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TH? BUHT KR WATCHMAN, FxtaMUhed April, IBM. *?Bo Jost and Fear not?Let all the ends Thon ^Almet at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, lB?e. Vol. XXXIX. No. 49. KB GIVES II III Notification Given Neutrals That Ships That Enter Ports of England and France Do So at Their Own Peril Turkish Army Reaches Suez Canal, Where Conflict With English Begins?England Will Put 3,000,0?0 Men in Field by First of May African Forces Fight Gallantly in French Army, Causing Gains at Arras and on Lille Road?Gains in Argonnes?Fierce Battle on Near Warsaw With Ger? mans on Defensive. static department takes i p HMAITI bi.OCKADK warning. I-rgal K\p?rL* Stud.Omt Kdlct With the View of Making RepreMmtati-nvs to Germany In llehnlf of American Khlppiog Washington. Feb. b.?The legal ex? perts of the state department ure to? day studying; tho edict of Germany declaring a blockade of England on February 18th and warning neutral ?hips against entering the blockaded sons on penalty of being sunk. Rep? resentations may bo made to Germany on behulf of American shipping. TO BLOCKADE ENGLAND. England Wildly Excited over German Threat. London, Feb. 5.?Oermany is mak? ing extensive preparations for a block? ade of England to be effective Febru? ary 18th. Submarines will be used to at.ack British transports and mer? chant ships. There Is a wild storm of criticism of the German warning that neutral ships will be endangered If they enter the blockade zone. Th> newspapers declare that Jhls warning Is directed against the United States. THfeHMI ASSUME OFFENSIVE. Blockade of French Coast Decreed by Germans. Berlin. Feb. 5.?A blockade of the French coast was decreed today. Tlw German operations In the region of Borjlmow since February' first haw reaulted in the capture of six thou? sand Russisns. Germans have repul? sed French attacks at the west and six assaults of the Russians. The assaul's were in east Prussia and on the west Vistula river. It Is apparent how? ever, that the Russians have taken a strong offensive move before Warsaw, snd Oerman.* are now on tho defen? sive there. (Official.) COM KM FROM GERMAN POUTS. Yeasrt St.?p, ? ,i ? \ HrttMi Cruiser and 8uhje?-KMl to Search. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 6.?The Ameri? can steamer Denver arlved today from Oerman ports. It is reportod that tho vessel was stopped by a I'rt'l di cruiser and searched by naval officers, who Ignored a certificate from the British consul. African Troops tight Brilliantly. Paris, Feb. & <Official).?-The bril? liant flehtlng of the African troops in the French army resulting today in decided gains for the allies east of Arras snd on the Lille road. After the explosion of a mine the Zouaves an?f Turcoa advanced, occupying the Oerman trenches that had been blown up. All the Germans In tho trenches were Hilled or captured. Tho French also scored artillery auccesaee at ecvera! points. In the Argonnes the French re? gained ground by two counter attarUs and also made some advance. In Bat? glum. 'he German airships are showing great activity. They dropped bombs at Verdun, but the ma* him I were shot down. Battle at sue* Canal. Calio. Feb. 6.- Tho main Turkish army has roachc 1 the i 08g ( mal. A general battle is developing east of the canal. The I'rltlsh worships shell? ed the Turkish earthworks east canal, compelling the Turks to retire but the Ottomans later return- I. Axlntor? Attack Zoohrugge. Amsterdam. Feb. 5.?Brlti.m avia? tors dropped bombs on the German naval base at Zeebrugge Wednesday nlghi. It H reported that heavy dam? age waa done. KItoto iM r Ha? S.mMl.OOO Men. Lor, don Feb. 6.?The Armv setl gaateo becoming known todav reveals the fact war secretary Kitchener Is preparing to put three million men Into the field against Germany by the first of May. The House of Commons was asked to vote money for the equipment and maintainance of these forces. Russians Continue Victorious. Petrograd, Feb. 5.?After driving back the Austro-Qermans in the Car? pathians, the Russians are forcing their way rapidly Into Hungary. They have reached the Laberc river, south of the mountains taking two thousand prisoners, and are advancing from Dukla Pass. West of Warsaw the Russians are continuing their of? fensive and are gaining ground de? spite the heavy reinforcements,and the big guns of the Germans. After throwing back the Germans, who at? tempted to recapture Goumine, the Russians took Wolaszye-Lowiczka. Territlc lighting continues there and about Rorjimow, where Russians have taken two zones of German trenches. The Germans have rushed a hundred batteries to the front west of War? saw. Russians continue their ad* vance into East Prussia, despite the obstinate resistance of the Germans. Holland Remands Explanation. The Hague, ' . 6.? The Dutch government hat made representations to Germany requesting an explana? tion of the German proclamation mak? ing the war zone cover tho English channel. Irish rea, straits Dover, and parts of the Atlantic OC?an and North sea. I u>ltanla Safe at Liverpool. Liverpool, Feb. 6.?The Cunarder Lusltnnia. recently reported sunk by a German submarine, arrived today, and land* d passengers. Russians Fighting Hard. IHtroarad, Feb. 6.?In the north Mazurian Lakes ?listriet Uls Russian continue to advum c. in Qallcla con? tinued art ill-TV duals are reported. In the Carpathians the Russians and Austro-Germans are again battling for iho possession of strategic ground. Near Oujok the Austrian defensive broke down undT the terrillc Rus? sinn drives, yielding nearly five thou? sand prisoners, the Austrians retreat? ing. The artillery fighting around BorJtHlOW and Goumine is reported la be the most terrific of tho war. A flereo battle U developing south of tho Skiernievvce-Warsnvv railway. Dropped Bomb on Cologne. Amsterdam. Feb. 6.?An nllies' ae? roplane dropped a bomb in Cologne Wednesday and escaped uninjured. Russian Attacks Fall. VI? nna, Feb. 6.?The Russian at? tacks against the Austro-Germani In ibe Carpathians has baan broken ?! >WB with heavy lOSSCe, Four thous? and prison-rs were taken. (Official.) Turks Defeated at Sue/. LoMon, Fab, ?Tho Turks threat* ening thfl BUSS canal Wars defeated ? British with heavy loss. Among the prisoners were several German officer*. ' Rlooiliest of War. Petrograd, Fob, I,?over a quarter of a million of picked troops and a thousand baavy guns ar" fighting a I ritle battlS in tin- region Of the Baura and Hawks rivers in Poland. ITpoa the outcome of the battle hangt' [the mattery of waatarn Poland, For over a week lbs thundering of ih< heavy artillery has been shaking lb ? b|.,od Beaked earth, and attack and ?camlet attaeks have left the battlo? I ? ' I Oarpatad With corpses. The con iiiet which is raging over ? ten mile front is the fiercest since the war be? gan. The trenches are literally idled with corpses until they offer no pro? ? ?et ion. Tho Germans ami Russians are fighting band to hand over the dend bod tea Within the pesf five days i? Is satin it od Mi it the Germans h i\. ics: fifty thousand In killed end prls? oners. Th?? llusslnn losses have Mis been heavy, The Kassians continue to prow* forward Into east Prussia. LOCAL OFFICERS SUFFICIENT. GOV. MANNING WHITES SHERIFF THAT HE MUST ENFORCE LAW. Officer Does not Tliink That He Cnn Enforce the Law In His County, and Emonttvcj Replica That Ho Has I'owor and Must Bee that Laws aro Obeyed. Columbia, Feb. fi.?Cov. Richard I. I. Manning is determined, he says, i that the laws of the Slate shall be enforced, and he also hopes that each community will attend to the en? forcement of the laws without his having to appoint special onstables. The sheriff of one of the counties wrote Cov. Manning that he did not see how he could enforce the law in hH county. i In reply Gov, Manning wrote: "I note that you say that you feel i it is almost an impossible undertak? ing to enforce the law with local aid. ' I will have to differ from you iti your view of this matter. I do not see why it should be impossible fbr the local authorities of your county I to enforce the law. All of the corpo rated towns of your county have their local organization, which should bo ample to enforce all of the la\v in i that community. Each magistrate In your-county has his constable, all of whom have power in enforcing the law. Finally, you have your deputy, and if necessary, you have the power j to swear in extra deputies. With this machinery in your county, as in all other counties, I do not see why the law can not be enforced. "I expect the officers of each lo? cality, whether municipal, magiste i rial) district or county, to do their duty in enforcing" the law. I do not [expect, either, that these officers ?hould remain passive until initiative for the enforcement of the law comes from outside forces. Wherever the sheriff or other peace officer knows or BtfSPectS violation of the law, it should be his business to follow up the clue to a conclusion. "The law Should be enforce just as much In regard to illegal liquor sales, gambling slot machines or a.rry her petty violation, the fame as it WOUld be crforced In a case of arson Or murder. "I trust that you will view this matter as I do. and that you and all Other officers of your county will do ti:eir utmost to enforce the law; that they will not by non-enforcement confess that they nro unable to pre? nt rve the law In your county. "I hope that you Will let me hear from you at an early date on what progress you aro making In this mat iter." - VOTE FOR PENSION INCREASE. House Passes Without Dissenting Voice BUI to Raise Amount by $."><>, OfM). Columbia, Feb. 6.-?Ry a vote of 106 to 0 the house passed last night the Smith bill increasing total sum for State pensions for Confederate vet? eran from $ LT)*),000 to |i1500,000. The house rejected the amendment to the bill offered by Messrs. Lynch and Mul Jrow of Florence raising the amount he- pensions to $350,000. There are three other l -nsion bills on the calendar. The companion bill (0 the measure passed unanimously last night, provides that no Confed? erate soldier or seaman shall be de I barred from receiving a pension by r< ason of any property he may own or any income he may receive. This 1 bill was also Introduced by Mr. Smith of Colleton, The third pension bill by Mr. Lee of Bpartanburg includes all widows of Confederate veterans In class B on the pension list, provided they are 0 years of age. The fourth pension bill by Mr. Sen seney of Charleston makes it un? necessary for a veteran to have a Stroke Of paralysis before he can be Included in one of the pension classes and allows him to receive the pension for total disability for any cause, A number of speeches were made before the Smith bill was passed. _ NORWEGIAN VESSEL SEIZED. San Francisco. Feb. <>.?The big Norwegian freighter Christianbors ? i seised today by Japanese war? ships off the Japanese coast, the re? sult of alleged Irregular papers. Columbia. Feb. 8.?The National Wholesale Liquor Dealers' Association, i telegram would Indicate, have enter ? d tho whiskey light In South Carolina. The secretary of Stale was asked by telegraph today for ? list of State of!!? ? lals and members of th ? legislature, The list was wired tho association. GOVERNOR DESIGNATES NEXT i SATURDAY FOR MEETINGS. IsftUOl Proclamation Asking Farmers and Wives to Assemble* at County Seats for Conference on Economy. Columbia. Feb. 6.?Gov. Manning! ! has by proclamation designated next j Saturday, February, 13, as "Fertiliser and Economy day." and called on the "good citizens of the rural communi? ties, " life "farmers' wives as well as the farmers themselves," to assemlde Ion that day at the several count;, seats, at an hour to be Axed in each county, for the purpose of taking counsel together concerning revision of their practice in the use of commer? cial fertilizers, and concerning other measures of economy. Tho proclamation follows: "Whereas, there exists conditions ' which make it essential that we, with r neighbors In the South, practice a strict economy in our business and household affairs, a practice which most of u3 will find very difficult, un i less we have given careful thought ' to it or have had prior experiences (in saving; and "Whereas, it is best that we assem? lde with our neighbors and give and 1 take advice on the Important prob? lems of saving and m ading money wisely, drawing from tne depths of our own experiences and barkening to the words of others who have come to the assemblies with helpful words and practical ideas, in this i ?- ?_ way learning many things which will I e useful to us; and " Whereas, the conditions which . command us to be frugal and to spend our wealth with more wisdom and forethought than we have ordinarily I displayed in the past, arc also con? ditions that compel us to change the f< rtilixer practices under which we have been spending a large amount of money, much of it unwisely, for commercial fertilizers, placing many ol us In a position In which we re? quire expert advice on what fertilizers to use this spring; and "Whereas, it appears meet and fit? ting that this question of fertilizer practices be disc ussed at those assem? blies at which the questions of econ? omy are discussed; "Now, therefore, I, Richard I. Man? ning, governor, do hereby designate and set aside Saturday, February 13, 101", as ?Fertilizer and Economy day,' urging that a meeting of citl sens be on that day held In each coun? ty court house in South Carolina, and "Further, 1 appeal to the rood citi? zens of the rural communities of South Carolina, and to farmers' wives as well as to the farmers themselves, to congregate at their respective coun? ty court houses on Saturday, Febru? ary 1.1, l!*i5, at an hour to be de? termined separately in each county." RELIEF FOR SUFFERING POLES. Rockefeller Foundation Will Rear Cost of Administration?Ambassa? dors Work with Committee, j Berlin, Feb G (by Wireless to Lon ! don, Feb. 7).?It was officially an ! rounced today that the international I central commitee has undertaken to 1 furnish relief to the civil population Of those parts of Russian Poland oc? cupied by the Germans. .The relief plans comtemplate extensive collec ; iions of funds for the purchase of grain. The cost of administration, the ??announcement states, will be borne . by the Rockefeller foundation. The American and Spanish ambas? sadors to Berlin and Vienna are mem ! bers of the committee. FOR NAVAL ACADEMY. Brynes and Tillman Announce Ap? pointments to Annapolis. Washington. Feb. Z.?Senator Till - , man today announced the following I selections made by him to Annapolis ins a result of a recent examination: A. B, Alexander, Spartanburg, prin? cipal; first alternate, W. P. Martin, lackvlUe; second .alternate. H. T. Walker. Columbia; third alternate, W. , I i. Blackwell, Marion. Congressman Byrnes makes the , f Mowing awards: T. P, Jeter of lAikcn, principal; first alternate, C. T. Hunter, Trenton; second alternate, William M. emKh, Williston: third al t 'mate, Samuel B. Kav, Denmark. it Is desired thai these young men at once communicate with Senator 111 man and .Mr. Brynes, giving their ill names, date of birth., postoffice undresses, etc. They will be expepted I ' stand entrance examinations at An napolis whenever the navy department i sail order, so thai should those a1 I ho top or the list fail others may be called upon. Prussians in Overwhelming Numbers Push Back Austro-German Forces and Make Great Advances in Poland, Ga licia and Bukowina. Great Nation Now Has Her Full Fighting Strength in Field and Her Enemies Are Feeling the Weight of Odds-Grea Battle Won in Poland After Hardest Hand-to-Hand Battle of War?Turkish Batteries Wrecked by Bombs From Above?Austria Meets With Resistance When They Try to Cross Roumania?Turks Defeat Russians, While Brit? ish Army Is in Danger in Egypt?Little News From Wedt i - WILL USE NEUTRAL FLAG. British Press Denounces Order of Ad? miralty as Confession of Weakness, j London, Feb. 8.?Every British merchantman will be expected to hoist the flag of a neutral country when? ever an emergency arises. This is made clear at the admiralty today follow? ing the announcement that the Lu sitania had hoisted the American flag t irough the danger zone. The British press bitterly criticizes this "subter? fuge," saying it is an "admission that Great Britain is unable to protect the British flag." Russians R?treat Refore Turks. Constantinople. Feb. 8.?The Rus? sians have evacuated the Tschorokh district and are now in full retreat af? ter having been defeated by the Turks. Bedouins Threaten Cairo. ' Berlin. Feb. S.?The British in Egypt are now menaced from the vest as weil as from the east. Twen? ty thousand Bedouins are advancing from the southwest toward Cairo. The Sudanese troops are deserting the British army and joining the Turks. Russian Victory in Poland. Petrograd, Feb. 8.?A Russian vic ; tory over the Germans was won af j t- r seven hours of hand to hand con ' tiict. The Germans advanced in masses, live lines deep, only to be mowed down by the deadly machine guns or impaled upon the bayonets of ; the Russians. The fighting was the most terriiie that has yet occurred in Poland. German re inforcements com Ing up behind pushed those in front 1 into the very jaws of death, they la? to r becoming victims of the terrific slaughter. - Austrians Invade Roumania. Paris, Feb. 8.?Austrian troops are reported to have violated Roumanian neutrality by attempting to force a passage across Roumanian territory in the Danube valley and fighting fol? lowed. The Austrians withdrew af? ter a sharp conflict. This action of Austria may hasten Roumania to en? ter the war. BRITISH Loss 101,000. London, Feb. 8.?British casualties for the first six months of the war were a hundred and four thousand was the startling announcement in the 1 ouse of commons this afternoon by Premier Asquith. It had not been thought that the list would be so large. WARNING TO GERMANY. 'nitcu* States WHJ Mako it Clear That Destruction of American ships Will Create Grave situation. Washington, Feb. 8.?The United States will shortly make it clear to Germany that oven the possibility of j m American steamship being blown up by a German torpedo boat is re? garded with the gravest apprehension by this government according to tho iews of administration officials to? day. Tho fact that the Lusttania flew the American flag going into Liver* i'ool. however, has Intensified the complications arising from the self r med difficulties of the Germans in distinguishing British from neutral I dps. Aviators Attack Turks. Cairo, Feb. 8.?Three Turkish bat ries easl of the Suez canal were . recked and another badly damaged \ 1 ritish aviators' attacks Saturday, 'be aeroplanes flew one hundred and ihirty-two miles, returning safely. ' hey dew a* a great height. French Capture Gorman Trenches. Paris, Feb. S.?The capture of Ger ? ian trenches southwest of Cnronoy was the chief announcement in the oifieial statement this afternoon. All Germans in the trenches were killed or capture*! after exploding a mine. The German attack in the Champagne district in the Argonnes was repulsed. Germans Claim Success. Berlin, Feb. 8. (Wireless)?Further success for the Germans in the Ar gonnes is claimed officially this after? noon. The Germans suffered a slight loss southwest of Labasse, losing a short trench, which they later recap? tured. Nothing important is reported from the east. Germans Seize Private Provisions. London, Feb. 8.?A dispatch from j Amsterdam states that German gov? ernment has empowered the military authorities to commandeer all stocks ; of grain arm flour in private houses I above the weight of twenty-five kilo* ' grams. RUSSIA MOVING FORWARD. Full lighting Strength in the Field With Immense Reserves in The Rear I Guard. j 1 Petrograd. Feb. 8.?Russia's full , fighting strength is now in the field, i The pressure of her offensive hurled : against the Austro-Germans is making I itself felt on all battlefronts. In east Prussia, in northern Poland, wes* of Warsaw, in southern Poland, in Gaii cia, and in Bukowina, the Russians are thrusting back the Teutonic allies In the greatest general assault record? ed in history. Behind the great arm? ies attacking Austrians and Germans and forcing them back are other re? serve forces as large, if not larger than the armies waging the battle. The smashing attacks of Germans sent to help Austrians in the ^Carpathians [ have been checked and today the Rus j sian wave is again rolling through the j icy passes into Hungary. EIXiEITELD RIFLKS DISBANDED. Company to Go Out of Existence Af? ter Career of Over Fifty Years. I Edgefield. Feb. 5.?At a meeting of ?the Edgefield Rifles Thursday night Capt. W. J. Duncan and the other commissioned officers decided to dis? band the company ana Adjt. Gen. W. \V. Moore has been officially notified ' ibis action. Since the announcement was made thai the company would be officially Inspected Monday, February 8, Capt. Duncan has made a special effort to l ave the men drill so as to be able to pass a creditable inspection. Owing to the failure to enlist active coop? eration from more than about 75 per cent, of the required number, it was decided to discontinue the company. The announcement that the com pany will disband has caused consid? erable regret here. The Edgefteld ilifles were among the first to go to the front when the call to arms was made in the early '60's and the com? pany has been in existence almost continuously since that time. BURNS PROVE FATAL. Mrs. G. I;. Seals Succumb* to Inju? ries. Dillon, Feb. I.?Mrs. O. U Seals ? lied Thursday afternoon about 3 o'clock from the effects of being burned about 20 days ago. She was dressing the children with her back to the lire when she realized her clothing was burning. She became flightened and ran from the house into the yard, fill upon the ground and rolled over and over. From the llrsl there was but little hope for her recovery. With the Legislature. Columbia, Feb. 6.?Local matters were considered by the house th'.s morning. Adjournment was taken un? til Monday at ont P. M.