The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, September 21, 1916, Image 2
TAKE FOUR MILES
GERMAN TRENOHE
ALLIES CONTINUE THEIR OFFEN
SIVE NORTH AND SOUTH OF
SOMME RIVER IN FRANCE.
FRENCH GET 700 PRISONERS
Entante Allies Straighten Lines and
Obliterate Saw-Tooth Sallents Which
Marked Entire Front Along Somme.
-Grandcourt is Being Bombarded.
German posi1lon exceeding four
miles in length were captured Satur
dlay nigh t and Sunday by the British
and Freniich armiIesn the continua
tion of their ofensive north and south
of the Sonine river in France. In ad.
dition quantities of war material and
a lirge niuiber of prisoners foll into
tl:' hands of the 1'ntente Allies--700
)ris;oners being taken by tile French
alone. lileavy counter-attacks against
t1he l11itirh wore rep)lused with heavy
losses0 to the Germans, according to
London.
Near 'Thiepval the lritish took a
fortifvied positiont over a front of a
nile known as "the )anube trench,"
near Courcelette an advanc of about
1,000 yards was Imiade and fiially th1e
strongly defelndebd pos itionls ati the
Mouqutl fari, over wihich there had
been nunwirous hard-foulght battle-!
for several weeks, fell into their
hands.
The advan.c of the British appa
r'en3tly straighitens3 oil[ the salient that
had projected into their lines between
'I'llipva il 4nd Conrelette and brings
3ithir front he'rto to within a scantlt mile
of Grandleot( rt and the Albert-lBapaume
rtilwaly. Gran'ldeourt is now being
bombarded by the rllitish. The suc.
coss of thle ITnch seemiingly obliter
ates anotlher of the mani saw-tooth
alienlts which mIk tile entire front
of the( So11mm10 and is another move
of the right flank of tile lIntelte to.
waird the Pocketing of Jeronne.
VILLA'S TROOPS ROUTED
WITH LOSS OF 600 MEN
Thousand Followers of Bandit Attack
Town of Chihuahua-All Prisoners
Put to Death.
Mexico City.-leneral Obregon, min.
ister of war, annolluces that a thous.
111( followers of Francisco Villa whc
attacked the town of Chihuahua were
routed with a loss of six hundred met
killed an111 many captured. . After the
battle General Trevcino's troops were
able to take part- in) the regular Inde
Pen1dence parade at 11 o'clock. Dur
ing the fighting General Trevino was
slightly woulided in tile shoulder.
Aided by some of the townspeople
Villa forces attacked and took tht
Penitentiary and the municipal an
Fedleral palaces. General Trevin<
gathered als troops, placed his artil
I-ry, recaptured tie public building
and comletely defeated the attael
ers in tihe early nmorniing fight.
126 MERCHANT SHIPS
PREY OF SUBS. IN MONTH
lust," says an official admuiralty statE
fmnt i5sued, "126 hIostilO merchai
Sips, totalling 170,679 tons grost
wore destroyed by submarines of thl
Central Powers or by mines; and 3
neutral merchant ships, totalling 32
568 tolls,, carrying contraband of wa
to enemies."
MRS HOWE'S DEATH
DUE TO PERITONITlt
New London, Conn.-Mrs. Anne I
Howe, only sister of President Wilsol
died in a local hlotel. Mrs. llowe ha
boon extremely ill for about a wet
Withl peritonitis and1( the end( had bec
expected at any)3 momen10t for' two day
THREE BRITISH STEAMERS
SUNK BY SUBMARINI
Marseilles, Frlan)ce. - Tllo Britis
steamers llanlgrose, Blutetowvn ani
Swedish Prince have been sun1k b>
submarines. The cews of tihe vese
were saved and arrived here.
FIVE KILLED IN AUTO
CRASH NEAR NEW YORI,
New York-Five persons were kIt
ed, two probably fatally injured an
four others less seriously hurt Sunda
morning, when an automobile I
which the ywere riding cralshe
through a guard rail on a bridg
across the Harlemn River-. Thle fly
who lost their lves were hurled fror
. the bridge to the roadway 25 feet bel
low, awhile tihe ethers were crushe
undef' the yreckage of the car.
RUSSIANS, CLOSING IN,
-.TAKE 3,000 TEUTONI
Petrograd.-Russian troops have r<
med their~ closing-in movement o
the Galician town of Halicz, southeas
of.Lemberg on the Dnister. The Wa
Office' announced that the Teuton
have been dislodged from position
south of Blrzesauly, on the Zlota Iip.i
northeast of Halies, and that the Rui
siap were attacking along the Pod
Hos'Ja~c Railway line whot
tio *,O00 Gerana eOtt takei
BRITISH HAVE MAE
NOTABLE ADYANI
SCORED LARGE SUCCESSES SIN
SOMME ATTACK STARTED 11
JULY.
SMASH THE GERMAN Li1
Three Towns, Two Woods, H
Ground Between Combles and
zleres.-Balaume Road Have Bt
Taken.-Over 2,300 Prisoners.
London. - Smashing the Germ
line on a front of six miles north
the Somme in France, the Briti
forces have made probably the 14
notable advance since the Ang
French offensive began July 1.
Three towns, two woods and t
iossession of nearly all the hi
ground between Combles and the P<
iercs-Uap1aumie Road fell to the Br
kIh. Not oily%, did the Germans In
these points buit the British drive ir
perils the Combles and Thiepval I
sitions on eit her end of tle Briti:
front. The gaining of the high grou
north of Commnhles gives the Brit i
command of the approaches to Ba
111110.
The advance on the northern end
the front was for a distance of tv
miles. Courellette, east of Thiev
anl north of the Poziere-Bapaun
land, and Martiinmih. south of tl
''ond. fell into the hands of Gener
i' men. Purt hr south they to
PIers, and the THierh wood. makii
secure their possession of C.inchy. T1
Bouleaux woods. north of Combl<
n1so was lost to the Germans.
The Germans tinder Crown Prin
Blunrecht of Bavaria. fought sfr
hortly to hold their ground. and t
flehting was severv all along the li
More than 2.300 prisoners were talk
by the British.
Aiding the Briftsh in the encirc
ment of Combles the French have
ken additional trenches north of
Proz farm. South of the river thi
German trenches near Berny-on-S.
terro were taken by the French w
also captured 200 prisoners. Der
claims the repulse of British atta<
southeast of Thelpval and of Frer
efforts between Rancourt and 1
Somme. The official statement
mits the loss of Le Priez farm west
Rancourt.
WASHINGTON UNCERTAIN HOV
U. S. EXPORTS WILL SUFFI
Steps Have Already Been Taken
Secure Information on Matter.
Washington.-In the absence of
formation detailing what commodil
are affected by the new British
strictions on American trade N
Holland and the Scandinavian cc
tries officials here are uncertain j
how heavily American exporters
.suffer. Steps to secure this infor
tion already had been taken and
was indicated that should any sw<
ing extension of restrictive measr
h e revealed it would be regarded
a serious development in the con
.versy over the legality of allied blt
.ade methods. No report on the i
t order has come through official cl
,nels but a news dinpatch regardln
a were called immediately to the at
5 tion of the British embassy bty S
,.Department officials with informal
r quiries as to the purpose and ae
of the proposal. It was said a sim
investigation would he madec thro
the American embassy at London
PRINCE WILLIAM OF HESSE
.HAS BEEN SLAIN IN BATT
dI Berlin, via Londlon.---Princ'e F
k crick William of 1Ijesse has beeni
a ed at Cara Orman. it was offici
3. announced by the WVar Office in
report on operations on the Bal
front. Tt is added that 28,000 pri:
o rs were takeni in the conquest of
Rumanian fortress of Turtukal. (
h corning the fighting on the Maccc
dI ion trout the statemient tells of
y repulse of the Entente attacks on
a Moglenica sector and east of the
dadr.
U. S.GUN EXPORTS ASK
LARGER TEST GROU
Washington.-Enlargement~ of
government reservation at Inc
Head, Md., where the navy's big g
are tested, is being urged by or
I ance officials who say the Iarn
a types now benig made cannot be t
e out en the present proving groui
a without risking destruction of life
s. property nearby. An official of I
:I rank cited a recent experiencen du
the firing tests of a sixteon-inchlr
MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE
.TO BE OBSERVED TOD
t. Mexican City.-The hundred
a sixteenth anniversaty of the prt:
t mation of Mexican independence
r Ilidalgo at Dolores in 1810 wil' be
s served with elaborate cer-smoi
a throughout the republic In the c
,tal, where nearly every buitding
-aflutter with flags and decoratedi 1
-the national colors, military and <
b organisations Mil Darede thro
flower-strewn streets. Sands will I
h ineet the dMaM,'~' ;
7-AND THEN
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"BORD[R BOARD IS BUSI
CUNSTABULARY SIMILAR TO RU
hRALES OF OLD DIAZ REGIME
SUGGESTED.
General Blis8 Makes Dispassionat
o Statement of What He Beleves WII
a, Follow the Withdrawal of Genera
in Pershings Troops From Mexico.
a1 New London, Conn--A suggestioi
that the Mexican government creat
a constab~ulary for border duty simila
to the rurales of the Diaz regime wa
a, made (luring a brief -session of th'
American-Mexican jpint comnmissioi
Sconcluding the second week of its d<
b- libeCrat ions. Apparently the plan fo
m a joint police force previously discus
e. ed was abandoned as improcticabi
en after the commissioners had conferro
with Major General Tanker I-. Biisi
Ie. assistant chief of staff of the Unite
La- States army.
Le General Bliss, it w'as learned, mad
ee to the joint commission a dispassioi
Li- ate statemnent of the situation he b<
ho lieved wouldl 'follow General Persi
lin ing's withdrawal from Mexico befor
ksaproperly constituted constabulary I
t to relieve his troops. It i
he unders toodl he pointed out problems I
;d- the way of an effot to create a bord
of .polico under dual authority.
There is reason to believe the Ame
ican commissioners have sought I
R impress their Mexican conferees wit
'the view that Mexico must recogniz
to a responsibility for the depredatioil
her nationals may commit on the be
i.der if good relations are to be uniti
Sied. The whole questions of crea
lng a non-military police force to hut
rt dlown .bandits in their lill retreats
0
In based on this feeling and it is belie
t ed the suggestion that the Carran
l government undertake this task f
Sitself as an international obligatic
I came from the Mexican commissi:
res
as .MANY SOUTHERN CITIES SEEK
tro- U. S. ARMOR PLATE PLAN'
>ck
Iew Washington.--Offers of sites for ti
lnAiprojected $l1.000,000 government a
mor-plate plant were made to t
to Navy Department at hearings here 1
atmore than 100 cities andl rural loa
n- ties in the Middle weest and Ea
SSouithoron cities in the field for ti
lgh armor plant includ e the following:
ugh Alabama--Tuscaloosa Mobile, B:
mingham, Gadsden.
Georgia--Savannah.
LE. Kentucky - Fort Thomas, Mou
Vernon, Wvickliffe, Dover, Louisvill
red- Middlesboro.
ki- a Maryland - Baltimore, Annapoli
ii INorth Carolina-Fayettvicoe, Ri
eigh, Gastonia.
teTennessee--Elizabettowni Brist<
'on- Virginia-Richmond, Newport New~
on- Tyce River, Portsmouth. Buena Vist
the Bristol, Basic, West Point, Norfol
the Petersburg, Hopewell, Alexandria.
ar- p ollector of Customs Norman
alton of Norfolk, was with a del
gation from Norfolk and Nowpo
News urging the claims of that so
ND, tion.
No proposal for the sale of priva
the plants to the Government was Pr
Ian sented, although representatives
sthe principal armor-plate manufa
lsturers wore present. Naval office:
- saidl they regarded it as unlikely th
rest any plant would be offered for sa
ied and expressed the opinion that tI
ids government would begin constructic
and of its own establishment when a sati
igh factory site had been selected. K~e
'ing competition was evinced by spoke
ifle. men for the various cities.
DOUBLE VICTORY WON BY
AY- , DORSEY IN GEOROlI
and Atlanta. Ga.-In addition to carr
cla- ing an overwhelming convention vol
by which will nominate him for governi
ob- o the first ballot, Hugh M. Dorst
lee of Atlanta, former solicitor of the A
api- lanta circuit, got a majority of ti
is popular vote over his three oppo
vith-. ents in the Georgia Democratic pr
1vil inary, according to nearly complel
ugh returns compiled here, The conve:
lay tl'un which will' tesclare the primal
y o#0jp00 mil be ald Bet 2*.
THE WIND BLEW
W..
MANNINGDEFfEATS BLEASE
MORE THAN 6,000 MAJORITY FOR
PRESENT EXECUTIVE OF THE
PALMETTO STATE.
tBlease Admits Defeat.-Dorsey, Prose
I cutor of Leo Frank, Makes a Clean
I Sweep For Governor In the Georgia
State Primaries.
k Columbia, S .C.--in one of the most
) sensational fight% for the governor
'ship since the days of "Pitchfork Ben"
3 Tillman's activities In the Palmetto
3 State, Cole L. Blease, former gover
1 nor two terms, was defeated In his
-aspirations for a third term, by the
r present governor, Richard 1. Manning
-of Sumter, S. C. Striking a lead early
SIn the e.vening, with the first official
returns from various parts of the
state, of about 5,000 votes, Governor
iManning maintained this lead all
through the evening hours.
Nearly complete returns indicate a
.clean-cut victory for Manning by a
.majority estimated at between 3,000
.and 7,000 votes.
With about 129,000 votes reported
aout of a registration of little more
than 150,000, the figures give Man
nning 67,467 and Blease 62,390. It was
rconfidently asserted that the boxes
still to be heard from could not change
the result.
Hundreds of voters who had been
0 out of the state camne Into South Car.
h olina during the day to vote again In
e their home towns, and these were
s said to have been largely responsible
for Governor Manning's lead, in that
many of them did not retur~n to their
home state to vote in the first pri
mary two weeks ago. Sixteen men
awho were spending their vacations at
or near Asheville came in on one
a train for the purpose of casting thehl
r oe' o a nng lv n m nc n
n nfrmCaroteadviiit n
wO THANcte 5,00 MAJORank, FOpR
leey Admpts Gega inDthey Poe
Sweepia rei Governotate eorat
Statc PrImar ets. fo 08o 5
C oemia, Sh state convenoftion More
'hi compete returs are xPitchfor Be
e esilyw civ iti the Pconeton
voStte, Ceessary se form eat ov
aspi.aoensor Nathird erms b thec
of threse goetrnr, Rhad 4 Mannsingh
cinthvenin, wh tr. L.rst oiiala
1t Manningep m.aotaine thin la bahln
othog the ledenig. us
Nlydo- -etuin rthrn offndiea
clonth vorth ofor SMmaniver byn
,smaortyeithe Gerat bewne capture
afrn 7,000 anote nce ndtk
k, Wit about19,00risoes rpre
outad of compasratieo clitl more
thaegin 150000re fres gaitvolent
rt ning 747and bae in2progreIs were
confdeonl asefrt that the oxeso
Csble to he frover coldnou chag
Sthe trultb h rnh hti e
e- udredsl oaf anvoter whor hdeto
0f overom the taesisae nof Soth Car
c- maneian hmk townsaedlvese mawere
said thave bheenquargerlmirespofnfible
t fine Gorenhes Mann- ed ta
homeLate Eato vote inutheist rC
maryes they ezeks agdo a Sitenches
n alhon were sendng-Pern vaaoa, whtc
a- train foro the Proe catngrthard
n thromharlote and vicinity and
ly thnee hundreg mleos toaspediet
inter soicto of the Germantacicut
nl shiag.--ts Alorica Paun thaibran
>r- oa reonrestateUie dforaWt.
iy countisfraemsed asttehmen ofn5
voe- i the stat e eonventwion. Mhe oard
vThes oveeryeorinominfatofth
r- deovrtcnorcest in ain tndecatee
o tho eetarosi h 12 voesinte
conve ton, iloembr. We Gsuggestma
7to aMr.osp WiN. tte-rti at'e ben
thre itw eaderns.a
MARSHALL ACCEPTS
HIS RENOMINATION
VICE PRESIDENT IN HIS SPEECH
VIGOROUSLY FLAYS THE RE
PUBLICANS.
SPEAKERS UPHOLD WILSON
Ex-Gov. Glenn of New York Formally
Notifies VIce-PresIdent He Is Choice
of Democrats.--Ceremony at India.
napolls.-Large Crowd Present.
Indianapols.-Thomas R. Marshall
formally accepted the Democratic re
nomination for the Vice Presidency
here, not for additional honor, he
said, "but in the hope that I may as.
sist in the re-election of Woodrow
Wilson, who has not walked where
the path has led, but who has walked
where there was no path and who has
left a trail."
In a speech of acceptance phrased
in characteristic vein, the Vice Presi
dent sketched briefly the legislative
achievements of the administration,
in which he said he had been "an
onlooker," and eulogized the Presi
dent as "the man who brooded over
the Republic in stormtossed times and
by mere words spoke peace on the
troubled seas of international poli
tics." A changed administration, he
declared. would not dare repeal a
single one of the important measures
put on the statute books since March
4, 1913. Wanting an issue, he con
tinued,' the Repubbicans had turned
to foreign affairs, coining such phrases
as "Firm Americanism," which they
could not deflne.
The ceremonies were the third of
the kind to be held in Indianapolis
within the last few weeks. The other
two notifications were for J. Frank
Hanly, the ProihitFn Presidential
candidate, and Chirles W. Fairbanks,
Republican Vice Presidential nominee.
A large number of prominent Dem
ocrats from all over the United
States, including National Chairman
Vance McCormick, were present at
the notification. Informal political
conferences were held by the leaders
and plans for the campaign were dis
cussed thoroughly. Reports of what
had been done in Indiana were made
to National Chairman McCormick.
Martin H. Glynn, former Governor
of New York, delivered the speech of
notification, after having been intro
duced by J. A. M. Amdair, candidate
for GoVernor of Indiana, chairman of
the ceremonies. All the speakers
praised the present Democratic Ad
ministration, replied to the Republic
an attacks which had been made on
it and expressed confidence of a Dem
ocratic victory.
423 PASSENGERS AND CREW
SAVED AS LINER BURNS.
Rescued Vessels Reach Pacific Coast
Steamer In Time to Take Off All
Persons Aboard.
Marshfield, Ore.--Fire completely
destroyed the Pacinic Coast Company's
liner Congress two miles off Coos Bay
bar. Several vessels, which rushed to
her assistance in response to distress
calls helped her remove her 263 pas
sengers and crew of 170.
When the dredge Michie and the
gas schooner Tillamook reached the
Congr-ess they found the liner almost
comlietely shrouded in smoke and
the passengers fighting frantically to
enter the lifeboats. Captain Cousin,
and his crew managed to maintain
control and the work of tr-ansferring
the people aboard to the rescue yes.
sels was carried out in an orderly
manner.
Before the last b~oat loadi in which
Captain Cousins left the Congress the
smoke and heat were almost unbear
able.
FIRST TEST CASE MADE
OF ANTI-LIQUOR AD LAW.
Atlanta.-Matthewi~ Mindy, a news
boy, was held undler $500 bond here
charged with selling New York, Jack
sonville and Cincinnati Papers con
taining liquor advertiseentu.
It is the first ca';e of its kindl to be
brought herec under (Georgia's new pro
hibition law.
PAIR INDICTED; SECRET
MAIL PLOT REVEALPD.
New York.-Federal investigation
of an alleged plot to operate a secret
mail system between this country and
Germany was followed by indictmente
here against Hans ildward Thompson
and Frederick Uffelman on a charge
of smuggling jewelry worth $25,000 in
the United States on July 11. The,
men wore arrested August 20. Uffel
muan, it was -said, had been employed
on a steamship plying. betwon here
and Scandinavian ports.
TORPEDO DESTROYERS TO
BE HELD IN RESERVE.
San Diego, Calif.-For the first timnt
ini nany yedts the Pacific Coast soon~
will be without a single torpedo boat
destroyer in active service, as a result
of orders received here from the Navy
Department at Washington to plac3 in
reserve all destroyers of the first do.
vision of the Pacific fleet. It was re.
ported that the Navy Departmen1t con.
temnplated sending a flotilla of oil
burning destroyers to the Pc8
Coast for eit service,
GOVERNOR MANNING
HAS t5POO MAJORITY
DEFEATS COLE L. BLEASE IN SEC.
OND RACE IN 27 OUT OF 45
COUNTIES.
DOMINICK DEFEA M 4.N
Fred H. DominIck Named Congreass.
man From 3d District.-Canaler
Nom ated R. R. Commissioner.
Columbia. - Dealing a smashing
blow to Bleasism Democrats of South
Carolina nominated Richard Irvine
Manning for governor over Cole L.
Blease. With 137,243 votes accounted
for Manning received 70,986 and
Blease, 66,257. The re-election of Mr.
Manning has been conceded and a
contest is not likely.
James Cansler of Tirzah in YorI
county was nominated for N railroad
commissioner over Albert S. Fant of
Anderson. Cansler received 75,281
votes to 53,024 for Fant. Cansler o:.
Tirzah has been running for the place
on the railroad board for years ani
years.
The vote amng the National Guarc
on the border was as follows: Man
ning, 493; Blease, 511; Cansler, 48E
and Fant 524.
The returns show that Governor
Manning carried 27 out of the 45 coun
ties in the state. Governor Mannini
carried Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort,
Berkeley, Calhoun, Chester, Colleton
Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, DoT
chester, Edgefleld, Fairfleld, Florenc(
Greenville, Greenwood, Hampton, Ja*
per, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexingtor.
Marion, Marlboro, McCormick, O
angeburg, Sumter and William9buri.
Mr. Blease carried: Abbeville, Aiker
Anderson, Charleston, Cherokee, Cla)
endon, Georgetown, Horry, Laurent
Lee, Newberry, Oconee, Pickeni
Richland, Saluda, Spartanburg, Unio'
and York.
Additional returns received merel
served to increase the majority u.
Governor Manning over his opponen
The final count will give Manning
clear majority of about 5,000. Edg
field was the banner Manning coun
of the state. Anderson was the ba.
ner Blease county. Blease had
slight lead in Spartanburg and Yol'
counties, while Manning's lead w
huge in Greenville.
The two weeks since the first p,
mary, in which Governor Manniz
ran second to Mr. Blease, have be(
a period of intense activity, with t1
Manning men strong in their bell.
that a majority of the people of V
state favored the kind of governme.
that Mr. Manning gave the state. T:
Manning and the Cooper people ha
been working night e^ Aov' o1nia +
first primary and
oughly organized
Watchers were plh
ing place to assura
count.
Fred H. Dominick, for many yea
associated with Mr. Bloase in the
law firm, has been nominated f
Congress in the third district. IV
Dominick received 12,762 votes
10,298 for Wyatt Aiken, incumbet.
Mr. Aiken has served for 13 year
as a member of congress.
Blackwell has been nominated f,
solicitor in the eighth circuit oy
Magill. In the first circuit Hydric
is leading man.
Senator Sharpe has been deafeata
in Lexington county by Dr. E. C. Ri
gell. Mr. Sharpo was Blease's ca
paign manager in 1914.
It is practically certain that t
house and senate will be0 overwhel!
ingly anti-Blease. H. H. Evans, f~
mer member of the old state dispe
sary board, has been elected to tr
house from Newberry county.
0. P. Goodwin, DBease, has been 'ir
featedl for the senate in Laure.
county by John HI. Wharton, ferr.
membeor ef the railroad commissii:
J. Robert Martin has been elected
licitor of the thirteenth circuit o1
D. W. Smoak.
Governor Manning has receiv
hundreds of telegrams and telephone
messages congratulating him upon Nu~
victory.
MJII Executivevs Meet In Nov.
Cohtmba.--The Southern Tiext
association will holdi a semi-annnun
meeting at the Jefferson hotel, Columa
bia, Friday and Saturday, Novemb'
17 and 18, at which the president o
the associ~tion, R, E. HIeymer of' A 'e
bama, will preside. It is expected tina
about 560 representatives of the ta4
tile industry, superintendents:, mas' '
mechanics, overseers and other me ,
high up in the 'trade, representing /
sonthern - 'tates from Marylan'l
Texas, will attend this meeting.
Many Applcante to Clemson.
Clemson College. - The contimmu*~
popularity of Clemuon College and h
growing demand for the work this u
stitution is doing j~re shown cles r v
tiejohn b,- *%: v. ,, a
059 will a 'apt' a - &al. ha I
cDonnectiopm it 'U remarkcable that ao
many old students return every year.
Between P4 and SB per cent of the et
feasoot lat(eon1 will return. that