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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
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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
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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.
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^ ALLEGED TIGERS WARNED.
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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.
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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.
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s CROSS THE BORDER.
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Two Troops of Eighth Cavalry, neaoy
ed by Capt. Eltinge, Enter Mexico.
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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.
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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.
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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
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
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State News Boiled Down for Quick ^
Reading.?Paragraphs About ,
Men and Happenings. i
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Citizens of Landrum, Spartanburg <
county, intend to form a lumber company
with a capital of $25,000. i
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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
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several months past.
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| 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.
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APPEARS TO BE YIELDING. ?
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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.
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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.
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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."
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Bainbridge Colby, who placed j.
Theodore .Roosevelt in nomination
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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 .
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3f Progressives to their own consciences,
but I think the actions of
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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
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tor Washington at iz:au o ciuck.
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PIS IS BABY'S STOMACH. a
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Doctor Bushes Infant to Columbia s
Hospital. n
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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
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[ resented by Anderson Daughters of C
Confederacy. ?
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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- ^
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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^
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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CASEMENT SENTENCED TO DIE.
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Irish Knight Declared by British Jury
Guilty of High Treason.
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London, June 29.?Viscount Reading,
lord chief justice of England,
with the black cloth by tradition
called a cap, spread over his head,
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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
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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.
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