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FIERCE iERMAN ATTACK CAPTURES 2,581 FRENCH. Teuton's Struggle Through Argonne in Effort to Reach Verdun. The German thrust at Verdun has resulted in an important gain. In the Argonne the German report on Wednesday the capture of French positions along a front of a mile and four-fifths, the gain extending to a 'depth of three-fifths of a mile. The hill known as No. 285 also was tdken. The official statement issued Wed nesday says: "Western theatre: Fresh hend gre nade attacks near the Souchez Sugar Refinery were repulsed during the night. 1 "The French blew up without re sult a few mines in the neighborhood of Troxoc, west of Craonne, an.d at Certes in the Champagne, our bom - bardment with hand ,renades pre venting them from settling them selves into the mined positions. I "In the Argonnes a German attack > resulted in complete success north I east of Vienne-Le-Chateau. Our - troops took by stoim the enemy po 3 sitions in the hills extending over a 2 width of three kilometres and a depth s of one kilonetre. Hill No. 285, La % Fille Morte, is in our possession. Two B thousand five hundred and .elghty - one uninjured prisoners, including 51 i officers, fell into our hands. In addi tion 300 injured were taken into our - care. Field cannon, two revolver Y cannon, six machine guns &nd a large quantity of tocls were captured. Our troops advanced as far as the posi P tion of the French artillery and ren I dered eight cannon useless. There r are now standing between the French e and German lines.. NEGRO SLAYS 3 WHITE MEN WHO TRY TO ARREST HIM Farmers of Pulaski County, Georgia, f Surround and Kill Barri t caded Desperado. P Three white men are dead at Coch ran, Ga., in Pulaski county, and a posse estimated to number several s hundred farmers, heavily armed, s Wednesday had surrounded the home of Pete Jackson, a negro farm hand, who is accused of the triple murder. The negro barricaded himself in his home and for some time succeeded in i holding off the pisse. A late dispatch from Cochran, Ga., e Wednesday afternoon states that Jackson, the negro who killed three men and defied arrest, had been shot to death behind his barricade by the E posse. a The dead are W. S. Hogg, aged a forty, night marshal; Lynn Sanders, forty, farm supervisor, and Oscar Lawson, twenty-three, a farm hand. Jackson, according to reports of the trouble, was criticised by Sanders late Tuesday for some work he had done and the supervisor is said to have struck the negro. Later, it is alleged, Jackson. accoster Sanders, drew revolver and fired twice, one e bullet entering Sanders' heart, kill r ing him almost instantly. Early Wednesday Hogg and Law son went to Jackson's home to arrest e him, when it is alleged the negro e fired upon them with a shotgun and they died shortly afterwards. SQUIET ON EASTERN FRONT; S FRENCh! GAIN IN TUE WEST RusasAwait New Moeby Their L- Enemy--French Straighiten r Their Trenches. r London, Wednesday: For more h than a week now the Austro-German offensive in Galicia and Po'and has Sbeen hanging fire while the Russians, their centers having fallen back on e a more advantageous line in the s neights north of Krasnik apparently d are waiting the next move of the e Teutonic forces. SFresh ammunition and reinforce s ments may bring a sudden revival of n activity in the east, but the western ,o front, by reason of the uncertainty . as to which side plans a general of n (ensive, now d'ffers the greatest pos Ssibilities of iD terestirig developments. . The French claim their front in .the Argonne, after being dented by a e violent attack made by the army of t Crown Prince Frederick William, has *2 been restored, the net result being a .s costly adventure for the Germans; h but the strength of the offensive at Sthat point, leads the British press to ~speculsate whether the Argonne or the eWoevre districts will not be selected a for a general German offensive. it ' tRUSSIANS NOT DISTURBED t German Movements Cause no Flurry uin Petrograd, Czar's Capital. 'London reported Friday that Pet nd rograd apparently was not greatly disturbed over the latest German drive, claiming that much severe W frontal fighting must be done before 'a the Polish capital can be surrounded a by Hindenberg and Mackensen. i- In southeastern Galicia the Aus eI tro-German armies are advancing i across the Dniester under a heavy e Russian artillery fire and fighting ls again is becoming lively in the most d distant portion of the Russian front .o -in the Caucasus-where both the h Turks and the Russians claim suc t- cesses. e Paris reported Saturday that re nforcements have been sent to the German troops in the Russian prov - inces of Courland and Kovno, with the result that vigorous military op d erations have been resumed in that -stubborn resistance and are holding n strategic positions. expert .iudgment and advice. "In addition to the advisory board of engineers, I also would suggest a station for experimenting. The cost would be nominal. Only a few acres sof land would be required with prop er buildings and a corps of efficient men calculatcd to carry out experi ments under direction of those sug gesting them, after they have been Sapprove.l. e"It is an- important matter and tshould be put under w;ay at once. The European war has served to draw attention to the fact that many t American ideas and inventions have d been allowed to slip by, and if this Smatter is put off until the war is Sover there is danger of its being for gotten." French Aeroplane Raid. Thirty-five French aeroplanes, -Paris reports, swept over the railroad station serving the Calonne trench region and dropped one hundred and seventy-one bombs Tuesday. starting several fires. All the airmen return ed. Teunessee Carries Rlefugees. Alexandlri'.. Egypt. Wed nesday: IThe Unitod States cruiser Tennessee Shas arr'red with six hundred refugees -from the coast of Asia Minor. most of whom are Italians and Syrians. EDISON WILL SERVE ACCEPTS DANIELS' PLEA FO0 BUREAU OF INVENTIONS TEST PROBLEMS Of WAE Wizard of Flying Spark to Head Nem Board Which Will Provise Scien tific Defenses Against New Peril -Submarines to be Considere Especially by New Board. Thomas A. Edison accepted or Monday an invitation from Secretar: Daniels to head an advisory board o civilian inventors for a bureau of in vention and development to be ere ated in the navy department. Mr. Daniels' idea of utilizing th inventive genius of Americans in an( out of military and naval service t meet conditions of warfare shown i the conflict on land and sea in Eu rope is outlined in a letter writte: last Wednesday asking M3r. Ediso *hether, as a patriotic service to hi coantry, he would undertake the tas: of advising the proposed bureau. T6 plan is to have several men promi nent In inventive research associate In the work. Among the problems to be laid be fore the investigators, the secretar mentioned submarine warfare, add ing that he felt sure that with Mr Edison's wonderful brain to hel them the officers of the navy woul be able "to meet this new dange with 'new devices, that will assur peace to our country by their effec tiveness." "I have been intending for som time," Mr. Daniels said in his letter "to write you expressing my admire tion at the splendid and patriotic ai titude you have taken, as reported i the public press, in refusing to de vote your great inventive genius t warlike subjects except at the call c your own country. . . . I have de ferred writing, however, because, a the sanie time, I wanted to take u with you another matter to which have given a great deal of thought a matter in which I think your idea and mine coincide. . . . There I a' very -great service that you ca render the navy and the -country a large and one which I am eneou: aged to believe you will consent t undertake. "One of the Imperative needs < the navy, in my judgment, is ma chiewry and facilities for utliAng th natural inventive 'genius of Amer cans to meet the new conditions -o warfare as shown abroad, and it I wy intention, if a practical- way ca -be worked out to establish . . . department of invention and develol * ment to which all ideas and sugges tions . . . can be referred. . . There is at present no adequatel equipped department to which 1 send them for the careful study r( quired. In addition, our naval off cars, particularly those at sea, are i a position to note where improv ments- are needed and to devise way in which these improvements can 1 mide. They have, however, neithe .the time. nor the special training, no in many cases; the natural inveuti turn of mind needed to put the ideas into definite shape. "Were there a place where the could be sejit to be worked out an :perfected, I am sure we would. g~ many noteworthy improvements fro this source. alone. . . . There ar unfortunately, no officers now detai ed 'who can take time from the ma! of work which they are called upo to do in'order to devote it fully i studying new .suggestions and invel tions. The department- is also i -provided with the best facilities f< work or pure experimentation and ii -vention with the exception of o1 testing station at Annapolis, whic ias yet a small affair. ... -"I have in mind a general plan< organizing such a department... 21 feel that our chances of getting ti public interested and back of th project will be enozpiously increase -if we can have, at the start, sou man whose inventive genius is recoi -nized by the whole world to assist l .in consultation from time to time o nmatters of sufficient importance 1 bring to his attention. You are re oganed by all of us as the one ma above all others who can turn drean into-realities and who has at his con mand, In addition to his own wonde: ful mind, the finest facilities in tI world for such work. What I wai to ask is, if you would be willing, a service to your country, to act - n advisor to this board to take suc things as-seem to you to be of valun :but which we are not, sat presen equipped to investigate,- and to us your own magnificent facilitiesi such investigation if you feel worth while . . . This is agrei deal to ask, an~d I, unfortunatel have nothing but the thanks of ti navy and, I think of the country large, together with the feeling 4 werice to your country that you WI have, to offer you by way of recom 'peuse; yet so clearly have you sho'i your patriotism that I feel justifie in making this request. "We are confronted with a ne jand terrible engine of warfare in ti submarine, to consider only one the big things which I have in mini and I feel sure that with the practic knowledge of the officers of nay, with a department composed of tl: keenest and most inventive min< that we can gather together, an with your own wonderful braini aid us; the United St..es till be abli as in the past,' to meet this new dai ger with new devices that will assui peace to our country by their ece tiveness.... "With you, it might be well to a sociate a few men prominent in sp' cial lines of inventive research, an I would like to consult with you to who these men should be. Iti of course, your aid that I rely upc most and if you are not able, for an reason, to do this, I will frankly he itate to undertake the matter at al Should you feel like accepting tI task, however, I know the relis which the country would feel these trying times at the announc< ment~that you are aiding us in th all-important matter. "If you could let me know as ear: as you may how you feel about thi I would appreciate it, as everythin waits upon your answer, and thin we can not be too expeditious if a are going to take this matter up: all." In announcing Monday night West Orange, N. J., that he woul gladly accept Secretary Daniels' it vitation to head a civilian advisor board, Mr. Edison said that. he be lieved the proposal was so importar that it should be attended to now. e a time when the war in Europe wn bringing before the public encoura; ing and developing ideas and inver tions of Americans-especially off cers and men of the army and nava "The United States is far behin in these matters," said Mr. Edisor "I believe it is highly important fo a board of civilians, made up of ened 'neers from leading industries. to b formed for the purpose of lookin into the feasibility of ideas develope, by young men. While all ideas tha will be submitted may not be feas hiale ni least they have the benedt o (OTIlER SOUTH CAROLINIAN DIES IN GOVERNMENT WORK seph Holmes, Director of Federal Bureau of Mines, Passes Away From Overwork. Joseph Austin Holmes, director of e federal bureau of mines at ashington and a wideiy known alogist, died at Denver, Col., Tues y of tuberculosis. He had been ill -eral months and came to Denver ir months ago in the hope of re ining strength. Dr. Holmes was fifty-five years old. was a native of South Carolina. had been director of the bureau mines since its creation by con ess in 1910. Previously he had been chief of a technological branch of the Unit States Geological Survey in charge investigation of mine accidents. s service to the federal government gan in 1904 when he was placed in arge of United States Geological rvey laboratories for testing fuels d structural materials at St. Louis. was a graduate of Cornell Uni rsity and for a time was a profes r of geology and natural history at e University of North Carolina. He ts state geologist for that state >m 1891 until 1904. A widow and ur children survive. Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, says a ashington dispatch. was regarded - his associates in the government rvice as the father of the bureau of nes, which by a camr.aign of edu tion and experiment 1 as largely re tced the death toll among under -ound workers. He also was ac edited with making "sarety first" national movement.. "The saddest part of it all," said tn H. Manning, acting director of e mines bureau, "is that Dr. :Imes was a victim of overwork d his devotion to his duties in be LIf of the safety of the million ners in the United States. "His continual insistence on going ly where his trained rescue crews ovid go, sharing the dangers that ould have gone only to more robust en, seriously affected his health. 1 Holmes was a martyr to the cause safety among the miners and his Lme is added to the honor roll of treau rescuers who gave up their res to the cause." LLIED AVIATORS DROP FATAL STEEL ARROWS ling From Great Heights They 'Bury Themselves in the itesting Soldiers. The arrows which allied aviators -e using over the battlefields are in ro parts, a head and short flanged aft. The head measures about two Ld a quarter inches, and the total ngth of the arrow is four and a half ches Both the head and the shaft are of eel, the~flange being formed of two it pieces of metal set at right gles, the ends of the four flanges us produced bebig set into the steel ad. The diameter of the whole ad is about five-sixteenths of an ch, tapering to a fine point and the hole weight is about 'twenty-one ,ams. A German doctor gave the follow g description of the use and effect the allies' arrows at a m~eeting of e Stuttgart medical society. Three companies of German sol ers were resting when two aero anes circled overhead at a height of out twelve thousand metres Sud mly one of the scidiers felt a sharp abbing pain in his right foot, and ought one of his fellow soldiers d inadvertently prickcd It; but the usion was soon dispe'.led when he gard cries of pain all about him. The horses, too, became restive id two were found to be wounded. oking at his foot the soldier found i iron arrow had penetrated it. He amediately plucked it out. About teen others had been hit and the urce Qf the arrows being discover I the men took cover under wagons. was subsequently estimated that >out fifty arrows had been discharg L and every third arrow had taken fect. The importance of the weapons. rticularly when dropiped on resting ildiers is therefore considerable and te fact that about half the casual es consisted of wounds in the lower abs shows how'vulnerable the rest .g soldier is to arrows from above. Evidently the arrows scatter con derably for in one case four comn nies were simultaneously hit. One ~se was mentioned of an arrow pass g through the scalp without injur g the skull, but ar.ather caused iath by entering the left temple id passing out again by the right.' WILL OFFER AMNESTY rranza Will Forgive His Enemies Who Turn to Peace. Geti. Carranza will issue an am asty decree to Mexicans who will turn "to the true path.." His agency Washington Wednesday received is dispatch from Vera Cruz: "With ference to the occupation of Mexico ty, Gen. Pablo Gonzales will af rd all kindis of guarantees to na res and foreigners. He has instrue ans from me severely to punish all -imes against property. "Within a few days I will, in my Lpacit-- as first chief, issue an am sty law- in an endeavor to have ose in error return to the true tch and to restore peace and order the reptDblic." MANNING1 ISSUES PAROLES ollows Recommendation of State Board of Pardons. Gov. Manning Wednesday morning troled William Milwee Cook, wvhite. years of age, during good be vior. On January 15, 1915S, in the urt of general sessions for Richland unty, Cook pleaded guilty to the arge of breach of trust with frau lent intent. He was indicted for defalcation om the Columbia Mills company, ile in its employ n Columbia as uymaster. John S. Wilson, the pre ling judge, sentenced him to two ars at hard labor in the state peni ntiary, and he immediately began serve his sentence. Up to Wed sday he had served six months. 9 rdon was recommended by the te board of pardons. tion of Mr. Lathan. The wiitness clared that the deceased Isenhower i fumbling with something hidden the Coat on his arm, and that ydce .senhower fired the initial shot, oi ruding his pistol through the bal ters a. the sheriff. With the testimony c . -E. B. Mason d1 James Montgomery that four or e shots were discharged before e..: Hoo. attempted to return the si '. the coroner's jury returned ,ao.. in the following verdict: e. ~e coroner's jury, find that lam Ii. Ho~od came to his death by ash.ot wou.ads by Clyde Isenhower, r.cst fsenhower, .Jesse Mforrison d .Jim G.-wls, and others possibly annwn La the inry. CALK Of EDIATION 3ERNSTORFF SAYS GERMAN RE= PLY WAS TO PAVE WAY FOR GENERAL AGREEMENT ;ermans Want the United States to Offer as Mediator Between Great Britain and Germany, Thereby Regulating Neutral Commerce and Submarine Warfare. Much interest was created in Washington yesterday afternoon by a ;tatement made by Secretary of State ansing, which seems to indicate an Lmicable settlement of the issue with lermany. He declared that the dis )ute with Germany over submarine warfare might be settled by oral as surances from the German govern ment that the demands of the United tates government would be complied vith. If accepted this would obviate .he necessity of written promises. Count von Bernstorff. the German )mbassador, presented to Secretary Lansing Friday the view that Ger many's reply to the American note on submarine warfare was intended to pave the way for negotiations by the United States with Great Britain as well as Germany to adjust questions that have arisen over contraband and submarines as affecting the rights of eutrals. The German ambass dor for sev eral days has' been anxious to see Secretary Lansing, but the secretary expressed a preference not to discuss the German reply until he had ex %mined it carefully. Count von Bernstorff is confident his government emphasized in the last note its willingness to work "hand in hand" with the American government for the establishment of the freedom of the seas principle with the express purpose of entering into negotiations now on the entire question of maritime warfare. He sent through Dr. Anton Meyer-Ger ard the suggestion that the note should contain such an intimation. Having followed his suggestion, the ambassador is certain his govern ment will accept a tender of good of fices for the mediation of the dis putes. This would involve an accept ance by Great Britain of the services of the United States as mediator te bring about termination of the 'Brit ish reprisal-the order in council as well as German submarine attacks n merchantmen. Officials of the American govern ment in the last few days have heard reports concerning possible media tion, but always have Indicated thai negotiations along such lines could be- begun only if there were assur ances that German , submarine com manders in the meantime would be guided by the principles .for which the United States is contending that Americans. on unarmed ships which do not resist capture be noi endangered. In official German quar ters at Washington, however, empha sis is placed on the fact that Ger many in the last month has not tor. pedoed even enemy ships without warning, and that this practice prob ably will be continued. In support of this confidence German officialh drew attention to a statement giver out by the Overseas News Agency an official agency, in Berlin Wednes day, which said: "The loss of human life was re. markably small, the submarines us ing every precaution and giving am ple warning and time for crews t< leave their ships if no resistance wan offered." Officials at Washington who reat the statement admitted that if thin practice was continued, the principle! for which the United States asked as. surances in its note of June 9 woulc be complied with to a large extent While temporary abandonment oi the practice of attacking eithei American or belligerent vessels with, out warning has considerably lessen ed tension in Washington, the treat ment the American government wil give to the Lusitania case In its nex1 note is causing much concern- ever in German quarters. BRITISi MINERS STRIKE WITII'COUNTRY AT WAI Government Applies Munitions oi War Act to Coal Mining In dustry but Men Go Out. Despite the action of the govern ment in applying the munitions o: war act to the coal mining industr3 it is practically certain that a large number of men will stop work it South Wales, thus curtailing the sup ply of coal for the naval vessels. The :Federation of Miners of the United Kingdom, the labor leader! and the general public upon whos( support the miners would depend t< make the strike a success are all urg ing them to continue work until at agreement can be reached, but th( executive council, of the South Wale! union by a majority vote refused t< support this recommendation. It is not believed, however, tha1 the strike will last long, as the met themselves are divided and the Souti Wales union has not the funds t< finance a long struggle; the, miners federation,- after its recommendation is not likely to assist them. There is also a possibility that the govern. ment will utilize the miners who en listed in the army and who have no1 yet left the country to work th( mines. This dispute which jeopardizes the work of the navy, occupies the public mind in England above all other mat ters. and official reports of the fight ing in the East and West take sec ond place. FRENCII POSITION SAFE Military Expert Says Souchez Ceme tery is -'ot Important. Loss of the Souchez cemetery and adjacent trenches, indicated in the French official statement, does not affect the principal French defenses in that region, according to French military writers. It is a warning, however, says Col. Rousset, in the Peit Parisien that will not be neg [ected. The Germans visibly are redoub ing their efforts to capture Verdun. After the failure of their plans in the forest of Argonne they are trying by concentric attacks in the Woevre jistrict to obtain the most accessible parts of the citadel by attempting to establish batteries with the idea of reaching the city. The outer works, however, in the opinion of the French military officers, are solidly uarded and are equipped with all -eans for reply. Daniels Goes to See Edison. Because Thomas A. Edison was too usy in his laboratory to go to Wash ngtin. Secretary of the Navy Dan els has announced his intention to isit the inventor at West Orange, ( JT to disocs naval affairs. ACCUSE ISENHOWER A? HE OPENED FIRE AND STARTED Jo WINNSBORO AFFRAY SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY t ge da Coroner's Jury Hears Details of Hor- se fo rible Shooting Affair-"Man in ga Dark Clothes" Seen, But is Miss- H( ing-Boulware Shot as He Came H of Out Unarmed. gr That Sheriff A. D. Ho6d did not th fire the first shot in the court house ed tragedy that stirred the entire State of on June 14 was stated in the testi- Hi mony of five or more witnesses at be Monday's inquest held at Winnsboro ch over the body of the lamented offi- Su cer. By the jury's verdict the death at of Sheriff Hood is charged to Clyde Ho Isenhower, Eainest Isenhcwer, Jesse ve Morrison and Jim Rawls. so A. L. Scruggs, county treasurer, th was the first witness to testify. He wo introduced the mysterious fellow who fr< wore dark clothes, but was in his fo shirt sleeves at the time with a dark hat on. On examination of Mr. W Scruggs by Foreman J. E. Co:n, Mr. by Scruggs said he could not say who it se was. The remainder of Mr. Scruggs' m: testimony was unimportant except ca that~ he too testified that * several di shots were fired before Sheriff Hood gi attempted to return the pistol shots. cr "Now boys, let's all get around a him," was Sheriff Hood's statement as the posse alighted from the auto- V. mobile as a precaution, scid Mr. th Beckham, who accomp:.nied the H, posse across from the , ,unty jail to at the court house; when on reaching h2 the middle step of thu sta'rs, accord- m ing to Deputy Beckham's statement, Clyde Isenhower drew his gun from or under his coat and began firing at sh the negro. sh "He attempted to intercept the m negro's rapid flight up the itairway, D but he could not do so, owing to the of confusion. The witness also saw n, Sheriff Hood fire, but not until the bi officer had been hit by several pistol li, shots. Deputy B:.rnes L.eckham, af ter being shot, mad. his way 'ack down the stairs, where Ernest Isen- A hower covered him with his pistol. Mr. Beckham's plea, 'Why do you want 'o shoot me, I can't do any harm?' caused Isenhower to lower his gun. F, "After Mr. Hood had shoved Clyde Isenhower. back," said Alexander Broom in opening his testimony, Clyde Isenhower began shooting Mr. Hoou. "Several shots came from the back and then the :,heriff began to fire," asserted Mr. Broom. ai Further on in his testimony Mr. t Broom swore that Ernest Isenhower, s James Rawls and Jesse Morrison, whose name he learne(. afterwards, were the three men behind the col umns and that the three had pistols. st Mr. Broom concluded his testimony by saying that he drew his pistol on Ernest Isenhower who imeanwhile ai had covered Constable Joe Richard- t son, who was in the act of holding h James Rawls at bay. He spoke to Mr. Richardson as fol lows: "Would you shoot a white man w for a negro?" All of the parties g1 quickly put up their guns. That Sheriff hood did not anticipate any trouble was the opinion of Mr. Broom who had been inconsultation with Mr. Hcod the previous Saturday af-d ternoon. E. W. Cameron, wto gave the most al sensational testimony during the d progress of the inquest, testified as st followc: "I was sitting out here in tl the court hous. yard when Mr. Hood h. brought the negro in. As the sheriff il and the others were bringing the h prisoner out of the jail yard Ernest Isenhower, Clyde Isenhower, Jesse a: Morrison and Jim -Rawls followed L them across here to the court house. a: As they came in the gate of the court ih house Clyde Isenhiower was fooling 11 with his pistol, getting it out-.s "They separated then and Ciyde eE Isennower came toward the steps and It Ernest Isenhower and Jim Rawls al went toward the column and Mr. Mor- eg rison went t'iat way, too, but I did ef not see him. Clyde Isenhower stuck his pistol up through the bannistersy and commenced shooting, but I don't sC know whether-he was shooting at the ti aegro or at Mr. Hood. Mr. Hood ti stopped when he started to shooting, li and he reached back to get his gun. in There were three or four shots fired before Mr. Hood got his gun out, and si I saw him grab himself. I saw Mr. p Hood get out his pistol and point it es down and shoot two or three times. it -"They were s'hooting so fact I ix could not tell who was shooting. I di was out in the yard. The only one I a: could see was Ernest Isenhower, and he was on the other side of .the col umn and Mr. Rawls beside the col umn. I saw him with a pistol, but I did not see him shoot. C "After the shooting had stopped, I saw Mr. Boulware coming down the steps and Ernest Isenhower shot again. At that time Mr. Rawls was behind the columin. After Ernestn Isenhower shot Ir, the direction of r Raleigh Boulware, who was coming t down the steps, Jim Rawls came r from behind the column. That was the last shot made. "I was sitting on one of 'he ti benches in front of the court house ti and had full view of it all. Mr.t Boulware never flinched. I have seene these men on the streets a good many times, and knew them when I saw a them. I have been knowing Mr. RawlIs for several years, but I never knew Mr. Morrison until that morn ing. Some one told me before the ~ shooting that that was Mr. Morrison with Mr. Isenhower. "When Raleigh Boulware was com ing down the steps before he was shot, he did not hav'e a pistol in his F hand, and if he had one he had It In his pocket. I saw another strange man shooting that mornkg, but I have not seen him since. He had on p dark clothes, but he ha.1 his coat on y his arm. He had a dark hat on. If he I would see him, I would recogpize cc him, but I have not seen him since-.c "I did not see Ernest Isenhower, cl: Clyde Isenhower, Mr. Morrison and di Mr. Rawls together before the shoot ing, but they joined each other out fr on the streets. The three went on, y. but Ernest Isenhower stopped. I saw p Clyde Isenhower. Ernest Isenhower, - s Mr. Rawls. Mr. Morrison and that y strange fellow all with pistols, and te then the deputies, too. I saw Ernest t Isenhower shoot and saw Mr. Rawls -n with a pistol, but did not see him shoot. The column kept me from St seeing him. He could have shot, but _ the post was in my way." A. W. Brice's testimony was of lit- rie te value, since he was not in a posi- u' ion to see much of the tragedy ex- bi cept that lie saw Ernest Isenhower (1 shoot from behind the column and pr that Isenhower fired the last shot of us the fusilade. T1he coroner's jury then took a recess until three o'clock an to await the arriral of Edward La- 1v than, a farmer Some members of Sh he iu ry wi shed to proceed without fu I ath w a li-'ely tilt ensuing, but it 'ur was usiyagreed that Lathan be ; As roof that Clyde Isenhower was zu remedtating his act while the she- Er iff and his posse were crossing the an COTTON STORED JUNE RUNS 2,000,000 BALES OVER 1914 Manufactories in 11 Months Use 77, 000 Bales Less-Exports Drop 753,288 Bales. Cotton manufacture showed in creased activity in June, taking 68, 655 more bales of cotton than it June last year, and 17,000 bales more than in May last, the total being 14, 900 bales, the cena- s bureau an. nounced Wednesday. Durin, the 11-month period ending with June, however, cotton manufac ture was 77,000 bales less than in thf corresponding period a year ago. It all, 5,100,322 bales were used agains1 5,177,745 in 1915. Cotton spindles active during Jun( were 31,*20,592 compared with 30, 948,048 last year. Linters used during June wero 54,683 bales, against 29,993 las year; held in manufacturing estab lishments 195,149 bales against 88, 883 last year, held in independen warehouses 106,029 balcs agains 35,808 last year, and exported 13, 065 bales Cotton on hand June 30 in manu facturing establishments was 1,622. 499 bales compared with 1,156,591 last year and in independent ware houk.es 2,085,347 compared with 63, 487 ltst year. Warehouses and manufacturinj establishments together held 3,707, 846 bales on June.30 against 1,787, 086 bales a year ago. Imports were 39,129, equivalen 500 pound bales compared with 49, 010 last year. Exports in June were 294,391 run ning oales, including linters, com pared with 295,578 last year. E3 ports during June were only 1,18 bales less than in June last year, not withstanding the effect of the -Euro pean war. In the 11 months the ex ports were only. 752.,288 bales les than the previous year, the tota reaching 8,271-'302 bales against 9, 024,590 last year. FIFTY=MILE MOTOR BOATS ARE TO ROUT SUBMARANl Allies Plan for Thirty-Foot Craft t Mount Guns and Outrun Anything Built. The 'C. C. Smith -Boat and Engin Company, New York, announce Thursday that it had been asked b the British, French, and Russian gos ernments to submit estimates for th onstruction of powerful motor spee boats, of sufficient strength to pez mit the mounting of two or mor light guns, the boats to be used, it i understood', in running down Germa submarines in the waters aroun England and France ani in the Ba tic. The British government, it i understood, wants a fleet of at leas one hundred of these craft, while th Russians, it is said, w4nt thirty o forty. The number wanted by Franc is not known. The boat proposed is to be thirt feet long and seven. feet beam; guai anteed to make fifty miles an houi It will be easy to navigate and eve when traveling at great speed will b able to turn sharply. The Smit factory is in Canada, near Detroit, o the St. Clair River, and so no po. sible violation of American nentral: ty is involved. The motive power of the boats wil be furnished by twin engines, each c two hundred and 'fifty horse poweg and the guns will be mounted one o each side just forward of the drivin gear. Each boL..t cani carry, if neces sary, fuel and supplies sufficient t last several days, although it is cot templated that this will not be neec ed as, owing to the speed of' th boats; they can make port, wheneve necessary. Furthermore, they ca be equipped with light wireless set: Each boat ,will displace about fou tons. I I PROTEST SENT PRESIDENT AGiAINST BRITISH E~BAR@i Cotton Leaders at Colunmbia Wi Send Letter of Protest to President Wilson. . The prospects for the South in th coming crop year are recognized wit optimism, provided the United State can clear up with satisfaction certai differences of opinion betwe'en'th: country and England over the en bargo placed upon cotton being shil ped through the neutral ports of Ho land and the Scandinavian countric -and, provided further, the'propc support is given by the regional rt serve bank system in financing th new crop. This is the consensus of opinio arrived at Saturday during an ix formal conference among some of th leaders in the cotton movement wfl gathered at Columbia. Congressman A. F. Lever, who we reqjuested to act as chairman, wa designated with Commissioner E. Watson and T. B. Stackhouse of CC lumnbia to prepare a. letter to be pr sented to the president of the Unite States, expressing strongly the at Ftude of the people of the State. Mr. Lever, as chairman of the con mittee on agriculture of the House c Representatives, was requ'ested t get the co-operation of the leadersi each Southern state, in order to mak a solid phalanx in presenting thi question, and to ask an audience wit the president. It is understood that this matteri to be made immediate and impere tive, and the sense of the meetin was that public agitation and news paper discussion might be suspende pending the outcome of a hearin in Washington. Among those in the conferenet which was entirely informal, were Congressman Lever, chairman, of th committee on agriculture; Col. E. Wantson, president of the Souther Cotton Congress; Dr. Wade Stacl house, of Dillon, president of th State Cotton Congress; Col. J. Arthu Banks, senator from Calhoun and . cotton planter; Col. R. M. Cooper. large cotton planter; ex-Senator Joh L. McLaurin, State cotton warehous commissioner, who madte a report o conditions in Gleorgia' also; T. r Stnckhouse. manager or a number o cotton warehouses in the State. an Walter B. Sullivan. puLlisher of thi Columbia Record, who led in th "Buy-a-Bale" movement last year. Thawv Obtains Freedom. Supreme Court Justice Hendric1 upheld Friday the decision of th jury which declared Harry K. That sane. Thaw was then given his free dom on thirty-five thousanu dollar bail. Harry Thaw and party arrived ii Atlantie' City. N. J., Friday night They plan to stay over until Saturda: morning. Austrians Invade RIussia. IDispatches from Austrian head quarters Friday say that after heavy bombardment thre A ustriamr have cro'ssed thre Uiester at I-eiebis kupie, on the Russian border. wvhere the Austrian crown lands of Galicia and Bukowina and the Russian prov ince of Raesnrahin meet. CONSIDERS REPLY WILSON GIVES TiIOUIIT TO GERMAN SITUATION STOPS AND VISITS SHIPS Action of German Submarine in Case of American Ship Normandy Re minds Officials That in Practice Our Last Note is Not Being Vio lated by Submarine Commanders. The first official announcement of President Wilson's immediate plans for dealing with :4e situation that has arisen between Germany and the Ufftted States came Tuesday night In a telegram from Cornish, N. H., to Secretary Tumulty, stating that tne president would return to Washing ton soon to lay the entire subject be fore the cabinet. The message indi cated that the president had arrived at no decision as to the American policy. A White House statement said: "Refer-ring to statements appear ing in certain morning papers in ref erence to the president's attitude to, wards the German reply, Secretary Tumulty this afternoon gave out the following telegram which he had re ceived from the president: " 'Please say that from the mo ment of the arrival of the official text of the German note I have given the ma.t ter the closest attention, keep ing constantly in touch with the-sec retary of state and'with every source . that would throw any light on the , situation; that so soon as the secre . tary of state and I have both materi . ally considered the situation I shall go to Washington to get into personal , conference with him and- with the cabinet, and that there will be as prompt an announcement as possible of the purposes of the government.'" The stcate- .ent set at rest reports , that the president already had made up his mind on the German reply, and that he did not view the situation as seriously as did high officials in Washington. Word from the presi dent was sought by officials here, it is understood, as a result of the spread ol varying interpretations of reports from Cornish of the execu tive's intentions. Official circles continued to con sider the situation as grave. Secre tary Lansing s.nd other members of the cabinet who are here hold this view, but are giving no intimations of how the problem should be dealt with. The statement from -the White House made it apparent that the pres ident has definitely abandoned the idea of summoning Mr. Lansing to the summer capital. The program s conforms to the.secretary's desire to t study the problem carefully before e exchanging views with the presiddnt. r It is assured, however, that Mr. Wil e son will return to Washington last of the week, and that the subject will 7 be laid before the cabinet next Tues day. - So far as can be gathered, the I president will find his advisers prac e tically unanimous an the belief that the crucial point in the correspond ' ence with Germany over submarine warfare has arrived; and that if the American government is not to -re cede from its previously announced .position the next note must convey more or less pointedly the purpose of the United States in the event of Sfurther violations of American rights. gThe generaI view in official quar ters is that irrespective of what course should be followed in the Lusitania case, a statement of the nurpoase of the United States to assert its rights notwithstanding Germany's inhibitions on the use of belligerent i~ ships by Americans seems most likely - to be made in the next note. That such action would not necessarily lead to a rupture in relations Is gen erally recognized, unless an overt act or flagrant violation of the princ! ples for which the United States has rbeen contending should ensue. Officials point out that while the German reply does not give any ex 11. plicit assurances on the subject, the actual practice of German submarine commanders in. the last two months has been to visit neutral ships and to give warning to belligerent merchant e ment, thus enabling crews to be i transferred to boats in case destruc s tion of a vessel as a prize is deter i mined upon.- Consul General .Wash s ington, ~at ~Livrerp~ool, ~reported such -an instance. - The American ship Normandy was -approached by a German submarine, s whose commander examined the r ship's papers, and allowed her to pro - ceed, notwithstanding that the yes e sel carried a cargo of lumber, which - is on - the German contraband list. i The . Normandy's crew later rescued .three Americans who were aboard Sthe Russian ship Leo, which was y sunk. Tihis and other Instances In the ; last two weeks are regarded as evi s -dcnce of the fact that the German submarine commanders probably have instructions to torpedo no ships .without warnir g. The view in offi d cial q'.arters, therefore, Is that If .the present policy of the German submarine commanders is continued - the next note of the United States Swill not necessarily lead - to a break obetween the two countriles. a l-| MACKENSEN STR~iE1Y QUIET Field Marshal stays Silent,-Reports - are in Conflict. -Contradictory reports regarding the extent, of the Austro-Hungarian reverse at Krasnik, in Southern Po land continue, some even claiming that the Teutons are contemplating a general retreat. The mystery of the situation is the persistent silence -maintained by Field Marshal von aMackeL-sen, who, apparently, is mak - ing no effort to resume the German advance on Warsaw. r Petrograd b lieves this~ inaction is due to the fear of Field Marshal von SMackensen that his left flank would be exposed while the Austrians were on the defensive, but some fear Is expressed by London observers that the brilliant German military com mander is planning an unexpected coup. 22 SIIPS SUNK IN JUNE Ger-man Submarines Giv-e "Ample Warning," Says Bcrlin. A wireless from Berlin Wednesday,. received at Sayville, says: "During June. twenty-nine British, three Frenc-h. one Belgian and nine Russian merchantmen were sunk by German submarines." says an Overseas Agency bulletin. -'The total loss of the entente allies by submarines, in cluding fishing steamers which most ly were armed patrol boats, aggre gated one hundred andl twenty-five thousand tons. "The loss of human life w~as re narkably small, the submarines us inu~ ev-ery precaution andl giving am ple warning and time for crewvs to leave their ships if no' resistance was AUSTRIA OFFERS ONCESIONS FOR ROUMANIAN SUPPORT Teutonic Empires Forcing Balkan States to Announce Def inite Decision. . Berlin sends out a. dispatch Wed nesday saying that iii reply to the de mands made upon Roumania by Aus tria the Rumanian go ernment has demanded the cessation of certain territory now forming a part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Accord ing to the indications in Germany, the negotiations are expected to be of some length, but an effective com promise will probably be reached. An carlier dispatch from the Ger man capital said that the trouble with America is temporarily over shadowed and all Isterert is centering on the diplomatic battle in the Bal kans. There is general satisfaction that- Germany and Austria P is canin for a show-down from the Balkan powers, for which it is believed the time is particularly ripe. What will Rumania do is the question of the hour. Bucharest, the capital of Rumania, reports that the Austro-Hungarlan misister on Wednesdoy last, present ed to the prime minister proposals of fering Rumania certain.concessions in exchange for definite neutrality and facilities for supplying Turkey with munitions- of war. Austria offers to cede to Rumania a part of Bukowina as far south as Sereth, and at the same time ameli nrate the treatment of Rumanians In the monarchy, granting a university to Brashow, large admission if Ruma nians in Hungary into the public ser vice, and greater liberty of 'adminis tration to the Rumanian churches. An alternative proposal affects the entry of Rumania into the field of action on the side of the Fermanic powers. In this event the ceded ter ritory would be extended to Ozerno witz and the lise of the Pruth, and the frontier on the D.Anube would be extended beyond the Iron Gates and include Mehadia. The undertaking mentioned above with regard to. the situation of Rumanianc is Hungary would also apply, but allowing com plete autonomy to Transylvania. There is also an undertaking that the". Austro-German armies will occupy Bessarabia, and hand it over imme diately to Rumania. Germany guar antees the executios of these pro posals. A significant point is that there is fixed, the- term of one. month within which either alternative arrangement must be agreed to. This is the timea the Germans hope -the Turks wif be able to -hold out in the Daranefes ENGLAND PLANS ADDTIMlNAL RESTRICTIONS ON C0flTTO Discussing Advisabity of Declaring It Contraband-Marquis of Crewe Refers to South. . The British government iopes very shortly to limi the export of cotton to neutral countries to the precise amount of actual need. This was the announcement of the Mar-. quis of Crewe. lord president of the council and Liberal leader to- the House of Lords Thursday in reply to a series of questions regarding the supply of cotton aad other mtterjal through neutral count-ies to. ,Ger many, and whether.- the government had found that the measures taken' since March 1 were effective. The real question, he thought, was whether it was advisable to add cot. ton to the contraband list. .On that question there had-b en a number of misunderstandings and misapprehen sions and some of them,-the speaker said, undoubtedly obtained not only in this country, but in'neutral coun tries. So far as could be ascertained, he continued, the naval measures taken to prevent fresh supplies of cotton from reaching -Germany had been successful. The government hoped by continual friendly negotiations to improve the position progressing to ward what must be their main pur pose;. namely, to'limit the exports to those neutral countri s to the precise amount of their actual needs calcu lated on the average imports which -they had employed at home during the last few years. The Marquis of Crewe said that on this question of contraband there could be no magic in the mere decla ration of any commodity as contra band so long as the government pur sued its present system of examining all goods. He did not think any one would suppose that under interna tional law or the most elementary rules of fair play it was possible to institute a blockade of neutral coun tries with whom England had no quarrel. Therefore, the government had adopted a policy, which admittedly was novel, but which was rendered necessary by the changed conditions of maritime warfare. The desire of the government was to admit the ex port to neutral countries of goods representing the needs of these coun tries, and absolutely no more. . "In the ...nited States," he said, "the placing of cotton on the contra band list would cause no small amount of alarm, and .the govern ment is convinced that so far as the - entrance of cotton into. Germany' is concerned we should gain no benefit. At present we stand betiter in In structed public opinion in the United States than our enemies, and, there fore, unless it is clear that a change of this kind is absolutely necessary, the government is averse to taking action, which would be regarded by a particular interest in the Southern States of America as being unfriend "I certainly am not going to say that if the military considerations were found to be paramount we might not have to face corresponding disadvantages, and we should be un wise to bind ourselves strictly."' OFFER LAND TO ROUMANIA Austria Makes Concessions In Effort to Win Aid. Germany and Austria-Hungary, ac cording to dispatches from the Bal kan states, are using every diplo matic resource to induce Roumania to .join military forces with the cen tral powers or at least to preserve an attitude of permanent friendly neu trality. It is reported that the Aus tro-Hungarian minister at Bucharest has offered the Roumanian govern mnt liberal territorial compensation for armed assistance, countering Russia's offer of Trarsylvania with that of Bessarabia. Her reward for friendly neutrality is said to be Bukowina as far as the River Pruth. From Austrian sources comes a report that R ussia is giving substantial proof of the possibility of Roumania accepting one of these Teutonic offers by building trenches and entanglements along her Rou manian frontier. Bulgaria and Tur key are said to have reached a dead lock in their negotiations on account of the refusal o.Z Sofia to do more than preserve a friendly neutrality in return for territorial compensat11 fom Cnstantinople.