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nun UlllUUII UILL
PASSED BY SENATE
Amendment to Strike Out the
Enacting Words Rejected
by Vote 10 to 21
ASKS ABOUT INSURANCE
Senator Williams Wants McLaurin
to Give Names of
Companies.
Columbia, Feb. 11.?Special:
To The News and Courier*
The Senate tonight passed the
House bill creating a new judicial
circuit out of Hampton, Colleton,
Beaufort and Jasper counies.
An amendment to strike
out the enacting words of the
bill was rejected by a vote of 10
j to 21.
Senator D. Reece Williams
- a a*- - ?
tauocu ? iuirry in me jsenaie tonight
by introducing a resolution
to require John L. McLaurin,
State warehouse commissioner,
to divulge the names
of the fire insurance companies
in which cotton stored in the
State warehouses is injured.
The resolution follows:
"Be it resolved by the Senate
That the State warehouse
commissioner, John L. McLaurin,
is hereby requested and required
to forthwith transmit to
this body the following information:
"First. What companies are
insurers under the warehouse
system in this State.
Second. Are these companies
licensed under the laws of this
State, and have they subjected
themselves there by making the
depository required by law?
"Third. Is the insurance issued
in the name of the warehouse
commissioner or the individuals
who store the cotton?"
Senator Williams explained
that his resolution wmm almni? +?
find out. if the companies carrying
this insurance are solvent.
He also said that the warehouse
^ commissioner 's an agent of the
State and that the citizens are
entitled to co^nlete and full information
about the mattersconnected
with his department
The Senate, on motion of Senator
T.aney, tabled the resolution
by a vote of 24 to fi. onlv Senators
Black. Carlisle. Hucrhes.
Ketchin, Nickles and D. Reeco
Williams voting for it.
The bill creating the 14th
judicial circuit out of the counties
of Hampton, Beaufort, Jasper
and Colleton, and leaving
Charleston county alone in the
9th circuit, was called up by
Senator Padgett. Senator
Wightman moved to stake
out the enacting words of the
bill.
Tn his argument for the bill i
Senator Padgett made much of
alleged congestion in the coun-|
ties affected by the bill and said
the new circuit was needed not-,
withstanding the editorial statements
of the News and Courier. (
which, he said, "I put in th<>
same category with barnyard
M chickens."
~~lr. a statement favoring the j
bill Senator Sinkler said that it1
would be selfishness on the part
of Charleston to object when I
the other three counties now in
4.u~ nil. !i- *
me 9ui circuit were asKing ror;
the change. lie contended thnt
politics should have nothing to
do with the matter and said that |
the number of Courts are in-1
creasing because the State is'
growing larger and litigation is'
on the increase*
Referring to the opposition of |
The News and Coiirer to the
creation of this circuit, the
Charleston Senator said that he;
believed the opposition was based
on conscientious motives, but
that the editor had been miss'cd,
and Senator Sinkler did not
think that the editor was in pos-i
session of the facts from alii
sides. He paid a tribute to the
editor of the News and Courier)
and said thnt he felt that the:
editor's actions had been dictat.
t t ? *
en ny tne highest motives for
what he considered the good of
the people. Senator Sinkler referred
to the congestion in the
counties affected and said he
believed it would be in the inr
terest of justice to create the
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II-WEEKLY.
SINGLE MEN CALLED
TO BRITISH COLORS
Central News Reports Royal
Decree That All Unmarried
Men Enlist at Once.
London, Feb. 12.?The Ceni
tral News says all single men
: are to be called on to enlist next
week. A royal proclamation
shortly to be issued, the Centrai
New states, attributes the unexpected
speedy summons to the
monir 1?
, niMitj invent cum crtJUCtJS DG"
tween the minister of munitions
and the war office.
King Greece signed a proclamation
fixing February 10 as
the date on which the military
service act was to be regarded as
in force.
All single men between the
ages of 19 and 41, who are not
exempt under the act, were given
until March 20 to attest.
AT FRONT FN FRANCE
Kershaw Surgeon Engaged in
War -Zone.
Camden, Feb. 12.?Kershaw
county has a representative at
the French front in the person
of Dr. Irvin M. Boykin, son of
Capt. B. H. Boykin of Boykins.
Dr. Boykin is a graduate of
Chapel Hill N. C., and also of
Jefferson (Pa.) Medical college.
He was employed as an interne
at the Jefferson Medical college
when the chief of the American |
hospital corps cabled him that j
his services were needed in
France. Since October he has
been there, Dr. Boykin has written
several letters home telling
of his experiences which are said
to be interesting. His call to
France was considered a compliment
to his ability as a sur- i
geon and his friends at home are
glad of this recognition.
MARSHALL WILLING.
Vice President in Receptive
Mood for Nomination.
Portland, Ore., Feb. 10.?Vice
i President Marshall is willing to
run for a second term, according
to n letter made public-here todav
bv Pnstmnctrti' T7Vo?lr o
Myers*, of Portland, from Mark
Thistlewaite, secre.nry to the
vice president.
Mr. Myers wrote to the vice
! president some time ago asking
| if he would permit the use of
his name on the Oregon prim-;
arv ballot. Mr. Thistlewaite's
etter says:
'Replying to your letter, I am
saving that the vice president)
will glady accept renomination
if the Democrats want to renominate
him, and that he will
glady retire to private life if
they do not; but "?he vice president
is unwilling to seek renomination
and that he does not
think a man holding the office
shou'd ^bc riding or running
around requesting Democrats to
I vote for him again.
"The vice president could not
bring himself to ask anyone to
file petitions for him, but if petitions
are filed for him, he certainly
will not repudiate the action/'
No Prohibition Vote.
Frankfort, Ivy., Feb. 11.?The
lower house of the General As
rornWv hero today (U '"eated a pro
position to submit to the voters
of Kentucky ? Str>t'nv;'1o pro-!
h'fcition constitutional ^ireiid-1
ment. ,
The measure previoi- ?y had
} en lost it tl?e Lu nate.
Roosevelt to West Indies. 1
New York, Feb. 11.?Colonel ]
Thedore Roosevelt and Mrs.
Roosevelt sailed today on the
British steamship Guiana for a (
Treasure trip through the West
Indies. f|>e first port the Guiana !
will stop at is the St. Thomas in 1
the Danish West Indies which '
will be reached February 17. Af
ier visuuig ine isritish, French 1
and Dutch colonies, Colonel Ro- {
osevelt expects to return to New *
York arriving here on March \
17. ;
new circuit He said he had al-'
ways thought that Charleston \
should he in a circuit by itself, i
The bill by Senator Sinkler as ?
to statements of values in poll- <
ciea pf insurtuice passed and was t
sent to the House. c
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LANCASTER, S. C.
MOULTRIE J CLEMENT
DIES BY OWN HANI
Representative^ From Charle>
ton hound Dead in Bed in
His Plantation Home.
Charleston, Feb. 12. ? Th
death by suicide of Moultrie t
Clement, a member of Charles
ton county's delegation, came a
a shock to this community todaj
He had been in ill health fo
some time, and the cause of hi
self-inflicted death is ascribed t
this fact. He was in Charlesto
yesterday, apparently feelin;
well, and his sudden demis
found his many friends totall
unprepared for the news todaj
Mr. Clement went to hi
plantation at dementia Spring
last night to attend to som
business affairs, and news of hi
death reached Charleston thi
morning after the discovery o
the suicide. Coroner Mansfield a
once went to Mr. Clement'
plantation to investigate, an
on inquest resulted of self-des
truction.
The funeral will be held in SI
Andrew's parish tomorrow aftei
noon.
According to testimony adduc
ed at the inquest, the remains o
Mr. Clement were found thi
morning by one of his negr
servants. He was lying in bed o
his left side with a bullet woun
in his right temple. In front o
him on the bed lay a revolver.
Mr. Clement was well know
and generally esteemed in Chai
leston and vk'inity. During th
present session of the legisb
ture he suffered a stroke of il!
ness and had to come home.
Teleirraph Official Dead.
New York, Feb. 10.?Relvi
ere Rrooks, vice president o
the Western Union Telegrap
company, died at his home her
today of heart trouble, lie ha
been in poor health for sevem
months. His death was sudder
Uhett National Chamber Head
Washing*.<>:, Feb. 11.?R. G
Rhett. former mayor of Char
leston, S. C'., was today electe<
president of the chamber o
commerce of the United State*
All other fficers were reelected
Explosion Kills Four.
Salisbury. Md., Feb. 10.?Fou
men were killed and three injur
cd by the explosion of a boile
at John Hurley's sawmill nea
here today.
"Movie" Men Appeal.
Philadelphia, Feb. 11.?Th
right of moving picture manu
facturers to appeal from decis
ion of the state board of censor
which may restrict or forbid th
public showing of their product
was upheld today by Judge Rar
rett. The matter has been th
bject of bitter controversy be
ween movie companies nnrl rv>,
state consors in Pennsylvani1
for a long time.
LIABILITY BIT T.
PASSES HOUSI
Final Passage Given Aftei
Amended to Provide That N<
Punitive Damage May be Re
covered Under Act.
Columbia, Feb. 12.?Th<
house today gave final passagi
to the Padgett bill defining th(
liability for injuries to employe1
ifter inserting by unanimous
consent the following amend
ments proposed by Mr. Searson
"Punitive damages shall not b(
recoverable in cases arising un
rler this act."
The neeessitv fr?v anmn
amendment was made evidenl
following a lesaral argumen* h\
Tesse W. Boyd, chairman of the
judiciary committee, who main
tained that "all damages, including
actual punitive and ex
miplary" may he recovered un
ler the World "damages" accord
ng to decisions made by the
3onth Carolina supreme co"?-t
Had the amendment, whicV
vas in accordance with the
vishes of the house, in trivins
*econd reading to the bill Fri
lay been rejected, it is probable
hat the bill would have been re'ommitted.
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FKRRUARY 15. !<)!(>
GERMANS MAKING
0 FIERCE ATTACKS
1 ?
4- Have Gained Some Ground
From French in the
Artois Section.
e BUSY WITH ITALIANS
I.I ,
i-: Near Ison/.o Austrians Have!
,s Captured Entrenchments ?
r. | Turkish Black Sea Shipr
piny: Sunk.
0; The Germans are fiercely at- '
n ! tacking the French positions in '
g the Artois section as well as in
Champagne. In the latter district \
y Berlin reports the capture of a
rt front of about 700 yards, while '
g the French admit that the Ger- ,
8 mans have gained a foothold in ,
e some o? their advanced trench- j
a | es near the Tabure-Sommee-Py
a I road. " j
rf 1 In Artois near Hill 140 which (
11 lies to the southwest of Vimy,
s; the German attacks followed ,
d one another in quick sucession,
there being four during the
I course of the afternoon. Pushtu
ing forward in the face of a hail ]
! of shells and bullets, the Germans,
on their fourth attempt,
succeeded in entering one of the 11
f French first line trenches, which, j
3 however, they failed to hold, j
o being almost immediately driven \
n out with considerable losses in L
(1 dead and wounded, according to ' \
Paris.
*
Northeast of Soissons, a Ger- ,
n man attack, preceded hv a bom- r
bardment, resulted in the cap- ,
e ture of a French trench near the \
Crou.v road, but here also they (
[. were thrown out, leaving their
dead on the field.
On the British eud of the line;
there have meen sapping opcrni_
ticns and bombardments by both
,f sides.
|1 All around Soissons the Ger0
man artillery was busy, nrenara- t
(l torv to infnntrv attacks* but fhr j
t] attacks did not eventuate owing
, to the Flench u e of their guns x
in curtain of fire volleys.. .
1 Considerable drm-wo has een
done to German positions in the -j
. Argonne forest by the French.
,1 \rtillery duels are in progress in |
f l .orraine and in the Vosges.
. The heavy guns are being i,
I actively employed on both sides j
in tne northern section of the
Russian front, but no important *
,. changes in position have occurred.
-j
r In the Isonzo regions the
Austrians have taken entrench j
ments from the Italians in the
Rombon zone, while the Italian
artillery has bombarded Austr- '
ian positions at various points,
' especially in the Gorizia sector.
Austrian seaplanes have at"
tacked the town of Ravenna, i.i
* northeast Italy and several other
\ places in the vicinity. Fifteen
persons are said to have beer. ^
killed and a number injured.
On the British end of the line
torpedo boat destrovers have c
" sunk additional Turkish sail-nor
1 vessels and have destroyed *
bridges and depots ashore.
The French cruiser Armiral j
Charner. it is feared by the 4
S French Ministry of Marine, has \
been lost while patrolling th >
r Syrian coast. The cruiser h> r
1 not been heard from since Feb. ^
* 8 when a German dispatch re
ported that a submarine had
? sunk a French warship.
5 The German gunboat 1 Ted wig e
; von Wissmann has been sunk on c
s Lake Tanganyika, Africa, I v F
' the Relgians, I1
r
I WON'T GO AS DELEG \TE.
Secretary McAdoo States \t- /
titude Toward St. Louis
! Convention. f
Washington, Feb. 13.?S T'
, tarv McAdoo wrote Cherf h
Piatt of Rata via, N. Y? L
thnt unfloi*
. -..^v MIIMVA in* V J I V ' ITM V*
.'would he permit th<* m
. himself a delegate to tiw
. cratic National C ?
? Louis next June. 1
asked the Secreter a'
, attitude. Mr. Mv > ?o
? said he felt that del' r Ac
, be chosen fom met vh h
j stood in the trenches and 'h*
> the battles of the party
. have not received official [<
tions." ii
ney
WILSON TO STAND i
FOR RE-ELECTION |
"Entirely 1'nwilling to Enter
Any Contest" For Kenominaation.
Washington, Feb. 14.?President
Wilson today consented
formally for the first time to the
use of his name as a presidential
candidate in the coming cam- i
paign. At the same time he declared
he was "pntirolv linmill
ing to enter into any contest"
for renomination.
This denition of the president's
attitude, in line with the
plans of his political associates,
is expected to bring into the
npen the campaign being made
in his favor throughout the
country.
Mr. Wilson's declaration was
made in a letter to the Ohio
secretary of state, who had
written that candidates for delegates
from that state to the national
convention must signify '
their choices for president before 1
February 25, and that no pre- !
sidential candidates could be
named in that convention without
their consent.
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METHODISTS WIN
FROM CAROLINA
University Defeated in Basket- i
ball Game.
Spartanburg, Feb. 12.?In a ,
pasketball game played here this i
afternoon between Wofford col i
ego and the University of South ;
Carolina Wofford defeated the 1
visitors by a score of 41 to 17.
The game was played at the city
V. M. C. A. and was witnessed i
py a large crowd of basketball <
Enthusiasts. 1
i
BOYS' FAVORITE DIES 1
lohn Townsend Trowbridge 1
Passes Away. *
Arlington, Mass.,Feb. 12.? i(
Tohn Townsend Trowbridge.
>oet and author of stories for! 1
>oys, diod tonight. Death was
mused by bronchitis, which developed
from a severe ccld con-1
racted a few weeks ago. .
It Wi"'. year'5 ,y,r< that Mr
Trowbridge g: ;v to the youth of
in earlier generation "Fathoi
bright Hopes." the first of a long
leries of books that included
l\\ ighbor Jackwood." "The '
^ocket Rille," "Cudjo's Cave." t
md ended with "A Pair of Mad- ,
aps," in 1900. I
Until his present attack Mr.
Trowbridge appeared physically .
veil and mentally alert. The war, j
lowever, distressed him greatly. t
HERE'S WHERE FORI)
GIVES UP MORE MONEY t
,
kVill Launch Rig Newspaper Ad
vertising Campaign Against ,
Preparedness Program.
Detroit, Mich., Feb. 13.?It I
vas announced tonight that 1
lenry Ford is preparing to
aunch a countrywide campaign /
f newspaper and magazine ad- j.
'ertising against the program t
or huge naval and military ex- i
lenmtures new before Congress,
t was said Mr. Ford intends soon ,
o carry out his auuounced in- ,
ention to devote millions of
ollars to an educational cam- i
iaijrn against war and prenared- 1
er;s which he declared to he the j(
est step toward actual war.
None of ih'? details of the v
Inn could he obtained tonight i
xcent that Mr. Ford had boon
onsidering the campaign for c
ome time and that "all the prole
of the country would he *
cached by it." I
j,
\ viator Pierces Sky Dome For r
It tit ude Record; Goes lTp Mile.
Qan n..1 1 a
fc cm vni.f rcu? l'l.? s
Micinl announcement that s
'lovd Smith, civilian aviator, c
>d broken the world's hydro- c
eroplane record for nilot and "
ro passengers, when he ascend- o
1 9,54-1 feet here Friday, was d
to todav bv Cant. Arthur S. o
" in. r*h;ff of the s'gnnl corps a
\ iation school, United States ii
ny. who represented the Aero T
'? of America at the flight. a
Calibration of the official s
c,o<rraph strapped to Smith's t
enplane showed the machine o
limbed 54 1 feet higher than the r
Ititude of 9.000 fefct recorded t
i Smith's pocket barograph. I
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1 WEATHER
i m Fair Friday and
VM rising
^ temperature Satm
$1.50 A YEAR.
CORNELL LABORATORY
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Hurtling of Morse Hall Cause*
Loss to Ithaca University of
$.100,000. * '
Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 13.?
Morse hall, Cornell university's
chemical laboratory, was destroyed
by fire early today. The
loss is estimated at $300,000,
partly covered by insurance.
The "cause of the fire has not
been determined. No one was in
the building at the time.
Firemen were menaced by
chemical explosions and the lack
of water pressure hampered
their work. Chemicals which, it
was said, can not be replaced
now owing to the European war
were consumed. More than
2,500 students will have to rearrange
their sceudhseslsisrrss
arrange their schedules, as every
course at Cornell except that of
law requires the study of chenv
istry.
rAnn * * *
anal route," said Senator Stone,
hairman of the committee.
Whether she ofTerod $0,000 ooo
r $12,000,000 of $20,000,000 !
!o not know. We have no means
>f knowing. That Germany was
ictuated by the same motives
a seeking this canal route that
"ranee had in the original Pan
ma enterprise is apparent. Peronally
I think it would be to
he great political disadvantage
>f the United States for any Euopean
government to have conrol
of a canal route across the
^n-American isthmus."
9
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ADVERTISING PLAN
Detroit, Feb. 13.?It was announced
that Henry Ford is
preparing to launch a country
wide campaign of newspaper and
magazine advertising against
the programme for huge naval
and military expenditures now
before congress.
it was said Mr. Ford intends
<oon to carry out his announced
intention to devote millions of
dollars to an educational campaign
against war and preparedness
which he declared to he the
irst step toward actual war.
None of the details of the
plan could ho obtained tonight
except that Mr. Ford had been
onsidering the campaign for
ome time and that "all the people
of the country would he
cached by it."
i'OI'R INCHES OF SNOW
tV -iKirg M de PUbc'df m New
York.
New York, Feb. 13.?Four
nehes of snow fell here today
>nd. coupled with rain, sleet and
ncreasing cold, made wafking
lifficult and seriously impeded
ratlic. Hospitals were busy
renting persons suffering from
>roken limbs, sprained ankles
tnd other injuries, although no
'atalities were reported. Rail oad
elevated trains and surace
car schedules were inter upted.
Many wires are down.
A force of 20,000 men was put
o work cleaning the city's
streets of snow and sleet.
ISfcEKING
LANI) FOR CANAL
das Made Offer to Nicaragua.
Washington, Feb. 1 1.?That
tcvmany had offered Nicaragua
\ larger sum 1han the United
states for an option on the N'ea aguan
canal route was urged
n Ih ' senate todav as an a-e-unent
for early ratification of the
lending treaty.
Several senators said they had
>een informed in the course of
he debate that Germany had
ong sought an option on the
anal route; that efforts first
cere made soon after Fran e ur!<
rtook construction of the can1
and were renewed more leently.
Members of the foreign relaions
commitee denied reports
hat there was documentary evdence
in possession of the comnittee
on the subject.
"Of course we have heard
uch reports that Germany
ought to obtain the Nicaragua**