The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, March 07, 1916, Image 1
VOL. U. No. 43. SEMI-WEI
, POLITICIANS BUS*
4 PLAYING FOR PLACE;8
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Governor and Friends Making w ,,
No Comment on Announce- ' n
ments of Candidates. miss
rivec
MANNING WILL RUN AGAIN ship
As !
Attention Centered on What Speoj
Messrs. Cooper and Stuckey mcf
Will Do. tine.
once
. Columbia. March 5?Special to
News and Conner: Although .\ ,s'
there were no new d -velopment t ll t,during
last week on the sib far 1 \]vr
view of polities, still the jockey- ;j.o "
ing for position among the poli- ^jon.
ticians continues unabated, and j. [
behind the screen which effect- '
ively shuts out the public gaze. ^
the manoeuvring has been no- niar|
ticeable. Something may crop ()^ j
out within the next few days!^n^
which will have a decided bear. q0j
ing on the while situation. ; ..V
Those in close confidence ! attit
Governor Manning have not seen
fit to make public any comment
on the various announcements of j hear
candidates, both active and pros- cour
pective, who will contest witli
the Governor for the nomination j^at
at the hands of the Democrats na\j(
in the coming primaries for the n^rv
position of Chief Magistrate. maj<
That the friends of the Govern- |j(
*>r are keeping in close touch wenWith
the situation and are watch- cour
ing closely every move on the political
chessboard is known, but
they are not talking for publi- \ \7
cation. They are evidently of j
the opinion that watchful wait- |? j
ing is the best policy which can ,
be pursued for the present, for
they are known to feel that it is1
still too far away from the cam- j _
naien for the different elements
and issues to be clarified, that YilCii
there will be much shirting and i
changing in their opinion between
now and the opening of i, '
the campaign. : an
While Governor Manning has! r
not formally announced his can-|,nan
didacy for re-election it is known mon
that he will run. Hgeil
Several up-state papers this
week said friends of the Governor
had received letters saying ^ -!
he was in the race for re-elec- j Hasj!
tion. !APri
The public attention is cen-|e?m'
tered right at present on what-8 ?.l]
Solicitor R. A. Cooper, of Lau- '1081(
rens, and Mr. W. A. Stuckey, of i ne s,
Bishopville, will do. That both are
being urged to enter the race ,1"
for Governor is known through-11)
out the length and breadth of
the state. The attitude of So- . '
licitor Cooper and Mr. Stuckey V1
will have a most important bear \ ,
ing on the outcome of the cam-;?f?'
paign in the opinion of well post- f
ed and impartial political ob-;ox2?
servers.
Former Governor Cole T..
Blease has formally announced u
that he will seek election to the 1 a'
Govenorship and his friends are 'oml
making an active campaign for ?
him. ay
/\T A
There is a widespread and in-1 , '
r* creasing demand throughout the ' .
*' state for the Democratic State ^
Convention to abolish the county 0f p
to county ?anvas of the candi- ^ '
dates. The sentiment for doing j
away with this archaic method
of campaigning is on the increase
for impartial and unbiased observers
declare that this politi- j J
cal circus does the state a great
deal of harm and no good at all. Hou?
They declare that without it fac-1
tionalism ould die and candidates1 Cli
would have to discuss issues in-!"Edf
stead of one another, as it is al- hotm
most impeiative under the nlani
oounty to county canvass to get for li
any attention. Whan the De- son ]
mocratic clubs meet in April to Thor
elect delegates to the county stroj
conventions this matter will rare
come up and efforts will be made ble p
to send up instructed delegations ian t
to knock out the county to wedd
county canvass, it is said. son 1
John T. Duncan has again an- also
nounced his candidacy for Governor.
Mr. Duncan declares that
the people are tired of factionalism
and are ready for a new and
deal. exter
J. M. DesChamps, of Colum- camp
bia, has also announced his can- whicl
didacy for Governor on the De- of th
mocratic ticket. He is an author
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^*~i* *ijiH i >i i fciii 11 . .vj
E LANC
ZKLY. LANCASTER,
sidents envoy in\jrn Timrr Tuni
BACK from europe IJVlK IHKLL IllUI
Reports of Unfavorable At-1 | |lin
ude Toward America Great- I lur
Exaggerated.
:w York, March 5.?Col. E. Tragedy of Auxiliary 1
[ouse, who sailed for Europe Provence on Februa
December 28 o a confidential of Greatest on Rec
ion for President Wilson, ar
1 here to-day on the steam-(TRANSPORTING S
Rotterdam from Falmouth. L. . . 7~_,
*oon as he landed from a statement Issued Fe
ial coast-guard cutter, which ?!-vs " ^ll,,mjl!
the Rotterdam at quaran-i C!V ^?liced Befor
Col. House announced at Sinking,
he would leave for Wash- Paris, March 3. It
>n to meet the President, nounced at the Prone
let lined to comment on his o1- niarine to.dav that
ion. reiterating that he went :m?ar]y t.ooo men on
imope to convey to ?ome French auxiliary crui>
rican Ambassadors inlorma- vence when she was s
having to do with interna- Mediterranean on Fei
d questions that could not It was stated that oi
tupplied them by cable or jproVence were tl
r- the 3d colonial in ft
sked if he had noticed any ment> the 3d battali
ked change in the attitude I company of the 1st
5urope toward the United the 2d machine gun co
os since his previous trip, one extra rnmnnnv i?
nouse said: 1,000 men.
teports of an unfavorable As ,he ministrv of
tide toward tbe United Feb. 29 announced thi
es by the people of Europe ,)e|. ?r KUrvivors of tl
exaggerated. At least I vence (piaster was es
d no criticism in any of thej850 it is indicated b;
'fries \isited. will say 80jn8 dispatch that i
that we should remember 3 130 !ives were ,ost
the people of the belligerent , ..
oils arc living with their :...The !oss mor*
es on edge ami we should i lVx es . 111
e allowances accordingly." l'jroni auxihait c
e added that everywhere he bh ovenee is the gre;,
t he was treated with every disaster ot modern i
tesy and consideration. i,to ^e present the la,
ber ot lives ever los
wreck was when the
rANCY AT ANNAPOLIS11 iJ??r..Tit^?ic struckI1
olt the New Foundl
> mn jT * -4 on April 14, 1912, anc
1,,ed bv Examination at a d(..lth loS!t ()f , 59,
cued number 743.
Columbia r ridav.
1 he I* reach num.si
, , . n, l ine had previously
>lumbia, March 4.?To> rill alofitements as in the
incy . in the United States ons 0|1 tho La
"i Al"('cmy. an examination ? aen she went d- wr
be held on Friday, March1 th0 vevsGi ni),-(OVC
at the University of South tho Transatlantic se
>lma The appointment is to !carry l 060 pers0ns.
nade bj Senator B. R. Till- crew, and it has
, and is open to all the young j aumed that as ahe
?. \ e state between the portin g troo ps bet wee
i of 16 and 20, who shall jfar apart, she was c
^ v cer]?!n qualifica- ,uimi)er 0f men large
3. The candidate must be nor-,,;ii capacity.
lically sound and ready to The official statem
i e"trance examination j 29 announcing the sin
? a Anapolis. To the ja Provence said:
petitive examination he' ..The French auxili
ild firing a certificate of age, provenCe II (so desigr
lence and physical sound- j tinguish her from t
, , , , battleship Provence,)
le examination will be heM j transporting troops t
mm 3 of Davis college at the L sunk in tho Mei
/ersitv. 1 .flnHiHntoc u-iii
I | V Q rr; v*rv" "7ion February 26. Tv
We at 8:4a. and begin work and ninety-six surv
o clock. There will be an been brought to >
emission lrom 1 to - o clock about 100 to Melos
the test will be closed at o|an,j British patrol vt
ck. Candidates are expect- r(10ned hv wireless,
o supply materials used in <<xG signs of a
nination. were noticed before o
ic subjects will be spelling,; ainkimf. La Provenc.
nmar and analysis. United Ld with five cannon (
es history, arithmetic, alge- metreSt two of 57 i
geometry, geography and and four of 57 miUir
position. A general idea asj
he nature of the questions CAPT. JONES VE1
he had from the pamphlet
uestions issued by the NaAcademy.
Upon request Well Known ( olunihi
js will be sent from the of- >n*' Paralytic St
of the State Superintendent Columbia. March
Iducation to whom inquiries friends of Capt. Allen
further information should regret to learn that
iddressed. ill at his home in Shan
Jones, who is one o
known citizens of Cfli
ONIAL HOME BURNED, fered a paralytic sti
ten days ago and has i
partially.
ie Built by Thomas Jeffer- :
son for His Daughter. SETTLE STRIKE
larlotteville, Va? March 6? IN WAS I
re Hill," a beautiful colonial
? near here, which was
led by Thomas* Jefferson iStreet Cars to Move
lis daughter. Martha Jeffer-j Capital.
Randolph, wife of Governor! Washington. Marc
nas Mann Randolph, was de-.street car strike whic
red to-day by fire. Much days has seriously
furniture and many valua- i Washington's two tra
aintings as well as an Ital- was ended to-night afi
nantlepiece, which was the meeting of 1,500 camu
ling gift to Martha Jeffer- ified an arbitration
from the people of France, reached late to-day v
were burned. sentatives of the 1,00
union strikers and o
. the companies.
lecturer and is making an Irishmen h Field
isive newspaper advertising Shamrocks.
>aign of his platform, on Condon. March t ?
h he will ask the Democrats mond, the Trish leader,
e state to nominate him. every Irishman in the
navy on active servic
of shamrock for -St.
:aster
S. C. MARCH 7, 1916.
ilSAND GERMANS HAMMERINC ,N,)0R:
\ | AAT ? - ? ? ? - - -
5 LU5I Al lAlbS Uh VEROIN""""
Was)
Han,merln* at Gates pressi
ord. of V erdun- of th< ;
i tion-'
OLDIERS 'leved Crown Prince Has I>e- ent
termined to Capture Verdun nia('
bruary 20 ?1 All Costs in Effort to Reach ,ia
ine Signs Paris. re{re
or After out a* ?
ON OTHER BATTLE FRONTS Secreta
t was an- re?u^
then" were Admiralty Reports the letter. \
board the ? T ?f Two ,nnch ^>x- son. fo!
- /' vvt iistb ,:rersnn"M,i,ish 1 -m- v
iunk in th" '
>ruary 26. ., ruary 2
ii board the: ' I10 Ocrnian armies are ham Miss 1.
ie staff of "J? * a*- ^u> gates of Verdun and *laintry
reeri-'w'^ heavy artillery. but at lat " the
on, the 2d <!st ^counts had suspended in- approve
battalion. |antr.v attacks. In the last fight- u.re sa*
mpany and ".1K reported the initiative as on tion-wi<
i all nearlv s'de the French, who des- ' to 11
perately drove back at the Ger "Con
marine on mans ,a c??nter attack, which
it the num-iKained 1 ground- "We
he La Pro- The German thrusts in the Problen
itimated at'new phase of the titanic strug- Problen
y the lore- tfle are being delivered with t,wn an
ipwards of heaviest force at present on the m,,st a
salient to the northeast of the1 's a Pr'
than 3.001,; fortress, in which lies Douau. fitting.
of the I niont plain. Here the French reau
ruiser La 'ast week were driven out of ?f luboi
itest ocean f ?rt Pouaumont and just now Popular
times TTr?! 1 rom Douaumont village, to the which <
~? l t tos inv
rftest num.|w?' Americ
Wllj" J,!',. In and around the village the
.... battle has been raging with vio-JINDIf"
i* i k. 1. Hence and heavy losses 011 both
I sides. Unofficial accounts state!
' Th' < that there has been nothing on Ihirtet
e re>- western front to equal thej Wi
ferocity of the attacks delivered ..1
try fo ma- by the Germans, while the ,
issued no ]->ench infantry is declared t<> "e K
mp!:'\Vr ? disputing every inch of!turned
*.ovenw ground, and in their last effort coverin
^ . i to have forced the Germans to i eity I)<
r,?\/un i?i |rest on the laurels so far won mjff ,ip
rvk "o :.n an(j ieave the continuation of the I
including ]battle to their artillery. 101>- %
'u.'?ee"r,m?" Verdun at All Costs. ' newsPa
\sas truns^ several
11 ports not Paris advices show the French f:nrKno.
arrying a!believe the German Crown .
r than her Prince has determined to cap- ,nK,or
:ture Verdun at all costs and, if sons fo
ent of Feb. possible, to break through the tery w
king of the!French |ine an(j open up the wavi jnjr cor
I to Paris.
ary cruiser Tl , , ... ... icharge
lated to (lis I, V ' ll?ht!?? sponsib
he French furt,he.'; s"Vth "" the llnf.in '!Mr. Col
engaged in lhe Gcnrums r!^r,Vnfl liable th
^ f -Fj repulse of a French attack at ,iUie 1,1
iiHx \ ' ' Lorraine, in which the French pressed
i? n,i*. n* a had some initial success, but June U
?o hundred tu_i
Ivors tmvp "?v iu iciimjuiMi uiei
lalta. and P''"1"1!1 taken Elsewhere there sr|{EI.
hv French bas becn comparative quiet,
.lim. while from none of the other Em-'
" " ropean war fronts are events of
submarine moment "Ported. S(|n(|
r after the The Russian occupation in Dark
e was arm- liiths, in Turkish Armenia, is Wasl
)f 14 eenti- regarded in Petrograd as a de- Car se
millimetres' velopment of first rate impor- stoppe<
net res." tance, opening further the way about 5
to Ragdad for the Russian ar- bad be
R\ ILL. mies. That goal is a long dis fjrst da
tance away yet from the Rus- men j
an Suffer- ^ians headed southward toward shorter
Mesopotamia, but the military jtal's c<
j' observers already have mapped jn vjew
Jones will out the Probable routes for it was
he is very K*rancl I)uke Nicholas's armies fate car,
idon Capt over the 40?-mile stretch to a service
f the best''unction witb tbe ^ritisb on the o'clock
imbia. suf. Ti?rlB- !
* 1"t WedKe Divides Turks.
r,\ it on > addition, and of more im-; Wash
_ (mediate interest, is the bringing dent W
out of tlie points that the Turks vid R.
HNOTON ]will be greatly hampered in be amb
brintrintf up re-inforcements for confirm
their array that met defeat at a few 1
Agam in Erzerum and is retreating west- received
^ward, while the southward ?
h 6. The thrust by the Russians has driv-; *\
h for two i?*n a wedge between the Turkish Paris,
crippled!forces west of Lake Van, in Ar-'auxiliar
ction lines; menia, and those operating in aUnk by
ter a mass east of Persia. terranec
m had rat- On the naval side of the con- a_ story
agreement fjjet the German admiralty has vivors, a
'hen repe- reported the sinking of two ed here.
0 or more French auxiliary cruisers and a "Ever
fficials of British patrol boat, while from saved,"
the Mediterranean comes the re- name is
?;? port of the sinking of the Ital- been wi
Will Let ian steamer Giava, a 2,600-ton and tne
boat, by an Austrian submarine, ficers ar
John Red- Unofficial denial of the German the shij
is sending claim to the sinking of two water s
army and French warships is made in Par- which b
;e a sprig jg. few min
Patrick's
News \
$1.50 A YEAR.
webk." newton d. baker
rrerct; secretary of war
sident Wilson ex
*\"s roval of the plans Former Mayor of Cleveland to
en's bureau for na-1 Succeed Garrison in \Yil>oii
<ervance ot tne pres-[ vaum^i.
/ioSkM ^.Mkis.sj?s i-hesident'sTTose friend
nop, head ot the bu- \ppointment Announced from
ss Lathrop also gave white House After Confer
'inK-mlatory note Irom ence wlfh ro!. House,
ry Wilson ot trie depart r
labor of which the bu- Washington Abo- b : v'?waPfrt.
The President s tonv a Sf. rn
vntten to Secretary Wil (:|0Veland. has V? ' t bv
fows: President Wilson for Secret ry
;nr } r. Secretary: , War. His 1 ?,
ivo y i.ir lott< of Feb- > (he Senate V a 11
inclosing a memo from ministration lea;!' k
,af hrop ot February '2d. firmat'o a s tlu 'a- ? den
to say that the work tarv may take act:. ' 1 of
bureau has my warmest the war department's -dans for
d and that I with pleas- army increase and re-organizniction
its plan for a na- tion!
le obsei\ance ot March ^jr lawyer and as
as )abv week. a leader among Ohio Democrats
lially and sincerely yours, }ias been a warm supporter of
"Woodrow Wilson. (he Wilson policies since the prehave
an infant mortality convention campaign in 1012. lie
i because we have labor has been a close personal friend
as. Problems of educa- of Mr. Wilson since the latter
d of civic responsibilities was his instructor years ago at
Iso be solved but poverty .lohns Hopkins university, and
nie factor and it is most was offered the post of secretherefore.
that the bu- tary of the interior in the origthe
federal department inal Wilson cabinet, hut declined
' should participate in this because he then was mayor. He
educational campaign is understood to be in thorough
alls attention to the t'ac- accord with the President on th<?
olved in the welfare of preparedness programme and
an children." foreign questions.
_\n 0ff?r nf fy10 War Secretary
rMENTS IN ship was made to Mr. Bak< by
CHARLESTON CASE telegraph severd d ago . ' <or
? ^ the President had spent more
>n Held in Connection than three week.--. < wefuUv jrvith
Election Rioting. jojr over a long '"st >!' 'lv-< - igleston.
S. C.. March I.? to su,v'.-c,1 S .cvctarv Gar
, , . , nson. Mr. Raker accepted, ana
:al gland luiy to-day re- Upn- being notified to-day that
a special presentment r,p tfould be nominated at once,
g an investigation of the telegraphed that he would he in
smocratic executive com- Washington Thursday.
room shooting of Oct. 15.' Youngest Man in Cabinet.
vhen Sidney J. Cohen, a Mr. Raker, who is 4-1 years
per man. was killed and ,old- ^.illbo .tbe v,']',nlpest T*
.. i i .i her of President Wilsons Cabothers
wounded, the jnet hy mm.p t,)an f|w yf.ar3_
ol the grand jury ask- f|le next youngest member is
the indictment of 13 per- Secretary Houston, who ceTer
either assault and bat- brated his 50th birthday reeentith
intent to kill, carry- ^
icealed weapons, and one President will not select
XT? an assistant Secretary ot war
... ' to succeed Henry Breckenridge
nitty for the killing ot ,,ntil he has conferred with Afr*
ien was fixed. It is prob- Raker Thursday,
at indictments will be It is understood to-night, ho%vI
by the solicitor at the,ever, that the new assistant Secmni
of criminal court. votary of War will be from either
the south or east. Among tht*
men lindevitnrwl tr? 1 to i-muiMurt/l
. I i AK iMK.N IN were I?ilGraves, former uliu(
API I AL ON SI KIKE faaf peroral of Alabama, and
Lawrence Young, adjutant gen>0
Per Cent of Runs Made erai Qf Xorth Carolina,
ay and Cars Stopped at ^
"SEED CORN DAY."
lington. March 5.?Street
rvice in Washington " ~~
1 at dark to-night after Seventy Farmers \ttend Meet mi?
?0 per cent of normal runs Yeaterdaj.
en made throughout the At the joint _ invitation of C.
y of a strike of union car- L. McManus. fai n: dcnionstraor
higher wages and t'on agent, and the Lancaster
hours. Both of the cap- Chamber of Commerce, some
ampanies announced that seventy interested farmers atof
attempts at violence, tended the "Seed Corn Selection,
deemed unwise to oper. Day" held at the court house
* after nightfall and that Monday. Frank G. Tarbox Jr.,
would be resumed at 6 representing Clemson college,
to-morrow morning. was the first speaker and his
address on the subject, "Seed
Confirms Two Ambassn- Selection," was greatly appreciadors.
ted. His address in its entirety
lington, March 6.?Presi- will he published in the next ieilson's
nomination of Da. sue of The News. - N
Francis, of Missouri, to'- W R. Elliott, district state*
assador to Russia, was agent, department of agricui
ed to-day by the senate ture, was the next speaker and
hours 11 IIHCJ D66TI soiyip micrViftf -A
?, ....rj.vjr kwm aai
Trom the White House. vjce along: farming lines.
rnnuuin'c Messrs. R. L. Cunningham
ifi t TkfiJ ,,!, an(1 H- w- Miller, of Chester
, March b. The F ?ich coun^v were present and dinv
cruiser Provence was , y
' a torpedo in the Medi- P'*yed samples of their famou*
m last week, according to "Miller" corn which has receivtold
by one of the sur- ed so much consideration th^
.vhich in part, has reach- county over.
. ! After the talks had been com^yaTheWsurvivo#rV
whote pfetert' ? r0"n<l table dis"
Bokanowski, "if it had cussion was entered into, during
ithin human posibility which many questions were askphysical-capacity
ot of- ed and answered in connection
id crew. Unfortunately, pr0per methods of seed
i settled rapidlv. The . , . .
oon got to the hoilors. ^Icctton and seed germination.
egan exploding within a The conference as a whole was
utes." a pronounced success. Jyf
. -'f^|j|i 1