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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-05-23
And Enter the Federal Service
Under tie Call of President
WilSOn--One Hundred and
Sixteen Are Subject to Court
Martial.
MAY BE TRIED AND
FINED AS WARNING
To NATIONAL Guardsmen i'm General
That They Are Undertaking a Se-
rious Responsibility i'm Joining the
Organization.

Washington, May 22.-Reports
from General Funston that 116 mem
beTs Of the Texas National Guard had
refused to take the mastering oath
and enter the Federal service under
the presidents call, brought mem
bers Of congress from that state to
th= war department to-day 10 find
out what action was in Contempla-
aca. They were told the matter had
not yet reached Secretary Baker for
cons. .ieratiou Mr.. Bakers military
advisers are preparing recommended
tior- for him They appear TO agree
thar the men are subject TO court
martial under the existing militia
Law, and il is known that some Off
GERS believe they should be tried and
fined as warning to National
Guardsmen in general that they are
undertaking a serious responsibility
in joining the organization. The sec
retary himself has postponed a study
OF the law IN the case until all the
facts are before him.
state department announcement
late to-day said the situation in the
Yaqui Valley did not appear to be
acute at present. The Yaquis are re-
ported to have headquarters at Va
cam Three bands were reported
south OF the Yaqui River few days
.ago but department advices We're un-
certain whether they we're outlaws
cr Yaquis enlisted by the Mexican
government.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-05-23

Washington, May 22.-The econO-
mic situation in Mexico is extremely
grave, according to official advices
to-day to the state department. With
the monetary problem already acute.
the food shortage in Mexico and vicin-
ity continuing without prospect OF
any immediate relief and with the
labor strike extending over virtually
all the Mexican Railway lines the dc
facto government is pictured as fac
ing a serious domestic plight
First hand reports as 10 the situa
ton in northern Mexico viii reacA
the department. Consul Letche"
from chihuahua City is en- route 90
Washington. presumably bringin :
with him synopsis of the reports
of five other consuls recently order.
ed to he border 10 talk over eoudi.
tions with military officials there.
The department to-day received
further adyices from Special Agent
Rodgers at Mexico City telling OF
the new note being prepared by tu-
de facto government, but throwina
no light on its purport.
While reports as to the domesti.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-05-23

Every time a motorist labops IN
a nud-hole, a new apostle OF good
roads is born"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-05-23
BANKS TO CLOSE

The banks Of Lancaster will be
closed Friday, Nay 26, 1915, in order
that the officers and employees
may be able to attend the Fourth
Annual Meeting Of Group Six South
Carolina Bankers Association which
meets upon that date.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
BY E. NJ. Croxton, Cashier
FARMERS BANK e. TPUST CO.,
BY w. H. Miller, Cashier
THE BANK or LANCASTER,
BY Geo. w. Williams. cashier.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-05-23
RaId Fighting in TyroI, in
Verduu Region and About
La Bassee.
AUSTRIAN ATTACKS
CONTINUE TO GAIN
Seem 10 BE Gradually Forcing
Italians Back to Their Own
Territ0ry-Both Sides Claim
Successes in French Campaign


9''''i'e 10 SUN III piosIe's
between the Austrlans and Italians In
the Tyrol the French and the Ger
mans in the region of Verdun and the
Cermare and Rr;tisb oo,,
| me great ohensIVe OF the Austrians
against the Italians in the southern
Tyrol continues undated and nj soy
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-05-23
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

The con Lnencemsnt exercises oS
lne Lancaster Graded school will be
held Thursday and Friday nights OF
this week. Thursday night. the pub
lie meeting Of the Hampton Literary
Society and Friday night, the grad.
uating exercises. The public cordial.
ly invited 20 attend.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-05-23
DEATH OF 4 CHILD

The little baby ST Mr.. and Mrs
Oscar Rollins died at their home Mon.
day morning OF cholera infantum
The intement was at Douglas churcH
Monday evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
EUROPEAN WAR HELPS BIRDS.
Hunting Stopped in France and
Friendship Shown for Animals.

That the European war has helped in.
stead of hurt the birds of Europe is
the assertion of T. Gilbert Pearson, sec
rotary of the National Association Of
Audubon Societies and American au-
thority on birds. The statement is made
| in bulletin sent out by the national
| association just from its New York
headquarters.
Our correspondents have discovered
that the wild birds are receiving an
| amity from the hands of men in Europe
to which they have long been strang-
ers," says Mr.. Pearson.
For example, the French govern
ment has stopped all hunting, and the
minister of war has issued an order
that the sale OF no native game will be
tolerated. Ordinarily, more than 1000
tons of native killed game are sold an
nually in the markets of France-think
of it-more than two million pounds,
and how many million birds?
Belgium, in time of peace, is one of
the greatest bird-catching countries in
Europe. More than $4,000 skylarks as
well as hundreds of thousands of other
birds are annually trapped and eX-
ported from that country for food"
To carry on its protective work
through education. the association from
its national headquarters at 1874 Broad
way, New York city, is asking for the
enlistment of 5000 friends of the birds.
as members of the association, at S.
each, to serve recruits i'm the cam
paign the society is making to stop
bird slaughter in America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
REVIEWS G00DIER FINDINGS.
Secretary Garrison Going Over Avia-
ton Court-Martial Evidence.

Secretary Garrison has before him for
consideration the case of Lieut.. Col,
Lewis E. Goodier of the Judge advocate
generals department, recently tried by
court-martial at San Francisco on
charges of having attempted to inter-
fere with the administration of affairs
at the Aviation School at San Diego.
The proceedings OF the court have been
reviewed in order by Judge Advocate
General Crowder and by Mai. Gen.
Hugh 5. Scott, chief of staff. 1t Is ex-
pected that when Secretary Garrison
has completed his consideration of the
case IT Will be submitted to the Presi-
dent for final action.
The findings of the court will not he
made public until the President acts on
the case
1t is not known whether the officeP
was acquitted or convicted or whether
the developments of the trial will re-
suit in a general investigation Of the
aviation service of the Signal Corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
KING HOLDS TREATMENT
BY ALLIES UNJUST|F|ABLE
Constantine of Greece Reiterates
Complaints Against Encroach-
ments of Entente.

ro<Do>. ,- 40 ..
,rith - ,,at,,... -.
nears j., Tho MI. No., 49,, =. =.
alone tho same Itros as MOI cr,r.r 90
the ASsoclAteu fress by the KING ana
Ireiterates the same complaints concern
! ing the action of the entente allies in
c,aa.a
|
| when the correspondent asked King
Constantine whether he would not ad-
NIT i,s+tsc,,io, for cha r.cept act,or.
| 40
ol me ei'eh' aii'es' 'he hihs is auo'e"
| as having replied
| Yves and no | fail TO see any reason
| eor ~ o,,o,,n,.io,, % co-f,, md c..t.,
| 80 ~
bian army there are surely other placesj
YOU 0ou'" e"o o,-
INC any -
| - -,
nc 49,
- 49, 80. ro,.,das h.a No.
,,,roa,r.a g., ,ha ,ronor ,,orn.r
| ...:.l ra c,,.n;r,
| Attltuoe Ao"afu S"ioniAA'
| SAC salopilsi &c concerned 4 40
| ~ ~ ~
soluier' quiee uiuei S'ahu 'h"s ~
presence OF enemy consuls is undeearaS
| HE and under certain circumstances II
.. = A.. - !.
appreciate inc necessary Aoi 'n
struction of the Demir-Hissar bridge
What object to strongly is the way
YOU have ridden rough shod over US,
| and treated us as If we did not ex1st,4
There seems to have been a studied at-t
| tempt to do everything in an unpleas-5
ant manner. If you had notified myi
government of your desire to rid sa. |
| loniki of the consuls. we would have,
advised them that We could no longer
guarantee their safety, and they would
have flown within twenty-four hours.
hen removed ana 40 not tbink that
nv ridenca ~ I,,s,if,, tha a,hpdo
ployed.
Unlimited Inconvenience,
90.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
WOULD VACATE JUDGMENT
Recovery for Mental Anguish 0se1
Belated Coffin Is Subject of Anneal-

Seeking to overthrow a judRment
rendered in the North Carolina state
courts in favor of John Byers of
Hickory Grove, n. c.. for $3.50, because
of mental anguish arising out OF the
failure of the Southern Express Com,
pany to deliver on time q coffin In
which to bury his wife. three attor.-
neys for the company have filed a
brief in the Supreme Court of the
United States.
The coffin was shipped in Interstate
commerce. and the attorneys claim
that the interstate commerce laws do
not provide recovery for mental an
guish not connected with physical in
jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
Asks $4,000 for Injury.

Alice z. Teller has filed suit
al ainst Daniel l. Coakley to recover
$4,000 damages for alleged personal
injury. She says she was struck by an
automobile of the defendant June IL
last, at 10th street and Massachusetts
avenue northwest, and sustained Sc
rious injury. She is represented by
]. G. BroMR and a. D Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

4 TRIANGLE Cedar
OIL Floor Mop.
with tin contain
eY. all for
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-03-03
NEW ARMY BILL
IS AGREED UPON
REGULAR ARMY TO BE COMPOSED
OF $4,000 MEN, 1000 MORE
THAN ASKED FOR.
President Will Be Able to Recruit
Force Up to 143,ooo.-The FEEDER
alization of the Militia as
Proposed Was Adopted.

Washington.-The army reorganiza-
ton bill to provide increased land de-
Tense was agreed upon Saturday by
the house military committee after a
session of strenuous voting. The com
mittee included int he bill an increase
In the regular army to $4,000 men,
1000 more than the war department
recommendation called for The reg.
ular army provision also provides for
a per cent leeway in enlistments,
which would allow the president to re.
cruit the army up to about $4,000
men.
The committee included in the bill
practically all of the proposals incor-
porated in the original draft framed a
week ago. The liberalization of the
militia as originally proposed was
adopted in toto and without opposi-
ton. II was agreed, however, to pro.
vide for the enlistment of militiamen
imum of 500 for each congressional
imumof 500 for each congressional
district, with an additional 200 to 500
at large in each state for each United
States soldier. The militia bill gives
the president authority to draft the
militia into the federal service in war
time and also gives the secretary of
war authority over the organization,
training and discipline of the state
troops.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-03-03
DIAz TO START REVOLUTION.
Hopes to Organize and Lead the
Troops OF His Native State.

Washington. Diaz, who has
been watched for several months by
department of justice agents because
of suspected activities in violation OF
American neutrality, apparently has
left the United States for Mexico with
the intention of launching a new rev.
olution against the Carranza de facto
government. Information reaching
officials here indicates that he hopes
to organize and lead the troops Of his
native state. Oaxaca, and such other
forces in southern Mexico as he can
gather about HIM
General Diaz, a nephew OF the for
mer Mexican president of that name.
has been absent from Mexico since
Huerta, whom he helped establish In
power. sent him abroad on a diplo-
matte mission. Most OF this time he
has spent in the United States. and
although he was suspected Of being
connected with the revolutionary plot
for which Huerta and several others
were indicted, no direct evidence
against him ever developed.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-03-03
SYSTEM IS WRONG
ASSERTS W|NSLOW
RADICAL CHANGE NECESSARY
TO SECURE EFFICIENT FIGHT
ING FORCE IN U. S.
Admiral Criticises Methods Of Naval
Academy, Urging Many Changes,
in Address Before House
Naval Committee.

Washington. The United States
navys whole system of government
and operation. from education of Off
GERS to questions of ship and gun
construction, was sharply criticized
before the house naval committee on
Friday by Admiral Cameron MGR.
Winslow, commander-in-chief of the
Pacific fleet.
Without radical changes, the ad-
miral declared, fully efficient
fighting force comparable to the
British navy could not be produced
in fifty years.
On Thursday Admiral Winslow told
the committee the establishment of
general staff composed of active line
officers was vital necessity. On Fri
day he amplified this view, declaring
the system of education at Annapolis
naval academy was wrong. He urged
restoration of the old grade of mid
shipman in the fleet. Boys should
enter the service at from IA to 16
years old, he said, spend two years
in preliminary schooling ashore, then
go to sea to acquire the sea habit"
from actual contact with things of the
sea before completing their education
ashore.
The polytechnic education now Civ.
en- midshipmen at the academy is ut.
terly unsuited, the admiral declared,
to the training of men to handle ships
and combinations of ships at sea. He
could see no value to be gained from
making all navy officers experts in
higher mathematics and thought con
perts should be trained as specialists
and never be called upon to command
ships
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-03-03
BRITISH LINER SUNK BY MINE.
More Than Forty Persons Drowned
as Result Of Accident.

Dover.-The steamship Maloja, a
12,431 ton vessel belonging to the Pen
insular & Oriental line, struck mine
and sank within a half hour two miles
off Dover on Sunday. More than forty
persons were drowned or killed as a
result of the accident.
The Maloja left Tilbury only Satur.
day for Bombay with mails. 119 pas
sengers of all classes and a crew num-
bering about 200, most of them Las
cars. Other passengers were to join
the ship at Marselles.
The steamer had just passed Admir-.
atty pier at Dover and was opposite
Shakespeare cliff. when an explosion
shook her from end to end. She listed
Immediately to port. High seas were
running and the captain, realizing that
great damage had been done to the
after part of his vessel. tried to run
her aground, but the engine room was
swamped and the ship became unman-
ageable.
The plight of the vessel was OBJ.
served and dozens of craft went at full
speed to her rescue. One of them, the
British tanker Empress of Fort Will
liam, of 2,181 tons, struck another
mine and sank nearby. Only one of
her crew was drowned.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-03-03
ASKING TOO MUCH.

Il belonged to the Good Fellows
club until a little while ago, and |
left it-not for any moral reason, but
for a cold-blooded reason. / thought
Mr.. BarleycOrn was asking Just lit
tie too much for liquor. In addition
to the price that he and | agreed
upon, he asked for my country-my
government, local. state and national.
He demanded a mountain range of
blasted homes; $4,000 boys and girls
as driftwood in his River of Death;
the eyesight of babies and the peace
of old age.
Barefoot soldiers gave us indie.
pendence, but barefoot children do not
have to give us revenue! In this fight
you do not have to die. All you have
to do is to make modest investment
in human progress and In the King.
dom of God. Congressman Ian.
dis of Indiana
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-03-03
LIQUOR MEMS ARGUMENT.

Replying to the paid orators OF the
saloon who declare that IL 1t was not
intended that men should drink al
coholic liquor God would not have
created the rye, the corn. etc, from
which 1t is manufactured, the Ameri-
can Issue says: They might declare
that If God had not intended men to
drink booze, he would not have ere.
ated the wood that builds the saloon,
the brass in the fixtures, the quartz
melted into the goblet or the iron
which, molten, makes the stove. They
might carry the argument farther and
say that IL God had not intended men
to drink alcoho. that he would not
have created the mouth with which
to imbibe. Until it can be shown that
God created mans tongue so that
he could lie and hands that he might
steal, there is not very much in the
argument that the Creator made corn
and rye that men might make alco-
hol therefrom for the purpose of pois.
oning themselves and their fellowmen
for profit"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-03-03
PRESIDENT REFUSES
TO ABR|OGE RIGHTS
MERCHANTMEN IF THEY
WISH TO TAKE CHANCE.
Declares Honor and SeIf.Respect Of
Nation is invoIved.-We Covet
Peace and Shall Preserve II at
Any Cost But Loss Of Honor.

Washington. Preston Wilson, at
the end of two days of agitation in
congress for action warning Ameri.
cans off armed merchantmen, wrote a
letter Thursday night to Senator
Stone, chairman of the senate for
eign relations committee, stating that
he could not consent to the abridge.
ment of the rights of American citi-
zens in any respect.
The honor and self-respect of the
nation is involved" he said. I'VE
covet peace, and shall preserve it at
any cost but the loss of honor"
The president expressed hope that
explanations of the declared inten-
lions of the central European powers
to sink all armed merchant ships
without warning would put different
aspect on a situation which now SEEM
ed to present insuperable obstacles.
I'VE have had no reason to ques-
ton their good faith or their fidelity
to their promises in the past" he add
ed, land |, for one, feel confident that
we shall have none in the future"
hC iNhtti "ho III ahoWCl W ohV
written by Senator Stnoe outlining
the situation existing at the capitol,
where since Tuesday morning per-
sistent demands had been made for
some action which might lessen the
possibility of war between the United
States and Germany.
The president wrote his letter dur
ing the afternoon. shutting himself up
in his study while congressional
leaders vainly attempted to get him
on the telephone to tell him of devel-
opments at the capitol and to ar
range for the call of the house lead
ers. He began to write after tele-
phone conferences with cabinet mem
bers and other close advisers. His
decision was to end all speculation
over what the position of the govern,
ment was and to let congress and
the country know that the administra
ton believed the United States could
do nothing but stand behind the right
of it's citizens to the freedom of the
seas.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-03-03
RESPECT FOR MINISTER.

A saloonkeeper offered a young min
lister $40 to help pay a church debt.
The money was needed very badly,
but the minister replied: Before
accept that contribution I must let you
know my attitude toward your bust
ness. AS long as l am a minister
in this town | shall fight your bust
ness as hard as | know how. l shall
tell the young men and boys what you
will dc to them, and If get a chance
when election time comes shall vote
to put you out Of business" The sa-
loonkeeper thrust the money toward
the minister and said; Take it; l
wouldn't have any respect for you il
you didn't do those very things"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-03-03
UNARMED SHIPS
SAFE FROM ATTACK
ARMED MERCHANTMEN SUBJECT
TO DESTRUCTION BY GERMAN
SUBMARINES IN FUTURE.
Germany Declares Assurances Given
in the Lusitania Agreement Re-
garding Supbmarine Warfare
Have Not Been Modified.

Washington.-Germ in formal
storff toSecretary Lansing on Monday,
reiterates assurances regarding the fu-
ture conduct of submarine warfare
given in the Lusitania case; declares
those assurances have not been modi.
fed by the memorandum setting forth
its intention to treat armed merchant
men of the entente allies as auxiliary
cruisers after midnight February 20;
and attempts to Justify the issuance
of the memorandum by presenting evil
dence and assertions designed to
prove that the British government has
instructed merchantmen to use their
armament for purposes of attack In
violation of assurances given to the
United States.
Later 1t was said at the state de-
partment that while the United States
stood unalterably for the right of mer.
chant ships to carry guns for defense,
II was not now and never had been
contending that Americans could
travel with immunity on ships having
orders to act Extensively II was in
dicated that, although Secretary Lans.
ing was not prepared at this time to
accept as conclusive the allegations of
Germany in regard to the confidential
instructions claimed to have been
given to British sea captains, IL the
claims were sustained the fact would
have an important bearing upon the
future attitude of this government.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-03-03
MUST KEEP OUT OF WAR.
President Declares v. S. Should Sac
rlfice Everything Except Hu-
mainly and Justice.

Standardization Wilson told
members and guests at Gridiron
club dinner Saturday night that Am
erica ought to keep out of the Euro
pean war, lat sacrifice of every
thing, except this single thing upon
which her character and her history
are founded. her sense of humanity
and Justice"
The address was confidential, since
the speech at the dinners Of the Grid
iron club composed OF newspaper cor
respondents. are not reported. 1t was
made public Sunday night, however.
because many OF those who heard 1t
urged that it should get to the coun-
try
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-03-03
AWFUL SLAUGHTER
IN vERDUN BATTLE
FRENCH MAINTAIN POSITIONS
AND HuRL BACK ATTACK
AFTER ATTACK.
Half Million Men Engage in sanguin.
airy Drive, While Both Sides Are
Sending Reinforcements, Hop
ing to Turn Tide Of Battle.

London.-In the great battle cen
tering around Verdun in which half a
million men are engaged. Champneu-
Vile, to the west, and the fortified
works of Hardaumont, to the east of
Fort Donaumont have been captured
by the Germans.
Berlin also claims to have captured
the Cote de Talou, to the west of
Donaumont, but, according to the
French official statement, the artil-
lery fire coming from both sides has
rendered this position untenable for
either French or Germans.
The French are hurting attack
after attack upon the Donaumont po-
sitions held by the Germans, who are
declared to be maintaining them
selves there with difficulty, but in the
Woevre region, to the east of Verdun,
the French advanced posts have been
withdrawn.
Large achievements are being
brought up, probably by both forces,
and it is reported that the British
lines are being extended in Belgium
anu It idlCt Ill OIutT ludJ FTBuCu
troops may be released for the Yer
dun battle. The fighting there has
settled down to terrific slaughter"
according to advices received from
the battle front. Approximately
twenty army divisions have been
thrown into the battle by the Ger.
mans, while the French troops num-
Der fifteen divisions, the messages
say.
The French are now steadily driv-
ing the enemy past Donaumont, de-
spite his spasmodic rallies" says a
cable message from France received
at Ottawa, Ont, by General Sir Sam
Hughes, minister of militia. In view
of the fact that the message said
nothing of regaining or holding Fort
Donaumont, General Hughes is of the
opinion that the fertilization has been
reduced to ruins by shellfire.
Five determined attempts made by
French troops to recapture from the
Germans Fort De Donaumont, one of
the outlying Verdun Notifications,
were repulsed Sunday with sangun-
airy losses, according to the German
headquarters staff.