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The Lancaster News
VOL. 12, NO. 85, SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTKK, S. O.. TUESDAY, SEPT. 18. 1917 ?K>nn a toad
* SHIPS HEAR S. 0. S. LEADERS 01
CALLS NEAR COAST TO UNO
NAVAL CENSORSHP IS NEW CABI
CLAMPED DOWN. SAYS NE
Vessel Close to Nantucket No Bitter Fe
Lightship Reported to Have For Veng
IJeen Shelled. Leader:
An Atlantic Port. Sept. 15.?Kvi- Petrograd, Se
dence that an enemy submarine has ,ofr> leader of
begun depredations in American wa- "gainst the pro
ters was brought here today by two and Ge"- Lokon
steamships, which yesterday morn- ?' the northern
ng picked up wireless "S. O. S." to take com man
calls indicating that a ship was be- m,es after Koi
ahelled by a U-boat In the vl- have been arres
cinity of Nantucket lightship. News of the .
One ship receiving the distress ,ofr wa? first co
calls was a British freighter and the received by Pre
other an American tanker. Both Qen- AlexlefT. t
reported the scene of the attack as far only the fc
about 60 miles east of Nantucket been received:
and the time about 8 o'clock yester- At 10 o'clock
ay morning. The identity of the nHof and Gens
8U marine's victim was not learned manovsky and
by either vessel, as far as is pub- PHuskhem wer
,,Cly know?- "The men.be.
Was Being Shelled. of inquiry are
Ac?ord,nK to the commander of midnight and
the British vessel the message re. wi" b? given in
,7VeK 1)J b's tireless operator from other officers as
e s ip said she was being shelled 1 ects also will 1
and reported her position, but only "All the trc
' P.ut ol her name could be heard tr"c to the pr.
the word ?>
.*wj, v. u nil IS UIO last '
name of several ships in Atlantic <rlsi
trade. Russia's poli
The American tanker's captain 8?'ve(' after a
confirmed the British skipper's re- enro- il was anl
port, but udded no details. Silence ,lU8Rian official
was imposed on both captains by A new cab,n
naval officers who interviewed them anc' compo
as soon as they reported to their I'ublic tomorro>
> agents. Exciting 1
Could Xot CJivo llclp. The question
The British captain said he un- of tton- Kornilt
derstood an American radio station opinion. Indie
also had picked up the distress call, government mu
Fallowing the new rule of the sea. cultles over th
established since the German sub- A feature ol
marine warfare, neither vessel went crediatble absei
to the assistance of the submarine's anfl clamor for
victim. re-established c
I
Reports of the sighting of sub- tbo front, how*
marines or periscopes in American |ir i( sPa,es <br
wnters have been frequent since the niust face the i
United States entered the war and rmpfl common
the fact that messages telling of an r,ous offenses i
attack by snelltire were picked up tually impossi
two steamships gave today's reports f,oa,b penalty ii
the color of truth, in the opinion of th,R aro ,hft fac
shipping men. Furthermore. the hrllllant service
captain of a third incoming vessel personal charac
reported he had been instructed to circumstances t
watch out for submarines in West- no bloodshed si
ern Atlantic waters. It was reallz- There are i
ed. however, that it was possible the government is
messages were a hoax. As an instance
Ill Steamship Lane. minister of th
The place where the attack is re- that the govern
ported is in the steamship lane of t? take extreme
trans-Atlantic ships calling at New Korniloff. as it
York and in the vicinity in which I>oar revengeful
last October the German submarine Tung
U-53 sank five steamships, sparing "The story."
an American ship as the United , so tangled that
States was not then in the war. i commission can
A British steamer arriving today Meantime, we
reported that she had received wlre-jlieve that the i
less warning from the Capo Race. N. | misunderstand!!
F., station on September 13 of the emissary to
presence of a submarine that had Lvoff. who has
been reported previously by anoth- being a repsonf
er steamer. The exact location The newly
whore the submarine was sighted j again is a smell
was not given. i papers report t
Officers of steamers were of the of the Social D<
opinion that the underwater craft clal revolutlonii
had been lurking In the steamship Kerensky and a
lane between Halifax, St. Lawrence ties would wit!
River ports and Europe. They tutlonal democr
thought it likely also that the sub_ into the mlnistr
merslble reported today as attack-j The story of
ing a steamer off Nantucket might but M. Soskice
have been the one sighted previously mier Kerensky,
in northern waters. It was proba- the Council of
ble, they said, that she had been tlonlsts Inform*
driven off the northern coast and Press that the d
drifted to the northward in the hope arisen. Yesterd
of catching unaware vessels from both parties dre
American port. | lutlons declarint
^ i Bible to coHaboi
Kerensky If f
Good Price for l/nng Staple. crnts were madi
Jefferaon, Sept.. 14.?T. L. Kirk- 'n* on t*,e rf
ley, a farmer who resides near town P?RtPoned until
? sold a bale of Ion* staple cotton ,B every h<
here this morning, which together
with the seed, netted him $203.12
after paying for the ginning. hag_ Berlin'* F
glng and ties. The bale weighed Rome, Sept. 1
510 pounds and the price was 36 Central Powers
L cents. C. A. Baker of this place j sals of Pope Bei
bought the cotton and seed. . five or six days.
F REVOLT SOLICITOR OROER
IWFATE SOON INOUESTW
NET FORMED, THINKS MRS. KI1
WS AGENCY. VICTIM OF FOUL
i
eling Nor Clamor Asks Coroner to Recal
eance Against Sept. 24 and Condu
5 of Revolt. Thorough Investi
pt. 15.?Gen. Komi- Salisbury, N. C., Sept.
the recent rebellion it or Huyden Clements <
visional government, judicial district court of
isky, the commander I Una, in a statement issu
i front, who refused day, announced he wot
id of the Russian ar- coroner of Cabarrus co
rniloff was deposed, open the Inquest on Sc
ted. over the death of Mrs
irrest of Gen. Korni. King, who was mysteri
nveyed in a telegram near Concord, N. C.. Au
imier Kerensky from The jury which lnve<
he chief of staff. So rase returned a verdict
illowlng details have King had been killed 1
dental discharge of a pii
last night Gen. Kor- Solicitor Clements
. Lokomsky and lto- there have been "conili
Col. lMeustchevsky- menta and Important e
e arrested. covered since the corom
a of the commission vestigated the case, whl
due at Nlohilev at reason to believe that
the arrested persons niot with foul play a
ito their hands. Such death was neither a sui<
< the commission se- cident."
he arrested. ]>i?i \??t View Pre
>ops at Mohilev are solicitor Clements* sti
^visional government ,owg. ,
>?y authority. ?j hnve fuiiy determii
is Solved? pn the jnqU08t over t
Ileal crisis has been Mra> Maudp A. King. W
n all-night s contet mer investigation was
lounced today by the mRre,y a mat1er of forn
news agency*- stand that the coroner
et has been formed of <he deftth -n the mo
sition will be made or g o'eio,.^ and 1
K' quest about it o'clock.
Public Opinion. give him an opportunity
of the probable fate full investigation. He
aff is exciting miblih - -
- ? | memoers or the autoi
ations are that the present and they were a
ist face serious dlffl- the premises were
o matter. neither was there an
' the conflict Is the tending to show that t
nee of hitter feeling j,a(j no powder burns o
vengeance. Having "The coroner and jui
apital punishment at fuj] ?}nty with the evld
>ver, the government I them at that time. Hu
, rebel commander | tliere have been differe
reproach that it e\e- fl|cting statements and
soldiers for less se- other materials, and im
ind it would be vir- donee hun been unco\
hie to impose the pjve8 me reason to belie
n the future. Against j<jnR met with foul pi
ts of Gen. Kornlloff's death was neither a sui
s, his chivalrous and accident.
ter and the happy "i know that the coro
hat there has been jliry are anxious to di
r> far. and to make a careful i
ndlcations that the|or an the evidence in
seeking a way out. ,hink it but fair to th<
M. Klshkin, the new .matter be again reopen
ie interior, declares ao (hat they ran have an
ment has decided not to correct their former \
? measures against their opinion the eviden
does not wish to ap- it.
Hearing Septinebe
le<l Story. "With this end in viei
M. Klshkin said, "is (h<? coroner of Carbarru
only an Inciulry by a reopen the ease and to s
elucidate the truth. |np for Monday mornii
have reason to be- her 24. 1917, in the con
revolt was due to a Concord. N. C. This v
lg with Korniloff's opportunity to secure ci
Kerensky, Vladimir tnentar.v evidence which
not the reputation of troduced at the inquest,
dble man." "I am much gratified
completed cabinet tlon taken by Distric
ting pot. The news_|swann of New York, am
hat representatives ne(j that his investigath
smocrats and the so- terially aid me to get a
its visited Premier ure nf an the facts. He
innounced their par- ,ne of his co-operation ai
idraw if the const!- ed Rn the facilities of 1
ats were taken back my service."
y. Judge p. B. Clino of 1
the visit is not true. J court Issued an order t(
, ncnrmry 10 rre- jnR Gaston R- Means to t
who Is n member of letters, papers, bank boo
the Social Revolu- checks and accounts of
ed the Associated together with the purpoi
HfTlculty actually has j,er husband, the late Jar
lav committees of for the purpose of placing
iw up identical reso-| the clerk of the superb
t It would be Impos-1 Rowan county for sa
rate with Premier Means, after a conferem
'onstltutlonal Hemo- attorneys, refused to tui
9 ministers, but v?t-: papers, basing his refui
'solutions has been ground that to do so mil
this evening and incriminate him.
>pe of an agreement.
Italians (Jain Gro
teply to Pope. Rom<i 8ept 16 _ital
6.?The reply of the gained ground yesterday
to the peace propo- southeastern edge of th
n edict la expected in plateau, it la announced
More than 400 men were
S jPUTS PRICE ON
OPENED HEADS OTAM
SG WAS GERMAN SOLDIERS
PLAY. REWARD FOR 1
1 His Jury Teuton Military /
ct More Make Offers for Fin
Ration. can Prisoners Bro
14.?Solic- British Headquarters
>f the 15th ?nd Belgium. Sept. 15?
North Caro- soeiated Press.)?(terms
led here to- authorities on the \V<
lid ask the have shown concern ab
unty to re- mirtence of the Amerii
ptember 24 i entry into the Pghting
. Maude A. rewards for the produc
ously killed first American prisoners
gust 29. eral coninianding the 1
*tigated the serve division recently p
t that Mrs. of 400 marks on the fir
>y the accl- soldier brought, dead o
stol. his lines,
said today This information has
icting state- closed by the diary of
vidence un- sergeant of the Twent
*r's jury in- serve infantry regiment,
ch gives me at the end of July:
Mrs. King "We are supposed to
nd that her American troops oppos
I'Kic nor ac- some i1nip now, and two
Portugese on our right
inises. man who brings in the
itement fol- ran- ,,oa,, or allve- to 1
has been promised the I
led to reop- ,he ,irst Hass- 400 mar1
he death of ,C<>n ,lay'8 ,eavehen
the for. Fortified Kuii
held it was The diary, which cov
i. I under- of nearly two months
was notified detail the destruction o
rning about tant industrial town b
held the in- mans and its transfom
rhis did not German army eomman
r to make a great mas of fortified
had all the teries have been plante<
nobile party lars of private houses, 1
11 examined, public buildings, which
not viewed, partly demolished to g
y testimony field for the (Ire, while
he deceased and squares and even t
n her head, etarv have been torn u
ry did their meshed with wire to pi
lence before ions for groups of macl
t since then The diary describe;
m ?niu run-i iiuunrmi i ri im
a mass of their time when not on
portant evi- ing machine guns fron
ered which caned windows and the
ve that Mrs. buildings left standin
ay and her searching for hidden t
cide nor an in digging among the r
I verware.
ner and thej Soldiers laxdi
o their duty' The sergeant tells
nvestigation | friends found gold w
r> case and 1 j priceless paintings fron
?m that the seums, statuary and oth
t'd by them art which they are hoar<
opportunity dugouts. The German
rerdict, if in have removed the hulk <
ce warrants cipal valuables to Germ
German soldiers, it
r 24. eager to serve at St.
iv I will ask cause of the chances f<
s county to hunts" there,
et the hear- The diary does not i
tig. Septem- marked depreciation of
irt house in morale, but emphasizes
fill give an t?rt ?f conditions of life
*rtain docu- ani' the terrible accui
will be in- French gunners who gi
mans no rest,
with the'ac- the Flanders front
t Attorney past tew days the onl
rl feel satis- have been slight outpr
>n will ma- ments.
full disclos
has assured KXCITES Ml'CH IX'
id has plac
lis office at Mexico City, Sept. 14
alation that Heinrich vo
he superior German minister to
iday direct- i)Pen employing Folke Cr
urn over all forem Swedish charge h
ks eertJflo<l ..
?, ??? vev information rrom vc
Mrs. King to the Berlin foreign of
rted will of ojted tremendous interef
nes 0. Kini; Government officials
* thorn with without official Informa
>r court of would give an opinion, a
fe keeping, ueved the attitude th
?e with his Government means to ta
n over the disclosed until a copy
sal on the hardt's letter Is formally
ght tend to Ambassador Fletcher
he had received no
from Washington regard
fair and did not conteri
und. municating with the for
lan troop.-'' here on the subject.
along the The foreign office ma
e Bainslzza reticence as to what H
officially, might he when officially
i captured, 'o the Incident.
THE 110 YORK PRISO
Bond of Fred Peni
' have had | was fixed at $3,500,
ite us for! Frank Twittv. colored,
divisions of1 G o'clock ttiis niornii
To the! men had not obtain*
first AmcrL; and John It. Hart, Hs
headquarters for the defense, said
ron Cross of would not be able to
ts and four- Monday, although ther
I bility they would be
is. I time tonight,
ers a period Grand Jury l-oremai
describes in John \\ ilkerson, a
f an inipor- rltizon of Hickory lire
v ^JPr_ man of the York coun
nation by a ,hat Presented the m
ider into a (lay' R,pned the bo"d
ruins Hat- ^?GH1 and Policeman
1 in the eel- "'<*?ry Grove. The
actories and were Ri,:nod b>' Parties
have been v,cini,y of the tregadj
ive a better Tlre ei*ht men ei
the streets pIeasure and satisfacti
he city cem-j noon at being released
p and en- after ,heir Rtav of mor
rovide posit-Mn ?f them
line guns. , ,hoir homPS this after
i how the! Tbc case against
si city spent '> n, hers will probably 1
dutv in fir-1 lal1 ,erm of court of
^ the barri-l for Vork county, wh
s roofs of November 13.
g. and in i J G' Panning, a Si
reasure and 1 who has boon ber? sin
uins for sil-l ter ,he tragedy occurr
work in this vicinity.
, . j TltOOP TIMIX FII
how his
atches and .... ?
n the mil-1 lade Near Ohio
ier works of j Steuhenvillc. Ohio,
iing in their j a troop train on the
authorities Hailroad was fired '
}f the muni. near Mingo Junction,
any. ing to reports reeeivet
seems, were HO](tiers are said to
Quentin he- wounded. one ser
->r "treasure wounded remained on
Information as to tl
Indicate any, troops or the desti
the German i trajn was withheld by
the discom-j jaj8 because of mil
in the field tion8.
acv of the
' ii was said the tr<
ve the (?er- on while moving at a
through Mingo Juncti
during the no S(0p was niade unt
y activities vvas roached. The infi
>st engage- fOUr soldiers were sh<
railroad detectives hei
in charge of the ti
rKRKST shots were fired, acco
vices here.
.?The rev- Itaiiroad detectives
n Eckhardt. police were rushed to
Mexico, had the reported attack, t
onholm, the able to learn anything
iere to con- identity or whereabout
?n Eckhardt sons who fired the shot
flee has ex
it. ATTKRM'RY TO M
still were
tion. None >fa?le Director . Geiierr
nd it is be- |w?rtatlon in Fi
e Mexican Washington. Sept.
ke will notI ment of W. W. Att
of von Kok I president of the Penns
forwarded roao, as direct or-genei
said today portatlon of the United
instructions ditionary forces in Pi
ing the af_ nounced tonight by tl
uplate com- pnrtnient.
eign office Transportation behli
la the greatness of all
intalned its the modern army and
ta attitude ment proposes to give
Informed as shlng the most com
that money and brains
?'v I 7'""
ERICANS AIM
5 TO GET DETECTIVE STILL
HEM. ON CAS)
Authorities Men Charged With
*t Amer- j Negro Preacher
ugh in. Tried at Novembi
5 in France York, Sept. 15.?Kig
(By the As- men who have been in
in military! the charge of conip
astern front'lynching of the neg
out the im-j Watson Sims, in the L(
can army's tion ot York county, 01
by offering'of August 24, were reli
tion of the this afternoon. Ap
The Gen-, bond for the ten accu
eleventh re-jmade by T. F. McDow,
ut the price sel for the defense, be
st American; Justice Watts, at Ch<
r alive, into j morning. Bond for J.
Kzell Bolin. T. R. I'cni
been dis- Carson Lattimore, wh
a Prussian Sanders, Bill Sanders,
v-third re- ders and Lonnie Fran
He wrote! w;is nvnrl :it
-r?.vv -AJL X U/lll
NERS GERMANS EJtCTED
ITED BAIL FROMJRENCH LINE
AT WORK OUSTS GERMANS FROM
E. VERDUN SECTOR.
Murder of Austria Claims Capture of 535
May Be Prisoners in Latest Fighter
Court. ing at San Gabriele.
;ht of the ten Paris, Sept. 15.?French forces
i jail here on after a battle last night ejected the
licity in the j Germans from a greater part of the
10 preacher, j trenches which they had occupied
)cust Hill sec-' earlier in the day north of Caurires
1 the morning , wood, in the Verdun sector, the
?ased on bond French was office announced today,
plication for Two surprise attacks launched by
sed men was the Germans north of Prosnes in
Esq., of coun-1 the Champagne region were repulsfore
Associate j ed by the French.
ssterfield thisj
Meek McGiU, Russians Make Gain,
linger and \V. Petrograd, Sept. 15.?Russian
ite, and Tom forces yesterday defeated the GerLawyer
San- '"an troops on the road to Pskoff on
iklin, colored, 'he Riga front, and occupied the
i. ; small town of Kronberg, the Ruslinger,
white,! sian war office announced today,
and that of The Russians also occupied the
in f.i.iMMi. At iowns 01 isenzen anct SSisseral. which
ik those two had boon liold by the Oermans.
?d bondsmen
of counsel Buttle of San GaliriPlc.
they probably Vienna, Friday. Sept. 14.?"Heavy
do so before artillery fire continues against our
e was a possi- I positions on Monte San Oabriele and
released sonic east of Oorizia." says today's war
otflce statement. "While clearing
i Bondsman. our trenches on the northwest slope
well-known of Monte San Oabriele wa brought
>ve, and fore-, in yesterday during desperate enty
grand jury, gagements twenty-three officers. 535
en last Mon- men and twelve machine guns,
of Postmaster "Id the Tyrol and in the Carnia
Lattimore. of district torrential rains are hampother
bonds ering the activity."
i living in thc-j
London. Sept. 15.--British troops
cpressed great last nieht made a slight advance on
on this after. t'>e Belgian front oast of Welsthoek
from custody ; d imj roved their position, accorde
than a week >nP 1? the British official statement
returned to issued today. The statement reads:
noon. "In the course of the night we imthe
alleged proved our positions slightly east of
be tried at th?! Weisthoek. A strong party of the
neral sessions' enem>" yesterday evening attacked
ioh convenes 'he ground pained by us during the
I day northeast or St. Julion. As they
late detective,' advanced to attack the Germans
ce stiortly af-j were caught in our artillery barrage
ed. is still at an(* w'ere dispersed.
"Considerable activity continues
to he shown by hostile artillery
IKI? UPON north of Langemarck."
wl in Fusil- SF.COM> PKACTICK MARCH
Town.
Sept. 14.? Khnki-Chtd Ranks on Hike in
Pennsylvania Georgia,
upon tonight Atlanta, Sept. 14.?Khaki-clad
Ohio, accord- RO)djers 0f the Eighty-second divisI
here. Foui jnn 0f national army from Georhave
been;pja> Alabama and Tennessee expeiously.
The rj(M1(.P(| their second practice march
the train. since their arrival at Camp Gordon
(ie identity of wj1Pn Major Gen. Kben Swift, comination
of the niander. today rode at the head of
railroad oflic- a 0o|umn nf 3 00ft men on a "hike"
itary regula through Dekalb county. After a
march of about ten miles the col?in
was filed ,|tnn reverned mwi
,?>? liril l?> lilt*
rapid rate cantonment early this evening,
on. but that ^any 0f the select men soon were
il this city exhausted on their first march, but
armation that to(iay after a week of intensive
it was given (),|]]jng few showed the effects f
re by officers tllP twentv-mlle tramp,
rain. Seven ^ p Keller, of Milan, Kan., forirding
to ad- merly a coach at Oberlin College
(Ohio), reported to Camp Gordon
and the city today. He will assume charg? of
the scene of .(he athletics there under the direc>ut
were un- tion of the War Department comas
to the mj,?,|0n on training camp activities,
s of the per
+
'* SWEDEN PliANS REFORM
MFX
Will Remedy Conditions in Foreign
Ofllre.
il of TV *.
ranee Stockholm. Thursday, Sent. 13?
14?Appoint-! (Delayed.)?The Swedish Oovernerhury,
vice- ment has decided to take steps to
ylvanla Rail- reform conditions in the foreign ofral
of trans, flee. This follows a series of cablI
States expe- net meetings, conferences of offlcaris,
was an- iaIn with the King and conversatins
le War De- with Ira Nelson Morris, the American
minister and the Entente Minid
the linus isters.
problems for No official statement of the steps
the govern- Sweden has taken have been given
Gen. Per- out, but the newspapers Intimate
plete system that a request for an explanation
can provide, has been made to Germany.
?