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WATCHMAN, EstoUlaned April, 18i0. "Be Ju?t and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHHON, Established June, IMC Consolidated Aur. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1914. Vol. XXXVIII. No. 15. M lUnHK mi NMfl ro\r|> k.xi'i.mns sf- ( i.hction or iti t.iov u. r.\\u (nils. New Orleans, Baltimore ?ml Denver Uric 0|?|m>sr<| by I'.Unk- is <?|* Ter rtlorv They Would H||| Served. Washington. April 10.?The federal reserve hank organisation cominltt? ??? tonight issued a in del. tiding ite choice or reserve districts, 't was the first oitlnal unsw.r u. i 1. t.? crit :ns \i't- e| in congress and hear<l from elt ? which failed tu get re? ite ne banks. r<.r the llrst time s ane of the data v . d b> the committee in reaching its t < lusions w as made public. Particular at:'i.t.<>n til givcn to th.> committee's reasons for choosing Atlanta. Ca.. ami 1 ?alias, Texas, in I i terenee to New Qrltnni for select? ing Richmond. Va . instead of Balti? more, and f<?r naming Kansas City in? stead of Denver, Col., Omaha or Lin co'n, Neb. The committee ( tilled at tb>n to the fa- t unit slice :\" cities wore applicants and only II were named, 21 had to be disai pointed. "With so many ct>iitlictin^ claims," said the statetnt ail. OflSfl od* had to Judge. Congress constituted the com? mittee a court and gave the federal reserve board the power to review. Disappointed i itors should see', a remedy through the orderly process the law prescribes. Critics of the committee s decision reveal misunderstanding and either du not know of appear not to know that the f' d< r .tl reserve banks aro' bankers* banks and not ordinary com-' mcrclal banks, that they are to hold tho reserves and to clear the checks of member banks, make rediscounts for then and engage in certain open market operations. As a matter of' feet, tho ordinary everyday banking relations of the community, of busi? ness men and of banks will not be1 greatly modified or altered. "Kvery city can continue to do busi? ness with individuals, firms or cor? porations, within its own limits, or in its'owtt region or in any other part of the Union or the world'with wlilch It has h retofore done business. "Reserves ar? to be held in a new way and In new places, so far as this act noHrohl them, but banking and business gen >i 'lly w ill no more bi confined within districts than hereto-, fore, and it is simply me ieadtn;-, for any city <>r Individual to r? prest nt that the future of a city will be In? juriously aff*<'t?d by reason of Its fail? ure to secure a federal reserve bank. Every city which has foundations for prosperity and pr<?4i< .; will continue to grow and expand, whether It has such a reserve bank or not, and well Inf? on d la especially, arc nwrre of this." The ?tat- monl hon Od ?hat the com mittee's poll ..t national Lanks apply Ing for memo? -ship favored Dallas nnd Atlanta OVOf New Orleans in that r of the South and Southwest which was Inoludsd In the distriota decided on. it allowed lb it the capi? tal and surplus of national bank-* In Atlanta wuh Bjft itOf thin ia N? vv or-, leans, while in Dallas It was HMO, but thct iji both Dallas and Atlanta loans and onsSSStnttl and individual dspOSltS were grea''r thin in the LoOslhlM I ?t> Insiuaning the c hoice of Richmond, the ( oinmittce punted out thai banks In South Carolina. North Carolina and | Virginia preferred that city to Balti? more or upOeJili gton east deolared 't? was thought unwise to lorate another reserve bank clooo to Philadelphia. It was pointed out also that sworn statements to the comptroller of the currem y showed on Januar\ It, 101 t. that ltehmond national bsnhl were lending twice us much money in the dint rut eventually OfQOAOd as Cain more and Wash.ngton combined. In support of Its choier .,| Kani City the committee said that Montana. Jdaho. Anxona, Teax.i ami Nihiaska. opponed |)( nvcr, and that most of tie hankers of a t ntative dlstrii i OOn? gested by omah i preferred other i it lea Tb.mmittei devot? d most of its attention to New Off loom It said in part "New orb ans seiet ted a d.strict ex? tending from MOS HOIlOO to the At? lantic ocean, incpnling ill of Texas. Itoulsiunu. MiMSt.Hsippi, Alabama, Flor? ida. Qssjffjhl and l ha' part of Tcli iifwt" south ??t th? T? nnesse ? river. "it was represented by IV see thai It Would Pe cl eat V jol. n? e to lit t trade to ousjneel hoi with Now Or bans. Ii wa i claimed and evident *' was sui-mt ?< .1 || SnppOfl of the claim, that her trad** was with her own cUIrs or wi?h K msa . City and St. J.ouls. In ji poll of the baSSI of *r. ans iMute i?\ the compt rotier of tin i tiircii<> 111 bnski espirsontd I nrsi FIGHTING FOR LIVES. [itlS. VIl.l.A MAS FEDERAL AHMV CORXKRED AT PARR A4, Leu. \ fiasco Driven From Sau Pedro Retreated lo Parias Wheiv Ho Ii lighting for Iiis Lifo?Gen. Villa Commands Rebell 1? Person. Torreon, April 11.?Dri\en from San Pedro, Las Conias, hy the fierce iiHsauits of Ava t ho wand constitution* allati lad by Gen. Villa In poraon, the unltod todoral arntloi under Gen. \e laico, Maai and Dontouro rotroatod to Punas and arc fighting there for thiir Uvea today. Couriers report that a terrific en meat Fe progreaelng today, the, fodcrala itubbornly oontoiting the ad . .Ii? ? of tha rebate. it \? estimated that fifte en hundred v. ere killed and WOtindOd in the (lght Ing at San Pedro. MARRIAGE Ml WHOLESALE. A Modern Brlgjhnm Young sent to Maon In Texas. |\ it Worth, Texan, April 11,?Tudie Arnold, ol DlythOVlllo, Arkansas, who Ii a t used of having ilxtcen wtvea, was sent* need In the federal court to ten yean Imprlaonmcnt on the charge of violating the Mann white ilavo act. Seven of hli nvlvee testified againit him. REBELS DEFEATED. Cooped ?!> by lVderols ami Rombarcl mout of Torreon Coming;. Memloo city, April li.?Tha govern? ment today announced a victory over Villa in the vicinity of Torrcun. It declare the federals have the contsi tutlonaUgti "tooicd" up and are pro? paring for a la.nihardn.ent of Torreon. choice for New Orlcang, The whole State protected against being related to New Orleans. "The Lanks of Alahama generally deelred tO bo connected either with Birmingham or Atlanta, only three expressing a first choice lor New Or? leans. Tho *bankg'""of Georgia de? sired to be connected with Atlanta, none expressing a first or second choloi for New Orleana or H banks in Florida II gave Atlanta as '.heir Aral choice. Only live expressed a first prel rence for New Orleans and Ik eere In the western oorner, No bank In Tcnneaeec axpreued a hist or aeeond choice for New Orleans, while s? von expreeeod a Ural choice for At? lanta, it a aeeond choice and i- a third Oholce. ??co at rally ipeaklngi the only banks deeirlng to be connected with New Orleani and aaproaaing ;? Aral prefer once ft.- her wore of the II banks repreaentlng Louisiana and II <>f the II in M laalaalppl. (>n a poll made i<!a tiie comptroller*! office of all nks expreeeing their preference as to the location for i federal reecrve city, 114 oxpreaaed a Orel preference ft r Atlanta, III f<>r i?alias and only II for New Orleana The views of the bankers were aupported by cham? bers of commerce and other builness : i inlaatlona ?it win thus be aeon that if the committee was :? give weight to the Views of bueineai men and bankers in tiie lection of the country affected, to consider the opposition of the gtales of Texas, Alahama, Georgia, Florida and t? nneaae and to I o I ilded by economic considerations, i t. oould not have designated New Or? leans as the location for a reiervo ' ank i?? lOrVC ?'ither the western or the eaatern pari t?i' the dlatrlct the . |ty asked for." By tablet the committee shows thai the capital and aurplua, Individual ,;. po Us and loans and discounts of the national hanks of Virginia, In cludlng Richmond, largely lurpass the national bank! of Maryland, in i ludlng Baltimore? ? ?i* Georgia the committee said: ? While the capital ami surplus of the national banki of Georg" largely ? \- < od the oomblned capital und sur? plus of tiu> national bank! of the Bl Lt?f of lioth Mississippi and Lotiis i;" a. tin loans ami discounts made by the national hanks of Georgia ex coed by |iu,.i,ooo the loans and diaCOUntS ol Uli the national hanks of Louisiana and Mississippi combined, Including the < it> of New Orleana." Continuing, the atatenu ni aayi; "The capital ami surplus of the national hanks <>t TeXUS amount |0 four times as inn h as the capital and surplus of the national hanks of llM Stales of Louisiana and Mit iIh i ?Ippl combined. The Individual do pooiti In the national banks ol Texas nlso amount to about four times tti much as the Individual deposits ol ? II national bank! in Louisiana and M i i ll Slppl." JUDGE GOFF ORDERS WHITMAN To snow CAUSE AGAINST NEW TRIAL, Recorder Granu AppHceUon on Ground of Newly Discovered Erl* denee About Killing. New York, April 10.?Supreme1 ('curt Justice Goff tonight signed an' order making it mandatory for Dis trlcl Attorney Whitman to show cause why the four g?nnten now in sing Bing awaiting death for the part thcy> played in the murder of Herman lio enthal, the gambler, should not be granted a new trial. The order is returnable before Jus-1 Lico Goff, who presided at the trial of the gunmen, at noon tomorrow, andl was obtained on the ground of newly dtecoven d evidence, This new evidence, in the form of dffldavlte, waa presented to Justice Qoft by Charles G. F. Wahle, of eoun- ! sei for the condemned men. The signer of one swore than a man he c? uld identify, Who was not one of Lht gunmen, w as in the Urin? party! whose shots killed Koseiuhal. The other declared he saw Sam Schopps, "Brldgie" Webber and Harry Vallon,I the informers, in the car that raced away from the scene of tho shooting In front of the Metropole hotel. The order was served 6n District Attorney Whitman today and prepara? tion of arguments to show why the gunmen should not be granted a new trial was begun immediately. A sharp ilegal battle is expected before Jus? tice Goff when the order is returned. The two principal affidavits, Wahle Urged Justice Goff to consider before the latter signed the order, were .those of William IS. liurwell of Water bury. Conn., a professional billiard player, and Karl Dressner, a New York bartender. The result of tho hearing tomorrow will determine the fate of the gun? men. If Justice Goff linds the testi? mony ??! the n^w witnesses is of suf? ficient Weight he may grant a new trial, if not, he will rule against a new trial and tho order of execution will not'bo stayed. The new turn in the caae, however, may delay the execution, Hither counsel far the gunmen may not* be able to produce their witnesses tomorrow noon, it was pointed out. or the district at? torney, if the evidence adduccdi through Mr. Wahle prOVOS impressive, may decide it is necessary for the people to in? set t witnesses? to offset ?u< h ovidence. JuatiCC Goff indicated that he would communicate with tho gov? ernor In an effort to provide against the gunmOn'l executions until after the termination of the present pro? ceedings, if the conclusion of the litigation la not readied tomorrow, Mr. Wahle said tonight, he will seek the aid l?f both Justice Goff and Mr. Whitman In gaining a reprieve. Burwell In his affidavit declare! he saw the first shots fired r.i Rosenthal I y a man he says ho could identify it 1 - I bo saw him again and he is certain' ibis man was not one of the four gun? men, whose photographs he was shown today. Dreaaner's affidavit places "Rrldgie" Webber, Sam Schepps and Harry Vallon in the murder car after the shooting as the car was being speeded through Forty third street. Burwell says ?hat on the night Rosenthal was shot, shortly before J a. in., he passed the door of what then was the Cadillac- hotel, next to the- Metropole. in front of which i losen thai was shot. "Just as 1 passed the door a man not live feot away from me raised his arms." his affidavit continued. "There were two Hashes, two reports, ami the man with the revolver lied across the street towards the Stage door of the Cohan theatre. Right In front of that door a gray touring ear was .standing. Several men were In it. As the man who had tired the first two shots fled for the automobile, there were two or three more reports, and then the man who had come from the Hotel Metropole dropped to the sidewalk, i can not say whether tin last shots came from net standing in the street or men in the, automo? bile. Immediately alter the shots w. re hied the machine started wltb a jerk." In the excitement that followed the Bhootlng, Hurweil Bald, he saw n policeman coining his way and de? termined it was best not to get mixed up In the affair. He left for Mrldgeport on the first train he could ;,. t. iinrwell adds that he had re solved never to reveal what he knew, but when he h.;ined yesterday that Gov, Glynn had refused lo grunt tho pun men n reprieve ho determined to tell his story. i n . mm i in his nflUUn it t< iis of WASHINGTON JUDGE FACES CON? GRESSIONAL INQUIRY. House Committee Makes Favorable Report on Dark Resolution Demand? ing Investigation of Charges Filed by Wade Hamilton Cooper of South Caroline, Washington, April 10.?The house judiciary committee today voted to report out the Park resolution de? manding an investigation of the con duet of Justice Daniel Thew Wright of the District supreme court, brought by Wade H. Cooper, formerly of South Carolina, to determine whether he i hall be impeached. The adoption of this resolution by the house would mean that the judi? ciary committee would institute an inquiry Into the official record and conduct Of Judge Wright and that ho would face investigation. After such Investigation the Judi < lary committee would report back to the house whether the impeachment charge of Congressman Park has been sustained and, in the event the 'committee recommended adoption [of impeachment articles, Justice Wright would be called before the bar of the senate. , The act of the judiciary committee I today was unanimous, according to the members of the committee, who remained behind closed doors for three hours in the consideration of the Park resolution. The committee would conduct the i lullest inquiry before its final report to the house. j Chairman Clayton said that should the impeachment resolution be adopt? ed, he would name a subcommittee of j the judiciary committee to start hear? ings St which Justice Wright would be given an opportunity to present , his side of the case. Congressman Park was before the committee for three hours today In support i f the Impeachment charges ' he recently made on the Hour of the ' house. Indiana Theatre Burned. I _ Layefette, Ind., April 10.?The Now Dryfus theatre was burned this morn? ing. The lose Is $100,000. The fire was caused by an overheated furnace. . having been acquainted with Webber, Valion, Schopps and Rosenthal and goes on to relate that early In the Rosenthal was killed, he saw Rose, morning of July 13, three days before Vallon and Webber standing In front of tho Garden cafe on Fiftieth street. "The three were not moro than live feet away from me. Then I saw Rosenthali a woman i believe was hi* Wife, and a short stout man come from the Seventh avenue door of the cafe. It 'was then between 1 and 2 o'clock in tiic morning. I heard Rose say \<> Harry Vallon: 'There he is now. Go, put it over him.' 1 knew Pose's reputation nnd also what was meant 1 by the expression 'put it over him.' 1 immediately crossed the street to avoid trouble. When I reached tho other curb I turned around and saw Rosenthal and his party walking down Seventh avenue. Webber ami Vallon were still standing on tho cor? ner." At the trial of Former Lieut. Decker, Pose testified that he met the gunmen In front of the Garden and that it was their intention to kill Rosenthal that night. Rose said, however, that he saw a man who looked like a detective and the killing was called off. Dressner said he had failed to tell his story before now because he was In fear of being killed as a "squealer." In hie affidavit he goes on as follows: "Shortly before 2 o'clock on the morning of July 10 I was standing on the steps of the Elks' club, in Forty third street, diagonally across the street from tho m< tropole. i heard shots ; id a minute later a gray au t< DiIf raced past. t >n the l im? ning board of the car I saw Sam Schopps. Shapiro, whom i have known for years, was driving the car. in the machine I saw Harry Vallon and 'Bridgio' Webber, I don't know whether there were any other nan in the ? ttr." Former Justice Wahle of counsel for the gunmen late today appeared before Supreme Justice Wells w it it these and other affidavits and urged that an order be issued making it mandatory for District Attorney Whitman to show cause way the four men now in Sinn Sing should not be granted a new trial because of the newly discovered evidence contained In Ihe affidavits. Justice Wells re? ferred tho whole matter t?? Justice doff, win* presided at tin- gunmen's i rial, FEDERALS AT TAMPIOO SEISE BOATS CREW. - They Were soon Released and Com? mander or Troops Proffers Apology and Hucrta Promises to Punish < >1Y' ndlng Officer! Mexico City, April lr?.?When a launch from the United states gun? boat Dolphin, carrying a small de? tachment of marines and the paymas? ter, put in at Iturblde bridge at Tam pico yesterday the ollicer and his men were arrested by Col. Hinojosa, com? manding a detachment of Mexican federals. The Americans were pa? raded through the streets and detained for a short time. The Americans landed to obtain a Bupply of rracoline. They were in uni? form, but unarmed. The launch Mew ih< American flag. Soon alter the arrest of the officers and marine.?-, Admiral Mayo learn? ed Of the incident and made vigorous representation to the authorities. The men were immediately released and Gen, Igancio Zaragoza expressed to Admiral Mayo his regrets. Although President Huerta in an of? ficial statement to American Charge O'Shaughnesay has apologised for the unusual zealousnoss of the Mexican commander at Tampico, there exists here tonight great uneasiness because Admiral Mayo is reported to have given the government authorities until G o'clock this evening to salute the American colors. President Huerta's statement was not received by Mr. U'Shaughnessy until after G o'clock and it was con? siderably later before communication w?th Gen. Zaragosa was possible. The statement was as follows: "lu view of the fact that the charge d'affaires of the United states hears that the whah boat carrying the American sailors was Hying the Hag of his country, an investigation will be made to establish the responsibility of Col. Hinojosa. In accord with the line of conduct which the government [of Mexico always has followed in ful |] lm<nt of its ddties df an internation? al character regarding all nations, it deplores what has occurred. 1 "Th's case has grown out of noth? ing more than a mistake of subordi ? nate officials since the superior in rank, Gen. Zaragoza, immediately proceeded to point out that what had happened was unintentional and im? posed on Col. Hinojosa disciplinary punishment, within the faculty of said Gen. Zaragoza. If the investi? gation to be made should develop greater responsibility on tho part of Col. Hinojosa, a corresponding penally will bo Imposed, upon him by the authorities legally competent In the case*" Hear Admiral Fletcher, ranking admiral of the gull, who is now at Vera Cruz, has forw irded to CMhrge O'Shaughnesay Admiral Mayo'a re? port to him, in which the latter says the paymaster and marines "were marched through the streets two , blocks, then back to their boat and released." in view of the publicity, Hear Ad? miral Mayo asked for a disavowal and apology, and also that the officers , In charge of the Mexican squ id should be punished and that the American Hag should l>e saluted with? in 24 hours. The American charge said the in? cident was not first reported to him by Admiral Fletcher, nor by any other American government official, 1 ut that it was called to his atten? tion by the .Mexican foreign edifice late- today, lie Immediately visited the foreign office and, accompanied by the sub-secretary, the foreign min? ister, Sen >r Portillo y Kojas, being e?ut of town, call.m1 on President Hucrta and suggested that in* take prompt action to relieve the- situation. President Huerta was inclined to take the incident lightly and unhes' tatin.nl}' agreed to make reparation, lo promised an Investigation and the punishment of the officer found to bo at fault HUERTA MAKES PROMPT APOL? OGY. Mexico City Hopes That Tampico lu? cid -nt Has lleen settled by Apology. Mexico City, April 11.?Gen. Hu? erta's prompt apologj for the ar? rest of American marines at Tampico it is generally believed here will pre? vent a crisis iti the relations with the l nib d States. There is considerable excitement today on account of ru? mors that the federal garrisons at t'uernavaco and Peubla are threaten? ing to mutiny, it Is feared the Jls affectlon will BPi ad to the Mroopr h? re. WAR THREAT IN MESSAGE. . s. GIVES MEXICANS 21 HOURS TO MAKE AMENDS. Unrlo Sari Demands Reparation fo" lnsi:lt to American Marines?Ofli < ial Announcement from Secretary Daniels Has Warlike Significance Washington, April 11.?Secretary of the Navy Daniels today stated that Rear Admiral Mayo, the American commander at Tampico has given Gen. Zaragoza, the .Mexican federal com Blander twenty-four hours to com? ply with the demand for an apology and a salute t< 'he American flag, be? cause the fed' rrested a party of American m: and paraded them through the ts of Tampico to prison. * / - DEI ?7 .1) AT TAMPICO. Rebels ? .i Off After Two Day's C Fighting. Ve iz, April 11.? -A Mexican gun ?Jf rrived at Tampico early to daj a large supply of ammuni? tion BttJ reinforcements for the fed? erals. After two days of fighting the rebels were forced to withdraw. Prop? erty losses are estimated at five mil? lion. A vast quantity of foreign oil property has been destroyed. The heaviest losers are the Waters-Pierce, American, Finat.cia-Commercial, Ger? man, and the Aguila, (British) com i,anics-_im? MISTRIAL EX Ml'KbLK CASE. i Murdered Man's Wife and Daughter Testified in Favor of Murderer. Mobile. April 11.?The jury in t/ie ease of Clay King Morse, the young chauffeur, charged with the murder of Carl Friedhoff in January, when the latter objected to Morse who was i married, going with his daughter, af? ter twenty-four hours' deliberation was unable to agree on a verdict and was discharged. Friedhofes wife and 1 daughter testified in favor of the de? fendant. - -? . ? EASTER WEATHER VXCERTAIV. I Two Storms In Different Quarters Make it Very Difficult to Predict. Washington. April 10.?Two storms, one over Lake Superior and the other I j in western Texas, unexpectedly ap? peared tonight and threw new com? plications in the way of forecasters who struggled against heavy odds to predict the fortunes of the Easter promenades. Weather bureau experts announced that they could not predict with any degree of certainty just what the weather would be in the East. They said, however, there were indications that In the Southeastern States and west of the Missouri it would be fair and warm, while it might rain Sun i day and Monday throughout the Cen? tral and Northern States east of the M isslssippi. GREENVILLE ROY WINS. .Maban Brown? Awarded l>cclaimers, Medal at Clinton Contest. Clinton, April 10.?The second an? nual dcclalmatlon contest for the high schools 'of the State, under the auspices of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina, was held tonight In tho auditorium of the college. First honors and the gold medal were awarded to Brown Mahan of the Greenville high school. His subject w as "The Reconstruction of South Ci roltna." Second place went lo H. B. Evans of Woodruff. The contest was eh soly followed by a large audience composed largely of Students an l the young people of Clinton. Three out-of-town nun were the judges: Capt. R. B. Curry. Bailey Military Institute; L. W. Jenkins. Spartanburg; James EL Sullivan, su perintendenl of education for Leu rens county. The preliminary was held this morning at which tho representatives of L'.". high schools spoke The best ;<? delivered declamations tonight. Th ? contestants tonight were: DelettO Smith. Marion high school; Kaeford Gaffney, Gaffney high school; Hugh Boulware, Mt. Eton institute, \\Tnn8boro; Brown Mahan. Green? ville hi;h school; Themas Childs, Buinter high school; Braxton Weaver; Dillon high school; ColiO Seaborn, Pickena high school; Zeno Montgom? ery, Kingstreo high school; h. b. Bvlns, Woodruff high school; Frank Kr.tes, Laurens high school. The Y. M. C ,\. tennis court has Is < a clayed over and rolled and will l be In condition for the lovers of the sport to begin playing.