Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m a n an a TUB IWT1B WATCHMAN, Established April, 1810. "Be Just snd \?ear not?Let all the ends Thou Alma't at be thy Country's, Thy God's und Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, Consolidated Auk. 2,1881. SUMTES., S. 0., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1916. Vol. XL. No. 48 EVACUATION OF WARSAW. Russians, Forced by Lack of Ammunition to Give up Polish Capital, Fall Back to Second Line of Defenses. No Confusion Among Retiring Troops, Says Petrograd Dis? patch -Arrival of Reinforcement for Austrians at Gorizia Stops Advance of Italian Troops, Who Suffer Loss in At? tacks of Enemies?Battle in France is Still Indecisive Message from Girard Believed to Contain Information on Submarine Warfare? v Hl sslWK I \ \< I Ml \% \lts\W They Make Orderly Retreat Erom ? '??li h 1 ? pltal and Take up Second rinn of Defense. London. July 30-.?The evacuation of Waraaw and the entire Vistula liar* h*s been begun )>y the Russians. adfSrdlng to unofficial, but reMablc re? ports from Petrograd. The retire? ment la being carried out In perfect oader. the Russians taking their urtil lacy and great stures of munitions with thsrn. The official announcement Is expected aa soon as the retreat has Wan succsasfully executed to the sec? ond Uns of defense, which extends from Kovno cn. the Niemon river through Grodno to Hrestlltovsk on the Hug* river. The 'retreat is attributed to the lack of ammunition. ITALIANS CHECKER AT GORIZIA. Atroofj Reinforcements Enable Aus? trian* to Hold Koy to Trieste. Rome. July 30.?Reinforcements received by the Austrians delayed the capture of Qorlsla. The Austrians are delivering violent attacks on Caro Plateau, but the Italians are holding the ground irained. Bloody fighting ceaters ?t?>out the bridge head. The Italians are losing heavily as the re? sult <>r machine gun Mrs. ? _ ? RutMiiin* l h<-li in? Trap. Retrograd. July 30.?The Russian uNf-rtte* have escaped tlie trap set f-T them by the GermuriV While well understood that Warsaw would have to be abandoned, there Is no sign of panic here. Reports from the front characterise the fighting as rear guard actions In which the Russians Were unlformaly successful. THE H1TVATION COMPI.H ATER. Sinking of Iberian Indicate* Thut '?'Mit.nn Will Not Comply Wild Demands. Washington. July III,?The nows of the sinking of the Iberian was receiv? ed with great concern. It Is recog? nised that the Herman situation Is further complicated, because the ves? sel carried American citizens and a cargr for the United States. If any Americans were killed the gravity of the situation will be materially in? creased. It is suggested in some quarters that Germany's new policy of attacking ships bound for America Indicates that Germany will m>t com? ply with President Wilson's demands. The officials report Is awaited with aaxlety. IN TKiHT PLACE. Russian Armies In Grave Danger of Rclug t ut off by ticrmans Petrograd. July 31.?That the evac? uation of Warsaw was ordered as a military necessity was offlclully ad? mitted t??day. The departure of the civllllan population began July IIth, and the troops Immediately began the destruction of all property thai might be of service to ihr crom v. All crops were burned and the railways blown up. The Germans have forted ;l grOSS lng of UM Vistula ami Vlepr/. ri\ ? ? r .. striking at the railway Nfggg upon which the ftuessaaa tssfeswdad lot i< treat. At the same Itsag Iftffjl Oer? man forces are aihancing on Kovno. *a iiose fall would open the way tQ at? tack the railroad running ftfOltfl War Saw to Petrograd The w n -.it., serts, ht?we\?i. thai the main Kus elan armies ha\e reached positions which remove them from the dnngei ?>f the Hermans' enveloping move inenf The If 1staM was oroeaed*at the Jntit t|??n with Katlimika river. Tin Vieprs was crossed at Travnlkl. thus piercing the Itusslan Hues at two plat ? >s. t I1IWH(T GREAT VKTOIIY. Austrians Relieve Kiih?Iiui Army Will i .. < uptorcd. Vienna. July 31.--The rapture Of Junl'llo is belli?; ce|i I.I Kl I hei . It is believed the Russians will l)o una? ble to extricate themselves from the 11 ;11? set in Poland and the greatest victory in the history of the world, in number of men ami amount of muni? tions captured, will result from tho Austro-German operations. Lublin lies on the railway line running from Warsaw to Kiev, and has been the center of hard fighting between ('holm and Invangorod. BRITISH SI KAMKU SI NK Iberian Hound for lioston submarined on Irish Coast. London, July 31.?The British steamer Iberian, of five thousand tons, owned by the I^eyland line, was sunk by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland Friday. Five members of the crew were killed. The Iberian was bound from Liverpool to Roston and carried about forty American stock tenders who were re? turning to the United States. Trawl? ers landed the survivors. The Iber? ian was first shelled and then torpe? doed. The Iborian carried seven hundred and eighty tons of oar go for the Unit |ed States. Two of the crew died from Injuries, making the death list seven. Sixty-one were saved. ?,-? AMERICAS MULETEE'lt KILLED. Dies of Shock After Receiving Wound When Boat Refuses to Halt for Submarine. Washington, July 31?Consul For? est, at (Juoenstown, cabled the de? partment that the Iberian refused to obey the order of a submarine to stop. An American muleteer named Wiley, died from shock alter receiv? ing a superficial wound. No other Americans were killed. GERMAN AIR RAID. Several French Towns Bombarded Without Serious Results. Paris, July 31. t official)? German aviators today bombarded St. Pol Sur Mer, Gravelines and Nancy. There was no damage, except a child was killed at Gravelines. Kiflc and artil? lery lire continues around Sanchez. We occupied an evacuation caused by an explosion of a German mine In the ArajOnaet after a sh irp conflict. Foili Americans Killed. London, July 31.? It is reported that four of the seven killed on the Iberian were Americans. Ambassa? dor Page is investigating. Germans Capture Lublin. Bet IIa, July lt.?-Lublin, a large fortified railway center of Poland, was captured by the Austro-Germuns on Friday. British Lane Six Trawlers. LOWQOt Off, July 31.?Six British Trawlers have been submarined. The crews were saved. WILL CAPTURE ST. PETERSBURG. Berlin Reports Taking 300,000 Rus sjea Prisoners. Berlin, Aug. 2.?With more than Ihres hundred thousand prisoners In their possession the A ustro-t lei ma ns ore plunging northward on Ihe left bank of the Bug river In an effort to reaeh the Bresl Litovsk line before tin- retreating Russians it the Ger? mans are SUCCeSlful the Czar's armies Will practically be surrounded. np tomlstlc observers predict the cap? ture i I st. Petersburg within six nmntbs. declaring thai the Russians will be unable iu imbl the Bresl LI? tovsk line because of Gen. Von Hue* low's IIanking movement in the Baltic provinces. ALI.I i s NOT AN X lot's. Retreat of tin* Russians Not Disas? trous. Tails. August A statement by Victor Augngiietir, French Minister oi .Marine, says The retreat of the TO CALL OX GERMANY FOR REP? ARATION. Application fot Leclunaw Indemnity Does Not Name Sum to lie Sought. Washington, July 29.?Ambassador Gerard at Berlin was instructed today by the state department to present to the German government a claim for damages for the sinking of the American steamer Lcelanaw by a Herman submarine Off the Orkney is? lands last Sunday. The application for Indemnity names no amount, as the department has not received nec? essary data from the ship's owners. Officials here say this case is ex? actly similar to that of the Ameri? can ship William I'. Fry a, sunk by the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Bltel Friedrich last February. The claim for ..idemnity in both cases reatl on the treaty of 1828 with Prus? sia which the state department con? tends specifically prohibits destruc? tion of ships under such circum? stances. As Germany has declined to settle diplomatically for the Frye, it is pre? sumed the Leelsnav case also will go to a prize court, though the United SUites already has given notice that it will pay no attention to the de? cision of any such tribunal in the Frye case. Russians does not cause the Allies anxiety. It will not be long before the causes of the retreat are remov? ed, and the Russian offensive will be resumed. Meanwhile the land and sea operations of the Allies continue. NOTES FROM ENGLAND. \ ? _ il - State Department Will Make Them Public Wednesday. ? Washington, August 2.?The sup? plemental note of Great Britain on the American protest concerning in? terferences with neutral shipping ar? rived at the state department today. With It came a special note regarding, th? seisnre of the Natfches. Tile mfci* will be published Wednesday mor*n ing. Great Britain takes sharp issue with the United States and defends the order in council and justifies the note to naval commanders ordering them to detain cargoes. The note quotes the trade records to show that the bulk of shipments to Holland and other neutrals are really intended for < lei many. British ofllclals are disap? pointed at the lack of concessions by the United States. Fighting in Franco. Paris, August 2.?An oflicial report shows infantry lighting all anqng the line. The Geilnaus were repulsed in the Argonnes, at Arras and in the Vosgss. Turks Assume Offensive. Constantinople, Aug. 2.?The Turks have taken the offensive on the GuJ lipoli peninsula, capturing allies' trenches near Sedd El Bahr, together with many prisoners and a great quantity of munitions, according to the oflicial statement issued today. British Submarine Active. Athens, Aug. 2.?The British sub? marine operating in the Sea of Mar? mora Shelled a Turkish military train near Haidar Pasha, killing 200 troops. Austrians Surprise Kalians. Rom??, Aug. 2.?Heavy fighting has shifted from lson/o to the Tyrol and Trentino fronts where both infantry and artillery are engaged on a big scale. Dispatches report that the Austrians are evacuating Trieste. Re? cent losses on the Isonzo front were enormous. The successful defense of Gorilla by the / ustrians was one of the greatest surprises of the war. Russians Admit Defeat. Petrograd, Aug. 2.?The abandon? ment <>i the Lublln-Cholm railway and the occupation of ('holm by the Hermans Is admitted today. The war office Stated thai the railway bad served its purpose and further defense would cause needless loss of life. The olllclal claims that the Vis? tula army has escaped the Hank In 8 movement of the Hermans ore reiter? ated. The papers display prominently 0 statement of War .Minister Poll van off thai ft portion of the Warsaw ter? ritory will probably be abandoned to insure an ultimate victory. still Hold Warsaw. Petrourad, Aug, 2. Pour German aeroplanes Hew over Warsa w Sunday morning, One was shot down by the ItuHslans nml the others Hod. Hue i in liatterles dismounted two heavy BECKER DIES GAME. WEXT TO THE* CHAIR PROTEST? ING HIS INNOCENCE. Police Captain Who Was Convicted on the Charge of Procuring the Mur? der of Henna n Hoscnthal Pays Peiuiity for His Crime. Ossining, N. G.?July 30.?Becker was executed at 5.4 5. Three .shocks were necessary before lie was pro? nounced dead. Me was "game" to the last, and went to his death protesting his innocence. As he was strapped in the chair he leaned toward Father Curry and whispered: "Father bear this message to my wife and friends: I am not guilty in any way of the death of Herman Kosenthal." An hour before the execution he wrote a statement to the same general effect, and paid a last tribute to his loyal wife saying: "I am proud to have been the husband of the purest, noblest woman who ever lived.'* He never lost his nerve. He ap? proached the chair erect and calm. A slight tremble of the voice at the last moment was the only evidence of emotion. lie declared to Father Cur? ry he had no bitterness toward any? one. Just before the current was applied he murmured over and over: "Dear Jesus have mercy upon us." Three shocks were applied. He was pronounced dead in seven min? utes by the physician. The body was shipped to his wife and will he bur? ied in New YorK. Mrs. Hooker, crushed hut undaunt? ed, declares she will never rest until she exposes the methods by which her husband was com icted. During the ten years of married life she has never had occasion to regret that Becker was her husband. CHARGES FELL FLAT. 4 . - Federal Reserve Banks Not Violating \ Neutrality. Washington, July 29?Charges tiled by Farmer .Representative Fowler of f4dt5oi.s!^jotv^l ttvr. Ifif&fMt'ti . National Peace council, that. American neu? trality had been violated through a "conspiracy between officials of fed? eral reserve hanks and agents of Great Britain, France and Russia," were dismissed today by the Federal reserve board. The board held it was without jurisdiction. , Fowler's request for a public hear? ing on the charges was denied and Gov. Hamlin in a letter to the former representative renewed a request for the names of reserve bank directors alleged to be involved. Fowler charged that $220,000,000 had been obtained and $300,000,000 more was to be obtained from re? serve and member banks for use in connection with the purchase in the United States of war materials for European belligerents. SLAYS CHILD WIFE. Atlanta Man Then Turns Deadly Weapon on Himself. Atlanta, July 30.?Edwin A. Moore tonight shot and killed his 15-year old wife at the home of her parents here and then mortally wounded him? self, dying an hour later. Mrs. Moore recently had left her husband after a Quarrel which the police believe was responsible for the tragedy. WHEAT CROP SH EERS. Reduction in Kansas Yield of Winter (?rain. Topeka, Kan., July 30.? Kansas! farmers will harvest 1 1 5.700,000 bushels of Winter wheat this year, the 1 State board of agriculture estimated today in its July reports. Continuous rains and hail during the harvest season have cost the State 23,000,000 bushels id' wheat, the re? port said.. The June report estimated the\crop at 138,700,000 bushels. Seek Dead Men's Jobs. Chicago, August 2.?Two thousand live hundred women ami men were in line outside the gates of the Western Blcclric Company this morning seek? ing the places made vacant by the Eastland disaster. Many wore mourning, being there to seek the places of (b ad relatives German guns Saturday. This indi? cates that the rear guard at Warsaw was still holding out twenty-four hours ago. Prcitrfl Aeroplane Raid. Amsterdam. Aug. 2.?French avla lors dropped twenty-live bombs on Markyveiler und Walburg Sunday, set? ting a German military store alire. GERMANS ACCUSED OF FORGERY CLAIMED THAT PASSPORTS OP SPIES WERE FORGED. Ambassador Gtmrd Notified to Call Attention of Imperial Government to Matter and Ascertain What Part it is Responsible For. Washington, July 30.?Ambassador Gerard was directed today to call to the attention of the German govern? ment statements by persons arrested in England as German spies that the German officials had supplied them with forged German passports. This action was baaed on sworn testimony of several alleged Germar spies apprehended and statements j * Americans whose genuine passpe are alleged to have been forged-, bassador Gerard is directed to St an explanation of that portion of tes? timony in several fSBOJ. which ap i pears to make agents of the German government responsible for the for? geries. Officials here have been concerned for some time at repeated instances of abuse of American passports. It was pointed out, however, that there was no recourse against deliberate forgery of a passport or any other document at such a time. Beginning with the developments in the case of the German-American, Kupferle, who committed suicide, af? ter admitting that, as a German, he I had been supplied with a bogus I American passport by his superior, I the state department has been tracing ; the history of other false passports. Developments in the case of the al? leged German spy, Bruckow, on trial in London for the last three weeks, have strengthened the hands of the investigators here. It has been found that a passport issued an American business man traveling in Germany was temporarily in the custody of the Berlin police in conformity with their demand. The passport was re? turned but it new appears Buckow was equipped with a facsimile con? taining his ov(n portrait but bearing the. mimt ond^umi ercd- U^djtt^ mc/nt issued to the American. TEX MORE ARRESTED. British lighting Agaiiwt German Espionage. London, July 29.?A British official statement dealing with espionage is? sued tonight reads: "In addition to the five persons ; whose conviction for espionage has I already been announced! the authori , ties have arrested at various times j recently the following alleged Ger? man agents: I "(a) A Dutch subject. "(b) A Dutch subject?recently tried by courtmartial for attempting i tt) communicate information regard? ing the fleet; Unding! and sentence not yet promulgated. "(c) A German wit' a forged American passport. "(d) A woman of German origin, married to a naturalized British sub? ject of Prussian birth,- from whom she is separated. "(c) A Brazilian of German origin. "(f) A native of Uruguay of Ger? man origin. "(g) A Peruvian of suspected Ger? man origin. "(h) A Swede. "(i) A German; claims to be a naturalized American. "(j) A British subject. Of the above, (a), (c), (h) and (i), since their arrest have made a I full confession of their mission. They will be charged with attempting to collect and communicate to the enemy information regarding the lleet and military forces, with the. intention of aiding the enemy or committing an act preparatory thereto. "The trial will be in camera. It is not desirable in the public interest to give further details, but it may be stated that as far as is known none of these persons had been in this I country longer than three weeks at the time of arrest. Owing to certain measures adopted by the authorities, their activities were cut short In their early stages." PORtiED PAPERS FOUND. British Reveal Dangerous Trick of Spy. London, July 30.?it was learned on high authority here today that the British authorities have arrested a German subject who had la his poo s? ssion a forged American passport ! which the arrested man admits is not genuine. The forged document has been compared with the iriginal pass port w hieb w as issued to a bona Ilde American citizen. The real passport, which was sent to London by the state department at DEVOTES MUCH TIME CONSIDER? ING SITUATION. President PdlevCM That Most Imme? diate Need is to Meet Starvation Danner. Cornish ^^nH-. July 30.?Preside! Wilson * /much time today I a study ? /Mexican situation. H receiv A / Secretary Irnsing woi Cat A? /Villa and Zapata urging tb ^ /railroad line between Vera f ^ /d Mexico City be kept open ,? shipments. ^ J president is particularly anx <-* /that the Red Cross be given /cy facility for conveying food to xican sufferers and it is understood e feels that firm measures are neces? sary. He would give no indication here, however, that the note sent last night is to be followed immediately by any furtheY stops. The president believes that the first thing to be accomplished by the United States in Mexico is the work of relieving the famine. Appeals were made today to the president in behalf of Paul Hudson, publisher of The Mexican Herald, ar? rested in Mexico City by Gen. Zapata Friends and relatives of Hudson ask? ed that the president obtain his re? lease. As a result the ca^e was taken up by tue state department and steps be? gun towards making rc oresentations in behalf of Mr. Hudson. The presi? dent directed that everything possible be done in his behalf. INTERVENTION IX' HAITL United States Will Hold Island Until Peace Is Restored. Washington, July 31.?With Ad? miral Caperton and American ma? rines holding Port-au-Prince, armed intervention by the United States in Haiti is practically in effect today. The impression is general that A.neri c^e^fpreea win be kept on the Island^ ! u*ti! the. new;, government is reeojoiiz* , od. Washington will also try, to ne? gotiate a treaty to administer Heart's fiscal affairs and maintain ord'ei* when necessary. Four Haitiens were killed in the lighting, when the American marines landed. The hospital ship I Solace has been ordered to Port-au j Prince, but no further fighting is ex | pected. Six Haitians were killed at Port au-Prince. The American forces con? tinue the ? ork of disarming every? one. MARINES FOR HAITI. Ihittleship Connecticut Sailed for Port Au Prince This Morning. Philadelphia, July tl.?The battle? ship Connecticut with 500 marines aboard sail for Port Au Prince at 9.30 today. SMITH AXD MANNING LEAVE. Senator and Governor Spoke at Sea? shore Hanquot. Charleston, July 30.?United States Senator E. Durant Smith and Gover? nor Richard L Manning left yester? day, having spoken the night before at the banquet at the Isle of Palms given by the C'ty of Charleston in honor of Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrison and the officers of the 1st regiment. They also attended the trip to the Navy Yard on the Gov? ernment buoy tender Cypress. Gov? ernor Manning reviewed the 1st regi? ment Wednesday afternoon on the beach. Much regret was expressed that Secretary Garrison was not able to \ isit Charleston. With the departure of the soldiers the dispensary of Mount Pleasant will resume business. The intendent and other officials of the village did not accept the Governor's closing order kindly and tried to have the orilcr rescinded, as they hold that the people of Mount PI rasant and the vlclnty were being lnc*onvenieae> ed. Tlie dispensary was closed be? cause it appeared that too many sol? diers were finding their way to its doors. i Washington, shows that the forgery In a dangerous Imitation. The arrested man is understood to have declared that the false passport was given to him In Antwerp by Capt. Schneitxer, a German secret service officer. The real passport was issued to an American business man who reached Germany Marth LM and left that country April S. This man was at ids home with his passport when the holder of the false document was ar? rested in England.