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AFRAID OF DANGER
OF INADEQUATE DEFENCE
Declares Time May Come When
He Cannot Keep the Nation
Out of War.
ADDRESS IN CLEVELAND
URGENT PLEA TO PREP ARE
Says Navy and Coast Defences
Should Be Strengthened
Materially.
Cleveland, O., Jan. 29.?Presi-I
dent Wilson, speaking as he said,
"solemnly," warned the nation
that the time may come when he
cannot both keep the United
States out of war and maintain
its honor. He declared that the
country must be prepared to defend
itself and prepared at once.
++ "America is not afraid of anybody,"
he said. "I know I rellect
your feeling and the feeling of
all of our citizens when I 3ay the
only thing I am afraid of is not
being ready to perform my duty.
I am afraid of the danger of inadequancy;
I am afraid of the
danger of not being able to express
the chief character of this1
country with tremendous might j
and effectiveness whenever we
are called upon to act in the field
of the world's affairs."
The president spoke in Cleve-.
land with more gravity and force i
A 1 1 1 _ 1_ .1 ? /?
man ne nas snown nunng any ot
his previous addresses on preparedness.
He was applauded frequently!
and when he spoke of defending'
the nation's honor the cheering
was trenmendous.
"Let me tell you very solemnly
you cannot postpone this
thing," he declared. "I do not
know what a single day may
^ bring forth. I do not wish to
leave you with the impression
that I am thinking of some particular
danger.
"1 merely wfsTTto tell you that
We are daily treading amidst inintricate
dangers. The dangers
ip that we are treading amongst are
not of our own making and not
under our control. I think no
man in the United States knows
what a single week, a single day.
may bring forth."
Again and again the president
spoke of the nation's honor. He
declared the real man believes I
his honor is dearer than is life,
and a nation's honor is dearer
than its peace and comfort. Ho
said it had been difficult to keep
the United States out of the war
and he felt he had nroved h w is 1
a man of peace when possible.
He expressed regret that Ihe
question has come up in a campaign
year.
"T/et us forget." he said, "that
this is a year of national elections."
The preparedness issue
he added, should have nothing to
do with politics.
For the first time during his
present tour the president snoke
0 of the navy .and of the coast defences.
The latter, he said, are
good in quality hut not in quantity.
Some people say that the navy
ranks second, he declared, but,
the experts agree it ranks;
fourth. He added it should bo
increased.
Among the possible sources of
danger mentioned by the president
were the difficulties growing
out of the protection of
Ameriirtiis abroad and the obligation
of the United States to
maintain the liberties of the people
of the Western Hemisphere.
EVERY TIME YOU TIP YOUR
HAT YOU FACE DEATH
Cleveland, Feb. 1.?Do you
know that when you tip your hat
you are inviting death!
Deadly germs wait in the air.
waiting a chance to pounce on
the exposed head of the gallant
hat tipper, says Health CornmissionerVord,
of Cleveland.
HEIR TO RICHES TO KEEP
ON SELLING DOGS
Gloucester, N. J., Feb. 1.?Tf
you had just inherited $3,000,000
r would you keep on selling dogs?
Justice of Peace F. P. Kirby j
has decided on the latter course.
A relative iri Ireland just died, j
leaving him a fortune.
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ONE HUNDRED DEAD
IN VALLBY FLOODS
Great Areas in California Made
Desolate by Overflows and
Cloudbursts.
San Diego, Cal., Jan 29.? (By
wireless to San Francisco.)?One
hundred lives have been lost, as
nearly as any estimate can show
and valleys for fifty miles north
of the Mexican line lie desolate
from floods and cloudbursts.
With the death toll in the
Otay valley seemingly established
at fifty, reports reached here
late today of floods sweeping the
San Luis Rey and San Pasqual
valleys, doubling the loss of life.
With communication almost cut
off it was impossible to list ac-'
curately the number of dead.
MAY VOTE IN KANSAS.
New York Women Consider Reg-,
istering There For the
Suffrage.
Topeka, Kans., Feb. 1.?The
possibility of New York women
coming to Kansas to register as
voters this year is conveyed in a
letter made public by Governor
Capper from Harriott Stanton
Blatch, president of the Woman's
Political union.
"Tt is the intention of some of
us," she wrote, "after having
worked for so many years in the
?tate of New York for our enfrancisement,
to qualify as voters
in one of the suffrage states
in the west."
The letter was written to inquire
if it would be possible for
those who qualify in Kansas to'
snend nart of their time in thp i
Iowa campaign. Iowa wili vote
on woman suffrage in June, it
has ben announced.
The New York women will be
informed by Governor Capper
that it is not necessary to remair
actually in the state for six
months preceding an nelection,
if they state their intention of
establishing a legal residence
here six months before election
time.
BRITISH CASUALTIES.
Premier States Them to Have
Totaled 519,167 for War.
London, Feb. 1.?Premier As-j
quith. in a written reply to a vequest
for information, says that;
the total British casualties in all i
fields of operations up to January
9, were 549,467. of which 24.122
were officers and 525,345 of other
ran^s.
ONE FALSE MOVE LEFT
MAN WITH NO COUNTRY
San Francisco, Cul., Feb. 1.?
James Ryan is a man without a
mntry. He has experiennce-l
deportation from two countries
and is now held by immigration
officials here, pending an investigation
of his claims.
Ryan was ordered deported
from this country to Calcutta.
India, in 1915. lie was stopped
by 1he British at Hongkong, arrested
as a spv and iust recently
sent back to the United States.
He claims that he whs hurn in
Cincinnati and that he has had
no chance to prove it. .While
serving a term in prison at Leavenworth.
Kan., he says he registered
falsely as a Tlritish subject
little dreaming that it would
lead him into trouble and make
him a wanderer back and forth
across the Pacific.
PROVES UNCLE SAM
HONEST; SENDS $1 IN MAILS
Federalbursr, Md., Feb. 1.?
Henry P. Wright. of Aberdeen, j
is perfectly satisfied that UnJe
Sam is honest!
For ten vears he has mailed a
silver dollar at Christmas time to
his sister here. This year Mrs.j
Mary Fleetwood failed to pet the
dollar at Christmas nad she
started an inquiry, but yesterday
the dollar turned up, it had
only been delayed in the mails.
Wright puts a 2-cent stamp on
onp side and the address on a i
slip of paper pasted 011 the oth
er.
In the ten years he has been j
sending these unique remeni-:
brances to his sister not one has
been lost or stolen.
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I LANCASTKK, S. C. 'l'l
APPRHPRIATinW Dill
ni i I\UI l\ini IUH UILL
j INTRODUCED IN HOUSE
Important Measure Sent in By
Chairman Liles Earlier
Than Ever Before.
ALL OVER $2,000,000 MARK
FROM FEES AND LICENSES i
Bill Provides for Tax Levy of
6 1-2 Mills, Which is to
Cover State Expenses.
Columbia, Jan. 29.?The general
appropriation bill went into
the house Saturday and Chairman
Liles has the distinction of
having introduced this most im-;
nortant measure earlier than it,
has ever before been presented.!
The committee members, Chief j
Clerk Malcolm Miller, and J. C. j
Townsend, chief clerk of the en-1
grossing department, all worked
with persistency to get the bill
into the house Saturday so that
it could be ready for consideration
on Monday.
The essential point of the bill
's that it provides for a tax levy
of 6 1-2 mills, which is to cover
all of the expenses of the state
government. Notwithstanding
the very heavy demands the ap-!
nropriation bill shows a net reduction
in the total of $79.260.80.1
It will be interesting to note J
how continuously the appropriation
bill has hung around the
two million dollar mark. These ,
figures will be interesting:
191 4 $2,213,675 54
1915 2 463 7-o so
1016 2,384.499.02
Tt is very much easier to undertake
to make reductions in an
appropriation bill than it is to I
accomplish this.
Chairman Liles in a talk with
the newspaper men after the introduction
of the bill had tlu?v
comment to make:
"The committee has faithful-1
ly endeavored to serve the best I
interest of the state. We did not j
appropriate in accordance with
our desires, but we believe we appropriated
as the condition of the
state's finances justified. The
most careful consideration has
been given every item jind we
feel sure that the actual needs of
every department and every in- j
stitution have been supplied, and
we think we have provided funds
for extension and improvements
where the needs for such were
gre?t. The work of the committee
has been absolutely harmonious.
All differ -nces were settled
i" the committee room and we
nre ready to stand bv our work.
I cannot speak too highly of the
faithfulness of the members of
the committee. It has been a day
and night iob since January 1 1.
We are hopeful that ihe results
of our efforts will prove satisfactory
tt> the peon I o of the state.
It will be noted that for ordinary
state purposes we have appropriated
less than $2,000,000. The
amount for pensions and for the
i 4- 1 I- ? Oa._ a r*
u:i|>i wvriillTUI UI lilt* itT.f 1 1 OSnital
for the Insane increases the
total as shown. We have carried
out the resolution of the
committee to keep the amount
raised by levy within $2,000,000
and have reduced the levy onehalf
mill."
The appropriation bill is a very
long document, consisting of
forty-two itemized section.
ALLOW SCHOOL TO
BUY MORE LANDS
Columbia. Jan. 31.?'The board
of trustees of South Carolina Industria
lschool were authorized
in a bill that passed third reading
in the house tonight to use
the profits from the school in
purchasing additional land for
the extension of the agricultural ;
plans of the school Th#? hill in.
t.rocUic^ed by Mr. Muldrow, of
Florence, carries no appropriation.
MEXICAN TAKEN
FROM TRAIN, SHOT
Juarez, Jan. 31.?Gen. Thomas
Ornelas, commandant here until
he fled to El Paso to escape a sentence
of death at the hands of
Francisco Villa, was taken from
a Mexican Central train at Laguna,
north of Chihuahua City
today by an armed squad and
shot to death, according to local
Mexican officials.
CTUD
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ZEPPELIN RAID
ON ENGLISH COAST
Wide Territory Visited by Six
or Se\en Dirigibles Monday
Night.
NOT MUCH FIGHTING
IS REPORTED
General Quiet Everywhere Except
For Artillery Engagements.
A Zeppelin air raid on the eastern,
northeastern and midland
counties of England has followed
closely the attacks on Paris by
German dirigibles. The British \
war office which now controls the ;
defenses of London against air
attacks, announces that six or
seven air craft took part in the
latest raid, but the towns or villages
visited and the nature of
the damage inflicted have not
been made public.
After having driven the Turks
from a region about 40 miles in
length 4h Asiatic-Turkey to the
west of Lake Van and put them
to retreat down the Mush valley,:
the Russians seemingly have
ceased their operations in this
particular vicinity for the winter.
Tt is announced by Petrograd
that the Russians here will
be able to leave the rigors of the
mountains and descend into the
plains, "which are favorable for
the encampment of our troops
for the period of the winter."
Large numbers of prisoners
were taken by the Russians in
addition to heavy guns, machine
guns and other war materials.
The Russian official communication
confirms previous statements
that the Turks, to the
northwest of this region, have
been driven in upon the fortifications
of Erzerum.
There has been little fighting
of great moment anywhere in
any ? the war theaters except
hv tne artiHciy.- Grrninn jrrwii-1
tions at Steenstraete. to the
south of Rove, and to the north
of St. Mihiel have come under
the guns of the entente allies on
the western line, and considerable
damage has been done.
The last French communication
does not mention fighting in
the vicinity of ITeuville or south
of the Somme where positions recently
were captured by the Germans.
The Berlin report, however.
say? these positions have
been held against repeated
French attacks.
From northwest of Riga to he
middle Stripa there has been
considerable bombardment by
the Germans of various Russian
towns and positions. Petrograd
reports the surrounding bv the
Russians of an Austrian detach
ment in the Middle Stripa and
the annihilation of most of the
Austrians, the remainder being
cintured
The Italians and the Austrians
have opened another fierce nrtil
lory duel along the Isonzo front
of the Austro-Italian line. Xo
reports have been received from
the Balkans except a semi-official
statement from Berlin that the
Italians have thrown another infantry
division and several batteries
of artillery into Avlona.
Albania, their intention being to
hold this important port against
the advance of the Austriars.
STATUE IN HONOR OF
WH1TLOCK BY BELGIANS
Paris, Feb. 1.?It is proposed
here to erect a statute to Brand
Whitlock, American minister io
Belgium, in commemoration of
his courage in sticking to his
post and aiding the stricken Belgians.
The proposal, unofficial, has
been made by Harry Gerard, a
prominent Belgian journalist in
a letter just published in the
n?i.*A T 1
rt-ui journal.
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$30,000 HOTEL BILL OF
PEACE PILGRIMS OF FORD
Stockholm, Feb. 1,? A hotel
bill of $30,000, that's what Henry
Ford had to pay for putting
up his peace party at the Grand
hotel here.
On the bills are frequent
charges for champagne and expensive
Havana cigars.
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LIQUOR WORTH $94,533.28
IN SEVEN DISPENSARIES
Charleston First in Sales For
December. With a Total of
$111,304.95.
Columbia, Feb. 1.?There is
$94,533.28 worth of liquor left on
hand in seven of the fifteen counties
which had dispensaries. Re
ports were not received of the
amount left over in Barnwell,
Beaufort and Georgetown counties.
The counties of Bamberg,
Florence, Jasper, Lexington, and
Williamsburg sold out. The counties
having left over stock on
hand were: Richland with $34,-j
385.76, Aiken with $8,837.08,
Calhoun with $2,434.31, Charleston
with $19,340.19, Dorchester
with $635, Orangeburg with
$11,082.52, Union with $17,818. I
Fourteen of the fifteen coun-i
ties reported sales for the month
of December amounting to $512,271.22,
Charleston leading with I
$144,304.95, and Richland second i
with $128,613.63. The county of
Beaufort made no report as to
sales in December.
SWIFT JUSTICE FOR
NEGRO IN YORK
Convicted of Assault and Sentenced
to Electrocution on
February 25.
York, Feb. 1.?Israel Good, a
negro, was sentenced to die by
electrocution Friday, February'
25. following his conviction of assault
at a special term of the
court of general sessions here
Monday. The jury was out 18
minutes. The entire trial consumed
only two hours and a
half. A crowd of ruarmlo
Rethel township, where the assault
upon a little white girl, for
which Good must die. occurred,
occupied every seat in the court
room and all available standing
room. Good order was maintained.
John R. Hart and Herbert M. j
Dunlap, of the York and Rock
IT1I1 tnir?*, rouppoiivwly. whprp aDpointed
to defend the negro,
who did not take the stand in his
own behalf, and who had no witnesses.
SEES CANAL VICTORY.
Goethals Expects No More Earth
Slides.
New York. Jan. 31.?Major!
i Jeneral George W. Goethals governor
of the Panama canal zone,
arrived today on the steamship
Calamares on his way to Wash j
ington to appear before the con-.
gressional committee on canal
apnroDriations. Gen. Goptha1-*;
said ho was unable to fix any j
definite date as to when the canal
would be opened, but was con-i
talent there would be no more*
slides.
RESPECT DEM \NDED BY
C. IN HEART OF GERMANY i
London. Fed 1.?American
neutrality alone keeps a world a'
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\\<u inuii Minting ohck i'? barbarism.
Rumors that prisoners of war
wore being treated with unwar
ranted severity at Ruhlehen)
reached the I'nited States em i
hassv at Berlin.
Minister Gerard jumped int'-l
his motor and drove to the
camp for explanations.
One venturesome prisoner
knelt behind the body of the car
and chalked upon its varnished
blackness:
"We have no bread. Can you
tret us bread?"
A Prussian sentinel shouted i
that some one must rub out the
chalk marks.
Instantly the chauffeur pro-,
tested.
Te guard insisted: "This is the|
imperial majesty's camp at Ruhlehen.'*
he said solemnly.
"But this." corrected the em-j
hassv chauffeur as his hand
smote the inscribed motor, "this
represents the United States of
America."
not to extend
time for taxes !
Columbia. Jan. 31?Tho oren i
eral assembly reconvened to-l
nitfht. the senate talking for sev-j
end hours without accomplishing
anything The house immediately
voted down every proposition to
extend te time for paying state
taxes.
r V WEATHER
& M Local rains and
m colder Tuesday;
Wednesday fair,
Jw colder.
$1.50 A YEAR.
WANT LIQUOR SOLD
f\l irnir>?- ?
UUISUt ur STATE
Senate Favors Having Sheriffs
Dispose of Left-Over Dispensary
Stock.
MEASURE UP FOR
THIRD READING
Carlisle Would Cut Topers'
Monthly Allowance From
Gallon to Quart.
Columbia, Jan. 31.?The senate
tonight passed to third readind
the bill providing for disposal
of the left-over stocks of liquors
in former dispensary counties.
The bill was amended so as to allow
the sheriffs in the counties to
dispose of the stocks outside of
the state, and allows the sheriffs
the same fees for transacting
this business as provided for
their regulai business. The fixtures
and furniture will be sold
by the sheriffs at public auction.
It was seen by those behind
the bill that it was impossible to
get through any legislation allowing
dispensaries to be reopened
in this state. They agreed on
the amendment, which was offered
bv Senator I.ide for the stocks
left on hand to be sold in some of
the "wet" states. The money to
bf. received from such sales, after
deducting expenses, will go
into the ordinary and school
funds of the counties.
Senator Carlisle ha^ an amendment.
which he will offer cutting
down the quantity of liquor one
can order for personal use. from
one gallon to one quart a month.
The hill providing for a joint
committee from the senate and
house, to supervise all printing,
passed the senate tonight and
was ordered sent to the house.
This committee will employ a
clerk for five months in each
year at a salary not exceeding
$1.000. who will have charge of
tho wo. L- under direction of the
committee. All contracts for
public printing are to he advertised
three weeks in advance of
the date for opening bids in at
least one daily newspaper in
Charleston. Columbia. Greenville
and Spartanburg. Those behind
this bill estimate that the state
will save from $3,000 to $5,000
yearly on the public printing
An effort was made bv Senator
Carlisle to take from he head of
the calendar the hill repealing
the state tax commission act and
elace it on a oaritv with the other
special orders. A point of order
from Senator Williams, of
L:\ncasti r. which was that Senator
Carlisle was not present
when this ' ill \v;is made a special
order. and that \v could not.
therefore, move to reconsider the
ote. was sustained by the chair
<3H!P PI RCHASE
HIM,INTRODUCER
Washington. .Ian. 31 ?The
government ship pin-chase hill,
trained after extended conferences
bet wen administration
eiders in congress and other
lv':'h officials was introduced in |
the house today bv Representative
Alexander and was referred jk
to the men-h ud marine commit
tee of which he is chairman. 4
Hearings will begin shortly, with
t view to expediting considera- jp
ion of the measures as much as L f
possible. ^
SEARCH FOR NEC,RO
STIFF KEPT UP W
Greenville, Feb. F?While act
dig search by posses for the ne- t
gro who insulted a married white
woman t Woodside mill early
Saturday morning ended late last "
light, the quest has by no means
boon abandoned, though tho indications
are that the culprit has
successful eluded the officers.
The manhunt, covering a territory
of approximately 100 miles
in 15 hours, revealed nothimr
more then a half dozen
fn1se clues and tho suspicion and
arrest of two negroes, one of
whom was turned loose on -ierht.
The othe rsnspect was arrested
'^tuiday night while Sheriff
Rector and his crew w^re "raiding"
the Cripple c~eeV demimonde.