The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 11, 1916, Image 1
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8UMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1916.
Vol. XLIII No. 16.
NU litOK II FIOillEH
wwumwiTun ulardsmkn will
MB HVRH1ED TU BORDKK.
stapext Within Few Weeks
Pein?! Force Will De Seat
Washington. Oot 5.?All army de?
e*xtj??Ht*J commanders were ordered
by the wer department today to dis?
tale* ml litis organisations still in
Mate mobilise.ion camps to the bor?
der a* seen ee they ean arrange Irene
pee teilen facilities.
The orders uffect only troops which
have hot seen service on the border,
er ghoul 6,000 men in A la bums,
Georgia, Florida. North Carolina.
Mississippi renewal. West Vir?
ginia Colorado, New Hampshire end
New York.
Wer taper*ment statistics show
that teefs ere about 104,000 militia
now aa the border. The 8,000 order
ad smith todsy will relieve e similar
which will be returned to home
station* far roaster out of the federal
While ofaciahr generally expect the
a*hie mlhUa will be withdrawn with?
in a few weeks na. definite decision on
this sjsJeetoa aaa' been announced,
?earetary Baiser, however, has said
there weuld be no general red la post
Uoe of treepe In the Southern depart?
ment until the American-Mexican
Joint commission In session at At lan
tte City evolvi? some system of bor?
der centroL
rAJIMER SLAIN.
Killed by C. T.
Straw In Dark ratal tv? Vlc
Bdfefleld, (>ct 6.?Last night about
11 o'clock C. T. Turner, a farmer who
nsldes three miles east of Edgsfield,
heard a noise on his premises after
ha had retired. Seising his shotgun,
||g Went out to make an Investigation.
Jnsj to the rear of two rooms that
eastward from tho body of
he sbearved a white object
,HSa ?
eq no r4ifl>ofsns,
at the unknown person,
was procured and the men
bed been shot proved to be a
neighbor, Bud Berry, who resided but
g Short distance away. The shot had
oaneed Instant death. Sheriff 8weer
Ingen end Magistrate Brunson were
aotited el ores of the tragedy and an
Inquest was held es provided by law.
Mr. Turner lurrendered to the sheriff
gad will reu sin in /hat officer's cus?
tody until bill can be secured. The
men were out he best of terms? and
Were cloee friends.
SUlCIDi: AT WlNIfsboko.
IX A. Crawford, Sr., Shoots Himself
White Son Tries to Secure
1W
Wlnnsbore. Oct. I.?D. A. Craw
Sr., a well-known cltlsen and
eas men, killed himself today at
1:16 o'clock, one shot from a pistol
entering the head, producing almost
Instant death. The affair occurred In
the private since of his livery stable
In the presence of one of his sons,
who made a valient effort to secure
his father's pistol. Physicians were
hurriedly summoned but Mr. Craw?
ford was bey>nd medical aid.
No motive or cause has been as?
signed for tho act, which was a ter?
rible shock to the Citizens of the
town. The deceased Is survived by his
wife and a number of children, s
stater and a Tarife number of relatives.
MAD. DCXi ATTACKS PKOPLK.
Ten Vk-tlsa* Come from Anderson to
Coin ml is for Treatment.
Anderson. Oct. 6.?Ten of the 12
people bitten by a mad dog here
Monday and Tuesday of this week
went to Columbia this morning,
where the Fsateur treatment will be
administered. All of those bitten are
white people, and ranse In age from
20 ntontha t<> 3i years. The dog was
a French poodle, belonging to the
family of J. 11. Quarten, and was OWl
e few months old. Wednesday It was
killed and the head sent to Columbia
for examination. Yesterday a tele?
graphic communication was received.
Indicating that the animal wan af
fllcted with rabies. A dog whlrh wu?
known to have been litten by th?
Quarlen puppy wax killed yesterday.
Tboae bitten were: (Mainline Har
t..n :, v.>?.i m old. M?-I?m M in luid r.
Lucius Mas Held I I*. < >. Mayfleld h
K V Thomas V.l. Kthel (Jnurlen 1
Kitsaheth Queries |, aVoeke
Quarlen. Jr.. 20 month**, und Mr. no
Mis. J. H. ljuarles. rfobeH La Cro>
and n child of rt. K. Kay. The peo
i ?" are all prominent In Anderson.
CHARGES M11NST BROWN.
FIRST CHARLESTON PRIMARY
TRIAL IN PROGRESS.
Trstlroouy of Eight Witnesses Heard
in Day Devoted to Taking Evidence
?Eleven Other Cases.
Charleston, Oct. 6.?The .first of the
election cases growing out of the
shooting affair on October 15, 1915, in
the city Democratic executive commit?
tee room, in which Sidney J.
Cohen, a newspaper re Dort er, was
killed and four other men wound?
ed came up In the court of
general sessions today. Judge Rice
presiding and Solicitor Henry repre?
senting the State, when Henry J.
Brown became defendant on charges
of assault and battery with Intent to
kill on W. B. Wl agate and carrying
concealed weapon:!.
The entire day, with an intervening
recess, was occupied In taking testi?
mony, four witnesses for the State and
four for the defense being heard, and
court adjourned 'at 6 o'clock until to?
morrow morning, the jury < being
locked up In the court house for the
night. It Is expected that the case
will be concluded In tomorrow's head?
ing.
A large crowd was on hand, keep?
ing excellent order.
Judge -Rice rv led strictly against
any testimony that tended to bring in
the political phanes of the case and
much time was taken up by counsel
for the defense, Atford Huger and
Lionel Legge, in arguing points of
evidence. Numerous objections by
the State, for the most part sustained
by the court, and equally numerous
exceptions by the defense, formed a
feature of the legal battle. W. E.
Wlngate, chief prosecuting witness,
was on the stand an hour and a-half.
He was shot in che head at the out?
break and was in a hospital for six
weeks afterwards.
Wlngate Is slai.ed for trial later on
charges similar to those against
Brown, and In that trial. Brown will
he the chief prosecuting witness.
There are XX ether election cases
wee brought put. In today's hearing.
Testimony along linos similar to that
at the inquost which followed' the
shooting last fall, when for three
days evidence was taken, without es?
tablishing responsibility for the death
of Sidney J. Cohen was adduced inso?
far as it applied to the case up for
trial now., Brown la to take the stand
tomorrow, when for the first time a
statement will be heard from him as
to what occurred In the committee
room, as he did not testify at the In?
quest.
BERLIN PEACE RPMORS DE?
NIED.
State Department Says Gerard Does
Not Bring Peace Proposals.
Washington. Oct. 7.?The State de?
partment has Issued a complete de?
nial that Ambassador Gerard is
bringing a peace proposal from Ber?
lin. The statement says the "State
department has no reason to think
there is anything In It and every rea?
son to think there Is nothing In it."
WOULD IDENTIFY HOLD-UP
GANG.
Effort Will bo Made to Have Four
Suspects Arrested Identified.
Philadelphia, Oct. 7.?A detective is
to take the four suspects, Including
the alleged woman leader, In the
Hammonton, N. J., hold-up and mur?
der cuse to the Jefferson hospital to
he led past tue >ed of Mrs. Elsie H.
Smathers in tht hope that she will
Identify them. Mrs. Smathers drove
her car through the hold-up band.
ADVANCE ON MACEDONIAN
FRONT.
Germans Pail in Attacks to Recover
Lost tin mud at Sommc.
Paris, Oct. I??Progress for the
French, British. Servians and Italians
on the Macedonian front is reported
l?y the war office.
German attempts to win hack the
lost ground on the Somme front by
bemhing attacks were repulsed by the
Hritfsh.
Ill l/GAIts DEFEATED AGAIN.
HritMi ( aptare Three More Villages
In Macedonia.
!*ondon, Od 9.?Throe more vll
aiM'M neve beei captured from Bul?
jartnns hj ihs Britten on tu?' Mnce
doni.in front. Tin? Bulgarians' offering
,little resistance.
U-53 Deals Havoc ^IJong British Merchant
Ships off Aqprican Coa^t.
Three British Freighters and
Dutch and Norwegian
Made off Nantucket
Wait on Line of Trade?1
Rescue of Crews as S.
States Vessel Stopped,
Passenger Ship Attacked ?
Is are Aiso Sunk?Attacks
Where SubmariLe Lay in
States Destroyers sent to
Signals are Flashed-United
lowed to Proceed.
Newport, R. L, October
where every liner bound to ai
bearings, the German submi
of two other war submarines,
day. Four of them were Briti
other were neutrals?one Di
American steamship was hel<
Admiral Knight, command
that the Nantucket lightship
rine nearby. Naval officers
submarines will blockade ev<
nition ships leave.
The vessels sunk are:
Westpoint, British freigl
don to Newport News. Crew
Strathdene, British freij
York to Brest. Crew of 50.
Stephano, British passeng?
Halifax to New York. Eight
Steamship Kingston, be]
identified. No details.
Bloomersdijk, Dutch freij
York to Rotterdam. Crew of*
Christian Knudsen, Noi
from Tuxpam to London, via
The U-53 began her depi
So far as is known there has
of one 3teamer, the Kingston?;
Seventeen of the fastest
vy went plowing through the
' The U. S. Batch has fh
midnight with the first of
The innocent little
?Lying off Nantucket Light,
>m New York must get its
U-53, aided probably by one
loed and sank six ships to?
te a passenger carrier. The
id the other Norwegian. An
but was allowed to proceed,
if the naval station here, says
a second German subma
ley expect a fleet of German
intic harbor from which mu
2,413 tons, bound from Lon
5. ,
4,312 tons, bound from New
, 3,439 tons, bound from
passengers and crew of 75.
to be British, but as yet un
3,201 tons, bound from New
tanker, 2,583 tons, bound
Amboy. Crew of 30.
at daybreak this morning,
loss of life. But the crew
open boats.
*s in the United States na
search of them,
station she will arrive at
led.
which lay at anchor for
|came a death-dealing demon no' sooner than she had sped past
the three-mile limit today.
She first sighted the American freighter Kansan making
her way through the dim light of early morning from New
York to Boston.
Captain Rose, the suave and keen-eyed commander of the
U-53, personally stood on the bridge and handled the Kansan.
The freighter was not detained kmg. After inspecting the ship's
papers Captain Rose apologized and allowed the vessel to pro?
ceed. The Kansan was fifty miles away fr?m the scene when
her wireless operator picked up* the dreaded S. 0. S. It was
from the British ship Westpoint.
From station to station along the
coast the distress call was repeated.
The captain of the Kundin instantly
heeded the call. It was followed by a
message briefly saying the Westpoint
had been attacked by a submarine and
was in danger of sinking. Her crew
and passengers had taken to the
boats, ready to put to sea.
Twenty minutes after the call was
flashed to the naval training station
here the torpedo boat destroyer Jar
vis had left her moorings and was
headed for the open sea. She was
rapidly followed by the other boats of
the flotilla. Crowding their boilers,
the fleet navy boats started on the
horrible journey of mercy.
But the Kansan was first to reach
the rapidly sinking steamer. She beat
the navy boats in the first race in
American waters to save the lives of
persons imperiled by the ruthless un?
der-sea warfare.
Two hours later the U-53, still
loitering in the lanes of steamships on
their way to Boston or foreign ports,
sighted the British freighter Strath-1
dene, bound from New York to Bor?
deaux.
The Strathdenc is said to have been
loaded with munitions of war for the
allies. She proved eusy prey for Cap?
tain Hose and his men. Twenty min?
utes alter the crew had taken to the
open sea in small boats she lifted her
nose towards the sky and sank. Pluck
| ily battling the waves, the crew of the
Strathdene managed to reach the Nun
tuckel shoals lightship,
There seventeen of them were found
by the destroyer Batch.
Leaving the balance of rescue work
to her sister ships, the Batch was or?
dered to return here by Admiral
Knight
It was soon after B oYloek that u
Wireless call at the training station
told of the torpedoing of another
ship. U was the Red Cross liner
gtephnno, bound to New VorK front
Halifax.
The Btephano received her vital
blow m 4:80 o'clock, it wan more
than an hour later before the word
had been received here. In rapid sue
cession tonight the wireless sputtered
Its tales of disaster to the other ships.
The Kingston was the first to sink.
Then followed the Blomerdijk and
Knudsen.
Naval officers say the U-53 had
only six torpedoes aboard when she
left here yesterday. Normally the sub?
marine carried eight, but two of these
were spent on the voyage to these
shores. Captain Rose himself said
his submersible carried but eight when
she left Wilhelmshaven, but ho had
nothing to say by way of explanation.
Three full divisions of the Atlantic
destroyed flotilla are engaged in the
work of rescue. Admiral Knight, com
mandant -of the Newport navy yard,
has given orders that all survivors
picked up by navy boats be brought
here. Those aboard the Kansan are
being taken to Boston.
A wireless has been received from
I
the destroyer Drayton saying she is
returning under forced draught with
68 survivors of the Bloomerdijk and
Knudsen. Her commanders expect to
reach dock between 1 and 2 o'clock
tomorrow morning. Admiral Knight
has made every arrangement to take
care of those in need of medical at?
tention. From the moment the U-53
atartled the natives of this city by her
unexpected appearance In Xarragan
sett Kay yesterday and was picked up
by U. S. submarine D-2, the land
wires and wireless instruments have
been crowded with messages passing
back and forth between the Newport
naval station and Washington.
Admiral Austin M. Knight and Rear
Admiral Albert Qleaves, chief of the
destroyer flotilla, have kept the navy
department Informed of everything
that came to their ears regarding the
Gorman Visitor. It is presumed the
two admirals received Specific instruc?
tions as to their course in certain
emergencies.
it was freely commented upon that
for the Urst time known every de?
stroyer anchored here was kept under
full steam during last night. Whether
this had any significance or not
would ma be Admitted by naval odl
oers tonight.
CHARLESTON JURY MKS.
MISTRIAL ORDERED IN "ELEC
Nearly Twenty-four Hours Spent in
Vain Attempt to Reach Decision.
Charleston, Oct. 8.?After being
out nearly 24 hours the jury in the
Brown case, which opened In the
court of general sessions Friday
morning, was discharged this after?
noon at 5 o'clock, Judge Rice order?
ing a mistrial. The Jury retired Sat?
urday at 7 a. m. with the evidence
in this first "election case." At 11:30
o'clock it had not reached agree?
ment and was locked up to spend the
second night in the court house.
When it was seen this afternoon that
there was no hope of agreement
Judge Rice ordered a mistrial.
Men of both factions in municipal
politics were on the Jury in about
equal proportions.
Solicitor Henry tonight would make
public no inkling of his plans as to
the other 12 election cases pending
and which he came here specially to
prosecute. It is probable, however,
that failure to secure a verdict in the
Brown case may mean a postpone?
ment of the others to another term.
It was the general belief she would
head for Halifax and the uppermost
part of the St. Lawrence there to in?
tercept, if possible, the troop ships
carrying Canadian contingents to the
front. This belief was predicated upon
operations against troop ships when
the British were trying to force their
way through the Dardanelles.
Thus it was with surprise and as?
tonishment that naval officers learned
the tiny man-of-war had only delayed
until she was safely past the three
mile limit before she bagan her war?
fare against enemy vessels.
Late tonight naval officials admitted
the destroyers sent to sea were not
alone on a mission of mercy. Their
decks were cleared for action and each
commander had strict instructions to
determine that the utmost neutrality
had lreen^ato^
any of the attacks were perpetrated
inside the three mile limit, but the
curious line of the coast here gives
?Ise to the gravest speculation. The
ships went to the bottom, it is be?
lieved, within a radius of five miles.
It is believed this circle of activity
centered ten miles south of the Nan
lucket lightship.
From all along the coast came word
jf mysterious messages being relayed
between the French and British war?
ships rushing to this vicinity. None
has given an inkling of her where?
abouts, but within 24 hours a cordon
of battle gray steel will be thrown
about the waters for miles up and
down the coast.
These patrollng vessels scattered
between Trinidad and Halifax have
been converging on the waters of
Narragansett Bay since they were
apprised by wireless yesterday of the
U-53's audacious appearance.
Late this afternoon a lookout In the
tower of the United States coast
guard station at Prices Neck saw
what he believed to be the pilot of
the approaching Meet. The vessel was
identilied as the French cruiser Con
This information was Immediately
convi 'ed by Captain Chauncey iven
yon, cemmanding the station, to the
commanding admirals. They decided,
however, that the liotilla needed no
reinforcements at the present time.
The largest United States vessel in
the harbor now is the scout cruiser
Birmingham, flagship of the destroyer
flotilla. Despite the boas:, of Captain
Hose that the C-53 had fuel and pro?
visions aboard to last for a thren
months' cruise, local submarine ofli
rers believe the vessel was ready to
descend upon her prey and then make
.i quick dash for home.
These experts place her cruising
radius at 5,0u0 miles, as far as fuel
supply is concerned. Thor? v ere fc\N
who doubted tonight but that she was
already scooting across th-y Atlantic
on her way to her home port.
When the news of the Intercepting
of the K&nsan had been conveyed to
him, Adlmarl Knight went directly to
his office in the ear collie. He rc
r.fined there all forenoon.
"We work all the time," was his an?
swer to newspaper men who suggested
it was both odd and unusual that he
should be at bis desk on Sunday in?
stead of remaining at home.
"Sundays and holidays are all the
same to US," he added.
About noon the second wireless call
came from the lightship. This v as the
message the admiral's operator read
from the intermittent Hashes.
"Steamship Westpoint, nationality
unknown, in distress ten miles south
TION CASE."
ds.
WEEVIL MENACING STATE.
WILL REACH SOlTll CAROLINA
IX SHORT TIME.
Clcmsoii College Body Learns Tliat
Pest is Only About Fifty Miles Away
Now.
Alexandria, La., Oct. I.?Hundreds
of farmers in several sections of
Louisiana have been interviewed by
the Clemson college boll weevil com?
mission during the last two days, as
to the result of the invasion of the
weevil. Yesterday the commission
spent the day in the Baton Rouge
section, coming to Alexandria last
night where the members attended a
banquet. Much valuable informa?
tion is being secured. Definite infor?
mation received by telegraph today
indicates that the boll weevil has
reached a point ? 1 miles from the
South Carolina j
The opinion ^ | ex pressed today
by a governme- 2 xpert with the com?
mission that ' m weevil will reach
South Carolir " cfore the end of the
present year lern son officials will
keep a clot ? ate) on the situation.
Gov. Mannt $ la being given a fine
reception e*> /ery point. The com?
mission le^" onlghl. for Monroe, La.
Tomorrov ?ht the commission will
invade A ssippi. The citizens of
the vari communities are showing
every attention to the members of
the commission.
I
CHARGES VIOLATION OF NEU?
TRALITY.
Representatives of Belligerents Say
State Department Gave out Trade
Secrets.
Washington, Oct. 7.?Diplomatic
representatives of European belliger?
ents filed a protest with the State de?
partment against neutrality violations
by the American government. They
charge that the executive depart?
ment has made public trade secrets
which fell into the hands of their
enemies. '
Asks Navy Department for Full Re?
port on Submarine Campaign.
Shadow Lawn, Oct. 9.?President
Wilson today telegraphed the navy de?
partment for every scrap of informa?
tion regarding the sinking of ships off
Nantucket by German submarines.
There was much activity about the
summer White House this morning.
east of Nantucket Shoals lightship.
Sending S. O. S. Operator says fired
on. Passengers standing by boats."
This was the first definite informa?
tion they had to work on. Rear Ad?
miral Gleaves wat; aboard tha Bir?
mingham. But a few minutes elapsed
before Admiral Gleaves had the mes?
sage sent from the lightship in his
hand. It was appended 4 with the
instructions "Go ahead."
Although shore leaves were liueral
and not a boat in the flotilla had its
full complement of nien aboard, of
four officers and :)6 men, there was
no wasted time.
Without recalling the men on shore.
Admiral Gleaves ordered the Fifth,
Sixth and Seventh divisions to sea.
Lying in a long gray line at tha wharf
just opposite the landing and in the
lee of the Goat Neck torpedo station
men were seen running to and fro
along the dock, all set on getting: away
j as quickly as possible.
Within twenty minutes deep black
smoke was belching from their fun?
nels. In exactly twenty minutes after
Hear Admiral Glea\es had given his
order, the destroyer Jarvis slipped her
cables and slid into the inner harbo \
Lieut. L. P. David was in charge, For
the Amt hundred feet she drolled lazi?
ly along before she picked up speed,
but soon was racing for the deep wa?
ter. At intervals of a minute or two
the other destroyers followed in her
wake. First came the Dray ton, com?
manded by Lieut. D. W. Fagiey. As
this vanished, the Krincon, the flag?
ship of the Sixth division, bro'.e
away and headed for the oeean unser
the guidance of Lieut Commander V*.
S. M?ller.
Others to go were the O'Brien,
Lieut. Commander C. B. Courtency;
the Penhntn, Lieut. Commander J. B.
Gay; the Casein, Lieut, commander
W. X. Vernon; the Boich? Lieut. Com?
mander David ?nnrnhnn; the Mc
Call, Lieut Commandor l. m. Stewart;
the Porter. Lieut. Commander W. K.
Wort man; the Funning. Lieut. Com?
mander C. M. Botin? the I'aulding,
Lieut. Commander Douglas Howard;
the Wlnetow, Lieht. Commander x. k.
Nichols; the Aylwin. Heut. Command?
er .lohn C Fremont; the Cashing,
Lieut. Commander E. A. Kittinger;
the Cummins, Lieut. Commander G,