The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 22, 1916, Page 2, Image 2
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GEN .A. L. MILLS '. \
PASSERSUDDENLY1
MAN OF MUCH ENERGY
Builder of West Point, Head of
War College and Reorganizer
of National Guard.
Washington, Sept. 18.?Maj. Gen.
Albert L. Miles, chief of the bureau
of militia affairs, holder of the army|
medal of honor for bravery under,
lire, builder of the new West Point!
and former president of the army
war college, died here today after 15
hours' illness of pneumonia. No
funeral arrangements had been made,
tonight.
Gen. Miles was a native of New
York and was appointed to the mili-t,
tary academy from that State inj
1874. He served with distinction
through the Spanish war and the (
Philippine insurrection, and in 1904
was promoted by President Roosevelt
from the rank of captain to brigadier
general. For several years he served
as commander of the Department of {
the Gulf, with headquarters at Atlanta.
Only last month he was com- ;
missioned a major general.
Before becoming head of the mili-l
tia division he had been president of
the war college and superintendent ,
of the military academy. He worked)]
out mobilization plans for the State|
troops operated during the Mexican
border disturbances. He contended'
vigorously for increasing the etiiciency
of the National Guard and
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dealt unsparingly with the faults of
the system of individual organiza-!
lions whenever he appeared before
congress in connection with armyL
legislation.
The task of federalizing the Statej]
troops under the plan laid out byt
congress in the reorganization bill,
recently signed rested largely upon .
Gen. Mills as chief of the militia bu-|
reau. His work was greatly com-1
plicated by the fact that the troops j
were called for border duty before j
there had been opportunity to work
out the new scheme.
Gen. Mills leaves, besides Ms wife, ,
a son. Lieut. 0. P. Mills of the Ninth !
cavalry, and a daughter. Mrs. Emil ,
P. Laurson, wife of Lieut. Laurson
of the Eleventh cavalry. i.
The general was stricken with ,
pneumonia last night. He was at
his desk Saturday and took a long
horseback ride yesterday morning.
In a statement issued tonight expressing
the sentiment of the war
department. Secretary Laker declared
Gen. Mills' devotion to his
work took strength with which he
might otherwise have been able to
resist the sudden illness. The statement
follows:
"I have a deep sense of personal
Jos- in the death of Gen. Albert L. |
Mills. From the time of my coining!
to Washington he has been utostj
zealous in his self-sacrificing devotion
to the affairs of the militia bureau
of which he was the head, and
his patience, wisdom and kindness j
have greatly simplified both my task
in becoming familiar with the war
department and the difficult undertaking
which felt to the department
upon the call of the militia to th^
Texas border.
"Plainly, the devotion of Gen.
Mills to his work took strength with
which he might otherwise have been
able to resist the sudden illness.
"Few officers in the service have
had a more distinguished or varied
career. In active military operations!
bo wis severely wounded, hut reeov
ered his health and became the builder
of the new West Point, which is
undoubtedly the most monumental
military school in the world. His
last years have been spent in reortgar.izing
the militia and bringing
about a higher degree of sympathy
and co-operation between it and the
regular army. His death marks the
passing of a brave soldier, a cultured
educator, a fine administrative officer
end an upright gentleman."
Piles Cured |n 6 to 14 Days
Vour druggist will rtMund enoney It PAZO
OINTMENT (sit* to cnre^an/c.se of Itchin/,
Blind, Weeding or ProtruditTlLXiles in6tol4dsys.
The 6r?t application given Kmc and Rest. 50c.
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MONEY TO
II am now prepared tu]nr-?i>liale loans
of money on inproved rotton farms
in I.anraster county iilsiims of $300.
and nywards at 7 perjceut interest,
repayable in'suitable iyr^lullinents, in
periods of five, seven <or\ ten years.
It. K. WYI.lEi
Attorney ut Law
For Results Advertise in The
Lancaster News.
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LWAltD IS MADE 11
OF SCHOLARSHIPS |
I^'ustm i\p|N?rtton Vacancies After I
Hearing Report of Charities and
Corrections Hoard.
Columbia, Sept. 15.?The State:
>oard of education adopted yesterday
he report of the Winthrop board of
rustees concerning the free scholarihips.
The Winthrop board met in
Columbia September 1, when the re)ort
on the financial condition of the
ipplicants for scholarships was received
from the State board of charties
and corrections.
The following are the winners of '
he State scholarships at Winthrop '
or the present session: 1
Anderson: Sarah Dunlap. Clara 1
Elurdine, Emma Geer, Margaret At- '
away.
Bamberg: Pauline Cook.
Barnwell: Julia C. Barclay, Sa- '
ah K. Jenkins. '
Berkeley: Esctelle Dellay. 1
Charleston: Maude Tubeville, El- (
anor Mitchell. '
Cherokee: Lillian Klrby. '
Chester: Sara Julia Kaa. '
Chesterfield: Frezil H ?Mr.
Colleton: Marie de Troville, Nora <
loodwin. 1
Darlington: Marie E. Tedder. !
Margaret Ethel Byrd.
Dillon: Annie Mae Allen. I
Edgefield: Janice Morgan. 1
Greenville: Tecoa C. Holland, Net- ]
ic E. Gresliain, Ruth Martin. 1
Blanche Sloan.
Kershaw: Ogla N. Rush.
Lancaster: Mary Kirk.
Laurens: Mattie Lee Riddle. <
Marion: Nell Jones. i
Marlboro: Eula K. Easterling.
Newberry: Grace Sease.
Oconee: Lillian Ethel Martin.
Orangeburg: A. Bertha Dantsler.ii
Clola C. Gardner. Inez P. Galphln.
Richland: Kathleen Merchant. <
Helen Cheatham.
Saluda: Lula Mae Sawyer. i
Spartanburg: Ruth Smith, Leila <
Viae Tomlinson. ji
Union: Flossie Wilburn.
Williamsburg: Emma Llfrage. (I
York: Edna Low ranee.
From the state at large for one';'
rear only: Mary K. Keaserllng, i
Beaufort; Bessie Dunlap. Rockton;
Esther Surasky. Aiken: Annie P.
Poliakoff, Aiken; Rebecca Hlcklin, ,
Blackstock; Vardelle Eraser, Hartsville;
Kathleen Cucrry, Marion:
Mary J. Woods, Darlington; Eliza- ;
beth Ilutto, Denma: k; Perale Tube
vim-, i uut'viup; uewey cuip, in- i
man; Lucile Ferguson. Richburg:
Nancy Klla Iloulware. Richburg; i
Elizabeth Yorborough. Chester.
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CI.OSK HFAKINOS I
ON AllMOH PLANT
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['hnnrr of Purchasing One Iteady 1
Made lias liecn Pra-et ieally i
Disposed Of. i
Washington, Sept. 14.?Hearings ]
aefore Secretary Daniels and the gen- i
?ral board of the navy on the question
of a suitable location for the ,
projected $11,000,000 government (
imor factory closed today with ap- |
jroxlmntely 12"> cities and rural dis- (
ricts asking for the plant. A selec- (
ion probably will not be made for (
nore than two months. ,
All possibility of purchasing a ,
eady built plant was disposed of ,
luring the hearing. Of the factories
naking armor or engaged in similar
ictivities, only two were mentioned
s possible purchases and the general
toard considered neither satisfacorv.
These are the properties of 1
he Washington Steel & Ordnance
ompany and of an unnamed corinration
which is constructing a fac- |
ory at Ashland, Ky. 1
rne law provides that the factory, |f
vhich will have an annual capacity j\
>f not less than 20,000 tons of ar- t
nor, shall he located with especial l
eference to safety in time of war. t
^'aval experts hold different views j
s to the hest locality, sonie declaring t
Philadelphia the .ogieal place, others \
)ieferrinc Itirmingham because of i
ts proximity to the Alabama min- f
ral producing district and nianv
ontending that New York, western \
Pennsylvania, Ohio or the Middle t
Vestern States naving water routes
or transportation should te chosen. ,
11:10,000 STOIJA CASH
I.I FS IN SAFFTY \ WXTS ,
Chicago, Sept. 15.?Of the $271,- j
100 in Canadian money stolen from f
he Westminster Uranch of the Flank (
if Montreal in 1012, upwards of
1120,000 lies unmolested in safety
ioxes in Chicago, Agent Peter
rautzberg of the United States Se- ,
ret Service has announced.
Drautzberg's statement was!'
irompted by the arrest here and sub-j
equent release shortly afterward,
oday of Michael Flannigan, ques-|F
ioned several times regarding the;^
Vestminster robbery. Drautzberg. "
aid the holders of those safety de-.
?osit boxes were Known to secret ser-j
dee men and that they had feared to, <
nove the money from the boxes.
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LE LANCASTER NEWS F3
MILLION MENACED
WITHSTARVATION
FLOOD RUINS CROPS
People of Hwai River Valley in
Anhwei Province Face
Disaster.
Nanking, China, Aug. 30 (Cor
respondence of the Associated1
Press).?One million persons are {
threatened with starvation and sevsral
hundred thousand have been
rendered homeless as a result of
floods which are raging along the
ilwai river in Atohwei province.
President Li Yuan-hung has personally
contributed $100,000 silver
tor relief and parliament will doubt- 1
less make an effort to appropriate 1
money for the same purpose. However,
the Chinese government is practically
without funds as a result of 1
ihe bitter political situation, and 1
Chinese papers say there will be an
appalling death list from starvation 1
the American Red Cross does not
again come to the relief of the
stricken. '
The flooded district is approximately
two hunded miles long, and
las an average width of twenty miles. |
it is a flat plain given over largely to
wheat cultivation.
The residents of the Hwai river |
valley have been the object of charity!
for many years. The American lied |
Cross has been endeavoring to better
their condition by interesting
financiers in a reclamation plan
which would afford safe outlet for
the flood water through the Grand
canal. Charles D. Jameson, an
American engineer, studied the conditions
for many years under the direction
of the American Red Cross,
and in 1914 a commission of engineers
from America visited the Hwai
river valley and appoved plans for
its reclamation. These plans contemplate
the draining of Huntze
Lake and the diversion of the water
nf the Ilwai river into Paoying Lake
and thence through the Grand canal
to the Yangtse river.
It has been estimated this would i
cost $:t0.000,000 in gold and it could
be completed in six years. So far no
financiers have been interested in the
general plan for reclaiming the river
basin, but an American concern.
Siems. Carey company of St. Paul,
Minn., has been granted a concession
to reclaim the Grand canal. The
reclamation of this is the tirst step in
the Hwai river conservancy plan, as
the building of the Grand canal has
much to do with closing the outlet
Df flood water from the Hwai river
basin, and if the Grand canal be
deepened and kept in a perfect condition
the duration of flood in the
Hwai river basin will be considerably
shortened.
The present flood is reported to bo
he most serious the district has suffered
since 1 !i n !>. At some points the
Hwai river rose ten ieet within a few
lays. Refugees are fleeing fom the 1
dooded district in all directions, be- '
ause of the lack of food and the '
lselessness of remaining in a district i
.shore no further crops can be pro- >
lured this year. 1
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IIODV OK OKA It FIGITIVF
k'iigil Hint \Vbo Shot I've look 1
II is Own Fife.
Marion, N. C\, Sept. IT.?Virgil
lutt, the white man who ran amuck
lere Sunday, one week ago, and shot
Ive people, was founo dead in the
loods today, less than a mile from
he scene of the shooting. J. M.
louck. about noon, attracted by vulures,
began to search for the obert
of their prey and found Butt's
>ody in a decaying condition. By
lis side lay a 32-calibre Remington
ifle, a razor, pocket knife, pencil and
? small bottle of strychnine tablets. .
The direct cause of his death is
inknown, but is supposed to have
esulted from poisoning.
Bloodhounds and officers followed i
vhat was thought to be Butt's trail ,
or many miles and it was thought <
le was still a fugitive from justice
intil his body was found and identi- .
led today. The body was buried by I
he sheriff, without a coroner's in- I
meat. ?
The finding of Butt's body brings,
in end to one of the most noted;
riminal records in'the history of
dcDowell county. Butt, while in thel
irmy, murdered the captain of his
ompany and has been involved in
nany other shooting duels. The five
?eople wounded by him last Sunday
vi 11 all recover except his wife, who
s in a critical condition.
To Cure m Cojd in One Dmy
Pake I.AXA aiVR HKdfMO Quinine. It (top* the
:ouKh and lleadacUt and works off the Cold. C
"Imagine reti\;l money it it fails to cure. 1 c
i. W. GROVK^^ignature on each box. 25c. ,e
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EUPAY, SEPT. 22, 1916.
VIIiliA ANI) HIS MKN
SHORT OF SUPPLIES j
T~
Have Only Fresh Meat for Fo<m1 and
Ijack Salt?Much Sickness.
Chihuahua City,/ Sept. 14.?Villa
and his men are subsisting entirely
on fresh meat which, together with
lack of salt, has caused sickness and
otherwise reduced the stamina of his
force, according to reports received
here today from scouts who have interviewed
ranchmen in the bandit's
neighborhood.
Meanwhile the constitutionalits are I
closing in on Villa from all sides,
Gen. Trevino stated. Gen. Vargas is
working westward from Gallagas,
from the line of the Mexican Central
railroad. Word is expected soon on
the result of exploations of Gen.
Cavazos in the canyon of Guerachlo.
Of Course They Steal.
Villa's adherents have stolen live
stock and pillaged small ranches on
the outskirts of Chihuahua City In
the past week, according to military
reports received here today. Mexican
military authorities in Juarez
denied that any fears of an attack
upon the town are entertained, but
admitted that a brigade of infantry
had been sent from Monterey to reinforce
the 7,000 troops said to be on
station there.
YOl'XG PRINCE IHKS
IX BALKAN BATTLE'
Frederick William of Hesse Killed at
Cara Orinan, Germans Otlleiully
Announce.
Berlin. Sept. 15 (via London).?
Prince Frederick William of Hesse
has been killed at Cara Orman, It
was officially announced at the war
office today in its reports of operations
on the Balkan front.
Prince Frederick William of Hesse
was a nephew of Emperor William.
He was born in 1893 at Frankfort-onMain,
the eldest son of Prince Frederick
Charles of Hesse and Princess
Maragaret, sister of the German emperor.
He was reported wounded In
the fighting in France in September.
1914.
Prince Frederick William is the
second prince of the house of Hesse
to be killed, Prince Maximilian falling
on a French battlefield in October.
1914. Seven other German
princes have been killed, two of SaxeMeiningen,
three of Lippe, one of
Reuss and ona of vxaldeck.
NEGRO AT LARGE.
New Orleans Police Search Rut in
Vain.
fsew Orleans, Sept. 14.?Although
squads of police have searched many
hours for Seymour Clay, a negro, who
late last night shot ajid killed Fortune
Jaubert. a wholesale dry goods
merchant, and wounded five other
persons, the fugitive was still at
largo tonight Last night's shooting
occurred after Clay had slashed a
street car conductor several timet;
with a knife when a worthless transfer
which he tendered for fare was
refused. Clay jumped from the cur.
"duded the pursuing crowd and proHired
a ride. Police reserves had ar-l
rived by that time and during thel
tinning tight which followed Jauberti
it as killed and four other persons in]
he crowd were wounded. '
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I'FAKTHATK NKW LINK.
ermans Itcport More Success in
Dohruja.
Berlin. Sept. lh. (via London).?
The new line taken up by the reinforced
Russian and Roumanian
roops in eastern Roumania between
he Danube and the Black sea has
jeen penetrated at several points by
he Teutonic forces, the war office
tnnounced today.
The official report from Berlin on
Monday said that the Russo-Rounanian
forces on the Rachova-<Joaadin-Tuala
line had received rein-1
forcemeats. The line held by the
Russians and Roumanians parallels'
he railroad running from Tzerna-'
roda to Constanza on the Black sea
'oast. The only bridge across the'
Danube in this region is at Tzerna
roaa wnich Is about nine miles up
he river from Rachova.
m | LEGAL NOTICES | ? |
NOTICE OF DIHCHARGR.
Notice Is hereby given that the unlerslgndtf
will, a* Administratrix of
he estate^of R. R. bfennlngton, deeased,
on \he 9th/<lay of October,
1916, make \er fufal return as such
^dmlnlstratrlrVfuM apply to the Pro>ate
Court ofyfcaneaeter county for'
etterB dismis^aw.
Mrs.^attlk J. Kennlngton,
Administratrix \ estate of said deeased.
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