Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PM1VEBSITY OF S, g. tint. 8VMTKR WATT in IAN, F*U*bUahed April, 1810. "Be Jost and Fear not?Let all the ende Thon Alms't at he thy Country's, Thy God's end Troth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane. Consolidated Aur. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1916 Vol. XL. No. 20. Town of Lizerne Has Been Evacuated By Germans, After Hard Fighting. Germans Have Lost Little of Their Hold on Banks of Ypres Canal, However, and Have Gained Ground on Meuse Heights and in Lapetre Forests?Attacks of Allies Have Been Repulsed, But Neither Side Has Made Any Decided Advantage?News From Dardanelles Indicate That Allied Fleet and Land Forces Are Actively at Work Endeavor? ing to Force Their Passage to Turkish Capital?Rumor of S*ige of Budapest Comes From Copenhagen. ON TO CONSTANTINOPLE. AI tie* I .ant! Ore** Army to Assist the Fleet In Campaign Against Turks. London. April 27.?Dispatches to? day from Mltylene state that *hc bombardment of the Dardanelles forts Is proceeding favorable to the Allies. The Turkish forts on the Asiatic side, near Smyrna, are also being bombard eel. Fierce fighting la progressing between the Turks and Allies, who have landed on Oallipoll peninsula. The City of Enos, north of the Gulf of Sero*, has been made the main boae of the Allies. The Turkish gar rteeg there retired to the Interior without firing a shot. The Allies land? ed three hundred thousand troops, mostly veterans, under a terrific shelling from the warships. Mine sweepers have entered the straits end are clearing away the Turkish mlnea Three hundred thousand Turkish troops have been assembled at Galllpoli Peninsula commanded by German officers. Reinforcements for both sides are on the way. Sweedlsh Steamer Sunk. . Stockholm, April 27.-?The Swedish tteamer Centric was sunk by a mine la the Baltic Sea. near the Aland Is? land?. The rr#w was saved. Allies Assume offensive. London, April 27.?Reinforcements have been rushed to the Allies in west Flanders and they are now tak? ing the offensive. They have regained considerable ground which was lost during the first furious attacks of the Germans. The Allies' airmen have bombarded the German con? centration camps at Turcoing, Rou talx. Ingelmv. ester, Stadin, Lange marck. Thielt and Routers. French Make lYogresa. Paris. April 27 (Official)?The French nre making progress north of Tprea and on the heights of the Meuse. They have recaptured Hart manswelterkopf, which the Germans captured Monday morning. British Trawler Sunk by Mine. Qrlmsby, April 27.?The trawler Rocolo wan blown up In the North sea Monday. It is believed she struck a mine. Germans Is?se and Gain. Berlin, April 27 (Official).?Lizerne, the head point of the German wedge en the west bank of the Ypres can? al, half mile from the canal, has been evacuated by the Germans.* The new German hues about Ypres are being held firmly. The* British at? tempts to recapture lost ground have failed, the enemy suffering heavily. French attacks at Hartmansweiler kopf in the Argonnes and at Co m bres end near Ailly have failed. The Ger n ana have gained further ground on the Meuse Heights and in tie- Lg> pretre forest. Germans Evacuate Llzcroo. Berlin. April 27.?It is ottlcially ad? mitted thut the Germans have evac? uated LUerne. Sheamer Noori Released. London. April 27.-s~The Ilritish au? thority todav permitted the steamer .'Noordam. with the American tfjgi gates to the Hague aboard, to pro? ceed to Rotterdam. German Drl\e ( decked. 4'ans. April -7.?The German at? tacks have been definitely checked three nubs from Ypres. where the nearer approaches are strongly held by the Allies. The German attempt to drive a wedge between the Trench and Hrltlsh by a furious onslaught has utterly failed. A news dispatch esti? mates the German 'osM alone at t ?? n thousand. The Kreuch have tak? en Hetsna, a Ypres ('anil town. The Allies have advanced near St. Julien. The French have recaptured the town ?f Lizerne on the west bank of I hi ilpies Canal, after four days hud fighting. It In reported thnt Kaiser Wilhelm reached the Flanders battle front late yesterday. French Cruiser Torpedoed. Paris, April 28.?The French cruis? er Leon Oambetta, has been torpedoed and sunk in the Adratic sea. A part of the crew of seven hundred and twenty-five were saved but the loss of life was heavy. It is believed the ship was attacked by an Austrian submarine from Pbla. British Battleships Damaged. Constantinople, April 28 (Official). ?Two battleships of the allies have been badly damaged by the Darda? nelles f?n?. The Gallipoli Peninsula has been cleared of British troops ex? cept at one point where they are pro? tected by the warships. The Turks captured over a thousand prisoners. Allies Posh Fighting. London, April 28.?Several German trenches, six <luick flrers, two hundred prisoners were captured by the allies at Hetsas Tuesday. The allies be? tween Ypres and Dixmude along the Yser vjanal are growing violently of? fensive. They are incessantly at? tacking the new Gennun front. The most spectacular air fights od-cur daily so high above ground that the I artillery cannot reach them. French Send Reinforcements. Paris. April 28.?Two hundred thousand French reinforcements are being rushed to West Flanders and Northern France. They will he mass en between Ypres and Dixmude to uid in pushing back the latest German drive. All trafllc has been stopped, giving the troop movement a clear way. The French have gained a half mile on the eastern slopes of the Meuso Heights. French Ship Sunk in Italian Waters. Rome, April It,?The French cruiser Oambetta is reported to have been in Italian waters when sunk by an Austrian submarine. Italy is in? vestigating the occurence. Officers Perish at Their Posts. Paris, April 28.?The commander and all her staff died at their posts when the Gamhetta was sunk at the entrance to the oteranto canal. A hundred and thirty-six sailors were saved by Italian boats. Germans Score Victories. Berlin, April II ((Mlieial).?In the Champagne district the Germans took by storm an extended line of French trenches. North and northeast of Suwalki in Prussian Poland, the Russian positions along a front over twelve miles were captured. The Fng Ugh ntt0IBjg4S to recapture the lost ground in Inlanders yesterday failed. Tiie French attacks in Lcpretre for* est wer?? repulsed.'The Germans now bold Haitm inns weder ko|d. English Ports FlOPPd. Vienna, April II,?An Austrian submarine torpedoed and sunk the French cruiser Gamhetta in the Ad? riatic. A part of the crew were saved. A news uspatch from Amsterdam states thnt I he British consul announc? ed that all Knglish ports have been closed to foreign vess? Is. BrltNh C apture St. ?lullen. Paris. April 28.?A news dispatch ' itei that the British have captured St. Julien, three miles northeast of Ypres. Italians Cnlhsl Home. Benin.s Ay res. April II. The Ital? ian ministers t?? Argentine and Para* guay havs ordered tin* Immedlats re? turn to Italy ??f all Italian reservists lb nt without isnve. The steamer Atlantic, plying between Italy end South America h;is been requisitioned by the Italian government, Italians Becoming irritated. Home, April 28.?King Victor Km SECOND GERMAN CRUISER DE. CIDKS NOT TO RETURN TO' SEA. Commander of Raider Announces That Members of Crew Prevent His Making Dash for Open Sea. Newport News, Va., April 26.?The German commerce destroyer Kron? prinz Wilhelm will be interned for the war in American waters at the request of her commander, Lieut. Capt. Thierfelder. Notice of his in-1 tention was given here officially to Customs Collector Hamilton late to? day in this messaye: "Herewith I have Lo officially inform vuu that I intern.'' Capt. Thierfelder later said that it had been his intention to attempt the dash for sea past the allied war? ships off tho Virginia capes but that the continued serious illness of more than 60 members of his crew, who are suffering from beri beri, would make the dash impossible before the expiration of the time limit Bet for his departure from this port. It .was understood that the Washington gov? ernment had allowed the commander until midnight April 30 to repair his ship and put to sea. The United States government will maintain a naval and military patrol around tho Wilhelm until she is taken to the Norfolk navy yard, there to be laid up near the Prinz Eitel Friedrich, another German sea rover, whioh was interned nearly a month ago. Capt. Thierfelder's notice to Collec? tor Hamilton came unexpectedly. Early in the day the Wilhelm, which had been anchored in the harbor since leaving the shipyard last week, was towed to a* local coal pier and begun loading several thousand tons of coal. This fact, together with reports that she had been granted sufficient pro? visions to carry her to the nearest German port, caused i the belief in some quarters that the cruiser'Was preparing E^eMltt! fcn^i **> The Wilhelm, formerly a North German Lloyd passenger liner, plying between New York and Bremen, ar? rived here Sunday, April it, after spending eight months in the south seas. Several times she was reported destroyed, but she eluded many hostile warships and destroyed 13 merchant vessels of the allied enemy of Ger? many and one neutral vessel, a Nor? wegian bark. It was just a few days after the Prinz Eitel had been interned that the great drab painted liner appeared sud? denly in Hampton Roads and asked for coal and supplies. In her dash from mid-Atlantic to Cape Henry the Wilhelm evaded sev? eral foreign warships which had been hovering off the capes waiting for the I Eitel. NO HOUR Or GRACE GRANTED. Law as to Liquor to bo Rigidly Ap? plied in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala., April 27.?Ac? cording to a ruling today by Attorney General W. L. Martin no hour of grace will be permitted the liquor dealers of Alabama who have in their possession more than the" prescribed amount after midnight of June 30 next. Every person having in his possession more than the permitted quantities of prohibited liquors or any quantity in a public place, even for the purpose of shipping to another State, violates the law, according to the Attorney General. It was anticipated that stocks of unsold liquors would be held over In saloons and warehouseH after June 30. GAME COR ELLIOTT. Mayesvliie Graded School Defeated, 15 to (I. Elliott. April 2?'?.?In a rather loose fielding but exciting game Friday af? ternoon on the Mayesvliie diamond the Elliot! graded school defeated the MayetVllle graded school, 15 to 6. manual today cancelled all engage? ments to devote his time solely to the international situation. The sarcastic comment of French and English news, papers is having an irritating effect Upon Italian public opinion and is arousing sharp criticism of England. Swedish Ships Held up. London, April L's.?The Swedish ships Hanna and Viking, with car? goes of coal have been held up in the Baltic sea by German submarines. Germans Lost II.OOO Men. Vienna, April 28,?The German and Austrian losses at (Jssok Pass aud at the Carpathian front .u Stryj in the r< ( cut fighting were forty-one thous? and. PEACE CONFERENCE BESINS. DELEGATES OF UNITED STATES, WHO WERE STOPPED BY ENGLISH SHIP, REACH THE HAGUE. Many Women Present from .Many Lands of World?Race Hatred Disparaged by Delegutes from Va? rious Nations?Italian Woman De? picts in Thrilling Manner Horrors of War. The Hague, via London, April 27.? Forty-two United States delegates to the International Women's Peace Con? gress, who had been held upon the steamer Noordam because of Great Britain's order stopping traffic to Holland, arrived here today. The delegates reached The Hague in time for the opening meeting of the congress tonight, at which an earnest desire to bring the world's war to a conclusion and insure a durable peace was strongly expressed by delegates belonging to both belligerent and neutral nations. Besides the 886 Dutch delegates, the gathering, presided over by Aletta Jacobs, comprised 51 women from America, three from Austria, nine from Denmark, five from Belgium, (who arrived by special permission of the German military authorities), nine from Hungary, twelve from Sweden, fifteen from Norway, twelve from Germany, two from Great Britain, and one each from Chile, Armenia, Italy and Canada. Dr. Anita Augspurg, of Munich, aroused the enthusiasm of the dele? gates when she declared that woman? ly feelings were above all race hatreds and that the German women stretch? ed out their hands for friendship and international love. Miss Katherine Courtney, of Lon? don, reciprocated with assurance that English women recognized the women i of other nations as sisters and were heartily thankful to the neutral na? tions for calling the gathering, de Olga Misar, of Vienna, also dis? paraged race hatred, saying the wo? men should help each other with sympathy and endeavor to end the war?a war which the women had not soughs but which had caused them great suffering. Mrs. Fanny Fern Andrews, of Bos? ton, said that never before had there been such faith in the poor women to effect a great purpose. Every woman in the United States, she declared, sympathized with the objects of the Congress. An address, which held her audi? tors spellbound, wa^s delivered by Signorina Genoli, the sole Italian del? egate. She said she saw the horrors of war impending in Italy. The men, who were starving because of the stoppage of trade, demanded to be sent to the front to fight, where they would be certain to obtain food, she said. Even the Italian Peace Society had declared in favor of war. Dozens of messages from every country except Belgium were received by Dr. Mia Boissevain, of Amster? dam. CAPITAL CITY NEWS. Governor to Attend Education Con? ference-?Delegates to International Press Congress. Columbia, April 28.?Gov. Mannin? leaves this afternoon for Chattanooga to attend the annual meeting of the conference for education in the South. H. \j. Watson of Greenwood, T. R Waring of Charleston, Karle Baxter of Darlington, W. G. Hazel of Saluda. and C. O, Hearon of Spartanburg, were appointed by Gov. Manning to? day as delegates to the international press congress at San Francisco to be held In July. NEWSPAPER MAN SAFE. Reported to Be in Trouble at Vera Cruz, Now in Gulvcston. Galveston, Texas. April 28.?Phil McCleary, ail American newspaper man, who it was reported Sunday was sentenced to be shot by Carrania at Vera Cruz, arrived on the steamer Tarn pico from Vera Cruz today. He was never in trouble at Vera Cruz. Tampico and Vera Cruz are reported to be quiet. OPPOSES THE PLAN. Daniels Against Proposed National Defense Council. Washington. April 27.?Secretary of the Navy Daniels went on record tonight with a statement opposing combination of the executive and legislative branches of the govern? ment in a council of national de? fense. Reports From Berlin Indicate That Teutons Have Been Successful at East and West and Allies Suffered in Dardanelles. Fierce Fights Are Being Wfcged at Many Poin* Eight Hun? dred Mile Battle Line, With Hottest f est Between Russians and Austrians on Carpathian c ,hts-Germans Claim Successes at Ypres, Verdun, anr* A Bzura River Land Attack by Allies on Dardanelles ? d to Have Col? lapsed?Zeppelin Works at Friedri / lafen Bombarded By Allies' Aviators-Italy and Ger ? / Settle Difficulties. VICTORY FOR ALU FS. Stubborn Battle Fought on Gallipoli Peninsula. Athens, April 29.?The details of the first big land engagement between the allies and Turks along the Dar? danelles were received 1? lay, show? ing that the allies won a clean victory despite stubborn resistance by the Turks. Both sides lost heavily. The battle started at dawn Wednesday and lasted twelve hours, Turks retiring under cover of the darkness last night. The allies' fleet also bombarded the forts. The allies captured an entire Turkish battalion on the Gallipoli peninsular, near the Gulf of Suvla. The latest dispatches indicate that the second great attempt to force the Dar? danelles is now in full swing, by land and sea. The Turks are gathering for the second onslaught of the land i forces in Southern Gallipoli. Defeat of Allies Reported. Berlin, April 29.?A news dispatch from Constantinople states that the land attack by the allies upon the j Dardanelles has completely collapsed. The Turkish army under Gen. Liman Von Sander drove from Galhpoll pen rnsniar air of the'eighty ehoti&i?d al? lies which attempted to gain a foot? hold. A portion of the enemy fled in the direction of their boats and dis? appeared. Others hoisted the white flag and surrendered en masse. An allies' transport was sunk off Sari burun. Germans Driven Back. Paris, April 29.?Slowly but surely the Germans are being forced back In the region of Ypres. The allies con? tinue a violently offensive pressure which has been increased by the ar? rival of heavy French reinforcements into Flanders. The allies are making progress on the right bank of the Yser and continue desperate assaults in the Champagne districts. The French have recaptured half the trenches taken by the Germans near Bea use jour. Zeppelin Works Attacked. Geneva, April 29.?Twice attacked within thirty-eight hours by a French aerial squadron the Zeppelin works at Friedrichshafen were badly damaged. Two main building* are reported to be in flames. A news dispatch states that the damage amounts to a million dollars and that live German aircraft were destroyed by the French aviators flying directly over the huge plant and dropping bombs. Returning the air fleet circled over Met/, dropping bombs and steel arrows. They also wrecked the railway station and damaged cars and engines at Haltin nc-r and Lorraiche. Italy Satisfies Germans. Borne, April 29.?German ambassa? dor today declared that he is thor? oughly satisfied with the situation In Italy. He denied that he or the Aus? trian ambassador Is preparing to leave i Italy. Turks Defeat British. Constantinople. April 29.?The de? struction of an allies' transport off Gallipoli and the defeat of the Brit? ish forces at Gabatepes was officially announced today, a large number of the enemy was captured. Later reports declare thai the in? vaders, estimated at four brigades* were driven Into the sou at the coast at Cabatepeh. Germans Gain Everywhere. Berlin, April 29 (Official).?The al? lies' attacks north of Ypres and on the west bank of the Ypres canal have been repulsed. Sixty-three cannon have been captured by the Germans in this region. The Germans made gains southeast of Verdun. The Germans also gained against the Russians In northern Poland near the Bsura river. The Germans have occupied the vil? lage of Kovale, south of Kalwarja, and > .<?' ed a Russian point ?*f sup? .>uth of Sochaczew. (?ermans iu port Little Damage. Berlin, April 29.?A French aviator dropped six bombs on Friedrichshafen last night. The damage was unim? portant. Fighting at Many Points. Petrograd, April 29.?Along an eight hundred mile battle line, from the Baltic to Buaowina, fighting is going on at many points. It is most severe on the Carpathian heights, 50 miles west from the Uszok Pass to Stryj. The Teutons have gained some ground but at tremendous losses. DAMAGE TO EARLY POTATOES. Department of Agriculture Reports Loss to Crop as Result of Cold Weather. Washington, April 28.?Cold weath? er on the Atlantic seaboard during the early parts of the growing season was unfavorable for the early potato crop and some damage was done by frost, the department of agriculture an? nounced today. -Bariy potatoes: ^were plwste?- oa*-> 162,900 acres this year in Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina anfl Virginia, an increase of 27,200 over j last year. ROOSEVELT ASSUMES RESPON? SIBILITY. Explains His Part in the Notorious Tennessee Coal ami Iron Deal. Syracuse, April 29.?Col. Roosevelt today took on his own shoulders full responsibility for the Tennessee coal and iron corporation deal in 1907 as he wound up his redirect testimony in the Barnes libel suit. He declared that he acted "in a pinch" to save the country which was threatened with financial panic. The panic was stopped. Attorney Ivins for the pros ection objected strenuously several times to Roosevelt's explanation of the ratification of the deal, but the judge allowed the witness to proceed. HOOVER WRITES MANNING. Chairman of Relief Commission Ex? plain- Work in Belgium. Columbia, April 27.?Herbert C. Hoover, of London, chairman of the commission for relief in Belgium, has sent the following letter to Gov. Man? ning. State chairman for South Caro? lina. "I have received from Mr. Lindon Bates copies of certain correspond? ence with regard to relief for some villages in the province of Antwerp. I have forwarded these communica? tions to Belgium. Being, however, rather intimate with the position of Belgium, I may mention that there is a very natural desire on the part of every burgomaster to get something special for his particular village, and in consequence, buigomasters make sometimes patriotic efforts to raise funds for their own people. We have no objection to their doing anything they can in this line, and we are glad to remit money to any particu'ar bur? gomaster. Any moneys paid in to us will be in turn paid over any designat? ed person in Belgium. We cannot, however, disturb our entire system by making special remittances of food? stuffs or clothmg. "You may be interested to know that we have a complete federal Sys? tem set up in Belgium, in which burgomasters in each nrroudlecneewt belong to an arrondlsement commit? tee. This arrondlaemenf committee conducts the work in his district, so that the needs of air- special village have only to be transmitted through its own delegate. 1 do rot, therefore, believe that these villages have been in any way overlooked." The letter was sent from lxmdoil under date of April 12.