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t?ntdm tJHlVFRSrPY of s.?. Iftll Olli m? STOTFR WATCHMAN, IM.. lulunl AprU, 18*0. *'Bc Jost and Fear not?Let all tlie ends Tliou Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and TrutM's." Consolidated Aur. 3,1881. SUMTER. S. 0., SATURDAY, MARCH 20. 1915 THE TRUE SOmiRON, Established Jane, 1M*. Vol. XL. No. 8. Official List Shows Loss of 1,050,029 in Killed, Wounded and Missing Without Taking in Bavarian, Wurtenburg, Saxon or Navy Losses. British Admiralty List Shows Hundred and Sixty-Six Mer? chant Ships Lost Since War Began?British Order is for Warships to Seize Ships and Cargoes Anywhere Intended for or From German Ports?Reports Show Little Change in Dardanelles ? No Decisive Battle in East or West. UltlTlsil IlEPLY 111 i l.l\ ED. opinion in Diplomatic (In l?v- in Well? ington That United suites Will l t?? test. Washington. March 16.?Secretary ef Stete Bryan has received the Brit? ish reply to the American note re? garding the foodstuffs embargo and ?ubrnarim? blockade sent to Great Britain and Germany, when Germany declared a blockade against England. He has also received from Ambassa? dor Page the text of the British order establishing a general embargo on German trade. The general opinion In official and diplomatic circles Is that the United Stutes will protest to Great Britain and France ablast the order that nil trade with Germany be stopped. There is no attempt to con real the fact that the action of Eng? land is most displeasing. Prussian Loss Exceeds Million. Copenhagen. March 16.?Tho Prus? sian casualty list published today at Berlin shows a loss of 1.050.029 Prus? sians killed, wounded and missing since the beginning of the war. The list does not include Bavarian. Wur temburg. Saxon or navy losses. m Slou IVogrrss In Dardanelles. London. March M.?Despite the ef? fective Are of the allies' fleet which is trying to force the lHirdanellcs, the Turks hnv* been ablo to ropalr some of the shattered forts and mount new guns, says an Athens dispatch toda v. Considersbl<* damage Is reported to have been done British and French warships. The Hospital ship Canada Is on the way to Malta, filled with wounded. The Turks are working desperately to strengthen the defenses of tho Bosphorus. Though urged to leave, the Sultan remains In C? nstan tlnople. declaring that he wou.d rath? er Im? the allies' prisoner than fall into the hands of the young "Burks. Di li Uli Marlin? I.okm's. Ijondon. March 1?>.?Fp to March 10th one hundred and sixty-six British merchantships had been In? terned, captured or destroyed, (OfsV gsal , l!u*<diiiis Ki-lst stublH>rnly. Petrograd. March 10.?The Ger mans are violently DOSS herding Os sowlec fortress with he.i\y guns. They have been able to move some batter? ies near the city, but their cannonade S?? far ha* pro\cn Ineffectual. In night sorties the Russians captured some German?. The G iiiians who at? tempted to approach aerosj the froz? en Pobr river south of AogOStOWOC wer?? repuN? d with severe losses. The Russians are holdim. tin- gfJOSgg in cheek along the entire front before lv/.tsnyss. Deep anow is retarding operations in the Carpathians. Sel/o hips \in v> In re London. March 10.?The British order prohibiting maritime commu? nication with Germany his bsSg wire lessed to all British warships. No areas are Bgeeifled bttt British war? ships anjrwhers eg the Mgh seas can nrrest the ships ol anv country i ir rvlng rftmmrdi'es to or from <hr nuin ports. The newspapers warmly commend the gQYorsjgai nt. - p.ep<.rt i lencii ami DfHlsh Itosroees, Pans. March 10 ' (?thcl.ili.?A bat ti? i* gfsgjroesjag aloag ihe entire front today. The British have r. - raptured |hi ground lost near gtstol, 1 The French ore pro i ? vnig in Cbaai pagne and now hold all the trenches in the forest of l.epetre whieh they re reniiy lent, The pisneg raptured a tii i in in trees h mi the slope of the Hi |gg .\.:. 11 spf, IP rlln K* pon - (.< i m in (.nln Berlin. March 1?.?<Oft>lal),?Tho Qefgtgssi ha ? eaplured the French Iftgsjehes norti ol >'> iti sjonr. They h i\ e < i pi ured two t In>u a n I I: .... t. - In the lighting In iiotthern Poland, The Hi dag attack Ofl both sld< ? ol ? the OrtlfJQ liver and northwest of i'iza.nysz was repulsed. The Ger? mans captured the british position on 1 height near Stclol. I - QMHM Lost 1H,mm> Men. London. March lt.?II is officially estimated that the Germans lost 18, MHi troops around Neueve?Cha pelle on the tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth. CRISIS IX ITALY. King Holds War Council With Pro mlcr Salandra. Ronan, March 17.?A long confer? ence which .h beloved to have been a "war council"' was held in royal palace today. Premier Salandra was closeted with the king for more than an hour. An extraordinary cabinet ne t ting has b-en called for tomor? row, when every member has been commanded to be present. The Ger? man ambassador called at the foreign office today but his stay was short. It is reported that a crisis has been reached. The belief la general that Italy will join the allies within a fortnight. < losing In On Pncmysl. Petrograd, March 17.?Three des? perate boiW* +>f the Atmtr*nW4r%m ! the fortress of Przemsyl within the last two days were repulsed by the ? Russians who are pressing closer to j the bsnttgsd :.t ronghohl. The situa? tion inside is c racial and its fall is ex? pected shortly. With the fall Of Przemysl the Russians will advance on Krakrow. The Kassians have made slight gains at Przasnys/. at severe cost. TWO More Ships Submarined. London. March 17.?The British admiralty today announce ! the sink? Ing of the steamship.': Atlanta an I Flngal by German submarines. American Cotton ship Sunk. 1'erlin, March 17.?The I'nited States bark, Pasi l almaba. hai been Wrecked mar the Sylt islands in the North ata? She was bound from New York tO Bft men With a Cargo of cct ; ton. BfHUIl Lost Heavily. Parts, March 17.?Heavy casualties, among British OfflOSri featured the terrific four days" battle at Neuvc Chappelle, where the Germans were defeated and forced to retreat four miles. It is estimated the British lost f< . rly ten thousand in killed, wound? ed and missing) among them over two hundred officers England now has the largest army in France that has e r been placed on foreign soil, be* ling over a million. Many are not yet on the dring line. The Germans have evacuated some territory between Yprec ami Dlxmude, North of the Argonnc forest the Germans launched a s, veil- offensive, losing heavily with? out accomplishing material resulta Germans llcpul-c Trench. Berlin, March it (Official).?After three ?lays' battle the Germans have captured a cliff northwest of Arras. They repulsed the French at Vanquolfl ?n l northwest of Pont-a-Mous on. Th< v repulsed the Russian Ranking movement at Tauroggcn, Poland, and cheeked the Ruselans betwoen the Cryso ami gaekwn rivers. Uamsnn Hnbeasrinc sunk. Glasgow, March it a Qermsti submarine was sunk today in a cob h ion wtr11 tin- British steamshii Ap<ib>, ,.f, Bristol, I reiieh Koport (Sain*. Paris March it (Official).- Tin Germans have resumed the bom bardment of Holasons and llheimf 'I In U< IglanH today made new prae.i t along the Veer. The British repulse a German attach on the heights ol Notre Dame Lorette, The Prcnch captured live hundred yards of Get mail trenchen on a ridge iii Hie Cham PRESSURE EXlRTLD OH IUL1. BOTH sin es ix WAR TRY TO IX DI C C ROMANS TO JOIN. Teutonic and Allied Diplomats Present Their Arguments for Support of Neutral Nation?Course Awaited With Interest I Rome, (via Chlasso, Switzerland),! March 16.?Political pressure upon Italy to place it.s support either to j the empire of central Europe or the I allies has been augmenting for some' time and is today believed to about reached its climax. According to thoroughly reliable Rources, Trince VOIl Buel >W, German ambassador, has yiven formal assurances that Ger? many will be able to overcome resist? ance of Austria and induce Vienna to yield to Italy certain teritorial con? cisions. In addition the central em? pires would further Italy's ambition In the eastern Mediterranean. The German diplomats pointed out that the marine supremacy of Great Brit? ain and France would have the eftVct of crushing Italy. Representatives of the allies were presenting the matter In Quite a dif? ferent light. They have united in say? ing that the defeat of Germany and I Austria was inevitable, and that Without participation of Italy in case Italy refrained from taking part, it would secure nothing from the allies when settlements are made. With the COnolUSion of peace, or shortly thereafter, they argue, the separation of Hungary from Austria is to be ex? pected. This would lead to the ab? sorption of the Austrian provinces of German nationality by Germany and the consequent retention of German dominion Of Trieste which thus would fore\er be lost to Italy. In addition Italy wouia be forced to abandon Avlona andf the Aegean Islands. What isibelieved in high quarters to be anmauthoritative outline of Italy's toRszial demands and Aus? tria's posltllrnPssnnardlng them was obtained tod^njgjsSJAn difference of \ lews, as UiigpaBBs^d^ appears bo so great tHaT'well informed per? sons can see no likelihood of an ad , justment It Is said Italy wants a sweep of territory north and east which would I extend her boundary around the northern end of the Adriatic sea as far I south as Flume on the eastern coast. That would include the Austrian naval base at Pola, and the provinces of Trent and Trieste. Concessions which Austria is believed to be willing to make are Insignificant as compared with the demands. It is regarded as probable that un? der pn mure from Germany Austria may be induced to grant larger con? cessions, but the belief is generally held In responsible quarters that the extreme Austrian concessions will be Insufficient to satisfy Italy. Italy's demands are set forth as fol? lows: To the north, she desires the en? tire province Of Trent, bringing her i frontier to Venoste, Passirie and Brooie, Including the districts of RevertO, Trent. 1 losen, Meran, Bresa 1 none and Rruneck; to the east, she wants to extend In r frontier to the Julian Alps, Including the provinces Of GorltS and Istrla, with the dis? tricts of Tolmeln, G?ritz. Trieste, Pola and Flume. Besides, she wants the Dalmatian Islands. The only rectification of the frontier which, according to this information Austria is willing to grant Is cession of territory which would give to Italy possession of Lake Garda, with the town of itiva and the valleys oi Chese and Adiger Including the towns of Kouvcrto and Tlone, but excluding Trent and Trieste, the valley of the Isonxo river, Including Gradiscl, bul PX< ludlng GorlX. It is understood also that for such territory as she is will? ing to yield Austria asked a large amount of money and other conces? sions, in return for these concessions by Italy, Austria is willing to make certain local grants, Including the es? tablishment of an Italian university at Trieste. NOT \\ AMERICAN? McManus Re|>ortcd a Naturalized Mexican Citizen. Vero Crux, Mex., March 10.?The statement was made here today by persons ronnectcd wiih the Carranza government (hat John 11, McManus, who was kill d in Mexico city on March li hy Zaputn troops, was not an American citizen. Mr. McManus lived In Mexico *'it\ for about i ?"> years, and wai said to have become ii naturalised Mexican, pa,:ne district, German attacks In the Argonnea were repulsed, French n viators bombarded the fortifications al I *olm ir today, fiOTION EXPORTS INCREASE. ?.TILL SHOW DEFICIENCY UNDER LAST YEAR. - Census BnreAU Monthly Figures Show Slight (iain in Consumption of Staple. Washington, March 16,?Cotton ex? ports during February were almost twice those of February last year, but rtho quantity sent abroad during the seven months ending February 28 was far less than the same period a year ago, the deficiency, due largely to the war, being 1.759,725 bales. The cen rsus bureau monthly report disclosed j these figures today. j Manufacturing establishments on [February 28 were holding less cotton tthan at the same time lasi year, but [independent warehouses had on hand (1,775,766 bales more than a year ago. j Cotton used during February slight i ly exceeded the same month a year j ago, but Curing the last seven months cotton manufacturers 'nave used 217, 00u bales less than during ih^ same period last year. Import:; of cotton during ihe seven months have been almost double what they were a year ago. Cotton used during Febraury was 4 03,107 bales, exclusive of Unter?, compared with 455,291 in February Ilast year, the census bureau an Inouneed today. During the se\en 'months ending February 28 cotton ! used wan 3,054,356 bales, against 3, 1271.856 in the same period the pro 'vious year. ', Cotton on hand February 28 in ? manufacturing establishments was 1, 654,313 bales, against 1,712,368 last year, and in Independent warehouses ! 4,089,640 bales, against 2,313.874 last I year. j Exports were 1.501,701 bales, i&ginst 751,013 last year, and for the seven months 5,481,040 bales, against 7,240,765 last year's period. Imports were 28,727 bales, against J?0.771 lnst year, and for the seven months 16S.256 bales, against 84,294 jliagainst lust year's period. ^utcs. Linters used were k 27,0f.S bal laginst 22,398 last year, and for the seven months 18 3,181 bales, against ? 179,963 last year's period; en hand In manufacturin2 establishments 132,139 ? bales, against 93.S09 last year, and In independent warehouses 75.035 bales, against 54,721 last year. Unters exported were 27,209 hales, and for the seven months 95,190 bales. FLOUR SENT TO GERMANY. Cnote Sam's Mall Senke Will CoiTJ it, Hut Cost Exceeds Its Worth. Washington, March 17.?Many per? sons In Washington felt that the post master general would be "stumpt 1' by the ingenious device by which Dr. George Barthelme, corespondent of the Cologne Gazette, undertook to ship flour to Germany In spite of the allies' blockade, It Is known that Uncle Sam's mails 1 are reaching Germany; and so, as a test to be followed on the wholesale it' it worked, the doctor dispatched , by pare; I post a sack of flour to a I friend in the 'Fatnorland," and then ^ indulged in a chuckle which was seemingly jusiiflabio. However, the flour which Dr. Bart helme and others now In the i'nited States may send to Germany by ihe parct i post is not likely to cause any serious trouble between ibis country and Great Britain. This assertion is made on the assumption that lloui thus mailed is going to reach its des? tination, too. Dr. Barthleme has re? ceived at the postonlce the rather baf? fling assurance thai he can mail all the Hour he wishes to his own land in passages of not more than eleven pounds each, but that it will cost him 12 cents a pound In postage to do it. As a bush* 1 of wheat weighs sixty pounds, the parcel post total on each bushel would amount to over ?7, or more than four times the cost of the wheat itself. GRANTS NEW TRIAL, Another Hearing in Case Against Rail? way. Florence, March 17.?a new trial was granted by Judge H. A. M. smith In the United states court In the case of Mrs. Sophia Hughes ngainsf the Atlantic Coast Line for the death of her husband. Judge Smith said In granting the new trial thai either sympathy for the plaintiff or prejudice against tho defendant road was the explanation of the verdict of thejun giving Mrs. Hughes $10,000. The case will he heard In Charleston In June. The case against the Western Union Telegraph company has been appeal? ed to ihe court of appeals In Rich* inond. niinn Again Cross the Border Into Enemy's Coun? try?Six Hundred Mile Line Forces Ger? mans and Austrians Back. Von Hindenburg Retiring Before Fiercest Attacks of War Italians Expel Germans From Riviere?Scandinavians Pro? test on British Proposed Policy?Italy May Join in War at Any Time?Three German Princes Die on Battlefield Battles Continue in the West With L'?Ut Appreciable Change. / ON Tili: BRINK OF WAR. The Italian Cabinet Holds War Coun? cil Today. Homo, Ma ich IS.?An extraordi? nary mooting of the Italian cabinet, believed to be a 'council of war" was hold today. The German ambassador is making a final effort to prevent war between Italy and Austria. Following the refusal of Emperor Francis Jo? seph to make territorial concessions to Italy by ceding Trent, the German ambassador '? urging the prolongation of the neg iations. The Vatican is urging peace. GERMANY FILES PROTEST. Strenuous Objection Made to Arrest of German Consul at Seattle. Washington, March 18.?Tho Gor? man embassy today lodged a protest against the arrest of the German con? sul at Seattle and the search of the , consulate. The protest declares that the action was a violation of Interna? tional laws and asked the state de? partment to afford legal protection to ' the German consulate at Seattle. The War in France. Paris, March IS.?Ofliical.?The i Germans today continued their bom Widnnmt of the bcW#e at -No?r* Dame and Loretta and the villages of Cerney and Maricourt. Tho Belgians continue to advance along the Ysor. [ Artillery engagements are resting at , the front. Russians Cross into Prussia. Berlin, March IS (Official).? French aviators have bombarded i Schlettstadt, in upper Alsace. Gorman airnu n bombarded Calais. Russians have crossed the boundary and now are fighting on Prussian soil. The Germans will burn throe Russian towns for every one destroyed by the Russians Three Princes Killed. London. March IS (Official).? Three German princes, including Leo? pold, a member of the reigning fam? ily, were killed in the battle o? Keuve Chappelle. Italians Expel Germans. Paris, Ma ch 1 8.?News dispatches today slate that the Italian authori? ties have ordered the expulsion of German subjects from the Italian Riviera. German Liner Captured. Madrid. .March is.?The German liner which escaped from i-as Palmas with a cargo of war supplies is report? ed to have been captured 05 a British cruiser. Scandinavians All Protest. London, March is.?Denmark, &or ; way and Sweden have made identical representations to th>? allies against the British policy of reprisals on Ger? man commerce. (News dispatch). Russians Move Again. Petrograd, Mrch is.?With o battle front six hundred miles long the Rus? sians are progressing against the Aus tro-German lines In Poland and Gall cia. The Germans are retreating at many points toward the east Prus? sian frontier. In the Carpathians the Austrian! wore forced back by the Russians capturing hundreds of pris? oners. Gen. von Hlndenburg is giv? ing ground, especially along the Orsyo river where the fighting Is of unpar? alleled ferocity. The German bom? bardment of Ossowiec is Ineffective, it is reported that fifteen thousand Germans have fallen there. Thej armies In the Carpathians are fighting In snow waist deep, with the temper? ature below zero. The Horrors of War. Paris. March is.?The Germans are replying to the warships' bombard? ment of West-End with heavy sixteen inch guns. Wounded French soldiers declare that the mer ? bulletins give but a vague Idea #te fierceness of the fighting in w Champagne district. /> Nearly a ? er of a million men ant <>' engaged ^* le Lea Mesnil-Perthes Beau Sr lino. Thousands of huge guns h eon thundering night and day f ?< ks. The fields are cov? ered rotting corpses, and the gro? orn with shells and mines. The tension of the battle, the ghastly stench of decaying flesh, the DUTISmg gun powder, and the fumes from the poison bombs have driven hundred*) of soldiers insane. Russians in Germany Again. Petrograd, March 18.?The Rus? sians are again fighting on German soil. The Russians having defeated the Germans at Laugcseargan, are ad? vancing 'nto East Prussia. Przemysl Forts Collapsed. London, March IS.?A news dis? patch from Petrograd says the outer forts of Przemysl have fallen. Army at Smyrna. Athens, March IS.?Eighty thou? sand Turks have been concentrated near Smyrna to oppose the advance of the allies, if Smyrna falls under the warship bombardment. GERMAN OFFICIAL ACCUSED. I Notice of Arrest Served on Consul at Seattle. i Seattle, Wash., March 17.?Dr. Wiiliam Mullcr, imperial German con? sul at Seattle, and his secretary, B. M. Schultz, were served with notice ot' arrest today at the consulate. They are charged with conspiracy in at? tempting corruptly to influence John Murdock, an i mploye of the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock company, by inducing him to sell business ; secrets of his employers. Consul Muller and his secretary aro accused by the State of Washington t f offering Murdock a cash considera? tion to supply them with informa? tion hearing out Ambassador Bern storfTs charge that the Seattle cor poration was shipping knockdown submarines to the British govern? ment via British Columbia, The in formal ion against the Ger? man representatives filed by Alfred M. Lunding, co nty prosecutor, joint? ly charges them and Dan Tarnisssky, a free lance detective, wilh con? spiracy. Consul Muller denied tonight that he had any agreement with Murdock I or the detective to purchase anything, , nor did he arrange to have them steal pai era from the construction com? pany. He declared that Tarnisasky approached him with a statement that he had information that submarines were being built l ere for the British navy, but that ho had dealt with the detective only so far as was necessary to determine whether there was any truth in the report. The consul ex? pressed confidence In a prompt dis ! missal of the charge against him. Murdock and the detective wore ar? rested last night on a Joint j;rand lar? ceny Complaint, and Murdock, who will be held by the prosecutor as tho State's principal witness, was released under 11,000 bail. Warrants for the arrest of Consul Muller and. his secre? tary were served through their coun? sel. SPECIAL TERM OF COURT. Gov. Manning Will Order Court to Try \bbc\ Ule Murderer. Columbia, March is.?Gov. Man nlng said this morning that he would order a special term of court for Ab? beville very probably during the week of April 8, to try Charles Logan, the negro, who Is charged with the mur? der of Mrs. M. !?:. Beott, an aged white woman of the Lowndesvllle section. The law provides that a special term can not be ordered until twenty days alter the crime is committed. Ix>gan was brought to the state penitentiary last night for safe Keeping.