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VOL OfE Lin, SOEBEE 50. NEWBERRI, 9. 0, FRIDAY, JILY 23, 1915. TWICE A WEEK, *L50 A TEAS, ! ! ^M???Ml Mil?II? 1 REPEATS DEMANDS I FOti REPARATION >OfHE WARNS GERMANY AGAINST "tNFRNIENIMLY ACT" i'innl Statement of This Country's Stand?Does Xot Suggest What May Be Done. Washington, July 21.?President Wilson and Secretary Lansing, con- j ferring at the white house tonight,, completed t?_e new note to Germany' warning her that the repetition of a ' "?aVi ocr that nnnn thp ! UlSadlCJ. 9UV.U uo ? wx,wu .? v . Lusitania or any violation of Ameri- j ican rights on the high seas resulting ' in loss of American lives will be re- ( garded as "unfriendly." It will be dis-1 patched tomorrow. Tie note is in the nature of a final; ? i statement bv tne United states or xne I Interpretation that will be placed by this government on future transgressions of American rights, and repeats that the American government will leave nothing undone to stand by the position it ?':as previously declared. ( Among the points in the new note are: j Admittedly Illegal. 1. The assumption by the United States that Germany, by declaring her submarine warfare to be a retaliatory measure against the alleged unlawful acts of her enemies, has ad mitted that the destruction of unresisting merchantmen without? warning is illegal. . 2. German submarine commanders already have proved that they can save the passengers and crews of ves-' sels and can act in conformity with the laws of humanity in making war on enemy ships. ! 3. The United States can not allow the relations between the belligerents to operate in any way as an abbreviation of tf:e rights of neutrals, and therefore any violation of the princi- j pies for which the American govern 1 ill n l/\ea rtf XLltiIII, COlil.CIIU5, lCisuiuug iu a. i\sw u* American lives, will be viewed as "un-; friendly." Calls for Repartition. 4. The representations which the American government has made in! previous notes for disavowal of tJce in-; tention to sink the Lusitania with Am-! ^ricans aboard and the request for, * reparation are reiterated with renewed J insistence. 5. The American government real-, izes that unusual and abnormal condi-, i tions which the present conflict has created in the conduct of maritime j warfare and is willing to act as an : intermediary as between t':e bellig- j ?rents to arrange a modus vivendi or. ?? ? t- ntVioi. tomnArarv arrsn^pmsilf CLLIJ W V, J - 0 which does not involve a silrrender by the United States of its rights. Rejects the Offer. 6. The proposals made by Germany to give immunity to American ships not carrying contraband, and to four "belligerents' ships under the American flag are rejected with tl:e emphatic assertion that to accept such suggestion would be to admire Germany's righc to set aside the American contention based on fundamental princi I pies in international law?that neu- j trals may travel anywhere on the high 1 seas on unresisting ships of any nationality even if carrying contraband. \ T':.e note is about 1,200 words long, j While nowhere in it is there any in- j B direct intimation of the course which j i.-, tne United States will pursue in tae e;ent of another disaster similar to' t? e Lusitania tragedy, there are em-1 fhmnorVvnnt + Vio ' fy lid 11U S Id. CCUJ.C11 luivuguuui, iuv ( munication pointing out that the dis-j cussion of the principles involved has j been virtually concluded and that future conduct of German submarine; commanders will determine the responsibility for the Continuance of "" -countries. friendly relations between tf':e two May Break Relations. The statements that future transgressions will be regarded as "unfriendly" is taken in diplomatic quarters to nresase a break in friendly re V lations unless reparation and disai: vowal is forthcoming. President Wilson, it is understood, has considered fully the construction which may be placed on the implications of fee note and is prepared to deal with any new situation that may arise. He is hopeful and confident, however, it is, I said, that Germany will now take i prevent any action that would endanger friendly relations with thf United States. From 6 o'clock this morning until late tonight the president. witi the exception of a few hours spent in recreation, was at work on a copy of the note. Secretary Lansing, who had drafted it, worked on the original and took it to the president tonight with changes. The president agreed wit'u ?>!r. Lansing's suggestions and tomorrow the document will be finally revised in phraseology before starting on on its way to Berlin. TEUTONS' IK(? MAIE DEALS HEAVY BLOWS Cerium and Austrian Armies Bring, ina: Lines Closer to Warsaw, Wrhile Drive in Baltic Goes On. The Austro-German forces continue j to draw closer to Warsaw, while the Germans in the far northwest are advancing steadily toward the port of Riga. In the Baltic region the Russians are withdrawing before t':e Germans. The last entrenchments of the Russians west of Shavli, in the province of Kovno, now are in German hands In the Kovno-Mariampol district Russian positions have been taken. Farther south, along the Xarew. near Xowogorod and at Rozan, German attacks everywhere have succeeded. There was, however, a desperate Russian counterattack on the bridgehead position of Rozan-Pultusk-Xovogeorgievsk, north of Warsaw, but this, according to Berlin, failed. Just west of the Polish capital the Germans have driven the Russian far- j tner eastward towara vvar&ciw uum , r'e Blonde-Grojec line; southeast of tlie capital an army has advanced to j the bridgehead positions south of Ivangorod and captured a Russian position near Wladislawow. Battles are in progress for adjoining positions. Probably the most severe fighting is between the Vistula and Bug rivers and in the Lublin region. The Rus>ians between the Vistula and the Bug i again '_ave thrown down the gage of J ~ Tial/} \f-3Tchol van A/Taflrpn- I UdlllC H' 1' 1C1U luaiuuui iuu , zen's army, while in the Lublin dis-j tricl: Austro-Hungarian troops under, Archduke Joseph Ferdinand are meet- j ing strong opposition. Heavy fighting is in progress on tho Austro-Italian frontier. Vienna tells of the capture of Monte San Michele by the Italians, but adds that the Aus- i trian reserves were brought up, and they regained the heights. France and Belgium remain comA" "* rni? ? * Ar> o r* p3r3,iiv('iy tjuici. xiit; anuicu o^u ??tillery have been busy at several points, but the infantry is resting or preparing for new attacks. ASKS PRESIDENT TO FIRE P. P. CLAXTOX Resoluton Before Sons of Revolution Aimed at U. S. Education Commissioner. Portland, Ore., July 19.?A resolu tion that President Wilson be asked to dismiss P. P. Claxton, United States commissioner of education, because of sentiment derogatory to the United j States flag he was reported to have ex- j pressed in a speech two years ago in ; Boston, caused a commotion today at i the congress of the Sons of the Ameri- j can Revolution. The resolution, introduced by ChrlsI topher W. Horr, of Seattle, was greet- j ed with hisses. It finally was referred to the resolutions committee without debate. T? DncfAn enopr>li rVvmmissinr!Pr Clexton said, according to an expert read in the convention: ""After all the people of t'te world care very little what flag they live under. The flag means nothing. It is not a reality. They can live under one combination of colors as well as under another." At First Baptist Church* Dr. j. wenry Harms win preactn ai the First Baptist cliurch Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Some Artist. Houston Post. "Do his pictures look real?" "Real! He painted a plate of butter and it looked so real he had to put a screen over it to keep the flies off." i FRANK'S CONDITION APPEARS D1PROVED Doctors 'Are Still Hopeful That Prisoner Will Recover From knife Wound. Milledgeville, Ga., July 20.?Improvement in the condition of Leo M. Frank was announced tonight by physicians attending him and they continued hopeful for his recovery from tile knife wound inflicted by J. William Creen, a fellow life term convict, at the Georgia prison farm here. The following official bulletin, sign ed by Drs. G. D. Compton, Thomas M. Hall and Harry Moses, was made public: "At 5 p. m. Leo 'M. Frank's pulse was 83; temperature 100.4, respira< -' 13 IT* J J ; v, 4 ~ r, n rl liUIl lO. ?V UU1IU 15) U1 dill 1115 anu temperature falling. We consider his condition Satisfactory." Members of the State prison commission will come here Saturday to investigate the attack on Frank. Will Make Inquiry. Atlanta, Ga., July 20.?Gov. Harris announced here tonight that ae would accompany the Georgia prison commission to Milledgeville Saturday to investigate the attack on Leo M. Frank. "It will be a complete inquiry into affairs at the State prison farm," said the governor. "I want to know how one prisoner was able to make an attack on another." Frank's Condition Is Still .Critical. 1Wi1or?cro\illo flu Tiilv 1 Q T'h? pflTl iUiiVU^V ' *4iVj *V. * "V "W ? dition of Leo M. Frank, suffering from a serious knife wound in the throat inflicted by William Creen, a fellow life term convict at the Georgia prison farm '_ere, remained critical tonight. Dr. G. D. Compton, the prison physician, announced, however, that he was hopeful of Frank's recovery. Possible blood poisoning from infection Is one of the chief dangers, he said. Frank's temperature late today was announced at 101.8f his circulation as 100 and his respiration at zu. Jiiariy today his temperature was 102.4 and fee attending physicians were gratified at the decline. Oreen, questioned further by prison officials today, said he believed that he had been called "from on high" to kill Frank, whose death sentence for Mary Phagan's murder recently was commuted by Governor Slaton, now retired. He indicated no remorse, as he 11* ad done imediately after the attack Saturday night. Thinks He Did His Duty. "T rmlv wish that I had had more ! strength," Creen said. "I think that I 1 ave done my duty in this matter as well as my strength allowed. I believe that God has helped me. I don't think I ever did wrong in my life." Creen, although he weighs 165 pounds, is partly paralyzed in his left arm. Physicians attending Frank believe that t' is fact probably saved his life, as Creen was unable to seize him while he used the knife. Warden Smith said today that Creen haH cnpnt mnr?h time recently readin? the Bible. Other prison attaches said t1 at Creen recently had shown a tendency to discuss religion. Should Frank die Creen probably would be tried for murder. No decision has been reached as to what action will be taken if Frank recovers. Late tonight it was announced that Frank's temperature had dropped to 100 and that his general condition was good. ?? I Claims He Saw Cutting-. Macon, Ga., July 19.?George Johnston, who completed serving a oneyear sentence from Spalding county at the State farm today, and wfto occupied a bunk adjoining Leo M. Frank when the latter's throat was cut by iWilliam Creen, arrived here tonight. "Creen whispered to another convict: 'Watch me,'" said Johnston. "I watched, too. Creen got up and went j. ~ ?3 ttti + Vi a t 1 rvnlr Ari luwara r I auiv S UUUiv n ini ivv?vvi | like a folded newspaper in one hand. Creen looked down into Frank's face to make sure it was Frank. Then he shoved his knee well up on Frank's chest and with one hand shoved his j head back, stretching his neck, while t:e other hand with the butcher knife in it came across his throat with a quick, jerky sweep. "The convict to whom Creen spoke yelled. The lights were turned on and there was Frank with the blood spurting from his throat." i i Comniision Will I'robe. Atlanta, July 19.?The penitentiary committee of the Georgia house of rep-; resentatives late today voted to table : three resolutions whica would have | provided for a legislative investigation j or ine aitacK maae on i^eo ;vi. rraas at the State prison farm, at Milledgeville. Two resolutions calling for an investigation were introduced early today, and later Representative Campbell of Newton introduced a resolution providing that five members of the lower house personally investigate the matter. Members of the committee said they believed that William Creen, the convict who attacked Frank, was alone involved and that there was no neglect on the.party of prison officials. The State prison commission, however, will visit the prison farm Saturday to investigate the attack on Frank, according to an announcement tonight by R. E. Davison, chairman of tne board. He said the inquiry would try to establish if others than Creen were involved, how Creen got the knife he used and if he had permission'from a guard to leave his bed when the attack was made late Saturday night. KT\ft OF RFLfilANS FRIEND TO PEOPLE MUgazine Editor Thinks Albert Has Caught the True Spirit of Democracy. San Francisco, July 21.?lAlbert, king of the Belgians, while making the rounds with Washington newspaper men w' en a prince, caught a spirit of democracy that may affect nations, T/-vo Phnnnlp thp magazine editor, said tonight in an address on "The Joy and iValue of Making Acquaintances," before the International Association of Rotary Clubs. Chappie introduced Prince Albert to President McKinley, "and as the tall blue-eyed boy looked into his gentle face there was revealed the joy of an qrmiflintanne." hp saJd. "When P. e bugles sounded at Liege and flashed to the world the news of invasion and destruction," said Chappie, "the ycung king issued a proclamation in phraseology that never has been used by kings, ancient or modern. It began 'My Fellow Citizens.* "The impact with democracy had ripened into action, and on tee banks of the River Yser today stands the solitary figure of the king who, I beHpvp will hp readv to hand back his sceptre to his people and become the father of the first new republic in tte new United States of Europe." ROBBERY AT ABBEVILLE. Two Boys Charged With Taking: $200 From Store. News*and Courier. Abbeville, July 20.?Two negro boys, Louis Childs, aged 12, and Heck DeVore, aged 14, it is charred, broke into the store of L. A. Richie, a negro, on the public square, Sunday afternoon and secured $200 in cas'i. The entrance was made by breaking a glass about twelve inches square over the back door. The robbery was discovered about 6 o'clock in the afternoon. Richie, who is an undertaker, had vis^ J ited tne store aooui - o ciock, auu thought the boys had probably slipped into t':.e store and hid themselves, but it "was later learned, it is said, that one of them had entered while the ot' er stood outsides and watched. The police were notified, and it was learned that these boys, one of whom had been seen loafing around tfte store, J had gone to Greenwood. The chief or police at Greenwood was notified and the boys were arrested yesterday. One hundred and eighty-five dollars was found in their posession. They were returned to Abbeville for trial. ITALIAN WARCRAFT SUNK BY AUSTRIAN'S Berlin, July 19 (by wireless to Saytt J11 /-w\ TVin frvl 1/vorin o- nffinial com- I > mt/. A lie munication was received here today from Vienna, under date of July 18: "An Austrian submarine this morning torpedoed and sunk south of Ragusa the Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi. The cruiser foundered within 15 minutes." Wanted-South C Most B( This County Asked io Queen of Har Yoang Women are i j. i._ TL' M IUS IU 1 1115 lie? Judged by ( The committees in charge of the; ] Harvest Jubilee, to be held at Colum- 1 bia in conjunction with the State fair, j from October 25 to October 30, inclu] sive, have decided to crown the most 1 beautiful woman in South Carolina 1 "queen" of the Harbest Jubilee. This "queen" will be selected by a referen- 1 dum vote, and she will represent the whole State. T'.e young woman selected will be equipped with an elaborate trousseau, ] befitting her royal beauty and grace, and she will sit in state on a handsomely decorated "float" in the parade, attended by exquisite maids of honor, and chivalric courtiers will pay her ; 1 omage. The method of selection will be this: Eacn young woman possessing beauty to send her photograph to requestel to send her photograph to ner nearest county paper, wxm;xi v>m select a committee to decide which is ti' e photograph of the most beautiful ' woman in its possession. These photographs will be forwarded to the publicity committee of the Harvest Jubi- 1 lee, at Columbia, which in turn will submit them to a committee com-. posed of the deans of the art depart- i ment of the leading women's colleges of the State. TMs committee will se- J < lect the most beautiful woung woman < from each county and forward the 44 ; i photographs to the publicity committee < in Columbia, and then these photo- ' graphs will be published in tf:e leading ; papers in the State, along with a blank ] EDITOR C. W. WOLFE DEAD. ] Passes Awav in Sanitarium at Hender. (] sonvilie, y, 0. Xfnvs and Courier. i Kinpsfree July 19.?A telegram was 3 ? ~ J I'. UmiHorcnn vi Hp V i i eurivcu '.eic uum nguuv/iavu-...v, ... . C . this evening announcing the death I of C. W. Wolfe, editor of the County < Record, Wo has been in a sanitarium there =mder treatment for pulmonary ; ] troub-e i\Ir. Wolfe was regarded as j ] one of the brainiest men in Williams-1 burg county, and once represented the ' ? county in the legislature. He was 45 ] years of age and leaves a wife and one ( rViilri I o j ORE VTEB WHEAT YIELDS. I i Crops in England and Italy Increase ; Over 1914. i Washington, July 19.?Grain crops j in England and Italy promise greater j yields this year than last. Forecasts j ( cabled today to the department of ag- ( I riculture put the Italian wheat crop at 189,000,000 bushels, 20,000,000 more r than last year. t The prospective Wheat crop of England and Wales is placed at 63,000,000 j bushels, a 3,000,000 increase; the bar- 3 ley crop 44,000,000, a 7,000,000 de- t crease, and the oats crop at 89,000,000, an increase of 10,000,000. Personals From Lexingrton Countf. i /~il ~ T nvirortnn "nicTiat.Pll. L/iiapui t'ui. uuAiiifjtvii ?.?? Mr. Earl Bullock of Newberry was s the guest of Mr. P. M. Frick and family last Sunday. Master James Roof, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Roof of Newberry, has t been spending a few days with his a cousin, Mrs. J. S. Wessinger. I Rev. :W. J. Roof of Newberry spent the day here Friday with Mr.- J. S. r Wessinger and family. " Miss Alein Harman of Lexington, i who it as been spending a few days t * - - * arolina's dutiful Woman Select Candidates (or irest Jubilee. \sked to Send Phovspaper to Be Committee. ballot, with a request that the readers rote on the young woman among the 14 which they t)':ink the most beautiful. These votes will be forwarded to the publicity committee in Columbia, and the announcement of the "queen" will De made on Monday, October 11, 1915. All photographs must be sent to the county papers not later than August 15, and the picture of t!':e most beautiful young, woman selected by each paper will be sent to the publicity committee in Columbia inot later than August 20. The committee of art professors will then decide on the 44 photographs, which will appear in print on tfce week beginning Sunday, September 5, 1915. The voting will close at midnight, September 30. This is an opportunity for some young woman not only to be known as the "most beautiful woman in South Carolina," one who will be honored by the chivalry of the State, but she will become the possessor of several hundred dollars* worth of raiment that will delight the soul of the most artistic and particular. In addition to this, her railway fare and expenses, while In Columbia, will be paid, and she will be the envied star of the State ball. T':is paper requests all the young women who desire to participate in the contest to send it their photographs at Dnce, and the most beautiful girl in this territory will be selected by a committee composed of the following ladies: Mrs. F. R. Hunter, Mrs. J. Y. McPall, Mr*. R. H. Wright, Mrs. J. N. McCaughrin, Mrs. L. W. Floyd. A,f T T_T DrtKArfei 1 rtff f \T ?1 TtT _ Willi 1-VliS. d. IJL. UUUCllO, 1^1. L LKJA nxzw ~ berry last Sunday, where she will visit tier friends. She is now ifl Columbia. Mrs. J. S. Wessinger, Miss Stella Wessinger. Messrs B. JT. and B. A. Wessinger were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Roof of Newberry last week. Personals From Clinton. Olinton Chronicle. Mrs. P. G. Ellisor of Newberry has Deen on a visit to her sister, Mrs. W. D. Copeland. ?\Irs. P. J. Johnson of Newberry is . isitins here this week as the guest of ler parents, Capt. and Mrs. T. J. Duckjtt. Miss Sallie Bell Buford of Newberry s spending the week !':ere visiiing Tiends and relatives. Clever Alice. Alice announced to her parents one norning that she had accepted the land of Mr. Thornton. "Why," cried the mother, a social ilimber, "you are crazy." "But, mother, why?" asked the girl. "iWihy, young (Thorn-ion will have 10 money for many years," replied he mother. "It all belongs to his grandfather, and after that comes lis father, and yiu will be old before rou get a c?ance to handle any of f?o + mnnov " aiuu "But, mother?" "Xo buts about it," said tJbe mother ingrily, "you are making a miserable natch." "But, mother, it is the grandfather," raid the girl, "that I fcave accepted." An Enlightened Parmer. "On what do you base your asserion tfcat country people are brighter tnd more intelligent than the city peo >le, Hy?" asked the summer boarder. "Why, right here in my almanac," spiled Parmer Hiperbole Me&dera, 'It says in the cities the population s a lot denser rthan in the rural disricts."?Judge. a