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rilK SUMTllR WATCHMAN, K*tai IIsIum! April, 18*0. "Be Jost and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Troth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, IStt. SUMTER, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1914. Vol. XXXVII. No. 51. EFFORT TO KILL OFFICER. LB I H \ VNT IN AM!'KH AN NAYV l'1111.1? ON AT VERA 1 III Z. \vry Slightly Hurt, but iivn. Maa* Is Informal, lldwtncf, That Ho Will lie II? 1*1 Responsible for Attack. I r? Crvz, Feb. 12.?An attempt wa? made last night to assassinate I lent. Arthur B. Cook, Hag lieuten? ant to Hear Admiral Mayo of the l nited States battleship ConOOCUOUt Lieut. <\>ok was struck hy a bullet, and slightly WSSJOdsd His assailant was not se? n. The lieutenant, accor lpanled by bis wlfs and Miss F.thel McKenzie of Philadelphia, had been dining with At'.mlral Mayo aboard tho flagship. Returning to the landing place, the party took an open carriage to drive to the steamer Mono Castle, on which Mrs. Cook and Miss McKenzie were to sail today. The two women occu? pied the rear seat. Lieut. Cook, con? spicuous in full dress white uniform, rat facing them. As the party was proceeding down AvenLle lo Ipde r?endencla a shao but not loud de lonaUon was heaf4, ff 1 Lieut. Cook felt m shock on the left hip. which at the time he did not ussoclate with what appeared to be a shot. On alighting at the wharf Lieut. Cook found a small object on the carriage seat, which proved to be a! bullet of the type i:>? -d in pocket au? tomatic pistols. Investigation rhowed the bullet hud inf.icted a bruise on his hip. Both Mrs. Cook and Miss McKen? zie were greatly agitated by the dis? covery of the bullet. Having seen th n If their staterooms, Lieut. Cook r. turned aboard th ? flagship and re? ported the attack U the admiral, who this morning cor rmunicatod with John Lind and the American consul, W W< Cm iil ? 1 hey notified Gen. Maas, military commandant at Vera Crus, without, however, making any formal demand. Mr. Llnd later will inform Oen. Maas that the nrrettt of persons as? saulting American officers or civil? ians Is of small consiquence compared With the personal responsibility of the general for such outrages. If is fOttOTtl the attack was not a deliberate plot, but the sudden act of some desperado. !?? -ently quiet arr i ngements were made to secure the pOfOOOOJ safety of Mr Lind. t'ntil a few days ago h took long walks alone In the outly? ing country. At the consulate no guard was maintained, but signal boy? were brought from the fleet to act as messenger*. tn consequence of secret information reaching tho consulate, the signal boys were re? placed by eight stalwart picked blue? jackets, four of whom aro on duty day and night. Mr. Llnd, whenerer h< leaves the consulate now, Is followe 1 by a big bluejscket. who. although unarmed. Is within Immediate .striking d stance. Mr. land w m opposed to tin s" pre? cautionary measures, but finally v as persua led that conditions demanded them. TRY I NU roll km.ion >i BANK. lour southern Mites Pics'nt Their t I.ilm-, 11 .da* at \tln nta. Atlunt?, (Ii, fob, 11 ?The reserve bank organization committee mot to? day and he ?r.I < hums prOfOntOd by the hunkers and bin in s* men from Chattanooga. Ihrminghuni. Savannih and Columbia fof the locution of Ihf Regional rank. The Atlanta bank? ers finished their OfSSSOlOtloo jest i day e.cning The e,,mmitteo and , sitois ffOft entertained at a ban? quet ItSTl night Tin NoorlOf In re will be concluded this altern?.on and Monday tin* committee will meol In Clneinnati. I I LI ^<?N I1RI \l\v i n VOTK Twiiarnr ( irQUfSl on Virginia Pro. hiblllon QHMUoS] I nihil. Piebniond. Vn.. Feb. 1 ? Lieut. Oov. Rllysoa, president of tin- sen? ate, to.lav bft ke the vote on the bill so? nutting to the Bfftttf the right te petition for a State-wide p.ohlblt b?n eb'et.oti. im roll rail th - QUSS> tlon of adopting th** conference eofll? mlttee s report flood 2? to 2*>. when Mr. BUytOf ended Ihn two-year con? test by votlns f'?r the submission. The house adopted IBS report bv ? \ off of M II, opponents of the men sure tonight urged dovernot Pttuari te>t to sign It un-ll Lieut OOV F.llyson's rlrht to de cid? it In the sennfo had been jOttT mined. They cited a section In the constlttulon which provides thnt nnv bill sffe dlng the Slate* rOVOOm must b#? pissed by 21 affirmative votes cast by members 9i tho senate. FEDERALS GROSS BORDER. HUKRTA RBCRU1TH MAKE GOOD Til I IK PASSAGE. Villa lIuH Men Out Looking For Hand Which Has Hipped Across*? benva Hoffggg Pcttlnd Then*. Kl PmeOt Texas, Feb. 12?The fed? eral recruits who made a successful dash gerogg the Rio Grande last night at \'sleta, a ppa ren tly were safe from pursuit toddy, although the rebel com? mander, Gen. Francisco Villa, at I Ji urez said detachments of his men Were scouring the country southeast of here. Eleven prisoners, including Jose Maria Martinez, were brought into the Juarez cuartcl. Reportl that 27 of the fugitive recruits had heen shot ccn ss the river from Ysleta were not confirmed. Martinez is said to bo a relative of the federal Gen. Pascual ' >l ?.zco. Four If eg ieani rounded up lost night by CaPt Davidson of the Thir toeath cavalry were today ordered ! kept under close gUFVt 'ance. Juan Kodriguez, one of the number, said that, before the arrival of the Amer? ican troops, the Mexicans made off with 27 honed This statement cor roboraies that of a corporal of the Fifteenth cavalry, who, while secret? ed la a ditch, saw three small detach ments of Mexicans, all mounted leave the corral in the direction of the river. RodrigUeS said the Mexican federal OOMUl at Kl Paso, Alfred Mesquiz, employed him to care for the horses, but the allegation was denied by that official. Nobody could be found to claim the horses saved by the arrival of the troops last night. Meanwhile Gen. Hugh L. Scott, in command at Fort Bliss, instructed his officers to have nothing to do witn the animals lest the army be put to the |al or and expense of caring- for them. There are about 200 of them, <>r, With the 27 captured by the Mex ?. almost enough to have mount? ed the force, eaid to have numbered 25S men. The failure of an owner to appear today led to the conclusion that thu first BUBPtelon that the horses and saddles had been secretly collected at the corral as a part of the plot wai correct. Al the incident constitutes a viola? tion of the neutrality laws, the inves? tigation falls into the hands of Robert T. N'elll. (Jailed States district at? torney here. Gen. Scott turned over to the pros? ecutor a complete report, but the at? torney said he had been unable to get an lnv< itlgatiou under way although he a is maklag prellralaary inquiries. It appears the purpose ,,f the re? cruit* was to Join another federal fores reported in the vicinity of Oja Agua. near the railroad between hero and Chihuahua. Villa's spies reported that it was ho purpose of this forc^ |0 wreck the railroad. Attached to ( ne of the saddles saved last night by the ? mericans was a box of dyna? mite fuses. Th? most important information available today came from J. Todd MoClammy, Villa's cattle agent on the American side, who said he succeed e 1 In getting two spies .tito the mys terloug compaay at Vsieta, where they ObearVed the fullness Of equipment of the nu n and obtained other valuable information. M-Clammy notified Villa, who sent out soldiers, but most if the federals appear to have elud s I him. Oea. Hcotti assisted by Lieut. Wai? ter Neiii. is his own gooul eorvlcoi n?. provision for Ihls branch of the WOrh having been made. h,. hgj called on a great ntaay people slong the border and makes it a point tt enlarge his acquaintance every day. Rh'RF.I.N TAX K TRAIN. Federal BgeoffA Wiped nut ami Maay of Kasseagera Killed or W ouiuhil. Mealeo City, r*eb, IS.?Rebels lo? da] lg im < u( Off tit" oil supply from Tamplco over the railroad Into Sun Luis Potoal, this I late em ihaalilag their work by the total deati ictlon of a paSSH nger train, wiping out the mili? tary escort an | killing atal v.amndim, many i aseengera At I.as Canoe. || ,?jpM south " Cardoaaa dyaaailte mines were ex? ploded beneath passenger train from Tampleo, A battle between the f?d sral escort of so and the rebels en BU< di In Which oll t Im federals wer? killed. Most of the paasi ngers n>d t ? fhe brush and some succeeded In reaching nearP Btatlona The trn!n was destroyed by fire. The rebels *r,re Up nlmost i mile Of track. A military train his been dispatched from Car? denas to the scene. Mexican officials have made no ef MUST SETHE OWN DISPUTE. GERMANY OFFICIALLY ENLIGHT? ENED AS TO POSITION IN HE GARD TO MEXICO. Suggested That Only Opinion of Kaiser's Government is Expressed In Statement That Indemnification is Promised?Will Do Left to the Future. Washington, Feb. 13.?While ad? mitting its accuracy, Secretary Bryan today declined to discuss further the statement by the German undersec-1 retary of state to the imperial par I liament that Germany had been no-j tided by the United States that no-' body outside of Mexico could enforce I a settlement of that country's pres t nt difficulties. The view th&t the Mexican factions; should be allowed to adjust their dif? ferences without outside interference was expressed when the American government gave notice to world powers that its embargo against the exportation o\. arms to Mexico *.. been raised. Officials pointed out to? day that similar expressions had been communicated repeatedly to other powers when their diplomatic repre? sentatives asked what the United States intended to do in Mexico. The question of Mexican responsi t billty for losses sustained by foreign ( residents in Mexico was one which at present the state department de? clines to enter upon. It was suggest? ed that the German undersecretary expressed only the German view when he said assurances had been given that all losses would be indemnified. The history of past revolutionary movements in the Western hemis? phere presents some contradictions of doctrine in this regard and the dis? position of the olllcials is to leave such matters to be adjusted after the ! resent revolution ends. Late today a report came to the i nvy department on the mysterious ta k Wednesday night at Vera Cruz < n an American navy ujflci r. The dis? patch forwarded to the department J by Admiral Mayo, in command at "V"era Cruz, said: "Lieut. Arthur B. Cook, in uniform, driving In Vera Cruz on Wednesday, i was shot, at from a balcony by an un? known person but was not injured. Requested author!! s io investigate and take responsibility." MEXICO To BETTLE ITS OWN PROBLEMS. - German Foreign oiiicer Told That United States Thinks Outsiders Can Not Help. Berlin. Feb. lo.?Answering en In? terpellation in the imperial parlia? ment today as to "whether Provisional President Huerta hau made represen? tations to Germany in regard to the raising of the embargo o>: arms by the United States," the un len ecretary of State for foreign afairs said the Washington governmer.t, when it In? formed Germany of its latest move, had expressed con'.actions thai nobody outside of Mexico could enforce set? tlement of that country's diffioultioa Restoration of peae, said the secre? tary, could be hoped for only if the Combatants were allowed to fight out their quarrels without interference. UFA BS AN ATTACK IN REAR. _ - Villa Says Cientiflcos Were Re? sponsible for Uprising. Juaros, Mex., Feb. 13.?Gen. Villa today expreased fear that a federal force, recruited on the American side Huerta agents, may attack his rear aiter he haveu Juares. "The m? n who engineered the up? rising last Wednesday night are Cien tiflcos and I know their names." de? clared Villa, "That Incident indicates thai i must strengthen the garrison here before leaving for Torreon to di? rect tue big battle which must be de ' elded there. 1 have every confidence in the American authorities. Put the border is long and the CientUleos are desperate." fort ?it retaliation against American resident* here since the lifting of the embargo on arms from the United states. Put it is no secret that relat on* formerly existing between Charge O'Shnughnorsy und President tfueria are strained, They have not sec each other since the day ?. rnb* ^o was lifted, although Mr. O'flhaugh nessy has sent to the president a note protesting Sgalnst the animus display? ed by the newspuper Impnrclnl. The i resident did not answer the note, but the foreign office tonight ordered im? partial to rense Its attacks on Presl |r< at Wilson, There pave been no developments In the general military situation. BLIZZARD S GRIP UNBROKEN. _ WORST WEATHER IN TWENTY FIVE YEARS THROUGHOUT NORTH. Railroad Traffic Crippled and Ship? ping Driven into Port for Shelter From Wintry Galo?Fourteen Froz? en to Death in New York?Home? less and Destitute Suffer Gnat Hardships. New York, Feb. 14.?Railroad traf? fic and shipping of the entire eastern section of the country and along northern and Atlantic Seaboard was crippled today by the severe blizzaid. a fierce gale whipped every port, driving vessels to seek shelter. Many trains arc delayed by heavy snow | drifts. The death list from the cold wave in New York city has been increased ' to fourteen early today. Snow is ?seven inches deep and changing :o sleet today. The subway is the only I 1< al transportation system uninter? rupted. Thousands of men are kept I working clearing the ssurface railroad system tracks. All charitable insti? tutions are overflowing with home I less people seeking shelter. Two Feet of Snow at Albany. ? Albany, Feb. 14.?Two feet of snow covers the ground and it is Still snowing. This is the worst blizazrJ in years. Extremely Cold in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, F< b. 14.?A foot and t half of snow has already fallen an 1 the weather is extremely cold. Traffic at a Standstill. Elmira, N. Y., Feb. 14.? Two feet of snow covers this section, the heaviest snow fall in twenty-five years. Traffic is practically at a Standstill. Suffering in Baltimore. I Baltimore, Feb. 14.?This morning I there was a half a foot of snow on j Jhc ground It is drifting badly Many street car lines are tied up anc there Is untold suffering among th< poor. Seven Inches In Washington. Washington, Feb. 14.?Seven Inches of snow has fallen up to 10 A. M. . Thousands of unemployed are at work charing the streets. Sleet and leo in Georgia. Atlanta, Feb. 14.?Seit and ice cov? ers north Georgia today, many trees i and wires have been broken down. The temperature reached 28 above last night. - Snow and Sleet for South. Birmingham. Ala.. Feb. 14.?The mercury this morning stood at twen? ty-four above zero. The snow and sleet extends far to the South. Nine Lives Snuffed Out. New London, Conn., Feb. 14 ?Nine , lives were lost today when the tug Pliny Flsk, unable to combat the fierce gale and mountain waves, was forced to abandon four barges with nine aboard. Snow Seven Inches Deep. ? Richmond, Feb. 14.?The snow is seven inches deep. Steam and elec ? trie lines are almost all out of com? mission. A heavy coat Of sleet covers 'he snow. ______ ?'Worst Storm In Two Years." Philadelphia, Peb. 14.?The city has experienced the worst snow storm In years. Two men are deatl from ex? posure. Traffic is tied up. Boston suffers Heavily. 108ton, Feb. 11.- The bllsasrd to? day is paralysing railroad and street car traffic. Coastwise shipping Is at i standstill. It i.s the worst storm for many yeai t POWDER HOUSE EXPLOSION. ?? Part of DuPoni Plant Destroyed and Four Men Killed. Kenvllle, X. Y.. Feb. 13.?Thi pick? ing house of the Hercules Power Works, which Is a part <>f the Du? Pont plnnl wns destroyed by an ex? plosion today. Pour men were kill? ed. The explosion was heard four miles. CALLS UP RILL MONDAY. Chairman Ways and Means Warns Members ti> Re Iti Their Seats. George W. Dick, M D., of Sumter, chairman of the ways and means com? mittee, said yesterday thai members of the house would do well to be In their seats at 12.30 p. m. Monday, since he expects to ? m 11 up at thai time the general appropriation bill for consideration, section |.y section. , RESERVE REGIONS SELF RELIANT THAT IS [DEAL FOR DISTRIBU? TION OF REGIONAL SYSTEM TERRITORY. Many Towns of Importance Will Not Have Headquarters, Hut Will He Supplied With Subsidiary In? stitutions?Atlanta and Chattanooga Present Their Claims. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 13.?Arguments urging the establishment of regional reserve banks at Chattanooga and At? lanta were presented to the organiza? tion committee of the federal cur? rency reserve system at a hearing I held here today. The claims of Bir? mingham, Columbia and Suva*- ah will oe presented tomorrow after Which the committee will leave for Cincinnati. i I For the first time since its organi? zation the complete personnel of Cue committee was in attendance, John Skelton Williams, comptroller of the j urrenci, having joined Secretaries McAdoo and Houston here. It was clearly brought out at tho hearing today that the committee {will endeavor, as far as possible, to so district the country that each re servo region v .11 be absolutely self reliant. Secretary McAdoo said the 1 law practically made it mandatory uj,on the committee to do so. The spokesmen for Atlanta, who outlined a region comprising Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Flor? ida. Alabama, Tennessee and Mis? sissippi, frankly admitted that this distriJt was not self-sustaining the year round. They said it was neces? sary In the fall of ?.ach year to bor ; row from outside sources. This aid, they explained, was expected to come through federal deposits in the re? serve bank. Mr. McAdoo declared that this was ? not tho purpose of the law; that it was enacted in behalf of the entire people, and it was the purpose of the Committee SO to place the reserve hanks thu* they might be of preatcat aid to the people. He added that if it were necessary under normal condi I tions, for one region to depend upon ! another, the very purpose of the act would fall. Robert F. Maddox, vice president of the American National bank of this city, explained to the committee I that the problem the entire South had 1 faced ever yince the war was that the growth and development of the sec? tion had required more capital than could be locally supplied. The demand for loans naturally was greater in the South, he added, than in the older sections of the country where deposits were in excess of loan demands. Secretary McAdoo said the commit? tee fully appreciated this condition and that it was t<? meet such condi? tions that he and his associates were striving so to district the country as to bring the South in touch with re? serve funds which it could draw upon each year as a matter of right. "In the past," he Bald, ' you have been dependent upon the whim of outsiders as to whether or not you would get your money to supply your needs In the crop moving season. Can't you see how important it is, if W6 are to get the full befielt intended , by lite new law, to so locate the banks . that each section of the country will be self-sufficient, self-contained and sei "-reliant V" s<?me of the speakers suggested it would be difficult to district the country just at this time sc? as to bud a region wholly Belf-rellant and able to take- care of its own borrow? ings. Members of the committee Intimat? ed that the problem of providing for the South was one of the most dim < ill they faced. Several of those who testified t-> day were asked whether a brunch re? serve bank located In their city would fully meet the demands of the Im? mediate Vicinity. It was admitted ;lat such an arrangement would suf? fice, provided the branch banks had the same power as the headquarters hank In each region. "Lay aside self-pride and the pres? tige that would come t<> year city through the establishment Hierein of a headquarters bank, and wouldn't th * branch bank meet your needs?" suggested Mr. McAdoo, "especially wl on you know that branch banks have the power to draw on the head ??> quarters bank in your region and that th< money Is In the headquarter l a ^k. whether it be located in Wash? ington or Baltimore?" "he secretary added thai he men lio'ied these cities only for the rale of irgument. My their questions und remarks to witnesses members of the committee ma le it plain that one of their prob? lems w;'s to connect B group of SO" called dependent Stales with a srour; ANOTHER DISPENSARYELEGTION SENATOR CLIFTON INTRODUCES DILL PROVIDING LOR ELEC? TRON. The Proposed Elextion Will He Held on the Second Tuesday in May Pro? vided a Proper Petition is Filed With County Supervisor?If the Bill EJecoaeee Law Dispensary Fight will be Made All Over Again. Columbia, Feb -Senator Clif? ton Introduced 1 0 ight a bill per? mitting an elec ? n the dispensary question to be ? in Sumter county May 13th, 19 " .'he text of the bill follows: > A Bill to "V .e for an election on the sal & alcoholic liquor and bevera * nd to provide for the meth< ^ holding same in Sumter cour Be it enacted by the Gen? era sembly of the State of Be arolina: SecUv. i I. That an election is here? by permitted and ordered to be held in the County of Sumter, on the sec? ond Tuesiay in May, 1914 on the question of dispensary or nc dispen sary in the form of question as here? in provided and under the rules and regulations provided by the general election law: Provided, That before such election shall be held there shall be filed with the supervisor cf said county on or before the tenth day of April, 1914, a petition in writing praying fcr said election signed by one-fourth of the Qualified electors of sail county, of which election the supervisor shall give thirty days notice by advertise? ment. Sec. 2. At such election all qual? ified electors of said county may vote. Sec. 3. The form of the ballot shall be as follows: "For Sale of Alcoholic Liquors and Beverage?," "Against Sale of Alcoholic Liquors and Bever? ages," upon separate ballots, said ballots to be furnished by the State Commissioners of Election for Sum ter County and to be of ?i:ch ?ixe and form as they ma:* prescribe. Sec. 4. In case a majority of the votes cast at such election be for the sale of alcoholic liquors and beverages in such county, it shall be the duty of tho governor to appoint a County Dispensary Board for said county com I osed of the members upon the recommendation of the delegaton of said county in the General Assembly, and upon the said members of said bc**rd Qualifying, they shall proceed to establish and conduct a County Dis? pensary In said county under the pro ? isions of an act entitled, "An Act to declare the law in reference to and to regulate .he sale, use, consumption, possession, transportation, and dispo? sition of alcoholic liquors and bever ages within Hie State and to police the same," approved the 16th day of February, 1907, and 1 Acts amend? atory thereof; and the said County Dispensary lioard shall have such powers, duties, and compensation as are provided under the laws as were of force with reference to said county on the 30th day of June, 190$, and subsequent thereto. ENGLISH STEAMSHIP WRECKED. Captain Wag Only Mt^mber of the Crew Rescued. Dover, Eng, Feb. 13.?Freight steamship Myown was sunk in a gale oiY Shoresham today with the loss of the entire crew except itio captain ivho n as saved. of States so Independent ftg to make the entire region Independent under I ail normal conditions. The commit? tee made It clear, however, that no decli i< n of any sort, either as to cities districts, would be made until af? ter ihe return to Washington and a full consideration of ihe mass of written testimony which is being col ! ba ted there. ?Wies L. Wilsen, vi* t- president of the Plorida National bank at Jack? sonville, told the committee the Jack? sonville clearing house could agree only on a district evenly divided be tween Atlanta and savannah, with Ki? hmond, Ya.. as second choice, lie also formalls applied i\>r a branch bank of .Jacksonville. Newell Sanders, former I'nited Statt a senator from Trnnsioxc. fol lowed Mr. Wilson, presenting the claims of Chatttanoogo for a reserve bank. J. H. Cantrell, a Chattanooga : n? rney. sng^ested a district, com? prising southern Ohio, Kentucky, rennessee, western North Carolina Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi snd Louisiana east of the Mississippi river. T. n. Preston, a Chattanooga ' anker, was the lest representative to appear for the Tennessee ity to? day. .\t 5.30 the hearing was ad? journed nmil io o'clock tomorrow morning.