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EWl MIOMED MUST PAT NG Di SUMNS REllEAl prbsuwkt ooaoamn ok Kon uitaib ui m nuiM rue- (BIT TO QRKAT BRITAIN. TWB Vm NITtl STATES 'C* 4 VAI HEWS SLCONDARY WOm’b Not* Prove* Most 8a ttowd Brent Stnce dereUnd’s Ven- MenMce—OfficUl* of Enff- lA*h Government Are Not Burprlued *t Action of Tbi* Country. London declares that the Ameri cas note protesting against the Brit ish treatment of American commerce and insisting upon an early Improve ment, eeemed to overshadow in the mind of the British public Tuesday the news from the European battle fields. While the note caused no sur prise in official circles, it was wholly unexpected by the British public, as than had been virtually no intlma tlon that any frctlon had arisen be tween the two governments. Placards posted by the evening pa pers were given over exclusively to the American note, and the papers gave It the largest headlines they hsre given any news during the past month. Consequently the British peo ple retard this as one of the most im portant occurrences of the whole war. Nothing of the kind since President Cleveland’s Venetuelan message has produced such a aensatlon. The first impression of the public ftl that the note may create friction, and perhaps unfriendly feeling, al though the newspapers point out that It* specifically states that the repre sentations were made In s friendly spirit The situation Is comparable to that which areee at the time of the South African war, when neutral shippers began to send cargoes Intended for the Transvaal republic to the neutral port of Delagoa Bay. The Washing ton note had not reached the foreign office late Tuesday, but It could not hare been dealt with had tt arrived, as Sir Edward Grey, se retsry for foreign affairs, is away for tbs Christ mas holidays. The United States protest to Orest Britain against detention of American cargoes by British warships caused little surprise la official circles In London. For several months ne gotiations on the subject have been In progress between Ambassador Pag* end Foreign Secretary Grey, and the American note, a synopsis of which was published In London, Is as a summary of the griev- •f the United States la this that the delaying of csigee* by the British authorities is held responsible for s certain depres sion In American trad* have created some surprise. Officials expressed the eplalea that Americans bolding such views mast fall to take into consid eration the sweeping effect upon American commerce of the disappear ance of German merchant ships from the sea, as well as other effects of the war beyond the control of Great Brit ain and bar allies. It 1* believed generally In London that the foreign office will make a detailed statement as to the activities of the navy In detaining suspected cargoes which will put these contra band troubles In a different light. The foreign office time and again baa express id Its regret that mer chant ships la no way violating the neutrality Lwe should suffer delay, b see dee eopper and other articles de clared contraband frequently have been found hidden under coal or oth er cargoes. M the same time It takes the position that transshipment at sea and other sharp practices have mads careful inspection Imperative. Frequently cargoes are so loaded that an Inspection makes necessary shift ing of virtually everything in the ves sel. The statement that the American proteet Is thoroughly approved by President AVI Ison has created much comment and has added weight to Its affect. There is some disposition in London, however, to regard It to • certain extent as a measure to sat isfy Insistent demands In congress. Particular surprise has been ex pressed by officials at the disposition of certain Americans to hold Great Britain partly responsible for the de pression In cotton. Officials believe that to be due to overproduction, and not to any action on the part of the government. The morning newspapers comment at length on the American govern ment’s note to Great Britain concern ing treatment accorded American eonuneroe by the British fleet, and agtee mat the American protest shonld be met by the British govern ment in the spirit of friendly good prill shown by the note. Generally, however, the newspapers are inclin ed to await the actual text of the note before Indulging In detailed dis cussion. t la the meantime the point how, in evitably seriously difficulties arise whenever questions of neutrality are Involved. Moreover they dispute the theory that Great Britain alone Is re sponsible for the dislocation of the world’s trade, argnlng that, even had •he remained neutral, the fact that a number of old nations were Involved mast have had a detrimental effect on the world’s commerce. In any case, they say. Great Britain was not re sponsible for the- war. The Times eeys: / The note Is dated December 24, •id, although the Idea may seem mdful, we can not help Imagining mt It was by no accident that the r eet thw great festival of peace and md wlU bras chosen for the dispatch this friendly communication from i of the grant branches of th* Eng- - t communities to the oth- ,Ambassador From the Netherised* Soys Holland Had Already Protest* *d—U. 8. Adds Weight.. ; President Wilson, referring to the American note to Great Britain, In sisting on better treatment for Ameri can commerce, declared that large damage# eventually would have to be paid by England for unlawful deten tion of American cargoes. The president pointed out that many protests had been sent In sped fle cases and that if the contention of the American government were cor rect, as he was firmly convinced it was, plans for Indemnification ulti mately would have to be met by Great Britain. Supplementary to previous pro tests, the new note, President Wilson explained, represented fully the American position. He said that so far as theory was concerned, there was no debate on the point raised, be cause England herself, in previous wars, had taken exactly the American position. The president said the government could deal confidently with thfe sub ject, only If supported by absolutely honest manifests. He said the great embarrassment to the government in dealing with the whole matter was that some shippers had concealed con traband In the cargoes of non-contra band articles, for example, under a cargo of cotton. So long as there were Instances of that kind, the pres ident said, suspicion was cast on every shipment and all cargoes were liable to doubt and to search. The president added the note was not based on any treaties between the United States and Great Britain but on the generally accepted principle of international law. Publication of the substance of the American note this morning created widespread Interest In the capital. Foreign diplomats, especially those from neutral countries, discussed It and congressmen who had protested to the state department on behalf of merchants and shippers of copper, flour, wheat, foodstuffs, cotton and other, products In which trade has been restricted, expressed their satis faction at the attitude of the govern ment. Some administration officials ex pressed the view that when Great Britain realized the extent of public opinion on the subject In the United States her attitude would be modified and American Industries hitherto halted would go forward. The minister from The Nether lands called at the state department to obtain for hla government a copy of the American note to Great Brit- i. He conferred with Connsellor Lan sing, who prepared for him a memo randum giving the substance of the note. As the minister left the de partment he said the Information given him confirmed the published reports of ths note. He said Holland had told Great Britain virtually the same thing, but he thought added weight would be given to the argu ment because of the vigoroue posi tion of the Amorican government. SHOT AN AMERICAN. Canadian Soldiers Kill an American Han ter on Niagara River. Shooting of two American hunters by Canadian soldiers on the Niagara river Monday Is viewed with distress by President Wilson. He told callers Tuesday he had received no formal report of the Incident and hoped ac counts of the circumstances were ex aggerated. Secretary Bryan Instructed the American vice consul wt Fort Erie to take poeseaston of the body of the man killed and to do everything pos sible for tho man wounded. The state department has reported the In cident to Sir Cecil Sprlng-Rlce, Brit ish ambassador. According to advices received, the Canadian soldiers were aiding a pro vincial officer to arrest the men for an alleged game law violation. Sev eral volleys were fired over their heads to force them to come ashore with their row boat. A final shot, said to have been fired for the same purpose, killed Smith and wounded Dorsch. summary In the note as received here should seem peremptory we feel as sured that this appearance Is entirely due to the necessities of compression and will vanish when the text of the document is before us. We fully realize the inconvenience and the loss the conduct of the war must occasion to Amercan and other neutrals. We also are confident that when the note Is published we shall find that Presi dent Wilson and hla colleagues are not Insensible to the Imperious re quirements of our military situation. “We do not suppose this Is a dis pute of our right as belligerents to practice such interference with com merce between neutrals as is mani festly necessary for the protection of our national safety. What they do tueatlon, as we gather It, la whether the action of our ships does not In some cases exceed that manifest nec essity.’' Declaring there are many peculiar conditions arising from the war which justify Great Britain’s policy, the edi torial continues: “The note deals throughout with unshaken faith In our sense of Jus tice. That trust w* shall assuredly do our best to preserve. It is quite Inconceivable that two sensible peo ples on the friendliest of terms with each other should not succeed In de vising a modus vlvehdl in according with the general principles of Inter national law which will at th# same time meet the peculiar facts and cir cumstances of this unprecedented 10SSHKS AiMN HUE VAT Tl TIE ClimilAN PAUESI NO OESOLTS ELSEWOEBE French Report Capture of Long Ger» * man Troops While British Admit Value of Trench Lost to Germans South of Vprse Petrograd Claims , 50,000 Prisoners. British observers of the progress of the war point out that Russia la once more master of the passes In the Car pathian mountains and that the troops along the entire Austrian front from the Blala river to a point north east of the Dukla pass seem to bo fall ing back. This means the withdrawal of vir tually all the forces which swept across the mountains to form the ex treme right In the concerted Austro- German attack on the Russian armies, and It marks another surprising re versal of form on the part of the Aus trian soldiers whose battle fortunes since the outbreak of hostilities have been conspicuously erratic. Berlin reports: "The Russians have strengthened their forces oppos ing'the Austrians In Galicia, and the latter, It is understood, will make new dispositions, which will require some time. Local military experts claim that Russia's occupation of the line of Krosno-Jaslo Is no real gain for the Russians, but that it is weakening their position. This view, however, Is considered too optimistic and the fact must be faced that the extreme left wing of the Russians is proving Itself superior to Its opponents. The present action of the Russians in strengthening their forces there Is due to their realization of what an encircling of their flank In Galicia would signify.” Petrograd reports: “We have dis lodged the enemy from a trench near the village of Sumino, which they had taken from us previously by a counter attack In which we captured machine guna and prisoners. “On the centre between the Plllca and the upper Vistula only cannon ading was heard. We made progress on the two wings. “During an attack on a German redonbt to the aouth of Inowlods we captured three machnle guna. “Our troopa met with success while crossing the lower Nlda in the taking by storm of the villages of Starokorcsln and Senlslavlce, which were well fortified. During the fight ing we captured 40 Austrian officers and over 1,700 eoidlers and three machine guns. "In Western Galicia we have made progress In spite of the almost im passable condition of the country due to mud. We have driven the enemy from the front of Slromnik-Solico- Jasltska, taking guns and a large number of machine guns. "During the first half of December (old style calendar) we captured 50,- 000 Austrians.” Berlin reports: “On the right bank of the Vistula, on a branch of the Zura apd on the Rawka rivers, our attacks have made progress. In the region south of Inowlods strong Rus sian attacks have been repulsed." Petrograd reports: “Our troops stormed the village of Bxltntkl, which was stubbornly defended by the Aus trians. The enemy has definitely evacuated the left bank of the Nlda. “To the south of the upper Vistula on the front of Opatow-Bleex, the fighting continues to develop to our advantage. From the 18th to the 26th we captured there 200 officers and 15,000 soldiers and 40 mitrail leuses. “The enemy’s retreat in the region of the Dukla passes and on the road to Llsko Is becoming more and more precipitate and disorganized. On the 26th we captured in this region five thousand prisoners. “The enemy’s efforts to transport his forces from the direction of Szen- stochowa toward the Carpathians was a complete failure owing to our ma noeuvres.” Berlin reports: "There is no news from East Prussia or from Poland. North of the Vistula and on the left bank of the Vistula our attacks are developing, notwithstanding the very unfavorable weather.” Petrograd reports via London: "The belated cold spell reported In Poland Is expected to precipitate a definite result in the German-Polish campaign, now practically at a stand- stll. The weather factor, always Im portant, has become paramount there since the whole German invasion of Poland is predicted on the freezing, of the soft ground, which impedes transport of heavy guns and favors Russian trench digging. The ground usually freezes by September 15. Thwarted by mild weather, the ac tivities around Mlawa have reached a complete lull and after ursuccessful attempts to cross the Bxura river, the Germans still are resting on Its left bank near Sochaczew. They have, In th emeantlme, shifted their attack southward toward the river Plllca, near Rawa, where the ground la not marshy.” Berlin reports: ’’Several strong French attacks to the northwest of St. Menehould have been repulsed with heavy losses to the enemy. We captured 200 prisoners. x “An advance In the burned forebt to the west of Apremont led to the capture by us of one fortified French trench and three machine guns. French attacks to the west of Senn- helm have been repelled.. ~ . Paris reports: “In Belgium the village of St. Georges has been occu pied by onr troops, who have estab lished themselves In this location. “W* have gained a little ground In ths Anronne, notably la th* forest of LaOravte, la ths forest of la thq forest Onrte-Cha “Oa th* heights of th* Mease oral German counter attack* have been repulsed, la the forest of La* Bonchot, which is aortheast of Trey- on. T *-• i “The forces of the enemy which had occupied onr trenches In the vi cinity of the redoubt lu th* burned fortat to tho west of Apremont have been, driven out after three succeebive counter attacks. “In uppet' Alsace following a vio lent engagement we ate closely in vesting Stelnbach and onr dorses have taken possession of the ruins of the chauteau which la located, to the northwest of this village.” London reports: “The^Brltlah press concedes the importance of the trenches pear Hollebeke, south of Tpree, which have been taken by the Germane, ai.u points f-ut that the strategic ralue of these positions have been emphasized recently In a dis patch from Sir John French, eom- mander-ln-chief of the British forces on tho continent. They command an important crossing of the r’ver, Lys, to which the Germans have been hold ing tenaciously. The taking of these trenches gives them a stronger foot hold.” Berlin reports: 'Tn the western theatre the enemy unsuccessfully le- newed his attacks on Nleuport sup ported by warships which did no dam age to us, but killed or wounded a few inhabitants of Westende. An at tack on the hamlet of St. George also failed. “South of Ypres we captured one of the enemy’s trenches and some dozens of prisoners fell Into our hands on this occasion captured T. ucvy’19y9in; etaoin n Paris reports: “In Belgium we have continued to advance. West of Lombaertzyde we are actually at the foot of the sand dunes on which the enomy has established his line of re sistance. At a point soutfaPef Ypres we have lost a section of trenches near Hollebeke. “In the region of Lens, near Ca- rency, the enemy yielded nnder our attacks 800 yards of first line trenches. “During the day a violent storm has interfered with operations along the front. It Is reported, notwith standing this, that we have made some progress in the Argonne re gion.” FACES 44 CONVICTS HTEIRII IlEASE f AIIIRS Ail PAIOLES lALf IDRIIEI GINNING BY COUNTIES ; GOVERNMENT FIGURES ON OEM'S OF 1018 AND 1014. / ' i 23 BAD SLAIN TflEIB MAN Two Had Attempted Criminal Arnault —Pardons Granted in Several In stances to * - Restore Citizenship to Those Already Paroled—Charles O'Day Paroled. Gov. Blease on Monday granted pardons and paroles in 44 cases Practically all of the prisoners were serving terms in the State peniten tlary, on the State farms apd the county chain gangs. Nine of the pris oners released were confined in the State penitentiary. Pardons were granted in several cases to restore citizenship, paroles having already been given. Since assuming office the governor has extended clemency in 1,488 cases. The crimes of the prisoners releas ed by the governor may be classlzed as follows: Murder . . ... Manslaughter . . Arson Criminal assault Safe cracking . Miscellaneous .. 12 11 2 • 2 1 16 Orangeburg Cboaty loads State With 77,580 Bales—Entire State Totals 1,828,305 Bales. . •— 1 — Wm. J. Harris,’director of the een- sus, department of commerjo. an nounces the preliminary report of cot ton ginned by counties in South Caro lina fbr the crops of 1914 and 1012 Quantities are in. running coutlng round as half bales. Linters are not included, uree follow: 39.424, 45,045 51,961 25,940 66;7*1 7,763 Tae fig- WANT8 CONSULS WITHDRAWN. Germany Notifies U. 8. That Consuls Must be Acceptable to Governor. Secretary Bryan had before him for consideration the formal notification from Germany that American consuls in Belgium must be acceptable to the German military authorities and ask ing for the withdrawal of certain con suls for the present at least. The United States now has consular'repre sentatives only In Brussels, Antwerp, Liege and Ghent. Since the war broke out they have been engaged chiefly In looking after refugees and aiding In relief work, as there was little regu lar work to do. Although the text of the communi cation has not been made public, It Is believed tn official circles to be limit lar to the one sent Argentina and other nentra! countries, and that, while the Berlin government la not Insistent that consuls In Belgium take out new exequstura from German offl- dels, it announces that such consuls must perform their duties only by permiaslon from the military author ities controllng the territory iu which the consulate Is located. ATTACKED BY NEGRO. White Man Forced to Stay After Be ing Imprisoned. J. Aldrich Wymen, a large planter and one of Bamberg’s foremost citi zens, shot and Instantly killed a ne gro tenant on hla farm about three miles from Bamberg Monday after noon. It seems that the negro had come to Mr. Wyman's yard In Bam berg the previous day In a drunken condition and had been ordered away. Monday, it la said, Mr. Wyman drove out to his farm and told the negro that he would have to look for another home. Upon hearing this the negro became Infuriated and attack ed Mr. Wyman, who dodged behind his automobile and then dashed into a nearby barn. For some time the negro kept Mr. Wyman as a prisoner. When Mr. Wyman did get back to his auto mobile and was tp the act Of crank ing the machine, the negro again rushed upon him. He ordered his assailant to stop. When the negro di4 not stop Mr. Wyman reached for his pistol which was in the back of his automobile and fired one shot. This was effective, producing instant death. SUBMARINE SUNK. French Boat Hit by Shells From Forts About Pola Harbor. A steel net stretched across the entrance to Pole harbor, the great Austrian naval port, proved the un doing of the French submarine Curie, says a dispatch from Milan to Lloyd’s News at London. In company with othei* submarines, the Curie was attempting to force an entrance Into the harbor to torpedo an Austrian squadron. The Curie collided with the net. A merchantman gave the alarm and the forte opened fire. Two ahota struck tho Curie, which slorly sank. The captain and-orew, except one officer, To Comaumdeer Men. The Union of South Africa has an nounced Its Intention to commandeer men for aervioe In German Southwest Africa. It Is explained that the situ ation can not be met by depending on volunteer recruits. ■ ■ipM * l ’ KHIed While BurgUrlztng. When he attempted to Yob a . taurant at Cincinnati. Thursday. AR was shot and killed. * The most notorious prisoner to re ceive a parole was Charles O’Day, allaa “Missouri Charley,” who in the balmy days of freedom, operated with John Fischer, the yeggmau who made a spectacular escape from the State penitentiary laat winter. Fischer drilled through the eteel bars of his cell and got over the wall by knotting hla blankets Into a rope. He dived Into the canal and has not been seen since. O’Day was arrested with Fischer on April 8, 1905, at Lylesville, N. C. Both of them were shot then by of ficers, O’Day through the abdomen and Fischer in the leg. They were wanted on the charge of blowing a safe in a store at Heath Spring* on April 1, 1905. Those paroled were: Dudley McClinton, Cheater; man slaughter, November, 1913; given two years. Jim Bowen. Greenville; murder, June, 1904; given life imprisonment. Sentence formerly commuted to 20 yean on public worka of Greenville. — John Dean, Greenwood, in August, 1904; manslaughter, given 16 yean’ Imprisonment. Thomas Barnes, Sr, Orangeburg January, 1910; murder, giren Ufa im prisonment. On February 17, 1914, the sentence was commuted to 20 yean. Thomas Borne#, 8r., Orangeburg, January, 1910; murder) life. Walter James, alias Ttnk James, Aiken, October, 1911*; murder, life. Henry Priester, Barnwell, Decem ber, 1913; manslaughter, five yean. William Kidd, Orangeburg, May, 1907; manslaughter, ten yean. Fred I. Stahl, Horry, September, 1912; attempted criminal assault; seven yean. Paroled on condition that he leave the State. John Boyce. Newberry, June, 1914; mnrder, life. John McMillan. Marlboro, October, 4907; anon, with recommendation to merqy, ten yean and one month. Edgar Gray, Saluda, October, 1911; manslaughter, given — yeen. Wade Higgins, Lancaster, March. 1902; manslaughter, 25 yean. Adam Goff, Richland, May, 1914; larceny, two yean. J. Fnnk Driggers, Clarendon, Feb ruary. 1909; murder, life. Walter Glover. Calhoun, November. 1908; murder, life. Rueben Stroud, Cherokee. June, 1914; entering car at night time, one year. Abe or Abraham Lnmpkin, Fair- field, September, 1913; murder, life. Less Jordan, Aiken, June, 1901; murder, life. B. Stratford, Lancaster, October, 1911; manslaughter and carrying concealed weapons. Ed Thomas, Fairfield June, 1911; larceny of live stock, give yean. George Durham, Spartanburg, Jan uary, 1914; assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons, six yean. R. P. Gilbert, Spartanburg, Jan uary, 1913; forgery, five yean. John Mauldin, Hampton, June, 1913; housebreaking and larceny, four years. Must leave the State. Lula Huff, Spartanburg, September, 1913; murder, life. George Davis, O. angeburg, Septem ber, 1907; murder, life. - Walter Williams, Greenwood, August, 1905; attempted criminal as sault, 30 years. Jesse Tanner, Georgetown, June, 1914; larceny of live stock, 18 months. Charles O’Day, Lancaster county, 1905; safe-cracking, given 15 years. The following condition Is stated In the parole: “In order that he may be turned over to the United States authorities, who state they have war rants outstanding against the said Charles O’Day.” Peter Graham. Charleston, Febrn ary, 1914: breach of trust and grand larceny, 18 months. .Hampton . Washington, Bamberg, November, 1908, manslaughter, 10 years. Jeff Bowman, Charleston. June, 1914;'assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, seven years. Jeff D. Nlx.iAnderson. 1892, before the late Judge James Aldrich; assault and battery, fine of 1100 or serve four months in Jail. Nix recently re turned to the State and was arrested and placed in JaU. Tom *ugramr‘ln Marlboro, Septem ber. 1918, manslaughter, two yean A*d*#w Hardwick.' York, Jaly, 1910. sunslaaghter, 19 years. Wiley Han. Unton, October. 1114; Abbeville Aiken . . . Anderson . . Bamberg . . Barnwell . . Beaufort . . Bergeley . . Calhoun . . . Charleston. . Cherokee . . Chester . . . Chesterfield . Clarendon . . Colleton . . . Darlington . Dillon . . . . Dorchester . Edgefield . . Fairfield . . . Georgetown . Greenville . . Greenwood . Hampton . . Horry . Jasper . . . Kershaw . . Lancaster . Laurens . . Lee .... Lexington . Marion . . . Marlboro . . Newberry . . Oconee . . . Orangeburg . Pickens . . . Richland . . Saluda . . . . Spartanburg . Sumter . . . Union . . .•. Williamsburg York . . . . f 15,086 28,526 14,136 15,064 31,791 30,749 45,357 21,158 40,134 35,187 16,851 29,943 42,662 4,684 41,140 28,887 20.261 10,232 6,098 28,290 21,907 35,366 38,985 25,144 13,307 56.420 30,694 11,356 77,689 18,638 24,330 22,631 64,988 48.474 17,626 32.420 36.204 89,833: 44,622 66,452 26,776 53,506 6,949 12,815 24,840 13,637 16.636 29,864 27,025 a 38.971 •• 18,108 34,325 21,891 16,922 30,819 41,084 3,462 38,717 28.866 >8.097 9,042 1,999 . 24,868 21,916 49,213 34,968 24,322 16,866 47,940 36,798 18,292 73,170 16;418 21,663 23,691 66,044 38,432 19,117 24,148 37,166 Total ..... .1,328,365 1,216,422 FOR ELECTION ON PROHIBITION. Petitions Sent Here for Clrcaletton Among Qualified Voter*. Following is s copy of petitooe to be presented to the State legislator* which have been received hr St. Mat thews from Dr. C. B. Geiger of Man ning. .This petition Is to be circu lated among the qualified voters of the State and is that prepared by th* prohibition organisation of this State In all probability th* petitions re ceived here will shortly be put Into circulation among the qualified voter* of this county. State of South Carolina, County of Calhoun. We. the undersigned qualified vot ers of the above mentioned county and State, would respectfully petition your honorable body: To provide by law for an election to be held throughout this State on or about the middle of September, 1915, for the purpose of submitting to ths quallhed electors of this State the question of Btate-wtde prohibi tion; To make provision by appropriate laws for giving us the benefit of the Webb law as to th* shipment and transportation of liquor from outside the State, and a similar law for the transportation of liquor within the State; For the enactment of stringent and efficient laws for the enforcement of prohibition. assault and battery with intent to kill, 12 months or a fine of $100. Those pardoned were: T. W. William, Marlboro, October. 1914; murder, life. Robert Chestnut, Orangeburg, Sep tember, 1911; manslaughter, given 15 years. He was paroled December 25, 1912, and the pardon was grant ed to restore citizenship. Berry Hall, Uqion, October, 1914; assault and battery with Intent to kill; 12 months and a fine of $100. F. Arrowwood, Union, May, 1912; larceny, two years. Paroled June, 12, 1913. The pardon was granted to restore citizenship. Elmore Mayes, Newberry, Novem ber, 1907; arson, 10 years. M. W. Holston, Edgefield, October. 1914; violation of the dispensary law, given a term of one year or a fin eof $500. (“Four hundred dol lars of fine was suspended during good behavior,” says the pardon.) Willie Jenkins, alias Bonaparte Washington, Charleston, October, 1907; burglary and larceny, 15 years. Robert Duncan, Greenville, Sep tember, 1910; larceny, seven years. A parole waa granted In November, 1912. Pardon was granted to restore citizenship. Wilson Begins San Diego Exposition. Three thousand miles away Presi dent Wilson arose in the small hours of Thursday night and -pressed an electric button that opened to the world the San Diego Panama-Pacific exposition. * Decrease in Immigration. Immigration through New York decreased from 1,334,914 in 1912 to 733.504 for this yegr. Australians Take Island. British forces from Australia have occupied Bougainville, the largest of tbs Solomon Island* Louis ■retie. Hindu • swgtaL Blows Up is %rara. a San Francisco , Monday exploded a bomb in a tempi* and killed himself and