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atchman ens fll MTltTKB WATCHMAN, Eststfttthed April, 18iO. "Be Jest and Fear not?Dot an the ende Thon Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy Cod's sjsd Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, SUMTER, S. 0M WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1915. VoLXLI. No. SO. BULB4RS CONTINUE SUCCESS SERBIAN ARMY MENACED ON FRONT AND I LANK BY THEIR HOSTILE NEIGHBORS. Greece Refuses British Offer for Her Ahl In Ally of the English Allies? lt? iH.rt of Disastrous Do Tout of ? Turks on Gslllpoll Peninsula? British 8hl|>h sui?hu?11' ((I. London, Oct. 22.?Athens dispatch? es state that Kumirova and Vclcs, Serbia, have been taken by the Bul? garians. The Serbian army la men? aced In front end on the Hank and is In danger of being cut up. It Is feared the Anglo-French forces In southern Serbia are in danger of being en circled by the Bulgarians. Tl Iths MF ET CRl'SlIING DEFEAT. Attack Allies on Gslllpoll and Leave Ground Catered With I>cnd. Athens. Oct. 12.?The Allies ad? ministered a crushing defeat to the Turks on tho Galllpoll peninsula Thursday, according to a Mityleno dispatch. The Turks assaulted In force along the Krlthla-Suvla fronts. They were repulsed and left tho ground covered with bodies. Tho French and British immediately took the offensive and hard fighting con? tinues. GREECE REJECTS OFFER. WHI Not Accept Cyprus as I*rieo for Joining Allies. Ijondon, Oct. 22.?Greece has re? jected Oreat Britain's offer of Cyprus In return for support in the Balkans, It was seml-offlclally announced today. Negotiations, however, are still going on. The Italian minister has Joined the Anglo-French diplomats in the effort to win Greece to the side of tho Allies. Ttureo Ship* Submarined. London, Oct. 21.?Three more Brit? ish ships, the Auk, City of Berlin and Irin. *iave been sunk by German sub? marinst. Ths Iris was a twenty-two hundred ton ship, the others were small. GREECE DEFIES ALLIES. Refuses to Abide by Treaty with Ser? bia or Disband Her Army. Rome, Oct. 23.?Greece has defied the entente powers by refusing to car? ry out the Serbian treaty or disband her srmy. In a Joint note to the Eng? lish, Italian, French and Russian gov? ern ments the Ore. premier pledges not to Interfere with tho passage of the Allies through Greek territory, but de? clines to demobilize and declares she has already decided the Serbian ques? tion for herself. GOVERNMENT CONTROLS POOD SUPPLIES. <?ormaiiy Will Assure Equul Distribu? tion to Cltlicns. Berlin. < ?et. 23.?Tho government announr* <l tasfgj that it will take over absolute control of all food supplies in Germans, in order to assure equal dis? tribution throughout the winter. M distribution of food has heretofore been In the hands of the State and provincial authorities. CRISIS IN Till. BALKANS.. Situation Causes Intense Pessimism In London. London. <>et. Iii diusslaa warships are bombarding the Bulgarian coast of the Black sea. The. Anglo-French' warships are bombarding the Unitar? ian coast of the Aegean sea. The Brit ish troops have r ea e h e. | Serbia to help the Serbians fight the Bulgars. Tin forts defending Cskub are under lire from heavy Bulgarian guns. These are th*? o u t s t.' 11111 i r i ^ features Of today';; dlspntehe* from the Balkan t bra t r< The Inability of tho Serbians to Stem the advance >>t Teutons and Bul? garlaus and tin* rejection by Greece of the Allies' offer of the island of Cyp? rus b ul caused Intense pessimism hen . Greek Bridge Destroyed. f^ondon. Ort. II ?A dispatch from Salonika states that the DoStOVC bridge <?n the s'ullnlkanlsh railway has been destroyed. Thi bridge hi Ofl Greek territory. Says Americans Mixed Passports. London, Oct. 2"..?c.reat Britain Is pr? paring a protest airalnst the misuse of passports by Americans. German tacks Repulsed. Paris. <>ct. 2?>.?Fierce assault * snade by the Germans during ih< night against Tahure vnic rcpu Ise-1 with heavy loss, aeeorillng to the ol!i cJal statement. Before beginning th? HAS BIG JOB ON HAND. many revolutions threaten in central America for united states to QUELL. In Mexico Villa Has Sufllolcnt Am munition to Continue War for Six MontliH ? Nicnruuga, Guatemala and Honduras Have International Disturbance. Washington, Oct. 23.?As peace of fleer for the Western hemisphere, the United States has a strenuous task for the next few months, to prevent tho series of revolutionary moves that will set Central America aflame. In Nicaragua, where Diaz was maintained In tho presidency hy two companies of United States marines, revolution now threatens to overthrow him, unless more marines arc sent. In Guatemala a revolt against Cabroras is imminent. In Honduras General It 'sales Is lead lug a revolt against president Alberto. Peace in Haytl is being maintained only by tho guns of the Bluo Jackets. Villa Is known to have sufficient am? munition for at least six months of strenuous warfare against Carranza and New Orleans Is again tho hothead of revolutionary scheming and a ren? dezvous for solidere of fortune. nttaek the Germans bombarded the French lines with gas shells. When tho Infantry attempted to advance they were mowed down by the French fire. Scrblnn Government Moved. Bucharest, Oct. 23.?It was an? nounced today that the Serbian gov? ernment has been removed from Nish in Kraljeve, southwest of Kragujevata where the army has its headquarters. Dodcagntch Bombarded. Paris, Oct. 23.?The olticial state? ment of the operations of the licet at Dedeagatch claims the destruction of warehouses, magazines and other mili? tary works. sek?s WIN VICTORY. ? y Left Flank of Bulgarian Army Crush? ed Near Veles. Athens, Oct. 25.?The left flank of tho Bulgarian army has been crushed* and their offensive in the region of Veles completely checked, it Is official? ly announced at tho Serbian legation. An unofficial report states that Vehs has boon recaptured by the Serbs. The French nnd Serbs have formed a junction and are cooperating. The French have Invaded Bulgarian ter? ritory, capturing Uabrovo, and are threatening to encircle a large part of the Bulj,ur*s left wing. dedeagatch DEWROYED BY FIRE. Bombardment of Bulgarian Port Starts Groat Fire. Athens, (?ct. 20.?A lire started at j Dedeagatch by shells from the Allied Beet Ifl still raging after destroying a large part of the Bulgarian port. |Three hundred Bulgarian troops lost Ibelr lives In the barracks, which were | destroyed by the first live shells from [tho ships. I ITALIANS ATTACKING FIERCELY. First Line of Austrian Trenches Shattered und Battle Still ltages. Home, Oct. 25.?The Italians have i sh.-itterod the Austrian first line of trenches on nearly every sector of the great battle front and are now attack? ing the second line, which has been pierced at a number of plaees. The king has congratulated the army. (Jreat enthusiasm has been aroused by Hie victory. new DEMAND on GREECE. Allies Insist That Greeks Say Wheth? er They are for Germany or Allies Parle, Oct. Ift.?The entente pow? ern have joined In a new demand that <'i???<?(??? moke a definite derision at once whether she will eupporl Ger? many or the allies. I'.\-premier Veneslloi has summoned his support eis to Athena Bulgare heave strummit/a. London, Oet. IS, -Rtrummitxa has been evacuated by the Bulgare ac? cording t<> an Kxchange telegraph dlepatch from Athene, Changes in Freneh Cabinet. Parte, <?rt. IB,? Announremenl has been made by the Intranelaeanl thai Important change* are t?? be made In ihr Kronen cabinet, Itaaatau* Retreat nn Dvlitak. Petrograd, <vt. SR. it is nOmitted that ihe Ituaelane northwest of Dvlnsk ARLINGTON UUg WITH PARIS HONOLULU ALSO HEARS WIRE? LESS TELEPHONE COM? MUNICATION. The Human Voice is Projected Across tlic Atlantic Ocean by Wireless Sta? tion at Arlington?Tost Is Consid? ered Success. New York, Oct. 21.?Arlington, Va., talked by wireless telephone with Paris, France, today. Honolulu also heard the operator talking from Ar? lington. Announcement that tho h|iman voice had been projected acrofl the Atlantic was made tonight on?ehalf of John J. Carty, chief engineer of j tho American Telephone and Tele? graph Company, at the company's of llces here. Later Mr. Carty telephon? ed from Chicago confirming the an? nouncement. To B. B. Webb, a telephone engin? eer, fell the honor of being the first man to span with his voice the space between the Old World and tho New. Sitting- in the navy's powerful wire? less plant at Arlington, Mr. Webb shortly aftor midnight this morning asked the wireless telegraph to eignal the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The wireless snapped out the signal and soon there came back a response. Awaiting word from Webb at the Paris end of the wireless radio sta? tion were H. E. Shreeve and A. M. Curtis, army engineers, and a group of French officers, listening with es? pecially designed apparatus. In Hon? olulu, 8,000 miles from Arlington, Mr. Espenchled, another telephone engin? eer at the Pearl Harbor navy yard, also was waiting. Webb, at Arlington, had a trans? mitting instrument, but no receiving apparatus. He knew, therefore, that he would have to wait for the cable to confirm the success or failure of the experiment. "Hello, Shreeve." he shouted in the mouthpiece. "Hello, Shreeve." He then began to count, "one, two three, four; one, two, three, four; teood-hye." ? Late this afternoon tho message came. It said that Webb's "hello" and "good-bye" had been distinctly heard by the engineers and French army officers in Paris and that por? tions of his test figures had also been picked up. At about the same time there came a message from Honolulu saying that Webb's talk had been un? derstood in full by the receiving en? gineer there, and that even the voice had been recognized as Webb's. Carty said over the telephone to? night that much experimental work will have to be done yet before tele Phone communication across the At? lantic becomes an every day affair. Given Year In Jail. Atlanta, Oct. 25.?J. J. Simpson, a wealthy lumber man, was given one year's imprisonment for using the mails to defraud. The sentence was suspended pending an appeal. City taxes will be due on the first of November and City Clerk Blanding Is getting the tax lists In shape to re? ceive payment at that time. The levy is fifteen mills, the same as it was last year. have retired to the east bank of the Dvlnsk river, following the victory of the Germans at llluxt. Austrian* Claim Victory* Vienna, Oct. 25.?The official state? ment today claims successes In Ser? bia, Russia and on the Italian front. The Italian attacks were repulsed with heavy losses. Sixteen hundred Rus? sian prisoners and the village of Kulcl were taken. The Serbs have been put to flight wherever they made a stand. \eroplanes Raid Venice. Keine, Oct. 25.?Austrian aero? planes made three raids on Venice last night Chlesel Deleft Hcalsi Church was struck and the famous Frescoes by Tiepolo wer?? destroyed. Other parts of the city Were damaged. French Win in Champagne. Paris, Oct. 25 (Official).?Our troops won Important buccobs in Champagne yeeterday, capturing a sii"iiu position held by the enemy over ? ' mile ami a quarter front, near Mcsnillcfl Hurlus. There was no Im? portant action on the rest of the front. Dvlnsk About to Fall. Berlin, Oct. 25,?The Germans, are only nine miles from Dvlnsk. The fortress Is being bombarded from thnr shies by giant German guns. Tiw fall or the city is regarded as im? minent. BANDITS WAKE ESCAPE. REPORTS STATE THAT MEN WHO ATTACKED UNITED STATES SOLDIERS HAVE CROSS? ED BORDER. Mexicans Surprised Americans and Opened Fire on Them Without Warning?Throe Americans Killed and Five Mexicans Die, While Others Were Wounded on Both Sides. Bronwsville, Texas, Oct. 21.?Re? ports to army headquarters here to? night indicated that at least a ma? jority of the bandits who early today attacked the United States border pa? trol at Ojo del Agua eluded pursuit in the dense brush and have rccrossed into Mexico where Carranza troops were reported searching for the out? laws. Late tonight no arrest had been reported. According to official reports the band which attacked the troops at Ojo1 del Agua, about CO miles northwest of Brownsville, was composed of about 30 men. Before the sentry could warn the other 14 men of tho detach? ment, the Mexicans opened lire. Scrget. Shafer, who was in command of the detachment, and two other troopers were killed and eight wound? ed before the Mexicans retreated leav? ing live of their number dead and it is believed taking with them several wounded. The body of a Japanese was found near by, but It could not be established whether he was one of the band. All the wounded Ameri? cans were expected to recover. Another small band of raiders was put to flight about 30 miles up the river from this city by civilian posses. Shots were exchanged but none was wounded on either side. Reports of a raid near Sebastian were discredited tonight. According to information received here a party of Mexican cowboys were mistaken for bandits. Requests that demands be made upon the Carranza government for a more adequate patrol of the Mexi? can sido of tho Rio Grande were telo Irrr-pb^d to,. Washington tonight. County Judge Yates, in a telegram to the state department, charged that Carranza soldiers were furnishing the bandits with arms and ammunition and urged that an embargo be placed on munitions crossing the border. An? other telegram, signed by Mayor Browne of Brownsville and a com? mittee of citizens, asserted that no bona fide effort was being made by Mexican officials to apprehend the outlaws. Tho soldiers at the Mexican settle? ment were members of Troop G, Thir 1 cavalry, and of Company D, signal oorpgi Capt. McCoy took two troops of cavalry, totaling about 60 men, to the rescue and the Mexicans lied. During the last month Capt. Mc? Coy has received several reports of bandits gathering on the Megjgftjy| side of the river. On two or three occasions Mexicans have come across to warn the soldiers that they heard bandits would cross to raid. STATEMENT FROM J. M. HE A RON. Corrects Statement Made in Item Concerning Bale of Cotton. Dear Sir: I notice an article from your paper stating that I sold a lot of 1,300 bales cotton to Mr. J. F. Glenn of your city representing Alexander Spinnt & Son, of Wilmington, N. C. r beg to say that this is entirely an er? ror as this cotton was sold to Mr. J. W. Thames of this place, who repre? sents Alexander Sprunt & Son on this market and the Sumter buyer was not known in the transaction at all. I write this simply to keep the rec? ord straight and to give "honor to whom honor is due," as I see no rea? son why a Sumter buyer should be Claiming the purchase and publishing it to the world when I did not consult a single Sumter buyer on the sale. Please publish this and oblige, Very truly yours, J. M. Hearon. Blshopvllle, Oct. 22, 1915. Blshopvllle is in the Sumter district, of which Mr. ?!. F. Glenn is manager for Alex Sprunt & Son. A WAIF MILLIONAIRE. Helen Gould shopard Adopts Nameless Orphan. New* York. Oct. 22.?From a name r less waif, known BS "John Doe No. 104," in a foundling home to tin4 heir of forty million dollars, is the good fortune of a five-year-old boy who was adopted by Flnley Shopard and his wife, formerly Helen Gould. The boy takes his foster father's full name. PELLA6RA CONFERENCE ENDS. DISCUSSION OF DISEASE FAT TO INDICATE CAUSES. _ ? J. F. Silcr of United States >f \f Corpa Elected President? Cc ?f m Ptiyairlana Among Ogsoety *>* st? ilus Was One Full of !? ting Pai>crs. , ^ - < Columbia, Oct. 23.?Th .1 trien mal conference of the J < ial Asso? ciation for the Study Pellagra closed its sessions at State Hos? pital for the Insane late ^soterday af? ternoon. When asked for an opinion of the comparative merits of the thrca conferences that have been held in Co? lumbia a leading physician said: "The drat meeting devoted its attention to 'corn* as a cause of pellagra; the second to a possible 'protozoa' origin; and this meeting was inclined to the theory of a possible error in 'diet.' Scier. Ideally the meeting this week in? dicated a distinct advance over pre? vious meetings." No positive conclusions as to the cause of pellagra were announced, al? though many were advocated by con t tributors of papers. In previous meetings the committee on resolutions has referred to this sub? ject even if In negative terms only. This year the committee confined its resolutions to an expression of thanks j to local officers for courtesies extend-i ed without attempting to express con elusions upon any phase of pellagra, the Inference being that the cause of pellagra is unknown. This way of looking at the situation was evident? ly agreed to by members of the con? ference as the resolutions were unan? imously adopted without discussion or criticism. | Officers were elected upon nomina? tion by the committee as follows: j President, Dr. J. F. Siler, captain, medical corps, United States army; first vice president, Dr. R. II. Grimm, I passed assistant surgeon, United States ' public health service, Spartanburg; J second vice president, Dr. H. W. Rice, Columbia; secretary, Dr. J. W. Bab cock, Waverley sanitarium, Columbia;! treasurer, Dr. J. A. Hayne, State' health officer, Columbia; boarlT of directors, Dr. J. J. Watson, Columbia;) Dr. Ward J. MacNeal, director of lab- , oratories, New York Post Graduate Medical school, New York city; Dr. H. B. White, State board of health, New Orleans, La., and Dr. Roy Blos? ser, Atlanta, Ga. The morning session was largely devoted to the reading and discus? sion of the able papers presented by delegates sent here by Surgeon Gen? eral Rupert Blue to represent the United States public health service. Capt. Siler, the new president, said yesterday: "The meeting has been an unquali? fied success. The papers in general have been the best presented at any of the conferences. They evi? dence the fact that this country is JBJtking perceptible advances toward the solution of the pellagra problem." Dr. C. H. Lavinder, surgeon, United States public health service, Staten Island, N. Y., retiring president, gave these conclusions: "The third triennial meeting of the National Association for the Study of Pellagra has just concluded its ses? sions. Thanks to the generous hos? pitality of Columbia, and especially of the medical profession of Colum? bia, the meeting has proved a dis? tinctly successful one. "The number present has not been jso large as at previous sessions, but what has been lacking in numbers has been more than made up by the 'earnestness of those who attended. I "The long programme was char? acterized by the presence of many papers of high scientific interest and importance. To those who have at? tended previous meetings there was present a distinct atmosphere of im? provement in many ways, but chielly in the more definite and more scien? tific character of the papers and the discussion. All of this was taken as good evidence of a great apprecia? tion of the difficulties presented by the problem of pellagra and of more earnest effort In Its solution. "The papers have been of a much higher scientific value than those of previous sessions, and a new note has been struck?or rather an old note has bee . struck with a stronger hand. This new note is the effect of poor food In the causation of the disease, and the great practical value, both in prevention and In cure, of a well bal? anced nutritious diet. Papers were presented by officers of the United States public health service, conclu? sively demonstrating the great value of a good diet in eliminating the dis? ease from certain institutions, as well as In the treatment of cases. The session at the Jefferson hotel Thursday night was remarkable, j CITIZENS EXONERATE MAYOR. JTE OX COMMITEE REPORT BRINGING CHARGES 84 TO 74 IN GRUTTTH'S FAVOR. Reported Recall Movement Is Started to Include City Council?Mayor De? nounces Action Against Him. Columbia, Oct. 22.?Mayor Lewis A. Grillith was exonerated of unbecoming conduct in visiting the restricted dis? trict on the night of September 18 for the purpose of inspection and for misuse of power in remission of fines by a mass meeting of citizens in tho Richland County Court House tonight by a vote of 84 to 74. The vote came on the motion of Mr. Williams, which was to accept the report of the citi? zens' committee, which was in effect ja condemnation of the mayor. The mayor was warmly congratulated by his friends on the result of the vote which rejected the report and findings of the ci zens' committee. Mayor Griffith, preceding the vote, made a speech, in which he defended his acts and in which he charged that the committee had acted on a partisan basis strictly against him, terming their action "analogous to mob rule.'* He also charged that city council was working against him and said that many of the reports and charges against him originated by council talking with the people in a partisan way and with the idea of injuring him, which he denounced as "the most damnable way on earth to fight a man." He also attacked the newspa? pers with being unfair. Mr. W. A. Clark, president of the Carolina National Bank, in a speech said his sympathies were with Mayor Griffith in this fight. His son, Wash? ington Clark, also took a prominent part in the fight against adopting the report of the committee. It is under? stood here tonight that in all prob? ability petitions for the recall of the> mayor will be circulated imme- r dlately. There is talk from some that if any recall is started it will include the whole city council. It will take 574 signatures of citizens before tho governor can order a recall election. ' "The citizens' committee appottfred ~ by the first mass meeting of Colum? bians to investigate charges against Mayor Lewie A. Griffith reported to another mass meeting in the court house tonight that the mayor had ex? ercised the power to remit fines in such a way "as to largely nullify the ordinances for the good government of the city," and that he had "abused the power." They reported further that the conduct of the mayor on tho night of the 18th of September "was entirely unbecoming his official po? sition, was not calculated to give re? spect to law and authority, but was more calculated to bring it into ill re? pute, and under similar circumstances we think that a case of disorderly conduct would have been lodged against those who took part in the oc? currence of that night if the partici? pants had been the ordinary, average citizen, not connected with the officials of the city." Further, the committee recom? mended: "We think the city ouncil properly took away from the mayor the position of head of the police de? partment, and also the supposed power of remitting fines and suspend? ing sentences. We are of the opinion that our city should have a mayor whose standard of duty and propriety to our community is of the highest or? der." INCITED BORDER RAIDS. Arrests in New Orleans and San Fran siseo Arc to Come. Washington, Oct. 2;>.?Whoelsale arrests are imminent in New Or? leans and San Francisco in connection with border raids by secret agree? ments. Report that literature urg* lng Mexicans to recapture Texas is be? ing furnished from those places. Many doctors of experience announced that in the history of medical conven? tions they had never noticed such In? terest. The meeting began at 8.30 o'clock and after addresses by Dr. Slier < id Dr. MacXeal more than half the delegates continued to discuss the pellagra problem until 1.30 a. m., \\h<m nr. I>avinder adjourned the meeting, not without protest from interested members. As the association meets trlennlally the next place of meeting was left undetermined. At Thursday night's meeting one physician had retired when he learned of the discussion in the Jefferson hotel assembly room. He promptly got up and dressed and made one of the most Interesting talks of tho evening. Another physician took a nap and then came back to make a splendid argument.