Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?)t toatoltmn. mtt> 8???)??. -m-> ? -,- ?-' tWk) HIMW WAOCShJUaK, Bntobilsbed April, 1M0. "Be Just and Fear not?Let nil the ends Thon Alms't nt be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, IMC. " dnisolidated Aus;. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1914. Vol. XXXVIII. No. 29/ ?. I - INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACE. THIRTY MONSTER RACING CARS START AT INDIANAPOLIS. One Hundred Thousand Spectators Witness Spectacular Start?New Sliced Record Established by Chris tuens, Driving an Excelsior Car. Indianapolis. May 30.?Led by Pres? ident Carl Fisher, of the Indianapolis Motor Company, thirty monster rac? ing cars crossed the starting line at 9.57 this forenoon in the preliminary lap of the international 500 mile race. A madly yelling crowd of nearly one hundred thousand roared applause as tho cars later came around for a fly? ing start. At the end of the third lap Chris? taens, (Heggian) driving an Excelsior car was slightly in the lead. Goux (French) driving a Pcugot was sec? ond and close up. Both wero run? ning over 80 miles an hour. Gioux was leading at the end of the fifth lap, but in the sixth was stopped by tire trouble. At the end of the tenth lap Chris? taens was leading and had establish? ed a new speed record, an average of 87 miles an hour. All the French? men are experiencing considerable tire trouble. At the end of CO miles Thomas (French) driving a Delagc car, was leading, with Christaens second. One Turns Turtle. Indianapolis, May 30.?Chassagne turned turtle in a Sunbeam ear on the back stretch. He Is seriously in? jured and the car is a wreck. At the end of the first hundred miles Thom? as was leading. He negotiated the distance in one hour, nine minutes, thirty seconds, making a new record. Duray in a Baby Peugot was second. Thomas Leading Race. Indianapolis, May 30.?Ac the end of two hundred miles Thomas is lead? ing, Duray second a.id.Wishart third in tho great international cup race. MAYESVILLE SCHOOL CLOSES. Address by Prof. Ii. T. Baker of Uni? versity Feature of Occasion. The Maycsvillc graded and high school held its closing exercises at the school auditorium on Friday night. Tho program was an interesting one and was well executed. The feature Of the evening was the address by Prof. L. t. Paker of the University of South Carolina, a former teacher at tho Mayesvilh school. Owing to the windstorm and heavy rain in the late afternoon and the threatening weather at night the at? tendance was not as large as ust.al, but thero was a good audience pres? ent and the events of the program received appreciative applause. The pupils had been well drilled and the exercises wero cleverly executed. The Civic League Medal for the best paper on chic improvement was won by Miss Mary Cooper of the 9th grade. The exercises were presided over by Principal F. S. Smith. Other teachers during the past year were Misses Lu? cy Pugh and Copelsnd Smith. The program was: 1. Bong: "if We Were You and You Were Us." u. Recitation: "Jnnle Douglas"? Martha Montgomery. 3. Song: "Mud Pies." 4. Song and Drill: "Guess Who?" 5. Declamation: "The Danger of our Prosperity"?Wilner Wilson. I, Drill: "Good Night." io. Address by Prof. t. l. Baker, of University of South Carolina. Civic League medal won by Miss Mary Cooper. _ DEADLOCK IN MEDIATION. Caused by Resistance of Huerta Del? egates to Admission of Can an/a Men Unless Armistice Is Agreed to. Niagara Palls, June 1.?A dead? lock has been reached in the Mexican mediation this afternoon. The halt is said to be caused by the resistance of tin- Huerta delegates and the "A. ||, C." mediators lO the admission of CnrrnnSu representatives to the con? ference unless they first ngroe in the annist lee. SIX DIE I KOM GAS. Chief engineer and Others Asphyxiat? ed on Oil Ship. Qnlveaton, June l.- six seamen en be tank steamer San Valerio were killed off Tuxpan as a result of Mas in the ton castle, n was reported When Ho- Vessel reported here today. Among the dead are Chief Engineer Elliott. KARLUK CRUSHED IN ICE. STEFANSSEN STEAMER SI NK ON JANUARY 10. Crow Safe on Shore?Is Estahlislied on North Herald Island With Plen? ty of Food and Fuel. _ Nome, Alaska, May 29.?The 300, ton wooden steam whaler Karluk flagship of the Canadian government's Arctic exploring expedition, under command of Villhjalmur Stefanssen was crushed in the ice and sunk January IG near Herald island, north? east of Siberia. The entire white {crew, except Capt. Robert A. Bert j left, is on Krangell island, with plenty of food and wood. Capt. Bartlett made his way across the frozen ice to North Cape Sibe? ria, and then proceeded overland to Whaler bay, Siberia, where he was taken on board the whaler Herman and carried to St. Michael. Ho is I now at St. Michael and information I of tho Karluk's fate came by cable from that point. Authorities on the Arctic assume that when the ice closed on the Karluk last January the 24 men on board got their supplies out on the ice, along with the dog teams, and reached land well equipped. It i3 thought, also, that . artlett, accompanied probably by the five Eskimos on board, set out as soon as possible for Bering sea. Probably ho drove his dogs over Siberia from North Cape to Whaler bay. The mouth of the Yukon and the roadstead at Nome are free of ice already, and it la said the Herman will go to the relief of the Karluk's crew as soon as she can get through Bering strait. Stefanssen is at the mouth of the Mackenzie river, having left the Kar? luk Stepember 10 to hunt caribou. When he returned to where he had come ashore he found the Karluk had been blown away by a storm. It will not be possible to send dog teams ifo' WrangeU'VsCand how Cor the ice i is rolling. Wrangell island contains food am ' mals. It is 200 miles in a straight line from North Cape. Whaler bay is 225 miles southeast of North Cape. Herald island is a small rock is j land. PEACHES SENT NORTHWARD. First Train Lend of Georgia Fruit Left Friday for Southern New York. Atlanta, May 28.?The lirst car of Georgia peaches for the 1911 season is today speeding on its way to New York city in a special train over the Southern Railway. This car, which came from Byron, Ga., was deliver? ed in Atlanta by the Central of Geor? gia Railway at 9.10 Wednesday night and at 10.20 to the Southern Railway in Inman yard behind locomotive 1234, one of the fatestest passenger engines In the Southern service. All arrangements for handling the Georgia peach crop in special trains from Georgia orchards to the east? ern and northern markets were com pleted at meeting of officials of the I Southern Railway, Pennsylvania Rail [ road, Central of Georgia Railroad, The Atlantic Birmingham and At : lantlc Railroad, the Macon and Uir Imlngham railroad, the Fruit Growers Fx press and the Georgia fruit ex? change held In Atlanta 'today. The peaches from the Georgia or? chards Will be received at Inman Yards and forwarded on special trains over the Southern Railway on fast ; passenger s< hedule. The Georgia crop is expected to be In the neighborhood of live thousand cars and at the lightest calculation lot the season's output the Southern Railway will be sending from fifteen to twenty special peach trains out ol Atlanta every night. UNIVERSITY HEAD RETIRES. Dr. Francis P. VciUlble of North Carolina Tenders His Resignation. Raleigh. N. C, Ma> 29.?Dr. Fran Ids Preston VenaMo. president of the University of North Carolina since lyou, has resigned, his resignation reaching Gov, Cralg today. Dr. Ven ablo Is en route home from Europe, where a year ago he went on a leave of absence to recover his health. Prof. Rdward K. Graham, dean of the graduate school, has been acting president for the past year. The trus? tees meet Tuesday night. Daring Robbery in Chicago. Chicago, June 1. The safe was blown and looted of $4.oo0 ami five men bound and gagged at the Law? rence Ice ('ream plant on West Twenty-first street early lids morn? ing. The robbers were armed and masked. They escaped. LANGLEY MACHINE FLIES. GIVEN CURTIS SOARS ALOFT IX CRUDE OLD AEROPLANE. Rolle From Smithsonian Institute Proves Langley Had Right Ideas. Elmira, X. Y., May 28.?The theory of Dr. Samuel Pierrepont Langley, who proclaimed to the world that he had solved the problem of the air several years before the upper ele? ments had been successfully navigat? ed by a heavier-than-air machine, was vindicated at llammondsport to? day, when Glenn Curtiss, the aviator, went aloft in "Langley's Folly." The crude Hying machine, which fell into the Potomac lliver when Dr. Langley, its inventor, attempted to fly in it. and which later was con I signed to the Smithsonian institution, at Washngton, had every requisite I for fight, and remained in the air I long enough to demonstrate the prac? tical mind of its maker, who had been ridiculed by his incredulous con? temporaries. The old relic was wheeled from its hanger early today, the pilot imme? diately climbed into the seat and was away under much the same condi ! tions as would prevail in a Might of the latest model aeroplane. The flight was a short one. The Langley machine, but little re i sembles the trim and powerful flyers of today, but in its crude state it oom j bines the basic principles of aviation, isid after many years of neglect the j "old junk" came Into its own, givipg Its inventor his deserved place among the recognized pioneers of aviation. But for an untimely accident, and what was termed the "miserliness of the government," Langley undoubted? ly would have won fame during his lifetime. Instead, he died a broken? hearted man, after devoting twenty years of his life to the study of avia j tion. Years later others received the ! famo and credit of which he should have had a share. Langley made the fatal error oh j trying to catapult the fiyer into the j air with the aid of ponderous springs, ? but he only succeeded in wrecikng the machine. Had he tried the meth ' od pursued today by running the j machine along the ground and al? lowing it to rise gradually in the air, there is little doubt he would have made the first llight In a heavicr-than i air machine. j The antiquated machine was sent to Hammondsport about two months I ago. Scarcely a change was made in its parts. The surface of the wings, ' which had suffered from long storage, Were replaced. Other minor parts j repaired were duplicates of the orig I inals. The machine was driven today by the old motor built by Charles Manly. Dr. Langley was the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He was satisfied of the possibility of llight In heavier-than-air machines and spent years in working on the problem, in 1896 he Hew a steam-driven mode! a distance of about a mile over the Potomac River. ALLEGE STORSTAD UNDERMAN? NED. Charges That Only Twelve Men Were on Hoard at Time of Collision Be? ing: Investigated. Montreal, June 1.?Charges that j the collier Storstad was undermanned at the time of the collision with the Empress of Ireland were made today j and are being investigated by Ca? nadian officials. It is stated that the collier only had twelve men, Including the captain and three mates and that the Storstad was only able to send one lifeboat to aid the rescue. GASTON MAX IS KILLED. Jesse 11 owe 11 is Shot by Dllltc Sharp. Lexington, May 30.--N SWS reached Lexington tonight of the killing of Jesse Howeii by Dlllio Sharp at the home of Xoah Sharp. The killing oc? curred about 1 I o'clock, about one mile south of Gaston, 20 miles from Lexington. Millie sharp telephoned to the sheriff that he was ready to sur? render and nsked the officer to come for him. Officers left at once to hold the Inquest. Loth men were young farmers. SUFFRAGETTES BURN ( III H< II. Nothing Is Sacred to The Female Lu? natics. Henley, Eng., June l.?Wargravc parish church, an historical monu limeill of great interest and value, was burned by suffragettes today. At? ta? bed t?? the gravestones In the little cemtery were slips of paper In? scribed "Stop prosecution of wo? men." NINTH DIVISION TO EXCAMP AT AUGUSTA FROM JULY 10TH TO AU?i?. 12T1L Second Regiment Encampment to Be Held from August 2 to 12th; First Prom July 12th to 21st; Third from July 22 to Julj 31st. Columbia, May 29.?Adjt. Gen. Moore was notified in an order from headquarters of the eastern depart? ment at Xew York that the Ninth Di? vision of the National Guard, com? prising .roops from North Caro? lina, i Carolina, Georgia ami Florb juld encamp at Augusta, Ga., % iOth to August 12th. T 5 :es for the South Carolina reg m . to go into camp were fixed as *-s: First regiment. July 12 to - 21; Thir regiment, July 22 11* ^ 31; Second regiment, August i f ugust \ 2. 30 appropriations of the war de c- tent for the South Carolina js is $18,000 to be used, if all the j regiments go ana. proportionately, if less go. Gen. Moore referred the order to Gov. Blease. BECKER TO DIE. Former Police Ofliccr Hears Doom From Lips of Judge?Appeal to Be Filed. - New York, May 29.?Charles Beck? er was today sentenced to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison dur? ing tho week beginning July 6 for the murder of Herman Rosenthal. When he received sentence Becker I appeared calm. rle even turned to friends in the courtroom and smiled. Prior to the seidooctng Martin P. Manton, Becker's lawyer, cited ten reasons wh> death should, not be pro? nounced. ?% as'\? He said that i-n appeal would be filed next Monda>. This will act as a stay of execution and a year may olpse before the court of appeals j bands down its decision. Becker was taken to Sing Sing by automobile in the custody of six depu 1 ty sheriffs. LIGHTNING KILLS TIDAL WAVE. J. X. Kirvcn Suffers Loss of Horse From Storm at Darlington. Darlington, May 29.?For the first time since April 1G this cty and vicin? ity and was today visited by a rainfall, which was accompanied by high ' winds and considerable lightning, damage resulting. A heavy 'oser was J. N. Kirven, the well known stockman, two of whose celebrated' horses, "Tidal Wave" and 'Baby," were killed when lightning ! struck the building in which they wero kept. The same stroke also killed a fine hog, injured a mule, Which is expected to die, and set fire to Mr. Kirven's barn. The blaze, however, was quickly extinguished by a number of farm hands, who had taken refuge In the barn when the storm broke. Several fences were levelled and many trees uprooted by the wind. While the damage done by the dis? turbance is a matter of great regret to this community, still the rain, the first In about a month and a half, was a blessing to the farmers. MORE RAIN IS NEEDED. Showers Fall in Some Parts of South. Atlanta, Ga., May 31.?Drought conditions in various sections of the South were relieved somewhat by rains in various localities that com? menced yesterday and last night. The weather forecast tonight for tomor? row and Tuesday was for partly cloudy < mditions over practically all Southern States, with local showers in Some sei t ions. Reporte here tonight told of rains In various sections of Georgia and Alabama. Growing cotton, corn and other crone were greatly benefited. More rain is needed In many places, however, by the crops and unless it Is forthcoming soon the relief to grow? ing plants will be of short duration. Tbc longest dry period on record for Atlanta and the surrounding sec? tion bad been equalled tonight, when J1 days had elapsed Without rain. Tbc previous drought of the same length was in March and April, ItlO. Italn fell yesterday, however, within 80 miles of Atlanta. Troy, Ala., had reported the high? est temperature thus far this sum? mer in tho South. The official tem? perature reported from there yester? day was 1t>2 degrees. Heat records for May have been broken in various sections of the South.