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BAM FICJHTESO tX)XTI\lT-» AMONG BBbGUV SAND DUNES. r irks fight Sweeping! Movements Are Expected in Where Ku-swians Claim East to Have Defeated Germans and A us- NEW TORPEDO STATION GOVERNMENT BUILDING SECOND — PLANT IN PACIFIC. / ' : ■■ •' 77+ Torpedoes Now Used Travel 33 Knots - and Carry 300 Pounds of .. an Un^ known Explosive. . v. Every effort is being made to place the nedr Pacific coast torpedo station at Keyport, Wash., in condition to do work similar^to that which is being done at Newport, ft. I., at present the only station of its kind in the coun MURDER INCREASES ^ OVER SIX THOUSAND PERSONS WERE KILLED IN 101». „ DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS trlan**—Turkey’s Attack Mav Cause try - <According t0 the navy de P art mans rurkej s Attack May l.ause the Keyport tor p e do station Weakening of Russian Attack. should be ready for work by next ■ i ‘ 4 April. No decision has been reached in At present if a torpedo being tried 'the battle in the West Flanders sand out on an American warship in the dunes and the opposing forces of the orient becomes disabled in any way Germans and allies now stand virtu- u must be sent to San Francisco and ally as they h*' 6 stood for many] from there to Newport, R. I., for re day j. pairs. This means a loss of four or While the Germans keep hammer- five months. The Keyport station ring away at the Allies around Ypres, will hft used as a trial ground for which route they chose for their testing torpedoes, march to the coast after they had The location, about four miles found the road along the sea barred, from the Puget Sound navy yard at neither side has got far. The Bel- Bremerton, Wash., is said to be al- gians and those supporting them have most ideal, the water being deep, found that the floods they created to with few vessels passing. The gov ‘stop the German advance are hinder-] eminent has bought a tract of eighty- ing their own' movements, although eight acres, for the station they have occupied some villages, in- Until a short time ago the navy eluding Bixschoote, which has been used torpedoes of ‘"the Whiteheaii in the possession of the Germans. type, but the modern weapon is much Around Ypres the German offen- more powerful and has a range of five sive, according to the Allies’ accounts, or six miles. It also carries a much has met with no successes. In fact heavier charge of explosive^—300 it seems that all along the line there pounds, has been merely a repetition of artil- The explosive is known to few oven lery duels and of infantry attacks and in the havy. It is contained in what counterattacks which sometimes sue- is known as the “war head.” which eeed but more often do not. is screwed and bolted to the jarger On the eastern frontier more wide section of the torpedo, the part that 'sweeping movements are being made carries the propelling apparatus by the opposing armies. The Rus- in trials the war head is filled with sians. from all reports, have driven water. Even then if running at full ,/A^k the German centre to the river speed it probably would drive ^^wthe in Russian Poland, have held through any ordinary steel plate. The a German offensive movement fatal weight is over a ton, and its Bast Prussia and are straighten- speed varies from twenty-five knots out their line for a more vigor- a t long range to thirty-five knots at offensive against the Austrians, a short distance ^10 have been trying to beat their By means of a gyroscope in its left wing in Galicia. . mechanism it may be launched from Ft is to the Allies in these regions [the stern tubes of a ship to attack an that the British military men are | enemy almost directly ahead. The looking, for-they declare that if the torpedo will leave the tube and start Russians can keep up their success-1 directly astern, but when fifty yards ful fighting against the Austrians and aw ay it will turn an angle of ninety (’rermans, relief will come to the al- degrees and thus change its direction 'lied armies in the west because of | completely the necessity for a withdrawal of German army corps from France and Belgium to protect Silesia and East Prussia These military observers express belief that the Turkish threat | American Minister Furnished Mnp* against the Russian Caucasus will weaken the Ruslan armies by with drawal from Poland, but the Russian authorities say they have sufficient troops 00 the spot to deal with Tur United States is Probably the Home of More Homicides In Proportion Than Any Civilazed Country—lire Arms Cause flii.1 Per Cent of HOW 39,MO WERE LOST AUSTRIAN DELIVERER 80IJ)IKR8 INTO ENKMIKS HAND. SAVED BUILDINGS. to Guide German Gunners. key To Brand Whitlock, American min ister to Belgium, is due credit for saving the cathedral, art galleries, churches, theatres, and public build tngs In Antwerp during the recent German bombardment. When the German approached Antwerp Mr. Whitlock asked their commander, Gen. von der Gdltz, to spare the historic buildings. Gen von der Colts agreed to use his good offices If Mr. Whitlock would pre pare maps for the German aeroplan Ists that they might direct the firing Henry W. Diederieh. American con sul general, then arranged large maps on which were indicated points which it was dosired should be avoid- The shooting was so skilful that the Place of' Justice was the only large government building struck. It was slightly damaged A bomb struck the front of St. Peter's church. The slight damage done to the city is considered remarkable in view of the TO HOLD COTTON BALL. The first reports of the fighting be tween the Russians and the Turks are as couiicting as were the first Aus trian and Russian accounts of the warfare in Galicia. Each contender claims to have invaded the other's territory and to have defeated his frontier armies. These fights, how ever, probably have been only ad vance guard affairs and it is thought that some time may elapse before a pitched battle takes place. Tha Anglo-French fleet continues to bombard the Dardanelles forts, but the Turks say the warships have In-, . . »o <■.»«- ■» Other p.rt. Turkey British warships are busy. The government, however, has order ed that holy places shall be respect ed by the British gunfire as long as the Indian subjects visiting them are not molested. This necessity for respecting the,,. . . . ^ . feeling of her Moslem subjects H is| three day .bombardment. considered, may hamper Groat Brit ain somewhat in the prosecution^of the war against Turkey, but with her large Moslem population it can not be disregarded. In addition to as surances from the Indian princes, England has been Informed by Mos lem leaders in the Malay states that tlie war against Turkey will not af- the loyalty of the Moslems to the he result of the naval battle in VUe Pacific between British and Get man squadrons, details of which still are lacking, not only is the most dis cussed subject of the war in England, but it is realized that the worst ac counts, including the sinking of the Monmouth and serious damage to the Good Hdpe, probably are true “It is the price of admiralty." says the average Englishman of this and other losses since the war commenc ed. The balance thus far is on the side of German but every Briton seems confident when the main fleets meet this discrepancy wtih Ire m than wiped out. It is expected that should^tfie Ger man fortress of Tsing Xnu fall the British and Japanese vessels engaged there, will start ouj^ln r.n etideavor to round up the eigm or nine German cruisers still^ft large. . / MUST GO OUT. German Ouiser Must Leave Honolulu or be Interned. Replying to an inquiry from the Japanese embassy, the state depart ment announced that it had set a limit on the stay of the German cruiser Geier at Honolulu^where she put in more than two weeks ago for repairs. Unless the Geier leaves by a specified, date, which was not made public, slje will be Interned for the \y»r. ’ [ '>7.. A large Japanese cruiser has been Just outside Honolulu harbor since shortly after the Geler’s arrival and another Japanese battleship arrived Tuesday. Two Japanese aviators, joking exhibition flight, were stop- Bn by the police. It is thought the W&ibility of sending or receiving signals have caused the action. ‘ Resigns From Mill Merger. 1 m m m .. .|—-v Lewis W. Parker has resigned “'IXSvA ® SWalblTlv^. v from the pr'esidency of the Parker Mill merge it .which was formed sev eral years ag<]. \ Southern Society of New York to Entertain. The New York World savs South ern a<rs and southern manners will permeate the ballroom of the \v al- dorf-AsUria on the evening of Nov ember 12, when the New York South- "rn Society will lend a helping hand to the distressed cotton sect! ins. t.’ct- tf.n gowns will be worn inst -r.d richer materials, and'eotton hoi>i'w;ll be the orchids of the night. Tne men will wear cotton gloves And cotton dominoies will be sold at the door. Old colored mammj.eS will be on hano carrying huge baskets of cotton boils. The boxes, cartings and walls will be entirely hidden with cotton draperies. In short; the committee In charge,' up of most of the best known uthern people in New York, is go ing to transplant the South for one evening. v Cause Deaths. Murder is on the Increase in the United States, accord ng to statistics compiled by Frederick L. Hoffman for The Spectator, an insurance publi cation. He says that homicides were never so frequent in this country as they are at the present time, and that the proportion of women to men vic tims is one to four. ■ Mr, Hoffman found that about 6,- 500 persons met death by murder last year, and that this was the largest number of homicides since reliable statistics became available in 1884, with the exception of the panic year of 1907. In that year the rate went up to 8.8 for every 100,000 ot the population, while in 1913 the rate was 8.7 per 100,000. The figures gathered by Mr. Hoff man were meant for the use of insur ance companies. He made no partic ular effort, he said, to determine how many of the deaths could be classed as “justifiable homicides,” and how many resulted from abnormal mental conditions on the part of the slayers He said: “The insurance companies have to pay just the sanie whether the homicide in any given case was justifiable or not. Mr. Hoffman found that the vital statistics and criminal records for the United States as a whole were very badly kept. • “There are no general statistics as to crime,” he said, “which are not morA misleading that they are In forming. There are no general sta tistics for the country as a whole which afford insight into the question of whether any given crime was com mitted by a normal or an abnormal person. And. moreover, there are abundant reasons for believing that some violent deaths are returned in coroners’ reports as accidents because of the reluctance on the part of the jurors to establish felonious crime.” Mr. Hoffman prepared with special care the homicide records of the thir ty-most populous American cities, ‘both for a thirty-year period ending with 1912 and for the year 1913 TTere is the way they rate In the order of their comparative freedom from murders for the ten years end ed in 1912: Milwaukee, Newark. Rochester, Minneapolis, Hartford, Haffalo. Reading. Penn.; Philadel phia, Baltimore. Brooklyn, Boston. Dayton. Pittsburgh. Prov.dence, Man hattan and the Bronx. Cleveland, Spokane. Washington. D. C.: Seattle, Chicago. Cincinnati, San Francisco, St. Ixiuis, Lousvllle, Nashville, At lanta. New Orleans. Savannah. Char leston, S. C.; Memphis. Tenn. The homicide* in Memphis which attained the highest rate amounted to 58.3 per 100,000 of the population for the ten years’ average. For last year the homicides amounted to 68 per 100,000. in Milwaukee, the city at the other extreme of the list, there were only 2.2 murders for each 100,- 000 of the population, and the In crease for last year was 1.2 per 100,- 000. Charleston. S. C., lowered its record last year from 30.6 to 30.1 per 100,000, while Louisville. San Fran cisco. Seattle. Washington, D. C.; Providence, R. I., and Reading, Pena:, also showed slight decreased. ^ In all of the other cities there were increases. In Manhattan and tho Bronx there were 1,4"3 murders from 1903 to 1912, making a rate of about midway in the IHt of principal cities, of 5.7 per HLfrTOOO. The gaih for last year was^Ki per 100.000 Remarkable Htory Credits Railroad Manager' With Dispatching Troop S' . j „ Trains Into Russia. The "following details of the trea son of the Austrian railroad man ager at Lemberg, whose execution was reported,by cable some time ago, are contained in a private letter re ceived in New* York from a corre spondent, in Galicia: “When at the beginning of August hostilities between Russia and Aus tria-Hungary were announced, the DESCRIBESEA FIGHT HOSTILE SQUADRONS MEET EACH OTHER UNEXPECTEDLY. - CATCHES THREE ROBBERS -**W- BRIDGE KEEPER HOLDS THEM ' WITH UNLOADED RIFL88. FOUGHT IN HEAVY GALE -a—L- « - ■ German Fleet Heads English Fleet A From Neutral Shore and in Rising Seas Destroy treading Ships—Brit ish Flag Ship Could Not Use Dig Guns fo# Storm. , , . , ..... 1 A wireless cry from the British latter s plan of campaign covered the cruiser Gla8g0 w—Intercepted by the movement of several army corps con posing the left wing, to the north of Cracow, with objective of Lublin and Warsaw, in command of Gen. pankl. The operations of the right wing, confided to Gen. Auffenberg, comprls- German victors—was the last word received from Read Admiral Cra- dock’s squadron after the engage ment off the Chilean coast Sunday. The Germans saw the Monmouth sink and heard an explosion on board ed the holding the line of railroad, ^ Good H that th aent Cracow-Lemberg-Czernowitz. an ad- the cripple(i flag8hl to the bottoin . vance to the frontier the invasion o An tbat ni ht cruiser Russian territory, and the capture of Nurnberg wrche<i the 8<ia8 un8UC , x ar . saW L .. , 1. cessfully for the Good Hope. They “Lemberg, the main railway cen- )cked u - a radiogram dlre cted to the ter. became the destination of hun- fl hlp b the G1 a ow . There wa8 . v r cist 1 sS « n m m rt 4 wi rev vx ! • dreds of trains, soldiers, ammunition, no reply. and suppl es, from th * re bp lJ dia '| There were about 650 men on the tributed at points designated. RegH Monmoutb when she di8 appeared be^ ments, artillery parks, divisions, and neatb tbe waveg Admlra , cradock corps were billed to Lembeyg and had 900 men wltb hlm on tbe Good heir arrival was duly reported to H Whether the Glasgow and the headquar ers Thence. onWartf to traa8port Otranto, which fled with he frontier, further reports became h V 8urvived i8 not known . Th * fragmentary, and often were not 1 whereabouts of the German cruisers Leipsig and Bremen also remains in doubt. Further details of the battle be came known from statements made by Germans officers. They commend- 1 ,1 ed the bravery of the Britishers in •An .nvestigaUon was ord^ered. and| the uneven coiubat and lntimated that an effort to save lives would have been made if ime weather had mitted. ~ — The engagement was fought in the teeth of the norther that assumed made at all, so that Gen. Auffenberg remained entirely in the dark as to the position of his troops. They were traced as far as Lemberg, but beyond there they had gone astray nobody could tell where, or how. officers of the general's staff were detailed for that purpose. They trav eled in army automobiles to Lemberg, where, by accident, they overtook Gen. R , also in his car. and pre- per- ceding his command that was to come m hurrlcane proportions. Small along in trams 4b 4,, 48 booked to £ £ the 8ea -rw« Lemberg for garrison duty. [ “Together they drove to the rail road station to question the chief manager and head of the transporta tion service en the Leraberg-Czerno- witz line, who was also a Privy Coun cillor. WOMAN SUFFRAGE GAINS. Suffragettes Win Rattles In States of Nevada and Montana. Women now have full suffrage in ten states, according to latest re turns which, apparently, gave the franchise to women in Nevada and Montana. Suxrage amendments wer leading by 1,327 in Montana and by 3,500 in Nevada. In addition, women have the right to vote for certain officers in twenty- one other states. In Illinois they may vote for all statuory offices, in cluding presidenial electors. Tht eleven woman suffrage states, with the time of granting the franchise, are: Idaho 196, Wyoming 1890, Colo rado 1893, Utah 1896,* Washington 1910, California 1912, Arizona .1912,. Kansas 1912, Oregon if 12, Nevada' 1914, Montana 1914. Elect New President. Eulallo Guitterrez has been named provisional president of Mexico for a period of twenty days by the conven tion at Aguas Calientes. The extra session of the genetal 1 assembly recently concluded at Co- laitfbla amounted to $68,916.20. The heavy weather militated against the larger ships and tbe Good Hope found her guns almost useless be cause of the ship s roll The German China fleet, the cruls ers Scharnhorst, Ghelsenau and the They were talking to him when |‘ s ' urn * >er H' bad rejoined the Leipzig the head train dispatcher entered and an d Bremen, which had been detach' advised his chief that trains 46, 47, ^ patrol the coast north of Val and 48 had entered blocks 1, 2, and | P ara * # o- The unit proceeded south ^ (one, two and three kilometers ward, apparently well aware of the distant from the depot), and Inquired rendezvous of the British eff Concep- whether they should be routed for- c l° n Bay. At the same time the Mon ward. the same as previous trains, pnooth and Glasgow, accompanied by The manager replied: th « transport OtrwRo, were moving “Certainly and hurry them; here I nor tb to meet the flagship Good Hope, are staff officers making inquiries " evidently unaware of the proximity of Oen. R——— asked to have the]the Germans. They met off Coronet, train number repeated. It was 6 o'clock Sunday night “ ‘Have you the telegraphic orders] when the Germana sighted the three to send the trains beyond Lemberg.' British ships. The latter attempted he questioned. y to alter their course, evidenly In- “'Certainly: I’ll go and get them.‘ tending to approach the coast and was the reply. gain territorial waters, and so avot “ ‘No, do not trouble yourself, Mr. an unequal match. The Germans, Councillor,’ said the General. ‘Be however, headed, them off. good enough to send for them.' At] At tbe mom ent the German guns the same time the General motioned ^vere trained the Good Hope was seen his aide, who happened to wear comtnjC at full speed. Through good mufti, to accompany the nre**renKer. 8aanianRb i p abe managed t 0 j 0 | n the “The two proceeded to the rail-] otber British ships. The Britishers road telegraph office, but there w *tre] bad coine about and the two sqnad- po orders there as to trains , | roni nalPd southward in parallel or 48. The operator volunteered the unes ^vith tho Germans nearer the remark, ‘The dispatch orders may coas t. possibly be in the lower office, downl —. * . .. ., , ,, . these steps’ There the Captain ini O radaa » y tbe two lines dre mufti discovered route orders for 46,. , ... ... 47, 48 to go direct to the Russian “ au , "ImHUneously let go their frontier, and that the telegraph wires h™ 1 ™ 8 - ,n ‘ h K “ n ’' at th . e , Good Hopp The urban rate for last year was 0 4/per 100,000 of population In ex- ss of the urban rate for 1812, while the 1912 rate showed an increase of nearly 100 per cent, over the rate which prevailed from 1890 to 1900. Tn 1 905 the first marked increase since 1 884 began. The rate for that year increased to 6.7 per 100,000. In 1906 it reached 7.9 per HXO.OOO, and in 1907 it reached 8.8 per 100,000, the largest total yet recorded | The falling off which began in 1908 brought the record for that year down to 8.1 per 100,000, while in 1900 it dropped still lower, to 7.6 per 100,000. In 1910 the rate climbed to 8.3 per 100,000, In 1911 It mounted to 8.4 per 100,000, and remained practically stationary In 1912, after which it jumped to 8.7 per 100,000. The lowest record scored was in 1890, when the rate was. 4.2 per 100,000. “Accepting the present returns as accurate," said Mr. Hoffman, “it may Safely be maintained that the position of the United StatejJLn' the matter of violent deaths is decidedly deplor able. Every international comparison proves that the homicide rate of the .United States is probably the highest for any civilized country in the world. “Of the victims of murder, the largest number were between 20 and 29 years of age, while the next larg est number were between 30 and 40 years of age. Of all the homicides recorded since 1902, 62.1 per cent, were by fire arms, 15.9 by knives or sharp instruments, and 22 per cent, by poison, strangulation, or other means.’’ Mr. Hoffman found that the homi cide rate of New York. 5.5 from 1D07- 1911, was six times - that of London, nearly three times that of Berlin and 60 per.cent, greater than that of Paris. He urges that statistics be carefully prepared as to the kind of weapons used, so that laws mav be passed to limit the possession of the most dangerous weapons and drugs. Bulgarian Reserves Out. Bulgaria is said to have called out her second lin > of reserves. led to Russian army headquarters. The arrivals of Austrian troop trains and all the Austrian movements had been telegraphed to the enemy. The trains were sent into ambushed poet tions and virtually kidnapped by the Russians. “The arrest of all of the railroad employees followed quickly, from train dispatchers to general manager. A military court was constituted. It was revealed that all the railroad of ficials were in the pay of Russia. Train 46, opportunely coming in, the railroad men were marched out into the yard and forced to dig holes. They heard the sentence and their bodies fill tbe graves. “About 30,000 of the pick of Aus trian soldiers had been delivered to the enemy by treachery. The plan for the right wing had to be aban doned and Lemberg evacuated. Rus sia took possession of more than three-fifths of Galicia and all of Buk- owina. Cossacks threatened Cracow, entered Hungary, and endangered Dankl’s forward move. — “A cable mess&ge a few' days since reported that Gen. Brudermann, a former commandant of Lembert, had been cashiered and ordered to appear at a court-martial for trial on the charge of high treason.” WAR 18 DECLARED. Turk's Ambassadors Leave and Eng land and France Declare War. Turkey has definitely broken off diplomatic relations with Great Brit ain, France, Russia and Servia. Her diplomatic representatives in the cap itals of these countries, acting on or ders from the porte, Wednesday de manded and received their passports. The French government Thursday night declared that “a state af war exists between France and Turkey,” according to the Bordeaux corre spondent of the Havas agency. It was officially announced in London Thursday that a state of war exists between Great Britain and Turkey. Turkey (‘laims Justification. According to a Berlin dispatch the Russian Black Sea fleet was trying to separate the Turkish fleet and^ that the action of the Turks was Justifi able. Mexican Rebel* Fighting. —rghifog mirTiTaarTfruHW *t Magdalena. Mexico, between 400 VI1- lista troops and 350 mien under Gen Hill, Carranza’s leader. For several minutes the German shots fell short and tbe Good Hope had such a roll she could not reply. The smaller cruisers were far out of range. Then the sea fighters drew In hekf- CFt When the two units werfc but 6,000 yards apart the Good Mope fired her two 9-lnch guns. 8he still was unable to use her eight 0-lnch guns, which on the gun deck were so near the water line that the vessel rolled until they were almost awash. A terrible broadside from the Scharn horst and Gnclsenau crippled the British flagship and her engines stop ped. The Monmouth made a dash to cover the Good Hope, but the Ger mans Immediately brought into ac tion all the guns of their five vessels. There were directed first against the Monmouth, Glasgow and Otranto. The Otranto, &a<Uy damaged, escaped In the gathering ^darkness. Soon afterwards she was followed by the Glasgow, which also had been put out of action, but continued apparently seaworthy. The five German ships continued thelc attack on the Monmouth and the Good Hope, find a Jew minutes later the former sank. By this time only 4,500 yards separated the fight ers. - - The Good Hope, badly damaged, hung on until an explosion occurred on board her. She withdrew to the westeward at 7:30 o’clock. As she disappeared 'flames were seen on board her. Whether the fire was stripped or she went tft the bottom Is not known,*-but the flames dropped down and she was not seen again. The Nurnberg searched until day break for the wounded ship, when she had been lost, with all her crew. Contrary to first reports, the Glas gow did not reach' Coronel or Talca- huano, nor did the Otranto find a Chilean port. < The German fleet, with the exception of the Leipzig and Bremen, put in and sailed again. If they had any word of the Leipzig and Brement they did not make it known. Three Men Rob Five Negroes on Rntt- way Bridge Near Colombia, But Are Captured. ’ Two white 'boys, John Driggers and Frank Cooper, and a negro man. John Franklin, armed with pistols, shortly before noon Thursday held up five negroes on the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens trestle, at the r clty'timltk ot Columbia and robbed them of what, cash was on their per sons. _ - With their booty their proceeded up Broad River road, but when cross ing Broad River bridge were met by Melton Lorick, the white keeper/ who held them at the point of a shotgun until deputies arrived from Columbia and took them in charge. The pris oners in the sheriff’s office, after tbe money had been found on them and the pistols taken from their persons, confessed to £he crime. It Is claimed. Five negroes, Lewis Jackson, O’Dell, Keyser, Nels Keyser, Gus Keyser and Essie Jackson, all farm hands em ployed on the plantation of Represen tative-elect J. 8. Huffman, In the Dutch fork, were crossing the. Co lumbia, Newberry and Laurens tres tle at the edge of the city limits of Columbia when they were confronted by three armed men, who, at the point of pistols, compelled them to turn over what cash they had and submit to being searched. The negroes reported the hold-up and Rural'Policeman Koon, first get ting v the report, telephoned the de scription and news of the robbery ahead. The highwaymen were mak ing up the Broad River road. Mr. Melton Lorick, the keeper of the Broad River bridge, secured a shot gun. and not daunted by the fact that he had no shells, determined to at-t tempt to check the robbers if they came in sight. Soon he saw them about to cross the bridge and, stepping boldly for ward, pointed his empty gun at them, and commanded “Hands up.” The highwaymen raised their hands, and Mr. Lorick held them until the offi cers arrived. The prisoners offered him $35 and their pistols If he would lower his gun, but he warned them to stand or else they would abide the consequences. Three 3 2-calibre pistols, two of them Colts and one a Smith ft Wee- son, all loaded to the hilt, aa eleetrie searchlight, cartridgce and aa Iroa chisel were found on them, ftome money was found and after they were taken to the penitentiary another search revealed more money, the total amount recovered being $36.66. which they had taken from their vic tims on the treetle ta amounts of $2.60 or D9I*- Two of the alleged self-cornfeoeed highwaymen are whits. One John Driggers, about 16 yean Of age, was said at ths sheriff's office to have been paroled from the State reformatory at Florence about a year ago. Tho other, Frank Cooper, la about 16. Both are residents of Columbia. The third member of the gang te a negro named John Franklla, alias William Feeeinger. He Is about 36 yean old and of a enrly dtapoettlo' He told the shorlff that he was it leased from the city chain gang on 1 last Saturday and at one time eervr on the chain gang la Florida. H_ claimed also to bo from Alabama. The officers consider him a had char acter. Officers are inclined to the opinion tbat the throe hod started out for a regular robbing game, and tbat the bhld-up on the treetle wzs Just thd JreftnDtng of their plans. Inveetiga to- Koath Poland Ravaged. , The Inhabitants of South Poland are facing , 'starvation, due to tbe de struction of their property by thq Russians and Germans in their fight ing In the district. 81 x Men Burned to Dewth. Trina’Tffg-^h^H ' 6Ve»t tHfofifctt 4 TWEtnrSfihigF 5 four-story lodging house in New York Thursday six men were burned to death. tions 2M now m*4s j)pd out If they hare been connected with any of the rObberiee tn Colombia, t FIND MANY CHANGES. ^ Champ Clark and Joe Cannon M Meet Under New Conditions. Many changes in the organization of the national Honse of Representa tives will be made when Champ Clark and "Uncle Joe” Cannon once more face each other across the centre aisle at the beginning of the next congress. The dwindling of the Dem ocratic majority, which will drop after the close of the regular session from 140 to 23, will necessitate a general shifting of the working order of the House. With their slender majority the Democrats while able to re-elect speaker Clark and retain control of the committees, will be forced tc maintain an almost perfect organlza tion. Even with a fall attendance it the House, a shift of twelve votes would throw the control to the minority side. STOLE ,1,421 PENNIES. Small Negro Boy Rohe Lancaster Poet Office of Coppers. The post office of Stonesboro In Lancaster county was hropen into last Wednesday night and robbed of $27.41 by Dunbar Havins, a negro boy about 16 years of age. When on Thursday the fact of the theft became known-. Sheriff Hunter 'went to Stonesboro and sood obtained from the negro youth upon whom isuspi- cion seemed to attach a full confes sion of his guilt. The boy stated that he gained entrance .to the building by putting his hand through the "cat ( hole” at the bottom of the door and with a stick pushed up the bar which fastened the door. A part of the $27.41 taken by the boy were/1,241 1-cent pieces. , "^7 By a California for Lignor. majorltf of 200,000 Call-^ An amendment accepted prohibits tha^ submission of the qne«tl6n until tight years barr pa—rL