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Consolidated Aug. 2,1881.
SUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1916.
VoLXLI. No. 26.
FRENCH SEHE AMERICAN SHIP
Hl'SATONIC taken IN charge
BY IWKM Hi)vkunMent
WHEN OWMIls I MI, to
^ appear in hum
COURT.
Allies Object to (ierniuit Officers In
Greece and Growing Intimacy Re
tween Greece and Rulgurla?He
ported Tliat the Greek King >i> s De?
cided to Dissolve Parliament?
< tuOiM .1 l liai Hulgars and Teutous
Fight for roascsalon of Serbian City.
1 ?
Washington, Nov. 9.?The French
government has confiscated the Amer?
ican steamer Housutonlc. owned by
the American Trans-Atlantic Steam?
ship Company, which owned the
Hocking, seized by the British re?
cently. Tho Housatonlc was former?
ly the Norwegian ship Solveig. It
wai selv.ed by tho Frencr a few weeks
ago. The owners failed to appear be?
fore tho prise court. The state de?
partment plans an Immediate protest.
Will PROTEST TO GREECE.
A lib-* suspicious of (.recce's Relations
with <? er many and Bulgaria.
Paria, Nov. 9.?England, Franco
and Russia are expected to protest to
(Jre^ce against the presence there of
German army officers, and the grow?
ing intimacy between Greece and
Bulgaria. It la believed they have
made) a secret agreement to divido
Serbia and Albania between them.
HERMANS IN BAR WAY.
Their Armies Almost Surrounded by
Overwhelming Force of Enemies.
Berlin Nov. 9.?Seven thousand
Ssrbana and fifty cannon were cap?
tured when the Germans took Kru;*.
vac, the war office announced today.
The Bulgarians captured Leskovac
and have reached the southern bank
of the Morav river, while the Germans
stormed the DJunls Heights on the
left bank of tho river and captured
the main Serbian positions south of
Kraljevo. Tho Austro-Oerman Bui
- gartan Hug about tho Serbian army la
the north, northeast and east is now
almost complete.
Will Dissolve Parliament.
Athena. Nov. 9.?The king will ls
aue a decree dissolving parliament
within a few hours says a report here.
Germans and Bulgare Eight.
London, Nov. 9.?A tologram from
Bucharest states that fighting broke
out between the Germans and Bul?
gare for tho possession of Negotln,
Serbia. At least one hundred Bul
garlana wcro killed. This Is the first
news of friction between the Bulgar?
ians and Germans.
report on anoona.
Los* of Life Estimated at Throe
llundre?!?Work of German Sub?
marine.
Rome, Nov. 10.?Tho loss of life on
the Ancona is variously estimated
from one hundred to three hundred
and fifty. Tho nilnlMtry of marine Ih
aued the following stutemcnt: "It Is
impossible to stato whether or not tho
Ancona was torpedoed. We are await?
ing full reports. Stutlc conditions
made wireless difficult, but the aerlo
gram received at Naples stated that
the vessel was first shelled then tor?
pedoed. Several hundrod were aboard
but it is no? known yet whether any
wero Injured. Tho scone of the sink?
ing was of* the Algerian coast where
? (ii rman submarine has been operat?
ing, it is Battered ? German nibma
rlno flying the Austrian Bag nan!; Urn
vessel."
in\ 1 >n?. \tin<; ANCONA sink.
H ISQ.
Washington onicitils Gravely Concern?
ed Over Case.
Washington, Nov. It,?Ambassador
Pago at Romo has been instructed by
the State department t?> report tin
facts of the Ancona Sinking Innnc
dla-telv. Borne report! state tint
eleven Americans had booked passage
on the steamer, but It in unknown
whether all saile.l. Ofllclala at
gravely concerned.
Austrian and German smbai
stated that they had no BSWI from the
A i 01
I K \ VI: DETERMINED TO WIN,
Will Not Consider Peaee Proposal*
I litII Victory |n Won.
Paris. Nov. 1".?"France has re?
ceived no peace proposals from any
source. This Is no time |0 dlSCUSS
p?ace. The war must go on until vic?
tory Is ohtalned." Promts* Brland in
Interview today thus set at rest the
rftrtOfM pcaco reports. "It Is common
ttim REMAINS UNCHANGED
STILL OPPOSKI) TO DlWfSS
PROGRAM MAPPED OUT BY
PRESIDENT.
Will Ohr? His Views When Congress
Meets?Says That Wilson's Plan
Will Proltahly Carry, Despite His
Opposition.
Washington, Nov. 8?Representa?
tive Claude Kltehin, Democratic lead?
er of the house, told President Wilson
today, after a long conference with
him, that he could not support tho
administration's programme for na?
tional defense and that he would op?
pose the programme in a personal ca?
pacity only and not as majority leader.
Mr. Kitchin was with the president
more than an hour, during which Mr.
Wilson outlined to aim tho army and
navy plans for the next session and
for the next live years and sought to
influence the majority leader to be In
harmony with them. Mr Kitchin
stated his views frankly, directing his
opposition chiefly to tho naval pro?
gramme.
"All I can say," said Representative
Kitchin as he left tho White House,
"is that I very much regret that I
can not support the president's na?
tional defenso programme. Tho plans
do not meet with my convictions, par?
ticularly with reference to the navy."
Mr. Kitchin was asked his grounds
for opposition to the naval pro?
gramme.
"I shall make a clear exposition of
my views as soon as congress con?
venes, in a speech in the house," he
repled. "Of course I shall not at?
tempt to oppose the programmoas the
majority leader, but merely in my
personal capacity."
Mr. Kitchin said he thought it very
probable that the majority would
favor the defense programme.
Before seeing the president, Mr.
Kitchin said he approached the na?
tional defenso subject with an open
mind, and was willing to be con?
vinced of tho wisdom of the adminis?
tration programme. Later he said the
president had said nothing which had
caused him to change his mind.
Representative Kltchln's definite an?
nouncement of his position will make
It impossible for him to lead the fight
for the president's programme in the
house. The burden of leadership will
devolve probably upon Chairman Hay
?f the military affairs committee,
Chairman Padgett of the naval affairs
committee, Chairman Sherley of tho
fortifications committee and Chairman
Fitzgerald of the appropriations com?
mittee.
knowledge among tho Allies that Ger- \
many's resources arc declining," tho
premier continued. "This may indi?
cate where the peace rumors come
from. Franee would not accept peace
until the Invaded territories are Uber- j
ated and German militarism is
smashed."
BRITISH DEFEAT BULGARS.
Force In Serbia Capture Important
Bulgarian Positions.
Athens, Nov. 10.?Tho British have
advanced north of Doiran, capturing
Bulgarian positions ami an Important
section of country between I*ike
Doiran and the Bulgarian frontier.
TWO BILLION MORE
KnglaiKl Will Issue Another Great
War Loan.
London, Nov. 10.?The Exchange
T?-legraph announces that Premier
Asquith will ask the commons for an
additional two billion dollar war cred?
it this afternoon.
German Submarines Sunk.
Alfsdras, Spain, Nov. io.?British
warships srs reported to have sunk
two German submarines in the
Straits of Gibraltar.
Three British Steamers Senk.
London, Nov. 10.?The British
?teamen, Callfbrnlan, Clan Ifaoalester
and Moorina have been sunk by sub?
marines. No detail! were given out.
Greek Parliament Dissolved.
Paris. Nov. 10,?Advlcea state that
th<? QresM parliament lias been dls
s. hed. An election will be held I ???
rcmber 10th.
TEItniFlC BATTLE RAGING.
Bulgarians Making Desperate Kffori lo
Destroy Anglo-fYunHi \rmy,
(London, Nov. II.-?a terrific battle
in raging in southern Serbia wlu-ia
the Bulgarians sre hurllno. reinforce?
ments against the Anglo-Fronch
tores over a line ??xti-titiiti:'. front
I'ohin Lake through Vnlandova,
Htrumltsa station, Oradeti, and Krivo
MOVE HAS NO SIGNIFICANCE.
WHITLOCK LEAVES BELGIUM TO
SAVE HIS HEALTH, HE SAYS.
JIc BapecU to Return at tlic End of
His Vacation, Which He is Taking
Under Regulations?Starts Trip in
Automobile.
The Hague, Nov. 8 (via London).?
Brand Whitlock, American minister
to Bolgium, who arrived at The Hague
yesterday on his way to the Unitfcd
States on leave of absence, will go lo
Rotterdam tomorrow, whence he will
sail for New York on the steamship
Ryndam. Mr. Whitlock said his de?
parture was in no way connected with
his efforts to delay the execution of
Miss Edith Cavsll or with any politi?
cal question.
"I was advised by my physician two
months ago that rest was imperative,"
said Mr. Whitlock. "I am now taking
a portion of the leave of absence to
which I am entitled under the regula?
tions, after 15 months of unbroken
labor.
"I expect to spend a few weeks at
my home in America and return to
Brussels at tho end of December. My
journey has no political significance
whatever."
Mr. Whitlock, who was accom?
panied by Mrs. Whitlock, made the
trip from Brussels to Rotterdam and
The Hague by automobile. They will
sail for the United States on the
steamer Ryndam.
Mr. Whitlock looked tired. He de?
clined to discuss the situation In Bel?
gium or any of the incidents that
have occurred there. He paid a visit
to Dr. Henry Van Dyke, the Ameri?
can minister, at the legation here nnd
spent tho remainder of the day mak?
ing calls.
REGRET EMBARRASSMENT.
_
German Military Authorities Sorry for
Rumors of Friction.
Washington, Nov. 8.?Secretary
Lansing announced today that the
German military authorities in Bel?
gium had expressed to American V.in
isier Brand Whitlock thf?ir i*"^>s.
that published reports should have
made It appear he was leaving Bel
glum as a result of objections from
the German government.
Minister Whitlock was assured that
the German authorities regretted his
departure.
Secretary Lansing added that no of?
ficial communications of any sort had
passed between the Berlin and Wash?
ington governments respecting Mr.
Whitlock'i; status. Mr. Whitlock will
sail from Amsterdam on Wednesday
for a vacation due to ill health.
lak. The losses on both sides have
been enormous.
AN CON A HORROR GROWS.
Throe Hundred und Thirty-six Given
up for Lost.
Rome, Nov. 11.?Tho horror of the
the Ancona tragedy was increased to?
day when the officials of the line an?
nounced that six hundred and lifty-six
persons were aboard, Three hundred
and twenty are reported saved. Three
hundred and thirty-six are given up
for lost.
JEERED AT DROWNING PA8SENG
First Shot Fired at Anemia Brought
Ship to Stop, but Shelling Contin?
ued.
London, Nov. 11.?A dispatch quotes
Captain Massardo as stating that the
first shell fired from a distance of five
miles grazed the ship, which stopped
dead. The submarine kept up the
shelling, jeering at the passengers in
tho water.
SUBMARINE QUESTION AGAIN.
Cabinet Will DISCUSS War Issues To?
morrow.
Washington, Nov. li.?Submarine
question as raised by the sinking of
the Ancona and British interference
with American commerce will monop?
olize the cabinet meeting tomorrow.
The administration has not decided
what action will be taken on tho An?
cona incident, pending full advices.
President Wilson receives a copy of
all mesi ages.
British War Committee.
London, Nov. 11, The war commit?
tee of the British cablnel will consist
of Premier Asqulth, Lloyd-George,
I'nlfour, Law and McKennn.
CAPTAIN MASSARDO SAVED.
He Says That Submarine Opened Fire
Without Warning.
? >' ndon, Nov. 1L?A Tunis dispatch
NtntCS that Captain Massardo of the I
BREY TAUS OF BALKANS.
KNEW OF BULGARIA'S DEALINGS
WITH TURKEY MONTHS AGO.
Sir Edward Unable to Explain Brit?
ain's Failure to Aid Serbia Prompt"
iy.
London, Nov. 9.?Many questions
concerning the war were propounded
in the house of commons today, but
little new information was brought
forth from the government. Sir Ed?
ward Grey made a long statement on
political conditions in the Balkans and
the assistance promised to Serbia by
Great Britain.
The sympathies of King Ferdinand,
of Bulgaria, for Germany, the foreign
secretary said, always have been
known, and the government was aware
as early as April that negotiations
were in progress between Bulgaria!
and Turkey, under German influence.'
As to why no assistance for Serbia
had been available at the opening of|
the campaign, Sir Edward declared he
was neither willing nor competent to
state. The foreign secretary made
clear that the movements of troops
to Saloniki and from that point have
been dependent on the consent of
Greece.
Serbia was notified on September
24 of the dispatch of British troops to
her assistance. The foreign secretary
informed the Serbians Great Britain
was making an offer to Greece to
send forces to Saloniki to assist her in
fulfilling her obligations to Serbia,
Great Britain had labored throughout,
he said, to give Serbia all assistance
in her power. His use of the words
"without qualification or reserve" in
his statement before the house of
commons September 28, when prom?
ising to assist Serbia, meant that con?
cessions previously suggested to Bul?
garia were at an end and that Brit?
ish troops would be used solely to help
the friends of this nation and to fight
for their and her interests.
"The promise was to give our
friends all assistance in our power,"
Sir Edward added, "and that has in
fact been and is being done."
STORY OF SURVIVORS.
Submarine Torpedoed Ship and Shell?
ed it While Survivors Were frying
to E.scape in Boats.
Malta, Nov. 11.?This is the story
of one of the survivors of the Ancona
landed here:
"About one o'clock Monday after?
noon a submarine was sighted in the
distance making for us at top speed.
While still a considerable distance
away she fired a few shots across out
bows. A wild panic immediately fol?
lowed among the passengers. As we
did not slow down soon enough the
submarine began shelling the ship. As
each shell struck the pandemonium
increased. The ship was stopped. The
submarine drew alongside and said
they were going to sink us. In their
haste the sailors overturned some of
the life boats. The victims struggled
in the water and the crews of the
other life boats beat off the swlm
mera With oars to prevent their boats
being swamped. While the boats were
being lowered the submarine again be?
gan shelling the Ancona. The scene
was terrible. The submarine made no
attempt to aid the perishing. Most
of the victims were women and chil?
dren.
Other survivors declared the An?
cona did not try to escape.
New Presbyteries Created.
New Decatur, Ala., Nov. 11.?The
creation of three Presbyteries in
Florida by the Presbyterian church
of the United States has been au?
thorized by the Synod of Alabama.
The new Presbyteries Will be organiz?
ed by meetings to be held at St.
Augustine and Kissimee, April 11th.
J Ancona has arrived there and de
j clares that the submarine opened fire
without warning. The earlier die*
' patches reported that Captain Mas
Bardo went down with the ship.
DEFEAT AT GALLIPOLI.
Allies Begin Retirement After Costly
Failure to Force Dardanelles.
Berlin, Nov. 11.?The Allies* re?
tirement from Gallipoli has begun, ac?
cording to the Tageblaat. Two regi?
ments of French and one of British
have already withdrawn. The others
arc to follow.
All Americans Perished.
Tunis, Nov. 11 it is now believed
nil the Amcrieans aboard the Ancona
were lost.
Naval Battle Itcport od.
Copenhagen, Nov, II, A naval Pat
tie is reported In the Malllc sea.
AWAIT RESULT OF LAST NOTE
WILSON AND LANSING READ
COMMENT AND WATCH TOR
RESULTS OF DEMAND.
From Now on United States Will Hold
That British Must Make Condensa?
tion for Any Interference?May
Change Blockade Plan.
Washington. Nov. 8.?President
Wilson and Secretary Lansing today
read American and British comment
on the United States note to Great
Britain and awaited the effect of the
document upon British '.reatment of
neutral overseas trade.
Ambassador Page has not reported
the impression made upon the British
foreign office. So far as American
shippers are concerned, however, the
dispatcn of the note marks a turning
point of vast importance, for hence?
forth the United States considers the
British blockade as ineffective and in?
operative, and all cargoes of non
contraband goods destined for Ger?
many or through neutral countries to
Great Britain's enemies will be viewed
as immune from detention. Claims
presented by Americans for detentions
or seizures of such goods would be
supported to the fullest extent by the
diplomatic machinery of the United
States.
Speculation in official quarters to?
day as to what Great Britain's course
would be was varied. Some officials
pointed out that if Great Britain
abandoned all pretense of blockade
and applied the laws of contraband
the forthcoming American note on
the propriety of including various ar?
ticles in the contraband list would be
especially pertinent. On the other
hand, if the blockade is made legal,
the American government will con?
tinue to insist that legitimate trade
with neutral countries must not be
interfered with.
What American officials express
particular concern about in connec?
tion with Great Britain's alleged il?
legal practices is the large trade they
daim Great Britain is carrying on
with neutral ports to whicn Ameri?
can exporters are forbidden to trade.
It is this feature of the sltuatlohl
which officials regard as most serious
and indefensible. They say if Great
Britain held her own exports to nor?
mal trade with neutrals the applica?
tion of rigid measures to American
traders might be less offensive, though
the aspect of law would not be af?
fected.
?In allied diplomatic quarters here
the note was not commented upon
officially, but a uniformity of view was
noticeable. The British opinion as
reflected in official quarters was that
the United States was arguing on
technical grounds and failed to take
into consideration the altered circum
stances of the present war and tho
enlarged facilities for rapid com?
munication by rail between Dutch
and Danish ports, for example, and
German cities. French and Russian
officials pointed out that their gov
Kr^ments were in sympathy with the
.ttitude of their ally and that while
the British foreign office was con?
ducting the negotiations, this did not
mean their governments were any the
less interested.
Among all the allied diplomats the
view prevailed that the controversy
would not become acute, it being
pointed out that even if a deadlock
was reached in the negotiations the
Bryan peace treaties were available
for a year s investigation of the points
in dispute.
In German quarters the arguments
in the American note were com?
mended as sound and justified by in?
ternational law. German officials,
however, said they were much more
interested in what measure the United
States would take to obtain ac?
quiescence to its expressed views.
In view of the length of the note
an answer from Great Britain is not
expected for at least a month.
CONTRACTS DECLARED ILLEGAL.
United shoe Machinery Company Vio?
lates Clayton Law.
St. Louis, Nov. 10.?Federal Judge
Dyer declared that the essential pro?
visions of the United Shoe Machinery
Company's contracts with the shoe
manufacturers were unlawful. This
la the first government victory under
the Clayton law.
WEXT DOWN WITH SHIP.
Captain of Ancona Stood on Bridge
Until Ship Sank.
Naples, Nov. li.?Capt. Pietro Mas
anrcdo, the commander of the Ancona
wont down with his ship. He was
standing on the bridge with several
otllcers directing the launching of the
life boats wlen the Ancona took her
ilnnl plunge.
DEBATE OH CONDUCT Of WAR
REVOLUTION OR ANARCHY WILL
FOLLOW GREATER LOSS OF
LIFE SAYS RJ "H0
PEER
Sc\ctc Criticism of & r,hip in Part
of Addrc->s?One Says That
England Shout ept Any Propo?
sition Which Termination of
War Its Objr
London, N ?The debate on the
conduct of .var and the censor?
ship was ied in the house of
lords thi moon. Earl Loreburn,
former . chancellor, brought up
the subject, declaring that he took
this action, owing to his belief that
the Marquis of Lansdowne, the minis?
ter without portfolio, had not made
adequate reply to the arguments of
Viscount Morley.
Earl Loreburn spoke of w lat he
termed the "misadvenU res" of tho
Antwerp expedition, the loss of Rear
Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock'a
squadron, the Dardane-les or erations
and the Balkan expedition. The
speaker said he had bee 1 told two
months ago that 15,000/ 00 men had
been killed or disabled for life and
that multitudes had been added to
this number since and that if the con?
flict continued indefinitely "revolution
or anarchy" might follow in Eu?
rope.
Earl Loreburn, one of the Radical
stalwarts who criticised the South
African war, today found himself sup?
ported by Viscount Milner, former
high commissioner for South Africa,
who was one of those largely respon?
sible for the South African war. Vis?
count Milner, however, largely con?
fined himself to a criticism of tho
censorship. He declared that the news
had been "doctored in an optimistic
sense" and also denounced the gov
'ernnnent for not going sooner to the
assistance of Ser\ia.
j Baron Courtney of Penwith, well
j known as a peace advocate, followed
Vi.?count Milner. He said the gov?
ernment should show itself ready to
accept any suggestions which would
end the war, concluding,, however,
that the Germans nvjst rt^w-^fo+fafr^
uate Belgium and France and that
no idemnity should be demanded of
Great Britain.
Earl Curzon of Kedleston, lord
privy seal, who replied for the gov?
ernment, defended both the coalition
government, and its liberal prede
ce ;or. 'Ie announced that the govern?
ment was considering whether ar?
rangements could not be made for
creating closer contact between the
press and the fighting forces.
Lord Loreburn, in addition to his
other utterances, asked whether the
landing at Saloniki had been made
with the approval of the naval and
military authorities of the entente
allies, whether they were satisfied
with the supplies of men and money
and if the communications had been
properly safeguarded. He asked theso
questions, he said, because there was
an uneasy feeling that there had not
been sufficient expert supervision.
The Marquis of Lansdowne an?
nounced that a small committee of
the cabinet which some of the papers
say will consist of Premier Asquith,
Arthur J. Palfour, first lord of the ad?
miralty, and David Lloyd-George*
minister of munitions, had been ar?
ranged and that its personnel would
bo made known almost immediately.
The government, the marquis con?
tinued, had proceeded on the assump
jtion that a small committee could
take action by itself and that when
it did so it would have to make the
cabinet aware of its decisions only hi
case where there were entirely new
departures or a great change in policy
had been resorted when the concur*
' rence of the whole cabinet would bo
required.
Defending the government's Balkart
policy, the Marquis of Landowne said,
that when the history of these trans
actions came to be written, it would
be found that "no foreign minister
had ever had a more thankless task
entrusted to him."
When the relations of Bulgaria and
Bervia first became strained, the ml On
later went on, it was thought intsr^
vent ion might precipitate trouble
which the government wished tO
av.dd. Besides, it was impossible to
find troops then as the big offensive
In the West was being prepared. Tho
government's hesitation, he said, was
not due to the fact that it had any!
doubt whether it ought to take pr\rt
In opposing the forward movement cfl
Germany across Bervia to Bulgaria,
IVjins.vBanians Are Saved.
Norristown, Pa., Nov. 11.?Cable*
grama to relatives state that Mr. and
Mrs. Canfteld Jones. Americans
aboard the Aneona. had landed at
Gonna. <