Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 w ano roii IHR SCMTT7R watchman. BjMI llshed April, 1810. ?'Bo Jost and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aims't at he thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 18**? Consolidated Aur. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1915 Vol. XL. No. 7. GREECE REMAINS NEUTRAL New Foreign Minister Makes Announce? ment of Change of Cabinet Policy and *j King Orders Suppression of War? like Demonstrations. Germans Lost 5,000 Men in Defeat by British French Making Good Progress in France?German Submarine Goes Down for Last Time?War Aeroplane Destroyed?British Com? mence Bombardment of Smyrna Stated That Germans Have Lost Twelve Submarines in All ? People W ant Bread in Budapest?Some Gains by Teutons in Russia? Karlsruhe Probably Sunk. ??FRMANS M AK I (. \l\v Gen. Von HIMonburg Making Tre? mendous Drive Against Russian I/taev. Petrograd. March 12.?R Kl offl I Iv admitted today thut the Ger ?gjgo have made some gains in the greet battle that Is ruglng on the Nercw-Hobr front. It Is asserted, however, that this will have no effect on the result of the conflict. The Germans are making a terrltlc drive ?gainst Ostroleku und Poltuik. Gen. Hindenburg. with nearly a quarter of a mil linn men. Is pressing heavily against the Russians around Przas nysa. There is a lull In the fighting along the PUlca. There is also hard fighting near Simn?>. W9M\ a| ?M Niemen u>n. Further Russian suc? cesses against the Turks are reported from Tinis. I I III- sll Ml NOT D I-'. PART. t.rrman Ouiser Will Ih? Intcriicil at Norfolk ' in 11 Fnd or War. Washington. March 12.?"There is ioubt whatsoever that the Ger nun cruiser Print Eitel Fredrich will m ha interned, said Assistant Secre? te v of the TrHsur' P ''th after a conference with the president today. It Is Inferred that President Wilson Is determined that the raider shall not depart. \ i riirve Weeks for Repair*. Newport News. March 12.?The commander of the Kltel asked for per? mission this afternoon to k< ep hi* ship here three weeks, which is necessary f'.r repair*. t.ernain submarine Sunk. l*ondon, March 12.?The sinking of another German submarine was re? ported today to th?* admiralty by the officers of a trawler off North Shields. The submarine was fouled by the trawler's ropes, turned turtle and was lost with ull aboard. It is re? ported that another German military airship wss wrecked in Belgium last right, falling into a forset goaf Ghent The Ihltish demands for the sur r nler of ifmyrna have been rejected and the warships have begun a hca\y bombardment of the city. The inhab? itants of myrna are in a panic. Th?? operations of the allies' warships In the Dardanelles continue. R Is re? ported that Fort Chunuk Kelerl. one of the strongest fortifications guard ins the Narrows has bOOg badly damage.I TwrRo submarine-? Mhedng. The Hague. March 12.?A secret re? port has been sent from Cuxhaven to b- rim that twelve submarines ha\<? failed to report at their base, eight helns ti . S( type of Gorman sub in ifftHf craft. Ilrlti-.li Volunteers Wig Victory. Pari?. Marc i 1 ?The OtnMUM lent five thousand men when they were d?? feat i'd at N'euve <'ha pelts by the ffrltiah Wednesday. The I'.rltish volunteers displayed great bravery In ?e c ipvlng |hjS town against BlUbborS resistance. The Hritlsh repulsed Ihre?? att ieki last night. T ie war of lle?? claims that the French are mak? ing noteworthy progress in the ? 'humpagne pegloa, Tne British war? *hlps are slo'lliiig the const in the ?.trinity of Weal Bad I'n mlaa General suicide i, Herlin. Marek i- \ news dispatch states that Gen. Ilaron 8 levers, the R i ti in summaadoi In the Masurian Lake reglos committed suicide when the Russian Tenth Army i >rps was flesi roved by the Hermans. Karl-rohe I'robabR siml.. Newport News. Much II -OlWeeTS #f the German cruiser Fi!? I admlll I today lant tin feared I he Germar cruiser Karlsruhe had been sunk In I the West Indios. She has not been hoard from for several months. The (tarMUM commander today in a sworn statement sent to Washington, de? clared he was justified in sinking tho American ship William Frye. because l ? she carried yellow maize, which was conditional contraband, consigned to a belligerent port. Repair work on the Kitel is being pushed rapidly. Wool Declared Contraband. London. March 12 (Official).?Raw wool, wool tops, woolens and worsted yarns have been declared contra? band. Russians Again Defeated. , Berlin. March 12 (Olbelal).- The Germans have again defeated the Russians north of Augusowo. The enemy are retreating hurriedly to es? cape disaster. The Germans cap? tured over three thousand in the re? gion of Przasnysz. It is admitted that the British have captured the town of Neuve Chapelle. The German/, have repulsed the warships bomoard ing West-Ende. LBelgians Capture Trenches. Paris. March 12.?The Belgians VW'gRllf'e*'?" ? fTV* hvntAr*** *meds ? of Nieuport. The British arc? attack? ing the Germans in the LaPasseo re? gion ami the Wench are taking the offensive in Champagne. llritioli Attack Germans. London. March 13.?Continuing their advance from Neuve Chap* polls the 'ritish forces in northern France are attacking the Germans near Aubera where they captured OVer *ix hundred. British airmen dropped bombs over i><>n and Donaii ! destroying the railway station. Allies Ready at Last. Paris. March 13.?Two of tho greatest armies svor fathered togeth? er In the history of the world now face each other in western Europe. A Steady stream of British troops have been pouring into France all the week and tho French reservists, now well trained, are moving to the front. It is estimated that eight hundred thousand British soldiers are in France now, whose task will be to keep tiu- Germans back from the coast. At the north tho British strong? ly on the offensive hoping to force the Germans t<> evacuate Lille, Activity is also Increasing along the coast, the BelgJaMIS taking a field fort from the , Germans. HiJtMi Trans|>ort Wrecked. Bordeaux, March 13.?The British troop transport Montrose Is reported to have been wrecked off the coast of Western Africa, near Mbura. Turks Announce Allies* Defeat. Constantinople. March II (Official). The defeal of the allies* neel In the Dardanelles and the sinking of three mine n and ? transport was announced today. The enemy were forced to withdraw. Bettlwh Battleship Damaged. Athens, March 13. Tin- British bat tl< hip Triumph has been damaged by the Smyrna tons. The allies' fleet hSU destroyed a bridge near Dardanu; on the Dardanelles. Three British warships bombarded the Turkish forts Kllldbohr nnd Chlmllkll, <>n the I ?ardam lies last night. hicsil ii sinks British ship. Valparaiso, March H.??The crew or the Hrlllsh bark Conway Castle have arrived lu re on a Peruvian ves? sel, They r< ported that their .ship \. is sunk by the Herman rrulser Dresden off the Chilean port of Cor? ral Bosnia im lot-cei to Retreat, retrograd, March 18.? The fierce attacks den, Von Hlndenhurg west of t !>?? Nie man river have compelled BATTLE OH PABEUHD STRRTS ONE KILLED AND FIVE wopxd ED IN FUSILLADE. .1. W, Arant Dead as Result of Figbtj? Move Than Hundred shots Fired Af? ter l ?se in Court. Pageland, March 12.?In a pitched battle on the Btrectl of Pageland this afternoon one man was killed and five others more or less seriously wounded. The shooting affray fol? lowed a trial in a magistrate's court. Between 50 and 100 revolver shots were fired by the ten or more parti? cipants. As a result of the affair, J. Wesley Arant is dead. J. M. Arant was shot in the abdomen. He was taken this afternoon to a hospital at Charlotte. N. c.g where an operation was per? formed tonight. The wound in the arm is of slight consequence but j)(he hull entering the right hip, penetrating the abdomen, produced a sersfus j wound. The bullet was removed to? night, ftio patient standing tho shock well and unless peritonitis developo he is expected to recover. Dock Wallace was shot in the abdomen and may DO mortally wounded. Arthur West was shot four times, bullets entering the arm, leg and side. J-heppard West Wag shot in the side. John Robertson was shot in the arm. i The uffray Is the culmination of neighborhood quarrels, all the partic? ipants coming from the Size Fork section of Chesterlleld county. One of the West boys was tried this after? noon on a charge of violating a mhor contract. It was alleged that helhad unlawfully left the employ of Mrs. Treat, sbter of the Arant brothers, to .work for Dock Wallace. Magistrate Evans threw the case out of court and the shooting followed shortly after the announcementof the decision, j J. Wesley Arant was a young firm? er about 25 years of age. Dock Wal? lace is a farmer, between BO and 55 years of age. Jesse M. Arant, brother :Of the dead man, is 37 years of age. Arthur and Sheppard West, brother.', fans about 21 and *4 ifisrs ol ?4Ht*&**x Sheriff Douglass reached Pageland tonight and Is conducting a searching investigation into the affair. Marriage License Record. A license to marry has been grant led to Mr. David Griffin and Miss 1 Marie Drewer of Tindal. the Russians to retire slightly and as? sume the defensive. Heavy German reinforcements have suddenly appear? ed near AugUStOWO, The buttle from Prsasnyss to Narew and Bohr rivers continues without decisive result. The 1 minor German gains in Poland have been more than offset by the Rus? sian successes in Galicia. The Rus? sians have recaptured LupktOWn and Smolnlk. Greatest of All Armadas. London. March 13.?Although the naval fleet pounding at the Darda? nelles forts was already the greatest armada ever drawn together in the history Of the world, six more war? ships joined the International fleet yesterday In bombarding Smyrna The Turkish report that mine sweep? ers and a transport have been sunk is donlS 1 here. The damage to the bat? tleship Triumph was slight Berlin Official Report. Berlin, March IS (Official).?The Russians who were defeated in the region of Augustowo have retreated behind the Bobr River and under the guns of Grodno, The Russians have also been repulsed northeast of Prsasynss, Heavy British reinforcements which haVS arrived In the LaBassee region are causing the German:; to abandon their efforts to recapture Neuvo Chap pelle. Three English aviators have been I rough! down In this vicinity. The French who ware attempting to resume the offensive in tlie* Cham PS ne region were repulsed with heavy lessen, In the Vosgea fog and iiom are humporing operations. British are Progressing. Paris. March 13.- a thousand Ger? mans base been captured by the British who are steadily progressing. They have occupied Aubers, taking the German trenches. The Belgians have assumed the offensive and re? pulsed tho German counter attacks on the Vosgcs. Fnofllclally, it Is re? ported that the British are bombard? ing Lille and that the QormailS are preparing to evacuate. swi dish kti:ami:r si nk. Lond< n, March 13. The Sw edlsh steamei Hannu was struck by a mill.? torpedoed, sunk off Scarbor? ough loduy. 'IV w ere killed. THAW ACQUITTED, BUT HELD. FACING ALMOST ENDLESS LITI? GATION, WHITE'S SLAYER SEEMS HAPPY. Motion to Recommit Prisoner to Mat ten wan to be Argued Monday?No Let up by Prosecution. New York. March 13.?Harry EC. Thaw, acquitted today of conspiracy in escaping from Matteav.an, faced to? night a renewal of the determined ef? forts of New York t-t?te to send him bpek to the asylum. In his cell In the Tombs he was enthusiastic. His keepers said he was whistling like a boy and seemed to be the happiest man in the city. Almost endless litigation seemed to be in sight as the result of the ver? dict. The words of acquittal had scarcely died on Foreman Bailey's | lips when Deputy Attorney General Cook was on his feet with a motion to have Thaw recommitted to Mat teawan. This was opposed by John B. Stanchfteld, chief of Thaw's coun? sel, on the ground that the court al? ready had under advisement a motion to return Thaw to Xew Hampshire, j whence he came to answer the con? spiracy charge. The motion was re? newed and Supreme Court Justice Tage set Monday at 2 P. M. for argu ' ment thereon. In the meantime Thaw occupies his old cell In Tombs prison, the cell in which he was locked during the months from the night he shot and killed Stanford White, nearly nine years ago, to his removal to Mattca wan. ; Thaw's four aides in his whirlwind automobile flight through four States from Matteawan to Canada were ac 1 quitted by the same verdict which j acquitted Thaw and were discharged. . Deputy Attornoy General Kennedy, while satisfied with the verdict in BO 1 far as it related to Thaw, said that I he had expected a conviction of Thaw's accomplices. An appeal from Justice Page's de? cision in the motion to return Thaw 4 to MntteaAvtt^aa regarded^ almost as a certainty, regardlessTr w-rnirflft? ?("In? cision might be. The case, therefore, seemed likelv to remain in the courts I for months before final decision. ?JEWISH RELIEF COMMITTEE. Working to Relieve Snffering Among Those Whose Homes Hate Been Devastated. In an effor* lo relieve dire want and extreme suffering that devastation of their homes has wrought among the more than 0,000,000 Jewish residente? in the eastern war Bone, the Ameri? can Jewish Belief Committee has, With the approval and aid of the United States government, for sever? al months been straining every ener? gy to raise funds for application to this pitiable instance of human mis? ery on a tremendous scale. in the wording cf tho general ap? peal: "It is tho purpose of this com? mittee, should it bo found that no other relief funds are available in those districts, that this fund be ap? plied to the relief of tho most urgent distress, without regard to race or creed." In South Carolina the work of the committee is being carried on by a State branch With the following exe? cutive committee: Columbia. August Kohtj, Rabbi I). Karesh; Greenville, I. Rothschild; Sumter, Rabbi Da via Klein, I. C. Strauss. Mitchell Levi; ? Manning) Abo Levi; Canulen. Harry Baum; Blackville, Herman Brown, S. Brown: Charleston. Rabbi B. T. Mur cuson, M. Purchgott, Rabbi J. T Loeb, l. Blank, M. M. Israel, Oscar Levy, T. M. Mordecal, T. J. Toblas, J M. VTsanska, Mrs. J. M. VTsansWa, Mrs. Octavus Cohen, Montague Tries! of Charleston is chairman of thin committee, S. J, Coin n acting secre? tary, and C. L. Pearlstlne treasurer. (People's building, Charleston). PROTEST TO GERMANY. Kinking of William P. Pryo to Be Brought to Attention of German Got eminent. Washington, March 15.?United Rttaes v. ill send a pretest to Ger? many on Wednesday on the sinking oi the Railing vessel William Frye by C " German cruiser Prinz Kitel Fred nrlch, unless In the meantime Oer hany forwards a communication to the United states on the subject. Conscience Troubling Them. Some of those who beard Itev. It. F. Mcfjcndon Monday night spent sleepless night, because of what they Imagined was prlcklj beat, when In fuel it was n reproving conscience. ManuliiK Times. Three British Merchantmen Sunk By German Craft at Various Points. Warships of Bombarding Squadron Damaged By Forti in Dardanelles - German Cruiser Gocbea Said to Be Wreck? ed by Mine?Massacre of Greek Families by Turks Re? ported in Asia Minor?Struggle? Continue in East and West Without Decisive Results o - Three Ships Submarined. London, March 15.?It is officially admitted that the Florazan, Hea ^ lands and Hartdale, three Bri ?, merchantmen, have been sun1 ^ German submarines. The Florazan wai torpe v at the mouth of Bristol Char hurs day, after landing a car . cotton from Galveston to Havre. * lie Head? lands which also had been used in the American trade, was torpedoed off the Scilly islands Friday. The Hartsdale was torpedoed Friday in the Irish sea. Allies Warship Damaged. Constantinople, March 15 (Official). ?More of the allies' warships have been damaged in the operations in the Dardanelles. The efforts of the hostile warships to approach the Turkish mine fields have failed. The allies claim that they have reduced the forts at the entrance of the Dar? dan? lies is denied. The allies' bom bardments are declared to have been ineffective. Turks Massacre Greeks. Athens, March 15.?Turkish soldiers are reported to have massacred sixty Greek families in the village of Vomorit Asia Minor. At Avillk the ^sselman troops terrorized the 'town, killing six natives and forty Greek:;. The ^feeling in Greece today ' is almostatfn? nrc'akfmT Vofflf? ^ vi'* German Blockade Declared. London. March 15.?The long ex ' pected official proclamation declaring the blockade of Germany was issued today. Every merchant vessel which sailed after March 1st to other than Ger? man ports, carrying goods of enemy destination, or any vessels sailing from other than German ports having goods of enemy origin, may be re? quired to discharge goods at Dritish or allied ports. Any country which declares no commerce Intended with or originating in Germany or belong? ing to German subjects may enjoy the protection of its flag. Cruiser Gochcn Wrecked. Athens. March 15.?It is reported that the German cruiser Goehen has been wrecked by striking a Turkish mine in the Marmot a sea and beach? ed. The big guns were taken ashore to the forts. The Goebcn, together with the cruiser Breslau, was to aid the Turkish ships to defend Con? stantinople in the final battle. Czar Goes to the Front. Betrograd. March. 15.?The Czar left for the western front today to get first hand information concern ling the actual situation. It is re? ported that there Is great dissatisfac? tion with the recent conduct of mili? tary affairs. The Germans are send Ing heavy reinforcements into su | walkt. Another great battle is immi? nent west of the Kiemen river. It is believed that the Germans spread across tin- positions north of the Narew and Dohr rivers number a mil? lion men. Germans Capture Russians. Berlin, .March 15 (Official).?The Germans have captured fixe thousand four hundred Russians in the lighting I north of Augustowo Forest, Poland. Strong Russian attacks north and northeast of Przasnyss have failed. Tin- enemy is suffering severely. The hostile warships have shelled the Ger? man positions at West Knde again. The German attacks on Vpres have made good progress. The French at? tacks on Lesmesnll have been re? pulsed. Smyrna Pattered by Shells. London, March 15.?WhileTenedos dispatches state thai the surrender of Smyrna, which Is being bombarded by British warships, is imminent, advices from Allna.s Indicate that the allies' deet which is sttad ing the Darda? nelles forts is meeting with great dif? ficulties, it is believed thai the big guns of the Turkish forts are Indict : ^\reater damage than the official .. .>rts indicate. .Smyrna has been .?? xdly battered and portions of the city have been destroyed. Struggle in Vosges. Paris. March 13.?Growing inten? sity marks the resumption of the fighting in Voeges "-here there is a bitter struggle to dominate the rail? way lines. The French hive been re? inforced and a number of cities have becrr bombarded. The British war? ships are shelling the Germans in the vicinity of Ostend. The British , have bombarded Lille. Counter at? tacks by the Germans in great force near LaBassee have been repulsed. The invaders are losing heavily. Danish Steamer Seized. Copenhagen, March 15.?The Dan i ish steamer Bryzsel, Philadelphia for Stockholm, has been seized by a Ger? man warship, and taken to Swin munde. The Bryzsel touched at a port in Scotland March 1st. British Driven Back. Paris, March 15 (Official).?A ?light reverse for the British is re? ported at Stelio, the Germans driving the British back in a night attack. ' loiter the British regained ptriially ' the lost ground. The German assault in the Argonnes was repulsed today. i Address to be Feature of Educa tioiuil Rally in Marlboro Conty Town. Columbia. March 13.?Gov. Man , ring will go to McColl, Marlboro j county, on Monday, to speak at a big i educational rally. The governor will I probably tell the people there some? thing about the local option com? pulsory education law. which was one Of the important administration meas? ures enacted at the recent session of the legislature. The governor will leave here for McColl early Monday morning and will return to the city on 'the night train. Gov. Manning has also accepted an j invitation lo speak before the South ern Conference for Education and [industry, at Chattanooga, Tenn., the latter part of April. A. P. Bourland, executive secretary of the conference. In a letter to tho governor, says: "The educational and industrial forces are coming together there in a combined movement for Southern I development. Possibly at no time and place would you reach so many leaders of the more important calling as you will at Chattanooga. Your meeaage will thus go at once into the life of our people. It is a time of planning and of reconstruction, when 'thrro is peculiar need of the wisdom Of the men who have grappled suc jcessfully with our economic and in i dustrial problems." MILITIA INSPECTOR DETAILED. Cant, James M. Graham? 19th Infan? try, Sent to This State. Washington, March IS.?Capt. James M. Graham, Nieteenth infan? try, has been detailed as inspector* Iinstructor of the organized militia of South Carolina and will proceed to Columbia and take station at thst place for duty accordingly, reporting his arrival to tho governor of South Carolina. DEMAND PGR REPARATION. United states Presents sharp Note to /aoaia Iscador. Vera Cms, March 13.?A sharp demand for the punishment of the soldiers who killed John McManus, in American citizen, and defied the ITntted BttQ * Hag In Mexico City. was presented to den. ?alnsar, the Zapata leader, last night by an at? tache of the American embassy, now With the Brazilian legation. The de? mand is reported to have come dl rectly from Washington and was or dered by President Wilson.