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VOL. 10, NO. 85, SEMI-WEEKLY. CONTEST OF ENDURANCE IS GREAT EUROPEAN WAR Wedn Charleston Spec Premier Asquith Tells House of juiy 27. Gov. r. Commons What He Thinks. ed here tod?y shor Columbia and we Isle of Palms, wl DP A ICPO TUP D1TOOI t VC5 I 1'iu nuoomncj. j inspected the ei First regiment. N. Necessity Now Is to Conserve He- furred with Cot. I sources at Home and All Manu- gard to reopenini torturing Enterprises. depot at Mount Pli i , t i no mi aK? he ordered th< London, July 28.?The war has be- . ? ., . . ' . . . ing the encarapuK come and Is likely to continue for . ... ' . . was met at the t some time a contest of endurance, ? . local committee Premier Asquith told the house of:,,.. - . _ . ; wharf by membei commons this afternoon while mak-i ??m . ... 4. camped with the ing a general review in moving the I t- ? .. ., A . ,, . He is spending adjournment of parliament from to- . n?,ra , A ! of Palms and will mlrrnw until Sentember 14. I . . lomorrow morninf "We should be ungrateful and in-1 v,8ltorg an(J ,opa] sensitive Indeed if we did not realize a barbor excurs|o at this moment the indescribably'g The n gallant efforts being made by our before the excur8,( Russian allies to stem the tide of tbe (,ity After invasion and to retain inviolate the Moultrle armyrpc Integrity of their possessions. wJ1, reyJew (he } "I don't think in the whole of mil- ...on i 4:30 o clock toi itary history there has been a more Tomorrow eveninf magnificent example of discipline and a banquet tender, endurance and of both individual and tbe cjty collective initiative than has been .. The governor ri shown by the Russian army in the ? , . able to come to t last seven weeks. jo|n the f5shlng pR: "Our new allies, Italy, are, with arranged for hiB carefully prepared movements, stead- Senator IF D ! ily gaining ground, making their the committee on way towards the objective which we he w,n bg unab,e believe in a very short time will be before tonlght within their reach." The premier declared that the " British government's confidence In BLAMES SI2 the results of the Dardanelles opera- FOR RIV! tions was undiminished. The premier emphasized his con- Chicago Coroner' fidence in the victory of both the Indictment Ca French and British armies engaged clals Into 1 in the western field, Chicago, July Tho PrIHoK fl cot woa (n/ln?t ? ... _ iuwh? ?? jury ronignt retun stronger, the premier continued, ing the blame for than at the beginning of the war, reds of lives by tt "and to its quiet and unobserved but steamer Eastlanc ubiquitous and all-powerful activi- river Saturday on i tieR is due the fact that the seas are ( William H. Hull clear or substantially clear. ! of the Chicago-Rt. "For. after all," said the premier. Company, owner "this submarine menace, serious as leapt. Harry Pede it has appeared to be, is not going to j land; J. M. Ericks inflict fatal or substantial injury to' ert Held, federal i British trade. The seas are clear, ships, who gave tb We have our supplies of food and to carry 2,500 pas raw materials upon which we and the c. EcklifT, federal i rest of the country depend, flowing ships; W. K. Gr? upon ue in the same abundance and , manager of the Tr with the same freedom; and I may tion company, lessi say without much exaggeration, judg- The jury recom: ing from the insurance rates and men be held to a other matters, with the same im-1 dictment on charf munlty from serious hazards and ter. risks as in times of peace. The Jury found t The premier concluded with a were not in any note of caution to the country, say- i the capsizing of th ing: mends further im "Do not let us suppose that our; coroner and other national duty Is discharged either by1 mine whether the sending an adequate influx of re- others may be gu cruits to the army or to the various or of contributing industries engaged in the fabrication cause of the disas of munitions. The duty has been cast upon this country not only of j Order Is ] maintaining the freedom of the seas: , port au prjnoet not only of supplying large contln-;The American fo gents of well equipped men, battle-1 l)Pen ianded here fields and trenches, but also of flnan-i ,jer Roth Haitien cing to a large extent the whole con- j uan8 have been di duct of the war. jH fittlo Rign now "We cannot do that if we continue j VV),ich for two da to import and to increase our indebt- kept port au prjn, edness to other countries, and unless prench crui we maintain our great manufactur- arrivf(| an,i n Bril ing industries. pected momentar Premier Asquith urced the nmi- - - - - jorces nave neen s mulation of a largo reserve of gold and (he use of paper curency by, r.t the war office h householders and employers. for the failure to Sir Henry Dnlziel moved and Sir munitions. Arthur II. Markham seconded an lie also criticsed amendment that adjournment should I lay in using gas be only for four weeks. mans and he sugg< Sir Henry explained that he did son for the failure this because he was not satisfied with breakdown in the the situation in Flanders, where itj Sir Henry conclt had been understood there was to content among the be a great advance during the spring to the failure of t and summer. deal with the nues In the Dardanelles, too, he wanted plies, which he ec to know why such notice had been sponsible for the ir given to the enemy by a bombard- of living, ment on the part of the fleet with the Sir Arthur Mark co-operntlon of the land forces. l!e had lost all con Sir Henry said he could keep office, which had silence no longer as he had not the inefficient In its co confidence in the government that h" Sir Henry did no had nine months ago. He could no! ment and Premier understand why the industries of the that parliament bt country had not been mobilized and Inly 20 until Septc he wanted to know whether anyone, ried. LANCASTER, S. C. FR K?S!mp BECKER'S BRAVE BATHE I s -i FOR LIFE MEETS DEFEAT e?<lay. I :ial to The State,1 " I. Manning arriv- Justice Ford Announces Refusal I tly after noon from to (;rant Him Another Trial. nt at once to the jere ne lntormaliy icampment of tho FINDS NO PRECEDENT. I C?. S. C., and con- _______ 2. M. Blythe in re- ? , m. , . .. ,, While Decision Was Being Made,'1 K the dispensary .. .. . ? , Wife Was With Her Doomed pasant. Some days ... . , ? .. . , . , Husband in Cell. b depot closed dur- ^ nt. The governor New York, July 28.?Justice Ford 1 inion station by a of the supreme court tonight denied ( and at the ferry a new trial to Charles Becker, the I 1 s of his staff en- former police lieutenant under sen-;c visiting regiment.! tence of death for instigating the ^ tonight at the Isle murder of Herman Rosenthal, the t return to the city gambler. This decision means that c ; to go with other | Becker must be electrocuted on Fri- ^ committeemen on day. 1 * >n aboard the Cy-' Justice Ford announced his decis-j anl will be visited ion late tonight after he had labored ' jn party returns to for several days and nights on the ( 1 visiting the Fort briefs submitted for and against the >st, the governor application for a new trial. He call- j B i'irst regiment at j ed the waiting newspaper men into , x norrow afternoon.! his chambers, and, as his secretarv ; he will speak at j handed them copies of his typewrited the visitors by ten decision, the justice said: r "I have denied the motion for ? v pgretted being ?n- l new trial, /nd this is my birthday, he city in time'to j-m 53 today. It'B a pretty tough rty which had been j way to gpen(j your birthday, isn't ^ entertainment. ; Smith has notified ....... . . . . . , t "I virtually arrived at my decision v arrangements that!? , . .. . . . . Tuesday night, but spent many hours r to reach tne city i . .. . ' since then phrasing and arranging ! the opinion." 1 Then the justice chatted for sev- t C MEN eral minutes on the law involved in d ER HORROR the case. Only newspaper men, his 11 , secretary and a brother, Michael r s Jury Culls For Ford, and a clerk, were present, t ills Federal Oflft- None of Becker's counsel was there. ,, . ! \l-. r?__i - - ??>ni?-rt-m-c. ?irn, oei-iter was said ai tnat very t 28. A coroner's moment to be visiting her doomed r ned a verdict plac-, husband in Sing Sing. 1 the loss of hund- Justice Ford's opinion contained s le capsizing of the about 1,500 words. It went into the | I in the Chicago details of the affidavits filed by the a dx men as follows: , attorneys for Recker an' declares j I, general manager that the evidence proffered "is for j Joseph Steamship the most part cumulative and hence v of the Eastland; insufficient." rsen of the East-! Referring to the plea of W. r on. engineer; Rob- Rnrke Cockran, chief counsel for j nspector of steam- Becker, that the right to grant a new j le Eastland license trial is inherent in the court, the de- j r sengers July 2; J. vision says: j 0 Inspector of steam- "I cannot find anywhere in the au- j f lenebaum. general thorities. even a suggestion, that this , g idiana Transporta- court possesses any such inherent , t ee of the Eastland, power. On the contrary, as has been ^ mended that these pointed out. the power is granted by v gran<T Jury for in- statute and must be exercised in jj tea of manslaugh-' strict compliance with it." In conclusion the court savs: l( . . .. "As I studied the authorities and I hat the passengers way to blame for exam,ned lhe ^davits the convic-1 le ship. It recom- ,,on hafl *rown upon me that U (u|d /estimation bv the new tria,) cou,d not be Kranted wlth" b officers to deter- out Hoarding the law and at- * men named and ^mPtinK to uaurp th* functions of, lilty of negligence ano,hPr department of government.^ * .u "The motion is therefore denied." I . in any way to the ... li The decision refers at some length U, lilt; case oi n. <J. Henham. which * was urged by Mr. Cochran as grounds ^ Restored. jor granting a new trial. Haiti, July 29.? It declares that the resemblance >rces which have between the Henham and Becker. have restored or- motions is that the defendants each soldiers and clvi- had knowledge of the facts sought ^ sarmed and there to be proved at the time of the trial. of the uprising, but did not testify concerning them.l(1 ys previously had ]n the Henham case there was new 1 ?e in a panic. evidence aside from the defendant's ^ ser Descartes has but the court finds no such new evitlsh cruiser is ex- dence in the Becker motion. n ily. N'o French Henham was convicted of the mur-1 ent ashore. der of his wife at Hatavia, N. Y.. in isn7. The court of appeals affirmed ad been cashiered ,)iH oonvic-tion and Supreme Court j) supply sufficient justir(> Hooker later granted him a _ new trial. Justice Ford pointed out the government's that Rpnham's case differed from ag: Inst the (ier- that R^her in that Henham want sted that the rea- e(j tf) ta|<p (be stand but his lawyers to do this was a vvoupi n0( permit him. * arrangements. Justice Ford puts this question in ided that the dis- decision: w workers was due noes the evidence set forth as , he government to newly discovered in the affidavits in ^ ttion of food sup- behalf of the defendant, meet the intended, was re- rpqnjromeptH of the statute and of icrease In the cost thP, court 0f appeals?" He then interprets the affidavits as ham said the pub- fo|iow?: h fidence in the war to (jlp defendant's own affidavit, proved miserably )t js nn, contended that it aets forth ' nduct of the war. newjy discovered evidence and n -st ^ t press his amend- disregarded. :n?uon "Knufmann's t o affidavit* detail ('f adjonrne< from cortojn converantlona with TJridRr mber 14 was ear- " pr (Continued on Page EiRht.) sUt W TDAY. JULY JO. 1915. )EATH IS WREAKED 0HE^^ ON GENERAL OSCAR I>e Arran^l. Washington, Julv 28.? devolution in Port Au Prince ing reports have reached Results in Casualties. ton> ft was learned tonif peace prospects in Mexico no indication has come th HOB ENTERS LEGATION. Carranza will yield to a quest from the United Sta 'resident tiuillaume's Oictutorship 'n peace negotiations w ^ nn?l Cruelty (iavr Rise to Mexican leaders. Intimn the Revolt. been conveyed to administ rials, however, that joint Port An Prince, Haiti, July 27.? r ,, , . liberations of all factions Jeneral Oscar, governor of Port Au , . .... ranged under conditions 'rince and a supporter of President , ? to t arranza. Juillaume caused to be executed to- ... from other militan lav at the time of the outbreak of tU ^ ? among them Villa, Zapat he revolutionary movement in this ??? ? . m ena and manv more, it w itv all the political prisoners in the .. ,s .. . ' tonight, indications have lands of the government, to the num- ... ? ' another effort bv the Unl er of about 160 men. , to constitute a peace The victims of this massacre in- . . . . . ... would not be fruitless, luded General Orestes Zamar, a for- . Knussaries from Genera ner President of Haiti, who was . . , ... , . are expected in Wash in gl Iriven out of the country last year. r , ..... a few davs with a plan. md returned in March, 1015, and ington government also e: vas taken prisoner. ...? .. , K liable information regard When the people of Port au Prince .... . ,, . , v v conditions in Mexico frc earned of this massacre there was a ,, , ., . ,* General Arnold Shanklm. ;eneral outbreak of indignation. A , . _ .. ' arrive soon from Mexicc nob invaded the dominican legation, yera Cruz vhere General Oscar took refuge afer his unsuccessful defense of the Hie next step b> the l,ni residential palace against the rebels, '' i5< believed, will be eized Oscar and dragged him before *oon after President Wilsc he door of the legation where he rotn ^orn'Bb. vas promptly killed by a fusillade of The military situation Ifie shots. was not elearly known tori The mob then turned to the French 'ro (,ity remains completi egation and threatened to invade it communication and o encompass the execution of Presi- been no official advices reg lent Guillaume. Guillaume took ref- whereabouts of the vario ige under the fla? of France this Advices today from Gei norning after he had been compelled ston that General Calies o flee before the rebel attack. ordered not to attack N General Oscar ordered the execu- cruse of the neutralizat ion of the political prisoners in his ment was received here a tower as soon as he perceived that cation that Carranza desi he revolutionary outbreak was a offend the United State erious menace. juncture. The revolutionary movement KJIUISI ,17-esiaent uuillaume first TREASON CHAR( iroke out under the leadership of AGAINST AME >r. Rosalvo Homo last March and vas renewed today. After several Forn|er rirpk ,n VnU<M, s ,ours fighting at the presidential sula(p nt Borlln Xrros esidence the President took refuge German Authoriti. n the French legation. j Washington> july 28.Rebellious troops of the govern- Wilson of Portland. Orego nent attacked the palace at 4 a olerk in the American cc iVlock and oontiued firing upon it Rerlin. and now under ar or two hours. The President was faces charges state depar upported by a few loyal troops and rials consider extremely s he members of his personal staff. "Wilson ostensibly was d< "he exact number of casualties has attempting to leave Gern lot yet been determined but it is be- mlt a passport. The real ieved to be heavy. against him, however, ac Ry noon the city was in the posses- information forwarded to on of the revolutionists. ton, that he aided a B The movement was started by a Ject to obtain a passport, egiment of soldiers who had been that he knew the appliean lisbanded by President Guillaume American citizen, nd who resented this treatment. Unlike diplomatic repre "here has been a reign of terror in consular agents are extent ?ort au Prince for the past 10 days, munity or extemDtion frnt >n the 17th of July President Guil- tion for offences committ ?ume started on a series of persecu- other country. If Wilsoi ions. He begnn causing the arrest should be proven as c f all Haitiens of any wealth or po- would constitute treason, ition, without destinction of age or The German governmen ex. and expelling all foreigners. no obligation to grant 1< Haitlen women have been arrested such cases, but could do s n the streets and taken away to quest from the United Stat rison. The prisons of the city were' went to Germany early in till and the conditions in them were mer of 1914 and was ad( eplorable. Prisoners have died clerical force of the Ame aily as a result of hunger and the sulate at the outbreak of t nsanitary conditions in which they ere compelled to live. Tobacco Market Opens at The foreign legations hold many ('heraw Special to The i efugees. og?The Cheraw tobacco n Port au Prince has been in a state opened with a good many f panic tor days. No one knew the market and the farmer hen lie might be seized and cast pleased with prices. All tl ito prison; there have been whole- companies have buyers on lie arrests, apparently without hot as have a lot of indepei ause by order of the President or ers. imp of those close to him. . The successes gained by the revo- over the capital. Many wli itionists in the north were con vine- originally been identified ig proof to the President and gov- rising, took up arms, rnment officials that their course The Dominican legatio ould soon be run Therefore, they vaded and the governor o lewed with suspicion various indi- Prince paid the prDe witl Iduals. A regiment of soldiers was It was in March, 1908. tf isbanded. It was this regiment 'ar execution of political hich at 4 o'clock this morning des- though not by any means o ?nded upon the palace. an extent, took place. Nc Guillnume and those who acted as was then President of Unit Is guard offered a stubborn resist- months later Alexis was de i?-c, inn ?ere greatly outnumberod. deported from the country ho palace was abandoned by the So far as Is known no resident, but some of the others has suffered in the prosei mtinued its defense. and it is expected that Soon word of the massacre of the v arships .vill be sent her< liitical prisoners > as cirr lulated and Rtely to protect foreign Hv< llerce wave of indignation swept terests. $1.50 A YEAR. re IS BELIEVED IMMINENT -Encourag- 1 Washing- News Will be Surprise to All >ht, as to Outside Fussiun Inner Circle. i, although at General nother re- WILL DELAY TACTICS. tes to join i ith other itussinns Not Yet Heady to Deliver tions have J Further Repulsing Mows to ration offl- 1 Aggressive Germans. peace aecun be ar- London, July 29.?The probable acceptable^ evacuation of Warsaw and the whole I Polish salient by the Rusians is inr leaders ' (''('ate<* *n dispatches received from i Mavtor- Petr?Srad today. This decision will is learned ,ome as a surprise to all outside the come that 'I,ner councils of the Russian general ited States s,a" as the splendid resistance the conference Russians have been offering to the i German efforts to encircle the city 1 Carranra were believed to be evidence of ton within ''ran'' I> ko Nicholas' intention to The Wish- '"'K^t il out w'th the Teutonic allies, xpeets val- Russian military critics, after ing actual conversations with "competent mili>m Consul tary authorities" point out, however, who will thtit until the army is properly i City and equipped to oppose the perfect Austin-German machine the sensible ted States thing to do would be to avoid battle aud withdraw until the armies are announce'! , rn's return orKan'zed and equipped and in a condition to take and aggressive ofi fensive and drive the enemy from In Mexico ,, , I Russian soil. light. Mex?ly cut off Politics, rather than strategy, detl ere have Russians to advance into ardlng the East Prus8,a an(1 Galicia, it is explained bv the critics, and while in us armies. * ! doing so they rendered great service ner.il un-jto tjje western allies and inflicted /] lippn i terrible losses on both Austrians and OirRl0S 1 1 Germans they may now give up all ion agre< - an(^ more than they gained, s an indij t t L is anticipated by the Petrograd >8 at this mat the whole country If evacuated will be denuded of re' sources which might prove valuable to the Germans as lias been done in jrllfJJ most of the territory heretofore IRICAN given up. The capture of Warsaw naturally tatcs ( on- would be made the occasion for great ;ted by celebrations in Germany and it is **" reported that Emperor Wlillnm has -Harry L. arranged to make a state entry inte n, recently t|ie cjt v, accompanied by the Emmsulate at pres8t The Empress has been on a rest there. , ViSit to Field Marshall von Hindentment offl- hurg at Allenstein, East Prussia, and erious. left there yesterday with the Crown stained for ]>rincess c^celie. for Neidenburg, lany with- which is across the Polish border. (omplaint jn meantime fighting of the cording to Krrat(1Rt intensity continues around Washing- p0|jgh triangle, and as Berlin ritish sub-1 , . . . claims no important success, except ' a88pr,'n^ ^e repulse of Russian attacks, it is ? 1 a" presumed that the Russians are holding off the Austro-Germans. sentatlves, , . . In the west there has been littlO" led no im-1 ? happening beyond the usual bonin prosecu-1 ed in an- l)ardments anc' sapping, mining and i's offence bombing operations. harged, it READJUSTS RATES t is under ON EXPORT COTTON enlency in o on a re- Commerce Commission Hands Tktwa es. Wilson Decision on Freight Hates the sum-1 to Mobile. led to the Washington, July 28.? Readjustrican con- ment of the rates on export cotton he war. from several states in the South to Mobile so that they will bo upon a ?? hnclo tKo. -> , in mil uisiriiiiiiiaiory in. hate. Julv favnr ?f Savannah against Mobile, market has am' ma"i' changes in the practices o? loads on ",f> railroads serving Mobile in relas are well ''o'1 to rates on export cotton, are lie leading contained in an order of the intorthis mar- s,at? commerce comm'ssion on the ident hny- complaint of the Mobile Chambc r of Commerce against the carriers serv . ing that city. 10 had not The commission handed down a with tin decision in this case lasf'November and suggested that the railroads n was in- inert its terms by April 1, 1915. f Tort an Failure of carriers to carry out this i his life, suggestion is responsible for the orlat a si mi- der which will be issued in a fevr prisoners, days. It is said to direet the roadf f so great to comply with the terms of the de? >rd Alexis clsion. i. A few All the carriers serving Alabama, posed and Tennessee, (Jergia, Mississippi and the Carolines were interested in the foreigners complaint. The reasonableness of nt rioting tl;< cotton , xport rates as attacked. American The decision does not hold them 4 Immedi- treasonable but rondemns many of ps and in- the practices of the carriers in making the rates.