The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 07, 1917, Image 1
St)c UJ?tcl)mau on? Southron.
Till-: SI'MTUII \\ \l< IIMVN, I -tablLlu d April, 18."0. "Be Just and IVar not?Ixm all ttie ends Thou Almo't at be thy Country'*, Thy Ood'i aar? Tr?tb'an THIS FHCK SOCTHKON, EatabkHhetl Jun*, MPMt
Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1917~ ~~~ Vol. XLIV. No74l7~
APPLYING EXEMPTION LAW.
HlOtftfl IMNlTKN IM Iis I \hl l;
w mm ii n<> \i:i?s wii i. one.
Method or lhawinr. \ot Xvi Aii
iioiiih ixl-? \?*umcd ftiUII Indication
Hmm Tmn Pi hi hi WMI carried
< ?in in Washington?l.o? ai :im| i>i..
Ir 1?-t HonnU Will Have NffMUnii'
Jurisdiction.
Washington. July I,? Prepnrallon
for the ioo?<iii/iition of iho llroi ihi'i
tint ? nt of Iti?t0f troop ol lb* Nut
tonal army advanced anotl.i f step to
dnj whsn president vYlleon prowul
gntse! tin- msmmtlomi to govern es
cmptmn* from military service.
lax il and .ip|>? .il >xcmpt ion hoi I ill
niif.'idy hues been gnsmlntod uml the
Issuance of tho regulations will por
iiiit tin in io orsjuntm Immediately and
pu p im Inf laa soucludlng phases if
the task of getting the men under
n linmr ffof duty in frame.
In the onler in which t he \ must
IMM there Off ihr e steps in the or
t:ani/.afion proems i.l tho National
minv as prnesrtsee! b) POQgreSS,
They are i eiri t r. itkm, no lection an*l
exemp'inn. Tho Uml step his boon
CMried through. The re-julations is?
sued today rn\er in de'ail the Opera?
Una oi lim iMH step, tiomptton*.
Information concerning the second
step In the series, however, still in
'ucklng and of lie ja Is are guarding
? los? U the method II) Win' h >? It I I
0 to ba applied
The exemption regulations ;m
nouneed that the houds will bf a t
v p ??d of the seleetion proee;.; later,
altloaprh none of the lt< pi prescribe*!
exe. pt the oeejnntmtlog of tho board
? 11 be Mffflad M until the s. I- < t |ni
mnehinory ban, I irolshed ti?o names ??:
the men of WhOM !itm^s ami ds lr?i?
blllt.v for army serviee. the boards are
to Judge Tiir p.. >| boards are di?
rected upon organization to takl o <
tbrds nnd lists of the men register l
on June fi and as their first duty |0
provide a serial number for eneh te
lstratlon card. This has ?rivi m sup
port to the belief that the Selection i
to be by number. K< port! were cur?
rent recently that the select VOR draw
Ing was to be made in Washington.
Prosssntably the proeess of selection
Will be announced Only a shoi t tine
I'efore it ? out in operation. Septt m
1 er I has '..t en the tentative date set
for calling the r.j:...? o; the hrst con?
tingent to I he rolam for training.
The nem pi km prun ? on not take
a km at deal of time. The whole pre
res* protai.iv can be i irfled through
In less than M da\ s.
While these step-; are being carried
?"it for getting together the men
the National armv. the war depart"
ment is making progress With tin
e? en more dtmentl t.:sk ..t flmllni oHI?
tori foi t>,,> foree, part "f ihese erlll
same from the II ofueera1 training
i 'i .ps. The first 10,000 of tho I'l.Wi
man al the ramps will he selected t i
esssimmvlessi in the first of the neu
?tan] Ti. it |s lern than half >f tr*
u am bet ol ameers necessary, Th<
rmi depart meal tod';, approved i ? ?
out mend.11 ion- of commanders oi r. ?
mat resjlmouti which win coin miss In
8.nun ?,r more regutnf nnn-eoiiililll
stoned olliei r ; to >??? captains or Melt
lenants .n the hrst tst.+ea of the
tlon.al ario\. It is und. ist.1 that
more than .In men from each resjl
mi nt, in addition to those now at tie
eeneeesf training ramps, will In glv?*u
coin missions foi the peii.nl of tie
war.
Kxemptimi regulatbms add Http 1?
lit* terms of the di;ift l?iw. I he f|l|?1
lion ?.r er hot her > man lietween lh<
? i ? I of || and i?? entitled toetenip
ttoa bemuse of depemlent . ihe nntor
el tos seenpatloe or physical unfitnes
being rar Ihe bnardi t.? deehls nfl
proper luv? it lust I. i? i^ mn?le clear
however, thai there are ??? i,c no i*bi?
Oseinpthmi ami thai each Irellvldttal
? i??- me ? he deebled upon its ni<m i
The meal bonr*bi ? one foi eneh e??un'
?it iivs thai i S.aee poptitntlon or r\%\
??r :??.. wltk imMIIoiihI boarda when
ii? i ? ?'?? ir for eneh iiihltllonnl ",,.",?
ptipulntme will sas upon ?-1.?
esempfmn except Ih*sw< Im < -t tipn
i mIn 'i i.il or .in .i nllural ??? ? lip i ?
oi.n ?? to sfipeai to the .t; t.;
hoards .mi ? ?ir fi a>" h i ' ui
turn I or inshistrtnl rsemptlons will l<
psi sed upon i?\ th?- dbttrb'l i"?mi
osn twi i fetlenil ludb i ill itrlrt
Which w;ll iibni .l.ii.i.- ipi'i ii tt.it
? ???ei..?) ..f the lornl bo.n-.ls
lo the io *i future a il ill wili ' ?
-?t i lh*lg Oes ? a .. ? . i. c priivo
loii bil generul, f-" Ihe nieellnv aie
n?r it / '''im ??f the i?? 111 ?' > t
mme imts 11 H ? issh i< d ihn I Ihe ??
sstmae \\ III pmo iills 11 ?? s?? llinl id
praeem may ???? pul iiu<b,i \ > ? '
out ?I? lay The present Intent. ? h
i It i i lll'ssi \nn win l.ltK \ i \ U ?
Tom m ai: i.imiii i;<..
l< o KlMHl In Tell Whether The> ( im
I'tllT) IUI HtlstnilMll llt?OM>lvC, I'.til
TIm*j scon Heavily Aga ins( tJcr*
man? in KlrH Hr!\r.
The great offensive of the rtusalnns
If being RUd < ss| ill ly pushed, RVOIl
the Hermans In Ihelr nfllclal state
ment admit that ?!:?? Hussions h:?\<
rohen forward ncr*mu tlm heights
tin- wertem bank of the Htl'iptl i ?
llnlli'lu am! i u? ' ? <|t >d in extending
northward the gap In the T? utnn linos
made on the previous day. Advices
to the lluaalan government sn> th<
offensive is progressing favorably,
t'ostly thouth the attack was to t in ?
Ituasinn |iei*Konnel the Inking of six*
leen thousand prisoners on n com?
paratively narrow sector shows how
disastrous it must have been to the
enemy, Tho question whether the
drive could lie continued is unan?
swered, bUl conditions P day are en*
(oiirai inu ami the) ore pressing lo?
ward ZIochofT, thirty-live miles eu?i
of Lemberg,
Tho Qermnmi nrs continuing tht Ir
violent attacks on the Aisno and Vcr
dun front?, Tho French report that
all attacks were completely ( lo cked.
CO]] the men selected to the color
about Reptomber i or nn noon thcreaf
i< r as the enntonmcntx to house ihem
eon he ec mpleted,
in a statement nccompnn>ing in
announcement of the regulations, ti
president called upon the lawnls to
do their work fearlessly and Impnr
Holly ami to remember that Mu n
arm It the front will be strengthen?
ed snd sustained If they Iks composed
of men free from any sense of In
Justlee in their mode of ?election."
The statement follows:
"The regulations which l am today
reusing to he promulgated, pursuant
to the direction of the selective ser?
vice law, eovei the remaining steps of
the plan tor calling into the servio
of iho I'nit'd Rtntes qualltled men
from those who have registered; those
selected as the result of this process
to contribute, with Ihe regular army,
the National Guard ami the navy, i!i
lighting forces oi* the nutlon, ?? 11 i
which forces ure itndet Ihe terms ?
the law placed In n |m?slllon of ro.uaI
rlghti dignity nitd responsibility wlMi
Ihe members of nil other mllltuo
forces,
"The regulations have beer, drawn
with a view to the needs ami clrcum
?? oers of the whole country and pro
? id ? i sya*el i which it Is expected will
work with Ihe least Inequality and
pM.on.'l hardship, Any system of
selecting men for military service,
whether voluntary or Involuntary in
it* operation, necessarily selects sonic
men tw bear the burden of danger anil
Naerlllce for Ihe whole nation. Th
?ystom here provided places all met
of nillitarj ngc upon nn even phim
ami then, by a selection which nelth
? r favors Ihe ntie nor penalises tin
other, calls mit Ihe reuulsit'c nuuil?ei
for i ??. \ k*e,
' Tin i m renal ill ope ration of tin
low and of these regulations depend
ncccsNtirily upon Ihe loyalty, pan-in
tisni ami Just Ice of the members w
tin Iii Minis to whom its operations
Is committed, nml I admonish ever
I member of ever) loenl hoard and of
every district twini'd to rovlC'W Ihn1
their dot) In I heir country requires
nn Impart In 1 ami fear less performatt
oi the dedicate and difUcult duties In
tt e-.ii-i to tip ni. The) should remeii
her as to each individual case pre
sent?*d to ih?*m that Ihej arc culled
upon to adjudicate the most snored
rh'bts of tin- IndlvidutiI and io pr<
m ' <? untarnished tho honor of Hi
lint ion.
* ? iur ni mies nt Ihe front will h
sir* nnthened und u tallied If they in?
composed of men frei? rroin nn> sense
of Injustice In Ihelr mode o| select ion,
? ? d Ihej w ill In In pin I to loftier ? f
fi?ri in liehali ol .1 country In wbieii
? I it- ? .11-. us ??. 11? i upon to p i form
bi b poldii tun- too; |'<i !omo tb> to
vlth i i' iio , fi arli's m ms mid lm|iarti
aJily."
rpon iirgunixinrr, tin Mm j Inmrd
will take oil from the i-? * ? i ? 11 it ion
? ??!??!? .ill registration, ranis, which
they will iiiiihIm i siimIP und list fm
post ins ?o public view, Then, uft?,i
> i ;? been advised til l hi mi IIiimI *
ii tin iH dt r iit liability for so?
!< ? I, ? 11 i determined und < ?' ' 11
? 111 >. t i i o i t lira wu 11 o 111 11 -. ?? ! i ? ? i ? ? ?
? mime ? redllx tot cnlistmeiiti mi t)i
\ it o>n 11 i StMinl or regular :ii h> \ ? ea? i
tio i i d Will |" ? |i i 11 , 11 I n| pet will
'? i i ill it fo| KIM ? ? in t to in di i o<
III li 11 . bilit pli I I 'e lit r l ? it t
tin i? 11 md ??' itinn three da; t not?, t
SLAUGHTERED AND BURNED.
KT, hol Is unit muh-: TIIOllOl'GII
ilOH <>l NICGItO KILLING.
sin > 1111 <I? * 1 Xcgro Quarters, Sei l ire
In UollM'M mill Slml XtlCroCS, Men
ami Winnen as 'liny Tried lo Ks?
en 110.
Rnsl st. Louis. July 3,?Rioting,
during which l'I negroes 11111I whites
mi known lo have boon killed, throe
hundred persons hurl ami one hun?
dred und lift) in ::i ui's' llOUSCS WOi*e
burned, was followed todny by 8 com?
parative calm, after fifteen hundred
gunrdsi.u n look . hargc 01 the city. II
mm hin i ' i i.tin that ninny more were
killed thnn is definitely known. Dur
Ing the progress of tho live Uro? mobs
Surround? d tbe negro houses ami shot
lie negroes as they tried to eeenpe.
.Man; arc reported to have fallen
hack into tin- burning ruins. Police
reports nay that eight charred bodies
were recovered this morning. Kcd
1'i ir - representatives arc rounding up
tho homeless negroes and have pro
pared quarters ror them. Bquads of
soldiers are bringing in many lit.
arms, taken from negroes and white?;
Military officers have answered criti?
cisms that soldier* wore not allowed
to shoot, by saying if such orders
hud been given there would have
boon general bloodshed with the nio'?
was In its mo:' tempestuous mood.
Souvenir hunters took "its of oloth"
lnv from the dead negroes. The p?>
llee 1 topped photographing of ruins
with neuro bodies still lying In the
streets. Three whites lust night
found n negro lying on the street,
They ascertained that ho still breath?
ed whereupon two of them deliberate?
ly shot the negro In Ihe head,
to each designated person by mail.
As tho no a so notified nppear, the
hoards first will make a physical ex
aininat on In accordance with special
regulations to he provided, bearing In
mind that all persons accepted by
them win be re/examlned by aruryMf^
geons, if the physical examination i
passed successfully, then comes th
question of exemption.
Poisons who must he exempted or
discharged by tho local hoard Include:
"officers of tho i'nltod states, of the
St.it? s. territories ami the district of
f*olumb|a, mmisii is of religion, stu?
dents 01 divinity, persons in the mili?
tary naval service of the L'nitt i
States, subjects of Germany, all othei
aliens who have not taken out first
putjwrs, country or municipal oHIocm-m
customs clerks, workmen In fed era
armories, arsenals and navy y.nd-.
persons in the federal service dosig
Itated lo the president for exemption
pilots mcrehant marine sailors, thon<
with a status with rcs|*oct to dep ml
outs which renders their exclusion de?
sirable (a murrled man with depend?
ent wife or child) son of a dependent
widow, son of h dependent, aged ??:
Inilrm pun at. or brotlu r i?f di pendent
orphan child under Ifi years of aget;
those found morally deficient ami nn>
member of any w*dl roeognlxed religl
mis Heel existing May IX, r.?lT. whom
creed forbids participation In war urn1
whoso religious convictions nccoi
with Ibe creed."
(*laims for 1 xcniptfon been use of de
pendents !ca- I?e made by the man
himself, Iii.- wife or other dependents,
or by a third party who has person
all- investigated tho case, .\ claim
made by the husband must be accom
pnnled by suportlng atlldnvits signed
b) u iff und b> t he in ad of a fa milv
riMldlUM in the same territory, A claim
by the wife nr 11 third party must be
accompanied 1 ? \ two siipportinu alll
davits sinned by beads of fa mil lea.
Similar rules govern claims on ibe
-?rounds oi other dependents, tho do
pendents or third parties being su
thorixed to lile claims with support ins
nttblavits. in each ease the hoard must
be satisfied hi fore it grants exemption
or discharge that the dependent or de?
pendents actually arc supported main
l> b> the 11 nits 01 1 in- ni.ui's ment'i 1
or pbj lea I labor,
Local hoards are required, Kithject
lo nppi ;i|, to par i upon e| ilms for eN
? ni (?' .on 1.1 iHhi Ii i 1 ?.',.? w ii lull three
da h after I he lllinu of nitida 11?:.
IUstriel board miiMl decide appeal
m k within live da) ? after Ibe elo
in.- of proofs and their decisions nr??
I mil Ii the 1 iilinn nl .1 loe 11 I.d I?
a lllrmeil i lie |it'i on m ipicst ion
ttambi Iluall) accepted for mllitar
s< r? lee
I ' pa illll Oil ' I i illin fill cm'Hl p
' ? ?Ii oll I In : 1. >u 11 I of einpbe meiil 1
ro im hsii 1 v Industrial and 1 ? b-ultura!
? ?ein pal inn tin ' 11 11 .1 t I , in list
he nctivini cd III ' 1 I In part iciilai enter
pi ' I". h employ mm nt a"
i ii i ii \ , 11 ? ? ? rv I o i 11 ? ? 111.1 1111 ? 11 111 ?
"! the 111 ill i 1 \ 1 till, h UK ii t 01 n ? ?
GREAT LAKES CONSPIRATORS.
(t?;\\S |<) MMKOY SHIPPING
AM) IIINDI i; t>Ui.\M/VHoN
or ami:im< an AHMir.s.
Pjol, Engineered hy (???iniaiiv. IJe
spoic-ublo |or Itcoonl Succession of
vAA'nshi nylon, July 2.? Secret inves
tHatUUl hy . ?i iini'-Mt :?> ? 111:- has di
Ol?. i>\ thi e\a!ei:eo (>| a cia-al ron
n)r:irv to i|i -!rny ?>v hinder shipping
Oft Ulf ?Iii at Lakes ami thereby delay
tnc orga ni/.a t a>n of American war
a?fluiis aii'! ch?il. the Now nf foot!
and munitions material from the west
em States to the Atlantic coast.
^ Nu conspirators have heen euptun I
?e
had the hlentitv ol none haw been
made puhllc, hut ii ivat? learned lo
?
flay, that the State, navy ami ju ti< ?
departim nts are roopcrnting tu br'og
the offenders to ptiniKhment, ami the
t Canadian government will be called
npon for help.
.?'This plot, eiii'incc?'? d l.y i;> naai :'
aSH): t? 11 I.. ? ii |. ' 'h i/itie A 'la-ma il
?ens, is I'd ii . i d to hn ve heen r ?
psihlc for the succession ol "ar
ents" to fake shipping, especially
the neighborhood of the Salt Sie
rie canal, which heaan nhout n
onth ago. The steamers Saxonia
fnd Pentarost Mitchell were sunk at
mouth of the Son river with the
"idem intention of Mocking th
ftnnol. Then there was the sink
g of ti"- steamer Venetian Maid in
ifhe latroit river, with the loan of one
fe, and later came an attempt tu
^ynamite the ;teamer Mael:inae. The
Bgn II was blown up and burned
?pd the .lav I'ce III and the Niagara
their machinery wrecked. All <>'
ae vessels had been or were able m
''taken over by the navy depart?
ment a ml in\es'i-'aMons have tende
Eb the conclusion that what were
believed to have been the cause ol ila
ficeidents were the acts of the cum
jdfators seeking to hamper the gov
rninent in the prosecution of the
ia^nr.
I The investigation hat made it eo?'
jtaln thai some of Ihe acts of sabotage
committed upon American shipping
I
and displacement of channel buoy
i
and tampering with canal locks have
been done by persons who found re'*
uge when pursued In hind the mim i
ous islands in the narrow wnterwav*
on the Canadian side of Ihe boundarv.
(.1VI.N ( Hl IU I I'OII :;{_?.
South Carolina'- Army Draft Quota
lt< dm ed Thai Mn li.
Columbia, July 2.?South Carolina
is credited hy the war department
with 3,732 men on Ihe number, which,
tinder ihe selective ervice net, wPI
he caihd iiitu national army. The
I above figure is tiie number of men
who have enlisted In the National
Guard, regular army, const artillery
and other independent units except
lh< naval militii .
.lohn K. Pincette, secretary In tic
Governor, explained today that whet;
this States' allotment under the drutt
aci i.. decided upon Ihe war depart
I men! will credit the State with '.'..'>??*.
Iwhich is the number enrolled in prop?
er branches of the service on July I,
itlonal Interest during the emergency
"The evidence musl also establish,'
the regulations say, "even if the par
iticular Industrial enterprise nr partic
ular agricultural enterprise is foiin?
necessary for one of the above pur
poses, thai the continuance of sue!
person therein is necessary lo tie
mniiitcnam e tin roof and that he r;i!
not be replaced by another pcrsm
without direct, substantial, materia
loss and detrinieni lo the adoi|iiatc an.
effective operation of Ihe particular
industrial enterprise or ugrieulturi
enterprise which he is engaged."
Later the president ?c i.v from tiim
to lime designate certain industries ?
classes oI industries thai arc neecs
sarj an I tin district boards wall b
So not i Iii d It will be duty ,(!' cue
boar?l, however In ascertain the aval'
:i hie labor suppl) for i in h ind ist rie
Hill! ide t h(< 1114*11 e I 11 ? I f??l' SOI \ |d
Mod to i i e I he \ t alt into i on hier
stion in determining sieh tilings
??|f, In th. i.pinion of the distric
board." t Iiis sei i ion ol i he i ? uulat km
com Indes, " the din 1 i. sub: lautial, ma
Icrial p.- tu aii- such industrial ?
aKt icitlt lira I enter prise outweighs 111
lo .; that h ? hi Id n ult 111 en failure I
..' t i ii iIn militar> service ol i n \ sue
.? i ilia lie of ? I i i h ll e in i
? ? i ii. i *
periods
I" : milted Tili II
a . 11 11. 1111 .1 a i.
Iii i >11 .1 t i 'I pi t Si I I
BLOODY RACE RIOL
M:<.itoi:s \\i> v. in ri * i. vn i s
IN KAKT ST. Lot Is.
XCg I'??'l?K ( llHM || l?\ r,l< ? ,(|-| hil-I v &|oh*
?National (?titird Culled out Uni
I'oucrlc-** id It, i??rc 1 inter?Tin*
Torch \pplicd In Man\ Itliilditig
Loss S.t,<MMI,fM)0.
Kant St. I?ouis, 11 ? ni- 2 ?At I ;
?>?
o"( l??ck tonight ostii ??v h of Ihe dea 1
in toilny'h raee riotjf ii lire ranged
rrom l ?"' to i.'i ??i w . . two were white
men. 5
liuildings were w . burning at four
different points. ?
The property was estimated hy
Citv Attorney !?*??? eat 13,000,000.
? ?,
Forty injuroi ?groes nnd six in
jured white men were in one hosplt.il
and alniOHt an equal number in anoth?
er.
Vast ( hauls of smoke rolled aero
Ihe sky tonight rrom the hunting dis?
trict. Tin- flames made some of ibe
down town street:, as light as day and
now nnd then :i yelling moh rushel
down street in pursuit of n negro or
n search of new excitement Nation?
al Guardsmen loaded In automobile
trucks dashed after tin* mob. Thi
shouting di? ?l down occasionally as ! >e.
wlldered people walked up and dowi
Iho streets wondering where the lust
out break i iceurred.
The tires started altOUt 6 o'clock
this evening and spread rapidly. Bonn
flames visible for miles were shootiim
into tho sky. Hundreds oi negro wo
men, most of them carrying hundb <
that held their most precious belong
IngS and leading small children, lied
across the bridge to shelter and
safety with friends on the Missour.
side.
Telephone wires were rut early In
the evening. As telegraph nnd tele?
phone poles caught tire other wires
wenl down.
The mobs In Rnsl St. Louis were
swelled l?> hundreds of people who
early in the evening crossed the river
from St Louis, M??. Thmti ndiHilmirh
a menace to the situation that ai
11:30 o'clock the bridges were closed
This forced hundreds of residents of
suburban towns to stay In St Louis
for tlio night. As soon as street traf?
fic ended at 7 p. ni. crowds walked
across the bridge Into Kant St. l?ou|s
'by the thousand*, The mobs got Into
a lynching mood tonight, 'hie mart
was strung on a pole hut was res?
cued just In time to wive his life. Pol
dais rescued still another negro who
was being dragged through the
streets. Alter military rule hol l*een
proclaimed, the soldiers put more vlg
or into their attempt to <;u< 11 the
mob.
So- enty-flvo white men attacked n
negro in front of n drug store down
town ami shot hint twice and attempt?
ed to drug him to n pole. The troops
charged with fixed lKiyonctn nnd the
mob scattered.
With this show of force the rioter
In pari quieted down. Tronin? stood
guard at all corners and kept erowd*
moving. At l?.3H n'elnek fire broke on?
in the district I nown as the "Alley."
This iii-? - eaine perilously near the b| ?
railroad yards nf Rast St |?ou|s. At
:? o'clock four more ne??roee were shot,
At I ?> o'clock it app? a rod as If th?
"Alley" district was doomed In de?
Ktruction. This is the third largo area
to l>e burned. The property damage
will reach many thousands.
At ii p, m. another lire had broken
out In Ihe extreme n? 'hi a imrtion
of tiie city. Tins Lrotigi.i the hurnlm
sections up to four.
t'ol. Tripp, assist ant adjutant gen
oral, stated shortl> before midnight
thai t lie riot Inn ? t ow d- h oi for 1||<
most part di in rued.
Nearly !?im more men. women an?
ebiblren a re i|iiartered in Ihe < i'.
ha !l a ad i lie police station.
At frequent Intervals all even in'
and until late tonight trucks broilgll
negro refugees from burning section
to augment the groups nt tin so refug?
hiiildiugs, where u strong guard n
troops was stationed.
When a report came lo military a*i
Ihoritiei I It it neuro iubabltauts
I ll'l ?id. P ii. Ml., i l'tt> ? iii ! i el ? popllhll
? d I '\ iii m i oi ? i, were mo vi up nn I' i
St. LolliN a truck -till ,,) miai'damei
w is ten I lo the ' I II ick bridge" '.<
no - t a n \ attack I bat might be :i1
tempted.
\i ihe -aice time another Irin k !?? i
i if sohl fers w is rushed to a cornel
near Hi,- posiolliee wlnre negroes hai
i j.- nlcd in ups! lirs ?jiuii tors had Ihmm
i i in: .,t s??!du rs standing guard in lb
11 ? , ? |m |i?v
The \v i ? i tl propel ' v da mage w ?
? lone il.ee Ihe tracks of 1lie Soul Ihm i
i i ill o.i d where I lie Son I her ii \\ i re
I .i . Hid hi lw? ell I Mil i lid I ?S ? it
? ian\ "i them lo ided w Ith met? h in
CIVIL WM !N CHINA.
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M ICH I .
Open War RiHwivn Vorth und Rcnitli
(liina Probable Wild ihr Control ol
all t Irina (Im- Make.
Washington, July {. ?0?MI. ('hang
llsun's coUp de' -tat to de-troy l>|>uli
lictitiism Mi China ami restore the
Manchu dynasty hi ? product a dis?
couraged shock among officials who
i ? ? -1 i? >ved China's international iroobtea
were .it an end. ' Ipcil rlvtl war is
feared between chnng llsun's follow*
ers nnd lh< Manchu supporters on the
one hand ami the Northern rcpsjbll*
? ans nnd the united South on the oth?
er. The Northern military leaders,
whoso attitude is not clear, are de?
clared to hold Ihe I mi la nee of power,
tor it is felt that il tin >. join ?'hang
llsun In- will lie a hp to obtain control
of North China and then perhepo sub*
due tin- South.
Official dispat. h< - how that ?hang
llsun, inst.ad of having east his lot
with tlie other military leaders in the
Tien Tsln revolutionary government,
has la en play Inf" for veer*, a lone hand
.of adventure. Military governor of
Anhwei prov ince, lie poeed as a scrni
Independent leader maintaining tlm
Manchu tradition. With soldiers still
wearing the queue he had taken toll
from both parties and huilt up a rep?
utation for severity which n one easo
:il Nanking |?reeinltnted an Interna.?
tioiinl episode v illi the Japanese.
I When Ihe re ent militar) secession?
ist movement was launched, ?'hang
llsun was Invited by the military
I- aders to join them at Tien Tsin but
he chose m?t to do so. President IA
then Invited him to Poking to me*
11 late hetween th( two forces. He ap
proaehed the capital, sent ii an ulti?
matum forcing dissolution of parlia?
ment and just as the military govern?
ments, the republicans and the con?
stitutionalists were coming logothei".
sprang his monarchial coup de'etat.
Chinese legation and stale depart*
ment Ofllelals alike expressed great
surprise at the development. Shu Shi
Chang, guardian of Hsuan Tung, the
Manchu buy. whose abdication of the
throne in 1912 ushered in the Chinese
republic. is reported by Minister
Keltisch to he supporting ?'hang Hsun.
The attitude of Premier U CtlUtg
llsi and tin* newh created cabinet is
unk nown,
Iterlln, Jul> The German otii
?? i.11 statement says tie strong ItUSSSSUI
attack at Konluchy broke down. The
Kassians did not have the strength
to repeal lh? ir nttacks against Itrexea*
any heights.
disc, were consumed by ftamee. The
damage here was estimated at be?
tween |3ao,ona and |r?oo,ooe.
The ?roadwav theatre, valued at
Ilde,. was destroyed and at 11 n.
m. ihe flames were moving steadily
along the tracks, almost unhindered.
Col. Tripp stated at 11 :'.<? o'clock to?
night that L' ; companies of State
troops would he in the citv before
midnight, all Uul three companies of
which were tiu n on guartl. The com*
l ined strength of the troops to ram*
lint trouble tomorrow, he raid, would
he several thousand. Col Tripp early
tonight rescued a negro from the mob
and Cit> Attorney lYkete laier res?
cued another.
Two venue white 'ills tonight
hoarded a street ear and dragged a
negro woman to the street. The ne?
gro eoiiinn attempted to hreak away.
ut one hi tin young riils tonU oft
let shoe and pounded lier over the
head. National fSuardsiiien rescued
Inr.
At R.Jla o'clock a mob of *eg armed
men charged into a negro disttiel OH
Third i with llaming toiehc*.
lief on 'lev could statt a new blase,
however, l' <1" guardsmen charged with
fixed Itayoncttt. Tin tie ips tired a
volhy o.i i the heads nl the mob
Which d 'Spel S. d
\ ' at'Ii l.eiv\.." w 1:11* - and black*
brol.il at Ihe east eittrait?1* l*? the
St l.eiii- municipal bridge Guards?
men hurried then in I ruck* und end*
? .I the ci in 11 ?a t ? ? u e et I he white men
kilted tonight was Tom Moore of
i? rauite ?'iiv
Two wh:t. men lied a I ope around
the Me, k ut a i?egr?i slid started !??
pull liim it'ii' t'.e a ir. The ro|ie Isroke
and ihe while nun fell flat on theii
backs The Iii l i o ,p opped lo t he
grollll 1 dead.
\ lllfee II? i '? v\ ? a c 11 ' in: Ut c-'
? ipe ir.'in i h i. nun: building a mob
spied tin m line negro w in hanged
to , telephone p.de nid tin i>|her iwu
Wim !u t riu three bodies were lefI