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university of S, H| TBM 8TJMTKR WATX7HM^ N, Established April, 1?*0. "Be Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country's. Thy God's and Troth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 184?. Consolidated Auk. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. q., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20. 1916. Vol. XXXIX. No. 43. GERMANS Gl IN FRANCE. Continue Their Successes in Western Zone of War, Captu ring a Number of Points and Advance Their Lines. Capture Trenches and Thirty-five Guns From French in Ar gonnes?Kaiser Celebrates His Birthday? l ake Bridge at Missy and Gain Foothold on Aisne?Teutons Win in Aerial Battle?Soissons Bein?; Bombarded and Laboiselle Destroyed by German Artillery? Turkish Insurrectos Ar? rested?Eight Turkish Transports Sunk by Russians?Lit? tle News From East. Germans Report Success. Berlin. Jan. 16.?It is reported to? day that the Germans have mptured a bridge near Mhue ami ha/e gain? ed a foothold on the south bank or the Ab;r \ They are prepiring to launch an attack upon Soisions. A Strassburg dispatch states that Ger? man aviators defeated the Fr< nch air men in an aerial battle In upper Alssvce Thursday. The Russians are resuming the offensive In northern Poland and east Prussia, apparently to relieve the pressure on the allies at the west. Turkish Conspirators Arrested. Bucharest. Jan. 16.?It is reported that over three hundred conspirators \ . been arrested in Constantinople aa the reajlt of the discovery of a plot to overthrow the young Turks' government. The Turkish defeat in the Caucausus is causing great anger against the young Turks' regi no. Roisaons Being Destroyed. Paris. Jan. 16.?The Germans are bombarding Soissons, the Fremh base Jgftfthe 'Alse rlwr front. The central ited. Hecelans Sink Turk Transports. Petrograd. Jan. 16.?The destruc? tion of an entire Turkish regiment In the region of Karauragan has been officially reported from Tiflls The Russian warships are presenting large reinforcements from reaching the Turks in AhU Minor. The Ttusstcns have captured or sunk eight Turk sh transports within the last two weeks. Rubber Shipments Resumed. I.no. Ion, Jan. 16.?The rubber trades association announced today that arrangements havo boon made with the British government f ?r the resr Mlon of the exportation of rub? ber to tho Cnlted States. This wll; greatly aid American concerns. Gorman* Capture Trendies. Berlin. Jan. 16. (Wireless, Official). ?Germans captured thirty-five Frem h guns in the Argonne forests and re? pulsed French attacks northwest of Arras. Tho Kaiser has usked th it his birthday January 27th, be celebrat? ed uule ly, with prayers for victory Ol er his enemies. French (.aIn and lose. Paris, Jan. 16 (OfTlclal)?Germans have captured a portion of the trench? es lost Thursday near Cnrency. The French artillery In the region of Sois ?oni? have gained apprec iably at sev? eral points, dispersing g German feg? ment. blowing up a battery and de Mtroying eurth works. Between the Argon \e forest and the Vosges they checked a sharp German attack Hgaltuit their trenches. At Fliny the Germans evacuated a position on the elevation north of Cleinery and east of Font Amou.wo, umler heavy nrtil 1? ry fire. German Success Continues. Berlin. Jan. 16.- (Ofllelah Germans have deHlroyed the village of LakoaV ?eile and northeast Albert has been completely destroyed. The French were driven away. Hr-uvy rains are interfiling; with military operutb?ns In the Ka t HuhsImiis l?rhe Germans From Flock. Petrograd. Jan. If, <J? rmw\h who r? ntly gfenned Ilm Vistula and WCfC occupying Flock wen- forced bacll across the river and the I i nssl ins have rebiken l'lock. Xo American-, f.ost. Washington. Jan. 15.?Ameiban Amhuwiador Fni?e at Koine tot ay raided the Mint?' department that 1 be number of dead from tho earthqtlf ke Will be between twelve and flit* en thousand, N>? Americans nmvc tins fur been reported dead. II HUE AND STARVATION ADDING TO THE MISE Ii Y OF VICTIMS. Government llus Fist of M,IM Dead and Ueports Have Been Received from Only Twenty-live Out of Sixty Wrecked Towns and Villages?Hun? dred Burned Alive in tin- Wreck? age. Homo, Jan. 16.?Fire and starvation are adding horrors to the great earth? quake disaster. After receiving re ! ports from twenty-live towns today (Premier Salandra stated that 26,186 I have been listed as dead. Thirty-live I shattered towns are yet unheard from. Soldiers and relief bands are working {frantically to rescue many who are ': buried alive. Avezzano is a city of ;dead. under wreckage which is piled high. Insane From Suffering. Sora, Italy, Jan. 16.?Seven hun? dred dead have been recovered here and only a part of the town has been ggggjilanrtgot aVt?ik|rsnagwWaTe.ia^ en from the Carra Palace. A few of these were taken out alive, several of I whom were insane from suffering. Shock Today Kills Hcseucrs. p.ome, Jan. 16.?The earthquake b~<b y raze i the remaining standing walls of Sora. Today a number Of soldiers who were among the res? cuers, were killed and surrounding towns were shaken. WOMAN PRIVATE SECRETARY. Gov. Smith Appoints Miss Pnrrotl of Bishopvlllc Who Will Serve Until Tut -day. Columbia. Jan. 16.?Qov, ('has. A. Smith this morning appointed Mum Mildred bOcllC Parrott. of Blahopvllle, private secretary. This is the first time in the history of the State that a woman has occupied that position. .She succeeds W. F. Blackburn, resign ! od. TO FINISH OFT YEAK. Gutierrez to Serve Fiitll January 1, 191?. Mexico City, Jan. II (Via Kl Faso). ?The National convention last night reappoln'.ed Kulalio QutierrOf as pro-( visional president to servo until after the general elections of January 1, f>16, and not until November, luic, when the original Dial term would have ended. This was done on certain conditions Which w -re accepted in general, but details of which will bo debated at another ecaaton. The conditions were; That Guth rie/, shall continue in the presidency timing the remainder <d the present year. In case of his ai? ecncBi bis successor shall be the min-1 later of foreign affaire. That the convention, by a two-thirds vote, can impeach the president for violation ?f the plan <i Ayala (the Sapata reform programme) or for at? tacking the sovereignty et' Ihe conven? tion! changing the executive residence without permission or resolving inde? pendent political affairs without eon suiting his CUblnet, Which bei one ., l e j om Ible to the com entlon. Thai any dispute between iho pres? ident and his ministers shall be sct t It d by t bo Com ent ion. That no minister shall be dismissed i about tb ? consent of the conv< ntlon That majori!) vote ?>r the conven t Ion can ?1 i -> ? <.. - i ny minister. Tbat vacancies in ?lu- eablnel shall filled within n i?> t i?? I i Ighl day:!. Swedish Officers Culled Home. < foponhagl n. .lan. If, All Hwodlsh officers In Persls have been ordered home, aays a Ktockholm dlsimlch. Hwedea is buying medical supplies. M DE 11 II Elfi? Gov. R. L Manning and Lieut* Gov. A. J. Be thea Take Oath of Office and Begin Administration. NEW EXECUTIVE* ARE SWORN I& UV CHIEF JUSTICE EUGENE B. OARV IN HALL OF HOUSE Ol REPRESENTATIVES?OOV. MAN - Ni\(. OUTLINES ?ESIRKO LTC1SLATION TO IMMENSE THRONG or ciitzens <>r palmetto?btate ehom state house por? tico, who cheer new GOVERNOR as ile speaks. A change in tho administration in South Carolina was hailed with groat applause today by an Immenae crowfi of citizens of the Palmetto State, whff fathered In the Mate house and ott the court In front of thft building (B greet Qov, Rlohard Irvine Manninj to see him take the oath of office anj outline the policy which would mai his administration. Richard Irvh Manning and Andrew Jackson Bethel were nominated to the chief oxeeutivi offices Of the State by tho peoplp <! the State in the primaries of summer and today many of th< people fathered to see the culmint tlon ??f their wishes In the inauguri , tlon of u new regime in South I Una. I The oath of office was administer* ' to Qov, Manning In the hall of the house of representatives by chief Jus tiee R?gens I'.. Gary a few minutes after noon and a few minutes later his executive mate, Lieutenant Gover? nor liethea. took the oath of otMce bofore Chief Justice Qary. The senate Convened with the house oi' representative)) at noon ami imme? diately were organised and seated. The governor, governor-elect, lleuten anl governor-elect ami representatives in congress from this state, chief Jus? tice and associate justiert; and Judge II. A. M. Bntlth, N\ho is conducting court in Columbia, circuit Judges and i others were escorted from the Su? preme Court room to the hall of the housi- of representatives, Upon their approach to the rostrum the an? nouncement was made by the sei geant-nt-arms of the house which arose in a body to receive them. The governor( governor-elect ami Heuten? nut governor-elect then took their i seats upon the rostrum at the speak- j er's desk, tin- other members of the' body grouping themselves as they found it convenient. President pro tempore of the sen. ate LeGrand Walker of Georgetown then called the assemblage to order and the proceedings were opened with a prayer by Rev, Alfred R. Berke? ley, a son-in-law of the governor elect, Gov-elect Manning then advanc? ed t<? the speaker's desk and Chief Justice Gary advanced from tin- op? posite Ilde tum Ing here in the presence of hundreds of his relatives and friends and surrounded by the people of the H ate who had elected him to tin- high ottlce Qov. Manning man.ith before the Chief Justice of the state to uphold and protect her Constitution ami law? and to work for tin- welfare o? her people, Tho cero? mony was a short, but Intensely lm? urosftlvc one and at Its close He re was <: ppln u ie. I leuti n i nt (!? v( rnor i l< ct \ndrew Jackson I'cthcn then iidvaneed to tho Speaker'? desk from the right and i In < hlef Justice from the left and again tin mleiun obligation was inn poi I for hllll to nbide !-\ the con? stltutlon and law of Koutli Curohiri, Wiili 111?? iitlmiiil leiiiig of the oaths t" i lie hi tin i exee!ili\ ?? *> He< ? 111 I ho Stai<' the "id regime went out and ?i now i< rime h..' i The new olH? cers were eon gru tula ted by those on tin* rostrum n< .-? v enough to reaeii t In i i. President Walker I lien iinnoiinc.M 11 tu I 1111 i emblage woultl adjoui n to the portico of the State house, where Gov. Manning's appearance was the signal for loud and prolong? ed applause. Here he delivered his inaugural address to one of the largest crowds which has ever at? tended an inauguration. His address was heard with close attention, the audience cheering him when ne out? lined legislation which seemed to meet with their approbation. Lieutenant Governor Bethea made ^lis inaugural address upon the re? convening of the senate of which Body he is president and presiding officer. During the rest of the day Gov. Manning and Lieut. Gov. Bethea were kepi busy receiving congratulations of their friends. Tonight they will be the guests at a reception given by Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hoyt to Gov. and Mrs. R, I. Manning and the Gen |ara1 Assembly. SMALL HOY IS KILL KD. Henry James Ixxses Life by Accidental - Disc barge of Gun in Young Rela? tive's Hands. HartavillOi Jan. IG.?Henry James, six-year-old son of William James, 'tenant on the farm of W. A. ?umner, near Hartsville, was accidentally killed at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the home of an uncle in the Carolina Fibre company village by his cousin, Sidney James, also G years old. HtfuMX<a^o*in inia morning |& vj*it Sidney. This afternoon Sidney picked up a shotgun leaning in a corner of the room. The mother told her son to put the gun down and then went into another room. In a few minutes she was starteld by an explosion and rushed in to where the boys were. She found that the gun had been dis? charged, the load entering one of Henry's eyes. The side of his head was blown off, causing instant death. The boy, a bright little fellow, had ijust started to school this week. MILITIA MOVE I F TO MANNING. Restoration of National Guard Must Re at the 'initiative of Governor* Elect. Washington, Jan. 16.?if the South [Carolina militia. ordered disbanded by ex-Qov, Blease, is restored to its former stains, war department ofll ' cials said today, it would be upon jthe initiative of Gov-elcct Manning. Adt. Qen. Moore concluded con? ferences with officials here today, making such accounting as he could for federal equipment issued to South Carolina. He has said he had been assured Gov-elect Manning would do i what he could to restore the militia. m' ' " i TO BUILD GRAIN ELEVATOR, North Dakota Man Gets Contract at Anderson. Anderson, Jan. 15.?A deal was closed In Anderson today between the local agricultural committee of Cham her of Commerce and IL II. Richards, | of North Dakota, for the construction in this city of a modern, up-to-date terminal grain elevator. Mr. Itich ards will manage the plant and be? gin immediately outlining plans for construction of same and make an inspection trip through the grain sections of this State, Georgia and North Carolina. ALABAMA T<> BECOME DRY. Dill Sent from Legislature to Gover? nor for Signature. Montgomery, Jan. 16. The legisla? ture tbis morning put the IImil touch? es to the State-wide prohibition bill which was sent tu the governor ror hin signature. It is understood thai Gov. o'Neal will pass the bill on to Gov, Henderson, who succeeds him Monday. Prohibition will hoooi.io ef? fective June :;o111, according to tl ?? terms of the bill. The legislature ha: the ncee:?Hury two-thirds In pass Ihe i id if ihe rovi rnor vetoes It. Shrt \ ??; oi l, I , Jan. 1 i. Thn ?? inches of snow cover the ground t?> day. This is ihe heaviest snowfall In I c in Ulli II) > l :t i s. Invading Forces of Sultan Are Defeated and Scattered as Result of Battle in Caucasus. After Three Days Fighting Mussulmen Were Put to Flight and a Great Quantity of Arms and Supplies Were Captur? ed?Will Reinforce Army in Persia-Fighting is Fierce in France With Reports of Gains by Russians?Aeroplanes Hy Over German Towns?Germans Claim to Have Big French Army Bottled Uo--Naval Battle Re, ?d. QUAKE SHOCKS CONTINUE BUILDINGS LEFT STANDING BY FIRST SHOCK BEING DE? STROYED. Latest Official Report Indicates That Total Death List Will Reach 35,000 With 82,000 Injured. Sixty Towns and Villages Destroyed. Home, Jan. IS.?Five trains carry? ing quick lime were sent into the earthquake zone today. Shocks con? tinue to raze buildings left standing. Sixty towns and villages were turne?! ! into tombs by Wednesday's awful ca , tastrophe. Hain is quenching the tires , in many places. Latest ollicial re? ports place the, number cf dead at 3ii,7*i4 with injured about 82,000, though many of these are only slight? ly hurt. The homeless number about 125,000. The premier stated today that he believed the death list will not go over 35,000 when all the strick? en towns have been heard from. _ GREAT BATTLE AT TANGA. Fight In (ierman Kast Africa Sets New Record fou Dritish Colonies. Berlin, Jan. 17 (Wireless via Lon d>n>,.r73';Tp^ft battle at Tanga, German East Afriea\the greatest that m\si oe curred in any of our colonies, was a veritable feat of arms," says a state? ment given out by the official press bureau today. "The governor reports that the lighting occurred on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of November. The English ap? peared off Tanga with two battle? ships and 12 transports. They de? manded unconditional surrender of the place, which was refused. One I European and one Indian regiment i were landed unde r lire of the heavy guns of the ships. "Tin- landing part) fought bitterly for three days but was beaten off with heavy loss. The lighting on No? vember 4 lasted H hours. On No? vember G the Engltst) vessels disap? peared in a. northerly direction. "The enemy's landing force totalled 'J.OO'/ men and our forces numbered 2,000. Our losses were small." A recent dispatch from Berlin sail that the Morgen Post, in a story de? tailing the attack on Tanga, gave the british losses in killed and wounded 1 at 3,000. MAY CHANGE INAUGURATION l'li.WS. Gov. Manning May Take Oath of Of? fice on Capital Steps. Columbia, Jan. 17.?Richard Irvine .Maiming may take the oath of office as governor of South Carolina on the north steps of the capltol. Iiis inaug? ural address will be delivered from there, as has been arranged by the committee in charge. The eommitee has been called by George W. I ?ick of j Sumter to meet in Columbia tomor? row, when the place of administering ike oath will lie considered. It was originally planned to have .Mr. Man? ning take the oath of office in the hall ? if the kons?' of representatives. "Strong pressure is being brought to bear from all sections of the Mat"," said Mr. Dick las. night at Sumter, "to have Mr. Manning lake tin- oath oi office on the capltol steps. The matter w ill be considered at a meeting of the committee in Co? lumbia Monday." The change in tho plans for ihe inauguration would have to be rati? fied by tin- house and senate. The house meets at S o'etock Monda> muht, the senate at la o'clock Tues la> morning. it Is expected that several thou? sand visitors, including delegations from every county In South Carolina, will attend the inauguration of Mr. Manning. Several special trains will be operated to Columbia. Sumter will send a delegation of sov< ml bun drcd poisons. Complete Vic toe Hussions. retrograd, J; J .?The battle of Karauhgan er J n a complete vic? tory for the ans. The remnants of the Turk C .my are in full flight toward Er; , pursued by the Rus? sians. T' ? jrks abandoned their guns, ar * ttion and food supplies. The otf -Sr eport states that: this was the gr . victory thai the Russians have in the Caucasus. The battle lasted i.r three days in a driving snowstorm. This victory will termi nat the Turkish attempt to invade Russia and permit the reinforcement of the Russians in Persia. Xaval Battle off Cuba. Havana, Jan. 18.?Reports from the coast state that sounds of bom? bardment at sea were heard last night north of Havana. Two British I cruisers were recently sighted off the ' coast. - Hand to Hand Fighting. I Paris, Jan. IS.?Desperate hand to hand fighting has been in progress for two Jays and nights for the possession I of the town of Blangy. live miles east of Arras. The bloody batt!? line con? tinued today to surge bock and forth. I In the Vosges and uper Alsace the ar j tiliery battle continued all of Sunday. I Eight French aeroplanes flew over I Belfort yesterday, ? four over Colmar TO'TWa^ftwr' Muolbauron, dropping - j bombs. The damage inflicted Is un : known. (Hermans Resume Offensive. , Parts, Jan. 18 (Oflicial 3 P. It)? The German offense along the Aisne has been resumed, but the French i are maintaining their positions, de jspite German assaults. They repulsed l the Germr.ns northeast of Vichuralse on the north bank of he river, 19 ! miles west of Soissons. There has i I been no change in the vicinity of goiaaoni and Rheims. A heavy storm. ! hampers infantry operations. In the J Argonnea the French have captured numerous German earthworks. Germans Encircle Verdnm. Berlin, Jan. 18.?R is officially an. j noUneed that Verdun has been "en ; circled by German troops." This is j generally taken to mean that a great French army has been bottled up and Will be forced to surrender. Russian reports of successes in east Prussia land northern Poland are officially de? nied today. The Germans are main? taining their positions in these re? gions and are making gains west of Warsaw. The official report states that tho '"Russian offensive has been broken." Attstrains Gala Ground. Vienna. Jan. IS (Official)?Aus trains are gaining ground against the Russians in the region of Tornow ami are boiling their positions on other fronts. Germans Report Successes, i Berlin, Jan. Is (Wireless. Official) j?The Germans have captured the 1 graveyard at Labotssclle. En the Ar 1 gonncs the Germans took several trenches, almost annihilating the oo j cupunts. In Poland the Germans re? pulsed the Kassians who were at? tempting to cross the river skrwa. I - GERMAN FINER BUNK. Hrltisli Cmlsce Destroys Another C? ir.ci ted Merchant ship Off Cuban < ?*Mt. Havana, Jan. 18. The British cruiser Itcrwick sunk the Hamburg American liner President off Havana last night, nnnounced Cuban State de* inirtment today. Hrituin I'votcst* Against ClosJagj of oil Welts. Washington, Jan. 16,?Great Brit? ain's strong iigotesl against the ctoaiag down of Mexican oil wells by Carran iu tin Toni pico district caused the belief here todo> that the 1'nited States will adopt a more vigorous poiu\ toward Mexico.