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ILES W. BIROHMOMS, PROP. VOLUME 23. "THE HAND OP THB DILIGENT SHALL RULE." CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1915. fKRMS $1.5C IN ADVANCE PER ANNVM. NL'MHKR 4X jp'T NM SLAYER CORONER'S JURY SAYS COBEN KILLED BY UNKNOWN PARTY SOME MORE TESTIMONY I Ballet Pound in Body of ioung Re porter ProvM to be M, Thus Clear ing Brown and McDonald, From Whow IMitoU It Could Not Hare I Plr6d? Quiet Reigns. I The coroner's Jury Investigating the death of 81dney J, Cohon return ed the following verdict at 1.07 o'clock Thursday morning: "That the Bald Sidney J. Cohen eame to his death October IB, 1915, at Roper hospital, Charleaton County, from a 38 calibre pistol shot wound, said pistol having been fired from vicinity of doorway between ante room and executive committee room on the sou th w est corner King and George streets, Charleston county, by party or parties unknown to this Jury, on October 1&, 1915. '? According to the report of the cor respondent of The State Wednesday's testimony was so voluminous that only the high lights can bo indicated. Kivy iPearlstine, M. D., who perform ed the autopsy upon Mr. Cohen, said death resulted from hemorrhage, due to a gunshot wound entering the right hip, ranging forward and up ward across the body, piercing the small and the large intestine, sever ing the internal iliac artery and pro ducing hemorrhage into the abdomi nal cavity. Tho bullet lodged in an abdomi nal muscle on the left side, about three inches above and a like dis tance forward of the point of en trance on the other side. The only external bruise was one on the chin made by ubo of a pulmotor in an at tempt to revive Mr. Cohen. Dr. Pearlstlne prdfluced the bullet he had removed from the body, which he said was of lead and in calibre was 3 8. He said he had kept it con stantly under his own eyes until he had given it to the coroner under ?eal In an envelope Indorsed in his handwriting. He opened this en velope in court and Identified the bul let. This bullet had assumed greai im portance, because testimony had been given from which either Henry J. Brown or Edward R. McDonald, the men under arrest, might have been. auBpected of flrlng the shot that kill ed Mr. Cohen. But the police Thurs day identified as Brown's weapon a Colt revolver of 32 calibre and as McDonald's a Colt automatic pistol ol tho same calibre, but carrying steel Jacketed lead bullets. Other testimony was that all the police officers present v. ere armed with revolvers carrying lead bulletB Some of these officers, among them Chief Cantwell and Special Officer Frank Hogan, had 3 8 calibre guns. Some of the testimony indicated that both of these officers discharged their revolvers in the melee. Wheth er or not any of the other 38 callbrc revolvers taken from persona in the committee headquarters Friday had keen fired did not appear in evidence John Murphy, a Grace committee man, said that Brown fired north westward. Mr. Cohen fell in tlu southeast corner. He said he could positively swear that the bullet from Chief Cantwell's gun, when the wea pon was discharged in the scufrie with Brown, went through a window He said he could see both of Win gate's hands while ho and Brown were struggling but saw no plRtol in Wlngate's possession. William O'Brien said he saw Win gate on the floor bleeding, whllr Brown stood nearby, gun in one hund and box of cartridges In the other, apparently reloading. Max Goldman said he saw Hogar disarm Rentiers in the anteroom "That started the whole trouble," h< declared. The witness said he war not armed. Frank Hogan, for two years a Bpe clal plain clothes police officer, and generally known In the community a; "Rumpty Raffles," was on the stand for some time. Much of his test! mony had been anticipated in that o other witnesses. He said he saw Brown run into the room, wheel ant* fire back into the doorway upon Win gate. He himself "covered" and dis armed several persons, he said among them Harry Steenckon, Georg< Rentiers and John Healy. He da nled that ho fired at any time his own gun, a 38 police revolver. "Brown fired the very first shot,' he asserted. "It went Into the aide of the door frame and is there yet." "John Healy, a former sergeant of police, had stood guard over the bal lot boxes stored In the committee headquarters ovornlght. "Hogan was thore, apparently drinking," he said. The witness de clared he saw weapons In nobody's hands except those of Chief Cantwell and Hogan. "I saw Private Qulnn deliberately start to shoot Into the committee room," said Healy. "I said, 'For God's sake, man, don't shoot.' and he did not fire." He saw Hogan and Chief Cantwell come in with drawn guns. He saw tho chief fire at Brown. This was about the last shot. W. Turner Logan didn't shoot, though he had his pistol out. There must have been 16 to 18 shots. W. 8. Moore, a restaurant keeper, testified as to threats he said Brown had made In his place to "turn s trick/' at the committee meeting with a pistol which he displayed. Moore admitted ho served Brown with beer and whiskey. The witness said he knew both Brown and Mc Donald. He Identified them when they were produced Thursday. J. K. Livingston said he saw Brown burst Into the committee room, whirl ground and fire on Win gate. "That waa the first shot," he Mid, Brown, ha said, fired Ave Shots Th# witness saw Doltaemenl mium. in? wunnss saw noncnmen JUDGE M. L. SMITH FREES BROWN AND M?D?NALD No FoniuU Warrants Have IVeeo Ixxlged Against Theiu ? Militia Still in Montrol. With Col. Holmes B. 8prings, Sec ond Infantry, South Carolina National Guards, In oommand of the Charles ton military situation Friday, orders have been issued aimed to relieve as many of the men In the peven local volunteer organizations from duty as possible, the arrangement betng for one full company to remain under arms at Its armory twenty-four hours, while the other companies retain only a guard detail at their armories, the rest of the men being at liberty to return to their homes and work, after a week of constant service. These orders have been issued to be effective through this month, upder the present arrangements. There has been no disorder in Charleston since the outbreak of last Friday a week. E. R. McDonald and H. J. Brown, arrested by the police on charges of murder and conspiracy to kill Just after the pistol shooting of last Fri day, in the city Democratic executive committee rooms, when Sidney J. Cohen, a newspaper reporter, was killed, and four others wounded, were released from Jail Friday by order of Judge Smith, of the State court, on the grounds that there were no formal warrants lodged against the defendants and the inquest Jury's verdict found the death of Mr. Cohen duo to a pistol shot fired by party or parties unknown. The court stated that the order for release did not prejudice the right of any one to take out warrants against the two men. Qulnn and Sergeant Fosberry with a squad of 15 policemen to report to Chairman Black of the committee. He himself did not enter the rooms until he had heard several Bhots. He Inquired, "Who did the shooting?" and a number of voices answered, "Brown and McDonald." The chief said he faltered at the i door, because these men had once been officers under him and he knew them to be deBperato men and strong partisans. McDonald had killed a negro while he was on the force.) Brown had struck a man with an axe. He saw Brown in the northeast corner with a pistol. He claimed to be a deputy. The witness' gun went off in his struggle with Brown. The bullet went out of the window. Brown then submitted and police pro tected him from the crowd, including Wingate's father. i Chief Cantwell identified a note picked up by Sergeant Fosberry as one made Just before the riot by Mr. | Cohen. The handwriting was verified by Mr. Emerson of The Evening Post. I The memorandum read: "Meeting called to order at noon, large squad police cleared room to doorway." The! paper was torn and bloodstained. | Brown's and McDonald's weapons I were Identified by Chief Cantwell and opened. Brown's revolver was load- 1 ed all round. McDonald's had an I empty shell in the barrel and lacked one more cartridge of containing Its I capacity of ten. The witness said the police hold six other guns besides these, all of them confiscated at the committee rooms. Ho denied that I llogan said to him, "There will be hell when I get there." He denied he had pointed a gun at Sfceencken. J Denied he had said to Hyde wit nesses: "Come In, you cowards." I Chief Cantwell attributes the whole trouble to arming of irresponsible! perBonB as deputies and putting them there without any sign of such au thority. Several of them, including Brown, had no other c\ idonce of a right to carry a gun than old war- J rants. Two McDonald carried were 1 two months old. These warrants wero placed in evidence Thursday. I M. Rutledgo Rivers, former chair man of the committee, who attended the meeting as attorney for MaJ. Hyde, gave a vivid description of the fight. He saw Brown back in. draw- 1 Ing his pistol, and shoot down Win- I Kate. Brown was there as one of his witnesses. He saw James Sottllo picking up a gun from the anteroom I floor. He saw no weapon In the hands of Wingate at any time. Brown's back as he fired was toward where Cohen had been seated. W. Turner Logan said ho saw 1 Brown and Wingate quarreling, but vas swopt Into the anteroom then by '.he rush of men and when ho re- 1 urned. pistol In hand. Wingato lay '>n tho floor. Policemen protected Brown after ho surrendered. He lieard somebody In tho room say Mc )onald had killed Cohen. The first ihot ho heard was at tho door, near which ho sat. Sorgeant Qulnn Raid he had taken I Rentiers to tho call box In tho street and did not got back Into the room until the shooting was over. He saw Max (ioldman coming down a pole und had him stoppod as a suspect. (To saw Secretary Richardson run Across the street with books and hud him also takon Into custody, but morely for protection. Ho released him on reaching police station. Sergeant Fosberry Identified tho guns ho had taken from Brown and McDonald. Policeman Lafourcade saw McDon ald's gun go off in strugglo but tho witness could not say In what direc tion it was pointed. Saw man fall in southeast corner at that time. fl. Wingate, father of William Win gate, told of seeing Brown shoot down his son. Brown's, ho said, was tho first shot fired. Afterwards, It appeared to him, ho said, that "Brown was picking his men to shoot at and McDonald likewise." He saw McDonald fire In the direction of Cohen. The witness said, answering n question from Foreman Goer, that his *on was Improving and he believ ed would recover though his skull had boon penetrated. Apectal Officer Doar told of seeing Brown nhoot Wingate. The witness said ho had on his peraon aSH calibre revolver but did not use it. Policeman Buck told of wringing a pistol from a man" Chief Cantwe'l and other officer* were trying to oterpowor. Policeman Tumbloaton aald he KraDOl?d with Brown on sooln* him shoot do*n Wlngato. hoard ahot to HU right and saw Cohan fall. Ho ? jfi'r VOICE OF MAN TRAVELS ACROSS BROAD ATLANTIC Wireless Htation at Arlington Talks With Paris bjr Telephone ? Hon olulu Hears Talk of Operator. Arlington. Va.. talked by wireless telephone with Paris, France, Thurs day. Honolulu also heard the opera tor talking from Arlington. An nouncement that the human voice had been projected across the Atlan tic wbb made on behalf of John J. Carty, chief engineer of the Ameri can Telephone and Telegraph com pany, at the company's offices In Now York. Later Mr. Carty telephoned from Chicago confirming the announce ment. To B. 13. Webb, a telephone engineer, fell the honor of being the first man to span with hie voice the Bpace between the old world and the new. Sitting in the navy's powerful wlrelesB plant at Arlington, Mr. Webb shortly after midnight Thursday morning asked the wireless telegraph to signal the Eiffel tower in Paris. Tho wireless snapped out the sig nal and soon there came back a re sponse. Awaiting word from Webb at the Paris end of the wiroless radio station were H. E. Shreeve and A. M. Curtiss. army engineers, and a group of French officers, listening with especially designed apparatus. In Honolulu, eight thousand miles from Arlington, iMr. Espenchied, an other telephone engineer, at the Pearl Harbor navy yard, also was waiting. Webb at Arlington had a transmit ting Instrument but no receiving ap paratus. He knew therefore that he would have to wait for the cdble to confirm the success or failure of the experiment. "Hello, Shreeve," he shouted In the mouthplecc. "Hello/ Shreeve." He then began to count, "One, two. three, four; one, two, three, four; goodbye." Late Thursday afternoon tho mes sage camo. It said that Webb's "hello" and "good-bye" had been dis tinctly heard by the engineers and French army officers In Paris and that portions of his test figures had also been picked up. At about the Bame time there came a message from Honolulu saying that Webb's talk had been understood in full by the receiv ing engineeh there and that even tl.e voice had been recognized as Webb's. Carty said over the telephone that much experimental work will have to be done yet before telephone com munication across the Atlantic be comes an every day affair. 1| saw no one but Brown with his pistol out. Policeman Walsh said Chief Cant- 1 well's bullet went through the win dow and struck a wall across the street. Policeman Murphy gave similar, testimony as to what became of this | bullet. "McDonald," he said, "was holding his pistol In his right hand. He was facing north." Other wit nesses had testified that Mr. Cohen when he fell was at McDonald's right. iPollceman Charles E. Ryon said he grabbed Goldman as he slid down the pole and then clubbed a man who tried to rescue the prisoner. (M. 8. Benson said that from street he saw Frank Hogan come out on the balcony, unbreech his revolver and . apparently reload it, then reenter the| room. He had heard Wlngate say Just before tho meeting, "There is only one man we want to get." Tho witness admitted ho had not worked since " y. He was employed before that a Virginia insurance com pany. ??d didn't know the man Wln gate addressed. J. M. Roberts also testified that Hogan just after shooting had ceased emerged upon the balcony and re loaded his pistol. "I saw about 50 guns In the street," ho said. The witness said he went thore at tho re-, quest of Deputy Sheriff Leonard, to | escort a challenged voter. He was not armed. Henry J. Brown was put on stand but his attorney, Frank R. Front, said he had advlsod him not to tes tify. Tho coroner and Jury agreed, by advlco of Solicitors Cobb and Orlmball, not to attempt to force him Into testifying. William E. Huger, attorney, said his client, Edward R. McDonald, was anxious to testify. McDonald talked at length. His arm was still in a sling from scalds suffered last Thurs day. He claimed authority to carry a gun because ho had been deputized two months r\go by Sheriff Martin to servo certain warrants. Those ho still held, ho said. , Ho asserted that A. H. Brouthers started for him Friday with a knife' and he trlod then to draw his gun' from Its holster under his loft shoulder, but Dan Losenno interfered and Brouthers desisted. A fow min utes later, after others had fired sev eral shots, he saw Cohen fall, col lapsing Just as a shot sounded from tho doorway. Tie saw Wlngato ad vancing toward Drown and started over there hut was seized by Jerry O'Brien. Tho witness said ho got his pistol, for which O'Brien and others were grasping, and held it In his right hand across his body, his thumb against the safety catch to provont Its being discharged. If It wont off In tho scuffle he doesn't know it. He gave up to Sergeant Fosberry. but after that officer had taken his gun. he left him to the gang without pro tection. Ho heard M. fl. Sullivan say to Cantwell, "My Ood, chief, can't you kill that man." The witness grabbed the chief's gun and said, "My Ood. chief, don't kill him." The witness was arrested then by Policeman Bo wlck. He did not ftee Brown fire. The witness displayed a hole In his right trouser leg and a weP beneath It on his leg Just over the knee. He saw Cohen fall at his right. Tho witness held his gun downward to the left across his body. ? ? ? OuaranteeA IMIf(kni? Freedom. By a vote of ftft to 12, the chamber of deputies of Peru Wednesday sanc tioned a change In the constitution which will gaat*ntee religious free* dot w ' :? j i Ac-is) TURKS IN CONTROL ALLIES HARD PRESSED AT DAR DANELLES FRONT TROOPS SAVE SOLDIERS Associated Prows Cor res|>on dent Says Position of Attackers is no Better Tlian When They landed ? Over One Hundred an<l Thirty Thousand Men Have Heen Sent to Peninsula. ciaTod P ?! g 6 ter from an Aaso fi !, Press correspondent at the Dardanelles front Is of Interest In ??,tho assertlr n of Lord Mliner In the House of Lords last week rimt the British campaign on the Oalllnoll peninsula had been a failure, and the to commit11 uf w? Mrit,8h government Uon of thiR regarding continua tion of this campaign. Although seven weeks have elapsed since his letter was written, there have been no changes of greut Importance as fron?," rCP?r,ed' ?n "" The position of the allied tronnq the Oallfnnnnfarta;Arl,Hurnu front of the Oalllpoll penlnaula can hardlv described as a promising one Such at least, was the impression Rainptl by the Associated Press correLoml ent during an eig'a-day s?a" ?S the war arena in question. The factors upon which this conclusion is based Tm-w? h ^?Ugh 'nsP''?tion Of the of wa? officers and allied prisoners What is perhapH o' more imoort ance is the result of fuur major mili rnrr ,a lo58 which occurred while the correspondent was on this front I lina con8i8^ed of an attack bv the Allies on a Turkish position north of August 2e0mC5nUagh t,!e nftoni?on ol trenches m'tifn mpa,llt on Turkish enches in the same general locality the same night and two attacks on Anafarta August 2-> and 27. In ea?h ^stance the Alliec were driven back with heavy losses. \0 advantages Uoneogfath?dtby thMM' w,th theR?clp8 a Turkl?)wP ?P?rary occ?Patlon of farta Aupiiat 26 "C"r KulCh"k A?* The losses of the Turke were by no t?n?\n\I1?1\tK,n Rn3' of the8? opera "P*"' ,but the A11,ea. acting on the offensive, suffered heavily. Their mnt^ ?r .the f0ur ^ttons are estl ff!d at eleven to thirteen thousand wounded ?un""'r ?' I est. When the correspondent visited from th . T,urkl8h Positions ran from the immediate north to Oahn DaSh6 ?"g \he bftBe of KodJatchemen EJiSln ^ lrne 8l,Kht,y northeast toward and past Biyuk Anafarta fRrtnn?e "ort,hweflt Past Kutchuk Ana It a g Hmt place to the west d,9t.ance ?f about eleven hun nlmi ^ar(118, and confining west in o semlciroular sweep toward Kiretch Tepe, or Chalk Hill. "iretcii This elevation then formed the ex treme Turkish right flank Two hills ?ndI?.,??dK'retC". T61,e' ? >?? ?? Indicated as part of the Kizlar Dagh wore in the hands of the British! that ?Kld by the Alllea w?" that part of the coast region whloh a?M llerv6 co?manded *>y their naval artillery. Generally speaking tliev Dagh \Vh" ?Uth ,of KodJatchemen within h? ?in 5 P6B ?f the h,,lB ltnln the line drawn above, of the Anafarta valley, the west slope of a high ridge between the two Anafar SaU 1a?e tH v P,a*? t0 the north of Klr Joh % ?iT tho ea8torn slope of Kiretch Tope the allied trenches ran south again and finally crossed thp U0?nod.rnm?"1 'he meS? A!,IC" 'mV? huulpd 'n .illli ? t ?^Kion about one hun dred nnd fifteen thousand men, a large part of which force already ha? \?n ?P. It is safe uT^y they are to-day opposed by about one Tulk/Til, an<l thousand i*i ? ? Are actually entrenched ln iw!rv" ' U??u?and effectives byEtZyTndrVwftntRK,e ?f torraln Jn held ny tho Turks, whoso trenches are located on higher ground than those tho Allies. The Anafarta region may bo compared to half of a huge saucer which has been broken th! line breakage being formed by the shoro of tho Aegean sea and tho bot aYii rlm ,belnK ln the hands of PnMi a Rn T,irkH. respectively. V 1 1 August 1 fi when the Tiirkn under Lieut. Col. Wllmers Bey, a Oor TonL cavalry officer, retook Kiretch Tepe, the position of tho Allies was better, as they were masters of a? least a part of tho Anafarta region This advantago was lost that day A l",<k T"k- n?der 0,,t. Col. Kannengieser, a German reoccupled KodJatchemen Dagh' while another Ottoman force, under off thl'TnuTi ? ft 0orinan. cleared off the allied troops from an Impor tant crest west of tho Blyuk Anafarta tlT A n7' ,WVh ,boB? Positions lost he Allies to-day hold themselves ln the Anafarta region solely by virtue forlty lmmenBR artillery Are super llnlVit?Ii0,,t ,",pr>orf of some forty line ?hlps . cruisers and torpedo lM>a?? no i ? ? ,,hr?w? Into the sea," fn ni'i"# Zanders, commander Inch lef of tho Turkish Galllpol! army, expressed It. There have been moments, however, when the Turk Jsh troops In the Anafarta district have been hard pressed. On such Instance occurred August 2ft 'rim hy a vory severe bombardment for tie ,"fftn,ry ftB"a"lt between Hie two Anafartas. When tho rush came the Turkish Infantry was obllg R.tr??tT^"r?8,h " lr?nch?" !!???- ? to the roar and communl catlng trenches, the Turks checked the advance of tho British. Two days later the Turks reoccupled the ami *>0*'t'?n. An attack made hy the t1on*ef iorM ? 87 ,n th0 dlrec tlon of Kiretch Tepe ended in terrl th?r t v^elfrh *er hf n;,t!:h troops,, some thirty-eight hundred dead bain* counted August 28. neing British prisoner# aMert that their position is ft most trying one. Water ENGLAND OFFERS CYPRUS TO GREECE FOR HER AID All HeUiK?rt?tits are Striving to Win IJIr Victory to Influence Neu tral States. With the rapid sweep eastward of the Bulgarians, the people of the al lied countries are watching with keenest interest negotiations be tween their governments and Greece. These negotiations are being carried on by the British foreign office in be half of the Allies. Having failed to convince Greece tliat It was her duty to abide by the Serb-Greek treaty and help Serbia, the Allies have made a fresh offer to that country, including cession of the island of Cyprus. This offer and an outline of possible fln tnclal help are now being considered by the cabinet. Should the negotiations fail, it is expected that Greece will bo asked to demobilize or clearly define her attitude. Conversations also are pro ceeding with Roumania through the French foreign office. All the bel ligerents think that the best way to influence the neutral states is to win a big victory. Austria, Germany and Bulgaria are trying for this In Servla, Germany in Courland and France, Italy in the Tyrol and Trentino and Russia in Gallcia and near Slonim, which, roughly, Is the centre of the Eastern front. is extremely scarce in the Anafarta region aiul it is said only one well is in the hands of the British. The re sult is that water must be brought from the Island of Imbros and even from Saloniki. The men receive a pint of tea in the morning and an other at five o'clock. One-half pint of water at noon Is the only allow ance of this necessity, prisoners state, that is given. Up to a week ago the food of the British soldiers consisted of six army biscuits and a preserved meat ration, some candy and Jam Insing added. Poor health is the result of thiB diet. The correspondent talked to an Eng lish prisoner of the Hants Ninth Ter ritorials, who, unable to obtain medi cal assistance, had become so weak from dysentary that his comrades had to abandon him when the Turks took the trench in which he was station ed. It is said there are many similar cases. The correspondent saw five of them. It was explained by these men that the British sanitary service is so overtaxed that it can not give attention to every case of sickness brought to Its notice. To other handicaps of the allied troops must be added the great heat, and ever-present dust. Of some 1 30 prisoners the correspondent saw, ful ly one-half suffered from inflamma tion of the eyes. > ? ?an not be ?akl that the ?.roops recently brought to the peninsula are flrBt class material. Many of the men are too young to endure the hardships of such a climate. Trench digging, under the prevailing condi tions, is torture to their still ^de veloped bodies, leading to painful disorders. The prisoners of war with whom the correspondent talked had been in the service from four to eleven months. Some of them expressed dissatisfaction with their officers. The correspondent witnessed the total annihilation of a company which had penetrated a Turkish trench, but was destroyed because its flank was left uncovered. Whether this was due to the impulsiveness of the men or to the negligence of oth ers could not be learned. When the Associated i?ress corre spondent left the flallipoli peninsula, after an eight?day stay on the front, the allied troops at Heddul Bahr, on the tip of the peinsnla, had been In active for more than three weeks. Their position w?b no more favorable than that of their comrades In the Aanafarta region, as described In a recent letter. Field Marshal Llman von Sanders, the German officer in command of tho Turkish forces, gave his Idea or the goneral situation as follows: "I am too old to be an optimist, but I believe ? I am absolutely confi dent ? that unlesB something extra ordinary occurB we shall hold the Allies where they are." Tho field marshal Is sixty-five years old Ho far as concerns the allied forces at Heddul*4*ahr, it apparently has t>een demonstrated that It is next to 1m possible for theni to advance, with operations conducted within the range of reasonable and permissible sacrifices of men. In other words, it Is still possible to dislodge the Turks, but to do so would cause too great a loss to tho Allies. On that front, as at Anafarta. tho Turks have used evory mennfl to hotter thotr po sltions. Though both fields of action are small, the Turks have dug hun dreds of kilometers of fire lino and communicating trenches. El Jld Tope, In the Seddul Bahr region, has been the objective of the Allies. Heavy guns stationed on its summit, they argued, could easily si lence tho forts at Tahanak Kalo and Killd Bahr. A survey of the ground, however, raises a serious question whether this theory Is cor rect Tho Turks took no chances, nnd defended the elevation success fully. Tho landing at Arl Burnu. In the northern zone, had a twofold pur pose It was the tlmo to threaten the rear of tho Turkish forces at Euddul Bahr. and also to place the Kodjotchemon I)agh at tho disposal of tho heavy allied batteries. From tho Kodjatchemen Dagh tho works at Killd Bahr and Tchanak Kale could have been bombarded effectively, as could have been the Kllla and Akbach bays, now serving as supply bases for the Turkish forcos. Kodjatchemen Dagh was occupied by the British, but lost again. Kl retch Tepe was to servo an a flank position agalnBt possible Turkish at tacks on the allied lines In and south of tho Anafarta plain. It, too, was taken by the Turks. From a strictly military point of view, political considerations disre garded, the Allies ow the peninsula are In a less favorable condition to day than the* were April when the first landing took place. The Turks in the Anafarta region for the greater part are Anatolian peaaantfl, sturdy, tough, inured to every hardship Of war and not frlagu ARMIES OF SERBIA NOW FACE UTTER EXTERMINATION Hammered on All Sltlew by Superior Force? Swift Allied Assist ance Is Her Only Ho|?e. Serbia's military i>o?ition Is criti cal. Hammered by snj>erlor ' on two sldew, her armies are ti?n n\ ^ ed with being cruslie<l as no arm) has been cruslied during the war. Not only were these facts admit tod in England, France and Russia on Monday, but they arc reflected in of ficial Serbian statements. The key to escape from this situation is the speed with which France and England could throw forces north from Salonlki. in the hope of relieving pressure from the Austrians and Bulgarians in the east. Tho Bulgarians are battling under the eyes of King Ferdinand. Not withstanding the presumably super ior artillery of tho Austrians and Germans, it is the final attack by the Bulgarians which seems the most menacing to the Serbians. At few places are the Teutons as much as twenty miles south of the Danube. In fact, the ground gained averages a depth of only ten miles. The Bul garians are displaying tremendous energy, indicative of carefully laid plans preceding the declaration of war. With twenty miles of the Nish Salonikl railway In their hands they have a strategic advantage which it will bo difficult to overcome. The movement of Entente troops from Salonikl still are unknown to the public but if any considerable force has been detailed for the task it must bo heard from soon. From Sofia and Saloniki come de nials that Serbians have Strumitsa. This means that Bulgarian soil still is free of invasion. it is reported that the Bulgarians and that a great battle is raging at the Macedonia town of Velezo where the Serbs won a victory over tho Turks in tho Bal kan war of 1912. According to an unofficial report, the Bulgarians have] taken the town. NEGRO SLASHES MINISTER Itev. J. F. Hammond of Ijancaster Out Across the Face. The Rev. J. F. Hammond of the Oakhurst section of Lancaster county, was painfully cut across the cheek and left hand by a negro named Jim Leach Saturday morning. Mr. Ham mond was at his cotton gin, where the negro, who got off the south bound Southern train, came that morning and at once excited a dis turbance tititoug tiie luo'rou* at tLc gin. Upon Mr. Hammond's asking the negro to leave the premises he whip ped out his pocket knife and slashed Mr. Hammond across the face and also cut his left hand very badly. As this report reached Lancaster. Sheriff John P. Hunter went hastily by auto mobile to the scene of the trouble, and finding upon his arrival that I>each had made good his escape pur sued him further and found him in hiding near the Haile gold mine, where he was arrested by Sheriff Hunter and brought back to jail. Ships Lont by England. Official announcement was made that the total number of British mer chant vessels, exclusive of fishermen, sunk by submarines to October 14, was 183. The number of fishing ves sels sunk to that time was 175. (Jeer and I/ogan Come to 1M?ws. During the taking of testimony at Charleston Wednesday Foreman Geer of the grand jury and Attorney Logan came to blows after a wordy passage. They were soon parted and tho mat ter was adjusted. ed by the nerves of their higher strung antagonists. Many of them are clad in rags, not a few are arm ed with single-shot rifles and most of them wearing slippers instead of shoes. Their food though plain, is substantial and wholesome and their water supply is ample. PLAN TO ECONOMIZE DANIELS WANTS GOVERNMENT TO GET M 'JERIAL AT COST FORTIFY COASTS Secretary Will Kccommend I/CgUla tion to Kimble the (Government to Work Its Own Plant* ? ("'oust I>e? fences on Atlantic and Pacific are t<> Ih? Modernized. What thp navy expects to do to ward preventing private manufactur ers from reaping excessive profits In volved in the administration's na attonal defense program was outlined at llalelgh. N. C.. Wednesday by Sec retary Daniels in a speech at the North Carolina state fair. Mr. Dan iels said his annual report to con gress would recommend legislation to enable the government to equip itself to build more naval craft, make its own armor plate and greatly extend I its manufacture of munitions. "The government has invested i many millions of dollars in navy I yards,'" said the secretary, "and un less this investment is utilized for new constructs .1 much of it is wast ed If the government Is prepared to j construct naval craft private ship building companies desiring contracts must compete with government yards. This tends to securo competi tive prices and prevent combinations between private corporations to charge higher prices than conditions justify. "Not otMy must the yards be able to build ships, but naval establish ments should bo equipped to manu facture a porton of all munitions of war." In this connection Mr. Daniels pointed out that the government paid so cents a pound to a private manu facturer a few yenrH ago for making powder, hut the navy now was mak ing it at a cost ot about 25c a pound. Torpedoes and mines, ho said, also I were being manufactured by the navy at a greut saving of money. "These cases could be multiplied," he added. "Do not understand me to advocate any monopoly^ by the gov ernment in the manufacture of muni tions. Thero are many things we can buy from private manufacturers at & reasonable price. The navy, how ever, should bo feee to make a large part of its munitions if private con cerns charge excessive prices, as has sometimes been the caBe when the government is shut up to buy from only two or tiu-we ui<*uui&0tufurt?. "It has been ascertained by a spe cial commission that the navy, with a modern plant, can manufacture ar mor plate for from $230 to $260, as against the non-competitive prices of $4 25 to $18G a ton charged in tha last contract. Experience in Europe teaches that the navy should not longer rely upon private manufactur ers for projectiles. If congress ap proves we will erect a large factory which will turn out a large product of fourteen-inch armor-piercing shells, as well as smallor projectiles. This will Insure better shells and bet ter competition." The secretary particularly dlrocted the attention of southern farmers to the lack of ships in tho American merchant marine to carry their pro duce to those who neod it and are willing to pay for it. "What tho navy noeds and, in case of trouble, would noed sorely," he added, "are auxiliaries properly built and equipped with tralnod Ameri cans. A morchant marine with for eign crews is not an American need, either for commerce or defense." Bnfore leaving Washington, Mr. Daniels discussed the plans of the navy department to effectively pro tect the United States. According to plans, there will be by 1925 a first lino of dreadnoughts and br.ttle cruis ers numbering forty-three; a fleet of coast defense submarines that would frlngo tho Atlantic and Pacific coasts with an almost solid line of Interior defense; a fleet of nearly 175 de (Contlnued on last page.) HOW $500,000,000 \VIIiI< BK SI'F.NT IN FIVK YKAIW FOR NAVAIj IN CHKAKI-;, AS OFFK'I A IjIjV KRTIMATKfK In recommending the five-year program of naval increase Involving an expenditure of $502,4 82,21 4. the adininist ration ban endeavored to dis tribute the expenses as evenly as possible over that period. The amounts to ho appropriated for naval Increase during each of the five years of the program1? as announced by Secretary Daniels, will bo recommended to congress aR follows: For Now Ships. 1017. 1918. 1919. 1920. 1 921. (000 omitted ) Dreadnoughts . $ 1 5,540 $20,5 80,000 $37. 600, 000 $37,600,000 $37,600,000 Matt le cruisers 11,158 11,921,000 17,500,000 17,118,500 23,460,500 Scout cruisers. 6,900 6.350,000 10,000,000 8.650,000 10,000,000 Destroyers ... 10,500 16,900.000 10.100.000 10.300.000 13,600,000 Fleet subs ... 4,425 5,577.5 00 5.437,500 4,215,000 3,400,000 Toast subs ... 5,750 13.950.000 9,750,000 9,750,000 9,750,000 Gunboats.. .. 760 1,140,000 380. 000 380,000 Hospital ships. 1.250 1.200. 000 Ammun. ships .... 799,687 1,766.000 Fuel oil ships. 700 655.250 700,000 655, 2B0 Repair ships 1,1 75,000 Total .. .. $57,003 $84,273,750 $90,767,500 $ 89 , 1 3 3 ,0 87 $ 1 0 1 ,7 8 6.750 For Completion of Ships Authorized. Prov'ly auth'ed 28.369 20.1 49.000 Total .. ..$85.372 104,422.750 Aviation . . .. 2.000 1.000.000 1,000,000 1.000.000 1,000.000 It's" vo of rn'n's 8,000 5,000,000 5.000.000 5,01)0, 000 2,000,000 Grand total . $95,37 2 1 10.422.750 96.767.500 $95,133,087 $104,786,750 Grand total for five years, $502,482,2 11 President Wilson will urge congress to adopt the five-year program of naval Increase recommended by Secretary Daniels Here aro tho new units, which it Is proposed to add to the navy during that, period. I 9 1 7 I 9 1 8 19 19 1920 1921 Ttl Ilattleshlps 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 Mattle cruisers 2 0 1 2 1 6 Scout cruisers 3 I 2 2 2 10 Destroyers 15 10 5 10 10 50 Fleet submarines 5 4 2 2 2 IB Coast submarines 25 15 15 15 IB 85 Gunboats 2 1 0 0 0 3 Hospital ship 1 0 0 0 0 1 Ammunition ships 0 0 0 1 1 2 Fuel Oil ships 0 1 0 1 ,0 2 Repair ship 0 0 0 0 1 lv Total 55 3 4 27 35 3 4 185 z .i