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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
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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
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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 ^
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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
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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. Most talk is unpremeditatec
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