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?MO IfflPWBSPri of s. * Aim?*t At be thy Oowrtrya, Ttrj M nA THE TBTJB SOUTHRON, BDAY, JANUARY 8, 1916. VoLXLI. No. 41. MM.lt? Whom aro tor duty filituw uinUe ear. Tho recruits hl grtuau Mid will bo called The statistics show thatl aa equal nutubut of married und buche lore enlisted. sUMMAN! MAKING PROGRESS. Meets With Jan. 4.?Steady progress is by tho Russians in their against the Austrian* on the Bukowina frontier. It is officially re? peats d taut the Austrians are falling rk la tho fighting In bitter cold ?stain waathsr. AVfFMANH ATTACK ITALIANS. Halted I vu in Oarso District WHa Heavy Losa, Rome. Ian. 4.-?An offensive more antat In tho Cnrso district has been launched by the Austrians. but Ital saun promptly brought it to a halt I math heavy loosen to the Austrians. KAISER HAS BLOOD POISON. af Germany Dally Growing) Worse. Amsterdam. Jan. 4.?Kaiser Wil? helm la suffering from blood poison lag, and Is dally becoming worse, ac? cording to reports from the interior af Oer many. It Is said that two oper? ations hare alresdy been unsuccess? ful, and affairs may temporarily be placed in the chi.rge of the crown prince. If the Kaiser is no better soon. n^^n, in Collision. London, Jan. 4?The liner Oeelong, a stater ship to the Persia has been sunk in a collision with another Brit? ish steamer. All aboard were saved. Glengyle Vot Warned. London, Jan. 4.?The British liner Glengyle, like tho Persia, was sunk without warning, according to unoffi? cial dispatches today from Alexandria, which stated thai nine persons per lsh*d. CONGRESS AT WORK. Lot g sad MousentouM Session Has Be? gun. Washington, Jan. 4.?Congress has reconvened for a long legislative siege. In the senate today the only matter of big Importance ready for considera? tion Is the administration Philippine bill. In the house the committees got donn to work on tho appropriation 1Mb rtre. To? jflMtSjm' ?e send *H t#*t?K? COlOmend fceok the ?Jfttit ad * ?*o*?s*?a*je?* ?.w. >>J s*o> Altana? Rom?, Jan. 5.?Albanian refugees say so Austro-Bulgarian attack on Dun sso, the biggest Albanian port on the Adriatic, Is Imminent. Serbs, Italians and Albanians are defending the city, but the occupants are fleeing. American Ambassador Page is asked to send relief to thousands. The do 1 fenders have been promised support by the Italian government. fVinseis With Mines and Hand Gren Ssrlln, Jan. 6.?Artillery duels and comliata with mines and hand gren? ades are reported waging on the wes? tern front. The war office says that other fronts are quiet Wilson and Lansing Confer. Washington, Jan. 6.?President thlsl morning summoned Secretary Lan-| sing to the White House for a confer? ence on tho international situation. | The discussion hinged about the ques? tion of what constitutes an armed ves? sel. ? Secretary Lansing placed bofore the| president all the data the State de? partment has regarding tho Persia, although nothing can be done until the identity of the submarine is es? tablished. Should Austria accept the I responsibility, diplomatic relations will probably will be broken off without further correspondence. Secretary Lansing refused to comment on the situation after the conference, other than to say: "Nothing has been defi? nitely decided on." TOURNAMENT AT ST. CHARLES. Exciting Race Won by Cecil Brcarlcy | After Four Rides. 8t. Charles, Ttn. 3.?One of thel most e^'C-M tournament races ever witness la section was held I here las?, Friday. The event consisted of four rides for each knight to elect the winner. First place was won by Cecil Brearley, who chose as queen of the tournament Miss Evelyn Mont? gomery. Ladson Montgomery won second place, naming Miss Bessie Brearley as first maid of honor. Ed? win Wilson was third and named Miss Hannah Montgomery as second maid of honcr. Roy McCoy was fourth and chose Miss Octavla Knight as third maid of honor. R. B. Wilson In a few well chosen remarks presented tho knights to the unusually large crowd. Those tnklng part were: Cecil Brearley, Ladson Montgomery, Edwin Wilson, Roy Mc? Coy, James Wherry, John MeCutOh en, Harmon McCoy, Claude Wlngate, Jc Heriot, Mllion Cooper ami Kirk Hvrlot. ION PRESIDENT IN CONFE?NCE WITH SENATOR STON? ijgYS THAT TALK MAY DAHGEROtS. r ?;* Matter Win b? tpftl ort "to of AU ritte Hay^Am^Bs^o* at Vi ? Washington, Jan; ?. WilaOftV tc^ay^roroised toons -aW^jMannjfa ? <* Ion He lent 51m iro of ?to mm Want WWW jgareua. Sentaorfltooa CAL|^FOR;ft< tuan?t?V in do crew of the Hella were saved, but it la thought some'wore lOBt, - ARTILLERY DUEL IN ALPS. Italians Reported to Hare Advantage ?Austrian* Retreat. Rome, Jan. 6.?Great artillery duels] are progressing between the Italians and Austrians in the snow filled Car nlc Alps. The advantage has been with the Italians. Near Moos the Aus? trians were forced to retreat. SALONIKI TO BE ATTACKED. London, Jan. 6.?Amsterdam ad? vices today say that Gen. von Macken? sen, who cut the way through Servla, has been ordered to move against Sa? loniki, indicating that the next great battle will come on Greek soil. The Germans are reported to^ bo concen? trating four hundred thousand men for the Saloniki campaign. MISSIONARY LOST ON PERSIA. Washington, Jan. 6.?Ambassador] Page at London cabled the State de? partment today as follows: "Rev. Homer R. Salisbury, a native born American, sailed from Marseilles on the Persiaj He formerly lived at Ta coma Park, D. C. The steamship company confirmed his sailing and be? lieves him lost." Mr. Salisbury was a missionary on his way to join his wife in India. AUSTRIA ASKED FOR FACTS. Washington, Jan. 6.?Ambassador Penfleld, at Vienna, cabled the State department today that he had follow? ed instructions and asked the Aus? trian foreign office for information re? garding the Persia. Tho capltol is still In darkness today regarding the Identity of the submarine. Consul Garrels, at Alexandria, Egypt, cabled that he was collecting affidavits from the survivors, all of whom agree that they saw no submarine. Persia Death List 333. London, Jan. 6.?The latest esti? mates of tho Persia casualties are 333, Including two Americans. Attack by Aircraft. Boulogne, Jan. 6.?A German avia? tor hovered over the city for an hour today, dropping bombs, despite a heavy fire from anti-aircraft guns. One bomb struck a house, injuring four persona, British Olli? ois Culled Homo. Rome, Jan. 6.?All British officers Ion ItaVC of absence in Italy were called home today. WILSON BICH IN WASHINGTON RETURNS TO MEET NEW CRISIS WHICH: CONFRONTS NATION. Will Take Personal Charge of Situa? tion Caused by Sinking of Steamer ' Persia with American Consul on Board?Officials Take Gloomy View of New Complication. I Washington, Jan. 3.?President Wil? son started to Washington from Hot [Springs. Va., tonight to take personal ! charge of the nation's foreign affairs in the new crisis brought about by the sinking of the British steamship Persia with the loss of at least one American life. The situation is re garded in official circles as being the most serious to confront this govern? ment since the submarine operations of the central powers began. The president will probably lay the facts thus far established before the cabinet tomorrow. The destruction of the Persia following upon the crisis precipitated by the Ancona disaster may result in the United States deter? mining to settle Immediately all ques? tions involved in the submarine war? fare. The subject is expected to find its way to the floor of the house and senate tomorrow when congress re? convenes after the holidays. President Wilson decided to cut short his honeymoon and return to the capital at once after telephone conferences with Secretary Lansing and Mr. Tumulty, his private secre? tary. It was found, however, that he could not conveniently start until 8:45 tonight. He should arrive at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. The United States is reported to? night act being prepared and deter? mined to take any action that the facts concerning the Persia may warrant. Officials are trying to view the situa? tion with, open minds, but It Is ap? parent that they are disturbed by the reports received from consular agents at Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt Jv ArfSry effort will be made to es Imbllsh the truth of the report that the, ilMgiift vas torpedoed without warn* I fcjfljN'.i i SSM?? I ? iisii a -contemplatea taking no steps until the complete de? tails are known. Officials find one source of gratifi? cation in assurances given by Baron Erich Zwiedlnek, charge of the Aus tro-Hungarlan embassy, to Secretary Lansing during a conference today at the state department Baron Zwiedl? nek is said to have expressed the be? lief that the final explanation of the latest incident would be satisfactory He Is said to have assured the secre? tary of his belief that if an Austrian submarine commander violated the principles of International law and the rules of humanity his government would take action which would fully satisfy the United States. Baron Zwiedlnek also sought Information for the benefit of his government. Secretary Lansing today instructed Ambassador Pen field at Vienna to make informal Inquiries which might lead to the establishment of the Identity of the isubmarlne which sank the Persia or the receipt of Informa? tion conceniing the circumstances of the attack. The secretary acted upon an Indi? cation received from an undisclosed source that no submarines of other than Austrian nationality were known to be operating near the point where the Persia went down. No specific Instructions were given to Ambassa? dor Penfleld. Officials here are not finally convinced that a submarine was responsible for the sinking of the Persia and still see a remote posl billty that the vessel might have struck a floating mine. The report that the liner was car? rying a 4.7-inch gun served to revive consideration for the position taken by the United States in regard to armed merchantmen. In the early days of the war It was announced that mer? chant ships beloging to belligerents might be allowed to enter and leave American waters with guns of 6-inch calibre or less mounted upon their sterns. At that time cruisers of the central powrers had not been swept from the seas. Later Great Britain and France, at the suggestion of the United States agreed that their ships coming Into American waters should not be armed. Since then all war craft of the Teu tonic allies, with the exception of submarines, have disappeared from the high seas. Consequently it is con? sidered in some quarters that mer? chantmen mounting guns even of ?mailer 'calibre and astern might be considered prepared for resisting a hostile submarine. Secretary Lansing and other officials have considered this view with great carefulness. The secretary said today he was not prepared to announce the GRIP ABROAD IN LAND. EPIDEMIICS AT MANY PLACES RESULT IN FATALITIES. Economic Problem Also Scriou. With Many Industries Suffering Person? nel Shortage. Washington, Jan. 3.?Influenza is spreading over the United States from coast to coast in the most serious epi? demic ever known, taking a large toll in lives and causing economic loss by incapacitating workers in all walks of life. Reports from public health service officers, made public tonight by Surgeon General Blue, show that already the disease has created a grave problem for many of the large cities and is spreading to the rural communities. New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Cleveland and Detroit reported the disease widely prevalent. Cleveland and Detroit each hare probably 100, 000 cases. Of the larger cities, Buf? falo, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, San Diego, Dallas and Mobile reported no signs of an epidemic. There is practically nothing the federal government can do towards aiding in suppressing the epidemic. It must be dealt with by local au? thorities and they in turn, it is ex? plained, are almost helpless without cooperation from the public. Surgeon General Blue said tonight he had called for reports from all parts of the country with the hope that pub? licity would tend to stimulate this co? operation. { WILLING TO ACCEPT. j Marshall Would be Vice President Again. Washington, Jan. 3.?Petitions to place Vice President Marshall's name on the ticket for the vice presidential nomination in the Indiana primary will be filed by friends before January 7 and later will be filed in other States. President Wilson's name will be filed for renomination in Indiana at the same time. The vice president's friends here say he will make no ac? tive campaign but that filing peti tieno tf* .hin? honnlf will- he dnau? with his approval. Justice Lamar's Funeral. Augusta, Ga,, Jan. 6.?With flags in the city at half mast, the funeral of Joseph R. Lamar, associate jus? tice of the supreme court was held today. It was attended by the jus? tices from Washington and members of Southern bars. attitude of the United States on this point In the future. It is understood that he is waiting an opportunity to discuss it with Presi? dent Wilson. The Italian ambassador called on Mr. Lansing during the afternoon seeking Information on the question. He was referred to the position taken by the United States at the beginning of the war. j During a later discussion of the subject Secretary Lansing revealed that Germany had abandoned some time ago its contention that tho Lusi tanla was an armed merchantman. This claim was originally made in justification of the sinking of that ship, and affidavits were presented to substantiate it. The affidavits were proved to be false. The Japanese ambassador, Viscount Chinda, also called on the secretary. His purpose was to obtain any details which might have been received re? garding the sinking of the Japanese liner Yasaka. The secretary had received no re? ports of importance. He indicated later that no action would be taken by the United States in that case be? cause the only pasenger aboard that vessel supposedly of American birth was born of American parents in China and had never perfected Amer ;ican citizenship. MAKES NO COMMENT. President Declines to Talk of Return to Washington. Hot Springs, Va., Jan. 3.?Presi? dent Wilson left here tonight at 8:45 o'clock for Washington after a series of telephone conferences with the capital regarding international affairs. He goes to take personal charge of the situation growing out of the sinking of the British liner Persia. The president declined to make any comment further than to announce his decision to return to Washington at once, cutting short his honeymoon by two days. A private car was at? tached to the first through train. Late in the afternoon Mr. Wilson walked through the lounge of his hotel to say good-bye to the employes and thank them for court sales ex? tended during his two weeks' stay. HEARING IN UNION GASE. SEASE LISTENS TO ARGUMENTS ON INJUNCTION. Takes Dispenary Matter Under Ad? visement ? To Render Judgment Soon. Spartan burg, Jan. 4.?A hearing was held before Judge Seaae at cham? bers at Spartanburg today upon the question of whether the temporary injunction and rece^ershlp for tho Union county dispe ^^should be made permanent, y 0 Jease took the matter under / ? Ment. Tho city of Ur/^f A>ugh Its at? torney, Macbeth 4 99 ? obtained a I temporary Injun' ? .nd receiver last week. Thomas my was appoint? ed temporary P fir and the board of control we 09 .porarlly restrained from Interf^- ^' / any way with the assets or lif j& of the Institution. The city ,*ion was today repre? sented by jet 1 Toung and John K. Hambn.. ppeared as attorney for the county and school Interests. The dispensary board members, defendants In the case, were present and were represented by J. Gordon Hughes and J. Frost Walker, Jr. Tho complaint set up by themotlon for receiver being appointed gave as a ground for such action the argument that legally there was no board, the property was with* out technical protection and the in-? terests of the people were therefore la jeopardy. It was also alleged that the profits for 1915 paid to the town of Union were profits accruing before that year. +It was argued that the] debts of the institu tion having all been paid, whatever assets were left were the property of the town of Union, the county of Union and the school fund. The answer to the complaint read by J. Gordon Hughes denied certain por? tions of the complaint, alleging that the board of control had not run a closed corporation, that It had given full and free information to the pub? lic, and an accurate set of books had been kept and aucited, that reports had been hied with the proper officials and posted every three montha It was also stated thnt profits had been absolutely untrue that no money hi been paid during the year 1915, as over $19,000 had been paid to each of the three beneficiaries. It was fur? ther stated that everything had been paid out except the stock on hand and $2,000, which had been reserved as an emergency fund. Mr. Hamblln, representing the schools and county at large, stated that he was present to look after these Interests, did not ask for a receiver and did not desire one, but If one should be appointed requested that IJ, T. Jeter, county supervisor, and James H. Hope, superintendent of ed? ucation, be made the receivers, they having offered to serve free of 1 charge. They would not be allowed to charge for such official work, as they already hold county offices. In the answer of Mr. Hughes there were a number of exhibits In the na? ture of affidavits from citizens of Union testifying to the good charac? ter and business ability of the mem? bers of the board of controL These were: R. P. Morgan, J. H. Barties, J. H. Hope, D. C. Flynn, J. H. Spears and W. D. Arthur, the last named being the clerk of the city of Union. Judge Sease stated that he would take the matter under advisement at once and render his decision in the next day or two. TO THWART "PIRATES." I Paris Paper Calls for Thorough Mess* ure. Paris, Jan. 3.?"It is only by de? stroying the retreat of the corsairs and the possibility of their receiving supplies and breaking down their in? formation organization that naval ban ditism can be ended," says The Temps in discussing the torpedoing of ves? sels by enemy forces. "The occupa? tion of Castelorizo is the first step in this direction. All means for clearing the Mediterranean of pirates must be taken without hesitation as to Is? lands the International status of which has not been definitely fixed and measures of surveillance must be imposed. "The enemy can not invoke laws which it systematically violates and neutrals who allow pirates to remain in their waters need not be surprised if we enter to seek and destroy the ship wreckers. Their sovereignty can not be offended by acts of public salubrity, by which sailors and pas? sengers of all nations will benefit." Singer's Son Dead. San Diego, Cal., Jan. 6.?Hans Schu mann-Heink, the son of the famous contralto, died here today of pneu? monia, age 28. ?