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TH1 ?nrnCR Y/ATCKMAN, EsulilUhed April, 1910. "Be Jost and Fear not?Let all tbe ends Thon Atms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, IUI
SUMTER, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1915.
Vol. XL. No. 33.
Hl! L?SE HEAVILY.
In Battle at Doritzia Italians Kill and Cap
ture Between Eight and Ten Thousand.
Submarines Continue Work of Destruc tion Against Russian
and British Vessels?English Cruiser Damaged in Mediter?
ranean Sea?Russians Come Back Strong Against Teutons
Driving Them Back Across Dniester River, Away From
South of Lemburg- French Successful in West?Artillery
Raging in the Dardanelles.
lU'KNl \\s COMK HACK.
Defeat Von l .liiA4 ngcn ami Capture
7,(MM) South of I**mbcrg.
Petrograd, Juno 11.?Suddenly as?
suming the offensive the Russians
south of U mt>erg defeated the Teu?
tons on tho Dniester, driving lien, von
Urningen back across the river.
They captured seven thousand and
many guns and cheeked the Teuton
drive.
< KKW AM? I* Ass IM. I KS LOST.
Hatatl* I in. r Sunk and IVw lv>*ca|M\
Herltn, June 11.- The Batavia liner
Hewina has been sunk and live of the
erew and eleven passengers only were
saved.
Italians Kill to,ooo Austrian*.
Geneva. June 11.?Between eight
and ten thousand Aurtrlans were lost
In fierce fighting with Italians around
Uortsla.
Austrtsns Kvscusto Po/./nehlo.
Milan. Jun* 11.?It Is reported
that the Austrtana blew up the fort?
ress end evacuated Poszachlo fifteen
miles South of Trent.
Italian-. I'SC Hl? ?U11S.
Oeneva, June 11.? The Italians are
vigorously bombarding the Santa%-.u
eia and 8ante Marie forts defending
Tolmeno night and day rwlU& heavy
gun*. The Austrlans along the Ison
so river are being reinforced from
the east.
siil?marinos Sink Ships.
I/ondon. June 11.?The Russian
bark Thomassini and the trawler
Coronella have been submarined in
the North sea, the Glasgow steamer
Htrathcarron was submarined off
Wales. The crews were saved. The
trawler Letty was sunk and the crew
lost; the trawelers Telfare and Luu
restlns were sunk by a Zeppelin in the
Noith sea and part of the crew lost.
Fremii Muko Gallic.
Paris. June 11 (Official).? The
French have captured several Ger?
man trenches east of the "labyrinth"
and tho em rnv Im retreating. They
hIh4? capturetl several German trench
en and a hundred prisoners near the
AlHsl Idlhl highway In tho region of
? i iie. The Allies have uchh vrmi
?oine new gains on the Dardanelles.
The Turks" los? was heavy.
Germans Have New Amiy.
Amsterdam, June 11.?The Ger?
mans are moving a new army of a
half million t.? the western front.
Swedish steamship submarined.
London, June 11.?The Swedish
m?. imship ni,ii;,i w n suhmarined in
the North sea t??.I i>. Tin- crew wus
saved.
HrltUlt CruUcr Torpedoed.
Vienna. June 11.- A small British
i ruin, i has been submarined In the.
Medll u oft San Qtovaal,
ITAI.IWs VKTOKlots HWEK1*.
AuMrluii* Suhl to Be thoroughly Dc
iwruliiori b> Continuous Dcrents.
Home, June If, ? With the Austrian
?Hist of M?infa|f.,ne, C.radlsea .m I
K'.vereto and a hundred villages In
Italian possession ami the Italian
?luve* sweeping toward Trent ami
te the Ausfrians seem complete
ly demoralized \>\ then continuous de?
feats. DaMftlons among the Aus
trUns are no numerous that their
ss)snasaa>dars are ?hnotlni them when
it-taken ami oonsai itlng srhatever
property they have. Three bloody
tattle* are raging In tbe I s< m/o v.illev.
one around Tolmeln .another in tbe
\ irlnlty of tlorxia, tbe third between
Ora discs ind Monfulcone,
t.KHMAN DIIIVI. < MIX KI D.
11 as-la n Defeat German Arm le* In
tllettng Severe I .ohm.
Petrograd. June It,?Tbe Russians
assuming the sjatasstvi have cheeked
Gen. Mackenion's Gennan armj Which
was attempting to advance from
Moscisku to Lemberg. Gen. von Lin
zengen, who was approuoing from
the Dniester river was driven back
across the river and continues the re?
treat, giving up much booty and pris?
oners. East of the StryJ river an en?
tire company of Austrians was rap?
tured. The Russians retired along
the Pruth river when the Germans ad?
vanced fiom Stanislau, but the Rus?
sians later clucked the advance and a
whole Teuton division was wiped out
when Gen. von Unsengen was defeat?
ed on the Dniester. Six thousand
Teutons were killed nt Mosciska when
the right wing of the enemy was out?
flanked.
_ I
FRENCH MAKE SLOW PROGRESS.
On the Western Front Advamv Is
Stendy.
Paris, June 12 (Official).?Although
slow', continual progress is being made
by the French around Arras. (Jains
were made also In the region of Font
De Buvul, north of J^orctte. One hun?
dred and fifty prisoners and a great
amount of munitions were captured
with several German trenches at Tout
vente farm, southwest of llebuterne,
Friday.
MIGHTY BATTLE IN POLAND.
Germans Ilavo Not Yet Succeeded In
Cr*i>hlnjr Russian Arodes.
Berlin, June 12.?Hostilities have
.developed on a large scale In Poland
where the Germans have won two
important fights, one at Prbasnysz and
the other at Sochaczew, west of War?
saw. They captured seven hundred
prisoners. Gen. von Linsengen has
engaged the Russians who were ad?
vancing against his left wing in Gali
cia. A mighty conflict is raging
around Zurowano ?long the Dniester,
the town having changed twice. The
Kassians have been driven beyond the
bridge head at Meinska. At the west
the Allies have been repulsed at
Ypres and near Lorotte. The French,
heavily reinforced. attacked the
Labyrinth, but were repulsed. The
Germans ud\anced near llebuterne.
Italians Take Porto Rosego.
Home, June It.?The Italians have
occupied Porto RoeCgOi South of Mon
l'alcone, seizing a number of ships in
the yards, among them a small
cruiser.
MARSHALL INDORSES NOTE.
Vice President Thinks Nearly Every?
body Will ba ftaJOUd lO Agree With
It.
Indianapolis, Ind., Junt* 11.?"I
have read with a very great deal of
pleasure and satisfaction the official
communication to the German govern?
ment, said Vice President Marshall to?
day. I shall be greatly surprised if
there shall be found any large num?
ber of men in America who do not ful?
ly approve <>f It! tone and contents.
The president is meeting conditions,
ami no difference how much we may
all desire arbitration and universal
peace peace conditions are not chang- 1
ed by sueh dealrea He speaks the
Voles of our common humanity, and I
shall be greatly disappointed it' the
(lerman government does not coincide
a It h his vlee a
"We are ;i peace loving and a peace
seeking people and we will meet the
powers of the world on that basis
whenever it may be possible to devise
a workable plan. Bui until that time
comes there are few of us who will
imt insist upon nur rlghta
"The president could not consent to
I principle which would not put the
government behind an American
wherever he may lawfully be, This is
the traditional eonr.se insisted upon
properly by the American people."
DOUBLE MURDERER HANGED.
Florida Neuro Pfeys I \M\ for liill
lug Wealthy I ilists.
Palatka. Fla.. dune II- < !|yd<
Stover, the negro murderer of lb<
Qnrdner brothers was hanged at noon
today, A large crowd was present.
COL, HOUSE SAYS HE SAW 1IKADS
or EUROPEAN GOVERN?
MENTS.
I>i<l not Go to Talk Peace, but to
Learn sentiment of European Coun?
tries?Says (He Was not a Represen?
tative of Preeident Wilson.
New York, June 13.?While admit?
ting he had talked with leading gov?
ernment official! of Germany, France,
and England, Col. Edward M. House,
who arrived from Liverpool today,
denied that his trip to Europe In any
way was connected with a possible
peace mission, or that he was the
personal emissary of President Wil?
son. Col, House was a passenger on
the American line steamship St. Paul.
"I did not talk peace and that was
not my mission abroad," Col House
declared, "That report was the big?
gest piece of nonsense that I have
heard." He also said that he was not
called home by President Wilson.
Col. House said that since leaving
New York on January 30 he had met
land talked with leading officials of
the European governments, but added
that his visit was a personal one, as
a private citizen, and that it had no
political Significance, He said he went
to Europe almost every year and this
trip had been no exception as to in?
tent or purpose.
Asked it* lie had communicated
with President Wilson during his ab?
sence on any matter of importance
that had come to his notice, Col.
House said that such would be the
duty of any American citizen and that
President Wilson was his personal
friend.
Col. House said he left New York
January 30 on the Lusitania, the trip
on which Capt. Dow Hew the Ameri?
can flag while passing the German
war zone. He added, however, that he
did not see the American flag. He
visited England for two weeks, he
said, and while there talked with Pre?
mier Asquith, David Lloyd-George
and Lord Kitchener.
From England he went to Paris,
where he visited a week and we- "re?
ceived by President Polncare, Minis?
ter of Foreign Affairs Delcasse and
(others. In both of these countries, he
said, he stopped at hotels.
From Paris, Col. House said he
went to Berlin where he was a guest
Of Ambassador Gerard. In Germany
he talked With Foreign Ministe von
Jagow and Chancellor von Bethmann
Hollweg, Under Secretary of State
Zimmerman and others. He was in
Berlin for a week, going thence to
Switzerland and then back to I^ondon.
"In Berlin, as everywhere else I
visited. I was treated nicely," said
Col. House. "My reason for talking
with the men I did had nothing to do
With peace. I knew them all and al?
ways visit them," he added.
"How long Is this war going to
last?" he was asked.
"You know as well as I do, or as
well as Sir Edward Grey or Minister
Delcasse or von Jagow," was his re?
ply.
"Does England want to see the
United States in this war?" was an?
other question put to him.
"Opinion is divided-?some think it
would not be an advantage to the
CaUSS of the allies." was the answer.
"Has the United States lost its
standing as an Influence for peace?"'
"I don't know that it has ever un?
dertaken the task." he said.
Col. House said that he was in I^on
don when the Lusitania was sunk
ami when the first American note to
Germany was made public. He de?
clined to comment on these subjects.
He said that in all countries he visited
i there w as a strong spirit of confidence
as to an outcome favorable to the
side that the particular people favor?
ed, but that the people generally were
tired of war.
Asked about supplies of foodstuffs,
ammunition, etc., he said that he had
seen nothing or heard nothing that
he should not see or hear.
The resignation of William Jen?
nings Bryan as secretary was called
to his attention. He said he heard of
it on the St. Paul, but he would make
no comment. As to Mr. Bryan's suc?
cessor he said he had no idea. He
was told that he had been mentioned
as possible successor. Ho replied:
"It has not been offered to me, 1
have never held public office or de
ilrod it."
Col, Mouse .said he had not com
munleated with President Wilson
since his return. Ho expected to go
to Washington bul did not know
when. He added that he had not
sounded neutral nations on the sub?
ject of p< ace or war.
ADVISER TO PRESIDENT.
(IdaIn ever have admitted concerning
Col. K. M, House's visit t?? Europe
DEPARTS FOR FATHERLAND ON
NORWEGIAN SHIP.
Allies Have Given Promise of His Safe
Passage to Europe,
New York, June 1" ?Dr. Bernhard
D?rnberg, frequently referred to as
the official spokesman in America of
the German Empire, departed today
on hoard the steamship Bergensfjord
for Bergen, Norway, ending a visit
to this country of several months,
during which time he assumed an at
i titude in reference to several inter?
national matters in which America
and Germany were involved which
are thought to have brought upon him
Ithe displeasure of the Wilson admin?
istration. His departure was volun?
tary, it was explained.
Assurances of his safe conduct
across the Atlantic were given by the
governments of France, Great Britain
and Russia, through their embassies.
Dr. D?rnberg reached the climax in
his numerous speeches in America
when he made an address intended to
justify the sinking of the Cunard liner
Lusltanla, though he expressed deep
regret for the loss of the American
lives.
A few minutes before the vessel
cast off, Dr. D?rnberg was again nak?
ed If he cared to make any statement:
"Only this," he replied, "that I have
been misunderstood in what I have
said and written, especially about the
Lusltanla, but I do not resent It."
Dr. Dernhurg seemed in rare good
humor, chatted smilingly with friends
who came to the pier to wish him bon
voyage, posed for photographers, talk?
ed with newspaper men for a few mo?
ments and went to his suite aboard
I the steamer, which had been turned
into a bower of roses by admirers,
with the hope, he said, that the war
soon would end with honor for all
engaged.
For America and his treatment
here, D:. Dernhurg expressed kindly
sentiments.
'My feelings for this country ru*e
absolutely unchanged,'' he said.
"I have been treated with indis?
criminate nicety, except on one occa?
sion which I do not care to discuss."
"What occasion is that, Dr. D?rn?
berg?" a reported asked.
"The*Lusltanla matter,' ho replied.
Although pressed for an interview,
Dr. Deimberg would not violate the
rule of silence he has observed for a
month.
"I've said everything I've got to
say," he >ld the newspaper men.
During the forenoon Dr. Dernberg
I kept in seclusion, but it was surmised
he hade good-bye to Count Bernstorff,
'the Gorman ambassador, who was
'staying at the same hotel. He sailed
late today.
On his way across the ocean Dr.
Dernberg will occupy what is known
i as "the king's suite," the finest on the
steamer, a suite of rooms which every
Norwegian vessel Is required to main?
tain for possible use of the king of
Norway.
Bryan and Wile Take Best.
Washington, June 12.?Former Sec?
retary of State Bryan announced to?
day he would devote the next two
week's to resting. He intends to visit
Old Point Comfort, Va., for the week?
end and on his return, he said, would
have his plans for June matured.
In a statement announcing his
movements, Mr. Bryan emphasized
that none of his predecessors had
served more hours at his desk, a great?
er number Of days in the year, and
added that Mrs. Bryan, who hail
?shared the strain with him, also was
In need of a rest.
has been that he was expected while
there to look into the question of
coordinating American relief work
abroad.
it is known, however, thai Col.
[louse has made frequent confidential
reports to the president on the senti?
ment abroad toward peace. These re?
ports have told particularly of the
results of Interviews with European
officials.
The president had relied on Col.
House more than upon any one man
for correct information concerning
official and popular opinion In the
belligerent nations. Through the
colomd he has kept in close touch
with peace discussions with the hope
of urging his original offer of media?
tion at proper time,
As Col. House has been one of the
president's chief advisers regarding
appointments, it is believed that the
president Will discuss the question
with him before naming a successor
to Mr. Bryan as secretary of State.
Col. House is expected at the White
House tomorrow or Tuesday.
Sheriff Hood Mortally Wounded, Four Dep
uties and Prisoner Shot to Death
By Enraged Mob,
DETERMINED EFFORT MADE BY MEN TO TAKE PRISONER RE
STI/rs IN KILLING OE POSSE MEMBERS?EIRE RETURNED AND
OTHERS SAID TO BE INJURED?NEGRO, PTES SMITH, WAS BE?
ING TAKEN FROM JAIL TO COURT HOUSE TO BE TRIED FOR
CRIMINAL ASSAVI7T ? COMPANY OF MILITIA CONTROL THE
SITUATION.
Columbia, June 14.?Sheriff A. D.
Hood was desperately and probably fa?
tally wounded and two or three of his
deputies shot by a mob of men this
morning, which, according to reports
reaching Columbia stopped the sheriff
who was taking Utes Smith, a negro,
to Winnshoro to be placed on trial
this morning for rape. The negro is
reported to have been lynched.
Mayor Robinson, of Winnshoro, tele?
graphed Gov. Manning that three or
j four men had been wounded in the
mob's effort to lynch the negro, and
! asked for the militia.
1 The Winnshoro company was order
i ed under arms, but it is stated that
I no ammunition was available and the
adjutant general's otlice began prep?
arations to forward the ammunition to
' Winnsboro.
t Later orders were sent to Columbia
for a special train to take Dr. Lc
! Grand Guerry and surgeons to Winns?
boro and they had orders to be ready
to operate on Sheriff Hood as soon as
Winnsboro was reached. The special
train left Columbia at 11.05 o'clock.
Later?Capt. Doty of the Winns?
boro militia company telephoned to
Columbia for additional ammunition,
saying that his supply was short. Up?
on orders from the governor's ofllce
Major J. Shapter Caldwell left Col urn -
biat at 11.25 with 3,000 rounds of
ammunition. He was accompanied by
a detail of 10 :nen to keep the mob
! from seizing the ammunition.
Negro Prisoner Killed.
A report from Winnsboro this af?
ternoon said that the sheriff and his
twenty deputies had just arlved at the
court house when a small mob began
firing into the crowd. The deputies
returned the lire. The negro was al?
most instantly killed. Sheriff Hood
dropped, mortally wounded in the
abdomen. Four of the deputies fell
by shots of the mob. The special train
bearing the wounded men will arrive
in Columbia at 1 o'clock. The situa?
tion was reported quiet at noon with
the militia in full charge of the situa?
tion. No arrests have been made.
TEN CENTS FOR COTTON.
Great Britain Announces Settlement
of Claims for Two Detained Ves?
sels.
Washington, June 11.?Settlement
of the first of a number of claims filed
against Great Britain by American
cottoji shippers whose cargoes have
been seized was announced here to?
night by the British embassy in a
statement which said:
"The British embassy is informed
by cable from London that payment
on account has been made to a repre?
sentative of Messrs. L. Wolff ft Co.,
in respect of their shipments of cot
Ion In the steamships Dicido and Li?
vonia, at the rate of 10 cents per
pound, the t<dal sum paid being up?
wards of [?9,000 pounds. No other
claims have yet been perfected by the
production of documents showing the
title he cargoes.
British government has al ?
ready announced that they have from
the first been willing and anxious to
effect an immediate settlement of
claims In respect of these preempted
cargoes on production In London of
the documents showing ownership
and all the shippers interested have
been so notified.
DENMARK STIRRED UP.
Over England's |*ropoflUl to Limit Ex?
port of Coal.
London, June 12.?A Star dispatch
from Copenhagen says Denmark is
greatly stirred over Great Britain's
proposal to limit and perhaps prohibit
the export of coal to neutral countries.
Delegations have gone to London to
protest.
American coal companies, the dis?
patch says, have agreed to send Don
mark 200,000 tons of poal monthly,
but the price is considerably higher
than the English product.
BIG RIOT / ?IHNSBORO.
_ _ ? ,_
y nf -
POUR PET . 4 KILLED IX AT
TEMPT jT TAKK PRISONER
A' . FROM SHERIFF.
Mil it I- end out to Take Charge of
Si v /?telephone Message Says
Efforts of Mob Were I dmh ?
?1?Negro Charged with Hein
(>ff eiuse.
As the result ot* a riot at Winnsboro
this morning four persons are report?
ed dead and others injured. This news
reached Sumter this morning in a
telephone message here from Winns?
boro.
From the meager information ob?
tained it seems that an attempt was
made by an armed mob to seize Utes
S^iith, a negro charged with
criminal assault against a white
woman, the wife of a well
known farmer of Fairfield county, and
take him away from the sheriff, who
was conveying him from the jail to
i the court house tor trial on this
Icharge. The information received
j stated that four persons were killed
' in the attempt which was unsuccess?
ful. The militia company of the town
was at once ordered out to take charge
j of the situation and to preserve or?
der.
The Case Against Utes Smith.
Winnsboro, June 13.?Utes Smith,
the negro farm hand charged with
criminal assault on the wife of a
well known farmer of this county,
the alleged offense being committed
the latter part of April, and who has
, been since confined in the State peni?
tentiary as a precaution against possi?
ble mob violence, will face . trial at
the regular session of June court
which convenes tomorrow with Judge
IJ. S. Wilson presiding.
Smith was captured by a posse
j headed by Sheriff A. D. Hood, rural
policemen and relatives of the victim
a Tier a man hunt* lasting for several
days at Uly the wood, a small station
near Columbia, while leisurely walking
along the railroad clad in overalls.
The negro made no resistance and
was taken into town and rushed to
the penitentiary where he has since
been incarcerated.
The sheriff later made the statement
that his prisoner confessed to the
charge after being interrogated.
A report has spread that an attempt
would be made to block the court
by seizing the negro and dealing sum?
marily with him but the officers in
touch with the situation are of ths^
opinion that the proceedings of the
court will not be interrupted by any
such lawless means. Outside of ybs
case of Smith the court will adjourn
in two days, being the shortest pro?
ceedings in some time.
NEGRO TRIEB TO END LIFE.
Ren Bess Attempts to Commit suicide
in Flore woe Jail?Faces Long Sen?
tence.
Florence, June 12.?Ben Bess, a
negro, convicted on the charge of
criminal assault, attempted suicide in
the county jail here last night by try?
ing to hang himself. Bess made a
rope out of his blankets, and ticing
it securely around his neck he fas?
tened tin- other end to the bars in the
top of the cell and threw himself
from his hunk. The fall he got was
only about live feet but the blanket
rope broke and consequently he re?
ceived only slight injuries and these
were sustained when he hit the iron
floor of the jalL
Hess gave as his reason that he pre?
ferred death to going to tbe peni?
tentiary, he having received a sen?
tence of 30 years f<?r his crime.
C?corgis Negro Lynched.
Toceoa, Oa., June 14.?Sam Steph?
ens, a negro rapist who escaped jail
Saturdav, was lynched early this
morning. <