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?Ml WATCHMAN, EatabUahed April, ISM.
"Bo Jost and Fear not?Let all tbe ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's ana Tnitit's.'
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Establislied June, lSee
Vol. XL. No. 5.
Allies Hammer at the Door of Moslem Cap?
ital and Create Panic.
The Center of Interest in the Great Conflict is Now the Great
Naval Action in the Dardanelles, Where the Allies Are
Forcing Their Way to Constatinople?Army of Hundred
Thousand Allies to he Landed to Operate on Land Against
the Turks?Reported That American Ambassador Has
Been Asked to Ascertain Terms the Allies Demand for
Cessation of Attack on Turkey.
I P TO ENGLAND.
(.?rtMJ\; IW IIcwx That England Uns
Bern Put Into u Hole.
Berlin. March 5.?A high govern?
ment official today stated "The de?
cision now rests with England. Ger?
many has shown her good faith to
protect the interesta of neutrals if
JCngland will do the same. Let her
accept the suggestions mado by us. "
He added that he did not expect
England to do so.
Mill PRIZE OF WAR.
French Oflhially Proclaim Couflsca
cation of Former German Liner.
Parts, March 6.?The American
steamship Dacla waa today officially
proclaimed to be a French war prize.
German Submarine Sunk.
London. March S.?It was officially
announced today that the German
submarine U-l was sunk yesterday
by destroyers. The crew were Im?
prisoned.
Turkey Wants Peace.
Rome. March 5.?Reports that
Turkev will sue for peace are gener?
ally circulated today. It Is rumored
that the United States ambasador In
Constantinople has been formally ap?
proaches* by Turkish officials and
asked to ascertain what terms the al?
lies would accept for the termination
of hostilities. Italian newspapers are
again urging Italy to enter the war.
Constantinople Prepares for Siege.
Constantinople. March 5.?Turkish
officials confidently state that the al?
lies will fall to reach Constantinople
Nevertheless great preparations have
been made to meet emergencies. The
American ambassador is daily com?
municating with the Turkish authori?
ties and Washington. The embassy
is working under steady pressure.
Alllea Torpedo Boat Sunk.
Berlin. March 5.?An unofflei a.
dispatch from Constantinople states
that one of the allies' torpedo boats
was sunk In tho Dardanelles by
Turkish gunners.
Submarines RgpggtSi Sunk.
West Hartlepool. March 5.?The
captain of the Drltish steamship
Alston has reported that he sunk .
Oerman submarine in tho English
channel last Saturday. The Pritl-th
admiralty Is now convinced that the
report of the captain of the steamer
Thordls that sunk a German subma?
rine Is true.
French Recapture Trenches.
Paris. March 6 CMtlclal).?The
French havo recaptured tho greater
part of th?' oh .ioaxl trenches pre?
viously lost to the Germans north of
Arras. The French now hold a lafg
part of the town of Vuuquols. Th?
Germans are again bombarding
Rheims.
BURNING AT SE\.
Ere im Ii Liner lalouralne mi lire
Off Irish Coast.
London. March 6.?The French
liner La Touruine Is burning ut sea,
five hundred miles west of the Irish
coast. She flashed th?> S. O. S." slu
nals early today. The Steamships
Arabic. Rotterdui i. Swnnmore. und
Cornlahman are answering the alg
nals and are rushing to the asslstnn? ??
of the ship. Tin* passengers and
crews buve been rescued. Tho
Tonraine was bound from New VorU
for IIa. re. sulling Saturday last.
Among tlM passengers Were teg not ?
and five ph>*letans going to th?
French war gagjSv
Tremendous German !<????.
Petrograd. March ?'>. The Germa ?
an I Austrian losses In the last at!
weeks are estimated to bare been
threw hundred and twenty-live thou?
sand by the KuhsIhu War ot'ieo Kill?
ed, one hundi -d and fifty thousand
wounded eighty thousand; prisoners
ninety-three thousand. In his des?
perate effort to smash the Russian
defense of Warsaw it is believed Gen.
Von Hinderburg sacrificed two hun?
dred and sixt, thousand men.
Hultcd Before Constantinople.
London, March 6.?The heavy
Krupp guns along the Dardanelles
north of Chanak and Xagura forts,
where the waterway bends sharply to
the east, and tho great Turkish army
that has been massed along both
sides of the strait, prevent the
march of the allied ~orces on Constan?
tinople and have apparently checked
the operations of tho international
fleet. A threatened Russian attack
with ten battlesh;ps, twenty-two de?
stroyers, eleven submarines and
nineteen smaller craft at the eastern
end of the Rosphorus will necessi?
tate the withdrawal of a part of the
Turkish forces to defend Constanti
jnople.
Luskanla Had Safe Trip.
Riverpool, March 6.?Flying the
Rritlsh flag, the Lusltania arrived
from New York safely today. She
crawled through the darkness with
all lights extinguished.
Petrograd. March Cr?With the
cessation of the blizzard in the Car?
pathians the Russians are again ad?
vancing along the entire southern
and southwestern front. In Buko?
wina the right tlank ha<i crossed the
Pruth river, and is opening an at?
tack on Czernowitz. In southeastern
Gallcia the Russians after capturing
Stanislau and Kolomea have pressed
the Austro-Germans back to Nadwor
na. Near Wyszkow, at Lupkow and
Dulka passes, and along tho Dunagec
river southwest of Tarnow the Rus
>ians are attacking the Austrian*. The
Russians have capturd twenty-farce
hundred, with a large quantity of
guns and munitions in the Stanislau
district. The Russians continue a
cautious and steady advance in Po?
land where tho Germans are losing
heavily.
Zeppelin Wrecked Near Brussels.
Rerlin. March 6. ? Returning from
an aerial raid on the coast towns of
northern France, a Zeppelin crashed
u to a clump of trees and was
wrecked near Tirlemont. east of
Rrussels last night.
fSrcccc Ready for War.
Rome, March 6.?Leading diplo?
mats today predicted that Greece ;in<1
Italy will enter the war on the side
of the Allies before the end of March
It Is declared that Greece has already
deetdi I to join tho Allies. This ac?
tion will force Italy to participate al?
so.
ANOTHER NOTE To ENGLAND.
Dilatory Tuctlos of British Foreign
Ofllce Cause? Dissatisfaction.
Washington. March C.?When the
noto which the United States is said
le be about to send to Great Britain
n aches the London foreign office it is
expected Great Britain will Immedia?
te ly place before President Wilson a
(?? top.native statement regarding the
British policy for paralysing all Ger
man commerce. Great dissatisfaction
? \i its oi Washington over the alleged
dilatory tactics of Great Britain re?
tarding tio- recent Inqulrlea of the
l ulled States. Nothing has been re?
ceived from sir Bdward Grey replying
lo the President's request for further
details concerning England's new
maritime policy, it Is said the sec?
ond lade will make it clear that the
Tinted states cannot view, without
protect, infractions of International
law le the detrlm ii? of neutral rights
on the Hea. While avoiding any di?
reel issue with Great Britain tin
United states |h determined to know
just what hasarda will be meed by
A met lea n commerce.
Russian Gain Again.
SEVERELY WOUNDED BY BOG IN
C. TRIPFETT LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT.
Shooting Took Place on Liberty
Street at Side of Pool Room?Al?
leged That Bad Feeling Existed
Previously?Trippctt Released on
$ 1,000 Bond.
From The Daily Item, March 6.
A difliculty, which may aosult fa?
tally for one of the parties, occurred
a few minutes after midnight last
night on West Liberty street, when j
Rogin C. Trippett shot W. S. Jones,
Jr., twice with a .32 Smith and Wes?
son pistol, the bullets taking effect In
Jones' leg and stomach. Exactly what j
was the cause of the shooting has not j
i
been ascertained, but it is stated that ,
bad feeling existed previously be?
tween the parties. |
! Immediately after the shooting and
Jones fell to tho sidewalk, Trippett
1 threw his pistol on the sidewalk and j
walked up to the approaching police?
man, to whom he gave himself. Mr.
W. B. Upshur and others picked up
|jores and carried him to the Tuomcy
Hospital In an automobile. This
morning Dr. S. C. Paker4 who attend?
ed the injured man, stated that Jones
I was in a very serious condition and
there was little hope for hi8 recovery.
A short while before noon today
Trippett was released from jail, where
ho was placed last night, on bond of
$1,000, Mr. H. J. Harby going on his
bond and guaranteeing the return ol
the prisoner in case the wounds re
i suited in Jones' death. Mr. L. D.
Jennings has been secured as Trip?
pett s lawyer and made the motion
before Magistrate M. J. Moore for
bail, which was secured at about
11.30 o'clock.
There seems to have been few
witnesses to the actual shooting, al?
though there were a number of per?
sons in the pool room at tho time U
took place. It is stated that Tippett
came to t^e side door of the pool
room and asked Jones to come out
ther*. which the latter immediately
did. The shooting followed a few4
moments later. One bullet took ef?
fect in Jones' leg and the ol'ner in
his abdomen, perforating the entrails
in a number of places. Mr. Julian H.
Scale picked the pistol up off the
idewalk and handed it to Policeman
(Dunlap, who at the time of the shoot
| ing was standing on the corner, only
a few feet away. Policeman Owens
and Chandler also arrived on the
se^ne a few seconds after the shots
were tired.
Tho affair caused a great deal of
?excitement at the time it occurred
i last night and the occasion of much
talk on the stree: today.
TIPPING NOW UNLAWFUL.
, Gov. Manillas Has Signed Antl-Tip
ping Bill.
Columbia, March 3.?South Caro?
lina Is henceforth to be a "tipless"
State by solemn enactment of her
general assembly and With the ap?
proval of her governor. The "anti
tipplng" bill was signed last'nlght by
, Gov. Manning. It forbids the giving
I Of "tips" in any barber shop, shoo
shining parlor, or stand, restaurant,
cafe. dining ear. train, or any pub?
lic place. Violation of the act is
made a misdemeanor punishable by
! ilnc or imprisonment or both.
The war on "tips" was opened by
certain traveling men of Spartanbur^*
and the bill which passed was intro
jduced in the senate by Senator Car?
lisle and in the house by Represen
! tatlve Royd, both of Spartanburg
? county.
It is Interesting to note that the
state of Mississippi has a similar antl
tlpptng law.
At the request of sheriff Bwearln
gen, of Bdgefield county, the gov?
ernor drew requisition papers on Gov.
Slaton, Of Georgia, for the return to
this State of Ed Martin, who escap?
ed after being convicted of assault
ami battery with intent to kill and
Who is now under arrest p.t Millen,
SIGNS SEAMAN'S BILL.
Wilson .Makes New Ship Measure Ef?
fective.
Washington, March .'.?President
Wilson yesterday signed the seamen's
bin Improving w king conditions of
American seamen and Increasing life
saving equipment requirements.
Tiie l in had been opposed by some
Democratic leaders in congress, who
declared it would Interfere with treaty
obligations, but the president con?
clude;! that the measure was so drawn
that it would not seriously affect the
country's foreign relations, it goes
Into effect I? months hence.
mm 10 OPERATE SHIPS.
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TRI-WEEKLY SERVICE TO
FRANCE TO FURNISH BRIT?
ISH AND FRENCH.
Fleet of Eighteen lionbs With Im- ,
mense Quantity or War Material
Leaves Canadian Ports.
t
Ottawa, Ont., March 5.?Inaugura?
tion of a tri-weekly steamship ser?
vice from Canada to France to con- j
vey supplies for the British war de
partment was announced today by the
Canadian government. The admiralty
has undertaken to supp'y eighteen j
freight boats for this service until the
end of the war.
Immense quantities of supplies for !
the British and French armies are be?
ing obtained from Canada and the
Umted States. Cargoes of food,
Cleaning, transport vehicles, ammu?
nition and horses are being sent for?
ward daily. This tratllc has reach?
ed such a volume that the authori
\ ties feel warranted in starting a reg?
ular steamship service to handle it, it
is explained.
In addition to the eighteen vessels
; for regular sailings the colliers which
carry coal from England to Halifax
j or the cruisers of the North At?
lantic patrol on the return voyage
will carry army supplies to France.
Conveyance of war supplies from
Car.adian ports to Europe since the
opening of the war has Leen large.
It is stated that from August 20 to
the close of navigation in the St.
.Lawrence 120,000 tons of imperial
xrmy supplies were forwarded to
British and French ports, and that dur?
ing December and January 50,000
tons were shipped from St. John and
' Halifax.
.DISPENSARY AUDITOR BULTMAN
Go v. Manning Names L. L. I mit man
of Columbia to Succeed Mose H.
Mohley.
Columbia, March 6.?L. L. Bult
man of Columbia, was today appoint?
ed 8ta^e dispensary auditor by Gov.
Manning to succeed Mose TT.' M?Dle^.
whose term lias expired. Albert S.
Fant, of Union, was named assi3lan*
auditor to succeed O. W. Babb, of
Laurens. The appointments are for
four years.
I Gov. Manning today called the
j hoard of regents of the asylum to
I meet in Columbia next Wednesday.
j SOUTH HAS DOMESTIC CLAYS.
I Geologist Advocates the Operation of
Pottery Plants in South Carolina.
Columbia, March 5.?In a paper
before the American Institute of
Mining Engineers, Joel H. Watkins,
geologist of the industrial and agri?
cultural department of the Southern
? Railway company, discussed the In
! fant industry of domestic white burn?
ing clays and said that America mu^t
look to the South for its supply of
such clays, according to a digest o?'
the address in the current issue oi
j The Manufacturers Record. He call?
ed attention to the sedimentary pa?
per clays of South Carolina and
? argued that a plant could he estab?
lished and operated in the State and
that, if successfully engineered, it
would "stimulate greatly the mining
I of kaolin by small operaters, induc
I ing a higher price than domestic clay
1 is now bringing."
During 1913 the total output of
Olay In the States of North Carolina.
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and
j Tennessee aggregated only 182,518
?tons, with a total production in the
United States of 197,276 tons. He said
that for domestic manufacture of
! clay ware this country imported
2G8.GG6 tons in 1913, "practically dis?
placing domestic raw material, which
experts regard as having no superior
if properly handled."
ALIEN LAND LAW ATTACKED.
Nebraskan statute Sahl to Be Uncon?
stitutional.
Washington, March 5.?Nebraska's
.''.lien land law was attacked as un?
constitutional In a Supreme Court
brief filed today by attorneys for non
rosident aliens deprived from inherit?
ing land of John Troop, an English?
man, naturalized in the United States
and living at Ulysses, Neb., at the
time of his death In 1 898.
Trie ease lias attracted wide atten?
tion among constitutional lawyers as
well as in diplomatic circles.
The statute in question was passed
in 1889 and provides that hon-resl
dent aliens shall not acquire title to
agricultural or mining land by d >
scent or purchase, except that ihe wid?
ow and heirs who hitherto had ac?
quired land might hold sue h for ten
years for sale or naturalization.
Teutons Report Capture of Places in Their
Effort to Take Polish Stronghold.
Much Hard Fighting in Russia in Past Few Days With Rus
sians and Germans Both Claiming Successes?Greeks Are
Cljmoring for War on Side of Allies Italy Seizes German
Vessel With Load ot Grain?Roumania Warns .Subjects
to Depart From Turkey?Cruisers Damaged in Bombard?
ment of Dardanelles?French Claim Good Gains in i heir
Country.
SITUATION GROWS TENSE.
[Exchange of Notes With Knr *?l
Gradually Developing Serio*
rltntton. o
Washington, March 8?Tr if icrt- |
con note inquirying for ey neans j
by which Great Britain France1
I propose to cut off cor Jr* *:e with
Germany is understoo' - be on the
w
way to London an-' >> iris today.
: Though the admir <>? .ion is silent
it is 3aid that the v nunication dis
j putes the declar of the right of
' the allies to atu. c will all trade
with Germany. While conciliatory
\ in tone it is said the note asks ex
? pllcitly for the details of the real
! policy regarding the disposition of
American vessels and American car
! goes. The London government or
;;an, the Westminster Gazette, gives
a veiled warning to the United
? -ittaes today. It says the United
States must not help the Germans to
receive munitions of war after they
have been purchased in America, nor
forbid the exportation of arms and
ammunitions to the allies, because the
Germans cannot also get them. "It
; is the duty of the United States to
see that all have equal privileges in
j the United States, but it is no part of
1 their duty to help any government
' to get goods to their destination."
RUSSIANS PURSUE GERMANS.
Tremendous Armies Battling on the
Eastern Frontier.
I Petrograd, March 8.?The Germans
! aro in full retreat through the for?
ests of Augustowic with the Russians
I
pursuing, who are again nearing the
' frontier of east Prussia. The Ger?
man rear guard is suffering severe
losses. The fierce fighting in the
Augustowic forest for ten days ter
\ minated with a complete victory for
i the Russians. Meantime other Ger?
man armies are battering away at
Oasoweic fortress trying to cut
, through the Russian lines near
Pilica river, between Warsaw and
Ivangorod, and have reached the first
line of the Russian fortifications. The
Germans have two hundred thousand
men in the Pilicia district and Aus?
trian troops arc arriving. The Rus?
sians have thrown three hundred and
lfty thcueand against the Germans
; there, with a great number of rc
, server, held in Warsaw and IvangO
1 rod. Another great Russian army has
crossed the Dniester river near
Zalescyki, northwest of CzernowltS to
flank- the Austro-Germans.
Two Cruisers Damaged.
Constantinople, March 8.?Two
more of the allies* warships, one
French and one Rritish cruiser, have
I been badly damaged by the fort gun?
ners on the Dardanelles. The Turkish
. batteries are successfully defending
the straits, though bombardment
continues. (Official.)
Sultan Ready to Depart.
Sofia, March 8.?The Turkish pn
ernment will bo removed to Asia Mi?
nor Thursday, according to a mos
?age from Constantinople brought by
! courier today. The defense of Con?
stantinople has been intrusted to Ger
I man officers.
Await Britain's Reply.
Berlin, March S. ? A high admiral?
ty official stated today: ?The cessa?
tion of German submarine attacks is
due to awaiting Groat Britain's do
cision on the proposals for a modi?
fication of the "blockade" by the
I United States.
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Turks Massacre Christians.
Salonika. March 8.?Thousands of
Christians are fleeing Into Bulgaria
from Western Turkey to escape mas?
sacre. It is reported that eighty
have been slain at Tekka, while many
homes have been burned at Oertaja,
Maltepe and Tchene.
French Report Gains,
Paris. March s (Official).?The
I French have captured the German
tronches northwest of Souvain.
French have gained five hundred
yards between Perthes and Beause
Jour. The French artillery silenced
the German forty-two centimeter gun
heights of the Mouse. The French
i have advanced to the north of Ba
' donvillier, Lorraine.
Greeks Clamor for War.
Athene, March 8.?Popular dem?
onstrations favoring war with Turkey
occurred in Athens today. Premier
Venizelos who resigned Saturday was
! wildly cheered when he appeared on
j the streets. Great crowds surged
around the parliamentary building,
shouting "down with Turkey," "we
want war." The Turkish legation is
' strongly guarded.
Warned to Leave Turkey.
Buchare;'*, March 8.?Fearing a
general massacre of all foreigners if
the remaining forts on the Dardan
j alles fall, Roumania has warned all
! subjects to leave Turkey immediate
k
Italians Seize German Grain.
Rome, March 8.?A vessel carrying
fifteen thousand tons of grain from
Spain for Germany was arrested to?
day by an Italian warship in the
Gulf of Genoa.
Germans Repul-c Attacks.
* Berlin. March 8 (Official).?The
Germans in northern Poland are driv
I ing towards the fortresses of Nova,
Georgievsk and Poltusk guarding
Warsaw on the north and northwest.
There has been severe fighting around
Novo Maisto.
The allies' aviators bombarded Os
! tend on Sunday. The allies were re
I
1 pulsed at Souain after a fierce hand
to hand battle. A French attack
east of Les Mesnil was repulsed, the
Germans capturing one hundred and
forty.
QUARANTINE AGAINST DISEASE.
Governor Will Prevent Cattle from
Infested Areas Coming into State?
Clemaon to A?k Loan of Tents.
Columbia, March S.?Gov. Manning
j will issue a quarantine against those
areas affected with the foot and
mouth disease and prohibit the ship?
ment of any cattle and hogs and ev?
ery matter from the infected districts
into South Carolina. The State vet?
erinarian has been keeping shipments
j of cattle from the infected areas from
i coming into tho State, but he asked
the governor to enforce his quaran?
tine with a proclamation.
Clemson College has asked the gov?
ernor to instruct the adjutant gener
lal to allow them the loan from tho
State of sufficient number of tents for
the Clemson cadets when they en
Icamp In Andereon.
OBREGON REPORTS IMPROVE?
MENT.
j Situation in Mexico City Now Satis?
factory.
New York. March 8.?Gen. Obre
j?on. the Carrania commander, today
. telegraphed the International News
?ervtee that the situation in Mexico
City is becoming satisfactory as the
results of strong measures taken by
him.
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WOULD BORROW SHIP.
Got. Manning Asks Secretary of the
j Navy for Ship for Naval Militia.
Columbia. March S.?Gov. Manning
jthis morning wrote Secretary Dan?
? lels of the navy asking for the loan
of a ship for tho'use of the State na?
val militia.
NATIONAL DANK STATEMENT.
Comptroller of Currency Calls for Re?
port of Condition. Mar, h Ith.
Washington. March 8.?The comp?
troller of currency to lay issued a call
lor a report on the condition of Na?
tional banks at the close of business
March 4th,