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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-20
.BLEASE DISBANDS MILITIA !
DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN GOV,
4 ERNoR, WAR pEP PARTMEFT!
AND MILITIA sis REA ON. n s5
VIII Try to HSid oroanlza alton 70
4 sethsr Until NeW eoverner Comes

Columbia s. 10 Goysrnor Blease
has dtsbanded the South caro- olinss or
5ganized militia. Il Thirtyto compas
| nies, comprising pproximate4y 900
officers and men, are affected. Dis
agreement between the governor and
militia and war department officials
on the organisation and equipment OF
troops was given as the reason Tor the
action. sst Z, 5s,
Militia officers began movement
to prevent complete organization.
Tslegrams were sent Ito South Caro-
lima members of Congress at Wash.
ington requesting that they nsestheir
influence to have the war; department
delay asking the return Of SOC, 600
worth OF supplies loaned the troop
Mr.. Manning has not yet in-
dicated what action che VIM take, ~
was considered certain BY militia Of
ficers that he would rescind the action
OF Governor B1ease. S 4 Il. X
Adjutant General Moore has gone
to- Washing gton; toS confer with war
Department OH Gals on the situation
Governor SBlease explained in his
order, disbanding the troops that the
secretary fof war and the secretary
of the navy andt AdJutant General
Moore Of South Carolina on one side
and himself 4 on the other, prompted
him to take this step These differ
5ences, he said, result ed 81 serious
breeches 5of cipline tin the militia
corps. & q !.
THE present governor OF the State
Of South Carolina Is Of. the opinion
that IT will be unfair and UNI Just on his
part to turn over to his successor rain
Office the militia OF South Carolina IN
its present condit ition, z the order read
The controversy between Governor
Blease and Adiutant General Moore
was said to have been the result sof
the governors refusal to Sign certain
orders and official papers presented
to him by the adjutant general.
.1 { II IL u y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-20
Austrian Foreign MInIster Retire1

Auotrlan foreIuH WH'seoI t's1tSS,s.tssI 8
vienna-The retirement OF the.
Austrian Foreign Minister Count yon
Berchtold was announced by The
Vienna Fremdemblat. It published
this statement: Count Won Berch-
told. who for long while, desired to,
retire and who asked the Emperor
to relieve him of his office, renewed
the request. The emperor, recognizing
the important personal reason moy-
ing the foreign minister to take this
step, has granted his request He
will be succeeded by Baron Stephan
Burian Won RajeeZ." ....s $50 +,
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Decisions % The Supreme Court.
Assistant Attorney General Domi

Gs0tlTI. d,
ssts ~ :, ). 49,,
Assfstan Attorney e1elieiai " = :, po
] nick announced ito the court that the
Es4ISn 10 coleman Livingstone Blease, who
va then present in court, had resign
'Sesd al governor and that the Hon
zgharies a. Smith lieutenant COVER
! sisqrs Was NOW present ana desired 20
sas governor py taxing ene oa1n s'n
of pnice before the cnlet 9usuce.
SThe chief executive thereupon ad-
ministered the constitutional oatn OF
sofice 10 the Hon, Charles A. Smith as
governor 49,
I'D he sfaate, stage lss y p'Au1' .i u =, MoGausn
ftondross appet,an ss,s-...s' -. ca.,ar -, - M
s fcr appe elllane' IliH'' ooi,elsot ,soopi . ~
III passn NJ 4 s.a.e rasnondent, va Green.
d "a s. pnJgsrs aupeliant. Augustus
y ! a. t 4 for appellant; Solicitor Cooper
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-20
CHICAGO Nationals IA tampa.

q Chicago Members OF the Ghicag0
National League team will gather
February 2s at Tampa, FIJI. for their:
spring training. AT Tampa praet Ice
games will BE played with thes Phila.
deiphia Athletics and some Cuban:
teams. exhibition games ednied
are at Savannah April HI; Btrming.
ham, April 2-3; Nash willie, April 81
Chattanooga, April 5-6; Memphis;
April 8. 8, 10 and u; y; 53s51is ! " Y !;
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-20
Blease Gives Last cIemency. =.

Retiring Governor Blease granted
81 pardons paroles and cohmutations,
which bring the total number of. cases
of clemency up to 1,70S, not including
the blanket pardon list Of 1000. D.
J. Griffith, superintendent of the
state penitentiary, said that there
were 1872. state prisoners. Less than
100 are confined, in the state peniten.
tiary. There are so prisoners atl the
state farms, four on the county chain
gangs and $50 boys In the Lexington
reformatory, ,5 -. ~. s. ~. f..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-20
Russians Making Advances.

Lundon.-Official reports from the
Russian general staff disclose new
Russian operation which may have
far-reaching results. Starting on their
new year. the Russian cavalry com.
menced forward movement in
Poland on the right bank Of the lower
:vistula River and have reached the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-20
Ships and cargoes Held by Britains

London.-The Norwegian steamers
Alfred Nobel and Bjorson, loaded
chiefly with Chicago packing house
products have been held in British
ports since the middle Of November
The cargoes are consigned ito order
at Copenhagen. The Nobel sailed from
New York October 20 and arrived in
Liverpool November II. The Bjorn-
son left New York October 81 and
was taken into Leith November II.
Owners OF the vessels saw the ships;
sailed fro mthe United States before
recent rules were adopted. s 4
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-20

I r TsiS 4 upper branch heard the; report,
x the commit tee appointed TO find ont
Evening star., 1915-04-07
LOSES HER CITIZENSHIP
BY WEDDING FOREIGNER
Mrs, Ethel G. Mackenzie Attacks
Constitutiona1ity Of Law Which
Deprives Her Of Vote.

In a brief filed with the Supreme
Court Of the United States. Mrs. Ethel
c. Mackenzie of San Francisco, Cal.
has attacked the constitutionality Of
the federal law Of 1907 expatriatng
American women marrying foreigners
She was denied the right to vote in
San Francisco on tho ground that un-
der the federal law she has lost her
American citizenship by marrying
Gordon Mackenzie. subject of Great
Britain living in California
Her argument is that Congress can
not, merely because she has entered
into marriage, take away her citizen
ship as long as she remains in the
United States. She points to the states
granting full or partial woman suffrage
as evidence that a husband and wife
are no longer to be considered as po-
litically one, with their identity
merged into one, and that the hus-
bands.
On account Of the European war she
urges that her citizenship is of in
creased value.
Evening star., 1915-04-07
CONSUL GENERALS STAFF
HARD WORKED BY CLAIMS
Additional Clerks Employed and New
London Odace L. to Be
Opened.

LONDON, April r. Because OF
the great number Of claims against
the British government arising from
the detention Of American cargoes, the
stan of the American consul general
in London has been increased from
nine to twenty-six persons.
Consul General Skinner 10 now ar
ranging for an Office in which there
shall be established q special depart
ment for claims. together with an in
creased STAFF for speedy preparation OF
the many cases submitted every day.
TNe definite announcement in the
American note Of the purpose to seek
damages for interference with Ameri-
can trade merely puts into concrete
form the policy of protecting American
ships which has been followed by
American consular officials since Greai
Britain began OBTAINING vessels
The American steamer Seguranca
with a cargo Of American wheat, from
New York for Rotterdam. is now being
held at Deal pending a reconsignment
Of her cargo to the Netherlands over
seas trust.
Evening star., 1915-04-07
COURT USES DICTIONARY
IN CONSTITUTING A WILL
Divides Estate, "Half and HALF" by
Interpreting Meaning Of Word
Between"

PORTLAND. Ore, April IA die
tionary strict construction of the word
between" was used by the state SUI
preme court yesterday in deciding that
Mary Ann White and May Ellen Jack
son Of Crescent City. Cal, sisters in
law Of the deceased, were entitled to
half Of the one-hundred- thousand dol
lar estate Of the late Mary Roelfs, who
died a year ago in Portland, and that
the other half should go to Mrs
Roelfs' cousins and progeny, 113 ir
number.
Terms Of the Will.
Mrs. Roelfs' will, after making
charitable bequests. read:
The rest and residue Of my estate
I give and bequeath to my cousins
the names Of whom can be obtained
from Frank Duffy. 239 Hammond
street. Bangor. Me-, and, to the sis
ters of my deceased husband, the names
of whom are Mary Ann White and
May Ellen jackson, to be divided
equally between them, share and share
alike"
The court held the between" ap-
piled to the cousins collectively on one
side and the sisters collectively on
the other, thereby upholding the lower
court.
Evening star., 1915-04-07
UTILITY OF TOURING CAR.
Maxwell "25" Travels 419. g Miles in
Thousand Mile Test.

Tho third day Of the demonstration
Of tho Maxwell "25- touring car in the
1.o00-mile contest carried the mileage
up to 41s.6 miles. tho total for the third
day being 1o1.7 miles. The consump-
ton Of gasoline was nve gallons. or an
average Of 20 1-e miles per gallon.
The trip was over city streets and
roads of Maryland and Virginia The
observer for the day was Ford L.
Young. whose business carried him to
Hyattsville. Riverdale. Berwyn. Muir
kirk Contee. Md, during the morning
hours. In the afternoon trips were
made to Vienna, Sterling, Ashburn.
Herndon and Leesburg. Va Consider
able mud and red clay were encoun-
tered in the Old Dominion. which made
the going during the afternoon rather
heavy.
Shortly after o'clock this morning
the l.ooo-mile car left the National
Capital for Harpers Ferry, w. Va. hav-
ing aboard the automobile editor OF
The Star. who will act as one of the
observers on the fourth day Of the
utility test.
Evening star., 1915-04-07
WIDMAYER NAMED PRESIDENT
ONO Class Club Elects Other Officers
BANQUET Friday Night.

Edward Widmayer was elected presi-
dent Of the ONO Class Club of Bright
wood Park M. e. Church last night
for the next six months. Other officers
elected were: First vice president. Stan
ley Herr; second vice president. Shelton
Willis; secretary. E. F. Bowling; treas
urer, Richard Stockton, and chaplain,
w. D. Wilson.
The club voted to put a base ball team
in the Northwest Sunday School League
this season under the name Of the ONO
Class Club. Babe" Torney. well known
In amateur circles. was elected man
dates.
Friday night the club is to hold its
third anniversary banquet. at which
Joseph w. Folk, chief counsel of the
Interstate commerce commission. will
be the guest of honor.
Evening star., 1915-04-07
BRITISH REPORT QUIET
ON THE WESTERN LINE
Explosion Of Mine Under German
Trenches Heads List Of
Activities.

LONDON. April There has been
given out In London q British semi
weekly report on the progress of hos
tilities under date OF April S. 1t reads
as follows:
THE situation still remains quiet on
our front. A change in the weather
limited tho possibilities Of activity on
the part Of our airmen.
Mine Under German Trenches.
Early in the morning Of April we
successfully exploded a mine under
the German trenches in the neighbor-
hood Of La Bassee. A length of 100
yards Of trench and part OF brick
stack were destroyed, and as a result
all German activity in the immediate
neighborhood was terminated. The
German artillery. however. has SUBJ
tected our front in that quarter to a
heavy bombardment
"On our extreme left the local su-
periority obtained by our snipers has
been rewarded by the comparative i'm
munity with which the work on the
front line of trenches has been carried
ont
Evening star., 1915-04-07
Painful, Swollen Veins
Quickly Relieved and
Reduced

Mrs. r NJ. Remler OF Federal
Kansas, writes an interesting
account OF her success In re-
duoing a severe case of enlarged
veins that should be encouraging
to others similarly afflicted. She
suffered with badly swollen and
fnfamed veins Tin fact, one had
broken) for moro than seven
years before she became ac-
quainted with Absorbine, Jr.,
and used II. Absorbine. Jr.. was
faithfully applied for several
weeks, and. to quote from her
letter. The large knots in the
veins left. II was all nicely
healed. and has not bothered me
since"
Absorbine, Jr., Is an antiseptic
liniment healing. cooling and
soothing. Safe and pleasant to
use. 800 and $500 at your
druggists or postpaid. Liberal
trial bottle postpaid for 10c in
stamps. W. r. YOUNG, p. d. F..
27s Temple St. Springfield. Mass
Evening star., 1915-04-07
Mine Under German Trenches.
Active in Minor Ways.

In this connection 1t should be
pointed out that although no reports
have been sent since March 20, owing
to the lack OF any incidents worthy of
special mention. yet individual activi-
ties have been of daily and nightly oc-
currence along the entire front The
general effect of these general activi-
ties, in which our troops continue to
show marked superiority. as already
recorded. is cumulative and of great
military value
Evening star., 1915-04-07

George Poe Lambert, aged sixty-eight
years. died at Hagerstown, Md. from
a complication Of diseases. He was for
many years a member Of the firm Of
s. M Bloom & Co., wholesale mer-
chants.
Evening star., 1915-04-07

Missing since Sunday, February IL, tho
body OF Miss Susan Haynes Of Point
Pleasant, W. Va, was found in the water
by the crew Of a steamer at dam No. 26.
near ChambsrsburH, Ohio. Her father
mother and sister took their lives in tbs
Evening star., 1915-04-07
REPUBLICANS WIN
CHICAGO BY 138,891
William Hale Thompson, May
or-EIect, Announces War
on Criminals.
SIxTY-ONE PER CENT OF
WOMEN VOTE FOR HIM
G. 0. P. Wins in Most Cities Where
Partisan Lines Were Drawn.
Drys Make Gains.

CHICAGO. April 7-Complete returns
rom yesterdays municipal election
tvailable today showed that William
Hale Thompson. republican. was elect
ID mayor by a plurality Of 13S.s91, the
largest plurality ever given a candi-
late for that ONCE in Chicago. His ma
iority over all was Ill, ,475.
Revision Of the police returns today
ave the following corrected figures:
Evening star., 1915-04-07

Mrs Gertrude Wight Homburg, wife
of Albert H. Homburg of Glenburnie.
Md, and daughter Of the late Charles
H. and Susan Slicer Wight, died in
Baltimore. She was descended from an
old Maryland family.
Evening star., 1915-04-07

Gov Goldsborough of Maryland and
Mayor Preston of Baltimore have
written letters strongly urging the
planting Of trees on Arbor day, Friday
next.
Evening star., 1915-04-07
Women Majority for Thompson.

Women Majority for Thompson.
Sixty-one per cent of the women's
vote was cast for Thompson. according
- an estimate by election officials.
Thirty-six per cent of the women's
vote was cast for Sweitzer. 1t was
me first time that women voted for
mayor in Chicago. The total woman
vote for Thompson was 144,630; for
Sweitzer. s9,744.
Thompson was born in Boston. Mass.
N 1858, and was brought to Chicago
by his parents the following year. In
a biographical sketch, which he issued
prior to the election. he stated that as
a boy he sold newspapers and later
went to Wyoming and worked as a
cowboy and a brakeman. He received
much Of his education in the public
schools and later entered Yale Uni
versity.
He is a dealer in real estate, having
succeeded to tho business of his father.
also known as a yachtsman and for
merly was captain of the Chicago Ath-
ietic Association foot ball team Mr..
Thompson served several terms in the
city council and also as county COM
missioner.
For the first time in tho history Of
chicago a negro, Oscar De Priest, was
elected to serve in the city council
He was chosen from the second ward,
which Is thickly populated by negroes.
He was a former county commissioner.
Michael (Hinky Dink) kenna (demo-
crat). who has served as alderman
from the first ward for twenty years.
was reelected by a plurality Of 1000.
The next city council will be made up
II thirty-our republicans twenty-nine
democrats. three independents. two So
c!alists and two progressives.
Twenty-four republicans, twelve demo-
rats and two socialists were elected yes
terday. the other members Of tho new
council being holdoyers
Evening star., 1915-04-07

1fgh Balls are refreshing and delicious whe,
:. n:ae e Red Top Rye-ATTisIit:si::,:y Tsi:i:ya s.e''
Evening star., 1915-04-07
Quarantine Against Serbia.

LONDON. April 7. 1885 p.m.-charles
J. vopicka, tho American minister to
Rumania, Serbia and Bulgaria. has ad-
vised Ambassador Page from Bucharest
that Bulgaria has established a quar-
antine against Serbia on account Of the
typhus. Incoming travel is stopped
even at Saloniki.
Evening star., 1915-04-07
VIII Clean Out Crooks.

The crooks had better move out of
chicago before I am inaugurated," said
Mayor-elect Thompson in q statement
This town will be cleared of GRIM
mails 10 completely before the new
administration Is many weeks old that
rhe whole world will understand that
chicago is q safe place to como to-
Il go to the mayors Office absolutely
free, owing no obligations to any fac
ton This Is not to be a political ad-
ninistration In any way. 1 shall ask
the biggest men in Chicago to become
members OF my cabinet even though
their salaries as cabinet officers will
be small
Credit for the republican victory was
given to the woman voters by Mrs.
Thompson, wife of the mayor-elect.
1T is woman's victory" she said
Eleven of twelve propositions on a
huge little ballot" were approved,
the only defeat being the rejection Of
a double platoon system for the fire
department In voting yes on the
others the city approved seven bond is
sues for total of s3.972.000. and in
creased it's territory by annexing more
than six square miles, bringing the
city's area to more than 200 square
miles.
Evening star., 1915-04-07
Appeal for Assistance.

Tho appeal from tho Montenegrin gov
ernment to the American Red Cross
through tho State Department reached
Washington last night. and was announced
In the following statement:
THE department has Just received a
telegram of March 81 from the American
minister at Athens, Greece, reporting
that he is informed by telegraph by the
Montenegrin government that there Is
much typhus in that country, a great
dearth Of doctors. medicines and disin-
fectants. and that the government earnest
ly begs the American Red Cross to send
a mission with adequate supplies to Get
tinge."
Evening star., 1915-04-07
TO HASTEN MERCY WORK
IN PLAGUE-RIDDEN AREA
American Red Cross Informed That
Typhus Has Spread From Ser
bia to Montenegro.

Plague has spread into Montenegro. and
the American Red Cross officials are In
conference today determining Just what
can be done to hasten tho mercy work
Of tho American sanitary commission that
has just started in to clean up the in
Tested area OF Serbia so as to afford the
largest measure Of relief possible In
answer to Montenesro's appeal, 'save us
or we periSh"
Evening star., 1915-04-07
Business Arguments.

Throughout the campaign the Thomp-
son managers based many of their argu-
ments to voters on the assertion that
business and labor conditions throughout
the country presaged a republican victory
Some wards hitherto considered
strongly democratic were carried by
tho republican candidate. and SWEET
zer's own precinct. in the heart Of one
Of the west side democratic strong
holds. was carried by Thompson. 300
70 22s.
sweitzer sent his successful rival a
telegram. in which he said:
Congratulations on your victory. 1t
was conclusive"
as to the cause OF Thompson's sweep
best. was expected to be a close con-
test.
In an interview yesterday, Mayor
when he sought to be renominated for
a sixth term. declined to say how he
would vote, although the Harrisons
have been democratic leaders in Chi
cago for generations Many were in
clined TO believe this indicated Har-
rison followers would cast their vote
for Thompson.
More Dry Territory.
A total Of 55 out of 1o2 counties in
illinois are entirely dry today. three
new counties-Marion. Franklin and
Jasper-havtng been added to the dry
Evening star., 1915-04-07
Contribution From Nebraska.

Among larger contributions to the
Red Cross war relief fund just re-
ceived is check for $1,l35 from the
temporary Panama-Pacifc exposition
building commission of Nebraska. Plans
to erect Nebraska building at the ex-
position were abandoned recently, and
the commission decided to devote all
the money in its treasury to relief
work
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-27
Fifteen Below
 At Anchorage
But They Had Battling Good Time at Thanksgiving Just the
 Same.

ANCHORAGE, Nov. 27. - The thermometer registered fifteen below zero here last night but this morning is bright and sunshiny and pleasant in spite of the cold. The dance at Thanksgiving was a most successful affair and about four hundred people enjoyed it. The failure of the boats to land their cargoes will cause no hardship as the town has already been provided with what is believed to be enough for the winter. There has not been the slightest uneasineSs here about Fred Tracy and his five cam panions as no one ever believed there was the slightest danger until the word came from Seward that their de- lay in being heard from was being used as something worth speaking about A dog team left this morn ing to get them and bring them home.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-27
TGEAeRAL PuTNIkI

["Fleld Marshal Radomir Putnik, com mander in chief of the Servian army, which Is resisting the Teuton and Bull garian advance Is one of the command ing figures of the war" says corre- spondent. Just three years ago saw him leading to victory against the Turks that fine army of which he was the creator. He was a dapper figure, the pride and encouragement of the servian soldiers, but age-he Is slxty-eight-has worked a difference since those days of triumph. The soldier sees him no more, Suffering from acute asthma, he Is forced to keep to a heated room, but illness has not enchained the marvellous mind nor time lessened the tremendous men tal energy of this master soldier. He works at headquarters with a personal stan of only five officers, and in the rush and pressure of work there Is little time for sleep. Marshal Putnik seldom, if ever, refers to map. He has gift unique among military men. Before ms minds eye he can see all servia spread out before him like gigantic relief map, and he knows that map down to the minutest typographical details.'1
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-27
LEONARD OLESON CUTS
 THROAT IN RESTAURANT
Man Who was Deprived of Citizen ship Some Time Ago Ends
 His Life.

SEATTLE, Nov. 27. - Leonard Oleson, who gained quite a lot of notoriety some time ago by having been deprived of his citizenship pap CTS, cut his throat in a restaurant in this city last night and died almost immediately. He was deprived of his citizenship because of his activi- ties in connection with a socialist movement and the fact led to an in- vestigation of Judge Hanford who took the papers away. It is stated that since that time Oleson seemed to have suffered because of having fallen from the limelight into obscurity and gradually fell away mentally. His suicide was committed under circum- stances of a horrible kind.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-27

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-A returned traveller reports that Jules" (M. AnsaldD, premier of New York and London head walters, who went to war for France a year ago and has been reported to Broadway as dead many times since, is not dead but is very much alive lieutenant in the ChasSeurs a Cheval, Eighteenth Regi- ment; and that he wears upon his uniform the French War Medal. The traveller saw Jules on furlough in Paris.