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"* . *,.r. . .-f . w VOL. 10, NO. 20, SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S.C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1914. * ' an r>n A vir^n NURNBERG IS SUNK; ! DRESDEN CORNERED British Overtake Fleeing German Cruisers After Bat tie. NURNBERG SMALL VESSEL. - % Claimed Sturdee's Squarilon lucluded Nine Battle Cruiners. Fight Lasted Five Hours. London, Dec. 10.?The German cruiser Nurnberg, which withdrew from the battle off the Falkland Islands last Tuesday and attempted to escape in company with the cruiser Dresden while the British warships under Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Dovoton Sturdee were sinking the cruisers Schanrhorst, Gneisenaa and Leipslg, was hunted across the wata* oy units of the British fleet and sunk the same day. This information was contained in a statement of the British official press bureau made public today. '?he statement added that Beaich for the Dresden was still proceeding. The text of the communlcst'on follows: "A further telegram has been received from Vice Admiral Dovoton Sturdee reporting that the Nurnberg was also sunk on December 8 and that the search for the Dresden , is still proceeding. Although the official nress hnrenn ' says the British men-of-war still are Beeking for the last one of Admiral Von Spee's vessels, unofficial reports received in Buenos Aires say the Dresden has been cornered in the Straits of Magellan. Whether these reports are true or not it i? believed In admiralty circles here tlv.t the i Dresden, even though she is a some- I what faster boat than any of those sunk in Tuesday's battle, eventual-1 ly will be brought into action. The battle in which the Scharnliorst, Gnclsneau and Leipzig were sent to the bottom, according to an j admiralty report, lasted five hours with intervals. The Schamhorst sank in three hours and the Gnelsenau two hours later. No loss of any British vessel has been reported by the admirality. PrWate Secretary of State's Next Governor. j Sumter. Special to Charleston News and Courier, Dec. 10.?The Hon. R. I. Manning announced to day that he wo^ld appoint Herbert A. Moses, who has been I1I3 secretary for a number of?years, as his private secretary, upon :hls inauguration as governor in January. Mr. Miles Wood, who has-been Mr. Manning's stenographer for several months, will have the same position in the j governor's official family. The appointments are made for purely personal reasons and have no political -significance. It was stated. liig Successes of the Servian Army. Paris, Dec. 0.?A Havas dispatch t ' front Nish, Servia, says: "The crushing offensive movement ! of the Servian army has been sue- j cessful along the entire front. The Auestrians are retreating in the j greatest disorder, losing a large number of prisoners and cannon and war material. "At one point alone the Servians took 2,000 prisoners and the hand , and the (lag of the Twenty-second . regiment." Millets Greet Miss. Naco, Ariz., Dec. 10.?Brig. Gen. Tanker H. Bliss, who arrived here today take charge of American troops guarding the border, made his first examination of the situation under Are. Two bullets fired In the battle on the Mexican side of the boundary passed perilously near the general and his staff as he was examining a bomb-proof near the im- ' migration station, about 100 feet north pf tftie International line. Oongressmaa Payne Dead , Washington, Dec. 10.?Representative Sereno E. Payne, of New York, died suddenly of heart failure at his apartment here tonight. Mr. Payne had retired to bis room apparently in robust health. He tele phoned the apartment house clerk about 11 o'clock, asking that a physician be sent for. When the clerk Asskad a v ~ n?? PI17?^UVU IUV IUUUI tun UUJs refer I11H I) wan dying and life wan extinct before fche doctor arrlred. J:A U' ff - >. '? ' I .. r'-Vu-t, A .' other buildings, including the I warehouse for the storage of finish- i ed products of the plant and the i power house, also were far enough j removed from the burned section to prevent their destruction. Thomas A .Edison, whose inventions are perfected and manufactured at the plant, announced that i work of rebuilding would be started as soon as the debris cooled suiliciently for workmen to clear it away. In line with this announcement word was sent out early today j to all employes of the plant to re-; port for duty as usual, but prepared , to assist in reconstruction. Many of the 7,000 men und women employed by the company will be retained in their regular capacities, it was said, while all will be given employment of some kind. The loss was estimated today at between $5,000,000 and $7,000,000. The plant was covered by $2,-000,000 regular insurance, the remainder of the loss being protected by a self-insurance fund maintained by the company. This, however, was said to be small. Between 2 50 and 300 men and women were at the plant when the fire started and it was impossible to iisr?rictiii uiiiu ii pou ox an employes could be taken today whether re- | ports that several lives were lost are j true. IOS. SMITH PASSKS AWAY Head of letter Hay Saints to He Succeeded by Son Independence. Mo. December 10?j A revelation announced eight years j ago by Joseph Smith, president of the reorganized Church of the Hat-1 ter Day Saints, designating as his successor his eldest son, relieved the' Church from the necessity of choosing a new leader upon the death here today of the Patriarch, who for fiftyfour years had presided over the organization. The son, Frederick M. Smith, automatically becomes head of the Church. The new president is .17 years old ^ His designation to succeed his fathre was ratified by the General Confer-j ence shortly after the father announced the revelation. President Smith's last admonition was: "I wish those of my friends who may intend placing flowers on my coffin would refrain. Let them give the money to charity.'' His wife, six eons and two daughters were at his bedside through his illness. The funeral will be held from the Old Stone Church here Sunday. ('Mkfy-Jonm. Mr. Robert Jones and Miss May j C&skey of the Douglas section were j married Thursday night, December 10, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Qreen, by their pastor, Rev. II. R. Murchlson. Immediately afterwards an informal reception at the hr?TOA of thi? utaotd wiiti oninvA/l Kv a number of tbe friend* of this popular couple. ' I situation in fance. French Made Advanres on the Entire Line Yesterday. Paris, Dec. 10.?The day of December 9 passed quietly in lielgium as well as in the vicinity Arras, according to the official statement given out at the War Oflico In Paris j this afternoon. The War Olllce \ claims French advances at several : points on the extended battle front J and maker no mention of any revers- j e8. For instance near Le Quesnoy, ! gains of from 200 to 600 yards were made; in the Aisne and on the height of the Meuse the French artillery mastered the batteries of the enemy and nenr Rheims French cannon compelled the evacuation of trenches. Counter attacks were repulsed near Perthes and in the Argonne. In the latter locality new trenches were taken by the French. EDISON'S PLANT IS DESTROYED BY FIRE Loss Estimated at Over $5,000,000* Great Inventor Plans to Rebuild Immediately. West Orange, N. J., Dec. 10.? Fire that destroyed 11 of the 18 buildings of the manufacturing plant of the Thomas A. Edison Company here last night wcs under control early today, and It was announced that there was no further danger of the destruction of the laboratory and stnraee h?tt?rv nlnnt i sss The Scham hurst, Gneisena u and Leipzig Destroyed. TWO OTHERS ARE PURSUED Mont Important Naval Engagement Except That Off Heli??lnn?l " 7/ lAst AuRUSt. f London, Dec. 9.?A British squadron, under Vice Admlrnf' Sir Frederick Sturdee, chief of the war staff, engaged a German squadron, under Admiral Count Von Spee, off the Falkland islands, in the South A?iai.t!c, yesterdav and won a victory wmcn is oetng acclaimed throughout England. The armored cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the protected cruiser Leipzig, three of the German warships that had menaced British shipping, and part of the squadron that sank the# Brltis hcruisers Good Hope and Montnouth In the Pacific on November 1, were destroyed,; n>hi1? a*-- ? me cruisers Dresden and I Nurnberg, the two other vessels comprising the German squadron, made off, and, according to latest accounts, are being pursued. Two colliers were captured. The announcement of this victory, which was the most important naval 1 engagement of ihe war except that off Helgoland last August, was made in u statement by admiralty of loss than one hundred words. \ ICTt'KY AMNUUNUKL). The following announcement was issued by the official information bureau: "At 7:30 a. m. on the 8th of December, the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Nurnberg. Leipzig and Dresden were sighted near the Falkland islands. "An action followed, in the course of which the Scharnhorst, flying the 1 flag of Admiral Count Von Spec; the Gneisenau and the Leipzig were sunk. The Dresden and Nurnberg made oft during the action and are being pursued. "Two colliers also were captured. "The vice admiral reports that the British casualties are very few in number. ..o i oumt? survivors nave been rescu- I ed from the Gneisenau and the' Leipzig." The statement makes reference to survivors rescued from the Gneisenau and the Leipzig, but no mention j is made of any of the crew of the i Seharnhorst. flagship of the German admiral being saved, and it is pre- ! seined that Count Von Spec. Ins j otlicers and men went down fighting, i The British casualties were light. | but beyond tho fact that the British j squadron was commanded by Vice Admiral 8turdee ,no information is I vouchsafed regarding the ships engaged, and newspapers are enjoined not to speculate as "other combinations may be effected." ' BRITISH CASUALTIES. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed in London over the victory and the general impression is that it I will be completed, as the admiralty would not be likely to send ships that could not overtake the Dresden and Nurnberg, which are slow, and I also at a disadvantage because of their small coal capacity. The British squadron left England without the knowledge of the Bun. uii ijuuiic, anu uniu ills name was mentioned it was believed that | Vice Admiral fiturdee was serving in home waters. The fact that he was taken from the post of chief of the war staff is indicative of the '(termination of the British govern inent to clear the Pacific and South > Atlantic of German warships. It is believed, therefore, that the British commander is at the head of a for- ! midable squadron. In addition to the Dresden and Nurnberg only one German warship ?the Karlsruhe?now is unac accounted for in those waters, al-; though there may be one or two' armed merchantmen which the alliee j have not rounded up. < ,. .. .. . ' . i' ELOQUENTLY FRANKASKS \ FORLIFE-IS SENTENCED-, . {. For Third Time Georgian is 1 Sentenced for Murder of Girl. t IJ HE SPEAKS IN COURT. | I i Tells Judge That His Conviction s Marks New Era of Degradation v for the Htate. P Atlanta, Ga., Lec. 9.?Leo M. 1 d Frank today was sentenced in the v Fulton County Superior Court to be hanged on Friday, January 22, for r the murder here In April, 1913, of ' Mary Phagan, a 14 year-old factory Before receiving sentence, which was pronounced by Judge Ben H Hill Frank made a statement to the court, denouncing the "spirit of mob vio- ( lence which pervaded the court room" at his trial; declaring his * death would "lay an indelible stain ^ upon Georgia's name for justice,*' 1 and charging that James Conley at the factory of which Frank was superintendent and who was the state's principal witness against j Frank, had committed Deriurv . The state was as follows: "May it please your honor, this is a momentous day?a day of far 8 greater importance to the State of Georgia and to the majesty of the law even than to myself, for under the guise of law your honor is about to pronounce words that will con- j dernn to death an Innocent man. ' Transcending in importance the loss ( o my own life is the iudeliable stain 1 and dishonor renting upon the name of this state by reason.of its judicially murdering an innocent man. The jury's verdict of August 25, lit 12, 1 finding me guilty of the death of Mary Phagan, did not then and does x not now speak the truth I declare to your honor and to the world that : that verdict was made in an atmos- I 1 phere seething with mob violence , 1 and clamor for uiy life?a verdict 1 based on evidence absolutely false, j( which under other circumstances would not have been given a moment's credence. | 1 "Your honor, 1 deeply sympathize :1 with the parents of Mary Phagan. f The brute that brought so much grief upon them has plunged me in- I 1 to sorrow and misery unspeakable, jc and Is about to accomplish n.y undo- i1 tag. | < "But this 1 know, my execution , will mark the advent of a new era in Georgia, where a good name and < stainless honor count for naught 1 ^ against the word of a vile criminal 1 where the tesimony of Sou hero wo- Jl men of unimpeachable characer is branded as false by the prosecut'on, |1! disregarded by he jury and ho per- j * jured vaporing of a black brute ' alone accepted as the whole truth, I where a mob crying for blood invad * ed the court room and became the dominant factor in what should have been a solemn judicial trial. Oh, | shame?that these things be true! "Life is very sweet to me. It is not an easy thing to give up the love v of dear ones, of wife and parents, of ^ ever loyal friends. Though this be ( true, death has no terrors for me. ( I go to my end in the full conscious- i ness of innocence and in the firm j conviction that, as there is a God u in Heaven, my full vindication must t come some days. With the dawn of c ll.nl .Inn lV.n?n -.ill - * 1 niui u?/, HICI u V Ulllf 11* lift? peu- 1 pie of Georgia full realization of this s horrbile mistake, a mistake irre- | trievable?the execution of an inno- ? cent man, a victim of perjury, pre :| Judice and passion." Today marks the third time Frank ;l has been sentenced to death for the i r Pbngan girl's murder. Resentence a is in accordaineo with the State Su- c preme Court's refusal to set nside t the conviction on the ground that Frank was absent from the court 8 ? room whea the verdict was return- e ed. p It waa iea.-nctl h?>re today that t Frank's nt-orueyn havo ha-i under J consideration another plan to get his i_ case once more before the courts, i d They decline to say what their plan c (a hut Invvare u/hn hiva fnllnu'ail the case predict that an effort will he t made to take the case bet'or-i the i United States Supreme Court on tne v alleged ground that a spirit of mob r violence prevailed at Frank's trial, C KILLKI) IN AI'TO A('( IIHA'T. tViillcr Ijiimar. Jr., Mcinbcr of Prominent Georgia Family. Macon, <Ju., Dec. 9.?Walter Lunar, Jr.. member of one of the most tromineut families of Georgia, and lis negro chauffeur. William Davis, j vero found dead under their autonobile near a bridge, six miles from dacon this morning. The machine had been driven 1 nto the railing of the bridge and oiuersuulted into a stream. They | vere on the way to the Lamar dantatlon, nine miles from the city, ate last night, when the accident ncurrea. i ne necks of both men vere broken. * ] rHE UNITED STATES NAVAL POLICY WISE i ecretary Daniels Gives His Views ' Before the House Naval r Committee. Washington, Dec. 10.?Secretary ( laniels, as star witness before the ( touse naval committee, today was ' luestioned closely about American c laval policies and the appropriation ?ill. I4 "I have recommended this year j ' hat we continue the regular and '( lormal construction of last year,"! 1 le said. "It seems to me a wise ; 1 tolicy for steady enlargement. This [f ncludes two dreadnaught, six de- j% troyers, eight submarines or more, | ' (ne gunboat and one oiler. The j 'resident approves this." * ocucmry imnieis cnaractiized as ' 'extravagant" suggestions that there c >ugh to he Kin submarines and 50 lattleships iti tlie navy. The Presilent. he said, believes "in the steady levelopment of t lie navy" and that 'we ought to go on today as in the t Congres" Secretary Daniels aid the President meant in his adiress to Congress that there wa-= no >, < i!:? emergency otlier than '.her" v as at the last session. "Wo have added this year." the lecictary said, "4,000 more men to l;e navy, and for the first time in uuny years the naval strength of jorsonnel is full.* Of every six men Tcred for service we have decl'.ied) ve "At the next session of Congress shall ask for more man for the | hree ships now building, the Missis- , ippi, Idaho and California. "Ii is unnecessary to have enough i lien a tthis time to man all the iipt in the navy. We have ?n \e.-y ship enough men to take care >t them. j < "We ought to have not more than 1 :0t of our ships in commission at 1 me time. We lia\e 229 ships in all. 1 >Ve l.ave now 90 po<- i\-; i of our ifghling force in fu'i comtni-sion ir.vt we'll keep th; t up ' Secretary Dani is .rid he . *1 > taking Congress :o authorize a re- 1 icive of ex-sailors of the iwv witM-h < i"? said would in t > ('ays' , t? "ocure 25,000 picket'. men ' t ' i*,; \ Ice." ' FIRST Plll/K WINDOW. ( tohitison-Cloud Win First Place With Star Theatre Second. The Robinson-Cloud Company von first prize, given by the Chani>er of Commerce for the best win-!' low display during the county fair. ' )n the right side of the entrance, ^ loleproof hosiery furnished the notif and in a homelike room before i glowing fire, two children axe 1 alking. One child asks the other to ome out and ploy and the answer ' s "I have to stop and darn my t locking.'' And sure enough there p he is busily sewing up the unsight- , y holes in her stocking, while he" ompanion looks on and says, "I ,m always ready for my mother >uys me noieprooi nose. Tills 1 c ;unrnnteed hosiery- in every shade iul color is exhibited, tastefully ar-' 11 anged in the show window. The 1 ither side, decorated in Christma: ia ed and green, with many red , hrysanthemums, shows an attrac-1 ive line of gifts. 1 The Star Theatre, which won I i econd prize, is effectively deeorat- i d in red. white and blue flag print d bunting and many eovnty fair I? lennants. as well as numerous eleo ; ? ric lights. It presents a most at-!r ractive appearance and has been | * he admiration of all passersby. lepriving the defendant of due pro- i ess of law. 11 Should proceedings in the omrts : o abandoned, it is presumed an ap- j i >eal for eexcutive clemency shortly i vill be made to the State Prison Com < nission and to Governor Slaton of < ieorgia. ] | U X. .1 1 ii\JV, INDIANS CAPTURE ARMY OF OTTOMAN Success Over Turks Gives llritain Control of Persian Gulf. FORTUNE FAVORS ALLIES. Wanders Now Considered Fairly Safe Fioni A'tiick l?y Germans. London, Dec. 9.?The victory )ff the Falkland Islands, where the British squadron sank the German ruiserR Sharnhorst Gneiscnau and Leipzig and the success of the Inlian troops on the Gulf of Persia, vhere the compelled surrender of a Turkish army, have for the moment >vershadowed so far as England is ;oncerned, the larger events, which lave taken place on Iho < ot.tinent if Europe. The sinking of the Get man cruls;rs materially lessens the menace to 3ritisli shipping, while tlu success )f the Indian forces gives Great 3ritian control of the Persia \ Gulf ind Euphrates, an dof the Tigris' tnd threatens that part of Turkey on vhich German railway builders have md their eyes set for many years. With this good news for the ailiov :omes what is considered here as a avornble French communication on iperations in Flanders and France. HEAVY GERMAN I OSES. viri n. -i- i - ? ..iiuuratviii oi uerinan troops roni the west to strengthen their irmies in the east lias enable ?he illies to resntne the initative along he front reaching from liut Swiss torder to the North See, antl while hey lave not made any marked ndaiMe. they have been able, aeeordng to official announeement. to organize and consolidate positions won n tit" last few days. This has not teen done without opposition from he Germans, who claim to have inlicted heavy losses, particularly in he Argonne and north of Nancy. Flanders now is considered fairly safe from German attacks, which vhen they do materialize, is believ>d here will be directed more at the French centres. Russia at last has admitted the tccupation of Lodz by the Qermans, tut in an official statement today ieclared her soldiers evacuated the >ity fifteen hours before the Gernnns' occupation, changing their Hisition without the loss of a tingle nan. MOVING ON WARSAW. It is apparent from the various ilficial report;- that there are con,erg-ins .? German movements on iVar.-kaw from the nor?h and too outre to the southeast of ' racraw. The success of any of Ovse movem-nts would require the llus.-ians o turn back from Cracow, which .a-.* ntu tints tar. As a matter >f fact, the Russians assort tney hey have not done tints far. As a natter of face, the Russians assert in an Austro-German force which ried to get around their left wins. \ later Austrian report, however, ndicutes partial success in this redon. Reports of the serious illness of he German Emperor, cumins hrougli Amsterdam, have not been on firmed. it is known the Emperor s suiTeritis from bronchial catarrh, o which he is subject, and is comie)led to remain in bed. Ho is able, lowever, to receive military reports. SULTAN'S PROCLAMATION. As the result of the Sultan's dto laination of a holy war. a serkus iprising is theatenod against the talians in Tripoli, and the Turkish mhassador at Rome has ha*, toned o assure the Italian Govenment that he Sublime Porte is trying to aveit t. The now Servian CaWbrot, comlosod of all parties, at the opening >f Parliament today assured the nembers of its intention to carry on he war to the end, In the belief vhat he sacrifice* the country has made vill be recognized by the allies when he war is ended. The reorganized >ervinn army uncle rKing Peter iow is making a stubborn Hand against the further advance >f the Austrains and. ac>)Ming to the reports, has indicted heavy los-se* on the invaders.