Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. V7 V ' yk*& \ - i ■ ■ ms wm Hr - ” IN lAILBOM COUNTY UNNINi TELLS nsroiE 5 IjUDEIS SECUtO SUP- EIOI NEW YOU PUTITEKS FACE TE1AL loot* Two to Dooth With Shot Qua m Tbejr.PftM Hla Homo— U t» JaO. Weat Oood, a negro. Bandog ohot and killed two white men, Ben Pork- ek mid Ben Johnoon. The doable homicide woo ot McLeod’* mill. In the upper port of Marlboro county, near Kolloek. 'The gheotlng occurred about 7 o'clock and;€oon waa cap tured 1* hour* later; v He la now In jail at Bennettaylllfc £ 4 Johnoon waa about'S6 year* of ace. He la aunrlved By hla wife and four children. Parke? wan about St yeara of age and la aunrlved by hla wife and one child. An Inqueat waa held over both bodiea Saturday, the verdict being that they came to their death from gunshot wounda at the handa of West Coon. The negro la originally from Cayce, In Lexington county. i The negro la said to have gone to Johnson’s house, about 100 yards from fats own house, Saturday night when a difficulty arose. Mrs. John son ordered the negro away when he is said to have drawn a revolver and threatened her with the weapon. Ben Parker took the revolver from the negro and It was In turn taken from Parker by Johnson, who used It to beat the negit> over the head. The negro is said to have left, to return with a gun, which be snapped at Johnson several times without suc ceeding In firing It. He is said then to have gone to the home of Lovett Davis from whom he aecured another gun. . Sunday morning about seven o’clock Parker and Johnson were walking near Johnson's home when the negro Is said to have killed them with shots from the single barreled shot gun secured from Lovett Davis. The shells were loaded with B.B shot Tbs negro escaped for the mo ment, but waa arrested Sunday night at seven o’clock by Sheriff R. J. Pat terson, who found him hiding In the loft of his father-in-law's barn on has not been apprehended The maxt-J jhe plantation of O. M. Pegues. With charged Tovwl Goveraor Ui Govenunent Starts Attempt to Put Conspirators Behind Bars—Supply Ships Loft Harbor Before Baflaad Hn bored the War—-Goveramsut Has Mach Data. The opening session Monday of tbs trial of Korl Budnz, managing direc tor of the Hamburg-Amertcan line, and three other officials under in dictment on chargee of conspiracy to defraud the government, waa devoted to selecting a Jury befors Federal Judge Howe. In several cases prospective jurors were of foreign birth or parentage, or had sympathy with one side or the other of the warring European nations. Counsel sought to develop from every talesman whether he bad even the remotest personal Interest In the war, particularly as to Oerman submarine warfare. Where such In terest was revealed the talesman was axcused. Included among the persons whose acquaintance each talesman was ask ed if he possessed, were the German, the French and the British ambassa dors, their allies and staffs; J. P. Morgan, his partners and employees (J. P. Morgan and Co. are fiscal agents here of the British end French governments) and the various Euro- Pmb consuls here. .hundred or more witness tbatify against high officials Hamburg-American steamship 11 ^Pr their trial on charges of con- sp. acy, which bsgmn Monday at New York. The trial probably -ill last a week. Four of the five defendants have pleaded not guilty and the first Gov. Manning said Saturday reference to the warehousing marketing of cotton: > “Recently we have seen a depree-j ■Ion In the price of cotton, which, h-om our Information, both as to the. Entente Power* Say Hellenic Nation size and demand for the crop. Is, in' ~ ew«*«wva -- - — —• # aagpUM|Jg—mtotwwsm TTT ? "or CrTYTY© la two yean’ Imprisonment and S10.- .BennetUvUU aad placed In the Marl- 000 fins on each of the two Indict ments. The defendants are Karl Burns, managing director of the line. In con trol of a great fleet of Oerman mer chantmen aad linen which sailed un der the Hamburg-Amerlcan bouee flag; Adolph Hochmetst-r, purchas ing agent of the line; Joeeph Pop- penhaus, a second officer In the llae's employ; George Kotter, superintend ent of the line, sad Felix Ssffnsr. al leged supercargo on one of tbd ves sels which sailed with supplies to tbs aid of Oerman cruiser*. Buffoer has aot been found. — A charge unique la American Jur isprudence feces them—conspiracy to defraud and deceive the government by obtaining clearaaoo papers on false regreesatattoaa To facilitate the trial, counsel for the defease ad mitted the defendants chartered cer- tala ships aad seat them ,wlth sup plies to the German cruisers Karls ruhe. Kaiser Wilhelm and other Ger man war vessels. Bo well did the German agents know that war was Inevitable, government chargee, that some ot the lb ships were chartered weeks before tbs war began and eeveral ac tually sailed on their alleged errands before war had been declared To support these and other chargee, au meroua affidavits have been taken by the government One re Is tee to an occurrence aboard the Marla Qu da. a steamer tailing from Newport News In October. 1914. Ostensibly for Valparaiso. This steamer, the government shargos, had aboard a German su percargo. aa did all the other steam ere Involved. When the steamer tail ed to find the German cruller the was seeking, the affidavits say, she put Into Pernambuco. _ The Brasilians •gnartit her papers. Those the cap- rSKtofused to surrender, but placed and threw overboard. He then notified the Brazilian authorltl that he had lost bis papers. Several daya later, the affidavit ■ays. the papers, bag and all, were boro county jail. ! FEELING OF OPTIMISM Parts Kays Hertooa MUanrierstaadiags WtU be Avoided. i Peris reports- The dsclaruttea of a commercial blockade of Greece by the Entente powers has produced e mark ed Impression In Athena particularly as It was unezpeeted An Atbsms dis patch to the Petit Journal says tbs newspaper organs of tha Greek gov ernmsnt accuse the Allies, especially Great Britain, of seeking to drag Greses Into the war by harsh mat my judgment, unwarranted. It Is >o*alble that this slump was caused l>y reason of the tact that a large number of sellers placed their crop on the market, and for the time be ing the supply wan grtmte? than the demand. It is, therefore, of the ut most importance that we market the crop Slowly and gradually In order to maintain a higher scale of value and prevent another such depression In price. “I fully realize of course that debts are due and must be paid, and In order to meet these obligations, our farmers must realize ready cash. In order, therefore, for those who have cotton on hand to market it ■lowly and gradually, and at the same time meet their pressing obli gations. I would 'suggest that the resources obtainable through the fed eral reserve banks are ample to en able the farmer to hold his cotton and make short term loans on aams at reasonable rates of interest, so as to hold the cotton off the market until an advance In price takes place sufficient to make It profitable to the farmer. It Is necessary, In order to secure loans from the federal reserve hanks, that the cotton be properly ware housed and Insured. In my Judgment, it Is necessary to properly warehouse and Insure the cotton, whether money Is borrowed or not. 1 would, there fore, urge our people not to allow their cotton to be exposed to the weether and the dangers from fire, especially at tbia season of the year. We have made a short crop, and It Is of great Importance that It be pro tected In every way possible. We must realise the full value of this advantage of the opportunity that Is offered for cheep money through the federal reserve bank and warehouse oar cotton tnd market It slowly.” TO KIN DOWN PL0TTE1S These pepers assert tbet Greece bee given sufficient proof that she Intends to malatnin the policy of ben ovoteat neutrality and has bad no thought of taking hostile steps How ever, he can not permit trnnsfsrsoci of the theater of war Into her tori territory. It is suggested that the measures taken by the Allies may re sult In withdrawal of Greek troops from the frontier or even In partial demobilisation. The section of the press which sup ports former Premier Ventseioe. ac cuses the government of having brought on by want of foresight conflict with the Entente powers Tbs general feeling, however, one of optimism, and It la believed, serious misunderstandings will be avoided. DISSENSION IN RUMANIA Rapidity of Serbian Events to lag Kingdom’s Decision. Rome reports via Paris Friday that a Bucharest dispatch to the Glornale D’Italia saya: "On account of dissensions which are beginning to arise in the liberal party of Rumania’ and the unyielding opposition of Take Jonescu, former ■ays, the papers, nag ana an, were mloletM of the Interior, and M. Fllp- fonnd In the belly of a^ehaA which e8CO> former minister of war, Premier Brazilians hed captured and drawn ashore. In another Instance, according to Roger B. Wood, the assistant district attorney In charge of the prosecution, the government Is prepared to prove that the Hamburg-Amerlcan line paid $350,000 to the owners of an Ameri can veasel sold under British prize court order. The vessel was the Lo-' renzo, which sailed August «, 1914, from New York with supplies. It Is charged, Tor ,German cruisers In the West Indies and the.amount Is, re ported to be her full value. Seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars of German money, the de fendants admit, was spent in char tering and outfitting four vessels for relief of cruisers. Millions of dol lars, the government computes, were spent in chartering, and supplying the 15 vessels" which flgure in the charges. What these vessels sought to carry the German cruisers, the government charges, was virtually a complete list of the crnlscrs’ needs In the way of stores and supplies. In two Instances, It Is charged, complete water con densing apparatus was carried so that sea water might be condensed for drinking purposes, • . Among the many men under sub poena by the government is an oye- wltne'ss of the..haval battle in 1914 between the German and British con verted cruisers Cap Trafalgar and ’Cqrmani*.. The Cap Trafalgar was sunk and the Carmania almost shared her enemy’s fate. It- Is charged the Cap Trafalgar was one of the Oor- Atop warships to which the defendant ^Hght to send supplies.' MR^wo of the 15 ships, it Is charged sailed from Pacific porta and two others, the Fraaa and the Bommer- delphla but did not because thegor- ernment waa advised of fheir alleged plans The other 11 ship*. «»• dates of their selling*, *H t» IW. tb* port* from which they cleared, the sorts riven as their #**tin«*?B f#l- " gust I, York for Beroo* Airo*; “vBB Bratlano has deemed it necessary to summon before King Ferdinand cer tain of the most Important personal Ittes of the party to whom confiden tial statements concerning the Ru manlan policy are being given. The rapidity with which events are moving in Serbia is hastening a decision in regard to Rumanian neu trality, particularly as both Russia and Austria are concentrating troops near the northern boundary of Ru manih." Serbs Join Montenegrins. An official-statement received a!,, the Montenegrin consulate indicates that part of the Serbian army has re treated, Into Montenegro, joining with nle Montenegrin troops on the Llm river. COTON tss or Federal By** i Grower* Against Fire Lose and B DFFfF GOVERNMENT AGENTS PlAN UlLul evqkncE for grand jury new coniiaiani non I GOES TO AIL WIERS KITCHENER CARRIES DEMAND OF ALLIED GOVERNMENTS «» to itolJWiad No* to Provo Act* of -" KINO MUST SHOW HAND Must Fulfill Treaty ObUgattons to Serbia or Demobilize—Commercial \ Blockade of Empire to Show Finn- London reports Monday; While no official statement has been pub lished, it to certain the Greek gov ernment has resolved to give the Allies every assurance required to dispel their apprehensions concern ing possible treatment of their troops in Macedonia and that a basis of agreement satisfactory to ali parties already had been estab lished, says an Athena dispatch to the Times. •" Paris says a Havas' agency corre spondent confirms a report that the Entente powers have declared a com mercial blockade of Greece. An an nouncement issued by the British legation at Athens is given as fol lows: ‘‘Because of the attitude by the Hellenic government In regard to certain questions touching elssely the security and liberty of action to which the allied troops have the right under the conditions of their dlsembarkment on Greek territory the allied powers have deemed li necessary to take certain measures which will have the effect of slspend- ing the economic and commercial fa- cllltlea which Greece has received from them heretofore. “It Is not tbs Intention of allied powers to constrain Greece te aban don her neutrality, to maintain which, in their eyes, to tbs best guar anty of her Interests. Tbs allied gov- ■Whet-die All the evidence gathered by the government agents In and around New York' bearing on plot* to pre vent war munition* fro mreaching the Allle* will be submitted to the fed eral ^grand Jury probably thl* week. It to understood a blanket Indictment will be naked against all the person* shown to be Involved, except such a* mhy bo exempted under the law. The mate of evidence collected to described by federal officials as “mountain high.’’ It Is tho result* of more than a year’s work. It In volves scores of persons operating, it 1* charged, a* organization, the direc tion of which was In the hand* of a few men. The federal district attorney and his assistants have been directed that every charge and suspicion must be substantiated before taking’action. As. a result no evidence will be presented to the grand Jury that lacks verlflcg- tion in any essential detail. , It to asserted that directors of the alleged conspirators controlled a Ger man fond ot forty million dollars. Contributions te this fund have been the subject ot government inquiry.- The evidence now virtually ready for the grand Jury to understood to cover the whole field of foreign criminal activity in America in»the traffic in fraudulent passports, plots to blow up steamships carrying war muni tions tq the Allies, fires and explo sions in munition plants, efforts to foment strikes In those plants, c.t- tempts to make Teutonic workers go on strike and efforts to buy control of munition plants * BRITISH SUBS ACTIVE Non-lntorferenes with . United States commerce on the Ugh teas will be demanded of Germany aad Austria, as well as Great Britain and her alllee, in note# to be dispatched soon on the subject of contraband. The United Butes win protest vig orously against the action of the European belligerents In declaring virtually all commerce contraband. It will be largely perfunctory so far as Germany aad Austria are concern ed, however, as tboee nations are not now in a position to Interior# seri ously with American shipping. The note to nearly completed, bnt will not be dispatched until It has been carefully revised by Secretary Lansing aad President Wilson. It will challenge the right of a bellig erent to extend the list of absolute contraband beyond tho limits recog nised by international law before the war. It will also sustain the decla ration of London. . That declaration ot contraband should be limited to artldee not merely available for military use, but designed chiefly for that purpose, will be one of the principal conten tions. This will Involve a reessertton of tho right of a neutral state, such as tbs United States, to ship such thing* es food supplies, cotton aad copper to to* civilian population of a bellig erent country under reasonable as surance that the goods will not be commandeered for military usee. Particular objection will be made. It Is understood, to the setsur* of American goods, even though con traband, if they are destined for con sumption in a neutral country and are not bound for a belligerent port. Flotilla Proceeds Into Baltic So Prey t’poo German Trade. HOLDS UP WAR MATERIALS A Mersey Geassal Requests State Au thorities to Act Vigorously. Tbs whole machinery of the United States government will be employed to run down end punish those r». sponsible for factory explosions. In- tin.idat:on of labor and other acta of violence against American Industries. This to made clear In an aanouace- mt by Attorney General Gregory, who calls open state authorities to e equal vigor in dsellng with law- wnsas beyond the reach of federal statutes Tb* attorney general was lad to act. bo says, as a result of tbs fre quency with which acts of violence have occurred recently. Attsatlon to called by Mr. Greg ory to the difficulty of prosecution of crimes of violence, auch as arson and malicious destruction of property, un der the federal criminal statutes Tbs lawless acts can only be enp- eessd. according to offtelato. through tbs co-operation.of state of ficers and labor leaders with ton fed eral authorities. WILL SUPPGRT WILSON Republican Leader Bags He le “I am nr preparedness and I am strong for It. I am perfectly willing to co-operate In any non-partisan pro gram for an adoqnats national de fense.'' With this statement Saturday, Minority Leader James R. Mann, of Illinois gave the first officlel an nouncement of the Republican party toward the administration’s defense plan.— The co-operation which tho Repub licans will give -the Democrats, Mr. Mann Bald, muat not be of the sort that Indicates consultations of the leaders on the features of the pro gram. and not the kind which would reqnlre the Republicans to "swallow whole’’ any program the president outlines. FIND NEW EXPLOSIVE Will Protect Foreign era. Gen. Carranza has given assurances that his government would promptly take whatever measures were neces sary to protect foreigners on the west coaat of'Mexico 1_1 British Steamers Lost. The British steamships Hallam- shlre, forty-fouf hundred and twenty tons gross, and Merganser, nineteen thousand and five tons, have been sunk. Their crews were saved. New York for Buenos Ayres; Thor. Norwegian, August 3. ffom Newport News for Buenos Ayreq; Altina, Nor wegian, August 7, from Philadelphia for. Laguayta: Nepos, Norwegian, August 22. from Philadelphia for Monrovia; Mowinckel, Norwegian, September 2, from Philadelphia, for Monrovia; Unita, Norwegian, S^>- wero a fo F hav* Setfftotti PMia- twmber *, from' Philadelphia - for. WideroJ-mtUn^ounceinent that Oer- etad. wero to have^ian^mmi rnrm- rom - ^ Au . ugt jt. man pro M _ l t4tonto|iti..circulated In Cadis; Graecla, Oerman. August 2T, from New York for-eadts; Mace donia. American. August 21, from New Orleans for Cadis; Navarra. Sep tember k. from Pensacola. Fla., for Pernambuco: Maria Queeada. for merly tk« Gladstone, which sailed In October. IkU. from Newport New* Minister to Sweden Tells Govenunent of Powerful Discovery. —• Minister Harris at Stockholm, In a cablegram to the state department, announces the discovery In Sweden of a new high explosive which is more powerful and deadly than any thing heretofore known. It is called “Kaueolit.’’ The principal Ingredient Is perchlorlde of ammonia, prepared and combined in some secret way The explosive is said to be specially suitable for use In sheila It was dis covered by a company engaged In manufacturing super phosphates for farm use, and the discovery Is re garded as so valuable that the con cern Is going to engage In manufac- utring the ehploslve on a large scale turbed by certain alleeleee to even tual measure* which If taken by the Hellenic government would appear to them to be contradictory to aaenr- ancee they have received. “As soon aa their doubt* on that ■abject—dn*. no donbt, to * misun derstanding—have been dispelled the power* will be happy to remove the obstacle* now oppoeed to the ar rival of merchandise In Greece and to accord any faculties which result from normal relations.’’ A London dlepatcb nays Lord Kitchener, accompanied by tb* Brit ish minister at Athena, was received by King Constantine of Greece Sat urday afternoon After the r.udlence hlch lasted more than an — hoar. Lord Kitchener conferred with Pre mier Bkoulondto. He loft Athens at nix o'clock Saturday evening The British war minister present ed to tb* king tb* Allies’ demand*— Greece’s Immediate intervention In the war on their eld* or tho demobflt- sation of her troops. No direct reply to this practical ultimatum baa been received in Lon don. so far aa to known publicly, bet ton torturing nnoertntnty of tb* peel month oontlnnoe. Instead of King Constantine acceding to tbs demand of tho Allies as asked by Lord Kitch ener, according to German son row. be has taken an equivocal position The king’s minister of state, ac cording to an Athene dispatch to the Mf tb* foreign diplomats to maintain neutrality Greece pro- h>s*s to disarm and Imprison nil Ber lins troops which may trend on Greek territory. This nullification of the Serbian a mobility ic one of the- acta which tho'Allies nr* requesting ■hall not be done. Coupled with this disquieting report comes the further announcement that Albanian troops are trying to her the other roed of safe rotroat by concentrating on the Serbian frontier. With these tw omovements against the safety of the remnants of the Ser bian army, tho condition so far ns these brave defenders are concerned seems hopeless. A farther report re ceived Is that the diplomatic corps In Serbia are withdrawing to Scutari. Some little comfort was derived from the optimistic tone of dis patches from Athena which state that sinco the arrival of Donys Cochin public opinion Is running strongly for the Entente allies and that Lord Kitchener was loudly cheored on leaving the palace after his Interview with the king. Bnt these dispatches all fail In the vital necessities of as suring England of Constantine's real attitude toward the Allies. It to well understood, horever, that the king’s sentiment-.la not of bis people, and this to shown anew by reports received from Athens by way of Berlin thsit serious disaffection ex ists In the Greek army. A propaganda of revolts has spread to a considerable extent. There are open threats against the Copenhagen Monday: The sttorwt-D reports via London of a large flo- Clears Ills Sweetheart. To ahleld his sweetheart from charge of« having-burglars’ tools Ip her possession,. Lee Lester, aged twenty-six,’of Parkersburg, W. Va. has confessed to complicity In nine post office robberies in Ohio and West Virginia. No Disorder in India. The India office In London haa „ gUtemeuta clraiTifet! Mace-' foreign countries regarding dteor in India are unfounded estimated from nineteen to twentf- flve, in the Baltic to given as an ex plnnntlon of the recent naval activity In the Cattngnt where both German and British destroyer flotillas have been sighted. • According to cnrroOt reports, powerful British squadron convoyed the submarines to tba entrance of to* Cattagat at the Bkaw. the northern moat point of the Jutland coast. The large ships stopped there, while the destroyers convoyed the submarines an far aa Elsinore, at the narrowest pert of toe sound, whence the sub marines «lone proceeded into too Bel- Mto... _L _ A dispatch from Bnchnrsst to the Con-tor* Delia Bern of Italy ears that tb* official journal there has publish ed a decree acthorialng the minister of war to roqnlaltlon Immediately all things and materials a ana wary to the national defense, to* artlclw enumer ated comprising mataln, wearing ap parel, medicines, cloth, mschlaw for military supply factories, craft of nil kinds for river traffic, railway ma terial and combustibles. nr* required to what they powew of i also of other prim* TO QUIT OAKDANELLES powtblllty of retaining her Its Baron Rtbbleedale sold In the Hone* of Lords Thursday la address ing a quwtlon to tho Marqnto ot Lanadowne, that he understood Lieut Gen. Sir Charles C. Monro, commander of to* British expedition at the Dardanelles, had reported in favor of too withdrawal of too Brit ish army at tha Dardanelles. The Marquis of Lansdowao an nounced tha governmeat asked Earl Kitchener to visit th* eastern Medl- terranwn because, la Its opinion, tho Frankfurter Zeltnng, has Informed I report of Sir Charlw Monro and th* Hplomata that In order | sridence accompanying it did not *e*m sufficient to enable the govern ment to come to a conclusion upon the grwt questions ef policy Involv ed. Paris rsperis Friday: Th* Mtlag of tho allied war council win bn held la London. It to likely ton Russian aad Italian governments win designate repreeeatatlvw to nttaad. On* aeasioa la Parte this week was held at toe foreign offlw. aad an other presided over by Prwtd*a> Poincare at th* Ely*** Palaee. la addition tha several members of tho French aad British commit tew had long consultations apart. It to understood that aa nadorstaadlng has in arrived at la regard to variona subjects and energetic action to ex pected to rwnlt SERBS-jWHBftfS zf QEEKS AK HFHSSSEI Victory oa Nlsb-Baloalld Railroad. Paris reports Monday that th* Ser bians have won an important victory over the Bulgarians near Leekovats on tb* Nish-Baloniki Railroad, twen ty-tv* miles south of Nish, is cor roborated is- a dispatch received from the Serbian minister at Athens. The message says that after a battle of several days In which the Bulgarians sustained enormona losses, the rem nants of their army fled In disorder to th* eastern bank of the Morava rive. The victory Is regarded as definite one, the message wys, secur ing that part of tho line from further attack for some Uma. SLAIN WITHIN LIMIT Young California Man Killed ta tha Trenches in France. • News of the death In too French trenches recently of Lient: John W Barnett, graduate of the University of California, was received In this . . .country, and showed that the young reigning I off leer was killed within a few .days dynasty. A corps of gendarmes lni 0 j the time limit he put on hla’llfe. the Salonlki district composed prln-1 j n a recent letter Barnett said he had clpally of Cretalns Is said to have been vromotei t o b e a range finder been agitating In favor of M, Venl- “The average life ot a range find zeloB In view of the situation Pre- er thirty days,’’ his letter said. “. mler Rkouloudls cabinet Is said to be|) ia ye been on the Job seventeen days, considering a proclamation of martial I You will know soon whether or not law. Private advices from German Athens government has ordered all Greek vessels from French r.nd Ita’lr lan ports Immediately are generally taken as a hint that King Constantine means to defy .the Allies. The order Is accepted aa an attempt to forestall detention of Greek craft by the French and Italians, a step the Eng lish have taken already. ♦ ♦ « outlast the average. 1 ITALIANS .ADVANCE Retain Advances Around Gorlzl* De spite Austrian Counterattacks. Italian troops have made an 1m portant advance on the Isonzo front, especially on the heights northwest of Gorizla, according to an official ^Zeppelin is Destroyed. | [The Zeppelin Z-lt, destroyed by an | statement issued Monday at the head oe ground rained waa retained. It (a derTrHmrtfce TtW ’ I’enimwnn spito of riifr£nz Aifcjag ■counterattacks. WOeou Works oa Prwldent Wilson will put aside virtually all ether pnhlle hnstnew this week to devote hla time to his third to Berlin reports: Servians captured hundred “The number of November 19, It was thirty-eight Satarday mere than forty-1 meat ’.he reheatly Study Caeet Systematic study of eoest defs to provided in n war i ‘ di MEETS IN LONDON Alltoe WiB It to rumored in Salonlki that ton AlMe* have decided to carry th* com mercial blockade to tho extont of es tablishing a war zone around Greece and cutting off all znppllw. Greeks express the hope that no such drastic action will be token. The Associated Prow hat learned, however, that tha French aathorltlw unofficial!# made the strongest rep resentations to the throne respecting the necessity that Greece give awur- ance of more active co-operation with the Alllee. TO COMPEL GREECE London Saya Blockade Aim* for Def- ot Intention*. Londo n re port*; The rumors of At week that the Entente allien bad term in ed to compel Greece to re pudiate all hints that she might In terfere with the passage ot allied troops agross her territory have been substantiated by the Inauguration of a.pacific blockade. Thto measure to expected to elicit an immediate dec laration from the Greek government defining its intentions clearly. FUla Xoaw BtoWln. Villa's retreating army lost - x hundred dead and niae bundrad wounded in one of the bloodiest <m- gfigoments fought since tho battje of Agua Prieta, when it was attacked Friday afternoon at Alamito. Sonora, by Carranzlsta forces under Gen. Manuel Diaguez. ~ Mint Working Overtime. An unprecedented demand for coins with which to make up the pay roll of munition plants and other in dustrial establishments has kept the employees of the Philadelphia taint working overtime for tho post ate weeks. -