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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-05-01
PURE FOOD EXPERT.
Harvey W.. Wiley Addresses. School
Children and T~ownspcoplc on SAM
tary Service.

Rock Hill. April 27.-Dr. Harvey
w. Wiley. former pure food expert of
the department of agriculture, spent
today n tonight in the city. This
afternoon he addressed the children
of the city schools on matters per-
tanning To public health. Tonight at
Winthrop vollege he spoke to "a large
audience of townspeople. in addition
to the college students, on the rcla-
ton OF the teeth to public health,
showing how the health OF a person
can he benefited by giving the teeth
the proper care and attention. The
address was heard with close at
tention. DR.. Wiley goes to Columbia
tomorrow to address the state Dental
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-05-01
MORE ILLNESS ON RAIDER.
~ OF Crew of KrOnprinz Wilhelm
Have Beri-Berf.

Newport News. Va, April a.
Commander Paul Thierfelder, Of the
German auxiliary cruiser Kronprinz
Wilhelm, reported to Collector Of
Port Hamilton today that thirteen
new cases of beri-beri had developed
among the members of the crew. This
brings the number Of sick men up to
seventy-three.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-05-01
PROSPERITY SHOWS HER SMILE
GOVERNOR OF Federal RE.
SERVE BOARD NAMES BENE.
FITS OF ACT.
Commercial Congress Dis
cusses Needs OF Rural Communi-
ties OF SOuth-CarOlina Man Urges
Protection for Warehouse Systems.

Muskogee. Okla. April 27.-The
country is smiling with prosperity as
a result OF the federal reserve bank
act n as the system grows older the
smile will grow into a laugh, accord
ing to Charles S. Hamlin. governor Of
the federal reserve bank board, who
spoke before the Southern CONNER
cial congress here today.
Mr.. Hamlin pointed out that while
formerly I'VE had the worst financial
system in the civilized world, we now
have the s%oundest."
lie answered advocates of a single
centralized bank by asserting that be-
cause Of the large territory involved
IL decentralized banks are preferable
to n centralized bank and that the
federal reserve board holds all the au-
thority of a centralized bank.
"A financial panic such as that of
1s07 Is now impossible" Mr.. Hamlili
continued. in time of financial strin-
gency, a farmer deserving Of credit
can get 1t. We have a real elastic,
a real local. liquid currency"
DR.. Charles Brand, chief of the d.
vision OF markets and rural organi-
zation OF the United States depart
ment OF agriculture, declared that the
Southern farmer and ranchman have
realized the need OF being more o
ident. The time Is passing. he said.
when products Of the farm and ranch
are shipped to market and then
bought back as foodstuffs.
Cooperative societies throughout
the South are being organized to
utilize home products. AS the result
the farm promises to hold the young
people by Offering q broader life," ne
said.
Bridge the gap between the ofdi.
nary country boy and girl and the
agricultural college or industrial in
%stitute and you have accomplished
much towards the solution of the
farm problem" vas the advice offered
by II. r. Blakeslee. commissioners Of
agriculture for. Mississippi.
According to Col. Robert NJ. Mixson,
d planter Of South Carlina, the Amer
lean farmer generally is like an 0s-
trich that sticks his head in the sand
and won't see.' He asserted that the
farmer Of today refuses to use bust
ness Judgment and supply that for
which there Is a demand in such guam
titles as are needed.
Col. Nilsson urged the protection,
through government or State agen-
cies Of agriculture in the Southern
cotton States by warehouse systems
modelled after that of South Carolina.
under which a farmer may store his
crop and obtain a certificate Of stor-
age on which he can negotiate q loan.
Although the place of the 1918
meeting of the Southern Commercial
congress will not be determined until
"a meeting of the board of directors
several months after the close of the
present convention, spirited contests
already rave arisen. Overtur, nave
been received from Little Rock, Gin
%cinnati. Charleston, s. c., Chattanoo-
ga, Tenn. Roanoke. Va. Raleigh, N.
C.. Baltimore. st. Louis and Rich
mond.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-05-01
ENEMIES SLAUGHTER EACH
OTHER.
Four-ffths OF Men Of Each Killed I'm
Villa. Carranza Fight.

Chihuahua, April 29.-Over nine
hundred were killed in a battle be-
tween the Carranza and Villa forces
a. Silica on Wednesday. Four-ffths
of each side persisted in the bloody
fighting.
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Seven Italians Killed.

Whiteplains, n. Y, April 27.-Sevea
Italians were killed and eleven in
Jured today when a dozen sticks OF
dynamite exploded at the eastern end
of the new Kensico dam at Valhalla,
hundred feet below the surface.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-05-01
SUMTER TEAM LOSES GAME.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS DEFEATED
BY COLUMBIA, IS TO o.
snpG Dreher of Columbia Schools
Tosses First BAN Across Plate
Brazeai Docs Fancy Work at Bat
Teams Entertained.

Columbia. April 27.-Luther pitch
cd fine ball for the Columbia high
school yesterday afternoon n the
local team defeated the Sumter high
school nine. IL to 6. on the university
aeid.
This. h first at home game Of
he season for the Columbians. drew
q fair sized crowd TO Cardinals ball
park. f. 3. Dreher. superintendent
OF the city schools. tossed the ball
right across the middle OF the plate
to start the contest. and then the
W junior teams jumped in and gave
the spectators a good entertainment
for two hours.
The score was large and there were
too many errors. but there was plenty
OF excitement. especially for the sup
porters OF Columbia.
Tony. who had snapped places
with chitwood. taking left field and
giving third base TO the latter. pulled
n beautiful play In the ninth. Spann
was on second base and Burns hit a
Texas Lacquer over short. Tony made
a great try. and when he failed to
each II. recovered the ball and threw
spann out at third. This robbed
Burns OF a safe hit. for the runner
was out In his attempt to advance one
hase on the fly.
Bradham made n nice backhanded
catch OF Fitzmaurice's pop over Sec
ond In the first inning.
Brazeal. Tony. rtzmauric. Boyle
had good days ut the bat. Tony Sc
cured two singles and a triple In
our times up. Brazeal made a double
n a triple In n quartette Of tries.
last evening the two teams were
d~elightfully entertained ut a recep-
ton at the home OF superintendent
and Mrs. Dreher.
The lineup was:
a. sumter-Braxeai. II. SIS; spann, CT;
Burns, q; Bradham. 2b; Flowers, 80;
Brown. ssi Nunnamaker. ss, p: Mon
Afghan. RI; Boyle. ID; Bowman, p; AL.
len. IL.
coiumbia-Fitsmaurice. Cd; War.
Ing. Id: Aaron. ci roney Sd, II;
Thomson. SIS; Luther. y, chitwood. RI,
10; Beal. II. CT; Martin. Of. RI.
Score NV ioninos.
Sumter High. 900 100 02o- 6
Columbia High. 031 304 20s-l3
Stolen bases. Brazeal. Burns, Brad
ham. Boyle. FtEmaurice 2, Luther,
Marin 2. Two-base hit. BrazeaI.
Three-base hits. Brazeai. Flowers.
Toney. Chitwood. Double play, Mon
Afghan and Nunnamaker. Hits appor-
toned. OF Bowman In s innings.
Struck out. Luther o. Bowman 8.
Bases on balls. Bowman s. Nuna-
maker 2. Luther 2. Passed ball, Burns.
Loft on bases. Sumter s. Columbia 8.
Time OF game. 2 hours. Umplres
Levy. Blatt and Kizer
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-05-01
H0N0RS SOUTH CAROuN|AN.
CULEBRA CUT RENAMED IN HON.
OR OF DAVID DUBOSE GAIL.
LARD.
Order Signed by Wilson
Changing Designation Of Great Ex-
cavatiOn in Which Late Panama
Builder LabOred so Faithfully and
Well.

washington, April 2S.-Presidens
Wilson today signed an executive Or
oer changin the name of Culebra cut
in the Panama canal to Gaillard cut.
in honor Of the late Lieut.. Col. David
DuBose Gaillard, engineer CORPS. u.
.. A. Col. Gaillard as a member OF
the lsthmian canal commission had,
charge for more than six years of tha1
central division Of the zone, Extend
ing from Gatun to Pedro Miguel ana
including Culebra. Debilitated by ohss
tropical climate, he so exerted hiur.-
self, against urgent medical adpiees
in his zeal to forward his work that
his strength was overtaxed. His death
therefore at Johns Hopkins hospital
December z, 1913, was directly
ascribable to zeal for the success of
the canal project.
Col. Gaillard was second to Col.
Goethals. Had he lived he would have
been placed in charge of the canal
zone He handled engineering prob
lens far more difficult than any that
his associates in the commission en-.
countered.
Born at Fulton, Sumter county,
South Carolina, in 1859, David Du-
Bose Gaillard was educated at Mount
Zion academy, Winnsboro, S. c., and
at West Point. He was married in
Winnsboro. shortly after he entered
the army, to Miss Katherine Ross
Davis Of Columbia, sister to the late
r. Means Davis of the University of
South Carolina. Mrs. Gaillard SUR
wives her husband, with a son, Pierre
Gaillard. b..
Col. Gaillard's more important tours
OF duty were as follows: Colonel
Third U. S. V. Engineers, June 2, 1898,
to May II, 1889; assistant to Capt. w.
NJ. Black and in charge of various
surveys and harbor improvements at
st. Augustine, Tampa and Withlacoo-
chez river, Florida. ~1SS7-91; member
of the international boundary COM
mission. United States and Mexico.
1914; in charge Of Washington
%aqueduct. and other projects in vicin-
ity Of Washington, 1858; assistant to
engineer commissioner Of District of
Columbia, 1S99-1901; in charge of. all
river and harbor Improvement, Lake
Superior district, 19O1-3; member Of
general staff corps and engineer Off
Ger, Northern division, 1904; on duty
at Army War college, 1906; chief of
the military information division,
army Of Cuban p~aciication, at
Marianao, Cuba. October, 1906. to
February, 1907: member of the Isth-
milan canal commission and director
of the Panama railroad, from March
16, 1907, to his death. Col. Gaillard
during the first year Of his member
ship in the canal commission was SUI
pervising engineer in charge Of dredg-
ing in harbors, building breakwaters
and other terminal work.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-05-01
TO REGULATE LIQUOR SALE.

British Chancellor Introduces Bill in
House of Commons.
London, April 29.-Chancellor
Lloyd-George introduced in the house
of commons this afternoon q bill reg
ulating the sale Of liquor. He stated
tina 1T was mad necessary by the
eXigencies of war.
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STORSTAD HELD RESPONSIBLE.

Admiralty Court Attaches No Blame
TO Captain or Crew OF Empress Of
Ireland.
Montreal, April 27.-The Admiralty
Court in a decision today held the
collier Storstad responsible for the coll
lision with the liner Empress Of Ire
in the st. Lawrence May 20.
1914, which cost approximately one
thousand lives in the sinking of the
liner, with nearly all aboard.
No blame whatever was attached to
the captain or crew Of the liner, the
Court held.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-09-24
PLASTER FALLS;TWO
BOYS JUST ESCAPE
Lads Asleep at Home of Paul
Besel Almost Lose Their
Lives.

The collapse of the plaster in one
of the rooms at the home of Paul
Besel shortly after 1 o'clock this morn
ing, barely missed two small boys
asleep in the room. Had the plaster
struck them, Mr.. Besel says, they
would have been instantly killed.
The two lads were Bernard Besel,
4-year old son of Mr.. Besel, and Ray
mond Herbst, a neighbor playmate,
who was sleeping with the Besel lad.
They were asleep on davenport in
the front room at the Besel home,
which is located on the north side of
Broadway just west of Sprigg street.
The falling of the plaster was heard
for two blocks away. The two boys
were frightened almost into Mysteries.
Mr.. and Mrs. Besel hurried into the
room to ascertain what had happened.
Patrolman George Talley, who was
walking his beat, just a block away,
hurried to the Besel home. He said
the piece of plaster that struck the
edge of the davenport, would have
weighed almost one hundred pounds,
and it fell in one solid mass. 1t did
not collapse when it struck the floor.
Mr.. Besel told PatroIman Talley
that the roof leaked during the heavy
rain storm several weeks ago and per-
mitted water to trickle through the
ceiling. This, it is believed, caused the
plaster to become loose. No evidences
of danger were apparent to Mr.. Besel
or his wife, and for that reason Mrs.
Besel put her son and his playmate to
bed together in the front room. The
Herbst child spent the day with his
chum, Bernard, and when night came,
he was invited to remain for the night
and accepted.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-09-24
ELI SEABAUGH IS
JAILED BY Wife
Auto Mans Help Meet Says
Husband Kicked down
A Door.

Eli Seabaugh, who drives the auto
mobile truck between Cape Girardeau
and Jackson, was arrested by Patrol
man GrOce last night at the request
of his wife, who charged him with dis
turbance of her peace.
According to the story, Mrs. Sea-
baugh told Mr.. Groce, her husband
came home last night in an ugly hu-
NOR and threatened her. When she
could not calm him, she said, she went
to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ida
Aker, who lives at $40 Morgan Oak
street.
Seabaugh followed her, she said, and
when refused admittance to the Aker
home, kicked in the front door. The
women fled from the house through
the rear exit and summoned Patrol
man Groce. Seabaugh was taken to
the police station and locked up.
Groce and Chief Hutson twice eau
toned Seabaugh during the evening to
go home, and to avoid disturbance
the chief and Officer Groce escorted
Seabaugh to his home on South Sprigg
street.
Mrs. Seabaugh told Policeman Groce
that her husband had threatened her
several times during the past week,
and for her own protection, she said,
she had taken refuge at the home of
her daughter, who is a stepdaughter
of Seabaugh.
Seabaugh will be brought before
Judge Willer this morning to answer
to the complaint filed by his wife.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-09-24
]. ". PHILLIPS TO
RENTER BUSINESS.
Will Organize Lumber Company.
With Headquarters on
the Levee.

That ]. W. Phillips, former presi-
dent of the Phillips Lumber & Fuel
Company, expects to establish a new
lumber concern in the Cape within a
short time, last night became known
when it was learned that he expects
to close a deal today for a five year
leas eupon the milling property now
occupied by the GOA Livery barn on
Water street, just north of Broadway
By the terms of the lease, Coca
would arrange to evacuate within a
short time to make room for the bust
ness that Phillips expects to establish.
The milling property is the proper
ty of ]. c. Fisher, of North Fountain
street, Frisco railway engineer. The
lease has been drawn for some time
and Phillips asked Fisher to close the
deal last night by signing the instru-
ment.
Fisher requested time for an inves-
tigation and today expects to place his
signature on the paper that will assure
the new concern.
Phillips has spent several days in
st. Louis recently comforting with St.
Louis lumber men and capitalists in
regard to the establishment of the new
lun,har concaYn
He recently sold out his interests in
the Phillips Lumber & Fuel Co., to
John A. Himmelberger Fire destroy
ed the place a few weeks ago and
now is under course of reconstruction.
The building that Phillips will occu-
ply is a three-story brick building
which fronts both on Water street and
on North Main street. 1t is opposite
the Frisco passenger depot on Water
street, and is equipped with a spur
track of the Frisco.
1t is said that Otis GOA, proprietor
of the livery barn now in that build
ing plans to sell out and go into bust
ness in st. Louis.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-09-24
A. W. JONES GOES TO
HIS Home TO Die.
Drainage Official Asks to Be
Taken to Pennsylvania For
Last Time.

A. w. Jones, general manager of the
Floesch Construction Company, who
has been in complete charge of the
drainage ditch digging, south of the
Cape, and who, in the last ten days
has been almost at the point of death
at the home of DIR. c. E. Schuchert.
4O4 Bellevue, early this morning was
started on his way to his home in In
diana, Pa.
For several month Jones has suffer-
cred with stomach trouble and about
six weeks ago he had an operation
performed in a st. Louis hospital when
it was found that he could not recover
from a malignant disease with which
he was suffering.
Since that time he has been up and
down, but about two weeks ago, he
became so seriously i'll that it was be-
lieved the end would come at any
time.
He was taken from Dr. Schuchert's
home to the Frisco station in an am
bulance and will be taken into St.
Louis this morning. From St. Louis
he will go East to his home by way
of Pittsburgh.
His former home is in Indiana, and
he expressed the wish that he might
be taken there to die, after he had
been told that there was no hope for
his recovery.
When he was told that he could not
recover, a marked decline in his con-
dition became apparent, but in recent
days, since he has wanted to become
strong enough to go to Pennsylvania,
he has been considerably better.
Jones is one of the best known en-
gineers in the country. Engineering
feats that he has performed have at
tracted much attention in technical
circles. He formerly was with the
Missouri Pacific and at one time con-
structed railroads in Pennsylvania. He
is about AZ years old.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-09-24

keep hunger away. They did not miss
a meal during the whole jurney, yet
they lived seven months on food de-
signed to last three months.
Capt. Cottle reports that the south
ern party of which DIR. Rudolph An
derson of Iowa is commander, were all
we'll at last accounts. The only mis-
fortune experienced by the Anderson
party was the death of Engineer Dan
lei Blue Of the power boat Alaska,
which occurred at Baillie Island in
early spring. Blue was one of the or
iginal members of the expedition.
Before departing from Herschel
Island for Banks Land with the Polar
Bear and Gladiator, Stefansson estab-
lished communication with the South
ern party and also sent a man East
with the power boat Mary Sachs to
continue explorations to the eastward
and establish supply bases for future
operations of the Southern party.
Jack Hadley, member of the Kar-
LUX party, rescued from Wrangel
Island last year by the King and
Winge, has Joined Stefansson.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-09-24

commissioners had promised to do
some work that would save the arch
of the bridge from cracking. This had
been done. Kochtitzky supported Sew
ally in his contention that the arch
of the bridge was to be saved by the
commissioners and that the mainten-
ance of the approaches in good order
did not come upon the commissioners.
Fowler replied to the two by saying
that his recollection of the agreement
was that nothing was specified about
the arch being the only part of the
structure for which the commissioners
would be responsible and Rage also
declared that he believed the commits
sioners had promised to take care of
the entire bridge.
Following the calloquay between
Fowler and the county men, the mo-
ton to have the matter investigated
was passed.
Kochtitzky then requested that the
city turn over to the commissioners
certain moneys collected by the city
to be used by the county organization
for good roads work.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-09-24
MEN FOR GLEE CLUB
Will Sing Sunday Evenings at Pres
byterian Church Service.

A young mems glee club recently
organized in the Presbyterian Church
Sunday night made its initial appear
ance as the Sunday evening choir The
club was organized last week with II
active members with Prof. w. G.
Lewis as director.
The members soon expect to raise
the number TO 16. Those who are
members are: Byrne Gockel Prof. Ike
Dunn, c. P. Coley, Guy Armentrout,
H. Cox, Lyman Ried, Nelson Dear
mont, Oliver Edwards, Allen L. Oliver,
Russell Dearmont and Harry w. Eng
fish.
1t is their plan to sing only on Sun
day evenings and possibly at other
special functions in the church.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-09-24
GERMAN BARON is INTERNED:
A NATURALIZED BRITON
Half Brother of Military Governor of
Belgium Said to Be Incarcerated
in WOrkhOuse.

London, Sept. 20.-Baron Won Bliss
ing, half brother of Gen. Won Kissing
German Military Governor of Bel
GUM, and a naturalized British sub
ject, after fighting for months for his
liberty, has been interned. He was
mysteriously spirited away today from
his luxurious home in Kensington by
detectives.
1t is reported that the Islington
workhouse will be the Barlr's 6cEii-
cile for the remainder of the war.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-09-24

mier and Williams street.
The ordinance making regulations
concerning pure milk when it came up
for third reading, again was de-
ferred.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-09-24
COUNCIL VOTES TO
RAISE WHITENER
Mayor Announces, However, He
Will Veto Living Salary For
Competent Policeman.

After petition had been placed be-
fore the City Council last night asking
for the reappointment of Arthur
Whitener as special night policeman
and Waterman, the council unanimous
ly passed a resolution making the re-
appointment and doubling the salary
that the city pays Whitener.
Under the arrangement that has ex-
listed for the last year, the city pays
Whitener SIS a month. Business men
along Main, Water, Spanish, indie
pendence, Themis and Broadway are
supposed to pay contributions directly
to Whitener for the protection he gives
their establishments at night.
Whitener has been forced to collect
these fees himself each month and his
total income has been about $50 a
month.
The salary of the other city police
officers walking beats is $50 a month
1t is believed that the increase in
Whitener's salary from the city SIM
ply would have the effect of placing
his salary on a par with that of the
other city policemen
Whitener in the last month alone
has made arrests out of which fines
were collected that would have paid
four times the salary the city pays
him. His record for the whole year
that he has been on the beat shows
that he consistently has made arrests
out of which fines have been collected
that have gone to enrich the treasury,
above the amount the city has paid
him.
Some of the most remarkable ar
rests in the last year have been pulled
off by Whitener and he has the con-
fidence of all the business men in the
downtown district where he is on
watch.
Mayor Rage last night after the
council had passed the resolution for
the redoubling of Whitener's salary
from the city, announced to the coun-
ell that he expects to veto the matter
at the next meeting. He gave no rea-
son for his statement and no reason
for his proposed action.
Last night Chief Hutson remarked
that he believed Whitener certainly
deserved the increase"
at would make him feel lot better,
l know, and he has been doing some
mighty fine police work on that beat.
1t is the first time we have had a man
who has covered that beat in the way
it should be covered. Whitener has
been awake all the time and on the
job.
at would mean that he would get
about the same as any other patrol
man, and he deserve it. His record on
my books will show that he has made
money for the city"
Whitener last night said that he
thought he was entitled to the same
rate of pay as the other patrolmen in
view of the fact that his record spoke
for itself, and also in view of the fact
that he has covered the beat alone
whereas formerly there used to be two
regular patrolmen on duty all night
in addition to the night Waterman.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-09-24

Mrs. o. Eckhardt will leave the Cape
shortly for a two weeks visit with
friends and relatives in Chicago.