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. I The Fort Mill Times Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1915. $1.25 Per Year. PRZEMYSL IS TAKEN ALLIES CELEBRATE aaSIEGED FOR MONTHS EASTERN FORT CAPITULATES TO INVADING ARMY. OPENS UP WAY TO GRACOW Much Enthusiasm In Pctroyriiii Londsn and Paris Over Victory Regarded as Most Important. London.?The long Investment of the midOallrian fortress of P?-zemysl ha* ended. Depleted by disease, subsisting on horse flesh and surrounded toy a superior force of Russians, the garrison has surrendered to clio besieging army after a defense last ins; many mouths, which up to the present is recorded as Austria's most, noteworthy contribution to the war. Petrograd, London and Paris are celebrating the event?Petrogrod and Pa-tln in the sopntaneoua manner characteristic of those cities?London with Heat and grim satisfaction, which ia the British way. Tie newspapers assert that the fall ?f the fortress marks the most luipotajit capture of the war. not eeeptfcg Antwerp. In that it not only release considerable Hussian forces which \an be thrown into the fluctuating str^gble in the Carpathians, hut opens tie door to Cracow and the plains 0 Hungary. It is irgued, too, that the moral effect ol the surrender will he tremendous\the Allies declaring it will etimulatefeeling in their favor both In Roumaju and Bulgaria just as the operational!) the Dardanelles are causing a\ agitation in Greece and Italy. The Italh situation is receiving attention, it hough rumors, rather than facts,teem to be tne basis of most of tht news dispatched. Tho Italian Km\ssy at London had no confirmation^ the report that freight traffic betwei Italy and Germany by way of Swit Aland liad been stopped, uui *?*.-? umiiim ui nit; i?ported massit of Austrian and German troops nl<e the Austrian litteral. or the asseininK 0f artillery at Trlest. Prr.emysl fell^ith honor, the British press concty, for It withstood the onslaughts l??or than any place during the war. e investment having begun about >pt ember 16, something more than sVnionths ago. The duration of the sitj compared with the length of timet tool, the Germans to capture sit strongholds as I .lege .Namur and A.werp, was due to two causes, one inK the desire of the Russians to hp the loss of life among the besi<\jK army at a minimum, the other the lack of great guns, which thrjormans had in Belgium. The inv<*\rnt was not a close one. the garrl* having had up until recently a r*ia Gf about 12 miles In which tc?j0ve about, and some dispatches toy,f shooting expeditions indulged in \(he officers of the garrison. Nothing of great imVance has been recorded in the w jn the east, aside from the fall Przemycl the situation around the ^)an port of Memel is the most cresting. From this town the Ger\s maintain they have driven thtuaa|ann. while a controversy Is beln?agod by the press of the two courts as to the merits of the Russian Mention that civilians flred on thqjn this latest incursion In Knst Pjia?an act which demanded reprlsa AMERICAN SAILORS DR^ED. Commander Bricker of Scoft and Three Seamen Dead Constantinople, via Berlin London.?Lieutenant Commande^ijam F. Brieker. of the United Sti converted yacht Scorpion and tt sailora. diaries Ford, Irven Do| and Albert F. Leverens. were drc%j on the nij?ht of March 20 while mptinK to rearh their vessel witVowtooat. The Scorpion was anoH jn the Bosporus off ConstantinofThe I rowtooat was ivunped in a heua, Lieut. Herbert S. Babbitt aono motlor, also In the boat, worked. Confers With Bryan. H Washington. -Viscount Chinfho Japanese ambassador, oalledtho state department and conferr<|th I Secretary oryan mr ut-iin; ?sir. I^ator tho ambassador was *>d whether ho had talked about tjp. anese-Chinese situation. "I abp. ly cannot discuss the situation he replied. Mr. Bryan was oqu^s uncommunicative. Before the 4-. ence it was stated at the Jafi,embassy that lato advice indicah early settlement of the neRcrtifc between Japan and China. BATTLESHIF Tho new battleship Pennsylvanl days ago. amid the shouts of more mander Thierichens, of the German sponsor. The Pennsylvania is the beam and 31,000 tonnage. She will FRENCH SUBMARINE LOST GREAT FRENCH BOAT IS DESTROYED IN THE NARROW TURKISH STRAIT. Admiral Tells of Sinking of Undersea Craft in Attempt to Torpedo the Big Cruiser. London ?The loss of a French submarine boat In an attempt to run through the Dardanelles Is described I by Rear Admiral Guepartte of the French Dardanelles fleet, in an interview with the Daily Telegraph's Ten; dos correspondent. The uttempt apparently was made some time ago alj though no announcement has been I made of it heretofore. The object of the submarine was the sinking of the Turkish battle . > luiiici oiiiwiii ouiuu tsormeny me German cruiser Goeben), the corre| spondent says Admiral Guepratte told , him. The submarine was submerged and successfully navigated the straits j up to the corner where the Asiatic coast Juts out at Nagara. Through some miscalculation the hull struck the rocky shore which compelled the | boat to rise to tho surface. Immedidiatelv the subniurine apeared the forts sank her. Only a few of her crew escaped and these were made ; prisoners. Regarding the present situation in the Dardanelles Hear Admiral Geupratte said the waters of the straits are clear sa far as Mepliez Bernu. fo which points all vessels of the fleet can safely navigate. The main mine AoJdB, however, are between Clmnak Kalassi and Kilid Bahr, where also arP t ho main paoof ilofnncao BRITISH ORDER PERPLEXES. American Government Awaiting Further Construction By England. Washington. ? While the United States does not know as yet whether ; the Allies Intend to maintnin n legal blockade or propose to apply general I rules of contraband and non-contra| band in enforcing their embargo on commercial intercourse between Germany and neutral countries, American uaval officers and officials versed in international law expressed the opinion that the indefinite limit preI scribed "Europoan waters, including 1 the Mediterranean." might bo construed as a legal area of operations 1 for a blockading fleet. Naval officers frankly admit that i the old form of blockade by warships ! close to an enemy coast passed with ; the Investment of Santiago In the Spanish-American war. Accordingly, in asking Great Britain and France for an explanation of their recent declaration of an embargo, the United Statos conceded that the activity of ! submarines might make physically impossible a close blockade of an I enemy coast, and suggested that if the declaration of the Allies were to be construed as a legal blockade some "radius of activity" be announced. One Quart Law Unconstitutional. i Montgomery, Ala.?The law recently enacted by the Alabama legislaj ture prohibiting the delivery into the : state of more than one quart of liquor 1 to one person was declared unconstitutional by Judge Gaston Gunter. The | court ruled that the statute is a regu lation of Interstate commerce; that congress ennnot delegate such authority to the states; and that the Federal Webh-Kenyon act prohibits the shipment of liquor in a stnte only, when possession of any quantity of liquor in that state is unlaVful. Steamer Hyndford Torpedoed. Glasgow. Scotland, via London..? Tho British steamer 'Hyndford was torpedoed in the English Channel by a German submarine. It is reported one member of her crew was killed. This steamer was torpedoed in the favorite hunting ground of the German submarines ofT Heaehy Head while she was proceeding for London under her own steam. ' PENNSYLVANIA A \ a?(he world's largest lighting craft?wi than 10,000 spectators including Secre raider I'rinz Eitcl Friedrich. Miss Eliza i largest vessel In the United States Xi be ready for commission February 28. 1 NOTES NOT SATISFACTORY! UNITED STATES WILL SEEK FURI ~T~ 1 t? - - - -- < i ncn iNf-UKtVl A I ION AND ALSO LODGE PROTEST. Allies Cannot Interrupt Shipments Between United States and Neutral Countries. Washington. ? The United States considers that Great Britain and France in the British Order-in-Council ' and accompanying notes have not answered questions propounded to I them as to what warrant there is under international law for the establishment of an embargo on all commercial 1 intercourse, directly and indirectly between Germany and neutral countries. | 1 It was stated officially at the State , Department that this government still ] does not know whether the action of , the Allies is intendod as a legal block- , , ade or whether rules of contraband ( | and non-contraband are to be their le| gal basis for future detentions. On a | I determination of this question probj ably will depend not only the nature ' of any steps to be taken by the I'nit- ( ed States now, but also the basis for ( damage claims arising out of interruption to American commerce. In preparing the protest to be sent j to Great Britain and France the posi- , tion of the United States substantially : is as follows: , 1. If the action of the Allies is a blockade, all commerce directly with ( Germany can be halted by making the ( blockade effective, a certain "radius of activity" being allowed for the blockading warships off the German coast because of the newly developed activities of submarines. But there ^ can be no legal blockade of the coast of neutral countries of Furope contigious to those at war, under any circumstances and commerce between the 'Tnited States and neutrals especially in non-contraband, should be free from interruption, irrespective of ultimate destination. 2 If the action is not a blockade infii lucre exists no icgai right to detain cotton or other non-contraband cargoes oven when consigned directly to German ports. Nor can foodstuffs or conditional contraband be justly interrupted unless proven though consigned to Germany, to be destined for the use of Its belligerent forces and not Its civilian population. 1'nder the same circumstances too. there is no legal basis for detaining cargoes consigned from the United States to the neutral countries of Europe if containing cotton or non-contraband goods. EXPECT BIG CLASH SOON. Germans and Belgians Face Each uther on River Y?er. I^ondon.?The next important battle In the Went, it is believed, will ( take place along the River Yser, held on one side by the recently reorganized Belgian army, and on the other i by Germans. As the floods have subsided the Belgians, supported by the Allies' warships, have pushed their line slightly i forward, and this is almost certain to lead to rouunter-attacks by the Ger- i mans and then a general engagement < as when similar movements were initiated elsewhere along the front. An artillery duel already has commenced. The contest for the spur of Notro ( Dame de Ixirotte is still in progress. , and, according to Berlin, further attpllintc r*f rivinoK *" - J ? ' .. ....... ... hid . inn ii in ?ii vnlire in i Champagne. where they captured an important ridge north of I?e Mesnil. have been repulsel. Fighting in the Argonne forest and the Vosgps has slackened somewhat owing doubtless to the cold weather. There may he a slight delay while i i the (Jermans are awaiting reinforce- I ments for they have been using most of their reserves to counter-attack the ' British troops at St. Flois and Neuvo Chappelle nnd the French nortli of Arras, hut that a big clash will soon , come nobody doubts LAUNCHED t:(ta Y m?i irYtiriiii n 11 irt ir launched at Newport News a few tary of Navy Daniels, and Combeth Kolb of Germantown, Pa., wa? ivy, being 699 feet long. 97 fe*t 916. WILL CONFINE BLOCKADE GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE ASSURE UNITED STATES OF BOUNDARY. Allies Propose to Blockade Germany With as Little Loss to Neutrals as Possible. Washington.?Diplomatic communi ations wero made public by the State Department constituting the entire correspondence of the last few weeks between the United States and Germany and between til United States md Great Britain and France, relative to the cessation of submarine attacks on merchant ships, the shipment of conditional contraband and foodstuffs to civilians, the use of neutral flags by beliigerent merchantment, the removal of mines, and the proclamation of i virtual blockade of the Allies against i Germany. The communications revealed that : the United States, realizing the difficult les of the Allies maintaining an j effective blockade of Germany by a i dose guard of the coast, on account of t Hie newly-developed activity of sub- ! murines, asked that "a radius of ac- j tivity" bo defined. Great Britain and , France replied with the announcement , that the operations of blockade would j not be conducted "outside of European ; waters, including t lie Mediterranean." ; While Germany agreed It is disclosed to nhandon her submarine attacks an "mercantile of anv llag" except when they resist visit or search provided foodstuffs were permitted to reach . her civilian population, Great Britain and lie* Allies rejected the j proposal originally made by tlte United | in mi i-iiurL iu iiruiK Hie neiligerents into an arrangement which would safeguard the interests of neu Ira is. Furthermore the documents show that tiie United States asked Great Hritain and France whether the embargo on all commerce between Germany and neutral countries was to be carried out under the rules of . a blockade or by interference with ships and cargoes "as if no blockade existed," the two together presenting in . tne view of the American Government i a proposed course of action previously unknown to international law. The answers from Great Britain and Prance reveal for the first time that the Allies officially regard their policy as a "blockade" hut desire to refrain from exercising the rights of belligerents under a blockade to confiscate ships and cargoes as a penantly for breach of blockade, substituting procedure in prize courts and compensa- j tion through sale of the detained mer- j chandise. GERMAN CONSUL ARRESTED. ! _ * j Charged With Trying to Secure Business Secrets at Seattle. Seattle. Wash.?Dr. William Muller. Imperial German consul at Seattle and his secretary 15. M. ^chultz j were served with notice of arrest at the consulate. They are charged with conspiracy in attempting to corruptly influence John Murdock. an employe r>l the Seattle Construction and Drydock Co.. by inducing him to sell busi nesa secrets of his employers. Consul Muller and his secretary are i accused by the State of Washington ! of ottering Murdock a cash considera- , lion to supply them with information bearing out Ambassador Bernstorff's J charge that the Seattle corporation was shipping knock-down submarines to the British government. Four Spanish Vessels Lost. AVgeclras, Spain, via Paris?Four sailing vessels with Spanish dock laborers on board have been lo?t In a great storm. It Is estimated that 300 persons on board the vessels were drowned. One hundred vessels of various nationalities have taken refuge form the storm In the Bay of Algeciras. RAILROADS LOOT POSTAL REVENUES BURLESON SAYS THAT CERTAIN RAILROADS DEFEATED APPROPRIATION BILLS. PAYING ITS OWN EXPENSES Parcel Pest Makes Pcstcffics Department Profitable Says the Postmaster General. Washington. ? Postmaster General Burleson issued a statement relterat- j ing his charge that certain railroads brought about the defeat of the post- j office appropriation bill in the last Congress because of its provision for changing railway mail pay from a weight to a space basis. He announced his intention to renew his recom- ! mendatlon for this change when the new Congress reconvenes. The railway mail committee representing "certain railroads" th* i statement declares, "engineered the fight against the appropriation bill and financed a propaganda designed to mislead and wrongfully influence the publio mind into an attitude of antagonism to the department." Under the pTosent system, according to Mr. Burleson, some railroads get much moro than their share of the money paid for transporting tho malls, and substitution of the space uosis uui uiuy wouia save money tor the Government, but would make pos- ! srble more equitable treatment of the roads. Of the department's effort to j .have this legislation included In tlio appropriation bill, the statement says: i "It was and is a determined well- ! considered effort to end a system under which the postal authorities are compelled to stand helplessly by while the railways loot the postal revenues. | Although the railways contend they | are underpaid for carrying the malls, the facts are that they are overpaid and that they are receiving from the government amounts which, for a haul of any considerable length, exceed by about two to one the amounts they receive from express companies for aim- ; ilar service." GEN. SCOTT IS PEACEMAKER. Tse-Ne-Gat. "Old Polk" and Chief t-osey Are taken Unarmed. Washington.?A laconic telegram came to tho War Department from Brig. Gen. Hugh I* Scott, Chief of StufT, at Bluffe, I'tah, Knnouncing that the General was bringing in the four Indians who recently led a hand of their tribesmen on the war path who the Federal authorities attempted to arrest Tse-Ne-Gat for murder. The messgae addressed to Secretary Gar- | rison said: "Successful. Have four Flutes desired by Marshal Neheker and am. at their desire, personally conducting them to Lake City to turn over to | Marshal Nebeker. Am leaving everything peaceable behind us in South- j ern Utah. Should reach Salt Lake City in 3 or 4 days." Secretary Garrison, gratified and relieved of more anxiety than he had cared to confess at once dispatched the following to the General: "I heartily congratulate you. I appreciate your work in the highest degree." Newspaper dispatches told of General Scott's arrival at Bluff with the four Indians, Tse-Ne-Gat and his fath| er. "Old Folk." Chief Fosey and the latter's son. The party rode in just 10 ' days after General Scott, unarmed and accompanied only by an orderly and two Navahoe scouts, had sturtpd off on a snow-covered mountain trail for the distant hiding place of the Flutes. Force German Steamer to Return. San Juan. P. It.?The German iner; chant .steamer Oldenwald attempted to leave port without obtaining; clearance papers but wis stopped us she was passing out the harbor entrance by ( two shots across her bow from a fiveinch gun. and direct shots from a maxim. She then returned and was taken in charge by the collector of customs. Permission to sail was re j fused the Odenwald by the collector ; pending instructions from Washington. Fire Destroys Horses. High Point. Fire at the Gould ' Lodge, six miles from Hltrh Point de- I stroyed 13 horses. one of which was 1 valued at $1,300, 1,300 bushels of corn together with the three large barn ( buildings, including great quantities of hay and feedstuff. The average value of the animals is estimated at $200 each. The lodge itself was saved. The High Point motor fire truck was called, but arrived too late to accomplish anything because of low water suply. The origin of the Are is unknown. WEATHER FORECAST. Movement? Due and Their Looal Effocte for the Cottpn States March 28 to April 4, 1916. National Weather Journal Sunday. March 28 to Wednesday, March 31.?The week will open generally fair and inoder| ately cool in the South and lit- | tie change of any kind la ex- t pec ted during the llrst half of T \ the week, while cool weather is I croeelng the country. Light t frost temperatures are expected " | in Northern Alabama and Geor Kla and In the Carolinas Wwl| nesday and Thursday, but it will 4 ha U'aemAe ? ? Xf ~ ~ A i im utv? iu iuiuuic nnU ?? cot,* I oru Cotton Belt. | Thursday, April 1 to Sunday. April 4. ? Unsettled weather " will apear In Western Cotton Belt Th\irsday and it will continue more or less unsettled breaking into general rains by Saturday. The general rains will be spreading over the South as the new week opens, !| with no material change of ' temperatures. . i i ? <m i LEADER FOR MILL SCHOOLS George D. Brown of Newberry County Is Named as State Supervisor of Mill Schools. Columbia?George D. Brown, superintendent of Education for Newberry county, has accepted the position of State supervisor of mill schools and will enter upon his new duties July 1. Mr. Brown's notable success in public school work, both in Georgia and in South Carolina, combined with a strong personality, won for him the position as superintendent of education in his native county in 1913. He is just completing the second year of his four year term, and his reluctance to relinquish his year's work until every detail had been finished is his reason for not entering upon his newduties at once. Horn on his father's farm near Prosperity, January 1, 1887, lie attended the neighborhood school and finished the public school course under J. L. Shornrd. now Stale senator from Anderson county. Entering Erskine college. Mr. Brown worked his way through the four-year course, graduating in the class of 190 i. Since graduation ho has devoted himself in public school work, his latest successes being accomplished anions his friends and associates at home. He is an ardent ndvocate of industrial education of all sorts. A?rlculture. sewing. cooking and manual training have been stimulated in every school where this work can be introduced. The educational problem in mill school at Whit mire, the night schools villages has received attention of the finest type. The modern State high at the Oakland mills and at Whitmire and the school improvement work !n every community centre are evidences of his interest. Big Fire At Mullins. Mullins?Fire at the plant of the Mlllllnn 1 llmKn. 1 - t?Auii*ur> jjuiiii/ci * vi 11 ? 'it u t ( nuoru rt loss of about $40,000. The night watchman said that thr rtro was of incendiary origin. The planing mill, dry kilns and a large quantity of lumber were completely destroyed. The sawmill was saved. The plant of the lumber company is located in the town of Mullins. The property was covered by insurance. PALMETTO NEWS NOTES. Fort Mill farmers are shipping hogs to the Richmond market. M. R. niackstoek of Spartanburg was elected president of the South Carolina Association of Veterinarians at a meeting held yesterday in Columbia. A committee was apointed to draft a bill for submission to the general assembly, providing for State examination and registration. The Moffatt Drier Chapter. I". D. C.. presented a South Carolina Hag to the Due West high school recently. The speech of presentation was made by Miss T,eila Nance, president of the chapter. The children of the school .miif; nrfprai suimioilti UI1U .1. Is. < trier thanked the Indies of the I'. D. C. for the fin ft. Beaufort has railed a municipal primary to he held \farrh r?0. Quit Wilks. a farmer of T,owryvllle community, near Chester, sustained painful lacerations recently whsn a mule which he was holding while it was lieinar shod, broke looso and knocked him to the ground, tramping on his face. Congressman Asbury Francis T,ever of the Seventh ronpressional district has accepted an Invitation from E. S. McKoown. Cherokee county superintendent of education, to deliver an address en field day. which wiLl be held In Oaffney on April 2.