The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 07, 1915, Image 6
POLICE RAIDS CONTINUE.
$7,000 VALIF rL.\( 11) ON SMASH
I I? s| < >T M Vi IHM S.
Isrgc Quantity of liquor K< i/ed and
Mum llur* and (.anibllnu Places are
Cloned?Police *u> Thcv Have In?
struction? to tlnfoivr I a w
News and Courier.
The raiding squads continued th If
raids yesterday, and Chief of Police
Cantwell stated that the squad would
be jkept at It continuously, an the or?
ders are for enforcement of the law?.
Every day the pluln clothes men will
be "on the trail of the blind tiger*'
snd the goods they sell.
Yesterday a number of raids were
made and a quantity of alcoholic bev?
erages was seized by the members of
the raidtnx squad*. chief CnntwMl re?
ported officially last night that S85
bottles of beer. 2k quart bottles .
talnlng whiskey. 43 half plins gl
whiskey snd 1 keg g| at r. aarta
of whiskey and several slot maci.n I
had been seised during the day by h.
men.
While thli? Is not much na was
hauled In Wednesday. It is considered
a 'n^ce Utile pile." The police And
that the blind tigers are on the look?
out for them, with the result that
they are experiencing some trouble in
finding the contraband. When one
place Is rahled the word Is passed
along that "the bulls are coming," and
other tigers "duck" their wet goods.
The atmosphere of some of the
places where polished hxtures were
displayed, and vv here a variety of
drinks stared the visitor in the face,
has been changed. The lights are
dimmed and In some places a com?
mon plank counter, with a dilapidated
sideboard and empty glasses In sight,
aas been substituted. Of course there
sxe some places where but little
change has been made. *
It Is reported that a number of
gambling houses have given up and
closed their doors. It was rumore I
last night that there are several who
propose to resist and that the police
will have to attack their places to put
them out of business.
Yesterday morning the slot ma?
chines seised the day before went un?
der the axe. and CMof Cantwell figur?
ed that more than $7.000 worth had
been destroy, d. The rn.o hine-! wots
smashed to pieces by policemen in the
station house. Each machine was
stripped of Its cash contents and
when the nickels, quarters and pen?
nies were counted yesterday It was
found that $61 49 would be turned
over to the city treasurer. A lot of
worthless money and brass check?
were also found In the "Iron boxes" of
the slots.
i'AUDON HOAH1? l> \ \MI .>
David Ellison, Henry Ttllmsn and W.
I .leuWlnson to I'iws on Pe tition?
iMcd.
Columbia. April 2 ?1 > i i ? ;. Elli?
son of Columbia. Henry C. TUlman of
Greenwood and W. K. Jenktnson of
Kingstree were appointed yesterday
by Oov. Manning as members of the
State board of pardons. All Bt Utions
for parob\ pardon or commutation
will be submitted to this board by Ute
governor.
Oov. Manning has t een in office for
more than two months, and not one
pardon or parole hus boeg grant- d Hi
hss received rn n .M?ns and ih-se
will be sent to tho new pafdofl board.
It was said at the g ?verror's office
that the old board was automatically
removed by the sppomtinent of a new
board.
VU?M\\ shot AT HWllTON.
Mrs. <.. \\ I rimell at Print or Death
as ItcMilt or PiMol Wound.
Hampton. April 1 --Mrs. O. W.
Frnnell 1? at the point of de.ith at
her home here to Humpton as the re?
sult of a pisttd shot wound received
In the right temple early thir aiorn
ing. It Is said that Mrs. Fennel) had
lust kindled a tire in tin* open lire
plsce in ht r bed room and reached
st the mantel with h? r left hand for
assistance In rising v. hen she t aught
hold of u mat on which a revolver
w.i? lying and pulled it or. The
v,dv.r r.dl to the hearth or Moor and
was discharged, the bull't ? Uteri tig
th*? rl?ht temple and ranging slightly
up and I award iIm hrfi tamper ana
Mrn. PssjajaH has boon gear death
ever sine?- shortly gltOf i he aOOld nl
occurred.
.Mr. Kennell had already gotten gp
and had gone out into the hufSS b '
snd Mrs. (Vimell v\.n aloWS In hot
i ?om with two sin.ill aafai a*he had
not sotten up. N?? one saw the gs>
chlent. but one of the Utile i??. .
called to bin lather Ib't MSJIOlhei
has shot herself. ' and Ml Keaael I
immediately summoned In J, P. Mae?
vey. who si his genteel neighbor, !t
Is said that Mm Kennell loM M I
Harvey and Mrs. M. P. Gatiae) s?ho
reached her very short lv iit-? th"
was shot how th?* accident or.
Hhf? was conscious for several min?
utes, but the physicians could do
nothing for her relief
TO MAKE CAPITAL NEUTRAL.
i KITED STATES' PROPOSITION
ac< 1 iti :i> nv vii.lv and
zap \ta.
llciiinins for Ca ran/a to Accept or
Rojsci Hl? Mi ?Ihm ORy WHI ????
i .oft as BotM of Safety.
Washington. April I With, the
hope of securing permanent protec?
tion tor the 11,000 foreigners in Mex?
ico fit.? , the l'nltcd Stat? -,ovcrn
mcnt has proposed to the Vil'a-X.i
I pata forces anil to Gen, Can iti/.i that
UM M' Xa.mi capital SO declared neu?
tral ant outside the Held ol opera*
tlOttS borsofttf in Mexico's civil war.
The Villa-Zapata forc? s ha\?
sgreed to the proposal and are willing
to evacuate the city as soon as a sim?
ilar agreement is obtained fron? the
I ; PI an/a authorities.
C>n CK B Carranza depends also
whether or not the effort of the
! Cnlted States to neutralize the rail
' 1 Mexico City and Vera
Cruz shall succeed, as the Villa-Za
pata officials have agreed to this.
The plan with respect to Mexico
City contemplates an arrangement
I whereby order would he maintained
hy a local council of permanent resi?
dent?. The capital would not be sub?
ject to further attacks nor would
there be more changes in go\ernment
until a central government had been
established.
Should the capital bo declared neu?
tral, much of the apprehension for
the safety of foreigners would be re?
moved and the famine menace elimi?
nated.
No important movements between
the Villa and Carranza forces were
reported to the Washington autborl
ties today.
Minor Merrlweather, the American
arrested by Villa officials on a charge
of counterfeiting, who was later re?
leased, has complained that his per?
sonal effects and the money which
caused his arrest were confiscated
Merrlweather entered Villa teritory
carrying socalled Monclovia money
used by Carranza supporters which
the Villa officials require to be re
valldated.
Merrlweather asserted that tills was
done on written order of (Jon. An?
geles.
Thtoe additional nurses were or?
dered to Brownsville. Texas, tonight
by Red Cross officials to assist in
caring for the v01 .?ded Carranza
Vllla soldiers moved thero from
Matamoros.
FERTILISER TAG TAX.
lt<x'clpts at Clemson College are 3?
Per Cent, of Last Year.
Clemson College, April 1.?H. If.
ftackhouee, seen tary of the state
Board of Fertilizer Control at Clem?
son College, announces that at the
close of business on March 24, 1915,
raootptl from the fertilizer tag tax
id * Mhod the amount of 1100)000,
At the close of business on March
14, I til, receipts from the tax had
r. aehed $-39.000.
Kecclpts for 191 r, to March 24 are
SOT cent, of the receipts for 1914
0 March 2 1. and per cent, of the
total r slptS for 1914. which were
|H?9,000. However, the fertilizer
HSOVOHM nt has been late in lotting
under way this year and It is ex
p ted that n larger percentage of
In receipts will be shown
in the final weeks of the season than
is the case in ordinary years.
DAiUYMLX OF BOOTH MEET.
Hold Conference at C lemson College
and GftJCSrrtlto,
Clemson College, April 1.?The
dairy held agents of the United
States Department of Agriculture for
the Southern States, many of the
Southern Bold agents of the animal
husbandry division of the Deport?
m< nt of Agriculture and the Wash
InfftOIl chiefs of these llnog Of Work
tbored at Clemson College and
Greenville recently for conferences
on their work. Their special purpose
in OOmlng to South Carolina was to
invest Igats I he cooperative creamery
v oj!; being done at I leinson College.
Ualrying Inotruotors of the southern
? dleges wore ahn attending,
In addition to the dairy ami ani?
mal husbandry men, there wore at
the conferences several ?>> the state
demonstration agents of the South?
srn sta;e>. an<i Dradford Knapp, spe?
cial agent In charge of the demonstra?
tion work, was present.
One day was spent al Greenville
and one at Clemson College and
much Work of value was accomplish?
ed.
Hillri'lNt< THl'HT FAILS,
Receiver to Re Infioluted for Interna?
ti?>imI Merchant Marin?'.
New Vorl.. April ::. The New
York Trust <'o., today hied an applica?
tion In tie- federal District Court for
the appointment ol .1 receiver for the
International Merchant Marine <'o..
owners of the Whits Btai Uns and
oi hers.
STORM DOES GREAT DAMAGE.
FIVE i.IM s lost AM) others
PROBABLY lost IN STORM.
Tog and Dutdl Strainer Known to
Hn \ e Foundered In Storm?Vessels
Searching lor Damaged Vessels.
Norfolk. Va., April 4.?News of the
loss of live lives and probably more in
the Wgki Of yesterday s violent storm
reached thli City tonight. Five mem?
bers of the crew Of the tug Edward '
Luckenbach are known to have been
drowned when that vessel foundered
ofi* Pulse Cape yesterday and ten
others are missing.
The Dutch steamer Prins Maurlts
also is believed to have gone down
With 'ill hands aboard, numbering
ghoul 4 9. The vessel was last heard
from yesterday morning in latitude
3G.il) north, longitude 74 east. Her
Wireless calls for assistance said she'
was in a dangerous condition. Two '
British warships, the coast guard cut?
ter Onandago and several other ves- j
st Is rushed to her aid. The British
warship Corrona reached the position
given by the steamer at 3 o'clock yes?
terday afternoon but there was no
trace of the vessel.
Wireless messages tonight indicated
that none of the other searching ves?
sels had been successful. One mes?
sage said:
"British warships found no trace
Prins Maurits at position given. Prob?
ably sunk." Another stated that all
efforts to get responses from the Prina
MaUlitS to wireless calls had failed.
The coast guard cutter Onondaga
is still searching for the steamer.
Reports from the coast between
Hattera8 and False Cape are lacking
because of the crippled condition of
the government seacoast wires.
Large quantities of wreckage are
reported along the coast north of
Hatteras.
The barges Henry Endicott, Nati
coke, Georgia and Potomac, which
broke away from the tug Resolute
Friday night during the height of the
storm, were towed into this port today
with all on board safe. The tugs Al?
batross, Resolute and Defiance picked
up the barges 50 miles off the Virgin?
ia capes.
Lightship No. 4 6 stationed off Cape
Charles, which was torn from her
moorings and carried far out to sea,
was picked up ten miles north of Vir?
ginia Beach today by the lighthouse
tender Orchid. The lightship was not
seriously damaged and so far as could
be learned nore of her crew was in?
jured.
Diamond Shoals lightship drifted
four miles off her station hut her
anchors held after dragging for three |
miles and she rode out the storm. I
She is reported to have rescued the
crew of the schooner M. E. Cressy.
The schooner Paker Palmer, re?
ported' ashore near Lynn haven bay.
proved to be safe today. !^ho an?
chored close In shore to escape the
gale.
Damagt done by the storm at Vir?
ginia Beach. Ocean View and Buek
-e Peach will rech $^00.000.
I IFTEEN MEN LOST WITH TUG.
?n'y Two of Seventeen Members of
\ oss'-Ts Crew are Accounted lor.
Norfolk, Va.. April 4.?Fifteen men
ere believed tonight to have lost
rt< ir lives in the foundering of the
Ug I! . ward Luckenbach yesterday off
I : ? Cape, Va, Only two of tho 17
members of her crew have been ac?
counted for. They are: Harry Olsen,
liret oftiv'cr. and Cicco Godwin, second
Officer, Five bodies were washed
shore.
The Luckenbach was bound for Nor?
folk with three, barges in tow. The
barges broke away and the tug found?
ered while searching for them. She
was said to have gone down in a few
minutes and there was no time to
launch boats. One of the barges, the
Josephine, struck six miles from
False Cape. Her crew was rescued by I
coast guards. The other two are at
ankcor.
Godwin was washed ashore and
was found by coast guards. He was
among the bodies of five others who
bad been east Up by the sea, and was
at first though! to be dead, lie was
revived, however, ami is expected to
recover,
Olsen was rescued unconscious from
the mast of the sunken tug to which
he had lashed himself. He also was
revived after the two volunteer coast
guards got him ashore in a life bo.it.
Capt. William R, Cmstead of Nor?
folk was master of the Luckenbach,
and is among the missing. The tui4
was one of the largest plying On the
Atlantic coast.
Godwin Is said to have told coasl
guards that Ihe Luckenbach lost her
rudder and became unmanageable.
ROIIHKIIH kill TIlllEK.
Restaurant Proprietor ami Two Em?
ployes Murdered.
New Vork. April 5.?Sale crackers
murdert-d a restaurant proprietor, <?t
to /.inn. ami two employs this morn?
ing They escaped with a small booty,
BOX GARS BURNED SUNDAY.
EIRE AT A. C. L. FREIGHT YARD
DOES MUCH DAMAGE.
Loss is Estimated at About 14/000
With Insurance Covering Perl of
Loss?Five Empty Cars and Three
Loaded with Cotton arc Damaged?
Cotton Damag< I about $1,000.
A bad tiro occurred in the Charles?
ton part of the Bumter freight yard
Sunday morning, beginning shortly af?
ter 8 o'clock and destroying live
empty box cars and damaging three
cars loaded with cotton and seventy
two bales of cotton in them. The loss
was estimated at about $ 1,000 alto?
gether on ears, cotton and track with
insurance partly covering the I OSS.
The cause of the tire is unknown,
but the yard master stated this morn?
ing that it is thought that il caught
from tramps making a tire in one of
the empty cars. The loss on the live
empty box cars is estimated at about
,$400 each; the loss on the three load?
ed cars is estimated at between $-00
and $250 each, with an additional
loss of about $1,000 on the seventy
two bales of cotton which were In?
jured by fire, smoke and water. Be?
sides this the track was ruined for a
distance of about 200 feet and this
will have to be replaced. The cotton
was a consignment, two cars from
Camden and one from Winnsboro, for
Bprunt and Sons at Wilmington.
When discovered the tire was burn?
ing in one of the empty box cars and
these were in bad condition so that
they could not be moved to where
the hose stretched out from the near?
est hydrant by the fire department
could reach them. The three cars
loaded with cotton were moved,
however, to where water could be
thrown on them and the fire was ex
, tinguished.
WOMEN LEAD HOWLING MOB.
Incite Crowd to Wild Disorder at Po?
litical Meeting of Anti-Thompson
Club.
Chicago, April 2.?Disorderly
scenes marred the meeting of the
"Can't Stand for Thompson club"
here today. "Women active In the
mayoralty campaign led the demon?
strations. The police were called and
j several men who seemed on the verge
of personal encounters were ejected.
Not one of the speakers was able to
talk more than a few words because
of the disorder.
Prohibitionists, Socialists, Republi?
cans and Democrats alike were hoot?
ed. Well known women stood on
seats and urged their partisans to fur?
ther demonstrations.
The scene was viewed from the
stage by Robert Sweitzer, Democratic
candidate for mayor; John H. Hill, the
prohibition candidate, and Seymour
Btedman, Socialist, and their wives.
William Hale Thompson, yachts?
man and former cowboy, was ad?
dressing a meeting at the stock yards
from horseback in his own behalf as
Republican candidate.
Women partisans led the Thomp?
son contingent. They were alleged
to have "packed" the meeting.
Hill was cried down. Sweitzcr's
voice was overstrained but it was said
he could not have made himself
hear anyway. Marian Drake, who
two years ago was Chicago's first wo?
man aldcrmanic candidate, was howl?
ed down when sho tried to speak
against Thompson.
EASTER SNOW EVERYWHERE.
I nusual lill/zard Sweeps tho Entire
Atlantic Coast.
j Philadelphia, April 3.?it has been
snowing steadily since early today,
j indications are that it w ill continue all
day. Temperature freezing.
Baltimore Snow Round.
Baltimore, April 15.?It is snowing
here with the temperature 38.
Clearing in Atlanta.
Atlanta. April ?The weather is
clearing: temperature forty above.
Gales Sweep Coast.
Washington, April 3.?Snowing here
but molding as it falls. Moderate
temperature. Heavy chilling gales
arc sweeping 'he coast far south to
, ward Florida. The general indications
ire for clearing weather and warmer
t tomorrow.
_
Cold in New York.
New York, April 3.?Snowing hard
here, Itain is predicted tor tomor
, row .
ANOTHER ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE
Communication with Central Itly Cut
off and Damage is Not Known in
Home.
Rome, April a severe earth?
quake shock was felt last night. It
was most severe in central Italy ami
communication with that section is
icul off. The government is preparing
to send relief. No Information has
been received as to losi of nie.
WiLLARD IS CHAMPION.
JOHNSON KNOCKED OUT IN 28TII
ROUND.
Up to Tilth Round Johnson Had His
Way?White Man Opened up in Last
Lew Minutes, Knocking Johnson
out in 26th Hound.
Havana, April 5.?Jesa Willard inj
a 26-round bout today knocked Jack J
Johnson from the ring In the final.
round, thereby taking the title of|
champion which the negro has held
since whipping Jim Jeffries.
In the first few rounds the advan?
tage seemed to rest with the negro,
Johnson practically ' ivlng it his way
up until the 'ifth -und. However,
alter the fifth thing! took a different
turn and in the last stretch of the
struggle the odds were altogether
with the white man. The twenty-sixth
and tlnal round in which Johnson suf
fered went about as follows:
Referee Welch ordered Johnson to
hurry to the centre of the ring. John?
son was slow to leave his corner. As
soon as the men laced each other for
I
the final bout Wlllard landed a right
swing in Johnson's body, a left band?
er getting the negro in the face. As^in
Wlllard landed a safe right to John?
son's jaw, stunning him severely.
Johnson replied by jabbing his left
weakly, and Willard, catching John?
son with a right swing at the jaw,
knocked him out.
WAS DUE TO TERROR.
Scott's Explanation of Indian Re?
sistance.
Washington, April 1.?Brig. Gen.
Scott, chief of staff of the army, re?
turned from his successful expedition
bringing in the recalcitrant Piutcs
impressed with the belief that Tse
Ne-Gat, their leader, is innocent of the
charge of murder, or that at least the
evidence is purely circumstantial and
possibly furnished by unfriendly Utes.
The general, long a friend of the
Indians and knowing their nature
thoroughly, believes the Piutes
thought the marshaU'fl posse which
they resisted was a lynching party of
cowmen. Gen. Scott found officials
responsive to his representations for
leniency. The general impressed offi?
cials in the Piute conutry that the In?
dians should know they might expect
considerate and just treatment In the
courts.
COUNCIL PROTESTS ON ACTION
COLUMBIA OFFICIALS GO TO GOV?
ERNOR IN BODY FOR CON?
FERENCE.
Claim Law is Bettor Enforced Now
Than Ever Before? I!xceiitive Says
Tie Must See Results?Sheriff Not
Relieved of charge.
Columbia, April t.?Mayor Griffith
Chief of Police Richardson and en?
tire city council of Columbia called
on Gov. Manning at noon regarding
law enforcement in the city of Co?
lumbia, following the publication of
the fact that the governor had gone
over the head of the mayor and call?
ed on Sheriff McCain to enforce the
laws. The city authorities protested
jthat they had done everything in their
power and the chief of police said he
Shad full authority to enforce all laws
and that conditions were better now
than they ever had been before.
Council endorsed his statement and
said Columbia was tight except pos?
sibly for a few "hip" tigers.
They did not ask the governor for*
Iiis information that liquor was being
sohl, but he told them he had it. "I
must have results," the governor told
the council. They promised every
cooperation to his request. The gov?
ernor questioned them closely as to
what steps they were taking to en?
force the liquor laws.
The mayor, and' council assem?
bled in extraordinary session this
morning, and went to the governor's
I office in a body. The city is much in?
terested. The governor has not said
I
j that he would relieve the sheriff of
! the responsibility for law enforce
i men: in Columbia.
MEETING OF AGRICULTURAL SO?
CIETY.
Dalzell, March 31.?The Hon. A.
j K. Sanders, president of the General
i Sumter Agricultural Society, has se
I cured the services of John J. Mc
Mahan, Esq., patriot absolute, earnest -
: ly enlisted in the cause for the better
I ment of country life, and education,
I in broad sense for old and young as
I indispensable basis for such improve
; ment, to come to the meeting at Gen
j eral Sumter school house on April
10th and make an address and take a
picnic dinner with uf.
Come all to hear him and talk to
; him. {
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