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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-15

Trial OF Man Accused OF DislOyal
Uttcrances.

Charleston, June IA mistrial
was ordered this afternoon in the case
OF the United States against p. j.
Keenan,. charged with violation of the
espionage act. The jury was out about
an hour and a half and came in with
the report that they could not agree.
They were sent back but failed to
reach a verdict and Judge Smith or
dered mistrial. The case may pos
sibly be tried again at this term, the
court instructing that witnesses be
held. The trial of keenan,, which
was begun yesterday lasted until af-
ter 4 o'clock this afternoon. being the
longest yet held this term in feder-
al court. The government used few
witnesses. The defense depended
largely on character evidence and the
testimony of the defendant and Capt.
F. w. Wagener, who both denied that
the alleged conversations upon which
charges against keenan, were based,
ever occurred.
Captain Wagener was sharply cross
examined by Assistant District Attor-
ney Waring in an effort on the part
OF the government to prove bias. He
denied that he toasted the kaiser at
Pine Forest Inn dinner in February
and stated that conversation referred
to about bonds had to do with a re-
mark made by keenan, that he would
have done well to have sold his hotel
on an offer received and invested the
proceeds in Liberty bonds. Keenan,
declared on the stand that he was 10y
al to and admired the president and
voted for him in 1912, but was a res
ldent or the District of Columbia at
the last election, and therefore could
not vote. He denied making the re-
marks charged. Witnesses for the de-
tense, among them prominent people
from the North, testified as to Keenan's
loyalty and to the fact that illness
only had prevented his daughter from
becoming Red Cross nurse. The
government alleged that keenan, ap-
piled an opprobrious epithet to the
president in conversation with Cap
tain Wagener at Pine Forest Inn, that
he said the war was brought on by
Wall Street interests. that the allies
were beaten, that he had bought
bonds from German agents and that
the United States soldiers were no
good. The defendant is a man Of
means. formerly resident of Mas
sachusetts and later Of Washington.
He was a guest at Pine Forest Inn
this spring. coming there on business
he said A prominent Washington
lawyer. Charles Douglas, and James
Simons and Julian Mitchell of Char
lesion represented him. DR.. Henry S.
Drinker, president of Lehigh Univer-
sity, Congressman Dennison of Illi-
nois the Rev. DR.. A. j. Won Invelgen.
Belgian. j. M. Grove, a Boston law
YER and William Berwin "a manufac-
turer. were among the witnesses who
came to tecstify for Keenan,. The
government witnesses were all form
er employees Of the Pine Forest Inn,
one being q night clerk. The alleged
conversations were said to have taken
place in the hotel lobby.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-15
LETTER FROM MRS. BEALl,
writes OF Experiences of ID "Y" Work.
cr at Camp jackson.

nave just come back from the
hospital wards. 1 never enioved .nv.
thing SO much in my life. 1 got there
just at supper time and it SD happen
ed that the boys were not served n
supper that just suited them One
lean and hungry boy who was Just get
ting well from pyemia called to Or
oeriy GIVE us some Of the jelly the
Teddy brought" So each boy was
given some fig preserves. / wish Won
could have seen these boys eat. l told
them 1t was better than going to the
zoo and seeing the animals fed. They
seem to be hungry all the time-these
convalescents. And when one boy
lett two or three beans on his plate,
his next bed neighbor said. "Iook
mere, big boy, believe you are going
to die" l constituted myself auction
I'eer, and if one boy did not care for
his beans, 1 auctioned them off to
some other fellow who swapped some
thing he did not care for. But eyery-
body ate the figs and saved up prec-
ious pieces Of bread to eat with them.
When left the boys begged me to
come back and see them again. One
boys was kind enough to add. "evcn
II you do not have any jelly to bring
with YOU"
l find that the boy who has had the
most diseases and operations is the he
70 of the ward. One boy who had
everything from measles to meningitis,
and back again and still had the big
gest appetite for beans, we advised to
go to France at once as the only hope
of his ever dying was to be hit by a
German shell. I carried card OF
buttons and spool. of thread and told
the nurse I was ready to show the
boys how to sew the buttons on the
pajamas. She smiled and said, DO
you realize that we have twelve hun
the boys how to sew the buttons on ?"
This nurse wants some slips for some
pillows which are ten and a-half by
twenty inches. Could anyone send me
some?
Yesterday I took the wash cloths
and rags sent by Mrs. LeGrand, Mrs.
Gregg, Mrs. Kicker and Miss Eliza
Cooper. The nurses were delighted to
get them. and spoke of them today,
saying that nothing that could have
been given them would have been SO
acceptable.
Since beginning this letter 1 have
been interrupted many many times by
boys coming to tell me how much
they enjoyed their week end trip. One
Pennsylvania boy who was entertain
ed in Summerton could not get over
the beautiful hospitality of his hos
tess. Every one of them seems to
have had a glorious time but report
that at each place they were disap-
pointed because they did not get as
many soldiers as they wanted.
l don't think 1 ever had such a
time as l had on Saturday. We had
invitations for 225 boys and that
many were promised us, but at the
last minute many Of them had to stay
in camp because measles broke out in
their barracks. Others who had got.
ten their passes could not go because
they were being paid off that day. ]
waS kept busy all day sending long
distance phone messages and tele-
grams.
You will have to excuse the brief
ness Of this letter, but it is late and |
am tired from my visit to the Base
Hospital. Mrs. Beall.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-15

Washington. June 11.-President
Wilson today telegraphed the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor and the
American Alliance for Labor and
Democracy. i'm convention at st. Paul
urging renewed efforts Of labor In sup
port Of the war program.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-15

You can say this for the fly: IT
carries disease germs and thus helps
to eliminate lot of undesirable pco-
pie.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-22

were sent to assist, young Gehrke
being one of the regiment, or
company. The fighting was so
severe that nearly the whole Of
Gehrke's company was wiped
out. But the bulldog tenacity
of the Americans and British, al
though outnumbered twenty to
one, held the line and finally put
the run on the Huns.
Gehrke and his other friends
certainly show the metal our
fellows are made of fight to the
last ditch. and give their lives if
need be for the sake of democracy
and the downfall of German
autocracy. p
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-22

my London Mission, 1912 to 1914"
Today we will simply state that Lich-
nowsky compiled the principle facts
as to who caused the war i'll the three
following paragraphs:
SIGNIFICANT PARAGRAPHS.
I've (and by this ''we" the
prince means the German govern
ment) encouraged Count Berchtold to
attack Serbia although no German in
te1ests were at stake and the danger
of a world war was known to us.
Whether we knew the text of the Ill
timatum is entirely inconsequential.
Pin the days between the 23rd
and 3Oth of July, 1914, when Herr
Sasonow expressly declared that Rus
STA would permit no attack upon Ser
bia we respected the British interme-
diary offers, although an agreement
in regard to the two controversial
points could easily have been arrived
at and Count Berchtold himself was
satisfied to be content with the answer
by Serbia.
i" s3-On July 80, when the Count
Berchtold wanted to give way, we,
without Austria having been attacked,
replied TO Russia's mere mobilization
by sending an ultimatvm to Peters
burg, and July 81 we declared war on
| the Russians, although the car had
pledged his word that as long as ne
gotations continued not a man should
march-so that we deliberately des~
I
troyed the possibility of peaceful
settlement.
..Who carries the blame that the
German people were goaded into a
furious hate and thereby into war
animus? Only those in the service
of the iunker LANDED and industrial)
who are the ruling military caste in
Germany, in control of the govern
ment. The pan-Germans in their me-
galomania are the ones who brought
about this calamity upon the German
people. We will necessarily frequent
| ly have to recur to this matter, one
of the most important in the world s
history, and will to our best knowl-
edge and ability gladly answer cues
tions by our readers in regard there
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-22
CONOVER LADY is DEAD
Mrs. Steve Johnson, Aged
Sixty-six, Passed Away
Sunday Funeral Yester-
day.

The death of Mrs. Steve John
son occurred Sunday morning at
one O'Clock at Conover. Death
due to cancer, from which she
had been a sufferer a long time.
The dead lady was born at
Appleton sixty-six years ago,
and had been a long time resi-
dent of Villas county. For years
the Johnsons resided upon a
farm a couple of miles northwest
of Rummeles station. Upon the
death of her husband several
years ago she removed to the
village of Conover, making that
place her home until her death.
The funeral was held yesterday
afternoon, services being CON
Quoted by Rev. Henry Schmitt of
Eagle River in the Conover
school building. Interment was
made in the cemetery near that
village.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-22
Spent Winter In Florida.


Ben r. Twombley, a brother
to Mrs. c. A. Bent of Cisco, ar
rived Monday from Fernandina,
Florida, near where he spent the
past winter. Mr.. Twombley
was right in the heart of the ac-
Invites of war on the coast. and
has seen some of the big things
Uncle Sam is doing in the war
game. He will stay in Eagle
River and hear Corporal Nc
Guigan at the opera house to-
mite, going up tomorrow with
the Bent family.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-22
Home on Furlough.

Mike Morrison will return to-
morrow morning to Great Lakes
Naval Training station, after a
weeks furlough with his parents
and other relatives in and near
Eagle River. Mike expects to
receive orders very soon after
his arrival at camp for a. trans
fer to other quarters. Mike is in
the quartermaster's department
of aviation. His chum, John
Foley, is again in the base hos
pital at Great Lakes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-22

the rest of the world, which credul-
ously listened are convinced of the OPP
posite. We know now that the Brl-
fish statesmen and with them the
statesmen of the allies did not only
have no warlike measures against Ger
many in mind, but to the last minute
endeavored TO do there utmost to
avoid the war. The blame for the
bloodshed lies with the German gov
eminent.
"We do not desire that citizens OF
German descent shall rely blindlyiupon
our Judgement, but shall judge for
themselves, and to enable them to do
so, we will publish verbatim begin
ming next Sunday the memorandum;
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-22

nment started the war. The
krold announces to its readers
lat it has been misled for three
.ars in its attitude regarding
ermany.
are a few statements from
L long editorial, the words of
L Germania-Herold editor:
We, too, were among those who
i the blame for the world war at
doors of English statesmen. We,
!, have time and again repeated the
sertion to our readers that these
sglsh statesmen, jealous of Ger
lny's success in the worlds markets,
.empted to 'encircle' it. We, too,
BE repeatedly stated that Germany
entitled TO a place in the sun. We
so in good faith. For we then be-
ped what the organs of the German
Fernment proclaimed and we be-
ped at the beginning of the war and
prs thereafter what most of the
Der German papers repeated.
we were then fully convinced,
b the program of English states>
en consisted of nothing less than to
ep Germany's commercial and col
pal expansion. With us one-half of
world of the western hemisphere
+ convinced through the press of
|rmany. We believed in the press
'the old fatherland, which preached
Pred against England everywhere,
aowlng its governmental press,
here the German voice was sounded.
paragon of diplomatic baseness,
Edward Grey, the dictator of for
gn affairs for Great Britain, APP
pred to us. Now, we and with US
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-22
WAS in THE BIG DRIVE
Gehrke and Other American
Soldiers Were Wiped Out
in Stemming Break in
British Lines.

lust how Private Emiel Gehrke
of Arbor Vitae lost his life in
France was given out last week
in letter to the lads parents at
Arbor Vitae, from an officer at
the front.
1t is stated that the Germans
were driving one portion Of the
British line so hard that it was
in imminent danger of breaking.
Reinforcements of Americans
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-22
CORP. MICHIGAN TALKS
'Over the Top" Soldier at the
Opera House Tonight He
VIII Have Packed House.

"It the people of the United
States would realize how
much France and England
are in this war with body
and soul, they would strip
the shirts from their backs
to help their boys"
Lance Corporal Michigan, a
battered and bescarred veteran
of the Thirtieth Royal Highlan-
ders of Canada, First Division,
will appear tonight at eight
o'clock at the opera house.
1t is needless to say that this
minus leg, wounded by
and gassed during his
three years active service on the
Western front in France, will not
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-22
HIT LONG LAKE HARD
Sundays Storm Wrecked
Boat House and Blew
Down Many Trees Near
Hazen Resort.

Sundays storm played havoc
with a 14x3O boat house belong
ing to w. J. Lawrence. a sum-
mer tourist at Hazen's resort on
Long Lake. The storm was so
severe that the big boat house,
with launch inside, was torn
from it's fastening and blown ac-
cross that lake and pounded to
pieces on the opposite shore.
The launch was saved by dint of
hard work. Many OF the large
trees in the Hazen yard were
blown down, and the tops twist
ed from others. Between State
Line and Watersmeet, the storm
done much damage to timber in
the hardwood.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-22
AXES A CONFESSION
.,ran Newspaper, Great
IS, In Wisconsin, Blames
Germany For the War.

Last week the Germania
.-oId, published in Milwaukee,
/. largest German language pa
|. n Wisconsin and one of the
|osr widely read in the entire
|;ddIe west, came out with an
I:toriaIentitled: can Open Con-
sion" in which the editor re-
bets everything we were ever
/ to say regarding England
prting the present war. 1t
'nounces the German govern
fnt as having started the war
b saws it was lied to this con-
T,siono bv the revelations of
Fince Lichnowsky, now prisoner
IGermany, for asserting his gov
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-22

fail to impress upon his hearers
the frightfulness being carried on
by the German military machine
and our absolute duty to back
up our boys with money and a
true patriotism.
Villas county Americans vel
comes Corporal McGulgan as
one of ourselves. A packed
house will greet him tonight.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-22
Taken 70 Hospital.

Mrs. Katie Roderick was taken
to St. Marv's hospital at Osh-
kosh this morning. She was ac-
companied by Mrs. VIM. Walsh,
and her condition is critical.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-22
Christensen in Hospital.

c. M. Christensen, superlnten-
dent of the Hackley-Ph elps-Bon-
nell company in Phelps, and
chairman of that town, was ta-
ken to Wausau last week Thurs
dav. and is now in the hospital
with pneumonia.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-22
Telegram

Geo. E. O'Connor, Director:
Advise all campaign commit
tees that War Savings Certif-
Gates or Thrift Stamps cannot
be accepted as contributions to
Red Cross war funds. Liberty
Bonds will be accepted as usual.
W. W. COLMAN.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-22
Money for Red Cross.

Mayo schools patriotic party
given last Saturday night netted
the Red Cross $2S.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-22
Youths Must Register

Madison, Wis.-COv. Philip
'eceived notice designating June
jth for the registration by local
boards, of men who have reach
d the age of q since June 5,
BIZ. It's estimated that $4,000
/. i'll enroll in Wisconsin and
host of these will be in Class l.
Villas will enroll about 40.
The sun., 1918-07-15
HERT THING, ACCUSED OF BAD FAITH,
GOADED INTO SPEECH ON BELGIUM;
VIENNA SOCIALIST PAPER
DEMANDS PEACE WITH u. S.
Official Party Organ Wants Government to Come to
Agreement With Wilson-Austria to Make "Im-
portant Statement Soon," Says Report

assembling Of Parliament is regarded in
official circles as being highly interest
ing in view OF the serious internal situa-
tlon existing In the Dual Monarchy.
Austria is believed to be hungry for
peace, but she Is tied economically 30
firmly now to her allies that she is
scarcely in a position where she could
make a separate peace II she wanted to.
That the Forthcoming statement will
be written In the Wilhelmstrasse there
10 no doubt in the minds Of officials here
who have been following the Austrian
situation. There Is also no doubt here
that Germany has become alarmed over
Austria's internal troubles and conse-
quently may be forced to put out
through their Austrian spokesman a
statement more conciliatory than that to
which the Reichstag has just been
treated by Won Hertling.
The sun., 1918-07-15
BRITISH GAIN ON
FLANDERS LINE
English Troops Advance Their
Position East Of Dicke-
busch Lake.
CAPTURE 26O PRISONERS
Bad Weather Halts Operations
Elsewhere, Except for
Artillery Work.
CAPTURE 26O PRISONERS

LONDON, July 14.-Bad weather has
brought operations almost to a stand
still on the battle front in France and
Flanders. except for artillery activity
here and there. particularly on the
American sector northwest OF the
Marne Field Marshal Haig reports
that last night German raiders attacked
the British positions east Of Locre.
in the KENNEL district. but were re-
pulsed with loss.
In the night report an affair on a
somewhat larger scale is chronicled.
British troops in a sharp attack east Of
Dickebusch Lak., which is a little
northeast of Locre advanced their lines
and took ESQ prisoners.
There was no infantry action on the
French front except some small raids
by the French in the Champagne re-
gion.
Following are the official reports for
the day:
BRITISH DAY)-A hostile raid.ng
party was driven off with loss last
night east Of Locre.
The hostile artillery has been active
northwest OF Albert. west OF KENNEL
Hill and south and southeast OF Ypres
Our own artillery has been active at
a number of points.
BRITISH (NIGHT-By success
full local operation carried out during
the early part OF the morning English
troops advanced our line east of Dicke-
bush Lake and captured more than
ESQ prisoners on the rest of the Brit
ish front there is nothing to report.
FRENCH (NIGHT)-There was in
termittent artillery activity, especially
in tine region of Corey, but no infan-
try action.
FRENCH DAY)-North OF Mont
didier there were local artillery ac-
tIons. notably In the regions Of Bo!s
de Senecat and Cantigny and In the
sector Of Gournay-sur-A Aronde.
In the Champagne French recon-
naissance troops executed number
of raids on the enemy lines and re-
turned with prisoners.
GERMAN IDAY)-'rhere was lively
artillery activity on the western bank
OF the Avre throughout the day. II
was revived during the evening on the
rest OF the front in conjunction with
reConnotrng engagements.
There have heen local engagements
at the wood Of Villers- Cotterets. The
! Chateau Thierry. but was sanguinarily
! repulSed. The harassing fire at night
| was lively at times.
Our bombing squadrohs made night
| attacks against enemy railway works
on the French coast between Dunkirk
and Boulogne, Mt Abheville and In the
regions of Iillers St Pol, Doullens
and Crep-en-Nalois and at Villers-
| Cotterets.
The sun., 1918-07-15
TOBACCO LIMIT
IN US. POSSIBLE
War Industries Board COnsid-
ering Smoke Needs of
Allied Armies. :.
RELYING UPON AMERICA
Manufacturers Abroad De-
pend Upon Steady
Shipments.
Special Despatch to TIE sus.

WASHINGTON, July 14.-Limitation OF
the amount Of tobacco used in the United
States during the rest Of the war may
be put into effect as a result of estimates
of the needs of the allied armies which
are being prepared by the War Indus
tries Board. A preliminary statement
given out to-day points to the proba-
bility OF larger quantities being sent TO
the armies in France than has been an
ticipated by those who are engaged In
supplying the soldiers.
The needs OF the British and French
armies last year were about l20.000.OOo
pounds Figures on the amount which
Americans will require are not available
yet. The statement said:
Investigations have been carried on
under the direction of the tobacco sec
ton of the War Industries Board into
the tobacco requirements OF the allied
nations, to find how much tobacco must
be conserved In this country to supply
their needs.
"Comparisons have been made OF the
tobacco rations issued by Great Britain
France, Italy and Belgium with the
proposed ration for the United States
forces
"In the United Kingdom the British
War Mission reports the manufactured
output of tobacco products for 1917 was
III, ,ooo. 900 pounds. 20 per cent tobacco
and 70 per cent. cigarettes. The mill
tary forces consumed 40 per cent. of this
output 1t is essential that shipments
from the United States keep pace with
the present estimated consumption
Taxes on tobacco in Great Britain have
been materially increased.
THE French Minister of Finance has
estimated that in 1918 the output OF
manufactured tobacco would be ap'
proximately 1875. 900, 900 pounds. provid-
ing shipments OF raw materials go for
ward from the United States in sufficient
quantities. or this output about 40 pei
cent. Is apportioned to the military
forces. There have been large increases
in the prices Of tobacco products ir
France.
"The Italian Minister OF Finance re-
ports that the total consumption in Ital,
| in 1918 will be about 100000 pound.
| Of leaf tobacco. OF this about rs pei
| cent 10 American grown. Consumption
| by tho army and navy is about 45 pei
cent of the total.
"The per capita consumption OF to-
bacco products In the United States ID
TN pounds per annum, In Great Britain
4 pounds, in France 3h pounds and In
Italy 2 pounds.
"In 1917 the United States raised
| 1,196, ,000, 900 pounds Of leaf tobacco.
"Figures show an increase OF so pei
cent in prices of leaf tobacco In the
| United States between 1914 and 1917
| The 1el2-l5 crops averaged 1o6 cents
per pound. the 1916 crop 147 cents and
| the 1917 crop 24.9 cents.
| THE estimate Of the amount OF to-
bacco available for 1918 for United
States manufacturers, from the 1911
crop. 10 $50. 0.000.00 pounds"