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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
GREEK DEPUTIES DISSOLVED
Government Gets Free Hand by Dis
missing Representatives..

London reports Friday all doubts
as to what road Greece would choose
out Of the muddle caused By the di-
yergent views of her political leaders
and as to how the policies Of the
Skouloudis cabinet could be rendered
compatible with the opinions Of the
adverse majority in the chamber OF
deputies, today were dispelled by a
public dissolution of the chamber.
Publication of the decree apparent
ly was received in Athens with calm
despite the fact that all elements
hoped to avoid elections at the pres
ent moment The government, it
appears, considered dissolution the
only possible means of getting full
and unrestricted liberty Of action.
Greek officials in London and at
other points continue to assert that
Greece's future actions depend solely
upon military considerations. AS
soon as Greece is convinced beyond
doubt that the allies have produced
enough troops to make possible a sue
cesful offensive against Bulgaria and
to remove the danger with which
Greece would be confronted if she
entered the war inadequately assisted
Greece will Immediately range her
self on the side of the allies and rem
der all the military cooperation OF
which she is capable, according to
her representatives.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
GRIP OF CENTRAL ALLIES
ON SERBIA TIGHTENING
Every Hour Sees Defending Armies
in More Perilous Positions De-
spite Fierce Resistance.

Every day, every hour adds to the
peril Of the Serbian armies fighting
desperately to hold back the Austro-
Germans from the north and the Bull
garians from the east, until the as
sistance their Allies are sending can
reach them.
Z The Bulgarians have extended
their grip on the, Belgrade-Saloniki
railway north and south Of Nish and
have occupied Leskovac, south of the
captured capital, and Aleksinac, to
the north. At the latter point they
are in close touch with the German
army, which, after occupying Kruse-
vac, extended its left wing IS far as
Djunis, on the left bank of the Bulgar
Morava.
The Austro-Germans advancing
southwark are making progress ex-
cept in the west, where the Montene-
grins ere holding them. The invading
forces are reaching the most difficult
part of Serbia, the mountainous re-
gion, where the natives knowing
every hill and gulley, c2n offer the
strongest resistance. The Austr1ans
and Germans, however, are plentiful
ly supplied with mountain guns, with
which they expect to drive the de-
tenders from their Businesses.
In the south the ever growing
strength Of the French anG British
forces is beginning to tell. They are
pressing an energetic offensive
against the Bulgars; have managed
to keep the railroad clear as far as
Veles and are barring the Bulgars'
route to Monastir.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
RIQTING IN LIVERPOOL;
IRISHMEN DODGE SERVICE
Nine Hundred Young Men Seek to
Escape Possibility Of Service
by Immigration.

Street rioting resulted in Liverpool
Saturday from the attempt OF nine
hundred young Irishmen to book
passage aboard the Cunarder Saxonia
for New York. The would-be immi-
grants marched to the Cunard dock
en- masse amid cries of "Cowards,
traitors from on-looke-s. The men
were knocked down by women. 9th
ers were decorated with white feath-
ers and mistreated by the crowd.
When they arrived the Saxonia's S
fremen, matching the spirit OF the
crowd, informed the steamship COM
pany they would not leave with the
Saxonia if the Irishmen were permit
ted to sail.
The company upheld the flremen
and refused permission to sail to all
British subjects of military age. It
was stated that the same course
would be followed in future on all
Cunard liners, and that it was hoped
other lines would follow the same
procedure. Five of the detained men
afterward enlisted.
London says that daily increasing
crowds of youths of military age are
besieging the passport department OF
the foreign office seeking permits
which they hope will enable them to
escape the conscription they antici-
pate and fear. Most of them appar.
emily have discovered relatives in
America and elsewhere whom they
are obliged to- visit. "
The rush has been so great since
Lord Derby's recruiting scheme was
promulgated that in the last three
days more than three hundred appli'
cants of military age have been put
back while the authorities decided
how. to deal with the situation:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
BERLIN SAYS LINER TRIED j,
TO FLEE FROM SUBMARINE
One Hundred Shells Fired Before Big
Ship Sank-S0O Passengers Lost.
Three BoatIoads Land.

London reports Wednesday after
noon: 4 dispatch to Lloyds from Bl-
zerta says that three hundred per-
sons on the Italian liner Ancona
sunk by an Austrian submarine, were
drowned. Most of the lost, the mes
sage says, were women and children
emigrants. One hundred and thirty
survivors have thus far reacher BIZ
zerta.
Forty-one members Of the crew
and four passengers of the Ancona,
picked up at sea, have been landed
at Malta.
Two of the Ancona's boats, with
fifty-four members of the crew, land
ed near Cape Bon, Tunis, Wednes-
day. Some Of the men were injured
A dispatch to Lloyds from Bizerta
states that some Americans are said
there to have been on board the An
coma.
A dispatch from the Stefani News
Agency of Rome says that one hum
dred shells were fired into the An
coma before she was torpedoed.
Berlin reports by wireless to Say
vile on Wednesday: Information
from a reliable source is that the
steamship Ancona was sunk by an
Austro-Hungarian submarine, says
the Overseas News Agency. "She at
tempted to escape and thus compelled
the submarine to use her guns"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
CABINET MEETS AGAIN
Wilson Sees Advisers For First Time
Since Last July.

President Wilson and the cabinet
met Friday for the frst time since
last July when the German submarine
question was at one of its most Sc
rious stages. The sinking of the
Italian liner Ancona was the most
important foreign question before the
cabinet but no definite action was ex-
pected until official details were at
hand.
1t was stated at the White House,
however, that the cabinet meeting
was called only because the president
wanted to- get in touch with his offic-
ial advisers before the opening of
congress to discuss his annual mes
sage and legislation. From now on
cabinet meetings will be held regular
ly twice week.
The principal subject taken up
Friday was how to raise the money
for carrying out the defence plans. No
definite conclusion was reached, but
the prevailing idea was to avoid a
bond issue. The subject will be con:
sidereG further at conferences be-
tween the president and Democratic
leaders of the senate and house.
Secretary Houston said that the
agricultural interests of the country
were in very good condition. Other
optimistic reports of business condi-
tions were had before the cabinet
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
DYINSK Is HARD NUT
Germans Find Russian Fortress Diff
cult to Capture.

Thediffculties of the army beseig'
ing Dvinsk, because Of the nature OIL
the fortress, which is built OF sand
are pictured by Capt. Won Kueschuet'
zky, correspondent Of the Berlin Vos'
sische Zeitung.
Had 1t been Of rock he says
"experts declare it would have been
knocked to pieces long ago, but an
artillery bombardment is Of little
avail against sand fortress. 1t was
captured fifteen times between Sep
tember fiften and October twenty-six,
and still is not in the Germans pos
session. It has been reduced in size
one-half, without affecting strength
Of the remainder.
Every rod of land is covered with
permanent trenches, rooted securely
against scrapnel and shell fragments,
and connected with so called FOX
holes small shelters where the gar
risons are secure against the heaviest
gnells. Exploding proJectlles are
smothered in the sand trenches, skill
fully laid out, so they are. mutually
outflanking. An apparent successful
attack often means the destruction OF
the assailants by the thanking fire OF
machine guns. One company lost fif-
tF-one dead on October thirty-hrst
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
RUSSIA SEES ANOTHER WAR
Expects Great Uprising Throughout
the Mussulman Orient.

1.-THE reorganization and executive
changes which are being introduced
in the Russian army" says the Lon
don Morning Posts Petrograd cor
respondent, plainly indicate that the
Russians contemplate long strug-
gle. They are making preparations
for a war lasting five years more.
;"These preparations are not being
made solely against the Germans.
The Russians believe the Germans
are expending their last energies in
an endeavor to stir up the whole Of
the Mussulman orient, and Russia
probably foresees the necessity for
increased strength with which to
clear up the formidable struggle
which the Germans, even after their
defeat, will leave as heritage be-
hind them
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
PAGE SEES SONNINO
Ambassador Confers With the Italian
Foreign Office.

Rome reports via Paris Friday that
the United States Ambassador Page
called at the foreign office and had a
long talk with Baron Sonnino. The
nature of the conference is unknown,
but it is assumed the sinking OF the
Ancona was discussed Informally. A
rigid investigation Of the disaster is
proceeding under the direction of the
Italian consul at Tunis, assisted by
Italian naval officers.
A special effort is being made to
determine all the facts relating to
international responsibility, where
warning was given and whether an
opportunity was afforded the pas
sengers to escape 1t is expected
this investigation will have bearing
ca any diplomatic representations
tine United States may make in be-
half of American passengers on
board the steamer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
ACTIVE In MEDITERRANEAN
German and Austrian Submarines
Sunk Many Ships.

On October Is Count Won Bern
storoff, the German Ambassador, an
nounced that he had received an ofn-
cial communication from Berlin to
the effect that German submarines
had recently sunk twenty-three YES
sells, including four transports, be-
longing to the Allies in Mediterran-
can waters.
This was the first intelligence
which conveyed an idea of the exten-
sive operations of the German boats
in the waters in question. Since
then the loss Of eleven ships has
been reported.
Austrian submarines have not
hitherto been active beyond the AT
riatic. But the Italian battleshlps
Amalfi and Giuseppe Garibaldi were
sunk by them on July and July ~
respectively; and the submarines
Medusa and Nereide also met the
same fate on June II and August l.
The French armored cruiser, Leon
7ambetta, was sunk off Otranto, It
,ly, April 26, by the Austrian SUB
marine Us.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
GERMANY CONTROLS. FOOD
Government to Supervise Entire
Supply of the Nation.

Berlin reports via London Friday: !:
Virtually the entire food supply OF
the nation is expected soon to pass
under governmental control to insure
an equitable distribution Of supplies
at fair prices among, the entire pop
ulation Coffee, tea and cocoa were
added today to the list Of products
whose sale will be regulated by the
State. The federal council authorlz-
ed the chancellor to issue reguia-
tons covering trade in them.
The chancellor also was authorized
TO establish maximum prices for
buckwheat and millet, marmalades
and honey, vegetables. fruits and
sauerkraut. These prices apply to
producers. Local authorities in NUM-
cipalities Of more than ten thousand
population are required to fix maxi
mum prices for retailers. The auth
critics in smaller places may take
similar action if they sc fit.
Bread, potatoes, pork, milk ano
butter already have been subjected tc
a maximum price schedule. The con.
sumption Of other meats is regulated
and limited by so-called "meatiess
days."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
PLAN RAID ON ENGLAND
Germans Concentrating Efforts Upon
Building Zeppelins.

The correspondent at Rotterdam OF
the London Daily Telegraph claims
to have learned that in a score of
more widely separated places in Ger
many the construction of zeppelin
dirigible balloons is being carried On
and that in no department Of con-
structional work in Germany is
greater activity being shown.
Dirigibles of all types-zeppelin,
Parseval and Schutte-are being
turned out, the correspondent un-
derstands, with feverish haste. New
sheds are being built, not as former
ly, Of easily combustible wood, but
Of iron, including roofs Of the same
material, as a protection against air.
craft attacks. The Krupps also are
said to be engaged in building port
able sheds.
From all the correspondents was
able to learn the idea is to bring the
war home to the English people,
who, hitherto, "haye not felt its
effects, so that they shall be more
anxious for peace
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
OCTOBER LIQUOR SALES
Dispensary Auditor Reports on Fr!
day Sales of Last Month.

Dispensary sales in the fifteen wet
counties of the State for the month
of October amounted to S344,4o ~
according to the report made public
Friday by L. l.. Bultman, State dis
pensary auditor. Richland came first
with sS1,066.35, and Chasleston sec
ond with s46,0S4. The sales in the
other counties for the month were:
Aiken S19,7S3.95; Bamberg SILL
S77,57, Barnwell S17,771.09; Beau
fort s9,0O2.l2, Calhoun S7,015.90
Dorchester S12,223.2O, Florence
s44.6S3.S1; Georgetown s10,614.64
Jasper s2,1S5.15; Lexington s15,'
1915. Orangeburg S3S,957.53;
Union s19,757.0S; Williamsburg ST.,
593.95.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
MUCH BooSE TO Be SOLD
BY FIRST OF NEW YEAR
Various County Dispensaries Must
Sell Million Dollars Worth to
Clear Shelves.

One million dollars worth of Ii
quor must be disposed of between
now and the first of January by the
dispensary counties in the State OF
they will lose the money tied up in
the whiskey remaining in stock after
the first of next year, when prohibi'
ton goes into effect.
The fifteen dispensary counties had
on hand on the first of October S991,-
s47.3S worth of liquor, beer, wines,
at invoice or cost prices. This repre-
sents about s1,250,000 at retail
prices. The sales for October from
the dispensaries in the fifteen coun-
ties amounted to s344,451.70, so
there remains s1,200,000 worth of
liquor still on hand in the dispensar-
les in the fifteen counties.
The amount of stock on hand Oct
ober 1st as collected and verified by
l.. L. Bultman, State dispensary aud
itor, amounted to SS81,947.38 at
invoice price. The county OF Char
lesion had the largest stock, $751;
$3.50, and Richland came close be-
hind with s205,599.26. Florence had
on hand s35,S35.14.
The amount of stock in the other
counties On the same date was: Ak
en- s54,913.21; Bamberg s20,702.71;
Barnwell s46,977 SO; Beaufort $685.
536.41; Calhoun s24,069.06; Dor
chester s2e,595.94; Georgetown SILL
427.6S;' Jasper $0,912.54; Lexington
s3r,S35.S0; Orangeburg sS9,o31.65;
Union s73,509.54; Williamsburg
s12,49o.71. e.
Since this report Barnwell lost by
fire through one dispensary sl7,6o9,-
81 worth of liquor. 1t is thought that
there will be collected $4,000 on
this burned stock.
No stock can be sold after the hrst
OF next year when the dispensaTies
must wind up and cease business.
There is very little doubt but that
several Of the counties including
Charleston, Richland, Orangeburg,
Florence and Union will have some
stock left over and unless subsequent
legislation authorizes some dlsposl-
ton what remains will be total loss
to the counties. Mr.. Bultman will
likely call this matter to the general
assembly in his report on the sit
uatiOn.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
EXCEED JOFFRE'S DEMANDS
French Factories Turning Out Nor
Munitions Than he Wants,

Every branch of the munitions
service has been extended to a for
midable extent" said Minister Of
Munitions Thomas in an interview
granted to a Paris newspaper. He
added:
with one or two exceptions the
demands of the Commander in Chief
for all kinds of shells are now more
than covered. The estimates Of Gen
eral Joffre, who is especially anxious
about shells for the 155 milllmeter
guns, have been exactly met, while
his estimates for the 105 and l2O
millimeter guns have been exceeded.
The numbers of shells demanded for
the '75's' vary daily, but on the
whole they are being virtually cov-
ered."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
WASHINGTON HEARS NOTHING
Officials Are Perplexed Over Lack OF
News of Ancona's Loss.

State department officias were per
picked Friday over the unexplained
delays in getting definite official in
fomation on the sinking of the ltal-
ian liner Ancona, with probable loss
of American passengers. No dispat-
ches had reached the state depart
ment early Friday. All information
so far has been fragmentory.
A consular official has been order
ed to Tunis from a nearby post :on
the assumption that Consul James
B. Young is not there. Meanwhile
Ambassador Page at Rome is expect
ed to send some definite official de-
tails. His official dispatches so far
making no reference to the circum-
stances of the firing upon the liner
the question of warning, the nation
ality of the submarine and other de-
tails which are to be cleared up as
promptly as possible by the taking
of testimony of survivors.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
Big STEEL WORKS BURNS
WITH MUCH WAR MATERIAL
Bethlehem Steel Company's Plant Al.
most Entirely Destroyed Mil
lions Of Dollars Lost.

Fireearly Wednesday almost de-
stroyed the No. machine shop Of the
Bethlehem Steel Company at South
Bethlehem, Pa. Machinery and war
material in the building was said to
be worth millions.
"Howthe fire started has not been
determined 1t was discoye. ID in the
boring mill section of the plant. The
fire spread rapidly and soon the en-
tire building was wrapped in flames.
The value of the guns alone in the
shop is said to be millions. There
were about one thousand machines of
different kinds In the building, run
ming from lathes, shapers, drills, on
down to boring machines. These ma
chimes were worth from four hun
dred to several thousand dollars each.
r The burned shop was two hundred
and frty feet wide, seven hundred
feet long and four stories high. On
these floors two thousand and fifty
men were employed on the day and
night shifts. About two hundred
men were at work when the fire
started and so rapidly did it spread
that some employees had to make
their escape by means OF ropes.
Workmen said the fire started in
oil near the entrance. First there
was only a spark Of fire, which the
workmen started to put out by throw
ing on water. Then came mighty
flash and up leaped flame as high
as the structure, which seemed to
envelope the whole building. AS far
as known there was no loss of life.
Recently the burned building had
been rebuilt and expanded and equip
ped at a cost said to be three million
dollars It was given over to the
manufacture of guns Of various cali
bre for the United States, England
and her allies and some eight hun
dred of these guns were in process Of
manufacture.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
TELEGRAM FROM PRESIDENT
Congratulates Japanese Ruler and
Speaks Of His High Ideals.

President Wilson has cabled to the
Emperor of Japan the following mes
sage:
To his Imperial Majesty, Yoshihito,
the Emperor of Japan, Toxic:
On this auspicious occasion of your
Majesty's formal accession to the
throne, I take pleasure in extending
cordial Fluctuations and in express
sing the confidence that the influence
Of your high ideals Of right and JUS
tice which will continue to guide you
in your exalted office will insure to
the advancement of your country. l
assure your Majesty of my best wish
es for your personal welfare and that
of your ,Majesty's family and for the
continuance of the friendly relations
existing between Japan and the
United States. Woodrow Wilson
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
REPUBLICAN BACKS. WILSON
Will Be Ashamed Of His Party II 1t
Questions Preparedness.

Joseph H. Choate, q leading Re-
publican has enthusiastically indors-
ed the national defense program Of
President Wilson, and said if in the
coming Congress the Republicans
tried to make political capital out OF
this vital issue he for one would be
heartily ashamed of his party
He said the question Of prepared
ness was too big and too vital to be
made partisan issue, and that it
was his hope and his belief that it
would not be made the subject Of at
tacks on the President in the hope OF
gaining advantage in the coming
Presidential campaign.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
BOOTY At NISH
Bulgarians Captured 5000 Men and
Valuable Material.

Sofia reports via Paris wednesday:
"The booty captured at Nish consist
ed of forty-two guns, thousands OF
rifles, much ammunition, seven hun
dred railway cars and many automo-
biles.
"The retreating Serbians abandon
ed numerous guns, machine guns and
rifles which have not been counted
Thus far five thousand prisoners TAX
en- at Nish have been counted
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
TRIED TO ESCAPE
3ncona Oyertaken After Putting on
Full Steam to Get Away.

AncOna OverTaken aiCef 1uCtAhs VII
Full Steam to Get Away.
A Tunis dispatch to the Glornale
d'Italia gives dramatic, though
brief, account of the attack.
"a submarine approached the
Ancona towards noon,' says this ac-
count, land as soon as the steamer
saw it, an attempt was made to es-
cape at full speed. The Ancona was
overtaken and stopped. Then the
submarine fred on the Ancona, sink,
ing her amid the desperate cries OF
the passengers.
"The lifeboats were next attacked
the submarine. likewise firing on
them. A woman, man and t"c
children we're killed, their bodies are
at Bizerta.
THE submarine then disappeared
Immediately, proceeding probably II
The direction of the Aegean Sea.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
India Rars Bryan's Book.

A Hindu editor of San Francisco
has been notified that a pnamphle'
which he said was made up OF ex-
tracts from Bryan's British Ru!e IN
india" translated for the lndlans
had been barred from the mails oy
The British government.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
Daniels Paper Burned.

For the second time since he be-
came a member of Wilson's cabinet,
the plant of his newspaper at Raleigh
was burned to the ground Friday
The loss Is estimated at $4,000 1o-
him alone.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
Siy Killed by Tornado,

Six persons were killed and prop
erty damage Of half million caus-
ed by a tornado which swept over
Central Kansas Wednesday night.
Fifty others were injured
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
To Winter at Gallipoli.

The Constantinople correspondent
of the Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin says
we'll informed circles of the Turkish
capital believe the British forces in
end to spend the winter on CALI
poll peninsula.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-17
Thanks Uncle>eSana.

The Asahia shimbum, a Eapresen-
tative paper of Japan, thanks the
United States for its cruiser sent to
the recent coronation. No other
power was represented by a warship.