V'T-W.r- ^ ' ' ' T ' " " ? " ^ . \ ' ' '. . " * 4 . . The Lancaster News i _ __ VOL. 12, NO. SI SUM I-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. O., TUESDAY, SEPT. 11. 1!>17 $2.00 A YEAR 4 ?? ?? MASSING TROOPS IN iGERMAf DEFENSE^OF TRIES! I RENEW THEIR ATTACKS MANY AGAINST THE ENEMY. PECT1 Verdun Is Again Developing In- Evidence to Chief Center of Interest Conspir on Franco- Belgian Line. J r I Russia's probable new line in Washing Livonia since the retreat from the jndicttnaot? Riga region under von Hlnden- le ^ r..,M burg's pressure, now is beginning to ,ta | define Itself. The retrograde move. hp |p ment appears to have been definite- nPs^ay K nn ly halted in some sectors, at least, tr,al Worke where the Russians are digging in Dopartment and evidently preparing to make a Evidence stand if attacked. lating to s Berlin's report reveals this Btate gigantic co of affairs more clearly than Petro- Rome time grad's. Judging from the state- ernment in ments the Russian line extends west that its rai of Kokenhausen. on the Dvina, jnto vlrtua about 12 miles east of Friedrich- numerous i stadt and approximately 65 miles appeared tf southwest of Riga, northwest sources in l through the town of Ilejiding, 12 hoa,i in a miles west of Verdun, and on thelatora coast 01 tne uutr of Riga. Thus. Anti- dr the front northwest of Dvinsk in- pung of wi stead of curving sharply to the west jni)0r dlstu just beyond Jacobstadt, as It did to burning o take in the Riga district, now leaves j ant|.any R the Dvina there and continues on tivitles tent almost a straight line to the coast. | eminent ar On both thelGerman and Russian |la 8(r aides opinion seems to prevail that war appeal the new German invasion will not (o (invo t,P proceed much further this fall. Th",Fcope nf th approach of the cold and wet season rpj militates against a real push toward i into the Petrograd at present, it is held, even i Qf (bis all if von ilindenburg had the men to partment c ^ spare for the difficult task. ( inquiry mi Resistance DesjHTate. said, than On the Austro.Itallan front Gen- j country's ei eral Cadorna seems to be meeting | How clo with resistance even more desper- ties and pr< ate than before in his drive toward relnted is Triest. An Austrian report, the date by the fed* of which is uncertain, claims a de- go, which i cided reverse for the Italians <11 seized by their effort to hold the ground won their raids In the Carso region where Austria's nnd Social! \ best troops are massed for protec- throughout tion of her .seaport. The driving of tions are I the Italians from the vincinity of acy origini Monte San Gabriele, northeast of some time Gorizia, is also claimed. from thnt There has been no hint of such dications tl setbacks in the Italian reports of the ced in pa tpast day or two and the Austrian the Germai statement possibly refers to ground 'y In many admittedly lost temporarily by the of conspira Italians a few days ago in both of persons bel these sectors. The tone in the re- tified with cent Italian statements has been few knew * confident, especially as regards the support, fighting In the San Gabriele region Not < where an Italian victory Virtually The grai was predicted. It is conceded, how- be confined ever, that the Italian troops are en- tions. to l gaged in an extraordinary severe attorneys. 1 struggle with tremendous obstacles mentary e1 to overcome before any success support th< * they win can be said to have become spiracy are decisive. It is probal French Hammer Away. dence will *_?n me r ranco-Meigian Tront Ver. "* Rril"u Jl dun seems again to be developing in- So va8f to the chief center of interest. Iter- H?'zpd '?ttp Un, at least, indicates a serious ef- n" descrlpt fort by the French to renew their s,i" ,if'8 1,1 su'-cesses in this battle-scarred area. tprminatloi The French launched an attack on ^Kn^'cance a wide front Friday night, centering reached for their effort east of the Meuse be- William tween Samogneux and the Beua- Attorney G mont-Vachersuville road, says the an(1 directe* German war office, which claims a a na,,on-w # repulse inflicted upon General Pe- P?Pprs at 1 tain. Saturday morning, however, votpd yirtui after drumfire the attack was re- to cont'd?1'1 newed, the front of the drive ap- ?octl?n? of narontlv tu,lno - "The res W...PJ vA\biiuvu an l a I IU the east as Bezonvaux, the point on waa a" tha which the French right flank hinged It* II In the recent successful offensive. The go^ In none of the other theatres has beeh greatl there been action of wide Import- seizure of ance, ?o far as the current reports proceedings reveals. fled with t: Secretary of State Lansing In whose actlv Washington made public today cop- j time undei les of official dispatches sent by the!these docur German charge in Beunos Ayres lated to lat through the Swedish legation In West and Argentina to the Berlin foreign of-1 Departm* flee, which reveal that information said today thus was transmitted to Berlin re- j probably v garding the sailing of merchant ves_ *ed States sels and. directions given for their, assisted by destruction by submarines. The dianapolls. communications. It Is announced, of Sglt Lak were in cipher and were sent by the veetlgatlon Swedish legation as its own. the persona I MONEY (MANY WILL APPE BACKED I. W. W. BEFORE GRAN INDICTMENTS EX- INVESTIGATION IS ED TO FOLLOW. HELD TODA1 Points to Gigantic Twenty-five Witness? acy to Tie Govern- moned to Tell What nents Hands. Know About Lync ton. Sept. 7.?Numerous York, Sept. 7.?York ( for conspirery to thwart perienceil a real shock t< lien. r war plans an 1-tie was learned that J. M n n.r.nv wavs appear to , ... ? , , 11 and W. Carson Lattimore >ect h? ? resuit of Wedtlon Aide raid of Indus- arrested on the charge c rs of the World offices by il>' in the lynching of Re of Just.'"e agents. Sims, a negro preacher, v Is said to he accumu- edy occurred in the Locus upport the belief that a tlon of York County ea, nspiracy has existed for . . . , .. morning of August 24th. past to cripple the gov. carrying on the war, ^r* McGill is Postmaste nlflcatlons have extended orjr and is well lly every state and that Western York County, wh intl-war activities, which niai,y relatives and friei > emanate from many Lattimore is chief of polic reality had their fountain OIT f?rove and also has single group of conspir- friends. Both Refuse to Ti aft demonstrations, crip- The two men were a ir industries hy so-called Hickory Grove this mi chances and by violence. Sheriff Quinn. They ex] f crops and continuous surprise when informed li entlment with other ac- iff that he held warrant; led to embarass the gov. arrest. The sheriff all id retard the exercise of men to go to their homes ength in prosecuting tlie change their clothes, r. from recent disclosures were brought to the jail 1 en included within the tomobiles. Neither had e alleged conspiracy. ment to make, lorough Inquiry. Mr. McGill told the shei formation and workings had heard several days a eged conspiracy the De- was under suspicion in if Justice has begun an with the lynching, and ore comprehensive, it is more said that he had lo any launched since this this morning that he was ntry into the war. Chief Lattimore has a sely the anti-war activi- three children. Mr. Met opaganda have been inter- married. Eleven arrests lu u?* ueiermineu largely made In this cnse and w ?ral grand jury at Chlca- more arrests will be m s investigating documents the grand Jury meets J government agents in mains to be seen. Almos Wednesday of I. W. W. is likely to happen now. st offices of that cltv and man, who turned State'i the country. Indira- has been released on bt lhat the alleged consplr_ sum of $1,000, signed by tted in Chicago and for Saye. was actively directed city. There are also infiat German money flnan- York, Sept. 8.?Subpo< rt this propaganda, that served on twenty-five pe n funds were spent free- zens of Western York < ways to further the ends Sheriff Qulnn and other tors and that from many day. summoning them to ieved to be actively iden- fore the York County g carrying on the work, here Monday and tell if this source of financial know about the lynchin Watson Sims on August 'online,! to Chicago. whites and negroes are ai nd Jury inquiry will not summoned. from present indlca- This afternoon the t Chicago. United States jail here charged with th< lave not accumulated doc- peared to be in cheerf fidence which apparently Asked if they desired an: 1 theory of a great con- or any other little comfor' said to be few in number piled that they were quil tile that much of this evL eblv fixed. None of then be presented later to oth- ed in cells, but are allowe lr'?8- dom of the corridors, is the accumulation <>r rs, checks and papers of Didn't Talk of Lytic Ions that th> great bulk Messrs. McGlll. Bolln a islfted and the exact de- Penningers were sittini ? of their contents and chatting when the rej ! probably will not be Pt'oaehed. Policeman I,aM several days. lying on a cot smoking. C. Fltts, the assistant tempt was made to enga* leneral, wha conceived conversation about the I; d execution of the Idea of t*ie ne?ro a?d they volui Ide seizure of I. W. W. Information, a pre-arranged hour, de- It la hardly probable ally his entire time today more arrests will be made atlon of reports from all the grand Jury meets Moi the country. all probabillt y addltiont ults are very satisfying" will be made Immediately t Mr. Fltts would say. presentment, ands Strengthened Not since the famous " rernment's hands have I-ucky" murder case of y strengthened by the there been such general I papers in contemplated R criminal investigation against persons identl- bounty as in this Sims lyr he I. W. W. and others *edy now in progress. 1ties have been for some ? surveillance. Many of c. Fltts, assistant Attorne nents are said to he re. Where the money cam >or disturbances In the finance the manifold actlvl the Pacific Northwest. movement under investiga >nt of justice officials question Into which the t that the investigation w||| delve deeply. Many Mil b? 'prolonged. Unl- it in said, point to a Ger Attorney Cline is to be from which money was la^ Frank C. Dailey, of In- plied. and Frank K. Nebeker, United States attorney! City, and the entire lo- section* were today makl will be conducted under ute study of the document .1 supervision of WiltUgB the recent mid. 1,11*1 i 'in "i".11-*"1 . ' 1 ffiv. - -r : ' AR PLAN LAID 10 SINK |"W 0 JURY SHIPS OF ARGENTINA I BEING THE STATE DEPARTMENT1 THI f. MAKES DISCLOSURE. ; is Sum- Charge at Buenos Ay res islRusf They Caught Giving Germany 1 hing. Vital Information. bounty cx_ Washington. Sept. 8.?Copies of On iday when three brief dispatches made public'the 1 I hv tho fstntn flonnrttYiont tnflnv rn- I ees mcuut v"~ ? * | v"0"... vealed another case of sinister Ger-iende; nnu been man diplomacy, this time directed] ages >f complic- aRajn3t Argentina and involving the.regio v. Watson Swedish foreign office in an up- in ihich trag- pareift grave breach of neutrality sians it Hill sec- {,n(' diplomatic propriety. sume ly on the' Thpy werP messages to Berlin peate ] from Count Luxburg, the German agair | charge at Buenos Aires, forwarded the 1 ;r at Hick-,j,y tj,e Swedish legation there as its Hn a known In ?wn communication. Besides advis- in ha ere he has|jnj, that no concessions be granted the 1 ids. Mr. Argentina in the submarine contro- j pulse :e of Hick- Versy. they suggested that the South j Ar numerous American country's ships be sunk i Card without leaving any trace of them, at th nlk. and gave information as to the sail- vigoi rrested at ing and positions of certain vessels. Attoa lining by; The department's announcement tt?r a pressed no was sent to the Argentine embassv (h,. ?y the she- and the Swedish legation here at the pUjse i for their Isame time it was given to the public, catio owed both There was no explanation as to how Xc In order toithe messages came into the hands of trooj Then they the United States nor discussion as tions lere in au-'to what may be the result. j Brine any com., Created Sensation. wood The action created a sensation.1 teeni riff that he particularly among the neutral dip-1 have go that hejlomats. Baron Akerheilm. the Swe. I viole conuection dish charge, in the absence of advi-j Or Mr. l,atti-jces from his government, would not j likev arned only comment further than to say it was capti suspected. ' improbable that the Swedish minis- gicoi wife and ter at Ruenns Aires knew of the con- in vr jlll is un-, tents of the dispntches. Axel Rob- trenc have been ert Nordvall, of the special Swedish D.i hether any economic mission, declared he was r.ian ade before certain that Raron Lowen, the Swc- nnce. ilonday re- dish minister to Argentina, had no Fren it anything knowledge of the contents of the mam Dick Nor- dispatch. rida. 3 evidence, "Moreover. I am sure" said Mr. j >nd in the Nordvall. "that no Swede would 1 Dr. J. ft.'have been a party to such a heart-j i less proceeding. I know Raron Lowen very well. lie is not i in good health and it is possible that | ^ mas were ho waa unaware of the sending ofij. . rsons, clti-jany messages. If the dispatches ^ ' County, by were In Oerman code, as I assume ^ officers to- they were, even if he knew thev ' * appear be- were sent, he could not have known!"'1 rand jury their contents and may have thought ,,sp what they they were harmless business mes- '..'"J ig of Rev. sages." f) a Stat? n ^jny Demand Removal. ,in(j nong those That Argentina at least will de. apar mand the removal of the offending ()1(j m men in German was assumed both at the sepa s crime ap-! State department and by diplomats j ul spirits, j and it was pointed out that Germany c literature probably would grasp at such an ? pts. they re_ portunity to close an incident which >e comfort- left to grow might easily aid one' ^ 1 are lock- more nation to her list of enemies, j ^ d the free-| Argentina's evident desire in past' I lery j months not to enter the war orj.I.("i| even to break relations with Ger-.j^ ^ many has caused the belief here| . n<1 to (ho fl(nolrhnlm ? ..v,.... mane Interest In "The following are translations sink In York of. the German text: agree iching tra- Message a* Translated. off. "'May 19. 1917. No. 32. Thia neces government hna now released Gor- of 8] y General, man and Austrian ships In which e from to hitherto a guard had been placed. " \ ties of the In consequence of the settlement of show tlon is a the Monte (Protegido) case, there cessh (rand jury has been a great change In public | tine l evidences, feeling. Government will 1n future ports man fund, only clear Argentine ships as far as able, rlshly sup- I^as Paimas. I beg that the small ers, ] steamer Oran and Guazo, 31st of them i In many January (meaning which sailed w-lthr ng a mln- 31st), 300 tons, which are (now) ting a taken in nearlng Bordeaux with a view to quJto , change the flag, may be spared if \TALLION OF DEATH" IALTS GERMAN ARM 5 AUSTRIANS HAR] PRESSED. ?ian Forces Check Invader i n cm ? -i nu miicn iiuiiieast of Riga. the Northern Russian fror tussians are offering strong of ion to the Germans, who ai ivoring to press their advanl farther eastward in the Rig n. the Rumanian theater the Rui and Rumanians have again as d the offensive, delivering r< (d attacks with large effective ist Teutonic allied positions i rrotus and Oituse valleys. Bei sserts that the combatants m< md-to-hand encounters and tin lusso-Rumanian forces were r< id. ound Monte San Gabriele Gei ona continues to hammer awa e Austrians, with the enetn ously defending themselve npts by the Austrians in coui ttacks to lessen the intensity c Lilian offensive have been r? d, he Italian official commun n states. irtheast of Verdun the Prenc is have consolidated the pos taken front the German Crow e in the Fosses and Oauriere s. and the Germans, doubt let tse of their enormous losse ceased for the time beimr thei nt counter attacks, i the Rritlsh front the llritis ise have consolidated trencht tred Sunday southeast of Ha irt. They are also keeping u irious sectors their successft h raiding operations, lily operations in the Macedi theater are growing in impor To the north of Lake Mali ch troops have forced the Ge 5 to retreat toward Lake Oc] TWINS FKOM KKRNHAW. ue Case of Two llmthcrs Knte nig Draft Army, imden, Sept. 7.?In the list haw County men drawn appei names af Frank Lee and Bart of Bethune, this county. The r numbers are 2175 and 21' pctively. What makes this a moment unique and possil out a parrallel in the Unit* >s is the fact that they are twii cpn hardly he distinguish* t. They are about 24 yea and are said to be almost i rable. I/. ItARRULI, IN COM MAX I ashirgton, Sept. 8. Assig is of colonels, lieutenant col and majors of the coast arti corps to command various coa lery districts were made todi tie. War Department, il Willoughby Walke, Fo ht, N. Y. has been assigned I nand the Middle Atlantic di and Col. Morris K. Barroll, J Moultrie, to command tl ii Atlantic District. ble. or else sunk without being left ('spurlor versenkt*. ignedl "Luxburg."' Ik'roimnrnds Kefusnl. July .2, 1917. No 59. Lear a reliable source that the aci ninister for foreign affairs wh notorious ass and auglophib red In a secret session of th te that Argentine would d< I from Berlin a promise not t more Argentine ships. If nc d to. relations would be hroke I recommend refusal, and. i sary, calling In the medlatio ;>a1n. " 'Luxburg.' " July 9, 1917. No. 64. Withou ing any tendency to make con ms. postpone reply to Argei note until receipt of further rt . A change of ministry is pro! As regards Argentine steanr I recommend either compellin to turn back, sinking ther >ut leaving any traces, or lei them trough. They are a small. " Luxburgf.' " ?. ? GEM LANGUAGE y NEWSPAPER RAIDED D EDITOR ANI) OTHER WRITERS ARRESTED. s!Charged With Efforts to Promote Sucess of Enemies of United States. ,t Philadelphia, Sept. 10.?In a raid on the Philadelphia Tageblatt, a e long established German language t_ morning newspaper, which is charga ed with having attacked the government's war policies for several I months past, federal agents tonight | arrested the editor and business j_j manager and confiscated large quan,8 titles of correspondence, files and n ! documents. The prisoners, who are r_) charged with' violating the Espionage Act, are Dr. Martin Darkow, ed_ ,t 1 itor. and Herman Lemke. business g_I manager. Warrants also have been ! issued for the president, treasurer, , ' editor-in-chief. and an editorial I v writer. v The government agents in one s warrant charge certain members of j. the staff with "wilfully making and ,f conveying false reports and state?_ ments with the intent to promote the success of the enemies of the United States. while tho United 1, States is at war with the Imperial j. German government." n A second warrant charges tn*. ,s statT with using the mails for tho 5S same purpose. s Advised to Kvnde ld HKV. Win. P. JACOBS. D. D. rs Today's State contains the ann nouncement of the death on yesterday of Dr. Jacobs of Clinton, S. C. j After 75 years of consecrated life ? and service he falls asleep. We first met Dr. Jacobs in 1S72. when he n.jwaa beginning to establish the o_ Thornwell Orphanage and he won i our highest esteem. In n ttfo fnii of pood deeds. his greatest achieveIV ment a<-or the establishment of the Orphanage, which has been such f. rt blessing to humanity. A more modt0 est, lovable, patient, devout and g.| zealous worker for the Master and r j his little ones never lived. 10 "* FATAL HLAST IN ARSENAL. _ I a1 Philadelphia. Septv 8.?Three ) persons, including several women, were injured in an explosion early today at the Frankford arsenal, n; The explosion is believed to have t- j been due to the accidental dropping o of a tray of detonators which wreckB.i ed the building in which primers e and detonators for three, four and ?-'six- inch shells were stored. Eigh0 | ty thousand detonators recently >t completed were set off and the fire n which followed destroyed three If small structures adjoining. The n loss is placed at $.10,000. The dead are Howard Linton, twenty-three years old, and Edward it Ratozel, thirty years old. The bad1 lv hnrnorf KnSii <