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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-03-31
NINETY BOYS WILL
WIN FREE COURSES
Offer of Month at Clemson Spurs
Corn Club Boys to Renewed
Activity.

Clemson College, March 30
Ninety South Carolina boys will be
given a course Of thirty days in prac-
tical agriculture at Clemson College
next winter. The course will be given
them free Of charge and, in addition
to this. President w. NJ Riggs has
arranged matters so that the boys
will not even have to pay for their
board while at the college. These
scholarships, which is what they
amount to. are now offered as the
main prizes i'm the Boys Corn Club
work i'm each county. The two win
ming boy corn growers in each coun-
ty will get the Clemson courses and
two boys at large from the State
will be added to the number, making
ninety in all.
The prizes will he awarded not
alone for largest yield. The size of
yield, amount of fertilizers used and
cost of production will be the prin-
cipal factors in determining the win
ners. w. w. Long, State agent and
superintendent of extension Of Glenn
son College, considers that too much
Importance has been placed on yield
in the corn club work heretofore and
i'm the future economical production
as we'll as heavy yield will be aimed
at.
Each boy must bring with him to
Clemson College statement from
his school teacher designating the
grade he is in at school. The boys
will be divided into groups according
TO their school grades, as far as
will be found practicable.
/ Mr.. Long is arranging to have six
of the best men in the demonstration
work some to Clemson College in
advance and arrange a course in ele-
Tentary agriculture for the boys.
These six men will also be at the
college during the stay OF the boys
and will sleep in the dormitories
with them, in order to take the best
care of them and to relieve their par
ent's minds Of all anxiety.
Mr.. Long plans to give the boys
two weeks of instructions in field
crops, with actual work in the field ;
one week in the dairy barns, and one
week in the horticultural grounds, in
addition to class room work in field
crops, animal husbandry, horticul-
ture, insect pests and plant diseases
The aim will be to make the course
elementary enough for the boys to
take 1t in properly and at the same
time thorough enough to give them
valuable knowledge.
1t is believed that this is the first
time such an offer has been made in
the corn club work anywhere. Since
the announcement of the plan In
some counties, there has been g
great awakening of interest in the
corn club work and applications fol
membership in clubs have beer
pouring into the college in large
numbers. Interest in the work wa.
beginning to slacken among the
boys but present appearances are
that this will be the banner year In
corn club work to date.
The boys have accepted the plar
with enthusiasm where they have
heard of IL and the chance Of win.
ming a free course at Clemson Col
lege, with no expense attached, ap
pears to appeal to them strongly
The only expense the boys parents
will have to bear will be that of rail
road fare.
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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-03-31
UIsterites Attacked.

Belfast, March 29.-Late tonight
three uniformed Ulster volunteers
were attacked near Carrick Hall by a
crowd OF Nationalists. The police dis
persed the attacking party and there
we're no further disorders. One of
the olunteers was badly injured.
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Liner SHOT AT OFF
new JERSEY COAST
German Ships Seek Safely at
New York.

Foreign Cruisers Off v. S. Coast.
French-Cruisers Condo and
Describes.
British-Cruisers Berwick, Es-'
sex and Lancaster.
German Cruisers Dresden,
Karlsruhe and Stuttgart.
New York, Aug 6.-The first shot In
American waters since the opening oil
the European conflict was fired off the
New Jersey coast, according to pas
sengers on the German liners Kaiser
Wilhelm III. and the President LIN
coin, which ran the gauntlet of British
and French cruisers and slipped into
the harbor, along with the Prlnz Elite
Friedrich, of the Hamburg-Americar
line.
The shot was fired off the bow Of
the Kaiser Wilhelm Ill, of the NORTH
German Lloyd line. While the detona
ton was distant, it was loud enough
to awake the passengers. 1t is moi
known whether the shot was meant
for the Kaiser Wilhelm III.
Captain Dahl is an officer of the I'm
Del iaf ma fFfft
discuss the incident.
1.-THE shot was evidently fired b.
some cruiser to halt passenger ship
was his only comment.
With all her lights blind, the linel
forged full speed ahead and no more
shots were heard.
The two German liners found them
selves in company with a ship of the
enemy. The White Star liner Olympia
came shopping up to Quarantine 81
multaneously with them and came tt
anchor with the Kaiser Wilhelm II. on
one side and the President Grant OF
the other.
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|6fFHttEEhI|EEMM Steel STEEL
| LAYS OFF 1000 MEN
War Conditions Cause Of the
Suspension.

| South Bethlehem, Pa, Aug. 6.-The
Inability to get ready money on &C
lcoun tot the present unsettled finan
lcial condition has caused the Bethle
hem Steel company to adopt re
ltrenchment policy.
Nearly 1000 workmen, for the most
ipart laborers, were laid off at the
bethlehem Steel works.
According to President Eugene G.
Grace, the lay-off was due to the fact
"that the company felt constrained at
this time on account of the uncer,
tainty in commercial conditions, occa,
stoned by the general state of war
Throughout Europe, and the continued
depressed conditions at home, to in
laugurate a retrenchment policy"
This retrenchment policy is likely
[ to extend to all the subsidiary con-
Germs of the steel corporation, namely
Those of the Fore River Shipbuilding
company at Quincy, Mass; the Union
(Iron works, at San Francisco; Harlan
| & Hollin;.sworth, at Wilmington, Del,
and at Bath, Me.
Because of the failure OF the COM
Spany to get any of the work called for
under this years army appropriation
ibill, it is likely that the big machine
shop may have to close dawn, throw
ling several hundred eKpart machin-
lists out of WORK
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and all other battleships carrying
twelve inch guns. down to and includ.
ing the Sinope, carry a 35 calibeI
twelve inch gun. Its weight Is fifty
six tons; its initial velocity, 1912 foot
second (service); energy, 1920 foot
tons; shell, 732 pounds. 1t is, of course
an old type gun. Its penetration Is
for a twelve inch gun very small. The
velocity is poor, and the piece is con-
siderably inferior to the twelve inch
guns of other powers. The rate of fire
of this piece is slow.
A more powerful piece and better
gun is the ten inch of 45 caliber, car
ried by the Peresviet class and the
Apraksin and Rostislav.
The Gangut Class.
The only really effective boats now
in service are the four battleships OF
the Gangut class. They are the Gan.
gut, Sevastopol. Petropavlovsk and
Poltava. These boats are $50 feet
long and have displacement Of 3d.
600 tons The armament is as fol,
lows: Twelve II inch guns in pairs in
six turrets, sixteen Al inch so calibeI
guns, eighr machine guns. Torpedo
tubes, four submerged, one on either
beam and one forward and one aft.
The next class of battleships are
very much smaller. poorly armed and
equipped and generally inefficient and
ineffertiye In the next class are
some Of the boats which saw service
in the Japanese war and have been
raised, done over and slightly modern.
lied. The fact that these boats were
in service nearly ten years ago and
are still being used shows the demon
allied condition of the Russian navy.
One of the interesting ships in the
Baltic fleet is the Czarevitch, which
escaped from the Japanese feet at Port
Arthur by running into Chinese port
from which she was released after the
Russo-Japanese war was over. Rear
Admiral Without, in command Of the
Russian fleet. was killed by Japanese
shell which struck the bridge Of the
Czarevitch. During the early part OF
the fight the main fire Of the japanese
was centered on the Czarevitch.
InhaIing Water.
Undoubtedly a number Of bathers
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MRS. WILSON
IS HEAR DEATH
Doctors Say Presidents Wife
Cannot Recover
EXPECT End ANY HOUR
White House Physicians Admit Hope
Has Vanished-C aughters Called to
Bedside.

White House physicians ADMIT roPe
Has Vanished-Eaughters Called to
Bedside.
Washington, Aug. G.-Mrs- Wood
row Wilson, wife Of the president OF
the United States, lies at the point OF
death.
Four months Of almost unbroken
illness, a complication of nervous all
ments and Bright's disease, have cap
ped the vitality of the First Lady OF
the Land.
The end is regarded as a matter OF
hours. Her three daughters are at
her bedside, and relatives have beeh
summoned. Physicians have been IN
consultation for days, but it was adj
mitted at the White House that hope
for her recovery had almost vanished.
Conscious only at intervals, Mrs.
Wilson called constantly for her hus-
band. Every moment that could be
spared from urgent official duties has
been devoted by the president to his
wife At the side of his constant help
mate and adviser, he wrote the tender
of good offices appealing to the Euro
pean monarchs to stay their conflict.
From the sick room he has been Civ
ing directions to the various depart
ment heads for the relief of thousands
of Americans stranded abroad.
The press of domestic legislation,
the European war and Mexican sltua-
ton aud the furry over financial con-
ditions throughout the country have
weighed heavily on the president as
he has maintained his day and night
vigil.
One day last March Mrs. Wilson
slipped on a rug at the White House,
injuring her spine. An operation was
necessary. After weeks OF GONZALES
cence, she finally rose from her bed,
but the burden of a winters activity
at the White House, together with
charity work in the slums of the city,
brought on nervous prostration. She
was well enough to attend the wed
ding OF her second daughter, now
Mrs. William G. McAdoo, but her re-
Operative powers were not lasting
Stomach trouble added to her nervous
ailment and Brights disease also de-
veloped.
Three weeks ago she seemed to rally
and was well enough to walk, support
ed by nurse, in the grounds of the
White House.
With her apparent recovery, the
president urged that his wife go to
cooler climate The heat of Washing
ton was particularly oppressive, but
she steadfastly declined to leave her
husband. The relapse came last week,
and since then she has been sinking
rapidly Only members of the family
were admitted to the sick room. She
had lost in weight until her thin form
seemed but a shadow of her former
self.
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WILSON OFFERS
TO MEDIATE
u. S. Offers AID to Bring
About Peaca
ACTS AS MATTER OF DUTY
1t Is Considered Possible That Eng
land and France Will Accept Presi-
dents Good Offices.

land and France Will Accept Presi-
dents Good Offices.
Washington, Aug. 1.-THE president
has sent the following message to En-
peror William, Emperor Nicholas, EN-
peror Francis Joseph, President Pom
care and King George:
CAS- official head of one of the pow
ers signatory to The Hague conVen'
ton, | feel it to be my privilege and
my duty under article three OF that
convention to say to you in a spirit
of most earnest friendship that
should welcome an opportunity to act
in the interest of European peace,
either now or any other time that
might be thought more suitable, as an
occasion to serve you and all concern
ed in a way that would afford me last,
ing cause for gratitude and happl
ness"
A hope that the presidents offer
might be accepted was prevalent in
official circles, because it is not ne
cessary for. any of the warning powers
to change the present military status
if they accept it. Article seven OF The
Hague convention provides:
THE acceptance OF mediation can
not, unless there be an agreement to
the contrary, have the effect OF inter
rupting, delaying or hindering mobili-
cation or other measures or prepare
lions for war.
IF it takes place after the com
mencement of hostilities the military
operations in progress are not inter
rupted in the absence of an agreement
to the contrary"
From informal inquiries which the
American diplomats have been making
of their own initiative for several days
it appeared probable to officials that
England and France might accept the
tender of good offices. An acceptance
by Great Britain, it is presumed, would
mean similar action by her allies, Rus
STA and France.
All eyes are now turned on Berlin,
where it is believed the decision on
mediation really lies. Ambassador
G6TdTQ Has DSeu CouSplCuouSiy o|ti'S
since hostilities began in his efforts
to suggest some way for a pacific set
Element and the general trend of opin
ion in White House circles was one OF
optimism.
Another basis for hope was the fact
tat inasmuch as the United States
is in no way party to the European
dispute, rejection of her tender OF
good offices would be contrary to the
spirit of The Hague convention, which
specifically suggests that Gin case OF
serious disagreement or conflict, the
signatory powers agree to have re
course, as far as circumstances allow
to the good Offices or mediation of one
or more friendly powers"
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of 5000 population, and then pushed
on toward Liege Wise and Argenteau
are reported in flames.
The Germans also violated Dutch
territory by entering The Netherlands
at Tilburg, and it was officially an.
nounced that they had violated the
neutrality of Switzerland in the same
manner.
War was declared on Belgium by
Germany because of the refusal OF the
Belgians to facilitate the movement
of German troops for an invasion OF
GRANGE. The Belgians are enthusiastic
for the defense of their fatherland and
look confidently for an early British
expedition to come to their aid.
Serious anti-German riots occurred
at Antwerp, and that Belgian city, as
well as Liege and Namur, were de,
clared in a. state of siege. In st. Pc
tersburg a mob destroyed the Ger
man embassy building.
Naval activity was reported in the
Far East from Shanghai. The North
German Lloyd liner Prinz Eitel Fried
rich was being fitted with guns at
Using Tau. The German squadron
has left Using Tau and has sailed to
the northward.
Austrians Meet Reverses.
Reports from Servia say the Aus,
TRANS have met with reverses and
have been driven back from the Dor
der. General Putnik, Servian chief-of'
staff. is i'll and his son was wounded
in the recent fighting.
Several thousand Germans and Aus
TRANS are still in Paris, and many
ohave been arrested there as spies.
Scotland Yard detectives made a
nraber on rrdiis and MANY arrest sol
German and Austrians in London
finding stores of bombs and rifles in
the houses.
Wealthy Americans stranded in Lon
don have purchased the steamship
Viking to assist in bringing home
tourists. The vessel can carry 800 pas
sengers and is expected to sail from
Liverpool next Monday.
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CABLES ARE CUT
Germany Isolated by Severing Of
Wires Near the Azores.

Germany Isolated by Severing Of
Wires Near the Azores.
New York, Aug. 6. = Direct cable
communication with Germany was
stopped. The German Atlantic cable
lines from New York to Emden, by
way of the Azores, were cut at some
point off the Azores, possibly by Brit
ish warships.
The Commercial Cable company
which operates the American end o.
this line, made the announcement o.
the cutting and refused to accept any
messages for Germany.
1t was denied that the lines had
been cut by British warships on this
side of the Atlantic. The cable was
working, according to announcement
as far as the Azores.
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Aandwritinu.

The English are said to produce the
best handwriting of all nations; the
Americans come next; the French
write badly. especially the ladies'; the
Italians very poorly; the Spaniards
scarcely legibly. The two last named
nations continue to use many OF the
contracted letters. authorizations and
ornamental lines and fourishes which
we're common in most European coun-
tries,a century ago.-London Mail.
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RESERVISTS STRANDED
Thousands In New York That Cannot
Reach Europe.

Thousands In New York That Cannot
Reach Europe.
New York, Aug. Elm New York
are 10000 able bodied men seeking
transportation to Europe for service
in the armies of the warning powers.
Another army of 5000 is registered
on the books of the general consulates
of the nations involved in the war
and still other thousands have signi
fed by telegraph their intention to
volunteer whenever called upon or al
such time as transportation is fur
nished them to Europe.
The majority of the reservists and
volunteers from out of town are with
out funds; then cannot return TO theil
homes in this country because Other
men have taken their jobs, and they
can't go to war because their govern
ments are unable to provide transpor
tatiOn.
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GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA = FLOUR firm;
winter clear, S4.10@4.25; city mills,
fancy, $5@5.40.
RYE FLOUR firm; per barrel, $3.50
@3.70.
CORN firm; No. 2 yellow, $3.50
SIC.
OATS steady; No. 2 white, 45@
451ac.; lower grades, 431ac.
POTATOES steady; per Dbl, $1@3.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens, 100
17c.; old roosters, 12@ 13c. Dressed
ers, 13c.
BUTTER firm; fancy creamery, 32c.
EGGS steady; selected, 30@32c.;
nearby, pc; western. &c.
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Live Stock Prices.

CHICAGO-HOGS lower; bulk of
mixed, s7.S5 1855; heavy, s77o@S.40;
rough, $500 .S0; pigs, $7@S.60.
CATTLE weak: beeves, $71069.9 +;
Texas steers. .$6.4o@7.75; western
steers, S7.3O@S.40; stockers and feed
ers. S5.30mS: cows and heifers, $3.50
09.16: calves, S7.5O@11.25.
SHEEP steady; native, $5.15@ $50;
western, s5.25@5.90; yearlings, $3.50
6660; lambs, native, $6@S.O5; vest
frn, $6.40QS.15.
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BASE BALL SCORES
Following Is the Result of Games
Played Yesterday.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

At Chicago--Athletics, z; Chicago,
4. Batteries--Bush, Sehang; Cicotte,
Wolfgang, Schalk.
At Detroit-New York, IA; Detroit,
4. Notwithstanding Caldwell, Swee.
ney; Williams, Boehler, Cavet, Baker,
Mckee.
At st. Louis-Boston, 6; ST. Louis.
0. Batteries-Leonard, Carrigan; Lev.
erenz, Hoch, Taylor, Crossin.
At Cleveland-C Cleveland, 3; Wash
ington, 2. -Blanding, Egan;
Johnson, Williams
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To Close Wireless Tower.

New York, Aug. ct was reported
from Washington that after consider
ing the status of the German-owned
wireless tower at Sayville, LII, the
state department has come to the con
clusion that it must be closed during
the European war.
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STANDING of the Clubs.
FEDERAL LEAGUE.

At Pittsburgh-St. Louis, 3; Pitts
burgh, 2 atteries-Groome, Simon;
Leclair, Walker, Kerr, Berry.
City, 3. Batteries : Seaton, Land;
Stone, Adams, Easterly.
At Buffalo-Indianapo 5; Buffalo,
f. Observation-Disclosures Rariden; Blair,
Schultz.
At Baltimore = Chicago, 4; Balti-
more, 0. Batteries-HendriX, Clerfens;
Wilhelm, COnley, Jacklitsch.
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Standind .of the Clubs.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At Philadelphia = Philadelphia, 5;
Cincinnati, 0. Batteries Mayer, Kill
lifer; Schneider, Clark, Gonzales.
At Boston-Boston, 4; Pittsburgh,
0. Batteries-James, Gowdy; O'Toole,
Kantlehner, Gibson.
At New York-New York, 3; Chica-
go, 0. Batteries-Tesreau, Mclean;
Lavender, Archer.
At Brooklyn-St. Louis, 4; Brook
Ign, 0. enthusiastically Snyder; Reul-
bach. Atchison, McCarty
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LUSITANIA FLEES FOR HARB0R
f.sirsssesI Making
For PortIand Me-

ssued-15t-- m =
For Portland, Me.
Portland, Me-, Aug. Ga local wire
less operator intercepted dispatches
Indicating that the liner Lusintania
which sailed from New York, was be
ing pursued by German war vessels
and had turned back and was making
for Portland.
The intercepted message also stated
that a British cruiser is in pursuit OF
the two German warships which are
chasing the Lusinania. The British
cruiser wirelessed the Lusitania thai
she was coming to her assistance.
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u. S. Red Cross Plans Aid.

Washington, Aug. 6.-The United
States Red Cross is planning to send
relief supplies to all nations involved
lin the F.Iopesn conflict. Ihis viii n
be a violation OF neutrality laws, a.
icording to international lawyers.
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Heavy Firino Heard.

Quoque, N. Y, Aug. 6.-Heavy firing
was heard for a time to the east Of
this place and rumors spread about
an engagement between foreign war
ships.
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German Torpedo Boat Sunk.

/ Copenhagen, Aug. Ga German tor
bedo boat was blown up and sunk In
the Baltic Sea, off Gedser, when one
lof her boilers burst. Thirty men were
drowned. The Danish lightship off the
Gedser Reef sent news of the dis
Iaster.
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Big NAVAL
BELGIANS
Germans Are Beaten
at Sea.
LOSE THREE CRUISER,
kalSer'S WdISn pS SlIlK 6IlilS
Mine Laying Ship.
RUSSIANS ARE REPULSED
France HurIs | 100000 Men
Against Germans.
RUSSIANS ARE REPULSEl
France HurIs | 100000 Men
Against Germans.

London, Aug. 6.-Now that Great
Britain has declared war on Germany.
all Europe is involved in a struggle
such as never before has been VII
messed. Already severe fighting is re
ported by land and sea.
As it is, the Triple Entente-Grea'
Britain, France and Russia-wlth Bel
GUM, Servia and Montenegro, are bat
Ting with Germany and Austria-Hun
gary. Other lesser nations may soon
be involved in the struggle, joining
the conflict in the hope of self-preser'
walton.
Reports of three naval battles mark
ed the opening of war between Great
Britain and Germany.
In the Mediterranean the British
and French sQuadrons Joined in pur.
suit of the German warships that hao
bombarded the French towns OF Bona
and Phillippeville, in Algeria.
The opposing squadrons met Off the
coast of Morocco and in the resultant
battle the German cruiser Panther IL
reported to have been sunk and the
cruisers GRESHAM and Goethen to have
been captured. No report of the killed
or wounded was received.
The German Mediterranean fleet
has been ordered to effect juncture
with the Austrian fleet. The latter Is
reported to have sought refuge in the
mort of Trieste and may be bottled
up there by the British and French.
Naval Battle In North Sea.
A naval battle between the Ger
mans and the British also is reported
from the North Sea, where the decis
i've struggle for control of the seas Is
expected at any time.
The battle was reported as probably
thirty miles east of Hull. Heavy guns
were heard, but the result and the
actual forces engaged are not yet
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Standing of the Clubs. :
TRI-STATE LEAGUE,

At Reading, 8; Lancas'
ter, l Qst game). Batteries-Baker
Nagle; Wertz, Jarosek.
Reading, ); Lancaster, l cd game).
At Trenton-Trenton, 10; Allen
town, 2 (1st game).
Trenton, 6; Allentown, cd game)
At Observation-Disclosures 6; Will
mington, 2.
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koenioen Luise Is Sunk.

London, Aug. ct was officially an
aounced that the British cruiser Am
phion had sunk the Hamburg-Ameri
can line steamer Koenigen l>uise
which had been fitted out for mine
laying.
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Gun Races Are Off.

London, Aug. 6.-Sir Thomas Lip
ton formally announced the with
drawal of the Shamrock ". from the
international yacht races. The chal
lenger is now at the Azores, having
gone taht far on her trip to America.
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Germans Kill II kIeatiars.

J Paris, Aug. Cit is officially an
nouncea here tGat seventeen Ais.
lions. while endeavoring TO cross int
France, were captured by the Ge1
mans and snot.