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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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."
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Dr. Pendelton gave a stirring,
rilling message of hope or the next
ar, that it may be a brighter and
itter year.