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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08
SUBMARINE SAVED CREW
ON BOARD ITS VICTIM
British Sailors Were Carrying De-
stroyed Boat Into
Prize Port.

How the German submarine that
sank the Norwegian steamship
Trondhjemsfjord aided in saving the
crew was told by the officers of the
Norwegian bark Glance, which arriv-
ed in New York from Aalborg. Den
mark.
The Glance on July 80, west of the
Shetland Islands, sighted two steam
ships, one of them apparently making g
a getaway and, the other hove to.
The latter proved to be the Trond-
hiemsfjord. Then German subma-
rine was seen on the surface On the
other side of the Norwegian with a
signal set ordering her crew to take
to their boats. which they quickly
did. Capt. Birkeland Of the Glance
saw the submarine launch a torpedo
and saw it's wake as it make for the
Norwegian steamer. 1t struck her
amidships and she went to the bot
tom in about five minutes.
The submarine then headed over
to where the Trondhjemsfjord's men
were and took the small boats in tow,
at the same time signalling the
Glance to heave to. The submarine
towed the boats to the Glance and
ordered Capt Birkeland to take the
men aboard and land them in
Scotch port. There were forty-thrce
men in all, including Capt. Bang Of
the Norwegian and six members OF
British prize crew. The TrondhjemS-
ford. which left New York on July
Is. bound for Bergen and Christian
sand, had been held up by British
cruiser, which had placed a prize
crew aboard. and was being taken
into Kirkwall when the submarine
headed her off.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08
RUSSIA GOES TO LIMITS
OF Her FINANCES FOR WAR
All Taxation is Needed---Unlimited
Paper Money and Floating
of Foreign Loans.

Petrograd, Wednesday, via Lon
don: The finance committee of the
Duma presented bill Tuesday eX-
tending the rights of the state bank
to issue paper money. The commit
tee report discussed the entire prob
lem Of meeting war expenses, stating
that all possible sources of revenue
must be used---taxation, internal
credit operations, an issue Of paper
money and foreign loans.
"For 1915" the report stated,
'the estimated war expenses are SO,
621. 100000 and other expenses ST.
423,500,000, making total Of over
s5,O0O,OoO,O0O.
1.-The revenue from ordinary re-
ceipts is estimated at s1.39S,000,O00
while credit operations up to the
present time have yielded $1,000
100000, leaving over $1,000, 100000
yet to be provided for.
THE government must prepare the
ground for another important loan in
foreign markets to pay for material
purchased abroad, but in view of our
agreement with our allies there is no
doubt of our success. In the whole
financial history of Russia there nev-
er has been a moments delay in pay
ing creditors "
Regarding the proposed develop
ment of the issue Of paper money,
the report said: Compared with 9TH
er nations, Russia hold the greatest
cover in gold for her paper money.
with the possible exception of Great
Britain"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08
American Cruiser at Haiti.

The cruiser Tennessee, arriving IN
Haiti from Philadelphia, debarked
one hundred arti!lerymen with ma
chine guns Friday. Gen. Cacos. the
revolutionary leader, and his follow
ers. declined to lay down their arms
and retired in the direvtion of Hinche
and Gonaives. They left behind them.
however. troops which took up posi-
tions outside of the city to shut off
communication with the interior.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08
LOOK FOR EASY TIME
Germans Intend to Use Wilma as Huge
Russian Base.

Serious resistance is not expected
in Berlin from the Russian forces
holding Grodna proper. They are ex-
pected to maintain a short action for
the purpose of staying as long as
possible the German advance. and
then draw back to make connection
with the Dvina line, uncovering Viii
ma and leaving in German hands the
greatest strategic base within the
bounds of all Russia.
Wilma, according to the plans now
made, will become the base of opera
tions for the Teutonic allies. 1t is
geographically adapted to the most
important uses. and commands the
routes both to Petrograd and Mos
COW. 4 strike may be made in either
direction from the great strategic
base.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08

The name of the Emden, Ger
many's famous raiding cruiser. bob
bed up against recently when the
news came that Lieut.. Commander
Lauterbach, her executive officer, had
reached San Francisco after an ad-
venturous journey from Singapore by
way of Sumatra, Java. the Phillip
pines and China. It is said that Lau-
terbach was concerned in fomenting
the uprising of native troops against
the English in Singapore.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08
Jute Bag9ing Under Ban.

A dispatch from Calcutta. India,
says expectation Of Hessiancloth and
bags. except to Great Britain. will be
prohibited henceforth except under
licenses. These licenses will be is
sued to jute dealers for ordinary
commercial purposes after the gov
ernment had been fully supplied. The
prohibition does not apply to sacking
and sacking goods.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08

fare such as was SO very largely in
strumental in producing disaster to
Napoleon's Srande armee has begun
in several regions in the rear of the
German advance. The Poles in par
ticular have always shown them
selves admirable guerrilla fighters,
and are again winning distinction as
such. Notwithstanding the severity Of
German methods of repression.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08

The Overseas News Agency OF Ber-
lin claims that many German wound
ed who fell into the hands of the Rus
slams were attended by BARRIERS who
had had only six weeks medical
training, and that the failure Of these
men to give proper treatment to
wounds which were slight at the out
set necessitated in many cases the
amputation of arms and legs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08

Among the prominent Germans
who signed the petition addressed 10
the German chancellor protesting
against the annexation Of territory to
the empire are DR.. Bernhard Dern-
burg. Prof. Adolf Harnack. Clemens
Delbrueck and Prince Won HatZfeldt.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08
Five Hundred Dead in Shanghai.

Compilations of the damage which
came from the typhoon which swept
over Shanghai on July twenty show
that five hundred lives were lost and
five million dollars worth Of proper
ty was destroyed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08
Looses Industrial Privileges.

Trademark. patent, and other in
dustrial privileges have been taken
from, Germans in Japan for the dura-
ton Of the war by the japanese gov
ernment.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08

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, NUM-
tions, and exports, he said.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08

Robert Herrick, the we'll 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.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08

t'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 a few
days ago. He added that Russia
would not make peace until every
German and Austrian soldier had
been driven from Russian soil.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08

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.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08

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.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08

= 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.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08

Emperor William has received
telegram from the League for the
Liberation of the Ukraine (Russia)
congratulating him on the victories
won by his troops in Poland, says
Berlin dispatch.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08

/. .MGdUWu1tS d QSEmduSUL lluS vi AS-
fense will be selected and fortified as
3 a barrier against new Russian Of
fensive, it is stated.
Petrograd: A dispatch to the Lon
don Morning Post says there is prac-
tically nothing to record which
) breaks the monotony of the steady
retirement which is continued every
where by the Russians. Now the fea-
ture is the renewal of attacks on the
extreme right wing of the German
grand front on the upper reaches of
the Bug, on the Zlota Lipa, and on
the Dniester. The Germans have
forced the passage of the Zlota Lipa,
and established themselves on the
left bank.
On their left wing the Germans
continue extremely stubborn attacks
toward Kreuzburg, with the double
object of securing practicable fords
across the Dvina and cutting the rail-
way between Kreuzburg and Mitau
Both. in this direction and toward
Friedrichstadt, German attacks are
very determined, but hitherto re-
PEELED by the Russians.
The Germans are still successfully
held off at Wilma, and during Friday
were met by a number of counter-at-
tacks between Wilma and the Niemen.
The Germans seem to have almost ac-
quired a place d'armes which would
serve as starting point for final
advance into Russia.
The fighting is practically uninter-
rupted along all fronts, but it takes
the form of more or less isolated.
partial conflicts. This form of war
fare is expected to last another two
or three months in Russia. during
which the slow process of steady
retirement with repeated counter-at-
tacks will have brought the Germans
another couple of hundred miles
deeper into Russia, through devastat-
ed country, and with the Russian
winter close at hand.
1t is reported that partisan war
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08

Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria
Hungary, is IS years old. He has
been on the throne since 1S4S.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-08

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.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22

with few exceptions, carried them or For
the disorder which had originally settled 10
the head passed gradually through the whole
body, and IL person got over the worst
would often seize the extremities and leave
Its mark. attacking the lower parts and
the fingers and the toes; and some escaped
with the loss OF these, some with the loss
OF their eyes Some again had no sooner
recovered than they were seized with q
forgetfulness OF all things, and knew
neither themselves nor their friends.
The malady took form beyond descrip.
uon. and tho fury with which Il fastened
upon each sufferer was too much for human
nature to endure. There was one circum.
stance In particular which dlstlnguished Il
from ordinary diseases. The birds and
ahimals which feed on human flesh, al.
though so many bodies were lying unburied.
e,ther mover camo near them or died II
they touched them. This was proved by O
remarkable disappearance OF the birds of
prey. who were not to be seen either about
the Doules or anywhere else, while In the
case or the dogs the fact was even moro
obvious, because they live with man"
Rome city OF great size. according 70
ancient standards, suffered most terribly
from plague. II contained vast collection
or poor people in miserable dwellings,.
"ncIe oisease germs naturally fourished.
olrhnee' 10 say, ancient Romans often en-.
terthlhcd Inc idea that disease was spread
ny poison needles" an idea that has re-
Gently prevailed In New York. Dion Cas-.
h,"h mentions plague that broke ont In
me reign OF Domi,ian, 4. D. 81 to sc. Ger.
laih Individuals" he SAYS. "poisoned
needles and set 10 work TO prick whoInso.
E''i 'hey "lshod: several who were prjcked
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22

SdCSio CoitDEdlou
cameron" which consists of gay stories told
by fashionable ladies and gentlemen Sc.
Guiding themselves from the plague. Sixty
thousand persons perishe in Florence out
OF a population Of 10000. Boccaccio and the
old chroniclers lay stress on the utter de.
pravity produced by the plague.
The dreadful persecution of the Jews IN
the Middle Ages was started to appease
the populace maddened by the plague. The
jews were accused OF poisoning wells and
other enormittes. There were tideous per-
secutions of the Jews in 1888 and 1348.
In England the BLACK Death" was an
excuse for the charge that the Jews stole
Christian children and killed them. espe.
cially st Easter time.
The amazing movement OF The "F1asel-
1ants" In Europe arose out OF the BLACK
Death" Thousands OF fear-crazed people,
mobiles and peasants, men, women and chill.
dren, wandered over Europe. crying and
praying. each carrying a scourge which he
applied to his limbs until the blood flowed.
Under the stimulus Of the plague the
population also engaged In fantastic dances
OF DEATH" often held in churchyards at mid.
night and sometimes very Hcentious.
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"hs S$s$??%$s$ss$
Terrible Pesences That Swept the Earth in Ancient Time
Fly Sir John Collier, r. A.

THE season was admitted to have been
remarkably free from ordinary sickness. and
II anybody was already Ill of any other dis.
ease 1t was absorbed in this. Many who
were in perfect health. all in moment and
without any apparent reason. were seized
with violent heats In the head and with
redness and Inflammation OF the eyes. In.
ternally the throat and the tongue were
quickly suffused with blood, and the breath
came unnatural and fetid There followed
sneezing and hoarseness. In a short time
the disorder. accompanied by a violent
cough. reached the chest; then. fastening
lower down. 1t would move to- the stomach
and bring on all the vomits Of bile to which
physicians have ever given names, ind
they were very distressing. An Intellectual
retching, producing violent straining, at.
tackled most of the sufferers. Some, as soon
as the previous symptoms had abated. others
not until long afterward.
THE body externally was not 80 very
hot to the touch, nor yet pale; II was of
liyid color inclinng to red and breaking out
In pustules and ulcers. But the internal
fever was intense; the sufferers could not
bear to have on them even the finest linen
garment They insisted on being naked.
and there was nothing which they longed
for more eagerly than to throw themselves
into cold water. And many OF those who
had no one to look after them actually
plunged into the csterns. for they were
tormented by unceasing thirst, which was
not In the least assuaged whether they
drank little or much. They could not sleep;
a restlessness which was intolerable never
left them. While the disease was at It's
height the body. instead of wasting away,
held out amid these suffcrings in n marvel
lous manner, and either they died on the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22

through the streets. Hundreds OF them
dropped dead OF the disease during the pro.
cession. and no less than eighty fell before
one church.
Saint Sebastian, who was martyred by
being shot to death with arrows in 26S A. D.,
became afterward the patron saint against
plague In southern European countries
In A. D. 1894 began the first Of the series
OF terrible medieval outbreaks Of plague
which then received the name of 'the
Black Death" 1t was brought from the East
by the Crusaders and by traders, and at
tackled nearly every European country in
turn almost depopulating them. Finding q
Judgment In the small but crowded and en-.
tirey unhygienic cities of medieval times,
1t often left them uninhabited.
Modern medical research indicates that
the disease now called pneumonia plague
was the original "Black Death" which
destroyed one-third OF the population OF
Europe in the fourteenth century. but It
was often changed into the bubonic form
The old chroniclers tell us that the sui.
ferers breathed death on oil who came
within their reach, and that the air of
plague.smitten cities was deadly. These
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22

died without knowing anything about Il; but
some Of the scoundrels were denounced and
punished; and that happened not only In
Rome but over all the world. 80 to say"
Dr. Crawfurd comments: Some initial
punctiform eruption (of plague) may per-
haps have simulated needle prick"
An outbreak Of plague In Rome. begin.
ming In A. D. l65. lasted for fifteen years.
Dead bodies were so numerous that they
were carried to burial heaped up IN carts.
The Emperor Marcus Aurelius gave the dead
a public funeral and ordered a persecution
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statements were a. one time regarded as
fantastic and unssientinc. but recent e1-
perence shows that pneumonia plague has
the terribly infectious character described.
Infection is spread through the air by the
breath OF the sufferers.
Again, the old chroniclers tell US that
physicians In those days went with their
faces masked in order to avoid contagion.
The mortality Of the BLACK Death OF the
fourteenth century has been variously esti
mated. the most conservative figure being
25,000.000. or onefourth OF tn. population Of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-22
By DR.. John B. Huber

THERE is undoubtedly possibility Of srea,
epidemic Of the bubonc plague in Europe az
consequence OF outbreak OF the disease
among the soldiers fighting, but to permit Il
attaining the proportions OF such attacks devaa.
tated Europe in the middle ages We must suppose
the entire population Of country reduced to
ton and misery and the entire medical force OF that
country cut down by death and other causes, 30 as
to be totally inadequate to cope with the situation.
1t Is In Russia that such situation is most
likely to arise. and 1t is grave question what
action the rest Of the civilized world including the
belligerents will take in Of such catastrophe
Undoubtedly the plague has already spread consid
eraby among the Russians. Suppose now that
among the Russian prisoners taken to German
and Austrian prison camps there such cases. 1t
would seem very easy indeed for the disease to
spread to those latter countries Then there the
British Indian troops nghtins in France. and the
African troops In the French service. Among these
too there would seem to be plague possibilities
And how ideal for plague development is the
trench warfare now going onl How easy 1t Is for
the miserable soldier to collect vermin in his cloth
ing! How great and how CHASTITY feast for the rat
must be the unburied dead in and about those
trenches
Very many timeA In the middle ages-several
times in the nineteenth century for that matter-bu
bonto plague became epidemic Chat is. ravaging
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DLAGUE has devastated whole areas Of

~ LAGUE has devastated whole areas OF
the world from the dawn of human his.
tory. BY the word plague" the
pneumonia or bubonic plague Is most often
meant. but cholera and typhus have in many
cases been described by early records
People OF earlier generations were power.
less to fight the plague which came upon
them unseen and was Infinitely moro deadly
than any human enemy. Even to-day,
although we have made great progress in
medical and sanitary science, an Irresistible
outbreak OF plague is feared all over the
world, as a medical expert explains else.
where on this page. Because of its long and
terrifying history plague has had marked
Influence In moulding the thought, customs,
religion and literature of races. In the old
est human records. In the engraved steles
OF the Babyonians. in the most archaic
carvings. in the images Of heather gods, In
the Oldest legends and stories, In medieval
and even In later art We find evidences OF
the terrible fear created by the plague.
learned English physician, Dr. Raymond
Crawfurd. fellow OF Kings College. London,
has just published book In which he has
made large collection Of interesting refer.
ences to the plague in ancient literature and
art 1t Is entitled plague and Pestilence
In Literature and Art"
The serpent has been associated with
plague from the earliest times In the Bible
IN the Book or Numbers (Chapter xxi.) we
read: And the Lord sent fiery serpents
among the people, and they bit the people:
and much people OF Israel died
AND Moses made serpent Of brass and nut
1t upon pole. and 1t came to pass, that II
serpent had bitten any man, when he be.
held the serpent of brass he lived"
IN Fernando Pc when an epidemic breaks
out among chiidren IT Is customary to set
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plague and mice. When the Philistines On.
pressed the Israelites and stole the Ark or
Inc Covenant the Lord smote .he opprss
sors with plague which was evidently
ouoonic They were ordered 10 sand back
tne ArK' with a trespass offering of five
soIaeh emerods and five golden mice"
~ mas oeen argued plausibly' by inyestlpn.
tofs that the mice were confused with rats
oy the Biblical author. and that the ancionta
we're FAMILIAR with the fact that rats were
we cause or plague. which has been proved
% mooern science. DR.. Crawfurd, however.
.akes another view, for he says the mice
~efe gu o!em matte OF plague In biblical times
the land. W A"n'''o al
.. one OF the most astonishing occurrences
M ~ ..e blole Is explained as due to plague.
ts, wa" va" inc obstruction Of Sennacherlb's
!he Angel OF the Lord went out and smnto
IN the camp Of the Assyrians nm bundraG
TOUT score and five thousand: and when thou
aiose carry In the morning, behold. they
were all dead corpses." says the Bible
ms great tragedy occurred near pe,n.
u.i' when as meeting place bet ween
Lael una West was always a great focus nj
plague. probably the Assyrians we're killed
~ pneuhohic plague, which is terribly
A.nene was attacked by n series q, dis.
1so outbreaks OF plague. beginning IN
10y, TO- y" Which nearly depopuIaiod tho
.uIe gut mighty city. A remarkahie do
ScTlip.ion OF this great plague nv tho y,na,
SSIeea historian Thucydldes is said hv n,
Ta"turo 10 point clearly to tyDbus and a.
SaSe great value as q medical dno,m ~
Tpucydides writes: wy o''e'i'