Greenwood Daily Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina • Page 1

ENWOD omi TOTTED PRESS TOTTED PEESS DISPATCHES DISPATCHES 1 Weather: Lain. Price Five Cent. ESTABLISHED AS WEEKLY 1894 GREENWOOD, S. FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1916. VOLUME 5, NUMBER 218 DAILY At BIG RAILWAY STRIKE A AraCK BY CENTRAL POWERS AISlLGMfA BEFORE ENGLAND IF SHE CONSCRIPTS DISPUTE DEATH United Kingdom Fac 200,000 of Enemy Massed Today on Greek Border BRITISH SUBMARINE IS SUNK, BUT CREW SAFE Men Are Rescued by a Dutch CruiserAnother French Vessel Chased by Submarine Great Battle Ex-pected Soon on Greek Soil.

Salonika, Jan. 7. Two hundred thousand Bulgarians. Austrians and Germans are massed on the border preparing to make an assault on Sa lonika. The attack is expected to be made quickly.

With great confidence the Anglo-French officials say Exciting Time Today When Prisoner Flees Over Roof AFTER THE ELECTROCUTION DEPUTY WARDEN WEEPS Kirchwey Follows Osborne's Example and Leaves the Prison The Pris oner Who Escaped is Recaptured After Exciting Chase. (Special to The Journal.) Ossining, N. Jan. 7. The sen sational chase of an escaped prison er over the roofs of Sing Sing prison delayed the execution of Antonio Pondon Young, a Porto Rican.

It gave the officials the most harrowing time that has marked the killing of a man In months. -Deputy Warden Miller broke down and wept over the killing of a fellow man, following the execution. War-dne Kirchwey followed Thomas Mott Osborne's example and remained away as a protest against capital punishment. Ponton stabbed Bessie Kromer at Schenectady. The escaped prisoner was recap tured.

MORAN-COFFEY GO TONIGHT (Special, to The Journal.) New York, Jan. 7. "I'll do the same thing over; over again, over i asaln," was the final word by Frank Moran's press agent today as the Pittsburgh heavyweight wound up his fight tonight with Jim Coffey Fight fans remeniber that Coffey went aground in short order in the meeting of this pair not long ago The SmoketQwn scrapper scored the only knockout ever recorded against Coffey. No one has asked for much -Coffey since. Coffey, clearly, is a more clever boxer than Moran, but the Pittsburgh boy has a ram-rod left jab and a sizzling right swing.

Fight fans are expecting a real fight State News Notes. Work on the new postoffice build ing in Columbia will begin -in July Capt. C. L. Burdette, formerly member of the West Virginia Natlo nal Guard, has been appointed to in struct the South Cartllna militia In markmanship.

He will be paid by the War Department Rev. John C. Crouch, a well- known Baptist minister, died at St Matthews yesterday. Jerry C. Porter, of Pickens, has been named manager of the Univer sity, baseball team for the next sea son.

Capt. H. Kennedy, aged 80 years, dlsd yesterday at his home in Vllllamst6n. Gov. Manning has been Invited to make an address before the Mary land Civil Service Commission in Baltimore in March.

OVERTURES REJECTED. 4 (Special to The ournal.) London, Jan. 7. Count 4 Okuma, Japanese premier. 4 told Interviewers today that 4.

Germany made overtures for 4 separate peace both to Japan 4 4 and Russia. The proposals 4 4 were rejected. 4. 4- 4.444444444444 GALE LASHES GIANTS OF DEEP Battleships of the Atlantic Fleet Feel Fury of 70-Mile Wind on Atlantic Coast. i Special to The Journal.) Norfolk, Jan.

7. Battleships of the Atlantic fleet maneuvering at sea were lashed by a 70-mtle gale. The Louisiana and Delaware were left to proceed with the fleet to Cuban waters. The destroyers Fanning, Jarvis and Jenkins have been held beck on account of the storm. CHIN A SEES ANOTHER REVOLT Government Troops Have Been Sent to Province of Yunnan 50,000 Rebels Waiting.

(Special to The Journal.) Peking, Jan. 7. The entire prov ince of Yunnan is in revolt. Gov ernment troops have been Bent to the scene. Fifty thousand rebels are wait Ing.

WILSON A CANDIDATE President Permits His Name to be Placed on the Indiana Primary Ballot (Special to Tne Journal.) Washington, 7. President Wilson is a candidate for re-election, politicians here agreed when they learned that authoritative permls Ion had been granted to place his name on the Indiana primary ballot The White House Is silent CHARGES JURY. Directors of "the New Haven May Know Their Fate Today in Con spiracy Charge. to Tlie Journal.) New York, Jan. 7.

Federal Judge Hunt has begun his charge to the jury In the trial of 11 New Haven monopolize transportation In New England. The ease is expected to go to the Jury this afternoon. 177 ARE RESCUED. Number of Passengers of Greek Liner Brought to New York by Pat-'ris. (Continued on Page Four.) New York, Jan.

7.One hundred jhe Thessalonlka have been brought to port by the steamshipi Patrls. Cutters have been sent to either tow or sink the Greek liner. NO ARMIES TO SUEZ. (Special to The ournal.) Jan. 7.

Germany will send no armies to the Suez Canal. It is believed that the Turkish army of one million men, commanded by German officers, will undertake the campaign. ONE MILLION If! STAMPS STOLEN Robbers Make a Big Haul in The Revenue Office at St. Paul, Today. (Special to The Journal.) St.

Paul. Minn. 7. The theft of one million dollars worth of Inter nal revenue stamps and 15,000 In cash from the vaults of the internal revenue office here has been discover ed. The vaults were wrecked by an explosion.

Officials say that the stamps are negotiable and are worth a half million dollars. Robbers are suspected. NO LIGHT YET Oil PERSIA DISASTER Passengers Say They Saw no Subma rine but Sure it Was Hit Without Warning. (Special to The Journal.) Washington, 7. American Consul Garrels at Alexandria cabled the State Department today that he had the affidavits of Charles Grant, an American and 20 other survivors pf the Persia saying that the vessel was sunk without warning.

No sub marine was seen. The officers and crew of the vessel left for England before he had the opportunity to se cure affidavits. This and other in formation on the sinking was placed before a' Cabinet meeting at noon and was dlscuBBed at a meeting of the House and Senate Foreign Relations Committees. All officials declare that the United States' hands are tied un til further information is produced Ambassador Penfleld cabled this morning 'that Austria had notified him that no report orTthe sinking had been received. It is believed that Austria will wlthold nothing after the cause of the sinking ip se cured.

1 LAST OF LUSITANIA. Controversy With Germany Will Be Ended This 'Afternoon With Every 'thing Lovely. (Special to The Journal.) Washington, Jan: 7. The Lusl- tania case may be settled at, any hour. It is now merely a question of phrasing Secretary Lansing and Ambassador Bernstorff are to confer this afternoon.

The settlement would leave no subject. of controversy, be tween this country and Germany. J. Gambrill, a well-known farmer of Anderson county, died yes terday in a Baltimore A Columbia company announces that an advance of 25 per cent may be made soon In the price of auto mobile es a New Snag 11 at Home A GENERAL ELECTION WILL BE WELCOMED B7 SOME Leaders in the Ministry Believe That People Will Vote for the Asquith Measure Unionists Still Are Very Bitter. (Special to The Journal.) London, Jan.

7. The position of the government is most critical under the fire of hostility of the unionists. There is bitter criticism of conscription and the Dardanelles failure. General Ian Hamilton as-scribed the defeat on the Gallipoli to the failure to send reinforcements. Powerful men in all parties are coming to the rescue of the Ministry, however, fearing the effect of an election.

Some supporterss ay they welcome an election, believing that the people whole will indorse conscription. I The vote of 403 to 105 given the bill on its first reading is a source of graitfication. Railway employees hint that there will be a great strike if conscription passe ISUlUilxAlt 1XN JUAKH AUTHOR BY DAY (Special to The Journal.) San Francisco, Jan. 7, Poet, playwright, and author by day; burglar by night that's how Frederick Glanz describes himself. Upon a lot of hard-hearted editors he blames the combination.

He didn't have the nerve to face the blue pencil, after several rejections, but he had the nerve to turn, burglar. "1 dreamed of romance," he said, "but none came my way. I found my manuscripts turned down. Then something happened. Just how, I can't explain.

The poetry, the art was there, but a Frankenstein monster had overpowered me; I had been hotel clerk, gardner, bum; then I was a burglar, I hated to do 4t at firs but it didn't seem so bad after I'd done ny 'Jolt' In the San Quen-tin Now he faces another term. This Is what he writes of freedom: "For Freedom's song Is better sung, when prairie and mountain surround; 'Tis a theme, comes tardily from the cage, In cities, where wrongs amound." NEWS OF WAR ONE YEAR AGO (Special to Too A break threatened between Italy and Austria and Turkey. England's note told the U. S. that England didn't mean to interfere with legitimate U.

S. shipping. Ten thousand Germans were sent to help Austria whip the Serbs. lhe Largest Advertisement Today Atlantic Coast Realy Co. get first' page mention today as the largest advertiser In today's issue.

Ad may be found on page 6. SPECIAL NOTICE. The Journal will on eacm "day calf attention" to tie Li-" est advertisement In til rn rent Issue. 1 Owners of Street Car System Adopt New Plan WILKES-BARRE, WANTS THE SUM OF $200,000. After -Weeks of Wrangling Over Working Conditions 330.

Motor-men and Conductors Car Company Goes into Court. (Special to The Journal.) VVilkes-Barre, Jan. 7. After weeks of wrangling over wages and working conditions with Its 330 mo-tormen and conductors, during which local transportation has been paralyzed and riot and bloodshed have become common, the Wllkes-Barre Railway has sued the strikers indiviually and collectively for $200,000 damages for "violation of their contract and unlawful picket Ing." A large percentage of the traction stock 1b owned by F. M.

Kirby, whose string of stores is amalgamated with the Woolworth string; and Aoraham Nesbltt, said to be the richest man In Wyoming Valley. The strike be gan Oct. 14, 1915. The strike is effecting a retail buying population of 484,816. a 851,639 and a total population of 851,639 and a total populaiton of 1,750,000.

The 330 men are losing $5,000 a week in wages and the company 3,000 a day in fares. Seventy thousand United Mine Workers and 50,000 textile workers hnve boycotted the street cars. Three hundred special mounted police and two troops of state police have been unable to reserve order. All cars are armored with double steel netting. The men content they are striking for justice.

Company officials claim they are fighting for the principle of arbitration. The deadlock is over the method of wages payment, rather than the wage. The last 3 year agreement expired last January 1. Negotiations on a new schedule dragged until April 1, when the men struck. had demanded an increase from 24 to 32 cents an hour and better working, conditions.

The latter they got. Arbitrators were selected to settle the v-W-age. dispute. April 10 the men returned to work. July 10 the arbitrators announced a sliding scale: First year, men to receive 24 cents, second year men 25 cents, third year men 26 cents, fourth year 26.1, cents and fifth year men 26 cents an hour.

To this was added a profit sharing feature, the men getting ten per cent orthe increase in the per car hour earnings of the campany. For every ten cents a car averaged "per hour over $2,786 the men were to receive one cent The men said that with the increase of jitneys there waa little prospect of this additional profit. Arbitrator Shea handed down a dissenting decision. The men Objected to this sliding scale. Umpire Jack-sod' agreed that the arbitrators had exceeded their authority.

Traction Manager T. A. Wright would not meet the men's national officers. The strike was again declared. Page advertisements In the newspapers explained- the- company's fight tor arbitration.

November strike breakers took, out the cars. Riots followed. Policemen had to run the cars to shelter, the breakers having fled. Sheriff deputies, several hundred additional mounted police and, Troop of the Pennsylvania Mounted Police patrolled the system." Bloodshed and rioting continued. Troop C.

from Philadelphia was appealed to. More special officers were brought to protect those who wanted to ride. Labor Secretary Wilson has sent that the Allies are waiting behind a 37-mile circle of fortifications. BRITISH SUBMARINE SUNK. (Special to The Journal.

London, Jan. 7. A British submarine has ben sunk off the Island Texel, the Admiralty announced. The crew was rescued by the Dutch cruiser Noord Brabant FLED FROM SUBMARINE. (Special to The Journal.) Marseilles, Jan.

7 The French steamer Meinan raced into port, eluding a submarine which fired 500 hots. SHORT NEWS OF THE DAY (Special to The Journal.) Trenton, N. Jan. 7. Billy Sunday has started a seven week's fight with the devil here.

He has been In New Jersey twice within a year; the last time at PaterBon. Salem, Jan. 7. Charles, Henry and Elmer Harris Celebrated their birthday here today. They're though not triplets, and ail left handed.

They were born In 1886, 1872, 1874 respectively, on January 7th. Osslnlng, N. Jan. 7. Death In the electric chair today was sched uled for Antonio Ponton, the Puerto Rican sophomore of the Albany Law School who murdered Bessie Kromer, teacher, 5n 1914.

Des Moines, Jan. 7. The Baptist church's Education Board met here to plan a mid-western Bap tist University on the old Des Moines college site. RAFS PORK BARREL Wisconsin Congressman Makes a Terrific Attack on Money Spent For Harbors. (Special to The Journal.) Washington, 7.

Representative Frear, of Wisconslr charged on the floor of the House today that political pull caused army engineers to allot money. to commercially unim-' portant projects while giving small sums to big harbors. He made a terrific attack oh pork barrel legislation. Sheriff Owlngs of Laurens county died, yesterday in Colorado. i DID IT AS JOKE.

(Special to The Journal.) Washington, Jan. 7. A man who said he was Mr. John M. Parker, of Ashe- 4 Ttlle, N.

hissed Into the 4 ear of a messenger of Secre- 4. tary Lansing; ffWhat would kf prevent me from dropping a 4. bomb la tils hall?" Pur- 4. sued by-watchers and news 4 paper men he said he did it 4 for 'a Joke. Ha disappeared, ij.

Charles M. McCurry 'has begun hisfilrectors charged with conspiracy to work as' auditor ot Florence county. mediators, the state department has done the same, international president Mahon of the Carmen's Union has been here, merchants have organized committees, the Chamber of Commerce has been active, but no progress has been made. The men demand flat rate, agreeing to slightly less than th present scale. The company aaysi it will exact a strict compliance -with, the award of July 10.

A boycott Is maintained on the lines that are now open men claim to be ready to fight until next winter. '4-j. fa.