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VOL. 12, NO. 26, SEM I-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., FRIDAY, FEB. 16, 1917. a w a d
*' AN AMERICAN RANCH
IS SEIZEDBY BANDIT!
CAVALRY TROOP ORDERE1
TO THE BORDER.
Not Believed U. S. Troops Hav
Crossed in Pursuit of the
Mexican Raiders.
El Paso, Feb. 14.?Jose Ynez Sa
azar with his Villa command occi
pled OJitos, an American-owned cal
tie ranch In Mexico, forty-live mile
eouthwest of the Corner Ranch, yei
tordav. fine A morion ti nua.n lu
ing held there for rnnsom and thro
American Mormon cowboys who wer
captured during the raid yesterda
on the Corner Itanch also are belies
ed to be held for ransom at Cjltoi
American troops tonight patrolle
the border to prevent a repetition c
raids.
Interest In Mexican affairs shifte
suddenly from the contemplated Vi
la attack on Juarez to the operation
of Salazar and his mounted force.
After the raid on the Corne
Itanch, which Is on the America
side of the boundary, Salazar's force
occupied Ojltos, taking prisoner nin
Mexicans, together with "Ilank
Spencer, an American negro employ
ed by K. K. Warren & Sons, aerorr
ing to reports received today. N
one was killed when Salazar occi
pied Ojltos.
Demand for Hansom.
A demand for $5,000 ransom wu
made upon Bob Morehead, ranc
overseer for the Warren interest
and forwarded from Hachita to t
K. Warren, at Three Oaks, Mict
Reports from Hachita said Warre
had instructed Morehead to prote<
Spencer and had ordered the ransoi
paid, but agents of the Warren it
terests said tonight they had urge
the ransom be refused.
Three Americans held at Ojitc
are Andrew Peterson. Burton lot
sen and Hugh Accord.
Salazar was joined at Ojltos h
Prudenclo Miranda and his bam
which raided tlie Corner Ranch. a<
cording to advices from Haehitt
Fear that the men might he execui
ed by Salazar was expressed b
friends of the Mormon cowboys her
tonight.
Cavalry (Iocs to llorder.
Two troops of the Twelfth U. i
Cavalry went to the bordei toda;
but are not believed to have crosse
in pursuit of the bandits. There als
are troops at Dog Springs, Cienega
and at Alamo Hueco. near the hour
dary.
Salazar is believed to have move
into Western Chihuahua in order t
represent Francisco Villa at a coi
ference soon to be held somewher
south of Hachlta. Delegates froi
Governor Esteban Cantu, of Lowt
California, Villa partisans in Sonon
a representative of the Villa junta i
El Paso and Salazar, representin
V Villa, are expected to attend th
meeting.
Among the things to be considere
is the selection of a provisional pres
dent for the revolutionary goverr
ment, which it is said, is to be orgar
lzed. Miguel Diaz I-ombardo, a foi
mer Villa cabinet officer, was said t
have been agreed on for this pos
tion.
CZAR MITCH DIHPDEASED
WITH MUNITION BUYER?
New York. Feb. 15.?Weary, it i
sain. or paying nign salaries an
getting low efficiency from his ata
of 300 munition buyers with head
quarters in New York, Czar Nichr
laa is expected to order most o
them home within the next few day
and put them in the trenches at th
front. The Russian government wn
extremely displeased with the loss c
millions of dollars in the Rlaek Tor
explosion and Klngsland explosion.
VILLA TO ADVANCE
CLOSE TO BOUND A III
Marfa^tiCAta. ?b. 15.?Punch
Villa w^^MWtyv the Mexican tow
of OJiniaPpMft/ectly across the rive
from Prtijjmaj. Tex., within a shor
time, It ww learned here yesterday
This move will be for the purpose o
testing the temper of the Unltei
States. If no effort is made by Unit
ed States troops to expel Villa fron
Ojinaga. he will open an attacl
against Jnares, across the river frou
El Paso.
AUSTRIAN BOAT SUNK"
i AN AMERICAN VESSEL
[> WILSON MAY GO BEFORE
CONGRESS SOON.
e Other Outrages by Foreign Governments
May Hurry Up the
Approching Crisis.
I- Washington, Feb. 14.?The steady
i- accumulation of violations of Amori
t_ can rignts by Oerinany made it apIS
pear possible today that President
. Wilson would go before congress to
ask authority for protecting lives
and property without waiting for a
6 serious disaster which might shock
e the country. There were no indicay
tions. however, that he believed the
time for such a step had come and it
again was stated authoritatively
'* that he would move deliberately and
d with full appreciation of all the con?f
sequences involved.
Official reports of the sinking of
the American schooner Lyman M.
j Law in the Mediterranean by an Aus
s trian submarine added only slightly
to the tension, for while the act is
,r believed to have been illegal no live?
were lost and the vessel apparently
was warned. The incident was not
n looked upon as one in itself sufficient
..ito hurry the development of the situation.
I Preliminary reports began cotnlug
to government departments showing
the piling up along the Atlantic
seaboard of goods destined for export
to European ports.
N'o serious effect from'this coildlj.
tlon will ho felt, however, until lapse,
s of sufficient time for ships remaining
tin American ports to have gone to
1 Europe are returned. While only
r approximately 1 d per cent of Amerlcan
commerce with Europe is carried
on American ships, the sailings
of vessels of other nationalities in
(Jmany instances have either been canjcelled
or postponed and therefore
are results of the ruthless submarine
^'campaign in time will result in fai!
reaching disturbance of the industrial
life of the United States.
I War Preparations Hastened.
Preparations by the government
. ! for any eventuality still are going
^ I forward without interruption. Much
v importance is attached to the work
,c, of the Council of National Defense,
|which is holding daily sessions for
I the purpose of learning at first hand
5 i from Americans of experience what
y jprovision must he made to co-ordin(J'ate
American resources. K. S. Stee0
tinius. of J. P. Morgan & Co., was
1S again before the council today, furnishing
information gained from experience
as head of his firm's huge
(1 transactions in war orders for the en0
tente allies.
j. It was stated during the day that
,0 it was entirely possible the governjjjiment
would take no steps towards
M actually furnishing arms to Amert,
can ships unless and until the presl(l
dent decides he should go before
g congress.
e: While the state department take*
the position that the government has
(j the right to furnish the guns, other
questions which make the question
more complex have arisen.
Law Sunk by Bomb.
r_ Consul Treadway, at Rome, for
0 warded dispatches today showing
I. .that the schooner Law was sunk by
; "an Austrian submarine withoui
;flag," apparently by placing a bomb
oh:.ar/1 o f t nr thn vaboo! V?n/1
'stopped. The reports indicate that
is the vessel was illegally sunk, as her
d cargo of lumber is not considered
n (contraband by this government and
I-;that the recognized rule of the sea
>- that a war craft must show its flag
if before taking hostile action was
s violated.
e Most serious of the aspects of the
s case is the statement that the subif
marine was Austrian. In replying
n to the queries that will be sent to
Ivienna as to the facts of the sinking,
fit Is thought more than probable that
Austria may make Borae statement
k' which will precipitate the expected
0 (break with that country.
r.! The question of the armament of
r American merchantmen seemed to be
11temporarily disposed of today by the
.. official statement that there were no
f guns in the country to he had by ship
1 owners unless the government provlded
them, and the strong intima3
tion that the president expects to go
k before congress before committing
i the government to a policy of furnishing
arms.
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INSURANCE MATTER I
HAS BEEN ADJUSTED
GOV. MANNING SIGNS THE
RATING BILL.
Provisions of New Law Will Al- 1
low All Insurance Companies
to Return.
j Columbia, Feb. 14.?The new fire
jinsurance rating; bill was signed last J
-night bv finVAPnnf \T^ I.. rr.1.1 -l
. ..........up,, 1 I11MI '
has been regarded as the most im- '
! portant of the series of insurance ^
bills framed with a view to securing
the return to South Carolina of the
insurgent insurance companies. '
The rating bill provides that if anyj'
I complaints are made as to rates, they,'
|shall be referred to a commission of '
three, to be named by the governor, J
one on the recommendation of the in- 1
surance commissioner, one on the
recommendation of insurance com- '
ipanies, and the other by tho governor
himself. The insurance companies
'r.re allowed to maintain rating bu- '
jreaus and to make their own rates. '
! If for any period of five years the '
companies are found to be making '
more than a reasonable profit the 1
rates are to be reviewed and reduced. |(
Governor Manning also signed the '
bill for registration of all voters In '
tS?18, the optomtrlcs bill, and thej'
,bill making the mayor and chairman '
of the waterworks commission of '
Charleston, ox-olficio members of the
public works copiniission. |)
KKASONS FOIt T11K (
SCAItC'ITV OK < 'OA I,
Atlanta, Feb. 15.?That numerous ;
|factors besides the shortage of ears .
have entered into the coai famine <
now threatening Atlanta should an- (
other cold wave come on the heels or,,
the recent succession of blizzards is <
I the statement furnished to tho commission
on car shortage in Washing- :
ton by President Charles A. Wicker
sham, of the General Managers' As- ,
sociatlon of the Railroads of the .
Southeast, and concurred in by the (
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce after
a thorough investigation of the situ- .
atlon. I
Careful inquiry discloses: ,
First, that the scarcity of foreign |
and other labor at the mines has cur- j(
tailed the output of coal.
Second, that the north and west ,
are buying unprecendented quantl-1(
jties Of coal in the Mlegheny district
and paying higher prices than south- ,
lorn dealers.
Third, that the recent extraordin- ,
ary cold weather in the south, ex- |
tending as far down as Florida, has ,
;caused an enormous and sudden increase
in coal consumption in this |
'territory. ,
Ry paying advanced prices, how- j
ever, the Atlanta dealers have been i
I . 1
able to secure enough coal to make ,
deliveries, and hence it seems certain
that the heavy consumption of .
I coal in the north and west is prln- '
clpally responsible for coal scarcity
|and high prices in the south.
The re-detention by Germany of 1
the seventy-two American sailors
brought in as prisoners on the prize
ship Yarrowdale will result In a per;emptory
demand for their release (
within a few days. Roportr from the ^
outlying possessions of the United
States as to the treatment of German (
crews there are coming in rapidly 1
! and a complete statement on that (
subject will be sent to Germany as j
soon as possible, accompanied by the
demand for the freedom of the Amer- '
jieans. I*
Exclusive of the seventy-two Ynr-|
rowdale prisoners, it is thought the't
I number of native Americana in Germany
has fallen alnce the break from
about 500 to lesa than 250, with per-1
haps another fifty in Auatria. The
'exact number of native Americans in
| Bulgaria and Turkey ia unknown.
Another inquiry was sent to Turkey
today asking Ambassador Elkua
why he had not been able to report to
the department aa to the condition
of the 1,000 Americans, naturalized
and others, marooned In Syria, and
an to whether Turkey plans to carry;
out Germany's submarine policy with1
the submarines she is known to
h**s.
i
BERNSTORFF DEPARTS
ON HIS JOURNEY HOME
AMBASSADOR QUITS HIS
POST HERE.
ftritish Forces Continue Their
Raids on Teuton Army
Alonjj French Front.
Carrying safe conducts from Great
Britain and France for himself anil
?arty, Count von Bernst .rff, the re
1111m uerman ambav oador to the
1
United States, has started on his way]
'or Perlin. <
After touching at Halifax for an
examination of her cargo by the British
authorities, the steamer Frederick.
VIII., on which the ambassaior
Is a passenger, will sail for Co-:
penhagen, whence the party will
nake their way into Germany.
On the French front the British in
the Ancre and other regions continue
o make raids on German positions.
Wednesday's most spccessful opera !
j
'.ion was northeast of Arras, where j
King George's men entered 2."?n yards,
if German defenses and reached
heir third line. Manv Germans were
tilled and some prisoners and a ma- !
'hine cun were captured. The An re
raid was southeast of Grandejourt,
where a strong position was
^aptured. German trenches on tin
Sonime and northeast of Ypres also
tiave been entered by the British.
Ail along the remainder of the
'ront there have been artillery duels
ind bomb dropping exploits by aviaors
of both belligerent groups.
Teutons Gain In Rumania.
In the Rumanian theatre, ticot
Meste, the Germans have captured
md held against counter attacks sevsral
Russian positions and made 22
officers and more than 1.2^0 men
prisoner. In addition the (lermans
secured 2 cannon, 12 machine guns
and six mine throwers. Petrograd
admits the capture by the Germans
of two heights east of Jaboeni iifn'
the nnkowina-Rumanian frontier,
ind a retirement by the Russians
here of twn-thirriu
To the north, in Volhynia. German
attacks southwest of Lutsk, were repulsed
hv the Russians. Still furtl r
north in the Lake Drisvinty region
[he Germans penetrated Russian
trenches hut later were driven out.
Entente attacks against heights
recently taken from them by the
Germans in the Cerna bend on the
Macedonian front were repulsed, according
to Berlin.
There have been artillery duels on
various sectors on the Austro Italian
Front and several surprise attacks
which netted the Italians pri?oner*. |
Latest reports give five vessels as
having been sunk by G rmitn submarines.
Among them was the American
schooner Lyman M. Law, which
Is said to have been carrvn.g f?? Italy
wood for the making of ' ni >n boxes.
ELECTION IS HELD
FOR CONGRESSMAN
fairly Good Vote Polled at Lancaster^
Two City Precincts.
Day Was Quiet.
The election held, in Luncaster tolay
to Belect a Congressman from
he Eifth district b?? proved to be
me of the quietest affairs of its
iind ever held here. There has been |
11 " J. I
considerable interest manifested by a
"ew, but a majority of the people appear
to be more or less indifferent as
o the outcome.
Managers of the two precincts in
own reported this afternoon at 1
)'clock that a fairly good vote had
leen registered at their boxes, but
lothing had been heard from the
ountry boxes. |i
I. C. Hough of Camden, J. W.
lamel of Kershaw and Paul G. MrJorkle
of York are candidate;; for
he unexpired term, while W. P. ,
Itevenson of Cheraw, Col. T. B. Buter
of Gaffney, Col. A. L. Gaston and
f. Lyles Glenn of Chester and Claude
if. Rapp of Lancaster are candidates
or the fall term.
ONE WOMAN KILLED I
MANY WERE INJURED
WALL COLLAPSED AT A I
SPARTAN BURG MILL.
Fairmont Cotton Mill Near Spar- I
tanburg Badly Damaged
Early Thursday Morning.
Spartanburg, Fob. 15.-?The ool-|
InpBe of Fa.'rmont mill, on Tiger't
r'ver about eight miles west of Spar- r
tanburg, which occurred this morn-la
ing at 6::?0 o'clock, resulted in the'*
rlnolt. - -
uwui v?i one person arm tne injury jt
r?f eight others, most of them slightly. !a
The property damage has not been ^
estimated, but the mill will probably
be closed for some time. The onelj
person dead is Mrs. JefT Phillips, f? IT1
years of age, who was an employe in
the spinning room. The injured are: 5
Mrs. Louisa Bruice. broken leg and L
badly cut elbow; L. H. Chirstopher.) 1
broken leg; Mrs. Maude Langstoii.|r
bruises and cuts; W. L. Bowen, cutsji
about the head; Walter Bruice. bro-jj
ken rib; Mrs. Minnie Bagwell, cutsU
a boot arms and legs; Z. V. Lidia, Jr
slight bruises; R. B. Martin, slight L
bruises.
The cause of the accident it Is v
thought was due to the bursting of j
the flume which carried the water,
trnni the dam above the mill to tin
wheel under tiie mill. Soon after th ;<t
employes went to work some unus- r
unl vibrations were heard and nies-'s
sengers were sent to warn those r ,,
the mill that something was wronci.,
and to advise them to leave the milt ,
This timely warning saved other v
lives, it is said, because the em-;,
ployes immediately began to leave j
the building, and many w?io out j
when the wall collapsed. ,
Mrs. .Teff Phillips, who was killed v
was at work in the spinning room ot ^
the secoml floor. Her hotly as re ^
moved from the stream soon nfterj(
the side wait of the mill had fall n\
in the water. After on Inquest \vn j
hold this afternoon it was stated (
that she died from shoek and brluse (
and not from drowning .is was at ^
first supposed.
The loss to the property is very ,
great, and it will probably he months (
before the entire mill will be in op- t
oration, hut the owners say that work (
will begin at once to rebuild the mill. x
and it is thought that in throe weeks (
time three-rourths of tho operatives
an go hack to work. Uoprosenta- ,
tives from several mills of the city
went to Fairmont this morning and
offered employment to those out of j
work until the mill could be operat-|(
ed again. f
The Fairmont Manufacturing com- ; j
pany is in charge of Glenn W. Grier. (
who had been manager since the re- j
tirement about ten days ago of II. Tt.
Jennings, who resigned to take (
charge of the Iluffalo mills at Union. t
At the time of the accident Mr. Jen- I
nings was in Spartanburg and was (
one of the first to reach tho mill. ^
As soon as the accident happened
doctors, and ambulances were rush- j.
ed to the scene, and the injured per- f
sons were removed here for treat- .
ment. ^
FA ItMKits SliOl l.h no ^
tiifiu shopping i:\ki.y f
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 12.?Farmers
are being urged to order out their
fertilizer shipments immediately in j
order that they may not suffer from
n car shortage, should* one develop
in the late* spring Shippers are
pointing out that farmers who delay
their orders may find themselves un- s
able to get supplies in time to follow
the "plant early" plan which ^
has been advocated as one of the
most effective methods of fighting (
the boll weevil.
In view of the unusual demands
for box cars, now being made by y
shippers in other lines of business, j
the supply of cars available for th<^ r
movement of fertilizer may not be as j
large this season as in former years v
and it is therefore important that '<]
Miiymtjiiin ?m leninseer ue spreaa over jj
a long period. ;i
Should the great majority of farm- !*?
era wait until the fertilizer is actually
needed to place their orders. It Is <
feared that this in itaelf might ere
ate a car shortage which would causv j
many of them to he disappointed. ir
Dealers stress the point that early ja
ordering is equally Important for the|j
farmer who buys only one ton and <?
for tho planter who buys hy the car ^
load. jf
Y-^.VV -L* JL. ug^i
APPROPRIATION BILL
BEFOREJHE SENATE
SXTRA WEEK FOR THE LEGISLATIVE
SESSION.
..arKe Items Added and Finance
Committee Proposes Some
Radical Changes.
Columbia, Feb. 1C.-?Radical
han^os are proposed in the appro- *
riation bill as reported in the senite
last night by Senator Chrlste*
en. chairman of the finance commltee,
as compared with the measure
lb it left (he house one week ago.
["he changes increase the aggregate
.pproprlation from $,661,870 to
12.895.494. The total levy is 8 1-2
uills.
In the important items added are
100,000 for rebuilding and inaintelance
at the State Hospital for the
nsane; $50,000 for a law enforcenent
fund; a law building at the
Tniversity of South Carolina to cost
<40,000, one-half to bo appropriated
his year and one-half next; an lnrease
from $15,000 to $20,000 for
nilitia support; and $14,000 to retore
DeSaussure college at. tks ?niersity.
For Judges' Expenses.
The salary of George Hrown. State
nill school supervisor, is restored to
(2,000 and Ills expense fund increas(1
to $500. Tlie house reduced the
alary to $1,500. An appropriation
?f $2, ?0<> !s made for the State fair
aid $500 for the nesrro fair. To
>ioot the provisions of an act of this
>ek. $9.5oo was appropriated to
>av the expenses of circuit and kuircmr
court judges.
In dis< m <i the extreme prcsvure
inder which (lie committee has hoe
vorkinc. Senator Chrstensen ex 'ained
th t tli< work li 1 been ad
ncd with all possible dispatch. He
niphasized that it would be impossible
for the general assembly to ndiourn
sine die Saturday night, when
he customary 40 days will have
^lapsed. The Beaufort county sensor
said:
"This appropriation bill wu rerrrod
to the finance committee Mnnlay
night. The committee has held
r.orning and afternoon sessions each
lay since. During these three days,
ve have considered over 200 items
nrrying nearly $3,000,000, and have
r veil hearings to many state departnents
and institutions.
> oiiniiu!* ? iimiii rn'xscii.
"It has been the custom for the
ouse to send the appropriation bill
o the senate the first or second day
?f the last week of the session. The
Inance committee usually reports
he bill back on Thursday night or
Friday morning. This required dtitten
ce and hurried consideration at
lie best. The journals show that
he finance committee has in several
lessions required over five days to
omplete their work. It has been ony
by working until the early hours
in Sunday that the committees on
roe conference have been able to get
he appropriation bill completed so
is to adjourn within the customary
it) days. These Saturday night and
Sunday morning sessions have been
ery trying. Under such condition*
'rrors have usually been made in the
ush and confusion.
"The senate wisely agreed at the
>eginning of this session to do away
vlth this all night session. The reult
is that we must go over the 40
lays and come back next week.
"The business of the general asembly
has so increased that it can
lot be properly attended to in 40
lays."
iOV. MAXXIXfl ASKS
l oll KKTURX OF SMITH
Columbia, Feb. 15.?fiov. Manning
ias issued a requisition on Gov.
mokou. or ."Norm Carolina, for the
eturn to Laurens, in this State, of
Sb "Young," alia? "Charlie" Smith,
ranted to answer a charge of abanlonment
of his family. He is under
irrest in Winston-Salem and Sheriff"
iead, of Laurens county, has gone to
<Iorth Carolina for the man.
'ANANDIAN PREMIER TO
(JO TO WAR CONFLUENCE.
Ottawa. Ont., Feb. 15.?The Ca- ]
-.ndinn parliament is expected to take
i two months' vacation in order to
>ermit the premier, Sir Robert Borlen,
to go to I^ondon for the imperial
car conference. The conference 1a
ailed for the last of this month. *
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