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VOL. XXVIII. MANNING. S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1915 FLA Of SAN DIEl TEXANS SEE PLOT TO RESTOI - THEM TO MEXIC MUCH UNREST ON DOIDE Citizens of Some Counties Sleep Wii Arms Nearby, Because of Fe That Mexican Uprising Wil Can Death of All Males Over Sixte Years Old. iAlthough few depredations I bands of Mexican raiders were r ported at Brownsville in the la twenty-four hours, authorities in t] . lower Rio Grande Valley continu4 Friday to tal* measures to suppre the lawlessness that almost hi brought about a reign of terror this section. Developments in this matter we: expected to follow the conference be held at Rockport, 'Texas, whe: Gov. Ferguson is spending his vac tion. Besides the governor, Ad, Gen. Hutchings, Congressman Jo N. Garner and other prominent cil zens of the state were to discuss tl border situation. Further proof th the outbreaks are due to a conspira of Mexicans from both sides of t Rio Grande was to be laid before Go Ferguson. / That the raiders are acting un the "Plan of San Diego" was indica ed in the reports of United Stati army oficials reaehing the headqua ters of the southern department i San Antonio. The repprts quote from literature said to have been di tribited in large quantities in ti border counties of Texas. The killing of a Mexican suppose to have been a member of one of tI bands of marauders at Mercede Texas, Thursday night, was the la est death to be reported in connectic with the outbreaks. Near Merced4 three Mexicans had been killed se eral hours' reviously and twent: two hQrses longing to the raidei eaptured. The numerous unconfiri ed-reports of killings and battles b tween the raiders and soldiers al reported, Practically every American citfze In the three southermost counties I Texas, Cameron, Hidalgo and Star rested under arms Wednesday nig1 in fear that- the overwhelming Mex can population of this section ms break out in a racial fight. -eorts indicated that the Mez can disturbance spread rapidly wes ward until rumors. of trouble d, veloped at Laredo, two hundred mil up the border from Brownsville. -TI arrival of troops .in force from Lar do apparently had bearing on ti shift of the bandits into the less poi ulous sections between Brownsvil and Laredo. The yeief increases that the mov metIs In reality an attemPt to tuw back part of Texas to Mexican co troL. Army and federal investigatoi -have received information that tI organizers of the trouble are woi Ig under the plan of San Dieg - whic& calls for the death of evel American =ale over sixteen years 01 tin c wnunitles along the Rio Grani .and also along the border of Ne * ~Mexico, Arizona and California. It has been reported to Maj. Ge: -Frederick Funston -that more the three thousand Mexicans are pledgt to this organization already. Feder: officials last winter frustrated oi .taempt to put this revolution ini egreet when they arrested a Mexica of! charges of sedlion, discoveringi -his osession details of the plh -which were published at the time. *ERngers in Hidalgo county. ours1 ing soilpe of the gang which killeda *American trooper near Merced< Tuesday night cautared a flag -Wel nesday bearing- the words, in Spal ish: "Army of Liberation for Mexicaz -In Texas." Auth'orities Wednesday nigl watch d the river some miles be Brownsville at point where it wa reported several hundred arm4 - Vexicrcns had gathered on the Mex' - can side of the Rio Grande, waitx to cross the river under darkness. .Officials have reports that sevel -teen hundred former Carranza sc diers have crossed the river along zone one hundred and twenty maili wide, as the'crow flies, from a poil below Brownsville to Rio Gran' city, up the river. There are sa! to have been at least thirty diffe ent crossings. Washington reports: Raidinig a' guerilla' fighting in Texas along ti Mexican border will cause strengt! ening of American forces there Maj. Gen. Funston requests It. SE retary Garrison of the war depar mont and other officials insist, ho' ever, that any such troop movemel had no connection with Mexican ternal affairs and would be only fi protection of Americans in Texas. Secretary Garrison said he hadi information that .Carranza troo: crossed the border and added tb If they were found in Texas thi would be disarmed and shot if th< resisted. Carranza officials at St Antonia denied that any Carran troops hd crossed the line. Requests from afficials along L border for more troopers have be< referred to Gen. Funston. Gen. Fu~ ston has on the border and at Tex City about seventeen thousand trool Secretary Garrison telegraphed t general that the twelve thousand mi bile troops remaining at other pos In continental United States would sent to the border if he asked f them. Gen. Funston reported thatt best Information he could gather dicated.. that the Texas raids we directed by Texans having headqui ters in Brownsville, who, having political feud, sent bandit gangs rob and attack each other. Secl tary Garrison expressed doubt ti Mexicans from over the border wi (Continued on last page.) Allies Guard Serbia. The general frontier of Serbia now guarded by French aviators. t river boundary is protcted by English naval contingent, and the are two Russian batteries of artill' -entrenched behind Belgrade. says Belgrade dispa'ch. New - Orleans Lodges Protest. A protest against interference Great Britain a~nd het allies with c ton shipments for neutral nations v forwarded to President Wilson F day by the New Orleans board trade. FIFTY GERMAN SUBMARINES FALL VICTIMS TO THE ALLIES Army and Navy Journal Makes Stato ment on Authority of Brit ish Admiralty Official. The current issue of The Army R and Navy Journal asserts that about fifty German submarines have been destroyed since the beginning of the war. The largest estimate from Eng th land-which officially never an- I nounces her successes in the subma sr rine warfare, except where the cap ture of survivors make it necessary -has been thirty-two. m Colonel William C. Church, editor of The Journal, told a New York Times reporter that he had written the paragraph quoted and that he )y had trustworthy information upon e which he based his statement. It st came from an official high in the le British admiralty. Colonel Church d felt constrained to keep his name ss a secret and believed that it would be td unwise if more detailed information LI were made public. The partial text of a secret report re from Cuxhaven to the German ad to miralty on March 11 admitted that r twelve submarines had been sunk or were missing, and it was added that many of these were of the latest type. 4n It was said further that a meeting was to be held -on the next day at ie which it was to be decided whether It or not the submarine warfare should ,y be continued. On March 5 it was te announced in London that four sub V marines had been sunk, the sinking t of the U-8 being 'announced on that c day. The others were the U-15, U- I t' 18, and one rammed by the British t 3s cruiser Badger. r- On March 24, in an air raid on 'd Antwerp, a British aviator destroyed one submarine and badly. damaged another. according to a special cable t dispatch to the New York Times from c Rotterdam. A dispatch from Paris, t L published on April 1, announced that i e the ministry of war had issued a e statement telling of the destruction t of a submarine by a cruiser. Five a days later it was announced also from Paris. that a German submarine t had been trapped in steel nets off e the harbor of Dover. It was announc- I ed that these nets had-been placed at 4 a the mouths ot most of the Important t *e British aid French harbors, and this was the first intimation of their use. c The loss of seventeen submarines c was reported to have been the cost I r of the blockade to Germany up to r, May 20, and it was said that these t It had all been lost since February 18, c the day the blockade became official. a There have been many reports of s I Individual losses since, and an Amer- I t- ican arriving recently from Paris, r told of the successes won by swift a motor boats armed with small rapid c fire guns against the .undersea boats. 1 e Some of these pursuing boats, the Le American said, would travel fifty c mniles an hour. le RUSSIANS CHECK GERMANS, SAYS LONDON ON FRIDAY - Baltic Flank is Held in Check But 'y Teutons Move Forward Direct le ly East of Warsaw. z w London, Fridgy: The Russians are holding in check the Baltic flank of -i the German pmies which are strug-. bD gling to cut the Warsaw-Petrograd drailway and are battling toward the Dlr~ina, beyond which lay the roads Oto the Russian capital. This has been 0accomplished with the aid of rein forcements and by virtue of one coun ai ter attack after another. Li The fortress of Kovno still holds out, German attacks toward Riga 3have been repulsed and the railway . junction at Dvinsk remains in Rus sian hands. From Ostrolenka, north -of Warsaiw, to Chelm In the south, 1 the Teutons claim to have made fur ther progress, but between Vleprz and 1 the Bug they apparently have been thrown back with heavy loss. Per-1 it haps Field Marshal von -Hindenburg w has not exerted' his full power in the a north, but is a'waiting events in the i south before hammering his hardest - drive toward the Dvina, near the g banks of which his cavr~lry has been for some time. The fact that the Germans are able -to advance with comparative rapidity due east from Warsaw while being achecked on the right and left flanks. i has given rise to the Impression in le Engleind and In Russia that the stout Id resistance offered by the Russian -wings will Insure the safe withdrawal -of the main body of troops from the LdWarsaw salient. id Contrary to many reports the main eline of .communication between the Polish capital and Petrograd has not - been cut through. It would be cut -if the Germans were to take Dvinsk.t The approaching meetings of botli .the Greek and Servian parliaments _ give promise of bringing the Balkan situation to a head. though for the r noment Greece and Servia refuse to concede territory. sLOOKS FOR AMMJNITION DGovernment is Making Inquiries SAmong Private Manufacturers. *e Announcement that the war de BD Dartment had asked American mann n- facturers of war munitions for data as as to their facilities for furnishing -an emergency, led to some specula he supplies, particularly in tho event of 0-an emergency. has led to sme spec Its ulation, although officials explained be :that the action was in acocrdance or with the usual practice both in nor mal times as well as in war. The he announcement declared emphatically ii- that no purchases of war supplies 're was contemplated at present. r The step, it is explained, was made o necessary because of the fact that t practically every private plant in the e- country is taxed to its capacity fill eing big orders from the warring na tions of Europe. General inquiry has been institut ed to ascertain whether expansion of facilities has gept pace with the de is mand and whether the government he would be certain of a source of sup an ply to supplemer '. the output of Its re arsenals and armories which ordi ry narily produce only a pa.rt of the a supplies needed. British Hold Swedish Coal. The British government has re by fused to permit two shiploads of coal ot- purch:.,sed by a Swedish firm for the ras Swedish navy to leave England. The 'ri- incident has brought forth much bit of ter comment from the Swedish press, .. a mackhlsm dispatchl Friday. BALKAN CRISIS ON ENTENTE DEMAND GETS READI REPLY FROM BULGARIA NEUTRALITY OR THE WAR Efforts to Force Bulgarian Action Rest Entirely Upon Price to be Paid-If Allies Oan Come Across Army Will Move Against the Turks in Twenty-Four Hours. The situation in Poland and the Baltic provinces is changing little and )ublic interest is turning to the near Rast where quadruple entente diplo nats are endeavoring to revive the Balkan league and bring all the Bal tan states over to their side. Diplomats of all belligerents for :be moment ae concentrating their ttention on Sofia, for Bulgaria holds he key to the situation. It Is said ;he is being offered territorial con :essions as an inducement for her to oin one side or the other or to re nain neutral. Both the German and entente min sters are declared to be finding their mndeavors hindered by their friends. xreece and Servia are unwilling to :ede to Bulgaria that part of Mace lonia which is her price for joining he alliap. while Turkey is opposing oncessions which Austria and Ger nany desire her to make to insure he continued neutrality of the Sofia rovernment. Bulgaria, too, it is asserted, is reighing the victory the Austro-Ger nans have gained in Poland against he allies' renewed efforts in the Dar Lanelles ana the reported signal vic ory of the Russian' over the Turks n the Caucasus, which the military ixperts in London believe will keep he Turks quiet on that frontier for ome time. The correspondent at Saloniki of he Havas Agency telegraphs that iplomatic representatives of France, tussia, Great Britain and Italy have elivered a joint communication to he Bulgarian government with a rew to procuring the collaboration of that nation witk the allies, as part of a common understanding with the 3alkan states. This action was taken in conjunc ion with the presentation of similar ommunications to Greece and Servia, s recently made known. It is in re ponse to Bulgaria's request on. June 4 for information from the quad uple entente powers concerning the dvantages she might expect In ex hange for her active co-operation ith them. In an exclusive intervie* w!th a orrespondent of the United Press S. tadoslavoff, the Bulgarian prime ninister, made the following state nents: Bulgaria will send her armies narching against Constantinople in wenty-four hours if Servia will cede ervian Macedonia to her. V. Radoslavoff, prime minister of ulgaria and the man who more than ny other holds the destinies of Eu 'ope in his hand, made this frank tatement to Henry Wood, staff cor 'espondent of the United Press, on [uesday. In an exclusive interview granted he United Press, the Bulgarian pre nier for the first time revealed to the orld exactly what Bulgaria demands or remaining neutral, and what she asks of the allies for driving the urks from Europe, an operation hat admittedly would prove the orning point of the war for the llies. Of equal importance was his reply o the report circulated In European apitals that Bulgaria, having won 3onstantinople, would demand the )ttoman capital as her prize. "That fear is groundless," he said with emphasis. "The International, sommercial and political responsibili le attached to a city occupying the ~eographcal position of Constanti opl~e are too great for a nation that nust always remain small-like Bul ;aria. "We will fight but for one end. ['hat is to extend our frontiers until ;hey embrace the peoples of our own lood, but that end must be guaran sed to us beyond all doubt. If we Lre asked to fight alone, we are eady. If we are asked to fight with rreece, Servia and Roumania in a iew Balkan alliance, on the side of he allies, our willingness remains he same. To the allies we say: Give us back Servian Macedonia td we will fight in the way we can serve you best." V. Radoslavoff is the storm centre f the greatest diplomatic swirl the world has ever seen. Because Bul garia holds the key to the world war, ;he diplomatic agents of every great power involved swarm in Sofia, their ressure centering upon him. "Bulgaria is fully prepared, and waiting to enter the war the moment he receives absolute guarantees that by so doing she will attain that for whch other nations already engaged re striving-namely, the realization f her national ideals," maid the pre nier. "The bulk of these aspirations lie Ln Servian Macedonia, which, with its yne million five hundred thousand of Bulgarian peoples, was pledged and issigned to us at the close of the first Balkan war. It is still ours by right and the principle of nationality. "When the Triple Entente can as mre us that the territory will be re. turned to Bulgaria and our minor laims in Grecian Macedonia and else where realized, the allies will find u' ready to fight with them. But these guarantees must be real and abso' lute. No mere paper ones can be ac cepted. "Unfortunately our aspirations are not attainable by direct force of oui arms. We can not go and take the territories which we feel are right fully ours. Instead, they must bf eded to us by others in compensa tion for the participation of our arm! in the general conflict. We have therefore, frankly and openly accept ed the offers of both groups of power n negotiations to that end. Onl: by dealing with both sides do w~ feel we can secure the best guaran tees that what we desire will be at taed. "On the part of the allies wre ar' asked for the direct participation ii the war of our entire army, whos4 ralor the whole world knows. On thue part of Germany, Austria and Turke: we are only asked for a contimuatioi of our neutrality until the end of thi Candidly, this latter request w< are loath to grant. We can not fore atel wat the futur# holds tor us. 'r SHERIFF HAS FIST FIHuT WITH PIEDMONT POSTMASTER Bitterness Develops Intensity-News papers Carry Sheriff's "Shoot to-Kill" Pronouncement. Postmaster Traxler and Sheriff Hendrix Rector of Greenville engag ed in a personal encounter Tuesday morning as a result of hot words ex changed just after a recent political meeting. The sheriff cursed Mr. Trax ler, it is alleged, using the vilest of language at the conclusion of the meeting. Mr. Traxler claimed that he did not hear the cursing and later in the evening the sheriff is said to have apologized to him. However, the sheriff made a statement in the after noon paper of the next day to the ef fect that he cursed the postmaster to his face and had no apologies to of fer. Tuesday morning the two met in a barber shop and Mr. Traxler told the sheriff that if he had been going about over the county bragging of having cursed him to his face, he was a "damned liar." The statement was repeated, but the sheriff said he did not desire to have any trouble. Fin ally the" shdriff started to -rise and Mr. Traxler struck him a blow in the face. The two men fought for some time before being separated. In the city court Mr. Traxler was fined fifty dollars and Sheriff Rector twenty-five dollars. The fight was the outgrowth of bitter factionalism in the county. For some time men cognizant of affairs have looked for a fisticuff if nothing worse. Tuesday afternoon the sheriff asked the press to announce that he would "kill the next man who came at him, if it means my electrocution in ten minutes." The sheriff stated in court that he had three pistols. on his person and that henceforth he would look out for himself. He says he will stand nothing more. Ill feeling has -.recentlI been in tensified by hot- speeches which the sheriff has made over the county. He claims that detectives follow him con tinually, that the rural police are fighting him all the .time and that the opposing faction gives him no peace whatever. COMPLETING LAST APPEAL TO THE MEXICAN LEADERS Washington Optimistic Friday De spite Carranza's Refusal to Talk Peace With Villa. State daprtment officials Friday were busy completing arrangements for the dispatch of the Pan-American appeal to the Mexican factional lead er; calling upon them to end Mexi co's civ!l strife and assemble a peace conference. ' The communication, signed by Secretary Lansing and six Pan-American diplomats and approv ed by President Wilson, probably will go forward Saturday. It will be ad dressed to Mexican public officials and military leaders. The delay In forwarding the ap peal is due to the fact that officials want It to -have the widest publicity throughout Mexico and to that end are determined, if possible, to see that no one to whom it should be sent is omitted from a list that is be ing prepared. Every effort is being1 made to reach the leaders of every movement in Mexico, no matter how small. While Gen. Villa has notified the state department of his willingness to enter a peace conference, the Vil a agency announces Gen. Carranza's flat refusal to permit negotiations between his Washington representa tives and those of Villa. Official op timism still was apparent Friday de spite Carranza's attitude. discount it entirely and tie our hands by a solemn pledge of continued neu trality would be Impolitic Indeed. We might agree to remain neutral for a shorter period. But whether we re main neutral or whether we fight our end and the motives governing our decision will be the same. "We have no disposition to play for time in these negotiations. We seek only to gain guarantees that will insure the absolute realization of our national Ideals, and just what these are, It seems essential to me, the world now should know. "There are now living outside the borders of Bulgaria nearly three mil lion Bulgarians. The bulk of these Inhabit districts contiguous to us and constitute the majority of the popu lation of these districts. We aspire to have them united in one Father land. Of this total number five hun dred thousand Inhabit Russian Bes sarabla. Another three hundred thousand are in Roumania. Others are in Thrace, but the greater num ber, about one million, five hundred thousand, inhabit Servian and Gre cian Macedonia. It Is there, we frankly admit, that the bulk of our national aspirations also lie. "Already we have over six hundred thousand refugees, largely from Ser vian and Grecian Macedonia. Indeed, half the poplation of Sofia consists of refugees. They are our brothers -of our own blood. Simply caring for them can never be a real solution of the great problem. Only a united Bulgaria can solve that. "While Bulgaria is quite ready to participate in the war she does not underestimate the cost. She knows that Turkey is strong-far stronger than Europe yet realizes. "The fatigue which our army nat urally felt at the close of two suc cessive wars has passed away. Our troops are in better condition and better equipped than ever. They have been organized on the Russian military system. Their officers have studied in the leading military schools of Europe. "The whole nation is provisioned --prepared as never before." Prisoner Killed by a Mob. Andy Crum, one of the criminals seized on island 37. when the sheriff of Mississippi county, Ark., was re cently killed. was taken from the jail at Oceola, Ark.. Thursday night by fifteen men and lynched. Italian Consuls Leave Turkey. The Paris Temps says the Italian consuls in Turkey are quitting the country leaving their affairs in Amer ican hands. German Property Seized. The Tribuna of the Seine in Paris has sequestered real estate to the value of $40,000,000 belonging to a Gnuan sub ject, GIVE HIS SLAYER LIFE WITH SURE CHANCE TO KILL Georgia Man Shot Through Lungs Wrestles for Pistol and Let His Slayer Go Away. -Stewart Floyd Foster, Madisoil, Ga., popular in social and business circles of Georgia, Thursday after noon died from a pistol wound in flicted by Nick Johnson at the close of a card game near Swords, Ga., early Thurday morning. No trace of Nick Johnson who Fri day shot and fatally -wounded Stew art F. Foster, former University of Georgia athlete, had been found ear ly Friday. Officers said Johnson had not appeared at his home at -Rut ledge, Ga., and they, had been un able to obtain any clue as to his whereabouts. Floyd Foster, together with ten friends, had been camping on the Oconee river on the McCree place about five miles from Swords when the shooting occurred. According to witnesses, a card game broke up soon after midnight, when Nick Johnson, of.. Rutledge,. a heavy loser-, refused to sign a check for the amount owed. As the argument continued, Johnson retired to a dark room adjoining, re fusing to pay his obligation and curs ing. In a dying statement made at the Infirmary at two-thirty o'clock, Fos ter said: "When Johnson applied a vile epi thet to me I started to the door, say ing that I would not stand for such language. Quickly, as he-shot me, I approached him and wrenched his gun from him. As he kneeled be fore me pleading for his life, I order ed him to leave, as I did not want him in my presence. Furthermore. I told him I would not take advan tage even of a coward in the dark. as he had in my- case.' When Foster approached Johnson the latter from the table the pistol of a member of the party. Johnson shot :FoAter. twice,..one. W11.entering the'body beneath the heart and pass Ing through the lungs and liver and the other entering the left shoulder. Nevertheless, Foster, who was a giant in size, entered the room where Johnson was standing, took the gun from him and told him to leave, as he did not wish to be in the presence of such a coward. |. | RUSSIANS EXPECT BLOW IN REGION OF BALTIC Attack on Riga Leads Authorities to Believe Germans Will Push Fresh Campaign. Petrograd: The next serious blow of the German forces is expected to fall in the Baltic regiin. Apparently the invadors are not anxious to crowd the Russians out. of Poland, but are expending their efforts in strengthen ing their extending wings. The naval attempt, to gain control of the Gulf of Riga simultaneously with the pressing eastward of the land forces toward Friedrichsstadt, forty-six miles southeast of Riga, and the only railroad outlet from that port, has convinced military authori ties that the Germans contemplate early resumption of the campaign in this region. The swampy nature of the country south of Riga renders control of the approaches from the east essential for success. The Russians are oppos ingltubbornly th~e advance of the Germans. On the other hand, the advance of the Germans toward Vilkomir, on the roads leading in the direction of Vil *na, in the government of Kovno-, has given rise to the belief that the in vaders may attempt to press on to Vila. *According to the military critic of the Bourse Gazette this theory is supported "by the aerial bombard ment of Vila and by the beginning of the evacuation of that city" .by the Russians. It is hardly expected that his movement will be forced, how ever, until the German positions at Ponevyezh and Kovno have been made more secure from the danger of being flanked from these direc tions. PETROGiRAD SAYS GIERMAN. ARMIES HAVE BEEN STOPPEIR Russian Army is Safe and Offers Stubborn Resistance to thbe Teutonic Hord" Petrograd, Friday: The Russian armies having successfully extricat ed themselves from the German net are stubbornly opposing the German advance toward Blalystok on a line seventy miles to the east or War saw and on both sides of the rail road between the 'Polish capital and Bialystok. The Baltic German campaign ap pears to be at a standstill with the Russians astride the highway be tween Vilkomir and Poniewesch, threatening the communications be tween these invading armies. The Germans are approaching slightly nearer to Kovno. They are pounding that position with their heavy guns, to which Russian artil lery is replying effectively. Peasants who escaped from the German labor gangs describe the deliberate pre parations for the assault on Kovno which was begun three months ago. The Germans imported an enor mous mass of structural materials, built paved roads from the westward and dug foundations fifteen feet deep for mortars. When the refugees escaped no f or ty-two centimeter guns had arrived, but those of smaller calibre, each re quiring three large tr1.ctors, were be ing hauled into position. Will be Raised at Once. Wreckers were reidy Wednesday to begin the task of raising the steamship Eastland, which has been lying on her side in the Chicago river since the disaster. Wanit to Buy 1,000,000 Beeves. C. 0. Robinson of Helena, Mont.. made public Friday a cablegram from Liverpool asking quotations on 1, 000,000 head of cattle delivered at that place. Germans Capture Siedlce. The Polish city of Siedlce, fifty five miles southwest of Warsaw, has; been captured by the Germans. This announcement was made Friday at mv hadqnarters. TO ATTACK TURKS ALLIES TO TRY TO RETRIEVE RUSSIAN DISASTFS FIERCE FIliHTS NENEWED Allies Now See the Imminent Neces sity of Taking the Dardanelles Be fore Germany On Make Use of a Gateway to Turkey-German Com mander Removed. tondon, Wednesday: Recognition of the importance to the Allies of forcing the Dardanelles to retrieve Russian reverses, is demonstrated by the sudden landing of British forces in the vicinity of -Karachali, on the north of the Gulf of Saros, and re sumption of the offensive both at the southern end of Gallipoli peninsula and north of Gaba Tepe. The Australians and New Zealand ers recently have been strengthening their positions at Gaba Tepe. The new landing place on the Gulf of Saros, being on the flank and rear of the Bulaii lines, if developed, would menace the strong Turkish defenses across the neck of the peninsula. The grand duke of Mecklenburg, according to the Athens correspond ent of the London Star, has been ap pointed commander-in-chief of the Turish forces in the Dardanelles, suc ceeding Field Marshal Liman von Sanders. With reference to the change in the head of the German alliance forces in the Dardanelles theret is some ob scurity. Field Marshal von Sanders has been one of the leading figures in the reorganization of the Turkish mili tary system under German tutelage. With Field Marshal von der Golz, also a German, he has been active in directing the Turkish army during the war, and for a time was in charge of the Ottoman forces at the Darda nlles. It was reported last month that he had been seriously wounded In a bat tle op Gallipoli peninsula. Later it was said his injury was sustained at the hand4 of Turkish soldiers. Enver Pasha, Turkish minister of war, was said to have assumed command of the forces on the peninsula, and it was reported that Field Marshal von Sanders had been recalled to Berlin. The Allies are making greater ef forts to force the Dardanelles-and thus succor the Rusians, hard press ed by the Austro-Germans, and at the same time influence the Balkans. For some time the Dardanelles news has been cheerful for the British. While no details of operations have been, given out, the public has been told. that the hope for a successful issue is brighter. The British statement reads: "Sir t Ian Hamilton reports that fighting at several points on Gallipoli peninsula has taken place during the last few days. Substantial progress has been made. "In the southern -zone two hun- 1 dred yards on a front of three hun dred yards has been gained east of the Krithia rertl and has been held c in spite of dotermined counter-at tacks which have been repulsed with ] heavy losses to the enemy. Repeat- 1 ed attacks by' the Turks elsewhere in < this zone were beaten off. "Several attacks by French corps] have .been made, and their whole hearted co-operation has proved of the greatest assistance. "In the Ansac zone a footing in the Chunuk Bahr portion of Sari Bair also has been gained and the crest oc cupied after fierce fighting and the successful storming of strongly held positions. Here, too, the enemy's losses have been considerable. The advance was commenced at night un der cover of a searchlight.from a de- | stroyer. "Elsewhere a fresh landing has been successfully effected and con sideraole progress made. "Six hundred and thirty prisoners have been taken, together with one Nordenfeldt, two bomb mortars, nine machine guns and a large number of bombs. Scattered about are quanti ties of the enemies' rifles, ammuni tion and equipme: t."' Constantinople reports: "In the Dardanelles Saturday night, under the protection of the fleet, the enemy landed a part of his new forces in the environs of -Karachali, on the north of the Gulf of Saros, and the re mainder on two points north of Ari Burnu. We dispersed completely the enemy forces which landed near Kar achali, whieh left behind some twen ty dead. "North of Arn Burnu the troops which landed made a slight advance under the protection of the fleet. We repelled attacks and took some sol diers and officers prisoner. "We achieved considerable success near Seddul Bahr in beating back at tacks." I. I MAY LEND FARMERS MONEY .ON COTTON AT 4 PER CENT. Federal Reserve Board May Issue $300,000,000 in Notes for Short Term. After a talk Wednesday with Com missioner Harding at Washington, Representative Henry of Texas tele graphed Joseph Hurst of Corpus Christi that the federal reserve board is considering a cotton relief propo sition he presented involving the is sue of five hundred million dollars of federal reserve notes for deposit in the sub-treasury nearest the southern reserve banks. : '4 2* He proposed that the reserve board advise member banks it will loan these notes to them at two per cent. annual interest if the banks will make reasonable loans to cotton pro ducers at four per cent. interest for six months periods. Mr. Henry said the amount of interest was the real question at issue. Mr. Henry said he was arranging for a talk with Secretary Lansing to urge every possible step to be taken to enforce this government's position that cot* shall not be declared contraband by Great Britain. Italy to Send Out Huge Army. According to Captain Del Franctis who arrived from Italy Mionday the Italian government will dispatch an army of six hundred and fifty thous and to the Dardanelles to help the: aied troops there. ICIIOLLS AGAINST MORGAN . IN CONGRESSIONAL PR(IMARY Voters of Fourth District Select Suc cessor to Judge Joseph T. Johnson. Sam J. Nicholls of Spartanburg mnd B. A. Morgan of Greenville will nake the second race for the Demo ,ratic nomination for congress from he Fourth district, according to iearly complete unofficial returns re .elved in the special election to fill ;eat vacated by Federal Judge John ;on. A. H. Miller of Greer ran third n the-race, his total vote being near y 1,000 below that of B. A. Morgan, he second man. The total vote accounted for Is 4,625, which is probably within 2, )60 of the entire vote polled in the listrict at the first primary Tuesday. f this number Nicholls received a :otal of 4,802, Morgan 3,612, Miller ?,532, W. W. Johnson of Union 1, F85; Ira C. Blackwood of Spartan ,urg, 1,744, and R. J. Gantt of Spar :anburg 150. The second primary will be held Tuesday,-the 24th. The :ounty Democratic executive commit :ee will hold a meeting at noon rhursday in the county 'court house :o tabulate the returns and declare ;he result of the election. The vote in the several counties is Ls follows: Greenville, 45 out of 59 )oxes: Nicholls, 1056; Morgan, 2, 275; Miller, 967; Johnson, 70; Blackwood, 37; Gantt, 23. Spartanburg, 74 out of 86 boxes: Sicholls, 2,467; Morgan, 627; Miller, 05; Johnson, 193; Blackwood, 1, 125; Gantt, 108. Union, complete returns: Nicholls, 89; Morgan, 69; Miller, 82; John Ion, 1,418; Blackwood, 41; Gantt, 5. Laurens, 29 out of 33 boxes: qicholls, 890; Morgan, 641; Miller, 78; Johnson, 104; Blackwood, 41; 3antt, 14. 1,000,000 BU. WHEAT ORDER CANCELLED BY THE ALLIES Mther a Sign of Fall of Dardaneles and Entry to Russia or Lack of Funds. Cancellation Thursday by repre entatives of the Allies of contracts Lggregating nearly two million bush 1ls of wheat. bought for September hipment to Europe was puzzling to he grain trade Friday. Some sea >oard exporters claimed to have clds d out open contracts and Canadian %po.rters also reported. some cancel ations. James A. Patten, discussing the ancellation, said: "If peace were in ight Europe would still need wheat nd she would have the credit to get t. The cancellation of orders there ore would seem to indicate one of wo things: Either Europe has found source of new supply, which means ussian; or Europe finds that she an not pay." It was said that two of the largest irms which cancelled contracts were he Armour Grain company and the r. Rosenbaum Grain company. Geo. 3. Marcy, president of the Armour ompany, said: "I am un ble to un erstand what has happened abroad. t must be something important or hey would not have cancell ed pur hases that show such profits and give hem away. Possibly it Is that the )ardanelles are to be opened. But' ve have no information. England ants to hold her gold and by buy ng wheat in Canada and Australia he can use her credits and keep her ~old with which to buy munitions. f. Europe does not buy our wheat 'reely it will mean much to us and nake a great deal of difference in prices" jIVE ENTIRE ATTENTION TO PUSH FIGHT ON RUSSIA sermans Under von Hindenberg At tain Banks of Dvina and Threat en Russian Second Line. The Baltic flank of the German trmies under Field Marshal von Hin lenburg has, virtually attained the anks of the River Dvina between iga and Dvinsk, with Petrograd less han three hundred miles away. Thence southward the line sweeps est with the Russian fortress of Kovno still holding out but next eek may see a great battle on the -oad toward the capital. The second line of defense upon hich the Russians proposed to fall ack after abandoning Warsaw, has ss the appearances of having been 'endered untenable and the British tnd Russian press is beginning to ee in the Austro-Germa~n plan an mbitious plunge with Petrograd as :he goal. In the meantime the Russian rear ;uards are fighting desperately, es ecially in the critical Dvina region Ld at Kovno, to capture which the )ermans are making a terrific sacri hce of men. It seems plain the Germans pur >ose no great demonstration in the vest but intend rather to press to he utmost their Russian campaign the theory that conditions in the gest are -such that neither the 'rench nor the British immediately nil attempt a general offensive. ANOTIIER ZEPPELIN RAID six Persons Killed on British East era Coast. Official announcement was made .n London Friday of an airship raid rhursday night on the east coast of England. Six persons were killed. )ne Zeppelin, the announcement says. robably was damaged; but escaped. The official announcement says hat six persons were killed, twenty hree injuredI and fourteen houses were damaged seriously by bombs. rhursday night's raid of Zeppelins as the cecond this week. On Mon lay night Zeppelins flew over the English coast and killed fourteen per ions and wounded fourteen others. 'rmy Aviators Meet Their Deaths. Capt. Knox and Lieut. Sutton, of he army aeroplane squadron, were .n a serious accident Thursday when :heir machine fell a 'stance of 500 Eeet The captain was killed, but THE lERMAN PLANS WOULD CUT RUSSIAN ARMIS FROM SUPPLY DEPOTS MEANS A LONGER DATLE Czar's Armies Depend Upon Fowu Great Supply Stations-Teton Intend to Deprive Them of Bal road Communication, Breaking Them Up Through Lack of Food. Many people are wondering when the German fight on Russia will let up, and her armies be sent to the west or the south to operate against other foes. That the plan of the Central Empires is more stupendous than was at first recognized is grad ually becoming apparent. Walter E. Ives, formerly a lieu tenant in the Prussian Dragoons, writes an interesting explanation of' the aims of the general staff of the Teutons. His article appeared in the New York Times, and if his expres sions are correct the mass of the: German -armies will continue their struggle against Russia for a consid erable length of time. He says: Since the fall of Warsaw interest in the military situation has largely assumed the character of a specula tion as to what will be the next aim and, accordingly, the next move of the German general staff. The assumption is generally pre dominant that the near future wil bring a renewed vigorous offensive of the Teutons on the west front, or an invasion of Italy or Serbia, made pol sible by their going on the defensive along the Narew-Vlstula,Wieprz-Bug and Dniester line in the east. This view betrays a misconception of the military situation In general, and of the magnitude of the German ic operations in the east in partica lar. The military situation is mostly likened to that of the days of Napol eon's invasion of Russia, *nd numer ous critics indulge in a comparison of the two campaigns against Russia, deriving from it the prediction that the Czar's country is inconquerable, and that, consequently,- the Germanie allies are doomed to failure. The maximum strength of the en tire Russian forces. at Barclay do Tol ly's and later Kutusow's command - exceeded at no ime four hundred thousand men. Divided into three. mostly Dot co-operating armies, the individual, comparatively small units could. be easily provisioned from va rious small bases of supplies. When the enemy's advance would threaten one, another would be at the Russian army's disposal. Thus, never severely beaten in battles, which they always avoided, the Slavs never ceas ed to be a constant menace to the French armies. To-day it is not a question of provisioning' from three hundred thousand to four hundred thousand.men, but one of supplying from five million to six million aol diers. - For this purpose, and in particular regard of Russia's comparative scar* ity of big cities and inadequate roads of communication, four great con tral provisioning depots, Petrograd, Moscow, Kiev and Kharkov, were for years prepared, and are now estab lished in the Russian empire. All operations of the armies northi of the province of Volhynia are uki mately based on Petrograd and Mos cow; those from Volhynia-and south of this province are based on Kiev and Kharhov. If the Russian armies in thefield can be cut off from all or any part of these four central bases of supplies, the remaining subordi nate provisioning depots will in shors time prove Inadequate to provide for the enormous numbers of troops. Once the sources of all supplies have been dammed the Russian arm es may be considdred as elimina'ted from the conflict, for a withdrawal behind these centres into .a country topographically, economically and technically wholly unfit and unpre pared for the maintenance would mean their dissolution into numerous units unable of co-operation. The German advance, on the other hand, while It graduafly draw.s fwr ter from its great supply centres, Koenigsburg, Thorn, Posen, Breslau, Cracow and Lemiberg, will find plenty of subordinate centres stra1egcaly, economically and technically well fit for adequate provisioning of the vast armies, such as, for instance, Lub lin, Warsaw, Vilna, Riga, etc., and modern means of communication in western Russia, though not equal to West E,.uropean means of travel and transportation, are altogether differ ent from the few miserable post roads in the times of Napoleon the I., and have now cut distance between War (Continued on last page.) NEW UPRISING IN hAITI Admiral Caperton Sends Marines Ashore to Keep Order. 'New uprisings by the Bobo and Zamor factions have broken out at Cape Haitien and have forced Rear Admiral Caperton to establish mili tary rule In the city. This statement was issued at the navy department at Washington Friday: "Admiral Caperton reports that on account of disturbed conditions in and around Cape Haitien, due. to the Bobo and Zamor factiops, it has be come necessary to take military con trol of the town and conduct affairs in the same morning as at Port au Prince. Civil officials are employd where it is possible and suitable men can be obtained. "Commander Olmsted, command ing officer of the Nashville, has been placed In charge and has a battalion of bluejackets from the Connecticut ashore to assist in maintaining or der." Does Not Mean Intervention. The foreign minister in Gen. Vil la's cabinet stated Wednesday that he did not believe the sending of warships to Vera Cruz mcant Ameri can intervention. Now Eleven Clent Stamp. Postmaster General Burleson has authorized an eleven-cent postage stamp to meet the needs of the par cel post service. Favor Submarines and Aircraft. Secretary Daniels declarod Friday there was an ovorwhelming senti ent fno- large increasec in subma