Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?AT GERKAK? lfareh 21.?The aocu #1 alrnmaiinllsl evidence that Oaraaany has engage* a atmsaig* off su1>marlne war whs* he* aa retard far the *t imrtaili ntthena traveling FTjKneat snipe off belUrarent n* 3*fa*7tae administration eonsU aad preated one of the most ee wnleh have confront ataoe the begin Folat nrta* off a torpedo at at Germany eieeialnv ty for the a*a*?at?e wfH afaoaaa with fttahv? wJSaT^ Indicant that the 4 of Of the ant* na^a oc where there la no herring aoi death of the from shore, the day had hoard Oer ware Instruction* such Grand Admiral belligerent, ap As the asMeed the new which wont lato provided for the at arntag at all armed r the entente allies, no official conflrma off the aaeret order re? number of die wfcieh have overtaken unarmed itly Including m ander aeatral nagt, caused ? aaaoftale to credit the suggestion off some kind other than United Mate* la am ta high admints gravfty It United ?Utes to proceed with In preparing for the effort ta being made to til the eaaintlel facta la each e)sralspsd from the heat teatl and evidence available. Infor la Doing or will b~ collected h American embassies and eon naval experts, officers, crews piaaangers of ships reported to tee* attacked, and the govern whose nag* the ships dew. ft* seem sd that the BrIUsh, and Netherlands governments quits willing to follow the pie set by the Italian govern in the ease of the Ancona and state department upon with all Information they gathered through their own n. IIa all the recent eases under In m will play Important parts final consideration of the sltu the oaae of the Busts* undoubt rlll form the cardinal feature, uns Impress!d with the com of the evidence available re details of the Sussex oxplo slia? the declaration of passengers that they saw the wake of a torpedo, and, above all. the fragments of atotal which were found and which have been described as parts of a tor Taeee pieces of metal will be by American experta A dispatch from Ambassador Ger? ard ? reporting the results of the in? quiries he has been dlrecced to make momentarily was expected tonight It 10 presumed that the Inquiries al? ready have been made. They con the oaae* of the Sussex, the aad the Manchester En gtaser ? Count von Bemetorff, the German ambassador, returned to Washington tenlfht from a visit to New York. He ?aid he had no word of any kind from hie dwveriment relating t? the recent a*tf*Wpm?nt* Flr?t vfnclal information concern SUPPLIES 10 PUSHING, mm TRAIN LOAD OP PROVIS IONS WILL LEAVE TODAY. I Railroad* HQ be Used but Sufficient Isi MIMn for Quick Transportation Are Lackte?._' SI Paso, March 2*.?The first train ' i bearing auppliea to Gen. Pershlng'* troop* at the (Front will probably leave iJuares tomorrow. Immediately on receipt of newe from Washington thai. Gen. Carranaa had permitted the use of the Northwestern railroad for send? ing auppliea, final preparations were rushed by the quartermaster general for the forwarding of forage, food and | I gasoline. ? ^ ? Umitatlon? Imposed by Gen. Car jransa confining shipments to goodn sent to concerns In Mexico who havo contracts with the expeditionary force caused some disappointment amonj; army officera It was feared that these restrictions, coupled with the fact that military guards could not accompany the trains, might serious? ly hamper the transmission of an ade* ? quate stream of supplies. The Northwestern lines between hsre and Casaa Grandes, near which town Gen. Pershing has established his principal base, are admittedly in a bad way. Almost all the -ridgeu which imn"?M the numerous gulchet* between the two towns have been I [burned by brigands. These bridges have not bees repaired but temporary >ve been laid on improvised in the gulches themselves, so trace* make the progress of ttralne stew, ?km ?Outpgsetti 0? the roAdlsals?. I floor* At thl bebt of times e-trei? Seervteg Juares tool eight to ten houjrti to travel the 14s mUee to Gaeaii At present members of the ier's staff believe the trip made in lees than Si to si _ however, will he A eensl6V%] , ttepteyeesent over the time m?d* b> ik* motor truck trains operating froka Columbus, which require Ii laofefs to reach Cases Grandes: for the fkll use of tb? I Northwestern railroad would mean that tfte border base of Gen. P< tag's eweditloa would be shifted CefemfiteU m Faso. This step, how/ sYerTwitnot he taken under the preb. ent eireometanoee and in any event it la planned to conUnue the . motor truck trains as supplementary ser? vice. The absence of any definite news of the pursuit of Villa has caused a no> tfcee.l* sickening of interest In t*s ehase M Sa? 191m border is cea cerned. h k practically accepted that the esMt fcns eluded his pursutere, at least for toe present. FLTtftG O?LThtN FORMED. ot Vitt* is Groirtng t Knows Where He Is. Iliitch II.?Censoredlote? r Cot D/*dv has.: keen the evident purpose of tl*e hunt toV Vllbu This aed that: Villa's whereabouts is known to Gen. Perehlng and he Is making final preparations to surround him. At the same time fear is ex? pressed that Mite will lead the Amer? icans Into ambush. So rapid has been the pursuit of Americans that Villa has been unable to replenish his sup? plies of food and ammunition. The cavalry picked for OsL Dodd's special column are members of the Seventh and Tenth regiments. Garranaleta advlose state that Villa Is In Santa Catherine Canyon, near Babicora. Ing the sinking of the Eagle Point wee contained te a dispatch received later In the day from Consul Frost at Queenstown. This read as follows: 'British steamer Eagle Point tor? pedoed yesterday without warning 100 miles from tend. All saved. One American." Consul Font Immediately was in* structed to gather additional Infor? mation. Vases dispatches from Can? ada test night mads the flat assertion that the Eagle Point was on govern? ment service. The stats department had no Information of this subject. If the ship was a government aux? iliary the United States of course would not be concerned In the attack upon her. Additional state department dis? patches today regarding the sinking of the steamer Englishman said the vessel was shelled and torpedoed. At first this was - taken by officials to mean that the ship was trying to es? cape when she was sunk. Later, how? ever, it was made clear that the ves? sel was shelled while trying to escape, but that when torpedoed she had come to a stop. Ths position of the United States is that a submarine Is operating with? in the law when she shells or torpe? does a merchant ehlp trying to es? cape. As soon as ths merchantman capitulates, howevsr. she Is entitled to Immunity from further attack. The dispatchee to the state department do not make it clear whether all the members of the Englishman's crew were removed before the vessel was torpedoed, and additional information on that point Is being sought. If the members of tl*> crew were removed difficulty over the case of the English? man may be obviated. Tl LINKS IT TORPEDOED. of l>r. Baldwin Convinced of Cause Basses Disaster. Paris. March 29.?Prof. J. Mark Baldwin, one of the Americans who was on the 8ussex. !a quoted In a Boulogne dispatch to The Excelsior as saying that the manner in which the explosion occurred leaves no doubt In his mind that the steamship was torpedoed. The following state? ment Is attributed to him: "I was on the upper d??ck of the Sussex when the explosion occurred. Suddenly the steamer quivered from the shock of some body striking It. The shock was followed after a cer? tain lapse of time?about 60 seconds ?by a formidable explosion. It was a torpedo that struck the ship, for a mine would have exploded Imme? diately on striking^" CONGRESS FACES PROBLEMS. FOREIGN RELATIONS AGAIN DISTURBING TWO HOUSES. Administration Leaders Insist That President Should he Left With Free Hand. Washington, March 26.?Foreign relations as affected by the Mexican situation and the latest destruction of a belligerent ship bearing American citizens again are disturbing the lead? ers In congress. What appears to have been the torpedoing of the channel steamer Sussex, coming soon after the president's victory in congress over the warning issue, is regarded by champions of the proposal that Amer? icans should be warned not to travel on belligerent ships, likely to provoke revival of discussion in congress. Administration leaders, however, insisted tonight that the president should be left with a free hand to deal with the case, and every effort will be made to prevent agitation in congress. Senate Republicans who conferred Saturday regarding Mexican affairs will confer again tomorrow with a view to action towards enlargement of American military forces on the bor? der. The Republicans have been del? uged with telegrams from border cit lxens, who insist that military forces left behind when the punitive expedi? tion entered Mexico are inadequate. The Republicans are seeking more in? formation as to actual conditions and hope to outline a definite plan of ac? tion tomorrow. The minority leaders say they indorse the president's course in regard to the pursuit Of Villa, but will do everything In their power to influence the administration to send more troops to the border State*. Democratic leaders view the action of the minority senators as an effort to make political capital and to take I advantage of an acute situation which) they say is already too much agitated. They insist that the majority in con? gress stands ready to take any action with respect to Mexico that develop? ments may require and deprecate ef? forts to call out more troops if they are not actually needed because of the misleading effect it might have on the minds of Mexicans. ,, Leaders in both houses are hopeful that foreign affaire will not monopo? lise the attention of congress Just when the legislative programme la being whipped into workable shape. I The army reorganisation bill will be submitted to the senate tomorrow, when Senator Chamberlain will re? port the house bill amended by sub. Uutlng the senate bill. An effort will made to get the bill up for genera* I ?bate after the passage of the Indian ippropriatlon bill, which is expected some time tomorrow. In the house there are fears of a protracted session unless there is la* tslllgont cooperation In the speeding ap programme. Prompt consideration of that programme depends upon spe? cial rules to come from the rules com? mittee, constant attendance of mem? bers, tightening? of the lines of debate, team work generally and the tactics II of the Republicans, Members of the minority, however, are chafing to get away early for the coming campaigns and will not be ln4 ellned to cause unnecessary delays. The house committees will be busy this week. The rules committee la ex? pected to consider the caucus plan. The naval committee will wind rm its hearings on the naval appropriation hill. The judiciary committee will meet Tuesday with a view to acting on the Susan B. Anthony woman suf? frage amendment. The ways and means committee soon will be busy with the omnibus revenue bill, which will include the tariff commission bill, to be relntro duced tomorrow by Representative Rainey of Illinois. The judiciary committee also has the impeachment charges against Dis? trict Attorney Marshall of New York and other business pending. The appropriations committee has virtually completed the fortifications bill, the District of Columbia and other supply bills and a deficiency measure to provide approximately |9,000,000 on account of the Mexican expedition and the expense of bring? ing of the standing array up to its maximum strength. Chairman Burnett says the immi? gration bill will be passed oy Tues? day night. The rivers and harbors ap? propriation bill, always the vehicle of a lively debate, will follow it in the house. 1 THREE BRITISH CRAFT DOWNED. Englishmen in Hydro-aeroplanes At? tempt Raid on Northern Schleswig. Berlin, March 26?(By Wireless.)? Not less than three British hydroaero? planes, among them a fighting aero? plane, were brought down today by Oerman guns on and about the Island of Sylt during an air raid on Northern Schleswig, according to a Oerman of? ficial communication issued tonight, The crews were taken prisoners. The statement follows: "From two ships, which were ac? companied by a cruiaer squadron and a flotilla of destroyers, five English hydroaeroplanes started yesterday morning for attack against the Oer? man aeronautic establishment In Northern Schleswig. "Not less than three of them, among which was a lighting aeroplane, were forced down by the defensive service on and about the island of Sylt. The inmates of the machines, who were made prisoners, are four English offi? cers and one non-commissioned offi? cer. "Bombs wero only thrown In the district of the Hoycr Watergate. No damage wus done." WILSON URGES ACTION. Calls for Trans|K>rtntlon Legislation. Washington, March 28.?President Wilson Wrote to Democratic Leader Kltchln of the house today urging consideration of the shipping bill and the resolution for the Investiga? tion ?>? conditions of railway trans? portation and legislation. The rail? road resolution was not Included in the legislation programme laid- before tho Democratic caucus last weck. j WILL DEMAND EXPLANATION. UNITED STATES WILL ASK GER? MANY IF HER SUBMARINE TORPEDOED SHIPS. Probable That Disavowal and Punish? ment of Commander of Vessel Which Sank Sussex and Englishman Will not Be Sufficient?Submarine Torpedoed Manchester Without Warning. Washington, March 28.?The Unit? ed States will ask Germany the direct question whether it was a German submarine that sunk the English? man and attacked the Sussex. This was decided on at a cabihet meeting today. Secretary Lansing stated that the evidence so far adduced indicates that the Sussex at least was torpe? doed. The suggestion that Germany will disavow the act and punish the commander has met no responsive sentiment here. It is not believed that the disavowal will be acceptable. RUSSIA SAVED ALLIES. Offensive Against Germans Defeated Their Plan to Capture Verdun and Suez Canal. I Petrograd, March 28.?By their of? fensive against the Austro-Germans and the drive through Persia and Armenia the Russians have saved Verdun and the Suez Canal. Accord? ing to military experts the Teutons were forced to withdraw troops from both fields to reinforce the Russian line. This upset the Teutonic plans in both theatres. The Russian losses were heavy, but the capture of strong German positions along the Dvina and In front of Dvinsk has more than offset the casualties. AUIVTRIANS ADMIT RETREAT. Russians Drive Them Out of Positions in Galicia. Vienna, March 28.?An admission of their withdrawal on the Dniester river in Galicla was contained in the official statement today, but it. is maintained that the main Teutonic po? sitions are unshaken. An Italian po? sition with five hundred prisoners was taken on the Gorlzia front. JOHN KERSHAW, JR. DEAD. Promising Young Minister Dies Sud I denly in Hendersonville After Long I Illness?Funeral at Camden. I ! Columbia, March 28.?The Rev. ^ohn Kershaw, Jr., son of the Rev. John Kershaw, D. D., rector for more ban 25 years of St. Michael's, Char eston, and grandson of Gen. Joseph B. ? Kershaw, C. 8. A., died suddenly yesterday in Hendersonville, N. C, where he had lived since ill health tnade necessary his retirement from the active ministry of the Episcopal church. Mr. Kershaw's mother was at the time accompanying to Charles? ton Iiis brother, Wllmot DeSaussure Kershaw, who had been a patient for ?BOme tlmo in the State tuberculosis sanatorium near Columbia. A dis? patch from Hendersonville says that the funeral arrangements will be made upon the arrival in Henderson? ville today of relatives summoned from Charleston. The interment will be in Camden. Mrs. Kershaw was with her husband when he passed away. John Kershaw was a student at the University of South Carolina about 1902 and was educated for the minis? try at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. His first pastorate was at Summerton in Clarendon county, this State. After several years there he went to Greenville and i was very successful In developing several missions, which were affiliated with Christ church. His health breaking down, Mr. Kershaw went West and spent some time in Arizona. Four or five years ago he bought a home in Hendersonville, but had never sufficiently recovered to resume ministerial work, Nature study had been a hobby with Mr. Kershaw and during the pe? riod of his invalidism he made a special study of ornithology. A nat? ural talent for graceful expression enabled him to reduce his observa? tions into a series of readable and scientifically valuable articles on bird life. His pen had also been usefully employed on the local press in Hen? dersonville. His impairment in health lost to the church one of the most promising of its younger priests. Besides his wife, who was formerly Miss Helen Tlndal, daughter of the late Ezra Tlndal of Summerton, Mr. Kershaw is survived by his parents, one sister and two brothers, Wil mot DeSaussure Kershaw of Charles? ton and Theodore Gourdln Kershaw, M. D., of North Augusta. John Kershaw came of a line of pa? triotic Americans, the first of whom, Joseph, a native of Yorkshire, came to this country in 1750 and served as a colonel on the side of the colon? ists in the War of the Revolution. His great grandfather, John Kershaw, who was a member of congress, 1812 14, married a daughter of Isaac Du Bose, one of Gen. Marion's aides-de? camp. His grandfather, Joseph Bre vard Kershaw, served his State bril? liantly in many capacities. He was a lieutenant In the Palmetto regiment in the Mexican war, attained the grade of major general in the Con? federate States army, was a circuit judge for 16 years and afterwards his health being somewhat impaired, was commissioner of Confederate rolls and postmaster at Camden. Gen. Kershaw died in Camden, April 12, 1894. Gen. Kershaw's only son, John, entered the Episcopal ministry. He recently completed a quarter cen? tury of service as rector of storied St. Michael's church In Charleston. John Kershaw Jr., himself took holy orders at an early age. He was not yet past his middle thirties when he died yesterday. Ban on Bull lighting. Galveston, Tex., March 28.?Bull fighting has been forbidden In tho State of Aguascallcntes In a decree Issued by the governor of tho State, according to the Mexican consul here today. The governor of Yucatan is? sued a similar decree for that State last December. SMI! 1 LUST Ml IF ICHI DIU ME OFFER The Campaign Manager Offers Some Time? ly Advice to Candidates as to The Best Use to Make of it. Mail Subscriptions Saturday?Candidates Must Have Their Subscriptions in the Office or in the Mail in Time to Bear Post Mark of April 1st. ARE YOU GATHERING AND HOARDING VOTE "NEST EGGS'* DURING THE GREAT EXTRA VOTE OFFER? / NO MOMENT LIKE THE PRES? ENT TO GATHER VOTES?TRY IT. YOU WILL. BE SURPRISED TO SEE HOW MANY CLUBS YOU CAN SECURE. Saturday night, April 1st n.s the clock strikes the hour of ten this great extru vote offer of extra votes Will ex? pire, and positively the last chance to secure the 150,000 voting certifi? cate on each club of yearly subscrip? tions amounting to $15.00. The first and greatest extra vote offer to he made during the Golden Festival and Voting Campaign is drawing to a close. Have you im? proved the opportunity? How many clubs have you secured? You still have two more days after reading tions. A three year subscription to the Watchman and Southron will be counted as three single year subscrip? tions. Just so you have enough to make the necessary club of yearly j business to make $15.00 as per the I extra vote offer. Remember, you are ' not confined to just one club. You may secure as many of these clubs as possible, aiid a voting certificate for the e::tra votes will be issued on each club. Immediately after the close of the ! extra vote period, all yearly business ] oent In since the* beginning of the i carftpaign will bo checked over and ! the proper number of extra votes will be"is8ued and sent to those who were fortunate enough to secure these clubs. It may take several days, so don't grow impatient, please. Remember thi3 is a mammoth affair, and it takes some time to attend to all the detail worl: so that mistakes will not occur. And thn sometimes they will. How POST MARK PROVISION. Every provision has been made for the accommodation of candi? dates. For instance, it has been arranged that all letters containing remittances for yearly subscriptions hearing the postmark of Satur? day, April 1st, will bo counted on this extra vote offer. This ar? rangement gives candidates who Jive in the faraway corners of the territory the same opportunity as those who live right here in Sumter. The closing date of this Extra Vote offer will positively end at 10 o'clock Saturday night, April 1st, and also bear in mind that this Ioffer will not be repeated. It Is positively the largest offer 'hat will be made during the campaign, r this, and if your club is not comp plete, make it so before Saturday night. Get Business in the Mails. The next step, then, is to get your subscriptions in the mails in time to bear the -postmark of April 1st, and that will bo on the envelope if you got It in the ordinary postofnee be? fore that time. However, to make sure, you had better speak to the postmaster about It, and sec if he will be sure to mark your envelope In this way. Then you will bo sure to have that business counted on this extra vote offer. You won't have to miss any votes just because you didn't have your mall in the office in time to have it properly marked, so it will pay you to look after it a little more carefully than you do the ordinary correspondence with this department If you are in doubt, the Campaign Department will take thU opportun? ity to again explain that a two year subscription to the Daily Item may be counted as two single year subscrip ever, if an error should occur, please advise this department at once, and if found to be an error, we will cor? rect same cheerfully. About Daily Ballots. Just another little warning - occurs to the Campaign Manager. You know unless the coupons are properly filled out, it is impossible to know to whom they belong. Each day's mail contains a number of envelopes filled with coupons upon which the scratch of a pencil has never been made. The postmark will give no identity of the sender or the candidate for whom they are Intended. It is just a little carelessness that robs some candidate of these votes, because they cannot be counted. An? other thing to be remembered is to, in some manner fasten your coupons together, when sent in loosely they become separated and it requires more time than the Campaign Depart? ment can afford to spend to get them together properly Again, fasten your coupons together. SUPPLIES SEHT 10 PERSH6 FORWARDED BY RAILROAD TO DAY AND EXPECTED TO REACH HIM QVICK LY. It is Now Believed That the Capture of Villa is Merely a Matter of a Short Time?Aeroplanes Active in Hunting Bandit and Carrying Com? munication?Eight More to Be Purchased. El Paso, March 30.?Supplies for the American forces In Mexico will go forward by rail before night. Ev? ery available man has been pressed into service to speed up the ship? ments. It is feared, however, that there will be delay after the heavily laden trains cross the border. Not? withstanding heavy guards the trains between Juarez and Casas Grandes are frequently held up or wrecked. Tho supplies ready to ship include oats, hay, gasoline, flour, corn and canned goods. Carranza will realize more than five thousand dollars per day from Importations of American supplies. It is believed that Car ranza's decision to let the railroads bo used was caused by a sharp note from Washington. Villa is , believed to be headed for Santa Catalina ranch in the Santa Maria valley. Other reports state that he is headed lor Chihuahua city and Torreon where he has many friends. BATTLE WITH VILLA. Carranza Forces Have Another Fight With Fleeing Bandit. In the Field in Mexico, March 29 (via Wireless to Columbus. March 30) ?fc'couts arriving from advanced po? sitions today report another engage? ment between Villa's and Carranza's forces. Villa is reported to be en 1 trapped. Tho light indicates that Carranza Is carrying out his agree ment to cooperate with the Ameri? cans. Two miles of motor trucks with supplies arrived today. Villa Turned Back. San Antonio, March 30.?Villa has doubled on his tracks, according to Information from Gen. Pershing who stated that Villista forces were seen yesterday tifty-tlvo miles south of Cosas Grandee, Gen. Funston hopes tho Americans succeeded, in heading him off from the mountains and turned him northward. Marriage License Record. A license to marry has been issued to one colored couple: James A. Green and Melvlna Ramsey, Bumter, CALL FOR RETIREMENT OF PRESIDENT YUAN. Parliament Officially Admits its Mis? take and Withdraws Legislation Tending to Monarchy; San Francisco, March 27.?An ulti? matum demanding the resignation and exile of Yuan Shi Kai and tho J execution of 12 of his advisers has I been handed to the Yuan Shi Kai gov \ otnmcnt by the military governor of j the revolting provinces, according to I cable advices to the Chinese Republic I association here. OX THE BACK TRACK. State Council Rescinds All Acts in Di? rection of Monarchy. Peking, March 28.?The state coun? cil held a special session today and, acting as parliament, rescinded all monarchical legislation, restored all the laws of the republic affected by the monarchical movement and then adjourned permanently, thus giving public evidence of an admission of the errors made by parliament in urging a monarchy upon the presi? dent. ! SMITH'S NITRATE BILL FAVORED South Carolina Senator Believes it I Will Insure Fairer Prices for Fer? tilizers. Washington, March 29.?By an al? most unanimous voto the senate com mitteo on agriculture today favorab? ly reported to the senate the im? portant bill recently introduced by Senator Smith, of South Carolina, looking to the establishment of ni i tr?te plants by the government to fur? nish materials for munitions of war and for fertilizers. "I believe the passage of this bill, which now seems assured," said Senator Smith, "will guarantee the farmers fertilizers at a lair and Just price. When the gov? ernment shall have established its plants it will be in a position to de? termine the cost price of nitrates and I potash and will then, though it may ! never produce a pound of munitions j Of war or fertilzer ingredients, the factories established for it will be the means of holding private corpora? tions to fair prices." Washington, March 30.?The senate today put on all speed to finish the debate over the Chamberlain army bill. Senator I'nderwood delivered tho principal speech today In favor of the measure, it is believed it will be passed Saturday or Monday.