The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 27, 1915, Image 1
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St || ri ii WATCHMAN, E*taMl*bcd April, IftSO.
"Be Just end Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Airas't M be thy Country's, Thy God's and Troth's."
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, IM?
Consolidated Aur. 3,1881.
SUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1915.
Vol. XL. No. 10.
Russian > Are Now Marching on the Next
Strong Fortification Following Cap?
ture of Przemysl.
100,00? WllWIHl mb! i in captfred city and 1iorrirle
conditions faced caitohs on their extkanc e, starva.
tiov \mi disk ask being rampant?victory cost rot
si \ns 150.000 lives?tvrks massing greater army in
front of < mnstantinople in its defense against al?
mes? <.frm an ai iii vi. raidon paris f n sfccessffl?
( krm\ns pfrsflng hlksians after rfcaptl he of
mfmfi', take kroitingeif,
strong stand takln.
t i?mhI State* Note to In gland Main?
tain* Tnat Neutral Commerce Must
Ii* Free.
Washington. March 23.?The pres?
ident and cabinet today are carefully
going over the nute to be sent to
Oreat Britain and France regarding
the plan to cut off all trade with
Germany. Though a atrlct alienee Is
maintained bv the cabinet It la Inti?
mated by those close to the adminis?
tration that the representations will
uphold strongly the stand of the Unit?
ed States that neutral commerce, ex?
cept In contraband, must be free to
move.
ITALY TO GET TF.IlltlTORV.
Germany Will Force Austria to Grant
Demands of Italy us Price of Neu?
trality.
Home. March 23.?The fall of
Prsroeysl Is expected to hasten the
pending negotiations for the acquire?
ment by Italy of Austrian territory.
It la ssaerted that Germany is in?
creasing the pressure on Austria to
?rant Italy's territorial demands, and
thus averting Italy's participation in
the war. The Duke D' Abruzzi, com?
mander of the Italian dreadnaught
squadron, secretly visited the premier
snd king recently.
ZFPPIT.INs ATTACK PARIS.
I ! < in h \en?pb?nes l?rt\e Off Fleet of
????rman Haldols*.
Paris. March 23.?After striving for
si* hours to attack Paris under cov?
er of darkness a German fleet of Zep?
pelins sped northward at 3 o'clock
this morning with a squadron of
French aeroplane* pursuing. Romhs
were dropped on the villages around
Parts, doing considerable damage
but there were no fatalities. The
Zeppelins were pursued to the German
border.
Italians Seize Steamship.
Naples, March 23.?The steamship
Finland. New York for Gibraltar.
Naples and Genoa, was boarded by
Italian officers and taken to Genoa
to be searched for contrabnd.
'.'?mo.in Capture Krottlngcn.
Berlin. March 23.?Orttcial?The
Germans have captured the Russian
town of Krottlngcn. across the border
from Momol, The Germans i re pur?
suing the Russisns.
The allies' aviators bombarded Os?
tend today. There was no serious
military damage.
Austrian* ixcnpoU Capture.
Vienna, March 23.?Fifteen thous?
and Au*?iians ? m aped ?ben Prz
emysl fell. Joining the Austrian army
on the upper Sun river. The fall of
the fortress will have no serious ef?
fect on the Austrian defense.
Turks Gather Great Army.
?'onntuntlnopl. . M uch IS,?Three
h'.udre I thousand Turks have gOM
concentrated on Oallipoh Peninsula
and ubuu? ?M southern shores of the
J ? r ! iv il- s I- ..pp.. the alllCi' ef?
forts to i il.e the forts ?long th?
straits by assault. Thre. landings
?llOggpfed bv BrHlall marines on the
peninsula have been repulsed, ljulet
ails ab'iu; be I >ar>ian**ll<'n. the
??o t.ii? float snaking no effort le re>
now ittej sorabardnsent on Monday, it
Is reported thai i ? it lleet of trans
|H>rts has jo;io ?i tin* allies" lleet off
Tenedos Island. It Is estimated that
thin is carylng sixty thousand sol
? li'?s RntOfg of strife In the Tu.k
ish r.ipilal Is d'-med.
Ml a n? gSj on < ra< o\\.
Petrograd. March 2"..?With PrZ
rmvsl captured the Kus#uans are now
advancing tow ird Cracow and the
htfsest buttle yet fought on Austrian
ggfl is developing.
The latest dispatches state that the
prisoners takcu at Prxcinysi total one
hundred thousand. Tbl Russians
found the city in a terrible state. All
the horses had heen eaten, disease
was rampant, the hospitals overflow?
ing; with sick, wounded and dying.
The streets were full of mounds where
the doad had been buried. The gieat
forts were a mass of wreckage. It is
estimated that the victory cost the
Russians one hundred and fifty thou?
sand In killed and wounded. The
Austrlans are rushing reinforcements
to Crakow and the Carpathians. Re?
ports state that the RusNiuns are
massing three quarters of a million
troops in the Curpathians. Tho Aus?
trlans are beseeching the Germans for
aid.
HONORS OF WAR GRANTED.
Russians Gnve Garrison Liberal
Terras.
Petrograd. March 24.?Twenty
four thousand of the Przemysl gar?
rison were killed during the long
siege and twenty thousand wounded.
A division of Russian troops will pa?
trol the city. The garrison and civil?
ians were literally starved out.
Seven hundred largo guns, a num?
ber of field pieces, scores uC-machine
guns and a large quantity of ammunl
; tion were taken. It is officially an?
nounced that one hundred and nine?
teen thousand prisoners were taker
I when the fortress fell. Liberal terms
of surrender were granted the garri?
son which marched from tho city
with the honors of war. None will
be sent to Siberia. All officers were
paroled. The Austrians will be al?
lowed to remove their killed and
wounded to Austria.
RATTLE IN CARPATHIANS .
Russians Not United by Tremendous
Losses.
Vienna. March 24.?Tremendous
losses are being inflicted upon the
Russians who have renewed the of?
* tensive in the Carpathians, but heavy
Russian reinforcements which are ar?
riving makes It Impossible to predict
(the result of the stupendous battle.
Russans are attacking simultaneously
at l>ukla, L'skok and Lupkow passes.
< it is estimated that a million, seven
hundred and fif;y thousand troops
are engaged In the hattlo along the
sixty-five miles front.
THE BOMBARDMENT RENEWED.
Nine DreadnnughtM Raining Shells
oil Dardanelles Forts.
London, March 2 I.?With the gales
decreasing the allies' battleships re?
newed the attack mi the Dardanelles
fort! at dawn to lay. Nine droad
n | .ghts at e raining shells upon the
n paired Turkish fortifications.
MAKING MANY SUBMARINES.
<. er many Making Supreme Effort to
statue England and I raner.
Nee Tork, .M uch 14,?Germany
uo.v has one hundred arid sixty sub- j
n 'in . snd is working a force of
fort] thousand men night and da>
building more. It was stated by
Brigadier Oeneral Samuel Pearson.
'Abo arrived from Germany today
that the Germane v%i11 attempt to
starve England and Fiance into sub
mi sjon by encircling their coasts and
attacking their shipping. They are
preparing to launch great sir attacks
with Zeppelins ami aeroplanes against
Engla nd.
Belgians Made Gains,
Paris. Much 24 (Official).?Two
division*, of the Belgian army made
galna along the Veer river 'today and
captured n German trench on the left
bank. The French captured trench*
es ot Hartmannswellerkopf, taking
.some prisoners.
i
Fog stops BosnbaelUnent.
London, March 14, h late dispatchI
from Tencdcs states that Ihe allies'
battleships withdrew from the Dar
WRITES NOTE TO ALLIES.
PRESIDENT Ft>RM I' L ATING Utm
?AGE CONCERNING BLOCK
ADK.
Relieved United states Will Take Po
Hition That Cases of 1863 rurnish;
Ground for Protest Against General
Han on German Commerce.
Washington, March 22.?President.
Wilson had under consideration today*
the draft of a note to he sent to Great!
Britain and France presenting.the^
views of the United States on the.
blockade of commerce between Gcr^|
many and neutral countries.
It was stated officially that the com?
munication would go forward within
a few days. No statement as to ita.
character was made though In well in?
formed oucrters it was understood
that strong objections would be voiced
on the ground that the blockade was
based on no precedent in law or his?
tory.
Some quarters intimatod that the
view of the United States would be
the same as that held during the
I War of Secession. They believed that
In the recent exchange of notes with
Great Britain there was indication
that the attitude would be the same
as in 1863 in the cases of the Spring
brook and Peterhof.
The Springbrook was captured
while en route from England to a
British port in the West Indies. She
was laden with gunpowder and army
supplies.
The supreme court of the Uhited
States ruled that the apparent desti?
nation of the vessel was the Confed?
erate States and the fact that the ves?
sel was to call at the Hahamas did not
I alter the continuity of her voyage.
'The court held that vessels which
could be proved to be intending to
violate a blockade could be Inter?
cepted at any point in thoir voyage.
In the case of the Peterhof a ruling
of circumstances constituting, in the
view of olllcials here, almost an ex
j*cr*T>?ratleI with the situaterr^otftrj
with respect to commerce between
the United States and countries con
' tiguous to those at war. The Peter
I hof was captured while en route from
I England to Matamoros, Mexico, and
! her cargo was condemned. On ap?
peal to the supreme court Chief Jus
Jtlce Chase ruled that the mouth of
I the Rio Grande was not included in
I the blockade of the Confederate States
I and that neutral commerce with Mat
i amorofc except in contraband was en?
tirely free.
j The chief justice held that "neutral
trade to or from a blockaded coun?
try by international navigation or
i transportation is lawful and therefore
that that between London and Mata?
moros even with intent to supply from
Matamoros goods to Texas, violated
no blockade and can not be declared
i unlawful."
This position, officials indicated,
might be referred to in the forthcom?
ing American communication to Great
Britain and France, who have de?
clared through the order in council
their intention of detaining "all com
merce," whether in contraband or
, non-contraband.
dandles today because a heavy fog
prevented accurate firing. A news
dispatch states that the allied troops
landed on the Gallipoll peninsular late
yeatorday in the Gulf of Baros. A
general attack on land and sea will
.a as toon as the weather clears,
(?cniiuns C apture Russians.
Berlin, March 24 (Official).?The
Germans captured twenty-five hun?
dred Russians in the lighting north?
west of (tsir.d..ka and live hundred
when the Russians were driven from
Hemel, They repulsed French attacks
in Alsace. The attempts of the
French to recapture lost ground
northwest of Pontamouason were un?
successful today.
Aviators Drop Bombs <>? Gorman.
London, .March 14.?British avia?
tors flew across Belgium and dropped
eight bombs on the German subma?
rine works at Hoboken near Ant?
werp. The works were set afire.
Germans withdraw from Ossowleo.
London. March 24,?A news dis
patch from Petrograd states that the
Germans withdraw from before <>s
SOWiec, leaving two sixteen and a
half in howltsers.
German Aeroplanes Drop Bombs.
Washington. March 24.?German
aeronplanea dropped bombs, barely
missing the Belgian relief ship
Ehland off the Dutch eoast. The
.Netherlands govori incut is commu?
nicating with Berlin regarding the in?
cident.
Turks Lost Rattle,
Petrograd, March 84.?The Turks
have been defeated In n two days' bat?
tle and driven from tho Zoidekin val?
ley and Alaschgerd to Be-Tar,
STEAMER MAY BE SEIZED. I
LIBEL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
LINER ODENWALD.
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To Prevent Escape, Warships Will be
Sent to Guard I>uty at San Juan.
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Washington. March 23.?Attorney,
General Gregory late today instructed
the United States district attorney of
[Puerto Rico to institute libel pro-:
[ceedings against the German steam-1
ship Odenwald, which attempted
SSunday to leave San Juan harbor,
without clearance papers.
Under these proceedings the vessel1
may be held In the custody of a mar- j
shal pending settlement of the ques?
tion whether she shall be forfeited to j
'the United States under the recent
{joint resolution of congress prescrib-'
ing penalties in such cases,
j While the department of justice
jv.as considering the legal phases of
jthe Odenwald case, treasury officials
i had before them a report from San
Juan that fear was felt that both the
i Odenwald and another Hamburg?
'American liner, the President, might
j under cover of durkness slip past the
? guns of Mono Castle and daah for
jthe sea. Secretary Daniels was In
j formed of the situation, and, after a
conference with the president, Ad?
miral Fletcher at Guantanamo was
j instructed to dispatch two destroyers
ito San Juan and the coast guard ser
jvice directed the cutter Algonquin,
(now cruising in the West Indies to
I steam at once for that port.
Attorney General Gregory's action,
indicating the purpose of the govern?
ment to undertake confiscation of the
Odenwald by due process of law in
the district court for Puerto Rico,
attracted attention in diplomatic
circles.
Officials are awaiting further in?
formation before taking any action
under the criminal sections of the
seutral law, for violation of which
the owners or masters of the Oden
TvaH might be subjected to line and
1 The general subject of enforcing
I neutrality has been brought proml
[ nently to the front by the situation
|!n Puerto Rico.
TOP-DRESS OATS AND WHEAT.
State Agent W. W. Long Urges Neces?
sity of Supplying Nitrates.
I
j Clemson College, March 22.?
"Top dress oats and wheat and do if
! without delay. That is the message
11 should like to get to every South
j Carolina farmer," said W. W. Long,
i ?tate agent of demonstration and
director of the extension division
I
i of Clemson College.
Top-dressing, said Mr. Long, will
be especially necessary this spring.
This is true because of the ex?
cessive rainfall of the past winter,
which has served in great measure
to wash the nitrates from the soil.
Mr. Long advises the use of
nitrate of soda as a top-dresser, be?
cause of its ready availability and
because it is not too high in price
|at present.
YOUNG BELGIANS SHOT.
, Seventeen Executed a* Spies for the
Allies.
London. March 23.?Seventeen Pel
gains, most of whom were young peas?
ants, were shot at daybreak today In
the Ghent barracks, after having been
found guilty by a German courtmar
tial of espionage In the interest of the
allies, according to the Exchange
I
Telegraph company.
MAYOR KEEPS OFFICE.
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W. tu Parrot! Reolccted In Blshopvtllc
i Blshopville, MArch 22.? In an elec?
tion held here today for mayor anil
, six aldermen to serve the town for
the next two years Mayor W, L, Par
rott war; rcelected over Dr. L. H. Jen?
nings by a majority of Beven votes
W. 10. Stafford, A. M. Lee. G. O.
I
Rogers, W. N. McLeod, N. J. Laney
and J. L. Shuford were elected alder?
men, w. K Stafford Is the only old
member reelected
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A few more Silos i i Sunder county
would do as much to boost prosperity
as Slate cotton warehouses. Moth arc
good things and more are needed, but
a Silo on the farm is more apt to
make a live at bom.* policy a certain?
ty than a cotton warehouse.
April 10th has been set apart as
"Clean Up Day." bul there is no law
against starting to clean up a fort?
night earlier and making a thorough
. job of clean up. If every back yard
In the city Is given a thorough clean
up the scavenger carts will have a
two weeks Job hauling- the trash to
[the dumping ground. I
PREPARE IM Vi
Citizens Leave Following Order of Mili
tary Upon Approach of the
Russian Army.
Chief Change in Situation is Advance Made in Poland by the
Czars Forces-Germans Make Desperate Efforts to Break
Russian Lines?Turkish Fleet Sails Out Into Black Sea to
Battle Russian Warships?Two Dutch Steamers Carrying
Food Supplies to Belgian Army Taken by Germans?Two
British Destroyers Make Advance in Dardanelles Turks
Attack Christians in Persia?Reinforcements Being Sent
to France.
RUSSIANS COMING STRONG.
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Defeat Germans at Narow River?
Capture Many Prisoners.
Petrograd, March 25.?The com?
plete destruction of two German bat?
talions in the fierce fighting north of
the Xarew river in Poland, was offi?
cially announced today. The Russin na
p't rhe third division to Jiight, cap?
turing four thousand prisoners. Th?
victory was won Tuesday on the bat?
tle front extending from Myszyniec,
near the east Prussian frontier to
Kasidlo, near the Russian fortress of
i
Ostrolek on the Narew. The Germans
are making desperate efforts to break
through the Russian front in the
Narew region. The Russians have
captured a German convoy with a
post car laden with correspondence
j near Suwalki. The Russian offen?
sive in the Carpathians is proceeding
successfully, despite heavy Austro
German reinforcements. They are
I forcing back the enemy and repuls?
ing their counter attacks. It is ad?
mitted today that the Russians have
evacuated Memel, stating that seven
German warships cooperated with
? the land forces in the attack. The
j official announcement states that two
hundred and thirty-one thousand pris?
oners have been captured by the
Russians since January 21st.
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GERMANS ON THE OFFENSIVE.
Reinforcements are Pouring Into
Northern Fronet?.
j Paris, March 25 (Official)?The
Germans have taken the offensive in
Champagne and Argonnes region.
I The German attacks have been repul?
sed, but large German reinforce
j ments are pouring in. Some of the
hardest fighting of the v ar is expect?
ed during the next few days.
TURKS MASSACRE CHRISTIANS.
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Horrible Slaughter Reported From
Northern Persia.
Petrograd. March 25.?Hundreds of
Christians have been slain by Kurds
\ and Turkish regulars in northwes?
tern Persia. The lives of thousands
are menaced. It is reported from
Tiflis today that Doctor Harry Pack?
ard, the American missionary station
' ed at Urimaih, risked his life to pre
, vent the massacre of three thousand
nt Geotapa. After two hundred had
; been executed he advanced between
! lints With a United States Mag. under
which protection fifteen thousand
have now taken refuge.
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CONFIDENT OF VICTORY.
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Field Marshal Sir John French Bays
There Is No Doubt Of Outcome.
J London. March 25.?In a long in?
terview today Feld Marshall Sir John
' French, summed up the situation to
Fred? rick Palmer, the famous Ameri?
can War correspondent, saying "There
is no doubt of the outcome. I was
, never so confident of victory as now.
? l am as confident as Grant was when
' be took command of the Army of the
Potomac. He kept at it and so shall
we."
BETTING ON WAR'S END.
Lloyds GlVO Odds Tlmt End Will Come
lief ore September SO.
London, March 25.? Lloyds today is
laying odds of four to three that the
war will be over !>y September 30th,
next.
Turkish Fleet to Giro Rattle.
Bucharest, March 25.?The entire
Turkish fleet has sailed into the Black
sea to give battle to the Kassian war?
ships.
Fate of Karlsruhe.
New York. March 25.?The Her?
man raiding cruiser Karlsruhe w.ih
blown up at sea and the crew landed
|in Germany, according to second mate
I Boyd, of the American ship Carlb,
c." 1 - sLi?J
which v m unk by a mine in the
North ' .. *vho returned today. Boyd
visiter ? German naval base at
Wilh * naven and talked to mem
ben w he Karlsruhe's crew.
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Russian Attacks Repulsed.
?Un, March 25 (Oificial)?All
Stan attacks east and southeast
AugUStOWOC near Jednorozek and
?rtheast of Przasnyz have been re
. /Ulsed. There has been no Import?
ant engagement at the west.
Austrian* Admit Loss.
Geneva. March 25.?News dispatch?
es from the Austrian frontier state
that the Austrian government admits
that six generals, twenty-five hundred
I officers and seventy thousand men
I were taken prisoners by the Russians
j when Przemysl surrendered. They
, assert that all ammunition was de
j stroyed and the guns rendered use
i less.
Germans Seizo Dutch Vessel.
Berlin, March 25 (Official).?The
Germans have seized the Dutch
steamers Batavier and Zaanstroom
because both carried food and cloth?
ing for Ohe Belgian army.
Go Father In Dardanelles.
Tenedos, March 25.?Two British
destroyers penetrated the Dardanelles
twelves miles on Wednesday.
Civilians Leave Cracow.
Vienna, March 25.?Civilians un?
able to stand a long siege have been
ordered to leave Cracow. Fifty thou?
sand citizens from there have al?
ready arrived at Vienna.
EDUCATOR FOUND DEAD.
Prof. Fngpsh of Union Seminary Dies
Suddenly?Brother of Mrs. W. H.
Scott of Tills City.
Richmond, March 25.?Prof. Thom?
as R. English, of the Union Theologi?
es'. Seminary, was found dead in his
study today. He is thought to have
died of heart disease.
Prof English was a native of
Sumter County, having been raised
near BishopviPc in what is now Lee
county. He is a brother of Mrs. W.
H. Scott of this city and is pleasant?
ly remembered here, ha\ing visited
his sister in Sumter several years ago
at which time he preached at the
Sumter Presbyterian church. The
news ^of his death came ap quite a
shock to relatives here.
NEW RAILROAD PROJECTED.
Plan Announced to Build Road From
Augusta to Greenwood.
Columbia. March 25.?Having a
minimum capital stock of $30,000 and
a maximum capital of $3,000,000, the
secretary of State today issued com?
mission to the Savannah, Piedmont
and Western railway. The company
proposes to construct a 'standard
guage railway from the town of North
Augusta on the Savannah river, op
posite to Augusta, to the city of
Greenwood, a distance of CO miles.
The petitioners asking for a charter
lor the company are J. Peyton <Tark,
S. if McGhee, ami Kenneth Baker.
Mr. ?Mark is of New York city, the
other petitioners being citizens of
Greenwood. The road will use steam
or electricity.
MRS. STONEWALL JACKSON DEAD
Aged Widow of Famous Confederate
Chieftain Passes Away in I 'hariotte.
Charlotte, N. C, March 24.?Mrs.
Mary Jackson, the Widow of GtoO*
"Stonewall" Jackson, died this morn?
ing.
The complete program of the
Chautauqus which is ptinted today
shows that a treat is in storo for the
people of Sumter.