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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-23
Barber Defeats Lane.

BIRMINGHAM, oct. 19.-Barber. the
reform candidate, defeated Lane, the
incumbent, for city commissioner by
1000 majority.
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AlllCs I.nInl I'm bulgaria.

Rome. oct. ia Saloniki dis.
patch reports that the Allies have
landed troops on the Bulgarian coast.
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Russian Success.

IctroErad, oct. 21.-Thc Russians
r"cnrturcd l'aranovitz, taking thirty
I'VE hundred prisoners.
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Another serbian Town Taken.

N't"nS. oct 2i-Thc Hulgnrans
have captured Eaduicvatz, Serbia.
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Vienna, Oc,. 2t.-Twcuty thousand
Observation-Disclosures are assembled AT
Sarajcvo FOR the invasion of Montcuc-
gro.
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catches from Italy state that Gen.
CoGorna. the commandcr-ln-ch of
The Italian armies has begun an
advance with full forces to seize the
irrcndcntist provinces and give aid to
Serbia.
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Capture Serbian Town.

Berlin. oct. 19.--Thc Austro-Gor-
man forces have captured Obrenovatz,
Serbia.
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BULGARs RAyAGE SERBIA.

Slaughter of Civ iIians Begins.
htllenS act. .Ze.-iE'opr =, BulsaFlap
armies arc advancing into Serbia The
main army under Gen. Hogatchen is
only thirty miles from Nish Violent
fighting between the Anglo French
army and the Bulgars is progressing
near Vranjc. Many civilians have
been killed by the Bulgars.
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SAYS MCDONALD SHOT COHEN,
JERRY w. DUNN SO TESTIFTES
BEFORE CORONER'S JURY.

First Witness to Mako Direct State
mcnt as to Who Killed Reporter
Unable to Say Whether Shot Was
Fired Intentionally at Dead Man
Evidence Adduccd Yesterday Shows
Policeman Hogan Was Also
9 ty of Firing Shots.
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ITALY DECLARES WAR.
VIII send Amy and I1cct TO Aid Al
lies i'm ICil.ans.

lies in bClkOnS.
Rome, Oct. 10.-1taly today declar.
ed war on Bulgaria, and will send an
army ana fleet. This may result in
their joining the allies in the campaign
I'm the Balkans.
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remember much OF what took place
then.
II was stab and hack, hack and
stab You could hear the smash OF gun
against gun. tho thud, thud. but be-
yond this there was an uncanny si-
lcnce. broken sometimes by an oath or
eroan. How long this went on
hardly know, but Il seemed years TO
me.
We drove them back about one
hundred yard. our officers saw the
Germans reinforced and sounded the
retreat. but owing to few machine
guns we couldn't get back to our
trenches The Germans, now greatly
increased, came on again and our fell
lows, only about l10 left, got ready To
meet what seemed certain annihila-
tIon.
'But just az that moment We heard
tho sound OF 8 nging and the song was
God Save ireland II was the Con
naugA. Hangers coming to our relief.
We'll, ! have seen some reckless Irish =
men in my time, but nothing to match
the Tcyklessness and daring OF these
gallant hangers. They took the Ger
mans on the left flank.
The Germans now numbered about
poO. against 500 Rangers and 20
of rs but had they been "a, 600 Ger
mans I don't believe in my soul they
could have stood before the Irish.
They were simply irresistible, and all
the time kept singing God save Ire
land One huge red haired son Of Erin,
having broken his rifle. got possession
Of a German officers sword and
everything that came IN the way Of
this giant went down thought OF
Wallace,
-Four hundred and seventy Huns
were killed and wounded and we took
seventy prisoners Had II not been
for the IRISH ! wouldn't he writing
tbs aud when IL comes to hand tn
hand Jobs there Is nothing in he whole
British army to approach them. God
save ireland and lrishmen."
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James Gossom. acting Mayor

81 600 was paid. half the money and 20
have given Roberts $500 Roberts con-
tends that Holler and Nugent perJured
themselves that they collected the
$4,000 "siush" fund from gambler. and
saloon keepers and kept il. When
Judge Anderson sentenced Heller to
one year he said that Hollcr had been
of assistance TO the Government:
otherwise his term would have been
four years.
AZ Leavenworth the Terre Hau,e
conv!cts are in what is called the frs;
class and they have some exceptional
privileges Mayor Roberts. who IS a
civil engineer, a graduate OF Rose
Polytechnic institute, has been given
work in connection with the construc-
t.o1 of new buildings At the prison.
lie is of cheerful d!sposit on and
Wednesday did the tango when march
Ing to The dining room.
Denny shea Is In the Bert!llon rec
ord bureau. which is In charge NJ an
other sheriff Judge Redman is IN The
parole department. wh~e his legal
knowledge can be OF use. Mayor
Dom !s 70 pitch the first hall IN the
prison league series. the idea being To
follow the custom of having a Mayor
perform this function. Judge Tommy
Smith. who has steadily been failing
n health for months. is in the hos
pital.
Judge Redman who Ia Sc years old
- breaking down under the disgrace.
His son, Hilton, who IA only - years
old, IL his celmate In order that he
may care for him. Some OF the others
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Circuit Judge Ell H. Redman

Mayor for the remainder OF the four
year term. Skean and Councilman
Mike Deasee are candidates for the
office.
Gossom has appointed two members
OF the Board Of Works to succeed
Harry Montgomery and George k.hren-
hard,. wno also are IN prison, and
Gossom says that Earl Manson and
Durward Scott whom he selected
were also named by Roberts after the
latter had started for Leaycnwovth
Gossom has ordered the lid on the city
closing gambling houses and en-
forcing the laws in the red light
district. whence came most Of the men
who pleaded guilty and did the crooked
work on election day. lie declares
that he is actuated by n desire TO com
ply with the demand for moral
cleanup Of the city. but II has been
charged that Roberts tod him to clos"
the town in order 10 retal!ate on tho
element which turned against him in
the trial and TO lessen the sale of beer
from the brewery of Crawford FAIR
banks.
The latter has been associated with
Tom Taggart in the control OF the
Indiana state OF SANITATION OF the
party. lie was counted upon TO sup
ply the bond for the convicted men.
ON IN" train going To prison Roberts
wrote a song which he and some Of
the other men sang to the tune Of
Marching Through Georgia" In il
Fairbanks Is declared to he ION the
wane In politics and that it is asserted
he backed up" on being bondsman. II
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fury ago IN the famous Peninsular
campaign in Spain and Portugal dur
ing the Napoleonic wars That they
still retain their reputation as a fight
ing force is illustrated by a letter
from Private Robert McGreGor Of the
Gordon Hlghlanders 70 his father de-
scrihrg thrilling Hattie somewhere
near he Franco Belgian frontier. Tho
letter Is as follows:
II am after leaving the trenches
whore We have been for about ten
days. and We are now enjoying a well
earned rest at --. You may have
heard of the severe fgNtng by this
time. II was awful. and | am sorry
to say maay II our poor fellows viii
never come home again
"On the night OF the 26th Of Decem-
Der We were informed that the Ger
mans would make an attack on our
trenches, so not an eye was closed
that night About o'clock we thought
IL was false alarm. and We settled
down 10 enjoy forty wlnks, when their
artillery opened fire on us our
trenches for two miles were a Y shape
and the Huns seemed to direct all
their guns on this part, but, thanks TO
their craftsmanship, our immediate
ueisIh rhood didn't get much attcn-
ION so first
we were near what / think You call
he apex of the Y, and bowling and
screaming shells passed over rs well
until we heard the throhhing of an
a"roplane Then scaTChiight played
on us, followed 10y the dropping Of
brigrI balls which brilliantly lit up
the whole place, and in few minutes
the shells got us and were coming
plump into MS one shell came right
twelve OF our fellows. They were
practically torn asundcr. and the
whole .idc nj the 'rcnCh was torn up
"nur own guns were blazing away,
and, ! think found the fellows WHO
were annoying us, as their fire cot
Stacker and finally ceased This thing
WAS kept mp till day dawned and We
lost remainder of sentence CensOrcd)
"Thcn we saw the Huns advancing
rs unconCorned az If on parade on
they came in close forma ion, and
iher" must have been ten to one
against rs. Wa fred az hard M We
could, hut they seemed To come out
of nowhere and never haltcd When
they were getting too close we
charged. 1t was our only chance.
When they saw us leave the trenches
they halted for a moment, but after
ward they came on to meet us, don't
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Mayor Dom M. Roberts.

have clerical work and still others are
IN the kitchen temporarily. George
Severn, Il gambler, who II big physi-
Cally and was power in politics. Is to
work in the blacksmith shop.
These election frauds were not the
arst 81 their kind in Terre Haute. and
bad a. they were they hardly sur
passed what has often been done in
the three precincts In the segregated
red light district in the past quarter
Of century. The I 400 fraudulent
votes ~por'ed Tor Redman in those
precincts giving him a plurality OF 10
over Charles Pull!am. Republican. did
no; afford the first instance OF an cleo
ton carried by fraud there Men who
have stood wei, in the community
have held county and city offices by
reason Of iilc" frauds. Leaders desr-
ing 20 put men in Office where they
could serve wide open" interests have
repeatedly furnished money to the
precinct bosses who actually executed
tho crooked work. The precinct bosses
had organized rival factions. and in
deed ont OF this rivalry the first at
tack was made on Roberts
The city at large knew Of the frau
hut little was done 10 prevent them.
This attitude was due not 20 the fact
nat the population was corrupt and
"ontented." but 10 fear OF the men
h.gher up In bipartisan combines
Last fan Eugene V. Debs, who lives
al T"rrc ilaute wrote FOR local paper
d denunCiation Of the people.
A community Of towards Is worse
than a community OF criminals" ne
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Sheriff Dennis Shea.

said. He referred 20 the election OF
Roberts by leading citizens" when
he was known az an election corrup-
ZIONIST.
Debs was accurate IN that state
ment. Roberts was the anti-ut!l!ty
candidate for Mayor in November.
1918. lie frankly said he believed in
a liberal" policy-for a wide open
town-and talked about the traction
company's long control OF the city
government through the bipartisan
combinations. After he was elected
a merchant whose name Is house
hold word in Terre Haute was quoted
in a newspaper, but anonymously, as
saying that though there should be
graft. Il was good for Terre Haute
10 get free from the interests and TO
have street paving done.
Roberts took office In January. 1914
At once one faction started after him
and had him indicted by the Grand
Jury on charge of completely In
election frauds IN the city election
Leading citizens. bankers. manutac-
urers and others, representing, II was
said. 81 600. 900. signed his SO 900 bond
This support was due TO the belief
that the prosecution had been brought
IN bad faith.
Roberts VAS tried and the jury ac-
Quilted him, the verdict really helng
directed against those who were try
ing TO send him 10 prison The So
called cleaning up movement did not
enlist public support because those IN
the forefront could not command IT,
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was also declared that he played
politics with his money and that he
got the profit and We got the game. "
Roberts. who Is chairman OF his
party's county committee. also APP
pointed u new secretary 10 succeed
Edward Driscol! fellow convict.
Tommy Smith. Judge Of tho city
Court. has refused TO resign and has
appointed a Judge pro TEN. Appeals
are being made 70 Gov. Ralston to re-
move him and there is squad of APP
pl!cautS for the office. His office was
created by the Legislature. unliltc that
II Judge Redman's. which was created
Icy the Constitution. Judge Redman
can he removed only by Impeachment
before the Legislature.
sheriff Denny shea resigned and the
County Commissioners elected his
brother John in his place. There We're
more than twenty of'ceholders among
thc men sentenced. but only the
Mayor the two Judges and the sheriff
mold offices To which they were elected
by the people The others We're APP
pointed The brother OF Joe O'Nara
has been appointed 10 succeed him AZ
Street Commissioner. There are con-
tested election suits against Redman
and Shea which are set Cor trial next
month.
FL GIolier, chief OF police. and Jack
Nugent, assistant chief, resigned when
they pleaded guilty. Nugent is not 10
be sentenced until he has testified at
the trial OF the five Republicans He
IS SAID 20 have received from Frank
Hess. the red light boss to whom the
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The women and few Republica n
political workers submitted evidence
to Frank c. Daley. the new United
states District Attorney, and asked
that he do something TO proven. the
fruition OF the fraud on election day.
He decided to wait until after election.
Then he started the Federal Grand
Jury investigation. sumnoning 300
witnesses to indianapolis.
Holler. Nugent and others fell over
each other in their haste TO turn
states evidence. After a week or two
OF the investigation Terre Haute de-
cided TO Join in the cleanup movement.
The Chamher OF Commerce voted $500
for expenses Other civic. commercial
and manufacturing bodies followed
contributions from their congrega-
tons. The faculty OF the Indiana
state Normal School gave $500. The
Central Labor Union Endorsed the
movement.
on December - the indictment
against the 1876 accused men wa. re-
turned So widespread had the move
ment 10 prosecute the men become
that Mayor Dom" who few IN On ths
before had more bondsm-n than he
needed, could not get one and went 20
Jail for a few days until Tom Taxgart
unidentified surety company.
Mayor Dom" a. ma IL commonly
called. went 10 Washington and en-
ployed Congressman A .. Stanley OF
Kentucky as counsel. and much was
said about the lack OF Jurisdiction OF
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effects with tho same sympathetic
touch that you see when the moon
shines on the Old mission OF San Ga
briei. There is actually poetry in the
sourCe OF the electricity for the 10 900
horse power necessary for It's genera
ton comes from The snOwclad Sierras.
80 miles away.
That q, the way Il Is throughout
the materalist.c blending with the
artistic. You CAP boast of the enor-
nous candle power used on the eS-
position Lighting, hut without exccp-
ton the gar'Sh is submerged and the
beautiful remains. At Buffalo the
buildings We're outlined Nv incandes-
cent light. and we naturally thought
The Limit had been reached. 1t had
at that time. At san Francisco there
- an absolute sh-c'Ce OF glare. the
wonderful illumination comes from
concealed sources ard there IL nothing
for the visitor 20 do but actually rest
his ewes with lighting effects a. soft
a the crimson shade on HIS library
reading lamp, while lght and shade
~" depicted in coiors as II done on
canvas by master hand.
Tho old scheme OF outline illumina-
tion was to make the buildings n
background. the new plan of flood
lighting from masked arc lights is
to put them in the foreground and
utilize darkness a. a background TO
ar'cntuate the buildings beauties.
The aurora boresls OF tho polar
seas has long stood as natures chal-
'pDLro IA man in tho limo ~ unnJavf,I
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GALLANT RECORD MADE BY THE
IRISH SOLDIERS IN THE WAR

wait. and We picked OF a good lot
of them from our trenches as they
left their holes,
II had a Job in keeping my men
in the trench. Why can't we 60
across? They shouted to me, and !
wanted to go as much as they did,
We soon understood how necessary
it was 10 keep up steady fire. We
actually lost more men than the
storming party.
The brickfield was won inside of
half an hour, We went forward and
occupied the German trenches and
prepared for counter attack. nut
none came.
"D'Lenry came back from his kill
Ing az cool as II he had been for n
walk in the park and accompanied hF
two prisoners he had taken. He prob
ably had saved the lives of the whole
company. Had that machine gun got
slowed around No | company might
have been wiped out. We all apprc-
Ciatcd the value OF O'Leary's sprint
ing and crack shooting, and when we
were relieved that night o'Leary had
ll-N a. ~ h''' - S''ah'i 'ii ~ llAE
comrades.
Next morning he was promoted on
the field to a full sergeant by Major
the Hon j. +. Trefusis, who lS,s won
the d. 3. o.
"Seret. OI.cary has brought back
the V. G.. to the Irish Guards. We
lost ours when Brig, Gen. F!tzClar-
once was killed. He won his in tho
Bocr war.
The First Battalions Of the Irish
Guards has been at tho front sine,
the beginning. We were IN the re
treat from Mons. Sergt. O'Lcary joined
us about three months ago, After
his three years service IN the battalion
he went to Canada and Joined tho
Northwest Mounted Police. Althouc h
he Is quiet and unassuming he hag
many good tales to tell about hi
adventures out West. don't think
he l. 20 yet.
"Iie seemed surprised that his com
rades thought he had done something
wonderful"
a famous Irish regiment is the Con
naught Rangers, who received their
title. THE Devils own" just a cen
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WONDERS OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO EXPOSITION
NE Of the foremost electrical
men in the world T. CONNER
ford Martin. secretary OF the

~ NE Of the foremost electrical
men in the world T. CONNER
~ ford Martin. secretary OF the
National Electric Light As
ISOLATION, returned recently 10 New
York from San Francisco. where n
completed arrangements for the an
nual convention OF that organization
10 be held June 7-l2. About 1900
members OF the y. T.. l.. a will cross
The continent and witness the most
wonderful demonstration of their own
art that the world has seen" accord
ing to Mr.. Martin.
AS the National Electric Light AS
sociation's secretary is a close friend
of Thomas A. Edison, his hlographcr
and the recipient Of the first electric
automobile driven by Edison batter
les, he is conversdnt with whats
what in electricity. Following is MIR
Martins description:
For the first time in nearly half
a century of Internal ional eXposivnns
there IL no electrical building at the
Panama Pacific fair. yet the ilmmna-
ton Is IN" most brilliant and novel in
the history OF the world. Every build
ing is IN its interior an electrical en-
hibit, and its exterior IL wholly lighted
electrically. Thirteen million spherical
candle power Is used AT the san Fran
cisco eNpostion-enough 10 fully illu-
inmate cities of half a million popuia-
ton, The average visitor at the fair
would never suspect il. Rs, although
he secs the wonderful architecture
hathod In soft radiance, the lights
themselves are Invisible. Indirect
lighting, the last word in lllumiua-
ton, is here used for the first time IN
the history Of worlds fairs.
The Pan American Exposition at
Buffalo in 1901 was then well termed
The electric city The Panama Pacific
display Is called the city of dreams,
and the almost mystic memories of
,hc days when the corquistadores and
monks Of Spain began the civilizng
If California is wei handled by Jules
fuerin and other sympathizing artists
In the architecture at San Francisco.
Such a powerful modern instru-
ment az electricity easily could dlspel
the romance of hygone DAYS, yet 81
deft and original has been the work of
the master electrician that this record
illumination handles the architectural
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Following of
Mayor Dom M Roberts. jail and $4,000 fine.
Sheriff Dennis Shea years anS $1,000
Circuit Judge Eli H. Redman five and siooo
City Judge Thomas Smith. three years and $500
Harry Montgomery President Board Public
and $500.
George Ehrenhard
Edward DroH Of secretary
nniee three and $500
Elmer Talbot former City soo
William Crockett crematoy
Hilton Redman lawyer.
Twelve months red
Of Emo Harness Hall
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~hL irish soldiers IN the BRUSH
army on the Continent are as
playing the lighting qualities
which the race has ever mani
''sl"d IN the past. According to the
'est available statistics IN lfelihi
proper l0O,OOO men nave enlisted
VIII" from other parts OF the emp!F :,
hc!niids the colonies ll1'Voo nave
io'nrh tho army, making grand TO-
a. o. over 2b1,OOO.
The major portion of me com
maud'ng oflcers IN the Britlsh army,
40 Wei a. in the navy. are descrloeo
- hcins Irish by birth or descent IN
Guiding Kitchener. French, Jellicoe,
'AhdShan, Madden ana BeattF ana
81 on but there are some VINO say
ma these are the Anglo-lrish and
more English than the English them
selves. But to get at the truth or
me matter II Is only necessary 10 view
ne men in the ranks and it will be
"eH that the Irish OF to-day are fight
.ng ~ zealously as they ever did.
IN fact the greatest hero now in tho
British army and vary ,ikely in All the
armies Of the Allies. is the now famous
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when the order came that the brick
1eld had to be taken 10y assault next
day at o'clock.
The French were ON the right Nv
company is No. and Scrgt. O'Leary's
is No /, They were on our left ana
on this left were some Coldstreane =.
AT o'clock exactly next day the
British and French artillery opened
fire on the hriCkiieid. My company
was ordered from our trench to keep
mp a hot rife fire with machine guns
across the German trenches and
points Of cover our business was
20 make the enemy keep their heads
down. no matter how much they We're
troubled by artillery,
"The diversion we and the artill ry
caused led the Germans 10 believe
something was going to happen from
our direction. and they devoted par
ticular attention to our trench. After
the rain OF bullets ana shrapncl lad
been kept up for about twenty min
utes No, | company was let loose
on our left, They came out OF 'he
trenches with n yell and, bayonrts
fixed, they went for the enemy at
the double.
They had from 100 TO 50 yards TO
travel and they went at a tidy pace,
but We're easily outstrippcd by Cor
poral OLeary, as he then was. He
never looked back to see II his mates
were coming, and he must have done
pretty near even time over that patch
OF ground. when he got near the md
OF one " the German trenches he
dropped. and SO did n great many
uthers a long way behind him. The
enemy had discovered what was up.
"A machine gun was OLeary's
mark Before the Ciermans could
manage to slew II around and meet
the charge Of the men OLeary picked
off the whole of tho 1--WE OF the ma
chine gun crew, and leaving some Of
I his mates To come and capture the
gun he dashed forward to the second
harricade, which the Germans were
quitting in hurry. and shot three
! more.
some ~ the enemy could not get
away quick enough. and faced ow.'
men. but very little bayonet work
| was needed. The majority did not