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IW ?AJUar TOWABMPBB. BiaUVTJfQ TOTTI IN AMKRI / v CA* Ur?He? Southern Repob loa for Arbi Dtepttos and of Resolution?. Wuttlngtou, Deo. 1<\?In a new for the preservation of peace OA f 10 American continent and the dwraUpmeat of Pan-American unity, tap United Beates has formally in vfttsd the Latin-American republics to Jet? ht a convention to compel ar latffevtten of cuuodary disputes and ataaabtt ship nent of war munitions a? arvotwtlemarles. BWawtary Lansing's proposal, de with the approval of Presl to the rettdent Pan diplomats here for submta ,da>a. to their home foreign offices. -'mm far its object the prejervatlon of ;*auc* la Pan-America that It may 4%pa> the old world free of Internal juThtlo the proposal waa being com to some of the diplomats being dir sed among the to t Pan-American ,u?,t4.n, ^agrees, Blihu Root, form V* gacrttary of Bute, speaking be , aifa tgu> mtcrnatlonal law section of Sjfjm o> to grass, made tats declaration: tea* as the spirit of American ?hall contlnt it shall range by akta with you, great aad fur the mainteance of the at nation*. We hail the stats, bo it upon the Orth anywhere in Central or America, aa our equal in dig right to respect and in right aunt aa aa equal.** tuukj alit datetatss to the eon ._who astcaatd Mr. Lansings uajafaaal aad Former Secretary Root s , au**?* gave uaraserved expression of status of the negotiations and jtstalls of aocretary Lansing's lal are being held aa conttden letween the Bute department tie Latin-American reptsatnta lere. Mr. Lansing today de? an tirery to discuss it la any _ jad the diplomats uniformly itgatta? taey could not disous a mat tfaaan waa In its preliminary nad aadsr consideration by aaaaa foreign offices. Ilsama known, however, that UWataJry Lanidng deliv PuU American unity speech . fan scieatwtb oongrets in which tted a fan-Am? rica?* 'one ?d all fur one'?*he began the Latrn-American rap re? ap Iba (Rate department ttaaa aad outlining to them rauaV At the ant Urne. It natu od, the secretary's public >n, which aad attracted favorable attention among the -American* because of Its sug-l that all the Pun-American sjaould. If necessary, constl a uattod bulwark against any tevaHaa or aggression upon was discussed in sorie de aad uniformly, it Is undei stood, LatW-sansertcourts expressed their of Mr. Lansing's stata-F toohnical form n which ths proposal was made was not dla? id today, but there are indtea that It took the usual form of a mdum to the diplomats and la such oracial form as could be kitted to their home go vern? al the basis for action, One of the first elements of the which has for one of its aa objects the welding of a united America, Is the of peace on the Ameri oaa continent. It is realised that the to such a peace are disputes and revolutionary asOvllf. It la pointed out that if all disputes are removed to the of arbitration and all tho Pan A men can nations bind themselvet; not to aid revolutionaries peace would practically be assured and the atten? tion of aP. the American nations could bo deroto 1 to what Secretary Lansing aapreoed In bis speech as working out their ?iestlnies. Many of Mr. Lansing's declarations to the Pan-American congress took on added significance today In the light of his proposals to the 1?. tin American republlca "Within ..cent years.'' said he, 'tic United States has found no occasion with the exception of the Venezuelan boundary Incident to remind Europo thai the Monroe doctrine continues unaltered as a national policy in this republic. The republics of America are no longer children In the great family of nationa They have attained maturity." At another point Mr. Lansing said: ' When we attempt to analyze Pan Amerlcanlam we find the essential qualities ars those of the family sympathy, helpfulness and a sincere denire to see another grow in pros? perity, absence of covetousness of an? other's poszesslons, absence of Jeal? ousy of another's prominence and above all. absence of lhat spirit of SCHMIDT CONVICTED BY JURY FOUND GUILTY OF DYNAMITING LOS ANGELES TIMES BUILD? ING. I? Sentenced to Lifo Imprisonment-? Same Term Imposed upon McXa Who Coiifcsed Gult. Los Ar. geles, Dec. 30.?Mathew A. I Schmidt was convicted tonight of first degree murder as the accomplico of Jamss D. McNamura In the blowing up of the Los Angeles Times building Ihere five years ago. The specific charge was of having [murdered Charles Hagerty, one of the SO victims of The Times' explosion. I The Jury was out 46 minutes. The Jury fixed Schmidt's punlsh I ment at Imprisonment for life, the earns penalty imposed on James D. iMcNamara after the latter had con fiesed in oourt four years ago that I he placed the bomb which blew up I the newspaper plant. David Caplan. another alleged ac? complice of McNamara, who was ar? rested lost February, in in Jail await? ing trial, tilso on the charge of having murdered Charles Hagerty. The court's charge to the Jury had been regarded as distinctly favorable to the defendant and the verdict came as a surprise to Schmidt and his counsel. Schmidt, however, heard it 1 without show of emotion. Time for the imposition of sen? tence upon Schmidt was fixed for next Monday and his counsel will then Interpose motion for a new trial. It was agreed Jhat argument on this motion should be heard January 111* Nathan Coghlan, Schmidt's chief counsel, said if the motion for a new trial was denied the cause would be carried to the highest courts. Members of the jury said that three ballots were taken. On two the jur? ors stood 11 to 1 for conviction. Af? ter the verdict had been announced Ilaf A. Tveitmoe, secretary-treasur? er of the California Building Trades counsel, who had been named fre? quently In the testimony, declared that the result meant industrial war In Los Antrele* He said: "There will be a 10 years' war In I Los Angelei. They will pay for this." The ease of David Caplan, alleged accomplice of Schmidt and McNam? ara was docketed for January S, but by stipulation tonight it will be de? ferred until January 12, to be again set for trier. I FORD P.4RTY LEAVES STOCK? HOLM. Expedition Off for Copenhagen, Whence Members Hope to Go to The Hague. Stockholm, Dec. 30 (via London). [?The Ford peaco expedition left to? day on a special train for Copen? hagen whece it is dus Friday. The managers of? the party still are per? plexed as to how it shall proceed to The Hague, but hope to make ar? rangements In Copenhagen, where the members will remain probably for a week. If not allowed to go by train through German territory, an endeavor will be made to charter a vessel for the trip, although there is objection to this as unsafe. The executive committee cabled to Henry Ford today that Sweden, al? though withholding official recogni? tion from th<3 movement, was heartily supporting it. Denmark ? was like? wise described as sympathetic. Just before the departure of the expedition, Faul Llndhagen, mayor of Stockholm, Invited the delegates to return to Stockholm If they were un? able to reach The Hague. CLEMENT SEEKING PARDON? Gov. Manning Asks for Records in Spartanburg Case. Spartanbur?, Dec. 30.?Gov. Man? ning has made a request of the clerk's office for records In the case of Clyde Clement, the former Wofford Fitting Sschool student, convicted in this county two years ago of murder in connection with tho drowning of an infant In Lawson Fork, a stream east of the city, and sentenced to life Im? prisonment. It Is believed here that petitions have been filed with the gov? ernor asking a pardon for Clement, who is now nerving his sentence on the county ch.iln gang. Clement, It will be recalled, was tried with Flein, Pendleton, the moth? er of the child, and while the girl was acquitted he was found guilty and given a life sentence. One of the last official acts of Ex-Oov. B?ease was to commute his scntenco from life to ten yeara ?"??sssssnssaasssBsassassssaasjssa^ intrigue which menaces the domestic peace of a neighbor. "With all earnestness, therefore, I commend to you the thought of the American republics, II sovereign and Independent nations bound together by faith and Justice, and firmly ce? mented by a sympathy which knows no superior and no inferior, but which recognises only equality and frater? nity." lake guy has second fire. LOSS OF OVER FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. Flames Spread From Store of W. T. Hickson to Destroy and Damage Others?Insurance Was Small. Lake City, Dec. 31.?Fire originat? ing at midnight here resulted in a loss of between $66,000 and $60,000 with only about $2,000 insurance. It was the second destructive fire suf? fered by Lake City In one week. Last Friday morning at 1.30 o'clock fire broke out claiming a loss of over 50,000 before it was extinguished. . j The fire this morning started from a wall of the store of W. T. Hickson, carrying a grocery line, and before the fire engine could be prepared for action the flames had spread to the store in the same building occupied by G. L. Sansbury and a pressing club as well as two stores on the opposite side owned and occupied by J. S. Mc Clam. These stores with their con ents were completely destroyed. The Hickson and Sansbury stores are in the same building, owned by Charles M. Kelly. In addition to the losses other firms suffered damage from water and heat, these including the Lake City Drug company, R. F. Joyner & Co., Kelly & Howie and H. M. Nachman. There had been no flro in the Hick? son store during the day. ANTITOXIN SAVED MANY LIVES. Columbias, Dec. 31.?The results it the saving of human lives from the free distribution of diphtheria antitox? in are most gratifying to health offi? cials. In his annual report tbe State health officer, Jamw A. Hayne, M. D., aays: "This year shows a relatively smaller number of cases of diph? theria than last year, but there have been very many cases in the State; had it not been for the legislature's generous appropriation for the dis? tribution of diphtheria antitoxin I would not now be able to report that, there have been only 75 deaths from1 diphtheria. I "No work that, haa been done by! the State board of health has reach? ed as effectively the heart of the people as this free distribution of diphtheria antitoxin. When the poor man sets his child's life saved by the State and realizes that had it not been for this appropriation he would have been unable to pur? chase diphtheria antitoxin, he is ready and willing to pay the infinite? ly small amount of taxes that it re? quired to keep this remedy within easy'reach of every household. "Diphtheria antitoxin has truly robbed diphtheria, once known as a 'strangler,' of its former terrors, but we must not forget that a certain proportion of cases die even after the administration of the antitoxin. Every effort should be used to quar? antine the patient properly and keep the other children in the family away from school until the health officer can safely permit them to go." SMALLPOX CAUSED TWO DEATHS. Columbia, Dec. 31.?The results of the campaign carried on by the State board of health against smallpox by vaccination are gratifying to health officials. Only 328 cases were report? ed to the office between January 1 and November 1 of thlo year, which is a large decrease over 1914. There was a sharp outbreak in Charleston in March, April and May, with a recrudescence in July, but the epidemic was stopped at 142 cases by the efficient work of special agents of the State and city boards of health. Other outbreaks were reported in Itlchland, Calhoun and Bamberg counties, but in each instance the ravages were stopped by prompt ac? tion. There were only two deaths from smallpox reported In the State. "We are glad to say," James A. Hayne. M. D.? State health officer, Lays in his report, "that it has cost the State less this year than it has in many years and we hope to see this cost less and less each year. We believe, however, that we can prom? ise that for the next year or two there will be no widespread epidemic. There are two strains of smallpox in this country, one very' virulent and the other very mild. The virulent strain has a very high death rate and it is against this form that we are insisting upon complete vaccination of the population." During the first nine months of this year the board sent out 41,708 vaccine points at a cost of $2,906.02. WOULD SHIP COTTON. Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 30.?H. N. Pope, president of the Texas Farmers' union, left tonight for Washington to confer with Secretary of State Irnsing regarding the shipment of 1,000,000 bales of cotton to Europe. The offer to purchase the cotton at 20 cents a pound was announced several weeks ago, but the name of the country to which the shipment i>, to be made is withheld. It la supposed to be one of the Teutonic allies. PEACE SIGNS IN MEXICO. NEW YEAR'S EVE BRINGS BRIGHTER PROSPECTS. Evidences of Reconstruction in Revo? lution Torn Republic Become More and More Evident. El Paso, Texas, Dec. 31.?Signs of peace and reconstruction In revolu? tion torn Mexico were everywhere ap? parent across the border on New Year's Eve. Railroad traffic has been restored, telegraphic communication with Mexico City has been reestab? lished and a number of large Indus? tries are preparing to resume opera? tions. The surrender of additional Villa troops, the appointment of gov? ernment officials and the arrival at the border of Americans once held prisoners have added to the hopeful I prospects. Ignacio Enrique today was installed as governor of Chihauhua, and Gen. Gabriel Gariera of Vera Cruz, newly appointed military chief of Juarez, {took charge. Mayor Manuel Prelto of I Juarez issued a proclamation asking I citizens to present evidence of owner-' ship to property confiscated. Gariera declared he would convert "the worst city of the continent" Into a model of physical and moral order. The keno hall, tho only gambling resort in operation since the de facto gov? ernment took control, was closed. I From a military point of view the surrender of Gen. Medlnavieta and his command of 600 to Gen. Trevino at Chihuahua City is considered to have broken practically all Villa op? position. Amnesty for Medlnavieta I was said to be contingent upon his willingness to assist In the pursuit of Villa. Thirty employes of the Madera [Lumber company, for several weeks [held prisoner by Villa before the ar I rival of Carranza troops, have arrived at the border. They reported four American ranchers killed by Villa be? tween Madera and Minaca, and that a [fourth was missing. Previous dis? patches announced the safe arrival in [Madera of three foreigners employed Ion the Hearst ranch near Madera. A fourth, P. Keane, was missing., tl Gen. Obregon today made his en ?Kry into Juarez, accompanied by Mex? ican Consul Garcia. After a con? ference there with officers they re 1 turned to El Paso. Obregon sali he j would proceed to Chihuahua City to 1 morrow and later seek a conference With Carranza. ^ Gen. Victorlano Huerta, awaiting trial on charges brought by the American government, will be unable, according to his physician, to; travel to Sah Antonio to appear January 10 before a federal grand jury. Huerta is suffering from jaundice and gas? tritis. FIFTEEN DEAD IN EXPLOSION. Train Load of Dynamite for Carranza Forces Blew up in Monterey, Mex? ico. Laredo, Dec. 31.?Fifteen were in istantly killed, a score of others in? jured, some probably fatally, many railroad curs were destroyed and other property damage effected in Monterey, Mex., yesterday at noon when box cars containing dynamite and hand grenades were destroyed by an explosion. News of the accident was received in Laredo late today from passen? gers from Monterey who said that several cars loaded with dynamite and hand grenades were placed In the centre of a train near cars occu? pied by solidere. The cause of the explosion has not been definitely as? signed, but It is believed the dyna? mite was jarred while the cars were being switched, the explosion of the hand grenades following. Twelve soldiers In adjacent coach? es were blown to atoms and their lacerated flesh and bones were strewn over tho railroad yards. The three other dead were children who suc? cumbed to severo burns. The mother of the children, who was standing by, escaped with serious burns. The force of tho explosion was so great that several buildings In the vi? cinity crumbled. As far as known there were few if any persons in? jured when the building collapsed. Many persons thought an earthquake had occurred. . KILLS WIFE ACCIDENTALLY. Easley, Dec. 30.?G. C. Galloway of Easley accidentally shot and In? stantly killed his wife in their home at 10:30 o'clock this morning. Mr. Galloway had just come In from town and was Inspecting a pistol which he had at his house. Not knowing that it was loaded he pulled the trigger, the ball taking effect in the throat of his wife who was stunding directly In front of the pistol. Medical aid was summoned Immediately but life was extinct before the physician could reach the scene. Mrs. Galloway before her marriage was Miss McHaffey of Easley. Be? sides her husband she is survived by Ive children, the youngest being only 16 months of age. POSSE KILLS SEVEN NEGROES BATTLE BETWEEN RACES IN GEORGIA HAS SERIOUS RE SULTS. Difficulty Was Started by Slaying of Overseer and Whites Started Out to Secure Revenge?-Two White Men Seriously Wounded and Others In? jured. Blakely, Ga., Dec. 30.?Five ne? groes were shot to death, two negroes burned alive, two white men seriously wounded and others slightly wounded I In a series of battles fought in Early county late today In an effort to cap? ture the slayers of Henry Villapigue, farm overseer on the River plantation owned by E. H. Coachman of Clear water, Fla. Sheriff Howell was in charge of a posse that burned a negro house in which Orandison Goolsby, a negro farmer, and his two sons were bar? ricaded with other negroes this after? noon. Goolsby and another negro were shot dead In trying to escape from the flames. Two white men were wounded. Goolsbys sons sought refuge in an? other cabin, which also was fired by the posse, and the sheriff and his dep? uties brought back the news tonight that both these negroes were burned to death. It was certain death to at? tempt to escape. Villapigue was the overseer on E. H. Coachman's River plantation. He was killed in the presence of his wife by three negroes, presumably because he had chastised a negro boy on the night before. He was shot in the back with a "rung" shell, filled with large shot, a terrible hole being torn in his body. Villapigue lived only 10 minutes. Other shots were fired, some of these barely missing Mrs. Villapigue. Grandlson Goolsby, a negro, and his two sons, who resided on Col. A. J. Singletary's plantation near Pleasant Grove, were accused of the shooting and posses started out in pursuit of them as soon as news of the shooting spread. The sheriff of Early county also was in charge of a posse bent upon capturing the three accused men. Not until after Villapigue's body was on its way to his former home in Griffin, Ga., did the posses come upon the negroes suspected of the shooting. As one posse surrounded the two negroes the latter opened fire and the fire was returned with deadly effect. Only a few rounds were exchanged when the negroes ceased shooting. Both negroes were found dead. They were identified as Early Hlghtower, a cousin of the Goolsbys, and Jim Bur? ton. They were not implicated in the killing of Overseer Villapigue, it was stated, and the posse continued the chase. During this afternoon the negroes were located in a negro house on Dick Sermon's plantation. They were barricaded there and heavily armed. The posses closed in on the house and demanded the surrender of the negroes. The Goolsbys and others were inside. The negroes fired and then shut themselves in. More daring ones of the posse stole up at one side of the house where there were no windows and set fire to the building. When the flames were upon them, the negroes made a dash for the open air. They fired Into the posse and two white men, Olive Hudseth and 3am Hlllman, fell wounded. Hundreds of shots were fired at the negroes by members of the posse and Grandlson Goolsby, the leader of the negroes, fell dead, as did another negro whose name has not been obtained. The two Goolsby boys and the other negroes got away, though some of them are believed to have been wounded. The sheriff of this (Early) county sent the wounded white men in an automobile to the home of Hudseth, five miles from here, and he sent an? other car to this city for doctors to care for the wounded white men and for more guns and ammunition and more men. Additional posses left here shortly before 7 o'clock tonight to join the posse. It was learned that the ne? groes had been located In a cabin occupied by Charley Holmes. The whole of Early county and the lower part of Clay have been ex? cited throughout the day and night over the murder of Villapigue. Blakely people are in an ugly mood tonight. Negroes are keeping within their doors. It is feared by many that the mob spirit now aroused has not been satisfied, though cooler heads are trying to get the people quieted down. The number of wounded, it is be? lieved, is much greater than reported. Several of Sheriff Powell's deputies aro known to have received slight wounds. The trouble resulting in the trage? dies of today started, it is said, on Tuesday when Henry Villapigue, who was coming to this city, met a negro who would not givo him I part of the road. Their buggies locked and TO ENFORCE LIQUOR LAW. MANNING PLEDGES HIS SUP? PORT IN FIGHT FOB, DRY STATE. 1 Chief Executive Says People Mast Support OmceTSF?Reviews Year of Progress in State. Columbia, Jan. 1.?"With the help of God and the support of the peo? ple this and all other laws of our great State "hall be rigidly enforced so long as I am governor," said Gov. Manning in a New Year's greeting to the people of South Carolina yester? day. The statement follows: "For the blessings of peace and prosperity to the people of South Carolina throughout the year just ended, we are profoundly thankful. I We have had our trials and grave problems, but in meeting and solving these problems we have been made stronger and better fitted to meet the problems of the future. South Car olinians today, with all the true pa? triotism for their forefathers, stand [shoulder to shoulder a united people fighting for the things that are right and just for all the people of our grand old South Carolina. I "With this spirit of union and co? operation among our people we may look to the future with optimism and confidence, meeting any difficultieft that may be presented and conquer? ing them as only true patriotic South Carolinians can do. I "Many problems must be met dur? ing the year 1916. The death of the dispensary system after a stormy life of 23, years, and the enactment of a law prohibiting the sale of alcoholic liquors, places a responsibility upon our people that can not be shirked or thrown off without grave danger. Law is the result of the demand , of the people, and the people in order that their law be properly enforced, must stand even closer together and continue the fight for its enforce? ment, upholding and assisting those officers who are striving to do their duty without fear or favor. With the help of God and the support of the people this and all other laws of our great State shall be rigidly enforced so long as I am governor. "Another of our problems is that of education. A continuance of the I fight for rural and common school education in 1916 will bring to us a great reward before the year is er?ed. "In the year just ended our farm? ers learned to live at home, thus re? ducing the cost of production of cot? ton. Let us not forget the hard les? son of 1914, but continue a system of raising home supplies on a broader scale In 1916 and we will And fewer [debts and larger bank accounts in the hands of our farmers next De? cember. "With a feeling of joy over the I good results already obtained in South Carolina and confidence that the fu? ture holds even greater blessings in store for us, I earnestly and sincre ly wish for each and every citizen of South Carolina a new year abundant [with peace, health, happiness and prosperity. I "Richard I. Manning, I "Governor." BANKS APPEAL THEIR CASE. Take Contention With State Tax Com? mission to U. S. Supreme Court. Columbia, Dec. 30.?The case of the banks of the State against the South Carolina Tax Commission was carried to the United States Supreme Court today by attorneys of the bankers' as? sociation. The South Carolina supreme court recently refused to mandamus or en? join the commission, holding that there was an adequate remedy at law. It is from this decision that the bank? ers have appealed. The cases were from Greenwood and Greenville counties. HARMON TO COACH. Illinois Man Said to Be Slated for Clemson Job. Columbia, Jan. L?W. T. Harmon, a former football player of Illinois col? lege. Jacksonville, 111., will probably be the selection as coach of the Clem? son college football team for the next season. While definite announcement has not been made It is understood that Mr. Harmon will be selected. Mr. Harmon has been coaching the team of his alma mater with success. the negro Impolitely told Vlllaplgue to back up and drive around him. Vlllaplgue got out of his buggy and is said to have struck the negro with his whip. Then he resumed his journey to this city. This negro was a son of Grandison Goolsby, one of the few well-to-do negro farmers in Georgia. On Wednesday morning Goolsby came to Blakely and bought a large supply of ammunition. Vlllaplgue also came here to meet his wife, who had been away on a visit. When the overseer reached his home he found the Gools bys waiting for him and they opened fire on the overseer and his wife hit? ting him once in the back and then firing three or four times at lus wife.