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\ VOLUME II. ANDERSON, S. C. TUESDAY MOBING, JUNE 15, 1915. NUMBER 133. MOB KILLS SHERIFF AND NEGRO PRISONER SHERIFF H NEGROSH ON WAY NEGRO WAS TO BE* TRIED | FOR AN ASSAUl?f ON WHITE WO&0AN. -?L RELATIVES OF WOMAN LED MOBl Tbree Charged With Murder In Short Time After Shooting Militia On Scene ++++?? ? ??? + ?? ? 4> ? ? ? ? ? Winnsboro, June 14.-Sheriff + ? A. D. Hood, of Fairfield county, ?5 ? and Jule Smith, a negro facing + ? trial charged wit.i an assault + + on a white woman, were killed + + two persons probably fatally + ? injured and sis others hurst as ? + the result of an attack upon ? + the sheriff's party while es? + ? corling the negro to jail ear? + ? ly today. + ? Clyde Isenhouer, a relative * ? of the woman attacked Ernest ? + Isenhouer, his brother, and . ' ? William, Morrison, a brother- ? + in-law, were Indicted by tte + .>--grand Jory -thht* itfterowm, +..; ? charged with murder. ? LATER-Clyde Isenhouer die? ? I ? at a Chester hospital late to- + ? night 4> + ? Wlnnsburo, June 14.-Two persons were shot and killed here today and fh?e officers wounded, one probably j fatally, when a mob of about 100 men attempted to take a negro, charged with criminal assault, from the sheriff and Iiis aides, who were taking him to the court house for trial. The dead are: Sheriff A. I?. Hood and Utes Smith, the negro prisoner. The alleged assault with which Smith ls charged was committed in April. At the time the officials here, fearing violence, took, the negro to j Columbia and placed him in the state penitentiary there for safe keeping un til time for trial here. - The sheriff and hie deputies, had just reached the court house this I morning with the prisoner, when a. mob attempted tc seize Smith The officers warned the.mob to desist, but I his orders were disregarded. Some one j fired at thc negro. Shooting im uediately became general and con tinued for about teu minutes tn the street in front of the court house. The negro prisoner was among the first to rall. With Governor Manning out of the State, Adjutant General Moore at Co lumbia was notified of the riot and Immediately started here in an' automobile with a supply ot ammunl- ? tlon. It. ls said local troops were un able to sid in maintaining order be cause they had no cartridges for their rifles. Columbia, June 14.-Sheriff A. D. Hood was desperately and probably fatally wounded and two or three or his deputies shot by a mob of men this morning which according to re ports reaching Columbia which stop ped the sheriff who was taking Utes Smith, a negro, to W?nosboro to be placed os trial this' morning for rape. The uegro is reported to have been lynched. Mayor robinson, of Wlnns <cd?frwOro~?tr P?QK tJKV??T) ADMIRAL FULL AGAINST A INTIMIDA Annapolis, June 14.-A charge of tampering with the evidence of wit nesses before the court of Inquiry in vestigating irregularities tn examina tion vapors at the naval academy was .made today against Admiral Fullam, superintendent, by Congressman Hay, counsel for the seven midshipmen de fendants. . Mi . Hay said the evidence of the midshipmen that they bad been taken to the superintendent's office and that either tho superintendent or on olde OOD AND OT WHILE TO TRIAL FRANK HEARING IS ADJOURNED TO WEDNESDAY ARGUMENTS WILL BE CON CLUDED AND CASE LEFT IN HANDS OF SLATON. COUNSEL MAKE STRONG PLEAS Ex-Congressman Howard Seeks to Place Blame For Murder on Jim Conley. Atlanta., June 14.-Testimony for and against Leo Frank, which was presented at his trial on the charge j of murdering Mary Phagan, and In subsequent court proceedings, was nor Slaton tuday in the hearing or Franks application for a commuta tion of his sentence. The hearing was adjourned until Wednesday. The ar gument will be completed then and the case submitted. Solicitor Dorsey spoke for four hours and undertook to convince the governor of Frank's guilt on the testi mony of other witnesses than Jim Conley, the negro: Eliminating Conley's evidence, Dor tsel sought to show Incidents und cir cumstances surrounding the crime, brought ou at the trial, which pointed to Frank as the perpetrator. Former Congressman Howard, re presenting Frank, relied upon the rec ord to show Frank's innocence. How aM attacked Conley's affidavits and testimony, and declared Conley's story a cunning invention to save his own life and place the crime on another. Atlanta, June 14.-Hearing of Leo M. Frank's application for com mutation of his death sentence for the murder of Mary Phagan-* to life imprisonment was resumed before Governor Slaton here today, after adjournment had been taken early Saturday afternoon to allow Solici tor General Dorsey, who conducted the prosecution, to preparo a brief. In tho brief which Dorsey ?read to day, he said he would discuss the case on three points, raised by Frank's attorneys as follows: First: That Frank had not been accorded a fair trial. Second': That the evidence did not show the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Third: That the late Judge L. S. Roan trial Judge was not con vinced of the prisoner's guilt. As to whether or not Frank had a fair trial, the solicitor pointed out ; that various courts bad ruled upon that point; had held that nothing had occurred in the way of demonstra tion or otherwise, which, could be held to have deprived prisoner of his rights. Taking up the allegation that evi dence did not show Frank's guilt be-* yond a reasonable doubst, the solici tor declared ten witnesses gave evi dence derogatory of Frank's moral (CONTINUED 0?~PAQ?B ?iKV?N.) AM WARNED TTEMPTS TO TE WITNESSES told them that if they took a certain position in this case what would hap pen to them indicated tamperlng'wlth the evidence of witnesses. As a re sult of Congressman Hay's statement, the president ot the court wrote Ad miral Fullam requesting, that wit nesses and possible defendants sum moned through the superintendent's office be not instructed as to the prob able ?tat?a In which they would have been placed by vlrture of any action they might take as witnesses or de fendants. \ Landing Troop*. This photograph is one of ttie actual landing of British troops at Sedd El TOM CITIZENS LYNGH_KEGRO IMXm THUM JAIL ITARCT MONDAY MORNING BY INFURIATED MOB. [WAS ACCUSED OF BRUTAL ASSAULT Alleged to Have Assaulted Daugh ter of Prominent Farmer Was Escaped Convict. Toccoa, Qa., June 14.-Sam Ste phens, a Hall county negro was re moved from the Stephens county jail here early today by an armed mob r about 100 men and hanged to a r earby tree and his lindy riddled with bullets. The negro, who waa serving a sen tence for attempted assault in Itali country, escaped from the convict squad Friday night. Ile took re fuge In the woods near here and late yes erday was alleged to haveattack I ed a farmer's sixteen year old daugh ter -.vallo tho remainder of the fam ily v were away from home. ? Stephens captured last night at Madison. S.C., and brought here. His nilcKr-J victim is said to have Identi fied ii 1m. NAT. GASH REGISTER OFFICIALS WIN CASE Supreme Court Refuses to Review Action of Court Which Dismissed Caaes. Washington, June 14-The refusal of the supreme court to review the action of the court of appeals in re cursing the conviction or the Nations! Cash Register olflclal of violations or the Sherman law Is regarded as anoth er defeat for the government. Its legal advisers considered this the most important prosecution ever instituted under the criminal section of the anti trust law. The court assigned no rea sons for its action. N. C. NEWSPAPER MEN HOLRING THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING Asheville, N. C., June 14.-The thir teenth annus' meeting of the Southern Publishers' ai social ion begin here to day. Sessions will last through to morrow. Circulation, advertising and the relation between the newspaper and the government were promirent topics discussed today. About 100 pub lishers are la attendance today. s at Sedd El Bahr Hahr in the Dardanelles. In the background ls the fortress, which the Isi LOOKS" FOR PEACEFUL -ITOflTE IS VERY MUCH ENCOURAGED OVER REPORTS RECEIVED TO DATE OUTLOOK FOR PEACE BEST YET Lea? Anxiety Is Felt Than Any Time Since Lusitania Was Sunk. i Washington, June 14.-President Wilson feels encouraged by the re ports that pending negotiation? be tween Germany and thc United States will likely huve a peaceful outcome. Those who have discussed tho situa tion with the ?resident and other of ficials have fourni tho belief pr.-val ient that the chances for au amicable understanding with Germany arc much better than they have been at any time since the Lusitania was sunk. It is understand that this feeling is based upon official -and unofficial re ports fro ltmerlin. Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, after seeing the president and talking with other of ficials, said, tonight he had found a general feeling of optimism. EMPEROR WILLIAM .?AV DRAFT GERMANY'S REPLY Berlin, via The Hague, June 14. Germany ls waiting to hear from the kaiser. . It is accepted here ti\ui Emperor William himself will have ucl. to do with the framing of the German reply. One report ls that the kaiser will re turn from the Galletea battle front tor a personal conference with ?feyer Ger hardt, ambassador BeruBtorff's special envoy, when Gerhardt arrived to ex plain the feeling at Washington. Though there is not confirmation from official sources, the fact that the full text of tho American rejoinder waa rn?h?d to the emperor at all pos sible ?peed ls taken to mean that ho intends to play an important part in the drafting of Germany's answer. ALLISON HEADS HIGHWAY ASSO. Chattanooga Man Succeeds E. K. Jame? as President Dixie Highway Association. Chattanooga, June 14.-The Dixie Highway association directors today elected Judge M. Bl. Allison ^f Chat tanooga, president of the L*>*oclatloo trice E. K. James, resigned. C. E. Grafton, of Rome, was elected chief en gineer. in Dardanelles bombardment of the alltea has re duced to a mass of ruins. The Aus tralian :roops landed here. TWO KILLED IN m mm STEAM YACHT . VANADDIS AND LINER BUNKERHILL MET IN FOG. BOTH VICTIMS WERE PASSENGERS One Died After Being Rescued By Yacht's Crew-Cor oner Investigating. New York. June 14.-C. K. ?. Hill ings' steam yacht Vanadis. whoch collided last night on Long Island Sound with tho Metropolit Liner MunkerhlU, reported at Qiencove, Long Island, this morning with the body of John J. Hrown. of Hosto:i, ali .ird. Brown, with the other victim, '^.orge H. Hendrik, of Hoston, wr bronchi to New York last nit,*** by the liunkerhill after the ar.; laen t. Drown, Kendrick and three injured were passengers on the Hunkerhlll bound for Boston. The vessels struck lu a thick fog. Brown was picked upp iroin the water by tho yacht's crew ard died soon after. Kendrick waia crushed to death while al dinner. Coroner at Glenco ve had started In quiry. RNiraS! LAWS IMPORTANT FACTORS ?' Bureau of Corporations Finds Leg islation Has Far Reaching Effect. Washington, June 14.-Results of an extensive Study of trust laws and un fair competition were submitted to President Wilson today In a report prepared by tho old bureau of cor porations for dts Inforvstlve value to congress in enacting legislation. Fed eral anti-trust laws, judicial decisions and their influences upon forms of business organization are discussed, as ire the state laws and those of for eign countries., The chief conclusions of the study are that the development or nnti-trunt legislation and consequent judicial de cisions have been important factors In shaping forms of business organi sation and that interpretations of the Sherman law, especially the more re cent decisions, hsve demonstrated Its far reaching effect. Practically np twilight ?one has been left .the report say?, which can not be reached by state or federal law. AUSTRO-Gl REPORT i OF MANY NO VIOLENCE RESULTS FROM CHICAGO STRIKE SYSTEM? ARE TIED UP WHEN 14,000 EMPLOYES QUIT WORK. CHIEF WANTS 1,000 EXTRA POLICEMEN Expects Trouble When Comna nies Make Effort to Operate With Strikebreakers. Chicago, June 14.-The first day or Chlcago'a big street car strike passed without serious disorder. No Bur fare cars were run, only a few ele vated trains operated and there was nothing resembling the regular service except oh steam railroads and subur ban lines, which was inadequate. A brick thrown through a elevated train window was the only violence. The quiet was not accepted by police authorities os assuring tranquility. The chlor or police said he would ask the authorities to enroll one thousand extra policemen in the oven1 or dis order when the companies make a real effort to operate. Chicago, June 14.-Approximately a million and a half people here walk ed, motored or railroaded to work today. Fourteen thousand Btreet car employees struck at midnight. Not a wheel turned on 1.300 miles or sur race and elevated Hues alter 4 o'clock, when the last cars reached the barns. There has been no disorder. Seven hundred policemen guarded the car barns, prevented crowds. The mon cheered as they lett the carB. Uulon leaders, stroet car officials and Ma^or Thompson conferred all yes terday and vtinly attempted arbitra tion. Strikers demanded guarantee of rrage Increase. Employers refused and i t1 id it would require m arly a million and a hair dollars annually to meet deinaud. They announced they would not attempt to operate cars today. Taxicabs, jitneys, buses and motor trucks did a thriving business. Roller skates and bicycle? were used by thousands. Arrangements to brlug 5,000 ?trike breakers to operate and guard tbs cars were begun today. SECURITY LEAGUE URGES PREPARATION Prompinent Speakers Think U. S. Should Ina;?rove Army and Navy. New York, June 14.-Better militai / and naval preparedness by the United State waa urged here tonight by speak ers of national prominence at a mass . u*>ue<* auspices of the National Security league, which began a two days' peace and preparation confer ence. Twenty-five states are repre sented. VILL A UR GES * TO FORM PEA GOV ERN MEI Washington, - June 14.-The. United i State waa formally notified today by i (?en. Villa, in behalf of the Mexican < convocation forces, that he bad tele- i graphed Gen. Car ranea urging a con- l ference for the restoration of peace i and the constitutional government of i Mexico. This ts the first tangible de velopment resulting from President I Wilson's warning to all Mexican fae- < tiona that unless they soon reached aa < \ . ': ? V .. ' 'Wf.rr.'v....-i'; ? '. - '. ??. . '.*?. *? . ?RMANS CAPTURE RUSSIANS TAKE RUSSIAN POSITIONS ALONG FORTY- THREE MILE FRONT. RUSSIANS ADMIT SLIGHT ADVANCE War Party Seem? to Have Won Election in Greece-King StiU UL London, June 14.-Germany today claimed another decided success along tbe eastern line. In the region of Senlawa, the German report said along forty-three miles the entire pos itions of the Russians were taken and sixteen thousand prisoners captured. The Russian official communication merely mentioned the locality ot ac tion, declaring that the Austro-Ger mans did not resume the offensive. Petrograd admita the Austro-Germans have again crossed Dniester. In the west the French continue their battering tactics against the for midable German positions. Borlln claims the French suffered a severe defeat on the frontier north ?f Sou ches, i Full returns from the Cheek else* tlons are unavailable. Former Premier VenUalos-seems, to hare' triumphed. The Greek;. tr?g> continued illness may prevent ta? war party victory from having any immed iate results. Great Britain which had braced it self for the announcement of the is sue of another billion and a quarter dollars war budget did not hear lt made in the house of commons today. ! The house adjourned without receiving I the expected announceemnt. London, June 14.-Although the French appear to be unrelenting in the offensive, which ls resulting in slow progress on a portion ot th? western front In continental War. th? situation in the eastern arena where the Austro-German forces ?r?'utilis ing every available resource to de liver a ?rushing blow to th? Rus sians remains of utmost importance. No confirmation has been received of the report that the Teutons have reoccupied Zurawna, but further south they are across the Dniester river and are on Russian soil in Bessarabia. General Activity In the Keast Not for months has there been such general activity In eastern theatre operations. Checked at center of the Gallclan line, Austro-Germen arm ies have developed an offensive at both wings at the same tune and they starting another battle in Poland, nor tl of Brzasnysz. There ls confused fighting in th? Baltic provinces, so lt may be said the contenders once more st grips from the Baltic to the Rumanian frontier. The stand the Russians have been making recently In Galicia indicates to British observers that shortage of ammunition hss bsen overcome. It was this shortage, ac cording to belief, that enabled th? Teutons last month to sweep across the country and take Przemysl ia rec ord time. Press dispatch from Petro grad says 20,000 men ia th? anny of General Mackensen were killed as a result of an attack on Russian po sitions near Mosclska, Galicia. Noth ing ls said as to the outcome ? i the struggle, but official aauouD -ement Berlin today ?ave Mackensen occu pied Russian positions along entire front from Cyernlawa to 8lenlawa. Heavy fighting has been resumed on the Gallipoli peninsula. Th* Tur kish war offices announces that at tacks of French und British forces against the Turkish right wing wer? repulsed and that the allis? were (Continued on page seven.) ?EETING CE PACT FOR tf T OF MEXICO agreement among themselves other seana would be employed by th? Unit id States to relieve the suffering pop ulation from further devastations of the military element. On Carransa's reply depends the next move ta th? ilt ur; t lon. . The announcement that Viii? had la? itiatedd a peace movement was re solved with satisfaction In official luarters.