The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 15, 1913, Image 2
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VOL. 8, NO. 82, SEMI-W B
CONDEMNS FOUR TC DEATH A
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THE SI,AVERS OK JOHN LEWIS.
Meets Griffin, Tom Griffin, John A;
Crosby and Nelson llriee
Sentenced to Die. ^
Chester Special to Columbia State, rp
Jeif 13.?Four negroes?Meeks c0
GifcHn, John Crosby, Tom Griffin and P1
rNeVon Brlce?yesterday were found S(
gu'lty of murder and sentenced to A
dexth for the murder of John Q.
Levis, a highly respected Confed- f"
orate veteran of the Corn well section v*
of this county, April 2 6, last. The {n
negroes were sentenced to die in the
electric chair Friday, September 26, a*
ej t.
'. he verdict of guilty and the sen- lr
ler.clng of the four prisoners came pr
ts the culmination of the most sen- m
atlonal murder trial in the annals , n<
?f Chester county. How the four
negroes plotted the death of the aged In
?tan was told on the stand Friday P*
by Monk tSevenson, who acted as
ratchman while the deed was done, th
This testimony, backed up by other
evidence, proved sufficient to clear K'
?*iy reasonable doubt from the
tr.tnds of the Jury, and after staying d?
9v.t about two hours the Jurofcrs re- at
turned a verdict of guilty without t'1
recommendation to mercy in the cc
?uses of all four negroes.
C. J. Ramage of Saluda, acting di
Judge, then pronounced sentence on te
the negroes, setting the time of exe- i
fvition as September 26. between the ^
hours Tf 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. ^
The finish of this murder trial
yesterday has been without prece- ,
tent in this county. The court room
tr.d eourt lawn were packed with E
people all day.
Many witnesses were examined
both in the morning and afternoon.
The entire case presented an unbroken
chain of evidence in corro- jn
. il ? *1 * ? *
vmiiuii ui me i-oiiiession mane oy |<>
Monk Stevenson, an accomplice in ja
the tragedy, to Sheriff Colvin and st
Deputy Blndeman, which incriminat- t0
d the four negroes. Stevenson will jvi
be given a trial at the fall term of
court. ly
W. H. Newbold made a hopeless cc
defense for the negroes, while Soli- >'
e'tor J. K. Henry, it is said, made e>
the premier speech in hi? career for cj
the state. A. L. Gaston assisted the w
olieitor. ar
Detective Powers came in for con iderable
praise for his part in un- tb
raveling?the murder mystery. f0
GREEKS SEND FUNDS
TO KEEP UP WAR m
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Money Still Pouring in to Queen
Prom All Parts of the
Fnite<l States. p'
New York, July 14.?A great ^
amount of enthusiasm is manifest ai
among the few remaining Greek resi- sf
dents of this city over the war of the a
mother country. The great majority
have already left for the front and J
many can be seen going aboard the
steamships every day. J
Those who remain are mostly
r Greeks who have established busi
a ess houses and who could not afford
to leave at this time. To Bhow that i
It Is not because they do not want
to go and that they have Just as
much patriot!? feeling Tor the mother
country as those who have gone to
the front they contribute financially vi
toward the support of the war. SI
In the last three days $12,000 er
have been received at the office of
the Atlantis, the Greek dally news- cl
paper, and forwarded to the Queen P'
Of the Hellenes to use &r she thinks w
!est. Money is still pouring In from to
11 parts of the United States and
snada. .
Mrs. Eutballa Melachrino, the wife th
a wealthy cigarette manufactur- "I
r, sent In a check for $2,000 yester- th
fay in addition to the large sums Rhe oi
it d Mr. Melachrino contributed to- I
* ird the first war. 11
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8. C. BANKERS ADJOURN. th
tu
tright Williamson of Darlington is 'p
# Elected President. PJ
Ashevllle, July 13.?With the
flection of officers and action on a h{
number of important reports, the rr
South Carolina Rankers' Association, m
which has been In session at T.ake w
Toxaway for the past day or two, adjourned
late yesterday nftemoon. to
Invitations from several cities were
ecelved, asking for the 1914 con- .
mention, but this question was left
to the executive committee. ?
Bright Williamson of Darlington,
I. C., was elected president of the
association; Charles J. Shannon of
Camden, was elected vice president;
Lee O. Holleman of Anderson, was
re-elected secretary and treasurer. nr
Addresses were made by Charles f0
Fall Davis of Petersburg, Va.. and K]
XJ. F. Stevenson of Cheraw, 8. C. ai
Both the addresses were well re- jn
calved. The association went on se
record as favoring the erection of |
the proposed barrier against the boll
weevil. The association also went
on record as favoring the establish- 0j
ment of some sort of credit system m
for the aid of farmers in the state. afl
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m PrtMMnt Is Surprised at Tariff
Change. Rr
Washington. July 14.?President
Wilson today expressed surprise that hr
the senate finance committee had In- nr
creased duties In the tariff bill on th
works of art and hook. He believes pr
i those articles are more of educational tl<
"v uses than luxuries. It was Indicated ns
that the president would consult sen- ar
tators on the charge. In
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EKLY.
MERICAN8 FLEE FROM MEXICO
any Face Financial Ruin as Result
of Series of Revolutions.
Washington, July 13.?Destitute
mericans are arriving in the United
,ateB on every boat from Mexican
>rts. Many of them face financial
lin in consequence of the series of
ivolutions which has paralyzed
mmercial and industrial enter izes
and they are leaving the
>uthern republic with reluctance,
merican consuls are empowered to
aw upon the state department for
nds to bring Americans out of the
irious danger zones and in some
stances notably at Torreon, conils
and consular agents to relieve
;tual hunger.
Before Mexico passed through the
avail which commenced the Mad o
revolt against the Diaz regime,
ore than two years ago, most of the
jw Indigent Americans were engagI
In prosperous ranching and mlng
enterprises or other commercial
irsults. While the United States
>vernment has repeatedly warned
lem to flee and depend upon the
>vernment of the United States to
larantee a settlement of th Mr
aims against Mexico, the fear of
day in the adjustment of claims
id the hazard of the loss of destrucon
of all in the revolution-torn
>untry. Within the last month,
jwever, between four and Ave hun-ed
have been brought to the Unid
States at government expense.
ALL OF SOUTH AND
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
ditor of Frost's Magazine Deplores
Demoralizing Influence of
Scantily Draped Women.
Atlant, July 14.?The demoralizg
influence of scantily draped lads
on Atlanta streets, and pictures of
dies draped not all in Atlanta art
ore windows, is deplored in an edirial
of the current Issue of Frosts's
agazine, "The Call of the South."
The editorial, which deals serlouswith
the social problem and its
implications in the South, says:
rhe eradication of some of these
rils must come by Individual and soal
growth. One of the methods by
hich these evils will be curtailed
id crowded out of act and thought is
le requirement of public sentiment,
te demand of public opinion. The en
rcement of this demand is aided
r publicity."
Of the picture "September Mom,"
hich created such a furore of exciteent
a short time ago, and which
as finally permitted to stay in the
t store windows, the editorial says:
This picture can offer art only as a
etext. The figure is not normal
'en, and the posture not graceful,
hat nudeness is the purpose of the
tist rather than to impart an indrational
impression of nature on
glorious morning is evident."
RYAN'S SALARY TOO
SMALL FOR EXPENSES
*ys He is Appearing on Chntnuqua
Platform to Make Enough to
Make Both Ends Meet.
Asheville, July 13.?During the
livery of a lecture at Hendersonlie,
near here, today, Secretary of
ate William Jennings Bryan pausI
in the bourse of his lceture to
ate that he is compelled to deliver
lautauqua lectures in order to supement
his government salary,
hich he declared is not sufficient
i meet his expenses.
"As this is my first chautauqna
cture since becoming a member of
ie cabinet," said Secretary Bryan,
t nav not ho out of ni???
-v, V/* |/imr w r+ny
iat I find It necessary to lecture in
der to supplement the Balary which
receive from the government. As
have lectured for 18 years, this
ethod of addlug to my Income 1b
ie most natural one to which to
irn and I regard It as extremely
gltimate. I did not think It lm oper
to go from the Chautauqua
atform into a presldenltal race,
id If I had heen elected, I would
ive thought It no stepping down to
(turn to the lecture platform. These
eetings enable me to keep in touch
1th the people."
Thousands of people were present
hear the secretary of state.
BUSINESS MEN FEAR ARREST.
iventeen Said to be Implicated in
Atlanta Vice System.
Atlanta, July 14.?Seventeen welllown
Atlanta business men are said
he trembling with fear of being
rested in connection with the conssion
o' Oorinne Wilson, one of the
rls who is baring to the police the
leged workings of the vice system
Atlanta since the closing the the
gregated district.
The most startling feature of the
ddence gathered at police headlarters
today tended to show that
der girls and women, assisted by
en, had been lfirlng girls as young
i 13 and 14 years of age into a life
vice.
neverai peopje nave already been
rested.
In Justice to the rank and file of
>tels In Atlanta, whose proprietors
e doing everything? possible to aid
e police, It must be stated that the
'esent scandal touches the reputajn
of only three hotels and no more
imely, the Cumberland, the Britain
ill the Chllds. No other hotel Is
volved.
LANCASTER, S. C., TUI>
ATROCITIES CONFIRMED'SI
PEOPLE HACKED TO PIECES. 0>
Consular Offices Plunndered and II#
Burned Starvation and Disease
?Situation is Desperate.
Saloniki, July 14.?The sacking
and burning of the town of Seres by Re
the defeated Bulgarian army and the sei
accompanying outrages on women mt
and atrocities on tn?n woro ??"? !
confirmed today in a dispatch from : tet
a well known Greek correspondent, ou
The retreating Bulgarian soldiers, be
he telegraphs, opened a cannonade ' ph
with four field guns from a hill above j ru
the town on Friday. At the same ; ne
time bands of Bulgarian soldiers, led to
by their officers, scoured the streets, (at<
first pillaging the stores and houses j ca
, and then drenching them with petro- Tc
, leum and setting them alight until wl
the greater part of the town was 1 tin
blazing. | rei
The soldiers were accompanied by i ag
the notorious revolutionary Colonel
Yankoff, who with other former offi- dr
cers of the Bulgarian army was very an
active in Macedonia in 1903. | uli
Even the foreign consulates in th
Seres were not spared, according to I
the correspondent. The Austro- as
Hungarian consulate offices were do
plundered and burned, Vice Consul m<
George C. Zlatko being carried ofT by in
the maruders, but subsequently ran- dis
; somed. The Italian consulate also 1
was sacked, but the consul bought al<
off the incendaries. do
I The Bank of Athens, the Oriental th
Bank, the Palace of the Metropoli- or
tan, the Greek Synagogue, all the na
schools, the tobacco warehouses of gr
the American, Austrian and German th
mmnnnipc r?rwi ~
, ?..x. v..t nur,Jll"lS " PIC to
burned after they had been pillaged, ru
The American Tobacco Company , fu
alone suffered to the extent of $ 1.-th
000,000.
Many people were crucified, hack- be
ed to pieces or burned alive by the ,.n
maddened Bulgarians who commit- 1 an
ted incredible outrages on women of or
all ages, many of whom died from ba
the effects.
The condition of those who escaped
is lamentable. Rich merchants F
are dying of hunger, while wretched i
mothers are trying to find covering j
and food for their naked and starving
children.
The situation is desperate as all
the pharmacies were bunted down j
and there is a total lack of medicines
for the sick and bandages for the injured.
The Greek authorities in Salonikl ln
are rushinir foodstuffs />inttitno- ar
medicine to the stricken town. nl
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EMBASSY OF U. S. pi
MENACED BY BOMB X
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Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson jp1
Receives Anonymous letter With of
Threat to Hlow l*p Residence. er
Ri
1 Mexico City, July 13.?An anonj- ?50
mous letter containing threats to
blow up the United States embassy sa
was received by Ambassador Henry aT1
Lane Wilson yesterday, and Imme- Qf
dlately referred to the Mexican for- te
eign office for investigation. bo
1 As an indication of the fervor of nf
patriotism that has been aroused in W]
Mexico the department of the In- W1
terlor announced that, representa- de
tives of 30,000 workmen had ap- ev
pealed to the government for mill- th
tary Instruction in order that they OV]
might be ready to fight for the na- er
tional existence. jn
I The American ambassador pro- to
tested energetically to the Mexican i<)
government yesterday against per- th
mittlng another anti-American dem- jn
onstratlon. di
The newspaper El Pais says it has
been visited by a committee of wo- mi
men school teachers who offered to ex
enter the ranks of the army and fight th
in case of an international conflict,
Students of the capital are organ- BO
izlng a demonstration for Sunday in
which thev have invited nil eioauno
.... .... ln
to participate. Although the organ- re
izers have cautioned those who will
participate to keep order, there is
grave fear on the part of conserva- ;
tive 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 S(V
Pais, the latter journal devotes its j
entire first page to the anti-American
movement, the articles helrg
highly sensational.
Editorially it cautions prudence Aj
hut utters a strong intimation that pj
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 wj
to leave the responsibility to the
United States. It declares that a
great wave of patriotic enthusiasm |0(
has been aroused throughout the vo
country. .
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Wife's Hat Too High For Auto. eai
Paris, July 14.?Count de Ker- bri
gerday has Just won In court an or- "?
der granting him $200 rebate from
an automobile manufacturer because
the limousine he purchased from
him had a roof too low to accommo- n_
date the high plumeR which his wife
wore on her hat. The judge ruled (la
that it wan the duty of a manufaoturer
of cars of fashion to take ac- u_
count of the fact that long plumes ^0
are being worn. 0o]
? th<
Honesty is ntlll the best policy? tlx
yet there seems to be a lot of people we
who are opposed to playing "policy." leg
>DAY, JULY 15, 1913.
1ITH CALLS FOR FIGURES
: 7
? DAMAGES BY BOLL WEEVIL.
I
is Written Secretaries of State of 1
Texas, Louisiana ami Other j 1
States For Full Heport. ; j
Washington Special to rolnmWa ?
scord, July 14.?To convince the J
:iate committee on Interstate com- 1
jrce that the spread of the boll *
levil eastward in the southern sta5
In not only serious but danger- 5
8, so that a favorable report will 1
ordered in his bill to prohibit the
anting of cotton on a strip of land 1
nntng from the mountain of Ten- 1
8see to the Gulf of Mexicos in order f
chech the spread of the pest, Sen- 1
dt Smith of South Carolina has t
Hud upon the secretatry of state in <
.vas, Louisiana and other states
aose cotton crops are damaged by 1
e weevil, to furnish him with figu- <
b pertaining to every angle of dem- i
e caused by the little Insect. 1
Senator Smith has received hun- t
eds of telegrams from big farmers i
d coton men in the South congrat- i
ating him on his plan to prevent 1
e spread of the boll weevil.
The secetarles of state have been
ked to show how many millions of 1
liars have been lost to coton far- ;
ers by the work of the boll weevil; j
dollars how land in the affected
strict has deteriorated in value. 1
Senator Smith says that Louisiana
ane has lost a hundred million of
liars in recent years; that should '
e weevil spread to Tennessee, Gegla,
South Carolina, North Caroli- t
, and Florida the loss would be so ]
. ni 11 nuuiu lUipUBBlDie TO PSlimatP ,
e damage; that the sea island cot- j
11 crop of South Carolina would be ^
ined and India alone would have to ,
rnish the world with this grade of j
e fleecy staple. ,
The bill of Senator Smith now is 1
ing drafted. It has aroused great ,
thusiasm among southern senators
,d representatives, and the. senat- ,
believes he will have no trouble in ,
iving it enacted into a law.
ARMERS FIGHTING
THE BOLL WEEVIL ;
i
nnters in Western Alabama and 1
Mississippi Determined to Make 1
flood Crop in Spite of I'est.
Atlanta, Ga., July 14.?Farmers <
Western Alabama and Mississippi i
e making a determined and win- 1
ng fight against the boll weevil i
id are being given loyal support by
islness men, declares Mr. T. O. I
unkett, manager of the depart- 1
ent of farm improvement work of 1
e Southern Railway and affiliated <
IPS. who in fnmnan? " Itl. TI- T r> 1
, ? *?I. J- v- 1
illlams, assistant to President Finp,
has just completed an inspection i
farm conditions along the South- <
n Railway, the Mobile & Ohio 1
illroad, and the Alabama Great 1
uthern Railroad in this territory. <
"We did not find a community," 1
ys Mr. Plunkett, "where there is <
ly excitement or the slightest sign
panic but every one is in line de- l
rmined to produce cotton under <
11 weevil conditions. Thousands 1
adult weevils were destroyed <
iile the cotton was small and
here they escaped farmers are now
stroying infected squares. On
ery hand we found appreciation of 1
e efficient services of the agents of <
ir department and farmers are gen- 1
ally heeding their advice in fightg
the weevil. I have been in close '
uch with the boll weevil since
>00 and I believe that farmers in
is territory have heeded the warng
given them and will not suffer as '
d farmers further west."
'Farmers who have adopted the
sthods advocated by our agents are
pecting Increased yields *n spite of 1
e weevil, and with the determined
;ht now being waged, I see no rea- j
n why the general yield in this
eat section should not be normal, I
ough Individual farmers who have
fused to take the advice of ex- <
rts are sure to lose heavily." ,
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KlliliS YOf'Xfl i.Anv i
ain Rearing Rryan and Senator
Lea Runs Over Girl.
Asheville Special to Charlotte Ob- !
rver, July 13.?The train which 1
ought Secretary of State and Mr?. 1
yan and Senator Luke Lea into <
ihevllle yesterday. Southern No. 1
, ran over and instantly killed Miss
inie E. Williams of Gainesville, 1
a., a summer visitor, who was l
casing a small trestle near Swan- <
noa. <
A small nephew of Miss Williams.
10 was with her, saw the train ap- t
oaching drew back from the tres- 1
! and escaped. The engineer of the 1
omotive, it is said, did not see the <
ung lady in time to stop his en- i
le. 1
The body of Miss Williams was
rried to a nearby house, and will 1
obably be sent from there to her t
me in Florida.
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Accidentally Shoots Himself.
Jim Kilgo. an old colored man.
in* on me wyue piace, west of
?n, accidentally shot himself Fri- 1
y afternoon in his left leg below 1
5 knee, inflicting serious injuries 1
on himself. He had been in the >
ttoms plowing and seeing the rain S
ailng up, he hitched his mule to (
? wagon and was getting in when 1
i gun, a single-barrel weapon, t
nt off, the contents lodging in his t
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TEACHERS CLOSE SESSION. g|j
National Education Association Adjourns
at Salt I>ake City. NO
Salt Lake City, Utah, July 12.? 1
iVith a general session In the Mor- Kin
non tabernacle last night, the 51st i
iniium convention or the National |
Education Association and affiliated ;
locieties came to a close. Dr. i ^
Joseph Swain, president-elect, spoke ^jnf
jriefly upon the pragram for the aKa
>nsuing year.
Thomas Jesse Jones of the United tha
States bureau of education pleaded jng
or more democracy in education. tjOI]
"While we have proclaimed our
jelief in the education of all the peo- tjja
)le with almost boastful pride," he
<ald, "we have been clinging with (
ilind tenacity to a form of education jn ,
.hat is both traditional and aristo- ce(j
iratlc." Ore
Speaking on the subject of moral- peo
ty and wages, Irene E. McDermont tox|
)f Pittsburg, declared that education (jre
should be made so efficient that em- t j
plovers would raise wages volun- cjal
tarily. Education, he said, was
more effective in preventing immor- ven
ility among girls than a minimum mol
tvage.
rtjn
rap
NATION WIDE FIGHT i i
ON LIQUOR IN 1920 hot
cab
be
['oiling Declares New Militant Ed- ton
ration Campaign Will be ma;
Wafted. of
Is c
Los Angeles, Pal.. July 13.?To nex
the question "how to meet the pro
liquor menace," Daniel A. Polling, han
speaking for the United Societies of has
''hristlan Endeavorers, answered adv
here today "educate and extermi- I
aate." The speaker, who is the na- opp
tional temperance and citizenship Sofl
superintendent of the society, said reg
weaknesses of the anti-saloon move- viai
ment had heen d\ie to a lack of unity.
"But in this new militant educa- 4
tional campaign." he said, "which Cor
will he nationwide, we will present fori
a fighting platform of common low
agreement. "
"We declare for national prohihi- visi
tior. in 1920 as the eighteenth die:
amendment to the constitution of the cap
United States and because of past oou
bitter defeats, where good laws have hisi
been entrusted to unfriendly and un- abb
committed administrations, we de- pod
clare for the election of candidates fler
-1 T1 /I O /I ** " 4 1 ~ 1
t?m? auiuiui^iniuui^ ouiKpuiteniy sole
committed to the enforcement of ex- resi
Isting temperance law? and to the
complete destruction of the liquor res<
traffic. apa
"Our educational program will he- hnT
tin with alcohol itself. The liquor tire
traffic is the master corruptor of my
polities. The corrupted vote of ev- wre
pry state is in the hollow of the the
liquor hand. the
"We are convinced the hour has out
arrived when without prejudice to.
or interference with the fundamental all
principles and policies of any par- hav
ticular organization, all temperance a r
organizations of the country should lize
unite in a nationwide program of q
education and extermination." . visl
"America is a name that sounds has
most friendly and familiar to the of
par of every Japanese, especially to ter;
that of Japanese Christians," declar- dre
ed Rev. T. Saw ay a at another ses- ed
sion last night. per
"The essential thing in bringing /
America and Japan into truly friend- mir
woman Orator Fifchta Dispensary.
Orangeburg Special to The Co- tior
umbla Record, July 14.?Mrs. Mary ven
Jarris Armour, known as the "Wor- T
d's Greatest Woman Orator," dell- Unl
rered three addresses^ in this place a d
lunday, in the interest of the cause visi
>f prohibition. This was the first gun her
ired in the campagln to be waged by the
he prohibitionists against the rees- sed
ablishment of the dispensary in this prei
:ounty, Cha
I
ly and fraternal relation? 1? an ae- erii
reptance of the principles of Christ's ted
teachings." flee
Among speakers at churches today "
wap Rev. William V. Patterson of chil
Belfast, Ireland. fen
jeci
GOVERNOR HITS AT n".
SECRETARY BRYAN
die:
111 ease Declares Federal Official
Should Not Draw Two C
Salaries. Tut
l lair
Hendersonville, N. C., Special to for
The Columbia Record, July 14.? mai
Governor Blease, in an interview to gar
day, attacked William Jennings Rry- mai
an who lectured here yesterday, for linr
going into Chautauqua work while 1
Secretav of state cVin
The governor said he did not be- at
lieve the drawing of a double salary he
was right, and that Rryan should re- Tur
sign from the cabin If he found, as 1
the secretary of state Indicated In an gati
Interview published here, that he ces>
"ould not live on the salary of the of- bet
flee. sigr
The governor further stated that A
Rrvnn's going about the country lec- the
trurlng reminded him of a cheep cir- rec<
mis horse rider operating under the Nep
rack of a whip. bet'
fiovernor Rlease stated that Sena- bee
or Tillman had ruined himself with is h
he people of South Carolina in Just sati
he same manner when he went ab>ut
lecturing,: instead of remaining j
n Washington and attepding to the p
iusiness of the senate.
Just as the governor alighted from ^
lis train yesterday he met Bryan and 'om
he two shook hands.
The governor is on his way to
Jlenn Springs for a brief rest. an?
ext<
s.
$1.50 PER YEAR.
EEKS ENTER PROTEST
IIOI'E UK AltlllTHATlON.
ig Constantine Complains of
Atrocities of Bulgaria?Attitude
of Russia.
,ondon, July 13.?King Constan>'s
protest to the civilized world
inst Bulgarian atrocities destroys
last hope of those who believed
t Russia would succeed in lnducthe
belligerents to accept arbitrai.
The spectators of the strughave
been confident throughout
t Servia would prove amendable
he counsels of moderation in view
'he appalling losses she sustained
jjecting the Bulgarians from Maonia,
but were less hopeful that
ece would listen to reason, as her
pie and army are obviously lnIcated
by the victories over the
aded Bulgars.
n his protest, the Greek King de es:
I see myself compelled to wreak
geance in order to inspire these
asters with terror and make them
ect before committing more outes
of this sort."
'he strength of King Constants
language and dispatches from
istantinople late last night indi3
that Bulgaria may not merely
stripped of the fruits of her vie7
nvor rT'" " 1?4 M
_ . vuc luinis UUl poSSlDiy
y have to submit to dimtnuation
her own territory for Roumania
:redited with the intention of aning
a larger strip than she at first
claimed, while Turkey is joining
ids with Servia and Greece and
already ordered her troops to
ance.
leyond hriefly chronicling the unosed
advance of the Roumanians,
la maintains a significant silence
arding the operations of the Serns
and Greeks.
Uhens. July 13.?From King
istantine, the Greek minister of
pign affairs has received the foling
message:
The commander of the sixth dlon
reports that Bulgarian solrs
carrying out the orders of their
tains, gathered together in the
rtyard of the school at Bemir*ar
two priests and over 100 notps,
whom they massacred. The
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Uiniutcnru III urto
prove the crime. Bulgarian
tiers outraged giris, one of whom,
Isting, was cut to pieces.
'Protest in my name to the repentatives
of the civilized powers
Inst the acts of these monsters in
nan form. Protest also to the en1
civilized world and say that, to
regret. I see mvself compelled to
>ak vengeance in order to inspire
monsters with terror and make
m reflect before committing more
rages of this sort.
'The Bulgarians have surpassed
the horrors of barbaric times and
e proved that they no longer have
ight to be recognized among civid
people."
The commander of the seventh dion
reports that the town of Seres
been burned with the exception
the Jewish and Mussulman quar*.
Many men, women and chiln
were found murdered or burnin
the homes. Twenty thousand
sons are without shelter.
t long statement issued by the
lister of war gives details of
nes alleged to have been commitby
the Bulgarian troops while
ing from the Greek army.
'Priests, old men, women and
Idren," says the statement, "suf?d
martyrdom after being subted
to unspeakable treatment. Indarism
was the order of the day.
a single church was respected
I the savings of many people were
len by Bulgarian officers and solrs."
"onstantinople, July 18.?The
kish troops at Tchatalja and Bu
have received orderes to march
the reoccupation of the Otton
territory now held by the Bulians.
Preparations are being
tie for an advance toward Ergeni
is.
'he Bulgarian delegate. M Nat
vitch. last night expressed regret
the failure of his mission, which
had hoped would result in a
co-Tlulgarian alliance.
"he mission of the Servian delep,
M. Pavloviteh. has proved sueiful.
It is said that an agreement
ween Turkey and Servia will he
led today.
according lo the Turkish accounts,
agreement insures to Turkey the
ivery of a large part of Thrace.
;otiations for an understanding
iveen Turkey and Greece have
n proceeding at the same time, it
lelieved. with good prospects of a
sfactory conclusion.
s Present Ixiving Cun to Churlps.
ton.
Washington, July 14.?While dipatic
Washington is conjecturing
r the voluminous correspondence
ween the United States and Japthe
two countries, by alternately
mding courtesies, to each other,
keeping the curious ones complein
the dark as to the real situai
regrading the California controley.
Hiring the past few weeks, the
ted States has officially welcomed
o7,en or more eminent Japanese
tors, some of whom even, were
p to sound public opinion ah to
anti-alien legislation which cauthe
stir. Now the Japanese have
sented the United States cruiser
irleaton with a silver loving cup.