The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08
SCATTERED NEWS ITEMS
ABOUT WORLD CONFLICT
Interesting Pointers About the Signi.
ficant Things Which Often
times Escape Attention.

ncanC InInSS NMch O1ten.
times Escape Attention.
Hooks and eyes, pins and buttons
made of brass, nickel or tin must not
be sold in Germany by order Of the
government, according to a London
report. The measure is said to be
designed to preserve the dwindling
supply of metals. The report adds
that members of the DraperS' AsSo-
citation of Berlin have been notified
that they must consider as confscat-
ed that part of their stock which in
cludes the above named articles.
There are now more than 2,000,-
600 prisoners of war in Germany and
Austria, says dispatch from Frank
fort-on-the-Main. Of these all but
$4,000 are Russians.
Germany is preparing to land
troops on the 'oast of Finland and
thence invade Russia, according to
news from Stockholm.
Efforts by Roumania to purchase
powder in this country have failed so
far, it is said, because firm approach
ed by the Roumanian government,
having previously received orders for
powder from France, had been OBJ
liged to pledge themselves not to sup
ply powder to the Teutonic allies. AS
there has been a possibility that Rou-
mania might swing over to the Teu-
tonic side Of the war, these firms are
said to have insisted that Roumania
convince them that she had no in
tention of entering the war against
the Allies.
Emperor William has received a
telegram from the League for the
Liberation of the Ukraine (RuSsia)
congratulating him on the victories
won by his troops in Poland, says a
Berlin dispatch.
"It would not surprise me if the
European war lasted eighteen years. -
said Prince Alexandra Gagarin of
Russia, who is here as a special agent
of the Gar, in Philadelphia few
days ago. He added that Russia
would not make peace until every
German and Austrian soldier had
been driven from Russian soil.
Robert Herrick, the well known
Chicago novelist, declared on his ar
rival from abroad that an American
passport is now worthless n Europe
on account Of the numerous forgeries
Of such documents made by Germans.
To enter France armed with nothing
but an. American passport, he said,
was practically useless.
Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria
Hungary, is IS years old. He has
been on the throne since 1S4S.
Italy is rejoicing over the victory
won IN the Greek parliament by Veni-
zelos and his adherents, looking upon
it as definitely committing Greece to
the couse of the Allies.
Six Victoria Crosses, the most COW
eted of all English military decora-
tions, have been awarded to men
serving in the Dardanelles expedi-
tioaary force fer conspicuous gal
lantry. Those thus honored were
Commanders Eric Gascoigne and Ed
ward Unwin; Midshipment G. L.
Drewry and w. St. A. Malleson, and
Seamen W. C. Williams and George
Mackenzie.
= Precautions against the spread of
cholera from Austria to Switzerland
are being taken by the authorities OF
the Swiss Canton of Neuchatel. They
are esta blishing isolation hospitals
and arranging for special medical
service.
A Rome newspaper says that Ger
many has lost 1872 officers since
the war began, in killed, wounded,
and missing. Included in this total
are 123 generals.
A regular through train service
from Warsaw to Lille, the leading
city in northern France held by the
Germans, has been organized by the
Kaiser's railway officials. The
through train is to leave Lille at $40
a. NJ, arrive in Brussels two hours
later, go through Berlin at midnight,
and reach Warsaw the next after
noon.
Men at the front for England favor
conscription to fill the ranks of the
British army, according to Colonel
Arthur Lee, member of parliament
for the Rareham Division of Hants.
The Colonel made this statement to
his constituents while home on a
short leave of absence I'VE need
compulsory national service because
nothing else can solve our difficulties
with regard to men, money, MUM
tons, and exports, he said.
SUBMARINE SAVED CREW
ON BOARD ITS VICTIM