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IHM tUM'l'UI WATCHMAN, Established April, ISM. "Be Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thon AJma't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Troth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone, ISM, Consolidated Aug. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1914. Vol. XXXVIII. No. 23. 110 BAI8ADES HEIDI. PREPARED TO LEAVE FOR MEX? ICO WHENEVER CALLED ON. Torpedo Boat Pest royers Leave for Verm Cram and Three stcuniclilps are Chartemi to Take Division to Herne of Fighting. Qalveston, Texas. May 8.?On or? dere from Washington the Fourth ami Sixth brigades of the United States army at Texas City were made ready today to embark for Mexico at a mo? ment's notice and tonight the troops are prepared to go aboard transports as quickly as orders arc received. Three steamships, the Denver and Colorado of the Mallory line and Os sabaw of the Texas City Steamship company, were chartered late today to be used as transports and carriers of army supplies. The Denver came into port tonight from New York with 84 recruits for the army. The Morelund line steamer El Vail? Is here, and probably will; he drafted for service by the gov? ernment. It also was reported to? night that certain railroads have been asked by the war department to keep themsevlea In readiness to handle a large number of troops on short no-1 tiee. MaJ Qen. Franklin Bell will arrive here Saturday or Sunday to take com? mand of the Second division. All day long great quanltlcs of supplies for tho army were delivered at the government pier by the rail? roads and as fast as possible these were loaded on the transport KU Patrick, which had orders to sail as soon as she was loaded. The Kll patrick will carry 100 horses. The Saltlllo was almost ready to leave for Vera Crus tonight with permanent camp equipment for Oen. Funston's troops. ' Several tropedo boat destroyers sail? ed for Vera Crus this afternoon. The Second division, now at Texas fcj*t*H** ^Includes the Fourth brigade, J eWpneed of the Twenty-third, Twen? ty ?eist h and Twenty-seventh regl-' meets, and the Sixth brigade, com? posed of the Eleventh. Eighteenth and Twenty-second regiments. There also are In camp at Texas City two bat? talions of engineers and the Fourth field art?lery. The company of army aviators at Fort Crocket here Is also ready to embark. Vera Crus. May 9.?Reports come from Mexico City today stating that Huerta has mined the streets of the capital and, if overthrown, he intends to wreck tho city, making the world gar-p at the catastrophe marking his downfall. With Zapata to the south with 40, 000 rebels. Figura to the west with S.000, Villas army approaching from the north and Americans to the cast, Huerta's downfall seems certain soon. Huerta Is fortifying and provisioning the National Palace ar.d planting heavy artillery at Quadalo'ipe, where he expects to make his las? stand. Refugee* Continue to Leave. Washington, May S.-?Consul Cunt da of Vera Crus reported today that a refugee train urrived at Puerto from Mexico City bringing nearly six hun? dred Americans under the protection of the llrazilian Hug. Ordered to Join Mayo. Washington. Muy 9.? The Monitor Osark ha? been ordered to join Ad? miral Muyo's MMuadion off Tampico. REBELS TO CONTI M E ADV ANCE. Capture \nothor Outpost ut Tumplco and Federal* Prepare to Han, Chihuahua. Muy 9.?A ilspntch from Tampico announce:! thut the eonstltutlonuliats have caplWed an? other OUtpoat. It 1* believed that the federals a.c prepuring to ev.o uatc Tampico and flee toward San Luis Pot os I. NEED ONLY 3 CANAL Tt'UH. i ongre ^nvMi Wlialey Thinks Charles, ton Win Rulid Next Bouts. Washington. Muy 9. ? It has been decided by the war department that two tugs will be sufficient at the Pana? ma Canal entrun? e for some time to come, and therefore only two will he built us a insult of bids recently open? ed. Preabb ot Wilson having, express? ed tho opinion thut the contract for the two tuga should not go out ot this country. Secretary Garrison mied that they would have to be built by the loweat bidder at home, which was a l.ong Island concern. Representative Wlialey feels'that the ?'h.uhston Navy Yard may have another chance a ye ir or two later, when the government will probably And th;it it needs the olh?r two tugs. LILLIAN NORDICA DIES AT RATA? VIA, FROM EFFECTS OF PNEUMONIA. Was Greatest Baft* Born West of \tlantle and for Many Years Hud Charmed Audiences 01 Europe and America?Story of Her Success. Fata via, Java, May 10.?Mine. Lil? lian Nordlea, the singer, died here to? night. Mme. Nordica had been ill since the steamer Tasman, on which 3he was a passenger, went ashore in the Gulf of Papua, December 28, last. Nervous prostration was followed by pneumonia. Mme. Lillian Nordica was perhaps the most distinguished singer evor born on this side the Atlantic. The year of her birth, according to the best accounts, was 1859. She was a "Way Down Easter," a native of Farmington, Me. Her childhood days after a short schooling were spent in a Boston dry good store. Am she was tidying up the rolls of calico Just after the shop closed one night she began singing to herself. A customer who happenee1 to be delayed heard her and marvelled. "What a voice, child! Have you ever hud it trained?" "No, ma'm." "Will you let me give you lessons?" And so Lillian started on her musi? cal career. By the way, her name was | originally Lillian Norton and she was a granddaughter of 'Camp Meeting John Allen," a famovs Maine charac? ter .n the old days. Her father was1 Edwin Norton, a f irmer. Allen and | Norton were not adjudged tit names for u diva. For the first two years of her voice) culture Lillian was too poor to afford a piano. She did her practising with UM aid of a pitch pipe lent her by her friend and teacher. She even carried her plpo to the store with her, it is related, and practiced with it in i tho men' hour. Her rise was now rapid, however. Before she was sixteen she had sung ? as a soloist in oratorio for the Han ill and Haydn societies and had taken some lessons under Prof. O'Neill of' the New England Conservatoire of: Music in Boston. At the age of eighteen she went as sollst with Gilmore's Band to Eu? rope where her first big success came in the Trocadcro, Paris. She now be? came tilled with ambition to appear in opera and forthwith set out for the Mecca of operatic students, Milan. In 1880 she mhdc her operatic de-( but at a little theatre in Brescia as I Violetta in "LaTraviata." Later in the same year she went to St. Peters- ? burg und to German cities. Her repu? tation was thoroughly established. She becar. ^ leading soprano of the Grand Opera, Paris, and made her debut In the summer of 1881 as Mar? guerite In "Faust." While in Paris she met Frederic Gower, an American nowspap'm man. They were married in 188.1, but in 188 5 Mrs. Gower set about procuring a divorce. Her suit dragged and then came the news that Mr. Gower had1 been lost in a balloon trip over the English Channel. At any rate balloon and Gower disappeared. Some time i later there came a report that he had been seen alive and well ^ the north of India. He never troubled the prinia donna, whatever his status of life or deuth. That same year of Gowcr's myster? ious taking off his widow appeared at the Academy of Music in New York City. She did rot achieve such a bril? liant success as she did later In con? cert and oratorio. Mme. Nordica's most sensational musical success probably was her ap? pearance in the summer of INI?4 as Elsa in the Wagner festival at Mal? reuth. She was loaded with praise by the German critics and became known as u leading interpreter of WagftSflaa roles. She scored another and. perhaps, greater triumph tho following year as Isolde in Warner's ?Tristan and Isolde." at the Metro? politan < >peru House. In IIM the singer married Zoltan Dleme, a 11 unKarian tenor of medium \o? al ability but undoubted grace of person. Again Mine. Nordica's ma? trimonial venture proved unhappy. Mm obtained a decree ?,f divorce In New York in 1901, the papers being sealed. Her third marriage was in |tf| to George W. Young, a wealthy New York banker. It proved felicitous. Mine. Nordica hud never allowed her domestic affairs to affect her artistic career and she now continued to sing in muny countries. Her earnings were very large. She received $1mo,mm> ,,nc season and it understood this was not her top mark. In January, I'M I, Mine. Nordica LEVER PRAISED BY WILSON. CONGRATULATED ON AGRICUL? TURAL EXTENSION BILL. South Carolina Congressman Happy Over Message- From White House? Got! l*en Used in Signing. Columbia, May 10.?Congressman A. F. Lever, on his arrival here this afternoon from Washington to make an address before the State T. P, A. banquet tonight, found waiting a tele? gram from J. P. Tumulty, secretary to President Wilson, informing him that the president had signed the Lever agricultural extension bill. The telegram read as follows: "The president has this morning ap? proved the Lever agricultural exten? sion bill, and he desires to congratu? late you heartily on your part in writ? ing its provisions into law. He used two pens in singing the bill, one of which I am sending to you at your office and the other to Senator Smith, of Georgia." Mr. Lever w is much gratified over the receipt of this Information, and predicts great good as a result. In ? statement commenting on the bill he said: "I am tho happiest man In the State, because for six years I have been constantly engaged in an effort to pass this bill, which, by the sig? nature of the president, now becomes a law, which, to my mind, means more to the agriculture of the coun? try in which by the nature of my offi? cial position, I am especially interest? ed, than any Act of congress during the last half century of our history. "Under this bill each county in South Carolina, if the State legislature accepts the provisions of the bill, will be entitled to from four to si* trained agricultural demonstrators, who will go from farm home to farm home, armed with the truths and bet? ter practices of agriculture which have been gathered through years of toilsome study." w Tho 7th district congressman was the centre of much Interest here to? day and was constantly shaking hands with visitors. Ha accompanied the traveling men on their boat ride down the Congaree Kiver this afternoon and made the principal speech at the banquet tonight. Mr. Lever thinks that it will be Au? gust before Congress adjourns. In the opinion of Mr. Lever, the Mexican outlook is ominous, and it is probable that the United States will have to do some lighting. lie does not think that the situation can be ended us It ll at present, and seems to be of tho opinion that Uncle Sam will have to give Huerta and the Mexicans a spanking. Mr. Lever thinks that Huerta is wanting the American army to capture him in or? der to save his Ufa, for events are fast getting from under his control, and he knows that if the rebels get hold of him, should they capture Mex? ico City, short shift will be made of him. Mr. Lever will return to Washing? ton at once, where he is needed, for he is one of the leaders of the house, and takes part in framing the legislat' >n of the dominant party. He is without opposition for re-election. TRIBUTE OF REVERENCE Marines Killed at Vorn Crua Brought Homo tor Burial. New York. May 11.?The nation, State and city united today in a tribute of reverence to American sail? ors and marines who gave their lives for their country at Vera Cruz. While the church bells tolled Presi? dent Wilson, Gov. Glynn and Mayor Mitchell led the patriotic demostra tlon. The remains were transferred to Bier A, Where the funeral proces? sion formed and marched from the I battery to city hall, where wreaths were placed on the caisson, then pro? ceeded to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Where Brcsident Wilson delivered the funeral oration. The marines tired three volleys and the buglers sounded "taps." The presidents saline of twenty-one guns were fired, President Wilson and party leave this afternoon lor Washington. with MVeral Other artists was return? ing from Australia aboard tin- Tas man, which ran upon a reef on Torrlfl strait. Tin- passengers were taken off in small boats and landed on Thursday Island. Mine. Nordica con? tracted pneumonia from the exposure ol these days. She was in a critical Condition for some lime. Then she rallied anil against tin- udvlec of phy? sicians set ?>nt lor home. At Hutu via, Java, her conditions had changed for the Worse and she was taken ashore, where she sank rapidly. I SUMTER BOY KILLED. DROPS FROM PIER, WHILE AT WORK, TO INSTANT DEATH BELOW. Was Son of Henry c. Wedekind of This City?Body Drought Hero for liUormeiit?Parents Have Moved to Florida. Henry Wedekind, a young sheet i iron worker, was killed accidentally Friday afternoon, about :i.55 o'clock, while at work on Pier No. 2 of the Clyde Line. At the time of the ac? cident the young man was engaged in his work in the too of the large shed I of the new pier, which is almost com 1 j plcted, when in some way he lost his balance and fell to the floor. He is thought to have died instantly, as those who reached his side immediate? ly after, the unfortunate accident, state that there was no sign of life in 'his body. The police were notified at once to hurry to the scene to remove tho young man to a hospital, but on the arrival of Policeman Schr?ge with the police ambulance Mr. Wedekind had already been pronounced dead. Cor oner Mansfield was notified at once and hurried to the pier, where he viewed the remains. The body was taken in charge by J. Henry Stuhr, at whose establishment the inquest was held last night. A verdict of acciden? tal death was found by the coroner's jury. According to the witnesses at the inquest, Wedekind had been at work on tho skylight of the pier, when it ' is thought that he either lost his , balance, slipped, or was blown from ' the place he was working in the loft [of the skylight. The fall was thirty feet or more. j On examination of the body it was 1 found that his neck was broken, as j well as his arms, legs and several 'ribs. His death was instantaneous, as ; those who reached his side claim that ? there was not the least sign of breath in the body when they arrived, f Mr. Wedekind was about twenty years old and was sent to Charleston j recently from Jacksonville, Fla., where he is employed by the Coons & N. Colder Sheet and Metal Works, to as 1 sist the workmen of that firm here, . which has charge of the sheet iron work being done on the new Clyde Line piers. He boarded at Xo. 55 George street, and was considered an exceptionally bright young man by his fellow work? ers. He was born at Sumter, but ac? cording to a message received here yesterday, his parents reside at lie land, Fla. The accident occurred on the pier which was destroyed by lire last De ? comber, and which shortly will be completed. It was said yesterday that \ Wedekind had planned to leave i Charleston next Saturday. The body arrived in Sumter Sunday , morning from Charleston and was ac? companied by the parents of the j young wan. The funeral services were held at the cemetery on Sunday af? ternoon, a number of friends and rela? tives being present to pay thoir tribute i of respect to the dead. Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Wedekind 1 moved from Sumter about six weeks ago and have been living in Jack? sonville, Fla., since that time. The news of the death of young Wedekind was a shock to his many friends here, who generally regret his sudden end 'and extend their sympathies to tho bereaved parents. EARTHQUAKE NOT OVER I i -. Repented Shocks and Eruption of of Mt. Etna Terrify the People. _____?? 1 Home. May 11.?The death toll of the recent earthquake in Sicily is now estimated at one hundred and fifty to two hundred. Further shocks were felt today on the slopes of Mount Btna, eauslng intense alarm. The people are fleeing from their homes, carrying their portable household ef? fects. An immense cloud of smoking vapors is issuing from the crater, ac? companied by deep tumbling. GIVE IP ARMS AT THIN I DAD. Two Hundred Pieces Surrendered to Army Officers. Trinidad, Col., May 0.?Some two hundred arms of all classes had been surrendered to the United States army officers here today as the direct result of the proclamation Issued yesterday by Col. Jarnos Lockett, commanding The proclamation called on all per? sons, without reservation) to surrend? er all firearms. nf this number strikers had turned in about twenty per cent. The re? mainder were weapons belonging to citizens and pence officers. i ELOQUENT ADDRESS DELIVER. U) BY PROP. S. II. EDMUNDS. Interesting Exorcises Held at Trinity Methodist Church Sunday Afterm HI in Honor of Confederate Soldiers, Whose Craves Are Decked With Flowers. Memorial Day was fittingly observ Sd in Sumter on Sunday afternoon, when appropriate services were held at Trinity Methodist church, a large audience being in attendance to honor the Confederate soldiers by their pres? ence. The exercises were presided jOver by Mr. K. B. Heiser, and Supt. S. H. Edmunds delivered an eloquent address, which was leard with pro? found attention by those present. After the services at the church, the members of Dick Anderson Chap? ter, United Daughters of Confederacy, under whose auspices the services were held, went out to tho cemetery taking wreaths of Mowers with which they decked the graves of the Con? federate soldiers buried there, j Prof. Edmunds' address was a I scholarly and interesting one in which the subject of why the South observed Memorial Day and paid yearly this tribute of respect to the Confederate soldiers was treated in an interesting style. The address was delivered in a forceful and eloquent manner which could not fail to attract and hold the attention of the audience throughout the time he was speaking. The ad I dress was replete with beautiful and I impressive illustrations and seemed i very much appreciated by his hear : ers. Mr. Edmunds in his talk expressed I his appreciation of the honors which had been conferred upon him in the jpast by the United Daughters of Con , federacy and stated that he was glad ! that he was able to respond at this ; time when called on to take the place of Prof. Daniel, who through sick? ness hao been unable to Dome* as had , been previously planned. A solo by Miss Lucile Handle was a c harming feature of the program. NOTED NOVELIST HELD. Itichard Harding Davis Under Arrest In Mexico. ?_ j New York, May 1U.?Itichard narding Davis, author and war cor? respondent, who was sent by the New 1 York Tribune to Mexico as its cor? respondent, is under arrest In Mex? ico City, according to dispatch pub? lished in The Tribune today. Medill McCormack' of Chicago also 1 Is under arrest in Mexico City, ac? cording to the same dispatch. The message says Hrig. Gen. Funs ton at Vera Cruz has received in? formation that the two correspond i ents have been taken into custody. j The Tribune adds that the state de? partment at Washington has in , tervened to have representations made to Gen. Huerta for the prompt ' release of Mr. Davis. - I NO OFFICIAL REPORTS. - Hryan, However, Makes Inquiry Through Brazilian Envoy. Washington, May !>.?Unofficial re? ports reaching Secretary Hryan to? night that Richard Harding Davis and Medill McCormack, American news ? paper writers, were under arrest at Mexico City, caused the secretary to ask for an Inquiry through the Hra [sillan ambassador. No official news Iof the reported arrests has reached Ithe state department. LABOR LEADERS WIN VICTORY. I'nitcd States Supreme Court Sets Aside Verdict In Bucks Stove and Hang?' Case. I _ Waahlngton, rMay 11.?Samuel Compels, President, and John Mitch? ell, formerly vice president and Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federal! >n ??f Labor won a sweeping victory i the Supreme Court ?>f the United St. "s, when that tribunal set aside the ntence imposed ?>n the leaders \r<> ng <?ut ot the Buck Stove and 1 tge case. THE ALAi> VMA ELECTION. Race for Governor Is Clone Between Comer and Henderson. Montgomery, May 11.?Alabama to? day is choosing a Democratic nomine?' for governor, attorney general and commissioner of agriculture In the second primary. The campaign for governor has been heated and tho race will be close between former Governor Corner and Charles Hender? son, president of t l,? state railroad commission. CITY OF WEM. MEXICO CITY'\uOOKS FORWARD TO ANAH<\lY AND CHAOS. Rebels ( losing in From All Sides Wliile lluerta Doggedly Awaits Tlic End?Three Thousand Foreigners Cooped up in the City Tremble at Their Probable Fute. Verm Cruz, ILkV 11.?Dictator Hu erta s capital is now a "City of Dread." Zapata, the barbarous cutthroat, has captured Cuergivaca, forty miles south ol the i anttaL Tampico is about to fall, Tio is threatened, Vcra Cruz is ; e hands of the Americans ar Azatlan cannot hold sj out much lo J? Huerta, his power crumbling, ?ggedly awaiting the end. Thrc *i nouaand foreigners in Mexico C re trembling before the awful tr ^ ol chaos and perhaps the mo q jloodthlrsty anarchy of model" aj> *es. A number of foreign? ers, ft o" J before the threatened fall of C -V tvaca, < utrained for the cap? ital, ..ere fired upon by Zapata rebels. Two federals who were guard? ing the train were killed, the pas? sengers escaped death by lying flat on the floor of the cars. The Huerta delegates to the medi? ation conference al Niagara Falls sail? ed for Havana today. Thence they go to Keywest and by train to Ni? agara Falls. They refused to discuss mediation, but said they had been well treated jy Americans, receiving every courtesy. SHRINERS IN ATLANTA. Great Preparations Made for Recep? tion of Nobles ta the Gate City. Atlanta, Ga., May 9.?Members of the Mystic Shrine by the thousand began to arrive here today for the 4 0th annual session of the fraternity's imperial council, which will open 1 Monday and continue through Fri? day. BJ ! More than 75 jjjtccial trains, which have been charts red by Shriners in all parts of the F utcd States to bring them to the meeti ig, are scheduled to begin to arrive here tomorrow morn? ing carrying additional thousands. An electrical display throughout the city, arranged in honor of the meeting, was revealed tonight for the drat time. Public and private build? ings are decorated with the national colors and the red green and yellow of the Shriners. Two cities, Seattle and San Fran? cisco, already nave announced that they are candidate ^ for the 1915 meet? ing of the order. MEDIATION REPRESENTATIVES NAMED. Associate Justlee Ja mar and Freder? ick Lehman Will Represent United States. Washington, May 11.?Secretary Bryan today announced the appoint? ment of Frederic's Lehman, of St. Louis and Associa 1 Justice Lamar, of the Supreme Court of the United States to be the representatives of the United States at the mediation conference. The feeling pervading Washington is that hostilities may be precipitated by Huerta which may delay media? tion. It is charged that Gen. Huerta broke the armistice by ordering the i beacon lights at sc i destroyed, there? by endangering all shipping. TAMPICO HAS FALLEN? ????? Rennet States That Constitutionalists Have Captured Town. Los Angeles, May 11.?Dispatches to the constitution**-.Iis?.I Junta today stated the rebels have captured Tam? pico. Railroad Man Hurt. Richmond, May 11.?Deeatur Ax tell, vice president of the Chespeake and Ohio Railroad, was severely in? jured today when struck by a street car. REFUGEES AT NEW ORLEANS. Dr. Edward Ryan Who Was Arrested as a Spy Antens, the Number. New Orleans, Ma > 11.?The liner Rsperanca arrived today from Puerto, 1 ::: ;ing several hundred refugees, in? cluding Dr. Bdward Ryan. AMERICAN CONS! L LIBERATED. Vice rotated Who Has lleen i" Prison Near saltillo K< leased. Washington. Ma. 11. -Consul Gen? eral llanna at Saltillo reported today that Vice Consul Stlliman has been liberated from prison near Saltillo.