Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Particularly successful operations to this end are reported by Vienna where the claim is made that Archduke Joseph Ferdinand's army has forced the Russians in disorder across the Vieprz near Lubartov and badly i defeated them southwest of Mlechkow. Unofficial advices from Austrian headquarters indicate that a split in the Russian lines caused by these operations may spell danger to the forces this divided. The probability that troops retiring from the vicinity of Ivangorod will protect the line of retreat" however, is suggested. Military observers in London express the opinion that the entrapping attempts will fail, gathering from the official reports indications that the Russians may now be expected to r reach their new line safely. A report from the headquarters of Austrian army in Poland says the defeat of the Russians on Sunday be? tween Lubartow and Miecliow resulted in driving the troops apart, leaving a largo gap between. Russian troops north of Lubartow fleed northeast across the Vieprz at Lessekowiro, about twelve miles north of Lubartow, while those around Miecliow fled northwest to reach the Vieprz by way of Raranow. It is impossible at this moment to determine how serious a danger for the Russians this breach may prove, but probably they are amply protected against dangerous inroads upon I their line of retreat by troops withdrawing from Ivangorod along the highway running parallel with the north bank of the Vieprz to Radzyn. In resisting the Austrian advance the Russians made a desperate attack at Miechow. The retreat of their left wing over the Vieprz at Lessekowice was a rout of pronounced character. It is known that the number of prisoners considerably exceeds the six thousand officially reported. Vienna reports: The army of Archduke Joseph Ferdinand in the district between the Vistula and the Vi prz Saturday prosecuted its attack. Our attacking forces repulsed the enemy from several lines west of the Vieprz _ and occupied in the afternoon Lubartov and advanced northward to the bend of the river. The repulsed enemy fled in disorder across the Vieprz. South and Bouthwest of Wiechow our troops gained a full success. In order to parry our attack the enemy .? rnnntpr-AttflflfpH Ifnrwl to linnrl P fighting developed and the enemy, ^ caught on the front and flank, was tffiven back across the Vleprz. The numbdfc of prisoners taken at Lubartov and~*Wiechow up to Saturday evening aggrtWated twenty-three offlcera and sixj thousand men and booty cosisting of two cannon, eleven machine guna and two munition cara. Threatened by our troops, who are victoriously advancing from the south toward the lower Vieprz, the Russian corps which remained in the Vistula district northwest of Ivangorod began to retreat northwestward nearly Sunday morning, pursued by the Austro-Hungarian forces. Berlin reports: "Towards the west front of Kovno progress was made and Hve hundred Russians were made prisoners and two machine guns we're taken. "The armies of Gens, von Scholz and von Gallwitz have, after stubborn fighting, broken the resistance of the enemy near honiza and the mouth of the river Rug. "The total results of the fighting from August 4 to August 6 amount to oighty-flve officers and more than fourteen thousand two hundred men being taken prisoners. Six cannon, uifttiji uuuiu iiiiuwcih aiiu ?iai y machine guns alqp were captured." Ix>n<lon reports: The Russian front on the Narew has boen broken an J the Russians are in full retreat to ^B^ the eastward, according to officiul uaM news reachitag here to-night from B Berlin. The line was pierced at two H| places, near J.oniza, by tlie array of EH Gen. von Scholz and at the mouth of BH the Bug in the region of Novo Georj^H glevsk, by the army of Qen. von Gallwitx. 3^B Six German armies are converging ^H> In a desperate effort to pen in the ^H Russian armies etween Warsaw and HB their second line, while two otherB M are engaged In wider outflanking HE movements which seek to mako unKB tenable even the second line. Aside EB from tlio rapture Of the Narew lines, HB however, the Germans and Austrians H appear to have mide little progress. H Field Mutahal ton Mackensen in the south |s still' pressing his adEfi vance, but Jlowly. He Is moving on H| a front which extends from north of H Novo Alexabdria through a point south of L^bartow.to the Bug in tht EE region of Wlodawn. This front has BE been advanced onlyla matter of about H (Continued on last page.) H- ?I ?*1? H American# Take < 1iarge^^? American ^E^possesHlon ef CHANCELLOR AND TIRPITZ ROW OVER SUBMARINE WA Paris Newspaper Sajrs Quarrel Com* Over Relations With the United States. Paris reports: That there Is som< thing more serious behind the su] pression of the Deutsche Tagee Ze tung last month than appears on tli surface is the contention of the F garo, a leading newspaper, whic says the action reveals a quarrel b< tween Admiral von Tirpitz and D von Bethmann-Hollweg, the Imperii Chancellor. Furthermore, the Fr9nc publication gives proofs which -a] npar rPA?nnnhlo oHhnnrvV* u ?/ divulge the source of its lnformatloi In an article headed "Tlrpil Against Bethmann," the Figaro sayt "The seizure of the Deutsche Tag? Zeitung far surpasses the simple suj presslon of a newspaper. There is quarrel between Admiral von Tirpit chief of the German navy, Minister < Marine and Chief Naval Counsellc of William, and I>r. von Ilethmam Holhveg, Chancellor of the Kmpin "The article of Count Reventlov which brought to the Deutsche Tage Zeitung its seizure and suppressioi was written, we have definitely learr ed, under the direction of Admlri von Tirpltz, originator of the sul marine warfare and author of th proclamation of February 18. Th article contended that the submarin warfare should be carried on in ever way following the example set by th sinking of the Dusltania, and that n concessions should be made in spit of the consequences which migh come. This was the contention c Count Reventlow. "To this article in the Tages Zel tung, the Berliner Ix>kal Azneiger r< plied with a letter-which advocate the restriction of submarine artivi ties and conciliation with the Unite States. This article was signed wit the initials E. Z. We have discovei ed that this E. Z. is none other tha Mr. Emile Zimmermann, an unde secretary of state in the Imperial ol flee of foreign affairs. In other wordi t1i? lpt t pr urn a orrlHon of flio rli/vfo tion of the Chancellor, Dr. von Hetli mann-Hollweg. "The German press ts divided al most equally between the two cham pions, the admiral and the chaneelloi The Nord Deutsches Zeitung come out strongly In favor of the actio taken against the Tages Zeitunj Who will win out, the pirate chieftai or the man of scraps of paper? It i for the Kaiser to decide. In th meantime," says the French journa "our task is to record the blows i this interesting conflict and to egg o with joy this auspicious quarre 'The rats are commencing to abac don the sinking ship.' " LONDON WATCHES BALKANS; GERMANS TO ATTACK SERBL Russia's Rejection of Peace Oflfei Moans Continued Fighting in Ka?t>??Balkans Simmering I/omlnn, Monday: Russia havtn rejected what, in England, is regard ed as a bona tide proposal made b the German emperor for peace with ft part or foiana traded ror Uallcif the great struggle in the east mut continue, and as there is no indies lion of an immediate general offer sive in the west, the struggle of th Russian forces to shake themselve free of the Austro-German remain the chief factor in the war news. The operations in the Dardanelle will be closely watched because c their possible bearing on the Balka situation again simmering by reaso of renewed quadruple entene pre< sure on Bulgaria and Grece. Neve before has the Importance of thes operations been more keenly realize in Great Britain and France tha now, especially as there are many ir dications that Germany plans to d< liver her next hard blow against Sei bia in order to link up with Turke; It is increasingly manifest tht Germany looks to the east for a se tlement of the war. By over-runnin Serbia she would occupy a very fai oravle strategic position to invok Bulgaria's aid in reaching Constant nople along the main line. The e: pectations of such a move doubtiei has brought about renewed negofii tlons between the entente allies an Bulgaria. The Turks claim successes in th recent trench warfare on the Gall poll peninsula, but there has been n noteworthy change in the situatioi The Austro-Germans continue I make progress both to the northeai and to the southwest of Warsaw an the Austro-Hungarians claim to hai cut in two Russian forces after lo ing the Rublin-Chelm railroad. TURK BATTLESHIP SINK Constantinople Hays British Kuhm pine Hcores Victory. Constantinople, Monday: T1 Turkish battleship Khoyr-Ed-Di Harbarossa, of nine thousand nil hundred tons displacement, former the German warship Kurfurst Frle< rich Wilholm, has been sunk by submarine of the Allies, according i an official announcement Monday I the Turkish government. Another Regiment to Caperton. The U. 8. cruiser Tennesee wll nineteen hundred men, seventy-nii machine guns, and four three-ini guns left Philadelphia for Port-a Prince Friday. Carranza Against Intervention. Gen. Carranza says he belles Mexlcr.ns can settle their different in peace, but that In any other cai "all Mexicans will know how to cor ply with their duty." Four Hanged In Alabama. At Evergreen three negroes wei hanged for the murder of a whl woman while a militia company alftt guard. At Cullman a white hanged JMMBBfter. , WETS TO FIGHT DRYS ? PROCEEDINGS BEGUN TO STOP PROHIBITION ELECTION > CI AIMS ACT IS II I FIiAl te ih Associate Justice Watts Refuses to 9r Grant Injunction But Sets August 20 as Date for the Supreme Court ? to Hear the 'Whole Matter and De?t i. cide Question Involved. Iz If proceedings begun In the Supreme Court of this state to prevent the prohibition referendum election a on September 14 fails an appeal to , the Supreme Court of the United '? States may knock out the referentr dum. An application was made at Laurens Friday, according to The News r' and Courier, by Cole L?. Blease, for,g mer "governor of South Carolina, and j Frank G. Thompson of Columbia, atx'_ torneys representing John Harry Chappel, a taypayer, of Newberry, asking for an Injunction preventing e the referendum. Associate Justice e Watts, before whom the application e was made, refused to sign an injuncy tion, but referred the matter to the e whole Supremo Court and Bet August 0 20 in Columbia for that body to hear e the question and to pass on the matit terSignificance is attached to that section in the petition asking for the l. injunction in that it is alleged the j. referendum is in violaton both of (l the constitution of the state and of the United States. Observers see in ,j the federaj question an opening to jj take the case to the United States Supreme Court should the antl-pron hibltionists lose out in the state ir courts. >_ This could be done either by get? ting a writ of error from the chief I justice of the state Supreme Court or by applying to a United St&tes Supreme Court Justice for a writ of l_ error and a temporary injunction ^reventing the referendum, pending the r hearing of the appeal. ,g The nearness of the referendum n election would prevent the Supreme r Court of the United States from hear? ing the matter until after the date 8 for the election would have passed, e and the anti-prohibitionists would j have won their point even if the highn est tribunal would later declre that n the referendum was regular. If the I date for the election is passed it would be a victory for the antls and the whole question would be postponed until the next meeting of the legislature. The nnntpntlnn r?f the notlHnnoi- I? that it is a power granted the gen\ eral assembly by the constitutions of the united States and of the state to say whether or not the Btate shall have prohibition or what form of * regulation of the liquor traffic shall prevail, and that this power can not be passed or delegated to the people through a referendum election. They also point out that the referendum K act provides for the winding up of the dispensaries in case prohibition y wins, and this they declare is legisa lating on a contingency which is inl valid and unconstitutional. lt The general public thought the l" prohibitionists were certain of victory and that the antis were not even e going to make a flght, and on evory !S hand one could hear that the result 18 was a foregone conclusion. The first moVe against prohibition came Fri!8 day when attorneys representing Mr. Chappel], a taxpayer, of Newberry, n applied to Associate Justice Watts n for an injunction preventing the election on the ground that the act pass-l ,r ed by the legislature providing for ie the referendum on September 14 Is d unconditional and <nvalid. n The action waH directed against l* Secretary of State R. M. McCown, State Treasurer S. T. Carter, Comp' troller General Carlton W. Sawyer, and C. T. Graydon, Zeb Hope and J. 1 F. Howell, state commissioners of " election for Richland county. JusK tice Watts refused to grant an in~ Junction, but referred the whole ' question to the Supreme Court, which meets in Columbia on August 20. " Mr. Chappell says in his petition | that he is a personal prohibitionist, , and expects to vote for state-wide u prohibition in the referendum election, but that he thinks it is unconsti' tutlonal, and the election would be " invalid, and It would, therefore, Involve an unnecessary expense on the a- taxpayers, rec ting that thirty-five thousand eight hundred dollars is provided for meeting the expenses of 1<1 the referendum. r? After reciting the referendum act, B" in which provision is made for winding up the dispensaries in case prohibition carries, the petitioner says: "The aforesaid provisions and sections of said act are in violation of Article 4, Section 4, of the constitution of the United States; of Article 3, Section 1, of the constitution of the state of South Carolina, and Article 8, Section 2, of the constitution le of the state of South Carolina." In Mr. Tompkins, one of the attorje neys for Mr. Chappell, the petitioner, ly would not say Saturday morning rl- whether they would seek to take the a case to the Supreme Court or not if to they lost before the State Court. He >y would make no comment, and only smiled when It was suggested that they had provided in their petition for taking tbe fight to the United States Supreme Court by bringing in th the federal constitutionality of the ie act. :h Prohibitionists are confident that u~ the Supreme Court will decide the act as regular and constitutional, and will not enjoin the election. They are confident of winning In the referendum on August 14, and while taken by surprise at the move of their opponents through the courts, would ' make no admission that they have any fear of the referendum election be prevented. f,The attorney general is the repress Uatlve of all statd. officials, and re Alt ^mj^teMgMMhas H. Peeples te General DomyL on to apcase and upconstitutional SWEDEN CAUSES UNREST AMONG RUSSIA'S ALLIES Victories of Teutons Have Embolden' ed Swedes, Who Want Finland. Minister Discount Story. The London Morning Post declaret the attitude of Sweden toward Russis and the tatter's Allies for some time past has revealed elements of a disquieting character. "Emboldened by recent German successes," the newspaper says, "the latent hostility of Sweden, which hae never forgiven the loss of Finland, has become strongly developed. Considerable preparations for warlike contingencies have been made In North Sweden and the Swedish army is fully mobilized. If Sweden persists in her unfriendly attitude toward Russia she may rapidly drift into a war which would inevitably be a great obstacle to her future progress." The Times in a long analysis ol the Swedish situation says the war party has lost importance and the people generally accept neutrality as the wisest course. "Sweden's decision to remain neutral is as Arm as ever," was the reply to-day of the Swedish minister in London, Count VVrangel, to the newspaper rumors ot the possible participation of the Scandinavian kingdom in the war. "There is no foundation for the rumors," the minister said, "and the suggestion that Sweden contemplates action for recovery of Finland is absurd. Mr. Sazonoff's speech in the Russian Duma on Sunday clearly indicates the relations between Sweden and Russia are of the most friendly nature." U. S. POSITION STATED Officially Anounced Where This Government Stands. The position of this government in regards to Mexico was officially stated as follows: "That neither Carranzc, nor any other military faction in Mexico is in tuiuiui ui me luumrj', ur cull u? cuilsidered as triumphant in the republic. "That the real purpose of the revolution was accomplished a year ago wh?4r 'Huerta %'as overthrown, and that the strife since then has been over factional differences and has not been in reality a revolution. "That it considers Gen. Villa, while financially weakened, still an active element, who must bo reckoned with in an adjustment. ' That the so-called Clentiflcos do not enter the problem because it ia | considered that the overthrow ol Huerta disposed of that element. "That the greater portion of Mexico is not at pease, as Gen. Carranza claims, because fighting continues in many sections from Tehuantepec to the Rio Grande and from Vera Cruz to Mazatian. "That the.first problem to be solved in the restoration of peace is to find foj; provisional president a man who represents the cause of the original revolution against Huerta, but who does not necessarily represent any of the factions now at war." YOUNG MAN SHOOTS CHILD Fires at Five-Year-Old Hoy With an Old IMstol. Herman Brooks, five-year-old Bon of a Columbia family, wbb shot and probably fatally injured at SaxeGotha Mills, near Lexington, Saturday afternoon. Preston Frye, a man of nhnnt Iwpntv-nna vnam of a%ro It accused of the shooting. The child, with his mother, was visiting friends at Saxe-Gotha, having come ovei from Columbia several days ago Frye, it is said, was cleaning and oiling an old pistol out in the yard. In his childish manner Herman is said to have slapped Frye on the bach two or three times. The young mar is sa<d to have told the little fellow "If you slap me again I will shoot you," or words to that effect. The child in a playful raannei struck Frye again, whereupon th< man is said to have raised the pistol and fired the bullet striking the child in the left aide and passing througt the body. GREAT BRITAIN HEDGES Says latest Note Because of Brevitj Did Not Present Case Fully. Colville Barclay, charge of th< British embassy, called at the stat< department Saturday to explain th? recent British note on the seizure o: the American ship Neches. The Brit ish note, he said, because of its brev itv Hid nrtt fnllv nrAaont tho rtriliul reasons for the action; that the shii waa not taken in reprisal for viola Hons by Germany of the rules o naval warfare, and that the rule re garding such detentions and selzurei was not Intended to apply to th< United States alone, but to all neutra nations. State department officials said th< explanation placed the case in a dif ferent light which will be recognize* in the forthcoming reply. American Town Raided. Mexican outlaws raided the village of Sebastian, th'irty-soven miles nortl of Brownsville, Texas, killing aN mai and a woman, on Friday. Another Naval War Game Planned. The Atlantic fleet is to have an other war game when a fleet will b< sent out to defend the eastern coas from an attacking squadron. Okuma Heads New Cabinet. Premier Oknma at the request o the emperor, has agreed to head i new Japanese cabinet. Three oli members retain their portfolios. ity of the act of the legislature ii ordering the referendum. The fight between the prohibition ists and antl-prob&ittonists is noi on in earnest, and' the whole stab will await the outcome of the injunc tlon proceedings vk munb Interest ; THE WARLAST WEEK FALL OF WARSAW STARTS i HUGE GERMAN EFFORT I AFTER ARMY OF NICHOLAS 1 Turning Movement Now Being liei veloped in Attempting to l>r!vc Slavs From Their Second Line ol Defence and to Force Evacuation of Bug Itiver Positions. The Military Expert of The New ; York Times reviews the operations . in Europe as follows: In reviewiuK the operations of thp past week that led up to the fall ol Warsaw, a division of the fighting front into sectors, similar to that ol several weeks ago, will again be made and followed. Although the ultimate objective of all the Teuton armies on this front was naturally Warsaw, each of them had a function to perform in regard to a particular objective, and it was a combination of this that was to effect and did effect the fall of the Polish capital. Therefore, the various steps taken can, in their relation to the whole, be best understood by following the operations of each of the various armies. Around the Gulf of lUga. In the extreme northern sector, that of Courland, the army of Gen. von Buelow is operating, his left being at some point on the Gulf of Riga, his right extending down into Suwalki Province in the neighborhood of Augustowo. The operations ' Of this fnrrp hnvo nnt Knnn against Warsaw itself. It seems rather a heavy raiding force, which, in addition to its offensive operations, prevents the turning of the German left, as was done by the Russians in r the earlier campaign against Warsaw. Von lluelow's Minor Successes. Von Buelow's operations have been largely against the principal Russian cities in Courland and the railroad i running from Warsaw through Grod1 no and Vilna to Petrograd. This army has met with considerable . minor successes. It has taken the town of Mitau, is seriously menncing i the important gulf port of Riga and, i although stubbornly opposed, has fought its way forward some little distance toward the railroad. Hut the railroad is still u long way off > and it will |>rohably ho a month at ! least before it can be reached, if it ever is. Some of its branches have been and probably will continue to , be cut, but the main stem is intact. Itailroad Line is 1in|>ortant. The importance of this road is not primarily that it feeds Warsaw, for Warsaw being now in German hands need no longer be considered in this connection. Rut the Russians will of necessity fall back to a new line, fighting as they retire, and it is the ' right flank of their now line that ' will be dependent on it for supplies. In so far as the rest of the new line is concerned, it would be but little affected by the success of von uueiuw s operations, as me roans through Sledlce and Volkovysk, and 1 through Brest-Lttovsk, with their numerous branches, can bear sufficient traffic to bring up the necessary supplies. In so far, therefore, as von Ruelow's force has influenced the fall ol Warsaw, it can not be said to have done more than to have. effectively guarded the flank of the forces operating in the next sector, that of the Narew from Lomzp. to the confluence of the Narew and the Bug at Serock Narew Affords Splendid lie fence. Although the Narew is only about 200 yards wide, it is guarded, as are most of the rivers of Poland, by a wide marsh belt on both sides. It therefore, makes an excellent defenr sive position. In addition to its nat urai strength its defensive possibilities have been greatly augmented b> the construction of permanent forti' fications at various points within 1 supporting distance of each other ' The principal ones are Lomza, Ostro1 lenka, Rozan, Pultusk and Serock. May Cut Off Oarri.sons. The Narew between Lomza and Serock screens three railroads radi ating from Ostrolenka, all of whicli are branches of the Warsaw-Petro^ r grad road. It is, therefore, entirelj logical that such heavy fighting developed along the Narew front, a.' 9 the cutting of any of the three roadi j (Continued on last page.) j m ? r aedmanv nppedcn pfapf ? Petrograd NcwNiwper Confirms Htorj ) of Proposals to I'ussia, London reports: Reuter'b Pctro grad correspondent transm-fs the fol * lowing: "The Bourse Gazette learnt . from an unimpeachable source tha the German Emperor made an offei of peace to Russia last week througl ' the king of Denmark. The auswei j sent to the king stated that the ques tion of peace negotiations could no be raised at the present time." Petrograd reports Sunday that th< report that Germany had made peact a proposals to Russia became known it i official circles here several days ag< i and was discussed freely in the lob bies of the Duma, says the Vechernet Vremya. "We learn on good authority,' - says the newapaper, "that Germany a through Denmark, proposed to Rus t sia a separate peace, Russia to re ceive Galicia, while Oermany woul< retain the western district of Poland A representative of the foreign offic< f categorically denied that there wa ^ the remotest possibility of any peaci d negotiations. In the lobbies of th< Duma the proposal was dismissed a ? '^worthy of serious consideration.'' X>v. Roldiers to Raid House. Tha governor of Louisiana orderei v the national guard to raid a ootorlou e gitmM^c house in Soutbport, a ty" . urh J^^haOr)eans. 'Nearly one li . i I dred^^^^ftv pcrsi " were arrest^ ; MEXICANS PERFORM MANY f 1 OUTRAGES ON U.S. BORDER 1 { Sheriff Estimates 800 Crossed I lor- G der?Texas Rangers Right Outlaws?1Tliree are Killed. i Mexican outlaws and Texas Rang | era and county officers were engaged A " in two battles Sunday night near Norlas, Texas, sixty miles north of Brownsville. Results of the fight are . not yet known. It A special train, which left Browns> ville for Norias late Sunday with Rangers and county officers, return' ed and in ten minutes later started ; back to Nortas. It stopped at Harlingen to take on a detachment of United States soldiers. It was announced at Port Brown ' that four companies of United States i infantry were being rushed to oruwiiHviue irom i<ori Mcintosh, an ll' ? army post near Laredo. la Fritz Georgie, night watchman at the Lyford, Texas, jail was shot and aI seriously wounded. The act is charg- tu ? ed to Mexican outlaws. A party of >** farmers working in a field near Lyford also was fired on by unknown m parties aout midnight Saturday night, re it was reported. SherifT A. Y. Baker of Hidalgo county was quoted as saying three hundred Mexicans have crossed the e(! Rio Grande from Mexico, fifty-five I miles west of Brownsville, and are > traveling over Hidalgo county in A parties of three and four, apparently C< making their way to some concentrat- w ing point. 1,1 Three Mexican bandits were killed by a posse Friday night at a farm rP house about thirty miles north of Brownsville. On/a posse-man was su > slightly wounded. Pr j Tile posse heard that the gang of a dozeji, bandits, which raided Sebast tian Friday and killed two Americans, Pc ! had separated, most of them going to their homes. The officials were after be one Mexican, who had been recog-% Q' nized among the raiders Friday, and* ar did not know any confederates were W| with him. dt The posse was led by State Adjt. i)?1 Gen. Henry Hutchings, Sheriff \V\ T. e(' Vaun of Cameron county, and Ranger k? Capt. Henry Ransom. At ten-thirty o'clock in the evening the posse en- d( circled the house. Two Mexicans th opened fire. The possemen replied. A third Mexican trying to escapo was ut 1 shot down. T1 * Since Friday night officers have Pc | arrested twenty Mexicans, all resi- Si dents of the American side of the SI border. Gen. Huntchings indicated ' that he believed the Texas Rangers 1 if at Brownsville could restore law ; and order. si| United States troops are searching ca ; the country north of Brownsville for j11 ' Mexican bandits responsible for the in 1 death of two Americans. Lieut. Pl ' Henry, with a force from Harlingen, Texas, was on the trail of the bandits east of Sebastian Friday night, mov- bj ing towards Paso Real. Other troops n? have been sent south towards Paso m i Real, Rio Hondo, Lyford and Ray- or i mondville. a* TO RESUME CONFERENCE b< ? ? re ?? ???? a- **?-? i uii-.iiinTi iv nu.t iAt .nm in n a.sinngtli ton Again Wednesday. A st The Pan-American conferences be- er gun in Washington last week to plan ]a ; for restoring governemnt in Mexico ce probably wfil \yi resumed in New p, York Wednesday. Secretary I^ansing ,u made this announcement Sunday Sp night after his return from New I York, where he conferred with Secre- cr tary McAdoo. Mexican affairs and ' the co-operative effort of the United er States and Latin'-American republics 8j( , to end the factional strife were dis- p | cussed. Ti "We talked of the Mexican situa- p tion," said Secretary Lansing, "but ra wo did not consider any financial plan for supporting a Mexican gov- w ! ernment. The principal purpose of m i my visit to New York was to talk PC , with Mr^ McAdoo concerning flnan- jv cial arrangements for the Pan-Ameri- fi can Financial Congress at Buenos p( Aires in September. There is con- g< ' siderable preliminary work to be te done in connection with that." p : SCATHING WORDS PASSED ?; pi * b? Greenville Candidates Have Severe to Tilt iu Ojtera House. i The only excitement of the race for the vacant seat in the Greenville delr egation to the general assembly oc- X - curred Saturday night when Marvin ? R. Reese, recent graduate of the Unit versity of South Carolina, essayed to denounce the legislative delegation, d Mr. Reese said he would prevent gi "rascality" when he got in the House, ol T. P. Cothran, member of the deloga- g< tion, asked what he meant by the pi r remark and the speaker replied that d? he had reference tn the nrftnna r?f the ?? Greenville county delegation. tl Whereupon Mr. Cothran called him dl " "a liar and a dirty puppy." The speaker was flabbergasted hut finally pi * said he would not resent the remark a< ^ as Mr. Cothran was an "old man." (j Then Senator Earle arose and said, m "I am a young man, Mr. Reese, and n I tell you that you are a liar and a ai " dirty puppy." The speaker took his medicine quietly. American Ships Seized. H i The American steamers Llama and S > Wlco, bound for Stockholm, laden A . with petroleum, have been seized by o 3 the Germans and taken into Swine- tl munde. ii Cables for a ItaUleship. The Brazilian minister at Mexico - City cabled the United States for a n 1 warship to take him to Key West, o . from which place he will embark for P s the United States. b s ? Ordered to Ixare Mexico. 8 Gen. Carranza has ordered the * Guatemaloan minister at Mexico City n to leave the capital within twenty- H four hours. The minister Is persona a non grata with the chief. 9 Find I/ynumite on Doard'Ship. ji JualJtdfore sailing ofricj^^dlscov- H of dynamitc^^^^il t in-1 J. ISIS IN BALKANS f REECE REFUSES TO OIVE UP ANY OF MACEDONIA LUES ANSWER BULGARIA ulnars Demanded Cession of Certain Territory Now Held by Greece and Serliln?Vnf i>nMiuKiwi Bui Attitude of (Greece is Against Return of Territory. There is much interest in dlploat;c negotiations in the Balkan capals. Reports indicate that Serbia at st is willing to cede Macedonia to ulgaria, but that Greece opposes ly suggestion that sho should reirn Kavala, the seaport in the Vilait of Saloniki, to Bulgaria. It is lought, however, this opposition ay be changed when M. Venizelos iturns to power, expected when the reek parliament reassembles in Sepmber. M. Venizelos, whtjn premier, offerI Kavala to Bulgaria in return for ?r continued neutrality, while reeoe went to the assistance of the Hies against the Turks, but King anstantine put his foot down on the hole policy, and the resignation of e Venizelos cabinet followed. AthenR, Greece: A Reuter dispatch ads: "Greece will not cede one inch territory to Bulgaria," was the ibstanco of a reply made by the eroier, Mr. Gounaris, to a delegaan of Macedonian deputies who askI a statement relative to the purges of the government. In the negotiations which have sen conducted by the Allies of the iiadruplo Entente with Bulgaria in i effort to induce her to enter the ar on their side she insistently has imanded that to her be ceded that irt of Macedonia which was awardI to Serbia at the close of the Balin wnrc Slio olon !???? ?/* ? ... .. u. miiv uiov nao nuugui IVJ tain at least a part of the Mace nian territory which came under e Greek flag in the same way. Macedonia was a Turkish province itil the close of the Balkan war. lie region embraces a medley of loples, the chief elements being avs, Osmanlis and Greeks. The avs are Bulgarians and Serbs. Tho statement attributed to Mr. aunaris is significant in view of the ct that the British, French, Rusan and Italian ministers at Athens lied upon him Wednesday and ade united representations regardg the political situation. Their lrpose was to gain the assistance of reece. Similar representations were made r the representatives of the same ttions at Nish to the Serbian preier. This was regarded as the secid step in the attempt to bring >out a Balkan agreement so that ulgaria, Koumania and Greece may > numbered among tho Allies. Sofia, Bulgaria: A Reuter dispatch ads: "That tho Allies should reply to e Bulgarian note of June, while tho ustro-German advance in Russia is ill unchecked, has created consldable surprise. The reply, which retes to Bulgaria's demand fo tl"> ssion of territory now held L alkali states, has not been * ihlic, and all comment is j y eculative. "Submission of tlie reply at this Itlcal time is subject to two inter etations. One is that the Allies aro ideavoring to anticipate the concluon of a Turko-Bulgarian agreement. has been reported recently that urkey had bought Bulgaria's neuality by conceding the Dedeaghatch .ilway. "The second interpretation is that, liile the roply might have been nde earlier, it was held so the Allies >uld ho in a position to offer entiresatisfactory terms to Bulgaria. Ills theory is supported by the Alss* negotiations with Greece and v irbia regnrding cession of disputed rritory to Bulgaria in return for ulgaria's active co-operation on the de of the Allies. It is believed that ^gotiations are entering a decisive iase, although the cabinet has not . f ?en summoned to consider a reply i the Allies' note." ? GERMANY DESIRES PEACE * ewspapers Say Nation Is Beady to ^ Begin Negotiations. Germany would accept pcaco conitions based on an even balance naranteelng the progress and safetj^^HlHHH f all nations, says the Berlin Deu^^^HHjj^HH he Tages Zeitung in discussing tlfl^HH^Hj Bace proclamation of the Pope. It Bclares that no country would ac *% )m ui in maiiuii uy l lie neUU U 10 Catholic church with greater coriality than Germany. Note?This item was permitted to ass the German censors. For theicond time in two days Influential crman papers liave expressed Gerlany's willingness to accept peace BHHH egotlations. The question naturally rises, "is Germany ready for peace." HHHBj Presidential Selection Post|?one<l. ^nH Tlie electityi of a president of 9 [aitl, which was due to take place on unday, was postponed indefinitely. merican naval forces suppressed anther band of brigands and plaetyl H io leader on board tho cruiser WashAttacks ltiiNsian Minister. |HH An attempt was made to assagaiate M. NeratofT, assistant minister f foreign affairs for Kussla, at 8t. 9BIH 'etershurg. Sunday. His assailant ranished a revolver and an axe. Survivors of I/eelanaw. rapt. I), n. Dclk and twenty-aavon K9fl9| (embers of the crew of the I*eelanaw 'an sunk hy a German submarine rrived In New York Sunday. Miners Strik?ftfrel|fium. Franfwfl^^BB^trlke of tarman