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UNIVERSITY OF S; U o nth ton. a* be t&y 0MMRfH Ttr/ Amt. 9,18&L StXMTER, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1916. Vol.0,. J. No.46. FUSE EttlTEl ON BHEECE. ALtCBS ATTEMPT TO COMPEL |JTTUB KINGDOM TO JOIN WITH THEM IN WAR. 2fc lAd Reported Iii Flight at ? German)' Reports of Three Miltkm Prisoners pa Total nf War Supplies? of Serbia In Desperate Con tdon. Jan. SI.?Extreme pres? sure, \sl)lng little short of actual mll fttaty ^pntroL Is being exerted by the Allies to compel Greece to break with the Teuton'.c diplomats. The destruc? tion of Greek property which might he of military use continues. The Montenegrins, fighting gallantry, are . ?aw: sating out of Scutari where they srltl attempt to make a junction with Pasha. tOVH SACRIFICES NEED? ED. Pomster Wares Nation That f Mm of Victory to Great. Rota*. Jan. Si.?Premier Salandra, ha an Impassioned speech warned the nation today that they must be to make tremendous sncrl tf the war Is to be won. GMRMAirr CAPTURED MILLIONS. and Gans Amsterdam, Jan. SI.?According; to Baeila military sources Germany since the war began has captured a total of three rAlIhon prisoners, ten thousand gun* forty thousand Maxims, fifty fhsnsana rifles, and; over three hun? dred thousand square miles of enemy TTJRaUIlf lUOBT. Tim* Rnaatene and Won Victory ta Jan. SI.?The Turks in and Cacausus rsjtong jSght to bohornlng a complete I . London. Jan. SI.?The British steamer S?uthcrh\ni, S.64S tons, was submarined and sunk In the Mediter? ranean. The crew landed at Malta. FLOWER* FO:i SUFFRAGE MEM* Presents Carnation to Each of Faithful Fifty-one Leg Columb'a, Jan. 22.?During the Ion} session ot the house yesterday somo of the members, the 61 who had fa? vored wotien suffrage during the de hate Thursday night, were each re? warded with a red carnation, with the compliments of the Equal Suf? frage league of Columbia. "Votes for Women" buttons were added as moi lasting m smen toes ot the cause that was put ti sleep temporarily at least COhfJ*LAINS OF JOHNSON. Attorney Says He Is Not C mope tent as Judges. Washington, Jan. SI.?It is learn? ed that Mr. Wlltcox, an attorney of Florence, has filed with the depart? ment of justice a charge that Judge Joseph T. Johnson, of the Western district of South Carolins, Is not competent In legal qualifications to discharge the duties of his posltn. The same attorney filed a letter previous to the appointment of Judge Johnson by President Wilson, alleg? ing that the then congressman from 4th district did not have the re equipment as a lawyer. The entire Supreme Court and Su? perior Court bench of the Palmetto State, It is understood, have submit? ted statemnets during Judge John? son to possess the quullflcalions of a Judge in ample measure. the 4tli oulstte VILLA AT DAY. Surrounded In Mountains With Two Hundred Follower ?. El Paso, Jan. SS.?Gen. Villa with two hundred followers is reported to have been surrounded In the Sierra Madera mountains by Carranslstas, according to Madera dlspa:ches. The message says escape is Impossible, but Villa Is so strongly fortified that It Is not advisable to attack hlui until re? inforcements arrive fr >m CasaH Grandes. John Lawrence, a 17-year old American youth, arrive ! here this morning with the story of the killing of Bert Alters, an American rancher, J by Mexican cattlo thleveti east of Jauree, . IOPE FOR SCUTARI ABAWBOWED MONTENEGRINS, AFTER DEFEAT OF PART OB' ENEMY'S FORCE. COMPELLED TO RE - TREAT. Austrian* Lost Heavily When Monte? negrins Fired nt Them From Heights ?Grand Duke Nicholas With Large Force Goes to Rescue of Britons In Mesopotamia. Rome. an. 22.?The capture of Scutari, the chief Albanian fortress, is imminent. GRAND DUKE REAPPEARS. I Nicholas Is Marching on Important Turkish Fortress with Russian Army. London, Jan. 22.?Grand Duke Nicholas with a large army of Rus? sians is marching on Enuruma, a Turkish fortress, commanding- the en? trance Into Asia Minor. He Is bring? ing up heavy guns for the assault. If the fortress Is captured it opens the way to relieve the British in Meso? potamia, and puts the war in a new light. KING NICHOLAS RETREATS. Montenegrins Fall Back From Scutari Into Albania. Paria, Jan. 22.?King Nicholas, of Montenegro, has abandoned hope of defending Scutari from the Austrians and is withdrawing into Albania with a part of his troops. The main part of the army under Gen. Martlnovltch has administered a severe defeat on two Austrian corps at Berane. From the hegihta the Montenegrins pour? ed a scathing fire down on the Aus? tral na, whose losses were tremendous. All the women membors of the Mon? tenegrin royal family will leave Italy for Lyons, France, where the govern? ment will be re-established. AUSTRIA OFFERS PEACE. Proposition Said to Have Been to Scavia. en Made Seegaard* lag to dispatches from rellabl? sources i' MoAtengcrtna Win Victory. Rome, Jan. 22.?Gen. Marti no vitch's Montenegrin army administered a se? vere defeat to two Austrian corps at Berane. The assault commenced as soon as the peace terms were reject? ed. Trench Trenches Destroyed. Berlin, Jan. 22.?The Germans de? stroyed seventy yards of trenches of the enemy south of Ypres in the western theatre. DR. MADDOX HEARD. Preliminary la Case of Union Physi? cian. Union, Jan. 21.?The ca>?e of Dr. Theodore Maddox, charged with man? slaughter, came up yesterday after? noon before Magistrate Mann.' Wit? nesses in the prosecution and the de? fense were heard and the testimony taken by the magistrate. The case was sent to the grand jury. The prosecution testified that the boy came to his death from bleeding, owing to the phyelcian failing to re? turn in time to render aid. Dr. Mad? dox In his own behalf testified that he used all diligence in returning to the patient and that he did all In his power to render aid. and all that any physician could ? expected to do. It will be remembered that Hulle Stoddard, a lad about 13 years of age, was seriously shot accidentally and In consequence his leg had to be amputated. The boy died Im? mediately after the operation was performed. J. J. Stoddard, father of the boy, swore out a warrant for the arrest of the physician, the war? rant charging wilful and criminal negligence. SERBIA NEEDS HELP. An Appeal to America to Save Starve ing Nation. Paris, Jan. 21.?Mme. Groultch, who before her marriage was Miss Mabel Dunlap, of West Virginia, to? day said she was going to America to make another pica for aid for the starving Serbs. She said: "Serbia will disappear from earth's face unless America saves the people." MURDEHED IN STREET. New York Gunman Shoots Wealthy Merchant. New York, Jan. 21.?In plain view ot scores of pedestrians, Frank La monde, a wealthy importer, was shot as he walked in Christie street today. The gunman escaped. T?RKS DEFEATED III HiEHIr ?ii' i .I RUSSIANS UNDER GRAND DUKE PURSUING ENEMIES ON 1PIFTY MUiE FRONT. In West Germans Have Renewed Ac* tfvlty in Lens Region and Hew Bat? tle Is Expected to Break Forth at Any Time?Total of Cost of War Mounts up to 15,000,000 Man?Ger? mans Made Aerial Raid on Dover, While French Attacked Monastir. Petrograd, Jan. 24.?The Turks in 1 Erezerum and Armenia are retreat? ing along a fifty mile front, the Rus? sians hotly pursuing, under the com? mand of Grand Duke Nicholas, The I Turks' losses are reported to he tre? mendous, and they have been forced I to abandon large supplies. Despite the I severe cold and snow the Russians Ire attacking incessantly, using t>oth.euv alry and infantry. tIce prictc OF wail ? London, Jan. 24.?Figures compl I from the official statements of warring nations show casualties; jproximately as follows: Rusiian, million; Germany, four million; tria, two million eight hundrod and; France two million, three4 dred thousand; England, five and sixty thousand; Italy tin dred thousand; Belgium, Sen key and Bulgaria combined orit .lion. The casualties listed killed, wounded and prisons number killed is estimated ai; [five, prisoners one in seven. ALLIES WILL WIN.* * $ London, Jan. 24.?David [George, the English war ri llnlster, In a copyrighted [with the International News< tys the allies will win, as [firmly united. He says the greatest army in The British fleet, he England from being ov< . Balkans. 1' ) j ? in > * ' FRENCH . BOMBARD?' i .Saloniki, Jan. 24, station and the Buigarlai trin military barracks. GREAT BATTLE EXPECTED. Paris, Jan. 24.?Fpllowtns; the suc? cessful German attacks near Neuville, great artillery duels have developed In the Lens region. The French be? lieve the means of attack mark the be? ginning of a new German offensive, which, If true, means that Artois will probably again be the scene of a great battle like that of last spring. German Aeroplane Raid. Berlin, Jan. 24.?The admiralty an? nounces that naval aeroplanes Satur? day night bombarded the British bar? racks and docks at Dover, on the east coast of England. PEANUTS TO FRON1]?. Experiment Proves Successful in Florence County. Florence, Jan. 21.?Th?> experi? ment made by the peanut growers in this county last .year was icenerally successful. F. M. Rogers, who Intro? duced the tobacco culture, will prob? ably be known to this generation as the leader in the peanut culture, just as he Is to the last generation as the tobacco pioneer. Mr. Rogers will in? crease his acreage next year, to about 500 acres, he expects. He found a ready market for all that he could of? fer and the price was satisfactory. Mr. Rogers says that It will not do to en? courage every farmer to plant pea? nuts for market, because all land is not suited to their growth and all farmers can not grow them success-? fully and he does not wish to be blamed for nor saddled with any of his neighbors' or fellow citizens' fail? ure to realize their expectations. This section, however, seems to be particu? larly well adapted to the culture of the nuts and where land suits for them and farmers are willing to try, there is a pretty sure promise of suc? cess. Favors Two-Cent Rat?. Columbia, Jun. 21.?After handling the Moore bill making railrDad pas? senger rates In South Carollra not to exceed two cents a mile, to as to exempt railroads under fifty miles in length, the houso of representative* this morning passed the measure to third reading by a voto of 37 to 69. Plnewood, Jan. 21.?All the mer? chants have agreed to the ec.rly clos? ing, beginning February 1 when bus? iness firms will close at 7 p. m. un? til September except on special pay roll nights and Saturdays. WILSON PLANS HIS TRIP. HAS INITERARY THROUGH MID. RLE WEST LAID OUT. Will go Aboard Yacht to Sec Privacy While Preparing Speeches to De? liver on His Tour. Washington, Jan. 21.?Final plans for President Wilson's forthcoming trip through the Middle West to speak on national preparedness, approved tonight, include stops at Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Chicago, Des Moines, Topeka and Kansas City. Tonight after the entente allies' [dinner, the president and Mrs. Wilson left Washington on the yacht May? flower for a two days' cruise down the Potomac river and Chcspeake bay, the president having decided to seek [seclusion for the preparation of an Address he will deliver January 27 in New York before a banquet of the Railroad Business association and to tentatively outline the speeches he will make in the Middle West. He will [keep In touch with the White House by wireless while away and plans to [return Monday morning. On the Middle West trip the (president Will leave Washington Frl May, January 28, and will return Feb tifuary 4 in time for the judicial dinner [St the White House. He will speak a day meeting in Pittsburgh Janu 29; at a day meeting in Milwau January 31; in Chicago the same rht; at a night meeting in Des Meines February 1, and at a day meet In Topeka February 2 and in Kan City the same night. He will spend iy, January 30, in Cleveland, {(addition to the formal addresses cities, the president is ex to speak briefly at several id towns through which his ill pass. The national defense the administration will be pal topic but he probably will >ther subjects including the And Mexican situations. The ?nt to the war and navy today . for information the army. and navy to be ie preparation of his present plans are car -r^..^T?. .je/pjfesltferi? ' ' OJ| the president's second trip about tel middle of February in addition to ng as far West as Denver, he is expected to visit several Southern cities, including probably Birming? ham and at least one point in North Carolina. AMERICAN MAIL OPENED. British Government Instructed Cen? sors to Examine All American Mail for Purpose of Obtaining Informa? tion. Washington, British government officially instructed its censors to open and examine all American mail relat? ing to traffic of all kinds with neutral and Teutonic countries. A copy of the secret instructions was accidentally obtained by Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, who plans to use it in the senate next week, demanding action. Senator Hitchcock says the Instruc? tions show a three-fold purpose: One to interfere with American commerce to neutrals; second to furnish Brit? ish trade with information useful in competing with American trade; third to obtain information of ship? ments of American goods to Germany through neutral countries. DIES FROM WOUNDS. Baseball Player Succumbs in Spartan burg Hospital. Spartanburg, Jan. 21.?"Stonewall" Jackson, a well known baseball player in the Spartanburg Mill league, who was shot on November 26 by Broadus Campbell, a barber of Lib? erty street, died here today at the city hospital as the result of his wounds. The coroner's jury at an in? quest held this afternoon found that he came to his death as a result of the gunshot wounds and Broadus Campbell, who had been released on bond, was rcarrestcd and is held in the county Jail. The shooting of Jackson occurred at Campbell's shop and followed, It Is said, Campell's request that Jack? son and a friend who was with him keep out of his place of business. FLOOD IN CHICAGO. Excessive Rainfall Docs Great Dam? age. Chicago, Jan. 21.?Over 12 hours' steady rain c aused $200,000 damage to South Chicago and suburbs. At Joliet several hundred families were driven from their homes. The property dam? age there is a half million. Basements were flooded and factories shut down in outlying towns. EiABRlSOM PLAN APPROVED. MILITARY EXPERTS INDORSE CONTINENTAL ARMY. Scott and Bliss Point to Value of I Scheme and to Impracticability of Other Plane Advocated. Washington, Jan. 21.?Unqualified I support was given Secretary Garrison's I continental army before the senate military committee by Maj. Gen. Scott and Maj. Gen. Bliss, respectively chief and assistant chief of staff of the army. Both amplified statements made on the same subject last week before the house committee. Gen. Scott delcared the plan would I save at least five months' time in building an army of defense in a war emergency. He advocated immediate organization of a reserve corps of offi? cers actually commissioned and as? signed to the posts they would take in time of war. Gen. Scott also urged that a quar? termasters' reserve corps of enlisted men be formed to include mechanics of all kinds, telegraphers, radio op? erators, drivers, railway men and the like. A representative of the Amerl ican Legion, he said, had told him re? cently that 16,000 men of his sort had been listed by the organization as will? ing to enlist in such corps. Both generals expressed the opin? ion that universal military service was |tho only "ideal democracy" method of building an army, but army officers I thought the country would not tol? erate the proposition. Discussing the details of the various j bills under consideration, Gen. Bliss said that proposed by the war depart? ment was the only one which ap? peared satisfactory or contemplated a (definite policy. The" war college di? vision of the general staff, he said, has fixed 500,000 men, more or less trained, as the irreducible minimum necessary for the country's safety in the first shock of war. The proposal to increase the regu? lar army to 250,000 as suggested in Senator Chamberlain's tentative bill, he added, was wholly inadequate by Itself. Moreover, he added, it was tmpc-ssible to recruit a lariger force than 140,000 men,- as proposed' by Secretary' Garrison for the regular army, without Increasing pay or oth? erwise giving added inducements. He read a report from the adjutant I general declaring that It would be im? possible to recruit even 200,000 men in peace times and that the average maximum force that could be main? tained was only 122,000. Recruits now costs the government SI00 per man, delivered to their regiments, the reneral said. He disapproved short enlistment terms to build up a regu? lar service, saying this would make It necessaiy to recruit 20,000 or more men annually. Discussing the continental army plan, Gen. Bliss said it contemplated 246 batteries of artillery, which alone j would be worth all that may be ex? pended. The day had passed when field guns are manoeuvred to any ex? tent, he said, and no consideration need be given to the question ot pro? viding horses for -the guns. Questioning both witnesses, Chair? man Chamberlain brought out the statement that the bill prepared by Secretary Garrison had never been submitted to the war college division of the general staff. Gen. Scott point? ed out, however, that the continen? tal plan had been approved by the i war college In Its report to the secre? tary. INTRODUCE MANY BILLS. [Much Legislation in Embryonic State Has Been Presented to General As? sembly. Columbia, Jan. 22.?The number of bills introduced during the first two j weeks of the legisltaure approaches the 500 mark. Last year during the entire 40 days about 600 were intro? duced. One of the solicitors, direct? ing the work, said yesterday that practically as many as could receive attention had already been Introduced into the two houses, as the usual number brought before the general assembly in the two years of the legis? lative session approximates 1,000. The calendar of the present session, comprising bills of this term and last, will die with the probable adjourn? ment next month. PRISON SUPERINTENDENT RE MOVED. Gov. Whitman fakes Hand In New York Prison Fight. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 21.?Gov. Whit? man today removed State Superinten? dent of Prisons Riley. The removal was the outgrowth of the fucd which forced Warden Osborne out. COIMONU COMPULSION. CHEERS GRE/w GOVERNMENT VICTOR!* LOWER Hi k _5 No Severity Will I Jaed by British! in Enforcement tales Already Practiced Withom aul Authority. London, Jan. 20.?The military ser vice bill passed through the committee of the house of commons at 11 o'clock [tonight amid long cheers. Walter Hume Long, president of the local government board, in n speech closing the discussion, said he desired to remove the impression that under the bill the government was I creating a great monster in the form of a military machine which would grab at any man coming within its scope. There was no Intention that the war office should act with undue se? verity, 'bM on the contrary it intend? ed to maintain the present system al? most Identical, but giving It a statu? tory poslton it hitherto "had not oc cupied. Philip Snowden, the Socialist mem? ber for Blackburn, speaking as an {opponent of the bill, paid a warm I tribute to the generous way the bill had been piloted through the house by Andrew Bonar Law and Mr. Long? Mr. Bonar Law then expressed the grateful thanks of himself and Mr. Long to all sections for the restraint shown in committee. John Dillon, Nationalist, added that he had never seen a bill which might easily have led to passionate, heated [debate, conducted through the house with greater skill or in a more con? ciliatory manner. He thought that Premier Asqulth had never shown I greater skill than In leaving Its con? duct to Mr. Long and Mr. Bonar Law? CONSTABLES SEIZE MUCH WHIS? KEY. Market Street Place Raided In Char? leston Gives up Heavy Stove of Ed . quor. Charleston, Jan. tl. stables raiding No, 60 ted** se packages of whiskey, six whiskey in jugs, three gallons of wine in jugs, 35 quarts and 208 half pints of whiskey. PRESIDENT MAKING READY. [Tikes Vacation to Prepare Speeches for Stumping Trip. Washington, Jan. 22.?President Wilson and wife departed for a two days' cruise down the Potomac and through the bay on the presidential yacht Mayflower. The president is preparing his speeches and plans for stumping tour of the West, which be? gins January 28. The president's ad? visers say the trip is the most import? ant he has ever taken, as the attitude of the middle west will to a large extent be the barometer indicating whether the president will again be a candidate. \ ENCOUNTERED GREAT STORMS, Liner Now York Arrives at New Doric i Disabled. New York, Jan. 22.?The American liner New York, battered by a week of Incessant storms, during which hundred mile gales and waves seventy feet high were encountered, reached here this morning. The life boats were gone, several of the crew injur? ed, state rooms flooded, and generally disabled. SMILES FOR JOHNSTON. Nomination of Federal Judge Will be Confirmed. Greenville, Jan. It.?A letter re? ceived in Greenville today from Con? gressman Nicholls stated that his In? formation was to the effect that the judiciary committee of the senate would unanimously recommend the confirmation of Joseph T. Johnson as Federal judge in the western district of South Carolina. The recommenda? tion Is expected the early part of next week. The confirmation has benn un? expectedly delayed. STEAMER ON FIRE. Munition Ship Puts Back to Now York With Fire In Hold. New York Jan. 22.?The four thou? sand ton Norwegian steamer Sygna. heavily laden with munitions for Vlndlvostoek. Russia, sped into port this morning with distress signals flying, and fire raging in her holds. The vessel sailed yesterday and find? ing fire turned back. A fire boat pumped thousands of gallons of water Into her holds. The fire is a mystery, ind a plot is feared.