The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-09-20
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Domestic. .,o
.Julius Fl. Barnes, president or the i
eood .roin coruoration, New York, ana +
lanes Il. Bell, general chalrlil"h ~ s
the milling division OF the toou ao- !
ministration, located in the same c!.y' {
says there is absolutely not "clililia :
OF truth in reports OF the poSSlp'i''y !
of a flour famine in the eastern s'a'cs' 5
A troop train on the pennsylvania
railroad was fired upon near Mlheo
Junction, Ohio -Four soldiers we're
wounded, one seriously. The wound
ed men remained on the train I'LL IL
reached Pit,sburg. The train was fired
on while going at a rapid rate, IN
formation is withheld by the authorl-
ties as to the identity Of the troops
Samuel Gompcrs, president OF the
American Federation Of Labor, ana
Elihu Root cX-secrctary Of state. de-
Iivcrcd stirring patriotic addresses In
Chicago.
Announcement is made that the
trial by courtmartial Of the negro SOL
diers of the Twenty-fourth United
States infantry charged with having
been involved in recent rio'ing al
Houston, Texas, will begin at Fort
Bliss within week. Col. John a.
Hull and Mai Dudley Sutphin nave
been named as Judge advocates OF the
court.
Drafting Of all aliens in the United
States, except Germans, and others
exempt by treaty and those of coun-
tries allied with Germany who have
u Is
proposed in joint resolution passed
by the United States senate and sent
to the house.
Negro soldiers Of the Twentyfourtll
United States infantry had planned
riot Of boodshed among tho white
residents Of Houston two days before
the deadly outbreak, which cost the
lives of fifteen Houston, Texas, citi
zens August %, according to the re
port Of the civilian board OF inquiry
which, 1t is stated, is conculTed in b!
General Chamberlain.
Supply Sergeant James M. Thomas
SO years old, OF Greenburg, Pa, an
Private Jesse Hacknell, of Atlant
Ga, "a years old, members Of II
Fifth company coast artillery OF II
Chesapeake Bay district, stationed
Fort Monroe, Va, are dead as tn"
suit Of drinking grain alcohol.
army authorities are making sc
ing in, estigation of the cases.
In raid on the Philadelphia
blatt, q long established German. -
guage morning newspaper, which
charged with having been attackil
government war policies for sever
months past, federal agents arrest
the editor and business manager al
connscated large quantities Of corr
spondence, files and documents
Equal suffrage for Maine vum
was defeated two to one a II. a
cial election, September 10,
to newspaper returns from No.i
OF the state. 5..'t'
Fifty.six alleged members 90
FARMERS and Laborcrs' Prot "t
sociatiOn were placed on, trjH ~
eral court at Abiline, Texas ch2E
with activities in opposition
lective draft law which, in
stances, is alleged to have nunHa
to treason The government %l,! p
ably ask that the death nonNity
imposed.
One Italian r;as killed an a""
fatally wounded when an attctaHt
made to break up a patriots opel
meeting in the Italian sccuan OF
waukee. Two police. Officer
slightly injured. N