Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I 11 fttl ?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. _ 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. - 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. _ 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,