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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1914-09-04
GERMANS Threaten PARIS
Allies Being Forced Steadily
Backward.
The pAUel77 OF NEWS
Many Conflicting Reports, And
Official Statements.

Authentic information OF the
details of the European war are
still scarce. The newspapers Of
France and England are not per-
mitted to publish war news, and
all correspondence purporting to
give news Of the movements of the
armies are rigidly censored. Much
OF the "news" reaching America is
written by friends of the allies and
is therefore considered to be
"colored" according to the feeling
of the writer's against the German
nation. The public must there.
fore rely on the official statements
issued from French, British, Ger
man and Russian war Offices for
anything like correct tidings Of
what is really taking place in the
field, and when any of these war
Offices tells Of reverses to its own
side such admissions may be safely
considered as true.
On September Ist an official
statement from Paris indicated
that the German armies were
steadily advancing toward Paris,
overcoming all opposition, and
gradually forcing the French and
English allies back upon success
sive inner lines of defense. Paris
is in half panic. On the goth OF
August the military governor Of
the city directed all residents
within the zone of action CT the
forts around Paris to evacuate and
+, destroy their houses within four
days. This is in preparation for a
seige. Their are II forts and they
command a circle of country "a
imiles in length. The Germans
are moving in heavy masses and
are said to be attempting to turn
the allies left flank. In order not
to accept battle under unfavorable
conditions, the statement declares,
the allies have been obliged to
retire. The Germans have taken
Lille, Valenciennes, Roubaix, and
on Sept. were advancing upon
La Fere, which is SO miles from
Paris.
To counteract effects of an al
legged exaggerated report of British
defeat, Earl Kitchener, secretary
of war, issued a bulletin giving ir
detail the part played by the
British troops in the battle from
Aug. % to 26. The bulletir
stated that the British forces un'
der Field Marshal French during
the four days battle fought almos
continuously against superio
numbers and lost between 5oo'
and 5000, but retired in good orde
and with the morale of the troop
unimpaired. The German version
coming from Berlin declares tn
British army at St. Quentin wa
defeated with heavy loss and ths
the German force under Genera
Won Kluck was in energetic pu'
suit.
France has called for 400, 90
more reserves and is maxim
strenuous efforts to check tn
further advance of the invaders.
In a naval battle off Heligolano
Aug. 2o, the British fleet, accore
ing to an official statement, sun
three German cruisers and tw
torpedo boats and put the balanc
of the German feet, I8 or 20 boat:
to flight. OF the 1000 men on tn
. lost vessels $50 were saved frol
drowning and made prisoners.
Reports from the eastern theati
; of operations are very conflicting
The dispatches from St. Peter!
burg declare the Russian armie
CONTINUED ON PAGE Two.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
ROBBERY UNSOLVED.
Express Mystery Of Last September
Still Defies Southern Detectives.

Although five months have passed
since s71,900 was stolen from port
able safe in transit from New York to
Savannah, the mysterious express
robbery is no nearer solution than the
day it was discovered, when the safe
was opened. News that the money was
missing was telegTaphed to officials
of the company day or two before
it leaked out on September 10 last. 1t
was the signal for a small army OF
detectives, officials and special agents
to go to Savannah and solve the theft.
They worked several days and nights
there and sent a voluminous report to
higher officials in New York.
Every employe, who had an oppor-
tunity to steal the monew was put
under surveillance. A suspicious step
would have resulted in an arrest, but
none has ever been made. Every en-
ploye is still working for the COM
pany. 1t is the belief Of officials of the
Southern Express company that soon
er or later the thief will make false
step and his arrest will follow. Conf
dence that the mystery will be solved
is expressed by them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
CASH DRAWER ROBBED.
Ticket Agent at Chester Knocked Tn
CONSCIOUS by Strange Men.

The boldest robbery committed In
Chester for some years occurred Fri
day afternoon at the Seaboard Air
Line depot, when Mr. A. Pat Wilson,
day ticket agent, was knocked down,
it is said, by two strange white men,
who then rifled the cash drawer Of
S261.So and fled. The robbery was
committed just after the departure Of
a passenger train, after the crowd
had left the station and Mr.. Wilson
was preparing to cross the street to
the freight depot.
One Of the men is described by Mr..
Wilson as being about feet, s inches
in height, and heavy set, while his
companion was taller. They are be-
lieved to be strangers. Mr.. Wilson
was knocked unconscious with some
blunt instrument, and lay in that con-
dition for half an hour, or more. Up
on coming to his senses he was able
to give only a partial description of
his assailants, as he was knocked
down just as he opened the door, and
was preparing to step out
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
FIGHT AS MOTHER SLEEPS
TWO BROTHERS AT PELZER EN-.
JOIN IN DEADLY BATTLE.
Mother Awakened by Pistol Shot Sees
One Son Standing Over the Pros
trate Form of Her Other Boy.

trate Form Of Her Other Boy.
With their aged mother TRANQUILITY
sleeping within five feet Of them, Will
liam and Richard Bridgman, brothers
Of Pelzer, engaged in a drunkel quar-
rel Sunday, which resulted in Rich
ard, the younger brother, being shot
to death, and William Bridgman be-
fearfully gashed about the neck and
face. The tragedy occurred Sunday
morning at o'clock.
The brothers had been drinking to-
gether and after arriving at their
home became engaged in a quarrel,
Richard stabbing Will with knife
in the face and neck. Will drew his
pistol and fired, the bullet taking et-
feet in the right side, just below the
arm. The killing was witnessed by
the mother Of the men and a third
brother.
The mother Of the men did not
awake until the pistol shot was fired,
The sight to greet her sleepy stare
was that Of the almost lifeless form
Of her son, Richard, lying upon the
floor, and her other son standing ov-
er him with smoking pistol in hand
and blood coursing freely down his
coat front.
The men had noiselessly entered
their mothers room and she did not
awaken until the fight had ended
William Brigdnan was carried to An.
derson Sunday morning and placed
in Jail. He was fearfully cut by his
brother before he fred upon him. The
aged mother is prostrated.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
KILLED WHILE ON TRIAL
MISSOURI FEUDIST SHOT BY
PRINCIPAL WITNESS.
During Court Recess They Meet in
Par Room Where Tragedy Takes

During Court Recess They Meet in
Bar Room Where Tragedy Takes
Place.
Wesley (Red) Simon, on trial at
St. Louis on a charge Of numbering
Emmett Carroll in gang feud near
ly year ago, was shot and instantly
killed Monday in a nearby saloon dur
ing a recess of the court in which he
was being tried. Shortly after the
killing Henry Zang, principal witness
for the prosecution, entered the cen
trail police station, saying he had had
some trouble with Simon. The sheriff,
who had feared an attack would be
made on Simon, had detailed four spe-
cial policemen to guard him in the
court house. When the shooting oc-
Cured they were standing on street
corner two blocks away.
Zang says that Simon, after max
ing a gesture and threat, moved his
hand toward his hip pocket. When
Simon's body was examined no re-
volver was found and his hip pockets
were buttoned. The killing Of Car
roll, for which Simon was placed on
trial Monday, occurred in a saloon
last March. After the murder Car
rolls body was placed in an auto
mobile and left near the home OF Mrs.
Mary Hagerty, whose daughter dis
covered the body. Simon, who was
arrested, admitted that he shot Car
roll, but pleaded self-defence.
Zang, who Is a bartender, was ex-
pected by the prosecution to testify
that Simon borrowed revolver from
him two hours before the. shooting
To the police Zang said Simon came
into the Mooney saloon twice while
he was drinking and told somebody
"that fellow will never live to testify
against me-.
John Gross, who was in the saloon
when the shooting occurred, said that
he and Zang had been there about
twenty minutes when Simon entered
and invited everybody to have
drink. While the drinks were being
served Gross said Zang and Simon
stepped behind the partition that sep
arates the bar from the cigar counter
and the shooting followed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
MANY PELLAGRA CASES.
Nine Hundred Have Entered the Asy-
lum in Six Years.

During the past six years more
than nine hundred cases of pellagra
have been received at the State Hos
p:tal for the Insane, according to a
statement contained in the annual re-
port of J. W. Babcock, NJ. D., super!n-
tendent, which has been sent to the
general assembly. Spartanburg led
the State, with SO cases. Richland
was second with 81 cases. Last year
l65 patients died as a result OF the
disease. Following shows the num-
ber of cases admitted by counties
1sO7-1913:
Abbeville, 80; Aiken, 25; Ander-
son, As; Bamberg, 9; Barnwell, Is;
Beaufort, 13; Berkeley, 6; Calhoun,
S; Charleston, 81; Cherokee. %;
Chester, 80; Chesterfield, 10; Claren-
don, 13; Colleton, 13; Darlington %;
Dillon, 9; Dorchester, Z; Edgefeld,
IA; Fairfield, -; Florence, 20;
Georgetown, IS; Greenville, 80;
Greenwood, 35; Hampton, IA; Horny,
4; Jasper, /; Kershaw, 16; Lancast"T'
13; Laurens, 81; Lee, 8; Lexington
II; Marion, 1S; Marlboro, IS; New
berry, IA; Oconee, 20; Oranseourg,
%; P!ckens, 10; Richland, 81; Spar
tanburg, SO; Sumter, 26; Union, II;
Williamsburg, Is; York, 80.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
BACK ON THE JOB.
Friend Delighted at Senator Tillman's
Apparent Health.

Senator Tillman returned to Wash
ington Friday and occupied his seat
in the Senate. He looks as well as
he has at any time within the past
three years and his appearance was
commented upon with qualification
by his friends. Mrs. Tillman also re-
turned with the Senator, and said
that she had been greatly benefited
by her rest in sanitarium at Atlanta
after the fatigue she had suffered as
the result of her constant vigil at the
Senator's bedside during his attack OF
erysipelas. Senator Tillman plunged
with characteristic zest into his cor
respondence and the work OF the
naval committee, Of which he is chair
man.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
BABCOCK WILL RESIGN
SUPERINTENDENT HAS DECIDED
TO LEAVE ASYLUM.
Speculation as to Whether DR.. Saun-
ders Will Remain When Her Only
Defender Leaves.

Defender Leaves.
Resignation of DR.. J. W. Babcock,
superintendent of the State hospital
for the Insane at Columbia will prob
ably be given Governor Cole L. Blease
within the next few days. This crisis
of the fight upon DR.. Babcock was
reached Saturday morning when the
governor was notified definitely Of his
determination to Immediately step
down from the position he has held
quarter Of a century.
The one thing preventing DR.. Bah
cock from presenting the overnor
his resignation Saturday morning
was the doubt in the mind Of Dr..
Babcock whether it would be for the
best interests of the institution. The
superintendent stated that he had de-
termined to sever his connection
with the Hospital for the Insane.
When this action would be taken de-
pended entirely upon the advice from
Governor Blease regarding the time
when his position could be filed ju-
diciously.
Long conferences between Dr.. Bah
cock and Senator Mauldin, chairman
of the committee which investigated
the hospital, and Senator Strait, Sem
ator Young and Representative Hun
ter, members of that committee, were
held in the lobby Of the capitol early
Saturday. Then it was determined
that Governor Blease would be con-
suited by the committeeman regard
ing what he, the governor, considered
the best time for DR.. Babcock to re-
sign.
The members of this former COM
mittee called upon Governor Blease,
and after a short conference, return
ed with the advice that Governor
Blease would give his decision in this
matter certainly before the general
assembly adjourned. 1t was stated
that the chief executive would reach
this conclusion during the day.
Following the complete exonera-
ton Of Dr.. Eleanora B. Saunders, q
woman, second assistant medical Of
f1cer at the State Hospital for the In
sane, Of the personal and professional
charges against her, and the strong
endorsement Of the work Of Dr.. Bah.
cock as superintendent Of that insti-
tuition, in the report of the committee
conducting the inquiry, which was
presented the general assembly Wed
nesday, it was generally reported in
official circles that the resignation OF
Dr.. Babcock was forthcoming.
What will be the action Of DR.
Saunders is not definitely known
though it is stated on authority none
other than DR.. Babcock himself that
she too would be forced to resign
when he leaves that institution. The
superintendent stated that her life
there would probably be unbearable
and that her work would probably be
generally hampered through the con
trary efforts Of certain other officials
of that institution.
DR.. Saunders is now i'll at the State
hospital, suffering slight break.
down following the strenuous fight
between the committee for her exon.
Grafton.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
AUTO TURNS TURTLE.
Charleston Man Meets Death and
Others Are Injured.

Samuel NJ. Lockwood, employed as
mechanic at the Charleston navy
yard, was killed outright Sunday and
seven others, all relatives, were more
or less injured when an automobile
in which the party was returning
home from a pleasure ride in the
suburbs, skidded and turned over on
its side.
Capt. Robert II. Lockwood, the
father Of the young man. and who
was at the wheel Of the machine at
the time, said that the cause OF the
accident was the result Of the car
skidding, and TIM turning over on Its
side. Capt. Lockwood said that he
was engaged in mutual race with a
young man driving a roadster. The
latter was leading and he was at
tempting to catch up at the time AS
he was rounding the curve at rapid
rate Of speed he says the machine
skidded. The car was closed, all the
curtains being down at the time be-
cause Of the cold weather.
AS the car skidded it Is reported
that it's front wheels jumped, and
that the sudden jar caused the car to
tilt over. The violent stopping OF
the machine threw the occupants
from their seats, Samuel Lockwood
being thrown into the roadway and
the machine falling upon him. The
wheels were facing the direction IN
which the car was going and the top
facing the opposite way.
Others in the car were: Capt. Rob
ert H. Lockwood, wrenched back;
Robert H. Lockwood Jr., sprained
arm and shoulder and internal inju-
ries; Mrs. Robert H. Lockwood Jr.,
sprained arm and internal Injuries;
Mrs. Samuel M. Lockwood, minor in
juries and shock; Miss Efie Ladd,
minor injuries and shock; Miss Lu-
cile Ladd, injuries about the head;
Miss Sally Lockwood, internal inju-
rieS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Train Kills Farmer.

Frank Wyatt, sixty-three years old,
a farmer of Kingston, Ga, was run
over Tuesday and killed by a train
Just as he finished walking over a
trestle. The train crew thought he
was aware that a train was close
upon him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Find Him all Shot CD.

William Lobarger died in Man
ningsport, La, and an examination
of his body when it arrived in Boiiv-
lar, \. Y, Monday disclosed sixteen
bullet holes il the head, which start
ed an investigation by the police.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Flagman is Killed.

Henry King was accidentally kill
ed by a passenger train near Kline
Saturday. He was flagman on a work
train. 1t is supposed that he went to
sleep when he went out to flag the
passenger.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Cracksmen Get $4,000.

Safecrackers got more than $40.
900 in cash when they bound and
gagged a night watchman in the busi-
ness place of c. S. Bonner, Of Mil
ledgeville, Ga, and wrecked the
strong box with three charges OF dy-
Mantle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Mother Suicides With Babe.

"No one will understand why l
want TO die, forgive me-" read a note
found on Mrs. Ralph Dinsmore, aged
%, who holding her baby jumped be-
fore a passenger train at North Attle-
boso, Mass, Sunday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Farmer Fired His Own Barns.

Leslie A. Riggs, a farmer Of Alton.
\. Y, believed to be unbalanced, has
confessed to sending "Black Hand"
letters to himself, putting poison In
his hogs feed and firing his own
barns, which were burned recently.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
I,atta Man Loses Eve,

Arch Mcqueen of Latta shot at a
suspended bell. The bullet, changing
the clapper, striking the side Of the
bell, rebounded and struck him in
the eye, putting it out.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Opens Fatal Machine.

F. W. Mennerich Of Sullivan, H..
was killed Sunday In attempting to
open an Internal machine. He sus-
pected its mission but thought his
knowledge as expert repairmaI
would enable him to open it safely.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Beschey Drops 1900 Feet.

While ''looping-the-loop" at a
height Of 1900 feet at Santa Bar
bara, CAL, Lincoln Beachey lost con-
troll Of his machine. He righted it
400 feet from the ground, saving
himself from certain death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Twelve Injured in Wreck.

When a Southern Railway train,
bound from Jacksonville to Columbia
left the track Tuesday at Folkston,
Ca, twelve passengers were slightly
injured.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Child is Burned to Death.

Playing skip rope indoors because
of the cold, Gertrude Jordan, an
girl Of Scottdale, Ca,
Monday lost her balance and fell into
the fire, being burnt fatally as the
result
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Burn Much WhiSkey.

One thousand barrels Of whiskey
were destroyed when two distillery
warehouses were burned at Canton.
Nd. Monday, the total loss being
100000.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
jury Renders Terse Verdict.

A jury of Trinidad, Ccl., the strike
infested mining town, reported thusly
on the death of a miner killed by
fall of a rock: "The deceased had no
relatives and damn few friends"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
~Black Hand" is Fined.

Five years in prison and fine Of
$1,000 was the sentence Of Salvatore
Serianna, who in Chicago, wrote
"black hand" letters to and wrecked
with bomb the grocery of Leonardo
Melcne.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Tramped so Miles in Snow.

After a 50-mile tramp on snow
shoes through the wilds OF Newfound-
land thirty-three Of the crew OF the
naval tug Potomac, which was aban-
doned in the ice, reached Curling,
Newfoundland Friday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Three Burned to Death.

Mrs. Stella Maries lost her life
while trying to save her two young
daughters from flames that DESTROYED
their home, near Spokane, Wash,
Sunday and it is believed that they
nerished also.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Boy Swallows 81 Nickels.

By swallowing 81 nickels to his op-
ponents 7, Louis Campani, of Colum-
bia, ILL.,, won a IS wager, which will
probably go to the doctor who with
draws the coin from the human saw
ings bank"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
South Carolina Reunion.

Because Of dates previously deter
mined upon confict with the dates OF
the veterans reunion in Jacksonville.
the State reunion Of Confederate Vet
erans to be held in Anderson will be
held May 27 and %.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Train Cuts off Both Legs.

Albert Knitchmeyer, switchman
living in Charleston, fell in front
OF a moving engine Monday and had
both of his legs severed from his
body.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Woman Perishes in Snow .

Ella Sweny, aged %, Of Hazelton,
Pa, was found frozen to death in a
sleigh Monday. She was out riding
with a young man who left her to
seek aid, but who was founj exhaust
ed
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
La.rens Negro Shoots Another.

AS a result of feud between AL
bert Meredith and Jonah Young, ne
groes of Laurens, the latter shot and
seriously wounded the former Tues
day afternoon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Falls Dead Over Friends Coffin.

Mrs. Lydia Schultz OF Akron. o.,
fel! dead recently while standing
over the coffin of her girlhood friend,
Mrs, Catharine Davis.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Murderer Slain in PeniteEtiary.

During a fight between a burglar
and g. murderer in a penitentiary at
Pittsburg John Ballon, the murderer.
was killed By Joseph Roe
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Dinner to Underwood.

As a tribute to the work OF oscar
w. Underwood of Alabama, as Demo-
cratic leader in the House, President
Wilson will give dinner at the
White House on March 8.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Street Accidents in New York.

During February 20 persons met
death in New York in traffic accidents
eight killed by automobiles, 10 by
trolley cars and two by wagons.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Big Warehouse CollapSes.

One of the largest warehouses In
Kingstree collapsed under the heavy
weight of snow Friday. The struc-
ture was a complete wreck.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
C;o.rettes Cause Suicide.

In G. note found beside his body,
Samuel A. Crane, 81, New York. gave
inability to quit the cigarette habit as
the cause Of his suicide.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
TnempIoyed Make Journey.

Equipped with blankets and COOK
ing utensils, 200 unemployed men
started for Washington from San
Francisco, CAL, Friday to petition to
Congress for work.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
Erothers Fail to Death.

Pierre and Gabriel Salvez, broth
ers, were killed Sunday at Lyons,
France, as they were making an e1-
perimental fight in an all-metal mon
oplane Of their own invention,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11
"Peeper" is Killed.

Wounded in a chase by students OF
Cornell College, near Mount Vernon,
Ia, who claimed he peeped through
windows in the girls dormitor9'
Howard Manning died Sunday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11

TiIIman Against Smoking in Senate.
Senator Tillman's Resolution to pre-
vent smoking in the Senate was Tues
day reported to the rules committee
of the Senate.