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VOL. 12, NO. SI SUM I-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. O., TUESDAY, SEPT. 11. 1!>17 $2.00 A YEAR
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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<i tne xwo,that she will look with certain favor'^,(J
< togetheri upon any practicable way out of the'
'orter ap-|nov dIfflcuIty.
imore was w 4 . ,rul
liiiuslng s Statement. For(
_ . The following was issued at the oollti
?e them in * A , . . noun
. State department:
n* ? | "The Secretary of State today possi
n eere< no ma(je following statement: trace
"The department of State has (S
that any secured certain telegrams from
until after ^ount I.uxburg, German charge ?? ?
aday. ^"id'affalrs at Buenos Aires. to the from
il arrests for<vjpn ofTlat Berlin which, I re-)|ng i
after the Jfrpt flRy wpre dispatched from (a r
Buenos Aires by the Swedish lega- decla
Reece and tion as their own official messages, Sena)
1877 ha8 , ?Hdre?a?><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.' "
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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 l<a\v.
jr According to government officers
tinder Frank Garbarino. specktl
I, agent, who conducted the raid. The
}S Tagehlatt on Saturday published
r. statements instructing Germans in
p1 til's country how to evade tho postal
jj laws and forward letters to Germany.
n_! The newspaper and business files,
^ i correspondence and other matter
^ seized In the raids were taken to the
i federal building for examination.
I All of the employment of the
nlant. about t went v. have been serv
i- taken from the ruins tonight.
'-j.tedtd o.dnnfoof shrdltatahrrrtaferh
?- Completing an investigation starti-,ed
immediately after the disaster,
g J Coroner Knight announced tonight
n i that from explanation of the explQ1
slon made him by Col. Montgomery,
II commandant arsenal, the tragedy
wan due to the dropping of a tray of
detonators by one of the men killed.
. i i.y ... , " '
ed with subpoenas to appear before
the federal grand jury.
Since the beginning of America's
' entrance into the war The Tcge-' r"
blatt has published daily e(\yprial
attacks on President Wilson and the
of government's war policies, governor
J ment officers said.
in Joseph Schlentz. president of evir
eral German societies, said he in76
tended to enter hail for Dr. Darkow.
n- bcnike. the business manager, is
by a member of the defense committed "'
d appointed by Mayor Smith.
us ; ?
>d 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.
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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 <