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tfmv?taiTi or Sif* WATCHMAN, F>t?t Ilalied Anrll, 18*0. "Be Just rmd Fear not?Let all the end* Thon Aims't at bo thy Country's. Thy God's and Trutb'a" THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 184?. Consolidated Au#. 3,1881. BUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1915. Vol. XXXIX. No. 50. BSSSSSSSSSSSSSi iinir fi? HE I SIMM?. Story of Hard Fighting in East and West Told of in To-Day's Dispatches from Scenes of Strife. i_ In West, Bagatelle, in Argonnes, is Scene of Fierce Artillery Puel in Which Germans Bombard Many Towns?Second Battle of Flanders Grows in Violence as Fight Progresses ?Austrians Report Successes in Bukowina, While Rus? sians Continue Battle Norch of Vistula at Uypin- Cerlin lias Little News to Report. <<crman (.anlhwit Loaf, Copenhagen, Fei?. 9.?The German g?tiboat Panther is believed to hav< been lost at sea si?\s a I'crlln dispatch. The admiralty bris j'i\<n Bf hope Oi bauring ->f the Panther. JUHce Rapture Two Towns. Amaterdam. Feb. 9.?The l'clgton town* of Passeht ndal? und Langt" marek have been captured by th< ? ml* lies, after bard fighting, auys a Slula dispatch. Austrian* Win in Ii.dam inn. Vienna, Fob. 9.?A complete victory for the Austro-Ci. n..ms in Bukowina u claimed in the o?U ii? i statement to? day. The Russians were driven out of th" Carpathians on the b -rders ol Traniylvanla and forced (?? retreat forty miles in the valley of the Upper Suc2awa river. The Austrian* an 1 Germans are olonely pursuing the flcelnK Kassians. Harbin I Ightlng Hani. Petrograd. Feb. 9.?A news dis? patch estimates the German losses in the battle of Ltorjlmow at fifteen thou? sand killed and twelve thousand wound*-J. The slaughter wa.? ter? rific. There Is a lull in the fighting with the Russians holding the posi ?? Casern natnes Mi Kassian and the Ger? mans maintaining their front west of Horjlmow. Matth of the Vistula n great buttle Is racing In the re.v.n of Kypin. while a Inffga K .s.?ian army HI Invading rast Prussia near Johanns? burg, attempting to flank Germans in? trenched near Mlawa. To resist the lliirsian advance the (b in.aas ha\? concentrated one hundred anil sixty thousand men and many Iiat1 :lrs along a line one hundred miles Wng. No decisive battle has b. i a f.auht In the Carpathlra* \\t. U Bukowina the Russians have I < en forced to evacuate some positions bofore naper lor numbers. wnuMono* \ i ry i.kw e, Washington Ofttelnl- Waiting o;l - many In t.vphiln War Zoin V?v lan: tlon Washington. IM.. 9.?That *b- s!t ua!lon created by Germany's dcTun lion of a war zone around the HrltNh Ivies Is of the g*\i\?.Ht character was Indicated today by high ndiniMK* t\> - tlon officials, 'he full expl.'i i. .v*. promised by Germany |g awaited be? fore anv stat"in"r.t h made, i.. ap pagejM tiuit the United States Intends to take Issue with Germany an SOIIM features mi Um declaration, llbwHly Rattle iTi \j-;t nne PurK Feb. |, - The Im ' | lighting toitey in ar-'iMd Ragatell u In the Argonne Ranlon, where .i ? nffulnary battle continues i.<k<- v. ill-, r.o da* cidsd adv.mt: ge?to eitb side, The (lei m -n artlll ?ry on Monday bombard? ed Tpfag and I'iii iii s I Flan i?a - ? ami rained Inhanuiaabig projectiles upon s? bjatgag attempting lo life thai town. The Fr? wh Baads eltnht gains nlong the highway between Bethune and I.a'.ass,. < ? oh. ;.? f. i Nr-oial llallle of I bnide Stonier. Kram ??. !???>?. '.? ?The I or.u battlt of St?nders hi I.-row In* lu l dene. . Tin Uerjri nre being reinforced front ihe >i Ii ? f Hg? Tl ? If I wes are I I ? g*1 ihe hospitaN mi R< ub rs are 0. t ov im Ml Idleklrh ht i ;, ,. tieai)> dent rayed by ihe ah. 1.1 v. Ma b lo, n i n . lern f il l.IK' 'I ha Fi.I ? i .? i i it,;' . M*W\ the baWn i ; In rail Mgfftbj Hi N ? Hi n v llerlln. I V. '?? iWinl, >. Ti la no import en news from th< ? i i gfant t- *' iy? mInoi i ?? portid on the raal Prti.i ..a Ii t . Um -. Ian. i gejhnrd I Pi tr...:ia->. \\ 9. !i ? .ifa ? rapt rt? ?? that Ihe Rtl al in il ? 1 tacking Ub] Oetnaaw naval I' i a/ig 01 lb' l .iltn . ? i Ffcscti G fn i In I orralnc. Paria, re?b, i - a tUflit tain for French troopi in Lorraine n roport | ed officially this afternoon. North taat of Manenviller, a French detach no nt rolled bad the Germi n posts. The lighting was generally confined to artillery which was particularly vio? lent on the Alane front and in Cht mpasjae, igsssTseaas Sopplj Karlsruhe. London, Feb. i".?Information has [reached the admiralty that the Oer I man cruiser Karlsruhs is operating ii 'in a baas '?n the northwest coast of iHaytl and Is receiving supplies from American sources. Btsamcrs from \ New fork and New Orleans are rc ported to i>e taking ooal and provis? ions to the Karlsruhe. Rcpresenta ' tions may soon be made to the United states. While the Germans claim that Ihs Karlsruhe has sunk only eleven Hrkish vosstls, h is believ.d that the number of victims is much larger. The French eable to .Mole St. Nicholas has been out. GERMANY ADOPTS STRINGENT MEASURES. lhc.ul Tickets Will he Issued to lVo plc to CosMcrvc Food Sappy, ?> ii Mssssn.. K?b. i^.ap-liaeaainsMS akju caused today hy preparations to lasus lour million ?'read tickets" weekly. I Ofhclals explain that the measure was taken t<> prevent the "exploitation of I the public and not because Germany iis in in] actual danger of starva? tion." Bread will he sold only to those holding tickets. The govern Ineat is taking other steps to con* st rvo the food supply and household sgi ar<- cautioned to use ths strictest economy in Using provisions Of OVorj kind. RUSSIAN OFFICIAL REPORT. Claims -Matt rial Main* at till Point" Over Austrian* and Germans, retrograd. Feb. 10 (Ofhclal).?To Iday in Gallcifl the Russians repulsed Iwenty-twe separate attacks by the Austro-Qermani at Kosiowa, slxty :.ve atlles southwesl of Lemberg. Ger? mans suffered heavily, their d *ad lit te.iiuT the slopes and heights around KoSiOWa, Which they captured. bui lost asjaisi. In Hungary ths Russians forced thslr foes to retreat from the region Of Part:V!dt and Svldnlk, Fighting ocntlnues In the vicinity of Lupkow Pai i in tho Carpathians. The Bus? [stans captured five thousand Aus? trians and Germans and is machine guns, in Fas' Prussls Ihe Run lans re? pulsed German attacks In the region ol Lasdehn? n east of Instornburg. txtsrminatlng most of an entire bat la lion of (I or mans. in Northern Poland tho Russian cavalry in the region ol Rypin hold in chock the Gorman offensive. In the fighting west of Warsaw which t ? known as the battle of Borjlmow Germans lost ten I housand nv n. The lull following the Russian victory continues, Russian aviators are causing heavj h . In Geri utll Irenches, trains and . oldlers, l'oriiuiii I.? ?n, r ; r. ii asv in Munday*s Bat? tie. 1 ?>. A neWS dl |int< !l Ihe Itum Inns ci ? ii ami in 'uiidnv. ,hat end' IktttU' lb . t h ,i ||| pru 1 I, Hit, 1"? !?. ITei i Ulc i allies n " ? ? In ... il t\ i: isia v lib In (lormui land ur Mio.ooti roltoii !.>.? ii fund c ; led and the proj k>1 hs r l< ins mo inled onl? NOTES 10 ENGLAND-GERMANY.! PRESIDENT WILSON GIVES PER? SONAL CONSIDERATION TO WRITING or DRAFTS, _ Our to Britain Relative to Use of United states Flag in Danger Bone an?! Our to Germany Concerning Safety of Xcutrals at Sea, Washington, Fob. n.---Drafts of] notes to Great Britain and Germany -?one relative to the use of the Amor* lean Ha:,r by the British liner Lusltania and the other eoneernlng the attitude I of the German navy towards neutral Ivessels In the newly prescribed sea aones.of war?were given personal] consideration by President EVilson to-1 day after conf< rences with Beeretary Bryan and cabinet members, ? I , it is understood that no protest against any violation of International? ilaw Is u> be directed t<> either country. | The administration view of the Luai-1 tanla's hoisting of the American flag is that it |s a customary war ruse. At the same time representations point? ing out that in utral commerce might* suffer through continued practice of; 'the stratagem wore deemed advisable. A3 for the German proclamation that it may bo difficult to determine the character of o vessel in the war [zones because of misuse of neutral bags, the United States intends to tsk for Information as to methods by (which the order will be carried out. H will point out that it expects every effort to be made to verify the nature of ships Hying neutral flags, assuming that duo respect for the safety of Americans will be given. Neither communication will go for* ward, it Is understood) until complete information is available. As yet the long memorandum of the German foreign office, sent by wireless to the Aim rican press, has not reached the I state department from Ambassador Gerard. Nor has Ambasador Pago at London transmitted any official re Ipon on the hoisting of the American flag un the Lusltania. He cabled the Itate department today, however, the "tfTr rlr trro *rnTt!Btl fmrt<m -trt?c. *. statement .published two days ago. Justifying In general terms the use by british vessels of neutral Hags to escape capture. In the absence of an official state mi nl from Greal Britain on the Lusi I r tanla Incident any inquiry this gov? ernment may make on the subject of the ira- of neutral flags by British ves ?? Ii probably will be based on the foreign office statement and oonflned to the general question. SECTIIALITV FLAG SAVED SHIP. Rclglan Relief Craft Captain Mailed bj Submarine. New Voik. Feb. 9.?Capt. G. G. Ireen of the steamship Batiscan, here from Rotterdam for o now relief car? go for Belgium, today told how his I hip pOSSlbly was saved from being torped >ed because ii flew the neu? trality Rag, reading "Commission fcr Iblbf in I'e'gium." ? rho Datlscan lefi Philadelphia De? cember ?- and we arrived January 8 a: the neutral passage of the North sea." said Capt. Green, "1 was mighty glad to have the flags of the commis? sion to fly. i made euro to put the banners on each side of iho ship and also at each masthead and across the forward part of the bridge. "I did not see any battleships, but I saw submarines and was stopped more than once. one submarine bobbed up out of the water alongside of mo and then a voice .shouted: "Whal is your home port?" "l answered In a hurry: 'A relief h-:? from the United States, honte [>ort Liverpool.' "?All right, go ahead,' said the voice, and directly the submarinp dls ! appeared." Ml I LIZA L. BEARD, Widow of Lute John Board lias Pass? ed Awny, ?!oluml i i. F( b, D.? M v ?. KlUn L. Heard died n\ >?>.;;, o'clock yesterday morning at her home, i2?:i IClmwood u\m nue, she ,vns 63 years of ngo, Mrs, Beard wan the widow ? f thi hi e John peard, She was a member of the Main Street Method!") church and lor m my y\ ar? won uei lv< In H ; w i?i'k, She la sun Ivod by tl" follow? ing mcmla rs nl h< v Immi dial ram lly: Miss Kttn I Von, u ?*iHt<*r; \ hr< ?? in |da . ?. Jam* s, Willi im end Arthur i i ?r. and two hl v* \ Mrs. t 'hai Icm ? of Ja< ksonv llle and Mrs, ' din Juj of rotumbl i, i un' ral sen Ii < I \ ill he h I I nt the late residence ." . 10 oYlo I: Ihls nfternoon, und the Interment will be m ! dm v.I i 11. I rv, AGREEMENT REACHED WITH BOLTING DEMOCRATS AND BILL Wil l, I'Ass. United State* will (Have to Sell Ships Within Two Venn or tt Close of European War?Purely Emergency Measure Now. Washington, Feb. 11.?11 was an? nounced this afternoon thai the sev? en bolting Democratic senators on the ship purchase hill had agreed t<. n compromise which provides that the tfovcrnnn nt sell her Interest in sTUps witi.in two years or ;:t the cl ise of the European war. It forbids the pur? chase of Interned ships. As a purely emergency measure, the bill is now ? xpected to pass. CHANGES ON COMMITTEES, I . - South i urolina Delegation -May Gain Chairmanships as Result off Ncces ry Reorganization. 1 Washington, Feb. 10.?It was learn led here today that when the house committees arc reorganized for an e:: Itra session of congress, which now seems likely, there will be several changes of places among the mem? bers of the South Cafolina delega? tion. I One of the Palmetto State men Is understood to ho trying for a place Ion the committee on agriculture hut as Congressman Lover is already the chairman of that committee it is not believed that two men from the same State could hold places on it. Po far as chairmanship! are con Icerned, South Carolina is considerably I behind some of the other States In the I South, but it Is likely that the new shift may bring i?.it"r results. The ways and means committee be inp the committee on the selection of other committees has the matter In . hand. PAR COLLIDES WIT1I HOSE WAG? ON. Two Members of Florence 1 ire De? partment Injured in Accident While Answering Alarm. Florence. Feb. 10.?Rushing to re? spond to a fire alarm, the horse drawn hose wagon or the Florence hre de? partment this 1 vening was In col . lision with a livery automobile at the corner of Church and Evans streets. Lucas Bryant of this city and Joe McXain, formerly of Columbia, who were on the hose Wagon, were se? riously hurt. Robert Haight, the I driver, a. nil ir. n. rieece, the passen? ger in the car, escaped with bruises, though the car was battered. I.oth Messrs. McKain and Cryant ' were severely cut about the Bhoulders. The horses bolted after the acci? dent a.a! dashed into a steel awning frame, both being badly cut. 1 The tiic was Insignificant. MISS M'CLINTOCK TO RESIGN. Will Retire as Head of College for Women, Which Is to Cnitc With Chlcora. , Columbia, Feb. 10.-?-Miss Euphe? mia McCllntock is to retire from the presidency of the College for Women in Columbia, which place she has filled so w< 11. This announccmc ni was made after the state m< nt thai the property of the college had been'turned over to the* board of trustees of Chlcora College at Gre< n* Ule. Freb r the term of the consolidation, Iho plan to be approved by the presby? teries, the ;n w institution would be located in Columbia, presumably un tier the name oi' Chlcora College, ? ? he plan is adopted Greenville will 1? so tie' Presbyterian school. 'lie plans for ihe consolidatloi Iwere discussed at a. meeting of th< trustees of the tWO Institutions hclf in Columbia late Tuesday. BIGGEST IN II1STOKV. Foreign Trade Balance Shows In itcu e, Wushlnglon, Feh, '.).- Foreign tradi for the wie!: ending Februury *> as re ported to the department of com mere* today by Ihe representatives ??. custom ports showed a balance 11 I:'.T.I ?, 1,220 In favor <,r tie- Unit < Sltncs, Ihe largest weekly balance 01 ;. coi.'. I: ;ports for i ho .. c< k totale? 159,fi < 1.1 00 and Imports $22,11 ..'v F\poi ;'? r Ihe pa -;t t u wocU totaled >. . t D.SBO,29?'? and import $211,000,5*10, making 0 balance o 2" ? ? '. 1 ' In fa* or of Ihe Unit? ; ?; for lhal period. < 'ol n 1 xpoi led during the w e? nmot ntcd lo 30"?,733 bales, making lb Warships Inflict Frightful Slaughter on the Turks, Who Are Leaving Bodies of Slain Piled Along Canal in Their Flight. Germans Claim Successes in Fighting in Easl, While Rus? sians Say rhat ( here Has Been no Decisive Results, Af? ter Eighty Hours of Hard Fighting?Fifty Turkish Ships and Three Batteries Destroyed by British?Turkish Capi? tal Suffers in Visit by Aerial Craft?Germans Leave City in est Prussia. Turkish Ships Destroyed. PetrogT. % Feb. 10 (Official).?Onj February Bth Russian destroyers in the Black se;i wrecked throe Turkish ; batteries at Trebiaond. other heavy damage was done. Two bridges in the Plantana region were destroyed and a third west of Rise. The Rus? sian lieet has sunk over fifty Turkish ships. Aviator Bombards Constantinople. Athens, Feb. LI.? it is reported that an allies' aviator from the licet in the Aegean s. a. flew over Constanti? nople dropping bombs. Their avia t< ra nre b >m\ arding the Turkish forts at the western end of the Dardanelles. Germans Abandon Insternberg. Copenhagen, rob. 11.?Private dis* I patches from Berlin report that the j Germans have evacuated insternberg. east Prussia. The inhabitants are eing in panic and the Russians are preparing to enter the city. Kaiser Predicts Triumph. Berlin, Feb. 11.?Returning from I the eaatcrn battle front Kaiser held a B< l ies of important conferences last is satisfied with the situation and pre? dicts complete triumphs for the Ger? mans over the Russians. 1 In the central and southern Vosges ' tise Germans have made slight gains. At the east engagements in Prussia continue with the results satisfactory to the the Germans. Tn Poland the Germans advanced into the district northwest of Sierpec. Invasion of Egypt Fails. Cairo, Fob. 11.?The Pritish war? ships in lh<* Suez canal are indicting terrific Slaughter on the Turkish troops. The bodies are piled up along the canal kvhere they were left un buried by the fleeing Turks ami arc being devoured by vultures. It is as? sorted lure that the Turks will aban? don the proposed invasion of Fgypt. Itoziowa Rattle Rages. Petrograd, Feb. 11.?Despite their terrific losses in the battle of Kozio wa the Austgp-Germans continue their attacks th< re. The bailie has now boon in progress for eighty hours with no decisive results. The ferocity of the assaults exceeds even those in the battle of Borjtmow. Both sides are bringing up reinforcements, and it is estimate 1 thai there are now twelve hundred thousand men engaged. Cargo of Wilhclmina Seized. Falmouth, Eng., Feb. 11.?The car go of tb.e American steamship Wil? helmina was seised today by order of the British government. The ship will I e allowed to depart afU r discharg? ing the caryfo the disposition of which A ll I be decided by a prize court. Note on i. so of Flag, London, Feb. l'.?The foreign of? fice today received a note of inquiry from tin; Fnited states in reference to I ho use of neutral flags by ?ngliah shipping. The note is of a friendly nature and it la declared will cause no complications. An answer setting north Greal Rrltain's p isition will bo t pa nsinitted shortly. Ir?: nine Un tidied With Blood. Paris, Fob II, (Olllclal)-?The Ar? gon nes are again belnj? dri ached with hiood. Tn t.- is hud lighting around Fori Marie Therese, The German lose:* are heavy, and the French losses are admitted to be serious, though the French held their ground. Gormai i attacked llic Allies in the litres! noi; h nl M< snll-Les-ll urlus. in C!hi mpagne district, I at were rcpuls I German* I'Xacuntc I?odz(?) I1 is, Feb. ii. An unconfirmed nev ? di patch from Petrograd states thai lb- Germans have evacuated Lodz, Polo nu it is recei.ed witn gceat rese $ A ? Gor . Resume Offensive. Berllr . b. 11 ?(Wireless) The Germar c ?ve resumed the offensive In the nnes, capturing three hun? dred i w rs and eight guns. to_ TO s ? OFFICES TO INSTRUCT. Set? f Darnels Will Provide for In? struction of South Carolina Naval Militia. Columbia, Feb. 10.?Gov. Richard T. Manning has received the following letter from Josephus Daniels, secre? tary of the navy: "Replying to your letter of Janu? ary 21, 1915, I have the honor to advise you that on account of the shortage of officers it will not be practicable at present to assign an officer to duty as inspector-instructor of naval militia for the State of South Carolina for this duty alone. How? ever, one or more officers now sta? tioned at the navy yard, Charleston, B. C, n ill be detailed as inspector instructor of the naval militia for the .-'t?te of South Carolina in addition to thwir other q^g. nW ol the officers will be furnished you at ? an early date and the necessary or? ders will be issued." FAVORS HERRING PLAN. Medical Men %>f Charleston Send Gov? ernor Ivosolutions Urging; Improve? ment of Hospital. Columbia, Feb. 11.?Gov. Richard I. Manning has received the follow? ing resolution, which was adopted at a special meeting of the Medical So? ciety of South Carolina, held in Char? leston February 8: "Resolved, Tha. this society ex preas its unqualified approval of the efforts of Gov. Manning to improve the conditions existing at the State Hospital for the Insane and indorse the plans proposed for the reorganiza? tion, of the administration of the in? st inn ion and for the betterment of the unfortunate inmates. "Resolved, That the pressing need of these reforms be urged upon our representatives and that t,hey be re? quested to dq all In their power to secure the passage of legislation nec 1 SSary to correct the present evils and give South Carolina a modern hos 1 Ital for the care of the mentally af? flicted. "Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the gov? ernor, to the chairman of the ways and means committee of the house, to the chairman of the finance com mittee of the senate and to the mem jl-ers of the Charleston county dele JRation and that they be printed in tru Charleston News and Courier and ESvonlng Post." The resolutions were transmitted to Gov. Manning by Albert Nathan, IM. !>., secretary of the medical so jciety. SUCCEEDS BARB, RESIGNED. Shunter Caldwdl is Made Inspector General?Ranks as Major. _ Columbia, Feb. it.?Bhapter Caid jwell, assist: at adjutant generali was yesterday appointed major-inspector Igeneral of National Guard of South Carolina, to succeed t?. w. Babh, re? signed. Mr. Babh was later appointed captain, quartermaster corps, ?ACTA KAILS AT LAST. Former German ship Under American Flag Hound lor (Germany. Norfolk, F? b. II Flying the Amer Icun Hag, with entire American crew, the American steamship Dada sailed this morning for Rotterdam with a cargo of eleven thousand bales of cot? ton, destined Cor Bremen, Germany.