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e man cm? outljron. ffU ?SM'I'KK WATCHMAN, Established April, 1W0. "Be Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Alma't at be thy Country's, Thy God'a and Trutfc'a." THE TKCE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. 0., SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1915. Vol. XL. No. 47. Russians Reported to Have Gained About 12 Miles Along Front in Poland and Hope to Save Warsaw. Terrific Fighting in Progress With Both Sides Using Gigantic Guns?Evacuation of Gorizia Has Commenced by Aus? trian*, Who Hp 'e Lost Heavily in Hard Fighting?Danes Suffer Loss of Three More Steamers and Swedes One by German Submarines?Police Force Surrounds the United States Embassy in Berlin to Prevent Demonstrations Against It. London. July 27.?Oerman sub? marines sunk or burned ten vessels today. Including the Norwegian achooner llnrbo and tho Danish ?teamer Nogill. Rrttlsh < aNualty List. London. July 27.?British military caaualtlea up to July 18th totalled III.189. It hau been annnounced. The naval caaualtlea are 9.106, Including killed, wounded and missing. Britto? Note Withheld. Washington. July 27.?The State department at the request of British Foreign Minister Grey will not make public the British note on neutral shipping. The British cabinet Is pre? paring another note which will he forwarded In shout a week. Austrian* Haid Aiwonla ( oast. Rome. July 27.?Austrian warships and aeroplanes raided the ooast about a i rofda. officials claim that tho da mag* was smalt. It I'NM ANS H KG AI N GROINI). II HISS San Driven Hack In Poland? Terrible IUI tie Raging. Petrograd. July 28.?The Russians ara now on the offensive along the en ttra, Ha% -ks Poland. The DermaM hswa baen compelled to retire live to twalv? miles at various points and hope la growing hourly that Warsaw Will ba saved. The German casual tlea are estimated at thirty-five thous? and In the past four days. The con? flict on the Narew front rages with? out caaaatlon night and day. Exports aaaert that Germany has all available men on the firing line and will he un? able to bring up raaervcM Five thous? and guns are In action. both aid M are using the heaviest artillery. GF.KMAN PRF.SS BI TIFIt. Government Issue* Warning to I'se Milder Tone. Berlin. July 28.?The increasing bitterness of the press against the 1'nited States led the government to warn papers today that they must use a milder torn* In discussing the note. It jnay be the middle of Aug? ust before Germany replies. Foreign Minister Von Jagow has n f'erred the Orduna Inquiry to the admiralty. Tha foreign office refused to discuss the I.eelanaw affair. VICTORY FOR ITALIANS. Austrian* Suffer I.H?rnums Loss at Gorl/la. 1 Rome, July 28.?The evacuation of Gorilla by the Austrian* is un.h r way, according to dispatches receiwd today. The evacuation of Pod^ora is aald to be a matter of only a faw hour*. The Austrian losses at both places have been ?Ofaaulal ?.l \KI> \MlltlC\N I MIIASSY. ftpnial Police Force to IVevent llos Ule lN>monst rut Ions. Amwterd no. .In|\ 'jy.?\ apt force of police are guarding the America?! embassy at Berlin in fear of hoMtlle demons? rafn.n o^-iinst Am baaaador Glrard, according in reports raaalved here. Roy* I?. Culled to Arm^. Petrograd. July 28.?All nineteen y#ar old hoys base hen culled to the colors. Three Danish Steamers Sunk. l<ondon. July 2v Three Danish ?(earners wire sunk hy German suh marlnes today. Itrltish Aalrshlp Kxpfamm !<ondi?n, July :'H ?U were killed and fifteen Injured when a British hi ahlp exploded in a shed In the Wor m - wood suf ui HwfriNIi Steamer Hunted. Copenhagen, .1 til\ The Swedish steamer Madotui t lias been horned in <ln? North Sea hy a 0TWMIII suhma Has. TWO SHUN SUBMARINED. Twenty-Six Sailors Perished Wheu Mangara Was Sunk. . London, July 29.?Twenty-six sailors' are believed to have perished when the British steamer Mangara was submarined. Five were saved. The Norweignn steamer Nordlyset [was submarined today. MAY KiNOHi: XOTK. German Tress Working Up Anti American Feeling. Berlin, July 29.?The German press is practically unanimous in advocat? ing that the government ignore the American note. The Vossiche Zei? tung, which usually speaks with au? thority, declares that the note will not be answered for some time, if at all. Th?j papers declare that America has been eliminated as a possible media? tor between the warring nations. THE STRUGGLE FOR WARSAW. Battle on Narcw Will Deride Fato of City In Forty-Eight Hours. Petrograd, July 29.?The battle that Is raging south of Narew is ex? pected to^ decide the fate of Warsaw within forty-eight hours. Tho Ger? man*. wt*u bavu been reiaiurctsi by three corps, have redoubled their at? tack while their artillery sjwlll the Ilusslau reserve stations. The efforts of Gen. Von Himlenberg to p'itch the railway, which Is the key to Warsaw, has thus far completely failed. The lighting along the upper Bug river Is developing to the advantage of the Russians, who have captured three important positions they lost Satur? day. In the Baltic provinces the German advance continues slowly. TRIUMPHAL ENTRY DELAYED. German Em|M*ror Waiting for Cap? ture Of Warsaw. Berlin, July 29.?Empress Augusta and Crown Princess Victoria, who went to the front to enter Warsaw with the German army are spending interval ot waiting in the ruined vil? lages. They met Vou Himlenberg, and when the Empress congratulated him the warrior replied that "we have done too little, but will do tie -re." French Consulate Guarded Washington, July 29.?The survey ship Tagle landed a guard for the French consulate at Cape-Ilaytion. Trawler Submarined, Crew Drowned. London, July 29.?The Trawler Dover was submarined today. The entire crew of nine were lost. Hand to Hand lighting. Paris, July II <<>thcial) In the sector around Sauche/e there were some conflicts with grenades ami pet? ards. In the Argonnes there is light? ing with bombs and torpedoes. In region ot Bagatelle we blew up nu? merous German posts. In the Vosgos, at l.ingekopf. we found two hundred de id and ft JTT+Ot quantity of muni? tions and equipment In the captured In I to s. The Germans b it four hu.idled dead in the trenches at I'ar renkopf. lurk-. Gain In Armenia. Petrograd. July 29.?It is admitted thai the Russians have been compell? ed lo fttsi niton I hslf oftensh a In Ar? r ? ma. owing to the Turks having been heavily reinforced. A^ks Pay for l<cclnnaw. Washington. July |i,<?The State dspftrtmsnf la preparing ? note asking Herman) lo pay Indemnity for the Lestaaaw, PI.I MY OF GOLD. Bank or I'niiKr MobU $8211.00(1,000 in Reserve Fund. Palis, July II I I tfflclal I It is an? nounced that the gold reserve In the Its nil of Prnnce nmounts In eight hundred and t went 3 si\ million dol lora PEACE FOR MEXICO. TRIMe DECLARED and confer ence OF generals caller. Villa and Cnrran/.a Factions Muking KaTurl to Bad Warfare and Estab? lish Stable Government?Curruniii Will Ik' Forced to Agree, El Paso, July 28.?Peace is b( lieved to be in light in war-racked Mexico. A Torreon dispatch today states that a conference between tho leading generali of the Villa and Car | ranza armies will be held there with? in a week. In the meantime a truee has boon declared. Acording to an an? nouncement made by Villa's foreign Minister Lombardo the Carranza gen? erals who are coming to the confer? ence include Obregott, Hill, Trevintf, Gonzales. Carranza's attitude is not yet known, but it is understood that if he tries to balk the peace plans his generals will desert him. * CARRANZA BLOCKS PEACE. I urf n )eafce Will Not Send Delegates to Toi Conference. Washington, July 29?Mexican pec plans received another setback today when Gen. Carranza wired the Inter? national News that he will not send delegates to the Torren peace confer* ence. Secretary Lansing announced that he was in receipt of a message from the Brazilian minister, dated Sunday, which states that famine again reigns in the city of Mexico. It sugggests that Carranza be asked to open the Vera Cruz Hallway for shipment of food. FARMERS' UNION OFFICERS. J. Frank William-. Vice President; II. T. Morrison, President?E. W. Dabbs, Declined Reelection. Columbia, July 29.?The State Farmers' Union today elected H. . T. Morrison, of McClellanville, president; J. Frank Williams, of Sumter, vice president; J. Whitoor Held. Columbia, ?secretary-treasurer: W.'M. Grain'** b of Orangeburg, executive committee man, for three years to succeed H. M. Cooper, who declined reelection. John J^. McLaurin, of Columbia, visiting fraternal delegate to the State Federation of Labor; E. W. Dabbs, the retiring president, declin? ed reelection. The selection of the meeting plac e for 1916 was left with the executive committee. RATES ON EXPORT COTTON. Commerce Commission Hands Down Decision on Freight Hates to Mo? bile. Washington, July 28.?Readjust? ment of the rates on export cotton from several States in the South to Mohlis go that they will be upon a basis that is not discriminatory in fa vore of Savannah against Mobile, and many changes in the practices of the railroads serving Mobile in relation to rules on export cotton, are con? tained In an order of the interstate commerce commission on the com? plaint of the Mobile Chamber o:' Com? merce against the carriers serving that city. The commission handed down a de? cision in, the case last November and Suggested that the railroads meet its terms by April 1, 1916. Failure of carriers to carry out this suggestion is responsible for the order which will be issued in a few days. It is said to direct the roads to comply with the terms of the decision. All the carriers serving Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi and the Carolinas Were interested in the complaint. Tin- reasonableness of the cotton export raits were attacked. The decision does mil hold them unreasonable but condemn! many of the practices of the carriers in mak? ing the rates. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT CLINTON. Bailey Brothers Buffer Loss of fifty Thousand Dollars. Clinton, July 28.??The large mer? cantile establishment of Bailey Bros., one of the oldest and strongest busi? ness concern! of the town, was com? pletely destroyed tonight by lire. The alarm was given shortly after o'clock und the lire department re* sponded promptly, but fought the flame! to no avail. The cntiie two- story building und all It! Content! Were destroyed. no good! being BttVed, No cause can be given for the fire, Tin* total loss aggregated $50,000 and WO! well insured although not being enough to cover the loss. The firm ll composed of It. U Bttl b \ and C. C. Bailey. UPHOLDS BLOCKADE RIGHT. ENGLAND'S SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE TO DEFEND SYSTEM. Will Not Allow Vessels to Ship Sup? plies Into or Away From Hostile Countries?Holdfl That Fargo Value Is Due to Continuous Voyage. London, July 28.?The now British note to the United States in the course of preparation will be an am? plification of the original contraband note which arrived in Washington Monday. It will take up the questions, which have arisen since the first note was drafted. Washington, July 2S.?Defense of i the right of belligerents to blockade a neutral port through which an en? emy is receiving supply or attempt-* ing to market his own products is the chief argument that will be made in the supplemental note Great Britain is preparing in reply to the American protest against the enforcement of the orders in council. The original note received last Monday has been withheld from publication at the re? quest of the British foreign office, pending the arrival of the supple? mental communication, expected I within a week. All other issues than that of the blockade of neutral ports, it is learn? ed, will be regarded by the British government as subsidiary and proper jfor later discussion. On recognition -by neutral governments of the prin? ciple from the British viewpoint de? pends the ability of a billigerent, which otherwise has established con? trol of the sea, to profit by the enor? mous expenditure and sacrifice which 1 made possible the control. The mat? ter is all important In the British view. Two developments not discussed in the original note will be taken up in the supplemental communication. The first is the American caveat of 'July 17 conveying the notification that the United States would not rec? ognize the orders In council jus a sub stttnte for provisions qX JnUrnAtional law. The second arose in connection with the enforced unloading in Lon? don of the cargo of the American steamer Neches June 21. The ship was en route from Rotterdam to New York with a cargo of noncontraband, mostly of Qetman and Belgian origin. The British asserted the right under their blcekr.de of Germany and that part of Belgium at present under German control to prevent any goods from: being exported, the sale of which might aid the enemy finan? cially. Because the principal British argu? ment la directed to that phase of the right of blockade which effects goods sought to be Introduced into an ene? my country. It is believed the British foreign office felt it necessary to sup? plement the original note by an argu? ment extending the claim to cover the case of goods exported from the enemy country through a neutral port. War of Seccession procedonts on the right of billigerents from the chief basis of the British argument, attention being separately called to the famous Springbok case before the United States .supreme court de? veloping the "continuous voyage" theory. Though this doctrine, which it is asserted justified a belligerent In blocking a neutral port, was strongly reaistcd by European nations, the fact that it was accepted by the Alabama claims arbitration was sufficient to make it an enduring principle of law, according to the British View. ITherefore the order In council, which ! is believed by British offlciala to be entirely In accord with that theory, will continue to be applied, although With due deference to the protection of legitimate neutral trade. Incidentally it is contended by Great Britain In Its communication that the execution of these orders in council so far has not resulted In any damage to American trade. Ac? cording to British view that trade has waxed enormously large since the be? ginning of the war, American treas? ury figures showing an increase of 1200,000,000 In exports during 1 I months, while American ocean freight has grown by 744,000 tons. Significant as Indicating the amount of American goods entering Germany and Austria, attention is directed to statements that American exports to the Netherlands have increased from $93,000,000 to $122,000,000; to Swe? den from $ 1 2.ana,(inn t,? $71,000,000; to Norway from $7,000,000 to $35, 000,000, and to Denmark from $13, 000,000 to $70,000,000, That America received a fair sup? ply of goods from Germany notwith? standing the war is shown, the Brit? ish claim, by the fact that In eight BLAME LAID ON SIX MEN. CORONER'S JURY CHARGES CALL FOR INDICTMENTS. General Manager of Company, Cap? tain of ship. Engineer, Federal in? spectors and Others Responsible Says Verdict?Closed Session Hold With Federal Officials. Chicago, July 28.?A coroner's jury tonight returned a verdict placing tr blame for the hiss of hundreds i lives by the capsizing of the ste' a Eastland in the Chicago river s* / day on six men as follows: William H. Hull, general manager ' of the Chicago-St. Joseph Steamship j company, owner of the Kastland; Capt. Harry I edersen of the East land; J. M. Friekson, engineer; Rob? ert Reid, federal inspector of steam? ships, who gave the Eastland license to carry 2,500 passengers July 2; J. C. Eekliff, federal inspector of steam? ships; W. K. Greenebaum, general 'manager of the Indian Transporta? tion-company, lessee of the Eastland. The jury recommended that these : men be held to a grand jury for in [dictment on charges of manslaughter. The jury found that the passengers were not in any way to blame for t^?> capsizing of the ship. It recom , mends further investigation by the coroner and other oiheers to deter? mine whether the men named and I others may be guilty of negligence or of contributing in any way to the cause of disaster. The six jurors selected by Coroner Hoffman to hold the inquest on the victims of the Eastland catastrophe are: Dr. W. A. Evans, formerly j health commissioner; Col. Henry A. j Allen, consulting engineer; Harry Ifolr, hotel proprietor; J. S. Keough, coffee merchant; Eugene Deifeld, ho? tel manager; W. F. Hude, wholesale grocer. t With a verdict .?.11 hut formulated, I according to the foreman, Dr. W. A. Evans, the coroner's jury early in the night called on Secretary Hedtield, George Uhler, inspector general of the steamboat inspection service, and urman, speciarsoficmr*roV the department of justice at Wash? ington, for a private conference. After these federal officers had been closet? ed with the jurors for more than two hours, the examination of witnesses was resumed. Secretary Redfield said he could not speak of what he told the coro ' ner's jury. After State's Attorney Hoyne dur ; ing the day had announced that the j county grand jury would return in? dictments against those thought tobe to blame for the capsizing of the F.astland ami had announced tonight that the action had been postponed 1 until tomorrow, he later said he had J been advised that he would not have sufficient jurisdiction to prose? cute, except for manslaughter, and that probably the jury did not have sufficient evidence to warrant them in returning such true hills. He said he would turn over what evidence he had to United States District Attor? ney (Tine, who will start placing wit? nesses before a federal grand jury in a few days . A dozen members of the Eastland's crew . -stifled before the grand jury, hut added nothing, it is said, to evi? dence adduced by Coroner Hoffman. Investigation by a federal grand jury and by the steamboat inspection service will start tomorrow. Funerals of 200 victims of the Eastland catastrophe were held to? day, while the whole city was in mourning under an official proclama? tion by Mayor Thompson. A corps of divers today followed 40 motor boats with grappling hooks I four blocks down the river in an ef? fort to lind more bodies but only two were added to the 829 Victims pre? viously recovered. More may be found when the Eastland is righted. Wreckers today started putting the ship <>n its keel, but the operation \ will be difficult, it was said. John H. Walker, president of the ' Illinois Federation of Labor, and John , Fitspatrick, president of the Chicago 1 Federation of Labor, tonight attacked Secrtary Redfleld's plan tor Investi? gation of the Bastland disaster by the steamboat Inspection service. Proper feeding of colts should al? ways be accompanied by plenty of outdoor exercise for the young ani? mal. In no way can a colt he ruined so easily and surely as by liber;.1 feed? ing Ith lack of exercise, close con? finement and the raising of good colts do not go together. months the imports from that country to the United States aggregated $86, 000,000 and it is noted also that the import of dyestuffs from Germany I was greater than the previous year. M COMMISSION LOSES. JUSTICE WATT8 MAKKS TWO ADV %H*Z RULINGS [njoncdo*^ Jmm Which Forbids Coini? *V y4 Assessing Banks? Mar f> Also Of mi?Appeal to ^ /me Court. ?b r_nblm, July 28.?The case of \^ /anks against the South Carolina / commission will he carried to the yip re me court tor a decision, accord ?tng to Thomas H. Peeples, attorney general. Decrees adverse to the com? mission were rendered yesterday by A ?aorta tu Justice Watts in two cases i brought by the People's National bank, of Greenville and a Greenwood bank. In the case of the People's Na? tional of Greenville, "in behalf of it jself and all other banks of the State," the decree ends as follows: "It is therefore ordered that the temporary restraining order hereto? fore passed be continued until the final hearing of the case. "It is further ordered that, during the pendency of this action, the de? fendants be enjoined and restrained from assuming or exercising any au? thority over the returns of assess? ments for taxation of the plaintiff hank, or of any other bank in this State, or from doing any of the acts complained of in the complaint, until the final order of this court. "Having ordered that the defend? ants be enjoined from retaining the returns of the several banks of the ' State, it follows that the same should he returned by the defendants to the several auditors .of the State, to the end that the assessments thereon, I heretofore fixed by the auditors and I county boards, be entered upon the j tax duplicates for 1915, and it is so ordered. "1 therefore conclude,'' says the de? cree, "that the, tax commission is without authority under the act to assess the property of shareholders in a hank?State or national; the only method of taxing this class of prop? erty authorized by law, and that an ?effort fipon their part to assess the* property and franchises of a bank, which they are alone apparently au? thorized by the act to do, would con? travene the constitution of South Carolina and the act of congress. "It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that the plaintiff is en? titled to the relief demanded in the complaint. "It is further ordered that a writ of mandamus do issue from this court, under the hand of the clerk and the seal of the court, directed to Adolphus W. Jones, John P. Derham and W. G. Query, commissioners of ; the South Carolina tax commission, requiring and commanding them to return to the county auditor of Greenwood county the return and as? sessment described in the complaint and directed also to J. W. Canfield, auditor of Greenwood county, re? quiring and commanding him to place the same upon the tax books of Greenwood county, for the purpose of taxation for the year 1915 in ac? cordance with law." This decision was rendered in the case of the National I.?oan and Ex? change bank of Greenwood and W. T. Bailey against the tax commission and the auditor of Greenwood county, which brought mandamus proceed? ings, seeking to prevent the commis? sion from reviewing the assessment already Hied with the auditor on February 20. The writ of mandamus as prayed for has been issued. Associate Justice Watts did not pass on the constitutionality of the tax commission act or the validity of the act saying: "I shall advert to only two of the objections raised by the plaintiff ? to the act and to the power of the tax Commission; the other objections I Will not decide, as 1 do not consider that from my view of the case their decision is necessary. The objections 1 shall consider are the third and fo irth grounds as stated above and the fifth." SUBMARINE SINKS MANY VES? SELS. About 2M Hostile Ships and Six Neu? tral ( rait Sent to the Bottom. Amsterdam, July -S (via London). ?German submarines, according to a telegram received here today fron Berlin, had stink in the water zone up to July 11% English vessels, 30 other hostile ships and six neutral craft. The latter, the message says, were sent to the bottom by mistake. Twenty-seven additional neutral vessels, the dispatch adds, were ex? amined and sunk because they car? ried contraband. j