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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-06-10
UNITED States GAINS POINTS
THREE VICTORIES GAINED IN
MEDIATION CONFERENCE.
lIucrta Willing to Resign. Remains
In Negotiations Despite Ignoring of
Ills Dcmands-I}acks Down from
observation-disclosures to Bring Car
rama into Agreement.

Niagara Falls, June 8.-Three i'm
the United states as the mediation
conference proceeds. Hucrta has
withdrawn his refusal "a pledge to
quit the presidency; Erta has re-
manned a party to = ( negotiations,
despite the ignOrir : his demand
that a bipartisan : snment be chos-
en- to succeed hir Huerta has back
ed down from t. 5 hmpico blockade.
Americans "a - jw working to per-
suade Carr " : agree to an armis-
tice. His o Ar to the mediators
will be de- - today. 1t is hoped
the Unitedf~ tes will win this point
also.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-06-10
Consolidated Aug. 3, 1881.
WILSON WANTS QUICK PEACE.
HOPES THAT CIVILIZATION WILL
PREVAIL IN MEXICO.
Before Audience OF Annapolis Ca
diets Makes Strong .Atitlrcss-.Army
and Navy are Arms OF Civilization,
not Instrument of Aggression, Says
President.

Annapolis, Nd, June 81. pray
God 1t may not be necessary for our
boys at Vera Cruz to use any more
force,' declared President Wilson to-
day In an address to graduates Of
the naval academy. He spoke before
a gathering of more than 5000 people
made up largely of present and fu-
ture officers Of the navy.
The president referred to the Amer
lean army and navy as "tho instru-
ments Of civilization, not as the in
struments Of aggression"
"Othcr nations have been strong"
he said, "other nations have piled
wealth as high as the sky. but they
have come to disgrace because they
used their force and their wealth for
tho oppression Of mankind and their
own aggrandizement; and America
will not bring glory to herself, but
disgrace. by following tho beaten
paths of history. We must strike out
on new paths"
President Wilson said in part:
ut ought to be one of your thoughts
all the time that you are sample
Americans. not merely sample navy
men. nor merely samples; and that
you have the point of view Of
Americaowith regard to her navy
and her army that she is using them
as the instruments Of civilization. The
idea of America Is to serve humanity
and every timc you let the Stars and
Stripes free to the wind you ought
to realize that that Is in itself u
message. that you are on an crrand
which other navios have sometimes
forgotten, not an errand of conquest
but an errand of service.
what do you think Is tho last
ing impression that those boys down
ut Vera Cruz are going to leave?
They have had to use some fOrcc-I
pray God 1t may not be necessary
for them to use any mOre-but do you
think that the way they fought is
going to be the most lasting impress
sion? Is there anything new in using
force? The new things in the world
are the things that are divorced from
force. The things that show the
moral compulsiOns Of the human con-
science, those are the things by which
we have been building up civiliza-
tiOn. not by force. and the lasting
impression that those boys are to
leave will be that they exercised self
control.
You must bear in mind that you
arc the champions OF what is right
and fair all around, no matter where
YOU are, and that it is for what is
right and fair for public welfare that
you are ready to fight and not merely
on the drop of hat or upon some
slight punctillio."
The president praised Admiral
Fletcher. saying he had been on duty
longer at Vera Cruz than tho other
commanders and that he had the
qualities Of q statesman.
After the ceremony the president
watched the graduates go to their
quartre sna tch mr''rpOfe MINI
quarters and the former "plcbes' run
to take possession of "lovcrs' lane"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-06-10
FISHING FLEET DESTROYED.
n Terrible Disaster or New Bruns-
wick Coast.

st. Johns New Brunswick, juno S.
over thirty fishing vessels have been
sunk or are missing off st. Johns ~,
the result of terrible storm that
ty-four hours. 1t is feared a hundred
men lost their lives. \ dozen bodies
have already been washed up on the
coast and masses of WrCckagC are
floating in. The storm is the worst
in twenty years.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-06-10
MAY ABANDON MEDIATION,
SOUTH AMERICAN DIPLOMATS
SAID TO BE DISCOURAGED,
Prospect of Establishing Peace in
Mexico Becoming Less as the Re-
suit of Recently Developed Conn
HcatiOns-InCmics of Administra-
ton Try to Place all Blame OH
Bryan and Wilson,.

Washington, Juno G.-That the
South American diplomats will soon
give up their efforts to establish peace
in Mexico and leave Niagara Falls is
the prediction freely made in official
circles today. -.
Reports from the mediation confer
encc and from Tampico are consider
cd discOuraging, but the most Omin-
Gus feature is that the administration
is said to have made the United
States liable to a charge of bad faith
toward the mediators by permitting
the landing of arms at TampicO by
the tramp steamship Sunshine in the
face Of assurances by Secretary Of
State Bryan that orders had been is
sued to customs collectors of the
United States to refuse clearances to
American ships carrying arms to
Mexican ports. Despite the fact that
the legal officers Of the commerce de-
partment advised Secretary Bryan
that refusal Of clearance to such ships
in advance Of an embargo is illegal
the Secretary insists that no ships
carrying arms or ammunition to Mex
lean ports be given proper papers.
Another complication is Gen. HUI
erta's reported intention to blockade
TampicO. Diplomats believe that
grave complications will result from
the attempt to prevent such blockade.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-06-10
Flash Washington-Hucrt backs
down on blockade TampicO.

Washington, June S.-Gen. Huerta
has rescnded his order for the block
announcement of the annulmcnt Of
the order was given to Secretary Of
State Bryan today by the SpanisA
ambassador This action removed q
grave menace to the mediation pro-
cccGings and brought an air of relief
to Washington administration circles
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-06-10
POWER PLANT WRECKED.


Meridian. Miss, June S.-A boiler
explosion ut the Meridian Light and
hallway plant this morning fatally in
Jurcd one. and two others seriously.
The plant was badly wrecked. causinr
u loss Of $4,000. The power will be
off for two days.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-06-10
WAR IN ALBANIA,


DuraZzo. June S.-A heavy force of
Albanian rebels, preparing to attack
this city. has been discovered by gov
crnmCnt troops near TArana. A fierce
battle is raging there today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-06-10

not disappointed IIucrta one day.
Though the wording of his messages
arc always different, each MESSAGE is
said tn he more vituperativc than the
other.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-06-10
Antilla Will Deliver Arms.

TampicO, June S.-Thc Mexican
gunbOats Bravo and ZaragOZa arriv-
cd off the coast this morning. follows
and Sacramento. The two latter will
convoy the Cuban steamer Antilla into
the harbOr.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-06-10
Kill EACH Other I'm Feud Fight.

Poplarville, Miss, June 6.-In a
fued fight Boyd Lee cut Boyd Landers'
throat last night, the latter dying af-
ter he had shot and killed Lee. Both
are cattlemen.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-06-10
IIUERTA BACKS DOWN.
Dictator Said to Have Rcscintlcd
Blockade Orders

Washington, June S.--An uncon-
nrmcd report is current in administra-
has rescinded his order for blockading
TampicO.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
WHITMAN TAKES OATH.
AS NEW YORK CHIEF
Private Ceremony Held to Obviate
Any Hitch in Executive Pro-
ceedings of State.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 2S.-Gov. -elect
Whitman was formally sworn in as
Governor Of New York at noon today
by Presiding Justice Ingraham of the
appellate division of the supreme court.
The ceremony was performed in Jus
tice Ingraham's chambers in the appel
late division at 25th street and Madi-
son avenue and was private.
The reason for the swearing in the
chief executive of the state today was
that otherwise between midnight De-
.cember 81 and the time that he is to
be publicly sworn in as governor at
Albany there would be an interim of
several hours when the state would
be without a head. Another reason was
that if it should be necessary for Mr..
Whitman to perform an official act in
case of an emergency he would be
vested with the power to do so.
There were no sentimental reasons
for Justice Ingraham's administering g
the oath of Office, although it was the
man for his first term as district at
torney. Since that time Mr.. Whitman
has often sought advice OF the Justice,
whom he regards as one of the best
jurfsts in the state. Different political
affiliations have not prevented a warm
friendship between them.
The announcement that. Assistant
District Attorney Charles Albert Per-
kfns, chief of the indictment bureau,
would succeed Gov.-elect Whitman as
district attorney was further confirmed
today. Mr.. Whitman, however, will not
make the formal announcement until
imm mediately before leaving for Albany.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
FREE SPEECH DEFINED
BY CIVIC FEDERATION
National Body Says Inciting to Vic
lence and Use of Blasphemy
Are Not Legal.

NEW YORK, December aS-The Ma
tionai Civic Federation today. issued 4
preliminary report in connection with
the investigation it is making, through
committee headed by Alton B. Par
ker. of the subject of free speech and
It's limits. The committee. which in
cludes lawyers Of national reputation
from all sections of the country, was
assigned this task because of nation
wide disturbances which gave rise to
widespread discussion and charges that
through police power the rights of free
speech were being invaded.
The report now made public was
written by Roland P. Falkner, director
Of the industrial economics department
OF the federation. and reviews the dis
turbances for the use of the commit
tee. The federation says:
The report covers 4 variety of Incl
dents where claim has been made
" 'psppAuI ueea seu uos9ds ssI1 avu,
review Of these cass shows that while
free speech is the right to express
ones opinion orally, 1t is not the right
to do so in language OF any character,
since words which tend to iucite to dis
order. violence and crime or language
which is blasphemous or obscene may
not be used.
Neither is it the right to express
ones opinion for every purpose, since
one may not incite to disorder or crime
or advocate criminal anarchy Neither
Is. free speech the right to make one 's
sell heard at any time or at any place,
since the right may be not exercised
at times and places when so doing in
terferes with equal rights of other per
sons. But these necessary restrictions
I n GTNa no1, <1<N
able freedom guaranteed by the Con-
stitution."
Evening star., 1914-12-27
BANDIT SLAIN IN HO[D-UP'
Police Chief Discovers Him at Work
and Desperate Pistol
Duel Follows.

CLEVELAND. Okla, December 60
An unknown bandit was killed. Chief OF
Police S. W. Fenton was shot through
the leg and two other citizens were
wounded in a sensational battle here
tonight; resulting from an attempt to
hold up twenty men in Il pool hall.
Fenton was passing the place and
saw the men inside with their hands
up. The bandit was making them toss
their money onto n pool table.
The policeman stood In the front door
and emptied his revolver at the rob-
ber. Every bullet took effect. The rob-
ber returned the fire. Fenton was shot
through the leg, two other men receiy-
ed flesh wounds and bullet pierced
anothers hat
Chief Fenton rushed out of the place.
secured another revolver and met the
blood robber as he came out
of the rear door. Lying on the ground.
Fenton riddled the man with bullets.
killing him instantly.
The dead man. was about twenty-si&
years old. He used a white silk hand
kerchief for a mask.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
WANT FORMER OFFICERS
TO COMMAND THE OREGON
Those Who Sailed Around Cape Horn
to Help Celebrate Panama
Canal Opening.

I An effort will be made to secure as
many as possible of the Navy and
/ Marine Corps officers who served on
the Oregon when she made her MS
toric trip around Cape Horn, to man
! that vessel for her voyage at the heao
of the Atlantic fleet when 1t passes
| through the Panama canal on the oc-
casion of it's formal opening. Rear
| Admiral Charles f. Clark, u, s. N,
retired. who commanded the oregon
in the Spanish-American war, Will
command her on the trip through the
canal.
Commander Milton z. Reed, who
was an officer on the oregon
during the Spanish-American war
has been detailed to command
the Oregon on its trip from
the Pacific coast through the canal TO
meet the Atlantic fleet, when the COM
mand will be transferred to Rear Al
miral Clark Capt F. A: Ramsey
U. S. NJ c., who served on the oregU, gu,
during the Spanish American war, WIN
be In command of the marine detach-
ment when she passes through the the
canal. Although the program Tor the
opening of the Panama cana! has not
been finally approved. In an preoa. a.
bility the oregon Will AiSSs |iA
At Eo,on The present plans do not
for trip up the i tantae is possible eGbf
that she may be brought up to New
York.
the stars and Stripes will follow the
Oregon through the Panama canal.
Rear Admiral Fletcher: commanalns
the fleet, conferred with Secfetar!
Daniels yesterday on this and other
subjects No decision was reached as
to whether d flotilla of destroyers also
should make the trip; but the battle
craft and their requisite colliers, repair
and supply ships will make an .impos-
ing naval parade.
The Atlantic fleet will leave New
York about January is for. winter ma
neuvers at Guantanamo, Cuba Ships
in southern waters will join the fleet
there The vessels which will go to
the Pacific will return to Hampton
Roads about the last of February.
It pays to read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
filled through them,
Evening star., 1914-12-27
GRATEFUL FOR PRESENTS.
Austrian Emperor Thanks President
Wilson Through Mr.. Penfeld.

a dispatch to the Austro- Hungarian
embassy frcm Vienna yesterday announced
that the Austrian emperor had expressed
his thanks to President Wilson through
Ambassador Penfield for the American
Christmas gifts distributed yesterday
among children of dead soldiers. The
dispatch also explained the retreat from
Servia as the result of bad weather, and
names .Archduke Eugene as chief COM
mander of the Austrian Balkan forces
Official communique asserts that Aus
trian troops, after a victorious advance
retreated from Servia on account Of bad
weather, unbeaten and with unbroken
courage. Our losses were enormously ex-
aggerated. In the Carpathians our at
tacks continue to gain ground" said the
dispatch.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
SAMUEL B. C0RS0N DEAD.
Succumbs to Heart Failure in Emer
gency HOSPITAL Ambulance.

Samuel B. Corson, sixty-five years
old, died in the ambulance of Emer-
gency Hospital while being removed
to the hospital shortly after o'clock
yesterday afternoon from 212 9Th street
northwest.
Mr.. Corson had for some time boarded
at the 9th street place. He became ill
yesterday afternoon and the ambulance
was called. Death was due to heart
failure, it was stated.
Charles NJ. Corson of 71S Quincy
street northwest a brother of the de-
ceased, has taken charge of the body
and is making arrangements for the
funeral Mr.. Corson was born in Penn
sylvania and for ten or fifteen years
lived at Fredericksburg. Va. During
the past three or four years he lived in
Washington.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
WITNESSES TO DESCRIBE
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Thirteen Added to Those Who Will
Testify for Probe Into Ameri-
can Philanthropies.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, December 90
Names of thirteen additional witnesses
who will be called before the United
States commission on Industrial rela-
tions in it's investigation into Ameri-
can charitable and philanthropic foun-
dations, to be begun in New York,
January 5 were announced by Frank
P. Walsh. chairman, here today. The
list includes names of persons leading
in the philanthropic and business
worlds.
1T is the purpose Of the commission -
Mr.. Walsh said. ito bring before it. in
New York, men and women whose
names are most closely connected with
our great basic industries, and through
this means to obtain a full, frank dis
cussion of the relation that exists be-
tween the Capitalization of wealth and
power in their hands and feeling OF
unrest among wage-earners.
Complaint of Wage-Earners.
"a large number of wage-earners
complain that their interests are pref
udiced by the fact that the industries
in which they are employed are owned
and controlled by men who live at "a
distance and have, no personal knowl-
edge of conditions under which the
employees work and live.
Large employers and stockholders
in industrial corporations are more and
more turning their attention to Or
ganized efforts toward social better
ment,' he continued.
Adequacy of Philanthropies.
1.-THE commission will seek to find
out whether or not these efforts are
undertaken because Of a feeling of
responsibility for the conditions which
create the need Of such effort, and. If
SO, whether or not the various schemes
of welfare work and philanthropy can
be considered adequate to meet the
needs.
The commissions conclusion will be
stated only in its report to Congress.
Until that is submitted it's attitude
will he open minded and free from
prejudice"
Following are the names of the thir-
teen additional witnesses Mr.. Walsh
announced would be called:
Jane Adams, Chicago; Jacob H. Hol-
Evening star., 1914-12-27
Cabinet Club to Entertain.

The Cabinet Club of the University Of
Michigan. composed of thirty-one
Washington students of the university
now at home for the holidays. is to en-
tertain tomorrow night at the Raleigh
Hotel for Michigan alumni. Many con-
gressmen, who are Michigan graduates,
are expected to be present. The fea-
ture of the evening will he moving
pictures of campus scepes and life at
Ann Arbor.
Evening star., 1914-12-27

of those mysterious strategic shifts
you read about in the papers without
see it-great masses being rushed from
one battlefield to another on the long
line.
For weeks these same regiments had
been daily "decimated." "cut to
pieces" and otherwise badly mauled by
English war correspondents. but you
could never have suspected it. Beard
ed dragons and uhlans were still able
to sit up and smoke big Hamburg
cigars as they rode along, the horses
were spick and span, the men seemed
to have morale to spare; they locked
as if they were just going for the first
time-and not coming from the scrim-
mage
Evening star., 1914-12-27

lander, Baltimore: Henry Ford. De-
troit: August Belmont. New York;
Samuel McRoberts, New York; Amos
Pinchot, New, York: William H. AL
len, New York: John Haynes Holmes.
New York: Boyd Fisher. Detroit: r.
Fulton Cutting. New York; Charles r
Neill, New York; W. L. Mckenzie
Boston.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
Billion Parcels BY Post.

Preliminary estimates by Post Office
Department officials place the number
of parcel post packages handled during
the Christmas rush at 100.oO0,0oO and
indicate that the total volume of parcel
post traffic for 1914 will total nearly
one billion packages.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
CHRISTMAS MAIL HERE
SKATERS ALL RECORDS
Total of Cash Receipts Exceeded
and More Matter Is
Handled.

The Washington post office broke all
records in several respects in this years
Christmas business.
! December 90 the cash receipts amounted
to s15.703.4S, which was the highest IN
| the history Of the Office. The next day
this record was broken by receipts aggre-
eating s15,s51.40.
The outgoing parcel post mail original
| ing in Washington, it is said. was the
| heaviest ever known and the dispatching
of it the quickest in the history of the
| office. The outgoing mail for the eight
days from December IS to 25. inclusive,
| was 20,74s sacks. while for the same Pc
riod in 1913 it was 11.7o9 sacks. In ad-
iition, there were handled this year about
1000 parcels too large or too fragile to
carry in sacks.
The incoming mail, likewise, was the
-arSest in the history of the Washington
office. consisting of 16,O7S sacks and near
y 10000 Outside" pieces for the eight
days, as compared with 1884 sacks for
| the same period in 1918.
The volume of letter mail origina ting
in Wash neton, shown by the cancel
ing machines. was S,050232 for the
eight days, compared with 2,302, ,702 Cor
the same period in 1918, an increase of
1880 pieces.
Letters Delivered Promptly.
And, finally. the city delivery mail,
although vastly greater in quantity,
it is said, was handled with greater d s.
patch than ever be-ore. Practically every
parcel the owner of which could be
found that was received in the Wash
ington office up to Christmas day was
delivered, and in addition a very large
part of the immense mail received
Christmas day also was delivered. Owing
to the inclement weather mail reaching
Washington as late as Friday was very
heavy. The greater part of 1t, mostly
parcel post matter, was delivered how
ever, and the remainder was ready for
the carriers and wagons to take out
early yesterday morning.
1t is estimated total of $4,000 Christ
mas postal cards were received for city
delivery up to am. Yesterday morning,
and these were all worked up and the
last Of them delivered on the second car
rier trip Of the day, which also sets a
record for this character of Christmas
mail.
Each incoming mail is bringing belated
Evening star., 1914-12-27
Get Busy Now

and take advantage of the
real estate bargains offered
in the classified Real Estate
for Sale columns of The Star.
Real estate dealers are look
ing forward to a good season,
and YOU know what that
means-the greater the de-
mand. the higher. the price
you pay.
Buy now and take advan-
tage of the bottom price,
then you can sit back and
watch prices go up with
pleasure.
Head Star Real Estate Ads
every day.
Evening star., 1914-12-27

Wise Guy-There are lot Of things
connected with this war that don't ap-
pear on the surface.
The Fool-Yes, ] know-submarine
Buffalo Express.
Evening star., 1914-12-27

appreciate the Importance of early shop
ping and early mailing at the congested
Christmas period.
Evening star., 1914-12-27

To Cure n Cold In One Day Take Lax
atve Bromo Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund
money II IL falls TO cure. Ia W. Groves sigma
lure on sSeh box. a'e.
Evening star., 1914-12-27

It pays to read the want columns OF
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
filled through. them,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-07
ORPHEO TO-DAY.

An unusually interesting detective feature in which the popular Richard Travers, Ruth Stonehouse, and Bryant Washburne are featured Jack Cor don, a private detective, becomes in- terested in mysterious murder, which has baffled the police Warren, wealthy widower, whose hobby is music, has been shot to death in his home one night while playing Chop in's Seventh Prelude Only two peo- pie are in the house at the time, Alice Warren, his pretty daughter, and James Cummings, her uncle. War re1,'s will contains a provision ap- pointing Cummings executor of War ren's fortune, and guardian of Alice, she being under age. As the story progresses you are held by the very interesting moves of the detective and will make you feel that it is too inter- esting to stop, this being the starting. Don't fail to see it.