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"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
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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,
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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
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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.
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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 ^,