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VOL. XXVIII. MANNING, S. C., WED NESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1915. SENDS BOY=ED HOMI VON PAPEN ALSO PERSONA N0] GRATA IN TIS COUNTRY BERNSTORFF NOTIFIED Friday's Cabinet Meeting Discusse subject and Tansing Announce Decision Later-No Other Actio: Could be Taken After Conviction in Ne% York Trial. The state department late Fr! day announced formally that it had asked for the recall of Captain Boy-Ed and Captain von Papen, naval and military attaches respeo tively of the German embassy at Washington, because of the "ob jectionable activities in connection with mltay and naval niatters." Secretary Lansing is understood t< have informed Count von Bernstorff the German ambassador that Captair Boy-Ed, naval attache of the Germar embassy, had rendered himself per sona non grata to the United States government as the result of his con nection with the conspirators of the Hamburg-American line, who were found guilty in New York ,The subject was -understood tc have been the subject of discussion at the cabinet meeting Friday. Secre tary Lansing at the end of the cabi net meeting flatly refused an answer any questions on the subject and oth er members of the cabinet were equal. ly silent. The German embassy also refused to talk about it. The state department was believed to be of the opinion that as Captain Boy-Ed had admitted his connection with the financing of the operations which the New York jury gave a ver dict as being illegal, there was noth ing else to do but inform the German government of its views. By informing the ambassador that the attache is persona non grata, the United States leaves it with the Ger man government as to the manner in which Capt. Boy-Ed shall terminate his connection with the embassy. This Is the usual diplomatic procedure In the case of an attache of an embassy or a legation whom the United States finds objectionable. Captain Boy-Ed's name was men tioned in connection with the charter ing of ships from American ports to supply fuel and food to German ves sels, for which in the frst months of the war were hard pressed by the allied flying squadron. The alleged connection came up again during the trials of the Hamburg-American line officials just concluded in New York. in which witnesse testified that Cap tain Boy-Ed handled the money for chartering the ships and furnishing them with supplies. through ihe trial that Captain Boy Ed too was cognizant of the offenses which the government charged and in the early days of the trial his name. was frequently mentioned in open court by the government prose cutors. Finally the state department intervened and cautioned the officials of the judicial arms of the govern ment that unless they expected-to in dict Captain Boy-Ed for the offenses charged. the language employed by prosecutors should be avoided for the reason that It might endanger the friendly relations between the Unit ed States and Germaz!. The German emby manifested to the state department its displeas ure with features of the trial which reflected upon the' character of of fi cis not under charges. The state departmerit in turn indicated that it could not permit any action of the -department of' justice to bind it to any particular course toward foreign diplomatic offiefis5. When the conviction of the Ham -- burg-American line- officials, how ever, the situation become one where a jury had given a verdict holding to be illegal certain operations in con nection with which the German naval attache was generally accredited with having been connected, and the usual diplomatic procedure in such a case is to regard the usefulness of such an officer as ended and his further pres ence as objectionable. RUSSIAN TROOPS ENTER BULGARIA SAYS REUTIER London Receives no Direct or Specific Confirmation--Move Has Far ReachIng Effect. London reports Friday: "News that the Russians have entered Bul garia has aroused intense interest. and there Is much speculation as to the next development," Reuter's cor respondent at Saloniki telegraphs. "It is expected this move will have a far-reaching effect on the internal situation of Bulgaria and will modify the whole aspect of affairs In the Bal kans." No direct and specific confirmattor has been received in London of thih message. It Is recalled, however that last week Emperor Nicholas wa! said to have promised Premier Pach itch of Serbia the appearance of a Russian army in Bulgaria. within s week. PRESIDENT ENTERTAINS Princeton Class of '79 Gathers at thN White House. President Wilson gave a dinner a the White House Tuesday night t4 fellow members of the Princeton dias of '79. For the evening the presi dent again was "Tommy." the nam' by which his classmates knew him Fifty-nine members of the c'lass, in cluding Cyrus McCormiCk, Clevelani P. Dodge and Robert Bridges, at tended the dinner. The president received his class mates in the blue room and late conducted them to the state dinin: room, where the table was set. N . military or naval aides were preseni A number of informal addresses wer made. The president was congratt lated on his coming marriage an many stories of college days wer told. French Capture Bnlgar Trench. Paris reports Friday: Two thoi .sand Bulgarian rifles were found im trench taken Wednesday by Frenc troops, according to a Havas dispate from Saloniki. The French at strongly entrenched before Krivolai one hundred and fifty yards from tl: Bntear advanced posts. FORD PEACE SIIP READY; LEAVE FOR EUROPE T04AY Steamer Sails From New York With Party of Peace Enthusiasts Aboard for Christiana. The Scandinavian-Am -Acan Line Steamship Oscar II, on which Henry Ford has taken passage far his peace expedition to The Hague, will leave New York Saturday afternoon on schedule time, according to agents of the line, who were seen Friday. Mr. Ford has engaged her first and see ond-cabins for his peace envoys. Halvord Jacobsen, the line's man ager, says the Oscar II should be at Christiana by December 14 or 15. Concerning the possibility that Brit ish warships might take the steamer to Kirkwall, he said that ,few of the line's steamers had been taken there recently as the British government has been content with stopping the vessels off the North coast of Ireland and sending an officer on board to examine the passenger and cargo manifests. In a signed statement Mr. Ford de clared that "envoys to thirteen bel ligerent and neutral European gov ernments have found overwhelming evidence of a universal peace desire. We hate further evidence in hand that the belligerent governments not be opposed to a conference of neutral nations." Mr. Ford said the expedition ex pects to stop first at Christiana, Nor way. From there it will proceed to Stockholm, Copenhagen, and The Hague. He asserted he had definite letters of assurance that the mission will be welcomed with enthusiasm. AUSTRIAN CABINE QUITS AFTER KAISER'S VISIT Amsterdam Says Three Members Have Resigned-Austrian Em peror Confirms News. Amsterdam reports via London Wednesday: Reports that several members of the - Austrian cabinet have resird =-e confirmed by an autograpi. letter from Emperor Francis Jomeph, published in the Wil ner Zeitung of Vienna. The emperor has accepted the resignations of Dr. Karl Hemold d'Udynski, minister of the interior; Dr. Budolf Schuster von Bonnett, minister of commerce, and Baron Engel von Mainfeldon, minis ter of finance. Acceptance of -these resignations is qualified with the proviso that the services of the retiring ministers are to be available, if required. BIG MILITARY SPECTACLE Emperor of Japan Reviews Forces in Tokio. The greatest military specetacle of peace times in the history of Japan was. witnessed in Tokio Thursday. Fifty thousand cldiers-infantry, ar tillery and cavalry-were reviewed by Emperor Yoshihito in celebration of his coronation. Ten aeroplanes and'several dirigibles represented the aerial branch of the service. Before the parade the emperor rode through the ranks. He was ac companied by the military attaches of the various embassies, including Col. James A. Irons, the American attache. The review was witnessed by the diplomatic corps, including the Amer ican ambassador, George W. Guth re, all the members of his staff and their wives, and Roar Admiral Al bert 0. Winterhalter, commander of the Asiatic fleet of the United States. and the officers of the cruiser Sara toga. Foreign military experts express the opinion that the review demon strated the thoroughness in Japan of the military situation. TILLMAN IN CIIARLESTON Senior Senator Wml Visit seaport While Fleet is In Harbor. Senator Tillman has returned to his post at the capitol, being one of those present at the first day's ses sion of the Democratic caucus of the Senate last Monday. The senator is occupying the same suite of offices as cht~irman of the naval committee that he has occupied sipce the control of the Senate passed from the hands of the Republicans. These offices are on the gallery floor of the Senate wing of the capitol, the committee room being within a few feet of the Senate chamber, and the senator's private office, back of the committee room, commanding an ad miral view of the east front of the capitol building and of the plaza and grounds which it overlooks. Senator Tillman will visit Charles ton during the "navy days'' of the Southern Commercial Congress and Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan, pay master general of the navy, will be iis companion on the trip. ITALY TO AID SERBIA London Says News Will Probably Clarify Balkans. Italy has announneed her adhesion to the treaty of London. whereby the Allies undertake not to conclude a separate peace and also has declared her intention of sending help to the Serbians. This news. it is believed in London, will go far to clear the situation, especially in Greece. where negotiations are still proceeding on the Quadruple Entente's request that Greece allow the Allies free use of her railways and the right to police Greek waters against submarines. Last advices indicate that the ne gotiations are likely to end in com plete satisfaction to the Entente pow ers. The assurance that Italy, as well as Great Britain. France and Russia, is to give military support to -the Serbians in their affort to regain rtheir lost territory. a. ..kes the case for Greek assistance stronger. Rumania About Ready. & London reports Wednesday: Ru - mania will deliver an ultimatum to Austria as soon as the Entente Allies e concentrate five hundred thousand meb in the Balkans. it Is reported in Bucharest, says a Central News dis patch from that city. a Charleston Election in Court. b Candidate Musladin, of Ward Ten. b Charleston, who was defeated. has e taken his case into the court. Chief Gary has ordered the Democratic e committee to make return of all the proceednn' therein. Us S. NAVAL DEFEN CAPT. NIBLACK DISCUSSES 01 SITUATION IN PACIFIC ISLANDSILONTROL OUEA Commander of Dreadnought Mic gan Shows Necessity of Fortif)l Guam, Tutuila, Midway, the Al1 tian Tslands and Honolulu-Co ing and Providing Stations Needi At the annual meeting of t Society of Naval Architects and I rine Engineers, held in New Yoi Captain Albert P. Niblack, U. S. the vice-president of the society, re a paper, given below in part, on "T Maintenance of the Fleet," in whi he discussed from an entirely ni angle the naval defenses of the Un ed States, particularly on the ,Pacd coast. Captain Niblack is one of t navy's most distinguished line of cers, and is now commanding t dreadnought Michigan of the Seco: Division of the Atlantic Fleet. The first line of the national e fense, says Capt. Niblack, is dip] macy, which for safety and to ave misunderstandings, should be in t hands of skilled if not specially tral ed men. Due to our geographical positic our second line is the navy, whi must ever be prepared to act on t offensive, as Its chief value lies mobility and initiative. The third line is the sea coast ai other fixed defensive, with a mobi land force to protect the land a proaches. From its immobility th third line is essentially defensive. The fourth line is the regular arm which, like the navy, is essential offensive. The fifth line is the trained r serve, and that we have not. - J patriotic and as self-sacrificing as a the individuals who compose t] militia, no thinking person, wi1 knowledge of the facts, can count t] militia as a trained reserve. For g that it is, we should, however, I Jeeply thankful. The sixth line is the reserve quipment--guns, ammunition, clot1 Lug, food and fuel-together with t1 nanufacturing establishments to tui mut whatever additional Is neede rom a button to a battleship. U: rained men, as a war asset, are 111 re in the mine, cotton in the bale jimply a valuable raw material. Whatever legitimate differences pinion we may have as to our n onal policies as a world power, would seem to be best, instead of di :ussing the subject of the maint ance of the fleet on the high plai >f patriotic or civic duty, to apply t1 telid test of business, or what pa: )est in the end. In the first place, geography hi >laced a large ocean on either side < Ls, between us and our powerf1 eighbors. Looking across the A antic, we have always accepted a d, pensive role, and talked, and though nd built, to repel an enemy if I 3hould come. This habit of thought. of waitiE !or something, of holding back, apecting things to come to us, hi ilmost destroyed our initIative, hi :ept back our foreign trade, and a nost driven our flag from the oceai We have reasoned that our flei ould give us time to bring us oi ~upposed reserves and enable us i raise an army of volunteers. Facir his comfortable solution, we hai urned our back upon the Pacific. Geography, acquisitiveness oi destiny has presented us in the Pacific with Alaska, the Hawaiiam Islands, Tutuila (Samoa), Mlidwal Island, and Guam, as stepping stones across the Pacific, and, by their possession, imposed upon ui the same policy as If they were actually in the hands of an enemy or rival, because they exist anc can not be sunk; and if we fail t< make the right use of them gee graphy will turn them against us just as it turned them away fron others and to us. The Pacific permits to us no defe: Bive policy such as we have soften4 >urselves to In the Atlantic. O1 mast line extend to Guam, even if v should scuttle in the Philippines. 3 an wiggle, and squirm, and make wry face over paying the bill, but v ran never evade ultimately the co f adequately fortifying a naval ba in the island of Guam, and In a less degree in the island of Tutulla, in ti Archipelago of Alaska, and on Mi way Island, just as we have alreat begun the good work in the Haws ian Islands and at Balboa at tI Pacific end of the Panama canal, ti reason being, if there were no othe to prevent their being used againsti as commercial supply stations naval bases by an .enterprising riv r enemy. Besides, it will pay us o so. Suppose that on January 1, 191 here should be assembled off Pa ua, in the Pacific, a fleet to make elsurely voyage to Manila and retu) by way of Honolulu, Midway, ai uam. Let us assume that this fle onsists of thirty battleships, twen f our largest cruisers (now most out of date because deficient speed), forty destroyers, twenty ci iers, three supply ships, and t fleet repair ship Vestal. In order to state the problem supplying this fleet in its simplE erm, the speed is ten knots, no b weather is encountered, there are: delays from breakdowns, and t time to overhaul machinery, etc., placed at an absurdly low figure. As the stretch from Panama Honolulu is 4,665 miles a: would necessitate towing some of t ships of lesser coal endurance, ax as touching at Magdalena Bay wet only be 125 more than the dirn route, this stop is made. Stoppi at San Diego. Cal., instead, wet have made a difference of 436 mil We have at Balboa a fine refueli plant and an embryo naval static and the fleet is stpposed to sail fr< there full of coal and fuel oil. 'I assumption is a very liberal one ti eighteen tens of coal and three a one-half tons of oil per mile will co' the fuel consumption of the batt ~hips, cruisers, and destroyers at at a speed of only ten knots and ti 1,000 tons of coal and 160 tons of will cover their daily consumption According to London Engineeri: the average collier or freighter v burn one-sixth of a ten of coal mile, or one-eighth of a ton of I and will burn about twelve tons coal, ten tons of oil, in port per d Our battleships carry nearly fo days' fresh provisions, and I .on,+w dry provislions, an i the th refrigerator supply ships Culgoa, Gla cier, and Celtic may be emptied on reaching Guam. proceed to Sydney. Australia-3,000 miles-to fill up. and return to Guam to meet the fleet I on its return voyage. The following is the calculated coal consumption for the outward voyage (figures in parentheses sea miles): Coal. Oil, tons. tons. N Panama to Magdalena Bay (2,265) .. .. 49,000 8,500 I In port 5 days . . 5,000 800 Magdalena to Hono l'ulu (2,543) .. .. 55,000 9,500 In port 5 days . . 5,000 800 1 U Honolulu to Guam, t via Midway (3,450 ) 74,700 13,000 3 m- In port 10 days. 10,000 1,600 m Guam to Manila (1, - 542) ...........33,500 5,800 h In port 10 days 10,000 1,600 a he Total (10,000) ..232,200 41,600 .V a- Taking from the ',Naval Pocket b -k, Book" the bunker capacities of all E 4., the ships enumerated as comprising n ad this fleet, adding to it the carrying he capacities of coal and oil of the twe.- N ch ty colliers, and comparing the sum n )w with the consumptions of fuel in the b it- -foregoing table, we have: fc Coal, tons. Oil, tons e In bunkers.. ....129,000 16,900 fi- As cargo.. ....120,000 38,100 P e t id Total ........249,000 45,000 g Consumed as per h e- table ........232,200 41,600 k 0- 11 id Margin.. ..... 6,800 3,400 ie It should be stated that the two 0 ~ new oil carriers, Kanawha and Mau mee, now ready for service, are in- r n' cluded in the list of colliers. These a h two help swell the figuees for oil by V e 18,244 tons. The margin remainIng as above is uncomfortably small, and id we are at once confronted with the n problem of 240,000 tons of coal and 0 40,000 tons of oil required to ge the c V ships back to Balboa. d Is The bunker coal for the colliers tl can be gotten from Singapore or Aus ', tralia, but only "Welsh" or "Poca- 0 hontas" class of coal serves for naval " use. The problem, as elementary as ti e it may seem, is extremely complicat. h Ls ed even In time of peace. What it re would be in war Is another matter. e but it illustrates the profoundly grat h ifying fact that we have wisely given I I our ships a large steaming radius a I and, more wisely still, gone in for c e government-owned colliers and sup A ply ships, while every other navy in the world has to rely on chartering. t With adequate supplies of coal B m and oil at Honolulu, Midway, and , Guam, we may attain the desired I- mobility of the fleet even In war, :e provided we adequately fortify Guam and Midway. The cost would A not exceed that of one battleship. >f In time of war the high speeds re L- quired in scouting, and protecting it would increase enormously the de a- mand for fuel, and the ten knots - speed for the fleet shows how nar- B e row Is the margin, as it gives the B Le very minimum, easily increased by rs leaps and bounds under stress of tu weather or war operations. It is esti L mated that probably 200,000 tons of G )f coal a month would be required along ef 11 this route in time of war. th t. Two things stand out clearly in % this problem, viz., the necessity for in t, adopting the system of towing and pr e coaling at sea, so ably and so often be advocated in the meetings of this A1 society, and the need of replacing ac our old colliers, supply ships and do cruisers with newer, larger and faster tic ones. pr These colliers, repair and supply ships, fitted with five-inch and six- b inch guns and officered and manned tby regular officers and men, shouldM r be able to give a good account of themselves in time of danger and B g would not need the sheltering and S e shepherding that must be given to a S heterogeneous lot of chartered and so irresponsible craft, none too reliable cc under the most ifavorable circum-V stances. This leads up to the question of ce either purchasing additional colliers St and supply ships, or building them. as we can not rely on chartering be- d cause we will need all the available merchant ships for other purposes. viz., our expanding foreign trade, and maintaining what we have.T A purchased ship will require at least two mouths to overhaul and adapt her to government require ments. During the War with Spain we purchased colliers having a gross - tonnage of 42,500 tons at a cost of P' d $76 per gross ton. Ecogomy and ir serviceability point to the entire de e sirability of building ships for the 'e special service required. a In supplies are Included reserve re ammunition, medical stores, fresh m st and dry provisions, clothing, equip- th ; ment, fresh water, "canteen" stores. th >r both afloat in supply ships and at v e the naval bases. Fuel means the si j ability to deliver the blow without at Ly delay. Delay means the loss of the te 1 initiative. Operations can only be in e based on available means, and, in of e modern war, you can not plan and r. then assemble stores to execute the vg is plan. le > After war Is declared it becomest ala question of supplies and weapons oat the front, or else falling back tC on the defensive and trying to tC , gather from every source the sup- .sJ - plies needed even for the defen- G a sive. '" With fortified Island bases each s d would become a stepping stone to et the next, and a centre from which A ty to sally forth, attack and harass, 1y and to which to return for sup in plies, rest and overhaul. >1- Our real coast line would be ae come, as it were, more remote from our enemy as these obstacles R~ of in his path hindered his free st movements, and, on the other id hand, these island bases would io have the effect of extending our de coast line out Into the ocean for is our own forces. As sources of di supply they are as valuable to the to enemy as to us, unless we fortify a ad them adequately. b be All this sounds like the stock lan- - dguage of the rampant militarist look- s inlg for and bringing on trouble, but eis simply the cold business of insur- a ance against and avoidanca of trou- 0 hdibl through prevision and provision. s sThere is, moreover, no reason in for- a gbidding business in foreign relations. t .or diplomacy in making for markets and trade opportunities. P at Tutulia, Midway. and the Aleutian F aIslands come into the question of ta nd island bases as auxiliary centres of er supply and security, or as centres of le- scouting and offensive, not to men .ea tion commercial operations. ol Over and aov all lies Guam In Its I in position of unique, commanding and t: isupreme importance, the "Key of the c Pacific." On what we do there de- g ig' pends our f'uture on that ocean, and 'ill as a peaceful, law abiding and prop er erly respected member of the com >il- munity of nations. ay. Capture 502 Serb Cannon. rty Berlin reports that up to this timet r the total number of cannon taken Mi POWDER EXPLOSION CAUSES DEATH OF THIRTY )upont Powder Yard Experiences Blow-up-Entire House Di. appears With Workmen. Thirty viorkmen were killed and ix fatally injured at Wilmington, )el., Tuesday when four tons of black owder exploded at the upper Hag sy yard of the Dupont Powder com any. Nearly all the victims of the >last were young men between six een and twenty-one years of age. fost of them lived in and about Wil iington. The explosion was in a packing ouse, where black powder pellets re prepared for shipment to the rarring nations. The packing house ras one of a large group of small uildings which make up the upper ( [agley plant, about three miles ( orthwest of the city. I The blast rocked the Brandewine 9 'alley and shook and startfed Wil- t Lington. Workmen ran from every t uilding and shack in the wide area I hich the company's plant covers. 7hen the great column of smoke 4 hich rose from the spot where the t cking house stood, disappeared, s iere was only a big hole in the i round. Twenty-six men were in the s ouse that disappeared. The others t lled and wounded were hit by fly- r Lg debris. C The pellet packing house was a I ie-story frame building, eighteen by i enty feet, and was divided into six 1 >oms. Nearby buildings were dam- c ;ed. Company officials said the I roperty loss was small. One theory advanced by workmen that the explosion may have origi ited in a spark from a horse's shoe from a spark caused by a small .r running over some spilled pow r. A workman said that just be ire the explosion a car in which ere were several thousand pounds black powder had been drawn by ro horses along a narrow-guage ack to the entrance of the packing e >use to be prepared for shipment. I ie powder is packed Into boxes hold g about fifty pounds each. Some of the powder. it was said, C ay have spilled from the car. Either horse's shoe or the wheel of a car uld have Ignited the -explosive and used a flash to reach the powder in 8 e house. UAM STATES MUDDLED; BOTH SDES ARE WORRIED a -I ,ton of Greece Torments Allies, 1 While Expectation of RMU02" - C an Action Affects Teutons. F London reports Wednesday: The p ikan states continued to dominate a th the military and diplomatic sit- I tlon in Europe. Rumania's atti- fq de apparently is causing the central wers great uneasiness while eece's refusal to limit her military s fectiveness Is of equal concern to li Enteite. p Rumania is said to be only await- y g the presence In the Balkans of eponderant Entente military forces I fore dispatching an ultimatum to cl istria, and German military critics, V cording to dispatcues reaching Lon- n: n, express considerable dissatisfac- e m with conditions in the Balkans, i, edicting both military and diplo- R tic differences ahead despite the iI Illiant Serbian campaign of Field rshal von Mackensen'.t Moreover, It is reported that Aus- c a is opposed to the possibility of ilgaran domination of the Balkang ates, and It is suggested that de e to forestall any friction In this e nnection was responsible for the b rman emperor's recent vilit to t enna. Greece steadfastly refuses to con de Entente demands for the unre ricted use of the Greek port of c loniki, as a base, and furthermore, clines to remove her army from sp acedona.. C BUTONIC ALLIES QUARREL OVER RUMANIAN QUESTION n iris Says Hungary is Determined Not to Grant TerritorIal Con-a cesiona to Runantia. 8 Paris reports Wednesday: Diplo- k atic circles at Rome believe, says e e. correspondent of the Journal, at the visit of Emperor William tot tenna was made to reconcile, If pos ble, divergent views of Germany0 Ld Austria and obtain a pledge ofC rritoral sacrifices from Hungary the hope of assuring the neutrality Rumania. Negotiations between Berlin and I enna, the Journal says, wei-e fruit- T 5 owing to the determined opposi- I an of nngary and it is asserted I at the German rller is endeavoring I Induce Emperor Francis Joseph I conset to the sacrifice of Trans- A 'lvania upon the understanding that ermany will return to Austria two s; ovinces of Silesia annexed to Prus- e a in66. ISTRIA WANTS SEPARATE a PEACE WITH TIlE ALLIES ome Says Kaiser Rushed to Vienna to Force Ally to Stop Dickers -t . for Settlement. t Rome reports via Paris Wednes ay: "The real object of Emperor riliam's visit to Vienna was to put stop to efforts Austria is making y neans of negotiations through adrid with the vatican to obtain a ,parate peace with the Quadruple ntente" says the Trimuna. "Vienna ad Berlin disagree on the question peace. Berlin desires to treat parately with each of the Allies sot s to break up the Quadruple Enten Sand then to crush England, but -ienna desires a real and lasting t esace to end the tension which rap-t fly is becoming too great for Aug ria to bear." Montenegrins Fall Back. Enforced retreat of the Montene rnf troops in their efforts to defend 'levlje against the reinforced Aus-1 ro-German armies, is admitted in an ficial statement bp the Montene rin war office. Explosion an Accident. The Dupont official annonce:t We have no ground to suspect the xplosion was the result of anything her than accident. Many sensa tonal rumors have been current, but .11 are. roundless as far as our in PROUKAM IUMPLtIt OUTLINE OF EVENTS AT SOUTi ERN COMMERCIAL CONGRESS WORK FULL OF EVENTS Dommittee Announces Completed Schedule of Speeches and Amuse ments for Vistors-Will Pack Each Day With Stirring Proceed ings-Big Fleet in Harbor. The complete program for the sev mth annual convention of the South )rn Commercial Congress has been 'eleased, naming the hours at which al sessions and entertainments will ke place and giving other informa-: ion not contained in the tentative rogram released several days ago. The general program opens Mon ay morning at 10 o'clock at the Vic oria theater and closes with a ses ion Friday evening. The entertain ent program is divided into two ections, the first being general and he second special. The entertain nent for visitors and delegates to the ongress also opens on Monday and vill continue through that week. A ,eneral entertainment committee has een formed to have charge of spe ial entertainments *for selected roups of visitors. General Program. The complete program follows: Monday, December 13, "Communi y Day"-10 a. m., opening session, eneral, Victoria theater; 4 p. m., t esslon women's auxiliary, Hibernian I fall; 8.30 p. m., session, general, t rman Artillery Hall- 9 Tuesday, December 14, "Peace )ay--10 a. m., morning session, C trman Artillery lall; 8.30 p. m., vening session, German Artillery [all; House o: Southern Governors, ity Hall; Southern Commissioners t f Agriculture, Citadel. Wednesday, December 15, "Na onal Defense"-10 a. In., morning ession, "National Defense," Marion quare; 3.30 p. mn., military parade; p. m., evening session, Woman's uxilary, Hibernian Hall. Thursday, December 16, "Foreign 'rade Day"-10 a. in., morning ses Ion, German Artillery Hall; 4 p. m., fternoon session, "Education," Ger- E ian Artillery Hall; 8.30 p. m., even- t ig session (Bryan), German Artil- I )ry Hall. r Friday, December 17, "South's t ay"-10 a. m., morning session, t otton, Drainage, German Artillery [all; 4 p. m., afternoon, Commercial, I nance, German Artillery Hall; 8.30 . m., evening session, Immigration 7 ad Finance, German Artillery Hall; r nmigration, Labor and smaller con- 2 rences, Citadel. 3 -Program of Entertainment. General-Battleship fleet, harbor; 1 lected carnival, Crystal Park;, ath- 3 ,tlc sports, enlisted men, baseball v arks;. theaters, Academy of Music, ' ictoria and movies. Special-Monday, December 13, 2 .30 p. m., to officers of fleet, lun- e eon; 3.30 p. m., to delegates and 5 isitors; excursion by railroad to avy yard, return via Cooper river, 5 >urtesy Clyde Line; 6 p. m., to visit- e ig governors, dinner by Governor 9 ichard- I. Manning of South Caro ns. Tuesday, December 14-1.50 p. I., t >commercial scretaries, dinner, C harleston Hotel: 2.30 p. mi., to I outhern Commercial Congress dele tes, reception, battleships; 3.30 p. L., to officers of Southern Commer al Congress, harbor cruise, torpedo ats; 5 p. mn.. to visiting ladies, en rtainment, Country Club. Wednesday. December 15-10 a. L., general, National Defense exer se, Marion Square, Secretary of Tar and Secretary of Navy will e ;eak; 3 p. in., general, military r arade; 6 p. mn., reception by Secre- t ry of War and Secretary of Navy. e ity Hall; '7.80 p. mn., general, com- I unity dance, Liberty street; 8.30 G ,i., to commissioned officers of c; eet, smoker, Carolina Yacht Club; t. >secretary of war and secretary of I ivy, banquet, Charleston Hotel. ( Thursday,. December 16-Fore oon, to enlisted men, entertainment Schuetzenplatz; to visiting ladies, las, by Century Club, U. D. C., suf- ~ -age association and art association; .30 p. in., to ~warrant officers, smo er, Elks' Club; 9 p. mn., to officers C fleet, ball, navy yard. Friday, December 17-General en rtainment, visit to historic places Interest, Charleston ~Museum, ibbes Art Gallery, etc. Entertainment Committee. The general entertainment corn iittee is composed of~ W. King Mc owell, chairman; W. H. Mixson, A. 7. Litschgi, Jr., C. B. Huiet, J. H. ast, Santos Sottile, E. E. Quincy, ianiel Ravenel, Win. F. Burguson, I eland Moore, J. M. Robertson, E. W. ~urant Jr., 3. H. C. Wulbern, Ellisons .Williams, Geo. B. Fishburne. This committee will have charge of I: peial entertainments to be provid d in the way of a yacht ride eacht ay to a selected group of visitorst unning from the Yacht Club along be Cooper river water front to the avy yard. Only one large yachtt rill be used each day and owners oft uch craft will be requested to per lt the use of their yachts for one *ay only so that only five of these raft will be required. This committee will also look after e providing of several automobiles or a portion of each day in order to ike the speakers and visitors to the ongress from their hotels to the laces of meetings. VILLA PLANS TO RAID) U. S. 'unston Reports Situation to War Department Wednesday. Attributing his present situation o the failure of the United States ;overnment to support him. Gen. 7111a is planning raids on American erritory along the border, according .o information reaching Major Gen ral Funston, commanding the imerican border troops. In report ng this to the war department at ashington Wednesday, Gen. Fun tton said he could not believe Gen. 7T111a actually 'contemplated any such azardous undertaking. Wants Compnlsory Education. The Upper South Carolina Method st conference wants a compulsory ,ducation measure for children be :ween eight and fourteen years of age or the, school year. Tetons Take Four Thousand. Derlin reports: "To the southwest f Mitrovitsa tour thousand prison .. .a +wn cnnoan were eaptured." FROM BELLIGERENT SOIL Government Can Not Give Passports -Warring Nations Will Likely Not Receive Them. Several European nations, neutral as well as belligerent, have Inquired of the United States concerning the status of the peace party to sail in vessels chartered by Henry Ford. To each Secretary Lansing has replied that the American government not only has no connection with the ex pedition, but assumes no responsibili ty for any activities or negotiations of those engaged in the movement. The fact that Mr. Ford had con ferred with President Wilson before tarting his movement to eid the European war gave some arEbassa iors and ministers at Washington the mpression that the Washington gov rnment might have some connection with it. It became known that since the publication of the plans of the party he state department has been re eiving inquiries, most of them in ormally through embassies and lega ions. Secretary Lansing has explain d that the party woula carry no cre lentials from the state department nd din-ot differ from any other body >f Americans traveling in Europe. Applications for passports by mem )ers of the expedition have been sub 'ected to the closest scruitny have een subpjected to the closest scrut ny, and passports'have been granted only for travel in neutral countries. ;eventy-five were issued Thursday. :n several instances passports were -efused because of improperly pre >ared applications or because the ap olicants were not Americans. Rules of the department prohibit he issuance of passports to persons rho desire to visit belligerent coun ries unless they state business of an bsolutely necessary and urgent char 6eter. Officials class the members f the party as tourists. At the British embassy It was in icated that without passports in roper form no one would be permit ed to land in Great Britain from the Ford ships. BRIMS LSSES FOR WAR .he Total From Beginning to Nov ember 9 510,230. The total of British military and taval losses from the beginning of he war to November 9 was 510,230. 'his figure was given in a written eply by Premier Asquith to a ques Lon addressed to the government in he House of Commons. The losses were distributed as fol ows: France-Officers, 4,620 killed, 9, 54 wounded, 1,583 missing. Other anks-Killed, 69,272; -wounded, 40,284; missing, 54,445. Total, 79,858. Mediterranean-Officers, killed, ,504; wounded, 2,860; missing, 56. Other ranks, killed, 22,531; rounded, 70,148; missing, 10,211. 'otal, 106,610. Other theatres-Officers, killed, 27; wounded, 337; missing, 76. Oth r ranks, killed, 2,052; wounded, 5, 87; missing, 3,225. Total, 11,502. Navy, Marines-Officers, killed, g 9; wounded, 161; missing, 52. Oth- < r ranks, killed, 9,128; wounded, 1,- C 20; missing, 310. Total, 12,160. t Grand total, 510,230. The totals giveri as killed Include t hose who died from wounds or other z ases as well as the officers and < ien killed outright in battie. PARIS FEARS GREEKS 'rolonged Silence of Hellenic Gov- 1 ernent Arouses Suspicion. Paris reports Friday: The prolong- 1 d silence of the Greek government t especting the demands of the Enten s allies has again aroused the suspi ion of the French press. One news aper goes so far as to assert that Freece has concluded or is about to< onclude a treaty with Bulgaria by te terms of which Monastir and the ardar Valley in Serbia are "ceded to< ~reece in return for aid against the nglo-French expeditionary forces." French correspondents at Saloniki dicate that the Bulgarians notwvith- 1 tanding promises made by the Ger ians that Bulgars would not enter t onastir, have resolved to take that ity which is their real objective, ealizing that the Germans are not in ,position to stop them. ASTRIIANS TAKE MONASTIR alag of Hapsburg Empire is Raised Over City of the Serbs. London reports Friday: Occupation 'f Monastir by an Austro-German orce at three o'clock Thursday after oon is reported by Reuter's corre pondent at Saloniki. The correspondent, who says his formation was received in a tele yam from Florina, Greece, adds that 1 he only flag hoisted was the Aus ian. The Bulgarians did not enter onastir, remaining at Kenali, south f the city. It is reported, however, hat they will march inot Monastir o-day. SERBIANS IN SALONIKI ovenent Officials Find Refnge in Greek City. Athens reports via Paris Fridap: dembers of the Serbian chamber of leputies and the minister of war iave arrived at Saloniki, while the ninister of finance is at Florina, reece, fifteen miles southeast of] Eonastir. Other Serbian governmen :al officers now at Elbassan and Ko -itsa will be removed to Avlona, Al yania. Asks for German Potash. Senator Smith of South Carolina sked President Wilson Thursday to iave the government assist in getting otash from Germany for Southern :otton planters for use in fertilizer. rhe president said that the state de artment would do everything pos sible. Argentine May Protest. The Argentine chamber has ap proved a demand for interpellation of the government on the subject of the seizure by the British of the coasting passenger steamer Presidente Mitre on the ground that it is owned by German capital. British War Vessel Sunk. A Daily Telegraph dispatch irom Athens says a British coast defence gunboat in Egyptian waters has been hOCKING SEIZED BY ENGLAND WITHOUT COURT FORRAUTY PROTESTS TO BE MADE United States Awaits Report from Amnssador Page n Londos, Washington Believes British Gow ernment Intends to Tike Al Ves sels of American Trans-Atlante Company. Officia. announcement that the American steamship Hocking had been requisitioned by the British gov ernment without the formality of prize court proceedings reached the state department late Thursday In a dispatch from Consul Young, at Hall fax, where the ship has been detain ed since she was seized by a British warship while on the way from New York to Norfolk. This procedure will be contested vigorously by the United States as be Ing illegal under international law. Department officials, who had besn more or less sceptical regarding an. offidal reports of the intentions of Great Britain, expressed frak amazement when they learned tha the Hocking actually had bees re The United States, It was said, would demand that the ship be re tained in prize court, on the charge that s*ae is partly German-owned and that the prize court act promptly in the case. Confirmation of unofficial reports regarding the action in tho Hocking yase led officials in Washington to believe that Great Britain Intends to ake over for its own use other yes sels of the fleet owned by the Amer an Transatlantic company, If it ban iot done so already. The company has infcrmed the itate department that its ship pene ee, at St. Lucia, West Indies, baa ,een requisitioned, and that the Kan cakee, now at sea, bound for Port 3tanley, Falkland Islands, in charge f a prize crew from the British ruiser Macedonian, will be requisi loned on her arrival at port. Repre ientations regarding the Hocking robably will include also the- cases >f the Genesee and the Kankaked. Attorneys acting for Great Britain mase their motions for orders for re iuisition upon a British order in ouncil, issued April 29, which ths Jnited States is not prepared to ao ept as in accordance with Interns ional law. The state department is awaiting L report from Ambassador Page, at ondon, who, after the department iad received unofficial intimation of he intention cf the British govern nent, was instructed to inquire inte he matter and to entor a ygorous rotest If he found that requisition was contemplated. No information iad been received from Ambassador ?age Thursday night. Consul General Young's dispatch aid that when the order allowing re uisition was granted by the prize *ourt in Halifax it was stipulated hat the Crown should give an un lertaking for the appraised value of he ship. The Crown, under this r angement, agrees to pay the amount f the appraisement into the Court thould final adjudication in the case se against the British government. The report contained no details re ;arding the appraisement. Dispatches -' -eceived by Counsellor Polk, of the. itate department, from attorneys for he American Transatlantic company, owever, stated that in the case of he Genesee the undertaking had >een fixed at two hundred and twen y-five thousand dollars. Officials of the state department lready are arranging the legal argu nents which may be used in the case. 'hey have found that during the ivil war certr.in neutral ships were eled and requisitioned by the Unit xd States before prize court adjudi ations. Mdost of the ships, however, re said to have been blockade run ers. The department also was informed hat the American Transatlantic comn any had nearly completed Its colec ion of affidavits from the holders of tock In the corporation, which will, t is claimed, prove that the company s owned wholly by American citisea.s. Ul but two of the affidavits, It was laid, had been collected. The Hocking was requisitioned un er authority of a rule of prize court rocedure, provided for by the order n council, reading as follows: "Where It is made to appear to the udge on the application of the prop r officer of the Crown that it is de ied to requisition on behalf of his kajesty a ship In respect of which no. nal decree of condemnation has been nade, he shall order that the ship thall be appraised, and that upon an mdertaking being given . . . the ship shall be released and delivered. :o the Crown." The American Transatlantic comn >any is a Delaware corporation, zhich was formed recently by Rich Lrd Wagner, of New York, and asso ates. It purchased ten ship., near y all of which before the war were lying the flags of foreign countris iow neutral. The status of the vessels was qus loned by Great Britain and for a ine applications made to the depart, ent of commerce for their transfer :o American registry were held up pending Investigation of statements :hat their ownership was largely Ger nan. The state department ruled, owever, that the vessels were en itled to American registry on a prima facie showing that they were ,wned by an American corporation. Two British Ships Sunk. Two more British steamers, the Colenso, twelve thousand five hun dred tons, and the Orange Prince, two thousand two hundred and nine ty-six tons, have been sunk, presum ably by German submarines. Farmer Loses Right Arm. Mfr. Fred C. Black, whose home Is about two-and-a-half miles east of Yorkville, had his right arm cut off Wednesday afternoon at the elbow whIle feeding a corn shredder. Methodists Chose Florence. The South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, will hold its next conference in Florence. To Make Projectiles. Manufacture of naval projectiles will be begun at the Puget Sound navy yard March 1. The first cinder calls for twenty-five hundred six-inch -nd ten thousand three inch shells.