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I III Mchm&ti urn) tn* ?UHTKK WATCHMAN, CMublUluyl April, 18*0. "Be Just and Fear not?Lot all the ends Thon Alma't at he thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." ton. THE TRUE SOUTHRON, E*t?bll*hed Jone, ISM. Consolidated Aug. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. 0.. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1916. Vol. XL. No. 31. ? 1 Lemberg is Now Projective Point oi the German Army Russians Moving Departments of Govern? ment and Preparing to Evacuate City as Teutonic Forces Approach. RUSSIAN SUCCESS ON THE SAN RIVER Two German Armies Advancing on City, One From South and Other From Northwest, While Trainloads of Am? munition Are Being Rushed to Scene Au^trians Have Turned on Their Faces and Are Now Attacking Invaders, Attempting to Drive Them Back ? French Have Made Gaina in Arras Region. Hl SM ANS LEAVE LEMHEKG. I(iia*1mii ? KYt? ImI l>op?rtiiiont<s Mo\c to Oilier IMttce*. Zurich. Hwttserland. June 4.?The Russian* are preparing to evacuate Lemberg, according to advices receiv? ed here today. Several departments of the Russian government established at Ilmberg have been removed to Zlocsow, 40 miles east. WUI Act In Concert. Tokio. June 4 (Official).?An? nouncement was mads today that no independent action in connection with the Kuropean war would be taken by Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy or Japan. MA1U HIN?. ON LEMHFRG. Two threat German Armies are Ad? vancing on City from South nnd Vienna, June 4.?The Teutonic foreee have started a great drive against Lemberg. The huge army of Ma*k*aae*w which* stormed 1'rsemxjd yeeotrday is now moving eastward. Von Llnsengen'e army, which cross? ed the Dniester, is moving on Lem? berg from the south and has reached Mikolajof, .IG miles from Ilmberg. Numberless train loads of artillery and ammunition are being rushed to? ward the Gallclan fort. KuwilAn Success on San River. Petrograd. June 4.?It Is officially admitted that the Russians have evacuated Prsemysl. The Russians have defeated the Teutons on the low? er Han In the vicinity of Rudnlk, cap? turing four thousand men and a quan? tity of munitions. They claim to have pierced the Teuton line there. It la reported that the Russians have captured Rusau, south of Libau and that another Russian column Is ad? vancing on 1*1 hau from the north. Swedish Steamer Submarined. London. June 4.?The Swedish steamship I-appland has been sunk by a German submarine In the North aea off Petehead. The crew were saved. Daitlfch Ship Submarined. I?ondon. June 4.?The Oanish sail? ing whip Salvator from Copenhagen for Hiist..i has been submarined In the North sea. The crew were saved. Itiiv- mis Make Mund. retrograd. June 5.?The Russians in great force have in ide a stand along the Dniester river thirty miles south of Ilmberg. A terrific battle Is now raging. The Russians admit that their troops operating between StrvJ and Tysmlenlca rivers base retreated but attempts of the Germans to dislodge them from their positions on the Dniester have been repulsed with heavy losses. Russians taking sever? al hundred prisoners and many ma? chine guns. The Germans on the Rabor river front ha\e resumed the bointitirdmonl a4 Oasewteea with heavy guns. Zeppelins are dropping pois? onous ga* bombs on the Russians near the Hsura and Rawka rivers. The ?? ermann me retreating along the low? er Han, west of Rudnlk. Frem lt steamier Submarined. iire?t. June 6.?Tiw i'n n? h ateanv ship Penflehl. from Naples for t'ar dlff. wus submarined In the P.nglish i bannel t? ??I.i . 'I'll. ires was saved. Italian^ l ighting Hard. Rome, June 5.?The hardest fight? ing that has yet o< < un d btlWMg Ihe Italians and Austrian* is r.? : . afwnW Mattftemoi north or the nonec river. Though the summit Is In the powwenslon of the Italians the An. trians are holding strong positions. The Italians are pouring fresh IronpS and artillery Into the buttle. Attil lery duels am raging along the Alps and Fruill frontier. The Austrian forts of Luzerna and Spitzverlc have been silenced. Wast of Lake Qarda the Italians have occupied Mamacone and Valmorhia. In the Carnlce Alps the Italians are fighting to open a way to Tolmein. New Fleet Commander. Paris, June 5.?Admiral Nicol suc? ceeds to the supreme command of the French fleet at the Dardanelles. The Germans have again shelled Verdun hut with small damage. Austrian* Evacuate Roverto. Rome, Juno 5.?It is reported that the Austrians have evacuated Roverto, after practically destroying the city. Austrian** Shift Forees. Geneva, June &.?The Austrians are shifting their artillery and troops from the eastern front to the south for use aganlst the Italians, especial? ly in the direction of Trieste. The Austrians are stubbornly defending the ?oads to Tolwolnv TJhe Austrian* In the Southwest are running short of ammunition and the soldiers are be? coming mutinous. Turks \handnn Trans Caucasus. Tiflls, June 5.?The Turks are shift? ing all available troops and guns from the Trans Caucasus to th< defense of Constantinople and the Dardanelles. submarines Sink Fourteen. I^ondon. June 5.?Nine British and five neutral vessels were sunk by Ger? man submarines during the last forty el^ht hours. Battle on Gulllpoll. Athens, June 5.?A combined gen? eral assault upon the Turks on the Gallipoli peninsula has been begun Try the Allies. After twelve hours of hard fighting the Australians drove the Turks from Krithla heights. Battle Raging at Arras. Paris, June f? (Official).?The Ger? mans who ha^'e been reinforced have launched violent counter attacks around Souchese sugar factory, but were repulsed. A German advance post near Souchesc was captured. The great battle north of Arras is still Paging. - Zcfi|>cltitH HhUI England. London, June 5.?German airmen again raided the eastern and southern coast of England last night. Bombs were dropped at several points. It is officially stated that small material damage was done. PESSIMISM IN BERLIN. Gagggggj \ewspa|m>rs S?*e Clouds on llorl/ou. j Ixmdonj, June 5.?"The German new spapers," Hays t'ae Exchange Tele? graph's Amsterdam correspondent, "while admitting that the fall of I'r/emysl is a satisfactory achieve? ment, warn the public against attach? ing exaggerated Importance to It, de? claring this event Is overshadowed by lha threatening situation created by the attitude of the 1'nited States, liou manla ami Bulgaria. "Private messages from Berlin are pessimist ic and a rupture with t 1?h three countries hi feared at an early date." RAILROAD III VIM I S INCREASE. Vet Fa minus for April Much Larger Thau I a a Year. Washington, Jtins I, The interstate Commerce Commission publishes In its report today that a hundred and fifty-three principal railroads show an average not revenue per mils of ;?7 for the month of April agalnal |I.fl last yoar, VILLI WANTS PEACE. VILLA-ZA RATA FACTION ACTS WITHOUT SANCTION. Carran/a Representatives Said to Have Been Approached on Question of Peuco. Washington, June 6.?Informal ef? forts?as yet without official sanc? tion?are being made by Mexicans identified with the Villa-Zapata I movement in Mexico to bring about a reconciliation with the Carranza faction with the view of establishing a government that could claim rec? ognition by the United States. Elizao Arrendondo, Washington representa? tive Of Gen. Carranza, today received I a message from a Carranza consul on the border saying he had been ap? proached by a Villa official, speaking presumably with authority, to learn what could be done to Initate peace negotiations. The message was for? warded without comment by Arren? dondo, to Vera cYuz, to Gen. Car? ranza. "I can make no comment," said Arrendondo tonight. Enrique C. Llorente of the Vlla Zapata coalition said he had no offi? cial advices that any peace parleys had begun and believed prelimi? naries in this connection would be arranged through his agency. He. so* ho had received tonight a tele um from Miguel Diaz Dombardo, sev etary of state of the Villa-Zapata^ government, in which the latter an? nounced his departure from Chihua? hua for I^eon to confer with Gen. Villa on the general situation. American Red Cross officials are rapidly putting into effect their plans for relieving starving Mexican non combatants. An army transport will leave Galveston, Texas, for Vera Cruz tomorrow with a large consign? ment of corn and beans for Mexico, arrangements having been made for safe passage of the supplies through the Carranza agents. On its return trip the _ transport wtlT bring'back * any Americana ' fcg? other foreigners who may have reached Vera Cruz from the interior and who desire to leave the country. Hrlg. Gen. Devol, general manager of the Red Cross, left today for the Texas border to direct the handling of relief sypplies. There was a disposition at both the Carranaa and Villa agencies here to treat the subject of peace treaties 'with much cautiort, as neither of the representatives proposed to know how his respective chief will view the subject. Informally, however, some Car? ranza ofllcials expressed their own opinion that the effort of the Villa elements to make peace was a con? fession of military failure, and the coming disintegration of their move? ment. Officials of the Washington govern? ment decline to comment on the sit? uation. MONEY FOB MILITIA. [War Department Anxious to Help Out. Washington, June B.?The war de? partment gave further evidence today of its willingness to help Gen. W. W. Moore and Gov. Manning to reestab? lish the State militia when Adjt. Gen. Moore was assured that not only would permission be given to re? organize and reestablish the medical corps but that money would also be furnished for a five days' cruise for each of the four divisions' of the State's naval militia. The medical corps will be reorgan? ized under the provision of a recent circular issued by the war department which gives the head of the depart? ment of militia affairs authority to 'iso his own discretion in such mat ters. The money for this, as well as for the naval cruise, will be used from the $400,000 emergency fund recently provided by congress. Gen. Moore was delighted with his Visit here and before leaving for Co? lumbia tonight said that he was now assured that both branches of the State's militia, would be equal in strength ami efficiency to any other State in a very short time. NOTE (JOES TONIGHT, President Wilson's Rejoinder Lost Nothing nf Vigor by Delay. Washington. Juno 7.?President Wilson's second note to Germany on the sinking of the Lusltanla Is ready to he put into cipher and may go to? night. The presldenl and cabinet ex? ercised the utmost care In Its prepara? tion. It Is stated the rejoinder lost nothing of its Vigorous terms by the deli y. PEACE WITHOUT INTERVENTION VILLA AND Z A PAT A FORCES ARE READY FOR CONCILIATION. Pinns of Red Cross to Aid Starving Mexicans Completer?Army Trans? port to Carry Corn and Beans. Washington, Juno 7.?Official re- I ports that persons high in the coun? cils of Villa and Zapata factions have made formal efforts to sound out the attitude of Carranza toward a recon? ciliation today encouraged the admin? istration in the hope that a way will he found to restore peace in Mexico without intervention. Tiie Red Cross association plans to relieve all starving Mexicans are prac? tically complete. An army transport (is leaving QalVOOton today for Vera [Cruz with n cargo of corn and beans. VILLA MEETS DEFEAT. Rattle in Leon Results in Complete Defeat. El Paso, June 7.?Gen. Villa's army after being defeated by the Constitu? tionalists south of Leon are, fleeing into the State of Jailisco. PUERTO RICANS PROTEST. flOOident of United Suites Asked to I Appoint Commission to Conduct In | vcstlgatlon. Washington, June G.?President Wilson was urged in a petition car? ried to the White House today by a committee representing the free fed? eration of working men of Puerto Rico to appoint a commission to in? vestigate labor conditions in the is? lands. It was represented that "the rights, the liberties and the lives of the masses of the people of Puerto Rico are placed in jeopardy by the mal-administration of the laws." Sampel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in? dorsed the petition and accompanied the committee members, Santiago Is leaftSfeand Private MarUntz. The Puerto Ricans declare workers on sugar and tobacco plantations were underpaid; that the island police force had been used to oppress them; that the right of assembly and of free speech and to strike had been denied; that attempts had been made to min? imize the teaching of the English lan? guage; that more than 200,000 chil? dren of school age had been left with? out school accommodations; and that appropriations for school had been cut down to lessen the taxes on the rich. The petition asked that congress give the island a now constitution and that Puerto Iticans be mad6 citizens of the United States. RETURNS BY BANK ISSUED. Corporations Must File Necessary Statements With Collector During July. Columbia, June 7.?Pankers in South Carolina are considerably inter? ested in the returns to be made by banking corporations during the month of July, 191f>, upon capital, sur? plus and undivided profits. A mimeo? graph letter sent out recently from the office of the collector of internal reve? nue would give the impression that these returns were required to be In on or before July 1, 1915, but in view of decisions based upon the instruc? tions printed on the forms sent the banks, it Is held that the banks, etc., are not required to file their returns until after the end of the current fis? cal year, ending June 30, 1915; that is, they can file their statements any time during the month Of July, as the ta.x is based on capital, surplus and undivided profits for that period. These Statements, however, must he received by the collector during that month. WILL HEAR SOLICITOR. Dorscy to Appear In Frank Case Atlanta, June (!.?Gov. Slaton has granted a request of Solicitor Dorsey to be heard in opposition to the com? mutation of the (bath sentence of Leo M. Frank "in the event the Frank case cairn to the governor's official notice." This statement was made by Gov. Bluton tonight. The r ank case is in the hands of the State prison commission, which is expected to make its recommenda? tions to the governor this week. So? licitor Dorsey did not appear before the commission, but submitted a writ ter statement, opposing commutation. Solicitor Dorsey tonight declined to discuss reorts that, there are in his possession a number of petitions op? posing ( leniency, which he would pre? sent to the governor. GREATEST ARTILLERY DUEL Allies and Teutons Exchange Aerial Incur? sions Into Each Other's Territory, Caus? ing Great Damage to Opponents. Russians Try to Hold the Enemy Back AT ARRAS THE BATTLE BETWEEN GIANT CANNON IS FIERCEST YET EXPERIENCED IN THAT SPHERE OF WAR?GERMANS RE? PORTER REPULSED AT MANY POINTS?IN EAST GERMANS HAVE FORCED PASSAGE OVER DNE1STER RIVER, DESPITE DESPERATE RESISTANCE OF CZAR'S FO J?GEN LINZEN GEN DRIVING RUSSIANS RACK IN GAr 0 .?IN SOUTH ITAL? IANS ARE STILL PROGRESSING, THOU /LOWLY, WTH ENE? MY FIGHTING AT EVERY STEP. jf GREAT ARTILLERY BATTLE. Big (inns Used In tho Battle North of Arras. Paris, Juno 7, (Official).?Tho g artillery duel, a part of the rr battle that is raging north of An?.s, I has developed into the most terrilfic j combat of big guns yet seen in the west. Gorman general counter at j tacks on Souchesc have been repulsed. The French made gains today in their attacks against the Labyrinth south? east of Neuville St. Vaast. The French are vigorously attacking in the Aisne jvalley and Argonnes. AERIAL RAID DESTRUCTIVE. Five Killed and Forty Wounded on English Coast by Bombs from Ger? man Dirigibles. London, June 7.?One of the most damaging aerial raids yet launched j by the Germans swept the east coast of England last night. Many fires were started from the incendiary bombs. It is known that five are kill i od and forty wounded by the bombs. ALLIES ^ RAID GERMANS. ^ Zeppelin Brought Dow n in Aerial Bat - sie?German Stations Damaged. London, June 7.?A German Zeppe? lin was brought down and destroyed in an air fight between Ghent and Brussels this morning. British avia? tors bombarded and set fire to the German hangers at Evro, north of Brussels. The Allies' a-eroplanos also ! greatly damaged the German supply ! station at Valenciennes. RUSSIANS FIGHT AGAINST ODDS. They Are Making Desperate Efforts to Cheek German Advance. Petrograd, June 7.?While the Teu? tonics under Gen. von Linzengen are hammering tho Russian right along the Dniester, Galicia, the Russian center is fighting desperately to strike a flank blow against Gen. MacKen zien's main army. North of Stryj river In the region of Roswadow tho Teutons have begun a mighty bom? bardment of the Russian linos in an attempt to cross the Dniester. Tho enemy seems to have an unlimited supply of ammunition. The Russians from Przemysl are making a stand northeast of Mosciska and northwest of Cromek, where a groat artillery battle is raging. Many Prisoners Captured. Berlin. June 7 (Official).?Tho Teu? ton! captured thirty-four thousand Russians when Przemysl fell. Gen. von Linzengen has forced tho passage of the Dneiater river near Zaravno after furious fighting, capturing thirteen hundred Russians. The Ger? mans are again on the offensive In tho Vicinity of Bukowina, taking over throe thousand Russians at Windau river. At the west the French attacks at ljoretto, Vaquors and Bolaaoni have been repulsed. CONTEST XG EVERY INCH. Italian Invasion of Austria Becomes a Stubborn Battle. Rome, Juno 7.?The Italian troops advancing via tho AdlgO valley are now within artillery range of Tronte. Tho battle In the valley of Isonzo be? tween Caporet and Tolmonc, is un? abated. Both sid \s have been rein? forced. Further south the Italians are also meeting with obstinate resistance, between Gorizia and Monfalcone. The Austrians are acting sparingly with ammunition. GERMANS PROMISE INVESTIGA? TION. Attack on American steamship No hiasUan Will he Subject of Olficial Inquiry. Washington, June 7.?The State de Df ^ /it reports the receipt of a ca > on from Ambassador Gerard at .in stating that the German ad * ^.ralty has promised to investigate .he torpedoing of the American ship Nebraskan off Fastnet, Ireland. RUSSIAN CRUISER SUNK. German Submarine Operating In the HalUe Sea. Berlin, June 7 (Official).?The Rus? sian cruiser Amur was sunk in the Baltic Friday by a German submarine. The Amur is listed as a mine layer. Heavy damage was done by Zeppelins on the east and southeast coast of England Friday night. Lemberg Will Fall. Copenhagen, June 7.?News dis? patches today assert that the Teutonic army is within ten miles of Lemberg. The fall of Lemberg is expected in the immediate future. Roumanian Army Moblailed. Athens, June 7.?It is reported t at the king of Roumania has signed a decree ordering the general mobiKza Ition of the army. Turks Announce Victory. Constantinople, June 7 (Official).? The Turks have defeated the Allies near Sed el Bahr, driving the enemy back to old position with heavy loss] Russo-German Naval Battle. Petrograd, June 7 (Official).?In the naval battle in the Baltic a Rus? sian transport and three German steamships were sunk. A big naval battle is imminent. Two English Ships Submarined. London, June 7.?The British steamship Star of West was subma? rined off Peterhead. The crew was paved. The British Bark Sunlight .wae submarined off the Irish coast. The crew was saved. I-Yonch Cruiser Sunk. Paris, June 7.?The French mine layer Casabianca has been sunk in the Aegean sea by the Turk?3. BIG WAR DEMONSTRATION. , Ruoharest, Roumania Favors Inter? vention on Side of Allies, Says Reu? ter's DisiKitch. London, June G.?Router's Buchar? est correspondent telegraphs that a great demonstration was held there today In favor of Roumanian interven? tion in the war in support of the sl lies. About 30,000 persons marched jto the Italian legation, where speech? es were made eu'ogizing Italy. In the afternoon partisans of Alexander Marghiloman, the Conservative lead? er, together with Socialists organized I a counter-demonstration. At a meeting of the executive com? mittee of the Conservative party the attitude of M. Marghiloman in favor of Germany was discussed. After a long debate the majority condemned his leadership of the party. M. Mar? ghiloman thereupon left the meeting, followed by his supporters. A meeting of the whole party has been called for tomorrow under the wing of the party favorable to the allies. -?-" I A HUMOR OF SFA FIGHT. For Six Kuan Sounds of C annonading Come to Stockholm. London. June 7.?The Dally Tele? graph Copenhagen correspondent says: "It is reported fro n Stockholm that a naval battle occurred Saturday near Got hi: nd For six hours a violent cannonade wa ? beard from a south easte \y direction, and for a long time tan i *_'<? to II shots were heard every miniaat" .^ii