The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 17, 1915, Image 1
VOL. 10, NO. 90, SEMIBALKAN
CRISIS RtGARDED
WITH MUCH PESSIMISM
Serbia Seems Unwilling to Yield
Anything at All to the
Other Balkan States.
MAY SEEK COMPROMISE.
(Jwere is Showing an I'misiial
Amount of Opposition to the
Wishes of (lie Allies.
London, Aug. 16.-? Militnry operations
in the eastern field are developing
slowly. Both sides show the effects
of the intensity of the Warsaw
* struggle.
The German advance centers on
the efforts of Field Marshal von Hindenburg
to force troops across the
Dvina and eastward in the central
direction of Petrograa and the near
approach of the army of Prince Leopold
of Bavaria to the new BrestLitovsk
defense. Notwithstanding
the steady pressure of the Germans,
the Russians have held them west of
the Dvina.
The Balkun crisis is drawing near
a climax. The national assemblies oi
Serbia and Greece meet today with
the probability of a definite decision
as regards Bulgaria's territorial demands,
upon which hinge the question
of united action of the Balkan
states with the allies.
In the best posted quarters here
the outlook is regarded with a degree
of pessimism. It is expected
CamKIo it? Ill ? An 1/ a AAmnenniiuo a ri.j
DC* Uia n hi dvci\ a vviu|/iuutiov mivi
Greece will reject the Bulgarian contentions.
Reports from Athens indicate that
King Constantine is insisting the new
cabinet must maintain strict neutrality,
the effect of which would be to
withhold Qreece from participating
, in a plan, of united Balkan co-operation
with the allies.
In the meantime there are many
evidences of Austro-German preparations
to deal with the Balkan situation.
According to information
from Bucharest, German army corpf
have been concentrated near tlu
Junction of Hungary, Koumania and
Serbia. This, with the bombardment
of Belgrade and the activity of Aus
irian arunery ai many ponus ainnp
the Danube, lends support to report*
of a great Austro-German offensive
in the Balkans.
The outsomo of tlie crisis is await
ed most anxiously, as determining
whether the allies will receive new
support from the Balkans and whether
Germany's supplies of ammunition
lor Turkey will continue to be shul
off by the Balkan barrier.
Bulgarian officials do not expect
an agreement will be reached, but tin
Serbian minister at London, M. Boshkovitch.
told the Associated Press In
believed a middle ground would bt
found on which it will be possible tc
unite the Balkan states.
VILLA HAD PLAN
IN HIS MADNESS
levied I'|mui n Soup t'ompunj
Which He Alleged Was a
( rafter and n Trust.
El Paso, Tex., Aug. 16.?A forceii
loan of $100,000, levied by Genera
Villa against the James Brittingham
Soap Factory, a Mexican corporation
ai uomez raiacio. naa oeen lirted
it became known bore today. Thl?
action followed conferences be
tween Villa andrMajor General HugJi
L. Scott, chief of staff, of the United
States army.
The (iomez Palacio factory enjoyed
a practical monopoly in the purchase
of the cotton seed at a fixed
pricfc add the sale of it productior
under the Ulaz regime. Kormerlj
much of the stock of the company it
said to have been held by raeniben
of the so-called "Oientiflco" party Ir
the fhrm nf "hea.r?ri?" *tr?rlr cerUfi.
<ate*; 1 ' *
Suspecting thut the certillcation In
(his firm servod to conceal the hlen
tlty of members of the "Clentiflco'
who were deriving revenue from
property in his territory, Villa Is said
to have exacted loans amounting tc
over a quarter of a million dollars.
When his last demand was refused
thy plant was coiiliseated. At u conference
(lenerul Scott is said to hav?^
convinced Villa that the stock is now
'told exclusively by American and
Hrltlsh Investors.
k al. >
WEEKLY.
LEO M. FRANK TAKEN
FROM PRISON OV MOO;
?
Twenty-Five Armed Men Take
Noted Prisoner Off in
Automobile.
GUARDS OVERPOWERED.!
I
Party Loaves in IHwti<m of Katonton,
Itut No Itcport of Arrival
Ttioro Has Conic.
I Milledgeville, Ga.f Aug. IB.?A
[ mob variously estimated at between
25 and 7 5 in number overpowered
i Warden Smith and guards at the
state prison farm near here at 11
I o'clock tonight and quickly got Leo
i M. Frank and rushed him away In
, an automobile.
First reports that it might be
friends of Frank were dispelled when
a prisoner said he had heard a member
of the mob say that Frank's body
would be placed tomorrow on the
grave of Mary Phagan at Marietta.
Frank was serving a life term for the
murder of the girl.
i lie iiiuu was orueriy uui worKwi
with quick precision. Eight automobiles
took the men to within a short
distance of the prison. They first cut
all wires from Mllledgeville.
Five men went to the house of J.
T. Smith, warden, covered him with
pistols and stood guard over him.
Other men went to the house of J. M.
Burke, superintendent of the prison,
and held him under cover of their
guns.
Practically every other member of
the mob then rushed to the stockade
gate nearest the dormitory where
Frank was being housed. Only yes.
terday did the physicians discharge
, him from the hospital where he had
. been since being murderously assaulted
in the dormitory.
As on the night Frank was attack,
ed only two guards were on duty.
The mob quickly overpowered Chief
j Night Guard Hester and the other
!: man on duty, proceeded to the dor
. iiuiury hiiu w nil ill a lew iiunues
, seized Frank and rushed him back
, to the automobiles.
Those who had been holding Smith
and Burke left as soon as Frank was
, brought out and joined their fellows.
J The automobiles, reported to number
t eight, then were started in the direction
of Eatonton. Nothing more had
been heard of them hours after they
j left.
Only one member of that part of
I the mob that went to the dormitory
talked. He gave the commands to!
the guards which were backed up byj
l the arms of the other members of
the mob.
A drisoner who was sleeping in the
dormitory is responsible for the
statement that the spokesman said
the mob Intended to take Frank to.
Marietta and that tomorrow morning|
his body would be found on the
grave of Mary I'hagan, for whose
murder the prisoner was ser\ing a
life sentence.
DAVID B. JOHNSON
IS A CANDIDATE
i
I
I National I', ducat ional Association
| Meeting In Oakland,
i California.
I Oakland. Cal., Aug. 16.?Every iri|
coming train and steamer continued
j ^ today to increase the hosts of dele.
gates that have gathered here for the
, tifty-third annual convention of the
I 1 National Kducation Association. It
I was estimated that 10,000 were here.
' Representatives from 27 foreign
| countries are expected. The national
I'council of education, the Internai
tional Kindergarten Union, the Amr
erican School Peace League and nu,
merous other allied organizations
, J will meet during the 13-day session.
l' The leading candidates for the
.: presidency of the association aro
Miss Grace C. Strachan. district superintendent
of schools, of Brooklyn,
.IN. Y., and David 1). Johnson, presi>I
dent of the Winthrop Industrial and
i' Agricultural College of South CaroI
i 1 ma. A nominating committee was
, to be appointed today. The election
will be held Thursday.
I Governor Hiram W. Johnson was!
. to welcome the association today.1
. Responses were to be made by l)r.
> David Starr Jordan, the president.
I and Vice President Joseph Swain,
'president Swsrthniore College.
* M
LANCASTER, S. C. TUI<>
AMERICAN DOLLAR |WI
RULES SUPREME A
.
English Sterling Topples From Tei
Throne of the Financial
World.
WAR BILLS POURING IN.I GA
Anxiety IJiiycrs of War Order Stock*I
|{<>li<>vnl by ('liaimiim of
Monetary Standard.
New York. Auk. 16.?The Amerl-i I
can dollar rules the financial world I arn
today with an iron Krip. Pounds a r
sterling francs, lires, virtually all at '
foreign exchange, went down to new
depths in a torrent of bills that sev
poured into the exchange ma? hots ^ *
from American manufacturers see!:- t,al
ing pay for the big war contracts of j,ut
munitions and other supplies pur- 'I1K
chased here by the warring nations
of Europe. fro
Coincident with the startling de- fSS
.... tor;
cline In exchange rates, came the
n
assertion from an unimpeachable
source that every contract made by t,ie
the American manufacturers for the ^al
supplies sent abroad called for pay- acr
mpnt 111 Aniprtpan ilnllnru onH nut SllB
English pounds sterling, which here- tha
tofore had been the standard of ft- 1
nance the world over. The immense v?s
'.osses, therefore, due to the decline on
in foreign exchange rates, will be C^J
borne, to the last penny, by the er^
foreign buyers, and wUl not be sus- cor
tained by the American manufac- tho
turers. the
The maximum depreciation today nor
in pounds sterling was 4% per
cent below normal; in francs 1 i? '
per cent below normal; in Italian Ind
lires 26 per cent. The pound sold Te:
at one time today for only $4.6-1 r*'a
6.2 francs equalled a dollar and a ho<
dollar purchased 6.48 lires. In the of
last hour of the business day, how- ^la<
ever, the appearance in Wall street (
of J. P. Morgan for the firsi time' t,,e
since the attack on his life six weeks f?r
ago and an informal conference of ' ?<
bankers to consider the exchange
s'tllfttinn Qunt rotnu ? nttm ./) !>?*r
Sterling closed at 4.67 Vi. one- :
half point higher than it opened and h''
a point and a half under Satur- r'*a
day's close which established a new ? 1
low record at the time. Francs
gained points over the low record.! ^al
selling at 5.9H at the close and liresl "u
rebounded a point closing at 6.47.
What to do to remedy the situa-i"'
\ ?
tion engaged the attention of bank-j
ers with international connections at 1>el
their conference late today. I( was s,)l
decided to do nothing, chiefly be- 'H,i
cause the remedy lay with the foreign
buyers who will he the suf- NaI
ferers. ,'lt
MAY SKLh SKCUUITIKS.
poi
One remedy succested was to sell
? ? - ,\ r
American securities held abroad, but j)U,
when this contingency was studied <
the situation seemed to he pregnant ,na
with unique poise. Millions of Amer-!,j1
ican securities. payable in dollars,1
are held abroad, chiefly high-class I g.|
railroad bonds and preferred stock ,()
of a selected list of American industrials.
Should these be sold at
present they would bring far more
than the purchasers paid for them,
due entirely to the depression of wa
exchange. With the prospective lis]
profits as an inducement, it was tro
believed that holders abroad would I
be willing to sell, and that for- wa
eign buyers of American goods would ly
have little difficulty in procuring a I bei
large amount of American securities! J51
abroad as collateral for a temporary th*
loan in this country, which would 1 00
tend to cdrrect exchange rates. The Un
establishment here of a big foreign fis<
credit, estimated conservatively at ilea
$500,000,000. Is thought to be ab- on
solutely necessary if exchango rates! j?r<
were to he restore/! to onvtlilno HUn
- ? ? - " / I 11(11
normal. 1
Tne assertion that dollars and not: rig
pounds sterling had been the flnan- tor
cial standard on which contracts for tra
war supplies had been accepted cainc nol
as a distinct surprise. Aside from we
marking the temporary passing of
London's control of the world's the
treasurer chests, it relieved the anx- lar
ietv of investors in war specialties in to
the stock market, who were con- d0<
fronted with the prospect of a larg*- ins
shrinkage in prospective profits dm ht i
prevailing exchange rates. nic
It was learned that the am .t r
%
star
>I)A Y, AUGUST 17, 191
":ST INDIAN HURRICANE
LARMSCOAST OF TEXAS
rrilic Windstorm Reaches
Velocity of Seventy Miles
an Hour.
lLYESTON IS FLOODED.
Wall llul<liii|r, llowi'VCI', ami No
Loss of |,if?? or Serious l>ain?K?*
Is lt<>|?ort<*<l.
trOWIlSVillu. Toxas Alii' 111 Tlio
ly wireless station here received
eport from the transport Buford
Galveston tonight that the water
re had risen 10 feet and that
eral vessels had been overturned,
failure of wire communication to
veston tonight increased anxiety,
the fact that the wind was blowfrom
the north and water which
I been backed in the streets was
m the bay side of the island, reured
those familiar with the hisy
of the city's storms.
The sea wall on the south side of
city faces the open gulf. The
ters of the bay, directly opposite
oss the mile wide island are mere
llows except for the narrow ship
.11
rho storm which devastated Galton
and drowned 8,000 persons
September 8, 1900, tore at the
r for 12 hours from a BoutheastY
direction. Tonight's storm, acding
to bulletins, had none nt'
se dangerous elements because
i wihd was blowing from thu
th.
Jallas, Texas, Aug, 16.?A West
Llan hurricane lashed the
c&s Gulf coast tonight, the wind
ching a velocity of 70 miles an
tr, but up to a late hour no loss
life or serious property damage
1 been reported ashore or atloat.
lalvcston'r sen wall had withstood
f force of the waters and except
minor damuges as a result of the
iding of the streets on the bay
V U iuc V.IIJ, me JII upri IV lUhh I1U(I
sn negligible.
Sabine. Texas, reported a wind oi
miles, and at Port Arthur the gale
idled a velocity of 4 5 miles at 10
lock.
rhe majority of the residents at
line and Sabine Pass as well a?
i numerous summer camps and rets
ulong the coast moved to places
safety last night and early today
Galveston residents along the
ich abandoned their homes anil
'tit the night in the more secure
ildings in the business district.
Ilollover, Caplen, Patton and 1 to 1 i
were reported under water. All
>se towns were deserted last night
Late tonight a newspaper vorresident
attempted to go from Port
thur to Sabine in an automobile
t was forced to abandon the trip
"The wind would have blown oui
chine away if we had continued
t trip," he declared.
Efforts to charter a boat to read]
bine were futile, sailors refusing
mke the trip.
KiH'ncli Not I'sing <?us.
Paris, Aug. 16. The ministry ol
r today issued a note denying publied
statements that the Freud
ops are using poisonous gas.
r contraets 011 which full or nearfull
payments will he due Oeto
r 1 approximates $400,000,000 tr
00,000,000. This is in addition t(
> huge total of more than $1,000,
0 000 (lUPll hv li'.nr/ino In
Ited States at the close of tlx
al year June JO. It was alsi
rned that the prospective profits
some of these contracts had beer
atly exaggerated and that onl>
rmal profits would accrue.
This, it was said, was due to th<
id surveillance of British inspec
s over all deliveries. Goods con
cted for, it was said, that did
t come up to a rigid stnndar:
re rejected .entailing loss.
Another optimistic influence was
general belief that a second
ge gold shipment was on its wa)
New York. Approxiraatelv $U0.
it.000 in gold coin reached lion
I wi'i'k Irtim I .iirwlriii iV->ll <,?? .?,>1
?r<l today thai the kjcoimI shin
lit was f-oinir.ir from ^o?<tb Afri
or Australia
5.
MEXICANS FIRE ON i
AMERICAN TROOPS1
One of Uncle Sam's Cavalry Of- I
ficers Killed and Another
Wounded.
?
invnriv < daol' imii.xn..
woiii/i iti * Duuui'iK. i
l-'oiTf of '270 Mexicans Attack Out- >
post of llalt" l>o/,en Soldiers
> at Saenz.
Brownsville, Texas, Attn. 16.Armed
Mexicans in force crossed the j t
Uio Grande at a ford near Mercedes j \
tonight, attacking an outpost of half I t
a dozen cavalrymen at Saenz, t
i Ranger Lieut. Keynau, at Mercedes, i
j telephoned State Adjutant General t
Hutchings here that Corporal Wil- i
man of Troop C, 12th cavalry, was I t
killed and Lieut. Roy O. Henry and I
two privates of the same troop were i
wounded. Reynau reported that the s
Mexicans had crossed the border in 1
three bauds and were advancing toward
Mercedes. 1
A clash between Mexicans and ;
United States troops occurred last j
night. The troops were fired upon i
from across the Kio Grande, but the
Mexicans withdrew when the fire
was returned. None of the Americans
were wounded.
Americans who arrived here today
reported that they had been threatened
by a party of Carranza soldiers
aboard a train en route from Monterey.
The soldiers apparently had i
been drinking and were incensed by
exaggerated reports of the raids on t
the American side of the boundary
and treatment accorded Mexicans.
Officers quieted the troops.
The Americans said that a statement
signed bv General Nafarrate.
Carranza commander at Matamoros, | '
had been published in a Monterey j
I (
newspaper, declaring that Carranza |
'troops had no connection with the|
' Texas raids. They reported that the |
I majority of the- American residents!
"i of Monterey had left that city.
The 26th infantry arrived today I
1 front Texas City to reinforce thel
.
, United States border patrol.
'! It has been learned that Clyde'
I Robinson, an American, was detained
in the Matamoros jail five days'
pending an investigation of his presII
ence near the Matamoros military
| trenches, lie was released at the rei
i quest of United States Consul Johnson
at Matamoros.
' BOYS PUNISHED
BY NAVAL COURT
Tiki Midshipmen \re dismissal <
I'mm Academy and Twelve >
Otliei-s to lie Disciplined.
Washington, Aug. 15. Findings
of the court of inquiry which investi.
gated irregularities in examinations
; and recitations at the Naval \cadeniv,
with disciplinary action approv,
ed by Secretary Daniels were an:
nounced tonight at the navy department.
Two midshipmen, Ralph M.
1 Nelson. Jr., of New York, and,
I'linrlni. VI ..f / \ I. ! ? ~ ... -IS
x II?I irn ??l. ivca^ir Ul WIIIW, ui r Wl^
missed from the Academy. Twelve
r others are ordered disciplined in
- varying degrees.
1 The court, appointed by Secretary
Daniels last June submitted a unanimous
report after a long inquiry. The
" dismissals were submitted to and ap '
proved by President Wilson.
'I Sweeping changes in the method
'! of conducting examinations were
" suggested by the court, and are un51
der consideration by Secretary Daniels.
Among its recommendations
' were:
"That the practice of giving out.
1 "dope* or advanced information
| should be abolished unless heads of
departments issue it by memoranda,
| thus insuring that all receive It in
eqi'ni amount* nn<i in me same
I; form.
|t "That examinations should not he
i made so long or so difficult as to
,! n.ake 'dope' systems necessary for a
11 great proportion of a class to pass
examinations satisfactorily
. In itfs report before the in<|uiry
m the Academy superintendent, reeomI
| aended iwen midshipmen for dis-'mi<?sal,
and 16 others were brought
| into the proceeding* after the eonrtj
began hearings.
I&.
$1.50 A YEAR.
TALIANS STONE
GERMAN VESSELS
L'nited States Custom Station
Also Attacked bv the
Reservists.
SEVERAL OFFICERS HURT.
M'vcral I'nliccinen I ti iitr-?-?| by \n^ry
Italians Who Had Conned !*?
rath* licl'ore Sailing.
Boston. Aug. 15. The assembling
oday of l.llOb Italian reservists who
vere to sail on tlx* steamer Canopje
onight was marked by deinonstraions
against the German steamships
tmerika and Cincinnati, laid up here
is a result of which several policenen
were severly injured. Sailors
in the German vessels were struck
>y stones and sticks. Revolver shots
were exchanged between the crowd
ind the police, but it could not be
learned that any took effect.
In another disturbance which developed
about the formation of a
parade of the reservists in North
Square, three police officers were inilirori
nno Kolnn- T*""
unv oiaui/rn. I VII ?irrests
were made.
The reservists paraded the Coinmonwealth
pier in the South Boston
listrict. The crowd became angered
it. the appearance of the police and
legan throwing stones at two vessels
inchored to the pier, smashing winlows
and doing other damage. Two
stewards were severly beaten.
The mob then rushed to the main
jier building. The United States cusoms
station was stoned, but eight officers
forced the crowd back at tb?
[joint of revolvers. Shots were fired
in the air .and were answered from
ihe crowd but later no bullet wounds
could be found. Several policemen,
however, required hospital attention,
one with a broken leg and others
with broken arms and other injuries.
Although the officers used their
clubs, few of the disturbers bore
marks of the fray.
At North Square an otticei was
stabbed in the cheek and rut severely
on the arm.
The Canopic sailed just before
midnight. According to officers In
charge there were 1.4.'10 reservists in
her steerage and a few in the cabins
and they claimed all were aboard
ship when the trouble occurred.
FRENCH TROOPS
TAKE EXCAVATION
Itig t.miv Continue to 'I'ltinoler
Challenge in Three lliMi o t^.
\eroplnite? Drop Itotnh*.
I'aris. Aug 1 After iolent
hand-to-hand lighting near "uisalenne
between .he ')!-e and \isne
rivers. French troops yesterday ocou
pied an excavation maile 1>\ the ex
plosion of a niin? and* r a German
trench, according to today's French
war department statement. Exceptionally
violent artillery duels are
reported in the Artois, the Champagne
and the Lorraine districts.
Nineteen French aeroplanes dropped
H?8 bombs 011 German depots near
St. Mlhiel.
The statement reads:
"In the course of the night aitillery
duels were particularly violent
in Artois, in the region of Souches,
at itoclineourt, in ihe champagne at
Beausejour fort and in Lorraine, in
the region of Leintrey and iteillon.
"Between the Oise and the Aisn?
we exploded a mine north of i'uiaalenne
and we occupied the excavation
after violent hand-to-hnnti .gating
"In the Argon.oe, at the 'ourlev
chausses and at La Fontaine there
were engagement' ..im homo- and
petards.
"In the Vosget, 11 the region of
the Fave river f. German mine v/a?
exploded on hill o07. youth of liousz
without causing :ny loss ?v damage
"A squadron ot lit aeroplanes
bombarded derma: porks and depots
in the valley of Spada. 'i'he aviatori
dropped los shells on their objec
tives. All o.ir aeroplane'; refnrnod
without incident."
(irtrk
1' rl .. Vug. 1?7 A Renter's dig
pnliii .'roin Athene -ays that after
tli< lection of '/>u itan?>R a? pre8i
den of the (i;?e.. cliambo) of depu
ties today th? (Jou'mrbt foyer.tment,
resigned