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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established Aprtl, 18*0.
"Be Just and Fear not?t.et all the ends Thon Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and TrulITa"
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, IMC
SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1914,
Vol. XXXVIII. No. 17.
JOE tiOGAN PAROLED
BY GOVERNOR BLEASE
Case Which Has Excited Much Comment
Ends in Usual Way When Executive
is Appealed To.
km i \-i i> u?<>\ i'WMiBUT or in ndrmd dollar fine TO Tin:
< m Of si M rrit?to hi: remanded TO JAIL IF ever AGAIN
convicted Of selling whiskey ? peti'l ions LARGELY
HQH1 d Bl citizens t>e the ( oi NTY.
Joe Hogan, convicted in the Pe
? ?.r<l?T*a Court on one hundred counts
of violation Of the dispenary law, was
this r.orning released from tho coun?
ty Jail by Sheriff Bradford upon the
receipt of a parole fron? Governor
I '"!?? L I'd ease who had been present?
ed with a petition from citizens of
the county asking that the parole be
grunted and upon the inlet ession of
Mr It. <> Purd\.
This case Is one of the most int- t? st
Ing huaior eases v. hi< h has ever OOHIS
up hi this State and has create/ |
great deal of i atinmelit all over tho
Stute because of the extremely large
Mne or sentence of Imprisonment im?
posed upon the i.mvietod man. Tho
cose came up before R. DOBtSl
Recorder. In February or March, 1 ?13,
and llognn was convicted on three
esse? of the thiri> -Ilm e i rid.
upon an understanding between the
sttorneys in the ease, he was to plead
guilty to the rest of the cases, it'
found guilty on tho three cases which
would be regarded as test cuses. The
case was later appealed from the Re?
corder's Court to the Circuit Court be
c iuse of t hi f a: lur? ,.t' | he I |#C -r dOf
to have witnesses atllx their signaturt m
to their testinu rv at the time it SrSS
taken. The ( is ? was rem unb d t?
trtal In the circuit court, but overrul?
ed In the Supreme Court and the Re?
corder sustained.
Cpon the receipt of the decision of
the Supreme Court Hogan was taken
to jail. This wa?? on the Tth of Jan?
uary and he has been in jail until
Friday morning. Just three months and
ten days. The parole war. re<?, i\nl last
night by Mr. Kugene Hogan. the fath?
er of the com P ud man. and ho paid
the fine of $1<?0 and Joe Hogan was
released on order of the sheriff.
The petitions tor rlonan'i pardon
were circulated about the city and
county for several weeks and wen
recently sent lo Governor BleSSS, They
< ontame.l ah,, it a thousand sig?
nature*, some of the BjSjnOi
ntTlxec* being of the pFOUllaoat nun
of the city.
Mr. It. O. Purdy rest ntly visited
(Nrv< Meaas concerning the granting
of a pardon, acting as a private citi
ten. At this time Gov. Please asked
what recommendation he, Mr. Purdy,
would make. Mr. Purdy upon his re?
turn to Sumter had a conference with
tho Recorder concerning the matter
of it pardon A copy of the Remrd
?r'? letter could not I.* ? t : 11?? ?1. but
In substance it stated the facts in the
rase und th..t the USSSfdSf thought
that the Hast had not come to consid?
er the gr iming of a pardon. Me did
not c.m.'.hh r that Hog.in had yet
served ? ?utlicUnt part of Iiis sen?
tence to take up the matter of par?
don, although steps might be taken
at some future time to secure the
portion The letter was SSSJl to Mr.
Turdy and wm transmuted to Gov.
MMN *?th Mr Purd. s letter of rec?
ommendation on the SSSSv Mr. Purdy'a
letter folloWII
11.on Oalf L l le.ise. Governor. I
Columbia. S. C.
Hear ir
I haiol VSSj h? r? in lie thr< c Ball?
Hons in the gBjiSI ? I tin- Cttjf of Sum?
ter against Joe Hogan. I SSj OSS yon
Also the reply of P. pozhr Pee, K;,,
to my letter to him of the tlth lost
a. ajsjfjj of whieh I risjuested sent from
the ofth e to Von at the time of V. I |
lug to Ml Pee. and I have n ? doubt
that yon hn\e re? ? ived WOh ? opy in
due course of mall. Mr. Pec * h it i
speaks for ibclf.
It Im difficult to make a SfNTSJSS3llO#
whish will no , t the requirements ol
thin ? as. in all of us aspects. Having
undertaken. US a elthS n. ttl SllfW *
? hst elemeiM V in this CSSS V ? old be
proper on \our part, and Ic in g hern
asked bv you to m ike so HS sugges?
tion us to the pfOBOf d SpOl it on o| th<
the case. 1 suggest die '..bowing
1. That yon m ike an order com*
muling the nnexplred l< ttn of h i
sentence to one year, and relieve the
Una entires, except as he?? in Stated.
?*. That you rosjsjtrs the payment
of r>i)e hundred dollars to the Clt) ol
Sumter. and that upon SUSP payrnen*
UM defendsnt he paroled during good
I., havior, und if (igaln convicted in
any court in this State for telling II"
<iuor, that he be remanded t<? the
coumy jail of Sumter COtMt) Cof the
Unexpired term of one year.
Upon payment of the $100. that ho1
bo released on parole* Of course if
he tails to Bay the $100 he will have
to gerve OUt tho one year, to be iv
i< . led within that time upon the pay-,
in ut of the $100.
You will be able to put your views
in fewer words, if you adopt the sug?
gestion lure made. In any event, I
a- ; n bond that both you and I will
I I
not feel free from criticism.
I d<> not think that a condition
should 1)?- that he would leave the
State, While 1 think that would be
I i
the Mat thing for him to do volun?
tarily, yet I do not recommend this Bl
Being compulsory.
I saw the defendant on Saturday.
I
hut had then reached ne conclusion as
to w hat i should recommend, and so j
told him. This was the llrst time that
1 had seen him. 1 repeat what 1 said
to you in person, viz: That I ha\e
not been in any way employed in this
matter, but my actions have been
purely voluntary.
Yours truly,
(Signed) R, (>. PCI1DY.
Tho parole follows closely the rec?
ommendations Riadc by Mr. Purdy,
It grants Hogan release upon the pay?
ment of $100 to the city, subject to the
proviso that he shall serve out his |
term, if he is ever ugain convicted of
selling or handling llQUOr in any form
or is convicted in some other State
,and brought back this State.
It was known generally that efforts
were being made to sec ure. Ungun's
pardon and the news that a parole bad
been granted came as something ex
peeted to many of the people of Sum?
ter. The opinion of those heard dis?
cussing the matter seemed divided.
Many seemed to think that the sen?
tence was too severe for the offense
and that a parole should have be n
granted. others seemed t think
that Hogan should have ser\ed OUi
his term, or at lei st served out more
04 it t if Ore ? parole was granted.
It is not known whether steps will
he taken by the city to oppose the
action of the governor, as was recent*
|y the case in Dillon. Mr. Clifton, the
attorney representing the city in the
ease was out of town, and Mayor
.>? nnlngs could not be located. Tho
He 'Order Stated that he did not know,
i' h?- had ne lung more t<> do with the
< ase
COX tilt KSK m:\DY FOR MKHSAGE
All BeaacBMs or Ctoversuueut in
Thorough Accord With President?
Joint session at :? o'clock.
Waahlngten, April un.?Congress Is
randy for the president's message and
||S adopti.-n will be a matter of for*
ii iuty, All branches of the gov?
ernment are in thorough accord with
the president.
President Wilson wishes the cemv
i to understand that the present
ire >1? is with Oen. Huerta, not the
M< a an people, lb* declares "that
the t nlted states is friendly to all the
Me\i .,.| psople." The joint session
v ui hear the president's message at
i .k Hi ?? afternoon,
_
\1%M\ HK\U\ TO M<>\ i:.
H uc\' .,t \ii trms Posts Prepared
Fue Order* to Invade Mexico.
Ban Francisco, April l'o.?His thou
and troops -at oned at the preatdlu
are read) to tut for Mexico ut a
moment's notice, The transport'! tire
coaling today and will te ready to mil
tonight.
Governor of Trans oner, Mllltta.
Qelveeton, April 20.-?The secon<l
dlvlelohi consisting of thirteen thou
? in?l men, Is hurrying here from Ten
as City today, and will be ready tu
take the transports tomorrow.
Governor Colqultl stated today that
he is ready to order OUl twenty-live
thousand Texas militia at any time.
Victoriano Huerta Flatly Refuses to Salute
Flag of United States, and Order to
Blockade Mexican Ports Follows
MEXICAN SITUATION* EXCITES INTEREST THROUGHOUT COUN?
TRY?STEPS WILL BE TAKEN TO SEIZE TAMPICO, VERA CRUZ
AN I) RAILROAD TRESTLE LEADING TO MEXICO??REACH
MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR UNITED STATES TO PROTECT FOR?
EIGNERS?FINAL ARR A N a KM I NTS FOR WAR WILL BE MADE
THIS MORNING.
Washington, April 19.?Gen. Vlc
torlano Htierta, provisional president
of Mexico, flatly refused tonight to
accede to unconditional demand! ol
the United states that he salute the
American dag, and congresi will be
asked by President Wilson tomorrow
for authority to use armed forces to
uphold the honor and dignity Of the
nation.
Negotiations with Huerta over the
demand for a salute in reparation P '*
the arrest of American bluejackets ; *<.
rampico on April 10 came to a close
tonight at ?; OClock, the last hour giv?
en hy Pr?sident Wilson tor a favorable
response from the Mexican dictator.
The final word ol Huerta to Charge
O'Shaughneasy was a refusal to com?
ply, unless 'he United states would
guarantee in writing that his salute
he returned.
President Wilson at midnight WSX
on his way to Washington from White
Sulphur Springs, preparing to read a
message to congress in joint session as
early as it can he arranged tomorrow.
In the meantime American war fleets
Were moving down both coasts on
their way to Mexican waters to car?
ry out the president's plan for re?
prisal.
The crisis thus reached does not
im an that there will he a formal dec?
laration of war, because the United
States COUld not declare war against
a government which it does not recog?
nize. President Wilson will seek au?
thority, however, to send armed
forces into Mexico to seize first the
ports of Tampico and Vera Cruz and
the railroad trestle leading from Vera
Cruz toward Mexico City.
The president direc ted that a cabi?
net meeting he called for 10.150 o'clock
tomorrow when final arrangements
for a peaceful blockade of Mexican
ports and other steps in the presi?
dent's programme will he deliberated!
The breach that finally has come
with Mexico will make it impossible,
it was declared tonight on high au?
thority, for the United StaUs further
to protect foreigners in that republic,
ami foreign governments have be< n
notified of the situation in this re?
gard.
The president, it was declared, not
only would ask congress for authority
to use the armed forces to uphold the
honor of the nation, hut also for an
appropriation, a deficiency already
having been created because of ex?
pensive naval operations in anticipa?
tion of Huerta's defiance of this gov?
ernment.
The president probably will ask fur?
ther that the s? nato pass the volume
act, which already hue paaaed the
in use, providing for pr< sslng into
regular service the militia regiments
in Various Slates.
In preparation for the crisis that
must be met, Senator Shivb-y, chair
n an of the s< unto foreign relations
commlttco, ami Ucpresontative Flood,
chalrmun of tin- ii ?use foreign affairs
committee, called meetings of these
committees .or tomorrow morning.
Representative Flood, who Is on his
honeymoon, telephoned from Now
York that he would return imme?
diately.
Throughout today tin* Mexlc in
crisis was the nbsorldng topic in of?
ficial Circles, dispelling the usual
calm or a beautiful mid-spring Bun
day, President Wilson arrived at
White Sulphur Springs? w. \a., onrlj
If the day, alor a night ride from
Washington nnd there Joined Mrs.
Wilson. Secretary Hryan remain' '',
np vlrtuully all of last night await
inc. definite word from Mexico city.
ii* was ..; the state department un?
til after midnight, and after going
home continued telephoning to those
in t in- clpln r ro< in at i he state de- i
pnrtmcnt until i o'clock th:s morn
a ?,. Shortly alter 1? o clock Mr.
itryun h oi received two messages ?
Crom Mexico City, both from Charge
i?'shaughnessy. Tim first was mere
formal, stating thai the message
?f President Wilson, giving Huerta
until 6 o'clock tonight to yield, had
?ceu commuuicuted lo Porllllo y llo-ji
ja.', the minister for foreign affairs,
and that a reply would follow.
The second dispatch was in the na
! ture of a reply, although officials
! quickly perceived that it was not
clearly responsive and definite as to
1 the demands made, by this govem
. menti but raised a new issue as t<>
the United States agreeing in writ?
ing to return the Huerta salute.
Mr. Bryan summarised the Huerta
j
reply in a telegram to the president
at White Sulphur Springs and soon
thereafter held a lengthy long dis?
tance conference with the president,
going Over the points Huerta had
j rai: ed. While the reply Was con?
sider* d favorable in its genral pur?
port as to saluting the American Hag,
J < t it again paraleyed over details. As
la result of the long distance talk Mr.
Bryan dispatched a further message to
Mexico City making it plain that
President Wilson would listen to coun?
ter propoaals or suggestions, but
must have an unequivocal acceptance
of the American demand at the time
Stated, C o'clock tonight.
While these exchanges were going
on by cable between Washington and
Mexico City the navy department was
. entring its attention on further prep?
arations for an eventuality which
i
might occur. At 10.30 o'clock?short?
ly after Iluerta's latest diliatory mes?
sage hud been received?orders were
sent to battleship Mississippi with an
'aeroplane corps and 000 marines and
the torpedo flotilla at Pensacola, J'la.,
I to get under w ay immediately, joining
Admiral Badger's fleet as it entered
the Qulf of Mexico, and proceeding
with the fleet to TampiCO. The tor?
pedo flotilla conslts of 22 destroyers,
the tender Pixie and the scout cruiser
Birmingham. Several of the destroyers
are In reserve and it is probable that
1 nly 1 1 will sail.
J Secretary Bryan had planned to go
to " n: n at 11 o'clock, but as the
cai messages began to come in he
1 hanged his plans and went to the
state department. There he was joined
by John Lind and the two went to
the private telegraph office of the
State department to consult over a
difficult piece of deciphering in the
latest message from Huerta. Later the
secretary and Mr. Lind joined Secre?
tary Tumulty at the White House and
the latest exchanges were further
gene over in detail. It became known
that the message showed that Huerta
was not raising objection to the salute
Itself, luii as to the details under
Which tho salute would be returned.
The Mexican condition was that
the United? States agree in writing
that the salute i>e bred Instead of
relying on the assurance given by Ad
mbiral Mayo for a return salute. This
was construed by officials as a wily
ami adroit move on Huerta's part to
ol tain an assuranc e direct from the
American government that would to
capable of being construed by him us
a recognition of tho de factu Mexican
government* Officials lure wore not
disposed to rive any such assuranco
nor to prolong the discussion as 10 de?
tails. They were determined, after
consulting with President Wilson, to
hohl to Hu? one concrete question of
Huerta's yielding to the American de?
mand as it had boon submitted, The
reply to Huerta made clear to him
thai a "yes" or "no" to the American
demand v.ms all that remained for
him, and that nothing thai was to be
done w >Uld heir the roll: '.ruction of ?
recognition of the Huerta regime.
in the meantime tentative plans
wire being made for the legislative
procedure which tomorrow may plurce
the full naval and military establish?
ment In tho hands o tho president
ft r decisive measures ngulnst the de
facto government In Mexico, The
scope of the authority to be conferred
on the president and the means to bo
placed in his hands tor exerting that
authority will depend on tho presi?
dent's desire. When the president
returns to Washington early tomorrow
morning these desires undoubtedl)
Mill bo communicated lo the two leg?
islative bodies meeting at noon. Then 1
ile president probably will >;o to the 1
(LAIMS THAT FLAG WAS NOT
INSULTED.
Offers a Suggestion That Both Flags
Should be Greeted Alter Agree?
ment is Signed.
Mexico City, April 19.?The Mexi?
can foreign minister, Senor Portillo
y Rojas, announced tonight that it
would be impossible to agree to the
demand of the United states that the
flag of that country be u .litional
ly saluted, because that was not
1 insulted, because it w Vot Hying
! from the launch an< i ause the
marines were set free ? before an
Investigation and the r responsi
ld for the arrests wa -C ISClf arrest?
ed and held for tria ?
The foreign min ^ further an
nounced that the ? .ican govern?
ment would agree ^ b<?th Hags be
saluted, tiie A nu t first and then
the Mexican Hag, . arrangement to
he made by a protocol signed by the
American charge d'affaires. Nelson
O'Shaughneeey, and the Mexican for?
eign ministe:-. The United States
government, Senor Portillo declared,
had refused permission to Charge
l I'Shaughnessy to sign such a pro?
tocol, and demanded an unconditional
salute by Mexico, which Mexico felt
was Incompatible with her dignity.
In conclusion the foreign minister
said:
"Mexico has yielded as much as her
dignity will permit. Mexico trusts to
the fair mlndneas and spirit of Jus?
tice of the American people."
Mexico City, April 20.?Pressure is
being brought to bear upon President
ECuerta by foreign diplomats today
urging him to yield to the demands
of the American government. They
told Foreign Minister Ilojas that
there is still time for Huerta to
yield before the American congress
authorizes hostilities. Minister Ro?
jas hurried to President Huerta's
palace to confer with him.
capital to read a special message to
1 congress.
The joint session will hear what
the president has to advise on the
Mexican situation and probably be
, fore the president returns to the
White House the necessary resolution
? will have been offered in ?ach house
1 in separate session. The chairmen of
the forcing relation committees will
offer the resolutions which immediate?
ly will be referred to the respective
committees. Hurried sessions of the
committees win report the resolutions
and before adjournment they prob?
ably will be passed and laid before
the president.
The form and substance of the reso?
lution to be presented in the event
of a movement against Huerta, how?
ever, will depend largely on Presi?
dent Wilson's wishes. He is expected
at least to ask for power to order a
blockade of Mexican ports.
The Mexican embassy here received
no word during the day from its gov?
ernment.
Senor Algara, ( barge of the embas?
sy, with the secretaries, sat in his of?
fice throughout the day and until late
at night anxiously awaiting devel?
opments. After th<? final news was
conveyed to him that Gen. Huerta
had refused to yield, the charge said
there was no statement he could
make on the situation. Senor Algara
plainly showed he was deeply affect?
ed by the news.
Secretary L?ryan, in conference with
Secretary Daniels, Secretary Tumulty
and Poas Loii", chief "i* tie- Latin
Am or ican bureau of the state depart?
ment, prepared to issue a state?
ment outlining the outcome of nego?
tiations ami explaining the position
of the United States..
About 11.30 Senator bhlvcly, acting
chairman of the senate foreign rela?
tions committee, reached the White
House and joined the conference.
"It's all over," said the senator. "I
an have nothing ?c.:ore to say until
after I have conferred wi h the lead?
ers."
cMssengcrs wore senl for Renators
Kern and Gallinger, the Democratic
and Republican leaders in the sen
nte, and Iteprcsentatlvee Underwood
and Mann, the house lenders, Who
tire to arrange tor the joint session of
congress to he addressed by the pres?
ident.
Iteprcst iit.uive Raker, one of the
many members of congress waiting at
the White House office for news, said
President Wilson's action in this crisis
would "clarify the whole situation."
Ii will show Mexico and the world
that the United states moans busl
tt ... ' he added, "and w ill I live a good
ffect on our foreign relations gen
tally.''
SENATE BLOCKS ACTION.
PRESIDENT FINDS IIIS COURSE
SUDDENLY CHECKED BY UP?
PER BODY.
Upper Branch Will l>is< ass Amend*d
Resolution, \Y1mc1i is Intended tO
Take Place of Thai Hold Up?
Meantime There Will Be No Action
for tlie Present, Administration
Waiting on Congress.
Washington, April 21.?Action by
the army and navy of the United
Stales to force Huerta to salute the
American flag was held up early today
through opposition in the senate tO
the form of the joint resolution ap?
proving President Wilson's purpose,
as it passed the house last night. A
recess of the senate was taken at
12.2S until noon today.
The president, while stating in his
message to congress that he has con?
stitutional authority to act, is waiting
for congress to express its approval
before Tampico and Vera Cruz to be
seized or other steps taken looking to
I reparation for the arrest of American
bluejackets at Tampico.
In a spectatular midnight session
the senate discussed the house resolu?
tion briefly. Senators objected to in?
dividualizing Huerta and a substitute
resolution was agreed upon by the
foreign relations committee, giving
the president broad authority to deal
with indignities to the United States
in Mexico "in view of the situation as
presented by tho president in his
message."
President Wilson had retired early
but Secretary Tumulty, Secretary
Garrison, Postmaster Rurleson and
Vice President Marshall, Acting Chair?
man Bhlvely and other administration
lead* rs conferred on the substitute
resolution.
"No orders to the army and navy
i
will be issued toright." was the an?
nouncement made after a conference,
i
action being deferred until congress
acts on the joint resolution approving
the presidet's purpose of using the
armed forces of the United States to
enforce its deman ls against Gen. Hu?
erta, growing out of the arrest at
Tampico of American bluejackets.
The resolution passed the house to?
night by a vote f 337 to 37 after a
spirited debate.
For seevral hours it was considered
by the senate foreign relations com?
mittee. The senate foreign relations
committee agreed at midnight to re?
port the resolution, with the preamble
ami nded to read "in view of the
situation prcsnted by the president,"
dud eliminating individual reference
to Huerta throughout the measure.
At 12.28 o'clock the senate receded
until 12 noon Tueselay under an agree?
ment to consider the resolution at that
time.
The house adjourned until 10 o'clock
tomorrow. President Wilson retired
after hearing that the house had
adopted the resolution.
Persons in touch with the president
said the steps "short of war" which
would be taken by the United States
v. e re of a nature which wculd not re?
quire formal notification to the powers
in the same sense that a declaration
of blockade or other preliminaries to
war. Foreign governments will bo
kept Informed of developments,
however.
The ib bate in the- house brought out
Tie fact that, while the American navy
probably Would blockade Mexico off
from commerce with the United States,
It would cot interfere with the passage
to and fro of foreign vessels, though
cargoes discharged on the shore
might be bcbl at the customs houses.
VERA CRUX BLOCKADED.
idntlral Met eher ordere i to protean*
Landing of War Munitions from
1 tiiopo.
Vera Crus, April 20.?The blockade
of ;his port will be established today
by tlie American ships. Admiral
Fletcher baa been notified that ear*
R ea uf war munitions which are ex
I ectcd from Europe today or tomor?
row muet il< t be allowed to land.
APPROPRIATE FIFTY MILLION.
Congress will Provide Funds for Im?
mediate I sC.
Washington, April 20.? A bill ap?
propriating $50,000,6ifl to be imn.e
diately available for use by the presi?
dent tor purposes of national defense
was introduced in the senate this :*f
tcrnoon ai d referred to the hnance
committee. ?
Penaacola, April 20.?The cruiser
Birmingham and twenty-one torpedo
i oats ami destroyers exepd to ioa\e
tomorrow lor Mexican waters. Tho
Birmingham Will carry four aero?
planes with expert aviators.