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? I I iambroj ijrralb g f One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1916. Established 1891 <r ?^ ?? . i ! "?? MW OVER BILLION AND A HALI BIG PROGRAMME OF FINANCIA] PREPAREDNESS. ^ ^ Millions For Defence.?Principfi Measures Are Army and Navy Bills. N ' Washington, July 2.?Congress i preparing to complete its programm of financial preparedness with ever indication that appropriations thi session will aggregate considerabl more than a billion and a half dol lars, at least half a billion of whic will be for national defence. According to estimates based o figures compiled by Chairman Fit2 - I, gerald, of the house appropriate committees, the grand appropriatio > total may reach $1,650,000,000, es ; ceeding by more than $500,000,00 ^ the record of any previous congres in the nation's history. Last week Representative Fitzgei old submitted a statement to th house showing that the grand tot? for the present congress, based o bills passed and pending, woul ^ N reach nearly $1,500,000,000. . Sine ^ < ? then the senate naval committee ha added nearly $50,000,000 to the ns val bill and the military committe I has increased the $182,000,000 arm appropriation measure by approx: k mately $100,000,000. Awaiting Senate. The principal appropriation mea* I K ures awaiting senate consideratio BBB .are the army and havy bills. The carry $282,000,000 and $315,826 ^^B 843 respectively and, together wit ^BB the fortifications bill, which has pass |m ed both houses, would appropriat for national defence more than $622 000,000. There is every indicatio that the senate will accept at leas the major part of the proposed arm and navy increases, but conference probably will pare them down. Whal ^ . ever happens, however, leaders c both houses agree that the total c / . appropriations will break all records The senate plans to take up th naval bill as soon as the agriculture bill is out of the way, probably with In a few days. The big building pre gramme provided for 1917 and th provisions for a three-year construe 'i % \ . tion policy"probably will piean a de bate of several weeks. Meantime th Kill will mo from nommitte UU1J UlU niti wiuv v and an effort may be made to pass i as soon as it is ready, setting asid the naval ,bill temporarily. , Ready, for Revenue Bill. With its work on appropriation . nearing completion the house is read to take up the $210,000,000 revenu bill introduced yesterday. The hous || adjourned from yesterday to nex Wednesday and the revenue measur ' is expected to come up Thursday un *%, der a special rule and b? passed Sat ^ i urday. Then the house will mar] time waiting for the senate to catcl ? up. Besides several of the big sup , ply measures, the senate has the ship ping bill, the child labor bill, the $2, 000,000 militia relief measure, con f servation measures, the immigratioi bill and many minor matters to dis pose of. If there is to be an adjournmen in time for the political campaign congress leaders believe some of th measures of the president's legisla tive programme must be sacrificed They believe the immigration bil t and perhaps the conservation meas ures cah be delayed until the 6hor session. | In spite of the crowded senate cal endar and the threatened Mexica: situation, the subject of adjournmen constantly is discussed about th Capitol. The house could adjouri \ within a few weeks, but senate lead ers say that under the most favoi ablSi circumstances they could no possibly get through before the mid ^ die of August. Should war come * congress probably would remaii t through to the beginning of the shor mm ?~ w session in December. / ? - ??-? ^ ALLEGED TIGERS WARNED. f ?? Edgefield People Declare Sale of Li quor Must Stop. Edgefield, June 28.?A largely at tended mass meeting of the citizen of the town was held Monday after noon, in the interest of enforcing th I % prohibition law. A list of about sev t enteen names of suspects was read *>? all negroes, and a body of citizens accompanied by the sheriff and chie of police, waited on and gave ther notice that the sale of whiskey mus stop or they must leave town. Th citizens are determined to put th blind tiger out of business. One-sixth of the land surface c the globe is occupied by the Russia b f empire. I p KILLING NEAR EDGEFIELD. Two Men Get in a Row During Drill L Preparatory for the Fourth. Edgefield, June 28.?Monday afternoon Archie Mayson was killed by Wallace Waldo, the homicide occurring .on the plantation of Dr.. Frank Jones, a mile from town. The parties are negroes. From the evidence takof fVio nnrnnor'c irmilPSt it aDDears that a crowd of negroes were drilling preparing for a celebration to be held on the fourth of next month, wooden v guns being used. After drilling for some time, some one fired a pistol k and Waldo accused the deceased of having fired the shot, whereupon , Archie is said to have called him a it , liar, and threatened to shoot his n head off accompanying his words by drawing a pistol and pointing it on Waldo and, snapping it at him. At 0 this time Waldo is said to have struck the deceased over the head with a gun, fracturing the skull, causing death in a few hours. The defend' ant was admitted to bail by Judge , DeVore in the sum of a thousand dollars. Immediately after the killing ^ Sheriff Swearingen went to the scene . and arrested Waldo. $ j s CROSS THE BORDER. l" v _ Two Troops of Eighth Cavalry, neaoy ed by Capt. Eltinge, Enter Mexico. L- . San Antonio, Texas, July 2.?Capt. Leroy Eltinge, with two troops of the 5" Sth cavalry, searched the country on 11 the Mexican side of the river oppoy site Fort Hancock, Texas, today for " bandits who yesterday fled into Mexk ico after raiding the American side. Late today no information concern6 ing his movements had been received - at Gen. Funston's headquarters. It Q was expected that unless he discover^ ed a "hot trail" he would return to y the American side, perhaps tonight. 8 Capt. Eltinge crossed the Rio Grande yesterday afternoon at 5:30 picked up the trail and followed it a short distance, but found that it led back toward the river at a point lowe er down. He was unable to discover an indication by that ^ime as to the L" location of the bandits, and recrossed to the. American side. Early today e he led his two troops back into Mexico, but reported that unless he found some tangible evidence ou which to e base the pursuit he would return late e today or tonight, t Slight Chances. e Gen. Bell, in his report of the incident to Gen. Funston, gave the im pression that the chances for locat8 ing the raiders were slight. The best y information obtainable indicated e txtotd nnlv oicTlt MAYlOflTIR in thft e raiding party, whicn drove off a few * head of horses and cattle yesterday e from a ranch fifty-four miles south" east of El Paso. " Lieut. Hardy, with part of one ^ troop, followed their trail to a point k where it ended at the river, and Capt. Eltinge several hours later arrived with two troops from El Paso to con " tinue the pursuit if he considered it " advisable. He was instructed not to a precipitate a clash with Mexican h troops if it could be avoided. Capt. Eltinge's report made no * mention of encountering any Mexil? can troops. e All reports received at Gen. Fun " ston's headquarters indicated noth^ in? morA. exciting: along: the inter * national line than an exchange of l~ shots between sentries at Nogales. * To Avoid Clashes. All officers commanding troops along the 1,700 miles of border have Q been cautioned to avoid clashes with * the Mexican troops that face them, e but the recurrence of such incidents a as that at Nogales has caused staff " officers to fear that an incident may " o^cur at any time that may serve as * the^sis for further complexing the L" situation. i Q AMERICANS TO REMOVE DEAD. t Obregon Instructs That United States Must Bear Expense. Mexico City, June 29.?Minister of [. War Obregon today instructed Gen. Trevino^ the Mexican commander at Chihuahua, to inform Consul Garcia, ' at El Paso, that no impediment would be placed in the way of the American authorities if they desired to remove the bodies of the American troopers j killed at Carrizal to American terri/ tory for burial. >, j The correspondence between Gen. Obregon and Gen. Trevino arose from ,t a request of Gen. George Bell, Jr., commander of American troops at El Paso, that the Mexican government deliver the bodies for burial. Gen. Obregon informed Gen. Trevino that >f the expense for tne transfer of the n j bodies to the United States must be I borne by the American government. IN THE PALMETTO STATE 1 SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, 1 State News Boiled Down for Quick ^ Reading.?Paragraphs About , Men and Happenings. i < Citizens of Landrum, Spartanburg < county, intend to form a lumber company with a capital of $25,000. i i The Orr cotton mills, in Anderson, J | have recently built two bath houses ( [ at the mills for the benefit of their ? employees. 1 State Superintendent of Education J. E. Swearingen was married in ( Greenville Thursday evening to Miss ] Mary Hough, of Honea Path. j The first load of the new crop ot tobacco in South Carolina was sold ^ in Mullins last week. The tobacco , acreage is said to be short this year, ( but the crop is in fine condition. j Rev. Frank A. Julian, chaplain of . the military academy of the Univer- , sity of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., \ ha^ accepted a call to the rectorate , of Christ Episcopal church, Green- j wood. Adjutant. General Moore has com- 1 missioned J. M. Johnson, a civil en- i g^neer of Marion, to organize a com- i pany of engineers which is much de- ? sired bv the United States govern ment. A special election Is to be held at ! Conway, Horry county, July 25, for 1 the purpose of deciding whether 1 bonds in the sum of $40,000 to be 1 issued for municipal improvements 1 shall'be voted. 1 Creditors of the Orangeburg Man- , ufacturing company have^flled a bill asking that the property be sold at I public auction. The property has ; been in the hands of receivers for I * ( several months past. j | It is said that Governor Manning's 1 | office is being bombarded with of- j fers for service in Mexico, but the trouble is that practically every man offering his services wants to be a , commissioned officer. t Alderman Kluck, of Charleston, < has preferred charges againts Chief \ of Police Joseph A. Black alleging < "conduct unbecoming an officer and j a gentleman." The city council has j ordered the mayor to appoint a com- j mittee to investigate the charges. ( R. H. Barrow and his daughter, < Miss Jennie Sue, were drowned in < Snnrtflnhnrcr ^onntv Tuesdav. being i caught in a bed of quicksand. The 1 girl was wading in a stream, and i when her father saw her sinking, he i tried to save her, when both were drowned. i W. S. Chadwick, a mill operative 1 and itinerant preacner, who was sen- * tenced to serve fifteen years on the 1 Greenville chain gang following his conviction two years ago of killing 1 Deputy Sheriff Lindsey, made his es- ^ cape from the gang last week and has ? not been recaptured. ( APPEARS TO BE YIELDING. ? ?? * V 1 Carranza's Reply Said to Be Concilia- * tory. * Washington, July 4.?Gen. Carranza's reply to the two sharp notes -j from the Washington government was at the Mexican embassy tonight and a verbal synopsis, made public with the arrival of Eliseo Arredondo, ^ Carfranza's ambassador designate, indicated that it was of an unexpect- ^ edly conciliatory character. * \ The formal communication arrived t by telegraph early in the day and j only the fact that the fourth of July was being celebrated by all govern- . ment departments, prevented its immediate delivery. It will be present- . ed at the State department tomorrow. j Mr. Arredondo himself spent the day ih the country and on his return 4 declined to discuss his government's J attitude as now officially stated. ^ Lacking the text of the note, it ^ was impossible tonight to say whether it would prove satisfactory to ^ President Wilson. Since the release ( of the American troopers taKen at j Carrizal, the question at issue between the Washington government and Gen. Carranza has been narrowed to Mr. Wilson's desire for a form- 1 al declaration of intention toward the American expeditionary forces in Mexico. The embassy synopsis of the new note indicates that a specific 1 statement stilt is lacking. 1 A most remarkable engineering accomplishment is a well in western , China, bored to a depth of. 3,600 feet } with a rattan cable. The world's j deepest well, sunk 7,350 feet, is in one of the German coal fields. \ \ WAR LAST RESORT. United States Not Servant of Property Holders in Mexico. 0 New York, June 30.?President Wilson made it plain in his speech at :he New York Press club banquet to- ^ light that he will not countenance a ;var with Mexico until there is no yther alternative for settling the borier troubles. He declared again that he was f ready to sacrifice his own political . fortunes in order to carry out. his j. convictions as to wftat would be the ^ just course to pursue in the situa- , t Lion. The president's audience, composr 3d of newspaper men, State and mu- ^ aicipal political leaders and others prominent in public life, signified their endorsement of his position by repeated outbursts of applause. When ^ he asked if the glory of America would be enhanced by a war of con- ^ luest in Mexico, shouts of "no" came f from all parts of the banquet hall. A. similar response was made to his iuer,y whether it is America's duty to "carry self-defence to the point of ^ dictation* into the affairs of another t people." The president dwelt also on his etforts to serve the whole people, thousands of whom, he said, are appeal- j ing to him to maintain peace as long is possible. . Servant of the People. r "I have constantly to remind my- . self," he said,, "that I am not the servant of those who wish to enhance . the value of their Mexican invest- t ments, but that I am the servant ot t the rank and file of the people of ^ the United States." a Bainbridge Colby, who placed j. Theodore .Roosevelt in nomination . c for the presidency at the Progressive convention in Chicago, paid Presi- * [lent Wilson high tribute in an addrees, but did, not declare unquali- j fiedly that he would support him in c the coming campaign, as it was re- ^ ported he would do. Sticking by the Ship. "I am a Progressive/' he said. "I j was one of the party's organizers. I shall stick by the ship until it is rec- g agnized by passengers, crew and ofdcers alike that it must be abandoned. I will say this, however, speaking for the rank and file, that the t friends of Woodrow Wilson in the ^ party ard legion. The stalking horse 3f the national committee may vote down the resolution to leave the vote . Ll 3f Progressives to their own consciences, but I think the actions of . g Progressives are to be determined ind dictated by their individual judgiient and nothing else." President Wilson arose from his ^ seat and shook hands with Mr. Col- ^ ay as he finished speaking. Later ' :he president paid tribute to Mr. Col- f ay's generosity. Mayor John P. Mitchell, Ralph Puitzer and Ivin S. Cobb also spoke. ^ President Wilson did not begin to speak until almost 11 o'clock. The presidential party, which iniluded Mrs. Wilson, who occupied a seat of honor in a balcony behind luge American flags, Dr. Cary T. Grayson and Secretary Tumulty, left 0 - . . n n . ..1. tor Washington at iz:au o ciuck. I PIS IS BABY'S STOMACH. a t: Doctor Bushes Infant to Columbia s Hospital. n ri Bowman, June 28.?A very dis- I ;ressing and probably serious accilent occurred here yesterday morn- ^ ing, in which an infant son of Mr. ^ md Mrs. 0. P. Evans swallowed a g safety pin of medium size. The moth- ^ jr saw the child with the pin in its nouth, but before she could secure j t the child swallowed it. The 3 ?in was open, the point beng up instead of down. Dr. 4 A L. Black took the child and ^ o nother to Columbia, catching the egular morning train yesterday. As soon as practicable after arrival at Columbia an examination revealed toe pin in the child's stomach. Furtoer treatment of the case was post- h ?oned until a decision is reached as ^ :& the treatment of the case. The s toild is about a year old and is very learty and active for its age. d FLAG FOB FIRST REGIMENT. fl n [ resented by Anderson Daughters of C Confederacy. ? D Anderson, July 1.?The Robert E. . Lee, Palmetto and Dixie chapters, U. " 0. C., of Anderson, will present a arge South Carolina flag to the 1st ? -egiment. Mayor Godfrey goes to h Columbia early tomorrow morning to n nake the presentation for the chap- ^ JOB. d , _ e: Read the Herald, $1.50 per year. o . . . iREAT BRITISH 0FEENS1VE OFFENSIVE ALONG 25 MILES OF FRONT. lermans Driven Back Five Miles. Greatest Bombardment World ' Has Ever Known. British and French troops, thrown rward in a great offensive against he German lines on both sides of the tfver Somme, 60 miles north of 'aris, have penetrated at one point o a depth of five miles; t^aken sevral villages and captured a labyinth of trenches extending to a epth of 1,000 yards on a front of even miles. The drive, the most spectacular in his region since the British captured ioos last September, began Saturday norning after the German tranches lad been subjected to a hail of shells rom guns of every calibre for days, 'rogress has been reported along the ntire front of about 25 miles. The greatest success gained by the British was on the right. In the cenre they captured what are designatd in the official report as "many trong points," along a front of four niles. But north of the Ancre valey to Gommecourt powerful counter,ttacks by the Germans have resulted n forcing the British back from vaious sections of the ground gained n their first onslaughts. The town of Albert was the startng point of one of the fiercest fights, he British advancing from east of he ttffrn to Montauban, more than tve miles away, .Besides lvionutuuitu tnd Serre, the villages of Hebuterne, V ja, Boisselle and Mametz have been aptured. Two thousand German irisoners have passed through the British collecting stations. In cooperation with the British the "Tench initiated a strong offensive, louth of the Somme they captured our villages and north of" that river hey established themselves in the teighborhood of Hardecourt and Curu. The number of German prispnrrs taken by the French had reached 1,500 up to the time of the sending if the last official report. The recapture of the famous ThiauQont work on the Verdun front by he French also has been effected, "his important strategic point has hanged hands several times and round it probably thousands of men iave fallen. On the left bank of the leuse, the fighting is most intense round fiill 304, Le Mort Homme nd Avocourt. In the Trentino the Italians con^ Inue to advance along the entire 'osina line and- the Arsena valley, irtillery bombardments mark the acion on the rest of the Austro-Italian ront. While the Russians report progress outh of the Dniester river, in Gat icia, the Austro-Germans claim the apture of Russian works west and orthwest of Lutzsk, especially in the icinity of Sokul, Volhynia. Maintaining their drive against he Austrians in Galicia in the region f Kolomea, the Russians have capured many villages. Northwest of [impolung, Bukowina, the. Russians Iready are in the mountains and hey report the seizure of several trong positions. Attacks of Gerlan troops in the region of the Lipa iver were repulsed with heavy losses, 'etrograd asserts. The German troops under Gen. von unsengen have taken Russian posi(ons west of Kolki and southwest of okul. Fighting is in progress south^ ? T 11 f frolr iWl UL uuinan.. Gen. von Linsengen's forces- since uly 16 have captured 26 officers and ,165 men. Petrograd reports the umber of prisoners taken from June to June 30, .inclusive, as 217,000 fficers and men. Making Pure Iron, The variable impurities of the best :on and iron carbon alloys available ave made unsatisfactory certain 'ork of the United States bureau of tandards. The working investigairs, therefore, have sought to pro * * ? ? ?? j uce materials or great purity, ana or this have adopted the plan of lelting electrolytic iron with sugar arbon in magnesia crucibles. The lectrolytic iron was prepared from igot iron anodes in a chloride bath, ilowholes and impurities in the ingot *on gave trouble in the beginning, ut the difficulty was overcome by lelting in a vacuum furnace in specUly made crucibles of very pure lagnesia. Iron and a series of iron arbon alloys were eventually prouced in which the impurities did not xceed four hundredths of 1 per ent. BUYING FOR MILITIA. ? '''Sm Funs ton Laying in Big Store of Supplies. San Antonio, Texas, June 29.?Any delay incident to new negotiations with Gen. Carranza will be of inestimable benefit to the United States should the course of events cause a general clash between the United States and the forces of the de facto government, according to army officers here. No similar advantage would accrue to the Mexican forces, according to those in close touch ( with the department of the army. rpi* ^ TYTAIIIA OAneiet nnf J. UC (tuvcuuagc nuuiu vuuowi, u\rv only of permitting the release for active service of the 35,000 regulars guarding the border by substitution of National Guardsmen, but in the concentration of supplies for a big campaign, the mobilization of transport facilities and the rehabilitation of the flying arm of the service. The activities of the quartermaster's department of the southern division have been diminished in no way since the report was received that the American prisoners taken at Carrizal would be surrendered to the American authorities. The department has continued to arrange for camp sites for the numerous National Guard units not yet started for the border. Bids will be opened here , July 1 for tremendous quantities of provisions. Included will be requisitions for 180,000 pounds of beads, 16,000 pounds of rye, 1?0,000 cans of tomatoes, 180,000 pounds of coffee, 180,000 pounds of sugar, 45,000 pounds of prunes, 20,000 pounds of evaporated peaches, 54,000 cans of jam, 100,000 pounds of salt and 66,- ~ 000 pounds of tobacco. It ie estimated that the forage for horses and mules used by the anrfy will cost the United States nearly $950,000 a month, while approximately $4'0,OOO will be used for ga?oline. ' The pay of officers and men on the 7 f border now approximates $1,800,000 a month, but this will be greatly /increased by the addition of National Guardsmen. f > CASEMENT SENTENCED TO DIE. ?? ^7 Irish Knight Declared by British Jury Guilty of High Treason. , London, June 29.?Viscount Reading, lord chief justice of England, with the black cloth by tradition called a cap, spread over his head, ( and his two associates in scarlet c** gowns likewise black-capped, pronounced the sentence of death for high treason on the Irishman, Sir Roger Casement, shortly before 5 o'clock this afternoon, half an hour; . after the foreman of the jury, in a shaking voice, gave the verdict of guilty. After the verdict had been return* ed Sir Roger began to read a very long statement. Sir Roger received the sentence with the utmost composure, smiling at his friends in the court room. His statement was a plea for the right to * be tried by Irishmen and for Irish nationality. After Sir Roger nad been sentenced, Daniel J. Bailey, a private soldier, who had been held as his accomplice, was placed in the dock. The chief justice directed the jury , to return a verdict of not guilty and Bailey was discharged. The attorney general announced Bailey had affirmed he joined the Irish brigade with the object of returning to his country and rejoining the army. Under the circumstances no y evidence would be produced against him. Michael Francis Doyle, of Philadelphia, of counsel for Sir Roger, gave the following statement tonight to the Associated Press: r Ai "The verdict, tnough regrettable to us, was not a surprise. We will take an immediate appeal to the criminal court of appeals and then to the house of lords, if necessary, because we feel that the point of law involving a statute 500 years old under which Sir Roger was tried never has been legally tested." BILL FOR FORTIFICATIONS. Carries Biggest Appropriation Ever Made for Purpose. Washington, July 1.?Approval of a conference report on the biggest . fortifications appropriation bill ever sent to the white house was voted to day by the house and senate. It carries $25,748,050 in cash appropriations and $13,800,000 for authorized contracts. The senate added $4,880,050 to the house total, largely iittreaeing items for reserve ammunition. t ? -