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i VOL. 10, NO. 57, SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C? FRIDAY, APRIL 23. 1915. . 101 BULL WANTS MORE^AMMUNITION Army In France of 750,000 Short on Munitions. SLAVS' ADVANCE CHECKED British Have to Deal With Ilahl Against Indian Territory. Turks Pursued. London, April 21.?The British expeditionary force In France, which at the beginning of the war consisted of six divisions, has been increased to more than thirty-six, ordinarily speaking 750,000 men, according to a statement by David Lloyd-George, chancellor of the exeeliequer, in the House of Commons today. The chancellor added tnat the place of every man who had fallen iu battle had been filled, and that the army was adequately equipped. But ho reiterated the need of munitions, declaring that during the bat tie of Neuve Chapelle more ammunition was used than in the whole of the South African war, wh'cn lasted nearly three years. Ibe interesting information also was given that the output of the munition factories had beou increased more than \9 fold since the outbreak of the war, but the call was still for more, and, as Mr. LloydQeorge continues to hold the opinion that consumption of liquor is interfering with work, he promised legislation to deal with this matter. The figures made public by the chancellor as to the size of the British army in France end the expend! ture of ammunition has caused great surprise in England, where the opln ion has been general that about btilf that number of men reached the front, especially as there has been no sign of any decrease in the number of khaki-clad men training in this country. It is likely that many of the new men already have been under fire, as the Germans are making repeated attempts to recapture Hill 60, near Ypres, which the British took Sunday, and have, according to Field Marshall French's report, been repulsed with great loss. There has been activity at many other points in the west, and Berlin, which is more communicative than Paris, says that the Germans have made progress in the forest of Le Pretre, near St. Mihlel, and reports the repulse of French attacks in ether sections from Champagne to Alsace. The Russian advance in the Carpathians apparently has come to a fall stop, for reports from that region speak only of attempted attacks which were repulsed, both in the mountains and in the direction of Stry. The Austro-Germans have ?made an outflanking effort to support this latter move. It is stated from neutral sources that the Austrlans virtually evacuated Bukowina. { Berlin supplies detai|> heretofore lacking of a British reverse in German East Africa In January, when a British force was defeated near Jasslni and lost heavily In men and ammunition. The other colonial wars are reported to be going well for the allies, progress being steadily maintained In Kamerun and German Southwest Africa. The British also have had to deal with a raid against Indian territory, on the northern border of the Peshawur valley, undertaken by 4,000 men in command of a fanatical Mullah. -After a few hours fighting, in which the British suffered seventy casualties, the raiders were dispersed. *4 In Mesopotamia the British are pursuing the defated Turks and have occupied Nakhallah. from which place the Turks fled last week. The Turks also are being attacked from the Black Sea, the Russian fleet again having been out and destroyed ten Turkish supply vesels and bora-1 bsrded Arkhava. From every side comes news of tbe actfinty of the air fleets, which have bombarded towns and military stations between the lines of the armies. The British claim to have damaged the German airship harbor at Ghent. SENATOR APPELT PASSES AWAY Clarendon County Lawmaker Succumbs to Operation in Hospital In Columbia. Columbia Special to Charleston News and Courier, April 21.?Louis Appelt, state senator from Claren don county, and editor of The Manning Times, died at a local hospital late this afternoon. Senator Appelt was one of the best known men in South Carlo'na and had served in the state senate for several terms. He is suivived by a wife and several children. Th? funeral services will take place at Manning on Friday morning. Lieutenant Governor Bethea expressed deep regret over the death - of Senator Appelt. He appointed the following committee from the senate ) iu hii.enci me lunerai Friday morn - I . ing: Senator". Huger Sinkler of | Charleston, E. C. Epjy of Williams- j I burg, J. W. McCown of Florence, j Niels Christenson of Beaufort, ! George W. Stuckey of Lee, W. H. I Sharpe of Lexington. They were . : notified by wire tonight. PRESS ELECTS OFFICERS. The Associated Press Directors Rename Present Officers. New York, April 21.?After ad- | journment today of the annual meet- i ing of the Associated Press the board of directors met and organized with , these officers: Frank B. Noyes, of The Washing- ! ' ton Star, president, re-elected; Daniel D. Moore, of The New Orleans j Times-Picayune, first vice president, Benjamin H. Anthony, New Bedford (Mass.) Standard, second vice presi-, dent! Melville E. Stone, secretary and general manager, re-elected; Frederick Roy Martin, assistant secretary and assistant general manager, re-elected, and J. R. Youatt, treasurer, re-elected. The executive committee was reelected as follows: Charles W. Knapp, St. Louis Republic; Cli'.irles Hopkins Clark, Hartford Courant; Charles A. Rock, Pittsburg Dispatch; Frank B. Noyes, Washington Star; Adoplh S. Oclis, j New York Times; W. L. McLean, Philadelphia Bulletin; Victor E. Lawson, Chicago Daily News. YOUNG BOY SHOOTS HIMSELF. K. F. Cochran, Jr., Kills Himself by Accident. Anderson, Aprl 21.?Ernest Ford Cochran, Jr., 14 years old and only child of Former Uniter States District Attorney and Mrs. Ernest F. Cochran, accidentally shot himself through the head with his father's automatic plsiol Tuesday afternoon at 4.10 o'clock whhe in his father'.-, room at their home, and died at 7:45 p. m., without having regamtd consciousness. The tragedy is one of the most heart-reding that has 1 ever occurred in Anderson. Mrs. Cochran had left the house only a few minutes prior to the accident, while Mr. Cochran was in Greenville, where he had gone to attend United States district court which convened there today. ! The fatal shot was heard by Miss barah Dixon, a trained nurse, who i was passing the house at the titne. The young lady made her way to the ! room and found the lad lying un. < conscious on the floor. The ball from ' the 'weapon entered his right ear, ' < passing through the head, and camo ' out through the left temple. i The father first heard of the i dreadful accident of lils son when he was met on an Incoming train. 1 Though it was a terrible blow to him, he bore his suffering with splendid Christian fortitude. The home- 1 coming was pathetic In the extreme 1 and the grief of the parents over the < loss of their only child, to whom 1 they were devoted with a love that 1 was beautiful to behold is all but 1 unbearable. ( Women as Conductors. 1 Glasgow, April 21.?So satisfac- < tory has the experiment cf employing a dozen women as street <*ar conductors proved that the corporation tr?rr?ways committee decided today i to employ additional women neces- j sary to fill vacancies caused by en- r listments. t It Is expected 400 women will be t required for the positions. They ' will be paid $6.75 weekly and pro- < vlded with service uniforms. t VETERANS RENEW OLDJRIENOSHIPS State's Survivors of Confederacy Meet in Columbia. WELCOMED BY GOVERNOR. Capital City Threw Wide Her Gates to Receive the Followers of I^ee, 1 Jackson, Hampton and llutler. Columbia Special to Charleston News anrl Pnn?to? * ?<>" "" ? WI...VI, rvpi 11 ?,??. 1 no passage of a half century of time was temporarily forgotten today while the remnant of the heroes of the Confederate armies contributed to that gallant cause by South Carolina gathered in- Columbia for their annual reunion. The streets and business houses were gay with bunting and everywhere the Stars and Bars waved bravely to the soft April breeze. The city, which was laid in ashes fifty years ago by Sherman's army, threw wide her gate and received with open arms the men who followed Lee and Jackson and Hampton and Butler and the other famed leaders of that epoch-making conflict. Several hundred survivors of the Confederacy were assembled in the Columbia Theatre this morning at 10 Vclock when Mr. W. A. Clark, commander of Camp Hampton, called ho gathering to order. The stage and theatre were tastefully decorated with Confederate flags and grjow ng flowers. Grouped on the stage vere the sponsors and maids of honor, making a beautiful background to the gray uniform of the aged Confederate Veterans, who occupied the seats on the front part of the platform. SOUTHERN" AIRS PLAYED. The Columbia Mills band kept the >ld soldiers enthusiastic with the 'songs that they sang when going into battle a half century ago. Ami "Dixie" always brought the "Rebel" yell. Mingled with the war songs of the Confederacy were the national songs, and even "Tipperary," the marr?li\ncr oonrr aV n-,4,'u OVI11B U1 lie DllllHIl, was not forgotten. The exercises were opened by the singing of the "Doxology," led by Mr. F. F. Whilden, of the Y. M. C. A., the entire audience standing and joining in the singing. The invocation was made by the Rev. F. O. S. Curtis, of Walterboro, division chaplain, who feelingly voiced the rapidity with which the thin gray line is getting thinner, and who in the course of his prayer returned thanks that a Southern born man now occupied the chair of Abraham Lincoln, and was guiding the nation through the troubles of the present time. Mr. Clark introduced Governor Richard I. Manning, who made the address of welcome on behalf of the state. ' The governor was received with cheers and paid a warm tribute to the devotion and self-sacrifice of the Confederate soldiers and praised the righteousness of the cause for which they gave their all. His references to the old soldiers brought cheer after cheer and when the governor referred to the fact that the President of the United States was a Southerner, that the Chief Justice of the United States supreme court was an ex-Confederate soldier, and of the onimand'ng and leading part the South had in the affairs of the nation he provoked prolonged applause. Crunk's Attorneys Will Ask for Clemency. Atlanta, Ga., April 21.?Attorneys representing Leo M. Frank, whose habeas corpus case was decid?d adversely by the United States supreme court, announced today that fio effort would be made to obtain a -ehearlng of the case before that ribunal. They added that an appll. nation for executive clemency would t>e presented to the Georgia prison commission at an early date. Want General Hucrf?, C'isted. Washington, April 21.?A dispatch to the Villa agency from fcguas Callenteu tonight said that pfflcers of Villa's army, formerly In he Mexican federal service, appeared before the American consul there oday and protested against the stay >f former Provisional President Viooriano Huerta in the United States, v BRYAN MAKES IT 1 CLEAR TOBERNSTORff Takes It For Granted Ambassador Meant No Reflection. HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN. llut Since He I>oe? Not State Depart- ; mcnt Tells Him in Kindly Language Its Position Washington, April 21.?The Uni-j ted States repiicd today to the recent | I memorandum in which Count von Bernstorft', the German ambassador, I declared that "if the American poo- j pie desire to observe true neutrality , they will find means to stop the ex- j ( elusive importation of arms to one cldn r o< 1 ~ ~ ??? ??v iraai 10 u.5e mis export | | | trr.de as a means to uphold the l<>gl-1 ; 1 tiinate trade with Germany, eapocll- , ly the trade in foo '.stuffs." ! The American note, si'-ned by Secretary Bryan ,was drafted at the , state department, but finally was | penned by President Wilson himself. | After pointing out that the language : > used by Count von BernstoriT "is sus-! ceptible of being construe-J as inv i pugning the good faith of the United ] States in the performance of its; | duties as a neutral," the note "takes , it for granted that no such implica- j tion was intended" and suggests that i , evidently tho German ambassador 1 | "is laboring under certain false impressions." It then declares that while tho relations of the United States with i ony one of the belligeients "cannot wisely be made a subject of discussion with a third government" such correspondence between tho United 1 States and the allies as has been , . published shows "the steadfast re- , fusal" of the American government" to acknowledge the right of any belligeront to alter the accepted rules , of war at sen Insofar as they an'ort 1 the rights and interests of neutrals." , The attitude of the United States f on the question of exportations of , arms is restated?namely that to t place any embargo on arms during ( the progress of a war would be "a ( direct violation of the neutrality of -j the United States." The note refers . to the spirit of friendship which the j United States desires always to man- f| ifest toward Germany and its people : and concludes with the declaration r that the neutrality of the United y States "Is founded upon the firm basis of conscience and good will." The communication was delivered by messenger to Count Bernstorff : late today and by arrangement with I the German embassy the state depareniont made it public tonight. Mexicans Make A|?ology For Firing (| on Airship. Washington, April 21.?Release of Leon C .WorcheBter, an American imprisoned by Villa authorities at f Chihuahua, was announced today by n the state department. Worcester a was charged with a civil offence in v connection with a mining deal. \ General Funston reported to the h war department today on the firing n a United States army aeroplane 1 at Brownsville yesterday by Carranza troopers, and added that the n machine had not been beyond the 1 border. A full apology was made by * the Carranza consul at Brownsville, 0 who assured Colonel Blocksom there h would be no recurrence of the firing. P t! >oted < 'ondiictor Must Take n Host.1 s New York, April 22.?Arturo Tos-; s eanini, the chief conductor of the t< Metropolitan Opera Co., it was learn- c ed today, has been ordered by his j tl physician to take a rest for several ' 1< months and will sail for Italy on e Saturday. Tho Metropolitan Co., < ti therefore will be without its chief h conductor's services during its week In Atlanta. Giorgio Polacco, it was ^ announced, will take Toscanini's place as conductor during the remainder of the season. Mr Toscanlni's illness is attributed to over- w work and to worry about the war. 1 A Would-Be Awwiwln Sentenced. G Cairo, Egypt, April 21. ?The C young Egyptian merchant named Khalll, who on April 8, made an un- w successful attempt in Cr.lro to assas-1 e: sinate Hussein Kamel, the Sultan of cl Egypt, today was sentenced by a ti military court to death by hanging, ol m ' HEAD OF NORTH CAR- || OLINA UNIVERSITY I Dr. Edward Kidilcr Graham Takes Ottlce as President With Much Ceremony. Chapel Hill, N. C., April 21.?Dr. * Edward Kidder Graham today was inaugurated president of the University of North Carolina. He is the tenth president of the institution. ) Governor Locke Craig presided over the exercises and Chief Justice Walter Clark administered the oath of ' office. The retiring president, Dr. Francis Preston Ventable, presented Dr. Graham. The exercises, which were held in t Memorial Ilall, were marked by simplicity and dignity. Addresses were delivered by Dr. Abbott Lawrence 1 Lowell, president of Harvard University: Dr. Frank F (inminnw 1 - lent of Johns Hopkins University; Dr. Edwin Anderson Alderman, pros- a ident of the University of Virginia, ind Dr. John IT. Finley, commissioner of education of the state of New Cork. (1 Greetings to the university were ( extended by Dr. George II. Denny, president of the University of Ala itnma. and by I)r. William J. Martin, s president of Davidson College. 1 This afternoon at 2 o'clock a | luncheon in the university dining ] ball was given, plates for 600 being laid. A reception tonight will end Lhe inaugural exercises. President Graham will not be 20 c rears old until October 11. lie was I born in Charlotte, N. C. J v : PLACE FOR MARKET. Centure of Rock Hill Proves a ( Success. Rock Hill Special to The State, c Vpril 20.?Itock Ilill has established r i central market. The market place < Is a vacant lot on Main street, the i property of John T. Roddey, presi- < dent of the Chamber of Commerce, 1 ivho tendered the use of it free for I he purpose for which it is being i ised. Tuesdays and Saturdays are c uarkct days, and the farmers of the c surrounding country come to the i narket place on those days with the is jroducts of their farms and offer a hem for sale. The Chamber of | c Commerce, through President John P. Roddey and Secretary W. R. Tim- ' fi nons, has been largely instrumental ? n making market days a success, w ma the commercial organization, it it s understood, will stay by the prop- j isition until a permanent market has teen established. t| Tribute to Nelson's Memory. Kansas City, April 21.?A call for ;i l memorial service for the late Wil- ^ in.m R. Nelson, editor and owner of 'he Kansas City Star, to be held in i local theatre next Sunday, was is' SI ued by a committee of citizens to- ^ ay- K Woman Elected Mayor. Chicago, April 21.?Mrs. A. R. f< 'anfleld, 74 years old, was elected nayor of Warren, 111., yesterday by r< . majority of four. She is the first p roman to be made chief executive of n Illinois municipality. Warren as a population of 1,700. | b lentists Plan for tireat Convention. ' St Columbia, April 22.?The annual leeting of the South Carolina Den- H al Association, which convenes in s his city April 27, promises to be a ine of the most interesting in the e istory of the organization. The s rogram of the public sessions eonains the names of men who have h tudied dentistry not only from a i Vl cientiflc standpoint, but its relation o the individual, especially the ' hiI.I ? - a ........ luoiciuiq, ino?u who Riiena ? hese sessions will not he bored by l> ->ng technical papers, but vM 11 be 8i ntertained and Interested in prac. cal addresses on health and mouth ?1 ygiene. 111 J h. Irs. Story Re-Elected PresidentGeneral of D. A. R. pi Washington, April 21.? Mrs. Wil-| am Cumming Story of New York gi as tonight re-elected president- i pi eneral of the Daughters of the to merican Revolution over Mrs. m eorge Thatcher Guernsey of Kansas Si Ity by a vote of 695 to 461. m The election result was announced n ell after midnight after a day of n icited balloting and it showed a I ean sweep for the Story faction th cket for all of the national officers ! v? f the society. be yi.oo a yi:a n. EXPERTS SPEAK TOJONVENTION Splendid Meetings of Sunday School Workers. ___________ f MANNING CHARMS ALL. Appearance and Address of Governor Received With Much Enthusiasm. Newberry Special to The State, Vpri 1 21.?The second day's sessions )f tlie South Carolina tnterdenomilational Sunday School Association were filled with interesting services ind addresses by experts in the good work the workers assembled hero . tre studying fho fact that Governor Manning was willing to . i'i *o liis heavy fourlen of oflieia' l.tiv hv to address t:io star1 Sunday school onvention and his emphatic, win leouled indorsement and comrncndaion of Sunday school work made a >rofound impression upon all his liearers. The work of the day was introluced by a service of song at 10 'clock, under the leadership of Mr. jowden, and morning worship, led y the Rev. F. E. Dibble of the Methodist church. "The New Era ltd Religious /Education" was dismissed by Dr. W. A. Drown qC "Mticago. Greetings were brought to the onvention by representatives inter stcd in its work, as follows: Asso iate Reformed Presbyterian church, y the Rev. J. W. C'nrson: Daptist hurch, by the Rev. T. J. Watts* . Episcopal cliurclt, by the Rev. W. II. v. Pendleton; Euthernn church, by he Rev. E. Fulenwider; Methodist hurch, by J. M. Way; Presbyterian hurch, by the Rev. J. B. Greene. "The Deeper MeaniJg of lteligJU8 Education" was the theme of an ddress by the Rev. E. G. Carson of harleston. Dr. Pendleton brought a "message ront the executive committee," in liich he gave a lucid account of the ork projected and carried forward y the committee. MANNING'S ADDRESS. The Tuesday evening session 3f te Sunday school convention was inroduced by a service of song eonucted by C. Harold Lodwen of hiladelphia, who is well known to te Sunday school workers of South arolina. "A Newberry welcome" was pre?nted to the convention by Prof. T. /. Keitt, for the Sunday school; lovor 7 IT* * 1 * - ........ i . nngui, ior me cuy or fewberry; Dr. George B. Cromer, ar the churches. J. E. Wannamaker, vice president, esponded to these addresses, exressing high appreciation of the earty and cordial welcome which ad been so graciously extended. Ir. Wannamaker paid a loving and eautiful tribute to the departed ecretary, John C. Carman. The chairman then introduced tichard I. Manning, governor of outh Carolina. The audience roB? nd gave hearty applause. The govrnor's theme was "The Sunday chool and Good Citizenship." "The state administration is eartily in favor of the work whicli nu are doing," said the governor. As a boy I was, by circumstances, enied the privilege of attending a unday school such as vnu fn?tnr tit my Sunday school was at my linted mother's knee." Governor Manning referred to tho ifTerence in environment between lis occasion and the last time he ad addressed a Newberry audience. This," said he, "is so much moreaciflc. "It warms my heart to see this reat gathering of workers from all arts of our state, whose purpose is t carry forward this Sunday school ovement. The importance of th? tnday school can not be overestlated. I wish to bid you godspeed the great work which you are dog." < Dr. Pendelton gave a stirring, rilling message of hope or the next ar, that it may be a brighter and itter year.