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WATCH w Your Label H M and Keep H *" Paid Up. JL Jl VOL. 11, NO. 25, SEM1-V CIFERRINGITH DEPARTMENT HEADS Governor Manning Becoming Posted on State's Various Legislative Needs. PLANNING HIS MESSAGE. AUflitnf llailtman Pronuwiniv \A7tw+* 1 I Up the Affairs of County Dispensaries. Columbia Special to Charleston j News and Courier, Dec. 28.?Governor Manning is holding conferences with the heads of the different departments of the state government [ over matters of Interest to their re- i spective departments, which he will I include in his recommendations to the general assembly. He and Sen-1 ator John L. McLaurin, state warehouse commissioner, held a long con-1 ference last night and again thisj morning over the warehouse bill, es- j peclally to those recommendations which will be made by the governor j looking to the strengthening and per-1 fecting of the measure. They are said to be in full accord over the recommendations which are to be made. The governor may call all of the state officials in a cabinet meeting before his mesage is Anally drafted. If such a meeting is held the gover- j nor will probably go over the rough I draft of his message with the state officials and then he will give It the finishing touches and turn it over to the public printer. The governor has made no statement as to whether he will call the state officials together us a cabinet, but it is the impression around the state house that he will % do so. TO KEEP APPROPRIATIONS DOWN. The idea of the governor is to liol-.l the appropriations down to a minimum and this may be one of the most important parts of the message which would be considered if a cabinet meeting takes place. The governor does not desire to cripple any of the departments, but it is felt that a conference of the entire state offlchials might prove beneficial along this as j well as other lines. The committee to revise the pension laws was in session here today considering what revisions they will recommend to the general assembly. The committee is composed of Senator Nicholson of Edgefield, Representative Senseney of Charleston and Col. J. O. Lea of Charleston. The committee was named under a joint t resolution of the last legislature, one member from each house and one named by the governor. The committee consulted with the committee of Confederate veterans who were appointed at the last general reunion held here. With only three days left before A the remaining county dispensaries mast wind up their affairs, L. L. Bultraan, state dispensary auditor, is Klo AtfAWtt ***!??.a? - 1 * B'-xiq urn dicij ill ill iiIC IU UlUlirSS illUI ( details which are incident to the end-1 ing. Some few of the counties, he 1 believes, will have some stock left' on hand, although several of the | counties have already sold entirely out and shut up shop. It is thought that Charleston and Richland will be two counties \vlnU|J|L^.;/:4)c,~ left over, and what willlWCmne wTth this is a matter which will be disposed of by the general assembly. ANNOUNCES SEIZURE OF AMERICAN MAIL Overseas News Agency Ile|s?rts New Move by Allies to Cut Off Communication. Berlin. Dec. 28 (by Wireless to Sayville).?Seizure by the British government of American mail from two steamships on their way to Holland is renorted in a nnttonlum hu. patch given out today by he Overseas News agency . ? According to the news agency's i >!<' 'dispatch the vessels from which the mall was taken are the Dutc^i steamship Nieuw Amsterdam from NewYork December 14 for Rotterdam, and the Norwegian steamship Christian Mlchelsen. from New Vnri I December 3 for Rotterdam. /0k Advices from Amsterdam, the news agency also states, says that the British authorities took from the steamer Tubantl, a Dutch vessel plying between Amsterdam and South American ports, all the 8outh American mail for Holland. r I I iE L1 WEEKLY. TORPEDO DESTROYS [| WOMEN AND BABIES I The French l.inrr Carrying l'iw(feiigcrti (iocs Down Too Quickly to Save Many Helpless People, l.ondon, Dec. 28.?The submarinej Ahich appeared on the surface short-1 ?y arter the French steamer Ville de la Ciotat wag torpedoed off the island of Crete flew the Austrian flap, according to a dispatch to Reutor's Telegram Company from Malta today. "It is learned from survivors," the dispatch "ays, "that the vessel was off Crete on her way from Japan to Marseilles, when, at 10 o'clock on the morning of December 24, without the slightest warning, she was shaken by a terrific explosion, following which a submarine appeared .lying the) Austrian flag. There were on board 263 pussangers, for the most part French, among them were 13 chil-: dren and a number of women and 13 | ofllcers and a crew of 168, the sailors being chiefly Lascars. "Following the explosion, there was a terriific inrush of water through a big hole in the stern, yet there was no panic. The passengers gathered on deck showing the utmost coolness. Five lifeboats and rafts were released. One of the boats loaded with women and children. caD-i sized and all in it were drowned ai.d ! another boat was smashed against j the steamer's side. "Before the rest on board were' able to leave, the vessel tool; her final plunge, to which the majority of the deaths were due. "Passengers say that a Dutch steamer and a Greek steamer were in sight just previous to the torpedoing, and, therefore, they believe that one of them sheltered the submarine. The steamers disappeared after the torpedoing. "The submarine, according to the accounts of these passengers, remain-! ed on the scene until the torpedoed j vessel sank, and then circled around j the lifeboats, calling in a jeering manner, 'There i^a British steamer behind you; she will pick you up.' "Two hours later the steamer Mc roc picked up the survivors and brought them Malta, although she had insufficient food and accommodations for 238 extra passengers. "One survivor relates that the submarine picked up two persons strugjj&ing in the water and placed them |Ai a raft." 1 DOUBLE TRAGEDYIN TI^E STATE CAPITAL Woman's Ikx^^oiind in Street,] That of Her Supposed Slayer on lied in House. Columbia Special to Charleston News and Courier, Dec. 2 8.?Ada Geddin^, a white woman about 30 years of age, was found lying on Sumter j^reet early this morning by Policemaiv Lee, with her throat cut; from ear to ear. Her body was cold when found. In a rear bed room of this woman's house the dead body of Ed White, the night fireman at the state house, was found, a gash in the throat showing that the severing of a jugular vein put an end to his life. The theory of the police is that White killed tTTe woman in a fit of jealous, rage and then committed suicide. White was paroled from the statej penitentiary on March 5, 1913, by Governor Illease. after servine n?rt i of a life sentence for murder. He was convicted in the Richland county court on HfffVch 30, 1899, of the murder of n white woman, and on?pi rec-1 ommendation to mercy by the jury was sentenced to life imprisonment. | He was about 40 years of ape and in ! the past few months had served as night fireman at the capitol. The Geddings woman had White arrested by the police on a charge of disorderly conduct, and lie was fined for this offence in the recorder's court yesterday morning, which tine he paid. The woman said he had threatened her life with a pistol. It is stated that a pistol was foiind in the dead woman's trunk by the police today. The body of the woman was found in the street In front of her home about 3:45 o'clock this morning. The dead man was an inoffensive looking white man and the double tragedy caused considerable interest here this morning. It took place in the 600 block of Sumter street. White is survived by an aged mother* who is prostrated by the tragedy. Norma) After Storm. Birmingham, Ala., Pec. 20.?Condition*; were practically normal In this section of Alabama tonight, following last night's heavy windstorm and rain. No deaths were reported. ? - f-'?- ? . ? g*. * I \NCA LANCASTER, S. C. F1 CARRANZA SOLDIERS ARRIVE AI JUAREZ No Demonstration as Disarmed Villa Troops View Their Former Foes Detrain. GONZALES AFTER ZAPATA. Campaign Against Him to l>e Undertaken Out of Mexico City, Says Trevino. EI Paso, Texas, Dec. 29? About eight hundred de facto government troops arrived to-day at Juarez from Chihuahua, under comand of Gen. Elisendo. There was no demonstration from the former Villa troops, who disarmed and paid off, gathered in the railroad yards inspecting their former enemies as the latter heavily armed detrained. Gen. Francisco Villa, according to latest reports, it at the Babricora ranch, the Hearst property, near Madero, attempting to recruit forces. He is reported as saying that, with the disloyal troops surrendering to the de facto Government, he is stronger than ever. Andreas Garcia. Mexican consul here, said 1,200 former Villa troops were mustered out at Juarez and thai 1,200 troops had reached Chihuahua City up to to-day. Of these latter 800 had been mustered out, h6 said. Gen Elisendo, commanding th trops arriving today, said Gen, Trevino had sent a detachment west ward to ciear out tne uuerrero ills trict oi' small forces led by Gens Villa Medinavietia and, presumably, Gen Rodriguez. Eleven generals and 10,000 Villa roldiers surrendered in Chihuahua City to Gen Trevino, according tc Elisendo, south of Chihuahua City the country is pacified, he said. The campaign against the Zapata organization in Morelos will be under taken by Gen Gonzales from Mex ico City, he declared, about January 1. The railroad between Mexico City and Chihuahua City is operating a regular train service, and as fast aa tho Villa soldiers are mustered oui at Chihuahua City they will be senl to the border here to be paid and returned to their homes. PRESENT TO SOUTH CAROLINA State's Warlike Namesake to Receive Token of Appreciation for Rescue. New York Dec. 29.?The battleship Txas today received a solid snver mooei or an ancient warship, the gift being from the Holland American line in appreciation of the rescue of passengers and crew frorr the steamship Ryndam, which was ir collision with the steamship Joseph Cuneo near Nantucket lightship last May. The battleship South Carolina alsc had a part jn the rescue work, ant! will receive a similar gift as soon as the vessel arrives here. The warship model, which standi four feet high, is that of the Zever Provlncien, the flagship of Admira! De Ruyter, famed in the history ot the 17th century. Hnyne Memorial Likely, t Spartanburg, Dec. 28.?A memoria tablet to Robert Y. Ilayne, the South Carolina statesman and railroat pioneer of this region will be erect ed in the Southern Rallwrv's nas^en. ger station at this point, if the plant of the Hayne memorial committee of which Mr. John B. Cleveland ol this city, is chairman, are carried out Robert Y. Hayne, who advocator the building of a line of railroad fron the Carolinas across the niountiam in to the west, eighty-live years ago selected the route that is now the Southern's line from Charleston tr Ashevllle, N. C. by way of Spartanburg. President's .TOth Birthday. Hot Springs, Va., Dec. 29.?Belated telegrams congratulating President Wilson on his 69th birthdaj continued today to pour into Hoi Springs. The President and Mrs Wilson spent the forenoon toda> reading and replying to the telegrams. Oldest Woman in Northwest. Astoria, Ore., Doc.1 29.?Mrs ( Frances Kllen H.irc nldpn) u-hiin iv? man In tho Northwest, died here las: night at the age of 104 years. Sir wns born in Winchester, Va., ant married Joseph Haro in Woodsfleld Ohio, in 1827. -? ' *irm m STER MDAY, 1)K(TMBK? :51, 19K AUSTRIAN CLOUD IS j E GROWING OMINOUS,1 Evidence Multiplies That Aus-1 w tria's Reply Will Not Meet i D1 8S This Country's Demands. i . ? ? ^ tc CONTINUE SINKING SHIPS. la S Austria May Hope to Gain Time by r( Further Parleying, Hut I .an- ; p sing Means liusiness. ! Washington, Dec. 28.?Unofficial! advices received here today con- C formed with intimations from abroad : a that Austria's forthcoming reply to \ n the Ancona note will fail to meet the 11 i demands of the United States, ar.d j Teutonic diplomatic circles here were ? j authoritatively represented as being C; ; prepared for a break in diplomatic n circles between the two countries. I Various developments, it was ^ agreed, might avoid such an eventu- v ality, but none of the counter pros posals which it has been intimated t the Vienna foreign office might ad-1 I vance have been regarded, so far asj i coming within Secretary Lansing's! r renewal of the demands for dis-! a ! avowal, reparation and punishment j II of the submarine commander who, t tj stink the Ancona with the loss of 1 !1 more thjn a dozen American lives. <' ASPECTS OP CRISIS. t I Now that the situation after being r 'I dormant nearly two weeks, is again t I ucfeiiiiiiiiK m uine on im* aspects <:i a j a crisis, the status of the negotiations j j of the United States over submarine' \ ! warfare against merchantmen, not ' s ! with Austria alone, but with the ! Teutonic powers as allies, is com- J; manding attention. Although Germany has given the United States assurances that she v will conform to the principle of visit (; and search before attack, the prac- s tlces against which the United] States so vigorously contended ar|lj -< being carried on now by her ally. Austria, and it has been charged-' that the Austrian submarines are. in ? I some instances furnished T?y Ger- j t I many and in others are officered and! j i manned by the German navy. Such ; e a situation, it is being pointed out.i t, I amounts to practically a defeat of\ v I the submarine negotiations with Ger-j 9 I inn 11 v ' yf ' ! Furthermore, the impasse in the!^ ' Inisitania negotiations becomes a fac. jtor in the situation. ] . j CANNOT MAKE DISTINCTIONS. 1 -I It is admitted that the United I States searely can require Austria to y , conduct marine warefare in its re lations to the i^ht of Neutrals in a ? manner different from that permitII ted to Germany. i Germany has admitted her obliga- ' i tion not to sink liners without giving ' t warning and making provision for 1 the safety of passengers and crew, ( ) I providing there was no resistance. 1 I ! So far no agreement has been reach- ( i J ed as to the exact meaning of the ' ! word "liners." The Germans hold it 1 i! applicable to vessels carrying passen- 1 i j gers alone and plying between certain j I ports on regular schedules. The|' t'! state ftenartment vloir hue hoon tliotl 1 the term includes any merchant ship belonging to a regular steamship line, but no issue has been made of 1 the different interpretations, because 1 Germany has undertaken to use such ' precautions as may be consistent with "i e use of the submarine, to warn " j merchantment and to insure the safe*' ty of the passengers and crew, pro-I vided these are not a part of the 1 mijitary establishment of the enemy. DEMAND ON AUSTRIA BROAD, j I ' (: The demand of the United States J upon Austria in connection with the | Ancona case is broader than any Ger-' ^! man admission, being based upon the, ) contention tnai international law.j* The Hague conventions and the l)ec-| ' laration of London all require warn-j < ing before sinking a vessel, even \ f when the vessel is of belligerent j f . ownership and where she does not j 1 . comply with the German Ideas of the t r term liner. The Austrian govern- 1 t ment has not admitted any such obl:- * , gatlons and recent events in the Med- = ,. iterranean indicate that her sulroia- f . i rine commanders are sinking m?-r- ( | ehantmen without warning and with- i 1 out inquiry as to whether they carry < I neutral passengers. So far no ex- ^ j planatioti beyond that of military ne j -jcossity has been offered for this vio- i Illation of what the state department i t * regards as the elementary principles f 1 of international law and of bumano i , warfare. i Unless the expected note from that ] Nev j. tOY ED, WHITLOCK AND HOUSE LEAVE i hreo Prominent Figures Sail for Europe Tuesday in the Same Steamer. New York, Dec. 28.?Three men j ho figure prominently in the diplo-1 iatie relations of the United States tiled today on the Holland-American ine steamship Rotterdam for Rot rdam by way of Falmouth, Engtnd. They are Col. E. M. House, lend and confidential adviser of! resident Wilson, who goes to Eu>pe at the request of the President; rand Whitlock, United States miniter to Belgium, who is returning > his post at Brussels after a vacaon with his family at Toledo, Ohio,, nd ('apt. Karl Boy-Ed, formerly i aval attache of the German embassy I t Washington, who was recalled by j he German emperor at the request f the United States government beanse . mproper activities in naval tattets. ('apt. Boy-Ed, Colonel House and Ir. Whitlock boarded the Rotterdam litliin a few minutes of each other. Colonel House said he would visit he American embassies at London, l htris an dBerlin and possibly Vienla. Concerning the object of his nission he said he had nothing toj dd to his previous statement, in vhich he declared his trip would in 10 way be a peace mission, but that le was going at the request of Presi-1 lent Wilson and Secretary Lansing o inform various American diplo nafs as to the precise attitude of his government. Colonel House was iccompanied by his wife. I The crowd that surrounded the' Vhitlocks was so large and demon-j trative that it was necessary for \ lolieeinan ?o escort the pair down the, ?ier to tliv, gang plank. "I feel much better than when 1 air.e home," said Mr. Whitloek. "1 I rould like to show mv appreciation if the consideration which has been hown me by the newspaper men jnce I have been home, but I must! Incline to talk on any important natter." t^apt. Hoy-Ed drove to the pier, nd as soon as he alighted from his axeab he was surrounded by a arge crowd, and policemen was call (i to escort n^ju to the gangplank .here a numtfer of Gerniati friends core waiting. After handing nnt his tatoment and shaking hands with lis friends, the captain hnrried on j ?oard. 3ABINET RESORTS TO CONSCRIPTION ileanurc Permit ting tiovernment to Apply Compulsion to lie Presented Soon. London, Deo. 29.?It is stated on excellent authority that the cabinet] tas virtually decioed upon a modified orm of conscription 1. ' > to be introluced in the house of commons next .veek- l/ivirnr Ihp J'nvnrn mut. f > ' ' ?" * "" ll,v *i*5V isaary power, should it be found necessary, to bring in single men and jreserve Premier Asquith's ple<lge to married men. Yesterday's cabinet meeting al' hough it failed to result in an agreement of all the ministers upon the /exed question of the voluntary svs:em versus conscription, was of a .'ery critical and decisive character md virtually reached the decision hat the application of force may become necessary after all willing elijibles are effectually brought to the olors. Therefore it was resolved that at lie earliest opportunity a bill shoul 1 ie introduced in parliament in orler that the government might take he necessary steps should it be ound no other course was effective o this end. The premier is expected to make n tatement on the whole question rn ( he house of commons or. Wedneslay or Thursday of next week and] innounoe the speedy introduction of i hill of a permissive character, liaking service in the army obligaory on unmarried men who have ailed to attest under the Derby icheme. tovernment should amount to a stidlen and total severance of diplomat'c flatlons, it is exported in official luartera that the Austrian foreign fliee will seek to justify its methods, jerhaps adopting one of tho origrnl German contentions in the Lusiania case that the appearance of a mbmarlne as a weapon of war has ntroduced new problems and not inly Justified, but demanded a departure from the old rules. r Y i WEATHER . k M I Fair Thursday R B <aiW \w>\ probably V O I "*' $1.50 A YEAR, BUI SINGLE HOPE FOR WORLD PEACE And That Rests Entirely With Powerful International Tribunal. ROOT PAINTS THE FUTURE. Thinks That Out of War Wrack May Kise Universal Consciousness of Duty. Washington, Dec. 2!i.?In the real restraint of nations by powerful international tribunals operating under a definite code of law alone lies hopo of world peace, Elihu Hoot, former secretary of state and senator from New York, declared in an address here last night. He was speaking before a joint session of a sub-section of international law front the PanAmerican Scientific Congress and the American Society of International L.aw, of which he is president. "The Christian church has been urging peace and good will among men for It) centruries and still there is war," said Mr. ltoot. "Concerts of Kurope and alliances and ententes and skillful balance of power all lead ultimately to war. Conciliation, good will, love of peace, human sympathy are all ineffective without institutions through which they can act. Only the possibility of establishing real restraint by law seems to remain to give effect to the will of the vast majority of mankind. "When this war is ended the civilized world will have to determine whether what we call international law is to be continued as a mere code of etiquette or is to he a real body of law imposing obligations much more definite and inevitable than they have been heretofore. It must he one thing or the other. "Vague and uncertain as the future must be there is some reason to think that after the terrible experience through ^hlchf Virilization is passing there will be a tendency to strengthen rather than abandon the law of nations. Whatever the result may be, the world will have received a dreadful lesson of the evils of war." Mr. Root then spoke of the sacrifices of life and money in the present war, which lie said would produce a desire to prevent future wars. "Imperfect and conflicting as is the information upon which the conjecture is based. I think there is ground for the hope that from the horrors of violated law, a stronger law will come," he said. "Nor can we doubt that this will be a different world 1 when peace comes. "Some of us believe that the hope of the world's progress lies in the spread and perfection of democratic self-government. It may be that out of the wrack and welter of the great i conflict may arise a general consciousness that it is the Deonle who are to be considered rather than rulers' ambitions and policies of aggrandisement. If that be so, our hopes will be realized, for autocracy can protect itself by arbitrary power, but the people can protect themselves only by the rule of law." $68,000 IF CHURCH DOUBLES THAT SUM Wealthy .Member Makes .Offer for Kelief of Infirm Presbyterian Ministers. Louisville, Ky. Dee. 28.?Conditioned upon the church raising twice the amount during the next year. George W. Watts, of Durham a. a wealthy member, has offered to give $68,000 to the Southern Presbyterian church endowment fund for ministerial relief. Dr. Henry H. Sweets, Louisville, secretary of the board which has charge of the fund, made this announcement here today. With the exception of $100,000, contributed about six years ago by the late H. T. inman, or Atlanta, the announcement says, this is the largest gift ever made for superannuated preaI chers of any denomination in tjhe ' South. I)r. Sweets said plans already made insured that the terms of Mr. ( Watts' gift would be met, and that tthe additional money would swell the Southern f'reshyterion fund for ministerial relief to $536,000. Heads .\"r,r"!ti;r?l Fmclnoers. Chicago, Dec. 20.?Frank M. White, Madison, Wis., was elected , president of the American Society .4 1 of Argloultural Kngineers here today, 1 1 A k ?