ano outljton. Air*** M l* dry 8. 0., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 0, lfltt?. TBK TRUE SOUTHRON, Vol. XIX No. 6? HUB WH. ANXIOUSLY HOPE ? WILL NOT UNITED ?wM. sjeb. l.---Oerinae. official* awaltlvig wortk from von BernsV>rnV^ the oa the latest reW hi the jtMUmti case. \ T%* better editorials which have ? lia ipissjliii la aewspapere for the last wee*, have disappeared and it Is )isa?Kimj^hil the government for? tab "their being printed. Officials sa> tlast should a rupture come, not tkft> sttsdUsit blame can he attached te/tosttsmey. as she has tried In every Washington. WmXBim BAB OKRMAN NOTE. G>a**der Situation tlsHTiW rsb. I.?Germany s "s^?nsiabore before acting, ur^ele controversy is revolting tv? fflegallty of the act. Ulirt MOtfLUSHD. ?es; OssuHtry to ?Private dispatches fj* j? Bwlfsnje* say the Roumanian *ig# iV aine-tsatha mobilised and W fcMr * Mar fane on the AWee side opportun* moaeefefti Oter %*m^ ?^JP? ss^J^? flAs^Jpss^^t' &$^9^T S?SS,PW?^ 0*aa*^dWft bV SutdTaol. rha Dutch are sale" to be an t*a ?epen*in's erueatag Dutch and shot t* Hewn to teach the a lease* OOTnaaJb OFFENSIVE. \a*? ? ; * War Osstoe Reports Defeat of isj* Wflsatim Front. Pei. I.?The repulse of the French attacks on the it Is reported by the war French artillery is ex active in the Champagne dis? continued artillery and In sjetack* lead the German war e*jp$e to believe that a general offen erre w#> begin soon. aaeawa* at teak, ktlnople. Feb. 5.?The Turk sah faatee have driven back the Al? lies en the Irak front. FLOOD. of Ufa and Property Greatest o Towns Under Wi Little Rook. Ark.. Feb. 7.?Sixteen thousand* homeless, twenty towns uhder water and property dam? aged beyond computation was the sit aasten along the Arkansas river today. The streams are still rising and thai Arkansas river has formed a giant Iahe forty miles long and thirty milesI All of Arkansas City except the tpper stories of the tallest buildings ?re adder water. Fleets of motor bbafe are being mobilised in rescue eauadf. Water stands* six feet over tha? ITwh or Clarendon. AJUtltlCA'M MAGNIFICENT CHAR fTY. More Than Seventeen Million Dollars Olren to War Sufferers. New York. Fe*. 7.? Figures com? piled today show that over seventeen million dotiere have H**n sent to Eu? ropean war sufferers through various American relief societies. Private senefactions are not included in the estlsaete. BASEBALL WAR OVER. Jadge Land!? Has Dismissed Federal League Sort. Chicago. Feb. 7.?The baseball war ?Med today when Judge Landls, of the federal court, dismissed the Fed? eral r.ratTte suit against organised ?tos kuh mam. WANT PAYMENT FROM GERMANY FOR DAMAGE DONS BY AIR RAM). Army Is Strengthened by Addition of to,OQ0 Tisxssns Uamm visits Ewt era Fronts, Where Artillery Buttles Rege? London, Feb. 7.?Rome dispatches nay that Greece has presented Oer* many with a demand for Indemnity for the air raid on Saloniki, which da* stroyed much property: j BULGAR8 INVAJDE GREECE. ' _________ French Troeaa Driven Back on First ]*J?ve Against Saloniki. Athena, Feb. 7.?Bulgarian troops are reported to havs crossed the 'Greek frontier and are driving back the French troops In ths first clash which la believed to mark the opening Of the drive against Salonik i. Three entire divisions are reported engaged. GREEK ARMY STRENGTHENED. Ninety Thousand Veterans Called to the Colors. Athens, Feb. 7.?4Clng Co ?sten tine today called the members of the class? es of lStl-M to the ooiors. This in? cludes the vsterans of ths Balkans campaign, and adds ninety thousand men to the Greek army. This action Is deemed significant. ** ? ? GERMAN MOVE DI W1S8T. Great Army flallsmlnsj for New Drive Agalnai Allies' Lines. Parle, Feb. 1.?Ths Kaisir's pres? ence en the western front Is believed to Indicate that the long expected Ger? man offensive' Is about to begin. Hun? dreds of new powerful guns are being brought up from the Krupp factories and ths seasoned veterans of ths Bal? kan and Russian campaigns are re taiacing the labdstrum regiments ' In Iths trenches.' I ' '? ajaypsear' ft/flap ^nj^srri. - ^.uaantinople; ^^7.^%a Brit? ish fiwrca penned up at the Mesopota mian town of Kut-el-Amata are short of food and water and will be com? pelled to surrender soon, according to the Turkish war office, which reports that typhus has broken out among the garrison. Violent Artillery Duels. Berlin, Feb. 7.?Violent artilery duels are raging in Artois and south of flomme river, the war office an? nounced today. There are reports of great artillery activity along the en? tire western front CLEMSON'S NEW COMMANDANT. First Lieut. Ralph A. Jones, 90th In? fantry, WIN Succeed Uont. J. M. Cummins. Washington. Feb. 6.?First Lieut. Ralph A. Jones, of the 20th infantry, haa been detailed by the war depart? ment as professor of military science end practice at Clsmson Agricultural college, Clemson, 8. C. Lieut. Jones succeeds Lieut. J. M. Cummins, who haa been at Clemson college several years and who has been ordered to his regiment at Doug? las, Arls. BIO BUM AT STAKE. United Stales Judge Sits In Panama Oase. l| Panama* Feb. 6.?William H. Jackson, United States district Judge, haa accepted an appointment to the supreme court of Panama to adjudi? cate a case which probably will in? volve the franchise of the Panama lottery. In its primary phase the case involves an obligation of the lot? tery to pay certain persons $40,000 In gold, which the plaintiffs claim they won In the Chinese lottery operated by the Colon and Panama lottery a few years ago. PAVING PRICES TUMBLE. Bids for Sheet Asphalt Lowest Ever Submitted. Baltimore Bun, Fab. t. Smashing previous prices for sheet aaphalt paving in Baltimore, the American Paving Company, In bids opened at the City Hall yesterday by the Board of Awards, offered to lay the asphalt on a concrete base five Inches thick at 96 cents a square yard and on a concrete base six Inches thick for $1.03 a square yard, both bids in? cluding the cost of the base. The i lowest bid heretofore received for Sheet asphalt on a five-inch base wan If 1.09 a square yard. APPAM CASE MAKES HISTORY UNITED STATES UNDECIDED ON RECOGNITION OF TREATY OR HAGUE AGREEMENT, f ? - . i Situation Becomes Broader and More Complex and Government la Slow to Decide Case Which Will be Used aa a Precedent in Other Cases?Dispo? sition of Appem Has Importe?* Bearing of Contention for Frecdoan of Saea Set forth by Co **tfry. Washington, Feb. 3.?The Appam case broadened out today, becoming a complex and possibly tar reaching situation threatening to affect some of the fundamental questions Of naval I warfare at lsiiue between the United States and Germany. For that rsa? lt was not Anally dsclded whether the ship should be returned to her British owners under The Hague convention or held the fair prise of her German captors under the Prussian-American treaty, although the Indications re? mained that the latter course ult? imately would be followed. \ ? Officials are said to realise that their I construction of the Prussian-American j treaty in this case undoubtedly will I come up as precedent at some other time during the war, and even might have a bearing on the case of the I American sailing ship William P. Fry* sunk a year ago by, the German com fmerce raider Prins Eitsl Friedrich. [The Frye case is on the eve of set> [tlement, practically on the terms for which the United States oontends. British officials go si far M t? charge that the Appam was broughtj to Hampton Roads for the deliberate purpose of testing the soundness o? [Germany's original contention that the sinking of prises is a hiteessary inci? dent to naval warfare in its present 'form.' To offset that contention; h?wv ever, is the German ch im that Mtf Prussian-American treaty guartntees, (the prise safe to her captors, i i American officials realise that Appam presents the case of a pi taken; They recognise also ttmii fine United State? ine>Chatitm< One further important result which. I threatens to confront the United States, should it decide ; to recognise [The Hague convention instead 6f thr j Prussian treaty is that Germany might [consider herself thus relieved from the treaty obligations the United States is intending to enforce. Such a de? velopment, it is feared, might threat? en the successful termination of the [Frye case. MIGHT BE THE ROON. Washington, Fsb. 3.?The possibil? ity that a still more formidable Ger? man sea raider than has been reported -the fast German cruiser Roon?is at large in the Atlantic, and the re? port that the Roon In fact was nearby and directed the operations of the raider called the Moewe which sank six ships and captured the Appam I within 300 miles of the coast of Spain, promises to add another chapter to the yet untold story of the daring of German sailors. The Roon Is a fast heavily armored cruiser of nearly 10,000 tons, with more than 18,000 horsepower, 400 feet long and with both oil and coal boll era She was built at Kiel In 1902, has four funnels and extra high wire? less masts. She carries a Krupp j armor belt; four torpedo tubes, which give discharges forward, astern and broadside, and mounts 28 guns in all ?four 8.2-inch, ten 6.9-inch and 14 3.4-lnch. ; The British embassy denies it has Information that the Roon is at large i and was reported off the Canary is I lands, but the story that she accom? panied the Moewe Is credited to Eng-, llshmen aboard the Appam. Capt. j Harrison of the captured liner Is credited with the statement that some othor ship than the Moewe destroyed I the six ships In the eastern Atlantic, but he refused to give her name. The German officials, howe.er, insist it was the Moewe. If the Roon is at large, the pres? ence of other German warships on the seas is regarded as not improb? able. NEW TYPE OF VESSEL. New York, Feb. 3.?Daniel Bacon, agent of the Elder-Dempster com? pany, British owners of tho Appam, says that vessel was captured by "a new type of light draft, heavily arm? ed swift German cruiser built on the lines of a merchantman and easily disguised. "She was not an old warship, but a brand new vessel," said Mr. Bacon. "i can not kIvo her name, though i have been officially told it. The cruiser jil ADMITS LOSS. ZEPPELIN Ii-It FAILS TO RETURN TO BASE. British Naval Vessels Unable to Find Airship Reported Smashed in North Berlin, Feb. 4 (via London).?An official communication issued today admits that Zeppelin L-19 has not re? turned from a reconnoitring flight and that Inquiries concerning the air? ship have been without result Can't Find Wreckage. London, Feb. 4.?No trace has been found of the Zeppelin wrecked in the North Sea. British naval vessels have made a thorough search and have re- | ?m*d to port with the report that eg had seen nothing of the dirigible. Considerable mystery Is attached to the fats of the Zeppelin and her crew but the statement by British naval officers of lack of success in the search made for her by British craft might lead to the assumption that the Zeppc ltMiad sunk with all on board. George Denny, mate of the trawler King Stephen, which sighted the Zep? pelin, stated today that he believed there was no chance of the airship 1 being saved. The wind was rapidly [freshening to a gale when the trawler left the Zeppelin and as the car and its machinery were wholly submerged swell of the sea would cause a Ic drag on the envolope, which mtly must eventually have been under the water, mny said that all the men on the lla' Wore life lines which were frfaetonad above ' the hatchway. A Copenhagen dispatch to Reuters Mntti the Zeppelin L-19 was well known jalong the west coast. It was formerly 'loned at Hamburg and Pandern wag frequently mentioned in ier reports, .L-191 was first mentioned about months ago when, accompanied L-7 and 1^*, it stopped a swed *roer in the middle of the North id sent a party aboard to inspect Oh thi? occasion ^^fU'WFlB?HPBr'TB^r" of the water and lUneiWd a boat' coritaining the in? specting officer who bought some pro? visions on the steamer. ?|' ?' 1 ' ' ; Which captured the Appam was es? corted by several vessels, at least one of which was a collier that also acted as a scout ship. 'I understand that the sum of 1150,000 In gold was taken from the [specie room of the Appam when she was captured and that the malls and cargo are intact." PLEASING IN LONDON. London, Feb. 3.?The authorities here take a favorable view of the or? ders issued at Washington permitting the landing of persons on the Appam except the German prize crew and other persons who may have assisted in navigating the ship into an Ameri? can port. Appreciation is expressed also of the fact that the British vice consul at Newport News is allowed to communicate with the passengers. The order is construed as meaning [that the British officials will be mitted to land and thus will no be I subject to further complications. The Elder-Dempster company is expecting a report from Capt. Harri? son giving an official version of the capture. REJOICING IN BERLIN. Berlin, Feb. 3. (via London).? News of the daring raids of a Ger? man cruiser in the main lane of the sea traffic between South Africa and Europe has aroused a new outburst of enthusiasm for the navy. The cruiser Moewe?in .English, the Sea Gull?was enrolled Immediately on the honor list, with the Emden, Prinz Eitel Friedrich and Karlsruhe. Her feats are characterized as most dar? ing, illustrative of. the fact that the spirit which apimated the men on the Emden still is alive and that more pages of German history are being written. There is no little mystery here re? garding the Identity of the Moewe. Admiralty officials evidently were not surprised at the news, but decline to give any Information. It may have been that some larger steamer, assuming the name Moewe, whep converted into an auxiliary cruiser, slipped through the British lines. A precedent of this nature ex? ists in the case of the German mer? chantman which was converted into the auxiliary cruiser Meteor which sank the British petrol boat Ramsey and other ships In the North sea last summer and subsequently was de? stroyed. FAHIME IH POLAND. I.? i. HELP NEEDED TO PREVENT STRAVATION. Germans Will Allow Relief Work in Devastated Country Under Certain Conditions. Berlin, Feb. 4 (Wireless).?Ger? many has granted permission for re? lief work in Poland provided adequate funds are raised and the entente al? lies Consent to the importation of food supplies. This announcement was made here today by Frederick O. Walcot, European representative of the Rockefeller foundation, and Cas? par Whitney of the American com? mission for relief in Belgium, who have returned from a fortnight's trip through Poland. Mr. Walcott and Mr. Whitney in a statement said: "At the request of the German gov ernment we visited Poland to Inspect the devastated districts and study the general food situation. We visited the Kobrin, Brest-Litovsk, Warsaw, Vilna and Kovno districts. "In every case we found that the civilian population everywhere faces the prospect of famine unless prompt relief is obtained. Everywhere the poorer classes are subsisting on the most meagre rations on which life can possibly be sustained. The ra? tion in many thousands of cases con? sists of a bowl of meatless soup and a small piece of bread. Often thou? sands have soup without bread. "In Vilna the poorer classes have neither coal nor wood. Only the pro? vidential mildness of the winter has saved them from freezing. "Roughly 40 per cent of the peo? ple in the occupied territory is de? pendent upon the scanty raiotns de? rived from charity. In consequence of malnutrition and exposures various diseases are prevalent, especially ty? phoid. ! "Many refugees, collected in camps, are being fed entirely by the Germahsi : "Throughout our trip we were per? mitted to mingle with the natives un? attended by German officials So that ve regarded1 as an absolutely correct picture of existing conditions. ' "We are able to obtain from the German authorities all guarantees re? quisite for carrying out relief work under proper conditions providing the entente allies give consent for the cringing in of food and provided ade? quate funds are raised. These guar? antees include an agreement that no food now in Poland or imported into Poland will be requisitioned by Ger? many. The authorities have promised absolute control by the American rep? resentatives of food supplies imported by the relief commission. "To bring relief to this region, in? habited by 7,500,000 persons, of whom 40 per cent, are absolutely de? pendent on relief, will necessitate a minimum expenditure of $2,000,000 monthly." mmmmmmimimnmiiMinmimmm Appam Regarded as War : * Prize, j Special to The Dally Item. Washington, Feb. 5.?Great Britain will be informed that it can't have the Appam. The :: State department has decided that the vessel Is a war prlxe : under the treaty of 1799 be tweett this government and Prussia. As a prize the Appam : 1b entitled to Immunity. TO BUILD KNITTING MILL. H. W. Kirby Prepared to Begin on Plant at Spartanburg. Spartanburg, Feb. 4.?H. W. Klrby, of Williamston, who Is to establish in Spartanburg a knitting mill, the plant .to cost $50,000 and the annual pay roll to amount to $30,000, arrived In the city yesterday with his engineers and architects to begin the construc? tion of the mill. The plant will be lo? cated in the tracks of the Southern Railway, between the city and Hayne, formerly Spartanburg Junction. Mr. Kirby has associated with him North Carolina parties, who have had experience In this line of busi? ness. VILLA MARCHING TO BORDER. Bandit Chief Preparing to Attack Ojinaga. Presidio, Texas, Feb. 5.?Gen. Villa with a small but well equipped army Is marching northward to attack Ojinaga, just across the border. The American garrison Is being strength? ened to prevent their crossing. The Carranzista are digging trenches, -. p HISTORIC BUILDING B ED, CAUSING DEATH OF AT k TWO. Flames Supposed to Have Bee* ' ? rt ed by Gas Bomb or InJTi. J Ma* eidnc?Two of Membe^ of Parlia? ment Missing. Two r\ .^fnen Dead, and Many Injnred.tr fl;<< Ottawa, Feb. i/imtl historic Ca? nadian parliament building waa de? stroyed last night by a fire declared unofficially to have been caused by the explosion of a gas bomb or an in? fernal machine. Two women, guests of the wife of the Speaker Sevlgny, were overcome by smoke and perish? ed. Several policemen and firemen were burned under debris when Che end of the building collapsed. The number of persons taken to hospitals had not been determined early this morning. Frederick F. Pardee, chief Liberal whip, and William G. Loggie. a member of parliament from New Brunswick, are missing, and it is fear? ed they have lost their lives. It has been established that the first burst of flame in the reading room of the house of commons was preceded by at least one explosion and proba? bly by two. The force of the concus? sion was so severe that persons stand? ing some distance away were hurled to the floor. A rigid investigation to determine the cause of the fire already has been undertaken by the Dominion authorities/ The flames spread with such a mar in k rapidity that the Ottawa fire brigade was utterly helpless to cope with them. Aid was sent from Mon? treal on a special train but at 1 o'clock this morning the fire still was raging. The loss can not be estimated in money. The building was valued at about $5,000,000. But the contents are of Inestimable value. There was no insurance. At midnight the commons and sen? kte chambers had been destroyed and as the great clock boomed out the hour flames were swirling up the mag? nificent tower and licking their way at the rear probably will he saved. Sot diet* were assigned to carry out its contents. Members of the parliament,, specta? tors in the gallery of the lower house, government employes and others Who were in the building narrowly escaped death or Injury. Within a few minutes after the fire began corridors were filled with smoke and at many points walls of flame barred progress. There were many doors to the great build? ing but since the outbreak of the war all except the main portals have been closed to safeguard the legisla? tors. This precaution made escape more difficult and probably was re? sponsible for the deaths of Mme. Brayy of Montreal and Mme. Morin of Bauce, in one of the rooms of the speaker's suite. C ARK ANZ A CONFJCRENCE HELD. Plans Being Mapped out for Recon? struction of Mexico. Quetertaro, Mexico, Feb. 7.?The fu ture of Mexico is hanging In the bal I ance today when all the high officials j of the Carranza government gathered i to map out plans for the reconstruc 1 tion of the country. It Is believed a > new campaign against Villa and Zapa ; ta will be be launched. The confer j ence is the greatest, gathering of ; powers since Madero's time. FACTORY FOR ORANGEBURG. New Plant to Make Mattresses, Brooms and Handles. Orangeburg, Feb. 4.?Orangeburg is soon to have a broom, mattress and handle factory. This new enterprise comes as a result of the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce and other llvo citizens of this city. B. W. Hawley, of Florence, will head this new con? cern, and expects to have the factory completed in a month or two. The site for this plant has already been secured, the location being on West Russell street, near the tracks of the Orangeburg Railway. About thirty people will be employed at the pro? posed establishment. A HORRIBLE CRIME. John Tel per Charged With Killing Mother and Brother. Buffalo, Feb. 7.?Jchn Telper was formally charged with first degree murder of his mother and brother, and probably fatally wounding his sister, one week ago, along a lonely road .while they were returning from an auto trip. He was held without bail.