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HAVEN'T DONE MUCH tIISL&TURE MUST WORK HARD To FINISH UP LAWS 10USES LAIK LEADERSHIP th Liquor Bill Has Blocked Other Meas- 55 ad ure Because its Aantagonists T C< Fight to Kil Time so as to Pre u vent Bill Being Taken Up-Educa- ar de tion Bill at Sea. a If much is accomplished by the fc general assembly of South Carolina di there will have to be some speedy bi work during the remainder of the th session. Great things had been pre- it dicted for this legislature, says Joe Si Sparks in the Augusta Chronicle, but fi so far the progress has beea rather in disappointing. m There is a lack of leadership in the House and Senate, and for this rea- tr gon certain important bills have been m held back. Gov. Richard I. Manning a, 'has done his part. He has worked p: hard for progressive measures, and if tb the assembly fails it will not be his a fault. a For twenty years South Carolin- li tans have been scrapping over the o: whiskey question. Millions of words e: have been spoken in the legislative si halls, and practically nothing of a o: beneficial nature has been accom plished. The members of the present S general assembly were elected on a: progressive platforms. If they don't f do something, then the people will be cc asking questions during the next s) campaign.c The liquor questia has served one w purpose. It has blocked legislation o at this session. The compulsory edu- t< cation measure in the Senate was torn and tattered, for no other. rea- a son than to hold back the vote on the la whiskey measure. c( There is a chance that Charleston a wi be given the right to vote on the t question of high license. It is prac- s( tically certain that the people in oth ir counties will be given the right to e decide on prohibition next Septem- p ber. There is an undercurrent in f avcr of saddling the liquor question s on the Maining administration. Some a would have the election put off until the 1916 campaign. That would be s manifestly unfair, in the opinion of p many members of the Senate. s The House is at sea on the com palsory education measure. The t members are all -tangled up on the i: .-proposition and a commission had to a be apopinted to lead the members 6 ont ot darkness. Nowever, matters m- 'Wil be straightened out and some kind of a compulsory education law A *wl be passed. The local option law B seems to be the most favored. The general assembly has been in h session for four weeks, and it will re- r quire another three weeks to get the i members out of town. They are d dragging along for some reason, no i one knows. The hearings are being held on the s Items of the appropriation bill before C the ways and means committee. The P introduction of the bill in the House , win be delayed somewhat this year. S The members of the committee are cutting down every ttem as much as possible. There will be no increase r in the tax levy this year.I The general assembly will be asked s to pass such laws as will give relief ito the patients of the State Hospital 1 -tfr the'nanne. Several measures have been introduced, designed to fix a de-1 niute policy. Dr. A. P. Herring, the I expert, has already pointed out that - a policy must be established. Unless( one is put Into force it will not be i r necessry to make appropriations. He also pointed out that the crimi- 3 nals In'this State are better cared for r than the insane. There is a good chance for the pas- I -age of Gov. Mianning's tax commis- 3 sLon bill. The commission will be aampd to study the tax laws of the 'CState and report back at the next ses 50 There seems to be little chance for the passage of abill toprid fcscommission to study the work mnen' compensation act and make sugestonsto the. legislature. This - mesure was earnestly requested by Gay. Manning. A inl te provide for a State bureau er ofwelfare work will be introduced in .the House and Senate this week. The-mill welfare work has been car ried on successfully in a score of vil rlages -during the past three years >- under the efficient leadership of Jas. L. Carbery. Some time ago the fed -. eral government cut off the support of .the work, and the State will be . 28asked. to continue it. - Gor. Manning heartily favors the --bi, -for he believes fikat everything possible should* be- done to help the Smil people of the State. The bill, as introduced, will provide for the ap pointment of a State supervisor by the governor, upon terecommenda tion of the State superintendent of ~ education. The local 'demonstrators are to be appointed .by the: State agent and their salaries wonld be paid by the Smill companies..e The bill is designed ~ to help the operatives reduce the cost of Uving; &nplove .tle sanitary con- 3 ditions, and encourage the study of Shome economics. Jfthe bill Is-passed, South Caro lina -will be the first state to Inaugu rate this kindjof work. The bill would -be a great-help to- the 160,000 mill people of the- State. The mill demonstration work has been carried t ~whmarked-success at the Arcade t a ~etozi -ufls~ir-st Rock HiHl. r ~'~~--5s apopraton.Of only $2,500 is I askd ~o, .,hegeneral assembly to r ,C -carry ei2 himportant development 1 in~t1~e lis believed that the binw .. s~e. If it becomes ai -'law the "general assembly will have o done much fot the mill operatives. t WILL SUPPLY MANS. Navy Yard Will Furnish Officer to State Naval Militia. r Gov. Richard I. Manning has re- t ceived the following letter from Jos- r ephus Daniels, secretary of the navy: t "Replying to your letter of Janu- a ary 27, 1915, I have the hoonr to ad- r vise you that on account of the short <age of officers it will not be practi cable at present to assign an officer to duty as inspector-instructor of naval militia for the State of South Caro- I lina for this duty alone. However, one or more officers now stationed at the Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C., -will be detailed as inspector-instruc tor of the naval militia for the State ~ of~South Carolina in addition to their other duties. "The names of the officers will be furnished you at an early date and the necessary orders will be issued." Crime Package in Detroit. Two human heads, two feet and a t~ hand, wrapped in a burlap bag, were s~ found by a boy Wednesday afternoon i~ in an alley behind a bottling work~s a in Detroit, Mich. Features we-e al- a: most obliterated by acid. Makes High Speed. The torpedo boat destroyer O'Brien al returned to Philadelphia Tuesday rt after a speed trial off the Delaware p -capes. The vessel maintained an av-. M erage of 30.S5 knots for four hours. tU: FAVORS TAX BIL )USE SENDS MEASURE TO ITS THIRD READING. G1 les and Brigham Push Measure Over Strenuous Opposition-Fav ored by Governor. The most important work done us far by the House was the pas- M ge to third reading Tuesday of the lministration tax commission bill. ie bill, backed by the gov -nor and mptroller-general, met with stren ius opposition led by .dessrs. Toole d Crum, but the House finally or red the bill to its third reading by vote of GO to 42. Every inch and amendment was ught. Messrs. Liles and Brigham m d the talking for the passage of the fc 11 and felt very much elated over h, e success of the measure as far as si has gone. The bill will go to the B nate, where it will encounter a o: ht because of its radical changes CE the entire tax system and assess- ti ents. ti The chief objection to the adminis- h, ation bill is that it centralizes too uch power with the three men to be st pointed on the commission. In re- oi y to this position it is urged that tr te only way to secure real tar and ti ;sessment reform is to place ample p ithority in the hands of a non- po tical board of three men. The plan u the bill as passed is that the gov- R 'nor shall appoint three commis- it oners, one on a fixed salary and two a: i a per diem basis. fI Long terms are provided. The t( ate board of equalization. the State essors are all abolished and all it aal authority is placed with the tax G mmission. The county and town- si ip boards are retained and the tax %, >mmission is to confer and advise c, ith these boards, but in all matters li assessments the tax commission is il have final and absolute authority. s, The commission is also to study d report upon remedies to the tax c ws of the State. The proposed tax fA )mmission bill is to become effective r i soon as approved, if passed, and tl ieir assessments are to be final as ti )on as made. p Messrs. Toole and Crum in their rfort against the bill undertcob to p rovide for a commission appointed I 'om the members and in this board r all report next session on revision t C the tax laws. s Mr. Becket of Beaufort made a r rong argument in favor of the p ending bill and the necessity for ch a revision of the tax laws. I Monday night the House declined t ) kill the tax bill and Tuesday morn- t ig disposed of several immaterial c mendments and then passed the bill s 0 to 42. The final vote resulted: Ayes (for the bill): Hoyt, Arnold, i tkinson, Bailes, Baker, Beckett, c erry, Blue, Bolt, Bowles,' J. W. a oyd, R. D. Boyd, Bradford, Brig- t am, Burns, Cherry, Clement, Coth an, Dantzler, Dennis, Dew, Dick, z ixon, Durst, Etheridge, Fant, Fri- c af, Fripp, Graydon, Harper, W. W. [arris, Hawkins, Hubbard, Huffman, I [utchinson, Huetto, Jackson, John- I tone, Lee, J. T. Liles, Leslie, Mc- c llough, McInnis, McKeown, Mal- t ass, Means, Moise, Odom, Query, r tobinson, Russel, Sanders, Searson, f huler, Sumner; Wagnon, Walker, t rest, Wolfe and Zimmerman. Not voting: Charles, Fair, Ham-s 2ond, H. H. Harris, Legrone, T. M. t yles, McMahan, A. M. Martin, Mas- a ey, Mills, Morrison, Ramseur, L. M.g togers, Rush, Sellers, Senseney, Shir-t y, Smith, Strom, Varn and Warren.t Nayes (against the bill): Austin,y ~arr, Brown, Carey, Carter, Chap-c an, 'Crum, . Deschamps, Pickling, 'lk, Frombei'g, Goggans, J. J. M. raham, S. A. Graham, King, Lee, 1 eland, LeGrand, Lofton, Lynch, Mc ~aurin, J. M. Martin, Melfi, Momeier, foore, Mower, Muldrow, Nunn, Ox-c er, Pegues, Reid, Rivers, W. S. ogers, Sturkie, Toole, Traylor, Wal-t tee White, Williams, Wingard,t "orkman and Wright. SMITH SHOWS UP. oth South Carolina Senators at Their Duty in Washington. Totally unannounced and to the urprise of his colleagues, Senator 1 . D. Smith of South Carolina, who I .as been at the bedside of his wife or the past three n eeks, Monday sioning came into the Senate. Not nly did Senator Smit h arrive from outh Carolina but Senator Newlands lo reached Washington from the rest. It was also feared that Senator 'illman, who had been confined to is apartments for the past three or our days, might not be able to be I resent, but when the Senate met he ras on hand, though feeling far fromc Senator Smith said that -It wasr uite impossible' to reach Washing-t on earlier, although he was well 1 ware of the serious situation exist ig there. He could not leave Mrs.t mith, who has been in a hospital at a 'lorence, until Sjsnday night, at ( hich time he took the first train for I Cashington.s ADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. r. Babcock Calls Attention to His Report on thie Asylum. S Dr. J. W. Babcock, former super- t atendent of the State Hospital for t le Insane, has called attention to te fact that the greater part of the e ecomendatons made by Dr. A. P. t [erring, the efficiency expert, as a y esult of his Investigation In the asy- s im, were made by him in his testi- t ony before the asylum investigat- r ig committee on April 28, 1909, f rhen in answer to a question from s de chairman he gave his reasons for sking for the Investigation. Dr. Babcock also referred to an rticle written by himself for the Cen- c nnial edition of the News and Cour- t r, in which many of these same ecommendations are made. He t Lough it only justice to himself t') ring these facts out, as these recomn lendations, he said, were made to Ibe general assembly several years go and are only repeated by Dr. Her- . tl LARGE SHIP LAUNCHED. e atteship Pennsylvania Will be " p Floated Next Week. The battleship Pennsylvania. now nder construction at Newport News,a a. will be launched Tuesday, March 6, at 10 a. in. Miss Elizabeth Kolb, Germantown, Pa., has been select 4 by Secretary Daniels to christen le new ship. Because she is the largest warship rer constructed in this country, be g 31.000 tons displacement, four ~ousand tons larger than the battle ip Texas and New York, the launch of the Pennsylvania will be a atched with keen interest in naval id ship building circles. I I Negroes Shot Officers.4 Firing upon C. W. Deen, special :ent at Waycross. Ga.. at such close h, ne that his face was burned by cr wer. two negroes Saturday led c cers a 7-mile chiaso that ended in to eir capture at R!uskit during the of IlilT IN THE EAST ERMAN ATTACK CONTINUES IN FRONT OF WARSAW. WEST REPORTS QUIET asses of German Troops, Numbering a Thirty Thousand to the Mile, At- b f tempt to Take Russion Positions- 1 Petrograd Gives Account of Battle, a a But Berlin Has Nothing to Say. t t Petrograd reports: While the Ger- i ans with three-quarters of their I rees along the Bzura containued to t Lmmer at the Russian line, the Rus ans threw their forces across the a ura at i(amion, near the junction 2 : the Bzura with the Vistula, and t ,ptured the German fortified posi- i Dn. At the same time they drove a e Germans across the Bzura at Dak- c >vana, close to Sochazew. C At Kamion the Russians captured eel bullet-proof shields, a number 1 quick-firing guns, and in this dis- i ict and on the upper Rawka river I Ley captured several German out >sts. Near Bolimow the Germans were 1 arelenting in their attack, and the I ussians countered with equal feroc y. German forces repeatedly used I rmored motor cars, but shr ipnel I am the Russian lines forced them retire. i Russian military authorities be- I eve the desperation evidenced by the I ermans In Russian Poland is a I i1eld for the removal of forces to- I -ard the western front, and they i mpare those attacks with others de- 4 vered by Gen. von IIindenberg early the war, when six corps of German yldiers 'were rushed toward France. At Shabno. north of Tarnow, Gali a, the Austrians aimed at Russian rtifications on the left bank of the 'unajec. They tried to approach irough an elaborate system of enches, but were driven out at the int of the bayonet. In the Carpathians, from Dukla ass to Uzcok, thence 50 miles direct r south of Przemysl, the Russians ?port a continued advance, in which ey are pushing the enemy to the Duth. Threethousand prisoners are eported to have been taken in the ast three days. "Our troops on the left bank of the azura river near its juncture with e Vistula, have undertaken a fur er offensive movement and have aptured a very important point of upport of the enemy north of the illage of Vitkovitze. "On an estate near Barjimow we are captured a co-siderable section f the Germans' entrenched line; also portion of the second line trenches, king six rapid-fire guns. In the re on of Borjimow the enemy has ade three pronounced attacks with ut sucecss.' Not since the battles around Lodz, tussian Poland, early In December, ave the Germans delivered such vie! us attacks as ,Then they attempted o break through the Russian lines ear Borjimow. Probably never be ore in the east have they concen rated such a force upon one point. The lattlefield was a flat unob tructed plain. The Russians met he German advance with rifle fire nd the bayonet, the first lines strug ling forward and backward from rench to'trench. At some places the renches were only a few hundred 'ards apart. The fighting was extra rdinarily sanguinary. Whole com lanies were exterminated. For six miles between Humin and sorjimow the Germans threw 103, 00 infantrymen and heavy forces of 'avary, supported by 100 batteries >f artillery-600 guns. It is esti nated there were nearly 30,000 men o the mile, coming on In ten or welve lirnes like waves of the sea. "In the Carpathians the fighting ontinues along the front which is etween the Dulka Pass and Mount Vyszkow. We advanced at a point ear Sividnik, in the valley of the iver La Bortch. moving in the direc ion of Oujok. We took 2,000 prison trs and ten machine guns. "At Mount Houkholka and at leskid our troops during the last ew days have been confronting the nemny with a desperate resistance. hey accepted no less than ten en agements- at the point of the bayo te. On February 3 we resolved to rithdraw our soldiers from the nountain positions previously select d and organized by us. The offen ive strength of the enemy in this ivinity Is very 'considerable." Vienna reports: "Rissian attacks ave been renewed at certain places a the Carpathians, but have, broken town with heavy losses ' the enemy. )ur attacks continue the forest egion. The number of prisoners aken by us in the Carpathians has een increased by 4.000." Berlin reports "Russians Friday at aced on the east Prussian frontier nd south of the Vistula, against the -erman front from Humin to the azura river. All attacks were repul ed. - Germans made 1,000 pris ners a . took six machine guns. "Especially from the British, but so from the French side, the alle ation Is repeated continuously that he Germans. to commemorate the mperor's birthday, made attacks on large scale. which were attended hroghout with heavy reverses for he Germans. "All German official reports of vents on the days in question prove hat this allegation was invented, ith perfidious intent. Of course, uch fighting manners cannot touch he emperor's person, but the Ger 'an army headquarters would not al to expose their baseness to hame." London reports: On his chosen round west of Warsaw. General von indenburg, German commander. is antinuing his costly hunges to break rouch to the Polish capital. At the me time the Russians further to ie north have pressed forward and. fter crossing the Bzura river they re seriously threatening the Ger ans with an outfianking movement. Thus. another great battle for War w is on. involving perhaps greater s of life than any other con-flict in iwar. The issue remains uinde dd. but the Russia claim the In lative has passed to them. although ore furious German attacks are ex ected. The more complex and. stwategien1 7the more important struggle in ne 'ornathIans continues without my decisive turn. It apnears that in e western half of the hattle region ia Russinns are makin~g nrogress. he in the eastern half they appear have fallen hnek from Lupkow and eskid nasses on prepared positions. 'here they are attemrating to stem 1 rush of large Austro-German >rees. Austria .snnounoedl that Rusi* :taks in the Carathians had brok 1down and that the Russians had mered heavy losses. In somue sea os of the front the Austrians ar' the orensive. nnd the captmure of AM0 more Rumssisns is reported. ParTicnlnr siqnificance is attacked mii~ry etrat'~ists to the onmt rne of th-n (Trnathian enenpaian hn' ue it nrobably wil! dride the mae ry of that recion for the remaindor the war. Should Austria gain a, IS NOT A BLOCKADE ERMANY WILL RESPECT SHIP- I PING OP NEUTRALS. i111 Take Every Caution to Avoid J Mistake and the Sinking of Neutral Ships. Berlin reports that Germany's nav I measures against British com- e terce are in no sense a blockade. No r ostile action against neutral ship- r ing is contempted. German sub- a iarines and warships will endeavor I y every means in their power to t void sinking neutral ships and will f tke every precaution to avoid a mis- I ike. This may be taken as the cor- I ect interpretation of the German i roclamation as expressed in compe nt circles in Berlin. I The proclamation declaring waters t round Great Britain to be a war i one like similar British measures i aken as a precedent, is designed, it I ; asserted, to warn neutrals that a < hip venturing into the naval field < f operations exposes itself as does a ivilian wandering on a battlefield. It was stated that it might be safe 7 asserted that the Germans do not atend sinking an American ship un ss she carries contraband, and then nly if her crew can be given the Lowever, that war measures would >e carried out against British trade ossibility of escape. It was added, vith all possible severity in order "to ive England a taste of her own edicine." The warning to neutral shipping, t was asserted, was considered as articularly needed in view of the re orted order to British ships to hoist eutral flags when they are in dan-1 er, an orddr, which if adhered to, t was stated, would make it diffi ult for a German warship to discrim nate between neutral and hostile hipping. A number of the German ne'r:pa ers assert that the memorandum ac ,empanying the proclamation of Feb Mary 6 made it clear that Germany loes not intend starting a war gainst neutral trade. They declare, iowever, that Germany was within ier rights in declaring the zone around the British islands a war rea in which it is dangerous for ieutral vessels to venture on account f mines or naval operations. The newspapers assert that if the United -States wishes to protest it should do so first to Great Britain, whose alleged abuse of neitral flags, s was reported in the case of the Lusitania, threatens, they say, the safety of all ships. The Vossische 'Zeitung declares that it welcomes the incident as the ccasion for a free interchange of views between Germany* and the United States, which may result, like the pending Anglo-American nego tiations on the protest against delays to commerce, in clearing up the sit ation. "If America feels called upon to send a protest to Berlin," says the Vossische Zeitung, "t will be met in Quite as friendly a spirit as in Lon don, and will find Germany ready to establish by a joint discussion what Germany, while maintaining the vital nterests, which are as vital to her as they are to England, can do to avoid as far as possible the damaging f the American interests." As to the danger announced in the German warning, the newspaper says, in many cases it will be impossible to protect neutral ships against It. It is not a question of a German subma rine torpedoing neutrals in the be lief that they are Illegally flying a neutral flag~but rather a question of risk from mines. "When the Government declared certainwaters as a war area," toe Vossische Zeitung continues, "It re served the right to use all permissi blewar measures therein, and It will not make a later specific declaration of where and when mines are laid within these waters after February 18." be freed from the menace of invasion. The Russian counter blow on the massed assaults of Gen. von Hinden berg's men is, to 'British observers, the most Interesting development of the eastern struggle. Temporarily it overshadows operations of the Rus sians in East Prussia and is taken in sole quarters to indicate they have ceased playing the role of merely bolding their lines west of Warsaw and determined on an effort to expel the invaders. In the meantime the Russians are making slow progress in East Prus sia and are withstanding the at tempts of the Austro-German forces to take the offensive on the river Nida n southern Poland and on the Duna lee river in Galicia. The Austrians admit the loss of Tarnow, Galicia, an important centre, Russian possession of which insures the main line of :ommunications in western Galicia. In the midst of the snows of the Carpathians the two armies still are :ontending for the passes which lead into Hungary. The Austro-German orces have driven the Russians back rom the passes which they had occu pied on their extreme right west of Dukla pass, but elsewhere the Rus sans claim to be making progress, or, at all events, to be holding their own. Fighting in the west is a repetition 3f that of the preceding days. There tave been lively artillery duels and a ew infantry attacks, in which both sides claim to have gained some ~round. No further fighting in Egypt is re orted. The Turkish account of that vhich already has occurred there re ers to It as an encounter of van ~uards and addo that the battles are still in progress. This probably is a elayed announcement. The Italian report of the return of Baron Burian, the Austro-Hungarian oreign minister, from his visit to the erman emperor says the Austrian ~abinet found the results satisfactory, ut were not inclined to give Tren :ino to Italy and part of Transyl ~ania to Roumania as the price of ~ontinued neutrality on the part of hose countries. Turkey has given Italy satisfaction or the Hodeida incident. The Brit sh consul has been released and the talian flag saluted. English refugees from Constanti ople declare the former cruiser Goe >en, now owned by Turkey, was so adly damaged by striking a Turk sh mine that it will be impossible to epair her at Constantinople. This irtual loss of the Goeben reduces the urkish fleet to a state of inferiority .s compared with the Russian Black ea fleet, which is about to be trengthened by a new dreadnought1 onstructed at Sebastopol. It is be eved that when this ship joins the eet Russia will attack the Bosphorus nd the Bl'ck Sea while the allied leets attempt to force the Dar tanelles. Big Submarine Launched. The ?,600-ton submarine tender ushnell, of the United States nary, was launched at Seattle. Wash.. Tules ay. Her contract price is $1,000. Resmes Rolling Work. The Gary rail mill of the Illinoisi teel company resumed rolling at 1 'hicago Tuesday and furnished em loyment for 1,000 mean who have en idle for some time. Many a man who marries early be-t --ne badheaddoung.e BATTLE MANOEUVRES JG FLEET GATHERS AT GUAN TANAMO, CUBA. dmiral Fletcher Now in Command of Two Complete Divisions of Bat tleships. The largest and most powerful fleet ver assembled under the Stars and tripes is now gathered off Guasta amo, on the north coast of Cuba, for month of the hardest kind of drill ag. It will be a great spectacle for he few citizens who will see it, but or the more than 1,000 officers and 5,000 enlisted men, it means work, nceasing labor, to fit the American avy for battle. Yet every Jack Tar is glad he is here.' Great fascination surrounds he manoeuvres, the orderly march ng and countermarching over the pa ade ground of the ocean, dread Loughts and cruisers taking the place f individual soldiers, but obeying the rders sent by wireless and wig-wag ust as implicitly and readily as a quadron of well drilled cavalry. 7very nerve is strained to make the ormous rifles their best and hot -ivalry is exhibited by the gun crews. 3usiness is pleasure when the heart s in it. The eyes of the whole United States tre directed to Rear Admiral Frank rriday Fletcher and his ships to-day. k great wave of criticism has swept >ver the country. The European war ias created ir terest in the army and 1avy; and every patriot feels that if iot the greatest we should have the yest navy in the world. Is the navy up to scratch? This is the *question the manoeu res may solve and at the same timE lo a great deal toward making it p0s -ible to answer in the affirmative, rhe navy needs manoeuvres, just as in army needs drills. A fleet will be iwkward in forming in battle line ir time of war if the superior officer. ave not performed all the evolution ften in time of peace. Partly due to the use of the big hips off the coast of Mexico, the nanoeuvres have been neglected. Thi, s the first time in three years thal the entire fleet will be assembled foi battle practice. Three years means z long while when one considers hoi Cast the art of naval warfare is devel Dping. Just to mention one item: Naval guns of 14-inch calibre were arried on no ship in the world three years ago. -Now the Texas and Nev ork both carry these mammoth rifle, and it is currently reported thai Great Britain's new Queen Elizabetl class, now building, will have lV Inches. When one considers that the fleet! of Great Britain, Germany, France Austria, Russia and Japana are nov engaged in actual war work every da: in the year it is easy to see that tho United States must do a lot of prae ticing even to approximately the de gree of efficiency to which the fight ing navies of the world are arriving The Guanatanamo manoeuvres wil be the most extensive target and flee practice the American navy has -ve: gone through. They will last throug) the greater part of the month an( will be followed by the Panama cana opening exercises, which may involvi some manoeuvring of value, too. The armored fleet (the bigges ships) will be in four divisions of 2: vessels. Ten will be of the so-callet "dreadnought" class and eleven o the pre-dreadnought type. Beside| these, two of the four armored cruis ers of the fleet and all of the torpedt flotillas, except those in reserve, wil be present. Never before did the fleet contal practically two complete divisIons a the dreadnought "lass. The first divi sion consists of dreadnoughts of thi most powerful type and the secon division is made up of these powerfu ships, except one pre-dreadnough battleship. In addition to the battleships, flvy of the seven divisions of torpedo boa destroyers will have a part in the er ercises. This means 21 more craft There will be 10 auxiliarIes and the scout cruiser Birmingham, which i the flagship of the torpedo flotilla. This does not mean that all the vessels under Admiral 'Fletcher' command will .be at Guantan'amo There will be missing all the sub marines, as well as all the sn.alle: scrulsers and gunboats and two divi sons of the destroyer flotilla. Ad miral Fletcher directs 103 vessels, a which 55 will be at Guantanamo. It was figured by a naval office: that the 12-inch guns of the fleet cat fire a broadside of 105,000 pound: and the 14-inch guns bring this up t< 136,400 pounds. There are 124 12 inch guns in the reorganized fleet, a] of which are placed so that they cat be fired in a single broadside. The New York and the Texas eac1 have 10 14-inich guns. The projiectile: fired from these guns weigh 1,40( pounds each and it costs the Amern can people $777 every time one I fired, not counting the deterioratior in the gun. Fletcher has ?!ve rear admirals un den him, one to command each dii ion of the fleet. There are 25 .cap tains, more than 1.000 officers of less er rank and about 25,000 enlistei men. The New York, with Its sister ship the Texas, the most powerful warshl in the American navy, is ordinaril: the flagship of Rear Admiral Fletch e, but his flag h s been transformed to the Wyoming. The New York has been fitted up with luxurious quarters to receive President Wilson and his party at New York after the manoeu vres and carry them to the canal. Il has been informally christened "Thi Boudior Ship." WAITING ON ADVICE. %Ianning Securas Legal Advice ox Militia's Status. "I am with you and will, be glad : issue an order rescinding the or er of the former governor under 'hich you were declared disbanded, it I am waiting on legal advice and an not take action now," was what sov. Richard I. Manning told a comn nittee from the National Guard as sociation that presented a resolution . him asking him to take action to -einstate the militia. In addition to conferring with the :ommittee, Gov. Manninug appeared >efore the association and urged it to iubmit a definite proposition to him. he request that he rescind the order .at disbanded the militia was the roposition laid before him. NO PEACE PARLEYS. 'ilson Says There is Nothing to Re. porteil Peace Rumors. President WYilson emnphasizedl that ~ol. F. M. House. hlis c'OSe person1al riendi. had not gone to Europe to eek to bring about pease as his ncr onal repres3entative. The president xplainied that C'ol. Ifouse frequently -isits Europe and that on his present rip he was erarusted with seekins nfornrationl regarding various ques ions, including that of American re ief work. Reports that there had been ex hanges between Ru'sia, urr ing'try arnd th' T-nited States cn ha question of peace were flatly de. Lin iiw the president. RUSSIANS ACTIVE FIGHTING ALONG ENTIRE LINE Of RUSSIAN BORDER BEARiM BRUNT OF WAR Czar's Soldiers Are Fighting Furious Battles in East Prussia, in Poland, in the Carpathians and in Buko wina-France and Belgium Are Enjoying Comparative Quiet. The Carpathians and the crown lands of Bukowina claim most atten tion in the campaign in the East. Battles in the Carpathian hills are of a desperate character, but without decisive result, while latest reports indicate the withdrawal of the Rus sian forces in Bukowina. The Aus trians claim to have driven the Rus sians back in the southern district of Bukowina and to have occupied Wama. . In Poland and East Prussia steady fighting continues. The length of the fronts and the vast number of men engaged make it impossible to esti mate the value of the small advances or repulses at various points. In France and Belgium there is comparative calm, although in the Argonne the Germans have made ad vances. London reports: In the east the Germans, checked in their efforts to break the Russian lines before War saw, have transferred many troops to East Prussia. to meet their Russian offensive there. This offensive threatens to drive a wedge between Tilsit and Insterburg, and so to turn the fortified position in the extremely difficult country of the Mazurian I lakes. If this movement succeeds the Rus sians would overrun a considerable part of East Prussia and again would be on their way to Koenigsberg and Danzig. The campaign in the Carpathians and in Galicia is not so easy to fol low, as official reports are sparing in information. It is evident, however, that while the Russan offensive in the western passes is being- pushed with strength and has-proved partial ly successful, it has been met by stronger opposition in the eastern passes with the result that the Rus sians have been compelled to fall back in Buk'owina. They have re peatedly done this, only to give the Austrians battle when they debouch ed from the Russian :ud of the passes and it is presumed tihat this is their intention now. Operations are on so large and complicated a scale that it may be weeks before any definite decision is reached. . Russia's unexpected adoption of - the offensive In Poland from where the Germans apparently have been I withdrawing some forces both to the t north and south, furnishes another r striking feature of the European war. From German sources it is insisted I that the plans for the capture of Warsaw still are being pushed. But the Russian clai mseveral minor suc cesses at various points and declare the German attack reached its cli max several days ago. IAnother huge segment of the Rus fsion army is continuing its efforts for a firmer foothold in the Carpa thians, but it is admitted that the Germans and Austrians have fained some ground. At one point a severe snowstorm Is said to have aided th'e 1Austro-Hungarian troops In an ac tion which Vienna states has result ed in heavy losses to the Russian forces in Dukla Pass. . jBerlin reports: "In the western area of the war nothing of impor tance has transpired. "Or. the East Prussian frontier we have had -several minor local suc cesses; otherwise, the situation is un changed." Vienna reports: "The Austro-Ger man allies Monday after a battle of several days, took a village north of Volovec, which the Russians had stubbornly defended. Numerous prisoners and much ammunition and war material were captured. "On- the other Carpathian fronts severe battles occurred. In the west ern sector the Russian attacks were unsuccessful and 340 prisoners and three machine guns fell into our hands. S"We continue to advance in Buko wina and have occupied Wama."' Petrograd reports: "In the Car pathians hard fighting continued. Our troops broke down the enemy's resistance at three fortified positions near Mezolaborcz-and pursued the re treating enemy several versts, taking two cannon, five machine guns, cap turing the commandant of the third honveds, 47 officers and 2,516 men. "North of Nzsok Pass. near Luto wisko, the enemy was forced to re treat. Our troops occupied his trenches, taking three machine guns and many prisoners. "The attacks of the enemy who crossed the Toukholka and Beskid Passes on February 5, were repulsed with heavy losses for the enemy who was forced into a precipitate retreat. "On the right bank of the Vistula some skirmishes favorable to us have taken place. On a broad front near the village of Nadriz Cossacks attack ed a squadron of the enemy support Ied by Infantry, capturing 20 Hussars. "Our cavalry at 3 o-clock in the morning dislodged by a bayonet at tack the Germans from the villages of PodlesiJe and Prondystary, cap turing a quantity of arms, ammuni tion and wire. "Our artillery successfully bom barded a column of Germans who were moving in the direction of Boli mow from Zenniary. The Infantry was compe1)lled to flee, abandoning their artillery upon the highway." Paris reports: "On the night of February 6-? the enemy exploded three series of mines at La Boisselle in front of houses in the village which we occupied. Two companies and a half were then sent against our positions but were not able to get beyond the excavations formed by the explosions. "During the course of the after noon of February 7 a counter-attack, executed by one of our companies, drove the enemy from the excavations which we Immediately occupied. The Germans left 200 dead on the ground. "To the north of Mesnil-les-Hurlih on the night of February 7-S we cap tured a wood where th enemy had been solidly established. In the Ar gonne the action of the infantry en eaged at Bagatelle was prolonged throughout the night of February 7 . The Germans. after having made some progress, were able to occupy Iat daybreak of the eighth only par ticular parts of our advanced line. around wh.'h tMe struggle continued during the day." Goe to Six Cents. TekTers over the entire country are raing the price of loaf bread to six cents on account of the higher cost of tiour. Trops Leave Strike Zone. Socrtary Garrison decided Mionday to withdraw the troorps recently sent tthe Arkansas strike zone to on SENDS STRONG NOTES (Continued from page one.) :hant vessels presumably for the pur pose of avoiding recognition by Ger nan naval forces. " 'The department's attention also as been directed to reports In the press that the captain of the -Lusi tania, acting upon orders or informa tion received from the British ad miralty, used the American flag in approach to the British coast in order to avoid anticipated attack by Ger man submarine's. To-day's press re ports also contain an alleged official statement of the foreign office defend ing the use of the flag of a neutral county by a belligerent vessel in or der to escape capture or attack by an enemy. " 'Assuming that the foregoing re ports are true, the government of the United States, reserving for future consideration the legality and pro priety of the deceptive use of the flag of a neutral power in any case for the purpose of avoiding capture, desires very respectfully to point out to his Britannic majesty's government the serious consequenices which may re sult to American vessels and Ameri can citizens if this practice is con tinued. "'The occasional use of*the flag of a neutral or an enemy unider the stress of immediate pursuit and to deceive an approaching enemy, which appears by the press reports to be represented as the precedent and jus tification used to support this action, seems to this government a very dif ferent thing from an explicit sanction by a belligerent government for its merchant ships generally to fly the flag of a neutral power within cer tain portions of the high seas which are presumed to be frequented with hostile warships. " 'The formal declaration of such a policy of general misuse of a neu tral's flag jeopardizes the vessels of the neut:al visiting those waters in a peculiar degree by raising the pre sumption that they are of belligerent nationality regardless of the flag which they may carry. "'In view of the announced pur pose of tlie German admiralty to en gage in active naval operations in cer tain delimited sea areas adjacent to the coasts of Great Britain and Ire land, the government of the United States would view with anxious solic itude any general use of the flag of the United States by British vessels traversing those waters. " 'A policy such as the one which his majesty's government is said to intend to adopt, would, if the declara tion of the German admiralty be put in force, it seems clear, afford no pro tection to British vessels, while it would be a serious and constant men ace to the lives and vessels of Ameri can citizens. "'The government of the, United States therefore trusts that his maj esty's government will do all in their power to restrain vessels %f British nationality from deceptive use of the flag of the United States in the area defined in the German declaration, since such practice would greatly en danger the vessels of.a friendly pow er navigating these waters and would even seem to impose on the govern ment of Great Britain a measure 01 responsibility for the loss of Ameri can lives and vessels in case of an at tack by a German na'val force. " 'You will impress upon hie majesty's government the grave con cern which this government feels in the circumstances in regard to the safety of American vessels and lives in the war zones declared- by the Ger man admiralty. " 'You may add that this govern ment is making earnest representa tions to the German government in regard to the danger to Amerin:.. vessels if the deci.,ion of the Germ~az admiralty is put into effect.' " WANTS LAW ENFORCED. Manning Insists That Sheriffs Hae All Necessary Power. Gov. Manning has determined that the laws of the State shall be enforc ed, and he also hopes that each local ity will attend to the enforcing o1 these laws without his having to ap point any special constable or detec tive. The sheriff of one of the coun ties wrote to him that he did not see how he could enforce the law in his county. In reply Gov. Manning wrote: "In reply to your letter. I note that you say that you feel It is almost an impossible und .rtaking to enforce he law with loct'. aid. "I will have, to differ from you in your view on-this matter. I do not see why it should be impossible for the local authorities of your county to enforce the law. All the corporat ed laws of your county have their local organization, which should be ample to enforce all the law In that community. Each magistrate in your county has his constable, all of whom have power in enforcing the law. Finally, you have your deputy, and, if necessary, you have the power to swear in extra deputies. With this machinery In your county, as in all other counties, I do not see why the law can not be enforced. "I expect the officers of each local ity, whether municipal, magisterial, district or county, to do their duty In enforcing the law. I do not expect, either, that these officers should re main passive until Initiative for the enforcement of the law comes from outside forces. Wherever the sheriff or other peace officer knows or sus ects violation of the law, it should -e his business to. follow up the clue o a conclusion. "The law should be enforced just as much in regard to illegal liquor sales, gambling, slot machines, or any other petty violation, the same as it would be enforced in a case of ar son or murder. "I trust that you will view this matter as I do, and that you and all other officers of your county will do their utmost to enforce the law; that they will not, by non-enforcement, confess that they are unable to pre serve the law in your county. "I hope that you will let me hear from you at an early date on what progress you are making in this mat ter. I am, "Very truly yours, (Siged) "Richard I. Manning, 'Governor." Cotton Exposition. A Cotton Exposition under thu aus pices of the American Manufacturers association will be held in Augusta some time in March. At this show beautiful and attractive clothes for men and women will be seen. The purpose of the fc:e is to show to what advantages cotton goods can be used. Participating in the expo sition will be pretty girls in all kinds of gowns from the dainty little house dress to the more pretentious tailor ed suits and afternoon gowns. Nurse maids, Red Cross nurses, policemen, firemen, postmen. conductors, chauf fers, housekeepers, cooks, Palm Beech suits, and in fact every known style that can be evolved from cot ton goods will be In evidence. An attractive feature rf 1 he affnir is that living models wi i iplay all the cre ations from cottLon. Capital Punishment Aholished. The state senate of South Dakota Wednesday passed a House bill abo! ishing capital punishment in South Dakota. The governor is expected to sign the bill. This war business is all right, but what's it got to do with the corn 5AUS fILIBUSTER DEROCRATS GiE NOTICE Of LS TURE AMENDIENT WILL SHUT UP DEDATERS After Long Session Senator Reed Gives Required Notice of New Measure - Republicans Protest Vainly-Member Sleep in Cloak Rooms. Formal notice in writing that he would seek a cloture amendment to the Senate rules to end debate on the administration shipping bill at 2 p. m. February 19, and cause a final vote to be taken three hours later, was given by Senator Reed late Tues day night, when the Senate had been in continuous session for more than thirty-six hours. Under the rules the proposed~ amendment must lay over for "one day" and if this is construed to mean a "legislative day' there can be no action upon it until the Senate ad journs and ends the legislative day of Monday. Senators Gallingeran d Smoot vain ly made points of order against Sen ator Reed's notice, and the Republi cans generally let it be known that they would fight to the last ditch against an attempt to adopt any form ,.Z cloture rule. Senator McCu'mber, who had yield ed to Senator Reed on the under standing that he would not lose the floor, resumed his speech. Senator Sherman interrupted with somo re marks about the bill, whereupon Sen-' ator Simmons rose and declared that Senator McCumber had lost the floor. Senator Lea in the chair sustained the point of oider and gaye the floor -to the Democrats by recognizing Sea ator Stone. He hel fast to his deci sion over a volley of objections and points of order from the Republicas side, and refused-to grant an appest from his ruling. Senator Stone then began an ad'- - dress on the.bill, whlie the Republi can Senators retired to the cloak rooms for a hasty conference. Senator Fletcher had thrown the Senate into an uproar just before midnight by suddenly demanding a yea and nay vote on the pending question, the first of the three-propo sitions into which his amendment to the motion to recommit the shipping bill to the commerce committee had been divided. The demand was seconded instant ly, but a dizen Republicans were on their feet clamoring for recognition before Senator Lea could .order the clerk to begin calling the roll. In the confusion Senator, McCum ber was recognized and began speak+ ing again. - Thus, when the Senate had been In continuous session for. thirty-six hours, the situation was virtually what it was when the ses sion began Monday at noon. Apparently word had gone out throagh the city that the Democrats expected to accomplish some parlia mentary victory, for the . galleries were crowded before the flurry end ed. The Senate settled down early for another all-night debate on the ad ministration ship purchase bill after 'Republicans and Insurgent Demo crats failed early itr the evening -to end the session, which began early Tuesday. When the end would come, no one would predict. Administration leaders declared the session might last for a week without interruption. - Opposition leaders, however, said an effort would be made to break the deadlock. Republicans were surprised at the strength commanded by the adminis tration forces when Senator Clarne of Arkansas moved that the Senate adjourn. They had hoped that Sena., tor Norris, Progressive-Rep~ublica would not stand with the Democratic majority on the motion. Senator Norris; however, voted against ad journment, as did Senator LaFollette. Senator -Kenyon voted with the ad ministration forces for the first time since the beginning of the fight. The vote was 48 to 46. The present session began 'Monda~y and has continued uninterrupted. Senator -Jones of Washington held the floor Monday night. Through. out the night the Democrats made few efforts to interrupt Senator Jones.-- Ante-rooms of the Senate chamber had been hastily fitted with cots and blankets and in these sena tors snatched a few hours of sleep. Senator Fletcher, In charge of the shipping bill, remained at his desk all night stretched out over two chairs and dozing fitfully. One or two of his Democratic colleagues and an equal number of Republicans were always in the chamber. A roll call on a motion showed 61 senators present in the .chamber. They came in from - the committee rooms, many with towsled hair and wrinkled clothing, indicating that they had been sleeping when the whirr of the call bells summoned them back. Senator Jones yielded the floor to Senator McCumber In the morning. His speech has been surpassed- for length only twice in the Senate's his tory. Senator LaFollette spoke 18 hours and 20 minutes ?gainst the Al drlch-Vreeland currency law, and Senator Burton spoke more than 14 hours on a river and harbor meas ure. If opponents of the bill prevent a decisive vote for many more days an alternative plan of getting the bill through has been suggested. The plan would be for House leaders to call up for passage a bill Introduced by Senator Weeks early in the Bes sion, which passed the Senate, pro viding for turning over some ships of the navy for mail and commercial service between New York and South American ports. With this bill be fore the House it would be part of the plan to attack the ship purchase bill as an amendment and to pass the amended bill under a special rule. A dministration leaders in the Senate would -move to concur In House amendments to the Weeks' bill and upon this it is believed, a record vote might be forced. STOPS IN ENGLAND. Wilhelmilna Goes into .Falmouthi of Her Onw Accord. The American steamer Wilhelmi na, with a food cargo aboard for Ger many. arrived at Falmouth, England. late Tuesday. The captain of the Wihelmina said he came to Fal mouth of his own free will and had no prize crew aboard. Customs officers boarded the vessel on her arrival, but It has not been announced what action was taken. The Wilhelmina lies in the stream with the American flag flying. She had a rough passage, officers describ ing it as the worst In their experience. Paints Name on Bow. - With a view to preventing mis-. takes on the part of German subr rines. the steamship Rotterdam, the Holland-American line, hence forth will show her name painted on her.bow in large letters.