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U: * -Sr' 10 TOWN LOOTED ”_J!tNS BUSINESS BLOCKS A v. TAKES 600DS AWAY •Wfer . — . CRAZED WITH BOOZE ' f ■ — / Loots Saloons First aad Whls- key Flows Jjlke Water—Drunk- -ai siq moj) ioqs ano pajg pai ojoys ▼olver. ,- s t . % A rioter, who had not been iden tified, fell dead In the street and the others fled, They withdrew to the otfier. side'of Wilson avrnue and after a conference tossed a brick through one 9/ the filatib, glass Win dows. No ehot caiiie'Tf'&& above and encouraged, they stormed the place. ^ r ' • At a dozen or more places in Wilson avenue barrels of whiskey with the heads gone, stood in the roadway, and surrounding them were many men and w’omen, gulp ing down the raw liquor or passing it to friends in the crowd who could not get close enough to help themselves. Crazed Mad Men Eire Stores and Loot Stocks—Troops Sent by Gov* wr and Order is Restored. Preparations are being made for reopening thw plants of tho Youngs town Sheet and Tube Company, at East Youngstown and Struthers, Ohio, the two days of tranquility after the rioting Friday night, which cost two lives and a million dollar property damage, having led offi cials to believe thit the^ situation was well under control. State troops continued on duty Sunday In the strike district It was estimated that twenty-five jjfthousand sightseers from nearby points in Ohio and Pennsylvania thronged the run lined streets of East Youngs town. Special trains brought many persons. * J; The round-up of persons alleged to have participated in the lobting of stores Friday uight continues. Near ly two hundred and fifty foreigners were arrested while wagon loads of articles of every description found in their hbajes wetys * 1 carried to the YoungstowtK police station. These articles, the yiolice allege, were stolen from storbs attack^ by the ipob. ill available room ItKthe county in Youngstown has buen filled vprisoners and plans anEKbeing Ide to place others in a large 'the Court House under guard. A crowd of men and women gath ered at the east Youngstown end of the bridge at tho company's plant Friday morning and jeered the work men as they crossed. Suddenly a shot was fired and guards, taking this as a signal, fired over the heads of the crowd.^ The nob replied, and another vollejf came. A number of persons, including two women, fell to the street' and the mob broke and ran up the hillside. A block away they re-formed and almost immediately set Are to the building occupied by the tube com pany's employment burbau. A little later they fired a small warehouse, and then tprned their attention to private property. A saloon stood on the corner and a rush was made for the door. In a minute a shouting crowd filled the little room and helped themselres to what they saw. When the looting was complete the match was applied. A clothing store nearby was next entered and the slock passed out to the constantly growing crowd in the street by those Inside. Clerks fled for their lives and when the looting was finished, the place was fired. A number of clothlog stocks fell a prey to the rioters, and almost imme diately men began exchanging their old clothes for the loht they had seiz ed. This change of apparel was made in the street, lighted almost to noonday brightness by the flames from half a hundred buildings. By this time so much property had been destroyed and the mob had be come so enflamed that the better cit izens had fled. Many families came to Youngstown and others took the street cars to communities farther away, as the conviction was growing that If the disorder spread to Youngstown nothing could save the city. A dozen or more citizens, led by Oscar Diser, city solicitor of East Youngstown, gathered at the police station and pleaded with the police and other city Officials to attack' the rioters. It was almost midnight be fore a force of forty armed men had been gathered In Wilson avenue. Then with Diser to lead them they moved do'wn th® street. Only a block away the rioters were looting the last building on the block, and the citizens fired over their heads. The rioters ran, but finding no one had been killed, they turned and sent shot after shot to ward the posse. No, one was hurt, and the posse fired again. A dozen or more rioters went down' and the mob ran down the street. Scores of men, their pockets bulging with loot, mbled over each other in a mad to get away The^josse followed closely and wherever possible chased the rioters into side streets men being detach ed from among-the cHlxens to roundl anj '&n pTfF'TOW the : ftetTr-’i : torce By this time the nioh was In a frenzy. Liquor was passed around as freely as water, and those who had no cups dip|ted It up in the hollows of their liands, for within half an hour other saloons had been looted and the fire was spreading rapidly. • The main street parallels the rail road tracks at the foot of the hill and streets led out of I*, up the hill to the residence district. For fully an hour or more the mob was con tent with the small shops and sa loons on the s’de sUeets but then It turned Its attention to more preten tious stores. The mob had lost all semblance of leadership and splitting up into hands the looters went madly about the work of destruction. Saloon after / saloon was broken into, looted and fired, flames spreading to the other '■ business blocks on the street. Fanned a strong wind the fire tore its Hvay up the hill and many residences. ^Vome occupied by the rioters, were burned. Mayor Cunningham and his ten policemen realized the sit ,ation was beyond them and gathered at the police station. Sheriff Urostead had been blinded temporarily by nt-fed pepper thrown in his eyes by a riot er. Later the mayor and sheriff con ferred qnd a call was sent for state troops. % Meantime' the rioting had been in progress for several hours, and It was seen that the business section could not be saved. Fvfhy minute the crowd seeiped to grow until there were hundreds of* drink-crazed men and women roaming the streets. The fire department had been called out . at the first alarm but the hose was quickly cut ter pieces and helpless they called on ^.he, Youngstown fire s department. Chief Joseftlh.Wallace had men and equipment ready to send from the cityi but found it was useless to risk -lives nnd property as long as the, mob had the town. Scenes of the wildest “disorder were everywhere enacted, and the fires mounted high er and higher until toward ten, o’clock YVilsdn avenue, the entire length of the village was in flames, No attempt was being made to ex- tlngtiisfi the flames or save the thou sands of dollars In property being carried a\vpy or destroyed. Early Tn the evening the mob had attacked the post office. It was a “small building and the dozen or more men wbo entered it made short work of it. The strong box was robbed and the torch put te the building. One of the handsomest, buildings In the village was the banking house of *G V. Hamory. The mob pald no^ attention to It until after ten-o'clock. I/Then |t was recalled that a saloon V had stood in that section and there was a rush to the place. The saloon waa looted and fired and the flames ~ soon spread to the bank, deotroytpg n. A. dry goods store near Seventh street and Wilson avenue shared a building with a saloon. The party which selected H for their prey made the mistake of attacking the dry ^ the doori a man appeared at a wta- them up. In haTf an hour Wilson avenue had been atlHf>8t cleared of the mob, but small bands were scat tered about the hillside; as fast as possible these men were driven by main force to the police statioh'qnd automobiles took them to Youngs^ town. Clearing the streets gave the Youngstown fire department an op portunity to get into East Youngs town. There was still some work for them to do anu water waa thrown on the ruins the rest of the night, but the wreck was most complete. By daybreak the walls of many of the brick buildings burned began to fall and the principal slfheta were roped off and sightseers excluded. < What became of the mob when'll fled before the bullets of the posse has not yet been determined, al though it is known that hundreds of men streamed along country roads leading out of East Youngstown, while many others made their way into Youngstown. At four o'clock It was reported that the mob was re-forming on the hills back of the village determined to attack again and the posse, which had been helping the fire department, was reassembled, and guards were set until the soldiers could arrive. The troops came at day break.. ALLIES QUIT GALLIPOLI WITHOUT LOSS OF A MAN liomlon Announces Total Evacuation of Ijanri Held at Tip End of Peninsula. The remaining positions on Galli poli peninsula held by the Allies have been abandoned with th£ wounding of only one man among the British and French, according to a British official statement Issues Sunday night. This news has been expected for several days, for the retirement of the troops from Anzac and Suvlp Bay three weeks ago left no strategic ad vantage,, to the retention of the top of the peninsula. Nevertheless, the news will be received with ,a pang of regret by the peopfe of the British Isles, as wheH as the colonies. Renewed activity cf various kinds noted by the Turkish official com munications in the past few days has presumably been in tho nature of preparations for the gnal act of thp Dardahelles-tragedy. Sunday night’s Turkish official statement covering the period from Thursday to* Satur day, records increasing effectiveness of the reinforced Turkish batteries, which have been drawing in and con centrating oh thd Allies’ remaining position. X - EXPORTS FROM BERLIN Big Falling Off" Shown by the Fig ures for Year .1015. , Exports from the consular district of Berlin to the United States in the foulth qmarter of 1915 amounted to $628,587,'compared with $3,600,235 in the corresponding periocTbf 1914. Exports to the Philippines were $443 compared with $19,882. Total ex ports to the United States in 1915 were $4,377,943, as against $16,- 250,291 In 1914; to the^ Philippines $29,266 compared with $203,556. German sent gSTlds to the value-of $648 to Hawaii in 1915, and $1,333 in-1914. Impbrts amounted to $3,- 433 last yegr, as against $72,241 in 1914. . : Galician Battle Continues. The. battle cen.Uhues_between the Russians and Austro-Germans in Ga licia and BuVowina. The Rqsslans claim further gains and the Tutiri&ns claim to h* holding the’r ground. Anthony Am< I’^ment Reported. The Snsnn B. Anthony amendment ter woman soffrage .has i favorably reported to the U. 8. MM LAST WEEK c^Z- : . RUSSIANS HIT THE RI6HT PLACE l AT TBE RlfiBT LINE PRESSURE ON TUTONS % Now York Times Reviewer Says Cen tral Empire Must Meet Offensive —Balkan Affair and Egyptian At tack are Thereby Halted by the Russian Offensive. The week just past has been mark ed by the progressive development of a new Russian offensive extending along the, Styr and Strypa Rivers from the Pripet marshes to 'Bessa rabia. The crux of the attack seems to be at present about Cznerowitz, the capital of Bukowina crownland. That the Russians would begin an offensive movement as the winter de veloped was fullji anticipated, that this movement has been launch ed against the Teuton right is en tirely logical from political as well as military considerations. In the earlier days of the war, when Russia was extremely active in that vicinity, Bukowina itself was apparently an object of but little at tention. No serious attempt to in vade It was ever made, although fighting along the Pruth River was, just about a year ago, almost con tinuous. Due, however, to the pres ent political situation, this section has taken on very great ini|K>rtance. Cznerowitz Is but a few miles from the Rumanian border, with Rumania Is still wavering between neutrality and a declaration of allegiance to one or the other of the belligerent camps. In the present military situation Rumania holds the kefc’ to the entire strategical position, whether the Allies wish to strike through Bul garia or against the Teutons. More over, Rumania is in point of popula tion the largest of the Balkan States When the Grand Duke was in com mand not only the army, but the government as well, was in the con trol of a group oT bureaucrats from the Gergpanic Baltic provinces. His corpmand was therefore theoretical, the practical command residing in the bureaucracy. Now, however, the command rents practically in the Allien war Ixtard, composed of " the military leaders of the various pow ers, which meets periodically and lays down the plan of campaign. - There is,- therefore, a unity of ef forts which was completely lacking when, the Russians began their re treat from the Dunajec. In addition -to this is the qfiestion of shell supply which for a long time was the cru cial question of the Russian field army. greater than that of any twq of the other Balkan States combined, Were Rumania to enter the war on-the side of the Entente, all that the Kaiser has gained as a result of forcing open the Orient railroad would $e immediately placed in jeo- Fardy. - The political effect of Russia's nckr' move is therefore apparent. Any Russian victory In this section will produce a great moial effect in Buch arest. and shoqld the vlclcry assume considerable proportions would weigh heavily in causing t.he alignment of Rumania on the side of the Entente. In addition to the political phase of this new movement there dre mltt- tary results to be achieved which are of considerable importancer Reports have been current from Mnc begin ning of Teuton success in Serbia of an Invasion of Egypt through an at tack on Suez. During the last ten days It was ary ed. centrations had been effected, pre paratory to the transportation of forces to the point of attack. These reviews have not placed veiy great credence In any serious move In this direction by any force of which the Teutons were a large part. There are, however, a large num ber of . Asiatic Turks who would be available for this o|»eraUon, lacking only the necessary artillery and am munition. This. It is within the hounds of possibility, Germany could have supplied. Again there Is the movement against the allied position in Salon- iki, preparations for which are said to be now complete. As will be shown lafer. there are several rea sons why. it may with reason be doubted whether an invasion of Greek territory for this purpose has ever 4>een the intention of. the Ger man general staff. Such an invasion could not be made by the Teutonic alligs, whether Bulgars or Turks, but would have to be by Teuton forces alone. 1 The Russian offensive between the Pripet marshes and Bessarabia has,' howeydr completely upset any plans the Germans may have formulated for these two enterprises. Thq Rus sians have begun a very serious movement, with . a large number of troops and guns—a movement far different and far more intensive than the s|x>radlc effort of the French and Brifisli in the west. In spite of German efforts to keep the centre of activity away from the Rumanian frontier and in the Riga sector, the Russians, having proved to themselves that their forces on the Drina were able to hold the Germans back without weakening any oilier section of the front, have launched an attack on an enormous scale at the very point the Germans did not want tf) See it come. For political, if for no other reasons, .Germany can not let this movement succ^edT but must use every available resource hi men and guns to defeat it. There will he no strength, no sup plies for either Mesopotamia or Saloniki. These are at lehst second ary fields and entirely subsidiary- No operations in either, no matter the degree of success attained, can bring final success to German arms as long as the armies jif i France, England, and Russia have their present capa bilities. When, therefore, an attack in force comes nrtt ln a subsidiary territory but at a crucial point one of the two really vital theatres, Ger many must act to repel It, and a£t with all her force. To consider the direct operations themselves, the sector of most severe fighting is in the vicinity of Czner- witz. The Russian line at the be ginning of this latest development extended along the eqst' bank of the Strypa River, down to the Dniester and along the north- bank of the Dniester to a point 7 just east of Zal- eszczykl. Then it curved toward' tjtie south and east Into Bessarabia. - The .Austrian troops occupied a line ip Pruth River, which branches Perth after leaving Cnerowit* through Zalesxeaykl to Taraopol. Along this northern branch the Aus trians had const meted strong field works, thrown well oat in front ns n Thin was done largely; he- cause from s military point of view, the chief value of Cznerowitz lay In the possession of a good lateral line of communications In the rear of the Austrian line. This branefi of the railroad has, .therefore, been the scene, of the greatest struggle. sooth, however, the have so far been meagre in detail, due to the feet that no far the attach has not yet developed IU strength. This section will close watching. repay* Reports have , not been suffi ciently clear as to locations to Judge just what measure of sup- cess, If any, the Russians have met with, but it seems that this rail road has been crossed and defi nitely cut. Should this prove to be the case, the Austrians seem dogpied to » considerable retreat. Except for a few miserable high ways, there is no line of communi- eatlons until the one from Kolomea through Stanlslau to Lemberg is reached. There are, of course, sev eral rivers which afford excellent de fensive positions, but no railroad until the Kojpmea-Lemberg line is peached. - ' . ; ^ ‘ What the chances of Russian suc cess are can not be foretold. It is certain, however, that the Russians to-day are an entirely different fight ing force than they were when the Grand Duke Nicholas was in com mand. In the first place their sup plies are much more nearly adequate than in the fail) their organization Is better, there is;much better co-ordi nation between Its parts and a real unity of purpose among the various commanders. Going back to the situation arouPiT ' ifli ‘ ‘ - CALLS OUT Now that the Japanese-Uhinese dis putes are at rest, it Is known that Japan's factories are working night and day,, turning out ammunition. It is known also (hat the trahs-Sibe- rian railway has been to a large ex tent double-tracked so that an unln- lu terrupted flow of ammunition has been pouring into the Russian bases of supply for months and will con tinue to pour. Condition*, therefore, are entirely different than they were early In AugUHt when Warsaw fell. From these considerations it would seem then, that, wtt|i the superior numbers that Russia can be counted on to con centrate at any point of her own selection, chances should favor her army In spite of Its previous disas ters. There may. howrever. be another object hark of the Russian attacks in Bukowina than an advance toward Kolomea—and that is to Jlght their way southward Into Bukowina and Transylvania generally oarallel to the Rumanian border and clear these two provinces completely. Nor Is this with Russian numbers an Im possibility. Such movement would have two results. Rumania, as has been stated, holds the most advan tageous position strategically of any of the Balkan States. At the same time there is present an element of weakness. She Is in closed on the north and south be tween Austria and Bulgaria, with a neck of only 150 miles across be tween these two countries. In the centre of this neck lies Bucharrest. Even if Rumania desired to enter the war on the side of the Entente, and if she wished to realize her national ambitions for Bukowina and Transyl. vania, she would not dare to take the step with a large hostile force mobil ized on either frontier. Saloniki details of which were out- dined in last week's'review, it Is i*- ported that.preparation for an attack on Ufe-Allle'S' position Is now under way. - The'fact that this move has not been made before brings with it interesting speculation as to whether, after all, it will mat°rialize. Once Serbia was cleared by the Teuton allies beyond Nish, t^he only object in pressing an offense further was to destroy not only the (Serbian army but the Anglo-French expedi tionary forces. Through the simple process of outflanking them by su perior numbers, the Bulgars cleared Macedonia, not by capturing all the .allied troops, or even large numbers of them but by dfivlng tnem across the Greek border. ; Thus tho terri tory was taken afcd occupied. But, as has been repeatedly stated in these reviews the capture of ter ritory does not of itself decide any thing. Only when the opposing force has been destroyed as a fighting en tity is victory complete. The task of the Teuton allies was, therefore, less than half finished by the com plete occupation of Macedonia. The Anglo-French army was not only in tact, but was retreating toward a very strong defensive position, be hind which was not an overland line of communications, but a large waterway. Several considerations caused the Teuton allies to hesitate to cross the Greek border. In the first place, not the Teutons but the Bulgarians were In Macedonia, the Teutons being en gaged in Albania and Montenegro. The'Greek population has very strong leanings toward the Entente, as shown by the strength of the Veni- zeios faction, and only the most high handed methods of King Constantine have prevented Greece from joining them. The Bulgarians are a traditional enemy, and had they made an Inva sion of Greece they would have caus ed a revolution of the Greek army against the government, or would have had to fight not only an allied army of over a hundred thousand men, but. a. Greek _ army.,of . three times that number in addition. Vor the Teutons deliberately to provoke sucli a force Into active hos tility would be madness. It would Invite the loss of everything that suc cess in Serbia had won. ^The attack on the allied position at Saloniki must be made, if at all, by Teutons. This brings In the pressing question of Teuton numbers Modern defense is tremendously powerful, and Saloniki Is surrounded by positions of great natural strength. The Allies must have by this time nearly 200,000 men guard ing the port, with an excellent sup ply line—the sea—in thoir rear, even though there Is no line of retreat To force such a line will if the pro- |s>rtloii of troop# on the French front he taken as a guide, require cloee to 500,000 men—and where cka Ger many and Austria find troops la this number for such an operation? They simply do not exist. The French front can not be thinned out —it has almost reached the breaking point now. In the Riga sector and from the Pripet marshes to the Pruth the Russians are pushing mat ters to an extent that permits of no diversion of troops for other fields. The Italians are occupying the en tire attention of almost a million Austrians. To find the requisite troops to use against Saloniki with fair hope of success is more than can be cx|»ected even of the Teuton or ganization. It mar. therefore, be considered as extremely doubtful whether a move against Saloniki will be made. ♦ ^ - COMPULSORY SERVICE BEFORE BOUSE OF COMMONS IREUND IS EXEMPTEO ( •> - r- < L I '' Asquith Introduces Bill Providing That All Males Between Agee of 18 and 41, Bachelor or Widowers Without Children, Must Join Mili tary Ranks—Crowd in Gallery. Under the terms of the comf It could easily mean a repetition of the tragedy of-Serbia—a drive south by Austria and a drive nortli bxJBul- garla, both against Bucharest, would be almost sure to follow. If, how ever, Russia can by extending her line southward through Bukowina neutralize the Teutonic forces In Eastern Galicia, Rumania vould be free to declare war and be.<in imme- -j diately an invasion of Bulgaria. Such o iii«Ae would at once jeopardize all Germany lias won through the con quest of Serbia and threaten, by mov ing against Sofia, to cut off again the Turk from the Central Empires. Another advantage to be gained by the extension of th^ Russian* line would,be a similar dxtehsion which the Teutons would be forced t?l make or be outflanked. It is almost uni versally conceded that the Teutons can not with safety extern! their lines lieyond those at present occupied. Rather it is a question now of how to shorten them. An analysis of Teuion losses which have been published only In part, makes it a simple matter of arithmetic to show that they have al ready reached or very shortly will reach the point where every loss is a permanent loss; that is, a loss that can not be Veplaced for lack of men. There are certainly no men available without weakening another part by withdrawals. The Russian attack, however, has not yet developed to file point where Its primary object is apparent. • “* . In addition to the fighting in the Czernowitz region, considerable ac tivity has been manifested along'the Styr River, between the marshes and in Volhynla. The Russian (retreat carried them at some points beyond the marshes into the open country beyond. At the entrances tfr the marshes the army was, of course, divided by the marshes themselves. They are now commencing to emerge from the marshes and are fighting their way westward along the Sarny- Kovel railroad toward the latter point. The Styr River Iq this section is considerei a peculiarly strong defen sive screen—a screen necessary to the maintenance of the German Hnes r lti their presew* position, and one which every effort will be made to hold. The marsh belt which borders the banks from Kolkl north adds to tile protection afforded by the river lUMlf It hen been grossed by the Rus sians north of Csertorysk over e frost pbowt fire miles In length. As , emwpal* ■ory military service bill, intro duced in the British house of commons Wednesday, all males be tween the ages of eighteen aad forty-one who are bachelors or bachelors or widowers without children dependent upon them, are liable for military service. Ireland is excluded from the terms of the measure. WANTS MORE ASSURANCE Friends Urge Wilson to Secure Pledge From Germanic* Allies. Encouraged by the conciliatory at titude shown by Germany and Aus tria in recent diplomatic exchanges with the United 8ta*es, officials are considering requesting a definite and coirifcfrehensive .statement pledging not only Germany but all of her allies to respect In the conduct of their sea warfare the guarantees as to the safety of American life for which this government has con tended. President Wilson Is being urged by some of his clqse advisers to ask the Germanic allies for definite as surances that no unarmed ships with Americans aboard shall be destroyed by any of them until the passengers have reached a place of .safety. The president is said to look with favor upon such a proposal, but has reach ed no decision. In any case he prob ably will take no steps until details of pending negotiations have been cleared up. • BRITAIN SEIZES SHIPS Mr. Asquith opened his address with an analysis of the figures In the Derby report. He emphasized the fact that during the Derby campaign nearly three million men had offered their services. Even deducting thosa rejected on the grotmd of phyaical disability, the total was still in ex cess of twenty-five hundred thousand.* “These are wonderful, encouraging figures,’’ the premier continued. “They ought to convince both our allies and our enemies that the peo ple of this country have their hearts , in the war.” ; Mr. Asquith said he was unable, after making the largest possible hypothetical deduction to consider the number of i.nrecrulted single men as anything but « substantial and even considerable amount. He added that SI* John Simon, whose resignation as home secretary was announced, though^ the figures might be reduced \p an Inestimable' quantity. If be had shared this view. Mr. Asquith said, the present con tingency would not have ariaen. bat b« could sot think ttwt. The primary obligation was to keep faith at all costs with the married men. Mr. Asquith said exemptions from service could be claimed under the terms of the bill on the same grounds as In the case o.* men attest ed under the Derby pian. The grounds of exemption Include conscientious objection to performing military ser vice. Other grounds for exemption from service, the premier said, included health, physical Infirmity, the neces sity to support dependent persons and tha fact of being engnged on work of national Importanca. The bill providing for compulsory military service was introduced In the house of commons Wednesday by Premier Asquith. The largest aasam- blage of members sines tha war ba- gan faced the premier. Many mam- bers had obtained leave to return to the fight so that they might ha able to vote on the compulsion bills. The Earl of Derby, who condnctad the recruiting campaign, waa In thn peers gallery. Mr. Asquith said no esse had been made out for general compulsion and that the bill ha was Introducing could be supported by those opposed to conscription. The bill, Mr. Asquith continued, was limited specifically to redemption of the promise he had made publicly to married men. This pledge had been given at a time when over whelming evidence had been submit ted to him that married men who were willing and anxious to aerva were holding back in large numbers. They needed to be reassured that having regard for their circumstances and the business they ware carrying on, they could count upon their term, of service being postponed until the younger and single men had been called up. If assurances had not been given at that time there would have been danger that the whole re cruiting campaign would break down. 2 "Where, then, should we be now?” he asked. ' The premier added that if he were to be confronted with the same situa tion at the present time he would take precisely the same course. He said he had received no protest against his pledge. Although he had been a strong supporter of the system of voluntary service, Mr. Asquith declared he was convinced of the necessity of the compulsion bill which he believed would mefet with general approval when its provisions were understood. FEUD CARRIED A YEAR Estill Man is Shot to Death by His Brother-In-Law. Takes Control in Order to Insure ' Supply nf Grain and Food. The British government is taking stringent measures to see that the prevailing shortage in ships shall not Interfere with the shipment of food and other necessaries to ports in the United Kingdom. Vessels .are .being requisitioned right aqd left for the shipment of wheat frhm the Ameri cas, and in shipping circles it is re ported that the admiralty' intends to call In the British ships now trading between foreign ports. T'he latter measure is expected par ticularly to af'ect British ships trad ing between South America and the United States. Shippers in Ixmdon predict that such action would -have a disastrous effect on this trade. As the result of an old feud, Hor ace Long was shot and killed at Lena Friday afternoon about two o’clock by his brother-in-law. Calvin Shuman, About a yefar ago Long Shuman and' Shuman met in Hampton and Shuman was badly beaten by Long. Since that time bad feeling has ex isted. Friday Long was sitting on the stejss of his brother’s store where he is employed when Shuman, it is al leged, rode up in his buggy, hitched his horse, walked over to where Long was sitting and opened fire, shooting him four times. Death was instantaneous, one bullet going through the heart. Shuman walked back to his buggy and drove to Hampton and surrendered. Both are married and about thirty yaan of age. *«’• Caa Withstand Tomedoea. Naval experts believe that all fu ture American, battleships will be able to survive the explosion of a ■ingle torpedo againM their halls re gardless of where they are struck. Coleman Is CoInmbU P. M. Representative Lever Wednesday recommended the appointment of former Sheriff Wm. H. Coleman of Richland county, to be postmaster at Columbia- The nomination will go to the Seaate ia a few day*. It an would have power with « he most first of "all ha' rer himself, -,4m the 1*4 Ml ,n The TO .wTo* te he