Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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EFFOBT TO FEED STARVING PEOPLE CARRANZA IS PREPARING TO SEND FOODSTUFF FROM VERA CRUZ. MUST FEED CAPITAL CITY United States Will Take Hand in Work if Mexicans Can't Do It Themselves. W-ashington. -Announce-ment of thw reoccupation of AMlxico Cit by in (ral Gonlzales' arnoy wats followe d at statmneni . roinl t nelt- :4I ('rr /. head(iuarttrs at \'er;a C"ruz that in. liledilate et~ot s woud hwinde toi I 54en(d foodstuff's by rail to the stari people of the capital. T11- slat i d - partilillt had ni, dl('t advices as o the Situation ill Nfxiv-o ( it1. llvavily uarte-d train,', it was ri. portf'd(. wver bein' 1 pr111pared o14) Iave Vera ('ruz wvith proivisionls to .11pplic Inlent food bin takln into tHw city byl (the art-ny vf occupatlion. Ib-open-.11 ing of the rail road line will furnisht liln imlportan t t-4 t for the effctie Iless of mililary operations of' Car ra'lm.s forces to proteict nicals of trian rtat:i on tr)oi the ( a , coast to tll- vapital. o4 1l i s here beieve.! Much deln4Ilds. they say. upo1n lIe Su11cce S. o f this itntd "rt1a k iin : ) , . h -au :t tih(e I IiId SIit !4 o v :-t1114 111 is (I-. Itilt d to r11 bv the 1 ~ nn vn MIXico ( ity it t'a lranza's 10)rov.l s l ltm not do it. Ilufonton o f lira pluj! I) lu a w 1 :li m l 4 ' 1. . \ ; 11n1. : I 11! innilater ~ \V el Irw n r' u .n I 1.9il k 'l ; 1 1'4! ;4 , 1 1 1 l - FRENCH MARINES LANDED.' Quiet Now Prevails in Haiti.-Wash. ington Does Not Object. W\;shilgo.- l-'riich tIltline's havy hit-il f hi d d tl rt au. l' il', lla ii yovt-rie t. and nelcessitated 11he Ilinding (it' '111 expilitonlatyfre froin tIe' V' 1ited States (I11iser Washingto to rI'stort order. Thi handiti.r of tht(' Fren-lch wait.,on 114-t of the ' I ted141 States. It was 14ated detachinent5 . frot theruier _1eisviartes hatvint' h 'olie t to guard th i'( Frviwhi .41gatioll fro whh'h Pr(sidnit (ctillnltned 0 was akell by a 11 01 and assassi1ated. A rs'ti'eq t Cor, j guard of Fxrensh In'arinsli' w I leslentd by (Ithe lgarnh Afliister at l'ort all l1'riin e and cabled to Washing, t1on by Ie ar Admiral Cap ertonl in 1 114c1id of the1 American expleditiointry force. The message aidt 1()( 1'reinch ninister had express ed ai ugent desire that his legation hels''vl lltre(i(1t4 by G-rnhsior nors (uif theaioi 14art hei rrie anna Port au'11' Pri11 BoTon Augstr4 thoght aICls tha to herohgrard anound abl' tio' lihteyn thecbren on themira (Caper''t'on mento som e extetin 1~ihavison, e W si-Theinatina der fenl oil the dicusise yverorsil oflt eteau states pripati theirana acc(torn t tihe proa for unced tbyL M.z o. tiley Nectiary ofuthrgov ror Conrnc.-1nTheO5o teen iolt haten Fiearsinofanpy wre ent oldthe aid to seal badju tags geanedandl daticgt fro Maye lastuso ofe tion pas folintcrysing the part of the N ailyuad Cotone Rect ns. Galrtod, Conn.--Employ)1 ees ofte ort Paten F4irearmseasomny werellv~ Lnomdtao Sa borts Won.21- e cetwould beo paidto a W.ll, bsd on' wiane eared and~l~('1 dain( lied May Labor. ThNation wasie vountary on11 ~'th ns par oit of the pany. a~ Cilsrtottonl Revtipats.oi ef ploadvetonee Te.-Colttn ou r cit he for 1914-1915 earCs amounted tod 4,0e,22hes o th lrest ever recorded here.ie Tthe eous ecord Luan uporets Wisn. Washigton.-vAtea twn~on-dayse ses. abor'ds NagoonlPac ou nc'ile and wompk e wit theprbesenativo s of or-0tt ganhed arers and mlabr bodpies anod mei lding the on-rqur vlentos, rathr ta orh atio ad-'ii ntation efoverycoe atrios er apniburgfng tht fairyean to rem. the curopean hig arp. Coe tillbe sen to Peuient Wsoderahe; caint ad mmernc s of coinmreds. AverI' :Wlam anetreie aence oveton.~ Ratiusetsia umnetsBuy TEUTONIC ALLIES MAKINGPROGRESS WARSAW HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF EVERYTHING OF MATER IAL VALUE. TRYING TO BOTTLE RUSSIANS A Retreat Will Not Be Possible if Operations of Austro-Germans Meet With Success. 1)11 odon. ---The arties of the Teu tonlic Allies have made appreciable progr.es in their earnpilltgnl to capture, arsa'w 11(1 drive the lissiats from P'oland or captaire the, according to the latest oflicial coI1ilemunication is Sued by. tlh (erman War ()fice. llI tle admittedly important striate pic seclor. of Chelml-I.u1binl Pield Mar shal van MIackensen is deelared to have iper ced the Plusshail posit ions and teal-ied the (Chehnit-Lubin Rail wa y. lakthing uiany1 I thousands of pris. oner~s dur11ing 0he iluovemelnt, In ad. ditiot, it is assert-d that the Rlissiani front betwe-ni the Vist Ila and the ti;- has bleein 41atI by the attacis of, the Austro-tierinlan: and that the luseov its havqe tvacuiated their po sitiois along the tire line while (10-nelt-,1 von) \\oyrsh has; froved at 1at um. - of IlI. \'itula to the soluth of Warsaw anid is law engaging the (i In thi I i ri It baitk of the ' hotl:: 1rn theat r Ilerlin !', I 11h t th li N sianis a re now re . : ' [ T (Ins only to t he north which lies on Ihe west b. 1 ih4 Iiu sorne .50 miles south 1 .-f .1lini . 'T11 t4iaartiies to the north of W. :w se-min ,ldy ate imarking time. ) libly Wili tlit- inieiltion of allow 11nK t!-Ahteter eu to the South niil S h east to bring their lines far tr iortl ill the laocess of emmliaesil Ing ItI l'olish Capital before Field Niarslil von ll inldenhurg agailn takes ulp vigorously his drive South and Foin-aoit ward to effect. i junction with and bring to i climax the Polish (arillaigil. The situation in the north, afteordlng to Berlin, is at pres ent unchanged. DECKER MEETS DEATH BOLDLY. Walked Composedly to Electric Chair Murmering a Prayer. Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, N. Y. Charles Becker was put to death in the electric chair here for the killing of Herman Rosenthal, the New York gambler. The former New York police lieutenant retained his com posure and protested his innocence to the last. He went to his death with a photograph of his wife pinned on his shirt over his heart. Three shocks were given before the prison paysicians pronounced Becker dead at i:55i o'clock. Becker led the way to his own exe cution. The condemned man sat up all night on the edge of his cot, calm ly talking to Deputy 'Warden Chlarles H. Johnson. "I have got to face it," said Becker "And I am going to meet it quietly and without trouble to any one." Two Bluejackets Are Killed. Washingtonl.-Two American blue jackets w;ere killed in an attack b3 natives on Port au Prince,,Haiti. helt by Rear Admiral C'aperton with 410( men from the cruiser Washington The attacking party was heaten oft without having appiroachied close, than the outskirts of Ithe city and order wa'is mintained In the city it self. No sailor's were wounded andl the loss of I th at tacking forces was not reportled. The dlead: WIll iti tomonpeis, seamtion of Brook. lyn. (Cason R. Whitehurist, ordinary sea, mlanI, (of Norfolk, V a. Rlinforcementil s hadl beeni orde red toC hi atI bcefore word of the 1bfihtn was ri(ivedI. The1 bat tleshlp Cont nlectienit hlas sailed fromt ilhiladelhiin wvith at re'gimient of miarines. numeri lng 5001 mna. The Navy Iranaspori Hianicock, now bieling overhle ild a I PhiladelphIa, atlso) will go to Iliaiti. i1 is sati d, althlough it is nlot know n whIal force she will carry. England May , Buy Cotton. London(11.- -WhatIeve r act ion Ite lit ih Government takes with regardi te ent toin whetheri it merely be kel) out of German~hy or dleclatredI (ontria band1(. The Spiectator inl an1 edlitoriat artIicle expre-sses the opinlion thatt tht Southerni cotton growers of the Unit ed States shiouild be recompensetd "Tlhe pressure," this newsp~aper goec on to say, "which tihe eniormnous cot toit indultstry of the democrat Ic soti can brinig to bear on the dlemocratIii presidlent, Is indeed the crux of the situtationi. Difficult Demands By England. WVashlingtonl.--Conlsul General Skin ner att Londonl notified~ theC stalte (IC par-tmlent of a new Brtiti1sh reguhliti requiring masters and( sailors Oil neut tral ships visiting British ports t< be provided withl passports or idlenti Ii(ention papers and to preVsent suel~ papers for tregistry if remlainling mor0< than 24 hlours In British wvaters. 2 large- proportion of thle cr-ews o American ships are neitheor nativ' Amnericails nocr natutralize'd American and cannot receive passports fr-on the UJnited States. WQ2UE CopyriI iht. PROTECT AMERICAN L.IVES REAR ADMIRAL CAPERTON AND MARINES ARE LANDED AT HAITI. Sailors Will Remain Until There Is Promise of Permanent Peace in Republic. Washinllton. - American marines were lan(ed at Port au Prince, Haiti to protect the lives 1111d property of A inericans and other foreigners. Rear Adli-ir al Ca perton a(Ivised the navy (epartiCnt thatl he had sent a forc ishore from the cruiser' Washington lear Admiral Bemon, acting secre tary of the navy, declined to make the Iinessage public, but said: "Admiral Caperton now ias th situation in hand." There was no firing at the marines although disorder continued in th city. It was assumed a guard ha( been established at the French Lega tion and at other points to protec foreigners. Admiral Caperton has 400 marines but this number is too small to permi a general patrol of the city. A mor complete report is expected from hin in a few days. Should it be deeme necessary additional marines will b sent from'Guantanamo. A full reg ment would be necessary to police th city, it is said. The first step by the United State to re-establish peace in the Haitie Republic was taken with the orde While officials would not indicate th nature of their plans, the general b( lief was that the marines w(41d no be withdrawn until there was pronis of permanent peace throughout th eepublic. BECKER LOSES BRAVE BATTLE. Justice Ford Refuses to Grant Him New Trial. New York.-Justice Forud of the Si preme Court denied a nrew; trailt Charles Becker, the former polic lientenan t under sentence of death fc instigating the murder of H erma Rosenthal, the gambler. Justice Ford announcedl his decisio after lhe hadl labored for several day andl nights on the briefs submitted fc and1( aga Inst the application for a ne trial, Hie called the waiting new; pa per men in to h ir chambers, andl, r - his secretary handed theam copies his ty'pewitten ('eision, the Justic "I ha-ve denied the motion for new tiacl. And this is my birthda: I'm 5,3 today.' it's a pretty tough wa to spendl your birthday, isn't it? "'I virtunally arrivedl at my dlecisia Tuesday nmight, but spment many hour sinc'e then ph rasing and arranging th' Tlhen the Justice chatted for severn mminutes on the law involved in thi calse. Only newspaper meon, his sei . etary anmd a brother, AMichael For< andl a clerk, were present. Nonec lI eekerc's counasel was there. \lris. lekerk(i was saidl at that ver inlirenmt to) be visit ig hem' doomle huisbsand in Sing Sing. Success of Submarines. Amust erdam, via London.-Ger'mal subminesi' i ', accuordinrg toC a t elegrari from Bli'In hiad sunmmk in the war zon, up to the 25thm or July 229 EnglIs1 vessels. 30 Otheri hostile ships, and si: neutral craft. The hattecr, the mei sage says, were sent to the bottom b; ist ake. -British Steamer Sunk. J Londonmi.-Tihe British steamer Mar gara. of Glasgow, hound from ltilb~a I for liafrtlpooh, has bieen t orpedoca 'i and sunk by a Gernman submarine neam ' lowestoft. 10ight members or he crmew were safvedl. Will Demand Damage. Washington-With the receipt of - -racetically ('omplete report of thle to: pedioing of the American steamer Let -lanaw by a German subhmarine, stat ulepartment officials flegan the pirept -rat ion of a note to Germany request in the' payment of damages on the groun that the Prussian-American treaty c 1SPS had been violated. A rep~ort froi Ammeican Consul Dennison at Dundeo Scotland, aid the captain of the L~e laaw attempted to escape, but sul mitted to visit and search after warr ing sotsi were fired. LCH ED CRS VAR ST AS .4h 10 FIX BLAME[ fOR WR[CK TESTIMONY OF THE SHIPS OFFI CERS VARY AS TO CAUSE OF DISASTER. Harbor Master Says That Steamer Should Not Have Been Permitted to Carry Over 1,200 Persons. Chicago. - Overloading, under-bal. lasting and grounding on the river hot. ton were cited in the testimony at thc coroner's inquest as the reasons why the Eastland toppled over at its wharf here and drowned hundreds of excur sionists. Adam F. Weckler, harbor master, and Joseph R1. Lynn, assistant harbor master, both of whoml werc present when the steamer capsized with its licensed capacity of 2,50( persons aboard, In ascribing the acci dent to these causes, told the coro tner's Jury that the boat was "cranky' and should never havo been permitted by government inspectors to carry more than 1,200 persons. While the coroner's jury was hear ing this and other testimony, Secre t tary of Commerce Itedlield inspected the Eastland and watched divers ' combing the wreck and surrounding waters, recover three more bodies. II s stated formally that government su pervision had not been lax and thal e the Eastland had safely carried many more passengers than were s aboard when she rolled over. le said that Federal officers would do every thing possible to fix the blame, if ther< 0 was any. IHnrbor Master Wreckler testified t that he arrived at the Eastland's wharf 20 minutes before the steamer was due to start and saw that the boat was lihsting to port. I-e said he called to Captain Pederson of the Eastland to trim the vessel, shouting that he would not open the Clark a street bridge until the boat was right ed. Mr. Lynn, assistant harbor mas 1ter, testified that when he sawv thc 0 dangerous list of the ship he called thie e police and fire departments. Return. T' ing to the wharf, he sawv passengers nl leaping from the (lecks to the river. "I helieve," said Mr. Lynn, "thai n the ship was on the bottom aft o1 s midship. If the captain tried for 11~ r minutes to right the boat without at Vtempting to get. off those on board there. was negligence." s Mr. Lynn said that he saw many a the crew leasp on the wharf while th< eship was careening. Capt. John H. O'Meara of the tus a Kenosha, which wvas to tow the East ~land out of t~he river, testified he hai ytowed the Eastland four times an< she always listed. e DEATH DEALT TO 160. cI RevolutIonary Movement in Port At e Prince Results in Casualties. Port au Prince, Hlaiti.--General Os .car, governor of Port aut Prince and l fsupporter of President (Guillaume cans ed to be ('xecutedl at the quthbreak o y the revolutionary movemen't in thll d city all the political prisoners In t~h hands of the government, to the num her of about 160 men. The victims of this massacre in cluded General Orestes Zamar, a form er presidlent of Haiti, who was driver out of th e country last year, and re turned in March, 1916, and was taker prisoner. When the people of Port aut Princ4 learned of this massacre there was general outbreak of indignation. mob) invaded the dlominican legation -where General Oscar took refuge aftei a his unsuccessful defense of the presi :1 dont's palace against the rebels, seizet r Oscar and dragged him before th( r door of the legation where he wa~ promptly killed. Italy Issues Contraband LIst, a Watshington.--The Italian contrbpin .list nad royal decree governing ltaly'c .attitude toward neutral shipping reach e ed thre state department, the lisi .' showing close conformity to that oi Sthe British government, Modifleationr i of the rules outlined in the Declara ,f tion of London also follow those made a by Great Britain and include hte provi ~, sion that goods shipped to neutra y. countries must be consigned to an indi y. vidlual and not merery to order." Th< ~. decree authorizes blockades of neutra moats WILL PUT END TO MEXICAN PRACTICE URGENT DEMANDS THAT FOOD BE ALLOWED TO REACH SUFFERERS. SOME DEFINATE ACTION SOON American Flag Torn From an Auto. mobile in Which an American Was Riding. Washington. - Urgent representa tions demanding in the name of hu manit that food be permitted to reach the starving people of Mexico City, were sent *by the state department to Generals Carranza, Villa and Zapata. The notes declare avenues of trans portation to Alexico City must be opened to provision trains and kept open. Although the text of the represen tations was not made public, it is known that the document is a forerun ner of more definite action, soon to be taken in the form of a final demand that the Mexican factions end their strife and establish a constitutional government by means of a joint con ference. Officials believe General Carranza at Vera Cruz i. in a position to keep the railroad to Mexico City from Vera Cruz open for transportation of food beyond Pachuca at least, and that either he or Zapata in co-opera tion with Villa can control the line beyond that point. Official reports from Mexico City said there was actual starvation thero and that vonditions generally were worse than ever. People of all classe' are suffering for food although there I is oney in plenty to purchase, it.. A inessage fron Vera Cruz detail ing an assault upon anl A merian cit - zen near Piebla an(d violations of the Amierlean flag by Zapata soldiers a few days ago, served to further arouse offieials here to hte extreme gravity of the situlation. Near P'uel)la the imtomomhile was stopped by a companyv of Zapata sol diers. The occipants were pulled out and the American flag torn from its staff and trampled upon by the sol diers who took Mallory and his com pnlnions before a Zapata officer. They were searche(l, their papers taken and the two Spaniards sentenced to be executed. Whether sentence was car ried out is not known, the message L-taring evidence of having been con Vored on this point. Mallory protested against the sen tencing of the Spaniards. "Keep your mouth shut or you will be shot," he was told by the offi (cr, who later released him. An In ve-stigation of the incident has been ordered. GERMAN HAD BOGUS PAPER. American Passports Appear to Have Been issued Generally. London-it was learned on high authority here that the British auth orities have arrestedl a German sub ject who had in his possession a forg ed American passport wvhich the ar restedl man admits is not genuine. 'i'he forged document has been com pared with the original passport which was issued to a bona tide American citize*. The real passport, which was sent to London by the state department at Washington shows that the forgery is a (dangerouis imitation. T1'he ar rested man Is understoodi to have dleclared that the false passport was given to him in Antwverp by Cap tain Schneitzer, a German secret service oilicer. The American stato department is said to have taken uip the qluestion with the German gov ernient as the imitation is so clever that it constitutes a danger to Ameri aans abroad. Honor for America. Lond~ont. - Prof. Rtichard Norton, founder of the Amnerleani amibulance corps, the chief Ried Cross unit in the Second Fr-ench armliy, has been award ed thle military cross by the French government. Marines Meet Resistance. Washington. - American marines landed at Port au Prince, Haiti, last night encountered resistance which was overcome without casulties among tile sailors, The following message from Admiral Caperton was given out at navy dlepartmjent: "Landing forces established in city. Slight resistance during early part of night as advance was being made, This resistance easily overcome. No casulties our force. Am proceeding to disarm Hlaition soldiers and civil ians todlay." Demands Helease of Goods. Washington.---Unofficial, but vigor ouis efforts by the state department to secuire for American importers tihe release of vast consignments of Ger man, Austrian and other goods held in neutral Euiropean ports by the British order-in-council are believed by ofmcials here to has. influenced Great Britain to formulate the sup plemental note expected next week. The comlmunication is expected to present an oflicial answer to the un cfficial repr-esentations made after the original nntn was framed. ENDORSE IDEA OF STATE WAREHOUSE GOVERNOR MANNING ADDRESSEE STATE FARMERS' UNION AT ANNUAL MEETING. NEW OFFICERS ARE ELECTED E. W. Dabbs, of Maysville, Is Elected President.-Agricultural Outlook is Better. Columbia.--An optimistic note w sounded in the address of Gov. MA ning at the annual meeting of t South Carolina State Farmers' uni. held in the chapel of the Universi of South Carolina. The governor 1 dorsed the idea of a state warehou system, but added that the walre house act in this state neded certain amendments. le expressed the opin- - ion that the agricultural outlook is brighter in South Carolina than at the same time last year. The governor believes that the farmers are better prepared now than they were last Year. The following officers of the union were elected: 1-1. T. Morrison of Mc Clellanville, president, to succeed E. W. Dabbs of Mayesville; J. Frank Williams of Sumter, vice president; J. Whitner Reid of Columbia, secre trry and treasurer. M. W. Graming of Orangeburg was elected a mem ber of the executive committee, to speceed R. M. Cooper of Wisacky, who declined re-election. 11. 'T1. Mor rison was elected delegate to the na tionial union convention and John L. McLAItuin visiting delegate to the State Federation of Labor. An invit ation for the n Oxt m1jeeting was received from the ianagOimnt of the Isle of Palms. The meeting place will be decided upon at a later date by the state executive commit tee. Other addresses of the day were by F. M. Dwight. M. D., of Wedgefield, 1I. W. Gramling of Orangeburg and J. G. L. White of Columbia, state deputy warehouse commissioner. Mr. White explained the state cotton warehouse system. John L. Mc Laurin, state wj-ehouse comnils sioner, was prevented from attending by Illness in his family. Plans for a state-wide campaign looking to the establishment of a sys tem of good roads, in which every member of the State Farmers' Union is expected to participate, was launched. After expressions of of ficors and members of the union had explained that a strong sentiment ex isted- among the farmers in favor of a general betterment of the state's public highway system, Reid Whit ford, engineer of the sanitary and drainage commission, discussed in detail what he described as the most effective way of accomplishing this end. Operating New Wheat Mill. Manning.--The new wheat mill at this place has been contpleted, the mac~hinery all installed and it is be ing operated very satisfactorily. An expert machinist and an exper-iencedl miller wer'e sent on with the outfit to assist in getting it in satisfactory operation and those who have in spected the plant gay that it wvorks like a charm. The patronage from the outset has amu e to a rush and it is probable tlt the mill wvill be kept busy hencefor~ , for there has heen a fairly good erEp of wvheat r-aisedl in Clarendon comnty. New Service For Charleston. Charleston.-The Mortan liner El Mar, the first marine lilit of the Southern Pacifle company to make her appearance in Charles~n har-bor, and the initial represent( ye of a schedule that wvill possibly s1ke this point that company's south%'5 ii ntic port of call, is due to arrive in C -wr leston harbor on or about August 6. Thle El Mar is scheduled to steam firom Galveston for Charleston~ on Au. gust 1 with a cargo of misceillaneous merchandise, largely Texas products. A considei'able item of the vessel's cargo will be rice. Will Raise fund For Colleges Columbia.-Favorable action upon the proposal to raise $300,000 for the three Methodist colleges in this state --Wofford College, at Spairtanburg, Lander College, for women, at Green. wood, and Columbia College, for women, at Columbia-was taken at a meeting here of the board, of educa tion of the Upper South Caa'olina Methodist Conference and the South Carolina Methodist Conferences. It was decided to begin immediately the movement to secure this fund from members of the denomination. Bamburg Moving Forward. Bamberg.-A movement Is on foot in Blamberg to extend the waterworks system to cover the entire town and to install a complete sewerage sys. tenm. There is also some talk in favor of paving the business street. A committee of citizens has been ap. pointed to circulate the various peti. tions and the board of public we: and the town council will soon h a .joijit meeting to consider the pr ositton. The petition for extend the waterworks has received -the oig. tures of a majority of eehodsa.