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LA FOLLETTE DEFENDS S"
M'l \Ks P>K THRFE HOt HS AN
s\\MllN(. IIIS ( RITICH,
Contend* Tluit Member or C'ongr.^s
tfas Right to V?a*li Policy of <io\
raiment?(Ahnnrca Critic* With
( lnum ? r Aaanasmatkm.
Washington. Oct. ???The closing
?' ition of congress was marked by a
three hour speech by Senator lai Fol
Ittte. answering erltlrlams of hi.* anti?
war actis itt?-?. with two hours act
aelds for senators who wish to
?peak on the subject. He asserted
that the "war party," besides carry?
ing on a campaign of "libel and chu -
snter assassination" against members
ongres* who \ ?>(.,! against the
wir are attempting to suppress dks
eusstOA of the war Issue and Intimi
dnte the people by invading their
homes snd unlawfully putting them in
Jail The speech was carefully pre?
pared. He quoted at length from
Lincoln. Clay. Wohster and Sumner. in
support of his contention that a
ii ?11.1x1 had tin- i::.ht to assaP be
policy of the government.
Senator LaPollette read his speech
carefully from manuscript. It la
predicted that his well chosen words
would not evoke the hot replies pin
ned
I.A FOl.LETFF I NrORTl \ ATF.
Made Terrible Mistake In lending
Hfriwir in hii'vr'. Plan*.
Washington. Oct. (1 It was* "unfor
lunsts foi Ihe country and the sen?
tor fro- . Wisconsin that he lent him?
self snd hia service to the promotion
Sj tho ideas and desires of the kaiser.'
said Senator Robinson, replying to
Senator LaFollrtte'a speech of de
f ?? nss.
ILLINOIS M (.lt(il S KFNTFNCFR.
Men Charged With Fast St. Louis
Trouble Convicted.
Belleville. 111.. Oct. 7?Ten of the
IS negroes who have been on trial
h/>re for a week charged with the
murder of Detective Samuel Cop
podge, on the norning of July 2.
which precipitated the East St. Louis
(III.) race riots, were convicted to
dsy and sentenced to 14 ycara I ib
In the penitentiary.
Those found guilty were Fayette
Parker. Othanlel Peoples, Oeorge
Roberts. Horace Thomas. Marsha!
Alexander. Dee S'mothermann. Albert
Hughea. Bud Townaend. Will Palmer
and Charles Foster. Turee were ac?
quitted. Smothermann collapsed when
the verdict was read. He had offered
on alibi.
The Jury, which was given the case
at 11.30 o'clock last night, announced
at 1.30 this afternoon that an agree?
ment had I.? en n-.o h< d. Judge (}. A
Crow was summoned from his home
snd responded promptly, his wife sit
ting with him on the bench when the
verdl' t wss read. The verdict wan
handed to Judge Crow by the foreman
of the Jury. None of the defense was
present and for this reaaon the Judge
polled the Jury. All uhirmed the ver?
dict.
James A. Farmer, special assistant
attorney general. representing the
Mats, told the court that the St u<
i i i f.fh.-r i h irgea against the three
i eg roe a and they were remanded to
.?sll.
(.1 It MAN 'i s I I ACK TF.HMS.
Keh h*tug M ill Iure?? leader*, to Stale
w hat l hey W it nt.
? xternal pressure on tJermany to
M?S IIa war tern.* having failed, tie
rial condition in the empn
threatens to compel a full Statement
What the ImiIcm want If Herman;,
wlr.a will be diacuased in the 'i
h' tic* week Whether the bureau,
the navy snd army are furthering I
s* henie of annexation and Indemnitb s
la expected to be brought out In d?
t'H The matter has come to a test
between von Tb pitr. and SSjn fltT
innna on one aide and the relchatag
majority on the other, with feeling be
coming intense.
The weuiher Is bad In Fland.r
? nt the Hermans attacked but Right
at \\i> hut London say they wer
repulsed rnoftlclal Stockholm r<
poitaaay that strong Herman nasal
f i have heen xeen In the Hultle.
Thev ore anid to he saneeatratlasj .<
strong force fur an attack on Heising
fora.
i -iiojit i aeapsi
Madrid. Oct. 8.?A Herman sub
marine Interned at t'udl/. Spain. hjM
? aped All submarines entering
Spanish porti since June Mtfc, have
b??n interned undar ru>ul decree.
Uhcd April, 1850.
"Be fat* at
881. SU
kfnior senator will ME can
NMII if i'f.oplk in?
sist.
But Only Conscription Will Ciubc
'Him to Alter His Decision to Ho?
lum at En<l of Present Term.
Trenton, Oct. c.?Knowing that tho
people of the State were anxious to
learn the probable attitude of Sena?
tor Tlllman in the next senatorial
race, since the papers have been dis?
cussing the matter, this correspondent
sought an interview with him this
morning. Th? senator was averse to
saying anythirg on the subject, he
cause of his statement two years ago
that ho would retire at the end of nil
present term. When it was brought
to his attention that this country had
become involved in the mor.t gigant*.
war of all history since that time, and
that his services were more neede \
now than ever he said:
"I have received many letters from
old friends, and from many who
have never supported me before, ury. -
ing me to be a candidate to succeed
myself, notwithstanding my declara
tlon two years ago that I would retire.
When I make up my mind, it is no',
often that I change it. I do not wish
. to be a candidate, my family wish no
to retire from public life. Hut on ac?
count of the fact that we are at war.
end tbat the president needs the un?
divided support of his party. I hn >. e
recently said that the only conditio.!
on which 1 would be a candidate was
lor the people to 'conscript' me. In
ether words, I must be convinced that
tb. y really want me to run, or I shall
rctno ;r previously announced.*'
The senator is receiving many let
ters urgirg him to be a caudidat
again, to all of which he has an
sworcd as above. It is a matter that
1 is up to the people as to whether the
M n.itor shell again represent them, gl
' he has done for so long and so :ic
< ? ptably to the large majority of ib.e
\<>t?Ts of the Suite. Their wishes van
' ho made known either by letter or
petition, and what is done should be
done quickly. The opposition is very
busy, and It Is high time the friends
of the present Democratic administra?
tion make known their wishes.
TRIAL OF GFN. KOKXILOFF.
former Huvsiun AffggJ Commander
I gggjgSJg ( ourtmaitial on Technical
< ?rounds.
IN trograd. Oct. 7. General Korni
lofT probably will escape trial bj
courtinartial because of technicalities
and be judged instead by a civil court
on the charge of insubordination, says
The Novaia Zhizn.
It is pointed out that General Kor
nlloff's march toward Fetrograd was
by order of the government Which
tbree days after the "rebellion," con?
tinues the newspaper, commanded that
all orders issued by General Korni
loff at the front be carried out. There?
fore. It Is argued, he can only Km
considered blamable from the mo?
ment when In- refused to resign gl
commander in chief.
RAID GFHMAN DAILY PAPER.
Omccrs Sel/.e Itccord* of Cincinnati
Volksblatt.
Cincinnati. Oct. tt.?The Cincinnati
Volksblatt, Cerman daily newspaper
was raided late todwj by United BUttes
secret service ottie? is. ami letter !J|e>
iedKers and other account books seiz?
ed and taken to |he United States dis
t ri? t attorn*) '? onion,
Tili; LA FOLLFTTF CASK,
Coinmitlo Map?. Out Flans lor hives
ligation.
H ii hington, < ?et. s -The g?nnt?
committee appointed to InvestIgatS
Renator Ui Kol ette's St. Paul speech
mapped out its plans and adjourned
until Thursday. There will be no
pohllc hearing! for the present. The
committee hone* to conclude the in*
. gOtlgjation i itbin a lew d:i\ 1
men uwKivfs thick.
(.tratest Truck Ever Designed lor
American Army.
Lima, Ohio, <>< t. s The drat llherty
?iw<k for tin- United States army.
probably the grsatesl motor truck de?
?ignon of tb?- country, comhlnod with
the genius of twelve motor truck
plant! and sixty-two automobile pat is
factories, could produce, gras complet?
sd hers today, it is- propelled by the
nee lllierty motor. It is planned to
bUlhl tblrt ?flVS IhOUSand <d them tin
11 t hail or next | car.
id Fc?r not?De* ?0 the ends Thou Alu
SITER, S. C, WEDNES]
PRESIDENT PRAISES CONGRESS
SAYS ARMY AND NAVY'S NEEDS
HAVE BEEN MET IN AD?
MIRABLE MANNER.
Relieves Will and Purpose of Ameri?
can People Hnvc Been Faithfully
E.xpressed.
Washington, Oct. 6.?The work of
the congressional session adjourning
today, was praised by President Wil?
son in a statement saying:
"The needs of the army and navy
have been met in a way that assures
the effectiveness of American arms,
and the war making branch of the
government has been abundantly
equipped with the powers that were
necessary to make the action of the
nation effective. '
"The Sixty-fifth congres, now ad?
journing," the president added, "de?
serves the gratitude and appreciation '
of a people whose will and purpose 1
believe it has faithfully expressed |
One cannot examine the record of It;
action without being imprawsed by its
complctness, Its courage and its full
comprehension of a great task.
"I believe that it has also In equa
degree and far as- possible in the fac
Of war, safeguarded the rights of th<
people and kept In mind the consider
atlon of social Justice so often obscur?
ed in the hasty adjustments of such
a crisis.
"It seems to me *h it 'he work di
this remarkable session has not only
been done thoroughly, but that It has
al hi 1 een done with ilw utmost dis?
patch possible in the circumstances
consistent with a ful consideration of
the exceedingly critical matters dealt
with. Pest of all It has left no doubt
SS to the spirit and determination of
the country but has affirmed them as
loyally and as emphatically as our
line soldiers will atlirm them on the
bring line."
CHt'Rffll PENSION FUND.
Episcopal Church Raises Greatest
Fund for charitable Foundation
Ever (inthcred in America.
New York, Oct. 7.?Final returns,
just completed and sent to J. P. Mor?
gan, treasurer of the $5,000,000 pen?
sion fund lor the support of retired
Episcopal clergymen, show that the
fund was oversubscribed nearly 7
per cent., total subscriptions amount?
ing to $1,712.000. Of this $5,164,153
has already been paid.
Alabama contributed $ 1 r?. i* 8 H;
North Carolina, $G5,848; South Caro?
lina, $20,510; Georgia, $47,703, and
Florida, $25.451.
The Church Pension Fund is the
largest of the kind ever raised, and.
next to the Red Cross Hundred Mil?
lion Dollar Fund, the largest chari?
table fund ever gathered in America
Off any one purpose. It took just a
vear to do it. While .'Ivo million dol?
lars was the goal originally set, it was
announced from time to time that an
oversubscription was desired in or?
der to give the fund the .soundest
backing possible.
The campaign for raising the Pen?
sion Fund, conducted under the di?
rection of Bishop William L/twrcnco.
of Massachusetts, ended February 28.
The next day the pension plan was
out into operation with Bishop Law?
rence as president of the fund. At
the present time pensions amounting
tV) 203,000 annually are being paid,
?some to aged and disabled clergy,
some to widows, and others to or?
phan minors.
In all there were 47.713 subscrip?
tions to the fund whose names are ac?
tually on the books of the fund. Yet
It Is estimated that many hundreds
of thousands of persons actually
faVOi as In numerous Instances an en?
tire congregation's gift was entered as
one subscription while no record was
kept of the individual contributor! of
tin- $1,011,110 which was received in
cash.
There were it.:?74 gifts of less than
floo and these donations make up
about 10 per cent. of the entire
i und?
Of all the dioeeses. New York city
contributed the largest sum, $2.
111,591.
The States of New York and New
Jersey cave $3,581,364, New Bngland
gave $1,112,768, Pennsylvania, Dei
aware. Maryland. Virginia and the
District of Columbia gave $2,115,934.
Mahuma. North Carolina, South Car?
olina. Qeoraia, Florida, Mississippi,
Louisiana. Tennesse?1, and Kentucky
gave $866,478,
Ohio, Michigani Indiana. Illinois
and Wisconsin gave $1,102,527, Min?
nesota. Iowa. Nebraska. Colorado
Montana, the Dakotas and Wyoming
gave $172,847?
Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Kansas.
M't at be thy Country's. Thy God's mm
DAY, OCTOBER 10, 191'
FARMERS HEED SODA.
LOOK TO PRESIDENT FOD SUP- 1
PLY FOR SOUTH.
Senator Tillmnn Urges Those Interest?
ed in Farm Fertilizer to Write to I
Wilson.
Trenton, Oct. 7.?The question of
obtaining nitrate of soda next year is
one in which the farmers of the Stato
are very much interested at this
time, and knowing that Senator Till
rnan was instrumental in having an!
amendment to the pure food bill re
Utting to nitrate of soda passed, he i
was asked as to the siuation this1
morning. He said:
"The farmers of the South are al?
most compelled to have nitrate of
soda if they are to grow food to feed
the soldiers and realizing the need, I
succeeded in getting an amendment to
the pure food bill, after Senator Smith '
originated the idea, authorizing the
president to buy nitrate of soda In
Chile, bring it here and sell it to the
farmers at cost, for cash. Ten million
dollars was appropriated for this pur-1
pose. Although Mrs. Till man was ill,
end we wanted to leave Washington,
we remained there four days in order 1
for me to see the president and urge
upon him the necessity of getting the (
soda. The president was thoroughly in 1
sympathy with the proposition and
stated he would do all he could to
relieve the situation, but impressed on
n.e the scarcity of ships in which to
haul it and stated that would be the
only thing which would prevent it
being done. I have asked a great
many r^opl? to write him on the sub?
ject and it would be a good idea for
as many of our people as will to do
the same thing and impress on hlni
the need of the soda for the crop ncx:
year. The more letters the better.
Since I left Washington I have notice I
that Senator Smith and several repre?
sentatives have been pushing the mat?
ter with the secretary of agric ulture
and I believe some means will be pro?
vided by which we can get the soda."
Senator Tillman Is delighted at the
recent rise In cotton and cotton sect
and Is still holding both, as he believes
the end is not yet in sight.
The Duty of German-Americans to
Germany.
(By Gustavus Ohlingcr of The Vigil?
antes.)
"To speak German Is to remain
German; to cause others to speak Ger?
man is to make them into Germans."
In this- way Ludwig Fulda, one of
the most prominent of modern Ger?
man playwrights and journalists sum?
marized his observations in the Unit?
ed States. That he was giving expres?
sion to more than merely personal
opinion is evidenced by the stern
measures adopted by Germany for the
purpose of establishing the use of Ger?
man in the Polish provinces and In
Alsace?by the decrees which forbade
French even on signs and on tomb?
stones and the orders making it a
crime to impart religious instruction
in the Polish tongue.
The propaganda for the German
language has always been a well
recognized phase of imperial Kultur?
politik. It was regarded as an im?
portant means for establishng Ger?
man influence in foreign lands, for un?
dermining national unity, and for
keeping German immigrants in solid
blocks which could be used as con?
venient make-weights in favor of
(Herman policies. As one of the lead?
ers in the Pan-German movement ex?
pressed it years ago, "the Importance
of Germany in the future will de?
pend on two things?first, the number
of persons who are politically subject
to the empire, and, second, the num?
ber of those throughout the world
who speaks the German language."
That the Kaiser's sympathisers In
the United States have taken this
course to heart is borne out by tin
vigorous efforts which have been
made to establish the German lan?
guage in our public schools ever sine,
the Pan-German idea came to active
consciousness here sonn1 twenty year
ago. During this period the num?
ber of high school pupill taking in?
struction in German has risen from
?8,000 to 312,000. ESven more mark?
ed has been the increase In this direc
11 .?
Oklahoma, and New Mexico gave $91,
Ml.
Oregon, California. Idaho. Arizona.
IHah, Washington, Nevada. Alaska,
and the Philippine Islands gave $255
?;<>7.
The largest contribution, $324,744,
was made by the Carnegie Corpora?
tion. Two persons gave $250,000
each. Nine gave $100,000 each,
twelve subscribed $50,000 each. Iwen
ty-nlne $25,0000 each, llfty-four gave
$10,01.ach, l'l'I gave $5,000 and 764
subscribed $1,000.
4 Trw****" THE TRUE
r.
COTUTT KEF P?T.
DECLARES MONROE DOCTRINE IS
BECOMING SERIOUS LIMITA?
TION UPOM EUROPEAN
ACTION.
_
Fx-President Taft Principal Speaker
at Unvcfllng of Shaft to McKinley.!
Nil^s, c>hio, Oct. 3.?"We could not
keep cut of world politics if we would, j
That which affects the world affects
jy. The Monroe doctrine is becoming
I more serious limitation upon Euro?
pean action than ever before."
This was the declaration of form?
er President Taft in the principal
ipeech here today, at the dedication of
the bis marble memorial building an 1
monument erected br> the memory of
the late President William McKinle/.
v? ho was born here.
Ohio's martyred president was
given credit by Ohio's living ex-presi?
dent, for I cing the man who saw
most clearly when ethers were blind
to it, the real position of the United
States in the world.
"Were McKinley .'dive today," said
Mr. Taft, "how his patriotic heart, his
broad vision and his Vibrant words
would be united In supporting the
government In its constructive meas?
ures to carry on the great world
struggle to victory.
"With what drawees he would re?
ject all propositions to compromise
by proposal of a patched up peace.
He would not fail to too that in the
preocit Issue no peace is possible un?
til secured by victory - that no solu?
tion Is worthy of our history but a
defeat of militarism."
Mr. Taft declared that it is better
to tight Germany in company with
the al'ies than to fight her alone later.
He insisted that had we been able
to stay out of the war, we would have
found ourselves in continued friction
with Germany "until she thought the
opportunity had come for her to
strike."
Miss Helen McKinley, sister of the
martyred president, unveiled the
twelve-foot statute of President Mc?
Kinley, which is set in the court of
the memorial building. The dedicatory
exercises were in charge of the G. A.
R.
tion in the grade schools.
Now that the events of the last few
monthfl have taught Americans to look
lipon this apparently innocent educa?
tional movement in the same light in
which it has always been held by
Germans both here and in Germany,
it is small wonder that they Will have
none of it. German language instruc?
tion has been abolished in all the
grade schools of Toledo; in Cleveland
it has been eliminated from the first
four grades; in Baltimore from all the
grades; in Milwaukee American chil?
dren will no longer have the advan?
tage of a bi-lingual education in the
tirst and second grades, and even Chi?
cago has torn from its .-pelling books
the nauseous adulation of the Kaiser
which the exponents of Pan-German
policies had caused to be inserted.
That this aversion for everything
German will be intensified with time
i.s inevitable. The danger is that it
will attach to much that is admirable
and that we could adopt with advan?
tage. Our civilization will thereby be
made the poorer. One of the great
tragedies of the war is that the evil
ambtion of .he Hohetisollerns has hud
its foul hands upon the sacred heri?
tage of the German people and im?
pregnated it with the poison of its con?
tact, so that for centuries it will pro?
voke the loathing of the world.
These consequences can in some de?
gree he averted by c ur citizens of
German birth. It rests with them to
prove to us and to the world that a
wide chasm separates the Germany oi
Bchiler, Goethe and Leasing from the
monster state created by the Hohen
SOllerni and their servants; that the
genius that peopled the woods and
dales with the fairies of childhood has
nothing in common with the demon
that ravaged Belgium, Frame and
Poland; that the German spirit Is in
ded free and not sunk in hopeless
servility to Unworthy masters. Ru<
not by lukewarm allegiance to 0U1
country, not by half-hearted support
of our cause, not by carping criticism
of things American, not by secret grat?
ification Over the reverses Of our allies
can they bring this about. The Turn?
verein, the Llederkrans, the Btadtvei -
hand, the Nationalbund and DeUtCh
unterrlcht must all be forgotten.
The story of American liberty, from
its foundations In Magno Carts to the
present! line, must displace all these
is the subject of their propaganda;
everything that will contribute to our
overwhelming victory must he the ob?
ject of their nctvlty. Through such
men, after the war. will the benefit
if German science, art and literature
SOUTHRON, Established J?n% Ht*v
Vol.XLV. No. 16.
MONEY FOB PEACE.
GERMANY ITKMSHFD MO NICY
FOR BO?O TO SPFXD IN
FRANCE.
Von Btl?tUllI Sought to l oan Huge
Sum to a Flinch "Political Person?
ality'" to Create Peace Sentiment,
Washington, Oct. I.? More of Count
Von BernatOriPl confidential cable ex?
changes with the Berlin foreign office
wore made public by the ?t?te depart?
ment tonight, furnishing documentary
proof of the extraordinary activities
ot Polo Pasha, now a prisoner in
France, and throwing more light on
the machir.a'ions of the German dip?
lomatic service.
The messages, signed by von Horn?
storf! end by von Jagow, then foreign
minister, show that $1,700,000, which
the ambassador obtained authority to
place to the credit of Hugo Schmidt,
then a representative of the Deusache
l ark at Now York, war, .sought as a
?OAI1 to "a leading political personal?
ly" in Franc* and was counted upon
to bring peace, They were exchang?
ed in February, 1910, when the
French Socialists were threatening to
OVO throw the government and thc*e
was talk of France being tired of war
'and dissatialied with the part playod
by ier allies.
The wily von Bernstorff cautioned
ara nst expressions in the German
press concerning internal French
changes, suggesting that German ap?
pro al might upset all his plans. He
alM was careful not to put down the
name of the political personality say
I ing a verbal report would be made as
soon as a trustworthy messenger could
be Found.
The state department contributed
its atest disclosure, like those that
have preceded it. without explanation
as to how the documents came into
its possession.
The statement follows:
' The department of state communi?
cates to the press the following tele
grains bearing upon the case of Bolo
Pasha, exchanged between Count von
Bernstorff and Herr von Jagow, Ger?
man minister of foreign affairs:
" 'No. 679-February 6.?I have
received information from an entirely
trustworthy source concerning a po?
litical action in one of the enemy
countries, which wouid bring about
peace. One of the leading political
personalities of the country in ques?
tion is setting a loan of $1,700,000 in
Nev. York, for which security will be
plven. 1 was forbidden his* name in
writ ng. The affair seems to me to
be of the greatest possible import?
ance. Can the money be provided in
New York? That the intermediaries
will keep the matter secret is entirely
i certain. Request answer by telegram.
A verbal report will follow as soon as
a trustworthy person can be found to
bring it to Germany.
(Signed) "'Bernstorff/
" 'No. 150, February 29.
" 'Answer to telegram No. G79.
" 'Agreed to the loan but only if
p?aec action seems to you a really
serious project, as the provision of
money in New York is for us at pres?
ent extroardinarily ditticult. If the
enemy country is Russia, have noth?
ing to do with the buslnees as the
sum of money is too small to have
any serious effect in that country. So,
too. i i the case of Italy, for it would
' not be worth) while to spend so
j much
(Signed ) M 'Jagow.*
'? 'No. 885, March 5.
" 'Pleuse instruct Deutsche Pank to
hold I.eee.Oeg marks at disposal of
Hugo Schmidt. The affair is very
I promising. Further particulars follow.
I (Signed) ? 'Hernstorff.*
" No. Iff, March 20.
" 'With reference to telegram No.
|Gn.*.. Please advsie our minister in
Perne that some one will call on him
who will give him the passwords
sanct regis, who wishes to establish
relath ns with the foreign ofhee. In?
termediary further requests that In?
fluence may be brought to bear on our
press to pass over the (hange in the
inner political situation in France BO
far as possible in sibmcc, so that
: things may not be spoiled by German
appro* al.
I Sir: ied ) " Bernstorff.'
" 'N >. 200, May .11.
" 'Tl e person announced in te'.e
gram < 92 of March 20 has not yet re?
ported himself at the legation at
rterne. Is there any more news on
your side of Bolo?
I Big led) " 'Jagow.'
be transmitted. By such men ahme
can th ' odium which the Hohen
/ollern dynasty has drawn upon all
things German be averted, and th**
treasures of Germany's past be pre
inr\ed lor the woiid.