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IHK iTJHTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1810. "Be Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, IMC 8UMTER, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1914. Vol. XXXVIII. No. 31 CARRAHZ? S REPLY AWAITED. DELEGATES STl'DY MINOR POINTS WHILE AWAITING STATEMENT. No Sevdons Wore Held Hurl tig Day, us no Intimation of Constitutional? ist Chief's Action Had llocn He celircd? Auwmt Anxiously Expected Niagara Fall?, Juno G.?Still with-! out any Intimation of what Hon. Cnr ranza's answer will be on the qucs-' tlon of constitutionalist representa? tion hore, the South American medi atorn ami the American and Mexican delegates spent their time today working out details of tho general peace plan. Thcro wcro no confer? ences. The American delegates remained on the American side sttufying various phases of the situation. \They are familiarising themselves wrth data Washington in sending about individ? uals mentioned for tho new provis? ional government. \ A." principals were anxious to hear soma detinlte word about the consti? tutionalists, for there can be no def? inite developments until their inten? tions are known. NO A NSW UK IN SEVERAL DAYS. lie fore Reaching Saltlllo Carranxa Will Hold Conference With XUltary Chief. El Paso, June 5.?It probably will be several days before Oen. Carranza will arrive at Saltlllo and issue his an? swer tO proposals Of the Mediation conference at Niagara Falls. His agents announced hero today that Uen. Villa would go to Chihuahua City tomorrow to confer with Car rsnsa at Torreon. The bureau of information at Juarez Issued a news bulletin saying Oen. Fah|o Gonzales, commander of the eastern military zone, was on his way to Saltlllo to meet Carranza. CarraasA and Villa are expected to Confer at Torreon about tho relative positions of Villa, commanding the northern military zone, and Oen. Na tera, recently appointed by Carranza ns head of a newly formed central zone through which Villa was expect? ed to move on his march toward the capital. The new zone places Na tera In command of the campaign" .?Kamst San Luis Potosi and Zacate caa. Constitutlotflist agents here inti mato that the appointment of Nu trra had occasioned no friction and that tho campaign in the South will he continued with completo coopera? tion of all the leaders. VILLA IS SATISFIED. Content to Let Carranza Conduct Revolution. Chihuahua, Juno G.?"The creation of the central division of the consti? tutionalist army and the placing nl Its command in the hands of tlrn. Panfllo Natera arc matters entirely within th'e provlneo of Oen. Carran? za. commander in chief of the consti? tutionalist army." Maid Oen. Villa to? day when asked whether he wished to comment on tho turn in military af? fairs In northern Mexico. "I havo always been ready to serve and havo always served my country as hest I could and will continue to guido my actions by what I consuler to be In tho best interests of Mexico and Its people." continued Gen. Villa. "I urn ready to make any sacritP o for my country provided always th it such sacrifices will aid the greater cause for which I have been light in,.;." VILLA AND Hl'ERTA IN <OMMl - NIC ATD )N. Rebel Chief Said to He Loading Die. iator With VltU|M'ratlon Through Tapped Wire. Vera Cruz, Juno 5.?President Huerta is in daily communication with Oen. Francisco \'ilia, according to a report brought hero by a refu? gee, but the chancier of their com? munication is somewhat unconven? tional. Gen. Villa, according to the report recently sent one of his telegraphers within tho federal lines. He tapped a wire and sent to Huerta a message In which Villa tailed his enemy va? rious unpleasant names i ml urged him not to hassen ins departure from the capital as Villa was anxiritlS to aeo him before he left. Villa request* ed Huerta to w.nf, de? Inline; I ha I h< soon would be in the capital. President Huerta, according to the report, appreciating lite grim humor of the situation, gave orders that any similar iiicssngo ShottM got b?. with? held, but delivered |fj him immedi alely. Since this order w.is issued Villa. a< ? oidiitK to tho refugee, ha HOPFS THAT CIVILIZATION WILL PHKVAIL IN MFX1CO. Before Audience of Annapolis Ca? dets Makes Strong Address?Army and Navy are Arms of Civilization, not Instrument of Aggression, Sa>s President. Annapolis, Md., Juno 5.?"I. pray God lw may not bo necessary for our boys at Vera Cruz to use any more force," declared President Wilson to? day in an address to graduates of the naval academy. He spoke before a gathering of more than G.UOO people made up largely of present and fu? ture olllccrs of the navy. The president referred to the Amer? ican army and navy as "the instru? ments of civilization, not as the in Htrumcnts of aggression." "other nations have been strong," he said, "other .nations have piled wealth as huh as the sky, but. they have come to disgrace because they used their force and their wealth for tho oppression of mankind and their own aggrandizement; and America will not bring glory to herself, but disgrace, by following tho beaten puths of history. Wo must strike out on new paths." , President Wilson said in part: "It ought to be one of yotU tkoughts all tho timo that you are sample Americans, not merely sample navy men, nor merely samples; and that you havo tho point of view of Ameriea#with regard to her navy and her army that she is using them as the Instruments of civilization. The idea of America is to serve humanity and every time you let the Stars and Stripes free to the wind you yught to reulize that that is in itself a message, that you are on an errauU which other navios have sometimes forgotten, not an errand of conquest but an errand of service. "What do you think Is the last? ing impression that, thosf boys~ down at Vera Cruz are going to leave? They huvc had to use.some force?I pray God it may not be necessary for them to use any more?but do you think that tho way they fought is going to bo the most lasting impres? sion? Is there anything new in using force? The new things in the world are the things that aro divorced from force. The things that show the i moral compulsions of the human con? science, those are the things by which |W0 havo been building up civiliza? tion, not by force, and the lasting impression that those boys arc to leavo will be that they exercised sell control. "You must bear in mind that you are the champions of what is right and fair all around, no matter where you are, and that it is for what is right and fair for public welfare that you are ready to light and not merely on the drop of a hat or upon some slight panctillio." j Tho president praised Admiral Fletcher, saying he had been on duty longer at Vera Cruz than the other commanders and that he had the qualities of a statesman. After the ceremony the president watched the graduates go to their quart re saa d ten mr**rpofe mmm quarter** and the former "plobes" run to lake possession of "loveir' lane." HAIL Hm TIDWFLL. Arguments .Made fur ami Against Granting Hail for Slayer of Fmmctt Walker. Columbia, June I,?Application for bail for George W. Tidwell, of Green? ville, who was convicted of slaying R, Kinmett Walker and sentenced t?? i2 years imprisonment, was argued before the Supreme Court this morn? ing by Senator Wilton Barle, of coun? sel for Tidwell, Solicitor Proctor a. Uonham, representing the state, op? posed the motion. The court announc? ed they would take the application for hail under consideration, The wide publicity given the case of Tidwell at tho trial attracted inter? est in the application for hail. POWKII plant wm rivi i>. One Man Killed and Two Scrioudy Injured at Meridian. Meridian, Miss.. June ?a boiler explosion at the Meridian Light and Hallway plant this morlnng latail) in? jured our. and two others seriously. Tho plant was i?adl\ Wrecked, cuilSllIK a loss of $!?,???, The power will be eif for two days, s not disappointed Huerta mm day. Though the wording of his messages arc always different, each message Is smi to be more vltii|?erat!vo than the oi her. TAMPICO OPEN PORT. UNITED STATES WILL CSF FOHCF TO PREVENT BLOCKADE. Naval AuihoriUcfi Will Brook No in torferoncc with American ships Car? rying War Munitions for Constitu? tionalists at Tampico. Vera Cruz, June ?;.?United States1 naval authorities in Mexican waters will brook no Interference with the Ward liner Antilla Which Ifl enroute from New York with three million rounds of ammunition and an aero? plane consigned lo the constitutional? ists at TampiOO. Neither will they allow the Mexican federals to pre? vent the landing of any other ship? ment of munitions, consigned to the port of Tampico. This was made plain today. Force will he used to keep Tampico an open port, if necessary. The Mex? ican gunboats which have been or? dered by Huerta to blockade Tampion remained at Puerto and are making no move to obey the order. The de? stroyer Jouctt is watching them closely. Admiral Winslow has been ordered to sail to Tampico immediately to see that the open door is maintained. HUERTA HACKS DOWN. Dictator Said to Huvc Rescinded Blockade Orders. Washington, June S.?An uncon firmed report is current in administra? tion circles today that Gen. Huerta has rescinded his order for blockading Tampico. Flash Washington?Huerta backs down on blockade Tampico. ! Washington, June 8.?Gen. Huerta , has rescinded his order for the block? ade of the port of Tampico. Formal announcement of the annulment of the order was given to Secretary of Slate Bryan today by the SpanbW ambassador. This action removed a grave menace to the mediation pro? ceedings and brought an air of relief to Washington administration circles. ???? Antilla Will Deliver Arms. Tampico, June 8.?The Mexican gunboatl Bravo and Zaragoza arriv? ed off the coast this morning, follow ed by the American warships Tacomu and Sacramento. The two latter will convoy the Cuban steamer Antilla Into I the harbor. CAR HITS TREE. Ii, K. Hi awls and Tally Shcaley Are Seriously Injured in Accident at l.angley. Aiken, June 6,?In an automobile accident at Langley last night L. K. llawla of BatCSburgi who recently en? gaged in business in Aiken, and Tal? ly Shcaley were seriously injured*. 1 Barlo Shcaley sustained slight in? juries and nnothor occupant of the eat was badly shaken up. The automobile, a light touring car, skidded on the slippery road while going about IS miles an hour and crashed into a tree. The front part of the car was demolished, two of the occupants were hurled through the windshield and severely cut by brok? en glass. Mr. Rawls and Talley Shaeley were , picked up unconscious and brought Ito Aiken. Mr. Rawls came danger? ously near losing an eye and, besides other bruises of the face, was hurt in tl.c leg. He may have sustained in? ternal Injuries and will lie sent to a hospital In Columbia. Mr. Bawls was rescued badly hurt from under the machine which slid into a ditch. FAIR AND HOT DAYS. Weather I'.urea u Makes Prediction for Week. Washington. June 7.?Generally fair ami hot weather is forecast for i ho coming wcok east of the Uocky mountains. "There arc no present indications of precipitation of eonsccpience," said the weather bureau's bulletin tonight, "exeept tli.it their- will be showers and thunderstorms at the outset from the lake region eastward and possi? bly in the fur Northwest. Occasional local thunder showers are probable In the South, in< hiding- Texas, hut no gem ml rains. "it will bo somewhat cooler Mon? day ami Tuesday over the upper lake region, I ho upper Mississippi \;ili<> and the central portion of the eolin try, with moderate temperatures thereafter, while in the Hast rather high temperatures will rule during much of the week, owing to the pres? ence of ,i stron?" high pressure area over the South Atlantic States and the adjacent uccan." MAY ABANDON MEDIATION. SOVTII AMERICAN DIPLOMATS SAID TO BE DISCOURAGED. Prospect of Establishing Peace im Mexico Becoming Less jis the Re? sult of Recently Developed Com Hcatlons?Enemies of Administra? tion Try to Place all lllamc on Bryan and Wilson. Washington, Juno 0.?That the i South Amerclari diplomats will soon give up their efforts to establish peace In .Mexico and leave Niagara Falls is the prediction freely made in official ? circles today. j Reports from Ihc mediation confer? ence and from T'ampieo are"consider* [od discouraging', but the most omin? ous feature is that the administration is said to have made the United States liable to a ( barge of bad faith toward the mediators by permitting the landing of arms at Tampico by the tramp steamship Sunshine in the face of assurances by Secretary of State Bryan that orders had been is? sued to customs collectors of the !United States to refuse clearances to American ships currying arms to (Mexican ports. l)cspite the fact that j the legal "Officers of the commerce dc ! partment advised .secretary Bryan i that refusal of clearance to such ships' I I J in advance of an embargo Is illegal > tho Secretary insists that no ships ? carrying arms or ammunition to Mex i ican ports be given proper papers. Another Complication is Oen. IIu erta's reported intention to blockade 'Tampico. Diplomats believe that grave complications will result from the attempt to prevent such blockade. NEWS FROM REM BERT. Miss Atkinson Gives Musical? School Closing?Personal Items. Rembert, June 8.?Miss May Mc? Laughlin of St. Matthews, who is on an extended visit tti ncr aunt, Mrs. T. M. Crosswell, is spending a few days with relatives in our commu ; nlty. Miss Courtenay Atkinson gave a musical entertainment at her home on Friday night, June 5. Mrs. <I. II. I Lcnoir and Eugene James with tin1 violin, Leland Myers with the guitar and1 Mrs. R. M. Jnmcs at the piano. The bare mention of the name of Mrs. James is assurance of the ex? cellence of the music, as all who .are acquainted with her will know. Her , wide circle of friends will be pleased : to hear that she has entirely recov? ered from the severe illness of awhile ago. Mr. J. L. Jackson is up and about. It was the writer's privilege to re? ceive Invitation to the commencement of ('U nison College through the kind jthoughtfulness of Bush Jackson who graduates this year. j Mrs. J. L. Jackson has gone to at? tend the commencement exercises of Clemson College and to see her youngest boy receive his diploma. A (proud mother. i Miss Viola Spencer is at home again from Winthrop. I Mr. and Mrs. \V. J. Spencer were I in your city Friday, June f>. Mrs. Spencer is contemplating a trip to IGlenn Springs. All small grain P.as been cut and ; people are pleased with the crop, j notwithstanding the drought. Miss Rosa Welsinger closes her' school today, June 4th, with a picnic {at Dinklns* Mill. The Woman's Missionary Society of Bethcsda church meets today with Mrs. M. A. Young at tin* home of her brother, s. W. Allen. Showers are failing around and cot l ton continues to look well. The health of the community never ' seemed bott< ?\ FISHING FLEET DESTROYED. A Terrible Disaster Off New Bruns? wick (oast. _ St. Johns, New Brunswick, June 8.? over thirty fishing vessels have been sunk or are missing off St. Johns as the result of a terrible storm that has been raging for more than twen? ty-four hours. It is feared a hundred men losl their lives. A dozen bodies have already been washed up on the coast and masses of wreckage are lloating in. The storm is the worst in twenty years. W \R IN ALBANIA. Carnival of Bloodshed Renewed in Balkan IVltlllsiila, Durar.so, June 8. ? A heuvj force of Albanian rebels, preparing lo attack this city, has been discovered by go> eminent troops near Tyrann. A llcrce buttle is raging there today. I WILL BLOCKADE TAMPICO. HUERTA'S ACTION iN BENDING WARSHIPS TO STOP AN? TILLA CAUSES CRISIS. Outcome of situation Awaited with Keenest Interest?May Moan End of Mediation Conference?Badger's Orders Arc to Keep Port Open for Ccmmcrce and Clash May Cosao Between SIiIim?Cruisers Follow Mexican slops. Washington, June 7.?Another crisis In the Mexican difficulty faced the Washington government tonight, a situation fraught with perils for mediation and with possibilities that might precipitate actual warfare be? tween the United States ami Mexico. (Jen. Huerta has brought about the new crisis by ordering his gunboats to blockade the port of Tampico and to seize a cargo of ammunition en route there for the Mexican consti? tutionalists. The shipment is aboard the steamer Antilla from Xew York, flying the Cuban Hag, The Antilla is due at Tampico Wednesday. Huerta has notilied the powers of his intention to blockade the port and that he proposes to seize the cargo consigned to the belligerents against his sovereignty as contraband of war. The purpose of the United States to suppress the attempt to blockade ami prevent interference with the Antilla was Indicated tonight when Secretary Daniels issued an official Statement announcing that while no new orders had been given Rear Ad? miral Badger, there had been no change in the policy of the govern? ment in reference to its desire that the port of Tampico shall be open to all commerce. The statement follows: ' The navy department has issued no new orders to Admiral Badger since the Mexican gunboats were re? ported to be leaving Puerto Mexico. The department, has at. no time con? templated furnishing a convoy to the Antilla, or any other ship, nor have any orders to that elfeet been issued. No word whatever has been received I as to whether or not the wcu ships of other nations have been notified of the blockade at Tampico or what their attitude will be towards such s blockade. There has been no change in the policy of the government In i reference to Its desire that the port of Tampico shall be open to all com? merce." As to whether "all commerce'' in this instance includes contraband of war, no official of the government will disenss. So far as known the only orders re? lating to Tampico that have been is? sued went to Admiral Badger on May IS in a message informing him that, while it was not believed the Huerta gunboats would return to Tampico, it was deemed advisable that the com? manders of American naval vessels understood that the government de? sired that there bo no Interference with commerce at that port. That an attempt to tarry out the blockade decree will be made was I I verified today by Admiral Badger in a report to the navy department from Vera Cruz, announcing that the Mex? ican gunboats Zaragoza and Bravo. Which left Puerto Mexico last night, had passed Vera Cruz and were steaming towards Tampico. The American cruiser Tacoma and gun? boat Sacramento are following the Huerta ships. The message from Admiral Badger received by the navy department to? day read as ltd lows: "10 a. m., Sunday, June 7. Posi? tion of Mexican gunboats Bravo~and Zaragoza at 9 a. m., latitude 19-43, longitude im;-:;, headed for Tampico, making about nine knots. Should ar? rive off Panuco river about f> a. m. tomorrow. Tacoma and Sacramento following in observation. (Signed) "Badger." When this report reached Washing? ton it Immediately was communicated to President Wilson, Secretary Dan? iels and Secretary Bryan. Secretary Daniels hastened from church to his office, but denied himself to inter? viewers. Throughout the day he would make no statement. Neither would Secretary Bryan, nor was there any official information obtainable from tho White House. The president conferred over the telephone with cabinet officials und American delegates t.. the Niagara uIko received messages from I he Kails medial Ion confer* ncc. The 1 wore believed lo have a bearing 1,11 tho impending situation at Tampico. Three possibilities were discussed in idllclul quarters louighl sis likely i.i arise m view of the problem that Ijen. Huerta's decisive action has pre? sented. Should the order to Admiral Badger be construed us to Include THREE VICTORIES GAINED IX MEDIATION CON FERENCE. Huerta Willing to Resign. Remains in Negotiations Despite Ignoring of His Demands?Barks Down from Lloekad*?Efforts to Bring Car ran/a Into Agreement. Niagara Falls, Juno 8.?Three im? portant Victories have been won by The United States as the mediation conference proceeds. Huerta has withdrawn his refusa' " sjt pledge to quit the presidency; ybrta baa re moined a party to c / negotiations, despite the i norir ^ I his demand w ?' that a bipartisan t g rnment he chos? en to suecee ! hir *' huerta has back? ed down fror t' ? Am pico blockade. Americans r O iw working to per? suade Can;' i> agree to an armis? tice. His ? 49 jr to the mediators Will be deli ? today. It is hoped the United tes will win this point also. Kill Back Other in Feud right. Poplarville, Miss., June 6.?In a fued light Boyd Lee cut Boyd Landers' throat last night, the latter dying af? ter he had shot and killed Lee. Both I i arc cattlemen. ggggggggggt a?pi?^p^^^ delivery of contraband of war, Ad? miral Mayo at Tampico would be compelled to open fire on Huerta's Kim boats, if necessary to prevent in? terference with the Antilla. If this were considered an overt act of war and a violation of the agreement to cease hostilities it probably automa? tically would end the peace confer? ence at Niag r.t Falls. In the opinion ; of many In \ lose touch with the Washington a administration this would mean ^he beginning of actual hostilities against the Huerta gov? ernment and signal the advance of an I American army from Vera Cruz to? ward Mexico L*tt/1 ? -? - 1 I j Another possibility, however, sug? gested in official quarters is that this government may bring inlluence to bear on the owners of the steamer Antilla to change her course and [make no attempt to deliver her cargo at Tampico p< nding the outcome \ot mediation negotiations, and efforts to induce Gen. ? 'arranza to participate in the peace conference. Should the Antilla change her course or return to an American port, danger of an Immediate clash would be averted. Agents of Gen. Carranza in Wash? ington tonight mid they had no offi? cial word relating to the proposed de? termination of Huerta to blockade Tampico nor any communication from Oen. Corr nvza. As to Oen. Car ransa's expected answer to the pro? posal from the South American mediators the constitutionalist chief's advisers said il night not be forward? ed before Tuesday, inasmuch as the general did not leave Harras for Sal tillo until tonight. A third possibility discussed here is that Admiral Badger's ships would not interfere with Oen. Huerta's pur? pose to blockade the port of Tampico against importation of ammunition but that they would insist on keep? ing tho port open to ordinary com iii< roe. This might avert serious con? sequences. So far as c< dd he learned no or? ders were sent to Admiral Badger to send any war vessels to Tampico cx ieept the two following Huerta's ships. The only Amencan ships now at Tampico are th< battleship Minnesota, outside the Far uco river, and the monitor Osark in the river, which temporarily serves as Hear Admiral Maya's flagship These vessels, how? ever, would be more than adequate to cope with any situation that might arise. While the navy department made no affirmative n inouncements there were no negative pronouncements and naval officers were busily engaged throughout the day. Bear Admiral Ftske in charge of operations was at his desk most of the day, and several times was In telephonic communica? tion with Secretary Daniela. Hear Ad? miral Howard re|K?rted from the Mex? ican west coast that Theodore W. Jones, an American who had been Imprisoned at T< pic had left for San Francisco. Authorities at Mazatlan. he reported, had given noncombatants permission to leave Mazatlan for con? st it ut ioiialist lim :- if they desired. Bear Admiral Badger cabled the navy department tonight that Hear Vdmlral Mayo ha I shifted his Hag to the battleship Minnesota, outside the Faniico river at Tampico. U was as? sume d the admiral desired to be on hand for the at Ival f the Huerta gunltonts tomorrow to blockade the port. The cruiser San Francisco has left for Tampico ? nd the Arethusa for Charleston.