Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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of 8. & im WA1XJHMAN, Established April, 18*0. "Be Jost and Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Alsns't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Troth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, 18ft*. Consolidated Aur. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, JANTJJtET 27, 1915. Vol. XXXIX. No. 45. GERMANS ffiUST LEAVE ITALY Dispatch From Geneva States That All Residents in Southern Country Must Return Home at Once. Reported That Mob Attacked German Consulate at Genoa? Russians Have Made Gains on Bzura and Vistula and West of Warsaw Situation Has Improved foi Them?Reports of War in France Are Conflicting?Turks Move on Suez Canal. FRENCH LOME GROL'XD. ?? Attacks North of Verdun Repulsed. Buttle Fiercely for Possession o? Crtosde*la rvuem. Berlin. Jan. 22 (Wireless)-?The French opening near St. Mlehl have been driven back to their old posi? tions. The Germuns abandoned a treoch near Hcrryauhac, and the French attacks north of Verdun were repulsed after a fierce battle tor pos? session of Criwxdeslarmes. Tho bat* tie northwest of Pontamousson con? tinues. The French gained a tempor? ary advantage but later were driven back. In the cast the situati >n Is un? changed. S DRIVEN HACK. Advance, with Kurd Tribesmen, Into Caucasus fiercely Repulsed. Tlflls, Jan. 22.?Tho Turkish troops and kurd tribesmen advancing from Tabrls. attempting to* Invade the Cau<asus were driven back with heavy loss?s. Trie Russian advahce against Erserum was delayed by a terrible snow storm. (Official.) IM THE EASTERN THEATRE. wees** Gains Reported from Hoth Rus Petrograd. Jan. 22.?Under bom? bardment of heavy guns the German!; have been compelled to abandon many trenches along the Diura and Rawka rivers. The situation west of Warsaw Is declared "highly satisfac? tory' 'to the Russians. North of the Vistula the Russians have captured the town of Skempe and are pressing toward Thorn. Heavily reinforced, the Oermans have resumed the of? fensive In the Mlawa region where u general battle h? developing. Doth Combatants Killed in Acrid Rattle. ? Vienna. Jan. 22.?In a battle three thousand feet high between Austrian und Russian aviators near Przcmysl. ooth Airmen were killed. Italian Mob Attacks Germans. Amsterdam, Jan. 22.?A dispatch from Rerlln states that an Italian moo attacked the German consulate in Genoa Sunday, tore down the im? perial arms and threatened the occu? pants before the riot wus quelled. The chief of police was dismissed. Germany Is not expected to take any action. Turks Defeat Httsshllis. Constantinople. Jan. 23.?The Turks after defea lng tho Russians in the t ..''?casus are now taking the offen? sive and ar > t>ur*uinK the enemy. British .Aviator Attack- Bruges. Amsterdurn. Jun. 23.?A British I . i Stor dropped bombs upon canal Warehouses and doeks at Hi iu-.es last nlnht. He escaped uninjured. Ehe (tcrmuii ships Sclxcd. <*alro Jm. 23.? Five German in< r ?ba.it ships which were ordered ex? pelled from port Said were s<-l'/.ed t- - day by Itrltlsh warships when tie., le.t the I a- or. Gernu ns It Id Du..kirk. Havre jm. pj, Two German avl ! ntieipating in an aerial lab ? r Dunkii;. and \winiv this altern oop Waft later killed neu- Funns when the I.plan., erat shot down. Si\ |C I " laul ? i took part In the raid. Several btfUdlSJgS IMS I a ; barracks and ammunition depots wars eel Ulile. TerrlMr Combats Continue. Paris. .1 .o J : Fl :htliu; in the new battle of Flanders Pas beeome so fierce that a ?aln of even a t'< yards I? n guided as Important. The official communication this afternon emphasized a gain of one humlred >ard? in th?- region of LoinhartS) la, The Germans ha\e taken the offensive against ihe town ><r I errj au Bac and gre \ioienth bombarding Ihe French trees Um mHIi bunk of the Alene, Tb;.- German attack northeast of Ucausejour, west of tho Argonnes, was repulsed. The Germans have been completely checked at Fontain Madame. A hot ccntllct Is raging near St. Hubert, ar.d severe fighting continues in Alsace. Terrillc com buts are raging in the forests near llartmannswei'erkopf. Near Cernay the German attack was repulsed. Further south the French made prog? ress toward Lit tie kahl berg. German Successes In Franco. Tlerlin. Jan. 23 (Wireless, Official). ?The German artillery has broken up the attack by the enemy. Between Louain und Perthts, north of Chalons, west of Fontaine, at Lamitto and In the Argonnes the Germans have cap turod# positions of the enemy, taking prisoners and machine guns. North? west of Pontamousson the French at? tacks were repulsed with severe losses to the enemy. The Germans have re? captured their lost trenches with some guns. The battle at Crolxdes L?rmes continues Norih of Senn heim the French were driven back from the heights. Near Wl3embach in the Vosges the French were re? pulsed. Nothing Important has hap? pened at the east. MANY SEEK ANNAPOLIS PEACES., t'adet.ships In Naval Academy in Keen Demand A mom; Young South Carolinians. Columbia, Jan. 23.?That the ap? pointments to Annapolis will not g?i begging was sho?vn yesterday when 2*1 young men, from all pans of the State, met in Davis college at the Uni? versity of South Carolina and eoiuest ed keenly for the honors. From 9 un? til 5 o'clock, witi an hour's intermis? sion for dinner, they sounded the depths and glooms of mathematics, dived under Saragossa seas of geog? raphy, grappled wuh the insidious adversary of gri.mmar and compo? sition besides tho hidden reefs of spelling until, exhausted but resolute latin, they came to the battlegrounds of history and passed to a peaceful conclusion. From among their number Senator Tillman will name a principal and al? ternates to represent the State at large. From the Ian candidates of the S? cornl district, who have u double chance to win a place, Congressman .'. r. Byrnes will make appointments. Wt J. Seymour of Sumter county was among those to stand the exam? ination. PITS IN IUSV DAY. ttcnrofsjsjf Manning Dtaoojsera Many Matters With Callers. Columbia, Jan. 2:;.?Qov< Rlvhard I. Manning begun work in the execu? tive ofJoea yest? ray morning before 10 o'clock and he did not stop, ex? cept for lunch, until after 7 o'clock Kaet night. During the day several hundred vtailors called and many mat" t? rS wer?? lllSCUaSflfl. Charles A. Douglaa, annual orator of the bar aaeorlatlon. was among the vieltora He was Introduced by J. i i Ot Walker. (Jen. Wille Jones called yeater day afternoon la discuss the militia matter with Qov. Manning. TWo BADLY SCALDED, l ittle faaOS Sull i r When Kettle Over? turn-.. Boel< ly Hill, Jnn. 19. A few day i ago the two children of Arthur Hlaek man, a boy of II years of age and n bah} 19 monfha old, while playing before the Ore were horribly burned by a Kettle of boiling water turning over on them, it a is thought at llrsl that tb?- younger child could no( live, but the attending physician haahopes n??w (.f Ms recovery. The elder boy la doing well, and ii is hoped that will soon be able to get out again, Mis. t. K. Lucas, who \>as oper? ated on two weeks ago ror anpendl eitit at Florence, returned home this morning. BRITISH WIN SEA FIGHT. SINK GERMAN SNIP BLCECHER IN NORTH SEA. English fleet Chases Weaker Oppo? nents Force Into Their Own Wa? ters, Where they Are Protected by Mines and Submarines?German Loss Heavy, While English Loss Was Blight, London, Jan. 24.?An attempt by u German cruiser squadron to repeat the recent attack on Scarborough, the Hartlepools and other British coast towns, was frustrated today by the British patrolling squadron, and in a' running fight the German armored cruiser Bluecher was sunk and two German battle cruisers seriously dam ; aged. Tie British ships suffered only slight injury. So far as is known i only 123 of the Bluechcr's crew of ' 88 5 were saved. A battle also occurred between tho I light, cruisers anc. destroyers accom i panying the bigger ships, out the re i suit of that engagement has not yet reacaed the admiralty, j The British were superior in ships 'engaged, weight of armament and j speed and the flight of the German '< ships into the mine and submarine ' Infested field possibly saved them from further losses. The Blucclur was a cruiser of 16, 550 tons displacement, and although ! commissioned in 1908, was complete? ly rerigged last year. She was not, classed as a battle cruiser, but was in , the next class to those formidable lighters. With her were the Der I finger, Germany's latest battle cruls-1 er, which had jusL left the builders* ( hands and the battle cruisers Seydhtz \ and Moltke, the litter a sister shlll 'of the Gochen, formerly of the Ger \ man but now of the Turkish fleet I which was recently reported damag? ed by the Russians in tho Black sea.j The British squadron, commanded] i by Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty.1 i who also was iiv command at the bat-, f-tle &tt - Heligoland ? -las* August, - eon**" sisted of the battle cruisers Tiger, j Lion, Princess Royal, New Zealand and Indomitable. The first three of j these cruisers mount eight 13.5 inch I guns each, and ever, the New Zealand and Indomitable cirry 12-inch guns, which are equal to those of the Der , finger, the only one of the German shlni that had better than 11-inch guns. Commodore Reginald Tyrwhitt, who also took part In the battle off Heligo? land, eommanded the light cruisers and destroyers which accompanied Vice Admiral Pcatty's battle cruisers. The Germane were observed some i time after dawn proceeding in the 'direction of the British coast. When j they sighted the superior British fleet they turned and mt.de at full speed for home wa*er, and it was only after a Stern chase that the faster British ships got within a range of them. The running battle lasted more than four I hours, the firing be.ng plainly heard i in North Holland Where it was judged the fight took place north of tie ! island of Amel and Schiermonnik < >og. Tin- Bluecher which was slower than the other German cruisers, roll behind and succumbed U> the heavier guns of the Lion, whleh was leading the british squadron. The other Ger? man ships got Within the mine and submarine area, two of them In ? badly damaged condition, and it was dangerous for the big British battle cruisers to follOW, The fact that only 11 were wounded aboard the Lion indicates that the British casualties were light, it is possible that more of the Bluoclu r's crew were picked up by the British destroyers. The text of the official press bureau statement follows: "BSarly this morning a British patrolling squadron >i battle-cruisers and light cruisers under Vice Admiral Sir David Heatty With a destroyer flotilla under Coinmodre Tyrwhitt sighted lour German battle cruisers and severs 1 liuht cruisers and a num? ber of destroyers steering westward and apparently making for the El:K Iis 11 coast. ' The enemy at once made for home at high Speed, They were pursued and about 9.3(1 a. m. action was join? ed between the battle cruisers Lion, Princess Itoyul, Now Zealand and In? domitable on Ihe one hand and the Derflnger, Beydllts, Moltke and Hlticehcr on the other A well eon tested running llghl ensued, shortly ufter l o'clock ihe Hluccher, which had previously fallen out of line, cap? sized and sank. ? Admiral Heatty r< ports thai two od.er battle cruisers were seriously damuged, They were, however, a'le to continue their flight and reached im area where dangers from German jSXORBTCANT OCEAN FREIGHT KATES DESTROYING AM He? ll 1CAN BUSINESS. Cabinet OjHeevs Flic Bitter Indictment of Foreign Shin Owners with Sen? ate and Make Strong Plea for Ship Purchase Bill-i-^tt*m Freights Al? ready Increased One 'iptousand Per Cent. ? '? ' of , ? V'* ? - ,* Washlngiop, ..'',/ Jan.. 25.?Ocean freights have, V>eon arbitrarily tacreas ?d to an^ Oiniaralled height without Regard to the interests ofV Ame'rlcan frade. .Some businesses * have shut Jfown a*s the result of theoe exorbi? tant rates. If the comnaon carriers ipn land practiced such ^ecrlm ^natlons against shippers and adopt |ld such . arbitrary method* . they, ?fvould be subjected toVrtmlhal prose? cution. \ ,, ? " ' : These charges were made in a bit? ter indictment against foreign steam? ship owners filed WitbHhe senate tOf nay by Secretary of the Treasury Mc Jtdoo and Secretary of Commerce itedfield. .. - They made a strong plea for the ??*hip purchase bill. Cotton frelgnt? ijtiave been increased over ono thou? sand per cent., grain rates nine hun*. (tired per cent., and rates are still ris? ing. The rates exacted are limbed only by the greed of the steamship; ^owners and ''what the traffic is able to rnd." ?\ V ???? BIiAIN SMALL CONVICTED. kins Hojd Without Bail Pe^b>n^ Writ of Error. Columbia,' Jan, 28.?Bai| was not ged^yester^ay for George Bacjt^ r Pertynsv who was convicted-!, o1 f msl a lighter in the federal -eoni ey\eus* day ,tfn$ sentenced to . t?i ? federal prison in after sentence had ey-e for the defenfl ^ritV etro^ to the federal circuit court of ap? peals in Richmond. Action in the case is expected today. Among the cases disposed of yester? day were those of W. J. Strickland. Armajah Strickland, Dawsay Strick? land and Park Strickland. The charge I i was for operating and working In II I licit distilleries in Horry county. The two latter were acquitted. W. J. Strickland pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of $joo and costs and to serve 60 days in the ; Marlboro county jail. Armajah Btrlck : land got a year and a day In the leu i era! p.'ison 'in Atlanta and a tine of j $500 and costs. Illain Small was convicted of st eal? ing mail matter. Sentence will be im? posed today. The trial of S. Vaughn, a farmer of Darlington county, will be resumed this morning. The defendant Is Ohargt 1 with peonage. Blaim Small was sent to the feder? al court from Sumter on the Charge of cashing a mail order which he h id obtained by fraud. STORM DELAYS DACIA. Will Sail Later for Bremen?AU Autorican Crew, Galveston, Jan. 23.?Because of a heavy storm the steamship Dacia with her cargo of eleven thousand bales of cotton for Bremen probably won't sail today. Tile crew art1 all Amlri cans. Chicago Produce Market? Chicago, Jan. 25.?-May wheat, ?bil? iar forty-five half, a new high rec? ord since the beginning of the war. Coin, soveniy-nine half. Oats, fifty - six three quarters. Pork, elghteon ninety. Lard, ten eighty. Ilibs, tea twenty-five. May Die of Burns. Dillon, Jan. 24.?Mrs. 0. L. Seal-., while dressing one of her children be? fore an open lire, had her own dress ' to catch Arc and she was so badly I burned the doctors express little honen for her recovery. i ? submarines und mines prevented fur? ther pursuit. "No Itritish ships have been b?sl and our casualties In personnel as at present reported arc slight, tin- Linn, which led tin' line, having only li \\ounded and no killed. "i >ne hundred and twenty-three bit vlvors b:i\<- been rescued from tho I'luecher's crew of 885, and it is pos slble that others have boon saved b> some of our destroyers. No reoorti oi* any destroyer or liuht cruiser light lug has been reported, though sonw bus apparently taken place." STATE II IS Dl _ ?VT \ ' * *. Gov. Manning Issues Proclamation That Order Disbanding It Was Void. Chief Executive Did Not Have Power to Muster Out Stai??* Troops?Manning is Commander-in-Chief, and Other Officers Not Affected By Former Orders. SAY Til AT PUBLIC WORK RILL BE CURTAILED WITHOUT IT. Trustees Make Statement to Go"crn ^or, Who Submits it in Report to General, Assembly?Fertilizer Tix Sj Proposed as Security for Debt. Columbia, Jan. 23.?"I bespeak o^ your earnest and careful consider' Bon," said Gov. Bichard I. Mann'' in a* message to the general nssembi^ yesterday transmitting^ a memorial from the board of trustees of Clem son college. The memorial was sent to the governor by Alan t Johnstone, chairman of the board of trustees. The paper contains a complete- re? port on the financial affairs of the in? stitution. It is pointed out that the conditions ha\e arisen since the pre* ] paration r.f the annua! report for the college. "The board of trustees did not feel that they would have fully met their duty to the people and to the general ^ assembly and to the college and its interests without settihg out the pos Sible .contingencies that may arise on ^ace.ouijt of the^conditions growing^oltt of the European war and its common disaster' and, therefore^ they are as* ^Iftg through my hand that you as gov tor submit this information to the " -. -s^r-M* - Joh/i. , stone in his letter to the governor. ' "We desire to make clear at this p*;int that we shall not ask for an ap proprlatlon," says the report by the trustees after reviewing the financial I , affairs of the coli? ge. The following requests are made: In order tc continue certain phases of the puMic work for 1915-1911 the State l>e authorized to borrow and lend to the college $02,400, if so much , be necessary. The loan would stand as a debt against any excess of the ! fertilizer tax over the amount re i quired for the college proper during I future years. ; To continue the work planned for the fiscal year a loan of $25.000 is asked, the fertilizer tax to stand a. 1 security. The trustees state that unless the above loans are made that the puolic j work must be curtailed during the re? mainder of this fiscal year and next year. "It is scarcely necessary to add that every possible economy consistent with etlicient operation Is being prac? ticed," says the report. TO PUSH PARTY. MEASURE. Ship Purchase Bill Comes up Today for Bard l ight. Washington, Jan. 24.?When the senate convenes tomorrow the gov? ernment shi;? purchase bill, as amend? ed and unanimously approved by the Democratic caucus Saturday, will be vigorously pressed as a party issue. "The bill will be urged with all the vigor at our command," declared Ma? jority Leader Kern today. "Republi? can senators will be given plenty of opportunity to express their views, it I may be necessary to hold night ses? sions. In my judgment the bill will he passed before many weeks." ! Republican Kaders do not like the j bill as amended any better than they did the original measure, although I some progressive Republicans are in Iclined to look with more favor on it . than formerly. Although the Democratic cauccs voted t<< make the bill a party meas? ure several Democrats w ho were r >{ I present do not feel bound by the me? an.I there is a probability that thty may offer amendments from the sen? ate door. Among thi" Democrats most out? spoken against the men sun are: Sen? ators Vardaman. I lard wick, Camdcn, I lunkhead and Hitchcock. St nutnr ii> ot scr <m! notice that he would speak on the bill tomorrow. ? Wheat Price Itlscs. Chicago, Jan. 2.">. May wheat sold at a dollar forty-six today. Columb ' it n. 23.?General order No. 2,- i$ ' j ffy a former governor of South i purporting to disband the i'i o fw? militia of this State, \ was t ??? ?d "void and of no effect" by ' *S /tarnation signed yesterday by , ? Richard I. Manning. The pr /ation was issued after the p' or had considered the question w X'oral days. The National Guard ^ elation had filed a petition vwith ?j? /governor asking that the disband k order be rescinded. The order of /ov. Manning will automatically re? store all of the 31 companies to their former condition. The proclamation by Go v. Manning ' follows: ; "Whereas, general order No. J?,' theretofore issued on the 11th day of I January, 3 915, by the governor and J com mar.ider-in-chief of the organized 'forces of.the State of South Carolina. 1 purported to dissolve, muster out and disband all of the militia of the State of South. Carolina, and all of the vol? unteer militia of the said State, and < t "Whereas, under the constitution* of the^linhed States and of the State : of South Carolina, and under the gen ! erah Statutes ?I Sou :h Carolina, tl governor and pomma-ider-in-chlef no "ll^tho rity to dissolve, disband mtgjfter out ?ste entire militia; ''Whertas/jUic said purported hos created an element,of uncertainty highly prejudicial to the discipline and efficiency of the National Guard; and "Whereas, it is the duty of the gov? ernor and commander-in-chxef of the organized for< es of the State of South j Carolina to promote the discipline and efi'.ciency of the National Guard; "Now, therefore, I, llichard L Man j ning, governor and commander-in Chlef of the organized forces of the State of south Carolina, do hereby j declare the said purported order void .and of no effect; and further declare that the rights, duties, privileges and i obligations, whether civil or military, of the said National Guard and the volunteer militia, In whole or in part, and the Officers and men thereof, were not affected by said illegal order but have continued and do hereby con? tinue as though said order had never been issued." The following was also issued by the governor: ?General Order No. 3: "The undersigned, having duly qualified as governor of the State of South Carolina, hereby assumes com imand of the organised militia of the .Mate of South Carolina and an nounces the following staff: "The adjutant general: lhig. Gen. William W. Moore. ".Military secretary, Col. Charles H. Cabaniss. "Richard I. Manm.jg, ' Governor and Commandei-in-Chief." "f think it is all right; it meets with my hearty approval,*' said W. W Moore, adjutant general, last night in discussing the order of Oov. Man? ning restoring the National .Guard. Gen. Moore said that he considered the action of the former governor il? legal. NEWMAN STORE BURNED. Ilulldlng at Mayesvllle Destroyed by I ire Monday Morning. Mayesvllle, Jan. 25.?The store of P. Ii. Newman at this place was burned at about 1.30 o'clock this morning, totally destroying the build? ing and causing a loss of the entire? stock of goods. The tire caught from some unknown cause and had spread too rar to be c cttngulshed when the blaze was discovered. No one was in the building at the t ime. The st ?? k of goods was estimated as worth al'out $3,300 with insurance of $2,000. The building was owned by J, It. Goodman and Company, and was a one-story brick building. It als?) was insured for $760 and was valued n $l,C00. The brick store sd joining ens nlso badly damaged and probably would have been barned abo, but for the fire department.