Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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s t WmTKR WATCHMAN, Established April, 18*0 "Be Jost and Fear not?Let all the ends Thon ;_ t at be thy Country'*, " ly God's nod Troth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, IM?. Consolidated Auk. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, JANtJitBT 27, 1915. Vol. XXXIX. No. 45. GERHANSHUSTLEAVEiTALY 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 Bzur <uid Vistula and West of Warsaw Situation Has Improved for Them?Reports of War in France Are Conflicting-Turks Move on Suez Canal. FRENCH LOSE UROl'ND. Attacks North of Vcitlun Repulsed. Battlo Fiercely for Possession of CrioidesUrnMs. Berlin. Jan. 22 (Wirelesa)?The French opening ne^.r St. Mlehl have been driven back to their old posi? tions. The Germans abandoned ? trench near Berryaubac, and the French attacks north of Verdun were repulsed after a herce battle tor pos? session of Crloxdeslarmes. Tho hat tie northwest of Pontamousson con? tinues. The French gained a tempor? ?r)' advantage but later were driven back. In the cast the situation is un? changed. Tt'RKS DRIVEN BACK. Advance* with Kurd Tribesmen, Into Caucasus Fiercely Repulsed. Tiflls, Jan. 22.?Tho Turkish troops and kurd tribesmen advancing from Tabriz, attempting to* invado the Caucasus were driven back with heavy losses. Trie Russian advahce against Knerurr was delayed by u terrible ?now storm. (Official.) IN THE EASTERN THEATRE. ttosrs* Gains Reported from Both Rus Petrograd, Jan. 22.?Under bom? bardment of heavy guns the German:; have been compelled to abandon many trenches along the Rzura 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 Germans have resumed the of? fensive ir the Mlawa region where a general battle is developing. Doth Combatants Killed In Aerial % Battle. Vienna. Jan. 22.?In a battle three thousand feet high between Austrian and Russian aviators near Przcmysl, both Airmen were killed. Italian Mob Attack*. Germans. a n..i.-n' a n. Jan. 22.?A dispatch from Berlin states that an Italian mob Attacked th* German consulate in Genoa 8u:iday, tore down the Im? perial arms and threatened the occu? pants before *ie riot was <im ll. d. The chief of police was dismissed. Germany is not expected to hike any action. Turks Bereut Russians. Constantinople, Jan. 23.?The Turks after defeating the Russians in tb t'auscanus are now taking the offen? sive and are pursuing the enemy. British Aviator Attacks Bruges. Amsterdam. J; n. J'..-- A British u l ator dropped bombs upon cana! warehc. , ml doeks at Bruges last night, lie escaped uninjured. Five German Shirs* Seised. <*alro. Jan. 21.?Five German m< i - chant ships which wore ordered c\ pellcd from Fort gjgjg were ggfcltd t<? duv b\ British warships when tht > h;t the harbor. Germ um It.id Dunkirk. tigVf9, J:m. ?*:'.. TWO German avi gtstts) participating in :m aerial raid ?n Bunkiri; and vtctnty tP.is afternoon i -r.' IMsg allied ni'.ir Furnes when the gsrofjlnne wnt sind down. Six ?<? t?-n tau?.es tm.k piirt in the r;iid. ? rai bnUdtngs used as barracks und nu in .n tii.n depo! W9Tt gel alii ??. TerrIHe CotJsHttS < ontinuo. Paris, Jan IS, Fighting in tb" new bnttle of l l;ind?rs P.m bSCOWH so fierce that -I gain of ev? n a few yards Is r? gurded us Important. Tlo official communication this afternon emphasized ? gain of one hundred yards in the n uion of LomhartS) le, The Germans ha\e In? en thg offensive nrainst tie >wn of I'^rry nu Boc and iiri' \iobniis bombarding t; ? French fi -in the muh bunk of the AaSlie. The German attack northeast of Dcausejour, west of tho Argonnes, was repulsed. The Germans have been complet? ly checked at Fontain Madame. A hot conlllct Is racing near St. Hubert, and ssjVere fighting continues in Alsace. r\rriflc com? bats are raging in the forests near Hartmannsweilcrkopf. Near Cernay the German attack w. repulsed. Further south the French made prog? ress toward Llttlekahlbcrg. German Successes in Franco. Herlin, Jan. 23 (Wireless, Official). ?The German artillery has broken up the attack by the enemy. Between Louain and Perthts, north of Chalons, west of Fontaine, at Lamitte and in the Argonnes the Germans have cap turotl# 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 Laripes continues North of Senn helm the French were driven back from the heights. Near Wl3embach in the Vosgcs the French were re? pulsed. Nothing important has hap? pened at the east. MANY SKEK ANNAPOLIS PXA.CES. t adctshlps in Naval Academy in Keen Demand Amoiv; Young South I Carolinians. Columbia, Jan. 23.?That the ap? pointments to Annapolis will not ?o begging was shown yesterday when 2*1 young men, from all pans of the State, met in Davis college at the Uni? versity of South Carolina and contest? ed keenly for the honors. From i> un? til 5 o'clock, with an houi's intermis? sion for dinner, they sounded the depths and glooms of mathematics, dived under Saragossa BSSJ of geog? raphy, grappled with the insidious adversary of grammar and compo? sition besides the hidden reefs of spelling until, ohausled but resolute still, they came to the battlegrounds of history and passed to a peaceful conclusion. From among their numl.v Senator Tillman will name a principal an 1 al? ternates to represent the State at large. From the ten candidates of the S< Bond district, who have a double chance to win I place. Congressman J. i\ Byrnes will make appointments. w. j. Boy moot of Bumter eounty MTas among those to Stand the exam? ination. PITS IN BUSY DAY. tGovernor Manning Dlsowsoes Many Mat tors with < oilers. Columbia, Jan. II,?Gov. liivhard i. Manning began work in the execu? tive oflic. s yesh ray morning before 10 o'clock and he did got stop, est? < Spt for lunch, until after 7 o clock bun night. During the day several hundred Visitors called and many mat ? Ion were discussed. Charles A. Douglas, annual orator of the bar association, was among the Visitors, He was introduced by J, '?lost Walker. Co n. Wlllc Jones called yesterday afternoon to discuss the militia matter with QoV. Manning, TWO BADLY SCALDED. Little One? Suffer When Kettle Over? turns. Society Hill, Jan. 12, A few days ago tin . ? o children of Arthur Mack m in. a boy of I 2 years Of age and a baby 13 months old, while playing Ik fore the fire were horribly burned by a kettle of boiling water turning over on I hem, it was thought at first that the younger child could nol live t ut tin' attending physician has hopes now of his recovery, The elder boy is doing well, ami it is hoped that he Will soon be al'b to get otl| again. Mrs, T, s. Lucas, who was oper? ated on two weeks ago for appendi? citis at Florence, returned home this morning. BBSIiS? WIN SEA FIGHT. SINK GERMAN SHIP BLVECHER IN NORTH SEA. J English Fleet Chases Weaker Oppo? nents Force into Their Own Wa? ters, Where they Are Protected hy Mines and Submarines?German Loss Henry, While English Loss Was Slight. London, Jan. 24.?An attempt by a 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 tight the German armored cruiser Bluoohor was sunk and two German battle cruisers seriously dam? aged. The British ships suffered only slight Injury, So far as is known Only 120 of the BlUOOher*! crew of 'Kfc5 wore saved. j A battle also occurred between the : light cruisers and destroyers accom? panying the bigger ships, nut the re i suit of that engagement has not yet reached the admiralty, j The British wore superior in ships j engaged, weight of armamert and I speed and the flight of the German i ships Into the mine and submarine 'infested field possibly saved them from further losses. The Binoche r was a cruiser of 16, 110 tons displacement, and although commissioned in :.908, was complete* ly rerigged last year. She was not, classed ; \ttle cruiser, but was in tho next class to those formidable fighters. With her were the Der? ringer, Germany's latest battle cruls-' j er, which had just left the builders'i ( hands and the battle cruisers Seydlltzj 'and Moltke, the latter a sister ship [of the Gocben, formerly of the Ger-j ' man but now of the Turkish fleet1 , which was recently reported damag? ed by the Russian? in tho Black sea.1 I The British squadron, commanded! j by Vice Admiral Sir David BeattyJ i who also was in. command at the bat-/ kle off Heligoland iasfc Augufit, "? ooift! sisted of the battle cruisers Tiger, j Lion, Princess Royal, New Zealand land Indomitable. The first three of 'these cruisers mount eight 13.5 inch 'guns each, and even the New Zealand and Indomitable carry 12-inch guns, which are equal to those of the Der Anger, the only ore of the German ships that had better than 11-inch guns. Commodore Reginald Tyrwhitt, who i lso took part in the battle off l'eilg? landi commanded the light cruisers and destroyers which accompanied Vice Admiral Beatty's battle cruisers. The Germans were observed some time after dawn proceeding in the direction of the British coast. When I they sighted the superior British fleet they turned and made at full speed for home water, and it was only after a stern chase that the faster British ships got within a range of thern. The , running battle lasted more than four : hours, the filing being plainly heard In North Holland where it was judged the fight took place north of tie island of Amol and Schiermonnik < log, The BlUOCher Which was slower than the other German cruiser.*, fell behind and BUCCUIT.Ood to the heavier guns of the I Ion, w hich was leading the british squadron. The other Ger i man ships got within the mine and submarine area, two of them in a badly damaged condition, and it. was dangerous for the bl 4 British battle cruisers to follow. The fact that only 1 1 were wounded aboard the Lion indicates that the british casualties were light. It is possible that more of the Bluecher's crew were picked up by the British destroyers. J The text of the official press bureau statement follows: I "Farly this morning a British patrolling squadron of battle-cruisers and light cruisers under Vice Admiral Sir David Heatty With a destroyer flotilla under Commodre Tyrwhitt sighted lour German battle cruisers and several liuht cruisers and a num? ber of destroyers steering westword and apparently making for tho Eng? lish coast. "The enemy at once made for home at high Speed. They were pursued and about 9.30 a, m. action was join? ed between the battle cruisers Lion. Princess Itoyal, Now Zealand and In? domitable on the one hand and the Derllnger, Seydlits, Moltke and [?hierher mi the other. A well con? tested running light ei sued. Shortly ufter i o'clock the Dluccher, which bad previously fallen out of line, cap si.' -l and sank. "Admiral Heatty n ports thai two other battle cruisers were seriously damuged. They wore, however, able to continue their flight und rouched | an ar? a where dangers from German I SHIPPING TB8ST 6?E?D. ?|2X ORBTOiNT OCEAN FREIGHT f> RATES DESTROYING AMER jg 1CAN BUSINESS. Ki , , ' , i . . Cabinet Cancers File Bitter Indictment of Foreign Ship Owners with, Sen? ate and Make Strong Wen- for Ship Purchase lMlb-Cottrm Freight* Al? ready Increased One 'JQfousand Per Cent. -4 2? Washington, '1 Jan. 2 5.?Ocean freights have/Ve'on arbitrarily increas? ed to ? an^ <Uij[*araUed height* without ! Itega rd to the interests of"" .American I Jrade, .Some businesses have shut Jtowj? its the result of these exorM ijeant rates. If the comipon carriers ipn land practiced such ?cJlscrim ^nations against shippers And adopt ^d such . arbitrary method* . ihey, would be subjected!' tojcHmliitfl prose? cution. These charges' were made <u -a bit? ter indictment against foreign steam? ship owners filed With "the senate to ?gay by Secretary of the Treasury Mc |Ldoo and Secretary of Commerce Etedfield. . .." ' ' They made a strong plea for the f'Scip purchase bill. Cotton frelgnts I Shave been increased over ono thou? sand per cent., grain rates nine hnn?, hred per cent., and rates are still ris? ing. The rates exacted are limited only by the greed of the steamship; ^owners and "what the traffic is able to md." ' ?" V ... ill -4^? BLAIN 'SMALL; CONVICTED. . t . jrkins Ifofd Without Ball ' v_ . Writ of Error. ?v;.;>?;, - Coluir^bfa^ Ja?. 2?.?Bai* wa-? not range^irester^ay for Oeorge Bacjr* "r Pertyns.. Who .was convicted^, c Slaughter in ,jthe federal coui (fopr day^smcj segtoncejl to ,tSr? " Jhb^etj^ral prison In after seiitehce.naU iey* for the defentf olrS to the federal circuit court of ap? peals in Richmond. Action in the j case is expected today. Among the cases disposed of yester? day were those of W. J. Strickland, Armajah Strickland, Dawsay Strick ! land an,1 Park Strickland. The charge i was for operating and working in 11 I licit distilleries in llorry county. The j two latter were acquitted. W. J. Strickland pleaded guilty and j was sentenced to pay a line of $200 j and costs and to serve 60 days in the j Marlboro county jail. Armajah Stlick ; land got a year and a day in the leu ? eral prison 'in Atlanta and a line of $500 and costs. Bloin Small was convicted of steal ' ing mail matter. Sentence will be im ! posed today. The trial of S. Vaughn, a farmer of Darlington county, will he resumed this morning. The defendant is charged with peonage. ; Blalm Small was sent to the feder 1 al court from Sumter on the charge j of cashing a mail order which he had j obtained by fraud. - STORM DELAYS DACIA. Will Sail Later for Bremen?All American Crew. Galveston. Jan. 2:5.?Because of a heavy storm the steamship Dacia with her cargo of eleven thousand bales of cotton for Bremen probably won't sail today. Tlie crew an- all Ameri? cans. Chicago Produce Market? Chicago, Jan. 2.r). ? May wheat, dol? lar forty-live half, a new high rec? ord since the beginning of the war. Corn, seventy-nine half. Oats, fifty* ? .*ix three quarters. Pork, eighteen ninety. Bard, ten eighty. Bib.-., tea twenty-live. May Die of Burns. Billon. Jan. 24.?Mrs. O. L. Seal-, while dressing one of her children bo fore an open tire, had her own dress to catch lire and she was so badly burned tin- doctors express little hopes for her recovery. submarines and mines prevented fur? ther pursuit, "Xo British ships have been lost ami our casualties in personnel as at present reported are slight, the Lion, which led the line, having only 11 wounded and no killed. "< ?ne hundred and twent> -three sur? vivors have been rescued from tl??? Bluecber's crew of 885, and it is pos? sible thai others have been saved by some of oni- destroyers. No reports of nny destroyer or lighl cruiser light? ing has been reported, though some has apparently taken place." STATE MILITIA IS RESTORED I - Cov. Manning Issues Proclamation That Order Disbanding it Was Void. Chief Executive Did Not Have Power to Muster Out Stadia Troops?Manning is Commander-in-Chief, and Other Officers Not Affected By Former Orders. ASKS LOAN FOR GLEMSQN. SAY THAT PUBLIC WORK BILL BE CURTAILED WITHOUT IT. Trustees Make Statement to Govern- j ? or, Who Submits it in Report to General. Assembly?Fertilizer T-\x I If Proposed as Security for Debt. - / Columbia, Jan. 23.?"I bespeak o' your earnest and careful consider tflon," said Gov. Riebard I. Mann/ in a' message to the general assembly, yesterday transmitting!, a memorial fronj the board of trustees of Clem son college. The memorial was sent to the governor by Alan 4 Johnstone, chairman ofvthe 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 have arisen sinbe the pre? paration of the annual report for the college. "ijhc board of trustees did not feel that''they-would have fully met their duty t? the people "and to the general [assembly and to the college and its interests without setting out the pos , sible^contingencies that may arise on ] account .of the^conditions growing^oftt of the European war and its common disaster and, therefore^ they are asfc djsg through my hand that you as gov I ?kor/ submit this information to the ^gnlfoirft^ -Johh ! stone in his letter to the governor. "We desire to make clear at this , point that we shall not ask for an ap? propriation." says the report by the I trustees after reviewing the financial I j affairs of the college. The following requests are made: j In order to continue certain phases I of the public work for 1915-1911 the State he authorized to borrow and (lend to the college $02,100, if so much I be necessary. The loan would stand I as a debt against any excess of the i t \ fertilizer tax over the amount re i quired for the college proper during future years. To continue the work planned lor the fiscal year a loan of $25.000 is asked, the fertilizer tax to stand as ! security. The trustees state that unless the above loans are made that the public work must be curtailed during the re? mainder of this fiscal year and not ? year. "It is scarcely necessary to add that every possible economy consistent I with etlicient operation Is being prac j ticed," says the report. TO PUSH PARTY MEASURE. i Ship Purchase Bill Comes up Today for Hard Fight. ______?? Washington, Jan. 24.?When the senate convenes tomorrow the gov? ernment ship purchase bill, as amend? ed and unanimously approved by the Democratic caucus Saturday, will be vigorously pressed as a party issue. 'The bill will 1 e urged with all the vigor at our command," declared Ma? jority Leader Kern today. "Republi? can senators will he given plenty of opportunity to express their views, it may be necessary to hold night ses? sions, in my judgment the bill will be passed before many weeks." Republican leaders do not like the bill as amended any better than they j did the original measure, although some progressi\o Kcpublicans are m j elined jo look with more favor on it than formerly. Although the Democratic caucus voted to make tho bill a party meas? ure several Democrats w ho were n <' present do not feel bound by ihc rule land there is a probability that they i maj offer amendments from the sen I ate loot*, Among the Democrats most out? spoken against the measure are: Sen? ator:; Vurdaman, llardwick, Camden, I tank head and Hitchcock. Senator Itoot served notice that he would speak on the bill tomorrow. Wheat Price ItLses. Chicago, Jan. 25. May wheat sold at a dollar forty-six today. Columr *an. 23.?General order No. 2,' i$ i tfy a former governor of South C pk, purporting to disband the uj ? /id militia of this State, ( was / ?j^d "void and of no effect" by ' jar ^lamation signed yesterday by i Richard I. Manning. The I pr ? /ation was issued after the I g" or had considered the question I' ^ XreraJ days. The National Guard ^ elation had filed a petition *with > <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 Gov. Manning follows: 'Whereas, general order No. 2,' heretofore Issued on the llih day of January, 1915, by the governor and commander-in-chief of the organized forces of .the State of Soutn Carolina, ' purported to dissolve, muster out and j disband all of the militia of the State I of South. Carolina, and all of the voi- '3 ! unteer militia of the said State, and t j "WHejreas, under 'the constitutions's of the^S&nited States and of the State j of South Carolina, ami under the jgeri ! erat. statutes of South Carolina, governor and commander-in-chief no%i)thorlty fa dissolve, disband miitf out Ae entire militia; . *'Whereas^he said purported jW^^ated^an element of uncertainty I highly prejudicial to the discipline and efficiency of the National Guard; I and i "Whereas, it is the duty of the gov? ernor and commander-in -chief of the ! organized fort es of the State of South I Carolina to promote the discipline and efficiency of the National Guard; "Now, therefore, I, Richard L Man jning. governor and commander-in I chief of the organized forces of the j State of South Carolina, do hereby j declare the said purported order void and of no effect; and further declare i J that the nghts, duties, privileges and i obligations, whether civil or military, I 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 inland of the organized militia of the Mate of South Carolina and an nounccs the following staff: "The adjutant general: Brig. Gen. William W. Moore. "Military secretary, Col. Charles H. Cabaniss. "Richard I. Manning. "Governor and Commander-in-Chlef." "i think it is all right; it meets with my In arty approval," said W. W Moore, adjutant general, last night in discussing the order of Gov. Man? ning restoring the National Guard. Gen. Moore said that he considered the action of the former governor il? legal. m:\v.m \x store iubned. Building at Mayesxiiic Destroyed by 1 ire Monday Morning. Mayesville, Jan. 25.?The store of r. U. Newman at this place was burned at .?bunt 1.30 o'clock this morning, totally destroying the build? ing and causing o loss of the entire stock of goods. The lire caught from some unknown cause and had spread too far to be extinguished when the blaze was discovered. No one was in the huildii at the lime. The sto, k of goods was estimated as worth ahoul $3,300 with Insun nee of $2,000. The building was owned by J. B. Goodman and Company, and was a one stoi\ brick building. H also was insured for $76* and was valued at $1,l?00. The brick store ad? joining was also badly damaged and probably would have been barned also, bul for the lire department.