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mau jtrad enttoMro. fn IWTKR WATCHMAN, EwtAhtuhed April, 1810. "Be Just and Fear not?Let an the ende Thou Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Troth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1916. VoLXLI. No. 18. ALLIES' SITUATION SERIOUS. THE ?UM Kl T<> TAR F. THE DARDANELLES CAFSING STIR IN ENGLAND Fighting 111 Fmsare Continues Along The Entire Front, but no General Advam<e I? Hei>ortcd?Germans Claim to br Making Steady Progress In Serbia Against Desperate Resist? an-? - -Ii v Moetiug Strong Offen? sive from Austrluna. London. Oct. 15.?All Great Britain Is tensely awaiting an explanation of the government's position regarding the Dardanelles. The demand by Lord Milner that the British troops he withdrawn caused a sensation. There Is no effort to conceal the fact that ?the attitude of Greece Is unsatisfac? tory. The withdrawal of the allied forcaa from tha Dardanelles would probably result In Greece Joining Ger? many. The demand that British air fiesta raid Berlin In retaliation for tho Zeppelin raids Is growing moro insis? tent. Trench Fighting Continues. Paris, Oct. 15.?Sharp conllicts in the trenches In the Artols district aro reported by the war otMce. Artillery duels continue along the entire front In which lK>th sides are using heavy guns. The German attack in Lor? raine has been broken up. There la violent trench fighting In the Vosges. Prisoners to be Exchanged. London, Oct. 16.?England and Ger? many have agreed to exchange pris? oners from 17 to 56 who are too badly disabled for further service. British nu lunar I no Victory. Copenhagen, Oct. 15.?After a brief but severe engagement a Hrltlsh sub? marine sunk a German destroyer in the Baltic Thursday. GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED. Offensive In Vosges Was a Complete Failure, Paris. Oct. 16.?Official?During the night we repulsed several coun ter-allaoaa ua treachea we occupied yesterday north of Rellon. After midnight the enemy attempted to at? tack In force between I^inge Schratz maennole In the Vosges, but wero com? pletely repulsed. Nothing occurred on the rest of the front. GKRMAN LINE BROKEN. Russians Pushing SiMveMsrul OffcusJvc oo Eastern Front. Petrograd, Oct. 16.?The Russians have thrust tho Gorman center north of IMnsk back seventeen miles and are continuing a successful attack. Tho Russians captured a half mile of ene? my trenches about Dvinsk. It la pre? dicted tho wholo German line will have to retreat from the position in which they Intended to pass the win? ter. Ministers to I*m?vo Athens. Berlin. Oct. 16.?An Athens dis? patch to the Cologne Gazette states that the Kassian und Italian minister to Greece are preparing to leave. King Approves Prix tarnation. London. Oct. 16.?King George ban approved the proclamation of war against Bulgaria. Will Act for England. Washington. Oft It,?Great Brit? ain today asked the Culled States to take out her interests in Bulgarin. The government will comply with the request. Germans Ropulso Allies. Berlin. Oct. 16 << ifnoJol >?? The al? lies' attaeks all along the western front have been repulsed, the Ger? mans taking six hundred men and three machine guns in Champagne. Rounianlun Rights Hcspc<i.c<l. Petrograd. I >ct. 16.?It is nMciully announced that Russia has no inten? tion of \ioiating Roumonlei neutral? H| h% nen.ling ?n army SOT OSS her ter? ritory. Roiimunln Strengthens Army. Paris. Oe)Ot is.?Knumanlu has called ihi class of 1 !? 1?'? to the color.;. AMdl n i\\ \|?|; III M.\KI\. Striimnlt/a an Important Fortified rit> < apt anil. London. < ?rt 1 *< - The allies' inv a? sion of Bulgaria Is In foil suing. Strumnltza. the most Important forti? fied cily in the southwestern part of th#? RnlflOriOn kingdom has been cap? tor- <i. eeoordtni le as Athens dtaneteh The BJseOOm of the Allies ncilnst the Bulgars is expected lo have a stion" PARTY LINES OBLITERATED. ?itter fight expected in congress on apphopria tions. President Wilson Mas Approved Army and Navy Program and llryail Will Itally West Agaln>t Policy of Mili? tary Preparedness. Washington, Oct. IG.?With the an? nouncement that the army and navy program has been approved by Pres? ident Wilson, the opening gun was lired in what Is expected to be the bit? terest congressional light in recent yearu. It is already certain that party lines will be obliterated. i< will be the seacoasts against the great middle West. It Is already evident that the great agricultural sections will not accept the greatly increased expendi? tures. Bryan is expected to lead the light against the measure. He declared to? day that the expenditure of so largo a sum encouraged the military spirit, cultivated international hatreds and tended toward the.swagger of the pis tol-toter and falso standards honor. The president will fight for the pro? gram on the grounds of defenso and not aggression. WHITE HOlSE WEDDING. The l>atc to Ho Announced Soon. Washington, Oct. 15.?The an? nouncement of the date of the Wilson wedding is expected in a few days. The details are now being arranged. Col. E. M. House, it is believed, will be the best man. Blue will be the predominating color of the bride's wardrobe. Her traveling gowns are trimmed with seal fur. Painters and decorators are busy at the White House. influence in Roumania and Greece. The downfall of the "neutral cabinet of Greece would not be surprising." serbians begin retreat. rrlin Reports Substantial Gains In Llttlo Kingdom. Berlin, Oct. 18.?It Is officially an? nounced that Scrvia is beginning a re? treat In the Macvl district. The Ger? mans are press1 ng forward to the south of Belgrade and captured two villages. The Bulgarians, utter cap? turing the heights along tho border, are pressing toward the northeast of Uskub. French Ship Submarined. Marseilles, Oct. 18.?Maritime ad? vices state that the French steamer Admiral Hamelln was sunk Sunday by a German submarine In the Mediter? ranean without warning Seventy wero lost. Thirty-three survivors have been landed. The submarine first shelled the Handln and then fired two torpe? does, when a Trench destroyer was seen approaching. British Bombard Germans. Amsterdam, Oct. 18.?British war? ships bombarded Uli Belgian coast for thirty hours Friday and Saturday. Many German batteries were destroy? ed. During the bombardment of Zebrugge the Allies* aeroplanes inlllct ed heavy damage o;i the German sub? marine base. Will Assist Allies. Home. Oct. 18.?An Important cabi? net meeting on the Balkan situation was held today, after which it was re? ported thut arrangements are being niado to help the Allies. - * ?| Ileuvy German Bombardment. Havre. Oct. 18.?All of northwest? ern Belgium from the sea to the l'i'-neh border has rucked for the past forty-eight hours beneath the inces? sant bombardment of the Allies' lines by heavy German batteries. The bom? bardment was particularly violent at Ypres, IMxmude and along the Yser. A German attack against tho Belgians near Dixmi'do V|| repulsed. Trench Fighting Continues. Paria, ort. is. (Official)?During the right we repulsed three new at? tacks at Bolsend Ilache. South of Bomtne there was i continuous con ftiei with Implements or trenc h war? fare. North of Verdun the enemy at? tempted to occupy cavities caused by Ihe explosion of ndrn s. bul were frns tt.it. (i. There was sharp Infantry lire at Komeny, flroerc Dish* tiding Army. IjOfldon, Oct. IS. -,\n Athens dis patch slates that ? decree dlsbandlnu. plight etasees of Auxiliary troops wms issued today, Tbe first Intimation that Srttee. will dcmobollxt the army. SOUGHT UNION IN BALKANS. BRITISH DIPLOMACY DEVOTED TO THAT END. German Offers to Bulgaria at Expense of Neighbors Too Great to lie Met. London, Oct. 14.?Tho diplomatic rather than the military side of the situation was the subject of Sir Ed? ward Grey's eagerly awaited state? ment relative to the Balkan situation which ho delivered today to a crowded house of commons. "I propose to confine myself." the British foreign secretary said, "to a resume of our diplomatic objects since tho war. At the outset, we desired that the war should not spread and In common with our allies we assured Turkey that If she remained neutral Turkey and Turkey's territory should not suffer. This situation was com? pletely changed by the entrance of Turkey into the war, and all obliga? tions on the part of the allies then ceased. "We and our allies then concen? trated upon securing an agreement among the Balkan states and wo need? ed all our intleunce to secure any ac? cord. Unfortunately the feeling in the Balkans is not one of union, but one of division. It is clear nothing but a decisive preponderant advantage lor 1 the allico would have enabled us to J secure a policy of union. "Wo were given to understand In the course of the negotiations, that, except with regard to Thrace, the cen? tral powers had offered to Bulgaria more to secure her neutrality than the allies could in fairness offer. The promises which induced Bulgaria to declare war were given by the ccn ' tral powers at the expense of her ' neighbors and without any corre? sponding advantage to them. "Wo have remained throughout on friendly relations with Roumanla, who has favored the policy of a Balkan union. "It in the policy of bringing about a Balkan war that the sovereigns and governments of Germany, Austra Hungary and Bulgaria?the sovereigns and the governments?have succeeded in cavying into effect. We were gt ?m to understand that in order to secure a Balkan union there were certain concessions Bulgaria would require, especially in'Thrace and Macedonia. "The allies wero ready to do all in their power to secure these for Bul? garia, but to obtain the consent of Servia and Greece It was an essential preliminary that Bulgaria take sides with the allies against Turkey. In other words if Bulgaria was to realize her hopes and aspirations she must cooperate in a common cause In which the hopes and aspirations of other neighboring states were engaged, j * "It will be enough to say that these reasonable hopes and aspirations were in the main founded upon opportu? nity to peoples of the same race, the same sentiments and the same religion to Join themselves to a state under a government most akin to them." Premier Asquith in the house of commons declined to grant a day for debate on Sir Edward Grey's statc ' mont on the Balkan situation. In the I house of lords the Marquis of Crcwe mado a statement similar to that of I the foreign secretary and continued: I "This attack on Servia will only I make sterner and fiercer the determi ! nation of tho allies to carry the war through to a definite victory at what? ever cost. Nothing has occurred in any part of tho world to weaken that resolution and we will maintain it." During the discussion which fol? lowed the Marquis of Crowe's state? ment, Viscount Iftlner suggested the withdrawal of the troops from Galll poll and their transfer to some other theatre of the war. Lord Lnnsdowne, in reply, said It was impossible for any member of tthe government to give an under I standing that the troops would con? tinue In Dardanelles operations or would be withdrawn from them. The present situation, he declared, I was a grave and critical one; there were new developments and new fac? tors in addition to the entrance of Bulgaria into the struggle. The atti? tude of Greece at the present moment had not been quite fully defined and that was another factor in the cal? culation. Shanklin Designs. Washington, Oct. 15.?Arnold Bhnnklln <>f Missouri, consul general :it .Mexico lor the last six years has resigned, lie had trouble with the Rraxlllan ambassador, who has been representing Ihe Cnited States, Barber Lead* for Commissioner. Birmingham. Oct, 18.?Barber i leading over Lane in the commission? er's race. THE BALKAN SITUATION. PLANS OP BRITISH AND FRENCH STILL UNKNOWN. Allies Attacking on German Front?? Apparently Concerted Offensive in Eastern and Western Zones?Hard Fighting in Servia. London, Oct. 14.?Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign secretary, made a long statement in the house of com? mons today on the situation in the Balkans, hut as he dealt with the diplomatic side of the question, he added little to the knowledge of the public and failed to satisfy curiosity as to the progress of the Anglo French expedition landed at Saloniki. He did say, however, that Russian troops would cooperate "as soon as they were available." The French premier, M. Vh'iani, had more cheering news for the al? lied cause when in the French senate ho expressed the belief that "tho al? lies can count on Italian cooperation In the Balkans." There Is much speculation as to how Russian assistance will be af? forded. Italy has a large number of troops available and the means of moving them to the desired spot, but Russia Is handicapped, and there is an inclination here to believe a re? port from Rome that Petrograd has asked Roumania to allow Russian troops to pass through her territoy. To grant such a request would be construed by Germany as tantamount to Roumanla's definite alliance with tho entente, and doubtless would re? sult In Austro-German troops attack? ing Roumania. This, it is thought, might happen any ,vay, as Germany, already has shown her displeasure at Roumanla's refusal to allow munitions to pass through to Turkey, and now It is reported that Germany has sus? pended the postal service and is hold? ing up all foodstuffs consigned to j Roumania over German railways un? til Bucharest more clearly defines its attitude toward the central powers. \ These diplomatic questions are not delaying military operations. Bul? garia formally declared war on Servia wmA the^ AustcorGerman . and. garlan attacks on Servia arc pro? ceeding. They are, however, meet? ing stern resistance; and the Ser? vians are giving ground foot by foot. The extent of the Bulgarian invasion, according to a Nish dispatch, con? sists of an advance over the frontier at one point of a mile. With this exception, says the report, the fight? ing line remains intact, and the rail? ways have not been reached. It is reported also that the allies have begun a new offensive in the Dardanelles. The Russians are con? tinuing their attacks in Galicla in an effort to clear the Austrians from the Roumanian frontier and prevent them from sending further reinforcements against Servia. In fact, there appears to be a gen? eral attack on all the German fronts. The British and French, Berlin re i lates, have attacked In Flanders and Champagne, while the German official report of the campaign in Russia is a record of counterattacks against the Russians endeavoring to regain tho initiative. Even the Belgian coast is not ex? cepted, British monitors having again bombarded German positions there. British submarines in the Baltic have sunk ten German ore carrying steamers and have completely paral? yzed the ore trade between Sweden and Germany. This has caused some dissatisfaction in Sweden and it is charged that two steamers were sunk within Swedish territorial waters. The British assert, however, that they i have been observing studiously in? ternational law and have been sinking only German steamers. - HOMICIDE IN GEORGIA. _ Young Man Killed nt Dnlton By Un? known Party. Dalton, Ca., Oct. 15.?Will Gordy, aged eighteen, was shot and Instantly killed in a light with an unknown party last night. The trouble follow? ed a trip by Gordy and some girls to the fair. TO SHOOT SWEDISH SUBJECT. Board of Pardons Refuses to Interfere with Sentence. Salt Uike. Oct. 18.?Joseph Hills Trom, a Swedish subject, has been re sentenced to be shot. The board of pardons refused any Interference with the sentence. Buffalo Brokers Fail. Buffalo, < ><-t. 18. ?Paul Lambert & fompnny, brokers, with offices In t.i) other cities, have suspended. Their liabilities arc it half mlllion? LATEST WAR REPORTS. NEWS OF FIGHTING FROM EV? ERY FRONT. No Indication of Victories Which Mi^iit Sway Tide of Fortune.?Teu? tons Proceeding Methodically With Balkan Campaign, Though at Heavy Cost. London, Oct. 15.?Great Britain has declared war on Bulgaria, and from all the main battle fronts comes news of continued fighting, but there are no indications of victories which would change the general situation. The Austria OS, Germans and Bul? garians arc proceeding methodically with their invasion of Servia, which, according to neutral reports, is costing them a heavy loss of life, as the hard? ened veterans of Servia are taking every advantage of the difficult coun? try. The Germans have occupied Poza revac, southeast of Semcndria, and claim their campaign is proceeding according to their plans. The entente allies are perfecting their prepara? tions to assist the Servians and every day additional troops are landed at Saloniki, where the French Gen. Sar rail has taken command of the allied forces. What steps Bussia and Italy lhave taken to assist have not de? veloped. Except for Great Britain's formal declaration of war on Bulgaria the political situation remains unchang? ed. Greece has announced formally that she will not intervene in behalf of Servia "at present," and Iloumanla, although urged by Germany definitely to define her position, has made no move. Along the western front there have been heavy attacks by both sides, but gains and losses are described as of little importance. In the East the Russians have turned to the offensive in the region of Dvinsk, and although the Germans claim to have repulsed most of the Muscovite attacks, they admit the Bussians penetrated their line at one point. Except for the hostilities in this region, things are somewhat calmer in the East, Lieut. Gen. Ivanoff, the Russian commander, aTter his victory in Galicia and the subsequent check by the Germans, having for the mo? ment shown himself satisfied with what he achieved. The Italians claim to have gained some successes against the Austrians. The Austrians deny this statement. Outside the Balkan campaign Eng? land is watching with the most in? terest the operations of her sub? marines in the Baltic. Here, after having driven the German merchant? men from the sea, they have sunk one, and probably two, German tor? pedo craft?one reported to be a tor | pedo boat destroyer and the other a torpedo boat?which with other war? ships had come out to convoy ore laden steamers. Activity of the Brit? ish navy also is shown In the North sea. The record shows that 24 Ger I man trawlers have been captured and taken into Grimsby in the past month. DISMISSES RUSSIAN MINISTER. M. Majaroff May bo Prosecuted for Petrograd Interview Criticising Government. I Sofia, Oct 17 (via London).?M. Majaroff, Bulgarian minister to Rus? sia, when diplomatic relations be? tween the two countries were broken, has been dismissed from the dip? lomatic service and will be prosecuted because of an interview he is said to have given to Petrograd newspapers criticising the action of his govern? ment, it is stated here. Gen. Radmikiff and others reserve officers who have not returned to Bulgaria will be treated as deserters. SUFFRAGE WILL WIN. New Jersey Women Claim 27?,000 Ma I jority. Trenton, Oct. IS.?Suffrage leaders predict that the amendment giving women the vote will win In tomorrow's election by twenty-five thousand. Elaborate plans to prevent fraud at the polls have been made. School Teachers Killed. Manhattan, Kan., Oct. lfi.?Fifteen are reported to have been killed and fifty hurt w hen a Union Pacific motor car crashed through a wiushed out bridge Into twelve feet of water In nine River. Nearly all the passeng? ers were Kiley county teachers on their way t<> n convention at Ran? dolph. ? Cotton Seed Burned. Dublin. Ga., Oct. K>.?The seed ttouse of the Empire Oil Co., was burn ?d this morning. Tho loss was thirty thousand dollars, TOBACCO MARKET REPORT. CHOP SECOND LARGEST EVER RAISED IN STATE, BUT PRICE LOW. Up to September 30 the Planters Had Marketed 37,921,390 Pounds of Leaf. Columbia, Oct. 15.?The tobacco crop season is ^practically closed. Nearly all of the warehouses have an? nounced their closing for the year. The few sales that will be made in October will amount practically to nothing. The tobacco crop season has been a very discouraging one. Yester? day the detailed announcement of the September sales was made by the department of agriculture. There was sold during the month 12,914,004 pounds of toba for which $915, 382.95 was pa* ie average price be? ing 7.49c per ? /und. As compared with the mo ^ of September for the year 1914 t' ? sales show a decrease of G,638,98 junds and $807,806.23. Last year c .ember was the heaviest month, c ; to the lateness of the ? crop. Comr oner Watson commenting upon t ^ obacco season for the year yester said that the crop was the seco? .rgest one ever raised in the Stal /,924,396 pounds having been marketed to the end of September. The largest crop ever marketed was in 1914, when it was a little over 41, 100,000 pounds. J Up to the end of September the to? bacco producers had received for the 1915 crop $2,760,982.18, which is a de? crease of $1,218,321.64, as compared to the total receipts for the 1914 crop. The sum received by the pro? ducer this year is just about the same thatw as received in 1912 for the 24, 300,000-pound crop. The average price paid this season up to the end of September was 7.28c per pound, the lowest price that tobacco has brought since the department of agriculture began the keeping of the official rec? ords, seven years ago. The lowest av? erage price heretofore was 8.36 in the season of 1909. The largest amount during the nine years that the pro? ducers. havo> raoeivad for .?ha iohacro * crop was $4,584,000.51, and the nett largest was for last year's crop, for which they received a little less than $4,000,000. The condensed September reports follow: September, 1915, by markets?24 markets, 57 warehouses. Markets Pounds sold. Amt. Pd. Andrews. 224,428 $ 13,041.42 Aynor. 85,370 5,087.21. Cheraw. 20,642 1,759.14 Conway .157.780 10,018.19 Darlington . . .1*711,323 i30,ieo.io Dillon. 479,050 34,789.83 Florence. 553,196 37,369.33 Hartsville. . . . 703,761 55,114.40 Hemingway . . 470,526 24,800.17 Johnsonville .. . 242,696 15,307.55 Kingstree. 727,385 47,394.00 Lake City. . . .1,443,391 115,050.16 Lamar. 60,400 4,121.3* Latta. 218206 15,328.84 .Loris.1*4,798 10,074.66" 'Manning. 879,689 52,318.21 j Marion. 386,661 27,396.99 Mullins. . . .1,695,436 122,663.0? jNichols. 366,903 27,396.36 Olanta. 158,086 9,839.31 Page's Mill. . . 349,378 26,008.80 PampllOO. 96,613 6,256.42 Sumter.425,180 26,306.34 Timmonsvillc .1,297,107 96,810.70 Total .. ..12,914,004 $915,382.95 G. A. GREGORY DEAD. Managing Editor of Savannah Morn* ing News. Savannah, Ga., Oct. 16.?George A* Gregory, managing editor of the Sa? vannah Morning News, died here last night, aged 57 years. Mr. Gregory had been ill since Sep? tember 12, when, shocked by the sud? den death of his long time associate and friend, Elmer N. Hancock, editor Of The News, he suffered a complete breakdown. The . immediate cause of death was cistic goitre. SUBMARINE CREW SHOT. Department of State Will Investigate Charges Made by Germany. Washington. Oct. 18?Secretary Lansing refused today to comment on the affidavits tiled by the German em? bassy, charging that the crew of a German submarine were shot down in cold blood by a British patrol boat, further than to say that a thorough investigation would be made. Tho ambassadors at London and Rerlin, have been instructed to forward all facts. The captain of the Nicosian has already dented that any Germans were shot and killed.