Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Evidence of the seriousness of the situation in Mouth America due to the presence of belligerent warships off both coasts was contained In a dis? patch tonight to Eduardo Suarez MuJIca. the Ch.lean ambassador, from the minister of foreign affairs at San? tiago. Chilean officials express a fear that Germany's slleged violation of Chilean neutrality may influence other belligerents to disregard the territorial Jurisdiction of Chile and pwrhape cause them to send their warships within he three-mile limit to atop Oerman operations. The Chilean government urged that whatever steps are taken ahould have the earnest and 'jnlted support of all the American republics. Originally Qreat Britain and France asked the United Mttaea to exercise its good offices with Ecuador and Colom? bia to observe a strict neutrality. Al? though this controversy, according to latest reports, is being adjusted, the situation In Chllo haa emphasized the dangers to South American republics of the con lnued presence of foreign warshls off their coasts. 8. nee the outbreak of the war the South American countrlee have asked the United State* for cooperation in a movement to restore normnl trade conditions. Peru suggested a n*utrul sone with merid ans as boundaries on both the Atlantic and Pacific sides of the two continents. Another country proposed exten <rrltorlal Jurisdictions of :>U ?? mfU?" frcra the three mile limit 'o a sufficient distance which h.ijII cot ist wise trade to move i". niot?-ated. Ecuador and Argentine asked that a meeting of the governing lionrd of the Pan-Amerlcin union be c\lhd to discuss questiotm of mutual Interest to all nations In this hemisphere. (Thilo brought fir.*ward a plan to per? mit belligerent uhlps to obtain only a sufficient quantity of coal to carry them to the port of an adjacent country. England already has shown wllllng neae to accept thla proposal, which would amend the rules of The Hague convention. Colombia has for some time followed this method in dealing with 'orelgn warships. out of the miss of suggestions, the most feasible foe the present In viow of President Wilson nnd Secretary Bryan was the discussion through the Pan-Amerl'* in union's govorntng ttoard of ways i.nd means of dealing with questions t neutrality. The object < t the meeting, said Secretary Hr>an" is to relieve neutral countries of th< burdens which the war- h is plan il up- n them." I'uc'i 'nti r? u was aroused among Wa. hin :t. n dl OgBatS when the pur pof.? of the rnr 't.ng became generally kno\ .? T b l l i ow bdire that the na? tions ? i hl 1 i :? I? :?lnre would en di a\. . i i .l i . reach an tin derste o .. \\v v.o hi speak as with i ? \ . ? " ItM hi IMgerents was receP. I . \ r i |A d attention by Run ? i I 4i H who are follow? ing .e i r? clo ely. I it R \ /Ali Pit \CT1CF;. Fletcher llans Fl.ihonitc 1 leet Mun oeu vre*. Washington, Dec. 2.? Hear Admiral Fletcher, commandcr-ln-chlef of the Atlantic fleet, aas laid before Seerc tary Daniels plans for elaborate naval manoeuvres and target prat th e of the Atlantic fleet off Guantanamo In Janu? ary. Secretary Daniels will go to New York soon to bestow personally the various trophies awarded at the en 1 of each annual < ompetktlon to the vle torioua ships. Sow wheat on the vorv nOSl good i'ny. Is the most importin: adNlce which the extension Jlvlsea of i.Vm son College Is now ponding nul t > S.oith Carolina farmers. ';?!?? : ?? rut much lime left foi hi' \i |i out BJjajSjSJ winter grain. TwOOt win. are inf?itunate enouch not to b%j ,nb to nur grain In their lani BtHffl wiP, It Is Indlevetl. he victim? of pj r next summer and no donl>t envious of their snore fortunate neighbors who will be getting lop priest fat a heat and oats. GERMANY VOlES MORE FUNDS HF.ICIISTU; WITH OME DISSENT Uffl von; in< itK vsi s WAit LEVY $1,250,000,000. , President and Chancellor Praise (?rent lie** of German Arms and M^NN lonlldoiKo ol I Itlmatc Herlin, Deo. ?. (vi.? Amsterdam to !*ondori).? With one dissenting vole, that of Hfjff Deibknetch, Socialist the reichst.today voted a new war credit of $l,2.r>o,000,0<)0. The president of the chamber in his .speech dwelt on the unity und patriot? ism of the German people nnd com-j mented appreciatively on the huge number of relchstag members serv? ing; at the front. Of the progress of the war the president said. "Japan joined our enemies from a desire to seize ns booty the monument to German culture In the Far East. On the other hand, we have found nn ally in Turkey, as all the Moslem people wish to throw off the English yoke and shatter the foundations of Eng? land's coloniul power. Under the ban? ner of our army and our Meet we will continue." Tho Imperial chancellor, Dr. von Hethmann-Hollwcg, attended the ses? sion dressed In the service uniform of a general. All secretaries of state nnd tho Prussian ministers were pres? ent. Many members were in uniforms and wore Iron Crosses. In an address to the members of Xh^ chamber Dr. von Rethmann-Hollweg said: "The emperor Is absent with the army but ho has churged me to transmit his best wishes and cordial greetings to tho German houso of rep? resentatives with whom he knows he is united until death, in stress of dan? ger, in common concert for tho weal of tho fatherland. "Our first thoughts go to tho em? peror and the army and navy, fighting for the honor and greatness of the empire. Full of pride and with un? shakable confidence we look on them and our Austro-Hungarian comrades in arms, who are firmly united to us to tight and to win great battles with bravery. "Our latest ally in the war forced upon us is the Ottoman empire, which well knows that if *he German em? pire wore destroyed it, too, would lose Its national right to arrange its own destiny. As our enemies have formed a powerful coalition against us they will, 1 hope, find that tho arm of our brave allies reaches the weak spots In their world positions." The imperial chancellor said that since the reichstng had expressed the firm resolution of the whole people to undertake the war, great deeds had been accomplished and tho In? comparable gallantry of the German troops had carried the war into the enemy's country. "There we will stand llrm," declared tho chancellor, "and can regard the future with every confidence. Hut the enemys' resistance is not broken. We are not yet at the end of our sacrifices. "Tho nation will continue to sup? port these sacrifices with the same heroism as hitherto, for we must and will light to a successful end our de? fensive warfare for right and for free? dom. We then will remember how our defenseless compatriots in hostile countries were maltreated, In a man? ner which is a disgrace to civilization. The world must learn that nono can hurt a hair on the head of a German subject with impunity. "It is evident to us who is respon? sible for this greatest of all wars. Tne apparent responsibility falls on those in Russia who ordered sind executed the mobilization of the Russian army; the real responsibility falls on the Hrltish government. The cabinet at Ijondon could have made the war im? possible if it had declared at St. Petersburg that England would not allow a continental war to develop from the Austro-Sei lau c oillict "Such a declaration WOtlld have oblined France to restrain Russia from undertaking warlike measures. Then our action as mediator between .>t. Petersburg anil Vienna would have been successful. "England was aware of the bellicose machinations on the part of an ir? responsible but powerful group about the Uussian emperor. England saw how the wheel was rolling but placed no obstacle In its path. Despite all ass .trances of peace, London inform? ed St. Petersburg it fj i: on tin- side of Russia." I OnO of tho pleasing featu es COO neited with tin- recent visit of the .Meth'?dlst Conference was A\S preach? ing at the Proabytertan church Sunday morning of tho K?\. .1. <'. t'hmller, a native of Sunder. who preached his Aral sermon In tin <it\ on t bat occasion. .Mr. ?'ha oll. r in I commencing his sermon recalled old J associations and persons with whom be w is ronnected in bis boyhood, rec? ollections which were shared Wllll j Mr. Chandler by man) members of ? the ? oii^,i tfgatlOII, ITS ACTION is A WAITED WITH GREAT INTEREST, Effort Will bo Made to Induce Mom* gsjfi to Keali/.c Value of Waiting | Policy, Rome. Dec. 2.?The Italian parlia? ment will reassemble tomorOW ami its deliberations arc awaited with anxiety as this is considered the grasest moment for Italy since its Unification. Four hundred and fifty deputies and 100 senators are in Rome to attend the session. Premier Salandra, presenting the new cabinet, will make a statement concerning the ministerial policy, it will deal with Italy's attitude toward tho war and the premier will explain the reasons that actuate the govern? ment in maintaining "armed and WatOhful neutrality." The statement will contain an an i nouncement of naval ami military preparations for which almost $200, 000,000 has been appropriated and also of steps taken to alleviate suffer? ing of the unemployed. Leaders of the various groups will make brief speeches, and It Is ex-; POO ted senators and deputies will j unite In showing contldence in the I cabinet with a view of proving the j Italian parliament's solidarity before the foreign powers. Pressure in this direction has been made on the .So? cialists who may show some opposi? tion. NEW WEAPON OF DEATH. "Mincnwurfor" Is Name of Engine Which Throws Mine Against Enc my. London, Dec. 3.?Scarcely a week goes by that the Germans or the al? lies do not produce and try in battle some new weapon of destruction. Many of these prove failures and others have not been described in print because they are still kept se? cret as to details. The Germans have recently brought out a very nasty lit? tle gun, firing a projectile mostrously disportionate to its size. It is doing much havoc in the trench lighting of the Aisne. The allies probably are opposing! this new gun with something similar, but the censor is careful to excise all allusions to new devices of the British or French. The new German trench gun is call? ed the "minenwurfer," (mine-throw? er) and is no more than a "hand" grenade thrown by a gun. It is, like the giant 4 2 centimetre siege gun, a product of Krupp Ingenuity. The howitzer part of the "minenwurfer'' is only about three feet long and weighs HO pounds. The mounting weighs 100 pounds and the bed or platform 930 pounds. The total is a little over half a ton. It is mounted on wheels and two men easily move it from place to place over short dis? tances. When it reaches Its position in the trenches the "minenwurfer" is removed from the traveling wheels. The diameter of tho bore is only three inches, but it throws a shell OVer a foot in diameter, spherical In shape and containing nearly 2(d) pounds of high explosive. It does this by a curious device. There is a long stem which tits Into the muzzle of the gun. ' second Stem fits Into the outer end of the first and on this second stem the big sphere is died. When the gun is I fired both stems leave together, hut the back half (the part which fitted into the muzzle) soon drops off, be jlng of such a Shape that the air pres? sure pulls It from the front nation, the great shell then hurtles on its way. The great grenade travels through the air very slowly, and the enemy! can easily see it coming and might conceivable in favorable circum? stances dodge it by running. The initial velocity is only 230 feet a second. The lowest elevation used ! is forty-live degrees and at thit angle the shell travels B50 yards, tin maximum range of the gun. At this range the shell takes ten seconds In flight and reaches a height I of 410 feet in the air. As four pounds of dynamite or guncotton will usually demolish breastworks of three feet thickness composed of dirt rammed between planks, l is easy to see what a great effect this trench howitzer shell must have. J The shell depends for its effect al? most entirely on the explosive Itself, as tlie walls are thin and do little damage and no Indicts are carried such as are employed in shrapnel. The "minenwurfer" can he elevated to xn degrees and the range then Is 190 yards, The shell then takes near ly a quarter of a minute to travel and I reaches n height of 800 feet, in other words it covers the ground no*. much faster Ihn 11 h crack sprlutor. Thus tlie honor of trench lighting is Increased beyond that already a; talned I >' the rille und the hand gr - nade. Isn't it just a little strange Dial no hod \ else hns visited I he alleged Itivoi 1 of I krtibt '.' Anderson Mail. TO STIMULATES TRADE. WILL ADD MILLIONS TO AMERI? CAN COMMERCE. ( hirf of Bureau Says Greet Demand tor United .states Products is Like? ly. Washington, Dec. 2.?That one year of the war In Europe will add $500, 000,000 to the foreign commerce of the United states (? the estimate (?1 Bdward E. Pratt, chief of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. Mr. Pratt has just completed a study of the reports of American consuls and commercial representatives abroad, of agents of his bureau in this country and of the new orders for American manufactures and products reported in commercial periodicals. If the ratio of increase recorded since August, when the war began. Is maintained until next August, he estimates new orders placed on the books of American firms will total half a billion dollars. As specific data upon which to base his estimates, Mr. Pratt has the re? port of J. Massel, special commercial a?ent, now en route to South Amer? ica to study the machine tool market there and prepare a view of South American needs for use of American manufactures. In preparation for his trip he visited virtually every large American manufacturing plant, and estimated the machine manufacturing companies alone have from $10,000, 000 to $15,000,000 in new orders from European countries. One big plant, he said, has enough work to keep it in full operation 24 hours a day for the next two years. Several concerns already are preparing to increase their facilities. The first country among the bellig? erents ';o seek the American machine tool supply was Russia, which nas or? dered lathes and machines of all kinds. Problems of delivery still have to be met, however, but the business of the most valuable type since orders began to come In are as a rule ac? companied by cash. In estimating the grand total, Mr. Pratt included the European bound food supplies for September. This totals about $70,000,000. Department officials are aware that the increase is in food shipments and that manufac? tured articles are beginning to move across the Atlantic in considerable volume. FIGHT FOR COTTON BONDS. Senator Smith Leaves for Washington Saturday ? Congress Reconvenes Next Week. Columbia, Dec. 3.?The light for the issuance of $160.000,000 in bonds on the cotton crop by congress will be renewed when the regular session be? gins next Week, according to Senator E. D. Smith, who was among the vis? itors In Columbia yesterday. He came to Columbia from his home at Lynchburg on business and plans to leave for Washington Saturday after? noon. "Conditions are improving," said the junior senator. He has just re? turned from a deer hunt at Pawley's Island. KILLED LOOPING LOOP. Aviator looses Life When Machine l"p sets. Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 2.?Thomas J. Hill, an aviator, 2."? years of age. was killed today near Venice, a sub? urb, while looping the loop. Hill had successfully performed the feat of turning over his aeroplane and was righting the machine when It sudden? ly started falling from a height of ! 2,000 feel. Hill was found crushed to .death under the motor. SUMTER COTTON MARKET. Corrected doily by Ernest Field. Cotton P.uyer. Good Middling 7 1-4. Strict Middling 7 1-8. Middling 7. Strict Low Middling 6 1-2. Low Middling fi. Staple Cotton, Nominal. W. W. Long, State agent of dem? onstration and director of extension at Clemson College, advises South ICarolina farmers not to sell or dis? pose of a bushel of their cowpcas this fall, but instead to buy nil the cowpcas they a re able to buy, In ol? der to have the peas to sow after small grain next season. South Car? olina lands will be Incalculably im? proved by such a practice. accord? ing to Mr. Long. Geo H. Hurst, Undertaker and Embilmer. Prompt Attention to Oay or Night Call? AI I. Ii. Crulg 'Id Stand. N. Msis Phones nKmioi We Are Offering Some Noteworthy V a 1 u e s in Women's and Children's COATS WE have still a large quantity of wo? men's and children's win? ter coats nmainin* from the large stock we offered at the season's start. As? sortments, however, are broken, and choosing is not. as easy as it was. For that reason we aim to clear these garments out of our stock as quick? ly as possible, and to ac? complish this We Have Greatly} Reduced Prices. It is impossible for us to mention any prices in this advertisement. The lots are small and they might be sold out before you come. Neverthe? less, the assortment is large enough to insure sat? isfactory selection, and we guarantee you a great coat bargain if you come early. O'Donnell 6 Co Sumter, S. C. Artistic Photgraphy Our pic ret will work wooden In improving the appearance of your horn?. They will reflect your taste and refinement and will give pleasure to - arself as well as io your friends. You are mlially invited to call and see us. WINB UN'S STUDIO, M s. main "The Best Service Possible" lias always been the working motto of this hank. Whenever we have been able to Improve our methods or enlarge our facilities, WO have don it. We are to-day in better position than ever before to handle accounts of Individuals. Pinns. Corporations, and invite the consid? eration of all those who are < outemphithin opening new accounts or dividing their present accounts. Interviews and eorecsnoodenee in regard thereto are solicited. The Commercial & Savings Bank "We Appreciate Your Business' A Thousand And One Ways to save, but no better way to preserve what you have saved than by depositing in a good bank. We pay 4 per cent on savings from day of deposit. The Peoples' Bank j tttttttttttttttttftttf*tmmttMtt*ffftttrtfttttt o