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WATCH HP w Your Label H 1 and Keep H Br Paid Up. JL JI VOL. 11, NO.j3, SEMI:1 Bli GENERALS SWAPPED AROUND Sir Gen. Archibald Murray to Succeed Gen. Chas. Monro in the Dardanelles. MONRO SEJNT TO FRANCE. Will Command British First Army in the West, Formerly Commantled by HntK B , Lonaon, uec. zz.?Liieu. uen. sirj Archibald Murray has been appointed to succeed Sir Charles Monro as British commander at the Dardanelles, says an official statement issued this afternoon. Sir Charles Monro has been appointed in command of the first British army in France, in succession to 8ir Douglas Haig. A The official announcement follows: "Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, having assumed supreme command of the British forces in France and Flanders, General Sir Charles Monro will succeed him him in command of the first army. "Lieut. Gen. Sir Archibald Murray, chief of the Imperial general staff, will succeed Sir Charles Monro. "Lieut. Gen. Sir William Robert son, now chief of the general staff in France, will become chief of the imperial general staff, with the tem ? porary rank of general, with Major Oen. R. Whfghani an his denuty. "Major Gen. L. Kiggcll, now assistant to the chief of the imperial general staff, will become chief of the general staff of Sir Douglas Haig." SECOND AMERICAN NOTE. The segcond American note to Aus trla shared the leading positions in the late London newspapers with the reports of the Russian success at Varna, Bulgaria's chief seaport. The note appeared here too late for extended editorial comment, but the head lines reflected the opinions: "Note couched in sharper tones," "all discussion about details swept aside," or "no further discussion appears possible." Up to a late hour there was no ofmcial confirmation of the report of the Russian occupation of Varna, whlcl . if true, is according to tl" London editors, "one of the greatest moves of the present war." The same critics believe that the Kussiun assault on Varna is the prelude to a new efTort for Constantinople, which is less than 150 miles distant. On the western front the success of the French at Hartsmans-Wellerkopf, in the Vosges, is regarded in the allied capitols as not only a brilliant, but a useful operation at a point where the situation has been most difficult for many months. The number of prisoners Is the largest on the west front since the great' Champagne-Doos offensive. WILSON WILL SEND HOUSE TO EUROPE Ttuu* Colonel to Act la Capacity of Hpecial Meweiger for President. New York, Dec. 21.?Col. E. U. House, confidential adviser of President Wilson, stated late today that he will shortly sail for Europe at the request of the President. Colonel House declared the sole purposo of his trip would be to deliver to certain American ambassadors information regarding this government's attitude on various international matters now pending. He denied emphatically that his trip will in any way be a peace mission. Colonel House said he expected to sail from here within the next two weeks and probably would be In Eu rope about six or eight weeks. "I am going to Europe at the request of the Prealdemt and the 8ecretary of sUCle for the purpose of taking Information to some of our ambassadors," he said, "In order that they may have a more intimate, knowledge of this government's attitude regarding certain phases of international questions and in order to obtain from them their point of view on these matters. | "It is not advisable to bring hom? *t this time any of our ambassadors from the belligerent countries. It has been found impossible to convey or obtain by cable or correspondent quite tho correct atmosphere." a 4 IE L WEEKLY. VILLA SOLDIERS IN RIOT. One AmeHcnn and a Xumt>er of >Ie\< loans Are Killed. El Paso, Texas, Dec. 21.?Thret hundred Mexicans, former soldiers ol ueneral Villa, rioted at Juarez opposite here, this afternoon, and before order was restored one American had been killed and, according to reports, a number of Mexicans lost their lives. The Villa soldiers reaching Juarez tonight from the Interior L were in a desperate condition foi lack of food. Being months in ar rears in pay and learning the defao to government was in possession ol the towr. they at cnce began looting Reports tonight from Juarez wer< I that order had finally been restored Heavy armed Mexican and Ameri | can rtoops lined opposite banks o: the Rio Grande tonight. One shot from the Mexican side I believed by the United States mill tary authorities to have been tired a American troops, killed George A Dlepert of El Paso, a railroad brake | man. I FLAMES DESTROY SCHOOL BUILDING 1,4.10 Nogrii Pupils Mnrrti Out li Perfect t)r<ler While Structure is Hurtling. Florence Special to Oharlestoi News and Courier, Dec. 21.?Tin "Wilson School," for negro children of the Florence city graded schools was burned to the ground about ' o'clock this afternoon. The buildinj was one of the largest and best in th< state. It was a two-story frame struc ture with eighteen large class room and additional cloak rooms and audi toriuni. It was erected about tw? years ago, and cost the city upward of $15,000. It could not be duplicat ed today, it was stated, for SI8.000 It made a tremendous blaze. It is stated that this building wa the next biggest and best schoo building in the state for negro chil dren, the Charleston building eomini first. I).r Bird Styles, who recentl; visited the school, proneunced it lighting perfect in every detail. A most remarkable "get away" wa performed by the pupils of the school When Prof. Singleton, the principa in charge, discovered the flames which was then eating their way be tween the ceiling and roof on the to| floor, he sounded the "fire alarm' , and the 1,450 pupils left the buildini in actually one minute and thirt; seconds and not a child was shovci about or an Injury sustained. ANNAPOIJH EXAMINATION. Representative Finley to Hold One a York on February 1. Washington Special to Charlestoi News and Courier, Dec. 21.?Befor< leaving fm'his home at York to spen< Christmas, Congress being in recess Representative David E. Finley sai< that he intended to hold a competi live examination at York on the flrs Tuesday in February in order t< qualify a principal and alternate! for appointment to a cadetshrfp a the Naval Academy at Annapolis. WlliSOXS CAUSE SURPRISE. Walk Into Hotel at White Sulphui Spring* to Dine. Hot Springs, Va., Dec. 22.?Fron early morning until after dark to night President Wilson and his brid< motored over winding mountaii roads and through unbridged creeks When their bespattered car returnee to the hotel here tonight they bar traversed many miles and had crossed the West Virginia line to visit Whll< Sulphur Springs. At White Sulphur the rouph created a stir by walking into th< public dining room of the principa hotel for luncheon. Chess Tournaments. New York, Dec. 22.?Columbia and Harvard carried off the honori today In the first round of their annual chess tournamnet with Prince ton and Yale. Harvard will meet Columbia and Yale will play Princeton In the second round tomorrow Harsh Bernhardt'* Health (>ood. U. -< nno O O ? T_ i~M . v?v. ?*.??in(uii ira mane hi Sarah Bernhardt's theatre today con' earning the report that the famout actress was seriously ill brought forth the statement that she was In good health. U-ltoat Made Captive. Paris, Dec. 22.?According to a dispatch to The Mcssagero from Malta, forwarded by the Havas correspondent at Rome, a n Austrian submarine has been captured bv tire torpedo boats, presumably Italian. , j? mi w * ANCA LANCASTER, S. C. FRJ amMiM't ; TAKES HIGH GROUND | Publication of Text the Chief F Feature of War News of t the Day. ; FIGHTING IN MOUNTAINS. * - French Capture of lm|M>rtant Herman p I Position on Hartmaiins-Weilcrkopf Marked by Severe Engagement. 5 In Its second note to the Austro* Hungarian government relative to the (1 sinking of the Ancona, the United n f States takes high ground that the the p admission by the Austro-Hungarian p ' government tliat the Ancona was tor- 0 pedoed after her engines had been \ L stopped and when passengers were i< * still on board is sufficient to fix upon o the commander of the submarine "the responsibility for having wilful- j, } ly violated the recognized law of na- e tlons." ? The United States government de- s elines to discuss the circumstances of r 1 the sinking of the Ancona "and finds u 110 other course open to It" but to j hold Austria responsible and there-] t i lore reiterate its original demands. | c -I A Vienna dispatch says the notv. has! a been delivered. j j Tlie British parliment without di-|( ' vision has agreed to increase th?> v strength of the army to 4,000,000 a 8 men. r The heaviest fighting on any buttle 8 front appears to be taking place in ( the Vosges mountains at Ilartmanns3 Wellerkopf. The French captured an j 8 important German position ther<Tuesday, but the Germans have re- . tained a footing in a section of the ( trenches held by French advance de- fi s tachments. Paris says over 1,300 1 German prisoners have been taken in y this section. Artillery bombardments j ! have prevailed on most of the other parts of the Western front. a Again comes the report from the ^ Russian front of an almost complete ? 8 cessation of the fighting, while the most important engagement on the Austro-Italian front has bteeifcan Ital'* lan attack on the Tolmino bridgehead which was put down by the flro of the , ^ Austrians, according to Vienna. Nothing has come through concer? ing further activities on the Dardanellcs or Mesopotamia fronts or the anny which the German Field Marshal von der Goltz is reported to be preparing for an attempted invasion of Egypt. t Lieut. Gen. Sir Archibald Murray will be the new Dritish commander at -I the Dardanelles, succeeding Lieut, a Gen. Sir Chas. Munro, who will coml m.and the First army in France, a lf post made vacant by the appointment j! of Gen. Sir Douglas Haig as comm. ander-in-chlef there, t Emperor William is suffering from a a disability which will keep him in i doors a few days. As consequence t he has been compelled to postpone a contemplated visit to the Western front. In the explosion of a powder plant and several ammunition depots at r Muenater, Westphalia, 300 of 600 wo r men employed in the building are re- 1 1 ported to have been killed. s PILE PROTESTS. t 1 f . Citizens of Greenwood and Abbeville t I Don't Favor McOormlck County. a 1 Greenwood Special to Charleston b I News and Courier, Dec. 22.?Citizens > j living in the Greenwood county section of the proposed new county of ? MeCormlck have through their attor i neys filed a protest against declaring ( 1 the new county election. The Greenwood commissioners will render their decision In the matter Friday. The main grounds of the protest are that 3 i Governor Manning bad no power to * ? call the election; that the new county ' violates the Illshaped County Act. 1 That no election shall be held oftener ? t than four years and that an election a was held last year. A protest has . been filed In Abbeville also. si n|inirnuir Of "fine." 11 t Chicago, Dec. 22.?Approximately u 35,000 pupils of the public schools n i are absent on account of influenxa, b i according to reports of school phy- ^ I slclans made to the health depart- 3 ment. The health department con- w sldered the epidemic so serious that an Investigation has been ofderecl. b i II i Heavy Gold Deposits. V Paris, Dec. 22.?The Hank of e i France announced today that gold > deposits for the last week amotir ?*,1 e to more than 30,000,000 frauce. t( i. .I, in .. .. i i i. ... i STER DAY, DECKS!KKK 24, 1 1squith wants ~ more soldier: 'remier Moves For an Addition al Million Men For War Service. *OW HAS ONLY 1,250,00 lver? Widening Theatre of War R( quires Enlistment of Every Man of Military Age. London, Dec. 22.?Premier At uitli made his long-expected state lent 011 the allies' military positio n the House of Commons yesterda 11 connection with the introductio f a "supplementary estimate" pre Idlng for the raising of the numei i-al strength of the army from 3,000 00 men to 4,000,000 men. The house was crowded and th iremier's speech was listened t arnestly and silently. In the peeri ;allery. Lord Fisher, the former firs ea lord, and Earl Derby, director c ecruiting, occupied the most prom ivut ^lUOllIUU. Tlic prime minister, as usual, gf o the heart of his subject in hi ipening sentences and declared the ilthough the Itritish lighting foret n the various theatres now amour o more than 1,250.000 men tli car's demands were such as necei itated calling out the empire's "n ratable maximum." Although the premier did not pi limself on record as either for c gainst conscription, John Itedmoix eader of the Irish Nationalists, i he close of Mr. Asquith's speed lung a bombshell by declaring th? he Nationalists would oppose coi cription by every means in thei lower. And John Dilon followe vith a severe arraignment of tli Iritish war leadership, inquiring: "What is the use of sending 01 nore troops to be led like men r< ponsible for the Suvla ttay and Ai ;ac faiuures?" TIIA - * ?..o |jiciuier h statement of tli iced of the army for "every fit man ncluded a warm tribute to the ovei eas soldiers and he took pains t nention particularly "the men eagc o be attested who have made ai tlication from far distant placeslong Kong, Rhodesia, California"idding: "This has been a commentary o he lethargy of some of those here s lome. No more splendid exhibitio if patriotism and self-denial could t oneeived, or one more calculated t arry conviction to the hearts of a mr gallant allies." Referring to the Derby schenv dr. Asquith said the report froi -ord Derby had only been sent t lim Monday evening and was now b< ng considered by the members of th amnet. TliereTore many statement egarding the government policy o his subject must be deferred. U ndlcated, however, that anotht hance would be given those who ha tot yet responded, saying: "Those who have been disposed t tang back may now seize the oppoi unity set them by the mass of thel ellow countrymen." Turning to the military situatio he premier said the retiremer rom the Dardanelles position?wit he notable exception of the positio ,t the tip of the peninsula?ha ieen taken on the advice of Genera (fonro and Earl Kitchener. WOODROW Wn>iON HOME. ilven by American Citizens For ttt Use of Swiss Soldiers at Front. Berne via Paris, Dec. 22.?Th edlcatlon of the Woodrow Wilso oldiers* home took place yesterda fternoon. A number of American rom Berne and elsewhere in Swil erland attended and representative f the Swiss army and governmen Iso were present. Pleasant A. Stovall, the America llnfster, in his presentation addrest aid all Americans living In Switzei ind admired Swiss patriotism an nity, which could be a lesson fo l&ny other countries. Colonel Wild olz, commander of the Third Arm dvision, expressed the thanks of th wise mary for the gift of the home hlch he said was valuable testimon; or Switzerland of the friendship o er powerful American sister repuh Ic and would make the name o Voodrow Wilson unforgetable foi ver in Switzerland. The Wilson home will be transport d shortly to the Swiss aviators quar ers at Duebendorf, near Zurich. i i i L NEV 915, HOT SPH1NOS POPULAR. 1 Presidential Bridal Couple Attracts ' J .Many Others to Virginia Resort. j Hot springs, Va., Dec. 22.?Quite a large honeymoon colony has gathered here since the arrival of President Wilson and his bride Sunday, J and they are all planning to? stay over for the elaborate Christmas celebration in which the White House couple are expected to participate. A long walk in the cold Virginia ^ mountain air and a fifty-mile autonio- T bile drive to neighboring springs oc.. cupied the President and Mrs. Wilson j, most of yesterday. They stopped during the drive at a famous old hotel to see registers signed by Thomas Jefferson and other notable figures in American history. Late in t 11 the afternoon the President worked c y for more than an hour on corres- c 11 pondenoe, and last night Mrs. Wilson read to him. Secret service men were busy ^ ' again warding off photographers and > moving picture men, who continue i e on the alert in snite r>f ?im r>?-ooi I 0 dent's order against them. i' '* GERMANS REGAIN ' PART OF TRENCH , ( llciliii < barges French With MIs, j representing State of Altai is on Hart maims-Weilerkopf. Berlin, via Londan, Dec. 22.?A ' >s1 1 part or the German position on the I summit of Hartmanns-Wcilerkopf, in ic | the Vosges, that was captured by the I French yesterday has been recantur- ' i ed by German troops, it was officially ' | announced by German army head- ' 11 quarters today. ' " The text of today's statement 1 rnoflo . V...WO . I 1 11 "Western theatre of war: During' i 1' the afternoon the French attacked c 11 our position of Martsmanns-Weiler- \ l* kopf and in tlie liirz forest, north of '' Watlweiler, with strong forces. They ,f' succeeded in taking the summit of Hartsmanns-Weilerkopf and a small portion of a trench in Hisenfirst. The 11 summit of Hart manns-Weilerkopf, according to otiicial French reports, has been in possession of the French since th eend of April, e "A portion of the lost position on Hartmanns-Weilerkopf was reeapf tured during the forenoon today, o "An attack made upon Metzeral 'r broke down in front of our position. >- "Along the rest df the front, where ? bad weather prevails and snow has ? fallen, there has been only slight acvity. u "There is nothing to report from d the Eastern and Balkan theatres of! 11 war." >e o WHITES OF BOM. WHFVIl.. 1! !A1 invi x tu unuiiiu i nivrrMii" ( B, cation <?l' Crops, n Columbia Special to Charleston , o News and Courier, Dec. 22.?In view ( j. of the concern now generally being , ,e expressed throughout Georgia and ( South Carolina about the coming of n the boll weevil, the following extract [e from a letter from a former South ' !r Carolinian, S. D. Dantzler, now mak(1 ing his home at Autaugaville, Ala., received by Commissioner Watson in j o response to an invitation he had exr. tended to Mr. Dantzler to attend the ir recent meeting in Charleston, is of especial interest. n Mr. Dantzler writes: "South ' !t Carplina being my native state, and n having so many relatives and friends n there, it makes me the more anxious ,1 to attend this meeting though I am ,1 none the lees 'nterested in the success of the Cotton Congress and everything else that tends toward the upbuilding of our Southland. "The boll weevil is with us good e and strong and it is needless to tell you of the damage he does, and the e injury is greater because the mass of " our farmers did not prepare for him y until he was upon us. Now it is too 9 late to avoid great loss. It is not ?" too late, however, for your people to 9 prepare by diversifying crops, stock t raising, etc., for it will be two and possibly three and four years before n he will be with you In sufficient force f ? to do much damage. I do trust the * ' farmers of South Carolina will fortify 1 d against him by diversifying and stock r raising so as to avoid the loss in- 1 I" dieted upon the farmers of this y state." i e < !, Parcels Free to Troo|?s. 1 y Paris, Dec. 22.?Anyone in France 1 f may send a Christmas parcel weigh- 1 h* ing up to two pounds to a soldier at < i the front without paying postage on i '- the pnekage. A bill conferring this privilege from date until January 6 / was unanimously passed by Parlia- i ' ment yesterday. Letters are always i carried free. I "J Y ri WEATHER Friday, fair. $1.50 A YKAR. /ILIA MINUS ARMY. ~ NOT SO DANGEROUS Hay Give Trouble at Large, But No Longer a Real Menace, Co..o * ? . jc? j a iinillll^iun. rYPHUS IN MEXICO CITY. ?pideinic Worse Than in Many Years. Remnant of Yillia Army Defeated. Washington, Dec. 22.?The ques* ion of whether or not General Villa rosses the border into the United states lost much of its interest in Vashington today when it became mown that General Oehoa. comnandlng the Villa garrison at Juarez, tad agreed to the surrender of his nen and had accepted a commission rom the dc factor government of Mexico. Oflicials say that Villa at ;.rge might continue troublesome, )ut, that, without an armv ho wn? eliminated as a real menace. Agents ot' the department still retorted lack of knowledge of Villa's t hereabouts. Should he fail to cross nto the United States officials here aid they thought it would be but a short time before he is run down by lie Carranza forces. There remains, lbwever, the possibility of his reading the force operating under Genual Rodriguez. Late advices to the state department said General Obregon was movng 11,000 men for service in the ampaign against the Indians on the vest coast. TYPHUS IN CAPITAL. Ambassador Arredoiulo's attention vas called to the typhus epidemic by lie state department after receipt of voluminous reports indicating that conditions were wor&j than in many rea rs. The part that the Rockefeller foundation will have in the fight igainst the epidemic will depend up>n General Carranza. The services >f tlie Foundation's international lealtlr division have been offered and he ambassador lias agreed Hint rep csentations should be made directy to Carranza. It is understood at lie embassy that Dr. Victor Iliser, representing the Rockefeller Foundation, and regarded as an experienced physician in handling diseases in the tropics, will go to Mexico City and personally discuss with the chief executive means for fighting the epidemic. Realizing that the germ of the typhus is propagated in filth, the Mexiran government already has undertaken a general cleaning up of the capital. CHRISTMAS IN THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT [Monty of Money Thin Year and There Will lie Christina* Cheer for Everybody. New York, Dec. 22.?Christmas in he financial district will offer many striking and happy contrasts to the same period a year ago when Wall street had barely emerged from the rlnnm nmpinilAtor) hv four and a half ronths of suspended activity on the itock exchange. Hanks, trust comjanles, private banking houses, >rokerage firms and institutions of ,11 kinds have profited very generilly by the boom in stocks, which >egan with movements in "war >rides" early in the year and sent hose and kindred securities to prices indrenmed of a few months before. While much of the advance regisered by those and other mercurial ssues has been forfeited and countess "paper profits" have evaporated nto thin air, Wall street has been ind still is very busy and its attendint activity and prosperity are beng shared by all, from the humblest 'runner" to the mightiest captain of inance or industry. Many of the financial institutions ?nd banking houses have already distributed gifts or bonuses among their employes for the year and in his process many pension funds lave been strengthened and numerous "profit-sharing" pliyjis have asMimed substantial proportions. Gifts to employes have averaged 10 to 15 per cent of annual salaries ind one trust company, long known ror its generosity, is sand to havo [jiven as much as 50 per cent. 6 il ? i