The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 31, 1918, Image 2
: BATTLE Ol T?E BORDER.
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SGHTING BETWEEN AMERICAN
AND MEXICAN TROOPS AT
NOGALES.
' ?*? ' Z '?* " '
ne' American Officer and Ten U
Twenty Others Ki li ed?Me xica i ?*r
Said to Have Lost Nearly Oik
Hundred.
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Nogales, Ariz., Aug. 27.?Ont
merican officer fell fighting in tin
reets of Nogales late today, om
Vilian was killed, another office i
ounded seriously and between ter.
3d 20 American soldiers lulled dur
\g the skirmish which took piact
ong the international avenue be
Veen American troops and Mexican:
! Nogales, Sonoral
.Approximately 15 Americans wen
ounded, including Lieut. Col. Fred >
ick J. Herman, who was shot
rough the right leg while com
tnding the Americali troops, but
hfinued in command on crutches,
Lieut Coi. Frederick J. Herman,
ni?nding troops at Nogales, wa.'
long the American soldiers wound
in "a two hour fight with Mexican?
lich started when United States sen-,
es were fired upon Tuesday' by Mex
ins. Several hundred troops eri
ged the Mexicans and drove them
ill back into their town. 1
, The American soldiers fired fron
Usetops and other points of van
je. The casualties are not known
this time. m The Mexicans hoisted
Bag of truce, but continued firing
d sniping was going on at 7 p. m.
Bullets were dropping thick and
ft in Nogales, Ariz. Ore civilian
isjpn Reddock. was wounded.
A conference has been called be- .
efen American and Mexican offi
? -is.
The trouble was supposed to havt
.lied as , a result of an attempt on
% part of the Mexican immigration
icial to pass a fellow countrymaT
^oss the border illegally. Americar
#ries drew guns and Mexican:
?ed. Other Mexicans apparently tub
armed came from all direction.'
d aided the Mexicans on the lint
til they were driven back.
Casualties on the Mexican side, ac
"ding to a late report, were over
Skilled and wounded^
The American casualties are said
be three soldiers killed and 12
unded, including Lieut. Col. Fred
ck X Herman. Several hundred
ops were engaged.
fhe dead include Captain Hunger
d, who was killed in action. The
. ilian was Gaston Reddock, who
s -killed during the first hour of the
?* iting. Lieut. Luke W. Loftis was
iously wounded.
in infantry detachment in com
jad of Lieut: Col. Frederick J. Her
ii' wa5 rushed to the border arid
s followed by. negro cavalry troops ?'
v t> took ?p posftions; along the
2et which forms the boundary li:ae.
? firing started about ? o'clock and
tinned until ' 5.30 when it " die4 -
vn slightly but occasional^ shots
?3d be heard. Reports that ma
^_M/gans were brought "ijjt?' action
?-~?e; American ?tro?^e^W^i^' denied/
aough ?' machine %tm 'was set up ,
an "office lacing Mexico.
3o one seemed to know exactly
at'happened after the first shot
/fixed. An American ser.try was i
a to" enter an office on Internation
ivenue with his arm dangling at
side with a bullet wound through
"""aouider. Soon afterward the
/became general and the crowd
eh rushed to the customs house
en the first ^hots were fired 1
ght shelter behind buildings. Ev
"orie was ordered off the streets by
itary.
lep?rts that Juan G. Cabral, lead- "
of ? rebel band which has operat
south of the border, had appear- '
within 14 miles of Nogales, was
aped at the Maytorena Tanch and
t the shooting in ' Nogales was
hminary :tb attack on the town by
band and'' could not be confirmed,
?n pursuing: ' the Mexicans "the
terican troops did not stop at the
indary Kne/ it was said/ but: con
ned' for at least two blocks into
I main town. Word was received
e today from Fort Huachuca that
aforcements were being hurried to
rd Nogales'and Would be here by
lorrow morning.
:jike the main street of a moving
iure frontier town, International
?nue, where the fighting started,
-sagging its way along the Inter
zonal boundary line between Mex
aha the United States',* forms the
in business streets" of towns in
> republics.
imerican sentries patrol the boun
y night and day while Mexicans
rol the opposite side of the wide
iness street. Customs guards and
rol steads have their stations at
American and Mexican custom
~se which faces each other across
j str??t.
KogaIes. Arizona, as a progressive i
zona border town with modern j
<ses, two and three story business)
Idings on International Avenue:
/. residence streets lined with palm i
umbrella trees. Nogales. Sonora. J
Mexican town, is a typical Mexi
j border town with sQuare adobe j
:ses resembling cubes of native J
wn sugar.
Togales, Sonora. has been the*
ae of a number of border battles.!
L clash betwen American troops j
? Mexican rebels occurred there
bag the" Vill?-C?rranza fighting.
Carranza troops were fired upon j
mistake when it was thought theyi
e Villa' followers attempting to j
i the American side of the border,
he beautiful residence of Ignacia;
dllas, ambassador to Washington,!
ocated within sight of ths Inter-,
national boundary. Nogales being hisj
home.
QUIET ON BORDER.
"\ Washington, Aug. 28.?Maj. Gen
VlbTbrOok who has been placed in
^?trol of the Mexican border situa
? reported today that desultory
W across the border had ceased
r continuing all night.
iXICO REGRETS THE CLASH;
.'togales. Aug. 28.?Profound re
I >ts for yesterday's clash between
j ?xican and American soldiers were
pressed by Gen. Calles, the military
governor of Sonora to Gen. Cabell in
a telegram today. Gen. Calles is en
route to Nogales for a conference to
day.
REPUBLICANS REJECT FORD.
Automobile Manufacturer Loses in
Prhaoary, But is Named by Demo
crats.
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 28.?Henry
Ford, Detroit automobile manufactur
3r, and choice of President Wilson
Tor the Michigan senatorial nomina
tion, on the face of returns from
more than half of the State, today
was both winner and loser in Tues
iay's State-wide primaries.
Truman H. Newberry, of Detroit,
commander in the Third U. S. naval
district, and former Secretary of the
>favy, has won the Republican nomi
nation for United States senator by
a vote which incomplete returns in
iicate may equal the total number ot
[ votes polled by both Ford and form
ier Gov. Chase S. Osborn. Only s
light vote was cast for William G.
Simpson of Detroit, the other Re
publican candidate.
In the Democratic ballotting, how
ever, the E>etrort manufacturer, who
was a candidate on both party tick
ets, won an easy race from his lone
opponent, James W. Helme, figures
this morning being two to one in fa
ror of his candidacy.
Two of the six congressional con
tests of the State are still in doubt,
yfeturns from the first and Thir
teenth (Detroit) districts being too
-oeagre to indicate whether or not
?Congressman Frank E. Oremus
and Charles A. Nichols, have beer
renominated. In the Eighth district
partial returns show Congressman
Jos. W. Fordney renominated for the
tenth consecutive time by a majority
estimated at 2,500. Louis C. Cram
ton and Gilbert A. Currie appear to
have been renominated in the Sev
enth and Tenth districts, respective
ly.
OXESTLONAIRE MORE SEARCH
- 1TNG. *
New Registrants Must Give Much
Personal 'Information.
Washington, Aug. 2S.?Men be
tween IS and 45, who register under
the new man-power bill will be re
quired to furnish personal informa-i
tion much more varied and exten
sive 'than that obtained from regis
trants of military ages in previous en
rolments, a synopsis of the registra
tion card prepared by the provost
marshal general shows. It will carry
twenty separate questions.
A' number of the questions deal
with citizenship, and the registration
card will fully define nativity of each
man, tne information presumably as
sisting in applying the military ser
vice regulations of Allied nations to
their nationals.
Each occupation, status, and place
of employment, and names of em
ployers also are demanded. As a
final point, the card .requires names
and addresses of neai.:est relatives, and
place'where the registrant ordinarily
receives mail. This is' desired to
eliminate the difficulties which local
exemption boards have had in keep
ing in touch with men registered in
their districts.
Object of Grouping.
Washington, Aug. 21.?Grouping of
new draft registrants under the pend
ing man power bill into three gener
al classes, including those between 19
and 21. and 31 and 36, and from 36
to 45, as proposed by the provost
marshal general, it was explained of1
ficially today, is not intended to be
used for the deferment of calling any
one of these classes into service.
The purpose of this separation, it
was stated, is to facilitate clasifica
tion and make. men. quickly available
to meet draft calls. The only defer
ment contemplated by the war de
partment is *that of the 18-19 year
men, whose summons to the colors
will be postponed as long as it is
possible to carry out the educational
program now being arranged.
Recruits immediately necessary to
organize additional units -will be
drawn from men in class one between
ages of 19 and 4o until this reservoir
has been exhausted, but it is foreseen
that these men may be used up in
some local districts before they are
in others. In such localities, those
between 18 and 19 will be summoned
at once.
MURDER VICTIMS OF U-BOAT.
Only Eight Survivors When Ship
Sinks.
London, Aug. 28.?Details of the
sinking of the French steamer Ly
diana off the north coast of Spain on
July 16 shows that' the crew of the
German submarine deliberately mur
dered most of the 38 persons lost.
There were only eigh: survivors out
of the 46 of the crew and passeng
ers on board.
The u-boat torpedoed the vessel
without warning, killing several ot
the crew. While a boat was being
lowered from the Lydiana a second!
torepdo struck the vessel. The boat:
was torn from its davits, but she!
kept her keel. Seeing this the sub-1
marine rammed her and cut her in
two. The enemy then turned and
rammed a second boat which had
been launched successfully. A young
woman of 23. one ot 'the passengers
was thrown high in the air by the
impact and killed. The captain of
i the Lydiana was killed in the same
crash.
: The Germans then endeavored to
i sink a raft carrying the remaining
survivors. At first their efforts wore
I without success. When one of the
j ship:s officers left the raft to swim
; back to the sinking Lydiana the sub
j marine turned and the officer was
jkilled by the propellers.
After finally disposing of the
j Lydiana by shell fire, the u-boat made
?a sixth and successful attempt to
I ram the raft, amid laughter from th^
! u-boat's captain and crew. The sub
I marine ih n turned and departed to
; ward the east.
J The eight survive.: were picked
I tip from the sen by patrol boots.
DISLOYALTY MATED.
DIAL AND COOPER WIN B\
y LARGE MAJORITIES.
Pollock and Peeples Make Second
Race for Short Term in Senate?
Another Primary Mtay be Neces
sary to Decide Contest for Lieuten
ant Governor.
Columbia, Aug. 29.?With near
ly 100,000 votes reported for the
senate in Tuesday's South Carolina
primary Dial continues to maintain j
his majority over Blease and Rice*'
increasing his lead over Blease 22,
903 votes, while his majority over th?
two is 18,989. Later returns receiv
ed showed Dial steadily holding his
lead and his majority may be increas
ed by the votes yet to be reported.
The last vote showed: Dial "57,698,
Blease 34,795, Rice 3,914.
For the short senate term a sec
ond primary will be necessary be
tween Pollock and Peeples. Pollock
continued "lib lead as additional re
turns were received yesterday. The
vote: Pollock 29,597, Peeples 27,
811, Bennett 26,923.
Robert A. Cooper gained consider
able ground during the day, increas
ing his majority over his four op
ponents to 14,533, while his lead over
Richards, his nearest opponent,
! reached 25.000. The vote: Cooper.
50,625, Richarde 25,619, Bethea, 9,
006, Duncan 963, DesChamps 504.
The status of the race for lieuten
ant governor is still uncertain. It is
barely possible that a second race
may be necessary between Liles and
Wightman. Although the Orange
burg man has a majority of the votes I
'hus far reported it is not so large
that additional returns may not? ne
cessitate another primary. The vote
shows: Liles 43.3185, Wightman 28,
306, Cohen 13,477.
Indications point to a second race
for railroad " commissioner between
Richardson and Arnold. The votes re
ceived yesterday placed Richardson in
Ehe lead with Arnold second and
Smith not far behind, with a chance
of Toeing in the second race. The
vote for first three:. Richardson 22,
636, Arnold 21,531, Smith 20,954.
For commissioner of agriculture
there will be a second race between
Harris and Garrison, both of Ander
son. The vote: Harris 31,213, Gar
rison 27,584, Morrison 19.882.
VOTE FOR CONGRESS.
Lever Elected on First Ballot?Car
ried Every County Except Lee.
COUNTY. ? ?
9
Calhoun . . 23 550 "81 89
Lee. 16? 2ZZ $2$ 259
Lesangt?n . . 8*4 l;799 6?8
Orangfeburg ' 45!S 2,4ff3 1*0 26
Richhsnd . 109 3,334 579 1,08$
Sumter . . 36 1/063 283 137
Totals . . 833 9,4*2 2364 3,225
Letter From Frhnce.
Frljii
The following letter has been re- j
ceived by Mrs. Anna Muller from her \
son, Sergt. Horace Muller, who is!
seeing active service in the trenches:
Somewhere in France,
July 29, 1918.
Dear Mother:
I received a letter from you the j
other day stating that you had not)
heard from me. I am very sorry but
sure hope that you have by this tinit,
as I have sent you all about six letters
and some cards but dont worry if
you dont' hear from me, as I ani all
o. " k. and getting along fine aihd if
anything happens will let you all
knew.
Well, Mother, I can't say much,
butT can tell you all that I am in the
trenches and experienced a whole
lot. Wish 1 could tell you all about
it but will when I get back. There
is some pretty sights over here. All
the land here is cultivated, but I
would not give old U. S. A. Tor sill of
this country over here.
We sure had a great deal of ex
citement, the shells were bursting
over our heads the other night, two
of our boys in my company got
wounded but nothing serious. Now
don't let this worry you all because
what is to be will be and you can't j
make it any other way. And onej
more thing I can say that I have gotj
a good bunch of officers and all of
my men are good men and do what
they are told to do.
Well, I will close for this time as
I want to write Annie. Christine and
my lady friend. Give my love to all.
With love and best wishes, I am as
ever your son,
Horace.
Well I thought I was through, but
before I got it mailed we had three
gas attacks, but eA-erybody got
through all right. The reason I am
telling you all these things is to let
you know that I am all right. Give
my love to all and I hope you all
have heard from me by the time this
one reaches you.
Iluoria Was a German Emissary.
El Paso, Te,>:as. Aug. 28.?The* as
sertion of Gaston B. Means, in Chi
cago, that Gen. Victoriano Huerta
was in the employ of the German im
perial government, was not a surprise
to federal officials on the border who
uncovered the Huerta revolutionary
plot and arrested Huerta in July 2,
j 1915.
While being held for trial as a
j prisoner at Fort Bliss. Gen. Huerta
j told his guards that after he. abdi
i cated the presidency of Mexico he
went to Berlin and had a personal in
terview with Emperor William. He
said he had gold deposits in banks of
London, Paris. Berlin and Barcelona.
Federal officers here believed the
Huerta movement was being financ
ed by the German government and
th:it the purpose o." movement was
to involve the United States with
?dexico and prevent the shipment of
munitions to Europe.
TpCT late for cotton.
Temperatures Average Somewhat Be*
tow Normal in Extreme Eastern
Portion of Belt.
Washington, /'Aug. 28.?The long
drought' in the western portions of
the cotton belt was relieved in many
localities *>y good rains during the
week, but they came too late to be of
material? benefit to the cotton crop."
the national weather and crop bulle
tin for the week ending last night,
announced today. "The week was
practically rainless in much of the
eastern portion of the belt and lack
of moisture is unfavorably affecting
the development of the crop in many
places of this area.
"Local heavy rains fell in eastern
North Carolina, which did some . am
age to cotton. The temperature av
eraged somewhat below normal in the
extreme ? eastern portion of the belt
i and tt was considerably warmer than
usual in northern Texas and Okla
\ hOma. Elsewhere the temperature
! averaged" about normal,
j "The outlook is generally unfavor
able m Georgia, where the bolls con
tinued to -open prematurely and much
damage has been done by rust, spider
and weevils; the prospect of a top
crop is poor. Rust and spider activ
ity continue in Alabama and Mississi
ppi. The soil is very dry in northern
Alabama but the showers in Missis
sippi caused some improvement by
checking premature opening.
"The week was rather unfavorable
in Louisiana, where frequent rains
interrupted picking and lowered the
grade! "considerable shedding is re-}
ported in that State.
"The severe drought was relieved
on much* of Texas and Oklahoma, but
the rains came too late to be of ma
terial b??nefit in many localities, and
it caused' much shedding in Okla
homa. "Wherever the plants still pos
sess sufficient vitality in these States,
however,*'the moisture gives some
prospect-of a top crop. Picking is
progressing rapidly in Texas, b?t the
yield is "poor and most of the crop is
bebag gathered at the first picking.
^The^showers gave fairly good ad
vrar.ce on mach of the lowland of Ar
kansas, and the condition of the crop
is fairly satisfactory on the lower
ground in the central and northeast
portions of that State, but poor else
where.
"Bolls are opening well in the
northern- limits of the belt and pick
ing and ginning are progressing rap
idly in the more southern districts;
the labor situation for harvest is ap
parently well in hand."
BoB Weevil on The Move.
Clemson College, Aug. 29.?The
cotton h?&l weevil was found for the
first time in South Carolina last falL,
During an inspection of the weevil
territory ?the past week, the weevils
were foand scatteringly in the cotton
fields of ; western Beaufort and Jas
per counties. It appears therefore
that the/weevil has begun its migra
tion. '?
Attejroon is directed that the
tfuauu??e tines of t?te State Crop
IPest Commission are governed by
weevil movements, and will "be chang
ed from time to tame as the weevil
advances. The State Crop Pest Com
mission Will provide tor the shipment
of material whenever there is every
assurance that such action is safe,
and commerce will be interfered with
just as Uttle as possible. Occasional
ly some party visiting weevil territoiy
will bring back with him live boll
weevils in a bottle to show his friends.
This is ? violation of the State law.
It is a i&ost serious offense-and such
violations will be prosecuted. It has
been presumed that this has been
done thoughtlessly with no malicious
intent, but this does not protect
South Carolina territory. A person
may do something thoughtlessly in
favor bf the enemy, but if he does
it he is not a patriot.
Slogan: "Leave all boll weevils
in their own cotton patches."
Save Vegetable Seed.
Clemson College, Aug. 29.?"Save
food?Help Win the War" is the slo
gan of the day. Save seed?for the
production of next year's food crop!
The vegetable garden is acting a
leading part in enabling the conser
vation'of food stuffs. Wrhile the seed
reports Show that the producfon will
be about normal this year, they also
state that large orders for vegetable
seeds have been placed by foreign
concerns for export to European
countries, which formerly have been
exporters o'f vegetable seed to the
United States. As a result of this,
the supply will not be great enough
to meet the demand. Prices will be
high, and the high prices and short
age of supply will bring many infer
ior seed on the market. To over
come this difficulty it is therefore
very necessary that every gardener
do his part and save seed for his
next year's planting.
The essentials involved in seed
saving are briefly: Selection of in-1
dividual plants. drying the seedj
thoroughly, fumigating with carbon j
bisulphide to destroy insects, label- j
ing correctly, and storing.
The individual plants selected forj
seed production should be vigorous, j
free from disease, and prolific bear
ers of uniformly large specimens, i
Don't select shy-bearing plants be-j
cause the individual specimens there- j
on are large. If you do. you will
probably get poor results.
Allow the seed parts .to become j
thoroughly mature before gathering, j
Dry. fumigate, label, and store in a;
dry but "ttell ventilated room.
For further' information write Ex- i
tension Division. Clemson College,
S. C. Also write the Division of.
I Publication. U. S. Department of Ag
i riculture, for Farmer's Bulletin S84.
Camp Alice Contributions.
j Contribution to Camp Alice through
I Charity League:
! Miss Elizabeth White.. .. .. .$.r..no
Junior Charity League. 5.00
Mrs. Ligon. 100
Mrs. Abe Weinberg. 2.00
! Mrs. H. M. Stuckey .. .. 1.00
Mra Joe Chandler. 1.00
Mrs. Ferd Levi. 5.00
Mrs. Eugene Moses. 5.00
$25.00
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