The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 13, 1914, Image 1
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.
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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.
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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.