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CONGRESSWORKS'TO
AVOID EXTRA MEEl
MEMBERS ARE DOWN TO HARC
WORK IN EFFORT TO FINISH
LEGISLATION.
"LEAK" PROBE HAS INTEREST
Senate is Considering Water Power
Leasing Bill.-District of Columbia
Prohibition Bill, Passed By Senate,
May Strike a Snag in the House.
Washington.-Whfile public inter
est in Congress is centered upon the
so-called "leak" investigation. the leg
islative nmaclintery of both houses is
grinding away, and members have
settled down to hari1d work in an earn
est effort to (lear the decks and avoid
an extra session.
The senlate still is eonsidering the
public lands waterlpower 1,and(i leasing
bill, but it may be side-tracked any 1
(lay for either the legislative or In
dian apiropration bill.
Hearings on the nominees for the
shipIpinIitg board cotiinues before file
commerep committee. When the
nominations reach the floor, Senator
LaIollette will protest against some
of the shipping ideas of Bernard It.
Baker, the Haltimore .nmilnee.
The Interstate Commerce Commit
tee is Ireparinig to report on the
President's railway legislation pro
gram after holding extensive hear
ings. The so-called "ompIlsory ar
bitration" feature of the bills will be
modified, if it is reiorted at all, it is
understood.
The senale bill for pro hibition in
thi District of Columbia. Passed re
(ently. in about to be coiside-e-ed by
the District Committee of Ihe house.
Sentiment inl the cominmittee is said to
be unfavorable to it unless there is a
provisiol for a referendiumn vote in
the District. louse leaders say. how
ever, there will be a vote on tle hill
rogardless of what may be the action
of the District Committee.
SAILORS ARE COMPELLED
TO ABANDON -U. S. CRUISER
Three Hundred Jack Tars Fought for
Lives Against Heavy Sea on
California Coast.
E-ureka. Cal. --Shortly tufter .9 o'clock
at night the last member of the -rew
of tle eruiser Milwaukee. which went
ashore lnar here early in lhe day.
was landed on the beach. Not a life
was lost. and but one man was hurt in
the rescue of IIe hundreds aboaid the
stran(le vessel.
In a light for their lives against a
heavy sea, more Ithan three 1i(udred
tUiniled Sittes sailors were brouight
ashore in breeches buoys from the
.ilwaukuiee, which rolled in the surf,
with possibilit y of being a total lOss,
on the uorthern California coast where
site struck shore in a fog.
Hreakers were spraying ever he
wvarship'iis siuirsitr ture, and thl i n i
eessat pounmdinmg of thle wa v was
driving thle ivessel fum-thleri ashore in
lie santd.- Thei .\l ilwaukee fal so hot -
tom was flooded in an e fiort to anmchuor
her against the washt of thle sea. Na
val officer-s a shore said it was harudly
liossibhle thaiit th l ui ser i( w-oult lii ver
float again..
The Mihvauike'e is stuck on the
-sand~ only a few hundried yard-(s for-m
lie subhmaritne 11-3. ieb il gro(undel(d a
month ago. ineari thle cntrtance to I lum
holdt. bay. The cruiser was attenmpting
to salvage thie submersible at the time
of thle necidett. Within forty or fl fry
miles on this par-t of the coast. 5ix ethi
er' ve-ssels have struck shore during
the last feat- yeatrs, and ntie of themi
haebeen saved.
CENTRAL POWERS HAVE
WELL-DEFINED GOAL.
Blerlin, v-ia C'alville.--Futther- com
ment on the note of the Entente Powv
era to Presidetnt WVilson lays enmpha
als on the decisive character- of the
declrations which clear the air, the
newsepapers say, and give the Central
Powers a Well-defined goal-defense
against the plan of their opponents
for re-making the map of l~utrope.
VILLA CHIEFTAIN AND
aORT MEN KILLED.
wer kiledinthe fight January 10,
10mesnorth of Parral, according
to dtail ofthat action receivedl
fromGen.Pablo Gonzales, comn
maningtheGovernmenut troops in the
field. TeCarranza troopS lost Col
- Lozao andthree officers and eight
menkill besidecs a nmber of
wouned.They capturedl a small
nubrof prisonetrs.
FORMER OFFICERS OF
VILLA ARMY IS SHOT
Mexico City.--Marcelo Caraveo,.
former Villa general, who was imprit!
oned in Chihutahuta City by Genera
Trexino and liberated when V'illa~ ai
tacked the town last 8eptomber, wa
shot at T'eot/tlan, del Gamnino, Oaxaci
Generat Caraveo, seen after being il
e rated by Villa, surrendered to th
Cariadza authorities and was brough
to Mexlco City and confined in th
- Dententary.He had escaped from
4 ~ the penitentiary last week.
'EXPLOSION WRECK
MUNITIONS PLAN]
MILLIONS IN MUNITIONS AND
POWDER ARE LOST IN bIG
FIRE. '
TWELVE INJURED, 2 MISSING
Plant of DuPont Company at Haskell,
N. J., is Almost Totally Destroyid.
-No Estimate of the Loss Is Ob
tainable.
New York.-Four hundred thousand
pounds of powder was destroyed 1))'
fire and explosion at the las!ell. N.
J., plant of the du Pont Powder Con
pany. Officials of the companyI de
elared, after checking up the mem
bers of the night shift at the works,
that only two men were mis nog.
Tw-elve others were cut by flying
debris, but none of them was serious
ly hurt. No estimate of the loss was
obtainable.
Until investigation is completed no
further statement will be made as to
wihat evidences of incendiarism have
beenl found, an officer of the coi
pany said.
It was explained that the danger of
fire or of explosions from purely av
cldental causes was reduced to a min
imuni by the fact that no completed
ordinance was on hand at. the plant.
The officers said the propelling
charges for the shells were not at
tached litii they reached the battle
field, and that the same was true as
to the detonating caps by which the
trinitrotuluol In the shell bodies is
exploded.
T'he- statement said the Kingsland
plant was used for the assembling,
packing and preparing of these shells
for shipment. Large quantities of
these shells have been shipped to
lis sia.
"The buildings (lestroyed were val
ted at $750,000. The value of the
'outents destroyed amounted approxi
nmately to $16.000,000. of which $6,
000.000 hvlonged to the company. The
company was protected to the amount
of about $3,000,000 in Insurance On
buildings and coiteits. The rest Is
a total loss.
"So far as we have been able to as
certaIn, no one was killed or serIously
injured as a result of tihe fire and sub
se(ueit explosions.
"An exanilnation into the circum
i stances attending the origin of the
fire in building No. 30 has created the
impression that it Is possible. If not
wobable. that the fire was of incen
diary origin."
SITUATION AS TO PEACE UP
AT SESSION OF CABINET.
Entente Reply Gone Over in Detail.
In President is Only Hope of
Peace.
Washington.--At the Cabitnet meet
I ng the peace negotiations11 were d is.
i'ussedl only in general t erms. but1
a1ft erwar S( ecr'etaruy L ansing remained
for' a (0onference with t he Pre'sident,
and it. waIs under~stoodl they went over
[lie Ent ente reply In (letall.
The attitude of Pr'esident Wilson
towar'd the r'eplies of the warring
nations to his suggestion ht at an op.
phor'tuit y be giveni for compariing
pea3ce tem r''i5ieminied unde~lterinediiC.
Prelliminary% discussion of the quies.
tion was begun at the eabiniet meet
ing and at 'onifencesli'0 bet ween the
Presidlent andl Secretar'y Lansing and1(
between the PresIdenit and1( Col. E. M.
1HTuse. wvho spent the (lay at the
White House.
Informally, officIals expressed the
opinion that the problom facing the
President is how to reconcile the ('on
flct ing attitudle of the Central Pow
ers and the Entente Allies on the
questIon of 'omparig terms. The
Contral Powers having offer'ed to (dis
enas peace at a conference of repr'e
sentatives of the belligerents and the
Entente Powers, though vir'tually de
elining to agree to a coniference, have
given their br'oad terms publicity, it
was suggested that the PresIdput
might seek a new method of having
terms compared.
SILENT SUFFRAGE "SEN'PINELS"
SALUTE PRESIDENT WILSON'
Washington.-Although the temper
ature was 11 degrees below freezinj
and a cold wind was blowing, the 1:
suffrage "silent sentinels' 'again tool
up their picketing of the White Hlouse
to impress their cuase upon Presiden
Wilson. When President Wilson re
turned from golf, the silent sentinel
stood at salute with their right handi
raised to their hats. The pr'esiden
smilingly returned the salute.
REMOVAL OF THAW TO
NEW YORK TO BE FOUGH'
Philadelhpia.-Plans for the r'emov
-at to New York of Harry K. Thaw
I who recently attempted to commit sul
-clde as he was obout to be surrenden
a e4 to the New York authorities oi
,charges of kidnapping and assaultinj
. rederick -Qump, Jr., of Kansas City
e as soon as he is able to leave the hos
tpital, were discused at a conferene
a here between counsel for Oliver A
Brower and representatives yf thi
jThaw interest.
PEUD MEN
BILL IS FIXED BY HOUSE
AGREEMENT ON APPROPRIATIONS
IS REACHED BY HOUSE COM
MITTEE.
Virginia Will Receive $438,434; North
Carolina's Part is $709,775; and
South Carolina Will Get $355,000 as
Her Share.
Washington.-Final agreement on
th9 annual rivers and harbora appro
pilation bill was ieached by the house
committee. The measure carries $38,
155,339, of which something over $10,
000,000 is for new projects tand the
remainder for cont inning or maintain
ing existing projects.
Chairman Sparkinmn will report the
bill at once with the hope of having
it taken up as soon as the pending
postoffie bill is disposed of. An ad
verse minorit y report. will be made
by Representative Freer of Visconsin.
The bill carries $438,434 for Vir
gnia, of which $311.434 is for new
projects; and $355,000 for South Caro
lna. of which $120,000 is for new pro
jects. These figures do not include
$1,000,000 for the improvement of the
inland waterway between Norfolk and
Beaufort inlet.: and $3,000 for the
maintenance of the Inland waterway
between Savannah and Beaufort, S. C.
I'rhe new project i-.re as follows:
Virginia-Norfolk harbor $270,000,
Tangler Channel $1.434. Pagan River
$25,000.
North Carolina--Shallow Bag (Man
too) Bay $28,000, Beaufort harbor $15,
900, Scuppernong Ri ver $31.800, North
east Itiver $254375. Newbegun Creek
$5.000, Thorough fare ay $5,200.
South Carolina- -Charleston harbor
$7o.000, Congaree River $50,000.
Api)ropria ions for improvements
or imtprovr(-nenvts aml maintenance are
Vir1ginia- .\at a pon i iiver- $2.000
Pamitunikey ti ver- $3i,000, Ranppahan
nock ltivet- $10.000. Nanzmond Rliver
$63,000, James River 5i.000t. App~lOma~t
tox River- $sI.ii00.
North Carolina--Shallow hag ( lant
teo) $500, Ca p( I ,ookou ta hrbor- of
rcfuge $425.000, lBeau fort harbor $4,
500, Iteaufot inlet $1-4,000, M1orehead
C itv harbhor $2.0'00, Ro~antoke River $2,
500, Senttperntiotg fRivetr $3,500, Pamli
ci) and T1ar Rivers $4,500, Cdmt etrinea
ICt-eek $1,000. Neuse Rivet- $2,000,
Trent. Rivet- $4,000, WVatertway fr-om
Patmlico Soutnd to Bieaitfot-t Inlet $15..
000, Nor-theast River- $3,000. Black
River $2.000, Cape Fear- River at and
belowv Wilmington $1 15,000.
South Carolina-Winyah flay $150,
000, (harleston hatrbotr $50,000, Gr-eat
Pee Dee River $5,000, Congaree River
$30,000.
NEW CRISIS HAS ARISEN
IN POLITICS OF RUSSIA.
New Premier, Prince Golltzine, a
Strong Reactionary, Makes Signi
ficant Statement.
Petrogr-ad, via London-Thte politi
cal situation durin-lg the last two
months, for which the wordl "crisis"
seems entirecy inadequate, has taken
a new tur-n with the ,resignation of
Alevander- Trepoff from the Premier
ship and of Count Ignatieff, Minister
of Public Instruction, and the appoint
ment of a new Premier, The official
announcement of this change, which
has fallen upon the country, continu
ously excitedi andl emotionally exhaust
ed by the dr-ama of swift changes and~
vhimaxes, har-dly created the effect
which wouldi have been natur-al undeor
other- circumstatnces.
Trhis time, the tide has suddenly
shifted and is running strongly in the
rever-se dirtec-tion, Prince Golitzine,
who succeeds Trepoff, is a member of
the extr-eme conservative group
REMARKABLE HEALTH
RECORD FOR GUARD.
- San Antonio, Texas,--In an army of
more than 150,000 National Guards
- men and regulars, only 274 deaths
* have occurred in the last seven
months, accordhing to the annual re
port of the chief surgeon of the South
ern Department. Of the deaths 108
were classified as caused b~y violence
'- while 166 were causedl by disease.
-Those figures, it was declared, prove
the generally healthy condition of the
army as a whole while in service.
I' AVE MET _
PROIBITION SEEMS SURE
BILL TO ABOLISH SALOONS IN
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
AFTER NOV. 1, 1917.
Friends of Sheppard Bill Say It Is Cer,
tain to Get Majority When it is
Brought Up in House.-Party Lines
Abolished.
Washington.-The Sheppard bill tc
abolish saloons in the National Capi,
lal after November 1, 1917, was pass
ed by the senate and now goes to the
liouse, where its friends claim it is
assured of passage. The vote in the
senate was 55 to 32.
While the measure prohibits th(
;ale of liquor in the District of Colum.
bia, it permits unlimited importatior
ror personal use. An amendment
wvhich would have submitted the pro,
posal to a referendum of citizens o
'he District lost before passage by a
le vote, 43 to 43.
The vote on passage follows:
Ayes:
Democrats-Ashurst, Beckham, Bry.
in, Chamberlain, Chilton, Johnson, o
South Dakota; Kern, Kirby, Lea, Mar
tin, Myers, Overman, Pittman, Rands
dell, R'obinson, Shafroth, Sheppard
Shields, Simmons, Smith, of Georgia
Smith, of Maryland; Smith of Soutl
Carolina; Swanson, Thomas, Thomp
son, Vardaman, Walsh, Williams-321
Iepublicans-Borah, Brady, Clapp
Clark, Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham
Fall, Fernald, Galliger, Gronna, Jones
K. nyon, McCumber, Nelson, Norris
Oliver, Page. Poindexter, Sherman
Smith, of Michigan; Smoot, Sterling
Sutherland, Townsend, Watson, Worki
-27.
Total ayes, 55.
Noes:
D~emocra ts-Bankhead, Broussard
Culher'son, Hardwick, Hiltchcock{
Hughes. Hlustings, James, .Johnson, o.
Maine; Lee, Lewis, Martline, New
Iandls, O'Gorman, Phelan, Pomerene
Reedl, Saulsbury, Smith, of Arizona;
Stone, Tillman, Undlerwood-22.
Republicans-Brandegee, Colt, Dui
pont, Harding, Llppitt, Lodge, Mc
Lean, Penrose, Wadsworth, Weeki
-10.
Neither the vole on the referendun
amendment nor that on the passagt
of the 1)111 was on party lines. Ther<
were 26 Democrats and 17 Republi
cans voting for the referendum and 23
D~emocrats and 2; Republicans voting
against It. Most of the Republicani
of the so-calledl Progressive group vo
tedl against. it.
HARRY THAW INDICTED ON
CHARGES OF KIDNAPPINC
Slayer of Stanford White Breaks Intl
LImelIght Again-Man Said to be
His Bodyguard Also Held.
New York.-Hiarry K. Thaw, whi
was legally released 15 months agl
from an asylum for the insane where
he was sent after he killed Stanfor4
WVhite, was inicted here, charged witl
kidnapping Fred Gump, Jr., of Kansa:
('ity, Mo., a youth of 19, and assault
ing him with a whip.
RESIGNATION OF RUSSIAN
PREMIER IS TENDEREI
London.-According to the Reute
correspondent at Petrograd both Pr4
mier Trepoff and Count Ignatieff, mit
ister of public Instruction, have r4
signedl. Prince Golitizine, a senato
and member of the council of the ett
pire, has been app~oinlted premier. Ber
ator K(ultchitsky has been appointei
minister of public instruction. M1
Neratoff, deputy foreign minister, ha
b~een appoInted a member of the cour
ci of the empire.
IMPORTANT WORD FROM
GERMAN CHANCELLOI
Amsterdam, viaPai-Dr. von Betl
man-Hoellweg, the German Imperis
chancellor, may be expected to makS
an important declaration about tb
middle .of the present month, accori
ing to a dispatch to The Tfijd fros
Berlin. The reply of the Entente I
President Wilson ir being 'awaitei
says the dispatch and the -Chancellt
after its contents are known,'wilt fu
ther' define in the Rteichstag the pos
tion of Germanm.
ENTENTE ALLIES
SEND PEACE NOTE
PEACE SUCH AS WOULD BE SATIS
FACTORY IMPOSSIBLE AT
PRESENT.
SENT JOINT COMMUNICATION
Separate Note From Belgium Gives
Same Answer.-Germany Issues
Statement Placing Further Respon
sibility of Bloodshed on Allies.
Washington.-The Entente Allies,
replying to President Wilson's peace
note in a joint communication, ex
press the belief that it is impossible at
the present moment to attain peace
that will assure them reparation, re
stitution and such guarantees as they
consider are essential.
In a separate note the Belgian Gov
ernment expresess its desire for peace,
but declares she could only accept a
settlement which would assure her
reparation and security for the future.
Both of the communications made
public by the State Department are
dated January 10, and were transmit
ted in translations from the French
text through Ambassador Sharp at
Paris.
The Entente reply to President
Wilson's peace note is regarded in all
quarters here as putting an early peace
practically out of the question, but still
leaving an open door for the President
to make further efforts. The official
view on first consideration is that it
constitutes a complete answer to the
President's note.
The German diplomats regard the
reply as even more severe than they
expected. They declared it evidenced
that the enemies of Germany are wag.
ing a war of conquest to crush and
dismember her. The Germanic Al
lies, they declared, never would agree
to any such terms.
President Wilson's next move, which
now becomes the center of attention,
will not be decided upon until a care
ful and detailed study of the replies
of both the Central Powers and the
Entente has been made.
HARRY K. THAW ATTEMPTS
TO END LIFE WITH RAZOR.
Attempt at Self-Destruction Comes as
Sensational Climax to Hunt For
Thaw by Detectives.
Philadelphia.-Ijarry Kendall Thaw,
who with two so-called body guards,
is under indictment in New York for
an alleged attack on a 19-year-old
high school youth last Christmas, at
tempted suicide in a house in West
Philadelphia by slashing his throat
and wrist with a razor.
TI aw's attempt at self-destruction
was the climax to a hunt which be
gan here Tuesday, following the an-.
nouncement by District Attorney
Swann of New York that he was
wvantedl to answer a charge of attack
ing Fredlerick Gump, Jr., of Kansas
City in a Newv York hotel, and as a
sensation it rivaled the wealthy Pitts
burgcr's shooting of Stanford White
on the Madiason Square roof garden
and his later escape from Matteawanl
Asylum.
Trhaw gashed himself with a razor
belonging to the husband of Mrs
Elizabeth Tacot, in whose home he
was known as "Mr. West.". He had
slashed his throat twice, which re
quired 30 stitches to close, and also
hacked the artery of his left wrist.
Had the wound in his neck been one
eithth of an inch deeper he could not
have lived, according to physiolans.
Several poison tablets were found in
Thaw's pockets.
FEDERAL TRO'OPS PAY
HIGH HONOR TO CODY.
-Denver, Col.--Federal troops from
Fort Logan and National Guardsmen
participated in the funeral of Col. Wil
I 11am F. Cody (Bufralo Bill). These
. honors with others were accorded Col
onel Cody because of his rank as chief
- of civilian scouts attached to the Unit
ed States Army.
SUBMARINE MENACE NEV5R
R O GREAT'TO SHIPPING.
r . London.---~"The submarine menace
.to the merchant service is far greater
.now than at any period o~ the war, and
r it requires all of our energy to corn
. bat it,"' said Admiral John R. Jellicoe,
.first sea lord, in a speech at a luncheon
given in his honor in London. Admir
.al Jellicoe said the menace must and
s would be dealt with. Of that he was
.confident, but the British would have
to make good their inevitable losses.
JERSEY MUNITIONS PLANT
IS WRECKED BY EXPLOSION.
.New York-The plant of the Cana
il dian Car & Foundry Co., one-half mile
e east of Kingsland, -N. J., in which
e were stored hundreds of thousands of
i. three-inch shells ilestined for the Rus
a sian Government wvas destroyed by fire
o and a series of explosions which con
1, tinued for three hours. So -far as
r could be learned, no one was killed
r. or injured although it was said' 17
i. workmen are missing. No estimate of
tbels as nanbtainable
STATE' MUNERSITY
HONORS FOUNDERS
NOTABLE CELEBRATION SIGNAL..
IZED ROUNDING OUT OF 112
YEAR'S WORK.
MANY ALUMNI ARE PRESENT
Dr. Dabney, White and Gadsden o'
Charleston Are Speakers.-Moor.
man Heads Alumni Association
Columbia.-One hundred and twelve.
years and a day the University 'or
South Carolina has stood as a memor
ial to the statesmanship of its found
ors in establishing the first perman
ent institution which for more than
a century has met a real need of ther
commonwealth in bringing to the peo
ple of the state the bassis of all per
inanent progress and civilization
education. Since the opening of thew
South Carolina college, January 10,
1805, many institutions have perished,
but the university r'emains unimpair
ed in its forward march of ever in
creasing usefulness, distinguished for
its loyal alumni whose services to the
state and nation have crowned with
success the wisdom and courage of its
founders and with honor the sacri
fleas of the state. The university, in
an even greater measure than the
War Between the Sections. has united
the people of the state in bonds of
friendsihp, so that today within its
historic walls to youths in equal num
bers from all sections of the state are
imparted the ideals of service and de
mocracy cherished by the illustrious
men whose most distinguished service
to South Carolina was the founding
of its 'university.
Founders' day in the University of 4
South Carolina was celebrated in a
manner worthy of the statesmanship
of those through whose devotion to
truth the university was nourished
through its infancy and the trying
days of Reconstruction to become the
stalwart servant of the state. To the
alumni and students gathered for the
exercises, will long be memorable.
Officers of the General Alumni As
sociation were elected as follows:
President, Robert Moorman; vice pres
ident, John T. Roddey of Rock Hill;
secretary and treasurer, Prof. A. C.
Carson, Phillip H. Gadsden of Char.
leston was elected trustee of .the loan
fund to succeed Edwin G. Seibels of
Columbia, who has held this position
a number of years and has done much
In promoting the interests of the
fund. The executive committee con
sist of Edwin W. Robertson, chair
man, Columbia; H. Lee Scarborough
of Sumter, W. W. Ball of Columbia,
and A. W. Smith of Spartanburg.
Those who gathered for the exer
Ases in the university chapel seemed
deeply impressed with the worth
whileness of the celebration. The
academic procession of students, fac
ulty, alumni, trustees and, distin
gui'shed speakers moved from the
library to the chapel. The exercises
were presided over by Lieut. Gov.
Andrew J. Blethea, wvho paid a tribute
to the part the university has played
in realizing for the state the motto
on its seal.
Added Wealth to State.
Atlanta, Ga.-The eradication of the
cattle tick has added $1,589,885 to the
wealth of 20 South Carolina counties
which have "dipped out" the pest
since 1914, according to Dr. W. K.
Lewis. federal inspector in charge in
South Carolina, who addressed the
conference of federal and state ox
ports on tick eradication here.
Dr. Lewis said there had been an
annual loss in these counties of $540,
665 due to the tick before the' work
of eradication began and a conserva
tive estimate since the tick head been
eliminated had placed the increased
value of cattle at $7.50 per head. This
he asserted, has been accomplished
by $90,000 expended by the state and
a like amount furnished through the
federal bureau of animal industry.
Dr. R. E. Jackson, federal inspee
tor in charge in Alabama, spoke of
the assistance given the tick eradica
tion campaign in Alabama. by the
newspaper
Much Building For Greenvilie.
Greenville.-Building soperations ir
sight in Greenville for the new yeam
aggregate approximately $1,600,000.
according to estimates of costs fur
nished by the leading architects, con
tractors and real estate dealers of the
city. In 'this list are included strue
tures of practically every description.
Among these are the court liouse, two
hotels, the textile hall, the city bos
pital, two churches, several school
buildings, a system of -warehouses,
several mercantile buildings, three
manufacturing plants, etc.
Admitted Criminal .Assault.
Orangeburg.--John Williamns, a
young white man of the Nesses sec
tion of Orangebuirg County, by ar
rangement of counsel, pleaded guilty
to a charge of criminal assault, with
recommendation to mercy of the
court. Such a consent verdict was
written and signed by the foreman of
a .jury empaneled for that purpose.
Thb. defendant was sentenced to
serve a term of 40 years in the state
penetentiary. The crime waseo
mitmed about three weeks ama.