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n rnxfo Sonthron. mm unt st be U17 Country* Thy CMP? Bad bun* THE TRUE southron, ?Am, IBM. URDAY, JANUARY 29, ?16. VoLXLI. No. 47 mim itn ii ma. TEUTONIC ALLIES HAVE AL? READY CONQUERED SERVIA AMD MONTENEGRO AND WILL NOW TURN TO ALBANIA. Attack* Awime More Import Waa Bombarded by Aarplanca and French Here Attacked Seven Cities Held by EncsaJca Reported That French eWtaaseriiiu Sank Sultan's Private Yecast Rettish Will Investigate nankhaj off Persia. Berlin, Jan. 26.-?Practically all of Montenegro baa Ween overrun by the Austrtana an 1 four aeparate invasions o# Albania aro progressing. Military circle* believe the subjugation of Al? bania will hs completed within a month. Klmr Nicholas is now in France. GERMANS RAID DUNKIRK. Bombard French Hospital and Troop Base. London, Jsn. 31.?German aero? planes bombe rded Dunkirk, northern France last night. Dunkirk is a French hospital base and general dis? tribution polo-, for allied troops. The official annoui cement Tailed to men the exten: of the damage. ' DIED IN PRISON. Anarchist Who Precfptsted the War . P? ys Penalty. Vienna, Jan. 25.?The Servian an? archist Nod (llko Gabrlnovic. who participated In the assassination of Archduke Fer.llnand, which precipi? tated the war, died In prison. WAR IN THE AIR. Rslda on Larger Scale Heretofore Attempted. Parle, Jan. 14.?Air. activity on a larger seals than yet attempted, la progressing ah ng the western front In the past 4i hours French airmen ^sn8^ Allies. The Germars raided Dunkirk this morning, doing little damage. The British shot down a German sea1 plans near Nleu port, s WOMEN Mt fcTT WORK. English Women Most Work on Farms to Safe Country. London, Jan. 25.?Lord Selborne, president of the government agricul? tural hoard, announces that England must have wotien farmers if the country Is to survive the war. The rural districts vlll be ennveaaed for ' omen who will do farm work. FRANZ JOSIIP1I VERY SICK. /_ Aged Emperor of Austria Has B ?vor. Zurich, Jen. 15.?Information from Austrian sources say that Bmperoi Frans Joeeph his a 4ilgh fever and his physicians fear, because of his advanced age, he will not recover. The aged monarch Is obsessed by foar that he will die before the war onda. Make Darin* Bald on Turks. London. Jan. 55.?A French aub marlne paused through tha Darda? nelles and saa of Marmora, torpedoing the Sultan's private yacht Entrogroul In the Bosphoruii, according to Con? stantinople dtspa'.ches. ' Win Investigate Persia Kinking London, Jan. 21.?Walter Runclman announced In the house of commons today that the British government has determined to make an exhaustive in? vestigation Into the sinking of the Persia. German* Push offen.she Berlin, Jan. 25.?The German? con? tinue their offensive In Artols. They captured French guna and a hundred prisoners at Neuville. Hints In Berlin. Berlin, Jan. 25.?Portugese citizens srrlvlng from Germany report bloody rlotlng In Berlin on January 12. The troops charged massed crowds of cltl sens with machine guns, killing many, according to their declarations. DYNAMITE IS DISCOVERED. Boxes ruder ComponlcM Which Were Huppiylng Allies. Portland, Me., Jan. 26.?Four boxes Of dynamite have been found under a dry dock of the Marino Hardware and Equipment and the Portland Hardware Companies, both of which are rmklns ammunition for the Al The police are Investigating. SEMWI SPIRIT UNCURBED. PREMIER SAYS NATION WILL FIGHT AS LONG AS A MAN REMAINS ALIVE. In France Germans Have Lost. Heavily in Fighting or Past Few Days and Further Attacks are Expected on Morrow, Kaiser's Birthday?Aus trains Advancing into Albania, Where Battle is Expected Soon. Corfu, Jan. 26.?Nikola Pasltch, the Serbian premier, said today: "Ser? bia is not beaten, while a Serb remains yet alive. We are with the Allies till our last breath. Our sufferings only exalt our fidelity to the cause. Give us. food and we will fight to the end. No other peace hi satisfactory." GERMANS LOST HEAVILY. French Retire and Shell Enemies When They Occupy Trenches. Paris, Jan. 26.?-Despatches from tha front estimate the Germans lost ten thousand men In the last two days offensive against the French linos in a vain attempt to roach the sen. At some points the French vol 'untarlly retired from their shell bat? tered trenches, but the Germans wore decimated by the Allies' shell fire wh<m they occupied them. Another ser es of attacks Is expected tomor? row, which la the Kaiser's birthday. I Ml ST DECLARE ACTION ILLEGAL New Note to Berlin States Conditions Acceptable to Vnited States in I. ustinn in Case. Washington, Jan> 26.?Germany munt specifically declare the Lusl tanla sinking an illegal act. That Is the president's last word, conveyed to Ambassador Bernstorff today by Sec? retary Lansing. Tho two conferred at noon, agreeing on a general form of settlement acceptable to the Unit? ed States. Germany's position la not admitting the Illegality, though pay? ing the indemnities, as more a matter of grace than a legal claim, The note Two Mil lien British Workmen Threat? en Universal Strike Bristol, Eng., Jan. 26.?Six hundred delegates representing two million BrttLnh laborers, met here today de? nouncing conscription. ? The leaders of the railway men and miners threat? en a universal strike if conscription is adopted. Mines Destroy German Trenches. Berlin, Jar. 26.?The war office ad? mits that successful French mining operations In Argonne resulted In the destruction of some German trench? es. LABOR BILLS IN PREPARATION. Provide for Workmen's Condensation and Concilia Up n Board?-Favored by Governor. Columbia, Jan. 26.?Gov. .Manning said >csterday that he would, urge tho passage of a workmen's compensa? tion act nt this session of the general assembly. He will also urge that the loK??loture pus;* a measure providing for n State boar<l of conciliation tu settle (11kputt's between capital and I labor. Tho two bills are being prepared I and will be Introduced In the house and senate before tho end of the week. It Is probable that tho governor will send a special message to the general assembly urging the passage of these two measures which w ? ? mostly recommended In the annubt massage. GOOD ROADS BILL PASSED. Khackloford Measure Sent to Senate. Washington, Jan. 26.?The Shackol ford good roads bill, carrying an ap? propriation of $25,000,000 to aid the States In Improving their post roads, was passed by the houso late today, 281 to 81. Three members voted "prosent." statt.* would share in appropria? tion on the basis of their population and the number of their post roads. The money would bo disbursed through the various Stato highway sessjnJsstossi (opponents of tho measure insisted that thh proposed appropriation would bo only the forerunner to requests for ethers of a similar nature. Repre? tentative;; from the larger OitlSS gen? erally Opposed tho projection on the ground that the mads would he of general benefit but would go to favor? ed sections of rural districts. It was freely predicted that Strong opposition would bfi encountered In the senate. AUSTRIAN FRANZ JOSEPH HAVE HAD TWO PARATjY Berlin Reporte Heavy Ish in Soutliern Ara Trades Unions Vote Compulsory- Service Rome, Jan. 27.?Rep the Vatican today say dition of the Austrian rious. Ho has. had strokes and hi npw help WORKMEN A^AINS* ti?n: TED TO ES OF for Brit England ly Against \ reaching the con cror is se paralytic ONSCRIP Rcporte inst Army Trades Union Overwhelming Votev Service. Bristol, Eng., Jan. %T.-S?y an over? whelming vote of 1,?96JOO to 219, 000 the trades union>? conference adopted a resolution against con? scription. Pandemoniurn^jind cheer? ing greeted the announcement of the ' result. GREAT BRITIS? Germans Have Reports Arabia. Berlin, Janv 27.-r-Bcrl print dispatches from Cl ish troops in Southern fifteen thousand killed thousand injured in Twenty thousand othfli carious position. They aj. the beginning of pic ish occupied ono hundri thousand square mllcs; 4 - but all has boon lost to Turks. c FRENCH Germans Score Berlin, Jan. 27* nounced that the" tured French trej hundred [car, fifty men7* je?. lughtcr in lewsyapcrs that Brit trabia lost twenty >pcra+lons. In a pre ire .that %o Brit jfnd fifty ^territory, 11 s and SB . _ -.. in agree to prisoners ex* I change. Red Cross Intercedes for Tubercular Soldiers, Who Will be Sent to Swiss Mountains. Paris, Jan. 26.-r-Through the In? ternational Red Cross, Germany and France agree to exchange tubercular prisoners, but instead of sending them home will take them into the Swiss mountains at the government's ex? pense. TROUBLE IN BROWNSVILLE. Ofllelal Report of Capture of United States Soldiers. Washington, Jan. 27.?Major An? derson, commanding the 12th infantry stationed at Mercedes, Texas, wired the war department this morning con? firmation of the report that two I American soldiers were captured, and ; four drowned near Brownsville. The [ official story is the same as the press dispatches. A searching party was flped on. The bodies have not been recovered. ASKS UNCLE SAM OF INTENTION. Austrian Charge Inquires Concerning Italian Ship With Mounted Gnns. Washington, Jan. 26.?Baron Erich Zweidlnek, charge of the Austro Hungarian embassy, today asked the State department what the United States intended to do in the case of the Alan Line steamship yerona, which arrived in New York several days ago with two guns mounted at her stern. SUFFRAGETTES INTERVIEW WIL i SON. He TeUs Them Ho Will Not Endorse I Proposed Amendment. New York, Jan. 27.?A hundred wo? men besieged President Wilson at the Waldorf this morning, seeking his en? dorsement of tho federal amendment for equal suffrage. Tho president will address three thousand ministers at noon, and deliver two addresses to? night to tho railway buslnes men's association and tho moving picture board of trade. Mrs. Wilson is :ilo:uv. The president consented to see the women latsr. President Wilson told tho women thill he would not endorse the amend? ment, saying that he believed the suf Irage question for the States to set tle Individually, and not a national la? , si.t . He h:ii<l, "I nin not opposed to suffrage, I proved that by upholding it in my own State of New Jersey, hut It is not u national question." ; COMPULSION BILL MOVES ON. PASSED SECOND READING BY HOUSE QF LORDS. Archbishop of Canterbury Bestows | Benediction on Measure as Effort to Meet Situation. London, Jan. 25.?The house of lords without division passed the sec? ond reading of the military service bill this afternoon. The Marquis of, Lansdowne, minis? ter without portfolio, spoke strongly of the necessity of enacting the meas? ure. The Archbishop of Canterbury, in I the course of* the debate, bestowed a ! benediction on the measure, saying he j regarded it as a plain, straightforward, Vigorous efforr. to meet a situation ex traordlnariiv difficult. Earl Curzon, lord privy councillor, in concluding the debate, expressed the opinion that the most serious crit? icism of the oill was' made by those who contended that it does not go far enough. The Earl of Derby, director of re? cruiting, said he was convinced that jthe bill when Imposed on the country [would not make the disturbance in in? dustrial circles that many had pre? dicted. He said he was more fright? ened by the extent of the exemptions granted by the government than by tho reductions in men available for military service made by the measure. Since his report was made four lists of reserved occupations had been is? sued.and he could not help being ap? prehensive when he learned that no less than 100,000 badges exempting men from military service had been issued in four days last week. POTASH ALTERS STANDARDS. [House Passes Concurrent Resolution Relating: to Rules on Fertilizer MM ffh? rules a ml standards regardlhf sale of fertilizers as may be deemed udvisable and proper at this time, in view of the scarcity of potash, he resolution follows: Whereas, the abnormal and un? usual conditions in Europe have made it impossible to obtain potash in any considerable quantities; and "Whereas, under existing law all fertilizers sold or Offered for sale in South Carolina must be branded 'high grade,' 'standard' or 'low grade,' and In order to conform with existing law each grade must contain a certain percentage of potash; now therefore be it . * "Resolved, by the house of repre? sentatives, the senate concurring, That the board of trustees of Clem son college be, and Is hereby, author? ized and empowered to establish cer? tain rules and regulations for the sale of fertilizers in South Carolina, in so far as the same may be affected by the Impossibility to obtain potash until the abnormal conditions referred to shall have been remedied." NEW NOTE FROM BRITAIN. England Says Seizure of Mails Was Legal and Rejects American De? mands. I Washington, Jan. 26.?Great Brit? ain's reply to the American note pro ? .testing on the mails seizure, arrived today. It Is understood that it re? jects the American demands and up? holds the seizure as legal. Another note of protest is to be sent. NORTH CHARLESTON LIGHTED. Fourteen Nitrogen-Filled 100-Candlo j Lamps Turned on Last Night. { Charleston, Jan. 25.?Lights on at North Charleston! Another notable event In the development of North Charleston occurred at dusk yester day afternoon when for the first timo street lights illuminated tho town that is building. Persons going by electric car to North Charleston were sharply surprised at the differenco made by the lights. Residents of the new town were delighted. I By means of nn automatic clock contrivance lights were switched on at dusk and switched off at midnight. Fourteen nitrogen-Ailed lamps of 100 candle power burned dassllngly for more than six. hours. Six of them are on O'Hcnr avenue, four on Cosgrovo avenue, two on Ashley avenue and two on Look hart avenue. Current for tho lights if? being furnished by the Consolidated Company1, which has for some time operated power lines out to the new town .hist beyond the Navy yard. JEST CASE ON MILL TIKES, j TRIAL TO COME OFF IN GREEN? WOOD COUNTY HOLDS ALL PARTIES. Cotton Mills and Banks" Allege That They Were Made to Pay More Than Their Share of Taxes?Three Im? portant Features Agreed to. Columbia, Jan. 26.?Thomas H. Peeplea, attorney general, and F. Bar ron Grier yesterday reached an agree? ment in the matter of litigation relat- 1 ing to assessment and collection 'of taxes on certain cotton mills and ' banks. Suits had been filed in sev- ' eral counties. The mills and banks included in the agreement are repre- ' sented by Gricr, Park & Nicholson or Greenwood and Dean & Cothran of Greenville. Under the agreement both 1 sides will*abide by the verdict in the cases of the Grendel mills and th? Cambridge bank against H. Graham I Payne, county treasurer of Greenwood county. ' f! The suits have been instituted "for the recovery of certain alleged un- 1 lawfully assessed and collected taxes, paid under protest." The agreement provides: "1. That the case first above stated shall be deemed a test case and the ! result thereof determinative of all the other cases in which complaints j have not been served. "2. That it shall not be necessary j for the attorney general to give no? tice of appearance in any of the last i mentioned cases, or for the plaintiffs attorneys to serve complaints there-1, in, or for the attorney general to 'servo answers therein; but in the! event of a recovery by plaintiff in the Grendel mills case (Cambridge bank), the said attorneys shall furnish a statement of the amounts claimed in the other cases which the court toi the master or special referee, with instructions to take the testimony and report the same tp the court with his findings of fact, and shall bo tried by the court without a jury, as in such cases provided by law. ; "4. It is further agreed that it will not be required that any of the said taxes paid under protest shall be deposited with the State treasurer, as required under section 4 61, but it is agreed and consented to that said taxes so paid under protest may be held and used by the various county treasurers and "the State ti'oasurer as If no protest had been made. This agreement being, of course, subject to the conditions that the rights of ' none of the parties to this agree 1 ment, or of the State, shall be prej ? udlced by reason of this agreement, and is without prejudice to the rights 'of the plaintiffs to maintain the ac? tion for the recovery of the said taxes i alleged to be Illegally and wrong ? fully assessed and collected." SALUDA MAN DIES IN COLUMBIA. Oscar Smith Alleged to Have Been Shot by Matt Berry. Columbia, Jan. 26.?Oscar Smith, who is alleged to have been shot in the abdomen early Monday morning in Saluda county by Matt Berry, died at a Columbia hospital last night at 11:30 o'clock, following an operation. He was brought to Columbia in an au? tomobile. Mrs. Smith arrived in Co? lumbia during the day. Mr. Smith was 32 years old. The cause of the shoot? ing is unknown. I , According to a report from Saluda, Mr. Smith was shot by Berry at a house which they were building Mon? day morning at 1 o'clock. Smith re? turned the fire, wounding Berry In the shoulder, it Is alleged. FOUND DEAD IN THE ROAD. Body of Young Man Picked up at Spar I tanbtirg. Spartanburg, Jan. 25.?The body of a young white man, believed to be T. A. Busbee, of Fountain City, Tcnn., was picked up early this morning on the tracks of the Southern Railway near the union passenger station. Letters found in his possession and the testimony of Will Woods, a young White man from Charlotte? establish? ed the Identity of the body. Woods said he had seen Busbee In Charlotte yesterday ami, though he did not know j his name, Busbee told him he was on his way to his home near Knoxvllle, and thai he feared he was taking pneumonia. BOOSTING JUDGE HYDRICK. IIIS FRIENDS AHE LEAVING NO STONE UNTURNED TO INFLU? ENCE PRESIDENT WILSON. Current Resolution Adopted Recom? mending: Judge Hydrick f?n* Place on United States Supreme Bench Equal Suffrage Amendment Pro? posed by Senator Carlisle. Columbia, Jt The house this morning agrcer ^ i senate concur? rent resolutio' a .dorsing D. E. Hydrick, Asso g : istice of the State Supreme Cor justice of the Fed? eral Suprerr A' to succeed the late Justice La * jf Augusta., Ga. The resolutior w /(mends his appoint? ment to * dent Wilson and prises Justice s? iok's efficiency. Several days r / name of Justice Hydrick was Ated to the president by Con <an Nichols of South Caro? lina. Senator Carlisle today introduced in the senate a resolution placing a con? stitutional amendment allowing equal suffrage in a general referendum elec? tion. The resolution was referred to the judiciary committee. A similar amendment allowing a like constitu? tional amendment by legislative vote was killed in the house last week by a ivote of 61 to 61. 1 CHARGES VIOLATION OF LAW. Dr. Patterson of Barnwell Wants In? vestigation to Know if Supt. Asylum is Receiving More Salary than Law Allows. Columbia, Jan. 25.?Senator Patter? son, of Barnwell, introduced in the senate today a resolution calling on the solicitor of the Fifth Judicial Cir? cuit to investigate the report that Dr. Fred Willmas, superintendent of the J State Hospital for the Insane was re? ceiving compensation larger than that , provided by law ar.d to take such ac was necessary. Dr. Williams as head of the asylum. The resolution was referred to the Ju? diciary committee. Dr. Patterson is a supporter of former Gov. Blcase. THE LUSITANIA CASE. Final Settlement Put up to President Wilson Today. Washington, Jan. 25.?The Lusi tania case was put up to the presi I dent for final settlement today. It is 'confidently expected that he will con? sent to the case passing into history ? before leaving for New York tomorrow i night. Ambassador BernstorfT placed 'Germany's final word before Secre itary Lansing, who sent it to the White House. Germany points out ; that the torpedoing was an act of re? prisal, but she has since changed the I methods of reprisal at America's be j hest. The note also expresses the deepest sorrow at the death of the j American victims, and says Germany is ready to pay ample indemnities to the victims' families. It also argued that Germany and America are now working for a common goal?the free? dom of* the seas. Such being the case Germany frankly states that she wants to close the matter finally. MAY BRIDGE SAVANNAH. Anderson County in This State and Hart County in Georgia Interested. i Columbia, Jan. 26.?Anderson coun? ty In this State and Hart county in Georgia will likely cooperate in the erection of a steel bridge across Sa? vannah river. Well developed agri? cultural communities lie on each side of the river and there is much travel between the two counties. Ferries are at present the only means of crossing the river. j Anderson county legislative dele? gation has approved the project in principle, although details are to be discussed at a hearing appointed to be held next Saturday. It may bo I that provision for Anderson's share of the expense will be made in the supply hill, or a special act may be offered empowering the county com? missioners to proceed with the work when an agreement shall have beet; reached with Hart county. BANDITS DEFEAT CARRANZISTAS. Copper District About Torreon Ter? rorized. El Paso, Jan. 25.?Pandits are ter? rorizing the copper district about Torreon, defeating Carranzistas sent against them, The American Smelting and Refining Co. plant has been clos? ed.