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I n tau. ?TOTER WATOHM AN, tatabUahed April, 18*0. "Be Ja?; and Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Almg't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, ISO*. Consolidated Auk. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1915. Vol. XXXIX. No. 40. PORTUGAL JOINS ID Wi. Officially Reported From Lisbon That Por? tuguese and German Soldiers Are Fighting in West Africa, Mak? ing An Addition to Allies. ITALIAN MARINES LAND IN ALBA NI A?AEROPLANES OF RUSSIANS AND AIRSHIPS OF AUSTIUANS JOIN IN CONFLICT OVER CITY OF PKZEMYSL? FRENCH FIGHT WITH BYONETS IN BLOODY BAT? TLE IN ALSACE?RUSSIAN ADVANCE ON CRACOW IS STOPPED ?GERMANS CAPTURE IMPORTANT RAILROAD TOWN IN PO? LAND?GERMAN AIHME ; MAKE SUCCESSFUL HAID?BATTLE NOW RAGING IN POLAND?WARSAW THOUGHT TO BE IM FREGNADLE? FVE MILLION TROOPS PASS CITY ON WAY TO FRONT. British Merchantmen Deotroyod. Ui Palmas, Canary Island?, J? n. 5. ?Continuing lt? daring raids the Ger? man cruiser Kronprlni-Wilhelm has sunk tour more of the allies' mer? chantmen. The Bellevue, Montagel, Bretagne and Union are the last ves? sels sunk. The crews were brcught hare. Portugal in the War. Lisbon. Jan. 5.?It is officially an? nounced that Portuguese troops have engaged the Germans in Angola, vVest Africa. This aligns Portugal with the sllita . ?* #? Bloody Battle In Alsaoe. ? 'Paris, Jan. 5.?The great bottle line new stretches three hundred and seventy miles from the North sta to the Iwltaerland border. Germar, on? slaughts at Fast Cernay where they are attempting to recapture lost ground have teen repulsed. Stein Dach had been destroyed by the French artillery. Thu French are now bend rag their energies to the capture of lanaehelm, the railroad key to M eel hausen. A motorist who arilved today says the mountains in the v cin tty of Stelnbach are trembling with the rear of monster guns and the hills are running red with blood. The val m lgg?vjtre ailed with ruined cottages. British warships are again bomb.ircl? ing the coast. The watertower at 15ee brugge has been demolished. Terrific artillery duels east of Amiens along the Alsne and heights of the Mouse Continus night and day. French Continue Offensive. Pari?. Jan. 5 (Official 3 P. M.) ? Frsnch infantry attacks have been resumed in Belgium and resulted suc? cessfully In the sand dunes before N en port. In the vicinity of 8t. Georges the French made gains of two hun? dred to three hundred yards, captur? ing a part of th< German trenc.ies. Tils Germans blew up a French tre ich near the Lille highway but b.ter the French recaptured the trench. The French maintain their progress on the Thann to Cernay road. British Ammunition Destroyed. Berlin. Jan. S (Official 3.30 P. M i? German aviators today successfi lly raided a British ammunition st >re house at Rosendael and Coudorkerque, near Dunkirk. A hundred British were killed by bombs. The ammuni? tion and outskirts of the villages gssfl !.red. Groat Battle In Poland. Petrograd. Jan. 5.?Along an lrn-g ular front on the Bxura river to the south and southwest for eighty mi es a terrific battle Is again raging. The Germans who are taking the offensive sre being repulsvl. The Germans cop tSjred ? few trenches hut lost th< m again. The Germans occupied a pi rt of the town of Borjlmow, but the Russhns who held the trenches on th? eastern outskirts aro makl ig desperate attacks to drivn the G<r msns l?ack. Toe Germans cross ad the Plllca river at a tremendous ccst of life. Germs us on Defensive. Berlin. Jan. 5.?Repulse of French attacks In Alsace and Argonnts, the blowing up of a French Tench :it north Arras und progre*?. b> (ie - mann west of Warsaw are the chief points in the official statements tb I afternoon. FreiM'h l >o Bayonet. Paris. Jan. 6.?Details of the six days' battle for the possession c f Stelnbach. upper Alsace, show tlu:t It ranks with the battlo of the Yser In ferocity. A French corre*pondent declares that the Germans placed wo? men and children In the front rank? so that the French could not fire on th#?m The French ftnnlly gSjgdWfQll th* position at the point of the '?ovo? net Italians in Albania. Home, Jan. 5.?Italian marines were landed at Durazzo, Albania, last night. They are now holding the city to prevent its capture and looting by Mussulman insurgents. Members of the various legations are refugeing on Italian warships. Battle In tho Air. Lemberg. Qalicia, Jan. 5.?Two Rus? sian aeroplanes engaged three Aus train airships in a battle above Przemysl today. At five thousand feet the Russians dropped six bombs Upon the forts destroying three guns. Three Austrians rose to attack th? Russians. One was disabled and th-3 I others descended. Tho Russians re? turned to their station undamaged. Russian Advance Checked. Vienna, Jan. 6.?The Austrian army has decisively checked the Rus? sians who were advancing on Cracow, Inflicting heavy lost es and taking 30, 000 prisoners. The Russian casualties were severe along the Dunajec river front. Germans Take Borjimow. Eerlln, Jan. 5.?It was officially an? nounced today that Germans have captured the Polish town of Borjimow, an important railroad, town. The sit? uation south of the Vistula greatly fa? vors the Germans. Soldiers Pass Through Warsaw. London, Jan. 5.?It la reported that five million Russian soldiers passed through Warsaw going westward and southward. Surrounded by an im? mense held and strong fortifications, it is believed that Warsaw is impreg? nable. Turkish Army Destroyed. Petrog-ad, Jan. 6.?Broken frag? ments of the Turkish invaders of trans Caucasia are being pursued today by the victorious Russians who captured 35,000 prisoners, vast quantities mu? nitions and many guns. The Ninth Turkish corps was annihilated and the Tenth badly shattered. The rugged country through whleh the Turks are fleeing is impeding their flight. Thou? sands have been killed hy falling into [ chasms and deep streams. Germans Retreat from Rzurn. Petrograd, Jan. 6.?A news dispatch from Warsaw states tiat Germans along the Bzura and Pillcla rivers are preparing to retreat. They fear the wide turring movement of the Rus? sian army from the South. Try to Regain I*>st Ground. Paris, Jan. 6.?The official state? ment this afternoon says: The Ger? mans have made two desperate at? tacks to regain the lost ground in the sand dunes on the coast and southeast of St. Georges, but were repulsed Along Alrene and around Rheims the French artillery has silenced the Ger? man batteries. The French advanced a hundred yards northwest of Rheims. In the Argon nee the French have re? taken three hundred yards of trench? ed. German* Capture Point?. Berlin, Jan. ?I. (Wireless) ?A ter? rific battle Is being fOUght for posses? sion of the height of Bennhelm in Alsace. The French yesterday gained a foothold, but later were driven off at the Beim of the bayonet. The Ger? mans have captured several trenches in the Argonnes region, in Poland 0 the Germans continue to make prog ret a capturing several lluaalan points I with fourteen hundred prisoners, (Of : i lal t his a t ternoon, > Blow up German Trenches. Paris, Jan. 'I.?In the Argonne re? gion the Trench blew up sight hun? dred yards of German trenches oc? cupying hair of them near Pootemous son. The French continue to gaiti ?round and In the reg! ?n of Thann AMERICAN SKIPPER TAKES 6, 000 BALES TO BREMEN. Dutch Pilot? Refused to Guido Ship Through Mines and Capt Pinehln Picked IRs Own Way?First to Ar? rive. Bremen, via The Hague and Lon? don, Jan. 6.?Through the daring of an American skipper, the steamer Bl Monte with 6,000 bales of cotton, which sailed frem Galveston December '3, arrived at Bremen on January 1. The cotton was the first to reach this port during the war. After the El Monte reached the Hook of Holland the Dutch pilots re? fused to assist her captain, Edward X Plnchin. They declared it was im? possible on account of mines to make the trip. , , Captain Pinchin, however, was de? termined to go on, so he proceeded without a pilot, picking his own course without mine charts or other aid. He safely reached Bremen, great? ly to the amazement of the Germans. The El Monte is to return to Amer? ica with 1,500 tons of mixed cargo. SHIPS TO HAVE CHANCE. Democrats Determined to Push Meas? ure for Buying Vessels. Washington, Jan. 5.?Continued Republican belligerency towards the government ship purchase has began to alarm administration leaders. vVnh but two months of the Sixty- .hird con? gress remaining, all of the big supply bills undisposed of by the senate and minority senators manifesting a de? termination to fight the ship bill to the last ditch, fears were expressed by Democratic leaders that the adminis? trations' legislative programme is Jn dange;\ As a result of conferences among Democratic senators today it. is prob? able night sessions may be forced in the near future to test the endurance of opponents of the shipping bill. Republican senators today prevent? ed consideration of the ship measure bjf discussing at |engtb the usseirj?^ flciency bill. Several Democratic sen? ators declared that should the minor? ity prevent passage of the snipping bill at this session an extra session would I be called. Intimation of a similar i nature also were heard at the White ! House. KING GEORGE TO THE POPE. Thanks Holy Father for Proposal to Exchange Wounded. Home, Jan. 5.?Replies received b> Pope Benedict from sovereigns with whom he sought to arrange the ex? change of wounded prisoners of war were given out at the Vatican today. The first answer, from King George, said "It is with pleasure that I thank Your Holiness for your telegram ! With profound satisfaction, my gov? ernment received the proposal of Your Holiness, which gave strength to the suggestion we already had made to the German government; which government has notified us just at this moment of their consent. 1 trust that an agreement will be effected before many days pass from tho New Year. TO EXCHANGE PRISONERS. ; England and Germany to Swap Men Who Can't Eight. London, Jan. !?.?Tho efficial in? formation bureau announced tonight chat an agreement had been reached act ween England and Germany for exchange of prisoners who are inca? pable of further service. The an? nouncement follows: I "On December 10th the British fOV i eminent proposed to the German gov? ernment, through the United States, that arrangements be made for ex? change of British and German officers land men, prisoners of war, who were physically incapacitated for further 'military set vice. The acceptance of this offer by tht? German government Was conveyed to the British govern snont on the 31st. Arrangements are being made to give effect, to it." tue French have maintained their DO? S' tion despite a terrific bombardment by the Germans. The Germans, how? ever, reoccupied one of their old trenches in the eastern slope, but the French still hold the summit of the hill. Will Exchange Incapacitated Prison? ers. Rome, Jan. 6,?The pope was no? il led today that Germany and Aus? tria had accepted his suggestion that prisoners nf war Incapacitated for further service be exchanged. N. Y. SUBWAY TRAGEDY. SCORES BURNED TO DEATH IN ' STALLED CARS. Accident at Power House Stops Cars. | Fire Breaks out, Many Are Trampleil and Crushed to Death?Many Oth? ers Perish in the Burning Curs. New York, Jan. 6.?Many persons wore killed and scores injured today j when the subway system was crip? pled by an accident at the main pow? er station. Fire started on a "stalled" train at Fifty-Sixth street and Broad? way. There was a panic among the four hundred passengers trapped on the train who fought savagely to es? cape. Many were crushed and man? gled. Twelve bodies have been taken out, but many more remain in the burning cars. At 11 o'clock the firemen declared that there were two hundred bodies still in the subway. They are prepar? ing to blow up the street over the sub? way to get at the bodies. SUBWAY PASSENGERS ESCAPE. None Lost When Underground Car is Stalled, hut Some Thought to Be Fatally Injured. New York, Jan. 6.?Scores of per? sons were overcome by smoke or crushed in the wild panic resulting from the complete paralysis of the subway system by the burning out of the cable to the main power plant. Wildly excited firemen and police de? clared early tbday that many were 'dead, but later investigations showed no lives lost. That many were not killed is little short of a miracle. The burning train between Fifty ? Sixth street and Broadway was stall? ed far below the surface. The injured .were lifted up with ropes or carried out in a roundabout way by firemen. Nearly a hundred were injured, some fatally, it is thought. The subway will be out of commis? sion for several days before the neces? sary repairs will be completed for a resumption of traffic. The surface amd elevated cars are greatly congested. ?WCAATREVIVAI. CMJ6ES. IRot. B. F. McLendon's Preaching is Means of Fifteen Hundred Persons Professing Christ. From The Daily Item, Jan. 7. The greatest revival meeting in the history of Sumter closed last night. About 1,500 people made profes? sion of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and crowds of people came into .the different churches. There is no doubt that B. F. Mc Lendon is one of the great evangelists !of the South today. Hie is a man that lays no claims ko education; gets up and forgets his surroundings; throws rhetoric and itSnglish to the winds, and flays sin. A prominent pastor was heard to I ay that McLondon is one of the most .?emarkable preachers that ho had ever heard, and that any other man .hat made the mistakes in his pro? nunciation of English that he did. . .vould not be heard by the people. And yet this man is preaching to rmore people than any man in the South today, and is getting moro re? sults. Marriages. Manning Times. Married last Wednesday afternoon, by Rev. G. P. Watson, pastor of the Manning Methodist church, Dr. Thom? as W. Gunter, and Miss Eva Curtis both of Paxville. Married by Hcv. M. J. Kyser at Pax? ville on Christmas day at the home of Mrs. G. H. Lackey, Mr. Charles Brown and Miss Cornelia Uidgill. Married at Blshopville yesterday, Mr. Morris Neos, a prominent young business man of Manning, and Miss Kachael Levy of Blshopville. Rabbi M. Simonhoff of Charleston performed the ceremony in the presence of a large congregation in the opera house, after which there was an elaborate reception at the home of the bride's parents, attended by a large number of guests from New \ ork, Bumter, 'Charleston and Manning. Mr. Bennie Xess. a brother of the groom was the i best, man, and Miss Mary Karesh <>f Charleston the maid of honor. Tho ! couple will take a bridal tour, after which they Will make their home In ; Manning, and receive the congrntuln - lions of the groom's friends here. City Recorder Etchlson, of Co lumbla, has filed n request with city council that the legislature he pe? titioned to amend tin* law so as to permit him to Impose a line of $100 for violation of pity ordinances. The maximum line is now $ 10, Demands Immediate Reparation for Arrest and Detention of Four Italians When Belgrade Was C<aptured By Austrian Army. Turkey and Greece Near Breaking Point of Diplomatic Rela? tions?Germans Report Gains in Argonnes and Resume Offensive at Lille?French Gain in Woe vre Region and Repulse German Attacks at Other Points?French in Al? sace and Lorraine Are Marching on MuelHausen?German Aeroplanes Defeated?Turks Make Gain Persia?Mla wa, German Base of Operation in Polan ? /int of Attack By Russians?Turks Crushed in Tran w acZsia. German Offensive at Lille. Paris, Jan. 7 (Official)?German aviators who were attempting to at? tack Dunkirk were put to flight by the French batteries. Fighting In Flanders is generally confined to the artillery in which the French gained the advantage. The Germans have apparently renewed 'their* of? fensive in the region of Lille, but a violent attack by the Germans was re? pulsed there. The French progress in the Woevre district, northwest of Flirey is important. They now con? trol a part of the first line of the ene? my at Steinbach. At Hill number four j twenty-five the enemy have ceased j their counter attacks. The Germans , made an attack at Watwiller and i near Kolschlag, but were repulsed. The French have advanced four kilo? meters west of Altkirch, where their heavy artillery silenced the German I batteries. The French art now with ! in two miles of Altkirch. _ Merchant Ship Sunk. i Newcastle-on-Tyne, Jan. 7.?The steamer Affrieda, with a crew of 22 : was sunk North sea eff Scnrboif-e, jough by a mine today. The crew es I caped. Jap Envoy to Vatican. Amsterdam, Jan. 7.?A news dis 1 patch states that Japan intends to send a diplomatic envoy to the vati I can. England recently sent an am? bassador to the Vatican for the first time in four centuries. I Turkish Success in Persia. ? Constantinople, Jan. 7 (Official) ? The Turkish army has occupied Urmia, Persia. The natives have joined the Turks against the Rus I sians. An indecisive battle between i the Russian and Turkish fleet has taken place. The Russians have ; sunk an Italian merchantman. I Marching on Muclhauscn. , Paris, Jan. 7.?General Joffre has j thrown one hundred thousand men I into upper Alsace and Lorraine, and j they are marching on Muelhausen ! from three directions. The German I .attempt to lay siege to I'.elfort ended in a failure and they have been driven Oack and are now on the defensive. In Flanders the lighting is mostly con lined to the artillery. Russians to Attack Mlawa. I Petrograd. Jan. 7.?The Russians i are gathering for a great battle for 'the possession of Mia WS, Poland, near i the east Prussian frontier, which is 1 used as a base by the Germans. La* ; ter dispatches from Tiflis show that i the Turks were completely crushed. They lost fifty thousand men around Sarikamisch. Greece and Turkey Hostile. Athens, Jan. 7.?Diplomatic rela? tions between Greece and Turkey are nearing the breaking point. Greek consuls in Asia Minor report continued Turkish artocities against Greek res? idents. A cruiser has been sent to i Duraxso to protect the Greeks th^re. I * -1? Italy t ails Austria. I Turin, Jan. 7.?It is reported here that Italy has demanded immediate reparation from Austria for tin* arrest of four Italians at Belgrade. When the Austrlans occupied Belgrade they seized and held the Italians among other hostages. Berlin Reports Success. Merlin. Jan. 7. (Wireless)?Official R p. m. Further progress by the Ger? mans in the Argonnes is announced, There is hard lighting north of Ar? ras where the French are trying? to recapture the trenches recently taken by the Germans. The report that the French have captured the German trenches at Courte Chausee is contra dieted with the declaration that the French were driven back all along the line with I J> losses. At the east the situat ^ unchanged, bad wea? ther har f g troop movements. F y 'EMENT PARDON. Blee Says in Letter to Nieb?lls, Spartanburg, Jan. 5.?Gov. Blease says he is not going to pardon Clyde Clement, the youth held here in the county jail under life sentence for the murder of his infant daughter, the child of Freda Pendleton, drown? ed in Lawson's fork in the suburbs of this city last February. The gov? ernor has addressed a letter to S. J. Nicholls in which he says he would give Capt. Xicholls his shoes and socks in cold weather, but he will not 1 grant his request for a pardon for j Clement. However, he adds if the matter of reducing Clement's sentence to a term of years will do him any good, he will be glad to take the mat? ter up with that in view. The gov i ernor says he heard part of the tnal ' and is satisfied that the girl is just as I guilty as the boy, but he would not ; like to say what brought about her \ acquittal. The Pendleton girl was tried on the same charge and at the same time with Clement and was .acquitted. i Real Esttac Transfers. I. C. Strauss and Davis D. Moise to H. C. Tucker, lot and buildings on Corbett street. $1,700. H. C. Tucker to W. I. Whitehead, I lot on Blanding street, $2,000. ? W. W Whitehead to Lee & Moise, lot in city, $5 and other consideration. John Brown, Janie Crossen, et al., to Elisabeth Brown and children, 41 acres in Stateburg township, $5 and ! other consideration. Elizabeth Brown, John Brown, et al. to Amelia Thompson, II acres in Stateburg township. $5 and other consideration. /Elizabeth Brown, John Brown, et al.. to R. S. Roach and children of Ellbaabeth Roach, 41 acres in State burg township, $5 and oiher consider i ation. Elizabeth Brown. John Brown, et. al to Betsey Ann Keith, 4 6 acres in Stateburg township, $5 and other consideration. lt. S. Roach, Amelia Thompson, et al to Jane Crossen, 4 2 acres in State burg township, $5 and other consid? eration. Elizabeth Brown. R. S. Roach, et. al., to John Brown, 41 acres in State burg township, $5 and other consid? eration. Elizabeth Brown. John Brown, et. al, to Mary Alston, 23 acres in State burg township. $5 and other consid? eration. Dax id Doar Elected Collector. David Doar. who was a resident of this city for several years up to last fall, has been elected collector of tho j First National Bank to succeed J. W. i Kinard, w ho has been promoted to the j place of bookkeeper. Mr. Doar has many friends in Sumter. who a?*o glad to welcome him back to the city ind wish him success in his new du? ties. Mi??s DcHaven Entertains. 1 Tuesday evening Miss Bessie De j Haven entertained in honor of ? num? ber of her friends, from I to 11 o'clock at her home. 1?> West Bait lotto street. During the tirst half of the evening delightful games were played, later delicious refreshments were served those attending. New dances were demonstrated during the evening by Prof, and Mrs. Holcoen dorse, A number of out-of-town guests were present. The Orangebura county dispensaries sold >:::'.>'. r..7?> worth of liquor in Ho? ve nib or.