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dULUAK IKUUrtKd
TAKE ADRIANOPLE"
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j'i ' rkish General Carries Out His Blei
1 Threat by llurning City?Downfall
of Fortress Came After Most ecl 1
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Stubborn Defense in History of
Warfare. Bch<
London, March 27.?Adrianople
has fallen after one of the most ?"lj
stubborn defenses in the history of Stat
warfare, and Tchatalja, according 1
to a telegram received by the llul- 8'011
garian legation at London last night *ev>
has suffered a like fate. rurs
The information regarding nun
Tchatalja may refer to the town of row
that name and not the fortifications, f?r
although it is possible the Bulga- con]
rians carried all before them. ^ie
Shukri Pasha, the defender of
Adrianople, handed his sword yes- ca*'
? terday afternoon to General Savoff, t,ie
the Bulgarian generalissimo, not, apo
however, before carrying out his 8C*U
threat to destroy the town rather a8^'
than let it fall into the hands of the arn
Bulgarians. amc
ARSENALS IN FLAMES. th"(
From all accounts the arsenals, ca
T
stores and much of the town are in
flames. It was also reported that Ken
Shukri Pasha had taken his own not
life, but this proved untrue, as, after <oni
. . deciding resistance was no longer M>rx
^possible, he sent word to General
Savoff tli At he was buring the city.
General Savoff has appointed a l)or
commandant of the city to maintain up
order. The Bulgarian and Servian
cavalry will be utilized for this pur- Ull,(
pose. General Ivanoff, who commanded
the forts around Adria- ' 'lil
nople, while King Ferdinand will
follow shortly. ,on
The battle which preceded the in,r
surrender commenced Sunday night "ut
with a three hours' bombardment.
Later the beseiging troops in the ? '
east advanced at double quick under
the glare of seurchlights to attack
the advance works at Maslak.
the
After a fierce defense lasting
throughout Monday the Turks re- pos!
tired from the forward forts.
After moving forward towards
*he chief fortress the Bulgarians
Jested. It was then observed that
H-,..though great progress had been S,M'
nade in the east, in other sections
enormous losses had resulted to the (
Bulgarians with small gains. WaI
Nevertheless the attack was re- mai
newed and Tuesdav and Wodtmndnv yesl
the important inner forts were taken ? c*'
after hard fighting. ^otl
Accounts of the battle which hub
come from Bulgarian sources make diet
no mention of the Servians, of which A
immediately there seems to have wa'
been a good deal of jealousy. The 'lis
Servians 011 the other hand, who 8'U)
have only issued a brief report of *'o\\
the capture, divide credit with their 'ear
allies. According to a dispatch re- 'tai
reived at Belgrade from Mustapha ,un
Pasha, the sacrifices were very 80,1
heavy. The Servians Thirteenth and y?8'
Bulgarian Eighteenth regiments 'n '
were blown up by mines and other '
regiments sustained great losses. in 1
The reserve hospitals have prepared
to receive thousands of wounded. ,ta'
In Adrianople itself there is also
much work for doctors an dnurses. coir
The garrison which was estlmated
at from 40,000 to 60,000, will 'ar
probably be found to have been con- ^<!r'
siderably reduced.
Tlw, -1^. ~? ?
*u? in v'^ic ui iuc luwn are saia ?,IV/
to be panic-stricken and even Kurope,
from the history of previous l,'ln
wars, fears the occupation may be ^
accompanied t-y indiscriminate y''s<
slaughter. an
Now that the ftgntihg is over the
correspondents and attaches have
been given permission to go to the
front. Ket
The capture of Adrianople has
caused rejoicing at all the Slav capitals.
At St. Petersburg the news ton
was received while the Duma was a \
in session, with Dr. Daneff, head of rt,ti
the Itulgarian peace delegation in thr<
London, and the Bulgarian minis- pief
^ , M. Bobtcheff, as guests. the
J* wTho deputies rose and cheered, stai
Dr. Daneff and his companion were $50
carrlod shoulder-high to Catherine m.c
hall, where the Russian and Bui- The
k\ garlun anthem- were rung. il(ti
g in ii]
ft Falls Three Stories to Death. "1
||j Pittsburg March 27.?D. J. pen
?& ' Thayer, a wealthy oil operator, K.
'ilile watching the flood waters of the
\ Allegheny late today fell from tifli
W j \hird-story window in his office sen
* I \ was killed. I^yl
IL\
ft
KLY.
KAL SCHOOLS MAY
HAVE TO CLOSE TERMS III
use Failed to Attend Meeting of
ho Hoard Wednesday?$d<>,000
ieeded to Continue Work.
!olumbia, March 27.?Gpvernor
ase did not atend the meeting of
financial board of the state callfor
Wednesday to make some ar- TLnil
gements looking to borrowing
,000 for the use of the rural
sols. The meeting was held in
ofllce of the state treasurer with
r Comptroller General Jones and d()0!
le Treasurer Carter present. Tlie
'he legislature at Its recent ses- re.l(
I imposed a special one-mill tax
' for the support of the free
II schools and empowered the ficial
board of the state to imr. Tlflv
$150,000, If so much be needed the
the schools and pledge the In- ,
le from this tax in payment of
loan. State Superintendent of ')()n
icatlon Swearingen the other day aKK
ed the governor's attention to was
pressing and immediate need of bllil
ut $30,000 to enable the rural nwil
jols to continue rlgh* and ,
ed the board to meet and make
ingements for borrowing this
>unt. It was for this purpose
t Wednesday's meeting was curl
ed.
'he governor in a message to the ^hr(
eral assembly stated that he did
speak to the state treasurer and
iptroller general and would not doe:
re with them. However, the leg- not
ture put it in the hands of these
officials and the governor to ^h
row the money and the matter is 'he (
to them. work
L is authoritatively stated that have
?Hs the money is borrowed by the hite <
of the week that some 25,000 rpvo'
dren in the rural schools will be man?
rived and many of the schools to 111
ed to close their doors. Intense
rest has been aroused through- hous<
the state for scores of schools J?hn
e applied to the superintendent ,OUK'
education for aid.
t all depends on the attitude the ^ol
ernor will take. If he declines of 11
act with the other members of ,f)
financial board it will hardly be c'ar,>
dble to borrow any money, it is ,)e sl
I cells.
No
KEEMAX W1UGHT KILLED. M ^
II by It. M. Itatley at Great Falls
Latter Taken in Custody. UI1(' 1
hester Special to Columbia State,
ch 2 6.?R. M. Railey shot Freei
A. Wright in the heart early
:erday morning, between 7 and 8 .
town
ock, just as he stepped off the
lorn step leading from the Re- al)OU
lie mills at Great Falls. Wright
I instantly.
.fter the shooting Itailey quietly
ked away to his home and put ln(<)
revolver that had fired the fatal greot
t upon the mantelpiece and sat wate
rn. Officer George Christopher, 8tan{
ning of the killing, went to pre8(
ley's home, arrested the man and
led him over to Magistrate Gib,
who brought him to this city onj
terday afternoon. He was put tJmt
he county jail.
toth the parties are well known jife j
his city and are members of well- njg^(
lo Chester county families. <jea(j
ley is a carpenter and Wright (j00(j
here a few years since to be- go t
le boss of the cloth room of the ve8t|,
>ublic mills, having held a simi- floo(j
position at the Eureka mills safe
e. Ur
tuiley, it is said, says that the t,R, f
oting had its inception in domestroubles
that had long caused j)p m
i much annoyance. cjty
loroner J. Henry Gladden left j,-r
terday for Great Falls, to hold t|H> (
inquest over the remains. (lav (
T Til
VEItmcT FOR in tl
than
urned in Case of Itlack vs. The i place
Columl>ia State. | than
olutnbia Special to The Charles- Ai
News and Courier, March 27.? from
'erdict for $20,000 damages was dead
lrnod by a Jury after being out thori
*e hours in the court of common woul
is here yesterday afternoon, in
case of E. O. Black against "The Fr
te Company." The suit was for were
,000 and charged libel in con- hotel
lion with alleged criticisms by Tv
s Columbia State of plaintiff's from
oiis in the election of 1010 in the and
nicipal race here. j Dc
'wo other suits for $50,000 are j coth?
ding against The Stato by John to hi
Black and Flngal C. Black, for were
alleged criticisms at the same been
e. Rembert & Montieth repre- A
ted the plaintiff, while I.yles & 16 p
es appeared for the defendant. 20 n
LANCASTER, S. C., FRIDAY, Mi
110 CITIES AND TO
SWEPT BY AWFU
isands of Homes Wiped Away by Death-Dealin
ing Storm Which Comes Without Wa
Floods almost unprecedented in area, fol
3 and rains of Sunday and Monday, swej
sday in the Mississippi valley, causing a los
?h into the thousands and damage to prop*
\y millions of dollars. Ohio and Indiana a
..~.1 "*t: 5 / '1 .
- jiiiiiuis tuiii iViissuun ien tii6 Drunt ot
rton more than 200 persons are reported d
breaking of the Miami river levee and the ]
miles above the city. When the Associt
dents wired, on reaching the city, anxiel
erated reports of loss of life was set at re
i great difficulty in obtaining details. M
dings in the center of the town, hundred
liting rescue. Streets heretofore consider*
ger line are under eight feet of water, the
ch precludes rescue in boats.
Millions of dollars in property damage ha
red and the flood is still on the increase.
From Indianapolis came reports of ]
mghout Indiana and a property loss reach
re of $20,000,000 in cities, towns and vill
3 not include the losses to farmers. The
so great as in Ohio, has not yet been esti]
e worst condition found near There were
'enter of the flood was in the Pa.
house where 6 0 prisoners Estimates ar<
not had a drop of water or a are marooned
af food since Tuesday The men district, where
ted Tuesday night and de- been submerge
led their liberty and a chance are providing l
5ni ror their lives. Since then The property d
work-house has ben a mad- figured at $25,
?, according to Superintendent Alarmists rei
son. The prisoners repeatedly during the day.
it with Johnson and threatened were quickly c
11 both him and his family. tjiat tj,e Grand
linson asked that a detachment Marv's O.. hat
le National Guard .be assigned founded. Simil
elp him handle them. He de- Rewiston reser'
d that the men would have to f0,"ind t() be
lot if they escaped from their breaks in both
ports to Goveri
word has been heard from jast njght indie
t Phillips. from this sour
e chief of police has been unto
get near the Phillips house 1 P
did not know whether the may- Latest report
ould be found dead or alive. that 150 lives
HOPK BRIGHTENS UP. lost there
lowlidge that the death list is homeless. A s<
y to prove so low in the down- lapsed. Fire b
section tonight gave rise to a but it was no
that even in North Dayton, spread,
t which nearly all hope had Twenty wer<
abandoned. there might be refugees in tl
laratively few deaths. Peru, Ind., the
ic progress of the first canoe j according to a
ihn ? I "
naiTi-uuuuu msirici was voniagion nas i
ed by appeals for bread and refugees, the r
r. In nearly every house left All Dayton s
ling a few faces were seen reached were l
ted against the window-panes, ble was lack o
of these were asked whether tion. Provisloi
had been any deaths and with today. Flood
a few exceptions all replied there.
there had not. Fires in Da>
svised estimates of the loss of subsided yestei
in Dayton, Ohio, received last again last nigh
t, give ground for hope that the sight-seers a
in all sections affected by the tjlf, (,jtv two
will not exceed 2,000 and may InoomlnR traln
.clow that figure. Daring in- and ,oft strand
gators who penetrated the
... . , Flood condit
ed section revealed hundreds
... , . , are growing \
whom it was feared were lost. , _
i 11 > t a it ? < Ohio, Indiana,
iless swelled by a death list in | , , ,
. . , dated. Still hi
oreign settlement on the north | .
. , . . ' ther damage
as yet unreached, they may not , ....
, , . . ' conditions in W
ore than 200 dead in the whole
I come serious.
, vania is suflferl
om other points than Dayton I . , ,.
.... ! anthrleite mine
death list grew rapidly vester- .
und last iiiirht I Vandalism i,
lore was far heavier loss of life <ause(t a threat
le west side of Columbus, O., Ipra' deaths tro
was thought. One estimate curre<'- Organ
d the number of dead at more heen begun ii
goo. tricts. N'orthe
iparently authentic reports York are flood
Piqua Indicated that 20 were keen heavy da
there. At Peru, Ind., the au- *ah'*y.
ties estimuted the death list President W
d reach at least 150. his readiness t
COLLAPSE OF HOTEL. the Ohio floods
om Hamilton. O , 60 persons a'<l. Under hi
drowned In the collapse of a of War Qarrii
where they had sought refuge, central Ohio. ]
irenty-flve deaths were reported hy washouts
Troy, O ; 30 in Middletown hist night,
five at Massillon. Major Gene
aths from th? flood in Chilli- master General
) will not exceed 25, according ty of ofllcers,
itest advices Earlier reports geons accompai
that from 200 to 500 lives had war. Surgeon
lost. public health
report from Linton, Ind., gave the scene to t
ersons drowned at Howesviile, He will bend
lies north of Terre Haute. down contagir
I
VRCH 28, 1913.
II71TP t vaccine
|UU | stores will be a
I I All life-savir
and Indiana ha
L?w A Afv disposal of the
M I I II III house service
? have been or*
work. A big
ment will help
t, Property.De.troy T,"e ""7 ? ?"
r * rines, physiciai
rning. recruiting sta
. , west to co-opt
lowing the torna- meUical 8taff.
)t four states on Trains are
ts of life that may medical help
*rty amounting to otlu r necessari
,nd in a lesser de- K!?n' 1 rogrobi
of washouts ai
the disaster. At
Irowned, following m<; i>
Laramie reservoir, i
ited Press corres- Resei
ty caused by ex- ( aved
st, although there T|Sourlh11 B*"d.
, . The Celina-Ohi
arooned in office jn uie world, is
s of persons were thousands of p
id miles from the '? peril,
torrential force of The wbo,e o1
northeast India
ger of flood e
s already been in- raight be wlpet
true. Such a
100,000 homeless make impossi
ling the enormous work al J,eru,
lages alone. This ZZZI
loss of life, while /^/\TTiTf
mated. tUUN
10 deaths In Sharon, ~~
HE.\T1
? that 7 0,000 persons
in Dayton's flooded Special to The
15,000 homes have Heath Sprii
d. Rescue stations ron Lodge, N<
for 5,000 homeless, held a special
amage In the city is day for the p
000,000. the first degre*
A - -
pons were frequent
In most cases these rhursday night
ontradicted. Rumors Miss Edna I
I reservoir near St. Mary Clyburn
i broken proved un- Mrs. Nannie M
lar reports about the Master Robe
voir, likewise, were aKer The (
untrue. Threatened Monday aftern
were repaired and re- interest of
lor Cox at Columbus Mrs. Hattie ,
ated that the danger from Lancaster
ce was past. visiting Mr. an
son.
REAKS OUT. Messrs. C. E
s from Zanesville are Stover have su
are believed to have grippe this wee
About 15,000 are Mr. G. L. M
i-ore of buildings col- day in Lancast
roke out at one point Miss Caryl
t believed it would with her aun
several days.
< . found dead among Messrs. P. T
he court house at dri\\ William E
victims of exposure, Dyches are a
telephone message, meeting in Lai
iroken out anion? iltp
eport stated. FOI
offerers who could bo
'ed. The chief trou- Special to The
f means for distribu- Fork Hill, '
i trains are expected man Connell \
waters are receding Sunday.
Mr. Charlie
ton's flooded district
-illiy but broke out Ml?' . T*""'
Miss Daisy 13o
night with Mrs
re not permitted in Mrg Mo?u
cars of them on an mQther Mrg ,
were switched off Mf and Mr
ed below the town. Sunday with
ions along the Ohio mnROn.
vorse. Lowlands in Mrs jj
Kentucky, are inun- we(.k.
Igher stages and fur- There will 1
is predicted. Flood Gf Mr. n
'est Virginia have be- ^unday py our
Eastern Pennsyl- T A Dabney.
ing severely. Many (uauy invited
s are shut down. well-filled bask
j West Indianapolis
of martial law. Sev- 710 Dozen I
,
m drowning have oc- Magistrate I
ized relief work has j dlgpt.n})j?g jus
1 Indiana flood dis- |j,.afh Springs,
rn and western New 1 |,uys, country
-stricken There has , tjiai Easter w
mage in the Hudson . ,.ggS would be
iiiui snipped l<i
ilson li2is announced These eggs wt>i
0 go to the soenp of surounding co
1 if his presence will thai the Hea
s direction Secretary something else
son left at once for
His train was delayed s??ri<
in western Virginia We regret t<
! Mam A Carnes
ra? Wood, Quarter- of tlie county
Arleshire a fid a par- juries t ?\ fallin
physicians and sur- his house into
nled the secretary of were broken b
Genearal lllue of the tial injuries mi
service l^as gone to cd. Mr Carn<
ake personal charge, eighties. llis
his efforts to keep and A. C. Cari
>n. Supplies of ty- his bedside.
$1.5
and full medical llfff P/XIU
t his command.
ig stations in Ohio
ve been placed at the f/IVITE
governors. Light- UvJ V LiF
boats near the Ohio
lered out for relief
signal corps detach- President's Oi
open communication. fort |,0 Kxe
. Twitty, I). W. Hen- ernment.
!. Moore and J. VV. H.
ttending the Union 1)KAI)I
icaster.
liMvis, l>enio<
ItK HILL. puhlican, 1
Senators.
News. Springfield,
VIarch 27.?Mr. Fur- Jal"?'s Hamil
isited Mr. Ira Baskin was >'<st<r<Lt}
senator for tl
Baker spent Satur- Lawrence
i Mr. Minton Bask in. (au' was yt'f
lia McWhorter and * itfd State*
wers spent Saturday termi.
Lillie Small.
i Sims visited her *
<. L. Baskin Sun,lav. . Wa?Mn*to.
a. Fred Bills spent ? T""'.'. ?' '
? . ,, nois fills all
Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
ate. The I
I 111, eanntn In
uskiii is very sick this oppOHitjon 0i
Republicans
je preaching at the Democratic
mil Mrs. Lee Evans rumored on s
beloved pastor. Rev. vlsion> but I
Everybody is cor- Uon of >Ir j
to come and bring ranks gives si
ets. tariff bill.
vggs in One Week. ZKPl.DA T V I
I p. Mobley, besides
tice in the town of
keeps a store and Orders Hen
produce. Realizing Then Inci
as at hand and that (Jovernmen
in demand, he bought Mexiro Cit
ist week 710 dozen. Zepeda, govei
e bought in from the triet and a
untry, which shows Huerta, took
th Springs folks do ridding of tht
besides raise cotton, enemies early
ed the shoo
Misly Hurt. nandez, ex
> learn that Mr. Wil- rurales, and
of tiio eastern section intended the
sustained serious in- in the gard
g from the piazza of where the ex
the yard. No bones The gove
ut it is feared inter- Zepeda's act
ly have been sustain- from otflce a
ps is now up in the the national
sons, Messrs. J. H. Zepeda offer
nes, spent Sunday at the governor
ble condition
irtment ordered ma- is
and others at its ? ' Ua
tions in the central Required,
irate with the army Washington
principal fui
moving with food, ment of the
and supplies and was to exte:
es into the flood re- sands of hon
3 is slow on account Ohio and Indl
nd tottering bridges. In quick si
?1 of the goveri
IM BREAKS. the secretary
chief in tin
voir in tlio World whom relief
in Yesterday. organized?iu
, Ind., March 27.? the Rtatc au
0 reservoir, largest foo(1> shelter
reported broken and for tlie sun>or
eople are said to be the dePartmei
dered to hoh
f northwest Ohio and ne88 for dut?
ua would be in dan- ?ne mMioi
ind scores of towns feed 200,000
1 out if the report is least> are be
condition also would war departmt
ble further rescue p,y dePot? an
Ind. and Indiana t
? TENTS
Tents to sh
FY MP'WQ people, thous
1 I llEfflJ i hospital and
loaded in ti
H SPRINGS. Pittsburg, St.
i nomas, Kj
News posts, and w
..g?, March 27,?Bar th" ""
>. 261, A, O. P. M.. , .1" "'" "
communication Mon- 'J , r,'sl(i
^ of Ohio and
>urpose or conferring , . , ,
. ... quickly by a
? on four candidates. , . . . ,
. help which w
given the degree by ,he gQvei
telly and little Edna , T"! PrfsW'
ot Kershaw visited [ "y' '"J""*
obley Sunday. Ile "
rt H. Therrell, man- "lcatlon "l,h
. , . the war dena
a0.n mon weal th, spent The P
oon in Kershaw in ,
t. t ? people of the
that paper.
t i money liber
Johnson has returned ? ,
, where she has been ^"V0 88'
id Mrs. Frank Oohn- 'V *oven
help gather tl
. Williams and W. T. ^
ffered attacks of the MaJ- James
k. A. Logan, Jr
[obley spent Wednes- inK the Mis
er. were ordere
Varnedoe has been General Ayl
t, Mrs. Mouzon, for Ghio, to take
food supplies
0 PER YEAR.
PROMISES^
INMFNT UCID
illillljll 1 ilLiLil
rdcr is That Every Efrted
to Meet the Needs
on?Tents and Food
i, March 27. ??
action of the g'
United State yesterday
nd relief to the thouteless
survivors of the
lana floods.
accession every agency
anient?the President,
of war, every bureau
i department under
expeditions could be
oved swiftly to assist
thorities in providing
and medical attention
ers. All the troops of
at of the east were or1
themselves In readiIn
the flood districts,
a ration, sufficient to
people for five days at
ing purchased by the
;nt at the nearest supid
hurried to the Ohio
.owns.
AND BLANKETS,
elterfor at least 50,000
ands of blankets, cots,
field supplies are being
-ains at Philadelphia,
Louis, Chicago, Fort
and nearby army
ithin 24 hours should
vasted sections,
f sympathy exchanged
lent and the governors
Indiana were followed
?orlou ?
VI 1CI|UCSI? I or
ere promptly answered
nment departments,
snt was in his office all
touch with the situa.s
in constant commuSecretary
Garrison of
rtment.
dent called upon the
nation to contribute
ally to the American
hich in turn appealed
aors of the states to
tie relief funds.
RECT RELIEF,
i Normoyle and James
,, experienced in fightsisslppi
valley floods,
d by Quartermaster
eshire to Columbus,
charge of distributing
for the federal govIJM'R
BROKEN.
rat, and Sherman, lieelected
tinted States
111., March 27.?
ton Lewis, Democrat,
r elected United States
le long term.
Y. Sherman, Republi >terday
elected to the
> nciiiiit* ior me snort
acitiH'U's Killed.
i, March 27.?The
wo senators from Illivacancies
In the sen)eraocratic
strength in
now 51, against a total
4 5, composed of 4 3
and 2 Progressives,
defections have been
oine phases of tariff ret
is claimed the addi,ewis
to the Democratic
t safe majority for the
I\KS LAW
IN HIS OWN 1I\NI>
laude/. Executed anil
nerates Body?Sliiaks
t.
y, March 27.?Enrique
rnor ot the federal disnephew
of President
into his own hands the
country of its political
today when he directting
of fJabriel Her-commandant
of the
then personally superincineration
of his body
en of HrVin prison.
oution 'ook place,
rnmoiit is shocked at
and has removed hiin
nd imprisoned him in
I palaee. Friends of
as an explanation that
was not in a responsiat
the time.