Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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J f i V v KAIING BIIINT OF WAR i * Csar’a Soldi era Are Fighting Furious Battlf in Fast Prussia, in Poland, In the tferpathiana and in Buko* win*—France and Belgium Are Knjoying Comparative Quiet. The Carpathiana and the crown- landa of Bukowina claim most atten tion In the campaign in the East. Battles in the Carpathian hills are of a desperate character, but without deciaive result, while latest reports indicate the withdrawal of the Rus sian forces in Bukowina. The Aus trians claim to have driven the Rus sians back in the southern district of Bukowina and to have occupied Wama. In Poland and East Prussia steady fighting continues. The length of the fronts and the vast n-fimber of men engaged make it impossible to esti mate the value of the small advances or repulses at various points. In, France and Belgium there is comparative calm, although in the Argonne the Germans have made ad vances. London reports: ^n the east the Germans, checked in their efforts to break the Russian lines before War- ■saw, have transferred many troops to East Prussia to meet their Russian offensive there. This offensive threatens to drive a wedge between Tilsit and Insterburg, and so to turn the fortified position in the extremely difficult country of the Maxurian lakes. ^ If this movement succeeds the Rus sians would overrun a considerable part of Blast Prussia and again would be on their way to Koenigsb^rg and Danzig. The campaign In the Carpathians and in Oalicta is not »o easy to fol low, as official reports are sparing in information. It Is evident, however, that while the Russan offensive in the western passes is being pushed with strength and has proved partial ly successful, It has been met by stronger opposition In the eastern passes with the result that the Rus sians bsvs been compelled to fall back In Bukowina. They have re peatedly done this, only to give the Austrians battle when they debouch ed from the Russian end of the passes and it is presumed that this Is their intention now. Operations are on to large and complicated a scale that It may be weeks befora any definite decision Is reached. Russia's unexpected adoption of the offensive In Poland from where the Germans apparently have been withdrawing some forces both to the north and south, furnishes another striking featurnaf the European war From German mcurcea It Is Insisted that the plans for the capture of Warsaw still are being pushed. Rut the Russian rial mseveral minor suc cesses at various points and declare the German attack reached Its cli max several days ago. Another huge segment of the Hus sion army is continuing Its efforts for a firmer foothold in the Carpa thians, but It is admitted that the Germans and Austrians have falned some ground. At one point a aevere snowstorm la said to have aided the Austro-Hungarian troops in an ac tion which Vienna states has result ed in heavy losses to the Russian forces in Dukia Pass. Berlin reports: "In the western area of the war nothing of impor tance has transpired. "On the East Prussian frontier wo have had several minor local sue cesses; otherw ise, the situation is un changed.” Vienna reports: "The Austro-Ger- man allies Monday after a battle of several days, tooK a village north of Volovec, which the Russians had stubbornly defended. Numerous prisoners and much ammunition and war material were captured. "On the other Carpathian fronts severe battles occurred. In the west ern sector the Russian attacks were unsuccessful and 340 prisoners and three machine guns fell into our hands. “We continue to advance in Buko- wina and have occupied Wama." Petrogra<l reports: “In the Car pathians hard fighting continued. Our troops broke down the enemy's resistance at three fortified positions near Mezolaborcz and pursued tkp re treating enemy several versts, taking two cannon, five machine guns, cap turing the commandant of the third honveds; 47 officers and 2,316 men. “North of Nzsok Pass, near l.uto- wisko, the enemy was forced to re treat. Our troops occupied his trenches, taking three machine guns and many prisoners. r "‘The attacks of the enemy who crossed the Toukholka and Beskid Passes on February 5, were repulsed with heavy losses for the enemy who as forced into a precipitate retreat. "Or the right bank of the Vistula some skirmishes favorable to us have taken place." On a broad front near the village o4.Nadriz Cossacks attack ed a squadroTr'ot'fffFTfWmy support ed by Infantry, capturing 2ft Hussars. “Our cavalry at 3 o clock In the morning dislodged by a bayonet at tack the Germans from the villages of Podlesije and Prondystary. cap turing * quantity of arms, ammuni tion and wire, "Our artillery successfully bom barded a column Of Germans who were moving in the direction of Boll- mow from Zenniary. The infantry was compelled to flee, abandoning thefc artillery upon the highway." •- reports: "On the .night of #•7 the enemy exploded lee of minee at La of honaea la the Will Take Every Caetioa to Avoid Mistake mad the Hinking of Neutral Mil pa. Berlin reports that Germany's nav al measure# against British com merce are In no sense a blockade. NO hostile action against neutral ship ping is contempted. German sub marines and warships will endeavor by every means In their power to avoid sinking neutral ships and will take every precaution to avoid a mis take. This may be taken as the cor rect interpretation of the German proclamation as expressed In compe tent circles In Berlin. » Tpe proclamation declaring waters around Great Britain to be a war zone like similar British measures taken As a precedent, Is designed, it Is asserted, to warn neutrals that a ship venturing into the naval field of operations exposes Itself as does a civilian wandering on a battlefield. It was stated that It might be pafe ly asserted that the Germans do not intend sinking an American ship un less she carries contraband, and then only If her crew can be givfen the however, that war measures would be carried out against British trade possibility of escape. It was added with all possible severity in order “to give Blngland a taste of her own medicine.” The warning to neutral shipping, It was asserted, was considered as particularly needed in view of the re ported order to British ships to hoist neutral flags when they are In dan ger, an order, which if adhered to, it was stated, would make It diffi cult for a German warship to discrim inate between neutral and hostile shipping. A number of the German newspa pers assert that the memorandum at eompanytifg the proclamation of Feb ruary 6 made it clear that Germany does not Intend starting a war against neutral trade They declare, however, that Germany was within her rights in declaring the zone around the British Islands a war area In which it Is dangerous for neutral vessels to venture on account of mines or naval operations. The newspapers assert tiiat If the United States wishes to protest it should do so first to Great Britain, whose alleged abuse of neutral flags as was reported In the case of the Lusitania, threatens, they say, the safety of all ships. The Vossische Zeitung declares that It welcomes the incident as the occasion for a free Interchange of views between Germany and the United States, which may result, like the pending Anglo-American nego nations on the protest against delays to commerce, In clearing up the sit uation. "If America feels called upon to send a protest to Berlin." says the Vossische Zeitung, "It will be met In quite as friendly a spirit as In Lon don. and will find Germany ready to establish by a Joint discussion what Germany, while maintaining the vital Interests, which are as vital to her as they are to England, can do to avoid as far as possible the damaging of the American interests.” As to the danger announced In the German warning, the newspaper says. In many cases It will be impossible to protect neutral ships against it. It Is not a question of a German subma rine torpedoing neutrals In the be lief that they are illegally flying a neutral flag.but rather a question of risk from mines. "When the Government declared certain#aters as a war area." toe Vossische Zeitung continues. "It re served thA.right to use all permissi- blewar measures therein, and it will not make a later specific declaration of where and when mines are laid within these waters after February IS” MADE SOME RE(X)MMENRATIONS. I>r. Babcock Calls Attention to His Report on the Asylum. Dr. J. W. Babcock, former super intendent of the State Hospital for the Insane, has called attention to the fact that the greater part of the recommendations made by Dr. A. P. Herring, the efficiency expert, as a result of his investigation in the asy lum, were made by him In his testi mony before the asylum investigat ing committee on April 28, "F909, when in answer to a question from the chairman he gave his Reasons for asking for the investigation. Dr. Babcock also referred to an article written by himself for the Cen tennial edition of the News and Cour ier, In which many of these same recommendations are made. He though it only justice to himself t? bring these facts out, as these recom mendations, he said, were made to the general assembly several years ago and are only repeated by Dr. Her ring. Crime Package in Detroit. Two human heads, two feet and a hand, wrapped in a burlap bag,' w r ere found by a boy Wednesday afternoon in an alley behind a bottling works in Detroit, Mich. Features were al most obliterated by acid. our positions but were not able to get beyond the excavations formed by the explosions. "During the^course of the after noon of February 7 a counter-attack, -executed by one of ouf companies, drove^he enemy from the exegyations which^Rdmraediately occupied. The Germans left 2(>0 dead on the ground “To the north Rf Mesnil-les-Hurllb on the night of Febrdaty 7-8 we cap tured a wood where th ©a^my had been solidly established. In the Ar gonne the action of the Infantry en gaged at Bagatelle was prolonged throughout the night wf February 7- 8. The Germans, after haring made some progress, were able to occupy at daybreak of tba algbth only par ticular pans of oar advanced line, around which tha struggle continued daring the day," - U8ISLATU1E IDS? VIII Mil Tl fllBI IT un HOUSES LACK LEADERSHIP Liquor Bill Has Blocked Other Meas ures Because Its A antagonists Light to Kill Time so as to Pro- . V vent Bill lieing Taken Up—Educa tion UiU at Sea. ' . ?—- If much is accomplished by the general assembly of South Carolina there will have to be some speedy work during the remainder of the session. Great things had been pre dicted for this legislature, says Joe Sparks in the Augusta Chronicle, but so far the progress has been rather disappointing. | There Is a lack of leadership in the House and Senate, and for this rea son (Jertain important bills have been held back. Gov. Richard I. Manning has done his part. He has worked hard for progressive measures, and if the assembly fails It will not be his fault. For twenty years South' Carolin ians have been scrapp’ng over the whiskey question. Millions of words have been spoken in the legislative halls, and practically nothing of a beneficial nature has been accom plished. The members of the present general assembly were elected on progressive platforms. If they don’t do something, then the people will be asking questions during tbe next campaign. The liquor question has served one purpose. It has blocked legislation at this session. The compulsory edu cation measure in the Senate was torn and tattered, for no other rea son than to hold back the vote on the whiskey measure. v There Is a chance that Charleston will be given the right to vote on the questipn of high license, it is prac tically certain that the people in oth er counties will be given the right to decide on prohibition next Septem ber Then? is an undercurrent in favor of saddling the liquor question on the Manning administration. Some would have the election put off until the 1916 campaign. That would be manifestly unfair, in tbe opinion of many members of the Senate. The House is at sea on tiie com pulsory education measure. The members are .-all tangled up on the proposition and a commission iiad to be apopinted to lead the members out of darkness. However, matters will be straightened out and some kind of a compulsory education law will be passed The local option law seems to be the most favored. The hearings are being held on the Items pf the appropriation bill before tbe ways and means committee The Introduction of the bill In the House will be delayed somewhat this year The members of the committee are cutting down every Item as much as possible. Therq will be no Increase in the tax levy this year. The general assembly will be asked to pass such laws as will give relief to the patients of the State Hospital for the Insane Several measures have been introduced, designed to fix a de finite policy. Dr. A. F. Herring, the expert, has already pointed out that a policy must be established Unless one Is put into force it will not be necessary to make appropriations. He glso pointed out that the crimi nals In this Staterare better cared for than the insane There is u good chance for the pas sage of Gov. Manning's tax commis sion jbill. The commission will be named to study the tax laws of the State and report back at the next ses sion. There seems to be little (hance for the passage of a bill to provide for a commission to study the work men's compensation act and make suggestions to the legislature. This measure was earnestly requested by Gov. Manning. A bill to provide for a State bureau of welfare work will be introduced in the House and Senate this week. The mill welfare work has been car ried on successfully in a score of vil lages during the past three years under the efficient leadership of Jas. L. Carbery. Some time ago the fed eral government cut off the support of the work, and the State will be asked to continue it. Gov. Manning heartily favors the bill, for he believes that everything possible should be done to help the mill people of the State. The bill, as introduced, will provide for the ap pointment of a-State supervisor by the governor, upon the' recommenda tion of the State superintendent of education. The local demonstrators afe to be appointed by the State agent and their~salaries would be paid by the mill companies. Ihe bill is designed to help the opera'ttves reduce the cost of living, improve the sanitary con ditions, and encourage the study of home economics. % If the bill is passed, South Caro lina will be the first state to inaugu rate this kind of work. The bill would be a great help to the 160.000 mill people of the State. The mill demonstration work hag been carried on with marked success at the Arcade and Victoria Mills at Rock 11111. An appropriation of only 12,1500 is asked of the general assembly to carry on this important, developm in thia state. It Is believed that bill will be passed. If it becomes a law the general assembly will have done much for>he mill operatives. ^ Big Submarine Launched. The 3,600-ton submarine tender BuahnelJ. of the United States navy, was launched at Seattle, Wash.,. Tues day/ Her contract price is 11,000,- ooo. ' iulvc* Rolling Work. Tbe Gary rail pi 111 of the Illinois Steel company resumed rolling- at Chicago Tuesday and furoj/.ed em ployment for 1,000 mean who hare been idle for some lime. MG FLEET GATHERS AT GUAM- * TANAMO, CUBA. Admiral Fletcher Now in Command of Two Complete Divisions of Bat tleships. The largest and most powerful fleet ever assembled under the Stars and Stripes is now gathered off Guasta- namo, on the north coast of Cuba, for a month of Ihe hardftbt kind of drill ing. It will be a great spectacle^Tor the few'citizens who will see it, but for the more than 1,000 officers and 25,000 enlisted men. It means work, unceasing labor, to fit the. American navy for battle. - 7 Yet every Jack Tar is glad he is there. Great fascination surrounds the manoeuvres, the orderly march Ing and countermarching over the pa rade ground of the ocean, dread noughts and cruisers taking the place of individual soldiers, but obeying the ordgrs sent by wireless and wig-wag just as implicitly and readily as a squadron of well drilled Cavalry. Every nerve is strained to make the enormous rifles their best and hot rivalry is exhibited by the gun crews. Business Is pleasure when the heart is in it. The eyes of the whole United States are directed to Rear Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher and hia ships to-day. A great wave of criticism has swept over the country. The European war has created irterest in the army and navy; and every patriot feels that if not the greatest we should have the best navy in the world. Is the navy up to scratch? This is the question the manoeu vres may solve and at the same time do a great deal toward making It pos sible to answer in the affirmative. The navy needs manoeuvres, Just as an army needs drills. A fleet will be awkward In forming in battle line in time of war if the superior officers have not performed all the evolutions often in time of peace. Partly due to the use of the big ships off the coast of Mexico, the manoeuvres have been neglected. This Is the first time In three years that the entire fleet will be assembled for battle practice. Three years means a tong while when one considers how fast the art of naval warfare is devel oping. Just to mention one Item: Naval guns of 14-lnrh eallbre were carried on no ship in the world three years ago Now the Texas and New York both carry these mammoth rifles and it is currently reported that Great Britain's new Queen Elizabeth class, now building, will have 15 inches. When one considers that the fleets of Great Britain. Germany, France. Austria. Rusala anfl Japana are now engaged In actual war work every day In the year It is easy to see that the United States must do a lot of prac ticing even to approzlmately the de gree of efficiency to< which the fight ing navies of the world are arriving The Guanatanamo manoeuvres will be the most extensive target and fleet practice tbe American navy has ever gone through. They will last through the greater part of tbe month and wi|l be followed by the Panama canal, opening exercises, which may involve some manoeuvring of value, too. The armored fleet (the biggest Ships) will be in four divisions of 21 vessels. Ten will be of the so-called "dreadnought” class and eleven of the pre-dreadnought type. Besides these, two of the four armored cruis ers of the fleet and all of the torpedo flotillas, except those in reserve, will be present. Never before did the fleet contain practically two complete divisions of the dreadnought ' lass. The first divi sion consists of dreadnoughts of the most^powerful type and the second division Is made up of these powerful ships, except one pre-dreadnought battleship. ^ In addition to’the battleships, -five of the seoen divisions of torpedo boat destroyers will have a part in the ex ercises. This means 21 more craft. There \vill be 10 auxiliaries and the scout cruises Birmingham, which is the flagship of th»-torpedo flotilla. This does not mean that all the vessels under Admiral Fletcher’s command will be at Guantanamo. There will be missing all the sub marines, as well as all the smaller scruisers and gunboats and tw r o divi sions of the destroyer flotilla. Ad miral Fletcher directs 103 vessels, of which 55 will be at Guantahamo. It was figured by a naval officer that the 12-inch guns of the fleet can fire a broadside of 105,000 pounds and the 14-inch guns bring this up to 126,400 pounds. There are 124 12- inch guns in tbe reorganized fleet, all of which are placed so that they can be fired in a single broadside. The New York and the Texas each have 10 14-inch guns. The projectiles fired from these" guns weigh IjjlOO pounds each and it costs thf^Ameri- can people $777 every time one is fired, not counting the deterioration in the gun. Fletcher has five rear admirals un der him. one to command each divi sion of the fleet. There are 25 cap tains, more than 1,000 officers of less er rank and about 25,000 enlisted men. - 7 •The New York, with Its sistfer ship, the Texas, the most powerful warship In the American navy, is ordinarily the flagsdiip of Rekr Admiral Fletch er. but his flag h 8 been transformed to the Wyoming. The New York has .been fitted up with luxurious quarters 'to receive President Wilson-and his paMv at New York after the manoeu vres and carry them to the canal. It has been Informally christened "The Boudior Sfilp.” Goes to Wx Ont*. Bakers over the entire country are raising the price of loaf bread to six cents on qccount of the higher cost of flour. Trops Leave Strike Zone. Secretary Garrison derided Monday to withdraw tlpe troops recently Mat to. the Arkansas strike zone to «•- force the orders of th# coart. * non rriE east GERMAN ATTACK CONTINUES IN FRONT OF WARSAW. WEST REPORTS QUIET Masses of German Troops, Numbering Thirty Thousand to the Mile, At tempt to Take Russlon Positions— Petrograd Gives Account of Battle^ ‘ 1 But Berlin Has Nothing to Say. Petrograd reports: While the Ger mans with three-quarters | of their forces along the Bzura containued to hammer at the Russian line, the Rus sians threw tbeir forces across the Bzura at Kamion, neat the junction of the Bzura with the Vistula, and captured the German fortified posi tion. At the same time they drove the Germans across the Bzura at Dak hovana, close to Sochazew u At Kamion the Russians captured steel bullet-proof shields, a number of quick-firing guns, and in this dis trict and on the upper Rawka river they (captured several German out posts. Near Bolimow the Germans were unrelenting in their attack, and the Russians countered with equal feroc ity. German forces repeatedly used armored motor cars, but shnpnel from the Russian lines forced them to retire. KuNHian military authorities be lieve the desperation evidenced by the Germans in Russian Poland is a shield for the removal of forces to ward the western front, and they compare those attacks with others de livered by Gen. von Hindenbcrg early in the war. when six corps of German soldiers were rushed toward France. At Shabno, north of Tarnow, Gali cia. the Austrians aimed at .Russian fortifications, on the left bank of the Dunajec. They tried to approach through an elaborate system of trenches, but were driven out at the point of the bayonet. In the Carpathians, from Dukia pass to Uzcok. thewe 50 miles direct ly south of PrzemyM, the Russians report a continued advance, in which they are pushing the enemy to the south. Three thousrnd prisoners are reported to have been taken in the past three days. “Our troops on the left bank of the Haura river near Its juncture with the Vistula, have undertaken a fur ther offensive movement and have captured a very important point of sup|>ort of the enemy north of the village of Vitkovltze. "<>n an estate near KarJImow we have raptured a 00 shlerahle section of the Germans' entrenched line; also a portion of the second line trenches, taking six rapid-fire guns. In tbe re gion of Borjimow the enemy has made three pranounced attacks with out sucecss.’ Not aince the battles around Lodz Ruaslan Poland, early in -December, have the Germans delivered such vici ous attacks as »hen they attempted to break through the Rusaian lines near Rorjlmow. Probably never be fore In the east have they concen trated such a force upon onehpolnt. Tbe Littlefield was a flat unob atructed plain. The Russians met tbe German advance with rifle fire and the bayonet, the first lines strug gling forward and backward from trench to trench. At some places the trenches were only a few hundred yards apart. The fighting was extra ordinarily sanguinary. Whole com panics were exterminated. For six miles between Hunitn and Rorjlmow the Germans threw 10.1 OOO infantrymen and heavy forces of cavalry, supported by ltN> batteries of artillery—OOO guns. It is esti mated there were nearly 30,000 men to the mile, coming on in ten or twelve lir.es like waves of the sea. "In the Carpathians the fighting continues along the front which is between the Dulka Pass and Mount Wyszkow. We advanced at a point near Sividnik, in the valley of the river La Bortch, moving in tise direc tion of Oujok. We took 2,000 prison ers and ten machine guns.- "At Mount Houkholka and at Beskfd our troops during the last few days have been confronting the enemy with a desperate resistance. They accepted no ^ess than ten en gagements at the point of the bayo- nte. On February 3 we resolved to withdraw our soldiers from the mountain positions previously select ed and organized by us. The offen sive strength of the enemy in this vivinity is very considerable.” Vienna reports: “Rissian attacks have been renewed at certain places in the Carpathians, but have broken down with heavy losses to the enemy. Our attacks continue in the forest region. The number of prisoners taken by us in the Carpathians has been increased by 4,000.” Berlin reports “Russians Friday at tacked -on the east Prussian frontier and south of the Vistula, against the German front from Humin to the Bzura river. All attacks were repul sed. The Germans made 4,000 pris oners and topk six machine guns. "Especially from the British, but also from the French side, the alle gation is repeated continuously that the Germans, to commemorate the emperor’s birthday, made attacks on a large scale, which were attended throughout with heavy reverses for theGermans. ' “Alt> German official reports of events on the days in question prove that this allegation was Invented, with perfidious Intent. Of course, such fighting manners cannpt touch the emperor's, person, hut the Ger man army headquarters would not fall to expose their baseness to shame.’* 4 ~ Loudon reports: On his ehosen ground west of Warsaw, General von Hlndenburg. German commander, la continuing his costly lunges to break through to the Polish capital. At tbe same time the Russians farther to the north have pressed forward aad after crosaing tha Bxnra river they are seriously threatening tha Ger mans with an outflanking movement . Tbua, another grant battle for War saw is oa. Involving perhaps * re * t ®* ,ose of Ufa than any other conflict in the war. The issue remains unde cided, bttt the Russians claim the to- , itlative has passed to them, although more furious German atUcks are ex pected. „ , . Hie more complex and, strategical- ly, the more imporumt struggle !■ the Carpathians continues without any deciaive turn. It appears that in the western half of the battle region the Russians are making progrees, while in the eastern half they appear to have fallen back from Lupkow and Beskid passes on prepared positions, w^ere they are attempting to stem the rush of large Austro-German forces Austria announced that Russian attacks In the Carpathians had brok en down and that tfee Russians had suffered heavy losses. In some sec tions of the front the Austrians are on the orenslye, and the capture of 4,000 more Russians is reported. Particular significance is attacked by military strategists to the out come of the Carpathian campaign be cause it probably will decide the mas tery of that region for the remainder of the war. Should Austria gain a definite victory her territory would be freed from thejnenaee of invasiom- The Russian counter blow on the massed assaults of Gen. von Hinden- berg’s men is, to British observers; the most interesting development of the eastern struggle. Temporarily it overshadows operations of the Rus sians in East Prussia and is taken in some quarters to indicate they have ceased playing the role of merely holding their lines west of Warsaw and determined on an effort to expel the invaders. In the meantime the Russians are making slow progress in East Prus sia and are withstanding the at tempts of the Austro-G6rman forces to cake the offensive on the river Nida in southern Poland and omUie Duna jec river in Galicia* The Austrians admit the loss of Tarnow, GSRria. an important centre. RusMafi possession * of which Imures the main line of communications in'western Galicia. In the midst of the snows of the Carpathians the two armies still are contending for the passes which lead into Hungary. The Austro-German forces have driven the Russians back from the passes which they had occu pied on their extreme right west of Dukia pass, but elsewhere the Rus sians claim to be making progress-, or. at all events, to be holding their own. Fighting In the west Is a repetition of that of the preceding days. There have been lively artillery duels and a few infantry attacks, in which both sides claim to have gained some ground. No further fighting in Egypt is re ported. The Turkish account of that which already has occurred there re fers to it as an encounter of van guards and adds that the battles are still In progress. This probably is a delayed announcement. The Italian report of the return of Baron Burlan. the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, from his visit to the German emperor says the Austrian cabinet found the results satisfactory, but were not inclined to give Tren- tlno to Italy and part of TransyL vanla- to Roumania as tbe price of continued neutrality on the part of those countries. Turkey has given Italy satisfaction for the Hodelda Incident. The Brit ish consul has been released and the Italian flag saluted. — English refugees from Constanti nople declare the former cruiser Goe- ben, now owned by Turkey, was so badly damaged by striking a Turk ish mine that it will be Impossible to repair her at Constantinople. This virtual loss of the Goeben reduces the Turkish fleet to a state of inferiority as compared with the Russian Black Sea fleet, which is about -to be strengthened by a new dreadnought constructed at Sebastopol. It is be lieved that when this ship jojns the fleet Russia will attack the Bosphorus and Ihe Bl*»ck Sea while the allied fleets attempt to force the Dar danelles. SMITH SHOWS UP. Both South Carolina Senators at Their Duty in Washington. Totally unannounced and to the surprise of his colleagues, Senator E. D. Smith of South Carolina, who has been at the bedside of his wife for. the past three weeks, Monday morning came into the Senate. Not only did Senator Smith arrive from South Carolina but Senator Newlands also reached Washington from the west. ' It was also feared that. Senator Tillman, who had been confined to his apartments for the past three or four days, might not be able to be present, but when the Senate met he was on hand, though feeling far from well. Senator Smith said that it was quite impossible to reach Washing ton earlier, although he was well aware of the serious situation exist ing there, ye could not leave Mrs. Smith, who has been in a hospital at Florence, until Sunday night, at which time he took the first train for Washington* LARGE SHIP LAUNCHED, Rattleship Pennsylvania Will be Floated Next Week. The battleship Pennsylvania, now under construction at Newport News, Va., will be launched Tuesday, March 16, at 10 a. m. Miss Elizabeth Kolb, of Germantown, Pa., has been select ed by Secretary Daniels to christen the new ship. Because-ehe is the largest warship ever constructed In this country, be ing 31,000 tons displacement, four thousand tons larger than the battle ship Texas and New York, the launch ing of the Pennsylvania will be watched with keen interest in naval and ship building circle*. Hurricane Sweep* The Manna island*. t a American Sanfeo. have been swept by a hurrt- eaaa. Not a house la standing No deaths have beea reports‘but tha populace lost everythin*. %