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VOL. 1, NO. 70. ' *?*klj, EiimMirite* 18*30* Dt?Sj, Jw. 18, lil*. ANDLRSON, S. C.p THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 9, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. $8.00 PER ANNUM,
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SHARP FIGHTING ALREADY]
BETWEEN OPPOSING
FORCES
REFUGEES FLEEING!
Besides American Warships, Four ;
European Nations Have Men
o'-Wer in Harbor '
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. April 8.-Official Inter
est in tho '.lexlean situation here to
night was divided between tho' grave
problem presented by the arrival of
the Kim spanish exiles ct El Paso, and '
tho outcome of the struggle between*
(tonetltutlonallsts abd Federals for su
premacy at Tampico.
Sharp fighting already hos occurred
at Tampico, and army and navy
strategists expect the battle there to
h> >ho nayi -Jeeir.!".\, r.l; ..?B*.c. Huar
Admlral Fletcher today notified the
navy department that refugees already
were going aboard Mm-o'-War In
Tamph n Harbor, and be forwarded, a
report from Bear-Admiral Mayo, at
that port, saying the presence of an .
army transport was d?sirable as a |
rcf .i^o foi- nutt -comb?tants.
Admtr.il Mayo's report said:
"Ten-p. m: Tuesday-Sharp fighting
during afternoon until dark; no ap
parent advantage either sids; retida
still hold Dona Cecilla and Arbol
Orando; Oil tank Pierce refinery" burn
ed. Government customs warehouses
et Donn Cecilla destroyed by fire; alan
thou! fifty loaded freight car*, latter
still burning; all probably depo by
shells from gunboat Vera Ccu* Fed
eral gunboat Zaragoza arrived ?
TueaU^Hb 1iiMiiTm|ifl'jiliO?P
livered letter to Federal iv d rebel
forres. Mi
leas otb
battleships until arrival . of the
lbeh?ML^|UK; lunation to
Tampico t??s tim*. Tlh? refugee
be held uncertain."
The letters referred to were sent
without instructions ftow> Washington,
but it ls presumed here that he de
manded that non-combatans be safe
guarded and possibly that a neutral
zeno bf* designated.
The Anvritan ia?i-is represented ut
Tampico by the battleships Minnesota
and Connectlcutt, the cruisers f?r.AirUp,
Dea ?roine? aud San Francisco ?nd
the'dlspstch hodt Dolphin. The bat
tleship Utah wis ordered there from
Vera Crux tonight. Tho German cruis
er Dreaben, abd the British cruisers
Hermolce. asd-$esex are among thc
vessels of the international fleet at
Tampico and the Spanish crueler
. Carlos V. is eb route f.'om Vera Crux.
, It ear Admiral Fletcher reported be
had ordered thc hospital ship Solace,
now at New Orleans, to coal and be
in readiness for service at Tampico.
Officials Reticent.
Stale denartmiuit obl?is t?crt rs->
tlcer.t in discussing the expulsion of
Spaniards, m.;whOee behalf vlkorous
representations,were made to General I
Carranza yoster^iy; Officials were non.]
conimital when^aski? wh?t??? Tur-i
thor ?iTpreaeht?tfbhs would be marlo.
Tho war department probably will
be called ob to direct measures for
the care of tho WlO now international
visitors at Kl eso, although at the
state department late today It was said
thai , phase cf tbs iiucaiion had STA
been considered.
gillie officials agree that In inter
national law these Spaniard have a
right to aeek asylum on American soil,
lt is realised that the problem or their
ultimate disposition ls likely to brins
up many quMtlnn? AK h? adjusted be
tween the United.? States, Spain and
Mexico, lt has bwu suggested that
negotiations might be enter*ni into
with Spain looking to sending ice ran
fortunates to tho mother country. Thc 1
gravity of the situation will bc In- [
creased If tbs Constitutionalists carry
out their threat tb drlvo die Spaniard? '
^^.?lbf all the territory they conquer.
Concerning the-refugees the at^us-?
department ia?Ued<tbl* statement: I
"T?rom El Pasv it 4? rspotUj to ibo
state department ^'that. a train hear- J
lng about 700 Spaniards arriv? at !
Juarez on the nw&Uur of tb? stn Kr0 ?
o norm t?os were aaeonntered enroute
and the government departments jax?.
facilitating en trastee at El Papo. Many
of th* tr. are s&ld'to be Ia need,
nome are almost-..tteaUtute."
The status ai .Ameran efforts ft
prevent expulsion of Spaniard, frc
Mexico was set forth in thia stat?
given by the state dapar?nicht:
"< eciai rs^r?aufffatlon? ai
Ornerai Carrana* by representative
the deuarimeat,?if ?tate hav0 dev?!
oped' that General Carranza ls
disposed to interfere with orders given
by Qerr/rs} Villa sa to the depo?
of ftpavfsh subjects' Sk tart i
; lcd by the Constitutionalist*.'
Zejpettat ?gala *ra active In
west Itfeklco City. Thsy have attack
ing mountain towp Of Iguala, cut tl
telegraph ?lae?.to Mexico City and aro
reported pressing .ott to the Pacific
Wtm AN AXE!
Yoting Maa of Hawkins ville,
(Ga.) Adm|s?ft? Murder Un
der Tllf?? Degree
(By Ajieoclajed P/ess.)
HawklnBvllle. Gd;, April 8.-Using
ail axe as an ieetrument of death,
Harry Lee? 18 ygfefa old, todsy con
fessed that he .Hilled his uncle, P. O.
Bonnet!, near mp Sunday, according
to an announcement by the police to- ?
nlgbt.
'1 hilled my uncle because* he con
tinually abused me and would not
give me money togo borne with."' tho
youth Is reported to have told tho
detectives, who obtained the alleged
confession nrter several hours' of
questioning.
:T DEAD
Woman Attempted Silicide
Is Still Alive But There Are
No Hopes For Her ?
"rum Honen i*etn came the news
last night , that Mrs.. Anna Murdock,
wbc attempted to take her own life
Tuesday when she 'shot herself
through th? right.temple with, a pis
tol, was yet al Ivo but. that she
wts gradually sinking.and no hope
waa entertained for he? recovery._
Rr. D?b?? o? Hunes Fain,' told me
Intelligencer^th?t. he had visited the
pi tie ni yesterday, and ..that her con
dition was critical, there being no
hope for her recovery. The physician
auld that 'he did not see how she
j could liVe through the hight
Mrs. Murdock le. supposed to have
I committed . tbo roso deed because ot
c-cspondency und ill health. She ba?
a husband and-three . Bmall children.
|l?ntfrediaawosnn' Community Oat
In Arma Against Bank
A_? . _
noolers
(By Associated Pres?.)
New Hazelton; B. C.. \prll 8--Every '
itUc-n of New Hazelton, capable of. j
bearing a rifle was out today searching !
fer lbs Issi man ni the -r-asuit sang :
which yesterday raided the branch of
the UnioVB&Mk of Canada here. Six
men havo been' captured or killed.
Manager TatcheU, of the bank, said
today he saw the desperadoes enter
the bank, and when be heard their first
shots he summoned a dozen men who
speedily got their rifles into, platy.
There, was a, pile of ore heaped brents
high on Fugsley street sot fifty yards
from the bank and behind this the
posse gathered. They opened fire as
the.?robbers emerged from the front
door of the bank.
TUree c* thr robbs?* ??? before they 1
reached, shelter, twa more were I
wounded but reached the summit of
the hill at the erige- of the town before I
they foil. Twp, ok tho first men who J
Tc~v kiiliiui nimo'it . :;:r?sn?.?y. j
Tnree others are In the hospital, while !
ono waa captured in the woods late j
yesterday, ls hi jail. j
port of Acapullo., American interests'
there will be nrbteotei? hy the ersir-sr \
California.'- The. .Frcneb warship Mont- j
calm, had'.putJn there.
The American sugar mill at Bl Po
trero has been closed f<f- want of oil. ;
All oil ls bethe seised. i*v\*B ?re be- !
lpg made Op1 outlying plantations tor j
supplies. Ii. tye Canton of Orizaba, j
small bands or niajnuders have been
committing depredMbhs. j
!. ( eneentratln^r S^ar Moaterey. i
Mixloo City. April 8.-Rebels aro
concentrating. In the nelghborbor-" of
Monterey according to information re
ceived here'todrvy. General BUroquet,
minister of war* nays he does cot fear
an attack oe Mopt?rey, aa the gar/1- i
?o? U ?t<v>n;. but ? is hr.o-u that ad- j
?aol troops ?re being sent theroj
f Ruting around Tampico co ruin
although details are lacking. Pri
ll i Advice* to rebel sympathisers nay
government still denies that Torre?n
has been lost to thara.
Correspondants wer? officially wem -
ed In the : >mclat tonight that
the sending dpt of tils? nears, calcu
lated to prnftifi4fe?tit /te government and
aid the rel.el?'wr?uld result In their
expulsion. It was added that this was i
VOIa Hfcoev Wwreea Baak,
r Juarez, . jib*.. April 8.-General
Vitia today took o>;sr.4oe four princi
pal banks of Torre?n,'According to a
report which" he telegraphed to this i
letty with the request that it bo given j
to be press of the United ftatee. Hts
arba does not Include money or ne
gotiable securities, however, aa the
iheskevn took, the precaution cf -sh*
pin? tho * out wfcen Velasoo emcuete*
?the city.
MAY L CEEP THE ESTIMATE
MADE BEFORE PASSAGE
OF TARIFF LAW
STATEMENT IN FULL
Assistant Secretary Msibourrv's J
Statement Shows In Detail
Customs Figures
-- :
(By Associated Press) <
Washington, April 8.-Figures were. 1
made public ha a treasury depart- '
?meat'statement tonight anowina *J:nt 1
i customs revenue during the fiscal y?ur 1
i which ends June 30, 1914, almost, ter- 1
tsinly. will ' meet and probably' will '
exceed, the estimates made when con- j
greas passed the new tariff law. - r ,
Tho statement, prepared .by Assist
ant Secretary Malburn, in cbaree. of
tuBwuiE Batu:
"It was estimated that the receipts,
from customs for the fiscal year VMi
which Included three months under
the tariff act of 1909 and nins months
under the. present tariff act. approved
October 3, . 1913, would amount to
$270.000.000, resulting In a loss bf $49,
590.500 from the c-Uawwi .receipts or
the previous year.
"The total customs collections for
the. abie. months Just ended amounted
to S22.?.500.000 Bhowing a loss for the
nine months period -,of $24,760,000 com
pared with the collections for the
same period during the fiscal year
ended Juno 30, 1913. As thia loss is
only on? half of the estimated loss for
the'whole year, it is probable that the
receipts for the fiscal year ending June
30, i?n, will exceed the estimate.
It iu to be noted that the loss in
revenue during the months ai Janu
sugnrfas that commodity wa? retained
in bonded warehouses pending the re- i
ductlon of sugar duties cn March 1. !
1914. The customs reoetpts for th*ae <
two SK?pihs amount to ?3?,50v.??? and i
$17,500,000 respectively. The customs i
receipts for the month of March just i
closed wer? pearly $26,000,000, as l
against $27,600.000 for the correspond- i
? -.i'-i,;ih of ltu3, sbowing a loss Of I
but $l,c00,000, and a recovery, of re- :
ceiptB as compared with February of i
thia year or over $8,000,000.
"In .view of the above figuro* it now !
appears that a monthly average of
less than 915,000,000 for April, May
and Jt/he, the remaining three months '
of the present fiscal year, would bring
the total of customs, receipts up to
$270,000,000, the original estimate for
this fiscal y ?ar. It is probable that
receipts for the three remaining
months will exceed this average of
$15,000,000, and that the total receipts
for tho fiscal year will run over the
estimate of $270,000,000.
Asquith Returned to l?ense..
London. April 8.-Premier Asquith
again became a member ot the house
of commons today, when he waa re
, tarsa? s-ej^ssed S,y bin old onsu
[ tuency of East Fife, Scotland. Pre*
mler Asquith resigned hi? seat in the
house of commons on March 80 after
he had taken over the war secretary
ship from Col. John Seeley, which
was brought about by the army crisis
' ?ring i?i? Ulster oiioation.
Retinest fer Bids.
Roanoke, Va., April 8 - Requests
for bids for tho construction of forty
freight locomotives were ina''edt to
manufacturers by the Norfolk and
Western railroad. The locsrsscttros
are expected to coat approximately
$1,000,900! It wtti believed bids
woeld.be received In time to be open
ed April 20.
MAJORITY LARGER
THAN EXPECTED
?Returns from Alabama Primary
May Give Underwood 30,000
(fly Associated Presa)
Birmingham. Ala. April g.-Re
turns trent Monday's prhna~r election {
are-still slow tonight bat tue results
1 for the more Ire po rta nt offices are
t now settled. Oscar W. Underwood's
? rn%iOT:'.T fer thc M?ii? OVitr iL ?'.
' Hobson will probably reach 30,000
B. B. Comer bas a substantial nluraT-l
ror governor over Charlea Hender - J
son, with whom he mast participate
in tba run-off May IL
Will Agate Be Released.
Denver. ' Cobi.. April 8.-The su
preme court late today Issned a hab
is corda? .for the release of "Moth
Mary Jones, now held as a ndll
I tary prisoner in the coat ?trike <on?>
. Weltersburg, - .'
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I APRIL FROSTS PREW4 Ti ll o
>-. o
a Washington; April 8.-Warn- o
a lng or April frosts over the o
9 gulf and South Atlantic states o
j In*'the next 48 hourn were con- o
J fained in a special weather bul- o
? leila today. ?
? "Abnormally high pressure o
a and low temperature prevail o
9 over the great Interior basin o
? of the country, the Une of frees- o
9 lng temperature extending tc o
a .?the Oklahoma-Texas ?me." o
9 states the bulletin. "These con- o
9 dttlons will move eastward and o
9 sett th en Kt ward over the Gulf o
9 and Atlantic/stales during the o
9 .next 24 to 48 hours, and frosts o
9 may be expected Wednesday o
9 night tn the Gulf coast, with o
9 temperature near or perhaps o
o below freezing In'' the Interior oj
9 and frosts on .Thursday night oj
o over northern. .Florida. o
o "In Georgia and the Carolinas o|
o freezing temperature* aro like- o
o ly on Thursday night, while to o
o the northward they will be from o
o ten to twenty degrees - lower, o
o Over" the great central valleys o
o and tlie west low temperatures o
o will continue forj another day o
o or two." ? o
9 1- . ?
o o o o o o o ooo ob o o o o o o o
CONSID?R?T!
BE6IN5?0DAY
FORMALLY TO?IS REPEAL
SELL HEARING OPENS
INS?W?T?
15 DAY Di^USS?ON
Senators Hav^^^^wcd Sub
IPS?fBy A^oclated Prese)
Washington/ April 8.-?normal con
sideration - oj the arv-nini?tration birt
to repo?l tho toils ext,option provision,
9f .the Panama Canal A ??o
tomorrow OM the Senate; aiae^:J)f the
capitol with hearing before the intei
>cean?c canals cotamirtee^lo-continuc
Bfteen days. Senators who heve intro
duced various efbrt'.rnt* --r^k?uir?*
leL.mg with the question will be heard
Brsc, and they will he tallowed by
representative? of commercial organ
izations ci the Pacific Coast ?*d Gulf
States. \ .
Preliminary , debate on the tolls oc
cupied the greater part ot thc ses
sion In the senate, where Senator
Works of California held the floor for
hours. Assertlnc;_t.hat the Unit;*.*
States bad the right'under the tret?/
o prescribe such tolls as it sees flt
for its own vessels, Senator Works
vigorously criticized the position taken
by the president.
"I think. "he said," that the presi
dent deserves, to be comm??*r?*ted fer
having taken on himself..thia terrible
responsibility. If we are y make this
sacrifice,. and surnrttdar our? rights
and our sovereignty ov<~ the canal
the. president alone will be responsi
ble. Vrlihuut his, insistance and in
fluence this repeal would never bad
been passed by either house ot con
FOR STAY OF EXECUTION
Jewish Clergymen Made Frtatteai
Attempt to Have Gunmen's
Death Date Changed
(By Associated Press)
Albany. N. V., April 8.-An Impas
sioned appeal by five Jewish clergy
men of New York for a ?tay of thc
execution of the four gunmen con
victed of killing HernMin; Rosenthal
toas, denied by Governor Glynn 1st?
Wednesday. The convicted ' aiee not*
must di* Sn the electric chnir as^Pfl
Sing next Monday, .
The ide? .Va? bawd on the pos?M>1!
tty of new evidence developing in thc
second trial ot former Police Lieuten
ant Becker, lt so completely nanerv
ed tho executive that bc had to retiro
to his private office for a thee be
fore he could continue his duties.
Th? clergymen finally requested
that the execution be stayed until af
ter the feast of the Passover, -whtrh
Begins next Monday morning and con
tinues until the early part of tbe fol
low.'";: ~cii. zr.? which i???jr ?nerib
cd a* " A festival of rejoicing, whi
will be marred for every one c*
faith if this colnd overshadows
beginning."
Hr?. M. IL Sadler Rand,
A message has been receivea hi
announcing the death in Leighton
Ala., of Mrs. Myrtle Mc Hurter* Ssd
1er. who has relatives, in Anderson.
She was 27 years old. Death was dbe
to hetirt fallare.
WILL il
SETTLE
U. S. WILL PAY COLOMBIA I
$25,000,000 FOR PANAMA
ACQUISITION
REMOVE HINDRANCE!
? Colombia Willing to Sign Treaty
Since American Ship? Mutt
Pay Tolls
(Ry Associated Press)
Washington, April 8.-UndieguisJd
"gratification* was reit by administration
officials today at the prospect of flu*!-"
ly healing tho breach between the
. United States,and Columbia through
?the treaty ?tgped at Bogota yesterday.
. It this convention ls ratified hy tho 1
two countries, n? otficlals au confi
dent .It will bo, lt will close amicably
a hit tor <"?;i?oV?r:", hi-USht GI. itio
seccesslon of Panama in 190,1 and th J
?rantin;- to the 1'uited Stat.M #iC
Canal Zone, and which has cast a ]
blight cn the relations between the j
I aitad Staten and all Latin America.'
Substantial details of the treaty be- j
came known here today.
. Twenty five million. dntt?r?
amount the' United States agrees to
pay to Colombia for the partition of
Panama and the acquisition of the
Canni Zone in the treaty signed in
Bogota by American Minister Thom
son and the Colombian authorities. I
ThU waa stated here today at the Co-)
lomblnn legation.
No foaling Privileges.
No rights for a new inter-oceanic
canal across Colombia by the Atrato
River route, and no coaling prh
on San Andreas and Providencia Is
lands, off th2 Colomban Coast, lt was
added, were contained ia the treaty,
The Colombian
R?Wtfrt, today,
from lits foreign
of the signing ,of
H The boundary between
Panama Is to /follow the ??ip ,i
down In an .earlier treaty, which ?
sighed'bili never approved by th'a ?
nmi?tan congress. One important de
mand which the South American re
public bad been insisting on, the HW
passage of her merchant vessels,
through the v canal. "??5 siVor. =2 ??S*
cause of President Wilson's attitude In
favor of repeal of the tolls exemption.
That had becj e. stumbling blsck sn
the way of final agreement.
Will Pall. Special Session.
The Colombian .Congress will be
called in special .session to pass on
tba treaty before lt is submitted to
thc United States Senate.
Acceptance of thc latest treaty will
end ten years of negotiations and fric
tion between the United States and
Columbia and relieve strained diplo
matic relations which have been
watched with the keenest Interest by
Lettn-Americsn Rep?blica.
Colombia h?2. ?sslstsi t?i?i ibo
United States either pay a lump Sum
for the Canal Zone lt acquired when
the republic of- Panama was set up,
overnight with guarantees of Integrity
from Washington, or that th* whole
Mu???on -be submitted to The Hague
for arbitration.
It is assumed here the Colombian
foreign office would not approve a
treaty which tho congrea of the coun
try, would.be unlikely to ratify.
How far th? administration here aaa
f:onc toward sounding the senate on
its proposals is not known.
Mrs. KInard Here.
Mrs. Jas. D. Kin ar <i of Charleston
(arrived In the city yesterday and will
spend today at Anderson college with
Dr. KInard. Thc te-h-s and pupils
I at the college have fallen in love, with
her. as they have with Dr. KInard. A
few friends have been invited to reset
I them at the college this afternoon.
LIFlT?Ml^
RURAL TEACHERS
P. P. Claxton,, U. S. Seyervttor
Such Action
(By Associated Press.)
Louisville, Ky., April 8 -Kecom
mendattone that > the " rural school
teacher be employed for life or dur
good behavior, and that each be fur
nished with a House and plot of land
for bia own ead exp?rimental, uses
were made by P. P. Clapton, UiiSUcl
States supervisor of education at to
night's session at the conf?r?nre <_??
ute educational board.
A gener?) session tonight waa Open
ed by an edd ress by W. T. Tate, of
Columbia. Mr. Tate recommenced
the permanent merger of the teachers
organisation with the conference for
education in the south.
Discussion ot various methods 'ol
Kchool . sqperrlsion occupied dele
gates at tbs afternoon sessions of th?
Southent Educational session. De
TOW^ffes led foy Miss Lulu dray el
Laurens, . . _
SIX PHYSICIANS
EXAMINE FRANK
Examinations Were Made at the
Instance of Wm. J. Burns,
The Detective
(By Associated Press)
Atinnta, Ga.. April 8.-Six physi
cians of Atlanta have examined Leo
M. Frank, under sentence of death for
the murder of Mary Phagon, 14 years
old, within the last twenty four hours,
it wan mode known here tonight.
None of the physicians would dis
cuss the purpose or the result of the
examination, of the convicted man,
who is making a final effort to ob
tain a new trial. It waa said that the
visits or the physicians were made
at the instance of William J. Burns,
the doted I vc who Is investigating tho
case.
ANDERSON BOYS
AGAIN DEFEATED
Lout to Wofford Fitting School
Yesterday in Spart anburg
By Score of 8 to 2
When lt comes to ? question of tell
ing hard luck tnl?s and explaining
"just how lt happened" the baseball
team of t!i<< Frazer Academy might
well provo equal to any of them.
Their hajre u ricord or having lost four
straight games, without a singlo win.
Yesterday they journeyed over to
Spurt au Inn-g where they played the
Wofford Fitting School and lost by
a score of S to 2. Wofford defeated the
local boys here last Saturday, the
acoro being 10 to 4 at that time.
The game yesterday afternoon was
not without features on both sides but
tlie Anderson, team did not seem to
have tlie vim and pep displayed by
iir? Methodists and the Wofford boys
bad caby work froai iju^a^rly PaFt ?j
the game on.
M?? SsHMOER ?JH?Y
WOMJNOPPOSEI?
When Advocates of Equal Suf
frage Act Like Thu, Sane
Women Nah***!!? Rebel
London, April 8.-Pandemonium
reigned in polic?e ourt today when
"Genera!" Mrs. Flora Drummond,
militant suffragettes was fined S10
with teh alternative of .going to prison
for two months for creating a dis-'
turbance nt the Unionist rally Satur
day. . j
Mrs. Drummond was so violent that
three policemen had to remove her
hat pins before the ?magistrate "found
opportunity to announce sentence.
The "General" gently declared that
she would never pay the fine. She
was forcibly removed to a cell. .
All tuc iiuic Mrs. urummond was
in court she kept up a fierce struggle
with tlie police, and shrieked denun
ciations on every one present. Even
a sister militant suffragette who was
in court waB the victim of a verbal
attack* necause she did not storm the
prisoner's enclosure'and rescue the
"General."
Seising a policeman's metal whistle
Mrs. Drummond flung it at th's magis
trate'-; betid, but he dodged lt.
Taking advantage of the diversion.
Mrs. Drummond then sprang from the
enclosure, but was seised before she
got far away and was carried back
shouting and struggling.
When Mrs. Drummond had become
cslmer she was released, as someone
else had paid her fine.
Y. M. C. A. CAMPAIGN
UNDER DISCUSSION
Directora Are Very Much In Favor
Of St But Wish To Get
Further Counsel
Tie directors of the vj M. C A. held
a meeting Woduesdsy afternoon and
discussed tho matter of starting a
eampaifn for the new ba'.ldl??. The
directors had ?pt expected to start this
campaign at this time, but as was ex
plained in this paper yesterday the
matter waa sprung spontaneously.
At the supper Tuesday eight the di
rectors were anxboulned lo take tho
I matter.under advisement. The whole,
, sltuatHa was canvassed thoroughly
: Wednesday afternoon and the hoard
. decided that it would ..be better to con
. suit with ?m* /?? the ether zr.cn of tbw
city who are so deeply Interested from I
. a personal and a civic standpoint. ]
i Therefore tho announcement as to
! what will be done cannot be made for
: several days.
A great deal mere enthusiasm was
exhibited yesterday 'han at any ether
; tim??, and lt is hollered that nome of
the men of th* city may start off
i J with subscription* running up into
j the thousands. And ir they Bhould,
? there ls that Initial $500 from th|
j Civic Aptpoiation.
REFUGEES FIND
A UM S
EIGHT HUNDRED SPANISH
EXILES ARRIVE "N
EL PASO
-
LEFT ALL BEHIND
Practically' All Belongings Left '
In the Bloody Republic
No Confiscation
(Tty Associated Prosa.)
Et* Paso, Tex., April S.-Eight hun
dred members' of the Torre?n'Spanish
colony, expelled by General Villa,
found a haven In the United Statci to
day. They had been stripped, of their
property temporarily, at least, but
supplied with some funds.
They had refused to leave the train
lu wiiiv'u they ana moir baggage hod
come from. Torre?n to Juarez until
American consular agent Carothers
arrived to advise them.
Carothers wn? unable to assure any
that they would he restored to their
homes, his Interviews with General
Carranza yesterday having met with
the fist statement timi expulsion oj
Spaniards from Mexico was a settled
policy of the rebels, and would be
modified only In cases of. individu?la
.wno lind not been Involved in politics;
"We have money anought for the
present," said Joaquin Fernamtes, an
exile, "some of us wit return to Spain:
many will go to Mexico City and oth
ers to the United St atea and Eurone.
The most Important property left
by the Spaniards waa, cotton said to
be valued at ilR-OBft-uno, 7/oT?.
received from Torre?h today that-one
million dollars worth of cotton wa?
being loaded on trains for shipment
to 151 Paso by Villa.
lt is auld that '-With: .$jpaulsh owner*
connut touch the property if it ar
I ' Before the i>:an
Ulmer, acting consular agent of tim
United States at Torrar.?, -wbeae
father-in-law, Joaquin Fernandez, is
one of the refugees who arrived here
today, gave every Spaniard there an
?mewl statement directed to "whom
It may concern." The j$ta^?e?*i-we?
designed to establish th? fact that
Spanish property there waa under
the protection ol the United States.
There are still :n L??uM? district
one hundred and fifty planter: cn
their farms. They wilt be gathered
together In Torreon. lt is - said, and
also, sent out pf the country.
Race Track Gamblers*
Tried and Sentenced
Norfolk, Va., April 8.-Arter wSfm'
lasting well into the night. SSaglsirats
J. Burnell Bragg of Norfolk county
tonight sentenced (Mri*** ~T7CZ
ted yesterday ac the Jamestown rape
track on envies of making books ob
the race:, to six months lb lall. He
also Imposed a One ot itOO In each
case. '
?? appvsi WM ?iui?d in each cape
and tho accused were held hi fi,600
bond for trial by a Jury. Tho defend
ant offered iib evidence, their law
yers contending that .they han violated
so laws.
MR. KING TO SE
A CANDIDATE?
Report Says That J. Mercer Kki?
Will Offer for Auditor Of
This County
Several country people In the etty
yesterday said that J. Mercer King,
a won known young mau of the Mhr*
?tia township, was seriously coast**
pering entering the race for the office
ot county auditor and wit hobt excep
tion they imvM evinced a lively later?
est In ' the rumor.
Mr. King has t>een .assistant in the
office of the county irecsujrer ffibr
the last two years and In that wav
he has. come In contact witt} people
from all sections of tho county. He
I .ta-, a splendid businesi man 1 and . *
young man ot sterling reputation tn
bis section.
It is not known positively that Mr,
Klug has concluded to make tba race
but without exception thoso who
spoke of the matter yesterday said
that be would be a strong candidate
in the race should he decide to offer
?br tho jmice.
1 ondular Appotatsaenh '**
Washington, April ?.-President
Wilson's nomination ot inc**? C. Mc*
Nally of Pennsylvania, to he consul
at Nuremberg? Bavaria, waa refused
confirmation in the senate bria vote
or 26 to 24 at * prolonged 4?h*fe. This
was thc ?i?rs? oi ; treeideat Wilson's
consular appointments r+Jeetel hy th?
aeaato, Five poBtmastera abd a rei
Reiver of public moneys ureviorsly.
have bean refused confirmation* r^. ?