The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 13, 1915, Image 1
DOBBINS DIED IN
HOSPITAL OF WOUNDS
M
Penitentiary Guard Was Shot
v
By Negro Near Pinewood.
WAS BORN IN ANDERSON
He Wan Naiii<-<1 State Kxecutioner
When Electrocution Was
First Introduced.
Columbia April 12.?John Cat
left Robbins, state executioner, who
was shot Friday near Pinewood, in
Clarendon county, by a negro, Joel
Green, a fugitive from justice whom
he was pursling, died Saturday
night at 7 o'clock at a hospital in
Columbia. Green himself was shot
to death Saturday morning by the
deputy sheriff's posse after an all
night search in a swamp near Pinewood.
The negro wore a steel
breastplate and carried a shotgun
and two pistols.
"Governor, I was trying to do my
duty," said Mr. Robbins, as he was
being rushed to Columbia late Friday
night. Governor Manning was
at Sumter on his way from Orangeburg
to Columbia. The governor
found the wounded officer in the
station at Sumter and accompanied
him to Columbia in tho baggage car
^ of the Atlantic Coast Line railway
train reaching Columbia just before
11 o'clock Friday night. Govrnor
Manning remained in the bag*n*,e
car until the train reached the
union station and gave every attention
possible to the officer. Sunday '
afternoon Governor Manntnc
to see Mr. Robbins at the Colyn(bia
hospital. An operation was performed
late Friday night, but little
hope was held out for recovery.
Ouard Robbins was born in Anderson
county in 187(5. His early
life was spent on his father's farm
aor the city of Anderson. He was
among the first to enlist for the
Spanish-American war. After the
war he came to Columbia and secured
a position as guard at the
state penitentiary. When the act
providing for electrocution in this
state was passed Guard Rolibins
was named as official executioner by
Captain I). J. Griffith, superintend- '
ent of the penitentiary.
HUERTA LANDS ON
AMERICAN SOIL,
j
Swears He Will I>o Nothing That
Will Involve the Neutrality
of Uncle Sam.
New York, April 12.?General
Victoriano Huerta, former provisional
president of Mexico, who, for
nearly a yjear, has been av. exile in
Spain, arrived here t/j/.iay on the
Spanish steamer I from Cadiz.
General Huert^ w'a8 l)a8ftel by immigration
wArmclftl8 aea transient
alien - , . , _ orn he would
,t ...tor he ^ ^ ^
invo?othlnK 1 1 Wlity of the Cnited
Sta/7Vk' the
TMe8* ... president said t'nat ho
had ellfbe to the United States partly
for pleavw uni partly to attend
to persona business. He swore he
had no intention of going to Mexico
or to Cuba. The length of his s?tp\. (
Ho said, was iPd ?f?nilu out ho won 1
-et\iri? r?? Soaiii, possibly sai :ng
early In May. 1
General Huorta posed for newspaper
photographers but declined to
say anything as to his mission?
agreeing to meet newspaper men at
his hotel Fridny. Regarding this
appointment, he said:
"I understand that my presence in 1
this country creates In you the dead*
o know my views about the affnil
f Mexico, and I promise to
sat! 70ur wishes to the best of
my* .jr. I beg you, gentle- 1
men, to remember that no interciew 1
with me should be considered as
rothentlc unless it carries my personal
signature."
General Huerta was accompanied
by General Jose C. Delgardo. his
private secretary, and by Abraham,
a personal friend of the general who <
declared himself as an American clt- '
izen, giving his residence as New <
York. <
Lazy men are just as useless as 1
dead ones, and take up more room. <
Be a live, wide-awake Booster for ]
Lancaster. <
K
KEEN RIVALRY FOR
DOLLAR DAY HONORS
Some Hare Stunts Are Ileiug Pulled
Off by the Various llusl
ness Men.
It has been a source of genuine
Interest to us to go arouncl among
the merchant* and business men of
the city and learn what they are doing
to make the occasion of Merchants'
Week and Dollar Days one to
be long remembered by everyone
who is so fortunate as to come. One
concern offers to "cure complicated
watch troubles." Now, no matter
what the trobule is with your watch,
it is "complicated" to ycu, so you
had better let this man fix it for
you.
There is another firm that has
everything that you have at home to
make it comfortable. They are very
anxious for you go to their store and
drink at their fountain, occupy their
rockers, chat and be merry. Theirs
t.s an ideal resting place.
He who has a large family of boys
will have no trouble in "crowning"
them all, for he can get one dO;:eu
hats for a dollar from one store in
town.
Due concern offers to make you
the equal of t'tiy man and will dress
you better than most men.
There is one place here where you
can "sell your hides." Of course,
they will not buy your skin, but the
hides of the cattle that you bring
mem.
The banks have some most interestng
advertisements, too. Every
hanking house in Lancaster is on .?
par with any to be found in the country,
and all offer the facilities tha'
yon desire.
You will not have to eat sardines
&d crackers when you sire here nor
will you have to bring a lunch. The
cafes of the city will serve you well,
and one of them will allow you to
loaf around after eating.
jEven a cold proposition like ice
comes in for a hit of discussion that
will appeal to you.
It is hard to tell which of the dry
goods stores offers the best values,
but all have something that you will
want at greatly reduced prices.
You have often wondered "what
becomes of the pins " but you don't
have to wonder where they come
from, because one tirin offers forty
thousand of them for a dollar.
(live your girl, wife, mother or
daughter a solid gold ring while you 1
can get one for a dollar.
"Laugh and the world laughs with
you," but be sure your shoes do not
hurt or you will have to bluff a
laugh. You can get shoes that will j
enable you to "laugh and grow fat." |
Even a small thing like a handkerchief
comes in for price cutting.
You can get real linen handkerchief*
for four cents each now.
If your are fond of looking ove"
mail order catalogues you will find
real pleasure and profit in reading
the ads today. Whether you want a
pin-hook or a Ratlin' Run, a shoo j
button or an imported Rarment, you '
ran got it bore and at prices thai \
will please von.
Some of the pictures in this issue j
were made by a local photographer, j
who will prove to you that his work I
is as goo;1 o ' t'?r than thai to he |
had elsewhere.
There will he a $25 stotve given I
away soon, Look it up in this paper j
and take n t**y for it.
The smoke shop has a place for J
you to spend your time and while |
awny an hour over the good smokes
found there.
A former printer makes a bid for
your trade in the line of goods he
carries.
You can get 24 or 26 spools of J.
& P. Coats thread for a dollar, Just
a matter of where you care to trade.
Lace will go at a ridiculous price,
35 yards for a dollar.
The grocers have solved the problem
of the "high cost of living" by
handling the best at the lowest
prices.
, KITCHENER
WANTS MEN.
fireat Patriotic Campaign <>|M?no<l in
London.
London, April 11.?A great patristic
campaign to obtain recruits for
the army was opened in London tolay.
The campaign is to ho ca.V.ed
an for a fortnight,
Meetings nddregsed by Liberal
Cnionist. Labor arid Irish member*
jf parliament were held in Hyde
F'ark, Trafalga Square and other
;entres.
WILLIAMS ANE
CHARGED WIl
Alleged by Riggs National Bank
to Have Combined to Wreck
Institution.
COMPTROLLER MAKES
COUNTER ATTACK
/
President's Kon-in-I<ii\v Said to
Have < ursed Vice President
of Depository.
Washington, April 13,? Secretary
of the Treasury MeAdoo and Comptroller
of the Currency Williams
were made defendants today in proceedings
begun in the Distriet of Columbia
supreme court by the Itiggs
National llank of Washington, T). C.
which alleges that these officials
have combined and conspired to
wreck the bank.
Temporary and permanent injunctions
to halt the alleged conspiracy
.and to prevent the Comptroller
from making what the bank
charges are unlawful demands for
special reports of various kinds are
sought from the court.
One portion ci the prayer seeks
to restrain John Burke, treasurer of
the United States, from payment into
the treasury of $5,000 declared
to be due the bank, as interest on
$1,000,000 of United States bonds
d posited with the Comptroller
against its note circulation. This
interest was withheld to cover penalties
of $100 a day for the bank's
failure to make certain reports.
Once> paid, into the treasury, only
Ian act hf Congress could get the $5.
"<>-> win., ana justice McCoy late today
granted a temporary injunction
on this phase of the case.
The justice set April 1 ? as the day
for answer by the defendants to
show cause why permanent injunt
tions should not issue.
Specific Charges.
The bank's bill of complaint con
I tains :17 specific allegations designled
to show that the Comptroller lies
J adopted unusual and legally ijucs
tionable tactics in dealing with the
institution. it recites that evidence
of an unusual desire for Information
concerning the bank was shown by
Mr. Williams shortly after lie assumed
the office of Comptroller more
than a year ago and has continue l
ever since. Prior to that time, in
December. lf?13, it says, Mr. McAdoo
charged oflicers of the bank of re
sponsibility for publication regarding
the ofticial conduct of the defendant
Williams as T ssistant secretary
of the treasury. \ " en this charge '
was denied, the bi\ sserts. Secretary
McAdoo cursed Inn E. Ailes,
a vice president of the I ^ and sai l
to C. Clover, its pKl
"Mr. Glover, you kno 4t this
.......... ... ii,. niKK? .Mllli 111 K .
"Meaning
"Meaning tliorobv," the d.s,
"that from that timo on the p6w?-:
of the treasury department would be
agrressively used for the ruination j
and destruction of the plaintiff bank
in order to satisfy the personal
malice and ill-will of defendants, |
Williams and McAdoo and shortly
hft'Twards the said defendants Williams
and McAdoo began a series of
persecutions against the plaintiff
hank for the purpose of impairing
or destroying its said business,
thereby prostituting their high public
office and violating their oaths in
order to vent their personal vindications
against the officers of the
plaintiff hank."
A few months later the bill sets
forth, the plaintiff hank wos notified
by C. 8, Hamlin, now governor of
the Feradal Reserve Hoard, but then
assistant secretary of the treasury
in that McAdoo proposed to exclude
the Riggs from a share o< deposits
to cover the District of Columbia tax
withdrawals, which deposits by custom
are divided among the national
hanks of the District.
Declined to Kxplaln.
Mi*. McAdoo later wrote to Mr.
Glover, the complainant states, de
culling id explain wny nvion action
should he taken and announcing at. '
the RRine time Ills intention of withdrawing
all government funds from
that bank. Subsequently, it is al
I McADOO
ffl CONSPIRACY
1 PRESIDENT WILSON
TO SEE EXPOSITION
I
Will Make Trip to San Francisco
as Soon as Possible?Not a
Campaign Tour.
Washington, April 11?President
Wilson plans to make his dclaj?d
trip to the San Francisco exposition
as soon as foreign affairs permit.
The date is still uncertain. Tin
president's advisers, it became
known tonight, are anxious for him
| to make a number of speeches in
j different parts of the country bet' re
the next congress meets,
i Friends of the president say the
| contemplated trip can not be called
a "campaign tour" and they are preventing
as far as possible the forma
tion of "Wilson clubs" to avoid even
the appearance of starting a boom.
Although political advisers of Mr
Wilson say privately they have n >
doubt that he will be renominated
it was indicated tonight that there;
will be no formal launching of his
candidacy as such a step might embarrass
him in carrying out the;
policies of his administration.
LOST IN lilt; BATTLK.
British List Shows Over One Thousand
Names.
London, April 11 ?A list issued |
/\A n -1 ? * ' -
I luu.i.v amis i u.ss names to the ' ?t
of British casunlitios In the b.iMio
'of Neuve Chapelle, France In..
I month. Of this number 21 f were
, killed and the others wonndr-T.
I This last list brings the tot.?l !trit;
ish casualties in the fight at N'euve
Chapelle so tar as announced to
6,561. Of these 2,<>51 were killed.
t'liihi) dies from kirns. ?
1 Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Kills
Succumbs to Injuries.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
I It. Ellis of the Mill Village, who was
seriously burned two weeks -igo, die 1
from the effects of the burns las:
J Thursday afternoon at 5:40 p. m.
i The little hoy would have been two
I years old had he lived until May 2t?,
proximo. He was a bright, r.ttra live
little fellow, who will ho sadly
missed in the home. The funeral
services were held at the home and
nil noted by Rev. S. R. Brock, after
which the little one was h id to rest
in Westside cemetery.
l?ocs \?>t Fear New Army.
Berlin April 12.?General von
Hindenherg, the hero of the MaznrI
ian lakes battles, today told a neu'tral
correspondent that he had abso
j lately no fear for Kitchener's nev.
I army, which is being massed along
tlie Flanders battle lino in France
J 11e does not believe they will force
the Germans back to any appreciable
extent.
The war ollice this afternoon an
no.meed that French aviators ha 1
again bombarded the German town
Muellheim, three women being killed.
In retaliation German airmen
showered incendiary bombs on the
fortifications at Nancy.
There is more in the man than
there is in the land, and to develop,
the land, we must first develop tin
man.
|!
Let us live and boost the many
and varied resources of Lancaster
and the "Rich Lancaster District"
so that when we come to ule even the 1
undertaker will be sorry.
I
leged, government deposits amount- '
ing to more than $1,200,000 were i1
withdrawn from the bank, including '
Panama deposits amounting at one
time to $1 158,479. <
These withdrawals were brought ]
about by Secretary McAdoo, it is <
charged, at a time when the Kuro-1.
pean war nnd the business denrea- <
slori In the United States had made !
bank* husband their resources, and <
"In a deliberate attempt to wreck
the plaintiff bank. In the execution '
of the conspiracy existing between j'
him and the defendant Williams for
that purpose." <
SKILL OF GORGAS
NEEDED IN FIGH j
Kvpert Wanted to Direct Campaign
Against Epidemics?Serious
Situation in Sorvia.
Washington April 11?Maj. Wil
| liam C. Gorgas, surgeon general o
the United States army, was iuvitet
tonight by the Rockefeller founda
tion to become a permanent meni
ber of its start' in the capacity o
general adviser in matters relatin,
to public sanitation and the contro
of epidemics.
General Uorgas is wanted by th<
foundation particularly at this tine
to direct the campaign against tin
typhus scourge devastating Servia
Whether he actually will go to Ser
via probably will depend on the gen
eral liimselt if he accepts the offe"
The offer vas made tonight le
Jerome It. Green, secretary of tin
RockofnlW -
......... ...Hii.iiiiiDii. who, in
1 conference with General Gorgus out
lined til" plans and hopes of tlx
foundation and of the Americai
Red Cross, which the foundatioi
iis co-operating in aiding Servia.
Clenoral Gorgus took tlie invita
tion under consideration, indicatin
that lie probably would give his an
swer within ? few days. It is un
derstood the general will consult
Secretary Clarr son and President
Wilson before reaching a decision.
VEXED ARTICLE
MUCH DISCUSSED
Itailway (Question May lie Kcgardcil
as Transgressing on the Itiglits
Ceded to Knglisli.
Pe'.ing, April 11.?Article 5 ol
grot.p f> of the Japanese demand on
Clb.na.? an article wliicli it is pointed
out liere, may he regarded by
British as transgressing on their
railway pledges received from china
?was reached at the conference
yesterday between the Japanese
minister to China, Mr. llioki, and
Peking government officials.
.\riiete r? ?>r group reads a
follows: "China agrees to Japan' <
right to build a railway connecting
Wm ('hang with Kin Kinng and Nan
Chang; also a line between \Vu
Chang and Hang Chow and a line
between Nan Chang and Kiao
Chow."
Influential Japanese have been
suggesting for many months that
British capital and Japanese enterprise
for railways and other developments
in China be combined. The
British capitalists however, so far
have failed t j respond to the idea.
The British press in the Orient is
Unsparing in its criticism of Japan.
The North China Daily News recently
styled Japan's views on China as
a "dirty trick."
Those foreign advisers who Ivileve
that Japan dare not employ
force are prevailing with President
Yuan Shi Kai for the time being.
The stiller attitude which the
Chinese began to display Thursday
was continued at yesterday's meeting,
Foreign Minister I,u Chang
llsiang refusing to discuss articles
1. and '? of group 5. despite, it .
said by Chinese oflicials. definite
threats on the part of Japan.
Article 4 of group 5 proposes that
"China shall purchase from Japan
a fixed ratio of the quantity of munitions
of war?say about 50 per
cent ?or Japan shall establish in
China a jointly worked arsenal, Japanese
technical experts to be em
ployed and Japanese material to be
purchased."
? Foreign Minister Lu Cheng Hsian
f.gain asked that discussion regarding
the Manehurian ngroup be concluded.
The Japanese minister replied
that he was without instructions
in this regard from Tokyo.
There seems to be no doubt now
in Chinese and foreign circles here
that the Japanese are deliberately
maintaining the Manehurian group
ppen.
"In Japanese newspapers published
in China and otherwise the Japanese
are striving to impress the
.'hinese that the letter's hope in
\meriean assistance, will be unavailing,
it being declared that Ja
>en has knowledge that the Ameri ;>n
government will not interfere.
The Japanese also are arguing oflclclly
and in the press that a
'hlno-Japanese combination, meanng
an alliance , will strengthen
'hina.
J SEA RAIDER SLIPPED BY
WATCHDOGS OF ALLIES
Cierman Converted Cruiser Had
Narrow Escape From British.
l
F1KST AID IS EXTENDED.
f
!>
I The Kronprin/, Wilhelm I'ut in at
Newport News With .Many Sick
- ami Wounded liritish Sailors.
^ Newport News, Va., April 12.?
First aid to the German merchant
raider Kronprinz Wilhelm. which arrived
unexpectedly in this port yesterday
with Hritish prisoners from
sunken ships and a hospital ward
, till ed with sick saliors, was extended
, today as the second German comI
merce destroyer to reach an .vnieri,
jean refuge within 3<t days, lay at
, anchor in the James river.
, One hundred and fifty tons of
coal: ."><* tons of fresh water and
three days' supply of fresh meats.
, fruits and vegetables were alongside
the cruiser at sunrise. These provisions
were allotted the vessel by
i Collector of Customs Hamilton after
j conference with the Washington un.
thoritics. Arrangements also were
under way early today for removal
from the ship of 61 British sailors
taken by the Kronprinz Wilhelm
^ from the steamships Tamar and
! Coleby, destroyed in the South Atlantic.
' Lieut. Commander Tliierfelder,
commander of the Kronprinz Wilhelm,
has asked for time to survey
his ship and to submit to examina'
tion by a board of United States
i i naval ofllcers before making a for
mal request as to the time lie wishes
to remain in American waters for
full supplies and repairs. His mn,
] ehinery, after the days voyage
1 from New York harbor is said to bo
in fairly good condition. The ship
i vas able to ike at least knots
an hour Saturday night and Sunday
morning in her dash into llampton
Uoads.
\ 11 was shipshape on board tho
| Wilhelm at sunrise today, others
and sailors in their uniforms of
French army cloth, captured from
lie steamer (luadeloupe, presenting
e fresh appearance after the tirst
undisturbed night's rest in eight
months of persistent and elsivo operation
on the high seas.
Pleasant Voyage.
"It was a long voyage from New
York to Newport News," said Over
Ideuteuant Wnrneke, first officer of
I :lie Wilhelm. "Hut it was a pleasanc
j voyage and in all that time we never
I touched land. Always we were on
the ocean and now we are glad wo
have arrived at last. Two hundred
and fifty-five days from New York
to Newport News and the distance is
only 2">n miles! 1 wonder what can
:o the matter with this ship."
t'ominnnder Thierfelder prepared
e;u!> today 10 confer further with
< ; ti nts ar.d immigration officials,
.mler whose super\ision the Hritish
-ailors and sick members of the
W lheim's crew w'll he removed
' ' out the ship. Officers of the pub
1 ii health service also are expected
here to look after the sick who are
suffering front heri-heri, caused by
irregular food. Sonte of the ship's
doctors say that eating too much rice
i partly responsible for the condition
of the rfP!"ted.
\not Iter International Cave.
Sinking by the Wilhelm of the
I neutral Nnrwecinti
- ?> > n .n uinlllllll,
hound for Falmouth, February 5,
last, promised today to present an
interesting international ease, similar
to that precipitated hy the sinking
of the American bark William
P. Frye by the German raider Prlnz
*]itel Friedrioh now interned here..
The Samantha was loaded with i
wheat for England.
"The Norwegian ship's cargo was
'contraband of war," said Lieut Warneke,
when asked about the destruction
of this neutral ship today.
"There was no alternative for us.
The cargo of wheat was worth far
more than the ship itself, and from
! he ship's papers we found that the
wheat was insured by the Ilritish
government. What could we do?
We had to destroy her."
The man who never made a mis|
take, never mado anything.
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