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ttlM onthroit. WM WATCHMAN, IfruUftJahed April, ISM. "B? Jost and Fear not?Tj?t all the en da Thon Aims' t at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's.n THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone, IUI. Consolidated Ahr. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1916. Vol. XL. No. 29 Army Has Taken Gradno and is Now With? in Twenty-Five Miles of Austrian Town. GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN 6ALICIA HELD BACK BY THE RUSSIANS ?????? ?? ?????m ' Turkey Notifies Neutral Countries That Suez Canal Has Been Brought hito War Zone and Shipping There is Endanger? ed?Fierce Engagement in Progress?Germans Have Made Slight Gains it One Point in West, While Austrian* Have Advanced at Several Points and Are on Offensive-Dan? ish and English Steamers Sunk. Horn?, May SI.?The Italian army which la driving toward Trieste haa occupied the Austrian clt> of Grado on Trieste Oulf, within twenty-flvo mi lea of Trieste. Italian aeroplanes bombarded ths Trleste-Nabrealna railway Wednesday night, destroying a part of the line and seriously crip? pling troop and supply movements of the Austrian*. Violent artillery light? ing is under way In the mountains of Tyrol and on the Trentlno borders. The Italian* between Judrlo and laonso river continue to advance. Rt'Kfc CANAL F.NDANGKRF.I). Turkey Informs Neutral Countries That t anal la In War Zone. Constantinople, May 28.?The Turk? ish government has notified all neu tiial governments that It has been < rnuelled to extend hostilities to the Hues canal. FlrltMi steamer Submarined. London. May 28.?The British steamer Cadeby was submarined off Wolf Light. The *rew escaped I ^^ttHftHmm AoBjstt Ifc^asfksa. Vienna. May 28.?it is ottlclally ad? mitted that the Italians have crossed ths frontier, but It la stated that all Invaders on the coast have been driven back. The Italians are bom? barding the Austrlans In Tyrol nnd southeast of Trent, but no general en? gagement hua yet been fought. Argyleshlre Submarined. Liverpool. May 28.?The British liner Argyleshlre was submarined hut reached port safely today, although badly damaged. Another Danish Ship Sank. Stockholm, May 28.?The Danish steamer Fly struck a German mine aad sunk In the Haltlc, off Soederarm Wednesday. Hut* lan* Holding I Inc. retrograd. May 28.?The Russians have captured Urumlah, Persian Armenia. Though forced to remain r?n ths defensive In Oallcla, the Kas? sians are Inflicting tremendous losses on the Teutons who maintain the of? fensive along an eight hundred mile front from 'laltlc to .Bukowina. The Germans are using asphyxiating bombs on the lb>hr river front, gjggggj the San river a furious battl? continues. It Is estimated that the Germans lost ono hundred and six thousand In Western Oallcla. Prince Joachim, the K: Iser's son and Prince I?eopold narro .ly eseaiwd capture in the Sha\ll region, rsc ipirm |M an au tornoldle Three of their staff wer? oaptured. Battle on Galllpoll. Athens, May 28.?The allies, who have been heavily reinforced, are ad? vancing from Krlthla Qghg, TQgQg and Hw1*1r .?n the Oalllpoll peninsula, capturing successive line* of Turkish trewchea The lighting is furious and the allies' warshlgg are bombarding ths Turkish positions. Ix?*e In fjgtgj Lain In rant. P< rlln VI Maki n/on's army (onflrno i gg ?gSBggfttfl |g the south? east. (iiTinuns ha\ sagtartd nine thousand more pri .oners. On the I>uhlassa river sjgfrthfNfg] of KoVRO over t hi? t h? xih.i 1111 liusslan* s/Otrl taken. At the vve.it the i;< im ins cap? tor, ii fifteen gggdroe1 ertooners north* e*st of Lorette. French attacks at Prlestwald hire BOOS n pulsed. The French are attain gg the offensive In the Fecht valley. (VeggJSfgJ The fjotf* mans lost a Irene*1 gggj Motget il. The French 11r raid on the Ithlue val? ley Inllh log only slight damage. RXPKRTS I:\AMIM: Nl llltVskW Hlg Hole Tom Through Steel Plate or Bau Liverpool. May 29.?Kxamlnntl o of the hull of the Nebraskun was khV gun today by representatives of tho United States and Hritish experts. The whole bow was almost torn to plccos by a hole through the steel plating "big enough to put a freight car through," as declared by Captain Green. On account of the nature of the damage many now believe that the ship ran head on upon a floating mine. Just as many others staunchly support the submarine theory. TH?STE SET ON raus. I Damage to Auwtrtans?War Craft In Adriatic. Milan, May 29.?It Is reported that a portion of Trieste is burning, being fired by tho mobs who cut off the wa? ter supply. The Austrlans in the Chlese valley ar? retreating. Delated reports of naval operations ' In the Adriatic atato that an Austrian submarine was badly damaged by an Italian destroyer. A turbine was sunk I by its own crew near Pola to avoid > capture by the Italians. The naval casualties number over two hundred. ! Several Austrian destroyers have ; been damaged, j - i ITALIAN ADVANCE CONTINUES. Suei-esees Gained In All Engagement ?Trieste I-oft to Mercy of Mobs. Rome, May 29.?The Italian ad? vance into Austria continues success? ful at every point. It Ih reported that tho Austrian authorities have left Trieste to the mercy of turbulent mobs. The Italian troops have cross? ed the Isonzo river and are pushing on toward Monfalcone, after a severe artillery battle on the Isonzo heights. Infantry fighting on a largo scale Is developing southeast of Oorizla. The Italians have occupied Storo and stormed the Austrian defenses of Mount Tremal/.o, from which place trioy aro bombarding Itlva, on tho north shore of Lake Garda. INlWXTItY ATTACKS ( EASE. While Loot Soldlers Hest Cannon Con? tinue Battle. Paris, May 29 (OlTlclal).?The Ger? mans havo ceased their infantry at? tacks at Lorttte and begun a heavy bombardment. The French have pro? gressed oast to Aix Noulette and the SoucheH road. Tho French have cap? tured a German trench at Fontaine Madam (Argonnes). A terrilic battle betw >en Arras and Labassee continues unabated. Ml ST MARK VESSELS PLAINLY. Germany Asks Tliat Neutrals Illumi? nate Markings so That So Mistake Can tx? Made. Washington, May 29.?A warning |0 American vessels to plainly mark their neutral character and brilliantly Illuminate stub markings at night while in |1m war zone about Great Britain ami suggested to Ambassador Qatnfd by the German foreign omen ai a result of the torpedoing of the Qulfllffht, was announced in a formal it. inent by the State department to? day. The submarine commander re , ported that In- was unable to identify the Gulflifrht. Ti t TONS ATTACK I'ltZEMYSL. RvaaflMM Maintain Lines, which are Siibjist to Attack. Vienna. May If,?The Teutons he Kan the bombardment or the torts de? fending I'r/emvsl on Wednesday. The Rusalans ?tili maintain traffic between Praemysl ami Lambert*, but their Hue si btlni attacked. Stop Shipments from Sweden. Mock holm) May Sweden today issued a Saaras prohlbltlm the export of cotton. Turks Lose Heavily. Athens, May 29.?Tho Turkish casualties in the lighting at the Oar TELLS PEOPLE TO WAIT ON AC? TION or THE PRESIDENT IN CRISIS. Says That Wilson Note to Germany Wus MasiiM'pioi'e Showing Attitude of Neutral Countries and Has Won Unqualified Approval. ColumMn, May SI.?In reply to a telegram, Gov. Manning has addressed the following message to the Wash? ington Post relative to the reply by the German government to the United States: "Gentlemen: In view of the re? lations between this country and the Imperial German Government, I strongly urge calmness and modera? tion on our people. President Wil? son's note to Germany was a master j piece. It has defined clearly the po? sition of neutral countries and has won their unqualified approval. This 1 i attitude will be adhered to by them. Germany's reply will be wisely dealt with by the president, and I call on our people to wait patiently1 and calm? ly on the president. The president will have information on which to act and our interests and our honor are t < safe In his hands." CONVICTS PANAMA MERCHANT. Federal Jury Brings In Verdict Against Salas, Accused In Connec? tion With Tobacco Heal. ?????? New York, May 28.?Jacob U Salas, a Cuban tobacco merchant, indicted with John Hurke, former manager of the Panama railways commissary de? partment, Ricardo Bermudez, another merchant, on a charge of conspiring to defraud the government in connec? tion with tobacco contracts, was found guilty in federal court here today. Sentence was not pronounced. Although they were indicted joint? ly, tho court granted separate trials for tho men. liurke became a witness for tho government at the Salas trial and is is said will escape pnnJ?-.hme-?K Tho Jury reached its verdict a half hour after Judge Hunt had delivered his charge. ISarller in the day tho defense introduced further testimony intended to prove that tho govern? ment was not defrauded when John Hurke accepted $20,000 commissions In purchasing supplies from Salas ami after calling several character wit? nesses for Salas, rested its case. HANK ON PAYING BASIS. Richmond Reserve Institution Helped by Carolinas. Washington. May 28.?It has be? come known that the Richmond Fed? eral reserve bank has been placed on a paying basis and has enough funds on hand over and above operating ex? penses to pay a 3 per cent dividend for the first six months of Its existence, WhlOh is at the rate of C per cent, a year. The Richmond bank is the only one in the whole system which has accom? plished this, and the principal expla? nation Is the large amount of profi? table business It has done with the oanks of tho two Carolinas. AMERICAN STEAMER SUBMA? RINED. Savannah Owned Ship Torpedoed and Sank Off French (oast. Havre, M i. SI.?The steamer Dixi ana, from Savannah for Swansea, was sunk today 1 y a German submarine olT the French coast. The ship was owned by tho Strong Steamship Com-' pany of Savannah, Ga. MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES. President Wilson Spoke at Arlington ?Official Holiday. Washington, May 31.?Government machinery was halted today while of? ficials and employes celebrated Me? morial day. President Wilson spoke at Arlington. danelles la estimated at sixty thous? and. British Lose Another Steamer. London. May 89. -The British Steamer Bthlop has been submarined and sunk. Pope Will Abide at Rome. Koine. May 2!'.? Reports that the Pope would leave Home because Italy had entered the war were denied at the Vatican today. Capture Austrian Aeroplane. Koni.-, m iv 29, The Italian war? ship llrlndl w.is attacked by an Aus man aeroplane, but was not damaged, The aircraft lied before two Italian airships, An Austrian aeroplane on Adriatic coast was captured yesterday. 1 CAPTAL CITY MEWS. PINEWOOD ANNEXATION COM? MISSION Fits APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR, Tom Grieo Reprieved From Death Un? til August Ith by Manning?Beere? tary of War Says Shortage in Equip? ment Has lleen Satisfactorily Ad? justed and $?0,000 la Now Available for Militia. Columbia, May 31.?Governor Man? I ning has appointed the following as i commissioners In re the proposed an? nexation of Fulton township, the Pine wood section of Clarendon Coun? ty, to Sumter eounty: L. N. Brough ton, R. C. Richardson, Jr., Paul B. j Hodge, George Tindal, all from the section interested. The Governor has reprived until August 4, the sentence of death passed on Tommy Grice, who was to have been electrocuted tomorrow. The reprelve wag for tho purpose of allowing the whole case to go before the board of pardons. Secretary Of War Garrison in a let? ter to Gov. Manning says the proper ! ty shortage having been satisfactorily I adjusted, the order holding up the al? lotment of federal funds for the Na? tional Guard of this State has been re? voked and the funds are now availa? ble. This will make some $60,000 available for the use of the militia of South Carolina. ITALY. HAS BROKEN FAITH. German Imperial Chancellor Touches on Rome's Entrance Into the War. ; Berlin, (via London) May 28.?Dr. Von Bethman-Hollweg, the German Imperial chancellor, in a speech in the Reichstag today, touched on Italy's entrance into rhe war. "Italy," said the chancellor, "has inscribed in the book of the world's history, in letters of blood which will never fade', her violation of faith. No? body threatened Italy?neither Aus .tr^-Hungary nor' Germany. Wheth? er the Triple Entente was content with blandishments alone, history will show later. "Without a drop of blood flowing or the life of a single Italian being en? dangered, Italy could have secured tho long list of concessions which I recently road to the house?territory in. Tyrol and on the lsonzo as far as Italian speech is heard, satisfaction of her national aspirations |n Trieste, u freo hand in Albania and the valuable port of Avlona. i "Wo left Rome in no doubt that an Italian attack on the Austro-Hun garian troops would also strike Ger? many." GREENVILLE CHIEF DIES. Oflicer Who Cleaned up City Succumbs to Wounds. Greenville, May 30.?James E. Hol combe, chief of police, the man who "cleaned up Greenville," died sud? denly at 11 o'clock tonight from wounds inflicted May 11 by Walter White, a supposedly insane man. Chief Holcomhe, who was shot In both thighs while trying to climb through a window and disarm White, the latter having already shot and seriously Wounded Patrolman Martin Bridgea, was supposed to be resting well ami making splendid progress toward re? covery. Shortly before the final at? tack the chief had been receiving call? ers. About 11 o'clock he rang for an orderly. When the latter arrived he found the chief unconscious. Death followed within a few minutes. Formation of a clot of blood was be? lieved to be the cause of his death. White, who was wounded by Ser? geant Cooksey after having shot tne two police officers, is ?tili In the hos? pital. Chief Holcomhe, known as a most efficient offleer in ids campaign against vice in Greenville) hail been head of the police force since 1911 and hau been in the service of the city police department since 1896, He was born in the upper part of Greenville coun? ty 13 yean ago. He came here as a carpenter. He became jailer under Sheriff Gllrcath and later joined the police force, with Which he had been connected ever since. Chief Holcomhe leaves a wife ami four children. He Is survived also by one brother and two sisters. Automobile Race Starts. Indianapolis, .May 31. ?Under the worst weather condition) hte Fifth In? ternational live hundred mile automo? bile race started at 10 o'clock this morning. At the end of one hundred and llfty miles, liesta was leading, with Depalma a close second. Depalma is now leading. Fuller Details Show That Czar's Forces Cap? tured 14 Guns and 17,000 Prisoners on San River in Galicia. , ITALIAN SUCCESSES CONTINUE; FORCES SWFEP ON TO TRENTE Bombarding Forts in Carnia Mountains a' / oshing Austrians Backwards at All Points?Teutor Lost Heavily Since Italians Began War?Battle ifas Waging Furi? ously?Allies' Aviators Meet wi' ^ access in Attack on German Aerodrome at Gontrod c irks Have Been Rein* forced From Asiatic Side. A BLUNT REJECTION. Germany Declines Aneerican Propo? sition to Limit Warfare. Washington, May 81.??The State de? partment completed the decoding of the German answer to the president's note at 10 o'clock this morning. The text cabled from Berlin was practical ? ly correct, except in the matter of the charges by the Germans that the Lusi tania was known to carry mounted guns below decks. The official text states that Germany is informed that , the Lusitania undoubtedly carried these guns. The official text states bluntly that Gemany rejects the ["American proposition for the Uml ; tation of warfare proposed under the i German and British blockade orders." LOOKOUT FOR A TRAP. ?Italian Invasion of Austria is Too Fasy to Be Natural. Borne, May 31.?Despite the bad weather the Italians continue the in? vasion of Trent-ino unchecked. The Austrian forts in the Carnia moun tain?rare beinjj bombarded. The ItaL tans ar?> threatening the oefensive j works in Gail \ alley and are besieging Malberghetto in the St. Valentine val? ley. Another Italian army is advanc? ing through Racellona valley and threatening Predil pass. ITALIANS SWEEPING ON. Austrian Losses in First Week of War Quite Henry. Geneva, May 31.?The Austrian losses in the first week of the war with Italy are reported to have been fifty-eight hundred and three thous? and captured. The Teutonic forces on the Italian frontier are estimated at six hundred and sixty-live thousand. Thus far th??y have only offered a feoble resistance. The Italians today are sweeping through the Oglio val? ley, north of Lake Isso. . BATTLE OF ARRAS. Fighting Continues With Unabated Ferocity. HParis, May 51.?The great battle north of Arras continues with unabat? ed ferocity. Southeast of Neuville and St. Vaast the French advanced a Quar? ter of a mile. Russians Report Victory. Petrograd, May SI.?Later dis? patches increase the magnitude of the Russian victory in the region of Sieni awa, on the San* river, north of Jaros lau. Fourteen guns and seven thous? and prisoners were captured. The Russians drove the Germans back across the San to the south of Lubac and Zowka. -> Gorman Reply Erosive. New York, May 31.?The newspa? pers editorially view Germany*! an? swer to President Wilson's note as evasive, quibbling and an attempt to gain time. Several predict that it "won't satisfy the American people." Successful Aeroplane Raid. Amsterdam. May 31.?Forty-four German soldiers wire killed and thirty wounded by the raid of the Al? lies' aviators on the German aero? drome at Gontrode, between Ghent and Brussels, on Sunday. Turks Reinforced. Constantinople, May 31.?The Turks who have been reinforced on Asiatic side are bombarding the Allies' po? sitions north of Sede Hahr. Would Change War Rules. Berlin, May 31.?-That Germany In the exchange of diplomatic notes with the Pnlted dates over the submarine warfare and the destruction of the Lusitania is looking Into the future, expecting to establish the foundation tor a readjustment of international 4 of warfare is the expressed opin of many officials today. They be i.eve that submarines cannot be regu* lated by the laws of the past. COTTON SUPERIOR TO WOOD. As Material for Flags and Decorative Bnuting. Washington, May 28.?Cotton has has been officially declared superior to wool as a material for flags and dec? orative bunting. This announcement has just been made by the treasury department af? ter exhaustive tests, and the fact is sure to have an important influence upon the requisitions of the various departments of the government for supplies for the next fiscal year, be? lt is left within the discretion of ginning July 1, 1915. officials to order either material, but as cotton has been so authoritatively pronounced better and is undeniably cheaper one may easily guess what the average official will do In the face of urgent suggestions from his super? iors that every feasible econoj should be practise*! at a time likjj present * The tests were made by actual com? parative use of the two materials on United States revenue cutters and simultaneously by laboratory process? es at the bureau of standards In this city. SUBMARINE SEEN NEAR NE? RR ASK AN. Mate of Schooner Sighted Undersea - eraft Few Hours Before American Vessel. i Crookhaven, Iremland, May 30 (via London).?The mate of the schooner June Rose, which has arrived here, reports that the crew saw a sub? marine late Tuesday, a few hours be? fore the American steamer Nebraskan was seriously damaged by an explo? sion. The June Rose was in sight of the submarine from 20 to 30 min? utes after Oral sighting the under? water boat west of Fastnet.. The schooner later saw the Nebraskan Hying the American flag. United Stales Consul Skinner at London has telegraphed here for all available information concerning the presence of submarines in the vicinity of the Nebraskan. LEAVE FOR REUNION. Governor and Staff Depart on Special Tonight. Columbia, May 31.?Gov. Manning and his military staff will leave to? night on the "governor's special," by the Atlantic Coast Lane railroad, for Richmond, to attend the annual re? union of the United Confederate Vet? erans: W. \'\ Moore, adjutant gen? eral, will ecc-jmpany the governor. Thursday Gov. Manning and Gen. Moore will go to Washington for a conference with war department offi? cials concrening the South Carolina militia situation. An effort will be made to have the federal appropria? tion restored. The special train will leave Colum? bia at 10 o'clock and arrive in Jtieh mond tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. SUIT AGAINST FRANK. Mary Phngan's Mother Bring* Action for Da mages. Atlanta, May It.?Leo M. Frank, under sentence of death for the mur? der of Mary Phagan, and James Con ley, a negro, who is serving 12 months' imprisonment as an acces? sory to the crime, were summoned as witnesses today in the fio.ooo dam? age suit of the Phagan girl's mother, Mrs. J. W. Coleman, against the Na? tional Pencil fa-lory, i" which the girl was killed. The men are cited to appear before the commissioner next Wednesday. t ^,