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I i , rmiiii -* T_ _'ii_ "Z: iJ wiL _ i _ _ rwi ^ k r=n The Union Daily Times * I T A >7*-.., -T ? . ?*w Tr Fair tonfchtand Wed- v I PRE3S 1 DAILY ^EPTSufrbAY 1%^ ; D?ily Time* Octob^ 1,19,7 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY I [ RICHLAND COUNTY HAJ MURDER MYSTfc ??? " V- . & tj Colombia police and Rfohlam. I county officers have been confront- 1 since May 10, 1918, by two mys4 - tcrious murders, three deaths that today remain veiled in mystery and the disappearance of five negroes who afe wanted on charges of snooty 'it ing, cutting and clubbing as many negroes to. death. Ten lives have been?lost and thooe who may have E been implicated in the killings have 2 not been apprehended. ^ -The death roll Includes James Mc- Loughlin, killed by. blows on head; in A. J. Altaian, murdered by blows oh- f, head. Private Austin, body found t< , mutilated o?v%-ailroad track; Mr. and ft Mrs.., Dave Medlin, burned to death? ei Policeman 8r?jwn, shot and kiFled; s. Bert Dort, negro, shot to ,death; Will m Stokes, killed Hf biUretwbuntfeV Dave t< Cannot,, shot and itWdd; Copnne n Patterson, ^cut to death; John Sum- g The qsuxditif of James McLoughlin, steward at Hips Btrgler home on Main > street was chronicled. oh May 10. * -y 1918. McLaughlin's body was found on the floor" or his bedroom with deep ~ ' gashes onthe head. Money and other ^ . /. valuables in the room showed that the 2 . nfbtive for the deed wal not rbbbary. g Large rewards were offered for the jgj Private Austin, soldier, stationed ^ at Camp Jackson, furnished the coun-1 ty with the next mysterious death. !j The body of the soldier was found I scattered along the crossties of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad between . James' Crossing and Columbia.. The privateJs uniform was found under .j, a tree stump about 60 yards from the rails.. The coroner's jury was unable to unravel the mystery and today the manner in which the soldier lost his life is unknown. The main theory at last, accounts was that Austin was stripped of his clothing, killed and .ft placed on the railroad tracks. (jr Shortly after the death of Private is Austin was reported, the home of J Mr. and Mrs. Dave Medlin on the'ft asylum road" was consumed by fire n and the aged couple were burned to death. Many theories were advanced < by county officers and there seemed 1 to be a strong feeling that the Med- c< lins were murdered and the house b set on fire to cover up the crime J to The charred remains of Mrs. Medlin !.C were found lying in front of the fire-1 place and Mr. Medlin's body was ly- ft ing on the ground near the spot, where the steps to the house had been located. Their home was about 400 yards from the store occupied by Mr. Altman when he was killed. One s nothing developed to incriminate the o arrest was 'made in the case, but c prisoner and the suspect was released. The manner in which the Med- j? lips met death remains unsolved. Policeman H. Frank Brown is the fifth white person to meet a violent * death in Richland county since 1910 with no immediate prospects for the capture of the person who dealt the g death blow. The officer left his sta- v tion at police headquarters on Tuesday night, August 16, and he was shot te death near the corner of Park . and First streets, Camp Fornance. Hundreds of men searched for a ne- . gro for several days and nights with- 11 out success. The only Aye witness to the killing said the fatal shots . were fired* fty a negro who fled ifn .ji. At. 1.1 < i.niL 'j fvvi 3, >. meuiaveiy aner ?ie Killing., rnei coroner's jury held three sessions end I3 brought in a verdict to the effect tljat the oftlcer was killed by per- 1 sons unknown to the jury.?The v State. ' li ^ i Street Fighting in r r t Progress Becomes Violent J I Belfast, Aug. 80.?Street fighting t which waa in progress since yester- a day. became violent after 1 o'clock today, the dinner hour at 90 factories. a One laborer was shot dead and several wwdnded. The civilians placed sand- : bags .in the middle of the street and r fired continuously against the police and the military who were forced to abandon the streets. The patter of ? bullets was like a hail storm. . } Death Claims Paid in 1920 ] .7:. ? t New York, Aug. 80.?Four million and a half dollars death elaims from 1 automobile aCaidenta wbre paid by t the life insurenoe companies In 1920. t RIES YET UNSOLVED 1 ifrjftW.,.1 Miii'"; "'.i i ? HANY RUSSIANS v FACE STARVATION Moscow, ftag. 29.?Leo ^ammeneff, ?ns;itf tfjaSwrinces of Hussia ate facMany iigration has been stop^n^^i^v210 i>u^iei8h(>i iora Seed would be suppfie^Mn order I insure iBfedt year's crtjps. * Kamleneff said that only -about 800,000 ersons actually migrated and tha^, lis movement was now negligible. 'Moscow, Aug. 29.?The All-Russian riief commission formed recently, iw-Maxim. Gorby and representsves of various parties as members. ttn-^Art^ relief cowtnis-' ion because it referred, to adhere to a$i >18, which orQeid*' uorky > ,corailttee hot.ta f&.Sfatfpftd, but to proI vrjyrl 1 ice to his master who, unable to J ove, wrote a message to his wife > Uroisette village and tied it to the >g's collar, telling him to go home. Six hours later help arrived and !otel was carried down the mountain ? the village where a doctor was waiting him. The dog conducted le rescue party up and down the ountain. ? ? . First Returns From Levy Budapest, Aug. 9.?Hungary"s ret returns from the levy on capital reduced 1,367,000,000 crpwns, Minter of Finance Hegedues told the ational Assembly today. He said le money would be used to retire taturing bonds and pay interest. Unless the exchange on Hungary's jprec iated currency can be improved trough friendly action by Allied luntries, he said not much could 3 done to put the country on a >und basis or make up the present 000,000,000 crowns deficit. Vo Murder Suspects Arrested Berlin, Aug. 30.?Two arrested are uspected of complicity in the murder f Mathias Erzberger, the former vice hancellor. _ Shirt Waist and Dress Makers Strike Philadelphia, Aug. 30.-^-An organzed shirt waist and dress makers trikek is on over the reduction of rages and it is affecting 260 shops. PERSONAL MENTION Mrs, Alen Heidtmann of Rock Hill i visiting at the home of Mrs. M. L. rawer on South street this week. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Gaffney are visting in Charlotte, N. C., today. P. J. Pittman of Greenwood is a yaipess visitor in the city today. Misses Rose Walker and Alma 3etenbaugh' nave returned fifcm a isit to Mrs. Leonard Smith at Pauihe. \*i? " . Miss Bertha Waldrop has returned 0 her home in Columbia after spendng sometime In the mountains of forth Carolina and Union. Mr. and Mrs. Webb Alman have reurned from their wedding trip and re at home to their friends in Union. Miss Ruby Green is visiting her unt, Mrs. A. H. Davis, in Rock Hill. Miss Ellen Ross, of Raleigh, N. C., 1 spending sometime with friends in Jnion county. Miss Dorris has arrived to take barge of the millinery parlors at WilIBM r>r? HMIU - Mm. Pau|%>Wilburn and children, fra. L. C. Wharton and Mrs. J. H. spears m nffJinp thp <Jny in Spar: anburg with relatives. Mvf. Boyt> J*$ptar ( Mildred Mhe guests ?A ?5' **.* V. Af? aw on South Mountain street. Americans actinf: as Co^modO^.Maitland^a r, j . uu8 1** Jtuik *'Jr?lBt t 1^ ^ ,t ? ' nafl^KlH ed lm *' When Antemo^^E^idflBl ' ? WTyF^^^HScS^BQEj m'eniMi tijQ oroWD ed ftJarfcoel when' he i p Hfc 1 6U%iap highest pinnacle of racing fame. Rickeknbacher became a part of th< 'A-.- E. F. after a series of rebuffs When the United States entered th< war, he was in England buying racing cars. He immediately returned to thii country and offered his services. H< tried to get governmental sanction t< a plan of his to enlist flying squadror from among racing drivers of th( country, but army officials turned th< proffer down. A few weeks later Rickenbachei was on his way overseas as chauffeui to General Pershing. A short time af ter arriving abroad, he was in an avi tion training camp, placed then through the personal intervention o: General Pershing. Hickenbacher bagged his first Ger man early in 1918. Within a month h< had won the Croix de Guerre, and de spite his delayed entrance into avi ation, he was the second American tx be given the title of ace. At this juncture, he met with ai accident that nearly ended his careei as a flyer. His ear drums were split as the re suit of a 6000-foot fall which came af ter a single-handed fight against thre< German planes. The tip of one a the wings of the plane Rickenbache: was piloting was carried away by i hostile Fokker, and he' plunged t< earth. He was pronounced incapaci tated for further service. The former racing driver refused t< be put out of the running, and carrie< his case direct to General Parshing The latter ruled that he still migh fight. When he became a captain, Ricken bacher commanded the famous Hat-in the Ring Squadron. His victories con tinued to pile up, one after the other until he was acclaimed American ac< of aces. Many of the medals and cups woi and conferred upon Rickenbacher dur ing his career, are packed careful!} away in the little frame cottage here but there are four things Mrs. Eliza beth Rickenbacher, his mother, valuei mo^e than anything else. They are: A piece of marble chiseled in th< shape of a book, and bearing the in scriptlon "Holy Bible." A small wooden chest. A silver eup, embossed with gold the championhip trophy won by Rick enbacher in a bitter contest at Stow City, la., in July, 1914, when he- drov a TinaanK<ircr fa viafnr.. iri Ji mile race on a gumbo dirt track. A eitation from the French govern ment, accompanying the award of thi Croix de Guerre. Rickenbacher chiseled the marbl book fti his monument making appren tice days. The wooden chest is a me mento of a short time spent in th< shops of a railroad here. His mother values them as sym bolic of the steps in her son's life. - e? Famine Sufferers ; Dying in Streeti New York, Aug. 80.?Thousands o famine sufferers in Trana-Caucaai are djrijng of cholera in Armenia'fcoi ticularly, and wagons are sent thir>ug .the streets to pick up the victims, s a cable dispatch sayar GREENVILLE MAN ;;; NOWON TRIAL ' '<Sra&nvile. ^Aug. 29.?Testimony of i 'jiyrank" Young, who was shot four 1 iliiss by Tom Harrison at the same tube that-the latter shot and fatally ! ^rounded ni? *ife, Gertrude Harrison, : Ht their home on East Washington Aalil December 11 last, was the outMwding feature of the trial today of ] iTom Harrison, which commenced this 1 unorning in the sessions court here. 1 state rested its case at the con v* wuwuiviiy tuig *irter- ] nMn and one witness for the defense < .*w*B put up/ Council for the defense A^pounced that the defendant would < this afternoon. He ] g testified that he, } go to the bathroom to < mmh bis f??e preparatory to going pe_ women had l^ft^thjs 3 r<^xri. ^oung said* mswer to cnaaa-ex* niW w^fTiinf: and that he and , HkH^pttvJiad been good friends. JHe MHfre no ^ex^iatiaUon as to Why said anything out of the eith er she or Harrison 3 and thereafter became tincqtaeJous and'did not remember anything furth2 er that had occurred. Testimony of several policemen, 3 who came to the house after the troul ble was discovered, was heard this ) morning, and afternoon J. A. Braun, j policeman, quoted Harrison as saying > ne had resented an insult in shooting l Youncr and that he had shot Mrs. Har ? rison by accident during the struggle j with Young. Harrison, in his affidavit, made at the time he was grantp ed bail, alleges that he found Young p struggling. with his wife and that - Young turned on him. = Curfew Law Ignored Belfast, Aug. 30.?Two were killed _ and nine wounded in the rioting at ? Belfast when the curfew law was ignored. _ > nvestigation of the Ku Klux Klan r Chicago, Aug. 30.?The federal investigation of the Ku Klux Klan start ed as a result of complaints that the - Klan opposed the public policy, and e makes profit on the regali aand that f acts of lawlessness have been ascribed r to the alleged members. i ? ? ? Jermany Under Restrictions j Berlin, Aug. 30.?Germany is under restrictions closely approaching mart tial law as a result of President Ebert's decree banning demonstrations, etc. r ] 1 I James Jeter g Cornwell Dead Chester, Aug. 29.?James Jeter l Cornwell, who lived three or four - miles from Great Falls, was found f dead in bed Friday morning. Death ', Was due to heart disease. Mr. Corn well was 49 years of age and leaves a one son. W. E. Cornwell of Chester is a brother, and Miss Kate Cornwell a of Santuc a sister. Today's Cotton Market I Open Close j January 16.65 16.92 t March 16.80 17.06 B May 16.93 17.18 _ October 16.25 16.61 December 16.65 16.87 I N. Y. Spots 16.60 Local market .. 15.60 6 , ? I Georgian Killed B by Prohibition Agent * Atanta, Aug. 80.?R. L. Peak, East Point, Ga., wan shot and killed by Prohibition Agent Harry Saphire in ' a hotel obby here today when Peak ! resisted arrest. 1 # > J One auto in sold each minute. ? Keeping up with the justly celebrated f birth rate.?Toledo News-Bee. a . 1 C Mrs. T. L. Craig has returned to h, ,her home in Lancaster alter a visit p to Mrs.t. Preston Barnes on South Church- stoqpet.. v.>; - jm, > REQUEST FOR FEDERi IN WEST VI GERMAN LABOR READY TOFIGHT Berlin, Aug. 29.?German organized abor, comprising 11,000,000 mehlbers belonging to general and independent federations, informed Chancellor iYirth this afternoon that it was ready to "go to the front" in defense vt the republic. , x, . The majority and independent Socialists ala<f jfenfc.g deputation tQjtfia chancellor,. Informing nim' that botn larties demand that the government rroceed without fear or . favor against :he elements responsible for the an;l-ort pablican demonstrations and ma hi nut ions "to which the assassination of Herr Erzeberger is attributable." , This deputation demanded in behalf )f the radical par#**, fundamental reform in the civil service and judiciary account of public suspicion, especially of the latterV conduct of sases involving the defense 01 democratic principles." Thb decree , issued by President Elbert earlier ih the day; prohibiting all acts likely to encourage seditious Movements is to be sent to the ministry of the interior with instructions u.a 1 * -uai. ?v oe muue eiracuvc bi once. /irtlial Dictator of Turkey Angora, Aug. 27.?Mustapha Kemal pasha, head of the Nationalist army uid virtual dictator of Turkey in! \sia, who is fighting the Greeks, is a ihort, stockily built man who wears | European clothes, speaks French and German fluently and looks one over! with keen, gray eyes, the right one of which is marred by a cast. The Greek offensive was just beginning when the correspondent found him at his pretty villa on the hills a mile distant from Angora yet he dismissed it coldly, a though it might affect some other country than his own. Mustapha Kemal's name is known throughout the East where he is iar more powerful than the sultan oooped up in his palace at- Constantinople under the guns of the Allied'warships in the Bosphocus.-- Every child m tn? East knows- his name. Both soldierand politician,: tho?e familiar the j American struggle for liberty f re> In his^moments of leisure, Tiis Turkish comrades say he has a rare capacity for the telling of peasant stories and something of the sense of humor and innocent fun characteristic| of the Turks, but these are not often displayed in the presence of strangers, i His sterner qualities were shown in his resistance to and contempt for the Germans during the great war, and, since the armistice, in his organiza-1 tion of resistance to Ally peace terms, and of the Greek army. At the moment the correspondent j saw him, he had just refused to meet I the British General Harrington to talk peace terms, as he is convinced that such conferences cannot now have any practical result. "They won't realize that we are in earnest, that we are speaking the plain truth when we say we will make peace only on our published terms," he commenter. "To yield now means turning over my country to the Greeks, to foreigners, to a fate far more bitter than that of the- Hungarians. The only way is to fight on for independence. "Will the Nationalist movement survive?" he said, slowly repeating the question of the correspondent. "That is a question which interests not only ourselves but is of vital importance to the peace of Europe and to the United States and other countries wishing toi reestablish a prosperous world fit to' live in. Why don't the Allies see this? Haven't they learned anything since fUo rwonnf wni? ??O tlic TTOJL CI1UCU ? "From an exterior point of view, we Nationalists are trying to prevent the Balkanizing of Turkey, prevent our house being divided against itself, prevent the Allies from establishing zones of influence leading to future quarrels among themselves." While out of politeness he didn't say so, it is known he feels the Americans should understand and help diplomatically, at least. He asked for news from the outside world, for the trend of opinion as to commercial stagnation. He objected to the-French point of view that the Turkish and Near East Siestions will be solved only when is at of Russia. "Ours is a question in itself," he said, "and a very important one. From the point of view of international law and order, I think it is admitted that the destruction of say, the Austrian Empire, has entailed insolvable problems. Have every state in the United States warring with its neighbors, and this will give you a conception of Europe today, i "Why destroy the fabric that holds the Near East together? No political arrangement is perfect but this was the best to be found. It is my honest belief that a pre-war Turkey is still the only solution, with the Turks even made responsible, as before, for the neutrality of the Straits. We have given up to the British and the French Mesopotamia and Syria, and the peoples there must work out their national destinies as tnejr see fit. But where the Turk population is in majority we should control and we ey pect to. "PeAce ? Of eourae we want it. 11 is the Allies and the Greeks who continue the war, It is ruining all of us bat o?p ruin would be immediate il we accepted their termc. Whten w< UL TROOPS RGIN1A MINING TOWN Washington, Aug. 30.?Troops may " yet be despatched to Mingo coal fields result of conference between the Prea- 4 ident and West Virginia delegation late today. . Charleston, W. V., Aug. 80.?T>ts- r quieting reports continue to emadgte a-". r from Mingo coal fields. Governor Morgan said the request lor federal trpops was again following the alarming advices: All males from 14 to 60 ? are under armg-reftfjy for the clash, and that the magistrate and four' others are held as prisoners. ' . * -i? i? ' - ' * ' Washington, Aug. 0.?Governor V Morgan's second request for federal troops to suppress the alleged lawless-* ..." ness in the coal fields is before the President and the war secretary, the delegation of business men are here _ . from Charleston to support the governor's troops request conferred with . T the President. Charleston,* W. V., Aug. 29<? *V lov. E. F. Morgan at midnight tele- y * raphed an appeal to President Hardr.g to send federal troops into West ... /irginia. , Reiterating that large forces all* v gain leaving the Cabin Creek dis- ** ' rict tonight for the Logan odunty border,. Gov. E. F. Morgan sent the >^ fallowing statement to Washington t midnight, addressing it to both Resident Harding and Secretary of Var Weeks: "General Bandholtz left here Sattrday. At that time armed men in 'ain, Cabin and.Lens creeks and Bip Coal river field were dispersing. On .little Coal river in the vicinity of iharples, Ciotheri, Blair and Madison, J ^ ? armed men in excess, of 1500 have used to disperse when requested by epresentatives -of the federal Ann tate governments.. . ; ,lQn Saturday night: near Sharpies. )n arnidd patrol attacked a body of tate police which returned the. fcr.d. killed three men. > These arm$d bodies ,h,ave also .captured five Logan oupty peace officers and arc h<oTclfng*>?_ hem prisoners'. ' ; ' "We have information.<that several, undred men from cgal fields of .other r. tates are gathered with these ioBarectjonists in the Little Coal river" ' action and-^tae^areinpassesslon .of' hem to disperse. "Adjutant General Chamock has ust returned from the vicinity of Siarples where he commanded the inI. urrectionists to disperse but they hive refused and are maintaining riany. armed patrols on the roads nd have seized passenger trams on Jtie Chesapeake & Ohio ?railvoad to ransport reinforcements : to their camps. They have cut telephone /ires and refuse to allow their re-. Jj'acement and they continue to defy onstituted authority. ?V,;"The men now assembled in Logan rom McDowell, Mingo and Logan ounties, to resist the invasion will be jutterly unable to repel tha attack. "Because of the imminent danger 'of great loss of life if there is a lash between the Logan officers and itizens and *he armed insurrectionsts and believing it Is my duty to eek protection for the lives and roperty of our citizens, I must respectfully renew my request for federal troops to be sent forthwith to West Virginia for the purpose of uelling the insurrection and disbrming those engaged ii\, it. Delay, | n my opinion, will prove most disi'a>trous." ^ jCripple Girl Runs Away From Home New York, Aug. 30.?Edna Townsend, the 15-year-old cripple girl, ran away from home in Baltimore in a wheel chair and was arrested in New York. Attempt to Make Atlantic City Bone Dry . * >; Atlantic City, Aug. 30^?f ha greatest attempt ever made to make Atlantic City bone dry occurred today when the prohibition agents raided more than 100 hoard walk cafes. Petitions Court fot Relief Birmingham, Aug. 30.?Alleging fear of being kidnapped because of willingness to testify against her father, charged with murder of Father James E. Coyle, Mrs. Ruth Stephenson Gussman petitions the court .lor "relief" asserting that since the appearance against her father. Rev. Edwin R. Stephenson, threats have been made against her. Rime Expires September 1st Berne, Aug. 30.?The allotted time for the residence in Switzerland of Former Emperor Charles of Austria expires oa SepteipJjer 1 and if he is to remain he mast curtail his retinue of SO persona. jsggsEHaaaa have gotten rid of the Greeks, we will .continue our sincere effort to keep going an honest national government. For one think, /WO^NUi clean up Con; stantinonle, motaity. ntrring the great .war and since the Ally occupation'it . has become a disgrace to civilization, r a place that might well be Jtarned to ) ashes as it stands.**