Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?ftt tUatchman ano 'HB HI Ml Kit WATCHMAN, EMtatlllstled April, 1840. 'Be Jum and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Alms'! at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established /one, IsM. Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14. 1916. Vol. XL No. 61. Stated That Kaiser Has Consented to Pope Acting as Intermediary Between Ger? man Allies and Their Enemies % sH'Mivn pi \( i woi ld hi: made with imssi\, and BEL. <.iim woi i.n hi: Ri:sToRi;i>?Ktssians UMB MOM CITIES AMI? ARE MAKIN?. I i pouts TO mhi V.THI \ I'OHTUTt A tioXn lkadin?. 10 rirruo<iu \i>?in SOUTHEAST ALUM ARE assi mino sTIU>n<i ori'i.Ns|\ i: move WITH lONSTANTINOriJO as its oiwiictiu: point?no OHAMR on WESTERN FRONT I iE II MANS < \ I "IT HE LOM. \. * '<>rt Hl. .1 Russian City Taken by Storm. Herlin. Aug. 10.?The Russian fot> tined city of Lomsa, which has been holding back tho German advance acroaa the Narew river was captured by German troops today. Four of the forte were taken by storm hunt night. ZEPPELINS It MD ENGLAND. Thirteen Persons Kllh^l and Twelve NN ? >? 111< I. . I Ttslay. London. Aug. 10.?BtppeMrfg raided tha esst coast of England hist night and early today. Thirteen were kill? ed and twelve wounded. Hl LGARIA AND GREEt E FOR ALLIES. Hr|M?rt? from Athens Indicate That Mli.- Will H.iv?- VvsUtancc. London, Aug. 11.?That the entente allies have won over Grceco and Rul garla und those countries will soon Join In the war against Germany is in? dicated in advices from Athens which state that the Rulgurian legation there has announced that the allies' proposals to Bulgaria have been found satisfactory by the S?dlu gov? ernment. Roumanla. which has with? held action because of the Teutonic victories over Russia, will undoubtedly LulgarU into the F1M>I> RIOTS IN GERMANY. Peace Pr"v*gniMllHt* Shot by tier mans. Amsterdam. Aug. 11.?The hi ;h cost of food Im causing unrest in many parts of Germany. Food riots oec u r red today at Schweinfurt. Several persons were recently shot In Ger? many for advocating a peace propa? ganda. si MM \ HI NT * R| sY V. UN. Me\en Mdpjt Sent to the Rottoii Toda> l<ondoti, Aug. II.?German :nl-mt I | I tlmed eleven non e reeselS to .1 . . I he I'i ite.h st ? uners Rosalie, ol fotir thousand tons. t>;iUvvood and Utopia, six trawlers, a Norwegian bark and the Russian burk RulUcl. All the cr? ws were .red Itiivduus Komm?. Petrograd, Aug. II. -The ?v uni Ron of Kov no h i * ?< u begun, which means that th?? new line of Ru sian d?-f?'HMe from Hrest-1 Jtov sk has been found untenable Little Rattle In EuM. I*arls. Aug. 11.?( Ullcial ? There was a sharp cannonade during the il around !? i i< h< ?'??. The enemy ?opted to attack with Petards, but were repulsed. In the Argonne-? the cr?m> violently homharded our position* east of the Vienne l.innrvillc Highway. The BjgjtM was calm on the rest of the front. Germans \*>m> Two shlp^. Herlln. Aug. 11.?Two German mine sweepers were lost Sunday In a reconnaissance in the Gulf of Riga, was ofTtclally announced today. Rus? sian claims that three German VOgtSt* w ePi sunk is ?l> med. Lukou Pulls to Gcrnuuis. Rerlln. Aug. Iii.?The Germans have occupied Lukow. Von M.icki n sen Is within thirty-six miles of Hrestlttovsk. ATTACK ON PI:TIK>GK \I> I I \R El>. Huh.Inn?. M.il.m ? l\)ietMl Effort to Mn iml.i ii hefciM s of < upilol. Petrograd. Aug. I J -The defenses of Pakow and No\on??rod. command? ing theI* gateway to Petrograd from the southwest ate heilig hastily ntr? ngthened, and all available artil? lery Is being planted on the heights dominating the Petrograd*Wlteogk1 railroad. Strong attaeks nr.* being directed against the enemy all alone the hue In Polund. At sewral placet the Austro-Germnn advance ha? been checked, according; to the war otllce. The newspapers, however, discuss the possibility of a German attack on Petrograd and the war oftlce is evi? dent l> preparing for such a contin Kency. DR1V1 loll CONSTANTINOPLK. Allies .Making Desperate Kffort to Force Dardanelles. Athens, Aug. II,?Steady gains for the allies are reported from the most ambitious attempt yet made to force the Dardanelles. Two immense drives are under way, one eastward from Krlthla, the other south from Avl jburnu. The Turkish cruisers Midirli, and Sultan Selim (formerly the-Bres? lau and Goeben), have been torpedoed by an English submarine. The allies have suffered enormous losses as the result of their attacks on Turkish po? sitions, but have received lifty thou? sand reinforcements. _ MORE PEACE TALK. - Germany |i Negotiating With Pope to Mediate. l?ondon, Aug. 12.? Dispatches from Milan stating that Germany is nego? tiating to secure mediation by the 1'ope to settle the war caused little surprise. For some time German newspapers, vllh the natu.lion ui the government, have been stating that Germany Is willing to listen to reason? able peace proposals. According to the Milan dispatch Germany offered to restore Helium, but makes no men? tion of Russia. Advices from Petro? grad state that the Kaiser offered to make a separate peace with that country. Ilawtriun Regiment* Destroyed. Hash*, Aug. 12. ?Two Pa\ariin reg? iments were annihilated by Hie French near Thann. The Germans ba\. CVttOUUtOd 1 ?ornach, a suburb of Moeihausen. Germans Send Reinforcements. i msterdam, A US 12. ?The Gcrhiaiis are rushing reinforcements an I gum to ri.iinbrs to moot another offen? sjvc movement by the British wnleh li cipccicd ?0 Gain In France. Paris, Aug. 1Hard lighting Is going on at the center ami on the right wing of the battle fr<?nt. Neith? er side is mining any advantage. CORN CLI P? ROYS AT CLEMSON. sexciity-eiuhi Young Farmers Enjoy Stay and Agricultural COOTSO Chooses Peach Tiegen, (Memson College, Aug. 11.?There arc ?eventy-eight Corn Club boys up bore Inking the four weeks' course in agriculture, offered them by (Memson College, Wesley McCoy and Kichard Welle are representing Bumter coun? ty, The boys are having the time of their li\es and at the same time thCV are learning tomethlng about scien? tific forming, and what n regular course in Clemeon College would mean to them. A number of boys lore have never been sway from la no before for any length of time. a< yet i haven i seen n boy that look? ed at all like ho was homesick. It certainly Is a manly, good looklns set of boys. Prof, Ci P. Nlven Is planning to as? sist US still further in the way of se? curing cheap peach trees. Mr. Nlven lold mc that if i would ^et lour or live farmers to plant out Hve hundred to a thousand peach kernels each, that he would come down and bud them for us next June with the best varieties without any expense to us. in this way from three to live thou? sand trees may be produced in Hum* ler county at practically no cost to the farmers. Ilesldes it will demon? strate le the farmers who do this work l.ow cheaply peach trees can be produced, Anyone wishing to take up Ibis work should communicate with me and begin savins, up the peach kernels, J, Prank Williams, Local Agent I'. S. Dept. Agrlc're. WANT COTTON CONTRABAND. BRITONS URGE* RAN <>N STAPLE liV GOVERNMENT. South*! Greatest Prodact Declares! to be Absolutely Kssentlnl in Making Qood Powder. London, Aug. 11,?At n meeting; held tonight to Imprest on tho gov? ernment the necessity of declaring cotton contraband, Sir William Ram< say. the scientist, declared cotton was the only ubstanoe required for the manufacture of munitions with which the Germans could not supply thom selves. He said no chemical pro? ducts can take the place of cotton in propulsive ammunition. Sir Charles Macara, president of the Master Cot? ton Spinners' Association of Great Britain, presided, i d Sir William was the principal speaker. An inspired statement published In most of the newspapers this morning deprecating the action to make cotton contraband and intimating that nego? tiations with the United States on this subject were proceeding lessened Interest in the meeting but both the presiding olllcers and speakers were insistent that immediate .action should be taken. In opening the meeting Sir Charles said he had no doubt manufacturefa of explosives had consumed a largo part of the cotton surplus created by the war and added: "We must utilize our command of the highways of the sea, both phy? sically and diplomatically, to prevent cotton reaching enemy countries, while at the same time acting fairly in the interest of neutral countries." He was sure the government had given anxious consideration to this complicated problem and said there was no doubt that the stocks of cot? ton accumulating at Liverpool . had shown an improvement was faking place, but that It was nocessarjpthat strong and well considered measures should be carried out to keep cotton from the countries with which <preai I .rim in was at war. ? Sir William Ramsay, Whon+oi&$c^ a resolution passed demanding that cotton be declared contraband, assert? ed that while substitutes for cotton could be used in making n!tro-cel llulose none had what was called the "ballistic power" of cotton, ami if anything cisc were used by the Ger iinans it would necessitate enlarging the chambers of tlp'ir gu:?s and alter? ing the sights of their rifles, an ex? pedient which not even Germany could be prepared to adopt in the course <d q great war. He declared that cotton was going into Germany by devious routes. It was sold, he said, to Dutch and fcJwedlsh companies under a guarantee that it would not be sold to Ger nany or Austria. While technically this guaruntee was not violated, Sir Charles contended it was in reality ; subterfuge, for the notch and Swedish consignees sold the ship? ments to Swiss companies who, in turn, sold them to Great Britain's ad vt rsaries. Sir Charles estimated that a thous? and tons of cotton is used every day of the war and ho protested that it was grossly unfair to the English sol? diers end their allies that Great Brit? ain should continue to supply Ger? many with this commodity. "Had cotton been stopped at the beginning of the war." he said, "we 'might reasonably expect to see the war Hearing an end." A letter from Lord Bercsford was read at the meetii i in which he said if cotton had been declared contra? band last February the war now would be approaching its final scenes and added: "Cotton Is still entering Germany. She might just as well be allowed to import shells. Neutral powers should be informed that we intend to main? tain our maritime rights as a belllg rent. Of what use to us la the mas? tery of the sea unless we profit by its ad\ antuges ? "We don't wish to hamper the trade of the great English speaking nation across the Atlantic. There are difficulties, but difficulties were cre? ated tO be faced." The solution of the problem pro? posed by Lord Ueresford would be for the british government to buy up the entire American cotton crop and re? st 11 afterwards, even if at a loss. No Loxgeh XECKSHARY, Frankfurter Kelttlllg Says Germany Doe-n't Need Cotton. London, .\rg. 11.?-Announcement that Germany now la abb' to dispense With cotton in the manufacture Of military supplies is made by The Frankfurter Zeitung, as quoted by Center's correspondent a! Amsterdam. This newspaper asserts that the de?i? BODIES OP VICTIMS IN VILAYET OF BRITISH MASSACRE AHE THROWN INTO TIGRIS RIVER. Many Refugee* at Igdir?Expected Fully 100,000 Armenians Will lie Driven Erom Vun Alone. Tlflis, Trans-Caucasia, Aug. 10.? (Via Petrograd and London.)?The Armeulan Bishop has learned that 60,000 Armenian refugees have arriv? ed at Igdir, principal outlet of the Vilayet of Van. it is expected that fully 1UO.00U Will DC driven from Van alone, and another CXOdUfl of Chris? tians from Persia is feared. Kurds are reported to have massa? cred 10,000 Armenians In the Vilayet of Bit Us throwing the bodies into the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The war on this front has reached a degree of intensity hitherto un? known except in the period just pre? ceding the Russian victory at Sary Kamyih. 13. Varasdate, a member of the committee of Armenian Social Demo? cratic party, writing to L'llumanite, of Paris, on August 2, said the com? mittee had received word that the Turks, after masiacreing all the male population in the region of Pitlis, Turkish Armenia, assembled !*,000 women and children and drove them to the banks of the Tigris, where they shot them, throwing the bodies into the river. Reports of massacres of Armenians at various points have been received frequently. Six thousand were said to have been slain at Van in May. The Armenians are defending them? selves as best they can with whatever weapons are available. The head of the Armenian church was reported early this month to have sent to President Wilson an ap? peal to the American nation to pro? test against "Armenien massacres and the violent removal of Armenians | from Constantinople and Clllcia (Asia Minor) to Konieh and Mesopotamia, where they are doomed to perish." MAYESV1LLE CLUBS MEET. Book Club Entertained by Mrs. Tlmines and Rook Club with Mrs. Ma yes. Mayesvllle, Aug. 12.?The last meet? ing of the Tuesday Afternoon Book club was held with Mrs. J. W. Thames at her pretty, new home on Salem street. Quite a large number of mem? bers and guests v.vre present to en Joy the afternoon. A spirited rook contest was engaged in, Mcsdames E. \V. Mayes and C. D. Cooper, who were partners and did not lose a game, winning the prize, a handsome box of stationery. The score cards were daintily decorated with melons, and delicious cream was served in cantaloupes The next meeting of the club will be held with Miss Sadie , Mayes on Tuesday, the 17th. The Rook club was entertained at its last meeting by Mrs. E. \V. Mayes and a most delightful afternoon was ?pent by the large number who at? tended. Mrs. \V. 8. Chandler scored the highest in the contest. Refresh? ments of cream and cake were served during the afternoon. Mrs. Adrian Miller and daughters of Augusta are the guests of the form? ers sister, Mrs. \V. W. Gardner. Uev. Kay Piddle of Florida is visit? ing relatives here for a few days Mrs. B. B. Crawford and children are visiting relatives in Manning. P. A. Chandler and family spent several days this week at Society Hill, visiting Mrs. Chandler's relatives. U. P, DesChamps and family are spending sometime at Chick Springs. 11. C. Bland and family are at Waynesville, N. C, for a stay. W. P. Cooper and family are spend? ing a while at Glenn Springs. Mrs. S. J. Grant and Miss S. I. Grant are visiting the Misses Burgess at Clinton. Medal Contest. A medal contest is being gotten up by the w. C. T. U. of Sumter. The girls of the city between the ages of 1 '?'< and 1?; are cordially Invlt ed to take part In this contest. Those wishing" to do so, are asked to send their names ;it once to Mrs. i Leiura Lobby, or Miss Mamie Chan? dler. Either of these ladies will cheerfullj give any information rela? tive to the rules of the contest. ! t 'nation of cotton as contraband of war w ould not solve Anglo-American dif? ficulties, and adds: ? in the present condition of our technical science no cotton whatever is any longer used for war purposes " TRAXLER AND RECTOR COME IX) BLOWS IN BARBER SHOP. Grccnvlllo County Official claims to Have Boen Persecuted ami Threat? ens to Use Fori? Against Lncinics II* They Molest Him. Greenville, Aug. 10.? Postmaster Traxler and Sheriff Hcndrix Rector engaged In a personal encounter here this morning as a result of hot words exchanged Just after a recent politi? cal meeting. The sheriff cursed Mr. Traxler, it is alleged, using the vilest Of language at the conclusion of the j meeting. Mr. Traxler claimed that he did not hear the cursing and later in the evening the sheriff is said to have apologized to him. However, the sheriff made a statement in the afternoon paper of the next day to the effect that he cursed the post? master to his face and had no apologies to offer. Tins morning the two met in a bar? ber shop and Mr. Traxler told the sheriff that if he had been going about over the county bragging of having cursed him to his face, he was a "damned liar." The statement was repeated, hut the sheriff said he did not desire to have any trouble. Finally the sheriff started to rise and Mr. Traxler struck him a blow in the face. The two men fought lor some time before being separated. In the city court Mr. Traxler was fined $50 and Sheriff Hector $25. The light was the outgrowth of bitter factionalism in the county. For some time men cognizant of affairs have looked for a fisticuff if nothing worse. This afternoon the sheriff ask? ed the press to announce that he would "kill the next man who came at him, if it means my electrocution in ten minutes." The sheriff stated in court that he had three pistols on his person and that henceforth he would look out for himself. He says he will stand nothing more. Ill feiling has recently been inten? sified by hot speeches which the Sheriff has made over the county. He claims tmrt dcteetrvcfff1d?,ow him con? tinually, that the rural police are fighting him all the time and that the opposing faction gives him no peace whatever. SUGGESTION IMPRF.SSF.S WILSON. President Hopes to Discuss Feasibility of Buying 2,000,000 Hales of Cot? ton. Columbia, Aug. 1).?'President Wil? son, in a letter to John L. McLaurin, State warehouse commissioner, says that he hopes to discuss with those Who understand the matter better than he does the feasibility of the suggestion by Senator McLsunrln that (lie United States government or the allies buy 2,000,000 bales of lowgrade cotton for use in manufacturing ex? plosives in older to stabilise the cotton market. The letter of Senator McLaurin was addressed to the White House at Washington and Secretary J. P. Tu? multy notilied Mr. McLaurin that he had forwarded the letter to Cornish, x. H., where the president is spending his vacation. This afternoon Senator McLaurin received the following reply from the president: "Cornish, X. II., August 7, 11)15. "My Dear Mr. McLaurin: Your let? ter of August 5 has been forwarded to me here and 1 have road it with gen? uine interest, finding it very suggest? ive, indeed. 1 shall hope to discuss with those who understand these mat [ters better than 1 do the feasibility of carrying out your suggestions. Sin? cerely yours, Woodrow Wilson." "The Hon. John L. McLaurin, State Warehouse Commissioner, Columbia, s. C." Senator McLaurin expressed himself as being very much gratified over the interest President Wilson is taking in the cotton situation. "It is good to know that the president is open to suggestion^' said Mr. McLaurin. He is confident that Ins suggestion for the government to buy '1,000,(out bales of low-grade cotton to use in the manu- J fact ore of explosives is going to re? ceive serious consideration and he be? lieves that it will mean the salvation of the cotton market. too quick for cxnnw/x. Minister Withdrawn Before he Could He Ousted. Washington, Aug. i?. Carranss of?| ilcials here said today the Rrasillan] minister at Mexico City, the onlj dip? lomatic representative the United States has in Mexico, has I?cell with? drawn by his government because Hon. Carran/.a was prepared to CXpel him from the country as he did Senorl Ortega, the Guatemalan minister. GRAND JITt C < CHICAGO I \Kl.s ACTIO? C A CONNECTION V < t EASTLAND HORROR. Cour ' nils of Company Owning Uns?* iccused of Manslaughter? Engineer ami Captain Charged with ( riminal Carelessness?Careful In slK'ction of * cssels I'rged. Chicago, Aug. 11.?Indictments Charging manslaughter and criminal carelessness were returned in the criminal court today in connection with the Gastland disaster. The captain and engineer and four officers of the St. Joseph-Chicago Steamship company, owners ot the boat, are named as follows: George T. Arnold, president; William H. Hull, vice president and general manager; W. C. Steele, secretary-treasurer; Ray W. Davis, assistant secretary-treas? urer; Harry l'cderson, captain of the Gastland; Joseph IC Erickson, en? gineer. Monds were lixed at $20,000 each lor officials and $10,000 each for Pe derson and Erickson. The two last named are charged with criminal carelessness and the olhcials with manslaughter. The bill against the officials charged: "That they knew the Eastland was unseaworthy and had no stability. "That they permitted 2,500 passen? gers aboard the vessel, which is more than its carrying capacity. "That they were negligent in hiring an incompetent engineer, who because of his lack of skill, was unable to control the boat properly. "That the crew did not number enough hands to manage and control the Eastland properly. "The ballast tanks were allowed to be out of repair and were not filled." Against Capt. Pcderson these charges were brought: "That he permitted aboard the boat a larger number of passengers than she could safely carry. "That he neglected to warn the passengers to leave the Eastland wheuf" it became apparent to him that she was about to overturn. "That he was negligent in not see? ing that the ballast tanks were in repair and were properly filled. "That he was negligent in not see? ing that the chalk-holes and gangways were closed when the ship was loaded." Counts against Erickson are simi? lar. The report of the grand jury finds that the disaster wmm caused by "in? stability under conditions of loading," and states that the instability was due to "one of three main causes, or any two of all them," as follows: The overloading of the vessel with passengers. The mishandling of S/ater ballast. The const ruction of the vessel. The report says that Eastland be? gan loading passengers without water ballast and belated efforts to fill the tanks failed. "That the instability of the boat was not corrected years before, we regard as indicating criminal care? lessness or Incompetence on the part of all persons connected with the de? sign, construction, control, operation and inspection of the boat," says the report. It points out that federal in? spectors had the right to refuse a permit to the boat, but that they are generally not trained men and failed to make stability tests. "The handling of the ballast by the officers of the boat indicates an en? tire lack of understanding of the proper uses of water ballast and an absolute disregard for safety after re? peated warnings and frequent indica? tions of extreme instability," con? tinues the repeat. The jury recommends that expert federal approval be required for the construction of steam vessels, and con? stant Inspection and supervision. Haiden President Chosen. Special to The Daily Item. Port-au-Prince, Aug. 12.? Sudcre Dartiiiguena; was elected president by Con? gress today. Columbia. Aug. 12.?Mrs. Minnie Napier Johnson, aged about tit. wife of .1. c. Johnson, day policeman guarding tin- state capltol, commit? ted suicide at her home here at 5 o'clock this morning by shooting her? self in the right temple with her husttsnd's revolver, death resulted in u minutes. Ill health is given as the cause of the deed.