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' I ? ? ' ' . - ' ' ' ' ' ' % - ' ' " ' i ' - , v i y ' ? ? - ', ' * . ~ * * t The Fort Mill Times Established in 1891. .. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1916 $1.25 Per Year. STATE GIVES AID TO WEAK SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DISTRIBUTES $40,000 IN 32 COUNTIES. PALMETTO CAPITOL NEWS General News of South Carolina Collected and Condensed From The State Capital That Will Prove of Interest to All Our Headers. Columbia. The state department of education completed the payment of state aid from the contingent fund of $40,000 appropriated by the legislature. Disbursements were made to 311 schools in 32 counties. Amounts runged from $6 to buy blackboards at Fingerville in Spartanburg county to $750 to help run the Anttoch Industrial school seven months. The Antioch district enrolls 325 pupils and pays a local school tax of 16 mills. The patrons contributed $500 additional in order to secure this allotment of state aid for their seven months' term. "The appropriation has been used mainly." said J. E. Swoaringen, state superintendent of education, "to secure a minimum. In order to stimu lute local taxation or private contributions. state contingent aid has been | f?1 111 i ai o iiminiiv ro iui a inm ui seven months. To catalogue the various items In the 311 schools would be to make a list of the school activi ties of ihe state. The appropriation has been used as fa- as possible to equalize facilities in the various districts. These minor deficiencies have been, too long overlooked. The first attempt to remedy them was mude in 1914. when representatives from some of the country districts secured an appropriation of $45,000 for equalizing purposes. In 1915 this appropriation was raised to $60,000; hut the legislature of 1916 reduced the amount to $40,000. fCumber of to Name of country Districts Amount * Abbeville .. I $ 35.00 Aiken 6 265.00 Anderson ft 00 Barnwell 6 395.00 Berkeley 0 600.00 Calhoun 1 150.00 Cherokee 11 1,305.00 Chester 2 98.00 Chesterfield (4 buildings! 4 1,150.00 Colleton 10 750.00 Darlington 6 975.00 Dillon 4 250.00 Edgefield 4 240.00 Florence (both rural graded schools) .... 2 500.00 Greenville (53 rural graded schools) .. .. 58 13.099.00 Greenwood 2 450.00 Hampton 5 1,020.00 Horry 38 2.G03.00 Kershaw 11 835.00 Lancaster 8 500.00 Laurens 515.00 Lexington 13 2.240.00 ! Marlon 1 75.00 Marlboro I 392.00 Newberry 7 895.00 Oconee 14 406.00 Orangeburg 2 620.00 Pickens 17 2,400.00 Richland 7 1.310.00 Saluda 19 2.246.00 Spartanburg (1 rural graded school) .. .. 2C 2,236.00 Union 5 610.00 Thirty-two counties. .311 $40,000.00 Announce Faculty for Summer School The faculty for the state summer school for high school teachers, which is held annually at the University of South Carolina, has been anonunced and is as follows: R. C. Hurts, sunerintendent nubile nchoolB, Rock Hill, athletics; A. C. | Carson, University of South Carolina, ' physics; L. C. Chamberlayne, University of South Carolina, Latin; J. B. Coleman, University of South Caro Una, mathematics; W. S. Currell. University, of South Carolina, Knglish literature; H; C. Davis, University of South Carolina, Knglish; C. A. Graeser. the Citadel, French and German; Lueco Gunter, University of South . Carolina, high school work of the ru ral graded school; W. H. Hand, Uni versity of South Carolina, high school administration; J. E. Mills, University of South Carolina, chemistry; A. C. Moore, University of South Carolina. I* agriculture and physical geography; Mrs. Mary Martin Rucker, formerly Marlon high school, manual training; Reed Smith, University of South Caro una, English; I). D. Wallace, Wofford college, history; Patterson Wardlaw, University of Soutn Carolina, education. Hunt Completes New State Board. 1. H. Hunt of the Newberry bar will j be recommended to Gov. Manning for I appointment as a member of tho state , board of conciliation. He was selected as the third member at a confer enee in Columbia by John A. Law and John L. Davis, who were recently appointed by the governor under an act of the last legislature. Mr. Hunt notified Mr. Davis aii^J Mr. Lnw that he would accept the place. "I will appoint Mr. Hunt to the conciPation ! board.' said Gov. Manning when Informed of the recommendation. Guard Is Ready to Answer Call. * * While no orders have been received from the war department at Washington the officers of the South Carolina National Guard are making plans for any emergency. All necessary orders for the movement of troops have been prepared. The same steps are being taken in other states, according to press dispatches. "This letter is written to you merely as a guide to show what would be expected of you in the event of a call to arms," says a letter from W. W. Moore, adjutant general, to P. J Drew, chief quartermaster of the South Carolina National Guard. In the event of a call for troops the entire National Guard, except the coast artillery, will proveed to Styx, the state camp ground in Lexington county, about 12 miles from Columbia. Each company will be required to recruit up to its minimum strength. "The regiments will remain at Styx." says the letter, '.until the entire com mand has been recruited up to the war strength of 150 men per company and fully uniformed, armed and equipped. "Cl.n.,1.1 (kn , hn 1. 11 I you will report at once to the mobilzation camp to receive, shelter, maintain and supply at that camp the regiments ordered there." The cost artillery would be ordered to Fort Moultrie at Charleston for duty. Fire Insurance Law Still In Force. The supreme court refused to sign an order enjoining the insurance commissioner and the attorney general from enforcing the terms of the anticompact fire insurance act of the last legislature. The decision dismissing the petition of David B. Honderson of Charleston for an injunction was signed by all of the justices of the supreme court. The constitutionality of the Laney Odom act was attacked at a recent hearing by attorneys representing Mr. Henderson, who has been engaged in the fire insurance business in Charleston for many years. The state officials were represented at the hearing by Thomas H. I'eeplos, attorney general. "The petition is dismissed and the injunction, refused." said the decision of the court. The opinion was written by Associate Justice Fraser. Public Building For Wlnnsboro. Special from Washington. ? Con gressmar. Finley has introduced a bill appropriating $100,000 for the pur chase of a site and erection of a public building in Winnsboro. It is provided that after proposals have been submitted by parties desiring to sell the site to an agent of the treasury department the agent shall then make a report thereon to the secretary of the treasury. Two South Carolinians Get Medals. Names of two South Carolinians ap pear in the lists of awards of medals by the Carnegie hero fund commission, made public in Pittsburg. Pa. The two designated are William Logan ol Rnirnrth OrnhnnHFo r\iliinihin whr saved Charles M. Starnes from attacks' of a savage bull, and Ash Blanden ol Georgetown, who attempted the regcue of Daniel Richardson Rector from suffocation. Many Charters Are Issued. The Fidelity Fire Insurance com pany of Sumter has been commission ed with a capital of $25,00. The pot I tioners are: Ferry Moses, Jr.. and D D. Moise. The company will do a general fire insurance business. The Palmetto Quarries company ot Columbia has been commissioned with a capital of $5,000. The petition ers are: T. W. Waters and Geo. I) Lott. The Bishopvilte Furniture company has been chartered with a capital ol $2,000. The officers are: Arthur Be litzer, president and J. D. Hill, secretary and treasurer. Evans, Watson & Co. of Marion has been chartered with a capital of $f>. 000. The officers are: W. H. Cross president; Nathan Evans, vice presi dent; P. K. Watson, secretary, and I*. C. Evans, treasurer. The People's store of Greenville has been commissioned with a capital ol $5,000. The Wagcner Supply company of Wagener has been chartered with a capital of $5,000. The Sumter Holler mills has been commissioned, with a capital of $12. 000. A certificate was issued to the North Charleston Terminal company, with a minimum capital of $15,000. The James M. Lumley company of Columbia has been commissioned, with a capital of $10,000. The accessory con&pany of Colura bia has been commissioned, with a / a i\t t a 1 r\t The Bryson Grocery company of Newberry has been commissioned, with a capital of $5,000. A charter has been issued to iho Die Stamp and Stationery company of Columbia with a capital of $2,500. Tho Peoples Drug company of I,atta has been commissioned with a capita! of $2,000. The Peoples Drug company of Oranegburg has been commissioned with a capital of $2,000. Kvans, Watson & Co. of Marion has been commissioned with a capital of $5,000. The Marlboro Seed farm cf Cheraw has been chartered with a capital of $15,000. The Sumter Bottling wcrks has been chartered with a capital o' $2,500. A ( i J I YOUNG WOMEN HEAR PRESIDENT WILSON MUST NOT TAMPER WITH THE HONOR AND INTEGRITY OF AMERICA. MAJORITY WOULD BE LOYAL No Doilht a? tft .Qunnnr* r\f " Wv/r*Konr" Opening National Service School Encampment. Washington.?America reawakened j in national spirit through lessons of the war in Europe was the theme of a address by President Wilson at the opening of the National Service School military encampment for young wo! men. In concluding the president voiced a warning that the honor and j integrity of the United States can not j be tempered with. He prayed that the | country should not be drawn into war [ but declared that if it should be. "in I the great voice of national enthusiasm, j which would be raised, all the world 1 would stand once more thrilled to ! hear the voice of the new world as! sorting the standards of justice and j liberty." The President expressed confidence j that in time of trouble the great mass | of foreign-born citizens of the United ! States would be loyal. "I never had 1 the slightest doubt of what would happen when America called upon I those of her citizens born in other j countries to come to the support of | the flug." he said. "Why, they will come with cheers, they will come with a momentum ! which will make us realize that America has once more been cried awake out of every sort of distemper and I dream and distraction, and that any [ wan who dares tamper with the spirit of America will he cast out of the confidence of a great nation upon the ] instant." The president spoke before several hundred women dressed in khaki and ! drawn up in military order. They will be taught first aid to the wounded. bandage making, telegraphy, and other wartime arts. The encampment is being held under the auspices of the woman's section of the Navy L,eaeue Serrotnrlcu UnltAi- mul non. iels and a largo group of government officials. and army and navy officers were included in the audience. The president's speech followed the formal raising of an American flag over the encampment. PHILIPPINE BILL LOST IN HOUSE. VOTE 213 TO 165 Substitute Passes Granting Greater Self-Government and Ultimate Freedom. ? Washington.?The administration's 1 j fight for the senate Philippine bill. with its Clark amendment authorizing ' independence for the islnnds within ' i four years was lost in the house. After voting 21.1 to 105 to strike out the Clark amendment the house by a vote of 251 to 17, passed as a sub! stitute for the entire measure the I Jones bill providing for a greater ' measure of self-government In the Philippines and carry a preamble det 1 daring the intention of the United i States to grant independence ulti. ; mately?-but without fixing a date. Over the heated protect of adminis! tration leaders the house, by a vote of 201 to 154. instructed its conferees I not to agree to any declaration set' ting a definite time for granting the t | islands their independence. Speaker : Clark named Representative Jones of Virginia and Garrett of Tennessee. Democrats and Towner of Iowa, Re pumican. as conrerees. CITY OF DUBLIN IS REPORTED QUITE SAFE London.?All the rebels in Dublin have surrendered and the city is reported quite safe. The rebels in the country districts are surendering to the mobile columns. There were 1.000 prisoners in Dublin of whom 4S0 wer sent to England. It is reported from Queenstown : that hopes were entertained that arms would be handed in in the city of Cork BIG FIRE IN RALEIGH DAMAGE ABOUT $100,000 i I Raleigh. Fire originating in a wooden livery barn at 1 o'clock in the morni ing got beyond control of the firemen, and swept the business section of this city. The Job P. Wyatt Hardware establishment is in ruins and other large i buildings are damaged. ' The Durham tire department ansj wered a call and aided in getting the J flames under'control. Wyatt Hardware Company's loss ea! timated at about $100,(?oo. SPIRITED BOMBARDMENT AT VERDUN CONTINUES Paris. The official communication reads: "In Belgium artillery shattered German trenches in front of Steen- ) ' straete and Doeache. In the Argonne mine fighting occurred at I.a Fille Morte. In the region of Verdun there > was a very spirited bombardment of our positions on the left bank of tho Meuae. On the right bank artillery , activity was concentrated on the sectors of Cote du Polvrfe and Douau mont." MAJ. M. M. MORROW Major Morrow of the Eleventh cav-! airy, U. S. A., has headquarters at Douglas, Ariz. ] GERARD VISITS EMPEROR LEAVES BERLIN FOR ARMY FRONT AT REQUEST OF I KIASER. Ejection of Kaiser's Personality Into the Situation is Expected to Produce Good Results. _____ i Berlin, via wireless.?James W. Garard, the American Ambassador to Germany, has gone to the German Army headquarters where he will be received uy me uermau emperor. Washington. ? Announcement in press dispatches from Berlin that Amzassudor Gerard would confer with Emperor William was regarded by officials as significant. Officiul information on the subject was lacking, but j the opinion was expressed thnt the Emperor might have iu, mind supplementing Germany's reply to the Am-1 j erican note demanding the immediate ; abandonment of present methods of ; submarine warfare with a personal ! communication to President Wilson. Ambassador Gerard in visiting the Emperor is not acting under instructions from Washington. Consequently officials assumed that the visit is at the Emperor's invitation. President Wilson expects to receive j the German reply within the next ! few days, it became known, although i the basis for his expectation was not I revealed. Up to the present he is I entirely without definite information i of the German Government's inten| tions. NEW FARMER'S SOCIETY IS NATIONAL IN SCOPE., Gov. Stuart of Virginia and Fairfax 1 Harrison Are Named Directors. ! New York.?Gov. Henry C. Stuart of i Virginia, and Fairfax Harrison, presl| dent of the Southern Hallway, were elected directors of the National Agricultural Society, which has just been organized here. The avowed purpose of the organization will be to serve as the mouthpiece of the farmers of the United States in agricultural questions of Nation-wide interest. Some of the subjects which will be taken up, it was said, are rural credits, uniform agricultural legislation, the promotion In congested centers of population of an Interest in rural activities, co-operation in the conservation of natural resources, and co-operation among farmers in establishing better methods of marketing and distributing farm products. GREAT ACTIVITY ALONG THE BRITISH FRONT. London.?Great activity at various points along the British front is re i ported in the latest official communi' cation. The Bedfordshire Regiment carried out a successful raid near Car! noy. There has been artillery activity ; at La Boisselle. Hebuterne, MonchyI au-Bols, Neuville<St. Vaast, Armeni tieres and Frelinghein. At Frelinghein the Germans enter| ed the British trenches but were j driven out. Similar attacks on the j British trenches on hill No. GO and at St. Kloi were repulsed. The sectors of Avocourt and Mumi1 eres, northwest of Verdun are still under heavy bombardment. The Gcr j mans nave attempted no infantry attacks here, according to the Paris communication, but those artillery preparations usually presage an at j tack. | The Germans on the front of Had i ramount and Traumont and between j Ouaumont and Vaux, essayed attacks I following violent bombardments but the French curtnln fires held them to their trenches. Artillery engagements have featur ed the fighting on the other parts of the line in France dnd Belgium, although the French aircraft have carried out hoomhing operations against numerous German positions. The German guns are keeping tin their heavy bombardment of the Kusnlan | osltion at the lkskull bridgehead. J REBELS AT DUBLIN ARE SURRENDERING j ^ I | OVER SEVEN HUNDRED PRISONERS ARE TAKEN BY ENGLISH TROOPS. | - | MANY INCENDIARY FIRES I ? D.imadf Ik -r?_ ?? nil ?Conditions Are Reported to Be More Satisfying. Dublin.?All the leaders of the insurrection are reported to have surrendered unconditionally. It also is reported that the Four Courts district has been re-captured. London.?An official announcement concerning the situation in Ireland says: "Seven hundred and seven prisoners have been taken, including the Countess Markievlscz." "The general officer in command reports the situation in Dublin much more satisfactory. Throughout the country there was still much more to , be done, which would take time, but he hoped that the hack bone of the rebellion had been broken. ! i "Messengers were sent out from the rebel leaders in Dublin to the rebel I ( | bodies in Galway, Clare. Wexford. Louth and Dublin counties, ordering them to surrender, and priests and the Royal Irish Constabulary are doing | their utmost to disseminate this information. | "As regards the situation in Dubj lin, rebels from the ureas of Sackville street, the postoffice and the Four Courts are surrendering freely. .... - - blurts incendiary nres tooK place in | Sackville street last night but the fire i brigade is now able to resume work. "It is further reported that up to I the present 707 prisoners have been taken. Included among these is the Countess Markievsicz." GEN. TOWNSEND'S ARMf OF 10.000 TAKEN BY TURKS. | III Fated British Campaign in Mesopotamia Ends With Surrender. London.?Another phase of the illfated British campaign in Mesopota- ' I mia has closed with the surrender of j j General Townseml and the garrison at Kut-el-Amara on the Tigris ltiver. | about 130 miles below Bagdad. Some I 10,000 men in nil laid down their arms to the Turks, after having destroyed . all their guns and munitions. The British Mesopotamlan campaign. waged along the Tigris from the Persian Gulf northward, almost to the gates of Bagdad, had as its chief object the capture of that ancient city. To divert the Turkish forces from Gallipoli was another object. When almost at the point of achieving its main object late last year, the effort broke down at Ctestphon, 18 miles from Bagdad, when the Turks, alarm ed for the safety of the town of fabled memory, rushed up reinforcements, inflicting a defeat upon the British and I compelled their retreat 110 miles down : the Tigris to Kut-el-Amara. where the I Turks had them securely bottled up. j ( General Townseml held out for 143 i days, his supplies steadily growing h lower as he waited the relief of the army which, first under General Aylmer, and then under General Gorringe, , battled its way up the Tigres toward him. This army encountered strong i positions of the Turks below Kut on ! both sides of the river and. although several of these were carried, it has not been able to work much closer to j the beleaguered garrison than a score of miles because of the stubborn Turk ish resistance and Hood conditions on the Tigres. j PROSPERITY CONTINUED ITS INCREASE DURING APRIL. Washington.?The monthly survey of business conditions throughout the country reported to the Federal lieserve Board by agents in each reserve district, shows that prosperity con tinued to increase during April in vir tually every section of the United States especially In eastern manufacturing centers. A synopsis of the sur vey by districts follows: , Richmond?Business continues to . show improvement. Farmers are in netier financial condition than for , sonic time past. , Atlanta?General conditions are un | changed; outlook for future conditions favorable. There is a general selling j of the cotton crop. Boston Business continues to im , prove; comparison with a year ago , shows that in many cases the im i provement is exetreme. , New York -The volume of the goods ] produced and sold last month was probably greater than in any March | record. < n r n r it i ?** * rtnonuiu o I HUUKS WILL REMAIN IN MEXICO. EI Paso. Tex. - Mexican and Ameri . can conferees over the disposition of . the American forces in Mexico mark , cd timo while Major Generals Scott , and Funston awaited word from Wash- ( ington as to the next step to he taken, j In the meantime, the following facts ^ developed: That to date the nppa , ont intention of the Washington Gov j ernment to keep General Pershing's command in Mexico, has not been f chanced COL HENRY L. ROGERS I M / p| Col. Henry L. Rogers, quartermaster of the cavalry division in Mexico, has nothing to do but solve all transportation problems, supply cavalrymen with animals, supply the a linials with forage, furnish the soldiers with clothing, camp and garison equipment, provide for roads, railways and bridges, superintend the commissary and take j charge of all other details not spe- j cifically assigned to anybody else. In Mexico, where transportation Is ex- j ceedingly primitive, especially with Villa leading the way. Colonel Rogers has a man-size job. CARRY ARMS FOR DEFENSE I ?*? SEC. LANSING STATES RIGHT 1 I RECOGNIZED BY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. Right to S!nk Merchantman Doubtful in Any Base.?Copies to Foreign Embassies. Washington.?An official declaration of the attitude of the United States toward armed merchant ships, Just made public by Secretary Lansing, reiterates and explains the purpose of the American Government to recognize the right of peaceful vessels to carry arms for defense and, at tinsame time?while referring only to ' warships generally?clearly sets forth ' the conditions under which the Unit- i ed States holds submarines may attack merchant craft. The declaration was issued in the form of a memorandum .prepared by Mr. Lansing at President Wilson's direction during the Secretary's brief vacation last month. Copies of it were given to each of the Embassies i and legations here; and while no official explanation was forthcoming as | to the mrposc of publishing the memorandum at this time, it assumed that at least the substance of it will reach the Berlin Foreign Office be fore a reply is dispatched to the American demand for abandonment of Germany's present methods of sub- I marine warfare. This would serve i to answer In advance certain ques- ( lions which dispatches have indicated the German Government was inclined to ask. BAND OF VILLISTAS IN CLASH WITH U. S. CAVALRY Six Mexicans Dead, 19 Wounded? Much Skirmishing in Mountains. Two Americans Killed. Washington.?The war department j has jus! given out this dispatch from General Funston: "Following just received from General Pershing: "Namiquipa, April 26. "'A report dated April 24 received today from Colonel Dodd states that he overtook a band of Villistas near Tomachie on 22nd at 4:.'50 p. m., kill j ing six and wounding If others, many J probably fatally. Twenty-five horses were captured. Our loss two killed and three wounded. Fight lasted tin til after dark. Impossible to t"H definitely loss of Villasfas. Dodd's col ' umn when previously heard from was j [if Penachie on the seventeenth. Conn- ; Irv reported very rouyh March made ?ver difficult mountain trails. Villistas reported under leadership of Cervantes, Rios Haea and DnminKOez nu.-'lier lad to 2<??. Haeu reported killed n; Santa Tomas. Do not give entire credit to report of his death. Our killed it Toniachie were Ralph A. Law. sadHer, Troop L. Seventh Cavalry; Private Oliver llonshee. Troop H. Klev nth Cavalry; wounded Thomas Hen ry. Seventh Cavalry; Tillman M. Matehias. Troop L. Seventh Cavalry. uouu rouii iicii to Aiinau' " 3F.RMAN U-BOATS COULD HARASS U. S. COAST.1 Washington Carman I' float oporitions may ho oxpnt tod oft Now York 1114] othor North Atlantic hahors in a i- O.rmany and the Unltod States j :oino to war. This is the opinion of ( >ur navy expert.-,. A German I'-hoat. ; , t is asstimod. would Ho outside th< , mrhor entrances of Boston, Newfork, Philadelphia. Baltimore. Char eston. Now Orleans or Galveston , kicking up any vessel which might ( omo in or out. ( COTTON FUTURES BILL IS ADOPTED AFTER SPIRITED DEBATE HOUSE AS A WHOLE VOTES 101 TO 23. . IDENTICAL WITH FORMER Two Cents Pound Tax on Future Cotton Sold in Exchances and Other Similar Institutions. Washington.?The house, sitting as a committee of the whole, adopted the Lever cotton futures hill as an amendment to the annual agricultural measure, after a spirited debate. The vote was 101 to 23. The Lever bill is identical with the former cotton futures law, which was held unconstitutional. by Federal Judge Hough of New York on the ground that it was a revenue bill which had improperly originated in the senate, instead of in the house. Under the provisions of the measure, a tax of two cents a pound would be levied on all cotton sold for future delivery in any exchange, board of trade, or "similar institutions or places of business." Adoption of this measure came af tor the house had passed, by a vote of 1S4 to 86, a special rule providing for consideration of the cotton future, grain-trading, and federal warehouse for agricultural products amendments, as a rider on the agricultural appropriation measure. Under the rule, a little more than five hours' debute on the amendments was permitted. STORMY DEBATE OVER NOMINATION OF BRANDEIS. Committee Members Predict Unfavorable Report on the Appointment. Washington.?A stormy debate over the nomination of Louis 1). Hrandeis for the Supreme Court broke in the senate, anil, before it was over, predictions were made by two members of the Judiciary Committee?one a Democrat?that an unfavorable re port on the appointment would follow when the committee reached a vote. Discussion was precipitated when Senator Sutherland of Utah, a Republican member of the committee, read to the senate an interview published quoting Senator Ashurst of Arizona as charging that Republican members of the Judiciary Committee were filibustering in order to delay a vote on the Hrandeis nomination, until after the national political conventions. Senator Ashurst stood steadfastly by the quoted statement during the heated argument, which followed, until assured by fellow-Democrats on the committee that there was no such tiilibuster. He withdrew the charge, at the suggestion of Senator llrandegee, after he had denounced executive sessions and charged that the Republicans wore angered over the Hrandeis nomination because he was a champion of the masses. FEDERAL GRAND JURY. INDICTS EIGHT GERMANS. Now York.?The federal grand jury returned an indictment against the eight Germans recently arrested on the charge of engaging in a conspiracy to place incendiary honihs on ships carrying munitions for the Kntento Allies and against Dr. Walter T. Scheele, president of the New Jer soy Agricultural Chemical Company, the alleged leader of the conspiracy, who has not yet been arrested. It was at Scheele's factory that* the luiinun wcni parity nianuiactureu, it is alleged. Tlie indictment was found on testimony given by Capt. von Kleist, who was employed in the Scheele factory, and Ernest Becker, an electrician aboard the Hamburg-American Line steamer Prienrich der Grossc. The others are Capt. Otto Wolpert and Captain Eno Mode, of the Hamburg-American Line; Carl Schmidt, chief engineer, and Frederick Karhaide, Wilhelm Parades and George I'raedel. assistant engineers on the Friedrich dor Grosse. FRENCH AEROPLANES SHELL GERMAN POSITIONS. Paris The following official com mimical ion states thai : "North of the Aisne tho rannonad ing has been rather violent in the region of Hois lies Unites. Kast of the Mease of a violent bombardment was directed against our positions lie I ween the 1'ote da I*. 'vre and iV?qaumont. Durii.g the night of ii7-2S< onr aeroplanes shelled the station a: Audita le Itoman. some military huts near Spineourt. FRACTURED SKULL AGAiNST SIDE OF U. S. BATTLESHIP Norfolk. Va. Coxswain Marvin It. Hunter, aged 24, of tho battleship Ne\y Hampshire, was killed here while loading and officer's cutter. The ahles broke and Hunter was hurled igainst the side of the warship, sustaining a fractured skull. Private Andrew Iloistein. a marine Hunter from the water, diving from lie deck of the warship. Hunter lived unly a few minutes. Hunter is a son it J. B Hunter of I'ryon, Ark. i