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k VOL.10, NO. OA SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C.. TEESOAV \IAVJ mr. - TEUTONIC ALLIES SMASH I ENURE RUSSIAN CENTER Achieve Important Victory in Western Tip of Galicia. ALL BERLIN CELEBRATES. Details of the Victory Have Not Been Received?Germany Also Claims Success. London, Mny 3.?According to Berlin and Vienna the German and ' : Austrian armies have achieved a notable victory in West Galicia. smashing the entire Russian center along a front of many miles, or as the Berlin ofllcial statincnt puts it, across the whole Western tip of Galicia, from near the Hungarian border to the point where the River Dunajee! fnliiii tUo ri.ti.ln .1 ...v < ISI.U1U, ?i. in*- nontier of Poland. Though the 8,000 prisoners the Teutonic Allie say they have taken does not compare with the number! which some of Field Marshal von Hindenburg's rushes netted him in the north, the achievement if subsequent reports hear it out, will, mean at least a temporary check to the Russians hammering their way westward since the fall of Przemysl. Berlin is celebrating the victory tonight, though it is admitted flags have been flown before full details are at hand. England and France make no : claim to gains in the west, the Ilrit- i ish merely saying that the German attacks on Hill 60 in Flanders have been beaten back: the French confirm this. t The Germans maintain they are) pushing forward to the northwest of, Ypres and toward St. Jnlien, which' they captured after the attack following their extensive use of gas. but which they were forced to yield under counter attacks. In the fl.ghting in the Baltic j provinces also Berlin finds cause to ' rejoice. Rejecting the Russian pnn. tention that it is only a sporadic cavalry raid, Berlin wireless comment received tonight says it seriously threatens the Russian right and the fact that troops could be moved so far northeast before they encountered resistance is considered a reflection on the Russian intelligence system. So far as claims go, it was an Austro-German day. A number of vessels, neutral and otherwise, have ! fallen victims to German submarines. Norway being a particularly heavy loser. If the Austro-German contentions relative to the Galician situation are correct in the opinion of some English military writers, it will mean that the whole Russian campaign in the Carpathian is seriously affected, making extremely precarious the position of the Russian troops pressing down the southern slopes toward the ( plans of Hungary. The line between the Vistula and the Hungarian frontier, was about 40 miles east of Cracow. The Austro- ! Germans have been defending it stubbornly ever since the beginning | of the Carpathian fighting. The gen- , eral German comment is somewhat j reserved pending the Petrograd version of operations. RCRAL POSTAL SERVICE. Burleson Plans to Serve Additional Millions of People. Washington, May 2.?Plans for a general readjustment of the rural '^postal service throughout the coun-1 try by July to provide mall facilities i j^or a million persons not included in tic |#iciiciii riiuiiin: system were an-[ Itounced tonight by Postmaster Gen- j - eral Burleson. The postoftlce department, Mr. Burleson said, had ordered all retracing by carriers eliminated and unnecessary service, where found to exist, discontinued. Motor vehicles will be provided under the new plan where highways will permit. Congressman Drops Dead. Philadelphia, Pa, May 3.?Congressman J. A. Golden of New York city dropped dead in the Broad Street station of the Pennsylvania I Railroad -this afternoon. Ik iiL UNITED STATES HAS THE GREATEST GUN Daniels Says It "Will Shoot Farther, Shoot Straiglitcr ami Hit Harder Than Any CJun Now in Nse." Washington, May 2.?Critics who claim the American navy's 14-inch rifles are inferior to the 15-inch lirit- i ish naval guns are answered in a < statement issued tonight by Secre-' tary Daniels, declaring that the bureau of ordnance has developed a . 14-inch gun "that will shoot farther shoot straighter and hit harder than any gun now in use or known to be 1 designed by a foreign country." While rnnrpiliiiB tlmi ???? battleship Queen Elizabeth's guns throw a larger shell. Mr. Daniels j points out that she carries only 1 eight 15-inch ritles, compared with twelve 14-inch weapons on the I ITnlteil Stat"s battleship Pennsylvania. "There is an axiom with regard to caliber which amounts to this?that a ship should mount the smallest big gun that will pierce the enemy's armor over vitals at the maximum probable fighting range " says the secretary's statement. "The 11-inch guns of the Pennsylvania will get through the maximum armor afloat, so far as our knowledge goes, at a range of 12,000 yards. The Queen Elizabeth's 15-inch guns will do little more than that. If our information is correct as to the velocity of the British 15-inch guns, the 14-incli guns of the Pennsylvania will range a little farther than the Queen Elizabeth's 15-inch guns. "The Pennsylvania mounts twelve guns to the Queen Elizabeth's eight. "Counting volume of fire and prob- | ability of hitting, we see that at battle range the number of blows delivered by the Pennsylvania in a given i time will exceed those given by the Queen Elizabeth by 70 per cent. No one can doubt the advisability of delivering seventeen hits to ten of the en my. "Now, if we compare these guns at ranges greater than armor piercing range we find that the Pennsyl-, vania's guns range quite as far. at a maximum, as those of the Queen Elizabeth. Both guns range farther than they would have any hope of hitting a ship." BIG GERMAN GUN PUT OUT OF ACTION Gun Which Bombarded Dunkirk at Itange of 2:1 Miles, Believed to he Damaged. Paris, May 2.?Today's war office 1 report says it is believed the great j German gun which twice has bombarded Dunkirk from a range of twenty-three and a half miles has been put out of action. It also an-1 nounces the bombardment by the, French of one of the German forts at Metz. The text of the statment follows: "There is no modification to re- ' port in the situation along the entire ' front. "Information received from a deserter is to the effect that for about two months engineers of the Krupp gun works have been directing in the suburbs of Dixmude, a section where there has been no fighting for several months, the installation of a machane gun capable of firing a shell over a very long range. It is this gun which may have bombarded Dunkirk. The gun is believed to have arange of 23.5 miles. "Only nine shells were ilred on the | second and last bombardment of the French seaport. There is reason to believe that the gun either has been damaged by a method of Are which the nTost powerful pieces do not resist a long time or that the continual presence of our aeroplanes has had the effect of stopping its fire. "On our side we yesterday bombarded one of the forts on the south- j ern front of the entrenched camp of M^tz." Work on Alaska Itailroad Begins.. Seward, Alaska, May 3.?Work on the first section of the federal gov- , ernment's Alaska railroad has been begun at Ship Creek, nccordlng to word received here today. The first spike was driven Thursday by Mar- , tha White, the first white child born on Cook Inlet. Switzerland Preparing. Berne, Switzerland, via Paris, May 1.?The federal council decided today to ra'l out the sixth division of the Swiss army. WILSON AI HOME Of HIS GRANDSON Laid Aside Official Cares to Attend Christening of Baby. GREETED ON THE WAY. I Tree Was Planted for the llahy Saturday and President Officiated in That Ceremony. Williamstown, Mass., May 1.? Wood row Wilson laid aside official j cares here today and became merely! t ho grandfather of Francis Sayre, the small son of his daughter, Jessie,' and of Francis M. Sayre. The President came to Williamstown, despite the pressing public business, to take part in planting a "baby" tree for his grandson, late this evening, and to act as one of his godfathers at the christening ceremony tomorrow. Practically the entire college population of Williamstown was at the station to welcome the President, who was accompanied by his daughter, Miss Margaret Wilson, his cousin. Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, and his naval aide, Dr. Cary T. Grayson. Shortly afterwards the entire family party, with President Garfield of Williams College, and Mrs. Garfield, ! gathered on the lawn of the Sayre ! home and planted a walnut tree pre- j sented to Baby Sayre by Mr. Garfield. The President joined in the laughter when the child firmly grasped the tree with both hands and tried to take it from his father. As soon as the tree was planted I Me President turned a spadeful of earth around its roots. The babv gurgled deliehtedtv n?.l \l wn... patted him on the cheek. The christening tomorrow will bo held in St. John's Protestant Kpiscopnl church. Only members of the Sayre and Wilson families will be present. Mr. Savr" is an Episcopal-; ian and the ceremony will be according to thnt faith, although the Wilson family is Presbyterian. The President and John Nevin Sayre of Princeton, Mr. Sayre's brother, will stand sponsors for the baby as godfathers and Miss Agnes Winter of Philadelphia will be godmother. She was associated v ith Mrs. Sayre in settlement work in Philadelphia prior to the setter's marriage. A large collection of presents including a drinking cup from the President, were received by the baby i today. The President also brought a baseball and bat given him for the haby by the Washington American League baseball team. Mr. Wilson spent tonight quietly at the Sayre home. The President was welcomed by large crowds at Troy and Hoosac Falls, N. Y., and several other towns. At Troy Major Burns welcomed him as he took a short walk about the streets, shaking hands with many persons. "The people of the United States want continued peace and appreciate the way you have been keeping us out of trouble." said Major Burns. "Thank you," replied the President. "I know the United States wants peace." He remarked that he had been sentenced to several years of hard labor," and seldom had an opportu- | n i f V A f or n 1 rv ?? A ~ 0 ...v^ ... p.vi.iiif, uumiuc ui ?asnington. The President, it became known, i was only slightly disturbed by the sudden stopping of his train at West Philadelphia, early today, when the brakes were quickly applied. Other members of his family were badly shaken and a porter fell against a door glass, breaking it. Railroad officials explained the sudden application of the brakes was due to a, mistake. Flection in t'liester Today. Chester Special to The State, Mav 3.?The municipal election to be held tomorrow will be an interesting one. There are two candiates for mayor; It. R. llafner and Z. V. Davidson. Four aldermen ore to be chosen. Ward 1 is the only ward in which there is more than one candidate for alderman, the aspirants being Robert Cage and J. L. White. In Wards 2, 3 and 4. I. C. Cross, J. C. Stewart and J. R. Dye anre tin* 1 opposed. WILLIAMS JAKES CHARGEJT ASYLUM: Will Receive Salary of $(>,000 C Per Year as Superintendent , STATEMENT BY GOVERNOR 1 i i |>r. Strait, Itetiring Su|?eriiitcndcnt, . Says He Will Tell the Public | About Asylum. Columbia Special to Charleston ? News ami Courier, May 1.?Dr. C. t Fred Williams today succeeded Dr. i T J. Strait as superintendent of the i State Hospital for the Insane. In a I statement announcing his appointment of Dr. Williams, Governor Manning said of the inmates of the , \s>lum, "I regard the proper carols ?:f these 1.7?>*> unfortunates th- i largest work of our state. Humanit\ demands it." l>r. Williams will he paid ;t salary i of $6,000 a year. $3,0oQ of which i.^ j provided for by appropriation and f tit.- ldditiona! $3,000 is borrowed on ^ the personal endorsement of tin t governor. "1 do not propose to di?- j regard the constitution and the f, laws; I stand for thera," savs the ^ governor, "and if this increase of r salary for service to he done is forbidden 1 will pay it myself rather than that these patients under the care of the state should not ha\e the ? best treatment that can be secured. ' i The following is the governor s j , statement in full: i j "I have appointed Dr. C. Fred Williams of Columbia as superin- , tendent of the S'ate Hospital for the , Insane for the term beginning May 1. 1 it 1 5, to February 15, lit Id. After , I found the appointment of Dr. SnT"~* . gent a man skilled in mental trou- , hies ? was against the spirit of thel constitution. I looked around for a | physician skilled, younger, full of , energy and full of love for his follow , mail, and desiring to lie of service to j them. With these considerations in ( mind I consider Dr. Williams an ideal choice. Dr. Williams had in < i Columbia a lucrative- practice and his own home. To give up the prac- | tiee for the salary allowed would i have entailed a heavy sacrifice on the, part of Dr. Williams and his family. 1 Having his own home, ho desired and agreed to forego the residence [ and perquisities that have always I f been allowed superintendents of the i State Hospital for the Insane, and j I then guaranteed personally to him j the extra compensation. , "I regard the proper cr.re of flies** \ i.TOii unfortunates the largest work of our state. Humanity demands it. ! \ Money spent to give them the best , t-are and treatment will he well ? spent. 1 do not propose to disregard tthe constitution and the law; I i stand for them, and if this increase | of salary for service to be done is i forbidden 1 will pay it myself rather than that these patients under the i care of the state should not have the t best treatment that can be secured." | \ DR. STRAIT TALKS. . Announcement that he would probably enter the political arena 1 | next year and tell the South f'arolina public fully of the details of opera- ^ tion of the State Hospital for the In- ( sane at Columbia ,of what changes , and improvements were made by t him. and of the treatment accorded ^ him by the present state administra- r tion was made by Dr. T. J. Strait of Lancaster, recently removed super- | 1 intendent of the Asylum, shortly be- a fore he left yesterday afternoon for r his former home after being succeeded by Dr. C. Fred Williams of Co- i lumbia. t Dr. Strait said his mind was not i fully made up as to what effort he a would make to carry to the public of t mis state his views upon the situa- I tion at the Asylum, and upon the f action of the administration. Early t in the interview he forecast a politi- 1 cal upheaval in 1916 that would I t have the Asylum as the center of J two vortex. 13r. Strait said he did "not know whether ne would run next summer for governor or lieu- t tenant governor, or for Congress i from his district." < That "some of the leading lawyers < of this state hold the opinion that a ' superintendent of the Asylum can \ I not he summarily removed without < cause, and that such action without 1 cause would be illegal," was men- i tioned by the departing former m- i perintendent during the interview. 1 DEMAND THAT WAR SHALL BE STOPPED Woman's Congress Will Send llelegntion to Ml tin* (irent Powers Demanding Peace. The Hague, Netherlands, via Lon!on. May 1.?The International Congress of Women concluded its session tere today after adopting a proposal to send delegations to the President of tlie United States and o the heads of all the European powers to demand immediate cessaion of the war. Mrs. Kosika Schivimmer, president if the Hungarian Woman's Suffrage \ssociation, offered the proposal. It net the sharpest opposition, and hrew the gathering into great con'usion. After the motion finally had b? <-n ulopted tlio congress passed this solution, brought, forward hv Mrs. ?'hwininier and Miss Julia (ir.nr IVales. of the rniversity of Wiseonti 11: "The International Congress of A'onien resolves immediately to ask leutral eountries to take steps to rente a conference of neutrals vhich vithout delay shall offer continuous nediation by inviting suggestions for i settlement from each of the belligerents and bv submitting to all of hem simultaneously reasonable prolosals as a basis for peace." Mrs. Fannie Andrews of Hoston ead a manifesto covering all the joints dealt with by the congress. This manifesto, which will he issued o women throughout the civilized vorld. declares that "this must be he last war." A permanent international comnittee was formed. It will make ecommendations for conferences .it I'lie Hague and arrange for a peace inference of women to be held a' lie same time and place as the pea onfereiKc at the end of the war. The resolution referring to fortiications, which was passed vesterlay, was modified today so that it low provides simply that the seas diall be open to all nations 011 equal ernis. SWEDISH STEAMER SUNK BY GERMANS rimber-Laden Vessel Sent to the Itottom in Less than Three Minute*. London, Mav J.?An Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen says the Swedish steamer KUida, Timber-laden, front Telsingborg for lull, has Iteen torpedoed and sunk n the North Sea by a German suitnarine. She went to the bottom in ess than three minutes. The 16 men and two women on mard the vessel barely had time to nake their escape in one of tint mtall boats. After cruising about ( or two hours they were picked up >y a Danish schooner and landed at jemvig, Denmark. Two Trawlers Sunk. Aberdeen, Scotland. May 3.? Trawlers making port today declare hat German submarines sank two rawlers within 50 miles of Aberdeen >unday. The crews oX the two vessels, it is >elieved, lost their lives. Apparently the subarine ran I nnuck among the Aberdeen tishing leet. In addition to sending two to he bottom, it chased three other rawlers for 20 miles. A patrol boat vas seen approaching and the sub narine submerged. le did not express his own opinion is to the right of those in power to emove him. Dr. Strait said he desired to mak? t plain that lie had not brought parisan polities into the government of he Asylum, and that lie had brought ibout "a considerably more efficient government at a less aggregate exlense to the state than that which I ound there." Discussing the econiniy of operation he bail obtained, le declared a comparison of the nonthly expenses of March, 1014. tnd March, 1015, showed he had aved $7,200 for that month. Among other savings he had obained by institution of modern nethods, he asserted the installation >f bread cutters saved the state the ost of 82,000 loaves of bread in dglit months immediately following he time when he assumed charge, living strict care to the amount of meat cooked lor each meal, resulted mmediately in a daily saving of 175 pounds, he said, which amount saved ivas further increased. $l.oO A YHAIJ. SUBMARINES ACM OFF THE COAST OF ENGLAND One Russian and One British Vessel Sunk Saturday. PEOPLE ARE STILL CALM. Submarine Attacks, Zeppelin ami Itnlunhnrdnient of Dunkirk Have Not Kvcited People. London. May 1.?German submarines, which for two weeks had been, confining themselves to the North. Sea. where they sank several trowlers, again have appeared on the trade routes off the west coasts of Ireland and Lngland and caught two victims. They were 'he liritish steamer Kdale, sank oil the Sol 11 y islands ail the Itussian steamer Svorono, attacked off the Hlasket Islands Doth ctlews were saved That taken in collection with the warning Issued to American travlers on trains-Atlantic liners, doubtless means another to combat with a great number of submarines to combat the blockatde by England. It is announced by the English papers the Admiralty has found a means ot dealing with submarines and the the peodpe. in vie wof the laest at tacks upon steamers, are awating the result with interest. In face of the submarine attacks Zeppelin raids and the bombardment of Dunkirk, which brings tlie war loser home, England remains calm as ever. There are some of course, who feel anxiety over the western battle, but generally the feeling is one of optimism based on sucess with whi"h the Allio have withstood for"-mer attempts of the derma ns to get trough to the coast ports. The bombardment of Dunkirk, which was repeated yesterday and which has resulted in considerable loss of life, lias caused many women and children to leave the town. The derma ns can repeat the bombardment whenever they desire with the big guns which formerly were posted 011 the coast to ward oft' attacks from the Allied fleet and which have been moved toward Xieuport. Still there is confidense that the Navy and airmen will find a menas of dealing with the guns. On the remainder of the western front tllillCS arc quiet. although the French appear to be still on the offensive between the Mouse ami the Moselle Rivers, the Germans claiming to have repulsed attacks there. Consequently with the situation at the Dardanelles established, interest has turned again to the eastern front and particnlary to the Russian Baltic provinces which are being raided by the Germans. The extent of this new raid has not been disclosed. Although the Germans announce that the Russians evacuated and burned Szwale and retired toward Mit>ia, there is not evidence o fany big battle being fought and the Russians press confidence in their ability to deal with this new diversion. Along' the east Prussion frontier and in Central Poland there has been a renewal of the fighting which the spring floods interrupted, while in the Carpathians, where the ground is drying, the Russians and Austrian; again arc contending for Uzsok Pass. For the moment the Russians have turned from their offensive against that pass to attack the Austrians, who were threatening their commuications in the direction of Strv and have, according to their report, won consideramble success ear ing two heights and a number of prisoners. They also claim to have repulsed an attack by the Germans, who hold a line near Wyszkow further eastward. | It is expected a big offensive soon will be undertaken on the eastern front, probably by the Germans who have been feeling their way toward # the Russian positions around the Fast Prussian frontier, although this may be a feint to hide a movement on some other paret of the line. There is evidence in Athens dispatches that the allied fleet has re| sunied the bombardment of the Dardanelles. but there is no official confirmation available. The French minister of marine, however, ex' pressed the opinion that decisive an<l definite results would come quickly. *