The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, September 21, 1916, Image 7
FOREIGN MINISTER RERUN
TALKS OF tRE WAR
NOT IN SUCH BAD SHAPE
Speaker Says Dual Empire Cannot
lie Ikaten and Predicts Tha| En
tente Powers Will Realize Finally
Their Attacks are Useless—Wants
Peace Rut Not on Allies' Terms.
In a thoroughly frank manner the
Aiiotro-IIungarian minister of foreign
affairs, Baron Stephen Burian von
Rajecz, discussed in an interview
with the correspondent of The Asso
ciated Press the position of the dual
monarchy in the world war, which,
hF said, had been erroneously oha -
acterized by enemiea and certain
aeutrals as unsatisfactory.
‘ Austria'-Hunjary is tar from ly
ing down, 'as hoped by some,” said
the. minister in a tone carrying con-
(iction. fit is true we would hail
p>ace with joy, but not the sort of
peac&sQur enemies would impose. . So
long as s we have to defend ourselves
against these who want to take part
of our teiYltohv' ve naturally are un
willing to diseusk^peactf. So long we
are also determlneiKto hold out and
win. The thought thaKwe are eager
for peace on any term^xoriglnates
probably- in minds hoping that such
will become the case.”
The minister then reviewed The
situation prior to Koumania's decla
ration of war, and said:
"We offered Roumauia no territo
rial concessions at any time after
having discovered in the case of Italy
that the world was likely po mistake
our reasonable^ attitude for weak
ness. Nor were we ever taken by
surprise by Roumania. What did
mm
irwn'iw TTTffrww
IN THE BALKAN COUNTRY 1
Prominent New York Attorney Vic
tim of Daring Bandits.
.Dwight P. Dilworth, a prominent Fr e" ch and British Commence For-
ward Movements and Expects
Expert Results.
Reports from > the Macedonian
attorney in New York city, was shot*
and killed in Van Courtlandt park ]
while standing beside his stalled j
automobile. The crime is one of the]
most baffling that has confronted front Tuesday point more strongly
the police in several years, as there ever to the probability that the
derers/ Utely ^ ^ t0 ^ Present thrust of the Entente forces
Miss Maty V. McNiff,. who was may be the long expected general of-
with Dilworth at the time of the fensive movement from this base,
shooting, knows only that one of the) Of the armies of live nations as-
masked men was shorter than the sembldij on this front, reported from
other. They fired five shots into Dil-. several sources to number six hun-
worth’s bodv after he refused to hold dred thousand men, the British r.nd
up his hands antf had attacked the French are known to be exerting
pair of bandits bare-handed. i heavy pressure, the British along the
The killing of Dilworth is regard- Struma front, northeast of Salonikl,
ed in some circles as the culmim- and the French northward along the
tion of a feud in the Dilworth Jam-|Vardar oji the Serbian border,
ilv. His father was murdered by French troops also are co-operat-
burglars in a store in Oklahoma City,* ing with the British in the more east-
Okla., two years ago. Four .uncles' erly operation, where, like their
and a nephew have been murdered : allies, they have crossed the Struma,
at various. times, indicating that capturing the village Yetiimah on
clews to the murderers may lead in- the eacternly bank ten miles of
to several states. Demir-Hissar. The British have
According to the story related by seized additional trenches across the
Miss McNiff. Dilworth was alone in ! river to the southeast and according
New York citv, his wife having-gone 1 to a ne'ws dispatch from Athens the
BLEASE SAYS ELECTION WAS
STOLEN FROM HIM AGAIN
to Kansas City, Mo., to visit rela
tives. On the evening of ihe mur
der Dilworth called Miss McNiff by
telephone and incited her and M r -
and Mrs. Cqtytti, with whom she
boarded, to go for A drive.’ The Cor
wins were indisposed and Miss Mc
Niff consented 'to go alone. She as
serts that she was iu the front seat
with Dilworth and they had driven
about an hour when they determin
ed to turn the car.
Dilworth drove from the main
highway in the park into a secluded
road, known as “Lovers’ lane,” and
was- turning IBs machine when the
ine stalled. Dilworth stepped
frortxAhe car and was adjusting the
radiautr. cap when the two bandits
stepped .Tzpni the underbrush and.
demanded that he hold up his hands
Miss McNiff was too terrified to cry
out, but as soon x a$ she heard shots
Bulgarians are in retreat after a
thirty-six-hour battle in which they
s'ufferelj heavy losses. *
. West of the Vardar, near Majadag.
four miles soutlx of Gievgeli, Paris
reports a rigorous offensive by the
French and their allies, resulting in
the penetration of Bulgarian posi
tions to a depth of nearly half a mile
on a two-mile front. The artillery
and Infantry are also being vigorous
ly employed further west along th.e
front, the entire length of which
now seems to be buzzing with activ
ity.
German army headquarters an
nounces heavy fighting along both
the Struma and the Vardar, declar
ing the operations in the' latter re
gion resulted successfully for the
Bulgarians.
In the Roumanian province of Do-
brudja, the advance of the Uulgar
MANNING SAFELY AHEAD
One
Thousand Men to
Serv ice, ThU Fall.
Trained for
jTTTnr’nrw
est Russian offensive, that Rome and
Rratiano. the Roumanian premier,
had made a definite bargalju We also
knew that Roumania was not quite
ready toward the end of August.
“For all that, our military author
ities made all possible preparations,
which did not Ftintcst. as lias been
believed, in holding along the Rotp-f rages
mnnlan border, but which consisted
In the establishment of the line of
defence now occupied by our troops.
Contrary to the general Impression
the falling back of our troops has
been «f no advantage to the Rou-
irmlans. which fact has finally dawn
ed on the Roumanian military com
manders. since they have become
very cantloua recently.
“The military' field la not my de
partment. I know that Roumanla's
action waa no surprise, despite the
fact that the Roumanian diplomats
Hed to me constantly. Toward the
last thetr assurance became too fer
vent and their lying too patently ob
vious, so I reached the conclusion
that trouble waa not far off. Wheth
er the declaration of war was due on
Sunday or Tutaday I did not know.
Rut I felt It was due, because. In ad
dition, the reporta from Bucharest
indicated that the Russian pressure
was getting more severe each day,
the Entente governments wanting to
add to the weight of their own fu
tile offenaives in the east and west
and Salonikl the great Impression
the war declaration was expected to
make, but did. in reality, not make,
because we were ready for it.
“I will say that Rratiano played a
good game, though. When the En T
tciitc finally had shown ell its cards
Rratiano stiffened up i
manda, which were granted '/uTTy
she ran for help, policemen and I rians and Germans, who are com-
byalclans were soon^op the scene | manded by Field Marshal von Mack-
~~ jaalt
atMMWJkT
The Charleston American, Leading
Rlcase Paper, Publishes Please
Side of Recent I*riinary—Hints at
Open Bolt to Progressive Republi
cans—Manning Carried Twenty-
eight Counties.
With complete returns from all
but one county and with official tab
ulations having been made in a ma
jority of the counties, the early lead
of Gov. Manning of nearly 5,000
votes over Cole L.' ftlease has been
sustained. Only two small boxes in
McCormick county remain to be
bean} from. Excluding these, Mr.
Manning’s majority is 4,789. Slight
errors were detected in a large pro
portion of the counties in making the
official count, but the discrepancies
practically balanced. The total vote
recorded is 137,719 against 137,79i
cast two weeks ago. Th® two out
standing boxes should bring the total
up to that of- the first primary.
By the official returns Georgetown,
which has been a stronghold of Mr.
Blease in several previous elections.
Is placed in the Manning column by
30 votes. Chesterfield, which was
also designated as t doubtful count
for two davs after the ballot had
been caet.'mit which had been prac
tically conceded by some to the
Blease forces, has also been carried
by the present governor. His lead Jn
Chesterfield was 63. The addition
of these two gives Gov. Manning a
clear majority in 28 of the 4 5 coun
ties.
The .7 counties carried, by Mr.
Blease were: Abbeville, Aiken, An-
/-vk. t
The general staff of the United
States army is preparing for the re
organization of the aviation arm of
the regular service, a reorganization
which contemplates the training of
about one thousand aviators, half of
whom will be in the active and half
in the reserve service. The plans
call for an equipment which will in
clude aeroplanes of all the various
military types, for a thorough^ sys
tem of training, for the mottlirzation
and so far as possible the standard
ization of the various industries
which can be used in the manufac
ture of aeroplanes or their equip
ment for military “purposes; The
greatest advance made in the new'
plan for the aviation corps is that It
provides means by which any young
man who can pass the mental, phy
sical and moral test of the regular
service may obtain the practical and
theoretical instruction necessary to
equip him for a commission as an
officer of the aerial service.
The w ar, department will bpen Its
first large scboOT at San Diego, Val.
where sinjple machines, which re
quire from twenty to thirty hours of
instructlort-tov operate, will be used
in preliminary lessons. Crafts in
tended especially for instruction pur
poses will be employed and they will
be driven from 30 to 60 miles an
hour while the student is under the
direction of an instructor. After the
simpler problems of aviation have
been mustered, the instruction wi}l
lead to more difficult manoeuvres.
After each flight the aviator will
report to the instructor and will be
told of mistakes and how to correct
them. The school, it is understood,
will be second to none in the world.
The junior military aviator will
remain on probation for several
months. He cannot possibly g^f in
to the aviation section until his
ability to do the hazardous work re
quired has been proved beyond all
doubt to his instructors. Later he
Will be placed In charge of a hydro
aeroplane and other machines of the
purely land types.
When he finally is assigned to a
Btniailron the aviator, who is still a
ALLIES P0ENB CENTRAL m-
ERS FOR SMALL CAINS
INTEREST IN BALKANS
DENICOURT IS SERR0ENDED
lice at Van Cortlandt have been on EDCNCH ARF ADVANCING*
the lookout for m r n who have an- rMlrWO ARC AVVAiTUHU,
noyed couples In the park. One of
these “bushwacking’' blackmailers
was killed in a recent encounter and
the gnnoyance ceased: It is believed
the murder marks a renewal of the
recent series of hold-ups and out-i
COSSACKS RAN NO CHANCES
Made Sure of Turk IVisonen* by Cut
ting off 1'ants Buttons.
Paris Reports Advances on Monday
—Anglo-French Drive Still
((online
The new thrust by the French
south of the river Somme in north
ern FYance, where the important
I railway town of Chaulnes is their
objective has resulted in the com-
| plete encircling of the village of
After a recent Turkish defeat at . Deuicourt, the i’aris war office an-
Harikamysh a'Russian officer met & nounced Monday. «
party of five hundred captured Turks ^ Denieourt formed the center of the
being brought In by fifteen smiling wedge the French are driving into
Cossacks. There was something oh- , he (j ernian Hues north of Chaulnes,
viously the matter with the pris-. n B resistance holding up thetr ad-
oners; their hands were all myste-, vance between Berny and Vermando-
riously occupied, and they walked ylRers. complete occupation of which
delicately. I villages by the French was announc-
The officer hailed the Cossack in e ,i Sunday night.
charge and asked
“Hallo, have you got a dancing
class there or what?"
The Cossack grinned yet„mor P
broadly and replied:
"Well, you see, excellency, there's
more than five hundred of them and
only fifteen of us. so there was a
Further progress has been made
by Hie French in this region, and
heavy counter attacks by the Ger
mans on the new French positions
both north and south of the Somme
have been repulsed according to Mon
day's report*, which announces that
the Germans sustained enormous
chance they might be up to some- The French have taken
thing if we weren't careful. So be
fore we started we went round and
cut off all their hooks, belts and
trouser buttons. Now they're got
their hands full, and it's no use theifr
trying to bolt."
twelve hundred prisoners and ten
machine' guns.
SUB HALTS U. S. SHIP
some time before the outbreak of the
war. Then Bratlano thought he
would play the part of taking from
,1110 Austro-Hungarian corpse what he
could. But the Entente had its own
notions, which Bratlano learned
■when he was told that he was mis
taken if he thought his role was
merely taking pennies from a dead
man. He was instructed to start
Immediately, for. only In helping to
down the Central Powers could he
hope to gain what he wanted. The
declaration of war was therefore
transmitted.
* "Well, Roumania will have a good
chance to rue her bargain, if I am
not mistaken. The fact is, we are
far from completely dead, as some
think.”
Asked the reason for the opposi
tion campaign against the Hungarian
premier, Count Tisz . Baron Burian
said it was merely criticism, to in
dulge in which the Opposition had
the right, mingled, to a certain ex
tent, with the principle of “Ote
toque je m’y mette,” meaning, “Get
off; that I may take your set." Baron
Burian did not take the Opposition
move tragically; but regretted that
the Opposition parties so far .lacked
tact # as to 1 start that sort of thing at
the present time.
“But such is politics,” he ex
claimed. “The fact is, *he men clam
oring for power would do the same
as we are doing. They are good pa
triots all. Nor could they have done
more."
Replying to a question as to the
monarchy's military and economic
status at this moment, the minister
said he had no anxiety on thaLscore.
But he added:
“Some think we are not doing
enough. In addition to holding the
Italians checked, we have managed
to render useless Brusiloff’s great
offensive, which Is not .exactly child’s
play; the Russian soldier Is a valiant
and stubborn enemy.”
The discussion then touched on
'American-Austro-Hungarian rela
tions. in the course of which the cor
respondent referred to the note sent
expressed in that note. America in
exporting large qaaotitie® at arm®} —
ahd 'arfirnmrmTm uTraoubTpmy-mnrr-
Uaptain Reaches. New York and Tells
buted to the' long du.ation of this
war, and the damage thereby '’.flirt
ed upon mankind'In irreparable. We
sent that note so' that America might
know our view.
"That the American government
could not agree to the note is the
undeniable sovereign right of that
nation. Thus the matter.stands. On
that subject we must arways dis
agree,- so far as my own personal
opinion is concerned.”
The minister then discussed the
general situation of the dual mon
archy, which he said was very satis
factory, in view of the fact that the
long duration of the war had made
demands upon the nation, to which
he formally would have thought the
country unequal.
“We have the determination," said
he, “to emerge whole from this sad
and deplorable affair, into which we
were forced by a private affair with
Serbia, and, which the Entente group
made a pretext for a general descent
upon ourselves and our allies. Soon-’
er or later it must dawn upon our
enemies that this entire business is-
useless. But I suppose not before
the English Kitchener a^rmy has bro
ken more heads f against the steel
wall of Germans in France, or the
French havq b§en further decimat-
od; while the Russians are dying
like flies every day In the feast.
“But a ray of intelligence must
break some time, which l hope will
be soon, for the sake of all man
kind. Until that day. comes our ene
mies will always find us willing to ao
our best to defeat their evil plans.
There may be some who say that for
military reasons we ought to be the
first to start peace overtures. I do
not think so, as long as our antagon
ists speak of -the partition of our
country among themselves. We have
defended our soil pretty well so far,
and will .do it longer—long enough
to make the others tired of it, any
way.
In contrast to most stories of the
activities of German submarines was
one told in New Yqrk by Capt. E. W.
Barlow, which arrived last week
from Rotterdam after being stopped
by a U-Boat off the French coast on
August 3.
“Cannonading had been heard
from the shoie for several hours,”
Capt. Barlow said, “whefc there sud
denly came gunfire close at hand^
We could not see anything because
of a thick haze over the water, al
though it was clear overhead. Sdd-
dently a shot whizzed over our stern.
1 stopped, and presently a submarine
loomed out of the haze.
”We were flying an American flag
and American Hags were painted on
both siejes of our hull, with the name
of our vessel and the letters U. 8. A.
“The commander of the submarine
ordered me to come on board his
craft, which 1 did. His first words
were:
“ ‘Captain, you should be more
careful; this is war time.’
“To which I replied, ‘Yon should
be more careful. Didn't you see my
flag?’
“ ‘How could I see your signajs
when I could not see your boat, but
only hear her?’ the German officer
asked.
“The German commander was
most pleasant. He examined ifiy
papers, then gave me a written per
mit to proceed.
“I am satisfied that he did not in
tend to hit my ship, and I have no
complaint to make.”
ADVANCE ¥ ROUMANIA
berry, Oconee. Pickens, Richland.
8aluda, ' Spartanburg, Union and
York. ] '
No word of acceptance of the re
sult ol the primary comes from cx-
Governor Rlcase. The Charleston
American, the Chief Bleaae peper In
the Btate, .published Friday this dis
patch from Columbia:
Affidavits, letters and tele
grams have been filed at the
Blease headquarters to-day show
ing the use of money, whiskey, in
timidation of voters and fraud in
the count of the governor'c race
last Tuesday. This information
comes from responslblj people
from different parts of the state.
When asked what action wonld
be taken. If any, ex-G«v. Blease
smiled and said: “I am not talk
ing but I have the proof that I
have been defrauded In the most
debauched election ever h®ld in
this State, radical days not ex
cepted."
It was reported later, not from
Mr. Blease, bnt from one of his
lieutenants, that the “evidence
would be laid before tbe state exe
cutive committee.” It is possible
that another primary for governor
will be ordered.
« Because ot'these evidences of
fraud coming to light feoupled with
the Republican convention In ses
sion here to-day all kinds . of
rumors ss to probable outcome are
afloat and are creating consider
able comment in political circles
here. While definite Information
as to what-courae will be adopted
by Mr. Blease and his advisers Is
part of the state to his headquar
ters and _the ominous silence ob
served Is taken to mean that some
thing definite is In the wind.
Beneath this is certain talk “that
there never was more danger of a
formidable revolt In the Democratic
party” and a full account of the Pro
gressive Republican meeting held in
Columbia recently.
This is the talk of Bleast’s lead
ing newspaper, but in the meanwhile
nothing has happened to explain
away Manning's apparent majority of
4,789. tn an effoit to help. The
American says:
As throwing a side light on the
recent election an interesting story
filters in from the Third Congres
sional district where Dominick de
feated Aiken. It Is an explanation
of why Blease was defeated, while
more Bleasites wete Elected than
ever before.
The Manning organization cen
tered Its every effort on the defeat
of Blease, they would trade with
anybody for Manning votes in the
Third district, they traded Aiken
to get Blease votes. Dominick was
not a party to this, in fact knew
.nothing of it. In some counties
trades were made over minor races
like sheriff.
Jp.^Anderson by these means and
otmers more questionable. Man
ning's vote of 900 in the first was
run to 3,000 In the second. Re
ports of the use of money, giving
names of specific Instances, con
tinue to come into Mr. Blease's
office.
ir.-li.tvlHR. J kST-TW.® «•
Itoumania is Sweeping Through
Transylvania While Bulgaria Seeks
Unes of I>efence Along the Dan*
ul»e—Trench Fighting on Other
Front Does Not Vary.
The week in Europe has been a
continuation of the Allied pressure
against the forces of the Central
Powers, a pressure marked by many
small local successes, but no one big
advance. On the western and east
ern fronts It is a resumption- of the
bid trenchto-trench warfare, while
the Balkan campaigns have witnessed
fighting of a more open character,
but with scarcely more rfesults.
The Roumanians, centering their
main efforts against the Austrians,
are slowly sweeping westward
through Transylvauia, tre Austrians,
outnumbered, being content to fight
a succession of rear guard actiona,
selling the ground lost as dearly as
possible. Meanwhile, a Russian
force,' traversing Eastern Roumania,
has clashed with von Mackensen’s
army bf Germans, Turks and Bul-
gars which are seeking to drive the
Roumanians from all ground south
of the Danube river.
The Bulgarian move, r.t first
thought to be a threat against Buch
arest, the Roumanian capital. Is Be
lieved to be for the purpose of se
curing Bulgaria's northern frontier
against *a Russian invasion through
Roumania, the line of the Danube
river being the logical defensive line
for such a stand. But thv Russians
appear to be working their way down
the Black sea coast into Bulgaria,
and Varna, the principal Bulgarian
wr», ?us> ams—rShs toentlas. aU.
nection with -
t export
United States of • arms and ammuni-
tiop. The Baron said: •
, “It affords me great pleasure' to
•ay that the relations between the
two governments are the very. beat.
At the same time I mast say that
personally I still adhere to the view*
Father Plowed His Son Fader.
Roscoe Blankenship, a farmer re-
Platte county, Mo., plowed
working in a field near Kansas City.
The father thought the boy had gone
to the- house. Instead the lad waa
sleeping In a furrow. •-The,lad*was
nearly suffocated before the dirt
could be removed from his nose,
month and ears.
V
Germans and Bulgarians Capture-
Fortress of Sillstrlak
Continuing their advance in west
ern Dobrudja, the German and Bul
garian forces have captured the old
fortress of Silistria, which lies on
the eastern bank of the Danube
about twenty-five miles northeast of
Turtukai and sixty ■ miles east of
Pucharest, the capital of Roumania,
TSB* Tthwiratr. eqnaluii
the » Constanza-Bucharest Railway
line. The capture of the fortress Is
announced by the Berlin war office,,
which adds that the Roumanians and
Russians fighting in Dobrudja ap
parel ly have suffered very consider
able losses fluring the last few days.
cross-country wonr; rn recon
sanre, photography, sketching, the
use of machine guns operated from
aeroplanes, bomb dropping, and oth
er important duties. All flights
when in the squadron are made un
der the direction of tbe squadron
commander or his first assistant.
This period may last aa long as two
years.
CHINESE FACE STARVATION
HuiulredM of Thousands Have Been
Made Homeless by Floods.
Floods which are raging along the
Hwat river, in Anhwei province, have
made hundreds of thousands of Chi
nese homeless and over one million
are said to be facing starvation.
President LI Yuan Hung has made a
personal contribution of one hundred
thousand dollars, but because of po
litical dissension the government is
not in position to do much to aid the
sufferers. It is declared that unless
the American Red Cross comes to
the aid of the sufferera the death
rate will be appalling.
The residents of the Hwal river
have been the objects of charity fof
several years. On numerous occa
sions floods have mined the crops
and the Red Cross society provision
ed them. Now the society is pre
paring plans for reclamation work
along the river. The improvement
will cost thirty million dollars, but
it will relieve tne flood slturtlon.
END SUB DISCUSSION
Berlin Says Resumption of Warfare
is Not Being Talked.
Berlin, via London: The weeks
which have passed since the appoint
ment of Field Marshal von Hinden-
burg as chief of the general staff
have been marked by almost com
plete cessation of the discussion in
regard to resumption of submarine
warfare on the old or on a more vig
orous basis.
Nonpartisan newspaper observers
who are in touch with leading states
men and politicians express the opin
ion that for the present at least there
will arise no question of a change in
submarine policy. The administra
tion of Chancellor von Bethfnann
Hollweg now feels itself fully In con
trol of the situation In this respect.
The controversy over the methods
employed In connection with the food
distatorship has now supplanted the
submarine issue.
\ Mexico Buying Telegraph Foies.
An order for one hundred thou
sand telegraph poles, averaging
twenty-four feet in height, has been
placed by the stat^ government of
Yucatan, Mexico, with the All-Amer
ican Trade association in New York
city. The poles will be shipped, to
Yucatan at a cost of six hundred
thousand dollars.
Georgetown 679
Greenville .. ..... 4,448
Greenwood 1,321
Haltfptoor. .... .. 6^0
Horry 1,789
Jasper .. .. .... 217-
Blease. Manning
Kershaw
Abbeville . . . .
.. 1.159
. 935
Lancaster
Aiken
.. . . 2.238
1,934
Laqrens
.. 2,189
Anderson . . . .
.... 4,719
2,921
Lee
Bamberg ....
.. .409
996
Lexington .. ..
Barnwell ....
.... 936
1,462
Marion
687
Beaufort ....
.... 247.
298
Marlboro
Berkeley
.. .r 484
625
McCormick . . . .
. . 383
Cglhoun . . . .
. . 368
592
Newberry
.. 1,642
Charleston ..
2J42
Oconee .. ,. ..
.. 1.839
Cherokee.. ..
... ,. . 1.311
1,248
Orangeburg .. >..
.. 1,641
Chester . . ..
862
1.23.T
Pickens .. . ..
.. 2,232
Chesterfield ».
1.651 '
2,714
Richland
0J7
flalnria.
„L097
Colelton . . ’ . .
.. .. T.T7T
i.w
. L . IB
Darlington . ^
.. 1.326
1,698
Sumter ....V ..
687
Dillon
1.163
U union
. - 1.594
Dorchester ,.
.. .. 655
974
Williamsburg- ..
,« 893
Edgefield.
.. . • U*
1,981
York. • Op •' • • • •
.. 2.249
Fairfield .. ..
;. .. 598
712
•
Florence ....
.. .. i.fl*.
2.244
Total
709
5,018
1,594
962
If,'(02
. 289
1,302
1,460
1,797
912
2,436
'1,168
1,399
6
1,559
1.564
2.803
1.502
3,005
1,066
1,633
1.565
1,333
1.152
military garrison, according to re
ports. The Russians, in addition,
are working westward, In conjunc
tion with the Roumanians, across the
western Roumanian frontier Into
Serbia, a vital point, for tbe BferUn-
Constantlnople railway passes leas
than thirty miles away, jeat south of
Belgrade.
On the Macedonian front, as the
Allied line north of Salonikl, Orooce,
Is now called, the British and Ser
bians evinced quite a bit of activity
during the week, and the Bulgarian
wings were twirled back from some
of the positions gained In tholr'at
tacks of a few weeks ago. Consider
able artillery activity also has been
reported from the center of the line,
but It Is not believed thrt the Allies
are yet ready for heir combined
smash northward. %
King Constantine, of Greece, and
his cabinet and political advisers
continue to puxale over the riddle
ahead of them. Having bowed to the
demands of the Entente Alllee,
Greece is in n peculiar position. Her
entire territory la being used for war
purposes by the Allies, who also are
having considerable to say as to the
conduct of the government; yet
Greece nominally la at pecco with
everybody, and. unleas she gets off
the fence before long, there will
scarcely be a crumb of tjio spoils left
for her after the wrr.
On the eastern battle line the Rus
sians are hammering away at the
Austrian line In Galicia, seeking to
drive the forces of the Central Pow
ers from the Dniester and the Biota
LI pa rivers and to wrest Halles from
the foe, three positions which coneti-
lubeJitejaiUo UjuloX ilcl£J34e sX.Lejn-
berg, 30 miles to the westward, n
the Carpathians 'they are clearing
out the Hungarians, and, further
south, Gen. Brusiloffa men nr®
working in conjunction with the
Roumanians.
On tbe western front, the British
and French armies In the Somme
sector keep pounding away at th®
German lines, gradually forcing the
Kaiser's troops backward toward th®
Baupaume-Peronne-Chaulnes line.
The French have launched a series
of powerful attacks couth of the
Somme river as far as Chilly, 20
miles away, evidently seeking to en
large the wedge being driven into
the enemy’s line. In the Verdun dis
trict the Germans are strictly on the
defensive, their only attacks being
counter attacks against French
gains, for the French are steadily
pushing back the Germans from the
advanced positions of the latter, and,
unless von Hindenburg can send re
inforcements to the crown prince, it
is predicted that the Douaumont-
Vaux line will soon change hands
again.
MCLAURIN TO QUIT
♦
Declares He Will Resign Position of
Warehouse Commissioner.
, In a letter to J. Arthur Banks, of
St. Matthews, president of the South
Carolina Warehouse association,
given to the press Saturday after
noon, John J. McLr.urin announced
his intention of retirint from the of
fice of warehouse commissioner at an
early date, and of tendering hla res
ignation to the governor. The let
ter discusses the commissioner’s
political affiliations during the re
cent campaign, the charges bronght'*
against him by Senator B. R. Till
man, and tbe past and future of the
warehouse system in this state.
71,264
Bottle of Beer Acted like Bomb
Harriet Felix, a seven-yeareold
girl of Shawtown, Del., was serious
ly injured when a bottle beer that
after being sCMick wffb £^
the child's handa.
the bottle were so highly
with tbe accsmutatlos of
it® release sent tbs
lag tn all dlreetloa*.