The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 15, 1918, Image 1
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VOL. 13. NO. 25. SEMI- WE
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ARMY OFFICER AT 1
FUNSTON SUICIDES
I
Web Began to Tighten On Him
as Man Who Robbed
Camp Rank. ^
ter-<
unif
FOUR MEN WERE KILLED! prel
rost
I t'all
When All Captains Were Order- redn
ed to Report for Finger Prints: Kam
I Best
Whistler Blew Out His Brains H
With Rifle. ing
>. ing
V ville
Camp Funston, Kan., Jan. 1 ? Chic
Identification of Capt. Lewis R. Qrjp
Whistler by Kearney Wornall, the gavj
sole survivor of five men, who "'Gre!farn
attacked by an army captain bent on | con|
robbery of the camp bank Friday Wjtj,
night, as the man who had perpetrated
the crime, and Captain Whistler's
subsequent death by suicide D
have convinced army officers here (^en
that the search for the slayer is ended.
conf
Captain Whistler killed himself by
flrlag two bullets from an army ri- to r
fle Into his head. His death came ro<l(
nfter Wornall had recovered con- ^
sciousness at the base hospital and "irn
told the questioning army officers ,() '
the story of the tragedy in which the rel 1
captain had killed with an axe four
men, including C, Fuller Winters, (
president of the federal reserve bank
of Kansas City, an intimate friend of
the captain. An order was issued t'ie
rp
that all captains at the cantonment
p
report at headquarters to have their
flngt prints taken. It was then that ^ at
the shots from Captain Whistle.
office were heard. A note was found ( on
wUli < kn^i, T * 111 , ? _ I hil
vrsva* l/uvi jr. 11 x% a O w 1 111(311 WU tl ^
woman whose name the authorities ,l*
TO (
refused to divulge. It said:
\Y iii"I
have been thinking of committing
suicide for a long time, but I ^
have never had a good reason. Yesterdav
I went out and made myself
Jacl
a reason.
\ a.;
Blood in Boom. j
The room in which Captain Whis-!^
tier's body was found was smeared | ,,n(.
with blood spots. Blood soaked tow-' , n,.
els were found in the room and the
table was spotted with it. Captain
Whistler had borrowed the hatchets .
from a supply company. spUT
Army officers declined to say I'roi
whether any of the money which uion
the robber is supposed to have ob-! jngt
tained. was found In Captain Md.,
Whistler's room. 1 prar
Wornall. who recovered conscious- com
ress, told the authorities that the t
murderer was an army captain j that
wuubb i?ce ne recognized, and who. betv
he said, was a close friend of Win- pres
ters, head of the army bank.
Only Itobhery at First. the
Wornall In describing the tragedy ( hav<
said a man came to the door of the!Pjg|,
bank about 8:30 o'clock Friday
night, and rapped insistently. lie coin
was admitted and covering the five wen
men with a revolver, forced Wornall been
to tie the hands of the four nien after
which he tied Wornell's hand (,'()
The man then proceeded to loot the
bank safe and had reached the door
when Winters said to Wornall" "Von
recognize him, don't you?" Wor- j. ^
rail answered that he did.
The murd< rer turned to Winters
and said:
"You know me, do you?"
"I sure do, you black scoundrel"
was Winters' reply. C
Wornall says at this point the man sena
hesitated and then suddenly leaped read
at them swinging his hand axe. He etor
struck the helpless men down. on? the
by one. Wornall was the last 1 am
struck. rem
Captain Whistler's former wife, dons
from whom he was divorced about a ropr
year ago. and a son 14 years old. re- T
side in Salina, Kan. Tils parents subr
live at CJoodland. Kan. port
Captain Whistler who was about float
4 0 years of age. fought In the Span- fede
lah-American war and later sa-.? ahsn
considerable service in the Philip- of
pines. divh
Mrs. Whistler Saturday received a sage
letter from her former husband in
which he said he was In good health OK>
and spirit? <
. Vi
HEAVY wVOWHTOItM WORTH read
Ml I,MONK TO WHEAT CROP pllcj
Chicago, Jan. 14.?A heavy snow- nonstorm
now centered over Texas and one
due in the central west will save emit
millions of dollars' worth of winter offlcl
wheat, weather bureau officials here adju
predicted tonight. Invo
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:EKLY. LANCASTER, S.
VCASTER STATION SHORTAPF OF
ON MOTOR POST ROAI) uIlVIlIIHjE Ur
>k Will lie 0|>eruted All Over IS NOT R:
the United States to l>eliver
supplies. Garfield Says Plai
I War Munitions IV
i
Washington, Jan. 14.?Postmas- k*u| Consumj
Jeneral Burleson will put Into
led operation a national, comtensive
scheme of automobile j TO BE FELT NET
deliveries that will be poten
y the greatest step yet taken to I
ice the cost of living, and at the Available Supply V
e time relieve the freight con- tributed Withoul
Ion to ? large extent. lo Any Section
undreds of motor trucks, operatover
great trunk routes extend- Administrator*.
from Portland, Me., to Jackson
!, Fla.; from Baltimore. Md., to .
' ' ... Washington, Jan. 14
rago, 111.; from Chicago to New ...
* ' ' ... ? . _ plants making munitic
ians, and from New Orleans to .. .
. war supplies may ha'
innah. Ga., will move through ,i,.r
I fuel consumption dur
,ing districts and make direct ^ Fuel Adm,
lection With the nearest markets ^ ^ |n a 8tatem
, private consumers. thp pubUc that eypry
hey will; made to distribute
eliver food, dairy, farm and gar- supply of coal where
products by parcel post, limited and that no partial!
tages, direct from producer to shown any section.
turner. part Qf the 38.000.0
eliver perishable food from four aRe of the pa8t year h
ight days fresher than the rail- up Dr Garfield said. 1
Is or other systems can now. j8 a iarRO deficiency 8
educe the cost of transportation, chiefly this month
iugh the elimination of from one p R Noyp8 of thp
Ive handlings, although the par- traf'jon hno Jnna
uum r?ie 01 i reni a pound must ,, ' T"
discuss the situation t
leal officials and to
arry any produce not exceeding . . ..
. , . . . ! manufacturers of the
pounds in weight or more than ......
. , , I products the question
ty-four inches measured around
, I consumption,
package both ways.
he routes are: ;
ortland. Me., to Baltimore and1 SOUTH ( AROFIN^
ihington by way of Nashua. N. | COTTON FC
Worcester, Mass.; Hartford, j
n.; New York City; thence to!
adelphia by two routes; Gaston, ( Total Amount (Mnnwl
and Hammondton, N. J.; thence 10,4.10,101 Bales?
Ixford, I'a.. and Baltimore and,
ihington. Frpm Philadelphia a Carolina, 1,14
spur will be sent to Atlantic
Washington. Jan.
altimore and Washington tojg|nne(, prjnr fQ Jftnua
tsonville by way of Richmond. tQ 10(45(M01 rv
Lynchburg, Va.; thence to Co- .. , ,
counting round as hi
bia. S. C.. by two routes; C.reens- rxclusivp of ?ntor8i (1
i. N. C.. and Charlotte. N. C.. n.nu to(,ay announced.
also Raleigh: from Columbia to inoludml werp 184.r,1(
usta. On.; Macon. Oa.. and Jack- ,an(, g6 gl3 ba,e8
rille. From Macon and Augusta
bled spurs extend to Savannah Last > < ai to J.inuu
the coast. From Columbia the "'"""nted to 11,039.4
to Charleston is to be doubled. C,lH,,nK 188 052 rm"
in Baltimore a spur runs to Solo- 112,,34J bales of sea i
ti.mi i , , ... , Cinnings by States tl
s Island. Md., and from Waslion
a spur runs to Leonardtown. ^'a0an,a
iwo localities which have heen " """,1
,, ... . . . .. Arkansas
ticallv without transportation
. . , , California
motions except bv boat.
. . .. . .. Florida
he routes run through sections
.. . . . . . . Georgia
lie off the real trunk highways
. eon the large cities, for the ex- Louisiana
... .. , Mississippi
s purpose of giving the farmers
. . .. ... Missouri
ct and quicker connection with
. . . North Carolina.. ..
markets. Many farmers now
...... , _ Oklahoma
5 to handle their produce five to
. .. . .. South Carolina.. ..
t times to get it to the eonsum.
. .. , Tennessee
and in many sections of the
. . . . , , Texns
itry last summer tons of food
....... . \irginla
a allowed to rot on the ground
, ... ? All other States
use of the expense of shipment
Sen latniwl nr..
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VERNOR TO HK SIIOItN "Zru\-x
OF PARDONTNC. POWER Gem-ill ..
South Carolina
>111 Which s, Hoc* banker op beaI
ml Reading Becomes till* Isuv p
of South Carolina.
Northern Republican J'
alumina. S. Jan. 14 The ninits mi Patriotism I
te has passed through second d.
. . . , , ? South t aroliim
ing the hill, introduced by SenBonhnm.
of Oreenvllle. taking
pardoning power out of the Washington. Jan. 1
Is of tin* governor, except on the more 'iniet patriotisn
nimendntion of the hoard r>f par- People of this eounti
i. Th<- governor has the right to persons know of," sah
levo, however. J- Dady. Repuhlicai
he house judiciary committee Brooklyn, N. Y . here
nltted a divided majority re- happened to stop a
on the resolution for the rati- on n,y way North i
Ion of the amendment to the perhaps lf?o hoys whr
ral constitution providing for t'ie training camps ci
lute prohibition. The sentiment They had been given
he members was almost equally holidays nnd had no i
led. seven being In favor of pas- their way home. One
nnd six against. crs of Beaufort?I dc
i tune, but I wish I dlt
[KIM I, I'K tlMI'^TMFNT OF hoys to his office and
OMPMCATKO It AIT: HVSTKM sonal pledge of each {
'ashington. Jan. 14.?Oeneral vanced money enough
justment of the country's com- hoy to his destinatior
ited rate system to fit the new care whether he got It
competitive situation will he hut I venture to say t
of the early outgrowths of gov- one man In the whole 1
lent railroad operations. It was make good. This bai
lally indicated today. Many re- that it was the small
stments considered Inevitable could do. It is this 1
Ive material increases In rates, that makes America g:
:aster
C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1918.
COAL BAGLEY TELLS OF Is"
ELIEVED SINKING OF SHIPS...
nts Making Commander of Destroyer Jacob
lust Cur- Jones Gives Unstinted Praise
>tion. to Behavior of Men. <
ins
hoi
CT MONTH NO TIME TO DODGE SHELL noi
Col
j
yilf Be Dis- Ships Quickly Settled By Stern 1
?... 1 * ^-'ol
t Partiality and Sank Eight Minutes ati<
Says Fuel After Being Struck By the the
Torpedo. 5
</ai
pen
.?Even some Washington. Jan. 14.?Secretary A.
>ns and other , Daniels has made public a summary
re to curtail of the official report of Lieut. Com- wil
ing the next mender David W. Hagley on the I
nistrator Gar-'sinking by a German submarine of Go]
ent assuring \ the American destroyer Jacob Jones
effort would j on December 6, when two officers Jol
the available! and sixty-four men lost their lives, j <
most needed 1 Commander Hagley gives unstinted tee
Ity would be praise to the behavior of officers and i
i men and especially commends by rol
00 tons short- nanie ton of them. Co
as been made , The submarine, the report says. {
but there still was not sighted until fifteen minutes <UI
ind it will be after the destroyer had gone down, Aand
next. j but tlie torpedo was sighted half a
fuel admlnis- n1"*' froni the ship and Lieut. R P. ,or
New York to Knlk, officer of the deck, who after.here
with lo- war(tH died from exposure, imine- ,,ia
take up with (,iat'''y ordered a maneouver to avoid 1,u
less essential 'being struck. The torpedo, how1
of reducing ever' was too near to allow the de- An
Istroyer to clear it. and it struck an'
' fairly, with a heavy explosion. The
-..l-l..- ... o
jomp Muu-niy semen oy the stern and p "
V 1 nlKIJ ! the engine room was soon flooded.
r season! Most of the men not killed by the|'r
1 001
'explosion got clear of the ship and
reached rafts or wreckage. Eight
to iinuur) , mjnuteg af(er torpedo struck at!(,
-In South 4:12 o'clock the Jones sank stern (
n Mil first. Efforts were made to collect!
| the survivors in a juotor dory and t j
| then the nearest land was headed for
14.?Cotton to secure aid for the remaining survey
1 amount- vivors on the rafts,
inning bales.1 After twenty-three hours the dory
alf bales and sighted a patrol vessel and the cointie
census bu- mander of the patrol station reportRound
hales <>d to Commander Hagley that the
i. anil sea is- other survivors all had been rescued. *
ry 1 pinninps WOMAN AND HER CHILI)
ul1 bales'an"; ARE ?1 NE1> TO DEATH
stand.
his >e.u weie. ,\ii<>thoi' ( alVurv Woman l'aiiilull\ Jai
. .. 48:i.oi6 ' ' lisl
i i 710 Hurt l?v Fulliup 011 a lied
858.4 4 5 Hot Stove. (hi
. .. 37.265; Su
. . . 46.353 w
..1,768,280 Gaffney, S. C., Jan. 14 At Cher605.937
okoe Falls Wednesday tnornlnp Mrs.
(>(}
809,712 Charles Upon and her little dauph44,739
tpr were both fatally burned. Mrs.
54 3 523 dpon had a fire in the yard at her ' '
***** Up
884,829 home where she was enpaped in
....1,146.226 washing clothes while her little six- ' a
200,320 year-old child was playing around.
...2,987.947 The mother had occasion to go into
16.273 house for a moment when the
3.788 little child eaupht on fire. Hears
hy States '"P ,s ':,renms the mother rushed
to its re cue and was terribly burn36.119
ed. The child died within a few
44,748 hour;, and the mother breathed 1 a\i
5.946 ':,-f shortly afterwards.
Miss (tu'llie McCnuv, while sufferUFOItT
'roni i,n epileptic seizure at her
t ^ ^ home in (Jaffney Tuesday, fell on a I" '
\ES I'ARE ju,j gtove and was painfully burned.
* am
'olitician Font- ' VI f 1- |? s I \ I l-.s \l!\1\ is
VOW' ?'l,KAMI-NT IV KI KOl'K ,...
Displayed in
Chicago. Jan. 14. That the Unit- op
'"to'- ed States army is the clean si no noi
In Europe was the assurance given but
4. "There is American parents by Dr. W. T. Fos- thi
1 a 1111.ml- 1 lie tor. nresident of It01.1l n... .
- " (
y than most land. Ore., who visited the entire
I Col. Mi< Intel French front as the representative ())i
lender of of the war council of the lied Cross. ,
the other day =n an address delivered in Chicago . j,.
t Heaufort, S. visited every cnmp in France
it\?l there sa'A where American soldiers are rpiar- ^
i had been In tered," said l>r Foster, "and I never
f the South, saw any drunkenness. The morals
leave for the of the American soldiers are good,
money to pay too." I'll
of the bank* *
m't know his RADICAL (MANORS IV ,
I invited the OI'KRATION OF SOI'THKKX of
I on the per- Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 14 in
soldier ho ad- Contrary to expectations, no radical \vjf
to carry each changes were made in the opera- boa
i. He didn't tion of the Southern railroad at the pro
back or not. conference of general officers held its
here was not here. Ways and means for relieving ma
lot who didn't freight congestion were considered for
aker told me and clearance of all lines for priority use
est thing he shipments was provided for. pra
kind of spirit Changes in passenger schedules he
reat." were not considered. vlci
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'EAKEK ANNOUNCES ni I'
HOUSE APPOINTMENTS ^Lli
mmlttco Clerks, Pages, Porters, 1
l)oork??p<'rs, Kt?\, Art* Named
by Cot bran. Fierc
es
Columbia. Jan. 14.?The follow- ri
appointments of attaches of the
use of representatives were aninced
by Speaker Tliotnas I'. WIR1
til ran:
I
Assistant cltTk, W. H. McCaw, of 're|eD|
lumbia. was appointed on nomindii
of J. Wilson Uibhes, clerk of Put
i house. Chi
Secretary to speaker, Miss Kate
atwell. of Columbia, who held the '
litlon under former Speaker Jas.
Hoyt. The
Journal clerk, ('apt. R. B. Car- swept
e, of Columbia, reappointed. the ol
Desk clerk. John A. Kaminer, of day n!
lumbia, reappointed. night.
Assistant bill clerk and head page wind ;
in Radcliffe, of Columbia. eontin
Clerk of ways and means commit- til aft
. Henry It. Sims, of Orangeburg, cominj
Clerk of joint committee on en- was fo
led acts, Bryant H. Lumpkin, of and fc
lumbia. has e>
Clerk of committees on agrieul- <>n ret
e and banking and insurance, J. Fridaj
Taylor, of Honea Path. urday.
Pages, Hugh Smith, of Charles- ranger
i; Frances Henry Neuffer, of Ab- The
irille; Charles Milford, of Colum- roof c
l and Rutledgc Liles, of Orange- tory. I
rg. neys a
i ?
j. ot. wiitcneu, of ty sev
tier son; ('. H. Prince. of Abbeville large
d W. M. Krgle, of Graniteville. blown
Postmaster, J. W. MoC'reight, of trees
lnmbia, reappointed. was bl
Porters. Mack Gregg, for speak- G. Bri
s room; West Oliver, for judiciary roof t
mmittee; Jeff Weston, for ways been v
ii means committee. , the fa
House porters, Martin Stoddard, qU(
uncil Gross and Richard Mar- P(orni
barn i
The clerks for the judiciary and were
IIroad committees were not an- and rj
uneed. other
4. and o
EALTII CONDITIONS AT ' down.
SEVIER ARE SPLENDID Th"
were 1
and 1;
(rial Siininiar> for :tl ("anton- been
incuts Shows Illness Itate
to thr
Below Average. jt
ports
The
Camp Sevier. Greenville, S. C.,
ii. 14 The oilicial bulletin mill- '
lies at length a summary of health ,10,?ro
millions at the 81 cantonments in <on' (
s country based on the report of v'orp
rgeon General Gorgas for the ('an,a>;
el< ending December 28. was h
The 80th division is not mention-;' *
in the summary, since health con-1 v<
ions at Camp Sevier are now 'um' '
ove the average. Interesting tig were
as regarding the number of new pro
tes of each disease are given, how- tornai!
! and ?
,, , , ,, t> ' across
During the week ending December
.1 ... person
there were reported 12 new cases
killed
pneumonia, one nt malaria, two
, ,. Ala., i
vciieereal diseases, ten o! r.ea
. one of meningitis, and 814 of
i ..... wreck*
ior disea.es. a total ot .140, an
rage ot 12.."> per thousand. The
ii . , ;im> 111
a:: air all national r. .ard <aniphv
a I
the - me week was 28.9. Kight ....
, . , , , . . . ' \ h e I
n di'd during this week, seveft ot
I I'D! i\
utiioni i one nt ntjur>.
I'he no! -effective rate (total sick
, . , , . . w ere il
I !n in! ed on that da v ) t.?i I >e.
... . - . , ftvn :1a 1
ii her 2 1 was 4.8 per thousand
.. .. .. <'t the
all national guard camps. No ,
nrong!
larate figures were given for the
i-effective rate at Camp Sevier
is known thai it was far below
cut of
s figure.
life co
>ne piivale at Camp Sevier he- j
i es in advertising On the wall m.inv
one ?>i the interurhan stations in ,
was mi
camp appears the following char(]s
n: 1 n ,
I*ec<
'Please write if good looking." heavie
rho sign is followed l?y the name (jj
I addiess of tho lonely advertiser. s|ppf i
* at its
I.K ritXCTH K IN \IX Texas
II Kill S<illMlbS 1*1 j \ V N Kl? fell "oi
tVashington. Jan. 14. \doptlon 'n nor
plans for providing rifle practice ' (' s'
all high schools of the country r?*n?'n
f recommended by the national zoro
ird for the promotion of rifle oastcri
ctice. The hoard also recorded Okb
belief that every effort should he heavie
de to thoroughly instruct all and tti
ces of the service in the proper years,
i of the rifle and that ro far as Little
cticable such instruction should Tenn.,
completed prior to overseas ser-ipropor
e. service
I
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*
PTION $2.00 A YEAR
!ZARD STRIKES
LANCASTER HARD
est Windstorm and Coldt
Weather Ever Expeienced
in This Section.
5S ALL BLOWN DOWN
hone and Telegraph Lines
Out of Commission?
mneys Fall?Top of Ferser
Plant Carried Away.
worst windstorm that has
this section in the. memory of
dest inhabitants occurred Friight
and lasted practically all
Beginning with rain and
about seven o'clock the storm
ued and grew in velocity uner
midnight, the worst of it
K about eleven o'clock. This
illowed by falling temperatures
>r the past three days the city
cperienced the coldest weather
lord. The mercury dropped
' night from 50 to 12 and SatSunday
and yesterday it
1 from 20 down as low as five.
wind took off a part of the
?f the Catawba Fertilizer facblew
down numerous chinand
fences and out in the couneral
barns; several of the
gioDes or the whlteway were
off and shattered and many
were uprooted. A chimney
own down at the home of Max
ttain and crashed through the
o the sitting room which had
acated only a few moments by
mily.
in the Antioch section the
made a clean sweep. The
and stables of John 1). A rant
demolished, though his horses
ittle escaped injury. In many
sections of the county barns
ther outbuildings were blown
telephone and telegraph lines
jut completely out of business
irge forces of workmen have
>ngaged in repairing them,
i have been running from one
ee hours late since Saturday,
has been impossible to get reon
them.
storm was general over the
South. In Chester county a
woman was killed and at Mala..
and Camp Wheeler there
some lives lost and property
:e was great. A freight train
lown from the track near Madve
persons are believed to
ost their lives, a score or more
mjureo ami extensive damage
perty is leported as a result of
loes in Alabama and Georgia
i hlizznrd sweeping eastward
the southern states. Seven
s were reported to have been
and 2i> injured ar Cowarts,
n a windstorm, which, aocordii
meager advices, virtually
:! that town late Friday. One
reported to have been killed
ucb damage to property done
o! n;i 1 > whieb st ru k ('anip
pi ami the state fair grounds
Iacon, (Ja.
the w re to O mp Wheeler
lown and the only information
de at a late hour Friday night
damage there was word
it messenger to Maron.
nmuiunication with the storniseetion
ot Alabama also was
f and verification of loss of
nId not bo securod. Four perost
their lives In Texas and
thousands of dollars' damage
>ne to truck gardens and or>rd
l(?w temperatures and the
st snowfall in years marked
sturbance west of the Missisriver
where the blizzard was
height Friday. At Mission,
in the Rio (Srandc valley, snow
the first time in 40 years, and
th Texas the snowfall ineasurx
inches with temperatures
g from eight degrees below
[j a few degrees above in the
i part of the state.
ihoma City reported the
st fall of snow in 15 years
ie lowest temperature in eight
Fight inches of snow fell at
Rock, Ark., and at Memphis,
the blizzard reached such
tlons as to cause street car
i to be suspended.