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Tin; si'MTKll WATCHMAN, INiahUshed April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not?Eet all the ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." Tin: TItUE SOl'TUItOX, Established June, ISM. Consolidated Aug. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1913. Vol. XXXVII. No. 19. DRIFTING TOWARD WAR. IN I I l{\ I N I ION |\ MEXICO may l\b. IN avoid Am,r. Kltuatku (inms More Serious Daily, Mini I'nltcd States May be Forced to Take Dra-tlc Xctlon?lamlund Pursuing Policy ill.ii I hum's Ills suth.fut thui In Washington. Washington. Od J3.?An atmos? phere of gravity ami MlfJlbri silence here UMllght enveloped the Mexlean situation not only with regard to the dissatisfm llog Of tin- V n 11 ed States at On at I'.i it.nil's at' itml?', but .is to the ? .1 st.ii?- .,f affairs in Mexico City a* the election of October draws mar. Then were no tangible develop? ments I nt an incident of the day which oMl< ial Washington interpreted ominously was President Wilson';* Hat refusal to discuss M xi< o or mij phase of the problem when he met the Washington corrogg uidents in their a- i ll ^.mi-weekly conference. The sldcnt alwavs had dis' ussed in? formally and um ru rally matters of International consequence, giving the general status of nffalrs. Today he asked to he excused. Secretary Itryan showed equal ret i< ?nee. The OOfjcluslon drawn ?en erall, was that u ?.r sis was slowly approaching; that the arrival of (Jen. Felix Dias appeared to complicate in? ternal affairs In Mexico and that stem measures b> the Washington govern? ment would not he surprising. I'or the first time during the valk of reeess or adjournment of congress the Mexican situation was Injected as a ? i ? for keeping congress in ses? sion and In administration cir< h s it win admitted that it was not the cur? rency problem alone which made It advisable, for members to stay in Washington. It became apparent that Great P.ritain s failure to repu liate the action of Sir Lionel Oarden, lirit liih minister to Mexico, who presented his credential* immediately alter llu erta proclaimed his dictatorship, had caused Washington ollicials to feel they no longer could depend on the Map of kJngiund in itolvin? the Mexi e?11% grmderff **nd tint henceforth the I Ulted States would go forward sln jtlehanded. If necessary, in firm and SKgreiudve policy. Whether this wilt be revealed in n declaration b) the United States of Ita intention as the "nearest neighbor" of Mexico to take mich steps as will Com pn> I the situation, has not yet ma? terialized, but mnn\ otlicials >-elie\e the Washington government Will soon assert itself In a manner that will he Inntamoun ?o a imtn e to p.uropc gen? eralis tha? in t erf trance In Magloo by foreign powers is not desired by this eolint I V The ati.tud.- of some of the admin? istration offletala, hitherto gdvocatoa < f a polley ol moral suasion, was de rldedly pc**imisti< Unlay, and the\ reluctuntl led that the Fnited States govern magi might take diastie steps. Though officials do not discuss the I'.rlHnh attitude in an\ was', persons ? lose to the admtmsti ation sa> he i alb \ ot i Ireal Britain has created an embarrassing situation with an ever Increasing tension, it i> not like? ly that Ambassador Page and the Hrltish foreign minister will discus* Mexico until after the elections of ? ?ctoher Foit rtoiti?i it < ii \N(.i:s. War Department to I'm Plan? Into IITcit. V, ?ahlngton, Oct. 11. The plan to relieve the Ameriean troops on the Methan border probably will be ef? fected b\ November IS, according lo o trie ial s at the war department, the Second cavalry on the Arizona fron? tier will Changt stations with tin Tenth at I ort Fthan Allen. Vt . and the Fifth cavalry at Fort Mian, Tex? as, will he replaced by the Fifteenth from Port Meyer, Vu.. Fort Sheridan. III., and Port Leal enw ot t h. Kan. ? t \ Itlt \t Ks IG UNI I? DOWN. 1 Ire < allocs at Horner Mili? tary School Oxford. \. C, Ott. 14,?At 12.1". thlr inoinmg the bai ,o gj ot the Hor? ner Milit?rs s* hoid took Uff trom an unknown BOIIroe and horned down. All the atudenta and ^anchors' are auf? and balked in I It) homes The at hool will ? oiitinue. the students to be placed In private hoims for the pr< ent. Temporary quarters are ?.. Ik erected at OfX f The indents v., i little. The loss Is fJO.mm. POVOfgd by Insurance. P.v hard work (he i i nien aaved Pol. Homers home, tie dining hull, stoi o.e fOOggi und ol l barruek. MINE HORRORS ADMITTED. GREAT Loss OF LIFE 13 STAG (anon mini-: SAY EXPERTS, Fifty-four llodios Hoiiiovod From Mine ami Work of Searching for Victims Goes on?Two of Rescue Squad Die Like Heroes. - Dawson, n. M., Oct 2t.?Fifty-four bodies had boon recovered from the chambers of stag Cnnon mine No, two denthl hail been added to the mim's total and government experts now in charge of the rescue work concede that -'?'J hotlies still are with? in the gas tilled chambers. Thirty i\ bodies already have been buried, I union service for all taking place UltC today. The work of searching fOff bodies still is going on but hope j that more of the entombed miners will be rescued alive has been aban d. nd. The two deaths added to the list today were those of Janus LtUrdl and William Polsi, members of a rescue ?QUad Which entered the mine In the early morning. They did not return and it was only alter the experts of the United Mates rescue car had st trched six hours that the bodies were found. At the news of the add? ed deaths the men who had been do? ing the rescue work refused to go back into the mine but places were taken by men from the rescue ear which had been rushed from the Kansas coal fields. The work of rescue is going for? ward slowly undsr the bleadershlp of j. c? Roberta The funeral service over the re? covered bodlSS was simple. Father A. C Collier of springer, N. M., read the service over the remains of men of the Roman Catholic faith, while for the others the Hov. H. M. Shields, camp chapiin, read the Bplscopal burial service. Six other bodies will be huftsd tomorrow. Walter l>ouglas, general manager of Fhelps, Dodge A Co., which con? trols the Stag Canon I'uel company, tonight expressed his view as to the cause of the explosion. He said gas in known to have existed in a vein of eonl just above the one in which the company was working and that It had been known to till the Stag ('anon mine when that part of the mine roof gave way, Mr, Douglas believes that some time Wednesday ? small part ol the roof dropped, permitting methane gas?lire damp?to penetrate Into several rooms or ohambers of the mine and that subsequently some per? son with an unprotected lamp enter? ed the pocket iti which the gas and dust had accumulated. Chief Roberts of the government service agrees with Mr. houglus as to the probabel cause, but said it WSI only a guess. BENT OUT OF DAWSON, t'nlou Agent and Two Companion^ Deported. Dawson, n. m., Oct 14.?B, L. Doyle, secretary-treasurer of district 15, United Mine Workers of America, with two companions last night was deported from Dawson by order of Ms J or Kinn? ). Mine officials today explained they had reOJUestSd the mayor not to iil low agitators to come to haw son while the work of rescue |s In prog? ress. Mayor Klnney hsd been In formed of Doyle's proposed visit and ordered the town marshal! to meet him at the. railroad station und de? port him. DOYLE Is DIspu.Asdd. riles Complaint of Deportation Crom Dawson, Washington Oct, 14,? Representa? tive Keating Of Colorado today rc oalved a telegram from B, U Doyle, sit official ol the United Mine Work? ers' union, declaring that in* was driven from Dawson by mine guards ami hud been denied admission to the i ' tofflce. Representative Keating said he would protest to the postal au? thority s. w< m to l tawson," .,i? i I >..> le's telegrnm, "to offer llnsnclsl assistance t.i those in distress und s/ns driver oul by coal company's mount"d police, Hundreds of miners still 'iitombed. Action a disgrace to clvlllaatloii, I b I.-?i rlghl to visit postofflce ami was denied." Mr 11. l!Iser has planted ten neres of alfalfa -live acres on his I mm on the Stuteburg road and ftvs on bis Moses road farm?and it is up f" ' good Maud and glowing nicely. He pbinted sit experimental plot, of nboul a iiunrter ol nn acre, on his Btateburg road fin n and it was such a sie. ess t haj h?- will increase his acreage annually, COTTON GINNING REPORT. CENSUS PLACES THE AMOUNT AT 6.956.5S8 BALES. Only 8:1.777 Above the Wgures| for Same Period In 1912?Figures I n. lu ate Large Crop. Washington, Oct. 25.?The third dotton ginning report of the season, compiled from reports of census bu? reau correspondents and agents/ throughout the cotton belt and issued at 1U a. in. today by Director Wil? liam J. Harriet announced that 6,956, ,'s,; bales of cotton, coin ting round as half bales, of the growth of 1918, had been ginned prior to October 18. This includes the results of the most ac? tive period of the ginning season, I September 25 to Octolier is, during which in recent years more than one fourth of the entire crop passed through the ginners' hands. To October IS last j ear 6,873,206 bales or 51.0 per cent of the entire crop had been ginned; In 1911 to that date 7,758,021 bales or 49.9 per cent had been ginned; in 1908 to that date 6,896,166 bales or IS.l per cent of the crop had been ginned, and In 1906 to that date 4,981,681 bales or 38.0 per cent of the crop had been ginned. Included in the total ginning! were 49,084 round bales, compared with 41,746 bales last year, 63,868 bales in 1911, 00,183 bales in 1'JIO. 88,710 bald in 1909, and 118,720 bales 111 1908, The number of sea island cotton bales Included was 30,880, compared with 16,960 bales last year, 40,303 hales In 1911, 30,482 bales in mos, and 32,013 bales in 1908. (?innings prior to October IS, by States, with comparisons for last year and other big crops years, and with the percentage of the entire crop ginned prior to that date in those . years, follows: Alabama. Year. Qinnings. Per Ct. 1913.S 39,507 _ 1913.571,954 44.t; 191].s:;s,oi7 49.5 19 ok.694,104 52.1 1900.. N.409,047 37. S Arkansas. 1913. 324,509 .... 1912 . 800,861 39.<? 1911. 37MS8 30.0 190S. 347,468 31.9 1900. 162,103 I*-2 Florida, 1913 . 38,845 _ 19 12 . 2.1,575 40.1 1911. 43,00% 4 5.5 1903. 3 1,027 48.2 190G. 21.321 39.0 Georgia, 1913 . 1,290.048 .... 1912 . 793,113 43.8 lull. 1,668,718 55 0 1909 . 1,1 19,228 50.0 1909 . 720.310 44.1 Louisiana. IUI 3. 101 005 _ 1912 . 203,1 27 64.3 1911 . 170,904 45.5 1908 . 207,992 44.6 1900 . 321,123 33.0 Mississippi. 1919. 4 30,003 _ 19 12. '846,180 84.6 1911 . 886,016 33.0 1908 . 881,899 88.4 1900 . 866, 168 34.0 Nofth Carolina 1913 . 252, ?38 _ 1919 . 866,336 89.3 191 1 . 4 38, ?00 38.9 1905. 270,222 40.4 1900 . . . . 223, 137 86.4 < >klahoma. 1913. 390,511 _ 1919. 398,345 39.0 1!?11. 898,789 39.o 1909 . 132,( 50 19.2 1906 . 198,', 09 22.s South Carolina. 1913. C 15,8 8 1 .... 1912 . 540.:: 19 44.1 19 11 . 788,987 16.0 1909 . 000,078 5 1.;; 1906 . 398,661 43.6 Tennessee, 1913. 131,021 _ 1912 . 86,719 84.9 191 1 . 125.791 29.:: 1908 . 131,073 39.2 1906 . I'.s.xr.s 13.11 Texas. 191:: . 2,343,563 .... 1912 . 3,229,621 89.5 1911 . 2,700,037 66.7 1908 . 2,047,796 50... 1806 . 1,998,807 50.5 Other States. 1913 . 32,389 .... 19 12.. . . . . 23.09?! 36.3 I ft 11 . 33,359 84.0 190s. 2;:,?;23 32.3 1906. 11,692 17.1 The glunings of sen Island cotton, prior io October 18, by States, follow Years. Pin, Qa. s. c I'M:: .12.259 I 7.sot 817 I ft 13.0,'.?70 s, I IS 830 1 ru I . 16,110 24,453 7H? McKEIYER'S DOOR, SASH AND BLIND FACTORY BURNED TO OROUND. Fire of Unknown Origin Destroys .Main Building of Plant, Ruining Machinery and Newly Manufactur? ed Product?Insurance Amounted to Only About $4,000. The most disastrous lire in Sumter for several years was that Sunday , i morning which destroyed McKeiver s Door, Sash and Blind Factory, caus? ing a loss of approximately $30,000 with Insurance of only about $4,000. Tin- lire originated from some un known cause about *I o'clock In the morning and although there was a night watchman, the lire alarm was not sent In until the fire had made great headway. When the hose wag? ons arrived on the scene the roof of the building was already falling in and at that time there was no hope of sav? ing the main building of tlve plant, so the firemen turimd their attention to sgving box can and other buildings in the vicinity. Through their efforts all of the other buildings were saved j The building which was burned was I cue built a number of years ago i and was first used as a freight de? pot by the old ('. S. and N, railroad and later used as a tobacco ware? house. It was a large frame building and was dry and in a highly Inflam , mahle c ?nditlon, especially as there were shavings and sawdust all about the place, from the work benches in the building. The lire burned rapidly and fiercely and was an extremely difficult one to handle, even had the hose wagons been on the scene when I it first broke out. As it was there was no chance for them to save the place, as it was already too far gone when they reached the scene. Three streams of hose were turned on, the Stenn** j er being connected with the line from Liberty street. Several sections of hose burst when the extra pressure was applied and delay was caused by these mishaps. When the lire was extinguished) 'there was nothing left of what hnv1 i been on Saturday a nourishing busi? ness, but smoking ashes with ben; and mangled machines standing ujf here and there amid the ruins, most of them so badly damaged that there . will be little recovered from the Are. The warehouse and boiler shed were saved, but the large amount of ma? chinery in the main building in which a great deal of money had been invested was lost. Mr. McKeiver stated, when asked as to his loss, that he estimated the loss at around $30,000. The insurance, he stated, was only nominal, being some? thing like $1,000. He has for some time been investing the profit! from the buslnes in new machinery, where was.most of the loss. Besides his own loss, Mr. McKeiver expressed sorrow for the workmen employed In the building, all of whom had not only lost their jobs, but had lost all of their tends in the fire as well. The loss of this factory is not only in big loss to Mr. McKeiver, but it is a big loss to the city as well, for the factory was one of Sumter's flourish" ing young enterprises and annually brought in thousands of dollars to Sumter. it is understood that Mr. McKeiver has not yet decided wheth? er or not he will rebuild, his piano bemg unsettled until he* can get mat? ters straightened up. The building which was destroyed was an old one belonging to the city and leased to Mr. McKeiver recently for a term of years. The Father of Forty. (leorgetown Times. Theoretically and actually, I?. .7. Drnyton, colored, of Georgetown, for? merly of Waccamaw Neck, doesn't know what race suicide means. For lt. J, is the father of forty children, and he is a young man yet. Ills wife he has been married only once is the mother of the profile brood. Up? on 13. J.'s beim; asked ii' there mightn't be some mistake in the count he referred to the Messrs. Hose and Ales.' Lnchlcotto for verification OUh] that be deemed tiecesnr.V. Ik J, was burn in 1863, according to his Htaement, and was married be? fore he was old enough tu vote. Af tt?r a brief interval olive branches be? gan to shoot, and the) have been shouting steadily ever since. Four turns they came two in h bunch, and then there were sometimes iw. in the same your, ? m ? ? ? w i n ?? . . i wmi wm 11. . 11S?????? I !?<>.?.I I.:,:: I 1 9,93 I 2,017 1 mis.1 :.s i a 1 [?,233 2,070 The next ginning reporl will be Is? sued at HI a. m., \o\emhe- S, giving quantities ol cotton ginned prior u Xovember I, WARNING TO NATIONS. - UNITED STATES SAYS TH AT THEY MIST KEEP OUT OF MEXICO. Probable That Government Will Up? hold Monroe Doctrine?Policy of AministraUon Towards Huerta Will lie Declared in Mcnnsgc to Powere ?Prcnch and English Attitudes. Washington, < ><-t. -'4.?The United States government is preparing tu notify the nations of the world gen? erally that any interference In Mex? ican affairs Will be regarded as un? friendly to this government. President Wilson, Secretary Bryan and John Uassott Moore, counselor of the state department, have ex? changed ideas on what the proc lama? tion to the world should express. It will be communicated to foreign gov? ernments everywhere, In Uno with the policy established earlier of keep? ing other nations informed of every step taken in its handling of the Mex 1 tl lean problem. Tiie proclamation or note also v serve, it Is understood, as an exr ^ definition of the policy of the T jj* *i i States towards the de facto ' *y ci? ties In Mexico, reiterating U ,v mCl ple that recognition can *i>* given only to governments on 0 hemis? phere founded on law *J order. Marly today it was ^8? tfted that it would be only a r ** of a few hours until the p? Imation would be made public, but tonight it was decided to hold the matter in abey? ance for several days, at least until after the elections in Mexico next Sunday. Two things, it is known, have con? tributed to the determination of the j government to define its policy?the presentation by Sir Lionel Carden, the British minister to Mexico, of his cre? dentials Immediately after Huerta had ' proclaimed himself dictator, and the dispatch of several war vessels to Mexican waters. The British embassy here today at the direction of the foreign ollice of? ficially advised Secretary Bryan that the British government pronounced as unauthentic ..he now famous in? terview credited to Sir Lionel Carden, expressing the view thru the Unite'd States did not understand condition.* In Mexico. Another incident tonight that was I regarded with significance was the as? surance that came from Ambassador J Use rand to the state department tluit the French government, in send? ing a warship to Mexican waters, did not intend in any way to embarrass the Ulted states. Officials Indicated satisfaction over the apparent trend ol the French government's attitude. There Is a possibility that If the powers indicate further unwillingness to embarrass the United States, this government may withhold Its pro m uncement, but some officials were of the opinion that sooner or later such a declaration, which they re? garded as tantamount to a reaffirms tlon of the principles of the Monroe doctrine, would be required. Administration officials generally maintained a severe reticence in con? nection with Mexican affairs. They admitted that an acute and delicate i situation existed early in the da> | when word was received that the American vessel, the Morro Csstl >, had been detained at Vera Crux, it was not revealed what orders were in preparation, but there was a notice? able relief in official circles w hen ca? blegrams announced the release of the ship. Tonight the disposition ?f the high officials of the government was t? await the developments of the next 48 hours before making any move. Pres? ident Wilson had some doubt about going to Mobile, Ala., to make an ad? dress on Mondaj before the Southern Commercial congress, but he tola frit nds tonight that he probably w<?uld go. He leaves early tomorrow for Philadelphia to address the Con gress Iis?II celebration, but should there be extraordinary developments he may not make the Southern trip. Secretary Bryan was in frequent conference with the president during the day. Mr. Ilryan called attention i" (ten. Huerta's promise to the dipt" mix tic corps that even it his friend: voted for him next Sunday he would i.ot accept the presidency on thi ground tiiat it would be unconstitu lional to succeed himself. Inasmuch tis President Wils? ?>. in ;i note, recent? ly announced tint the United State* regarded the assumption ol the dicta? torship by tpierta as u violation of tin promises for a constitutional elec lion, the result of tiii^ election is cal? culated not to ha\e any considerable effect on the American policy. Th< predicament "i tlen l'VIHP Dias, one ol the candidates for the presidency, wh< remains Isolated at Vera Crux, uppr< hen ive ol danger if he tries to niak< ONE GREAT BANK. MEW PLAN I ok CURRENCY RE 1 ohm SYSTEM. President Vanderlip <.r National City Hank of Now York Presents IMan for Establishing a Central National Hank to Ix? Controlled and Opetntedl by the Oovcrnmciit. Washington, Oct 2:s.?A govem ment-controlled and operated central ' ank to dominate the financial system of the country today entered the leg? islative arena as a rival of the Ameri? can regional reserve currency plan. Frank A. Vandcrlip, president of the National City Hank of New York, ex? plained the new plan to the senate banking and currency committee. He had evolved the scheme as a result of conferences with members of the committee. Under his proposal the government, through a board of seven members, appointed for terms of 14 years and v eiving salaries of $15,000 or $17, 60 a year, would establish a rrtige /bank with $100,000,000 capital, which would control financial condition? by powers conferred on it to issue money, to redlsount commercial paper for banks and to concentrate the coun? try's gold reserve. Mr. Vanderlip suggested that if pos? sible the stock of this institution should be held by the public as in? vestment Security. The stock would have no voice in the banks' control which all circumstances] would rest entirely with the government. Mr. Vanderlip pointed out that his bill differed from the administration in that it absolutely eliminated the banks from participating in the ad? ministration of a system which will control the issue of currency. In the pending bill the banks would own the stock and elect six of the nine directors of the regional reserve banks, which would issue currency, make rediscounts and hold b;.nk re? serves under the control of the federal reserve board. The Vanderlip plan differed from the socalled Aldrich plan proposed by the national mone? tary commission in that the latter provided for a central and subsidiary banks owned and controlled by the member banks themselves. Senators Hristow, Heed, O'Gorman and Hitchcock of the committee to? night expressed themselves as in fa? vor of the principle embraced in the Vanderlip plan. The Vanderlip plan undoubtedly will be taken up by the committee, in view of the president's concession in reducing the number of regional reserve banks without altering the ad min iteration in principle. Mr. Vanderlip said he favored such a plan because he believed it would Ol ernte to prevent g concentration of credit and money. , Mr. Vanderlip said he had talked over his plan with a few bankers and that they favored it. "Do you think bankers generally would accept it or would we have an? other Boston convention if we adopted it ?" asked Senator Heed. "I think bankers generally would be sonn what shocked at first by th? idea of absolute government control," answered Mr. Vanderlip, "but l think when they understand the safeguards thrown about the appointment of tue controlling board and the Quality of men who would be named they would accept it with great favor."' UNCLE SAM W AHNS HUERTA. Will Look With Pasplenawre Upon Any Accident to Maderos. Vera Cms, Oct. 23.?The American State department by way of Vera Crux, has notified Consul Clarence a. Milb r at TampiCO to inform the local authorities that the United states would regard with displeasure any accident to Bvaristo and Daniel Itad ero, who are being taken as prisoners to the < 'apitat The Maderoa recently were arrested at Monterey ami are charged with complicity In a plot to turn that city over to the revolutionists, it is be? lieved tiny are being transferred m ihe Capital by way of Tanipico. Mr. Bmmetl \V. Rrunson, who has been With The Item in its printing department for a number of years, left Saturday morning for Florence, where he has accepted a position as Linotype operator. Mr. Itrunson has the best wishes of his many friends in Sumter for his aucceas In his new i>osit ion. i political cam I Sign, excited the at? tention of officials here who are doter mlned to give him asylum if neoee mry. The position of the administra? ted wiib respe. t to nil candidates is llal lhe\ should lud be imdested ill .ii \ way.