Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Mi WATCHMAN, Established April? 1M0. 'De Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Alnia't at he thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, Consolidated Aur. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1915. Warship Formidable Sunk After Explosion Carrying Nearly All of Crew to Bottom, Making Loss of Twenty Big Vessels Since the War Started. NEW YEAR SEES FIERCE FIGHTING AT ROTH EAST AND WEST WITH NO APPARENT HOPE OF SPEEDY DECISION?TURK I Sil ARMY INVADING TRANS-CAUCASIA DRIVEN HACK IN MOUN? TAIN DEFILES BY RUSSIANS? ALL OPT FLEET ENDEAVORS TO REACH CONSTANTINOPLE ?GERMAN AERIAL RAID ON DUN? KIRK?RUSSIANS MAKE STEADY PROGRESS IN CARPATinANS AND UAL1C1A?FALL OF PHZEMYKL EXPECTED?ARTILLERY DUEL IN WEST WITH LITTLE GAIN FOR EITHER SIDE. ANOTHER DHEADNACGHT SL'NK. England Losen Twentieth Rig Warship Since Opening n( War. London. Jan. 1.?It la officially an-' no u need that the British dreadnaught Formidable has been sunk in the En? glish channel. ? Only Seventy-one Saved. London. Jan. 1.?The Formidable etas sunk in the English Channel thin morning. The ship carried a crew of seven hundred and fifty men. of whom only seventy-one were saved. The displacement < f the ship was fifteen thousand tons. It was built In tut This is the twentieth big vessel lost by England since the war began. The cause of the explosion is yet unknown. Kassians Defeat German?. London. Jan. 1.?A news dispatch from Petrograd says the Germans have been deefated at Hollmow, Po? land and Austrian-German army In west Flanders has been split into three parte. Russians Make Progress. Petrograd, Jan. 1.?During the past two days the Russians have made con? tinued progress, especially in the Car fssjgieassi and Northern Oalicia. where the Auetrlans are still recreating, leav? ing thousands of prisoners. Between the Vistula and Plllca rivers violent fighting continues for the possession of the trenches, especially in the re? gion of the Bsura and Rawka rivers. Our losses are heavy, but the Germans sustained much heavier losses. Around Bolimow the field Is covered with corpsei. The fall of Przcmsyl Is once again expected soon. Tho sup? plies of the garrison arc almost ex? hausted. Furious Fighting In Wont. Paris. Jan. 1.?Tho furious bom? bardment continues against tho Ger? mans between Stelnbloch and Cernay In upper Alsace, eight miles northwest of Muclhnusen. Violent night attacl.s by the Allies have hren mado among the sand dunes on the North Sea be? yond Neuport. H.imscappelle has been taken and lost and retaken half a dosen times. The British warship* continue the bombardment of the Germans on the Belgian coa*>t. Furi? ous fighting in which dynamite and bayonets are used, is In progress be? tween Rheims* and Argonnes. Many trenches have been blown up. An ar? tillery battle is raging along the Oisne, between Amiens and Arras. Enver Pacha Defeated. Tiflls. Jan. 1.?Enver Pacha the Turkish minister of war, who is com? manding the Turkish army Invading trans-Caucausla In lighting a desper? ate bsttle with the Kassians near e'ailkamisch. The soldiers are fight? ing at many places in snow up to their amplts. The Turks occupied Sai akamlsch. but Russians being la? ter reinforced renewed violent light? ing. The Turks were driven bg it though the mountain I.etile an I slaugbu>red by thousand:,. Enver Pacha Is said to have fb <1 |g panic. Turkish Commander A^a^luatrd. ? Cairo. Jan. 1.?Refugees today from Jaffa state that Djemal Facha, commander of aft army of Go.uoo Turks wbich arrived at Jerasub m Friday, has been i <???) ie heado.ua ? ters. Hammering at Constantinople. Athens. Jsn. I.?Another grea? as? sault by the allies' hYet ban opened against the Turkish forts defending the western entrance of the Dardan? elles, according to a wireless message from Salonika today. Fofsjsjg FSjsJ? dents sre fleelmc from Cotsjtantlnople, f^arirox an attack on that city. It Is reported that the archives have keen removed from the German and Au* tn.iu sanJfcsjglea Oreece Is prepared to mobilise tho whole army at an hour** notice. Drop Bombs on Dunkirk. London, Jan. 1.?It is reported that the Germans have made a second aerial raid over Dunkirk. They drop? ped several hombs killing a number of persons. FVjht Rage? in Franco. Paris, Jan. 1.?The official state? ment this afternoon says: "There is violent artillery fighting all alonT tho front. Near Craonelle the French ar? tillery have demolished some German works at Lagrurle. Nrr*h of the Arr"nnes the Germans gained fifty yards in a violent attack between the Meuse and the Moselle. The Germans delivered six fierce counter attacks and all were repulsed. The French aviators dropped bombs at the rail? road stations at Metz and Arnavllle. The French continue their advance at iStelnback, foot by foot WARSHIP SUNK BY SUBMARINE. Formidable Torpedoed by German Divers?Scvcnty-ono of Crew Es? cape. London, Jan. 2.?That the British battleship Formidable was sunk off DeveosiVti* *gpys%?ne* wr gnoir ?vrmer* submarines was established today. The vessel was attacked off Dartmouth and torpedoed fore and aft. At least seventy-one out of seven hundred atid fifty in the crew were rescued. It is believed that others were picked up. The disaster took placo three hundred miles from Zeebrugge from where the German submarines uro operating. Tho admiralty late today said that thirty-five officers were drowned. Germans Report Gains. Berlin, Jan. 2 (Wireless)?Advances have been made by tho Germans all along the line in tho Argonne district. The French have bombarded Saar burg, Lorraine and northwest Strass burg. All enemy's attacks near Nleu port were repulsed. Fierce French at? tacks north of Verdun near Ailly near Ahremont and north Commercy were repulsed with heavy French losses. The Germans captured a hundred pri? vates and thirty-three officers. They now occupy the Bois Brules. French reports of tho occupation of Stcln buch are untrue. At the east the Ger? man progress is favorable. Russians Invade Hungary. l'etrograd, Jan. 2.?The Galician \illiago of Mehonka and town itself, with three thousand men arsrt ten guns have been captured by the Russians. The battle continues, with the Aus trians delivering furious counter-at? tacks. So far these have been ic pulsed. In the Bukowina region the Russians have occupied Stronlce and Kedauck, capturing many prisoners, (official.) Tho Germans under G< \. Maoker? son are pressing southward from l*>dz and bowing in an effort to re? lieve the Austrians in the Carpathians and northern Gallcla, who are iogreat danger. The Russians are Invading Hungary from four differ* nt points, - Germans Send Reinforcements. Barls, Jam, 2.?With the abate? ment of the ilerce storms the lighting in northern France and Belgium are growing much tlercer. Tin artillery continues to play the most Important pait In the conlllct. It Is reported that great masses of German troops, estimated at over iwo hundred thou? sand passed through Cologne yester? da] on route to the Yser front. No More Interference. London, Jan l, it was learned I ? daj that King Qeorge is taking per? sonal, port in the negotiations rela? tive to reply to the United Ktatea note protesting against Interference with \i tricar shipping, I? Is understood that King Oeorge, Foreign Minister PARDON MILL SHUTS DOWN. LAST BATCH GRANTED YfiSTER DAV, s\vs GOV. RLF.ASF. \Hltlons "Not Ailed on" Left for At? tention of the Incoming Kxccutlvc? 110 Km ?min in Penitentiary. Columbia, Dec. 31.?The pardon J mill has closed down and discontinued! Duslness with the passing of the year | .1914, according to an arnouncement made tonight by Gov. iHeaSS, He say:? that all petitions i.oL acted on already have been put in a file, marked, "Net aetetl OH," and will be turned over to Oov. Manning. Several pardons were made up to? day, but have not yet been recorded, the governor saying this will be done i either tomorrow or the day following,' all of them, however, bearing date of ! today. He says that he does not in? tend to issue any more pr.rdons or pa? roles further than those already drawn up today while he remains gov ernornorr unless under extraordinary conditions. There are 149 prisoners left in the penitentiary and the number granted clemency today will reduce this still further. The exact figures will not be available until the list is made pub? lic. The governor announced that he will take out his license to practice law on Saturday and expects to be in his law ofllce in the Clark building, when court opens next Monday. His term as governor expires on January 19, when he will L* succeeded by Gov. Richard L Manning. ARRESTS AT FAIR PLAY. McC'lnre and C. C Kay in Jail and Warrants Out for Others. I Walhalla, Dec. 31.?The first arrests resulting from the Fair Play riots were made yesterday. Sheriff Davi3 brought W. C. McClure and C. C. Kay to Walhalla last night. They were arrested under warrar.ts charging them with murder for the killing of 'Green Gibson, an old negro, at Fair I Play. Information of a definite na ^Tniwn*VhM(f'are 11itc^^to^bc* O^nef3 developments. Gibson was one of the four negroes who lost their lives in the rioting at r.ilr Play a week ago Sunday. sheriff Davis has in his possession Warrants for John McDonald, Wo >d iow Campbell, William Kay, GUS Jones t.nd Paul Marett, all white, charging the murder of Greene Gibson. Several id' the accused men were reported In Anderson today in consultation with attorneys and it is rumored they in? tend going to Walhalla to 3itrender. An inquest was held over the re? mains of Gibson three days ago by Magistrate Eubanks, but the jury fail? ed to a^ree, the statement being made I that two of the members contended that the white men should not bo held for niurder of the negro. The magistrate has announced that he will J hold a second inquest Monday. ~. " Gray, Prime Minister ASQUlth and other influential members of the gov? ernment are In favor of an immediate, conciliatory reply. It |g expected that an international arrangement will be effected so that American ships will be free from delay by searches and m liurs and that the same non-inter? ference, except in especial cases, wilf be maintained toward other neutral shipping, France and Russia are re? ported to be |n thorough accord with this policy. lYench Report Victory and Defeat. Paris, Jan. 2 (Onicial 3 P. M.) ? The French intelligence bureau reports the destruction of German trenches near Parvillers and Laboisselle, but admit! Slight successes for the Ger? mans in the Arras region. The French have maintained their gains in West Flanders, near Nieuport, against fu? rious attacks. Artillery battles are raging at Arras, Albert, Roye and ab?ng the Alsne where the French have gained the mastery. The Ger? mans ire again bombarding the French in the vicinity of Rheims. In the Argonnes the Germans have made ;< slight advance In the forests of Lsgruple. The Germans have suffer? ed ver\ heavy losses at Steinbach. In the Vosges the German attack near liremenll has been repulsed with se? vere losses, Turk- right in Csucacus, Petrograd, .Ian. 2,?Furious fighting With the Turks around Sarkiamisch continues. The weather In that region is bitterly cold. Constantinople Prepare* for Siege. Constantinople, Jan. 2.?An army of oir bundled and flft) thousand troops has been concentrated around Ifl KEEP VITAL STATISTICS. LAW GOES INTO FORCE WITH PRISE FOR FIRST REPORT FILED. Local Kogbtrurs i? Two Hundred Ibwiuhlpa Vet to lie Appointed to Complete System. Columbia, Jan. 1.?The vital sta-1 tidies law, which was signed Septem- ! her I, will become effective today, tnough local registrars for about 200 tOWnihipf in the State have not yet teen appointed. A prize will be giv? en to the first registrar correctly re? potting a birth or death, with the olemcot of time of transmission of > the report taken into consideration. Kules and regulations for the prop? el- 'registration of births and deaths h*ve been promulgated by the bu? reau, according to the provisions of, the act, and forms have been sent all appointees, or local registrars, who must appoint deputy registrars to serve in their places in case of ab? sence or disability. j Under the regulations a permit for burial isued by a local registrar must U? obtained before the body of a per? son can be interred. This duty de? volves upon the undertaker, who in turn has it checked by the person in charge of the burying ground. The a/.tending physician also has to fill Oat a certificate. The attending physi? cian or midwife at a birth must file a certificate within ten days after (bite of birth, and in cases where itcither are present this duty devolves oh the father or mother of the child. The law provides that a local regis? trar shall receive 25 cents for each birth and death certificate, properly executed and filed with the State reg? istrar. On the tenth day of each I month he shall send all original cer il'cates to the State registrar. James A. Hayne, IL D., Slate reg nirar, is charged with seeing to the thorough and efficient execution of i the act carried out. He is authorized to investigate all cases of irregularity 'and violation of the law, and report 1 Such cases to the district attorney, 'who, must initiate court proceedings Tfefclj provides a fine oi imprisonment for 30 days or both. COTTON STEAMER SUNK. Sent to Hottoin by Mine Explosion. Ixjndon, Jan. 1.?The Danish steam? er IC, C. Holm, from Savannah Decem? ber 1, for Christinia la^en with cot? ton, struck a mine ar.d sank oft* Flam borough Head, England. All the members of the crew escaped in life? boats. They narrowly escaped injury from fragments of tho mine casing. The ship went down in 15 minutes. Flamborough Head is on the North tea in the county of York. It was off i here in 1771? that Paul Jones won his famous naval victory. LAD LOSES ROTH ARMS. Canadian is Caught Under Train at Abbeville. Abbeville, Dec. 31.?A white boy, giving his name as Percy Thompson and his home as Montreal, Canada, lost both of his arms when he fell un? der a Seaboard Air Line freight train here today. He said he was trying to [swing the train as it passed him about one mile south of Abbeville. Thompson had finished a 30 day sen? tence on the county gang, but had ; been working as water boy for several : weeks to earn his board, lie is now being taken care of at the county home. NO CAUSE FOR GLOOM. RodflcUi Sends Greetings to Business Men. Washington, Dec. 81.?Heartened by months of close study of the na? tion's business outlook. Secretary Redflold ??f the commerce department today wrote a New Year's greeting to merchants and manufacturers bid 'ding them to reach out for the pros? perity he sees within their grasps. I There is no warrant, Mr. Redfteld de lares, for gloom or despair. Constantinople. The Turks are forti Ilying the Marmora Islands, Kaiser Needs Operation. Amsterdam, Jan. 2.?a dispatch from Berlin says the Kaiser has been advised by his physicians t<? undergo an operation for catarh of the throat Immediately, Would Invade Hungary. Nlsh, Jan. 2,?The Servian army is being reorganised for the purpose ol Invading Hungary. All Korvin is now clear of Austrian soldiers. Reported That in Galicia Whole Regiments Are Surrendering to Russians, and Przemysl Garrison Has Suffer? ed Repeated Losses. Pneumonia and Kindred Diseases Ca ^ Big Losses in French and English Ranks?Hospitals F 3 0 Overflowing?Allies Have Made Good Gains in Fran i id Taken Number of Towns From Germans?Subm f# e Which Sank Formi? dable Is Reported Sunk?Tint j *ffer Defeat. German Submarine Baak* Berlin, Jan. 4.?It is reported that a German submarine that sunk the British battles*ii.J Formidable with two torpedoes and was herself sun!: by a mine three hours later, losim all aboard. The admiralty says "It has no information to give out." Turks Defeated at Tillis. Petrograd, Jan. 4.?An official re? port from Tiflis states that the Rus? sians defeated the Turks capturing five thousand prisoners in a violent engagement. Askold Driven Off. Berlin, Jan. 4.?The Russian cruis? er Askold attempted to land troops near Jaffa Saturday but was driven off \ by Turkish coast guards. Disease Most Deadly Foe. Paris, Jan. 4.?it is in the hos I pital that allies are suffering tho heaviest losses now. Thousands of British, French and Belgian soldiers (are dying from pneumonia and kln , dred diseases caused by exposure in the trenches during stormy weather. Thousands of others are incapacitat ! ed by rheumatism. The hospitals In Boulogne, Dunkirk and Calais are overflowing;, There was desperate I fighting today in the Sanddunes east of Nieuport. The Germans are vio itentjjf ?bpmbar^ing the French east of HAmiens trying "to" &if through* the vt\ j lies' main line of communication with Iout success. Artillery fighting is in i progress In the northern Argonnes, Lagrurle forest near Vcrdon, the Heights of the Meuse and in upper Alsace where the Germans are making a vain effort to check French progress. The French are bombarding Altkirch, eight miles southwest of Muelhausen. ! Germans who have been reinforced are delivering severe attacks around Thann and Steinbach. - London Exchange Opens* London, Jan. 4.?After a suspension of live months the London Stock ex i , change reopened today for business on a restricted scale. There was a large attendance and trading was fair? ly steady. French Batter German Positions. Paris, Jan. 4 (Oliicial J P. M.) ? Though heavy rains have crippled In? fantry oi?erations from the North Bea to the ()ise river, artillery battles have been continued with great vlo i lence. The French at several points j have silenced the German batteries, .'.long the Aisne and in the Cham? pagne district the French are shelling the German reserves. Several lm ] portent points held by the Germans In the Argonnes and between the Ar j gonnes and the Meuse have been cap? tured by the French. The French i have also captured Important helghti west of Cernay and at Steinbach. i Austrian* Completely Demoralized. Petrograd, Jan. 4.?The Austrians in Gallcla are panic stricken, whole regiments are surrendering to the Russians. Dispatches from Lemberg j:-'iale that resistance by the Austrians as an organized body has completely collapsed. Tbe garrison of Prseraysl ' most of which are Germans, are mak? ing desperate sorties daily but are be i ing thrown back with severe losses. It s believed that the fall of Przemysy Is imminent. The situation in Poland shows no indication of a break in the 'deadlock. German attacks along the llxura and Pilicu are being steadily j repulsed. i FagJand Maintain- Right of Search. London. Jan. 4.?There is not the remotest question of relinquishing our right "of search" which would milt tute against the interests of the allies. Tbe most that can be expected Is that every care will be taken to Insure that the right is exercised with the maxi? mum amount of care and the mini muni of hardship and friction. The British press association thus fore? casted today the answer to the United l note pi otesting against Eritish crencc with American shipping, reply, however, has not yet been .n up. Germans Adndt Defeat. Berlin, Jan. 4 (Wireless)?French success in Alsace was admitted offi? cially this atternoon. The greatest activity is displayed in Alsace. The operation! on the remainder of the front is mainly by the artillery corps. Alter a terirfic bombardment of the heights west of Sennheim the allies occupied the German trenches which had been demolished. The allies cap? tured the heights and villages around Steinlach by bayonet onslaughts, after a strong German defense. Fierce lighting for the possession of Stein lach contlnee. At the east the sit? uation continues unchanged. The Ger? man attacks east of the Rawka river, Poland, continue with unabated vigor. A VIRGINIA MURDER. Vornan and Three Children Butcher? ed by Man Who Afterwards Com? mitted Suicide. Luray, Va., Jan. 4.?William Nichols, murdered -Mrs. Charles Burn? er and three children at their moun ; tain home. Nichols' body was found this morning nearby with the head I blown off, and shotgun lying close be hrt?e lt. It Is believed he was anger* cred because the woman repelled his advances. The husband was at first suspected of the crime, but it is now known he was absent at the time. KEEP COOL AND BE BRITISH. - Last Words of Captain of English Battleship Formidable. i London, Jan. J (1.11 A. M.)?Capt. Arthur N. Lesley, of the battleship Formidable, stood on bridge smok j ing a cigarette as his vessel went down in the English Channel Friday, according to survivors of the disaster. The captain's last v jrds, they say, were a compliment to the officer who was superintending the launching of boats on the seamanly work in which the work was being done. "Capt. Loxley gave his orders as calmly as if his ship had been in har? bor w ith her anchors down," said one rescued Bailor. " The only sign that lie gave that anything was wrong was .* brief speech with which he ex j iiortcd bis crew. " 'Steady men. everything is all right,' he said. Keep cool an" be British! There's tons of life in the i old ship yet.' " I GARDNER ATTACKS WILSON. ! Soie-head Stand Pat Republican Play? ing Polities. Washington, Jan. 4.?Tn a speech - In the house today. Representative Gardner, ?f Massachusetts, caustical? ly criticized the administration policy 'relative to the army increase. Ho de? clared the congressional Inquiry had ! I ten muzzled by politics. TAKES HER OWN LIFE. Mrs Bertha Atkinson Commits Sui? cide. Bishopville, Dec. 31. ? Mrs. Hertha Atkinson, wife of Fitrman Atkinson of the Blllotl section of Lee county, com* 1 mined suicide late yesterdaj afternoon by blowing the t<?p of her head off I with a double-barrel gun. Mrs. At? kinson was before her marriage a Miss Proctor, from near Bumter, and was only married in Fopteml>er of this year. She had b ?en suffering for some lime with some nervous trouble and it Is supposed 'in* taused her to las < her ot? n life. Comiuttt) UU'c* in to Miners. l?ridgeiK?rt, Ohio, .Tan. 2. Pluto Coal Company will this afternoon sign ihe miners' settle. It is reported that the Red Mud Mine Company will also sign. This is the first break In the ranks of the operators.