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fllK S1MTEH WATCHMAN. E-ialUthed April, 1M0. "Be Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Alms'! at be lliy Country's, Thj God's and Trutb'a." THE TRUE SOCTIIItOX, Established Jone, MM Consolidated Aug. 3,1881. BUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1915. Vol. XL. No. 6. Claimed to Have Defeated Turks in Great Battle and Captured Many Officers and 18,000 Men. Report States That English on Persian Gulf Were Repulsed by l urks?Majestic and Irresistible Sent to Aid of Allied Fleet Which is Bombarding Forts in Dardanelles To Re? new Attack on Smyrna?Greeks Make Many Demonstra? tions for War Against Germans and Turks- Hard Fighting in France?Russians Endeavoring to Drive Germans Out of Poland. R! i H K M>? Ol I.I KMANY. ? iig In ml Determined to Shut Doors of Commerce to Knomy. Washington. March 9.?President Wilson and administration officials to? day .irr studying th?> Prltlsh cot tor. ?diet closely, though uncertainty ex rats on some points, ono point seems clear, that no cotton or any other commodity will be permitted to go to Germany. HOINDS PIRK ALARM. It- rlin Predicts Great ( onihvgrntlou In n*lknn.s If Greece Unters War. Perlln. March 9.?It Im predicted today by the German press that If Greece Join* the war another great conflagration of hostilities will gwaaf Seron* the Balkans. It Is assumed here that Premier Venliilos wanted war. while King Constantlne desired continued neutrality. Crisis In loil- nla. tfofla. March 9.?A ministerial cri? sis has followed the overthrow of tht Bulgarian cabinet. Victory in Persia. Pstrnarnsii. *ft?*eJt AV4*c^U*'^i. Tho Russians have been victorious in fighting with the Turks In northern Persia. Busidan wurshlpa bombard? ed Zunduldak. causing numerous flits. A ?mall 1 lustdun cruiser was disabled. Four Pashas, three hun? dred and fifty ofl'.e? 11 and el^ht? en thousand Turks have been captured by the Itussians to date. Dardanelles a Paid Problem. Tendon. March 9.?Two huge Drltlnh dreadnoughts, the Irresistible and Majestic. ha\ e joined the allies' fleet in attempting to force the Dar? danelles. Though forts Humlll. Medjidleh. Tahl?. II imltlrh and Mount Dardnnus have been silenced the indications are that the tleet has not penetrated the waterway sixteen miles as at first reported from Ath? ens. Practically all the ships have been struck by Turkish projectiles, though non? havo been seriously damaged. The allies are preparing to bombard Smyrnta again. The aviators are doing valiant Hervlce. Greeks \\ .id for War. Athens. March '.?.?Tlv war party continues *o clamor Insistently for Greek entrance Into the war today. The situation is tense. Zalmis. the K'-wrnor of the lioyal Hank of (' r.<. rr his refused * t h<- request of the king to form a new ministry. rr..,,|?n are pojjolllng the streets to duy and ha\e *uppr? ss??<, hostile de? monstrations , guinst Turkish a\d Gem .n embassies. Turk' "legge*, BrltUh. Asterdam. March 9.?An oflh ial dispatch from Constantinople states that UM Hritish army at tho head of thf Persian milf v.as def? a'ed by the Turks *i o ix* of four hand red, M. ?r Untiles Reported. Tterllu. larch 9.?The capture of two hui.drtd and fifty Parisians In th* fighting In Poland was announced to iay. The battle In the Champagne distibt at the west - on Unties. Over (gee thousumi ecteoaen have been geben in iHe Vogee heavy goods and stormy weather are hampering ogem? Hc4a? lOtRemtl Battle in Ur t Flanders. Paris. March 9 HHtlcial).?A \ c lent artilb battle || raging in west Flinders. Tin? Q iinans \ igorousl v bombarded the ollk;*; at Ste?!istruah' lufnJitry attaeki have been repulsed. Tb?- French repulsed counter 'attacks at Reit 11, Aekorhopf and Aleaee. %tene!u! in Rgtaeiaaafgjg, Pin is, Man h 9. -Xlghl attacks In u blinding snowstorm were dellv? i . .1 ? y the French ne 1r Perl b . alt- mptuiog to pa|| the Gcimuus back. The French captured two trenches, but the Germans' were re? inforced and held firm. The French have captured, oome trenches near ? Mlhlel. In tho Meuso val? ley tho Germans are making a three attack. The advance of the I elgmns and British in West Flan? ders is developing into llerce hand to hand lighting. Try to Dislodge \"cm Illndcnburg. . retrograd, March 9.?A great bat? tle la raging in the Pilica region south of the ViBtulu. In Poland the Russians are attempting to dislodge Von Hindenburg'n army. Severe lighting is going on near Lomza. PlOOk, and Pizasnysz. The Russians are maintaining a strong offensive. Reports Allies Defeat. Berlin. March 10.?The troops landed by the allies to attack the Dardenelles forts have been driven back to their ships by the Turks af? ter suffering heavy losses, according t<- a Constantinople dispatch received by the official German news agency today. The German press asserts chat the Prittlsh admlraltys' an? nouncement of the success of tlv Dardent lb s operation-', is untrue and as an actual fact not a single ship has reached the Turkish mine , th-'ds. The allies* attempts to make an effective landing have been a com? plete failure. Public spirit in Con* atantlnople la full of confidence ami bualnei is normal Gorman Cruller Off Norfolk. Mew port Newa, Va.. March 10.? The German cruiser PritK Eitel Friedrich about which there has been so much mystery, arrived off tins port this morning. The bow appears rrora 1 distance to be dnmnsed and She is in need of coal. Italian Squadron Sail . Genoa, Haroh it1.?According to the Tribune an Italian squadron con? sisting of two battleships and several (misers has put to sea. probably go? ing to the Dardanelles. H says the information c< mes from a reliable I nice in Vienna. Rnsaaaa neat sinks ships. Constantinople, March 10.?While b mbarding four Turkish coaling ports on the south shore of the Block the Russian fleet on Sunday sank five steamers, damaged three other.;, and s. t tire to the town of Koslu, ac OOfdlng to tin- olllchil statement is? sued te lay, Among the vessels sunk were an Italian and a Persian steam? er. Army Coops Destroyed. Petrograd. March Kb?During tho recent lighting near OrodnO a Single flerman corps lost twelve to fifteen thousand in killed, the Russian war office announced today, it ia stated that eddttlonnl losses in wounded and prisoners resulted in the almost to? tal aanlhllntlon of an entire corps o! fort) thousand, Killed in Flight. Baal Bourne, Eng., March It.?Sub II? utenanl Bhepard of the Royal navy Hying corps fell throe hundred feet into the sea to lay while on a light. He was dead a hen picked up. One Submarine Sunk. London, Mai eh 10,?The admiralty announces that a German submarine ?aa-: rammed and sunk today by the British destroyer Ariel. Tho crew surrendei ed. German- l'ae Liquid Fire. Petrograd, March It,?"Liquid fire'' is being used by the German troops |o lept l the fierce Russian at lacks In Poland north of the Plllcu river, This Inflicts severe burns on the assailing troops, The lighting In Ihla district, us ,eii as north of the V\ luta is of a desperate eharacter, The olhcial statement issued today UKLD UESPOXSIRLi: I'Olt XOX COMO ATA NTS' FATE. Brluilti to Koop Them Segregated From Others as Not Prisoners of Wot?Belonged to suhmaiiuo Vote] sol. London, March 8.?The admiralty announce! thai it la not justified in extending honors to captured crews of German submnrlne boats, owing to' their methods, and that it la intended to segregate them under special re? strictions pending their possible con? viction at the end of the war. The admiralty states that this rul-i in?: applies to the 29 officers and men| (?i German submarine U-8, sunk re Oently off Dover. Tho policy to be adopted towards , German submarine crows is in an- j sv.cr to the demand of Admiral Lord Charlei Bereaford, retired, and others that such men be tried for murder, 1 and the admiralty statement indicates* mm that the government has this in mind," The statement refers to the generous | treatment accorded German olncerae and men saved, numbering upward*; of 1,000, and then says with refer? ence to the U-8: j "This vessel had been operating in the Straits of Dover and in the Eng? lish channel, and there is a strong probability that she had been guilty < of attacking and sinking unarmed merchantmen and firing torpedoes a?j Ships carrying non-combatants, neu?t>j trail and women. In particular the') Steamer Oriole la missing and there in grave reason to believe that she had;' been sunk with all hands?20. "There is, of course, great difficulty In bringing home particular crirn" to any Individual German subm rin.e, and it may be that the evidenw^ necessary to establish conviction will not be obtained until after the con elusion of peace. Meantime, person! against whom such charges are pend-f ing must be subject to a special re? BtliOtlon and can not be accorded th . distinction of their rank or be alloi cd to mingle with other prisoners4 war." A report from Rear Admiral the Hon. Horace Hi.od on the sinking of the U-8, modo public by the admiral? ty, shows that tho submarine was Hnally destroyed by the torpedo boat 'destroyers Gurgkha and Maori. Nine other destroyers took part in the hunt. The operations were directed by Capt. C. D, Johnson and were marked by skill and promptitude, according to the report. Till: MEXICAN SITUATION. President Wilson says Hiera lias Boon No Chance in Policy?Con? dition Not as Bad as Represented. Washington. March 9.?President Wilson today ridiculed the reports that the United Stater. Is on the brink Of intervention in Mexico. He Stated that conditions are not so bad as painted and the pressure for interven? tion came from those who have al? ways been willing to misrepresent facta to procure it. There has been "no oha:,.;T!, in the policy of the Unit? ed States toward Mexico." TO (hair FOR arson. Greenwood Rogers Sentenced to Electrocution. Lnurena, Marth s.?judge Ernest Moore presiding over the spring term of general sessions court con? vening here today, resentenced Green? wood Rogers to be electrocuted April o for arson. Rogers was con? victed at a previous court of the Charge Of burning tho cottage of George F. Youngvafter Mr. Young had been murdered within, and sen? tenced to die in the electric chair last October. The case was appealed 'to the supremo court, but a new trial , was refused. says the Russian aviators have suc? cessfully attacked the German po? sition at Bxeucyu and Btawlskl be? tween the Hobr river and tho east Prussian frontier. In tho Carpathians the Russian f"rces captured the commander of an Austrian battalion, olght officers and three companies. Pad Weather Interferes. London, March 10.?-Although a spell of bad weather has hinder* I the operations of the flee! of L'ritlsh ami French warshlpa, which Is trying to iure?, ttio passage of the Dardan? elles the attack continues with slow but sure success, A veil of alienee and mystery has been thrown over th< Plans for Ihe land operations but H i; reported "ti reliable nutb tit;.' that twenty-two transports, benring thirty live thousand troops, is on the way to the Dardanelles sphere of action. imiTISH ADMlllAI/r? ELLS OF GERMAN EXPLOITS, Vessels Torpedoed Without Warning Number of Sailors Perishing In Wreck. London. March 10.?German sub it IB marines appeared early Tuesday at three widely sepaarted points on the Tlritish coast, and. it is stated official? ly, without giving warning to the crews, sank three British merchant Steamers. In one ease, that of the steamer Tangistar., winch was tor* pedocd off Scarborough in the North sea, 37 men of the crew of 3S arc missing. The attack which tent the Tan gist an to the bottom was made half an hour after midnight. At (i o'clock In the morning an- I other submarine sank the steamer Fdack^-ood off Hastings In the Eng? lish channel, while a third submarine sank the steamer Princess Victoria off {Liverpool at 9.15 o'clock. News of the latest exploits of Ger? man submarines came just as tho [British public was congratulating I themselves that the threatened Ger? man sea blockade had been a failure. The admiralty statement said "The steamer Tangistan was sunk by a German submarine off Scarbor? ough at 12.30 o'clock the morning of March 9. Only one man of her crew of 38 men was saved. "The steamer Blackwood was sunk by A submarine without warning, off Hastings at C o'clock the morning of March 9. Her crew of 17 was saved. The official report announcing tho torpedoing of the steamers Tangistan. Blackwood and Princess Victoria? I the two former cargo boats and the I latter once a coastwise passenger ship ?indicates that German submarines I > again are raiding at widely separated i points around the British isles. As each of the boats was torpedoed In a period of less than nine hours it .would seem probable that they were sunk by different underwater boats. $ Scarborough, off which port the ^nfttnglsten was sunk, on the North aca, in Yorkshire; Hastings is on the English channel in Sussex, and Liver? pool is viruially on the Irish sea, The Tangistan, the largest of the sunken, vessels, was of 2,393 tons dis? placement. She was built In 1906 and owned by the Strick line of Swansea. The Blackwood was built in 1907 and belonged to the Tyne cldo line of Northshlcl Is. She was a 7 11 ton vessel. The Princess Victoria was owned by M. Langlands & Sons of Glasgow, She was a steamer of (58 tons displacement and was built In 1912. asks MAGISTRATES TO HELP. Governor Takes Active Part in Sup? pressing Blind Tigers of Berkeley County. Columbia, March 10.?Gov. Man? ning and Sheriff Causey held a long conference yesterday regarding law enforcement in Berkeley county. Af? terward a letter was addressed by I the governor to all of the magistrates of the comity, asking that they meet i next Saturday With the sheriff at Monck's Corner to decide upon a defi? nite programme for tho enforcement iOf the liquor laws in that county. The letter follows: "I have just had a conference with Sheriff Causey of your county, and In pursuance of our conversation I have determined to request that you meet at the sheriffs office In Monck's Cor? ner on Saturday, March i:;, at noon. In order to arrive at a dcflnlto un derstanding as to a methodical and strict enforcement of the liquor laws in B< rkeley county. Bach magistrate and constable is specially charged with the enforceme.il of the liquor laws of this Mate, and it Is my de? termination that you ccopt rate with the sheriff in his efforts to stop the Illicit sale of liquor In your county. I want reports from you every two weeks as to what you have accom? plished." KlONATOn SMITH TO SPEAK, Junior Senator Will be Clemsou Commencement Pay orator. ITemson College, March 8.?Uni? ted States Senator R. D. Smith will deliver the commencement nddrew :it Clemson College this year, it i announced *by President W. M. Itlggs. Commencement Day will this j ear fall on Juno 8. Dr. Itlggs also announced thai .lames It. Vance, the prominent Presbyterian clergyman of Nnsh vllle, Tom:., will deliver the baccn laureate sermon to the graduaUnj !class on Sunday, June ft, Calais Will Be Objective Point of Attack of Teutonic Warriors. Poland is Scene of Fierce Fighting With Germans and Rus? sians Each Claiming Advantage?Bombardment of Forts in Dardanelles Continues and More Turkish Guns Are Silenced- British and French Cruisers Rushing to Vir? ginia Coast to Await Departure of German Cruiser?Pres? ident Will Make Searching Inquiry Into Sinking of Amer? ican Vessel. MOST SEARCHING INQUIRY. President Wilson Will Personally Direct Investigation oi' Sinking of American Sliip. Washington, March 11.??"A mo ^ searching inquiry will he made ; ^ whatever action that is taken v be based upon the result of V quiry." President Wilson issi .\is statement today, regarding the ink? ing of the American sailing ship Wm. I*. Frye, by the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich. The President took the initiative in directing the inves? tigation and will have a personal hand in it. Dardanelles Battle Continues. London, March 11.?The silencing of more Turkish guns on the Aslatla side of the narrows in the Dardanelles by the allied licet was announced in dispatches today from Athens. These stated that the hidden batteries be? tween Kapbez and Chanak had been put out of commission by projectile:; from the heavy guns of the warships. Aviators who made an aerial recon? naissance over the waterway report? ed that a big fleet of transports pass? ed through the sea of Marmora, making j: apparent that the Turkish army is being reinforced. Advices , tiom Salonika make no mention of the presence of Italian warship's* Tn the Aegean sea. Information that the Turkish Pre from batteries along the narrows is becoming weaker is taken as an indication that the Turks are running short of ammunition, and are conserving their supply. Wailing for German Cruiser. Newport News, March 11.?While wireless dispatches reported that eight French and British cruisers are rushing toward the Virginia coast to lie in wait for the German auxil? iary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich the United states began a formal Investi? gation of the sinking of the Ameri? can bark William Five today. Thar the German embassy at Washington regards the Inquiry as being of the utmost Importance Is shown by the action tn s< tiding here Capt. Boy-ed, Its naval attache. Bloody Dallies in Poland. Petrograd, March 11.?in northern Poland along the front running from Mlawa to the Narw and Dohr rivers sanguinary fighting Is In progress on the north banks of the two rivers, where Russians are striving to drive back the Germans In order to lift the siege of Ossowlec. In western Poland between the Rawlta and Pill I cla rivers the Teutonic troops arc making desperat" efforts to cut the Russian lines and reach the Vistula between Czersk and Mlniszew. Nclth er side is able to gain any appreciable advantage. In southwestern Poland and western Gallcla the Austrians have made some rains in the effort to reach Tarnow. Blizzards In the Car? pathians have caused a hah. In oper? ations at the moment when the Rus? sians had a n< w offensive well under way. British Win at LaRasscc Paris. March 11.?British forces stationed north of LaBassee, France, are striking bar.! at the Germans de fen iing the Lille railway line and 11 la predicted by military experts that the Germans will soon be compelled to retire from that district. British Destroy Railway. London, March 11.?Material ad? vances for the British and the de? struction of the Cotirteraimenln rail? way junction west of Flanders were announced by the war ofBcc today. Another Drive for Calais. Amsterdam. March 11.?Strong preeuattons are being taken bj the Germans to prevent any attempt by the Pritihh to force a landing on the Helginn roast. Heavy German rein f ?rcements are arriving at Bruges and Ihis leuds to the belief that the In VXt.de' ^ 6 getting ready for another pre- jg ort to cut a way through to w alias. A dispatch from Sluis ' $ (he garrisons all along the -h eea coast are being strength Russian Force Annihilated. Berlin, March 11.?Announcement that the British had captured the town of Neuve Chapelle in t"he La Passee region as llatly denied in the official report ?Ms afternoon. The Russian attempt to break through the German lines south of Augustowo has ended with the annihilation of Russians used there. In northwest Ostroleka the Ger? mans were victorious. Six Russian .orticers and nine hundred men were taken prisoners. In an engagement northwest of Novo Miasto two thou ' sand more Russians were captured. Newport News, March 11.?The 1 captain of the Prinz Eitel Friedrich I l>as Peon ordered to leave port within twenty-four hours or show cause why tue necessary repairs on his ship will keep him longer. i _ ? GRANT LOWER GRAIN RATE. Railroads Will Haul All Cereal Cheaper. ._ \- ? ?*??--?- ?? ClumHa. March 10.?A remicttbn ' on rates on grain from points in South Carolina to the principal mar? kets In the North and East, and also on rates on grain from points in this Sttae to interior points in Georgia, have been promised and put into ef j feet by the representatives of the At lantie Coast Line, Charleston and Western Carolina, the Southern and the Seaboard Air Line railroads. A letter telling of the reduction in rates was written by the representatives of the roads mentioned to W. W. Long, State demonstration agent, and made public by the South Carolina railroad commission this morning. The reductions are subject to the permission of the interstate commerce commission to depart from the long and short haul clause. TO KEEP NEUTRALITY. i Dolphin to Enforce Laws at New York: Washington, March 10.?Secretary Daniels today ordered the naval yacht Dolphin from the Washington navy {yard to New York, to aid in the en? forcement of neutrality in the harbor there. Recently there has been no naval vessel at New York and the entire task of guarding the harbor and pre? vention ships from leaving without proper ( b alance papers has fallen upon coa*i guard cutters. Tt was understood the Dolphin ' would be assigned specifically to the (duty of preventing the sailing through ; :he Bast river and thence into Ixmg i Island sound of any vessel whoso passage would constitute violation of neutrality. Officers wore reticent in discussing .he Dolphin's mission. It I was pointed out, however, that many liners were tied up In New York and that it was the duty of the United States to maintain .relentless patrol to prevent any ships from going out without proper clearance or with guns mounted. ! ACE TREASON TRIAL. FHe Belgian Ofllctals Under Arrest. Cologne (via London), March 9.? According to the Cologne Gaeette, the governor general of Belgium, Gen. von Diasing, has caused the arrest of live Belgian olftciale on an allegation that they induced Belgian customs of licera to go through Holland In or der to enter tin* Belgian army. The men, according to the news? paper, will be placed on trial for treason. They Include Director Qeo> ? t.il Genxels of the ministry o finance, Customs Director Nikodome and Customs Inspector Tro.ot of Liege.