The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 18, 1914, Image 1
o. 'VOL. lh NO. 100, SKMI-W
GERMANS AND ALLIES '
IN GREAT BATTLE'
Engagement in France Believed q
the Most Important. i,
V
ARMIES ARE REINFORMCED ?
0
Austrfian .Xdniies in (ialicia Report- 1
e<l Tlirstateiieil Willi Knvel%
j
opnient liy R Xussians.
I.ondon, Sept. 17.?Another great v
battle, even more vital for the coun- i
tries concerned than those that have 1
preceded it, is in progress on a line '
s
extending from the region of Noyo, n
the River Oise, northwest of Paris, ?o t
the River Meuse, north of Verdun.
The front ir shorter tha nin the at- ^
tie f the Marne, but this will result J
** only in a more flrerely contested bat j
tie, with masses f troops throwing <
.i .... - <
meuiseives ai earn omcr ami every '
available piece of artlllarv coneentr-'
<
ated In the determned effort of the f
armies to break through each other's
lines. <
The Germans, who a fortnight ago /
had to abandon their first swift en- '
deavor to destroy the armies of (
France and Great Britain and rap
ture Paris, have fortified themselves'
n the muntains north of the Itiver '
Alsne, through the plains of Chain.
pagne and in the Argnne Mountains (
through which the Mouse flows. i
They are in stronger psitions than I
they were for the battle the Marine :
and have been strongly reinfrcod :
with fresh troops from the north
nnat Tlw.i. Iroo,!,. Sa?./> ^.1 I
counter attacks against the allied 1
troops, which, flushed with victory,
have been trying to prevent them
from entrenching themselves.
Accrding to English and France
->t' official reports these attacks have
been repulsed and the Germans com
pelled to give way at certain points,
but the German general staff claims
the opposite. It is certain, however!
that the hilly country north of the
Aisne offers good ground for such
tactics.
It would appear that these western
wings of the tw armies, the German
right and the allies left, again
are to bear a heavy part. Upon the
armies of Gen. Von Kluck and Gen
Von Buelow depend the safety of
the rest of the German army shuld
treat be decided or forced on them.
Besides holding the frot, they have
to be prepared to withstand another
attempt on the part ot the allies to
outflank them.
FAVORABLY SITUATKD
These German forces hold a posit 1
.Ion from a point near Noyon, on the
'Oise, alng the district north of the
Aisne to the junction of the latter
river with the Suippes. Behind them
are splendid railway lines running
in all directions, which facilitate the
movement of troops from St Quentin.
Guise and Mezieres.
The allies, on the other hand, can
bring and it is believed they are
bringing In now troops through Rouen
and Amiens to threaten the German's
flank. In fact, nearly the whole
of Northwest France io open to the
allies, teli Germans having withdrawn
most of their scattered troops
eastward toward the Oise.
Field Marshall Kitchener, Secretary
of State fr war speakng today
with full knowledge of the situation
at the front declared: "The tide has
turned.*' So that he, although telling
the public that the war will be a
long one, appears to be hopeful of
the outcome.
The littl British army that has
fought so long an sno so hard is
looking forward to support from
Japann troops, which soon should be
at the sidde of the Kngllshmen, If
not ror anete presenet battle, then for
the one which must noon follow It.
no matter how it goes.
I?d Smothered in Cotton.
Chester apeclal to Charleston
News and Courier Sept. 17.?Jlmmie
Podds, the soven-year-old son of
W. O. Podds, tenant on the farm of
T. T. Lucas, near Liberty Church,
was smothered today in a pile of
loose cotton in which he was playing
.The child had been in the cotton
somo time when found and life
was extinct.
'KKKLY.
*EW WINTHROP YEAR
RF.OTTN TN F.ARNFRT
)ver Kight H limine I St mien fx Are
Kiiiolleil on Opening liny of
Session.
HockWill Special to The State,
September 16.?Witlirop, the great,
s again awake. After a short s^
keeks' nap following ti.e sunnier
cliool, the splendid institutioi* has
lice more aroused to its wont/d acivlty
and is pulsing with n<?v life
nd vigor, ready for the biggupt year
11 its history of U!? yein^**
Tlie formal opening exercises
vere held at 10 o'cloA this morning
n the auditorium, vAiieli was pracioally
filled by the large student
tody and the visitofe who occupied
eats in the rear aiy in the gallery.
Xlie reading ub the 2:?rd Psalm
?y Dr. Toh?soi^fcas followed by the
Jnging of "4\ Ilaii the rower of
[esus' NamuT led by the pipe organ
resided o\mt by Miss Is'ancy Campjell.
An ?rnest prayer by the Rev.
)r. P. B^^Vells of St. John's M. B.
liurch, and the singing of an anhem,
"My Faith Books l"|? to Thee,"
>y the choir, led by Miss Louise Sidlall,
concluded the preliminary ex
>rcises.
In a short and forceful talk Presi
lent Johnson extended a heartfell
welcome to the students. Dr. John
son then introduced Dr. J. it. Miller
chairman of the board of trustees oi
.he city schools, who spoke a few
ivords of cordial greeting.
Following this, the whole studen'
body rose and sang with enthusiast!)
vim tlie college song, "Our Aim:
Mater," led by Miss Margare
Cheyne, president of the Studen
Government Association and a mem
ber of the senior class. After this
routine work of filling out enroll
ment cards, etc., was gone tlirougl
with. The total enrollment for th>
day was 867. A few students an
delayed in arrival on account of sick
ues8.
Regular college exercises will be
gin with the opening hour tomorrow
and the session of 1914-1915 wll
have begun.
U. S. SAVED CARDEN
EMBARRASSMENT
Kept ('arranza From Handing 1'aspect
s to the British AcImssador.
Washington, Sept. 16.?IIouw Si
Lionel Carden, British minister t
Mexico, was forced by Gen Carranz
to leave Mexico City, the diplomati
intervention of the United States al
one preventing the Constitutionally
chief from abrupty handing past
nnriu tn t lin t lio minloine
ed in high official quarters here tt
night.
The facta in the diplomatic epiaod
became known only after the public
tion of an alleged interview in Ne
York with Siir Lionel criticising Pre
dent Wilson for ordering America
troops to withdraw rrom Vera Cru
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British an
bassador, promptly informed Secr<
tary Bryan that Sir Lionel, who sal
ed today for Kngland, had not bee
authorized ro make any atatemei
and that he would endeavor to get i
touch with him to learn of its accui
amy, which he himself doubted.
(ion. Carranza always believed th
English diplomatic was largely re
ponsible for iiuerta's dogged resi:
tence to diplomatic pressure and ha
told his friends that when the Coi
stitutionclists reached Mexico ("it
the minister would he deportet
When Carranza did reach Mexi<
City he wanted to hand Sir Lioni
his passports immediately and ordi
him to leuv" the country Throng
the Brazilian minister the Unite
Slates interceded and it was fiuall
arrange.: thai the diplomat io s/ojl
?e p rmilt?(l to leave ?vitnoi t Mi a
rassm*n-v J
Klotcher is Now in Comiiuficl ?
Fleqt. ?
New York, Sept. 17 ?R|?r Adroi
a) Charles J. Badger todal turnr
over the command or the North A
Untie fleet to Hear \dqiiral Fran
K. P'etcher who wvj cornmande- <
the fleet at Vera Cru: af the time <
the American oceunnlop last sprini
The ceremony of the transfer wj
staged on the quarter deck of tl
battleship Wyoming, Hear Admir
Badger's flagship, at the Brookly
navy yard, in the presence of navi
officers, with the Wyoming's ere
standing at attention Hear Admir,
Badger stepped forward and read tl
order of the navy department instn
ting him to relinquish command.
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T.ANnksTFJ*. S M F
7? JUR^
Y?ung Mother and Kaby Killed
f and Bodies Found.
MARION COUNTY TRAGEDY
I tenia in* of Victim* Taken Kron
Itnins of Home?Thomas
.\iiimoii* in .lail.
Mullins Special to Cliarlestoi
News and Courier, Sept. 1G.?'
fearful story comes from Raines to
day. Mr. W. M. Shelley, a well
known citizen of the county, livinj
eight miles south of here, came t'
town and reported a tragedy iri hi
immediate neighborhood, in which In
iz - ? - "
oner's jury, was among the first
arrive on the scene, and he gave I
I version of the affair, which is pru
tically the same as that of \
, Shelley. Mr. Spirow had, togeth
j with the evidence, a copy of the v<
diet, which is as follows:
"We, the undersigned, inquirii
jurors tlnd that I ..or a Ammns, d
s ceased, came to her death by a bin
ended Instrument in the IhuhIs
, Tommy Amnions, her husban
(1
j. (Signed) I). J. Atkinson, foreman
v and the balance of the jury.
1 The scene of the double tragedy
o near where three negro cliildr
,] were burned to death in a hou
?r three weeks ago, while their pareu
li'werJ away from home. Amnions w
id arrested and is in jail.
Abbeville Women to Wear Cotton
p. Abbeville, Sept. 16.?The worn
of Abbeville county, at a mass-mci
ing In the court house yesterday i
>f ternoon organize the W'^ar Cott
Clothes Club. A large and enthusii
r- tic crowd was present and after d
'd cussing the war situation organiz
t- a club, pledging themselves to u
K cotton products for clothing a
> household use as far as possible.
st The movement is expected to 1
g. ome state-wide among the worn
?s and is designed to create a dema
ie for cotton goods. It Is calculat
ul that if every female one year a
n over in South Carolina shrmhi h
al two cotton petticoats at 50 cei
w each, $750,558 would bo put ir
al circulation. Mrs. M. T. Coleman w
le elected chairman of the central cou
ic ty committee, with Mrs. P. W. W
aon Watta, aecrctary.
said that a young woman and ho
infant are thought to have bee<
murdered by the husband and father
Thomas Amnions, aged about 21
and his wife, aged 20 years, a daugh
tor for Steve Turner were the partie
to the tragedy, said Mr. Shelley. !
I was about 2 o'clock Monday morn
. ing who lithe neighbohood wa
, aroused by the cry of fire and who
1 the neighbors arrived .acoor ling t
Mr. Shelley, they found snmnio
i the sole survivor of tne family.
Amnions claimed, it is uaid, Ilia
i he was sleeping in a bed near til
1 window, while his wife and infan
1 occupied a separate bed; that w lit
he awoke the house was ablaze an
falling in, and that he barely ha
j time to jump through the windo'
i> 1 for his life Mp K1i??II????
e Amnions mr.de several contrdal?*tor
statements concerning the affair, an
toon aroused suspicion.
SUSPICION AROUSED.
11 Among other statements attribu
ed to Amnions was one that the lit
i was caused by a lamp explosio
After the fire had spent its fore
p
1 and a hurried investigation of tl
debris made, the remains of tt
mother and child were taken fro
the fire and examiner? t>y those pre
ent. including the coroner. It wi
I found that the woman's skull hu
? been crushed and her arm possib
( broken, and other mutilations of t!
I body were in evidence.
.. It was also reported here that cl
child's body showed signs of fo
(l play .and that the whole affair
wrapped in suspicion.
SENT TO JAIL.
After thorough nnd painstakii
( investigation the coroner's jury ft
warranted in implicating Ammo
and he was accordingly remanded
jail to await trial.
J. ('. Snlrow ! momhop nl' tlifl ...
in DAY, KKI'TKMBKK U.. 191
WILSON HEARS BELGIANSN
' SFNTFROM KING Al RFRT"
whin i l \J> I (l l III IVI I ILL/LI \ I
I Delegation Presented Abstract ,
of Investigation u
' THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS.
i'
i Complimented Itelgium mid Kvpressed
Hope lor the Karly
Km I of the Croat War.
!| Washington, S"|>t. 1<>. President ti
V Wilson notified the world today that K
_ the United States at this time cannot "
pass judgment on or take any part
in controversies between tin- warring C!
" Kuropean nations over alleged vio1
lations of the rules of civilized wars
fare and humanity\ lie said settle- ''
i. ment of these nuesUotis would have "
^ o
r to wait until i the end of the war.
which he prated might ne soon.
, The President announced the "
' American Kov<rnmcnt's position first ?
. in an address to the commission sent e
l?y tlie King of Belgium to protest
against alleged atrocities committed "
by the German army. Later he sent (
a cablegram along similar lines to
the Emperor of Germany, replying to ?
s the Emperor's protest that the allies v
n were using dum-rum bullets.
(, The Belgian commission was r<?- 11
celved at the White House with for- ''
rnal ceremony. The President, ae- "
conipanied by his military aide and ''
it several high government officials. ''
(. greeted the visitors in the East room a
|t and listened with grave attention to ''
their ddaress, setting forth in detail e
charges that German soldiery invad- (1
(' ing their land had killed and tor-!'
tured men. women ami children, de- v
w stroyed art treasures and racked 0
Lt cities.
. Mr. Wilson read his prepared re- ;'
. ply. \
"Permit me to say with what sin- v
cere pleasure 1 receive you as repre '
sentatives of the King of the Bel- ^
i glans, a people for whom the people '
of the ITnited States feel so strong '
a friendship and admiration, a King '
n,for whom they entertain so sincere f
V? f
a respect, and express my hone that
ie we may have many opportunities of '
u* earning and deserving their regard. 8
111 "You are not mistaken in be- 1
lieving that the people of this conn- '
ls try love justice, seek the true paths 1
1,1 or progress and have a paShionate re-1
'-v gard fo rthe rights of humanity.
u "It is a matter of nrofound nririe
to me that I am permitted for a time
ie to represent such a people and to he
u' their spokesman, and I am honored
's that your King should have turned
to me in time of distress as to one
who wishes on behalf of the people
he represents, to consider the claims '
to the impartial sympathy of man- '
,ls kind of a nation which deems itself '
f? wronged.
I "1 thank you for the document you
,r" have put in my hands containing the
1? result of an investigation made by a
'Is judicial committee appointed by the
IC" Belgian government to look into the
,r matter of which you have come to
er speak. It shall have my most aMen>r"
tivp perusal and my most thou*htful
consideration.
11K HOPES FOR PEACE.
le" "You will I am sure, nt expect
nt me to say more. Presently, I pray God
ot very soon, this war tVill be over. The
day of accounting; will then come,
when, I take it for^ granted, the nations
of Europe win assemble to de's
termine a settlement. Where wrongs
pn have been committed their con resft
quenees and the'^relative responsilts
bility involved will be assessed,
as "The nations of the world have
fortunately by agreement, made a
plan for such a reckoning and settle'*
ment. What smli a plan cannot
p!l compass, the opinion of mankind, the
final arbiter in fueh matters, will
supply. It would-be unwise, it would
Jn be premature for a single povernl8~
ment. however, fortunately separat'8*
ed from the present struggle, or.d it
U'Aiilfl ho lm<Anaictan( u'Uli Uia iiaii
tral position of any nation, which
like this hn? no part In the contest,
to form or express a final judgment.
>e" "I need not assure you that this
en
conclusion, In which I Instinctively
n feel tliat you will yourselves concur,
oc* is spoken frankly because In warm
nd friendship and as the :>est means of
u* (perfect understanding between us,
lts nn understanding based upon mutuai
1,0 'respect, admiration and cordiality.
"You are most welcome and we
are greatly honored that you should
( Continued on Page Five. )
14.
0 POSTPONEMENT li
FOR EXPOSITION V
In* I'luroiH'iin War Will Not he \l
Io\v?mI to IntfirlVrc With California
Show.
Columbia, Sept. 1 *?. Assiiramcs
T
ive been received by Col. K. J.
'atson, st; te commissioner of
;riculture commerce and Indus- .
!?
ies, in a letter from A. L. Cowell.
anaina-Pacific International Fxpocd
secetray for California of the
lion Co., that the ureal exposition
1 San Francisco will be opend on
me, February 20, l'.?ir>. despite the
uropean war:* that m: nv nations \\
re continuing with their work on r<
Khibit buildings and that the iud |j
>tions point to an increase instead
f a decrease in attendance.
Saturady. senate bill t!4.ri4, authorfiner
tin* si t niriit ir -.?* ?i
ip United States government eith- < <
r in the palaces of the exposition'.^
mipany or in the government buildlg
passed third reading and was '
rdered engrossed. The government <-<
vidently intends to participate in
!ie great exposition, regardless of
lie present economic upheaval, says
olonel Watson. w
The following is a paragraph out <;
f Mr. OoweU's letter to Colonel
Watson: ,
"If you hear any rumors to the ef- w
set that the exposition may he post- u
oned on account of the war, you j(
tav discount it 100 per cent. Pres- Vi
lent Charles C. Moore of the ex- n
osition company, has made' positive j,
nnouncement through the state delartment
at Washington that the ;i
xposition will he opened promptly s
n scheduled date, February 20. ,,
915, and that it will bo fully ready ,,
ihen open. Japan and some of the ,
tlier countries interested on the con- r
inents have asked for increased ex- j,
libit space. Italy has just enabled
he contractor to proceed at once a
kith work on the Italian building.
Ibout 3oo organizations have decid- t1
id to meet in or near San Francisco v
n 1915 and convention dates have*,
leen scheduled from February to v
November of next year. There is
:ood reason to believe that the at- ,
endance of the exposition will be j
ncreased rather than diminished on s
iccount of the war, as the tide of s
ravel which has annually surged to q
Europe will undoubtedly be turned ,
o California next year." f
JOS. G. SULLIVAN
AGAIN ON TRIALs
\
I.alli en-. runner Charged Wit ill ,
Killing J. >1. Cannon?Nearly r
All Kvidence In.
Laurens Special to Charleston
News and Courier. September 1 ?. Joseph
(5. Sullivan, a young farmer ^
of this county and a member ot one
oi" fie most prominent families t.f'
this aectin of the State, was today ,
placed on trial for the second time in ]
the Circuit Court for Laurens County
charged with the killing of Col John
M. Cannon, a prominent attorney of
this city, the homicide haX tg oc< ured
at C.arv Court, May 12, this year.
It. J. Copeland. Jr.. of Clinton, was
appointed foreman of the trial jury,
and before noon the taking of testimony*
was entered upon. Before 1
o'clock the State rested, having introduced
seventeen witnesses.
When Court adjourned, shortly
after t? o'clock, seven witnesses had
testified for the defence, including
the defendant himisclf, and his moth
er Mrs. Tlios. J. Sullivian.
In the main the lines of the prose
eution and of the defence are practically
the same as at the former
trial in June, when a mistrial in the ;
case was ordered. It is expected that (
that testimony will bo in by noon to
morrow and that tho case will go to .
the jury before night. * i
The jury Is looked up for tho night
on tho order of the Oourt. Because
of tho sudden illness of? tho Court sto
nographor, two young ladies of this
city. Misses Henry Wright and Will
Lou Hoyd, are jointly tiling this position.
i
Johnson City, Ton., Marshal is Killed. '
Nashvlll, Tenn,, flept 16.?A
Johnson City Tenn.. SDoeial savs
that Chief of oPliee George P. Campbell
was killed there today by
George Seglne, a negro, whom he ae
cuaed of hoot-legging. The negro fire
d a Winchester through the door
when Camjbedd tried to enter his
home, escaping in a passing deliery
wagon, but was captured later by a
big posse and rushed to the Jonesboro
jail.
$1.50 A Y KAK.
Ill nnil 1 IIA.6ir-P\rk
IILMJH BlftWtKS
KAISER'S MESSAGE
ext About Same as Speech t<?
I he Heltfian Commission.
s STRICTLY NEUTRAL.
[ lis ticriiinn Kinpeior Tim I Fairness
Prohibits a Final -Indgmeiit
at Present Time.
Washington, Sept. 16.- President
Hlson today replied to the message
eently received from Kmperor Wilani
protesting against tlie alleged
so by the allied armies of dum-dum
allots. He said he had read
ic communication with the gravest
iiworn hut hot * i ?
v..... ii nuiii i iji- unwise
nd premature for the United States
> express any final judgment in the
introversy.
The message was almost identical
ith the speech made by the Presient
to the Ftclgian commission
hich protested against alleged
erman atrociiies.
A cablegram replying to the pro's?
of President Poineare of France
ho charged that the Germans were
sing drm-dtim bullets also was preared.
It was not made public but
as known to follow closely the text,
f the President's message to Emeror
William, which was as follows.
"I received your Imperial Majeslys
mportant communication of the
eventh and have read it. with gravst
interest and concern. I am honord
that von vllOllld hnvn I
hp for it 11 impartial judgment as the
epresentative of a people truly disnterested
as reports the present war
,nd truly desirious of knowing and
peopling the truth.
"You will. I am sure, not expect
no to say more. Presently, I pray God
pry soon, this war will be over. The
lay of accounting; will then come
rhen I take it for granted the Natons
of Kurope will assemble to deternine
a settlement. Where wrongs
lave been committed their conequenees
and the relative re
ponsibility involved will be assesacd.
The Nations of the world have forunately
by agreement, made a plan
or such a reckoning and settlement.
Yhat such a plan cannot compess the
ipinion of mankind the final arbiter
>f all such matters will supply. It
vould be unwise, it would be prema,ure,
for a single Government however
fortunately separated from the
resent s.ruggle; it would even be in onsistent
with the neutral position
>f any Nation which like this has no
part in the contest, to form or express
i final judgment.
"I speak thus frankly because I
' now that you will expect and wish
me to do so as one friend should to
anomer anil because I fed sure that,
s m I: a resi rvation of judgment until
the I'l'd of the war, when all its
pvents and circumstances can be peen
in their entirety and in their true
relations will commend itself to you
as a true expession of sincere neutrality.
"woonuow wison.*'
II It i\ IN PKXNSY IV \ I N \
Progressives Also Nominate Met dr.
inick. for Governor,
llarrisburg, Pa., Sept. 1(1.?Vance
McCormick, of Harrisburg, Democraitc
nominee for Governor late today
was nominated by the Washington
party State committee as its candidate
for Governor, after William Draper
Lewis nominee of the Progressives
at the May primary, had withdrawn
rum made a personal plea for the
selection of Mr MeCormiek
Ry this notion fusion is accepted
in the Gubernatorial race Mr McCormiek
accepted the nomination. Nothing
was done about other nominations.
lit-,van Go to Asheville.
Washington September 13?Sccrj
tary Rryan and Mrs. Br/an left toright
for Asheville, N. *., <o s tend
several days at their summer heme.
They ay stay until next Wednesday
nnUss something nappen? to recall
Vr. Bryan.
Liege Abandoned by the (.erinans.
London, Sept. 17, 8:17 a. ra..? A
Rome dispatch to tlio Exchange Telegraph
Co. States that it is ofTioillpy
admitted in Rerlin that the CJermpns
have abandoned Liege