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POLICE RAIDS CONTINUE. $7,000 VALIF rL.\( 11) ON SMASH I I? s| < >T M Vi IHM S. Isrgc Quantity of liquor K< i/ed and Mum llur* and (.anibllnu Places are Cloned?Police *u> Thcv Have In? struction? to tlnfoivr I a w News and Courier. The raiding squads continued th If raids yesterday, and Chief of Police Cantwell stated that the squad would be jkept at It continuously, an the or? ders are for enforcement of the law?. Every day the pluln clothes men will be "on the trail of the blind tiger*' snd the goods they sell. Yesterday a number of raids were made and a quantity of alcoholic bev? erages was seized by the members of the raidtnx squad*. chief CnntwMl re? ported officially last night that S85 bottles of beer. 2k quart bottles . talnlng whiskey. 43 half plins gl whiskey snd 1 keg g| at r. aarta of whiskey and several slot maci.n I had been seised during the day by h. men. While thli? Is not much na was hauled In Wednesday. It is considered a 'n^ce Utile pile." The police And that the blind tigers are on the look? out for them, with the result that they are experiencing some trouble in finding the contraband. When one place Is rahled the word Is passed along that "the bulls are coming," and other tigers "duck" their wet goods. The atmosphere of some of the places where polished hxtures were displayed, and vv here a variety of drinks stared the visitor in the face, has been changed. The lights are dimmed and In some places a com? mon plank counter, with a dilapidated sideboard and empty glasses In sight, aas been substituted. Of course there sxe some places where but little change has been made. * It Is reported that a number of gambling houses have given up and closed their doors. It was rumore I last night that there are several who propose to resist and that the police will have to attack their places to put them out of business. Yesterday morning the slot ma? chines seised the day before went un? der the axe. and CMof Cantwell figur? ed that more than $7.000 worth had been destroy, d. The rn.o hine-! wots smashed to pieces by policemen in the station house. Each machine was stripped of Its cash contents and when the nickels, quarters and pen? nies were counted yesterday It was found that $61 49 would be turned over to the city treasurer. A lot of worthless money and brass check? were also found In the "Iron boxes" of the slots. i'AUDON HOAH1? l> \ \MI .> David Ellison, Henry Ttllmsn and W. I .leuWlnson to I'iws on Pe tition? iMcd. Columbia. April 2 ?1 > i i ? ;. Elli? son of Columbia. Henry C. TUlman of Greenwood and W. K. Jenktnson of Kingstree were appointed yesterday by Oov. Manning as members of the State board of pardons. All Bt Utions for parob\ pardon or commutation will be submitted to this board by Ute governor. Oov. Manning has t een in office for more than two months, and not one pardon or parole hus boeg grant- d Hi hss received rn n .M?ns and ih-se will be sent to tho new pafdofl board. It was said at the g ?verror's office that the old board was automatically removed by the sppomtinent of a new board. VU?M\\ shot AT HWllTON. Mrs. <.. \\ I rimell at Print or Death as ItcMilt or PiMol Wound. Hampton. April 1 --Mrs. O. W. Frnnell 1? at the point of de.ith at her home here to Humpton as the re? sult of a pisttd shot wound received In the right temple early thir aiorn ing. It Is said that Mrs. Fennel) had lust kindled a tire in tin* open lire plsce in ht r bed room and reached st the mantel with h? r left hand for assistance In rising v. hen she t aught hold of u mat on which a revolver w.i? lying and pulled it or. The v,dv.r r.dl to the hearth or Moor and was discharged, the bull't ? Uteri tig th*? rl?ht temple and ranging slightly up and I award iIm hrfi tamper ana Mrn. PssjajaH has boon gear death ever sine?- shortly gltOf i he aOOld nl occurred. .Mr. Kennell had already gotten gp and had gone out into the hufSS b ' snd Mrs. (Vimell v\.n aloWS In hot i ?om with two sin.ill aafai a*he had not sotten up. N?? one saw the gs> chlent. but one of the Utile i??. . called to bin lather Ib't MSJIOlhei has shot herself. ' and Ml Keaael I immediately summoned In J, P. Mae? vey. who si his genteel neighbor, !t Is said that Mm Kennell loM M I Harvey and Mrs. M. P. Gatiae) s?ho reached her very short lv iit-? th" was shot how th?* accident or. Hhf? was conscious for several min? utes, but the physicians could do nothing for her relief TO MAKE CAPITAL NEUTRAL. i KITED STATES' PROPOSITION ac< 1 iti :i> nv vii.lv and zap \ta. llciiinins for Ca ran/a to Accept or Rojsci Hl? Mi ?Ihm ORy WHI ???? i .oft as BotM of Safety. Washington. April I With, the hope of securing permanent protec? tion tor the 11,000 foreigners in Mex? ico fit.? , the l'nltcd Stat? -,ovcrn mcnt has proposed to the Vil'a-X.i I pata forces anil to Gen, Can iti/.i that UM M' Xa.mi capital SO declared neu? tral ant outside the Held ol opera* tlOttS borsofttf in Mexico's civil war. The Villa-Zapata forc? s ha\? sgreed to the proposal and are willing to evacuate the city as soon as a sim? ilar agreement is obtained fron? the I ; PI an/a authorities. C>n CK B Carranza depends also whether or not the effort of the ! Cnlted States to neutralize the rail ' 1 Mexico City and Vera Cruz shall succeed, as the Villa-Za pata officials have agreed to this. The plan with respect to Mexico City contemplates an arrangement I whereby order would he maintained hy a local council of permanent resi? dent?. The capital would not be sub? ject to further attacks nor would there be more changes in go\ernment until a central government had been established. Should the capital bo declared neu? tral, much of the apprehension for the safety of foreigners would be re? moved and the famine menace elimi? nated. No important movements between the Villa and Carranza forces were reported to the Washington autborl ties today. Minor Merrlweather, the American arrested by Villa officials on a charge of counterfeiting, who was later re? leased, has complained that his per? sonal effects and the money which caused his arrest were confiscated Merrlweather entered Villa teritory carrying socalled Monclovia money used by Carranza supporters which the Villa officials require to be re valldated. Merrlweather asserted that tills was done on written order of (Jon. An? geles. Thtoe additional nurses were or? dered to Brownsville. Texas, tonight by Red Cross officials to assist in caring for the v01 .?ded Carranza Vllla soldiers moved thero from Matamoros. FERTILISER TAG TAX. lt<x'clpts at Clemson College are 3? Per Cent, of Last Year. Clemson College, April 1.?H. If. ftackhouee, seen tary of the state Board of Fertilizer Control at Clem? son College, announces that at the close of business on March 24, 1915, raootptl from the fertilizer tag tax id * Mhod the amount of 1100)000, At the close of business on March 14, I til, receipts from the tax had r. aehed $-39.000. Kecclpts for 191 r, to March 24 are SOT cent, of the receipts for 1914 0 March 2 1. and per cent, of the total r slptS for 1914. which were |H?9,000. However, the fertilizer HSOVOHM nt has been late in lotting under way this year and It is ex p ted that n larger percentage of In receipts will be shown in the final weeks of the season than is the case in ordinary years. DAiUYMLX OF BOOTH MEET. Hold Conference at C lemson College and GftJCSrrtlto, Clemson College, April 1.?The dairy held agents of the United States Department of Agriculture for the Southern States, many of the Southern Bold agents of the animal husbandry division of the Deport? m< nt of Agriculture and the Wash InfftOIl chiefs of these llnog Of Work tbored at Clemson College and Greenville recently for conferences on their work. Their special purpose in OOmlng to South Carolina was to invest Igats I he cooperative creamery v oj!; being done at I leinson College. Ualrying Inotruotors of the southern ? dleges wore ahn attending, In addition to the dairy ami ani? mal husbandry men, there wore at the conferences several ?>> the state demonstration agents of the South? srn sta;e>. an<i Dradford Knapp, spe? cial agent In charge of the demonstra? tion work, was present. One day was spent al Greenville and one at Clemson College and much Work of value was accomplish? ed. Hillri'lNt< THl'HT FAILS, Receiver to Re Infioluted for Interna? ti?>imI Merchant Marin?'. New Vorl.. April ::. The New York Trust <'o., today hied an applica? tion In tie- federal District Court for the appointment ol .1 receiver for the International Merchant Marine <'o.. owners of the Whits Btai Uns and oi hers. STORM DOES GREAT DAMAGE. FIVE i.IM s lost AM) others PROBABLY lost IN STORM. Tog and Dutdl Strainer Known to Hn \ e Foundered In Storm?Vessels Searching lor Damaged Vessels. Norfolk. Va., April 4.?News of the loss of live lives and probably more in the Wgki Of yesterday s violent storm reached thli City tonight. Five mem? bers of the crew Of the tug Edward ' Luckenbach are known to have been drowned when that vessel foundered ofi* Pulse Cape yesterday and ten others are missing. The Dutch steamer Prins Maurlts also is believed to have gone down With 'ill hands aboard, numbering ghoul 4 9. The vessel was last heard from yesterday morning in latitude 3G.il) north, longitude 74 east. Her Wireless calls for assistance said she' was in a dangerous condition. Two ' British warships, the coast guard cut? ter Onandago and several other ves- j st Is rushed to her aid. The British warship Corrona reached the position given by the steamer at 3 o'clock yes? terday afternoon but there was no trace of the vessel. Wireless messages tonight indicated that none of the other searching ves? sels had been successful. One mes? sage said: "British warships found no trace Prins Maurits at position given. Prob? ably sunk." Another stated that all efforts to get responses from the Prina MaUlitS to wireless calls had failed. The coast guard cutter Onondaga is still searching for the steamer. Reports from the coast between Hattera8 and False Cape are lacking because of the crippled condition of the government seacoast wires. Large quantities of wreckage are reported along the coast north of Hatteras. The barges Henry Endicott, Nati coke, Georgia and Potomac, which broke away from the tug Resolute Friday night during the height of the storm, were towed into this port today with all on board safe. The tugs Al? batross, Resolute and Defiance picked up the barges 50 miles off the Virgin? ia capes. Lightship No. 4 6 stationed off Cape Charles, which was torn from her moorings and carried far out to sea, was picked up ten miles north of Vir? ginia Beach today by the lighthouse tender Orchid. The lightship was not seriously damaged and so far as could be learned nore of her crew was in? jured. Diamond Shoals lightship drifted four miles off her station hut her anchors held after dragging for three | miles and she rode out the storm. I She is reported to have rescued the crew of the schooner M. E. Cressy. The schooner Paker Palmer, re? ported' ashore near Lynn haven bay. proved to be safe today. !^ho an? chored close In shore to escape the gale. Damagt done by the storm at Vir? ginia Beach. Ocean View and Buek -e Peach will rech $^00.000. I IFTEEN MEN LOST WITH TUG. ?n'y Two of Seventeen Members of \ oss'-Ts Crew are Accounted lor. Norfolk, Va.. April 4.?Fifteen men ere believed tonight to have lost rt< ir lives in the foundering of the Ug I! . ward Luckenbach yesterday off I : ? Cape, Va, Only two of tho 17 members of her crew have been ac? counted for. They are: Harry Olsen, liret oftiv'cr. and Cicco Godwin, second Officer, Five bodies were washed shore. The Luckenbach was bound for Nor? folk with three, barges in tow. The barges broke away and the tug found? ered while searching for them. She was said to have gone down in a few minutes and there was no time to launch boats. One of the barges, the Josephine, struck six miles from False Cape. Her crew was rescued by I coast guards. The other two are at ankcor. Godwin was washed ashore and was found by coast guards. He was among the bodies of five others who bad been east Up by the sea, and was at first though! to be dead, lie was revived, however, ami is expected to recover, Olsen was rescued unconscious from the mast of the sunken tug to which he had lashed himself. He also was revived after the two volunteer coast guards got him ashore in a life bo.it. Capt. William R, Cmstead of Nor? folk was master of the Luckenbach, and is among the missing. The tui4 was one of the largest plying On the Atlantic coast. Godwin Is said to have told coasl guards that Ihe Luckenbach lost her rudder and became unmanageable. ROIIHKIIH kill TIlllEK. Restaurant Proprietor ami Two Em? ployes Murdered. New Vork. April 5.?Sale crackers murdert-d a restaurant proprietor, <?t to /.inn. ami two employs this morn? ing They escaped with a small booty, BOX GARS BURNED SUNDAY. EIRE AT A. C. L. FREIGHT YARD DOES MUCH DAMAGE. Loss is Estimated at About 14/000 With Insurance Covering Perl of Loss?Five Empty Cars and Three Loaded with Cotton arc Damaged? Cotton Damag< I about $1,000. A bad tiro occurred in the Charles? ton part of the Bumter freight yard Sunday morning, beginning shortly af? ter 8 o'clock and destroying live empty box cars and damaging three cars loaded with cotton and seventy two bales of cotton in them. The loss was estimated at about $ 1,000 alto? gether on ears, cotton and track with insurance partly covering the I OSS. The cause of the tire is unknown, but the yard master stated this morn? ing that it is thought that il caught from tramps making a tire in one of the empty cars. The loss on the live empty box cars is estimated at about ,$400 each; the loss on the three load? ed cars is estimated at between $-00 and $250 each, with an additional loss of about $1,000 on the seventy two bales of cotton which were In? jured by fire, smoke and water. Be? sides this the track was ruined for a distance of about 200 feet and this will have to be replaced. The cotton was a consignment, two cars from Camden and one from Winnsboro, for Bprunt and Sons at Wilmington. When discovered the tire was burn? ing in one of the empty box cars and these were in bad condition so that they could not be moved to where the hose stretched out from the near? est hydrant by the fire department could reach them. The three cars loaded with cotton were moved, however, to where water could be thrown on them and the fire was ex , tinguished. WOMEN LEAD HOWLING MOB. Incite Crowd to Wild Disorder at Po? litical Meeting of Anti-Thompson Club. Chicago, April 2.?Disorderly scenes marred the meeting of the "Can't Stand for Thompson club" here today. "Women active In the mayoralty campaign led the demon? strations. The police were called and j several men who seemed on the verge of personal encounters were ejected. Not one of the speakers was able to talk more than a few words because of the disorder. Prohibitionists, Socialists, Republi? cans and Democrats alike were hoot? ed. Well known women stood on seats and urged their partisans to fur? ther demonstrations. The scene was viewed from the stage by Robert Sweitzer, Democratic candidate for mayor; John H. Hill, the prohibition candidate, and Seymour Btedman, Socialist, and their wives. William Hale Thompson, yachts? man and former cowboy, was ad? dressing a meeting at the stock yards from horseback in his own behalf as Republican candidate. Women partisans led the Thomp? son contingent. They were alleged to have "packed" the meeting. Hill was cried down. Sweitzcr's voice was overstrained but it was said he could not have made himself hear anyway. Marian Drake, who two years ago was Chicago's first wo? man aldcrmanic candidate, was howl? ed down when sho tried to speak against Thompson. EASTER SNOW EVERYWHERE. I nusual lill/zard Sweeps tho Entire Atlantic Coast. j Philadelphia, April 3.?it has been snowing steadily since early today, j indications are that it w ill continue all day. Temperature freezing. Baltimore Snow Round. Baltimore, April 15.?It is snowing here with the temperature 38. Clearing in Atlanta. Atlanta. April ?The weather is clearing: temperature forty above. Gales Sweep Coast. Washington, April 3.?Snowing here but molding as it falls. Moderate temperature. Heavy chilling gales arc sweeping 'he coast far south to , ward Florida. The general indications ire for clearing weather and warmer t tomorrow. _ Cold in New York. New York, April 3.?Snowing hard here, Itain is predicted tor tomor , row . ANOTHER ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE Communication with Central Itly Cut off and Damage is Not Known in Home. Rome, April a severe earth? quake shock was felt last night. It was most severe in central Italy ami communication with that section is icul off. The government is preparing to send relief. No Information has been received as to losi of nie. WiLLARD IS CHAMPION. JOHNSON KNOCKED OUT IN 28TII ROUND. Up to Tilth Round Johnson Had His Way?White Man Opened up in Last Lew Minutes, Knocking Johnson out in 26th Hound. Havana, April 5.?Jesa Willard inj a 26-round bout today knocked Jack J Johnson from the ring In the final. round, thereby taking the title of| champion which the negro has held since whipping Jim Jeffries. In the first few rounds the advan? tage seemed to rest with the negro, Johnson practically ' ivlng it his way up until the 'ifth -und. However, alter the fifth thing! took a different turn and in the last stretch of the struggle the odds were altogether with the white man. The twenty-sixth and tlnal round in which Johnson suf fered went about as follows: Referee Welch ordered Johnson to hurry to the centre of the ring. John? son was slow to leave his corner. As soon as the men laced each other for I the final bout Wlllard landed a right swing in Johnson's body, a left band? er getting the negro in the face. As^in Wlllard landed a safe right to John? son's jaw, stunning him severely. Johnson replied by jabbing his left weakly, and Willard, catching John? son with a right swing at the jaw, knocked him out. WAS DUE TO TERROR. Scott's Explanation of Indian Re? sistance. Washington, April 1.?Brig. Gen. Scott, chief of staff of the army, re? turned from his successful expedition bringing in the recalcitrant Piutcs impressed with the belief that Tse Ne-Gat, their leader, is innocent of the charge of murder, or that at least the evidence is purely circumstantial and possibly furnished by unfriendly Utes. The general, long a friend of the Indians and knowing their nature thoroughly, believes the Piutes thought the marshaU'fl posse which they resisted was a lynching party of cowmen. Gen. Scott found officials responsive to his representations for leniency. The general impressed offi? cials in the Piute conutry that the In? dians should know they might expect considerate and just treatment In the courts. COUNCIL PROTESTS ON ACTION COLUMBIA OFFICIALS GO TO GOV? ERNOR IN BODY FOR CON? FERENCE. Claim Law is Bettor Enforced Now Than Ever Before? I!xceiitive Says Tie Must See Results?Sheriff Not Relieved of charge. Columbia, April t.?Mayor Griffith Chief of Police Richardson and en? tire city council of Columbia called on Gov. Manning at noon regarding law enforcement in the city of Co? lumbia, following the publication of the fact that the governor had gone over the head of the mayor and call? ed on Sheriff McCain to enforce the laws. The city authorities protested jthat they had done everything in their power and the chief of police said he Shad full authority to enforce all laws and that conditions were better now than they ever had been before. Council endorsed his statement and said Columbia was tight except pos? sibly for a few "hip" tigers. They did not ask the governor for* Iiis information that liquor was being sohl, but he told them he had it. "I must have results," the governor told the council. They promised every cooperation to his request. The gov? ernor questioned them closely as to what steps they were taking to en? force the liquor laws. The mayor, and' council assem? bled in extraordinary session this morning, and went to the governor's I office in a body. The city is much in? terested. The governor has not said I j that he would relieve the sheriff of ! the responsibility for law enforce i men: in Columbia. MEETING OF AGRICULTURAL SO? CIETY. Dalzell, March 31.?The Hon. A. j K. Sanders, president of the General i Sumter Agricultural Society, has se I cured the services of John J. Mc Mahan, Esq., patriot absolute, earnest - : ly enlisted in the cause for the better I ment of country life, and education, I in broad sense for old and young as I indispensable basis for such improve ; ment, to come to the meeting at Gen j eral Sumter school house on April 10th and make an address and take a picnic dinner with uf. Come all to hear him and talk to ; him. { John J. Dargan. 2 s THE PRETTIEST Trimmed Hats in Town We ask you just to come and look them over Our mil liner from New York will kladly show you. A Saving of 50 Per Cent Yes that, And more ur hats are the newest styles, at very low prices that wil' certainly induce you to buy f you are willing to be shown how to save 50 per cent and more on your Millinery purchase, we would ask you to call on us. L. ALPERT, 13 N. MAIN ST. SUMTER. S. C. 1 H INTRODUCING Dodge Bros. 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