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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-17

Columbia. Feb. 1.-THE prohibition
referendum bill passed the Senate this
morning on third reading without OPP
position and was ordered returned to
the House OF Representatives for
concurrence I'm minor amendments
adopted. yesterday. The upper cham
ber rejected without debate substi-
tute proposed by Senator Appelt
which would have broadened tho re-
ferondum NO as To include the ques-
tion OF high license. The referendum
will probably be ratified by tomorrow
and sent to Governor Manning for
signature.
The question Of prohibition Is now
up Co the people To settle for them
selves In the special election on Sep
tembcr Ia next. for there is no doubt
but that Governor Manning viii sign
the referendum bill. for regardless OF
what ne might think on the question
Of prohibition 1t Is known that he be-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-17
EDUCATION BILL ADOPTED.
COMMITTEE MEASURE sUBSTAN-
TiAL FOR sINKLER COMPUL-
sorry BILL.
Measure Likely To Go to Free Con-
ference Unless Senate Agrees TO
Substitute.


and an afternoon OF reflection result
ed In n complete legislative somer,
sault OF the compulsory education sit.
nauon. This morning the Hous,
pummelled the life almost out OF
the compfomise bill. II cut off one les
oy changing the age requirement fol
compulsory school attendance from s
TO IL years to from to u years. end.
Ing the compulsory limit at IL instead
OF Ia years. Tonight the House re.
stored the age OF IA by vote OF A
to 50. This morning Mr.. Moore shot
into the vitals Of the compromise sub
stitute bill by limiting the compulsory
period to four months I'm each year.
Tonight this was knocked into a cock
ed hat.
When the House adjourned for din
ner the substitute compromise Harper
bill was a tottering remnant of its
original self. Tonight showed a won
derfui change. Messrs. Harper, Lilies,
Mccullough. Sellers. Johnstone and
other compulsory education leaders
had gotten In excellent work. The
programme was to pass the remant Of
the substitute bill. including all the
Moore amendments. That being out
OF the way. the sinkler bill, as passed
by the Senate. was taken up. Mr..
Moore tried to puncturs the age limit
IN the Senate bill.
The House reversed Its morning
vote, and by n record vote Of SO to A
refused to change the age as fixed for
compulsory school attendance from
to IA years. Then came the real
legislative miracle. Mr.. Harper NOV
cd as an amendment to the Senate bin
virtually as substitute, the entire bin
prepared by the special House COM
mittee. consisting OF Messrs. Harper.
Hawkins Odom and Mccullough.
by calling the previous question the
compromise bill was adopted in toto as
n substitute for the Senate Sinkler
bill. The'substitute bin went over the
plate without a single change, by
vote Of 80 to 12.
Thus the House has ordered TO third
reading the bill II worked on this
morning and I'm which are numerous
amendments. This was the Harper
House bin. Then tonight the House
ordered to third reading the sinkler
Senate bin with the Senate head, but
the body framed by the special
House committee as compromise
measure. The bill will likely go TO
free conference unless the Senate
agrees TO the House substitute bill.
Speaker Hoyt announced the fol-
lowing members Of the steering COM
mittee under the House resolution:
j. w. Boyd; OF spartanburg; y. d.
Carter. OF Bamberg; T.. p. Cothran, OF
Greenville; Geo. w. Dick, of Sumter;
w. w. Graydon. Of Abbeville; A.
tombstone. Jr.. OF Richland; ]. T.
Lilies. OF orangeburg; Geo. s. Mower,
OF Newberry; w. p. Odom, OF Ches-
terheld: +. c. Robinson, of Abbeville;
B. B. Sellers. OF Marion; Geo. Warren.
OF Hampton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-17

Havana, Feb. 1.-TWO cases Of bu-
bonic plague have been discovered
here. One death from the disease oc-
CURED three days ago. All the cases
are believed to have originated at
the European steamer wharves. San
itary authorities are taking the ut
most precautions to prevent it's spread.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-17

lieves In letting the people have the
final vote in matters Of pubic policy
and those who are close to him have
no doubt but that he will promptly
approve the referendum bill as soon
as 1t is presented to him.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-17
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WE'LL?
Many Sumter People Know the I'M
porance of Healthy Kidneys.

The Kidneys filter the blood.
They work night and day.
Well kidneys remove impurities.
Weak kidneys allow impurities to
multiply.
No kidney i'll should be neglected.
There is possible danger in delay.
If you have backache or urinary
troubles.
If you are nervous, dizzy or worn
out,
Begin treating your kidneys at once:
Use a proven kidney remedy.
None endorsed like Doan's Kidney
Pills.
Recommended by thousands.
Proved by Sumter testimony.
p. e. Braid, electrician, IS f..
Calhoun street, Sumter, says: Il suf-
fered constantly from backache, and
mornings was sore and stiff. 1 had
headaches and dizzy spells. The kid
ney secretions caused me a lot of an
nOyance by passing too freely. When
heard of Doan's Kidney Pills l
used them, and two boxes cured me-"
Price Soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Braid had. Foster -Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, y. Y. 3
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-17
SUMTER COTTON MARKET.
Corrected daily by Ernest Ftel,

C0ttOn Buyer.
Good Middling 8.
Strict Middling Z rs.
Middling Z ga. ..
Strict Low Middling z IA.
s. Low Middling 6 S-4. -.
Staple Cotton, Nominal. '.'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-17

Chicago, Feb. l5.-May wheat 81 SO.
Corn 80 IL; oats 60 6-S; pork 1890;
lard 1890; ribs, 1915.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-12

the selecting of a man for mayor to
the presidents of some labor unions.
Because when election time rolls
around the majority of the presidents
of labor unions cease to be labor men
and become henchmen of the old
party political leaders.
The president of my union is out
for Roger Sullivan, hook, line and
sinker. And he, like many others, is
weak when an economic question
cOnfronts the working people, as it
does today. My president could not
indoTse a penny phone proposition;
he could not admit that cheaper gas
would help solve the high cost of Iiv-
ing; he could not openly declare that
he is opposed to strap-hanging, or a
subway that would terminate outside
the loop.
Let every union in Chicago meet
and select aireal union man from
their ranks and donate him to the
Socialist party, the great cause, to
work and stump the city in behalf of
the laboTing class and Seymour Sted-
man, and pay him out OF the unions
treasury for services rendered, and
chalk it down as money well spent.
For mine, Seymour Stedman is the
only man running for mayor, because
/ am one of the masses 365 days in
the year. Mr. Stedman is the only
bona-fide candidate from a labor
standpoint. He is the only man that
could handle the building trades rot
if it comes to a head. He would give
labor fair and square shake in the
new depot project. He has the only
solution of the transportation puzzle.
He will not let the telephone trust get
away with the phone deal He will
have jitneys running before you can
say Jack RobinsOn.-A Locked-Out |
FRESHMAN.
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP. w. H.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-12
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP.

PUBLIC OWNERSHIP. - w. H.
Wallace very properly condemns the
popular legislative fad of ''How-not-
to-dO-it" by commissions. A COM
mission is a perfect automatic side
track for the storage of things that
lawmakers don't want done. But
why call upon lawmakers to become
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-12

independent and statesmenlike when
the people who elect them cannot
agree among themselves as to what
kind of laws they want?
The further a lawmakeT gets ahead
of public opinion the quicker he
loses his job. If those who cast the
ballots would get together on one
thing they wanted done, and stick to-
getheT through two elections, their
will will be done. 1t is important that
the thing selected to be accomplished
shall be something fundamental,
something which lies at the fOunda-
ton of the social organism and which
will lead toward an equal freedom and
better conditions for the wealth pro-
ducers.
No doubt but public ownership and
operation of all public utilities would
be better for our city than the pres
ent system of private robbery by cor
porations. Chicago voters once got
together on that point and were in
sight of success, but they didn't stick.
They got cold feet and went back to
voting for the old flag and Democrat
ic and Republican misrule of party
and party extravaganza.
We should learn something by ex-
perience. This country today dem
onstrates that government by party
machines is a total failure. It gives
us nothing but misgoVernment.
1t may be too late for us to do any
thing at the coming election. Which
ever candidate wins we are sure to
end up by wishing the other one had
been elected. Reforms, however, are
not effected very much by the results
of elections. They are born and
nourished in the minds and hearts of
the people. Often they come in I'M
Iooked-fOT ways, but the force be-
hind them is the wish expressed at
times by revolution and others by
peaceful means, 1t always results in
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-23
man DEAD
IN MACHINE
VIM. Scofield's Body
Found Setting Up
right In Auto

The dead body OF William Scofeld,
81 years old. of No. $40 McDougall-
ave, was found sitting upright in the
rear seat of Joseph Miehm's auto
mobile, in Miehm's garage at No.
S1t McDougall-ave., early Tuesday
morning.
Miehm and party of friends, in.
cluding scofeld, had started for a
prize fight in Windsor, Monday
night. and Scofleld had been left at
the Woodward-aye. dock, TO watch
the auto..
When the party returned. Scoheld
was thought to be asleep. and the
others climbed into the machine and
drove to Miehm's home.
Scofield seemed TO be sleeping
soundly. so Miehm ran the auto into
his garage. covered the supposedly
sleeping man with an auto robe, and
went into the house and 10 bed.
Tuesday morning he attempted TO
arouse Sconeld. and discovered that
the man was dead.
Coroner Rothacher was called, and
will hold post-mortem examination.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-23
AUTO HITS
YOUNG LAD
Feared That Barney
Nuskey Is Fatally
Injured

Barney Nuskey. eight years old,
OF so 966 Mulott-st.. was probably
fatally injured when he was struck
by an auto driven by Edward L. Wa.
tcrh9use. Of M. f1Ol seyburn-ave,
TT Gratiotsve. and Hastings ST, at
- o'clock Tuesday morning,
Waterhousc picked up the injured
boy and took him I'm his auto 20 81.
Msry;s hospital. where ply ysicians
tcgcrted that the lads skull 81 frac-
tprpf
Detectives Mite and Fraley I'm
esUEated the accident. and re.
leased waterhouse after taking his
statement.
The officers learned that the Nus.
key boy had started across The
street and darted bstweenswo other
uutos. running IN front OF Water
houses machine.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-23
GROCER IN
GUN BATTLE
Highland Park Man
Has Second Fight
With Bandits

|. Sumetz, grocer, at Dakota-ave.
and john R.-st,, Highland Park,
fought his second revolver duel with
bandits, In FIVE weeks. shortly before
s o'clock. Monday night, and was
shot in the left arm and slightly
wounded by lone bandit who open
ell Ere as soon as he entered the
store.
Highland Park. police heard the
shots over the telephone, as Mrs.
SUmetz called nip the police station.
and appealed for help while the gun
battle was on. The police believe
that Sumetz was shot by one of the
robbers whom he had driven away in
a gun fight, FIVE weeks ago.
The man asked for a package OF
cigarettes. and as Sumetz bent down
to get them from a case, the strang-
er fired point blank, hitting Sumetz
in the left arm. With his left arm
hanging limp, Sumetz drew his re-
volver and returned the fire, his as
sailant fleeing &c the street.
The man had disappeared when
Detective Brown and Patrolmen
Drumm and Tanske reached the
store.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-23
Flatiron Slayer Con-
fesses Guilt In Plain
Language
NEITHER INSANE
NOR DRUG FIEND
Perpetrator u n d e r.
sized and of Weak
Appearance

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March ga
vernie Lewis, who confessed late
yesterday TO being the natiron slay-
er of the Balding family in Terre
Haute. and was brought here to es-
cape almost certain mob violence
there, was safely held in the county
jail today in the custody of Sheriff
Coffin.
Lewis said I'm his confession that
he loved Mrs. VIII Balding and that
his fear that she would move away
with her family prompted him TO
creep into her home at night and
crush the life out OF the mother and
her children. The mother and three
children died, ~ Clifford l., and
Irene. three. are unconscious after
a week Their skulls also were
crushed, and they probably will die.
The perpctrator Of the crime is
undersized and his face Is that OF
a man mentally weak, but detectives
who traced him down say he is
neither insane, or drug victim. lie
frequently had visited Mrs. Baldlng
at night while her husband was
away. but the authorities will not
at this time make plain the extent
of their relations.
In plain language. and without
fear. Lewis told OF HIS deed Il
tore the carpet or the window
which had been put there because
there was no glass In the window.
he said. got in the kitchen and got
two irons of the kitchen stove
Mrs. BaIding was awake when
came in went TO her bed and
struck her several times on the
head with the iron. I don't know
how many times hit her. Next
hit Irene on the head. don't re
member whether | hit the baby oI
not. THE infants skull waI
crushed and II diedl | enen went
into the front room TO the daven
port aud hit Celeste. When I wen
to hit Ciinord he woke up and sait
SOMETHING. don't know what n,
said. Then I found Thomas ans
hit him. ] Thea went TO the Kitchen
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-23
RUSSIANS SWEEP FORWARD!
DRIVE ON HUNGARY ORDERED
GERMAN spy SYSTEM is |
NETWORK OF SUBTLE AND
THOROUGH CONTRIV|NG

throwing a stone toward the German
lines. which were $50 feet distant.
When the dog came back that
night n Gentry caught him and
searched him. Under his collar was
a map which Demielle had drawn
with note, written in German.
we don't understand this map.
Can't you make IL plainer?" The
sentry put the note back In place
and let the dog go to Demielle's sub.
way nut. Two men were watching
Demielle when the dog entered
Demielle put his finger under the
dog's collar. pulled out the note and
began to read II when the men
Jumped on him.
Dcmielle was very cool about Il,
but he knew that his end had come,
He was taken away and sentenced
10 death by court martial, Luckily,
the firing squad was not chosen
from among the men In our trench
The officers paraded him before us.
high. and seemed satisfied with what
h had done for his country. Then
they took him away somewhere to
die.
TO perform several executions that
we're harder for some OF the men, I
think. than SHOOTING their old
trench.mate would have beea.
XIII all OF the dogs in your
trenches" ran the new command.
I think some OF the men who had
made pets OF stray dogs, wept the
night the order came. One fellow
know slept with his dog that night.
We couldn't kill the dogs In cold
blood; we were acquainted with
them. Just as we were with each
other. They bad been the bright
spots In our muddy. drab lives.
NANCY and dirty as they were. we
were little cleaner; when there
wasn't 4 smile left on our faces, dur.
Ing the rainy or extra dangerous
days. there was always sparkle in
the eyes of the trench dogs. and
they were always ready TO play.
BET we had TO kill them. A Portu.
gucse VINO loved a little white fox
terrier discovered the easiest way.
He threw a stone out OF the trench:
tho little fellow went after IL. and.
Just as he was picking Is up in his
mouth. about n dozen OF our rifles
blszed at him. and over he went.
We made believe to ourselves that
We had been shooting at the Ger
mans. and that "poopoo" had been
killed by accident. SO our six dog
friends went into eternity that ds y,
laying themselves down among the
bodies OF the dead soldiers. and dy.
ing deaths that we ourselves might
meet at any time.
~ dog cannot expect better
death than his master" said the
Portuguese. with tears yelling his
eyes.
No soldier In all this great war
has found harder thing to do than
We had that day when the dogs
were sentenced TO die.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-23
Red Cross Nurses First
to Enter Fallen
City
DEFENDERS IN
BAD CONDITION
Garrison Suffers From
Cold, Hunger and
Wounds

PETROGRAD, March 23.-Half =
million Russian troops. inspired by
the news OF the fall OF Przemysl-
are pressing forward in gigantic
forward movement all along the Car
pathians, according to war ONCE dis
patches today. From the Dukla pass
region TO the borders of Rumania.
the Slays are driving southwark a
mighty sweep toward the plains of
Hungary and the crown land Of Blu.
kowina.
Gen. Seliwanoff's besieging army
of 10000 men began entering Pre-
mysl early today. Tentative terms
of surrender were agreed upon lsfe
Yesterday at a conferences between
Gen. Kusmanek. the Austrian com.
mander Of the fortress city, and Self
wanoff. The war Office has not made
these terms public. but IT Is certain
that Gen. Kusmanek and the rem
nants OF his disease-ridden garrison
will be accorded full honors OF war.
Red Cross nurses attached to the
Russian army preceded the victo4
rious Slavs into Przemysl. Several
hospital units entered the city be-
fore noon yesterday and began ad-
ministering to hundreds OF Aus.
TRANS. These were wounded IN the
last desperate sorties of the garrison
and had been tumbied into houses
with scarcely any medical attention.
The condition OF the Austrian de-
tenders was pitiful. Though the
garrison had an adequate food sup
ply until few weeks ago, nearly all
the Austrians were suffering from
lack of heavy clothing. The uni-
forms they wore when the siege was
begun last autumn were in tatters.
In the last few days all kinds OF AMI
mails had been slaughtered for their
meat and the garrison would have
faced starvation within 4s hours.
A dispatch to the war once today
said that the inner forts OF Przemysl
had been partly destroyed by the
Austrians before Gen. Kusmanek ran
up the white flag. The Austrians.
however. lacked sufficient explosives
to level the forts and the damage
can be repaired within few weeks.
A Russian force of probably 10000
will be left to garrison the city.
Public buildings and private homes
in Przemysl suffered but little from
the bombardment. The Russian FIRE
was accurately aimed and none OF
the city's landmarks suffered.
What disposition will be made OF
the Russian army that invested Prze-
mysl was a subject for much specu-
lation today. There were reports
that the Russian troops would be
sent against the fortress OF Cracow.
that they would move southwark 20
aid In the invasion of Hungary. and
that they would be hurried to the
southeast to march into. Bukowina.
Despite heavy snowstorms the
Russians are making progress be-
tween the DukIa and Lupkow passes.
Another Russian force has pierced
the Prussian border north OF Tiisit
and now occupies the German town
OF T.augsargen.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-23
PARISIANS
WATCH SKY
P eople Watch Till
Morning For Yep
pelins

PARIS, March 23.---In drizzling
rains thousands OF Parisians paced
the streets until nearly down today.
awaiting the arrival of another Yep
pelin reported on its way TO Paris
from Gen. yoXn Kluck's headquar-
ters near SCISSORS.
Ats a. m. searchlights flashed the
signal "All well' and the sensations
seeking populace went to bed, The
war Office announced that a Zeppelin
that headed for Paris three three
bombs on Villers-Cotterets, 40 miles
northeast of the capital. and then
apparently few back across the
Alsne.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-23

ple-uice. "My good old husband
as she described him, was killed IN
the cottage by a German bullet. We
buried the body for her, and asked
her why she didn't move.
"Noi No! she exclaimed, this
Is my home, and If die anywhere. |
die here"
one night We saw three little flick
ers OF light come from a chink OF the
shutterod window. on hill, far away,
in the German lines, we saw tiny
light blink three times. For three
nights we watched the sparkling
chlnko I'm the widows window blind
We didn't want To believe she was a
spy. because. II she were taken away
we would miss our cider. But, at
lest, we had to act. We caught her
ono night. in the deed, and our Off
Gers sent her away. ! don't know
where. She had sold her country
for German gold.
Hers was only cne instance of the
thoronghness OF the German spy
system.
one day we found telephone
wire running through the beet helds
from the German trenches to a point
far behind our lines II ended at a
poplar tree, where a German spy.
hidden IN the branches. had been
'phoning the enemy all OF the details
OF cur movements. But Demielle
was the spy OF all spies. He lived
with MS in our trenches, he shot at
the Germans. and cursed them as
we did. But all the time he was
sending messages to them. And
when he was caught in tho act, he
kept silence like man. Our officers
took charge OF him. and he disap-
peared--executed, we heard. In
thcse early days OF the war. when
foreigners I'm Paris were forming a
foreign legion. Demielle. splendid
locking, big man, with beard that
gave him distinguished appear
ance. and a manner that was the es-
sence OF courtesy, got his name into
the list and was accepted. He had
money in unlimited quantities. and
before We departed from Paris to the
front. he gave parties right and left
10 little groups OF comrades. His
profession was that of an engineer
Of sugar making machine. and he
knew every inch OF the sugar beet
country In which our regiment was
finally stationed
IL was collie dog that proved
tho undoing OF Demielle. fine long.
haired animal. which, OF all the
stray dogs which made their homes
in tho trenches. had the most friends
among the mcn. But the collie liked
Demlellc best. We found ont after
wards that DemieIie used TO save his
food. and even 90 hungry himself,
IN order to keep hiuiself high In the
collle's good VIII, How Demielle
ever trained the dog to 90 to the Ger.
man trenches from ours, we were
never able TO feure out. but We first
suspected Demielic when we saw
him lift the dog to the edge Of our
trench and send him on his way by
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-23
Lake.RalI Rates SUSPENDED.

WASHINGTON. March 23.-The
Interstate commerce commission
Monday afternoon announced that II
had ordered suspended until July II,
advances In lake and rail rates both
east and west bound that were to
have been effective March %. The
order affects traffic between such
cities as New York. Buffalo. Cleve-
land. Chicago, Milwaukee and Du.
luth.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-23
Downtown District Has
Narrow Es-
cape
FIRE DIFFICULT
TO CONTROL
Flames In Elevator
Shaft Spread to
School

ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 23.-Fire
early today threatened the destruc-
tion of large portion of the down
town district The fire originated at
the corner of Sixth and Cedar-sts.
At 1880 it was not under control.
At $3.50 o'clock this morning the
fire was declared to be under con.
troll: although it was impossible 70
estimate the possible damage.
The frs started in the basement of
the Essex building. Running up the
elevator shaft to the Nichol Expert
school, a business college. it soon
spread to neighboring buildings.