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VOL. 10, NO. 85, SEMI-WEE] CONTEST OF ENDURANCE mamn, IS GREAT EUROPEAN WAR * ! Charl Premier Asquith Tells House of juiy 27 commons wnat Me minks. ?u nere Columb Isle of PRAISES THE RUSSIANS, inspects First re Necessity Now 1h to Conserve Ke- 'erre(' 1 sources at Home and All Manu- K&rd tc factoring Enterprises. depot al ago he LondoD. July 28.?The war has be-' jng tbe come and Is likely to continue for ?08 me some time a contest of endurance. jooal Premier Asquith told the house of: Wharf ] commons this afternoon while makk camped ing a general review in moving the I jje . adjournment of parliament from to-1 pajrr m*rrow until September 14. I jomorrc "We should be ungrateful and in-' Vjaj(nrs sensitive indeed if we did not realize! a j,arb( at this moment the indescribably prega gallant efTorts being made by our before t Russian allies to stem the tide of (.j( invasion and to retain inviolate the ^|oujtrj integrity of their possessions. wj.j "I don't think in the whole of mil- 4.30 Q itary history there has been a more Tomorr magnificent example of discipline and a j,an(J endurance and of both individual and collective initiative than has been shown by the Russian army in the ftbje t ' last seven weeks. joln the "Our new allies, Italy, are, with ____ ' arrange carefully prepared movements, stead- RPnft( ily gaining ground, making their the C(m way towards the objective which we wjjj believe in a very short time will be before j within their reach." The premier declared thnt the British government's confidence in BJ-jAI the results of the Dardanelles opera- FC tions was undiminished. The premier emphasized his con- Chicago fldence in the victory of both the Indi< French and British armies engaged , in the western field, Chica The British fleet was today far jury toi _ stronger, the premier continued, ing the than at the beginning of the war, reds of "and to its quiet and unobserved but steamei ubiquitous and all-powerful actlvi-j river Sa ties is due the fact that the seas are , Willi clear or substantially clear. j 0f the < "For. after all," said the premier. , Compar "this submarine menace, serious as! Capt. I it has appeared to be, is not going to I land; J Inflict fatal or substantial injury to' ert Rei< nrlllsh (raHo The eeae ere eloor ! -ui ? - ?~ ^ BIlipHp V We have our supplies of food and to earn raw materials upon which we and the c. Eckl rest of the country depend, flowing ships; upon us in the same abundance and manage with the same freedom; and I may tion coi say without much exaggeration, judg-| The ; ing from the insurance rates and men be other matters, with the same im- J dictmer munity from serious hazards and ter. risks as in times of peace." Tlje j The premier concluded with a were n< note of caution to the country, say- the cap ing: I mends "Do not let us suppose that our coroner national duty is discharged either by mine w sending an adequate influx of re- others cruits to the army or to the various or of cc industries engaged in the fabrication cause o of munitions. The duty has been cast upon this country not only of! maintaining the freedom of the seas: Port r not only of supplying large contin- Ar gents of well equipped men, battle- i,pen ja fields and trenches, but also of flnan- (jer p cing to a large extent the whole con- j panR duct of the war. jH "We cannot do that if we continue! | to import and to increase our indebt- kept pc edness to other countries, and unless Tt?, we maintain our great manufactur-, arrjved ing Industries." ported Premier Asquith urged the aecu- forrf.a j mulation of a large reserve of gold and the use of paper curency by r.t tli< ' > householders and employers. for the Sir Henry Dalziel moved and Sir muuitio Arthur I?. Markham seconded an lie al amendment that adjournment should ! lay i: be only for four weeks. mans ai Sir Henry explained that he did; son for this because he was not satisfied with broakdc the situation In Flanders, where it j Sir 11 had been understood there was to "ontent be a great advance during the spring to the 1 and summer. deal wi In the Dardanelles, too, he wanted; plies, v to know why such notice had been sponsibl given to the enemy by a bombard-1 of livlni ment on the part of the fleet with the Sir A co-operation of the land forces. l!c had Sir Henry said he could keep office. \ silence no longer as he had not the Inefflclei confidence in the government that he sir II had nine months ago. He could not ment ai understand why the industries of the that pa k country had not been mobilized nnd July he wanted to know whether anyone ried. c ?i'a u c ?i KLY. LANCASTER, S. C. XITrAMEN^CAMP BECKER S BRAVE BAnU irzs ,,sr..r "i FOR LIFE MEETS DEFEI Wednradny. eston Special to The State, .?Gov. R. I. Manning arriv- Justice Ford Announces Refu: today shortly after noon from to Grant Him Another Trial ia and went at once to the Palms, where he informally )d the encampment of the FINDS NO PRECEDED giment. N. Q. S. C., and con-1 ______ vlth Col. E. M. Blythe in re- ...... . . ... ., . .. ' While Derision Was Being Mt ? reopening the dispensary ? __ , ? ' _ * Wife Whs With Her Doomed t Movmt Pleasant. Some days ? . , _ . , ,. . . , . , Husband in Cell, ordered the depot closed durencampment. The governor New York, July 28.?Justice F< t at the union station by a of the supreme court tonight den committee and at the ferry a new trial to Charles Becker, i t>y members of his stafT en- former police lieutenant under s with the visiting regiment.; tence of death for instigating i spending tonight at the Isle murder of Herman Rosenthal, is and will return to the city Rambler. This decision means tl >w morning to go with other; Becker must be electrocuted on F and local committeemen on day. lr excursion aboard the Cy-1 Justice Ford announced his dc< The navy yard will be visited ion late tonight after he had laboi he excursion party returns to for several days and nights on \ After visiting the Fort briefs submitted for and against e army post, the governor j application for a new trial. He ci dew the F'irst regiment at j ed the waiting newspaper men i: 'clock tomorrow afternoon, his chambers, and. as his secreti ow evening he will sptak at handed them copies of his typew uet tendered the visitors by ten decision, the justice said: ! "I have denied the motion fm governor regretted being un-1 new tria, And this ,8 myblrthd come to the city in time'to rm 53 today It>8 R pretty tm s fiKhing party which had been way to 8pend your birthday, if d for his entertainment. j tor iS. D. Smith has notified : , . , 1 virtually arrived at my decis imittee on arrangements that _ , , . . . , ... 1 Tuesday night, but spent many ho be unable to reach tne city i , . , ' onight since then phrasing and arrang ] the opinion." JfTPQ QTY liffPTj Then the Ju8tlce batted for s KlfiO olA ItIXjIN eral minutes on the law involved )R RIVER HORROR the case. Only newspaper men, j secretary and a brother, Mich i Coroner's Jury Calls For Ford, and a clerk, were pres? tment?Calls Federal Offi- None of Becker's counsel was thf clals Into Conference. Mrs. Becker was said at that v igo, July 28.? \ coroner's moment to be visiting her door light returned a verdict plac- . husband in Sing Sing, blame for the loss of hund- Justice Ford's opinion contaii lives by the capsizing of the about 1,500 words. It went into ' Eastland in the Chicago details of the affidavits filed by .turday on six men as follows: , attorneys for Becker and decla am H. Hull, general manager that the evidence proffered "is nhicago-St. Joseph Steamship the most part cumulative and he ly, owner of the Eastland; insufficient." larry Pedersen of the East- Referring to the plea of . M. Erickson, engineer; Rob- Burke Cockran, chief counsel J, federal inspector of steam- Becker, that the right to grant a r .ho gave the Eastland license trial is inherent in the court, the r 2,500 passengers July 2; J. vision says: iff, federal inspector of Bteam- "I cannot find anywhere in the W. K. Greenebaum, general , thorities. even a suggestion, that t r of the Indiana Transports- court possesses any such inher n tionu InaoAA * W ^ T7* 4 1 1 T\f\ XX' Hn 1 * U|H?V, ICDDCC ui me I'jaalianu. v... w?. mc >umiaij, u? ua? l) jury recommended that these pointed out, the power is granted held to A grinii Jury for in-; statute and must be exercised it on charges of manslaugh- strict compliance with it." In conclusion the court says: , "As I studied the authorities j ury found that the passengers ot in any way to blame for affidavits the con sizing of the ship. It rfecom- ,ion haB *rown upon rae thRt U further investigation by the new trial) could not be granted wl and other officers to deter- out disregarding the law and Aether the men named and to U8urP the functions may be guilty of negligence another department of governm. , . . ,. "The motion is therefore denie >ntributing in any way to the # .w j, . The decision refers at some len f the disaster. I to the case of R. C. Benham. wh was urged by Mr. Cochran as groui Order is Restored. . . . for granting a new trial. au Prince, Haiti, July 29.? | j( declares that the resembla nerican forces which have between the Benham and Bee nded here have restored or- motions is that the defendants ei oth llaitien soldiers and civi- bad knowledge of the facts sou ive been disarmed and there (Q be proved at the time of the tr sign now of the uprising, but did not testify concerning the 'or two days previously had jn (be Benham case there was r ?rt au Prince in a panic. evidence aside from the defendai French cruiser Descartes has but the court finds no such new t and a British cruiser is ex- donee in the Becker motion. momentarily. N'o French Benham was convicted of the tn inve been sent ashore. der of his wife at Batavln, N. Y., , ?pbe court of nppeals affirn ,vnr office had been cashiered hjs convlctlon and Supreme Co failure to supply sufficient Just,ce nm)k(?i. |atpr Rrante(1 hin new trial. Justice Ford pointed i so eritiesed the government'a . n , , , , that Benhnm s ease differed fr 1 us'ng gas ap: inst the (ler- , ,, , , that of Becker in that Benham wa id he suggested that the rea- ? . ? . , . , , , ed to take tlie stand but his lawv the failure to do this was a . . .? , , . would not permit him. urn Hi the arrangement.. Ju,t|(.e F?ri, , intra concl iiieii lhat the otn- the daclalos: among the workers was due ,<r, . , , , , .. Does the evidence set forth failure or the government to new|y Covered i? ,he allltlnvit. II, the question of food nop. of ,|m ,le(,m,lant. mPet ihleh he eontenilc.1, wa, re- rpqll|ram ? le for the ineren.e In the cost rour, appwl?.. . He then interprets the affidavits rthnr Markham sr,ld the pub- ,n|jows. lost all confidence in the war ' Xs fo fhe defemlanr> own affl(la, vhich had proved miserably ft jR nof oonten(le(, that ,t 8et8 fn n( in its conduct of the war. ^ , . newly discovered evidence and ni enry did not press his amend- M disregarded id Premier Asqulth's motion ..Kaufmann.a tw0 affl,,Rvlt8 dot rliament be adjourned from r(irta|n ronvcrgatlon8 wJ(h nri( until September 14 was ear (Continued on Page Eight.) istcv 5 FRIDAY. JULY :iO. 1915. E DEATH IS WREAKED ""PiS ff ON GENERAL OSCAR " Wasningto sal Revolution in Port Au Prince j?K reports Results in Casualties. ton- was peace prospe no indication IT. MOB ENTERS LEGATION. Carranza xvii quest from il ?<le 'President (iuillaunie's l>ietatoi sliin 'n peace n< and Cruelty Gave Rise to Mexican lead the Revolt. been conveye ? _ cials, howevt ir<i ! Port Au Prince, Haiti. July 27.? ,. Jra ' . _ liberations ol ipd General Oscar, governor of Port Au . , T, . , ? ? ranged unde thp Prince and a supporter of President . ? ine' ,,, , . to Carranza. pn. | Guillaume caused to be executed to- ? .. e" , From otf the day at the time of the outbreak of .. lUP , , , among them the! the revolutionary movement in this pna and mar hat city all the political prisoners in the tonipht jn(lj -rs. ! hands of the government, to the mini- .. ' ? 11 I . another erfoi I ber of about 160 men. ...... ? to const it ut . i The victims of this massacre in- , . . , "is- . would not be ? . eluded General Orestes Zamar, a for- ... red : .... . Lniissaries ,. mer President of Haiti, who was . , the, are expected ,. driven out of the country last year, the, , ..... a few davs w .. and returned in March, 1015, and . all- _ ington gover . I was taken prisoner. , , . , nto | * liable inform When the people of Port au Prince .... . ary ... . conditions ii .. learned of this massacre there was a ? . rit- . ... General Arn general outbreak of indignation. A B . arrive soon mob invaded the dominican legation, ,, _ r a . . Vera Cruz, where General Oscar took refuge afay" ter his unsuccessful defense of the next S1 presidential palace against the rebels, is be,ipv ,n ' seized Oscar and dragged him before soon ?f,pr the door of the legation where he froTn ( ornlpb ion was promptly killed by a fusillade of The mlllts urs rifle shots. was not cleai ing The mob then turned to the French City rem legation and threatened to invade it from commu iev- to encompass the execution of Presi- been no offlcl in dent Guillaume. Guillaume took ref- whereabouts his uge under the flag of France this Advices to ??n | uiuriiing aner ne nan neen compelled ston that G? ?nt. I to flee before the rebel attack. ordered not ;re. I General Oscar ordered the execu- cause of th< erv j tion of the political prisoners in his ment was re n?>d power as soon as he perceived that cation that < the revolutionary outbreak was a offend the ned serious menace. juncture. The revolutionary movement the against /President Guillaume first TREASO rps | broke out under the leadership of A P A T" f?r Dr. Rosalvo Bomo last March and npe was renewed todav. After several Former < ler hours fighting at the presidential sulate at W. residence the President took refuge Gem for in the French legation. Washingto |PVV i Rebellious troops of the govern- Wilson of Po 'ment attacked the palace at 4 a clerk in th : o'clock and contiued firing upon it Herlin, and au*! for two hours. The President was faces charge *lis supported by a few loyal troops and rials conside ent the members of his personal sta.fr. Wilson ost PPn The exact number of casualties has attempting t ,n not yet been determined but it is be- OU( a passpo in lieved to be heavy. against him, | By noon the city was in the posses- information ; ion of the revolutionists. ton. is that I The movement was started by a Ject to obta: vie-1 ; regiment of soldiers who had been that he knev disbanded by President Guillaume American cit find who resented this treatment. Unlike dip There has been a reign of terror in consular age Port an Prince for the past 10 days, munity or C5 ! On the 17th of July President Guil- tion for off* ^ laume started on a series of persecu- other countr . . tions. He began causing the arrest should be ion ads ?' a" Haitiens of any wealth or po- would consti sition, without destinction of age or The Germ sex. and expelling all foreigners. no obligatioi Haitien women have been arrested such cases, t ker ^ on the streets and tnken away to quest from tl prison. The prisons of the city were' went to Ger: . , full and the conditions in them were mer of 1814 i a I ' | deplorable. Prisoners have died clerical force daily as a result of hunger and the sulate at the unsanitary conditions in which they lvi were compelled to live. Tobacco Ma The foreign legations hold many Cheraw Sp ur_ refugees. 28.?The Che . ' Port ati Prince has been in a state of panic for days. No one knew the market a art Wh?" llP mlprht ,)P and cast pleased with ( into prison: there have been whole- companies hi ' , sale arrests, apparently without ket as have a cause by order of the President or Prs om 1 sonic of those close to him. nt - The successes Rained by the revo- over the enpi ers 1 iitionisth in the north were ronvinr- originally b< .tj ing proof to the President and gov- rising, took ernment officials that their course The Doml would soon be run Therefore, thev vaded and tl as .^ viewed with suspicion various indi- Prince paid ()i) viduals. A regiment of soldiers was It was in > disbanded. It was this regiment 'ar executior which at 4 o'clock this morning des- though not b ^ cended upon the palace. an extent, tr Guillnume and those who acted as was then Pri ,f his guard offered a stubborn resist- months later ance, but were greatlv outnumbered, deported frot rt li _ , The palace was abandoned hv the So far as ust * _ , President, but some of the others nas suffered .. continued its defense. and it is o> nil ? .... . Soon word of the massacre of the ' arshins vil Ige political prisoners was elrclulnted and ntely to prott a fierce wave of indignation swept terests. $L50 A YEAR. rowSSaTo? EVACUATION OF WARSAW IS BELIEVED IMMINENT e Arranged. ii, Julv 28.? Encourag-| have reached Washing- News Will be Surprise to All learned tonight, as to Outside Russian Inner Circle. cts in Mexico, although has come that General 1 yield to another re- WILL DELAY TACTICS le United States to join j ______ foliations with other Hussians Xot Vet Keadv to Deliver lers. Intimations havel Further impulsing Mows to d to administration offl-| Aggressive Germans. r. that joint peace der all (actions can be ar- London, July 29.?The probable r conditions acceptable1 ^acuation of Warsaw and the wholo j Polish salient by the Rusians is inter military leaders. icHted in dispatches received from Villa. Zapata. Maytor-I ,'etroKra?1 today. This decision will iv more, it was learned con,e as a surprise to all outside the cations have come that inner rouneils of the Russian general t by the TTnited Plates stat1 as the splendid resistance the e a peace conference itus8ians liave been ofTering to the fruitless. i German efforts to encircle the city from General Carranza i wrro believed to be evidence of in Washington within (;r??d l> Nicholas' intention to ith a plan. The Wash- :'Knt il out wi,h t,ie Teutonic allies, nment also expects val- Russian military critics, after lation regarding actual conversations with "competent milli Mexico from Consul tar>' authorities" point out, however, old Shanklm, who will that until the army is properly from Mexico City and equipped to oppose the perfect Au3trn-German machine the sensible tep by the United States. ,hinK to do wou,d be to avoid battle ed. will be announced , and withdraw until the armies are resident Wilson's return "'Panized and equipped and in a L j condition to take and aggressive oftry situation In Mexico f *1. "".I "rlVe thC enPmy ,rom rly known tonlsht. Mex-! ltu",an 8?a iaine completely cut off Po,itic8' rather than 8trategy. denication and there have j c,ded the K"88* 8 to advance into al advices regarding the Sa8t Prus8,a and Galicia' U 18 ex~ plained by the critics, and while in of the various armies. * doing so they rendered great service day front General Fun- to (he w?8tern all,eg and inflicte<1 neral Calles had been terrible lo88e8 on both Au8trianB and to attak Nogales be- Qernians thev mav now give up all t neutralization agree- and more than thpy Rajned ceived here as an indio, i : i . . It is anticipated by the Petrograd ?arranza desides not to it j o* i . ii. ? papers that the whole country if United States at this ' ' evacuated will be denuded of re sources which might prove valuable to the Germans as has been done in N CHARGED most of the territory heretofore NST AMERICAN five., up. The capture of Warsaw naturally k in United States Con- would be made the occasion for great lterlin Arrested by celebrations in Germany and it is inn Authorities. reported that Emperor William has n, July 28.?Ilarry L. arranged to make a state entry inte irtland, Oregon, recently (be city, accompanied by the Eme American consulate at pre88. The Empress has been on a now under arrest there. visit to Field Marshall von Hindens state department offi- purg at Allenstein, East Prussia, and r extremely serious. 1 left there yesterday with the Crown ensibly was detained for Princess Cecelie, for Neidenburg, o leave Germany with- which is across the Polish border, irt. The real mmnlnin' . ? * ^ In the meantime fighting of the however, according to ? . , . . a . 11 * greatest intensity continues around forwarded to Washing- .. 4 ? l>/Q ?i i . r, ... , , ,be Polish triangle, and as Berlin he aided a British sub- , , . . _ claims no important success, except in a passport, asserting .. . , . ? .. . . the repulse of Ftussian attacks, it la v the applicant to be an , . . j presumed that the Russians are hold . , 'ng ofT the Austro-Germans. ilomatic representatives, nts are extended no im- ' w^st there has been littlo ctemption from prosecu- happPninB bey?nd u??a? b<>ni>nces committed in an- hardments and sapping, mining and y. If Wilson's ofTence bombing operations, proven as charged, it ? tute treason. READJUSTS RATES an government is under j ON EXPORT COTTON i to grant leniency in >ut could do so on a re- Commerce Commission Hands Dovvu he United States. Wilson Decision on Freight Rates many early in the sum- to Mobile. and was added to th.' Washington, July 28.? Readjusti of the American con- ment of the rates on export cotton outbreak of the war. from several states in the South to Mobile so that they will ho upon a irket Opens at Cheravv. bas,s that is not discriminatory in leeial to The State. July favnr of Savannah against Mobile, sraw tobacco market has many changes in the practices o? a good many loads on ,b? railroads serving Mobile in reland the farmers are well ,ion to rates on export cotton, are prices. All the leading contained in an order of the interne buyers on this mar- ft ate commerce commission on the lot of independent buy- complaint of the Mobile Chamber of Commerc e ag;>in?! the carriers serv inc licit city. tal. Many *?vho had not The commission handed down a >en identified with th< decision in this case lasf'Xovember up arms. and suggested that the railroads nioan legation was in- meet its terms by April 1. 1915. tie governor of Port an Failure of carriers to carry out this the price with his life, suggestion is responsible for the orlarch. 1908. that a simi- der which will be issued in a few i of political prisoners, days. It is said to direct the roadf y any means of so great to comply with the terms of the de< >ok place. Nord Alexis cision. >sident of Haiti. A few All the carriers serving Alabama, Alexis was deposed and Tennessee, Gergin, Mississippi and li tlie country. the Ca.olinns were interested in the is known tio foreigners complaint. The reasonableness of in the present rioting the cotton export rate* >a< attacked, cpected that American The decision does not hold them I be sent here immedi- unreasonable but uondemns many of ct foreign lives and in- tlie practices of the carriers in mak, Ing the rates.