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VOL. 10, NO. 75, SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1915. *1.50 A V|;\R
SAYS AMERICA HAS NO E
* CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT"
Memorandum Recites Efforts to ea
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Minimize Inconveniences. ;ari
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NOTE FROM GREAT BRITAIN 71
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John Bull Emphasizes "Various 8pe? ^
cial Concessions Made In Favor Wl
of United States Citizens." SI
Washington. June 24.?Great'"1
Britain, In a memorandum transmit- j ^
ted to the United States and made ; ^(
public here and in London tonight, ( tu
recites its efforts to minimize incon- i ^
venlences to neutral commerce re- !
suiting from the order in council j
agrinst trade with Germany, Austria '
anil TurltAv rml asserts that Anieri
can citizens have 110 just ground for ,
complaint 011 account of the treat- ?
ment accorded their cargoes.
No attempt is made to answer the
principles asserted in the American i
note of March 1 protesting against i
the order in council and insisting )v
upon the right of neutrals to carry n"
on legitimate commerce with each
other and to trade in non-contraband
with civilians in belligerent countries.
In transmitting the memoran- j
dum Ambassador Page said it was j.
"merely an explanation of concrete
cases ami the regulations under j j,
which they are dealt with." ,
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Another note to Great Britain is j ^
now being prepared at the state de- ^
part ment and is expected to be dis-j
patched as soon as the negotiations :
with Germany over submarine warfare
have been cleared up. While L,
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this communication probably will .
make reference to the latest mem- '
orandum, it is understood that the ' j
manner of enforcing the order in !
council will not be treated as rele- 1 ?
vant to the question at issue?
whether there is any warrant in in^
ternational law for the powers that
Great Britain and her allies have as- ^
sumed to exercise over the commerce
of the world. *
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SPECIAL CONCESSIONS.
In its memorandum the foreign ' tr
office emphasizes the "various special se
concessions made in favor of United p,|
States citizens" in setting forth that tv
British officials have acted in every ,jt
case "with the utmost dispatch consistent
with the object in view and vsi
of showing in every case such con- i)f
sideration for neutrals as might bo j Ca
compatible with the object, namely, j ea
to prevent vessels from carrying tli
goods for or coming from the ene- pt
my'a territory." j b:
Arrangements for buying Amerl- j en
can cotton detained and for permit ;
ting the passage of goods bought in 1 p
Germany by Americans before the
date of the order in council are outlined
and the promise made that con- <)|
sideration will be given to special
cases of this kind in the future.
According to the summary of ships
detained there are now 27 vessels j w
which cleared from the United , ly
States held in ports of the United jn
Kingdom. Of these eight are said to j ti]
be unloading cotton, which Great I
Britain has agreed to purchase, i m
seven win oe anoweu 10 aepari as jj
soon as itema of their cargo placed In nj
a prize court have been discharged at
and the other twelve?three of them (Il
American ships?are the subject of , ^
investigations not yet completed. | f.(
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HONORS RUPERT BLUE. vJ
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Medical Association Ch<Mwcs Him 1
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for Next Head.
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San Francisco, June 24.?The
American Medical Association's three aj
day session came to an end today. jn
Fifteen sections representing every 01
standard branch of the profession of aj
medicine held conventions in 15 large
halls of the civic auditorium simul- n|
taneously today. It was decided to t0
hold the 1916 convention in Detroit. p<
jl Dr. Rupert Blue, surgeon general,
United States public health service, w
was elected president-elect. As pres- vv
ident-elect, following the custom of w
the association, he follows Dr. Wll- ^
lam L. Rodman of Philadelphia, who vv
becomes president, succeeding Dr.
Victor C. Vaughan of Ann Harbor,
Mich., who retires.
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Operation on Sultan. e(
London, June 24.?The Sultan of h<
Turkey has undergone an operation M
for stone in the bladder, *ay4 u
Reuter's Constantinople dispatch. n|
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ARTH SHOCKS PELT Tl
IN CALIFORNIA 11
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Mi.sc Damage Estimated at IM<M>,ooo
in Southern Part of the
State.
El Centro, Cal., June 23.?Sharp !
irth shocks today centered the I
ixiety of Imperial Valley settlers on '
e head Kates of the great Irrigation j
stem which has transformed nearly
0,000 acres of desert. Tonight the ^
takes of the Colorado river, near
uma, and the headway at Sharp's
ere reported safe although the
larp's Heading was shaken and
gged.
Engineers reported that another
iock as severe as the one that last l
ght rocked the little cluster of'"1'
wns In the valley and cost half a
Tu
>zeu or more lives In the Mexican
irder town of Mexicali. undoubtedt
re
would wreck the works there.
Scientists appear to agree that last | six
gilt's shocks lay along the line of m
hat is known as the San Andreas j
lult in the earth's formation which m<
ns involved in the north-central inj
ilifornia earthquake of 1906.
Damage estimated at $ 100,000 was to
>no in the district extending rough- to
from the shoulder of the Cooopah ^ ''
onntains of l,ower California to San "l'
prnardlno and Needles. Cal., on the ?r
irth, Yuma on the east, and San xv'
iego on the west.
The zone where the tremors were tie
it most centered about Calexico and tai
exicall where the free revelry of a be
ontier collection kif saloons and foi
nice halls was halted when the first tie
iock put out the lights and where Kr
1 the fatalities occurred.
i hp ioss at caiexico was estimated gr
something less tlian $200,000. I,?
Several iires at Calexico added to tin
e damage done there by the quakes, de
hich threw the municipal water sy
nk off its 60-foot tower. The col- sis
pse of the tower deprived the town ta!
water pressure and the fires lie
trned several residences and two wl
isiness buildings. tr?
North of El Centro the damage fo:
as comparatively light. Towns Hi
rther up the valley suffered slight- ha
. No damace was done outside of va
e valley.' ~
Meager reports brought here by inj
ain and automobile said that six or ; co
ven men anrl women had been kill- I ia<
I at Mexlcall and that, the bodies of '
vo men had been taken from the i wj
;bris and identified.
Strict guard was established In the fQ,
irious towns as soon as the ouakes (.j.
?gan. Special deputies here and at ?r0
ilexico a troop of United States I on
ivalry which had been patrolling (j0
e border, kept, order and protected sj,
operty. Across the line Col. Esta- t,e
in Cantu, the Mexican commandant
ta Wished martial law.
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RESIDENT GOES ?
ON STTMIWRT? TPTP ...
i of
If for a Short Vacation at Cornish,
New Hampshire, to ("all on
Friends.
Washington, June 23.?President ('a
rilaon left tonight on a trip to Roa- , ln1
n, N. Y., and Cornish, N. H., intend- 1 a'
I fn
g to bo away from Washington unl
July 6. Al
bo
The President plans to spend toorrow
with his friend. Col. K. M. an
ouse, at Koslyn, leaving there at <f>
ght for the "Summer White House"
Cornish, wljere he will arrive Frity
afternoon. Tomorrow will be ' p':
ie first time the President has seen
Dlonel House since his return from J?
urope. The colonel will tell of
ews he gained during personal in- ,ri
rviews with European officials con- '?
>rning the possibility of peace and tl1
testlons at issue between the United mi
ates and European countries. Ho ar
so will present the results of his 'n
qulry into the possibility of co'dinating
American relief work Le
iroad.
During the President's stay in Corah
he will be kept in constant '
iuch with developments in the Eurofan
and Mexican situations.
On the trip north the President lh
as accompanied by Miss Margaret Rf*
rllson and Dr. Cary T. Grayson. He ,n
ill be joined at Cornish by Mr. and
rs. Francih B. Sayre and Francis ,>1'
foodrow Sayre, the President's 01
andson. . til
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Eight I/one Lives, Others Hurt.
Gettysburg. Pa.. June 24.?Eight Jf
>rsons are known to have been kill1
and from 12 to 14 injured In a
ead-on collision between th? Hlim I th
ountain Special and a local train qu
i the Western Maryland Railroad
ear the Mason and Dixon line to- . _
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iUTONS IN POSSESSION
OF GALICIAN CAPITAL
jmberg Held by Russians Since
September Has Fallen.
ETIRE IN GOOD ORDER.
is.xians Are Said to Have Effected
letirement With Minimum IxtNsett.
Berlin and Vienna Celebrate.
London, Juno 23.?The Russians'
vo i.,t-t i r..,,i.,,-,. ti? ~ ' '
.v o/?v UEU1UE1IS. I 1117 urcupifll
i Galician capital early in Septem- I
r and held it continuously until
esday, when the combined Austrorman
forces compelled them to re- 1
:at from the city, which is only i
;ty-odd miles due west from the
arest point of the Russian frontier.
Whether the fall of Lemberg
>ans that the Russian army operat- j
? south of it in southeast Galicia
effectively cut off from the army
the north stretching across Poland
the Baltic, cannot yet be said. j
enna and Berlin newspapers say
is is the case and that the Russian
ins have received a blow from
lieh they cannot recover.
If the stroke proves as crushing as
e Teutons predict, its effect, mtlipy
observers here say, soon should
felt in the transfer of vast German
rces to the west, where for days
ey have been hard pressed by tli
en eh.
Up to 10:3 ) o'clock tonight Petroad
had not conceded the fall of
'niberg. Previous dispatches from I
e Russian capital, however, related
tails of what purported to be the I
stematic withdrawal of the Rusins
from the town and if these dells
should prove correct it is beived
in military circles here that
len the count is taken of the Aus- t
i-German booty it will not be large
r, as was the case at Przemysl. the
issians are said to have worked
rd to move everything of military
lue.
Telegrams from Vienna concernit
the capture of Bemberg and reunting
the celebration of the popu,n
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c in vicuna uvt'i inu victory
at the Austrian correspondents
th the Teutonic armies pay tribute ;
the magnificent rear guard action :
light by the Russians, who are do- i
ired to have retreated eastward in
od order, leaving behind few pris- .
ers and even removing the Russian 1
cuments from the city, which,;
ice the Russians occupied it, has
en called by them Lwow.
One telegram from Vienna says
nperor William and Emperor Frani
Joseph purpose to meet soon in
e recaptured Galician capital for
tting ceremonies to mark the end
Russian's dominance of Galicia."
The news of the fall of Romberg
is known on the continent yestery
but it did not reach London until
te today. Then bulletins arrived
most simultaneously by wireless
am Berlin and Vienna by way of
listerdam. The British press had
en expecting such a development
d there was no more than passing
SM HE WILL HOT
TREAT WITH VILLI
Carranza Will Continue Effort?
to Crush Opposition.
CLAIMS VICTORY IS NEAR
President Wilson Finds Little llop<
For Accommodation of Differences
lietween Chiefs.
Washington, June 23.?Genera
Carranza has informed the Unite<
States that under no circumstance;
will he treat with General Villa, am
he will continue his military cam
paign to crush his adversaries.
President Wilson had a long repor
today on Carranza's views as giver
in informal conversation with ai
American consular olticer at Ver.
Cruz. lie found in it little hope foi
an accommodation of differences he
tween the Mexican factions. Car
ranza reiterated that his was not
campaign for the elevation of per
sonalities, but for the principles o
tlie revolution, that his opponent',
were "reactionaries" and desirom
only of satisfying personal ambitions
Carranza declared he soon woul.
dominate the situation and wouli
grant amnesty to all who were no
guilty of crimes. Villa and his as
sociates, however, acording to Car
ranza, either must leave the countr;
or be tried by a military court.
Carranza's views did not surpris<
officials here, as lie consistent!.;
ignored all offers of peace made b;
the Villa-Zapata faction as well a
suggestions of foreign mediators.
It is recognized in otllcial <iuarters
however, that there is a possibilit:
that Carranza does not understan.
the earnestness of the United State
in demanding an early settlement o
the trouble in Mexico. Charles Loug
les and Kliseo Arredondo, representa
tives here of General Carranza, wil
leave on Friday for Vera Orun to con
fer further with the first chief. The;
are familiar with the American poin
of view.
No advices have been received olll
eially as to the outcome of reporte<
differences between Carranza an<
Obregon.
FAMINE CONDITIONS.
A summary of reports to the Amer
ican Red Cross on famine condition!
in Mexico, made public today says
"In Mexico City thousands are bee:
ging for food and flocking about sta
tions where food supplies are beini
distributed by foreign relief commit
tees and sometimes by the govern
meat. The price of corn and beans ii
six times the previous price. Bak
eries have closed for lack of flour. I
week's cessation of supplies wouh
bring the entire city to almost a star
vatton point.
"Conditions in Durango are bette
than they are in any north Mexicai
state, but they are very distressing
Lately there were dangerous foo<
riots. The wheat crop is only twent;
per cent of normal.
"At Durango Americans have lab
in stores of food supplies, but flies
will be of a little value to them ii
case of famine, for their houses am
property will be searched by hungr
mobs, which neither civil or militar;
authorities will have the courage o
inclination to prevent."
On Mb Ion for Villa.
Boston. June 2:1.?Gen. Felipe An
geles, the Villa leader in Mexica, wh
came here to visit his family, agaii
<wim aniik-u reports mat ho brok
with his chief. Angeles said that h
had been sent to this country b;
Villa, but refused to explain the na
ture of his mission.
"President Wilson is regarded a
the best friend Mexico has," he said
"General Villa believes in him."
"General Villa would welcome th
offices of President Wilson in th
picking of a compromise executive
provided Carranza agrees to allo\
the election or appointment by Pres
Ident Wilson to go undisputed b;
arms.
Food for Mexicans.
New Orleans, June 23.?One thou
sand barrels of flour and fifteen thou
sand bushels of corn for destituti
Mexicans were loaded on board th<
steamship Colombia here today. Th?
vessel will clear for Vera Cruz to
morrow. The shipment is consignee
to thp American Red Cross
y
milieui on u, mougn 11 drove home |
e fact how ample must have been
e Austro-German ammunition supy
to accomplish the feat.
Berlin and Vienna are reported
ytul over the victory of their
rceB. Archduke Frederick of Ausa.
commander-in-chief of Austrian
rces, and Gen. von Mackensen, of
e German army, both have been
ide field marshals ot the Prussian ;
my in recognition of their services
the Galician campaign.
On the river Dniester, south of
imberg, the battle still rages.
Words of Pope Pause Protest.
Home, via Paris, June 23.?The
illan press vigorously condemns
e interview attributed to Pape Benict
by Louis Lataple,-and published '
La Li beetle of Paris, in which His i
illness is said to have voiced a com-1
lint that the privileges of'tbe Vatin
have been seriously curtailed by
c Italian government as the result
the war.
The f'orrlere D'ltalla declares that
the pontiff does not categorically
ny the words attributed to him
ev will hfiVA flonloi^o hlo
ence?.
The Sencoula Bays: "The Popp
8 spoken strange words."
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WATSON REVIEWS
MILL STATISTIC
I Total Number employed in Text
| Work the Largest in Four
Years.
Columbia Special to Chariest
i News and Courier, June 23.?"T
| results of the midyear census t
very gratifying to me," says Col.
| J. Watson. "They show that the to
. | number of people employed in t
I textiles at this time is greater th
, at any time in the last four ye:
with the exception of the year 19
there being 319 more people at wc
now than at the same time last ye,
' It is exceedingly gratifying that t
i . - -
I principal increase has been in t
* i number of white males, the actual
' crease being 7*17 white men. Wh
" there has been this increase in t
number of white men there has be
. i
1 a decrease of 218 in the number
1 negro men employed and r>2 in t
1 number of negro women. More gr
1 ifying than all, perhaps though,
r the fact that there are I IS less wh
" women employed now than one y<
' i ago. The large increase in the nu
1 her of white males is no doubt tl
"'to two facte.: War conditions fai
1 to attract them back to the fai
5 and war conditions have made
s cently many of the mills begin
work with night and day forces.
' "The child labor situation still c<
' tinuos to lead away from the emph
* ment of the young child, even thou
those between the ages of 12 and
" years of age are allowed under i
law to work. At present as comp
<m1 to last year there are 211* in<
white boys and 263 more white pi
l" between tlie ages of 14 and 16 yei
' in the mills than there were a y<
s ago. Between the same ages i
negro males decreased by 23 and \
negro girls by 6. There are 223 1
f white boys between the ages of
' to 14 in the mills this year than 1
8 year, and 116 less white girls
f tween the same ages than last ye
* and there are 20 less negro boys i
' 5 less negro girls between the a
' of 12 to 14 than at the same ti
" last year."
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1 MULLER EXECUTED
AS A GERMAN SI
i
1 Another Alleged Spy, Hubert llosi
thai, i> to lie Court Martialed.
Story of Crime.
London. Jure 23.?P. Robert M
s ler, who on June 4 was found gui
: at the Old Bailey police eo irt of
- ing a dermaii spy, was executed
- the Tower of London today nv she
? ing.
Another alleged German spy. R
-! ert Rosenthal, who is ?aid by
? police to have confessed that he \
- rent to England by tno German
i miraltv <? nliloin
1 val matters, is to be court martial
The official announcement conce
ing Muller and Rosenthal was
r tremely brief, stating merely t
1 Muller had been put to death in
Tower today and that the "summ
' of the evidence in tne case of
v alleged spy Rosenthal was taken
the Wellington barracks today.
' will be tried by court martial."
e
(1 It is precumed that Muller face
I firing squad in the yard of the To'
v. of London at down as did Carl II
Body, executed last November a'
r he had been convicted of spying.
P. Robert Muller was arres
sometime ago with Auton Kuepft
and a man named Halm. All th
. | were accused of sending mil'tary
^ formation to Germany by means
u invisible ink. Muller and Halm >\
0 | convicted and Muller was ser.tc n
f, to death while Ilahn was senten
y to seven years' penal servltl
Kuepferle committed suicide wl
his trial was in progress.
s, Muller once lived in Boston wh
1 , he was in the rubber business i
moved in good social circles.
p claimed to be a naturalized Hritlsl
,, His father was a German and
e mother a Scotch woman .
DOCTOR .VrTKXIlINd FRANK
y
Prisoner Probably Won't Start W<
for Some Time.
Milledgeville, Ga., June 22.?1
- M. Frank, whose death sentence \
- commuted to life imprisonment
* Governor Slaton, is under the c;
s of a prison physician today. His c
i dition was declared to be too sera
- to send him to the fields to w<
I with other prisoners for a week
Tonger.
* SAY THEY BELIEVE
" THAW IS SANE MAN
on
he Thirteen Witnesses Take Stand
ir" in Hehalf of White's Slaver.
E.
tal
he thaw tellsof his escape
an
"s Says lie Left Mat tea wan litnauw
lie Was Tohl He Was Sane
,rk and Believed It.
ar.
New York, June 23.?Thirteen
he witnesses testified trwlnv ??? ? ?k~..
i?_ j believed Harry K. Thaw is sane. The
i 1 v. | witnesses, who included Thaw hlmho
i 8e"\ appeared in proceedings before
,en a jury to test Thaw's present mental
0f state, on the outcome of which deli0
' ponds whether the slayer of Stanford
at- White will go free or return to the
js insane asvluni from which he escapitc
i ed.
?ar | Four jtirors at Thaw's forced trials,
m- two chaplains, a physician, and a
I vie It coper at the Tombs prison, where
lod Thaw at various times was confined;
m. two newspaper men, who had been
re-1 associated with him during the nine
to years' history of Thaw litigation; a
lawyer, who had met Thaw in New
>11- Hampshire, and a juror in civil proay
eetlings instituted by one of Thaw's
igl, former attorneys against Thaw's
1 | mother, were Included in the list who
the ! testified.
ar- AH agreed that Thaw showed no
tr" symptoms of delusion; that he could
rls | talk intelligently on many subjects,
ar.? had never been violent to their
ear ! knowledge and appeared rational,
the | T11A W A S A W1TN ESS.
the ! Thaw appeared composed on tho
ess j witness stand and answered his atll'
1 torney's questions in well modulated
ast voice and without hesitation, lie debe
| scribed the story of his escape from
ar. ! Matteawan and said he left because
md physicians had told him he was sane
pes and because he himself believed he
me | was. Cross-examination was post poned.
Tluit tlio whole history of the
Thaw case would he draped to light
' again before tin- trial is concluded
* was indicated by Deputy Attorney
Genera! Cook in his address. lie deen
elared the state would prove Thaw
i was an incurable paranoiac and was
, morally perverted,
ul- In bis cross-examination of the
lty witnesses today Cook put questions
tit-- ! designed to impress on the jury that
:n a man suffering from the form of inl()t
sanity which the state alleges Thaw
: possesses, might . appear perfectly
rational in his ordinary associations,
the 1 oven nientally brilliant.
v j One important witness whom the
, state desires to call, Susan Merrill,
n whose home Thaw was alleged at his
e I trials for murder to have fretiuented,
I was missing, Cook said today. She
m- j
I hud been located in Boston and had
' x promised to come to New York.
Kvelyn Nesbit Thaw, in Chicago,
t ho
Cook said, had promised to appear if
ar^ ineeded,
the |
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I "Sli.ATtIN, THK THAITOK."
He
I Coluinhus Crowd Shows Hatred of
d a j Governor.
*'er Columbus. C.a.. .I?:no 22.? An effigy
ans bearing a placard "Gov. Slaton, the
r,or traitor," was hanged and riddltxf
with bullets on tlio west end of the
ded Fourteenth street bridge across- the
Chattahoochee river here tonight.
ro<J There was ; demonstration which
b - lasted from 8:30 o'clock to 11 p. m.t
01 in which hundreds,of people from
ori Georgia and Alabama took part, this
ced ; being on the lino between the two
fed states. Several hundred shots were
ide. ijrod.
liile, v - ^
.. iinner ana tnree of hlS"
daughters are said to have taken
,er,i part in the shooting, one of the
an(* daughters firing the last shot. The
He crowd was orderly and no one was
1Pr hurt.
'l'3 After the shooting the ofhgy was
; set on tire and burned.
Many women and children were in
the crowd that took part in the demonstration
against the Georgia gov,)r'i
ernor.
^eo | "Old Man" Kxpects Itig Meeting.
vas 1 Gnffney Special to Charleston
t?y 1 News and Courier, June 23.?Presiaro
lent DeCamp of the State Press Assonn
iation is preparing to move on Chick
jus Springs next week in force, where ho
:>rk *ays he hopes to have the best meetor
hig which the association has ever
enjoyed.