Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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60ETHALS MIES DATE. KAYS PANAMA l \NU WILL BS Oil V JVLY 1HT. WanBrwBf Frone Ocean to Goes* Will Be Ready for Um by Ctssstsreaei Vessels sex Month* Ahead Ol ftsae Firm Fixed by the liggin, Washington. Feb. 20.?Parting ab? rcreeen accidents the Panama canal wlli bo opened for the passage of com? mercial vessels oh July lot Tbl* statement was made today by Cel. ?eorge W. OothoU, governor #f the Panama caool sooe, who lo bare to confer with President Wilsen and Secretory of War Garrison. Col. Ooethabj denied emphatically the report from New Tor* that be In toads to ran for governor of the Empire State, stating that he is not In politic a He refused to discuss the New York police commissi onershlp Cel. Qoeth&bj *&ld he is opposed to the exemption of American ships from paying Panama Canal tolls, because it would decrease the canal revenues. Me aleo declared the exemption could net mean any saving for the produc? er, shipper or consumer, it would only mesn Increas I profits for r.he shipping compunlea A BLACK HAND OUTRAGE. Attempt to Blow up Chicago Tene? ment. Chicago. Feb. I Light children were hurt an i i seats, <?r fum.i ss w?r?? thrown fr. n their beds it day break by the explosion of a hlackhand bomh In the doorway oi a tiir?? etor] tenement house <?n ToylOf street, oc? cupied by Italians. Windows lor a radius of a block I ? i. | . red. Biuckbanders had threatened to kill Leonard Melone, a pr.vate hanker, who lives in the building, If tho de? mands for money wero not complied with. DYNAMITE PLANT KXPLODHB. Bevee Men Killed and Much Damage Done la Scotland. Saltcoats, Scotland, Feb. 10.?4evea men were blown to pleceo by on ex? plosion today which wrecked the Nobel Explosive plant at Arder. Ayr sh?re. The shock was felt for thirty ml lea. ?_/_ . WIFK MlTtDEOW KLJCCTROCCT KD. Indiana Adopts the !>eath Cbahr In ITuee of C allows. Michigan City. Ind.. Feb. 10 ? Steve Cherka and Harry Raeloe. each convicted of wife murder, were elec? trocuted today to the State prison. This woe the first legal electrocution in Indiana. BANDITS MADK BIG HAUL. No Trace of lUrminghana Train Rob? bers C on Be Found. Birmingham. Feb. 10.?Though posaes are scouring the country with bloodhounds no trace has been found of the train robbers who held up the Queen and Crescent Clnclnnatl-New Orleans Special last night eleven miles north of Birmingham. It is ad? mitted ry Government officials today that the loot may reach a hundred j thousand dollars. Upward of titty j thousand dollars are already known to have been stolen and as the check? ing up proceeds, more is adding to the amount. It is believed that th* a bandits had a high powered machine nearby and whirled into Birmingham and are now hiding here. It is gen eraily thought they were professionals and one was undoubtedly an ex? perienced engineer. VITAL KTATD/ncs LAW. nonae Poser* mil l>awsgaa] for Heg ?nmu -n of Bsrahs nod Deoihs. Columbia Feh. 20.? Tho session of the Houjm ? ituied today 1') the pssMMge of ihe Harpes bl i r< vldlng for the and deaths bj mih CaroUns b vote of 7* to It, th< be to strike the enacting words rt the measure. The bill provide* thai tie ltat< Board of ssearUi shall reau of vital statistics und di \ ido th. state into registration are i Th#? secretary of Vital s?at sties will have power to sppoint local register* in the. various areas. The measure is uniform with the vital statistics law now In force in 48 .States of the Union. VILLA KILL) l > 1 VfiMlOdAV moremry Bryan Has ordered Rigid InvrwUgetton. Washington. Feb 10? William Denton. on Englishman. wa? captur? ed by Gen. Villa's fortes and killed, according to information received at ? he state department todey Secre . irr Brj ?r. srdct d i rigid Intestjsnv UfSj mau? Iseseexl lately. RACE AROUND IHE W?nL?. many A1RM?x plan to takk fart ry great aviatiox CONTEST. MM Wttl Bt of todurniicc of A via. to** and AcropsaacS Projsoaanced Ftdsdblo to rye Prises Offered Will Hardly Pay Costs. A majority of experienced aviators believe the proponed aeroplane flight arobtd the world this summer, while it will he a marvelous demonstration of human progress And efficiency, la nevertheless feasible. The directors of the Panama-Pacific Exposition at ftaa Francisco are as? sured of the ce-operatloh of all the great nations over whose territory the monoplane* and aeroplanes will whirL Feat after feat of endurance mustj be performed by the aviators who| traverse the broad American con? tinent, makes the great Jumps from ?land to Irland of the North Atlantic puisuea the well traveled air lanee of Kurope, safely passes over the bleak and forbidding was!es of Siberia, and ranges the almost uninhabited n at line of northern Asia and Alas ^ ' I But each of the as feats have bean ?v Sded already in the air records now eg the books. Now all that Ii W ? dad is the combination of them, j rhs performanos af one great air mrney after enoth!er means luck, luck, to a greater degree Hi.m it. almetfl anj sporting contest rar organized. ml i viators have signified their ntcntlom af entering They are wil? ing la take the risks. They are not unfed by the desire for gold, for L?ven the ?uccessful contender, who I] win the IUO.000 first prlxe and also the $."0.000 offered by Lord Northehffs for the first crossing of the vtlnntta, will find his $200,000 and perhaps more eaten up by the ex? poses of his undertaking. It Is quite certain, however, that Pie uy of men of large fortunes and > porting proclivities will be found to finance this peerless air event. The eyes of the world will be upon the brave contenders, even more than they were upon the pioneer aviation racers In that first meet at Rheims In 1908. The attention of the close students of the race la centered upon the prob? lem of the Atlantic. After passing due east from 'Frisco across th<? Maffvas, through Reno, Nov., Cheyenne, Wye, I Kansas City, Bt Louis and N< a Iforll the (Viators will coast along the sea i board to Belle Island, between New-1 i foundland and Labrador. Here the j flight across the Atlantic will begin, The flyers will probably head for Cape Farewell, Oreeland. 110 miles away. From Caps Farewell to Iceland the distance is 170 miles and from Ice? land to Stomaway in the Hebrides la 170 miles. Three enormous leaps, 110, 670 and 670 miles. None of them Insur moutable in Itself. But to hit the bull's eye three times In succession? there's the rub. Then these seas are not alwaya as hospitable as the Mediterranean, which Roland Oarroa has now crossed twice. There are fog and wind and rocky landing places. But if a row of warships patrols the course, lent by their governments in the Interests of science and human orogreas. the risk will not be greater for instance) than that taken by the' ? lohn B, Molganl when he set off n un untn. d machine with ? fog In ids face to fly from Barls to London at a time when the Channel crossing alone waa considered almost a mir? acle, i Compared with the Atlantic cross? ing, too, the res? of the Journey I snai fairly simple. The proposed route is by way of Edinburgh, London, Paris, Berlin. WarsaWi HI Petersburg, .Moscow and ?he Tr ms-.? eriun Railway to Man ehoria and then south to Vladivostok. |Th< at XI lag takes the aviator across the gsS to Cores. He must then cro<s the Japan Se ? Be and Tokyo, turn north to Kamchatka and travel along the coast rither to Last Cape or to the AleutUn Is The distance between th* ontlnents here varleti from thirty twe hundred miles. From Alus i course will be southward to f, Seattle, and home to San Traivihco. avhUatl who imitate about pronouncing the Journey possible In the present stage of their art call at? tention to the distance?21,000 mites. The successful flyer must travel an average of more than 200 miles a day for four months. Will It be possible e .'mpllsh the trip tn the few month- of summer of the northern regions through which parts of Ihe course lie? Vndiines was five week i j In doing the .1.600 miles from Pari I to th* Pyramids, flying at an averag? of only 100 mil*e daily. This eiplalna clearly how greatl' the ggwpoaed Journdy wowli outd ? ''irythlnp vet aeeeftrpltehed. Hesld ?he notable frights nlreadj mentions ob. ur Bidet hut flown ?>.<! practical iv every hi^h mountain In Europe, Garros has milde a flight from Mar ?elllea to Fails without stopping; j prindejonc dee Moullnaiti had toured ! the capitata of Europe and two be-j aid. i Vedrinea have reached Kgypt from France. Tet these Journeys pale before the difficulties of the race around the globe. It is to be noted, however, that the history of aviation is one succession of surprises. Scarcely anything of im? portance accomplished has not been called impossible beforehand. Avla-j tors have done so much that one hesi? tates to doubt their ability to do any? thing. Special aeroplanes will be construct* ed for the race. These will probably be swift .but not built for the maxi? mum speed. They will make say 60 miles an hour. Reliability will be the object. There will bo accommo? dations for two men, both pilots, who will relieve each other at the til? ler. A large supply of fuel and oil must be carried. It will be a splen? did test for the machine builders and most of the factories On both sides of the Atlantic are expected to be in the field. In the United States the following constructors have tentatively signified their wlUlngesB to build a "round the! world plane: Glenn 1L CurtlSS pf Hurnmondsport, X. Y.. OrvillS Wright of Dayton, Ohio; W. Starling Burgess! of Marblehead, Mass; Thomas Henoist of St Louis, Emile Berliner, of Washington, D. C.j the Heinrich; Brothers of Baldwin, l. l; John ??1 fsfroime of Ne w York City, Edison F. \ Gallaudet, of Norwich, Comm., and sjglee Upporcut, of New York City. There are now 7,000 licensed avia? tors in the world. Out of this field there must be several hundred who would attempt the proposed flight If j the flnancal backing were fortheom-< ing. The first man in America to! get In his entry was Beckwir.h Havens, j Captain Mathew A. Batson, of Savan- j nah. Oa.. a former army officer, who is the inventor of a flying boat, an-| nounces he will enter the race. Lin-] coin Beachy will also compete. From! abroad come many expressions show? ing enthusiasm for the race. The time before the start, is short, however. By May 1, few could have| their machines in readiness at the Golden Gate. Claude Graham-White, the noted English aviator, thinks the exposition officials should take off the time limits entirely. He thinks the trip around the globe cannot be made this summer but might be ac? complished in 1016. He said: "Tiny (tho> exp'Sition Officials) might as well offer $10,000,000. it is as safe as in the Bank of England if' the Offer la to be withdrawn at the tnd of 1(J15. I do not believe you ?? aid .have time now to get a maojhine ready even If you worked day and night. "I think it would need to be a com? paratively slow machine for uhe race; that is. one doing 60 miles an hour. I certainly would not have a mono? plane, for I do not think monoplane construction lends itself to a big weight-lifting machine." The London Dally Mall, Lord Northcliffe'e newspaper, doubts that the feat can be accomplished. It says: "The Exhibition Committee's offer Indicates remarkable confidence in the luture of aircraft though there la lit? tle prospect of the feat being accom? plished by the proposed date. But H is merely a question of time before an airman puts a girdle around tho world." Uoland Garros said: "They can count me In provided oceans are eliminated, as In the case of an automobile trip, and other con? ditions are decently fair. I am one I aviator who will not attempt the lm I >osslb!e. I am positive that no engine Oday could stand the whole Journey. I Without having t<> fly across the] oceans, 1 believe I COUld accomplish tic feal with one engine,, provided II j were allowed to repair It." 1 Captain Thomas Baldwin, a veteran] of the balloon Held before he took up] leroplanoSi s,?id the greatest difficulty] would be to cross the Atlantic Ocean iud for this trip special machines with arrangements to carry provis? ions and fuel for twenty hours at least must be constructed. "Except for the flight across the j Atlantic." said Capt. Baldwin, thai I race will not be difficult. I figure ; that the aviators will havo to travel j 21.000 miles. Of course it will be necessary for two pilots to travel In each machine so that they can re? lieve each other. "Motors now are made so that they are fairly reliable and the trips across the water for stretches of &00 or 600 miles may be accomplished with com? parative ease. Tho trip by land over I Europo and Asia will be made with? out great difficulty and arrangements for crossing the Bering Strait will m . sure success for that stage of the ' Journey." ; The Exposition officials expect to have at least $300,000 to o:Ter in nrltes The tlrst prlie will probably ? 1160,000, although U may bo . . ? . '00,000, The racs will 111 u?r supervision of an Inter? national commission consisting ol mea from all the countries on the route of th* race. The commission will be scientific and advisory and its duties Will be to suggest the route and of? fer counsel on geographic moterolog? lc, end scientific problems. The commissioners will be named by the president of the United States, the sting of Great Britain, the presi? dent of France, the German Emperor, the Emperor of Russia, the Emperor of Japan, and the Premier of Brit? ish Columbia. An international fleet1 will be organised. Japan and the United fitatee will be asked to patrol the Pacific Ocean course with scout cruisers, and the United States, Eng? land, and France to establish the same sort of guard in the Atlantic. Russia will be requested to distribute troops ever the desolate wastes of Siberia and Manchuria. am? roXAowg cRnnxAb suit. Vice Frcgidrnt and Two Other Em? ployee of Company are CoftvJctcsX San Tmnclsco, Feb. 18.?Suit to re? cover 121,988 In customs duties from the Western Fuel company of this city is to be hied by the government, ac? cording to announcement today by W. H. Tldewell, chief agent of the treas? ury department, as a sequel to last night's conviction for conspiracy of the rice president and two employes of th* company. The amount, Tldewell eaye, repre ? utg an excess the government paid' n customs drawbacks on Imported 1 foal over the duty collacted on the ume shipments. J. B. Smith, vice president and neral manager; F. C. Mills and A. \ Meter, a weigher, convicted In the Cnlted States district court, are to ap- { pear Saturday for sentence. Acting on instructions from Wash* lngton the collector of Internal reve? nue today seised the books of the Western Fuel company. An investi? gation will be made on the grounds that the corporation has evaded the Income tax for the last two years. The amount of the unpaid tax la said to be nearly $800,000. The investigation will be based on the annual statements of the corpora? tion, which were adopted by directors and stockholders and which formed evidence against the three men con? victed of frauds, it is claimed the an? nual statements of net Income fell far behind the actual revenue as revealed m the recent trial. The corporation tax law provide* for a fine of double the amounts of ho tax shown to have been evaded. If it is shown that olllcials of the company falsiiiod the revenue state-1 ment on which the tax is levied, those ^ officials arc liable to criminal prose-1 cutlon. It is said it will take months, to'prepare a complete report. GOOD ROADS AND SCHOOLS. Rural Population Realize Their Worth j as Never Before. 1 Washington. Feb. 21.?The rural population Is more willing to support better schools today than at any pre-' vlous time. It is being realized that all educational activities or agencies must be more or less correlated, and, more than all site, that they must be made accessible to the children. IP many counties where bad roads pre? vail, most of the schools are of the antiquated one-room variety. They are usually located along bad roads which, during the winter, when the schools are usually in session, become so nearly Impassable as to make It difficult for the children to reach them. This condition causes irregu? lar attendance as d restricts the edu? cational opportunities of the child. Not only this, bat it often Impedes the economic consolidation of these smaller schools Into larger, stronger] graded schools, with high school; courses, directed by a competent prin? cipal and corps of teachers according ' o the office of public ronda, United States Department of Ayriulture. Ou the uta?r hand, in counties which have Improved their roads, th' ?chools are easily reached, the aver y ? attendance greatur, the efficiency largely increased and economic con-1 solidation made possible. Regular at? tendance at school means consistent and regular growth of both school and! pupiL, and consolidation of schools < means a maximum of efficiency at a. minimum of cost It is also note? worthy that there Is a marked ten-1 doncy for the consolidated school toj become the social and Intellectual cen? ter of the ommuulty. Most modern rural schoolhouses are so constructed as to serve the community as gather-j lng places for various kinds of pub lie meetings, and where cars are usodj to convey the children to school during the day they are frequently pressed j I Into service to haul the farmers and their wives to Institute work, lectures, or entertainments at the school ' house. The consolidated school be? comes a sort of community center to .which ull educational and social ac? tivities converge, and In order that It > may properly perform that function all of the highway* leading to It should bs so Impr ?ved i * to render it readily accessible throughout the year. THIRTf-DI! COURSE OFFERED. CLEMSON OFFERS OPPORTUNITY FOR BOYS TO LEARN AGRI CULTURE. Two Free Scholarships Will be Given From Each County for Ambitious Young Farmers to Learn at State Agricultural Colleges* An offer from Clemson college to take two boys from each county In the State, keep them at college for 30 days, free of cost, and give them a practical course in agriculture, waa made public yesterday by W. W. Long head of the form demonstration work In the State and in charge of the boys' corn clubs. The two boys will be chosen on a basis of those mak? ing the largest yield of corn at low? est cost, taking into consideration the question of fertilizer. "In connection with some demon? strations," said Mr. Long, "that J. M. Napier, agricultural agent for Rich land county, and myself have been attending, we have noticed a revival ?of interest in boys' corn clubs, grow? ing out ef the fact that Clemson col? lege has offered to take two boys from each county and keep them there for 30 days, free of cost except railroad /are. It is our purpose to prepare; a simple and practical course in agri? culture that will be taught these young boys by six of the most BS* j perlenced and qualified men in the demonstration work. These men will' have charge of the boys days and night, sleeping in the dormitories with them, and in many ways the greatest safeguards will bo thrown around, these boys, as we realize the great responsibility in taking them away from their mothers and homes. "This is," continued Mr. Long, "th^ most far reaching work of its char? acter that has been undertaken by any State in the boys' corn club work. "The demonstrations we have made have outlined "how practical agricul? ture can be taught and we have found Interest displayed everywhere We utilized vetch plants to Instruct hoys how leguminous plants take nitrogen from the air. The next step Is to teach boys how to work fertiliser formulae and to mix fertilizers. In this way they will ascertain why cer? tain soils demand different fertilizer formulae. After this will be taken up the Question as to when cover crops shall be turned under In order to secure the greatest amount of plant food and at the same time will be aught how to prepare seed beds. "These problems," Mr. Long said, "will be taken up in the next few weeks in all the demonstration schools In the State, which now number 140." When asked what he thought of the public sentiment about agriculture, Mr. Long replied: "There is a healthy public sentiment towards Improve? ment In agriculture throughout State. All the meetings have been largely attended and great interest j has been manifested.** MORE ENGINES OF WAR. Probable That Thirteen New Vessels for Sen Fighting Will be Construct? ed. Washington, Feb. 20.?-The house naval affairs committee today approv? ed the report of the subcommittee that no drydock should be constructed on the Atlantic coast this year. A fight was made to build a dry doch at League Island and one at Norfolk. It is conceded that the committee will approve of the program to con? struct two battleships, eight de? stroyers, and three submarines, which the subcommittee proposed to build within a total budget of a hundred and forty million dollars. This is half a million less than the bill last year, providing for but one battleship. DOUBLE TAX ON DOGS. Also Penalty for Failure to Return' Then for Taxation. Columbia, Feb. 21.?The two bills, relating to the taxation of the own-' era Of dogs, introduced by Mr. Sturkie, of Calhoun, were paused to third, reading yesterday by the house. On- { bill places a penalty of a line of not less than $10 and not more than 1X00 on persons who fall to return for tax-' atlon any dogs owned by them or'( the habitat of which la on their1 yre*n1*m~ The other bill places a tax . , i on each dog instead of 60 coats ag the law now provides. The county . 'usurers are to issue metal badges to | bo owners of dogs on which the tax * paid. SUFFRAGETTES ORGANIZE. Georgia Women Got Charter for State Party Atlanta. Feb. 10.??"Statewide action in the matter of furthering the cause ef woman suffrage'* Is given as the purpose of the woman's suffrage party of Georgia, In articles of Incorpora? tion granted here today to that or? ganization. The incorporatore were Mrs. Mary McClendon, Mrs. Amelia Woodall and Mi** Katherino Cook. Th<' corporation will be affilllated with the National Suffrage Association. ANOTHER BUBBLE BURSTS. SOUTHERN SiATEB COTTON COR* PORATION IX BANaUlCPTC*. Stockholder* Meet Following HM** of Involuntary Bankruptcy Pro oeedin?8 Against Concern end statement to issued. Dallas, Texas, Feb. 20.?Stockhold? ers of the : )uthern States Cotton oor* poration, 'against which involuntary bankruptcy proceedings were today filed in United States district court here, adopted resolutions at a meeting tonight declaring the action unwar? ranted and the result of a "con? spiracy." Announcement was made that ep pl cations for the appointment of a receiver, which will be heard next Monday, will be vigorously opposed. It is stated that 2,644 or the 3.270 sh ires of stock in the corporation were represented at the meeting. J. 8. Coriey, vice president and general manager of the concern, re? signed last night. : n the petition filed today the four petitioners allege that $2,000 is due them as part of tie purchase price for cotton sold the corporation and charge that the recent payment of $26,000 to a New York firm on a purchase of 10,000 bales of cotton constituted an act of bankruptcy. Of the amount claimed the lar? gest, $1,600, is named by J. B. Mc? Coy of Dallas. The other petitioners are: W. D. Smith, P. C. Wadsworth and Mrs. Mary V. Wadsworth, all of this city. The corporation was organised un? der the laws of Alabama with $1.000, 000 capital. Its announced purpose was to try to hold cotton for a uni? form price of 16 cents per pound. TILE WORLD'S POPULATION. Latest Figures ore l,tW,aoe,* >e% With Aala Far Abend. Antwerp Cable to Philadelphia Pub? lic Ledger. The population of the earth si slightly over 1,900,000,000, an In? crease of 140,000.000 in the last fear years, according to the Bureau of Universal Statistics, which hag Juat announced its figures for 1912. Asia now hag 923,000,000; Europe* 484, 000,000; Africa, 198.000.000; Amer? ica, 187,000.000; Oceeaica, ITS Co/.>et, The world's commerce how rnou'.tA to $40,600,000,000, and It is tarried on by 66,802 sailing ships a&4 47, 714 steamers. Other figures show a total of 625,000 miles of railroads, or enough to girdle the globe 25 times. A debt of $42.960.000.000 is the to? tal shown in the accounts of all the nations of the world. Of this total public indebtedness 82 milliards are charged against Europe alone. A cen? tury ago the public debt of all coun? tries amounted to only a little ever seven milliards. RAT HROWS CITY INTO DAKst* IMA Second Time a Rodent Hag Pat oaf All Electric Lights In Now bora. Newborn. N. C. Feb. 19.?Twice within the history ot Newborn has a rat, iot one of the variety so general? ly in use by milad? in preparing her toilet, but a long-tailed specimen of the rodent family, been the cause of throwing the city Into utter darkness. The first instance occurred two years ago when a wharf rat rah across the switchboard out at the power plant. At that time workmen spent several hours in repairing the damage* The second instance occurred about 2 o'clock this morning when another roocnt made an attempt to walk across the switchboard out at the same plant. Just about the time the rodent reached ihe center of the board there was a flash, a squeal and then darkness. The men at the snt were at first at a loss to under? stand the strange occurrence and not until the switchboard was examined and the charred remains of the rat found, did they ascertain the cause of the trouble. In attempting to meander across the board the rat had formed a short circuit and this blew out all of the fusee. WILL NOT INTERFERE. United States Will Take No AcUoa fa Benton Execution. Washington. Feb. 81.?No action will be taken by the United State? ae the result of the execution of WlUleaa Benton. a British subject, by Rebel General Villa. This decision was an? nounced by Secretary of State Bryan, following the receipt of a lengthy dis? patch from Consul Edwards, at Juares ! stating that Benton waa shot sfter a ! formal court martial. Real Estate Transfer. Mrs. Oeorglana W. Graham to Charles G. Rowland, lot on Liberty treet, $1&.C*0. liste roa reed the stsrUlni truths is lbs Boo* FROM THE BALL ROOM TO HELL A Dancing Matter'* FTnerUnr?. 9c r*>?t??i0. Lftnui r;oiieS. PtnttcttW fc%. ?.. leutwk, Sf?