Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CNWERSTTf 0? *? *. ton. BCMTKK WATCHMAN, Established April, ISM. "Be Jost and Fear not?Dot an tbe ende Thon Alms't at bo thy Country's, Thy God's mad Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, II Vol. XL. No. 44. Petrograd Dispatches Announce Killing of 10,000 Christians by Mohammedans Woril Butchery on Record. rONMJ(TlN(i REPORTS AK TO PRORABLE EARLY CAPTURE OF POIJNN CAPITAL?GERMANS SAY NOW IN TKN MILKS OF F*?RTH, WHILE RUSSIANS REPORT REPULSE OF VON MACKEN? SEN 'H H? mill I AND 'TALY A ROUT TO RREAK DIPLO Mi IV RELATIONS AND WAR BETWEEN NATION'S IS EXPECT? ED?IN SOI Til ITALIANS AND AUSTRIAN'S HAVE ROTH BEEN HEINH)H(.J) AND ARE FIGHTING WITH REDOUBLED FURY FOR POSSESSION OF GOR1ZA AND TOLMINA ON ISONZO RIVER Turk Tronclioe Captured. Mltylene. J ly S3.?The Alllea have capture*! several Turkish trenches In the Archlbaba region. The Turks Inet hsavliy in killed, wounded and prisoners. Italy Breaks With Turkey. Rome, July 23.?The question of peace or war between Italy and Turk? ey now rests In the hunds of Foreign Minister Sonnlno. Following a four hour cabinet meeting the minister ws given full power to take whatever steps necessary to secure satisfaction for the misuse of the Italian flag by the Turks; and their failure to answer Italian protests. A break is momentar? ily expected and the newspapers are demanding immediate action. TV HKS HlTCIIFR CHRISTIANS. Horrible Mus*acre of Armenian* at Hlltt*. Petrograd. July 23.?More than ten thousand Armenians havo been mas? sacred by the Turks In the worst slaughter of Christiana ever recorded, according to advices to the Novoe *r?s>; a. After looting, burning their nomee.and murdertuK the Christiana ?WwlUa the Turks gathered nine thousand men, women and children from the surrounding district and marched them thirty miles to the riv? er Tigris where all were shot and the bodies thrown into the river. BATTLE OF 1SONZO. Gnm Battle Between Austrian* and Italian* Has Raged Five Days. Rome. July S3.?The fifth day of the battle on the Iaonzo river for the poaaeaston of Qorlia and Tolmino found both sides reinforced and the fighting la more violent than ever. ?atOctoua hau.I t?. hand ti^htim; in progress near Plava Ten forts crowalng Mount Sabotina and Mount Pedgora are being battered by Ital? ian howitsers. Some trenches have already been captured. Warsaw Surrendered. Berlin. July 23.?I'notllcial reports that Warsaw has fallen are in circu? lation here, other reports say that negotiations for the surrender of the city it* ggej geggjg on. Ameiicun ship Seized. London. July 23.?A Berlin dis? patch states the American bark l>unsyrezi has been seized by German aarshipa and taken to Swinemund. KaardanH Abandon Riga. Copenhagen, July 23.?The evoc? ation of Riga by Russians is reported to have begun. ?.rnn.ui Driven Hack. Geneva. July 23.?The RgggemM have driven Gen. Von Mackenzen's army back eight gotten at sTfUgejuetgW. Inflicting a loss of fifteen thousand, according to a Tarnow dispatch. The Auatrlans were also driven back five miles north of Wollka. Germans Take French TronHic*. Parts. July 21?The afjsejnj repotl today admits the loss of a trench to the Germans. German attacks In th< Voogoo are determined. German nt taeka at other points g|gejg tlm front were all repulsed. In Ten Mile* of Warsaw. Herlin. July 13.?The last official Information given was that the Ger? mans were within ten miles of the city of Warsaw and a battle was ratt? ing fiercely, with the llusslaus stub? bornly resisting. A continuous -am of heavy German shells is falling on the fort* IIIAMW AI?VAN<W CHECKED. ?essen? Patting up stiff Fight In Po? land ami (.Hilda. Petrograd, July 21.?The Russians have checked the Germanic advance in Poland, and fresh troops are at? tacking the Austrians in Galicia to relieve the pressure at the northern end of the battle line. In violent fighting between the Bug and Vistula rivers the Germans smashed the wire entangllments six miles south? west of Ivangorod, hut were hurled back with heavy loss. The Russian resistance all along the three fronts has been stiffened and furious assaults by the Germans are being repulsed. Italian Swccsscm Reported. London, July 24.?A dispatch from I'ndine says that the Italians have captured Gori/.ia for which they have been lighting for the past five weeks. AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK. Wreck Oivurred CM English Coast Not Known Whether it Wus Tor in? dued or Not. London, July 26.?The American steamer Leo I*anaw was sunk today off the English coast. The crew was saved. Whether the ship was torpe? doed or struck a mine Is yet un? known. ship Was ToriMxlocd. London, July 26.?The I^eo Lanaw was torpedoed Sunday by a German submarine. The crew was landed at Klrkwall. They were given time by the submarine to take to their boats before the ship was torpedoed. The Leelanaw was a nineteen hundred ton ship. Its home port wus San Francisco and she was bound front Archangel to Belfast with a crew of thirty-two men. SUBMARINE AT CONSTANTINOPLE British Boat Sinks Throe Ships 111 Harbor. London. July 26.?The British sub? marine which penetrated into the harbor of Constantinople sunk two Turkish gunboats and a steamer, ac? cording to a dispatch from Athens. Another dispatch from Mitylene states that a Turkish transport was also sunk. LeHanaw carried a cargo of llax. A submarine commander declared this to be contraband and sunk the vessel after the crew took to boats. WATCHFUL WAITING POLICY. Germany Will Wait on United States to Make Next Move. Berlin, July It,?Watchful waiting has been decided upon as the new policy of Germany towards the United States. It is accepted as a fact that America will dispatch a not?' to Eng? land regarding the rights of neutrals. The foreign otllee Is anxious to ascer? tain the tone of this communication before answering President Wilson's I * note. The attitude of the news papers is summed up by Lie Post, which says, "WS have but one an. ,ver I to mnkcto the United States, that is, no." RUSSIANS REPULSE GERMANS. Offensive Mo\emcnt TitraatiWs Von lliuddihuru's Army With Disaster. I Vt ro^rad, July If,?Successful Sorties by the garrison at Novo Goergetvsli has recaptured the ground taken by the Germans south* . ;tst nf Hie fortress, the war office an? nounced t<?da\. The operations of the i ins in this district are said to thre.it, n with disaster Gen, Von Hin? denb? ru's troops which crossed the Narew, This announcement brought tb.< first hops that the German cam* palgn Sgalmil Warsaw from the North might result In failure, The latest reports Indicate lhal Gen, Von Mackensen'* forces were lint onlv defeated in the battle for the possession of the 1 aiblln-CtlOlm railway, but that the Russians then have taken the offensive, Tbe artll lory duel at Ivangorod continues DOMINICK OBJECTS TO FORMER ATTORN BY GEN ERAL. Proceedings Against Tax Commission I Irani by Associate Justice Wutts ?Decision to Come Later. Laurens, July 22.?The injunction proceedings in the cases of Peoples* bank of Greenville, the National Loanj and Bxchange bank of Greenwood and W. T. Bailey of Greenwood against the State tax commission, heard herd this afternoon before Associate Justice R. C. Watts, took a rather sensa B tional tyirn when Assistant Attorney General Dominick objected to the as? sociation in the case of J. Fraser Lyoi employed by the governor and thi I cnairman of the tax commission without consulting the attorney gen? eral's office. .j, The court sustained the position of: the attorney general and Mr. Lyon/ took no further part in the proceed? ings. The attorney for the complainant* and the assistant attorney general prei. sented voluminous arguments for and; j against the issuance of the injunc* tion. Judge Watts took the matter under{ advisement and stated that he would' hand down his order as soon as prad-| ticable, intimating that it would be" done within a few days. The com*, plainants were represented by F. B.' Grier of Greenwood and T. P. Cothran of Greenville. Mr. Dominick appeared for the State. The incident of Mr. Lyon's elimina? tion from the case at this time Wl the more dramatic because of its sud? denness. Mr. Lyon had apprised the court of his commission in a few words when the assistant attorney general abruptly arose and made ob? jection to the appearance of the spe? cial attorney in the case on the ground of lack of legal authority, and the embarraesanent tt might 'cause State's interest. Mr. Dominick made the point that It was prerogative of the attorney general's office to con? duct the case and that outside legal services could be procured only UMon the consent of that department. Mr. Dominick stated that the department had been employed in a study of the case and it was fully prepared 1 to make the answer. Furthermore, he said, the attorney general's office was not in possession of the points that I the special attorney might raise and that without this knowledge he would not be w illing to risk the State's in? terest. In making his ruling on the case Justice Watts cited the law that the attorney general's office was empow? ered to employ assistance whenever the occasion warranted and that with? out specitlc authority elsewhere It was the sole prerogative of the attorney general to employ help. Mr. Lyon thereupon raised the point of the special fund of $2,000 appro? priated by the last general assembly for legal services to be expended by the governor but Justice Watts was not impressed by this contention. Mr. Lyon made a request of the pre? siding judge that in writing the order in the case mention be made that he had appeared there as the repre? sentative of the tax commission and the governor. Mr. Dominick requested that it also be included in the order that the attorney general's office had not been consulted about the matter. Mr. Lyon arose and stated that in justice to himself he wished to have it included that Mr. Jones, the tax commission chairman, in retaining him had informed him that the at? torney general's office had been con? sulted. Mr. Dominick replied point? edly that Mr. Jones had not requested that Mr. Lyon be employed. There was a dramatic silence followed short? ly afterwards by a further statement from Mr. Dominick that both the gov? ernor and the chairman of the tax commission had been in his office and had asked his opinion as to the out? come of the case but had not made any request for legal assistance. Mr. Lyon's name had been mentioned, he said, as having been consulted about the merits of the case, but he unequiv? ocally declared that no request had been made of the attorney general's Office to engage Mr. Lyon in the case. Repeated references were made in the tut about factional and political dif? ferences. Mr. Lynn stated that he was acting only in a legal rapacity and was appearing upon w hat he con? sidered proper logal authority and that his appearance In the case was not prompted by anv potential or po? litical considerations, The hearing of the case was not concluded until alter 7 o'clock. mum cuts nations. WON'T DEAD WITH REST OF, WORLD. First Chiefs New Step of Severing Communications Not Bxpect6d in Washington. Washington, July 22.?Diplomatic advices reaching Washington from Mexico today said Gen. Carranza had given notice that he would not receive communications from or transact bus? iness with foreign governments which have no diplomatic agents accredited to his government at Vera Cruz. Enforcement of such an order vir? tually would cut off the Carranza government from further communica? tion with all the foreign nations i which have ministers resident in Mex? ico City. Carranza is understood to ; regard Consul Silliman at Vera Cruz as a properly accredited agent of the (United States. The report created surprise in offi? cial and diplomatic circles, particular ' ly in view of the general understand? ing that foreign governments were awaiting action by the United States toward Mexico City before recogniz ! <tng any government in the republic, it became known today that no de? cisive action in the Mexican situation is contemplated by the administration in the immediate future. In oiflciai Quarters the opinion prevails that the \ military situation now is too uncer? tain for any new step and the out? come of approaching conilicts be? tween Carranza and Villa forces in central Mexico is awaited with in? terest. Mexico City remains cut off from communication and there have been no advices concerning the where 1 abouts of Gen. Gonzales, believed to be seeking to give battle to a column of Villa troops under Gens. Fierro and Natera near Pachucu. Neither has the state department any con? vincing news as to the exact condi? tions in the capital or whether the Zapata forces again arc in active con I trot of the city. ^'^c department ' today sent a mes? sage to Gen. Carranza at Vera Cruz asking him to abide by the Scott agreement negotiated with his gen? erals and those of Gen. Villa, pro? viding that no military operations shoidd be conducted along the border where lives of Americans would be en? dangered. Notice was given that the Americans regarded the recent attack on Naco as a violation of the agree? ment. Advices reaching Washington to? night Indicateu that Curran/.a chief? tains were preparing to withdraw from Naco. Charles A. Douglas, Gen. Carranza's American counsel, cabled the Car? ranza agency here today. that before Gen. Gonzales evacuated Mexico City he had distributed to the poor 1,000, 000 pesos?enough to aid 4 0,000 fam? ilies?and had brought into the cap? ital GO carloads o'f foodstuffs and es? tablished 140 distributing depots. THE OH DUN A TO LIVERPOOL. Ship Recently Chased by Submarines Starts Return Voyage. New York, July 22.?With 195 pas? sengers, including eight Americans, and ten thousand tons of general car? go, the Cunard Liner Orduna sailed today for Liverpool. There was no evidence that Capt. Taylor feared an? other German submarine attack. All baggage was examined, however, and the hand baggage brought by the pas? sengers underwent a close scrutiny. WON'T ACCEPT PLACE, Palmer Reclines Claims Court Judge* ship. I Washington, July 22.?Former Rep? resentative A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania, whom President Wil? son appointed last sprin?, as a judge Of the United States court of claims, has decided not to accept the posi? tion. Mr. Palmer, who never has been sworn in, conferred with the presi? dent today. He has been mentioned as a possible successor to Secretary Lansing as counselor of the state de? partment, but it was said tonight the president had reached no deciion. MORE THAN 201) HOMELESS. Flames Destroy r>l small Residences in Meridian, Miss. Meridian, Miss, July 22.?Mine than two hundred persons, mostly ne? groes, are homeless here tonight as the result of a lire which swept n su? burb tins afternoon, destroying flfty otte small residences. The structures covered four city blocks. The loss is estimated ut $60,000, Hundreds of Wome/ and Children A'/ Drowned Loss Now Estimated Neighborhood of of 2,000 Persons V m Steamer Sank Off Chicago Docks. Extent of Horror Increases as Hours Pass and Bodies Are Steadily Brought to Surface by Rescuers?2,500 on Board and Greater Part of These Were Drowned?Three Hun? dred Bodies Recovered. Chicago, July 24.?The steamer Eastland capsized in the Chicago riv? er this morning, with nearly a thou? sand men, women and children aboard. First police estimates of the dead are four hundred. The Eastland carried twenty-five hundred picnickers, mostly employees of the Western Electric Co., bound for Michigan City. As the boat left the Clark street dock some minor trou? ble with an air tube caused the pas? sengers to rush to the north side. The vessel toppled over without warning. Several hundred who were in the hold were trapped like rats. Other pas? sengers were thrown into the water without a chance to secure life belts. The river was filled with bobbing heads for a solid block. The iron keel of the boat showed above water and the police confiscated all imple? ments in the neighborhood to drill through the bottom to reach those in 1 the hold. Others rescued those in the water and clinging to the slip? pery hull. The first rescuers to pene? trate to the hold brought out thirty bodies, many of them women and children. The accident happened at 7.40 A. M. Probably l/KM) Perished. Chicago, July 24?Two hundred and seventy-live bodies have been re? covered at 11.30 today. Many more are inside the vessel. Today as the hours passed the ex? tent of the horror increased. At 12.30 Scuettler stated that the bodies were being taken out the sunk? en vessel so rapidly that the police had lost all account. He estimated that more than three hundred were recovered and that there were sever? al hundred more in the hold. Cor? oner's physician Springer estimated that only five hundred had escaped. This would make the dead number two thousand, as Deputy Collector of Customs McCrary, who superintend? ed the loading of the boat, stated that exactly twenty-live hundred per? sons, mostly women and children, were on board the vessel. Inspectors to Make Inquiry. Washington, July 24.?OHicials of steamboat inspector service state that the Eastland was inspected on .Tidy 15th at Grand Haven, Mich., and re? ported "in good condition." Chicago inspectors have been ordered to make an inquiry into the disaster. CABINET OFFICERS TO SPEAK. Garrison and Daniels on Programme at Southern Commercial Congress. Washington, July 24.?When the Southern Commercial congress, com? memorating ?10 years of peace in the United States, convenes In Charleston December 1 3 for a four days session, many notable men, including Secre? tary Garrison and Secretary Daniels will be present. The two cabinet of? ficers, one from the North and the other from the. South, will appear on the same platform. Among the speakers will be Kai Fu Shah, the Chinese minister; Gov. Manning of South Carolina, Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president Of Columbia university; James Brown Scott, secre? tary of the Carnegie Endowment for Intel-national Peace; Col. .lohn Tem? ple Graves and B. J. Watson, com? missioner of agricnlture of South Car? olina. KILLED BY COTTON HAL E RdgcflcM Con ? Child Victim of Fa? tal Accident. Bdgofteld, July 24.?Thursday the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kniest Winn. of the Kehnltoth section of the county, was killed by a bale of cotton falling upon him. Several children were playing on some bales of cotton that were lying In the yard, ami in some way one of them fell on the little fellow, resulting In injuries that caused death in a few hours. SKIP WAS OVERLOADED. STATE ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES THAT OVERLOADING WAS CAUSE OF TRAGEDY. Large Number of Witnesses Examined and Evidence Will Re Taken Before Grund Jury?Relieved That Several Hundred Bodies Still Remain in River?Children on Board Not Counted. Chicago, July 2G.?"Overloading was responsible for the Eastland tragedy," was the announcement of State Attorney Hoyne this morning after an examination of over a hun? dred witnesses. Evidence secured by him will be presented to the grand jury. As federal, city and State au? thorities carried on the investigation firemen and police continued the re? moval of the dead. With more than eight hundred bodies recovered Coroner Hoffman stated several hundred still remained in the river. It is believed from other figures, however, that the death list is between a thousand and eleven hundred. Attorney Hoyne stated that many regulations had been brok? en. Policeman Fisher testified that the government inspector's register (showed twenty-five hundred adults and did not count ' several hundred "* ? children aboard. Acting Mayor Moorehouse has or? dered that the Eastland be raised im? mediately. This will take three days. Criminal Carelessness Charged. Chicago, July 26.?Investigation in? to the Eastland disaster has brought out the startling statement from As? sistant Engineer Snow a?.;i Fireman O'DoWd that they called attention of the officers to the list of the steamer, but were Ordered to attend to their own business. Snow declares that when the list reached the danger point on the guage he sent up signal after signal, but no attention was paid to them. SCHOLARSHIPS TO CLEMSON. M. ML Price, H. Ii. Sanders and D. McLeod Some Ap|K>intments. Among the scholarship awards as a result of the recent examination for scholarships to Clemson College are: From Sumter County?M. M. Brlce, Wedgefield, and H. L. Sanders, Ha good, for four year scholarships and, Donald McLeod, Sumter R. 4, for one year agricultural scholarship. From Lee County?W. T. McLeod, Jr., Lynchburg, and E. A. Welsh, Elliott, four years; H. H. McCoy, R. 1., St. Charles, one year agricultural scholar? ship; J. B. McCoy, R. 1., St. Charles, from State at large for one year; and Madison Strange, H. 1, Wilson, for one year agricultural scholarship from Clarendo county. TO APPOINT PALMER. President Said to Have Selected Counselor. Cornish. N. 11., July 25.?Appoint? ment of Former Representative A. .Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania as Counselor Of the state department is expected within a day or two. Mr. Palmer is understood to he President Wilson's most probable selection. NOTE PLEASES ENGLAND. English Press Predicts That it Will Be Little Relished by Kaiser. London. July 21.?The American note to Germany is acceptable to the British press. They declare the issue is put squaerly up to Germany and will be little relished by the Kaiser. Another Car of t attle tioes North. The Camden Beef Cattle Farms on Wednesday morning Shipped another car load of beef cattle to Richmond, Va.. from their siding at Lugoff. There were thirty-six head in the car, all in line condition.?Camden Chroncile.