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IK GUNS ME USED iMU-fHMntLtETiiiaijnn unMtius run OUTII WORK DtSTROYLD • ■ | KtrtMB Inch Omu of the Queen Elis abeth, England's Latest Dread nought, Leads Allied Ships In Their Task of Destruction—Action Em ploys Greatest Fleet in History. After having completed the de struction of forts at the entrance of .the Dardanelles, the allied fleet of British and French warships, the greatest which has ever been in ac tion, are now attacking the inner forts, which heretofore have stood between Turkey and invasion by the sea. Apparently the outer forts could not withstand a great bombardment and when they had been leveled and deserted, men were landed from the Ships to complete the work of demo lition, while mine sweepers cleared a passkge In the straits. More serious work is now ahead, for the all-important fortifications are at Killd Bahr and Chanak, which guard the narrowest part of the straits. There Is no doubt, however, that the allied commanders bave-in- atructions to make their way to Con stantinople in spite of all obstacles and have been supplied with the best means for carrying out these orders. At the head of the fleet is the Queen Elizabeth, one of England's latest superdreadnoughts, which has been commissioned since the war be gan and which mounts eight fifteen- inch guna The Queen Elizabeth took part in the bombardment, so that for the first time these monster weapons have been used. and. according to the admiralty reports, they did their work "with great accu^acy. ,, Other ships which assisted in si lencing the outer forts were the Brit ish battleships Agamemnon, which was struck by a Turkish shell and had three men killed and five wound ed; the Dritlsh battleships Irresist ible, Vengeance, Cornwallis. Albion and Majestic, each of which carries four 12-tnch guna, and the Triumph, which has four 10-inch guns, and the French battleships Oaulola, Buffren and Charlemagne, each carrying four 12-tnch guns. Other vessels including the French battleship Bouvet and one or two British battle cruisers, are in the vicinity. The admiralty statement says: ‘The entrance to the Dardanelles was guarded by four principal forts, namely, Cape Hellas battery, Fort Seddus Bahr, Fort Drkhanlsh Tabta and Fort Kum Kaloesi Tabta. which Will be described for convenience as *A. B. C. and D.' These form were armed as follows: A, two f t guns, B, six 10.2 guns; C, two 0.2 guns; D. four 10.2 and two S.0 guna. “The weather having improved, al though the wind was still from the southwest, the attack on these forts was resumed Thursday morning, Feb ruary 26, at 10 o'clock. “The Queen Elizabeth, Agamem non. Irresistible and Oaulola began by deliberately bombarding Forts A, B, C, and D, respectively, at long range. “Fort A replied. One shell at 11.- 000 yards hit the Agamemnon, kill ing three men and seriously wound ing live. The Irresistible and Gaulois made excellent practice on Forts C and D, while the Quoen Elizabeth concentrated with great accuracy on Fort A, putting both of its guns out! of action by about 11:30 a. m. “The Vengeance and Cornwallis 1 then ran in under cover of long range fire and engaged Fort A at close range. The reduction of fort A was completed, while Forts C and D open ed a very slow and Inaccurate Are. “The Suffren and Charlemagne next delivered an attack on Forts C and D, advancing to within 2,000 { yards of them. It was then seen that they were in no condition to of fer an effective resistance. “The Vengeance, Triumph and Al bion were then ordered in to com plete the reduction of forts. All four were reduced by 6:15 p. m. "Sweeping operations, covered by a division of battleships and destroy ers, were soon begun. The enemy set Are to a village at the entrance as darkness fell. "A report also has been received of the operations of February 26. ..The straits had been swept up to four miles from the entrance. The Albion and Majestic, supported by the Ven geance, proceeded to the limit of the swept area and began an attack on Fort Dardanus and some new ’bat teries which had been erected on the Asiatic short. The fire in reply was Ineffective. “After being shelled from inside the straits the enemy retired from the forts at the entrance and during the afternoon demolishing parties were landed at Kum Kale and Sed- dul Bahr (Sedd-el-Bahr) fiom the Vengeance and Irresistible. Forts A. B and C were then completely, and Fort D was partially, demolished. "The enemy encountered in Kum Kale were driven out over the Men ders bridge, which was partially de stroyed. Two new 4-inch guns, con cealed near the tomb of Achilles, were also destroyed, and four Nor- denfelts covering the entrance were destroyed. Our casualties on the 26th were one killed and three wounded." v Constantinople reported Saturday: “After being subjected for sevpn hours last Wednesday to bombard ment by heavy guns the outer forts of the Dardanelles were damaged at several points, but we had only five killed add fourteen wounded. The •Demy's fleet resumed bombardment to-day hat fa the afternoon retreat ed oat of range of oar batteries at 8edd-e!-Bahr. . * “Some hundreds of soldiers, who V-*—* from French cruisers on the •best of Akabah (Arabia), were com pelled to foe to their ships wKh FOUND PILES OF DEAD The small Irish coasting steaotsr Downstairs was soak Saturday night by a German submarine Off Celt of Man, an Island In the Irish sea. The Germans gate ths crew five minutes In which to leave their ship. The crew landed at Dundrum, County Down. The submarine which sank the Downshlre wan the U-lf. The Ger mans fired three shots before tfie steamer’s captain hove to. After the crew of the Downshlre had taken to the boats the Germans placed a bomb amldshlp of the steamer and exploded It and the Downshlre sank In a few minutes. TOOK ALL CASH IN SIGHT. Robbers" Capture Automobile and Make Escape. Robbers Tuesday morning held up Cashier Wallace, of the Bank of Stuart, Fla., and took all cash in sight, which w'ah about $40,000. Es caping from the bank, the robbers overhauled a passing automobile and commanded the driver, Frank Coven try, to take them south, which he did at a sixty-mile clip. At Pbrt Sewell they ordered a halt, but in leaving the machine one of the robber's revolver was accidentally ex ploded, the bullet entering his jaw. This did not, however, prevent the escape of the robbers. Coventry was ordered to return to>8tuart, where he reported to the auth6rttli(fs Where he had left the robbers.; Posses are now scouring the country for them. GOES TO SENATE. Oscar I'nderwood Bids House of Rep resentatives FarewelL Representative Oscar W. Under wood Wednesday bade farewell to the House ways and means commit tee. of which he is chairman, as he will represent Alabama as its Junior senator after March 4. He presided over the committee at its final ses sion of this congress Wednesday and was presented with a resolution of thnaka and congratulation by bis col leagues. There were speeches by va rious members. Speaker Clark later yielded the presiding officer’s chair to Mr. Underwood and he presided over the House during part of Us de liberations. THREE WARSHIPS DAMAGED. Turkey Claims Attacking Fleet of Al lies Wee Damaged. Three warships of the allies were damaged In fbe bombardment of the Dardanelles forte. February 26. ac cording to announcement Friday In Constantinople at Turkish army headquarters here. The text of the announcement fol lows: “Big armored vessels on Feb ruary 26 again bombarded the Turk ish forts at the Dardanelles for seven and a half hours. At the conclusion of this operation they retired In the direction of the Island of Tenedos. “One ship of the Agamemnon type and two other armored vessels were damaged by the Are from the forts on the Asiatic side of the etralts.” JON KB TAX OOMMIBHIONER. Governor Appoints Late Oomptroller- General on New Board. A BRITISH REPORT DESCRIBES BLOODY TRENCH WARFARE. ■ ' \ Small Attacking Parties Are Merci lessly Killed—Trenches Often Reached la Vain. “All the ground near tbe front Una Is ploughed up with shells and fpr- rowed with the remains of old trenches and graves. The whole place Is a vast cemetery In which our trenches and those of the enemy wind in every direction.” This statement ia made by the British official "cye-wltness" at the front in a description given out of the recent battles southeast of Ypres and of the country in which the armies are fighting. "In a sheltered spot," he continues, “there ig, a little graveyard where some of oiur own dead have been buried. Their graves have been care fully marked and a rough square of bricks has been placed around them. In front of the trenches German bodies still He thick. "At one point of the brick fields recently some thirty men tried to rush our lines. At their head was a young German officer who came on gallantly, waving his sword. He al most reached the barbed wire and then fell dead, and he lies there yet with his sword in his hand and ail his thirty men about him. “It is the same all along the front in this quarter. Everywhere still, gray figures can be seen lying, some times several rows together and sometimes singly or in twos or threes. “This description might serve with a few minor alterations for many of the localities along our front where the fighting has centered around, some wood, a village or line of trenches. It Is as if each had been swept by a withering' blast before which every object has crumbled into ruins or become twisted and deform ed, and even tbe very ground itself looks as If It had been shaken by a violent convulsion of nature. “Counter attacks have been car ried out with such resolution that in nearly all cases the original line has been regained. On the night of Feb ruary 15. as our troops were advanc ing to drive the enemy out of one of these trenches his guns suddenly opened a tremendous fire. “Our men were in the open at some distance from the Oermana at tbe time, end being thus taken at a disadvantage their chance of succeks looked small. Without a moment’s heeitstlon. however, the attacking line broke into a double quick and. pounding through the mud, burst into the German trench. “In one trench, which was more or leas Isolated, forty of our men con tinued to hold firm until every one of them had been either killed or wounded. Eventually there were only three left who were capable of firing, and theee three continued to hold the'eoemy at bay In the mean time word was brought to those tn the rear that their ammunition was nearly exhausted, and seven men, the ■trongeet available, were selected to briflg up ae much ammunition es they could carry. "Theee latter found the three wounded eurvlvora still standing amid the bodlea of their dead and disabled comrades and etlll firing eteadtly. The support, slender as It was, came In the nick of time, for at that moment the Germane launched another assault, which, like the pre vious ones, was beaten off and the position was saved.” Gov Manning Saturday appointed the State tax commission, in accord ance with the act of the last general assembly. A. W. Jones, who has served for six terms as comptroller general, resigned that offlee, and was appointed chairman of the commis sion. Other members of the com mission are W. G. Query of Spartan burg and J. P. Derham of Horry county. Immediately after the appointment of the commission. Gov. Manning an nounced that he had appointed Carl ton W. Sawyer of Orangeburg, for several years chief clerk, as comp troller general of South Carolina, to fill out the uuexpired term of Mr. Jones. STRIKE IN ENGLAND. Goxemmcnt Issues Ultimatum to La borers—Work Must be Resumed. The strike of the Clyde shipbuild ers and other workmen all over Eng land who have struck for higher pay, prevented for the first time in many years the sailing of any trans-Atlan- tlc mail or passenger steamer from the British isles. The gofemment has sent an ulti matum to the strikers that work must be resumed while their demands undergo arbitration.^ Public opinion overwhelmingly favors the drastic measures adopted. The Liverpool dockers have gone back to work; SAVES MUCH MONEY. OoCtoa Kteamer Saved $5,000 by Us ing the Newly Opened Ditch. Ths first shipload of cotton from the South amounting to 3,270 tons, west through the Panama canal Oc tober 23 last on the steamship Pen rith Castle. It was bound from Gal veston for Yokohama. Japan. The same steamship made the return trip through the canal in February with a cargo from Seattle for Liverpool, made np princially of wheat for Su re pe. It was estimated that on her cot ton cargo the vessel saved $5,060, by using the canal instead of going around South America to get to Japan. Even on the trip to Liverpool there will be a saving of 23 days at sea, or $1,188 by the canal route. HOLD MANY PRISONERS.' Teutonic Allies Claim Total Captured of 1,035,000. The Frankfurter Zeitung estimates the prisoners of war in Germany and Austria now number 1,035.000. This number, it says, is divided as fol lows: Russians, 692,000; French, 237.000; Servians, 50,000; Belgians, 37,000: British, 19,000. About 75 per cent, of the total are held by Ger many. For Foreign Emergencies. » ■Secretary Bryan asked congress for a deficiency appropriation ot $50,- 000 to meet "any emergencies that may arise abroad" in connection with the protection of American citizens and interests in the war swept coun tries. Jumped 500 Feet to Death. Mrs. W. F. Cockrell pf Delray, Va„ Jnmped into the elevator shaft of the Washington menu, ient at a landing near the top late Tuesday and felt to the bottom, more than 600 feet be low. Killed Boy In Drunken Rage. Frank Shilling, while in a drunken frenzy, at Lenanto, Ark., it Is claimed by officers, Saturday shot and killed Grover Starkey, 19, when the lad cautioned him against making a dis turbance. Teachers at Front. Out of 11,600 male high school teachers in Germany, 4,000'kre serv ing in the army. Nearly half the high school pupils over 17 hkve en tered ths military service. heavy losses after a two hours’ battle Despite the severity of cannon end machine gun Are we bed only three killed and three wounded.” French Cruiser Arrests Dade. A French cruiser arrested the American steamer Qacia Saturday in the channel and took her to Brest. This announcement come officially from Paris. ^ Killed by Engine. C. A. Dale, a white man about 35 years of age, was struck by a shift ing engine of the Southern Railway at a Snartanburg street crossing early Saturday night and killed instantly. Two Aviators Float tn Sea. Two German aviators, who for two days had clung to their machines tn ths North Sea. wore landed at Loweo- toft. England. Saturday hy the Brit ish trawler, which rescued them. TO HEAD OFF RUSSIA bman ghtb now. High Officials Haws Mil WN GIUKIT ALLIES TO HOLD CONSTANTINO* PLB FROM GRASP OF BEAR Action of Allied Fleet Res Politics] and Economic Importance Aside From Military Operatfoqf. Hi I ... Much Interest is aroused in the news of the powerful attack of the French and British fleets upon the forts of the Dardanelles. The recent reference of the Premier Goremykin In the Russian Duma of “the radiant future of the Russians on the Black Sea Is beginning to dawn near the walls of Constantinople" recalls the national desire for a warm water port. When Sir Edward Grey* was asked whether England knew of and ap proved the statement of the Russian foreign minister, M. Sazonoff, In the Duma, that "Russia Intended perma nently to occupy Constantinople." The foreign secretary responded that he was unaware that M. Sazo- nofj had made any such statement, but, he added, "the statement I have seen was that M. Sazonoff had said that the events on the Russo-Turkish frontier would bring Russia nearer realization of the politico-economic problem bound up with Russia’s ac cess to the sea. “With these aspirations," he con tinued, “England is in symnathy. WhatNform their realization will take will no doubt be settled in the terms of peace.” Sir Edward Grey’s statement does not concede Constantinople to Rus sia, and It is felt that Great Britain and France are hurrying operations so as to put the city under their guns before a Russian army can be landed to capture It. Should the Czar’s forces once get in control, it is hard ly likely that they would leave with out a fight, whereas If there were Joint control ft would be possible to make some arrangement in the peace negotiations by which the Dardan elles should be kept out of the clutches of the Russian and at the same time a guarantee of a free out let for Russian trade could be given One method of accomplishing this re sult would be to place tbe city and straits under a government controll ed by the alited powers to forbid for tifications. Diplomats also believe that British and French haste in this campaign lias been largely due to the fear that Italy, Roumania. Greece and Bulgaria would be alienated from the Triple Entente by Russia’s ambitions. The first three nations have wanted to op pose the Germanic alliance but balk at the prospect of setting up a Slav power that might choke Roumania and threaten the Latina tn the East ern Mediterranean. As to Bulgaria it la felt that she will join Germany and Austria If Russia^ haa a frae hand. Wkh one Anglo-French fleet gov erning tha Dardanelles thane nations could be reassured and the process of arraigning nil Europe against tha Germanic powers could go on. Aside from these considerations the control of the Dardanelles and tha Bosphorus would hava a grant strategic effect in the war. With this waterway open, Russia could send out food supplies to the allies and Italy and could get the arms and munitions naceesary to aqulp har ever-growing forces. Rou- manla also would profit tn this re spect. Turkey, deprived of her great est city and of communication with Adrinnople. could not get even such supplies ns she now has and might be forced to give in altogether and make the beat terms. THE DARDANELLES. Allied Fleet la Attacking Gateway to Turkish Capital. The Dardanelles, known as the gateway to Constantinople, is a nar row, tortuous strip of water dividing European Turkey from Asiatic Tur key and leading from the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmora. It is about thirty-three miles In length and aver ages about two miles in width. At the entrance to the straits are, on the European side. Forts Helles Burnu and Sedd-El-Bahr, which face Fort Kum Kate on the Asiatic side. The mouth of the Dardanelles is said to be mined heavily. Up to the waterway toward Constantinople many small forts dot the shores at intervals, and there are big fortifi cations at the entrance of the Sea of Marmost, and also about ten miles from the entrance to the strait, at the beginning of the narrows. Here are forts Namazieh. on the Euronean side, and Chanak Fortress opposite it. both modern fortifications armed with Krupp guns. -^ FRENCH OPPOSED TO PLANS. Press Declares Embargo on Food to ^ Germany Must Stand. <The French press is unanimous in declaring Great Britain can not ac cept the informal proposals said to have been made by the United States that the embargo on foodstuffs for Germany be raised, provided Ger many abandons her intention of de stroying merchant ships. The papers express appreciation of the spirit in which the proposals were made. The Matin declares such a steo would be carrying altruism altogether too far.* TREE FALLS ON MULES. A *' Tha American Identical note on marine warfare, sent to Great Brit ain and Germany, says a Berlin dis patch, to In the hande of Dr. von Bethmaan-Hollweg, Imperial German chancellor, and Gottlieb van Jagow, the German foreign minister. The German government to not reedy to make public the contents of the note but it to said it may be re garded as the basis for further nego tiations. Certain of the proposals, as for example the removal of the mine fields around England, probably will be unacceptable to Germany, but it is though Germany possibly may make concessions on other points. It can not be. said there is any great optimism in either German or neutral diplomatic quarters that Great 'Britain will accept any pro posals permitting the importation of foodstuffs into Germany. The Lokal Anzieger says it learns that the American note presents a basis for further negotiations. “Washington,” the newspaper adds, “now takes up the suggestions outlined in the final passage of Ger many’s answer and makes proposals which apparently are addressed equally to Germany and Great Brit ain." TO SEND NOTES. i Government Intends to Communicate With England and Germany. Drafts of notes to Great Britain and Germany—one relative to the use of the American flag by the Brit ish liner Lusitania and the other con cerning the attitude of the German navy toward neutral vessels in the newly prescribed sea zones of war— were given peri nal consideration by President Wilson Tuesday, after con ferences wltii Secretary Bryan and cabinet members. It is understood that no protest against any violation of international law is to be directed to either coun try. The admlfilstration view of the Lusltania’a hoisting of the American flag la that it Is a customary war ruse. But at the same time representations pointing out that neutrc.1 commerce might suffer through continued prac tice of the stratagem were deemed advisable. As for the German proclamation that it may be difficult to determine the character ef a vessel in the war zones because of misuse of .neutral flags, the United States Intends to ask for more information as to meth ods. by which the order will be car ried out. It will point out that It expects every effort.to be made to verify the nature of ships flying neutral ags. assuming that due respect for the safety of Americans will be given. LOOKS OlY FOR CHARLESTON. Tillman Has Senate Add $05,000 to . Harbor Appropriations. As the naval appropriation bill left the Houss of Representatives it car ried $20,000 to continue draining at the Charleston navy yard and $10.- 000 to continue paving and grading. Aa the bill waa reported to tbe Sen ate Monday evening from the Senate committee on naval affairs, of which Senator THItnan la chairman. It car ried additions aggregating $65,000, making the appropriation as recom mended by the Senate committee $95,000 In ail. The additions in committee Include the following itema toward tha con struction of building ways for con structing tungs. lighters, barges and small naval auxiliary craft. $50,000; to make dry and wet borings to de termines water front conditions for locating docks, piers and slips, $15,- 000. British Collier Damaged. Eighteen members of the crew of the Cardiff steamer Dranksome Chine, an English government collier, landed at New Haven Tuesday even ing. Their vessel either struck a mine or was torpedoed in the English channel. German Ship is Captured. The German steamer Gotha, load ed with provisions for the German auxiliary cruiser Kronprlnz Wilhelm, has been daptured by a British cruis er, according to reliable advices, and taken to the Falkland Islands. Emperors to Confer. It is reported that Emperor Wil liam of Germany and Emperor Fran- cis-Joseph of Austria-Hungary, with their staffs, soon will meet at some town near the frontier. The rulers have not met since the war began. lOSSIA’S LING JOEST SHU II RISE Of SUCCESS WANTS CONSfANTINOPlE For Two Hundred Years Great Bear Has Reached His Huge Claws To- wards Turkish Capital—Her Only Opponent, Who Caused Her Fall, ore, is Now Her Ally. It seems, from the recent declara tion of the British foreign secretory, that Russian ambitions for an open southern pojrt Is soon to be gratified and that England has abandoned a policy zealously maintained for cen turies by force of arms. This policy was to keep Russia from having unobstructed access to tbe Mediterranean, and originated with the idea that such access might at any time be employed to isolate the United Kingdom from the Indian empire, which would then fall a prey to Russia operating from Siberia. On the other hand, Russia, with a vast area of as yet undeveloped re sources, has as constantly sought a southern port that should be free from ice the year around. Imagine the United States in its present lati tude, but with twice its lateral area, and with no port south of Portland, Ore., and you have a fair idea of the commercio-geographical position of Russia. For two centuries Russia har* 1 , sought to reach the Eastern Mediter ranean through Turkey, and is now fighting her tenth war in the effort. After each defeat she has turned her attention elsewhere. The Russo-Jap anese war developed from an attempt of Russia to secure the coveted port on the coast of Asia. The delicate condition of Angle- Russlan diplomacy during the latter half of the last century was due to Russia’s desire to obta'n a foothold on the Persian Gulf. This condition was finally dissipated, however, by the Anglo-Russian treaty of 1906. which naved the way to the present Triple Eentente. Balked In the Far Fast, and then in the Middle East. Russia's attention reverted 'to tbe Near East and Turkefr. Here is a brief record- of Russian attempts for the last 200 years to rearh the sea via Turkey, and of Eng land’s onno«1tlqn: In 1709 Russia attemnted to reaek Turkey via the Black Sea. and was defeated. In 1739 Russia, sided bv Austria, tried to reach Tnrkev thronrh tbs Balkans: but at the rlo«e of the war the Turka had invaded Russian tarn tors. The war of 1761-1774 was la ra- taltoiion for that of 1739 Russia Invaded Northeastern Turkey sad sweet the Turkish thins from tha PIsek Rea. Ail that sared Ponstan- tinonie then was the plarne which brok# ont in the Russian army In 1789 Russia attseked Turkey alone the Danube, and her tmons had reached the southern eonOnes of Rpl- rarla. as R wss prior to the late {)a|. ksn war. when Turkey sued for paece. The war of 1 806-1807 w«s hroueht about hr the Intrirnea of Nanoieou’a arents at the Court of the RnDau. who desired to divert Rnss'a’s atten tion from the march of the French oa Moscow. Fnrland came to the sup- nort of Russia this time. Admiral Duckworth sailed thronrh the r*nr- dsneMes and threatened to ho»nhard Con«tsntinooie unless Tnrkev loined Fnrlard end Rnssia eeirinst Vsnol- eon. The Turk wss still makinr eva- ’ sire answers when peace waa con cluded. Tn 1810 a Russian army advanced as far as nsrarilk, hut conld nnt pro ceed on account of disease and the lack of nroy'slnns. » ri»”iiar invasion w»y« reneatM in 1ROS-1 »*><>, with great nmnaeatlona on Rnaela'a part and w1th“fT>e nro- c's’mod ohlectlvo of Constantlnonto. This was the famous var *n which fjceeco rained her independence and hv which Ruesla f r eed n«rt of what Is now Roumanin. from Turkish rule, hu* it was eut’short bv the n1' , " , ue. Then ^c«me the Crimeon War of in which Russia’s avowed ohiecpve was nesirv Constantinonie, pod which- drew Fnclaud tr-once, and even the Flnedom of Sarfi'nia to the dofenoo of the Turks Tn this n-on the allies carried hostilities into Russian territory north of the Rflack Rea. and. In the end. even Austria rose and forced Russia to evncuat.e the navt ef Roumania she hod freed from Turkey thirty years before. Boy Dragged to Death. In the war Of 1877-78 Russia, Anderson Starr, an 11-year-old thinviua- t 0 allav anv apprehensions boy of Rock Hill, was killed Satur- In Western Fnrone. declared he-self day by being. dragged by a mule., tn tin the chamnion of Christendom; He was thrown an4 his foot caughtybnt her ohloctive was, as ever, the in a part of £he gears with fatal re-| ,,nTT ' p —Cnnstahtlnohie. As a resnlt suits. Steamer Oak by Torpedoed. The British steamer Oakby was of the Crimean war Russ'a had been prohibited hv' the allies from main taining a fleet on the R^ck Ren. and so now she entered Tnrkev through cued by a fishing smack and landed z; Ramsgate. torpedoed by a German submarine off ^omnonia and was actually saved Rye Wednesday. Her crew was res- [ rOTn d s . a< L, T ‘ t * 10 Roumanian troons at PVvna. The new Servian state n1«o aided Russia, and her victory seemed aa-. ... „ „ , . snred. when seain Fnelnod thter- Big uun Explores. vpT , (>r1 hv S p nd1np a thr o„ r h the One of the largest and newest of DardnneUes to the defencm of Con- the heavy German guns, which was stantlnopie. Disease. l«ck of nrovl- helng used in a bombardment near siors, and the threatening Rriti^ Thann, Alsace, exploded Thursday, apet, brought the camnnlvn to a dose. One officer and five gunners were kill-., gnd again, and perhaps for the last off- timV^ saved the nuciept capital of TurkeV from the Russians.. Entente to United Resources. Animal Killed When Tree Being Fell ed Falls In Wrong Direction. Two fine mules belonging to B. C. Matthews of Newberry were lost Fri day by a tree falling and the other was so badly hurt that It bad to be killed. Mr. Matthews was having a large shade tree token up to be plant ed at another place, and the team was •taadlag there Waiting to carry It, when It fell la tbe wrong direction. The plan for a union of the finan cial and military resources of the Fntente powers, arranged early In February In Paris, was approved Tuesday by the English House of Commons. r German AdmiraU Removed. Admiral von Ingenohl. commander of the German high sea fleet, bee been removed from bid goat aad seat from Kiel to BerUa. : Rteamer Rorrumana Torpedoed. The 'stesrper Rovnersun wes'sunk off Fast Ronvoe. Fnrisnd. Wsdpoe- dsv. Tt is believed that she was tor pedoed. The crew of 31- men was saved. Mns« Not Discus* War. ' Secretary Garrison warned United Rfa’es army oarers Tne-dav not te diacnse in pnblle the mflttarv situa tion either In America or'abroad