Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LaSsr taW ?ata addressed by a Moaiv wraad aftief of the saad.af J*ooeoaetrre Bngt r. C J. Hlefcs? for Id years senior railroad secretary; Dr. Jafca F. Mann of the lntsrnatton asaajslttee, and John F. aow interactional senior rail asyatary. At the afternoon I Bishop William F. McDowell of Cateaga and Or. O. Sherwood Bd mat evening service waa devoted ?sjijts from representatives statio la Latin America and the Orient. wtssi points cf ssjaajaissaf and organised U.bor Will bo prasen the ladastrtal section of ivontfton bssasrisw afternoon * D. RockefeUer. Jr., and War si Stona i peak on Spiritual Croatia* and Solving Modern Io"~ rial Praabsssa" Mr. ?.?jcfcefeller Is achedated also or aa address tomorrow motalns; on 'Fvery Christian Man at Work for Hla Fstlowmen; Mow shall This Be Accomplished ?" Aonther speaker will be Franklin Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, who will iuldrese the army and nary section on "The Enlarged Navy. FIGHTING m FRANCE. Coatluaa Heavy Artillery Positions. ? - Paris, May 11.?Ths Germans con tin no a heavy artillery fire on the French position i In Avocourt wood and at Hill 304. There Were also heavy artacks against the British at the north end of the line. FRENCH ATTACK BCLGAJw* Saloniki. May II.?French aviators dropped four hundred bombs on the Bulgarian army tamp at Kanthl. doing heavy damage to the barracks and Zeppelin sends. GERMANS REPULSE ALLIES. Berlin. May II.?Attaekti by both tha British and ths French last night near Verdun were repu sed. The British attacks were at Hull urn and taa. French on the west slope of Dead Man's Hill. Ths cansors sre permitting thousands of peace tele? grams to be sent oat of tha country In tha hope of influencing civilians of nations In favor of immediate aaaa n rm mn| WILL SHOW BY HOLDING VILLA MEN WOB TRIAL COURSE HE EXPECTS TO PURSUE. tabnbte The* Court Martial Will be f eoowed by Exceetkm MaJ. Lang borne Crosses Border, Alhoug? 8%ppUca are I4*cktn?--R? ported That Vflfta Mae Gathered Troops nt Parrel Narlnaal Guard on Birder. El Paao. May II.?The Carran sa official* eeek to dtmonetraie that they trill try to atop uprtstniis by holding 71 Mexican* who were de? ported from. Bl Paao. They will be [tried by court martial and probably ?hot because they conspired an up? rising. Villa Is reported In Durango, treating with dissatisfied Carra.ni leaders. Major Langhome, in com? mand of Big Bead expedition, is re? ported again to hare crossed the bor? der. He still lacks supplies. ON GUARD AT BORD EIL Troops Arrrre and Talie ap Columbus, May 11^?Three hundred of the Mew lieaawe National Guard have arrived between Bl Paso and Rambus. A buttery of tegular neld artillery of twe hoadred men hag also arrived. TsBOMAfi UPSCOMB DEAD. at Oanaden llundey Was a Natrve of <?ium Columbta, May 18.?Thomas lips comb, Jr.* ojf pemden died at the Co lambia heepftal at 7: SO o'clock yester? day morning from a bullet wound self ahsMctsd Thursday at his home In CasseHn, The funeral services will be held this morning at Camden. The late Mr; Ltpscorab was a natrve [of Columbia but had been a war from [ here for nwiy years, Mr. Upeceeah, who was about 87 |ysers et age. wag- hern and educated -bMstn* sttanAei the IB^aes a s^^Portaer Meyer Car? ol Oamden. ale Is survived by Ms wife and two small children, Thesaas Ltpooomb, Jr., and liarrlet Ltpseorab. He was the son of the late CoL T. J. Upscemh, his father having at . one time been mayor of I Coir ?nbia. Columbia. His aged mothsr lives In ENDEAVOR TO SECURE FACTORY. Ssnlth Will Try to Get One Nitrate Plant m South Carolina. Washington, May 13.?The agree? ment reached here today by the con? ferees In the military Increase bill is In reality a victory for Senator E. D. Smith. For the past week the con? ferees have been holding dally ses? sions, and one of the main fights has waged around the provision fought through the senate by Senator Smith of South Carolina for the establish? ment and control by the. federal gov? ernment of nitrate plants for the manufacture - of nitric acid for ex? plosives and nitrogen In time of peace to be used in the mixing of agricultu? ral fertilisers. Various amendments have bean offered in the conferences which would practically nullify the purposes of the Smith bill, but the conferees felt that inasmuch as this question had been so thoroughly thrashed out in the senate and house and the wishes of both houses so expressly stated, that their reports should carry ths Smith nitrate plant proposition in its original intent and purpose. This action upon the part of tbe confereea assures the enact? ment into law of the meaaure pro? posed snd championed by tho junior senator from South Carolina. Senator Smith will now concentrate his ener? gies in securing one of these for South Carolina. But whether South Caro? lina gets this plant or not Senator Smith has already done something which could gain him national recog? nition from the agricultural Interests of the country. FLORENCE COUNTY MUTUAL. J. W. McCOWn Elect<*t President of Organisation. Florence May 12.?At a meeting of the Florence County Mutual Fire In? surance Company, held Wednesday, J. W. McCown, was elected president, J. Saundera McKenzie, vice president and W. D. Frlerson, secretary and agent A license to marry was Issued to one colored couple yesterday: Adam Wilder and Addle Singleton, Suratsr. UNITED STATES TO (HOLD lfcp PROTEST BECAUSE OF GER M AN THREAT; Berlin j Dcmaoda CompBcaie Case e* Thcy Make II Dapoasible for Ansefi ca tc Press Objection* to AlMea* Course Without Seesaios; to for Ha Rights. Washington. May 12.?Anlasses V next step in the negotiations with the entente allies regarding treatment of neutral commerce will be delayed en account of tha implied threat con? tained in the German note of May S, In which the imperial govenment ex? presses confidence that in view of the new orders Issued for submarine war? fare, the United States would insist upon Great Britain observing the' rules cf International law In dealing with trade and reserving to itself 'complete liberty of decision" unless this end was accomplished. It wis stated authoritatively today that Germany's note had complicated the situation, making It impoaaifee l for the United States to prats its da* irands upon the allies at once with? out appearing to do so at the bidding of the Berlin government and^con^ soquenl ly it was uncertain whan reply would go forth to the' I British communication. PAY OP RAILROAD IfE* l! I tcmcnt of Railroad Showing tha Present Wages and What Increaa Is Asked for by^fc* gmotrs. Wellington, May 1?.?"The extent I to which the wages of men ematoyed in freight service on railways fit Southeast would be increased, should the demands for tha eight-how basic day and for time and a-half for over? time ha granted, Is bast shown by il? lustrations from actual service condi? tions," says a statement issued by the executive committee of the Southeast? ern Railways. . '< ?About pne-half of tha Soutl roads are, In through freight of t hours and about one-halt pay the minimum day at ths end of 9 hours. Tha overtime rate In through freight service on most of these lines Is SO cents per hour. In the Eastern and Western territories 10 hoars as a rule constitute a minimum day . for 100 miles or less. "Taking for example an engineer on a Southeastern line who takes 10 hours to complete a run of 100 miles or less, using an engine for which his minimum day's pay is $5.40 and'his overtime rate 60 cents per hour. On a line where the eight-hour basis pre? vails he Is now paid $6.60 If on duty 10 hours. On a line where the nine hour basis prevails he Is paid $6.00. "Under the conditions which the men are demanding, the overtime rate on a $5.40 engine would be lifted from 60 cents per hour to $1.01 per hour and for running the same 190 miles or less In 10 hours as at present the engineer would receive $7.42. "In local freight service the stand? ard day in the Southeast, as In other territories, Is now 10 hours and the prevailing rate for the engineer Is $5.75 with overtime at 60 cents per hour. "Should the demands for the eight hour basic day with time and a-half for overtime be granted, the overtime rate would be lifted from 60 cents to $1.08 per hour, and the engineer run? ning the same 100 miles or less In 10s hours would be paid $7.01 per day in? stead of $5.76 as at present. "The same ratio of increase would be shown by comparisons for con* ductors, brakemen and firemen." CHICAGO MURDER MYSTE RY. I Mutilated! Body of Man Found in the River. Chicago, May 13.?The body of a man of wealthy and refined appear? ance was found in the Desplalnes river. He was shot twice below the heart, his throat cut, nose smashed, face crisscrossed by knife wounds [and thirteen stab wounds in the abo men. The whole body was In a sack. A clumsy effort to embalm the body had been made and marks identify? ing the clothing had been cut off. It is the most grotesque mystery the police ever encountered. EARTHQUAKE IN IDAHO. Many Buildings Wrecked and Irriga? tion Canals Damaged. Boise. May 13.?Southern Idaho and eastern Oregon were shaken dur? ing the night by an earthquake. Many buildings were shattered. Some Of the Irrigation canals wore damaged seriously. im? MEET III HARTSVILLE. MRS. J. W. COKER PRESIDENT OF FEDERATION. Chairmen Named for Various Depart lnenta?Missi Armida Moses Clialr man of Conservation. Anderson, May 12.-?Hartsvllle was chosen as the next meeting place by the Federation of Women's Clubs. [This selection was almost unanimous. The morning session Friday was tak? en up partly with unfinished reports of clubs and election of officers. Of? ficers ware elected for one year, the biennial election movement having been defeated the day before by four votes. Officers elected were as fol? lows: Mrs. J. W. Coker, Hartsvllle, president; Mrs. J. E. Ellerbe, Marlon, vice president; Mrs. Frank B, Gary, Abbeville, second vice president; Mrs. C. C. Featherstone, Greenwood, re? cording secretary; Mrs. M. S. McKln non, Hartsvllle, corresponding secre? tary; Mrs. B. A. Morgan, Greenville, treasurer, and Mrs. H. W. Carroll, Bennettsville, auditor. Recommendations of the president were read serially. The new officers were installed at once. Chairmen of the committees are: Conservation, {Miss Armida Moses, fiumter; civics, Mrs. vonTresckow, Camden; educa? tion, Mrs. W. E. Duncan, Alken; h?rne economies, Kathleen Mulligan, Sum ter; library, Margaret Masyck, Charleston;'music, Mrs. Thoiaas Dot terer, Charleston; publicity, Miss Montgomery, Marion; public health, Miss Julia Irby, Laurens; social and industrial, Mrs. John Gary Evans, Spartanburg. The meeting was brought to a close Friday evening with a banquet at the home ol Mrs. Ruf us Fant This ban? quet was tendered the ladles of the federation by the Anderson Chamber of Commerce. The delegates leave Anderson' Saturday morning after . a very pleasant . and successful meet? ing. A ABOUT PUNISHMENT. en j Washington, May 12.?Secretary Lansing announced today he has ask? ed Ambassador Gerard at Berlin to ascertain the nature of the punish? ment imposed by the German govern mment on the commander of the sub? marine which sank*the steamer Sus? sex. Mr. Lansing said the request was not In the nature of a formal inquiry to the Germar* government HEARING IN BRANDEIS' CASE. Subcommittee to Make Supplementary Report Washington, May 12.?Reopened hearings before the senate judiciary subcommittee investigating the fitness of Louis D. Brandeis for the supreme bench began and ended today with the Introduction of testimony regard? ing Mr. Brandeis' connection as coun? sel with the merger last January of the United Drug company and the Riker-Hegeman Drug Store company and a statement by Commissioner Harlan that Mr. Brandeis' services to the interstate commerce commission in the 5 per cent advance rate case were eminently satisfactory. The subcommittee, which already has recommended by a vote of 3 to 2 confirmation of the Brandels nomina? tion, will draft a supplementary re? port when today's evidence has been printed. There was no indication to? night as to when a vote in the full committee might be expected. Commissioner Harlan stated that Mr. Brandels was employed by the commission, not to represent the shippers, but the public in seeing that all the facts In the rate case were presented. He said he would have regarded him as failing in his duty if he had withheld any important con? clusions he reached in regard to the case. Both statements were drawn out in answer to criticisms of Mr. Brandels because in his closing argu? ment of the case he said the net op? erating revenues of the carriers were too small. AN UNWARRANTED STRIKE. Gompers Repudiates Action of Street Car Men in Washington. Washington, May 13.?President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor repudiates the metormen, conductors and operators strike on the Washington and Old Dominion in torurban liens. He says they broke their agreement by striking yester? day when arbitration was underway. All cars are tied up from Virginia. Thousands of government employees were delayed In reaching their work. BMU StifTS FLEET. ORDERS FORMATION OF NEW FIRST LINE IN ATLANTIC. Dreadnoughts Just Completed Will be Put Info Commission With Main Fleet. Washington, May 12.?Reorganiza? tion of the first line of the Atlantic fleet was ordered today by Secretary Daniels, so as to place six of the older battleships in reserve and release a large part of their crews to man a destroyer division and the new dread? noughts Oklahoma and Nevada The- New Jersey, Virginia, Rhode Island and Nebraska were ordered in I reserve at the Boston navy yard; the Connecticut at Philadelphia and the Louisiana at Norfolk. When repairs have been completed they will be manned with crews reduced 60 per cent, but in shape for active service within 48 hours. These vessels will be included in the nine battleships to be used this summer for naval militia and citizen volunteer training cruises. About 4.200 men made available by the change will be divided between six destroyers and the new dread? noughts. There will be 16 big battle? ships in the new first line of the fleet including the Pennsylvania, to be de? livered by the contractors on June 1. The others are the Minnesota, Ver? mont, Michigan, South Carolina, Dela? ware, Oklahoma, New York, Texas, Florida, Utah, Arkansas, New Hamp? shire, Nevada, Kansas and Wyoming. With the addition of 15,000 men in the navy, proposed in the pending bill before congress, navy officials said to? night that it would be possible to take several ships from the reserve and re? turn them to actual service. The de? partment is working out a plan by Which naval militia can be instantly assigned, in case of war, to duty in manning ships in reserve. While at their home yards the Con? necticut and Louisiana will have their boilers and shaft hearings repaired. New betlere, will be Installed la the Georgia and Virginia. Wittum WhRe, Supposed to be hVout South Oaroima, Kills Twer and Wounds Owe. -J-l Leaven worth, Kaa, May 12.?Ser? geant James Jackson and Ernestine Brown, 22 years old, both negroes, were killed and Minnie Thompson, a white woman, was dangerously wounded today by William White, a negro, who had purchased his re? lease from the army mounted serv o school at Fort Leavenworth near here yesterday. White, whose home la in South Carolina escaped across the Missouri river in a rowboat. White first shot Minnie Thompson. He fired at her through a window iu the home where she was employed. Ernestine Brown,, whom he killed, was shot nearly two hours later at the quarters of Lieut William Green, where she was at work. She likewise was shot through a window. Fifteen minutes later he appeared at the ser? vice school and killed Sergeant Jack? son. Soldiers who were with Jackson gave chase at once, but they carried only side arms and White held them at bay with a rifle until he got Into a rowboat he had hidden on the river bank. Wftite, according to authorities, closed up his affairs yesterday, lie purchased his release from the ser? vice school and left instructions to send his life Insurance policy to his mother in South Carolina. APPAM OWNERS SCORE. Win Point In Preliminary Sparring. Norfolk, Va., May 12.?The former British owners of the steamship Ap pam, brought to Hampton roads Feb? ruary 1 by a German prize crew, were successful in preliminary^ sparring when the hearing of the libel case for possession of the vessel and cargo opened in federal court here today. They succeeded, over protests of coun? sel for the German government, in having admitted into evidence a com? munication from Secretary Lansing to Ambassador von Bernstorff, dated March 2, in which the secretary ex? pressed the opinion that the liner did not fall within the protection clause of the Prussian-American treaty of 1799, as contended by Germany, because she came into port alone. The state department contrary to what has heretofore been generally understood, expressed the view that the treaty grunted asylum for vessels of war accompanying prizes, but does not cover the spoils of war deposited in an American port. It was ponited out, however, that this was a legal point, that should bo passed upon by the courts. guilty of mmsL SOUTHERN RAILWAY ENGINEER CONVICTED FOR WRECK. Flagman Goes Free?Verdict Based on Death of Two Passengers in Smaea np Near SaUebury. Salisbury, N. C, May 12.?A. Tank ersley, engineer in charge of the Southern railway's New York New Orleans Lilmited, which col? lided in the yard here on the night of November 2, 1915, with a special train bound from Charlotte to Rich? mond, was found guilty of man? slaughter, with a recommendation of mercy, in superior court here today, as the result of the deaths of H. CL Severs and C. E. Hall of Charlotte, passengers aboard the special. Clyde H. Wilson, flagman of tha special, tr'^d jointly with Tnakersley, was acqu ' A motion for nonsuit in behal Arthur Kelley, Tanker sley's w # Ireman, Indicted with Tanken J nd Wilson, was granted yesterd ? / \._ Cou ?? or Tank ersley Immediate-, ly file ,*>' tion for a new trial which the r ? overruled. Notice of appeal then' q kranted and Tankersley*s bail fixe cq 1,000. The court announced ths 0* kersley would be sentenced ne 3 /ek. .es the deaths of Severs and I 22 other passengers, many of them prominent throughout the State, were injured in the collision. Tha special, en route to Richmond with a large party of North Carolinians Who were to attend a football game there' Thanksgiving day, was standing in the ward here when the Umtted, northbound, crashed into it The paeV sengers killed and injured all wees oc* cu pants of the rear car. BOY DROWNED AT CONW?Y. i Thirteen-Year-Old High School Lad Loses life la Waomiasw River, iff Cpnway. May 11.?One of the sad-* dost deaths that has occurred in Cas? ed in the Waceamsw river,* about mile from Conway. About one hour after school had adjourned this af? ternoon the lad in company with eight companions went for a swim up the river. Immediately upon their arrival the best swimmers swam across to the opposite bank of tha stream. m While they were at this point the Burroughs boy and two of his companions who had remained at the initial land in gplaoe waded into the river which was not very deep. They were on this shallow bluff and he must have overstepped into the main channel which meets the steep headland abruptly and was drowned before he could be rescued by his comrades. Brantley Burroughs was one of the most popular and brilliant pupils of the Burroughs sagh school of this city. The whole town is oast in deep gloom over the untimely fak? ing of this young life and in respect for his memory the school will sus? pend exercises tomorrow. His body was recovered a few feet from when he sank, but it was too late for resuscitation. BIG BLAZE AT WHTTMXRE. Practically Entire Business Block Wiped Out. Whitmtre, May 12.?The worst Are in the history of Whitmlre started this morp*ag at 5 o'clock and by 8 o'clock almost all of the business sec? tion was in flames. By the heroic work of the squad in charge of what hose was available the Are was check? ed at Main street and the hotel and two new buildings, occupied by the Whitmlre Supply Company and the Bank of Whitmlre, respectively, were saved. Some of those who lost heav? ily were P. B. Odell. Z. H. Suber, J. G. Setzler, W. H. Rasor, Miller Broth? ers, C. H. Cooper Company, David Duncan. P. B. Hilton, J. M. Major and the Glenn-L-owry Manufacturing company. The fire originated in the rear of Udell's livery stable in a myste? rious manner. One entire block was destroyed, with the exception of a frame garage. GEN. SCOTT TO REPORT. He Will Make Personal Report on Mexican Situation. Washington, May 18.?Gen. Scott will make a personal report to Presi? dent "Wilson when he returns to Washington. After the cabinet meet? ing Secretary Baker said there would be no immediate change of policy. He will now try to reach an agreement through diplomatic channels. No further troops wfU be called out now.