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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1916
Page
2
An official war department notice reports a Zeppelin raid on Scotland and northern and southeastern England Sunday night. Another raid Saturday night on the northeast coast left at least 16 dead and about 100 injured, with eight houses demolished and a fire in a French polishing shop.
San Antonio reports that General Pershing may begin a mountain search west and south of Guerrero for Francisco Villa within a day or two. Cavalry detachments sweep the Santa Maria River headwaters in hopes of locating the elusive bandit thought wounded. Pershing's chief of staff notes communication with Funston remained, with Villa's exact status unclear.
James W. Garrard, United States ambassador in Berlin, denies plans to resign and run for New York governor. In a Wolff Bureau release he says he must stay in Berlin through the war to manage complex British interests including civil and military prisoners, resisting any suggestion of stepping down before the war ends.
Berlin via London reports an official German statement saying Teuton troops cleared 1,000 yards of French trenches northeast of Harcourt, adding to positions captured on March 30.
A mob of about 1000 people largely from Nottoway and Dinwiddie counties surrounded the Petersburg jail where John Williams, a Black man, was confined after arrest for an alleged assault on a 19 year old woman at her home near Black Tone.
Paris Professor James Mark Baldwin of Baltimore, whose daughter was badly hurt in the cross channel steamer Sussex blast, released a cable to President Wilson. It states a woman with an American passport, injured on the Sussex, pleads for reparation for assault on American life and liberty, signed Mark Baldwin.
Marines from the gunboat Wilmington ashore at Swatow to reconnoiter as Chinese troops claim independence from the central government. The city remained quiet with a Chinese gunboat anchored off Swatow amid Kwang Tung province.
Washington grants permission to utilize the Mexican Northwestern Railroad to pursue Villa. General Carranza's quick assent, delivered to John L. Prodgers, allows commercial use with regular rates while U S officials plan to reinforce trains with guards. Road supply lines to the border will be reduced, awaiting further protocol details.
German forces gained more than a mile of frontline ground north of Malancourt in an infantry drive northwest of Verdun. The attack pierced the village edge but French fire halted further German gains and stopped three counterattacks from retaking Avecourt wood south of Malancourt.
Federal state and railroad officials began an investigation into a catastrophic New York Central wreck near Cleveland. At least 30 people died and more than 40 injured as three trains including the Twentieth Century Limited and a Chicago to Pittsburgh run collided in one of the system’s worst disasters.
Four hundred U S cavalry under Col George A Dodd attacked Francisco Villa’s camp at San Geronimo ranch after a 65 mile chase from the Santa Maria valley. Villa wounded and fleeing, 31 bandits killed including Gen Eliseo Hernandez. Four Americans wounded. Villa’s power believed broken as pursuit continues.
German forces moved east from Malancourt and attacked the trench line around Le Mort Homme and Hill 295, entering the first French trenches. A French counterattack repelled the assault, and a subsequent German strike was declared put down. German forces have not debouched from Malancourt since occupying it.
A New York grand jury returned an indictment charging Dr. Arthur Warren Waite with first degree murder for allegedly poisoning his father in law John K. Peck a wealthy drug manufacturer from Grand Rapids Michigan.
In Lewes Delaware detectives moved Ernest Schiller from the town jail to Harrington by car and planned train transport to New York after receiving word that rescue attempts were anticipated. The German stowaway had previously captured the British steamer Matoppo and terrorized its 66 crew members at sea.
Former South Carolina governor Charles A. Smith died at Johns Hopkins Hospital after long illness. He suffered heart trouble as the direct cause and had been at the hospital two months. He was about 56 years old, and his home was in Timmonaville. He was a prominent figure in educational circles.
Washington reports show Congress approved an emergency sum of 8 611 502 to finance the pursuit of Villa and urges Carranza to permit use of Mexican railways for troop supply. State and War departments note rail access would ease operations though some border dispatches claim troops already use rails in parts.
Secretary Lansing instructed Ambassador Gerard to ask Germany if any submarines torpedoed the British steamer Sussex with 25 American passengers or the Englishman with one American life lost. The U S has no conclusive proof of attack but evidence suggests torpedoes with no warning. Berlin reply may shape next U S steps. No protest has been filed. Wilson presented reports to the cabinet.
In the House of Commons Harold J. Tennant under secretary for war said an attempted Zeppelin raid on the English coast on the night of March 19 was repulsed by defending aircraft. Francis Bennett Goldney asked whether six Zeppelins appeared on the east coast that night and were driven off by British aeroplanes.
Ernest Schiller, a 26 year old German stowaway, commandeered the British steamer Matoppo with a pair of pistols and forced Captain Bergner and 56 crew to steer toward the Delaware Breakwater. He rifled the safe, damaged the wireless, and seized about 30 pounds from officers before releasing the captain at dawn and steering for shore. Schiller awaits U.S. and British officials for transfer to St Lucia.
The Burnett immigration bill cleared the House 308 to 87, sending it to the Senate with the literacy test and Asiatic exclusion provisions intact. The literacy test vote stood 284 to 107, a measure tied to veto histories and repeated veto attempts by Presidents Cleveland Taft and Wilson.
London reports ongoing combat between British and German forces along the French line near St Eloi where German troops reached a mine crater held by the British. British repelled a German attack near Bolsinghe while Austrians and Italians clash in the Gorizia sector and on Seitz heights.
Senator Underwood of Alabama urged in the Senate adding a provision to the army reorganization bill to establish a government plant to make nitrogen from air for explosives. House efforts to add the measure failed, but Underwood said no national defense program is complete without it.
Rock Hill held its first cattle sale with 250 to 300 head sold. Prices ranged from 6 to 7.34 cents per pound, averaging about 860 pounds, netting the owners around 16 thousand dollars. State Agent W W Long praised the event as a success and predicted larger sales next year with 600 to a thousand head. The sale was run by the chamber of commerce and Clemson extension with U S department of agriculture, EH Driver of BH Driver Co. as active coordinator, and buyers from D B Martin Co. Swift & Co. Sulzberger & Sons Co. and others in attendance.
The Columbia based Farmers Mutual Protection Association of Sumter Clarendon and Lee counties South Carolina has been authorized to operate a general fire insurance business marking the third mutual fire insurer organized since the anti compact law. Petitioners include I C Strauss H C Haynsworth B W Dobbs Neill O Donnell Phelps J M Sumter G A Lemmon Sanders and Q J son. Insurance Commissioner F H McMaster notes about 15 mutuals already in operation with total insured value near 17 million.
Population data shows 824 births and 442 deaths in Chester County last year. Birth rate 28.2 percent and death rate 16.1 percent reflect trends in the region.
A special committee reports progress in placing stock for the Orangeburg packing house project. Almost all stock is subscribed with about 10,000 remaining to be sold to Orangeburg county farmers. Businessmen quickly subscribed 56,000 in stock and guarantees. Erection plans are under way after detailed arrangements.
Charleston authorities announce that the Clinchfield Wuert company plans to load an 8050 ton steamer at Charleston for a South American port within days. Previously many cargoes were sent to Cuba and Gulf ports via the South Carolina port since coal piers were built, but this marks initial coal movement to South America.
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