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Wt* VOLUME IL ANDERSON, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1915. NUMBER 189. THAW II MAY Bl VERDICT MAY END HARD LEGAL BATTLE OF NINE YEARS JUSTICE WILL / DECIDE FRIDAY' Jury Merely Acted in Advisory Capacity-Judge Can Send Him Back to Asylum New York, July 14.-Harry Kendal Thaw was today declared anne by a jury which for nearly three weeks haa listened to testimony given in the supreme court here before Justice Hendrick. Forty-eight minutes were consumed in thc two ballots taken in reaching tbe verdict. Justice Hendrick Friday will an nounce whether tho commitment up on which Thaw was incarcerated in the state hospital for criminal in sane, at Matteawan shall be vacated, thereby giving the slayer of Stanford White his liberty ror wbich ne bas fought tn the courts for nine years. The Justice has thc privilege of eith er freeing or sending Thaw back to Matteawan, the jury merely acting in an advisory capacity. Tho verdict was returned shortly before four o'clock. Despite the warn ing of the court, several persons stood up in front in their seats, ane the court room hummed like a dyna mo. Justice Hendrick and court at tendants rapped for order. When thc verdict was announced Thaw smiled, shook bands with his counsel, kissed his mother, who was with him, and afterwards shook hands.with thc jurors. Mrs. Thaw, bis mother, also chook hands with tho jurors. Immediately afterward John B. Blanchfield, chief counsel for Thaw made a mntio? ?mt.hi^ ^^yimewjt to Matteawan, .which followed the verdict of not guilty on tb? ground of insanity In Thaw's second trial for murder of Stanford White, do vacated. The court set tomorrow when he will hear arguments and re ceive briefs on tbe question. The court announced he would announce his decision on the day following. 'As soon as the jury was dismissed court attendants and deputy sheriffs had great difficulty in preventing scores of men and women from dash ing up to Thaw in the court room to congratulate h'lm. Outside the court house and streets and sidewalks on either .side of the building were congested with peopte. Thaw was cheered when he appeared in custody of deputies. He will re main in tbe Ludlow street jail pend ing the final disposition of his case. The vote on the first ballot waa eleven to one and the second unani mous that Thaw waa sane. The dis senting juror said he cast a negative vp te aa a matter of form. GRAND DRESS PARADE OF MILITIA TODAY GOT. Manning ?g> Review Second Regiment Greenville Break Camp Saturday. . Greenvale, July 14.-The crief event of tho ten-day encampment of tho I Second Regiment will be the dress j parade tomorrow afternoon at 6:30 j o'clock on tho Sans Soi. J! Country club grounds, and the review by Gov. Manning and members ot bis staff. Immediately after tbe review the commander-in-chief and other regi mental officers ' will leave for the Piedmont & Northern railway sta- ( tion where a special train will await to convey them to Chick Springs for the military ball tomorrow. The soldiers will break camp Sat urday evening and - by Saturday evening moat ot the 600 or more men in attendance will be . returning to their hornea in the lower part of tho state. Three special trains will con voy the troops honte. COMPARATIVE gtATMREKT OP corros STATIBICS Washington, Joly 14.-ho cotton used during June amounted to 51<*, 800 -running balsa, exclusive of tirit era, the census bateau annonced to day, as compared with 446445 bales last June. Eb-vorts tbls Juno 194, 391 running bales, including lintons, compared with 29E.B78 last year. .Washington. July 14.-The cotton on hand Juna 39 in manufacturing establishments was 1,622,449 bales, compared with 1,156,609 last year, and In independent warehouses 2. 085.347, compared with 63.48? tait year. COAL MINERS IN WALES WILL DEFY RULING OF GOV ERNMENT WOULD CURTAIL COAL OF NAVY Law Prescribe* Severe Penalty for Strike-Enlisted Miners May Work Mines, London, July 14.-Despite the ac tion of tho British government in ap plying tho munitions of war act to the coal mining industry which will make miners subject to severe fines if they strike, it is practically certain that a largc number of men will stop work in South Wales tomorrow, thus curtailing the supply of coal for naval vessels. The federation of Miners, labor leaders and thc general public are ! urging the miners to continue work until an agreement can be reached, but the executive council of the South Wales union refused to support this recommendation. It ls not believed, however, that I the struggle will last long as the South Wales union has not funds to finance a long struggle. There is a possibility tiiat thc gov ernment will utilizo miners who aro enlisted in the army and who have., not left England, to work the raines. The question of the miners' strike occupies the public mind of England '?tisVu the fighting in the European war. DANIELS AND EDISON CONFER ? Secretary of Navy Will Visit In-J ventor to Talk Over Proposed j Bureau of Invention for the Navy. Washington. July 14.-Secretary Daniels and Thomas A. Edison will talk over the proposed navy bureau of invention and t?v?ian eHvisory board which Edison ls to head to morrow night at Edison's home at Orange, New Jersey. It is expected that other proposed members of the civilian advisory board will be dis cussed. Wright and Maxim to Serve. New York, Jaly 14.-Orville Wright, who is among the men sug gested to Secretory . Daniels for membership in the proposed civilian advisory board- of inventors and tech nical' experts to assist the navy de partment, and which Thomas Edison will head, said here today, "he would accept membership in tho board if in vited." Hudson Maxim, who WHS also suggested for the board, said he would ho glad to serve. BOSTTM NE WHIM I* EH RECEIVES < LETTER THREATENING GOV. Boston, July 14.-A local newspa per today received an annoymous let ter in which the writer declared him- j self aa a German spy threatened to I kill the governor and aald two bombs ! had been, placed In thc state house' and another In the customs house and were both to explode abott?. Fri day._ Hallam Cherchasen la Army. Rbiae. July 14.-.Via Paris.-Ac cording to a Vatican report there are now about 60,000 Italian ecclesiastics in the Italian army, engaged in Va rious capacities. AMERICAN PAC PROTECTION Washington, July 14.-American meat packers appealed to the state department today to demand that Great Britain stop Interfering with cargoes consigned to neutral ports and settle for fourteen million dollars worth ot their producta now held in prise courts. I They charge the British government Murphy Murdo: ed Says Lieut. Becker "Kg Tim" S?ll Ivnn Just Before He Died. "Big Tiny When at Hts Best. It has hatted out from Sing Sing that former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker, who ls to be electrocuted for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, will in a few days issue a statement declaring that "Big Tim" Sulivan, the most picturesque politician New York City has ever known was the victim of murder and not of a rail road accident when ho wes killed two years ago. Sullivan's body was found near a railroad track after it had been cut to pieces by a train. Prior to that time bo had been" Insane. Becker, lt is said, like m?ny other persons, thinks he was murdered. The politician'left a fortune of about $1, 000,000. ST. LOUIS WANTS NEXT SHRINERS' CONVENUE Fond of $60,000 Already Raised i. fot Entertainment Purposes b Secured. Seattle. Wa*h., July 14.-The se lcctlou of the now member of the Imperial divan of t'.io Shrine brdcr and the elly which will entertain the forty-second council meeting in 1916, held tba attention of the Shrine council today at thc second ? session of- the annual meeting being ) held here. The new member of the Divan, captain , of the outer guard, will become imperial potentate in eleven yenrs, If nothing Intervener, and the prise is the most eagerly sought In Shrinedom. St. Louis made a strongs bid fo! the 1916 council, , already having raised a lund ot $50,000 for en tor tainmeut purposes. Tho Missouri1 city shrinera brought a huge balloon with them. tl will be released to morrow at Woodland Park, during an immense barbecue spread for the bands and patrols of the visiting temples. :KERS WANT FOR CARGOES with restriction of commerce in food producta between the United States and neutral nations. After two con ferences between the ?packe rs and Chandler Anderson, ?pedal counsellor of the state department it waa an nounced the department would make representations to Groat Britain. The packers' representatives who were at today's meeting were from Chicago. DRAFT OF NOTE TO GERMANY OFFICIALS WILL HAVE VIEWS READY UPON RETURN OF PRESIDENT CABINET MEETS NEXT TUESDAY Decision on Po'Jcy of U. S. Will Probably Be Reached at Meeting. ' Wallington. Joly 14.-Giileials wore at work today preparing' views on thc German situation in definite form io' presentation to President Wilson up on his return from his! vacation at Corn?KII. New Hampshire. The gen eral belief is that tho President will be here for thc regular cabinet meet lng next Tuesday, and that he may bring with him a rough draft of thc note to bc sent Germany dealing with unsettled fbsucs arising from subnia rino warfare. A decision on the policy to be followed will probably be reached at the cabinet meeting Tuesday and the note may be com pleted before the end of next week. Washington, July li.-Pending President Wilson's return from Cor nish it was believed herc today thcro would bc no further developments in the siluuii'iii between' Germany and thc United States over tim submarine warfare. It is thought the president would return tho last of this week. Ofllclals giving the German note thc closest attention aro continuing to view the situation aa grave, but gave no hint of the probable action. ELKS ATL Massed Band Parade and Floral. Pageant; Features of Yester Los Angeles, Cal., July 14.-A massed band parade featured the Elks Grand Lodge session today. It was followed by a midsummer floral and allegorical pageant, in which blossoms worth thousands of' dollars were carried through the downtown streets on floats and decorated ve hicles. Elks aud their families visited thc new Selig moving picture soo and in spected the animals which have fig ured in so many jungle films. A special performance was staged es peclally for the visitors. Meet NCxt in Baltimore. . Los Angeles, July 13.-Baltimore was chosen over Atlanta today for the 1916 National Convention of Elks. The yote waa seven hundred seventy to two hundred fifty-nine. THREE GEORGIANS KILLED BY NEGRO Slayer barricaded in Hon?e Hold ing Heavily Armed Posse At Bay. Macon, Ga., July 14.-W. B. Hogg. Lyn Sanders and Oscar Lawson, all white aro dead near Cochran, and a posse estimated at several hundred farmers, heavily armed, .surrounded the house of James Jackson, a ne gro, today, who ls accused of* Willing the men. It is reported the negro killed Sanders yesterday when the latter reprimanded him, and killed Hogg, who is an officer and Lawson today when they tried to arrest bim. The negro is said to be keoplng thc posse at bay. FLORIDA TO BUILD HIGHWAY IN YEAR Western Route of Dude Highway to Be Completed By May 20, 1915. it Tampa, Pla., July 14.-Pledges for the completion of the entire western route of the Dixie Highway In Flori da from Miami to Tallahassee were read at a meeting of the executive committee oi Jie Central "Florida g Highway association in session here oi today. The road ls to be built by si May 20th, ?91C. oi Among th ot? recommended to Gov- oi ernor Trammell for appointment on si the state highway commission waa si B. H. Cairns of Gainesville. J di Politicians in Nashville Row NaahvHlo citizen? who i'orty-eix cars ago startled tho municipalities >f America hy ' throwing their city nto the . hands\. of. .a receiver arc igaln considering such nctlon, and ho financial mix-tin which has f?V owed troubles .thero have interested he ?whole country. Thc tuen whose ?hotographs aro here shown are oc upy'lng the centre of the stage in the ase. The trouble bogan June 12, when ilayor Howse and thc city commls lon mad'; mi attempt to remoVu from ifflce Comptroller Miles Burns, uo ause important books of the city ncoded In an audit of. its accounts were missing. Burua itt once ?ot Harry S Stokoc, a young lawyer, and he baa nut up a vigorous fight, which has aroused tho city. The mayor charged that Burns, as comptroller, waa responsible for the safo keeping of tho books. The mayor pressod the case aud Burns with Lylo Andrews, the con un is:-?oner of finance, and J.. B. West, Jr., assistant city treasurer, was arrested. Burns wont Into conrt to demand a receivership for the city. He also maj,, counter chames against the mayor. City Treasurer Charles A. Myers was placed under $20,000 bonds _ftt the instance of Comptroller Burns. TRAINS ARRIVING IN MEXICO CITY WITH FOOD FOR DESTITUTE :iTY IS QUIET AND NORMAL CONDITIONS WILL SOON PRE VAIL-CARRANZA SAYS HE WILL PROTECT ALL FOREIGNERS AND MEXICANS IN CITY ORDERS WIR1?LESS OUTFIT . .-- - Washington, July 14.-State do- -City yesterday assured tho diplo- f> artment advices from Mexico City mallc corP8 iuU Protection and ?j . . . _".._,". ", -,,"; -.iii promised sever0 punishment to any ue today renortcd thc capitol quiet ?no vloJatln? tho order. Gonzales has rith order prevailing and trains ar- recaptured tho waterworks which ai Iving from Vera Cruz with food sup- the Zapata forces had cut off from J Iles. Stores and banka have not t,,c c,tv- *i ccu re-opened since tho Carranza Another message eald that Villa p Z , " ovldcntly had to evacuate Aguas >rces occupied thc city, ponding ar- (Gentles and was proceodlngo north angemcnts for currency circulation, ward. Carranza will ;iaue au am Gonerai Carranza, from Vera Crus ncsty decree to all Mexicans- who Bsured his agent sh?ro that he had wU1 return to "^?_^UC path " \* xtonded ovcry nrotectlon to Mexl ans and foreigner within Mexico **** 8aU,"? ls i?_ San Antonio, July 14.-The cap J' . " turo ot Saltillo, Mexico, ls claimed . ~~. T In ? message from. Xcuvo laredo re- . Washington, July 14.--Carranza har herb this morning. Saltillo was lost rdered the erection of a wireless ceived at . the Carranza consulate th tatton at Cbapultepcc to insure con- a month ago by thc constitutionalist sc tant communication between Mex- to Orestes Pe rc va. thc Vitia com- ,th ? City aud Vera Crux. Consul, m-.uder. Guitcrroz later received ai Ullman after being tn commun lea- Tdlnfprccmcnts and attacked. lc lon today with thc Brazilian minis- -,- al ir in Mexico City, reported that Mexico City, July 14.-Tho outlying j. rc Mdstuffs, chiefly corn, were arrlv- suburbs of tho federal capital were ?th lg in Mexico City, and that Carran- cleared today of Zapata troops by (in % announced he would givo. preter- forces under O -n. Coes. The water- d< nee to supply trains over the troop works wero roce; ptured and a partial AI ?alns. '{resumption of street car service was re Carranza authorities in Mexico'made possibler - ni iAYS N. C. LIQUOR LAW 13 UNCONSTITUTIONAL Raleigh. July 14.-Superior Judge . B. Peebles instructed a special rand jury here today - that tbs act f the last legislature prohibiting tipments into tho state of more than io quart of alcoholic liquors .to any IQ peraon tn fifteen days ls uncon ditional insofar as lt applies to llpmente. for personal use. He ad id that he held the lair, constitu tional when made applicable to ship ments for sale.'The grand jury is charged with the investigation of li quor shipments Into the state. Judge Peebles said be had reached thia con clusion after a careful study of the recent ruling of the United States Su preme Court ' 1n a Kentucky liquor shipment cases. Several Southern States have sun liar laws. th cu th nc br HESTERS ERONT ONLY SCENE OF ACTIOJJ WAR IO CHANGES REPORTED ON EASTERN OR ITALIAN FRONTS >THER REPORTS NOT CONFIRMED larly Dispatches Contained Ru* mora That Turkey Would Sue for Separate Peace. London, Jul* 14.- Except for a harp conflict tin the ^rjoUno region etween Ute German forces command d by Crown Prlnco and the French, oday brought no reports of unusual ctivlty on tho western front of Eu? opean wnr. The German official report claims he efforts of their troops were crowned with complete success," but '.ie French official communication ays the German attacks were re al sed. The Germans slate they took five liousand prisoners while tho French, lthough admitting that their line jomentnrlly gavo way, declare .their ountcr-attacks arrested tho progress f thu Germans and drove them hack. No change ls reported on either the. astern or Italian fronts. Humors that Turkey is Booking ac ?rate, peace; that some chango In ialkan situation ls imminent; and ha' tho allies made further pro ross en tho Gallipoli peninsula still lek official confirm?t lou. London, July 14.-The battle Une In Yc\k.o is furnishing for the moment he only news of pronounced military ctivlty. Tho Gorman straggle for tardun is regarded here' aa on in ernest, with nssaulta patft 4n^4he Argonne and thc Yench claim their 'front In the Ar ounc after being dented by a violent Hack of the German crown prince's rmy bas now been restored, the. hst esult being a costly adventure tor? lie Germans, but the strength of the ierman offensive at that point leads ? speculation here ss to whether the rgonno or Woeav're districts Will be ioeed for the general German offen Ive. Rome reports the Austro- Italian ront unaltered and a brie! -official t'itement merely chronicles the i Ulan air raid on a large camp ear Gereta, which the Italians as sit ws successful. The latest Aust rian statement says there has been everal lively artillery engagements na that the Italian infantry attck as repulsed near Redlnpuglla. 1 Gorman engineers are reported as Irer.grhoning the defense of Con tantinople on a huge scale . while sports from Balkan source? revive io rumors that Turkey is anxious >r a Separate peace. Although un anf inned, British papers prof eds to elieve lt imprpbablo pointing " out tat Turkey ls short of ammunition ince Rumania refus? to let Ger lan , ammunition pas?, through 5ier orders. B?r? tn newspaper altacvu i Rumania coincide that theory in imo extent. 9 ? LUIA 15 W TH 0 BOWN FROM BMA PRISQH 1?re Held Tuesday Night to Re pel Possible Attempt '-.a Lynch Frank. Macon, Ga., July 14.-Members of ie three companies of the Georgia coud regiment, state militia, held in ic armories, throughout the Dight, walting orders to proceed to M11 dgcvilic to protect I<co Prank were lowed to discard their uniforms r id ?turn to their homes and business ls morning. The militia were held readiness here last olght < on or jrs from the adjutant general. In tlanta, who stated that reports wera eel ved of a possible attempt to he ade to 'take Frank fro* ia? state rm by force. All wag-quiet <ast ght at Mllledgevllle. PFICKRS OF STATE MILITIA Hf AUTOMOBIL? ACCIDENT Greenville, July 14.-f- While motor? g on Paris mountain several officers the Second regiment had a> narrow cape when their automobile left the ad on a reverse curve. Th? officers are driving down th? mountain lien tho brakes failed 'to work and e machine left the road at a- sharp irve. It turned over and- caught ree of the officer.* beneeu^fl^HH me were hurt beyond iaslgoifieant ulsea.