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Ill IMF? reilGillON FIRST DAVs s| ss|()\ SHOWS DETERMINED I I RPOHE. Admiral lu ( omnmiul of Natu I Acud rmy Wltuc** lu llcurhig on Exami? nation I regularities. Annapolis, Juno 7.?Investigation of charge* of irregularities in exam? inations at tho naval academy will be far-reaching and probably will last at leaat ten days. It developed at the nrst day's session of the court of Inquiry appointed by Secretary Daniel*. Ths reading of the record of tes? timony taken before the board of In? vestigation appointed ??\ l:. ?r A.t mlrsl Fullam. superintendent of ths academy, occupied the court most of the day. Admiral Fullam was on the witness stand late In the afternoon, hut did not finish bis direct testi? mony and will resume tomdrrow. That there was reason to believe ettesm's had been made to enter the desks of the heads of st least four navel academy department* to obtain examinations in advance was the tes tlmeny given by Admiral Fullam. Ths authorities believe, however, that onrjr one attempt succeeded. This was In the department of modern languages. The testimony read from the record showed that the examination papers for ths first, second, third and fourth Classsa in Spanish to all appearances were stolen, and that after this there was a general dissemination from the hands of ths friends of Midshipman Jamee Moss of the third class of "good dope" for all these classes. Ths main poln* brought out was that the superintendent of the acad? emy and the board of Inquiry held that the youths who used copies of thaws paper* which Midshipman Moss had. snd which. It is claimed, he received anonymously in a plain envelope, were more culpable than ths youths who actually Issued the original*. Six members of the graduating class, who on last Friday received thslr diplomas and became ensigns, were ordered called for examination as a result of mention of their names. Prof. Carlos V. Cuaach of the depart? ment of modern languages, who was named In the previous record, also will be called. Ths record publicly developed for the Irrst time that two of the seven men regarded as moat seriously In? volved by the disclosure* before the previous investigating board had not bean received for dlsmisnal by the heard. These were T. W. Harrison, Jr. Virginia, and D. E. Duncan. Michigan, whose resignations, how? ever wsre asked for. n> A custom has grown up at the academy of receiving from profess ndvlcs concerning the most Import? ant part of the term's work. This Is called "dope." Many midshipmen testified that they thouKht 'he Information which aas so generully disseminated was enly tbl* socalled "d.>pe However, others admitted that when they got into the examination rooms they felt sure they hsd advance copies of the examination. Many said they had not reported It because the\ tb-nmht some one of the upper classes should look lo that. The record also brought out the replies of th? midshipmen directly ac ? cused when they were asked to gl\e reason* why thev should not be dis? missed from the service. < inc was that they did not know they were on trl.il. and had. Indeed, at lee- . in one case, been told by Lieut. Albert Cohen, de? tailed t-, represent them as counsel, that they wer* not on trial. They also stated as a reason for not being dismissed that thev were nm vlcted on their own gOtnegCt and did not have an opportunity to cross examine witnesses, und thai the) did not even hear this IteAtgpoegr, Prior to the opening of the court there was obtained from Judge Har? rison of Virginia, father of one of the accused midshipmen, a set of resolu? tions which, he said, wei" adopted by the first class r,, the ,i< idem] 01 grad? uation day. Mr. Carlin of counsel for the midshipmen stated that tl. pro test was to have none to the sec. eta rv of the navy on the night of tho June ball at the ac.idcmv last Thur*d:i\ night, but that It was found impos? sible for von- reason to deliver It. The resolutions refer to Midship? man Ralph McK. NHson. Jr.. of Neu York, who stood third In the gradua? ting class. He was not accused at cheating, hut It was charged he knew unfair methods were helm/ used. The resolutions. In part art- as fol? lows ' Whereas, we as a body feel out selves mitltv In e pisl degree of the of? fense of ahh h he Is ch nged at this lime. >|x. falling to rOgOsrl ha\lng ad? vance Information of the annual ex? amination in modern I.uiuuhk? s. "We, member* of the gfnl flagg do hereby testify to our peenegeU knowl? edge of tb? Integrity and honesty of our rlssamate snd we hereby unan! mounly re*ol\#? not to stand Mhjf ? while only he Is puulshvd lot an of MILITIA NOT LIABLE. rti:oi iki.d to si itvi; only within hohhi hs ot united m au s \m> CANNOT BE MADE to GIVE roit i:k.n sei t vice. Major Simpler i nhlwcll Explains Pro ccdurc WMdi in Ulis State Would i'ollow ITiHJMM (all for Troops by the President. TIM Mate, ?Could Uli NattOM? Q iard l?o called b) the federal government for foreign service in the event of war?" This question has been asked many times by citizens and militiamen in g1111\\ enroling asnea the beginning of the strained relations between the United Mates end Germany. Military experts have figured that in the event President Wilson called for a volunteer army of 400,000 men. South Carolina's allotment would be approximately 6.000. The military streue th of the State now is about 2.00a men and officers of all ranks. J. Shapt. r <';ildwell. assistant ad? jutant general, has been studying the question of the right of tho president to ( ill the National Guard for service In a foreign country. Mai. Caldwdl said yesterday that the president's authority over the Na? tional <Pmrd was derived from the <?onstltutbm noil from the legislation of congress in the furtherance of its provisions. Congress has the power under the constitution of the United States 'to provide for the calling forth of the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasion." A former attorney general of the United States and the Judge advo? cate general of the United Suites army have already decided that under the constitution the militia can not be sent out of the territorial limits of the United States. Mai. Caldwell has prepared the fol? lowing article. Both the attorney general of the United States (Mr. Wlckersham) and the judge advocate general of the Unltt4 States army have decided that under the constitution the militia can not be sent out of the territorial limits of the United States, for, says the at? torney general: "When an armed force Is used to compel the observance of treaty obli? gations or to punish or to obtain j compensation for their violation, there la no question of executing any law Of the Pnlon. for there Is no such law there . . . Tho Provision referred to does not warrant the use of the militia for this purpose. Just so It is when in troublous times an army of occupation, large or small, is sent In a foreign country to pro? tect the lives and rights ot* our own citizens. Here, too, no law of the Pnlon Is being executed by such In? vasion, for no law of tho Union exists or cun be enforced there. While it la the duty of every nation to afford proper protection to foreigners who are lawfully within its borders, yet this Is not because o^any law of the nation of which such foreigners art subjects, fat no such laws exist or have any force there. No one can say In such a case tbat we art execut? ing or enforcing' any law of the Union. We are but aiding oi compelling the foreign government to execute its own laws or to perform its own duty. As no law of the Union is being exe? cuted by such Invasion the militia can ROI be called out under this provision to take part In it. As no law of the Union can exist or bo In force In any foreign country, the militia can m t t>e called out to enforce any such law there 'flic plain and certain mean ling and effect of this constitutional Prosiston are to confer upon con? gress the power to sail out I he mill jtia 'to execute the laws of the Union' 'within our own traders, when, and where only, they exist, have any fores Of can bi executed l>y any one. This confers no power to semi the militia Into a foreign country to execute our laws, which u.r.e no existence or foree there and can not be there executed." The act of congress Approved April II lilt, to provide for raising the volunteer forces of the United states in time of getual of threatened war. ' provides thai w ln re three-fourth* oi tin- prescribed minimum Strength of ? ten ora intention of the mllltls shall volunteer and h?- accepted for aer? \ice in the volunteer army as ? com? tpany or regiment, such organisation may be accepted into the volunteer fense of which hundreds of other 'midshipmen were guilty, but in tin Internet of honor and justice to hint and to other midshipmen we urgently request thai an exhaustive rooonsld? era lion el the whole n flair he made.' The ensigns who were graduated last week, but are now to he recalled to Annapolis to leatlfy are <;. (\ Krlner, H. U, H Hunter, II Ii. Har? ri on, p. P. Adams, II, i?. Clnrh and w. s. Huskier In bis testimony before the court lodit) Superintendent Pnllum hrai ,\ent lolly Into bis effort* to mi.. Ih. -1 not.iid of the acudcitiv. forces in advance <>f other Organisa? tion! Ol that arm from tho State and tho Officers may then be appointed by ths president as officers of correspond? ing grades In the volunteer army and be assigned as the president may di? rect. Mobilization. l. Immediately upon the receipt by the governor of the call of the presi? dent for troops, telegraphic orders will be sent from tile adjutant gen? eral's Office at Columbia to all Or? ganization commanders, directing mobilisation at once. ?. When organization commanders go. these telegraphic orders, they will immediately recruit their commands to 151) men to the company. Federal Day starts as soon ts the men report to their respective armories, known us the company rendezvous. Arrange? ments for rationing the companies will be at once commenced by com? pany commanders. An allowance of 7 5 cents per man per day Is au? thorized lor each day of actual ser? vice after the telegraphic notifica? tion Is received and until arrival at the mobilization camp. In making arrangements for rationing their or? ganizations, company commanders will assume that at least live days will lapse from date of call to date of departure for mohilization camp .it Styx. The United States disbursc ing olllcer will furnish funds for this i purpose. Upon the first assembly of the companies, the men will he required to appear in uniform and wear it con? stantly thereafter. Medical otliccrs of the National Guard will, before the companies leave their company ren? dezvous, inspect each olllcer and man to determine whether there are any cases of infectious or contagious dis? eases. As soon as ?5 or more en? listed men have been thus inspected, the company commander will Report by wire to the adjutant general, who will have transportation furnished him. I When any organization called forth Is under the minimum strength?65 enlisted men to the company?it will recruit up to that strength and will then proceed to the mobilization camp at Styx, seven miles from Co? lumbia. From the day on which any portion of the National Guard order? ed into the service of the United States appears at the place of com? pany rendezvous it will be transport? ed, paid, subsisted and supplied by the federal government. The supply departments at Washington will ship I to the senior United States muster? ing officer at the mobilization camp without requisition, equipment, arms and clothing to supply the regiment at war strength. The quartermaster corps of the Na? tional Guard will be responsible for the rationing of the regiments from the time the companies report at the mobilization camp up to the time they arrive at the concentration camp. A concentration camp is a place selected by the war depart? ment when war has been declared for the assembly of large bodies of troops for joint Operations or for em? barkation lor over sea ports. 1 Hir? ing the Spanish-American war tho largest concentration camps were at Chickamauga Park, Tampa ami Camp Alger at Falls Church. I Tin? quartermaster corps of the State will as soon as the call for troops Is made, purchase with United States funds (TVS days' garrison ra? tions, together with such extra allow? ances as soap, candles, matches and Ice. as may be required for the troops to be mobilized, an will be prepared to issue them to ti > ts upon their arrival at the mobilization camp. During the period the mobilization camp at Styx is occupied by troops, purchases of garrison rations will be made for short periods, anticipating as nearly as possible the needs of the trOOPS up to the dates of their departure for concentration camps. The quartermaster corps of the militia will also arrange tor the pur? chase Of the fuel, forage and the ?hoeing of horses ami mulea Mounted officers may take horses 'with them into tho service Of the United States, provided that the of? ficers in each case have a certificate from an officer of tho regular army, fully describing the animal and ocr Itilying as to its soundness and suita? bleness for military purposes. I As soon as tho troops reach the I mobilisation camp at Btyx they win he mustered into the service of the I United siates by officers of tin- army detailed for thai purpose. Every en? listed man will have to be examined by a med!ca| officer of the army, since ihe men of the National Guard of this State have not been physi? cally examined, as prescribed bythe war department. When a company haVes its cotn i panv rendezvous it will leave be? hind a lieutenant ami I WO enlisted' men as a recruiting detail to forward reel nits to till the company to a vvarj Strength Ol 160 enlisted men. As soon as a regimeiiI has been mustered into ihe service ol the Suit? ed Slates the niusteiinu officer'Will Inventory and inspect ail property of Ihe United States In ihe hands of t he National Guard. The governor, through an officer to1 Wo designated by bim, will invoice ;ill snob United States property to the proper officers of the regiment, as follows: To the quartermaster: All clothing, camp and garrison equipage, sub? sistence stores and quartermaster supplies. To the surgeon: All medical prop? erty. To the inspector of small arms practice: All engineer, ordnance and signal property. Property pertaining to each supply ! deartment. quartermaster, ordnance, engineer, medical and signal will bo invoiced separately and will show the actual condition of the property as good, poor or unserviceable. The officers mentioned above will use the invoices of this property re? ceived from tho governor as vouchers for taking up such property on their returnc ?and they will furnish receipts for tho property received. No clothing will be charged to en? listed men except that which they may be subsequently supplied by the United States after muster in. UPHOLDS AI) Ifl N LST R AT ION. National American Woman Suffrage Association Scores Course of Con? gressional Union. Chicago, June 7.?The National American Woman Suffrage association Conference today went on record as opposed to attacks by the Congress? ional union on the Democratic party. A resolution, adopted unanimously, also declared that the Congressional union had failed of benefit in suffrage \ Suites and worked harm in States j where women still were seeking the I ballot. Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton of Ohio introduced the resolution, and Dr. Anna Howard Shaw declared that the association did not sanction the ac? tivities of the Congressional union and blamed the union for defeats in Ne baska and South Dakota. That the association was distinctly opposed to the union was shown when a resolution introduced by Mrs. T. W. Youmans, president of the Wisconsin Woman suffragists, proposing arbi? tration of the subject, was tabled, 40 to 25. SN ELL GIVEN THREE MONTHS' LEAVE. Action Taken by the Hoard of Direc? tors of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce. Charleston, June 8.?"Beyond the fact that Mr. A. V. Snell, managing secretary of the Chamber of Com? merce, had been granted a three months leave of absence, on account of the proceedings of the board of di? rectors of the Chamber oyCommerce at a special meeting last night could be had for publication. It was stated that definite plans in regard to the future relations Of the Chamber of Commerce and the Commercial Club were not ready to be made public. The meeting was called, it was un? derstood, principally to consider the proposal that the Chamber of Com? merce and the Commercial Club be I amalgamated or combined. This pro? posal WP3 made recently at a meeting of the members of the second named organization, upon it being shown that the financial status of the club was far from satisfactory. VILLA DEFEAT COMPLETE. Gen? ohregon Reported to Have Been Wounded. Washington, June 8.?The defeat of Villa and Angels by Gen. Ohregon near Leon, Mexico, seems confirmed by a dispatch from consul general Bill Iman at Vera Cruz. Constitutionalists occupied Leon, winch has been Gen? Villa's base after live days fighting. It Is reported that Gen. obregon's right arm was shot away. It is re? ported that the Villa army occupied Guanajato yesterday. A special train bringing refugea from Mexico City was sent to Pacuaca yesterday, it is reported that a British citizen was killed, an English man, a woman and a child were wounded when they got within range of the Villa lire at Tux pan. Sunday night. NO HI DDI KS AP PEA H. Enoree Manufacturing Company Prop? erty Not Sold. Bpartanburg, June 7.? There were no bfddera when the property of the Bnoree Manufacturing company was, offered for sab- here today under the' Iterms of the court's recent order. The' terms were: "No bid for loss than $2150,000 in cash or In P. check prop-I erly certified by a bank located in South Carolina.*' it is understood that the property may auain be offered for aale on the tirst Monday in July. The Bnoree Manufacturing company owns vai u.it'll- property it Knoree, \.*M. l?aw. formerly president of tin- company, Is t ecoh or. Marrluge License lleeord, License In marry has been Issued to Ahrain Mutler and Henrietta Single Ion, Suinlu. i CIIICOltA COLLEGE. \ Statement From the Greenville Point of View Concerning Tho Ef? fort to Remove College from Green? ville. Greenville, S. C, June 7.?For nearly a quarter of q century Chi corn College has existed in Greenville. Dorn and reared here, it has been nurtured and maintained through the interest, time and money which Greenville lias given. The history of this institution through these years is known to the citizens generally of Greenville and to i those interested in education through? out the State. From the original lit? tle frame structure worth a few thou? sand dollars it today possesses a property worth upwards of $1(10,000 in a city noted for its interest In edu? cation and with many natural advan? tages which make it splendidly fitted for a college location. The history of this institution is similiar in many phases to that of similar institutions. Those connected with it have had their anxieties and it has required their constant efforts to operate, maintain and encourage the growth of the college. President S. C. Byrd stated very re-, iCently before the Chamber of Com merce that the college in Greenville was a success. The people here and many good Presbyterians throughout the State, loyal to education and ap? preciative of the good will which j Greenville people have always felt for !the institution, wonder from what (source emanates the troublesome agi Itation which has gone on for the past two years and which has estranged 'many local friends and supporters from the management of the institu? tion, but not from the institution it? self. Only two years ago a splendid site was offered Chicora .absolutely free, which based on present prices, was j worth more than $50,000. This offer 1 has since been renewed, but for some j unknown and viled reason the offer !was not accepted. Illustrative of this friendly feeling to the institution, one I of its local trustees and loyal support? ers unofficially suggested a few WOOka ago that if $20,000 were raised for an addition to the present dormitories, that he believed that this would be a definite solution of the problem for years to come. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce it was decided to proceed to raise the money. This work was under way and orily needed the endorsement of the college author? ities to have made it a success, when the latest action of the trustees be? came known. And this loyalty con? tinues despite a persistent disposition from some source to move the college from where it has friends to a zone of "general feeling of indifference" and newly acquired, and probably fatal financial burdens. From a Columbia dispatch in the newspapers we have the following regarding the attitude of that place to Chicora: "The local public is lukewarm over the proposition and there is a very general feeling of indifference. One point appears certain?Columbia will not subscribe very much money to such an institution. That has been demonstrated by one canvass begun ; and abandoned owing to the poor re? sponse. Columbia has in view a Col? lege for Women non-denominational and it is believed that such an institu? tion would ho enabled to get all the money necessary." After much backing and filing, ask? ing and refusing, agitation and con? sequent restlessness, the last proposal is that the trustees will recommend the removal of the college to Colum? bia. Despite the belief that the pres? ent management has impaired much of the friendship which the people here bore for the institution, and the further fact tluit while Columbia has endeavored to get the school, her representatives plainly expressed their opinion that tho management would he persons uon grata. Despite these well known facts, there is a deeply an? chored belief that the Presbyterians of South Carolina will remove a success i to the site of wreck, nor will they use the values that Greenville has given and built up to pay the liabilities of the defunct organization at the capital city. Dr. Byrd' values the Chicora prop? erty at $150,ooo, there is an Indebted? ness Of about $50,000 which deduc ted leaves $100.000; deduct $18.000 which will probably approximate the amount Chicora has received from the joint endowment land to date, all of which has been given in the last three years, and approximately twelve hundred dollars given before 1912, and we have a balance of $81,000, all of which is to the credit of Greenville, and none can be traced to any other source. And this $18,000 was given by Presbyterians outside of Greenville to chicora College, Greenville, s. c.. and it is feared by friends of the college thai Ihe removal of tho college will not only ? Ml omat ica ll.v cancel other large amounts subscribed to this en? dowment fund, and not yet paid, hut will bring this college In jeopardy by having to face litigation by some of those who nave alread\ paid their en ? !ow meni subscript Ions, An examination ot the Presbyterigi minute* of the Presbyteries composing the Synod of South Carolina, will show that Greenville has more Presby? terians than any othor city in Souths Carolina and that they give more to the support of the beneiicences of their churches. If no Presbyterian college existed in the State and a site were to be selected the local advan? tage of Greenville would most strongly commend it. We are confident that if the trustees deal directly with the people of Greenville who are ready to the best of their ability to continue in every way their support of the institution, that there would be no trouble in reaching a t ictston that the institution from practically every reasonable, business, educational and physical standpoint should remain in Greenville; and thus the contentions, bickerings, and restlessness of the past two years would receive a longed for quietus. Once this matter is definitely settled the trustees of the instittion will have no reason to doubt their wisdom in deciding to recognize the years of loyalty which Greenville has paid to the institution, and that this feeling in the hearts of Greenville people, along with many local advantages, are as? sets which will continue to make Chi Icora college an institution of which South Carolina generally and the Presbyterians of our State can be justly proud. COL. SPRINGS NAMES STAFF. - Officers Designated to BUT SB Under Commander of the Second Regi? ment. i Georgetown, June 7.?Col. Holmes B. Springs, of the 2d regiment, South Carolina infantry, announces the fol i lowing staff: Lieutenant colonel, J. )H. Claffy, Orangeburg; major, 1st bat? talion, A. Ef. Silcox, Charleston; ma ijor, 2d battalion, J. W. Bradford, Sumter; major 3d battalion, to be !elected; captain and adjutant, Jno. D. E. Meyer, Jr., Charleston; captain and quartermaster, to be appointed; captain and commissary, A. Culhoun Doyle, Columbia; assistant inspector of small arms, Capt. Daniel Miller. Charleston; chaplain, the Rev. Wm. Way, Charleston; lieutenant and ad? jutant, 1st battalion, W. H. Cogswell, Jr., Charleston; lieutenant and quar jtermaster, 1st battalion, Wm. Mazyck, 'Charleston; lieutenant and adjutant. 2d battalion, Chas. L. Smith, Tim monsville; sergeant major, 2d bat? talion, Jerry L. Houck, Orangeburg; ' regimental sergeant major, J. A. j Doyle, Georgetown; regimental quar? termaster sergeant, J. H. Carraway. jGeogetown; regimental commissary sergeant, J. E. McBride, Florence; ! regimental color sergeants, Henry A. ; Joscy, Orangeburg, and J. P. Brun son, Sumter. All officers of the 3d battalion are to be appointed by major to be elect ; ed. Col. Springs states that he has selected this staff with the greatest care and expects the highest order of service. The committee to select a site for ! the encampment of the regiment, con jsisting of Adjt. Gen. Moore, Major Sll : cpx and Capt. Doyle, will begin a tour J of inspection of prospective camps to? morrow. The following cities have in? vited the regiment to encamp with them: Greenville, Anderson, Spar I tanburg, Nswberry, Clinton and Union. TOKIO APPROVES TREATY. Pact Resulting From Japanese Ulti? ma turn Will be Rut Med Today. Tokio, June 7.?The Emperor and the privy council gave approval today to the new treaties with China, nego . tiated as a result of China's conces? sions in accepting Japan's ultimatum. The treaties will be ratified tomorrow. The House of Repr ^entatives re? jected today, by a vote of 130 to 232, the resolution introduced by the op? position on Saturday expressing lack of confidence In Viscount Kam take Moura, minister of the interior. Moura denied the charge that he corruptly I received a present of 1,000 yen ($500) at the time of the March election j from a candidate for membership in House. The opposition then intro Iduced another resolution against the t cabinet, alleging interference in the general election. DIXIE HIGHWAY PRESIDENT. ? The Election Will be Held cm June 14. Chattanooga, June 8.?June 14th has been announced as the date for I the election of a president Of the Dix? ie Highway Association to succeed James who resigned at the meeting in I 'battanooga. SHOOTING AT WAGNER. Will Huff Wounded by His Hrother-In Law. Wagner, June 7.?Vesterdsy after? noon Will Huff was sliot and perhaps fatally wounded by his brother-in law, Will Goff, aboul ten miles west of Wagner. The details are vague ;>s to the beginn I ill of the row. but rumor has it that domestic troubles were the cause. Goff is now in Aiken jail, awatttns. ihe outcome of Huff's wounds.