The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 07, 1915, Image 1
man an? Southron.
WATCHMAN, F^tAhlUhed April, 1910.
"Be JojpC and Fear not?TJet all the ends Thon Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's end Truth's."
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June,
Consolidated Aur. 2; 1881.
8?MTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1915.
Vol. XL, No. 39.
Raids of the German Submarines on British
Shipping is Fruitful of Dire Results
to Their Enemies.
KANT TEUTONS II AVK MADE STRATEGIC MOVE TO CUT OFF
1VAXGOROD AND WARSAW IX SAME STROKE, TlfV'S INSURING
CAPTURE OF HTIE8 AND DEFENDERS?RUSSIANS OFFER RES
PEBATK RKMISTANCF?ONE OF RUSSIA'S REST MILITARY LEAD
HUM DEAD?RKTORT THAT ALLIES HAVE CAPTURED KRITIUA
IM UNCONFIRMED?TURKS LOSE MANY MEN.
LITTLE NEWH FROM (.AI.I I mi l
Alum Have Inflicted Heavy Lossen on
Tarka Hnt Capture of Krttlda Not
Athene, July 1.?No official confir?
mation haa yet been received of the
report that tho Allies have captured
Krttala. the chief Turkish defensive
position on the Oalllpoll peninsular,
but It Is known that the Allies won
Important heights, Inflicting heavy
lessee on the Ottoman troops. The
Turks loesee In ten days near
iCrithla have exceeded twel\? thous?
and. Several tranche* were captured
and the forts damaged by tire from
the Allled fleet.
GERMANS DOWN ON NEGROES.
Crew of Submarine Kicked Them
Hack Into Water.
Cardiff. July 1.?-Several members
of the Armenian crew including l>r. J.
H Visor of Richmond, Va., were made
prlsonere**>y the U-38, the lifeboat In
which they left the ship overturning.
Dr. Visor and the ot'.ier occupants
swarn to the submarine. The negro
swimmers were kicked back Into the
water, while the whites were taken
aboard.
ARMENIAN INCIDENT CLOSED.
Tne Veered mates Has no Ground for
Protest.
Washington. July 2.?There la a
marked lessening of the tension in
official quarters over the sinking of
the Armenian. While declining to
discuss the matter officials are dis?
posed to accept the reports that Capt.
Trlckey resisted capture and this, to?
gether with the admission of the Hrlt
Ish government that the Armenian
was on admiralty business leaves the
I nlted States without ground for pro?
test. Officials are Inclined to regard
the incident as closed.
Hl MHARINE AND AEROPLANE
F1UI1T.
Aslrcreft Drop* Homt* on Underwa?
ter Machine.
Rome. July 2.?Aviator Roullett of
the French flying corps engaged tr\
battle with an Austrian submarine In
th? Adriatic sea on Thursday. The
aviator dropped four bombs, three of
which struck the submarine, which. It
Is believed, was badly damaged.
(?KRMsNS \I\KF. DARING MOVE.
End r so or to Cot Off Two Russian
Strongholds at Some- Time.
Petrograd. July 2.?Von Macken
*on suddenly diverted his forces in a
daring effort to cut off both Ivangorod
and Warsaw. Th* Russians are light?
ing desperately In the region of
cienin o defeat the coup.
( rmn Prlncv In Argnnm***.
Paris. July 2. ? <Mllci.il statement
shown thst tho German Crown Prince
In continuing bis efforts to States tne
French lines In the Argomu m\ The
fighting Is ggMftaed M most \lolent.
The (Jerninin 1 > assumed the
offensive at Arrus. The French claim
that all attacks have bees i> | il ? l
German Drive Clus Wed.
Petrograd. July 2.?Russian mili?
tary espert* believe that (lo- Austro
Qeeasas *11?^?- la Qaltcls has been defi?
nitely chi'ckt d The al>andoument of
th* HiTiimn offensive i^ ais?? sapsotsd,
t? ? ir hard Agatlag soatlnues Hiera, The
German* advanced ?q nipidly that
th*v left their artillery supplies I.. -
hind and this n.I is being felt
(.en TnknrvfT Killed.
Petrograd. July 2.- Gen. Tokareff.
one of Russia's b?>st known military
lenders was recently killed leading a
charge in Gallela.
Italian-* Fight Deliberately.
Rome, July 2. ? Desperat.? lighting
ta In g#gSJPgdi around Oof Meg an tils
Orison river while the Italians are
struggling to open the way to Trieste.
The Italians dominate the estern
heights but the Austrians are vigor?
ously attacking and trying to dis?
lodge them. These attacks have so
far been repulsed. The Austrians are
losing heavily.
Three* targe Steamers Submarined.
London, July 2.?Continuing their
disastrous raids against British com?
merce German submarines last night
sent threo more large vessels to the
bottom. The first victim was the
steamer Welbury of threo thousand
five hundred tons, from Mattanzart to
Liverpool with a cargo of sugar.
Quickly following the report of the
loss of the Welbury the news camo
that the Caucasian, forty-six hundred
t'>ns, and the Inglemoor, forty-three
hundred tons, had met a like fate.
All the crews were e'ven time to take
to the boats.
Later advices added three more
victims to the list lost by attacks of
submarines. Steamer Argyll, thirty
five hundred tons, a trawler sunk and
the steamer Tunlslana, which was tor?
pedoed but escaped sinking.
German Note Expected July 8tli.
Washington, July 3.?The German
reply to tho last American note on
the submarine warfare is expected
July Mh or Ktt. The Armenian lu
cident will not complicate negotia?
tions. Authoritlve reports from Ber?
lin state that the reply will be frank?
ly conciliatory. It is intimated that
Germany may insist on the discon?
tinuance of tho use of neutral flags by
enemy ships. It Is pointed out that
tho submarines have little time to visit
and search ships owing to the danger
to themselves. United States may
make representations to Great Brit?
ain about the use of neutral flags.
WILL REWRITE REPLY.
German Answer to American Noto
Cluinged by Sinking of Armenian.
ier!ta\ July 3.?A high offlclal told
the International News Service today
that the German reply to the Ameri?
can note will be delayed as the result
of the sinking of the Armenian. The
reply which had already been sub?
mitted to the era per or for approval
will be rewritten.
Italian-, Capture Positions.
Rome, July 3.?Heavy losses are
being inflicted on the Austrians in the
Carnlc Alps, northwest of Malborgeto,
according to official statements from
officials at the front. They declare
the Austrian offense has broken down
and the Italians are victorious in the
engagement where largo bodies of
troops were used. A large number of
Austrian positions and prisoners have
been captured*
Germans Near linngorod.
Austrian Headquarters, July I,? By
rapid advances the Austro-tiennans
ere now only thirty-three miles from
the groat Rueelan fortress of Ivan
Borod, The Russian resistance stead?
ily grows weaker.
Crown Prince'** Army Kcpulscd.
Paris. July 3.?Another repulse of
the Crown Prince's army In the Ar?
gon ncs IS Officially announced. he
spite their heavy losses, however, the
G rmans maintain their attacks. The
battle Is still in progress.
Hindi Puts up Handsome Signs.
The National Bank of South Caro?
lins this morning pieced two hand?
some signs on Its walls just on each
side of the doorway, The si^ns are
of bronse, One ?i\es the name of the
Institution and the time it was found?
ed, while the other Informs the passer?
by thai the bank lielonvs to the fed?
ere 1 reset ? system and has s capital
stock of line.oen with surplus of
?1.'?n,00u and give date of erection.
PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR WILL
NOT LET NEGRO BE BROUGHT
BACK TOR TRIAL.
Fred Brown Recites Utterances of
Governor WCSJSC to Show That Ro
Cannot Have Fair Trial if Returned
to South Carolina Oil Charge of
Murder.
Columbia, July 2.?Information has
been received here today that Govern?
or Brumbaugh of Pennsyvania has
Withdraws the requisition warrant is?
sued by Former Gov. Teuer of Penn?
sylvania for the return to this State of
Joe Grant, alias Fred Brown, a negro
who is wanted in Edgeflelyd county
for tha alleged murder of J. L. Durst,
a white man at Johnston, during
April, H'OG.
Extraordinary efforts have been
made by consul for Grant to keep
him from this State. Appeals on writs
of habeas corpus were refused by the
federal district court of Pennsylvania,
the United States circuit court of ap?
peals of the same State and Mie Unit?
ed States supreme court. Grant has
been under arrest at Philadelphia
since IUI3. Attorney General Pecples
and Gov. Manning this morning wired
the executive authorities of Penn?
sylvania requesting a hearing before
Gov. Brumbaugh.
Grant's contention is that he cannot
get a fair trial in South Carolina and
if he is brought back he will be
lynched. In an effort to bolster his
contentions ho quotes public utter?
ances of Former Governor Blease, re?
cites incidents in the Frank case and
the affray at Winnsboro last month in
which the late Clyde Isenhowcr is al?
leged to have shot to death Jules
Smith, a nogro. George Bell Tim
merman solicitor of the 11th Judicial
Circuit will go to Pennsylvania to
represent South Carolina, if a hearing
is granted. %
TO PREVENT MA'S RETURN
UNITED STATES WILL BLOCK EF?
FORTS TO REACH MEXICO. '
Will Watch Former Dictator so That
Ex-dlcator Cannot Again Bring
Trouble to Southern Country.
Washington, July 2.?The United
SUites is determined that Gen. Vic
toriano Huerta shall not reenter Mex?
ico from American territory while he
may constitute a factor for the dls
tubranco of the political or military
situation.
The means by which Huerta will
be held has not been determined. He
is now at liberty on bond and will bo
given a hearing July 12 when the de?
partment of justice will endeavor to
press its charge of neutrality viola?
tion. Meanwhile C 'partmcnt agents
are keeping Huerta under surveillance
and the military has been ordered to
prevent his crossing the border.
Emphasis was laid In official quar?
ters today on the possible rearrest of
Huete as e result of a formal re?
quest for extradition received yester?
day from the Villa governor of the
State of Chihuahua. Should the gov?
ernment fall to prove that Huerta is
?Ullty Of Violating American neutral?
ity, or decide to withdraw its charges,
high officials pointed out, he could
be arrested and held for 40 days with?
out bail pending receipt of evidence
from the Villa authorities.
Some talk was heard today about a
possible deportation of Huerta to
Spain. Assistant Attorney General
[Warren of the department of justice
conferred With Secretary Wilson cf
the department of labor and Commis?
sioner General Camlnetti of the im?
migration bureau on the subject.
None would discuss the case, but of
liciais generally, however, doubted
that any statute could be invoked to
w arrant doportatlon,
j In the event Huerta finally is freed
it is sxpeoted government agents and
Ihe military authorities will keep him
under watch and prevent his return
to Mexico,
?
MURDER IN FLORIDA.
Wealthy Lumberman Kills Two Wo?
men and Burns Bodies.
Clearwater, Pia., July *.?J. J.
Mendenhall, a wealthy lumberman
ami orange grower, while riding on
the Tampa Road with Mrs. HI lot! and
lo r daughter, killed them both and
burned their bodies in the automobile.
The alarm WAS given by the chauffer
and .Mendenhall was arrested.
The women's names are Mrs. ('has.
Wellcotl and Miss Andrews, of Tam?
pa, Fin. it is reported that her
mother threatened Mendenhall with
prosecuting him under the white slave
law unless he divorced his Wife and
married thi girl,
SOUTH SUFFERED ALSO.
BELIGCM X<>T ALONE IN FEED?
ING EFFECTS OF CRUELTY.
Old Men, Women und Children Were
the Victims of Rrutality of Federal
Oflicers und Soldiers in the War Be?
tween the States.
Editor Daily Item:
As wc hear so much about the
cruelty of the Germans in the world
war, I think for the information of
the younger generation, you should
publish the enclosed letter from the
New York Times. Men in all ages
have been the same when hate and
strife has taken the place of love and
peace. D. James Winn.
OUR OWN FRIGIITFLLNESS IN
WAR.
Not That it Was More or Less, Btlf
Recollections of it Should Temper
What We Think or Other People.
(By Martha McCulloch-Williams.)
Hohokus N. Y., June 7, 1916,
To the Editor of The New York Times.
The future historian will have
much to thank you for; in your col?
umns he will tind illumination as to
the real conduct and meaning of the
civil war. By this illumination he
will understand that Sherman's so fa?
mous definition was meant to be tak?
en in wholly a Pickwickian sense, and
that Sheridan's boast, "The crow
Hying after me down the valley will
have to cary his rations," was no
more than a bit of harmless gas?
conade.
For has not Mr. George Haven Put?
nam authoritatively absolved both
from any taint of real harshness? The
march to the sea was no more than
a combination of pleasure jaunt and
missionary effort, designed to show
th benighted inhabitants the exceed?
ing beauties and virtues of 'culchaw"
as practiced and understood north of
Mason and Dlxon's line. Funny how
like, except for the spelling, are
"culchaw" and "kultur." I mean in
effect upon those to whom they were
administered.
At the rJsk of appearias..grasping,
a glutton for information, I beg of
Mr. Putnam to clarify for us addition?
ally the sack and burning of Colum?
bia, South Carolina's capital, and Gen.
Butler's order, issued in New Orleans,
that any woman manifesting disfavor
for the invaders should be regarded
and treated as a woman of the town!
They are things that have puzzled me.
Now 1 have a fresh puzzle, namely,
Where General Weyler ,a volunteer
lid on Sherman's staff, learned the
art of war as he afterward practiced
it in Cuba. In my blindness I had
thought ho was putting in practice tho
lessons of experience. This must he
Impossible, since Mrs. Mary Cadawald
er Jones bears testimony, three
months after the fact, that the peo?
ple of Georgia had "nothing but star?
vation to complain of as a result of
the march to the sea." Possibly this
is a result of long-distance observa?
tion; I doubt if the lady followed
backward the track of the army. But
the Bryce report makes it plain that
only thrOUgli long-distance observa?
tion after the fact does one get at
real truth.
Now, as to neither Sherman nor
Sheridan have 1 any first-hand knowl?
edge. But, on the strength of three
years in a debatable land, the blue
grass Of Middle Tennessee, I have all
this fifty years been laboring under
the misconception that the civil war
was something harsher than a kinder?
garten experiment in humanity by
force of arms. Mr. Putnam states
that he never knew an official called
on to protect a Sorthern woman from
private soldier. Neither did I; but I
do know of a case Where B young
woman, well horn and bred, unim?
peachable In repuattion and position,
I leaped at midnight from a second
story window Into a snow bank and
ran barefoot, in night clothes, a mile
to escape a Federal Captain who had
broken in the door of the house,
swearing to her mother that he had
come for "that big girl of her's, and
meant to have her in spite of-!"
This was within three miles of my
father's plantation and four miles
of Clarksville, Tenn., a fortified post.
I withhold the name OUt Of regard
for descendants and kinfolk of the
lady, hut will give it and make oath
to the facts privately for any doubt?
er.
Mr. Putnam says further no outrage
bail official sanction. Again he lets
light into my darkened understand?
ing shortly nfter the fall of Fori
Donelson put us under Federal do?
mination there was issued from
headquarters an order requiring every
w hite person above I.". to appear be?
fore the nearest Provosl Marshal and
swear allegiance to the Federal GoV
lernment, else be banished?-sent
HIGH BIRTH RATE SHOWN.
LEE AND HORRY LEAD INCREASE
FOR MAY.
Deaths from Pellagra, Cancer, Penu
monia and Diseases of Circulation
'Head Mortality Lists, According to
Reporte,
Columbia, July 2.?The highest
birth rate attained since the incep?
tion of the State bureau of vital sta?
tistics January 1 was returned by the
local registrars during the month of
May, the rate being 29.8 per 1,000
inhabitants for the entire State. The
total number of births was 4,064,
which is greater by 200 than the births
in April. The annual death rate,
based on the returns for May, is 16,
the same as in April and the number
of deaths was 2,185 or 67 more than
in April.
Lee county had the highest birth
rate with 52.3, followed closely by
Worry county with 51.
The death certificates for April,
whicli have been divided under the
several diseases causing the deaths,
shown on the whole an increase in
deaths from pellagra, cancer, pneu?
monia and diseases of circulation,
over the figures for three monUis1
preceding. The following number of
deaths resulted in April from the dis?
eases named: Tuberculosis, 192; pel?
lagra, 92; typhoid fever, 17; cancer,
58; malaria, 16; pneumonia, 301; dis?
eases of circulation, 236; diseases of
the kidney, 142; whooping cough,
22; pleurisy, 6.
The following Is a consolidated
statement showing the distribution of
deaths according to sex, color and
j ago for the months of January, Feb?
ruary and March:
Male white?1 to 10 years, 319; 10
to 30, 118; 30 to 60, 287; over 60,
316. Total, 1,040.
Female white?1 to 10 years, 265;
10 to 30 years, 152; 30 to 60, 283;
over 60, 384. Total, 1.0S5.
Negro male?1 to 10 years, 559;
10 to 30, 321; 30 to 60, 417; over 60,
348. To'tal, 1,645.
Negro female?1 to 10 years, 446;
10 to 30, 375; 30 to 60, 470; over 60,
-. 1 - ? -j i. . .1
248. Total, 1,539.
through the lines with no more than
the clothes they stood in. Now, be?
ing illumined, I understand that it
was only the yearning of a benevolent
government to save us from the er?
rors of our ways. People submitted
and took the oath?old men, women,
young and old?wives, knowing that
henceforth they could not lawfully
succor husbands away fighting for the
Confederacy; mothers of sons in gray,
girls bound thereby to betray their
sweethearts if in the heat of love they
ventured within the lines.
A fanciful danger? Perhaps!
Again experience says No. An old
man and sonless, my husband's grand?
father, living a mile outside the post,
took the oath of allegiance, though his
heart was with the South. He kept it,
to his cost, as what follows proves. A
fortnight after thus localizing him?
self he sat after supper toasting his
feet at the fire, when a man in
brown jeans came in, saying fright
cnedly that he was an escaped prison?
ed, a Confederate soldier, and
hungry. Thereupon the old gentle?
man answered: "I cannot feed you
because I have sworn not to give
aid and comfort to the enemies of the
gov ernment. Hut I never yet sent any
man hungry from my door. There is
food on the table?if you choose to
eat. I cannot prevent it." The man
sat down and ate, but not hungrily,
and ran away after a few minutes
only to come back with a file of sol?
diers in blue. He was a spy, sent out
to test loyalty. At his orders the old
man was seised, not permitted to put
on Iiis shoes or overcoat, but tied up?
on a bareback mule, taken to town,
and thrust for the night Into a stone
floored cell in the county jail, com?
mandeered for a military prison, and
kept there until morning without be?
ing permitted to communicate with
his friends. His wile sought out the
friends and the old man was released
under heavy bond before noon. Hut
the cold night had done its work; he
never again saw a well day. inside
tw o months he* was dead, a victim to
his own kind bean and the kindness
id' a humane govcrnmnet.
Another old man also a family
connection?a minister, but rich, liv?
ing some miles from Fort Henry on
the Tennessee River, was seised by
Federal soldiers, strapped to a board,
and bis feel held to the tire until they
literally burned off, in the effort to
make him tell where his money was
hidden. Mis wife meanwhile vv;ts tied
lip by the thumbs until blood burst
from them, and she happily fainted.
Itul why go on? I could fill a Sun?
day issue with f light fulness and not
exhaust my memories. Harking back
PIERPONT MORGAN SHOT
GREAT BANKER THE VICTIM OF
A CRANK.
11c Was Shot at Ills Summer Home on
Long Island?Two Bullets Took Ef?
fect But Wounds not Serious?Crank
Arrested.
New York, July 3.?J. Pierpont
Morgan, ' pf the great banking
house, w; '( at his summer home
at Glehc ~?ong Island, early today
by a rr ? /ho is believed to he a
crank. #
Mo 4? was shot twice but his
*? /
wou .. .re not serious. The crank
wa1 Aired.
a / -
signed statement made this af
*e
, . on the man gave his name as F.
^ , of Ithaca, N. Y. He said he
i a former profesor of French at
jrnell University.
"Sent by God."
Glencove, L. I., July 3.?John Pier?
pont Morgan, the head of the great
financial house was shot in the side
and leg by a crank at his country home
this morning. His wounds are slight.
The man, who speaks with a strong
? German accent, was overpowered by
servants and is now in Jail. He stated
that Morgan was responsible for the
continuance of the European war and
he wanted to help his country. He
has not yet been identified. He ar?
rived at 9.30 and drove to the Mor?
gan residence in a taxicab. Wrhen the
butler told him that the financier
could not be seen he drew a revolver
and tried to force his way in. At?
tracted by the noise Mr. Morgan came
into the hall and was shot twice be?
fore the servants could overpower his
assailant. After the man had been suo
dued he declared he was American
and had been sent by God to kill
Morgan. He accused the financier of
buying munitions for the Allies with
which they fight Germany.
KILLED IN MOTOR WRECK.
Four Men Suffer Painful Bruises?
Victim Succumbs From Shock at
Hospital in Columbia."
Saluda, July 1.?In an accident
this afternoon on the Augusta North?
ern railway when the gasoline motor
car left the track J. C. Attaway was
fatally injured, J. W. Chadwick
painfully bruised and L. E. Wheeler,
received slight injuries.
Mr. Attaway had his lefc leg
mangled and torn open below the
knee for about eight inches both of
the bones being broken in several
places besides t ther injuries about
the heart and body. He was brought
to Saluda for medical attention and
afterward carried to a Columbia hos?
pital, where bi died at 10 o'clock to?
night. Death resulted from shock.
L. Abert, the only other person on
the car, was uninjured.
The cause of the accident which
happened about one mile from Sa
I luda is not known. The car was
running at a full rate of speed on
\ level track and the brakes had been
{applied to stop and take on another
passenger.
The crowd on the motor car had
started to Ridge Spring to see a
hasehall game.
J. W. Chadwick, general manager
of Augusta Northern, who was se?
riously hurt when the same car ran
off the track about a year ago, was
running the car.
to Mrs. Cadwalader Jones, let me say
there Is something approaching the
sublime in her verdict of "nothing
worse than starvation." Starvation,
of course, was no hardship for mere
American women, ch'ldren, and gray
beards, even though they were des?
cendants of men who at Eutaw and
tin Co w pens, at King's Mountain and
Yorktown, had done their best to win
American Independence. If they had
been Belgians now?well, there
wouldn't have been even the differ?
ence of two letters betwixt Sherman
and German.
1 am recalling things wholly with?
out malice, but simply because the
Pharisaism now rampant makes my
gorge rise. In the matter of war and
? war-making no nation has the right
to east stones at any other. War is
a madness; those who wage it are for
the time being irresponsible. But
when sanity returns it does not be?
hoove them, with plain records of
their ill deeds before them, to adopt
the holier-than-thou attitude toward
anybody nor try to howl down and
viiiify those who. remembering truth,
have the courage to speak it. I, for
one. should forever hold my peace In
regard to Ihe piteous years of civil
war, except for my inalienable disgust
With those who would distort the
truth of history to gild their own
I wrong doing.