The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, October 29, 1915, Image 1
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NOW IN CONTROL OF RAIJL
1 ROAD RUNNING SOUTH
TO NISH , - "
FRENCH LANOING
; AT SALONIK'
Hundred and Fifty Thousand
vi V-V; ?2 .....
Trouoz ruanded-Little
F?ghtmg ^ ?as't.
London, Oct; 28 .-Tito forces or all
countries allied wi"v Germany inltho
war aro fighting "ab Serbians and
their British/and French; reinforce1
monts. Turkish artlllory, according
tb Berlin,-h'Vfirontered Prance, and is
co-operating with tho Bulgarians hear
Struniitan and haa "donn .great oxe
cutloaV- among .th?, .? Anglo-French
troops.
Tho capturo of Zaj&car and Kplaje
vats^ne?r tho* ' Bulgarian ' frontier
ll;.; - northeast of Nish;?"yes-the Bulgar
ians control;' not, alone in the Danube
region and . tho northern- reaches ol
Tiinok river but of tho -railway run:
ning south lo Nish.
Minos and oilier obstructions In,thc
Darsnibe- ar? being removed.'and lt Is
! expected the Bulgarians will soon re
store,ri vier traffic.., .'
Thev?"?onch'?}according -to Germai
W??;'" ?? dispatches, i?ri?ofl' d'hundred " .ape
' fifty'"- thousand ; menv at .Saloniki ant
?3" while tho " British reinforcement ii
' addition to the original thirteen thou
Ri ,* ' . Sand aro believed-to'bo .large, tho!
whereabouts .unknown.
' Tho Greek minister at Paris toan;
denied reporta that Greece would as]
Cjhe withdrawal bf tho ' ?nglo-Frenc]
?roopa at Saloniki.
pl It ls reported that Russian wai
ships bombarded!y?r^^' n Bulgaria
Black Sea port' V^^??
There is little fighting.in .the: eas
except - around Edga and . Dvina'
where the Gormaba ate Btill tryin
to Teach tho Dvina river.
Artillery bombardments constitu?
the chief activity ' ori* ' the. ??fmc
front. '" ;; . y'..-.;.-.
While no change is reported In th
Austro-Itallan arene,, except for dh
, patches from Udlne,, Italy, which d<
. clare thr?o thousand prisoners wei
tatton.'; "'In'-". 'Isbnib''-' fighting, passe
through there in the past three 'das
and that -ma iianans aTe solidly ci
trenched In many. former ?Austria
positions on th?.Isonzo front. '
.David Lloyd George; speaking, f<
Promit*- A8tiuith_ln parliament toda
.to/?m?ko peace -until.tho freedom.?
Europe ls s?cu^?d'v
London, Oat. 2S>^-Unofllclal repor
from Greek s?ufses-r'eprosent . tl
situation .lp. southern/ Serbia as som
what more favorable for ' tho . alllei
An unconfirmed dispatch from Athel
states (hat tho'BulgSrlahs have wit!
drawn from Uskup. .Saloniki advlc
toil of a fierce'hattie along the Vole
?&X'-- Kbmanovo/to'ni' willi'"the' Bulgaria.)
lyt;:. retreating.' \ .After beings: review
M-v.-;. hero tho, Serbiens- elm reform " thc
fm}', lines along the Monastir front. T
Gc] man s having .effected , a Junctl
pi%','.'' wilti tho Bulgarians: it .ts .possible t
.(.'>.;. t?Uha* campaign .will bo shirted; fw
alt e^tt- to rclievdvSerbhi to au r
p?;-. tempe' to" cut communications: wi
Constantinople.
Scvoral military ' critics.'-hazard ~t
: guess' ?rot'i?ie,allies are not likely
Withdraw :from: Saloniki no raatl
what v happen? to. Sembla ? ;
lUga ari<? Dvlnsky remain the . ch
Germsr: c?jjccii7? ...on* tub'..' ?ssU
Jfron^The dir?ctibn bf t?jo "Gorm
assault afcairist TUga inay ht
changed; t?H8lttltt^v;?S'''raubrted ' w.
of tho city. Tho main attacks blt
orto Ji&vo 'b'coft; dircbted . from 1
southeast and southwest. Lake Slab!
wherb minor engagements haye <
curred, la west of Hiiti,. running pi
. ' alie I with the gylt ^ore ? :.
?r. . fitieraW?gf JPIc^s Up.'
LonctoUr Obt: ^S.-^A . number .
p. t^spapers^lsay ?' ;4boTp^ boa:; been
, ire?^t^^^loj^/on^-it ?? htjgl
. . ; '. .r?te.:ti?OT;?r!sv?l..'.ia?:i?wv?-- aumims
thd war. . ? ..
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lifLUSlU Ul flftf IV&.?
ilHilEI
WARDE!
NEGRO CONVICT ACCUSED]
OF KILLING fcSRS. ED- I
MUND H. ALLEN
SKULL CRUSHED
B?DY BURNED
?vidence Pointed , to Negro Joe j
and Servant to Warden.
Joilct, HI.i Oct. 28.-Joseph,:
Campbell, tho negro convict accused^
Of the murder of the wife of Edmund
I H.. Allen,'-' then ?warden?t?'tho state
penitentiary here, will be put on trial
i today..
Joilct, Uh, Oct. 28.-Mrs. Edmund
M. Allen, wife1 of tho warden bf the
Illinois Wt?t? penitentiary at Jollet.l
was found murdered1 in her bed In'the
.warden's suite of the prison between
..pe and six o'clock lu' the morning of
June 20,- ^15.- Her -skull''wa8vorush^i
ed in end ???r bod'y .burned. Pire by
which the slayer evidently sought' to
destroy evidences1 of tho crime led to
its discover}'.
.>:' Joseph '-Campbell, better known aa
"Chicken ' Joe\ ' ? a-i negro ] trusty, ? an
"hbnbr" man favored by/the warden j
and his wife, was immediately arrest
ed and his conflicting stories led the
authorities to formally charge "thlraj
with the crime.
Campbell, who was. serving a term I
bf from ono-year to life for. the killing
of;. Henry Stephens, O negro Janitor,
in Chicago, ; November 10, 1913/ was]
said ..to 4>o the last, man to have seen
the jnurtferod. woman oil VA- Accord
ing to his .own testimony at ?i? .'.pr
quest be brought Mrs. Allen the mbrn
Ibg . papers i less than an - hour before
she was found slain and then took'?er
pet dog for'ft walk as was Ma ?n*
toxu.
Warden Alien was absent at .the
tiroe .bf the murder. Ho had lett the
prison-the previous night for a ten
day trip"to West Baden, Ind., at.tko
suggestion/-cf K?3 physicians, Mrs.
Allen; d^'?appoin,ted by hor dressmak
er at tho .last "mindte, did not accom
pany him.; .
,. Four days after tho murder a. coro
ner's .Jury "returned a verdict to' the
-effectsthat tho'.'victim carno to hor
death by a blow inflicted "by "eohio
per6cm>unfcnownHb;:tko jury," but rec
ommended that Campbell bo held for
;tify ijrand Jury.\-\Thq negro was. re
mosed from tho prison to a coll In
the Will-county -Jail after flc-mon st ra
tions' bu .tho part ;?f the'cbnvlcts prior
t? the wh?d?n's return >vhen .a lynch-,
ing was feared. : Campbell -steadfast-1
ly clung :to hts stroy,. protesting his
innbeenco and repeated efforts ou tho
part bf Ute authorities fbiled to shake]
It^^emaln.
FERGUSON D?Dl^T Y!
Report That Testas io Governor
Asked More Troops
: in. Wa&hingloa.
' Washington, . i Oct..t. .28..^b^llW:
Ferguson 'o? Texas' telegrapher-pres
ident Y7ileon ; urging ihimto :'* -??e'. his
in?l?^e<r^^
x?rtK?r r?t?l'von 'the ' 'Teta? border*
?h^^*e^".r^?rjteft. ; tha,V. Fergufoa
had ??kobv?or inor? : tfbovs'.- Ko 'such
>?o>BRt was received, ,
ried'. ; Tfeb "price - pi<rirbn.' long re?,
g&rded'?s ? . baroru?fer of. t?*ade,>,??as
Jtao^lp- app^ln^sly S thir>fr-$?ve
p^coir?^
fae prtee-bf ete^lia^^
$fc??pt: - ?tte? produet?,. except steel
rail*: ha?.Increased niant' fifteen por
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Crown Prince Urabcrt of linly ?rad the Xing.
This recent photograph of the king He wiil succeed to the ItaMon throi
dfltaJv and bis hear, Crowu Prince in time.^ In tho mean time,'hirvevc
position of the l?ng and ilia ffavxrl?y. mean that; -most "it riot all h
The boy was not-dressed in an imita-, northern provinces . would be tah
^on. major "generpl'6 uniform for tho by 'Austria;' The little prince mig
.photograph;-but be wore a sweater, haying nothlrtgfil?ft except a few-act
Just like.thousands of American boys, around Homo ,and the. South.
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SW??R^ STATEMENTS OF
VMANY BANKS .'
jJ?jiiW^?tteia to Oath Signed
; WeslUustpfli'Oct. ,28.-Comp'tr?ller
o? Currency'-'WMViiama has ecnt-n'cirr
c?lnr,>'tp;:r.?il;.^ntionril banks calling
nttentl?p.^''-'{|ve oath each. ?i>e=stoj j
?Igns, .?iwbe?i Vffai- assumes, chics, not s
to pf nair the shanie to. violate''the na*1
tiona!.bahk-;ac'ti and pointing .'out
particularly that payi ct the act which j
provides that ,i\ nattorial .hank may/re- j
'.SlSFPS ??it??'.?St' OE dtS ?'SS?!*''- friiil
rate allow?sd iby.the law? di tho stated
territory^ or. dtstrict In which it ls
loc?t?d? "^ ^Hlanis states . that - -tpe
?worn statements pi. a greftt matty
??ut?0?a?: 'xbijoti? ??LO iv ' 4.},''N* S?ci?pU'
?197, United States revised'Btatute3
against u.shry' h ave, keen 'groas?j: vio-.
lated by the banks ; ? . > '
.?tsMmm&smwm.
?^t?u^Tsam Scored Although
'?; Sr ;C&?^t$ji?;Oi&.^ and
Clemton played'to a./.draw\in tao *a?
jii^^^t^l^iite?t hererteday.
The; "game. .was. played taforoi-thau-*'
?anda enthusiastic fanB, bo$h'
;enUmsl?*a '-ct?otnra '? and ti the. batUe
?trit?sb.odViW?. ^e.^rtlis':i;:tiuit;r;one
?O?ks ?for ?h; fi gridiron "mix-up . *
; Thh;^^^^^ Va?; that
'jne^^^^tf^jr^lh^tli? ' \gajnn,;but
:tg?- p^?jj?^ ^hw^a: that tho two
? .tas?isvikr>-"evenly- matched. '
TO M M
Hi
o w nw ?? BO v ott O*.. ISIS
EVIDENCE THUS; FAR IS
. CONTAINED ?N . 'CON
FESSION :
BELIEVE TRU?H^
Government: Officials.'. Will' Con?
v tir.ua .Efforts to Unearth
Financera of Plot.
New York/ Oc^ ^^.-AU, tko ovi
dence;tho -government bia against-titi
fivo.'t&en^^ ..'in
tho plot ito '{iisabj?Vajt?^
war matorlal for the allies by plac
lng eibckr.'crk bombs ?a; their rna
dora or propel lo rs is contained in ttu
f^nf??sJoa-- hi '? Robert' TB%v,j~:??bo ssi'J
ho waa a lieutenant in the Germ?t
?army, according 'to' an annbunfcenieul
^?WV ..'..:. ' " : .' X
; Offlclals enid'"none; Of:; tho docu^
meata taken irom Fay's .room threw
light on. -who his financial ' backer!
Werd pretend to show buy cenriectibj
between Fay's act*! and 'officials ii
?terape,. Fay hlmsoif, ?aidi.the Ger
niad ; secret Berrico officials, appro ve?
his, pl ^n.
?.' wferfamont officials said th>y, don'
boliovo ;tjie real story has ' been .uni
;j?Wti^;^4M0y. 'aro.- stilt inyastigsv
lug. ' ; , V .
; ' N'few Yorky Oct. 28. ^Efforts fallc<
fabien prosecutors nnfl,secrot:??w$
h*r& dfro^d., in thai instigation o
the .financial backing "ot the leader!
( consjrtracy 'td* bt?w ;up?.?nqh?
ja?Q?iplah*;v?ad ShhiS,bt.#btch Ueu
te bant Robert Fa) , otk lb? ' Germai
army Ja 'the aMe^ed . lje?d.
; fVilliam. J. Flynn, hcndj;tho irnlt
ed - States - Beeret '.Berrie, is tjuotci
tia saying : , '.'I believe, wo aro' gola j
i&SJiid*r^ifmaaciers in thia plot/ - Pej
eay&ho bad, spent only j ^e^ig^aS;
|^ra'^,r[P?ui!_' sMTjmv^-^ioij
||l|j|he'.v started ipr thia, country;
Wt?'.bolleve i&?&A spint rthlr?y thou
ry iir?i ii iii m
i?new HAITI
WITNESSES r ?IX OF POUTI
CAL ACTIVITIES IN NEW
ENGLAND
TRIED TO CRUSH
TROLLEY LINES!
I Attempted to Prevent Repeal of
Legislation Preventing Con
struction of Cor Lines.
New York, Oct. 28.-Testimony on
the political activities . Of- the New
York; New ? Haven & Hartford 1n the
Connectlcutt and Dh odo Island leg
islatures to provont" tho construction
of competitive trolley lines introduced
a new and sensational chapter today
in tho story of; now the railroad* ac
quired ita alleged mon-pok'stlc grip
on New England transportaci?n, as
presented hy the government 1U the
trial of the eleven/ former directors
under the antl-truat law. . ,
A letter was introduced lu ? which
?Vice President J?hn M. Hall In eigh
teen ninety-seven urged Henny C.
Robinson of Hartford to use his In
fi no ned In\ tho /^Connecticut legisla
ture-to prevent tho repeal of a ..law
Which then hindered trolley lines from
building routes paralling railroad
lines. There were, other letter a simi
lar to this.
^'Wherever these electric roads- are
I projected we should be ound j oppos
ing them." Hall wrote In another-let
ter; - '?- - ' :>-.'. ?
BULGARSTAKE
g TOWN NEAR NISH
F?ros is S?fuips?y Fortified TayfS
Thirty-Fwe Miles ^ East
of Nish.
L-osdon, Oct.?? 28.-Bulgarians ulel
ing toward Nish occupied the Strongly
fortified, town br Plrot, says a Salnnl
fel'-'d?spatch to tho .* Mail. Plrots is
thirty'- ?Ivo miles east of 'Nish and was
tho scene of an important battle be
tween tho Sorbs and Bulgarians In
1880*. Since Sunday tho allies troop
trains have been running without in
terruption between Glovell und Veles.
Tbhvsectioh it 1B said bbs been''cleared
ontlroly ot Bulgarians, '
Oil Man Dead.
Now York, Oct. 28.-"^Charles "Wal
ter Hand, ago .?irty-nlne, president* of
the Davis OH company, vice president
of ,the Underwood Typewriter com
pany, died lioday/ '
Chicago Elections to Cost ?1,400,000.
Chicago,-'Oct. '28,-Thrco primaries
and'thtee elections next year will 'ti^tf
tho "'city oho . million . four hundred
thousand dollars lt "was estimated to
dayi " . ?
V-v -.-;-- : / . ' ?
Aristado Briand Called Upon Bj
President Pooncaira to"\ Fon*
: ' New Bo*r--Had . ?o?V&?
,Paris,' Oct. 28. -The;JVench
hot, of *tUch ;Bene Vlvlenl was
reaigned- ttvdVvy ' add Arlst?do ? 1 _
w?s-vc?ll?4 ?pea'? te loria a na**', i
Go io a- late hoar tonight (Brianti
not enmplate tho task;
^.There had been rumors since tnt
j resign at ion of Th?ophile
foreign minister, th;tt thom
important cabinet changes,
withdrawal ot-Vlviani came as a
^. recolvea a. vote conti deo os
bamber, by! & -largotdajorlfcy ? u
suggested that ho had overtaxed
#tr*hsGr ;r?e?lly;v.^hJ?jt?^|^i?^%
munition.
Bulgarian Chief of Staff
General/ Fitcheu baa boen anpplnt
ed chief of staff ot tho ..Bulgarien,
army without full charge in t.he cam
paign against the. allies lu the
Balkans ? - - "
Gen. Rndko Piroitrieff Who Waa
p Bulgarian Munster to Russia at
\ Outbreak of War, to Assume
Cominar. J in Russian Anny.
Milan,Italy. Oct, 2S.-Corriere Del
la S?r? . learns from a diplomatic
source that General Radko Dimltrleff
will command' the Russian forces sent
against Bulgaria. . Ho is. now in
Bucherest trying to induce the Rniman
ian government to permit tho passage
of Russian troops through ''Rumenia.
. Gen. Dimitrieff at Gio opening cf
the : war was Bulgarian minister to
Russia. He resigned and offered his
services ti> tho Russian war office.
His offer was accepted. He has.'been
commander-in-chief. of thc Bulgarian
army during tho laBt part" ot tho first
B?lka hwar. .:
Gen. Bimltrloff ,waR' chief of staff
of. eastern. Bulgarian war in 1886,
and later led' a. conspiracy against
Prince Alexander,. and was forced to
flee to FJUSSIU. There ho remained
until 1898 ; wt?hn ho was pardoned by
King Ferdinand, whom ho had'assist
ed to the,throne.
Much of the present efficiency., of the
Bulgarians anny , isattributed to
DlmitriefTs training.. He has been
called. "Bulgaria's Little Napoleon. V
He ls! 56 years old. .
P???JI?ENT WILSON TO
V ; :V;HEAE AGAIN
g^Myiltlhgton^ Oct. 28.--Presideni
Wilson has decided, to give the wo
man ^uffr?g^***' siifther 'hearing cs
nation-wide sunrago. Ho wilt re
ceive Mrs. Sarah. Bardfield and Misa
?oncea ; . Jolife on December 6th.
They are bringing a petition from ti?
women, votera, who attended the con
vention vin -, San Francisco?;
?; 'II I'I i, i i ? . .- '.'.?.',' .." '
Rev. llnnimett Lentes.
\\llllajnst?nv't>ct
Hammett wi'*.1 leave 'Flat Rock and
First" StroekVunrchejv at tho o]or,e ol
the year andls open for considera
tion .hy other Jchurcfeos. .?<,; HoVnia?
movo to Greenville.
Holena, Mont;* Oct.;. 28.-.The ad
j min?8traAl?|,ft;;'^^rj|??..^'/prev?n'? 'st?cl
! fnncV>meoita?' qtie^tiona as tariff; ff
R*I??. ?h? battledore shu?i?
t?fVrty politics were dfscusW?is i
lu an a?dret? ^by Hocreta?t .McA.
Ha -j^felr?fiicaaiit;- flret?r^nob?l
thea d?mocrate h?* i>e*a gola* aro ".
1 ^mM^m^W^^m^j^
cmom
SEVERAL SERIOUSLY INJUR
ED WHEN PAROCHIAL
SCHOOL BURNED
CAUSED PANIp
Children Scattered Throughout
Building Seeking Means of
Escapo From Flames.
Peabody. Masa,, Oct. 28.-Twonjly
children, moat of them girl? ?t?xjx
seven to seventeen years old, lost their
llvjos today Infplro >whlol? destroyed.
St;; Johns Parochial oohooi. . Another
girl will probably die. Several word
Seriously hurt. All tile siBtereof tito
.Order of Notre Dame, their .teaohors.
woro saved, but Motlier Superior Mario j
Carmelita was seriously burned; '.:..-'
Tho felic hundred children had just
flniBhed . morning prayer when - tho
alarm waa give;.) it is believed by a
tardy pupil, who! smelled, the smoko.
The fire drill, which a tow days ago,
cleared the building within two min
utes waa ordered. It ls believed it
would have worked today but for a
child; believed to' bo a cripple, who
Btumbled. In the front vestibule. Over
her- body child after child fell; press
ed on by tho crowd bontnd until'the*
opening was choked and escapo pre-,
vented. The rear door was also jam
med for awhile but many escaped
through it.
When .tho panic occurred fcom the
blocked eilt the children spread all
over the threb Hoers'of the building.
|''Many:Jumped Into nets and Were say
led.
Tito cause of .the fire ls unknown,
Peabody, Moss., Oct. "SfiT.-??'cau^o
of fire In a three-Bjbory brick building
at St. John'a Parlcohial BOho?l, prob
nbly thirty ont otsix hundred hoya
and giris aro burned or crtherwfie .
killed. Tho fire started a fay min
ute after the school opened. Ah
hour later twelve ibcdles were re
moved from tho: vestibule-witcre tho
jam of terrified children resulted In
tito greatest losa of life. Tho police.1
have cst I mated the dead aa:- -high
fifty and mny others WOLJ hurt Ih
the flight down stair?,' A;fe%- jumped
from th? third .floor;. '
The students~\ ranken iroju S?Yv?l to
tbtiteen yeara In age and wero lu
charg? of "slxtesis slst?rii-'.'-Wh^it1 tbs -
lire started the shiters marshalled;
their charges for the fire drill, abd
-i--.-J. ' .t.^-i. .-ii... i...?i,:?"" rm.,.
nvat icu 1UU1U' t|inu. m-u
procession was ' orderly iib tu thos?
from the fnlrd floor Joined tho others
pouring from tits'-'class.-?rf>b?i; on'thd
second.. ' SuddonVy duo ] ?ti?? oat . .tn
fear, hundred? took it up nud a-.pnnic
bashed. The sisters frantically^ endea
vored to stop them. Thor smaller
children fell under tho test or those
bohind. Soon tho vostlbule-was JaiSa
med with the living ift^d\^es4'v >Thp
fireman were tunable to forco an en
trance. AU the sisters escaped.
The fiamos aro suppose* to haye
started in a basomont - according to
some, a steam heating boiler ; ex
ploded causing the fire, but -there ls
doubt as to the exact origin. '
A largo percenwgo bf tbo.'chUdreh
were of -foreign parentage? . . ^Meny
Irish and Italian ; firemen fought AWA K
ladders raised- tb the windows. Pw
Ilea cleared tho vestibule,but.tho bod
ies of. the dead .were/{?enerar burned
beyond; recognition. Thenrjit -alaifm
brought a hundred mothers to tho
scene"and aoon they wer? 'iio?ncd ?3;
other relatives until a grant crowd of
hysterical men and women ufcr?fce'
through- thc.-soliese Uses--.in- efforisito ?
reach : the children. ?.
Twenty bodies were recovered at ll
o'clock..' J
The school was a square brick buiid- ;
lng with wood fUUrig* on tho interior
and als teen class rooina wi tb *$?Ug?|
stairways- on.each ;end'' s ?.. ?r
< .Tbl? help.camd too late, ppljk&j?&l,'
firemen bent Oioir energies chiefly to
pulling the children front'-iho/,$i>ptH\
and windows. Tho MVtM^i?^B^m?i
dropped 2? : > from a : jfrhi^d^r $^H?|?>
f?cog? floor. They were : fought'in
overcoats and . b\*p\tM4t^$^0: