The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 13, 1913, Image 1
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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.