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FORCING THK DARDANELLES. . Wonderful Spectacle I>escril?ed by < Eye Witness Correspondent. A correspondent who. from uie shore, witnessed the terrific- assault that was made against the Dardanelles forts on March 18, and which resulted in the sinking of several ships, told the story as follows: The action lasted nearly seven hours, during which time ther'e was a terrific cannonade from the ships and the forts. The fire from the warships at times was exceedingly severe, but the Turkish gunners maintained their precision wonderfully, even ? *- 11 ? Qortli t t ?aeu mieraw* uuucu m mc w. , and debris which the exploding shells t from the warships threw broadcast 1 over their positions. 1 The allies put in an appearance at ? about half past 11 in the morning, t throwing their first shells into the 1 town of Chanak-Kalessi. Their ves- I sels at this hour numbered four I % French and five British battleships. I A little later five other British war- f ships entered the bay and the bombardment rapidly became wonderfully terrific and spectacular. The correspondent of the Associated Press had taken shelter in Fort 2 Chimenlik, but he was driven out by 1 eViallo to o nncition on a hill OUtSide ' the town. Even this hill already * was burning in two places as a result of exploding shells. ( In the beginning the range of the 1 British and French gunners was ex- ^ cellent. The correspondent saw a 1 shell land fair on a corner of Fort ? Kale-Sultanie tower and tear out a b large hole in the masonry. This 1 * routed out a party of newspaper cor- ( respondents. While they were tra- 1 versing Chanak-Kalessi several * houses were knocked to pieces by f exploding shells. The trip to the 1 town was accelerated by the well directed shots. While the correspond- ' ents were on thewater front several ? large shells exploded 100 yards away and splinters from them filled the air. This attention from the British j gunners was due to the fact that the 1 party of correspondents was moving . along in the centre of a body of soldiers. 1 The fire from the warships soon became general. One shell buried it- 1 s- nlnco tr\ the crrtlin ^ Sfc>U 111 LUC 51UUUU V.1 w- w 0..?r of observers;' fortunately in exploding it did no damage. * The hillside toward which the correspondents were making their way. * finally was reached at about half past 12. It then was seen that the ^ British had centred their fire on the * <- forts. The noise of the explosions and replies of the Turkish battenes ' were deafening. The area of fire e was so extended that at times the s correspondents were unable to find cover anywhere. A certain vantage point, however, finally was decided on, and from this position thte ot>I servers looked upon a wonderful as- * ' sault; the concentrated attack o: ? 1 large group of modern battleships z against well built and well defended f land fortifications. At times the 1 smoke was so thick that it complete ly blotted out the horrizon and total- 1 ly enveloped the particular Turkish 1 forts under fire: but time and again s the smoke cleared and showed the * 9 Turkish position virtually undamagI ed. The fire of the Turks was rapid ? and accurate, so much so that the ( i fire from the warships began to be ? erratic. Many shots flew high, while others fell short. One result was that the town of Chanak-Kalessi, behind forts Hamidieh and Cheminlik had wide avenues cut through it. ^ Fire broke out in the Greek quarters c and destroyed a considerable num- e ber of houses. Turkish soldiers. r formed into fire brigades, were successful in keeping the flames down. The bombardment reached its 1 greatest intensity at 3:15 in the af- . ternoon. when suddenly the French t battleship Bouvet was observed to < be riding low by the stern. The next j ^ minute she swung a little to port, < then her afterdeck disappeared un- ; der water. For about two minutes i she held in this position, then set- ] tied completely by the stern, her i bows clear of the water. The next t instant the waves closed over her. i On shore it was believed she had ] struck a mine. Boats rushed to the i rescue, but only a few men were saved. A few minutes later a large Turk- t ish shell was seen to strike the deck ( ft of a British vessel. When the smoke < of the explosion had cleared away. ; K it was seen that the vessel's fore- < mast had been cut off near the bow's ' nest and bent to one side. The same i shot apparently also damaged the < machinery, for it couid be seen the | vessel was experiencing difficulty in \ gaining the open sea. This hardly was over when an- ] other vessel was struck heavily on . deck and was obliged to retire. i But the greatest tragedy came at i f> in the afternoon when a British warship was so badly damaged that , she was obliged to run ashore with- | in range of Turkish guns. For one k hour other warships stood by and i protected their stranded companion j ^ with a heavy fire on the forts, but I ? f r MAYOH CALLS OX (JOYKILXOK. Griffith and Chief of Police of Columbia Confer With Manning. Columbia. April ?Mayor Lewie \. Griffith, Chief 01* Police J. vV. Richardson and the entire city coun il of Columbia called on Governor Manning in a body at noon today ollowing publication this morning >f the information that the governor lad gone over the head of the mayor tnd had called on Sheriff J. C. McCain, of Richland county, to enforce he laws in the city of Columbia. The Columbia city authorities assured the coventor that they were doing all in heir power to enforce the laws in he city and said that the blind tigers tad been put out of business, all the ockers removed from the clubs and l vigilant effort made to enforce all he laws. The chief of police said te had full authority to close all Mind tigers and Mayor Griffith had )laced a sum of money at his distosal to hire plain clothes men to erret out suspected places. l-'vpi'vlwuli* Kiwirkin*. -...V. J vv?V ? ? Whoever keeps h;s ears wide open it this time finds one almost unaninous opinion rushing into them from nanv mouths, says the New York Sun. In the subway and on the eievatid, in the street cars and on the fer y boats, in the smoking rooms of European and Caribbean steamers, n the smoking compartments and ;moking cars of trains East. Middle A'est and Far West, among knots of ommercial travelers in hotels, in dubs and in barber shops, wherever nen talk, this opinion is uttered "rankly and too often with a proane emphasis: forms of it are about ike this: "You will never live long enough :o see the Democratic party in power igain. "Just wait till 1916. "Wilson is on the down grade. "Mr. Wilson may mean well, but ie doesn't know anything about busness. "No more professors in mine. "The only chance of the country s to put the Republicans back again. "c fallnu'C in \J 11 y Ul WU13C, lUVOO Washington know more about my >usiness than I do. " They made a fine old tariff I don't hink. "I can't stand for that Mexican msiness, either. "Say, ain't Bryan a wonder? "Had to put the navy on the dink, too. "Macadoodledandy is a great boy, or sure. I've got a little red-head>d office bo<; that I'm training for ieeretary of the treasury. pinhead ' 'This is a bonehead administration, fathead Coarse and common words of vulvar people base enough to prefer a iving to all the graces of rhetoric md even to that service to mankind or which the United States exists it present. These regrettable expressions, a ew of many of the same import with vhich the air is now vibrating, are set down without malice and without ixtenuation. One more, as frequent, perhaps, is any of its comrades of plebeian rriticism, is this: "And I never voted t Republican ticket in my life." Foolish Purchase. "There is no extravagance in the lome, it is your own profligate way >f spending money that keeps us iternally short. You are always naking fool purchases." "I made one all right." "I am surprised that you admit hat much. And what was it, pray?" "A marriage license."?Exchange. :he coming of night obliged them to withdraw, leaving behind them the fated vessel. The Turkish gunners iirected an accurate fire against her ind she still was holding out at the :ime thi4 dispatch was written. Eight shots were seen to strine uns vessel's deck full and square within :en minutes. Nevertheless, she continued to return this terriffic fire. Her shots had no apparent effect on the fort. So far as has been ascertained the Turkish losses today have been one ;un jammed by debris, two men killed and fifteen slightly wounded. Dther reports of damage have not ret come in, but it is understood they A-ere very slight. The fire from the vessels of the Sillied fleets came to an end at suniown. Not one gun in a Turkish fort was silenced, in spite of the fact :hat something between 1,200 and 2,000 shells were fired at the shore positions. Tonight Chanak-Kaiessi still is burning in two places and there is a lire on the other side of the water in Kilid Bahi. On shore it is felt that the work >f today has resulted in a victory for the Turks. The British and French vessels ventured close enough to come within range of Turkish suns which up to now. had not been tired. CAT AX!) DOG MFAT PRIZED. Luscious Food for Privates and Pec pie in IV/.emysl in Final Days. London. April 3.?The commoi soldiers and the populace were th only sufferers from starvation ii Przeinysl: the officers had abundan food, wines and cigars to the last according to the Times' Prezemys correspondent. "In the last days," says the corre spondent. "Cats sold for $2 each an< dogs for $5 as there was no hors flesh left except that of the officers thoroughbreds, which were not kill ed until the last. One of the mos harrowing sights of the Russian of fleers, was to see the famished Aus irians gathered around the body o an officer's horse, tearing out chunk of flesh which they ate raw." When a Governor is Not a Governoi The question in ex parte Crump (Oklahoma court of appeals), is Does a governor's absence from State for a few hours or days serv to put in force the constitutional pro vision allowing the lieutenant gover nor to act in his place? Georg Crump was convicted on a charg of forgery to serve a seven-yea term in prison. Lieutenant Gover nor J. J. .McAlister pardoned him ii the absence of Governor Lee Cruce The return to the writ of habeas cor pus denied that Crump was pardon ed. stating that the purported par don was void in that it was grantei without authority of law by the lieu tenant governor of the State whe: the governor was qualified and act ing, and when the occasion contem plated by the constitution for th liutenant governor to act as .gover nor had not arisen. The governo on his return immediately directe respondent to disregard the pretend ed pardon, and insisted that his at morplv tpmnnrarv and di not warrant the lieutenant governo in acting in his place. The cour held: "A pardon is an act of grac and mercy bestowed by the Stat through its chief executive upon ol fenders against the law. Yet a pai don properly granted is also an ac of justice supported by a wise put lie policy. An unduly exercise of th pardoning power is greatly to be de plored. It is inexcusable. It is blow at law and order, and is an ad ditional hardship upon society in it irrepressible conflict with crime am criminals, if a governor believes law under which a criminal was con victed to be unjust or too harsh, stil he should not for that reason alon exercise the pardoning power. Th duty of mitigating the severity of th law lies with the legislature. As a: officer he should look upon the la\ as wise and just, whatever may b his private opinion. * * * A full un conditional pardon takes effect upo: delivery either to the person who i the subject of the boundary or som one who is acting in his Denair. * * An abuse of the pardoning powe does not authorize the courts to de cline to give effect to a pardon, an no court has the power to review the action of an executive in grant ing a pardon, for that would be th exercise of the pardoning power i part, and any attempt of the court to interfere with the governor in th exercise of the pardoning powe would be manifest usurpation of au thority. * * * The functions of chie magistrate were created for the bene fit of the State, and are local to it and as the constitutional function of his office cannot be exercised ou of the State, the effect of his at sence from the State is to suspen his constitutional functions, an thereby these functions devolve upo the lieutenant governor is de jur and de facto governor until the at sent governor returns to the Stat * * * It follows that the pardo granted by the lieutenant governo is a valid pardon. As already ind: cated, the governor has no right t revoke a full and unconditional pai don that has been delivered; an therefore, his order purporting to n voke this pardon was necessarily mere nullity." WANTS BEST MEN NAMED. \lunninn Ivvillninu IlltPlVSt in Itil'I land Appointments.' Columbia, April 2.?After a eoi: ference with the Richland county di; pensarv board relative to appoini ments today Governor .Manning gav out the following statement: "My action in regard to dispensar appointees in Richland county j neither personal nor political, but i simply in line with my endeavor t get the best men possible for all pc sitions. I realize that it is the pre vince of the board to appoint, but have not hesitated to tell the boar that I expect .them to name goo men. and 1 have in several instance given to the board information I ha as to some of their appointees." I Men talk about what they will d j tomorrow, but never a word abou | what they are going to say tomoi j row. 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