Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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<MMal Vem Prom All Natlou Cob- TWjr Uttle laformatioo m to Extent . of Operadosa—RumUiu Seem to be Holding New Lines—Activity Repotted in the 8a dan. Heavy'fighting Is taking place on toth eastern and western fronts, but without producing any material ehange in the positions of the oppos ing armies. Berlin reports: "The Russians in West Galicia are holdihg the east bank of the Dunajec river to Tuchow and another line extends southeast ward past Krosno. Heavy fighting is proceeding on both these lines, and also In the Lupkow Pass. Petrograd reports officially: "In the region of Mlawa (north Poland) the Germans' have Allen back to wards the line of Lautenburg-'Neld- enburg (across the frontier Into east Prussia). "In Galicia the Austrian offensive Is being greatly hindered by otfr troops and the operations in this re gion have taken on a character ex tremely favorable to us. One of the Austrian divisions which was operat ing la the vicinity of Dukla Pass was agilly defeated by bayonet charges made hr our troops. ,a The enemy Wt on the battlefield 60b killed and we captured 10 offi cers and more than 1,000 soldiers." PeSrograd reports: "Russian forces are still holding at bay the German column which is seeking to cram the Bsura river at Aochacsew and advance on Warsaw, 30 miles away. Por three days this Orsua;i army of about 200,000 men baa been andearorlng to cross the river and throw back the Russians who are bolding the right bank. “Socbaesew continues to be the Gorman objective in the attempt to reach TOuaaw. The Russian forces on the right bank of Binra are heavi ly entrenched. Their artillery is so placed that It commands the river to Its Junction with the Vistula, lit miles north. Southward the Russian tins extends to Opoccno, 25 miles east «f Pletrfcow which was recently evac uated, and 40 mllea aast of 8 see re sow. where tbs Russians first oppoe- •ad tha German extreme right. ’It is pointed out that the Russians •Have thus assumed positions on their third line of dafease. The evacuation Lads, which lias to the west of this ttas, was thus la logical se- i In this movement, and accord- to tha gaaeral opinion hero, had oa the attack on**Waraaw. for tha present appar- are attempting nothing mo/e than to retard the enenTT and to de feat attempts at flanking nove- aaeata." fleslla reports an Austrian com- munleatit n which supplies data show ing that the eastern movement of the Oermaas through Poland and the northward movement of the Auatrlans through Galicia are proceeding stead ily and In some regions rapidly. Special dispatches (tom Austrian general hand quarters say that tha Austrians advanced some days as mush as Id miles, yet tbs official bul letin declares tha Ruselans are re stating with heavy forcee on the lower DonaJec In Galicia, where heavy agktiiig ta In progress. This also Is true north of Lupkow Pass In the Carnathluas. Vienna reports: "In the Csrpa- tlmiane onr attacks In the district of Upper Letorcsa are progressing wall Te the northeast of Lupkow pass, on th« front aor of the Kroanow and TuchbiT end on the lower Dunajec river severe fighting continues " Oomhaatlnople reports via Berlin uprisings of serious dimensions In the Sudan. It Is alleged that the ruler of Dar Fur with 100,000 men is starting to attack the British prov ince of B1 Kab. belonging to the Egyptian Sudan, and that the Mos lem population of Abu Raja has risen against the English. A train trans porting Hindu troops from Suaklm to Khartum is said to have been stopped by Bedouins and prevented from proceeding. Paris reports: “The British troops have attacked and Monday morning regained most of the trenches pre viously lost. Before Llhons the ene my delivered four successive attacks for the purpose of recapturing the trenches which we had previously won In that region, but all of them were repulsed. ' "In an ^attack to the northwest of Pulsalenne, south of Noyon, we have gained a foothold in the enemy’s trenches of the first line and have made progress in the woods of Saint Mhrd. "To the north of Puisalenne, south at Noyon, the enemy executed Mon day night violent counter-attacks which were all repulsed. ‘To the south of Varnennes we gained n foothold Monday night in Bonreulttes. Our attacks coutinued Tuesday and we appear to have made progress in the vicinity of Boureull- Mf and to the west of Vauquols, "There Is nothing to report ron- eernlng the rest of the front." Berlin reports: “The newspapers publish an unofficial statement from headquarters in answer to the official French war bulletins of December LI. The Wench import asserted that several trenches had been taken in Aoehy; La Blessee, St Laurent and The statement from head- says all places lie in the German positions. report said the Wench Albert had reached the of the second line of Tbo headquarters LEVER BILL IS PASSED ■ ' : " . “i *;• " ' ' ' PROVIDES LICENSES FOR COTTON AND GRAIN WAREHOUSES. Measure, Which Means Modi for the Fanner Goes to Conference-Vote Was 111 and 97 Against The Lever cotton warehouse bill before the House for. months was passed Monday, 218 to 97. The meas ure provides for federal licensing of cotton and grain warehouses and la a substitute for a Senate bill tfetrlcted to cotton warehousee. The bill now goes to conference between the houses. >, The bill approved by the adminis tration was the subject of brief de bate, its sponsors contending that it would greatly enhance confidence in agricultural products. Its opponents claimed it was unconstitutional? “This bill,” said Representative Lever, “will result in the establish ment of uniform warehouses and uni form warehouse receipts for agricul tural products throughout the coun try. It will give a certainty and value to warehouse receipts which will make siyo the evidence of own ership of agricultural products. “It will enhance the value of ware house receipts as collateral on which loans may be sought by producers. It will give great negotiability to agricultural reecipts for agricultural products. “The measure will bring together more closely agricultural products and banking capital. It will result in large storage facilities for fgricul- tural products and will serve as an Incentive to farmers to store their products and thereby save millions of dollars of weather-loss each year. It will furnish to the farmer for the first time in this country the machin ery through which he not only may know the class or grade of his pro ducts, but Its commercial value. It will put him In a position to market his crops when the demand is strong est and the price highest. It ia a farmer's bill and a most far-rrochlng forVard step in our iutribersome sys tem of marketing.” The bill is not compulsory in any way. Main provisions affecting cotton proposed by the bill are: Classification of cotton and licens ing of cotton warehouses. It bonds owners and operators of warehuses and gives the right of re covery upon the bond te the owner of cotton stored. It licenses graders or classifiers of cotton. It provides that licensed ware houses shall issue receipts describ ing the bales stored, the receipts to be assignable when desired. It provides for malntenaqce of ac curate records of cotton stored, the receipts issued, "the right of the sec retary of agriculture to examine rec ords. and requires reports from oper ates to the secretary It sothorlzes the secretary, to de termine whether cotton stored In warehouses actually Is of the grade or class certified in the receipt end to publish his findings. It empowers the secretary to sus pend or revoke licenses and to pub lish not only that fact, but the re grits of InvestlgaUoDS made. FOUND MAN DEAD. Sheriff Oal led to Scene of IMsmrte Finds Negro Shot in lainge. Sunday morning a homicide of an unusual character occurred near Ridgelaad. It seems from the infor mation gathered that early Sunday morning an unknown negro called at the home of a negro near the town llmita. stating that he was sick and wanted some medicines that the ne gro man who lived In the house seat ed that he was a "root” doctor and would guarantee a cure for $3. The unknown negro paid the amount asked, It was said, but in a short while, when the medicine rail ed to relieve the pain, he returned to the house and demanded his money back. The negro "doctor" refused to refund, it seems, until at the point of a pistol he was compelled to give up the money. , Immediately *fter the unknown ne gro left the house thq.negro "doctor” started for Ridgeland to get Sheriff Porter, although. U is said, telling some parties before he left what had happened and asking them to watch the negro and not let him get away. When Sheriff Pofwr reached the place where the negro was last seen he found the dead body of the un known negro, who had been shot in the back with buckshot, one shot having passed through his lungs. REACH NO AGREEMENT. * England Still Maintains Her Author- Ity to Make Searches. » No definite agreement has been retched whereby England will refrain from searching ships which leave American ports with statements from- English consuls that they are darry- ing no contraband. England ia will ing to accept these statements where there Is no reason to believe cargoes may have been augmented at sea, but long negotiations between England and America have resulted In no pos itive understanding. It Is stated au- thdritatively that consular Inspec tions In most cases would expedite shipments greatly, as the number of snspected cargoes Is comparatively small. captured. The French claim that the German attacks near St. Hnbert all failed Is Answered with the statement that the Germans took 800 prisoners In these attacks, exterminating utter ly the 9th battalion of French Chaus- seurs. "The German navy aviator. LlenL Stephen von Prondxynskl, flew over Dover, threw bombs and recoanolter- ed the position ot the British fisst.“ 10 USE WINES GERMAN ADMIRAL PLANS WAT TO STARVE; BRITONS OUT. told he coaid aot understand, and added: "We Just ssk the American people to be fair—that Is all—as fair to as as to tha others." Praises Navy of United States. Admired von Tirplts paid a high tribute to the American navy, which, he declared, was the superior of the Japanese navy. TALKS ON Blfi QUESTIONS German Undersea Boats Could Sink Merchant Ships and Out Off Food Supplies—Talks of Relations Be tween the United States end Japan —Asks Only Fairness. Karl H. von Wieg&nd sends the following dispatch from Grand Gen eral Headquarters of the Kaiser in France: "America has not raised her Voice In protest and has taken little or no action against England’s closing the North Sea to neutral shipping. What will America say if Germany declares submarine war on all enemy mer chant ships!” Grand Admiral von Tirpltz, Ger man minister of marine, regarded the strongest man in the German govern ment and possible next imperial chancellor, and whose marvellous or ganizing genius is largely responsible for Germany’s fleet, peered sharply at me as he leaned forward and put the question to me. "Why not?" he continued. "Eng land wants to starve us! We can play the same game. We can bottle her up and torpedo every English or Allies' ship which nears kny harbor in Great Britain, thereby cutting 'off large food supplies." "What Would America Kay?" Admiral von Tirpltz slowly repeat ed the first question: “What would America say? Wosld not such action be only meting out to England what she is doing to as? Yes!” After several days at the Crows Prince’s headquarters and the Ar gon ne I had motored to the Kaiser's field capital in France, where all the ministries and departments of the German government are now situat ed. (After this interview most of the general staff returned to Berlin ow ing to the Kaiser’s illness.) For once departing from his rigid rule, not to talk with newspaper men. Admiral von Tirplts received me in a private house, the home of a French banker who fled before the German advance, and on the door of which was a cardboard sign," Marine De partment.” Power Grew Proas Piracy. Menetally and physically von Tlr- pits is a magnificeat Tautao. He has a mind of steel trap order, ta a mar- velaus organiser awd has more Bis marck Ian force and iron In hta nature than any other German official I have met. He immediately plunged into an analysts of his views of the causes that led So the war, and traced the truth of the sea and world power de- vefopmi by England until, an be put it, “the domineering arrogance of the British culminated in the present war, which England engineered in order to crush the natural growth and de velopment of the power of the Ger man empire. “Britain's domination of the sea," he declared, "was originally founded on piracy, while her power oa land was eatabllsbed by robbery ia all parts of the world. "England and England alone is re sponsible fer this war. Did Germany want anything? Did Germany make any demands' on any one? Did Ger many have any quarrel with any one? No: she only wanted to be let alone to continue her peaceful growth and de velopment. "England’s anti-Oermait policy dates back as far as 1870. after our victory over France,” continued the minister. "Always dictatorial and domineering, she didn't want Ger many to expand commercially or to take the plr.ee In the world to which her power entitled her. Throat Had to be Cut. "England le impartial. She will cut any one’s throat who gets in her way. England has no white man’s scruples. Her alliance with Japan shows that. She will form an alliance with any one, regardless of race or color, if she can profit thereby. Ger many was developing too fast, Brow ing too strong and too powerful and was getting in England’s way, so her throat had to be cut—that’s it in a nutshell. King Edward laid plans for it years ago. He had an extraordi nary antipathy to Germany. Ho look ed about and seized upon the growing Pan-Slavism in the east and the ’re vanche’ idea in the west as his means.” "What are Your Excellency’s views as regards the Japanese problem?” I asked. Warns U. S. Against Japan. “That is for you! That is what you Americans will have to face and meet and we will be the onlookers.’’ At this von Tirpltz straightened up. His finger pointed straight at mq as he said quietly: “I meant thatfin Jest about our being onlookers. That would depend on circumstances. One thing I will say, Germany will never abandon the white race. Japan will make China a vassal end will mili tarize its millions. Then it will be for youf country to look out! Ad miral Togo once said to a European: •Next will come a general European war, then will come a great war. In which my race will be against yours.” England’s act In bringing In the Japanese, von Tirplt* holds to be high treason to the white race. It Is Inexplicable to him that Americans can view with apparent Indifference Japanese activity In tire Pacific and their apparent Inability to foresee grave possibilities arising In tbs near fatam. He spoke ia a tone of deep sadness, bordering oa bitterness, as hs dwelt upon the ettltude o? Amer- tce toward the war. The reported satl-Genaan sentiment to ItasrVd he “Ship for shlp> men for men,” he said, “J consider the American navy outclasses that ot the Japanese; In fact, I doubt If it Is surpassed by that of any nation. Your navy has kept well In view the object and purpose, for which It was built." Returning to the subject of the present war, I asked bow long it might be expected to last. "That,” he replied, “will depend upon England. It Is said that Eng land wants a war to the hilt. If Eng land insists upon that, we can accom modate her; but there are some who still hope that England Will be sensi ble and will listen to reason.” As the word "sensible” sounded very significant to me, I asked: "Is Your Excellency one of those who have this hope that England will be sensible and listen to reason?” Von Tirpltz countered the interror gatlon with another question: ' "Do you believe England will be sensible?’’ Will Fight to “the HUt.” "That depends on what Your Ex cellency may mean by the word sens ible,” I said. "If you mean an incli nation in England to accept an early or easily adjustable peace, <1 am not optimistic at this time.” Answering my question without de fining his own, von Tirptz exclaimed: “No, I am not one of those.” “Then, I take it, Germany does not want to carry the war to the hitter extreme, or ‘to the blit,’ as Y;onr Ex cellency has termed it?” "Certainly it is not our desire or wish, but if England insists upon fighting the war to the hilt we will be there.” "What effect will Lord Kitchener's new army have on the war?” ”We are not worried about Lord Kitchener’s million. We still have several millions of fine, physically fit men to draw upon, if necessary, and if we take those not quite up to our regular standard we can put still more millions into the field. That we will fight to the last, if necessary, I thiak the world no longer doubts.” "Nothing has’been heard from the Zeppelins lately. Your Excellency. How kave they proved themselves an effective arm for the navy in this war?” Value of the Zeppelins. "Persenally." replied the Admiral, “I am of the opinion that the heavier type of the heavier than air machines is splendidly adapted for marine purpoees. hot for carrying large weights over a long distance the Zep pelins are, of cenrse, superior ” Discussing the work of the sub marines, I asked if one of the leesons of the war is that dreadnought have been rendered obsolete. “It .would'be difficult at this stage to draw concBisioos.” repl ed the ad miral. “That submarines are a new and potent factor in naval warfare is unquestionable. Our success so far, however^ hardly jnetlfies the conclu sion that big ships have become obso lete. We have always figured that submarines could not stay out more than three days on account of the men been in lag exhausted. We now learn that the larger types have cruised clear around England and often remalnwd out for fourteen days. This is accomplished by going down in shallow and quiet water, settling on the bottom and staying there while the men get their required sleep.” "Will your fleet give the English fleet battle?’* I inquired. "If the English give us the oppor^ tnnlty, certainly," said the admiral, "but it can not be expected that our fleet, numerically one-third that of England. wHl Itself offer battle, espe cially In view of still other military disadvantages.” “Is* there any truth in the reports than an Invasion of England by Zep pelins Is being prepared?" “I believe that submarine warfare against the enemy’s merchant ships would be more effective,” was the in direct answer. At this moment Count Tisza, the Hungarian premier, who had been visiting with the Kaiser, was an nounced and my interview was brought to a close. Admiral von Tir- pitz had talked with an openness and frankness which had astonished me. Plans Submarine Blockade. Among the Impressions I carried away was that von Tirpitz advocates what would virtually be a submarine blockade of England, and that they contemplates torpedoing several mer chant ships, with the result that oth ers would not venture to approach that country, which would thus be bottled up and starved. I believe also that von Tirpitz is not one of those who clamor for the complete crushing of England (even if possible), and I doubt whether he considers it possible. I gather that he is opposed to an aerial Invasion of England, or an attack upon London from the sky, except as a last resort, and that in his opinion Zeppelins so far have not proved themselves with out strong rivals as a navy army in the heavier type of hydroplanes. It appears to me that he considers a war an almost certain development of the present situation in the Far East But that there may be no misun derstanding, I muct say that theeo are merely my own Impressions and de ductions. , Army Aviator Killed. Sailing from San Diego to inform his post of the number of troops manoeuvring there, Lieut. F. J. Oerst- ner, U. 8. aeroplane corps, was killed Monday when bis machine fell Into the Pacific. -7 To Avoid Extra Session. Congressmen are determined to complete thelx program before March l.ao as to do away with the necessity HOW ARMIES ADVANCE BYE-WITNESS TELLS HOW ENG LISH MAKE GOOD GAINS. German Machine Gnna and Obstacle* Prevent Gaining of Forward Trenches Save by Slow Progress. The great dittcnltlee under which military operations in France and Belgium are being conducted *r) de scribed in a narrative of recent de velopments, written by an official ob server attached to the British head quarters and made public Sunday by the official information buroiti. Tha rectlal brings the story ot the war, as covered In these eye witness re- poits, up to December 17. "The opposition now being encoun tered resembles to some extent that met with by us in tho beginning of October, when we first reached the Frartco-Belgian frontier, and beit re the Germans brought op their lull force and assumed the offensive.’' rays the report: "It has one great difference, however, and that ir. that the enemy is in much greater force an dhls positions are much stronger and better organized than they were two months ago,. “At that time an advance on the eastern end of the line irapliod V movement across a very difficult coun try, it does still; and for us It meant an attack on- skillfully, but hastily fortified strong points or vil lages, held to a large extent by cav alry and Jaegers. With the large proportion of machine guns that we have in front of us to-day, it is no longer a succession of isolated points. There are still such points, and some are the same, but th#y are stronger and form part of a practically con tinuous defensive zone consisting in some places of several lines of cun ningly sited and carefully construct ed works. “This zone really amounts to a maze of trenches and obstacles. Every known form of obstacle is used. En tanglements—to select the most com mon form—vary from loose colls of wire to securely staked networks of from eighteen inches to nearly six feet in height and of different widths. “Theso measures of defense are only such as are to be expected from troops which are well trained and have ample resources and time, and there are, of course, ways in which they can be overcome. But where these methods are applied, the rate of advance is necessarily slow. When it is reported in laconic terms that ground has been gained at a certain iralnt. topographically the gain may amount to only a few yards. Tacti cally. on the other hand, the progress implied by even such a small step forward may be important, for a trench, a cluster of trenches, the edge of a wood, a building, a village, or a knoll may have been reached, possession of which will facilitate further operations. "Siege approaches, such as saps, hstp the attacker te advance under cover, and so minimise the losses, but they do not and can not obviate the liability to a surprise reception of the nature indicated when once the enemy's works are gained. The only certain method of preventing this is by a prolonged bombardment with high explosive shells until trenches, mines, and machine gnna are reduced te scrap heaps, or to mine under them and blow them into the air.” ANSWERS TAUNT. ffisewiaiw Say Scarboroagli Was Forti fied mmd Whitby Had Wlretesa. A semi-official news agency at Ber lin issues a statemdat contradicting the allegation that in the bombard ment of tho English oast coast the German warships attacked unfortified towns, shelling chnrcbes, hotels and private houses exclusively This statement points out that Scarobor- ough is fortified and that at Whitby the Germans shelled only the coast guard and wireless stations. Answering the taunt that the Ger mans saved themselves only by su perior speed, the statement says that the German criiirers crossed the full breadth of the North Sea four times ia six weeks, and that no blame, therefore, attachee to Germany if the British fleet missed an opportunity, especially as Germany has shown a disposition to save Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, the necessity of “digging the rats from the hole.” USED BLANK CARTRIDGES. Police Find That Auto Bandits Pistol Fired No Ballets. The 113,100 obtained by Frank G. HohJ, the automobile bandit, who Friday robbed two banks at Cincin nati, Ohio, and was killed after fatal ly wounding a policeman, is believed by police officers to have been shipped by parcel post to Louisville, Ky., by the robber. The police decided that one of the two revolvers carried by Hohl con tained blank cartridges and was used merely to frighten those whom he en countered in the banks. Cashier George Winters, who was powder horned by the discharge of Kohl's re volver, declared Hohl fired point blank at him when only a foot or so away^ He was not wounded. No bullet holes were found in the walls of either bank where the bandit fired at employees. '' »♦■*> Held for Conspiracy. Eight Mexicans have been arrested at Nogales, Arls., charged with con spiring to break the. neutrality laws of the United States. Uttle Child Killed. Fumbling to a huraao-drawee for some letters a small Greenweed child pulled out a pistol Friday, which want off kill lag Mattie ttatoaker, ate* years old. - CHOKES WIFE TO HEATH CUTS WOMAN’S THROAT AB SHB REGS FOR ME^CT. Greenwood MIR Village is Seewe of / - Revoltlng Tragedy Whew MV Maa Stays His Wife. ; - . Albert Tolbert, aged about 86 years, reputed to be an Industrious and sober citizen by all who have testified as to his habits of life, chok ed to death and then broke the neck of his young, wife, Ldla Hall Tolbert, Sunday afternoon at their home In the Panola Mill village near Green- ‘ wood. > The killing is supposed te have taken place about 1 o’clock la the afternoon, but no one saw the dead body of the woman for nearly an hour, Tolbert stating that he “want ed to be sure she was dead” before he told anybody. Mrs. Ellenberg heard screaming, and later a pitiful appeal froni the slain wife, “Albert, please, please let me up, I am so weak,” but the sobs soon were heard no more. Mrs. Ellenberg had no idea of the crime which had been committed un til Tolbert opened his door, holding a bloody knife in his bloody hands, and said: “Phone the undertaker and Sheriff McMillan. I have killed her.” Long domestic trouble and a lack of faith in his wife are suppoeed to have been the cause of the crime. Tolbert told Mr. McCuen that he kill ed her because she had been telling lies on him, that she was unfaithful, though he did not mention any de tails, and that she had made life h—1 for him. He declared that he had determined to kill her a hundred times, but had desisted thinking that she would do better. But Sunday morning Tolbert's rage seems to have overcome him and he f carried out his plans of i long stand- ing. He at first decided to commit the deed with an ordinary carpen ter's hammer, which was in evidence, at an early hour, but Mrs. Tolbert left the room and went to the RUen- berg side of the house. Later she came back and he tried to cut her throat, making only a slight gash on her face, when she took the knife away from him. Ho then clutched her by the throat, and, regardless of her cries for mercy, choked her to death and then broke her necks. When 1 a small crowd had arrived Tolbert called Supt. McCuen, offer ing to explain his act. Then, ner vously smoking a cigarette and show ing signs of physical collapse from great beads of perspiration on his forehead, gave Mr- McCuen the nar rative as related above. Mrs. Ellenberg said that whea she heard screaming in tho Tolberts’ room and she thought Mr. Talbert had fainted. The witness want te the door, peeped in and saw Tolbert cat ting at his wife’s throat. Mrs. Mien- berg returned to her own room aad In about 10 minutes Tolbert called Claude. . Before Mrs. Ellenberg and her son answered the witness heard the slain woman begging, "Albert, please, please let me alone," and then Tol- - bert was heard to say, “Toe will never dray any more ef my pav ” The EHenbergs met Tolbert at a rear door, he showed them the bloody knife, acknowledged that he had kill ed her and told the Ellenberg boy to phone for the undertaker and sheriff. INVENTS RXPLOHIVH. American Said to Have Projectile More Deadly Than Before. A sew projectile which would scat ter a whitehot mixture of molten steel over the object of attack, and fill the atmosphere with deadly gas. making it impossible for fire-fighters to approach, has been invented by John Hays Hammond Jr., according to a statement made by the inventor at Gloucester, Mass., Monday night. The missile may appear soon in the European war, as some of the bellig erents are negotiating for its pur chase, he said. The United States is conducting experiments with the pro jectile at Sandy Hook, he added. The missile is designed for use in siege guns, Mr. Hammond explain ed that it carries an aluminothermie mixture which, five seconds after the projectile is discharged, turns the steel Inside to white-hot mixture at a temperature of 5,400 degrees Fah renheit. When the projectile hits, the In ventor said, it explodes, its white-hot contents firing whatever inflammable material it strikes. To avoid the possibility of quenching the flames, Mr. Hammond said he had equipped the projectile with a chamber filled with hydrocyanic acid, the fumee of which are deadly. WANTS THEM IN. Entente Powers Would Draw More Balkans Into the War. ' Following categorical assurances of the Bulgarian government that it will maintain strict neutrality in the war, the Entente pAwers—Great Britain, France and Russia—have given guar antees to both .Athens and Bucharest that Belgrade will not attack Greece in the event the latter country assists Servia, and will not attack Rou- mania should that state actively par ticipate In the war. This Is taken to foreshadow the approaching partici pation of Roumanla and Greece. Negro Burned *t Stake. Watkins Lewis burned to death at < Rylfeater, La., Saturday, made thef fifth victim of mob vengeance to Louisiana in ten days. ^ Carnival Man Killed Self. O. D. Whitney, a carnival man. killed himself at Bamberg Batnrday night Domestic and financial troa- Mm are given as a cause.