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VOL.
8, NO. 82, SEMI-V
C0N1EMNS FOUR TC DEATH
THE SLAYERS OF JOHN LEWIS.
Meeks Griffin, Tom Griffin, John
Crosby and Nelson Brioe
Sentenced to Die.
Chester Special to Columbia State,
Jul' 13.?Four negroes?Meeks
GrJTln, John Crosby, Tom Grlflln and
Nelson Brice?yesterday were found
*u|ty of murder and sentenced to
deith for the murder of John Q
Levis, a highly respected Confederte
veteran of the Cornwell section
of this county, April 26, last. The
rejroes were sentenced to die in the
dqitric chair Friday, September 26
>eit.
The verdict of guilty and the sendicing
of the four prisoners came
8 the culmination of the most senbtional
murder trial in the annals
? Chester county. How the foui
egroes plotted the death of the aged
ian was told on the stand Fridaj
y Monk tSevenson, who acted as
ratchman while the deed was done
his testimony, backed up by othei
vidence, proved sufficient to cleai
ny reasonable doubt from th<
ilnds of the jury, and after staying
Ut about two hours the Jurob-s re
trned a verdict of guilty without
^commendation to mercy in th<
lees of all four negroes.
C. J. Ramage of Saluda, acting
idge, then pronounced sentence or
le negroes, setting tbe time of exe
Ition as September 26. between th<
>urs^>f 10 a. m. and 2 p. m.
The finish of this murder trla
isterdav has been without prece
int in this county. The court roon
^d court lawn were packed wltl
tople all day.
Many witnesses were examlnet
th In the morning and afternoon
le entire case presented an un
oken chain of evidence In corro
atlon of the confession made b:
>nk Stevenson, an accomplice li
e tragedy, to Sheriff Colvln an<
iputy Blndeman, which Incrlmlnat
the four negroes. Stevenson wll
given a trial at the fall term o
rt.
W. H. Newbold made a hopeles
fense for the negroes, while Soli
or J. K. Henry, It Is said, mad'
> premier speech in hi? career fo
? state. A. L. Gaston assisted thi
icitor.
Detective Powers came In for con
erable praise for his part in un
reling the murder mystery.
REEKS SEND FUNDS
TO KEEP UP WAI
ney Still Pouring in to Queei
From All Parts of the
unitMi states.
"Jew York, July 14.?A grea
ount of enthusiasm Is manlfes
ong the few remaining Greek res!
its of this city over the war of th
ther country. The great majorlt
re already left for the front am
ny can be seen going aboard tb
amships every day.
rhose who remain are mostl
?eks who have established busl
s houses and who could not affor
leave at this time. To show tha
s not because they do not wan
go and that they have Just a
ch patriotic feeling ror the mothe
ntry as those who have gone t
front they contribute flnanciall
fard the support of the war.
n the last three days $12,00
e been received at the office o
Atlantis, the Greek daily new?
er, and forwarded to the Queoi
:he Hellenes to use &s she think
t. Money is still pouring in fror
parts of the United States an
ada.
Irs. Euthalla Melachrino, the wif
a wealthy cigarette manufactui
sent in a check for $2,000 yestei
in addition to the large sums sh
Mr. Melachrino contributed tc
d the flrat war.
8. C. BANKERS ADJOURN.
(ht Williamson of Darlington i
Elected President.
sheville, July *3.?With th
tlon of officers and action on
iber of important reports, th
th Carolina Bankers' Associatior
rh has heen in session at T^ak
away for the past day or two, ad
ned late yesterday afternoor
tattons from several cities wor
fved, asking for the 1914 con
.ion, hut this question was lei
he executive committee,
right Williamson of Darlingtor
was elected president of th
elation: Charles J. Shannon o
den, was elected vice president
O. Holieman of Anderson, wa
lected secretary and treasure]
A A mane ,1 ~ k..
umcpnro wri r imiur uy v>nui ir
Davis of Petersburg. Va.. an
P. Stevenson of Cberaw, S. C
l the addresses were well rt
fcd. The association went o;
fd as favoring the erection d
proposed harrier against the bol
til. The association also wen
ecjrd as favoring the establish
t of some sort of credit syster
he aid of farmers In tbe state.
blent 1* Snrnrlnfd At Taril
Change.
nshinjiton, July 14.?Presiden
>n today expressed surprise tha
enate finance committee had In
ed duties In the tariff bill o
a of art and book. He believe
articles are more of educations
than luxuries. It was Indicate
the president would consult sen
t on the charge.
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' Many Face Financial Ruin as Result
of Series of Revolutions. I
Washington. July 13.?Destitute '
i Americans are arriving in the United C
States on every boat from Mexican .
ports. Many of them face financial
ruin in consequence of the series of j
revolutions which has paralyzed
[ commercial and industrial enter- a
I prizes and they are leaving the t
[ Southern republic with reluctance, a
, American consuls are empowered to a
draw upon the state department for <
. funds to bring Americans out of the a
l various danger zones and in some
. instances notably at Torreon, con- 1
? suls and consular agents to relieve ?
, Mtual hunger. t
Refore Mexico passed through the t
. travail which commenced the Mad- t
> ero revolt against the Diaz regime, ?
. more than two years ago, most of the a
j ( now indigent Americans were engag- l
' ed in prosperous ranching and mln-'t
I ing enterprises or other commercial t
r pursuits. While the United States
j government has repeatedly warned t
. them to flee and depend upon the ^
government of the United States to (
r guarantee a settlement of their s
> claims against Mexico, the fear of
r delay In the adjustment of claims
! and the hazard of the loss of destruct
tlon of all In the revolution-torn
> country. Within the last month,
however, between four and Ave hunr
dred have been brought to the UnlI
ted States at government expense.
! CALL OF SOUTH AND
II SOCIAL PROBLEMS
1
i Editor of Frost's Muguzine Deplores
Demoralizing Influence of
Scantily Drafted Women.
Atlant, July 14.?The demoraliz*
ing Influence of scantily draped ladf
les on Atlanta streets, and pictures of
1 ladles draped not all in Atlanta art
' store windows, is deplored in an edl
torial of the current Issue of Frosts's
1 Magazine, "The Call of the South."
f The editorial, which deals seriously
with the social problem and its
s complications in the South, says:
" "The eradication of some of these
B evils must come by individual and sor
? 1 MUMll rt? - ??- *
biai wnt* ui me meinoas ny ,
R which these evils will be curtailed
and crowded out of act and thought is
" the requirement of public sentiment.
" the demand of public opinion. The en
forcement of this demand is aided
j by publicity."
Of the picture "September Morn,"
which created such a furore of excitet
meat a short time ago, and which
was finally permitted to stay in the
art store windows, the editorial says:
"This picture can offer art only as a
pretext. The figure is not normal
even, and the posture not graceful.
t That nudeness is the purpose of the
t artist rather than to impart an inspirational
impression of nature on :
p a glorious morning is evident."
J BRYAN'S SALARY TOO '
SMALL FOR EXPENSES
y
(j Says He is Appearing on Chatauqua
t i Platform to Make Enough to
t Make Roth Ends Meet.
s
ri Asheville, July 13.?During the
o delivery of a lecture at Henderso'ny
ville, near here, today, Secretary of
State William Jennings Bryan paus0
ed in the fourse of his Iceture to
,f state that he is compelled to deliver
i_ Chautauqua lectures in order to supn
plement his government salary, '
8 which he declared la not sufficient
n to meet his otnon cno
d "As this Is my first Chautauqua
lecture since becoming a member of
e the cabinet," said Secretary Bryan,
, "It may not be out of place to say
- that I find It necessary to lecture In
e order to supplement the salary which
>- I receive from the government. As
11 have lectured for 18 years, this
| method of adding to my income is
i the most natural one to which to
| turn and I regard It as extremely
s legitimate. I did not think It Improper
to go from the Chautauqua
platform Into a presldenltal race.
e and If I had been elected. I would
a have thought It no stepping down to
e return to the lecture platform. These
' meetings enable me to keep In touch
e with the people."
I- Thousands of people were present
' to hear the secretary of state,
e
,'t BUSINESS MEN FEAR ARREST.
| Seventeen Said to he Implicated In
Atlanta Vice System.
r Atlanta, July 14.?Seventeen well
known Atlanta business men are said
to be trembling with fear of being
" arrested In connection with the cons
fesslon of Corlnne Wilson, one of the
girls who Is baring to the police the
' alleged workings of the vice system
in Atlanta since the closing the the
n segregated district.
' The most startling feature of the
" ovldence gathered at police head- 1
quarters today tended to show that
older girls and women, assisted by
? men, had been luring girls as young
as 13 and 14 years of age Into a life
of vice.
" Several people have already been
arrested.
t In Justice to the rank and file of
it hotels In Atlanta, whose proprietors
i- are doing everything possible to aid
n me ponce, u miifii nr stntert that the
h present scandal touches the reputatl
tlon of only three hotels and no more
d namely, the Cumberland, the Britain
i- anil the Chllds. No other hotel la
Involved.
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LANCASTER, S. C., TU
ITR0CIT1ES CONFIRMED1
'EOPLE HACKED TO PIECES.
'onsular (Mlicfs IMunndercd and
lturnpd?Starvation and Disease
?Situation is Desperate.
Salonlkl, July 14.?The sacking
nd burning of the town of Seres by
he defeated Bulgarian army and the
.ccompanying outrages on women
nd atrocities on men were fully
on firmed today in a dispatch from
i well known Greek correspondent.
The retreating Bulgarian soldiers,
le telegraphs, opened a cannonade
vith four field guns from a hill above
he town on Friday. At the same
ime bands of Bulgarian soldiers, led
>y their officers, scoured the streets,
irst pillaging the stores and houses
md then drenching them with petroeum
and setting them alight until
he greater part of the town was
dazing.
The soldiers were accompanied by
he notorious revolutionary Colonel
fankoff, who with other former offl ore
of tho Thilcron?% ** ""
. ~ V. v.iv Muirsui mil ai III v wu? very
ictlve in Macedonia in 1903.
Even the foreign consulates in
seres were not spared, according to
he correspondent. The AustroIungarian
consulate offices were
>lundered and burned. Vice Consul
leorge C. Zlatko being carried off by
he maruders, but subsequently ransomed.
The Italian consulate also
vas sacked, but the consul bought
>ff the incendaries.
The Hank of Athens, the Oriental
lank, the Palace Of the Metropolian,
the Greek Synagogue, all the
schools, the tobacco warehouses of
he American, Austrian and German
ompanies and the hospitals were
urned after they had been pillaged.
The American Tobacco Company
ilone suffered to the extent of $1,^00.000.
Many people were crucified, hacked
to pieces or burned alive by the
maddened Bulgarians who committed
incredible outrages on women of
ill ages, many of whom died from
the effects.
The condition of those who escap?d
Is lamentable. Rich merchants
are dying of hunger, while wretched
mothers are trying to find covering
and food for their naked and starving
children.
The situation is desperate as all
the pharmacies were burned down
and there is a total lack of medicines
for the sick and bandages for the injured.
The Greek authorities In Saloniki
are rushing foodstuffs, clothing and
medicine to the stricken town.
EMBASSY OF U. S.
MENACED BY BOMB
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Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson
Receives Anonymous letter With
Threat to Blow Up Residence.
Mexico City. July 13.?An anonymous
letter containing threats to
blow up the United States embassy
was received by Ambassador Henry
Lane Wilson yesterday, and immediately
referred to the Mexican foreign
office for investigation.
As an indication of the fervor of
patriotism that has been aroused in
Mexico the department of the interior
announced that representatives
of 30,000 workmen had appealed
to the government for military
instruction in order that they
might be ready to fight for the national
existence.
The American ambassador protested
energetically to the Mexican
government yesterday against permitting
another anti-American demonstration.
The newspaper El Pais says it has
been visited by a committee of women
school teachers who offered to
mr i aunn ui lUC ill 111y it 1111 1IKU1
In case of an international conflict.
Students of the capital are organizing
a demonstration for Sunday in
which they have invited all classes
to participate. Although the organizers
have cautioned those who will
participate to keep order, there is
grave fear on the par* of conservative
Mexicans and also among the
American colony that the demonstration
will provoke serious trouble.
Despite protests of Ambassador
Wilson in regard to the attitude of
the newspapers, especially of El
Pais, the latter journal devotes its
entire first page to the anti-American
movement., the articles being
highly sensational.
Editorially it cautions prudence
but utters a strong intimation that
the time is near when Mexicans must
fight the United States. It urges the
public not to place itself in the position
of having provoked a war and
to leave the responsibility to the
United States. It declares that a
great wave of patriotic enthusiasm
has been aroused throughout the
country.
Wife's Hat Too High For Auto.
Paris, July 14.?Count de Kergerday
has Just won In court an order
granting him $200 rebate from
an automobile manufacturer because
the limousine he purchased from
him had a roof too low to accommodate
the high plumes which his wife
wore on her hat. The judge ruled
that it was the duty of a manufacturer
of cars of fashion to take account
of the fact that long plumes
are being worn.
Honesty is still the best policy?
yet there seems to be a lot of people
who are opposed to playing "policy."
ESDAY, JULY 15, 1913.
SMITH CALLS FOR FIGURES;
: N
ON DAMAGES BY BOLL WEEVIL j
i
Has Written Secretaries of State of W
Texas, Louisiana and Other ra
States For Full Deport. ;
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Washington Special to Columbia
Record, July 14.?To convince the
| Benate committee on interstate com- b
! merce that the spread of the boll
| weevil eastward in the southern sta:
tea in not only serious but danger- S
I oub, so that a favorable report will f<
j be ordered in his bill to prohibit the
I planting of cotton on a strip of land b
| running from the mountain of Ten- P
I nessee to the Gulf of Mexicos in order si
1 to chech the spread of the post, Sen- b
! ator Smith of South Carolina has tl
: called upon the secretatry of state in j c
Texas, Louisiana and other states
whose cotton crops are damaged by it
1 the weevil, to furnish him with figu- o
! res pertaining to every anele of dpm- s
| age caused by the Uttie insect. p
Senator Smith has received hun- ti
dreds of telegrams from big farmers n
and coton men in the South congrat- a
ulating him on his plan to prevent v
the spread of the boll weevil.
The secetaries of state have been *
asked to show how many millions of
dollars have been lost to coton farmers
by the work of the boll weevil;
in dollars how land in the affected
district has deteriorated in value. I
i Senator Smith says that Louisiana
alone has lost a hundred million of
dollars in recent years; that should
the weevil spread to Tennessee, Georgia,
South Carolina, North Caroli- ^
na and Florida the loss would be so j)
great it would impossible to estimate J
the damage; that the sea island cot- (ton
crop of South Carolina would be ^
ruined and India alone would have to ?
i furnish the world with this grade of ^
! the fleecy staple. p
i The bill of Senator Smith now is v
being drafted. It has aroused great r
enthusiasm among southern senators
and representatives, and the. senat- t
or believes he will have no trouble in v
having it enacted into a law. a
FARMERS FIGHTING "
THE BOLL WEEVIL ;
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Planters in Western Alahnmn and V
Mississippi Determined to Make f
Good Crop in Spite of Pest.
Atlanta, da., July 14.?Farmers <
in Western Alabami and Mississippi i
are making a determined and win- <
ning ffght against the boll weevil t
and are being given loya' support by
business men, declares Mr. T. O. f
Plunkett, manager of the depart- t
ment of farm improvement work of I
the Southern Railway and affiliated f
lines, who in company with Mr. J. C. 1
Williams, assistant to President Finley,
has Just completed an Inspection ?
of farm conditions along the South- t
ern Railway, the Mobile & Ohio I
Railroad, and the Alabama Great t
Southern Railroad in this territory, c
"We did not find a community," i
says Mr. Plunkett, "where there is (
any excitement or the slightest sign
of panic but every one is in line de- r
it-i mint*u id pronuce cotton unoer ?
boll weevil conditions. Thousands t
of adult weevils were destroyed f
while the cotton wns small and ?
where they escaped farmers are now
destroying inf-jcted squares. On J
every hand we found appreciation of 1
the efficient services of the agents of (
our department and farmers are gen- t
erally heeding their advice in fighting
the weevil. I have heen in close i
touch with the boll weevil since 1
1900 and I believe that farmers in
this territory have heeded the warning
given them and will not suffer as '
did farmers further west."
i i ''Farmers who have adopted the
methods advocated by our agents are
1 expecting increased yields in spite of 1
the weevil, and with the determined
fight now being waged, I see no rea- ,
son why the general yield in this
great section should not be normal, I
thoueh individual farmora \vVir? Vinvo .
refused to take the advice of ex- <
perts are sure to lose heavily." ,
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KIRf.S YOUNG LADY. I
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Train Rearing Rryan and Senator
Ren Runs Over Girl.
Asheville Special to Charlotte Oh- ?
server. July 13.?The train which 1
1 brought Secretary of State and Mrs. 1
| Bryan and Senator T,uke I,ea into <
Asheville yesterday. Southern No. 1
14. ran over and Instantly killed Miss
Annie E. Williams of Gainesville, 1
Fla., a summer visitor, who was 1
crossing a small trestle near Swan- (
1 nanoa. <
A small nephew of Miss Williams,
who was with her, saw the train ap- t
1 proaching drew back from the tres- t
tie and escaped. The engineer of the t
locomotive, it Is said, did not see the (
1 voung ladv In time to ston his en- I
gine. I
The body of Mlas Williams was
carried to a nearby house, and -will 1
. probably be aent from there to her t
home In Florida. I
> j Accidentally Shoota Himself.
Jim Kllgo, an old colored man. ;
living on the Wylle place, west of
1 town, accidentally ahot himself Fri- 1
day afternoon in his left leg below 1
the knee. Inflicting aerloua Injuries 1
upon himself. He had been In the t
bottoms plowing and seeing the rain 5
coming tip, he hitched his mule to c
the wagon and was getting In when 1
the gun, a single-barrel weapon, t
i went off, the contents lodging in his t
leg. c
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TEACHERS CLOSE SESSION. g
ational Education Association Adjourns
at Salt I>ake City. X'
Salt Lake City, Utah, July 12.?
nth a general session in the Mor- K
ion tabernacle last night, the 51st ,
unual convention of the National |
ducation Association and affiliated
>cleties came to a close. Dr. |
oseph Swain, president-elect, spoke
riefly upon the pragram for the
asuing year.
Thomas Jesse Jones of the United
tates bureau of education pleaded jn
>r more democracy in education. tj(
"While we have proclaimed our
elief in the education of all the peo- ^
le with almost boastful pride," he to
aid, "we have been clinging with 0f
lind tenacity to a form of education jn
hat is both traditional and aristoratic."
q
Speaking on the subject of moral- p(
:y and wages, Irene E. McDermont to
f PittsblirP' flnolnroH laof o/lnrtnlUn
hould be made bo efficient that emloyers
would raise wages volun- 1 cj
arily. Education, he said, was
aore effective In preventing lmmor- V(
lity among girls than a minimum m
age. re
rs
NATION WIDE FIGHT
ON LIQUOR IN 1920 c
C<1
'oiling Declares Now Militant Edcation
Campaign Will be m
Waged. ol
is
Los Angeles, Cal., July 13.?To ni
he question "how to meet the pi
Iquor menace," Daniel A. Polling, hi
peaking for the United Societies of hi
"hristian Endeavorers. answered n<
iere today "educate and extermiate."
The speaker, who is the na- o]
lonal temperance and citizenship Si
uperlntendent of the society, said r<
reaknesses of the anti-saloon move- vi
aent had been due to a lack of unity.
"Rut in this new militant
ional campalpn." he said, "which O
kill be nationwide, we will present fc
i flphtinp platform of common lc
preement.
"We declare for national prohlbl- yl
Ion In 1920 as the elphteenth d
imendment to the constitution of the C!
Tnlted States and because of past r<
dtter defeats, where pood laws have h
>een entrusted to unfriendly and un- a
orr.mitted administrations, we de- p(
lare for the election of candidates ^
ind administrations outspokenly s<
ommitted to the enforcement of ex- r,
stlnp temperance laws and to the
omplete destruction of the lifjuor r<
raffle. a
"Our educational propram will be- p
tin with alcohol itself. The liquor ti
raffle is the master eorruptor of n
)olitics. The corrupted vote of ov- w
>rv state is in the hollow of the tl
iquor hand. tl
''We are convinced the hour has o
irrived when without prejudice to.
>r interference with the fundamental a
>rlnclples and policies of any par- h
lcular orpanization. all temperance n
rpanizations of the country should n
inlte In a nationwide propram of
'duration and extermination."
"America is a name that sounds h
nost friendly and familiar to the o
?ar of every Japanese, especially to t<
hof nf Tononnco Phrfofiono '' J
d Rev. T. Sawaya at another ses- e
ilon last night. p
"The essential thing In bringing
Vmerica and Japan Into truly friend- n
y and fraternal relations Is an ae- c:
>eptanee of the principles of Christ's t<
cachings." fl
Among speakers at churches today
was Rev. William V. Patterson of c!
Belfast, Ireland. f<
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GOVERNOR HITS AT ?
SECRETARY BRYAN ?
d
Blease Declares Federal Official
Should Not Draw Two
Salaries.
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Hendersonville, N. C., Special to f
rhe Columbia Record, July 14.? n
Governor Blease, in an interview to g
lay, attacked William Jennings Rrv- n
in who lectured here yesterday, for 1:
soing into Chautauqua work while
Secretay of state, o
The governor said he did not he- a
ieve the drawing of a double salary h
vas right, and that Rrvan should re- 1
dgn from the cabin if he found, as
he secretary of state indicated in an g
ntervlew published here, that he c
?ould not live on the salary of the of- h
Ice. s
The governor further stated that
Flryan's going about the country lec- t
ruring reminded him of a cheep cir- r
mis horse rider operating under the >
rack of a whip. b
Governor Blease stated that Sena- h
or Tillman had ruined himself with h
he people of South Carolina in just ?
he same manner when he went ab>ut
lecturing,: instead of remaining j
n wRRningion ana attending to the
justness of the senate.
Juat as the governor alighted from
lis train yesterday he met Bryan and
he two shook hands.
The governor la on his way to
31enn Springs for a brief rest. R
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Woman Orator Fights Dispensary. "
Orangeburg Special to The Co- t
umbla Record, July 14.?Mrs. Mary v
larrls Armour, known as the "Word's
Greatest Woman Orator," dell- I
'ered three addressee In this place a
lunday, In the lnter<*?t of the cause v
>f prohibition. This was the first gun h
lred In the cnmpagtn to be waged by t
he prohibitionists against the rees- s
abllshment of the dispensary In this p
;ounty. C
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$1.50 PER YEAR.
REEKS ENTER PROTEST
O HOPE OF ARBITRATION.
ing Constantine Complains of the
Atrocities of Bulgaria?Attitude
of Russia.
London, July 13.?Kin* Constant's
protest to the civilized world
cainst Bulgarian atrocttton
vtvoviujr o
ie last hope of those who believed
lat Russia would succeed in inducg
the belligerents to accept arbitraon.
The spectators of the struge
have been confident throughout
lat Servia would prove amendable
i the counsels of moderation in view
' the appalling losses she sustained
ejecting the Bulgarians from Ma dor.ia,
but were less hopeful that
reece would listen to reason, as her
;ople and army are obviously Indicated
by the victories over the
eaded Bulgars.
In his protest, the Greek King deares:
"I see myself compelled to wreak
?ngeanee in order to inspire these
onsters with terror and make them
"fleet before committing more outiges
of this sort."
The strength of King Constanne's
language and dispatches from
onstantinople late last night indiite
that Bulgaria may not merely
i stripped of the fruits of her viciry
over the Turks but possibly
ay have to submit to dimlnuation
..v. u?n icuiunj' ior imumania
credited with the intention of an?xing
a larger strip than she at first
roclaimed, while Turkey is joining
;inds with Servia and Greece and
as already ordered her troops to
ivance.
Beyond briefly chronicling the unppcsed
advance of the Roumanians,
afia maintains a significant silence
'gardlng the operations of the Serians
and Greeks.
Athens, July 13.?From King
onstantine, the Greek minister of
>reign affairs has received the folding
message:
"The commander of the sixth diision
reports that Bulgarian soliers
carrying out the orders of their
iptains, gathered together in the
aurtyard of the school at Demirissar
two priests and over 100 notbles.
whom they massacred. The
odies have been disinterred in orer
to prove the crime. Bulgarian
aldiers outraged girls, one of whom,
resisting, was cut to pieces.
"Protest in my name to the repssentatives
of the civilized powers
gainst the acts of these monsters in
uman form. Protest also to the enre
civilized world and say that, to
ly regret. I see mvself compelled to
reak vengeance in order to inspire
le monsters with terror and make
hem reflect before committing more
utrages of this sort.
"The Bulgarians have surpassed
11 the horrors of barbaric times and
ave proved that they 110 longer have
right to he recognized among civized
people."
The commander of the seventh dilslon
reports that the town of Seres
as been burned with the exception
f the Jewish and Mussulman quar?rs.
Many men, women and chilren
were found murdered or burnd
in the homes. Twenty thousand
ersons are without shelter.
A long statement issued by the
iinister of war gives details of
rimes alleged to have been comrait?d
by the Bulgarian troops while
eeing from the Greek army.
"Priests, old men, women and
hildren," says the statement, "sufpred
martyrdom after being subpcted
to unspeakable treatment. Inendarism
was the order of the day.
Tot a single church was respected
nd the savings of many people were
tolen by Bulgarian officers and soliers."
Constantinople, July 13.?The
'urkish troops at Tchatalja and Bu
... ...... ictn.cu uiucivg iu umrva
or the reoccupation of the Ottonan
territory now hold by the RularianR.
Preparations are being
nade for an advance toward Ergeni
ines.
The Rulgarian delegate, M. Nathovitoh,
last night expressed regret
t the failure of his mission, which
io had hoped would result in a
"ureo-Rulgarian alliance.
The mission of the Servian deleate.
M. Pavlovitch, has proved sucessfnl.
It is said that an agreement
letween Turkey and Servla will he
igned today.
According to the Turkish aecounts,
he agreement insures to Turkey the
ecovery of a large part of Thrace
legotiatlons for an understanding
ietween Turkey and Greece have
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f* believed, with pood prospects of a
atlsfaetorv conclusion.
aps Present I>ovinp Cup to Charleston.
Washington, July 14.?While dipomatlc
Washington is conjecturing
ver the voluminous correspondence
ietween the United States and Japn,
the two countries, by alternately
xtonding courtesies, to each other,
re keeping the curious ones compleely
in the dark as to the real sltuaion
reprading the California controersey.
During the past few weeks, the
Tnited States has officially welcomed
. dozen or more eminent Japanese
isitors, some of whom even, were
lero to sound public opinion as to
he anti-alien legislation which caued
the stir. Now the Japanese have
iresented the United States cruiser
Charleston with a silver loving cup.