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TUESDAY AND FRIDAY NEW SERIES, VOL. 1; NO. 21. Weakly, Established 1860} Dally, Jfta.it, ?14. ANDERSON, S. C, TUj?SDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1914. PRICE $1.50 THE YEAR ^'PROVISIONAL" PRESIDENT j IS MAKING READY FOR AN EXIT MONDAY THE DAY FOR DEPARTURE A New Provisional President Ac ceptable to All Mexican Factions Is Now In Sight (By Associated Press.) Vera Crus. July li.?The resigna tion of President Huer ta may be plac-I ed before congress Monday, tbe gen eral departing Immediately thereaf ter for Peurta Mexico or Vera Cruz| under British escort, according to re ports in circulation here today, which | originated from a source that is usu ?.y v/c?l informed Reports from the Mexican capital also state that Francisco Carbajal, the newly appointed foreign minister, will be named provisional president. This appointment Is said 'to be sanctioned secretly by both Gercerai Carranza and the United States and assurances - are ssid to have been given by const!" tutlonalists that hostilities 'will cease | with Carbajal's assuming office. Rear -Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock, of the British squadron, is In Mexico City and it was reported to day that the real purpose of his visit was to escort General Huer ta and the letter's family to tbe coast, where they will probably board a British warship. While it was impossible to obtain positive confirmation .here, the reports pointed out that many recent developments indicate the probability of .some such plan having been made iereaca between Corrahxa .and.Villa representatives ne)ret the plan of Guddaloupo,'under which the present revolution has been operating, was amended so as to prevent any military |eaderv from becoming provisional president of Mexico. This would ellm inate Carranza, - Villa, . ' Angeles- or any'other or the leaders how In the field ai presidential possibilities. This . was stated in' a lengthy- officiai state ment issued here by th? delegates. The convention agreed Carranza was the supreme leader of the r?volu tlon sad General villa, chief of the division of the north. In regard to a complaint that General Carranza. had not assisted sufficiently the division of the north with munitions, a resolution was adopted whloh called for all di visions of tho army to "receive" from the first chief, att the elements that they msy need.?. Resolutions, to push the revolution until the "last vestige of the federal ? i u'y Sun?? u?napp??r" S?d ?UttvSTS . pertaining to the agrarian and eco nomic problems of the country com pleted the parts .of tho documents as adopted and signed by the framers. A cailles Sulking. Bl Paso, Tex.,' July 11.?Th? confer ence of constitutionalist leaders at Torreon to adjust differences between General Carrppsa and General Villa did little to alter the plan of the rev ITISH ESCORT 00000000000000000004 o P, o MIX KILLED BT FREIGHT 0 0 TRAIN o o - o o Rochester, N. H., July 11.? o o Six personB returning from a o o Sunday school picnic were kill- o o ed tonight when their buck- o o board was hit by a freight train o o on the Boston and Maine rail- o 0 road. The party of sixteen was 0 ' o singing "Nearer My Qod to 0 lo Thee." and the voiceB drowned o 1 o out the noise of the train. All o of the dead were between 14 o jo and 18 years 01 age. o I o a 000 000000 00 00000000 BLAME PLACED ON COLLIER STORSTAD Wreck Commission Decides Thus On Investigating the St. Law rence Disaster (By Associated Press) Quebec, July 11.?The Collier Stor ! stad is held to blame for the Empress [of Ireland disaster In the findings-of the wreck commi sloh, handed down today. The commission holds that the wreck was doe to the 8 tore tad's Change of coarse ordered by the third officer without Instruction from the first officer who was In charge of the collier at the time. ^ The Empress was sank In the 8L Lawrence on Many 29, with a loss of more than 1,009 lires,. ; R. L, Jhly ltr-iBetter nay-> igatlon in a thick fog enabled the Vacitte and Defiance to eliminate th? Resolute in the third trial race, here 'today, the. Vanitie getting credit for her first victory over her rivals. The Defiance lost by 19 seconds .corrected time. The Resolute, after leading for nearly the entire distance, missed the -finishing buoy and 'was searching for it when the other two yachts captured the principal honors of the day. The course today was 16 miles toj windward and return. olution, according to 'the long official statements of the delegates given ont) today. Unsuccessful attempts of the Villa delegates to amend the plan of Gauda. loupe was deemed here. as the most interesting point 'of the conferences. The proposed amendments would have prevented Carranta or any other mil itary leader from becoming provision-] a? president. . lutton recommending that Carrants select hia provisional cabinet from a list of names they gave. - None of those mentioned are members of the present provisional cabinet. General Villa was reported today as having reached .Chihuahua City The belief that-Villa would not par ticipate further in, the movement against Mexico City grew in some quarters. oaches Of Mexico Ity do ^orreiga have askea-for a train from Mexico. City to rescue them. When' the town surrendered to the Zapata . fqrees the, garrison had no food and many died from hunger. : Huerta, it is reported Intercepted a Ses sage from General Obregon stat g that the iatter would . take Guad alajara before July 10 and had sent a rescue force which had arrived within about thirty miles of the city when it .was taken. jIAPERO'B POLICIES Will Be Carried Ont% New, Regime | Says Carrsaca, . Baltlllo; Mexi. July 11.?General.1 Carranka Issued a statement here to day reiterating h!a tatehtion of car rying ont of the plan of Guadeloupe. Carrants Bava that he considers himrelf obligated to carry out the re forms .which failed of consommation in tho ??rief Mader o r?gime. He add "In a few days the three divisions" o? ' Generals Pablo Gonzales, Francisco Villa and Alvaro Obregon will adyaoce simultaneously on the capital of the Republic. ? believe that Huerta. the usprper. will not resist the advance of the Constitutionalist forces." The Gas El GAS ?LECTJ52C CAB to ? j$OVC/?&N JSAILWAY^ Will Be Operated West, c atinga WANT TO FREE CONGRESS PLAN ?S AGREED ON President Wilson Saturday Held c| Conference With Officbh Who Are Interested (By Associated Press.) W?shi?gtoa. July 11.?An adminis tration-approved plan for a more ad tononio?s Philippine government, as ?s&iber 8tep toward independence was laid before congres? today-when Representative Jones,, of Virginia, in troduced a bill covering the subject. Mr. Jons s is chairman, of the house InBUlar ; committee, and his measure, declaring the purpose of the United Statesman.to the future poll'leal status of the Filipinos is the result of a long series of* oonferences with' President Wilson, Secretary Garrison, Manuel Queqon, Philippine resident commis Bioner to tho Unated States,, and dem ocratic members of the insular com mittee, all.of whom informally have] approved it. ' -Supporters of -the measure do not expect it to get favorable action by congress at this - session. President Wilson has examined the bill carefully and i^retary Garrison strongly fav our tt unoiiment. It ?e designed to caflt \Jxt declarations ??, the Balti more platform toward the Philippines. Th ebUl makes no attempt to fix a date for philippine Independence, its preamble recites that It never was the Intention of the peopfe o ft he United Btater in the lncjplency of the war with Spain to make it a war of con quest or, territorial aggrandizement. It tis?erta',lbat it. has always been their -i?nrno?e to recognize the Inde cot'?f the Philippines as soon ?hie' government could be estab. therein. It declares It to be ' laoe In the hands of the arge control of their do mestic affelrs as consistent with ' the exercise, In the meantime, .of the right of sovereignly by the United States. 1 , Mr. Jones, explaining tho bill to night, said: "Generally speaking, the bill pro vides for the Philippines the 'most 'liberal form of -territorial govern ment. ,,IU principal features, affect ing the more important changes in the RxlBtlng organic act; are those,relating to enlarged powers conferred on tho ' governor general and the abolition. it the- pr?s?st Philippine cemmL4slpa! us such, and the Kibatltution thereof) te; the 'I:)embers of whlcl?I Chilat^n provinces shaU popular vote. i istian tribes are to be . two Senator? anil nine; es, appointed by the gov-l .The governor general the heads of the execu dflpartmente, Tho only officials 1 ectric Care ?f the Southe )f Andersoja^Jfoday for th New. and *$#uable Serv O O O O p O O Q X>;0\Q OOOOOOOO (MEETING, NEIGHBORS Andereon .-.extends groetings to WalhnHa .apd". to lhi? other pister clties?i tf ??ave? o . la and^/^a*?( ? more lntl o mate acquaintance ' with- * our o Walhalla friends. . o ojfL : - 's ' v.;.o>! o p O O O O. O o O Q O P p o o o o o o YOUNG WOMAN KILLS FATHER Uses Shotgun on Par?ht?-Get8, Verdict' of Justifiable: Homicide (By Associated Press.) Whlgham. Ga.. July 11.-?Mrs. Clif ford Griffin, ?4 year .old daughter of H. Preston Powe, a widely known Grady county farmer, who was fonnd dead in his bed yesterday morning from, a gushot ' wound, told the coro ner's jury today that she hsd slain her father because Of repeated at tacks on Star . She declared, that her father had attacked her. and had come to-'her room after midnight yesterday. She followed him to his room, she said, and When he slept; fired into the back of his skull with a shot gun, killing him instantly. . - Mrs. Griffin was acquitted on a ver dict of ; justifiable homicide, ami her brother, Howard Powe, aged 18. who had been-arrested, was released. , Votes for "Wlmmen." Jefferson City, July; 11.?The am- \ endment to the Missouri Constitution giving women the right to vote will go on the ballots at the November el ection. The: petition , providing for the placing of the amendment before the people has sufficient signatures. N , FURTHER EVIDENCE In the Nelms Case Which Is Worrying! Atlanta. (By Associated Pr*ss) Atlanta, July 11.?Agen?<*, of the de partment of is slice today announced that .no ?vidence thus fat presented by Mrs. John W. Nelms hearing on the disappearance of her daughters, Mrs. EJoise Nelms Dennis and Miss Beatrice/ Nelms, justified government action. Mrs. Nelms made especial pleas to the governor, th? police and the federal officials, to proceed in. the case,- bnt there, has been nothing definite upon Which they could work. Flat contradiction of the statement | of Victor E. Innes, made at Portland, Oregon, today that he had never been In Atlanta and had not engagea In any business dealings with her daughters vas made here today by Mrs. Nelms. .. ;? -!- ; to he-appointed,by the president;are the governor general and members of | ih? .supreme court , "The governor general Is given a limited power to veto over (he acts of the legislature, hat the president would have the power of absolute reto.-: \ : : rn Railway e First Time, Inaugur ice [PEACE NEAR N AT PRESENT HUERTA TO RETIRE Carranza Is Bull Headed and1 insists Upon Becoming Provis ional President (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 11:?a survey of developments In Mexico within tho last 24 hours has convinced officials and diplomats hore that Internal peace is near at hand. The appoint ment of Francisco Carbajal as minis-1 ter of foreign affairs means the re tirement of General Huerta . as pro visional president within a . few days,| according to messages from the Mexi can capital. The capture by the constltutional ' ist? Sf Guadalajara Th n n amnhaahail 1 that the. military triumph of the rev olution 1b inevitable. This is the tenor I of the information reaching officiais] hero along with the news that' per sons prominently identified with] the Huorta government are leaving ] the country wit h their families; fear ing reprisals by the constitutionalists. Adjustment of differences between Carranza and villa have-solidified the constitutionalist military forces again, but those conversant with In ner details of tho situation claim a much more beneficial result has en? sued In taht a program for the hold ing of honest elections ' and the; car rying out of reforms now has been drafted. . Corranxn Is; Bnllheoded. Coupled with the announcement I from Torr eon o fthe results of the I conference there, the statement of I Carranza from tsaUiiio that he in tends-to carry out to the letter, the I plan of Guadeloupe was regarded aal significant. The plan provins for | the installation of Carranza as presi dent ad interim of the republic .until] and election shall1 be held. The belief prevails in some quar rten that Carranza would ut ay in of-] lice until the country was pacified, then call an election and resign inj order to . become a'candidate. All prospect of holding peace, con ferences between representatives of] Huerta and - Carranza has vanished, according to private ' advices from | General Carranza. There is a,possi bility that if Francisco Carbajal suc ceeds Huerta in Mexico Cityt th? con stitutionalists may agree to 'send del egates to confer with- his repr?senta tives about terms of peace. But Car ranza'a pronouncement at SnUtllo to-| day and statements of bis represent atives here, make it almost a certainty] tha tthe only terms the constitutional ists will offer will be the acceptance | of the plan'of Guadeloupe., That the federals may surrender to (Continued on Second Page.) !.':'. ? "Vf'.7 GOVERNOR'S 1 ROUGHLY BY L. ooooooooooooooooooo o HTKAMER AGItOUNR o o - o o Now York, July 12?The o o steamer Rosodale, en route o o from llockawny to the Battery, o o with GOO passengers uboard, o o went uground off Huffle liar, o j o outside the harbor, shortly of- o o ter 1 o'clock thin morning It o o stated there was no Immediate o o danger and that the passengers o o would he transferred to other o o boats which were immediately o o despatched to the scene from o o the harbor. o o o ooooooooooooooooooo EIGHT BALLOONS BEGIN THE RACE Ninth Entrant Burst Forty-Five Minutes Before the Start Was Begun St. Lc*.:!:, July 1? ?might nf the nine balloons entered in the international elimination race sailed today to determine which shall be the third American entrant in the internat tonal race for tho James Gordon Bennett cup, which will start frcm KanaaB City next October. The air war co calm that the bal loons drifted back and forth, lacking cuirentt o carry them. One accident marred tho start. The balloon "Hdonler", the ninth entrant burst forty-five niluton before the~| I hour sot for itn departure. " ?< The flr.it balloon entered as No. 211 wan released at 4:CO o'clock. The p othera quickly, followed, and' within j' thirty-five mlutec all wero visible ih^i the air. '?* r/\ \] All Upj pjlots--q^^jilU^tBnftaHMk ' jtid^tht)y..land "The hallocii ^'Hookier^ wfUcn-.^wifv to be th? first to start in the interna- V Mosul elimination race from here at & o'clock tonight, burct at 4:15, when It was filled with gas. Warren Rasor, of Urookvillc, Ohio, wsb the pilot, and his sun, Herbert, was to bo his aide. No one was Injured. The Bocond balloon, "America III" called at 4:59 o'clock. Pilot, Dr. Le rome Klngrhury of New York; aide Clarence Wynne, Philadelphia. Di rection north. Third baloon, "San Francisco 19lj" started at 6:04 o'clock. Pilot, E. S. Colo. St. Louis; aide, R. ?. Emerson, Springfield,. Mo. Direction straight VP Fourth balloon, "Uncla Sam" start ed at 5:OS o'clock. Pilot Pau! J. Mc Cullough, St. Louis; aide, William H. Trefts, St. Louis. Direction east. Fifth balloon, "Miss Sofia," sailed at 6:14 o'clock. Pilot, William As s m an, St. Louis. No aide, direction east. Sixth balloon, "Aero Club of St. Louis", started at 6:i8 o'clock. Pilot, Captain John Berry, St. Louis; aide, Albert Von Hoffman, Jr., St Louts. Direction northeast. ' Ssvcnth bailees "Kansas Ci!" Hi" started at 6:24 o'clock. Pilot'John Watts, ansas City; aide, W. F. Com Block, Kaneaa City. Direction north east. Eighth baloon, "Pennsylvania", called at 5:28 o'clock. Pilot, Arthur T. Atherholdt Philadelphia; aide, Phillip Sharpies, Philadelphia. Di rection south. Ninth baloon, "Goodyear", sailed at 6:35 o'clock. Pilot, R. A. D. Preston, Akron, Ohio; aide, M. D. Tremlin, Ak ron, Ohio. Direction south. TUE CAMPAIGN The campaign for the United States sepate and for. governor and state of fices is not half over. This week the candidates for the senate will visit Abbeville, Tuesday; Anderson, Wednesday; WollauUa, Piokeng and Greenville. The candidates for governor will visit Alken, Bamberg, Barnwell Hampton, and Beaufort_ Pres. Wilson 1 Of An (By Associated P~ess.) Washington, July 11. Respite un favorable views Of the referendum conducted by the chamber of com merce of the United States on the administration's anti trust measures. President Wilson, It became known today, still Is confident the business men of the country are still with him Ih his plans and that he will win over more leaders in'the business world before the final passage of the anti trust bills. - On Wednesday he will sea & dele gation representing, large interests In Kansas City, Mo. He has let it [>e known that that he is willing to SAYS BLEASE COULD NOT EXPLAIN A GOOD MANY THINGS LARGE CROWD WAS ORDERLY Gave Close Attention To All Speaker?, Especially To . Jennings In His Ter rific Speech (Special to Tho In Greenwood, July Li large, If not larger tni Lended the senatorial ing In Newberry candidates It On. though the Newber % approximated at 2,00 ter.) >wd as which at f (gn meet }f$tonn\ tho a SAtuedtiv, timiience was rVbt'oro. The meeting Saturday did not begin until.: 1. o'clock, so that the voters from the mill village might have an opportunr Ity to attend. <VY',v ''* The Greenwood meeting was tea* tured by the charge of -Mr; Jennings that Governor Blease voted . seven tlmoH against Wade / Hampton', as\ a candidate for tho United States sen ?to, when the ?overnor was a member of the state legislature. Another feature of the. meeting was the profound impression created by Mr. Pollock's putting oh exhibition the Union-Hepubllean-mixed ; raco tlckot of 1880, which ticket contained the names of several different elect sra from different districts in tho state, and also that of 'J/. P.. Gibson, then a 'the same ?U uinv Uli? VK u * t. UUMUUl candidate for : th? legislature.^ me man appointed a maglRtrai:o ind appointes, to the governor's stf-ff by. Ble-$o." : . . itfoth slve candidate rough-stmd manner the ^Vorrtor's re-' :ord. Today this speaker dwelt on particular casos and niter the recita tion of each would as,k tho dramatic; lUestion, "do you wonder, that the - governor can't afford (o explain hia record."' This recurrlug ti?ery ' grtp-"^ -ted tho thoughtful atteh't^on of th?; indienco as has no other'utterance of th? campaign. The governor's friends did not leave ho meeting today when the chief os ?cutlvo had finished speaking, and' the post entrants lost no opportunity A 'to remove the mask!' as they put It, ? Senator Smith was th? first speak er, hev exchanging places with Mr. . Pollock that the Sen&tor might run" >ver to Laurens county this,afternoon;. o visit a hall Etrlcken district with be intention of seeking federal aid. This be did at the reqtj?a't of a dele ration from LaurentsCo\ Governor Blease' had, ij tuited about- this* rxelr Pollock readily aBBuntted;!;vTbe cand? late? rotate In the order of sneakina lach day. The program .'"'today was dr. Pollock first, followed, by Sohator 3mlth, who in turn was, followed by he governor. 'rV'\ ;.. Senator Smith told th? Greenwood ludienco that he etlll Aad a crick in ; ils arm fro "toting" a whitoLoak ipllt basket filled n cotton seed, whi 10 cents a dozen to hat he wouid spenU next: 3m 1th or not at all,jio\ toffee. The governor ind said that the >adges was taken fr he "76';, garments, ji iwer to the presumpt >r was taken fron" Icket of 188? and a loclallBta. > ' ' * Governor Blease otsottjfead a tele rram from Senator Smithsent two rears ago, in which they Senator said h tit he would Bupport^tra B. Jones or governor. ' In denouncing the'new primary b packed e sold at , Sugar and '/'red' shjft^ S the Bleaso e color of V as-in an the col 'Bopubllcan . flag of the - uleB the governor (Continued on Se that lope iti-T - m m ee any promient nr**" llscuss conditions vi nail he Is getting tearing on tho sltu.it Members of CO] he White House i__ d attention to tfce.fnct neat hue in obs men ha' hem to discuss t rhey explained tri-, aen wero being kttn&. barges of. lobby h artant questlons/w Bearing on tije,-, less the nrA?iiient-' otters urging :?r"' reight nterstate Comme 'V, - jy 'iwant to ?n every ^ of letters v visited ,vb call- . prom et : <?:^. bills, g lnesa former, er im- r