Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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atchnurai unh Wmm ffmrrBT WATCHMAN, E?t*W*hed April, ISM. "B? JuM and F.vaf not?Det an the ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and TrutfcTa.w THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 1 Consolidated Aur. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. 0M WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1915. VoLXLI. No. 6. GERMAN ADVANCE CHECKED, HI'.SMI ANN II AVK HAlljKB, SAYS HKHI.IN HKPOHT, AM? AIUB j STKMMIV(. TIBI Ol TKI TONIC INVA? SION. At Only On* Point Have Genna ns ?.Hu?, i?In I'nuihumu.h Kussluns Ham < n|iintvii Trenches ami Pris? oner* fr<?m Turks?In Turkish Capi? tal IVHIng Grows AiculiiHt Their G?t?M AII lc*?Artillery light In West. Berlin, Bept. 3.?A British trans? port haa been mink off the Dardanelles and over eighteen hundred soldiers were drowned. The news of the HlnkinK came in diapatchoa from Boll?;, which Htated that the. transport struck a mine. Six hundred bodlea have been recovered. AMKHK AN STKAMKK SI NK. (irrnuu Submarine Sends Lumber Ship to Bottom. Kan Francisco, Sept. 3.?A cable? gram to the Marine Exchange states that the American steamer William T. Law la was sunk by a Oerman subma? rine off Queensti \n n. The crew of thirty were savejl by a I>anlsh vessel. The ship carried a cargo of lumber from Everett, Washington. Ttlot'HLK IN CABIN KT. I). , Kl.,,, ( onftcta With Opinion of All Marine Chief?. London, Sept. 3.?An Exchange Telegraph dlapatch from AnuUerdam eaya: 'Telegrama from Berlin express fear that the Oerman government's decision to relax Its submarine campaign will cauae aerloua Internal troubles, ae the chancellor's action conllicts with the opinion of all the marine chiefs." Grodno Taken Berlin. S ipt, 3.?The Germans have captured Orodno. ?> ? ? H Thiss^ MnnnriN Torpedoed. London. Bept. 3.?The British eteamers lloumalne, Whltefleld, and Davona, have been aubmarlned. The crews were saved. t.KKMAN PKOGKI.SS CIIKCKKB. I rderh kstadt Only Point Where Guln Was Made. Berlin. Bept. 4.?The Germans cap? tured the bridgehead at Frledrlech atadt on the Dvina by storm. Thirty three hundred Kuastans were captur? ed. The triumphant progress of the Germans at other points seems stop? ped. The official report shows that the Huaalana have at last rallied and are offering desperate resistance. Th< general staff admits that lighting; con? tinues at Grodno, though the forts are In the hands of the Germans. Von llindenbtiri; has been checked In his efforts al<?ng center. Mackensen bus be? ii mi it.lr 111 effect a crossing of tile Jaiiolda river. TCItKlSlI liKIIM.I DI STHOYI I). Baring K?p|o4t b> Crew of British Submarine. Athen? 4.?The crew of a British aubmarlne landed at Krot/ou laat week and dynamited Qehrftl bridge, 2H miles from ConstantInople. It was <me of the most danm: teats yet preformed. Anlller> t omlMits Continue. Paris, Sept. 4 (Official).?Artillery coinl?ats were i .lly violent last night north and south of Arras, and at eeveraCotber points along the lino. Our mines extensively damaged the enemies' works in the environs of Vaiuiuois. Kassians Bofent Turks. IVtrogrud. Sept. 4.?The otlblal re? port of OMMMMH operations st ii.aj that the Russians took several Turk? ish tn-nehes with the bayonet In the region of Lake Akhh/ipl on Wednes? day, capturing h< ,ei il hums and two hundred prisoners. Turks Protest Against (.crmaie*. l>n.|on. S? i'' ? A Central Nf/Wl dispatch ? i that feeling against Oie (ieimans .it Constantinople is In? tense. ? ?tie ofllel il H11m killed In the barracks. Placards have been posted protesting the fj, i mans are ruining the country. Kusslans Check Gcrnuitis. Vienna, Sept. 6.? It was officially announced today that strong Kassian reaiatance Is cheeking the Teuton ad? vance in East Oallcla ami Volhynlaln, Pessars I-la mil west Tarn. >ol The Teutons have mude further gains on SUBMARINES CROSS ATLANTIC? REPORT IN' UKW YORK IS THAT TF.N YWMTfifl WERK BVWS IN AMERICA POR ALLIES, Mated That They Were Assembled at Montreal to Keep from Violating Neutrality of I'nlted States, and Steamed from There to Kuroi>e? Five at Dardanellen and Five at Heligoland. New York. Sept. 4.?According to a story published today, ten subma? rines built by the Bethlehem Steel Company crossed the Atlantic under their own steam from Montreal. American achievement, the story says, accomplished a trans-Atlantic subma? rine while other nations were dream? ing of it. Five of the new craft are at the Dardanelles and five off Heligo? land. A freight carrying submarine will be developed in a few months. The capacity of the Bethlehem Steel Company now Is a hundred subma? rines u year, and will be doubled in tt N'U months. The boats were assem? bled at Montreal to keep from violat? ing the neutrality (if the United State?. REPORTS TO BE INVESTIGATED. Action Will Im- Immediate if Schwab Has lltillt British Submarine*. Washington, Sept. 4.?The United States will investigate the reports that submarines built by the Bethlehem Steel company are now units in the Hritlsh navy. This Is regarded as a violation of neutrality and a breach of the agreement between Schwab and [Bryan. Immediate action will be tak? en If the reports are proven true. Alabama for State Warehouse. Columbia, Sept. G.?Commissioner Jno. 14. McLaurln was much gratified at the news received of the enacting of a warehouse law In Alabama. Mr. McLiurln says that the house of rep? resentatives has been solid for the bill, but tho senate was doubtful. I In the early summer Mr. McLaurln went to Atlanta and advised commit? tees of Georgia and Alabama legis? latures on this matte*. He declares that the Alabama bill was pushed by two manufacturers, Mr. Nesbltt and ex-Qov. Comer, 'who had the fore? sight to see that it would help mills ami farmers alike." the Italian front the enemy being re? pulsed in several attacks. Sailing Vowel Submarined. Liverpool, Sept. G.?A sailing vessel, as y??t unidentified, was submarined off the Irish coast Saturday ninht about the same time as the Hesperian. Germany Broke Promise. London, Sept. G.?The English newspapers bitterly commented on the sinking of the Hesperian by a German submarine today. They declare that (leilliaiiy broke its promise. Roumanian*, Called to Color-. Berlin, Sept. 6.?It is otllclally an? nounced that a dispatch from Geneva states that all Roumanians in Switz? erland have been ordered to report to their regimental divisions in Kouman la. Big Artillery Battle. Paris, Sept. G.?A Violent bom? bardment, both sides using artillery of all calibres, was ofllcialy reported today. It was most violent last night in the vicinity of Arras, RottnOOUrt and Rretancourt. There have been mine conflicts In the Argonnes. Avia? tors bombarded the German barracks at Dleuze and Morhaime. Turks Coiilldent of Success. Herlin, Sept. I,?The German CfOWn Prince l'rederich sent congrat? ulations to the Turkish mildster of war on the splendid victory Of the Turks at Anafarta. The Turks de? clare they will soon l>e able to throw the "allies invaders into the sea." Another Steamer Submarined. London. Sept. G.?The Hritlsh, steamship Cymbelme, forty-live hun? dred tons, was snl'tnarined today. Six of the crew were killed* (?crnmns at Riga, London, Sept. I,?The Russians hnve evacuated Dago, says a dlapatch from Copenhagen. The Germane claim possession of the Gulf of Itlga. Russian I ron! Unchanged. Berlin, Sept. I.?There is little change In the Russian front. Prince Leopold'a Bavarian army Is fighting rear guard engagement! with the Rus ?Iani und advancing. Hlndenburg is netirlng the Nlemen, while Macken? sen's army is advancing northeast of Pruahaay, GERMANS CLAIM SUCCESS IN DRIVE AGAINST 1UGA. Report Capture of Fortified Bridge? head on Dvlna, Which Might Pot Russians in North hi Critical Po? sition?Muscovites Expected to Make Strong Stand on River. London, Sept. 8.?The Germans to? day claim to have carried by assault the fortified bridgehead at Len newada on the Dvlna river between Friedrichstadt and Riga. This is con? sidered the most critical point on I the whole Russian front, for should the Germans cross the Dvina the Russians would be compelled to evacuate Riga, and their position be? tween the Dvina and Vilna, and even southwest of Vilna would be jeopard? ized. However, the Germans did not yet 'claim to have crossed the river, which is defended by a reinforced army under Gen. Russky, who stop? ped the previous German advance on the Usura river in front of Warsaw. Military critics believe the Rus? sians will make a stubborn defense and say that should they fail here the German licet probably would gain command of the Gulf of Riga and by landing troops at Pernau WOtlld shorten considerably the pro? tracted march to Petrograd, which is understood to be the ultimato Ger? man objective. In view of the importance of the battle raging along the lower Dvina, the fighting elsewhere loses some of its Interest. Grodno, which the Rus? sians evacuated, apparently proved an empty shell to the Germans, as they captured only 400 prisoners after street fighting. Northwest of Vilna the Russians are on the offensive, ,and while the Germans say the Rus? sian counterattacks have failed, Petrograd claims that the counter offensive seriously threatens the German left flank and communica? tions with the army of Lieut. Gen. von Eichhorn. The Russian centre still is retiring through the marshy districts. Hov ever, every day the Russians are tak Jing a toll of their pursuers. The Rus? sians also are offering resistance to the Austro-German offensive in Galicia and southeastward of Lutsk they hold a front of some 50 miles. There still is some doubt as to what the Austro-German intentions are in the southeast. Military critics diffor as to whether there will be an ad? vance on Kiev or an attempt to pro jject a wedge between the Russian armies and Roumania, which would make it a serious matter for Rou I mania to refuse longer Germany's de? mand for free passage of munitions over Roumania railways for the Turks, who are reported to be short of shells. No official news has been received of the Dardanelles operations since the report last Wednesday from Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, commander of the Brltlah forces on the peninsula. The continued successes of the I Austro-Germans in the East lead many writers to the conclusion that the sustained bombardment of the German lines in the West means an early move by the entente allies. The critics point to this, the thorough re? distribution of the Brltlah and French armies and the shelling of Zecbrugge tome days ago as heralding some? thing at least preliminary to a gen ! eral offensive. THIRD GERMAN WAR LOAN. Indications Said to be Pointing to lug Buooeaa, Berlin, Sept. 4.?(Via London.) ? The third German loan, announced this week, is attracting much attention .and it la stated that everything indi? cates its success. Many big subscrip? tions already have been announced. j The Krupp family has subscribed I$10,000,000 and the Berlin municipal Ity $11,260,000, Many companies have subscribed several millions each. Ranking circles, however, expect that such company subscriptions will be fewer than In March, since many con Cerna which were well supplied with raw materials when the war broke out I were able to continue operation! aud put their profit! Into the March loan, ?lately have earned no profits, the raw materials having been worked up. It I is expected, on tin- other hand, that Ismail subscribers will be more nu un ions i hnn ever. Can an An Takes Saltillo. Washington. Sept. ti. Confirmation of the report that Harrannlslas under Commander Ohregmi occupied Raltillo j Saturday was rec? lv? d at the state de l partment today. SURPRISE RUT P ANXIETY. OFFICIAL WASHINGTON NOT GHFATLY PERTH RBED. Oflicials Think There May Ik? Satisfac? tory Explanation of Attack Upon Allan Liner. Washington, Sept. G.?Official Washington received news of the tor? pedoing of the Allan liner Hesperian by a German submarine with uncon? cealed surprise, though there was none of the grave anxiety that fol? lowed the sinking of the Arabic. Com- ! ment was withheld at both the White House and state department, pending detailed reports, but it was learned that high official! regarded it as in? conceivable that after the assurances given by the German government last week a German submarine command? er had without warning launched a torpedo at a peaceful passenger vessel. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing heard of the incident lirst through Associated Press dispatches. Later cable reports from Ambassador Page at London and Consul Frost at Queenstown announced the torpe? doing of the Hesperian with a loss of ubout eight lives, none of them Americans. Reports made public by the state department did not mention whether the vessel was armed or at? tempted to escape, but other advices indicated that while the British ad? miralty believed there had been no warning it would not announce it as a fact Some significance was attached to Consul Frost's statement that the Hesperian carried mounted and vis? ible on her stern a 4.7 inch rifle. While international law permits merchant? men to have guns for defensive pur? poses, particularly when they are of small calibre and mounted aft, it was pointed out that if the Allan liner tficted at all suspiciously after being tapproat d the presence of this gun probably would figure prominently in the submarine commander's report of the torpedoing. ,. No German official was in Wash? ington today, Ambassador von Bern storff having left the city. He has given Secretary Lansing assurances that German submarines would sink no more liners without warning. Remembering the oral and written words of the ambassador, as well as the unqaulilied declaration by Foreign Minister von Jagowr at Berlin that it was not the policy of Germany to sink . passenger vessels without warning, American officials appeared confident there would be a satisfactory explana? tion of the Hesperian case in spite of the statements of her passengers that she was torpedoed without warning. It was suggested in some quar? ters that perhaps the ship struck a floating mine and in others that she must have attempted to escape alter being spoken by a submarine. THAI LED FIGHT MILES BY BOGS. Philip Trapp, Accused by Coroner's Jury of Murder, Arrested at Lu? goff. Columbia, Sept. 6.?At an early hour this moi nlhg the Caughman blood? hounds from Columbia caused the ar? rest at Lugoff of the negro Philip Trapp, accused by a coroner's jury of killing at Blaney last Sunday his step? daughter, the widow of Jules Smith, who was shot in the affray several months ago at the Winnshoro court house. The dogs trailed Trapp from Blaney to Lugoff, eight miles. The prisoner was turned over to the sheriff of Ker shaw county. The same dogs wero used in the investigation of the train robbery on the Atlantic Coast Line at Ferrebee, between Charleston and Savannah Friday night. They picked up the trail after '12 hours and their work resulted in the arrest of a sus? pect. BLOODHOUNDS ON TRAIL. "Bad Hood Luck," Says Wire From Hardevllle. Columbia, Sept. 4.?Caughman Brothers received a telegram tonight from B. 1). Hough, in charge of the bloodhounds near Ilardeville, trailing supposed robbers of Atlantic Coast Line train, saying: "Had good luck. Will be In tomorrow." They infer from this that Hub loodhounds sue cessfully trailed the men supposed lo he guilty of the robbery. The only thing here known of the affair was n telephone call from Hardeevllle this morning to Caughman Brothers, for bloodhounds. And they were sent down <>n the early Southern train. The I man w ho telephoned said an Atlantic Coast Line train had been held up and 'robbed near llardeeville. A special train was waiting at llardeeville to take the dogs to the scene of the hold LONDON 10 BORROW. INDICATIONS TEND TO CONFIRM REPORT OF BIG TEMPORARY LOAN TO HOLD UP RATES. Sterling Mnkce n Rally on Day'* . Transactions a Substantial < >ain of :i 1-2 Cents Recorded. New York, Sept. 3.?All indications today tended to confirm a report cur? rent in Wall street that Great Brit? ain had borrowed from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 temporarily in this mar? ket to correct the exchange rate on sterling until her commissioners reach New York and consummate negotia? tions for a much larger credit loan here. There was neither confirmation norj denial of this report, which says the collateral on which the loan was is-j sued aggregated the approximate fig? ures of the sum borrowed. Two ship? ments of collateral, totalling about $55,000,000, were brought from Great Britain to Halifax aboard British men-of-war and shipped thence to New York with about $40,000,000 in gold within the past thirty days. Two other bundles of securities were said to have been brought here yesterday aboard the liners Adriatic and St. Paul This loan, if made, was regarded as only a makeshift to clarify the sur? charged atmosphere of the foreign ex? change markets. Spurred by an un? seen stimulant, rates rallied in spec? tacular manner today, sterling soar? ing ten cents or more at the ojening of the market. They fell back later, but. on the day's transactions a sub? stantial gain of three and one-half cents was recorded. Sterling closed at ?4.G6. Estimates of Great Britain's needs here in the form of credit placed the sum today at a minimum of half a billion dollars, with twice that sum mentioned as an outside total. A bil? lion-dollar credit loan would not, it was thought, be raised on one huge issue. But a half billion-dollar loan, it was thojght, might be floated. To furnish this staggering sum, it was said, bankers of all the chief cities of the country would be called on to participate. Boston, Philadel? phia, Chicago, Pittsburg, Atlanta?in fact all reserve centres and some cities where there are no reserve banks?would be represented in con? ference in New York. The situation then would be placed before them and they would be asked to contribute their share to insure uninterrupted continu? ance of America's export trade. Whether Great Britain could fur? nish sufficient American securities at present to serve as collateral for this big loan was another question consid? ered. It was thought that should she not be able to raise thus sum Canadian and South American securities?Gov. emment bonds and even high-class railway bonds?would be thought suf? ficiently stable to serve as collateral. This raised a question: Would the controller of the currency sanction loans by national banks on the bonds of South American governments? and, to go further, would such loans be sanctioned where high-grade South American railway bonds were offered as collateral? There is no market here for these issues, and it was pointed out that under present conditions they would have to be sold in London. The opinion that oflicial sanction might be withheld on loans of this character seemed to prevail. All this, however, was surmise. Today's coveries in rates were attributed by leading bankers here chielly to a normal return to real value from fictitious low prices. Clos? ing quotations on sterling were 4.CC; on francs 5.95; on reichsmarks 8 1-2 and on lires G.4?. Rally Pleases London. London, Sept. 3.?American finan? cial houses in London were highly gratified at today's upward bound in exchange, which they construed as in? dicating that the recent decline had reached the bottom. The consensus of opinion was that the suddenness of the fall and of the recovery showed the drop was due to speculation. It developed today that leading financial interests have held daily sessions of late to formulate reme? dies for exchange difficulties, but that these wen- discontinued on the sailing of the British commissioners for New York, as future retndies are commit? ted largely to their care. The main' remedy proposed during the recent sessions was heavy shipments of gold, nut American financial representatives urged that the United States did not wish a Hood of gold. This caused some perplexity, one of the partici? pants in the conference remarking: "They ask us to propose a remedy and when Wo. do so they don't want to accept it. Therefore, the next THE Cq PROBE. ? a / no indh ^ its issued in ly * Ig case. Oobb Cou -rand Jury Unable to J im! () O Jstfef of Any of Party. ? I Mari? c' /a., Sept. 2.?The Cobb county ?* i jury investigating the lynch' /Leo M. Frank, near Ma? rietta /rted late today that: "\ vo found sever.al clues, but we have been unable to find any one who could identify any party. We have done our best, under oath, and we regret to state that we have been unable to find enough evidence to in? dict any one for this crime." After it is stated that the jury had the active cooperation of Governor Nat E. Harris, the State Attorney General, Solicitor Herbert Clay and other officials of Cobb county, the re? port says: "We have been unable to connect anybody with the perpetration of this offence, or to identify any one who was connected with it, although we have investigated the information fur? nished us by officers and other \ arties [and have followed up letters, signed and unsigned, and to this end we have subpoenaed and examined many witnesses in an effort to disclose the perpetrators of this crime, but none of these witnesses could identify any of the parties. "We find, from investigation, that the officers of the law and the citi? zens of our town and cou ty knew nothing of this crime until they heard of the body being found near Frey's gin in this county. Tne olty of Mari? etta and the county of Cobb were quiet before this trouble, are quiet now, and all reports to the contrary are untrue." Upwards of thirty-live witnesses were examined yesterday and today. They included the chiei of polLe and other citizens of Atlanta and individ? uals of every walk of life in Marietta, Anonymous letters referred to in the report, still are being received by offl [cials of Cobb county and others, but the tendency now is to ignore them. "Marietta is not in the fieniled state of turmoil that has been pic? tured," said Solicitor Clay today. FINE NEW sciiood. Spartanhurg Building, Constructed at Cost of $35,000, Accepted by Tras. tees. Spartanburg, Sept. 5.?The Fremont Avenue school building .erected by Willard-Poggs Construction company, was accepted by the school board of trustees yesterday afternoon. The building, which cost $35,000, contains 12 rooms and an auditorium seating 400, and was completed ten days ahead of the scheduled contract. This school is situated in the north side of the icity and will fill a need for a school that has long existed. The building is one of the most modern in tho State, the last word in ventilation and light being in evidence. 'chicago leads in building. New Y'ork Loses Places at Top in This Department to Western Metro? polis. Washington, Sept. 5.?New York lost Its place to Chicago last year as the leading city In cost of building operations. Statistics made public to? day by the United States geological survey show Chicago's 1914 building operations to have cost $S3,261,710, while New York's total was $74,030, 241. New York's dedrease compared with 1913 was $33,074,466. San Francisco showed the greatest increase of any city with $7,140,299 more than in 1913. During the year there was an ap? parent general decrease in building operations throughout the country. columbia lawyer bies. Robert W. Slumd Passes Away After Useful Life. Columbia, Sept. 5.?Robert W. Shand. the dean of the Columbia bar land one of the most eminent lawyers [of South Carolina, died of heart trou? ble at 10.45 o'clock last evening at his home in Shandon. He was 75 years of age. His health had been failing lor several months. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 5.30 o'clock In Trinity church. The inter? ment will be in the churchyard. move is with them In proposing a remedy." The manager here of the Equitable Trust Company pointed out today that the recent heavy decline in rates was largely on paper, as people had stopped doing business* He hoped, he said, for a steady Improvement, but considered it premature to assert that this was assured. fc.iaj^sk ^