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e utchmati aw ^eniljrom. fU ?UMTKR WATCHMAN, EaUbtished April, 1U0. "Be Jam and Fear not?Let all the ende Thon Alma't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone, 1 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1915. Vol. XL. No. 40. Repulses of Attacking Forces on All Points of Fighting Mark News From European War. In Fiance Germans Made Tremendous Move All Along Line, But Were Repulsed Everywhere Except at Apremont, Where They Mad? Good Gains?In South Italians Carried Great Looses to Enemy, Who Attacked Them ? Turks Also Repulsed in Southeast at Dardanelles?Germans Re? newed Drive on Warsaw is Meeting With Little Success, aa Russians Have Reformed AYtny and Are Prepared for Desperate Resistance. iVRMAHINE IN THAMES. ?felppfetfC Round fejr I/ondon Memo ni by iMw utmtt Terror. London. July 6.?T\}at a C rman euUaaarlne hen evaded N the Kngllsh oordon and la operating off the mouth of the Thamee, menacing nil ships for London, waa definitely established to? day with the arrival of the ere* of the ateamar Tick who atated th/U thalr vesael waa torpedoed and aunk off the light ahip a abort dlatance at >m the an trance to the Thuine?. tlrltbdi Aeroplane* Repulsed. Berlin. July ?.?Brltlah neroplanea and crulaera attempted to attack the Herman naval base on the North aea ftunday but were driven off (probably Wllhemahaven or Jaade Bay). Ruaatan Army Split. M? rlln, July ?.?I^ats reports from the front ahow that the Ituaslan army haa boon aptlt near Krasnlk, Poland, a; part baa been driven east and the qther part northweat. Lublin, Ivan ati od and Waraaw are threatened. (Petrograd denlaa the split but ad? mit a that the Huaalana are atlil re tfHtlM cWi man Attacks Repulsed. Parla. July 8.?The official report today atatea that the British captured the Herman trenches aoutheaat of Milken, and east of Ypres canal. The Ucrmtn attack on Sauchez was re? pulsed. Arraa waa bombarded all night. Fighting at close quarters continues In the Argonnea. German attacka all along the line were re pulsed. Hiisela A|Mdi?gi/4*? to Sweden. Patrograd, July 6.?The Swedish government protested against the violation of her neutrality by Rus ajan warahlpa In the recent naval but? tle near Gothland Island. Russia re? plied that the ships got near the shore during the fog and smoke of battle and apologised. German-Turk Commander Wounded. Athena. July 6.?Gen. von Sanders, the German commander of the Turk lah troopa haa been wounded at the Dardanaliee. NUTE WILL LEAR TO PARLEY. Halscr Promise's Americans Safety on Certain Conditions. Washington. July 7.?That the Ger? rit m rep v will lead to considerable parlay la the belief today. It Is under Btood that the Kalaer la willing to prom um unfit y to Americans on cer? tain conditions, but la not disposed to adopt the hroud policy requested by Ihe 1'ntted Stutes. The admlnlstrn ?ion in expected to notify Germany that It cannot accept theae proposals as Americana on unmarked ships may then be murdered with Impunity. \ BB> tsrday'a optlmiam was much In e\l denca today. rattle Of elanrers. Third Great Contllet Raging In Bel gRim< London. Julv 7.?The third great battle In l'lamli i s H under way. Thrown back In an effort to rapture Ihe ground lost to the Mrltlsh, the Ger? mans rea'irted to heavy artillery. The French guns are replying vigor? ously. The Incessant lire of the big guna ean l?e heard as far as the i >ut< u frontlet GIJtM \Ns MAKE GAIN. Attack \|oo? Entire Line, but Misi Repulse I'.tcopt at Apromont. Parla, July 7.?An important gain by the Germans in the forest of Apre imi.iii waa officially admitted today. The Kaiser's troopM took seven hun? dred yarda of the first line of trenches. The alatement shows that the Ger rnena were .Hacking vigorously .long almost tho entire front, hut claims the attacks were repulsed except at Apremont. _ ITALIANS ON DEFENSIVE. - Austrian* Attack all Along the Line lint are Repulsed. Rome, July 7.?The Austrlans are attacking the Italians along the en? tire front, but all attacks have been repulsed with heavy loss, according to official reports. The Italian advance on the lower Isonzo continues hut slow progress has been made. Artillery Slaughters Turks. Paris. July 7.-?After a heavy bom? bardment of the allies' lines the Turks opened up a general attack on M-?nduy. They were mowed down by the allies' artillery, machine guns and rifles. Most of the Turks were slaugh? tered. Russian Have New Army. Austrian Headquarters, July 7.?The Russian resistance to the Austro German drive is increasing. A ne,w army has reinforced the Car's troops and their artillery fire is becomlnc more vigorous. Turks liost Enormously. Athens, July 7.?The Turkish losses at the Dardanelles are estimated by tho allies at one hundred and eighty thousand killed, wounded and captur? ed. Renew Drive on Warsaw. Berlin. July 7.?It is officially re? ported that the Germans have re? newed their drive against Warsaw from the West. Five thousand Rus? sians were captured on the heights south of Dorzymow which was taken by storm. Russians Check Germans. Petrograd, July 7.?Striking an un? expected blow at the right Hank of the Austro-Germans between the Bug and Vistula rivers, tho Russians ad? ministered a decisive check to the drive of the Teutonic armies toward Warsaw from the south, according to official reports. The experts declare the crest of the Germanic advance was reached on the heights of Wilkola/. where the Russiuns repulsed seven successive attacks. The German dead literally carpeted the slopes. Rt'SNIANS GAIN STRENGTH. Secure Advantage on Dniester and Rug Rivers?Rrltlsh Stores Destroy? ed. Rellin, July 8.?The bombard ment of Arras destroyed the main supply of stores ot the British army. It Is officially announced that tho cathedral was destroyed. Tho news? papers admit that tho RUflJ Ian at? tacks between tho Dniester and Pruth lr|VSTS Sjre SAOre ViSjOrOUS and the Rus? sians have gained a serious advantage on Urn Dniester and Hug rivers. ITALIAN CRl'ISER SUBMARINED. Austrian** Destroy Rig Warship In Adriatic. Rome. July I, That the Italian ar Riored OrulSSf Amaltl has been torpe? doed and sunk by an Austrian subma? rin?' In the Adriatic was announced to? day by the ministry of the marine. Nearly all of the crew were saved, The Amaltl was a ten thousand ton ship and was bulll in 190ft, Her main armaimnt consisted of four ton-inch ?UM. TORPEDOED WITHOUT WARNING. l<onl Moese)] Hays GflS/MMI Submarine Dcliltcratcly Sncrlllced Passengers. London, July I.?Lord Mersey, hsad of I he Investigating hoard, ha* handed down a verdict declaring that tin- Palaha was sunk without warning. tin- svMonos tended to show that th<? Herman submarine captain deliberate lorlflosd tin* pUSSSngsrS and crew. HEINOUS CRIME CHARGED. KENLEY RRISHON, FOURTEEN YEAR-OLD NEGRO, HELD FOR CRIMINAL ASSAULT. Negro is Said to Have Committed Hor? rible Crime ui>on Eight-Year-old Daughter of Earmer of l*isgah Sec? tion?Arrested t>y Magistrate ami Placed In Jail at 2 A. M. Wednesday Morning?Ipeeall Session of Grand Jury Called to Act on Rill and Speedy Trial will be Had. From The Daily Item. July 7. Kenley Brlsbon, a fourteen-year-old colored boy, was arrested Tuesday and placed in jail between 2 and 1 o'clock this morning by Magistrate J. L. Gil lis of Rembert on the charge of hav? ing criminally assaulted the eight year-old daughter of a farmer of the Plagah section of Sumter county. The crime is alleged to have been commit? ted about sun-down Tuesday evening when the girl's mother was out at the lot milking the cow and her father was away from home. She was lying on the bod and the boy was carrying wood Into the house at the time, when it Is alleged he caught her and com . mltted the crime. The bo.y was em? ployed by the girl's father and is said to be well grown for his age. The news of the assault quickly spread and Magistrate G?lls who lived about two miles away from the house was one of those notified of the crime. He at once left for the scene, where the little girl and her mother told him who had committed the assault, the gril's mother having seen him when he ran out of the house. The boy was followed to the home of his mother, Natalie Brisbon, where a num? ber of men from the community had gathered when the boy was located In the house. As the men did not want to hurt the woman and they thought ahe would make resistance, If they tried to enter the house, they waited !on the officer of the law who entered ! the house looking for the boy. ^tfhe I woman declared that he was not there, but he was finally found hiding be? hind some boxes under a bed. He iriJ? taken out and under charge of Magis? trate G?lls was taken back to Rem jbert and placed in an automobile and brought on to Sumter, which was reached at 2 o'clock this morning, when he was lodged in jail. Mag? istrate Gillis stated today that there was considerable feeling against the boy and it was on account of his age that a demonstration was not made against him. The crime was commit? ted in the farthest corner of Sumter county in the Pisgah section and the i arrest was made about two miles over into Lee county. Mr. L. S. Vinson, on whose place the boy lived, stated that he had a bad reputation in the com? munity. This morning on request Judge Mauldin instructed the sheriff to summon the members of the grand Jury to meet in special session at 9.30 o'clock tomorrow morning to pass up? on the bill against Kenley Brlsbon so that the case might be tried at the present term of court. DECLARED IN CONTEMPT OE COURT. Rench Warrant Issued for Arrest of Evelyn Thaw. New York, July 7.?Evelyn Ncsbit Thaw was declared in contempt of court today for her failure to appear against Harry Thaw and an order for her arrest was issued. She may have lied to Canada. l>r. Bernard Living? ston who gave her the ill-health cer? tificate, when questioned by the court ?aid that Evelyn Thaw was suffering from nervous trouble. _ W ILL OPERATE COTTON MILL. Lewta W. Parker Among Organizers New Company to Run Enorcc Mill. Columbia. July 7.?The Melville Manufacturing Company of Bnoree, in Bpartanburg County, with a capital of $500.000, was commissioned this morning by the Secretary of stato, the petitioners being J. I. Westervelt4 Perry Beattlu and I^ewis Wr. Parker, all Of Greenville. The company will run the Bnoree Cotton Mill, which was bid in the other day at $201,000. BATTLE AT PAREDON. Mexicans Report Rloody Fight and Great Slaughter. Torreon, July 7. Two days' bloody fighting between the Vllllstaa and Car ransaataa at Paredon ended in a draw at midnight. Seven carloads of wound? ed Vllllstaa arrived hero today. The officers state thai at least four thou? sand were Killed in the fighting, Which was hand to hand. Itllllj ANSWERS CHARGES WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONER RE? PLIES TO ARTICLE OX INSURANCE. Criticised in New York Publication Excerpts from Commissioner's Stutement Addressed to Stute Furni? ers. j Columbia, July 7.?In reference to an article published in the Insurance Field of July 1, which he alleges was written to injure the State warehouse system by casting doubt upon the safety of methods of insurance, John L. McLaurin issues a statement ad? dressed to the farmers of the State in which he answers the- writer's charges. The statement In part is as follows: "To the Farmers of South Caro? lina: My intention has been called to the following article, published In the Insurance Field of July 1: 'Ql'EER TURN OF POLITICS. 'South Sarollna Officials Try to Mace "Warehouse Insurance in Outside Companies. 'New York, July 1.?Special: A most peculiar state of case has developed in connection with the insurance on the cotton warehouses maintained by the State of South Carolina. It will be recalled that the Southeastern Un? derwriters' Associate>n recently issued notice that the 10 per jent. reduction on warehouses under the supervision of the State was being abused in that in a number of cases barns and farm buildings in the country districts without any direct supervision were being given advantage of this reduc? tion. Companies were accordingly advised that the reduction was to ap? ply only to warehouses In cities and towns under direct supervision of the State warehouse commission. " 'The peculiar feature of the situa? tion is that politics has been injected with the result that the Stato ware? house commission is reported to have turned the business over to a firm of New York brokers to place at a rate of 1 1-4 per cent, in unauthorized tebmrmTifrs. It is regarted aa astonish? ing that a State with such an active insurance department should be a pai\ ' to such illegal insurance. " 'The South Carolina legislature at a special session last year enacted a law authorizing the establishment of bonded warehouses under the super? vision of a State commission with the idea that this would enable the farmers to get a cheap storage rate and satisfactory negotiable receipt. It Is understood, however, that the banks do not regard the State reecipt as be? ing an altogether satisfactory security as the State cannot be held responsi? ble in case of trouble. "I do not think that this article was meant for circulation in South Caro? lina, but was probably intended to be handed around in New York city to injure the State warehouse system by casting doubt upon the safety of our methods of Insurance. 1 never heard of the paper before, and while the special Is dated from New Y'ork, it bears every ear mark of having come from Columbia, South Carolina. Near? ly every statement in it is false. ? ? ? and it is a cowardly, under-handed at? tack, which I would not notice ex? cept for its circulation in New York city. "Tiie charges are as follows: "1. That cotton is insured In barns and outbuildings not under tho super? vision of the State warehouse sys? tem. "2. That politics has been injected Into the system. ":{. That tho insurance business has been turned over to a firm of New York brokers to place at a 1 1-4 rate in unauthorised companies. "Bach and every ono of these state? ments are absolutely false. The design of the author of this article is evi? dently to prevent the storing of cotton in the country. A warehouse in the country is just as much under my supervision, and as carefully guarded, as a warehose In ths town. When wo inaugurated the system they were charging $50 per hundred on cotton stored in the country, and $1.75 on cotton stored in a fourth-class town? this, when the construction of the warehouses and the protection against lire wore exactly the same. In fact, cotton stored In the country is in less danger, and should a tire occur it is more easily extinguished than in a fourth-class town, where there are no water-works. Any one familiar with conditions In the ocuntry knows that in ease of a Iii ?' all thai you have ! to do Is to blow the horn or ring the 'plantation hell and all the hands I and the neighbors come, and l don't known In all my experience of a se? rious cotton loss in the country from fire. * * ? "1 would like to know how politics MORE COMPLICATIONS IN TEX? TILE MEN'S EFFORT. Germany Has Refused to Lift Em hurgo and Now Objects-to American Exports to England. Washington, July 7.?Further com? plications in the efforts of American textile manufacturers to induce Ger? many to permit shipments of coal tar dyes to the United States were report? ed to the department of commerce to? day by Commercial Attache Thomp? son, assigned to Berlin, but now at The Hague. Barring of American cotton from Germany by the British order in coun? cil was the primary obstacle in the way of gaining German assent to ship? ments, and now to that has been added reports of the exporting of American dyestuffs to Great Britain. Unless the ban is removed from cot? ton, oflicials are convinced Germany will not permit exporting of coal tar products loaded by American manu? facturers. Department of commerce officials who began an Investigation after re? ceipt of the latest advices from Mr. Thompson determined that coal tar products were not involved in the re? ported shipment to Great Britain be cause they consisted only of vegetal dyes manufactured in the United States. Germany will be informed of this in continued efforts to obtain the coal tar products. Commerce department officials have been active since the outbreak of war in Europe In attempting to solve problems arising from shortage ot coal tar dyes. A committee of ex? perts of the department is conferring with the federal trade commision to arrange to assure the stability of the growing domestic dye industry when on the restoration of peace American manufacturers have to face German competition. HUNTING HOLT'S ACCOMPLICES. Now York, July 8.?Additional de? tectives - have been detailed to tmd Holt's accomplices. It is not believed he could have financed the wholesale campaign of terrorism and handled such quantities of explosives without assistance. The body has been prac? tically identified as Eric Muenter, the former Harvard professor and wife murderer. has been injected into the system. Certainly not by the warehouse com? missioner. I am far more deeply in? terested in this system than anything else on earth. I have not and never will use it to further any political am? bitions of mine or anyone else. In fact, if I have any political ambitions I am not conscious of them. There was an effort in the legislature, by a per? sonal and political attack on me, to destroy the system. This utterly failed, and I have no idea that it will be renewed, even by the men who fought us last winter. I know most of them personally, and have no bit? terness whatever towards them, be? cause I realize that the State ware? house system was a revolutionary proposition, and it was not unnatural that it should be strenuously opposed. I do not propose to renew the light, but If I am attacked I will defend my? self, just as I did last winter. But smehody else ha3 got to hit toe first lick. , "Third. The charge that the busi? ness 'has been turned over to a firm of New York brokers to place at a 1 1-4 rate in unauthorised companies' is absolutely untrue, and I defy them to name the firm of brokers. Every effort have been made by these vam? pires to find out how I was placing this insurance. That is my business, and I do not propose to tell them. ?"Such reckless lies should show any fair-minded man that it is malice, 'inspired by greed, and worthy naught but contempt. "The article makes a statement that the banks do not regard the State warehouse receipt as being altogether satisfactory. In reply I beg to say that it is only those banks that have not taken the trouble to go Into the mer? its of the system. When I wanted to finance the State receipts I went to banking institutions?not to pawn broker shops. Mr. W. P. G. Harding, of the Federal reserve board, gave mo letters to six of the New York banks. In which he commended the State warehouse system of South Carolina as follows: It is far in advance of any tiling yet attempted, and a model f?>r the other States to follow.' Every banker t<> whom 1 explained the sys? tem gase it his unqualified approval, and I have not requested a loan upon warehouse receipts where in a single instance it has not been granted. * * VAUGHN 10 BE SENTENCED. MANDATE OF UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT SENT TO GREENVILLE CLERK COURT. Diversified Farming Company Com? missioner to I&suc Farm Magazine Leon M. Green Interested in The Enterprise?Naval Militia Gets Mon Columbia, July 8.?The remittitur of the State Supreme Court and a copy of the mandate of the Federal Su? preme Court in the T. U. Vaughn case were mailed to the clerk of court of Greenville county today by Col. U. R. Brooks, clerk of the State Supreme Court. Under the law Vaughn again will be sentenced to death at the next term of court for Greenville county unless other legal steps are taken in his behalf. The Diversifl 'ming Co. of Co? lumbia, was /ssioned by the Secretary o' ^ /today with a capi? tal stock ' ' ^ A% the petitioners be? ing I^eo ?V /reen of Sumter, and Phil r >** / of Columbia. The com pany ?w yes to do a general publish in/ ? ? yfts and to edit and distribute x/ -T ,4a and newspapers and to op ^ /ews and clipping bureaus'. X\ Manning has been notified by ' S. Benson, acting secretary of the i.avy, that divisions of the South Car? olina naval militia having complied with the law will participate in the annual allotment of federal funds for the llscal year, 191?. TRADE COMMISSION PLANS TOUR. Will Make Investigation of Condition* in South, Pacific Coast and Middle West. Washington, July 7.?A tour of In? vestigation to cover the Middle West, the Pacific coast and the South was announced today by the federal trade commission. Hearings will be begun in Chicago on July 19, and the com? mission will travel for nearly two months, completing its inquiry luto the export trade situation. During the tour the commission will hold closed hearings at various points on informal complaints which have been filed charging business con? cerns with "unfair competition." From Chicago the commission will go to other cities of the Middle West. Later hearings will be held on the Pacific coast. PERFECTS SUBMARINE GUNS. American Navy Has Fine New Weap? on. Washington, July 7.?A three-inch disappearing gun for submarines has been perfected by the navy ordnance bureau, Secretary Daniels announced today, and in future all American un? derwater craft will be equipped with these weapons for surface fighting. Mr. Daniels said that within ten days the gun and its carriage would be sent from the ordnance factory here to New York for mounting on new submarine M-l, under construc? tion. For nearly two years naval experts have been working on a weapon for use of submarines which would not delay the clearing of decks for diving. No navy in the world has a better weapon of the kind than the ordnance bureau has evolved, according to the secretary. The new gun is shorter than the reg? ular three-inch navy rifle to meet space limitations. This reduces its range somewhat, but it has been fitted for high an?le tiring which will give It some chance for use against aero? planes. The big cruiser submarine author? ized by the last congress probably will be armed with two or more rifles, pos? sibly of four-inch calbre. German submarines of the U type have made effective use of mounted guns in the European war. A. C. Ii. Objects to Tax Assessment. Columbia, . July 8.?The Atlantic Coast Line railroad through its attor? neys, George B. Elliott and P. A. Will cox, yesterday filed with the clerk of court ami lodged with the sheriff summons and complaint and an order from Judge 1>. E. Hydrick enjoining the South Carolina tax commission, the State treasurer and the attorney general from collecting the annual 3 nulls licuiso fee. The hearing, as In the case of five other railroads, and express and Pullman company, is Bet for July 15. The allegations of the plaintiff are substantially the same as those brought forward in the other complaints and bear upon the alleged taxation of interstate as well as ln traatata receipts.