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STRONG NOTE TO UMUi VNITED STATES IXEORMS (X)RM ICR RM CHUT THAT i II \N(.l Ml ST COME. Must Respect FoeiSgWtrs slid Their Interests or America Will Take Steps to Enfort-c Mes-oircs for Pro trrtk>n-*-May Mean Change of Ad* ministrations IVIW \ Washington. March 8.?Oen. Car? ranxa has been Informed In a note from the United States government tbat unless there Is an improvement In condition* wl'h respect t,? foreign* era and their Interests In Mexican territory under his control such steps aa may be nocessary will he taken by the American government to ob? tain the desired protection. The note la the strongest and most emphatic document that has been sent bv the Washington government to Mexico aince the correspondence ?Ith Huerta a year ago. Cnrranza la wmrned that the United Sttaea has viewed with deep concern the grow? ing complalnta made by forelgnera generally againat hla administration and now. In effert t. rnands an early change. The eontenta of ;he communica? tion were revealed to several ambas? sador* and ministers here, who ex Qriosid satisfaction at Its urgent lan? guage.' Some regarded It aa an en? tire change of policy towards Mexico on the part of the United Statea. American Consul Fllliman should have presented the note to Cnrranza today. A copy of it was sent to the Brasilien minister at Mexico City to to be shown to Oen. Obregon. the Oarrania commander. In the mean? time some movements of American warehipe have been ordered, the ef? fect of which will be a naval demon? stration that some officials hope will convince Carranxa of the American government's determination to obtain a change In conditlona in Mexico City. Secretary Daniela conferred with President Wilson tonight over the prospect of aendlng additional war? ehipe to Vera Crux. Only one ves? sel, the battleship Delaware, has been at Vera Crux for several weeks, but five warships will be In that vicinity In a few days. The cruiser Tacoma left Port au Prince. Haiti, today un? der order* to proceed immediately to Vera Crux, the gunboat Petrel al? ready la en route from Mobile, Ala., and the cruiser Des Moinea is bound from Progreeo to Vera Crux, while the gunboat Sacramento Is at Tampl co. Other available light draft ves? sels, more valuable than battleships In tropical waters are the gunboats Wheeling and Nashville, held in readiness with the armored cruiser Washington In Haltten and Dominican waters, whlls the entire Atlantic fleet of 21 first class battleships is at Ouantanamo, within two and a half days sail of Vera Cruz. Mr. Daniels gave this summary of the position of the warships but declined to dis? cuss future movements. After the conference tonight be? tween Secretary Dar'els and the pres? ident It waa learned on high authority that two or more battleships would be ordered from Ouantanamo to Vera Crus. probably tomorrow. That conditions again have reach? ed an acute crisis was admitted at all the government departments. Aaked whether the United States Intended to use physical force to ob? tain a compliance with its request Secretary Brysn today replied that nothing had been decided on yet beyond representations" and that it was beet to meet situations "as they arose." Latest reports from Mexico City In? dicate a menacing condition of af? faire for the 25.000 fore *ners there, of whom 2.600 are Ameri uns. The Csrranza authorities have com? mandeered all r supplies in the chief hospital and sent them to Vera Crux. An appeal hflfl swell m ul< to the United States to dl-patch a hospital ship to Vera Cruz to Bend medical supplies to the capital ami the Mexican Red Cross has sent an urgent petition for protection against the Carranxa authonu? s and for per? mission t?? r.M.j.enite with Um Interna' tlonal relief commission in handling the starving pofjntaMoe Typhoid fever and smallpox ha' a broken out In the capital as well as at Tampico. In the face of threatened rlOtS gg I the famine In MOSMC <Vy the s* department today received g not?; an? nounclng on the authorltv of ?Jen. Carranxa that the capital stoiiM be evacuated by the forces of Oen. Ob? regon. This was formally announced by Secretary H -ya n today together with the atatement that while CgrraaN had "Invited the diplomatic corps to move to Vera Cruz, stating that this Would not be considered by him as an act of recognition. It Is under? stood that the diplomats corps feel that their departure from the capital of Mexico would not be best for the foreign int* rests under their cure." It beraum known that the dean of the corps Informed Carranza that. Other factions |p MOS* ? ought rSOOHl mm MUST NOT RESIST. MOULD KVHMIT TO PROPER CIVIL aVTHOHIR. gSSBJSjSjS*) of UN Navy Sols out Po? sition of De partment?Result of : Investigation. Huston. March 7.?Enlisted men of the navy are cautioned against re? sisting urrest by ti v il authorities, in a' communication from Secretary of the Navy Daniels, made public tonight by IVIne Commissioner OWIeara. The letter itfjl with charges made be? fore l navy court of inquiry at Char lestown that two firemen of the bat? tleship Qsofgtl received brutal treat? ment from police of this city who ar? rested thorn December 7. 1914. "Proper treatment," lays Secretary [uniels, will be demanded for men <>f the navy at all times when it is cl? ar they have been imposed upon. Proper punishment likewise will be Imposed when they are clearly at fault. "The department, however, will not Interfere in their behalf In auch cases as this, where it appears they were disorderly some in open resist? ance , to uniformed police officers, while others crowded around, taunt? ing and insulting: them in their at? tempt to maintain law and order. "An enlisted man on liberty must realize that while released from per? formance of his duties on board ship, ' he is still responsible to navy author ' ity for his seemly behavior while on shore. At the same time he is none the lesi a man and a citizen with cer? tain duties to the community and 1? Amenable to local authority and sub? ject to Its lawi." Secretary Daniels added that he had directed that Instructions be Is? sued to all men on shore liberty, ''un? der no circumstances to resist any proper officer attempting to arrest them." "If any man considers that he has been unlawfully arrested," the secre? tary continues, "he Is to report im? mediately to his superior all tho cir? cumstances connected therewith for further action If his commanding of? ficer deems it necessary." their going to any town under the control of Carranza. The diplomatic corps at the same time entered a vigorous protest against the proposed evacuation of Mexico City. Accord? ing to Carranza agency's advices from Vera Cruz, Oen. Obregon in? tends to leave a garrison in the capi? tal and Secretary Bryan said there was no indication as yet that this \w?uld not be done. Asked whether foreigners actually were suffering, Secretary Hryan said that it was the "fear of the future rather than the effect of the present" that had caused the serious state of affairs, and that this was "due to tho things Obregon had proposed, such as the cutting of all communications." "The effect also of language used by I >bregon," said Mr. Hryan," has b.-en to emphasize the danger from mobs because of utterances calcu? lated to stir up feeling against for? eigners." The secretary declined to discuss the ? ontents of the latest representations. From other sources familiar with 1 hat the American government has said to Carranza. however, it was I learned that the note, while not in the nature of an ultimatum, was virtually of the same effect. It summed up in I an insistent tone the entire situation In the territory controlled by Car? ranza. There was clear Indication in it that the I'nlted h'ttaes had made re? peated representations in vain with respect to Carranza's treatment of for? eign* is and that a point had been reached where it was necessary for the first chief to take into consldera tion the serious steps which the Unit I ttatOS might fee] compelled to take to obtain un improvement of af? fairs. t'n anza's decrees and those of his subordinate generals have been a con? stant cause of embarrassment to for? eign governments. The Imprisonment of priests and the confiscation of prop? er^, ib.- expulsion of the Belgian and Spanish ministers and the treatment of foreign consuls generally have I" en Charged in OfllclaJ reports. The visit In this connection of Car? dinal Glbboni to Now Orleans to talk with Arehblshop Morel, who has just been expelled from Mexico, together with other priests, was regarded by diplomat! here as of the utmost sig? nificance, .Many diplomatic represen? tatives have cabled their government that steps of a most important t bar? ter had been taken by the United States. None of tin- ambassadors would s;iv whether tiny believe the use of force was intended, but many thought the note sent by the I'nlted Stateii to Camilla clearly implied that the use of force might be the nest de\eb pnient If there WM not a favorahls (hange In conditions, sp. etfloally tho United Mates has been making SQpnratO reprevsentat ions to obtain the following tilings from Car I ranaa. pel um.* 'ii for ih" International re i Four Horses and Twelve Mules Belonging to Harby-Epperson Live Stock Co. and C. W. Smith & Company Burn? ed to Death Last Night. l^>ss wAs AROUND $8,00? WITH INSURANCE PARTLY COVERING DAMAGE}? EPPERSON WILL REBUILD BRICK STAHLES TO TAKE PLACE OF FRAME BUILDING DESTROYED ? PEED IMPLE? MENTS AND BUILDING SUPPLIES AMONG THINGS BURNED? SADDLE HORSE <>E c\ p. EXUM'S HAN AGAINST TELEPHONE 1H)ST AND KILLED lTSELC?HODIES OF ANIMALS BURNED. ; From The Daily Item, March 10. ; Fire last night caused a loss of i probably more than $8,000 when the , frame buildings in the rear of the I Harby-Epperson Live Stock company and the Booth-Shuler Lumber Com? pany offices were destroyed, sixteen j horses and mules being burned to ,death in the fire. The loss chiefly j ! falls on Gco. F. Epperson, who owned I the buildings, and who, with A. D. ; Harby, owned part of the stock lost, !and C. W. Smith & Company, who j owned the larger share of the stock ! which was burned to death. The I Booth-Shuler Lumber Company and I j the Oulf Refining Company were also losers by the fire. Mr. Epperson thla ] j morning took measurements and I started to prepare plans for rebuild? ing. The loss as stated by the owners i this morning with insurance was as j follows: Buildings .owned by dec. F. j Epperson, loss 12,500, Insurance $1, ! 500; six mules and one horse owned by Harby-Epperson Live Stock Com j pany, worth between $150 to $175 >a head, partly insured; six mules and j three horses owned by C. W. Smith I i ft Company, worth $175 to $200 a head, partly Insured; feed and farm implements owned by Harby-Epper j son Live Stock Company, loss about $400 on implements and $1,500 on feed and supplies, partly insured; car load of hay owned by C. W Smith & Company and valued at $300 with lnsurnnce of $1"5; building sup? plies owned by the Booth-Shulei Lumber Company valued at between $200 and $300 with insurance of less than one-fourth value big oil wagon owned by Gulf Refining company, (unknown whether insured or not); IC. P. Exum, lost $250 saddle horse with probable insurance. The alarm of tire was turned In from box 22 at about twenty minutes to ten o'clock last night and the fire department turned out promptly, I hut the blaze, which caught near the i middle of the mule shed, had evi i dently started in a pile of hay, for it was burning fiercely when the de? partment received the alarm und thero was no hope of saving the : building on their arrival. Excellent 1 Work was done by them in saving adjacent build.r,"s. The large frame building of the .' o. II. Hurst* under? taking establishment was seriously threatened, but was saved, and the small negro tenement houses owned by Geo. F. Epperson, which were only a few fe?t away from stables were repeatedly threatened, but the fire was held in check and did not spread to them. Six streams of water were thrown on the fire, two from the cor? ner of Main and Canal streets, two from the hydrant in front of Geo. F. Epperson's office and two from the hydrant at the corner of Hampton and Sumter streets. The hose was attached to the hydrant near the jail but the threads here gave way and the hose had to be moved to the Sumter and Hampton street corner, causing considerable delay at a very important stage in the tiro. The steamer was brought out, but was not put into service. The fire was one of the worst which has visited Sumter in some time and the fire laddies did some ^ lief committee composed of Wealthy j residents of Mexico City to use the funds they have collected lor sup Idles to succor the starving and des? titute and the placing at their dis? posal Of transportation facilities to 1 bring food Into the capital. The guarantee of a line of com? munication between Mexico City and j Vera Crux so that foreigners may have access to tin- sea and that com? munication moy be kept open for i foreign governments. Tin* ordering of a .sufficient gar? rison to stay in Mexico City in case >f an evacuation so thai riots and demonstrations of the mob might be prevented and foreigners protected against violence. Accord!UK lo information given OUl at tbe State department, t be number of foreigners in Mexico City is esti? mated at 110,400, of whom there are: Americans, l'..".?h ; Germans, 1.S00; ' French, l.soo; English, 1,000; Ital? ian':, 7'itt; Spaniards, 12,000; Turks, 2.000; Chinese, 1,000; Cubans, I, ?00; Japansso, BOO; other nationali? ties, S(h). J excellent work in preventing it from spreading to other buildings. Fortu- j nately there was practically no wind and this aided them in their hard , tight which lasted for nearly five | hourii although the fire was itself un? der control after the stables fell in. Desperate efforts were made to save the stock which was inclosed in the stalls. All of the doors were opened and most of the stock was driven out. but some of the animals, crazed by lire, smoke, heat and noise dashed back into the stables to die from the I fierce heat. A majority of the animals i were driven out on the street and ! most of them spent the night at large In the town. The two handsome stallions owned by Mr. A. D. Harby were among those saved from the fire. The handsome saddle horses be? longing to Mr. C. F. Exum was also ! turned out with the others. It was probably half crazed with heat and blinded by the smoke for it ran with the other animals about the town until they turned from Liberty street into Levi street, nearly a half mile from the fire, when the animal ran into a telephone post and was killed by the blow. Mr. Exum sttaed th morning that he. could not replace the horse in ids affection at any price. He had had it for several years and has made a pet of it. He stated that it was probably worth about $250 and was among the animals covered by a blanket policy. Whether he ?ould recover on this policy was not known. Mr. C. W. .Smith lost six mules and three horses and five or six other ani? mals which were turned out last light were still at large today, he having been unable to find them last night or this morning. Today he heard Iron. Paxvllle that some of his missing animals were there and he also heard from Mayesville that some of the animals were there. Mr. Geo. F. Epperson, with char? acteristic energy, this morning com } menced preparations for the building ! of a brick structure to take the place of the large frame structure which was burned down. He stated that tho new building would be probably sixty feet wide, one hundred and twen? ty-five feet long and would be on the site of the former building. Workmen were engaged today In cleaning up the burned timbers, tin and other debris from the fire and putting the horses on a pile of trash to be burned. The scene was visited by numerous spectators during the day, who last night had looked on without being able to help. TWFPETT RELEASED OX HAIL. Judge Bowman in Cliambers at Klngstree Fixed Bond at $2,000. B. C. Trippetl was released between j 8 and 9 o'clock last right on order i of Judge I. \V. Bowman, before whom , a hearing was had in chambers at KlngStroe yesterday afternoon. Judge How man fixed the bond at $2,000 on the approval of the bondsmen by the clerk of court. Messrs. H. J. Harby, Thomas Wilson. C. L. Stubbs and W. W. Rowland signed as bondsmen and were approved by the clerk of court, who therupon Issued an order for Trlppett's release from custody. The party from here left shortly bo tore 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon and returned here at about 8.10 with the order from Judge Bowman, hav? ing made the trip la an automobile. TARHEELS WILL VOTE. statewide Primary for Ail Parties Provided. Raleigh, Nr. C, March 8.?Both bouses of tbi' North Carolina legis? lature tonlghl passed a lull providing lor a State-wide primary for nomina? tions by all political parties. A num? ber of counties were exempted as to members of the bouse and county of? ficers, but it is provided that these can come in under .he law if so voted by the people on the petition of one llfth of the \ oters. Mobile. March The British steamer Xestorian sailed today with a cargo of fourteen thousand bale. ..r cotton for Liverpool, The Son torlan was the sixth ship to leave re cently for ?Hrllleh ports. UHRY THAW ON THtAL AGAIh JI UY COMPLETED IN CONSPIR? ACY CASE. Evident From start that Effort lot Prisoner's Release is to Be Made. Now York, March 8.?-In the room where he twice faced a Jury for the murder of Stanford White, Harry K. I Thaw today went on trial for con? spiring to escape from the State Hos? pital for the Criminal Insane at Mat teawan. With him as codefendants, Wero five men, who. the State charges, were parties to the alleged conspiracy. The entire day was re? quired to complete the jury. Taking of testimony will begin tomorrow. From the outset it was evident the trial would be another fight for Thaw's freedom. The defendant's at? torneys plainly intimated that with the permission of the court they would offer evidence designed to prove their client was sane when he escaped from the asylum. Such be? ing the case, they said in examining talesmen, the defendant was detained illegally at the time of his flight. They asked prospective jurors whether they would be prejudiced against a man of sound mind who used any means at Ids command to ! escape from a hospital for the in? sane. These statements were ampli? fied later by John B. Btanchfleld, j Thaw's chief counsel, who said that J should the jury find his client not {guilty he immediately would sue out a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that "his dttention was illegal be? cause the jury would have established : his sanity." j The State's contention, as outlined j while an assistant district attorney ; was questioning talesmen, is that Thaw, although insane at the time ; of his escape, nevertheless was com? petent to enter into a conspiracy and that he should be punished accord? ingly. : Deputy Attorney General Kennedy, in charge of the prosecution, said ! that if found* he were guilty he j would be returned immediately to Matteawan. Thaw's codefendants are Richard J. Butler, former State assemblyman; Roger Thompson, alleged to have been the driver of the machine in which Thaw lied; Michael O'Keel'e, Eugene Duffy and Thomas Flood. FOR ONE CENT LETTERS. Austin of Tennessee Declares Coun j try Demands Reduction in I*ricc of Postage, Washington, March 9.?"If the leaders of congress would give its j members an opportunity to vote on the proposition the American people i would be given a general one cent let ' ter postage without any further de? lay," said Representative Richard W. Austin of Tennessee, today. 1 "The people are demanding such legislation, and justly. Unless some definite action is taken to adjust pos? tal rates the influence of the people is going to begin to tell at the polls just about election time when some of our leading obstructionists come up j for reelection. The users of the mails are growing wise- each day on the situation and will eventuadlly deliver a telling blow unless congress mends its ways by permitting some action to i be taken on postal rates. "There is an organised movement r eing conducted against cheaper let? ter postage. It i^ a blind campaign in the form of a proposition to fix a fiat rate on parcel post to take the place of the zone rates which now exist. Such a change would greatly aid the large mall orJer houses and at the same time pracUaclly ruin the small town and country merchant. With a flat rate on parcel post the |small merchant would be thrown in j direct competition with the mail order j house. Under the existing zone sys? tem the small merchant does not feel the pressure so much as his big com? petitors segregated in a few places of the zones with profit. But With I a tint rate he will be able to com? pete with the local merchant In tiny part of the country. And further," said Mr. Austin, "there is no reason why any person mailing a letter should be forced to pay a tax of one cent of every two paid, the estimat? ed profit to the government for handling a letter." GERMANY MAKES APOLOGIES. Promises to see That Impolite Blunder of Military Authorities Won't Be Repeated. The Hague (via London), March 9. \ ?The German foreign olfice has sent through American Ambassador Ger? ard an expression of regret and an explanation to Henry Van Dyko, American minister to Holland ami Luxemburg for the Interference with >!?.-. Van Dyke's correspondence with Luxemburg. Tbc trouble is attribut? ed in the explanation to n misunder? standing <'ii the part of the military commandant at Treves, and it is stat? ed that orders have been Issued to prevent such an . ?cident occurring sgaln. BARGING tOBACCQ ACREAGE DEALERS SAY HEAVY CROP WOULD MEAN DISASTER. Circulars Issued by Tobacco Trust? Statt* Department or Agriculture Inquires Into Retrenchment Cam? paign in Pee Dee. Columbia, March 10.?The eastern section of South Carolina is being Hooded with circulars advising the farmers to reduce their tobacco acre? age, according to correpsondence an Inounced yesterday at the State de? partment of agriculture. The mat? ter was called to the attention of Commissioner Watson by W. A. Ka noor of Sumter. Investigation showed that the cir? culars were being sent out by T. M. Carrington of Kichmond, president of the Tobacco Association of the United States. Commissioner Watson ad? dressed a letter of inquiry to Mr. Car? rington. The president of the tobacco ! association has made reply, in which j he states the reasons for the issuance (of the circular calling upon the farm? ers to curtail the tobacco crop this ! year. I President Carrington says that ths association has tried to act in an im? personal manner, "and we feel that the interest of the dealers in bright tobacco and the farmers is identical." ilc says that from all the statistical 1 information obtainable it appears that the consumption of. bright to 1 acco is about 225,000,000 pounds. "Evidently the war has thrown this business out of gear, ' says Mr. Car? rington. President Carrington states that he has given the facts to Bright William? son of Darlington and "he agTees with the position taken." Information gathered by the to? bacco association shows that there is j a very large stock of bright tobacco carried over from the 1911 crop by the dealers and there Will be consid? erable carried over from the 1914 crop. The letter is in part as follows: "If it is positively ascertained that {a very large crop will be planted for 1915 there will be very little chance , of the dealers disposing of that to j bacco, except at a loss, and they will j not be in a very good position to be very active bidders on the new crop, and while an independent dealer may not buy very much, he is a consider? able factor on tlfe market in bidding; and especially many buyers are very desirable in purchasing the South Car? olina crop, because this tobacco is sold ungraded and has to be sold very rapidly; and at that season of the year when the weather is warm, to save the tobacco, it has got to be han? dled promptly, and to do this satisfac? torily, it must be divided up among a good many people." ! President Carrington believes that an increase in tobacco acreage in this ' State will have "a most disastrous ef? fect upon the price." ? "POLICE MATROX" FOR COLUM? BIA. Capital City to Have Female Officer to Give Protection to Women and Children. i Columbia, March 10.?The city at I torney was requested yesterday to 1 draft an ordinan? j which would give the city the right to employ a woman for the protection of women, chil? dren and young people in Columbia. The woman officer will be vested w ith police authority, but will not be sub? ject to the restrictions or the orders ' of the police department, i The field of her operations will not 1 be limited to those persons who haw committed crime. For these reasons the designation Of this officer as a "police matron" was styled a mis? nomer in a communication to council yesterday from Mrs. W. C. Cathcart, Mrs. Howard Caldwell and the ttSV. Kirkman G. Finlay, who have inter? ested themselves in the movement, which, it is hoped, is anticipatory to the establishment of a juvenile court J in Columbia. WHISKEY CAUSED MAX'S DEATH. Bart Tnrnstall is Dead and Charles Wright III?Search for Poison. Spartanburg. March S.?Bart Turn Mull of Clifton is dead, Charles Wright, his companion, ill, while the remnant of a pint of liquor which they ire supposed to have purchased from 1 negro Mind tiger Saturday night is being held for analysis. Bart Tnrnstall was found dead by the road Sunday between Clifton No. 1 and Clifton No. 2 and responsibility for his death is placed by the coroner's jury on some poison, drtitf or alcoholic drink, sup? posed to have been bought as whis? key from a negro. Sheriff White today arrested .lesse Miller and Burton Gidney, both ne? groes, and placed them in jail pending an Investigation as to their connec? tion with the sale of the liquor. I art Tnrnstall is survived by a wife and several children and said to have moved to Clifton from Sumter a tew months ago.