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VOL. XXVIII. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1915. FIt HI OVER CANAL A GEMAN ATTACKS FORCE BLOODIEST FIGTING OF SPRING IT CANADIANS BEAR BRUNT Pmsh Towards Channel Ports is Fore- di siadowed by Success Gained cc ti Around Ypres District-British Say hi Germans Have Half Million Men gi Massed for Fight to Sea. ~ ac c London reports: Over a 10-mile arch-like front in Belgian Flanders, P4 touchIng, the region of Birschoote on the gwrthrot St, Efol on the south, thee eties d of ts which wee c e stupendous struggles of last-c tober. ) Driven from Hill No.- 60, south of Ypres, and failing to retake it by a c counter attack, the Germans have launched a sudden advance northeast ward, and, afterstpiying and kill- e lag men in the frst trenches with t deady- gases, according-to British of- m ficlal reports, have driven in a wedge s of infantry that at some points fore ed the French and Belgians back adross the Yser (Ypres) canal, and P compelled the British line north of Ypres to fall back. to conform with the French. - . th Although the German advance was considerable, extending, Berlin de a clares, over a front of five miles, the a alUes with the French occupying the center...the Belgians the left and the British the right, started immediatE ly a counter attack and compelled b the Germans to give up some of-the ground they had taken. Berfla eports Sunday: We obtain- fi e'--d rtue. results -at: Ypres. 'Th -giound ea-turgd on 2 .pii 2 north tr -of Ypres,.was-.stilretained in spite ti( of the attacks of the enemy. Fur- of ther east we continued our attack and took by storm- the Solaert farm, p southwest of St. Juli-n as wel as tjwvillages of St. gulen and .K n- re eeiaere,and advancedvictoriousiy to- sa wards Gratenstafel. -Dring these a ~ngcamentscabout 1L.00 -Englishmendi ee taken, prisoners and, several ma &laezqps were, captured. Bertn- reports Saturday: "At tempts made by the enemy to recon Auer a lost terrain north and north east of Ypres (Belgium) failed. The French and BriVsh attacks broke n down .under the German fire. The number of prisoners-French. Eng isb and Belgian-rose to 2,470. The piecee of cannon captured up to the w present total 35. In addition a large hi S-number of machine guns and rifles and much ammunition and other wart material were taken by the Ger- -he Mans West of the YI)res Canal -the c Geimans stormed the - town of LI zerne Berlh reports -Friday, in describ #%- q# phasef the forrd - during last evening. w "idvanced from our- front at Steenstraate east th of Langemarck, against the positions - of the enemy, north and northeast of b Ypres. With a rush our troops mov- of ed forward along a line extending as re far as the hills south of Pilken and th east of Douon. At the same time th they forced their way, after a stub- s oern fight, across the Ypres canal to bo Steenstraate and Het Sas, where they established, themselves on the west ern bank of the canal. 'The villages oli of Langemar'ck, Steenstraate, -Het Sas re and Pilken were taken. At least du x 1,600 French and: British soldiers Gc were taken -prisoners, and thirty can- of non, including four heavy British no guns, i'ell into our hands. W Paris reports: "To. the north of ch Ypres the Germans by . employing in large quantities of asphyxiating M bombs, the effect of which was felt OD for a distance of two kilometres be-. hind our lines, forced us to retire in wi *the direction of the Yser canal. shi "Toward the west and in the direc- go tipn of Ypres. toward the south, the 0t enemy's attacks were checked. Vig- co orous counter attacks enabled us to ac regain ground and make many pris- av oners. .is "To the north of Ypres the Ger- 12 mans during thie night of 'April 23 24 and during Saturday made strenu- Ot ous efforts to avail themselves of the ar surprise'they had engineered the day PC before yesterday with their asphyx lating gases. Their attempts failed. ne "'On Saturday at daybreak, on the F1] left bank of the Yser, they had. sue- m ceeded in carrying the village of Li- pr zerne. The French zonaves and Bel- dE gian carbineers, -however, through a - vigorous attack, recaptured the vil- bc lage, -whichi we soon left behind us.b "In conjunction with the Belgian b army we made perceptible progress pr on our left. On our right we ad- n! vanced more- slowly. "During that time the British troops were subjected to a fierce at- p0 tack. They immediately replied by a ev counted attack. "Supplementary reports furnish fo fuller particulars of the way the Ger-- re mans succeeded in forcing our lines :i -back during Thursday evening north cc of Ypres between the Yser canal and de the Poelcapelle road. Thick, yellow th smoke emitted from the German trenches and, driven by northernly wi winds, produced an- effect of complete co asphyxiation among our troops, us which was felt even in our se~a ga line positions. . -.3-;- ch "Counter attacks made yest h already hay enabled us to reg t part of the ground lost. Our si l' e tion has been cdmpletely consoli at- be ed and our action is carried out ta under good conditiort..w,1th the sup- wl port of the 'British- and Belgian in troops." th London ,..orts: -The German wi rushes in Flanders and the Woevre, e where they claim considerable suc cesses, are believed to be forerunners h< of another big effort to break through tb the allied lines in the west. re For many days Belgium has been Ji sealed from the observation of neu- w, trals, while German reinforcements th are being moved to the south to take b( part in the new offensive, which they iri hope is to carry them to Calais. w The attack in Flanders. originally la .~levied at the French. has been trans ~,ferred to the British lines held by the tI -Canadians. on the immediate right of n' the French. and here for two days L the men from the Dominion have ts -been engaged in a deadly contest H with the Germans. r These offensive movements by the Y .Germans have been made possible by o1 the state of the ground in the east, ei where operations are virtually im possible until Voods have subsided. ti Taking aavantage of these conditions u the Germans transferred a large num- ti be of troopns to the west to make an-' b REFUSE TO RETIRE IKEN DISPENSARY OFFICIALS BUCKING GOV. MANNING. >wn of Aiken Is Considerably Arous ed Over Action-Old Scrap Opened Anew. Refusing to be checked out and to .rn over the affairs of -the Aiken spensary to the newly elected and mmissioned dispenser, officials of e institution in that county who Lve been in control for several years st late Friday afternoon openly de d Gov. Manning, disregarding the tion of the governor in issuing the mmissions of the dispenser and of ials elected at a meeting (f the dis asary board held Tuesday of last aek. The refusal of the old ff'dra4to cognize. the ordersof the chief exe, .intention ", holding on to their bs, although their successors have en duly elected and commissioned, a created a serious situation and is asing much excitement. - Public sentimeit is aroused and ling is runnirg high, as the gen al public, having tired of the agi tion that has been going on for Dnths over control of the dispen ry, a fight that started during the mpaign of last summer when the spansary forces were active in sup rt of a defeated candidate for dted States senator, had welcomed e settlement of the matter of the atrol of the -dispensary. as. it was ought, when Tuesday two new )mbers of the dispensary board and third, holding over. through the ilure. of the county delegation to minate a member to fill the place Mr. Rawls of Wagener, who had n named at - former'meeting of aeZelegation and resigned. organiz -and, according to laW ;.elected .of lals. for the several. dispensaries roughout the county, cutting sal es and making plans for innova ns aimed at lifting the dispensary t of -county politics There is much re tnment on. the 't of the public defying a governor, Ignorin s orders and using to recognize commissions is ed by the chief executive to new of als, certain old officials have in Ar attempt to. retain control of the @pensary, - opened the agitation ew. What will be the action of the gov ior when he is informed of the de opment in Aiken is not known. When the new chairman of the dis asary board. P. P. Dyches, served tice on the dispenser of No. 1 dis asary at Aiken, T. J. Southall, that successor, R. J. -Wad, had -been nmissioned by Gov. Manning, Mr; de being present and armed with commission, Mr. Southall refused comply with the demand that he rn over his keys to Mr. Wade after had been checked out. He de ed that he would not step out be -e9 Way 1, if then. Three members of the county del tion held a meeting at the office gngP Williams. The other mgm: lif;W f dW elegation'-G :-. de .s not notified of the meeting at it time, it is stated. A recom mdation was made for appointment the governor of another member the county board. Mr. Rawls' signation was handed in more than ree weeks ago and since that time terms of office of the old dispen ry board have expired and the new ard is in charge. Following the refusal of the old icials of the Aiken dispensary to ognize the commissions of their ly appointed succesosrs signed by v. Manning, and the open defiance the governor late Friday after on the three dispensaries in Aiken re clised Saturday morning by the Lef of police, Jesse George. act on orders from Mayor WV. J. seley, a few minutes after~ they. ened. Mayor Moseley stated that he Lted to keep the dispensaries in Sjurisdiction closed tight until the vernor's orders .can be obeyed. her dispensaries, throughout the unty have remained open, but the ion of Gov. MIanning is being aited with unusual interest, for it believed that he will act decisively the matter during the next week. her big effort, which shows they not content to rely on a passive licy. It is believed that a haltf million w German troops have reached anders and that more guns and terial are to be used than were ovided for the original attempts to stroy the allied armies in the west attempts which met with failure: th in August and in Octobe'r. Londo nreports: The Germans are inging up troops in. Flanders to ess the attack, which .at the begin ag has forced the allied back to the er canal, north of Ypres. This movement, according to re rts reaching Holland. has assumed en greater dimensions than those iich preceded the battle that raged r more than two weeks in the same gion last October. On that occa n the operations ended in the dis mfiture of the Germans, who had cared their intention of pushing ir way through to Calais. While the attack originally met .th considerable success, due, ac rding to the allies' reports, to the e by the Germans of asphyxiating * it is said already to have been ced. The Canadians. who held e extreme left of the British line .d were forced to retire when the mained of the front was pressed ck, made a brilliant counter at ek regaining most of the ground lich they had conceded and retak g four guns which they had left in e hands of the Germans. In the >rds of Sir John French, they say dthe situation. The British report does not say sw much ground they recovered, but e statement in the Berlin offcial port that a British attack at St. tien was repulsed shows they are ll back in their old positions, for at town, which is on the main road tween Ypres and Poelcapelle, is mediately south of Lan gemnarck. ence the German attack was! unched. The Germans. however, maintain .eir hold on the Yser canal further )rth, for they speak of storming zerne. which is across the canal he een the towns of Steenstraate and etsat. which they took in their first ish. The German attack south of pres. which w-as made ismultane sly with that to the north. appar itly has failed entirely. These attacks are believed to be e beginning of another battle hich, with both sides strongly en enched, promises to be one of the PUBLISH U. S. REPL' ANSWER IS SENT TO RECENT NOTE 01 GERMAN GOVERNMENT AS TO EXPORTING AlNI Uncle Sam Suggests That Ambass dor Bsernstorff is Laboring Unde False Impressions-Declares En bargo'on Arms Would be Violatio of Neutrality. The United Stat. s replied Wedno day to the reent memorandum I which Count von B'rnstorff, the Gel vman ambassador. declafed "that the American people.deire ,o1 s*eer the --niutralig thAeeftd1 Iff means to stdpthe'excusive importa tion of arms to one side, or at leas to use this export trade as a means t uphod1 the legitimate trade with Gel many, especially the trade in foo stuffs." The American note, sign)d by Set retary Bryan, was drafted at the stat department, but was finally penne by Prcsident Wilson himself. Afte pointing out that the language use by Count von Bernstorff "is suscor tible of being construed as impugnin the good faith of the United States i the performance of its duties as neutral," the ncte "takes it for grani ed that no such implication was in tended," and suggests that "evidentl: the German ambcsasdor is laborin under certain false impressions." It then declares that while the re lations of the United States with an one of the belligerents "can not wise ly be made a subj-ct of discussioi with a third govornment," such cor respondence between the Unite States and the allies as has been put ished shows "th' steadfact refusal of the -Americhn government "to ac knowledge the right of any bealiger ent to alter th3 accepted rules df wa at sea Insofar as they . affect - th rightsaind interests of neutrals." The attitude of the United 'State on the question of exportations o arms is restated-namely, that t place any embare on arms durin the progress of a war would be " direct violation of the neutrality o the United States." The note refer to the epir-t of friendship, which th, United States desires always to mani fest toward Germany and its peopli and concludes with the declaratioi that the neutrality of the Unite< States "is founded upon the flmr basis of conscience and good will." The communication was deliverei by messenge to C'ount von Bern torff late Wednesdry and by agree ment with the German embassy th< state department made it publil Wednesday night. The text of the note follows: "Excellency: I have given thought tul consideration to your Excellency note.of the 4th of April, 1915, enclos ye-emornpa.tfhame-.date in which your Excellency discusse the action of this government wit] regard to trade between the Unite' States and Germany, and the attitudi >f this government with regard to th< exportation of arms from the Unite< States to the nations now at war witl ermany. "I must admit that I am somewha t a loss how to interpret your Excel lency's treatment of these matters There are maniy circumstances con nected with these important subject o which I would have expected you xcellency to advert, but of whic you make no mention, and there ar other circumstances to which you d refer which I would have suppose hardly appropriate for discussion be ween the government of the Unite States and the government of Ger any. "I shal take the liberty, therefore f regarding your Excellency's ref er ces to the course pursued by thi government of the United States wit1 -egard to interferences with trad from this country such as the gov einent or Great Britain have at tempted as intended merely to illus trate more fully -the situation ti which you desire to call our atten tion, and not as an invitation to dis cuss that course. "Your Excellency's long experienc in international affairs will have sug gested to you that the relations o the two governments with one anoth er can not wisely be made a subjec of discussion with a third govern inent, which can not be fully informf ed as to the facts, and which can no be fully cognizant of the reasons fo the course pursued. I believe, how ever, that I am justified in assumin; that what you desire to call forthi a frank statement of the position c this government in regard to its obli gations as a neutral power. The ger eral attitude and course of policy c this government in the maintenanc of its neutralit'y I am particular1 anxious that your Excellency shoul see in their true light. "I had hoped that this govern ment's position in these respects ha been made abundantly clear, but am. of course, perfectly willing t state it again. This seems to me th more necessary and desirable bE cause. I regret to say, the languag which your Excellency employs i: your memorandum is susceptible C being construed as impugning th good faith of the United States in th performance of its duties as a net tral. I take it for granted that n such implication was intended, but:i is so evident that your Excellencyi laboring under certain false impre! sions that I can not be too explicit i setting forth the facts as they ar when fully reviewed and comprehend "In the first place, this governmer has at no time and in no manne yielded any one of its rights as a net tral to any one of the present bellil erents. It has acknowledged. as matter of course, the right of visi and search and the right to apply thi rules of contraband of war to art ces of commerce. It has, indeed, ir sisted upon the use of visit an search as an absolutely necessar safeguard against mistaking neutra vessels for vessels owned by an en' my and against mistaking legal cal aoes for illegaL. It has admitte also the right of blockade, if actuall exercised and effectively maintaine< These are merely the well known lin itations which war -pla~ees upon nel tral commerce on thG figh seas. Bi nothing beyond 'tihehas it concede< I call your Excellency's attention this, notwithstanding it is alread known to all the world as a consi uence in regard to these mattel with several of the belligerent ni +ion because I can not nasume th: you have official cognizance of it "In the second place this gove ment ettempted to secure from German and British governments r tual conc.essions with regard to measures those governments resi F tively adopted for the interruption trade on the high seas. This it d not of right, but merely as exercis the privileges of a sincere friend both parties and as indicating its I partial good will. - The attempt v unsuccessful: but T regret that y< Excellency did not deem it worthy mention in modification of the i pressions you expressed. We I hoped that this act .on our part I shown our spirit in these times of d r tressing war as our diplomatic cor spondence had shown our -teadf refusal to acknowledge the right any belligerent to alter the accepi rules of war at- sea insofar as ti affect the rights and interests of n4 trals. "In the * third place, I note w sincere regret that; in discussing I sale and exportations of arms by c zens of the United States to the el mies. of Germany, your Exceller seeis to..be - under .te- impressi t41t:i was_-*ithia the.:4%da' c t governmentof the United ~ 0 withstanding its professed neutral and its diligent efforts to maintain in other particulard, to Inhibit t trade, and that its failure. to do manifested an unfair attitude wards Germany. This goveram holds, as I believe your Excellency aware and as it is constrained to hi in view of the present indisputai doctrines of accepted internatioi law that any change in its own la 9 of neutrality during the progress o war which would affect unequally t relations of the United States w the nations at' war would be an I justifiable departure from the prin ple of strict neutrality by which has consistently sought to direct actions, and * I respectfully sub2 that none of the circumstances 'ur in your Excellency's memorandt alters the principle involved. -'7 placing of an embargo on the -tra in arms at the present time tM constitute such a. change and be direct violation of the neutrality the United States. It will, I f11A sured, be clear to your Excellen that, holding this view and consi& r ing itself in honor bound by it, It out of the question for this goveA ment to consider such-a course. 3 "I hope that your Excellency V f realize the spirit in which I am dra ing this reply. The friendship d1 tween the people of the United Stee and the people of Germany is warm and .of such long standing, It 5 ties which bind them to one anoti in amity are so many and so strol - that this government feels under special compulsion to speak with-i I fect frankness when any occasi arises which seems likely to crs I any misunderstanding, however ills or temporary, between those whotri I resent the governments of the, t - countries. It will be a matt'r - gratification to me If I have ren0 a from your Excellency's mind anyn1 apprehension you may have b .T der regarding either the policy A spirit and purposes of the go1r ment of the United States. Its.ng - trality is founded upon the firm 4z 3 of confidence. and good will. 4 - "Accept, Excellency, the rew ,assurances of mr-bi'gest cfi 5 tion. ' I (Signed) "W. J. Bryan." I At the German embassy no co: iment was made on the note furti than a statement that it had be transmitted to the foreign office 1 Berlin, and that as it was a rej from the American governpient to t communication from the German g< - enent the embassy was withc -authority to say anything until structed to do so. G fOODS CAN flO TO HOLLAND British and Dutch Have Elimint - Germany. -Arrangements have been made tween the British and Dutch gove2 ments whereby through embarg< and other measures, possibility supplies reaching Holland by wa' 'being trans-shipped to Germany eliminated. SOfficial :iotice was given Wedni day that not only conditional cont band, such as food supplies, but ev goods on the contraband list of t British government may be giv safe passage to Holland through t blockade lines. The British embat issued this statement. & "1. Shipments of wheat, whi - flour, and meal, destined for cc f sumption in Holland should be cc - signed to tile Netherlands gove1 t ment. - "2. Shipments of all other artic1 - on the British contraband lists d< t tined for consumption In Holla r should be consigned 'to the 'Neth< - lands Overseas Trust. "3. The Netherland-American, t s Royal Holland Lloyd, and the Ro: Steamship company have instruct - their agents that shipments of coc< - coffee-and tobacco must also be cc f signed to the Netherlands Overse e Trust." :POLES IN DIRE NEED 1 Seven Million People Face Dang C)of Famine. Seven million Poles, of whom t: e million are Jews, are In dire need a food, according to a statement Thu f day by Hermann Laundau, a proi e nent Jewish philanthropist associal with Jewish charities in London. "The Jews are even poorer th the Gentiles," Mr. Laundau said, " t cause of the boycott against the Je s in parts of Poland before the beg .ning of the war. S"In parts of Poland evacuated the Germans many Jews are living .potato peelings and garbage left the army. The Catholic populati has been able to yee beyond Wars rin much larger numbers than 1 "The citizens' committee at W saw is the only large agency for afording relief for refugees. t "Where relief is provided for I Poles the daily allowance to each p son is only four cents, which is ba Sly enough to keep the people alive da country where prices are high. y is difficult to obtain food at a price." dCotiton Steamer Detained. d The Danish steamer Southern Charleston to Rotterdam, has be .detained at Falmouth pending nel Stiations by the British to buy 1 it cargo. oTo Review Fleet in New York. v On May 17 Prcsident Wilson ? - go to New York to review the fle Afterwrds the fleet wil rendezv< i- at Hampton Roads, preparatory +t ietan ip toSn Francisco. VILA FORCES BEATEN the 2u the CAROTBERS CONFIRMS REPORT ec OF SIGNAL DEFEAT. tid, of Villa Retreats From Irapuato, Mak In Fas ing Desperate Effort to Rally Army m at Aguascalientes. m- Official confirmation of the report Lad of the defeat of Gen. Francisco Villa lad by the Constitutionalists commanded is- by Gen. Alvaro Obregon in the battle re- of Celaya reached the state depart ast ment in a dispatch received from Of Geo. C. Carothers, the special agent -0 of the United States, who has been La attached to Villa's military headquar u- ters. Carothers said that Villa had lost 6,000 men. Villa made three assaults upon the Obregon forces at Celaya in an effort to capture that city and crush the main army of the Constitutionalists. Repulsed with heavy losses, he fell back northward on the main rail line to his headquarters at Irapuato on Saturday, and his forces began' re treating from Irapuato to Aguascali s entes. Mr. Carothers fled to Aguas . calientes on Saturday with the van to_ guard of the retreating Villistats. t 'Villa is making a desperats effort is to rally his forces against the victori Id ous advance of Obregon's army to )e ward the nortli. Villista forces en kal gaged in the attacks on Ma .moras, ws Nuevo Laredo and Tampico have been :a called for and are being rushed to he ward Aguascalientes in the hope that th they may enatle him to stem the tide. Lf- Villa is greatly in need of men and 6i- ammunition. it The defeat of the northern chief its tain is believed to be even worse than jit it is pictured by Carothers, who has ed been so friendly toward the cause of im Villa that he has been slow to report he his reverses. de -Here is Secretary Bryan's an gd nouncement of the summary of Ca .a rothers' confirmation of the repulse of of Villa:. i- "It is reported from Aguascalien y tes, under date of April 17, that the r- third assault by Villa on Celaya on -5W the 14th to 16th was repulsed with -7 great loss to the Villa forces. "It is stated that Villa fell back to li Irapuato, and that Obregon -emained t.. in Celaya. The estimated Villa losses y. up to the 17th were 6,000 men. Ob es regon's losses are unknown. Further so advices, dated the 18th from Aguas he calientes, state that four trains of er Villa soldiers have arrived from the g, south with six cannon, apparently in a dicating a retreat on the part of the r- Villa forces rround Irapuato. These on troop trains arrived at Aguascalien te tes on the morning of the 18th." -ht UP TO GOVERNOR. wo Frank's Lawyers Admit Pardon Alone is- Can Save Their Client. he Whether Gov .ohn M. Slaton or -- Gov. Nrt E. Hrris of Georgia will u- be called on to pass on the Leo Frank dis case seems to bo uncertain, owing to the fact that probable action by the ed prison board will fail, in greatest W 4ikelihood 4haut atthe time in June when the present governor goes'bzt" and tho new governor comes in. n- A few days' delay in one direction, er or unexpected expedition in the other, en could put It up to Gov. Slaton, or at could carry it over to be decided by >ly Gov. Harris, rnd v. scanning of the a closeness of possible dates leaves the iv- matter in a complete state of uncer ut tainty. Lu- In the m~eantime, Leo Frank is through with the courts. His- law yers admit that with the unfavorable decision by the United States su preme court nothing now stands be 'tween him end the gallows but the ed prison commission and, the governor's clemency. >DENIES BREAK. es Von Buelow Denies Negotiations at er Ataly are Threatened. 1s Prince von Buelow, the .German . Ambassador to Italy, has requested ~. The Associated Press to deny a wide n 1y circulated rumor that he has trans he ferred the Villa Malta, his Rome res nidence, to his brother-in-law, the ePrince di damporealo, in view of the s approaching rupture between Italy and the central empire. t Instead of there being a break :be . tween Italy and Austria-Hungary, .n Prince yen Buelow said he thought ~.the negotiations connected with his mission were~ proceeding satisfactori es ly; they had given him confidence - that what he terms "the good sense nd of the Italian people" would triumph ar- the end. 'The negotiations, according to he Prince von Buelow, were now mostly ral being conducted in Vienna, but as in ed all the discussians the contracting powers had been far apart in their n. point of view, it was taking a long s time to come to any definite conclu sion. I: I DESTROY SUBMARIE. British Picket Boats Prevent Escape of Secrets to Enemy. The British admiralty announced w offiially Tuesday that the British of submarine E-15 was destroyed by rs- British picket boats. al The announcement says there ap ed peared to have been danger that the vessel would fall in the hands of the an enemy in . serviceable condition and two picket boats were sent to the w point a't which the E-15 had run -aground, during the night of the 18th to destroy her. The picket boats by were subjected to a heavy gunfire but n torpedoed theo submarine and render by ed her useless. One of the picket on boats was sunk but all of the crew Swas rescued with tho loss of one man. he who died of his wounds. r FIRE IN BIPLANE. he Rifle Shots and Machire Guns Turn r- ed on U. S. Birdman. in A United Ste~tes army biplane fly It Ing over Fort Brown, near Browns y villo, Texas, was fired upon late Tuesday from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. About twenty rifle shots were directed against the n-achine, or, while simultaneously a machine gun en on the Mexican side from Fort Brown o- fired about fifty shots directed, it is he believed in army circles, at the air craft. '1-he machine landed safely. Carranza Offers Apology. till Gen. Funston reports that the Car et. ranza forces have apologized for the >us firing upon the American aeropiane for and have advised him that such an occuene wil not happen again. VETERANS OA.THE] COLUMBIA IS HOST TO LAST WEAREI OF THE GRAY OLD SOLDIERS WELCOM South Carolina Confederate Vetera Hold Reunion in Capitol City of t1 State, Where Fifty Years Ago Coi tending Armies Fought and Fe erals Burned City. The passage of a half century o time wastemporarily forgotten Thur day while the remnant of the heroi of the Confederate armies contribu ed to that gallant cause by Soul Carolina gathered in Columbia f< their annual reunion. The streets and business hous4 were gay with bunting and ever where the Stars and Bars wave bravely to the April breeze. The cit; which was laid in arhes fifty yea ago by Sherman's army, threw wi1 her gates and recived with open arn the men who followed Lee and Jac son and Hampton and Butler and ti other famed leaders of that epocl making conflict., Several hundred survivors of t Confederacy were assembled in t Columbia theatre at ten o'clock whe Mr. W. A. Clark, commander of Caim Hampton, called the gathering t6 0: der. The 'stage aiid theatre wei tastefully decorated with Confederal flage and growing flowers. Groupe on the stage were the sponsors an maids of honor, making a beautifi background to the gray uniform 4 the aged Confederate veterans, wh occupied the seats on the front paa of the platform. The Columbia Mills band .kept ti old soldiers enthusiastic with tb songs that they sang when going int battle a half century ago. An "Dixie" always brought the "rebel yell. Mingled with the war songs < the Confederacy were the nations songs, and even "Tipperary," th marching song of the British, was n( forgotten. The exercises were opened by th singing of the "Doxology," led by M: F. F. Wilden, of the Y. M. C. A., t entire audience standing ar.d joinin in the singing. The invocation wz made by the Rev. F. 0. S. Curtis < Walterboro,- division chaplain, wh feelingly voiced the rapidity wit which the thin gray line is gettin thinner, and who in the course of hl prayer returned-thanks that a Souti era born man now ocer-'ad the chaj of Abraham Lincoln, and was guidin the nation through the troubles the present time. Mr. Clark introduced Gov. Richar . Manning, who made the address < welcome on behalf of the State. Th governor was received with cheei and paid a warm tribute to the dev< tion and self-sncrifice of the Confe< erate soldiers and praised the righ eosaness of the cause for:rhich the gave th-eir'11. - His references to the old soldiei brought cheer after cheer and whe the governor referred to the fact thi the president of the United Statc was a Southerner, that the chief ju! tice of the United States Suprem Court was an Ex-Confederate soldie: and of the commanding and leadin part the South had in the affairs< the nation, he provoked prolonge applause. Mayor Lewis A. Griffith welcome the veterans .on behalf of the city< Columbia and Mr. John W. Lillar< chairman of the board of director on behalf of the board of director on behalf of the Chamber of Con merce. Lieutenant Governor Andre . Bethea. made the address of we ome on behalf of Camp Maxcy Gregi Sons of Veterans, and 'Mr. W. J Clark. cominander of Camp Ham] ton, made an address of welcomi Responses on behalf of the veterar were made by Col. Alfred AldrichC Barnwell and on behalf of the Sor by Col. A. L. Gaston of Chester, tI State commaan ser. After the addresses of welcome M Clark turned the gavel over to Ma Gen. B. H. Teague of Aiken, the con mander of the South Carolina div sion, U. C. V. The annual oration was made I the Rev. Win. E. Boggs, D. D., Atlan1;a, a noble son of South Can lina, and himself a Confederate ye eran. Mr. Boggs justified* secessioi The veterans held a business se sion, at which time Gen. C. Irvir Walker, honora~ry commander of th United Confcderato Veterans, we presented. Gen. Walker occupied seat on the stage at the morning e: ercises.. The veterans were given a rid around the city, cars being furnishe for that purpose by the Street Rai way company. A reception for th official ladies and veterans was he] at the Jefferson Hotel in the af te: noon. Thursdray night "Camp-lh Scenes" took place in the theatre, th: being a decided hit. The South Carolina Sons of Vete: ans are holding their reunioni Columbia alo. The business se: sions are being held in the Richlan county court house. Veterans are being housed and fe all meals being served at Craven Hal The Boy Scouts are acting as guid4 and escorts for the Veterans an everything is being done for their eu joyment. TEUTON SUBJECTS CALLED HOME All Austrians and Germans Froi Switzerland. All German and Austrian subjeci In Switzerland, even those who neve did military service, were recalle Thursday by their respective govern ments. News reached Lugano, Ital: Thursday morning that the Italia government had stopped the tran: Atlantic service with the Unite States. Passengers who had purchat ed tickets have had their money rt turned to them. The Italian goveri mnt, the report says, requires all tih steamships. K~illed by Falling Wall. More than a dozen persons wer killed in Birmingham. Ala., Wednet day when a two-story brick store wr crushed by the fall of a five-stor walh German Victory in Africa. Berlin claims that a force of Bri *ish soldiers wcre defeated by the Ge: mans near Pangani, with a loss< eeral hndred. SHOT BY STRANGE MAN THREE EN AT GRESHAM STIR UP MUCH SUSPICION. Then Citizens Go , to Investigate Their Presence They Are Fired I Upon and One is Hit. Late Wednesday afternoon Mr. Whaley, a young white man, and two is friends of Mzrion noticed that three men were concealed in the bushes te near the railway at Gresham, on the North and South Carolina Railroad, in this county. I. Arming themselves, the three citi zens went out to investigate, two go ing in one direction and Mr. Whaley in the other. The latter was the first to como upon the suspects; and when < - he asked them what they were doing I s around there, they replied, "Attend- c t- ing to our own business and you had N h better leave." After this remark they began to i r walk away into the woods, and Mr. I Whaley followed them to. a wire c ,s fence, which the suspects crossed. As I r- Mr. Whaley started to cross the fence f d the larger of tho three men told him i , not to come any further, but Mr. c "s Whaley continued to climb. e The large man raised his pistol s Ls and shot Yr Whaley in the abdo- r i- men, inflicting a serious wound. Mr. t e Whaley's companions, hearing the c - shot, rushed to the scene and found e Mr. Whaley, but the men had disap- s e -peared into a swamp. Friends phon- v e ed to Marion for Sheriff Dazier, who r n left for the scene promptly, taking a p Rural.Officer Davis with him. t e- They began an all-night chase, be- v e ginning at Gresham, where the t e strangers got bbck on the railroad, v d which they followed to Mullins. At t d the latter place the sheriff found'that s L the men wanted had just passed t rf Smithboro, headed . for Dillon, and i o were concealed in a box car. Dillon t was advised to.be on the lookout, but i when Sheriff Dozie: reached Dillon it c e was found that the N. and C. freight, t e upon which the men reached Dillon, s o arrived there just at the time a north- t d bound freight on the Atlantic Coast z " Line pulled in, 'and the suspects E f quickly changed trains and made a 3 Ll get-away. I e Mr. Whaley, in speaking of the ap- s it pearance of the men, said that two of 1 them were white, one a large man i e and the other a small man, and that e. the third party was a negro. One of f e the trio carried a bag;'which appear- h g ed to be partially filled with tooks, v s this latter fact giving cause for, the c if belief that the men'were yeggs. . I hSEW M NS GiEMH~S s gc To the Confederate Veterans in Re r union In Columbia. g if The Columbia Record Friday morn ing received from the president of the t d United States a telegram of greetings c if to the Confederate veterans of South 1, e Carolina in reunion assembled: t s "Washington, D. C., April 22. r - The Record, Columbia, S. C. t I- "I am sure that every American I joins with South Carolina in profound t y gratitude for the 50 years of peace t whith have reunite4 the ,country in t s every effort of patriotism and com- 0 a mon duty. 0 It "Woodrow Wilson." s Dr. Jos. R. Wilson, father of the b ;- President of the United States, is, e buried in the quiet church yard of r, the First Presbyterian church of Co -f g lumbia, of which he was pastor for if several years. Dr. Wilson was a e d strong sympathizer of the Confeder- a acy, having been pastor of the First 2 d Presbyterian church at Augusta froni if 1858 continuously throughout the 'I I, scenes of the war until 1870. a 3, It is stated that on one Sunday 8 5, morning, in response to a message s L- from Gen. Lee, Dr. Wilson adjourned 1 & his services that his congregation I V- might go to the arsenal in Augusta e , and assist in getting ready a lot of t L. ammunition to be dispatched to the I - armies In the field. s OPEN DOOR IN CHINA. if eUnited States and Great .Britain Make no Change in Policy. C -. While declining to discuss in de t tail the American policy toward the a t japanese-Chinese nggotiations, Secre tary Bryan said Tuesday the United y Y States government still stood firmly i ion the announcement made at the r - beginning of the Wilson administra- 1 - tion of its purpose to support the pol- t - icy of the open door and freedom of i - commercial opportunity in the far i e East. ..t e From Sir Edward Grey's state- t 5 ment of a similar character in the a a British parliament, officials believe p -' that Great Britain's position has 'un- C dergone no change and that the prin e ciple of the open door will continue d d to be the aim of the powers. r I- The Japanese government has d e given assurances that it Is not its pur- b d pose to violate either the open door e -policy or China's territorial integrity. n e How far its present demands on t s China may be considered as infring- d ing on these principles can be answer -ed only by a knowledge of details of n the negotiations, something officials' s- are unwilling to discuss because of d the injunction of secrecy .placed onp the matter by the Japanese govern d ment. 1. Officials appear optimistic over the Sprogress of the negotiations, indicat d ing a belief that the difficulties at t .- Peking may be adjusted satisfactorily without requiring further diplomatic d correspondence between the United ' States and Jrr.pan. 1 OUTSIDE NEW YORK. t Three Big Foreign Cruisers Are Seer,5 : Off Harbor Entrance. c r A squadron of three foreign cruis- ' d ers, the most powerful gathered since t the war began, lay off the entrance c to New York harhor Wednesday. ' - Nearest the shore was a four fun- p n nel British cruiser, seven miles east ' s of Ambrose Channel lightship. Her a d name and the names of her com- o - panions could not be made out, even a through glasses. Ten miles east of t the Highlands rode the second ship, e an auxiliary cruiser, big and with lines that spelled speed. This cruis- e er, observers thought, was a stranger t here, the Caronia having departed, a e presumably for supplies. ;- The largest ship of the squadr'on, a ,s four funnel cruiser, lay 15 miles y southeast of the Highlands. Thist vessel, too, had not been seen previ ously by shore observers. .Appelt of Manning Sick. r- Senator Appelt of Manning lies >f dangerously ill in a Columbia hos IRITI1H CONFIDEN T NISTERS. INDICATE UMINENCE OF GREAT MOVEMENT JAVE SE 75%0 in Llies Appear to-Have Large Arm Concentrated on- Continen ad Seem to be on Verge of M Determined Drive at Turkey7-__ Naval Activity Expected. London reportsq Glowing accouns f the strength and conditions of the t ritish army and of the. great in rease in the output of munitions,*6f' rhich it is expected next month will mount to twenty-five times what, ras last September, given by. DaTl& ,loyd George, chancellor of the e.x.' hequer, and Harold J. Tennnnt iamentary secretary of the war te, in the House of Commons have acreased enthusiasm and 'cnfidence f the people of England. - Supplementing . the chancellor'v tatement that Great Britain his iore than thirty-six divisions,. roops on the continent, and a utput of munitions has Ine normously, Mr. Tennant peaking on'behalf of the secretay rar, Lord Kitchener, declared ecruiting had been most satsfactory> ad gratifying; that the health oft roops was splendid and that rounded were in the London hos*, a.ls tweity-four hours after they, rere stricken in France. Heishell a impress on the country the Aieces-. ity of increasing the supplies of arx-" lery ammunition, addingq "Thereia. o limit to the amount required. The-frankness of the bin sters in making known the ndmbe f men at the -front and the reiyorts hat reach London from vousi Durces have convinced 'the :eD4 hat at last the big effort against Gdr iany and Turkey is -about to - ience. Both in the Aegean "orth seas there are signs of'in ig activity. From Thursday' .W: teamboat communication with 'EQI-. md is stopped by order of the Brt. ;h govemnment. Taken in connection with the new rom Berlin that British submrnes_ ave been in the Bight of Heligolan rhere the Germun "admiralty laim to havirg sunk one andyer-. aps more, this Is believed to Yore-- -. hadow some movement inthe:North ea; while there is no longer any en eavor to hide. the fact that a nglo-French forco is prepaied to go s Gen. d'Amade, the French. com mander, has said,."to any point where"3, is required." A German report says that part.Ot'd2N his force, which is under command 5 f Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, has -been mded a' Enos, a Turkish town near be Turko-Bulgarian border, on thd," orthern side of the Gulf of Siros, '7 uder the support of' the 'allied fleet. .t the -same time there is news of oansports loaded with troops passing"' be-Island--of- Lemnos,,not-fa' from he entrane of the Dardanelles,45md f others being,-sighted-.off n the coast of Asia Minor. 7 .This make it uncertain where t low is to be struck. There are a. lo-French troops in the Aegean sea, cluding Senegalese, who were trams rred from France, and' British3 Tommies" from the outposts of thoe mpire, which, with the disappear nce of the last German raiders, area ansidered safe from-attack.. Farther east, in Mesopotamia, thed 'urkish army sent to bar 'tho British dvance from the head of the Persian' ulf, after having suffered six thou and casualties, is ,in full retrea4"' arassed not only by the British, -but~ y Arab tribesmen, whom they had' nlisted on their side and who, now' bat the Turks have been defeated,f ave turned against them. Nearer home the British are hold ig tenaciously to Hil-60, near Ypres,3 rhich they captured from the Ger- - ians Saturday and 'which the Ger ians since have been trying to rei ike. The French are pressing hard M n the two sides of the German trian le in the Woevre. The Russians, according to their ccounts, are repulsing repeated Aus-: rian attacks southeast of Lupk~ ass in the Carpathians and are hold-~ ag their own againzt the Rustro-Ger-j lain efforts on their flanks near Gor ce, in western Galicia, and Stry, In' tie eastern part of the -same prey- 3 Ice. These attacks apparently are' eing made with the object of holding be Russians whore they are while be Germans are p-eparing to strike t the Russian lines at some other oint, possibly from the direction of racow. - Although rumors are many anda ivergent, no definite news has been eceived of Italy's intentions. While ispatches indicate that the tension "9 etween Rome and Vienna has slack ned, the belief is general that before - any weeks both Italy and- bome of~ Lie Balkan states will assume a more efinite attitude. POWER OF STATION IS TREBLED 'ower of Wireless at Sayville, L. IL is Increased. To insure wireless communication etween Germany 'and the United. tates under all kinds of static con itions, the power of the Telef-unken -ireless station at Sayville, L. I.. has - en almost trebled. Through this" lant the German governments trans.. its most of its official communica ons to the United States govern-' lent and the German embassy com unicates with Berlin. Miany of the fficial war bulletins from the Ger ian capital are received at the Say ille station. The electric plant has been in reased from 35 kilowats to.100 kilo-' rats. Three 500 foot towers to sup ort t'he wireless aerials are .at Say ille ready to be placed in position nd it is expected that before the end f next week the new and powerful> rparatus will be in operation.. Peace Reports Are Numerous. Rome, Italy, reports that persist nt rumors'-of peace are current and - hey will not down. Nothing is' uthentic. French Air Squadrons Active. Two French aerial squadron~s at-" acked railway positions- elong the thine Monday, firing some forage tores at MIanheim. Merchant Marine Grows. The United States merchant ma-4 ine increased 135 vessels, of 485,58'9 ons during the month of March. -2