscg* lap is understood he favors "arT aHeql navy." As the phiase is being used in ad? ministration circles, U is taken to mean that the policy of the general ! navy board, laid d< wn nearly a de? cade ago, of providing two battleships annually will be supported lereafter with an extra ship this time to make up for the loss of one at the last ses? sion of congress. The ol?ui now considered s to ex? pend ss money on shore stations, doc1 >ards and other land ecuipment of the navy and even cut d >wn the number of small boats, thereby ! launching three big and powerful men-of-war without materially in? creasing the naval appropriation. The new ships would be equipped with 12-inch guns and with a dis? placement of 30,000 tons, and would be of medium speed, a compromise between the battleship-cruiser type of the British and Japanese navies and the. heavy bulldog of lo w speed of German construction. isjyjsjrinfjtt adeq?Ss capital cm: NEWS. Dispensary Sales During September Announced?Florence Docs Big Business?Working for Tax Equal? ization. Columbia, Oct. 8.?Total dispensary sales announced today for September were $233,760. In Charleston the sales arc falling off, being $8DO less than f.ir the previous month. Flor? ence sold $52,441 worth liq tor in September. The city of Columbia's prollts for the quarter jusi ended were $33,220. for ihe county $19,000 and for the schools $13,00?. Riehland county sold $75,000 worth of booze last month. The comptroller general today fired the first gun for equalization of taxes in a letter to Columbia Board of As? sessors. The hoard wrote Mr. Jones asking for instructions for making t he assessments. "It is nceessary first to as< ertain the actual fair market value >f the property to he assessed." writes Mr. Jones. He points out that liter a certain percentage can be applied. "Hope the legislature will tako ?onu action to remedy tax diffi? culties." said Mr. Jones today. Peking, net. 7.?No further t dings of the Americana and Korwesjians captme I by the bandits at Tsao Yang lias he, i) received. The governor of Slang l-'u has notified the govern? ment at Peking that he recently sent a man Into the Tsao Vang district disguise i ss a beggar to >;et whatever he could concerning the captives, but the man luts xiot yet returned*