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onthrim niK SCMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Alms't at ho thy Country's, Thy God's and Troth's.' THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 180?. Consolidated Auk. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1913. Vol. XXXVII. No. 32. HUERTA'S SOLDIERS DESERT. eUeMUBOfl <>i MB3UOO (irv and C% UMS w \< V Dl PLfil I d. Men inn Over to federal* (iiitj Iii? Large tjuantitlo or Ammunition ?De*i>crutc Itnttlc in Progress al Cuornuxacu? liaitle liniuliicfJl at OJiniga. Special t<> The Duly Item. Mexico City. Dec. 10.?Scores of Federals are deserting daily and Joining the rebels, among the desert era ai f t he most ti ne n In Mexe.? City. A purt of the Cuer navaca garrison has decamped with large quantities of ammunition. Th? government resources are steadily dwindling. Tin- desperate lattle is continuing near Cuernavaca. This being the fovirth day of the battle. The l-Yder.il>. .ir<- unable t.? gain any decided advantage and the Rebell are rushing large reinforcements to tie- scene, it la reported thai gtawi Federals Were plainly drunk daring I he battle. The Federal gOldier refugees from Chihuahua are eut off and all pre? paring fortifications for a lagt stand aeai ???Jlniga. Fifteen hundred Con stltulonalists are advaaelng to give Mc in battle. The Federals will pt ob - ably be annihilated. MIMV LOST IN SIZE. Despite Authorised Incrvase. Amcrl ina t ones Heallv Fell Off by Mm. ill 2,000. Washington. Dec. 9.?With its au? thorised strength increased by 3.35-, the Ugdted itatea army lost insteud of gaining numbers during the 11 m al ve'i just closed. Including the Philipohie scouts the army had s5.549 men com pared with S7.9?;5 IJ months before. Adjt. Oen. George Andrews, in his annual report made public today, com? mented on the fact that SO per cent of (be applicants lor enlistment at recruiting stations subsequent!;, were rejected at depots. Desertions during the year eggrS gated 4.4 61 or 5.48 per cent of tho enlisted foreo el the army, as egatlMtt 4.43 per cent during the preceding fiscal year. Tho Ninth and Tenth cav? alry, negro regiments, und the Fifth infantrv. had the smallest number of desertiona The PgdOJfl part if tin- roster of oill eers and enlisted men of I'nion and Confederate armies lenfl BtftCC baa been virtually Completed, Qen. An? drews said, and the work on Confed? erate rec ords has progressed so far that clerical force now Is engaged in reproducing pat -rds of the Virginia organisations which probably will bo completed thl.< year. This leaves to be done only that work felatl i< to tie Confederate organisations u it rcroited In nnj particular 81 ite. PRI siDi nt MDs hmall GllU.. IVflggfJ Plays Knaglil Rreea* ami ites eues Maiden After Fall From Horse. Washington. De?-. 9.? President Wilson late today was walking m Kock ''reek park When he noticed I rlderhss horse galloping by. He tu;a ed in tie- dlree'Jou from which th<* horse had c< me and at the top i t 0 little n?e found a little girl on tin ground. She w is Ituth Donald* n. aged 13, vho gad been thne.vi while trying to take a hurdle. The j reshh nt was accompanies bv Se retary Tumul ty and Dr. Carey Qfayaoa, r .s. hts physician. All kmmedl.it iv went to the little horsewoman's as-etai:?e. "Are you hurt .''" asked the preal? aent. as he helped the girl to b#f feet. "No. " she said. I'm Sjaed |C that. I've ridden a long time." Miss Donaldson was sliuhtly bruis? ed, but she mounted her hois.- an I rode away. POST* \-l I K \T PWMFI F. i. Ha %t* i - rbetl nacceena E. If. i tenei as, nrejgiiret YV i bimfton. I >.-e. ?t. Leila Corhetl was today appointed past* Cornell eras today appointed poet* geaatef ni PnavlllOi Clefendon rountyi aueeeeding M. Rradhema re laned. HI ILM ? M l \ I I \-i Mlnlstfj n4 -in dire Isjgeoiea Verdict of \eqnlllal. Kleff. Dee ia.?it was officially an nonneed today that the \erdiet of ac? quitting Mendel i:. I . v b . v. . rbarged with "ritual murder.'* hai been nppro\od b) the ministry of justbe Tim ladgmenl la mm 1 lute aid BeiltS i'< s.IT Horn furl her a#e sjea i Ion DICTATOR HUERT? ENDORSED. CONGRESS DECLARES RECENT MEXICAN ELECTION VOID. Election Again Next July?Amid ? \ i\?.s" for Dictator Deputies t on firm Him us Pirriskma] President. I Mexico City, Dae, I,?Tho Mexican congress today nullilled the recent presidential elections. New elections are called for next July, Congress, according to this action, expect! Gen. lim na to remain in tue presidency for at least seven months more, and if the time necessary for the ?elec? tion and installation of his successor || taken into consideration, it will la? vs til towards the end of September I next year before he yields ins power . to am tie r. In voting that the recent presiden? tial election was null, the deputies i decid< d to A* the first Sunday In July. 1114, as the date for the new election, They also confirmed the poaltloa of Gen. Huerta as Provision? al President until then. The action of the deputlei was ac? companied by no debate. The com? mittee's report was approved without ft dissenting vote as rapidly as the articles could be read. It was not until the last clause wa: read, referring to CJen. Huerta as Pro \isional President, that the Chamber gave evidence other than that of a well trained organization. When the reading olerh stopped someone began applauding and then instantly tin deputies were shouting "vivas" for Huerta. The presiding officer finally was able to remind them that enthusiasm was all very well, but that it was necessary to ratify the enthusiasm by \ otes. The measures taken tonight also j provide for the election of a new con? gress, since the one elected to take place of that dissolved by Huerta is to aarye oat an unexpired term, which should terminate September 15. LaS|M|*{?? Ity now congress was pignut rel'eVatlon of liucrta's fre? quent statements. There has" been a rumor current that tJen. Huerta may retire from the presnb :>cy because of pressure from abroad ahd the advance of the rebels from the North. The rebels arc within fourteen miles Of Tampa ... according to information received itt the Capita) by pepresenta tives of the oit Interests In that dis? trict. A band of American hUOtcri located the outposts of the rebels at .Miamira. Information obtained by the hunters led them to bellOVC thai an attack on the clt> soon would be im ugurated and that the rebel i om mander was sending forward one of the h kViOSt forces yet employed In th< campaign In that part of Ihe Lie public, KlghUng between Federal! and rebels in the vicinity of Hultstlao, be? tween the capital ami Cuemavaca, oontlnued today, but it wai Indecisive. There are unconfirmed reports that Cuemavaca, eapttal of Moreloi state, has beef] taken by the rebels. The war department gave no emphatic de? nial to this and asserted that Cuerna Vaca was well garrisoned. An A mor ieau who made his way through the lines from t'uornavaCS to Mexico t it: Is authority for the statement that the garrison consists of 800 men, many of whom are in the hospital. Official reports from AgUai Gallon las declare that the rebels are close to the city, but that they have been defeated in two minor engagmenta A short distance to the north they con? tinue to menace Bacatecaa Tin- war department continues to plan for the disposition of tie- pros? pective army of 160.000, The new plan Involves the placinu of 10,000 im-n in Vueatm and tho utilisation of 10.000 as a general ? < nt corps, GIVE < ( HACK M AY Cll \\( 1.. Opportunity Nevt Monday, House lde< tioOx Oimmlttee Dec ides. Washington. Dec. This after i i Houw Elections Committee \'?. I decided t<- give Mayor draco, ol Charleston, on opportunity next Mon? day morning to present new evidence in relation to his petition ngnlnsl Con? gressman Whaley. The committee gave no other con? sideration lo this case today, being engaged In hearing n Michigan con? test, ami II H not likely to rake nn> other action bearing on Ihe Smith Curollns alfalr before Monday. Neu \ orl Man I Sect men ml, Auburn, N. v.. Dec. 1". Velson ? irp \c m < i. i roettted here today foi t be m o .i. r of pullcemnn i 'ord ni lloeh ? ter i le I. 11 n letter b< gfflni; ,1 he i a gh cn ns ol his vl< iltn'i a Idon. i DEATH LIST INCREASES. TWO HCl.DRED THIRTY KNOWN DEAD AND DAMAGE ESTIMAT? ED AT $95,000,000, Sixty-three Cities and Towns Visited by Waters?Five Thousand Home Iris Expected That Waters Will] Recede In Twenty-four Hours. Qalveston, Dec, 10,?With two hun-[ drcd and thirty known dead in the! I great flood Which covered forty thou? sand square miles cd' central and southern Texas, state officials today est 1 mat d the damage at twenty-Jive million dollars. Sixty-three cities, towns and vil? lages suffered and live thousand peo? ple are homeless. The rice crop is ruined, H is expected that the wa? ter will begin falling within twenty four hours. A hundred bodies Wt re recovered In the last twenty-four hours. Wire communication with many districts is still cut off. PROHIBITIONISTS STORM CON? GRESS. One Thousand Advance on Capitol Hearing Temperance Banners* Washington, Dec. 10.?Carrying banners inscribed '"For God for country and for home," a thousand delegates of the National Women's Christian Temperance Union and Anti-Saloon League stormed con? gress today. A stricter censorship of moving Picture! was also demanded. The women posed on the capltol i steps for moving pictures, after which an address on the need of prohibition was made. FOR GOVERNMENT OWN[Kits I UP. i Postmaster General Intimates That Government .Way Take Over Tele? phone and Telegraph Lines. j Washington, Dec. 10.?PoStinastet] i mated that the administration will I give support to the proposition Ol j government ownership of telephone ! and telegraph companies. A prelim? inary survey ll being made regard? ing the pure base of various telegraph I anl telephone lines and indications i point to considerable congressional I support WIDOW TO GET $11,500. Committee Approves Dill?Senator Smith Urges Pension of SSO0 a Month. Washington, Dec. o.?The interstate commerce committee, of the house, today approved the bill Introduced yesterday by Its chairman. Represen? tative Adamson, of Georgia, to give the widow of Col. ?>, l>. Galllard one irs salary, which would have g< n< to her husband as o membor of tin Isthmian Canal commission had he live 1. Tin- amount would be $14,600. senator io. i>. Smith has Introduced a bill on the other side of the capltol I to grant .Mrs. Galllard a pension oi < IOOSh month, and says that he will press it. SUPREME COURT DECISION. Reverses Lower Court in Case of Life insurance Company Against Ar? nolds. Columbia, Dec. 10,?The Supreme Court today reversed the lower court In Cue ose Of the Philadelphia Life Insurance Company vs. Qulncy Arnold and Mrs. Mtittle Hall Arnold Of An? derson county, Mr. Hall having hud two policies in this company In favor of his wife, one for $">.<?00 and the other for $2,500, the company i hnrjred fraud and the Jury In the lower cotirl decided In favor of the Ar? nolds, but the verdict was set aside by the judge. The Supreme Court ? \ ? tided the lower court and makes the Arnolds victorious and holds the I policies Rood and collectible. GERMAN STEAMSHIP AGROUND. M< Uinhr;. ItmiH e?i Prying Dan Shoals. Menufort, \ <'.. Dec. l<?.?The Ger? man steamship Meekllnberg ran aground off Prying I*an Rhoalu here Inda) The revenue ? ?? 11?? i* Setnlnole In standing, by to render nid in case it is necessary, NEAR \ GTE ON < I IIRI \< Y 1111 !. \\ il! Devin Voting Oil Tltttrstlttjk and \ia? Dea. h it mi I Vole Saturday, Washington, 1'<?'. 10, Senate bad < i ; said today thai voting on the amendments to the currency bill would poHsihh begin on Thursday and ei'forls will be made for Ihe dual \olo on ! aturdny, ANTI-SALODN LEAGUE ACTIVE. DELEGATION OF 8,000 PRESENT PETITION TO PRESIDENT WILSON. - ( Demand Constitutional Amendment Prohibiting Bale <>? Liquor?Speaker Point? out Harmful Effects of sa? loons. Washington, Dec. 10.?A petition demanding national prohibition by constitutional amendment, was today presented to President Wilson and to Congress by a committee of 1,000 in? dividuals, representing various social and anti-liquor organisations through? out the country. The demonstration against ihe liquor traffic in the United States was organized under the direc tum of the Anti-Saloon League of America, j and the principal speaker at the af? fair was Ernest 1 f. Cherrlngton, edi? tor of the American Issue, the offlcl il organ of the Anti-Saloon League. Mr. I Cherrlngton represented the Uniu d States at the International Congress Against Alcoholism, held at Milan, rti ly, this year, having been appoint? ed as the American delegate by Preal dt nt Wilson. In his speech Mr. Cherrlngton bit? terly denounced the liquor traffic and said: "The voice of the courts, the re? ports of the statistical departments of the several States and of the Unlt ed States Census Bureau, the record j of every community, county, city or State, where both the prohibition and license policies have been given fair trials, all bear unimpeachable testi? mony to the fact that the prohibition of the liquor traffic reduces crime, pauperism and insanity, increases legitimate business, tends to clean politics, elevatea public morality and promotes the general welfare. "The Supreme Court of the United States is authority for the declara? tion that "the statistics of every State show a greater amount of crime and goi^ry use of ar Mquor ^loons than to any other source. "No State of the Union has givell prohibition so fair a trial as has '.he State of Kansas. Today that State presents the unparalled record of almost two-thirds of the counties < f the State without a single prisoner serving sentence for crime, while In some of the counties a jury to try a criminal case has not been called in . ten years. "The federal census reports for 1910 show that the number of pa.i pers in almshouses per 100,000 popu? lation, In the prohibition states, eight of which Were under prohibition in. 1010 is 46; In the seventeen near prohibition states. 54; In the thirteen partially license States, 128, and in the nine license States, 129. "The relation of the liquor traffic to tin* alarming growth of insanity among our people la engaging the in terest and attention of the world's best scientists. The United States census reports for 1910 show the number of Insane In hospitals per lUO.oijo population in the nine pro? hibition States to be Iii?; in the seventeen near-prohibition states, liiU; in the thirteen partially license States, l? 12, and In the nine license States, 2H>." Mr. Cherrinton also brought atten ion to the fact that at the present time more than 41,000,000 of the population of the United states live under prohibition and more than 72 per c^nt of the area td* the country is by federal, state, county or municipal decree, prohibition territory. Continuing Mr, Cherrlngton said i that the main portion of the liquor i problem was centcn d in the large cities, where the increase in popula? lio.i, t specially in the immigration from countries, whore the average ol liquor consumption was higher than it is in this country,' made the ques? tion particularly complex. KtitJ MONOPOLY 1NDICTKD. suii Instituted In Federal Court I n? der Sherman Law. Chicago, Dec, l".?A suit to dis? solve the Chicago butter and e^.u board as n monopoly In restrain! of trade. \\;is commenced In the Federal eoint lu te today. The housewives boycott of eggs, lets forced the price down from forty-live to thlrty-tlve ? c ni . The dealers refuse tu go low? er a a the hoyootl continues. t t an edei to Vlltlior I 'cad. Chicago, Dec, 10, Captain James l>avlH, it Confederate war veteran und writer of short [dories died today. He was a member of ihe Kentucky calvary. After Ihe wni he was n lo b o 'co Ijuj er In Cuba. STRESS LAID o\ NEED OF ANTI? TRUST LEGISLATION IN AN? NUAL REPORT* Report Deals Largely With Needs of I Office and Cases Which arc Being Tried under Sherman Aiiti-Tru.-.t Law. Washington, l>ee. 9.?Much em? phasis was laid on anti-trust prose? cutions in the annual report of At? torney General James D. McRey nolds, Which was submitted today. The chief government trust buster BSkS especially for bettet paid assist? ants and a lire-proof building. Dur? ing the last year, he says, special; ;.;?< its have investigated an average of thirty-six anti-trust complaints. In many cases where investigations did not lead to prosecutions, he declare! they impelled officers of big corpora? tions to "curtail dangerous tenden? cies." Mr. McReynolds Calle attention to the convictions under the criminal clauses of the Sherman law. in the Cash Register case, twenty-nihe were convicted and tines aggregating $135, 1000 and jail sentences for from nine to twelve months imposed. In the second trial of the Lath Tub cases lines of more than $50,000 were im~ ! posed. In the Cotton corner case, one of the principal defendants pleaded guilty and paid $4,000. There are now forty-nine anti-trust cases pending, of which forty-three were instituted during former admin? istrations. After describing the dissolution ot the Union and Southern Pacific sys? tems. Mr. McReynolds comments: "The principal established by this cb cree has been adhered to in similar suits instituted during this admin? istration. Thus in the suit against ' the Reading Co., and affiliated cor? porations?the anthracite coal com? bination?the petition asks that the Reading Co., be required to dispose I of the stocks of tho. constituent com . ponies Compj&afog; tlyic e^rafrt^f.i^se'ttt persons not its s t oTftcrio 1 dera%r agents or otherwise under its direction or control. My fixed purpose is to op? pose any plan of dissolution which would leave the separate parts of the unlawful combination' under the con? trol of the same set of men. "Since the last report, 19 cases have been instituted and 6 5 conclud? ed under the provisie its of the act to regulate commerce and the so-called BlkinS Act, prohibiting the giving or n celving of rebate's and discrimina? tions. Prosecutions fee- customs frauds especially at the port of New York have results d Ip the collection In that district e>f over $28 ),ooo in fines, penalties, and forfeitures and the con? viction of 31 persons in criminal pros? ecution. "During the past year the work of the- department In connection with the enforcement e?f the provisions ol , the white slave traffic act has been ? vigorously carried on. From June 25, ii'io (the date of the passage ol the white slave traffic act), te> bep tember 30, 1912, there have been convictions under the act more than one-half of which we re obtain* ?i during the last 1- months of said pe? riod. The sum of |176t000 of the ap? propriation of $476,000 for "Detec? tion and prosecution of crimes" has i been set apart for this work." FINDS CAXCER GERMS. i _ Prcneh Sciential Claims Discovers of Microbe. Montpellier, Prance, Dec 9.?Dr. Bose, professor of pathological anat? omy at the University of Montpellier, who has been making extensive inves? tigations Into cancer, claims to have' discovered tin* microbe of the dto eaae it is ol the protoaoa type ami is found princlpallj in water, a large number of ins ets, nah and warm blooded animals act as carriers. Pro fct-'sor Hose in Ilia report says he has found Intestinal cancer prevalent In villages \\b?ie snails are eaten In large Quantities. roRci. mi \ to i>is(;oiu;r. Stock holders of IYi<*eo Road Want Millionaires to Divide Funds. St. Louis, |)eo, 10.?Stockholder) of the Frisco road loeloi Bled n J mand in the United Mates ClrcuH Court to force It. P. Voakum, Thom hh West and ? the r millionaires to disgorge forty million dollars which ihes charge1 was secured b> "Frenaied linn nee" methods. i i'..o i ott spi coding. Boston, Dec. 10.?The housewives' boycott of eggs In spreading rapidly in ihe east They demand thai pggs be Hold at two ?CtttS apiece. KNAPP DISPJIES RISE. HOLL WEEVIL ADVANCE SLOW, HE ASSERTS, Present Line (?neu?Says Pest Will Hardly Reach South C arolina With? in Next Pour \ears. The State. Publication in The State yesterday of a statement from James Henry Kice, Jr., held agent of the National Association of Audubon Societies, with headquarters in Atlanta, to the general effect that the Doll weevil ad? vance would reach South Carolina Within two years, brought many in? quiries to government experts in the State, and particularly to W. W. Long, Slate age' * * the farm demonstra? tion wor* ^ J in charge also of the (xtenalo ? ?rk of Cleaaaoa College. Mr. g, in order that he might answt > choritatively the questions a :dr to him on the subject, tele gra' & to the United States depart m? * f agriculture for information. L light he received in reply the ving message by wire: W. Long, Columbia, S. C. Message received. No recognized authority in United States would pre? dict boll weevil for South Carolina in i two years. Line of weevil advance now extends through Houston county ih southeast Alabama in northwestern ( direction across Dale, Pike, Mont? gomery, Autaga, Chilton, Bibb, Tus caloosa, Fayette and Lamar counties in tha: State. Has taken weevil four years to cross south line of Alabama. Based on 20 years' history of the wee? vil in this country do not think it would be In South Carolina lor four years or more. Wire Dr. Hinds, State entomologist, Auburn, Ala. (Signed) "Knapp.". Washington, Dec. 9." TO STOP SHIP BUILDING. Lower Branch of Congress Calls for i ^Cooperation in Advancing Church? ill's Plan. y ... whelming; vote of 317 to 11, the hous^ today passed the Hensley resolution requesting Piesident Wilson so far as he cavi oo c > v. ith due regard for the interests of the United States to cooperate with the suggestion of Winston Churchill, lord of the British admiralty, for an international naval holiday of one year. The resolution expressed it to be the- opinion of the house that Mr. Churchill's suggestion offers means of "immediately lessening the enormous burden on the people and avoiding the waste of investment in war material." A motion to recommit the resolu? tion made by Representative Moore of Pennsylvania, who led the opposi? tion, was voted down by 184 to 40. Mr. Moore's motion carried with it a substitute requesting the president to tise his influence to consummate ail agreement With all nations for sus? pension of a naval programme for one year but containing no reference to Great Britain or to Winston Churchill. C. s. TO OWN CARS. (100,008 May Be Appropriated lo Make Practical Trial. Washington, Dee. I.?Prac tical trial of government ownership of railway mail cars is proposed In a bill ap? proved today by the house postofBce and poet roads committee. Tin* meas? ure would appropriate $100,000 to be used by the Postmaster General in buying and operating a number of ears as an exp? riment. The average construction cost, re? ports before the committee showed, was about |11,000 a year for 00-foot si eel t ars. The average cost to tho government for leasing mail eais. all of which are now owned by the rail? roads, is approximately jo.ouo per ? ar p. r year. The railroads receive com|M nsation for carrying the mall on an uverage of 110,637.07 per car annually, which makes the animal cost ol lie government about 110,000 per ear. The average life id' a steel .ar. it i; estimated. is about 1 "> years and the maintenance cost per ear anywhere from |1,700 to IJ.000 a year, according to eg \ The com ml tee also voted to report favorably n bill to appropriate $100. . for experiments in carrying the mall by aeroplanes. The tests would be conducted under the supervision ot the Postmast er General, STEAMSHIP Nor IFIRE. Card of Rio Hraade Denies spuy of ship Being on Tiro. Brunswick, Ga? Dee. 10.?-The Mal? Inrj steamship Klo Grande arrived here tt?dny. The captain denied tbo . ion "i a Are aboard.