Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Each Side Claims Successes in Ea^t and Werft. JAPANESE SEIZE GERMAN ISLANDS IN FA It EASTERN ZONE? WRECK TORPEDO DESTROYER?RILCI ANS CHECK GERMAN ATTACKS AT ONE POINT. WHILE TEt TONS MARCH ON VERDUN AT ANOTIIEH?FIGUTINti CONTINUES WITH INDECISIVE RE? SULTS. Mite* Still ( laiin (inIns. Paris, t>ct. 20. -Tho German sweep toward coast of the English Channel wear Dunkirk and Calais has been affectively chocked. Tho allies arc as? suming the orfeimive all along the left wing In Northern Franco and Helglum. It Is now bayonet ugalnst German artillery. tOtllelal.) Highly colored reports arc com? ing from the front. An uncondrm sj rumor says that Gen. Von KlStk'l army Is threatened with disaster. An? other says the allies are on the point or retaking Ostend. The tide in the north was turned hy the arrisal ot Hrttlah reinforcements, hut not until the allies engaged In tho Hanking drive eastward had parsed through the erlala which threatened to wipe out their forces north and northwest of Lille. Hard lighting continues throughout the north along a Uno be? ginning southwest of Ostend and sweeping south and west around Ldx munde and Yprea Into France, past LJ1I? to Arras. The French claim dis? tinct Kaimt at several points. Quiet prevails along the center. Violent fighting continues on the eastern frontier where the French are press? ing hard Against the Germans In the Vosges ar i sround Metz. The fortieth day of the gigantic conllict finds the Germans struggling hard to maintain she advantage in France but the Indi? cations are that the tide will soon swing against them. RuHHo-TurUsh Rattle Reported London. Oct. 20.?The report per? sists that there ha- been a Mg litis ao-Turklaa naval battle In the Llaek Russian* Report Success. Petrograd, Oct. 20.?Tremendous looses ha-e been sustali.ed by the Germana In their attacks on tbe Rus? sian positions along the Vistula but fighting i ?mtmues day and night. It la officially reported that eighteen thousand German dead have been burled by the Russians. Tbe Hus? sions are more than holding their own The Auatro-Germans along tbe War? saw-Ivan-torod line are be'ug forced back "stop by step." Germans Attack Verdun. Berlin, Oct. 20.?Some of the out? lying fort? at Verdun have been cap? tured by the Germans who are now preparing to attack tbe main forti? fications. Tbe German operations against the Russians anil allies con? tinue successful. (Oihci.il ) Jap* Setae Inlands. Tokio. Oct. 20.?The admiralty an? nounced toduy that tbe strategic is? lands In tbe Marshall. Ladronc. Hast Caroline and West Caroline Archi? pelagoes hu\e been seized by the Jap? anese. Kngli-h Ho not Claim Victory. IjomIom. Oct. 20. ? The war office ad mi'.ied today that although tbe allies nave ga.ned a temporary advantage over tbe Germans in hitter's drl\e to? ward the coast, it Is still too early to claim any decisive victory. It Is stat? ed that then* Is "im confirmation" of the report that Ostend has been re? captured. Belgian \rni/ Checks Germans. I'urla. Oct. 2??.?it |g officially an? nounced that the I'elgtas) army holds >i position along the Yser river de? spite \ioient uttueks h\ the 1 itrmsns II? i\y lighting Is proceeding In the Pfgjfjon of Yprcs, the Germans making strong attacks from Lille toward Armentiere?. Along tbe Meuse tin Germans have ?>ccn unable to repulse the i n I,eh ad\ ance. .?aps Wieck Ocrman Rrctroyor. Tokio. tt,\. ji?.?The C.< rman tor p* do destroyer S-!? while trying to os owpe from Kino Chan hay under cov? er of iliii.n. prounded and was wreefed b] Japasx mi sheila I /ur Prohibit* Hgls of Alcohol |N tr??grad. (?et jn._jn ;, {, h gram to the Temper.inc. Hoe let J t he </ir In said to have deeided to prohibit f.-ri i er in I lam In th< . ? . ? rmnent sale of alcohol.' I : i_ Ii b Solon.n ine sunk, larlin. ??et. 2'?. It |v owtolull) an? nounced that Ins i It 1 ubin trim I : w us sunk Is It Httnd ? by Clef msn warships bj the North San, Th( Germans praise the valor ehown by the Russians around Pre/.emysl. The statement corroborates the story that the Russians lost fully forty thousand killed in their attempts to take P|M? mysl by storm. Austrian Army Defeated. Ntsh. Oct. 20.?The Servian army defeuted the Austrians in an artillery buttle on the Dmubo and Save rivers. Austro-Itallart Relations Strained. Chiusso, Switzerland. Oct. 20.?It is reported that the situation between Italy and Austriu is again approach? ing the breaking point. The. Austrians believe that the tire in the Monfal conc Dockyard was the result of an Italian conspiracy. G KN Kit A L1 SSI MO OF A It MY. Sultan of Turkey Names Heir Prc suiiitlvc to the Throne. London. Oct. 10.?A Heutcr dis patch from Petrograd says the Bourse Gaiette's Constantinople correspond? ent is authority for the statement that the Sultan of Turkey, at a family council, unexpectedly proclaimed Tussoi' Izzedtn. heir presumptive to the Turkish throne, as generalissimo of the army and navy. This is said to have been done to combat the dictatorship of Knver J Pasha, ndnister of war, and German i id lue nee. Prince Yussof Izzcdln is the eldest son of the late Sultan Abdul Aziz. ATTITt'DK T11K SAML. rii It cd States Still DLsannrovcs War LoauS. Washington, Oct. 10.?President Wilson reiterated today that the American government's attitude to wurd loans by Americans to bellig? erent nations in Europe has not changed. This attitude, set forth sev? eral weeks ago by Secretary Bryan. , Is that the government considers such leans as not in the spirit of "true ncurtality." Reports that the administration had changed its position have been circulated as u result of the publica? tion of an opinion from a high gov? ernment oihcial that under interna? tional ia.v the United Slates had no right to prohibit loans to belligerent nations. Olllcmls explained th it this opinion and the president's statement were consistent, since Secretary Bryan did not claim the government hail a legal right to prevent loans. KLVKN CK DILL DKLAYKD. Roprcsciitalvc Ucury of Texas Makes Demand That Dill go to Committee. Washington. Oct. 10.?Obstructive tactics in the house delayed progress today on the war revenue bill. Instead of referring the bill to conference, the house sent it back to the ways and means committee for consideration of the ninety-eight senate amendment.! on demand of Representative Henry of Texas. The latter insists that there should be some cotton relief legisla? tion before congress adjourns. Chairman Cnderwood said the com? mittee would recommend tomorrow that the house disagree to all senate amendments. "What the house will do, I do not know," he added, "but I believe the general temper of tin members is to send the bill to Conference and ^et away as soon as possible. Despite this delay we tan still aujourn this waek, if members of the house will be good. If they insist upon discuss? ing amendments and sticking to all the rules. we cannot possibly j^et through f??r another week." Represeintative Henry said tonight he would linnet upon a tiuorum before final disposition of the bill and Would make another effort to gel notion on his pro p?nal of a $250,eou,oou govern* men! bond issue for relief of the cot? ton States. LOAD WHEAT POII LNGLXND. Twenty-two Vessels Taking Grain at Seattle. neattle, Wssh.. Oct It.?live ves? sels, here are loading about 10,000 %ons oi win at for Great Britain. Two Hrltlsh Rt earners and one American liner are among those taking on w heat. VILLA WILLING FOR PEACE. WILL ACCEPT CONFERENCE CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT. Rurs Only Cniian/a Who Is Neil Likely In IIO Candidate for Provis? ioned Honors, Wanting Permanen Washington, net. 19.?den. Villa has Informed tho United states gov? ernment that, unless something un? foreseen occurs, hostilities In Mexico will conic to an end and that he Will support any provisional government formed by the national convention at Aguuscalicntcs. Villa said he would not accept Gen. Cnrrnnin as provisional president, but was snttsilod he would not be chosen. It Is generally understood that Car ransa docs not desire to be provi? sional president, wishing to be free to enter the presidential race at the succeeding t!ecCon< I-ri\to state department reports do scribe in detail the vlst last Saturday of Villa to the convention at Aguasca Hcnte8. When he arrived suspicions were awakened as to his purpose, but when he addressed tbe convention all doubt was removed. He said be came to pledge by oath his support to the acts of the convention so that ' no one could ever say he was unpa? triotic. Villa was received with storms of applause. Later he embraced Gen. Obregon over whom Villa's break with Carranza occurred. He then wrote his name on the Mexican tlag and kissed the banner, pledging again to abide by the decision of the con? vention. American Consular Agent Carothers reported that Villa's visit has made a profound impression on the delegates. Villa's pledge is taken to mean he has withdrawn his original demand that no military man be given the provisional presidency. The preva? lent belief here is that Gen. Antonio Villareal will be selected. Tho convention is awaiting the ar? rival of delegates from Gen. Zapata, and it is reported here that the I southern chief himself may attend the assembly. Details of Carranza's decree va? cating mining concessions granted by Gen. Huerta reached the state depart? ment today. The instrument invali? dates acts of the Huerta government betweon February It, 1913, and Au? gust 15, 1914. As a matter of equity to interested persons are granted 60 days from September 3, to apply for new titles, in default of which the land will be considered as free to ap? propriation by any interested person. DOES NOT ADMIT IT. Carranza Questions Authority of Con? ference. Mexico City, Oct. 19.?Gen. Car ranza has received no answer to his telegram demanding of the Aguasca lientes convention an explanation of by what authority that body had as? sumed supreme command of the gov? ernment. The message informed the delegates to the convention that sole power of government would rest In Gen. Carranza's hands until the voice of the peoplo decided otherwise. Gen. Carranza has not resigned as head of the government, nor will he do so, according to an official state? ment issued by bis private secretary tonight. Regarding the reported intention of Gen. Aguillur to attack American troops in Vera Cruz, Gen. Carranza's secretary said: "The report is absurd. Aguillar can not advance without orders from President Carranza." ANOTHER VETERAN PASSES J. P. Langs ton One of lira vest In Ranks of Grey. Olantn. Oct. 19.?Mr. J. p. Lang ston. veteran of the War Between the states, aged SG, died at his residence in Clarendon county, khout seven miles from olanta, on Saturday after? noon, and was buried at Bethel Ceme? tery Sunday evening. "Undo Jim," as he was affection? ately called, was a gallant soldier in the civil war. and his commanding officer. Mr. Perry Moses, of Sumter, tells some very interesting stories of bis bravery. Ho is survived by his wife, who Is nearly 18 years old herself. This very Interesting couple was married over fifty years ago. MARKETS BUREAU PASSES HOCSE. Tin? Wnrren-Shlrloy-tlasque Measure Not Opposed. Columbia, Oct. L'0.~The house fuss? ed to third reading last nicht the Warren-Shirley-Oasquo bill, creating a State marketing bureau, under the supervision of the State department of agriculture, commerce und indus? tries. The measure is intended to help farmers find a market tor crops. There was no Opposition t., the bill in the house. SWS WAS ACT <>r MCKDFK. Judge Draslicars Comments on Anna I polls Haging Case. Annapolis, Md., Oct 19.?Asserting that tlu> death of Cadet William U.I Bowlus, of Mlddletown, Md., as a re? sult of a hazing escapade at St. John's College here May UC, was an act of murder, Judge Brashears, Vcharging an Ann Arundel county grand jury today urged that the tragedy be probed. The five freshmen held responsible for BowlU's death are George II Weaver, New York; Henry L. Vahle/. Havana, Cuba; Wendell Marbury, Bal? timore; It. A. Jones, Cambridge, Md., and John M. Noble, Trenton, Mil. FOR SAFETY AT SEA. Reforms in International Law Pre? dicted. Washington, Oct. 19.?Reforms in international law, resulting from the European war, were predicted by Judge George C. Holt of New York, in an address here today before the Maritime Law association of the United States. Judge Holt is presi? dent of the association. Judge Holt declared a determined effort should be made after the war to put a stop forever to the capture and destruction of merchant vessels. Th entire question of the use of mines, the speaker suggested, prob? ably would be considered anew after the war. Floating mines, he said, had done much more damage in this war to merchant vessels than to war? ships and he pointed out that for two years after the Japanese-Russian war Chinese junks were blown up by con? tact with mines. The association today elected Wil? liam Marconi an honorary member. IN QUICK SAND 18 HOURS. Man Is Released After Long and Ter? rible Confinement. Ware, Mass., Oct. 19.?After fortv cight hours' imprisonment in auick sand, twenty-live feet below the earth's surface, Maurice Allen was rescued to? day by a squad of firemen, police? men and citizens who had dug a ditch fifty feet long and thirty feet deep to reach him. Allen was conscious, hut weak. He said he had been unable to help him? self as his feet were held by a piece of planking. A bit and saw lowered to him this morning enabled him to work one of his feet free, but another cave-in buried the tools and left him helpless again. An improvised diver's helmet, made from a barrel, was lowered into the hole Just after midnight last night and a pump supplied Allen with air. PISTOL WOUND FATAL. Jesse Henderson, Shot by Landrum Fatten Chief, Dead. Spartanburg, Oct. 19.?Jesse Hen? derson, ii young white man, died late Sunday night of a pistol wound which he received Friday at the hands ot C. M. Steadman, chief of police at Landrum, in the northern part of the COUnty. Steadman came to Spartan? burg Sunday and surrendered to Sher? iff W. J. White. The shooting occurred in connec? tion with the efforts of the Randrum police to arrest Henderson for a mis? demeanor. He resisted arrest and knocked down a policeman with a blow on the head with a baseball bat. TROUDL? IN AUSTRIA. Dual Monarchy Threatened From Within. London, Oct. 19.?A Rome Central News dispatch says: "According to Trieste advices all the new Austrian soldiers arc required to take the oath of fidelity to the Ger? man as well as to the Austrian em? pire. "From Trieste it is reported also that insurrectionary bands arc swarming in all parts of the Austrian empire. The attitude of Slav troops forming garrisons at Polo and Bebcn lCO is said to be menacing and disaf fci tlon is reported in the Austrian llccti Where crews are made up in part of Slavs and Italians." FOR "CHRISTMAS SHIP." Collier Jason to De Santa Clans Craft. Washington. Oct. 10.?Becrctary Daniels designated the naval collier Jason as the official "Christmas ship" to carry uifts from the United States to the destitute of Europe. The Jason wdl sail from the Brooklyn navy yard November l" and probably will carry, iu addition to its cargo of gifts, large quantities of stores and coal for the armored cruisers North Carolina and Tennessee, now iu Mediterranean waters. Ostend Recaptured. London, net. 20.?The Morning Post's correspondent in the north of Franco says he learnH on excellent authority that tin- allies have recap? tured I ?stend. WOULD INCREASE BONDS. SENATE votes To ISSUE 845,000,- j OOO COTTON BONUS. Amendment to Have $90,000,000 Bonds K Defeated?Mucli Discus? sion Accompanies Passage of Bill. _ Columbia, ' it. 21. After amend? ment to Inert .'. c the proposed bond is ?ue from $25,000,000 to $35,000, 000 had been rejeet? J last night inj the senate by ;i vote of 17 Jo 13, sup? porters of the enlarged issue corral ed their forces and doubling hack on a reconsideration of the measure, pro? cured the amendment by a vote of IS to 12. The bill then passed to third reading, with notice of general amendments, it was a stormy path over which the proposed monetary measure traveled during the few hours of discussion yesterday after? noon ami last night. The lirst amendment was that the amount should be $50.000.000. This was lost, 9 favoring it and 22 oppos? ing. After prolonged bickering, the bill was put to a test vote late in the evening, Senator Mars of Abbeville moving to strike out the enacting words. Though many senators have not yet decided to support tlie billon j tho final issue, only 1 favored the j motion, with 27 opposing. Those 1 voting to strike out the enacting words j were Senators Black, Carlisle, Mara 1 and Williams. Some of those advocating the bill i arc doubious as to its propriety. Sena? ttor Sullivan last night recalled the j corruption of the old dispensary sys I tern and warned his colleagues that the dispensary graft might be "a mere bagatelle in comparison" with the grafting possibilities of the pro? posed bond issue. He concluded by reading a letter from J. W. Norwood of Greenville in which the Greenville banker pointed out the defects in the Hankhead plan to purchase cotton [and suggested that "early adjourn? ment" would be economical. This, together with the news that Texas had re fused to pass the acreage reduction bill by a vote of SI to 12, dampened the ardor of some whose enthusiasm ! w as already flagging. If the lirst day's discussions are indicative, the bond issue is still shrouded in an at? mosphere of doubt. The senate ad? journed at 10.30 o'clock last night to meet at 10.30 o'clock this morning. NEGRO AND DAUGHTER shot Girl's Wounds May Prove Fatal While Father is Dead?Arrests of White Men arc Made. Orangeburg, Octi It.?Martin I Myers, together with his son, Frank i Myers, of Hamberg county, shot and j instantly killed Luck Williams, a negro, and probably mortally wound? ed his 18-year-old dauhgter and an 8-year-old negro boy who was stand? ing near the scene of the shooting. Another white man is implicated in the shooting. The shooting took place on Sunday morning, about one mile from Canaan church, in the lower Fork section of Orangeburg county. Williams was out feeding his stock when he was killed. Tho three white men are now in Orangeburg county jail. They are residents of Bamberg county, living Just across the Kdisto river and not far from the place of the shooting. Sheriff galley of Orangeburg county reached the scene shortly after the shooting and before the Inquest, was held and returned to Orangeburg with the two prisoners. According to the report given in the case, the three white men charged with the killing went to the home of tbe negro about daylight Sunday morning. Upon their arrival Williams was found at the stables feeding his stock. The three men, it is stated, then opened lire on the negro. Hi Was instantly killed. After the shoot? ing start*nr, it is alleged, the IS-year old daughter of Williams rushed to the door of the home with a rille In her hand, presumably for her father to protect himself with. She received a shot which will probably prove fatal. A negro boy who was standing near was struck by a buckshot. 1). A. TOM PK INS DEAD. Co-founder of Charlotte Observer Central Figure In Southern Indus? trial World and Prominent North Carolina Citizen. Charlotte, X. ('., (?ct. is.?Daniel A. Tompklns, co-founder with J. 1*. Cald well of The Charlotte Observer and for more than 25 years a cen? tral figure in the industrial world of the Carolinas, died at his summer home at Moiitreat. X. C, late today. He had been an invalid for about three years. Mr. Tompklns was appointed bj President McKinley as a member of the industrial commission and by for mer President Cleveland as director of the Equitable Lift' Insurance font pa ny. Caenih Robert E. Lee/a son Dead. Uppervllle, Ya.. Oct. 20.?Capt. Rob? ert i.en, the youngest son of the fa? mous general, died this morning. NOT EGYPTIAN WORM. Mistake in Diagnosis of Cotton Dis? ease. Washington, Oct 19.?The new cot? ton pest in northern Florida which was announced as the Egyptian pink boll worm proVM alter all to he a scavenger boll worin. Secretary Hous? ton Informed congress today. He re? ported to the house the other day that a 40-acre cotton Hold in northern Florida was infested by the Egyptian worm, that prompt steps should he taken to Control and eradicate it and recommended an immediate appro? priation of $15,000. "A further investigation of the in? fested area by the department of agriculture experts on the ground." he reported today to the house, "re? veals that a pink boll worn; v.as pres? ent, hut that it is not the Egyptian pink boll worm. The destruction of the cotton was caused by a plant dis? ease and the pink boll worm which followed appearing on the plant is in reality a scavenger. "The department has adequate power and facilities for dealing with the problem*" Secretary Houston explained that the previous diagnosis was made by examination of immature bolls and that the precaution taken was justified by the possibilities of danger involved. PROMOTES A CANNERY. Wedgefield Citizen Would Brant Small Plant. Citizens of Wedgefield are prepar? ing to organise a canning factory com? pany and the State department of ag? riculture has been asked to furnish the necessary Information as to the cost and kind of machinery to buy. "I am thinking of getting up a canning factory for the benefit of the farmers of this vicinity to can toma? toes, corn, peaches, sweet potatoes, and, in fact, anything that we can manage to put up and sell to an ad? vantage," say? If. L. Parier in a let? ter to the department. The informa? tion will be furnished. Drowned In Ohio. Marietta, Ohio, Oct. 20.?Eight men were drowned in the Muskingum river j at Beverly this morning when a barge i loaded with rock sank iu midstream. J Three were rescued. MEN Cured Forever j By ii true spe I clalist who I pnsseassi Us* j experience of ve a r s. The right kind of experience ? I doing the ! same thing I the right way I hundreds and I perhaps Ihou | SSndsof times, j with unfailing j permanent re? sults. Don't j you think it , time to sat the right ] treatment? 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Don't stand back on account of scarcity of money. Come ahead now. Colombia, S. C. SK1X DISEASES OBSTINATE 1 Bttt they can be cleared away by puri ying the hlood and building up the ystem with Mrs. ,loo Person's Remedy, s. W. Winton, Ahoskia, N. C, had a mild severely affected with skin disease. Doctor's medicines failed to do any rood,but two bottles of the Remedy made i perf^et cure "I cannot say too much n praise of Mrs. lot Person's Remedy," :ie writes. i '?i****^*.*^ Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy is pro? nounced by many the best blood medi? cine in the world. By purifying- the hlood and renewing the health and strength of the body, it drives away rheumatism, indigestion, nervous dys? pepsia, scrofula, eczema and other ills that come from had Mood. Your drug? gist should have it; if not send U9 one dollar for large bottle. Remedy Sales Corporation, Charlotte. N. C. 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