Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ije illatchmaii tmo outhron. ?totter watchman, kkcmuikxi Apm, ism. 'Be Just und Fear not?Bet an the ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God't and TruU?'?." TOE TRUE SOUTIUION, Established ?une, lSea. Consolidated Aur. 3,1881. SUMTER, 8. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1916. Vol. XL. No. 19. Thought That New Campaign for Capture of Calais Has Been Commenced. British oo the Offensive in Flanders, Capturing Many Prison era?Allies Have Made Gains at Yser and Have Suffered Loss at Ypres?British Ship Sunk by Submarine-Report? ed That Movement is on Foot by Neutral Nations to Bring About Peace Between Belligerents. FRENCH ADVANCE SLOWLY. Ar? Stubbornly Hammering at German Line*. Special to The Dally Item. Pexie, April 13.?Bit by bit the French are cutting Into toe German w?dg?. at St. Ilthiel. They have cap? tured two llnea ot trenches In Apre mont forest that are regarded as Im? portant. While the official Commu? nique states thtt nothing new hau oc? curred, unofficial reports state that violent fighting Is in progress at Apremont. The Germans arc launch Ins; repeated desperate attacks to re? gain their lost trenches. The battle along the Alsace cliffs and in the val? leys of Voegee continues. The F. men claim gains on both banks of the. recht river. Carpathian Campaign Itesumed. Petrograd. April 23.?Weather con? ditions In the Carpathians are im? proved and the Russians have resum? ed the offensive at Ussok pass, using heavy artillery. The Teutons have been heavily reinforced west and east of Ussok pass and are making fre? quent attacks, but are being repulsed. The Teuton offensive from Dunajec has apparently been completely block? ed* The Russians are pressing the ene ssy back from Gorllce with heavy ?etrograd. April 23.?Russian air? men bombarded the Germans at Plock and Mlawa Thursday, causing se? rious damage in retaliation for the at? tack by the Oerman aviators at War? saw Wednesday. The Russian avia? tors returned endamaged. Attack Ren um od. Athens. April 23.?British and for warships are bombarding Smyr? na and the Dardanelles fort* simul? taneously. Four British warships peastrated the straits Thursday, shell? ing the forts on both sides. Others hombardsd the European fortifica? tions from Saros gulf. French Capture Trenches. Paris. April 23. (Official)?Fresh attacks by the French In the forests of Atlly. south of St. Mlhlel, resulted in the capture of seven hundred yards of German trenches. It Is admitted that in the Yser region the French were driven back by the German us Ing asphyxiating bombs, but In later counter attacks the French regained the lost ground. Big Naval Bmle. MenafeeA April 23.?An evening paper states that a l?nnk?>r there has received a cablegram that a big naval battle is raging In the North M i French Gain at St. Mlhlel. Berlin. April If (Official).-The Oermans have made marked gains In Flanders Thursday, capturing the vil? lages of Ijftngemark. Steenstrawd, llrtsa*. and Plllken. It Is admitted thtt the French have made gains near 8t. Mlhlel, where the enemy pOM trated a section sj| Ckrman trenches between Allly Forest and Apr.mont. A part of the French forc< driven out. but *oin<* managed 10 maintain their foothold. t.KKMAM BITTERLY RESENTPI L Berlin. April 14??' Aim in i |g openly assuming an attitude of hostil? ity and therefore cannot !>?? the ar? bitrator of peace." eeelatod Count aVaeot Von Haventlew, ihe famons military and naval expert today. Ills utterances nr* usually regarded nsj having ihe lugb? <f sj^hweeagenl in of? ficial circles. 'Thn lulled States, the Count ntwn, 'Continues to assist the Allies bj furnishing arms and wsr munitions, and no asjf In Oaf? many l?#?lle\es the Cniled States Is loyal to neutrality." f.erman Gains In I landers. Berlin. Apr ti M Newi elenateaea truin Bi iihw^is i . p .rf thni Ireasendous IgsjBjsj bees b?-en indicted upee Ihe Allies in Flanders. The Geilnau " steadily Raining ground, In some plac? es front four to seven miles. The Eng? lish Infantry, south of Langemarcke, were tired upon hy their own guns, suffering heavy losses before the mis? take was discovered. Drive for Calais. London. April 24.?Military experts bellcvo that the Germans have re? newed their drive for Calais. It is apparent that Germany. though weakened by the burdens of both the Western and Eastern warfare are still able to tight vigorously. It is estimat? ed that the Germans have a half mil? lion men in Flanders. This army in belnR steadily reinforced by with? drawals of troops from the east. Ber? lin reports that there are five million more men in Germany to draw upon if necessary. While still believed that a naval battle in the North ^,sca is imminent, attention Is now riveted on the German drive toward Calais. Canadians at The Front. London. April 24.?The British in Flanders have taken the offensive with hard flRhtinR at Landmarckc. The Canadian division is in the front line,; leading the counter attacks against the Germans. Four Canadian forty-seven Inch guns were captured by the Germans but were recaptured by the Canadians in a fierce onslaught, the Germans losing many prisoners. Th? ?>na^n*ssr**d the day but lost ; heavily. Peace Propoganda Rc|iortcd. Berlin, April 24.?Influential rep? resentatives of neutral governments will soon Rather in the United States to inaugurate a wide-spread propo? ganda for peace in Europe. The movement is said to have the private indorsement of President Wilson. Scandinavian publicists originated the plan, which is encouraged by prominent men in Holland, Italy and Spain. Natives Defend India. Simla. April 24.?Native Biltish troops met the Mohammedans llrst assaults In attempting to Invado In? dia. They defeated the invaders, in tlctlng heavy losses. Allied Attack on Vprcs Falls. Berlin. April 24 < Official).?The al ? lies attempt to regain the lost ground at Ypres has failed. The Ger? mans stormed Dizerne on the west of the Ypres canal, taking over two thousand prisoners. British Freighter Sunk. London. April 24.?The British freighter was sunk bv a submarine on Wednesday. The crew was res? cued. Itcgaln Lost Ground. Part?, April 24 (Official).?The al? lies leave recaptured a part of the lost ground In the TSST region. They have repulsed attacks south of Verdun at Sparge*] and T?te de Vaches. The French inflicted heavy losses on the enemy at the Forest of Pamoy and at Kelchackcrkopf. Alace, where a Ger i man attack was conmietely checked. Armenians Massacred by Turks. Tabriz, April 24.?Hundred! of Armenians at Vilayet Van were mas MM red by the Turkish troops. Many tow us srere sacked, FlnuMi Steamer Sunk. Storkholm, April 2411.?The Finnish steamer Frack was torpedoed ami sunk i>\ a German submarine in the Gulf of Bothnia. The ship hud ;i targe of iron. The erew was saved. Big Baltic at Ypres. Parle, April 14,?The Qermans have lost heavily In the fighting aboul Vprea The ftgtitlnf continues over n bettle front of eleven miles, The Herman nttacks seem weakening un? der the mussed allies art il bu y lir?? a ml ere beim; forced back, it is estimat? ed thai the Germans lost nine thou? sand men in forcing the passngs of Yprei canal The Village Ot l'OCll? FORMER RECORDS SMASHED. SEVERAL HIGH SCHOOL RECORDS MADE AT HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC MEET. Pickens Wins First Place, while Sec oiul (Jose to Greenville?Seaborn I" dlvicluul Star of Day?Boys are Guests of University. Columbia, April 24.?Events of the South Carolina Intercollegiate High School track meet held yesterday in Columbia broke one national inter scholastic record and two Southern records. Colic Seaborn of Bickens, the indi? vidual star of the day, threw the ju? nior discus 153 feet f#ur inches, which is three feet four inches better than a record of 150 feet even, made by L. Whitney of the Worcester academy in a meet at Travers Island, N. Y., June 7, 1911. This same young man ran the 100-yard dash in 10 2-5 sec? onds; won first place in the pole vault; did the 220-dash in 23 1-5 seconds and took second place in the running broad jump. Ho made a total of 23 points and his team, the Pickenshigh school, won first place in tlfc meet. McQueen of Clio smashed records when he made six feet one inch in the running high jump. This record falls short of the national interschol astic record by only 2 3-S inches and it is 3 3-4 inches better than the S. I. A. A. record, made by Anderson of Vanderbilt in the annual S. I. A. A. meet of 1905. McMantts of Greenville ran the 120 low hurdles in the very fine time of 15 3-5 seconds. With 3 3 points Pickens, its first [ year in the meet, won first place, largely through the work of young Seaborn. Greenville, materially aided by Szabo's two firsts, came second with 25 points. The totals of other teams that scored follow: Clio, 12; Westminster. 5; Easley, 5; Furman Fitting school, 5; Batesburg, 4; Lan? caster, 4; Clover, 3; Richland, 1; Spartanburg, 1; Ninety-Six, 1. The 120 young men who came to Columbia for the oratorical contest and atriletic meet were entertained' 2y the University of South Carolina while here and the meetings and contests were all held on university grounds. The records of the meet follow: One hundred yard dash: Seaborn t '.Pickens, first, 10 2-5 seconds; Heus tlss (Clio), second; Hough (Lancas? ter), third. Shot put: Willis (Westminster), 3G feet one-half inch; Looper (Pickens), second; Storey (Ninety-Six), third. Eight hundred and eighty yard race: McManaway (Greenville), two minutes, 23 seconds; Boggs (Pickens), second; Wright (Batesburg), third. Discus: Seaborn (Pickens), first, I 153 feet, four inches; Lawrence I (Clover), second; McManus (Green jville). third. Four hundred and forty yard run: Szabo (Greenville), first, 56 3-5 sec? onds; Watson (Batesburg), second; McManaway (Greenville), third. Pole vault: Seaborn (Pickens), first, ten feet, five inches; Stackhouse (Clio), second; Anderson (Easley), third. Low hurdles (120 yards): Mc? Manus (Greenville), first, 15 3-5 sec? onds; Anderson (Easley), second; Curtis (Pickens), third. Broad jump (running): Szabo (Greenville), first, 20 feet, C 1-4 Inches; Beabom (Bickens), second; Smith (Easley), third. Two hundred and twenty yard dash: Seaborn (Bickens), first, 23 1-5 sec? onds; Hough (Lancaster)), second, Heustlss (Clio), third. High jump (running): McQueen (Clio), first, six feet, one inch; Cur. tiss (Bickens), second; Atis (Ilich land). third. Mile run: Hubbard (Furman Fit? ting school), first, five minutes, 5 4-5 seconds; Going (Greenville), second; jThomas (Spartanhurg). third. I ?^mmmwmmmmmmm^mwmmmmmmm^mwmmmm^mmwmmmmwm Capelle which was occupied by axi ad vance guard of Germans has been re? captured by the English, after a fierce hand to hand live hour battle. The French offensive in the. VosgSS Is meeting with continued success. The village ESmbermonll has been recap? tured by (he French. Practically of tin- finest Of Alslly is in the hands of the French, but Germans are hold? ing tenaciously to their trenches in iim forest of Apremont, where ter? rific fighting conttnuea - Russians at l?Msok Pass, Petrograd, April 24, The Russians forced their way within two and a half miles of the northern entrance Of ITsSok Bass, and are shelling I ho town of Hlonkl end the heights occu* pled bj the Teutons, The Russians raptured nn Important hill by storm nfter four fierce charges. LIVE WIRE KILLS BOY. JAMES PAYNE MCOWN ELECTRO? CUTED AT ANDERSON. Live Wire Wraps About His Body Causing Instant Dcatli?Mother's Efforts to Release Her Son Unavail? ing. Anderson, April 24.?James Payne McCown, aged 13 years, second son of S. A. McCown, a large merchant here, was electrocuted in the base? ment of the McCown home, one mile east of Anderson, at noon today. Mrs. McCown detected the odor of burn? ing cloth and went into the basement. She found her son on the cement floor with his clothes on lire, with an electric light cord wrapped around his body. She attempted to unwind it from the boys* body and was knocked down by the current. Two men in the yard were called and both were knocked down when they caught hold of the boy's body. The wire was then jerked loose from the connection. Physicians were called, but evi? dently the boy had been instantly killed. A coincidence is that young Mc? Cown and Ernest Cochran, who accl dently killed himself three days ago, were classmates and exactly the same ago Another coincidence is that the former county treasurer, James M. Payne, grandfather, and for whom the lad was named, died eight months ago today. The insuiAtion on the thumb switch of the light was broken and it is be? lieved this caused young McCown's electrocution. AT THE UNIVERSITY. - Basketball Team off on Trip? High School Boys Entertained?Orator? ical and Debating Contests. Columbia, April 25.?The Univer? sity of South Carolina played two baseball games against (he Wake Forest, N. C, aggregation this week. The Gamecocks easily won the first I match, but in* the second game ttio Tarheels reversed their form and piled up a heavy score against Caro? lina. The varsity team left Thurs? day for a week on the road and will play colleges in North Carolina and Virginia. Over forty high schools participated in the annual athletic and oratorical contests held at the University on J Thursday and Friday of this week. I The oratorical contest was held in the j chapel auditorium and was largely at ; tended. Dr. William Spencer Currell, presi? dent of the University of South Caro? lina, addressed the Civic Club at l?s bi-monthly meeting this week. The University's "Flying Squadron" held its preliminary contest this week to select a Carolina man to represent i it in the State prohibition oratorical contest to be held In Bpartanburg next month. Also, four men were selected at the same time who spoke at the Columbia Theatre last Sunday evening. The annual Intrasociety oratorical contest of the Euphradian Society was staged last Saturday night, the contest proving to be one of the best the society has held in several years. The intrasociety debates and declaim er's contests will occur later, as will the Gonzales Oratorical contest to se? lect the best or.') tor at Carolina. Next week the University scud's out live orators ami debaters to enter In? tercollegiate contests. J. s. Dudley, of Columbia? and J. S. Mclnnes, of Darlington, debate the University of Georgia at the University of Ten? nessee, Knoxvllle. Itaymon Bchwarts and Ashley Mcrrimon, both of Sumtcr, go to Athens. Qa., to meet the Uni? versity of Tennessee. These four men are nil exceptionally good college de? baters, and Carolina men are confi? dent that they will take off a good share of the honors In this year's triangular debate. Haddon Johnson, of Alken, goes to Rock Hill to repre? sent the University In the annual con? gest there of the South Carolina inter 'collegiate Oratorical Association. WON T CHANGE POLICY. Jurisdiction Over Panama und Colon Not Needed. Washington, April 24.?Despite rec j ommendatlons by the war department and Latin-American bureau, it was In? dicated today thai the United States would out assume police jurisdiction of the Cities of Colon and Panama. The treaty \n itli Panama provides t'<>r i Stich a course should it be deemed ad? visable, but it was intimated tue ad? ministration would not alter ihe pre? vious policy of the government. TURKS SIM USUS Armenians Suffer Loss of Five Thousand Lives and Home and Property Destroyed. Russians Bombard Bosphorus on One Side, While Allies Shell Forts of Dardanelles on Other?Land Troops Will Aid in Attack?In Flanders Situation Calls for Presence of Kaiser, Who is Going to Scene?Germans Have Taken Prisoners and Are Holding Their Ground. PEACE DELEGATES STOPPED. Forty Americans to Hague Conference Ask United States to Protest Against British Action. London, April 26.?The liner Noor dam with forty American delegates to the Hague peace conference aboard was held up by a British order and anchored off Ramsgate. The Ameri? cans appealed to Ambassador Page to ask the United States to protest so the delegates may reach Rotterdam Wednesday, when the conference opens. ITALY WON'T FIGHT.' Oflicial Says Country W1U Gain More by Neutrality. Rome. April 26.?"Italy will not participate in the war. By remain? ing neutral she will win a greater vic? tory than would be possible were she to enter either hostile camp." This siatement was made to the Internat? ional News Service by an official of the Italian government who, for ob? vious reasons, requested that his name be not used. Important code dis? patches were sent to Berlin and Vienna this morning by the German ambassador, after a conference with the Italian foreign minsiter. TURKS BUTCHER CHRISTIANS. Tale of Horror Comes From Persia and Armermv *'*i**'w*'^'**e****s Petrograd, April 26.?Seven thous? and Christian Armenians killed, three thousand injured and over fifteen thousand fugitives or prisoners; twelve towns destroyed and over five hundred square miles laid waste sum? marize another bloody page in Turk? ish atrocities reported from Tifiis, Tabriz and Teheran. The report cov? ers a period from early in January to late in March. Kurd tribesmen lighting with the Turkish army are responsible mainly for the massacres, but TurKlsh regulars permitted the slaughter and in some instances par? ticipated in the butchery and horrible tortures indicted. Mothers, begging for lives of their children saw them cruiclfied before their eyes. Oil was poured over some of the victims and fired. There was other butchery in? describable. JAPS THREATEN CHINA. Outlook for the Chinese Republic is Black. Shanghai, April 26.?The Japanese .minister at Pekln has handed the Chinese foreign minister a note in Blstlng upon the unconditional ac? ceptance of the last proposal trans? mitted from Tokio, stating that fur? ther delay would result in the breaking off of negotiations. It is re? ported that three hundred thousand Japanese are massed on the Shantung ; peninsula anticipating a war With , China. Allies Renew Attack. Athens, April 26,?The allied war? ships bombarded the Dardanelles Sunday, moving in (dose and draw* ing a hot artillery fire from the do I fenders. Russians Bombard Bosphorns. Constantinople, April 26.?The Rus? sian fleet bombarded the outer forts of the Bosphorus for the second time on Sunday. Three Russian aero? planes flew over the Turkish forts 'directing the tire. The forts were not damaged. Kaiser Rushing to Flanders. Amsterdam, April 26.??Kaiser Wil? helm Is rushing to Flanders from the east to direct personally the opera? tions at Ypres and along the Yser ; front. The most desperate efforts are Indicated by the Germans to reach Calais. - German Attacks Repulsed. Paris. Apri 1 26 (Official).?Two j German attacks north of Ypres w ere repulsed today by the British. The Germans have renewed the bom t bardment o' <J >res. The French have made ^ ;ss on the right bank of the Ys' M ial and repulsed the Germans ?tre Dame de Lorette. At other ^? ts the German attacks failed a . w j) ? B . rdmcnt of Dardanelles. Do .> April 26.?The attack on [the mnelles forts has been re ' sur A force of the allied troops j hr en landed. Italian Steamer Searched. London, April 26 (Official).?a dis? patch from Cettinje confirms the re? port that the Italian steamer Yolande was stopped and searched by an Aus? trian submarine near the Albanian coast. Thousand Canadians Captured. Berlin, April 26 (Official*).?The German auxiliary cruiser Navarre was blown up on February 11th by its captain to prevent its being captured by the British. Five thousand prison? ers, including: a thousand Canadians, were captured by Germans in Flan? ders. The Germans still occupy Lizer nc, despite reports to the contrary. The Germans have captured a hill at Westerporges pn the Meuse heights. Blockade of Cameroons. Washington, April 26.?The block? ade of the German colony of Came? roons, South Africa, has been offh b a s s a d^r^ts^'ei'iex^^ night. PLANS IMPROVEMENTS. Board of Regents of State Hospital Officially Notified of Appointment of Dr. C. F. Williams. Columbia, April 25.?The board of regents of the State Hospital for the Insane at a special session held yes? terday in Columbia continued the dis? cussion of a programme for improve? ment of conditions at the institution. The board was officially notified by Gov. Manning of the appointment of C. Fred Williams, M. D., of Columbia as superintendent to succeed T. J. Strait, M. D., of Lancaster. Dr. Wil? liams will take charge of the institu? tion on May I, The board yesterday discussed the matter of a water supply for the building at State Park. The supply this spring Is running low and many of the patients have been brought back to Columbia. MAY SECURE POTASH. Germans Want Guarantee That it Will Not Be Vscd In Manufacture of Ammunition. Berlin (via London). April 25.? Negotiations with the I'nited States for the removal of the German pro? hibition of the exportation of potash salts have reached a stage where a successful issue seems probable. Ger? many some time ago interrupted pot? ash shipments to the I'nited States until satisfactory guarantees were ar? ranged that they would not be used in the manufacture of ammunition for the allies. The German proposal, which seems to be capable of acceptance by the United States, is that potash exported In exchange for cotton cargoes be con? signed to the department of agricul? ture at Washington under s guarantee that it will be used solely for the purpose of manufacturing fertilizers and that its distribution be super? vised by inspectors who would see that none of it fell into the hands of powder manufacturers as it Is charged I has been the case of rubber imports from Great Britain, KILLED BY TRAIN. Miss Lillle Norwood Meets Death ai McBee. MdVe. April St.?Mies Lillle Nor? wood of this pbme was accidentally run oxer and instantly killed here this afternoon :it H o'clock by the Seaboard Air Line train No. is.