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WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TO MUCH OF AMERICANS IRE
Trm rim ii iai i vrm
HAMGE IM
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M
low-ever. Hertling Says That
peace Can Be Discussed on
Wilson's Principles
CHANCELLOR GLORIES
m RUSSIA ALL
Jays lhat rresiaent vviisons
Speech Was a small btep
Toward Peace, But No De
tailed Discussion
Count von Hertling in his Reich
ag speech declared that Germany's
,resent military operations in the
East were defensive inaim, being in
tended solely to secure the fruits of
Annans did not intend to estannsn
iemselve? in Esthonia or Livonia.
Apparently the Germans have met
stance at Pskov in their march on
Petrograd. One report has the city
rtcaptured by the Bolsheviki and
itreet fighting there is mentioned in
other dispatches from Petrograd. A
general arming of Petrograd's work
lajmen is declared to be in progress
ijh detachments leaving for the line
of German advance on Petrograd to
Vesist the Teuton progress. .
Another victim of the German raid
sfolf has turned up off the Danish
toast, the Spanish steamer Igotz
Mi, captured by the Wolf in the
idian ocean nine months ago. Ap
jcently vhile trying to reach a Ger-
an port, after cruisingjaany- months
riih a German prize crew on board,
a lies stranded off the northern ex-
Mity of Jutland, Denmark. She
poaght prisoners, two. of whom are
inericans, from six snips. Her
pomander has been interned in Den-
t
Germany, .through her Chancellor.
mi von '.fertling, declares that a'
petal peace can be discussed on the
feis of the four principles laid. down
Jiently by President Wilson.
However, the Chancellor's accept
as was iol'owed by the statement
k the principles must be recog-
rzed by ail States and peoples jsvhich
&5c, he i vi, had not been reached.
A court of arbitration is lacking,
ie Chancellor said, adding that the
TJonal of the world is prejudiced
ad Germany declines to be judged
Tit- He ir listed that, the Entente
!ir aims -ore still imperialistic,
fegh admitting that the President's
sage is a "small step" toward
peace.
Chancellor von Hertling voiced no
M change in Germany's attitude
ward the question which Entente
Stamen have declared to be fun
jmental. He did not go into great
rail concerning Germany's conduct
jfard President Wilson's proposals.
i'1 abject surrender of Russia was
loried m as leading to peace on the
ijtern front and a hint was thrown
w the Belgian government to en-
to separate negotiations with
'niaany. The Droblem nf Alsa.ofi-T.or.
t"sel,
continues to be held as having
'"uernauonal aspect.
-auvvnup, although Russia is
V to conclude peace, the Teuton
ist of hr territorv goes on ap
-wiv unimppded. Reval, the Rus-
, "naval base on the Southern
u - uuir or j'iniana, anu
N-nica uumwest oi recro-
nave hf-pn nfMintnri ti,
iAv ard- especiallv in Volhy-
"411(1 the T-V: .
19 Siberia tV :..i; -
(ouq anrt t ;,UUiu,Ii is very se
. na Japan is reported to be pre
.""g to intervene tv, ,
, non-Bolshevik forces there have
hi but in0t nl with the Bolshei
iXerm gainst released Aus
lrman nr-;c.
Aivitv
rw . - "u uip western hat.t.le-
lbine n rtriai ngnting ana
I5 (lie rau "Pen an increase
hesitini" Ita,-V- but no change
Pfiuel i occurred. The artil-
Picm'q cV- . American sector in
Pw ":imRn raider, the Wolf.
''... in r.nrt -u
arrassing
indinn
essels in the At-
total , ," nacitic oceans.
r th " ::' vessels destroy-
bin ?r has not been dis-
AmV.tT l0s:; of 11. three of
,:: n m the Indian and
fca11Vs turned by the
;j -udliy to be due tn her no-
M th dK tne British cordon
S? lute t'hr,. Sea the Wolf
s Adria UbLrian port of Pola,
fJEero one brought 400
om ,,a a valuable carzo. tak-
cruis;;rvpnzes. A second auxil
sunk v,. , lch he Wolf emiinned
P by iJt crew which was cap
Rv -British TiTui ,
,i hile th' l.aui iasi eD"
dan,! pparently did not do
. VU1I was ffnne IK
.5 "KR n, 1,-. .
as
Moewe' v- i0118 sister
lds in the Thich carried out
- uinuc m 1915 and
ANAI
MS
AMERICANS LEAVE PETRO
GRAD. Petrograd, Feb. 23. a special
train left Petrograd for Siberia
last night with 50 Americans, in
cluding a part of the embassy and
military staffs. There were also
40 Japanese and a number of Chi
nese and Siamese on board. One
hundred and two Americans are
still in Petrograd, including 20
women and four children.
CAPTURED SPANISH
Had Been Raiding Commerce
in Many Seas and Had
Many Prisoners
TWO PRISONERS
AMERICAN CITIZENS
;
Vessel With Prize Crew Ran
Aground Off Coast of Den
mark Her Captain is
is Interned
Copenhagen, Feb. 26. Tbe Spanish
steamship Igotz Mendi, with a Ger-
nwwjprize crevr from thePacittc Qcean
on board, is ashore near the Skaw
lighthouse. Two of the prisoners
aboard are Americans.
The prisoners on the Igotz Merf&i
were taken from six ships which had
been sunk. Several of the prisoners
had been aboard the vessel for eight
months while- she cruised in the Pa
cific ocean. "
Twenty-twof persons, including nine
women, two children and two Amer
icans, have been' landed by a life boat
from the Skaw.
The Danish authorities' have intern
ed the German commander of the
Igotz Mendi' The German prize crew
refused to leave the ship. There
has been an epidemic of Beri Beri and
scurvy on board the vessel.
The German auxiliary cruiser Wolf
has reached port after a raiding expe
dition of 15 months in the Atlantic,
Pacific and Indian oceans, the Ger
man , admiralty announced yesterday.
A British statement yesterday gave
the names of 11 ships assumed to
have been destroyed by the Wolf, one
of which was the Igotz Mendi, 4,648
tons gross. In addition to this ves-
another captured ship, the Tur-
ritella, was fitted out as a raider, but
was quickly sunk.
The steamship Igotz Mendi, accord
ing to a dispatch from Copenhagen to
the Exchange Telegraph Company,
was captured by the German auxiliary
cruiser Wolf nine months ago in the
Gulf of India. German navigators
who were placed aboard had been fol
lowing the Wolf ever since. All the
persons who had been held prisoner
on board the vessel, the correspond
ent adds, have been taken ashore.
The Skaw, where the Igotz Mendi
has grounded, is the northern extrem
ity of Jutland, Denmark.
TENNESSEE GOVERNOR
DEPLORES LYNCHING
New York. Feb. ,26 The reply of
Governor Rye, of Tennessee, to the
protest of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo
rio asralnst the. hurnine and torturing
February 12 of Jim Mcllheron, a ne-1
gro, at JEstill Spring, was made puplic
here today. He deplored the lynch
ing but disclaimed responsibility in
the absence of any request for action
on his part by local authorities or
i court officers.
I "T-" could not anticipate," said the
latter, "that local officers whose duty
it is to take custody of prisoners,
would fail to accord protection, nor
could any action on my part be tak
en without being "requested by the lo
cal authorities or court officers.
"I do not seek to shift any respon
sibility about this or any other case,
ani your telegram was wholly unnec
essary In order to impress me with
the gravity f the offense committed
against the laws of this State, or in
duce me to take steps whereby the
perpetrators of the offense could be
found and properly punished."
2,500 Tons Linseed Oil Burned.
Buenos Aires, Monday, Feb. 25.
Fire aboard the American schooner
Jane Palmer, at a South Atlantic
port, destroyed 2,500 tons of , linseed
oil consigned to American firms.
STEAMER AGROUND
ON DANISH COAST
IUU tlMIHUIANMi;
IN CHASING HUNS
Details of the Recent Franco
American Raid on Ger
man Trenches
SAMMIES ESCAPED
WITHOUT INJURY
Twenty-six American Volun
teers Were in the Party.
Followed Closely Be
hind Barrage
With the American Arm in France,
Monday, Feb. 25. Details of the
Franco-American raid in the Chemin
Des Dames Saturday show that 26
picked American soldiers participat
ed, after every member of their bat
talion had volunteered.
The Americans moved forward
eagerly to the attack behind a bar
rage fire, the first time this has been
done by our troops. Some of the
Americans made "captures and others
chased Prussian troops through the
trenches as far as 50 metres, going
beyond the objectives sought.
The raid had been planned careful
ly and rehearsals were held the day
before. The barrage fire began at
5:30 o'clock in the morning and con
tinued until 6:35, guns of all calibres
taking part.
The Americans among the 100 in
the attacking party were surprised at
the precision with which, the French
shells fell and went a little faster
than they should have and were with
in 30 yards of tie dropping shells
when they reached the enemy lines.
Relief had just been completed in
the German trenches and officers
were making, the rounds. The Ger
mans took shelter In a dugout roofed
with rails and sandbags. A French,
shell mfi.de a direct. hijt jmdj-the enemy
scattered about the trench. At the
same moment the Americans and
French jumped in. There was some
hand-to-hand fighting, but the entire
party at this point was captured.
The raiders chased the enemy out of
other shelters and along communi
cating trenches without catching any.
There was some criticism of the fact
that the Americans were so enthusi
astic that they went beyond the ob
jectives. The raiders and prisoners started
back across No Man's Land on sched
ule time, but were caught in a Ger
man barrage. One enemy shell
wounded five Germans and six
Frenchmen but no Americans. The
prisoners were from 16 to 40 years
old. All apparently were under-nourished,
but said that food was plen
tiful in the trenches. The similar
ity of their storias, however, aroused
suspicions. Most of the prisoners
formerly worked in factories or on
farms.
CHAIRMAN HURLEY IS
EXPECTED SA TURDA Y
Head of United States Shipping Board Will Inspect Wilming
ton's Shipbuilding Facilities Next Saturday Afternoon.
Will Be Met Here by Governor Bickett.
(Special to The Dispatch.)
Washington, D. C, Feb. 26 Accord
ing to the plans announced by Frank
Lord, private secretary to Chairman
Edward N. Hurley, of the United
States Shipping Board, Mr. Hurley is
scheduled to reach Wimlington Sat
urday, March 2, probably about noon,
stopping over to inspect the facilities
offered by the North Carolina port
en route t Woashington from a com
bined business and pleasure trip in
the South. The plans, as announced
today at the office of the Shipping
Rnnrd. are for Mr. Hurley to reach
Wilmington late in the forenoon nextj
Saturday, spending tne entire aiter
noon inspecting the city's advantages
for the shipbuilding plant, leaving
there for Washington Saturday night
Governor Bickett, of North Carolina,
has promised to meet the Shipping
Board's head in Wilmington.
Chairman Hurley left Jacksonville
this morning and will visit .Bruns
wick, Charleston and Savannah, and
while "he might beat his schedule, but
I do no tthink so," as Secretary Lord
expressed it, he should reach Wil
mington Saturday morning, though it
is possible for him to arrive there
Friday night.
Mr. Hurley left Washington last
Thursday for a combined pleasure and
business trip to Florida. He has been
performing a momentous task as the
directing head of the government
bureau formed to secure the construc
tion of hundreds of merchant ships
for the government, and needed a
few days recreation. While in Flor
ida he .planned to "it Jacksonville.
WILSON CAREFULLY
STUOYNG
SPEECH
OF VON HERTLING
D.-m. Tl YV M I ! .
dui mere was no inaicarion :
How the Address Was
Regarded
NO HOPE FOR ROUND
TABLE DISCUSSION
Central Powers Must Accept
Entente's Principles Be
fore a Peace Conclave
Gathers
Washington, Feb. 26. German
Chancellor von Hertling's speech to
the Reichstag was carefully studied
today by President Wilson and State
Department officials without any of-'
flcial indication of how it was regard-,
ed, or that it would be made the. basis i
o fni-tVinr cton in the Procirlo-nt'c I
custom of discussing the subject of
peace in the open before Congress.
Intimations that the President would
make it the occasion for another ad-!
dress immediately, found no' official '
support. j
Other officials who read the Chan
cellor's address closely thought it serv
ed to emphasize a point made by
President Wilson in one of his earlier
addresses dealing with the peace aims
of the powers, that while the Cen
tral Powers appeared to accept the
general broad altrustic principles for
which the Entente Allies and America
were . contending when it came to the
arrangement of details, the Central-
Powers appeared reluctant to apply
those principles.
They noted particularly von Hert
ling's reference to Ireland, India and
Egypt and regarded it as calculated
to create discord between the En
tente Allies and continue a deception
of the German pedple who apparently
believe the military, party is willing
.to. make .peaeeithojit annexations
and indemnities.
Von Hertling's suggestion of a con
ference of the belligerents apparently
meets with no greater favor than
heretofore, and officials see not the
slightest hope of a "round table dis
cussion" in advance of a complete ac
ceptance by the Central Powers of
the broad principles upon which the
Entente is willing to consider peace
terms.
Typos in Service.
The International Typographical
Union now has 2,271 men with the
colors. This large number of enlisted
men shows the splendid patriotism of
this union. The names of these
men have been published in a book
let and copies have been sent to all
officers of local unions. The Wil
mington union has six men in the
service. These are: Roy J. Dyer, A.
J. McLeod, Otto E. Millican, R. J.
Villier, Frank J. Ward and W. F.
Dyer.
Fernandina and several other ports!
where it is claimed ships can be built j
advantageously.
, A delegation of Wilmington busi
ness men accompanied by Senators
Simmons and Overman and Congress
man Godwin called on Chairman Hur
ley last week and told him they were
anxious to build merchant ships at
Wilmington. If the government would j
give them any encouragement, they
told Mr. Hurley, they believed they
could obtain the capital and build a
shipbuilding plant of sufficient mag
nitude to assist the government ma
terially in this shipbuilding pro
gram. Chairman Hurley impressed upon
the party that the shipping board is
exceedingly careful now where it
gives contracts for ship construction.
It has been found very inadvisable,
he told them, to award contracts fori
shipbuilding at points where skilled
and unskilled labor cannot be ob
tained in abundance. He doubted
that sufficient skilled shipbuilding
labor could be contracted at Wilming
ton, he said.
Te Wilmington delegation assured
him of their belief that the labor re
quired could be assembled there and
other conditions arranged .
Mr. Hurley will stop off at Wil
mington to talk things over with the
business men there on his way back
to Washington.
If he can be satisfied that plans,
can be consummated for building mer
chant ships there it is more than like
ly he will be glad to take adv.ant3ge
the opportunity
TRENCH RAIDS BY
FRENCH INCREASE
i ' ' t
Vi m FIGHTING
: U
lAfi r
Oevelopes Into
wrten a rva
Battle W: Thousands
Partijating
ATTACKS ALWAYS
FOR SAME PURPOSE
Objects Vary Widely, But
Generally to Gain Important
Information Germans
Behind Lines
French Grand Headquarters, Mon
day, Feb. 25. Trench raids along the
French front have increased in inten
sity during the past month to such an
extent that they have become, in some
instances, battles in which thousands
of men have been engaged and hun
dreds of prisoners taken. The ar
tillery is throwing unheard of quan
tities of shells.
The objects of the raids vary wide
ly. Sometimes a raid is undertaken
n order to. identify enemy units, and
at other times to improve the Hues
or capture observation points. Again
a raid may be made to destroy the
enemy's works and prevnt him from
attack. This was the case in Sat
urday's raid at Aspach, Alsace, where
the Germans were in strongly fortified
lines which they had held since De
cember, 1914. The enemy positions
were bombarded beyond recognition
and placed in such condition as to
hinder German operations. The cor
respondent watched the shower of
metal tearing away the wire entan
glements, flatening the gun emplace
ments, and setting fire to the enemy
ammunition' dumps. The operation
was a complete surprise to the Ger
mans and most of them retired to
rear positions while French infantry
completed the work of the gunners.
Only, a few prisoners were taken,
but most valuable information regard
ing the enemy's disposition of troops
Lwas,dbtaiaed before the French re-
urned to their own lines.
Other successful raids in Lorraine,
the Argonne and northwest of Rheims
have demonstrated the nature of the
German defense system. Nearly ev
erywhere the enemy front lines are
held lightly and the . main bodies of
troops are kept so far in the rear that
occasionally the French have reached
the third and even th fourth line with
slight resistance. This is the reason
for the generally small number of
prisonres, but in the Lorraine the Ger
mans were caught napping last week
and the haul of captured was . large.
being more than 400.
In addition to these big raids there
have been innumerable smaller ones
which have not been mentioned in
the official statements. These have
been carried out by mere squads who
usually bring back a number of pris
oners.
Raiding, in fact, has become quite
a modern military art and is encour
aged by the commanders. It has been
found to maintain the offensive spirit
of the French troops who seem to rev
el in the work in which they must dis
play initiative and at the same time
worry the-Germans.
PUBLIC FLIGHT BY
A LIBERTY MOTOR
Washington, Feb. 26. The first pub
lic flight of an airplane equipped with
the Liberty motor will be made here
probably next week, Representative
Hull, of Iowa, said today, in announc
ing that arrangements had been com
pleted to give Congressmen an oppor
tunity to see the new engine in ac
tion.
Representative Hull, who made a
flight yesterday with Colonel Lee, of
the British Royal Flying Corps, slso
announced that an American army
aviator will be chosen by the War
Department to pilot the American ma
chine and Congressmen who have
been watching the recent flights of
Colonel Lee will have a chance to
compare the British Rolls-Royce mo
tor with, the American product.
GERMAN ENGINEER
ARRESTED IN CUBA
Havana, Monday.. Feb. 25. Julius
Messer, a German mining engineer,
of Santiago de Cuba, was arrested by
Federal officers today and interned in
the Cabanas fortress, charged with
espionage and propaganda among la
borers in arc effort to interrupt the
handling of tne sugar crop.
Messer is said to be an intimate
riend of George Hillebrant, German
hemlst and alleged spy, who js also
prisoner at Cabanas.
Steamer in Critical Conditior.
Santiago, Chile, Monday." Feb.. 25.
latest reports from the American
steamer Kentra, stranded near Cor
mel, art that the steamer remains in
critical position. If the weather re
nains favorable, it may be possible
to salyage the cargo in the upper
RICK
TO
NEW PARCEUS POST RULE.
Washington, Feb. 26. As a
means of stimulating movement of
farm products to the consumer,
Postmaster General Burleson to
day increased the allowable
.weights of parcels post packages,
effective March 15.
Packages, when mailed in the
first or second, zones for delivery
in the first, second or third zones
may thereafter be as heavy as 70
pounds. They are now restricted
1 to 50. The weight limit, for all
other zones was increased from
20 to .50. ,
a i. r iL r n
Announcement or the rail oi
Pskov Arouses Inhabitants
to Their Danger
BOLSHEVIKI RETAKE
TOWN e avq RFPHPT
iViVYfN, OAIO KLrUKl
. A j.. a . .
uermanrrtavance appears to
Be Meeting Resistance by
. iS i -
the Russian Red
- . r: -f v -
VJUara
London, Feb. '26 Pskov, 175 miles
southwest of Petrograd, had been re
captured by the Bolsheviki and street
fighting is going on there, according
to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Petrograd, dated Monday. The
Red Guards are resisting the German
advance everywhere.
The Bolsheviki headquarters have
been transferred from the Szolny In
W
ABS
OF
PETROGARD
GN
PREPARATIONS
RESISTING
NfflY
stitute in Petrograd to a military tended the inquest but has made no
camp, according to an Exchange Tel- statement as to what course he will
egraph dispatch from Petrograd, dat- pursue.
eii Monday: At this camp, the dis- The crew of train No. 18 is compos
patch reports, the workmen of the ed- of Conductor J. A. Meredith, Flag
city are assembling en masse, car-man H. Lockalier and Engineer W.
rying red banners and fighting de-
tachments are being formed continu
ally.
It is reported that the Council of
People's Commissioners which forms
the Bolsheviki governing body has de
cided to remain at the Smolny Insti-
une, aunougn tne military activities ! train No. 18 stood at 12 this morn
have been shifted elsewhere, the dis- ing and reports from the Columbia
patch adds. hospitals indicated that all of the 37
Petrograd Digging In. more seriously injured were resting'
Petrograd, Feb. 26. Blaring sirens wen
awoke sleping Petrograd last evening I . ' , . . . . ,
warning the inhabitants that the Gei sfne" ;et. to place re
mans had entered Pskov. The blasts ! PiMUt7 fo,r, th ck. .will con
nf th wfciati Qi0 ch o ivene at 12 o clock. Three theories
mons to begin digging trenches forihe been adnced as the cause of
the defense of the capital
The district soldiers and workmen's
councils of Petrograd were informed
at midnight that small Geiwoi -detachments
had taken possession of
Pskov and were moving toward Pe
trograd. A general mobilization of
the working men and working women
who are supporting the councils was
ordered, every one being directed to
report to the Smolny Institute, the
Bolsheviki headquarters.
" There are varying reports of what
happened at Pskov when the Ger
mans occupied the city. One account
has it that a small German detach -
mcui cuicicu ranuv ciiiu suusequeill'
ly retired; another reports that a Ger
man armored train came from Ostrov,
which had been previously occupied,
while a third speaks of street fight
ing.
Regarding Ostrov, it is stated that
an armored airplane acted as a scout
for the German cavalry advancing
along the railway. When the air
plane hovering over Ostrov signalled
that the evacuation had been begun,
the cavalry rushed up.
ROYAI ARPANITM A11 of the inJured are m hospitals.
ivi al. vrvy-vivjm "Among those reported to be seriously
99 PERCENT SOLVENT hurt are: A. M. Kirby, Princeton, S.
. iC; R. Anderson,, Seneca, S. C; W.
Boston, Mass, Feb. 26. The Royal !c- Davies, Dover, Ohio; J. A. Shands,
Arcanum Society of Masscahusetts, i Troy, S. C; A. S. Tomkins, Edgefield,
which has been a subject of. litigation S. C.
during the last few years is declar-! Others Injured,
ed 99 percent, solvent by the insur-j Miss E. M. Moore, of Florence, 8.
ance commissioners of this State, New! C; C. L. Watkins, Bel ton, S. C; Jim
York and Connecticut, in a report is-Martin, (colored), Columbia, S. C.
sued last night by Frank H. Hardi-;Newt Suber, (colored), Blair, S. C;
son, commissioner of Massachusetts JW. E. White, (colored), Jenkinsvllla,
The report says, there is no justi-iS. C; Mrs. Julie Smith, Columbia,- S.
fl cation for proceedings for dissolution' C; E. C. Black, Glendale, S. C; Mrs.
of the society, or justifiable grounds M. F. Inabiniet, St. Mathews, S. C;;
for an application for the appoint- G. Gaillard, Orangeburg, S. C; T.
or a receiver. The commission-
i -nd no grounds for charges against
the society of mismanagement and
dissipation of the reserves.
DUE
ENCE
CAUTION
Coroner's Jury Says Crew oifr
Train No. 1 8 Failed to Ob- :
serve Rules
DEATH LIST STILL
STANDS AT TWELVE
The 37 Others Seriously In
jured in Wreck Near Co
lumbia Reported Today as
Resting Well
j Columbians. C, Feb. 26 Testimony
at the coroner's inquest today into the
j wreck on the Southern railway yes
terday afternoon at Frost, about fivt
miles from Columbia, tended to placj
the blame on H. Lockalier, the lias
man of passenger train No. 18, which
was telescoped by train No. 42 from
j Spartanburg. Several train men tes
; tified that if Lockalier p.aced urp
idoes on the track to wain train No.
42 of danger ahead that , they did not
expioae. i-ocKaner on tne stand aa
mitted that he probably did not go
back as far as the rules require that
he should to place the torpedoes, but
msWed that he put them on tht
track.
: engineer F. B. Long, of train No.
42 declared that he heard no torpe
does explode. His fireman testified
to the same effect.
All trainmen who testified declared
at n a tneir experience they had
!never heard of two torpedoes being
; placed together and passed over by
'.a train without an explosion.
At 2,4
5. o'clock t-he jury of inquest
"os verdict:
' We find that the deceased came to
iheir deatti by train No. 42, -runniHg
rom Spaftanburg to Cnren-rnn-.rf!
iMo- ibfn train Tn 18
Greenville to Columbia, near Frost,
through the rules of caution not be
ing thoroughly carried ou by the
crew of train No. 18."
The jury first reported to Coroner
Scott that it was unable to agree on
a verdict. The coroner urged them
to return and agree upon some sort of
a verdict. A short time afterwards
they returned with the above finding.
Solicitor Wade Hampton Cobb at-
H. Nicely.
' The toll of dead from the wreck at
Frost, on Southern Railway, about 5
the Southern Railway, about five
miles west of Columbia, yesterday
afternoon, when passenger train No..
42 crashed into the rear of passenger
iuc wicjjy. vjim was L licit IUC UUK-
man on No. 18 failed to leave a tbr-s
pedo on the track to warn No. 42;
another was that the operator at Book
man, the nearest stop to Frost, did
not hold No. 42 the required 10 m!n
utes and the third was that train No.;
42 was traveling at an excessive rate
of speed. A rigid investigation of the
cause is promised by the authorities, .
Dead.
J. B. Marshall, Anderson, S. C.
P. Frank Baxter, contractor, New
berry. S. C.
M. A. Leaman, traveling salesman."
, Greenwood, S. C
Otis B. Brodie, Wagener, S. C.
J. F. Nathias, address unknown.
H. L. Ivester, Ware Shoals, S. C.
Joe F. Moats, Newberry, S. C.
W. C. Tomlinson, Durham, N. C.
.Mrs. Sarah Ellen Johnson, Columbia,
S. C.
Albert Attias, traveling salesman,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Garah M. Pethel, Kanapolis, N. C.
W. W. Richardson, traveling salei
man, Atlanta, Ga.
Seriously Injured.
Cool. Greenville. S. C: Mrs. M. fl
Kilingsworth, Pomaria, S. C;
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