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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
SUBMARINE SINKS LINER
iberian Is Killed by Shell Fire.
Tried to Escape.

London.-The Leyland liner Iberian,
flying the British flag, bound from Liv-
erpool for Boston with a cargo of gen
eral merchandise, has been sunk in the
war zon by a German submarine.
Five members of her crew were killed
by shell fire as she attempted to escape
after being hailed by the submarine.
Two others, one an American, Mark
Wiley of Boston, died in a small boat
from superficial wounds and shock.
The rest, 81 in all, were landed at
Queenstown.
According t o official advices, the
Iberian was fired upon only after she
tried to run away from h undersea
boat. The men abroad were given am
pie time to take to the boats. Then
the submarine fired a torpedo and the
liner sank almost Immediately.
She was a vessel of 5,223 tons and
had been employed in carrying horses
and mules from American ports to
England.
The first news of the sinking of the
Iberian was received here in a dispatch
which stated the survivors were being
brought into Queenstown by a trawler,
which had picked them up after the
submarine disappeared. Later they
landed + 1.-The Irish port and Consul
Frost took charge OF the surviving
Americans among the crew, Of whom
there were &c. Statements by the men
and the ship surgeon, DR.. Burns, were
to the effect that the commander of the
submarine had ordered the Iberian
to halt and had opened fire from deck
guns only after the liners skipper had
ordered full speed ahead, and had be-
gun to rae a zig-zag course in an
effort to make his shop loose from the
trailing submarine.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
PLAYED With DYNAMITE.

Biloxi.-Elmer CIRQUE, a ~ten-year-old
lad whose home is at Gautier, was
brought to this city August / by his
grandmother, Mrs. Seymore, to receive
treatment for injuries sustained when
he exploded a dynamite cartridge.
The boy found a dynamite cartridge
on top of a door jamb. Having no
idea of what he had found and not
knowing it's deadly nature, he placed
ii on the door-ill and struck it with a
hammer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
First Fight Of Election.

Purvis.-The first political fight in
the election occurred here August 2
between T. w. Davis. mayor, and can
didate for county attorney, and DR.. S.
E. Rees, a prominent physician and
editor of the Booster a weekly
newspaper here. Friends of both par
ties nearby parted the men before they
did each other injury. The trouble all
arose over a misunderstanding over
politics.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
ENGLAND REFUSES
To BREAK BLOCKADE
REPLIES SAY THAT ORDER IN
COUNCIL WILL BE
ENFORCED.
N&=E&
SOME CASES TO PRIZE COURT
INK Are Adaptations Of Principles
Of Blockade Used by the
United States.

' Washington-Great Britain's replies
to the latest American representa-
tons against interferences with neu-
trail commerce. reject entirely the con-
tention that the orders in council are
illegal and justify the British course
as being wholly within international
law.
"Unsustainable, either in point Of
law or upon principles of interna-
tional equity" is the British reply
to the American protest against the
blockade of neutral ports, with an in
vitation to submit to international
arbitration any cases in which the
United States is dissatisfied with
the action of the British prize courts.
Great Britain's reply, embodied in
two notes, one supplemental, was
made public here Tuesday and if
London simultaneously by agreement
by the two governments.
Changes in Warfare Pleaded.
Changed conditions of warfare, the
British note contends, require a new
application of the principles of inter
national Law. The advent of the sub
marine, the airship and the alleged
atrocities by German troops in Bel
GUM are cited as justification for the
exercise of extreme The
blockade is justified on the contention
that the universally recognized prin-
ciple of a blockade is that a belliger-
ent is entitled to cut off "by effective
means the sea-borne commerce of his
enemy"
The note reiterates that Great Brit
ain will continue to apply the order
complained of, although with every
effort to avoid embarrassment to neu-
trails and observes that the American
statistics show that any loss in trade
with Germany and Austria has been
ore than o~verbalanced by the in
crease of other industrial activities
due to the war.
Holds Old Principles Adapted.
In the general reply to the Ameri-
can representations against the or
ders in council, Sir Edward Grey, the
foreign minister, addressing Ambassa-
dor Page, begins by expressing the
hope that he may be able to convince
the administration in Washington
that the measures we have an
nounced are not only reasonable and
necessary in themselves, but consti-
tute no more than an adaptation of
peculiar circumstances with which we
are confronted"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
CONFERENCE ON MEXICO

Other American States Will Join With
United States in SoIution.-Use
Force ii Necessary.
Washington.-The United States has
decided to ask the cooperation OF
South and Central America in the next
step to restore peace in Mexico. The
AMBASSADORS from Argentina, Brazil
and Chile, and ministers from Bolivia.
Uruguay and Guatemala have been
asked to confer with Secretary Lam
sing.
While the state department charac-
terized the coming conference as an
informal one, the sentiment has cen
growing among American officials that
the next step in the Mexican situation
should be INT that would meet the
approval of the world and should be
taken in concert with the nations of
Central and South America, even if in
theslast event the trend should be to
ward military action.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
CHARGE Turkish Atrocities.

VndTye UFNtoH Vs'OSIesSo'
Paris.-B. Vazardate, a member of
the committee of the Armenial Social
Democratic party, writing to Human
lite. says the committee has received
word that Turks, after ma~ssacreing all
the males of the population in the re-
gion Of Bitlis, Turkish Armenia. as
sembled 5000 women and children and
drove them to the banks Of the Tigris,
where they shot them and threw the
bodies into the river.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
Shootino Near Columbus.

Commissioning a personal diff
Guilty in the public road nea- e
Miss, a small station ten miles east
of Columbus, July 80. Red Lofts was
shot and painfully wounded by Sam
Taggart. Taggart claims that Lofts
had assaulted him with a stick. The
two men were alone at the time.
Taggart gave himself up to officers
and was released from custody after
giving satisfactory bail.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
Guard Kills Negro Convict.

Meridian.-A coronor's inquest held
by Justice Of the Peace E. j. Miller,
at Topton, has returned a verdict that
Roscoe Wilson, a negro convict shot
and killed by Wallace Lang, a guard
in the camp of Sam Brown. came to
his death from . gunshot wound which
was inflicted j%ustifiably.
1t is understood that Wilson and
another negro convict. Will Price,
yer working on a bridge, guarded by
Lang, and that when they attempted
to escape Lang fired, killing Wilson
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
TWO STRIKERS ARE KILLED
the ALUMINIUM Company at Mas
sina.-Leaders Are Arrested.

Massina, N. "a Gordon of cold
steel surrounds the works of the .Alu-
minum Company of America, where
three companies Of state troops are
guarding the plant against the attacks
of strikers, who have been rioting since
July 81. following the walkout of 1000
men.
Two men have been killed and a half
dozen injured seriously. Automobiles
have been held up and their occupants
beaten, and innocent bystanders have
been the target of volleys Of bricks
hurled by the Infatuated mob in its
desperate resistance to Sheriff Day,
his deputies and the soldiers sent here
by Gov. Whitman when it was seen
handle the situation.
Cold steel. and firing by the state
troops have awed the strikers, and on
August 2 the backbone of the strike
is broken, the only hostility occurring
being an exchange of shots between
north of the plant shortly before day
break with the seizure OF a freight
train.
Sixteen of the r~ingleaders who at
tempted to leave town August 2 were
arrested by deputy sherfffs and troops
ut the railroad station, arraigned be-
fore Judge Chase and committed to
Jail without bail on a charge of riot
ing. Other arrests are expected.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
B|lB0 AND RELY
HAVE CLOSE RACE
EARLY ELECTION RETURNS lNpl.
GATE a RuN-oFF PRIMARY
FOR GOVERNOR.
sILBo FEELS CONFIDENT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Early Declares
That He Will Win.-says He
Expects to Go In With
Vote Of 8s, ZOO.


Incomplete returns from about ESQ
precincts in 65 counties received up to
an early hour on the morning of Aug
ust 4 showed Lieut. Gov. T. G. Bilbo
and Marion w. Reilly of Natchez run
ming q remarkably close race for the
Democratic nomination for governor
of Mississippi. H. NJ. Quin. ]. r. Riley
and p. S. Stovall, the other candidates,
polled comparatively small votes.
E. B. Carter had a small lead in the
incomplete returns over his opponent,
Lee NJ. Russell, in the lie%utenant-gov-
ernorship contest. Carter polled the
anti-Bilbo vote 20 a great extent.
The one certain thing is that if a
second primary is necessary Reilly
will be Bilbo's opponent in that pri.
mary.
Fair weather and intense interest
brought opt a record vote, according
to Indications. Estimates placed the
total at from 14O,o 900 to 10000.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
Rifle Practice in AUGUST.

vicksburg.-The annual rifle prac.
tice for the State Guardsmen at Camp
Williamson this year will be partici
pated in by LOO men. They come in
five squads for q week at a time to
each squad, beginning Aug. Is. The
first squad will consist Of the Merid-
Ian, Columbus and Aberdeen compa-
mics, or . greater part Of them. The
practice will a. usual provide for the
payment Of the State Guard, and there
WIN ~ about $1o.0eo paid out to thu
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
Man Trapped in Pipe Dies.

Pfttsburg, Pa.-Hundreds of per-
sons crowded Highland Park, watch
ing policemen, firemen and water
bureau employees trying to w Chas.
Carpenter, a diver, lost in a 51-inch
main connecting two reservoirs. Car
penter died after nearly five hours
Imprisonment.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
cloudburst at Erie. pa.

Erie, PA c~loudburst August 4
in this city caused the death Of 25 per-
sons and ruined millions of dollars
worth of property. The water caused
a dam to break near the main part of
the city. and the downtown streets
we're five feet under water.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
Take Russian Grain

Observation-Disclosures from Windau.
On the Baltic, who have arrived at
Riga. relate that the first act OF the
Germans In taking possession Of Win
dau was to impose a levy OF $4,000 ru-
bles $25,O0O), to be worked out by the
Inhabitants OF the city OF the roads
and bridges. Farmers we're ordered
to proceed with their harvesting. They
were told to bring in their grain to des-
ignated places, and that the producer
would be permitted to retain one-fifth,
the remainder going to Germany.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06

Boy to Get $1,000 Reward.
Oklahoma City, Ok.-Gov. Williams
said the $1,000 reward offered for the
arrest and conviction of Henry Starr
will be paid to Paul Curry, 10 years
old.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
utxe Flax for Cotton.

Rotterdam-The Germans already
have begun using fax as a substitute
for cotton in some of their munitions
factories, and all munitions factories
are being remodeled for this purpose.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
Adopts Commission Form

Springfield, Mo.-At the fourth cleo
ton on the proposition, Springfield
adopted the commission form of gov
ernment by two votes. The poll was
light, being 1868 for and ], 1861 against.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
State Races Close.

State Races Close.
A close race between r. e. Wilson
and E. ]. Smith for auditor Of public
accounts is indicated.
In the t~reasurer's race DR.. ]. P. Tay-
Tor, who is said to have much of the
Bilbo influence, was being run a pretty
close race by his young opponent, Jno.
c.. Sheffield, who is polling a good vote
throughout the state, especially in the
northeast section nearest his home,
Arkabutla.
The race for land commissioner and
revenue agent was clouded on the face
of the early eturns with a run-off a
practical certainty.
George C. Myers, present clerk of
the supreme court, on the face of in
complete returns, is being pressed
closely by his opponent, z. A. Brant-
ley of Winston county.
Returns for railroad commissioner
ships and penitentiary t~rusteeships
were SO incomplete last night that an
accurate estimate could not be made
at a late hour.
Dies of Gunshot Wounds.
Lewis Sims, the fireman-electrician
shot through the body on the night OF
August 2 by Jack Edwards in a craps
game quarrel, died August 8.
According to the Investigations of
the police, although he is said to have
made a hostile demonstration and
threw his hand to his hip when ac-
costed by Edwards. Sims was In
armed. Edwards did not attempt to
conceal the fact of the assault, but
claims p~rovocation after being first as
saulted and kicked in the face.
In consequence of Sims death the
police charge against Jack Edwards
is changed from shooting with inten'
to kin.
Want Release for Stratton.
Habeas corpus proceedings have
been filed in the circuit clerks office
here with a view to securing the re-
lease on bail Of Charles s. Stratton,
the elderly Clinton merchant, who 10
held In Jail on an Indictment charging
INN with murder. stratton is charged
with shooting and killing Pat Murphy,
. young man connected with a well
known family in the Clinton neighbor-
hood, some three months ago. Dis
trict Attorney Howie will resist the
application
Military Property Returned.
All of the National Guard equip
ment. including tents, cots, kitchen
stoves, etc, which was used during
the recent encampment at Biloxi. mas
been returned to Jackson, and is again
In the military warehouse. Col. E.
B, Baker, quartermaster. returned
July % from the coast city. Strict
regulations adopted by the war. de-
partment regarding the keeping IN
tact Of military equipment had IT. e
eeck, and .Qnte s1nglesarje1a = n
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
eiIbo Confident Of Results.

BiIbo Confident Of Results.
Early in the morning of August 4
Lieut.. Gov. Bilbo, when askes for a
statement, declared that there's moth
ing to it. We've got it and gone. Out
of 1880 votes so far reported / am
assured of $500, which is an all-round
increase in the Bilbo vote in the same
precincts four years ago. l expect to
go in with a vote of $4,000 or 5000. l
expect to show this on the face of the
returns"
Reilly headquarters. in a supplement.
airy statement issued at the same time.
reported returns from 104 precincts,
indicating that Reilly will run Bilbo
neck and neck, If he does not lead the
ticket. we are absolutely confident
that Bilbo will lack Is, 900 votes of the
nomination and that Reilly will defeat
him on August "a by not less than 25,-
900 votes"
Mr.. Quin's headquarters had nothing
to give out, stating that they would
wait the full returns before saying
anything at all.
The election has passed of quietly
without clashes Of any kind, and the
best of order has prevailed.
The count Of the vote throughout
the state is slow, and, like that Of
jackson and Kinds counties, was not
complete until late in the day follow
ing the election.
The reports here indicate that the
vote of the state will run over 40 900,
which will be a record for a Mississippi
general election.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
Air Raid on strassburu.

London.-News agency dispatches
from Geneva reported an. attack by
French aviators on Strasburg, capital
OF Alsace-Lorraine. The dispatches
said Is bombs were thrown.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
One Killed in Explosion

One Killed in Explosion.
Philadelphia.-One man was killed
and three others were injured by an
explosion in the experimental bomb
proof" room at the Unitedi States Ar
senal at ErankfOrd.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
Fjohtino at Ypres.

Amsterdam, Holland.-Heavy fight
ing is in progress on the British front
near Ypres.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
Threw Throttle Wide Open.

New Market, Iowa.-Feeling the
bridge over Eas1 River shaking under
him Engineer Frank Dolph Of the K.
4 N. threw the throttle wide open
and got his entire train across just
before the bridge fell into the river.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06

New Orleans.-According to esti-
mates prepared here early OF the
morning of August 4 by the Times
Picayune, Reilly will be leader by a
slight plurality in the Mississippi pri-
mary election for governor. This es-
innate was made with very incomplete
returns, and later returns count from
counties claimed by Bilbo may change
complexion of final results.
Owing to the length of the ballot
many counties will not complete the
count until late in the afternoon of
August 4.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
ESTIMATE Of FINAL
RESULTS DIFFER
MEMPHIS SOURCE GAYS eiLso,
NEW oRLEANs SHOWS THAT
REILLY LEADS.
SLOW COUNT OF TICKET
Make Poor Showinqs-Biibo Has
Strength in Mechanically
Heavy in South.

Memphis.-Results of the Mississippi
primary as compiled here early on the
morning of August 4 by the CONNER
cial Appeal show Lieutenant-Governor
Bilbo to be slightly in the lead. This
result. however. may be changed when
all the votes are counted. When the
estimate was made not half OF the bal
lots over the state had been reported.
The surprising feature of the race.
according to the Commercial Appeal,
is the disappointing showing made by
Tally. Quin and Stovall.
Bilbo's strength showed in the north
eastern part of the state.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
Weeks News Combinations Ne
viewed Without Comment-Au
Nations Find Somewhat to
Edify and instruct

Kate Masterson, a brilliant author
and journalist, was committed to
Bellevue, New York, hospital for OBJ
servation.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06

Finnish steamers Leo and Urania
have been sunk in the Baltic Sea.
The Urania struck a mine. The Leo
was sunk by a German submarine.
Eleven men and five women were
killed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
The Danish government $12, 900 900
5 Del cent national loan, which has
just closed has proved a failure.

Treasury receipts for July, the first
month of the new fiscal year, ran
$4,000, 900 behind expenditures.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06

The British submarine operating in
the Sea Of Marmora, shelled a Turk
ish troop train, destroying seven cars
and killing more than 200 soldiers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06

Announcement II made by the West
inghouse Electric Co. OF the recent
Of : further large order for war sup
plies.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06

Duxbury Reef, the Graveyard Of
the Pacific" has caught the Ameri-
can-Hawaiian steamer Georgian, from
New York to San Francisco.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06

Edward n. Grout. former New YORK
was sentenced by judge
Lewis to serve from one to two years
Sing Sing prison for perjury.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1915-08-03
Raporty.
Mitawa zaieta.

Berlin, 8 sierpnia. = Wojska
niemieckie zajeiy miasto Mitawe
odlegie o 25 mil ma poiudnie cd
Rygi, ku ktorej zmierzaja Mem
cy; wojska rosyjskie cofne}y sic
poza linie rzeki Aa; potyczki
kontrataki trwRja bez przerwy
ME zmieniSja jednak W nj
czem pomyslnei dla Niemcow sy-
tuacyi. w Suwalskiem i LON
zynskiem rowniez wojska niemie-
ckie znaczne pqczyniiy postePy,
- Cesarzowa niemiecka bawi-
la ostatnio W Krolewcu: wczoraj
odjechala do Berlina, wystosowa-
wszy list do zarzadu miasta z
podziekq "a przyjecie.
Piotrogr6d, 8 sierpnia. = Wal
XII ma calej linii bardzo krwawe
tocza sic dniem noca
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1915-08-03

a sprawy swe zlecily konsulowi a.
merykanskiemu, de Soto, ktory
pozostaje w mieScie. Instytucye
polskie porozumiewaja sic " ce-
lu zaprowadzenia w miescie ia
kiejs sfuzby bezpieczenstwa pu-
blicznego, ma wypadek gdy i po-
licya sic z miasta usunie; zor-
ganizowana ma bye polska mill
cya obywatelska ,kt6ra patrolo-
wac bedzie po ulicach, by ukro-
cic grasowanie rzezimieszkow
wzmozone w warunkach takich
jak obecne, do najwiekszego sto-
pnia. Wiadze pokonfiskowaiy
wszedzie miedz, mosiadz j nikiel
nawet naczynia kuchenne 2 tych
metali pozabierano, wydajac ma
ME pokwitowania stosowne. q
okolic miasta donosza ostrasz--
mem zburzeniu zniszczeniu
wszystkich miejscowosci; Mo-
skale wycofujac sic pala zboze ma
pniu, pala wioski miasteczka
by nieprzyjacielowi nastepujace-
mu ME dawac oparcia, nj zywno-
Sci. o podobnem postepowaniu
Rosyan donosza z Galieyi; lie
wkraczajac do kraju tego pred
rokiem zachowali sic wiele go-
dniej cd Niemcow a nawet cd
Austryakow, ME rabowali nj nj
szczyli, o tyle teraz wycofujac sic
straszne pozostawii zriszczenie; /;
wiosek spalii co niemiara, zabie-
rail- bydio zboze, gdzie co jesz-
cze byio, rabowali gotowke u
rzadzenia mieszkan, wozy pe4ne
wysyiano pred arnia W gaab
Rosyi. Lwow stosunkowo mai
mniej ucierpiai ,tylko znaczna Ii
czbe radnych miasta j prezyden-
ia dra Rutowskiego wywieziono
W gfab Rosyi jako zakiadnikow,
nadto znaczna liczba ludnosci
meskiej zosta3a wywieziona po-
sr6d tych, CO sic ME czuli pewni
pod austryacka wracajaca wsa--
dza i tych, coby do wojska mogli
bye pobrani.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1915-08-03

sze dziaia i najcenniejsze urza-
dzenia Ia cofajacymi sic Rosya-
nami posuneli sic Niemcy Au-
stryacy i twierdze zewszad oto-
czyli. w tymze kierunku, jeno
ma poiudnie dalej niecosnwazny
sukces odniosly wojska aty 8
ckie, przekrcSczywszy Bug ma
znacznej przestrzepi: wojska te
zmierzaja do sprostpwania i skro-
cenia swych linii q niemieckiemi
j posuwajs sic wsrod potyczek
,nieustannych wzdluz obu brze--
gov Bugu ku poinocy "a wciaz
cofajacymi sic Moskalami. Ten
to ruch woisk, kierowanych przez
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1915-08-03

cofanie sic rosyjskie jest W ca
lem tego slowa znaczeniu obron-
ne strategiczne kosztuje ME
przyjaciela ofiar i STRAIT mnogo
potwierdza sic fakt, IL Ma
ckensen W Lubelskiem utraci& byi
10000 ludzi, W dwu dniach "a
ledwie! Niemcy sprowadzaja
pod 1wangr6d najciszsze dziafa,
podobno Belgii. Nieustanne tez
trwaja przesuwania wojsk ME
mieckich zachodniego frontu
ma wschodni ma odwrot; W
walkach W Lubelskiem Macken-
sen zwyciezyl dopiero. gdy O
trzynas kilkadziesiat tysieey zol-