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HM TM Kl?t mrm uaxwq mtjst be AptU W.-carmai?'s I hpro? analer ArredOnd'o a aote f?/' pveianotlon U ?nie* ggpmpntppt um eft** Amertea? troops Vit *** win ui d4 Apsiat wit Una tomiiin ? wt'^t tie troop. Mli Msaieo\wttPPUt CMf^BSm'l MM Ii tU^mgrlUnnt was not sjpSift ,timr ?od the American troops I iPtEorttj to cress the border. ?Im O? Uarted mates agreed | south et Cum Grandes ard pave fulfilled their a4ywex if tho YllUataa have jstpsd, %%% claim la i are able how crooked inter OO eMsWt to '0? Cur? a |7r Junto*. Oep, U a?t pit tornpvwaathiaara, wpcsp pro pew ? pvavepeca. MtiJUKiWTlpAWtAJL sworn out he of this city, attorney* anil bond foe Mm etsnaranr? at tip I of the aourt for trial Hail ode* was1 ftod a* tl.lQv. j^S^ \\ \\m\w^9 vjpn)aW^a9p^90i& pp) 4% yOl??^ eflaonoppl ' it-ft' yepra of a?e. He la a eon ell a prominent dtiaen krthoush no statement pan. out by ptevereon It at pa> that p* will set up owl** aw Ma defense la this eoftW body of Jamas Jopjston was party ?unday inormta? op a pjp?epy about two nvtlesfresa raojptst waoheM the Jury raturpsd a verdict that to hip death from (un? used hy a party or par* He testimony eould bo theo to asoartain Who did the It Is understood that two with Bteveroon when ho and killed Johnson. Columbeet Ohio* April 11.?Dr. ir, former German con? serving a sentence In tho Ohio Mate penitentiary here, was granted permission by Warden Thempp' today to manufacture dyes by p sparst Gorman process. - Hitter asserts he Is a chemist and the discovert* of "liquid fire." He wms arrested lu Cleveland last fall charted with complicity In a plot to dyaamite the Weiland canal. He was sestenoed to prison, however, for carrying concealed weapons. ?ears* parvtcp oejcers Trying to Cap sppp Fro-Gersnaa Oiippplrators. Ktw York, April \ t.?Four promi? ses* seen are being sought by the de? partment of justice for complicity in the plot to blow op at sea ships car? rying supplies to the Allies. The au? thorities pro also seeking the secret bomb factory at Harrison, N. J. Pro Oermaae already captured claim that four mtlMoo dollars damage has been done to ammunition en the sea by WSMIS B UBKI. SENATOR GALLEfGER CALLS ON PRESIDENT TO CONSULT CONGRESS The Cenranxe Note Demanding With? drawal of AJttOfW Troops Has Stirred OfAcUl circles Tremendous? ly. ?Arsny Offdcere Peer Attack by raiasalilfni end Want National Guard Called Out to Reinforce Reg alar Army on Border. Washington, April 18.?The battle-j ships South Carolina and Michigan ware slightly damaged in a collision during the maneuvers In the Gulf of Mexico when returning to the Atlantic coast front Guenunemo. White Rouse officials declare that I there Is no present intention of f^i^mg the policy regarding the portUii of Villa. The American troops are to jrthy for the time, being confi? dent that we hnve the right to pur? sue the bandits. The German note on the submarine [issue hue beds received by Secretary Senator Galling?* In a speech today {calls on President Wilson to consult con* eat about the Carransa note. Me said ?n hie speech that he supposes American troops will have to be with* drawn as they are too few to hold their own against the MexieAhe. Senator Sherman says keep the troops there until Mexico Is cleared Some of President Wilson's advisor* favor a stHf attitude and forcing compliance with American demands, but Wilson may not adopt this policy If Carranslstas are really in control of the situation and captures Villa. Army officers foar an attack by Cartwnsistas as Us result of the note and favor calling out the National QUard to get fifty thousand men on the border. Secretary Baker held a conference with Secretary Lansing to? day the District of Columbia criminal ee*ri refuses to grdnf ** ***** trial of the Klfcgb Matlonni Bank: indicted offl eta*, tin trial to ant for May ?. '?DMtOMMBn>; ? 1^,'AhAi li.-*-Geh. Porahlnra [fourteen thotnatnd .troope are eur wood by double the number of Car ??anxtataa. 'Gen. Gomes has moved east with Are thoueand from Bonora to bank up Carransa'a demand and others are coming, Including two thousand more toward the American border. 'Tin thousand are now be? tween Oen.' Penning and the border. Gent tension hi reported to be asking for relhloroements. The Carranslstas ttil the beet Uctical .position? arranaa commanders are eta all along the four hundred - ine of communication ot Gen. ing. SKIRMISH NEAR PARRAL. Gem Fnneton Has Osacftal Report of Attack by Villa Forces. 8an Antonio, April IB.?The Ameri? can foroee were fired on near Par rat i ester day. Gen. Funston has been officially notified. It was presumably a Vilileta attack. There was no mention of casualties. PARKER'S LIFE INSURANCE. Reported Textile Concerns Will Get About Half MiWon Donars. Greenville, April 12.?The Parker Cotton Mills company will profit to the extent of 1600,000 through the death of Lewis W. Parker, organiser ' of the company and its prealdent un? til November, 1114. Mr. Parker car? ried Ufa insurance in a number of companies, naming the Parker Cot? ton MlUa Company as his been ft* clary, j the total amount of the policies being, according to a very reliable authority, $500,000. Mr. Parker took out this in? surance about four years ago. The 'company hau been paying the premi? ums. Mr. Parker was given a very rigid phyalral examination and pass? ed It very successfully. There was at that time no Indication of the can? cerous growth In his jaw, which de? veloped only about two years later, and which resulted In his death here Tuesday morning. In addition to the Insurance for tho Parker Cotton Mills company it is un? derstood that Mr. Parker carried sev? eral hundred thousand personal insur? ance. Boston, April 11.?A two million dollar wage Increase for New England wool and cotton mill employeee Is be? ing antnged by the mill owners meet? ing here. They will receive a five to ten, par east, raise. PREMIER ASQMTH TELLS OF ALLIES' POSITION. International Problem ,J*mt be Readied by Free Negotiations on Equal Terms Pritxaplc at Wake, ? ? ' if*' f' " 1 London, April 10.--Premier Aaqnlth declared tonight that the entente al? lies were prepared for peace only on the terms of his declaration Of No? vember, 1?14, and explained that when he spoke of the destruction of the military domination of Prussia he meant that the allies intended to establish the principle thaj interna tlonal problems must be I free negotiations on equal tween free peoples. The premier spoke at a reception at Lancaster he ing French senators and replied to' the speech recently made by the German chancellor, pr. von Bethmann-Hollweg. Those preheat in l eluded Earl Kitchener, the Mnrnuts of Lnnsdowne, Sir Edward Grey/*. Aus? tin C^ijhberlain, Sir WaRa^ ^Rnnci man, Lewis Harcourt, VlecoUjUt Bryce, I A. J. Balfour and Lord Robert Cecil. I The premisr, in propoMmrtbe toast "Our Guests"' referred! tot ton Beth mann-Hollweg?a claim to re*A*esa oh [the part of Germany to Vnegotiate peace and said: 'The Oe*jUp* chan? cellor wanU us to aasuuttrtfco wtti tude of a defeated adve^ua^^t we are not defeated; we axe ntc^jotnx till be defeated." % - Relteratlng that the entente allies were prepared only for pee*!-on the terms of his decUratlonr^Ifoyem ber. 1?14, Mr. Asqulth pidd|hfrcd: The chancellor nrat - ' language, then proceeds obvious meaning and I Britain and France en j not to strangle Germany jofo the map of "Europe prH| Tor m?ltllate her national ltfen I ly ? not to interfere * wlth^^M I cnkricelior's langnage .the ^ [eise of her peaceful endeavor ?\aa a result of the war * to I establish the principle til national Probleme must be by free t^UatiCO eqnaji we. -w?tend oriOwayed by the over rnasterlnr die* tatlon of a government controlled by' I a military caste. That Is what I mean by the destruction of the military | domination of Prussia, nothing most, but nothing lese." Referring to the fate of Servia, Montenegro and' Belgium tho prone' er ?aid: ' 'We are In this struggle the cham? pions not Only of treaty rights' -but of the independent status and free de? velopment ot wenker countries, la the circumstances cynicism cdVild | hardly go further than in the chan? cellor's claim that it is for Germany? of all powers?to insist, when peace comes, upon 'giving various races a Chance of free evolution along the ttnee of their mother tongue and I national individuality,* f "Apparently this principle Is to be applied? I suppose, on aproved Prus? sian lines both to Poland add Bel glum." Contending that the Poles have had | an Illuminating exerlence of the Ger? man ideas of a free evolution of this kind. Mr. Asqulth continued: "The attempt to Germanize Poland has been tor the last 20 years at I once the strenuous purpose and colos? sal failure of Prussian domestic pol? icy. Nobody knows this better than the chancellor, for he has been one of Its principal instruments. "The wholesale strikes of Polish children against the attempts to force the employment of the German lan? guage; the barbarous flogging? In? flicted upon them, the arrest and im? prisonment of their mothers, contin? ued the premier, "form a black chap? ter even in the annals of Prussian [culture. It is with this record that the chancellor shed tears over the fate of what he calls the long sup? pressed Flemish race. I wonder what the Flemish race itself thinks of the prospect the chancellor opens out to it "The chancellor says that after the war there must be a new Belgium, which must not be a Franco-English | vassal, but between whose people and the Germans, who burned their churches, pillaged their towns, tram? pled their liberties, there is to be In the future 'the collaboration of neighbors.' "My answer is a very simple one. The allies desire and are determined to see once again the old Belgium. Sho must not be allowed to suffer per? manently from the wanton, wicked Invasion of her freedom, and that which has been broken down must he repaired and restored." Declaring that he would not waste. LEWIS W. Iggg KU. HEADED VAST INTERESTS IN TEXTILE FIELD. Founder of Largest Southern Cotton Mill Group Is Dead at Fifty-one. Greenville, April 11.?Lewis W. Par ker, organiser and former president ? of the Parker Cotton Mills company and formerly president of theAroari I can Cotton Manufacturers' association, died at his home on east Washington street in Greenville, this morning about 6 o'clock. Mr. Parker had been id falling health for some time. He was a figure of national prominence in the manufacturing world, rising rapid? ly after leaving the practice of law and entering the cotton mill field. He wa*?fnliated with other great Indus? tries also. He was a leader In the efforts to have the Piedmont & North? ern line constructed and was a direc? tor of that electric railway. He was formerly a member of the executive committee of that corporation. The Parker Cotton Mills company was the largest cotton mill combination in the South, Including 16 m?ie and operat? ing some 514,708 spindles. The capi? tal stock of the. company, after-Its completion, was $12,200,000. Mr. Parker has for some months-been, as ? sociate editor of The Piedmont, an afternoon newspaper- of'Greenville The funeral services win be held Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock a: Christ Episcopal church th4a city.-and will be conducted by the Rev.iW. H. K. Peadleton, rector of the Church of the Advent, Spartanburg. Surviving members of the family are nie wife, who was Mise Margaret Smith, ot Richmond; the Misses Lucia and Mar Parker, and two sons, Auatl s Smith Parker and Lewie W. Parker. Mr. Parker leaves three brothers, Wil? liam Henry Parker, a lawyer of Char? leston; Thomas Parker of Belvedere. California, a retired naval command - der, and Capt. Franc? L. r?arker of the Twelfth cavalry. A slsterr MIm Lucia Wardiaw Parker, dean of the Iversity High school of Chicago, ?urjrtves him. ON. ^?s^0iiiijjifct Bluefletd, W. Vt. fchiefteld, W. Va., April 11?A man [and two children were killed and many houses destroyed at Nemours at 4 a. m. by explosions in the Du Pont .powder mill there. The shock was felf In Bluefteld, eight miles away. The children were killed when their home collapsed. The men In the mill have communication cut oft*. Couriers arriving here said that the most of the 260 homes ot workers were destroyed. Scores are reported Injured. NAVY GAINS TRENGTH. Enlistment* Under Daniels Greater Hum Ever Before. Washington, April 11.?Today ths navy reached its highest mark in en? listed strength with a total of -54, 011, an Increase of 6,674 during Sec? retary Daniels' term. Gen. Scott says there are 18,500 troops on the bor? der. It is believed 16,500 are in Mexico, the majority guarding the line of communication. ssssBsssjBjsjBBBamm words upon the imperial chancellor's 'lame and half hearted attempt to {justify the wholesale use ot the sub? marine for the destruction of lives and property," the premier said: "The allies are prepared to justify the legality of all the measures they have taken as covered by the princi? ples and spirit of international law J applied to the developments of mod? ern war. These have been carried Out with the strictest regard to humanity, and we are not aware of a single in? stance of a neutral life having been lost by reason of the allies' block? ade." Remarking that the German block? ade of Great Britain had developed long before the British order in coun? cil of March, 1915, as shown by the sinking of the Dutch steamer, Maria, and the American sailing vessel, W. P. Frye, and Germany's declaration of a submarine blockade of the United Kingdom on February 4, 1916, Mr. Asqulth declared: "It was not until March 11 that we announced those measures against German trade which the chancellor now suggests were the cause of the German submarine policy. I need not dwell upon the flagrant violation which has attended its execution of the elementary rules and practices of international law and of the common dictates and obligations of humanity. Up to this moment, it is being ruth? lessly carried out, as well against neutral as belligerent*" A iK mi maiMion. DISCLAIMER 16 NOT CONSIDER? ED SUFICIENT BY AD? MINISTRATION. Evidence Secured by Officials Indi? cates That Denial of Sinking off Snipe by Teutonic Submarine Is Probably Vntrue?Wilson and taunting Await Further Informa? tion. Washington, April 10.?Investiga? tion of recent attacks upon unarmed merchant vessels carrying Americans has developed such a convincing array of evidence pointing to illegal subma? rine operations that the United States government has determined that the resulting grave situation can not be cleared up by the German note deny? ing that a German submarine torpe? doed the English channel steamer Sue I sex and disclaiming blame for attacks on other ships inquired about by Am? bassador Gerard. I The news that Ambassador Gerard would be handed the German dis? claimer had been forecast in press re ports .and today's announcement that I he' would receive the note tonight or [tomorrow did not cause surprise. . I President Wilson and Secretary Lan? sing still are .waiting both- for the com? munication from Berlin and for more information from other sources. Much I Importance Is attached to affidavits and evidence gathered by the Ameri? can embassy at Paris, and due to reach New York Thursday on the liner St, Paul.. It was* learned today, too, that Mr. Lansing is awaiting' the outcome of an inquiry at Paris about the case of the liner Patria, at which a tor [pede ie alleged to have been fired [some time ago. Probably the German note smd all [the data needed for determination of [the position of the United States will [be In hand In time for Friday's cabinet meeting. Until then no announce? ment of attitude is expected. That some definite action will follow promptly is freely admitted, but no I one in the confidence of the adminis? tration will discuss what may be its I nature. There is a general under [standing, however, that no rupture of > tSKlr^ the president Will go before congress. Count von Bornstorff, the German ? ambassador, called at the State de? partment late today to discuss the situation with Secretary Lansing. and get information for his government as to the views of the United States. His visit was fruitless. He was with the secretary for less than five minutes and learned that Mr. Lansing was not in a position to enter into a discus? sion because he had no official in? formation concerning the . contents of the forthcoming German, note. The ambassador will call again'when the note has been received. - TO MARE REPLY* Germany to Transmit Response at Once. ? Berlin, April 10 (via London).?The I German note In response to the in? quiries of the American government regarding the channel steamer Sussex and the steamers Englishman,. Man? chester Engineer, Eagle Point, and Berwindvale, will be transmitted to the American embassy tonight or Tuesday morning. The note declares, as previously cabled, that the reports of the com? manders of the submarines which might possibly have been involved in an attack on the Sussex made it abso? lutely certain that the Sussex was not destroyed by a German torpedo. Like? wise Germany denies responsibility for the sinking of the other steamers, evidence having been adduced at the investigation to show that no blame 1 attaches to Germany. GERMANS WERE CONSPIRATORS. England Makes Explanation of Seizure < of Germans From American Ship. Washington, April 12.?The official answer by England in respect to the taking of Germans from the Ameri? can ship China says the Germans in Shanghai were implicated in a big plot against India and were frightened out by the arrest of some of their aides and were on the way to Manila to op? erate there when seized. The United States will make further protest and demand the release of the men. A paper by Rear Admiral Flske, of the navy war college, attacks the lack of system in the building- seen of the navy. Henry A. Wise We ml says Ja? pan could command ? the west coast without trouble. He asks for the first navy of the world for the United States ultimately. Both addresses were delivered before the Navy Leaf * SUNOAY SCHOOL COIFfflKE. ? - I ? ' I I ? ? ? ? V PLANS MADE FOR MAKING SUM? TER A BANNER COUNTT. G?nnt/ Campaign to Be Held June 4th, 5tb and Otto, During; Which Time Conventions WiU be Held fen Each of the Six District*--Prograe) to Be Prepared by President and rotary. The county and district officers of the Sumter County Sunday School Association held an Interesting busi? ness session yesterday in the /St'ttftS Men's Christian Association bullttlag and made plans for s^me'tfeAntU, con? structive 8unday sc/ w*r? H^tftc county during the t jg year. The County Asa K>h IS interde? nominational in fc . and fu purpose . is to bring dehn a. practical, con | crete help to al A schools of alt denominations ' mf e county. The most 1* . ^ant plan agreed upon by this 5* erence was to, con? duct a count/ 0 ipaign of three'deya. during whw 9 Ae a Sunday school convention/ * be held In each of the six district ^' the county. The date set for thl mpalgn is June 4, I and ft.. The program arranged for U?s series of meetings will call into eer vios all the county officers and' de? partment superintendents. several pastors and other Sunday ei&obi [workers of Sumter, and the Staie/ffc jeral secretary. Through this series of meetings It is expected that the beet I methods of Sunday school" Work wifl be carried to the workers of every school in the county. C.1 Vfee&lao? county president; C. E. Stabbe, county secretary, were authorised to arrange for this county campaign and to, see that the plan la carried out filter ; detail. P j The district presidsntj are' failed to meet with the county! '$*etd^: m his office Saturday. Aprlfl li\ to n%ifc out the details. ' \ |W When it" was stated that the coun? ties doing the beat work) are that are working to attain a eet efnad art of efficiency, it waa a resolved to bring Burnt the "banner" standard the next county amveatftou. I' annual county Che ore more conventions in trict every year. (I) makes a' tical report to the State :ontributtoij [ Association. Among 'other things done 4$ conference, it was decided ' to I the county convention August II 30, and to authorize, the county cers to pledge at least $50.00 State work at the State convention Charleston, May S, 4. 5. The county ofncere Wilt endeavor to get every echool In Sumter county to send delegates to this State conven? tion. The following were present at the conference: C. L. CutUno, county president; C. E. Stubbs, county tary-treasurer; H. U Btrherd? ty sec rotary-superintendent; Dunbar, Sumter Richardson, ?. Beall, district presidents; W. H. man, B. C. Wallace. W. J, and pastors, J. W. Guy, Wax. worth and W. E. Thayer, and R. D. j Webb, State general secretary. SUSSEX STRUCK MINE. Greek Officer Asserts That There as No Reason to Believe Vessel land Torpedoed. ??'???_? Berlin, April 11 (via Wireless).? A dispatch received by the Oversees News agency from Athens says: "A Greek naval officer who waa an board the cross channel steamship Sussex when she was damaged by an explosion makes a report <ef the oc? currence in which several Greeks lout their lives. . , "The officer asserts there is no rea? son to believe the Sussex was torpedo? ed and declares that the vessel must have struck a mine, possibly one of British make. According to this re? port the Sussex car led only four Ufa boats which were not sufficient to ac? commodate the passengera and crow. "The captain of the Suaaex waa kill? ed when the explosion occurred and the first officers on sending out a wire? less call for help gave the wrong po? sition of the ship. As a result of this error, the arrival of aid was delayed and the number of victims wee In? creased." x ? New York, Aprl Harding Davis, the a dead in bed at his N. Y. today, cause. He reo poisoning. Be and his wlf^ was recent war corre^